Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EISTEDDVOD. This meeting, which has been held for more than thirty years, came oil very successfully on Christmas day. At its commencement it was held in connection with the Sunday Schools, and for many years that connection was upheld, the meeting being regarded as a sort of review of the years labor, and as an oppor- tunity for testing the year's work. In those days it was named Literary Meeting merely, but we have grown enlightened since then, and nothing less than Eisteddvod will do for it, because we suppose it has grown less literary, and has little or nothing to do with Sunday School work. The literary element, with the advance of education, has ceased to draw, and we are now fain to apply the refining qualities of music to the public ear, or be without an audience. It is also abundantly true that music of the old class, such as selections from Handel, Mendelsshon, and the like no longer suits the appetite of the moment, and that if we would be popular and be appreciated, we must soar to such pieces as Over the Garden Wall" and songs of the same class, which are so aptly illustrative of the public taste. From this our readers will be able to judge for themselves how much superior an Eisteddvod" is to a Literary Meeting," and what progress we have made in the last thirty years. At the same time, we must confess that there are a few old fashioned people still left, and we have it on the authority of the adjudicators that some of the essays sent in for competition on this occasion, were worthy to be compared with the best of those sent in twenty-five and thirty years ago. It is true they were written by the weaker sex, and it could be hardly expected for the lords of creation to divert their attention from the sublime attractions of football and cricket in favor of such insignificant con- cerns as the writing of e?s?.ys, &-c. Ye.-z, we are living in an enlightened rue, as the march llf progress is apparent. ) With respect to the meeting or Eisteddvod held on Christmas Day, we may say that some months ago an excellent committee was appointed to which the entire management was entrusted. This committee worked well and assiduously in perfecting the arrange- ments, and the result is one they may congratulate themselves upon. It was decided to have two meet- ings, and to do away with the tea, which, for years, was the source of a good deal of trouble and anxiety and to confine the competitive element entirely to the meeting in the afternoon, devoting the evening to a concert. This arrangement was amply justified by the result, for the concert turned out to be one of the most numerously attended ever held in Mold. The afternoon or competitive meeting was not so largely attended. The second seats were fairly well-tilled, but the front ones were but sparsely occupied, and there appeared a gap between the audience and the performers which was not at all conducive to enthusiasm. The chair was taken shortly after two o'clock by Mr Edward Wheldon. chairiuan of the Local Board, who acted also as conductor. In open- ing the proceedings he wished the audience the compliments of the season, and said that oil that natal day they could haraly fail to cast a retrospective j view to the past, which resulted in the conviction ¡ that the world was improving as well as advancing. The leaven which, eighteen centuries ajo ha.11 bren put into the measures of meal was working its way ar.d its influence extending over the whole wotM, gradually bringing it nearer the conception of Hiin whosi love for them that day was set anart to cele- brate. The chairman then asked that the business of the afternoon might then be proceeded with. The first was a competition for bass voices of the solo The trumpet shall sound." Four competed, Mes.-rs Jeremia Thomas, E. H. Thomas, 11. Lewis, and Alfred Parry. The competition was an interesting one, and the prize awarded to the last whose rendering was declared by the adjudicator—Professor Cantoi" t) be by far the best. The next business was to have been the reading of the adjudication of the Rev. Prof. Eiiis Edwards on the translations from English to Welsh. It had not been received, however, and had to be foregone. Since then the adjudication has come J to hand, from which it appears that the rev. gentle- man was anything but pleased with the work, and toat he was reludarit to believe that the work done I represented the best ability of the Sunday School Mo!d and its vicinity. There were four ( and so wanting was the work in merit that I;e recom- mended that half the prize only should be gu-en to Un Wedi boddi." Then followed an intert --stin- competition in reading by children under fifteen. There were fourteen competitors, of whom only the six best were selected for the final competition. The piece was named little Willie, and the adjudicators awarded the first prize to Master Morgan Davies, New-street, and divided the second between Master T. A. H. Jones and Lizzie Connah, at the same time recommending that the other young people should eaca be rewarded with a small book in acknowledg- ment of the excellent way in which they performed their task. Mr D. Davies read the adjudication of I Mr D. Owen on the essays On the shortcomings of our Sunday Schools, and the best means to improve them," highly praising them, and awarding the first pdz," to Miss Felix, of the Board Schools, and the i second to Mr J. Edwards, jun., Pentte. Only two i YOu¡¡ giils had e: tered for the soprano competition, Heaven and Earth, the one a Miss Kate Williams, a toprano, and the other Miss H. J. Lewis, Mynydi- issa, a contralto. Professor Cantor praised the per- formance as coming from such youriz folks, a,d divided the prize, giving half to the somano for singing soprano, and the other half to the contralto for the better rendering. Two only entered for the competition in reading the fable of the Nightingale aud cuckoo, and the prize was awarded to a boy named Edward Humphreys, of IM.osesmor. Mr Joseph Griffiths read his adjudication on some poetical verses on Zacheus. Only one composition had been received, and this was awarded the second prize, the competitor being Mr Robert Wiliiams, Buckley. The next business would have been the reading of the Rev. Roger Edwards' adjudication on the examina- tions in the Gospel of St. John, and the life of Jesus, but owing to some cause or other both adjudicttions had miscarried, and up to the time of writing had not come to hand. Then followed a very interesting competition between juvenile choirs in the rendering of Mac barren's anthein "The Lord is my Sheuherd." There were only two choirs, those of Mold and Mynyddisa, under the leadership of Messrs. Elias Joues and Robert Lewis, respectively. The first choir was declared by the adjudicator, Professor Cantor, to be much the best, but had too much of the adult element in it. Judging of the choirs by the juvenile element alone the Mynyddisa choir was the I best, and to it the prize would hi given. The re utt was received with much applause. Several young I foiks competed in reading at sight a piece without any punctuation, with the result that tiiere was a good deal of laughter among those who could hear, hut to I no one's edification, nor was it any sort of test on ths competitor's powers. The one who was adjudged best was Master Roger Owen, Ty Draw. Several essays had been sent in on Affectation," some of which were of high order of merit, and weie praised by the adjudicator—Mr