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CROSSING THE LINE,—A disgraceful outrage on board one of her Majesty's ships is recorded in a contemporary Among the vessels composing the squadron lying off the west coast of Africa, there is one (tho Hecla) just gone out to join tln ai already there. On crossing the line the savage curemouy of 'shaving' was performed on about 90 unfortunate sailors. Among them was one poor fellow named Henry Green, who, after having been subjected to the infamous shaving process, in order to escape being dragged into the water by those ruffians stationed near him for the purpose, attempt- ed to jump into it. In the attempt, however, he knocked his huad against some part of the vessel, and in a short time expired. On making a post ittortem examination it was found that the poor laan'a neck was broken. He leaves a wife and family in Plymouth to deplore his loss. This bar- barous custom is forbidden by the adsniralty, and it would be very strange should the conduct of the officer in command of the Hecla, on this occasion, o allowed to pass without inquiry." At the presentation of a swoid to Lieutenant- f olonel Morris, of the Ilth Lancers," on Satur- day last, at Torrington, it was stated by colonel flick, M.P., that Lord Cardigan had paid no less than i. W,000foi the present position he keld in at III y, I THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ.The Siecle, in al- j lusion to the exertions which it is said were I used by Lord Stratford de RedcliiFe to induce the ouitan to prevent the cutting of the canal across tne Isthmus of Suez, says: "Without entering into the stormy discussions which ¡ have taken place, we ask our salves whether ii-ng.and is interested i_ n opposing the cutting through the isthmus, and whether she can do it honourably All the English press, and all the journals which either support or oppose the project, have declared that if the under- takinfy be practicable, it will confer greater ad- vantages on England than on any other coun- t "?"l ie }" Company, the Transat- ry.. --L Ie J.ast India Company, the Transat- tla?nti- c "? bteam Navigation Company, aud the or0ans and representatives of colonial interests, warmly advocate its execution. The ministe- na journals themselves have serveral times pro- tested that any opposition to the measure, in.. spired by a feeling of jealousy of the prosperity of other states, would be a disgrace to England. The public feeling on the subject is therefore the same in England as it is in other parts of Europe. It is for that reason, that, not with- standing the hostile but isolated dispositions of certain influential personages, we cannot be- lieve that the spirit and closeness of the alliance, and the previously avowed interest of England on the Danube, can be immolated to routine and to the antiquated passions of Pitt and Co- burg. England on the Danube, and England on the Red Sea will show herself faithful to the I principles of her civilisation, and to the laws of her liberalism. Any other conduct would lose her the esteem and confidence of other nations; I and if some ephemeral statesmen should wish to enter on such a course, it would suffice, in order to save the alliance, to appeal to the wisdom and good faith of parliament, and to the opinion of the English people." EXECUTION AT COIIK.—On Monday, Charles M'- Lready Was executed at Cork for the wilful murder of Serge;nt Gmaney, of the 68th Durham Regiment of M?pil.iti.a, at Fci-moy barracks. The Examincr gives the fullowiug ?"s:—A crowd, numbering from 3,000 to 4,000 people, a large portion of whom were females of the lower classes o of society, assembled on the Western Road, opposito the county gaol, and in the adjoining fields. The passage leading up to the gaol was occupied by a detachment of the 13th Light Dragoons, a division of the 30th regiment, and a body of the constabulary, under the command of Sub-In- spector Morgan. From an early hour in the morn- ing the unhappy prisoner was attended by the Roman Catholic chaplains, the Rev. Messrs. Begley and O'- Regan, whose spiritual ministrations consoled him in his last moments. About 11 o'clock, the hangman was introduced into the press roam, where the prisoner was; be is a young man about 29 years of age, an Englishman, who was undergoing a term of imprison- ment to which he had been sentenced for robbing an officer in a militia regiment, which he had entered after deserting from another. It is said that no less than four prisoners, the executioner included, volun- teered their services on the occasion. Previously to being led out, the prisoner expressed a wish to speak in presence of the governor and officials of the prison. The latter being called in, he spoke to the following effect :—Gentlemen, I am sorry for the condition in which you see me. I have been very unfortunate in coming to this, and I am sorry for what I have d"ne and for offending Sod. I am willing to suffer twice instead of once for my crime, and I hope everyone will forgive me everything that I might have done to them, as I forgive everyone that might have done to me. I am obliged to the officers of the gaol for their treatment of me since I came in here n prisoner, and particularly to the Sisters ot Mercy. I also thank the chaplains for the goodness they have shown me. I forgive All,-I have no animosity against any man. This is all I have to say.—The prisoner then shook hands with the officials present, and knelt to a side table on which there was a small crucifix, and offered up a short but earnest prayer. He then rose, and the executioner pinioned his arms tightly, and nxed the halter on his neck. All being declared ready, the prisoner was left standing on the drop alone. The executioner mounted, and fixed a white cap over his face, at the same time fastening the rope closely about his neck. The executioner then descended quickly -the drop fell-a few convulsive struggles followed, then the entire frame quivered in mortal asrony, and all was over. THE AUTHORESS OP "DEED."—Mrs. Harriet Bcecher Stowe and party arrived at Dunrobin Castle, at half-past six o'clock, p.m, on Friday evening week. Her Grace, the Duchess of Sutherland, met Mrs. Stowe a little to the westward of Golspie, and having taken her into her own earriage, they passed through Golspic by the back road, by which they reached the castle. The party passed through the village. On Sabbath Mrs. H. B.. Stowe accompanied the Duchess to church, aud sat at the right hand of her Grace. It is expected she will remain at Dunrobin till the close of next week, to see the cattle shows, exhihitioa of industrial products, &c. In connection with the visit, the Northern Emign contains .a long letter from its editor to Mrs. Stowe. The writer trusts that the authoress of "Uncle Tom" will not again allow her- self to be hoodwinked by meetings of tenants, &c., got up for the occasion, or be influenced to defend the ruthless evictions'by the kindly reception which she meets with at Duri-obin Castle. BRITISH ITALIAN LE(iio.,i.-laforniation has just been received in this country that 27 privates aud 4 noncommissioned officers, recently discharged at Mal- ta, were forthwith, on their arrival home in the Aus- trian states, Tuscany and Parma, incarcerated in ihe prisons of the two latter states: the Lombards, thirteen in number, were forwarded, on their arrival on the frontiers, under militaty escort to Mantua, to be tried by court martial, for accepting service in a foreign state without the permission of the ruling power. It has caused a great sensation amongst the discharged legionaries in Piedmont, who were prepar- ing to return to their homes throughout Italy, after their British service. They are now deterred, and he compelled to remain stationary, watching the course of events. The English ministers at these courts have protested against the course pursued with regard to the treatment those meu have received, and have de- manded their release. The Standard reports that the following resolution was passed by the committee of the Hull Protestant Operative Conservative Association, at their last meeting Resolved-That the Tress newspaper be expelled from the reading-room of this association, in consequence of the support giveu to Popery, as shown in its recent and continued articles upon the question of the Government grant to the College of Maynooth (which it advocates and defends),, and which grant, in the opinion of this committee, should be strenuous- ly opposed by every true Protestant and Conservative, as the first grand object to be obtained for staying the continued impolitic and unconstitutional support of Government to the system of Popery in this Protes- tant country." SUICIDE ON A RAILWAY.