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LlCENSED^ICrUALLliRi' REPORT.I
LlCENSED^ICrUALLliRi' REPORT. IT would almost be a pity to allow the report of the Cardiff Licensed Victuallers' Associa- tion to pass without notice. There is in the town of Cardiff a considerable number of Publicans, some of whom, how few we need not mention, have agreed to constitute them- selves into a body under the comprehensive title of tho Cardiff Licensed Victuallers' Association. To a stranger this Hame would be misleading were it Hot that their latest report itself reveals the fact of the comparative unimportance of those who have adopted it. It must, as a general rule, be very agreeable to the gentle- Inenwho have encompassed themselves with 80 large a name to see their speeches and their doings reported in the press, and sent forth to be known and read of all men. But When these gentlemen are honestly com- pelled to admit that after all the trouble and expense, and the persevering energy v which they threw into the late Parliamentary election, they failed to seeure a unanimous trade-vote," it must be very aggravating to themselves, though highly gra- tifying to their neighbours. Any outsider can Bee that an association entitled to the name which these gentlemen have modestly adopted would of necessity have secured a tolerably unanimous trade-vote; but it does not follow that the three tailors of Tooley- Btreet will persuade all those employed in their trade to cut their cloth according to a given pattern. In one of the calamities which have befallen the Association we have a peculiar interest. Ct We find from their report that some of their greatest enterprises have been ignominously defeated by what they themselves have termed "sophisticated third or fourth-rate editorials. We do no admit any connection of our own either directly or indirectly with such editorials, but we cannot help ex- pressing our surprise that such a power- ful body should have been vanquished by such a disreputable antagonist. We should ourselves be ashamed to confess that we had been defeated by third or fourth rate editorials. To be vanquished in argument by a first-rate reasoner has been the lot of many an able man, but "when GOLIATH has been overthrown by a mere stripling whom he disdained, he adds little to his reputation when he stigmatises his opponent as a mere dwarf. Of the Licensed Victuallers of Cardiff, some of whom are among its most highly and deservedly, respected citizens, we should not like to speak in such terms as these. They are a powerful class, and will, we doubt not, always be able to hold their own against any adverse criticism; but no person will be surprised to learn that the body which has chosen to magnify itself by assuming the loud-sounding title of the Cardiff Licensed Victuallers' Association have had their designs upset by third or fourth-rate editorials. The reason why it required even such literary power as this to vanquish them will probably be found in the fact that writers of fifth or sixth-rate editorials never attack such gentlemen. One sentence in their report is, we confess, some- wha unintelligible. It runs as follows :— (( Tn committee, who hare observed many of tin modes that have been adopted to in- flict aiinjury upon you, have either entirely failed to. will surely do ao. Many bf their coffee ..verns will not support their ex- penses, id those gentlemen who have been led by t^gerated and mis-atatements to place tht. money at the disposal of .ethers, no 1ubt for the best intention, will find they lsadly imposed upon by design- ing persons, mask is religious zeal and pious We commend the fore- ( going remarklla piece of composition to the writers of sonicated third and fourth- rate leaders, ÍJthe hope that when these gentlemen hashed some light upon it, we may be able understand it. We fiN happy to hear.jj^ the Cardiff Licensed Victuallers'As^ioj! are free to acknow- ledge that they XTe faithfully endeavoured not only" to old and maintain their just rights andrivj^eg0fl) but the freedom I and individual li^y of Englishmen," but what they mean" intimatíng that their "religious zeal is placing by social dis- carder, communism, materialism" these very rights and privily gurpa33es our com- j prehension. Of thi 'reiigi0J13 zeal we have not had any PP0U8 intimation. If, have not had any PP0U8 intimation. If, however, their zealous 'v MS in getting up { a petition against the 'Is h Sunday Clos- 1 ing Bill be a specim of what they h call their religious we })8,ve < no difficulty whatever comprehending them. That Bill is to have the hearty support of a very majority of the adult inhabitants of Principalityj i and the majority even Luj^ssqcI 7; Victuallers but it is not tc expecte(i that ) all Association representing^ minority of the trade will look wifavour Upon I! such a measure. That thei^jou8 I should replace their just ri^ privi- leges by social disorder, )mmunism, and materialism, create 1 much surprise, but we canno>nceal our wonder at their finding room this ad- mission in their own repott^g may f probably be informed that v mis- I apprehended or misrepresented > TepOTt. We can only reply that, assuming have been written by men who can their < thoughts in intelligible language, have simple accepted it in its literal sen* these gentlemen should rejoice in j pect of a failure among the Coffee | the public will not think it neca inquire. We think, however^ even publicans might Mimi; tI8 right of an Englishman to 18 a cup of coffee instead of a glass of h j he choose to pay for it. We are afrab t < if our legislators were, out ot deference f-e Cardiff Licensed Victuallers'Associate suppress Coffee Taverns, they would give to something more formidable than C munism. So long, however, as Mr B. BLAKE, and those who hold half-yea meetings under his presidency,have no mi influence than they at present enjoy, and SO far remote fromDowning-street,neither i •itixens of Cardiff, nor the inhabitants Wales, will be greatly alarmed at any thi .1 t! 'P they may threaten, or unduly depressed by anything they may accomplish.
WELSH BAPTISTS AND HIGHER…
WELSH BAPTISTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION. WE congratulate the Welsh Baptist Union on having taken the first public step in connection with the important subject of Higher Education for Wales. The resolu- tion which they passed yesterday with loud applause is one in every way worthy of so important a body. We have several times urged educationists in Wales to meet and carefully consider what is really necessary for the Principality in the shape of Higher Education. It is for them, not for the Government, to take the initiative, so far as this part of the subject is concerned. They know Wales, they are well acquainted with all its resources and deficiencies, and are therefore able to point out exactly what is required. The resolu- tion appeys to us to go exactly in the right direction, or, at least, as nearly in the right direction as will be _prac- ticable. In agreeing to summon a Con- ference representing the different sections of the Nonconformists of the Principality, the Union may appear to many to be taking too limited and sectarian a view of the case. We should ourselves have liked a Conference of representatives from all de- nominations, including the Established Church. If we could honestly believe such a Conference practicable, we should have no hesitation in advocating it. No one, how- ever, can be blind to the fact that so far as Higher Education in Wales is concerned, charities which ought to have been made available to all, without distinction, have been seized upon by those who appear to think that Nonconformists should not be admitted to the advantages of Higher Edu- cation. The Baptists have apparently taken a practical and, therefore, sensible view of the case by confining the resolution to Dis- senters. At the same time we must express the hope that they will not dmw thc line so tightly as to preclude the possibility of some of the prominent champions of unsectarian education who belong to the National Church from taking part in the proceedings. The work to which they have committed themselves is one on which they cannot enter too soon, or with too much energy, intelli- gerjce, and zeal.
SIR E. J. REED, K.C.B., M.P.
SIR E. J. REED, K.C.B., M.P. THE constituents and friends of the honour- able member for Cardiff will be pleased to learn that a high distinction lias- just been conferred upon him. His great services in connection with the navy are well known throughout the country, and it must often have occurred to those who have been able to form a just estimate of these services that the honourable gentleman had fairly earned some mark of distinction on account of them. We are happy to be able to announce to-day that he has been made a Knight Commander of the Bath, and that the terms in which that title has been bestowed upon him make it clear that the honour is not one given as a mere mark of favour, but in recognition of the services which have fairly entitled him to it. The PRDIE MINISTER has himself distinctly as- sured Sir EDWARD REED that his services to the navy have earned the distinction for him. We heartily congratulate the honourable member for Cardiff, and we are sure that his constituents will rejoice to learn that a gentleman whom they returned to Parlia- ment as their fit and proper representative, has so soon had the wisdom of their choice confirmed by the highest authority in the land. We do not suppose that Sir EDWARD REED'S services to his country have already terminated, but, on the con- trary, believe that he has yet a great and bright future before him, and that this recognition of the past will stimulate him to go on and acquire still greater honours. Many such honours are the result of the private solicitations and influence of power- ful friends, but we are glad to know that in this case the distinction has been conferred without solicitation, and simply on the ground of undisputed merit.
OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE.…
OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE. LONDON. THURSDAY. The Conservative Party are in » condition of some complexity in the matter of the Harei and Rabbits Bill. By the boisterous proceedings of Tuesday and yesterday they have gained a victory, and don't quite know what to do with it. They have obstructed the passing of the Bill, wasted two whole days in looking at it and quarrelling round it, and now are much puzzled to know whether they have really imperilled its chances of becoming lax, or whether they have, after the manner of the man who cut off his nose to spite his face, simply succeeded in deferring their holi- days by an equal period of time. It is possible that before this letter appears in type an authori. tative statement on the subject may have been made from the Treasury Bench. At latest such a statement will be made on Monday afternoon. In anticipation of it, I may say, as being a fact within my personal knowledge, that Ministers have not the slightest intention of abandoning the Bill because of the obstructive tactics of the gay sportsmen opposite. The Bill stands over for the present till the Burials Bill, the Em- ployers' Liability Bill, and the Indian Budget have had their tarn. It will then be taken up again, and proceeded with to the end. Whether the end comes sooner or later will depend upon the pressure of Lord Elcho and Mr Chaplin s engagements elsewhere. It is not a pleasant thing to stay at West- minster into September with town empty, and body and mind depressed by the accumulated weight of a session which, if short, has been heavy. But the spirit not only of Ministers but of Ministerialists is thoroughly roused by the tactics with which Bills designed fer the lublic 1 good are harried by representatives of private interests. No considerations of personal inclina- tion or bodily comfort avail againt the stern re- solve to complete work that has been deliberately undertaken. This spirit is so strong on the Ministerial side that I belive the Government dare not, if they would, drop the Billa they have announced their iuten tion of carrying. The sort of thing that takes place just now is well calculated to excite the indignation of men who havethen taught to regard the House of" Commons as a place where publio interest was of prime consideration. There is something particularly contemptible in the attitude of the Conservative landowner in view of the Hares and Rabbits Bill. Mr Bright has described it in the apt quotation, "Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike." The Conservatives cling with almost pathetic tenacity to the idea that they are the farmers'friendJ. Whether designed or not,nothing could be more clever, from a political point of view th n the generous legislation on behalf ot the farmer initiated by Mr GladstonesiGww- menf. At a single stroke it unveils the sham farmers' friend, and compels him to stand forth in his true colours. What is to bo complamed of in reBi ect of the Conservative in these circum- stanoes is the meanness of the Bhuffling attitui e he aAauniea. If he only had the heneaty to declare that bill political Ufe in this respect has been a s ain, and if he were now manfully to tell the truth, aud fairly fight the Bill it would be well. If he were to admit the Jbstice of the farmers' claims, and were to endeavour to make the best of the Bill, it would be better- What he actually does is to think behind corners, endeavouring to trip up the Bill, and hoping that by a series of persistent annoyances he may bring about its death. It is not Sir Stafford Northoote or the respon- leaders of the party who pursue these iies They know well enough that the game is 1 fh-vt bv this time the fftrtner has tre ZZ P^ible idea as to Uvrt.Uy'S the? 1»™ Mr LorJ Elcbo, and are even dragged into the divisi 1 obby when those irresponsible and not very wiae personages tootle on the Lorn of Toryism. It is a spectAcle that moves to 1 ity the hardest noma to see Sir Stafford Northcote sitting dumb and downcast, whilst Mr Chaplin delights himself with his own rhetoric, 1 nd Lord Elcbo, emulous of the historic fame of the geese who aared the capital, persistently cackles. It is not difficult to decide which of these re- < doubtable farmers' friends is the more objection- able personage. Nature has settled the matter by Bkndortieg Lord Elcho with the greater gift of lilaencv. To Mr Chaplin the making of speeches ri a serious matter. Being duly impressed with Mgaaaa— is only at recurrent epochs of a tub *«■"<» h! "p 'r"'f II' t d 1 Ofor¡¡.tory ill Lord B eac"lIsfield, IS grea mo e studies the published speeches of Lis chief. The effect of this the House notes m h« windy rhetoric his meritricious points, and las lug.i falutin peroration, through which the best in- terests of the empire are sure to be tiotted. This seme of responsibility, .and this slowness of workmanship limit the number of Mr Chaplin's speeche- Lord Elcho is troubled with none of these drawbacks. He does not feel the responsi- bility of what he says, for he is no .v advanced in years, and having been for more than a quarter of a ct ntury a constant coniiibutor to the talk of the House of Commons, he has by this time grasped the fact that no responsibility attaches to his words. He may say anything he pleases, as no one minds what he says. Thus relieved of re- sponsibility and necessity for preparation, he can talk at any tims on any subject. And be does. His style of oratory is colloquial in the sense that it is based on the model of the old ladies who gabble in the market-place. Yesterday Sir Willi >m Harcourt shrewdly advised the angered Ministerialists not to interrupt his lordship. "I have known the noble lord for many years," said the Home Secretary, "and for my part I fiud the best thing to do is to let him run down." Lord Elcho courts interruption, and if not to be other- wise drawn, will compel it by some unmannerly personal reference. Having succeeded in his pur- pose he goes off at a tangent replying to the interruption, and lermitting it to lead him whithersoever it will. Having nothing particular to say when he rose he may as v ell follow one line of thought as another, and when he has worn one interruption threadbare, he casts about in search of a fresh one. His speech in short is composed on the plan of the iv>]y>ov sctorc who, if you will give him a name or a topic, will string off so many lines of rhyme having no particular meaning. It is small wender if sometimes the patience of those who have to sit and watch this sort of thing breaks off short; and indignant protest is made against the waste of public time and the trifling with public interests. Th-ere was a good deal of lightning flashing around yesterday aiternoon; Jove himself in the person of Mr Bright hurl- ing his thunderbolts at the Conservative Oppo. sition, reserving a contemptuous dart for Lord Elcho. Sir William Harceurt was also roused to heights of scathing denunciation, which led to the familiar, but none the less provoking, spectacle of the great Conservative Party whimpering around aud complaining of nbuee. All day long they had been undisguisedly obstructing the Bill, and be- having in an unmannerly way thalr hopelessly cowed the chairman. At length, after sitting silent for four hours, Mr Bright rose and lashed them as only he can lash. It was pitiful to see Lord John Manners attempting to answer Mr Bright, ambling around him like a suparannu \ted war-horse that fancies lie scents the battle from afar, but is not quite sure that his senses do not deceive him, and that after all the odour may be that of his mid-day bucket of bran-mash. To hear the Conservatives vociferously cheering poor Lord John, M, with spasmodic gestures, he danced round Mr Bright, was perhaps the most melan- choly feature in the exhibition. There can be nodoubtthat they honestly thought the]old gentle- man was making a. crushing reply, and that after this John Bright would be for evermore silenced. Amongst the most constant of the "strangers" who visit the House of Commons just now. is Lord Sherbrook. He comes down night after night and sits for long hours looking wistfully down on the arena in which he may never more appear. Before the session is out an opportunity will be furnished to the world of judg- ing whether Viscount Sherbrook can talk as well as Mr Lowe was wont to do. Like many other Liberals of unquestioned fidelity, he was not able to support Mr Forster's Compensation for Disturbance Bill. But he views with undimmed delight the deliverance the farmers affected by the Hares aud Rabbits Bill, and proposes to make thereupon a speech in the House of Lords. The knighting of Mr E. J. Reed is generally admitted to be a just recognition of high abilities. When the Mini-try v. as formed it was reason- ably expected t'.at Mr Reed's wide experience and special skill might be utilised at the Admiralty. Other arrangements were however made, and Mr. Reed's services have found recognition in a manner scarcely less honourable. In addition to being a man of prac- tical genius, Mr Reed is a clear and able speaker and a practical writer. He was at on time, I believe, editor of tho Mechanic's Magazine, and has written many columns of the Times. As I mentioned the other week, he has written-a book on Japan, which John Mui r.y v. ill publish in the forthcoming season, and from which we may expect to learn more than is hitherto kuown of that interesting country. A paragraph has gone the round of the papers this week to the effect that "tho increased tem- perature of the last fe.v days has necessitated the use of ice in cooling the atmosphere in the House of Commons." As a matter of fact ice has been used in this connection for at least two months past, as it is used every summer. The process by which the House of Commons is ventilated is singularly interesting, and ia, as far as I know, the most successful in any public assembly. Once or twice this session, when the House has been sitting till four o'clock in the morning it has been possible to note a slight stale- ness in the atmosphere.when the House has met again at two. But this has been due less to the failure of the apparatus that to a temporary thun- derous lind depressing condition of the atmos- phere. If there is no fresh air outside the House of Commons it is impossible to bring fresh air within its walls. If there be any about, our legis- lators are sure to have their share of it. The blessings of the system are best appreciated after a visit to the House of Lords daring an important debate. Anything like a crowd in the gilded chamber speedily sucks up the air, leaving a vitiated atmosphere enervating beyond descrip- tion. In the House <4 Commons, however great the crowd, or however long the Bitting, the air breathed is, with phenomenal exceptions, as fresh when the Speaker leaves the chair as when he took it. The means by which this boon is secured are both elaborate and costly. The air is drawn in from over the river by an underground chamber in the South-square. It is sucked in by a number of fans, worked by steam. It is next driven through mighty sprays of water, which not only cool and freshen it, but retain every evil odour or grain of dust, Thus clarified the air is delivered into an enclosed chamber that underlies the full ength and breadth of the House. This chamber is crossed by iron galleries, on which rest through summer nights huge blocks of ice. Finally, the air passes into the House through the floor, which ia composed of line iron grating, a fact hidden from casual observation by the porous matting which covers it. In the roof of the House are apertures through which the heated air passes away by a flue that cunningly leads to a great furnace, wherein the vitiated asmosphere is con- sumed. Thus a constant stream of air passes through the House, pleasantly feeding the lungs, and making possible long speeches. It is in view of the difference in the ventilating apparatus that, among other reasons, one would welcome Lord Elcho's elevation to the Hou e of Peers.
THE LONDON AND PROVINCIALj…
THE LONDON AND PROVINCIAL j BANK. ,I We have before U8 the report presrnted to the shareholders at the ordinary general meeting, held at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street-, on Thursday, the 29th July, 1880. The directors submitted to the shareholders the half-yearly state- ment of accounts and balance sheet to the 90th June last, iu which it was shown that the gross profits fer the half-year, after making provision for had and doubtful debts, and including tl. amount brought forward from last aceount, were J;;ti9, 3113ø 5d, and after deducting ail current expenses. Income-tax, directors' remunera- tion, auditors' feee. and interest to cus- tomers, there remained a balance of £ 27,304 6s Id. The directors recommended that this amount be appropriated in the following manner, viz. to the payment of a dividend, at the rate Der cent per annum, free of Income-tax; £ 2,500 to the reserve fund, raisin# it to £ 121,156 4« 3d • £ 1 000 in further reduction of freehold and leasehold'premises account; £ 3,7129s 7d to rebate on bills and £ 6,001 16s 6d carried forward. It was retorted that a branch had been opened during the half-year at Aberdare, to complete the chain of branches in that dtwtriot. According to tee bajance*sh««fc the capita) consists of 45,088 m0 shares, £5 paid, amounting to £225.440. The reserve fund, invested in Three Per Cents,, amounts to £118,656 48 3d, the amount due by the bank on current deposit and other aooouuts smoonti to £2,469,174 4s lid. The balance of last profit and loss account was the gross profit for the half-year, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, was £64.151. The creditor account shows that at head oifioe and branches, and deposited at call and short notice, there was the total invested in Consols, Now 3 Per Otits, British Colonial Government Bonds, English rail- way debentures, Preference Stocks, and Indian p.ni 1 way guaranteed stocks was £ 591.61317s lid; the amount due from customers was £ 1,670,924 2s 5d and the value of premises, furniture, &c„ the enr. rent expenses and interest paid on current and de- positacconnts made up the total to £2,883;208 2s 1rf. The addition of JM.500 to the reserve fund would bring it up to .£121.156 4s 3d. An analysis of these figures will show that the bank Is in an ex- ceedingly good position, »nd a proof that its business is increasing is evinced in the fact that the dividend of cent, has been kept up through the late depression of trade.
