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THE MAGAZINES. I The People's Magazine for August has a very pretty coloure i frontispiece, entitled "Sunny H,,urs," from a p?nU? by G. Cheers. "Her Title 0 Honour," by H -lme Lee, the second part of 'hlch appears in this number, M likely to fully sus^° the fame of the fair author. The Dean of Chester furnishes a paper on Carelessness and in bio- graphical leases for the young, vre have the con-, tinuatiou of the Life of Martin Luther. There is also a sketch, illustrated, of the Life of John Pounds, the philanthropic cobbler, and founder of Easeed Schools. Space is foun d for a selection Of Other interesting papers, making it a magazine worthy of a placs in every home. Four continuous novels are at present running through the pa--cs of the Young Ladi.es J-owrna all of tht kind most attractive to the feminine temper. These with some shorter readings, a. sprinkling of f'" I 1 poetry, several pieces of original music, lengthy articles on fashions, and a large supplement of needle- work, Berlin wool, and other patterns, fashion plates, and designs for various kinds of female work and ornamentation, place it in an unrivalled position as a lady's favourite. The present part of Cassell's Book of Birds is devoted to the Ravin and Magpie family of the feathered world, and numerous illustrations of the different varieties adorn its pages. The frontispiece is a beautifully coloured picture of the Sparrow Hawk. Cassell's Magazine well preserve3 its place amongst our best class of periodicals, and there is a marked improvement in the character of the woodcuts on what appeared in the first numbers of the new sones. Wilkie Collins's novel of Man I and Wife" is of itself sufficient to secure the magazine a ready welcome by the reading public, and it is well supported by the general contents. General Gariba'di contributes a paper on the Greek Brigands; I& Glorieus Wir" is characteristically illustrated; and A Terrible Night" is a highly sensational story ot effecting a robbery of a bank, and the speedy capture of the thieves. The pages of Bow Bells are too full and too varied, ami the iUustrationstoo numerous, for us to attempt to particularize the bill of fare provided for its numerous buyers; and all we can say is that a- regards quantity and variety this magazine offers the greatet sixpennyworth of tLe age. From Messrs Johnston and Hunter we have received their two excellent serials, the Christian Treasury -iiid the Children's Hour. In the first- named valuable family miscellany, we have the con- tinuation of two h;iily interesting stories of a religious character, namely Suzanne de l'Orme," a Story of Huguenot time?, ari l the Melville Family," besides a well-chosen selection of narratives, essays, poetry, and explanatory and descriptive articles of Christian life and character. The chief feature in the Children's Hour is tke pleasing and instructive nature of the tales adapted especially for the youthful mind. The P-aling one in the present volume relates to early Christian times in Rome, and the persecutions under the Emperor Hadrian. The first part of a story about a "Pot of Gold" elites how a little boy, by disobeying bis parents, was the cause of his younger sister being stolen by gipsies. The illustrations are well executed, and form :t gr"t attraction to little people. & In Bessy Haue" the plot thickens and the interest increases, the reader benrjr left in a pleasant state "f doubt whether Dr. Eane has committ. d a fraud, or a. mnrrler, or neither. The length, how- ever, of this contribution leaves but little room for other articles in the pages of the Argosy, but the editor finds room for an apology for what app-ar.d in the last cumber reflecting unfavourably on the character of the late K.ug of the Belgian?. Johnny Ludlow gives the finish of a "Tale of Sin and a story entitled The First and Last Tneft" describes how the hero gained his wife by purloining her bracelet. Our Oren Fireside shines brightly amongst it* 1 numerous compeers by its diversity of reading, ex- cellence of illustrations, and genial and instructive hterature. We have but a short instalment of Mrs Ellis's Westwood Green," descriptive of one incident alone, which however makes a total change in the prosit of oue of the heroines but this is more than compensated for by the great variety of the other .soatents. In Once a Week, the editor's story, "The Mortimers," sustains its interest. Mr Percy Fitz- gerald's storv, The Sword of Damocles," is con- cluded. Mr Litchfield Moseley's stirring poem, "The De -,th of King John," specially written for Mr J. M. Bellew's readings, is now printed, we believe, fcr the first time, and is to be followed by other of Mr Bellew's original readings. In Table Talk" there is the usual amount of pleasant gossip on cnrrent events. The conductors of the magazine announce the appearance in its pages of two new novels. Tinsley opens a more than average number with I the second instalment of "J oshua Marvel"—a ttory which, 86 far, is smartly written, and promises to increase ir, interest as it proceeds. In a.n article entitled Tie Poor Rich," the writer enters into an elaborate argument to prove that the vivisection which the public institutions are now undergoing; might with advantage be adopted in our households, and that a strong blast of utilitarian reform" should be resorted to to blow away much of the useless pomp and tJlush and posvder with which we are now <jn*n.ubered, and wh eh often strikes strangers with astonishment." In Australian Wilds" is the story of a cold-blooded, exciting murder, detecte 1 b) means of a match-box. Three chapters of "The Mincing Lane" are contributed, with an illustration wautum in finish. We have the first instalment of Cha iters on a Chair," which are intended to form a popular explanation of the laws of taste. The subjects treated of in the present part are the mature of beauty, materials, construction, and decoration. Austin ma.terials and dtc'lration. "AustÜ: Friars" is brought to a happy conclusion, and the other contributions to the number are, A Spanish Adventure," By Co.tch through Tasmania," and a poem, Vetera a Cohois," in memorial of Mark Lemon and Charles Dickens. London Socrety sustains its caaracier as a purveyor of light and amusing literature." This month's number contains a variety of papers which will be eailv consumed in the hours ot relaxation, when more solid food wou;d be refused. That large class of persons who are intent upon matrimony will extract a great deal of entertainment from a perusal of The luèiao llarriage Market"—which does not just now seem to be at all a desirable one for a bargain—and the article on breaches of promise. Perhaps a suggestion of the writer of the latter will find many approving minds. He propose, that the Statute of l Frauds shall be applied to marriage contract. The gift of a ring .might be declared to be something in earnest to bind the b k e bargain, kisses to be part performance, and where seduction had taken place under an enforeible con- tract to marriage, the court, might be allowed to decree specific performance to be the alternative of exemplary damrges or imprisonment." No doubt there are many who would pres -ribe the punishment of the New York penal code—five years' imprison- ment-for the man who is mean enough to rob a woman of her honour under promises of marriage. The Piccaddly Papers" discourse upon three inte.reatin.r topici, A Ilorain- at the Law Courts," Mr Dickens and Chauncy Hare Townhend," and nlackwood and Mr Disraeli." An episode of the Italian war is male the subject of some very pathetic lines by an anonymous poet; the late Mr J. Lawl-ss illustrates th" event, which is that of two Italian soldiers making an entry of the cause ot daath of an Englishman who fell while fighting j <:> d "A" I on behalf of Itaian Independence. A Most! Extraordinary Cricket Mat h" is an account of ¡ a game played by two gentlemen on the one side, and a gentleman and his sheep dog on the other, in which, through the excellent fieldiusr of the animal, the pair of bipeds were beaten. s. Ths Old Hoase by the River" is concluded. The illustrations of the numbers are good, with one exception-that o" Gymnastics lor Ladies," which is neither becom- ing nor witty. Belgrn-via has Droved a very successful magazine lD its sphere, and does credit to the celebrated lady writer wL?o so at.? writer who so ably conducts It-MIss Bradd >n. It' leading title is Feu ton's Quest," writt-n by the anchor of Lady Audley's Seir.it,' which is continued to the nineteenta chapt-r. Gilbert Fenton discovers his false love, K-'lbrook, in seclusion at a little vili ;age. He does not reproach her, but he ascertains, partly from her own manner and partly from theconver-ahcn of her maid, that she is un. happy. She exacts Iroia him a promise that he will abandon his ideation to discover her husband. John Holbrook, still ke. pinz her seerct as to who be is. Ttie idea H.isties across his m;nr] « Wnat if John S:iitram and John Holhrolk were one b;.It he puts the supposition from him, in i,»nflit with hiffiboi. for capable of thinking of such a thing even for an instant. To the reader, however, John Saltram's treachery is tolerably apparent. Jacob Nowell, Marian's eccentric grandfather, is in extremis, and his will is made, leaving the whole of his property to Marian, and disinheriting his worth- less SOB, to whom the money will revert only in the event of his granddaughter dying childless. It is evident that the authoress intends to build up some strong points out of his Will. The Portrait of Mr Pickwick, by the great Sala, is now very apropos and the description of Coleridge's Country is an especially charming contribution. "The Lives of Famous Men" introduces us to the first love of Rd ward Gibbon, thehistorian—namely Madamoiselle Curchod, the mother of the famous Madame d Stael. Le Faren's Haunted Baronet" is a story to whose development we look with a great deal of interest, as there is promise of something superior from this writer. The Popular Educator is fall of valuable informa- tion, written in a manner especially adapted to the student who is anxious for self-improvement without the aid of masters. Compliments to the Quiver, however well deserved would be superfluous, for the contents of this excellent family magazine sptak for themselves. rbey are so well selected, and so capitally written with