Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

I GENERAL NEWS. —Harriet Mulcahy was at Dublin on Saturday com- mitted for trial on a charge of beating and kicking her husband to death. -Engine-drivers and stokers on French railways will not in future be employed more than twelve hours ont of the twenty-four. —The wife of Mr Lutey, farmer, living near Pen- zance, was on Friday delivered of triplets. Mother and children are doing well. —The Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolsiewitch, uncle of the Czar of Russia, who haa been ill for some time I past, died on Saturday evening. I —The Spanish Government and learned societies are I making numerous preparations for the celebration of the fourth centenary of Columbus next year. —After remaining out for nineteen weeks, the strikers at Manningham Mills, Bradford, decided on Monday to accept the employers' terms and return to work. —Miss Anna Dickinson, lecturing in Broadway Theatre, New York, is reported to have used language unfit to print, cauaing many ladies to leave the theatre. —A shocking murder was committed at Hordle, near Lymington on Monday, a young man named Ewles, in a fit of passion, shooting his mother dead with a revolver. —The Chilian ironclad Blanco Encalada, which was in possession of the Parliamentry fnrcp", has been blown up by two torpedoes discharged from a Govern. ment cruiser, —The result of the census in Nottingham shows that the population in the Borough Union is now 176,920. The figures in 1881 were 159,346,there being therefore an increase of 17,574. —The body of a male child was found on Monday at. Honor Oak Station, Chatham and Dover Railway. The medical officer of the Dulwich police expressed the opinion that the child had been strangled. —A general strike of Belgian miners has been deter- mined upon, the intention being to support the Ger- man miners in their demand for a working day of eight hours, and also to secure universal suffrage. —An English lady visitor to Monte Carlo has caused a Bensatioc at that resort by attempting to commit suicide. She cast herself into the sea from top of the steps leading from the Casino, but was rescued by a sailor. -At a meeting of the Council of the Yorkshire Miners' Association on Monday, the composition of the Labor Commisf-ion was strongly deprecated. The Council even declined to advise the giving of evidence before the Commission. —Three men who had been cleverly captured by the police were remanded at Westminster on Monday charged with being concerned in stealing, by means of the confidence trick, money and jewellery of the value of about 2114 from Mr C. A. Whyland, an American visiting London. —Carrie Brown, the woman murdered in New York under circumstances which lead to the belief that the crime was committed by Jack-the-Ripper," was a native of Liverpool, her maiden name being Caroline Montgomery. The New York polica are confident that they know the murderpr. —The Rev. H. P. Hughes, preaching at St. James's Hall, on Sunday afternoon on the religious aspect of the Budget, remarked upon the increase in the sources of wealth, and asked if it had been followed in pro- portion with gifts to the service of God. If not, what was the good of man's religion ? —Evidence showing the utter destitution of a carman and his family at Stepney was given at an inquest on Saturday on the body of an infant child. The family were not only starving, but there was not a stick of furniture in the home," and a child had died on the bare floor eight hours after birth. —A jury at the Queen's Bench'Division had to decide on Saturday what damages should be given in a case in which a girl of five had lost her left foot and part of her left leg through being run over by a fli?ur factor's van in SI)italfielfir,. They awarded 2400 to the child and R25 to her father. Judgment was given accord. ingly, with costs. -At Bromley (Kent), on Monday, four schoolboys, were committed for trial on the charge of having been concerned together in breaking into a house at Chisel- irst-road, and stealing therefrom a quantity of pro- perty. Two of the boys had been birched on several occasions. and the police said they were the terror of the neighbourhood. —A mill manager, named ARpinalI, met with a terrible death at Heywood on Monday evening. He I was descending the mill hout, when the rops broke, and he made an tlfort to jump out of the cage as it I was falling. His head was caught between the cage and the flooring of one of the flats, and was almost ¡ severed from the body. —Some youths on Saturday set fire to grass in a I plantation opposite Brackley-street, Walkdtn, near Manchester, and among others a little giil named Marv Jani Shorrocka, of Brackley-street, ran through the flame". Her clothes caught fire, and though immediate assistance was at hand, she was so badly burned that she died on Sunday night. —Field-Marshal Count von Moltke, the veteran commander of the armies of Germany in the Franco- German struggle, died with tragic suddenness late on Friday night. He had been in the Reichstag during the day, and partook of a hearty supper, after which he suddenly reeled and passed painlessly away. The illustrious soldier waa born on October 26b, 1800. -Mr A. Shuttleworth, of the firm of Messrs Clavton and Shuttleworth, Lincoln, has invested 210,000 in Consols, the proceeds to be applied in annuities of £16 each to the men who have been employed at the works and have been in any way injured or become infirm. Mr Shuttleworth has aliio increased his subscription to the county hospital from jE50 to 2200 per annum. —A sheriff's jury sat at Warwick on Monday, to assess damages in an action for breach of promise b ought by Mis? Beale Ellington, milliner, Aston, against William Peirson, of her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington. The parties were to be married last June, but just before then defendant broke off the engagement by letter, and said that if he did marry the plaintiff he would prove an unloving husband. The jury awarded plaintiff S13 damages and costs. -During a dispute at a drinking bar at Walla Walla, Washington, a professional gambler named Hunt shot a private soldier. The murderer was arrested and lodged in gaol, whither the friends of the mur- dered man subsequently went, and after threatening to blow the place up with dynamite, succeeded in securing the keys of the prison. Having found Hunt, they brought him into the court-yard, where he was shot dead, tha body being riddled with bullets. -On Saturday, at Westminster Police Court, Frances J. Simpson, late housekeeper to Lady Carew, pleaded guilty to stealing jewellery, &c belonging to her mistress. A large quantity of valuable plate was re- cently stolen from Lord Carew, and it was only upon a number of letters being shown to the son of the prosecutrix, which had been fuund on a well-known hotel thief at Chester, the prisoner was suspected. These letters showed that she was in correspondence with the thief. She was sentenced to a month's bard labor. —A remarkable divorce suit occupied the attention of Mr Justice Jeune on Monday. The petition was, that of Mrs D-ew, an operatic singer, known pro- f?ssionally as Kate Lovell, who alleged that her husband deserted her in 1877 and the peculiarity of the case was that she had to establish the identity of her husband mainly by specimens of his handwriting brought from Australia. She, however, satisfied the judge, who granted her a decree nisi with costs, and custody of a child. -At Teddington Petty Sessions on Monday, Mr Wilson, Fairfax-road, Teddington, was