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PONT Y POOL. POLICE COURT.—SATURDAY. (Before Colonel BYRDE, E. J. PHILLIPS, and JOSIAH RICHARDS, Esquires.) TRESPASS IN PURSUIT OF GAME.—Edward Bullock was charged with trespassing on land belonging to J. C. Hanbury, Esq on the 13th instant, at Panteg, with dogs, in pursuit of game.—John Ford deposed I reside at the Race 1 am a labourer on the 13th instant, at seven in the evening, I was at Coed Alice Wood, and there saw the defendant, with two others, beating the wool they had with them four dogs I went after them, and they ran away [ caught one of the dogs, and took it home; the defendant came to my house and claimed the dog, and threatened to knock my brains out.—The defendant denied beiag in pursuit of game.—The Bench thought he was, and fiued him £ 2 and costs. THROWING STONES.—William Henry Miles and John Lewis were charged with a trespass on the pro- perty of J. G. Williams, Blaenavon, by throwing stones and breaking the tiles.—Mr. Watkins prose- cnted.- Defendants pleaded guilty.to thcowing stones, but not to breaking the tiles.—Fined. lQs. each, or seven days.-John Spriggs, who did not appear, was fined 103. or seven days, for a similar offence on the 26th September. USING A GUN WITHOUT A LICENSE.—George Power Goytrey, was charged with using a gun for the purpos. of taking game, on the 13th instant, at the parish of Llanvihaugel Pontymoile, not having a game certifi- cate.— Mr. Edward W. Phillips deposed On Satur- day, the 13th, I was shooting heard the report of a gun, and went in the direction of where it was fired, and saw defendant with a gun I asked his name, and he gave it he had no license it was on the Tymawr Farm the shooting is in my occupation.—Fined X3. (Mr. Phillips did not adjudicate in this case.) OBSTRUCTING THE HIGHWAY.—Thomas Prosser and Wiliim Smithy were charged with the above offence on the 15th instant, at PantSg.—They did not appear. -Po C. 26 and 39 proved service of summons.-P .C. Gardner stated that on the 15th he heard of a race to be run, and went to the turnpike-road, at Race Farm, and there found the defendants and 300 or 400 people he told them not to run, but they were coerced by the spectators to do so.-Fllled 20s. each. Wm. Pain was charged with obstructing the thoroughfare at Blaeuavon, by allowing a horse and cart to remain on" the street for two hours, on the 6th instant, at Blaen- avon.-P.C. 4 proved the offence.—Ordered to pay costs. Charles Gale was fined 20s. for erecting a stall on the street, on the 6th instant, at Blaenavon.— Sergeant James proved the case. THREATS.—John Kane was bound over to keep the peace towards his wife, Margaret Kane, for six months. ASSAULT.—William Daniel was charged with assault- ing Ann Morgan, on the IGtb instant, at Panteg. and fined 20s. or 14 days, he not appearing. George Moxham and Samuel VVillmott were ordered to divide the costs for an alleged assault on Wm. Willmott. DRUNK.—Thomas Lewis was fined 10s., or seven days, for being drunk on the 13th instant, at Tre- vethin. Phillip Willmott was ordered to pay 10s. for a similar offence on the 10th October, at Blaeu- avon. Thomas E Richards was also charged with being drunk on the highway, at Blaenavon, on the 13th, and fined 15s., he failing to appear. Thomas Gibbs was fined 10s. for a similar offence, on the 13th instant, at Pauteg. ON LICENSED PREMISES DURING PROHIBITED TIoup,s. -William Andrews was charged with being as above, on the 14th instant.-P.C. Beanlan stated that at 9.20 on Sunday 14th October, he visited the New Iuu, kept by Ann Williams, at Panteg saw the defendant in the kitchen asked him what he was doing, aud he made no reply called the landlady's attention to the case she said he had brought her a letter, but refused to allow the witness to see the envelope.—Cross-examined Mrs. Williams did not say her daughter had the letter upstairs.—Convicted in 103. Samuel Williams was ordered to pay X7 10s. 8d. rates due to the Abersychan Board. BASTARDY.—Thomas Griffiths was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. weekly towards the maintenance of the illegi- timate child of Jane Forsey.—Mr. Gardner defended. STEALING COPPER H IVETS. -Char les Christolow was charged with stealing a quantity of copper rivets oil the 10th October, the property of the Patent Nut and Bolt Company.—Mr. Watkins prosecuted. — Jabez Beeston deposed I am engineer at Cwmbran the rivets produced are the property of the Company they were lost on the 10th, from the locomotive shed prisoner is in the employ of the contractor materials are supplied from the store-house, on a written order I did not give an order to the prisoner. -Charles Da- vies deposed I am a puddler in the employ of the Patent Nut and Bolt Company on the 10th October, after I had charged my furnace, I saw a bag in the cinder hole, on fire I took it out, put it iu the bosh, and gave it to Mr. Bennett the bag produced is the same it contained the rivets pruduced.-Thos. Ben- nett stated he received the rivets from the last witness, and handed them to the police constable.—Elijah Curtis sworn I am a police-constable I apprehended the prisoner, and charged with stealing the rivets he said I took them down there, but not with the in- tention of stealing them I took them by order of the overman." At the Police-station he said the rivets shewn him were the ones he took.—Thomas Share sworn I am an overman at Cwmbran I did uot tell the prisoner to take the rivets away the work he was going to do did not require rivets.—Stephen Jenkins 1 am a rivet-boy, and work with the prisoner we were repairing a boiler I did not see the rivets prisoner did not tell me to place the rivets in the box.—You did ask me if I had the key of the box.—The prisoner pleaded not guilty.—The Bench could not see there was any feionious intent, and dismissed the prisoner. MONDAY. Before Riv. J. C. LLEWELLIN aud C. J. PARKES, Esq.) STEALING JAM.—Susannah Harvey, was charged with stealing on pot of jam, the property of William Davies, on the 20th October, at Abersychan. William Winstone, haulier to Mr. Davies, was in the shop ou the 20th, and saw prisoner slip the jam into her basket and walk away.—Henry Reed, assistant to Mr. Davies, saw the jam on the counter but missed it, and afterwards saw it with the prisoner's child. The prisoner did not leave the shop.-The Bench thought there was a doubt in the case. and discharged the prisoner. DRUNK.—Sarah Gibbs, was fined 10s or seven days for drunkenness on the 20th inst. James Thomas, Morgan Evans, and Richard Phillips, were charged with haviDg on the 20th October, 1877, at the parish of Llanvrechva Upper, feloniously stolen a quantity of coal from a canal boat, the property of the Brecon Gas Company, Limited. James Beys stated he was a Police-constable stationed at Cwmbran, on the 17th October, at seven o'clock in the evening, saw the two prisoners Evans and Phillips, bring their boat into the lock at Cwmbran, and then go into the prisoner Thomas' public-house. After remaining there a quarter of an hour, Evan3 and Phillips then came out and went to the boat. Evans handed lumps of coal from the boat to Phillips, who was standing on the wall, who placed the coal behind some timber ou the bank Thomas then came out and picked up two lumps of coal and walked away with them towards his house. I went to Thomas aud took the coal from him, and took possession of the coal on the coal from him, and took possession of the coal on the bank, it weighed 3-15 lbs. Followed the boat to Pontymoil, and aprehended Evans and Phillips on the following morning [ apprehended the prisoner Thomas, on being charged he said I was foolish. John Jones, sw rn I am manager of the Gas Works, at Brecon the prisoners Evans and Phillips are in their employ the company get their coal from Cwm- bran. The prisoners now pleaded guilty, and the Bench sentenced Thomas to three months hard labour, and Phillips and Evans to two months hard labour.

