The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

rORTDINORWIC. CONFIRMATION.—Oa Sunday, the 24th ult., toe Bishop of Bangir held II coutirmatiou at the parish I church, when 3zi candidates were confirmed, several of them haviug been Nonconformists Many Dissenters were

RRYL. FORTNIGHTLY PETrY SESSIONS.—MOSDAT. Before Mr T. G. Dixon, Mr W. Price Jones, and Mr R. J, Sisson. Deserting his Family.-I)-vici Williams, described as hawker, St. Asapli, was charged by John Jones, relieving officer, with having deserted his family, and thereby left them chargeable to the St. Asaph Union. The prisoner was arrested in Carnarvon. The case having been proved, the Bench sentenced the fellow to a month's imprisonment with hard labour.—David Williams was further charged by Sergeant Parry with having m'eu drunk at St. Asaph on the 28th September last. There were fourteen previous convictions, and Williams was now fined 12s or in default seven days imprisonment. Theft of a Sheet.-Ann Williams, Mostyn, was chame with stealing a sheet from a drying ground in Market street, ltbyi, the property of Mre Griffiths, confectioner, Wellington Road. Mrs Griffiths identified the sheet produced in Court as being ber property aod her nauie was upon oue o irner of it.—Elizabeth Roberts, a domestic servant in the employ of the prosecutrix, said that on the previous Thursday night she put a quantity of linen out to dry on the drying çouno in question, ..d left it there all night. Wben she went to g,?tb?,, in the c'otbeg she missed the sheet.-P.C. Gibbous deposed that from inquiries made, he found the missing sheet in IJOs3esiion of a person in Vale Road, to whom the prisoner had sold it for 8d.—The prisoner then pleaded guilty to the charge. Mr T. G. Dixon said that the Bench felt inclined to take a lenient view of the case, as the prisoner was iixty-five years of age. She would be fined £2 and the costs ISs, or in default of payment go to prison for a month. People should take care not to leave clothes out all uight, as it placed temptation in the way of some —The Bench allowed the prisoner two days to pay the money. Trespassers.—Allen Jones, Thomas Roach, John Williams, aud Robert Williams, all of Rhyl and neigh- bourhood, were summoned by John Murray, a game- keeper in the employ of Captain Conwy, Bodrhyddan, charged with being in pursuit of game on the 24th October (Sunday) on land belonging to Captain Conwy, near the Rhuddian real.—Mr M. D. Roberts appeared for Allen J onee, and all the defendants pleaded not guilty to tue charge.- John Murray stated that on Sunday, the 21th ult., about five o'clock in the after- Doon, be saw the defendants in a garden the property of Hugh Jones, fathe.. of the defendant Allen Jones. They had a dog with them. After watching them for Borne time, he saw the four defendants get over into Captain Conwy's field and start a hare. The dog ohased the hare and wbec the defendants were looking for it, witness came up to tbeoo. He had often seen the four meu at the Balle place.—For the defence, Mr M. D. Roberts said that Allen Jones bad obtained permission to set traps in his father's garden. One of the traps had been lost and carried into Captaiu Conwy's field through the hedge. On the Suaday in question Allen Jon"s asked the other defendants to assist him iu finding the lost trap. They happened to have a dog with them, but had no intention of tres- passing in pursuit of game.—Mr Dixon said the Bench were not satisfied with the defence, and they thought it alrange the (leienaauts should try to find the trap on a Sunday in the manner described—They were each fined £1 and the oats, or in default fourteen days, The defendant Robert Williams was further charged with having beeu drunk and disorderly on the 13th of March last-— P.C. Gibbons stated that ou tbat date he was called in to the Swan Inn, ltussell Road, Rhyl, to ej ct the defendant. Defendant went out quietly, but was disorderly in the street. There was a long list of previous convictions, so that the defendant was now fined 8s, and 12s costs.

TALYCA.FN. LECTURES ON AGRICULTURE -On Thursday evening, the 4tb instant, a lecturfl on Soil' was delivered at the Bodnaut Hail by Mr J. W. Coombs, Queen's medallist iu agriculture and soi«nc», master at the Llanr.t Gram- mar Soho 1. Ir jI. D. Pucbin took the chair. This 19118 the opening lAture of a series on agriculture which are to be delivered weckly during the coming winter, ,and which we have no doubt will be gladly attended by mauy in the neighbourhood who are engaged in agricul- tural pursuits. Tiiei chairma", Mr H. D, Pocbiu, has acted with hi. in providing a, room for the purpose, and the fee of admission for the course has been fixed "-t as moderate a rat. as possible in order to jive every one an opportunity of attending these lec. tures.

ALARMING FIRE AT BUKNLKT.—On Monday night, about half-past nine o'clock, a fire was discovered in Holliugreave Mill, belonging to Messrs. Charles and J. Sutcliffe, c ltton spinners. The fire spread with un. exampled rapidity, for in half-an-hour it had laid hold of the wh Ie building, four stories in height The will contained over 18,0o0 spiudlee. Immediately overlooks the Burntey ?ew< rk", and the greatest anxiety W¡¡Sj <ett lest the tire should reach them. When the mill got fairly ablaze, and it. was found utterly impossible t > save it, the eifor's of the fire brigide were directed to prevent its extension to the gaswor ke, in which they were happily successful. It is the second time this mill basb<*en burut down. The damage is estimated at Al2,000 and it is covered by insurance. A circular issued this to(ruing by the Postmastsr- Geaeral aunounces that the plan of allowing persons to put penny pistag* stamps on a form, and when they amount to one shilling to deposit them in the Post Office Savings Bank, has been so successful in the ten counties in which it has been tried, that the system will after the 15th of this month be extended to the entire country. During tbe seven weeks that the ex- periment has beea in operation 14,000 of these forms were issued, and 7000 new accounts were opened. It is calculate* that had the scheme been adopted over all the country no fewer than 70,000 new accouute would have been opened in this way. The result fully war. rants this medti of promoting thrift, and will give an impulse to any other reforms whiotv Mr Fawcett may contemplate.

DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AUKICULTURAL 80CIKTY. LIST OF AWARDS FOR THE ROOT CROP AND GRASS SEED PRIZES FOR 1880. t::l'\ Premium 14.—To th. ocaupier ot any tarm ox Low statute acred aud upwards, including all the land that he holds, who shall grow the beat turnip crop in a root crop (including potatoes) the whole of such root crop being kept strictly clean, and not to be less in extent than one tenth part of the arable land of the farm for which tbe claim is made, soil and situation to be con- fridered. The land upon which the root crop is grown t) have been under tillage for tho last five years, £ 8. beat ditto, £5;- u_- n. Weight per acre. TODS, cwt qrs. lbs. IttMM,Mr.MmG.Gr<ttton,ForydFtwr, 23 10 o- Aber g" 29 15 2 24 Scd P,i?.. MI Robert%, Higher 28 o ji ber3e, Wrexham -5 o £ Mr John RobMt?.WeU Home *arm, 2 0 1G Saaner. 27 2 0 16 Mr\!?.BotU?iok.TtmDerweD.Aber.??? 4 gel,? 25 19 1 4 M? Thoa JoM3, R!?ydt?yn, Ruthin U IS 2 8 Mr John Roberts, Gein'j House, no\1fri, ?224 Rhyl 24 5 2 24 John ?UoydWynM,E<q'.CoedCooh,Ab.r. J 2^ 11 1 2 Mr ?. W. Bowdage, Tyddy.'y'G?y.t „ ,1 Mold 20 ¡; 2 Premium 16.-To the occupier of any farm, Dot being less in quantity than 80 acres, and nut exceeding 150 aores, including all the land he holds, who shall grow 'he best turnip crop, &c., as in premium 14, 46. Pre- mium 17.-To the second best ditto, £4 :— Weight per acre. Tous. cwt. qrs. lbs. lst Prise, Mr Thomas Jonel, Glanclwyd, 1 26 3 2 a 2nd Prise, Mr Wm. Hamphreys, Goblin ? 11M F. Denbigh .24 1 1 *9 Al. B.1f.?r, E?q., Mount Aly. F. 23 ?? 4 Ross.tt, Wrexham •• •• ■, Mr Grif5tbs Joes, Pen y bont, Mold 23 13 2 3 Mr Cl,?,. TI. Bryn?wy<tJ?rexh?m 22 10 0 0 MrJohnJonM.CMrCroeit.Rutbin 22 o??_. H. E. Xaylor, Esq., Anon H*H, H??ard?., ? Q  Ch..t.r 21 50 tl H. Edward Jones, Tros.).werD,MoM 21 15 0 0 Premium IS.-To the occupier of any farm not being less in quantity than 30 acres, nor more than 80 acres, iccludiug all the land he holds, who shall grow the best turnip crop, &c., as in premium 14, 1:1. Premium 19. -1'0 the second best ditto, £2 Weight per acre. Tons. cwt. qrs. Ibl. Istrrize.MrWiU?mrieree.OaMM)!), .9 11 1 20 B»riiit 20 2all Prize.RrW.I). lw Mold f4 17 0 18 Mr H. T. Harrison, Plas Llanyc, lian, Kuthin 22 19 1 4 Mr Edward Rowlands, Gerddiduon, Mold. 31 0 2 21 Premium 20.—To the ojcupiar of any fdrm above 80 acres, who shall grow the best crop of mangel wurtzel, the whole of such crop being kept strictly clean, and not less io quautity than three acres, £ 4. Premium 21. -To the second best ditto, X2. Six claimant*, but two withdrawn. Weight per acre. Tons. cwt. qrs. lbs, 1st Prize, Mr John G. Gratton Foryd TOils. cwt. '111I.lbs. Fawr, Abergele 28 8 U 8 2ad Prize, Mr Alexander Balfour Mount A,yn R."??tt, W?,.b.. ?4 13 2 8 Mr John Roberts, Well House Farm, 22 17 3  't" I'? 1 .rGriflitl?-y- bont Mol?. ?5 5 2 24 Premium 22.-To tbe occupier of any farm, not being less in quantity than 30 acres, and not exceeding 80 acres, who shall grow the beat crop of mangel wlirtzel, the whole of such crop being kept strictly clean, and and not less in quantity than oue acre, £2. Premium 23.—To the second best ditto, XI, No competition. Premium 2!T? the occupier of any farm of 150 statute acres and upwards, including all the land he holds, who shall have the best grass seeds, of the first year's growth, sown after green crop, and not to be less in quantity than one-tenth part of the arable land of the farm for which the claim is made. Soil and situation to be considered, £5. Two claimants. Awarded to Mr A. Borthwick, of Tan Derwen, Aber. gele, for a field of 15 acres specially laid down for BhCep grazing. The seeds sowed consisted of JOlbs. of white clover, 21bs. alsike, 2ibs. Canadian red, and lllbs. perennial rye grass. This mixture, which is costly and somewhat uuusual, appears to answer well on high-lying farms, for the purpose for which it is intended. The plant is verygfiick on the ground on the greater portion of the firld, but has been closely eaten off with sheep since the barley crop was bar. vested. The competition in this class has been very close, and the dtcision arrived at after carefully esti- mating the merits of each claimant's field, and (its per instructions of the premium) taking into consideration the soil and situation of the respective holdiugs p.a i which the claims are made. Premium 25.-To the occupier of any farm, not being less in quantity than 80 acres, and root exceeding 150 acres, including all the laud be holds, who shall have the best grais seeds of the first year's growth, &c., as in Premium "24, Aj.—Five claimants. Awarded to Mr Griffith Jones, Penybont, Mold, whose field of 71 acres had been sowed with 6 lbs. Welsh red clover, 2 l'rs. cowgros3, 2 lbs alsike, 2 lbs. white, 2 lbs. trefoil, 14 lbs. perennial rye grass, and 6 lbs. Italian, with the intention of mowing a first crop and afterwards grazing the field for two years only. The land is laid down nearly flat, is remarkably clean, and from its regular plant and good condition this seems likely to prova an excellent root of seeds, Premium 26.-To the occupier of any farm, not being less in quantity than 30 acres, and not exceeding 80 acres, includiug all the land he bolls, who shall have the best grass seeds of the first year's growth, ke., as in Premium 24, £3.-0ne claimant. Awarded to Mr H. S. Harrison, 01 Plas Llauvchan, Ruthin, for a field of 8 acres laid down with Sutton's mixture of seeds for one year. The land appeared fairly clean, and the root eood. but closely eaten with stock. I (Signed) CHAS. B. DAVIES. November 5th, 1880, Eardswick Hall, Middlewich, Cheshire.

BANGOR COUNTY COURT. WKBN'F.SBAY.—Before Mr Horatio Lloyd, judge. A Wa'ch Account.—E. Thomas Knowles, quarrymaii, Bethesda, was sued by Mr E. Jones, watchmaker, Beth. eeda, for the recovery of the sum of Xl ]6s, the balance due for a watch. The matter had come before tho Court on a previous occasion when the defendant was ordered to pay the amount by easy instalments. He had, however, neglected to do eo, although he had realised about that time the sum of £35, being the proceeds of the sale of a house of which he was part-owner.—His Honour ordered that the amount claimed should be paid in twenty-one days. If at the expiration of that period the order were not obeyed, the defendant would be imprisoned for a mouth. Breach of Contract.—Mr Maurice Thomas Morris, of Carnarvon, sought to recover damages from the estate of Mr Kobert Hoberts, provision dealer, Pontrbyddallt, for an alleged breach of c infract.—Mr Hugh Koberts, solicitor, of Carnarvon, who appeared in support of the proof of the claim upon tbe estate ,f the d?bt,)b??t-???,l that the matter CJme before the Court in September, but a pjiot of law having been raised in his Honour's mind, the cas" was a;j )uroed.—His Honour signified that he was now satisfied on the point, and allowed the case to proceed.—Mr Roberti, coutiuuiug, said that in the beginning of 1879 Mr Maurice T. Morris erected a number of houses in South Pen'rallt Carnarvon, the rent of the houses to average from £10 to £15 per annum. Before the houeee were completed Mr Kobert Koberts had an interview with his client, the result of which was that Mr Morris agreed to make extensive alterations in two of the cottages and convert them into a single shop. These deviations from the original plans had entailed the Axp.udit,ure of X132 in excess of the cost of erectiug the cottages, viz., £300. By erecting cottagoa Mr Morris would have Bfcnred" rental of 1:15 for each house. Mr Huberts had agreed to take the shop on lease at a yearly reat.il of XIO. When the shop had been finished, however, Mr Koberts went into liquida- tion, and consequently did not keep his part of tbe con- tract with Mr Morris. His client was unable to obtaiu a tenant for the shop for eighteen months, and be had then to reduce the rent to £27, which was C13 less than what had been o¡¡:repo upon by Roberts. Mr Morris would have received £3 more than tbat amonnt had tno cottages been erected ioetead d the shop as originally contemplated, so that therefore the sum of X132 which had been spent to make the alterations in the cottages, had been thrown away without an equivalent return.- Mr Morris was called aud gave evidence relative to the different items in the £ 132 in question. The shop was finished by the 12th of May as agreed upon, but Roberts informed him tla: he could not then take possession as his nhop in Bridge street was still ou his hands, but he eiid nothing about withd-awiug from the agreement. Witness kept the shop for Roberta, and believed be would take pos- session. until he (Roberts) filed a petition in liquidation. Mr Robert Jones, the builder of the shop, was of opinion that the shop was not ae valuable a property- in that part of the town-as two cottages would h.ve been. The £ 132 which had been speut iu converting the hou.ee into a shop was, he believed, money thrown away. The shop was a great deal too large for the requirements of the neighbourhood.—Robert Roberts, the debtor, said he had fully intended to carry out his part of the agreement, although he had declined to sign the lease. All the alterations enumerated by Mr Morris had been carried out at his request. He had been obliged to file a petitiou owing to the pressute of his creditors. As a shopkeeper he had been very successful. The cause of his e ntering into liquidation was the failure of quarries with which he was concerned.—Mr H. Roberts, of Carnarvon, who appeared on behalf of Mr Kdtnonds, the trustee of the debtor's estate, said he did not intend to call any evidence, aDd contended that there had been 80 breach of contract before the filing of the petition .-Hi, Honour held that the breach of contract had been established, and awarded the plaintiff t65 damages, the costs to be paid out of the estate.

