South Wales Daily News

t fu he discount market is active, P:dcl rates are as foliows j imonths ^l13-2 m°nths, H if per cent; 3 I Months' #,Peori ° 5 mov<^> Per cent; 6 T j 2 Per cen^« 2 r,^ 6 *3—2 months (i| per cent; 3 months, 3 Per cent monthsV-H per cent; 6 months, 1 m?rket,cv 'were firm at the opening, day Th3 con.tinu^<i to advance throughout the Jias'a T 6 Ba?;ls^a<ctory progress of the Conference •^ent tendency, and a pacific p.rrange- to-niehf n°7 ^enerally anticipated. Consols close to 9d-L avan advance of j per cent, at 94- £ Eu4'" ^0 dav^3 was done at the following prices during -p> -jK' — >44. lxi^ Funds.—3 per cent Consols, 94, 3§, 1 Rwv', J f°r account, 94, l-t I 3 per cent °4- » • N< 3 per cent' sij to WJ. ^ovemment Securities.—6 per cent 6s' 94; ° rer cent d°' 35<nw a' 60, 59J, i, 00, 7 per cent 50&, 1 £ J • 7 per cent do, 1873, £$' H' «i. B(). i. i, i, S i 5 per cent Hnn- 4}c™' J8^' .Treasury, 74 J, 51, C; SsR9 Russian, 3850, 7CJ 5 per cent do, St 80, 1; 5 per cent Anglo-Dutch, "Ug- os> 83J; 5 per cent do, 1870, 83| to 84| 5 ^■872C«A f°* -1"871' 80i to 80i J & per cent do, M$• A °' 1 5 Per cent do, 1873, 79|, J, 80 £ 2, ff', P^r cent do, 1875, Scrip, 73i 6 per cent fcent States» redeem 1885, 104f to 104|; 6 per I Cfin+ j°' 1867, redeem 1887, 107f tol07i; 5 ;i.;r s, T> ° Funded, redeem 1881, 10G|, i, f. I {3»i a^a — Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— j l5| °rnian' ,121S' h 1$> h 2« i Def1e"f' Xl ncaehire and Yorkshire, 136| to 136^ a and Ogmore, 142A London, Brighton, i Xin ?outh Coast, 1191; do, Deferred, 104^, f, 5 J 2<>? on> Chatham, and Dover Arbitration, '23 to m If ^i0°^on and North Western, 146f to 146 i I 1ferio+r0?2lit^n, 106^"» 74 Metropolitan Dia- to i Nortil British, 110, £ f, 9|, f, jv > i; South Eastern Deferred, 118, £ i Olidon Chatham, and Dover, Arbitration 4 p^cent, 75|, i, 6g, J. i in Kailways, British Possessions.—East Indian I guaranteed 5 per cent, 12l £ J Grand Trunk I Canada, 8^; do 1st Preference Stock, 39| to j Ijp; do. 2nd Preference Stock, 26g; do. 3rd ) Reference tock, 15^, f, i; 5 per cent Per- lIetnal Debt, 71i; Great Indian Peninsular, Rllaranteed 5 per cent, 117 to 117J; Great of Canada, 7 13-16, f, §; do Per- •Pefcial 5 per cent Debenture Stock, 81L American Dollar Bonds and Shares.—G per cent r^tral Pacific of California, 1st Mortgage, 102] ^^and Grant Bonds, 89§; Erie 100 dol shares, f,$,; 7 per cent do Preference Shares, -p f > 7 per cent do Convertible Gold Bonds, 35-1-; Pennsylvania 50 dol shares, 46, 5|, 6|, 6|. Pennsylvania 50 dol shares, 46, 5, 6|, 6! naerican Sterling Bonds—6 par cent Balti- omo, no: I. 141 t —nsl° Egyptian Banking, Limited, ari| ^London and County, 62i to 62 London PJ Westminster, 62|. f6 —Anglo-American, 63f do Pre- J)an+ ^rect United States Cable, 11J, x, 1 and t n Exten8ion» 7 5*16 to 7f Globe Telegraph to Zff> ^er cen^ Preference, :E0'l\118ellaneou8-BondR, Loans, and Trusts- l87o lan 7 Per cent Khedive Mortgage Loan, Hn6nt Foreign and Colonial Govern- M' 5 per cent, 1st issue, 66. 1nVf„JSce^aneous.—Russian 5| per cent Land rgrtgage, 73^ ooainercial, Financial, and Industrial.—Tele- Custom, 28§, i, J, 1 PRICES AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS. ■kj- (SPECIAL TELEGRAM.) y«>- 0 "ullion. Consols, 94J to 94§, Egyptian j -CVen1*! Turkish fives, HJ to 11§ Italian, I frenpi? and R"ssian also better. Eailways 1 12^^ y firm; Westerns, 105^; Caledonians, 1 At]\ •Chatham Pref,' 77; Brightons weaker CJan"11-^0 Weatern8 better; Eries dull;_ West lins^j1 ^rmer* Tallow unchanf#d; rape oil, 39s Jed> 26s petroleum, 2s 3d to 2s 4d.

SPECIAL COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS. p rrROlf OUB COMMEEC1A1 EEPOETEES. 1 «ta +^ls' Tuesday.—Owing to the news from Con- I tst l Pie the Bours0 was buoyant, and all ] 0°C dosed at the best figures. The Three per *ti?nt Rentes left off at 71f 10c, or 92-|c., and the $ale Per Cents at 105f 28c, or 57oC higher than jjk erday. The advance in foreign stocks was i J] e^ise important. Italians rose 1J per cent, i on London short, 25f 16o. ^^KR.LIN. Tuesday.—Austrian Paper Rentes, :a.t US81ans, and American Funded were in demand Jitter rates, otherwise the market was quiet Ij} hardly any change. J tK E^Na' Tuesday.—The stock market was on J si8 ^hole very firm. Government securities » OWred a marked advance. Speculative stocks x?6re con3Paratively neglected Anglo-Austrians s-fre flat; foreign exchange and bullion receded, 1 in particular. London, 3 months, closed at l2f>A. 20k r.

