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The following extract from Mr Baxter's speech on the administration of the navy is fearfully suggestive of the I wholesale swindling to which the nation has been ex- | < posed- < ] At Deptford he found that there was a stock of essence of beef to last for seven and a half years; also four years stock of pickles in han(i--(Itughter); then they had six and a half years supply of white wines and how many years' supply of candles for the transports did the committee suppose they had? Why, ten years' supply. (Laughter.) The right hon. gentleman op- posite, who had been so many years at the Admiralty, and knew so much about the navy, would probably be able to enlighten them about some of those things. There was an item called foot-pieces for stockings"—some covering, he supposed, for the men's feet in cold weather. That must have been a nice little job in past times; for he had found no less than fifty years' sup- ply of those articles in stock. (Laughter,) Yet the right hon. gentleman talked of their starving the navy, and said they had no cloth, no clothing for the marines. Good gracious! (Laughter.) Of blue cloth, Xo. 2, they had seven years' supply; of jackets, twelve years' supply they had supplies of comforters for three and a half years, of striped shirting for five years, and 1 of tuweling for seven years. (Laughter.) The Pall Mall Gazette describes some of the curious customs of the Japanese, and it will be seen that with that uncivilized race" the question of education is solved The law of the country insists that each child shall be daily exposed to the air without clothes, and with its head shaved, and in spite of both rain and sun. During infancy the child's ordinary playmates are a fat, short-legged dog, and fatter tail- less cat. Instruction is never forced upon either parents or children; it is supposed to recommend itself naturally by its own intrinsic merits; and every man and woman throughout the empire is able to read, write, and cipher. The thirtieth day after birth every citizen receives his tirst name; on attaining his majority he takes a second, a third on his marriage, a fourth on being invested with any public function, which he changes upon attaining each higher grade, and so on to the name given to him after his death. The last is engraved on his tomb, and he is by it known to all succeeding generations. The following report of a romantic trial for murder in England appeared in the Journal de Paris last week :— A very sad drama has just received its denouement before the London tribunals. A portrait painter, named George Ham- mard, was accused of the premeditated murder of a tumbler named George Baldwin. He did not deny the charge, but nar- rated in the following terms the circumstances under which he committed the crime" Three years ago my daughter, four years of age-sole souvenir which remained to me of a dear wife whom God took to himself—disappeared. What I have suffered, gentlemen, I cannot describe and you cannot understand. [ spent in advertising and searching for my lost daughter a?l I possessed-furniture, pictures, down to my clothes-all were sold. During three years I have walked on foot all over the three United Kingdoms (.tic) in quest of my daughter, and when, by painting portraits, I found myself in possession of a little money, hardly earned, I returned to London to recom- mence advertising in the journals. At length, on the 15th of April last, a Friday (it was Thursday), I passed through Smithfield Market at the moment that a troop of mountebanks were performing their exercises. A girl was doing a tumble, her legs in the air. A ray from the soul of her mother penetrated doubtless to my soul at the precise moment, for I at once recog- nised my long-lost daughter in that creature Yes! It was my peor child, influenced only by my despair, I threw myself upon the leader of the band, raised him in the air, and let him fall to earth. He was killed But you do not yet know the full ex- tent of my misery. I found my daughter, but, alas she was no longer pure and angelic as in past times. Her manners, her language, were infamons, like those of the people she had been living with. She did not recognize me. Even I (lid not re- cognize her. Now do you understand? The man I killed robbed me of the love and the soul of my daughter, and I—I only took his life." George Hammard was acquitted. Mr George Hammard, his long-lost daughter, and George Baldwin, are all a myth! An amusing incident occurred to break the monotony of the proceedings in the House of Commons the other night. The hour was not late, and Mr Maguire, in a brief speech, moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the operation of the Prison Ministers Act, a proposal which evoked some remarks both from Mr Newdegate and from the Home Secretary. When the discussion had ceased, and the" question" had to be put, the Speaker, instead of reading the motion of the member for Cork, read in solemn and sedate tones that which stood next on the notice paper, and which had reference to the produc- tion of returns in some way relating to the river Tweed. Surprise was the first sentiment with which the House appeared to be struck, but it soon gave way to the idea of the ridiculous, and a loud and universal shout of laughter followed. Homer is said to have nodded, and it is sug- gested that Mr Speaker himself is not superior to the soft influences of "nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep," even when the House is in full session, and members are in the act of delivering their liveliest orations. Mr Heron owes his return for Tipperary to a curious accident. It appears that eighteen persons voted, by mis- take, for "Piokham," instead of for Kickham, and eighteen votes were consequently lost to the Fenian can- didate. But for this mistake Mr Kickham would have been elected by a majority of fourteen. As it is, his sup- porters are sanguine that he may yet obtain the seat, as Mr Heron's return is, on other grounds, to be petitioned against. A remarkable scene took place in a Roman Catholic chapel in Galway on Sunday week. A correspondent of one of the Dublin papers says :—" Our parish priest, Rev. Mr Kemmy, explained in both his chapels Mr Glad- stone's Land Bill, and denounced it with a well-merited reprobation. He asked his congregation if they disap- proved and rejected the Bill to say so, and instantly every man, woman, and child present raised high their hands. He asked them, too, would they ever support the candi- dature of any of their county members who will vote for this Bill, and the crowded audience indignantly cried, 'Never! never! An amusing incident occurred last week in connection with Mr Maccabe's appearance at the Theatre Royal, Bradford. After the conclusion of his entertainment at St. George's Hall, where the audience was so vast that, in spite of the great facilities for exi it was impossible for him to get through the crowd and reach the street for some time, he economized the time by dressing himself in the corduroy trousers, velveteen coat, &c., which form the "make-up" of "Nieodemus Nobbs," the character he Was hastening to appear in at the theatre. The make- up" complete, he issued into the street, where a cab was in waiting to convey him but cabby insisted on taking only Mr Maccabe. It was useless to tell him that the rough-looking costermonger before him was Mr Maccabe. That gentleman hailed another and another cab, but in vain they all refused to carry such a plebeian-looking fare, and Mr Maccabe had to walk to the theatre, where the audience were becoming impatient at the delay. The Waterford Standard gives an amusing account of Mr Bernal Osborne's escape through a skylight from Commins's Hotel, which was attacked by the mob. Ac- companied by a friend the hon. member cautiously crept along the house tops, and at last took refuge in the house of a supporter, where he alighted waist-deep in a water- butt. The two fugitives were then put into a back bedroom. By the time that they had obtained refuge from their perilous flight the lnob had recommenced their attack on the hotel. Finding that if the hotel were broken into and they missing, suspicion might rest upon their escape into the establishment, the assistants began to fear for their own safety. It was first re- solved to put them up on one of the top shelves, but that was abandoned as impracticable, owing to the portly dimensions of the two runaways. A large drawer was next thought of but the same objection was apparent. The only alternative for them was to keep there until the worst was known. Shortly aftei twelve o'clock the mob again dispersed, and the city beginning to assume a tranquil aspect, they were permitted to remain there tmtil about three o'clock on Friday morning. About that houi it was determined that the fugitives should retrace their steps back to the hotel the way they came, and wrapping an overcoat on Mr Osborne, one of the assistants helped them again on tc the roof. They then journeyed back through the skylight intc the hotel. During the time Mr Osborne and his companion Were retiring over the roofs of the houses, his friends who were more timorous retreated into the stables and out-houses of the hotet, where they remained in fearful suspense until quietude Was restored.