summoned for having allowed two dogs to run at large at Busbey. park, and his servant for having allowed the dogs to worry the deer, one of which was killed in a pond by them, and the other so badly injured as to die shortly afterwards. The dogs were a St. Bernard and a fox terrier, and were said to have got completely beyond the servant's control. The deer were valued at E3, and the fine was P.4 10s. —Lord Penrhyn's action against the Licensed Victuallers' Newspaper Company for libel in allega- tions of in-and-out running by Noble Chieftain and other horses belonging to him came to an end in the Queen's Bench Division on Saturday. Defendants withdrew all imputations, not only upon the plaintiff, but upon the manager of his stable, the trainer, and the jockey who rode for him; and also coruaented to a verdict for the plaintiff, with costs and B100 damages, which Sir Charles Russell said would be divided equally between the Rous Memorial Hospital and the' Bentinck Benevolent Fund. —A singular Excise piosecution came before the Nottingham magistrates on Monday, a shopkeeper named Thompson being charged with dealing in plate without a licence under the following circumstances:— He is a walking-stick and umbrella maker, and a number of these article; silver-mounted, were exposed in his window. An Excise officer purchased a stick for a guinea, and its silver cap was found to weigh 11 dwtp. whereas the Act prescribed that no person should Bell more than 5 dwts. of silver without a licence. This being the first prosecution of the kind, the Bench imposed a mitigated penalty of 20s, —In support of a charge against a sailor at the Abingdon County Sessions on Saturday of striking at a mariied woman named Starkey with a knife and attempting to murder her in a railway carriage at Radley, it was said prisoner got into the carriage at Reading when drunk, and that soon after the train started he claimed Mrs Starkey's child, produced a knife, threatened to murder, and created a scene. A passenger pulled the cord for twenty minuteir. The guard said he did not stop the train, ai he thought someone was merely rlaying with the cord. Having regard to a representation made to them, the magis- trates decided to impose a fine of only E5, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment. —A wedding of an extraordinary character took place at the registrar's office at South ShieidB on Satuiday, the bridal pair being a lady, who is only 32in. in height, and Professor Hedley. solo euphonium player, who is 6ft. 1 in. in height. The gentleman who gave the ladv away was Monsieur Hubert, a man without arms, who signed the marriage certificate as a witness with a pen between his teeth, and the bridesmaids were Nini, an American Riart-pos, who is 44 stone in weight, and Satanella, the Fire Queen." The best man was Captain Dallas, who is 7ft. lOin. in height and General Metilene, who is 29;in. in height. formed one of the party, all of whom are connected with a menagerie and circus which is travelling the country. —A glove fight took place at the Ormonde Club, Walworth, on Monday evening. The competitors were Nunc" Wallace, of Birmingham, and George Camp, of Bermondsey, the stakes £200 aside, and the weight at which the men were t:) meet Sst 21b. Fifteen months ago the men met at the same place, when Wallace won after fourteen rounds, and although Camp straggled gallantly, he was again defeated, this time by eighteen rounds. Only forty persons were permitted to be present. Later in the evening W. Reader and W. Baxter met at the National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, to compete for a purse of 2150, when, after sixteen rounds, in the course of which both men were greatly punished, Reader was de- clared the winner.

WELSH AND BORDER NOTES. ——— -The Wirral and Seacombe. Hoylake ani D reside Railway Bill was read a aesond time in the House of Commons on Monday. —High Leigh Church, Cheshire, which was renovated only last year, has been destroyed by fire. The caute of the outbreak is not known. -At Festiniog, on Saturday, it was reported that the Wrysgan Quarry had been closed. The closing of the works will affect about 70 workmen. —For stealing a wreath and glass shade from St. Mary's churchyard, a Liverpool man named Malcolm was at Bootle on Monday fined 53 and costs. —After a contest Mr Owen was elected chairman on Saturday of Carr arvon Board of Guardians. It was implied that in future there should be no re-election to the chairmanship. —Trearddur Bay Hotel Company, Limited, has been registered with a capital of 0,000, in 210 shares, to acquire land at Trearddur Bay, Holyhead, and to ertcttherpon t. hotel. -Mr Ernest Yarrow Jones, son of Mr Edward Jones, J. P., of Groudd, Cerrig-y-Druidion, has been elected at Oxford to an open mathematical scholarship of 280 per annum for four years. -At a meeting of the North Wales Quarrymen's Union Council held at Carnarvon, on Saturday, it was decided that the annual conference should be held at Festiniog on the 15th and 16th May. —The Ynyslas estate, which has been acquired by a Lancashire company, comprises 1100 acres, 260 of which have been laid out for building purposes. A consider ahle "fit tion adjoinø Cardigan Bay and the e>tuary of the Dovey, noted for its trout and salmon fishing, -On the lot April a pint if rum purchased from a Tarporley puhlican named William Barnes, who had' held his licence ftir 41 yeais, was found to be adulterated with 44 per cent. of water. On Monday the publican was fined by the Eddisbury magistrates 20a and coat*. —John Williams, blacksmith, Talybont, was trespassing on the line of railway between Aber and Bangor on Saturday night, and was knocked down by a goods train. He was removed to Bangor Infirmary, where amputation of the arm was necessary. -On visiting a builder's yard in Carnarvon, on Mon- day, Mr Jones, surveyor, was brutally assaulted by a carpenter named Edwards, who knocked him down, with the result that his arm was dislocated. Edwards waa later on brought before the magistrates, and sentenced t) seven days' imprisonment with hard labor. -An unpleasant incident which happened last week between two Holyhead magistrates, viz.. Mr Hugh Edwards, and Mr H. H. Williams, M.A., both depuly-lieutenanta a-id ex-sheriffs of Anglesey, is to form the subject of a civil action, as Mr Edwards has decided to bring a claim for damages against Mr Williams. —The Trefonen Colliery works have been stopped. The reason for this is stated to be that a sufficient sale for the coal could not be found. It is also stated that there is abundance of coal, and that the deeper the miners went it was found that the coal got better. The excessive cost of carting to Oswestry and other places has affected the sale of the coal. -On Sunday afternoon a sail boat with 14 people on board, including children, started from New Brighton, and had just entered the basin of the Canada Dock when it was upset and all the occnpants were immersed in the water. Some were able to save themselves by swimming, but by the aid of the crew of a fl.At and other meaue, every soul was saved." —The Mayor of Bootle has just opened a new institution which is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. It is a firewood factory, where temporary employment may be had by discharged prisoners. The building has been erected at the instance of the Church of England Temperance Society, whose officers do valuable work among the criminal classes. —Under the terms of the will of the late Mr Hugh Evans, shipowner and merchant, Liverpool, the residence which he occupied in Ullet-road