The North Wales Express

CATTLE. LONDON, THUHSDAY.—At to-day's market there were 1350 beasts,including 800foreign,at 4s (id to 5s lOd: 11,522 sheep and lambs, including 1:30 foreign,—sheep, 5s to (is 8d Lambs, 7s 6d to 8d; 20 calves, from 5s 6d to 6s 8d 20 pigs, from Is to 4s 10d per 8 lbs.

PROVISION. L:,MIOV, MONDAY.—The arrivals last week from Ireland were 255 firkins of butter and 3759 bales of bacon, and from foreign ports 20,734 packages of butter, and 3541 bales oi bacon. to

WOOL. LONDON, TUESDAY.—To-day's catalogues com- prised 8181 bales, including 5314 Port Phillip, 997 New Zealand, 1151 Tasmanian, 294 Queensland, 273 Cape, 203 Sydney, 180 Adelaide, and 42 skins. A fair attendance of buyers, and prices continue without charge.

B LTTTER. COSIK, WEDNESDAY.—Ordinary: Firsts, 102s; Seconds, 95s thirds, 88s; fourths, 80s fifths, 67s; sixths, 43s. Mildcnred: Superfine, 119s firsts, 101s seconds, 97s thirds, 92s. There were 1017 nrkins in market.

DEAD HEAT. LONDON, MONDAY.-—Good supplies on oiler, and Tradt moderately active at about previous rates; Beet, 3s Ocl to 4s Gel; mutton, 3s S(I to 5s 4d. veal, 5s 4d to 5s 9d; large pork, 3s 4dto 4s 0d; small ditto. 4s 4d to 5s Ocl per stone.

COAL. LONDON, FRIDAY.—Business has been brisk, with a ready sale at an advance of Is. per ton. Hastings Hartley, 15s. 9d.; Wallsend: Hartle- pool. 17s. 9d. South Hetton, 17s. Gd. Tunstall, 15s. 9d. Hartlepool, lGs. Gd. South Hartlepool, 17s Gd.; Thornley, 17s. 9d Ships at market, li •sold, all; contracts, gas, &c., l!J- Gl; unsold, 4; at sea. 15.

DISTRICT MARKETS. ABERYSTWYTH, MONDAY. The prices at this market were as follows:— Wheat (new,) 7s Gd to 0. Ocl per bushel Wheat (old,) 7s Ocl to 8s Od per bushel! arler, 5s Od to tjs oct bushel; Oats, as 3d to Is Ocl; Beans, Os Od to 0" Od; Potatoes, 5s Ocl to Os Od per cwt. Beef, lOd to OOd per lb Pork, 8d to Od per lb Mutton, lOd to OOd per lb Lamb, Is Od to Os Od per Ib Ducks, 4s Od to Os Od per couple Geese, Os Od to Os Od per couple Fowls, 2s 6d to Os Od per couple Eggs for a shilling, 20; Fresh butter, Is Od to Os Od per lb Chee*, id per lh. BANGOR, FRIDAY. Prices Wheat, 46s Od to 48s Od per quarter barley, 35s Od to 38s Od; outs, 2Gs Od to 28s oatd meal, 35s Od to 37s Od per 240 lb. Potatoes, 3s 6. to 4s 0 per cwt. Fresh butter, 16d to 18d per Ib Beef. 9d to lid per lb mutton, IOd to lid veal, 7dto8cl; bacon, 7d to 9d; best home-cured hams, lid to 12d. CARNARVON, SATURDAY. The following is a list of to-day's prices :-Beef, 7d to lOd per lb mutton, lOd to 11et; veal, 8d to lOd; pork, 8d to 9d; bacon, 7d to 9d. Cheese, 7d to 9d per lb. Fresh butter, 18d to 22d per lb pot ditto, 14d. Fowls (dead), 2s 0(1 to Os Od tAch; ditto alive, lid to 15d; ducks, 3s to 3s 6d geese, Os Od to Os. Eggs, 18 for Is. Pota- toes, 7s to 7s3clpercwt. Wheat, 45sto ISsOdperqr; barley, 3Gs to 39s Od; oats, 26s Od to 28s oatmeal, 36s Od to 39s Od per 240 lbs. CONWAY, SATURDAY. Wheat, 15s Od to 10 s Od per liobbet barley lis Od to 13s Od per hobbet; oats, 10s d to lis Od per hobbet; beans, 00s Od to OOs Od per hobbet; 36.9 Od to 38s Od per 240 lbs. DENBIGH, WEDNESDAY. The quotations at to-day's market were as fol- lows:—Wheat, 16s Od to 16s 6d per liobbet; bar- ley, Us Od to 14s Od; oats, 7s Od to 8s Od. Fresh buttei, 12d to lid per lb ditto pot, 17d to 18d. LLANRWST, TUESDAY. The prices at this market were as fcllows;- Wheat, 16-1 0<1 to 17s Od per 'liob Wheat (old,) OOsOd to 00s 0d per hob Barley, 13s Od to 14s Gd per hob; Oats, !).< ()d to 10s Gd per hob; Beans, 00 s Od to 00s Od per liob Oatmeal, His Od to OOs Od per 240 lbs. Potatoes, lis Od to 15s 0d per hob. Fresh butter, 12d to 14d per lb. Beef, 9d to 12d per lb; Pork, 00s Od to 00s Od per lb Yeal, 7d to 8d per lb; Mutton, lnd to Is Od per lb; Lamb, 12d to Od per lb; Duc ks, 5s Od to 6s Od per couple Geese, Os Od to n." Od per couple Fowls, Od to 4s Gd per couple Eggs for a shilling, 14. OSWESTRY, WEDNESDAY. The following were .the quotations: Wheat, 7s 2d to 7s 4d per bushel barley (malting), 6s Od to *is 9d; oats, 3s (id to 4s Gd; butter, i3d to l id per lb: eggs, 12 to 14 for a shilling; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s licl per couple ducks, 4s Gd to 5s Od per couple geese.'Os Od to 0s Od each turkeys, 10s Od to 00s Od each potatoes, 12 lbs to 13 lbs for a shilling. PW i,LIIELI.-WEI)NESDAY. 11> The following were, the quotationsBarley, 20s per 220 lbs oats, .2-"8 per 315 Ibs; oatmeal, 33s per 240 lbs; Indian corn, lis per 240 lbs. Fresh butter, Is lid per lb; pot ditto, Is 4d to Is 5d per lb. Beef, 9d to Is 2d per lb mutton, lid to In 2d per lb veal, 8dto lid per lb; ducks, 2s c;n>h fowls, Is 9(1 each, eggs, 6s Od per 120 potatoes, lGs per liobbet. RHYL, THURSDAY. eiy few farmers attended the market to-day. Axl >orts of snppii(.s sold slowly. Wheat, 15s Gd to 10 barley, K),s to Lis beans, 13s 6c to lis; Ss.to lis. WREXIIAM, THURSDAY. The prices at this market were as follows:— White -.Mieat, 7s Gd to 7s 9d per measure red do, 7 s r, .1 to 'f>d per bushel of 75 lbs. Potatoes, Is Gel to 5s od. lwr gu lbs. I" resh butter, 12d to Hel per bl. Bf'f. ■'<} ™ Per lb mutton, lOclto lid veal, 7d to I owls, 3s 0d to 4s Gd per couple.

