Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

The LTnited States Senate has ratified tRf naturalisa- tion treaty with Great Britain. From Melbourne we have news that very disastrous floods have again occurred in New South Wakes. Whole townships have been inundated, and many lives lost. A telegram fron. Point de (lalle reports the arrival there of the Chiuu mail, without any news of the re- ported massacre at .Pekin. On Tuesday, a ligbt between Orangemen and Catholics took place in New York. Three persons were killed, and 50 wounded. Another disastrous tire broke otit on Monday in Con- stantinople. It burnt furiously for several hours, and destroyed 1500 houses, built principally of wood. Thousands of person- have lost everything. The dissolution of the Belgian Senate and the Chamber of Representatives is officially announced. The new elections take place on the 2nd of August, and both houses will meet a fortnight afterwards. Ashab Bay. an Ifca-ian territory in the Red Sea, has been forcibly taken possesion of by Egyptian troops, vho, after a fight "with the nativess, tore down the Italian flag. It is well known that workers in lead factories are apt in course of time U sufrer from lead poisoning. In France, the evil effe-.ts of the mineral were usually prevented by giving the workpeople a drink, containing diluted sulphuric acic, but it has now been discovered that regular potation, of milk have an e(Itt&lly good effect. On Tuesday, an eartkiraake was felt at Tifli-s in India, by which the telegraphLines were rendered tji-ftiess. In Japan, on the Pith of May. a series of earthquakes was felt around Yokohama. Those on board the ships in the harbour experienced a Hyti.sa.tion as though tlie hull was grounding. This disturbance appears to be ttinnecte(I with the renewed activity of a latent volcat,4,, Yries, which is said to have sw- ept off one or two Tillies at its base. AN EXCITING CHA>F_—-j stirring scene was -rvitnessed in the Seine on Thursday near the Pont d'Austerlitz. The pools in the Jardin ties Plantes being almost dried up,, the hippopotamus is &-tk --ii daily in a cart drawn by two hoises to the river ,nc. allowed to bathe there, .attached by an iron chain. On this occasion, invigoiuted by its jalunge, the animal :*»r-oke its bonds and stix-ck out into the centre of the stream the first object to attract itt' attention was a stcjunbnat, which it started to meet, but the cries of tne passengers seemed to intimidate- it. as it turned itivir, and proceeded to p.y a visit to a floating waslihoti+;e,hich it almost raised out of the water by placing bis head beneath it next looked in at a swimming bath, which became deserted in a mcjirelt. About 5IJ keepeis had started in pursuit of the fugitive, and one of it. keepers had at last even got on tht: tciimil's back, bnt it dived, and so quickly .got rid of him. At length, a'fwri an hour's exertions, the.end (-,i tie broken chain was secured, and when it tfcd been made fast to a thick -rope the hippopotamus was brought to land and reinstitteu in its quarters.

BATS BAYa BATS '"at FRASLR.'S 42, High-street, .EATS B.n. BATS.. a !W3j Wrexham. 9(iij :It A perfectly 'harminx candidate has appeared at Brecon—Mr Htnry John M?tiiMt, of Brompton. This gentleman a<!vocates "dMest?hiiAhmentof Church and fetiite." InHH:IL EXTRAOR NIN.IICV SELK-ACCISATIOO; OF MN: DF.IL —A 1?. :t?ed fourteen vears. the ""n of a Jabonrer I h (nnl con- named Ban, was;tm Monday charged,'upon his own con- fession, 'oefore thi Stourhrid?e jn,,IiL", with the mur- der of lfkp?, of eig 'ht?. On Thursday fort- night the ?wo went t.nt upon a he?in? expedition. The prisoner turned :H.<ne, and stated that he had lost his sister. As it was n<it unusual for the child to lie away from honif, the pirns took no notice cf the circum- stance at tb-, time but subsequently they gave in- formation t. the police, who caused inquiries to be made, but without efftr.-t. Subsetjncntlv the boy con- fessed that he "had knocked his sister backwards into to the Stour at 11 deep hole just below Belcote Mill. The prisoner says that he tried to pull the girl out by her frock but tailed, an4 then the poor child sank and did not come Tip again. Every .search na- made for the body, but without success, and just as the police had completed their litbouis information was received that the supposed victim .w! still in the tI"h,.ata place near Sedgley. Tlie superintendent of police started to investigate this new nspect -4 the case, when :at the police-station he stumbled .-or/oss the missing girl, in change of a man named Christian. Brother and sister were speedily confronted, but tht boy persisted in deny- ing the relationship of the girl, .even though she was owned and acknowledged by tlit;Ai(itlier. A still more singular fact is, that the confession was confirmed bv another boy, who said he saw the girl drowned. THE Snu'HUii.niNc; Tn.\nr_—A parliamentary retnrr. j»«t rssuf,. shows the number and wnnage of vessel., I aSx»ve SO-thns built at each potx in the United Kingdom danng the years 1S? 1?, ?nd ISt!?. On the Iersey the-'h.us ))Evil L con?derahle inaease in this branch of ehn??T. ?  separate return ? gi?n for Birken- hgures a?.nst Liver?oJ ?,ow that in J1?? !7 tt? h?re w« e built here 22 ships of 1? 475 tong v ship, of 30,257 ?n.? ?ih? 1M) 59 ve88eh. of -1l,5í7 tons. ?N'ofewert 45 of the latter number  iron, and only the remaining- 14 were 'Wo. The Cly(le, hmvever, takes the hulk of the trade.  to (,rl;t-.goNv, Greenock,  Port4iLl,,goW, we find ?? the n?mher  at Plices '?'?"K the three years past was ]; 1,?-2, and 145 respectively, the tonnao-e last yr amountmg to ulywlrtls of ]07,000 tons. Sunderlaw1. built 122 vf.«? < l.n)? pw? Md. ? "?."??"?toon.s. SunderIaMi and Newcastle returni ?' °f 25,06 tons. AmonK?t the i^lr^ Z'^ Jton"^°J at Chester, where in l.S? 28 vessels ?? no?t..ceaMe that tonnage of 10.4r, not a sh,?? ,k ?' ?' ?th a launched in 1S6'). The tr?de see? to i?Te T' deserted the ancient citv. At I,am-ict completely Rreatly declined. In ls^r? elevM vt ?l[s' alS°' h^  ?'?? '??'? ? there, in ISr.S .even, but in l on|v two. R?' on the other hand, exhibits an increase TtJ t, 1 ?off ?ve vessels in lï, ten in I and nine ll i year, with a tonnage of 645 t,ns. At Carnarvon ?.? ??' T? off Itomewli:Lt, eight ha-iniz To een built ??? v ?" against twelve in l?-.hut the t.mnage M ?nM?.un.?s great. Beaumaris contents it?f wnh TesseJsa year, while ?.t.haven. t!? it ollly ,I)llilt four vcss<-is in W; as a?ai.t .??n in)S?  pen><atioll jp ^fa,t ?" ?'- =? -? ?"?S"? co,? ?clas y I

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C-f'F>T MAWR CRICKFTF/RS I To the tditnr of the Wrexham Advertiser. Mil. ould you please to allow me a small space in -1 your valuable journal to call the attention of the Cefn cricketers to this point—that I feel very sorry that we cannot get a fielll of any sort to amuse ourselves in the noble game of cricket Now, sir, I should very much like some one of the Cefnites to take the matter np, and see if we could not secure a portion of the Plasmadoc Park. I don't think that Mr Whalley would refuse us, if we kept the ground in good order. If this cannot he secured, let us try scine of the other gentry of the neighbourhood. I believe there is great hope of some excellent cricketers in Cefn if they really had a good place to practice on, instead of being on the old coal banks. Let me urge on the Cefn United Club to make an effort, and, if successful I am sure we should see some good cricketers in the Cefn district, and we should see more cricketers visiting the district. Hoping that some one will take the hint, I am yours, A LEFT-HANDED BATTER A.Ni) BOWLER. I THE CLOSING OF PUBLIC-HOUSES ON SUNDAY BI LL. I PETITION PETITION PETITION I 1 it the hditor of the Wrexhaln Advertiser. Siu,—Allow me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to urge the supporters of the above measure to complete their petitiollsns early as possible and where none have yet been promoted, let them he set on foot at once. The adjourned debate upon the second reading having been tixed for the 20tli inst., affords an oppor- tunity for a large increase of petitions. Let the up- holders of our Christian Sabbath be up and doing, and evince by a stream of petitions to the Commons, their determination that this much needed and oft-prayed-for reform shall be delayed no longer. The following form of petition is submitted as suitable :— To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Creat Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humbh' petition of the undersigned Sh e> th,—That your petitioners believe that the sale of inti dcating liquors on Sunday is a special source of intemperance, immerality, and crime. Your petitioners therefore pray your Honourable House to pass the Bill stopping such sale during the whole of that day. And your petitioners will ever pray. Permit me also to acknowledge through the same medium the receipt of the following sums to the funds of the central association, with the hope that others will follow the example of supporting in this practical manner the onerous work of an institution whose operations have new become very extensive, and con- seipiently more needful of monetary assistance, the pro- ceedings of this year alone having caused the treaurer, H. Haworth, Esq.. to advance £ 500 beyond the actual income :—C. E. Darby, £ 5, and W. H. Darby, Brymbo, 4:1, Thomas Rowland, William Thomas, T. T. Griffith, J. P. Jones, William Low, David Johnson, Jones and Rocke, Wrexham, -10s. 6d. each, J. Forrest, G. Bellis, IOs. fid. each, and Rev. R. Edwards, Mold, 5s.