such a good purpose, that the publication can- not help having a good effect upon households into which it is introduced, A religious tone is so well blended with the principal portion of the con- tributions that it becomes attractive in this form, and may ultimately produce a good result, which it would not perhaps be attended to if placed before the reader in a less plea ant garb. The story of "Two Years" is an unexceptionable one, and is doubtless read with pleasure by t housands, who pre'er a natural description of life to one abounding in sensational scenes. The Gentleman's Journal is full or romances of a tolerably healthy character; but the other portion of the contents is decidedly the best part of it. We have no doubt the publication has a large number of readers, and that its publisher is fully alive to the requirements of the age. With the Recreation Supplement this month, besides the two usual hand- some full-page chromo pictures (representing the uniforms of the British army), there is given a very good portrait of the late Charles Dickens; capitally printed from a good engraving, on plate paper. Macmillan's Magazine will be found an ex- ceptionally readable number. Mr Anthony Trollope secures a deep interest from all readers in the prospects of his hero and heroine. The character of Scott's Dina Vernon is critically and agreeably examined by one who seems to be well acquainted with the habits and manners of the fair sex. "Jennifer" is the title of a somewhat dolorons story of religious zeal in humble life among the Cornish people. The poetic contributions are, as usual, reallv excellent, and the compliment to the memory of the late Provost Paradol will meet with the approbation of most readers. The Treasury of Literature and Ladies' Treasury opens with a well-digestel paper on that exceedingly vexed problem of the present day -the servant question; and a capitally conceived picture of the mistress's perplexity on the sudden departure of her" help" illustrates the query, "What's to be done?" "The Prime Minister's Stepdaughter" is continued to the 24th chapter, and proves to be a novel of powerful interest. Gold" is the title of a thoroughly orthodox love story, in which wealth is weighed against worth. "The Ghost" is a serio-comic narrative of h ?w an elderly gentleman played the ghost, and nearly lost his Ire thereby. The legend of Monte del Drablo relates the terrible struggle of Padre Jose with the enemy of mankind in the wilderness of Upper California during the earliest Christian missions to Mexico. The ladies' special department is a perfect treasury of information on all those occupations and amuse- ments which engage the attention of the fair bex, THE OLD PARK ROAD. By Thomas Miller.— LondonH. Vicars, Strand. We are pleased to see once more the veteran author of rustic life and charming delineator of conntry scene and character in the active area of the literary world. The Old Parl. Road appears likely to introduce all those eatures of English rural life of the present day with which Mr Miller is so well acquainted, and which he can so charm- ingly and graphically describe. So far as we can glean from the first part the plot of the story hinges on the action of Lawyer Snareford, a crafty memher of the legal crait, in snrreptiously obtain ins the magistrates' authority to close a foot and bridle-path through Reapham Park-an action whieh the heiress, Winneford Wellbeck, condemns and wishes to set aside. This, however, the lawyer, who is -ur,lian (and by some supposed to be a self- constituted one) to Miss Wellbeck, her father having been accidentally killed on the hunting field, will not accede to and a state of food is thus partly opened between them, in which the ward is supported by the rector of Reapham. Of course, the procedure causes also no slight commotion amongst the usually unexcitable villagers. Mr Miller's style or writing seems to have lost none of its charm by the long rest which he has had, and many will no doubt welcome this fresh work trom his pen.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Earl Granville reported the statement as to the measures that had been adopted by the Government for securing the neutrality and independence of Belgium which had already been made by the Prime Minister in the Lower House and the Duke of Richmond, in a tone very similar to that adopted by Mr Disraeli, expie-sed a general satisfaction at the steps which had been taken.—At the instance of Lord Cairns the Ecclesiastical Titles Act Repeal Bill was withdrawn and. after advancing several other measures a stage, their lordships adjourned. HOU&E OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Before the order of the day was read, Mr Glad- stone rose to inform 1 he House of the nature of the communications which 'had passed between her Maiesty's Government and the belligerent Powers. At this tin.e L rd Granville had entered the Peers' Gallery, and the information offered to the House by the Premier was communicated in the presence or the Foreign Minister. -After mentioning that he was r ;t in a position to lay further papers upon the. table,>the right hou. gentleman went on to inform the House that on Saturday, July 30 (last Saturday week), her Majesty's Government proposed t:) France and Prussia, in idei;tic,tl terms, that an engagement should be contracted with each of bem to the effect that if the arroiei of either belligerent should, in the cour-e of the opeiations of -war, vio'-ate the neutrality of P-t!!gitim, Gritt Britain should co-operate with the oth-r belligerent for th' defence of that territory; and it was specified in the document then transmitted that Great Britain shouM rot, by that engagement, or by acting unon í it in case of need, be bORIII to t ike part in the general operations of the w&r. The treaty, it was I proposed, should rem tin ill force for twelve months after d;e rati&ca.tion of any t?enty of peace between I the be Lgerents and wheu it had expired, the obli- gations under the treaty of 1839 wouid revive. Tuis proposal was at once communicated to the Govern- ments cf Austria and Russia, and, as far as the Government were informed, bad been favourably viewed by them. Count E-riistorff, the Prussian Ambassador in London, had been authorised to sign the treaty, and expected in the course of the day to receive his iizll powers. The French Government, too, had accepted the treaty in principle bat had suggested certain modifications of phraseology. A' the treaty was offered to the two belligerents in id n, 'ieill ti)rrxis, the Government could not c.-nsenr to thjse alterations but they bad on Satur iay ad- dressed to the Government of Era-.ce an explana- tory despatth wh ch they hoped-would met their wishes. No answer had yet been received to that communication, but tue del iy prcb ibly a1'o'c fr,lm the pressure of affairs in Paris. -The statement of the ritrbt hon. gentleman was, it is almost needle-s to say" listened to with the most profound attention, but it is more important to aid thtt the cheering at its conclusion was both general auÈ cordial. Mi Disraeli naturally abstained from pronouncing a d.cided opillion upon the course which had been adopted by tb; Governmert; out, wai:c expressing s)me doubt as to the wisdom of adding new eng i ze- mmts to those ccctained in a treaty of guarantee so explicit as that of 1839, accepted tho action -,f the government HE a declaration of the Cabinet that thPT are resolved to maintain tht) neuralty arId iii- dependence of ?e?ium, and dpdared thal? this was a wi?e and spired policy, and not the Ifss wise than spirited." T? right hon gentleman devoted some ohservatinns toan expo?tiun of the import- this rtmintrv ?f the rotation of the coast ?i? ?n<?otbe Northern Sea by free and A f ;u"ri,hin<* com?ni?. by .hos. ainbit Ga th. ??b o.r?i,y y aad independence neither otE?-Lmd nor of in. otaer country coald be?en?ced; an 1 conc??e i ?'?Pre .?'??ire that we should retain the friendship ofb.-th F¡ auœ and Prussia, and his b.,c that the events which are IOW «ecnmng mav eiab'e En-land to come forward and give those, counsels which may not Gnly tend to restore peace to ISope, but respect the dignity and the national feeling of both b> liferents. Mr Gb.dstoue ex- plained that the special reason elllcrin>! into these new treaties was the ie^ervat.0 'nthe d da ations of the two b l!igere:,ts which the respect of the neutrality of Belgium hy e:lch (le. pendent upon the action of the ohe"; -'In-l thp, OJl- versation was not carrie:! furt:!er.-Tue Militia A.t Am-mlmi at Bill was not only L second time, but, the stand.ng or ers being siispentl-'U, was also read a third tim" and passed.—Upon tne ciii. i sideration of the Cpn?us biH. Mr Bruce asked tHC House to dissL'i-e \?irh tha?. a?en !u Mil ia,ro1\1(.rl j by tne Hou, of Lo:ds which pr?vit'! for tak'Bg an arc .unt of the numbers of tLe several re' i denominations; and ht'?h a div?-io'? wis caHoa ) for by some members o:'the Oppo iti'-n, thi- motion wa? aIl led by a maj? rity of Hi-IOl to 40.—Wnen the Ho?c was .kd to go iLlw committ;e on the Judicial Committee Bill, which had come down from 1 he House of Lords, Mr Williams moved the rejAC- tion of the measure, the provisions of which were severely criticised by several hon. gentlemen, all of whom objected to being called upon to legislate upon so important subject at so late a period of the session. The bill was defended by Mr Bruce and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the amend- ment was negatived by a majority of 19—64 to 45. As seon. however, as the House went into com- mittee, Mr William; moved that Mr Dodson should leave the cha r; and although Mr Bruce appealed to him to allow the bill to go on, he declared his iL. tention to avail himself of aLl the forms of the House to defeat it. A request from Mr G. Gregory that the law officers should express their opinions of the bill met with no response, although the Attoraey- General was on the Treasury Bench; and when a division was taken Mr Williams' mot on was nega- tived by a majority of 24-63 to 39, and the com- mittee proceeded to consider the sections. Two divisions were taken upon amendments on the second clause, and when upon the second of these the Government majority had fallen to only 2, the bill was withdrawn.—Mr B. Hope divided the House against the Lords' amendment in the Cleri- cal Disabilities Bill, but he was defeated by a majority of 32-41 to 9.