THACKERAY AND SAYOH!, STOCK AND SHAKE BROKERS S3, WKSr BUTE STREET, CARDIFF, STOCfi. AND toil ARE LIST. n „ RAILWAYS. Paid. Price*. Eastern £ Vm 49i 50 T ^re5t Western 100 104*. Iu4^ 51 ™™(>nii;k»ta,»nli)«er iou ii-'i 28V M»m0" ^nd North Western lOu 146 i ui>$ 1 „ &„dUthShire" 100 '64 15/ Rhynaney 30l) 131 131* E0 Severn & WVP Vi'"I } Stock Som.& Dorwt% T^ycand Cana — 50 2I? 'n f „ South Devon ( athExlensiou^ •• 10°." 74 7tJ „ TaS Vale„ 100 -• 1W •• 1954 „ Great Westerned EftENTJAL MoumoutLhire r,)er c^d 5P" cU £ ^5 i 12 Do. New, convertible sr nr- 13::«» £ ■■ S: isstass. s" | I » l>o. 6per cent. 1884 v7 m I Lo. 5 per cent. 1-S67 ion i- I D'• 5per cent. lSr;i io o» ia'4 Severn A: Wye Raily. & Canal, 4^ p.c. I Do* a per cent 10 South Devon 5 Der cent 100 1' lis m i Tall Vale No. 1 100 195 196 Do, par cent. — 100 — 109 111 Do. bpercent. 100 122 123 10 Du. New do. 10.. 121 12i GUARANTEED AND LEASED 60 AHerdare, 10 percent. 60 116 118 20 Coleford, Mon., and Usk, 5 p. c. 20.. 211* 24 Stock Dare Valiey, 5 JJ. c 100.. 117 119 Ely Valley, 5 p. c 100 123 125 ruat Western5per ct. Guaranteed 100.. 125 127 Hereford, Hay, & Brecon Ordinary 100 9l 93 t Do. ditto Preference 100 93 94 Llantrissant and Tafi Vale, 5 p. c. 100.. 117 lit) Llauclly Ry. and Dk. Ordy. 100 1S8 140 Do. do. APreference 100 138 140 „ Do. do. B. 6 p. c. do. 100 140 112 Llynvi and Ojmore, 6 p. c. 100 142J 143t Do. 5 per cent, Fiiet. Preference 100.. 119 120 100 Penarth Harbour, Dock & Railway 100 109 110 35 Swansea Vale. 6 p. c. 3& 61 63 DEBENTURE STOUlta. Stock Cowbridize -'A" 100 11 315 do. "B" 100.. 65 <>7 do. "C" 100.. 51l 52 Hereford, Hay & Braccn rp. c. 100.. 123 12.) „ Great Western 5 aitto 100 128 130 I Midland 4 per ecus. — 100.. 106 101 „ Monmouthshire -1J ditto 100 III 1 i.0 ljynvi & ditto 100 123 125 „ South Devon 5 ditto 100.. 124 li6 Somerset and Dorset 5 do. No. 1.. 100 HO 115 „ Tall Vale 4 p. c. 100 103 105 BANKS BANKS 100 Glamorganshire Banking: Company 100 195 193 10 Glamorganshire New Shares 10.. 19i 19} I 10 London and Provincial Lira. 6.. 12 ] 2 60 National and Provincial 21.. 86' «7 20 National and Provincial —12 49 61 20 Ditto new, 1374 8.. 22 24 psa 20 .Swansea Ba;;li 1 ft 20 West ot England ft S. W. D. Bank 15 2,j t 2ti j AllSCELLANEOUb. 10 Aberdare Gas 10 Ii 11 10 B,istol &So. Wales Wagron Co,, Lira. 4 71 8 26 Bristol Waterworks 25 63 59 Stock Do. Gas 100 204 205 II Cardiff Gas A 10 per cent. 205 Do. do. B 8 per cent 100 1C0 102 25 Do. do. Shares 7 per cent 25 34 38 Stock Do. Waterworka 210 1, Do. do. 1S60 100 151 152 10 Do. do. now 3.. 7i 7. 25 Do. Royal Hotel 25.. 14 15 25 Do. Workmen Cottage Co. 26.. 29 3L 10 Cardiff and Swansea Colliery, Lim. 9 1 1J 5 Crown Preserved Coal 5 2; S 32 EbbwVala — 29.. 11 12t 20 Great Western Colliery lo 9 9: 60 Llynvi, Tondu & Ogmore Coal & Iron 50 15 17 10 Llynvi Valley Gas 10 15 1'3 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, Limited 3 £ It 2 00 Nautygiok, Bi %in a Iron Works (Pre.) 100 I&4 2)J 10 NewportAbercarn Colliery, Limtd. 10 4 B5 Do. Gas A 35 00 62 64 36 Do. B 35 44 46 20 Do. c 8 11 13 5 Do. Tramways 6 3$4 10 Do. Waterworks Shares 10 15A 16 £ 10 Do. do. New 7 10" 11 10 Portishead Gas 10 10 J 11 60 Rhondda Merthyr Colliery, Limit.. 60.. lo 20 25 Do. da. "B" 20.. 7 10 v 50 Rhymncv Iron, Limited 50.. 2il 25 j r, Do. New 15.. 7 7* 25 Swansea Gas 25 37 88 10 Do. Silippinq 6.. 3 3i 25 South Wales Colliery 20.. 8 30 50 Tredegar Iron & Coal A Lirn. 20.. 16 17 25 Do. do. B Lir. 25 2>1 2'1 10 Ystrad Gas and Waterworks 10 18 1. 10 Do. New 5 101 IIi Bank rate 2 per cent. (since 20th Ai)rii.) SELLERS—West of England Bank shares Great Western Colliery do. Newport Aberearn Coll'cry Shares. Tatf Vale Kailway Stock. Great Western Colliery 7 percent. Debentures Llynvl Rail way Stck, &c. BUVERS—Taff Vule Railway do. Rhymney Railway Stocks and Shares. CAIIDIFF DKILY LIST. Deo. 20, 1373. ogi THACKERAY AND SAYCE.

Mpsrs SAYCE & RAKE, SS'TOCKBROKERS, WNS. Are piepared to buy and sell promptly all loual* marketable securities at the quotations of the day. ROBERTS & LYDDON, STOCK AND SHARE BROKERS. 17, CHURCH STREET & VIENNA CHAMBERS, BUTE DOCKS, CARDIFF.

LATEST" MARKETS. CORN. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, Tuesday.—The market opened with holders of wheat asking Id per cental advance, but no general improvement was established. An increased trade was concluded at hardening values. Flour unchanged. Beans Gd per quarter lower, and peas as much dearer. Indian corn in moderate request, and closed at a decline since Friday of 6d per quarter for mixed American. Weather dull. HULL CORN AIARKET. Tuesday.—At our market to-day there was a fair show of English wheat, most of it in bad condition, and prices were Is per quarter lower and but tittle demand foreign was neglected white, 508 to 52s red, 47s to 48s. Malting barley unchanged in value and very quiet. In oats, b«ans, peas, and maize scarcely anything doing. Weather wtt. PRODUCE. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, Tuesday.—Sugar—Fair business both at auction and privately in reiined sorts, and prices are well maintained refined sorts also firm. Coffee—At auction all descriptions realized full values to a slight advance. Cocoa quiet but steady only part sold at auction. Tea- China sold at about previous rates; 1,239 packages Indian were disposed of, there being a fair demand for all qualities. Rice remains quiet but firm. Rum very quiet. Cotton market steady, but business limited. Jute continues steady. Tallow, new, about 45s on the spot. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET, Tuesday.-Sugar in continued moderate demand. Rum dull. Rice quiet. Coffee in limited request. Nitrate of soda 12a 3d to 12s 6d per cwt on the spot. Petroleum in sellers' favour. Lard 51s to 52s per cwt on the spot. Olive oil firm. Linseed oil 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. Rape oil 448 per cwt for refined Stettin. Cottonseed oil, 32s per cwt for Liverpool refined. Palm oil in moderate demand. Tallow unchanged. Resin 6s 8d per cwt for common. Ashes dearer. BUTTER. CORK BUTTER MARKET, Tuesday.—Ordinary—Firsts, 154s; seconds, 137s thirds, llos: fourths, — fifths, ;'sixths,—} Mild—Firsts, 160s: seconds, 139a; thirds, 114s. Firkins in market, 1,000. 8UGAR. CLYDE CRUSHED SUGAR MARKET, Tuesday.—Demand very quiet, almost no business done. The Exphange will be closed on Christmas-day, and on Monday <and Tuesday, 1st and 2nd January, 1877. METALS, LONDON MUTAI, MARKET, Tuesday.—Copper easier; Chili ofiered at C75 10a Wallaroo on the spot quoted at £85 10s; sale for January delivery fe85 to £ 85 5s; other sorts Australian offered without demand. Tin quiet; Straits R75 10J to 4:76 Australian, £ 75—no business reported; English ingots 280. Spelter £211;)8. Lead unchanged. Scotch pig iron, 59s cash. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET, Tuesdoy.-No business done. Buyers, 58. 10d; sellers, 59s.

