The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

TO J- » « « » (ome, Sing me some sweet song to-night. Thy voIce has long been mute; With gentle hand and loving heart, no, touch the magic lute. Its tones may cool my burnillg brow, Or soothe my "ching breast. And Jul), as song alone may do, My weary soul to rest. And let it be some Uv of old That tells of early years Brines bac( the time of youthful ptlme, When smiles, instead of tears, WeTe beaming soft in eyes that oft Since then, like ou, have wept— Come, wake thy made lute once more, Too long its chords have slept. And let the 't"i" be snch 't"]?  ?i)!? 6nn!))in.' through the hcMt. To melt Its ,o?(?n fountains there.1 And bid its cares deput For music's power in snrrow's hour, Dispels the bosom's gloom, Alld make" Instead 01 winter thoughts Young summer feelings bloom. Thine eye, like mine, is growing dim, The rose hath left thv i heok. Yet soft expression lingers still So softlw sadly meek, That I might deem" pale moonbeam Had stolcn In the night From heaven above, and left thee, lore, It3 pure and Jwl1 light. But yet thy voice hath lost no charm. Time leaves it till the smc, Aø when its tons* first on my car In dream-like music can:e Thy heart of youth hath kept its truth From first affection's kiss, Though many suns have waked and slept Since th&t sweet time and this. Though beauty fades, and life may wear IU vernal smile 1W more, Awl love, throuah many years of change, (.row calmer than before Believe not it forsakes liS then, Though se, ming cold we b it lies within the bosom's drptn3 Like gold beneath the sea. Then sing me some sweet song to-night, I ask but this, ne m m. That every word, like forest bird, kfil(Ile t?oligI?t., f Y.,? And as X list, In Fancy blest My soul, no more o'ercast. Through many a day will wing its way Áni) intm/lf with the nast. ZCU.

THE LAND OF MY BIRTH; By the Few Dr. liaffles. Old England for ever! K 0 power sh1I sever My heart frol11 the Land of my birth; 'Tis the land of the flrave, Which none can enslave. 'Tis the happiest land upon earth. 'Tis the lanrl of the free So it cTer shall be- Her children no fetters can bind, Fre Uritons aN shscs She shall sink in the waves, And leave not a vestige behind. If the African stand, j nut once. on her strand, lhat moment his shackles are broke A captive -(, more, lie leaps on hev 1,  ? 8 [h?ore An(I!:In:i);r,1;i Ihers the yoke- 'Tis the land of the Brave. And the Patriot's grave, And Heros and Sages of old We hallow their dnst. And esteem it a trust. Jloic precious than jewels and gold 'Tis the Jan" of the Fair, AI Inauty is there, b?tows, And the c?dn?M that wnmm bestows, VVen the circle is bright With the heart cheering light. From the eye of affection that flows. 'Tis the land of the Wise, With the glorious prize 01 Genius her temples are found And she beams from afar "Like a bright morning star, To give light to the nations around. nan Land of rov Birth Brightest spot 111;011 earth Shall F leave thee for otbers! Xo nercr; I mar fORm, Still, thou art Jny boUlr.. Old England, my country, for ever I

IMITATION 01' THE ABOVE, By (:wR.lh!O:1i. Hen Oymru am byth "Pa ttlln'n ein piith Pyn fv nghalon o'm ?it'tened?o)' Gwlitd v gwrol a'r fTr"et h, 'Does neb a'j gwna'n gaeth, Dedwyddaf 0 bobmau daar(ll. Owlad Rhyddid a bri, Eriocd ydood<Wii; pa gadwyn "all rwmo y Brython Cyn rhwyiuir plant hon II i sudda'n y don, Heb odael un 01 0'; gweddillion. Os unwaUh, y Oa?th, AMifarcithmt-th, B gadwyn a ddrvllir YII ebrwydd Pan naid ar ei g*an, A'n rhvdd j'àl y fan, Cwymp ï: iau, R. fu drom ar ei Bro'r gwhulwr l\'r 11ewr, Br-Vu bedd y, yn awr G"r::ti\tb;Y: yn t dyddiau, Mawrygtvn eu 11w.-)), Sv'i» gorwedd dan diwch ai daear, mwy gwei thfawr na'r getnau. Owlad tecwch, O'r brOD. VrydfcJthwch sy'n hon. Dry' ,,y, yn swynnl lawenyiM; Y .?,,h hwnnw'n ihodd Wna bawb wrth ell podd. A'I gwonau wna dllynion yn ddedwydd. Gwlari y doeth plrw hi, Sy'n uchel mewn bri. Can amledd ei themlau athrylith, A'i b,11 ydl, Fol seven y dydd. Yn llewyrch i'r gwlcdydd, er bendith. Henffych well Hin ngwlad, 1Jnn orn. a gaed, NI werthwn di byth am le estron Yi. b,?.z bwyf fl. Fv D!!hart rf wyt H- Yn Xghymru, fy ?,gw 11,, T- mae fy ngfoaion

(Ouv libtltll Z, The Seventh Part of Cassell's Porui.AII EDUCATOR, commencing tho Second Volume, contains Lcons in Geography, French, German, Oology, Englidli, Latin, Architecture, Arithmetic, Jfusu-, Pbvsi'Jogj', Penman- ship, Natural Ifwtory, and B..tany; with an III-ticle on a toricf. The object of these articles io ¡; tn ilIuotrate the adaptation of time »nd talent to the acquirement of knowledge." The writer remarks, that, there are three things necessary for acquiring knowledge—time, talents, and information." "The amount of knowledge which a man may possess, is in exact proportion to his time and talents, and the information within his reach. The amount whieh he rfofs possess, is in exact proportion to the wisdom and diligence with which he applies his time and taJnt8 to hi. information. The disparity between these two proportions iI,;1i"teô the time and talent tJnt are wasted and it is this disparity which has given rise to these essays, in which the writer intends '■ to is how how we umy reach the Mti.timi'm, or highest point of success in the pursuits of knowledge," and this he terms "The Philosophy of Study." The perusal of this essav makes us desirous of seeing those that are to follow. We should not dismiss this part, withQut observing, that We shonid nut ni.-r.)is<thMp:ut, without ob.st.rtmg, that those that require it are illustrated by maps, plates, or digrams.

