The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

| Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. Y Gohobiaethau i'w daufon i'r Golygydd MR. COSSLETT COSSLETT, (CA RNEL1 AN), PONTYPRIDD.

THE DESTRJCTION OF PORT- SKEWET PIER BY FIRE. On Monday morning last. at about 2.30 a.m., the Portskewet Pier of the Great Western Railway between South Wales and the West of England was totahy destruyed by fire. The pier was left in charge of a watchman, John Williams, a very ste tdy young man, twenty year of age. About half*past twelve on Sunday night he went round the pier and found everything s,\fe. He then re- turned to the port-r's room, where he was in the habit of sheltering for the night, and was some time after stated by noticing a flame through a hole in the door. He ca irj out "f the watohbou.si, and to his horror discovered that the pier was it flames. So intense was the tire there seemed to be no bare spot through which an escape could b.. made; but the poor fellow, with f1 heroisfll which cannot be easily imagined, determined to make an effort to get through the n:)m" and smoke, and he made a rush accordingly. Ihe density of the smoke was such he appears to have been overcome, and sank down. How long he lay there he could not say, but it must have been a cousid,. be time. He, however, recoveed conciousm ss, and managed to orawl or walk-it is impi ssi le to tell which to the house of Inspector Tanner, a few hundred yards from the scene of the fire. As tho oor fellltw reached inspector Tanner's house he was heard by the inspector to be g. oaniilg, and when he knocked at the door the inspector, without waiting to dress, went downstairs to the door. For the moment Williams had vanished. The delirium pioduced by his superhuman exertions must have rendered him unconscious of what he was doing. Inspector Tanner, however, got hold of him and brought him into the house. Williams was in a deplorable state. He was naked, except his boots, and a piece of shirt round one hand. The hair on his head was burnt off, and his whole body was in a charred condition, the flesh being in some parts quite burnt off. He had placed a hand on the railing leading to the inspector's house, and the skin and a portion of two fingers came off wholly. It was afterwards found by the inspector. On the road a portion of skin was also found. Mrs Tanner had sweet oil in the house, and she immediately applied it to various parts of the sufferer's body and in the meantime a messenger was despatched to Chepstow for a medical man. Dr Shoebridge arrived about three o clock and did all in his power to allay his sufferings, but his condition was hope- less. His mother arrived at Portskewet on Monday, and remained with him until he succumbed to his injuries on Monday. In the midst of his snffeiings Williams manifested great anxiety to have it clearly understood that he was in no way to blame for the disaster. On Monday night and Tuesday the officials were in consultation as to the means of remedying the disaster. It was decided that a temporary landing place should be formed, and it is expected that the pier will be reconstructed in the course of a month at a cost of about £ 5,000.

THE DISPUTE AT DINAS COLLIERY. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT HY THE PONTYPRIOl) STIPENDIARY. At the Pontypridd police-court on Wednesday, Mr Gwilym Williams, Stipendiary magistrate, gave his decision in the claims for wage" brought against Messrs. Coffin and Company, Dinas Colliery, by four of their workmen, Henry Davies, Wm. Pike, John Jones, and Watkin Jones. Mr Walter H. Morgan represented the men, and Mr Price ap- peared for the defendant company. At a previous court these workmen, who are colliers, summoned the colliery owners for a month's wages in lien of notice, they having, as they alleged, been deprived of the work to perform which they had contracted. In the judgment which was given upon the case of Watkin Jones, as a leading case we presume, the Stipendiary remarked that the point to be decided was of such importance as to necessitate the devo- tion or a considerable amount of time and attention towards its proper elucidation, in order that it might be a safe precedent for future guidance in dealing with cases of a kindred nature. It was, broadly, whether an employer has the right to remove a collier from his working-place in a seam whose characteristics it is considered are totally different. In this case they were told to go to work from the Rider Seam to the Polka, and as they contended they would not be able to earn as much wages there, and the work would be harder, they declined to go, and the manager dismissed them. The characteristics of the Rider Seam differed so materially from the Polka Seam as to raise a reasonable presumption in the mind of the plaintiff that his chances of earning the same wages there were lessened that, therefore, hew as justified in disobeying the orders of the defendants that the defendants in declining to find plaintiff any other working place committed a breach of contract; that, therefore, judgement must be for the plaintiff with costs. Defendants' solicitor asked for a case for a superior court. The Stipendiary said he would give every facility for a case.

PONTYPRIDD BOARD OF GUAR- DIANS. THE TONYPANDY RELIEF CASE. The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held on Wednesday, under the presidency of the liev. D. W. Williams. There was a full attendance ot members. The Clerk reported that he Lad received from the Local Government Board an order for a fresh election in the parish of Llantwit Vardre. there being an informality in the election of Mi James Richards. A letter was read from bister Morgan, of Treforest, asking that Mary Canmoin, a child at present in the union, should be removed to the Cottage Home at Treforest. The applica- tion was granted. A communication had been received from Dr Pringle, the superintendent of the the Bridgend Lunatic Asylum, stating that the institution was too full to allow of certain patients belonging to this anion, who are now located at Carmarthen Asylum, being removed there. Mi Lewis (Tynycymmer) reported that the committee appointed to visit the Bridgend Asylum, found there a few patients who might be removed home if relatives could be found willing to undertake their care. THE CLERK AND HIS DUTIES. Mr D. D. Joseph, Tydraw, moved that notice and an agenda be sent to every member of the board before each meeting, together with a copy of com- mittees' reports to be presented and discussed, and that the salary of the clerk be increased £ 50 in consideration of the extra services involved. Mr Joseph remarked that the Guardians were nearly all business men, and unable to be present at the Board all the time; therefol e it was v. ry