—Some other business having been disposed of the House adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. I The Royal Assert was given, by commission, to I a large number of BUts, among which was the Ele- mentary Education Bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TOESDAT. I Several notices for next session were given.-Me Rylands intends to call attention to the large in- crease in the national expenditure since 1859 and Mr Whalley will make a revolutionary proposition for applying the property of the Established Church in payment of the national debt.—The Home Secre- tary announced that the Licensing Bill, the Trades' Unions Bill, the Mines Regulation Bill, the Rivers Pollution Bill, and the Commons Inclosure Bill, would be ilgain brought forward next session.—Mr Jacob Bright called attention to the intervention of England for the purpose of preserving the neutrality of.Beigium, and, speaking in the interests of peace, deprecated any correspondence that would be likely to involve this country in war. Sir Wilfrid Lawson endorsed this view, which was, however, opposed by Mr Taylor, member for Leicester, who boldly de- fended the course which the Government had taken, and declared himself in favour of peace at any price—even at the price of war. Mr Bruce urged non. members not to continue the discussion in the absence of the Prime Minister and other members of the Government, and promised that opportunity should be afforded to-day for continuing the subjict. With this assurance the subject dropped, and t'.e House adjourned at 2.45. HOUSE OF LORDS. -WED-,qESDA-Y. I Lord Cairns rose to express his satisfaction that the Government had determined to adhere to its engagements with regard to the preservation of the independence of Belgium; but, at the same time, he maintained strongly that the proper course to have been adopted was to notify to the belligerents that England would observe its obligations in regard to Belgium, and would not permit any violation of theirs. Further, he contended, that tse step about to be taken was open to the suspicion of sug- gestion that England wa < not acting with that im- partiality which she wonl 1 have shown had she pro- ceeded only upon the treaty obligations of 1839. Those obligations could not for a momont be im. pugned True, there was a saving clause that England should go no farther than was necessary for the maintenance of the independence of Belgium bUG, if a war was entered into for such a purpose, they would find themselves totally unable to keep within the limits of the Treaty, for the oironm- stances attending a state of war would inevitably draw them into a general conflict.—The engage- ment appeared to him to be unnecessary fcr this reason—that in the event of a violation of the neutrality of Belgium by either of the beliLerentt, England would be sure to receive the support of the other belligerent without any such treaty as was proposed whilst in the case of violation by both, the treaty would be useless. In reply, Earl Gran- ville said the Government half already, in conse- quence of the course it had taken, received the most friendly assurances both from Russia and Austria. Although the Powers were bound by the obligations of 1839, yet the position of the English Government had been materially strengthened by the action it had taken. He trusted that the treaty would not be acted upon; and he believed that the course taken in proposing it would prove that the beat means ef preventing it being earned out. He added that the treaty had been already signed by Count Berns-torff, and that the French Ambassador had hotined that he had instructions to da so as soon a< his fu)l powers arri-ed.-After the Royal assent had been given to several bills, the ceremony of prorogation was proceeded with in the presence of a very thin House, the attendance of the Peers b^ing limited to t?n, in addition to the five commissioners, wb?te only a few peeresses occupied the benches usually "et apart for them ?= these occasions. Tne Lord Chancellor read I THE QUEEN'S SPEECH as follows: MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, The state of public business enables me to re- lease you from your attendance in Parliament. I continue to receive from all foreign Powers assu- rances of good will and friendship, but I have wit- nessed with grief and pain on domestic as well as public grounds the recent outbreak of the war be- tween two powerful nations, boih ef them allied I-with this country. My best exertions had been used to avert this great calamity. I shall now direct a constant and an anxious attention to the strict observance of the duties and maiutenance of the rights of neutrality. I have cheerfully assented to the measures matured by your wisdom to enlarge the power of the ex'-cutive, not only for the discharge of inter- I national duties, but for the prevention of acts, which in times of war Bfcight be injurious to the in- terest of the country. I shall make every fitting endeavour to check the operation of causes which might lead towards enlarging the area of the present et>"il'ct, and to contribute, if opportunity shall be aforded mp, to the restoration of an early and honoarible peace. I have tendered to the two belligerent Powers treaties, identical in form. to give additional security to Belgium against the hazards of a war waged upon her frontiers. This treaty has been signed by Count Bernstorff CD the part of the j North German Confederation, and the French I Ambassador has signified that he has authority to si«n the corresponding instrument as soon as his fall powers arrive. Ottior Powers waich were parties to the treaty of 1639 have been invited to i accede, if they should think tit to this arrangement. t ,I J -.1 The shocking murders recently perptiraiea in Greece produced a painful impression throughout Europe, and have drawn attention to -serioll" evils existing in that country. My unremitting efforts will be directed to securing the complete and searching character of the inquiry which has been instituted. •GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I thank yon for the liberal provision which was made by you for the ordinary service of the year, and for the additional supplies of men and money which you have voted in view of the altered state of things on the Continent of Europe. The condition of the revenue gives good ground for the hope that it may be able to mettt the new charge which has been created without reversing the proper balance of income and expenditure. MI LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,— In regard to domestic legislation, I may fitly congratulate you on the close of a session it^irkeo by an ass'duous devotion to labours of the utmost national im;ror'anc^. The temporary Act for the repression of azrariat, crim-s, and tte maintenance of order in Ireland, has, up to the present time, answerell titelparpeses for which it was pussed. From the act for relating the occupation aid ownership of Ireland, I anticipate the gradual es- tablishment, both of harmonious relations between owners and occupiers of Ireland, of general confi- dence in the pi'ovisions aud administration of the law, and in the just and benevolent intentions ofl the le.; tsla'. nre ia consequence of the t-ffirts wh-cli have been made in matters of capital moment to remove from the statut e book whatever might seem inequitable to IreSand. I trn-t that the discharge of the first duty of Government in providing for the necessity of life and property will become more easy, and I shall rely with confidence upon the lovalty and affection of my Irish subjeets. Ir, has given me pleasure to concur with yoa in the passage of the important lalv providiug for NIi- tional Education in England. I perceive in it a new guarantee for the moral and social well being of tire nation, and for its pro speriry nnd power. The Naturalization Act. and the act for the extradition of criminals, will tend t,) confirm our frieudly relations with foreign powers. The act which regulates enlistment for a shortened term of service in the ranks of the ,.iriliy I trust, tend to increase the efficiency of the i-ree, to promote the welfare of the soldiers and to provide for the rat on a reserve of men weii trained to arm., and ready 111 any cise of emergency to reinrn to the standards. I bi! you f?reweU for the recess, with i?? ? ?rne.t f.?vpr th? when you ?re a?in summoned to your ?n'?s I nr.y be en?bt?d to r<]0tc? ?ith ?u '? ih: e*U>-bJishiB,ii: <. PC.? on t? consent I vi Europe. I HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Mr Gladstone laid on the table the treaty conclu- ded with France and Prussia, separately, for the maintenance of Belgian neutrality, the provisions of which have already been stated. A debate followed, Mr Bernal Osborne leading off with a speech in which be described the treaty as the most extraordinary document ever la.id bafore Parliament in such a crisis as the present. If English arm?, he said, were not in better order than the skill of English diplomatists, the treaty, which might involve the country in unknown dififculties, would be of very little avail. Going a step further at the next sentence, he argued that the treaty was useless altogether, and contended that it would have been far better to have relied upon the obligations of 1839, to which, if they were worth anything, all the grat Powers were parties. They ouikt to regard Belgium as an outwork of England, and instead of this puerile and feeble diplomacy, to rely upon the strength and honour of England to assert its neu- trality and independence. Mr Buxton and Sir H. Lytton-Balwer approved the proceedings of the Government; but Colonel Bartellot thought it would have been sufficient if the country had simply notified its intention to maintain the treaty of 1839. Replying especially to Mr Osborne, Mr Gladstone denied that England h id any separate and distinct interest in maintaining the independence of Belgium, and said it was unfair to impute selfi-h motives to the country, which would create a false imoression abroad. The subject shortly aroppecl.-At two o'clock the attendance of the Huuie was summoned by the Black Rod in the House of Peers to hear the commission for proroguing Parliament read. Upou the retai-n ot the Speaker, the Queen's Speech was read, and the ceremony of leave-taking having been gone through, the sesion of Parliament terminated.