fitcvani Extracts. SEEIXC; WITH THE EYES SNUX.-That which we know as the highest truth in science is only to be known by a resolute turning our backs .on all that our experience seems to teach, or v»ur natur.il conviction assures n ot as i proved, indeed, by hmg-coutiuued. vain attempts to obtain perpetual motion. Those men simply had peen with their eves clo-ed. For, to such vision, motwn it perpetual. Let. ns thiuk for a moment what a won- derful world it w that we see -wlion wo look at it tlm. as science Lids \1H, not accun1itlg, to, but thro<"jh thes^nse;, tracingin imagination thed^velopment of human thought. We see the flat earth round itself into a sphere, and our fellows bcnath otir feet look up to a heM-en where we had fancied the abyss. We see this sphere loosed from lts mooring*, and sent rolling through the depths of it the crystalline vault of heaven relaxes it. blId., and expands, and grow*, until it stretches out into tho boundless universe which taxes our imagination still in vain. We se the monntain tops beneath the sea, receiving there the freight of relies which, on their mighty altars, they shall uplift to heaven. We surface fashioned by water on a ball of fire. We see it no more haunted by Kpirits, dwelling innumerable in eVfry wood, or vale, or fount, butit-jelf animated with a socryt and all-embracing life, instinct with gleaming force, aad daily drinking in new draught from heaven, umbt it Overflows in every atrong ?.?.g?.g ? ?.ery ?rong or gmeful llvm! f..r e sec it permeated through and through "Series; each linked with the other if ???g of power, circuiatmg as if ondlcBiic,h' ;llK^ ,t our bidding, rising up into our own frani" lew1ing their vigour to our arm or brain. In not '"ne point d-?. the vision answer to what our senss feel; infinitely, and in all [>oints it surpasses them. THE DeKI: OF ISUCKINOHASIS STRAXOB DBKAM— As for myself, I am ashamed to say that I am more low than I should dare confess to any one, by It drClttIJ which haunted me in my sleep, with a (kgree of precision that is really frightful. I was at Rtowe, my dear and l'e. gretted home.—All was desolate—not a soul appeared to receive me. My good dog met me, and licked my hand. Accompanied by him, I traversed all the apartments- all desolate and solitary every room as I had left it. On my return from the state bedroom, I met my wife She told me all my family were gone, and that she was left desolate-that even her little favourite dog, which had been her sole remaining companion, had died a few davs ago. We went out at the north hall-door toget?e? and all was solitude and deBcrtion, I awoke v.ii'u th13 distress of the moment, and I slept no more that night. I do not like to confess how much ctfid tkis has had upon me. I have not the slightest faith in ,1rea.tIB, but this has strongly accorded with the feelingB and tone of of my mind, and I cannot shake it off. Those who will ever see this journal will, I am sui e, not 1'iugh at my feelings. TUB LONDONER'S ADVANTAGE.—\Ve htive lately had it asked what the Japanese Ambassadors can say to their Emperor when they get back to their own country. Well, I venture to suggest a speech for them Sim of all excellence and all grandery we have seen a city in which almost every one of the inhabitants is richer than thou art! Of course, I do not mean that the citizens of London han. in their houses more treasure than the Fmperor of .tapau or the Kmperor of China has in his Summer Palace or Winter Palace; but I do maintain that each one of them, even with a limited money- income, is a more opulent mall than an Asiatic r. onarch, if riches consists less in illere pn3es,iun8 than in the advantages which they can procure for a man, and the means which they give to him of slipping off the fetters of his necessities. The Eastern king keeps a staff of learned men who record, at great expense and with no t ruth, the splendours of their master's reign the people of London have in their service au army of journalists who chronicle, day by thy, with independenc0 as wellas ability, the history of their city, and of the whole World ] too. The barbarian monarch may boast, if he likes, of being able to travel through his dominions on the back of a white elephant: the most obscure inhabitant of. Loudon, who wants to go abroad, find the marvellous iron monster of the railroad ready to carry him at the speell of the thunder-bolt. The Asiatic sovereign, to amuse him in his haughty idleness, has little to turn to put the monotonous dancing of women and slavesthe merest shopkeeper in London can, for a few shillings, fiud himself in a theatre where skilled actors and actreses translate intu visible form for him the suhlÍinest dreams of the sublhnest dramatic genius of the universe. Once more may I not well ask, whieu is the richer of the two men the Oriental despot, or the Londoner ?—CoruhUl ic. While London newspapers have been showing the snuciness, awl incompetence, and personal folly of pr- vants, there have been all degrees of comfort and dis- cumfort throng-hunt the country, as there have been all sorts of intellects and tempers at work. There are households where servants arrived years ago, indisputa- bly respectable in character, but with serious dmw. baek-in health, in temper, ill mental or outward haldt3-aud where those same servants are now living healthy, improved in temper, awakened intellectually, and thoroughly trained in their respective departments, To the back doors of some of those houses come respec- table servants from the neighbourhood, just to ask whether there is in chance of a \"lC;\ncy and t) petition that if there should be one then should be sent for, that tlwy wight" really settle," whieh thy find it s) dim. cult to do. In the'same neighbourhood there may bo a house or two where th" mitre: complains that she has no peace because no servant will stay. She hires at it distance that the reputation of her service may not deter applicants; and she lias no choice, for she cannof get a servant where she is known. She means to be kind, al\(l promi8c3 rewards if only the new cook and housemaid will stay but in a little while she finds, suine morning, that the fires are not lighted or some evening, in returning from a visit the bell is not aUiJWOrel1. Her maids have absconded as usual; and she pokes questions about the precincts of other peoples' houses to learn how they make their servants stay on for years together. When the point ot ctiitereuce is found, she thinks herself right; and she goes on treat- ing her maids as if they were in a nunnery, or teasing them ahout their work, or requiring undue homage from them, or stinting their comforts; and her com- plain! s are far wore likely to get into the newspapers than all the comp]aceneied of the comfortable.—Once a CURELTIES OF THE Imuxs.-Savage as the old In- dians are, the young ones, both male and female, are lUore t,) he dreaded by the captive than those of ma- turer years, for they have no restraint upon their savage propensities, and they indeed often vie with each other in inventing excruciating modes of torture. In winter ther are at tiwed so ill off for food that they will eat that which a pig would hardly touch, and I have seen a woman and child who had dictl of actual hunger. Their commonest food, besides fish and wild animals, ccnsistg of ground-nuts, nuts, and acorns, lily roots, and many other roots and weeds. Their modes of torture are many and horrible. They often scourge men and women to death, and burn others in slow-piled fires So a3 to prolong their agony. I have seen four Indian fiends "eiæ a wretched captive, each taking hold of a limb, swinging him up an,1 down oil the ground with full force until they had mangled his body and killed him. Their only parallel is to be found in Mexico, in the inhuman abominations of that atrocious, cold-blooded villain, Mi- ramon—a wretch who, among other horril le enormities, ordered five hundred lashes to IJe lilid on the bare back oi a man simply for entreating peace for his country, and who exclaimed" as the victim was reported dying after three Lot the remainder then, be given on his dead body." The same infl1rÏatetluwJ1-iter cummandéd thrc:> hundred lashes to be given to a pregnant woman, who, horrible to relate, gave birth to a child whilst under the stripes, and died on the spot. Such hcart-8ickening inJllwwnity is only equalled amongst the barbarous northern Indians, aad the Chinese brules. I have heard of au old squaw who constantly endeavoured to outdo all others in cruelty to captives. Whenever she came into a wigwam where any poor naked starved captives were sitting near the fire, she would stealthily take up hot brands, and throw them over their uncovered bodies; if they were weak or young, she would seize them by the leg and drag them through the fire. One poor old man who had fallen into the hands of these ruthless barbarians had a burden of sticks placed npon his back, and, although feeble and weak, wa compelled to carry his load several miJ4.:int" the swampy forest, where they strippca him naked and bound him to a tree. These fiends amused themselves by plucking the wi,?te from his head, b, beating him with wands, and by tler cme!ti,'s, until finally they scalped him and roasted him alive, making thereafter a hearty meal upon the smoking human flesh.—Maahra- (dd's Hritisft Co'iihiOia.