desirable that they should be informed of any special matter to be discussed. He did not believe anything extra was paid for the duty in Cardiff, but he did not suppose their clerk (Mr Spickett) could do it for nothing and he proposed to give him £ 50. Mr E. Davies (Bwlifa) seconded the motion. The Chairman said this was not done at Merthyr or Bridgend, and he did not see the necessity for it here, as it involved an extra expendituie of 95(1 a year. The Guardians generally found out wheu there was anything important to discuss. He pio posed an amendment that things remain as the.) are. Mr D. Jones (Graigddu),seconded the amendment Mr D. Leyshon supported the amendment on the ground that they did not want to increase rates. Mr T. Morgans Perhaps our clerk will do it at the same salary as now, (Laughter). A voice Very likely. Renewed laughter). Mr T. Morgan We have no objection if the clerk will do so. Mr E. Davies: £ 50 a year for printing and all. INO, no." Mr Jackson Simply £50 into Mr Spickett s pocket. Mr Spickett: I would rather withontthefifty poundi and the work. Mr W. Davies (Tonypandy) It would cost more than £ 50 a guod deal altogether. lhe Chairujaus amendment was carried by an overwhelming majority. THE TONYPANDY RELIEF CASE. The Clerk, in reply to the Chairman, said there was no other matter to be considered, when Dr. Idris Davies said I noticed that the case of John Thomas was adjourned till Wednesday. Mr Spickett (clerk) I mentioned it in the minutes. It was adjourned on Mr Edmund Thomas' motion. The Chairman He is not here. Have you heard from him t The Clerk No. The Chairman If he is not here I don't see that we can go on with it in his absence. Mr Gwilym Williams (Miskin) I think it is com- I petent for anyone to take up the discussion. The Chairman: Oh, certainly. Mr G. Williams said he came there simply in his capacity of Guardian. The caae appeared to him to be this. When an application was made to them as members of that board purporting to be made on behalf of Thomas he was not in a position to say that it was intended by the poor law tuat he should be relieved by this board or any other body in a s>milar position. He was at thai time living- with one son, and had two other sons who were not only able to supply, but were supplying him with Lhe necessaries of life. Therefore he w as not a per- son whom the board ought to have relieved in any form whatever. It 1Ils admitted by two out of the four sons that they were able to support him In reply to a question put to them as to why thev al- lowed then- father at that time of life—82 years of age—to become a pauper, they stated that it was done for the purpose of compelling another brother who was unwilling, to contribute some portion of the money towards the maintenance of the old man Having referred to the police-court proceedings at which he had adjudicated, first against the uUe and afterwards against the three, he remarked thai' at the second hearing a document was produced purporting to come trom this Board, ordering pro- ceedings then to be taken against three sons. Two guardians told him that the Board had not ordered the proceedings, and that though the document was signed' by the Secretary and countersigned by the chairman, and bad the seal of the Board at- tached, it was not the outcome of a resolulion of vf t°v, w And in expressing his opinion about the document, he used a word for which no kind of excuse could be made, and, therefore, it was his anxious wish to attend the Board that day that he might unconditionally withdraw the ex pression used. He still, however, hoped they would take this question to a superior court, so that it might be fiually decided wh.t'ier a magistrate had a right to go outside the four corners of an orde. issued by the guardiat s and inquire whether they were justified in giving relief. He had his doubts upon the matter, and he shuuld like to have them settled. He then quoted figures showing that the out-door relief was higher in Pontypridd Union than in Cardiff, Merthyr, or Swansea. The Chairman said he was not present when the order was made. He stipp, sed the clerk knew more about it than anyone else. The Clerk said ho knew nothing beyond what he saw in the books. The Stipendiary and the re- lieving officer seemed to be at variance in the matter. An order was made to relieve the old man, the relieving officer stating that he had been literally turned out, bed and all, and if a man who was turned out was not destitute, who was ? With regard to the second case it was taken up because Mr Jones, the relieving officer, said he had spoken to the Stipendiary, who suggested that the three sons should bav e beensummoned, and in order to confirm with that suggestion a fresh sumillons was obtained. The order was filled by Mr Jones and signed formally by him, (the clerk). The Chairman remarked that he signed it also without question, when Mr Jones mentioned the Stipe>.diary's suggestion. Air G. Williams said he did not remembermaking the suggestion but he might have done so. 11 Considerable discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr RALFK stated that he thought the blot on the whole proceedings was that the three sons had not been summoned in the first instance. He pro- posed that legal proceedings, as well as the old man's relief, be stopped. Mr Spickett: It is Dot necessary. A Guardian remarked that the relief committee bad decided to re-commence proceedings that day. The meeting terminated without any resolution 1 being come to.

LOCAL & DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE. PONTYPRIDD. MABOXWYSON IN THE WORKHOUSE.—That eccen- tric genius Jlabonwysou" is now lying very ill at the infirmary of the Pontypridd Union Work- house. ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE.—At the monthly meeting of the assessment committee, held under the presi- dency of the Rev. D. W. Williams, the overseer's supplemental list for the parish of Llantrisant was revised and approved. ST. CATHERINE'S CHURCH.