—A lamentable suicide occurred on Thursday betwixt Mauchline and Hurl- ford, on the Glasgow and Southwestern Railway. Tho train which reaches Hurlford station about 11 o'clock in the forenoon was near Parroch Bridge, when the guard observed a well-dressed girl walk- ing by the rails, but at such a distance as to in- volve no danger. He was struck with horror when he saw her (the train being only a few yards be- hind) rush forward and deliberately lay herself down with her head on the rails. In a moment the girl whom he had seen walking in health and vigour was a corpse. The scraper, which is placed as a guard before the wheels of the engine, struck her behind the ear, and threw her off the rails, but at the same time causing death. Some of the carriages passed over one of her limbs, and severed her foot from her body. As early as possible the train was stopped, and the body brought to the station at Hulford for identification. The unfor- tunate deceased was good-looking, and apparently her age was from eighteen to twenty. As to what had prompted her to,the rash act of self-destruction, there was no writings in her pockets to show, but it appears she is some months advanced in preg- xiancy.-Kilmarnock- Journal. HERRING FISHERY.-The John o'Groat Journal says that for. some days preceding the 18th, the fishing at Wick was but indifferent, in Orkney good, and in Shetland greatly improved, though at the last mentioned, point a full season's fishing is not expected. There has not as yet been much reaction in the market, nor is any expected, but there is little probability of any advance thirty- one shillings has been given in a few cases for crown brands, but this week thirty shillings would be readily accepted. The quantity of herrings to be disposed of in the district is small, perhaps not above 4,000 barrels which Ireland alone could take. The Northern Ensign says that during the season, "from Wick to Peterhead, there was employel 2)H5 boats manned by at least 13,000 to 15,000 men and boys, and that these have landed nearly 80,000 crans, which, at the average price of the cran given last season, would yield to the fisher. men considerably above £ 210,000, and to the fish- curers considerably above £ 320,000. The boats and nets. employed, at an average of £100 would be worth about X300,000 and the whole capital invested by fishermen and fish-curcrs could not be less than half-a million sterling." In the course of the past eight days there have been exported from Wick, for foreign ports, no less than 20,000 barrels, and coastwise, 8,000 barrels of oured herrings. 1 THE QUEE'S SYMPATHY.—The ?MOM? Jour- | I nal says :—" It will be remembered by our readers j that we stated that when her Majesty visited End- sleigh on her recent excursion in the West, she saw on the estate an old woman, Mrs. Brynant, who spoke to her of the loss of her son in the Crimea, and the Queen expressed her kind sympathy for the poor soul on her bereavement, and told her that she should have the medal to which her son would have been entitled if he had been living. Her Majesty had not forgotten her promise, as will be seen by the following letter which has been re- ceived by Mrs. Baker, the respected housekeeper of the Duke of Bedford, at Endsleigh: Colonel Phipps, has received the commands of her Majesty the Queen, to request Mrs. Baker to deliver the en- closed medal to Mrs. Bryuant, who lost a son be- longing to the 41 regiment, in the Crimea, inform ing her that her Majesty had not forgotten her promise. Mrs. Bryant spoke to the Queen at the Swiss Cottage.—Balmoral, Sept. 1, 1866.' The joy of the old woman (whose age is 77). was un- buunded, on the medal being presented to her, and she exclaimed, Ilow kind of her Majesty—may God bless her Mas. STOWE AND THE QUEEN.—Among those assembled on Thursday morning at the King's Cross termiuus to witness the departuro of the Roy- al Family for Scotland, was Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. On the arrival of the Royal party, Mrs. Stowe took the opportunity of presenting, through Cjlonel Grey, her new work "Dred," in two vol- umes, just hot from the press. On learning that the fair authoress was present, both Her Majesty and Prince Albert came forward and gave her a gracious and friendly recognition, accepting the book with evident pleasure.—Edinburgh Ej-prcss. The ascent of Mont Blanc is daily having all its j terrors mercilessly stripped off by young men of good I constitutions and in tolerable form. Another as- cent has been made, and the successful adventurer declares that the dangers have been grossly over- rated. The route is 0 as well known in Chamouni as the path up Primrose-hill in London:—As to the danger incurred in ascending these mountains (writes Mr. Coleman) exhibition of courage, and so forth, it is all stuff and nonsense-a very pretty hIe and very romantic for those who want to make themselves out heroes; everybody knows that a fortnight's clambering over rocks and precipices braces up the nerves to an extent undreamt of at home, and that even the gentler sex sometimes un- dertake the most arduous excursions. It is not likely, sir, that my chief guide, Jean Tairraz (of Les Praz), who had a wife and six children, and is the captain of Mont Blanc, would undertake this journey if it were so very dangerous. The fact of his having returned eighteen times in safety shows how little cause there is for alarm. His brother Victor has been sixteen times; several other guides five and ten times. STATISTICS OF WESLEY AX METHODISM.—The Watchtnan, reviewing the minutes" of the late Wesleyan conference, says: A comparison of the numerical statistics of 1855 and 1856 shows an in- crease throughout the whole connexion. In Eng- land and Scotland we had last year 260,15S class members, with 12,620 on trial;" 918 ministers in full work, not reckoning supernumeraries, and 63 young preachers on probation this year we have 263,835 members, increase 2,977; 17,839 on trial, increase 5,219 931 ministers, increase 13; but only 55 preachers on probation, which indicates that more labourers will be wanted. In members, Ireland the number in society is 18,952 the increase notwithstanding emigration, being 203 and of min- isters, 7. On the foreign missions, under the im- mediate direction of the British conference, the number of members is 65,261, increase 1,654; of ministers, 271, increase no less than 56. The French conference reports an increase of 80 mem. bers and 8 pastors. The Canada conference has this year 39,915 members, increase 2,030 and 2Q7 min- isters, increase 5; and it has received 85 preachers on probation, which is more than last year. The youngest of our colonial conferences is that of Bri- tish Eastern America, of which the late Dr. Beecham was the first president. Here, and here alone, there is, causes that will be only temporary, a de- crease, which amounts to 281, but it is more than counterbalanced by the report of about 600 on trial —the address of that conference says 641; the table in the" minutes" says 661 the members are 12,855. In the very interesting Australasian con- nection the number of members is 21,168, increase 1271; members on trial, 1,324 (this is less than last year) ministers, 82-increase 4; and preach- ers on probation, 42—increase 11. Collecting the foregoing particulars into totals, it will be found that the statistics of the entire connexion in the United Kingdom, the colonies, and the entire mis- sion stations, including the four affiliated colonies, stands as follows:—For 1856, 423,164 members, 23,032 on trial. For IS55, 415,230 members and 20,657 on trial; being an increase of 7,934 in the one, and of 2,335 in the other. For 1856, 1,692 ministers, and 279 on trial, with 292 super. numeraries. For 1855, 1,616 ministers, and 231 on trial, with 288 supernumeraries, giving an in- crease of 76 ministers, and 48 on trial. In luoking at the increased membership of the year we per- ceive that, of the increase of 7,934, there had been added to the societies and missions in immediate connection with the British conference 4,831 mem- bers, and 3,100 to the affiliated confernces.-Stan- dard. REFORM WANTED IN DENMARK.—Extensive pe- culations and embezzlements in the contracts for clothing and provisioning t'le army have just been detected in Denmark. Above sixty persons are supposed to be implicated in them, including many respectable manufacturers and tradesmen, with se- veral government officials who kold a high rank in the civil or the military service. These frauds ap- pear to have been carried on most systematically for ten years past, and it is asserted that not less than two millions and a half of francs will cover the amount which the government has lost by them. Contracts for meat are known to have been been made by a dishonest collusion, at double the market price. I A BORDER RUFFIAN'S CONFESSION.