THE MINERS AND THE MINES REGULATION BILL.-Thf ) Parliamentary Committee of the Miners' National I Association have issued an appeal to the miners of the United Kingdom with reference to Mr Bruce's Mines i Regulation Bill. The committee state that the Bill will not suit the wants of the mining population, because (1) it does not provide that inspection shall be extended to all iron, stone, shale, and coal mines (2) it does not contem. plate a thorough inspection, such as the miners have long desired (3) the hours of labour for the young may be fourteen pet day (4) the brick system is not touched, and there is no provision for weekly pays; (5) education of children is no longer a necessity (6) weighing is not made imperative, the obnoxious system of measuring and gaug- ing may be continued; and (7) it is not made imperative that there should be trained managers of mines, collieries and pits. The committee have also issued a form of petition in which these objections are stated, and in which it is prayed that the inspectors, at the end of each year, shall lay before Parliament a detailed account of their visits to the mines in their respective districts; that it be made imperative that all managers of mines shall undergo an examination before a competent board: that children of tender years shall not be allowed to remain in mines for more than eight hours in one day for any purpose whatever- that every child between the ages of twelve and sixteen years shall be required to go to school for not less than ten hours every week that the miners shall be paid by weight, the weights to be under the supervision of the inspectors of weights and measures and that all men employed in and about mines be paid weekly in money, without any deductions of any kind. The committee urge the men to sign the petitions immediately, in order that they may be presented when the Bill goes into committee on the 18th nst.

A mother said to be twelve years of age made her ap- ol scarance in a police case at Chester last week. fc At the royallevée last week Mr Osborne Morgan, Q.C., was presented by the Lord Chancellor, on his appoint- n ment as one of her Majesty's counsel. Ii The Denbighshire Militia are to assemble at Denbigh 0. on the 25th of April for their annual training. The rectuits meet at Wrexham on the 11th of that month. j The Rev. B. Thomas, Newcastle Emlyn (author of the j prize Elegy at Ruthin Eisteddfod), is busy preparing a j biography of the late Rev. D. Evans, Ffynonhenry. £ Mr Hugh John Ellis-Nanney, High-Sheriff of Carnar- vonshire, has appointed Mr G. T. Picton-Jones, of Pwll- j heli, his under-sheriff. Lovers of Welsh poetry will be glad to hear that ( "Blodau Arfon," the works of the late talented bard { Dewi Wyn o Eifion (Mr David Owen), with an appendix ( containing many pieces that were not in the first edition, i has been now published, under the able editorship of the Re^\ R. Ellis (Cynddelw.) The Rev. D. Evans, Corris, and the Rev. H. T. Edwards, Carnarvon, have been appointed to visit every town and village of above 1,500 inhabitants in the bishopric of Bangor, to advocate the claims &c., of the national system of education, and to oppose the scheme of the Birmingham League. On the 25th ult. Vice-Chancellor James refused an 1 interlocutory injunction applied for by Mr Salisbury to restrain the Metropolitan Railway directors from paying a dividend out of a sum which the plaintiff held to repre- sent a part of the company's capital. Mr Salisbury appealed against the decision, which was, however, on Friday confirmed by Lord Justice Giffard. On Friday a meeting was held at the Court House, Holt, for the election of burgesses, and Mr Peter Walker, of Wrexham, was proposed by William Baker. The pro- position was strongly opposed, and lost, on a poll, by 33 to 20. It was made a matter of complaint that Mr Walker had been rejected at the last court, and had allowed the court to be called together again; and a vote of censure upon the rejected burgess was carried. It is stated that the living of Llanfair, Denbighshire, has been conferred upon the Rev. Basil Jones, son of the rector of Llanfwrog. Father and son are stated to be strong conservatives, and the rector of Llanfwrog actively opposed Mr Watkin Williams. Of -course it is discredit- able to base such appointments upon political considera- tions, but it is so commonly done that the Government really deserve credit for this appointment. The Chester Observer, in noticing the removal of the Flower Show from the Drill Hall to the Roodee, says- A horticultural meeting in a building of brick and stone seems an anomaly, and however much it might be appre- ciated on a wet day, is far from being regarded as an addi- tional attraction on a warm and pleasant afternoon." Many people have felt the same thing when crushed in the crowd at other flower shows. A roomy tent makes such an exhibition twice as enjoyable. Addresses of condolence have been presented to Mrs Rowland Williams, by inhabitants of Lampeter and the neighbourhood, and parishioners of Broachchalke and Bowerchalke, expressing the great regret which is felt at the death of the Rev. Rowland Williams. In the latter address the parishioners say that Mr Williams "had en- deared himself to all by his urbanity and courtesy, by his large-hearted tolerance, by his active and judicious bene- volence, and by the unremitting discharge of all his duties." "By their fruits ye shall know them "-even Essayists and Reviewers! Dissent is in a bad way in Wales, if the correspondent of a conservative contemporary is to be believed. After speaking of the sects that have "impudently intruded themselves upon the people," he says—Really, sir, the tone and manners of the leaders of Dissent in this country have become almost unbearable, and I think the measure of their iniquities is nearly full. They have become so rapidly degenerate of late, that I cannot help but fancy that I already hear the cry-" Babylon, the. mother of harlots, is fallen, and is become the habitation of every foul spirit!" This pious writer seeks "to restore the church of Christ to its rightful position in the hearts of our people." We are afraid he will have an uphill fight, for Babylon seems to us, we must confess, rather a difficult position to conquer—with abuse, at any rate. At a great meeting at Carnarvon last week, when re- solutions were carried in favour of compulsory and unsec- tarian education, the vicar, the Rev. H. T. Edwards, is reported to have made some extraordinary remarks. At the close of a lengthy speech, in which he had been fre- quently interrupted, he begged them not to record a vote that would abolish the Bible and religion from the schools not to raise their voices for secularizing (anianoli) and ungodliness. (Strong dissent and interruption). "That is your object," concluded the rev. and, we should think, ex- cited gentleman, hide it and cloak it as you like in a cloud of words. I feel a privilege in protesting against that product of envy and the spirit of party." Most clerical, most Christian !