—I am, sir, yours &-c., THOMAS B. JONES, Agent to the Central Association, 43, Market-street, Mejieliester. Hereford, 9th t-nly, 1870. MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN TG G. H. WHALLEY, ESQ., M.P. To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. MR,—i-rom circulars distributed in this neighbour- hood I am given to understand that it is the intention of some of Mr Whalley's friends to present him with a Memorial Drinking Fountain," as a token of their respect for the honourable gentleman, and a slight acknowledgement for the permanent benefit he has so generously conferred upon both Cefn and lihosyaaedre, by the means of his waterworks. Providing plenty of good water for every family in this populous locality was a boon that cannot be over-valued, especially in such weather as this, when the drought is so nucli felt throught the land. And not only that, but Mr Whalley is a gentleman that deserves some public token of respect 'jn many other considerations. The fact that lie has always proved himself very desirous to do all in his pov-ei- for the general well-being of this neighbourhood,—that every Christian denomination in Cefn and neighbourhood has been benefitted both by his personal service and his kindness in giving them the loan of King William's Tower and the valuable land attached to it, and also Plasmadoc Park, to hold theii annual tea meetings, &c., clearly show tli.-tt we are diitetly indebted to him. And in addition to what has been said, I may refer to. what he did with regard to Sion and the Tabernacle Baptist churches. When his waterworks were completed, of his own accord, he actually offered to supply gratuitously their baptisteries with water, which was thankfully accepted. These facts, together with others that might be mentioned, speak highly of the honourable gentleman, and demand from us a worthy testimonial. But while allowing all these things, and hoping the whole neighbourhood will endeavour to do their utmost to render honour to whom honour is due, 1 must candidly confess that I cannot approve of the mode of proceedure adopted by some (I know not by whom) in order to get up this testimonial. If the public are expected to contribute towards it, purely they should be fairly represented on the committee. As things now stand it is difficult to know whether there is a committee in existence or not, and yet the fact that Messrs. Charles J Pnllar and J. Lloyd act-as hon. officials proves that it must be somewhere..1 under- stand that three, aHeast, of the churches in the neigh- bourhood have received circulars soliciting their sub- scriptions, and that they hardly know what tc do on account of this deficiency. If the churches are ex- pected to take an ;active part in this movement, I say they should, in -common justice, have a voice in the managing of theh money, and so with regard to the neighbourhood at Jtrge. Therefore, I would advise those gentlemen that now constitute the committee, for the sake of doing sonsething worthy of both Mr Whalley and themselves, to inrite a few active persons fruR. both Cefn and Rlioymedre to co-operate with them, su- h as Messrs. Garside, manger, Plaskynaston Works W- Davies, shop ditto; G. Davie-s, builder, Cefn .-b»;. Jones, grocer, ditto Thomas Jones, Cambrian Hoivse and J. Humphreys, Mirvevor, RhosN-n edre, or vAime gentlemen that would be lkely to take an interest in the piatter: then, the <rc-operation of all parties v ill be secured, and something -worthy will he done. Hoping the committee will accept this suggestion. I remain, votes truly, July 13th, 1S70. J. A. MOURIS I THE DOLGELLEY LOCAL BOARD. I To thi. Editor of tXe If rexham Advertiser. SIR,—Trusts and chanties connected with I)olg,Ilev are now havii'g their litanagement submitted to very close and proper scrutiny, and in your columns tbeie ) have appeared -rep4 orts of not a few town's indignation meetings, convened for tht special purpose of ventilating and commenting upon the conduct of those engaged in the administratMn of theatfairs of such trusts and chari-I ties, and the lu<&Iess trustees have bben roundly abused. A few weeks age., a correspondent, through your columns <')' those of a contemporary, put two vary pertinent ques- tions touching tV.administration of the Dolgellev Local 1-.iorII, asking why no report of the pjoceedings of the board was ever ^wmitteii to face the light of public opinion, and for .Ihe edification of hetvily taxed rate- payers' and wh% ro I)ropc-r'b,,tlance sheet of .receipts and expendititrewas presented to those who; have to find the niuaey reply, was vouchsafed to citlKM" query, and ratepayer, desirous of enlightenment t.pt.t: these important ;tzi(i reoarkable ff»-ts, must put their own construction upon this singular taciturnity of their representatives tot tin. B»,ard, and its learned and usually affable clerk. True it is that the ipily intimation we hav> of the existence of sutifc a corporation is in the periodical visits of its n.te collector, whose demands are by .no iiieans on the decrease for what practical use the Bf-tcrdsmen make el the rates, or upon what esti- mate such rates are based, puzzl. everybody, and care appeals tu be taken to kotjv them fumbling <.n in the dark. I'(«,si lily, and very ais.tui-dly, Dolgellev ratepayers are not over anxious to hear a great deal of tin talk of their Loca": Iioardsnien while sitting in their official capacity (odtl sayings do crop up now and then, which would "make us blush for the credit of our representa- tive were ;.Iud I remarks m-ore generally known), but tilev have ev&cy right to kiiov what is done with the money dragged .out of their pockets by the Local B',ard. I think that I am perfectly torract in titiiig that f,)rt verv considerable period, I question if (fllee since the formation of the j ,oral Board, no balance sheet has btvn presented to the vatepayers, and 1 believe also that I am justified in stating that the present occasion is the first upon which 'w <- have been favoured with a public and proper notice■<■ the coming (or previous) audit of accounts iveu. htnvever, through a most indifferent' medium —a Welsh -.sectarian semi-religious publication. The notice k-is about it two most remarkable features. It appear in EngVih in a Welsh paper I am surprised that the learniHl cleik aid not quality this absurdity by inserting it in -?ur p?r or any )ther Kn?ish contem- ?rv i?i WeM? I :M' ?re that it would have answered ? e p? ose quite as w.n. if not better. The s.cond feature is a verv remarkable .ne, w!nch I specMUy com- ed ?o the attention <? ?he ?earned and a?ble ckrk, those guided fcv him, and die ratepayers generally. isy the m-ovisi.?ns of tbo I,oc:d .Government Act, ISoS, it is ?PeX- provided th? a copy of all accounts to be an- -dited together with all ratebooks, account I)ook?. deeds, ?ntra? accounts, bQl.. voucher", and i-eceipt, men- uonedinor referred to in such acco'mts, shaJl?de- posited at the office of the Local Board, seven days be- fore mich inspection or audit, for the m-pection of all parties interested. By the provisions of the Act, such notiee of audit should include a notice of the deposit of accounts as stated above. This inclusive notice is omit- ted from the notice of the audit. The omission may be accidental or purposely, but can it be that the accounts of the Board will not bear the scrutiny of persons more deeply interested in them than is the district auditor. Dolgellev ratepayers should look a little closer to the administration of those trusts which deeply affect their pockets and interests. Their representatives at the Local Board are permitted to exhibit in their corpora- tion abuses which they loudly condemn in others, illus- trating aptly the well-known scriptural comment, which is doubtless familiar to your readers. Had similar con- duct characterised the proceedings of other public or semi-private bodies, we know from past experience, what action would have been taken, and how endless indignation meetings convened by the clerk of the Local Board, and with Local Boardsnian as chief spokesmen, would have jriven expression to the opinion of the town at large. Whilst these glaring anomalies and abuses are permitted to exist in the Dolgellev Local Board, I should commend for the information and guidance of fellow-ratepayers, the following plan Until the Board do their legal duty to you, as ratepayers, do as you are done (in a double sense) bv. and when the c. Ut i-tov next favours you with a visit, shew liiWJ the door, as will July, Ib70. GottLAD. EPISCOPAL REFORM. