Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

I THE SABBATH. it is the Sabbath Hearest thou vhit "tM'n of music stealing c'ftiv? Gently by thee now ?rms of glory fleeting. Ministering angels they Who rove the wide world over, SeeKing, soothing those who love And glorify their Maker; Xiiev are monitors to thee, Sinful one, as well as me. It is the Sabbath Hearest thou Hi,we tones of melting sweetness, oit inviting thee to taste And q naif deep of that goodness Whicu from plenteous wells give forth Hope, Faith, and love for ever, Teacliing thee to magnify • And worship pure their Giver, \Vin>=e blest sture of charity Offers pardon rich and free. 4 It is the Sabbath Haste thee from I The castle, cot, or home, And mingle with the happy ones That cluster round His throne. AY oast the worldly thoughts aside, Anil bow in reverence low, Seeking a guide to cheer thee on Through life in joy or woe An.i thou wilt find that Christ will be i A rest and refuge unto thee. g T. G., HEMAN TREVOR. I

REVIEWS. I Tbe Treasury of Literature came too late for notice last week. It begins the year with a good amine, aud ùas one or two capital pictures. Iu ?.Mry'u'ttf'isadmirabty selected, as usual, the I'K??'' pott?'aa possessing great features of attractiveness. aud much useful information may be derived from the geographical, historical, and similar papers. The fashions department is also 8bW ceuduL-teil, and contains a coloured sheet of needlework aud a supplement sheet of fashions. jir £ tty-jive easy Vitlin Duets (Jos. Williams, Berctrs-strcei, W-)-These consist of selections from a number of well-known classical composers, and arranged by H. Sydney Davies. The duets are very simple, have been expressly arranged to improve tiwe and tone, and lead the player by nraduated staes to more difficult ones still, none of them contain those intricate passages which are the terror of amateurs. However, it is intended to pnbiish a second seiies, which will serve as an lntroduction to studies in higher class music, in- Galcatin" iu the student an appreciation of the uorks of eminent composers, and at the same time taasintr a greater love for the instrument he has taken in hand, and which is so inexpressibly Bapable of interpreting the finest effects of genius.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. I  FRANCE. I The Due de Gramont has published a statement go to the t'X'ellt to which the Austrian Government eommitled itself to support France in the war with Prussia. He asserts that Austria promised to de- clare war against Prussia as soon as the Austrian army was ready for active operations. The Austriim Government, the Duc de Gramont says, replied upou finding a pretext for hostilities in a demand upon Prussia to carry out the tieaty of Prague to the letter.—It was generally understood in Versailles political circles on Wednesday that the committee of thirty had come to an agreement is to their recommendations to the assembly upon the questions the have had under consideration, and their report was to be presented yesterday (Fridav.) GERMAXY. I Some of the Prussian Liberal politicians feared that the retirement of Prince Bismark from the nreeideucy of the Cabinet boded a change in the Uitude of the Government towards the Vatican. [A Berlin correspondent, however, points ont that he anti-Popery biils just introduced into the Prussian Hi asp of Commons, by Dr Falk, the min- ister. of ecalesiastical afftirs, are calculated to Nlispel the apprehensions awakened in some quart- r6 by the appointment of Count Roon. They are all that Bisuiark himself could have made them. SPAIN. General lloriones half made an offer to the S|)auisk Government to extinguish the insurrection in the uortu of Spain within 20 days. A. train coming from Portugal had been plaudered by in- mgellt-. The death is reported of the Carlist leader Trevla and the Federal leader Pailoc, while that of the principal Carlist chief in Catalonia (Cistelio) is confirwed. The bands of Saballs has has beeu defeated, and the Carlist band in the province of Valencia has been completely dis- peteed." ITALY. The Pûpe, in reply to an address presented to him by a deputation from the German Club in Rome, on Sun lay, compared his own state with that of Jesus persecuted, aud said Christ wished sovereigns to be respected because their mission was to protect religion. His Holiness added that far from carrying out this mission, several of the Earop -an inouarchs were seeking even to destroy morality, au 1 with that object they take away from the church the education of yoath. RUSSIA. I I Elie Czirewitch has so far recovered that his Diedic.il alvis-rs think it unnecessary to issue any more bu 1-tins. It would appear from an article in the li i»iu.u official journal on the allocation ad- dressed by the Pope to the retired officers of the Pctpnl army, that the statement of the orgaa of the Papacy, t Uservatore Romano, that a rapprochement 18 being arranged between Russia and the VLttican is not well founded. SOUTH: AMERICA. I The S .otb American mail brings intelligence of the fatal election riots at Parana. Unfavourable reports had been received at Buenos Ayres from Aiiuucion as to the English emigration scheme. From the Emperor's speech in opening Parliament, 1t appears that the public finances of the Brazilian empire are in a flourishing condition His Majesty sketched (JIlt a very liberal programme of work for the executive and the legislature, including elect- oral reform and measures for the improvement of education and for the development of tho material resources of the country.

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SUNDAY SKETCHES. I THE CALVINISTIC CHAPEL, TRYDDYN' AND THtf REV. L. EDWARDS, D.D., BALA. Although the pastoral system is slowly gaining ground among the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, there is still much vitality left in the itinerant system with which the connection has been chiefly identified. There are many advantages pertaining to itinerancy which I, for one, would be sorrv to lose, and I scarcely think that the body of members are ripe for a stated ministry. In the towns, perhaps, it would be well if the new system had come into more general operation; and it is a source of wonder to me that the congregations hold together so well, so thoroughly are they neglected, so far as the ordinary care which is bestowed by ministers on other congregations is concerned. I don't know of any presbytery-with the exception, perhaps, of Anglesey—which is onre neglected in this respect than that of Flintshire; and I don't know of any part of Wales in which the connection has so totally failed to keep up with the wauts of the population, the number of members and hearers' in 1871 being only something like equal to those of 1861, though the population has in- creased by some thousands; and actually there has been a decrease of 22 members in the returns of 1872, as compared with those of 1871. This is, I think, a sufficient cause why those who have the success of the connection at heart, and who believe in its adaptability to the wants of the Welsh people, should wake up from their lethargy, and to take that step in advance which the circumstances of the time s have made imperative. There is no doubt that originally, in the earlier history of this ihurch, its great success was owing to the itinerant ininis ry of those who either seceded or were driven from the Church of England, because of their burning desire to preach the gospel. Aud it is one cousola- tiou to me, at any rate, that whatever sin there may be in schism, from whicb some of our narrowest- minded vicars so industriously pray God to pre- serve them, lies in this instance at the door not of the seceders, but of those church dignitaries who preferred keeping the poor of Wales in ignorance rather than the gospel should be preached to them. Neither is there any doubt but that the same system .tended to encourage, or rather to foster, that talent for preaching for which the connection has now for upwards of a century been dis- tinguished and I don't think it any disparagement to either of the other churches labouring in Wales to say