The Western Mail

(UNVITUR'S TRI.RORAMFI.) THE PRINCE OF WALKS. PgTt I, IN, SITT. S. La-t night Ili." Rojal Highum the Prinoo of Wales, after the conclusion of the porformauco at tho Opera HOUSB, took leave of the Knipefor and Bmpr,L,n and the members of the Royal family. His Royal Highnou left Potsdam this forenoon for Rumpenheloi. FRANCE. Paris ',?rPT 3, At-MRW" -?"? hnI.bMn Men by th.Go?'-nment to orevent any D\aJ1ifeat.ationl in coition of pmv't of September. N" »»P?*aaoe U attached to the interpollationis of the Left, to be presented at the aittlng ot the 1 er- manont Committee this afternoon. VKKSAILLICS, SKIT. 3 M. nullot arrived here yeatorday, and will preaido at to-day'a sitting of the Permanent Committee. PAKIS, SKIT i.-Manhal MaoMahon will go on Saturday to Laforet, near Montar- gis, to open the shooting season in that dis- trict. The circulation of the London news- paper the Hour has been prohibited in JpYance, on aooount of the publication of ex- tracts from the Lavtcrne in that journal. Borpkavx, Sail. 3.—The Prefect of the Girondo has suspended the munioipal council of Libourne in this department for two months. SPAIN. I MADRID, ?KM. 2.—The Iberia My*  We Jeam on good authority that the nego- tiations on the .ubject of the overdue eoupOM are progiessing satisfactorily." PRUSSIA AND DENMARK. I COFKKHAUEN, SEPT. 3.The position of the Government with regard to the Prussian ejections of Danish subjects from Sleawiok has become very difficult. The newspapers and public opinion demand that an offioial protest shall be addressed to the Government of Berlin, but the Cabinet naturally hesitate to move in the matter. Parliament will meet <n the 5th of October, and interpella- tions to the Government on the subject may be expected. AMERICA. New York. Sept. 3.—The Ohio Republi- can State Ccnvention, which met yesterday, has re-ailirmed the principlea laid down in the Republican platform, and denounced re- pudiation in all its forms as well as the recent outrages in the South. Its resolutions alio favour free trade and a speedy return to ■pecio payments. The New York Tinwaridi- culee the opinion expressed by a London newspaper to the effect that the result of the Pennsylvania Republican Convention will compel General Grant to accept Democratic nomination for re-election. Such a combi- nation the Times considers impossible. General Grant can only be elected for a third time by Republican support. INDIA. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 3.—The reports of the great winter harvest are less favourable, and apprehension is arising in Calcutta as well as in the country districts. The crop is backward in Burdwan and Rajshaje divi- sions, and in MoorshedaVad, Dacgk and Tirhoot districts. We have still six weeks, however, during which the crops may be saved by seasonable rain.

BURGLARY At THB AUSTRIAN I POST-OFFICE. A telegram from Vien? annonue" 1ltl", I Central post-ethm in that city was brokein. on Wednosdav right by burglars, who stole the letters which were intended to be lent off by the morning's I bains.

A RAILWAY SERVANT COMMITTED I F 'R NEGLECT OF DUry. At tbe DnmfnM Circuit Court, on ThumlY (before Lord oP:ot:r:O:n= was oun d guilty c?f neglect of duty on the pt with refereLC?e to the Dab"ttio Rilway colHAon, was tent to prison for two months.

A POWDER MAGAZINE BURNED I BY LIGHTNING. A telegram states that the powder magazine at Mill Bank Colliery, near Sllverdale, has been struck by ligbtnw. Fortunately no one was near enough to be injured, but all the people about the place were greatly alarmed by the simultaneous thunder- clap and the noise of the exilodon. The magazine II completely destroyed.

ACCIDENT TO THB ENCHANTRESS. On Thursday morning as the Enchantress, with the Firat Lord of the Admiralty on board, was ltaving Sunderland Docks she came into collision with the quay wall and had her stern timber started, toprall carried away, and was otherwise damaged. On Wednesday night at she entered the dock the Enchantress had a boat store in through coming into collision with a dolphin at the Hendon Dock entrance.

A SHIP'S CARGO ON FIRE. I The Yorlohire, stemuhip, Captain Longley, from Calcutta to London, has just arrived at Algiers with cargo and coals on fire. The Government pump. were at work. AU ne?uy tepa have tten tattc for the extinction of the fire.

THE ACCIDENT ON MONT BLANC. A Jurln telegram says :-The late Mr. Garth Marshall was accompanied by two guides in the ascent of Mont Blanc last Monday which termtuted In his death. The party fell down a deep crevasse, from v?hith one of the guidel w?a able to extricate himself. Mr. Garth Marshall '?t''oterj:mde wen killed by the fall.

TWO MEN KILLED. Bobcrt Dundale, aged 17. wblle engaged In shunt- ing at tho litidgehouses station, Sheffield, on Thursday, frightfully crushed between two waggons, aid 10 dreadfully injured that he has since diod. On ThuMd?, ThomuWiM.mith, labourer, aged 60, ?u gelting wagons down an incline at the Lnnd-bill ?Hiery, NVumhwoll, when & gingle ?.KMn which he bd not obMrvea at the top of .sg Incline, broke iooM, ?d tt.i?tg a great velocity, cut him down and itjillred him m dread. iully that he died soon after.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. 8amuel Nicholas Htgzs, a traveller i. the employ of Wes-. Mor?M' Md C. wholetfJe 't?tione? Undon, was on Thursday sentenced at the M&JIti Boose to four months' imprisonment, for embezzle- me.t. The p?i..uer had be#. living .4 OWt?,, previous to his amMIt. It wu proved tbat he had reœived an ?unt of L% from a Mr. Chudleigh, of Exeter, which he had not aooouated for. There were several otbereamm against the prisoner, bat they were not gone into.

FALL OF A HOUSE. On Thuriday morning an nnooenpiod house whioh was being pulled down in Charles strst, 81. George's in the* East, for the new railway works, fell In with a loud crash. One man was found in the ruins much injured.

HEAVY FAILURE IN THE WOOLLEN TRADE. flur l>enxhnry correspondent telegraphs that the firm of til lm! UU Br us., woollen manufacturers, of Dcwsbury, til, J a petition for liquidation on Thars- di.). The liabilities are estimated at VJU,OW.