and iii contents have been left to Mrs Evans his estate in Shropshire (valued at about 270 000) to Mrs Evans and his daughter and the personalty, which is about 240,000, also to Mrs Evans and daughtar. There are also several legacies to nephews, nieces, and servants. -Blasting on an extensive scale took place at the Little Ormeshead, Llandudno, on Saturday. Three tons of powder were used. The rock, 100ft. high, was tons oi pow d er were used. seen to totter. Unfortunat?ly it did not tumble down, but shattered the whole face to the extent of 30,000 to 40,000 tons. The Little Ouneshead Company have secured about 55 acres of rocky land in the district for the purpose of obtaining lime, which is stated to con- I tain a large proportion of silica. < —Some excitement was caused at Crewe late on Saturday niglit by the fire alarm from the North- Western Railway Company's works. It was thought that fire had broken out in the works, but it was found to be in an old carriage shed in Britannic Grounds, near Crewe Station. Besides burning the shed, the fire caught a sleeper fence, which waa also destroyed. The shed was occupied by some foot- ballers during the afternoon. —The death is announced, at an advanced age, of the Rev J. Williams, rector of Llaneurgrad-cwm-Llangallo. Anglesey, parishes well known in connection with the wreck of the Royal Charter. The deceased was ordained in 1865. and preferred to the living; which is in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff, in 1883. He was well known in Welsh literary circles as Glanmor, and was he author of several historical works bearing npon the Principality. including "The Records of Denbigh. —In connection with the boring operations of the Sealand Exploring Company, Limited in sinking borehole No. 1, the Hollin," coal it is said was reached at a depth of 189 feet, proving 1 foot 3 inches thick, and the Brassey" coal at a depth of 232 feet, proving 3 feet 10 inches thick. They further reached the "main" coal at a depth of 369 feet, which proved 9 feet thick, with 2 feet of very hard shale below it. Messra Vivian are now continuing this boring to prove the cannel. -At an examination just held at Jesus College, Oxford, Mr A. H. Church, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, gained a scholarship in biology with chemistry as a secondary subject, of the annual value of JE80, tenable for four years Mr E. S. Divies gained a scholarship in classics, of the annual value of £80, tenable for four yeais Mr J. Fair- grieve an exhibition, in mathematics, of the annual value of JE50 Mr A. Pope and Mr G. K. Hibbert, former students, received increases of 230 and £20 respectively to their exhibitions. —Speaking at a meeting of working men in Liverpool on Saturday evening, convened for the purpose of on Saturda Y board of conciliation between employers and employed in the shipping and produce trades, Lord Brassey, who presided, said it was thought that the present was an especially favorable time for setting up such a board. All the experience of such courts in other trades had been favorable, and they were preferable to the method of arbitration. Reso- lutions were aftewards passed forming the board, and a provisional committee was appointed. —A vast fire, extending over fully a hundred acres, has been raging all day on the Fens Moss, over which runs the Cambrian railway. Large numbers of men were engaged in beating the flames down, and late in the evening succeeded in staying the ravages of the fire. The flames were within a few yarde of Mr Braasey's and Mr Bickerton's farms, and had the strong wind been from the south the contents of both stackyards would have been destroyed. Much damage has been done, but fortunately none of the large turf stacks took fire. The last big moss fire was two years ago. —The Committee appointed by the Welsh National Council to arrange the Welsh DiseJltablillhment cam. paign met on Monday at Shrewsbury, and resolved to immediately raise at least ten thousand pounds to pro- mite the object of the movement. The Rev. Aaron Daviep, Gellygaer, was appointed chairman of Com- mittee Mr John Griffiths, Porth, vice; and Mr Jones, Llanfyllin, treasurer. The appointment of the secretary was deferred, but Mr Owen Owen. Oswestry, secretary of the Welsh Nonconformist Union, was eleitid intelligence secretary. -At a meeting of the Miners Association for the Rhondda, Ogmore, and Mountain Ash Valleys, on Monday, representing 32,000 miners, a resolution was passed in favor of the appointment to the present vacancies of inspectors of mines conversant with the Welsh language and familiar with the geology of the district in which their duties would have to be per- formed and, furthermore, urging upon the Home Secretary to secure the utilisation of a portion of the two millions surplus in the hands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the purpose of appointing an adequate staff of working-men inspectors for the various mining districts in the kingdom. Mr W. Abraham, M.P., was present at the meeting. —A terrible fatality occurred at the Mostyn Iron Works, owned by the Mostyn and Darwen Iron Com- pany. As a locomotive engine was going over a treatle bridge across the dock it left the metals. and falling over on its side crashed through the woodwork of the bridge, and fell over into the dock, carrying with it John Jones, the driver. Another man and a boy, who were on the engine, saved themselves by jumping off. Jones' body was recovered the next morning from beneath the engine, which lay in the water upside down. On Saturday a breakdown gang of London and North-Western Railway men went from Chester with apparatus and a crane, and got the engine out of the water. Jones waa a married man, with four children. —About mid-day on Monday a fire broke out at Mr Davies's, Rhos Farm, Llandrinio, which caused so much alarm that the Oswestry Fire Brigade were telegraphed for. In the meantime farm aervants and other willing helpers energetically set about ex- tinguishing the names, which were spreading in a front bedroom, and this with some little trouble they successfully accomplished. A second message was dispatched, and the firemen, who were then "under weigh," were intercepted before they had got out of the town. The fire was discovered by Mrs Daties, and it is supposed it originated through some rafters in the kitchen ceiling near to the chimney getting heated. Tiiis resulted in a chest of drawers in the upper room being consumed, as well as a great many c'othes which had been placed in it. The damage was not extensive. —The Vicar of Verwig, in Cardiganshire, having found it necessary to distrain on the effects of some farmers in his parish, an auctioneer and a bailiff were engaged on Tuesday in selling on several farm", including one belonging to the Rev. John Richards. Baptist minister, and this led to exciting scenes. The auctioneer was accompanied by the chief constable of the county, but on his reaching the entrance to Hellas Fawr Farm he was met by a large crowd blowing horns, yelling, and singing anti-tithe songs. Prominence was Riven to an effigy of the vicar, dressed in a surplice and labelled with the text, For thy people are as they that strive with the priest." Rotten eggs were thrown at the auctioneer, who, nevertheless, succeeded in effecting a sale of one cow. The crowd, now having assumed huge proportions, marched in processional order to Hafod, the next farm visited, and here the auctioneer was literally covered with rotten eggs. He bore the attack with. out a marmnr and effected the object of hie visit.