that neither of them has turned out such a galaxy of great preachers as Howell Harris, Daniel Rowland, Robert Roberts (Clynnog), John Elias, Ebenezir Morris, Ebentzer and Tnos. Richaids, David Charles, Henry Rees, John Jones (Talsaru), aud others now living, who, in some particulars, are at least equal to many of the above. Besides this array of orators, the same connection, or if some of our more austere Church of England, friends prefer the term, the same schismatics, have produced, next to the Holy Scriptures themselves, the best sacred poetry extant in any language. If anything will preserve the Welsh language after its death from total forgetfulness, it will not be our Eisteddfods, or anything l'ke them, but the hymns of Williams of Pantycelyn, and of Ann Griffiths, of Dolwar Fechan, a young woman who died at the early age of 26, but whose poetry will live after the language in which she composed it will have been dead for centuries. But I am wander- ing from the subject, though I hope you will excuse me, as it is one of which a little truth wanted to be spoken. My own opinion is, that the little country churches are hardly so ripe for the transition from the itinerant to the pastoral system of ministry as those of the towns; neither do I think that just at present the new system would be beneficial to them, for they have hardly proceeded so far in the grace of contribution" as to be able to support a minister with the dignity becoming his high call- ing. To give them fair play, they are deficient in power as well as in grace, for, to tell the truth, the Church of England in Wales is the rich mau's church, the poor, almost without exception, especi- ally in the country districts, being dissenters. Tryddyn, the scene of my present sketch, can hardly be called a country district, neither is it a town, but the population is a mixed one, consisting of colliers and agriculturists. The village itself is very insiguiticant, containing only a dilapidated church, nearly as dilapidated schoolroom, and a few straggling houses placed here and there in all positions, as if they had been rained down in a promiscuous shower. Around this strange nucleus there are a number of other villages, as straggling and in some instances more dilapidated than the paren one. Tne district is situated on the turn- pike road leading from Hope and Buckley to Llan- armon and Lliludegls, and, owing to its elevated position, commands some very extensive views, rauging over nearly the whole of Mid-Flintshire, large portions of Cheshire, including the city of Chester, and also portions of Denbighshire, with the range of hills culminating in Moel Fammau. The quality of the laud is only poor, and in some portions clayey, which gives a cold aspect to the wh*le surroundings. A generation or two a^o, the villages constituting the parish seem to have enjoyed a considerable amount of pros- perity, if one may judge from the vast hills of debris left on the scene of what has been an exten- sive iron forge. Again a few years ago, the parish enjoyed a gleam of prosperity when the oilworks wt,re at their busiest, but at the present time, owing to the dearth of crude material, these also have in most cases been closed; and the great feature left, which stares every visitor in the face. is the large number of empty and neglected houses which meet him at every turn. Whether there are any latent resources left in the bowels of the earth which may bring new vitality to the district, I am unable to say. Wuh regard to the inhabitants, they are neariy wholly Welsb, with a thin sprinkling of English ind Irish but the frequency with which purely English names are met proves that the imm grants of former generations have become fused with the original inhabitants, and have become part and parcel of them; indeed, in many cases, they are more thoroughly Welsh than the Welsh themselves, especially 80 in their inability to speak English. This fact, of course, makes it necessary that the places of worship should be Welsh also, most of ihem wholly so, and the worship in the Calviuistic Methodist Chapel is conducted wholly in Welsh. Toe chapel is built on the side of a road or lane which ruus parallel with the turnpike road, and about 200 yards or so distant from it. It is a plain btl ucture, built to accommodate about 300 persons. There are two doors, one at each side of the end nearest the road, and, contrary to modern and, I think, the most approved usage, the pulpit is placed between them, so that anyone entering does so in tae face of the whole congregation, WHO are apt. to have their attention drawn from the service to the new comer. The morning on which I attended was one of the very few fine oues which we enjoyed last autumn. A hoar f ost covered the fields, and made the walk from Mold a thoroughly enjoyable oue. The service that morning was published to commence at ten, and I arrived about three minutes before time, and found the chapel occupied by about a dozen people, who were engaged some in staring into vacuity, and some in reading theii Oibies or hjmn-books. Ten o'clock arrived, and a few people kept dropping in one after another nntil it was a quarter or twenty minutes past. But still no preacher, nor the signs of one; so some whispered to the otilers- he come, do you know?" Yes; so I was told last night." Ugh Five minutes more e'apsed, but still no signs of the preacher; and the congre gation manifestly were beginning to get uaeasy, and a slight commotion was visible in the seat favor. Tuen by some invisible means it began to be generally known that the preacher had been seen a few minutes pre- viously leisurely wending his way towards them aud at half-past ten to the minute he entered the chapel, accompanied by the deacon, whose guest he was. What the reason may be I cannot say, but ihe fact is that the Welsh are anything bat punctual in their aitendance at their places of worship. They never seem to think of starting uUill it is time they were there, and it is needless to took for a reformation until a better example is set by those who, by virtue of their ofifce, ought to be a pattern to oth. r^. But when we see the families of our ministers aud deacons the latest in t ieir arrival, we cannot expect the bulk of the .1.1.- people to be punctual. It tnere is more man or,tinary difficulty in affecting this much to be d sued reform, caiinot the dissenters, who are mos to hame in the mitter, mitate the example o the Ejtablished-C.,urch aud have chapel bells, or, if tin y believe that the use of bells smacks too m ich of Popery, why not use these buzzars or Amer can Ah, well, I will not mention it i I 11 Sunday sketch, or it vill be setting Captain S 'i" body's ba(k up. But. joking aside, the matter is seiious, and is well woi tu, We attention of those w ho are the leaderq of the connection. Of the conduct of the service, I don't intend to speak but little. Having been all my life used to it, I may have prejudices in its favor which in- cilpacitate me from criticising it justly, but it seemed to me anomalous, that the congregation should wait for the preacher to give out every two lines of a hymn with which they are thoroughly acquainted. I know that many very excellent people for whom I entertain the highest respect, believe that singing a hymn through and through has a certain amount of formality about it to which they object, but it appears to me there is quite as much—if not more-formality in repeating a hymn by every two lines when it is perfectly well known to the congregation. For instance, on the morn- ing in question, the reverend gentleman gave out the verse- "DIsgwyl 'rwyf trwy hyd yr hirnos, Disgwyl am y boreuddydd." The congregation sang these two lines once aver, and then stopped, the preacher going on- Disgwyl clywed pyrth yn agor A chadwynau'n myn'd yn rhydd." and then they took up the second couplet and sang it. This seemed to me almost ridiculous, es- pecially as about half the congregation had hymn books before them, and knew the verse as well as the preacher himself. Of the singing, I have no- thing tio say, beyond that it was eqllal to that ordina ily to be met with in country villages. But, if