A New York expert who was arraigned for theft having counsel, the court appointed a youno- lawyer to give the prisoner the best possible ad £ vice under the circumstances." The lawyer and his client then retired into a side-room for a brief consultation. As they did not seem to" be in a hurry, the court sent an officer to remind them that the time was limited, and then the lawyer came in "Where is your client, Mr Smith?" "He has left," replied the lawyer. "What do you mean, sir ?" Why," said the lawyer, he told me he was guilty, and I thought the best ad- vice I could give him was to get out of this, and lie got."

THE SAD BOAT ACCIDENT AT 4 ABERYSTWITH. EXCITING SCENE. On Wednesday evening last week, an accident of such a serious and fatal character occurred at Aber- yscwith as to cause a thrill of horror to vibrate throughout the whole of the community. The day was hot, and the sea as calm and quiet as a mill- pond. Hardly a rjpple disturbed its peaceful serenity: not a wave was to be seen, except in shore, where there was a heavy ground swell, more particularly in the vicinity of Rofavp- and the bar, where there is always a swell from the rocks, and uneven nature of the ground. "Davy Jones' locker'' has not had a contribution from Aberyst- with lately, and the insatiable vampire levied his dues from the crew of the yacht Avoset, and it is to be hoped he has appeased his appetite for many a long year. The yawl-rigged yacht, Avoset, R.L.Y.C., about one hundred tons, new measure- ment, owned by Mr J. n. Carne, of Nash Manor, Cowbridge, son of Dr. Nicol Carne, of St. Donatt's Castle, Cowbridge, near Cardiff, arrived at Aber- ystwith from Tenby, on-Tuesday, intending to leave there for Liverpool on Thursday morning— but man proposes and God disposes. Accompany- ing Mr Carne was Lieutenant Windsor Richards, the only son of The late Major William Powell Richards, who afterwards assumed the name of Bennett, and who died about eight years ago. Lieutenant Richards was the companion on the voyage of Captain Carne. The vessel was com- manded by Captain Sawley, of Cogan Hill, near Cardiff. About half-past seven o'clock in the evening, a gig containing Mr J. D. Carne, Lieut. Richards, and five of the crew, put off from the vessel and made for the harbour. As mentioned before, a heavy ground sea was breaking over the bar at the end of the breakwater, and tire crew being strangers to the peculiarities of the Aber- ystwith harbour, were unable to do battle properly with the waves. A heavy sea struck the to it broadside on and filled her with water, causing her to capsize, the occupants all being precipitated into the water, the boat floating bottom upwards. There are several different versions of the catas- trophe, each eye-witness giving his own story in his own way, but sufficient is it that the boat was turned keel upwards. The melancholy accident was witnessed by a number of parsons from the castle, harbour, and breakwater, who were horror- stricken. A number of boats from the harbour and the yacht's cutter were soon on the spot. The boats from the harbour were from the E-per- (l}ca, and one from the Alla Charles. Before the remainder of the yacht's crew, four in number, could render any assistance, the cutter in which they put off was filled with water, and they were unable to assist in the efforts being made to save the struggling men. In a short space of time six of the men were recovered by the two ship's boats c and a shore boat, and two of the men swam ashore, much exhausted by the battle they had been obliged to fight with the remorseless waves. These were taken to the Shipwright's Arms, close by, and every attention was paid to them by the land- lady, whose kindness was rewarded by seeing her patients speedily recover; Meanwhile the news of the terrible disaster had spread like wild-fire all over the town, and an excited crowd was soon on the spot, eagerly watching for the missing bodies, which were variously stated to be two, three, four, and fivcj it being impossible for some time to ascer- tain correctly what was really the full extent of the calamity. Drs. Roberts, Gilbertson, Morris, Jones, and T. D. Harries were among the first to reach Rofawr, and in a short time the body of Lieutenant Richards was recovered, and conveyed to one of the shelving jetties, where all means that medical skill could devise, and all that is laid down by the Royal Humane Society as the proper means to be used to restore consciousness in the apparently drowned man, was done. For the space of about two hours the crowd round the scene of action were alternately animated or depressed as they were informed that the deceased appeared to be coming round, or that all hope was over. The efforts were continued with praiseworthy persever- ance, but without effect, and at length, finding that the body commenced to assume that lividness and rigidity so peculiar to death, the workers ceased their labours, and mournfully set about removing the corpse to the Shipwrights' Arms,amid the tears of the women assembled on the spot, there to await the coroner's inquest. It appears that when the boat capsized Lieutenant Richards succeeded in reaching the guide post at the en- trance to the harbour, but the waves breaking with remorseles-, fury at that spot, he was soon com- pletely exhausted, and was compelled to relinquish his hold. The proximity of this post to the shore is the probable reason that his body was first washed ashore. Meanwhile the excitement grew more intense, as the crowd increased in number, and all manner of conjectures were made, and questions asked to which only the most vague replies could be given. Some, however, tempered with a tinge of exaggeration, said there were still three or four bodies in the water, and some said more, and that by the death of Lieutenant Richards Davy Jones' wrath had been appeased. The cause of all these rumours was owing to the fact that some of the rescued men had been landed at the terrace, and others in the harbour. For some considerable time a boat was rowed round and round the scene of the catastrophe to see if anything could be done. At length they rowed towards the capsized boat and proceeded to right it in order to tow it ashore. There a melancholy sight presented itself. The steward, Mr Charles Jones, of Liverpool, who had but a short time before left the yacht full of life and vigour, was found underneath the boat with his foot fast and