FOREIGN I«TJSJ..i,iGe-.Nils* FRANCE. I THE NEW MINISTRY. I A telegram from Frouard (junction station of Nancy and Metz), dated Sunday night, states that the Emperor, being solicited by some of the Generals to return to Paris, replied, I Dead or victorious.—The Pall Mall Gazette says it is rumoured that Mr Smith, the secret agent of the Emperor Napoleon, has arrived in London, having under his charge the Prince Imperial, the jewels of the Empress, and of the Duke of Bruns- wick.—The following is the official list of the new ministry: —General Montauban (Due de Palikao)- Minister of War; M. Chevreau-Interior Magne— Finance; Clement Duvemais-Commerce and Agri- culture Admiral Rigault de Genouilly—Marine; Baron Jerome David-Public Works; Prince De La Tour Dauvergne — Foreign Affairs Grandperret-Justice, Jules Brame-Public Instruction; Busson Billault- President of Council of State. BELGIUM. I The Belgium Chambers were opened on Monday with a speech from the King. His Majesty said that he hoped the tide of war would not reach Belgium, and that her nationality which had been guaranteed by the five great powers of Europe would not be violated. He had received an assurance in writing from the Emperor of the French that it should be respected, and a similar assurance from the King of Prussia. The King then expressed his gratitude for the solicitude displayed by the British Government towards Belgium, and for the support the country had met with from Parliament and public opinion in England. Belgium he said would strictly maintain her neutrality during the war, and for that purpose the necessary measures had already been taken by the Government. She had passed through many trials, but none so severe as this. The people would not forget that their prosperity, their liberty, their very existence were at stake. His Majesty's speech was much applauded throughout, and enthusiasm was specially aroused by the references made to Great Britain. THE CAPE. The Cape mail arrived on Monday with the news that rain had fallen generally throughout the western pro- vince, and there was every prospect of a remarkably line season. The diamond fields were becoming more popular, and parties were setting out from every frontier town. The Nortliam has brought home diamonds, value £ 2,800. The publication of Earl Granville's reply to the memorial from Graham's Town for the retention of the troops had elicited a strong expression of disappro- bation on the frontier generally. The news from the Tatin goldtields was more promising. Roman Catholics are now allowed liberty of worship in the Transvaal. The rules for the government of Basuto Land had been proclaimed. Volunteer corps were being formed in the frontier towns, but the Government has refused to supply them with arms.

——— .A Apprehensions are entertained in Indi^a that recent inundations in Eastern Bengal have destroyed the food crops. The evacuation of Rome by the French was completed on Monday. Thirty-tive mortars and 15,000 shells were left behind as a present to the Roman Government. The Greek Goveriiiiiezit has refused to permit English barristers te attend the inquiry respecting the late murders by brigands. The English Minister has pro- tested against this decision. The latest news from China by way of Bombay is that a. fleet of European gunboats had arrived at Tientsin, and that there had been no renewal there of the outrages by the populace on the French or other European residents. The Czechs of Bohemia now show a disposition to come tc- terms with the Cis-Leithan Government. The leaders of the party have held a meeting at Prague, and have decided that if the Government will promise certain concessions the Czech members shall take their seats ic the Diet. The Spaniards are a,ppa,rently as fa,r off as ever from obtaining a King. The latest statement from Madrid on the subject is that it is "absolutely false that either Dom Fernando, of Portugal, or his second son, Dom Auguc-t, have accepted the candidature to the throne of Spain."

The sele-g committee of the House 01 Commons on the Abyssinian expedition has issued its report, from width we gather that the cost of the expedition was £ 8,800,000, or 1'5,300,000 in excess of the first estimate, which was made upon unreliable date. Thf greatest man (corporeally) in our community, and one of the tallest subjects of Queen Victoria, died here on Friday week, in the person of Kr mcis Sheridan,: landlord of the Irish Harp Tavern, Baker-street. Big Frank" was 7 feet 8 inches in height, nie:isured 58 inches round the chest, and weighed 22 stone avoirdupois. He was iD his 30th year.—HawieJc Admrtiser. It would appear that the Scez Canal does not promise an immediate return to shareholders. It has now been nearly six months in working order, and during that time :? vessels have passed through, the total receipts being £ 129,784. The working expenses aad interest amount to £2JU,(){)\J for the half year. The canal is far froir being complete, fourteen dredgers being at work to widen the canal, and lessen the bends. John Owen, the murderer of the .Marshall family, at Deubam, was executed at Aylesbury on Monday last. There is a singular resemblance between the case of (her and that of Millar, w!ao was lately hung for the <hel*-ea murders. Both were convicted on circum- stantial evidence of the most conclusive cliLTacter both adiBitted knowledge of the commission of the crimes and br-tli declared on the scaffold that they were not the actuid murderers. At the military depot in King-street, Westminster, oil I Tuesday last, the non-commissioned officers were busily engaged in enlisting men fur the Army Service Corps, the gotli Rifles, and various other regiments. Before midday 200 strong and active-looking young men had been enlisted, and in the evening the crowd outside the depot became so great that it was found necessary iio procure the assistance of the police- in order regulate them. The officers remarked that the difficulty of pm- curing.men was now ended- Self-devotion received a remarkable exemplification during the American war, in the case of a patriotic citizen, who declared that rather than that the war should languish for want of recruits, lie would freely send 1 p" every one of his wife's able-bodied relations. This incident may be supposed to show self-devetiun from an American point of view. A Dr. Turenne, of Christiana, who recently died, has shown more truly his devc-iion to science by directing that his body should be dissected, and the skeleton cleaned, arti- culated. and hung up in the museum of the Modicil School ic that town. We do not find if this g-ift is conditiei' upon his family being placet! on the "free list" for admission to the museum. An old pensioner, named Constautine, seventy-three years of &ge, who served in the English army at the battle of Waterloo, was tried at the Manchester assizes on Saturday last, for feloniously wounding his wife, with intent to murder her. The foolish man had quarrelled with and separated from his wife, and meeting her in Stockport cnc day, he made a desperate attempt to cut her throat with a razor. The weapon wa« wrested from him, but in the deadly straggle he wounded his wife very severeJy upon the chin. He was found guilty, and was sentenced to eight years penal servitude.—At the same assizer, Patrick Kelly was tried for the man- slaughter Gf his wife, whom he had beaten to death with a pair ef tongues. His defence was that he was not sober at the time. Five year. penal servitude was his sentence. One or two breach of promise canes have cropped up of late. Last week the Hev. H. Koliiiioon. who had been engaged in tuition at Manchester, an4 who had backed out of an engagement with a farmer's daughter at Ely, on the score of want of affection" tn his part, ap- peared as defendant to compensate the lady for the loss of this generally considered indispensable quality in love A stini of 4?3?7 awarded to the plaintiff.—In the second case the daughter of a Noncon- formist minister at Preston, sought satisfaction from a draper at Preston, who had proved traitor in Cupid's -court. The draper had become enamoured with ■ another lady, whom he had marriell because she could assist him in "business." His love consequently ccoled down from the unbusinesslike early object of his affections. His lady had further shocked inr: during their engagement by putting her arms round his neck and kissing him—not altogether an unprecedented act, we believe, on the part of engaged ladies. A verdict of £ 40 was given by the jury. The proprietors of two of the leading Irish newspapers —the Pruemaii x Journal and the Irish Tiimx—are imi- tating the unwholesome exan.ple of foreign journalists, by seeking to settle their differences, not with the pen, but wit! the pistol. The J rirh Time., had published an article which Mr E. D. Gray, one of the proprietors of the Freeman's Journal, construed into a reflection upon one Gi its war correspondents. Mr Gray accord- ingly waited upon Major Knox, proprietor of the Irish1 Times, and -fleiiiidett a retracion and an apology. He did so, however, in such offensive terms that Major Knox refused to comply. Mr <hay thereupon struck .Major Knox with his glove, and the Major retorted by knocking his assailant down, only allowing him to rise when, in the preeilœ of others, he had admitted his 7 ability to defend himself. This, it shouid be stated, is II the account of the affair which Major Knox sends to another newspaper. The wrath of Major Knox was not to he appeased by simply knocking (low a one pro- prietor, so he sent a note to Mr E, 1). Gray, oltering to I iv,3 *"ano;her kind of satisfaction" to Sir Join: Gray, "the rJ'9:msihle proprietor of the paper." To this nowdcr smelling communication Mr (iray replied that howLS one of the propr?Lt?'s o? «i aii*.< JUct.IUo" Ii :LIHl as alone responsible for h? own cuur?cfc'?- I duct. Thus the 'r'anel rests It presenr.