CARDIFF IN THELAST CENTURY.
Fruity Porte."—Valawia, CaduC and Oporto* CARDIFF IN THELAST CENTURY. No 4.—THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE CENTURY COMON COUN- CIL PROCEEDINGS. In 17G0, the Couucil having .or some time suffered for want of funds made a. strong and persistent effort to establish "antient customs," the relaxing of which had so considerably reduced their income, and as the result ot several meet- ing's, the following orders for the collection of the dues, which it seemed, custom sanctioned, were made An whereas the Town ot Cardiff is and from the time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary, hath been an antient boroujh town. The bayliffV, aldermen, and burgesses whereof have sundiy and diverse proscription. liberties, and immuuities confirmed to ti.em by diverse kims and queens of England, and sundry lords and ladies of Glamorgan, and more particu- larly that it hath been un antient custom and usage within the said town from the time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary, that no person or persons whatsoever should keep any open shop, or expose to sale any merchan- dizea whatsover within the said townor borough excepting victuals only, but such person and persons as were burgesses or freemen of the and whereas several persons not being freemen or burgesses of the said town, liaye of late, contrary to the saii antient usage and customs presumed to keep open shops and expose to sale divetse merchandizes in the said town (not being victuals,) to the great prejudice of the trade thereof. Now, we do therefore lieieby, for the good government of the said town, and for the better enforcing and preserving the said antient usage and custom, order, ordain, constitute, and direct that if any person, or persons, not being abuicess or freeman of the said to n, shall at any time hereafter presume to keep open shop, or expose to sale, any merchandize whatsoever (not being victuals) \\1,.tl¡in the s ad town, that every such Person Of parsons so offending shall forfeit the sum of every day that snch person or persons shall henceforth presume to keep open shop or expose to pale any merchandize, not being victuals :,11 aforesaid, and we do hereby ordain, ordur, and constitute that the paid 3s 4d so to be forfeited as a fine for every such offence shall and may be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chatties, or by action of debt. And we do hereby direct that publick notice be given of this order as soon as conveniently may be. And whereas diverse persons keep within the said town diverse sows, boars, and piggs, aud permitt the same to ramble and go about the streets to the creat nusanee of the inhabitants of the said to. n, we do hereby direct and order that if any person or persons shall hereafter permitt or suffer any boar, s()\V,or pigg of his, her, or their property to go about or ramble in the streets of the said town, that such person or persons who shall be owner of such boar, sow. cr pigg shall forfeit for every boar, sow, or pigg they shall so permitt and suffer to ramble and go about the streets of the said to-.tn, the sum of one shilling for every time he. she, or they shall so offend, and which said shilling shall and may be levied by distress and sale of goods and cuattells of every person so offending or by action of deb", and we do hereby also direct that publick notice be given of this order as soon as conveniently may be." "AIso,whereas a certain toll hath from the time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary been due and accuatolJed to be payed for all cattle horseB,sbeep,and piggs sold in the said town; that is to say, one penny for every bull, cow, ox, or heifer fourpence for every horse halfpenny for every pigg; and ten pence for every score of sheep, and so in proportion for a greater or leaser quantity of sheep and whereas, at a Court of Common Council heretofore held for the said town, it was ordered that the fairs and markets kept in the said town should from thenceforth, for a certain number of years, be free aud exempt from toll, and whereas the said term of years is now expired, and it manifestly appears to us that the said former order of Couucil had not the de- sired effect, but, on the contrary, created mauy manifest inconveniences and disadvantages to the said fairs and markets, and the several persons frequenting the paaie, we do, therefore, htreby order, direct, and ordain that the said toll shall, from and after ti e 19th day of September text en- suing, be demanded aud received as the same was heretofore anciently used and accustomEd; and we do hereby likewise further order and direct that proper persons be, as soon as conveniently, appointed to demand, receive, and collect the said toll, and that such collectors or toll-gatherers be provided with proper toll books for the registering of all cattle, horses, sheep, and piggs sold in the said fairs and markets, agreeable tp the laws and statutes in that case made and provided, hereby giving aud granting to such toll-gatherers and collectors full power and authority to levy and collect the said antient toll, and we Co hereby direct the town clerk < f the said town to cause this our order to be inserted in the Gloucester Jowital, and copys thereof fixed in the most pub- lic places of the said town, that the same may be fully known to all persons frequenting or using the said fairs or markets. Also whereas there now is and hath been from the time whereof the memory ot man is not to the contrary, an antsent toll receiveft for all manner of corn and grain sold in the said town, that is to say a quart for every Welsh bushel sold there, and so in proportion for a greater or a lesser quantity, and whereas the bayliffs, aldermen, and burgesses of the town have, in consideration thereof, at their own ex- pense, constantly repaired themarket-liouse erected and appointed by them as a proper place for the sale of corn and grain and whereas diverse per- sons have privately and in a clandestine manner brought diverse great quantitys of corn and grain at their respective houses, to the gieat prejudice of the poor inhabitants of the said town by iiihanc- ing of the price of all com aud grain sold there, and to the defrauding anil secreutirg of the said tolls, we do therefore hereby order, direct, and ordain that from henceforth no person u hatsoever shall sell or buy any corn or grain whatsoever but in the said Corn Atarket-house, in Publick Corn Market, that is to say from and after the hour of twelve, of the cloofe on every Wednesday and Saturday thoughout the year, at which time the market bell is hereby directed to be ung, that publick notice maybe taken at what time and hour the corn market do begin, from which hour till tho hour of one no person whatsoever but the- burgesses and inhabitants of. the said town not exercising the trade of bakers or badgers shall buy any corn or grain exposed to sale. And at the hour of one the bell of the said town shall ring a second time, and from and after that time all the badgers and bakers, and others shall have full liberty of buying any corn or grain sold there. And we do hereby ordain, constitute, and declare ) that the said market-house, or place commonly called the Cross, is the only corn market plac-3 in the said town. And we do hereby direct and order that proper officers be appointed as cleiks or keepers of the said corn market in manner as have been heretofore anliently used and accus- tomed to superintend the said corn markett, and receive the said toll, and we do hereby also further order and direct that if any person or persocs shall presume to buy auy corn or grain in any other place, or at any other time, ot in any other manner than as aforesaid, that the said officers, keepers, or clerks of the said corn markett shall deliver in the names of such persons so offending to the town clerk of the said town, who is hereby impowered and directed at our expence to prose- cute such offender to the utmost rigour of the law, and it is hereby directed that publick notice be given thereof on the next markett days by ye publick cryer, and that copys of this orJer be fixed upon the said com markett house and other publiok placcs in the said tow P." At thiB time the Guildhall, East gate, and the Qnayhad been greatly damaged by time, aud the Common Council determined to have them repaired, and the following record appears in the Corporation accounts;— Whereas the Guildhall, Eastgate, and Quay of the said town is greatly injured and damaged in theValls and otherwise for want of necessary repair, to the great nuisance of the several im. habitants of the said town and others, and the Quay is in such an ill state of repair that the dutys arising from the same have for several years last past been neglected to have been raised. Now it is hereby ordered and directed that the comon attorneys of the said town do from and out of such sum and sums of money as are now iu their hands, or which they ahall hereafter exercise for the use of the bayliffs, ahlermen, and burgesses of the said town, pay all such sum and sums towards the rebuilding and re- pairing thereof, as shall be directed by the bayiitfs ot the said town or either of them. And that officers be appointed by tliem as well, for the raising of the dutys autiently due from the Faid Quay, as also for the preserving the navigation of the River Taff leading to and from the said Quay." Two years later there was the following entry Whereas, the town of Cardiff hath been time imramorial an antient port town, having had proper antient Quay for the loading and unloading of boats and vessells trading to the aid town, in consideratiou whereof diverse antient ffees and dues have from time to time been immemorially paid as kayage, and received by the water bailiff for the time being, to the use of the bailiffs, aldermen, and burgesses of the said town, tfiat is to say, the sum of one shilling for every boat or vessell belonging to any burgess or ffreeman of the said town, loading or unloading at the said Quay the sura of two shillings and sixpence from every boat or vessell belonging to IWV ffoteigner not being free of tha said town, if under the burthen of sixty tons, and five shtlliuRs if above sixty. tons, autl the sum of three shillings and fourpence for every millstone landed en the Did Quay. and other antient and customary ffees. And whereas tbe Quay has for some years been permitted to be very ruinous and in decay by reason whereof, the antknt deus and ffees have been negieeted to be raised. And whereas great part of the said Quay hath been lately rebuilt and convenient landing places made for boats or vessels to load and unload at the said Quav, aud the which being intended shortly to be repaid eomuletly • it is therefore hereby unani- mously ordered and ordained by the Common Counsell of the said town in qounsell assembled that the bailiffs of the said town for the time being do nominate proper persons to be water b uliffa, as well to. collect the -several de- e and duties ariiing from the said kayage, -aoeording to the antient customs of the said Town, as also to preserve the said Quay and navigation of the said river, accord ing to the laws and statutes made for the preservation of the navigable rivers and for the due aud more iXoper preventing All manner Jif nusances on the said Quay by laying and eaving any heavy goods or merchandises ofa the same, to the prejudice and hiodratice of any other persons iB their loading or unloading their boats or vessells. It is hereby futtlier ordered and ordained by the said Common Uounsell in cxmueel assembled, tbatno pig fron, cut iron, wrought iron, millstones or other stones, or alabaster or any other goods or merchandizes whatsoever shall be permitted to be er remain on the said Quay for the space el 24 hours under the pain and i«nalty of one shilling; or for the space of tix days under the paip and penalty of aix sniHlage and eight pence, which a id p iin t'td penalties we do heteby ordain and order to be raised and levied by distress and sale ef the offender's goods and ohatteles, or by seizure and sale of the goods aqd merchandize, or part of the same so continuing as 9 nuisance on the said Quay as shall amount to the sum of 6a 8d and costs of such distress, by warrant under the hands and seals oi the Bailiff* of theaalcl Town for the time being, oath being first duly made of such nuisance and offence, and that this by law anri ordinance may have its due effect, it is ordered and directed that the Town Clerk do cause fair coppys of this ordinance and by law to be af fixed, and sett up at the said Quay, as also at the most publick places in this town, that due notice may be taken hereof. All these efforts seemed to have had very little effect in increasing the trade of the town, and for several years the entries in the Corporation records con-tain sums as having been received for the sale of corn, or for the landing of goods, ate., from vessels at the Qua v. r~
MUSICAL NOTES.