BRECOX. The death is announced of the Rev., David Parry, vicar of Devynock, Breconshire. The deceased gentleman was ordained deacon id 1818, and appointed to the vicarship, which he held up to his demise, in 1862.

BRYNMAWR. SUDDEN DKATH.—On Monday an inquest was held at the Black Lion Inn, before Mr. W. LewIP, coroner, upon the body of a man named Thomas Thomas, who was found in one of the rooms of the house on Saturday. Mary Charles identified the body as that of her brother, who bad come fromTonduto visit her. He left her on Wednesday morning, saying he was going to Victoria, aud she had not seen him since. He iad burst a blood vessel in his head some three weeks ago. Mr. James Byers, landlord of the iun, said the deceased had been in the house during the previous day. On Saturday morning, about half-past six o'clock, or a little later, the servant called him and said a man was in the house. He got up, and found deceased lying between the table and the settle, his face on the ground. He did not know how he came there Deceased was alive when he S&W him first. and I he gave him some hot tea with a little brandy in it and sent for the police aud the doctor, but deceased did not rally, and died in about three-quarters of an hour. Dr. Fitzhenry attributed death to disease of the brain, resulting from apoplectic coma, The jury returned a. verdict in accordance,

J FOREST OF DEAN". NOTICE or STOPPAGE TO IRONWORKERS. — On Saturday, Mr. Russell, the proprietor of the Forest Val? forgps, at Cinderford, gave notice to his workmen to terminate all contracts within a month. The man Saturday, Mr. Russell, the proprietor of the Forest Vah forgps, at Cinderford, gave notice to his workmen to terminate all contracts within a mouth. The man had refused to accept a 0 per cent, reduction in their wages, aud it was found impossible to compete with the Birmingham makers unless they consented' to do so, and hence the present notice. It is stated by Mr.. I Russell that he is unfavourably placed in the cost of fuel, the Staffordshire quotations being several shillings per ton below those of Dean Forest. Th e employes contend that their wages scale is already below that of any previous time, and advanced this argument as a justification of the refusal of their employer's terms.

11' THURSDAY'S MARKETS. BRISTOL CORN MARKET. I Moderate demand, at last weed's prices. Barley Ar- rivals of foreign heavy, and prices fully Is lower; malting plentiful, fine samples maintaining value; other kinds un- saleable. Indian corn Is dearer. Old oats steady new again cheaper, with limited inquiry. BRISTOL CATTLE MARKET. Fair supply of beef, with depressed trade, at 75s for best, and 65s to 70s for inferior. Moderate show of mut- ton, and selling at 9d, and, in some cases, 9|d for choicest wethers and Sd to 81d ewes. Pigs, all sold at 10s 3d per score bacon pigs, and 10s 6d tolls porkers. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. Sugar market flat, and little business doing; prices generally rather easier. Coffee Sales passed off at barely previous values. Bice without change. Cotton market dull. Jute inactive. Tallow, new, about 40s 6d spot. CORK BUTTER MARKET. Ordinary: lsts, 120s; 2nds, 108s 3rds! 90s; 4ths, 82s; 5ths, 66s 6ths, 52s. Mild-cured Superfine, 146s lsts, 134s; 2nds, 115s; 3rds,9:s. Firkins in market, 2,686. CAERPHILLY CHEESE MARKET. Business was slow, there being but few dealers. Some few lots were of a very prime quality. Selling prices ruled from 62s to 6Ss per cwt. The average rate for prime lots was about 63s per cwt. LONDON HAY MARKET. Trade continues slow, at the following prices :—Inferior hay, 753 to 85s prime ditto. 90s to 11 s inferior clover, 8.5s to 95s prime ditto, 100s to 140s; straw, 44s to 55s per load. BRADFORD WOOL MARKET. There is a feeling of depression throughout the market, and prices are by no means lirmly maintaiued. The yarn trade is also quiet aud the offers made so low, that spin- ners must generally refuse them. There is no improve- ment in prices.