a little more spirit could be infused into it, perhaps there would be an improvement. From what I could see on the Sunday in ques- tion, the congregation and church hardly seemed to me to be ripe for the change from the itinerant to the pastoral system, although, I thought they suffered from the present one. Perhaps, also, they are hardly strong enough to maintain one without obtaining some help from the outside, or joining another church in the support of the same minister. To this course there seems to me to be many and serious objections, but I will not enumerate them just now. Failing a stated ministry, the congregation have to depend on a promiscuous supply, and the securing of such a man as they had on the Sundiy I attended, at once elevated it into a red- etter one,—one to be looked forward to with pleasure, and to be looked back upon with longing if not regret. I well remember the year 1845, when I first heard him It was at Bontrobert, a place of some renown in Wales a quarter of a century ago, owing to the residence in it of the late Rev. John Hughes. The preacher whom I have now under notice, had never been there before, and his coming was expected by me with a mixture of wonder and awe. He was an M.A.! something extraordinary in the connection at that time, and I, childlike, half expected to find it delineated on some part of his features. It was in the afterno;)n that he preached, and when I reached the chapel, it was crammed, And I could get no nearer than the door. It was some time before I could get a view of the preacher, who had then turned grey; and whose appearance alone was, it seemei to me, almost as jood as a sermon. What his text was on that occasion I don't remember, neither do I re- member anything of his sermon, only that it was telivered without that display of energy, which, at ;hat period, I thought to be a necessary conco- nitant of a good sermon. By this time, the grey lair of 1845 has become almost perfectly white, )ut he has a hale and healthy appearance which enables him to bear his age well, and anyone look- ing at him would not take him to be more than 55 or 30, while his step is as light and as firm as when I irst knew him. Although Dr. Edwards is generally allowed to be a good preacher, he is not so popular as many others in the connection, who have no pretensions to his learning or ability, and by a certain class he is, although liked, put down imong the lesser lights of the pulpit. In illustra- tion of this, I may relate a rather good story of an )ld lady living not very far from Bala. When isked her opinion of someone who was very popular at that time the old lady replied- Indeed [ don't care for your great preachers, and prefer some little preacher like Dr. Edwards a good leal." But a prophet is not recognised in lis own country at this more than at any )ther time. Nevertheless, it is not always ;hat "Richmond is himself," and for preacu- ng a poor sermen, I would back the everend gentleman against any one in Wales. It s most amusing to be present when he fails to -aise what the Welsh call a hwyl, for every dozen ientences, he is more likely tuan not tv cry out, Dyna i chi bethau mawr (•' There are great ihingsforyou !). But, when the" pethau mawr" eally are present he always forgats to mention it, )eing himself too much taken up with them. A 'ew years ago, he preached at the opening ser- rices of a Welsh chapel in one of the border owns. It was afternoon, and to confess the ruth, I fell asleep. When I awoke, the first hing to be heard was the Doctor crying out, Dyna i chi bethau mawr! O," said I to myself, I can afford to have another nap," and lid so, being awakened a second and a third time ay the same cry. However, it is not always so, md ten years ago, I heard him preach in Chat- tiam-street Cnapel, Liverpool, one of the greatest find most powerful sermons that I have ever heard. Perhaps, for sustained power, it was the very greatest, and he has published it since in his theological essays. As I have before hinted, his appeaoance is much in his favor, his fine counten- ance being expressive of power and repose. The eyes, when his spirit is aroused, are like fire, anil we working of the muscles of the mouth and face betoken the outburst of a flood of eloquence which electrifies his hearers, and-like the bursting of a reservoir-carries everything before it. 0 The manner of the reverend gentleman, especially at the beginning of his sermon, is rather listless, and he has a habit of playiug with the leaves of the BLble with his right hand, until he is warmed to his subject, when the arm is stretched out and the voice raised in appeal to his congregation. The voice itself is husky but penetrating, and can be heard without much effort by a congregation of some thousands. On the Sunday that I had the pleasure of listening to him at Tryddyn, he was not at his best, neither was he at his worst. Owing, perhaps, to the small congregation, and to the lateness of his arrival, he did not in the morn- ing appear to get hold of the people, and although they listened-as they alwavs will to a man of his standing-with diligence, he seemed unable to make an effort. The text was Ezekiel XLIII., 12. 44 This is the law of the hQusL upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about skill be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house." The remarks founded on those words were most appropriate and simple, having re- ference chiefly to the necessity of a holy life in all and every phase of a man's everyday duty. In the evening, when the congregation was much larger, the preacher seemed to be more at home, and to throw more of his soul into his sermon. As an author, the reverend gentleman occupies a position second to none in Wales, the whole of his writings being noted for their purity of language, and breadth of observation. He may not be styled a voluminous writer, indeed, he is openly accused of being dilatory if not something worse bat when he can be prevailed upon to put pen on paper, he is sare to produce something which will be worth reading. For grasp of intel- lect, and an almost intuitive insight into the very pith of a difficult sabject, he excels any public man with whom I am acquainted in Wales, and certainly since the Rev. Thomas Charles, the connection has not possessed a man who has wielded such a powerful influence or who has moulded in such a degree the views and opinions of his contemporaries. His very appearance im- presses the observer that he is in the presence of no ordinary man, and his massive features in their quiet repose indicate a power that is pos- sessed only by a few. This attempt at a sketch of his person and character would be incomplete if I did not add that he has a fund of hamour always at command, and which seems to pervade a great part of his writings, and sometimes his sermons. He is also a perfect master of sarcasm, ana the luckless wight who may become a victim of it is much to be pitied. Of his position in the General < Assembly and Association of the Calvinistic 1 Methodists, I may say he holds a foremost place, if not the foremost since the death of the late Henry Rees. At any rate, there is only one man now living who exercises anything like his in- fluence, and he is one whom I have always con- sidered as the greatest preacher it has been my privilege to hear. In concluding these remarks, which have been longer than I had intended them, permit me to state that conscientiously I cannot place Dr. Edwards in the first rank as a preacher; bat as a divine, he is beyond doubt the first among his countrymen, and take him all in all* he is a man of whom any country might well be proud. RAMBLEB. I

A ter: ible accident has occurred at Albertacce, in Corsica, on Monday. Some roofs feU in, bary- ing no less than nineteen women in the ruins, and seriously wounding several others. These people had come, according to a custom of those parts, to pay the last respects to some dead person. The local government will probably take precilations to prevent future overcrowding of the houses, for the living should not be placed in danger in order to honour the dead and hold a Corsicau 11 wake."