THE SOUTH WALES COAL AND IRON TRADES. A GENERAL FALLING IN. I SUBMISSION OF THE HAULIERS. I A COMPLICATION AT PENGU1, THE WBRNDDU COLLIERS. I LrROII 00 H OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] I CARDIFF, TnuasiuT. AU aooount* reoslved to day indicate a strong tendency on the part of the men throughoutthe coal distriot to put an end to the present uncertain state of affairs, and the dispute between the masters and their workmen may be regarded as virtually ended. At an early part of the day IntolHgenoe was received of the hauliers having resumed work, and this statement was oowimed by subsequent reports. Thty appear to have accepted substantially the terms offered by the masters, with one or two minor reservations, in referenoe to which the em- ployers have been requested to allow a deputation to wait upon them. This the coalowners have agreed to do. According to the latest reports, more than two-thirds of the colliers had resumed work by noon to-day, and there Is a general inclination exhibited in all parts of the district to return to work on the terms which the masters resolved upon. It is not at all improbable, there- fore, that, at the oommenoement of the ensuing -],, nearly the whd. ct the Soath Wales oolllerles will again be in full operation. ABBRDARE, Tetobsdat. The hart time I was in Aberdare was under sunnier infiuenoe*. An August son poured down Its genial warmth, and at every oorner groups of oolliers were quietly enjoying themselves chatting, smoking, and disoussing the one prominent and all- pervading subjeot of the rednctioa. To-day the rain Is pouring down pitilessly. Volunteers are coming in for their Inspection, but the park where the red uniforms were to exhibit themselves is tabooed, and the inspection Is to take place in doors. Tho Unitarians are holding a meeting, and muslin and L' ,,ck cloth are hastening Dare-ways, but it is under loomy umbrellas, and the step is brisk, and all cerr.mon7 is poshed aside. The oolliers are in doom There is no consultations at corners or under bridges. You may see them parched at their doorsteps smoking, and eying their Uni- tarian brethren or an occasional volunteer. They look like men in readiness to put on the harness. Men who have fought the battle of labour, and are prepared at the summons to go in to their daily avocations. But, alai I these bats their desires are now frustrated by the hauliers, and for the time the hauliers hold the key of the position. It may appear strange to those not oonversant with the ooal districts that a few men should be thus able to nullify the good Intentions of the mass of the oolliers, and for the benefit of them I may be permitted a few words of explanation. The hauliers of the Aberdare Valley, and indeed of most valleys, are young unmarried men. As an Aberdarian tersely describes them, "Everything they possess is under their caps." They are literally the dare-devils of their seve- ral pits, and the Aberdare police-court has fre quently of late home testimony to this characteristic. Not long ago a valuable horse was so iiltreated in one of the pits in the neighbour- hood of the Dare, that It was destroyed, and the coalowner having Insisted upon a repayment by the hauliers for the cost of the animal, the hauliers struck, and three days' idleness was the result. The effatr ended.. one might have expected, the hauliers would not pay, the ooaiowner gave in, and the men resumed work. These hauliers being young men, and unburdened with domestic cares, are for the present determined upon a holiday, and the result is that many of 'e pit. are idle. At Mer- thyr Dare Colliery yesterday, there was an expec- tation that work would be resumed, and the horses were gathered in. It was a sight to see them col- lected from the pleasant meadows where they had been grasing, and driven much against their will to the dark openings of pit and level. There was something humanlike In their gue as the) looked back to the sunshine and the meadows, so green and flourishing with the second growth, but the haulier's whip and hoarse cries overoame all obstinacy, and in they went; but even then the hauliers would not go down, and the result was the horses came back and gambolled with extra spirit in the surrounding field. A meeting has just been held, I am Informed by Mr. Thomas, of Mountain Ash, at Aberaman, in respect to the haulier question. The meeting lasted three hours, and at the close it was decided to resume work, but to send a deputation to the n,uters in order to arrange aU difficulties. If this can be done, the haulier opposition is virtually at an end in this valley. MOUNTAIN ASH, THURSDAY. Inasmuch as the hauliers of the Aberdare Valley, at a meeting held yesterday evening at the Lamb and Flag Inn, Aberaman, did agree to resume work on the reduction, a general resumption of work took place this morning at all the oollieries of tliis district. It should, however, be mentioned that the hauliers were induced to take this course on the distinct undentanding that Mr. Henry lbomas and six of their own number shall state their case to the masters at the next meeting in Cardiff, Now that the hauliers have been pacified, it is expected that the collieries of the distriot will seen again be in full swing, as it is stated that some of the masters have recently made a heavy con- tiact with Government, OAERPHILLY, Thursday. The men at the Wernddu Colliery came to terms with their employers on Wednesday evening, and agreed to accept the 10 per cent. reduction. Work has been resumed to-day. Nothing in the way of a settlement has been made as yet at tho Energlyn, Khos Llantwit, Tir Gibbon, and Bryngwyn Collie- ries, The enginemen at the Wemddu Colliery commenced work this morning on the old rate of 'ge8, the 10 per oent. redaction not being e nf orced. PENG AM, Thobsday. A mills meeting of bpuse-coal colliers was held this morning at the Old Foundry, to consider the f11 »h complications which have arisen between the matters and themselves. It appears that on going to the different pit. to resume work this morning, < Kiers were issued by the different managers on b. h If of their employers, that the men were II to fill the coal clean"—that is, without any, or an urdue proportion of small coal. Since the men have been paid by weight, the habit of filling the tram with through andthroughcoal, in whlohagreat quantity of small was mixed up, has been universally adopted, so that in some cases as large a proportion as one tram in three would, if assorted, consist of small coal alone. This manner of filling the mas- ten now object to, and if they adhere to the objec- tion, and Insist upon the men supplying clean coal, the whole question of acoeptlng the reduo. tion will have to be re-considered; for, instead of piovtcg a reduction of simply ten per oent., it would amount to over twenty. The men went to wuk as agreed upon, but on hearing this new regu- lation, did no work that day, but held a meeting to corsider the proposal, which was unanimously oon- demned. A meeting of all the men from the differ- ent works will be held to-morrow to decide whether they will fall in with the mas tors' requirements or not. I WAGES DISPUTE IN THE FOREST I OF DNA N. CINDERFORD, THUMDAY. In addition to the dispute at the Speoulatlon" and other minor oollieries in Dean Forest, another body of men in the employ of II-ra. Trotter, Thomas, and Company havo sinco Tuesday been on stiike. These colliers have been working at the Wlmberry, Mill" couple of other pit 8 contiguous then to. The men had been served with notices for a reduction of 2d. per yard, which was orraidered ex oflaivo, and they intimated their detfimlnatlon not to accept It. At the meeting of dclegui es held last week, the ONe was discussed, when a reaolutlon was passed, appointing the miners' agent, with a few of the colliers, to wait upon Mr. Sydtley Thomas, the manager, which they did on Friday last when Mr. Mountjoy, on behalf of the men, proposed to cut the stalls six instead of four yards In width, In which ONe a larger output could be made, seouring, at the same time, a better class of coals for the original price of 2s, per yard. This offer was not aooepted, Mr. Thomas stating that he could not do so until he had oonsnlted his underground bailiffs, but he was willing to divide the proposed reduction, the men still ob. jecting, The matter was then adjomned until Wednesday, when the men were informed that there were no other terms to be offered different to those made on Friday, which the men still re- fuse to accept, and the oonsequenoe is a strike. The oolliers are to be supported by the union. It has been arranged to meet to-morrow (Friday), when the subject will be again discussed. Notices are posted up at the Ebbw Vale sinking pits of a 10 per cent, reduction. With regard to the "Speculation" celliers, It is undentood that Hr. Haynes, the manager, has summoned several of blAlmen tor non-fulfilment of ooutractviho damages being laid at;i4 10s., but It is intimated that on the men consenting to resume work at 6s. a day the summonses will be withdrawn. This proposi- tion they have been persuaded to Moept It will be remembered that when, a short time ago, some Interviews took place between the leaders of the union and the manager, it was alleged by the lat- ter that the men had been earning 10. day; wherenpon, denying that that was no, exoepting in only exceptional instances, the colliers prof- fered their services at 61., which was refused, and hence the strike.

