Wrexham Guardian

The loyal cadets went from London to Portsmouth m Wednesday, to join the Bacchante, in which they are ibout to take a cruise of at least six months. They were < iccompanied by the Prince of Wales, who went with = ,hem on board the Bacchante, and after inspecting that • vessel, with the arrangements of which he was well pleased, he took an affectionate farewell of his sons, s md wished a good voyage to Lord Charles Scott and < lis officers and crew. j

<Q[,yt Jargon; Q3:Xîdh. FRIDAY. Bankrupts.. E. Pugh, High-street, Bangor, saddler. E. Roberts, Acrefair, Ruabon, butcher. Dissolution, of Partnership. E. L. Wright and Co., Chester and Nantwich, >rovision dealers and annatto merchants. The Arm i/. 23d Foot.—Captain C. E. Paterson retires from the lervice, receiving a gratuity Captain 1. C. Maling re- iires from the service, receiving a gratuity. RUle Volunteers. 2d Denbighshire.—The Rev. S. Thomas to be Acting Chaplain. 5th Denbighshire.—Lieut. H. E. Aspinall resigns his commission. TUESDAY. Petitions for Liquidation by Arrangement. John Jones, High-street, Bala, Merionethshire, saddler and general dealer. David Rowlands, Bala, Merionethshire, tinman, jlazier, and dealer. Griffith Griffiths, Penybryn', Bethesda, Carnarvon- shire, grocer. John Magee, Wrexham, grocer.

MR. GLADSTONE.—Steps are being taken to put Mr. Gladstone forward as a candidate for the representation Leeds, there being a possibility that he may not be returned for Midlothian. The local Home Rulers ire going to make the honourable gentleman's accep- tance of the "Home Rule test" conditional on their support. ELGIN.—The Elgin and Nairn election took place on Wednesday, with the result that Sir George Macpherson Grant, the Liberal candidate, was returned by a majority of 258 over his Conservative opponent, Mr. Brodie of Brodie. The vacancy in the representation was caused by the elevation of Viscount Macduff to the peerage. His lordship sat in the Liberal interest.

The Queen has issued a commission to inquire into the lefences of our colonies, and the protection of their commerce. The Rev. Newman Hall resumed on Sunday morning bhe c oiuluct of the services at Christ Church, West- minister-road, and before commencing his sermon read i short statement with reference to the recent proceedings in the Divorce Court. CETYWAYO'S IVORY TUSK.—The tusk of ivory sent by Detvwayo into the British camp as a peace offering has irrived at the Colonial Office. The tusk is 7ft. in length xnd about half a yard in circumference at the girth. THE GRAND LODGE OF GOOD TEMPLARS OF WALES- —The annual session of this lodge was opened at Merthyr on Tuesday, Grand Worthy Chief Templar George A. Edwards presiding. About 90 lodges were represented. Some decrease in membership was re- ported, but the lodges were stated to be in good work- ing order. A LONG ARBITRATION.—The award in the European Assurance Society Arbitration has been issued. The number of claims established on account of policies, death claims, annuities, and general debts was 22,155, of the value of The calls and other receipts produced £1,035,87fi, of which £673,203 was absorbed in dividends, and the greater part of the remainder in law and other expenses and returns to contributories. WEST OF ENGLAND BANK PROSECUTION. — In the West of England Bank prosecution, the magistrates gave their decision on Friday. They committed the defendants, only upon the charges of issuing and publish- ing fraudulent balance sheets and reports in January, 1877, and January, 1878. On the charges, therefore, of publishing balance sheets, knowing them to be frau- dulent, the whole of the defendants were sent to the assizes. Bail was accepted, each prisoner in £1,000 and a surety of £1,000 each. FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY AND EDUCATION.— Mr. W. H. Smith, speaking on Saturday at the opening of a new voluntary School at Henley-on-Thames, com- mended voluntary efforts in the matter of education as opposed to compulsory ones. He said our aim in educa- ting the youth of the country ought rather to be directed to enable them to perform their natural duties in the vigour of life, than to raise them out of their own social groove. He deprecated the teaching of many subjects. considering such a system the enemy of thoroughness, which ought to be the end of all instruction. CONFESSION OF MURDER.—The man Jonathan Geyden, who stands charged on his own confession with the murder of Miss Mary White, at Chingford Hatch, twenty-two years ago, was finally examined before the Essex County magistrates on Tuesday last. As a number of the witnesses who gave evidence at the inquest on the murdered woman had since died, the Coroner was called, and produced their depositions, which were read. They showed that the prisoner, who had then but just completed a term of imprisonment for horse stealing, was seen loitering about the premises where the deceased resided shortly before the crime was committed. A knife which had been used in cutting the woman's throat was also mentioned, and this was produced and identified as the property of the prisoner. Upon being asked by the Chairman of the Bench of Magistrates whether he had anything to say in his Magistrates whether he had anything to say in his defence, the prisoner replied "nothing." He was then committed to take his trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court.