UTEBABY NOTICES & REVIEWS. FIRST NOTICE. YOURG ENGLAND.—This paper is full of interesting reading for the young people and the family circle. The matter is well-suited for the readers. THE NXWBKRY HOUSE MAGAZISE.-One of the most important and useful of the articles in this ex- cellent magazine is "The Life of the Rev. J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc." It is full of interesting informa- tion of the talented musician. The rest of the con- tents are about the average. THE LUDGATE MONTHLY, an illustrated magazine, published at Ludgate Square, London. B.C., at the low price of 3d is splendid value. The contributions include Rudyard Kipling, Florence Marryat, and James Greenwood, and there is a songby Frederic E. Weatherby. The illustrations are numerous and pleasing. GOOD WOBDS.-This number is particularly good, and opens with one of Mr Linley Sambourne's cha- racteristic drawing@. The subject is Spring," and it is a nice change to be saved the inevitable spring poem. To English readers Mr Walker's article upon Oskar Oletsch," who drew German child life with great humor, will be fresh. The article upon "A High- land Market," is amusing, and the drawings are good. Dr. Dale's article "On telling the truth" is full of the learned writer's force. GBBAT THOUGHTS.—It is like painting the Jily to recommend this publication. This month's number contains interviews with the Rev. C. A. Berry and Mr Walter Besant. One of the most interesting articles is the life of Edwin Waugh. and two excellent samples of his Muse are given. Perhaps his most famous was the poem in Lancashire dialect Come whoam to thi childer an' me," which the Saturday Review described to be one of the most delicious idylls in the world." It islso full of colouring, yet delicate; so tender and so profoundly free from artifice. m popular magazine THE LADIES' TRIZASUIRY. -This ropular magazine has a record of fashions as well as a budget of general matter, in which those of the sterner sex may seek and find enjoyment. The frontispiece is a portrait of the Sultan of Johore, and an account is given of this be-jeweUed gentleman, who is a Mohamtncdin, and all we are told believes that women have no souls! is In the face of this sentence it is a little curious to find the pleasing face of this benighted man, in the place of honor in a Ladies' magazine. Perhaps he is put here as those of old were put in the stocks—by way of punishment. We commend the magazine, which is useful, entertaining, and instructive. SUNDAY MAGAZINE. We wish that all football players and other people who enjoy sports which have an element of roughness iu them, would read the Hon. and Rev. E. Lyttleton's article entitled "Christian manliness in games." The writer deplores the presence of betting and gambling, which he saye are the parents of brutality. He adds The mis- chief begins as soon as anyone, amateur or professional, begins to make a business of a game instead of a recreation. The ideal is then lowered." He pleads that what is intended to be a recreation should not be made a business. The Rev. A. R. Buckland, M.A., gives a capital account of the Foundling Hospital in the article entitled Captain Coram's Family." We also would draw attpntion to Mr Rowbotham's read- able article npon Madame Schumann." "LITTLE FOLKS" MAGAZISE—The number for May includes" Young Folks' Ways in Olden Days," by Mr Henry Frith Stories and Legends of Ger- man Castles How Four JBusy B's Spent Six Wet Af t;-rnoonei 93 "Travels in Curiosity Land;" an in- stalment of Miss Maggie Symington's series, entitled My Jewel Casket and some of it* Wonderful Con- '?-ntii and a humorous ballad, cailed The Magic Slate," illustrated by George Brown. There are numerous other stories, poem*, large and small illus- trations, &c. and the tiates of younger readers are specially provided for. A tinted froutif-piece is given, prizes are offered to Children of varying ages for a story to be written to a picture. The continuation of Mr Edward S. Ellis's story of adventure, Captured by Indians," and of Miss E. Everett Green's serial, called "A pair of Pickles," appaar in the Part. (Price 61.) SUNDAY AT HOME.—One of the most notable features this month is the first of which is intended to be a series of articles which is to give some idea of the present condition of religious life and thought on the Continent. The French Protestants are described with much candour. There appears to be an entire absence of method or community of polity amongst them, but the former indifference is passing away. and a new movement from which many things are expected is to be observed. Interesting portraits are given of M. M. Adolphe Monod, Th. Monod, E. de Pressense, and Eugene Bersier. the famous preachers. Views are also given of the Oratoire, the Protestant Temple in Rue Saint Honore in Paris. The life of the new Archbishop of York is appreciatively written and is adorned with a good portrait. There is a tuneful duet by C. A. Macirone. the words being Herbert's lines on "Sunday." The life of Philip Henry Gosse, the naturalist, which has been written by his distinguished son, Mr Edmund Gosse, is summarised into a readable and profitable article. The present month's number is good. CASSELL'S MAGAZINE.—This magszine contains a complete ?tory by Miss Beatrice Whitby. author of "The awakening of Mary Fenwitk," under the title On the Lake of Lucerne;" a story of mesmerism. entitled Tracked," and continuations of two serial stories are also given in the same part. The Teach- ing of Cookery in Board Schools" is the subject of a specially illustrated article, and for those who have already learned something of cookery a paper of hints ia provided under the title of Some Pleasant Varieties in Food." "Needlework for the Children's Room" is another subject appealing to housewives; while their "lords and masters" may perhaps be more interested in a paper on How Wills are Proved," and another on Some Strange Family Histories." The profession of Electrical Engineering suggests a new answer to the problem What to do with our Boys ?"; the Garden is not forgotten and the num. ber also contains a paper on the Fashions for the month, and concludes with the illustrated notes on novelties. scientific, mechanical, and literary, in the" Gatherer." Price 7d. THB QUIVEB.-The May Number opens with the introductory chapters of a new serial story entitled For Erica's Sake," illustrated by Mr Percy Tarrant. On Stronger Wings," the story commenced only two months ago, is continued, and the number con- tains also three complete stories, including one of some length by Evelyn Everett Green. Canon Teignmouth Shore contributes a paper on a Hospital for the Blind at Jerusalem, and Professor Garden Blaikie another on Adam Sedgwick." which is illustrated. Dr. Hugh Macmillan, Canon Pennington, the Rev. George Everard, and others, are responsible for papers for Sunday reading, Teachers will find a series of notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, and their scholars a chapter specially addressed to them under the title of Sundays with the Young." A new hymn tune is from the pen of the Organist of York Minster and the sick and aged are remembered, for a paper which will appeal to them will be found in the number, together with another for girla just verging on womanhood, and the number concludes with the illustrated "Short Arrows" and a series of test questions in THE QUIVER Bible Clasi. THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER.-It argues much ftith on the part of the writer, which is rare in our cold climate, to tell the readers what to put in an empty grate. But as faith can remove mountains, so we hope the faith of this writer will be realised soon. The following quaint song, entitled Thou sing'st to her," by John Danyel, dated 1606, is worth re producing— Thou pretty bird tiow do I see Thy silly state and mine agree For thou a prisoner att; So is my heart. Thou sing'st to her and so I do address My music to her ear that's merciless But herein doth the difference lie That thou art grac'd, ro am not I: Thou singing h"f'st. and I mubt singing die. The article, which describes Sofa Gardening as an amusement for the invalids, is worthy reading. We invite the attention of our readers to the Invalid Children's Aid Association. 