D. Owtn. The first prize was awarded to Miss Felix, Board Schools. Mold, and the I second to Miss M. C. Jones, Killins, Queen's Ferry. Then followed a solo tenor competition Lord re- member David," by Handel. Five competed, Messrs. J. R. Lloyd, Mold; J. Bellis, Rhosesmor; J. Jones, I Lees wood; J. Hopwood, Mynyddisa; and E. P. Rues, Mold. Professor Cantor awarded the prize to the last named, highly praising Mr Rees' rendering of the solo. The Rev. Professor E. Edwards' adjudica- tion on the translations from Welsh to English was to have been read, but it was not then to hand. He made the same complaint as about the translation from English to Welsh. adding that all the trans lators made mistakes in the English idiom, and that most of them apparently had failed to apprehend the subject matter. He recommended that the prize should be divided between Eryr o gopa Arran" and "X Y." who should be regarded as equal seconds. The last competition was a choral one, the piece selected being Handel's "Round about the starry throne." Two choirs, both from Mold, COlll- peted, one under the leadership of Mr Jeremiah lhomas and the other under that of Mr Thomas Foulkes. The competition was a very inteiratine* one, though as soon as the second choir began there could have been no doubt about the result. Pro- fessor Cantor said that the sopranos and tenors of the two choirs were about equal, but the altos of Mr Foulkes' choir were much better than the others, and the bass was splendid. He congratulated the conductor oil his choir, and said it was the finest bass he had hear in any provincial choirs for a long time. The priza would go to the choir of Mr Foulkes. The result was received with loud cheering. We may add here that Mr Cantor's adjudi- catton gave the utmost satisfaction to all, both the competitors and the audienc being eqnally pleased At this stage Mr D. Davies and Mr F. Jones (Sunday School superintendents) proposed and seconded that a vote of thanks be given to the conductor, Mr E. Wheldon, which was very warmly carried. Mr Wheldon responded, thanking the audience for the thanks which had been so "ably" proposed and seconded. THE CONCERT was perhaps the most largely attended ever held in the town, the room being crowded from door to door, and many unable to obtain an entrance. Herewith we append the programme :— Chorus. The Lord is my Shepherd," .Mynyddisa Juvenile Choir. Air. Why do the Xations." ).Ir Katon Bitty Soil Come until Hii-i leborall. Air 11 if with all yoar Hearts"Mr Edward us'? :?ir Edw-ard EdwardF. Air 0 thou that tellest,MiIile. Annetta HanVood. irio •• On Thee each Living Soul," Miss le,borall, Messrs Edwards, and Batty. Old Christmas Carol Good King Weneeslas," .Prof Josef Cantor Qu.,irtett What Bells are those," Bv the Com a n r. chorus Then round about ths s-tarrj Throne,' The C hoir. Song Naziireth Nlr Eaton Batty Air Angels ever bright md fair," Eborall. Air "Be thou faithful," Mr Edward Edwards. Grand duett Quis est Homo V" Miss Eborall anil Mdlle. Amietta Hallw oil. iienoe," Mr Eaton Battv. Sous: The Lost Chord," M tile. Aunetta Hall wood. Fiiiale Be merry all," Bv the Company. At the outset the conductor, Mr Cantor, said that no encores would be responded to, and this ruling was adhere to until the end, when it was departed from in the case of the conductor himself. The programme had been exhausted, and the hour being early, Mr Cantor sang The Powder Monkev," a comic sorg which brought down the house, and he was obliged to obiige with Uncle Jack." With respect to the other artistes, we learn that Miss Hallwood gave very general satisfaction, and that the others were highly admired. Madame Laura Smart was to have appeared, but she was prevented by indisposi- tion, Miss Eborall taking her place at very short notice. We trust we may now repair an omission we made in the report of the afternoon meeting. Most of the solos and choruses were accompanied by Master J. P. Adams, Wrexham-street, and the vast strides he has made of late as a pianist were the subject of general comment. We congratulate Master Adams on the performance of the afternoon, and on the pro- mise of future success and excellence which they dis- played. I DENBIGH. In accordance with the usual custom the shops were especially dressed. Among the drapers the most attractively dressed establishments were those of Mr T. J. Williams, Mr T. P. Hughes, Mr R. A. Davis, Mr Roberts, and Mr 1. R. Jones. Among the con- fecuouers Mrs Aloyes and Mrs Jones, High-street made an excellent display. The grocers, especially Messrs A. and T. Ashford, Mr Price Jones, Mr Roberts (btar Shop), Mr Roberts (Yale-street), Mr Pierce, B. Jones & Co., Mr Roberts (High-street), made a good show. The ironmongers had a striking display of useful articles. I u THE BUTCHERS' MARKET. The following were the exhibits, all the stalls being nicely decorated. Mr Robert Ellis An extraordinary fine five-year- old shorthorn heifer, weighing 3001bs. per quarter, fed by Major Rowley Conwy, Bodrhyddan three very Mime heifers, fed by Mr R. Wynne, Bachymbyd; 25 Shropshire and Leicester wethers, and some extra good Welsh wethers, several over GOlbs. weight, fed by Mr Robert Ellis one prime fat calf and several Pikers, fed by Mr J. R. Heaton, Plas Heaton. Mr Moses Parry had a prime shorthorned heifer, fed by Sir Watkin Williams Wvnn, Bart., M.P.. and purchased at Mr Francis Lloyd's fat stock sale at Wrexham; also a heifer, home fed; a number of Welsh wethers, fed by Major Mesham, Pontrufvdd, besides several cross-breds and a fat pig, all hotrifed. Mr J. H. Jones, Tyissa Green: One ox, heavy weight, fed by Mr Llewelyn Heaton, Brynpolin, St. Asapn, heifer, fed by Mr Wynne, Bachymbyd; i Welsh wethers fed by Major Mesham, Pontruffydo; 'I calf fed by A-fr Hughes, Pant Farm, Cefn, several porkers home fed. Mr Edward Roberts, Love Lane: Two prime bullocks from Mr J. R. Heaton, Plas Heaton; one I bought from Messrs. Clough's sale for £51; one heifer from Mr Wynne, Bachymbyd; 0 Welsh wethers, Mr Jones, Segrwyd; 6 ditto, Mr Wright, Tynycelyn 2 splendid porkers from Mr \YiIliams, Velui, Brynlluarth. Mr Hughes, Lianrhaiadr: One excellent bullock! fed by Major C. S. Mainwaring; 5 Welsh wethers I fed by Mr Thomas Gee, Shropshire Downs, home fed; several hugpigs and some nice pork-rs, home fed; quantity of geese, some weighing over 221b?., from Mr Jones, Nantgwilym; lot of bacon, hams, lard, &c. Mr Thomas Davies Splendid ox from Mr Robert Blezard, Pool Park ox from Mr Owen J. Williams Plas-yn-cefn; one heifer, Mr R. Wynne, Bach- ymbyd several Cheviot wethers from Mr McMurrav, Tywyso; a number of ditto, home fed ditto Weis* wethers, home fed; excellent calf, fed by Mr Ed, Jones, Cattle; a large quantity of fat geese from Mrs Story, Copy, and from Plas Harri a really splendi i show of L'ood meat. Mrs S. Evans Quantity of turkeys (first priz > lot at Drill Hall show) from Mrs Humphreys Oobiin geese from the Lode Farm, and a splendid airay vi ducks, chickens, &e. Robert Hughes, Denbigh Prime tze*fi-r fl-fl by Mr Wm. Hughes, Tymawr; 6 fat Welsh wethers, home fed, and a large quantity or geese, ho:ne Air Jones: Heifer iriii Mr Au-v in, lVnucha Gretn; several wetbers from Mr Jonn Parry, Eriviatt Bach ditto from Mr Edwards, Groes Uacii; geese, &c., from Gwaynynog Bach. Wm. Wiliiams: Hdfer fed Ly Mr Ha"[¡p, Kind's Mills; Welsh wethers fed by Mr T. Ji'ii's, 'ivui Grocs Welsh wethers from Mr John Lewis Evar.s, | Rhydloew, Llansannan, &c. Robft.'t Roberts: Welsh wether, fed by Mr Jones, Rhewlas; Welsh