THE CLEVELAND IRON TRADE. (SPECIAL REPORT FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 MlDDLESBOROUGH, Tuesday-The attendance to-day was small, and only a very quiet business was done in all de- partments, though makers of large iron might have done more if they had had iron to dispose of. Prices all round were well maintained, and altogether a cheerful feeling pervaded the market, it being seen that the quietness will cease after the holidays. Last Tuesday's prices were asked to-day for g.m.b. pigs, nett cash. They were—No. 1, 49s; No. 3,46s and grey forge, which is very scarce, 44s. All forges and foundries are actually employed, excepting the rail mills, as at the end of this week they will be closed for a week or more. In some cases prices of finished iron are firmer than last week, and have an upward tendencyi

A TRADE-UNION COLLIERY. According to the Liverpool Afercury, the tiadfl-nnion coal min. at Shirland, near Sheffield, is, it seems, likely to prove a compete failure. It was held by the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, cost £ 71,000, towards which the association contributed 231,000, and undertook to pay the remainder in six-monthly instalments of £5.000. But the concern did not prosper, and the association found themselves unable to pa.y the half-yearly instalments. To prevent liquidation, Mr. Smith, of Derby, advanced 210,000 on behalf of the bondholders. The trustees then appointed have been superseded, and the association has been given to understand that the concern has passed into other hands, but under what circumstances the conmittce are unaware. It is feared, however, that the association will lose all the capital they have invested in the business.

Yesterday morning James" Dalgleish, Ftwenty-seven years of age, was hanged within the county prison at Carlisle, for the wilful murder of Sarah Wright at Penritb on the 24th of September last. He was cendemned to death at Manchester winter assizes, and after condemna- tion was removed to Carlisle, where during the remain- ing fortnight of his life he received the spiritual ministrations of the gaol chaplain, the Rev. A. Edwerdes, and also of the Rev. James Christie, a Pres- byterian ninister. Attempts had been made to get the prisoner reprieved on the ground of alleged insanity, but they had failed. In a letter written a day or two ago he expressed penitence for his crime. Not only the public but even the newspaper reporters were refused admission to the caol premie?. GIVEN AWAY-"—A POCKET ALMANAC for 1877, sent free per post, on sending address to Messrs Hnrniman, Tea Importers, London, or had Gratis of their A cents in this localzt,,l iddi-esses in our advertising colupns. The Alma.iai is printed in colors, shewing six views taken from photographs' of Messrs Horaiman's tea. plantation in China and shi}>pin/r of Horniman's Tea to England 1" where they have S,63S Agents for their celebrate^ Pure Tea in packets.

VESSELS SIGNALLED AT THE LIZARD. THE LIZARD, Tuesday.—Wind S, fresh. Weather very rainy. Barometer 28.6. PASSED EAST—afternoon Hamburg American Company's steamer Franconia, from the West Indies for Plymouth. PASSED WEST -mor 'i g-steamergroath and Blanche, Illn of Cardiff; foreign barque Bravo. Afternoon—steamers Barrington and Auk, of Cork. GRAIN LADEN VESSEL3 FOR THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. [SPECIALLY REPORTED.] The French schooner Reine des Flots, Capt Le Drevo, from Marans, has arrived in Penarth Roads with a cargo of barley for orders. LATEST ARRIVALS IN PENARTH ROADS. CARDIFF, Tuesday Night.—Mary Ann, Fryer, 31. Irene ss, 742. Theodore, Hale, 61. Ariel, Evans, 124. Ranger, 31. Esther, Nurse, 47. Sophia, Jones, 63. Emily Raymond, Starratt, 290, Uastor ss, Fisher, 942. Pog, Jobsen, 313. Copia as, Collings, 683. Maltster, James, 23, THE WEATHER. CARDIFF, Tuesday, 5 p.m.—There has been a con- tinued less of pressure since yesterday, and at the above hour the mercury is still falling. It now Atards at 28.95, The temperature remains the same as yesterday, the thermometer registering 42 degrees Fahrenheit. The wind has changed from ESE to E by S, light. The weather is gloomy, and rain is falling heavily, with every appearance of a dirty night. FOREIGN ARRIVALS AND SAILING3 OF CARDIFF VESSELS. (SPECIALLYREPORTEDTOTHE "SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS.") The ss John Howard, Capt Hallett, arrived at iirindisi on Monday evening from Cardiff, all well. The ss Campanil, Capt Tonkin, arrived at Bilbao from St Nazaire on Monday night. The ss .Thomas Parker, Caot Nicolson, docked at Bristol from Port Said on Tuesday morning. The 8S United Service, Capt Wilson, was expected to leave London for Cardiff on Tuesday. The 63 John Adamson, Capt Eggleton, passed Dover on Monday from Alexandria for London. The ss Clytie, Capt Hall, was expected in London on Sunday night from Valencia. The ss Csesarea, Capt Hughes, arrived at Carthagena on Monday from Barcelona, where she will load for Cardiff. j The ss Sabrina, Capt Johnson, from London for Car- diff, passed Dover at nine o'olock on Tuesday morning. The ss Moise, Capt Menier, left St Nazaire at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning for Cardiff. The Ss Lady Havelock, Capt Thos Boyd, arrived at Southampton on Tuesday morning from iSewport, Mon. The ss Robert Ingham, Capt Robertson, arrived at Knstendje on Sunday, all well.. The ss Arch Druid, Capt Carmichael, arrived at Ply- mouth on Sunday, all well, and was expected to leave again for Hull on Monday. The ss Rowena, Capt Stacey, from Ibrail for Antwerp, left Gibraltar on Sunday morning, all well. The ss Red Star, Capt Wilkie, for Odessa, passed Constantinople on Sunday, all well. RECITER'S MAIL TELEGRAMS. QIJFESSTOWN, Monday.