MUSICAL NOTES. A BACHELOR OF MUSIC.] The members of the disbaiided Henry Leslie Choir have had a meeting, at which they deter- mined to reunite under another conductor. < Yerdi, the composer of Trovatore, Traviata, &c., has iust completed his 75ih year, Whatever makes this piano so heavy, Mike ?' Mike Why, the quantity of tunes in 'im, to be sure—what else shonid it be?" The South Wales Eisteddfod, opened at Swan- sea on Wednesday week in a large temporary buihiiag erected for this and for the purposes of toe IJritish Association, has now closed. The weather haq been most propitious throughout, and the attendance and influential on each day. rassing through other subjects, one looks in vain for prizes likely to enhance or encourage the study of the pianoforte. Notwithstanding the neglect which the pianoforte is receiving at the hands of our eisteddfodic friends, it is an instru- ment destined to creep into evert Welsh home where a love of instrumental music is to be found. Looking at the miserable subject ("The Mocking Bird") for competition on this wonderful instru- ment, a stranger might well ask—What, have you no executants of the piano in Wales? Are there no interpreters of the pianoforte works of Beethoven, Chopin, L:stz, Schubert, Aiendlessohn. Schuman to be found amongst our young in the Princi; ality ? Happily, to my knowledge, Wales is not without such talent, but the mischief is that the eisteddfodau neither encourage nor bring it out. Abergavenny was the only place I ever heard of where genuine art was encouraged, and I do say this for the encouragement of the promoters of that Eisteddfod—there seemed only an earnest desire with them to stimulate and foster art in its highest forms, and not that of making money-going scheme Of it. When we know the ability to be found even in South Wales, it is much to be regretted that only the inferior part of it ever finds its way to; the eisteddfodau, and this is more to be regretted when it is publicly exhibited to strangers, as it would be at stich large gatherings. What able player of the piano, accus- tomed to the works of the great masters, (careful of his reputation) would essay his powers at the instrument in The Mocking Bird," prize, 1:2 28? The opera season now being over, Covent Garden is employed with promenade concerts, under the management of Messrs A. and S. G-atli, with Mr F. H. Coyven conductor, and Herr Thoules accompanist The pianoforie manufacturers are making 1101- rangements in their respective rooms for givinz pianoforte recitah-not a bad idea by the way —and the well-known firm of Johu Brinsmead andCo. led the way last Wednesday with au excellent pro- gramme, entrusted to' the executancy of that highly-gifted pianist, the Chevalier de Konski. How interesting it must be to those musical students who zealously pursue their studies day by day, and love their art. to known something of those great men who, laying by much of the pleasure of this life, have written and com- posed, and spent their lives in providing and producing works to be enjoyed by others. How few take the trouble to estimate the vast amount of labour entailed in the writing and scoring of these works, to say nothing of the sheets of music in the earlier at- tempts that would naturally be spoiled, especially over their earlier writings. How many times even a ereat composer has to go over his work, and the number of correct ons he finds necessary to make before being satisfied with it. Let He student only examine say, for instance, the score of Don Cioviannie," not,1 believe, the largest of Mozart's works, and ask himself how long it v. ouid taKe him only to make a fair copy of this one work of this great man—how mauy Lours sitting and driving at his pen it would cost him Having a little knowledge myself of the trouble entailed in copying, I am at a-loss often to think how srcli men as Eeethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Handel, and others, could have accomplished only the b. re writing process. Just notiie the works of Beethoven, an outline of hose life I now propose to write, tind, without noticing the unedited works, and others which have never seeu the light, but simply contenting ourselves with his well-known standard works— his pianoforte sonatas, over 5GO pages, closeiy printed; his violin and piano ditto, 172 pages symphonies, the pianoforte scores of which are over 400 pages (how much the orchestral parts would occupy can well be imagined.}) his bagatelles, quartetts, quintette, fantasias, rondos then his vocal and operatic works; his "Engedi Fidelio;"and it seems work for a lifetime only to copy them out. Wi at an amount of patience and self-denial the writing of such a number of volumes must have cosU And for hat returu?Very few of the great men ot Bte hoven's day ever realised much beyond the pleasure of writing; theirs was hard work, with little or no remuneration. It v. as as much as they could get publishers to undertake the re- sponsibility of printing them, much less expecting paymeut for the copyright. Ludwig Van Beethoven was, as may be well imagined from the number of works composed for that instrument, a great pianist. He was born 17th Df December, 1770, at Bonn, on the Bhine. Ilin father, Theodore Vall Beethoven, a nativeof Maestricht, was a tenor in the eltector of.Coloyne's chapd. It is well here to note of how much we are indebted to the Church for tlie 1)greBB of pure and healthy musical art. Under her foster- ing care not only music, but the sister art of punting has been nurtured and stimulated. Wherever we find music in its highest state of perfection we are able to trace the stimulating effects of the Church both abroad aud at home. Beethoven was the second of five children, four sons and one daughter. Like all our great artists he began his studies early, being placed under Vander Eden, the court organist, when only five years old. It is not at all uninteresting to follow out the student's life of every gnat man, what examples tley studied, how they werestudied, and how carefully a thoroughly competent teacher was selected even for their earliest studies. The student's life of nearly every great man has been much the same. The general idea is to adjudge any one competent to teach who cau scramble over the keys of a piano during the earlier courses of instruction. It is gratifying to observe that this applies only to England. where a rigid examination of teachers is not insisted upon, and never was a greater mis- take. The first two or three years at the instrumeut is the period when all the habits for good or for bad are formed. If slovenly or awkward in fingering, it is got then if careless and helpless with the lefthand,it is acquired then hy bad models (which ignore that band, and tram only the right) being used. In fact, the groove in which the student has worked during this period is seldom diverted even by haid study and better teaching. This needs no proving if one looks at the number of Btudents and the miserable results in the number of really good executants. Bach's 48 preludes and fugues seemed to have formed part of the early instruction of most of our great Slayers. Beethoven studied them so did Weber, lendelssehn, Mozart, Schubert, tiohuman. In 1792 Beethoven commeuced his studies under that clever theorist and composer, whose theoretical works now form the basis of technical study in all our superior musical institutions at home and abroad, and his works, now already attracting some amount of attention, were begiuning to be numerous. But Beethoven's life was destined to be one more or less of sorrow and affliction. In the earlier part of it he w as seized witb deafness, which iucreased as lIe grew older, and in his twenty-eighkii became almost total. Afflicted in this manner, he became morose and ill-tempered and unfit for society, and became an isolated being except to one or two. The only coxcmiuucatiun he had with the outer world was in writing. The severity of this affliction was felt by him so much that in his gloomy days he was frequently tempted to commit suicide. His personal appearance was a matter of little thought, in fact, be never paid any attention to it, not even combib# his nair from one year to another. He died March 26th, 1827, 57 years of age. Wagner, in some,interesting rem-rtt upon the essential difference between Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart, says Haydn was satisfied to be a prince's attendant. Submissive, and devout, he retained the peace of a kind-! earted, cheerful disposition to a good old age." Mozart, on the otter hand, found servitude unbearable, and spent himself in an incessant struggle for an undis- turbed aud secure existence, sacrificing his fugitive earnings to the petty enjoyments of life." 011 his part, Beethoven, far too haughty to attend either prince or public, lived so much", itbln himself that he was comtfTelyinditferent to the world of external things. And as he withdrew further and further from that world, the clearer became his insight into inner and inward things, In the light here shown, deafness came to Beethoven as a fift from the gods If or the outer worid now ecame extinct to him; not that blindness robbed him of its view, but becatUfi deaf- neis finally kept it at a distaooe from his hearing. The ear was the only organ through which the outer world cocild still reaoh and disturb hjm it had Jong since faded to bis eye. What did the enraptured dreamer see when, fixed by staring with opeu he wan- dered through the crowded streets of Vienna, solely animated by the waking of hit inner world of toneat" It is interesting to note wnat a great *tan like Wagner has to Say about Beethoven, Hitherto," says hf. "our composers have written their works as painted transparencies, with the light held be- fore the picture. Beethoven haa opened to tp transparencies with the lights behind, suredly," he says, it is on enchanted state we fall into when listening to a genuine work of Beet- hoven's. In all parts and details of the piecA that to sober senses look like a complex of techni- cal means cunningly contrived to fulfil ferm, we now perceive a ghostlike animatiop, an aotivity-— here most delicate —t ere appalling,—a pulsation of undulating joy, longing, fear, lamentatien— now ecstasy,—-all of wlndi again seem to; spring from the profoundest depths of our own nature, Jfor the feature in Beethoveu's productions, which is 15 particularly momentous for the history of art, is this that every technical detail, by mspns of which for clearness sake the artist places hflJr self in a conventional relation to external world, is raised to the highest significance wf a spontaneous eBtuaion."
A BUST OF MR CLADSTOm .............
A BUST OF MR CLADSTOm Some time 8:e a subscription of twenty shil- lings each was asked from the Members of the Devonshire Club to provide a marble bust of Mr Gladstone. The response was liberal almoet be- yond expectation, and the result is that not only were there sufficient funds subscribed for a Glad. stone bast, but for another butt: and it has been decided to employ the surplus subscriptions in the execution of a bust ef the cbairmnn Jul the the Mamuis of Hftrtiogton.JBcAa
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A KNIGHTHOOD FOR MR E. J. HEED, M.P. The Queen has been graciously pleased to be- sto.v "pm Mr E. J. Heed, C,B., M.P., a Knight- Commaudership of the Bath. The Knight Com- mandership was seuc to Sir Ed ard 1st Saturday by the Prime Minister, who in a letter stated that the distinction was indisputably and amply merited by services ren lered to the country chiefly in connection with Her Majesty's Navy. We are assured that Sir Edward regards the compliment as one paid not less to his constituents and to the Liberals of Kouth Wales than to himself.