wethers Ld by Mrs E. Evans, Hobwrn ditto, home fed; 0 'è' e fed by Mr J. f iberts, G arre,, CIwyd, and 12 led by Mr Dav;d Roberts. Edward Foulkes displayed a. choice heifer and a lot of good Welsh wethers. Mrs Jane Roberts Bullock fed by Major C. S. Mainwaring, a:;d a quantity of Welsh wethers fed by Mr John Lewis Evans, Llansannan. Mr John Roberts Two bu!i< cks fed by Id^ssrs. Hugh and R. Roberts Trefnant; S wethers red by the Messrs. Roberts; 7 porker3 home fed. Taken as a whole the show of meat throughout the market was excellent. Ths Vegetable Market was weli stocked with every description of vegetables the stalls of Mt-ssis. Wil- liams Son, Mr Hughes, and Mr Prke esiiecially conspicuous. The market \v. well at- tended. RUTHIN. I The annuil Christmas show was held on Friday, the Market Hall being appropriately d.essed for tiic I o cation. At the end of the hall were the Wurds "Su 1 Ciss to the Ruthin Christmas Show," in letters ..f ivv j leaves. The beams were covered with hfiliv, &e., wliii '-t banners and Chinese lanterns also hung froii., the beams, making the place quite ench mtiug, much ¡ care and taste being displayed in the decorating. The butchers' stalls were the most attractive everyone made an effort to enliven the scene by ta.-t-fui decoration. Thi first stall was that of Williams, who had an excellent show of meat (the judges, Mr Lee, of Wrexham, and Mr Thomas Chirk, remarked it was the best exhibited and ) cleanest killed stall of meat they had ever seen), com prising a heifer, fed by Mr Morris, Lorlnnisa, Oswestry, and winner of first prizi, Oswestry show, December, 1883; bullock fed by Mr B.eza:a, Po l Park; several \V cJ,h Wd.¡¡'_l'; .<i,I p"h, f''¡ by exhibitor; a well dressed calf fed" by exhibitor; Shropshire mutton fed by Mr O. E iwards, gee-c, &e. Mrs Williams gaimd first prizs for biii b>?tcLe»V meat stall, £ 2 first prize for bvs-t carea-ve of beef, 1;> fiist prize for best mutton (\V: Is!¡), 1; fust ptizj ft r best mutton of any kind, 15s; first prize for the b.-st v,i. 10s. I Thomas Wi'iiams (stall Xu. 2) had a very good i show, the stall being exceedingly well-dressed. The words "Peace and plenty" were written with r;c, I cn red calico with a border of ivy leaves. The follow- ing were the contents of the stall: Builock, fed by I Mr A. Kelso, Bryntirion, Rhyl, won the cup at Denbigh show. Bullock, fed by Mr Hugh Jones, Tynyo.eau; calf, fed by Mr Morris Jones, Ty'ny- celyn; 1'J Welsh wethers, fed by exhibitor; bacon (Jig, fed by exhibitor; porker, fed by Mr Owen Owen, Tynycoeu sucking pig, fed by Mr Lioyd. Llawo*. Mr T. Williams won second prize fur best butchtr's meat stall, 1:1; second prize for best carcase of beef, 7s Gd; second prize for pork, 7s Od; coni- mended for best Welsh mutton. Stall No. 3, Mr John Roberts, had a quantity of Welsh mutton fed by exhibitor, and lii-hly com- mended carcase of beef. The stall was fairly dressed, the exhibits appeared good. Other meat stalls were nicely dressed and well filled with the "beef of old England." The greengrocers stalls werj at the end of the hall, and much pains had been taken in decorating them. Mr Hughe. gardener, gained the first piize for the best stall, 1:1. Mr E. Evans, gardener, gained second prize for best stall, 10s, and made a good display. Mrs Christopherson, Pias Towerbri^de, won the fh st prize for the best tour geese dressed, as usual, fur th market, 15s 2nd, Mrs Kellet, Piasnewydd, 10s; Air lvellet, Plasyrhol, 3rd, 5s. For the besf. couple of I turkeys, Mr Kdlet, Plasyrhol, 15s 2nd, Mr iveikt, 7s (id. Best four ducks dressed, 1st prize Mrs Lloyd, Ca gwyn, 10s; 2nd, Mrs Roberts, Eucheirig, 5s. I B::st couple of fowls dre, ,sed, 1st, Thomas Ellis, Llwj n, 10s 2nd, Mr Kellet, 5s. Best tub or pot (-if butter, not 1st. Elias P. Jones, Plaslanynys, 15s; 2nd, Th Ellis: 7s 6d. Best basket of fresh butter of not less tbll I 5ibs., 1st, Mrs Lloyd, Llawog, Lianyr.ys, 15,s; 2nd, David Roberts, Sarkgwyn, 10s Od 3rd. Henrv Parry. Bryncarldig, 5s. For the best twelve mangolds, 1st, Thomas Eiiis, Llwyn, 10s; 2nd, Mr Kellet, Plasuewydd, 5s. Best twelve swedes, 1st and 2nd, 10s, 5s, Thomas Ellis. Best twelve common turnips, 1st, Jane Kendnck, Ganwern Llandyrnog, 10s 2nd, John Jones, Ciegroes, Ruthin, 5s. Best two pecks of red wheat, 1st, William Keilte, 10s; 2n!, Thomas Ellis, 5s. Bsst two pecks of barley, 1st, Thomas Ellis, 10s 2nd, Thomas Williams, 58. No oats or cottagers fat pig were entered for competition. There was a good show, and we should consider from the crowded state of the hall that it was successful. The judges were for roots and greengrocers, Mr. Bowdage, Cotton Hall, and Mr John Williams, Brook. house; for shop windows, Messrs Lloyd and Son, Corwen. The show in the shop windows was fairly good. Messrs Evans and Simons had an excellent window of mantles, silks, furs, &c. Mr Williams, Beehive, had a nice selection of millinery, ribbons, plushes, &c. Messrs Roberts and Magin, who won second prize (draper's window), had a tasteful display of useful articles for Christmas wear. The foreground was made of silk in puffs, flowers, gloves; whilst in the background groups of umbrellas and beautiful ball dresses were much admired by all. Mr Jones, winner of the first prize draper's window, had a neat display of silks, muslins, gloves, collars, cuffs of the latest desiarn. Mr Jones also gained first- prize for bestjgrocer's window. The second prize for best grocer's window was gained by Mr Robert Pritchard, Well-street. The first prize for tlr; best confectioner's window was gained bv Miss Roberts. Well-str^t. sw.m. ) -7- J Miss Lloyd, Well-street. Both the watchmakers had a beautiful assortment of valuable presents for Christmas time. Mr it. G. Joyce, amongst other things, exhibited the t\o first links of the mayoral chain. Mr N. Jones has a beautiful assortment r,f Christ- mas and New Year cards, the windows being taste- fully dressed with them. The sum of £1; 4s f M was taken at the door for admission.

 -u_ SERIOUS RIOT.-POLICEMAN INJUREP, The quiet of Christmas Eve was disturbed by an unseemiv row in Mwrog-strec-t, Eathin. It amw;.r» that on Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, P.C. '1'. Thomas was on duty in the upper part of Mwro- street, when he saw a m,n coming towards him who on a nearer view was seen to have blacked his face. On approaching the policeman he immediately knocked him down, and being joined by another they maltreated the policeman in such a manner that he is unable to do duty. On Monday night {Christmas Eve), as Inspector Jones and P.C. Bagshaw were in the same quarter they accosted a man for whom they had a warrant, and were about to apprehend him when lie was joined by five others of the san-e gang, and these six set upon the two policemen and a terrible struggle ensued. Dr. Jenkins happening to come by at the time prevailed upon the two police- men b retire as they were so much outnumbered. A telegram was then despatched to Supt. Vaughan who immediately gathered all his available force from Henllan, Trefnant, Llandyrnog. &c., and rode over with a reinforcement of twelve constables. This force struck terror into the roughs and they decamped quickly; not, however, until two of the assailants had been lodged in gaol, and the whereabouts of the others pretty correctly ascertained. One of the two apprehended is a man who has been wanted for an assault committed on a policcman about twelve years ago The whole gang will probably be brought up for trial on Monday next.