his body hanging down, quite dead. His body was conveyed to the Marine- terrace, where Drs. C. Rico Williams, J. <M. Jones, Beckett, Williams, Blackelev, of Shrewsbury, (lid all in their power to resuscitate life, but ineffec- tually. Death had done its work, and life was extinct. When it became apparent that life was extinct, in the case of Lieutenant Richards a cry was raised that a body was being washed to and fro by the advancing and receding waves. The excite- ment here grew painful, and numbers of eager hands were extended to pull the body ashore, and one man even swam sotne distance from the end of the stone pier, but before he could reach the body it was seized by two men, and proved to be the body of Robert Stephenson, A.B. Life was beyond doubt extinct in his case; therefore no restorative measures were resorted to and his lifeless remains were removed to the 'Shipwrights' Arms. On taking off Ins clothes a letter was discovered in his coat picket, addressed to his lady love, containing his portrait. It is conjectured that at the time of the accident he was going to post this letter little dreaming that before she to whom it was addressed received it he would be numbered with the dead. We are informed by a sailor that the men had been warned of the danger attendant upon an attempt to reach the harbour, and thought the safest plan to reach the shore was to go round to the Marine-terrace. This may be taken for what it is worth. Superintendent Lloyd was soon upon the spot with a posse of con- stables who pt the crowd back, while attempts were being made to resuscitate Lieut. Richards. It appears from further information we have re- ceived that a young sailor, named Hugh Davies, of Penparkiau, was instrumental iiYsaving the lives of Mr Carne and the captain, who would have gone to swell the muster roll of the dea l, had it not been for his exertions. Mr Carne gave the young man £ 5, and the Royal Humane Society will. we under- stand, be petitioned to give their gold medal to him, as he saved the lives of these two at the im- minent peril of his own. Those on board the Ar-'set when she anchored in the bay were Mr J. D. Carne, Nash Manor, Cowbridge; Lieut. Rich- ards, Cow bridge Captain Sawley, Cogan Hill, Glamorganshire; Charles Jones, steward, Liver- pool; Charles Masters, mate, Liverpool; James Crolt, oük, Portsmouth Robert Stephens, able seaman, Polruan, Cornwall; Joseph Dyer, able seaman, Towley Robert Smith, able seaman, Penarth, Glamorganshire; Williams, able sea- man and Frederick Sawley, able seaman, son of the captain. Of these, the undermentioned are drowned :—Lieut. Richards, Charles Jones, and Robert Stephens. At the time when the excite- ment was at its height, we are informed, a cry was raised that a boat containing three boys was mis- sing. Misfortunes and calamities never come single-handed, and the parents of the youths and the sympathetic neighbours and friends were kept in a state of suspense more easily imagined than described until the next morning, when the boat was got ashore at Newquay. The parents were promptly informed of this providential escape, and as soon as the lads had recoveied from their ex- haustion they were conveyed home again. The sad affair has cast quite a gloom over the town, and it is yet the chief topic of conversation, more especially among the mariners and their wives and families. There is a life-buoy on the pier, but either it was out of place or no one thought of making use of it. Whichever was the case, or from what other cause it might be, this was not used, or in all probability the only death would have been that of the unfortunate steward. On Saturday afternoon last the townspeople of Aberystwith were warned by the sound of the town crier's bell, as he sadly and solemnly sounded it every few paces, that a funeral of a public character would take place in a very short time. It became known all through the town that the funeral was that of two of the unfortunate victims of the boat accident in the Aberystwith harbour. The body of Lieutenant Richards had been removed to Cow- bridge, where his remains will be interred. About half-past three the mournful cortege left the Ship- owners' Arms in the undermentioned order:— Sergeant Evans, C.C., five Aberystwith seamen, the undertaker, the licarse containing the body of Charles Jones, the steward of the Avoset; the sailor's hearse, containing the body of Robert Stephens, able seaman, of the Avoset. Captain Sawley, Mr Williams, the crew of the Avoset two abreast, with crape bauds on their arms; the rela- tives of the deceased, and about two hundred townspeople. All along the route to the pretty little cemetery, on Llanbadarn-road, crowds of people were to be seen watching for the procession, the ranks of which they helped to swell out some- what considerably so that by the time it reached the cemetery it had assumed an imposing appear- ance. Everywhere were to be heard expressions of commiseration for the unfortunate men who had met such an untimely death. Just as the funeral party reached the cemetery gates there was a loud peal of thunder followed by a smart shower of rain. The cemetery was filled with people, the majority women, not a few of whom sited tears over the pooj fellows whose bodies were about to be committed to the grave. Sorrow was depicted on the features of everyone present when the bodies which were borne by sailors, were carried into the church. The coffins were covered with the Union Jack. Seldom did the beautiful service of. the Church of England sound more impressive than on this solemn occasion. The service over, or so much of it as is said in the church, the coffins, again borne on the shoulders of seamen, were con- veyed to the grave, one serving for the two. Here the remainder of the service was read in solemn cadence by the officiating minister, the Rev. T. E. Lloyd. When he came to the words "ashes to ashes, dust to dust," many deep sobs were heard, more especially from the messmates of tho de- ceased, who cried bitterly. One of the men was so overcome that he had hardly strength to stand upright, and had to be supported by some friends near at hand. The deceased were great favourites on board the yacht, and were noted for their general good conduct and kindness. After the benediction the assemblage dispersed. We under- stand that a subscription has been set on foot to place a memorial stone over, the grave of the deceased men.