I CORRESPONDENT. All letters intended for publication must comply with -he following conditions I.—They must be on public questions only, and not personal in character further than is necessary for the discussion of the subject. II.—They must be written carefully and concisely— on one side of the paper only-ready for the press, as we have not time at our disposal to re-write correspondence, and do not wish to publish effusions in the garb in which they are sometimes presented, nor space available for long rambling letters. III.—Xhev must, be authenticated (under cover if wished) "by the real name and address of the writer accompanying the M.S. IV.-If received after mid-day on Thursday their insertion will be precluded for that week, and they cannot always be guaranteed to appeax even when received before that time. We cannot hold ourselves responsible for the opinions I of our correspondents, leaving our "letter columns" I open for the tree ventilation of opinions by all parties. I CAERGWRLE FESTIVAL. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. I Si R,-Allow me to thank you for your excellent report of our festival last week, also to remark that your con- temporary, the Liverpool Courier, has given its readers a very imperfect report of the same thing. For in- stance, the lady presidents of the stall at which the largest sum of money was taken, Mrs and Miss Murray and Mrs Coleman are not mentioned at all. This is either a gross omission or a studied insult, which of the two the writer can best define. I find from the same report that Caergwrle is a parish and has a rector! This verifies the old adage that you must go from home to hear news.—Yours faithfully, YOUNG HOPEFUL. THE BELGIAN TREATY. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. I SIR,-The elections in Belgium haye terminated in the triumph of the Catholic party both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The Liberals were nowhere. Is this the reason why such sympathy with the Belgians is shown in certain quarters just at present? Let Englishmen—especially Liberal English- men-reserve their sympathies until they know what it is all about, for fear of committing themselves to a policy which common sense and common prudence will hereafter compel them to repudiate. Our policy, as yet, is firm unflinching neutrality. Allow the continent to shake itself into place. We talk of the balance of power, and instead of letting the scales balance them- selves ever keep playing with the beam. Our duty is to Met tilings alone;" a very simple one; and yet one to the dignity of which English statesmen seem unable to mount. My own sympathies are all with France, but I take it to be kinder to her, to give her nothing but a fair field and no favor.—Yours truly, THE MOUNTAIN. THE GYFELIA WAKES. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. I girt,-Your correspondent Abenbury," in your last week's paper, calls your attention to the annual custom prevailing in Marchwiel Parish, viz.: "Rush-bearing," and the disgraceful scenes of drunkenness and its con- comitants he witnessed on Sunday, the 31st ultimo. The Gyfelia. wakes are now near at hand and take place in the adjoining parish of Ruabon. They also commence on a Sunday and continue through the greater part of the following week. On the afternoon of the Monday last year business took me through the Gyfelia., and opposite the public-house, in a field close to the high road, I was both startled and disgusted at the sight of six or seven men-at least, not boys—in a. state of nudity and drunkenness, fighting indiscriminately, cursing, and blasvheminir,-one, an immense fellow, taking a most active part, and whom I was told was the father of a grown-up family. Women and children coolly looking on and apparently enjoying the sport- for such it appeared to them to be. I have since heard, and from trustworthy information, that the most disgraceful acts of rioting and drunkenness, added to all that's bad, continued through the nights of Sunday, Ionday, and Tuesday of the week. The very scum of the adjoiningneighbourhoodformilesround congregating in this somewhat secluded spot. Strange to say, these "Innocent amusements" were carried on with great spirit without the intervention oi a policeman or local constable from the beginning to the end of the wakes. If I am to pay in common with others in this district a. heavy county rate, one prominent item of which will be towards the support of an efficient constabulary, may 1 ask what is to account for the absence of a policeman on an occasion of this sort—when his services are so necessary to keep some sort of common decency and order observed amongst such a lawless rabble.—I am, sir, your obedient servant VIATOR. THE POLLUTION OF THE RIVER ALYN. To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. SIR,-In your paper of the 23rd July, there is a report of certain proceedings taken before the bench of magis- trates for the Mold division, in which a decision was given raising a most important question, and if allowed to stand, most vital to the interests of all mine and quarry proprietors. The Bromtield estate and colliery have been accustomed to unwater into the River Alyn, the one from time immemorial, and the other over the last twenty years, during which time the water from the coal field has been raised and passed into the River Alyn without the admixture of anything whatever except what comes from the springs and beds of water In the mine it-4elf. The owner of the mino appears to have been indicted under the 5th auction of the 24th and -25th of Vic., cap. 109, which enacts, "that every person who causes or knowingly permits to be put into any water containing salmon, or into any tributaries thereof, any liquid or solid matter to such an extent as to cause the water to poison or kill fish shall incur the following penalties, &c." The two points to be clearly proved in this case were—first, did the owner of this mine cause or knowingly permit to flow or put or knowingly permit to be put any matter in the river and second, did that matter so poison the same as to kill the iisli. After a careful perusal of the report in your paper, it appears to me that neither of these points were proved so as to warrant a conviction ? The only evidence really bearing upon the question was that of Hughes, who said he had tried the eitects ot tne water upon a cerch a gudgeon, a dace, ajid upon minnows, which he said were taken ill, and died from tliree to 54 minutes after being put in without anything having been proved ?.-Lstotliea'etitale,ituseofdeafli. It is a known fact that any fish taken from one water in which it has been bred i and suddenly put into another, although that water shall be much purer than that it was bred in, will feel i suddenly and fiercely the effect, and especially if young j and wea.kly is sure to die. A case lately occurred to j my knowledge, upon instituting an enquiry into the vital character of sewage wtlter as contrasted with pure water, and surprising as it may appear, roach, chice, "TUtaeon ancl minnows, taken out of a somewhat turbid stream died in all the waters, but startling perhaps to some in the water pure and clear, and the same as used in a town of (50,000 inhabitants, the fish were (lead in half the space of time they were in the sewage water. To convict, therefore, upon such evidence only, un- corroborated and unsupported, and without the actual cause being ascertained, anil in the face of facts proving that vegetation flourished by the side of the stream and that horses down in the mine itself, and cattle and sheep on the sitIes of the stream had drunk this water for years without any injury, and that no single case of harm to animal life could be adduced by the prosecutors must surely be a miscarriage of justice. • ft*J. The question, however, wiiioii so senousij anects, or which would appear to effect mining," interests, is their risjlit to unwater. The Act of lliLil, being an ex post facto Act cannot affect the rights used from time im- memorial. This is not the c:tse of chemical works, sewage works, gas works, town drainage works, or any works manipulated by the acts of man where refuse matters in liquid and solitt are passed away into the ordinary water course. The present or of the lSronilield pits has ouly been doing what his predecessors did before him, "1111 wiiat nature would do for him were the levels suitable, viz., deliver into the water course the water found in the mine, and necessary for the workiu" of the same to be done without admixture of anything whatever by him except what is found in the mine. This right being a lnj-ally established easement to the mine, :L'Hl enjoyed under Acts unrepealed long before the Act of IS,a was passed, cannot be affected by it or by anv subsequent Act not repealing former Acts, had tiie case been one of work erected since LStil, it Uii,rlit have been different, although even then there would be strong doubts as to how far natural easements can be interfered with. The conviction in the 11romfield case is clearly illegal, the owner never having put any liquid or solid matter within the meaning of the Act to such :m extent as to cause the waters to poison the fish in the River Alyn, and even if he did, which is denied, he was not subject to any penalties for any act done in the exercise of the right to which he was by l:tw entitled. It behoves, however, the owners of mines and quarries to be on the alert, lest the desire, 110 doubt laudable, if kepi within reasonable limits of doing away with tile pollution of rivers, should be allowed to run riot and impede the I working of mines and quarries in this country.—Yours truly, FRK.iiKUiciv JACKSON, ) Civil !i'iiieer.