-At a Kansas meeting, in Hartford, on Tuesday last, Selden C. Williams, who had served in the campaign with Burford's gang in Kansas, among other things told the following horrible tale :-In one of the hellish forays upon which wo wore sent, ws came upon a small party of free state men. They resisted our taking away their property, and Burford's men left two of them dead upon the grass. When we were in the Shawnee country we were invited to call at one of the mission, churches by the chief of the tribe. As the doors opened before us, what a sight presented itself! Three Massachusetts men hang- ing by the neck. For daring to say they were for free soil, two had been shot, and one stabbed to the heart, and they were hung up to strike terror to the people from the East. Four days after, one of Bur- ford's men came into the camp holding a human heart on the point of a bowie knife! Boys," said he, see hero hero is the heart of a damned abo- litionist he told me he was an abolitionist, and I up with my rifle and I drapped' him. I cut his heart out, and it aint cold yet; now I'll cut it open and see how it looks inside; then I shall fry it, and see how the damned thing tastes." OXIDE OP ZINC.—Mr. Georgo Darlington, of Minera, Denbighshire, has patented an invention for producing oxide of zinc from its ores, which consists in takiDg the ores of zinc, either blende (sulphide of zinc) calamino (carbonate of zinc), or any of tho other varieties of zinc ores whatever, and in reducing them either into a blast or rever- beratory furnace. The ores are to be mixed as it may be found necessary with any or all the follow- ing substances,—lime, limestone, tap cinder, or any natural or ortificial product yielding silicate of iron, silica, or any silicious matter, oxide of iron, or iron, er coke, or any other suitable admixture made of any or all of tho abovonamed substances being placed into a reverberatory furnice, or mixed with the fuel of a blast furnace, and to be exposed to a sufficient degree of heat to create the necessary chemical re action to ensure the production of the exide of zinc. The furnace in which such oxide oj zinc is to be produced, is to be passed into any ap- paratus whereby the oxide of zinc to which this in- vention relates is to be converted into metallic zinc. -Jlining Journal. THE NEW IRISH CouitT.-It has been rumoured for the last few days that Mr. Justice Ball will be appointed as the Judge of the new Court of Appeal in Chancery for Ireland, and that the Attorney- General will obtain the seat thus vacated in the Court of Common Pleas. It was stated that the appointment has been already made, but this is not the fact. The new Court of Appeal must, how- ever, be constituted before the opening of the No- vember term, and it will consist of the Lord Chan- cellor, a new judge of appeal, whoso salary will be Y,4,400, and one of the common law judges. Mr. Francis Blackburne, the ex-chancellor, was gene- rally regarded as the man for the post, being the best equity lawyer in Ireland now living; but Judge Ball has had powerful influence at work. The du- ties of the new court will be to hear all appeals a- gainst orders and decrees of the Lord Chancellor and of the Master of the Rolls to be made after the 31st of December next, and of the Commissioners of the Encumbered Estates Court. Miss Florence Nightingale is, we understand, on a visit to this quarter just now. The illustri- ous lady, travelling ineog, arrived in Aberdeen on Wednesday, accompanied by her father, and after staying overnight at Douglas Hotel, left on Thurs- day forenoon for Birkhall, the seat of Sir James Clark.-Aberdee,n Free Ures-s. i THE FREB LAND GHAUTS IN CA-;ADA.-The ] i free land grants, which we have noticed in former r numbers, are creating much interest in Canada; and from the numerous applications which we have I had respecting them, we are glad to find they are attracting considerable attention in England. The terms of settlement, we find, have been slightly al- tered. and it is very desirable that it should be ex- tensively known that the former conditions of set- tlement on the Hastings, Addington, and Opeonga road, which required the applicant to be a British subject, and produce testimonials of character, have been rescinded. No security could be given to the agent that the certificate was genuine, and to con- fide the grants to persons now subjects of the Bri- tish crown would have excluded persons who make _11_1 exueueni ana enterprising settlers-such as Ger- mans, Norwegians, Swedes, and even emigrants from the United States, many of whom will avail themseves of the opening thus afforded. The con- ditions are as follows :-One huudred acres will he given to any settler 18 years old, and having t'io 1 means of providing for himself until the produce of his land is sufficient to maintain him. The age, condition, trade or profession; whether he is ruar- ried, and if so the namu and ago of his wife; how many children he has, the name and age of each of them where he is from, and whether he is the owner of land elsewhere. Tho conditions of loca- tion are-to take possession within a month, and to put in a state of cultivation at least twelve acres of land in the course of four years, to build a house (at least 20 by 18 feet), and to reside on a lot until the conditions of settlement are duly performed after which accomplishment only shall the settler have a right to obtain a title of property. Families comprising several settlers entitled to lands, prefer- ring to reside on a single lot, will bo exempted from tho obligation of building and of residence (except upon the plot on which they live), provided that the required clearing of land be made on each lot. The non-accomplishment of these conditions will cause the immediate loss of the assigned lot of land, which will be sold or given to another. The road having been opened by tho government, the settlers arc required to keep it in repair.-caila-I dian News. THE Nrw BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DUIIHAM. -The Very Rev. Archibald Campbell Tait, D.C.I. who has been nominated by the Crown to the Bis- hopric of London, was educated at Baliol College, Oxford, in which university ho graduated in 1833, when he took a first class in classics, in the same year but not in the same term with Mr. R. Lowe, M.P. Mr. Jackson, Bishop of Lincoln, and Dr. Lid- dell, dean of Christchurch, all of whom were first class in classics. He became a fellow and tutor of his college, and a select preacher of the university. Upon the death of Dr. Arnold, who so long and so ably presided over Rugby School, Dr. Tait was elected his successor. In 1549 he was nominated by Lord John Russell to the deanery of Carlisle. In 1852 he voted for Mr. Gladstone, as the repre- sentative for the University of Oxford, when he was opposed by Dr. Marsham, the warden of Mor- ton College, and, again, for the right honourable gentleman on his acceptance of the office of Chan- cellor of the Exchequer under Lord Aberdeen's go- vernment, when he was opposed by Mr. D. M. Perceval, recently deceased. The new bishop holds what are usually called via media views on tho doctrinal questions which agitate the two great parties in the church, sympathising, however, ra- ther than otherwise, with the evangelicals. Dr. Charles Thomas Longley, who has accepted the bishopric of Durham in the room of the Right Rev. Dr. Maltby, who has resigned, was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 1815. taking a first class in classics. He is a younger son of Mr. John Longley, formerly Recorder of Rochester, and for some time one of the magis- trates at the Thames Police Court. He was born at Rochester in 1794, and having gone through the usual course at Westminster School, removed to Oxford. In 1829 he was presented to the rectory of West Tytherloy, near Stockbridge, Hampshire, and in 1831, resigned that benefice on being elected to the head mastership of Harrow School. On the formation of the see of llipon, in 1836, he was ap- pointed by Lord Melbourne, the prime minister, to be its first bishop, and has presided over that dio- cese up to the present time. His theological views are moderate, with a slight leaning to the evange- lical rather than to the high church party. Dr. Longley's confirmation to the see of Durham after his election by the dean and chapter will take place in the parish of St. James, Piccadilly. It has not yet transpired who will succeed Dr. Longley to the bisbopric of Ripon, or Dr. Tait in the deanery of Carlisle. How HOUSE RENT IS RISEY IN PARIS.—The Eeveu Municipale says:—" Twenty dark and nar. row streets, containing 249 damp and unhealthy houses, were demolished for the enlargement of tho Central Halles. The prolongation of the Ruo de Rivoli, which is now 3,1.46 metres in length, and the clearing away the approaches to the Hotel de Ville, caused the removal of 32 narrow streets and 587 houses. When the question is to rebuild, it will be readily underatwod that th-j difference between the number of old and new houses must be very great. During the last six years nearly 2,000 houses have been demolished in Paris, while the number of new i-nes is not more than 650. The destruction of the^o 2,000 houses has led to the re- moval of m re than dJ,OOJ persons." THE ENGLISH LAXG • K ;K.