WHOLESALE LYNCHING •• IN AMERICA. The summary manner in which criminals, or sup- posed criminals, in America are dealt with, received a strong illustration, on the 4th instant, when, ac- cordhg to the New Orleans Democrat, five ncroes suffered death under the process of what is known in the States as "lynching," or mob law. It appears that on the previous Sunday, while Dr Archer was returning to his home, at Bayon Sara he was fired at by six negroes, who was waitiao- in ambush. His clothes was riddled with bullets and he was thrown from his horse, but his injuries were not severe. The assailants were known, and arrested, but one of them made his escape. On the following Tuesday twelve of the leading citizens assembled as a jury at Racouri, most of them being grey-haired men. After inquiry it was decided that the five culprits were guilty of shooting at Dr Archer, with intent to kill him. Many witnesses were examined all of them colour- ed. Two of the accused asked permission to make a statement, and said they belonged to an organ- isation, the object of which was to kill all the leading white men in the country, and establish a nation of'their own colour. They al, gave an exposition of the plans and the constitution of the society. After the inquiry, it was decided that the negroes should at once be turned over to the auth orities, and for that purpose they were placed under an escort of civilians, who started for the court house. The guard had not proceeded far, when they were. intercepted by a mob, and the prisoners having been taken forcibly from them, the whole five culprits wert^ianged.

THE JEWS AND THE CONGRESS. Baron Henry do Worms presided on Tuesday afternoon, at Steinway Hall, Lower Seymour- street, over the seventh annual meeting of the Anglo-Jewisli Association, which is in connection with the Alliance Israelite TTniverselle of Paris. After the formal business of the meeting had been disposed of, the President congratulated the Jews of civilised Europe on the progress which had already been made at the Berlin Congress towards ameliorating the condition of the Jews in Servia. The representations which the Anglo-Jewish Association had made to the British Ministers and to the British Plenipotentiaries at Berlin had not been without the most marked results, for the favourable consideration which had been extended to Servia had been extended to her solely on the condition that she meted out even-handed justice to all creeds. With regard to Roumania, he hoped that the Congress would insist on adequate pro- tection being afforded to all Romanian Jews. The Roumanian Government could not consistently ask the Great Powers of Europe to protect their country from Russian aggression so long as they oppressed inoffensive Jews, placing them under cruel civil and religious disabilities, and withhold- ing from them common justice when they sought it at the hands of judges. The Anglo-Jewish Association,after very careful consideration, deter- mined not to "'ld delegates to the Congress. The Alliance Israelite Universelle was represented in Berlin, and it was sincerely to be hoped that the interests ef the Eastern Jews would receive that consideration which they had been led to believe. they would, and that in future there would not be permitted any invidious distinctions between Christians and Jews and Mahometans in the new or the old provinces. A great deal had been done to promote education in the East, and to induce Jews to assimilate in many respects to the popula- tions amongst whom they dwelt.—The Rev. Pro- fessor Marks expressed the greatest confidence in the results of the Congress. The writer of some articles on "The Political Adventures of Lord Beaconsfield" had derided the Premier on his Mosaic tendencies," but in his opinion it was the fine racial qualities which his Lordskip possessed which would enable him to carry off the honours from the greatest diplomatic council which had been held in Europe in modern times. Professor Marks hoped much from the Congress in the interest of the Eastern Jews.—Several speakers followed (including Sergeant Simon, M.P.), all of whom expressed confidence in the future.

"NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS."—The great- est success this season is the real Welsh Tweed Suit, sold at X2 12s. 6d. by M. T. Morris, Liver Establishment, Carnarvon.

MONACO. The name of Monaco has become notorious throughout Europe as the last home of the gaming table, with the exception of the little baths of Saxony, in the Valais, and the Republic of Au- dorre, in the Pyrenees. But if you want to go to Monaco, you must take a ticket to Monte Carlo, for that is the home of Chance, who has now her pleasant abode by the seashore, as she had in the Toman times at the Port of Antium. Monte Carlo is perhaps the culminating point of the beauty of the Riviera. The bare and precipitous rock rises high about the gazer's head. It glows with a rich and luxurious colour. Nowhere are the forms more bold and striking, or the flowers more bright and various. Aud yet nowhere, perhaps, are more evil%)assions or more dissolute characters collected together in a focus of corruption. The Cascino or gaming house of M. Blare, from which Monaco derives only too much of its wealth, is built upon a plateau which is dominated by the precipitous rock of which we spoke. On the right of the square of which the Cascino forms the back is a large hotel for the accommodation of visitors: on the left are a diversity of shops, where the ob- jects mainly required by travellers map be bought and sold. We will not describe the scene of; the gaming table, which has occupied so many pens, and which has been exhausted by the imagination of Dore. But we are afraid that those who visit Monte Carlo in the hope of experiencing a new excitment in the contemplation of human life will be disappointed. As a general rule, nothing is more dull than the appearance of the roulette board, or the rouge et noir. The croupiers are naturally passive and indifferent to their daily labour. The players have either lost their anxiety or affect a calmness which they do not feel. It will be far preferable to listen to M. Blanc's excellent band, to walk about the gardens, to lounge upon the terrace, and to wonder at the irony of fate which has made this fairest corner of the world a hell.

ST AN LEY'S IMPRESSIONS OF WHITE MEN. Mr Stanley, in his book Through the Earl; Continent, graphically describes the impressions produced upon him by the first sight of European faces after his long journey in the interior of Africa. On the 9th of August, 1877, the 999th day from the date of his departure from Zanzibar, he was met by the European residents of Boma, a factory near the mouth of the river, whose timely assistance had preserved his expedition from dis- aster when within a short distance of the desired goal. "We had gradually descended (says he) some five hundred feet along declining spurs whpn we saw a scattered string of hammocks appearing, and gleams of startling whiteness, such as were given by fine linen and twills. A buzz of wonder raug* along our column. Proceeding a little fur- ther we stopped, and in a short time I was face to face with four white—ay, truly white men As I looked into their faces, I blushed to find that I was wondering at their paleness. Poor pagan Africans—Rwoma of Uzinji, and man-eating tribes of the Livingstone! The whole secret of their wonder and curiosity flashed upan me at once. What arrested the twanging bow and the deadly trigger of the cannibals? What but the weird pallor of myself and Frank In the same manner the sight of the pale faces of the Embomma mer- chants gave me the slightest suspicion of an in- voluntary shiver. The pale colour, after so long gazing on rich black and richer bronze, had some- thing of an uncountable ghastliness. I could not divest myself of the feeling that they must be sick; yet, as I compare their complexions to what I now. view, I should say they were olive, sunburnt, dark. Y.:t there was something very self-possessed about the carriage of these white men. It was grand; a little self-pride mixed with cordiality. I could not remember just then that I had witnessed such bearing among any tribe throughout Afiica. They spoke well also; the words they uttered hit the sense pat; without gesture, they were perfectly intelligible. How strange It was quite delight- ful to observe the slight nods of the head the in- telligent facial movements were admirably expres- sive. They were completely clothed, and neat also I ought to say immaculately clean. Jaunty straw hats, coloured neck-ties, patent leather loots, well-cut white clothes, virtuously clean! I looked from them to my people, and then I fear I felt almost like being grateful to the Creator that I was not black as they, and that these finely dressed, well-spoken whites claimed:me as friend and kin. Yet I did not dare to place myself upon an equality with them as yet; the calm blue and grey eyes rather awed me, and the immaculate purity of their clothes dazzled me. I was content to suppose myself a kind of connecting link be- tween the white and the African for the time being."