A SAitoit PnnFT::s<oH.-Calltaiu Burrows, R.X., of ■Magdalen I-lall, has been electe d to the Cichele profes- sorship (if d ern history in Oxford. Capt. Burrows i, a singular iustance of a 111all who has taken to study late in life, obtaining distinction. After passing to the rank of commander in the naval profession, h went np to Oxford and took a first class in classics in 1S5U, and a first class in the law and modern history school at the Easter examination, 1S57. He is the author of the well- known book on Oxford Shlt1it:s, Pass and Class," and a pamphlet on educational reform. A CossciBStx-SMl 1'1'); Turn-.—A few days ago, a ladv had her pocket picked while in a shop in Union- street, as she believed. Information was given to the police, but though every exertion was made to find n clue to the thief, no satisfactory trace could be got. Two clavs ago, however, a note was sent to the lady's resi- dence, enclosed ill an envelope with II hillf-mourning border, and on its being opened, the lost money in tale some €0, (but minus the purse,) was found in it, along with the words (written apparently in a disguised hand) I canna keep your money lauger." The thief, of whatever age or Hex, can hardly have been a hardened olrender.-í"t1'drm P"l'C Press. AN hu'oiiTANT AnjCNCT TO SEA-BATHli(O.- When the air of the coast and Sea-Bathing are recommended for gellml debility from whatever cause, or other various complaints, ouch as scrofulous disorders, rickets, cutane- out eruptions, and nervous depression, peculiar to dif- ferent ages and constitutions, the salutary change in the health win be materially proUluted by the administra- tion of Dr. <le Jongh's celebrated Light-Broivn Cod Liver Oil. Tho advantage of combining this safe, eirH- ple, and most efficacious remedy with"" course of Sea- Bathing can be easily understood, when it is recollected that the extraordinary curative action of Dr. do Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil has been specially manifes- ted in the treatment of the maladies for which the Sea- bath and the Sea-atmosphere are recommended. By its stimulating and restorative influence on the system, Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil prevents that feeling of universal chill, which renders bathing inju- rious to the weak and the sensitive child, or to the de- bilitated adult. It insures a proper reaction alter the bath, causes a general glow throughout the body, and prevents those evil consequences, excessive fatigue, las- situde, and a sensation of general illness, which render the abandonment of Sea-Bathing compulsory upon many enfeebled iUVi¡lid,.

£)tttth\t. t CAUSE AND EFFECT.—A buyer's BII'Pun. ,.— rtice) ViAt? THE (txMATEST R?OE OF Ati— L'he human Mce, fUh 011 the course of time.-—I hid. AN Orsnn.-Why is an oystcv ",I(cp i\1 his ?el like Lot's wife?—'Cause be's" turned in" to 81t. STAYS.—Why do women like stays ? Because they feel so-laced by them. Scrpw's WIFE.—W itt fcas Scipio's wife ?— Missis- sippi-o of course. OLD SAVINO.—" ttlete's nothing like leather!" is an old saying at'A a true one. It is the sole support of man. SUMMER ^PKXNO.—It is asserted that the March of the Fefelrds will be arrested by the July of the ConfedefAte/s!—Ibid. All IS:T IT ?"—What a curious thing it, is that of thuse who nightly go out on the loose, so large a number should come home quite tight. !-Ibid, DEPOSIT.—Stupid people may eat, but shouldn't talk. Their mouths may do well as banks of deposit, but not of issue. There is no discount on this fact. AŒ!(ICAx.-A tmdesll1an, the other day, would not pay the carpenter's bill for a new counter in his shop, uuder the pretext that he was nothing but a counterfttcr. Iiusn.—A Dubliu journal observes that a hand-bill announcing a political meeting in that city states, with bonndless liberality, that" the ladies, without distinction of sex, are invited to attend." ANALOGY.— When is a plant like a liog ? When it begins to root. When is it like a soldier ? When it begins to shoot. And wlicu is it like an editor ? When it begins to blow. The Farmers' Journal says, "that there is great art in making a good rheese," Y C8, a fine fresh cheese is an admirable production of Art, and a very old one is often a rare specimen of "animatedlJature." NEUTEK.—The folly of interfering betwixt mall and wife is thus grammatically put:— Wh'euma'iMK? wife at odds fall out, Let syntax be your tutor; 'Twixt masculine and feminine, What should one be but neuter ? TilE STAGE-A nobleman wished Garrick to be a candidate for a representation of a borough in parlia- ment. No, my lord," said the actor, I would rather play the part of a great man on the stage than the part of a fool in parliament." JAM.—The industrious old lady, who walked all over town with a can in her hand to procure a quart of the milk of human kindness," has been more successful in getting a little jam out of the door. She got the jam on her fingers. A Lady, very fond of her husband; notwithstanding his ugJineds of person, once said t0 Hoge1's, the poet, What do you think 1--my husband has laid out fifty gnine for a baboon, on purpose to please me."—"The dear little man replied Kogers, "it's just like him." REPENTANCE.—A gentleman, passing by a country church while under repair, observed to one of the workmen that he thought it would be an expensive job. Yes, sir," he replied; "and I think we shall accom- plish what our worthy minister has so long vainly tried -that is, to bring the whole rarish to repentance," COMPULSION.—A fellow walkin;j through the Old Bailey, at the time of execution, when an Irishman was on the point of being turned off, inhumanly bawled out, Are you there ? I always said you would come to be hanged."—" You're a liar," replied Pat, "if it was the last word I had to spake I 1 did not come. I wn. brought." INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.—"Julius, I understand your aunt i. dead."—" Yes, Smll; and yon heard ob her bein' rich Of course."—" Wal, s he left me a big fortune an' my brodder too."—" How did the will read {"_H De well didn't read—a man read it."—" I mean what did she have yourself and brother ?"