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. I MR,—1 find that the present stipends of the two archbishops and the twenty-six bishops amount to i.155,000. Now, when we remember that the salary of the Prime Minister is only £ 5,000, it seems wicked to weight the "Sermon upon the Mount" with £ 155,000 given to twenty-seven advocates of its teaching. The bishops complain of the great disintegration of belief going on all around them." What wonder, and that the episcopacy is powerless to prevent it. One might as well try to run a race with Moel Famma upon his back as attempt to humbug people into belief in a system of Christianity, "hich is preached to a small clique of twenty-seven gentlemen alone. If work is meant, and not a liollovi sham, let the Episcopal Bench commence that work by reforming itself. Let us have out (-tic archbishop that of Canterbury with a salary of -eo,()(Xt a year (and a seat in the House of Lords). Reduce York and all the other bishoprics (without a seat ir. the House of Lord,) to 41,0) -,t year each in- creaMns then-number to fifty. In return for the twenty- the bishops' seats in the Lords, given up by the church, let religion be represented in the Commons (and in the Cabinet) by a minister of public instruction, who will keep it en rapport with the intelligence and integrity of the nation. We shall then have fifty spiritual chairmen or chiefs among- the clergy to assist in spreading the gospel, at a salary which will enable them to move about, without being butts for infidel shafts, owing to the incongruity between the gospel and their stipend for its advocacy, and there will remain £ 100,000 to be spent annually among poor ministers in places where help is so much re(inire(I.-I am, yours truly. A CLERGYMAN. I

CRICKET. HAWARDEN v. SANDYCROFT. This match was played in Hawarden Park on Saturday last, and resulted in an easy victory for the Hawarden club. Score: HAWARDEN. T. Fi'nnah, 'b Rl'es. 0 G. Spencer, b Davie 23 L. Cartwright, run out 0 C. II. Cogan, b Davies. M G. Scott, b Rees 17 L. Woodcock, b Rees 2 The Rev. E. W Isaac, run out 10 The Hon. W. i Court, b Davie:L. 24 G. S. Alietson, not out 2 W. Ratcliffe, run out 10 R. Moffat, c Campbell, b Rees. 2 I W i, b 22, 1-b 3. 28 172 SAXDYCROFT. J. Rees, e Cartwright, b Fennah. 1 C. Evans, run out 10 C. Davies, b Fennah. 0 J. Arthur, c Woodei.-cli, b Cogan 11 H. Owens, st Spencer, b Cogan. 10 F. Jones, not out 16 T. Ledsham, c Cogan, b Fennah. 2 P. Ninnis, b Spencer. 1 A. Campbell, st Cogan, b Fennah. 4 J. H. Thompson, b Spencer. 7 W. Bryan, b Spencer. 0 W 12, b 3, l.b 1. 16 78 I OSWESTRY (D ELEYEN) V. LLANFORDA. I This match was played at Oswestry on Saturday last Score: LLANFORDA. T. Lecke, I.b.w., b Ellison 15 run out J. Ashton, c M'Kiernin, b Fox la b Fox. 5 G. Bai ley, b ,Ellison. 0 b Føx. 2 T. Philips, b Tl-iaxter 2 b Tl-.axter. 1 H. Dicker, b Chaxter. 4 b Thaxter. 0 W. Jones, c Fox, b Thaxter. Onot out. 10 J. Evans, not out. 2 st C. Fox, b Fox 0 G. Duncombe, run out 1 b Fox 5 C. Honey, c and b Thaxter. 10 b Ellison 1 J. Groves, c Ttfylor, b Fox 6 c sub., b Thaxter. 0 J. Wood, absent 0 b Fox. 8 Extras 10 Ex.ras. 11 65 50 OSWESTRY. O. Fox, ,b Groves. 1 Min.shall, c and b Ashton 10 C. Thaxter, run out 11 C. Fox,b Grove: 3 W. E. Ellison, not out IS D. W. Evans, b Ashton. 6 W. M'roicrnin, c Ashton, b Leeke. 1 Griffiths, b Ashton. 1 A. Arnold, bAshton" 0 F. Rowlands, b Ashton. 0 Extras 8 53 I PLASKYNAfTON (2ND ELEVEN) v. CEFN UNITED. I This match -was played at Plasliynaston on Ttaturaay last. Score: PLASKYNASTTKJ. T. J. Cartwright, run out 5 c Hughes, b Aggling- ton. 0 J. Stanford, hit wick t 0 Lb.w.,bArran. 0 H. Francis, b Arran. 0 b Arrd.Il. 16 J. Boyling, c James b Williams 0 b Aggliugton 5 S. Breese, b Aan. 10 b Arran. 18 W. Arran, c James, b Williams 0 c Hughes, bAggling- ton. 10 R. Davies, b Willillm" 1 run out 2 G. Garside, b Williams. 0 b Agglington 2 :\1. Hughc':r.m ou! 0 c James,b Agglington 4 J. Kettie, c and b An-an. I b Arran. 5 A. Bradiey, not out 2 not out. 3 E-xtra 4 Extre- 9 23 611 CEFN UNITED. T. Davies, c Stanford, b llrccse 0 c Cartwright,b Breese 3 T. Arran, threwn out Bradley 7 c Cartwright, b Fran- cis 2 T. William, r.Ln out I Lb.w., b Frmci 15 M. Hughes, e Bradley, b Arran 11 c .Davies, b Francis 6 J. James, b Arran 3 b Francis. 1 D.Morris, b lI:ccsc. 1 b Francis. 0 R. Evans, c and b Bree-e. i b ,Frands. 0 T. Agglington, b Breese 6 b Bree,t 5 J. Griffiths, b Dreesc. 5 b F-anci-) 0 T. Jones, not out. Onon out. 2 E. Davies, rur out. 1 ruje. out. 2 Extras 3 Extras 3 40 39 I BLACK PARK v. MORETOS <(RUABQN). I This match tw,,as played on Satirnkty last at Black Park. Score: BLACK PARK. P. Phillips, b Parker. 3 c Davies, b Parker. 0 W. Bolas, b Parker. 0 run out 5 J. Owens, b Davee" 14 b Parker 0 J. Mdliship, c Lloyd, b Davies 7 c Dsvies, b Parker. 21 J. Dodd, b Davies 0 run out 10 J. II. Maude, b Parlx-er 0 b Paxker 2 J. Williams, c Evans, b Parker 5 bDa:\ie. 0 J. Robert. run out I c Davies, b Parker 0 I.. Williams, b Davies 0 not out 0 NV. Roberzs, b I'ark:!r. 0 b Parlter 7 J. Roberts, not oui 0 b Parker 0 Extras. 3 Extras 9 33 54 MORETON. Pai-k-er, c Dodd 0 b Millisbip 4 J. E. Davies, run otz- 5 c Williams, b Milli- ship 2 R Jones, b Owens 3 c Williams, -b Dodd 0 E. Evan-, c Williams, b Dodd 4 c Williams, b Dodd 3 T. Lloyd, b Owens 0 c Robert.S b J)odd 3 R. Griffiths, b Owens 0 l.b.w., b Dodd. 7 T. Jones, c Dodd, b Ow- ns 2 not out 4 T. Jtassey, c Milliship, b Dodd 0 b Williams 0 R Hughes, not out. 1 b Williams 2 I J. Robert?, c Owens, b Dodd. 0 b Owens. 0 J. Gittins, st Milliship, b Dodd 0 c Williams, b Dodd. 2 E:tr<1s. 3 Extras. 3 18 30 THE MOUNT v- LLANYMYNECH. This much was played at Jjtanyniynecn on >atir:tiay last, and ended in an easy victory for Llanysnyuecli. Score-: THE MOUNT. Rev. W. S- Williams, b L. Bauph 0 c Pryse, b L. Baugh. 2 R, G, Carter, run out. 1 run out 11 B. FowcU, c R. Price, b L. iia ugh 23 b A. Payne .7 J. O'iLiEa, c E. Payne, b A. Payne 0 b L. Baugh i0 R. Edwards, ic L. Baugh 3 b L. Baugh. <0; H. Dunsmore, bL. Baugh '0 run out. 0 G. W right, c. X. Payne, b A. Payne. 2b E. Payne. 2: C. Ueyd, not out. (J ,11 L. Bau,-h ill R. Ma» on,.b L. Bauh. 3 b L. Baugh. 0 W. Foulkeb, b :L.Baugh 0 not out 3, J. H. J^nes, c anal b L. Baugh 0 b L. Baus;h. 0 B.¡;.U: 3 Extra- 14 35 49 LLANVMY.NfcXTH. C..T^nes, oC&rter, b O'Hara 0 J. Ow-en. b. O'Hara 3 L. Bsicigh, c b PoweJL. 2 R. P rite, c Edwards, b O'lla.ra 5 E. Pay.'ie (0. c Foulkes, b Pow-ell 21 D. Pry^e, b Powell 1 A. Payiae (<J. "C.), run out 37 N. Piiyne, b Powell 1 R. Thomas, b Powell 0 R. Baugh, st. G'IJara. 7 C. Perkins, not out 0 Extras 8 85 DEE v. LODGE. A itietcli was played on Saturday last, at "The Quinta Park, ;ttiid resulted in an et-sv victory for the Ledge team bv one innings a.nd 23 runa. Score DEf: ELEVEN. J. Parkin«n, c Morris, b G. F. Jones. 5 b Blackwell 3 B. Yates. c Erury, bBlackwell 1 run out, b Blackwell 0 W. Rowley, run out, b G. F. jones 2 run out, b G. F. Jones 5 B Williams,einibBlackwell 3 e Edmunds, b Irkwe.11 Iti G Rowley, l.b.w., b Pritchard 1 ran out, b G. F. Jones 6 J. Jones, st. Jones, b B'kwell 10 runout, b G. F. Jones 7' R. Dickens, run oILt, b Black- well 0 c. 3. Morris, b G. F. Jones 0 R. Bavles. b G. F. Jones 0 c Drary, b G. F.Jones 1, B. Rowley, b G. F. JoneR. 0 b G. F. Imes I B ltowle b T, Phillips, c Blackwell, b G. F. Jones 0 b G. F. Jonow 5 T Fieldhouse, not out 0 b G. F. Jones. 0 Extras 4 Extras 11 26 39 LODGE ELEVEN. F. Edwards, b Williams 4 E. Griffiths, b Williams 0 T. Pritchard. c Phillips, b J. Parkinson. 2 Biackwell, b Viitiams. 13 El. Davies, b Williams 1 E. Davie. b J. Parkinson. 3 J. Edmunds, b William 14 Drury, c G. Rowley, b Williams. 6 G. F. Jones, not out. 14 J. Morris, c J. Jones, b J. Parkinson. 30 J. JoEts, b J. Parkiiison 0 Extras 6 93 LLANFYLLIN v. WHITTIGTON. This match was played at Whittington on Saturday last, when the Llanfyllin team come off victorious, on the first innings, by 58 runs. Score: j LLANFYLLIN. 1 L. Davies, c Beckett b Tuley 8 bTuley 0 J. Morris, b Beclrett. 0 c Galloway, b Tuley 0 W. Guilletnard, b Tuley 7 c and b Tuley 5 A. B. Maurice, b Beckett. 2 not out 17 W. B. Wheatloy, not out 53 not out 3 J. Ms Dugdale, b Tuley 3 c Galloway, b Tuley 4 H. B. Maurice, b Beckett. 2 c Lightbown, b Tuley 11 E, Williitms, b Beckett 3 b Tuley I J. T. Puglie, b Evall. 8 T. A. Jones b Shepherd. 0 b Tuley 5 W. Jones, b Evan. 0 Extras 14 Extras 12 100 58 WHITTINGTON. T. L. Shepherd, c Guillemard, b Du-.Iale 0 C. Galloway, b Dugdale 0 J. Jones, bDavies. 12 J. Lightbown, b Dugdale  0 D. P. Evans, c Ma.uMCf, b Davies 0 J. Beckett, c H, B. Maurice, b Davies 0 J. Dunford, c Substitute, b Davies 0 T. Wiird, b Dugdale. 