THE BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S ON THE BURIALS ACT. The new Act has found at last an outspoken defender on the Episcopal Bench. Other Prelates may bjw to the inevitable, and comfort themselves that it is no worse. The Bishop of St. David's holds it to be a just and righteous measure, and with the coursge of his con- victions, and bis race, be has delivered a charge that fairly out-guardians the Guardian. No one has a batter light to be heard. A Welsh proprietor, an Oxford scholar, a respect >blo theologian, und anynew a better Churchman than his primate, the Bishop is also more acquainted with English parish work. He has been Archdeacon of York, and vicar of Bishopthorpe. Mario a bishop by Lord Beaconsfiold, he is of course a Glad. stonite of the purest water, HerA are the elements of an impartial judgment, aod the Bishop begins with a candid acknowledgment that the Act i* not what he would have preferred. The best solution of ths ques- tion was Lord Beaeonsfield's the churchyards should have been closed, and new cemeteries provided on II permanent footing. This practical proposal, however, was defeated by the Archbishop and Lord Harrowby before the Bishop was in the House, and then it was too late. Why, we are not told perhaps the Bishop thought it sufficiently obvious. The Archbishop's vacillation,' as the Nonconjormiit calls it, had ended in surrender. The Liberal Government must pay the Dissenters their wages, and the sscond best came to the front. VHeo meliora, proboque, Deteriorasequor. Still the Peers showed a 'vacillation' in the light dir- ection in carrying LCJfd Mount Edgcuoobe's aiueniment, —which the Bishop of St, David's did not support, aud if the Lords Spiritual had btood firmly together, the Honse would gladly have accepted a better measure at their hands. The bishops, however, were not firm they wavered and broke under the archiepiscopal ar- rangement with the political leaders. Hence the 'in- evitable.' The Bishop describes the Act as a compro- mise which is just to the Church and more than just to the Nonconformists—a piece of Welsh logic which he would hardly have passed in the Oxford schools. It seems to belong to that other world of Mr Stuart Mill s, in whici two and two make five. To ordinary minds a compromise, which is more than just to one of the parties, must b. something less than just to the other. But there is a river in Monmouth, and there was a river in Macedon, and, doubtless, salmons in both. What better authority than brave Captaiu Fluellen can a patriotic Welshman desire ? To Englishmen it adds to the curiosity that the something more than just, was just the matter in dispute. The Bishop fhtly denies the right of Nonconformists to hold their own services in the churchyard. The interment was all they had a right to, and this they already possessed with the full asseut of the Church. The service is a new privi. lege granted by the Act in excess of their right, and therefore (as we say) in diroinution of tll. rigut of the Church. The Bishop has beird of the lawyer who warded the contending parties a shell apiece and took the oyster to himself. With more liberality he assigns the under shell to the Church, and the upper, with the oyster, to the Nonconformists Strange to pay, they are not satisfied with the award. Nu I says the Bishop, that shows the soundness of the decision no compro- mise is ever satisfactory to either party.' This is delici- ously archidiaconal! A cowl):imise is a mutual sur- render of extreme rights but the Bishop allows there was jut ri&ht in the Nonconformist, and all right in the Church. He gives a part of 'A's' right to 'B,' who wanti it all, and is pleased to End that both are dissatisfied. Next time, of course, 'B' must have something mote, or it would be no 'compromise,' and so on ad ¡¡¡jiitlOn. It strikes us further tint a compromise proceeds from a mutual reference, with a previous agreement to be bound by the arbitration. But who empowered the Archbishop of Canterbury and the B shop of St. David's to arbitrate between the Church and Dissent'! The Bishop disclaims being a mere delegate of the clergy.' He is not, we suppose, iu any sense a delegate of the Dissenters. Moreover, tyoth parties distinctly protested against the 'compromise' at the very moment of its in. cubation, as opposed to the very principles of the con- tention on either side. There was no compromise, aud there could be none, from the nature of the case. An Act of Parliament can only be a compromise between parliamentary parties: and this Act was not even that. The Archbishop and the Lord Chancellor framed a Bill, which the Conservative leaders selfishly allowed to poBs in one House, and the Liberals mancsuvred through the other as all they could get at the moment. Convo- cation and the clergy, not being iu either House, vehem- ently protested all through and save a few of Lords Spiritual, whose wish is father to the thought, no one regards it as a 'settlement.' The Bishop, in short, was not an arbitrator, and had no shadow of title to nego- t'ate tt'eompromise. He was a Lord Spiritual, sitting in Parliament to represent the Church and bound to legis- late for its advantages. This has never yet been pre- tended for the Burials Act. The most the Bishop can do is to deny the eacrilege charged by the Bishop of Lincoln. He shifts iue sacrilege by a clever quip on the neglected state of the churchyards caused by the aboli- tion of churcii rates. But a law which results in sac- rilege is sacrilegious, and two blacks do not make a white. On ODe point ths Hight Hev. Prelate allows his Welsh blood to get the better of his judgment. His scorn at being a delegate of the clergy, recalls Lord Russell's profane cynicism, that the first thiug a Bishop does in Parliament is to forget his maker I The Bishop of St. David s (as we see) has not forgotten Lord Beaconsfield; we should rather say he forgets what he is made of, aDd the purpose of his Parliamentary making. His oblivion is the more curious, from occurring in the very act of addressing the clergy, aud j notifying his vote, as if they were after all his constituency I A representative! not he I if he represents anything it is 'certainly not the clergy,' but the Church, as the Lords Temporal repres- ent the land. Softly, my Lord Bishop We must have time to eat all this leek. The Church is not a figure of sreech like the land it is a living corporation, an estate of the realm, and if 'certainly not the clergy,' it is much more certaiuly than the laity, who are lepres- ented by the Lords Temporal and the Commons. Do the Lords Spiritual represent the Dissentera ? no one else seems to be left for their constituency. Be that as it may, the Bishop insists that he sits in the House of Lords by the Queen's writ, in virtue of a title older than any temporal barony, and he will vote as he pleases, let who will disapprove cf it. Truly a very valorous captain The fact, however, is that his Lord- ship sits in the Honse of Lords ia virtue of title whatever. He was Bishop of St. David's for some years, we think, before he had a seat in Parliament at all. He baa succeeded to it under the provisions of avery recent Act, which deprived all the ancient Sees (except five) of their former right to the writ of summons, and gave it in rotation to new Sees, which are not baronies.' The Bishops of Rochester and Lichneld are not io the House new, and the Bishops of Truro and Liverpool, with at least four others whom we trust the Bishop of St. David's will live to welcome, will come before his successor in the ancient seat of t je Cambriau Primates It is even possible that the next Bishop of St. David's may never have a eeat in the House of Lords, and be none the worpe for the lack of it. In establishing this singular rotation, the legislature would appear to have intended some sort of representation, and may not be indisposed to reform it, if it fails to answer the purpose. In name at least, the Lords Spiritual are supposed to represent the spiritualty commonly called (os the Statute runs) the English Church,' and in the Queen's writ of summons the Bishop of St. David's is com- manded to bring with him the Deaa, Archdeacons, and Proctors of the clergy, to consent to the things to be ordained by his Lordship's vote. This is not exactly the independent voice of a temporal peer; nor is II Bishop either in personal statu), or by political training, or stake in the country, iu any way qualified for so perilous a privilege. As the mouthpieces of an estate of the realm, not otherwise represented in Parliament, the Lords Spiritual had good right and title to a'place iu the councils of the nation. As individual divines selected by the Crown, Nonconformists are not the only persona that may reasonably doubt the advantage of their presence, ta religion, the Church, or the State. When the Bishop of St. David's likens this doubt to the ravings of the Irish agitators against the House of Lords, | he assumes a responsibility to his order for which they owe him no thanks, and treats the rest of the world with less discrimination than be is wont.—John Bull. A dog owned by Mr Riggs, in Suffern, N.Y., was powdered from a small bellowe, and the fi-as left him. When he wasagdu troubled with fi-as he carried the bellows in hi. mouth to his master. STRANGE SCENE IN AN ASSIZE COURT.—When Mr Justice Hawkins took his seat on the beuch at Cambridge assizes on Tuesday, the vice-chancellor of the university entered the courr,, and claimed his right by anoient custom to take precedence of the high sheriff, Captain Catling, declined to accede, and appealed to the judge. After a long and earnest consultation, Justice Hawkins informed the vice-chancellor that so such right existed. The vice-chancellor then left the court. Dr. Richards, n, of Loudon, delivered" lecture on Tuesday evening, at the Free-trade Hall, in this city, on "TLe Physical Action of Alcohol, as Tested by Scientific and Every-day Experience, The teaphivig of science he held to be that alcohol fed no Datural structure, product d a cravicg for ituelf, disturbed nat- ural functions, pruduced a definite hmacy, caused premature death and premature old age, and transmitted its effects to succeeding generations. Common experi- ence, he said, whilst it might not in detail understand so much, admitted moat of this, and frankly auggested that it were better if the young were not taught to indulge in 10 nefarious a practise.

f BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Bangor Auxiliary Bible Society was held at the Penrhyn Hall on Tuesday evening, when the Rev. W. Dicken. Lewis was present as a deputation from the parent society. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Bangor presided, and he was sup- ported on the platform by the Rev. Samuel Davies, Westeyan Bookroom; Rev. David Jones (Dewi Mawrtb), St. Paul's: Rev. John Williams, Tabernacle; Rev. David Williams, Garth; Rev. E. Price; Rev. W. R. Saunders; Mr Thomas Lewis, Gartherwen Rev. Daniel Rowlands, M.A., Normal College; Mr Henry Lewis, High street; Mr John Thomas, B.A., Normal College Mr Thomas Jones, Port Penrnyn; and Mr Charles D. Humphreys, High street. The audience was large. The following is a list of the officers of the Bangor branch of the society President, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bangor; treasurer, Mr Thomas Lewis, Gartherwen; secretaiies, Mr Thomas Jones and Mr Thomas Lewis; depositary, Messrs Humphreys and Parry committee, Mr Henry Davies, Mr John Evans, Mr Richard Griffith, Mr Thomas Hughes, Mr William Hughes, Mr T. J, Humphreys, Mr Griffith Jones, Mr Thomas Jones, Mr Henry Jones, Mr Owen Morris, Mr John Parry, Mr T. T. Parry, Mr Griffith Parry, Mr Charles Pierce, Mr John Price, Mr John Pritchard, Mr Meshach Roberta, Mr Johu Roberts, Mr It. Koberts, P.O. Mr T. T. Koberts, Mr Hugh Rowlands, Mr William Savage, Mr John Thomas, Mr Thos. Williams, Mr Peter Williams, and Mr John Williams. The President said that the Bangor auxiliary society having done him the honour of appointing him to be president, it was his privilege to open the meeting. Last year, however, the privilege was denied him, as he was away from home when the annual meeting was held but he was glad to say that he had the privilege of being present at the great meeting at Carnarvon, to welcome the president of the parent society, the Earl of Shaftesbury. Once more, through God's infinite mercy, he had the opportunity of meeting the sym- pathisere with the society. He did not intend to euter into the details of the working of the society, us there was a gentleman present who would point out the many interesting evidences of its progress. They were not there to return thanks for the success of the institution only, but also to endeavour to extend its influence. It was a work which all should join with heart and soul to accomplish. They were not to deliver any messages of their own, but to deliver the divine message in God's own words. The object of the society was to spread the great Gospel truths amongst nations of every degree of civilisation. They would dowell to follow the course of ecclesiastical history, and to note how the purity of the Churches was dependent upon the preaching of the Word of God. They must see that the scriptures were circulated among all the people of the world (applause). Mr Henry Lewis read the treasurtl's accllunt, which was as follows ;—Receipts Balance in hand, Xll 16; 51d collections, £ 164 Is lid value of books sold, £ 21 6s lid i-total, £ 197 4s 6d. Expenditure ;-Free contributions, X149 purchasa account, £20 rent of Penrhyn Hall, X2 2s printing and advertising, £4 9" carriage of books, &c., Xl 7s 10d balance in hand, X20 58 8d ;-tota £197 4s 6d. The Rev. W. R. Saunders (Baptist), in moving that the report ehould be adopted, printed, and circulated, said that the condition of the Society was such as cheered his heart and strengthened his confidence in the Word of God. The Rev. D. Williams (Garth) briefly seconded the motion, and it was carried. The Rev. John Williams (Tabernacle) proposed that the meeting should express its sympathy with the objects of the Society. In the course of his remarks he said that the Bible was not the only book of religion. There were several otben, all more or less valuable but none of them gave that exalted and pure conception of Ged which was to be found in the Christian bible. The Christian religion was not limited to a class, but was adapted for all men. He admired the diligence, the zeal, and the perseverance of the colpoiteurs, who went to the dark places of the world, regardless of almost insurmountable obstacles, to distribute bibles and testa. ments. Sympathy with the objects of the Society was not sufficient. The sympathy must take a practical turn. They should undertake to put their shoulders under the burden. The work of the Society was com- paratively only in its first stage, while the sphere of their labour embraced the whole world. Mr Thomas Lewis (Gartherwen), in seconding t ie motion observed tbat no nation was more indebted to the Bible than Wales. In those places where the Bible was neglected there was certain to be great misery. It the Bible had been sent to every co.tage in Ireland they would have heard less of the misery and the law. lesaneBS of the country. The people would have learned that they should love their neighbours aa themselves, and that there was a commandment which forbade murder. He warmly eulogised the disinterested labours of the colporteurs, and referred in touching terms to the death of Sir Francis Lycett, who was a member of the Committee of the Parent Society. The Rev. Dickens Lewis, who was present as a deputa- tion from the Parent Society, said that the society was one which invited the co-operation of all. He did not con. fire the remark to all denominations, but it was appli- cable to persons of all ages. No one was too young, no one was too old to help the society. The president of the society, the Earl of Shaftesbury, was in his eightieth year, and it was only twelve months ago that he came down to Carnarvon to meet the Welsh sympathisers with the society. A gentleman, who was a liberal sub- scriber, wrote to the Secretary on the occasion of the birth of a ion saying that he made his infant son put a penny into the society's box before he was twelve minutes old In future years, that youthful gentleman would be able to say that he subscribed towards the funds of the society before he was a quarter of an hour old It would therefore be seen that no one was too old or too young to help the society. People were apt to think that the small contributions they could afford would be of no use in buying bibles for the heathen. That was a great error. The drop of water in the Eastern fable thought it should be lost in the sea. It was however caught by a frog; in course of time converted into a pearl and eveutually, became a jewel in the ciown of the prince. So it was with small con. tributions. They would buy bibles, and add jewels to the crown of life. Amongst the Walsh people alone no less than 2,000,000 bibles bad been distributed by the society. In no other country did the copies of the acriptures out-number the population. The bible was the only medicine which would guard against the misery of the world. During the first year of the society's existence oBly 20,000 copies of the bible were circulated, while the income amounted to about £700. Last year, however, the society distributed no less thai 2,980,362 copies of the scriptures in 238 different languages. In former years the walls of China were so high that no bible's could get over them. Now, however, there was every facility for spreading the Gospel. A great obstacle to progress in China was the difficulty of the language. A single word had often more than six or seven different meanings, each of which was determin. able by the accent or the toue in which the word was uttered. It was no wonder, therefore, that Dr. Morri- son was for ten years translating the New lestament. In India the missionaries had to encounter ignorance and superstition, and to break down the barriers of caste; but the work of the society was beginning to bear fruit. A few years ago the natives of the New Hebrides were cannibals. But the Gospel had effected such a revolution in the place that the natives had con. tributed £12011 towards the exfense of printing bibles in their own tongue. One of the results of distributing bibles in Paris Exuibition was that Prince Galafz n had become a convert to Christianity and had giveu his whole fortune to be devoted in the service ot Christ (applause). The Rev. D. Jones moved that a vote. of thanks should be given to the officers for their services during the past year, and that they should be requested to stay ia office duriog the coming year. Tho Rev. Daniel Rowlands seconded the niotiou, aud it was agreed to. On the motion of the Rev. Samuel Davies, seconded by the Rev. W. Dickens Lewis, a vote of tbanks was accorded to the The Bisbop having pronounced the benediction, the meeting terminated. A curious point was raised on Saturday before the Bolton magistrates. A man who was summoned for arrears under an affiliation order pleaded that be was not liable, inasmuch as the mother of the child had married. The Bench decided that the aiffliation order did not become void through the marriage but would be rimply iu abeyant during the life of the woman s bus baod. Should the husband (iie or become incapacitated from supporting the child, the order would come into (orce af(8in. ° UNVEILING TIIR TEMPLE BAR MEMORIAL.—The femple Bar Memorial was unveiled at noon on Monday by Prince Leopold. In an icipation of a hostile demon- stration, a large police f rce was drawn up in th vicinity to keep the crowd away. This enraged to. mob, acd the result was tbat hissing and howlinj characterised the proceedings throughout. Prince Leopold congratulated the city of London on the com- pletion of the work as a handsome structure, which h. hoped would be admired by many generations of dweller in the great city d London. The unveiling was received by the cowd with groans aod his. whilst the ciij supporters ar.und the memorial cheered loudly. SHROPSHIRE FARMERS AND THE SimKwsituRY POLICE -on Saturday a Dovel scene was witoessed outside the Shrewsbury Cora Exchange, a detachment of the bor ough police force haviug b-en told off to prevent tht farmers transacting any business on the pavement ir front of the Exchange. The farmers aaeembM evtdentt) did not relish this interference with a privilege whiel had never previously been questioned, and the polici were hooted and groaned at, and business for a time wa entirely suspended. In soma instances force was usee to push the farmers off the pavement, and it is intended, to teat the legality of this part of the proceedings.