—" Why she leit him de inside ob do house, an' me de outside." Q FEnL A country merchant had of stock abundance, Of ready cash PO:;3csse,IIJü no redundance; He therefore borrowed thirteen hundred pounds, For which) per year, as wany quarter crowns He had to pay; now pri'thee say, how milch Iu thrice three quarter j-ears he paid for such ? MUSE.—Did you ever travel in an omnibus on a rainy day, windows and doors closed, eight on a side, limited of course to six, an,1 among that number two women covered with musk "Drivare," said a French- man, "let me out of ue (lore—I am suffocate!— Y ou, 'ave vat you call one musty rat in ze omnibus. I 'ave no parapluie, inais I prefer ze rain water to ze mauvais sme! ?Ill GETTINO TJI'-STAIHS.—Said an old preacher once, Fellow-sinners, if yon woro told that by going to the top of those stairs yonder (pointing to a ricketty pair at one end of the church), yon might secure Y.(??* eternal I salvation, I really believe hardly any of you would try it. But let any man proclaim that there was five hundred dolIard up there for you, and I'll be bound there would be such a getting up-stairs ao you never did see." ° AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.—Captain Marryat, in one of his works, quotes the following paragraph as a speci- men of the raw material of American newspapers "rany who have acquired great fame and celebrity in the world began their career as printers. Sir William Blackstoue, the learned English commentator on laws, was a printer by trade. King Charles III. (!) was a printer, and not unfrequently worked at the trade after he had ascended the throne of England." NOAH'S W¡:¡¡¡-The following is a translation of an advertisement which appeared in a French paper, ornamented with a wood-cut of Noah's Ark ?Yo(dt'? Wine.—The vine which produces it is to be traced, according to tradition, to that which thc good father Noah planted when he came out of t)w Ark. l?i order to make it known lit the soirèea which are now COlll- mencing, it will he sold at present ¡t fotn. francs a bottle, but afterwards it will be raised to six fmneR. Nectar—ambrosia—are nothing compared to this wine. It malle the good father Noh tipsy, which is saying everything. The patriarch was not a man to get tipsy on bad wine." DUMB LAxûL:.lûE.-Smith, the auctioneer, is a popular man, a wit, and a gentleman. No person is offended at what he says, and lIIanY!1 hearty laugh has he pro- voked by his humorous sayings. He was, rcccntly engaged in II sale of ycncmùJe household furmtnre and "fixings." He had just got to "going, going, and:t, half, a half going I" when he "IV a smiling countenance, upon agricultural shoulders, wink at him. A wink is always :18 good as a nod to a blind horse, or to a keen- sighted auctioneer, so Smith winked, and the niau winked, and they kept winking, and Smith kept" going, going, going," with a lot of glass ware, stove pipes, carpets, pots and perfumery, and finally this lot was knocked down. To-who ?" said Smith, gazing at the smiling stranger." "Who? Golly!" said the stranger, "I dunno, know who." "Why you, ir," said Smith. vtrilo ? ine Yeq, yes, you bid or. the lot," said Smith. Me? hang me if I did," insisted the stranger. "Why, did yon not wink, and keep winking 1" "Wik- ii?.'Wei),IdM;a::d.? y,),i at t)???,glit yon were winking a. much as to say, Keep dark, 1'11 stick somebody into that lot of stuff,' and I winke,1 a-s much as to say, I I'll be hanged if you don't, mis- ter! I L\lm Li-,E$.Aft?, and Sid left the vicarage with their prize of chiceni; and t1I:ep, they took ti?, their "line of march" fer town. iiiey were consider- ably fatigued with the heavy load and excess of stimu- but they had taken after reaching the summit of a hill ;1bout a mile from the nearest tavern. Lines proposed a halt. Sid announced him8eU "ngr0eable." They fOlm,1 11 convenient resting-place, secluded from the bleak llorth wind, aw1 where the sun of a November afternoon made the atmosphere tole1\\111y comfortable. As won a they halted, Lines sounded the wooden bottle and declared" low tide," but sill thought they had enough to get over the bar. (lu his younger days he had been with those who" go down to the sea in ships," and was familiar with nautical phrases.) Didn't I tell YOII, Sid, we'd have Eumething for thanksgiving before we went home 11 Well, you did, but I colliclllt see how you'd make it out. What a glorious-, good natural old fellow the curate he gets mad. Don'the swear 1. eautiful They had been re,tmg on a l«ge hollow log, the trunk of a tree that had been fell"?'or firewood, bnt which was too much decayed to make it profitable for the owner to remove for that purpose. Lines was in just the right condition for another joke as he saw a man ascending the hill on the other side, and recognized him as Sam Barker, a friend of his, whom he had often seen in town with his load of wood for sale. Just before he reached the place where they were sitting, Lines crawled along by the side of the log, and "PlmrentJy emerged from the other end just as Sam reached the l'hce. 11 Lines," says Sam" what the d- are you up to there 1" thing," says Lines, "only trying an experiment, and I've done it, but yon can't." Can't what ? I can do any- thing vou can." I'll het yoit a quarter yon can't." All rjght, III go It! hat can you ù" that I cau't ¡" "Wh"vi, jnst here, you can't crawl through that 'ere log." The dea, to Sam, seeme d prepu?teroua, for the hole through the log looked big enough for a larger man than he was to go through easily; so he took off' his over-coat and made his entree, He had got fairly inside the log when Lines gave one of his significant nods to Sid, w hen they rolled the log out of the bed where it had lain so long and started it 411", the hill. They stayed there just long enough to see the log trundling down toward a small brook that crossed the road. They didn't wait to see Sam safe out of his log, but Lines seized his bunch of chickens and bottle, while Sid took his portion of plunder, together with the gun, and started for home. Accurding to dead reckoning,' Sid, I believe I lost that quarter," says Lines; but u 3ver mind, we won't wait, I'll owe it to him."