8 H- Tuley, not out 11 C. Thomas, run out 4 W. Woud, b Dugdale 0 Extras 7 12 BLACK PARK v. LODGE. I I I I A matCll Between tne aoove ciuds was piayeu on I Saturday week, on the Lodge ground, when the Black Park eleven proved the victors by 25 rims aasd nine I wickets to full. Score: BLACK PARK. P. Phillips, b Jones 1 J. Roberts b Griniths. 2 J. Milliship, c Jones, b Gri'ths 0 J. Owens, c Griffi'hs, b Jones 13 b Davies 17 J. Dodd, I.b.w., b Jones 5 not out 11 W. Roberts, b Jones. 0 J. Roberts, c Patry, b Jones 3 J. M¡mde. b Jone, 0 E. Williams, c Edmunds, b Jones 2 W. Bolas, e Davies. b Jones 6 W. Owen., not out 4 Extras 7 Extras 5 43 33 LODGE. E. Grifiths, l.b.w., b Dodd. 3 b Dodd 0 J. Morris, c Owens, b Dodd. 2 not out 0 T. Pritchard, e Roberts, b Dodd 6 b Dodd 4 E. Davies, b Dodd. 0 c Owens, b Williams 0 G. F. Jones, c Bolas, b Dodd 5 c Owen, b Williams. 0 E. Bavies, b Oweu. 2 c Owen, b Williams. 1 J. Edmunds, run out 4 b Dodd 0 W. Griffiths, run out 0 b Dodd 0 W. Williams, l.b.w., b Owens 0 b Owens 1 -A.. Ptrry, not ont 0 c Owen, b Owens 0 T. Cash, c Phillips, b bod(l. 1 bDodd. 5 Extras. 8 Extras. 9 31 20 WREXHAM v. WYNNSTAY. A match was flayed between the above clubs at Ruabon, on Saturday last, and resulted in favour of the Wynnstay team. Score: WREXHAM. E. Morgan, b Stealey. 1 E. Cross, b Stealey. 9 E. Jones, c F. Thomson 1 F. C. Richards, c Whyte, b F. Thomson. 5 B. Dale, c Whyte, b D. Thomson 7 H. Roberts, b Stealey. 0 F. Heywood, c Humphreys, b D. Thomson 15 W. lewi. c Whyte, b -Stealey. 0 H.RMhe.!ds,bStealey 0 W. Wallace, b D. Thomson 2 J. Fyfe, not out 3 B 7, vi. 13 56 WYNKSTAY. D. Thomson, c Morgan, b Heywood 4 F. Thomson, b Morgan 7 W. Stanford', l.b.w., b F. Richards 15 Rev. H. Humphreys, run out 4 L. Ker.rick, c Cross,-b F. Richards -6 T. W- Stealey, l.b. w., b F. Richards 13 T. Whyte. not out 24 J.Seott.not out. 1 W. E. Doxey M. Thori 'n To,bat. A. Ru:sell 'I B 7, lob 1, w 16, n-b 1 25 99 DOLGKLLBY GRAMMAR SCHOOL V. BAIIMOUTH.— A cricket match (return) was played on Monday laet, between an eleven of both of the above clubs. Dolgelley Grammar Scheol first innings 32; second innings, two players went in and not out, 20; leaving the Dolgelleyites beaten by seven runs and ten wickets to fall. DOLGELLEY v. BARMOUTH AND DOLGELLEY VISITOP-C, —A match took place on the ground of the former on Thursday last, under very favourable circumstances. The Dolgelley team consisted of their usual playing members, and played in their usual good form. Same of the visitors also displayed some tine hits and fielded -well. The Dolgelley tiPf,t innings was 79. Barmauth and DolgeHey visitors' first innings, 42. The match was not over when our parcel. left. The score will appear in our next issue.

CRICKET FIXTURES. Saturday, July 16th, Wrexham v. Liverpool Quidnuncs, at Wiexliam. Saturday, July 16th, Plaskynaston v. Moreton (Ruabcn) at Moreton. Saturday, July 16th, Hightown (Wrexham) v. Rhos National School, at Wrexham. Saturday, July 23rd, Albion (Wrexham) v. Llanforda,; at Oswestry. Saturday, July 23rd, High town (Wrexham) v. Hafedy- j bwch, at Wrexham.

FREE)fASOXRy.-The Right Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon, grand master of England, has appointed Mr Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, of Huntroyd, Padisham, past provincial senior grand warden, to be grand master of the province of East Lancashire, in the room of the late Mr Stephen Blair, deceased THE W.MIMTH OF AFFECTION.—Sybil (more in sorrow than in ai.ger) Merton, I feel I must speak to you. You are growing cold-you never say a word-you sit there seemingly unconscious of my presence. Tell me —oh, tell me—do you regret our engagement ? Or .%Ief toii (gasping): Ycu naughty, naughty girl, to doubt your own Mertie. But do remember that for the last three'weeks the glass has been at 130 in the shade." -Fun. RICHARP WEAVER AND THE )IETHODlSTs.-RecentJy, in connection with a scandalous case, Richard Weaver was described as a Methodist preacher. Rev. Thomas Akroyd writes to an Edinburgh newspaper, saying: "Willyom.IIowme here to sty that Weaver is not a; member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. I doubt' whether heibelongs to any Christian Church, on which account I have regretted the patronage he has recently received in this city. I Reviv.Llist preachers' ought to be amenable to ecclesiastical discipline. All that are employed by the Weslevans are examined quarterly with regard to their moral character, doctrinal sound- ness, &c. Richard Weaver withdrew from this respon- sibility many years ago." COMPENSATION FOR RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—The Se- lect Committee to inquire into the administration of the law relating to the assessment of Plumages for railway accidents have issued their report. They believe that many of the complaints of the railway companies respecting the excessive amounts of compensation awarded by juries are well founded. The com- panies contended for two principlt-.s-the limit of the liability, aud the decision of .disputed claims by arbitration. The Committee are cf opinion that trial by jury does not work satisfactorily in these cases, and recoitmend the establishment of a tribunal which should be sufficiently strong to secure the confid- ence of the public, and which, possessing adequate legal assistance, should be aided by engineering and medical advice. Should stidi a tribunal be called into existence, the Committee see no reason for altering the present system of unlimited liability. But in tilt event of de- cision by jury beisg continued, a limitation according to the following scale is suggested:—A first-class passen- ger, £ 1,(XM); second, £ 500 third, £ 300. YANKEE ADVERTISING.—The art of advertising is ever advancing. Heboid anothar example te illustrate the undoubted fact. 1tomes from America, ever in- genious in the discovery of new methods of publicity. A newspaper in Georgia publishes an advertisement to the following effect:—" Tl»e last words uttered "by great "men are often singularly characteristic. Their tone of solemn prophecy does not fail to produce it; us the "most profound impressions. 'The vanguard of the "'army," murmured the great Napoleon, when his ,taighty soul took its departure from its tenement of day. More light," sighed Oioethe. Crown me with flowers,' said Mirabeau. Give a chair to M. ttay- rolles," said Lord Chesterfield, in his supreme agony. Charge, Chester, charge on Stanley, 011 were the last word of Mannion. Bury me,' said Jack Bowers. in a suit made by Messrs. So fliid So the cut anil excellence of the materials are warranted, and I wish "'to be buried as I have lived, dressed like a gentle- map,- AN EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.—An extrordinary 'I application was made to the Kingston-on-TIiames borough magistrates, on Monday iteming last. A gentleman, who said he was a solicitor, but not practising, stated to the bench that he was left at home with ten children, who were in the care of a nurse—his wife having gone away for the Wnefit of her health. On Sunday he had occasion to chastise one (4 the children, and the servant interfered. On Monday morning when he got up 'he found the house docor open and the nurse and the children gone. Presently the woman came to the house to fetch some milk whieh had been left for the baby, and lie asked where the children were. She said she had taken them away to some friends. The applicant wanted to know what he should do. The nurse, who was in court, said she h,&d been in the ap- plicant's service about seven years, and was now left in sole charge of the children. Her master ill-used them, and when she interposed he threatened to kntidt her down. Consequently she took the children away from him, and distributed them among two or three friends. The bench advised the father to wait and see what was ,done, and in the meantime the nurse said she would telegraph for her mistress. NORWICH ELECTION.—The nomination of candidates for the representation of Norwich took place on Mon- day morning. The conduct of the persons assembled below the hustings was so boisterous that the candi- dates were able to do no more than briefly refer to their chances -fof election. Mr Tillett was nominated by the Liberals, and Mr Huddleston, (tC., a former member for Canterbury, by the Conservatives, and each gentle- man announced himself confident that the poll would terminate in his favour. There was great confusion in the show of hands, which was declared to be in favour of Mr Huddleston, but it was alleged that many of the Liberal electors showed, by mistake, for the learned Queen's counsel. The inhabitants of the city are re- ported to have given themselves up to all the excite- ment and demonstration of an old-fashioned contest. The polling terminated on Tuesday in the-return of Mr Tillett, who obtained a substantial majority over his Conservative opponent, Mr Huddlestone. The Con- servative* dispute the Iegahty of Mr Tillett's election, on tht, ground that he is disqualified from sitting in the Parliiuflpnt, ;>wing to the part lie £ ook in the previous election.