THE STATE OF IRELA.ND. James Qutvin, farmer, who recently took a farm at Aughrim, near Liscarroll, from which a man was evicted last April, has received a threatering letter containing powder and shot. T%o sh.t? have been fired int > the house of a man named Reilly, at Shraheeo, who some time ago had evicted a teuant. GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, 8U Monday, Mr Dillon, soli- citor entered an appearance on behalf of Mr Paruell and the thirteen other members of the Laud League who have beD charged with conspiracy. EioHTr-NiNB LANDLORDS SENTENCED TO BE SBbT. —Sir Robert Harvey, 1.P., is stated 11 have received a letter from one of the agents of the Irish property in Donegal, intimating that the. district is under a reign of terror, and that eighty-nine landlords and agents in the neighbourhood bnve been sentenced by the modern Vebmgericbt, or Land League, to be shot before Christ- mas. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT THE VICEREGAL LODGE. -A straige incident has occurred at the Vicsresal Lodge. While Earl Cowper was aittiug in his private room a mau entered throogh a glass door which leads to the pleasure grounds without being announced. He walked up to his Excellency, prod ucing a book and some papers with names attached, and asked for the Lord Lieutenant's signature. His Excellency was surprised, and called for Colonel Byng. but before doiog so he sigued the paper. The man was nnknown to his ex- cellency, and how he gained admission to the pleasure grounds was unknown to the attendants. He turned out to be au eccentric IJUet, and merely wished the noble earl's signaturo as a subscriber to his poems. The fact that there is not even a police guard about the Vice- regal Lodge indicates that her Majesty's representative does not think the country is on the brink of rebellion. THE GRAND OUANGE LODGE AND THE MONSTHR CONSPIRACY."—An address has been issued by the Grand Orange Lodge of Dublin, declaring that a monstre con- spiracy exists, having for its object the confiscation of every kind of property, with the further purpose of up. rooting Protestantism, and severing the connection of that country with England, and that the flourishing condition of the organisation gives the means of render. ing material service. Resolutions have also been pub. lished pledging the order to counteract by all means the communistic doctrines inculcated by the leaders of the league, and condemning the reckless language of Cabinet Ministers, and tendering moral and material support to brethren in the south and we,t. A FENIAN HEAD CETaE STARVINO.—The statement reaches us from New York that James Stevens, the one notorious leader of the Feniau conspiracy, is ia a des- titute condition in that city. He is eating th Pread cf exile, and if this report be true, very little of it he has to eat. in a tenement in Stuyvfsint terrace, a sordid quarter of the town which has more Irish inhabitants than Dublin. When the interviewer entered tbe cheer. less quarters, with naked walls, patched carpet, aid empty grato, ha saw the once formidable Head Centre half buried in an arm-chair. His form was stooped, and his face, peering out anxiously and haggardly at the stranger, displayed in every line deep care, if not dis- appointment. The top of the head was bald, but the edges were fringed with long white hair, which fell in struggling ringlots upon his neck. The lower part of his face was covered with a buahy grey beard, while the 1 eyes looked out from holiow sockets and from under furrowed brows with a weariness that was pitiable. As the American entered and introduced himself, the old film arose with evident pain, and steadying his bent and tottering form by holding to a chair, said, in a voice that wavered with iufirmity, You will excuse me, air, but I have been very ill, and I-I do not thick I am able to talk. Indeed, sir, my physician has prohibited me from speaking of any public matter.' The reporter aoked his pardon for intruding, but begged to be assured was he really James Stevens. The old man an- swered, There is no doubt of my being James Stevens, and I regret to say that I have at present no money.' 'Are you still cmnectad with the Fenian movemet ?' continued the persistent Yankee. There is no Fenian movement in this country. It is broken into factions, resolved into pirts, of which none has proved worthy of trust. Petty ambitions of insignifi- cant men hwe killed the movement in America, where the great trouble* and drawbacks to the prosperity of Femanism have come from. In Ireland I stand just as well ae I ever did, but on this side I have beeushelve J. But, sir, I beg you to excuse me, I am so weak,' aud Mr Stevens' voice was drowned in an attack of coughing. The story of this man, who once exercised a far more potent influence in Ireland than Mr Parnell does now, wight well be laid to heart by some of the persons who are about to be arraigned at Dublin,- Standard. LETTER FROM CAPTAIN BOYCOTT. Writing to the Dublin Express, Captain Boycott says —I think that many of those who have come to my assistance have done so from merely seeing the accounts of the persecution I was enduring, and without knowing the cause of such persecution; and if you will permit me, I propose to give a statement of the conduct which has brought upon me this unheard-of system of oppression. I am the Earl of Erne's agent for his Mayo Elites, and also reside on his lordship's froperty, holding a farm from him on lease. Lord Erne gave, unsolicited, 10 per cent. abatement on his year's rent due on the 1st November, 1878, and also instructed me to make the same abatement on his year's rent due on the ht November, 1879. The rtujfs on tLe L 'ugh Mask estate are very low, and tbelo per c?nt. abate- ment, which was allowed to all alike, would have broiigut them below Griffith's valuation. His lordship aiso assisted his Lough Mask tenants this spring with seed [otatoes and artificial manures, at cost price, to quite one-fifth of the amount of the annual rent, which ia as yet unpaid aud unasked for. Notwithstand- ing this geuerous treatment, on behalf of the land. lord, the tenants persistently refused to pay their rent dlle in May and November, 1879, when called for this August, unless they got 25 per cent. reduction. I submitted the case to Lord Erne and asked instruc- tions. His lorilship sent a letter to his tenants, which was read by those who could read, and read to those who could not, by the bailiff, on the 1st of September last, telling them that unless they paid their rents eject- ment processes would be taken out against them and, ill accordance with these instructions, I issued eject- ment processes, only three of which were served. The process-server, though escorted by a polico force of 17 meo, was unable to sorve the remainder, and was grii?vowly assaulted. Then followed the series of om-I rages upn yeelf. This when it happened I also reported to Lord Erne, who in the kindest and most con- siderate manner immediately said that as it was in the preservation of his interest that I had got myself into this dilemma, he would assist me by every means in his power, and be was in the act of looking f .r labourers when I Combination's' offer appeared. He told me that if I wished, he would send a man that he knew of, at his own cost, to come here aud look after my farm for eix months, whilst I and my family went away. His lordship had promised to pay the excess of wages to auy workmen I may succeed in employing over the regular rate I was in the habit of paying, and he is one of the largest contributors to Combination's' fund.