m\i(dt(tU. ¡ Two new French DitkM Me poken of—namely M.M. W?ew?t and Perslgnh The three would probably have been nwde filo ?n'e day, but it was understood that M. de M"rHY preferred being named alone-the other* te after. I A large lump of gold has beetl dug out in the Sisklyon region, near the border line betweeu Oregon and Cali. fornia. It weighs 190 ounces. It is not quite pute, and is worth about £600. At the late ball at Bourges, on the Empress 1Ig}e appearing, the Mayor presented to Iter a magttiftojnt bouquet of natural exotic flowers ttt a rich holier of gold, with a handle of red jasper, fearing tho arms of the town. A ME.?AGK FROI THE SEA.—On Saturday last, as two lads, named Hen. Hope -md ;il* were fishing at Sea-roms, they saw a boti'e drifting Mhore, and with considerable curiosity a\v».ited it arri- val. They succeeded in getting it, and found that it was very tightly corked, so that they \vere obliged to break the cork to pieces before they could discover the nature of its contents. It turned out to be a card with writing on it in pencil, in legible characters. It was as followsJune 14, 18ûtl.-We are all lost on the African coast. The mate died on Friday. My name is Jod,t Reiueiro da Selara. I was the only one that could write English. Good bye. Ship Brazillier." On the back of the card w printed in copperplate, 11 IV. J. Sniarkinson, photographer, 13, Clare-street, Bristol.— JJristnl Posst. DREADFUL MURDER.—On Saturday se'nnight, an agell woman, named Catli. Foley, was barbarously mur. dered at Anhnure, by her daughter, Honora Foley, who, with a knife and some blunt instrument, cut and mangled the body in a shocking manner. She was de. tected in the act, and immediately arrested by the police. They lived on bad terms, and had had a dispute as to the payment for some eggs. THE ACCIDENTAL WIFf SJIOOTIVG AT SALKORD.—ON Monday, at the Salford Town J liln, Chades Knott was brought up on remand, charged with shooting his wife on Sunday the 6th inst. The woman is still in a very fee1.,le state; but there is now some hope of her reco- very. The medical certificate stated that she was pro- gressing favourably. The prisoner was again remanded for a week, and admitted to bail.—Manchester Guardian. DREADFUL DEATH OF A YOUNG BUIDF. BY FIRE.- It is little more than a fortnight since we announced in these columns the gay am) happy marring" of Ann Eliza, daughter of Mr J. T. Mittel, ltye, to Mr. J. Worse]!, of Folkstone; it is now our painful task to announce the death of the bride, which occurred on S<tttlrday, at Ilythe. We have not heard any particulars as to the cause of this accident. A telegraph message arrived on Saturday evening, announcing the fact to Mr. Mittell which has thrown his family into inexpressible grief and cast a gloom over the whole town.—Sussex Express. AN OVERDRAWN CHEQUE.—Mr. Chambers, a clerk with Messrs. Thiedeinann and Co., of Newcastle, recov- ered £:!ù damages in the Court of Common Pleas last week, against \le8sr.<. Miller and Armstrong, managers and cashiers of the Union Bank nt Sun<1erlan<1, for an assault, in having forcibly taken from liitii ;e]50 lis. lid. which ha-I been given him by defendants a few minutes before the assault in payment of a cheque. The alleged ground for taking back the money was that the account of the drawers of the eheque was found, after payment of the money, to be overdrawn. The judge thought the money was in the possession of the plaintiff at the time, and in that opinion the jury concurred. THE CATHOLIC U.VI>'KHSITV.—A great "Demonstra- (iou," a it is care 1, whieh is to attend the laying at Dublin of the rVun iation stone of the Catholic Univer- sity nu Sunday, the Olh inst., engages the attention of the u!tramortanc party at Dublin, to the exclusion of every other topic. The plan is, to have a procession of trades through the streets of Dubliu, the operatives to wear green rosettes and to be headed by their clergy. After a solemn high mass at the Cathedral, Marlborough street, the men-ahout twenty thousand it is said—are to wall; to the spot selected, about two miles ;tii(I t half distant in the sU0urbJ, and there to be addressed by Archbishop Hughe, of New York, and Monsignor Du- panloup. A RESULT OF THE AMERICAN WAR.—A singular case, which raises a question of international law, came before Baron Fitzgerald, at Dublin, on Friday sitting in Chamber. In the case of Thompson v. Kuox, an aotion oU note made at Charleston, South Carolina, and payable at the People's Bank in the Federal States, Mr. Henderson moved, on behalf of the defendant, for leave to file a special defence under the following cir- cumstances -.—Plaintiff was a citizen of the Confederate States, and defendant of the Federal States, but now re- siding in Ireland. Since the breaking out of hostilities between the Northem :til!l Southern States, a law was passed by the Federal Government by which all citizens of the Federal States were prohibited from paying debts to any citizen of the Confederate States, on pain of being treated at traitors. The law further directed that in such cases the debtor was to pay the amount into the Treasury of the United States, and this the defendant aIleg, d had been done by his partner in America. Coun- sel stated that his client would be liable to be hanged if he payed the debt. The Court granted leave to file the defence. THE BEGINNING OF THE END.—It is a pity the Ameri- can. cannot understand the good policy of telling truth. It is very probable that under the imprsssion ereltgd oy I finding a general offiècr falsely reporting the capture of 10,1100 men, under the indignation caused by finding another general officer behaving, in a city he did not take, like a Tieping, end under the astonishment of hear- ing that the right wing of a beseiging army ran away for strategic purpeses, we may magnify the importance of what few facts we have l'rorn the seat of war, But there are facts of another kind, which do not depend upon Mr. Lincoln's historiographers, and which cannot be clipped by Mr. Stanton's scissors. There are enthu- 8;>tie peace meetings in New York—never heard of UIl- til this mail. There is a demand for a new levy of 30:1,()00 men, which shows that at least this mnnhcr of of the 700,000 previously 011 the pay list are dead, wounded, disabled, or dispersed. There are discussions whether the North, while protesting against interven- tion, shall not submit to medication. There is a slight "in of collap3" aù"ut some of the largest bubbles in Wall-street. There is a talk of prohibiting the expor- tation of gold; and what is only a clumsy move to the same purpose, the House of Representatives have passed the Prohibitory Tariff Bill. All these things "how that the hegiuning of the end is not very far off.- Times. A PLYMOUTH GIIOST STOBY.—On Sunlby erening, about the time of lighting the street lamps, considerable excitement was occasioned near the top of Union-street, riviijotitl), through a report that a ghost bad been seen at Mr. Marshall's, connected with whose house there i a large 1'00111 used as a dancing school. Rnnv3 hun- dreds uf people collected in front of the premises, an d the inmates of the house came outside. Those who were early on the spot saw something on the roof of the house, which some said was a ghost, but other. declared to be a person with a white dress on. The apparition was invited to come rlown, but, heeding not, it simply passed to and fro. All this time the crowd continued to iucrcas". Various were the surmises and suggestions. Some said the police should be called, others went in quest of ladders. Police and ladders arrived, but by this the ghost, or whatever it was, had disappeared. The re- sult of a little quiet investigation was, that all this alarm and excitement was occasioned by the odd freak of a little boy Hamecl Martin. This youngster was seut to bed too early, and therefore resolved on taking a walk. He left his bed, and, wit:.out putting on his clothes, went oil the roof of the house, and walked to and fro, until he discovered the great interest hi.; appearance had excited, and then from a dread of the consequence, or for other reasons, he left his ebvated promenade and descended to his bed. On learning what ha,1 been the apparition, the wondering crowd dispersed, some disap. pointed that it was" 110 real ghost after al!JI'este1'll ¡fOf,i. WELSH SURNAMES.—Surnames in Wales were not adopted until a comparatively recent period, and the mode of deielopeme.it here was peculiar. One principle fu;, ,u4ruetiug names not unknown in England, was especially adapted by the custom of the Principality. The first idea was to take the father's name, with the particle ap," or son of," the Brtn1C [Vi tlw Norman "Fitz," and not altogether unlke the Scotch Mac," or tho Irish" 0' Even a hundred years back it was not HlHhllal to hear Welsh names, as Ev,tn-:¡p.ariffith-ap- David-ap-Jeukin, and so on to the seventh and eighth generation. The church of Llangollen in Wales, remains solemnly dedicated to Saint Collen-ap-Gwynnawg-ap- C'y ndawg -ap Cowrda-ap-Caradoe Frieclifras ap- Llynn Merim-ap-Ernion-Yrth-ap-Cunedda-Wledig. To bur- lesque this very extraordinary fiashion of nomenclature, a witty rhymester of the seventeenth century describes W clsh cheese as Adam's own cousin-german by birth, A p- Curds-ap.)IiJk-ap-Cow-ap-GI'as"¡p-E;lrth," Lii the plays of the Elizabethan period there is frequent alIlIsicm to this IH,licrou8 Welsh system of name8. Evel1 with the gentry, the use of hereditary surnames did not come into effect until the time of I lcui-), VIII., who paid great attention to the subject. He strongly recom- mended the heads of Welsh families to conform to the usage long before it became universal among the En- glish; and, in eonsell nenee, many bouses made their own surnames stationary, while it few adapted the sur- names of EngJiJh relations. Among the" htter W;1S the family of Williams, which, some generntioll after this gracious recommendation gave birth to Oliver Cromwell.

GENERAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 18CI) BY HER MAJESTY'S INSPECTOR, THE REV. H. LONGUEVILLE ?N]!S, ?A ON  CHUIWH OF ENGLAND S,VC,H^OONVL'S « IFNVSSPPEFCC TED IN WALES. My Lords,-I have the hoiior of Pre^otK t0 > °j" L,,i y 8 al?il)s mv report on schools inspected my colleague the Hev it 3. Binns and 111J self ^fc official -ear 18\10--61, ''?? 'd& is alvwysa pleaain^ duty to llriug undel' the notice of y?r ?rd.hips the highlj e<hc.eut n ?r in which Mr iiimis has aided me during this and preceding peiwts, never si?nughMi?.<Mda!?.? c«-ot.er?4'" the most pr<,mpt .nd judie?M m^annei. The W<'A in my district has been so much mcre?ed of late tars, that, without his constant help, at least one half of the schools would have to remain uninspected. The principal results of my inspection during the pe- riod named above are the following (I.) The number of schools, qualifying themselves to receive annual grants, is still on the increase. (2.) The attendance of the children is rather more (3.) Money payments continue to be made cheerfully, and, except in cases of destitution, from whatever causes, are not considered as any (4.) Children still leave school at an age earlier than what an anxious teacher could desire; but almost always in order that they may enter on some active and remu- nerative employment, for which the improved methods of instruction now in operation have fitted them in ashortei time than was formerly possible. (5.) -Religious differences, except when stirred up by interested patties, do not interfere with the harmonious working of Parochial or National schools in "U ales. Whenever a parish school is conducted on the fair and non-compulsory plan, which is now generally adopted, children of parents of all religious denominations attend, and .receive religious instruction without any remon- strance on the part of their friends. There is no com- pulsion or pers"ention for comcienee' sake and it is a positive fact that in the rural parishes of Wales at least, if not in those of towns, the ordinary parochial or church school is used without any objection or remonstrance by parents of all opinions. What the labouring classes principally look for is a good school; they have quite tact and judgement enough to find out which is good and which is bad; and when a school his established its character and is conducted judiciously, it commands public support without any murmurings on the score of differences as to religious creeds. Nothing is more eagy than to get up a demonstration against almost any school, and upon almost "Y grounds, religious or not sunple-imnued anCl connaing are me pcopie in me pre- sence of skilful agitators. But if ltrents are left to follow the dictates of their own judgment, they will seiiii their children to the best and most convenient school, 110 matter what may be its name or denomination. (ti.) The pr,wisions made for the teaching of the younger children arc still lamentably deficient. In very few parishes of Wales can an infant school be supported separately from the general parochial one; and in this general school, the staff of teachers, the mode in which that staff is organi7.ed, and tlieti-riligenieilts of the build- ing are commonly unsuited to the instruction of infants or of very young classes, coi j lintly with older ones. Besides this, two other causes operate against the proper education of infants in rural parishes. The first is, that school managers know too little about the principles awl details of this part of educational duties; and they are inclined to spend too large a portion of their funds on the older children, while they starve the instruction of tho little ones. The other is, that the teachers are com- monly untitted for thb special bmnch. Certificated masters are generally above it apprentices are not qua- lified for, and commonly dislike, it; simple monitors do little more than keep a class seldom in silence, generally in noise. Until some great modification of the existing system is made, whereby the aid of good female teachers may be secured for the infant classes of schools, those infants will always be neglicted, nnd their progress re- tarded. It is a stonishing, indeed, that they do get on in the degree witnessed; but the whole progress of schools, and of the people generally, might be accelerated and improved to an extent not yet thoutht practicable, if only proper means,—I had rather "ay common jIl8tic<?,- were used with regard to the training of infants and children of very tender age. Of the five or six years years now "pellt in paroehi:11 ,Jcllools, two may be a8igncd as the period during which children come on in spite of neglect, and by dint of their mother wit alone. (7.) School buildings continue to improve slowly in respect of ventilation and cleauliness. Managers and teachers scems to be awakening to "sen,c of the impor- tance of these subjects; and though they have commonly to contend against the inconveniences entailed upon them by architectural or structural faults, yet they begin to find out that at a very moderate cost they can ven- tilate their schools for themselves; and also that one of the best lessons they can teach, after the regular and indispensible series of those on religious matters, is that of personal, domestic, and scholastic cleanliness. I wish it were in my power to report that schools are built with greater rega rd to economy than in former days. I see few signs of amendment in this direction; and the de- sire, whether expressed or understood, that school build- ings (though erected with the aid of the parliamentary grant oil the score of insufficient local funds) are to be made architectural embellishments of towns or villages, and are to serve for other purposes than those of a school pmper, is still a cause of estimates running high, and of large profits being realized, though perhaps not acknow- ledged, by builders. If positive gain i8 not shown by the building aecount3, yet its equivalent, imperfect workmanship, is the common rule; and upon Il() ou subject are schonl mannger, lunre gener;tUy agreed than upon the bad manner in which the work is ordinarily eX8C\1te,1. I do not mean tu aay that the builder is always to blame; very often the fault is with the school committee, who are bent upon having a showy building erected for a sum, with which the great essential of du- rability is hardly compatible. It is my firm conviction that in no respect are public and private educational fund; so much waisted as in the injudicious erection of school buildings. (8.) Inclmtrhl schools, and schools of art, with very- rare exceptions, continue to be dead failures in Wales, without much prospect of anything to the contrary, under existin regulations. (9.) The education of the sea-faring class, of the young Railur boy, of the adult seaman, the coasting sailor ashore every winter,—on whose moral as well as physical well- being so many national interests depeud,-is still neg- lected in Wales hy public bodies and public men. In one of the most thriving of the second-class p,)rts navi- gation is still taught by a womml after 25 yead practice, and now that declining health and age impair her use- fulness, her daughter is suececcling to her post, became there is no mm in the town competent to till it In ail- other of a similar character, the only navigation teacher is an old mail, but a clever one, who keeps a small inn. Taking the Welsh coast all round, there are not less than 500 men ami hop ashore for three or four months every winter, seeking instruction, and willing to pay for it 1JuC 110 public body or society has as yet contributed anything towards securing them the means of instruc- tiÔn; and they are compelled to fall back on the ordinary parochial schools, in which, thongh their presence thwarts the usual arrangements, their general steadiuess and good example are worthy of all pmise. (10.) It is my earnest hope that the three common! requisites of teenbtf !