A CHRISTMAS BANK HOLIDAY OUT. I 1 • t\ _?_ I I hate the man that can travel irom .van to ijeersneoa md say 'tii all barren. I am fond of walking excursions, and whenever I get a holiday I endeavour to improve it by rambling over new ground. To ascend moun- tains at this season of the year is out of the ques- tion, and the days are too sbort for long distances. There are, however, short excursions which can be made to advantage, and one of these I followed. I took the tr in at 9.26 from Wrexham to the Rossett, and then commenced my walk, following the regular foot-road towards Chester as far as Palford. The Rossett is a pretty spot, and as the river Alyn was considerably flooded the waterfall was seen to advantage, and the variety of gentle- men's seats close by, nicely laid oat with parks, odges, &c., render the situation very picturesque, rhe walk to Pulford along a good foot-road is )leasing, although nothing very particular is to be .A. !I_- _1 seen until you near me mrnpiae, wueu a very pretty view of the village, the church, and the Rectory House of Pulford is to be obtained, which would make an excellent photograph, taken a short distance from the tnrnpike on the Wrexham side, including the turnpike itself. The view, however, should be taken as I saw it in the winter time, otherwise the leaves of the trees are too fall to show the church and the village to advantage. The weather was exceedingly fine, no SU'! day for manv a week had been seen, and indeed none since the sun seemed to shine for this once in honour of the holiday. I turned from the main road at Palford, passing the church, and followed the road, now a public one, but which was formerly the private path-road to Eaton Hall- thanks to the present Marquis the road has been thrown open, and the lodge gates removed. This road is through a thickly-wooded planta- ion, nicely shaded, but confined, as far as any dis- ?ion, nicely ahgded, but confined, as far as any dis. tant view is concerned in tne summer season, however, it would be a most pleasing walk, cool an i picturesque in the extreme. This road, without much Variation, is continued for about two-and-a-half miles, and until yon come in sight of the gate honse to, Eaton Hall. Then I turned to the right for the Iron Bridge. The day, as I observed before, walt- very fine, and I met many parties from Chester in various conveyances enjcying the holiday. I could not at first account for this, as a general holiday was not carried out in Wrexham, but I afterwards found that at Ches- ter the day was a perfect holiday. The road towards the Iron Bridge is still through plantations, but more open and varied, and in some places very picturesque. I very soon passed an open boat house close to the road, with a boat slung inside. From this boat house there was a large sheet of water, forming in reality a good sized lake, and extending to a considerable dis- tance. At the extreme end was plainly to be seen a very picturesque wooden bridge, which added very much to the beauty of the scene. This beautiful sheet of water belongs to the hall, and on it I observed two swans, and I think some other birds. The Iron Bridge is close by, and on reaching it [ was surprised both as to its size and elevation. It consists of one iron arch, spanning the whole river, which is very' broad. I had heard of this bridge before, but had formed no conception of its beautiful appearance or the breadth of the river at this spot. It is wider here than at any other part, ind for some distance on both sides of the bridge is a most beautiful calm still sheet of water. I must confess I was not prepared to see such a grand sight as this bridge and the scenery around. A large house has been erected for the accom- modation of tea and picrnic parties. The grounds iboui are neatly laid out, and on the opposite side Df the bridge is a diucing and recreation ground, [t is much frequented during the summer season by parties from Chester, who mostly, I was in. formed, come up in boats, but since the park has been opened many also arrive in traps, &c. I know also that many Wrexham folks patronize this spot for their pic nic parties. While I was inspecting the grounds I heard the sound of a band in the distance, which soon ap- proached, and proved to be the band of the Chester Volunteers. I was below the bridge, and I had thus the opportunity of seeing the band with the volun- teers following, marching over the bridge. At so great an elevation from me it was a pretty sight, and reminded me of an engraving in Roscoe's North Wales," of an army marching up Nant Francon." rhe effect of the mnsic in passing over the river was most pleasing, and the appearance of the volunteers in uniform carrying their guns was a sight, I venture to say, but rarely to be seen. I ascended to the road, and from off the bridge the refreshment house has a very picturesque ap- pearance, while the view of the river on both sides of the bridge is both extensive and interesting. I followed the road to Aldford, and which ap- peared to be close by, but is in realtity about half a mile distant. The approach is somewhat pretty, the Church and Rectory Honse forming very prominent objects. The village itself is very straggling, and consists mostly of low-thatched cottages, but very neat and clean in their appear- ance. B yond the church is a large mansion and out-buildings called the Church House," and which is built of the same kind of red stone as the church itself. My object was pleasure I there- fore sauntered through the whole of the village, and eventually reached the Grosvenor Arms, where I again met the volunteers, who were just then being called out by bugle, and re-formed to march back to Chester. I bad supposed on first seeing them that there was some especial object in their visit to Aldford, but I was informed that they were merely brought out for exercise, the day being a holiday in Chester. It is said- The King of Spain, with fifty thousand men, Marched up the hill, and then marched down again. Likewise- The Chester Volunteers, most valiant-looking men, Marched to the Aldford Inn, and. back again. I found that these volunteers had been well re- freshed at the inn, and Sir John Barleycorn was very extensively patronized by drinking Aspinall's Wrexham mild ale XXX 2-a strong and mild- brewed beverage. I must, however, do them the justice to say that all were not the disciples of Sir John," as the many empty lemonade bottles I afterwards saw fully testified. There is a low-erected bridge at Aldford, where the Dee may be crossed. I returned the same way, an,1 on the road noticed a very fine stone bridge, through the trees, and turning down a road on the right close to the Iron Bridge I was soon upon it. This is a good substantial bridge, "I 'I 'II.. ana very consiaeraoie expense nas been spent upon it. The stone work upon it is carved with the coat of arms of the Eaton family. The view from the bridge is pretty and somewhat extensive, but the width of the river is here much narrower, and has not the grand river view as from the Iron Bridge. There is a good view of Eaton Hall from this bridge. I might have crossed this bridge and fallowed the direct road to Chester, through Eccles- ton, and in view of the scenery of the Vale Royal; but I returned over the Iron Bridge, and retraced my steps to Eaton Hall, and tbea through the park to Chester. I was disappointed in not obtaining a good view of the hall owiug to the building of a new wing on the Aldford end, the implements for the purpose blockading the front entirely. The opening of the park by the present marquis is a great boon to Chester. The road through it is a nice walk all the way. The plantation en the right side prevents any view of the Peckforton hills, or the Vale Royal, but on the left side the view of the Minera hills and district is to be seen for a considerable distance, with Moel Fammau very pro- minent, and forming a pretty object in the dis- tance. On a very clear day the scenery on that side must be interesting. Un arriving at Chester every place of business was closed. I never saw a week day closing so completely carried out, in confirmation of this I may state that a friend of mine who walked with me into Chester required a shave, but no such luxury was to be bad, and after trying all the well-known places we failed to find any shop open. I record this, as I like to see a holiday well carried out. I returned to Wrexham by an evening train, well pleased with my walking excursion. A LtOYER OF OCBNBBT. January 6tb, 1873. A .LOVE. OF SCZNZUY-1

A report is published to the effect that the object of Count Schoualors mission to England is in the negotiation of. a marriage between one of our royal princes and the only daughter of the Czar. Of course the statement most be taken for what it is worth; it may be bat the idle gossip of the "official circles" in St. Petersburg whence it 1 comes. Replying to a deputation from chambers of agriculture, which waited on him on Monday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was sorry that State necessities obliged them to tax the beer of the poor man, but the malt tax could not be re- pealed at present, unless it were replaced by some other tax. Tenant farmer were labouring under a delusion when they thought the repeal of the malt tax would benefit them. t