Thomas Wheeler, under sentence of death for the murder of a farmer near St. Albans, ou Tuesday confessed that he had committed the crime for the sake of plunder. Mt?t?S REEVES ON THE CULTHATION OF 8!NGIG. —As the time draws nearer of my retirement from public life as an artist, which is to take place in 1882 (writ.s Mr J. Sims Reeves in a letter to the Times), 1 feel more and more desirous of being of some service to the rising generasiou of my countrymen, as some little testimony of gratitude for the uufaiiing kindness of the public in the past, and as a humble token of my wish t" promote the true interests of Birtish art. Your recent interesting and thoughtful article on the Royal College of Music, which aeems likely to discharge ao important a duty ia this country, moves me to state, if vou will kindly allow me to do so through the medium of your columns, that I would gladly ci-operate in such an undertaking as a vocal instructor, provided my ser- vices were considered likely t) be 9.0 use to the insti- itition. In the cjuntry of Shakeiptre one would hope that the value of dramatic singing will never be under- estimated. In any cise, a vocal artist to be at all worthy ef the name must, of course, be prepared to sing too music of any and every legitimate school, from Handel to Rossini and Auber. My idea in thit, in the cise of my servicei being thought de.irable, I should b. abb to devote three or four hours daily to the work, with the exception of Saturday, and Sunday. I need not say how entirely I, for on., repudiate the notice of there beiuz ay lack of natural mu.ical ability on the part of Englishmen and Englishwomen. The couatry of Pur cell, B jyce, Sterndale Bennett, Macfarren, Sullivan, not to speak of Bishop, Balfe, Wallace, Leier Woett, and many other high y mentor.o.ia native .mp?,.e?-, cannot be considered barren as the ?thp?o?u.ic ?d I believe it may be .Brm.d with safety th%t in no country, Mve, perhaps, It?ty, are children gifted with sweeter voices or a better iar. We have the raw m.terial in plenty, thanks to our lamp climate, which gives a certain mellowness both i i speaking and singing to the timbre of the English voce- and, in addition to this, we have a large stock 0: ¡¡altVe energy and quickness of perception. But our very facility is apt to bi our baue. Hard worn and the aim after perfection are too often lacking among its, and bence our musical artiste too often f.il to attain the highest results. I hail, therefore, the foundation of tho lt 'Val College of Music with ively hope, end r-joice to see that our Royal family, ',er Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with their usual marked regard for the iuterests of art, are for. mist among its patrons and promoters; and. I venture to express my very strong iasire to co-operate, if possible, in so good and practical a work.

ENGLISH AND WELSH MAYORS. I O. Tuesday, the elections .)f mayors for the various municipal boroughs throughout England and Wales took place, when the followiog gontlemeD were chosen for the places indicated Aberystwi'h, P. Jones (re-elected) L Abingdoo, T. T,)?n"nd L Ando\ M. Curtis ••• C Accrington, A!d»rman Baffnw L Ashton.under.Lyn, T. Higginbottom 'C Banbury, Henry Walford L Barnsley, Benj imiu Marshall • • L Barnstaple, W. Avery L Bath, Aldermafl Chaffiu L Barrow-in-Furness, Alderman Wadhara (third time) C Batley, Alderman Parker C Bedford, J. Hobson (third time) L Beaumaris, Colonel Hampton Lewis (re-elected) C Berwick-on-Tweed, A. Darling. L Beverley, Alderman Croaskill L Blackburn, Alderman Harrison C Blackpool, Hall Bodmin, Councillor Cardell. Bootie, Councillor Poulson L Bolton, Aidermau Muegrave C Boston, J. S. Simmoiids L Bradford, Alderman Holdon (third time) L Birmingham, Richard Chamberlain (re-elected) L Bridgewater, Clifford Symons L Brighton, Alderman Smith C Bristol, Councillor Watson L Buckingham, Councillor Thorpe C Burslem, J. Maddok Bury, Alderman Booke L Bideford, Thomas Wickham L Bury St. Edmunds, James Floyd L Cambridge, Aid. rman Death (third time) C Canterbury, J. Coppiu L CArdiff, Alderman Keea Jones L Carlisle, Councillor Creighton L Carnarvon, L. Lewis Chard, Councillor Cinning L Cheltenham, Alderman Skillicone L Chester, G. Brown L Chesterfield, J. Brown L Chichester, E. Collins C Colchester, Councillor Chaplin L Con^Ieton, Alderman Beals L Crewe, Alderman Briggs L Conway, Alderman Wood Darlington, John Morrell Li Dartmouth, N. Hannaford C Darwen, W. Snnpe Denbigh, Councillor E. T. Jones (re-elected) L Derby, A. Woodwiss L Dewsbury, W. Machell Doncaster, C iuncillor Meacorck I Dorchester, W. Durden C Dover, R, Dickson. L Devizes, Alderman Brown Droitwich J. Blick L Dudley, Councillor Waiawright L Durham, Councillor Robiuson L Evosham, Alderman Epaley C Exeter, Alderman Pring C Falmouth, Councillor Downing L Faversham, Lewis Shrimpoole C Flint, Alderman R. Muapratt (re-elected) L Folkestone, Councillor Talputt L Gateshead, Alderman Hindmarsh L GodalmiDg, Alderman Eager C Godmanchester, Alderman Devan C Glastonbury, Alderman Austen C Gloucester, Alderman Reynolds Guildford, Alderman Uppertoa C Gravesend, M. Martens L Halifax, Alderman Bairstow (re-elected) L Hanley, J. Bromley ••• L Harwich, J. Vaux ••• I Hastings, Alderman Gansden L Helstone, W. Trevenan C Hereford, T. Maund c I Hertford, Alderman Bake C Huddersfield, T. Durham L Hull, Alderman Leak ••• L Huutington, Councillor Thackeray. C Hythe, CouDcillor MacTesor L Ipswich, A. Wrinch.. h. C Jarrow, Councillor Duffell. L Kidderminster, Councillor Willis L King's Lynn, Alderman Wilkins C Kingston-on-Thames, Alderman Gould L Lancaster, Councillor E, Clark C Launceston, J. Dingley L Leicester, Alderman Bennet ••• L Leeds, Alderman Tatham L Leominster, Councillor Shallard Lichfield, Councillor Gordon -•■ 0 Lincoln, Bernard Canon L Liskeard, Borlaise Cbilds Liverpool, Alderman W. B. Forwood C LlaniJIoes, Councillor Webb L Louth, Alderman Fowler C Leamington, Alderman Bright L Longton, J. Holdcroft L Ludlow, Thomas Roberts C Lutou, Alderman Cotchiu ••• L Lymiot m, Councillor Good ••• C 1-.laccl<sndd, Alderman Pawnell L Maidstone, Alfred Spencer. C Mailou, Councillor Sadd L Manchester, Alderman Baker L Margate, Councillor Pomton C Marlboiough, Alderman Maurice L Vliddlesborotigh, Williams C Monmouth, Councillor Tippins C Morpeth, Councillor Atkinson L Newark, Councillor Mackenzie L Newbory, Mr Lucas L Newcastle under Lyme, Councillor Heatk Newcastle on Tyne, Alderman Angus L Newport, Mou., Councillor Jacobs L Newport, Isle of Wight, Councillor Orchard L Northampton, Robert Derby R Nl>rwich, S. Grimmer C Nottingham, Aldermaa Gripper L Oswestry, Thomas Minshall Oxford, Councillor Lowe L Oldham, Alderman Yates L Preston, Alderman Hibbert. ••• C Penryn, M. Lavin L Penzance, Francis Boas L Peterborough, John Thompson ••• C Plymouth, Councillor Slorrish L Poole, Geo. Curtis ••• L Portsmouth, Alderman Pink ••• I Ruthin, Alderman W. D. Jones (re-eleeted) C Rotberbam, Alderman Marsh L Rochester, Councillor Budden L Reading, Councillor Colebrook ••• L Reigate, Councillor Pym ••• Retford, Alderman Jenkinson -•■ L Ripou, Alderman Lumley C Richmond, Geo. Roper Homsey, Councillor Godfrey L Rocbdale, Alderman Baron ••• Ryde, Alderman Colen.tt St. Ives, Thomas C.g?r I.. L Scarborough, T. Whittaker •• L Salford, Aidermau Robinson C St,,ff??ld, A. Bro.k,b?nk C Shrewsbury, Councillor Hall C Southampton, Couacillor Cooksey S >uth Moltoo, Alderman White L Southport, Alderman Sutton ••• L South Shields, UeDry Nelson r. Staloybridge, Alderman Whaihurst. C Stamford, Alderman Paradise (re-lected) L Stafford, Councillor Evans. L Stockport, Alderman Sykes ••• Stockton, Alderman Smith •• L Stoke-on-Trent, Councillor Campbell C Stratford-ou-Avon, Alderman Cox L Sunderland, Councillor Wilson. L Sudbury, Councillor Whorlow ••• L Swansea, Councillor Jenkins ••• L Taunton, P. Taylor — — Tewkesbury, Councillor Prosser L Tiverton, Councillor Winton ••• L Torrington, Mr Parley L Totnes, E. Harris. L Truro, A. Jennings. C Tynemooth, J. Baker. 11 Wakefield, Councillor Lee. L Wal1ingfud. H. Hawkins £ Wareham, F. Marahalsea c Walsall, Councillor Newman L Warrington, Councillor Pi?k-ere £^ Warwick, Councillor Arkwright. ••• ••• Wells, Councillor Holloway ••• ••• Welshpool, Councillor Harrison. ••• We8t Hartlepool, J. Horsley ••• ••• Weymouth, Councillor Howard-. — ••• £ Wigan, Councillor Lamb C Winchester, Councillor Gordon. L W i. a.?r, Councillor Tuck C Wi@beach, Councillor R. Rattrick C Wolverhampton, J. Jones L Worcester, T. Townshend L Wrexham, Councillor G. Bradley — Yarmouth, Councillor Standard C Yeovil, J. Re.lford "• L York, (Lord Mayo r) J. A. Rowntree L A MAYOR, BUT NOT AN ALDERMAN OR I COUNCILLOR. A very curious incident has marked the mayoralty election at St. Ives. The newly-elected mayor was one of the retiring aldermen, and, as he was not re-elected alderman, he ceases to be a member of the Corporation- The town clerk, however, advised that he would still retain the mayoralty, and have a casting vote as Mayor, although be would have no Tote as alderman or ooun. clilor.