BOWING TO THE ALTAR. CtLtlibeit Bede" (in Notes and Queries) thus ex- plains wnat he conceives to be the true meaning of the custom of (so-called) bowing to the altar still lingering in small parts of the country. Though I have occasionally seen an educated person bow to the altar on entering and leaving a (Protestant) church—such person being a member of the Church of England—yet I have repeatedly seen, and still, do see, nearly every Sunday, among a rustic con- gregation, an act of reverence or respect that might very easily be taken for "bowing to the altar." For many years I looked upon it in that light, and considered it to be the lingering relic of an old custom. But after awhile, by closely watching this custom for myself, and getting others to attend to it for me, I came to the conclusion that it was bowing to the clergyman, and not to the altar. This opinion I still hold after twenty- seven years' experience of the matter in small country churches in Huntingdonshire and Rutland, where, among other old customs, the women and men sit apart in places specially reserved for them bv their own traditional habits. It is plain that the bowing is to the parson, and not to the altar, because it is only done by seme late comer. It is chiefly the old men who do this, though I have occasionally seen boys do it. I cannot remember seeing a woman do it. If the man comes into church after t!ie service has commenced, he makes a slight pause at the end of the nave—on his way to the men's seat in the north transept—and res- pectfully turns towards the east and pulls his fore- lock. This might easily be taken, at first acquaintance, for bowing to the altar, but it is really a mark of respect for the clergyman in the reading desk, or a token of humble apology for coming in late. I saw this done only on Sunday, March 10 last, and it is an act of very common oc- currence. Twelve years ago, I remember an old- I fashioned fanner in a small Huntingdonshire church, who, by virtue of possessing the glebe farm, had n seat in the chancel. When the old man came late into church, and hobbled up the nave with difficulty, he used to reserve his bow until he came close to the reading desk, when he pulled his forelock and made a deep obeisance. But this -vas to the rector, and not to the com- munion table, a few feet in front of him, although some of the rector's town visitors, who were not accustomed to these rural habits, were disposed to put down this old farmer as a very advanced Ritualist, who made a practice of bowing to the altar. T never saw this done on leaving church, which is a further proof that the bowing was to the parson, as a token of respect and apology for coming late. I do not say, however, that it may not he a modern rustic relic of the more ancient custom of bowing to the altar." <

A b iv eight years old, in one of our public schools, having been told that a reptile is an animal that creeps," on being asked to name one oil examination day, promptly and triumphantly replied, "a baby." An exchange says We arc in receipt of two poems, the "Throbbing Brain,' and another on A Bleeding Heart.' We will wait until we 1 receive one on the 'Stomtcli-,tcliu,' and publish all three together."