-At a very large meeting held at Bangor last week resolutions were passed to the same effect as those referred to above. An accident of a serious nature occurred to several mem- bers of the 1st royal regiment on Tuesday evening week, at Chester. Between six and seven o'clock a detachment of the 1st royals arrived in the city, to take the place of a company of other soldiers, who had been, ordered to Weedon. While marching from the railway station to the barracks, headed by a band belonging to the regiment, they were overtaken by the conveyance of a lady residing at Bromborough, and the horse, frightened by the music, rushed into the rear of the company of soldiers, knocking down about twenty, and trampling them under its feet. About half of the men were so seriously injured that they had to be carried to an hotel, and were afterwards con- veyed to the military hospital in cabs. The others, less severely injured, managed to limp to their destination. The accident caused great excitement in the neighbour- hood in which it occurred, a large number of citizens being in the street at the time. A summons was taken out against the coachman. The Friend of India, in commenting on the retirement of Sir W. Mansfiell, and his replacement by Lord Napier of Magdala, says that the return of the latter to India has been eagerly and hopefully looked forward to by all ranks of that force. The rumour that other duties may be in store for Lord Napier had caused unfeigned disappoint- ment in India. An old Indian, with all the smartness of a young French officer; accustomed to command European and Asiatic soldiers, and understanding thoroughly the widely different characters of the two races; a soldier at heart, without sacrifice to the kindly instincts of the private gentleman, General Robert Napier was, of all others, the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Indian army. In reference to this subject the Calcutta Englishman re- marks—"Against this appointment the only objection that can be urged is Lord Napier's well-known proneiiess to public extravagance. Possibly, however, when the exi- gencies of the State are clearly laid before him, the new commander-in-chief may recognize the propriety of walk- ing in' the steps of his predecessor, by rendering a hearty support to every well-considered scheme of retrenchment. We know not as yet if we are to accept this appointment as the forerunner of the amalgamation of the three Indian armies, and the suppression of. the Madras and Bombay commands." A largely-attended public meeting was held at Chester last week in support of the Birmingham Education League. Amongst the speakers was the Rev. Edward Duncombe, rector of Barthomley, who said "there was one point in the address of a previous speaker which struck the chords of his heart particularly, and that was, that if they loooked at this question in a truly patriotic and philanthropic spirit as a nation, they would at once drop that littleness of denominationalism. He for one felt under a sort of bondage through that denomination- alism, and he desired to liberate others from their bonds who had not so fully considered the question as it had been his lot to do." Further on Mr Duncombe said the conscience clause was very like a bucket of water that all the glasses were washed in-that was, a wishy-washy, watery affair-not pure water, but water spoiled-by the taste of sour beer. They wanted to begin again; that was a fact; and he wished he could persuade his brother clergymen to come forward to place good schools at the disposal of the people, subject to the reading of the Bible pure and simple." Some little disturbance was caused by the attempt of another clergyman to propose an amend- ment, but the resolutions were carried by large majorities, and it was agreed to petition Parliament, thanking the Government for their comprehensive measure, but asking that compulsory attendance should be made imperative, that the boards should be elected by ballot, and that all distinctively denominational teaching should be excluded. In the course of a discussion in the House of Commons on Thursday, on Woolwich and Whitworth guns, Mr Hanbury-Tracy said he was surprised the Admiralty should have wished to re-open the question of the Whit- worth guns. The right hon. gentleman's statement the other night was very satisfactory, so far as it went. He said up to 18-ton guns they considered the naval service ordnance perfectly satisfactory, and he also spoke in satis- factory terms of the 25-ton gun, and said it was able to pierce the armour plates of any ship at 1,000 yards dis- tance, and yet he went on to say it was necessary to have further trials of the Whitworth gun. He, however, had hoped the gun controversy had been brought to a close. The government had no guarantee and no .reason to believe that Sir Joseph Whitworth's gun would be better than the gun they now possessed, and the service would doubtless bear him out when he said that the endurance of the 25-ton gun had never failed, and that it could be made serviceable up to 35 tons. At present it was rather inconvenient that the Government should be involved in another controversy between the two rival engineers. The controversy which took place a few years ago cost no less than 232,000. Those guns were small; these were of a large size, every shot of which cost from 210 to £12. He hoped that no farther expenditure in that respect would be incurred; for the Government might find that expenditure ultimately reach a very enormous sum. In 1867, Admiral Cowper King, in a letter bearing upon this subject, had stated that the naval service system satisfied every requirement of the service, and it would be most impolitic for the Govern- ment to incur any enormous expenditure in introducing any other system until some defects were discovered in the one now in use.