—The Inman steamer City of Richmond arrived here at 12.20 this morning, Specie 11,000 dols. GLASGOW, Monday.—The State Line steamer State of Nevada arrived at six o'clock this evening. QUBF.s STOWN, 1 Tuesday.-American United States Mail steamer Lord Clive arrived here this morning from Philadelphia.—Cunard steamer Atlas arrived here at six o'clock this morning from Boston. Landed mails and proceeded for Liverpool immediately. CARDIFF—ARRIVALS. ROATH BASIN—Dec 18. Potomac as, 1198, Loudon, East Dock, ballast ROATH BASIN—Dec 19. Loyal Sam, 459, Yale, Dunkerque, ballast Dafila ss, 551, Knott, Rouen, ballast EAST BUTE DOOK-Dec 18. Vildosala ss, 648, Holmes, Greenock, ballast EAST BUTJI DOCK-Dee 19. T H Von Gent, 339, Inge, Dortrecht, ballast Hindeborg, 718, Johannssen, Gothenburg, ballast Negrisuola, 849, Rozzi, La Rochelle, pitwood Meredith ss, 634, Beavan, Dublin, ballast Antonio S, 534, Cosulicb, Dunkerque, ballast Tuspan, 254, Olsen. Honfleur, ballast Sabrina, 29, Wright, Gloucester, light Ann, 39, Wheatstone, Bristol, light Happy-go-Lucky, 37, Daw, Highbridge, light Gustava, 165, Fischer, Bristol, light Woodlands. 118, Pengelly, Caen, burnt ore Tjadda Uesina, 188, btaal, Havre, ballast WEST BUTE DOCK—Dec 19. St Vincent sp, 78, Parker, Bridgwater. light Mary Louise, 28, Bellamy, Bristol, light Maid of the Mill, 28, Ayland, Bristol, light Richard, 25, Jones, Barry, limestone Mars, 284, Phillippe, St Malo. ballast Jean, 200, JLebrass, Dunkerque, ballast Entrepreneur, 132, Chaux, St Malo, pitwood Rose, 168, Lamandes, St Malo, pitwood Eliza, 211, Blackmore, St Malo, ballast PENARTH DocK-Dee 18. Titian as, 965, Crisp, Waterford, light John so, 92. Thomas, Bristol, light Hegina, 34, Jones, Bristol. light Resolution, 31, Harris, Bristol, light Swift, 65, Guy, Ilfracombe. light Sweet Home, 21, Fry, Bridgwater, light Fortituale, 40. Allen, Bridgwater, light William, 37. Warren, Bridgwater, light Speedwell, 70, Guy, Bridgwater, light Emma, 57. Field, Gloucester, light PENARTH DOCK-Dee 19, Althea, 875, Fawell, St Johns, NewBrunswick. standard Fieres, 352, Consiglio, Bristol, ballast GLAMORGAN CANAL—Dec 18. Cwmru, 10, Partridge, Roads, light GLAMORGAN CANAL—Dec 19. Eliza, 51, Fryer, Chepstow, general Mary Jane, 34, Phillips, Bridgwater, general Spark, 38, Maine, Bridgwater, general SAILINGS. ROATH BASIN, Dec IS.-CNAB GODARD,,ss, Deslandes, St Nazaire. ROATH BASIN, Dec 19.—MARY. Davis, Dakar. WALLS CASTLE, Brown, Singapore. ACORN, Piper, Constanti- nople. PATRIE as, Lebreton, St I\: azaire. ELAI.LAMSHIKE Sanderson, Jeddah. JANE BACON ss, Barrett, Dieppe. CONTEST, James, New Orleans. EAST book, Dec 18.-HooPOE, Ball, Oporto. InEA., Waldron, Glasgow. ANNIE, Tyrrell, Dublin. CHANNEL QUEEN, LeLachur, Hong Kong, Win FIELD. Bibber, Havannah. CLAvoimyffA. Jones, St Lucia. JUASTiNGS, Hunter, St Thomas. ANN, Hill man, Gloucester. TRENT ss, Martin, Port Said. I WEST DOCK, Deo 19.—SARAH MCDONALD, Hughes, Plymouth. C E C G, Kent, Roscoff. GEORGE, Price, Bristol. CONCORDIA, Anderson, Lisbon. NADIR, Ollivare, Nantes. MERSEY, Metvar, Dieppe. LIZZIE, Williams, Par, MARIA, Enos, C- lonakilty. WILLIAM, Stych, Cherbourg. CHESSEME, Roye, Marseilles. MARSHALL, Hicks, Charlestown. BRAGK, Bergland, Demerara. LIBERTE, Goft, < Jharente. SIHENE, Gorgene, Landerneau. WM WEST, Stone, Cork. HEEDFUL, Evans, Clonakilty. MATHILDE, Manandean, Charente, F.LEXANDRE. Peirodo, St Malo, CELINE, Baile, Charente. El LEANORA, Richards, Penzance. PENARTH DOCK, Dec 18.—CARDIFF CASTLE IIf, Clutter- buck, Bristol. ELLEN, Bailey, Bristol, JOHN 8S, Thomas, Bristol. FLORENCE, Nurse, Bristol. PENARTH DOCK, Dec 19,—S W KELLY, Robin, Gib- raltar. MiNNiE, Marshall, Barnstaple. REGINA, Toms, Bristol. LAUFRADA, Harvey, Penzance. DERBY, Roberts: Bristol. ABEONA, Tomes, Penzance. ENGLISH MAID, Webster, Hayle.. GLAMORGAN CANAL, Dec 18.—ANN, Browning, Ely. ST DAVIDS ss, Baker, Bristol. GLAMORGAN CANAL, Dee 19,—WILLIAM, Cook, Bristol. ROLLA, Deacon, Ely, VESSELS CLEARED-Dee 19. Port Said, Scoresby so, B, 1050 coal, Worms & Co Aden, Royal Welsh ss, B, 1450 coal, Cory Bros Carthagena, Glenavon ss, B. 850 coal, Ronnfeldt & Co Honfleur, Mermaid, B, 255 coal, Burness & Sons Granville, Nellie B, 150 coal, Powell Duffryn Hong Kong, Maicl Marian, B, 449 coal, Aberdare Co Gibraltar, Sallie ss, B, 700 coal, Burness & Sons Quimper, Auguste Emelie. 90 coal, Insole & Son St Thomas, Cc«dor, Wwy, 620 coal, A Bocande St Thomas, Floke, Nwy, 550 coal, Davis & Sons Lisbon, Prima, Swe, 356 coal, 20 chain, Bovey & Co VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS—Dec 19. Singapore, Foscola, B, 495, Barnes, Guthrie & Co Malta, Stansacre as, B, 705, lrndale, Burness & Sons Port Said Scoresby ss, B, 609, Fortune. Pyman & Co Malta, Syracuse ss, B, 960, Clarkson, Burness & Sons Granville, Nellie, B. 79. Jordan, Morel Bros Port Said, Crosby ss, B, 1118, Hayes H Worms & Co Port Said, Potomac ss, B, liys, Pegden, Marychurch St N azair, Nentwater ss, B, 574, Gentles, Marychurch Gibraltar, Sallie as. B, 400, Baxter, Pyman & Co Malta, Titian, B, 965, Crisp, Burness & Sons Barcelona Vildosala ss, 15, 648, Holmes, Harrison Bros St Malo Eliza, B, 211, Blackmore, Morel Bros Rio Janeiro, Callipene, B, 1336, Chubb, Jones, Heard & Ingram "Bilbao. Corinth BS, B. 183, Edwards. Btallybraaa & Co Sables d'Olonne, Prairie Eugenie, F, 120, Rio, Morel St Brieux, Jeune Henriette, F, 107, Perrot, Morel Bros Algiers, Entrepreneur, F. 132, Le Clerc, Morel Bros Algoa Bav, Charles, F, 423, Legenaire, Morel Bros Rosas, B L, F, 393, Savary, Morel Bros Palma, Mars, F, 284, Phillippe, Morel Bros Oran, Jean, F, 205, Lebray, J Cowell Port Said, Olino, Aus, 422, Ghezzo, A T Lucovich Copenhagen, Gustava, Ger, 168, Fecher, Jones, Heard & Ingram Santander, Nervion ss, Spn, 275, Morcino Havannah, Annie McAdam, US, 451, Curtis, Jones, Heard & Ingram SWANSEA—ARRIVALS. SOUTH DOCK—Dec 19. Cruiser, 33, Irwin, Coombmartin, lumber Marie Victorine, 85, Piquot, Antwerp, ballast NORTH DOOK-Dee 18. Lucienne, 42, Ereiq, Moricq, potatoes NORTH DOCK—Dec 19. Gladiator ss, 459, Jones, Glasgow Mary Eliza, 62, Ellis, Maryport, pig iron Palmerian as, 725, Woodham, Schiedam Lizzie, 69, Griffiths, Bridgwater, elm timber SAILINGS. SOUTH DOCK, Dec IS.