I EPITOME OF NEWS. A mail bag containing letters for Leeds and district was slolen on Wednesday morning from a locked recep- tacle at Heckmondwike railway station. Mr Reed has resigned his office of Chief Constructor to the Navy, and is about to join the eminent engineer- ing firm of Whitworth and Co., Manchester. Mr Justice Lush has lost a son, and was unable in consequence to preside in the Crown Court at Durham Assizes on Tuesday morning. In his lordship's absence Mr Quain, Q.C., took some of the cases. In the Court of Common Pleas on Saturday last, a verdict for £ !)00 damages was given against the Brighton Railway Company, at the suit of a Mr Tyler, who was injured in the collision at New-cross, on the 23rd of June, 1861). The anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne was cele- brated on Tuesday in many parts of the north of Ireland. At Belftst, the Orangemen mustered under the pre- sidency of Mr William Johnston, M.P., and in the City of Derry the demonstrations usual on such occasions were made. The useful services rendered to this country by M. de Lesseps and Mr D. A. Lange, in promoting the forma- tion of the Suez Canal, are to meet with national re- cognition, the former receiving the appropriate honour of the Order of the Grand Cross of India, and the freedom of the City of London, and Mr Lange that of knighthood. A vacancy has been caused in the representation of Rochester by the death of Mr Sergeant Kinglake, which occurred on Saturday. He was a Liberal, a staunch supporter of Air Gladstone's general policy, and an advocate of non-intervention in foreign affairs. He had sat for Rochester since 1857. Mr Julian Goldsmid is the new Liberal candidate. From April 1st to July 9th the national receipts amounted to £ 17,370,811, and this was more than two millions and a half short of the revenue in the corre- sponding period of last year. The total issues from the Exchequer between the same dates amounted to £ 22,289,193. The balance in the Bank of England on Saturday last was £ 2,582,091. At the sitting of the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, William Heal, an elector of Bridgwater, was convicted of perjury before the Bridgwater Election Committee in April, 18li6, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. Mrs M'Gregor pleaded guilty to several charges of obtaining goods by fraud, and sentence was deferred. A fatal accident occurred at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Saturday last. A building which was in course of erection was just receiving its cornice of brick and stone, when the latter, by sheer over-weight, toppled over and carried the scaffolding and men engaged there- on to the ground. One workman was killed, being terribly mutilated, and a boy who was passing along the street beneath had his leg broken. Miss Nightingale, in sending £5 to the Lord Mayor for the British and Colonial Emigration Fund, writes Small as the sum is-and I wish it were a hundred times as much—I think it is more like casting one's mite into the Temple to help people to help themselves in cultivating God's earth, than ninety-nine out of the hundred charities, and I wish that at this time nearly all people's charity flowed your way." The trade assignee of the estate of Benjamin Higgs on Tuesday brought an action against the Great Central Gas Company and other creditors of the bankrupt, for having seized and caused to be sold Higg's furniture, wines, and other effects. The plaintiff contended that the sale took place at a great sacrifice, and as the ques- tion was solely whether the articles had realised ade- quate prices, the judge ordered a reference. It would appear that the full extent of the operations of the Brixton baby farmers has not yet been revealed. The police, it is said, have obtained possession of the -clothes of no fewer than 40 babies who had been'sent to Mrs Waters for adoption, but of whose fate nothing is known. The sisters Waters and Ellis are to be tried on four indictments, the chief of which will be for wilful murder by the administration of laudanum. Two competing lines in America have hit upon a scheme for increasing their revenue. These lines are the Erie and New York Central Railways, between which companies a railway war is being waged. The price for transporting cattle from Buffalo to New York used to be 120 dollars per car. Reductions have followed, one company competing against the other, and now sheep and hogs are brought from Buffalo for one cent.-a dis- ance of 400 miles. Traffic of this description must be profitable—to cattle dealers. A man, who was bathing at the Tower Hamlets Baths on Saturday last, caused his own death by sheer rash- ness mounting to the tie-rods of the roof, a height of twenty feet from the surface of the water, he dived therefrom into water which was only a few feet in depth. His head must have struck with almost un- broken force on the stones which flag the bottom of the swimming bath, for he was taken out of the water in- sensible, and died in a short time. Another case of baby-farming has formed the subject of a coroner's inquiry. No cruelty, however, was alleged. The woman who had charge of the child, which was only a few days old, received it through a midwife, and was to have been paid 5s a week for its main- tenance. Meanwhile, the child fell ill and died, under the parish doctor's charge. The mother of the infant was a widow, and she stated that she did not know who the father was, he having taken lodgings at her house, and left in the course of a few days. In the Court of Queen's Bench, en Tuesday, an action for compensation was brought by the family of a con- tractor, named Chaplin, who had been accidentally shot at the house of his solicitor. It appears that the after- dinner chat turned upon the merits of revolvers, upon which the defendant, De Castro, brought down his re- volver case, and, while explaining its action, he acci- dentally discharged the weapon, the bullet striking his guest in the neck, and causing almost immediate death. Damages to the extent of i3,000 were given by the jury. The troops at Aldershot were reviewed by the Queen on Saturday last. Thanks to the rain which fell during the night, the troublesome dust, which generally hides every review at Aldershot after the first movement, was effectually laid, and the day otherwise proved un- usually favourable. The review took place in the after- noon at five, and after the formal marching past, a sham fight took place. So interested was her Majesty in the proceedings, that she left the post which had been selected to gain a closer view of the manoeuvres. The gnnboat Slaney, belonging to the China squad- ron, was lost at the Paracel Islands on the lltli of May. The ship encountered a strong gale which deepened into a typhoon, and the ship became dismasted through the fury of the storm. At length, after a weary week, the ship struck helplessly on a reef. The boats had all been washed away, and the greater part of tha crew in at- tempting to swim ashore were lost. Of the forty-four who made the attempt, only two reached the land alive. The remaining seven were taken off the wreck by fishermen's boats. Three charges of attempted murder were disposed of in the metropolitan police-courts on Monday. In a case investigated at Soutliwark a mother had made such a violent attack upon her little daughter with a hatchet that her lire is despaired of. The prisoner is believed to be insane. At Lambeth, one Michael Lennon, who had stabbed a neighbour for having interested himself in the prisoner's domestic affairs, was committed for I trial. At Higligate, a man named Heather was brought up for having threatened his wife with a razor. The prosecutrix was living apart from her husband, and her theory was that the prisoner was actuated by a feeling of jealousy. He was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace. The Working Men's Industrial Exhibition, to be opened by the Prince of Wales, at the Agricultural Hall, on Saturday (to-day), has already received the honour of a visit from her Majesty the Queen—an event which is likely to ensure the popularity and success of the enterprise. The exhibition was organised under very distinguished auspices. Her Majesty is its patroness, <the Premier its president, and General Garibaldi one of its vice-presidents. Contributions have been sent in by working men of all nations, especially by those of Italy and the scheme, which at the outset was by some con- sidered rather doubtful, promises to make all the success which its most ardent promoters could have desired for it. There are over six thousand exhibitors and amongst the home productions Belfast and Sheffield seem to take the lead. Baby-farming appears to receive no small share of support—or rather let us say patronage—from the "upper ten." At the inquiry last week into the death of the child Castle, it was stated that the duplicates found in the possession of the defendants had been traced to a pawnshop in the neighbourhood of the baby-fanning establishment kept by the defendants. The articles thus pledged comprised baby linen almost exclusively. Some were of the finest possible texture, stamped with coronets, orders of the garter, and bearing in some cases heraldic devices. It is scarcely probable that these will alone afford a satisfactory clue to the parents, nor is it desirable that anv scandal should be unnecessarily unearthed when the only result attained would be to satisfy the morbid curiosity. Though the allotted years of man arc but three score and ten, we occasionally fiiiii that some persons attain one hundred years, while, in one or two instances, even this nge is said to have been exceeded. Generally, however, the testimony of these cases is of a traditional character, and in no instance has documentary evidence ever placed the fzxt of a centenarian beyond all dis- pute. Within the last three weeks, however, a Ger- man who had become naturalised, died at Blackheath. at the age of 103. He came from Hanover to London as a schoolboy when young, and when 2fJ he insured his life in the Equitable Society for £O!). The baptismal certificate gives the date of birth as ISf May, 1717. The bonuses on the life pe&icy raised the amount payable at death from £ 200 to £ 1,292. A few more authenticated of centenarians ought to have the effect of lower- ing the average rates of life insurance. Few sales by auction have excited so much general in- terest as that of the pictures and works 01' art belonging to the late Charles Dickens. At noon "n SatllrJ:¡:' Christie's sale room was besieged by a crowd of curiosity hunters, artists, and Americans. 