—Professor Grimm, One oi themjat emmeiu (, ■ itnieutal philogists, in a treausu on Ilia origin o. i.mguages, read before the Royal Academy, Berlin, thus speaks of the English language u ii possesses through its abundance of free iaedinl tone-, \\Ù,C!! may oo learned indeed, but whhh no ruled cuii teach, the power of expres- sion such as never perhaps was attained by any human tongue. Its altogether intellectual and sin- gularly happy foundation and development, has arisen from a surprising alliance between the two noblest languages of antiquity-the German and Romanesque—the relation of which to each other well known to be such that the former supplies the material foundation, the latter the abstract notions. Yes, truly, the English language may with good reason call itself a universal language, and seems chosen, like the people, to rule in future times in a still greater degree in all the corners of the earth. In richness, sound reason, and flexibility, no modern tongue can be compared with it—not even the Ger- man, which must shako off many a weakness before it can enter the lists with the English." DB. LIVINGSTON'S AFRICAN DISCOVERIES.-—In a letter to the Daily News, Mr. James Macqucen thus sketches the result of Dr. Livingston's travels in Africa:—"This enterprising and indefatigable missionary from the London Missionary Society has during the last few years traversed and explor- ed a large portion of Southern A frica, hitherto most imperfoctly unknown. His labours and dangers may be judge(I of when wo state that from the Cape of Good Hope and between the meridians of 18 degrees east longitudo he travelled to 9 degrees south latitude; and from thence to Loando, the ca- pital of Angola, on the Atlantic, determining in his route, by astronomical observations, the sources of the great river Coanga, and the great southern branch and course of the Zambezi, previously known as the Cuama, together with their chief tributaries and towns and nations aloug their banks. His last journey has, however, been the must important. Returning from Loando by the route just mentioned he marched down the Liambaye to Lioiganto, situ- ated on one of its tributaries, the Choke, in lat. 18 10 deg. S., and long. 23 55 deg. E. Starting from this place in November, last year, he explored the Liambaye, and visited the great fall in the river, in latitude 17 58 degrees S., and longtitude 2G de- grees E., were in its course eastward the river, 3,000 feet broad, is precipitated over a ledgo of rocks 100 feet in perpendicular height. He ascer- tained the positions of the junctions of the Zambezi and the Arroango of the north with the southern branch, and also of the once celebrated inland Por- tuguese trading station, Zumbo. From Teto ho went down the river to Quilimane. wbenco he found his way to Mauritius, most probably, in a British ship of war sent to watch his arrival on that part of the coast. Since the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope, no voyage or journey of such impor- tance as this vast journey of Dr. Livingston's has been known. It will be attended with most impor- tant results to Portugal and to the world at large. No man has ever done so much in Africa as Dr. Livingston, and all this without any expense to this country. This great commercial country will, it is hoped and expected, reward and honour him in a manner worthy of herself and him." THE MOORS AND FORESTS.—Grouse shooting in the north of Scotland is nearly at an end. There has been a very general failure on the moors as compared with the shooting of former years. Deer- stalking goes on briskly. In the forests of Moray some very large stags have been killed by the Duke of Richmond's party. In the forest of Mar, in Aberdeenshire, Mr. James Duff and party have been very successful. In the forests of Balmoral and Abergeldie, Prince Albert has brought down about 20 stags, some of them royals. On Friday, while his Royal Highness was driving to Ballochbine ) with Her Majesty, two stags were shot from the I royal carriage. The weather has beon splendid, I scarcely a drop of rain having fallen on Dee side this month. II A woman named Catherine Richards, while bind- ing after some men who were engaged in cutting corn with the scythe on Ivilorough Farm, Gower, the other day, approached too near to one of the mowers, whose implement entered her thigh, divid- ing the large arteries, and causing her death.
I WKEXHAM PETTY SESSIONS.
I WKEXHAM PETTY SESSIONS. I MONDAY, September 22, 1856.—Before Captain I Panton, R.N., Chairman, and Simon Yorke, Esq. THE WATER CURE. Mary Jones summoned Mary Francis for an al- leged assault. Some time ago the defendant lodged with her, but she (complainant) was obliged to give her notice. Ever since then she has iuv uiably in- sulted her whenever and wherever she met her in tho street or elsewhere. Last week a young man left her lodgings, and a day or two afterwards the defendant came to her and said, the reason why he, the young man, left her lodgings, was because he I could not eat his meat for filth and dirt. She kept } a registered lodging-house, and s ho could not allow of this scandal, so she went to the young man, and 1enquired whether or not ho had said so, when he denied it altogether. On this she weLt to the de- fendant's, and told her so, when- she abused her shamefully, and threw some dirty water in her face. —Defendant, who said she was a French polisher, admitted that she threw the water at her, but un- der different circumstances to those stated by the complainant. She came to her house, stood on the sill, and called her disgraceful names, and it was only after she had ordered her out that she threw the water at her. Complainant then called a wit- ness who, for a wonder, seemed to tell the whole truth without reservation. She saw the complain- ant, she said, go to the house of the defendant, and enquire as a preliminary, where the polishing b- was ? After a few verbal flourishes of this kind, the defendant threw a dish of water at her. This evidence tallying with that of the defendant, in- stead of the complainant, the magistrates dismissed the case. PRETTY GOOD FOR A FEW MONTHS. Hannah Roberts was charged by P.C. Daniel Thomas with being drunk and disorderly in Pentre- felin on Sunday last Hannah was more than half- seas over, and added bad language to her bad con- duct. Her husband was sent to Ruthiu for knock- ing her eye out, and he is to return homo in a few days. Hannah begged pardon fur her offence, and said that she had been very tidy since she lost her eye. The inspector said lie believed she bad been pretty tidy for the last five or six months. She was a shoebinder, and he had frequently seen her working.— Case dismissed. STEALING SHOES. Eliza Williams was in custody charged with stealing a pair of shoes, the property of John Demp- sey, a lodginghouse keeper, Mount Street, Wrex ham. Dempsey stated that the prisoner came to his house to lodge on Thursday night, the 18th in stant, and left on the following Friday evening. The shoes now produced were his, and they were put on a table in a back room. On Friday she came out of the street with the shoes in her hand, and said that she had got them of a man who was going to pawn them The man had walked in the house on the fair day, and taken them away with him. He then gave her in custody, having ascer- tained that she herself had attempted to pawn them at Mr. Rocke's, who would not do so, as there was a patch upon them. They were worth about 4s., and he had seen them last on the Wednesday pre- vious. Under these circumstances the prisoner, who stated that Birmingham was her native," was discharged, with an intimation to leave the town as quickly as possible. POACHING. I Thomas Ellis was in custody charged with poach- ing for partridges with a net on land belonging to the Marquis of Westminster, and in the occupation of Mr. Charles Jones, of Allington, on Saturday night last. Thomas Williams, who belonged to the Cheshire constabulary, and was stationed at Pul- ford, deposed that he was requested by the game- keeper of the Marquis to come with him, as certain parties were poaching on the above lards. He did C301 and on going to the field of Mr. Jones, be saw several men, and amongst the rest the prisoner, who was dragging a net. He secured him and the net, but the others escaped. There were no birds in his possession, but there were some partridge fea- thers in his pocket. The prisoner had been con- victed on a previous occasion (29th of November, 1855,) for poaching in the daytime. He comes from Trevallyn, and is the son of a day labourer. -F,llis admitted the charge, but hoped that they would be merciful to him, as it was the first time he bad ever been poaching at night with a net or anything else.—After perusing the Act of Parlia- ment, the magistrates said that he would have to go to Ruthin for two months, and at the end of that time he would have to find two sureties in 15 each for 12 months afterwards, or else he would be im- prisoned for another six months. The magis- trates said that this was not their decision, as the Act of Parliament loft them no option in the matter.