Serjeant Simon, M.P., addressed his consti- tuents last week at Dewsbury, and received a hearty reception from persons of all shades of politics. He reviewed the work of the past session, and, referring to the famine in India, said tho Government ought-tomako future famines impos- sible by forming irrigation works. Touching on the war, he strongly condemned the aggressive policy of Russia. A vote of confidence was carried with one dissentient. A meeting of skilled labourers was held last week, in Liverpool, to consider the depression of trade. It was stated that from three to four thousand cotton porters alone were out of em- ployment. A deputation was appointed to wait upon the Cotton Brokers' Association for help. Mdlle. Titiens has left thirty thousand pounds to her sister, Mrs. Croix, with the reversion to her two nieces, one of whom is married. A vigorous effort is being made to push tli9 Free Libraries Act in London, where there is only one library instituted under the Act. On the 19th instant the Tichborne claimant was conveyed from Dartmoor to the Portland convict establishment. Great curiosity was felt in Exeter about him. AN EVENING BEVERAGE.—Epps's Cacioine (Quint* • essence of Cacao) is equally liquii and refreshing as tea. affording moreover a sterling support to the system. Unsweetened. Each packet (6d) is labelled JAMES Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists. London." fl432 Eep's COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING.—By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli- cately-flavonred beverage, which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may he gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hun- dreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape mana fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished fmme.Civil tier- vice Gazette.—Sold only in Packets, labelled-" JAMES Epra & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London." Curiosity is but an appetite after Knowledge.—Many years ago, when the Importers originated their system of supplying Pure Tea in Packets, it was oonstautly asked,- Why is Horniman's Tea so much letter them the s ordinary kinds ?" The reason why is now so well known that it is only necessary to record the startling fact, that 5,000,(101 (five million) Packets are annually consumed in this country, a sufficient proaf that the British Public know and appreciate llorniman's Tea, because it is pure Strong, Delicious, and always good alike. Sold in Packets only by 3 5-8 appointed Agents, Chemists in the Country, and Confectioners in London. A list of Local Agents is pi iiiteil in this paper, to which please refer. BREAPMAKING.—It is curious to trace the various modes that have been used for leavening or raising bread. The Romans employed millet for leaven, mixed with a sweet wine, and allowed it to ferment for one year also wheat bran, soaked for three days in sweet wine and dried in the sun. Of this they diluted a certain quantity at the time of making bread, which was left to ferment in the best wheat flour, and after- wards mixed with the entire mass* Also barley paste heated on red-hot coals and then put into vessels till it became sour. The Gauls and Spaniards having made a kind of frumenty from wheat, used the scum, which raised the dough, and they were celebrated for their lLdit bread. Ale yeast is chiefly used now by bakers in bread making, but this can only be obtained in the neighbourhood of large breweries, and it will keep but a day or two. When brewer's yeast is not procurable, we have often aerated bread and unfer- inented bread used. Uesides the quantity of frpsh yeast, or barm" as it is termed, collected and used from the breweries, there is a great import of dried yeast from Holland and Germany, the average annual receipts being 103,500 cwt., valued at over £ 407,0')0 a very large sum to pay for this one product. But year by year another essential article for the domestic household has been corning extensively into use, and this is Borvvick's Baking Powder, the excellence and utility of which is attested by its enormous sale and the high awards it has obtained at the principal International Exhibitions from the scientific and com- mercial men constituting the Jurors on Food Products. At the Maritime International Exhibition, at Havre, in 1SGS, its utility and excellence were so appreciated in connection with bread-making on shipboard that the jury, composed of many most important chemists, awarded it the gold medal. In the following year, by the Jury of Recompences of the Academie Nationale, Paris, it was, ou the recommendation of their Com- mittee of Commerce aud Manufactures, awarded the highest recompense in their gift, a gold medal, a proof of the estimation in which it is held ift that great capital, noted for its excellent bread and pastry. Iu 1875. the Food Jury of the National Exhibition of Demestic Economy, held at' Paris, also awarded this baking powder a gold medal, and a farther similar award was accorded to it at the International Exhi- bition, held at Cape Town, in 1877. Dr. Muter, the 11 public analyst, speaking of Borwick's Baking Powder in the Fool Jour,ml, says Its utility and economy in pies, tarts, and breakfast rolls is. undoubted, while the ramditv with which the ope,ration can be con- ducted is of considerable importance." In the Far North where scones, and cakes, and "cookies," are deemed essential to a good breakfast or tea iu canny Northumberland, famous for its singing hinnies in keen Yorkshire, where home-bread is the rule at every homestead; in the byawny Midlands, where each thrifty housewife bakes her own family loaf; in smiling Suffolk, with its dumpling fare in ruddy Hants, with its delicioua dough-nuts and in the Southern Counties and great cities of the United Kingdon, where hot rolls, pastry, puddiuga, and other appetising niceties abound, Borwick's Baking Powder canisters are to be found on almost every shelf. Our Continental neighbours too, have not been slow in discovering the value of this every-honsehold article and away over the seas in our Colonial Possessions, especially in distant settlements, such as the diamond fields at the Cape, and at the gold diggings, and on stock farms in Australia and New Zealand, for making scones, small loaves for breakfast, and tea cakes where there are no ovens, this powder is found invaluable, and hence the continually increasing demand for it. Borwick's Baking Powder is an invaluable article to the settler, the traveller, the passenger on board ship, and sailors and soldiers generally. SUBSTITUTE FOR MILK.—The Editor of the Medical Mirror has called the notice of the medical profession to Cadhury's Cocoa Essence, which he calls, Cadbury's Con- centrated Vegetable Milk, and remarks The excess of fatty matter has been carefully eliminated, and thus a compound remains which conveys in a minimum bulk a maximum amount of nutriment. We strongly recommend it'as a diet for childi ea,"

THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS. The death of William Davenport, tlie yonngei of the two Davenport Brothers, the pretended spiritualists, is announced by the Sydney (Aus- tralian) Xcws, which states that he died there iadt month of pulmonary consumption.

BAKER PASHA AND THE ENGLISH OFFICERS. The Morning Post says it has been stated that the English officers, including Baker Pasha, have been sent back to Constantinople by Suleiman Pasha. This is a very erroneous asser- tion. Before Suleiman Pasha was appointed, Mehemet Ali sent back four English gentlemen because, not being furnished with commissions or firmans, ho could not, however willing, give them any official status, or indeed recognise them. This difficulty, he felt, might also occur to the Russian commanders, if by mischance the Englishmen should fall into their hands. Major- GenerpJ Baker and his officers, however, have a forma! engagement and an acknowledged position. They have proved of much value, as the late Commander-in-Chief has acknowledged, and they remain serving with Suleiman. Colonel Bort- wick also, the only Englishman on the staff of the Turkish army, accompanied Mehemet All in most of his reconnaissances on the Lom, previous to his forward movement, and was lately present at the skirmish at Popkoi and the battle of Cerkovna. Being the only English-speaking officer of high rank, he has also had the general superintendence of hospitals, Turkish and international, confided to him.

CHEFKET PASHA AND THE BULGARIAN ATROCITIES. The Eastern Question Association has addressed a memorial to the Earl of Derby with reference to the fact that Chefket Pasha, who was so promi- nent as a leader in the Bulgarian atrocities of last year, is now holding high command in the Turk- ish army in Bulgaria. The memorialists submit that the demands of Her Majesty's Government, and expressing the public opinion of England, are now set at defiance by the employment of Clief- ket Paslia in the country which has been the scene of his former crimes, and it is clearly shown that the most abominable and wanton cruelty is no impediment to promotion in the Turkish army. They deplore that the good offices of her Majesty's Government have been fruitlessly em- ployed, and request Lord Derby to place on record for the information of the Porte, if possible in concert with other Powers, the sense entertained in this country of the outrage 011 all law, order. and morality involved in these proceedings, and the isolation in which they must justly place the Ottoman Government in the public opinion of Europe. The memorial is signed by the Duke oc Westminster, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. Man • della, M.P., and others. The following reply has been received to the memorial:—"Foreign Office, Oct. 19, 1877.—My Lord Duke,-—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of a memorial from the Eastern Question Association, dated the Kith inst., in which atten- tion is called to, and a protest made against, the appointment of Chefket Pasha to a command in the Turkish army in Bulgaria, aud I am to state to your c'racc that a copy of the memorial will be forwarded to her Maiesty's Ambassador at Con- stantinople.—1 am, A'c., TV-XTERTJEX."