THE LIGHTING OF THERIVEB DEE.—Measrs. Hughes and Lancaster, of Chester, have received the following letter from Mr George C. Burne, Elder Brother, Trinity House,:—"The Dee river light vessel is now laid at her station in the nosition denoted in the notice to mariners (No. 285), and will be lit up this evenm", when also the "air light" will be discontinued. The change of buoys is not yet effected, owing to un- favourable weather, but when done notice will be sent to you by Mr Davison, Trinity superintendent at Holyhead, which please communicate to the papers In addition to the changes notified in the bill (N I). 285), the present Earwig Buoy will be placed on the edze of the shoal inside of the Bell Buoy, and abreast of it will be painted black. A supply of notices in accordance with these changes, and gi ving further particulars, will be transmitted to you as soon as printed. We are asked to state that the report recently circulated as to thejdrifting of a buoy in the river Dee was printed in error, the buoy in question having being removed from its moorings consequent on the changes announced in the above letter. I THERE is an art in advertising, and to be effective it must be done boldly. It is useless to L-o into a crowd and raise a feeble wail which is drowned in the general clamour. It will not do to imitate the genteel woman who, in crn-ing fi,3h for the first time, would not lift her voice for fear any one should hear her. Daring is the thing. There was boldness in the idea of Warren a1 blacking" beinginscribedjon the Pyramids. The American who supplied nrayer-books free to all the churches and chapels, with his name stamped on every page of the books, knew what he was about. So did he who first had a page of a newspaper and repeated a over again in it. People called him a lunatic but they didnt forget his name or what he vended. These were bold and striking feats, hardly necessary in every man's case; but there is another sense in which every advertiser should be bold. He should have confidence in publicity; should be quite certain that if he throws his bread upon t £ waters be must find it, even if it be after many day??? ? ? —— ? ? ? "aft? many TRUSSES, Single and doub1e. Elastic Stocking-,   Best quality' t&sst  EdW»"> the Pharmacy 3, Hih.street. W rexham. 808 All kinds of Patent Medicines and Proorlettv Arti,.les at wholesale price,, at C- K. BENSOX. AND Wrexbam. Supply Stores, 14, High-street,

I THE HISTORY OF 1883. I PARLIAMENT. THE story of the past year, taken as a whole, can hastily be said to have resulted in any uncommon development I of progression, or of greatly added national prosperity. It is troe that we have not been confronted by any very serious I difficulties either at home or abroad but, on the other har d, some most pressing questions, and notably those relating to Ireland, and also to the extension of the fran- I chise, have been left in so unsatisfactory a condition as to damp the hopes, and wither the expectations of all in- I terested in the solution of great and pressing social enigmas. As we progress with our chronicle of the year, it will be seen that the world has not widely changed luring the twelve months which has just lapsed, but the I same conditions apply to the common aspects of its daily life as marked the course of preceding annals. In our re- Capitulation we fear, however, that an nnwished-for fro. pondurance will be found of incidents illustrating the darker phases of b uman tile, and that crime and lawless- ness poverty, and distress will without doubt occupy a more than usually formidable space in the story of the apo-h. Anticipating the course of ordinary events a little, we proceed to say th;it the session of Imperial Far- liament was opened by Royal Commission on Thnrsday, February 15th, when, in the Upper House, the Earl of Dur'j.im moved, and Lord Reay seconded, the Address to the Throne, which was finally agreed to, although some measure of criticism was accorded it by the TL-.rqui; of Salisbury. In the Lower House, Lor I Hartington gave noticfi of a bill to enabie members to substitute affirmation for the existing required oath, and having especial reference to the undesirable scenes in which Mr. Brailaugh had, from time to time, figured sO pr ominently. The imprisonment of Mr. Healy gave rise to discussion on a proposition by Mr. Parnell for a Committee of Inquiry. The motion of the member for Cork was, however, defeated by 353 to 47. On Friday, February 10th, Mr. A. Balfour moved an amendment to the Address deprecating the warlike operations in Eypt, as having been entered upon without necessity; but on a division the amendment was negatived by 179 to 141. The motion for going into committee in order to allow the Attorney-General to introduce the Affirma- tion Bill nas strongly opposed, but the motion was c.) ri by lcO to 70. On Monday, February 1:'th. the ;:d ,turned debate on the Address was resumed, nud soma ■ ticstions with regard to agriculture were discussed. The debate- was adjourned, and the Affirmation Bill wasiinro- unced after a division,in which the numbers were lè'-f to ti. The next day Mr. Gorst resumed the debate 011 the and moved an amendment deprecating further io:ioessions to lawless agitation in Ireland, in reply to which Sir William llarcourt spoke warmly against the implied censure on the Government. The delate was continued bv Mr. Gibson, Mr. O'Connor Power, Lord R. Churchill, lr. Goschen, and other members, after which it was again adjourned. The whole of the following ( sitting was devoted to the discussion, as was the greater portion of the succeeding one, during the course of which Mr. Forster explained anew his reasons for with- drawing from the Cabinet; and whilst re- marking somewhat strongly upon Mr. Par- neil's active encouragement of agitation in Ireland, Mr. O'Kelly, the member for Roscommon, interrupted the Speaker 50 violently as to procure his temporary sus- I' pension. which was carried by a ote of 305 020, In the Commons, on Friday, February 2?fd,the sitting was made memorable by a violeat and bitter attack made upon Mr. Forster by ir. Parnell in the course of the resumed de- bate on the Addres s The member for Cork at the same time totally denied that there was any connection between crime and the Land League in Ireland. In the result, Mr. Gorst's amendment was negatived by a majority of to 176. On the following Monday Mr Parnell moved a resolution condemning the administration of the Crimes Act, which drew from Mr. Trevelyan a strong protest against the atrocious" charges implied in the resolution, which was negatived after a long debate by 133 to 15. At the succeeding sitting Mr. A. O'Connor moved another amendment to the Address, calling attention to Irish grievances, the discussion of which occupied portions of several sittings of the House, but ultimately shared the fate of its pre- decessor. On Monday, March 5th, Lord Lansdowne moved for a Royal Commission to inquire into the best means of increasing the number of peasant proprietors in Ireland, but, Lord Carlingford having stated that the Government thought the time for makingsuch an inquiry inopportune, the motion was not pressed. The second reading of a bill, promoted by Lord Stanhope, to prohibit the payment of wages in public-houses, was carried on Tuesday, March 6th, by 58 to 20. Oil Monday, March 5th, ths House of Commons went into Committee of Supply, and several votes on account of the Egyptian expedition were discussed and passed. In reply to questions, Mr. Gladstone stated that it was then impossible to fix any definite time for the withdrawal of the British troops from that country. On Wednesday of the same week the bill prohibiting pigeon shooting and other cruel sports was read a second time by 195 to 40, on the understanding that Clause 2, which would apply to stag hunting, should be withdrawn. The cruelties inflicted by the Boers upon the natives of the Transvaal was brought before the House of Lords on Tuesday, March 13th, by Lord CVanbrook, and the debate which followed was joined in by Lord Derby, Earl Cairns, Lord Stanhope, Lord Salisbury, Earl Granville, and other peers, but nothing definite resulted. On Monday, March 12th, Mr. Gladstone announced to the Com- mons that Earl Spencer would shortly cease to be President of the Council. On Friday, March 26th, Lord Wentworth moved, in the House of Lords, for the pro- duction of the diary of the unfortunate Professor Palmer, which Lord Northbrook said was impossible, at the same time denying that any sum of £20,000 had been entrusted to the dead professor for the purpose of bribing Bedouins. The motion was ultimately negatived. On Thursday, March 29th, the House of Commons met after the Easter recess, and Dr. Cameron's resolution in favour of sixpenny telegrams was cariedby68 to 50. On Monday, April 2nd, the second reading of the Criminal Appeal Bill was carried by 132 to 78; and on the following Thursday the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his financial statement. The principal changes involved the cheapening of telegrams, the reduction of railway passenger duty, aud also the lowering of the income-tax to 5d. in the On Friday, April 6th, a Select Com- mittee was appointed in the Lords, to act in conjunction with a similar one in the other House, for the considera- tion of the Channel Tunnel question. On Monday, April f. th, the Esplosives Bill was brought up from the Commons, and quickly passed through all its stages, receiving the Royal Absent on the follow- ing day. On Friday, April 13th, messages from the Crown were taken to the Upper House, recom- mending a grant of pensions to Lord Alcester and Lord Wolseley of each for two lives. On the following Monday Earl Granville moved, and the Mar ;uis of Salis- bury seconded, addresses concurring her Maje.