I MR-GLADSTONE ON THE POLICY Of THE GOVERNMENT. The Lord Mayor's bauquat to her Majesty Ministen took place on Tuesday night, when most of the mem- bers of the Cabiuet were present to meet the distin- guished compiny at the Guildhall. The Lord Chan- cellor, in respoodii g to t ie tonst of his health, said it was the paramount dufy of the Goveinmentto maintain the authority of the Jaw with finuress, steadiness, and without hesitation, It attempts and combina- tion. whatever of ny men who a.ioght to introduce disorder, snd t. t'-ach men that while law existed it was to be obeyed. Mr (ii:t<ls-"tjt) (led to the toast of "Her Majesty's Mkister." Ile te, derei his cordial than In for the way in which t'ie t( nst bad been received, valuing heartily the t-.stimoiiv u.ven aa to the work of the Government. He aesumi ti.e cumpany that the health of the Mi istry was «-.< i' was impossible to be bett-r. Th-ie w,n no lett-r .X.liary to the enjoy- inent of ROno¡ heilth ibo li:.rd vuv k, wbich the Govern- ment had, a-td were 1 kely to e j They had taste o," it in The iat-t l\irli.:mci:tar) .A-iou, in labouring to remove a long-felt. Tedious gr evince, an agricultural grievauce, atd for giving improvements to labourers and artisans but the recess, which wss suppos-d to give rest to the Goverurmnt, had been atftuoed witl1 anxiety. lie was loo-id to say one early word iu reference to the state of Ireland, which pressed it--If duly on the miud of every intelligent Eogli.hman. The bounty of Piori'ience had bestowed upon the country, the great Weeing of an abundant harvest. They might perhaps believed tht this bounty would improve the 6 cial circumstances ef the country but they had been disappointed in this respect. The Parliament of tlrs country, too long accus omed t) legislate for IreUlid in a spirit of uariowuees, I,j of Iale dealt with Irish hnd on a pricc'p'e adapted t■> thi coud:ti"n of the country. L -nd Act of 1870 required large. aru.-r. rir lit. It would be the duty of the Government car, tn;,y b examine the condition of the law, and if they believed it provisions were n!J""m- cient they \1U111 not ,crll,"e to c,(:1 011 the L '6('" iture again to d-iil with 1 he nbjct. O-itaui i' fi o-nreshad. come upon the [O -pie of li. l nd to prevent thehappi-ees which it was • pe I :irresult fr<-m the kbuudint harvest, which «ere 11 .t >• -loratible wiih g (d « v?m- ment, but order most o L"i tiiae-1 under any circum- stances. Ireland wasn->.t; i-liir g herse'.f, not KngKad. Occupiers and would-. c:-npie's were obs'ructed by rueuzie3 and crime which could not be tolerateu. Government rtc^nnsd the priority of tb do.tv of en. forcing order, and of .cokiuj( to the law as it st,eGtl for protecting every citizen in the nij-ijment of his life and property. If the circumstances necessitated the asking for an increase of power, which th y would not anti- cipate, they wiu'd not shrink from a-kuig i. In South Africa, the Government had met with a ctrugi'e with ti e Basutos, which was the result, of the policy of the Cape Government, and which must be watched with deep anx- iefy. Government 1.1 o"u¡.:ht to restore friendly rela- tions between India an! Afghanistan; and tiiotgh they bad done eometh ng, they hii-i not succeeded in accom- plishing all they wished. Tli, y bad to ct, ry out the Berlin Treaty, aDd Encland had to see that all its ItipulatioD8 exec ted. But when the came into office n:auy of the most important stipula- tions were unfulfilled. The Cabinet believed they were acting as the friends of tbe Porte- believcd that their policy alone gave promise of the continued existenea of Turkey. What the Government desired was th itnirov- uu-ut of the condition of the fubject races of Turkey, which justice and reaeo'i dictated. Montenegro haù not yet had Dulcigno c-ded to lier ;the claims of Greece had not yet been settled and the coonition of the peo- pie of Armenia bad i ot been ameliorated. Govern, ment had laboured to maintain the European concert. He had that d<y received a telegram announcing that they might hope to hear on the morrow of the surren- der of Dulcigno, He hoped this might prove true.