BREAKFAST.-EPPS'S COCOA.-GRATEFUL AND COMFORT- ING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette remarks:—"The singular success which MrEpps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough know- ledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured pro_ beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills.' Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold by the Trade only in lb., lb,, and lIb. tin-lined packets, labelled-JAMEs Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemistp, London. 0 be held this year. The vicar and churchwardens of Towyn have had the ffer of a stained glass window of the value of £ 200 or £ 300 g0 or the east end of the church. Pi A man was fined 30s. at the magistrates' court, Car- at tarvon, for having caught a salmon in the river. The G] iver watcher deposed that he identified the fish as the Cf me which he had seen in the river the previous morning co The Rev. George Montagu Osborn, late curate of P4 Bracemeole, Salop, has been instituted by the Bishop of J( Ely to the rectory of Campton-cum-Shefford, near so Biggleswade, on the nomination of Sir George Robert M Osborn, Bart. D The Baner states that Mr Elias Owen, Dolwyddelen, G has received a splendid gold chain, as a testimonial for his N great faithfulness and labour while in that place. Mr E Owen has lately been obliged to remove from Dolwydd- tl elen to near Llanrwst, on account of his brave conduct in b opposing political oppression at the election for the county in 1868. p We learn from the Baner that as a. number of workmen B were taking down an old ruin called Ty'nymynydd, Penrhos- feilw, Holyhead, they discovered a lot of old coins—half- crowns, shillings, and sixpences, bearing the impress of William I. They are now kept by Mr E. Williams, Tymawr, Penrhos-feilw, Holyhead. £ The Chester Chronicle states that some ugly cracks c have appeared under the tower of the Town Hall. "They t will be watched with interest by those who are anxious t not to see the chief municipal edifice subjected to a pro- s cess of mending after its erection, like some other new buildings in the city." The Guardian says -11 We learn that the Bishopric of Wellington, New Zealand, is about to become vacant. Bishop Abraham, in consequence of the recent illness of ( Bishop Selwyn, has determined to remain in England and i assist his old friend and colleague as coadjutor bishop in the Black Country."

x a £ i iuuii x wiujiiv i UIIJ urrrnifu I, I REGISTRATION SO;OIEXY7 1 The annual meeting of the sr;oscribers to the Mont- ] meryshire Liberal Registration Society, was held in the ibhc Rooms, Newtown, o-it Friday afternoon. The tendance comprised the Hon> H> Hanbury Tracy regynog, the Hon. C. R, D. Hanbury Tracy, M.P., iptaua O. M. Crew^j^^ R.N., high sheriff of the unt £ T' barker, Mr Ellis Jones, Mr Samuel awell, Mr SairjUei Davies, Welshpool, Mr John mes, Mr I, xL Jones, Llanfyllin, Mr John Jones, licitor, Mr F. Lloyd, Ford, Mr Richard Lloyd, [r Richard. Lloyd, jun., Mr Henry Parry, Mr J. C. navies, Mr Robert Goodwin, Mr Lewis Lewis, Mr Chas. ittins, the Rev. John Owen, Mr W. Cooke, Newtown, [rR. Phillips, Milfcrd, Mr Tilsley, Tregynon, Mr David Ivans, Cemmaes, and the Rev. J. Jones, New Mills. On ie motion of Captain Crewe-Read, the chair was taken y the Hon. H. Hanbury Tracy. Mr WM. COOKE, one of the secretaries to the society, ead the following report:— .EPOET OF THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE LIBERAL REGISTRATION SOCIETY. Established January Sth, 1869. The executive committee, in presenting its first annual report o this meeting, refers with a degree of satisfaction to the result f its efforts during the last year. When it is considered that he society was only established in January, 1869, and that some ,f its district agents were unaccustomed, and indeed strangers, o the working of a county registration society, it is gratifying o your committee to report a total gain of above 300 as the re- ult of the revision of 1869. The following table gives the total result in each of the two livisions of the county. It gives also the number of claims and Ibjections maintained in each of the county polling districts, as veil as the number of overseers' objections to liberals and conser- ratives sustained at the revision courts. Adding the gains upon ;laimsand objections, and overseers' objections, we have a total jaiu in the county of 307. o ° o i hi ggw M hi B-aFy Hps -in ° 2 <§ 5 •? OB 3 j r,i O 0 P H » H OI £ '2 £ 2? ai g- fs E I M tl gg g BBS gg s > 1 1 l-t r* l-t RJ t-t R* £ HW £ HO 1-3 g. tl O tig er m -JV • s g Sfg 0 » L fB i rs; g | O • • • • OQ **+ r; ? g s d, » £ = .-0- ? B |s.i "Sgs1 o I • •••••• jj, r > • • • j colwito ca oo oo Claims v> £ ooi-toco-j-3 OJ SKIOO sent in. f" J fi-.—— — — g £ 2 ooSi-'SeoiSK c! Shoo Sustained. 2 £ oo oxoooooco W OMOO Failed. • o Hto »> to i-« Claims L to a, So CO CO to TO I- CT [-JOOOQ 8ent in. si i2|oowcococoiSto| 5 |iqtooo Sustained. § & j — &' f mtoooaoio a ooioo Failed. K tf^co i-» co Objections fi co -J ottaoo sent in. lr1 o: co cooooj Sustained, M it. totooo Failed. ? tl ^1 mh i-i m Objections e: «s ^uoo sent in. a. 8 lc o&HoobooH co Sustained. £ _J KI a1 coj'coosoo'rf^i^co | wooo Failed. 11 n CT to ift. co Liberals exp. >-■ co-a to as m CT to j. |o.oooo| byOveraeers. g oo cc —.n toi-iho to t-1 Tories exp. a GO mocicw-aw-p ta co oo o o bypyerseers. a Bv the above table it will be seen that a Iartre number of claims *•' were ill auvi xn puuillg UlSbrlUb. This is to be attributed to the ability and energy of the district agent, Mr Tilsley. In the Llanidloes district, owing to the neg- lect of the person appointed by the district committee (who has been dismissed), no claims were sent in. His successor, owing to the lateness of his appointment, has not been able to report much progress in working the registration of his district. No returns have been sent in from No. 1 District, which comprises the Machynlleth and Llanbrynmair polling districts. It appears that only a few (if any) claims were sent in by the agent, and all the objections sent in against persons on the register were struck out by the barrister, Mr Coxon, the conservative agent making a technical objection against the form in which the dis- trict agent had made out his notices. Care will be taken that this mistake does not occur again. Your committee report with satisfaction the result of its work in the lower division of the county, where a considerable num- ber of claims and objections were sustained. In some districts of this division the register of 1868-9 was in a very imperfect state. In some parishes the overseers had neglected to make out a list of owners and occupiers of 412 and upwards; in others the parish officers had, contrary to the instructions sent out by the Clerk of the Peace, allowed the names of conservatives, who had sold or otherwise lost their county qualification for years to remain on the register. "With respect to the former mistake our agents have taken care to impress on overseers the necessity of making out a fair list of all persons being owners or ocodpiers qualified under