A WELSH HANGMAN. I IL tilLICrSlg nas 88 assistant. The hangman has grown old; and, as he was told by a prison official at a recent execution, is getting shaky." The aged executioner himself appears to feel that, unaided, he is no longer equal to the performance of his hideous duty; and he has applied to the Home Office to be allowed to have an assistant with him when be is carrying out the last sentence of the law. It might naturally be supposed that it would be almost impossible to obtain candidates for < the horrible office. But such was not the case. 1 Calcrafc seems to have an acquaintance who aspires to become his successor; aud when he became aware that the hangman wanted an assistant he < eagerly applied for the post. The prevailing I notion is that the person who performs the duty of I hangman is some needy low, and brutalised i creature, or some wretch who hils been convicted I of the perpetration of a dreadful crime, and whose life has been spired on the condition that he would t become execntioner. Calcrafi's assistant is neither t on6 nor the other. He is a well-to-do Welshman, possessing a considerable sum of money, and land and house property in the Principality. When he accompanies his master to the different prisons they visit he does not conceal his antecedents—in fact, he rather prides himself upon the position" he occupies. It is stated that he has been solely promoted to become the hangman's assistant by a horrible morbid feeling to be present at the teni')Je scene which takes place when some poor wretch expiates his crime on the scaffold. Calcraft has the reputation of being fond ef gardening when not professionally" employed, and to exhibit a taste for the cultivation of rare flowers. His assistant has also a taste for floriculture, for lie informed a prison official that be went to his cottage and garden in Wales." Early last Wednes- day morning two men were seen to enter the prison yard at Kirkdale goal. One was a robust, i i ■ 111 i• i .i i j. :Au tuumng OU] man, siignuy oent witu yuniz!. jai-i features were of rather a benevolent cast, and his hair and beard were rather long and had been whitened by age. He was dressed in a rather clercal-cutsuit of black. His companion was about 35 years of age, stalwart, strong, and by no means ill-looking. Some of the strangers about the prison who saw the two men entering the inner prison yard at that hour wondered who they were. Some thought that the elderly man was a well-to-do retired seafaring man—and he certainly might have easily passed for a retired skipper who had taking to farming—and that his compauion was some English yeoman. An inquiry was made, when it was found that the two men were Calcraft and his assistant, who were about to cany out the dread sentence of the law in the case of the wretched culprit Spencer.-Liverpool Mercury. -90

THE TICHBORNE TRIAL. I PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MR ONSLOW, I M.P., AND MR WHALLEY, M.P. I- The solicitors for the Crown have, we learn from the Observer, been actively engaged during the last few weeks in preparing for the trial of the claimant, and the learned counsel who are to con- duct the prosecution have held a great many con- saltations with reference to the course to be adopted, and with a view, if possible, to shorten the proceedings. It is believed that at one time a suggestion was made that the defeudant shon d be tried for perjury upon that portion of his evidence iu which he alleged that he had seduced his cousin previous to his departure from England, and it was thought that as this statement would be con- tradicted by the lady, and her evidence would be confirmed by other facts, this would necessiate only a comparatively short icq iiry. It appears, however, that after a good deal of consideration it it was felt by the learned gentlemen engaged in the prosecution that the fact referred to was merdly a collateral issue, and that the only question upon which a decision by the jury would be satisfactory, was whether or not the claimant had falsely repre- sented himself to be Sir Roger Tichborne. The idea of proceeding upon the allegation of pe j ury on the point mentioned, was therefore abandoned, and the defendant will be put upon his trial upon the indictment which charges him with having falsely and co rnptly sworn that he was Sir Roger Tichborne. It is understood that it is intended on the part of the prosecution to endeavour to make out by evidence, not only that the claimant is not the person he represents himself to be, but to prove affirmatively that he is Arthur Orton, the son of the Wapping butcher. Notices have been issued by the defendant calling upon all the parties who have received money on his behalf, to assist him in conducting the defence, to transmit it to his solicitors. On Saturday, in the Court of Queen's Bancb, Mr Hawkins, Q C., applied on behalf of the Crown for a rule, calling on Mr Guildford Onslow, M P., and Mr G. H. Whalley, M.P., to appear to show cause why they should not be attached for con- tempt of court. The grounds of the application were the comments made by both the honourable gentlemen at meetings held in Sr. James's Hall, London, imputing unworthy motives to the Attorney-General and others. The court granted the rule, aud fixed next Monday for the two mem- bers to appear. The Lord Chief Justice gave notice that the trial at bar would commence on the 23rd of April. The principal indictment xgiinst the" Claimant," it is said, covers a roll of parchment several feet in length, and would occupy many columns of small print in a news- paper. There are three indictments in all. One is for perjury in the courts of Common Pleas ncd Chancery, and a third for forgery. The trial, which commences on the 23 d April, will be based on the firllt and longest indictment.

The Bombay Gazette says-IL is reported from Kermansbaao, in Persia, that about the middle of September an earthquake occurred, and 1.500 people perished, at Soongur, a short distance off. A severe collision between passenger and coal trains occurred on Monday morning near Adlington, ou the Lancashire and Yorkshire line. Several persons sustained injury, and great damage was done to the roUing stock. The South Devon Railway continues to be under- mined by the sea to a serious extent. In addition to the breach reported some time ago, as caused by the ection of the waves, a further space 01 300 yards has been partially washed away, and at any moment the through traffic may be stopped. Pre- cautions are being taken so that the safety of pas- senger trains may not be endangered. Some experiments were made at the limestone quarries in North Staffordshire, on Saturday, with a new blasting powder, called 11 pudrolythe but the experts present were divided in opinion as to its merits. During the experiments one tremendous shot" was fired for the purpose of comparisoa. This consisted of 2,7001bs. of ordinary gunpowder deposited in a chamber excavated in the rock more than 30ft. from the surface. The explosion brought down about 10,000 tons of lime-stone, and left besides several euormous masses apparently totter- ing and ready to fall. MURDER of A GAMEKEEPER—On Sunday morn- ing (says the Northwich Guardian) a collision took place between Henry and Arthur Barnard (father and son), the gamekeepers on Sir Hlrry Main taring's estate, Peover, Kontaford, and three poachers. One of the poachers, named John Hayes, was seen red by Henry Barnard after a desperate struggle, and Arthur followed the others into the wood. According to the statement of Arthur on his deathbed, he was close to the man, whom he recognised as Christopher Gibbons, when the latter fell into a ditch, and deliberately fired at his pursuer only two yards off, the whole charge • i 1 -.J! J i ■ i- • lodging in nis tnign, ana ne uiea now me injury on Monday. At the. idqckest held on Wednesday, before Mr Dnnston, a verdict of Wilful murder" was returaed against Christopher Gibbous. Henry Tickle has been also arrested on suspicion. A PUBLICANS' STSIKE.—A strike" of a novel character, the particulars of which have not until now appeared in print, has taken place at Basing- stoke. The publicans there, as well as in other places, feel very sore about the Licensing Act, and they determined to make at least some of those who passed the Bill feel the inconvenience of its provisions. Accordingly, as the eounty ball was to be held there on Tharsday night, they agreed not to apply to the magistrates for an extension of hours; and the local gentry who went to the ball before eleven o'clock foand that if they put their horses in the hotel stables they would not be able to get them out again antil six o'clock the next morning, while those who arrived after eleven found the public-houses shut up, aud there was no accom- modation to be had at any price, the publicans saying, 11 You, gentlemen, have passed the Licens- ing Act, and now we will give you a turn of it." The amoant of inconvenience occassioned can be more easily imagined than described, as numbers had eome from a long distance out in the country. The members of the working men's clubs gave the coachmen bills, informing them that, as they would not be able to get refreshments at the pubhe- houses, they might attend the club, where they would be supplied with refreshments at the same price as the members were charged.