THE BLACKHEATH HIGHWAYMEN. At the Centl al Criminal Court, on Tuesday, be- fore the Common Serjeant, Thomas Hyslop and John Dinham, two youths, were indicted for rOD- bing William Henry Hodgson of two t,3 notes and other money, being at the time of the robbery armed with pistols. Mr. Douglas Straight and Mr. Mead prosecuted for the Treasury; Hyslop was defended by Mr. Warner Sleigh, and Dinham by Mr. Matthews. Mr. Straight said the case was based to a con- uiderable extent upon circumstantial evidence. Tho charge, in plain language, was one of high- way robbery with violence. It appeared that in May last Mr. Hodgson, an assistant solicitor to the Treasury, was returning home late at night when he was accosted by the two individuals, who, pointing pistols at him. demanded his money. The facts were now calculated to provoke a smile, but at the time I they might be considered as of very considerable moment. Mr. Hodgson parted with the money, and the two Bank 01 England notes which the I purse contained were traced to the possession of tli9 prisoners. There would be other circum- stances which it would be essential to bear in mind. The prisoners- undoubtedly were in L011- f don about the time of the robberyr and occupied lodgings with Miss Westley,. of Greenwich. Green- wich, as the jury would know,, was- not very far from Blackheath, and it would be proved un- doubtedly that the prisoners, in company with a woman, were in the habit of remaining out until one or two o'clock each mornings Evidence was them called, and the prisoners being found guilty,, were sentenced to seven years' pead servitude. (From tlie Daily. News-), Paul Clifford" was accused in its day of having turned the thoughts of many ill-regulated youths to the highway. A similar charge was made against a much inferior piece of literarv workmanship, "Jack Sheppard," and a much suporior one, Schiller's "Robbers." The case of one of the Blaoklieath highwaymen will doubtless be regarded as an illustration of the evil effects produced by a study of the romance of robbery. The youth, when arrested, was found to have in his possession a revolver and a book containing the adventures of Claude Duyal. or,.the Dashing Highwayman." No doubt such vile literature as we may presume this work to have been, often has the most directly depraving cifecv upon the minds of ignorant and feather-headed boys. But Wt-; fancy that there are far more thieves and robbers made by the lack of reading of any hind than even by the misdirected taste which leads a lad to study the life of The Dashing Highway- man." If the criminal in all the old-fashioned [ romances of crime was far too ready to put his sins ou the shoulders of society, perhaps, on j the other hand, society in our day is a little too ready to accept the popularity of The Dashing Highwayman, and other such publications, as j a sufficient explanation of the existence of juvenile f depravity. In this instance the story of the-1 dashing Duval's adventures was not in the pos- session of the youth wdio was proved to have pre- viously borne a good character. As the moral: is usually pointed, it ought to be on him, pre-, viously guiltless of offence, tiiut the fascinating poison had done its work. In general it seems to us a sounder and a more salutary conclusion to the popularity of the adventures.of Claude Duval is a consequence than to regard it as a cause. Claude Duval perhaps beconi-ss popular because the education which would give-a taste for better reading was not provided in time- I teL A few mere years of the school boards*—'which were not flourishing when, the "Blackbeath lugn- waymen." were beginning their education, what- ever it may have been-will probably exorcise j the spirit of Claude Duval, and scull him to keep company with the "exploded old ghosts of a past generation. There is no great icar in any case that Duval's example can to much highway robbery now. The material dnhealhes i:! tho wav of a successful imitation are too manv, even if yesterday's proceedings at the Central Criminal Court did not pio\ e utterly diseouraging. Tlia pirate was. m his day to the fulf as fascinating_ a miscreant as any K-.rlMooror .Paul Clihord- But \\e never heard of any youth, except Lord Beaconsfield's Gontarim Fleming, seriously proponhg to lake to pivacv; an*.I even nil- 1 le-ming only talks of becommg a pirate iu the ^:Vjgc?ai Sea, and does not carry out his daring project. It is not ensv to g^-t a ship and a. crew; and then. too, voung pirates might get-, seas:ck,. 'Therefore, the Bed Rover and Comad Wore generally admired 01: land, and without practical emulation. Tlr> difficulties now are nearly as gveat iu iho way any successful reproductions of the romantic highwayman published," Mr. Kiugiake mitght say, on real living horses, e,ik1 with appropriate costume aud weapons.

Royal oh n:to the Practice and Customs of the Stock Exchange will meet agSLin on the 1st ai- 2nd of November. N C,.N STREET CF.?EL, BIKMIXR.N/OR*—The Dir- liiiuiiimvi ,),:1.j l'os: says:- Yvc ni^akioned som- days ago fchac the Rev. Arthur Mnrseil had ac- ,'epted ,11'3 pastorate ot this pbN\ of worship, ,\lr. A. Poole, secretary to the church, writes to say tha'fe Mr. Mnrsell has not Snally accepted the | charge, but has consented to take six month". scr- \ices at Cannon-street, from January next, and !hut it is then bi.-> intention to make a iectuiing •our in the Ended States befoio uctuti• 5y settling H q, 1-