18, Buckingham-street, Strand, W.C. It is described in an article by Dr. Lawrence Liston, and has its object expressed in its name. The lame and injured children, to whom life is shorn of so many enjoyments, require no advocates. Our readers will perhaps write to the Society and get a prospectus and judge for themselves. As far as we, can judge, the Society deserves naught but praise. We have only room to name one other article, and that is bv a lady whose name commands attention. It is Miss Oliveria Prescott, and is an analysis of Mendelssohn's beautiful Lieder Ohne Worte in G. Op. 62 No. 4. Lovers of these beautiful compositions should read this production. MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE.—The story this month is by G. W. Hartley, and is entitled "Samela," It is an entirely new plot woven round a rare edition with marked skill. The tale is one of the most pleasing _8 we have read for some time. Mr tieo. baintsbury leaves his much loved French literature, and contri- butes a very lively paper upon "English War Songo. Dr. Birkbeck Hill exhorts all true Johnsonians to gather together in pious gratitude on Saturday, the 16th of May next, and honor the memory of James Boswell, for that will be the hundredth anniversary of the appearance of his immortal biography. It was already a red-letter day in the calendar of the faithful Bozzy," for it was on an 18th of May just twenty- eight years earlier, that he had first met his friend. The doctor had been dead six years before the Life was given to the world, and Boswell, who was but fifty-four when he died, lived only to see a second edition. In the British Museum there are now, Dr. Birkbeck Hill tella us, thirty editions, all printed in (ireat Britain-irrappective of Irish and American editions. Boswell has been rather hardly u-ted in some qnarters, above all by Macaulay, whose charge of violated privacy is absurd in the face of the evidence that Johnson actually saw and revised por- tions of his friend's notes of conversations. The biographer' claim to have provided for the instruct tion and entertainment of mankind is certainly well founded, and his "hope of being remembered after death has unquestionably been realised. The other articles are" Types for the blind," by L. W. Carter; Theodore de Banville," by Arthur Symons; "Schoolmasters in Council," by P. A. Wriiiht- Henderson, and Pete Warlow's End," by Geo. Flambro. THE ENGLKH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. This magazine opens with a spring poem by Lewis Morris, to whom the season is full of joyous possibilities Ham House, f?moua as the meeting p]ac of the Cabal" is described by Lady Sudeley. There is a chapel in Ham House, and ladies will be interest 3d in knowing that there have been only two marriages there, viz., the first Marchioness of Ailesbury and the writer of the article herself. The paper is very I interesting. The Recollections of Grasse and the Graa-ois." by Margaret Tyssen Amherst are timely and readable. Mr Henry Herman con- I tributes a story called The Marseillaise," which is exciting. The Hon. E. P. Thesiger. C.B.. contributes a paper upon "Church Patronage," and in it he tells an amusing anecdote illustrative of the difficulties of church presentations. When his late father, Lord Chelmsford, was Lord Chancellor, Mr The-iger was "Clerk of Presentations," and it was in this capacity that he received one day from a gentleman well known for the interest he takes in I public affairs a letter in the following terms You are (said the writer) aware that on the last three occasions the Lord Chancellor, in whose patronage my parish is vested, has listened to my recommenda- tion in appointing to the vicarage. The living is again vacant. May I now ask bis lordship to appoint on the present occasion without any reference to me? With every desire, as you will readily believe, to make a good appointment, I have completely failed on all these three occasion, and now can only hope the Lord Chancellor will do better for me than I have done for myself. In this instance, observeame Thesiger, "the parish was exceptionally fortunate in being rslieved on so many occasions from incumbents who bad failed to make themselves accentable. It might well have happened, if the value of the living had been greater, that so many opportunities of retrieving a mistaken appointment would not have been afforded." As a somewhat amusing corollary to this story, he adds that shortly afterwards this very gentleman purchased the advowson of the benefice, and thus became the actual patrun of the living for which he had been, on his own admission, so unsuccessful in recommending an incumbent. A story of unnsnal power and strange plot will begin in the May Cosmopolitan and run through three numbers :—The story "f a man, who three times in his life undertakes to paint Jesus. As a young painter full of health and life, full of joy, he puts on his canvap, a Greek ideal of strength and beauty just as the picture is on the point of completion, he learns to love a beautiful woman who returns his passion. After weeks at her feet he returns to his c-tudio one dav. and is filled with disappointment when he gazeB upon the face of the Christ. It is the face of a beautiful heathen god bearing no impress of that divine love which the painter now knows mnst belong there. His canvas is turned to the wall, and inspired by love he sets to work npon the image of a new Christ, who would be a God of Love. Again his picture is completed when the second great change comes over his life. She whom he adores turns from him to give her love to the Prussian officer whose Greek beauty had been the model for his first picture. Going back to work under the shadow of this deep sorrow, he looks upon the fa^e of Christ upon his easel, and sees that once more he has failed. There is the beautiful face irradiating lov. but there is not upon it the refining touch of sorrow that must have been in the face of Him who was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." There was this wanting. He must set to work akain. and paint not only t!ie beauty of the Divine Perfection, and the love that embraced all mankind, but the sorrow of the Man God who suffered for our sins. The author. Hjalmer RR • II. 1.. < njorth Boyesen, thlOkS ne nas given tne Dest worK oi his life in this singular story. The other itemg are of I high merit, and the programme is highly promUing.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. I Viscount Cross, questioned by the Marquis of Ripon as to the Manipur disaster, said he was in possession of only one despatch, which brought matters down to the end cf February. He did not think it would be right to lay this on the table till he had received more informatiOD as to the whole circumstances. Severel bills were advanced a stage. HOUSE OF COMMONS —FRIDAY. I The Irish Land Purchase B;ll was further con- sidered at the morning sitting. Clause 2 was carried, and amendments to Clause 3 disposed of. At the evening sitting, Mr Angus Sutherland called attention to the evil resulting in Scotland from the extension of deer forests, and moved a re- solution which, after discussion, was negatived by 120 votes to 73.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. I An important debate took place on the motion for the second reading of the Newfoundland Fisheries Bill. On behalf of the Government, both Lord Knutsford and Lord Salisbnry said it was deemed prudent to pass the Bill through that House. The second reading would not, however, be proposed in the Commons till after Whitsuntide, and if by then the Newfoundland Legislature passed an Act sufficient to meet the difficulty which has arisen, the present Bill would not be further pro- ceeded with. Other speakers included the Earl of Kimberley and Lord Herschell. Finally, the Bill was read a second time, and the next stage fixed for next Tuesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MONDAY. I Discussion on the Budget resolutions took place in Committee of Ways and Means. Sir W. Harcourt reviewed and condemned Mr Goschen's ifnancial policy, supporting his criticism by quoting official figures. Mr Goachen replied to the indict- ment with a contradiction, while Mr H. H. Fowler supported Sir W. Harcourt's contention with further figures bearing upon the national finances. Shortly before midnight the resolutions were agreed to.