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LOCAL MEMBERS A M) THE BAltES AND BABBITS BiLL. Iu the House of Commons, on Wednesday, while considering the Hares and liabbits Bill in Committte, Sir Thomas E, Colebroake movel an amendment li-niting the number of members of the fanner's household entitled to kill or take ground game,to one besides himself. That was"1 opi osed by Sir William Harcourt. The amend- ment was rejected by 179 to 97. Amongst those who voted tor the amendment were Messrs D. Davies, it Davie", Lewis, Pugh, If, H. Vivian Col. Kingscote was a teller witn Sir E. Colebrooke. A similar amendment by Mr Edw.ird Stanhope, to limit the right to carry a gun to one other persoll" besides the occupier, was also negatived by 173 to 91. In this division Mr Stanhope's rro- posal was Sll[ pOI ted by Mr n. Davies and Col. Kingscote Mr David Davies being a teller with Mr Stanhope.
FUInE It A L~OlT^nfiTLATE…
FUInE It A L~OlT^nfiTLATE CAPT. RUSSELL, JjJMAERTHY II. On Thursday afternoon the in ertnem, or tlie remains of the late Capt. J. W. liusaell, registrar remains of the late Capt. J. W. liusaell, registrar of the Merthyr County-court, and senior officer of the whole Tatf battalion, took place at the Cefn Cemetery. Never before has a military funeral of such magnitude been seen in Merthyr, whilst the only event of the kind in any way approach- ing it in extent was some 23 years when Mr Thomas, of the Court, waa bl1.ried. 'J he day being a holiday, and the weather particularly fine, an unusually la'ge concourse of versons was brought together from all parts of the district. The whole line of the route from Merthyr to Cefn Cemetery (two miles in length) was thickly liued with spectators. The various corps having fallen in at the armoury, proceeded to the residence of the deceased gentlemen, in Church-street, where the funeral procession, comprising volunteers, Freemasons, and the general inhabitants, fell into their places according to the arrangements agreed upon 011 the previous day. The funeral procession was asfollows:-A firing party.cousisting of 60 men from the late captain's company, under the com- mand of Capt. Lewis and Lieut. T. Evans the Merthyr and Dowlais Volunteers and the Mer- thyr town bands playing unitedly the" Dead March in Saul;" some 32 Freemasons, most of whom wore dress coats, but no regalia; 16 volun- teer tergeantfi, who acted as bearers the corpse conveyed <>n a gun carriage k ndly lent by the Cardiff Artillery Volunteers, draw n by tw o horses, driven by Sergeant-Major Miles and Sergeant AttwiU, with whom were four sergeants of the Cardiff detachment, 1st Glamorganshire Artillery, eight officers walking by the side as pall bearers; a mourning and two other coaches, containing the friends of the deceased"; a large body of officers from most of the corps forming the faff ba'talion the county-court officials the Cefn Hifle Corps, under the command of Captain Matthews about 300 Volunteers rank and file a large body of sergeant-instructors and sergeants, and a considerable number of the 10 ding inhabit- ants an I tradesmen of the town. The rear of the procession was brought up by the carriages of Mr W. T. Crawsliay, Cyfarthfa Dr. Webser, Mr i>. E, Williams, J.P., Hirwain; and other vehicles. The funeral procession w; s over a quarter-of-a-miJe in length, and the march at slow time to the Cefu Cemetery was a long one. A very considerable concourse of persons was gathered together in the grounds. The volunteers, immediately upon arriving at the cemetery, lined the walk the chapel to the grave, after which they followed the procession to the grave, around which they formed two sides of a square, inside of which were the officers and Freemasons. Volleys were fired over the grave aud the cus- tomary military honours shown towards the de- ceased. The service was read by the rector'of Merthyr. As a token of their esteem towards the late Capt. llussell, all officers of the batt lion will for a month wear a baud of crape three inches broad around the left arm.
NEATiTcoitPORATiON GAS WOHKS.
NEATiTcoitPORATiON GAS WOHKS. INTERESTING REPORT. The 1 a!f-yearly report of the Neath Corpora- tion Gas Works shows that the make of gas was 9,820,000 cubic feet. The coal used to Juue, 1879, was 1,054 tons, and the average make 9,450 cnbic feet per ton; whilst ¡nlSS0 the coal used v, as 1,019 tous.with a make per ton of 9,630, cubic feet, showing an increase of 180 cubic feet in the make of gas. with a decreased consumption of 35 tons of coal The capital account shows an outlay on the new mains aud new meters this half-year of £37 15s 4d, bringing up the total expenditure of capital to £48,190 2s 5d-£840 has been repaid to the London Assurance Corporation this half-ye r, increasing the total amount to £7,403 6s 8d. on the revenue account; after meeting all the working expenses, bad debts, allowances, and insurance, the gross profit amounts to £1,H7 5f, notwithstanding the reduction in the price of gas to private consumers and public lamps, which represents J648 13s 4d. The profit on the half-year's working, together uith £19 10s Id brought for- ward from last account, enables the Corporation to pay interest ou mortgages and temporary loan from the bank, amounting to £983 12s 8d, carrying R)0 to credit of the deprecia- tion fund account, bringing that fund up to £350; £100 to reduction of expeBse accouut, which then stands.at £2,441 8s 7d, and carrying forward a balance of JE33 2s 7d to the credit of the next account. The report of the late manager, Mr Ellery, to the Council, states that the banking account on the 30th June showed a credit bal- ance of JE576 19s 9d, as against a credit balance of £1531857d only, on June 30th, 1879, and a debit balance of J6404 5s lid on the 31st December, whilst the final result is that the bank balance is increased by something over JS400. The various accounts are each in a healthy state, and go to prove that the manufacturing and distributing plant are in satisfactory working order. •
TREDEGAR COUNTY-COURT.
TREDEGAR COUNTY-COURT. His Honour Judge Herbert held bis monthly court on Thursday, when a rather heavy list of ciiaes was disused of. The undisputed claims were beard in the Registrar's Court. His Honour delivered judgment in the case of John Henry Williams v. John Williams, Bywater, which was a claim for £66 18s for breach of agree- ment. Mr Plows (instructed by Mr E. H. Daviee) was solicitor for the plaintiff, and Mr L. D. Browne, of Abert^venny, appeared for the de- fendant, an innkeeper at Garnfaeh. The de- fendant in taking possession of the Greyhound Ion, Garnfaeh, agreed to pay a certain sum for the furniture and fixtures and stock-in-trade by monthly instalments of £ 2 each, and failing to pay one of the instalments, plaintiff sued for the balance remaining due. His Honour, after bear. ing all the faots, now gave judgment for plaintiff for the full amount (£66 18s) due under the agreement, or the furniture to be returned, CLAIH FOB GKOCKBY GOODS. Wiltshire v. Badman.—Mr J. A. Sblpsrd for plaintiff. The claim was for an amount of £11168 due for grocery. Defendant did not dispute the debt, and offeved 2* 6d a month, saying her hus- band, a collier, only earned from 2"w to 35a weekly between huneelf and eon. IJ oeJrment, 4s monthly. INTKWLHABXR CAD. Wallace v. Middletcn. — Claimaint, Mary Thomas.—Mr J. W. Shepard was for the plaintiff, and Mr Morgan, of Poutypool, appeared for the caimaut, who claimed three cows, which were s-ized under an exeeution levied against defen. dant for £4 8s. Mary Thomas, the claimant, and Jane Jones were examined for the defence, and they both admitted their husbands were in America, an admission which drew from the Judge the remark, a kind of family failing, I suppose." They both maintained that the cons belonged to them, and not to defendant. Richard Middleton sworn: The cows were not on tack" in Mrs Evans' field. She does not look to me for payment I work in the quarry and pay for my board as much as £5 at tiaaea, aad sometimes nothing. I pay 1tlq Jonemy niece. I don't know where the cows are. The window frames are returned to Hereford.^—Mr Jones, bailiff: I seized the cows.—Judge: How much was the debt ?—Mr Jones: J64 15s 6d»—Judge Then you took too much.—Mr Jones: I did not remove any good*. 1 merely levied, and Mr Wallace said he would pick out what belonged to Mr Middleton. —Eventually judgment was given in favour of the executive creditor Wallace, as to one cow and the window frames and stones'; two cows to be deemed the property of the olaimaot. OLAJ. FOR A DAMAGED FOOT. William Fear v. G. L. Hiley-claim £7 damages for injury sustainei by plaintiff, iu being ridden over by the wheel of defendant's cart,— Mr I'lews, instructed by Mr Shepard, appeared for defendant.—The plaintiff said he was going home one uight, about baif-past t* n, from Abertillery, and on ne:iring the South Wales Colliery, defendant's cart, driven by two boys, earns along, and the "hèl went over his foot, and he was under the doctor some days, and bad to fay 17s, besides loping w ork.— £ >y Mr l'lews t was a shop cart and was driven by two boy.«.— I get on the side to the right and called out, lieu they wets 12 yards off. After they passed I toLl them I would pull them out of the cart. I stood with my back against ttYe wall. Tbe cart went over iny left foot. My right one was on the ground. I did n It put it ia my pocket, anyhow. (Laughter.) I can't say why my right loot was not hurt. (The wife of plaintiff kept on po; ping in "remark by way of reminder to hetphetfliegftlMd, and ahe was re- Bftovfd from the court by older of the judge.) Plaintiff: Mr Jones, manager, told Ole people had not any business on that road. I had a sack w ith potatoes on my back. I put it down. A man BMned John Hoiking was on the road at the time, and he came into my house while I was bathing iny foot on the same night. He said the eart nearly drove over him and his horse.—Judge: Where h taat man ?—Plaintiff: He is in fte shop at Abertillery, and he promised me. yesterday,, to 00me here 5004_ bat his master would not fr*» hii*.«—Judges I Did he promiso ho eOme Wifc- bms t Yee, Sir. he did,-—Mr Plewt: Aa far as we ate concerned we have not heard of this man.— J Ufl8. < J adjourn the for the pUiutHl to pro. d.- Hfckina next J
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Lord Dundreary says that if you ha I a sister JSuesan* she would never be herself because a e would be always Sae (yeu). Teanyson speaks of noses which are ti|>tilted like the petsl of a flower." This flowery com- Jillment to a charming variety of English beauty ia not to be deemed exclusive, for pet-ata or uo petals. thflT are indubitably JIJJ
AGRIOUVTUHK.