'Hie prices realised were enormous, though it must be confessed that purchasers were actuated more by a desire to posset*; some memento of the great novelist, rather than by any love for art. Frith's "Dolly Varden" fetched 1,000 guineas Eddystone," by Stanfield, :M't guineas Maclises portrait, (ifiO guineas; "Grip," the raven of "Barnaby Rudge," went for 120 guineas; and the Pickwick Ladles," the handles of which formed the figure of one of the characters of that novel, sold separately for 2fi7 guineas. The sale It is reported that a gentleman made a private bid of £ 6,000 for the collection, with the object of forming it into an exhibition. Is INSANITY SICKNESS?—A novel question of very vital interest to the members and managers of friendly societies was recently submitted to the Liverpool County Court judge, Seijeant Wheeler, who, after taking time to consider, delivered judgment 011 Monday last. A Mrs Church, whose husband was a member of the Southern Sick and Burial Society, and had become msaiie, brought an action against the society to recover the cost «f his maintenance in the Lancaster Lunatic Asylum, whither he had been sent by the loxtotn (Liverpool) Board of Guardians. The society resisted ) the demand principally upon the strength of a letter received from the late Mr Tidd Pratt, RegwtMt of j Friendly Societies, to whom the case had been sub- mitted, and who had said that insanity was not *1^- j ness, and that the allotment of funds up?) Ui.? p.) would be illegal. The learned judge held that nisamtv was sickness within the meaning of the and ordered a verdict to be entered for the plaintiff. In de- livering judgment, his Honour cited a musii^ r of Ger- man and other medical zititliol-Iltie.4 ami in a learned pathological argument set forth that fhe Ill',til! vl- a bodily organ subject to der.nigment from "vdbierv causes, like other organs.

-I I THE IRON TRADE. i THE IRONWORKERS OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—On Monday morning a mass meeting of puddlers, shinglers, and other ironworkers was held Great Bridge, near Dudley "to consider the action to be taken by the men now the trade is better. About four hundred were present, and most of the works of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire were represented. After several speeches, the meeting unanimously passed the following resolution: That, in the opinion of this meeting, trade has so far improved that thepuddleis and other ironworkers are entitled to an extra shilling per ton, and this meeting pledges itself to agftate until the advance is given by the masters." The meeting then appointed a committee to carry out the objects of the resolution, and agreed to meet once a week to report progress. During the day a similar meeting was held at Prince's End, and like resolutions were put and carried. MIDI)LESB0R01!<;II, Tuesday.—There was a good at- tendance at the Exchange this morning. Last week s quotations-5:3s for No. 3, were reported but the tone of the market was less firm, indeed somewhat flat. It is generally understood on 'Change that the present rates are artificial; actual transactions, which are very few, on account of the numerous orders already on hand being: made at slightly lower than the announced rates; but the advanced prices quoted indicate the general healthiness of the trade, as manifested by the careless- ness of makers to commit themselves beyond their present engagements. There is an improved tone in the manufactured department and in the neighbonr- hood of Newcastle particularly prices are strengthening. There is nothing particularly noteworthy with reference to the coal and 11 coke trades the great demand for best cokes, and consequent high quotations, still presenting their chief feature. The great event of the week in this locality has been a dispute between Messrs Blair and Co., of Stockton, engine builders, and their employ!s. On Tuesday morning between eight hundred men and boys left their work on account of a rule existing in the establishment, which prevents any man or boy making overtime who has not put in 118 hours in a fortnight: and when a man had to work over, having put in the cOllditionalll hours, he was only paid at the time-and- a-quarter rate throughout the night. The employ?'" wished this usage to be discontinued. After several meetings the men agreed to Messrs Blair's concession, namely, that every day should stand for itself, that 15 hours should be given for night work, including half an hour for meals. Accordingly on Wednesday morning the works went on as before. Arrangements are being made to deepen the channel of the Tees to add to the shipping facilities of that river. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The current series of quarterly meetings commenced here to-day. The at- tendance was not large, being hardly up to the average. Trade generally was reportee to be in much the same condition as last reported. The works are steadily occupied during about four, and in some few instances five, days a week. Buying and selling have become unsettled by the action of the operatives, who have begun to agitate for an advance of wages. Masters were, to-day, unanimously of opinion that an advance could not be given, seeing that the majority of sellers are obliged to take considerably under last rates and regret was expressed that the men should ask for an increase, and check business at a time when trade has been improved a few weeks. GLASGOW, Thursday.—We have again to report a still further decline in this market. The general tone was exceedingly flat. Prices were first quoted at 57s. 6d. cash, afterwards sellers became pressing, and rates still further declined. At the close there were sellers at 57s. tkl. one month, with buyers at 57s. 5d. one month, and 57s. cash. BIRMINGHAM Thursday.—At the quarterly meeting of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire, held in the Birmingham Exchange on Thursday, there was a large and influential attendance. The general tone of the meeting was most healthy, and, according to expectation, orders were given out freely. Prices seemed inclined to differ, and many specifications were given out at increased rates. Pig iron sold firm at full prices, and makers did not seem disposed to give way in the least as to tenns. Seventy-five shillings was quoted for native all mine, 80s. for hematites, and 67s. 6d. for oolites. Cinder pig could be had at from 57s. 6d. to 65s. Ores were in fair request, and good prices can now be obtained. The order for finished iron were very numerous, and as trade was showing so marked signs of improvement, it was much regretted that the ironworkers should be led to ask for an advance in wages, which they have no right as yet to expect, and which manufacturers really cannot afford. The shipping trade still continues brisk, the demand being mostly for plates, sheets, angles, ties, hoops, cotton ties, and rods. The pricesof these and most other descrip- tions are well maintained, and a slight advance is obtainable. Bars and rails are also in fair demand for export, and manufacturers are full for summer de- liveries. The home trade is still active, and great de- mand is made upon strip mills for gas and steam pur- poses. The galvanising trade is again looking up, many large orders giving full employment to the workmen. Engineers have nothing to complain of at present, the makers of engines for furnace purposes being very busily engaged, both for northern and southern pig-making counties. Two or more new furnaces are in course of building and will soon be blown-in. From Ryland's Iron Trade Circular. In the iron trade the demand still keeps increasing, and the ironmasters in every district are using all their endeavours to keep pace with it. New works are being built-new furnaces are being erected-and plenty of capital seems to be forthcoming to support every new enterprise connected with the manufacture of iron. To assist all this extension, new districts are producing both iron and ironstone in rich abundance to supply the deficiencies of those districts that cannot produce sufficient for themselves. We are glad to see the spirit of enterprise manifested so earnestly, and we entertain not the slightest doubt but what it will be richly re- warded. The trade we are now doing with America and Russia will see a far greater development next year. And not only will America and Russia keep up an in- creasing demand, but various other countries will, by that time, be in the market for material for constructive purposes. British India will of course be a dependable customer, while the Brazils and the Argentine Republic will be amongst our most extensive buyers. By an unerring law, as if anticipating a fact, the prices of British iron are steadily rising, and we do not think there will be a check to this increase in price, but on the contrary there is every reason to feel sure that there is a reality about its continuance. As a corrollary to all this increase in demand—increase in the power of production—increase in price—we have the labour ques- tion rising uptiid demanding its share in the general reward. Here again the inexorable law of supply and demand will regulate this question. If the extension of work is to go on at the present rate there will assuredly be a demand for skilled labour: already there is a dearth of this article in many districts. As the cost of labour in a ton of manufactured iron is such an important item —as much as 1)0 per cent. of the whole—this is what Mr Walter Williams once said—we may be sure its claims cannot be entirely put on one side, and it will be as well if our ironmasters would be anticipating this result, and commence setting their houses in order, that they may be able to meet all the requirements of the hour.