-ty's pro- posal to grant the annuities in question. The motion was agreed to. On Friday, April 20th, Lord Derby, in answer to Lord Carnarvon, explained the circumstances conecte I with the annexation of New Guinea, and stated that the Home Government were waiting for further information from the Queensland authorities before coming to any de- cision on the matter. On Th irsday, April 26th, tha Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Army (Annual) Bill, and the report on the Medical Acts Amendment Bill was considered in the Lords. In the Lower House, in the meantime, Mr. Stansfeld raised a discussion on the working of the Contagious Diseases Acts, and proposed a resolution condemning the compul- sory clauses contained in them. This motion was ulti- mately carried by lf2 to 110. On Friday, April 27th, the Medical Acts Amendment Bill was read a third time in the Lords, and passed, and at a subsequent sitting the Pluralities Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time. In the Commons, after a series of most protracted debates, on Thursday, May 3rd, the second reading of the A Her- mation Bill was rejected by 292 to 289. Whilst in course of debate it was urged by Mr. Beresford Hope that it was merely a Bradlaugh Relief Bill brought in from fear of mob violence." On Tuesday, May Sth, the Earl of Dunraven brought forward a motion in the Hoase of Lords for the opening of the National Museums and Galleries on Sunday, which was met by an amendment from the Earl of Shaftesburv in favour of opening such institutions on three evenings in the week, from seven to ten o'clock. The original motion was rejected by 91 to 67, and the amendment was agreed to. An animated discussion arose in the Upper House on Thursday evening, May 10th, in regard to the removal to new districts of three Sub-Commis- sioners under the Irish Land Act, Lord Cairns and Lord Salisbury challenging the conduct of the Chief Commis- sioners in the matter, and Lord Carlingford and Lord Granville defending them. The House afterwards ad- journed for the Whitsuntide recess. In the Commons oa May 4, Mr. Bradlaugh again presented himself at the bar of the House, for the purpose of taking his seat, whereupon Sir Stafford Northcote moved to re enact the resolution of the previous year, prohibiting Mr Brad- laugh from being sworn. After the applicant had beea duly heard, Mr. LaLouchere proposed the previous ques- tion, which, if carried, would have enabled Mr. Brad- laugh to go through the form of swearing. This amend- ment received the support of Mr. Gladstone, but it was rejected, however, by a majority "of 271 to 165; and Sir Stafford Norihcote's motion was declared carried The House then adjourned until the 21st of May On re: assembling, the usual holiday on Derby Dav w? moved by Sir H. Maxwell, opposed bySirWUMd Lawson, and eventually carried, after a short discussion by 185 to 85. On Thursday, May 31st Lord Derby stated in the Peers that the Government were considering the question ? ?"?nto negoSSn?or the revtMon of the Trai's?al Convention? whilst on TuMday.M?y 29th, Mr. Œadstone in the House of OommoM announced th*,t the anticipated Municipal Government of London BiD would not be int?oducS duHng that particular session. On Friday June ?dh?' ? had ? previously beeX? f!° ..a« ttf°d JJ *"» P]«e for the purpose of meetin a cha? brought agamst hm of having challenged a fellow member of the House, Mr. M'Coan, to fight a duel, in reply declared that he cared nothing for the opinion of the House or the country, adding that men of honour outside England would approve the position he had taken up toward Mr. M'Coan. Mr. Gladstone deprecated the tone of Mr. O'Kelly's statement, but on that gentle- man replying that the matter should not be further pressed by him, the Premier deemedit unnecessary to make a formal motion on the subject. On Monday, June 11th, the second reading of the Bill to Legalise Marriage with ft Deceased Wife's Sister was moved in the Peers by the Earl of Dalhousie, and opposed by Earl Cairns. Speeches in support of the measure were delivered I bv Lords Bramwell and Carrington, and against ii'bv the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Rochester, and Lord Coleridge. Upon a division the second reading was carried by li:5 to 158. On Tuesday, June 12th, the third reading took place of the Repre- sentative Peers (Scotland) Bill, and on June 14 the Naval Discipline Acts Amendment Bill was also read a third time. On the same date Mr. Gladstone announced that it was intended to appoint a Special Commissioner to examine into the woikingof the Trans- vaal Convention in communication with the Boer Govern- ment, and also to inquire into the state of Bechuanaland. On Monday, June 18, Sir Stafford Northcote, as a matter of privilege, brought before the Lower House a state- ment made by Mr. Bright at Birmingham, to the effect that the Conservatives had allied themselves with rebels in order to obstruct busiiuss in Parliament. Mr. Bright admitted that the word alliance was perhaps too strong, but he maintained his opinion that efforts were being made to worry the Government and to obstruct business. After some remarks from Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Gibson, and others, Sir Stafford Northcote's resolu- tion that the language used by Mr. Bright conatitutel a treach of privilege, was negatived by 151 to 117. On Thursday, June 28th, the marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill was upon its third reading in the Ho :so of Lords rejected by U;, to 140 after a brief but animated debate. The proposed annexation of New Guinea bv tht; Government of Queensland furmed the subject of debate in the Upper Chamber on Monday, the 2nd of July, and, in reply to Lord Lamington, the Earl of Derby said that the Home Government were not prepared to undertake the annexation of an enormous territory, but intimated that if the Australian colonists desired to effect annexations they should form a federation for defending them. On the following day the outbreak of cholera in Egypt became the topic of discussion, and Ear! Granville stated the several precautions that had been adopted in order to present its further spread. The Criminal Law Amendment Act was also read a third time, some amendments modifying the stringency of several of the clause, having been agreed to. A resolution, moved by Lord Wemyss, in favour of raising the militia to its full strength, was carried in the same Hou.-e on Monday, July s th, by the narrow majority of 4, the figures being For 29, against 25. A motion, introduced by Mr. Mason in the Commons, in favour of extending the Parliamentary franchise to women duly qualified to vote, was lost by 130 to 114. Another epi-ode in con- nection' with the Bradlaugh contention took place on the following day, a letter being receive d by Mr. Glad- stone from that gentleman intimating his determination to take his seat. Sir Stafford Northcote there pon I moved that the Sergeant-at-Arms be directed to exclude Mr. Bradlaugh from the House until he engaged not further to disturb its proceedings," and after some deb te this motion was carried by 232 to io. On Monday, July 23rd, Lord Granville in the f; per House, and Mr. Glad- stone in the Commons, made identical announcements to the effect that a provisional agreement with M de Lesseps for the construction of a second Suer. Canal, having been disapproved by nearly all the great bodies representing commerce and navigation in the country, the Government did not intend to ask Parliament to sanc- tion it-a joint statementwhich was hailed with cheering by the opposing factions in each case. On Monday, July 30th. Sir Stafford Northcote moved an address to the Crown.praying tbatherMajesty in any future negotiations would not sanction the Sue/. Canal Company's claim to the exclusive right of opening water communication between theMediterraneanand the Red Sea. Mr. Norwood, however, moved an amendment, in which he was supported by the Premier, declaring that the House, desiring to preserve its freedom of judgment,declinect to pass any resolution in re- gard to an future negotiations. In the end the latter was carried by a majority of 282 to 183. The following day the English Agricultural Holdings Bill was considered on report, and at the next sitting read a third time, whilst the Scotch Bill of the same character passed through committee, being eventually read a third time on Saturday, August 4th. On Monday, August 6th, the Premier made a long general statement, declaring that the British troops would remain in Egypt until the object for which they had been sent out had been attained. The House of Lords occupied portions of several sittings during the weeks ending August 11 and 18 in the discussion of the English Agricultural Hold- ings Bill, which was read a third time in the Upper House on Thursday evening, August 16; an amendment proposed by Lord Salisbury postponing the operation of the bill until March 31,1881, leing carried by 31 to 22 votes. Mr. Chamberlain's Bankruptcy Bill was read a third time in the Commons on Tuesday, August It, and passed through Committee in the Lords on Monday, August 27. On Saturday, August 25th the session of Parliament was formally prorogued by Royal Commis- mission, this being the date already prognosticated by Mr. Gladstone. As to the amount of work of value accomplished during the Session of 1883, there will of course be many and diverse opinions. Time, however, which proverbially creates wonders, is, after all, the great solver of such things, and it is to be devoutly trusted that the toil and care addressed to so lengthy a period of legislative functions may in the end fully redound to the prosperity and happiness of our great country.