AGRICULTURE.
AGRICULTURE. FORMATION 017 A BREAD COMPANY —The Ban- bury Guardian reports a numerously attended meeting at Banbury, the mayor presiding. Those present were chiefly of the artisan class. The principal speaker was a Mr. Doeg, who denounced the oppression practiced by millers and bakers, and stated that while at Newbury the price of a quar- tern loaf was 6:d., at Banbury it was 7;d. The resolutions moved and carried were,-—" That this meeting views with alarm and indignation the ex- travagantly high price of bread and flour in this town and neighbourhood in proportion to the price of corn, by which means the blessings of plenty are withheld from tho consumers, and that this meeting deprecates the extensive practice of the adulteration of bread, which there is reason to fear is prevalent in its manufacture, and also is aware of the sale of short weight of this -commodity, by which two circumstances consumers are injuriously deprived of a wholesome and full-sized loaf."—At the close of tho meeting it was announced that a bread company was about to be formed, and 100 shares of 1:1 each were subscribed for in the room. The prospcctus, which appears iu the same jour- nal, states the capital at £1,000 under the Limited Liability Act. KtviEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE, DURING TII K PAST WEEK .—From the Mark Lane Express. Tho weather of the past week has been very favourable to the progress of the harvest in Scot- land, as well as its completion in tho more southern parts of Britain. Many places, however, in the north have not yet commenced the preval- ence of humidity there having retarded the ripen- ing of the crops, and greatly increased the disease in potatoes 111 some localities; though there is a general absence of complaint at present. In Eng- land the cold and late soils are becoming increas- ingly bad, and it is well that so large a bulk is safe. The markets for wheat have all been, rising, and lIIauy have experienced a/'brisk demand, while others have found business checked as a conse- quence of the advance. The late depression being partly recovered, a more steady business seems probable, with moderate fluctuation from present Foreign markets have little varied, and the opinion gains ground that Franco will again be a largely-importing country before next haivest. The prices of barley have further receded without heavy supplies, the earliness of the season keeping maltsters reeerved on the late high rates. Other spring corn has been generally firm. There have been good arrivals and a considerable business iu floating cargoes at better prices, S3 vessels having arrived at ports of call since the 11th inat. The Loudon averages were for 6,838 quarters, at 70s 6d. The importations into the principal ports of the United kingdom for the week ending the 10th Sep- toiiibur were, in wheat and flour, 147,811 quarters. The imports for August were 507,533 quarters wheat, and 478,286 cwt. flour. At Mark Lane on Wednesday the aupply per coast was GlOqrs, with C.,270 qrs. foreign. Tho market then was not brisk, but on short supplies the rates were well support- ed and in this state the business closed on Friday, with a better demand for low descriptions of old foreign, the arrivals then were 2,040 per coast with 2,080 quarters more from abroad. Town lers, however, were semewhat reserved, in the expectation of easier terms. TUB LONDONDERRY TENANTRY. —The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry entertained 265 of the tenantry of her Antrim estates in the market house ofCarnlough, on Thursday. Her ladyship's son, Lord Adolphus Yane Tempest, occupied the chair, and amongst those present were the Protestant, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic clergymen, and several of the local gentry. The vice-chairman having proposed her laydyship's health, the March- ioness made a speech in acknowledgment of the toast. Her fondest wish, she said, was to live in the hearts of her tenantry. She was glad to see them all together, and as she had built a room for their accommodation, she hoped that these meetings would henceforth be annual. Employers and em- ployed should be brought together for the exchange of ideas, and that good might result from the ex- hibition of united interests. Having expressed re- gret for certain absences, her ladyship remarked upon the agricultural improvement visible in Ire land generally, and in their own district in parti- cular. The works recently expended in that part of Ireland, by the government and individuals, had completely changed the face of the country. Pover- ty had disappeared, and the poor little villages were assuming the character of thriving country towns. In agriculture much certainly remained to be done. I regret to find that my attempt to get up a flower show has not been so successful as I could have hoped, and I am told I ought to look after pig styes before gardens. (Laughter and cheers.) On the other hand, I am glad some little emulation has been shown in competing for the premiums for the best farms. (Cheers.) It is always a great matter to make a beginning—time, patience, and energy must complete the result. Paul may plant, nnd Apolloa, may water, but we must not forget that it is God that gives the increase. We can.only d) our best to ask for a blessing on our endeavomrs. I think it right to say that on going over the town lands the greatest improvement I have scenes in Drumcow, where John. M'Carroll and John West are most energetic. (Cheers.) In Legnamorry, Alexander M'MulJari is a pattern of industry. The O'Neills, in Ballymacaldrick, the O'Loons, George Hasty, and Patrick O'Boyle, are all exerting them- selves. It might he invidious to go on, but I think theso few are deserving of the praise and notice given. In gonsral, I found industrial people and contented spirits; and I can only hope they will improve their condition in the future as much as thoy have done in the past; and, once more, let me repeat my thanks for the attachment you profess, and the warmth you havo shown. The proceed- ings were altogether very novel and interesting Slit JAMES GRAHAM O* AGRICULTURE.—The East Cumberland Agricultural Society held their annual show at Carlisle on Saturday last; and it was considered one of the best yet held, particular- ly as regards horses. A very large number of sup- porters of the society dined together at the Bush Hotel the same afternoon. R Howard, Esq., of lireystock, took the chair, and was supported by Sir }. Graham, of Netherby, Sir John Maxwell, of Springhall, the Hon Charles Howard, and other local gentlemen of note. The chairman gave the "city members—Sir J. Graham and Mr. Fergu- son." Sir James Graha n, after alluding to the rule which excluded the discussion of politics from the meetings of the society, said that for forty years he had been a careful observer of agriculture in the county of Cumberland, and for thirty-five years had exercised with care the honourable employment of a cultivator of the soil it had most occupied his thoughts and accorded with his affections and feel- ings. They wero cultivators of the soil; their prices were ample, and their prospects good. Their prices, too, were not dependent upon legislation, but fluctuated with the supply of the commodity, and rose and fell with its scarcity or abundance. No en- emy could prevent them fro u reaping an abundant harvest; and they were in the enjoyment of the full- est prosperity, and what was of greater value fhe cordial goodwill of the community. No jealousy could now arise, and no exception could be taken to the ar- ticle thry cultivated. Referring to the cultivation of the soil in Cumberland, Sir James said he thought they ploughed too much and grassed too little, in com- peting with the southern counties, aud milder and more congenial climates; for in Cumberland the growth of wheat was more difficult aud uncertain, whilst they possessed an immense advantage in the cultivation of green crup aud grass, which reudcred the feeding of sheep very remunerative, and, next to draining, it was one of the best methods of improving the land. He thought they grew too much and grazed too little and that the introduction of flax in their rotation of five years would be found to answer; and that in a very large portion of England its intro- duction once in ten years would be found to be of the utmost advantage. If they grew a great deal of po- tatoes they would make the most fertile land sterile. It was, indeed, a gambling transaction; for, if they planted the potatoe upon good land, the crop was al- ways doubtful, and the loss severe.-—The right hou, gentleman was frequently applauded during the deli- very of his address.