THE WEST LANCASHIRE COAL I TRADE. NOTICE OF A REDUCTION OF 15 PER I CENT. At a meeting of the West Lancashire Ooal Association, held on Thursday, at the London and North Western Hotel, Liverpool, It was unani- mously resolved, "That In consequenoe of the recent reduction In the price of ooal, and the state of the market, the wages of oolliers in the West Lancashire district be reduced 15 per cent., such reduction to take place from the 30th of Sep- tember,"

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE. BIRMINGHAM, Thubsoay, This afternoon there was rather a meagre attend- ance on 'Ch-go, a good many ùonmaøten In this district being now in the Burrow ironmaking centre, at the satum gathering of the Iron and SQ lufitute. The tone of bnttnf*tppeM)tte be pretty well maintained, so far as the better classes of finished Iron are oonoeraed. Most of the principal works are In active operation, and rates are firm. For seoond quality then is a slightly Increased inquiry on shipping account. There is a fall- ing off In the demand for engineering iron. Although stocks in hand are unusually low for the time of the year, there is not quite so much acti- vity in sheets. Some change is notified In the quo- tations for Baldwin's sheets. Severn brand, 915 Wilden B, 215; B B, 919; B B 8, m lo.. B obarom4 LW 10e. E B charcoal, M 10s. all per ton at works. It is found in praotioe both among makers of sheets and plates that neither pig-iron nor fuel can be obtained at sufficiently low rates to make the late quotations really remunerative. Pig. iron is rather firmer in price, but the amount of business done has been muoh below the average.

I ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT HEREFORD. At the Hereford police-court on Thursday, Alice poean=:.tl:'d; o:o: servant, 22 years of age, and up to the time of her appre- hemion residing in the service of a gentleman at C4imacrove, near Stroud, Gloucenenhire, wu brolllht up In auØcdy and changed with ba yIng wilfully murdered her child, Jl1izabeth Pawell, eged IT montb& At an Inquest held on Monday, it appeared that the body of a child wu found by two men named Dunning and Donovan, on Sunday afternoon, while they were looking for watemesses in a brou? known as the OMMm Moor-brook, about a quarter of a mile from Hereford, the body being in a pool about 4ft. deep, and naked with the ex c ep- :0: of an which had been tied r::bü'æ head. The medical evidence then given by Mr. H Vevero, M.D., went to show that the child W been uffocated by having its head thrust into the mud of the pool, and which had been forced down its throat and windpipe until it bsd penetrated to the region of the lungs. The evidence showed that she had borne a child to a man named Cooper, living at Dinedor, and that reoently abe took it away from where it was out at nurse. When questioned by the police as to its where- abouts she made contradictory statements, but at length she said that she met someone of the name of Marwood, who had offered to adopt it as his own. She was remanded for a week.

BEfTING PROSECUTIONS AT BIRMINGHAM. At the Birmingham police-oourt, on Thursday, two licensed victuallen, named Wylde and Ooope were summoned for permitting betting in Heausea prcndses. The summons against T. Wylde broke down, there being no evidence forthcoming. In the case of Cooper, a draper's assistant named Connor, who had been in tho habit of betting, and who said he had Ion heavily, swore to making a bet on July 16th in Cooper's house of 8 to 1 on the Scamp. The Scamp won, but prosecutor never claimed the money. For the defenoe, it was urged that the information was laid in the hope of ob- taining h&U of the penal hicti would have been .BMW. The ms&tmteo =od the am, as it risted on the testimony of the informer alone.

The BIV. G. Balc, reotor of Odoombe, in Somerset, has undertaken at a personal oost of k2,130 the restoration of his parish ohuroh, to which it Ib pbroposed to add two <MM"pt< and an organ chamber. The Manchester Evening Neos reports that the child which was found buried alive in a stone wall at Disley last week is progressing most faorably, though very much bruipod, especially about the fftce, The baby to entirely out of dangor, and is the means of attracting many visitors to the homo of its kindly nurses at the county police station. There is quite a com petition among a number of residents at Disioy to secure possession of the child.

THE PREMIER'S VISIT TO IRELAND. The expcctcd visit of Mr Disraeli to Ireland bar excited general attention and interest. The Dahlin Journals, both Conservative and Liberal, promise him a warm welcome. The Mail mays: We shall be very much pleased if the rumour should prove truo. We have no doubt that the visit will be made au agreeable one to Air. Disraeli should he come among UB, and we are veiy certain his coming would give pleasure generally to the Irish people," The Freeman') Journal hu very handsome article on the subjeot in which it says" We be- lieve wo can btspeaic for Mr. Disraoli a welcome in every respect worthy his genius, his personal character, his marvellous career. It has been well Aid that he is, perhaps, the most fssoinatlng character of this generation. His sympathies, if set deep, axe surely wide. He has the highest personal repute as a man of the most admitted do- mestic loyalty, a true friend, tolerant, patient, and imperturbably good-tempered" The Freeman adds —" There is no reason by Mr. Disraeli should not enjoy a pleasant time among political opponents, who will be willing for the time to forget political differences, and aocord to him u an illustrious otmger I a cead miUefaiUhe. For ourselves the contemplated visit of the Prime Minister affords us sincere gratification, and we trust that his example may be Imitated by his nuooeisors." Commenting on them words the Morning Mail obierves t—" We readily assure Mr. Disraeli he will be well nwtnd, aad we hope thai his naep. tion will be ss little of a party demonstration as the natural attraction among politloal friends will permit it to be."