I HOME EVENTS. On Monday, January 1st, at Upper Church, Tippe- rary, some emergency men were suddenly attacked by an armed party. They, however, retimed the fire, killing one man and wounding others. On the 2nd, at the Waterford Petty Sessions, Mr. Biggar, M.P., was com- mitted for trial on a charge of using seditious language in a speech delivered at a meeting held on December lth, 18^2, in Waterford Town Hall. He was, however, admitted to bail. On the same date the man Delaney, I charged with attempting to shoot Mr. Justice Lawson, was put on his trial in Dublin, and ultimately convicted on the following day, when he was sentenced to ten yeirs penal servitude. Mr. McPhilpin, proprietor of the Tuum LNew. was also sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for publishing articles in his paper of an intimidating character. At Wexford Mr. Walsh, Mayor of the borough, was sentenced to four- teen days' imprisonment for publishing in the Ross St -ndard, of whirh he was the proprietor, remarks tending to hold up certain individuals to public sco; ii for holding land. About this time Mr. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary, left Dublin on a tour in the west and north-wet of Ireland, in order to ascertain the probable amount of distress, and the means re juired to alledate it. On Sunday, January 8th, the mail steamer City of Lr-ssels, belonging to the lunian line, sank in the estnary of the Mersey after a collision with the new Glasgow ste mer Kirbv Hall during a thi k fog, and eight of her cr.w and two of her pa-seng. rs perished. 1a addition to this very unexpeciedcalanrty, the ship British Empire, bound from Shields to B nihay, was burnt at sea off AI eppy, Malabar coa t. Ten persons were avel, and sixteen others, among whom w re the captain and chief oHicer, were reported missing. John Cr nden,cb.irged at the ordinary sitting of the Cer. teal Criminal Court, London, with sending a letter threatening to murder the Prince of Vi ales and Mr. Gladstone, was a q itted, the presiding judge holding the terms of the let'er to be insuiffcient in law to upport the indictment. < n Wvdn^sday, January 17, a man at Sbeerness murdered his wife, dangerous!v wounded his step son, and then ::nsui'ce-sfully attempted to commit suicide. In the course of the week some large fires broke out in the IIIdrl'>palis, and in one, which took place in Windsor-street, City, five unfortunate persons w; re burnt to death, several others being at the same time seriously hurt through leaping front the windows. Patrick Ilig in-, w!:o had been convicted wiih two others of being concerned in the murder of Lord Ardilaun's bailiff a d his nephew at Lough Mask, was duly executed on January l "th in Gahvay gao!. rwo days later Thomas Higgins and Michael Fivun also paid the e:treme penalty of the law for the 9 me crime. On Friday, Jan. 1: th, two youths, named Cl,rk and Henderson, were convicted of the manslaughter of Thomas Lvesat GravMenci, and were each sentn ed to twenty years' penal serl itude. The body of a well- dressed young man was found on Jan. th in a ilrst- class railway carriage at Rughy. It was suppo-ed that he committed suicide. On the same date a -;Piall tin !o: wis picked up on a bridge over the Forth and Ciyde ~Canal at Glasgow, which on being opened ex- ploded, slightly injuring live persons. Two men, Svl- vester PolY and James Barrett, who had been convicted of the m rder of Thomas Brown, near Castle Island, were executed in Tralee gaol on Tuesday, January 2:'rd. Both died protesting their iimocen e. On Friday, Jan. 2¡-;th. a ?c of extreme violence raged throughout tfh,e '? Lu..? ted.Ktngdom. Considerable damage was done to houses and bu !din? in many places. In a mill at Oldham two girls were killed, and four others in -red by the fall of the stone work on the roof 01 their wcrkahop. In many low-lying districts the rivers greatly overflowed, placing large tracts of land underwater. On Saturday, January 27th, the steamer Agnes Jack, of Liverpool, was wrecked off the Welsh coast, and the crew of twenty men were all drowned. whiJ.t a large ateamer. name unknown, foundered in the Bristol Channel, and the crew, estimated at twenty men, portion of the roof of mine in C)Me!and suddenly fel„l A on Tuesday, January 30th,injuringfive men, of whom one died shortly after removal. At Ormskirb an explosion at a gunpowder works took place, three lives being lost, several other persons being wounded. On Saturday, February 10th, a decree nisi for disao- lution of marriage was obtained bv the 1 Marchioness of Blandford, daughter of the Ðuk: of Abercorn, against her husband, the Marquis of Blandford, for adultery with Lady Aylesford. Six men were killed and seven others severely injured at the tunnel work. being carried on by the Great Western Railway Company under the river Severn. An iron cage fell down the shaft, crushing the men ?o?. A 'aS and his wife were found murdered in their house at Small- wood, near Congleton, the motive of the crime bein^ presumably robbery. On Friday, February 16th, two women and three taildren w re burnt to death at Rad- ford, near Nottingham. Ot. the 20th the steamer Buenos Ayrean from Havre, bound for Glasgow, ran into and sank the steamer Strathdee off the Island of Arran The captain f1 ten of ? Strathdee were drowned, One man only being saved. On Saturday, February 24th, the polling ;t Newcas tle-on-Tyne resulted in the election i of Mr. John MOrley, by a majority of 2256 votes over whils?rVfVe opponent, ?- Gainsford Bruce; whilst, as if in compensation, Colonel King-Har. man, Conservative, was elected for Dublin ?Co?un? by a °aj?nty of ^°68 over 'Mr. M'Mahon, the Xatioi a?? nomm° ? and  .PortarHngton Mr. French Brewster, ConsenTative, succeeded in defeating Mr. Mavne, Nation Si byamajonty of 13 votes. OnSundav, February 25th' a: desperate attempt was made to murder oi?e of ?' ^-fper \?'"Pt was made to murder ore of R ?b ?'' ?"'? ???°"a, near Lough f Mask. ?!? h m WT dangerously injured by his a?Ji- antZltw S? ^f1* In London, on March 3rdGW ?''?'?'tor, and two other persons were con- victed, at a second trial, of Publi3hinS»Masphemous libel   newspaper. Foote was sentenced to itLwei lve monfths impri.sonment, and the other defendants to nine and three months respectively. On Thursday ni-ht March 15th, a terrible exp!oion of dynamite took place! aat l [thhe ? Government offices in London on the south side, I I and a few steps from Parliament-street. The force of I the explosion was tremendous, and the masonry on the I ground floor, a couple of yards from the door leading to the local Government offices, was completely I blown out. The outrage was at once placed to the account of Fenian agency, but happily no !.vea were lost. The L fr-University Boat-Race for 18? resulted in a victory for Oxford by several lengths. An action for breach of promise of marriage, brought bv i Miss Hvland against Mr. Big?ar, M. P., having been tCld before Lord Coleridge, the jury returned a verdict m j favour of the plaintiff; damaes £ 400. An aphcaholl for a new trial was refused. The Duchess of Mariborough, as president of the Irish Distress Fund raised in 18i(9 and 1880, transferred the remaining balance about thia date to Mr. Tuke for the purpose of assisting Irish Emi- gration. It amounted to some 93600. On Saturday,, March 17th, her Majesty the Queen met with a slight accident through slipping on some stairs at Windsor Castle, the effects of which did not- fully subside for some months. Considerable excitement was caused on. the same evening by a report spreading that Lady Florence Dixie had been murderously assailed by mis- creants whilst walking in the grounds of her residence near Windsor. Two men disguised in female attire were stated to have attacked her with daggers, with which tliev stabbed her. but the whalebone of her stays warded off the blow. A Mount St. Bernard dog then rushed to the aid of his mistress, and drove off the assailants, who effected their escape. The sequel to this strange "tory has, however, never even yet transpired so far as the capture of the men is concerned. On Monday evening, March 19, a collision between two trains occurred at the Eglinton Station, Glasgow, which resulted in the death of four men and serious injuries to many other persons. Whilst the DunstaTnage was proceeding in ballast from Dundee to Liverpool she was wrecked or the Kincardine- shire coast, and the crew of twenty-three men drowned; At Stock port the upper door of a mill gave way, burying six men under the débris, and injuring three fatally. On Thursday, March 22nd, Mr. John Bright, M.P., was installed Lord Rector of Glasgow University, and on the following day delivered a political address on the occasion of receiving the freedom of that city. The Faster Monday Volunteer Field-day at Brighton passed off with great success, nearly 23,000 volunteers being present. Mr. John Brown, the Queen's personal attendant, died on Tuesday night, March 27th, at Windsor Castle, after a short illness. Twelve men were during the week con- victed at Belfast Assizes of conspiracy to murder, and were sentenced to terms of penal. servitude ranging from ten to five years. The Revenue returns for the year ending March 31st showed an increase