OUR IMMACULATE MAGISTRATES.…
OUR IMMACULATE MAGISTRATES. I If it is the fixed determination of the Solons on our local bench to make Wrexham as notorious as Gotham by the eccentricity of their decisions, and to rival Lynch-law juges in urbanity and courtesy, they may congratulate themselves that they are proceeding at express-train pace in the right direc- tion. That their fame is swiftly spreading over all the region round about," is evident from the f J1- lowing letter, animadverting on the recent Star Chamber proceedings on which wo comment d :n our last. The correspondent of a Chester coi te u- porary thus writes gir, -Not %vitlistanding the remarks made by y( u some time ago, as to the manner Justices' Jus- tice is administered in this town, these function- aries appear determined to set at nought the rights of the reporters and the public to be present in petty sessions. On Monday last a forgery case of considerable importance was heard in the private room in the Town Hall; and although permission was asked by a solicitor from Manchester to be presont, on behalf of his client who was concerned in the case, he was positively refused. Upon what grounds this was done is best known to the magis- trates and their clerk. If the solicitor and his client have the least spirit, or should suffer injury from the course adopted by these Dogberries, would not an action lie, and are there not sufficient grounds for a mandamus to teach these worthies their du- ties ? Wrexham has, certainly, gained unenviablo notoriety from the manner justice is attempted to be administered. I would strongly recommend young men, who arc about to commence practice as solicitors, to attend the Town Hall at Wrexham oc- casionally on Mondays, when the magistrates will condescend to allow them to remain there. They will thus have ample opportunities to become ac- quainted with the Justices' Law," to say nothing of the Justices' Justice." Your insertion of tho foregoing will oblige, sir, your abeflient servant, A LOOKEU-ON. Wrexham, 16th Sept., 1S56. We are afraid that A Looker-on will have to look forward a good way ere the lethargy of Wrex- hamites be dissipated sufficiently to enable them to think either of mandamuses or memorials to the Home Secretary, They seem to have become so habituated to the antics" of their magistrates that even if the hat of the chairman wero ex- hibited on a pole in the Market Place, a la Gesler, there would be no lack of serfs to bow to it. Our hope is that in such exceptional cases as the one alluded to by A Looker-on," circumstances may conjure up a Tell without the native-born stolidity which is content to look on, wince, grumble, and forget. We may infer from tho silence of the ma- gistrates' official journal—or rather, the journal of one of their officials-that they deem themselves sufficiently secure to defy public opinion, for there has not for a long time appeared in it a single sylla- ble of excuse or explanation of their arhitrary and extraordinary conduct; but there may be some wis. dom in this, for such advocacy as it usually displays would damage the best cause, but in such a cause as theirs the Bench may well say—" Save us from our friends!" We extract the following from a metropolitan contemporary, and presume that we need not point out the locality to which the description is most I especially applicable:— The decisions of our rural magistrates exhibit, not unfrequently, such a total abnegation, or rather subversion, of the rules of evidence and of common sense, that were not these men known to be entrus- ted with a certain amount of controul over the legal rights of their neighbours, the effect would be lu- dicrous in a hisrh degree. We hear continually of one or other bench of these worthies assembling in due form, furnished with every needful accessory in the way of criers, police, pens, ink, testament, and paraphernalia, calling on cases, hearing them with gravity, examining witnesses as though evi- dence were important, or would influence the case in any way, conferring among themselves solemnly, like real judicial personages with reasoning facul- ties, and finally culminating the burlesque by de- livering a decision so horribly at variance with the received ideas of right and justice, so hopelessly il- logical and generally absurd, that the ordinary peo- ple about the court-rustic idlers and labourers I called upon to give evidence,—either explode into I rude shouts of irrepressible laughter, or display such unmistakeable symptoms of disgust, that the ser- vices of the crier are compelled to be brought iuto requisition to restore order." DISSOLVING VIBWS.—On Tuesday EVENING last a lecture, illustrated by dissolving vit ws, was given in the schoolroom of the Chester Stiejt chapel, j < Wrexham, by the Rev. A. D. Salmon, a Chris- tian Jew. The subject selected for the lecture was the "Tabernacle of Israel,"—its furniture, holy vessels, &c., and the lecture, combined with the illustrations, was calculated to interest all Christians, but more especially the young. Not- withstanding that the evening was very unpro- pitious, the rain literally descending in torrents there was a tolerable attendance, and the lecturer intimated at the conclusion that he would repeat the lecture on the succeeding evening. Some of the scenic representations were very good, but at the first there was too much tight, which slight- ly marred the effect. Subsequently this was re- medied. BEATING A RETREAT. -On Friday, the 19th in- •taat^ Honey Fair Day, Mr. John Jones, shoemaker, had a lot of sheep exposed for sale ill the pens opno- site to his hou?e in the Beast Market, which belonged to Mr. Thomas Hughes, butcher and farmer, of Rhos Robin. About midday the latte- tendered a sovereign iu payment of 4s., being Nlr. Jones's charge for tLe pens for the time they were occupied. A man named Peacock, a drummer in the Denbighshire militia band, vas, it appears, standing by at the time, and Mr. Jones being much occupied, and having iio change ready at hand, Peacock very good-naturedly voluu- teered to fetch change, and the sovereign was handed to him for the purpose. Mr. Hughes, (in a way.) was kept waiting for his change for some time, but his patience becoming exhausted at Peacock's long stav, demanded the difference, 16s., from Mr. Jones, which the latter had at once to pay over, not doubting at the time of Peacock's ultimate return. But, Oh, for human hopes Time, however, passed on, and Mr. Jones's anxiety naturally increased, but the bird of gay plumage was non est, and has not yet made his appearance, although every uook and comer has been searched. Mr Jones's prospects (as people poetically inclined would say,) "have been completely blighted." It is supposed, that as the season has become so far advanced, like the swallow and other birds of passage, Peacock has migrated to some more genial clime, leaving his friend, Mr. Jones, to crack that nut and put up with the insult. Wa have heard it whispered by some half dozen young urchins from the neigh- bourhood of Mr. Jones's residence, that should the latter be so fortunate as to meet with the delinquent, he iutcnds giving him what the latter has given re- peatedly to the big drurn, uamcly-a sound beating, or, perhaps, something worse, which he so richly tuorits.-Froii; a Correspondent.