íntruction,-r0a,1ing, writing and arichmetie,—are now receiving more attention tlian I hitherto. Those classes in school, which the master or n1istrc"s teach personal/lit are mor0 or less wdl attended to 111 these lvspeets; but the other eb&1,-generaUy including the lower ones,—which are to nn apprentice or to "one of the c7tihl;'clI from the first c'ass (a phrase of too common occurrence), are for the most part taught these things badly. Speaking broadly, a thorough revo- lution is required in this respect throughout the length and breadth of the land. I see syu.ptmos of improve- ment certainly, but I greatly wish to witness them more universally. 'fli(3 -nung men coming fresh from training schools, no matter of what locality and repute, nor of what kind of certificate (for this seems to make little difference in the practice of teaching,) are still often found to be very raw and awkward at their work. Lads whom I have known as excellent apprentices, secru, on emerg- ing from their tmining schools, to have lost no small portion of their skill as instructors they have improved their own personal knowledge very probably, but their powers of communication do not seem to have received I proportionate increase. After much deliberation I have come to the conclusion, within my own mind, that two years' probation is not a sufficient period after which a certificate of merit should be granted and 1 conceive that not less than,tire, years' proof of activity and Julg- ment. in the nractical working of a school, should entitle a teacher to any recognition of merit on the part of the Committee of Council. Concurrently, however, with this I am also convinced that the period of ifve years for the apprenticeship does not work well; and I belie\e y managers won1,1 prefer a probationary period ,of two years' moni- torship, and then one of three years' apprenticeship, to begin at a time when the young teacher's capabilities may have been tested, and his inclinations more decid- edly ascertained, 'ihe system of assistant teachers always works well, I am inclined to think. I always hear it well spoken of, and, were I allowed to make any recommendation of the kind, I should say that, with regard to the formation of the future teacher, it is much more important that he should go through his period as an assistant, than that he should gain a Queen's scholar- ship, of whatever cLw, or go to a training college, how- Lver fashionable. (12.) School managers have received with gladness the new and improved school-books which have lately been put forth by various societies, and by some euter^riziug .blialiprs A great amelioration ba? taken place in this respect and the progress of education is most intimately ?"cte?i?rThe Duly obstacle is that of co.t, M.nTexeeUen?c!.?-?oks, latdy published, are ?t.H eyondthemeMsof poor country .ch?).; but if ..M? could introduce a system ? ecnvcrt?th?buo? into the actual property of the children and their jwents, nntlff certain pecuniary restrictions, this difficulty ^oukl be greatly dimished. Perhaps I "hill not be considered as goiP& out of my way to observe that, whereas the adapting of arithme- tical knowledge to the common practice of life is of essential importance in all schools, it would be a desirable thing and one easy to effect, for every school to be fur- nished, as a sine qmt non, with a set of common weight,. and MfMurei!, a pair of large scales, a wooden Lushf). quM't, and pint, a two-foot rule for bo-s, a draper's yard for girls; a long stick, cut out of t:"? coppice of some MndiydLposedHquh? and measured off a the "rod, po!e, or perch ? common rope, with knots in it at six feet distance, to show that a sailor can stretch his iriiis out thus far, and so measure a fathom these ordinary articles, which might certainly be bought for 20s., would, in the hands of a judicious master, teach more practical arithmetic than Wnlkingham and all the Tutors." In the same way, if cheap diagrams, cheap tables, and cheap maps, of various kinds,—I mean at the cost of a few pence per yard,—could be manufactured ao papcrs for hanging the walls of schools, like those of rooms, a very effective set of educational appliances might find, their way into almost all schools. But I observe that the great publishing societies and publishing houses are singularfy defective in their stock of these things; or, if they manufacture them, they are of a kind more suited to the means and requirements iof fory.)iij)g gentlemen and ladies, than for those of parochial schools for the labouring classcs. (13.) It is almost ;i Imt it is one which increas- ing experience daily brings to my mind with greater force, that a good manager, a good teacher, a good school, and public support are all co-ordinate elements of the education question. When the same favourable quality can be assigned to the three first" the fourth is an nniver,;)1 consequence. If the managor fails in his dilly towards the teacher and the school, the one lias his efficiency impaired and the other dwindles away. Where- as, if the first two act together with unity of purpose, judgment, and constancy, the third Ilolllishes, and the public soon testify their substantial approbation. Sehoo1. keeping always has been, and always will be, a work of much labour," both of body aud minll; but the labour brings its reward, inasmuch at its fruits soon testify that it is not thrown away, and also because the steady per- formance of a public duty is in itself a high privilege and honour. It may not lie recompensed by wealth, nor even by gain but it is repaid in a form more enaurmg than any money yet coined. On the other hand, the future provision for aged teachers is a most important subject, which latH afraid many friends of education are willing to keep out of sight. They are afraid to approach any discussion of it, for they know its difficulty; and yet it is one that a few years must bring home to them very forcibly. I would venture to aliade once more to what I mentioned in my last report, as the conviction of some thoughtful school managers, as well as my own; that all funds for con- ducting parochial schools should be organized upon a plan, that should admit of the formation of a pension fund for aged or (1isal,l-.d teachers. I believe the thing t" bc altogether practicable, and easily within the limit" of p,ibi1¡ty; but I content myself with thus briefly a!1uding- to it, becaue it does not concern me in the dis- charge of my duties to point out in what way managers and teachers should regulate their mutual cngagem<cuts. It is a branch of the general question that cannot Lie ignored altogether; it is certain to attract public notice bcíore long; and I consider it myself as one of the most important to which the friends of educational progress can now turn their attention. (14.) Two or three cases have occurred in my district during the past year, as well as several in former ones, showing that the interpretation of the Minutes of the Committee of Council is not only sometimes misunder- stood by 1I11nagers and teachers, but is liable to misap- prehension enm by parties acting with the intcntid!l of eonforming to them. These ci!"culmt;}UeC, therefore, lead me to make one further remark to the effect that managers and teachers would always do well to write to the office before taking any step involving the possibility of doubt. The publication of a Code in I860 was felt to be of no small use in making the official regulations more generally blOwn. I have the honor to be, &e. H. LONGUEVILLE JOXES. To the Right Honorable The Lords of the Committee of Council 011 Education.