of receipts of £ 3,182,174, as compared w.th the previous year. On Wednesday, April 11th, Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester were entertained in the City of London by the Corporation, the former receiving an address and a gold casket, and the latter the freedom and a sword of honour. On Thursday, April 19th, the cere- mony of unveiling the statue of the late Lord Beacons- field was duly performed in Parliament-square by Sir I Stafford Northcote, in the presence of a distinguished assemblage. The trial of Joe Brady for the murder of Mr. Burke having been concluded in Dublin, the prisoner was sentenced to death. The ship British Commerce sank off Selsea Bill on Tuesday night, April :!4th. after being in collision with the ship County of Aber- deen twenty-five of the crew of the former perishedL The inaugural banquet of the, National Liberal Club took place at the Westminster Aquarium, on May 2nd, and was attended by about 1850 guests. The remaining prisoners connected with the Ph i nix-park murders having been found guilty, were sentenced to death in the usual form. On Saturday, May 5, the Government powder magazine and explosive store blew up at Priddy's Hard, Portsmouth, causing the loss of six lives. The Great International Fisheries Exhibtion was formally opened at South Kensington by the Prince of Wales, acting as the representative of her Majesty, on Saturday, May 12. The ceremony was most im- pressive, and in the evening » grand banquet took place at Fishmongers' Hall. On Monday night, May 14th, a dreadful accident occurred on the Caledonian Railway, near Lockerbie, when the mail from Glasgow ran into a goods train, and seven lives, including the driver and fireman, were lost. The race for the Derby took place on Wednesday, May 23, and was won by Sir F. Johnstone's St. Blaise. A dire calamity occurred at Sunderland on Saturday afternoon, June 16th. An entertainment of natural magic and ventriloquism at the Victoria Hall, had attracted together a vast number of children, when a ernsh taking place, nearly 200 lives were lost, whilst over 200 more were wounded. A great chess tournament came to a close in London on Saturday, June 23, Zukertort winning the first prize. During the week violent thunderstorms took place throughout the country, resulting in the loss of several lives; whilst in a disastrous collision, which occurred at the mouth of the British Channel between the Waitara and the Hurunui, both bound for New Zealand ports, twenty-five of the passengers and crew perished. On the morning of Thursday, July 5, the Duke of Marlborough was found dead in his bedroom. Later on the same day as a new steamer was being launched from blessri. Stevens's Yard, at Glasgow, she heeled and turned over, drowning nearly 200, and at Huddersfield a tnyncar overturned in descending a steep hill, killing five of the passengers and seriously wounding sixteen others. The annual rille meeting at Wimbledon commenced on Monday, July 0th, and the following week Sergeant Mackav, of the 1st Sutherland, carried off the Queen's Pri e, whilst the Anglo-American match was won by the English team, who scored forty-five more than their competitors. On Sunday morning, July 29th, a fire broke out in a dwell- in,, house at Bridgwater, and three children were burnt to death, their mother at the same time being so seriously injured as to expireshortly afterwards. James Carey, the notorious informer, was murdered on board t he steamer Melrose whilst on his passage from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth; UDontiell ivasif terward-i Liken to Fngfai d, found guilty, and executed in Newgate. At Walthain- stow on August 8th, the father of a family, in a lit of mania, drowned three of his children in a cistern, and kided two other twin infants with a hammer. The five Irishmen charged with conspiracy to deatroy pi:b'ic builllings in Liverpool and elsewhere finally re- sulted, in the case of four of them, in a se ieirce of penal servitude for life. Eleven men were ¡ kiJli-d on Aug. 15th by the breaking of a chain by which- they were bein raised from a mine near Kuthen, v. hiist I two were killed and three seriously injured by a mining I cage being overdrawn near Dunferm ine..V sad fire oc- curred during the same week in a private lunatic ay bun at -outhall, Middlesex. Dr. Boyd, the proprietor, his son, two patients, and a servant lost their lives and 'I h 1'" ;'I' ,C,,1, e'¡ \11'" several ot er3 snstalliel injuries. The week ending Aug. I 1Mb was a more than usually gloomy n:¡c in the matter of fatalities and murdero s outrages. A i,rop,)si', to(-%Iititiis the remains of Shakespeare drew forth many indignant ) protests from all parts of the kingdom, and the Corpora- tion of Stratford-on-Avon unanimonsly rehired to sanction the desecration. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, accompanied by me nbers of their family, the poet Laureate, and other friends, embarked on September I"tb, on board the Pembroke Castle. of the Donald Currie line, for a short cruise, which crabr red the coast of Scotland, coupled with a flying is it- to Copenhagen. The missionary, Mr. Shaw, whose ini. prisoument by the French at Tamatave, Mada- gascar, had caused great excitement in the conntry, arrived at Plymouth on board the Garth Castle on Monday, September 22nd, and on the folk win- T nra- day addressed an immense audience at Exeter Hall, London. His indemnity was afterwards fi red by tiia two t;overiii-leitt.,iit t tObO. A very serious explo io t of war rockets took niace at -Vv7(:Olwicit bi-t f?ite the fact that a perfect shower of projectiles continued foe al out an hour, only two lives that of a man and a oy employed in the factoy- were lot, The C:, rch Congress at Reading opened on Tuesday, October 1111. and the following day was made memorable to the citi ens of London by the dedication of I'pu: tiliam Beeches to the use and enjoyment of the pi on!# for ever. A permanent weather observatory was o; r.ed ioil Ben Nevis oil Wednesday, Octo! er 17th, and ::re:11i anticipation.- were raised in regard to its future a!ue from scientiric standpoint. A- a train on the I nder- ground Railway, in London, was approaching Edgw.*tr&> i road Station, on Tuesday, October 0;h, Ihn.c of ?9 can-iageaw re completely wrecked by Home kind of in- fenial machine, and sonic forty persons were serio :-dy j inj red. Abo t the same time another explosion tnolc plare near Charing ross Station. The per!letr!ti,r-; of the dastardly Outrages we e not then discovered. Tiiir- teen of the crew of the Alhambra were drowned oiY the Welsh oast on the mornin- of October 31st in a co.U lision with the 3tean«er ITolvhead. Two of the crew of hr: latter lo-t their lives. On Saturday,.November :.rd. Sir .Staii'ord Northcote was elected Hector of Edinburgh University, receiving a considerable nizt' 'or'v of vtes over his two opponents, Mr. Trevelyan aad Professor i IdacKie. The entrance of that veteran philanthropist, Sir MOics Monteiiore, into his 100th year, was the ocia- BION of signal marks of public veneration ami regard bc.g ?.o..t.u)e?M)y ohered by a)t c:a?e8, /rom the Quee? he?e.f down to the poorest, win bad e. r becn hM ch:ef care. On ? edne.d..v,?ov. t) <, '?? of Cambridge, Coliini,,n.-Ier "-i ri,i,.f nf thp Britil1, arn.lv. formall\! lire. 8ellted the 94 colounof &eventeen 9cotti,,h regiments fa" en m Glle8'3 C:ithedral Church, Edinburgh. '?the ?400t? h adversary of the birth of Martin Luther waa widely commemorated during the week ending November 17th, but a OTODOT-II ZZ„ at a meeting of Convocation of Oxford tni- versitv to forward a congratulatory address to the Emp?rorWilli.im on the occasion was defeated bv m to .A votes. George Warden and John Watters both SfESS °L 9teaUne 8ecuritiea to the vah;e ?T bel°Dg,ng the London and River Plate Bank. were each sentenced to twelve years' penal servitude. On Sundavg December 2nd au  Wxfrd, w interrupted by a mob" wbo broke into tit; buddmg, dIspersed the CO"gregation, and afterward:i o^worl the N^ri °f aeVera,0ther Protestant places of worship. NOxt day tu renewed their att:wks itid I additional police and militarv had to be telegraphed, for. 011 Tesday, December 11 tb, a National banqnet was beld The Rotunda, Dublin, in honour of Mr. Parnen M.P., whJo delivered a most denunciatory speech a?in?t n H1was aft™" P?tedwXS LuS' oT! H: Matmptioo, amounting to a sum of osooo