THE COAL TRADE. -1 TRADF. OF THE BorTH WALES PORTS.-As compared with the corresponding period of last vear, some decrease is shown in the returns of the Welsh ports during the last month. The exports of coal from Cardiff were 160,514 tons, as compared with 159,095 tons in June 18(il) from Swansea, 47,322 tons, against 47,730 tons; Newport, 28,467 tons, against 24,132 tons and Llanelly, 11,04s tons, against 13,643 tons. The shipments coast- wise from Cardiff reached 83,395 tons, as against 87,965 tons in June 1869 Swansea, 18,866 tons, against 26,903 tons; Newport, 69,576 tons, against 70,403 tons and Llanelly, 16,397 tons, against 17,165 tons. Cardiff ex- ported also 25,416 tons iron, and 4,911 tons patent fuel; Swansea, 3,276 tons iron and 9,949 tons patent fuel; Newport 16,868 tons iron and Llanelly, 51 tons iron. The Americans, like ourselves, are beginning to talk about the possibility of exhausting their existing sup- plies of coal. True they are not yet quite in earnest, but there is just that degree of seriousness about the discussion to justify a reference to it. A journal which has the reputation of being a good authority on the subject, observes that the Pennsylvania deposits of anthracite cannot be made to yield larger supplies by the present process of mining, which have been confined to the surface veins. It alleges that mining operations have hitherto been so wastefullv conducted in that country that "for every ton actually consumed another ton has been destroyed in the working or transporta- tion." Deep mining, it is intimated, will have to be resorted to before long, and this implies, amongst other things, a material advance in the price of this most im- portant mineral product. lr Spooner, the stipendiary magistrate for the Wolverhampton district, does not understand half- mcasures. He has just given another wholesome lesson to people who neglect their duty. A disused pit shaft at (Scot's (Treen was left unfenced, although the law requires that such places shall be bricked over, to pre- vent accidents. The person responsible had the work done on receiving notice from Air Baker, the Govern- ment Inspector, but for his previous neglect, he was cited befoi-e Mr Spooner, and nned jCtO, with an intima- tion that if he had not covered the pit on receiving notice the tine would have been £ 20. The moral of this narrative is that it is cheaper as well as pleasanter for people to do their duty voluntarily, than to do it under .Mr Spooner's persuasion. In this particular case, the necessity of covering a disused pit is illustrated by one significant fact. A witness who went with the Inspector deposed that on visiting the pit "he found a number of children congregated round it, and looking down the I shaft!"

AGRICULTURAL. I THE CORN TRADE.—From the Mark Lane Express: "The past week has been characterised by a renewal of tropical beat, with light showers. All vegetation has. therefore, been forced at a great rate, and the cutting of oats has commenced in Kent. with fairer prospects of a crop than once expected. A new growth has commenced in the meadows, al1,1 should the showers become plen- teous some compensation will he made for the hght hay crop. In Southern France and Italy new samples of wheat, of tine quality, have appeared but without abundance; indeed, it is in the south chiefly that the dertciencv of this grain is to he expected. Rain has been plentiful in Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Hungary. and the prospects of a good gathering in the latter eouiiti v are brightened. The Southern States of America wm also soon have new com, and at San Fran- cisco about an average result is reckoned on. Our own crops of all kinds are hastening on apace, and, should the weather continue, the gathering will be almost simul- taneous. Paris has fluctuated in the value of flour, and has lately reported s- line advance, though not in wheat; but at Marseilles there has been a slight improvement, whilst most country markets note a decline. Tlie state of the weather and foreign markets have brought more dulness int.. the wheat trade here, and. though some places resist anv decline, others have accepted Is to 2s less money. leaving the average reduction for the week about Is. Still, with stocks everywhere reduced, and the hnglish market relatively cheaper than nffst places in Europe, it is not to be expected that we shall give way seriously, and :he late advance of 10s has been not upon a high. but very low price, only bringing us to the average of former years. Should the rain, so long with- wheii the crops are cut, there is ample room for a further rise of Ills, without quotation becoming opressive. Our anticipations that New York would be the first place to accommodate prices to the English n.arket have already been realised, as Xo. 2 wheat has I t en offering by telegram thence at 42s (;,J c.f. i. France has again appeared as a t ci'toiner for cats, an' there ro dojbt that the crop in country and ilj this country will be very deficient."

I MARKETS. I WREXHAM.—THURSDAY. I An average at our market to-day. Wheat, a quiet trade, and prices unaltered. A few samples of oats changed hand? at last week's prices. Butter and eggs a tnfle dearer. The vegetable market was again well stocked- There was a large supply of potatoes the demand was very tirirli, tii(I every hamp;r was soon e,eared out at a reduction on iast Thur-day's prices, of about 3s per hamper, but towards the close the market was a little fu-mer. Strawberries, 3d to 4d per qt.; cherries, 3d to 4d per lb. gooseberries, I'd to L'd per qt.; black ciiri ants, 2d per Ib; red (lo., 2d per lb.; walnuts, lid to 8d per 100, pi as, per peek, b 4.1; beam;, per (It., 3d; cucumbers, 2d to 3d each. White wheat (per bushel of 7 jibs) Os Od to 0^ Od Red wheat (per bushel of 751bs) 7s 3d to 7s 6d Oats (per bushel of ttilbs). 3s 9d to 4s 6d Potatoes (per hamper of 6 score).. 6s Od to 8s 6d Butter (per lb. ot ldoz.) Is 2d to Is 4d Saluion (per lb.) (is lod to 0s 11a Ducks (per couple). 3s 6d to 4s 6d Fowl (per couple) 2s 6d to 4s Od Beef (per lb.) Os 7d to 0s 84d Mutton (per lb.) Os 7d to 0s Sgu Pork (per lb.) Os Gd to Os 7d Veal (per lb.) Os (;<1 to Os 7d Lamb (per lb,). Os led to Os Od Rabbits (per couple) 2s Od to Os Od Eggs H and 15 for a Shilling. MOLD. CORN.-Wednesday: Wheat, 13s 6d to 14s Od barley, 12s Od to 13s; oats, 8s Od butter, Os Od to Is 7d tub, ditto, Is 2d. LLANGOLLEN. CORN.-Saturday: Wheat, 7s id to 7s Gd barley, Os Od to Os Od oats, 4s Od to 4s Gd butter, Is Od to Is 2d; eggs, 15 to 16 for Is potatoes, 4s 6d to 5s Ud. RUTHIN. COR'Z.-M-onday Wheat, IGs Od to 16s 6d barley, lis Oil to 12s Od; oats, 8s 6d to 9s 6d per hob potatoes, per hubbet, 10s new ditto, 2d per lb.; butter, Is 2d to Is 3d per lb. OSWESTRY. CORN.—Wednesday Wheat, new, 7s 4d to 7s 6d old, Os Od to s M; barley, malting, Os Od to Os ud ditto, grinding, Os Od to Os Od; oats, new, 5s 6d to 4s Od per bushel of oOlbs.: ",hI, Os to Os; butter, is 2d to Is 4d per lb. Eggs, 16 fur a shilling. ELLESMERE. CORN.—Tuesday Wheat, 7s 4d to 7s Sd barley, Os Od to Os Od oats, Os Od to Os Od; ducks, 4s Od to 5s Od per couple fowls, 3s Od to 4s Od per couple; eggs, 16 & 18 for Is; butter per dish of 24oz., Is 7d to Is ad. CHESTER. CORN.