AGRIOUVTUHK. ARABLE DAIfJTma. In the time-Lonoured system of dairy farming", as carried on most generally in this country, it takes at least three acres of urass laud to keep a dedlY Cow summer and winter; and ill some second and third-rate dairy districts the stockage is only after the rate" of a caw to four aud even five acres. What a change on this defective production would even a very slight introduction of arable culture applied to daiiying bring! By growing ven small breadths of cabbages tor the cowsin autumn, mangel wurzel, that the pulp may be mixed with Lay and straw caaff in winter, and rye, winter barley, Italian rye grass, and vetches to assist the spring and summer feeding, the number of dairy cows kept, on most farms might very easily be doubled and in proportion to the extent arable dairying was nursued iniiiht the stockage of the farm be increased, so that instead of three acres being required to support a single beast, the order of things might be compjvratively inverted. We believe arable dairying to be very much on the increase in cer- tain parts of the kingdom, and that, under cer- tain circumstances, judiciously applied there is nothing calculated to prove half so remunerative. In the production of milk for sale, a ready mnrket can be found for tny quantities of it, either to the metropolis or any other deuse centre of population, the farmer might find it highly ad\aiii.ageous to increase his herd of cow, by growing green crops and roots for them on an ex. tensive scale by arable culture aud not only so, but he might also fin it remunerative to in- crease the production of the milk by feed. ing the animal partially; on artificial food. r re-euuneiitly is it worthy of consideration how imsny green and root crops are available for cariying out arable dairying to its fullest extent. Tho-e iu the habit of making butter in winter prefer very much carrots to mangolds, because: be former are favourable to the yield of a much larger proportion of cream. The Guernsey farmers are satisfied with nothing but parsnips for their cows, which, no doubt, are still more nutritious. But is there any reason why the new crop, thousand-headed kale, should not be grown extensively for feeding dairy cows yielding milk in winter? This plant not only gives an enormous bulk of produce to the acre- age, but is likewise highly nutritive, and whether the milk were sold off direct or cream were raised on it for but'.er making, we believe that it would be found by f ir the cheapest and best winter food for dairy cows. IN'angels could also be grown largely, they being also so serviceable to pulp up for admixture with straw-chaff so as to form the backbone of the winter feeding. This amalgama- tion with the chaff should take place 43 hours before the food is required to be used, that the mass migbt engender heat by fermentation, by which the entire mass becomes highly improved. Hay we would entirely abolish, because the amal- gamated food just named would serve the purpose of hay, and might be supplemented with a little artificial food to bring up the nutritive quality to the required standard. AGRICULTURE nT WALES. In the neighbourhood of Cardigan, I regret to say, there are unmistakable signs of petatoe disease. The haulms only are affected as yet but the tubers will, as a matter of course, follow They were all healthy until the heavy thunder raiu of the past week. Hay harvest is drawing to a close, and all the grass was secured in fine condi- tion. The corn is ripening fast, but only a few spots in sunny corners will be cut for auother week or nine days; few spots will be cut next week, but only a trifle. All crops are very heavy, much over the average.—The Farmer. THE HARVEST IN CARDIGAN AND PEMBROKE. Harvest is coming on. Cutting has commenced on a few early spots, but harvest will not be general under a fortnight hence. The crops are heavy, much laid by the late heavy rains, and much damaged ti.ereby, especially the barley, and harvest work will be a slow and arduous task. It was a grand sight t« see the crops a month ago, everything looking so well, but the rain has greatly changed the aspect; yet, by fine weather. we expect to obtain an average crop. The grain crop has endured the cold and diy May much better than ■ the grass, but the grass has grown afterwards. The iiay crop is not a heavy one, yet nearly an average, which is not all gathered yet, and many a rick is damaged. The potatoes are going. The blight is to be observed in many places by this time hardly have they over shewn a better crop, 'and perhaps, by having dry weather, the bulbs would not be greatly des- troyed Swedes and mangels are looking well. BARLEY. Barley must be cut before it is dead lipe, as if left till ripe the loss from shelliug is very great. The best time to cut is v hen about three-quarters of the heads have turned yellow. As to the method, if there is a great crop with long straw, the best way will be to bind it. If the straw is not long enough to bind easily,cut it with a reaper with the rake so set that every arm delivers the grain. By this means the barley is delivered in a swathe clear of the ground the horses will travel over at next round. Being in a thin swathe tLe barley dries quickly. It may be cocked for ease of loading, or loaded direct from the swathe. Either in cocks or su athe it is in a very good form for reiisting damage by a pass:ng shower, but if a long rain is threatened the barley should be cocked. If this is done well only the top of the cock will get wet, and that should be spread aud dried before carrying. The main object in har- vesting barley is to get the grain safely in the barn as soon as possible, but it will not do to take it in too green. DRESSING SEED-CORN. Carbolic soap is frequently used by farmers for dressing seed-corn, and it answers so well in the case of wheat rn1 bailey that the aid of a scare- crow in the shape of a boy is dispensed with. This is an immense saving, as birds do a large amount of damage in a short time, and it is a well kuo n fact that the work of scaring them off is often badly performed, and causes nuicli anxiety to those most interested. Although au effec- tual safeguard when applied to the above- na.med grain, it is not found to be so in the case of beans and peans, which, as they begin to germinate, cast their skins readily, and of this the rooks take advautage by devouring the middle and leaving the husks with the carbolic soap adhering to them. For garden seeds, such as radishes and all the brassica tribe, it will be found most valuable, as in most gardens finches and liunets are so troublesome that it is impossible, except under close netting, to keep them off, and it often occurs that a whole bed is destroyed in a few hoars. This is a great loss, as there is not only the seed gone, but the crop is thrown behind in such a way as to inter- fere with a regular supply being kept up. Mice also strongly object to carbolic soap. HARVEST PROSPECTS. The fields are ripening rapidly unto the harvest* consequently, while there is yet time, farmers should consider whether they have made all need- ful preparations or-not for this grand event of the year, in the preparation of thatch, and the spars or studs, twine, etc., with which the coverings of the ricks are to be effected. Too frequently in the midst of harvest, after a certain number of ricks have been made, it is found that insufficient thatch has been prepared to cover them with; and the consequence generally is that the ricks remain onen longer than they ought, to be damaged cou- sicterably by the first heavy shower of rain. Indeed, we have witnessed So much preventible damage owing to this circumstance, that, knowing tbe old adage, "A word to the wise is sufficient," we think it no harm, to make timely mention of the matter. )fILKIN4. q- It is very desirable for farm boys in daily dis. tricts to learn early to milk: one of the advan- tages of cow keeping by labourers is that the boys learn tomiJk. It ili comparatively easy to learn wlulst the muscles of the wrist are pliable. Men as they grow old, and whose bands become stiff and cramped, cannot do the work as well ae youths or younger men. In some districts, and especially in Scotland, women do much of the milking. We do not, however, think it very de- sirable work for women; their petticoats are rather in the way, they are less able to manage unruly cows, aud with some exceptions they are not as efficient milkers as JIleu. Where the master does not himself superintend or help in this work he should see that some one of his men upon whom be can depend takes eare that all the cows are thoroughly milked. Some dairymen have their cows tried again, or aftered, as it is called, directly after been milked, and this plan is advisable where some of the milkers are slow, inefficient, or apt to shirk their work. Cows have the power of holding their milk, more especially when their udders are hard soon after cabiug. There are occasionally cows which even with the betlt management ruin their usefulness for the dairy in this way. Oile objection to allowing calves to suck their dams is that even after u short experience of suckling a calf, they are far more apt to hold their milk. The only means of overcoming this habit that we have much faith in, is the pI/In of giving the heifer or cow some cake or other food which she likes just at the time when the is being milked, to take her attention, wi,eu she will generally allow the milk to flow. By steady perseverance this troublesome habit thus be generally overcome. COW3 AND CHURNING. In eome respects a cow i. like a fruit tree—rone tree bears good fruit; auother bears poor fruit from the soil. One tree vield as many bushels as another does quarts. The dairyman eannot be too careful jn selecting his cow*. The cream from one poor cow mixed with ere nn from fifteen or twenty good outs will injure the but- ter. Different opinions have been given about the grain of buttert Some contend that the grain is formed by the small particles of oil that are con- tained in the pellicles; when tbe pelliclcs a e broken the particles join together and form the grain, The gra n < f butter is formed bep fore it is drawn from U,e cow. It is rou:IJ or f'gg. a a e l, and oirposed principally of tl re fi40tS, the size and qu^itv depen ling upon ti.e blojd of the cow, tie aud quantity of the food the eats, the purity of the water and air the gets. The quality of the butter ia affected by the condition of the cow as to heat or cold. The more butter made from a cow in a week the better the quality, The seience of making fancy floor is to remove the brau from ti.6 coarse wheat then to grind it into flour. The old process grinding was to grind it as fine as it should be before the bran u as removed. The old f rocem of making butter v as to gather it into a body* then press out the buttermilk, and work in tbe salt. The new method of making butter is to remove all the buttermilk as soon ce thegrainsare formed, then work the salt and grains together, warui it, so it will press into a body, an 1 it ia ready for niarlcet. The old 1 rocess w like mashing up Jipe strawberries to remove the hull; the new like carefully removihg the hull and leaving the berry who and round. If the butter is made too wafm while churning and finishing it, an inferior article is the result. he ccn erti of the churn should be kept 59° and 00" to finish butter by the granulatiug process. Daiiymen should have a grading churn or gang of churus, to chum the cream fi om each separately, the churns to operate at the same time, alld each churn stopped as soon ae the but* ter oomee. the time noted. rbft dairyman Will then know the time required to churn each cow's cream, and the quantity and quality of taèh. One grading aimru is sufficient for a or couniy.f Rrrasft A TSOCSAHD TKA&a OLD. Professor Church has bean lecturing to a I n- don scientific socicty on a snuinle of buttec. vUjb Professor Church has been lecturfag to a I n- don scientific socicty on a snuinle of buttec. vUjb he said had probably lain for 1,0C0 years in an Irish bog. It had becon e changed in composi- tion and character into something very like the material of composite car.dles. At t:.e meeting a. still older sample, taken from an alabaster rase in an Egyptian bowl probably 2,500 years old. wns sho". n in an almost perfect state of pre- servation. ( fARMERS' PltOSrECTS, In "ill communication to a coutemporary Mr Mechi, writing from KelveJeD, 6:-YS The farmers' prospects have considerably darkened owing to an unseasonable July of Kilburn wea- ther, of tropical and crushing downpours, which have supersatui ated the Boil, closing the gaping cracks, converting the lands into mud, and causing the under drain-, where fortunately they exist, to discharge as though in winter. The tine and promising crops of barley have been crushed to the ground, matted and twisted as though rolled, leaving erect a crop of powerful ,^ee is. In many cases second growth of jreen barley is showing itself. The wheat crop, although less laid, is becoming dark and nildewed, the grain swelling in its case by frequent soaking. The consequence is a delayed harvest and a much more costly one, for the reaping machine cannot, in many cases, be used. The labourers, knowing this and seeing the difficulty in mowing or reaping, have increased their demands 25 per cent, and the farmers must pay it."