-ROLL CALL ss, Yiveash, Havre. SEA FLOWER ss, Owens, Cardigan. SWIFT, Boote, St Thomas. SOUTH DOCK, Dec 19.-FRANK MARION, Eldridge, Savannah. HOLLYWOOD, Balaam, Madeira. AURORA, Jewell, Barnstaple. SPEED, Robinson, St Malo. QUEEN OF THE SEA, Maloney, Hayle. RUBY, Screech, Frem- ington. NORTH DOCK, Dec 19. -CHARLOTTE, Goode, Port Talbot. PHCENIX, Jones, Neath. CLAGGAN, Williams, Newry. ALPHA, Leonard. Carrizal. FREDERICA CAROLINA, Lefringren, Genoa. AUGUST, Marseilles. MARY JOSE, Tollick, Valparaiso. ACACIA, Williams, Monte Video. VISCATA, Morris, Valencia. INDUSTRY, Mitchell, Brider- water, CAERLEON, Sharman, Bridgwater. L CAN DA SS, Pettitt, Trouville. PITRE ET MARIE, Chapron, Nantes. GEORGE ET CHARLES, Lavez, Nantes. VICTORIA, Warfer, Rouen. CYRIL, Dodd, Garston. VENUS, Playle. Jersey, FUSILIER as, Chester, llouen. VESSELS CLEARED-Dee 18. Tccopilla, Mary Jose, B. 616 coal, and general cargo, Jose, Ford & Co Nantes, Marie Fanny, F, 200 coal, Richards & Co, Lim Caen, Clara, B, 340 coal, Richards & Co, Limited Caen, Vindex, B, 450 coal. J Glassbrook Rouen, Snowdrop ss, B, 720 coal, GraigolaCo Marseilles, M Moxha-m ss, B, 1100 p fuel, Graisrola Co Lisbon, Axcel, Nwy, 473 coal, D T Ladd 322 boxes of tin plates, Madge Symonds", Co Santa Anna, Edna, B, 264 coal, 23 p fuel, and sundries, Burgess & Co VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS—Dec 18. fiyra, Polina, Grk, 327, Kherains, M Tutton Lisbon, Beata, Swe, 207, Johnson, Isdahllit Co Barcelona, U F Maas, Ger, 262. Larighenrichs, Isdahl St Brieux, Argus, F, 45, Lecoq, F Callier Marans, Libonnaise. F, 79, Moizeau, F Callier Dieppe, Raymond, F,167, Dorpuy, F Callier Nantes, Marie Fanny, F, 149, Eveillard, F Callier Houen, Snowdrop ss, ft, 431, Clark, Poingdestre Rochefort, Gladiator as, B, 459, Jones, Burgess & Co Caen, Vindex, B. 227, Roberts, W Bowen Cape Town, Minstrel King, B, 497, Richards, \V Bowen. Genoa, Prospero S, Iv, 462, Olivari, F Sehiafilno Valparaiso, Glamorgan, B, 599, Harris, Richarson & Co Naples, Quadroon, B, 159, Beynon. Cory Bros & Co

• NEWPORT—ARRIVALS. OLD DOCK—Dec 18. Maria, 274, Refru, London, loom OLD DOCK—Dec 19. Risca ss. 508, Nash, Middlesborough, pig iron Hugh Barclay, 9S, Bigglestaff, River, light ALEXANDRA DOCK—Dec 18. Capt McClure ss,285, McCullock, Dublin, ballast RITER-Dee 18. Celestine Maria, 94, Gestre, St Malo, potatoes Semiramis, 149, Laboyne, Nantes, pitwood Emily Maria, 54, Thomas, Bristol, light Marquis of Lorne ss, 33, Wilton, Bristol, general Susannah, 48, Burt, Bristol, light Vine, 13. Neal, Bristol, light Cygnet, 30, Humphries, Bridgwater, light Marian, 58, Rowles, Bridgwater, cement Good Intent, 38, Smart, Bridgwater, bricks Providence, 77, Strong, Watchet, iron ore RIvER-Dee 19. Ellen Venn, 53, Jackson, Gloucester, light Alice, 69, Thompson, Chepstow, light Etoile de Met, 94, Perrodo, Hennebont, pitwood

SAILINGS. OLD DOCK, Dec 19.—FAIRY BELLE, Williams, Little- hampton. QUERINE STAMPELIO, Vienella, Tarragona. MICHAEL ANGELO, Quinterville, Smyrna. ALEXANDRA DOCK, Dec 18.-MARIE ADELE, Lanney, Bayonne. JEUNE ADOLPHE, Leronzic, Cbarente. MAR- GUERITE, Aneclen, Martinique. QUEEN ESTHER, Sher- man, Gloucester. HIVER. Dec 13.—LIVER, Thomas. Bristol. MARY JOSEPHINE, Burt, Padstow. VALENCY, Hoskins, Pad- stow. BESSIE, Hooper, Padstow. CRITERION, Williams, Wexford. SPRAY, Storey, Wexford. SUCCESS, Good, Bridgwater. LAURINA, Webber, Minehead. Sjit T D ACKLAND, Barrett, Bude. MARGUIS 83, Windows, Bristol. MODERATOR ss, Williams, Bristol. RIVER, Dec 19.—MARIA, Hunter, Aberthaw. TROU- BADOUR,-Kinch, Waterford. JANE A.NWYL, Williams, Portmadoc. LEOPARD ss, Brooks, Highbridge. CHAR- LOTTE MAULE, Roberts. Charlsstpn. LABK, Jones, F Abersach. PILOT, Reigh, Wexford. ALEXANDER, Lan- caston, Dublin. SUPERB, Roberts, Bristol. CHARLES, Watts, Barnstaple. ST DECUMANS SS, Beddis, Watchet. J MILTON, Toms, Bristol. RICHARD & EMILY, Guy, Highbridre. LIFFEY MAID, Murry, Dundalk. JOHN & JENIFEE, Irons, Padstow. SUPPLY, Williams, Water- ford. WAVE, Day, Cork. ELIZABETH, Haddon, Barn- staple. SUPERB, Beer, Barnstrple. KELSO, Fidaway. Cork. TEESDALE SS, Longstaff, Eling. CLEVEDON BS, Moorhed, Bridgwater. VELOCITY, Davis, Fishguard. GALLANT, Randell, Par. JOSEPH DEXTER, Shea, Cork, BESSIE, Spray, Hayle. STROUD PACKET, Field, Glouces- ter. PRINCE ALBERT, Nurse, Bristol. AGENORA, Weeks, Chepstow, FLOWER OF THB SEVERN, Guy, Bristol. PRINCE OF WALES, Winfield, Bristol. JOHN, Allen, Bristol. VESSELS CLEARED-Dee 19. Tarragona, Maria, Swe, 190 coal, Powell Duffryn Granville, Celeste, F, 10i coal. Jones, Heard & Co Reggio, Elise, Den, 205 coal, Tredegar Co Genoa, St Pierre, F, 288 coal, F Beynon & Co St Malo, Sarah Jane, B, 102 coal, Jones, Heard & Co L'Orient, Arthur Jonas, F, 140 coal, J Vipond & Co IMPORTS.—Dec 19. Hennebont, Elviie des Mers, 100 loads pitprops, Watts Nantes, Semiramis, 176 loads pit?rops, G Charles Nantes, Amelic, 1014 sacks flour, order Auray, Glorie, 15'J loads pitprops, L & S W C C Sevivier, Celestine Marie, 1340 cwts potatoes, T Ford VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDs-Dee 19. Santos, Lizzie, B, 237, R Gething, jun, & Co St Malo, Sarah Jane, B, 53, Banks, Rennie & Co L'Orient, Arthur Jonas, F, 79, Truscot, Stonehouse NEATH. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS-Dee 19. Oporto, David Jenkins, coal, D Jenkins & Son Morlaix, Georges, coal, DynevorCoal Co