—On Wednesday and Thursday, June 29, and 30, it is contemplated to h Id a grand bazaar at the above named church, for the purpose of payiug off the debt remaining on the church. A committee has been formed of the most influential ladies, and Miss Julia Thomas, (the Field), secretary. SMOKING IN TAFF VALE RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—A correspondent who signs himself Asthmatic," complains that the officials of the Taff Vale Rail- way Company are "not half strict in enforcing' the bye-law to prevent people smoking in the carriages. Though there are smoking carriages provided <! whiffers of the obnoxious weed" persist he says, in going into other compartments and ■' polluting God's pure atmosphere" with the fumes of tobacco. DELAYS IN COUNTY COURT BUSINESS. — Judge Falconer complained on Wednesday that solicitors were not in attendance when cases in which they were engaged were called. That was, he remarked how the business of the court was delayed, and he feared he would have to adopt, at Pontypridd the practice of other courts, and strike out the cases from the list if the parties concerned did not answer to the calls. The only consideration that caused him to deal so leniently with them was the fact chat it was the client who was made to suffer by the striking out and not the solicitor. MORIEN" ON THE RELIGION OF THE DRUIDS. Our friend Morien accompanied the Cardiff Naturalists' Society to the Dyffryngolych, between Llantrisant and Cardiff, on Wednesday, and on his return, he wrote as foltows :—It is probably new to most English readers that within a short ride of Cardiff is a vale bearing the name of Dyffryngolych, which is Welsh for Vale of Adoration. Who adored here ? The Druids. Whom did they adore ? The Creator of universe. Most people have taken for granted that the Druids were Pagan idolaters. Nothing could very well be more incorrect, for they had no gods in their system of worship, but one Supreme Being containing all things in Himself, LLANWONNO SCHOOL BOARD. — An ordinary meeting of the above Board was held May 25th under the presidency of the chairman, Mr I homas Edwards, in addition to the chairman, there were present the following members of the Board Rev. T. P. Thomas, Rev. G. Thomas, Mr Idris Williams. Mr Ishmael Williams, Mr D. D. Joseph, Mr Edwards, and Mr Matthias.—The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the reports of the attendance officer, school management committee, and building committee were read by the clerk and adopted -On account of the fact that a large deficiency in school accomodation exists in the neighbourhood of Forth it was unanimously resolved to build at the above place a girls'school to accomodate 250 children, and that Mr Moses Cule be at once instructed to draw the necessary plans. Mr ldris Williams gave a notice of motion to be brought on at the next meeting, having reference to the desirabilitv of something being done to relieve the present Clerk jf the duties of an attendance officer. The chair- man, the Rev. G. Thomas, and Mr Bevan, were appointed to meet a committee of the Ystradv7- lodwg School Board, re the transfer of Ferndale Schools. The deferred motion of Mr Edwards to release the ratepayers of Llanfabon from being contributory to the Llanwonno Board was lost by a large majority. The reading of correspondence, and s gning of cheques brought the proceedings to a conclusion. Before purchasing your SUMMER BOOTS or SHOES, ctll at G. Olliver's Boot Supply Stores, Taff-street, Pontypridd. The largest and most varied assort- ment of New Styles that has ever been shown in the town, of Lace, Button and Spring Sides, in Calf, Kid, Cloth and Cashmere for Gents, Ladies, and Children. Adv. PORTH. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.—On Monday a little boy aged six years, son of Mr W. Davies, orth, had a very narrow escape from drowning in the Rliondda river, at Forth. It appears that the place where the child tell a narrow plans has been placed acivss the river by some people to enable Lhem to cross over the river. The child in question gut on this plank and fell into the water, and would soon have been drowned had it not been for the timely assistance of Mr T. Edwards, who took off his coat and sprang into the water, and brought the child safely out. DINAS. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—On Sunday and Monday, May 22nd and 23rd anniversary services were held at the Primitive Methodist church, when Mr W. P"well preached in the morning, and in the after- noon and evening by the Rev. E. Powell. On Monday, a tea meeting was given, which was well patronised, and in the evening a public meeting was hi Id in which addresses were delivered by Revs. E. Powell, J. Blayney, Mr. W. Powell, and others. TREORKY. ANNIVERSARY.—On Sunday and Monday last the Noddfa Welsh Baptist church held their anni- versary meetings, when sermons were preached by the Hevs. J. Jenkins, Newport, Pem., R. Lloyd, Castleton, and E. Jones, Rhymney. The large and magnificent building was overcrowded, and good collections were made toward liquidating the debt of the chapel. MONUMENTS.—Two monuments have been erected at TrclIrky in connection with which a few lines may not be amiss. At the Treorky cemetery one is to the memory of the late Richard Morris, who was a conductor of the singing with the Welsh Baptists at Cwmpark. The monument has been erected by the Cwmpark Baptists.-The other monument is erected at Nebo, Heolfach, to the memory of the late Edward Jenkins, Bodringallt. It was placed there by the master and teachers of Bodringallt Schools, where Edward Jenkins had been a very promising pupil teacher. He died on the 17th of March last. LLWYNPIA. ILLNESS OF REV. J. R. JONES. We regret to have to state that the Rev. J. R. Jones, Baptist minister, has had a very severe attack of inflammation of the lungs The rev. gentleman had been burrying his father, and in coming home caught cold. We understand that he is progressing favourably, but ill not be able to attend to his ministerial duties for some time. r GILFACH GOm. LECTURE.—On Tuesday evening, 17th inst, at Seion, Gilfacli Goch, Mr D. Jones (Dafydd o Went) delivered a lecture on the "Rev. Evan Jones (leuan Gwvnedd)." The chair was occupied by the Rev. J. C. Evans. Owing to the iuclemency of the weather, the audience was not so numereus as could be expected. Those that were present cou'd not but appreciate the lecture, which was & graphic description of leuan Gwynedd.

On Friday, 20th inst, a meeting of the Sliding, scale Committee was held at Cardiff, under the presidency of Mr Thos. Lewis. There were also present; Messrs W. Abraham (vice-chairman), A Hood, E. Jones, T. Jones, D. Morgan, (Mountain Ash), E. Francis, J. Evans, and H. Mitchard. Messrs Routh, Kirk & Co., Leeds, were appointed to search the masters' books, and find out the price of coal for the first four months of the present year. WHILE Messrs Sanger's circus was parading the streets of Swansea, on Monday, a carter in" the tervice of the Great Weste n Railway Company allowed a number of women and children to view the procession from his, dray. Upon the camels coming in sight the horse took fright and bolted depositing the occupants of the cart on to the road'. A little boy received such a severe scalp wound that he had to be taken to the infirmary. Many of the dislodged occupants of the dray were bruised and several women fainted, but they soon recovered consciousness.