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IMPORTANT CONFEnENCE" OF MINERS IN MANCHESTER. THE RATE OF WAGES. OVER PRODUCTION. PROPOSED FEDERATION OF UNIONS. A conference of miners u as held on Tuesday at the Mechanics' Institute, Manchester, the purpose of considering questions affecting the interests of the mining population, delegates were present from Lancashire, Cheshiie, 2sorch and South Staffordshire, Shropshire. Mr Ihomas HALLIDAT, who was formrly a miners' agent, was vo ed to the chair. The Chair- man said the miners in the country generally had for some few years been subjected to repeated reductions in wnges, and wages were reported now as very inadequate tomeet the requirements of home. While travelling through the country on other business,ho« ever,he was requested not long ago to do what he could to bring about a, better state of things, a cr ,having been raised as to what could be done to effect an improvement. However he resolved to go to North Staffordshire, where he at- tended some meetings, at which a desire was ex- pressed for co-operation and joint action 011 the part of the various districts. A similar desire was expressed in South Staffordshire, where he at- tended five meetings. Something, it was felt, should be lone to secure a higher rate of wages. Many- things besides required alteration, no doubt, but the wages which were being received throughout the country were insufficient to provide the ordinary comforts of" life—even food, to say nothing of schooling for children, clotl es, and the like. In accordance with a promise which he made to his Staffordshire friends, he wrote to Scotland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Wales, and elsewhere on this matter, and in each district there seemed to be an evident desire for action. Of course it was a question which required to be delicately dealt with, in order that jealousy might not be created, and that offence might be sdven to no one. They would agree with him that the time had gone by when they could afford to have differences amongst themselves. They must take joint action, and work out carefully-con- sidered plans. He found that the state of the country was not hopeless so tar as organisation, numerically considered, was concerned. The Durham miners were organised to the exteut of about 30,000; miners of Cleveland to a man. In Northumberland, very few were out of the Union, which comprised some 10,00(1 men. These people were willing to co operate with those in other parts of the country, provided these other miners could be got into a fair state of organi- sation hut organisation would not come into being of itself. There must be some effort put forth to bring it about, and therefore that meeting had been called. The organ- isations in the country generally would in all aggregate something like 70,000 men. That was considerably more than in 1869, when there were not more than 25.0CO men to be found in the country for organised purposes. Kumerically, therefore, the unions were much better thau they had been; but because they were divided,and took nothing in the wry of joint action, the men were down, and, j their Staffordshire friem's thought, down they must remain uniil there ^was determined action generally. There Were causes, no i?oubt, for this unsatisfac- tory state of things. So far as wages were con- cerned, Lete could be no doubt that overproduc- tion had somcthiug to do with it. He could not disguise from his mind the fact tiiat at the present moment, right through the country, with very few exceptions, serious losses were entailed ou those who were carrying on collieries, and that arising from the very low price of coal generally. This had led to the wages reduction,of which the public weie aware. Miners knew, however, that besides the direct reduction, there had been re- ductions seriously affecting the result of their labour, of wddch the public were unaware. At the present time the producing power of men and machinery was far in excess of the demands of the nation, and almost wherever he went the:e seemed to be a slackness of work. Coal owners were, he believed, suffering. From them no help could, lie thought, come, and if anything was to be done, as coal owners had observed to him, the men would have to do it, taking good care as to how they acted. He was sure that the public would not object to their getting a little more money for their work, if they Knew the miners' position, and if they took action by Sep- tember or October, he expected to see their posi- tion bettered. -(Applause.) Mr War. Pickard (Wig .n) said that the state of tilings in his district was very unsatisfactory. Men were not working more than five, six, or seven days a fortnight, and the remuneration for their labour was far beneath what it ought to be. He agreed that over production was their curse, and the sooner the output was checked the better. If flere were to be a change, the miners must set to work themselves to bring it about, geting rid of their want of unity, which destroys all real life in the districts. In conjunction with this wages question, there was also the question of protecting life and limb, about which something ought to be done. Reports were then giveu in by the delegates as to the state of affairs in their various districts. The representatives from St. Helen's stated that they worked 10 hours a day; the pay" of a c >IIier for a day was 2s lid, out of which he had to pay for his light and the likes. When a man worked only three and four days a week, how, they asked, was he to live and support his family ? The men were anxious to move in some way to better their position. Mr James Beech (Oldham and Ash ton Reported that they were working from three to four days per week, eight hours per day, and the average wages was a little over 3s a day. The Ashton Delegate stated that in the district from which he came the average payment was about 38 4d per day of eight honrs. In Atherton and Leigh, thecoUiers were, it was said, working nine days a fortnight, and the wages at the latter place was from day, A North Staffordshire Representative gave the average wages of a colllier at 3s 3da day adding that a good man would get Sa 7d, out of which ftuni he would have to provide toolit The conference was informed that at Loncton nien were working on an averaelix days a fort. night, the remuneration being 3s 7d a Jay. Mr Chari< £ b Gettikg, South Stafford, said there were hundreds of sober and iidustrious families receiving less per head than was paid for the maintenance of criminals and paupers. The general run of wages was from Sa to lis a week. Mr W. Baldwin, Shropshire, replied that the mieers in his district were getting 2s fd per day of eight hours, <oI'tJ Mr PiCKAan directed attention to the fact that it was being stated in the House of Commons that miners were being paid for their risk, and desired to kaow how sucv. a statement compared with the statistics which were being given that morning. i. he delegates proceeded to consider what were the best meaiu of securing improved or. ganisation, and after some discussion it was re- solved That it is the opinion of this conference that the best means of securing better organba- tion of Inioera in t e various mining districts ia to hold meetings aad visit miners, and therefore we recoiamend the districts to commence this work on an early day. Further, we strongly advise the formation of a fund for organising put. poses, districts contributing at the rate of one penny per man." It was unanimously agreed; "That this Con- ference is of opiniou that a federation of local miners' unions is desirable as a means of obtain- ing united action, in all matters affecting the interest of the mininsr population; but,as there are districts which are not prepared to take any re- spolUiÏbilityat present, w e recommend the ques- tion to the consideration of the districts, whose opinions shall be submitted to the next meeting." The general feeling appeared to be in favourof federation on a small end economical scale, and the chairman gave it as his opinion that a charge per. member of not more than 2d per mouth would be sufficient for all purposes. The next subject was that of the best means of obtaining au .advance of wages. The chairman and others spoke in favour of a restricted output, the Aehton—under—Lyne delegate urging also the desirableness of all districts working only efgi t hours a day, and it Was resolved to refer the nii.tter to the districts far consideration. The conference was ultimately adjourned until the 14th of September.
LAWLESS MIN Ens.
LAWLESS MIN Ens. The agitation recently initiated among the li&uarkshire miners has reaci e i a climax in several vi^ges. Pickets of men, composed generally or the roughest class in Bailieston Motherwell, Larkhail, and Blautyre especially' j araded through tlie row s of miners' houses cari v- ing idudgeons and intercepting workmen on the toad, using threat* of the strongest description, and in many cases going to the houses and destroy- iug whatever garden-plot may be in front, at the same time ^mashing the doors and windows, and insulting the iu in at en, all and sundry, whether miners or not. Application has been made to the f'olice authoritifs of ti e county for a stronger orce of constabulary to be sent to several districts, as it is alleged that neither life nor property are safe at present. No such lawlessness has been Sieu aatonget the bMlLfor the last SO years. t
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CARDIFF THADE REPORT.