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FOREIGN TELEGRAMS. FRANCE. PARIS, Oct. '20.—According to the official returns of the results of the recent general elections, tlio colonies excepted, 4,313,000 Republican and 3,036,000 Conservative votes were recorded, thus leaving a balance of 677,000 votes in favour of the Republicans. In 1876 the total number of Re- publican votes was 4,030,000, and Conservative 3,1G0,0L)0. The Republicans have thus gained 273,000, and.the Conservatives 476,000 votes. PARIS, Oct. 21 (Evening). — The Gaulois and R'pp/'l of to-day maintain their former statement that the present Ministers will retire on the 5th of November. PARIS, Oct. 22.—The French newspapers are still carrying on an active polemic respecting the true significance of the elections in relation to their present and future results. The Republican journals direct their attacks principally against the ministers. PARIS, Oct. 23.—M. Jules Grevy has decided to accept the representation of Paris, in order to give his election more significance than it would have iu a smaller constituency. PAIns, Oct. 24.—The Committee of the United Left in the Senate, in afresh manifesto, urges the Republican party to continue their efforts in view of elections to Councils General. The Orleanist organ Le Soleil declares, as the country has pro- nounced for a Republican form of Government, there is nothing left but to bow to the national will. It counsels Marshal MacMahon to acquiesce in the decision. PARIS, Oct. 24.—General Grant arrived here this evening. The United States Minisser, Secre- tary of Legation, Consul, and Vice-Consul, with many other leading Americans in Paris, received the General, who, with his wife and son, arrived at the Northern Railway station at 7.30. There was great cordiality displayed, and three hearty cheers were given. The party proceeded to tho 11 Hotel Bristol. GERMANY. BERLIN, Oct. 22.—In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Prussian Diet, Herr von Ben- ningson was re-elected by acclamation president, and Herren Klatz and Yon Bethusy vice-presi- dents, upon the motion of Deputy Wiudhosst. The latter inquired whether the president had been informed of leave of absence granted to some members of the Cabinet. Herr von Ben- ningsen replied in the negative. BERLIN, Oct. 23.—In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Prussian Diet, a communi- cation from the Government was submitted, to the effect that the Emperor William had declined to accept Count Eulenburg's resignation, but that he had granted him six mouths leave of absence, during which term Dr. Friedcnthal, the Minister of Agriculture, would be entrusted with the control of the Ministry of the Interior. Her.. Windhorst inquired whether the House had received a similar communication with re- gard to the leave of absence granted to Prince Bismarck. Herr Von Beningsen, the President, replied in the negative. Herr Richter moved that if a communication to the effect were received it should be also placed on the order of the day. Herr Camphausen, Minister of Finance, subsequently brought forward the Budget for 1878-9. He stated that for the year 1876 there was a surplus of twenty-two million marks, and that the State had three hundred million marks at its disposal for railway purposes. In conclusion, the Minister gave notice of the new loan to be issued for public works. BERLIN, Oct. 24,—The North German Gazette, of this evening, has an article upon the internal situation in France, which it concludes in the following terms :_H As matters have now de- veloped themselves, a Republic, that is, a.. straightforward Liberal Republic, appears to be almost the best guarantee for a pacific policy; and the factions which are striving so zealously to pave the way for other forms of Government- should first reflect whether the success of their plans would not shake those friendly relations which united the France of 1871 to other nations, to the advantage of all, and the strengthening of which is desired by every one, more especially in Germany." SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Oct. 22.—A popular vote was taken yes- terday upon the newly proposed laws concerning electoral rights, the military tax, and work in factories. The bill relating to the right of suffrage of persons living beyond the boundaries of their native communes, and the bill regulating the tax to. be paid by persons unfit for military service were rejected; while the bill concerning workin fac- tories, a scheme advocated by the Radical-Socialist party, was adopted. SPAIN., MADRID, Oct. 20.—The official Gazette publishes a tabular statement of the Spanish debt of all descriptions, with the amount of interest on each. The report of the parliamentary committee in- structed to propose a means of increasing the annual amortissement is appended. The Gazette also publishes a series of questions which will be forwarded to corporations, and private persons who, in replying, will state their views upon the mode of settlement. MADRIO, Oct. 22.—A royal order censures the Mayor of Yznatorafe. a village in Andalusia, for having exercised pressure upon the Protestant parents to give Catholic baptism to their infants. The Government will prevent any violation of liberty of conscience. THE VATICAN. ROME, October 19 (Evening).—The Pope has appointed Cardinal Bilio, the author of the Sylla- •tius, Major-Penitentiary, vice Cardinal Pane- bianco, resigned from illness. Absolutely nothing has been clone at the Vat can ta fill up the arehiepiscopal sec of Naples. The favourite of zirc, the Vatican is still Monsignor Ruffo Scilla. ROME, Oct. 24.—The Jesuit Father Curci has been expelled from the Society of Jesus for ha ving in his works supported the idea that temporal power of the Pope is not a necessary institution. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 23.—In to-day's sitting of the Lower House of the Austrian Rcichsrath the Minister of Finance submitted the Budget for 1S78. He stated that it showed a decided change for the better. The expenditure is estimated at 424,347,469 florins, being an increase of 7,200,000 florins compared with the Budget of 1877. This increase, the Minister explained, "vas owing to an intended larger redemption of the Public Debt. The receipts are estimated at 404,114,600 florins, being 24,800,000 Horins more than in 1877. Of this in- crease 16,700,000 florins would a ccrue from an in- tended sale of Treasury bonds for redemption of public debt. Setting aside the sums relating to the debt, the. expenditure for- 1878 would be 9,;>U0,0l>0 florins less, and tike receipts •eight millions mora, than in 1877, whilst the deficit would be 20,200,000 florins agc-inst 37,800,000. THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH. MARSEILLES, Oct. 24.—Her Hoyal Highness the Duchess of Edinburgh arrived, here this morning, and was received by His Royal e Highness the Duke, the English Consul., and the authorities.. Her Royal Highness was escorted on board the. Osborne .by a guard of honour. TERRIBLE EIRE AT ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK. ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 20.—A large- lire in :» suburb of this town has destroyed 230o houses, and rendered 300'J persons homeless. The loss is estimated at §300-,000, of which$80,000. are covorod bv insurance. Three bodies have up to the i.-d-esent been found; m the ruins. THE SHAH'S SECOND VISIT TO EUROPE. ']>EHERAN, Oct. 20.—Mirza Ali Khan Enninul Moulk, private secretary to the Sliah,. left for Europe yesterday t- nip-ke- the necessary prepara- tions at various capitals (including London anil Paris) in view oi the Shah's visit next spring, His Majesty intends to travel incogllito,. [ FAMINE NEWS FROM' IN.DIA. f MATCH AS, October 20.—The famine- expenditure j iu the Madras Presidency is exported to sink to 300,000 sterling, with a steady subsequent re- duction. The official report, dated the 17th instant, shows the total net decease in the num- ber of persons receiving relief to amount to 301,218. Prices are falling, and: the crops are in fhuiisiiiug condition. There will be a partial har- vest but generally below the average. CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. OTTAWA, Oct. 21.—Mr. Laurier, the new Mini, ster of Inland Revenuov in addressing his con- irtitueuts yesterday, said that the Canadian Go- vernment would immediately open negotiations with the United States for the conclusion of a reciprocity treaty. I NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON, Oct. J;j.-A new Ministry has been formed by Sir George Grey, who assumes office as I Premier, with Messrs. Larnach, M'A.ndrew, _Shnolo;m and h isher as colleagues: X<v;port October Friday, 23fh, 1877. Printed nnl Published at the MON.MOU T■uMiiai; Ms RMS General Printing Olliee, 15, CoMimew'»l-9"t. in the BorouK" of Newport, in t'v; countv of Mi umouth, by WlLblAJl CHRISTOPHERS, residing at CHaremo Sold Tops, ill:the said Borough,