FOREIGN AND COLONIAIL.. I The ?! ?' the New Year witnessed the demise ,f ?rj}n75>ni the eyes of la belle France had loviigiv rested during hours of fave cri8is in her national patriot and statesman—for he was in every sense both V. „ d'Z im0U painlessly at his pleasant residence at ViI!e Sa; Surz* ,1 £ U^ 8uddenly assumed a graver character two days previously, a?d a fital result could not but be anticipated. The post-mortem examination prQved:thaOI.Gambett.llied of' peri ty ph li ti, and suppurating ericolitis. It was deddell that there a oul be a pSc uneral at T" that ,tate, but in deference to the strongly-expreiised wi-heB of the family of the dece:w Nice was substitute(tis A burial place in lien of P?reTa Chaise. Duri1!g the earlv ?ek3.fJasuarythewater?f?Rhin.J???? and other German rivers rose to an almost unprecedentedi height, an I vast tracks of low-lying country was rendeni under water. In Swit erland, also, there were extensive, innundations, causing great damage to property, suffer., in to thousands of people, and even loss of life. Monetary contributions, however, poured in from all parts of the civilised world, and everything possible was done in aid of those involved in the calamity. It became the duty of the British Resident in Zululatid to inform the nathe chiefs that the previous arrangements made by Sir Garnet Wolseley would be cancelled, and that in the futureCete- wayo would rule over the country north of the llrah- latusi. The chiefs, including John Dunn, strongly pro- tested againsf the change, and Cetewayo, on his part made great complaint of not being restored to the whqfe territory. On the occasion of a New Year's reception, given by President Arthur in Washington, Mr. Elisha Adams, the Hawaiian Minister and senior of the Diplomatic Corps, died suddenly immediately on leaving the reception-room. The ceremony of the return of the Holy Carpet took place at Cairo on Thursday, January 4th. with the accustomed honours. The Kbedive, on such occasions, has generally been accompanied by the foreign Consuls, but this time he was seated with Lord Duf'erin on the right, and Sir E. Malet on the left, the procession bein^ escorted for the first time by the newly. formed gendarmerie. A Ministerial crisis occurred in pain in connection with some proposals of Senor f i macho, the Finance Minister, but eventually Seftor Sagastn formed a new Cabinet, in which a num! er of more advanced Liberals replaced some of his former co The trial of Prince Krapotkine com- menced at Lyons, extraordinary precautions being taken by the French police against any possible disturbancea To the great satisfaction of friends ard countrymen alike. the second week in January brought the tidings from Colonel Warren, and dated from Sue:, that six of the principal ringleaders in the ruthless murder of Pro- fessor Palmer and his unfortunate party had been arrest d and committed for trial. Certain of them after- wards had accorded to them the fuUI punishment which their barbarous crime deserved. A most destructive tire broke out in a large hotel in Milwaukee, United States. From the distressing details sopplied, it appears that no less than nearly one hundred lives were lost upon the occasion. The circular note from the British Govern- ment to the several European Powers was duly presented on January 12th, its contents ha\ ing been previously communicated to the Porte. It was favourably received by the German Powers, Italy, and Russia, and although Franca, through the medium of a certain section of her press, raised some measure of remonstrance, these signs of dissatisfaction never passed beyond the region of pen. and ink. On Tuesday, January 16th, Parisians on rising; were astonished to find the walls of the city placarded with manifestoes calling upon the French nation to throw off their allegiance to Republican institutions, and to receive its Imperial dynasty. The manifesto was signed by Prince Napoleon, who was speedily arrested on a charge of seeking to attack the wellfare of the state, and conveyed to the Conciergerie Prison. In the Chamber the subject of the arrest was treated with much warmth, and a motion by M. Floqnet, to expel front France all the descendants of families which had ever reigned in that country, was declared urgent by 33s to 112. The French Government furthermore gave notice of a bill to suppress manifestations by Pretenders. On Saturday, January 13th, a dreadful fire suddenly broke out during a gala performance in a circus at Berditscheff in Russian Poland, when 300 of the audience perished. The 17th of the month marked the arrival of Arabi Pasha and his fellow-exiles at Colombo, Ceylon. The trial of Prince Krapotkine and other alleged Socialists was concluded at Sydris on Friday, January 19th. The Prince and thirty-two oehers were con- victed and sentenced to various punishments, ranging from five years'imprisonment to short terms of six months. A portion of a railroad train on the Southern Pacific line broke loose on an incline, and the carriages running back fell over an embankment and caught tire. Twenty-one persons were killed and many others in. jured. It was believed that the disaster was caused by rob! ers in attempting to stop the train, and that two of the culprits were killid. On the 29th of the month Cetewayo was duly installed as King, and expressed great satisfaction with the limitations of his territory. On Saturday, February 17th, the French Senate ire- jected the new Expulsion Bill in its entirety by a con- siderable majority, and on the following Monday the Ministry resigned. Thirteen men were convicted in Alexandria for having been concerned in the murder of Professor Palmer and his party, and five of them were condemned to death. Th(" silver we 'ding" of dm Crown Prince and Princess of Germany was cele- brated in Berlin on Wednesday, February 2-ith. The tercentary celebration of the birth of Grotius was he tt at Delft on Tuesday, April 10th, whilst the folfowingweek was marred by the accidental capsi ing of some rafts at Secunderabad during a religious ceremony. An InternationallExhibition was opened at Amsterdam on Tuesday, May I st, and proved a great success, al though the British display was far from worthy of the magnitude of this country. The coronation of the Emperor of I u sia took place in the Kre-din. Moscow. on Sunday. May 27th, with great pomp an,1 circum- stance. The event wa-; also celebrate d in St. Petersburg an all the other cities of the Empire. A telegram front Saigon, on May 26th, announced the death' of Capt. Rivi re, in charge of the French- forces against tha Annamese at Tfanoii W hilst an immense crowd was on the new bridge at Brooklyn, New York a cry was raised that the structure was giving way, and in the panic which ensued twelve persons were trami,Ied to death, ai!(] -,ziiny more in ured. At Scutari, the expl.-sinn of a rowder maga ine c:;used the death of ir,0 pi rsocs. During the week ending June broke o t -it !>am;etta, Egypt. and, in spite of the greatest precaution: con- tinued to rage with fury bet'- anionic the natives and in the army of occupation for several mon ks after. At Dervio-como a concert-room aught fire on Sunday, June -1th, and ninety persons perished Whilst a pnrtv of excursionist- were standing on a pier a: Baltimore, F .S.. it suddenly gave wny, drown?nc some seventv jx'r?tt". it 'Ui"' ""Ioll;e,iaiiil eliii,'i-eii, wililqt i day or two after Captain Webb, the well-known swimmer, lost his Hee whilst;ittempting to cross the Niagara !tiv( p. ( n S nday. July :!f)th, a, terTihle earth (take suddenly o-erwitelmed; the island of Ischia, destroying- between 1000 and 500fl persons resident in Oasamie iola and the neighbouring townships. Some of the victims were Enuli-h and American visitors. On Friday, August 21th. the Comte de t hanibord, el,iniaiit to the French throne, died at Frohsdorf, but the event was not regarded as being of any great political, importance, although the personal worth of the deceased Prince was unquestioned. A violent eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, in the Straits of -nda. eansed an immense de-trin-tioii of life and property in Java and Anjer, over which a tidal wave swept, whilst the entire configuration of the locality was changed, i t is stated that the loss of life reached nearly IOO,(J!'O. ( ii Tuesday, September I th, a mob of Chinese attacked the foreign narter in C-anten, burning houses and cutting the telegraph ivirea. The mob was at last dispersed by Imperial troops. Om Sat rday, September 2 th, King Alfonso of Spain, who, had just arrived in the city, was hooted and hissed by great crowds in Park on account of his having, during a; visit to Berlin, accepted the colonelcy of a T'hian regi- ment. Thinks, however, to the dignified conduct of the young King, the incident was, after a while, amicably arranged. During the following week forty Chinamen and one white man were killed by a powder explosion at I'inole, California, and at Ziwonka, Podoha, a f;)?c a).?rnt of (;re i? a ,Jewbh Svna.-o?iO pro It:cmI a pi:,ic am"ngst the women present, forty being killed and thirty others inj red. Abo-t the middle of November Captain Moitcrieff the British Consul at Suakim, w.:s killed in the Soiidan, near Fokkar, and th( small force with him cut to pieces by rebels, whilst a few days later the tillings came to hand that Hicks Pasha an' his army, of some ten or eleven; thousand men, had been completely decini ited bv the Mahdi, or fi'al,e Prophet, and his following. An order i had een issued by the home Government for the with- drawal of a portion of the British force in Egypt, but it w.iS at our.e countermanded1. Still another defeat was in lie ted on the Klwdi, e's arms during the first week in December, when out of some 900 men only 58 are stated to have escaped. The proposed lU ert Bill continued to create great dissatisfaction in European circles in India, and Lord Wipon was repeatedly insulted whilst driving tnroogh the streets of Calcutta, whilst sii abancionment of the measure was loudly called for.

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