BWRDD Y GOL. Y Godiuebwr."—Parlun du yw bwn. ond nirl duach na'r troseddwr- mR,e genych fliangell gylymiog iawn, a chredwn y teimla yntau eicL ffrewylliad. Mae genych ambell ansoddair lied wan; ymdrechwch gael y geiriau goreu—gair gwan iawn i orphen ilinell yw "dible"—mae'i h yn drech lla chwi hefyd mewn ambell fan, megis: "A rinwedd, am a rhinwedJ-H yw ragrith," yw rhagrith sydd iawn,-eto: Hyd- ddenu," hud sydd reolaidd. Yr ydych braidd yn gwneyd canibal o bono yn y Ilinell hon: "Y cnawd sydd flasusfwyd a gar yn ddible. My Baby.Os gall lUam ganu yn dda ar ryw destyn, gwna hyny i'w baban,-sut y darfu i chwi ddewis yr iaith fa in i'w anerch r Buom yn petruso beth i'w wneyd ag ef-ofnem y buas ii yn crio yn y c, golofn," ac y mae yn rhy biydfeith i'w roi yn y fasged," o ganlyniad ca ymddangos gyda'r beitdd Seisnig. Marwolaeth Ddisyniwth."—Nid ydym yn cyhoeddi hanesion, a. bywgraffiadau yn y "golofn," mae ereill wedi bod yn euro am agonal o'ch blaen chwi-ond yn ofer. Mae'r Englyn yn dda, a cha ymddangos os mynweh. I'r Swyddfa Llinos Taf a Gwyngyll. EISTEDDFOD GADEIRIOL PONTYPRIDD. Derbyniais gyfansoddiadau yn dwyn y ffugen- wau canlynol, a danfonais hwynt yn ddioed i'i clorianydd:— Testyn cyntaf.—Calderon, Hu Gadarn, Cadell, Gwerinwr o hil gwroniaid, Amaethyddwr, Medelwr, ac Ap Huan.-7. Ail-destyn.—Athronydd, a Humboldt.—2. Trydydd destyn.—Tom Moore, Ardalydd, Calon Wladgar, Gwladgarwr, Bardd yr arwyddeiriau, Gwladgarwr moel ei goryn, ac Un o feirdd tir Iaril.-7. Pedwerydd destyn.—Tewdwr, Ymdrechwr, a Dyn bach bach.-a. Pumed destyn.—Morpheus, Pocrates, Pion Llednth, Breudawj diwr, Brawychus, Dychrynedig. Cysgadui, Un a'i cafoad yn adiweddar. Y Barau Owsg.—8. Chweched destyn.—Jim, Customer, Gwir i gyd, Pan, Trafnycnwr, Llais y boat fawr, ientoel, A. B. C. f. E. F. G., cnedig, Deiliedyuu, Cwsmer, a Gwahoddwr.—18. Ddeunawfed destyn.—Cipriani, Un or lluaws, Amicus, l'enoryaü, iviusico, iviacfarren, Unworthy, P. Haydn, ac Ambrose.—9. D.S.-berbynir ffugenwau cystadleuwyi yn yr adrauau ereill ar ncu cyn ^.iai aUain. "'ioudaid i Mr. Jones, Butcners' Arms."— Idwal, iiei.dgeiuwaUjCarwi AioeSoi Jeb, Gwebtywr, GTvyuodjGu, iiaiii iiiawer, Lawn g^iaiil yn ei £ otio, Aueiladyud, Ueigiyn Xiiraeta, Hen Gydymaith, Piwyfog, Cymro.—12. Y Llaw FeL-. '-Weisa Boy,* Ivor Bach, Per- severance, Naturiol, Ocean, Nil Sine Labore, I will bry again, Maityr, Romeo, A fresh Aiethogiaphej. Llaw Fer, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, Amazon.—15. JOSEPH DAVIES, Ysg, Graig Schools, Pontypridd. p.S.—Sylwer ar y cyfnewidiadau yn yr hys- bysiad.—J. D. EISTEDDFOD GADEIRIOL PONTYPRIDD, laai. Ax Y GOI.YGXDD. -Anwyl Syr,—Byddaf yn udiolchgar i chwi am 1 r a ganlyn gael y muuangos yn y Golofr. Gynireig. Adeg cynauau yr JLiateUuiou a nouwyu yuyw, aydd iSa.a»»xtii y aui^wyn. Da yenyf gaei aiudeali, fod arwyuuiou all Eisteiluiod an- rtiyueddus a. paoDio.amd yn ein tref y tlwyddyn liun eto. Y rnao yr Eisteddfod hon yn myneel rnagddi, ac yn piysur gynyudu, fel mae yn tynu sylw riiai o bill enwogiou eingwiad. Ac md ruy- iedd pan ystyriwn lou y pwyll-ur syld yn trefnu gweitnrettiauau yr Eisteautod hou, yn daynion uoeth; a deaiius, neilluuol o ifyddiawn, unol a gweitngar; a enredwn fod y pwyllgor wedi bod yn liynod ffodus yn eu detnuiiad o lywydd ac ysgrn'enydd, y rnai ydynt yn ddynion bonedd- igaidd, llj naws, gweitiigar a gofalus. A chreuwn y gwneir pob uarpanadau, gogyfer a gwneyd yr yrnwel wyr yn gysurus ar adydd yr Eisteddfod. Dywedir iod y cyfansoddiadau sydd wedi dyfoo. i law yr ysgritenydd yn iluosog iawn; yr hyn a ddengys y bydd y ben dd, a/r ilenorion, yn llu yn yr Eisteddfod, ac yn ol yr arwyddion presenol bydd y cantorion ar corau yn lluosog iawn yn ein tref yr adeg hono. Mae yn ddiamau felly y ceir Eisteddfod fawr a phoblugaidd, gan hyny, bydded i bawb o gefnogwyr yr Eisteddfod ddyfodi Bonty- pridd, dydd Mawrth y Sulgwyn, a chant wledd o'r iawn ryw. R. GWYNGYLL HUGHES. Y DEUDDEG MIS. Ein Hion fu'n rhoi anian fawr-ag henaint Dros ei gwyneb liwydwawr; I gwsg nOB,-o Wisga yn awr Berwig wen baiug Ionawr. Chwefror i'n goror garia—o'i oer fan, Y storfeydd yr eu a; I'w wasgar, a cnlaer wiaga Nant a liyn a mentyll ia. Mawrth a gwyd yn mhorth y gwynt,—car Cryf feircn y dwyreinwynt [farchog PurLaul- her.oi goiwynt B,einiol ar wybrenol nyut. Llaw Ebrill gylch ein Uwybrau-a welir y n lleoli r blodau; A Naf a nydd i'w dyfrhau Arianaidd ddyferynau. Y wawr deg yn forau dyr-aur rodfa Drwy y brydferth awyr; A thiriio n blanhi^ion e^j-yr — Ymroiia Mat ar wely Myrr. Hirdiydd, a chynydd, a eban-i'w ofwy ;)dwg MeheHn allan; A lliwiau fyrdd mewm llaw fan Eriwa Ion ar len anian. Dan beuldes mawr wres tymhor haf-iachus, Beichiog ar gynhauaf Yvr'n daear ni,-dyry Naf Wxwr ffyniant ar Gorphenaf. Awst anwyl sy'n rhoi testynau—molianus Mewn melyn-wawr ffrwyihau; Ac aur Ion ar y grynau A wel myrdd yn dal am hau. Anian dan bwys daioui-dibafal Dofydd sydd ar dori; Ord ei thoraeth helaeth hi Symudir yn mis Medi. Alaw g-roch y dymhestl gref-a ddyry Ei byddarol fanllef Ag-or wna argae-tu'r Nef I raiadru'n yr Hydref. Daw Tachwedd a'i wedd llwydwyn,—gwywedig' Ydyw gwig a dyffryn Gwisga niwlog glog i'r glyn, A thrumau mewn tarth rwymyn. A'i bir bwyr, a'i wawr araf.-daw Rhagfyr I d) igfa'r dydd byraf; Yn nos hwn 0 flwyddyn Saf! lor eilw dy awr olaf. CARNELIAH.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. TjO-rl Granville laid on the table papers relating to tho -inr-< (if lutu-i. Replying to Lord L >mingt<>n, t "tt.iie Earl stated that no representations had to t'n m.vSetuhr Majesty's Government by foreign I i -r, with regard to the right of asviuui here. The Russi .n Government, with the assent of Germany, h vd applied to this Government to join in a fere ce to consider what practical methods could he a 'ollte i to .suppress t'le criminal eff rts of certain as-ocvitiom, but her Maje-ty's Government did not thi..k it would be advantageous to take that course. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY. Sir Charles Dilke state I, in answer to a question tlint the Government had received an invitation from II ancJ to enter upon negotiations for a new commer. cial Ir,'aty, and that commissioners had been ap. p. ante i and would meet on Tuesday.—The adjourned lunate, upon the second reading of the Irish Land Dill wa,, resumed by Mr. Chaplin, who con. t-n led that the fixity of tenure proposed was shser 3onfi«cat'.on, and denounced the entire measure as a great scheme of judicial plundering. The Govern. TlJent were pieced not to give compensation to the landowners. They must consequently expect a pro- longed, determined, and bitter opposition. Mr. Stansfeld pronounced the bill economically sound. equitable, politic, and just —Mr. Parnell intimated that be should take no part in the division on that stage of the bill. The measure gave no more than the Act of 1870. The proposed court to fix the rent would, he believed, fail to secure tenants'rights, as it would enc ura.t?e litigation and nothing but a large and general reduction of rent would be satisfactory to the Iri-h people. He objected to the emigration clause as an evasion of responsibility. He declined to com- promise himself by accepting a measure which coull not be a final settlement of the question.