MISSING COMMI:R( IAI. )1: OF Livi.iu'ooi..— 11 was stated 011 the Liverpool "ria^s," on Wednesday last, that Mr Diram, formerly cashier to Messrs. Browne, Hunter, and Co., whose dissapp-aranee was recorded some time ago, has arrived at Havannah. it is also stated that Mr Slmte, whose name has 1-een mentioned in connection with the fals-j bills of lading, amounting to £ 30,000, hail not left JNe-.v Orleans, but was likely to remain where he is. A Dlu's!RU'S DEATII.-On Sunday night In-c, Matthew Hull, joiner, aged forty-live years, a notorious drunkard, who had been on the "spree'' about a fort- night, went into the Jeffery Anns i)- ie!Verv- street, Preston, and offered a bet that he .would drink five pints of beer within five minutes. The best was ae- cepted, and he accomplished the disgusting feat and then walkeii home. In a short time afterwards, his wife, who was out when he arrived, found him dead on the kitchen floor. A BOLTON TRADESMAN" ROBBED OF £ 50 BY SliAllviciis.On Saturday last, :t shopkeeper named Hartley, residing in Lever-street, Bolt in, was robbed by sharpers whilst in a beerhouse. Having ascertained that Hartley having had some money upon him, the sharpers made him a present of a purse, in which he placed fifty sovereigns. They then said if he would hand his purse across to them they would put another purse into it. Mr Hartley foolishly did so, and he afterwards discovered that his purse of money had been adroitly exchanged for one of "jacks," or imita- tion sovereigns. HüLLOWA y's PILLS.—Self Protection.—areata! tarna- tions of heat and collI, aided by the use ot unripe fruits and unsound vegetables, always beget a tendeiic;. to diarrinea during summer. To prevent unpleasant consequences the first feeling of distention, na'isea, rumbling of the bowels, or sensation 01 rel't.i..on, should be promptly met by rome such 'r t. these Fills, which will remove the present .u:i.o n ■, and avert their d"generati>«i into caohr.uc .tanj;i>. With ordinary vigilance, there iv no tear o: c el. iai .>ie ) til prevailing epidemic if ..v s me heme- oe .1.1 '.L o. 'lJl .0 when disordered digestion first nianUesis It:1t, AoI!!}" need there be any alarm of a sudueu out »reaa o. t. i formidable disease in any house.io«l ■ :t PiHs have F'Ln?;? cjon? !-?"i?-d ?m_ ■ .u:-ngch«;ed.

I THE IRON TRADE. GLASGOW, Tuesday.—Market opened quietly at 51s 3d cash, subsequently 51s 4d, closing with a fair business at 51s Id to 51s 4d cash, sellers, and 51s 4d buyers. Ship- ments, 10,940 tons last week against 17,774 tons the cor- responding week of last year. MIPDLESBOROUGH, Tuesday.—A good attendance of ironmasters to-day, and there was more animation ap- parent, consequent to some extent upon the changing aspects of the war but more particularly upon the greater certainty now apparent that England will not be involved. The prices of pig iron remain at No. 1, 5ds No. 3 53s; No. 4, 52s, nett cash. Shipments are again improving. Warrant stores since last week have de- clined by 500 tons. The returns of pig iron makers just issued show an increase in makers' stocks over June of 8,888 tons, which is almost entirely to be attributed to the falling off in shipments, foreign and coastwise, which have declined in almost a similar ratio. There is a good delivery of pig iron continuing on local account. The mills and forges are generally well engaged. Shipbuild- ing in the north-eastern ports keeps active. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday. The ironmasters were not in force at their usual weekly meeting here to- day, the races having proved a counter attraction to many. The reports brought in from the works spoke of the continuance of a fair extent of inquiry for most kinds of finished iron, with as much actual work in hand as can be got through during the prevailing hot weather and current widely-observed workmen's holi- days. Prices for the products of the mills and forges keep up, but pigs of some kinds are the turn in favour of consumers. The quotations of the open markets are, for all-mine, X3 15s common forge, X2 17s tid to X3 5s best melting pigs, Z3 10s to £ 4", and other kinds in pro- portion. Vigorous efforts are being made to arouse a trades union spirit and action amongst the South Staffordshire ironworkers, but at present without much manifest effect. Comparatively few ironworkers in this district are members of any union. BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.—At to-day's market pig was held firm, and recent prices were well maintained for best and second-best brands. The war has as yet scarcely touched the South Stafiordshire houses, and, with an exception here and there, orders have been coming In, and the make and export of iron has been going on as fast as ever. On 'Change the position of France was much discussed. The prospects of the iron trade, in the event of a convulsion in that country, were considered not likely to suffer, should there be no serious commercial crisis. The check given to business of all kinds in Belgium, France, and Germany has silenced the competition from these quarters, which has always been inimical to this district. Pig iron was in fair demand to-day. Makers not disposed to push sales. Prices: All mine, best, jE3 ITs. tid.; second quality, X3 15s. Cinder pig, best, £ 3 5s. second, X3. Hematite pig, 14 to E4 2s. 6d. Rail mills are still well engaged on orders for India, America, and the colonies. Full time is the rule with the firms making merchant iron, though the heat of the weather has interfered with operations. No change is noted in the price of coal. Prom Ryland's Iron Prade Oirculae. I Notwithstanding the frightened state of the public mind as to serious events now taking place on the conti- nent of Europe, we do not think the iron trade will be seriously affected. From the return of the Board of Trade which we published last week, it will be seen that our trade with Prussia for the month of June, amounted to but a very small amount, for out of the sum of 1241.297 for pig and puddled iron, Prussia took but £ 19 534. In railroad iron, out of the total sum of £ 906,001, Prussia figures for £ 4(5,027, and France for only £ (572. In hoops, sheets, and boiler plates, out of the total snm of X222,545 Prussia took but -,tii(I France £ 3,(577- In wrought iron of various kinds the total sum was zC248,277, and here again Prussia took only Y-20,260, whilst France figures for the insignificant sum (Ojf 4L6,340. Therefore if we cease sending to Prussia we do not lose a great customer, whilst to France we shall perhaps send larger amounts. Our best customers are happily far removed from the seat of war, and are not as yet likely to be affected with the fever. Russia, the United States, Austria, and British India, have hitherto been our chief customers, and there seems good reason for thinking that they will remain unaffected by the present state of affairs in Germany, and be enabled to pursue their peaceful occupation of developing the internal rescources of their respective countries. The two parties engaged in mortal conflict with each other, are both producers of iron, and the works of Belgium will be very seriously inconvenienced by not receiving her usual supplies of ore from Prussit so we have our greatest rivals shut out from the iron trade for an indefinite period. This will give our trade a most un- exampled position, and we hope the course of events will prove that both masters and men will regard the present opportunity as one in which both parties should unite for their common good. We must not forget to notice the increase in the rate of discount, which the Bank of England declared on Thursday should be 6 per cent. This advance has thrown a gloom over the trade, and on all hands it is admitted that there was not sufficient occasion for the advance, as the drain of gold to the Continent has almost ceased.

ON THE COAL TRADE. THE THOIOCLIFFF, COLLIERY DISPUTE.—This dispute, which has been in existence for 08 weeks, was settled on Thursday at the colliery offices. The firm (Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co.) undertakes to find 300 of the old hands work within a month, and the rest as soon as vacancies may arise. Minni.KSBOROUCIH, Tuesday.—The coal and coke trades are firm. A little uneasiness is reported, how- ever, with respect to the supply to the blast furnaces for next vear's delivery, as to whether events on the Conti- nent will interfere with the operations of furnaces already in blast, and with now ones almost ready to be ,tlre.ttly in lilast, an d wi put into blast, or not. An engine driver at the Pendleton colliery, named Cooper, has been committed for trial by the Salford magistrates for the manslaughter of one of the miners. Instead of attending to his engine, Cooper got drunk and fell asleep. When awakened by his companion, because of signals from the shaft, he set the engine in motion, and the cage was drawn over the top. Two of the men jumped out in time and so escaped, but the third man was killed.

AGRICULTURAL. Steam ploughs stand but little chance in South Carolina. The planters there, on the authority of the I u.jHsta Chronicle,, have introdnced alligators as a motive power. These silurians, it states, are docile and easily domesticated, -t nil simply require one young nigger per diem as rations. The latter may be considered a. drawback by humanitarians, but as it is not improbable that Chinese may be used instead of niggers, the diet difficulty may be overcome. At the next Royal Agri- cultural show it will be necessary that the new motive power be txhibitetl, the London Zoological Society being requested to contribute a plentiful supply of the Silurians. THE COR:-1 TRADE.—From the Mark bane express: The week commenced with storms, and a quantity of rain fell in some localities, to the detriment of hay- making, where this was delayed, but there has not been near enough to make much improvement in the meadows, which continue brown and burnt up. The corn harvest, however, having commenced, it is now more for the country's interest that the rain should he delayed a fortnight longer. The heavy dews hinder the thrashing of that which is gathered, and the ground is now so warm that with much wet there would be serious damncce. This terrific war so long feared has at last co-ni; e iced, the advantage being quite on the side of the Ili ussians, and we can only hope if sharp it will be short. But its influence on the corn trade has already been materially felt, Prussia having prohibited the export of corn from all her ports. This has made some hold, rs of Baltic wheat very sanguine, and orders from merchants have come down to their factors not to sell uiid-. r 5s per quarter advance—a price at present cer- tainly not realised. Still, fine American red, the nearest substitute for these qualities, has been sought at Is to 2s ner quarter more money, and there is no telling how rates are now to range. The weather as well as the war may nvse them, and we think fanners, under all these chvuuistances, with such poor crops of grass and spring corn, will not he likely to throw their chances away by I)i, LLtirc-ly forcing their produce to market. Let it be renr nibered that France, one of the belligerents, is very short as to the yield of wheat, and farmers there. thiiiuh with bad crops of other grain, have been send- ing th,)ir wheat to market, so as to lower rates generally ahout 2s per quarter. This temporary depression is not likely to last, and the news from Prussia will, no doubt, cause sreat excitement in New York and all over America, and send up prices to a higher pitch. If PnlS81,1., who now has the advantage, should sweep Tv French before her as she did the Austrians, we 111,1'0 have shortly, and an altered scale of prices hut as France as again taken from London 40,00(1 to 50,000 quarters oats, this gTa.in threatens to be very dear all through the season, we shall now, with a very short crop, he left to what Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and New York can do."