the Reform Act, 1867. This has been detie so thoroughly, that our agents have only in a few instances been hoi under the necessity of sending in claims. And respecting the accumulation of years of unqualified tories on the register for the county .the existence of this society appears to have had the salutary effect of keeping the parish officers up to their duties, thus saving the expense and trouble to the officers of the sbciéty of serving objections in many instances. Hitherto this society has confined its operations to the county registration, but your committee recommend the annual meeting to consider the advisability of amalgamating the County and Borough Registhition Societies together. With a small extra ] expenditure the Borough, and County Registration could be effl- ciently worked without having two separate organizations. (Ap- plause.) The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had been called, not for the purpose of talking general politics, but with the view of doing that which was really all in all in politics, the promotion, of a scheme for determining the status and improving the position of the great liberal party in the county of Montgomery, and under those circumstances he thought that he should best discharge the duties of chair- man by confining himself exclusively and strictly to those topics which were embodied in the annual report of the society. They had heard the satisfactory report of what the society had done during the past year and of its future prospects. He thought it very unfortunate that a society j of this kind should be necessary to effect the purposes which it sought to attain, and he was strongly of opinion that some proper alteration in the law should be made, which would at once do away with this necessity. (Hear, ] hear.) He had always regarded it as a very great blunder in the first Reform Bill that no beter provision had been made for the registration of voters, and the words of Sir Robert Peel, "that the battles of the elections would have to be fought in the registration courts," might be accepted as a very fair representation of the facts of the case. The last Reform Bill had, in some great degree, simplified matters, but at the same time a great deal of the old leaven yet remained, and thus he looked upon Registration Societies as necessary evils. (Hear, hear.) He believed that these societies were too frequenty a fruitful source of a great deal of corruption and that, in a great measure, they tended to take away the freedom of the voter, being too often made stepping stones by persons who were ambitious of the honour of a seat in Parliament. His idea was that no voter should exercise the franchise in any other way than that enjoined by the law of the land, for the moment that he failed to use his vote in a proper, honest manner that voter forfeited his independence. (Applause.) Captain CREWE-READ said-Mr Chairman and gentle- men I occupy, upon the present occasion, what I may term a rather anomalous position, that of being a pre- sident, and not presiding. At the establishment of this society you were good enough to appoint me as your pre- sident, and I have lived to hear that very excellent result of the working of our association which we have heard read this day—that we have had a considerable gain in i the county since last year. (Applause.) If you remember the first meeting we held, upon that occasion I referred to our having formed oursetvas into a Registration Society, ] on account of the pressure which had come upon us from ] the other side. We simply formed ourselves into a body to look after the interests of the liberal registration in the county of Montgomery, and that interest, as you may see by the annual report, has not been lost sight of. < (Applause.) The reason for my having thought it neces- 1 sary to decline presiding over the present meeting was, in J consequence of my having been appointed to fill the office ] of High Sheriff of the county for the current year, and consequently, as returning officer, if any fortuitous cir- cumstance should arise-(hear, hear, and laughter)—I ] should have to decide between rival candidates. There- fore, gentlemen, I think that it would not be consistent j for me to do more than to move the adoption of this re- 1 port, but, at the same time I do hope and earnestly press upon our liberal friends in the county of Montgomery, the necessity of bearing in mind that we have only made a very small start at present. The number of liberal voters which we have succeeded in placing upon the register since last year, is the very small end of the wedge, and I am quite certain that unless we redouble our energies and efforts in every district, we shall not succeed in arriving at that proud distinction which we hope an- £ other year to attain. (Applause.) I have heard gentle- men say that there is no use, that there is no necessity for our existence as an association, that the ballot will shortly become the law e of the land, and that there will be no necessity for 8 societies similar to this. I must say I consider that s it would be very wrong were we to neglect to use those ? means which we now possess, because of some advantage which we yet hope may be ours in the future. I think that it cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds i of the liberals of this county that we must double our efforts, nay treble our efforts if need be, before we can at- a tain that' position which we ought to attain. I haveI much pleasure in moving that the report be adopted. s r (Applause.) rj The Hon. C. R. I). HANBURY TRACY, M.P., in second- ing the adoption of the report, remarked that he hoped r that the fortuitous circumstance to which Capt. Crewe- Read had alluded, and which he presumed could only mean a dissolution of parliament, would not take place. r L s/™ auie w congratulate tne mem* iers of the society upon the great movement which they iad organised in the formation of the Montgomeryshire jiberal Society, and upon the unprecedented success vhich had attended their efforts in the past registration. ^.t the formation of the society, no one had anticipated hat so large a number as 307 would be added to the* iberal voters in the county, and its success had exceeded he fondest hopes which any of its promoters could have inticipated. It had been said that this meeting md this movement meant a directly hostile move- nent, but he took it that, as in every other county ;hoiighout England and Wales a registration association iad been formed, it was no new thing that they should idopt a similar idea, and form an association for Mont- gomeryshire. Because the liberals chose to keep their accounts, and know exactly how they were going on, and :n what position they stood, they should not be challenged with being pugnacious! (Hear, hear.) Before he came lown from London he had enquired from several members sf parliament as to the ballot, and on all sides it was ad- mitted that there was every likelihood that before another- er election came the ballot would have become law. (Ap- plause.) When it was remembered that the present Government had, during