HOUSE OF- LO-RDS -TUESDAY. I The Savings Bank Bill was read a second time, and the London (City) Trial of Civil Causes Bill I passed through Committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. I At the morning Bitting the remaining amend- ments to Clause 3 of the Irish Land Purchase Bill were disposed of. The question that the Clause stand part of the Bill was under discussion at the adjournment. Mr W. H. Smith gave notice of his intention to move that the Bill have precedence on every day on which it is put down on the paper.— At the evening sitting, Mr John Ellis moved That this House is of opinion that a large reduction in the number of houses licensed for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors is desirable, and that local authorities should be entrusted with further powers of con- trol over the issue of such licenses, and with re- spect to the days and hours during which the licensed housea should be open. Mr Fulton moved to insert, after the first word" that" the words provided adequate compensation be paid." In the course of the debate Mr J. Morley supported the motion. On a division the amend- ment was carried by 190 votes to 129. a majority of 61. The motion as amended was next carried by 182 votes against 111, a majority of 71.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. I At the commencement of the sitting only a few members were present, and there was considerable difficulty in getting a quorum. The Ship Canal Bill was read a first time. Mr J. Rowlands moved the second reading of the Leaseholds Enfranchise- ment Bill. The leasehold system, he held, was de- trimental to the community and tended to poor building. The enfranchisement of leaseholds would, in his opinion, benefit the working classes, for if a working man could find means to purchase land en which to erect a dwelling he would be en- couraged to thrift if he could obtain the enfran- chisement of the land. The proposals in the Bill embiaced the system of perpetual rent-charge and that of buying out, and the machinery adopted was the County Court. Mr W. A. M'Artbur seconded the motion Mr Haldane. believing that the Bill would make the manipulation of land an idle dream for years, and that the land question must be dealt with in a wider spirit, moved an amend- ment that it was inexpedient to pass a Bill that professed to enfranchise leashold holdings without providing powers for the regulation of such hold- ings in the interest of the community. The amend- mendment was seconded by Mr Munro-Fergueon, and the debate continued by other members. Mr Matthews said an attempt was being made to remedy certain hardships by an act of universal in- justice, and he hoped the motion would be defeated. On a division Mr Haldane's amendment was re- jected by a large majority. The House then divided on the motion for the second reading, when there were 168 votes for and 181 against it. The Bill was thrown out, and the House adjourned at, six o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—^THURSDAY. The Merchandise Marks Bill was read a third time and passed. BOUSE OF COMMONS.—THORSDAY. • .• .T «FT 1.1 Questions were asked respecting tne weisn census, the Free Education Bill, the Evelyn- Hurlbert case, and other matters. Mr W. H. Smith's motion of urgency for the Land Purchase Bill gave rise to a long discussion, in which Mr Gladstone, Sir W. Harcourt, Mr Labouchere. and others took part. Some points in the Government programme for the remainder of the Session were elicited, and eventually Mr Smith's motion was agreed to after a slight amendment by Sir Henry James in reference to Wednesdays. The result is that May 13 will not be set aside for the discussion of the Women's Suffrage Bill. The Land Purchase Bill was further considered in committee.

DISCOVERY OF HEADS OF BRITISH OFFICERS. The three columns which were advancing on Manipur reached that place on Sunday. The city was deserted. Scarcely a human being was to be seen. The Palace was a wreck. It had been sacked. Within the enclosures were found the heads of the British oiffcers and officials who had been massacred. The Maharajah bad fled north-eastwards. A telegram from Rangoon states that the Tammu Column, under General Graham, attacked and defeated a force of 1,000 Manipuris, who occupied a strongly fortified position five miles from Palel. Some severe hand-to-hand fighting took place, and the enemy lost 190 killed. The British loss was two killed, besides a number of wounded, which included several officers.

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I CORRESPONDENCE. 1 IS IT A CO-INCIDENCE! SIR.-In reading in Tht Sunday at 11011 for this month, I carne across an article upon Dr. Magee, the Archbishop of York, and in it was the following statement :—In 1868, the Establishment of tbeChurch of England in Ireland was threatened, and in that year the General Election took place, wnich sealed its doom. That year thQ. Church Congress met in Dublin, and Dr. Magee preached the sermon, which made him Bishop of Peter- borough. In 1891 the Church Establishment in Wales is threatened, and this year the Church Congress meets in Rhyl. Is there any of the prophets left who can tell us what this may mean ? I am, &c., CASSOCK. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE. I SIR,—Mr Thomas does not appear even yet to see that my comments had reference to the report of the Deanery meeting, and to the report only, that being the sole means the public had of know- ing what took ulace. If the report is incorrect, or p misrepresents any speaker, perhaps Mr Thomas will kindly give the necessary correction, but I must decline at once to follow him into a discussion of anything which is not before us. How, by the way, one can be said to "glance off at a tangent to discuss that which is the subject of discussion. I do not quite see. May 1 remind 31 r J. nomas, when he speaks of explaining, that he has as yet offered no explanation whatever of the report he says indeed that it is incomplete, but he does not supply its deficiencies, or allege that it is incorrect. However incomplete, if it be not incorrect then I contend my case is proved, and my first letter amply justified. 1 thank Mr Thomas for his answer to the ques- tion I ventured to address to him. So far he and I are quite in accord, but may I remind him that nothing bearing any reaeinblance to his answer appears in the report. He himself is reported to have said that perhaps the strongest reason for its (the Sunday's) observance was, that it was in- cluded in the Decalogue," and the speakers all followed suit. Now Mr Thomas, rightly I believe, confines himself to the New Testament and the authority of the Church, and by inference throws overboard Exodus and the fourth Commandment altogether. But what becomes of his astonishment at what he is good enough to call the erratic statement contained in my first letter about Good Friday ? A not unknown author, good old Robert Nelson, gives very much the same answer as to the faats and festivals of the Church as Mr Thomas does for the observance of the Sunday, though why the latter should have gone out of his way to have a fling at authority is a mystery, Such being Mr Thomas' matured view about the observance of Sunday, one is left in a not unp!easing state of wonder as to which obscure corner of the Savings' Bank can have been his hiding place during the ultra Sabbatarian discussion.-I am, &c., A CHURCHMAN. THE CANTATA AT RHOS. I SIR,-I read with astonishment the scanty report of the performance of the cantata entitled the Fairy Tribe at the Rhos Public Hall on April 20th, and as a hearer of the performance I must ask you to be good enough to insert my criticism of the performance, for it would be gross injustice to let it pass away without some criticism being made on such a good performance. I really did look forward to a report or criticism by your correspondent that would to some degree encourage those who per- formed on this occasion a work of simple character, to take hold of a greater work the nsxt time they appear before the public. I think I am quite right when I say that no work in the form of a cantata or oratorio was ever performed at the Public Hall before, and were it not for this fact alone I deem it but justice to those who produced the cantata to say that they ought to be highly congratulated for having performed it with so much satisfaction. I cannot apeak too highly of the chorus, which was sung admirably. The chorus, The night, The night," was very striking, and the double piano parte were full of pathos. The character of the chorus is very sympathetic, and was well sung by the choir. Those who took part in the cantata were :—soprano, Miss Davies, Portmadoc (late of Rhos), tenor, Mr Sam Parry, baritone, Mr Tom Lloyd. The singing of Miss Davies was most pleasing, and although her part in the cantata hardly gave her a chance to show to the audience the extent of her vocal ability, yet when she sang in the miscellaneous pare that most pleasing of songs, The Children's Home by F. H. Cowen, we came to the conclusion