Our readers will remember the recent riots at Hoole, near Chester, which resulted from a collision between the police and a large mob who assembled for the purpose of burning effigies of two persons concerned in an elopement. Nine of the rioters were tried at the Chester assizes on Monday last. Kaeh was convicted, and sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment with hard labour. A curious fact is recorded by a contemporary in re- ferenee to the recent sale of property of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells. In his lordship's bedchamber was liuiig a horse-shoe facing his lordship as lie would be in a recumbent position, and in the young Indies' room were two others. What these could have been placed th "re for was a mystery to many at the sale.—Chttr.-h BANKRUPTCY OF THE O'DONOOHUE, -NI.T"An ad- judication of bankruptcy was made 011 Tuesday l.sr, against The i,,i, oil the petition of Mr T. X A. Wallinger, gentleman, late of Clarendon Koau. Ihy,-water, now of Bruf'els, :t iu'!?.K'?t c!-d!tor tor i t!?4. The amount 01 nubilities <Ud not tran"plre. The first sitting is appointed for the 31st of August. HOT WKATHKK.—Excessively hot weather, so tI;'lI ito debil'tated constitutions, is spc??dy countcra.'te.t, and nervous exhaustion and its cons 'quenr^s lemovu hv the use of Pulvermncher's Patent s>'lr-appln. de Galvanic Chain B:mds, Belts, Ac. The.r 111'lIlilS  I is most convincing demon?ratcd m a pamphht, "Xata-e's Chief Restorer of Impaired 1t.1l mil w?H smmortcll by a vast number of tes nt-i1 of cures, and favourable opinions of til 3 seiontmc press, viz Dr. Pereira's "Materia Mediea 4oli edition. Dr. Tanner's « Practice of Medicme Hh ed.c.on and Dr. H miield Jones "On Nervous and Functional Disorders, itc Post-free on anplieation to J. L. Pulvermaeher, °'M Recent-street, London, W. 1-lWe FnKtunm'<" TUB H ISNS OK M VRRIAGR.—An unusual seenoccurred at All hints' ("nuch. Bolton, on Sun- morninss the rector (the T. Lo ve) was reading the limns of marriage, a hut docentlv- clad woman, named Flitcroft. rose in the midst of the congregation and. forbade the banns being onblished 'for the mar.huge of her daughter. Considerable eom- ? rif't?.?n was cr .aied by EO extraordinary a nrocseiUnc, but it qnid:lv subs; ?-<t on t'? revemud l'1I01"¡'1 ¡: ti:t?tin'? to th'? woman that h- would see h"r in the vestry at the e. ohe ex.dana- tir.11 which she made to him in the ves. I- ared '•'tat her reason objecting to th > puV.ii-V'hni of t.Jio banns was that daught'-r was nnd.-r and that i the young 111:1:1 to whom she plighted her h was a 1 having onlv heivi in town a j t°r'ang;ifc. Tms W;W declared to be d: I o' c tirin. and the publication of 1¡., hl\ ns «••;] ".e'vfo-e bc ,c:. ed

I MARKETS. WREXHAM.—THURSDAY. An average attendance of farmers and millers at our market to-day, and a fair quantity of samples of both old and new wheat on offer, at a decline on last week's prIces of 4d per bushel. Oats quiet and unaltered. Butter chemer. Potatoes a plentiful supply and a shade ch?eape?n Apples, per 100, Hid to 3s; pears, per 100, 5d to la w, onions, per score, 2s 4d apricots, 6d to Is 3d per dozen; plumbs, ù to 4d per quart; beans, per qt., sd cucumbers, i)d to Is d per dozen. White wheat (per bushel of Talbs) 8s 3d to 85 6d Red wheat (per bushel of 751tis) 7s 9d to 8s Od New ditto ditto 7s 6d to 8s Od Oats (per bushel of tôlbs). 4s Od to 4s 6d Potatoes (per hamper of 6 score).. 5s Od to 68 6d Butter (per lb. of Izioz.) Is 4d to Is lOd Salmon (per lb.) 18 Od to Is Id Ducks (per couple). 3s 6d to 4s M Fowl (per couple) 2s 6d to 3s 6d Beef (per lb.) Os 7d to Os 9d Mutton (per lb.) Os 7Jd to Os 9d 'Pork (per lb.)  Os Gd to Os 7d V?l (per Ib. Os 6d to Os 74d Rabbi (per couple) 2s Od to Os O? lsggs li and 15 for a Shilling. MOLD. CORN.—Wednesday Wheat, 13s 6d to 14s 6d barley, 12s Od to 13s; oats, 8s Od butter, Os Od to Is 7d tUD, ditto, Is 2d. LLANGOLLEN. Cop.v.-Saturday., Wheat, 8s 6d to 8s 9d; barley, Os Od to 0s OJ; oats, 4s Od to 4s fid; butter, Is 5d to Is 6d eggs, 15 to 16 for Is potatoes, 4s 6d to 5s Oa. RUTHIN. CORV —Monday Wheat, 18s Od to 19s Od; barley, 116 Od to 12- Od; oats, 9s Od to 10s Od per hob; butter, is.id to Is 6d per lb. to Is Gd per lb. OSWESTRY. CoRN.-Wednesday Wheat, new, 9s 6d to 0s 0d old, Os va to is &)d barley, malting, Os Od to Os od i ditto, grinding, 0s Od to Os Od; oats, new, 5s Od to 6s Odper bushel of 501bs.; old, Os Cci to Us; butter, Is 2d to Is 4d per lb. Eggs, 16 for a shilling. ELL ESMERE. CORN.—Tuesday: Wheat, 8s 6d to 10s Od barley, Os Od to 05 0.1 oats, 55 6d to 65 Od; duoks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per couple fowls, 2s fio. to 3s Od per couple; eggs, 15 & 16 for Is; butter, per dish of 24oz., Is 8d to Is 9U. CHESTER. CORN.—Saturday At to-day's market the attendance and supply of fatmers' grain was again very small. Wheat sold readily at la-t week's full (juotations. Outs an-l bCtins were each firm at late rates. Indian corn was Is to is 611 per qr. cheaper. New. Old. Wheat, white, per 751b 8s 6d to 9s 0!0s 0.1 to Os Od Ditto, red S* 3d to Ss Sd.0s Od to Os Od Barley, malting, 3?ts Os OJto.s 01 06 01 to Os ^d Ditto, -rinding, 601b.. is Mto? o .Os dtoOa Od Oats,per 461b 3s 6d to 3s t3d is Od to 4s 64 LIVERPOOL. C YTTI>E.—Monday Prices: Best beasts, 7 Ad to Hid; second ditto, 6id to 7Ad; interior ditto, 5d to 6d sheep, 61d to 8Jd; lambs ill to 8d. The stock on offer consisted of 2,3UO cattle and 13,538 sheep and lambs. There was a much larger supply of cattle, of Ishuep and lamb about the same as on last Monday. The demand fair tor beef, at the full prices of last Monday. Sheep and lambs in slow demand, at lower Cons.—Xuer-day During the week the market has been very quiet, and prices of wheat have ruled in favour of buyers. Maize experienced some difficulty of sale. To- day's market was thinly attended, the demand for wheat being very inactive at 2d to 3d per cental dedine. Fluur was 6d lower. Oats were Id per bushel, and oatmeal 6d per load lower. Beans weie nominally unchanged. Indian corn met a slow sale at 6d to 9d per quarter decline. Per Cental Per Imperial Qr. 1001b. BEANS s. d. 8. d. WHEAT: S. d. s. d. English .19 0 .53 0 English, white 0 0 to 0 0 PEAS Per 4801b. new .111 0 .10 6 Canadian .39 6 .40 It red 0 0 0 0 INDIAN CORN Per 4801b. American 0 0 0 0 American 0 0 0 0 red 0 0 0 0 ludian corn Per 1981b. new 9 2 .11 0 meal 17 0 19 0 OATS: Per ij Ib, FLOUR: Per 2S01b. English i 6 4 9 English .38 0 .41 a Weitport, new 3 9 3 11 French .40 0 -.48 0 JJAULEV Per Imp. Qr. OATMEAL Per 2401b. English mltig. 5 0 0 0 Irish 0 0. 