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF I MOUNT EDGCUMBE. The sudden death of the Countess of Blount Edgcumbe, whioh owurred at six o'olook on Thursday morning, bas caused consternation and grief throughout Plymouth, Devonport, and Stone- house. The princely estate of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is Immediately contiguous to the two former towns, and of Stonehouse the earl^s owner. Her ladyship was fourth daughter of the Duke of Abercorn, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and has ever since her marriage, in 1853, suffered from a mild form of consumption, and generally passed the winter in the South of France. For the put two years, however, the countess had been much better, and a fortnight age took an active part in a fancy fair in Mount Edgcumbe Park, in aid of the Church Building Pond. Last week, however, the countess had a slight attack of hemorrhage from the longs, but had so far rallied that all immediate anxiety hal passed Early on Thursday morning she was suddenly øeizocl with more copious hemorrhage, and the earl, who was in an adjacent chamber, had birely time to reach her bedside when she died in his arms. She leaves one son (Lord Valletort) and three daughters. The countess will be buried in the family vault at Mount Edgcumbe.

THE MARQUIS OF LORNE ON THB POLITICAL SITUATION. The Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise ar- rived In Campbeltown on Wedneaday night. On Thursday evening the noble lord addressed hit con- etitnentt in the Town hall. He considered there- cognition of the Spanish Government was prema- ture, because that Government had not yet shown its capacity to defeat its enemies. Speaking of Gibraltar, he held it should never be given up to Spain. We had all good a right to that fortress as the Spaniards. Besides, as one of tbe posta to India, we should keep that great key to the Mediterranean. He regretted that one of the Ionian Islands had not been kept for defensive purpctM. The Public Wonhip Regulation BiU we d tend to make the poration of the English b: rrihre:t:=a:f .:e people doubted, in wmwquenee of the exam of Ritualism, whether the Church of England. Protestant Church at all. He was favourable to Churoh. eetahMimeBtt, because in this country they were more tolerant and liberal, without givin up their dieiiBctlYe doctrines; than any cthet OhMoh Speaking of education, he Mid in 10- dfttictx of the Highlands it would be necessary to have peri- patetic masters, because it would be unjust to im- pose upon poor parishes the maintenance of a teacher.

I THE EARL OF LIOBFIELD ON FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. The Earl of UcMeH, "akiat a dinner of the Manchester Unity of Odd F :g own, adverted to the subject of legiotation for MendJy todettet, and he ecJogited the iabonn) of the Boyat Commit sionen. The very completeneb of the report, said the noble earl, made it unpM?He to mMter its details in a short space of time, and rendered ad- visable the withdrawal of the Bill which had been brought in by the Government. He hoped that f!e E;S: they would all have ::s:nh: ¡ properly digest the vast mass of information which was contained in the numerous volumes of the port published by those commissioners. He can- didly confessed himself that he looked with som 3 alaim to the prospect of passing such a Bill as hai been put upon the table of the House of Commons. The Bill originally contained seventy-eight clauses, and the greater part of it was made up of a most elaborate system of registration, which it seemed to him must inevitably create in the minds of the people an impression that an elaborate system had bean estab. lithed for securing the soundness of friendly societies. Now this was very far from being the case. Unless suoh an elaborate system of registra tion as was contemplated by the Bill was accom- panied with ample security that the returns made were correct-in other words, unless the public were afforded some perfectly satisfactory guide as to the soundness of the different institutions making those retains-he could not see what advantage could possibly be gained by this measure. On the other hand, he did see where very great mischief might arise from it, for people might be led to believe that all this elaborate system of registration and returns was intended to, and did, in fact, secure the soundness of the various institutions coming under the notice of the registrar. Up to the pre. sent time one of the great misfortunes of the p..I- tion of friendly Societies throughout the country had been that the most rotten institutions had existed upon the credit of the certificate from the registrar, which really meant nothing at aU. Ihe recurrence of such a mimnderttanding was one of the points which onght to be?rery careMly o:d r: proach i ng legislation upon this a b'ect. He micht fi!ï.n yatem of :=tio:nl:;ï: provisions for annual and quinquennial returns—of ,h. ,.pedie?.y f wbia.nh d Zere could be no doubt— really comprised the whole Bill, apart from cer- taW provisions which were intended to remedy the very great abuses which existed in the coueet- iEg aodetice. What nmt induced him to take up this subjeot was the strong opinion he enter- tamed of the mischief which was being done by these very collecting societies. Seven years since be laid upon the tab i e of the House of LDrds a Bill which he now very much regretted was not passed, containing, at it did, almost all the provisions of the Government Bill, with the exception of those three points, an elaborate system of registration, arnual returns, and quinquennial valuations, With reference to thoie points, he was quite convinced that unless some system could bedevised ly which there should be a broad distinction drawn between the sound and unsound societies, it would be far better to leave out altogether this elaborate system of registration, beoame without a check upon the unsoundness of the institutions, it would, in his opinion, be rather mischievous than otherwise. In pro- posing the toast entrusted to him he heartily con- gratulated the Manchester Unity upon the distin- cuished position which their great society oooapled in tie report of the Royal Commission. They had, bovrever rally endorsed the public verdict in however, it in the foreground of the great and vaefulweleties. It was only about the time of the Bcyal Commission that he heard the very serious statement that there was a deficiency in the whole Unity of about 21,000,000. At first he almost feared that it was hopeless to look forward to that deficiency being filled up, but he w. happy to say that the Annual Movable Committee had taken steps to secure such t*«) b' ire paid by those unsound lodges as wo i d ;be them ren-e to nr::1h:ol:o,o H was extremely glad to find that as many as one hundred lodges were at first suspended for "ot adopting the higher rates, though almost all of them had since complied, and there was eviry rrcspect of them being able to reoover their p >->■ tlon. All fear of any mischievous interference with a society such as theirs might be dismissed; but lu, was thoroughly convinced that, in the state of a øIb:fe hn=: h:: 'oe tiling which did require interference on the put of the Legislature.

I- TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM. I A tremendous thunderstorm b reported to have passed over North and ZtAt Yorkshire on Wedua- day. The rain came down like » waterspout, and the hailstones were as large as peae. The lightning and thunder luted for fully half an hour. No suoh storm (a Malton correspondent writes) has oeoomd since 186(1. During the storm man on board a keel bound for Hull, which had put in for shelter under the twee of Whitgiff4 HOU, was struck by lightning and killed. Immediately be- fore the storm commenced, a little bey named Todd, who was walking on the Dutoh river-bank at Ooole, was carried off his balsaoe by a sudden gust of wind, and fell Into the water, and, there being a strong tide, he was drowned. The Bcottman states that the weather was of an unsettled cha- racter throughout Bootland on Tuesday, and in most districts there were heavy falls of rain. At noon there waa an extraordinary downpour of rain at Alyth, and muoh damage to crops was done. It lasted for half an hour, and for twenty minutes the rtan deeoended in sheets resembling dense clouds of snowdrift. In a few minutes all outdoor work was at an end. Traffic on aft" or roads was out of the question, these being oonverted into streams several Inches deep. Unout grain, where the crop was heavy, was laid flat. The amount of damage done in this manner Is of an extensive character. A thunderstorm suoeeeded the rain, and the weather cleared up about one o'clock. Later in the evening reaping wu returned on

I HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE AT I LIVERPOOL. A horrible accident, which has caused consider- able "citement in the lower part of Xverton, and terrible distress to a nspeotable Boyish Bomaa Cathollo family, occurred on Tuesday evening. An old IIINI, named Taylor, who resided at 86, Oon- way street, off Great Homer-street, died on Mon- day, and on Tuesday -his widow, Annie Taylor, went to Crosby, leaving the dead body lying in bed, with three candles burn- ing on a table at the bedside. On her re- turn at half-past five, a spectacle of the most hideous nature was presented. The candles, which had burned down to the socket of the stick, had set fire to the bed, and, aooording to the polioe re- port, the body was literally roasted. The fire was discovered by Sarah Keating, a daughter of the de. ceased, immediately before the mother's return. It appears that while sitting in the kitchen alone the heard a crackling noise upstairs, and upon going there and entering the iooca where the corpse was laid out, she found the bed in flame* and the room full of smoke. She gave an alarm, and two men, who were passing, rushed Into the house, and suc- ceeded) efter considerable difficulty, in extinguish- ing the fire.

ANOTHER BATHING ACCIDENT I AT TENBY. NARROW ESOAPI OF A LADY. The South Sands, Tenby, was on Thursday morn- ing the scene of another narrow escape from drown- Ing-thia time, however, to a young lady. It appears that about 11 a.m., whi&t oeTeratladie' werebftMng, the tide being high and somewhat botawrons, with a oonsidembo ground sweu on, a c?yforhelpwas houd from a young lady who waa in the hteet.froÓ:th:= k.ho Mr. Walter insole who was on the batch at the time ldu'hd ¡: :e water, àit suz,;o in reaching the distressed lady. Mr. lude was ?cieUy followed by Mr. Geo. Lyons, a commia- aioned boatman in the coastguard, who was on duty on the Cattle MIL and upon hearing the cries immediately ran to the beaah, and seising a line which was -hwxw to him by yentg lady, Miss King, sprang Into the surf, ana together with tm d!! =g, obp =t the young itay on s h ore. Other gentlemen went to reader anhtsum, viz Mr. Sew ?S Mr. Brown, beth., M weU M several bastmei6 The MtUletT men at 4 0*the. rhie't UD' thowed caB?aMoble Mttidty 'n mamning their boat, whbd one of them, Bombardier Gee, displayed conndo-tHe bravery in diving from the St. Catherine'* Bock, and wl MMI* to the rescue. The Bune of the yonn< 61 %I I. M. 6:th7 wyn, who is at present a visitor to the town. The oeastguard Lyons at present holds oertifioates for saving life in other places. He warned the bathers that it wonldnot be safe to enter the water until the tide had receded.

I THE MISSING BALLOON. M. de Fouvielle, writing to the Emu in refer. ence to the ad,,?nturom and it is feared fato4 :o nt: by H. Dumof, says ''Durnof has constructed a balloon 800 cubic meter mesmremnnt, which he called the Tricolour, and on board of which he in. tended to cross the channel, the direction of the wind permitting. The ascent wu to be made daring the ? of C&ttm, which ends on the 3bt c? Augmt, but the wind Mowing hard from 3.W., it was useless to try the trip. Consequently, after having taken the advice of sdentmo gentlemen who were present on the spot, he desisted, and it was decided to keep the balloon in a state of inflation in order to see if on Thursday the wind had altered its direction. Durnof, who is very popular in Calais, having exe. cuted five years ago with M. Gaston Tiffsndier a most wonderful maritime ascent, was greatly :h::J by ladies and gentlemen who W seats for witnessing the ascent, and ratired to hia hotel after having his car sent to the Hotel de Ville for safe keeping. But the mob outside grumbled fearfully, at least some of them. When he sat at the table Shote he was much derided by foolish people, saying that aeronauts were never going away eph their hands full of money taken from the public, &a. Dmmof and his wife were much offended at the saying, and he left the company abropu saying he would showdslaisians be ? not afims,i i saying he wo show Odainims :mJ:.D, ta:Yjj: t:: pt1e .re:o;= to the Hotel de Ville in company with his wife, took the car with him in aptte of all the representations made by the authorities and persons present h# :;toe:.fte:bvi:=ed t=:yth: o* the ring, he smadea. taking his wife with him. TI? lady Nm more eumed and anthusiutio than ber liutband. She had no bonnet and nothing on her .houldm betidM her robe. They had nothing to ?t or to drink, and only a fbw mob of baUtAt at the <tm1: weighine 2Mht. ::cO:: An I tol? you, the event happened at seven: at ten minute* past seven they were out of sight in the dark, tra- velling at a fearful rate in the direction of the open eea. If the balloon can stand <a<!c!ent)y!eM in the air there b some chance of the hiooloor reaohm, the eoMt of Norway. But is b idle now to speculate on the possibility of an esoape, no Wegram, as far M 1 know, has been reodved at the present moment, I called morning at the National Observatory, and M. Leverrier Immediately tcok steps in order to ascertain, by the help of the international inetcwological system, which 1* the probable way of the Tricolour; but I left him with- out knowing what were the conclusions of his inves- tigation. very Hkely he sent sologm=s round to the Scotch and Norwegian ports, and orders to the French station* to lend out eteamen in the right direction. Dumof is a hardy fellow, very fond of aeronautics and very clever in ballooning. It Is very likelf that he = leave no human pm- sibihty of @=ping the we"&. During Me alem after his escape from Pais, he was mi to UUe, like mId, to try to Mtntn to Pa* but the Mmhtiee stopped our intended opett«em. He went to Paris when the wu add was ap- pointed by the Commune orataln in their balloon service. When the VwmiHbU had faken Room sion of theei?.hefemnte their bmwk M5 WM tried by the Council of War; but In oondderatlon of what he bad done during the German War he was aoqultted unanimously, which shows, by the way, that French military jatbet Me not quite so bM M they Me Mpteeented te M. The Figaro states that a balloon without a ear, resembling M. Durnofs, hu been found on the Blllliah oout.