MONTENEGRIN I; A R UAK [TIES. Sir Edmund A. H. Lech«•.»»•$ivrites to the Times :—"Ir spite of what Mr. Stillman urges, I can vouch for t.ht truth of the facts mentioned by the correspondent ol the Griphic and by Admiral Hay as to the mutilatior of five Turkish soldiers, at -pi,egen t in the military hospital at Scutaria, by their Montenegrin captors. ] myself saw these men at the hospital, and conversed witb them through Dr. Temple the physician to the Sultan's household, who accomnanied me. I subsequently in- formed by Sir Henry -Elliot that upwards of 100 cases of aimilar mutilation by Montenegrins had been brought before his notice. I can further confirm the fact of reluc- tance on the part of the Turkish officials to make thesa casvs generally known in Constantinople. I was only able to obtain a photograph through Dr. Temple, and none are permitted to be sold publicly. It was deemed unadvisable to run the risk of exciting the resentmeut of the Ala- hometan against the Christian population by their exhibi- tion. I a.m happy to say that I have heard of no cases ol mutilation by Servians, and I believe that they are incap able of such wanton cruelty."

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I SPIRIT OF THE DAILY PRESS. MAHOMETANS IN INDIA AND THE SULTAN. We (Times) would not pretend to argue that because historically or canonically the Sultan has no authority over the Indian Mahometans he will therefore never have any. It would be still bolder to set limits to the sympathy I which the chief Mahometan sovereign might excite in the minds of fellow believers who have the opportunity of learning what are the threats directed against him. Though we are inclined to think that there is something unreal and artificial in the present movement, we do not wish to deny either the possibility of a sympathy in India with the Turks or the right of the Indian Mahometans to express that sympathy. They have as much right to be Turkophiles as if they lived in Middlesex. But the promoters of these meetings must not exppct any ppecial success as Mahometans in moving the British people or influencing the policy of the British empire. What is to be done in Europe will not be done through hostility to Islam, and the work cannot be abandoned in deference to Moslem remonstrances. The general peace is threatened, and the world may be suddenly convulsad because a Mahometan Govermnent and a ruling class cannot be made to respect the primary rights of human society. If the Christians on the bank of the Danube were governed as are the 20,000,000 Mahometans in Bengal, we should, hear nothing of insurrection, how- ever numerous might be the foreign promoters of dis- affection. The Christian subjects of the Sultan are treated as Europe for its own safety can no longer allow them to be treated. If this ill-used supremacy is not of the essence of Mahometan rule, but merely a tyranny of the Turka as a particular race, the Indians have no reli- gious interest in defending it. If in their hearts they believe that such a domination should endure, they cannot expect to be listened to by other British subjects. We do nothing against the Sultan or his creed or his followers every Moslem will be as free, socially, politically, and theologically, as he is now, or as he ever was. But the Turks must not be permitted to govern others as no Ma- hometan is governed in any province of India, from Madras to the Panjab. We [Standard) would not contend for a moment that this country ought to frame its policy in the eart of Europe in accordance with the religious sentiments of the Mussulmans of India. That policy we have alway. held is to be decided by the common interests of the empire at large. But it would be irrational to contend, at the same time, that the wishes and feelings of forty millions of her Majesty's subjects are not to be taken into consideration. Those wishes and feelings are not to overbalance the wishes and feelings of still more important populations and sects/but they are nevertheless a most important item in the general question. And when they happen, as they do now, to coincide with the general interests of the Empire, the obligations of the country, and the welfare of Europ they ought to be decisive in the minds of all reasonable politicians. We do not apprehend, indeed, that many will be bold enough to make light of a movement which is so significant in many ways. But it may be that attempts will be made to deny tho right of these committees to speak iu the name of their ao-religionists. We can only say that in India itself no doubt on the point is enter- tained. Those who have been most incredulous as to the sympathy for the Sultan have been undeceived. And, in- deed, the practical proof given of their sympathy is such as to convince all but those who are resolved not to believe. As for those who would cry with Mr. Freeman Perish India," they will probably not be moved by this demon- stration. Mr. Freeman has, it is trufe, denied that he would really sacrifice India. even to expel the.Turks from Europe. His explanation, to be sure, is .