MANCHESTER. THE CAMBRIAN SOCIETY.—The members of the above flourishing society, with their friends, among whom were a goodly number of the daughters of Cambria, hehl their annual pic nie on Saturday last. They proceeded from Manchester in a special omnibus to l'alton Park, near Knutsford, Cheshire, the seat of Lord Egerton, where a pleasaut ramble was anticipated, but in conse- quence of the unsettled state of the weather the party wore compelled td adjourn to a neighbouring hotel, where a sumptuous dinner had bceti previously prepared for them. After doing ample justice to the good tilings l.iift before them" very pleasant evening was spent in h 1 .• lnmJY, antI sonw very gooa peiJilEoH singing, reeitatio. &0., took place. Amongst others present were Mr. >i'. J. Lcwi" president of the society, and I¡'. Lewis; Mr. 1 Williams (Crcuddynfab). vice president; Mr. Ellis ,T.me", treasurer )11'. Morris Jones, secret try, ana Sirs. Jones; Mr. Lewis Hartley, Mr. Hughes (Ceiriog) and JIi-s. Hughes, Mr. T. R, Williams and Mrs. William*, Dr. Lloyd, of Llangefni, Mr. John Williams. Shop William, Mr. It. Conway. Mr. Isaac Williams, Mr. Ch.)r;M E,'am, Mr. Juhu Roberts, ?t'. J. J.?e?. Mr. Mallinson. Miss Pritchard, M.iss Williams, "vliss Wright, Mis. Atkins, £ ;e. The parly returned to Manchester about 11 ?p.n)., hi?:!y li?;ht,?l with the day's proceedings. LA nG THE FOUNDATION STOXE OF A WELSH INDEPEN- DENT CHAPEL.—The chureh and congregation of the Welsh Independent Church, in this city, have hitherto be,. without a suitable building specially devoted to the purposes of .1ivirw service awl for some time the Gros- venor-street Temperance Hall has been used by this bodv of Christians for religious worship. Through the energy and exertions of the Hev. T. Evans, the I,,¡sb>r, and some of the leading members, a movement was recently made, with a view to the provision of a chapel, an,1 so far it has been attended with success. A site was ohbinetl in Booth-street East, Upper Brook-street; and 011 Batunlay afternoon Bir James Watt; laid the f"1II1/latinll stone, in the presence of alarge congregation. The weather was fine. The proceedings opened with singiug and prayer; after which, the Rev. T. Evans addressed the assemhlage. and alluded to the necessity of a proper house of worship being provided for the body of Christians of wllich he had the pri.ilage and pleasure of being the }Kt.t,W, The estimated outlay for the dwpcl, which it was inten,kd should accommodate a congregation of 500, was from £1, 800 to £ 2,000—xl,300 f t!?? chapel, ?nd' about .MUd for the schools. To defray this expense, they had t) depend upon the contrihntions of those kind anil liberal- hearted Christians who were ever ready to aid and further any good work. The sympathy they had alreadv mei with was vel-y and deserved heartfelt acknowledgments but mnch yet remained to be done before the completion of that structure wli;cli li-id that day been inaugurated with prayer and praise.—The Rev. Patrick Thompson having delivered an interesting address, Mr. Evans presented to Sir Jnn.es Watts a silver trowel, hearing all appropriate inscription, at the same time ex- oil the part of the whole Welsh coaerCLMtion. the extreme gratification they experienced in having "i,: James with them on the occasiou of the corne- stone ef their new ch"ld beln:; bi. A copy of the BI,lk, à"¡ Testmuent, in the Welsh language, ?itIL f?? siniole I)II"e,l in a cavity under the stone, which was ;;lW;cll,i) ¡it}:hh:( \( deemed it an honour, HS ho fdt it t.? 1- a pleasure, to lend his humble assistance in so excejle.it a work.—Tho cere-nony having been completed, all adjournment was made to the Hi .mswick-street PresbvUriur. Chapel (Dr. M'Kerrow's), where a Meeting was held. Mr. Edwin Lewis occupied thc chair, and there were present the Revs. T. Evans, J. Gutteridge (Wesley.nh Patrick Thompson {Independent), Dr. M'Kcrrow (Presbyteiran), Harris <B.'ptMtt,J<?? (of Merthyr Tydvil). ic. A number of intecetlg' addresses wore delivered, the Chairman stating that in Manchester there Were more than 20,000 WeKi jKvple.— The Kcv. T. lv..?, announced that Sir James Watts h.tJR'?'"?-'? towards the erection of the eliaj el, with a promise of more if required, andt?M the Ch..n- man had also givon £ 10.—Dr. M'Kerrow all) addressed the meeting, and the proceedings were dose<twith[')?c". The elevations and plans of the prophet! new chal'd show that the architecture will be of the Grecian stvlc, and of the following dimensionsWidth of plinth in the front of the building, The interior arrangements arc open pews" with three <>ai- lirics—two it the sides and one at the elHl. The archi- lfr. (z hnh, Cheetham Hill.

THE MIDDLE LEVEL.—The process of filling up th.' great oreaeh in the bank of the drain through which the tidal waters poured so irresistibly a few weeks since hi been proceeded with .luring the la-st few days; hut up to Saturday the task had not been completed, the gip being so wide and deep that an immense quantity of material will be required to be deposited to make good the damage sustained. The drain has been closed at one end by the recently constructed dam, and at the other by two "slackers;" at the aqueduct, the flow of water upon the long-flooded lands has been stopped, and means are now ill progress for running off the flood. In addi- tion to the opening of the Marshland, Smeath, and Fen sluice, two channels have been cut in the gravel bank between that drain and the adjoining Marshland drain. These measures have had the effect of reducing the watery waste whieh has so long bcen an object of anx- icty; awl the next step, when once the floods have been subdued, will of course be to bring the drowned laud agaiu tnto cultivatiou.