AT the Dumfries circuit oourt, James Carmlohael, a station-master, was lound guilty of homicide, in consequence of a neglect of aoty, by which a raU. .6y "w 2n g in ,:?i 1'v,, 6 I way collision, resulting in low of life, took place. Tho sentence was deferred.

GREAT EISTEDDFOD IN THE I RHONDDA VALLEY. PONTYPRIDD, Thorsdat. To-day was the second day of the grand eis- teddfod at Tonypaody, Bhonddt Valley. The weather daring the morning proved exceedingly un- favourable, the rain descending In torrents, but this was not sufficient to damp the ardour of the children of song in fiouth Wales, and to prevent them from attending. They streamed from the ad- jeoent valleys, and lssge numbers a-a from the Aberdare valleys and from more distant ImWtift Delicate looking damsels, among many rosy-cheeked ones, were not deterred by the weather and the muddy condition of the rosds, but, with bedraggled dregmt trudged from Pandy and Llwynypla stations to the plaoe of meeting. These were chiefly members of eompetlng choirs, and all animated by honest rivalry to exoel to-day, and to carry away f dorch" the wreath of victory. Additional zest was given to the choral competition in consequence of the high character, a* musical authorities, of the adjadioa- tors. By the bye, It is worth recording, and it will lie read with much interest throughout the princi- pality, that Mr. Barnby itated in conversation that the Welsh people at the pweent moment were more musical than any other nationality in garop-tht they cultivated music with greater enthuslssm than the most musical people of the Continent, namely the German*. He knew nothing like it in the his- tory of choral singing. The eisteddfod teat by half-part eleven o'olook ma crowded with foIllmmeDM aodlmoe, numbering between 8,000 and 6,000, The musical adjudicators, except Mr, Parry, who remained in the valley over night, went down the night before by a late train to Pontypridd, and the conseqnenoe was that the proceedings did not oomroonoe until the arrival of the mid-day train, and the large audience had, In oonsequenoe, to wait their arrival. The time was spent In dodging the rain, which streamed through the canvas roof, and the band of the 16th Bate Bifles played at intervals. At one moment some of the benches gave way, which caused consternation amongst some of the fair sex, and general uproar, all jumping to their feet. Mynyddog," who was eordlslly received the moment he made his appear- MrtA on the platform, stood on an elevated platform, which may be described as the quarterdeck of the ddeddfod ship, and, now with facetious re- marks, and then with earnest appeals conveyed in stentorian tones, asked for quietness, but most of his appeals were received with peals of merriment, in the midst of which, on one or two occasions, benches gave way with a loud crash, add. ing to the general hilarity. When the din was at its highest, hammering was heard near the roof of the tent, and Mynyddog oaused greit laughter by asking angrily if there was a nail-beating competi- tion going on above. The Rev. Canon Jenkins made hit appearance again at this meeting, and was received very oordiany.-The Chairman (Mr. Hy. Nannton Davies, M.D.) was received with general applause by the vast audience. He SAld he would not offer any apology for attempting to preelde there that day, although he felt that the ordeal was a trying one. There was a Welsh song entitled 11 Gwnewch bobpeth yn Gymraeg," in thit song it was also said Kysanwch yn Gymraeg." (Laughter.) There was a national characteristic in this mode of expression, for it was an indication of warmth of feeling, for which Welshmen were proverbial. He, however, felt it difficult to address them in the ver- nacular upon the question of eisteddfodau, for his studies had been chiefly in the English tongue. Wales up to a recent period was unknown in the literary and musical world, but through results re- cently attained, which were the effects of eisteddfodau, Wales and its literature had become better known. He urged the young to cultivate something in addition to music, the study of which was at the present moment so popnlar among them. Working men, after returning home from their daily toll, should devote some of their spare time to the cultivation of other branches of knowledge u well as music, for mental ext rdse was, in addition to its other benefits, bene- ficial to the bedy; and the amusement of musio, &c,, was rest to the mind. He conoloded by ex. pressing the great pleasure he felt In seeing pre- sent at this eisteddfod sach diltinguished men in the world of music. (Cheers.) After the above address was delivered Pencerdd G it alia and Mr. Barnby made their appearance, and were received with evident interest and loud ap- phMebythe audi- To the great majority of thcoo present, Pencerdd Gwalla was known only by his published works, and him wide renown as the chief and most popular arranger of Webb natimal melodies, and when Ii is remembered with what pride he is regarded by his fellow countrymen, who look npon him an iU=. *io= represenutive of the am of Walm, who has climbed from comparatively an obscure country eisteddfod, held at Abergavenny, where he won hie &d prize, as he told the audience on Thure. day, to the temple of fame, from the doon of which he has intodnoed to the wugml world the charming melodies for his native land, the Interest evinced in his arrival with his friends will be understood for the audience consisted of the ohlef representatives of song in Soath Wales, which, according to the high authority above named, is the most musical portion of Europe at the present day. Mr. Tom Williams opened the proceed- ings by singing" Merch Megan." His singing had the effect of concentrating the attention of the musical audience upon himself, and although the place was crowded to overflowing, the proceed- ings from thiø time were as orderly as could be ex- pected when surrounding circumstances are taken into consideration. Presently, after some small competitions had taken place, Eos Morlais was an- nounced to mg. EOI was well reosiv4 and he nndered with great power the new popmu cent entided. "Bedd Ueweiyn" "J:P:r Llyw Olafs" grave), words by Mynyddog muijo by Mr. iv=a' While F. w;? siu&g the -t au&noo was perfectly stM. all craning their necks to catch the words, which were the follow- ing:- jMiT—Pweh bedd Uewlyn; heo un maen na cbof I ddweud yr hanes, dim and dagmu cenedl wedi d d *t wifth I no. awen bodd y marw amad;&?hono -atd gwr, gan id ei bwym M gMn al gt?dd, a dumt Man o fryniaa Built draw A,, ?T f utwa A;=fd:w, Giaed,ych..i.,M A dw*W: Fil?yr d*wch yn *wr 1', gouwed fawr non dremu ? d?S??oedd ?tt'bn'd'?'d- Y. nw D??. in hi.M g?ld, Y ddraig a rbyddid CluLm" Ya ngw..I.d pU' ger y g?