THE IRON TRADE. MIDDLESBROUGH, Taesday.—There was a large attendance on 'Change this afternoon. Tne whole tone of the market betokened a continuance of the confidence displayed since the commencement of the year, and were on the whole asking higher rates than last week, though no actual advance in quotations can be given. We heard of 112s. 6d. i d 115j. being asked for No. 3, but no business was done beyond about 107J. 61. to 110s.. and J L04s. to 105s. N •. 4; No. 1 being 115j. The ales were only moderate, owing to the small supply )f available irou. Many of the makers still have ;o make up the deficiencies on old contracts for 4 a<t year, and merchants have not a large quantity I u hand still to sell, as their purchases during the I litter part of last year were smaller tbau usu <1. L he malleable iron manufaC ureis connected wi.h t he Board of A-bitration met in the board room of I he Exchange, to consider the course th.-y should .1. 11 • A A I J u." oa me wages question at me lunucomiag arbitration. Tiie proceedings appeared to be kept very close, and tney were in deliberation when this report was dispatched. Rails and plates are much firmer, owing to the improved enquiry and the higher lates of pig metal. Rails are £ 11. to £11. 10., some tirms c asking higher. Plates are quoted at all sorts of prices, between £ 12. 15;. and £ 14. angles show great variation, and are from 912. 5s. to £13. i puddled bars, L8 7s. 61. to 18 15 merchant bars, Y.12 10i. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wedtiesaldy.-The ironmasters generally were to-day displaying much caution. They were at pr. snt moderately supplied with orders for most of the denominations, but as a rule no more than moderately supplied. The best tuiu sheet and the tin-plate makers are perhaps the best iff. illo:st of them cau see several weeks ahead; pet they have determined to make no alteration iu I • rn • • > TTT -i r ■ prices, x uis is so iu respect oi ine tv uaeu (Messrs Baldwin), the Cookley and the Hope Companies, severally and jointly. The retiult is the more gratifying iuasmuch as for coal that one, at least, of these companies use they have to p"y an ad- vance npou former contracts of 3 6 J. a too coal from Ciuuock CtibS pi s, that was b-fore charg <1 12s. 6 J., beiug now 16a. at the pits. Messrs Bdid- wii.'o quotations remain as in November—name y, 218. Doubtless, thin sheets are at a range iu prices which they have till recent times occupied but such action on the part of that section of lb t. ade which is the best off fur orders is strikingly indicative of a desire to keep business at a steady pitch, and to prevent as much as possible the dis- position to advance which is :o manifest in certain other quarters. It was this morning made known that Messrs. William Barrows and Sens had by circular officially notified the rise of 20s. per ton, upon which they determined at the close of the Birmingham Quarterly Meeting last Thursday; aud that all orders executed since the 20.h ult. will be charged at that pr.ce. We have now to state that the representative of the Earl of Dudley, who :ime to a similar determination also at the close of ;he Birmingham quarterly meeting has likewise jflicially notified his resolve. This has beeu done u a circular, from which we see that Earl Dudley's Dars are now J613. 12s, 6d., aud that only, it must 3e remembered, for limited quiatieiee." Tile future will will prove how far these advances will oe justified by the real state of the demand. Auy- tow, certain houses of much less note are now asking JE12. far bars of a quality that is uffireu, d ouey sold eight weeks ago at L9. 10s. They justify their quotations by asserting that they name ;hese ifgures to protect themselves." Other irms are asking JE12. 10s. for bars. We do not, nowever, learn that either the JF12. or 212. 10. is aeing given in the cases we cite. At the same time, first-class firms, like those of Messrs. J. Bradley and Co. (by which title the concern of which Mr W. O. Foster is the head is commercially kuown), with the New British Iron Company (of which Mr Hunt, the ex-chairman of the traiie, is the managing proprietor), Messrs Philip Williams 1Jd Son?, Messrs J. Baguali and Sons, and the Chillii,gton Iron Company, have all sold at £12, for bars ani it is not their intention at piesent to make any alteration npon those quotations- We lo not think we are disclosing what should not be stated when we mention that there is no ironmaster in this district who is more convinced, at the present moment, of the importance of the trade being just now firmly maintained in a steady position than Mr W. 0. Foiiter-a gentleman whose views have for so many years exercised a consider- able influence upon the action of his fellow iron- masters. Pigs are very firm; and if be could supply the iron, Earl Dudley would have no diffi- culty in bookiug orders to a large extent, at over £ 7. per ton. In fact, such terms have been de- clined on his lordship behalf.

THE COAL TRADE. 1 • a < t I ?mcnuistress exists in county AlUross, Scotland. The mills and factories have stopped work for want of coal. In the town of Kinross, gas is ex- pected to cease from the same cause. The colliers in the county are almost starving. On Monday afternoon, a largely-attended meeting of the coalmasters of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire was held at the Dudley Arms Hotel, Dudley, to consider whether the prices of coal should be iocreus d or not. Aft r a long discussion it was agreed, by a substantial majority, that for the present no increase should be made in the prices of the various kinds of coal produced in the district. Another meeting is shortly to be (I heid, and the question is to be reconsidered. THE WARWICKSHIRE MINERS.—SETTLEMENT OP THE Locx OUT.- On FáLlay an arrangement. was was effected at Coventiy, between Messrs. Witham, the proprietors of the Wyken Colliers, and Mr Col ege, the secretary of the Warwickshire Miner's Association, which resulted in the men resuming work on Saturdty and it is also believed will end the existing lock-out at Bedworth, and the adop- tion of the terms agreed upon throughout the rest of the Warwickshiie district. The lock-out occured on the 1st of January, in consequenco- of the miners objecting to propose new hours, under the Mines Regulation Act. without the stipulated notice of the change having been given. The result is, that the miners will be nine hours in the pit instead of ten and a half hours, and will work eight instead of nine hours. As usual the public are to bear the cost of this concession, for the masters immediately advanced the price of coal half a crown a ton. THE BOUTS WALES STRIKE.—There is nothing approaching a settlement to be reported from South Wales. On Tuesday the whole of the colliers employed in the great works at Dowlais struck work, and brought out their tools, in pur- suance of notice given a month ago. These men number 4000, and were the otly workmen engaged throughout the whole of South Wales. Many of them started on Wednesday morning for work in other places. The engin' men employed in pump- ing at the Dowlais Colliery have resolved not to strike.—The Daily News coriespondent writiag from Merthyr on Wednesday says, Matters here remain in the dullest, quietest, and most mono- tonous condition imaginable. Men who have not one elsewhere to seek a better fortune, saunter about the streets with their hands in their pockets, apparently discussing the position of aff,irs amongst themselves, and decidedly deprecating conversation with strangers. Not a single case in connection with the strike has yet come within the cognisance of the police magistrates, the men being too poor to get drunk and too low-spirited to quarrel. The desolation of the district is com- pleted by the cessation of the familiar rattle of ma- chinery, the stoppage of the trains up and down »L »• J AL__ •• .• » .» A » ? F? tae tips, uuu tue exuneuon 01 tne nasning ures that erewhile lightened the darkness of the suburbs. No authority on either side has any idea of how the quarrel will end; but whilst the masters are firm and decided in their protestations of the impossibility of their moving from the position taken up by them at the outset, the men are equally likely to bold out, not because they would not gladly go in, but because, there is none to lead the way, and a miner would rather endnre famine than brave the anger of his fellows by acting the part fa" turncoat.At the present moment there is not visible in any direction a break in the cloud, as far as one can see, matters may go on for weeks in the melancholy manner that has marked the passage of to-day.The Executive of the Amalgamated Association of Miners met in Manchester on Wednesday, and arrangements were made to pay the Union men on I strike this week 10s. each man per week, and Is. I per week for children under 12 years of age. They repudiate the statements relative to their having issued orders to the men in South Wales which would lead to the flooding of any mines; and they consider sueh statements as a libel on them, and protest against the same.