the last fortnight, attained four brilliant successes on the Irish Land Bill, the Education- Bill, and the Army and Naval Estimates, they could. have little doubt as to the continued success of a society which had for its direct object the support of that govern- ment. (Applause.) The adoption of the report having been carried unani- mously Mr JOHN JONES (Llanfyllin), moved that in rule 1 the words "and boroughs" be inserted after the electoral registration of the county," so as to meet the suggestion- made in the report as to the amalgamation of the county, and borough registration societies. Mr SAMUEL POWELL, in seconding the motion, said that j"1. kke to see Montgomeryshire singularly situated politically amongst other counties in North Wales, which had rid themselves of their tory county members. Until Montgomeryshire succeeded in ridding herself of the left- handed incubus with which she was now troubled, she simply neutralized the other counties; which had thrown off the yoke of a tory member. The motion having been carried, Mr C. R. JONES moved,, and Mr HENRY PARRY seconded the re-appointment of Mr fr' Beaton, Llanidloes, as treasurer to the society. On the motion of the Rev. JOHN OWEN, seconded by the Hon. n l AT A0Y' ^°^n ^onesi Llanfyllin, and Mr Wm. Cooke, Tvewtown, were re-appointed secretaries, and on AT MM11 2c r J°HN J ONES, Llanfyllin, seconded by MrW. T, PARKER, Mr Samuel Powell and Mr J. O. Davies were re-elected auditors. J JU° ^VR^ILHanbUBY-TRACY moved, and it waa seconded by Mr C. R. JONES that in rule 4, the words, and one person for every hundred or fraction of a hun- dred voters on the borough register be appointed upon the Central Committee," be added. This having been agreed to, the following committees were nominated :-Newtown, Mr Lewis Lewis, Mr Corne- lius Morgan, Mr F. Lloyd Ford, Mr Henry Parry, Mr Richard Lloyd, jun., Mr J. C. Davies, M. T. E. Issard, Mr Richard Morgan, Mr W. Francis. Welshpool, Mr R. D. Pryce, Mr Ellis Jones, Mr S. Powell, Mr S. Davies, Mr James Eaton, Mr T. Rutter, Mr W. T. Parker. Llanfyllin, Mr J. Griffith, jun., Mr Richard Bowen. iAamdloes, Mr Thomas Davies, Mr Thomas Jones, Mr Edward Rees, Mr Evan Evans. Machynlleth, Mr Richd. Jones, Mr John Meredith, Mr David Evans (tannerT. Montgomery, Mr R. S. Humphreys, Mr Geo. Farmer, Mr- Joseph Gough. Capt. CREWE-READ -I am quite sure that you will carry with all your heart, the motion I am now about to "fit6' n2'' that the best thanks of this meeting, and also, of the hberals of this county, are due to our friend, the- Hon. H. H. Tracy, not only for presiding upon this occa- sion, but for the great interest he has ever displayed in the- good of the liberal cause throughout the county of Mont- gomery. (Applause.) I believe that Mr Tracy was one of the first to organize an association of this kind, but from a want of interest on the part of the landowners, and from there being also no expression of feeling or sympathy- on the part of the electors, that society came to an end. Mr Tracy, on the first movement of our present society took the matter up warmly, and in every way he has en- couraged it to the best of his power. Occupying the posi- tion which Mr Tracy does, that of managing the extensive estates of our excellent lord-lieutenant—(hear, hear)—and acting for him in many ways throughout the county, it is a matter of great importance that we have the assistance and countenance of Mr Tracy, and a very great gain to us. I beg to offer Mr Tracy the very best thanks of this meeting. (Applause.) The Hon. H. H. TRACY said that he was exceedingly glad to do anything that lay in his power in the further- ance of the great cause of liberalism. The society to which allusion had been made by Capt. Crewe-Read had fallen to the ground- because the great body of the electors had taken no share or interest in its operations and progress. The present system, however, was so admirably constituted —and had such capital rules-for which'they were greatly indebted to Mr John Jones, of Llaufyllin- --that it claimed the co-operation of every liberal voter in the county. The battle in the registration courts should be fought by tha voters themselves; otherwise any society formed for at- tending to the registration must fall to the ground. He trusted that the society would prevail in all parts of the- county, and that it would receive every support and en- couragement at the hands of the liberal voters of Mont- gomeryshire. (Applause.) The Hon. C. R. D. HANBURY-TRACY moved a vote of thanks to Mr John Jones, Llanfyllin, for the services her had rendered as hon. sec. The motion was seconded by Mr S. POWELL, and the compliment having been briefly acknowledged by Mr Joux JONES, the proceedings terminated.

The Bishop of Hereford has conferred the vacant canonry or the Rev. Dr. Jebb. The Rev. J. P. Chown's congregation (Baptist) at Bradford have decided to signalize the jubilee of the Zion Baptist Chapel by erecting a new chapel and schools at a cost of about £ 12,000. Bishop fwe"accor,ling to the Church Revieic is at present in London, and has recently been examined by three medical men of high standing, who have pronounced him not to be of sound mind. King Lonis of Bavaria has jnst given significant expression to his anti-ultramontane sympathies. On the occasion of Dr Dollin- birthday, this week, his Majesty addressed an autograph tetter to the great liberal theologian, exhorting him to continue to fight bravely in the contest he has commenced for the benefit of the State and the Church. According to the Bombay papers disestablishment is likely to be an Indian question ere long. The Government of India has consulted the Bishop of Calcutta and the Bengal Govern. ment with respect to a scheme for relieving the State of the charge for chaplains at the presidency towns and some of the larger Mofuasil stations. The Church Times announces "that the Rev.Edward Husband who too hastily submitted himself to the Roman obedience in this country, has been reunited to the Catholic Church of Eng- land, having discovered that the real is a very different from the ideal, as regards that Communion which he was deluded into joining. Intelligence was recently received that the illness of the Rev. Newman Hall has assumed a very alarming character. Special prayers were offered up on his behalf at several of the religious meetings in London last week. The rev. gentlemen arrived at Alexandria in a very prostrate condition, but according to the latest reports he was much better. A number of the attendants at Christ Church, Hunter-street, Liverpool, are indignant at the appointment of the Rev. W. R. Scott, whom they describe as a Roman Catholic priest in dis. guise," to that church. Mr Scott having declared in one of his sermons "that Protestantism had emptied heaven and filleo hell," an indignation meeting was held in November Iast.and the bishop of the diocese was asked to remove him. Since that time other complaints have been made to the bishop respecting MI Scott's ritualistic practices, but, although the bishop has written several letters on the subject, he has given no decided reply.