I - - I DISTRICT NEWS."I
I DISTRICT NEWS. Ruthin. I The Ruthin Amater Concert on Wednesday, the 17th, for aiding the funds in the restoration of St. Peter's Church, in that town, came off with great eclat, at the County Hall, which was very taste- fully decorated, and the whole arrangements, under the management of Mr. Cornwallis Westi and Mr. Munden, were pcrfect in every part. The morning performance was attended by the elite of the surrounding neighbourhood. In tho evening the hall was crowded by one of the most respectable audiences ever witnessed in Ruthin; and so great was the pleasure afforded, that from an unusual call for encores, the performances were extended till midnight. Excitement was on the tip-too of expectation, and was fully gratified. So great a musical treat has never taken place in Ru. thin-benevolent in intention and happy in result, —the proceeds amounting to 280. and the subscrip- < tions of the Dowager Lady Willoujrbby de Broke 15, Lady Bagot 25, Mrs. Wynn. Voelas, S5, and Miss Maddocks, Llanywern, X5 5s., amounting to L20 5s., realising a total of £100 5s., and as an amateur performance it stands alone-the case and elegance with which it was conducted rendering it most delightful. The proficiency and taste of each performer were fully apparent, and so enthusiastic were the auditory that the continued encores im- posed a very severe task upon the performers, but all met the unanimous call with condescending k indness and good humour. It was a treat of the very first order. It is no compliment to say that all Mrs. West does is always well done, and the present as well as the past display of her talent in such like attractions will long live in the memory of hundreds. The following are the names of the performers —The Dowager Lady Willoughby do Broke, Mrs. Frederick West, Mrs. M. o wen, Mrs. B.Jones, Miss F. Heaton, Miss West, Miss F. West. Miss T. West, Miss J. Lloyd (Rhagatt), Miss H. Lloyd, the Misses Granville, Miss Sandys, Miss Johnson, Mad'lle Nantwich, Mad'lle Pfiister, Mr. John Worant, Mr. N. Uniacke, Mr. Jos. Coltart, Mr. Wm. Coltart, Herr Richtcr, and the chorus singers from the choir of Ruthin. Principal violinist, Mr. Hulse, Bangor; second violin, Master W. Smith. The Lady H. Mo- rant, Mas. Fraser, Mr. Foulkes, and Mr. Turnour were unavoidably absent. The singing of Miss Sandys was of an artistic character, and evinced great taste and power. Mad'lle Nantwich showed great proficiency and power of execution as a pianist. The Dowager Lady Willoughby do Broke was in full command of her harp, and delighted the audience with the melodious airs so cosgenial to the taste of Cambria's sons. The sweet sounds produced by Miss West, Miss Heaton, and Mr. Morant, on tho concertina, excited their due meed of praise, and were heartily encored. The masterly hand of Mr. Hulse on the violin was greatly admired, and added another laurel to those he has already acquired. The whole passed off to the general satisfaction of all who heard and witnessed the performance, and with a regret that an amusement so in accordance with the general feeling, should not more frequently delight the neighbourhood. Denbigh. I HOWELL'S CHARITY, AND NORTH WALES OR- PHAN ASYLUM. -The Upper Park, purchased for the above object, has now been fairly taken possession of by the proprietors, so far as marking out the ground, and cutting to test the nature of the soil, in search of sand and clay to make brick, there being an abun. dance of both. The building will be commenced next spring. This important charity is founded on a be- quest of Thomas Howell, who di. d at Seville in 1540, leaving 12,000 ducats of gold in trust to the guild or fraternity of the blessed Mary the Virgin of the mystery of Drapers at the city of London," for the benefit of orphans, &c. The act compelling the com- pany to pay up this bequest was passed in 1846. Be- sides those admitted on the foundation, the institu- tion will be open to boaiders and day scholars. The buildiug will be very large and beautiful, with 20 acres of excellent grouud. DENBIGH CASTLE.—The Chester Archaeological Society has given instructions for further exploring those very curious shafted passages, supposed t" be peculiar to this fortress. The work has been com- menced, and a fine doorway and passage, before concealed, partly opened, on tho west side of the castle. ST. DAVID'S CiiuRcit.-The newly-erected tower, completed through the liberality of Thos. Hughes, Esq.of Yatrad, is a great ornament to the town, and presents a fine appearance from every point of view. Now the building is about to be completed, it is to be hoped that the burial ground will be ap- propriately laid out with walks and shrubberies.
- CORRESPONDENCE.