*94 Pan dd.eUl y frwydr 1 dfy?. Fe glywid bwA brad? ar"d. FÄ"=:=d, Ac uwch Un?iad- r dur Fe waeddai'r dewr wrth drougu- II Doedmll 0 oesan No I', gad, Yn eow Daw, eta hiaith, a'n gwlad, I gadw rhyddid Cymru." One of the chief events of the eisteddfod then took place, namely a choral competition, Hallelu- jah," for the beat a prize of 925. Five oholnl entered the lIata, vis., Merthyr United Choir, Tyfodwg Choir, Bhondda Choral Union. Aberdare and Hhwtn OhonJ Un and rreorM United Choir, The singing Of each wan of & very high Mr. \iDor.wvdiDaW:eof T isfen-ed to the visit of the tuth Wale* Union to the Crystal Palace. He said what very much struck Mm at that thne was not only the coursge they displayed in ooming to London to oompete, but the magnificent tone they produced. (Cheers.) And he Joand that the *ame characterinti* dl*tingtii*hwd the singing they had iuat heard..Their singing at the Crystal Palace and here proved that they sang like intelligent mea and women, and not like punt& (0he8w.) The alngtag to-day had the _e OU IÙI& .t it thttheMd at the 0ryaW Pam& Sé-- thm hvm being over salm had _In of the ohCIÙI to fall out 01 He Ww odd spin time pubH*wA choral doxwe of 'W&W WIA of any- that 6o? f the kind fa jB L'% ( TMt?Mthe?ml -m,. He (the mw bad oWr of ?a<Wint<md<?, bat they <atMe to pro- duce an oqw vokas of mmk te?htttheWohh aboirs prodwok and he atkftted It to *a Witemas of_aiD air up the 1& He vw wamud 6D tb* WM M* nnt vMt to WolM, but he hoped 16 would not be hi* lad by a post many, for ht htd bttt ma3t <H?td by?STe SS?tt? and mm bom (LeadtH?Me.) Mr. Lewi* Mor- nn, leader of the MMthyt Choral Union, WM thm tmrMttd wtth the pdM by Mn. H. :miœ. GtM?Mndd* HoMe. The following pn- won &Iw awarded For the b&A _yon" Ideality, I_lÙ1&tion, I and Judgment" ("Crebwyll, Darfelydd, a Barn "), a prize of 25 51., which was awarded to Dewi Wyn o Estyllt, Diruis Fowls, as also was the suuiof £ 2 30s., Dtwi provint to bt Medwt," who, on tbe previous, wss announced to be the wina" ? t::iO:; =ï:.n"r;d be Herb:,= fW ?Itllb. ? (Uiynfab). Dowi was reprelOOWd by .wo. "lOP. Ac JII y Cwm, lie trwyddo rh8d Y Rnomlda Iwyd fa. Y v.yd pen eta haawyl Rhys, Mewo gwawd dirmig mawr. II. Qod oh Gwm Bh-m(Mt, ai al II "th wllll ff P.- .?i.1 A mw otmm-l gtw t HI.. Byddenw Rhys w Tewdwr Fawr Yn anwyl is y Ken; A Iwtyd", bytb, Tra son am GYMM A prise ef Mt. M., for the best Anging of "EeUt of Abo,doey. 11 Thi* WM awarded to Miis Jane Price, Owmpark. Forth* best sing- ing of The Soldiers' Chorus (male voiees), a prize of tS. This was carried away by Hr. 111118 (Tafonwy) and party, Pontypridd. He was invested by Hra. Lax, Liwynypia Eloum Far the beet *• bass singing, Oh, ruddier gk&L the cherry," a prize -i 21s. This was ."zdod to Mr. Lewi* Coslett Evans, ML?rthyr. For the beAI quartette ringing of B,it.in'. ?. --t prize, Of :t;"D'f ?th ?!S'!t?''? of four uooewtld competitors, 91"- by Kamm J. č=-l cror: London (P_dd Gv"'s publish. This ,arùd 9 Mr. Raw Evlll8w party, Abordam For the bed 'Enl Rhmmtu. a prize of 21A. ThIa WM 6 =Ito Hr. Evu R- (DyMhb), Abw- dare. For the beet tenor solo, "The Mother and the Babe," prise, a copy of the fourth voiusae of "Wehh MetodM*. Ae bMt WM Ik. Mt. Aberdar*. For the beet English poem, compUmentiu7 to the Glamorgan Ooal Company, Liwynypia, a prize of a OM wu tvtKM' to ow dgdn himidf Ã1IIMIII, who. however, did not soma to hit aame. Next followed the chief event of the eisteddfod, viz., o choral compeittion tinging of Thank* be l. mize M Two ch*W oompow. namely. the Aberdare and Hlrwain United Choir, and the Rh?add. United Choir. TMa -pwdum ?.A Wotdwd With intense intgwi bi? all pm-s. ad when it w.x ?ncludd, onudt ppl-6w. from the audience, Mynyddog announced that Hr. John Thom", Penardd Gwalia, would deliver the adjudication. Upon which that gentleman came forward, and said that as his name had been men- tioned, he felt it was hi. duty to atate that as they had one of the foremost men in the London musical profession present upon the occasion, who had made choral singing his strong point, and had been chosen as one of the judge*, he (Mr. Thomu) felt that the com- pliment was aile to him to be asked to deliver the adjudication; and he felt sure that Mr. Barnby would be pleased to have an opportunity of ex. pressing the great delight which he oould not but nave felt t having listened to so splendid a speci- men of choral singing in the Principality. Mr. Barnby then appeared, and stated that he had been taken by Mtpthe at the obaption In which Kr. John Thomas had di-played In not having delivered the adjudication himself, and thanked him for the compliment he had paid him in asking him to perform that duty. Before coming to the issue of the competi- tion, he would siply say thaG he had been quite overpowered by the performance he had just lis- tened to. However, he would once more &Undo to a subject whioh Mr. Thomas had already alluded to, and it was the disadvantage they laboured under in not having orchestras as well a* choirs all through Wales. Ha was bound to say that he considered that the study of instrumental music required a higher standard of intelligence, for the pure air of their country gave them good voioes, which could not be found in the metropolis; bat he did not consider that their muxmj meeting* woold be complete until they could bout of orchmtras as well choirs at their national gatherings. Mr. Barnby speaking in behalf of his brother adjudicators and himself, aid they had been much gratified by the slorioualntelligenoe the two choin had displayed in their ringing. The prize, however, had been fairly won by the Aberdare and Hirwain United Choir. This announcement was /eceived with tre- mendous applause aøin and again renewed. Hr. P?ee. Evam, th:e w, rin and & o n renewed. Mr. Bees EvanI, the leader of the ohoir, was called for- ward to receive the prize of £60, which was given in gold in a beautifully made bag, made for the occa- alon, and presented by Hn. Howells, Coedymeibion. It is simply due to Mynyddog to state that he gave immense satisfaction by the excellent manner he performed the difficult task of conducting the pro- ceedings. The proceedings throughout reflected credit on the eisteddfod committee. Contributions toward. dd-yig the upe- were received from the followinggentiemen Colonel Hunt, Dines, mo! M. A. H = Ghmorpm Co? OompMiy, 210 workmen in the employ of the bt L.T.P-Y. 910 IOL Mr. David Dana, Mwjffynn, £ 5; Mr. Gwilym Williams, Miskin The stun of £214 was received at the entrance on Thurs- day. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings concerts were held, which were very largely attended. The erlLne8' were -Penoerdd Gwalia, E% Hor- 1m, Tom Wimtm* (Pontypridd), Mr. T. J. Haghe* (Uverpoo!), Mr. J. George (Llew Tawe). The My l(aTAit,, erpwl), Mr. J. V GI M?ths (Ou?M) Afm Magor tu?ttt were-BE= Grimtht (OtrdiR), Mr*, tt?or Evans (KounW. Ah), e:¡o.rw(= Morpuwg A glee party, under the leadership of Mr. Mills (Tafonwy), Pontypridd, also took part in the concerts. Mr. D. Bowen, Dowlals, presided at the piano and harmonium with his usual ability. Mr. Superintendent Mathews, with Sergeants Price and Bees, with a number of police-constables, rendered efficient assistance to the committee. Messrs. Ford and Hopkins, 75, Broad Quay, Bristol, supplied the marquee, size 200ft. by 90ft., decorated with flag* and banners, and alio illumi- nated with reflector lamps.