that Miss Davies is un- doubtedly a coming singer. We have heard Miss Davies before, and it is to be hoped that we shall hear her again soon. The names of Messrs Parry and Lloyd are house- hold names with the Rhoa people, and whenever they sing they always give great satisfaction they sustained their parts in the cantata to perfection, j Mr Parry was suffering from a cold, and although an apology was made on his behalf by the Rev. T. Haghes it was hardly necessary, as Mr Parry did full justice to his solos the same can be said of Mr Tom Lloyd. After the conclusion of the cantata we had a miscellaneous part, Miss Davies singing The Children's Home, Messrs Parry and Lloyd "The Martial Spirit," and the audience demanded an encore, to which Messrs Parry and Lloyd readily answered by liineing the old Welsh favorite "Betty Wyn fy nghariad" ("Betty Wynne my sweet. heart,") and were it not for the lateness uf the hour another encore would have been given. The Ilall was filled to overflowing, which proves that a deviation from the concert by performing a cantata is highly appreciated. The choir was under the command of Mr John Lloyd, and not Mr Tom Lloyd as reported by your correspondent. I ought to say before concluding that previous to the performance we had a very interesting description of the "Fairy Tribe by the Rev. T. Hughes, who occupied the chair. Mr Dan C. Owen officiated at the piano with hie usual tact and cleverness.-I am, &c., CYMRO. NORTH WALES MINERS' AGENCY QUESTION. I Sj[r. Collier could not make out why the Executive Committee could not postpone the I question of appointing an agent for North Wales miners for another month, so as to give the miners through the districts an opportunity to hear the candidates with the object of deciding on the best man. I may say that I agree that this should have been done, as it would have given better satis- faction to all concerned in the matter, but in defending the Executive Committee I beg to say that it would not be just on their part to postpone the question for another month, as there was a resolution passed at the last miners monthly meeting to print tickets containing the names of the four candidates, aud the district secretary was authorised to send as many as they would require to each colliery through the district, the delegates of each colliery to bring the result of the voting to the next monthly meeting, the same to be final. It is not difficult to comprehend what motive induced the Executive Committee, when it is very plain to all that they had no power to do as suggested. "Collier" goes on to say that there was only the majority of one vote against postponing the question for another month, and that was- the casting vote of the Chairman. I am very pleased to say that in my opinion he acted wisely, for if the Executive Committee have the power to undo what was passed at a general district meeting, which was held previously to the time that the Executive met, then I would Bay give them all the power. Again I noticed a letter Mgaed "A Working Man."  essential Man." The writer states that it ia not essent!at for a man to be a practical collier to ne a miners agent. He says he is of opinion it is not down the pit the agent is required to advocate the cause and grievances of the miners, but at a meeting of delegates, and it is requisite he should be a fluent speaker in Welsh and English. Now I don't think that any of the candidates will be short of the above qualifications. But there is this question that I should wish to ask, where have all the past grievances which have caused strikes for many weeks originated! Was it at the meeting of delegates in Wrexham or was it down in mines of the different collieries in North Wales. I beg to say in the latter. Had there been a praotical man agent, who could accompany the a" .L_L managers down me mmea, KDOWIUK, t?uu?.. experience, what is right between employer and ?= possibly the strikes would not have happened. In many cases workmen have been known to ask an unreasonable price for doing certain work, while, on the other hand, the managers have been known to offer a price whereby the workmen could not make anything like a fair day's wage. Now, when we can get a man who can advocate the miners' cause down in the mines before the men bring out their tools, and also can form local lodges through North Wales, and watch the selling prices of coal in the markets, and address public meetings, then I think we shall have a man worthy of the name of agent. Workingman" goes on to say that the astronomer has no occasion to go to reside among the planets to study astronomy. Possibly not. I may say that if it were possible for him to reside in the planets he would know much more about them, and with far better certainty. And on the same principle I beg to say on behalf of the miners' agent when he can go down to the mines where there may be grievances he at once gets at the root of the evil, otherwise I am afraid that he will be misled in many cases, aud tit will only add to his difficulty to bring about a settlement in cases of grievances. With this simple advice I beg to conclude my letter, wishing the Federation and the agent, whoever he may be, every success.—I am, &c., I WILLIAM ANDREW (Delegate Gatewen Colliery) Pentrebroughton.

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1 TRADE INTELLIGENCE. I COAL AND IRON. BABBOW, Monday.—The business doing in hematice pig iron does not show much improvement, although the market is firmer on the week. Hemai te warrants are changing hands at 48s 61 net cub, but makers are still quoting 50s net f.o.b. for Beaaemer in mixed num- bers. Stocks are again lower, and the ontpat Is steady on the make of forty furnacee, thirty-six being out of blast. There is a better look-out for orders foe Bessemer iron, as steelmakers are better off for ordesa than they have been, especially in the rail department heavy sections being at 24 Ha per ton. Goud orders from the Cape Government are noted, and Weat Cum- bellnd makers have booked largety for Aaaeriea. Shipbuilders and engineers are busy, but have a quieter outlook. Iron ore easier at 10A. Shipping quiet. MJDDLBSBROOGH, Tuesday.-Very dull market buyers holding off, as they do not believe in the ad- vance in Scotch warrants, and see nothing in legitimate trade to warrant any advance. Some mer- chants quota 393 for prompt f.o.b. deliveries No. 3 Cleveland others would readily tike 388 9J, and there are makers who would sell at 39.i, while gray forge is obtainable at 37a 91. It is satiasactory to see good shipments, and it is estimated that the stocks for April will show a reduction of 5000 to 7000 tons. Middlesbrough warrants 391 2d cash, but no butanes* reported. Finished-iron works badly employed, but manufacturers cannot see their way to further reduce prices. Ship plates, 25 12s 61; angles, £ 5 10*; com- mon bars, 25 12a 6d. Blart-furnace coke delivered here quoted 13i 3 1 to 13s 6d net. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wedneeday.-On 'Change this af ter toon a decidedly improved tone was reported ia the crude iron market, Considerable orders both for Derbyshire and Staffordshire pigs hava been secured, consumers in some cases placing for six months ahead. One Derbyshire firm has, therefore, withdrawn quota- tions for the present. NorthamptmB are quoted about 453, and Derbyshires 45a to 46a 6.1. but business is fairly good; Middlesbrough brands are firm at from 43s 6d to 44s. Fuel remains dear; South Yot kahire cokes are quoted 18s to 198 6J, delivered in Staffordshire.

AGRICULTURE. DAIRY FARMERS ASSOCIATION.—The annual meet- ing of the Dairy Farmers' Association wis held at Whitchurch on Friday, when a favorable up" t was presented. The Whitchurch fairs had been success- ful, the show was exceedingly satisfactory, ani tie balance in hand was E125. AGRICULTURAL SBED TRADE, LONDON, Wednesday. -Messrs John Shaw and Sons, seed merchants, of Great Maze Pond London S.E. write that a steady stream of consumptive orders is coming to hand, these are executed on the moderate terms now accepted. Perennial and Italian Rye-gt asses kept steady. For tares there is more iuquiry; E-.giish Vetches in particular being wanted, Sanfoit Lucerne, and Timothy, continue remarkably cheap. Oi blue boiling peati available stocks have never been no slow all at present. In haricot beans the tendency is up- wardp. For muatard and rapeseed tllere in MI increasing sale. Canary, hemp, and millet seeds ate firm. THE AGRICULTUBAL OUTLOOK IN CHMAHIR&- Owing to the prevalence of frost, and cold e-t-,t wiudo, grass and other crops are very much checked in the growth and those engaged in agricultural pursuits are becoming somewhat concerned at the osLlook, and the future prospect of their work. The season will be a very late one without doubt this spring fot turning out stock, the fields being now very bar. It has been on the whole vsry favorable for sowing, working the land, potato planting, and cultivating for turnips and other crops but the season is far too dry and colli for the growth and well doing of all crops jllt now.