CARDIFF THADE REPORT. [SPECIAL BEPOKT BY orR OWN CORHKfcrONDEKT. Cardiff, Thursday Night.—The shipments of coal to foreign ports for the week now ending show a falling on of some 4,000 ten. as compared with those of last week. Ihe total, however, is still a very respectable one. As the week closes very few of our shippers can be said to 00 busy, and interruptions of work at the collieries are matters of almostdaily occurrence. Shippeis appear to be ill su; plied with tonnage for future loading, and I exj ect to see a further falling off in the clearances next week. Shippers alsoa; pear to Lave no great number of orders on their books for execution, and, consequently, the immediate outlook of the trade is not very encouraging. Some lots of coal for delivery next year have Jigaiu Leen contracted for at prices very little in advance of those now current. The weather has been favourable to the uo vejuents of shipping thi week, and the arrivals wVe be^a and ot good carrying capacity. VV eie the ^h<»le of them to load here they would take some 120,000 tons, but amongst tluin are a number of boats eiitering the port merely to take coal for thtir own consumption, and others which for different reasons leave in ballast. T-e freight market g' ne;ally is in an unusually decreased condition. Outers are very scurcc 80 that in scarcely any diiection is there any active 1 demand for tonnage, which, at the same time is a idling but plentiful. Under these circumstances only a very limited amount of chartering has been done. "French coal freights remain unaltered, with the exception of those for northern porta, which show a slight improvement. Spanish coal freights are steady, with few operations. Spanish ore freights are also steady both from the Mediter- ranean ports and from Bilbao. Tliere is a moder- ately good demand for tonnage for Malta and Yort aid, Coal freights to the higher pOfU. of the -dediterranean are quiet, but the homeward employment from the Black Sea is improving slightly, Baltic coal freights are firm. No parti- cular change is to be reported iu the btate of East Indian business, eitucr outwards or home- wards. West Indian coal freights are lower, in view of the approach of the season favourable to these shipments. Nothing particular, however, is yet doing in this direction. Quotations foi Brazil aud liiver Plate are unaltered. No opera* tions are reported in transatlantic steam chartering. Detnaud for sailing tonnage for iron to tile United States is quiet just now, but steam tonnage is ec. quired after for New York. Fair homeward employment is obtained from the United States. Exports for the week:—93,930 tons of coal, 3,722 tons of iron, and 2,260 tons of patent fuel. No coke has been cleared during the week, En. tries outwards of vessels arrived for loading during the week about 100,000 tons burthen. Imrorts of iron ore during the week from SpaiLr 11,248 tons, and 3,841 tons from other sources. Arrivals of pit wood, 2,394 tons,
SW ANSEA THADE REPORT.
SW ANSEA THADE REPORT. lSPBCIAL REPORT FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONUZNT.) Swansea, Thursday Night.—There has been no noticeable change in the coal trade during the East week. Things continue very quiet, orders eing comparatively scares at firmer quotations. The shipments show a very alight increase over the corresponding week, the falling off in the French coal trade being more than made up by the increased shipments of patent fuel. The local fuel works have of late been very busy, the ex- ports this week being the largest ever known in a single week, Franee taking by far the largest por- tion. There is some talk of new presses being started at the Atlantic Works, the orders on hand being in excess of the weekly output. The Mediterranean coal trade is improving this week, though still belo- the average. Very little has been done in chartering, leading rates con- tinuing unaltered. The coal shipments foreign are divided as follows .—France, 5,798 tons coal, 5,420 tons fuel, and 10 tom metals; Spain, 1,635 tons coal; Alexandria, 1,750 tons coal; Damietta (Euypt), 400 tons ccal; Hamburg, 100 tons co d, 230 tons coke, 100 tons copper; Italy, 220 tons coal, 980 tons fuel; Madeira, 3G3 tons coal; The Cape. 1,620 tOils; St John's, N.F., 1,030 tOilS; Pernam- buco, 778 tons; Reunion, 600 tons fuel; Quebec 600 tons coal. # Imports.—The arrivals have been only moderate in number, and the vessels iu dock are few. The principal items ure four timber eargoes one each from Quebec (1,200 loaos), St dohns. N.B., St John's, N.F., and Shediac 1,410 tons zinc ore from Ba Calle, 305 tons copper ore from St. Ubes, and 450 tons from Tucacas a cargo of oats from Randas, and another from Gotheuburg. The imports of iron ore have fallen to a very low average, and au improvement or stoppage must shortly take place, as the stocks in hand are not equal to the requirements of the blast furnaces, the large quantities on he South Dock being now all cleaied away. of all descriptions is slowly improving in pricj, and the tone of the market is much firmer and more hopeful. -————
NEWPORT TRADE REPORT.
NEWPORT TRADE REPORT. I SPECIAL REPORT FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Newport, Thursday Night,—The trade of the present week has been good in so far as shippers have had a fair supply of tonnage in most cases to keep them going, and consequently are, on the whole, satisfied. In some cases demurrage has arisen in consequence of the limited output at one or two collieries. The quantities going off inland are considerable, and this continues to limit the amount of coal available for shipment. It is not easy to induce shippers to sell at anything below 4f [" 11 .ad L. ønviJp lo -rrv"1" book ordero for forward delivery unless at a alight advance. The iron works are fairly busy, and the quan- tity of rails arriving from the works and shipping at the present time are considerable. The mar- kets continue to fluctuate, but there is no doubt that the prospects for the next six months are fair, and the probabilities are that orders will keep the different works going in most cases. imports have consisted of iron ore from Bilbao, Santander, Elba, the Mediterranean ports, and France. A steamer cargo of potatoes and flour from Nantes; some cargoes of timber and deals and sleepers from America and the Baltic, Three cargoes of pitwood have also arrived from Franco and one from Ireland. Prices of ore and pitwood are maintained, and in some cases a slight advauco has been given. Stocks are not so great. N Fi-eighta,—T ere is little alteration to note, though the demand is somewhat improving rates have not advanced. Homewards from Bilbao, quotations have fluctuated. The rate may. how ever, be considered firm at 9s.
NORTH OF ENGLAND REPORT.
NORTH OF ENGLAND REPORT. lSPRClAL ItEPORT FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT 1 Midmjbsbobocgh, Thursday.—The iron trade has shown rather more fluctuation this week as on Monday pig metal could be bought at about Is per ton below what it could be obtained for on the previous Friday. Again, however, the market has strengthened. These fluctuations are more the outcome of the effect of the Scotch market than any local influences. The local trade keeps pretty steady. Business this week has been some- what interfered with by the Kedcar races, as iron merchants aad makers are not proof to the altrao- tions of the turf when they come into their midst* The makers are pretty well sold, and are therefore not offering pie iron at less than and 458 6d No. 3. They have of late been generally 9d to Is above the rates of the merchants. be latter, however, are really the only persons who do busi. ness, and hence their quotations must be taken as those of the market. Their rates are about 44, No. 9, and la less {or No. 4 forge. There is not much variation up or down from these rates. The shipments have been rather less since August set in. They were heavy last mouth, and probably will be during the preeent month, u&legs there should be some unforeseen decline in the continental demand. The late re- turns of the Ironmasters' Association present soma interesting features. They show that there was total production of pig metal io Cleveland lost of 212,608 to Of this quantity, about 50,000 tons were hematite. The production of hematite is very rapidly inrreasiug. Last month Mr Edward Wllliams blew in one furnace to pro. duce this class of iron. There was also another furnace added in the district. Tltere are now 112 f uruaces altogether in blast, 23 of which are Oil hematite and spiegeleisen. The heavy make of Cleveland iron was absorbed within a trifle. Shipments to Scotland were slightly Ises last month, as was also the case with South Wales. The latter district took 7,387 tons of pig, and 210 tons of manufactured iron, as exports from Middlesborough. probably, the improving rates last month may have something to do with the lessened shipments. Continental consumers especially have been lately holding back until the market should become settled befoie placing their orders Iron manufacturers have been rather putting up their prices lately, which has tended to restrict the demand, consequently there is not quite the eame pressure noticeable. At the same time thebreadtt) of work in hand is large, and prices are firm. Ship plates are £6 15s to jES 118 6d to JM angles, £6 to.£6, 2s 6d, less 2& per cent. iron trails are.£5 15s to t6; ditto puddled bars, for which there is a greatly improved inquiry, are £4 nett. There is a better demand for foundry work, also for engineering materials and bridge- work. The steam coal trade lias been pretty steady. There is no tenable pressure, and hence eteam. doals can be readily got. The Tytieside firms are very much exercwed in looking after the compett- Mon they have to meet in certain markets from South Wales and the Scotch collieries, The formed. the chief rival, as the latter only pro- duces second class coal. Titer* is no change iti price. Ordinary gas coals are in fair inquiry at Cs Gd to 7s, (Joke has shown bat little change,. There are as a rule Yety few buyers to the market except for small lots, as con tract* made early <n in the year run for a lohger period than tile present.
WEST MIDLANDS TnADE uCPOUT.
WEST MIDLANDS TnADE uCPOUT. [SPBCIAL JWtPOBT fHOM OUR OWN COBUESfOMiPN* Hikminuham, Thursday.—There v as a healthier tone jervading the maiket ajtain to-day. Sellers' quotations were firmer. Pig makers askedl from Is 3d to 2a 61 more per ton thau i et week. Derbyshire were to be had at 5fe. but vendors did not push them at t at psiosw LiBiler quahtien ase reported ot 45a, The better qualities of pig nppaared most aoiight after. Ia nuished iron some sales of common sheets were reported at £8. Bars retrain unaltered in their positich lupin the week. Coke and irowtoue are Is dearer Cmib last Thursday.
THE GLASGOW COAL TRADE..
THE GLASGOW COAL TRADE.. The Glasgow coal masters have, In cinsequehoe of a general demand for an increase of intimated all advance of W) per cent in the priefe of engine coal, to take effect at ottce. A lfcrgft amount of coal will be thrown On the market consequent upon the Lanarkshire furnaces tofeiag damped out. Ç-
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L-- feest speeches he has delivered during this tesstcn. In a passage of singular eloquence and furce, he depicted the struggles incident to the life of a farmer. He rises early," •aid Mr BRIGHT, he works throughout the day, he eats the bread of carefulness. There is hardly anything certain in his condition except rent-day. lie may do everything that man can do. He may plough, sow, and clean the land, and yet there may come a season which blights his and his hopes," Such a man, it would be supposed, Illif{;t claim, and not in vain, the sympathy of all who are able to bestow it upon him. But what is the fact? Why this Bill, which is intended to free him from the plague of ground game which destroys his crops, is obstructed and delayed in the hope that it caunot possibly be passed this session. This hope, however, will prove illusory. Mr BRIGHT, speaking for the Liberal party, announces that they intend to do the farmers justice. The Tories have been accustomed, as he put it, to "pay them attentions," to style themselves the farmers' friends," The aim of the Liberal Government will be to show that they are not the farmers' friends in particular,but the friends of just legislation to every class of the community, and that farmers shall have such justice as the Liberals can give » them. That pledge will be fully carried out not in this session alone but in those Which are to follow. The Conservative party made many promises but neglected to .keep them, and it is to the Liberals that the farmer must look for the improved govern- ment of counties, the better incidence of taxation, and a tenure of land on a fair and equitable basis,