—Sir S. Northcote said that after Mr. Parnell's speech they must lay aside the idea that the Bill would pacify the party represented by him. P. ace could not be br, uglit aliout in Ireland by provisions which pro- duced confusion and discord between landlord and tenant. The Conservative party had hoped to see a J:ill which they could support, but they found the measure involved principles of such intrinsic injustice a"d was so open to objection on economical grounds that they could not conscientiously vote for the second reading. If the Bill went into committee he hoped that amendments would be introduced which would make it more generally acceptable. Their only course at present was to support the amendment. — Lord Hartington doubted whether the conduct of the Opposition was either dignified or useful. If the Bill w is one of confiscation and robbery they ought to vote direct against it" and not resort to excuses for not doing so. If, on the contrary, they thought the principle of the bill was not unsound, and that the measure was capable of amendment in committee, it was their duty to support the second reading. Having replied to the arguments against the Bill, he unhesitatingly avowed hiufself favourable to the "three F's," the principles of which were, he said, in operation on many of the best-managed estates in Ireland.-On a division, Lord Elcho's amendment was rejected by 352 to 176, and the bill was read a second ti Ie amid much cheering. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Lord Morley informed Lord Waveney that it WM proposed to change the militia uniform facings from pilfer to gold, and it was not intended to issue helmet. for the approaching training season. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. Thomas Collins, the newly-elected member for Knatesborough, came to the table to take the oath.-Sir W, Lawson rose, but amid the cheers which greeted Mr. Collins could not make himself heard till that gentleman had gone through the necessary formula and taken his seat. Sir W. Lawson then moved the adjournment of t1 e H"u¡;¡e to exp ain his motive for interfering. Since the House had appointed religious inquisition for the Kuanhan.sbip of the oath, he was desirous that it should work impartially, and if lie had beenper- minted he would have moved that, having retard to the precedent in the Bradlaugh case, Mr. Collins be not al-owedto take the oath until the House had satis- fi d hself by select committee or otherwise of the nature of his opinions on the sanctity of an oath. —Tiie Speaker explained that the cases were different. Had Mr. Bradlaugh, in the first instance, presented himself as Mr. Collins had done, he should not have permitted anyone to interfere.—Mr. Gladstone ad- mitted the distinction was an obvious one.—Sir S. Northcote pointed out that whereas he objected to Mr. Bradlaugh taking the oath on specific grounds, Sir W. Lawson rose to make objections upon no ground whatever.—The motion was then withdrawn.—In reply to questions from Mi. Maclver and Sir Henry Wulff, Sir Chaiies Dilke said that existing commercial treaties with Tunis would be re- spected. This answer did not prevent Mr. Maclver from moving the adjournment of the House, which wai secouded by Mr. Finigan, and after loss of half-an-hour's time was negatived.— Mr. O'Sullivan moved the third adjourn- ment of the evening, on a question of the arrest of Father Sheehy and three others at Kil- mallock, near Limerick, as reported in the morning papers. On this a long conversation ensued. Early in the evening Mr. Gladstone suggested that a morn- ing sitting should be taken on Tuesday to discuss the conduct of the Irish Executive in respect of this and other arrests. This course was approved by Sir Staffurd Northcote.-The Irish n-embers continued, however, to discuss the question till 20 minutes past 11 when the motion for adjournment was negatived bv 130 to 32.- The remainder of the night was spent in discu-sing Mr. Meldon's resolution in favour of shortening the hours forthe sale of intoxicating liquors on Satuidays in the cities and towns of Ireland having a population exceeding 10,OOU. This was even. tually negatived by 49 to 33. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Lord Chancellor laid on the table an Extradi. tion of Offenders Bill, applicable to the United kingdom and ihe colonies.—Lord Lansdowne moved for a committee to inquire into the operation of the Irish jury laws in respect of trial by jury in criminal cases.—Lord Carlingford, speaking on behalf of the Government, admitted that an ample case existed for a full inquiry by means of a select committee into the necessity of some further change of the law than had been effected by Lord O'Hagan's Act.—After some conversation the motion was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -AIONDA-f. Mr. Gladstone informed Sir J. Kennaway that, in f tc of the opposition raised to allowing strong liquors r,o be retailed in Pulman carriages, and the time v hich its discussion would be likely to occupy, it was not intended to proceed with the proposal.-On the order for going into committee on the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill, Mr. Pell moved that t rie annual consideration of the measures imposing taxation should be accompanied by a Ministerial statement of local taxation and finance, so as to aif"i'd the House an opportunity of reviewing as a whole the requisitions made on the nation for local as well as Imperial purposes.—The motion was necon Jed by Sir M. Lopes, and after remarks from ?.Tr. Rathbone and Mr. T. Collins, Mr. loadstone thought it was worth examining whether they might not establish a committee of weight and authority l. > review local expenditure and report juridi- cally to the House the results of their delibera- 1.1 ns. They must keep down expenditure, and see toat taxation was fairly apportioned but the ques- tion could not be satisfactorily disposed of until the question of local government had been finally settled. —After R ime further discussion the resolution was negatived.-Mr. Maclver addressed the House at some length in favour of replacing Customs rlnties upon such foreign importations as come into unfair competition with the industries of Great Britain and Ireland.-After a short discussion, Mr. Gladstone pointed out the incongruity of the subjects re erred to with the subject matter of the bid.—The I House then went into committee on the bill.