—Saturday Very small attendance and supply of farmers' grain at to-d*y's market, the business doing in wheat being at a decline of 3d per bushel from the prices ol last week. Oats and beans scarce, and command full rates. No change in barley. Indian corn met a steady demand, prices again falling €d per 4S01bs. New. Old. Wheat, white, per 751b 8s Od to 8s 31.0s Od to Os Od Ditto, red 7s 3d to 7s 6d.0s Od to Os Od Darley, malting, 38qts 5s 3d to 5s 6d.0s Od 10 08 Od Ditto, grinding, 601b.. 4s Od to 4s 6d.0s Od to 08 Od Oats,per 46lb. 3s 9dto4s 0d.0s Od to 0a Od LIVERPOOL. CATTLF,Yoxiday Prices: Best beasts, 7d to second ditto, (ijd to 74d; inferior ditto, od to Gd; sheep, tjjd to 7d; lambs 7d to 8N, The stock on offer consisted of 1,515 cattle and ll,5uo sheep and lambs. There was a good demand for all kinds of stock, and prices in favour of buyers. Buyers being plentiful, all sold up at the close. C. -Te day: During the week thc-re has been a steady business in wheat. The threatened aspect of conti- nental aflairs has made holders show more firmness, and buyers have had to pay a slight advance. Maize has been pressed, ex-quay, at a further reduction; many parcels arriving out of conditL n have tended to depress it. To-day's market was well attended, there being a good business transacted in wheat, both for consumption and speculation, at Id to 2d per cental advance on the week. Flour was steady at extreme prices. Oats and oatmeal dull. Beans were pressed at a reduction of Is to Is 5d per quarter. Indian corn was 6d to 9d per quarter dearer than on Friday for prime parcels, making the value about the same as on Tuesday last. Per Cental 1001b. WHEAT: s. d. a. d. English, white 0 0 to 0 0 new 9 6 .10 0 red 0 0. 0 0 American 0 0. 0 0 red 0 0. 0 0 new 8 6. 9 10 OATS Per 45 lb. English 4 3. 4 6 Westport, new 3 5 3 6 BARLEY Per Imp. Qr. English mltig. 4 6 4 9 Foreign (601b) 0 0 0 0 new. 3 1 3 6 Per Imperia. Qr. BEANS: s. d. s. d. English ,16 0 .50 C; PEAS Per 4801b. Canadian .37 6 .38 6 INDIAN CORN Per 4801b. American 0 o 0 0 Indian corn Per 1981b. meal 17 0 19 0 FLOUR: Per 2801b. English .35 0 .38 0 French .37 0 ,4& 0 OATMEAL: Per 2401b. Irish. 0 0. 0 0 new 27 6 .28 0 fine cut .29 0 .30 0 SHREWSBURY. CORN.—Saturday: White wheat, 75 Od to 8s Id per bushel (751bs); red ditto, 8s Id to 8s Od oats, 20s Od to 21s Od per sack of 11 score lOlbs; peas, per sack of 11 score JOlbs, 19, Od to iOs (d beans, 21s 6d to 22s per 12 score malt, 8s od to 8s 6d per imperial bushel; barley, malting, 5s 6d to 6s Od per 38 quarts; barley, grinding, per 13se IOlbs, Os Od to Os Od. A moderate attendance, but trade limited. WOLVERHAMPTON. CoRN-Weclnesday Small attendance. Holders Of what wanted Is per quarter more, which buyers resisted. Other articles quiet, at about late rates. Trade dull. CATTLE.—Wednesday: Beef, 6d to 7id; wether mutton, 7jd to 74d; ewe ditto, 7d to 7jd lamb, "Ad to 9d veal, 6Ad to 71d; porket pigs, 10s Od to 10s fid; bacon ditto, 9s Od to 10s 6d. There was a good supply of stock at this market to-day. Sheep were numerous, but beasts were hardly so plentiful. Mutton was a little lower, but beef remained about the same as last week. BIRMINGHAM. HAT ANII STaAw.-Monday: Old hay, 41; Os Od to L6 7s 60 per ton; new ditto, £ 5 015 Od to IS" 5s Od per ton; straw, 2s 8d to 25 lid per cwt. Swedes, Os to Os per ton. CATTLE.-Tue-day Beef, 6d to iàd per lb mutton, Gid to 1<1; lamb, fild to iM; veal, 6J to Sd; bacon pigs, 10s 0d to 10s 3d per score; porket ditto, Ils 3d to lis 6d. There was a fair supply of beasts on offer at to-day's market, and a moderate trade was done. The number of sheep and lambs was unusually large, and a slight decline in late prices was the result. Fat pigs were not in much request, but porket pigs, though few in number, maintained their price, the demand being very steady. MANCHESTER. HAY AND STRAW.—Monday Hay, 6d to 7d ditto (new), Od to Od straw (wheat), 3id to 4-jd; ditto (oat) 3id to 4jd per stone. POTATOES.—Tuesday—Potatoes New potatoes Dutch, 10s to 12s per load Cornwall, Is to Is 6d; Ormskirk, 2s 6d to 3s Od; Cheshire, 9s to 14s per load. Old potatoes: Yorkshire, 12, Od to 14s Od; Scotch, 10s Od to 12s td; Cheshirt, 10s Od to 12s per 2521b. Onions, 21s to 26s per 2401b. Turnips. Os Od to Os Od per 16 pecks. Carrots, Os to Os Od per 2401b. LONDON. I COR,-Monday: Market generally strong, with good demand from continental buyers. English wheat firm at full prices- Foreign, sorts off the coast may be quoted is dearer. Town Hour unaltered. Country without change. American 6d per sack dearer. Barley 6d dearer. Oats firmer, at an advance of 6d to Is. Maize firm. Beans and peas steady. Current Prices of British Grain in Mark Lane. WHEAT. Per Qr. Essex, Kent, red 42s to 48s Do. white 45s to 52s Norfolk, Lincoln red 42s to 48s BARLEY. Malting -8 to -5 Distilling. 31s to 36s Grinding 28s to 31s MALT. Essex, Norio'.k, & Suffolk 61s to 69s Kingston & Y\ are 61s to 69s Brown 48s to 54s RyE, New —s to-s OATS. Luglis.i, feed 23.; to 26s Scotch, feed — to-5 Si:-itch potatoe -s to OATS. Per Qr. Irish black 21s to 25s „ white 21s to 28s BEANS. Mazagan 39s to 42s Tick 40s to 42s Harrow. 41s to 45s Pigeon 46s to 50s PEAS. Grey 36s to 38s Maple .405 to 4ts White 37,; to 40s Boilers 37 s to 40s FLOVR. Town made, per 2801bs 42s to 47s liousehold -s to -s Country. 33s to 35s Norfolk & Suffolk ex-ship -6 to —s CORN.—Wednesday The uncertainty of political affairs has liiU'ivuplU'i tia.-iucss to-diiy, and transactions for arrived crn are limited to retail purchases. English and t'or?a v)n ? whitest 'hangp. Town flour unaJt?red, cou)?'v quirt. ?m?ti'Mt bftrre? dun. Barley rather dearer for feeding sorts. Oats firm, at fully Monday's ad- vance. Maize ste.idy. Beans and peas firm. CORN AvElLAGES.-WCCI-ly average price and quantity of Rritisi, eorn "old during the week ending July 9: » Quantities Sold. Average Pnoe. 1870. 1869.  ?97 50s 7d 48s Md Wheat 3" 30a 3d 30s 6d Oats 2.3fi9  3? 6d 27s Od Oats. 2,, CATTLR, —UV.ml iv: Very cnoice Deei is scaree; full prices are obtained, and in some few instances exceeded. All other kin's arc extremely dull, at considerably lower prices, with great difficulty in closing sales. The market will not he clcaivd. Mutton ha a downward tendency inferior and foreign lower; choice lamb remains steady with a better demand. The supply of veal was large. Per .-lb to sink the ollal:—Inferior and coarse beasts, 3s 0d to 3, 8d; second quality do., 4s Od to 4s 4d; prime large axon, 4s 6d to 4s 101; prime Scots, &c., 5s Od to 5" 4d- and infc-rioi- sheep, 3s to 3s 4d second quality ditto, 3s Sd to 4s 4d; prime coarse-woolled sheep, 4s 6d to 5s; prime :SO\: hJùwn ditto, 5s 2d to -5s cid; large coarse calve. os lod to -is lOd; prime small ditto, 55 to 5s 6d; large hog-, 4s tid to 5s 4d; neat small porkers, 58 41 to 5s Sd; lamb, 6s Od to 7s; suckling calves, 22=. to 268; and quarter-old tore pigs, 20s to 268 each. Ifoi,s.i\lon,lay The demand for all qualities of hops has ruled very ■ nactive throughout the past week, and the quotations have been firm. Plantation reports not so good. Mid and East Kent. £ 7 0 £ 9 5 .£12 12 Weald of Kents 6 0 7 0 8 0 Sussex 5 1 6 6 6 13 BaYarian 6 6 7 7 9 0 French 5 \1. 5 15 6 10 Amori(!iT).s 4 5 5 5 6 0 Yearlings 1 10 2 10 3 15 WOOL.—Monday: At the public sales of colonial wool, the attendance 01 buyers has continued good. Biddings have been animated, and Cape snow-white qualities have been dearer. English wool has been firm, on former terms. Current prices of English wool: Fleeoes, Southdown hogget. Is 0 d to Is Id half-bred ditto, Is id to Is 3d Kent fleece?, Is 2d to Is 3d; Southdown ewes and wetheM. Is M to Is O,d; Leicester ditto, Is Id to Is rd Sort": Clothing, Is Od to Is 4d; combing, Os lid to ] s ?*d per lb. TAI.T.OW. We dnesday The market was st?v to-dar at 45s Od on the spot; and 46s 6d October to Decprnt?- METALS. From the "Mining Journal." Bars, Weish, in London £ 7 5 0 l0 £ 0 0 0 Nail Rod. j; j j' 0 Bar" .w. 8 0 0 9 0 0  8 i.? ? ShCf.,tf', single 9 15 .•=, ?-1( S 3 15 0 4 5 0 ? Refir nwa l Into 4 0 0 ? 5 0 0 Bars, eorm«.n. ditto 6 15 0 0 0 0 Ditto, RH IWHY. in Wales. 7 10 0 ? C 0 0 Ditto. ;:¡"]¡, in London 9 15 0 0 0 0 Pig, No t. 2 0 0 3 6 C