At the St. David's dinnerfat .Liverpool last week, the Rev. W. Hughes, B.D., rector of Caerwys, in responding foi the clergy of all denominations, said that ministers of reli- gion had dwelt too much on their differences. He added that were the Church of England disestablished he trusted that "truth and justice, religion and piety, might be established amongst them to all generations." Lord Napier of Magdala was present at a public meet- ing which was held last week in London, in support of the cause of education in India. His lordship, in inci- dentally glancing at the mutiny of 18.57, held that the effectual way of preventing a recurrence of such fearful scenes as were then enacted, was that of disseminating instruction. He spoke in the highest terms of the services of the missionaries wherever the Gospel had been preached in the Indian Empire. A well attended meeting of the Denbighshire Conserva- tive Association was recently held at Denbigh, with Mr Townshend Mainwaring in the chair. Major Ffoulkes read a report which stated that the list of liberal voters in the boroughs had been reduced by 124, and the conserva- tive majority in the county increased by about 450. [The liberals, doubtless, have a different tale to tell.] The Jevenue of the association was £500, and was more than sufficient to meet all requirements. Mr Alainwarin.- was elected president for the ensuing year. °

MONTGOMERYSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Montgomery were opened at the Shirehall, Welshpool, on Tuesday. The magistrates present were- Mr C. W. W. Wynn, M.P., deputy-chairman, who pre- sided Mr W. Fisher, the Rev. R. J. Harrison, and Mr John Stephens. The calendar contained the names of thirteen prisoners. The following Grand Jury was empanelled :—Mr A. Agnew, Severn-street, Pool Middle, gunmaker Mr Thos. Adams, Broad-street, confectioner; Mr Wm. Beattie, jun., Gungrog-fechain, Guilsfield, farmer; Mr Richard Beddow, Cobden-street, agent; Mr Wm. Robt. Brown, Arthur-street, ironmonger Mr Edward Davies, Luggy, Berriew, farmer; Mr Edward Downes, Haughton, Llan- dysilio, farmer MrW. Evans, Dyffryn, Berriew, farmer; Mr Edward Powell Gough, Berriew, farmer; Mr Joseph Gough, Church Bank, Montgomery, grocer; Mr Edward Green, Tyrymynecb, Guilsfield, farmer; Mr Arthur Harper, Broad-street, Welshpool, upholsterer; Mr Samuel Higgins, Trederwen, Llandrinio, farmer; Mr John Humphreys, High-street, innkeeper; Mr William James, Broad-street, Montgomery, grocer; Mr John Jones, Bronywood, Llandyssil, farmer Mr Edwd. Jones, Trehelig, Castle-Caereinion, farmer; Mr Francis Lang- ford, Brithdir, Berriew, farmer Mr David Lewis, Broad- street, grocer; Mr John Morris, Ackley, farmer; Mr Benjamin Poole, Trewern, farmer; Mr Hy. Powell, Varchoel, farmer. In his charge to the Grand Jury, the DEPUTY-CHAIR- MAN briefly alluded to the cases in the calendar, congratu- lating them upon the smallness and lightness of the cases. A VENERABLE SHEEP STEALER. Evan Lloyd, 78, farmer (on bail), was charged with stealing a sheep at Garthbeibio, belonging to John Ellis. Mr Charles Howell prosecuted, Mr E. M. Jones defended. In December last the prosecutor lost a sheep, and on the last day of December a skinner named David Jones called at his house to purchase skins. Amongst other skins which Jones had, the prosecutor noticed one with his raddle mark, and asked Jones where he got it from. Jones said that he had got it from Evan Lloyd, who had offered him 18d. to bring it back when he had done with it. Prosecutor then weut to prisoner, who occupies a farm under Lord Powis, and asked him how he came by the skin. Prisoner told him that a dog had killed it, and offered him money to be silent.—Eleanor Rees, a half sister of the prosecutor, said that the prisoner had asked her what they could do to him, saying that he did not know it was John Ellis's sheep until he had stuck it. When taken into custody by P.C. Davies he admitted having killed the sheep, and said that he must si-iffer for it. The prisoner was found guilty, but strongly recommended to mercy on account of his age. Witnesses having been called for character, the prisoner was committed for six months, without hard labour. HOUSEBREAKING AT MACHYNLLETH. Peter Clark, 30, labourer, George Morton, 32, labourer, George Henry Beck, 23, painter, and John Williams, 41, labourer, were charged with breaking into the shop of Joseph Hughes, Machynlleth, and stealing four watches. Williams pleaded guilty, and also to a previous conviction. Mr Charles Howell prosecuted. On the morning ,of Saturday, January 8th, Williams broke the window of the prosecutor's shop, helped himself to a watch which was hanging in the window, and his example having been fol- lowed by the other prisoners, the quartette ran up the street. Prosecutor followed and captured Williams, who returned his booty the other prisoners were apprehended by P.C. Henry Roberts in a few minutes after the rob- bery, watches being found upon them. Williams, against whom were repeated previous convictions, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, and seven years' surveillance by the police. Clarke was sentenced to eleven months, Morton to ten months, and Beck to twelve months' im- i prisonment, with hard labour. ALLEGED ROBBERY AT MEIFOD. Richard Owen, on bail, was charged with stealing at Meifod, one steel trap belonging to James Alfred Mottram, Esq. Mr O. V. Pugh prosecuted Mr E. M. Jones de- fended. In September last Morris Isaac, a gamekeeper, laid eighteen rabbit traps in Wernddu Wood, and towards the end of the month he found that one of the traps had been taken. In October he found a trap set in one of the woods, and watching it, found the prisoner coming through the hedge and examining it. Witness seized him, and looking at the trap found that it was the trap which had been taken from the wood. The trap was marked With the initials "J. M.Foir the defence, David Jen- kins, a fellow-servant of the prisoner, was called to prove that the trap had been picked up in a wheatfield belonging to the prisoner's master, Mr Davies, Brynygroes.— Acquitted. ROBBERY AT WELSHPOOL. Edward Williams, 27, labourer, and Edward Samuel, 24, labourer, were charged with stealing one ham, belong- ing to Mr John Jones, Welshpool. Mr John Jones, Newtown, prosecuted; Mr Harrison defended. The pro- secutor Is a grocer carrying on business in Broad-street, and on the 17th of February Mrs Jones was engaged in removing some flitches of bacon, and had occasion to remove some hams. The prisoners had been employed about the house, and hearing that they had been appre- hended on suspicion of stealing a ham, she examined her stock, and found that one was missing. She could' not swear positively to the ham produced as being hers. John Davies, a labourer, saw Williams about the yard on the day that the ham was lost, and Samuel loitering about the passage adjoining the cellar in which the hams had been stored. John Richards, a man who lives opposite the cellar of the prosecutor, also saw Williams by Mr Jones's lower warehouse door, about five yards from the cellar. Subsequently he saw Williams going down the cellar steps.- Mrs Baines, who lives in the passage, said that she saw Samuel near the cellar steps between seven and eight o'clock on the night of the robbery. He was carrying a parcel in his hand.—Robert Evans, labourer, Leighton, saw the prisoners at the Coach and Horses, and Samuel offered him a ham for sale. P. C. Ellis came in shortly afterwards and apprehended the prisoners.