Her Majesty having announced her intention to hold a grand review of the volunteer corps on Satur. day, July 9, preparations have been commenced by the employes of tne Woods and Forest Department up< n the .site chosen for the display in Windsor Great Park. Prince Christian, the Ranger of Winder Forest, who has returned from the Continent will, in conjunc- tion with the military authorities, assist in coin- pie ing the arrangements for the assembling of the cuips within tiie park. During a thunderstorm at Buckie in the north of S :< tland, a woman who was standing in front of the tire was struok insen ible by lightning, and is not ex- i) ct, d t, live. In Auchindoir a boy was knocked from a chair by lightning and badly hurt. Two cows were killed on one farmn Aberdeenshire, and a bullock on another. Hailstones of a remarkable bize fell during 1.11,' storm. The Sanitary Record states that Mr. A. B. Stone, of New York, has just purchased for 20,000dol. a h ihdsome site at Bath, Long Island, called Bath Park, for the Children's Aid Society. It contains tour and a-quarter acres, with trees, pavilions, bath- houses, and many conveniences for a sanitarium, and lias a frontage of about 450 feet on the sea, at a point where the bathing is peculiarly r-afe. The new summer home will be the resort of the poor children of the tenement houses during the hot weather. In Gloucester a memorial to the Premier is being ex- tensively and influentially signed, praying that the ciLy may not be disfranchised, as it is reported the Government inten 1, but that those guilty of corrupt practices should alone be purished. L eutena it-General Edward Blagden Hale, C.B., has ided at Aldeiley,Gloucestershire, his native place, ar to-t age of G6. The deceased, "hy entered the army ia 1ö33, served in the Noith-Wes: Provinces and Oude in supp essing the Mutiny in 1857-59; com- m oi !ed three companies of the 82nd Regiment at the r lief f Lucknow Dy Lord Clyde, and commanded that 'egiment during the latter part of the defence, and at the battle of Cawnpore. He also took part in several other engagements, was frequently mentioned in despatches, was made C.B., and awarded the j <n««Ul *ad eiaap. <

THE TRANSVAAL. FRIDAY, MAY 20. Telegraphing on Thursday, the Durban corre- spondent of the Times says Inquiries which I made during a short trip up the country incline me to the belief that peace may continue between the Boers and the BriLh-h. In the Free State and in the Potchefstroom district, whert the mo't hostile malcontents reside, war is regarded as improbable, though the constant warlike prepara- ti. ns on our side create suspicion and distrust. Large numbers of the Boers have gone to Bush Velt, with stock, for the winter. The points they are most anxious and apprehensive about are the cession of territory and the interference with the natives. They strongly object to cede an acre of ground. The proceedings of the Commission are strictly pri- vate, as the witnesses object to speak free;y, as tney would be exposed to the future animosity of the Boers. The amounts of the losses sworn to by the loyalists far exceed expectation. Remarkab e affi- davits have been sworn to, revealing whoesaie child slavery in the Lydenburg district up to quite a recent time. Other revelations have been made regard- ing the Boer treatment of the natives in those parts. The troops and stores are still being pushed on to Newcastle. The 4lst Regiment and the 14th Hussars are on their road up. Sir Evelyn Wood is acting, no doubt, on the principle that the best way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. The leaders of the storming party at Majuba, who were in Maiitzburg last week, deride the shuoting powers of our soldiers, and express surprise that they did not hold the hill. They say, if the h utili- ties recur, they shall come right through to Mar tz- burg, being confident of the co-op ration of the Boers in Natal. They were told that they would have to encounter British colonists as well as British soldiers Reports as to a probable collision between the Boers and the natives are very menacing. The tribes are exasperated at the prospect of a Boer domina- tion. The Transvaal loyalists threaten to head native commandoes against the Boers to recover their property if their claims for compensation are r.ot re- cognised. A large Boer party is said to intend throw- ing Mr. Joubert over. The country is very dry, and the grass is getting burnt up. Transport is very difficult, hut Newcastle is abundantly supplied, thanks to Sir Evelyn Wood's foresight. The Standard's correspondent in the same town telegraphs :— Captain Dennison reports from Pretoria that the work of fortifying that town is being pushed forward energetically. The military authorities convened a meeting of volunteer officers, and submitted them a plan for the erection of a series of detached forts round the town, and for the garrisoning of them by volunteers. The volunteer officers said that the men would cheerfully defend the town if the authorities guaran- teed that, in the event of fighting being renewed, the territory would remain British, but that they would not as before expose their lives and incur the enmity of the Boers only to be deserted by England after the fighting was over. The British authorities declined to give the pledge, whereupon the volunteers refused to take any part in the defence of the town, and after the meeting was over sent a deputation to the Boer commandant, to inform him that they should main- tain a perfectly neutral attitude if fighting was resumed. A state or terrorism is stated to prevail at Potchefstroom. Cronje has gone to join the Boer commando and the Chief Mankoroane in their attack upon Mon- tsuine, the chief who protected the loyalists during the war. SATURDAY, MAY 21. The Standard's special correspondent at New- castle telegraphs under Friday's date;- Three days since I telegraphed to you that the Commission had decided not to cross the frontier into the Transval until the Potschefstroom guns were given up. This decision has been maintained, and the sittings of the Commission are practically suspended pending the delivery of the guns. President Brand tells me that personally he is strongly averse to the propose cession of the belt of Transvaal territory bordering the Swazi and Zulu countries. He thinks that such a cession would be certain to cause complications in the future between the natives, Boers, and British. The same question, he says, formerly arose regarding the frontier line between the Orance State and Basut.03. Sir Phillip Woodhouse then wished that a belt of British territory should be interposed between Boer and Basuto. The proposal was not carried into effect, but nevertheless the two peoples have lived side by side in amity ever since. So also, he thinks, will Swazies, Zulus, and the Bo ra get on well together without any intervening belt of territory. A trustworthy Englishman from the Standerton dis- trict tells me that,although the Boers there would pre- fer peace to war, they have no fear whatever of the latter alternative. They have worked themselves into a feeling of complete contempt for British sol- diers, who are, they declare,far less formidable oppo- nents than are the Kaffirs. In any case he thinks that hostilities cannot break out for some months, as the majority of the Boers have treked with their flocks up into the bush country for fresh pasture. MONDAY, MAY 23. Telegraphing on Sunday from Newcastle, the Standard's special correspondent says: — The Boer leaders have received an express, stating that the guns will probably arrive at Standerton on the 26th. The delay is explained by the disturbances with the border natives. A summons has been issued by the Boer leaders for the rifles also to be handed in. It is reported from Pretoria, but the news needs tontii mation, that a fight has taken place between Mi ntsuive and the Boers, resulting in 70 Kaffirs and five Boers being killed. I am informed that Kronje's commando have dispersed to their homes. Major Buller and Joubert have arrived at Potchef- ttroom. The former sent off a despatch immediately after reaching that place to say that he considered there had been some exaggeration in the reports of the troubles between the natives and the Bo rs. The Boers have certainly commandered money and men, but only a small number of men obeyed the order, and these have since been discharged and the money returned. We must wait, however, for further reports, as Major Buller's experience is as yet too short for his opinion to be considered en- tirely trustworthy, especially as it has been gained from Boer sources. He is going on to Lichten- burg, when he will be able to speak with more authority on the state of the country. The Transvaal Loyal Committee have scheduled claims for the consideration of the commission to an amount exceeding a million sterling for loss and damage inflicted by the Boers. The Durban representative of the same paper, after mentioning the news from Pre- toria of the fighting between the Boers and the Kaffirs, adds Several British subjects have been commandered. Mr. Dunn, an English field-cornet, has deposed that on the 7th of May Bezuidenhout, a Dutch officer, commandered himself, his son, and grandson to fight Montsuive. He also seized and slaughtered an ox. Dunn refused to obey the order, and was told that unless they obeyed they would lie shot. The lists on which his name had been inserted was signed by Kronje. He saw a report from Henry Greef of the fight against Montsuive. The next day he made his escape, and rode all night to Pretoria to ask for British protection. Twenty-three loyal Boers had applied to him as field-cornet to ask how they were to obtain protection against being commandered by Kronje. A party of 100 ratives, under the chief Petrus, from Creswell's Mission Station, had also applied to him for protection. The Boers refuse to recognise the authority even of their own field-cornets, and say that they shall do as they please now. The loyal British and Boers will have to leave the country unless some steps are taken for their pro- tection.