I THE CORN TRADE. T.J_U' .? I THE UOBN TRADE—ine .a?arx-taM express says-" Some opportanitiea have been fonnd this  week for field work in eligible soils, but all the low and heavy land remaius sodden, and an opinion prevails that of the little wheat sown so much has toUed that the wOIk will after be renewed. The  '1' "owmg S"nOU8. vagems?   s;?.< ? "?- everytthefg ?9.4 ;dft1 AD u» ar", tbe unusually M?t< <eiNteratar6, M? a '"?—? severe frost would no? be M?htt ibjdtioni. »- the ccndit'on of samples there hits dot been tbtt aba low of improvement. We bear there is a larg»- admixture with bitril wheat, which brings the other into service. Bad as the weather had beer. the upward inovtmeut has continued, and we estimate the average advance at 1.4. per quarter for the week. The fore'gu stocks are iu wheat over 300,000 quarters less ibau 1871, aud in floor 90,000 tbis being really one muutirs conauisptiea iflt,r a very deficient iiarves-t. As neiiher Ger- many, Ruts a, nor America repol t the usual stocks an hand, we are left to France and the nortbem souuties to make np the diff rence. We, perhaps, lever looked worse at tiie beginning of a season » ind as we must 1 ave almost miraculous weather io set flings stra gut, an ultimate advance efton I .avoidable."

ViAK&HiXc WRKX.RTAM.—THUKSDAY. White wheat (per bushel of 7.>lbsj 9s 6.1 to ge 84 ktetl wheat, iper uustiet of 7ilbs) 8* 9J to 9n 14 Oats (per bushel of lIJ¡b.,). 3s UJ to 4s 34 Malting barley pur JS qts.). 6:1 llJ to 78 3d Gnwjiug do 5s Ud to at 6cI roldtoes (per measure) ds li-i to tis 6cI liutter (per lb. ol 13oz.) Is 7 J to Is Sd lleef (per lb.) ,s 8; to 0# 911 MULto" (per lb.) os 90 to Oe 104 york (per lb.) Os 7. to 88 M Veal (p^r lb.) Os 8; to Us 9d Lamb (per tb. os ud to "8 Od Fmvi (per couple) 3s Où to 48 64 Ducks tper c'lup!e. Os 3d to 0s 04 Turkeys, cock;, (c ell). gi oa to Us 64 Ditto hens, do. 7s 0.1 to 7s 64 Ueese (pcr lb.). is 9J to Us IUd Apples (per ll'U.) Is ud to 0s 8Ii I'tiALS (per iVO.). us 101 to 011 u4 £ K £ S 10 and 1;1, tui a Shilling. l' T"t. ail/Lils. CORN.-Thursday: White wheat (per hobbett), 205 to 21s oats, ;7s ud to tis ud malting oaney, ..111 UI1 to 141t id; grinding do., iJs Od to I is d; pu atoes .per hobbett) ilia od tw 17s id butter (per lb.). Is 9d. CEFN-MAWK. Pitovisio,cs.-Satur,tily iloei, si to UI; muttoa, ad t. 9i; lamb, 0.1 to I a pork, 7d to ad; veal, 7d to ilcl ugss, 11 for a Is; cheese, 7d to 9d bacon, 7d to potatoes, per 7lb. tid; butter. Is 3d; tub. Is 2d. RHOSLLAN B RGHKUGOQ. PitOVISIONS.-SatU; d.Ly Mutton, 9d to lud beef, lid ta 9d; pork, 7d to 1:1<1; veal, lid to ud; fresh butter, per lb. Is 5d tub butter, iroiu d to Is Od cheese, from fed ts 7d bacon, from (id to 7d eggs 8 for Is CUJ rots, 2U lb* for Is; onions Id per lb.; young onions, ud perdoaen; potatoes, per jib, bd. apple per lUll, 4s. SHIIFCIWSBRM. COR-,i.-Thei-e was a fair attendance, and the wheat tracts was tirlD, but the trade done was not extensive, following are present quotations :— AITi ■^ k. & T 4 J n- l"II." VT aLtIt; wueat, per I a LUZ$ <19 iu w Mt m No. 1 rei ditto, per 75 lbs 8s Ud to tflS M Multiag barley, per38 quarts.. 6s 6d to 7s 04 Oats, per It score 10 ibs 14s bd to 20s Gel M Alt, per imperial bushel. 88 6d to 9s 04 CHESTER. CoR-f.-Saturday There was a fair attendance at top- day's market, but only small supplies of wheat fiona ftrmers. Whett met only it slow saic, at a reduction of id. to 3d. per bushel from tne ra es 01 last da ur,.ay Oats ilud beaus nominally unchanged. Indian coru liå. per quarter easier to purchase. New. Old. Wheat, white, per 751b 8s 91 to 9" 3d.0s 0d to 0s 011 Ditto, red 83 3i to 8s 6d 1-ti Od to 0 at liarley, malting, 38qts Os 0d to 1.1$ u Od to 0.. 811 Ditto, grinding, 60lb.. 4s 3d to 4s 60.Os Od to 0s 1& )itts, per 461b 3s 3d to 36 9J.0s OA t* os od LIVERPOOL. CATTLB.-Monday The supply to-day consisted of 230ft cattie and S lo 7 sheep, beiug 4uo cattle aud 1100 sheep more tnau last week. Th re was a good i.emand for sheep, the attie trade was slower at last week's prices, but ali weKt sold up. Con.:f.-Tueay: The trade has been quiet since last m rket day. There was a moJurate aUcndauce at to-day's m rkct White wheat sold pretty freely at 2d. to M. decline, while fine red was unaltered in value. Jrlour nominally unchanged. Oats and oa meal neglected. Beans were in better request at late currencies. Thera was a fair consumptive detnaad for Indian cora at a re- iaction of 3d. per quarter. 'U__1'1 JCOt WUUU 1001b. WHEAT a. d. a. d. Hlngusii, white 0 o 0 0 new 0 0. 0 II red 0 0 0 0 American « 0 • 0 red 0 0 0 0 new 0 0. 0 0 OATS Per 45 lb. English 3 9 4 0 Westport, new 3 0 3 4 BAULKY Per Imp. Qr. EnglisU rnltig. 0 0 0 0 Fureigu (601b) 0 0 0 0 Irish new 4 8. 4 10 rllr impenat Qr; BEANS: it. d. a. i. Englisu .8 0 31 8 L'BAS Per 6041b. Canttdian .H 9 .-il IHUIAN Coui Per 480ib. American 27 9 25 Indian corn Per 1\1610. meal .17 0 .10 a FLOUR: Per 28010. English .U 0 .tlt O French 48 0 .52 OATMEAL I'm 2401b. Irillh 0 0 0 t new .32 0 .33 0 fine cut .32 0 .33 • WOLVERHAMPTON. Coit.-z.- Wednesday: The attendance was pretty fair. Wheat was r.ther easier to buy. No change in barley, oat-, pea-, or be.us. Trade slow. CAITLK.— Wednesday The prices. were—Beef, 7d. to 84,d. wether muituu, tØd to I If. ewe ditto, 9d. to lOcI.; porket t ig-, 10s. bd. to 10s. 9d. bacon di to, 8a. 6d. ta llit. 2d. LONDON. Cou-i.