ELY, SR. DAVID'S CHURCH, ELY, AND THE PARISH CHUR CH, CAERAU.—OU Thursday and Friday even- ings the 18th and 19th inst., special harvest thanks- giving services were held in the above churches. At St. David's Church, prayers were read by the Rev. William James, curate of Abercarn, and A very excellent and appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev John Griffiths, vicar of Mvnyddislwyn. Miss David, of The Cottage, Ely, presided at the harmonium. The congregation was a very large cue. Flowers and fruit had been kindly given by Mr. Trayes, of High Mead, Ely, and by Mrs. David, The Cottage, Ely, and by Mrs. Thomas, Ely Farm. The church had been beautifully decorated by Msr Trayes, Miss David, Miss Thomas, anil Miss Latch. On Friday eveniag a special service was held at the parish church Caerau, when, prayer having been said by the Vicar, an excellent English and Welsh sermon was preached by the Rev. William James, curate of Abercarn. The Old church on the hill," notwith- standing the difficulty of access to it, was crowded on the occasion. The church had been tastefully decorated by Mrs. John, The Vicarage, Miss Harris, Ely, the Misses Bowen, &c., while flowers and fruit were given by Mrs. David, Mrs. Bowen, Miss Harris, &c. Miss Harris, of Ely, presided at the harmonium.

BLAENAYON. On Saturday, Mr. Batt, coroner, held an inquest at the Railway Hotel, relative to the death of Mary, wife of the Rev. D. Morgan, minister of Horeb Baptist Chanel. Dr. Ball stated that on the night of the ISth inst.1. he was sent for to attend the deceased, who had received a fracture at the back of the skull. She died about five mioutesafterhis arrival. Maria Harris, the next witness, stated that on the night in question, ABOU^ ten o'clock, she was standing on the top of the with a lio-ht when deceased was proceeding to led WB J about four steps from the top she MIF3Ed her fGiting and fell bar-k. She was thus rendered in- sensible and very much hurt. A verdict in accordance with the evidence was returned.

CARDIFF.. MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—The nomination of candi- dates for the office of Town Councillors CWL OU Tuesday, and is no doubt that all the old • will be returned without opposition, -tor tne HJ Ward, Mr D Duncan and Mr R. Cory were re-nomi- nated. For the West Ward, Mr J. Sloper and.MR J. W. Vachell. For the South Ward, Mr. J. M Conno- chie and Mr J. Rowland. For Canton W ard, MR George Bodington and Mr W. Sanders. For Roath Ward, Mr R. Bird and Mr W. G. Armstrong These are all old members. At the last moment Mr Pluhp Thomas, Tredegarville, was nominated for the Koatti Ward, Mr W. T. Rarer for the West Ward, and Mr Morgan Morgan for the East Ward. There will con- sequently be contests in these wards, but in these only. A wou>an NAA>VL Smallridge, the wife of an over- looker of masons employed on the Great Western Railway attempted to commit suicide on Friday EVENING by throwing herself under a train entering the Cardiff station. She has for some time been an in- MATFFV thfc County Asylum, and had frequently threat- ened to take away her life. She was promptly re- moved to the Infirmary. The limbs were amputated, but she died on Saturday morning. At the inquest, no blame was attached to anyone, and the jury re- turned a verdict that deceased committed suicide while IS aa unsound state of mind.