( the lamest. But we are, at any rate, rlacl that he has public spirit enough to be ashamed of his declamatory escapade, and we hope, therefore, that even he vs ill be induced by this Indian Mussulman movement to moderate his crusading fury. The Mahometans of India, says the Morning Pott, have not been indifferent spectators of what has been going on in the revolted provinces of Turkey. As appears from the Calcutta address, they have formed a very ac- curate estimate of the motives in which the revolt had its origin and of the objects at which it aimed. The protec- tion of the Christian subjects of the Porte was the pretence under which ulterior designs were covered. That is their view of the circumstances which have led to the Conference at Constantinople, and it is completely in accord with the opinion of her Majesty's subjects in England who have not been led astray by the burst of unreasoning passion, which either from party motives or from a narrow emotional senti- ment, has overlooked the fact that the Eastern Question involves much wider considerations than the accidental outbreak of atrocities into whose origin a fair inquiry has hardly yet been made. But putting the Bulgarian atrocities aside, we have to look to the fact that there are forty millions of her Majesty's subjects in India who, whilo they entertain a sincere loyalty to the Empress of India as their ruler in all that concerns their civil rights, have yet a deep and indelible allegiance to the Sultan as the "Vicegerant of their Prophet." They are fully aware of the designs which Russia cherishes, and which some Englishmen have encouraged, on the temporal sovereignty of the head of their religion, and they are prepared, so far as in them lies, to resist these designs. Her Majesty's Government may weigh their sentiments or it may reject them. But it is a question of the greatest importance whether, looking to the consolidation of our Indian Empire, it would be prudent to aleniate the loyalty of so powerful a body as the Indian Mahometans, who regard the Sultan as their spiritual chief. BELGIUM AND BULGARIA. Referring to the proposition of General Ignatieff that Bulgaria should be kept in order during the introduction of the necessary reforms by a force drawn from the neutral and unsuspected kingdom of Belgium, the Daily Telegraph saye Wise Turkish statesmen will look the project all round and accept it if they can. Yet we cannot forget that in the Syrian occupation, which will be quoted as a case in point, the Sultan had to send 3<>,00() tro to Syria to keep the 6,000 Frenchmen from being ed, and that the Turks may proffer many other modes of guarantee besides that one which, as they say, would inoense the Ottoman nation and lead to fresh rebellions and fresh occupations. Above all, the envoys must guard against being trapped by their entertainment of such a proposal into the conclusion tha.t they are bound to join Russia hereafter in forcing it upon the Sultan. P,w", 3. mistake is not likely to be committed by our English Ministry, but it is quite likely to b. the secret object ef General Igna- tieff, who would stand in a new position if he could denounce the Porte as rejeeoing the conjoint recommenda- tion of the Powers. There is need, therefore, for great caution in the matter, since it would be ludicrously absurd for England to be seen waging war on Turkey, or even encouraging it, because the Sultan objected to give Belgium a lease of Bulgaria. What all sen- sible persons desire is peace and order in Europe, with improved institutions for the Christians, an4 the assurance that they shall be real and durable None but fanatics or intriguers want these things 80 managed that ruin and humiliation to the Sultan shall ac- company the reforms, and war be rendered certain by the very steps taken in the name of peace. The Osmanlis have conceded many things and are ready to grant many more; but hitherto, rightly or wrongly, they have never for a single instant admitted the proposal of an occupation in their European provinces and before even the present mild version of it is adopted it would be wise to ascertain whether General Ignatieff has-not satisfied himself that the Porte never can and never will accept the proposal-wbich perhaps, recommends it more to his mind than any effect it might have in promoting the happiness of Bulgaria. ENGLAND AND EGYPT. No one, says the Morning Advertise*, can doubt that it would be for the good of Egypt and its people if it were under the just and enlightened Government of England. No one can doubt that it would be for the good of the world if that marvellous country were in the hands of the most enterprising and commercial nation in the world. The vast resources of Egypt are wasted by a Govern. ment as bad in essentials as that of Constantinople itself. As a possession of England the vast resources of Egypt would be fully developed fer the benefit of its people and mankind at large. The Turkish dynasty, which stole the country from its rightful owners ages ago, and still continues to plunder and oppress the unfortunate population, has no right there. Grotius. say it down that it is just and riifht to liberate an oppressed nation from its tyrants. Who is the Khedive and his dynasty that he should plunder and oppress a whole nation as he and his ancestors have been doing for generations? Mehemet Ali was a mere satrap of the Sultan against whom he rebelled. He succeeded in establishing a sort of semi-independent sovereignity, which the Khedive now holds. Tha Sultans in a re- mote age stole Egypt from the rightful owners. The Khedives revolted from the Saltans, b and, ursurping all their monstrous powers, continue to tyrannise over Egyptians and rob tliem to the same extent. It is high time that this should cease, and that the ill-used Egyptian people were rescuad from the bad government of the Turkish tyrants. Tbtrt, is no need for England to plunge into war, even if the Continental Powers should do so. But if such a war must come, it will be imperatively necessary for us to secure our right of way to 1 udia by tak. ing care that Egypt shall not fall into the hands of any other Power but onr.ç.lvq.