CORRESPONDENCE. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the letters of any of our Correspondents. This part of our Paper is allotted for the freø expression of public opinions generally, and not for tM erclusive views of any particular sect or party NATIONAL EDUC ATI ON versus VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE. To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I Sir,—There is no discussion which has given me so sincere a feeling of gratification as that which has recently appeared in your columns on the sub- ject of national education. A Common Laborer," not with his hands, but with a cool and thoughtful head and clear pen, has stated plainly the case as it stands. He has shaken the rod rag and the vo- luntary bull has lost no time in rushing at it. Your correspondent "Observer" has entered the arena and asks some questions which I crave space to answer. He asks first, if any scheme has ever been pro- posed that can bo called fair and impartial "-i.e. touohing the religious prejudices of none, favour- ing the views of no one sect, yet teaching the common brotherhood of humanity and our relations to a common fattier—1 say distinctly, yos, and that it has been for years before the public. In 1849, seven years ago, the movement was com- menced that converted the Lancashire public school association iuto a national association, and the lead- ing principles of the body were these—Universal Education, Secular Teaching, Local rates for support, Local Management, and Freedom from State Control. The association has since established a secular school iu Manchester, which is a model for mange- ment and suocess, which as a principle, does not al- low the literal reading of the Scriptures in sohool hours, but which demonstrates the practical tendency of its teaching by the fact that two-thirds of the scholars,, who belong to numerous creeds, attend their ( respective Sunday schools. Again, in Ireland, for many years past a system j of education has been growi ng from year to year, aud increasing the circle of its benefits and the number of its pupils, till they are to be counted by iiiyriads. o 1 S pUPI S, 1 t t. The Scriptures and all direct religious instructtua j are by law rigidly excluded from the lIçBools which j < I have certainly not diminished but rather increns Christianity in Ireland. When we hear of the v. ) improvement that has taken place in Ireland, wealth, industry and good order, we cannot ignore C.2 j existence of these national schools. But no systeM is perfect that is in the hands of governmcu t > paymaster aad controller of its forces. We wa; the Irish system in England aud Wales, with i', means raised by local rates and expended uudcr lot mausgemeut. The voluntaries will misrepresent I-J. We ask them what danger, in the name of comijjoi! sense, can Prist, to the cause of freedom, when ii! sectarian instruction by the master is rigidly exclude What if the teacher be an Episcoplian, elected to h:1 otiicc by a iiiijoi-ity of the school committee of th parish ? By a very simple arrangement a bad teacher will not he there JOII'" if he be not suited for the olliee he uolds. I care act what may be his creed. Knowledge is power. It rises superior to all sectarian jealousies. Geography, grammar, history, aud scieuee may be communicated without catechism oi creed, and the boy who kuows them wili not bea wh; the worse as a man, whatever be the private creed u1 his teacher. j 44 Observer" asks where government educatio i works well ? When he thinks of the fact-ihal mil- lions of men speaking the same language are blin,t at this hour taught in law-supported schools in Au., irica, he says, "what are their t:fi'tets ? Look at American crime." Well, the same system is imitated, like a school boy's copy, in the flourishing and prosperous colony uf Cauada, aud its iuspecLor a)t.; )1 chief officer is all Independent minister, Dr. llyerson f We oll't hear much about crimo in Canada. BHI when we cross the bouler and come to the United States, what do we find marks the boundary lined of slavery and freedom ? The absence of schools, tbo contempt for teachers, the presence of wholo villages of "mean whites," and a proportion ot those who can't read and write, almost as large as if we had opened our eyes in cultivated England. These men, like Cripps, in "Dred," 41 Don't see nu good in reading and writing. Old Hundred, on the Shad Plantation, has got nine son;, can't a soul of them read or write more than I. Has always got cheated by those reading and writing Yankees whenever he has met them." Tho mon who aro the authors of the villauies in Kansas are of this very sort: they love slavery both of mind and body. Let "Observer" travel over extensive re- gions teeming with a manufacturing population in the norththern States all trained under the samo sytem of law supported schools,—orderly, intelli- gent and happy,—and he will return, not 11 sadder, but,, a wiser man." There is, unfortunately, too much truth in many of the voluntary objections to the present system of education. The boldness and freedom of that across the Irish Sea puts it to shame. It is narrow in principle, and sectarian in practice, but it is better than uono. Talk as voluntaries may, there is a practical selfishness in education eyerywhere. It is a very good thing for our own children, and makes them what they ought to be-good citizens and intelligent men, but a fig for those of the poor." A minister will raise more money for evan- gelizing savages one thousand miles off, than for a school to teach common knowledge un- der the church itself. The money comes slowly, grudgingly. There is no heart in it. In the mean- time, while the stinted crop grows, the steed starves. The people literally perish for lack of knowledge. They are suffocated by bad air, blown up in mines, decimated by diseases brought on by de- praved habits and ignorance. Half their children are cut off prematurely, half their manhood withers ere its prime. That which survives leads one of its own sort to the altar, and makes its mark" there. Heaven save that mark !-orrather, let law sup- ported schools everywhere make it a mark" of history, and the man who opposes universal and national education, a being of history too. I am, sir, yours Ac., I ANOTHER COMMON LABOURER. ————8
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WREXHAM MARKET, THUBSDAY SEPT. 25. New Wheat » 3 9 G Flour Seconds .(per sack) 47 0 50 0 Barley (old) 6 3 6 6 Oats .a 4 0 4 4- Potatoes. 2 0 2 6 Butter I S 14 Eggs.n (per dozen) 0 9 0 0 Indian meal (240 lbs) 30 0 32 MARK LANE.—MONDAY. At this day's market snpplies of wheat and oats good, and of other things moderate. English wheat brought last Monday's prices for fine qual- ity, but some decline must have been submitted to realise damp and secondary soits. Foreign held very firmly, and so little choice of prime qualities, that the prices of this day se'nnight were made in retail. Floating cargoes of wheat wonderfully well bid for, all parts appearing to require dry old Azoff and sweet Danube for mixing. Indian corn rather droops, the supply off coast being larger than present demand. Flour could be bought lower by 2s per sack and Is per barrel. Barley has more tone, at last Monday's prices. Rye in- quired for by distillers. Malt steady. Peas and beans in rather more favour. Oats sell steadily for useful qualities of old, but new of less value. MARK LANE- WEDNESDA Y. We had only a moderate show of Ehgligh wheat in to-day's market. Selected samples—which were very scarce-were mostly disposed of at full prices i but inferior kinds iuled heavy, with the turn in favour of buyers. The imports of foreign wheat continue on a limited scale for the time of year. Most descriptions changed hands slowly, at about Monday's currency. The barley trade ruled heavy, at the late fall in prices. Malt was dull, but not cheaper. The supply of oats was very moderate, and the oat trade ruled steady, at full quotations. Beans and peas were firm but country flour was rather cheaper. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—TUESDAY. At our corn exchange this morning we had a large attendance ot millers and dealers from a dis- tance, and a good retail demand for all articles of the trade was experienced. Wheat may be quoted at Id. per bushel under the rates obtainable last market day, say 3d. to 4d. per bushel decline on the week. Flour Is per sack and barrel cheaper. Indian corn was in better demand than for some weeks past, and a fair quantity was taken for feed- ing in the interior counties. Oatmeal stiffened in value and demand. No change as regards oats, barley, beans, and peas. HOP-MARKET,—BOROUGH, MONDAY. The market not being yet largely supplied with new hops. anything like settled prices cannot be quoted. Picking has generally commenced, and the arrivals will in a few days be more extensive, when, doubtless, there will be a good demand, as the quality and colour of the new crop are stated to be above the average. The duty has rather re- ceded, and is now estimated at £ 243,000. Mid and East Rents" 75s 90s to 100s Weald and Kent 65s 80s to 84s Sussex pockets 63s 70s to 80s NEWGATE AND LE.DBIlA.LL.-)loDA Y. Per 81b. by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef. Ila 3 2 j Middling do. 3 4 3 6 ) Prime lar?o do. 3 8 3 10 i Do. small ditto 4 0 4 4 t Vea.l. 3 1 4 6t s. d.to s d Inferior mutton 34 S 6 Middling do. 38 4 2 Prime ditto. 4 4 4 8 Large pork 3 6 4 0 Small pork 4 2 4 6 LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY. The demand for stock of first-rate quality wa pretty briskj but middling and inferior &orts were entirely neglected. Price of beef 6d to tiid-. and mutton 6id to 7d per lb. HIDE AND SKIN MARKETS.—SATURDAY. Market Hides, 56 to G.Hbs. o 0 0 4 Ditto 64 72lbs 0 4 0 44 Ditto 7? S O t M 0?05 Ditto 72 solbs o 4i 0 4i Ditto 80 8!Slbs. 0 44 0 5 Ditto 88 \)611.19. 0 5 0 Si Uorsv Hides (each) 7 0 0 0 Calf bkiUH, light a 0 3 6 Ditto lull 0 0 7 6 Polled Sheep. 3 2 8 0 Kents aud iLUl Breda 2 9 3 8 Downs ? 2 0 2 4 L,-tmbs 2 6 2 L  m b a. „, .? ? ? ? 2 0 2 6 blieai lings 3 Q 2 6
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