APPALLING COLLIERY EXPLOSION I AT BLAXTYEE. LOSS OF 203 LIVES. The greatest catastrophe in the history of Scot- land's mining, involving the loss of a great number of lives, took place on Monday morning at Nos. 2 and 3 pits, Dixon's Colliery, High Blan- tyre, eight miles from Glasgow. Qf 233 men in the pits at the time, only 20 have escaped. There a.re three pits within a distance of Vbout a quarter of a mile connected with each other underground, and it was in No. 3 pit, the farthest east, that the explosion occurred. The men went down on Monday morning about six o'clock, and at that time, and for some time afterwards, everything appeared to have been right. The overman went over the whole workings with a naked light, and there was no indication of the presence of fire- damp. About a quarter to nine o'clock a sharp explosion was heard, and from the mouth of No. 3 pit a stream of fire and a large quantity of debris, clouds of dust, boards, and coal were shot into the air. Among the rubbish was found a man's leg. The noise of the explosion was heard a long way off, and crowds of people soon collected round the mouths of the pits. The greatest consternation everywhere prevailed, and for i some little time nothing could be done. Bands of rescuers were soon formed, but it was found utterly impossible to proceed down the shaft of No. 3, in the face of the volumes of choke damp which came rolling up. Every effort was made to restore the ventilation, but more than an hour elapsed before the current of air was flowing as it should do from No. 3 pit along to No. 2. Before this time a party of explorers had suc- ceeded after great difficulty in getting some distance down in No. 1 pit, but the choke damp was too overpowering to admit of their remaining long down, and they were forced to return without having ascertained anything. They called as loudly as they could, but no answer was returned to their cries, and they were unable to proceed any distance into the workings. In No. 2 pit more definite information was ob- tained, and the rescuers, when they returned, had one dead body with them. Several times they returned at great risk to themselves, and on each occasion they managed to bring up a dead body. The choke damp eventually became so bad that they were forced to desist. Some of the party indeed very narrowly escaped. To promote a current of air, streams of water were poured down the shafts, but a long time elapsed before there was much improvement in the atmosphere below. The bodies that were recovered were terribly scorched and blackened, and the explorers stated that dead bodies were strewn about, and everything was in a mass of confusion. Joseph Gilmour, the overman of Pit No. 2, was found dead near the engine, at the bottom of the shaft. Had he survived, it is said he would have been able to explain the cause of the explosion. On Monday afternoon, the work of exploration was prosecuted with all diligence, and three more bodies were recovered. They were brought up by No. 2 shaft, near to the bottom of which they were seen lying by one of the first gangs of explorers, The bodies were those of young lads, aged from 12 to 14, and they pre- sented a°sli ocld ng sight when brought to tlie surface. They were literally encased in mud; their faces were blackened and charred, and the arms from which the clothes had been torn were chiefly stained with blood. The poor little fellows had evidently had a fearful, but at the same time, a speedy death. Two of them named Bolton and Ilenry were pony drivers, and they were dis- covered lying beside their dead charges. The third lad was identified as a son of a man named Gilmour, whose body was re- moved from the same pit at an earlier hour, At No. 3 pit the men who were endeavouring 9 to clear the shaft stated that they heard sounds of knocking from the imprisoned colliers, but they were unable to reach the poor fellows. The names of the three boys are Joseph Gilmour, James Robert Henry, and Wm. Balton. The most heartrending scenes were witnessed in the neighbourhood of both pits and along the row of houses situated one hundred yards from No. 2 pit, for it was near these buildings that tho dead bodies recovered from the pit were con- veyed. The Rev. Mr. Wright, parish minister of Blantyre, and the Catholic clergyman of the district, went from house to house to console the bereaved families,, hut they could hold out little hope that the poor women would ever see their bread winners. Indeed such a scene of domestic sorrow and despairing grief has not been witnessed in Scotland for centuries, and no disaster equal in its destructiveness to human life has ever occurred in this part of the empire. (Central Neivs despatch.} GLASGOW, Oct. 23.-The colliery accident which occurred on Monda.y in the pits of High Blantyre, belonging to Me Stirs. Dixon, is one of the most disastrous that has ever occurred, and the most terrible that has ever befallen the coalfields of Lanarkshire. Messrs. Dixon's collieries are the third in extent in Scotland, and up to Monday had been singularly free from the disastrous calamities which so frequently accompany mining operations. It appears that early in the morning 126 men went down to work in the No. 2 pit, and 107 in No. 3. Before they descended the shaft the overman and deputies reported that the workings had been thoroughly examined and everything was safe. There had. however, within the previous 24 hours been an exceptionally rapid depression of the barometer, a circumstance which is said to be followed in all fiery seams of coal by a sudden accumulation of gas and a corresponding dimi- nution of air. For about three hours after de- scendinf the mine, the men pursued their work without any circumstance occurring to excite their apprehensions. It was not until nine o'clock in the morning that those at work on the pit brow experienced the shock of an explosion followed by the underground grumbling noise which indicates that a catastrophe has occurred in some part of the workings. Almost immediately afterwards there came from No. 3 pit a cloud of flame and smoke up the shaft of the pit, followed by dust and dirt, and the debris of the machinery and appliances for preserving ventilation and carrying on the working of tho pi*t- As soon as it was safe a band of explorers, headed by Mr. Ralph Moor, the Government Inspector of Mines for the district, and accompanied by Mr. Robertson, As- sistant Inspector, descended the pit in the n- deavour to rescue any of the colliers who might still be living. They succeeded in sending to the bank about 20 men from No. 2 pit., who heard and felt the explosion, but were at too great a distance to sustain material injury. The explorers were obliged, owing to the rapid accumulation of after-damp, to suspend their labours over and over again. Fifteen dead bodies, blackened, burnt, nnd disfigured almost out of all trace of humanity were reeovered. All night £ ong, although tho nir'ht was bitterly cold, and a drizzling rain was falling) the neighbourhood cf the main shafts of tire pit vrere surrounded by an anxious and grief- stricken crowd of people, many of them women and children with relations still in tho pit. To- wards midnight news was received that an exploring party had established a communication with No. 2 pit, having worked their way from the bottom of the shaft. All the medical men who had been called in had then loft the mouth of the pit with the exception Drs. Grant and Craw- ford. They immediately went down the shaft and found that three saen and and a boy had been rescued alive. The three men weye Thomas M'Donald, Charles Gainer, and William Gemmell., All of them were msch injured, and no hopes are entertained of Gainer's recovery. The boy, although alive when discovered, died before he- | could be brought to the surface. Mr. Moore, £ V Government inspector, has been in the pit throughout the night, as also had been Mr. Banking, engineer, Captain M'Hardy Johnstone, coalmaster, aad Messrs. Dixon's staff. Thomas Macdonald, one of the three recovered, is much hurt, and cred piteously when bathed with hot water. Gormier could not speak, and with the other two v, as swathed in flannel, and all ox them complained bitterly of the cold. GLASGOW, Oct. a3 (Night). Four men from No. 2 Pit were to-day conveyed from Blantyre to Glasgow Infirmary. All were suffering greatly from the explosion. During the day, two of them, named Gainer and Gemmell, died, and a third, narr.ed M'Donald, is not expected to recover. Hopes arc, however, entertained of Connoham, the fourth. A Relief Committee has been formed, ana it is re- ported that Messrs. Dixon havo giveJJ .£lCCO ai: I agreed to pay all expenses of the buiial of the dead, as well as supply the bereaved families with groceries or some time.* They also pay all the expenses of the explora- tion. The committee also agreed to appeal to the mayors of all the important English towns, and all the provosts of the Scotch towns, to take an interest in mayors of all the important English towns, and all the provosts of the Scotch towns, to take an interest in promoting the national fund. The Priaoe of Wales landed from the Britannia on the 19th inst., attended by ttis suite, Captain Fairfax and Lord Eamsev,$iid drove throu. Dartmouth to the Castle. They also visited tin cadets' sick quarters, and left fox London by u special train ot 4.25 p.m.,