MEDICAL CLUBS AS A REMEDY FOR J HIGH POOR BATES. j SIr Edward Kerrison, Bart, of Oikley Park, I Suffolk, has prepared some interesting statistics of a Self-Aid Labourers' Medical Club, which has been < worked in the parishes of the Grantham Union, and the reault of which has been to red.. the average cost to each head of the population for poor relief very much below the standard of unions similarly situated. The club at Grantham. Sir Edward states, t has no fewer than 4,577 subscribing members, be- sides honorary members, mostly proprietors. The annual rate of payment by lubscnbing members is, fr each person above nixt4ej4 2L 61.. under eixtecn, I.L 6d.; under thirteen, 1& No extra payment is requierd from families exceeding five in number. = midwifery cue I* charged 6s. The medical men receive increased payments upon ih- rates from the honorary memben' subscriptions. The subscribing memben may choose any of the doctors on the club list as their attendant, but must consult the same medical man for a year. If unable to attend at the surgery the patients are visited at their homes. Thelut report ihowithat nine medical men were engaged, and that they received £ 689 in the year, or an average of about ¡;f 10m. =. in :r %0:: :e:f remi"d RW it In thee r j:r,, oabrL w the effect which the system bas upon the poor rates, Sir Edward has prepared the following table, premising that he is unaware of any exceptionally favourable circum- stances in the Grantham Union beyond the existence of this club: Belief to Poor Average cost for year per bssd Cnioa. Population, ended Lady- of the Day, W, i Population. s. d. Graatham.. 80,60* 11,S. T e Bourn 19.9S3 9,182 9 1 14,403. 7,849 11 0 I Thus out of the five unions, two of which are in I Lincolnshire and the others in Suffolk, Grantham clearly has the advantage.

I IMPEACHMENT OF A MINISTER. New* from Br&dLe, dated Sept. 2ad, Informs us that in da 's sitting of the Bio ammber of Ue8 :of :OlIId: imiea"ent of the Prime Xbddw. ViIcowat Rio di Branco, and two other Anaiden for kvwa nd conspiracy againstthe eBgio? and the Sft?, The motion, nhith ?M readed with .&1 "%or from the depfm and the pcMie,WMM<erred to Sped?Oomttittee. It =aWy obtain the mpport of an 1-6gaiRmat minority.

COUNTY COURT AMENITIES. At Wrexham County Court, on Wednmd Mr. Vaughan vnuiaws, the N*rib WSW oeua;l.,T.? CMtMtd. On the oMMhMtoa of of Ae cue% Mr. Actco, a local eolicitor, MtMtMtttt?eM tHtMd the IvAp ?tttt I in pu8q iudgmmt before MM eottehtt&n << th< d<<tnd)?tt aDd Ilia oøbaiGn tuithe procedure wae imgular. lite Honour then laid, If you say that I will send you to gaol. You have the im- pudence to say that it is irregular 1" Later in the daythejudge complained ef the noise caused by the traffio in an adjoining street, and raid it ought to be suspended during the sitting of the court, adding that unless this were done when tin next aitting appointed to be held, he should not ait.

I To BUwDI, PCBMc?M, k-AJl Mad* at AeoeMiy (or *# thovo i6l:- Muptt?.t: m.?tt.* I t-. I*NoU it-Mug., JHUvwy )J.Jo.,k,. ??X. t??S?'.to?J?'? "? '?' Boob ruM. pxtaUr-t, Aui twua i i<? or i. r oft ?".? L. tl» M Western MsiT P,u?t.4 Woeki k«k.. -Ua ?? -i, A tA A- o,oin.

THE CAMBERWELL WIFE MURDER. The man Coppin, who killed hit wife at Oamber- well laxtweek, was brought up at the Lambeth police-court, and charged with wilful murder on 3V?.Y. Alt, hearing the evidence, Mr. mUoon commUted him for trial.

FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. I On ThmtdM memin< a Km Bate*, of Peokham Bye, WM MtM, and bw hubmd tmteMty Mated by an mment in WadminAw. The hom ? the cMH*<e in wMeh they were ridhIa took fright, and ran apiDn the lamp* In the _tre 01 the foad. The occupant* were thrown out, and a pasdng om. nibus ran over and killed the unfortunate lady.