Four cows have had their tails cut off at Borresma- farney, on the borders of the King's C .unty and Tipperary. The owner had made himself obnoxious to the Land Leaguers. This is the fourth or fifth out- rage of the same kind in the barony. In Canon Trevor's parish, at Beeford, a lady has been appointed churchwarden. George Lomas, who is alleged to have killed Hannah Hague, a woman with whom he lived, by throwing at her a butcher's steel, which penetrated her forehead, has been committed by the D'rby magistrates for trial for manslaughter. The eviden went to shew that there was great provocation, aad prisoner said he was drunk at the time. He saw the woman two days after the quarrel, when shelve him some money, aud they parted good fiie;,d-, l'ut after that the woman was taken seriously ill.—A e.- dict of wilful murder against some person r ar- sons unknown was returned by the Binning n.;n coroner's jury in respect of a female infant found un the line near Winson Green station. The cau e of death was suffocation. The Marquis of Queensberry has sent Mr. rrad- ian gh £ 50, saying it is "to shew my sympathy ;or the gl eat battle you are fighting." Vn Order in Council, dated the 18th inst.. is pub- IbiJed in the Gazette directing the establishment in Tunis of a court styled Her Britannic Majesty s C urt for Tunis. Her Majesty's consul at Tunis for the time being is to be the judge of the court. He is to be at the time of his appointment a member of the ija of England,Scotland, or Ireland,of seven years' '-Imtuu or a British subject, who is a member of the Ba f Malta, of seven years' standing, or has fi lie t the offices of assistant judge, or legal vice-consul, or law 8. ere- tary in the Ottoman dominions. The order defines the jurisdiction of the court in accordance with the oonventionR in force between her Majesty's Govern- ment and die Qovcramcct of the Regency of Tunia

T OUR LADIES' COLUMN. The sale of the relics of the Royal Stuarts (the two Pretender ) which took place last week at Foster's Auction Rooms, Pall Mall. was like reading an o'd chapter of a f-forgotten history. It will be remem- bered that their ate possessor, Count D'Albanie, died suddenly last Christmas Eve on board a vessel coming from Bordeaux. It had always been a weapon used against the Pretenders, father and son. to doubt their claim to the name they bore. The evidence against the Ticliborne claimant bore down heavily upon him because of the change in his appearance since his youth. If such considerations are to be taken as evi- dence for or against the Stuarts, the late Count d' Wbanieand his brother bore their lineasre in their faces and figure*. Nearly 200 years airo the followers of William the Third raised a doubt that the Queen of .Tames the Second had ever given birth to a son. That, the elder Pretender was not a supposititious chi d contempurary histotians vouched among others Bishop Burnet. A century later fresh doubts were raised as to the man then repre- senting himself to b, lineady a Stuart, claiming to be the son of the younger Pretender, Charles Edward, by the Princess Louise Clementine Sobieski of Stolberg. The late Count d'Albanie, who died last year, was the son of th s son of Charles Stiart, oontsequcntly grandson to the last Pretender. Yet another century, and a curious public crowds the auction-room to buy, or watch others buying, souvenirs of the Stuarts, and stil sceptical of the genuineness of the claim made for the relics, as their once owners' pretensions had been often questioned. That English families of good descent admitted the claim of royal descent, is evidenced by the fact of the late Count d'Albanie having married into the family of the Earl of Errol, while his own mother wa« a daughter of the house of Beresf -rd. To his daughter the late Count left the aitlcies sold last week—with instructions for their sale after his death. A few of the relics 01 greater value, such as the Highland claidhmore worn by his grandfather at the battles of Falkirk, Pr-ctonpaus, and Culloden, were bequeathed to the Marquis of Bute. A pair of steel pistols, inlaid with silver, and the steel dirk worn at the famous ball at Ho!yrood, the eve of the bit-tie of Prestonpans, wae lett to the same old friend. To Lord Lovat a large two. handled sword made by Cosmo Ferrara was willed, and two pistols that had belonged to Roh Roy in 1715. The auctioneer inserted in the catalogue the word alleged as to the authenticity of the articles, not because he had any doubt* himself, but as a protection a,rain-t any future claim from purchasers. The vendor, C untess Sobieski de Platt, C011 at d'Albanie's df ughter, beiieved in every article, and an old man living still in SClltand remember having seen the things in a cabinet belonging to he Count's father. The sale did not produce much n, iney, only Mi 18s. for 29 lots. The casket, the only thing which fetched three figuies, is supposed to have been bought for the Queen for jSlob 10<. It was said to have been given by Francis I., at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, to Henry VlII. That monarch is said to have given it to Margaret, widow of James II. of Scotland, and it passed sub- sequently to the Pretender. Apieceof the blue ribbon of the Gaiter said to have been given by Charles L on the day he was beheaded to Colonel Tomlin* son realised 23 13s. 6d. A finger ring with miniature of James, the elder Pretender, and a sister who died young, brought 217 17s. A shagreen case, which ap- peared when open to be a pocket mirror, and containing only gold studs, revealed on pressure of one of the studs a miniature of the elder Pretender, and fetched P-31 10s. Two locks of hair of Prince Charles Edward, one when he was 6 years old and the other when 16, were sold for jM 4s. each and one cut from his head after his death for £3 12s. 6d. Two bronze medals, one of the elder Pretender and his wife, Princess Clementine Sobieski, and one of the Princess alone, brought £3 3s. each. The young Pretender's garter ribbon, £3 12s. 6d.; and a garter ribbon with motto worked by the Countess of Derwentwater, £7 17s. 6d. Three pounds ten shillings seems a good figure for two small metal miniature frames, one containing a piece of the doublet from a tartan of one of the prince's Highland followers in which he disguised himself the other a piece of the crimson velvet which formed the lining to the hilt of the Ferrara sword be- queathed to Lord Lovat, carried by the Prince at Prestonpans. A large silver medal of Charles II., struck on the commemoration of his restoration to the throne, bi-ought kl5 15s. 6d. Paste shoe bucklee of Prince Charles Edward, j377a.; a little miniature of Charles II., in enamelled case with scarlet (the King's colour) ribbon, and wooden box, £3 13s. 6d.; a hunting knife, t. inched with chased ormolu emblems of the chase, and scabbard with six implements, the arms of Brandenburg graved and gilt on tile hlade, stated to have D*3'- en by Frederick the Great of Prussia to 1 harles Edward Stuart as a ga!l£' d'amitic, 27. 