—The jury was addressed by Mr Jones for the prosecution, and Mr Harrison for the defence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and they were sentenced to six calendar months' imprisonment each, with hard labour. ROBBERY AT FORDEN. W. Grice and Francis Evans, labourers, were charged with stealing thirty-three sovereigns from the person of Edwd. Jones. Mr R. D. Harrison prosecuted.—The pro- secutor is a labouring man, and follows a thrashing machine with which the prisoners are permanently em- ployed. On the day in question they were thrashing at Ackley, when the prisoners threw him down upon some chaff, and took a purse containing thirty-three sovereigns out of his pocket. No trace of the money was found.— The prisoners were both acquitted. ROBBERY AT CEMMAES. James Taylor, 24, labourer, was charged with stealing a pair of stockings belonging to Catherine Jones. The larceny was an ordinary hedge robbery. Mr C. Howell prosecuted.—Sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. STEALING A RAKE. Edward Griffith, charged with stealing a rake belonging to Mr David Edwards, of Burgeddin, was acquitted. THE UMBRELLA ROBBERY AT POOL QUAY CHURCH. Joseph Morley Hippolyte, the man charged with stealing a number of umbrellas belonging to Mr John Rogers and Mr John Maginnis from the porch of Pool Quay church, on February 6th, being of unsound mind, was not put upon his trial. The Grand Jury, through their foreman, called atten- tion to four cases which had come before them, of a most trivial character. If the cases could have been decided by the magistrates in petty sessions, it would have been more preferable to have decided them summarily, instead of putting the county to the expense of the present prose- cutions. The Deputy-Chairman said that under the existing Act, the magistrates in petty sessions had no power to deal summarily with cases in which the value of the property stolen exceeded five shillings, unless the prisoners pleaded guilty. The Court adjourned until April 6th, at Newtown.

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A Cirencester tradesman, having made an inquiry of the Inland Revenue Department, was informed that an errand boy who is also bmployed upon the domestic and other duties of a servant such as cleaning knives, boots, &c., is a male servant within the meamngof the Act, and chargeable with license duty according- ly. The same in the case with an apprentice or trade servant similarly Employed." The very extensive distillery now being erected at Bel- fast, with all recent improvements for the manufactr re of Irish whisky, by Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for thei fine old Irish whisky, is to be called "The Royal Irish Distillery." Two tragedies of a peculiarly shocking character are reported. At Newcastle a man, in a fit of mur- dered his wife, attempted to murder the man whom he suspected, and finally cut his own throat fatally. In London, a man and his wife have been found in a room which they occupied, suffocated. You say that the Lucifer Matches you use, Are the "patent" of 'Bryant and May"; Pray tell me, still further, why is it you choose Their best specials,"—do tell me, pray? I'll tell you, most readily-listen to me, And the fact, then, most widely make known; From danger, through fire, with their matches you are free, For they light on no box but their own. -A. M. R. ADVICE TO MOIHERS.—Are you broken of your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teeth go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs Winslow's Sooth- ing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately j. it is perfectly harmless; it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It has been long in use in America, and is highly recommended by medical men. It is very pleasant to take; it soothes the child; it softens the .gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the- bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhcea, whether arising from teething or other causes Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. No mother should be without it.—Sold by all Medicine Dealers at Is. lid. per bottle. London Depot, 205 High Holbom. ° ( LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—Mrs S. A. Allen's Worlds Hair Restorer or Dressing" never fails to quickly restore Gray or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and delightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops Hair from falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth. It causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large bottles-Price Six Shillings. Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers. For Children's Hair, Mrs Allen's "Zylobalsamum" far exceeds any pomade or hair oil, and is a delightful Hair Dressing it is a distinct and separate preparation from the Restorer and its use not required without it. Depot, 266, High Holborn, London. Sold by Mr W. H. Turner, Chemist Church-street, Oswestry- MODERN CUSTOMS.—Presentations and testimonials are largely on the increase this modern custom appears to extend to almost every household, for no auspicious event is allowed to pass without its being marked by some pleasing souvenir; Birthdays, Christenings, Marriagess the seasons of the year, such as Christmas, New Year. &c., invariably receive special commemoration. The at- tention of one of the great London Manufacturers, Mr J W. BENSON, of 25, Old Bond-street, and of the City Steam Factory, Ludgate-hill, has been directed to this subject. With the view of giving more artistic effect to this custom of society, he has published a most interesting Illustrated Historical Pamphlet upon Watches and Clocks, also one upon artistic Gold Jewellery, Silver and Electro- plate all are profusely illustrated with choice designs, and are sent post-free for 2d. each, thus bringing within the reach of those who live even thousands of miles away from London, one of the largest and most artistic collec- tions which can be seen prn any part of the world and,it THE UPPER SEVERN AND THE VERNREW. -There was a slight rise of about 18 inches in the Verniew on the 24tll ult., and visiting one or two of the weirs of that river, hoping to see a new fish, I was greatly surprised to see several gravid fish attempting to ascend Pontyscowrhyd weir. I saw two, if not three fish here, and in the course of half an hour they made eight unsuccessful attempts to get up; but, as may be supposed, their attempts were very feeble. The fish were about 111b. to 121b. each. Next day I observed a pair of gravid fish on the gravel, about 200 or 300 yards below the weir, lying side by side, evidently about to spawn. They were large fish; the male about 201b., the female about 241b. I visited the spot several times in the course of the day, and the fish were still in the same- position. On the following day (the 26th) the fish had disappeared, but there was a large bed of spawn near where they had been lying. It is not unusual to see salmon spawning in the Verniew in the first week 111 February, but I have never seen or heard of any spanning as late as the end of February, and I should like to hear whether any of the contributors of the Field have oH^'rved salmon to spawn as late as Feb. 26. Some half-dozeo more fine fish have been taken in the Severn by nets. Though the take has been small, the fish have been large. The water was too low, and weather too cold, to induce fish to run Inst month. With a good hea^y water ye should no doubt hear of increased takes.—"A. in 4,116 Field. .lIlIIII