FOREIGN NOTES AND INCIDENTS Mr R. T. Baruum, of New York, proprietor of the f greatest show on the earth,' has entered into all agreement with Chnc, the Chinese giant, recently in Manchester, to exhibit, himself in t^e United Sta'.< f, r one year. Mr Barnuin is to give Chaog £ 50 per ore Ve?ir. Ilr ii? t,) g,vt? Chat?g X '?O tio-r portation, and allowLr, him the prjSt on ?il sales m:td? by him in the show. THEKI'BDS IN PEnS[A.TlIll\TY KNMS Cnrcivu D. — Mr Wright, the Americall missionary, 1m ircd on Satur. day at Teheran from Tabreeze with Consul-General Ahhot. They left Mount Seir mission station, near Urumiah, on the 28th ult., escorted via Sandjbulla lay a Kurdish guard furnished them by Sheik Abdullah. Mr Whipple was, when they left, the only American missionary remaining in iTom'lah but the Kurds re- fused to allow them to ccmrmmicate with him. Other Americans remained unmolested by the K-irds &t Mount Seir. There had been three days of continuous and several days of desultory fighting at Urumiah, which town was crowded by refugees from all the sur. rounding country. So far the ga' rison bad repuls-d the attacks, and the Kurds had suffered heavy losses. Urumiah was, however, in a critical position, for the water had been cut off by the besiegers, and all kinds of supplies were running short. When Mr Wright left they were anxiously looking for help. The country traversed was strewn wit', corpses many of them being those of Kurds. Sheik Abdullah had crucified ^0 Kurds for committing excesses THE FKBNCU CHAMBERS—The e Chambers reag. sembled on Tuesday. The Nlin:e-.ers tlaie a similar statement in both houses. l'bey sss°rtel that the change of ministry wbi h had plice did not ie. volve any change of po'icy, and in e .forcing the laws against the non-authoris d religious societies the Govern- ment had ,nly carried out the decrees of the Chambers, and, therefore, the new Government a i not thought it necessary to bold a special session in order to obtain their sanction. The Ministers stated that there was no intention to apply tlvse hws to the c ngr-gations of women, whose position would he rem and ry other procedure As to future legislation, tbe ill iniiters t,lti the Chambers that in the fir-t rank of the bills whicli ought before all others to rec- ive thrir consideration were those which have reference ro education, aud they w^uld be asked to consider hi;!s f..r reforming the magistracy, the press lajvs, and the laws relating to public meetings. In reference to Eo.tern alf"irs the Miuistera srid tii» despatches that would be laid on the table would sh, w the good relations existing ietween all the Powers and the peaceful spirit which animated them. In spite of the delays and hesitation in the surrender of Dulcigno, the Ministers are peraoaded that t!je will of the great Powers must prevail in the eni. In cons-quence of an adrrr.se vote of the Chamber of Deputies, the French Ministers sent in their resienation on Tuesday evening. THE ScpriiEssioN Of NIHILISM.—On Saturday the St. Petersburg Court of Civil Justice began the most important court martial on political prhoueril that has ever taken place there. The importance of this trial consists in the facta that the accused, sixteen in number, have been the most active agents of the revolutionary party, and are charged in the set < f accusation with participation in all the most audacious crimes of the revolutionary party-name'y, the assassination of the Governor of Kharkoff, Prince Krapotkin the attempt upon the life of the Emperor on the 2ud of April last Near, and three otiier attempts against the Sovereign by iayirig mines under the railway to the south, near Sim. pheropal, at Odessa, and at Moscow, tbe last-named out- ttte being that connected "ith the name of Hartmann aud the explosion in the Wmter Palace. They are also charged with working two f..cret printing presses which an official discovered some months back, and which led to the arrest of all the English correspondents in St. Peten- burc Some are charged wi'h providing money for theee operations. Finally, another serious charge is that of complicity with theSoc'a'istic Revolutionary Congress, Which wM held in the town of Lipetsk, province of Tam. boil' to decide up'o t'? "b"v acts. The prisoners In- elude several gentlemen by birth, two peasants, eons of priests, (ifficerti, and w. forth, acd three womer, oine of neasuit extraction. The ch;ef of the accused, who i* chareed in connection w-th the ex;lotion in the Palace, i, Kviatkofeky. Amooi: tbe prisoners ihere are Ortho. dox, Hebrews, and CatholIcs; and the act of accusation, wbich-is most volumniou ■, tat. that they were all more or less intimatelv conr.ecte with tbe treawnable crimes of the party. When t into court on Saturday eleven o'clock, guarded ■ by gendarmes with drawu swords the prisoners w r- »skrit tbeir names, occupa- tion, and religion. S v,ral a-swered roughly that t»..y bad no occupation. One m'd he b-l'ir.g-d to the so. cialist revolutionary fai'b, another tbat be be!on;e< to no faith, and a third that he wi- an Atheist. Tire h-ll of the civil court was full of officers of diff.ee; t ranks, from Gcn tal Prince Old-nberz downanK Th-« ereat Nihilist trial may be reó("rr!<d AS th fini.hiDIl .1." ks of the repres-ive measures against tha band of terrorists who have ei-turbed the peaceof Ru-sia during the last 4 or 5 years. Tb. act of accusation, ti e reading of which oc upied nearly the whole of Saturday, -tat" that the prisoners were the chief wire-pullers in the Nihilistic party, who haee hi'herto wired capture ted trial. The charges oeKiu with the Congress at Lipetsk in 1577, whpn a terrorist fae ion was formed and organ- i-iI, ".d eud wits the recent difcovery of a mine under the railway at A!exar \.1, mar Simpheropol.

DNATII or A LAI,Y I S A ;R.-on Sunday morning: the lifel ss b rdv of Mi-s Vonie COOk, daughter of Mr Thomas COO" the well ka wri excursion provider, was found in a bath At Mr (I <ik « residence, near Leicester. Miss Cook b.d.) her father and mother good night en Saturday and went if u -0* 1 to the bathroom. On getting up on Sundav morning Mr Cook was astonished that his daughter's bei, o m had mot, been occupied, and with assistance he t-rok'- 0, en the bathroom dtor, and was shocked to find her fl) iting in the bath, life being I extinct. Death ill attributed to a fit.

Pritchard, chief engineer, said that be heard a rumbling noise in the wheel, and receiving orders, immediately stoppei and reversed. This occurred about five minutes piket two.—Jaraes Bell, quarter matter, who was keeping a geneial look-out on the bridge, said that he ea- the schooner's sails and masts about a couple of aeconds before she was struck. He saw no lights buro. iug.—Robert William*, the look-out on the prtside of the bri ige Hugh Roberts, the man at the wheel; and EnD HoburtB, the starboard look-out, gave similar evidence.—James Chadwick, ma-ter of the tug Rock- light, of Liverpool, laid that on the night of the collision he was tawing two barges for Penzince. These gettiDg adrift, he turned into Holyhead Bay a little before two o'clock, and when about three quarters of a mile outside the breakwater, the night being clear but dark, he uoticed the lights of a steamer approaching the green light of a sailing vessel, which almost immediately disappeared. He steauiej down, but. the steamer, which he subsequently ascertained was the Shamrock, had turned ahead into Holyhead harbour.—James Cockburn, mate of the tu, gave corroborative evidence. Mr M'Kenzie submitted for the determination of the court whether the Hannah was carrying lights in compliance with the regulations for preventing collisions whether they were bu ning biightly and properly placed; whether there was a sufficient look-out kept by the Shamrock whether the Hannah should nut have shown a stera light; and whether the steimer should not have seen the schooner earlier.—The Commissioner, in giving the decision of the court, said that all the witnesses bad given a coriect and straightforward version of the affair. They hal no doubt whatever that the Hatinah at the time of the collision carried the lights required by the regulations, and that they were properly placed. There was a good lookout on the Shamrock, which it waaciear could uot have seen the side-lights of the schooner. Unier the new regulatims, which came into force in September last, it was laid down by the 11th article, that a ship being overtaken by another should show at her stern a white light or fi ?-uu. The master of the e:n:n;uth:vgktun tl:u w:t a ::t h: he would be just crossing the track of the vesse.s coming into Holyhead harbour, and it was therefore incumbent upon hira to keep a good look-out. He unfortunately failed to do a,), and neglected to show a Stern light cr flare-up. The Shamrock appaared to have seen the schooner as soon as it was possible tJ do so and the cou.'t held that neither the captain nor any parson on board the Shamrock was in any way to blame -for the collision.