-Monday: There were good arrivals of foreign wheat, barley, tuaize, and flour last week, the other sup- plies being scanty. English wheat, 4.700 quarters: foreign* 25,5.111 j expotta, H quarters. With but few freh samplea froiu Essex and Kent, very little improved in condition, tru- detnaud was slack, at previous prices; but there was all enquiry for ury English at full values. The foreign, trade was limited. Kv rything tiue was held at former rate's but Ameiie-n aud Odessa sorts were cheaper, tosell freely. Cuuntry flour, 22,117 sacks foreign, ¡'1 sacks 14,9o9 barrels. The very mild Wi ather was unfavourable to business, and country sorts were but a slow sale, at previous quotations. The demand for foreign was limiteA to fi.ie samples, prices of which were tirm, Britioh barley, 3,120 quartets; foreign, Hv'6 > quaitars. More enquiry obtained for the finest malting samples, both English and foreign, but medium sorts remained dull. Grinding qualities were uual ered. The malt trade was very quiet, but fine sorts were no cheaper. Exports, 1,028 quarters. U iize, 19,771 quarters; exports, 7lib quarters. The demauA Wdo, steady for fresh c ru, at unaltered rates. English, oats, 1,129 quarters; fceote i, 153 quarters; foreign, lij,432 quarters. iSotwith-tanliug the small arrival*, there was v ry little doing, but fine fresh corn was lully as dear. Native beans, 1,33 quar e;s; foreign, t,080 quarters. Sott Enghôl1 was difficult to sell, but old and foreign were firin. English peas, 70J quarters; foreign, 82.5 quarter*. Tne enquiry was limited, and prices much the same. Linseed, 5,994 quarters; exports, nil. There was a q iet trade, at previous values. In clover.-eed aud other seeds taere was a small steady trade, at former quotations. Current Prices of British Grain in MarM LFne. Wu dit Pr Or OiTH. P. 0. WHKAT. Jrer ur. Essex, KeZlt, red. 5 IS to 63s „ Do. white 50s to Otis Norfolk, Lincoln reil 57a t0 62-1 BAULKY. Malting 31s to 35., Distilling 32s t0 35s Grinding 26s to 29s .\LALT. Essex, Norfolk, & ouliolk 66s to 74s i ICingston & Ware UOs to 0:), tlruwll. 55s to 60s ItYE. New 36s to 38s UAT8. English, food 21s to 26" potatoe 27s to :33, Scoteh, feed —s to ^ooicn potatoe -s to UATS. rer Qr Irish blaek Ist3 to 21a „ white 18s to 21a BKA.NS. Mazagan 31s to 33a Tick 31s to 33s Harrow. 33s to 35s Pigeon 3tis to ii* PKAS. Grey 32s to 85i Maple 37s to 40* White 36, to 39. Boilers 37 s to 40s FLOUIA. Town made, per 2NOtbs 4a8 to 54a Household 51 s to 57s Country 43s to 17a Norfolk & Su-'toik ex-ship 40s to 43. ..1"- LL coax.- w etinesaay xtlere was a very tWO attendance at maiket, and scarcely any business done. English and foreign wheat a dull sale at Monday's rates. Flour was also uull, but unaltered. Malting liarley firm; grinding dull. Oats very firm. Maize a slow sale. Beans ana. peas unchanged. Coax AVBBAOBS.—Weekly average price and quantity of briust corit sold during the week ending Dec. 28 uuantities dold. Average rr. 1872. 1871. Wheat. 47,965 56s 4d 55s 41 Barley 58,634 40s 4d 36, 51 Oats. a.ll15 228 7d 20. Oi CATTLx.-Monday The total imports of foteign stock into London last week consisted of 7,695 head. The cattle trade has been somewhat unsettled to-day. The supply of beasts has not been BO extensive, but the actual weight of ineat offered has been good. Amongst the fa eign supply were some 550 Dutch, which sold on rather lower terms. there were again about 500 IÜsh cows 0.1 sale, for which irregular rates have been accepted. As regards the primer portion of the supply, the trade has ruled dull. and prices have receded 2d. per 81bs., the best Scots and cro-aea making 5s. 8d. to 5s. If d. per 81bs. Fr m Norfolk and Suttolk we have received about 1,200; from the mialan(I and home counties, about 800; from Scotland 180 anA froia Ireland, 500. In the sheep market there hts been. oonsiderabie firmness. The supplies have been only moderate. The choiceet small Downs have occasionally made as much as 8s.: but 7s. lOll. per 81bs has been the "eueral top quotation. Calves ha?e been qui t, but tolerably steady. Pigs have been in limited request. Per ilb to sink the otfal: Inferior andoouso beasts, t. 41. to 4i 8d; second quality do., 4s kOd to 5s 2d; prime largr oxen, is Cd to 5s 81 prime Scots, & 5< 3d to 5s II)j .:uar,e and inferior sheep, 5? joar.-eand inferior second quality ditto, 6s 6d to 6s lOd prime coarse-wooiled sheep, 7 44 to 7s 6d prime Southdown ditto, 6s 81 to 7s Od large I coarse calves, 5s Od to 5s 6d prime small ditto, 5s 8d to is 4d; large hogs, 3a 8d to 4s 6d neat small porkers, is 7i to 5s Od lamb, 6s Od to 7s 4d; suckling calves, Os to 9a. and quarter-old store pigs, Os to Os each. ltops.-Mon,!Iay A buoyant feeling pervades the hop market, and as the stocks rem iining are in the possession oi few wbo appear to evince v ry little disposition to e&ot sales at the present range of prices, there is e or proba- bility of a fui ther general advance being estaoiished. A. fair business is passing in olds as well as in the last growth aud an enquiry still exists on Ameries., account. On thtt Continent the trade, though not active, is extremely arm* with a strong upward movecMnt in vahMa. Mid and Bast Kent. £ 4 0 88 6 £ 7 7 Weald of Kents 4 4 i 12 g g Sussex 3 10 a 18 413 Faraham and Country 4 4 5 3 a 0 Olds 1 5 "e 1 5 2 0 WooL.-Monda.y: The wool market has been quiet, \at a firm tone has continued to prevail in regard to jii ices, owing to the relatively higher rates current in the country markets. Lustre and demi-lustre wools command v(.ry fu 1 currencies, but transactions have been few. If oils nd brokes have changed hands steadily, at very full rates. Current prices of English wool Fleeces, Southdowa hoggets, Is lOa. to Is lid; half-bred ditto, 2zi lid to 211 1 d; Kent fleeces, 2s Cd to 2s Id; Southdown ewes and wethers, Is 8d to Is 10d; Leicester ditto, Is 1 Id to 2s Od. Sorts: Clothing, Is 7d to Is 3d; combing, Is lud to Is 114 per lb.