T ¡ TUUY INJUSTICE TO WALES- We reprint the following ably written article from the South IVales -T)ailil Ve,ii-The Beacons- field Government, which has run the expenditure of the country to upwards of eighty-one millions sterling, per annum, and which talks of an odd half million, more 'l' leos, in the shape of pre- cautionary measures in connection with the Eastern Question, as if half millions were financial globules, has just perpetrated a shameful injustice to Wales. It has refused to give a farthing of aid to the University College of Wales—thereby practically telling the members of the highly influential and representative deputation which waited on the Duke of Richmond, that they asked what the temporary keepers of the Treasury have no right to grant. It would take a much abler nnn than the Duke of Richmond to satisfy the Welsh people, that it is justice to foster and support the Univer- sities of Scotland and Ireland, and give Wales nothing. What does such a refusal practically mean? That, in the race of life, as represented by collegiate and university culture, the rising young men of the Principality shall not enjoy the advantages accessible and common to the yoath of Scotland and Ireland. Dr. Lyon Playfair once justifiably boasted in the House of Commons that- he knew humble Scotchmen at the plough-tail ablo to amuse their spare moments with Greek poetry, and lie particularly mentioned the case of a youth engaged as a carter—the Scotch counterpart of the "jolly waggoner" of English soiig--wlio solaced his spirit with the perusal of the Greek Testament. In Scotland and Ireland, but especially in the former country, a steady youth with moderate capacity, and very little of the world's wealth, can gravitate into a doctor or a minister with compara- tive ease. A Welsh lad must have wealthy friends or lie cannot even see the academical groves; of Oxford or Cambridge. This is a gross national injustice. The College of Lampeter was founded to aid poor lads desirous of officiating in the Church of England. The University College of Wales was founded, as its constitution sets forth—"to afford at a moderate expense the means of instruc- tion in such branches of learning and science, excepting theology, as arc or may be for the time r' ,y being usually studied at the British Universities, or any of them, and as the governors, or other the persons who, under the constitution for the time being, have authority in that behalf, shall from time to time, in a manner required by the constitution, direct." Thus, the University College of Wales aimed at supplying a collegiate education to the youth of Wales, from which dogmatic theology was purposely eliminated, so that Churchmen and Dissenters might meet on equal terms, and on one platform—that of higher education. The College has already done some good. Mr Gladstone, in a well-remembered speech at Nottingham some months ago, made a graceful and significant re- ference to the College at Aberystwith. "Let me point" (said the ex-premier to his Nottingham auditory) "to a case with which I am personally acquainted to shpw you wherever preliminary education is provided, the higher education must be loved and taught also. I speak of the country of Wales, in which I have the happiness to spend a large portion of my time. I say it freely and boldly in your hearing—there are few parts which can compete with Wales, and there is none that can exceed it from one end of the Island to the other, in the earnest, ardent, passionate love for instruction. They are a religious people, a people deeply enamoured of kuftledge, and what they have done has been with very little assistance. They have within the last five or six months founded a large and important co ljge at Aberyst- with. It is possible for you to have a stronger proof that the existence of a love for preliminary education doos lead on to every great effort for the establishment of higher education ?" It is not affectation on the part of the Soutl. Wales Daily News to claim, as deserved, Mr Gladstone's description of the Welsh people as earnest, ardent, passion- ate lovers of instruction." The bi-linguial diffi- culties under which they have laboured, and still labour, make their case especially deserving of sympathy, and when the Beaconsfield Government were invited to ask Parliament for X5000 to the College building fund, and X2500 of annual grant, they were appealed to in the name of the Welsh people. We believe the Conservative party in Wales sympathised with the movement, if on no broader ground than the right of the Principality to share in the fair ex- penditure of the national revenue, to which the people of the Principality contribute. That ground is unassailable, but as Lord Aberdare showed in his admirable speech on introducing the deputation, there are other momentous reasons for conceding the claim of Wales to a national grant for the purposes of the higher education. Although the Duke of Richmond promised that the subject should be brought before the Cabinet, we cannot but feel that the unhandsome response comes mainly from the Duke in question. The Duke of Richmond, although the representative of four dukedoms, is a wretched statesman. Intel- lectually he is a driveller. Mr Clare Read, the Norfolk Tory tenant farmer, could not stand his Soulless policy, as affecting the agricultural in- terest, and when Mr Read separated himself from the Duke the tenant farmers subscribed £ 5000 as a present to their plucky representative. The Duke of Richmond never took an enlarged view of anything, for the simple reason that he is mentally incapable of the effort. He is on a level with those vestrymen of whom Sydney Smith wrote. They squabbled over putting down a wooden pavement in St Paul's Churchyard, where- upon Sydney Smith wittily suggested that if they would put their heads together they would make a pavement wooden enough On the Blackstonian principle that for every wrong there is a remedy, the people of Wales must persevere until the wrong perpetrated by the Beaconsfield Govern- ment has been redressed. They must hammer at the subject—hammer at the Ministry—hammer at the Tory party-hammer at the conscience of the English people-till the pitiful dole (pitiful when the length of the national purse strings is considered) has been conceded. To b ick out of the conflict at the first sight of Beaconsfield blundering, would be cowardly-would be an insult to the traditionary fighting-power of the Welsli race—and would, as a matter of fact roll back the trade of the higher education in Wales for half-a-century. The con- stituencies of Wales must speak out: and all classes, if necessary, must put their hands in their pockets to sustain the University College until Lord Hartington-one of the deputation to the Duke of Richmond—can realise, by the united vote of the Liberal party, the wishes of the Welsh I people. We lupe that in this session of Parlia- ment the question will be raised, and the Govern- ment, despite their mechanical majority, made to hear a little of the breath of Welsh public opinion. Whatever happens, no one must lose heart or hope respecting the University College, although hostile numbers are, for the moment, all-powerful. In his Reflections on the Revolution ill France, Burke uses an argument which has a certain appositeness to the Welsh minority of the British people iu its pleading for the higher education. It is said," to use Burke's phraseology, that twenty-four millions ought to prevail over two hundred thousand. True; if the constitution of a kingdom be a problem of arithmetic. This sort cf discourse does well enough with the hmp. post for its second to men who may reason calmly, it is ridi- culous. The will of the many, and their interest, must very often differ; and great will be the difference when they make an eyil choice." In the matter of the University College of Wales, the Beaconsfield Government, representing the Tory majority in the House of Commons, have made an evil choice," as thjjy will hereafter learn to their sorrow.

There is talk of passing laws by which suicide by poison will become much more difficult of execution than formerly. Mr Byron Trodgers, a young friend of ours, says nothing shall stop him from killing himself whenever he wants to. If he can find no other way, he will eat bits of sponge and I drink water till he bursts.

I LONG Fim FRAUDS. At the Birmingham borough sessions on Satur- day, Thomas Turner was indicted for va-iou* loll,, firlu" fraizds. Two months since prisoner rented a room in Moat-row, and, calling the same "The Midland Counties Supply Association," issued large orders to woollen, hosiery, and boor manu- facturers in London, Lancashire, Yorkshire, &c. The orders were headed "Wooden department, "TailoringdepaTtmellt," B ,ot?depart.snent, &-c., but the stock-in-trade for pr -joner's p cmist-s con- sisted of a table, chair, and 1 'letting pad. Messrs Genese and Edmunds, wholesale clothiers, London, and Mr Elliot, stocking manufacturer, Atfreton, Derby, having given cvider.ce in support or the case, the jury found the prisoner guilt- In passing sentence, the Recorder said he was somewhat astonished to hear that the prisoner was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for his first offence. It appeared from the newspaper report which he held in his hand that the prisoner had for some time rented two old rooms in Liverpool, where he carried on a very much similar affair to what he had been doing in Birmingham. On the occasion of the conviction, Detective Cousens made a statement to the chairman of the sessions to the effect that the prisoner was first brought under his notice between seven or eight years ago. He had been in business in Liverpool, and then turned up again at Bristol, where he traded as Gardener and Co. The report gave accounts of prisoner's movements in other towns, all of which were of a most damaging nature.—Prisoner said the reports were very much exaggerated.—-An inspectar of the Manchester police force said he had known the prisoner ever since he served the five year's penal servitude. He had been in Manchester about 18 months, and had carried on business called The Masonic Co-operative Society" and The North of England Supply Company." In those businesses he was joined by two other men, who have since been apprehended, and were recently convicted in Manchester. Prisoner absconded from Manchester- when those men were apprehended, and witness heard no more of him until he was informed of his capture in Birmingham. In Manchester the three men rented an empty house, and used it for re- ceiving goods without any furniture whatever being placed in the house.—The Recorder, address- ing the prisoner, said when he first read the de- positions he had not the smallest idea that the case would turn out so serious as it had done. Jt ap- peared to him at first that the prisoner might have been commencing business in a small way instead of being an old hand at practices for"which he had been previously convicted. He was certainly surprised to find him (the prisoner) ordered into- penal servitude for five years, but the explanation given that day by the two police officers fully ac- counted for the sentence. Instead of passing upon him a sentence of imprisonment, as he (therwise should have done, he should have to pass one of penal servitude. It was a scandalous thing for a man of the prisoner's intelligence and education to go about the country and rob tradesmen, in this manner. The offence was on the increase, and it- must be checked. He sentenced the prisoner to seven years' penal servitude.