0 0 Foreign (601b) 0 0 0 0 new .27 7 ,28 » new. 0 0. 0 0 fine cut .28 6 1-19 0 SHREWSBURY. CORN.-Saturday; White wheat, 8s 6,1 to 8s 9d per busbc: (751bs) red ditto, 8s Id to 8s 6d; oat-, 20s od to 22s Od per sitek of 11 score lOlbs; peas, per ^-ek of 11 score IGlbs, Os Od to 0s 1 d; beans, 22s Od to :24:; per 12 score; malt, Os Od to OsOl per imperial bushel; barley, ni'ilting, Os i (I to Os od per 38 quarts: barley, grinding, per 13se IOlbs, Os Od to Os Od. A rather thin attendance, and trade not brisk, holders of wheat standing out for an advance, which was not submitted to. WOLVERHAMPTON. CORN.—Wednesday: The favourable harvest weather, and the bcal races combined, led to a very small attend- ance Wheat, barlev, lJels, oats, and beans about as last week, wi h little doimr. Feeding stuffs dcartr. CATTLE.—Wednesday: Beef, o^d to 8d wether mutton, 8d to Sid; ewe ditto, 7 £ d to 8d lamb 8(1 to 9d; veal, 61,1 to 7fd; porket pigs, Us "d to lis 6d; bacon ditto, 10 1 2d to supply of stock at market. Full market for sheep and lambs. Good beef and muttou dearer. dearer. BIRMINGHAM. H,IY A-]) STR.w.-Uond,.ty 01,1 hay, 91. 12s 601 to fal 0" ua per ton; new ditto, Xo 15s Od to tb its 6d per ton; straw, 2s 7d to 2s lOdper cwt, Swedes, Os to Os per ton. ^OATTI.E. Tue-day Beef, 6d to iN per lb; mutton, 7d to Sid; lamb, 8d to 9d; veal, filiI to i CI.; bacon pigs, 10s 9d to lis od per score; porket ditto, lis 3d to llS 6d. There was a short supply of beasts on sale to-dav, and a fair average trade was done. Sheep and lambs were not up to the average supply. The mutton trade ruled dull, while a fair imptiry was manifested for lambs. Calves were in fair demand, the number on offer being short. There was a large supply of bacon pigs, but small pigs were below the general supply, and trade ruled bnsk tor both kinds. MANCHESTER. HAY AND STRAW.—Monday Hay, 634d to 8d ditto (new), Od to Od straw (wheat), 3N to 41d; ditto (oat) 3d to 41d per ston«*. POTATOES.—Tuesday—Potatoes 10s to 12s per load Cheshire, 8s to 13s per load. Yorkshire, Os Od to Os ud; Scotch, Os Od to Os td. Onions, 15s to 20s per 2101b. Turnips, Os ud to (s Od per 16 pecks. Carrots, Os to Os Od per 241 ilb. LONDON. ConN-Yonday: There was a good attendance of millers to-day, but, although supplies of wheat were small, there W.lS Ten- little animation in the trade. It transpired that the prohibition of the exports of breadstult's from the Baltic ports extended to France only, and the advance of Friday, which was founded on the belief that the prohibi- tion was of griier.il application, was accordingly lost. The demand for both English and foreign wheat was very languid to-day; nevertheless in the few sales concluded, the full prices of this day se'nnight were obtained. A few simples ot new English were on offer, but the quality was very variable, and the sales were not sufficiently extensive to test prices. Barley was quiet, and without chance in value for both grinding and distilling qualities. Malt was inactive on former terms. The oat trade was dull, and Friday's advance of Is per qr. was altogether. Beans, pea.mdmaiM-were dull, and drooping in value. Flour was steady and rath- r dearer. Current Prices of British Grain in Mark Lane. WHEAT. Per Qr. OATS. Per Qr. Essex, Kent, red 52s to :65 Irish black 22s to 27s t9, Do. white 51s to 61s „ white 2is to 30s Norfolk, Lincoln BKANS. red 50s to 56s Mazagan 4^s to 443 BARLEY. Tick 425 to 46s Nlitltiiig —s to —s Harrow 43s to 48s  ?s to 40, P  e o n.5 0 s to -)s 14 to j PLgeon 50S to 528 Uriadms 32s to 3 PEAS. 3IAI.T. | Givy 3bs to 40s ?N [.% r.T. Gr,? y  H-s.-?, Kurtutk. & Maple 4 ¡ to 44s "UtM?. 64s to 74s White 40-to 42s Kingston & Ware Ois to 75- Bohers Ms to 42s 'JI-.JWN i{\r.. 50- to 56s J FLOVU. 10:3 to 12s L3r.)Nvn ?)0,? to 56S FLOUlt. New .1 —s to -S i 2Olbs 50s to 54s Xu!7 O.r-. II,),chold -5 to -8 ihi"li>ii, feed 26s to 29s Country 36s to 39s M potatoe 30s to 34s lolk & Suffolk Scotch, fei'd —s to —s i:ship -s to — s ssu .tell lv>taloii —s to —S CORN.—Wednesday "• The ma; ket closed very he.vy with a (biwri-var-l terulo-aey in everything. English and foreign who it :s chrapcr. In town tlour no change; coiintr i" marks Is per sauk lower; Amcricnn 6d per barrel cheaper. Bar ey a heavy sale at a decline of Is. Oats also is cheapcr in st>ite ot the good inquiry for the conti- nent. M aze Is less money. Beans and peas dull. CORN AVERAGES.—Weekly average price and quantity of British corn sold during the week ending August ti Quantities Sold. Average Price. 1870. 1869. Wheat 48,470 54S Ild Sis 61 Barley. 3".) 31s 8d 32s 4d oats 1,45, 28 s 8d 26s 4d CATTLE.—Monday English beasts are extremely scarce, and iitir supplv of roivign. A rise of trom 4d to 6d per stoue is obtained on all choice Euglish; other descriptions, as well as foreign, n J dearer. English mutton steady, with an improved ti noencv, foreign firm. Lamb firm, at sub- l joi.ied prices. Veal heavy, at late rates. Pork firm, Per .-db to z-i;ilc'h.- :-Iiif'erior and coarse beasts, 3s 4d to 4, 2-t: second quality do., 4s 2d to 4s 8d; prime large oxen, 4s H'd to ;h 4 1 prime Scots, &c., 5, 4dto 58 6d; coar.-e ?t'? inferior s'?c 'p. 3s to 3s 8d second quality j ditto, 3s lod to t- ill; prime coarse-woolled sheep, 4s 8d to OS prime Southdown ditto, 5s 4d to 5s lid; large co iwe calves, :is 4d to is 4d; prime small ditto, 5s to as (i I; htr.;f hog*, Is 2d to -is "Ü neat small porkers, 5s 4:1 to os (;,1; ia ab, lIS to 6s 6d suckling calves, 20., to 268 Hoi's.. Ihe hop niariiet continues very quiet, owing ty the favourable s.rospu -t held out of a Rood crop. Brewers buy veiv -pa:ingly, and fureed ales ca. only be effected at .-om- de line. Mid and Kent. £ 7 0 £ 9 5 L12 12 70 8 0 S u s s e x Sussex f, 12 (i 1; (i 13 Bavarians G 6 7 7 9 0 French 5 5 15 6 10- Americans 4 5 5 .5 6 0 Yearling., 1 10 2 10 3 15 Wool..— M.ui 1 iy The wool market has been in a very quiet state, fc'ui- all descriptions the denian(I lias been dull. Current pries of iCnijIi^h wool: Fleeces, Southdown hogge; Is t) d to Is Id half-bred ditto, Is Id to Is 3d; Kent liet -I'V is 2.1 to Is 3d; Southdown ewes and wethers, h 01 to Is 0\0.1: Leicester ditto, Is Id to Is lid Sorts Cloihiiu. Is od to is l £ d combing, Os lid to Is 3d per lb. TAI.I.OW.—Wednesday The market was steaJy to-day, at 1-i- 0 on the and 45s 9d October to December. METALS. -be Mining Journal." a W,sh. in Leadon £7 5 0 co Eo 0 0 JJ:.■: 0 0 0 7 10 0 I.. ft 0 0 9 0 0 li. 8 1, 0 9 0 0 ■"R:- 9 15 0 11 j 0 P'c u 5 0 1\ 4 0 0 5 0 0 ditto 6 15 0 0 0 0 P.p.. i .•!••> iy, ;n Wale- 7 10 0 0 0 0 i." m London 9 \5 0 0 0 0 ¡ 0 0 j V 0 0 3 6 0