'n ivory pruning horn, carved, with antelopes, ai i ot .er animals' heads, Cl23 .8, said to have .een Prince Charles E t ward's. Four pounds ten shillings was a high price for two crystal glass toilet bottles silver mounted £10 10s. was also quite eno igh for an engiaved giit watch of the period of Char >s, and the same for a second watch with bell. Some, rticles said t > have belorg^d to Princes- L uise Max:milliantia de Stoiberg Goe iern, wife of Prince Charles,were sold separately. Two chatelaine pendants, chased and gilt, 16s A Prayer-book, with silver cover, chased with The Annunciation," The Wise Men's Offering," "The Crucifixion," and fl iral work in high relief, the first part of the printing of modern date, the latter part 1808, jE23 7s. Two reponssee two-handled silver toilet trays, English make, time Charles I., 24 4s. each, and a small silver oval flat tray with medallion busts and centre of Europa, same period, H6 6s. two pairs of rococco hair pins, set with stones, 91 10s. and fl 15s. respectively a Mente Kotio, or mantle etiain, richly set with gems, worn by the Hungarian nobles from the middle of the 14th to the loth century, £ 15 15s. another, silver gilt, with six graduated double clasps for the c rsage, en suite, given to Count d'Albanie by Count Ke^liwitch, E18 18s. In intellectual circles the great event of last week was the conierrintr of degrees on four ladiee at London Univer-ity. I had an opportunity a few weeks ago of telling my readers of the little contro- versy between the senate and the ladie3 as to the latter wearing hoods and gowns. It was ended by the ladies declining to have scarf or tippet as suggested, and being presented to the chancellor in ordin- ary morning dress. A row of graduates in yellow, grey, green, drab, pink, and all the many co ours of our present rainbow fashions, was a little incongruous, scarcely in keeping with the dig- nity of the occasion; but this can be left as a question for future settlement. The ovation given to the "girl* graduates" by the young men was not the least re- markable part of the proceedings, hand clapping in measured time, loud and sustained u.-til each lady bachelor in arts had retaken her seat. As the course in art, is shorter than that for science or medicine, which are respectively three and five years, no other degrees but arts were conferred upon ladies. But among those who matriculated in June, 1880, and have passed their first degree examinations, three are in the honour list, and came up for prizes. About 20 or 30 years ago a professor of painting mentioned a new pigment he was employing, with very good results, in portraiture, made from mummy remains ground down and chemically treated. The story was looked upon as a good joke, but no more, and was foigotten. It now appears that mummy has been a much valued article in the colour (hop for many years past, and many a portait on the walls of the Royal Academy owes its rich brown tiuts to pulverised mummy. There was quite a gathering of archaeologists and artists the other day to see the unfolding of a mummy im- ported by a firm of colour makers, which is to be ground down fine, and used with a brush on cai'vas. The mummy had been a priest, and was in perfect preservation. What now becomes of Im- mortal Caesar, dead and turned today "? The mummy goes through much less scientific a process than pottery manufacture before aiding to make beauty's prototype beautiful for ever." Our milliners have this year given us great varieties of yellow in our dresses—yellows a'so that merge into reos. The fashionable description of a toilette now gives it as "a sunset dress," all the various tints of fading sunlight being mingled together. Thj bonnet is of a creamy white, with rich golden red fe t ers, flowers, beads, &c., each shade being so sub- tiiy proportioned that an effect is produced to which only this term can apply. A colour Ur-ed in these bleudillgs is a new one to which colourmen have given the name of "aureol." Every artist knows what a valuable, yet provoking, colour to use is gamboge. At first so rich, so full of texture, so resisiiug, it fills the painter with sanguine satisfaction yet in 24 hours it has lost its creaminess, and become skinny, flat, dry and unim- pressionable. Aureol is supposed to be a preparation of gamboge, but the secret is the colourman's. All the value of gamboge is preserved, and all its deficiencies done away with. Whatever colour is given at first, whatever richness of effect conveyed, these be- ClUe abiding, and next day the artist has no disappointment to encounter. The dyer has be. n quick to avail himself of aureol for delicate mat .rials, silks, satins, feathers; and above all have the urtiticial flower makers found that the new colour stats t.ieir work. It is only neces-ary to compare some cheaper flowers with some of the same coluur at a Fn-noh milliner's, and the difference will be patent. Apart from the form and texture, which have nothing to cio with the colour, the subtle beauty of aureol will be petceptible.

Thev were at a dinner party, an he remarked that he fiipposed she was f rid of eib .ology. She said she \ias, but she was- or \t 'y '•.■ell, and the doctor had old her not to .-J1 or dessert but oranges. A young Amew. holy was oarcsing a pretty si, and '"I do love a nice dog!" "Ah," sighed a aading near, "I would I uere a dog!" "Nev r mind," retorted the young la !y sh"">i!y. "you'll An ol i Aoerdeen h ird's wife, who, when her bis er la;rdr sse- were f iching the tea-table conver- h !onwir,n brc d descr tions of the many vioes of th ir several spouses, sa. of her own that he was j ist a gueed, wed-temp' xl, eouthy, queat, innocent, deedlin, druukan body wi' uae ili-prsctices &boot him ava:"