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ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWSv '1' The declared value of paper imported for printing and writing this year was £ o8r),774 last year in the same period at 11 months, £ 399.377. It is stated that the new dioces,3 of St. Alban's cannot be formed ustil Parliament has voted the money for the purchase of Winchester House.. There was an increase- this vear in the importation of dried yeast. The value was £ 372,800, against £ 867,4:11 in the same period of eleven months last year. The indigo imported this year to the SOth nit. in its de- clared value reached to £ 2.066.250, against f 1,587,278 in the corresponding period of the previous year. It is stated that the Liberals of Oxford intend to bring forward Mr. M'lntyre. barrister-at-law. in opp^i- tion to Mr. A. W. Hall, the Conservative member, at the next election. James Edward Dobsen, an apprentice to Mr. Dobson, stationer, Fishergate, and a lad named Roberts, a elerk, have been apprehended for defaoing the Derby statue, in Miller Park, Preston. Emily Churth, who was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court, for causing the death of her child on Wennington Marshes, Essex, has had it commuted to penal servitude for life. Mr. Reginald le Breton, son of the Very Rev. W. C. le Breton, Dean of Jersey, has died from injuries received by his horse falling on him while hunting with the drag hounds of the 47th Regiment. Official tables recently issued shew the quantities and value of wine imported in the last eleven minths. There was an increase compared with last year. The value wai C6,402,109., against £ 6,180,943 last year. Amongst the latest improvements in the trumpet- mouthed fog signals used on the English coasts is a clock- work arrangement by which steam passes through a pipe snd gives intermittent signals at stated intervals. Thia year to the 30th ult.the value of unmanufactured to. bacco imported was £ 2.576,273. against £ 1.598.738 in the same period last yePr. Of "manufactured and enuff" the value was £ 1,183,754, against £ 1,026,563 last year. Since his return from Scarborough to his seat at Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, Sir Titus Salt, Bart., has had a relapse of such a severe nature, that, the members of his family have been summoned. On Monday his condition was un- changed. Charles Hillier,a well-to-do farmer of Potterne, has been committed at Devizes to three months' hard labour, for a violent assault upon his wife, and was ordered at the ex- piration of his term to find sureties to keep the peace foi six months. It appears, says the London correspondent of a Scotch paper, betting is about even as to whether Mr. Henry Chaplain or Colonel Loyd Lindsay first obtains a Peerage. It is a neck-and-neck race. It is said Mr. Chaplain will take the title of Lord Blankney. William Frederick Stephens, a well educated man, has been convicted at the Middlesex Sessions for having frau- dulently converted to his own use certain moneys entrusted to him by a man to whom he had represented himself as a solicitor, and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour. Owing to extensive mining operations of the Earl of Dudley the main road fnm Kingswinford to Lower Gornal has been swallowed for a great length and depth, thereby stopping traffic. As it happened while dark the lives of passengers were seriously imperilled, but providen- tially no one was injured. Owing to the prevalance of scarlatina at Chilvers Coton, a thickly-populated village in Warwickshire, the various Church of England, Dissenting, and Roman Catliolit schools in the parish have beeR temporarily closed. This course has been adopted on the recommendation of Dr. Pitt, the Medical Offieer of Health. TheLegislatnre of Western Australia has passed a bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife'* sister. When this bill and that from Queensland have received the Royal sanction such marriages will be legal throughout the Aus- tralian continent. The Lower House of the New Zealand Legislature has five times passed a similar bill. On the last night of Mr. Irving's engagement in Dub. tin an immense crowd gathered at the stage door at the close of the performance and attempted to carry him shoulder high. He escaped the dangerous honour by hailing a car, which .however,broke down on the road to the hotel,to which the distinguished tragedian was escorted by some two or three thousand people. Considerable discontent prevails in the district of St Neots, owing to the farmers having expressed their inten- tion of reducing their labourers' wftes from 14s. to 13s. per week. Twenty-six men in the employ of Mr. Bowyer have struck work, and the men have paraded the streets with blue ribbons attached to their caps and jackets. They belong to the Agricultural Labourers' Union. Mr. Joseph Burtt, Assistant Keeper, Public Record Office, has died at his residence, Clifton Lodge, Upper Tulse-hiil, in his 59th year. The vacant appointment is a valuable one, and is in-the patronajre of the Right Hon. Sir George Jessel, as Master of the Rolls. Mr. Burtt waa for many years hon. secretary of the Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Burlington- street. According to a return racently eompiled, in compliance with a Parliamentary reqwest, no fewer than 900,000 men have passed through the ranks nf the volunteer force from first to last. As-a large proportion of these men would return to their colour? in ease of any serious emergency, and as a man never wholly forgets his drill and rifle exercise, this represents a genuine factor in favour of tht volunteers. It is announced by the Lord Chamberlain that his "de partment has turned its serious attention to the adoptiol of every possible precaution against accident incase 01 fires or panics occurring in theatres. Communications wit be opened with managers of theatres with the view of in, trodueing every possible means of preventing in England calamity similar to that which has placed Brooklyn in mourning. At the D4rby Police-court, Maria Maddocks, 30, hat been charged with the wilfnl murder of her infani daughter, three months old, at Thackmall, Derbyshire The child was discovered dead in a tank of water. Pri. soner when apprehended said, The child persisted iTs crying. It would not take food. I then placed it in the water. It kicked at first, but soon died." The accused was committed for trial. The Archdeacon of Essex (the Ven. Carew A. St. John Mildmay) has been presented by the parishioners of Chelmsford with a magnificent service of plate on hit having completed the fiftieth vear of his incumbency oi the county town of Essex. Mr. Gepp in presenting it expressed the unanimous feeling of regard for the arch- deacon which prevailed among his parishioners, and Mr Mildmay made a suitable reply. A lad named Stone, ef Wvke-Ragis, aged fourteen, has been charged with stealing a loaf of bread. It was giver in evidence that the lad, his brother, and two sisters, wert found lying on bare boaris at home. and that they had only a sack to cover them. There was no food in th( place, and their parents were at the public-house. Tht prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and four years in a reformatory. John Oldroyd. of Pixby Park, Huddersfield, chairman of Mark Oldroyd and Sonu (Limited), Dewsbury, woollen manufacturers, has been nn,d C20, under the Woollen Acts, for receiving from Tom Bentley, a young man in the service of Ir. H. Lisfer, woollen manufacturer, Ashbrow Mills, Huddersfield. several pieces of ootton-web, used for embossing cloth, the aid Tom Bentley not having authority to dispose of the web. It is stated that a conference of representatives of the principal corporationst, invited hy the Mayor of Birming. ham, at the request of the free libraries committee, is ta be held in Birmingham on the 5th of January to con- sider the steps necessary t, ,Le taken to obtain for local purposes grants from ilin fund in possession of the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851. and also granti or loans of works of art from the national collections. Sentence of hard labour for two months has been passed bv Mr. Vaughan at the Bow-street Polioe-oouri, on Alfred Henry Pride, 19 of age, for wilfully damaging the iron railing* on the Victoria Embankment. He was seen to take up a stone and bresk off a piece of the railing. It was stated in evidence that every pioce. so broken off would cust the Board of WotJrs from £ 2 to £ 3 to repair, and that on one Sunday as many as 7S pieces were broken off. Kate Kenny.who was sentenced some time ago to twelve months' hard labour for stealing a P50 note from hei master, a lod'ring-house keeper, in Baker-street., has given such information aa has led to the recovery of the note, which was concealed under the carpet, and she has alsc acknowledged that the charjreg she then made against hfll master were utterly without foundation. In consequent the Assistant Judge at thp Middlesex Sessions has madc a recommendation to the Home Secretary in mitigation oi the sentence. In charging j.he grand jury at the Middlesex Sessions Mr. Serjeant Cos referrpd to the East-end spiritualist (lue and explained that the question for them to consider Tal simply whether the defendant falsely represented him-^ol: to be a spirit, whatever that might be, whereas, in trutl and in fact. it was himself personating a spirit; and, if so whether they were-satisfied that he, bild obtained more3 from the prosecutor with intent to defraud him. Sn\>lI& quently application was njude on behalf of the. Treasury te add to the indictment two counts for conspiracy, in wHch Mr. Serjeant Cox cowenrrvd. Then case was the adjourned until the Jainnrv r.c.-suwR. Miss DORA Rus%]tLeIJ N W STORY, Footprints in the Snow," commenced in the Cardiff Time a of fnday and Saturday, November 34th apd 25th It ha., been written expressly for newspaper pub'ication, and its success is expected to exceed that which has attended all Miss Russell's previoin novels. The Crtfifr Times is the largest weekly purer in Wale* ihs Wert of England, and is pre-cmitient. tH Family Ni: paper. So d bv aH new* atw. Price 2d., or sent goat.,hao w au address for 2a 9d per auaxter.