FARMING AND THE CORN TRADE. The Ma, k Lane Express of Monday says: — The promise of the growing wheat is not so en- couraging 6S it was just after the winter, ann a ¡!IIi) dry May would t ut the prospects of a nood yield into the background. The English wheat average has not stood so high as 39a since the end of 1884, at:d the quotations published on the 20th have attracted general notice. Farmers, unfortunately, are not abla to rejoica quite so freely as their friends might wish. The English local markets have been firm all through the week. The spring corn trade has advanced prices for almort all sorts of feeding stufl. Ma z; made 331 in London during the week for American new corn, and at the smaller markets little maiza is now obtairable under 30s per quarter. Barley is 1-" to is 6J dearer on the week for grinding sort-, but with 179,000 quarters on passage, against 211,000 la.t year, there is no room for a price rise commensurate with that on ma'?: O-its are held at la more rmnfy. but stocks are considerable, and the improvement meets with resistance. Beans and peas also Is dearer.

CORN AVERAGES. The following is an official statement showing the qll..n tities scld and the average pries of British coin, impeiiat meisuie, as received from the inspectors and office's cf Excise, conformably to the Act of the 45th and 46th Vi.. can. 37. in the week ended April 25, 1891 Quantities Sold. Average Price. Qrs. Bus. s. d. Wheat FS.569 1 40 1 Barley 20,121 3 27 11 Oats 9,726 3 21) 3 Comparative statement for the corresponding week in each year from 18^7 to 1890 Wheat. Average Barley Aver ga Oats. Average. Qr, B. s. d. Qts. B. K. d. Qr-. B. 3. Ù. 1SST .53 15:{ 0 32 8 10,5(51 7 24 2 3.9-1 IJ 16 1888 47>il9 G 30 9 5:.S97 4 31 3 3.67S G 15 ?, 18-,9 47,SSS j 29 7 10,585 0 24 5 4.433 0 17 S IF,90 SS,1196 I 30 4 10,851 3 29 2 9,439 4 IS C

I MABKE TS. I WItEXHA'.Nf. -THU RSDA r. a. d. si. 40. Red wheat (new), per 751bq tJ 3 to 3 h Oats (olù), per bushel of 45bs. 3 5 to 3 It Malting barley, per 70lbs. 4 0 to 4 1! Grinding per t!41bs 3 10 to t -1 Potatoes, per 90lbs 4 0 to 0 I.) Butter, per lb. of ltioz. I r) to 1 Beef, per lb. 7 to 9 Mutton, per lb 5 to Pork, 3. 7 to Veal 95 7 to ) Fowls, per couple 3 6 to 5 0 Ducks, is 4 0 to 5 0 Eggs It; to IS for a shilling. MOLD. WED -Vr!.SDAY. -Wheat (new) 14s to 14i 6<1; barley, seee. !)a tid to 10d oats (new), ôs 6d to 7s potatoes, Lf-i 6d to Ills per hamper fresh butter. Is 3d to Is 3 £ d per lb. egg:, 14 to IK for a shilling. RUTHIN. MONDAY.—A moderate market was held, visitors being numerous Fowls, 4s to 59 per couple. Butter, Is 2d pe- lb. Eggs, 18 for a shilling. DENBIGH. WEDNESDAY.—There was a large number of Tisitors present, and proved ready purchasers of dairy and farm produce at full quotations. Butter, Is 2d pri lb. Eggo, lô for a shilling. Fowls, 49 to 5s dd per couple. There was a large supply. CHESTER. • CORN, Saturday.—A thinly-attended market. No whea; offering. Millers are buyers at an advance of Id to 2a per bushel over last week's rates, the value of prime red to-cfoy being (J* 4d per 751b. All other grain very Arm, with limited supplier. Indian corn is about unchanged in va;ue on the week's aricep. Quotations :—Wheat, white. tfs 4d per 75lbs. red, 6s 3d to 6s 4d barley, m Iting, 4i :M to 4s üd per UOlbs. grinding, 3s b'd per 641ts. oats, is 2d to 3s 8d per 461btl. beans, 5s 3 < perSOtba. Egyptian, Jti-i per 4801bs. Indian CJrn, feed, 7s 3d to 7s Gd pe' lOOlbs. CREWE. CATTLE, Monday.—Large supply of fat and store stock good attendance of buyers. Prices 6d to 7d mutton, 8d to 8}J. Lamb, 25s to 30J. Veal, 8d to S14). Porket pigs, "i sid per scjre. Bicon pigs. 8s tkl. New milch and calving cow- and heifers, X14 to £ 22. Barrens. £10 to £ 12. Stirks, £6 to £ 9. Yearlings, C4 to 17. SHREWSBURY. CORN, Saturday.—This market was but thinly attended. Wheat old tlowly at last week's prices. Oats were 61 per ssck dearer. Other things were unchanged. Quotations -White wheat. tii 7d to of 91 per 751 s. red wheat, (5s 6d to 6s 8d malting barley, 4s 6d to 5s per Nib!. grinding barley, 4s 3d to 41 fid; oats, 16s OJ to IS; OJ per 225ibe. peas. 16s Cd to 17a Od beans, 17s to 18s per 2401bs. OSWESTRY. White wheat (per 751hB.)» 5a 8d to 5s IOA red wheat (n&w), 5s 4tl to 5s td oats (new), per measure, 15ov Od to 17a Od malting barley (per measure), 1St to 19& 6d potatoes. 4s Od to 4s 6d per measure butter, Is Od to Is 2d per lb. beef, 7cl to 9J mutton, 9d to l"d veal, 9d to I d; pork, 6d ta 8d fowl". 5. Od to 53 6d per couple ducks, 5s tid to Gi Od eggs, 16 to 18 for a shilling. ELLESMERE. TUESDAY.—White wheat, 58 lid to 6i 2d red, 218 per 7J bs. barley, 4s 911 to 5s oats,.1i to 4s 4d Indian com. 7s per cental; eggs, 16 to 17 for la butter, Is Id to Is 2it per 16oz. fowls, 3s Gd to 4s 6d per couple ducks, Li to 5s Cd per couple. WHITCHURCH. FRIDAY.—Wheat, 63 Od to 6s 4d per barley. 4s CJ to 51 per 701bs. oats, 3i 6d to 4s per 501b. eggs, It; to !H for a shillini butter, IsOJ to Is 2d per IGnz. fowls, 4s to 4s Gd per couple ducks, 4s 3d to 5s per couple; potatoes. 4s 9d to 5s Od per measure; beef, 5!d to Hid per lb. mutton, 7d to 9d veal, 8.1 to 9d lamb, In pork, 6d to 7d.

THE RIGHT OF LADIES TO SMOKE ON LICENSED PREMISES. Sitting at Bow-street, London, on Tuesday, Mr Vaughan expressed himself strongly against a rule which has been enforced at the Horse Shoe Hotel, prohibiting ladies from smoking in the coffee-room. On a waiter seeking to enforce the rale in respect to a lady who lighted a cigarette, a man who gave the name of William Tears, threw a water bottle at him and smashed an embossed panel. For this the magistrate imposed a fine of 18, and required the defendant to pay the coat of repairing the damage .1 Jot to the extent of to. onouia tne coat be less, the balance is to be refunded.

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