THE ESCAPE FROM MOXTGOME iY GAOL. At the Montgomery County P-stty .Session-, on Thursday, June 27, before th Rev C. J. Wilding, John alias James Harries was charged with having broken out of and escaped on the 12th Nov., 1873, from Montgomery gaol, where he was undergoing imprisonment on three charges of larceny. It ap- pears that nothing more was heard of him till he was found imprisoned in the Denbigh county gaol, and on his release from there he was apprehended and brought to Montgomery. A remand was granted to Saturday, when he was brought before Mr R. J. Harrison. Daniel Mynard said that he was the Governor of Montgomery gaol during the year 1873. The pri- soner was in his custody on three charges of larceny prior to the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions- in October of that year. He was then tried and convicted on three indictments, the first of which was for stealing wool at Llanerfyl, for which he was sentenced to three months' hard labotir., 'Pri- soner received a similar sentence on the other two charges, the terms of imprisonment, to commence after the expiration of the first. Witness then re- ceived prisoner back to undergo his terms of im- prisonment On the 12th (,f November -following he escaped before he had completed his sentence on the first indictment. It was in the morning between six and eight o'clock when he escaped by getting over the boundary-wall of the gaol. Pri- soner was at the time in the mill-yard doing gaol labour under the charge cf Gill, one of the warders. Witness saw him in Gill's charge ji^sf "before he made his escape. Witness saw his footmarks in the garden outside the bemud arv-yard immediately L after his escape. Witness had not seen the pri- soner since until he was brought to Montgomery on Thursday by the Chief Constable. William Davies deposed that he was an inspector of police for the county of Montgomery. He wan present at the trial of the prisoner for stealing wool at Llanerfyl, when he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The prisoner contrlietcd the governor's evidence as to the inode of escape. He said that Gill gave him some work to do near the front gate. While he was doing it Gill went into his private hoe~-e, and he (prisoner) then walked through the f'"Ut door and escaped. Prisoner was committed t: tatv his trialai ,he quarter sessions.

ATROCIOUS ASSAULT OX A Wil l:. At the Leicester borough poiiee court woek, William Barrows (30), licensed vietualh-r, has been remanded, charged with having committed a horrible outrage on his wife. It was/stated that on the night of the 11th ultimo, a sister of Mrs Barrows, who lived with them at the Old Horse Inn, near the Leicester racecourse, heard screams and moans proceeding from the bedroom occupied by Barrows and his wife. With considerable difficulty she effected an entrance to the bedroom, and found Barrows terribly excited, while his wife lay in a pool of blood, and the bedding was also saturated with blood. A most horrible outrage had been committed upon the poor woman, who was enceinte, and for some days her condition was so critical that her life was despaired of. The prisoner absconded immediately after the occur- rence, and no trace was found of him until the 27th ultimo, when lie was apprehended in Liverpool as he was leaving the emigration office of Inman and Co., in Dale-street, Liverpool. A contract note for a passage in the C'ity of Berlin from Liverpool to New York was found upon him, the steamer being to sail next clav. At his lodgings • a large quantitv of clothing, ice., was found, alL packed and ready for travelling. j

EXTRAHIDTN \KV CONDUCT OE A POLICEMAN-.— Ara the last Coleshill Petty Sessions, a police-constableJ named Frank Purser, was charged with threatening! to shoot, and rdso with assaulting Michael' Rogers* It was deposed by various witnesses that thy policeman,'at nine o'clock at night, while in plaid clothes, "'mc staggering up to some men in tmf I street at Curdworth. Rigers bein? one of the party j ancl, drawing a revolver or pistil from liis p >ket I said he would "shoot every •shman of them.' J Turning to Rogers he said h was the.tman h ) would shoot.—The defendant (I the It was then ,-howii tii-it i-;ie wa" rve with a summons for this extraordinary conduc j but on the following Sunday night he fwent i, Rogers' lodaincrs and knocked upon the < £ »or wif a stick, called up Rocrers, who wa,- in bed, ham I cuffed him, and took him nearly three miles Coleshill lock-up, two inhabitants pf Curdwort named Wright and Jackson, being command in the Queen's name" to accompnnv him. T superintendent, however, liberated Rogers i mediately.—The Bench committed the polieem to gaol for one month without the option of a fi Purser will be dismissed from the force.