The North Wales Public Supply Stores' Teas are the purest, the best, and the cheapest. 14, High-street, Wrexham. 77 "NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND."—Procrastination with many is the besetting sin. Everything is put off till "to morrow." The torpid liver is unheeded until jaundice, consumption, or abscess of the liver is esta- blished. These maladies are curable if arrested in time by that fine tonic and alterative medicine, Page Wood- cock's Wind Pills. Thousands are taking them for almost every complaint, and are being cured. "It's never too late to mend." Of all Chemists, at Is. lkl. and 2s. 9d. per box.

THE AFGHAN REVOLT. t f THE ATTACK OX THE RESIDENCY. I A long and interesting telegram has been received t it the India Office, giving a full account of the t 3abul massacre, by Taimur, the survivor. He says the soldiers were dissatisfied at not receiving their pay, and S shouted "Let us kill the envoy, and then the Ameer." 1 They rushed into the court yard of the Residency, and i stoned some servants. The guides opened fire without t orders. The mutineers went for firearms, and returned to the attack. The city people joined the mutineers. 3ir Louis Cavagnari was struck by a richochet bullet. ( A sowar was sent to the Ameer, but was taken prisoner. The Guides sowar grass-cutters are in Cabul, in safety, t There are no troops on the Cabul road, nor in Jellalabad c rr Dakka, nor as far as Taimur knows are any coming. Doad Shah did his best to stop the mutiny. He was stoned and bayoneted, but was alive when Taimur left. On the afternoon of the attack, Sardar Yahya and I Mustaffa Habibulla also tried to stop the disturbance, but were fired at, and forced to retire. i A sowar belonging to the Corps of Guides, named c Taimur, who was present at the attack on the British i Residency at Cabul on the 3rd inst. and subsequently escaped, arrived at Lundi Kotal on Tuesday morning. v He brings the following further particulars respecting s the massacre of Sir Louis Cavagnari and the other: c members of the British Embassy The roof of the < Residency being commanded by other houses was un- f tenable, and the besieged made a trench outside, About one p.m., Sir L. Cavagnari was severely wounded s by a ball, which ricochetted on to his forehead. Mr. Jenkyns, who arrived at the residency during the i attack, wrote a letter to the Ameer asking for help. ( The reply received was, "God will; I am making 1 arrangements." Previous request for aid by Sir L. Cavagnari had received a similar reply. The sowar was told that Lieutenant Hamilton shot three of the mutineers with his revolver, and killed two I with his sword. He also heard that Dr. Kelly was ( lying dead inside the Residency, and that Sir Louis Cavagnari was in the room which was burnt, and which subsequently fell in. His body had not been found, and] the other three officers of the guides were burnt to death. 1 near the Residency. Another sowar, who had escaped, ( was in Cabul, but was prevented from leaving. He told f Taimur that the grass-cutters were in safety, that he i had helped Dr. Kelly when wounded, and that Mr. Jenkyns had written a second time to the Ameer, stating that Sir Louis Cavagnari was wounded. The 1 bearer of the letter was cut to pieces by the mutineers, J Taimur then started, but was disarmed, and placed in confinement. He succeeded, however, in escaping, and at daybreak of the 1th September, he visited the 1 Residency and saw the body of Lieutenant Hamilton lying across a mountain gun, stripped of his jacket, but not dishonoured. Mr. Jenkyns was with Yahyah Khan, 1 Taimur saw no troops on the road from Cabul to Jellalabad and Dakka, and, as far as he knew, none 1 were coming. An eye witness of the attack upon the Residency j states that the assault commenced at one o'clock in the day, but at eight in the morning Major Cavagnari received information which led him to believe that a rising was intended. The defence was heroic—4.000 men attacking 70. The mutineers brought up artillery and used it against the Residency. Most of the de- fenders were shot down: the Envoy himself was stabbed. The bodies have all been mutilated. The ] Afghan loss exceeded 300. The Ameer had other troops > who remained faithful to him, but he made no efforts whatever to interfere. A Bengal Moollah bitterly re- proached him for permitting the sacred person of an ( Ambassador to be injured, and begged him to endeavour to save him, as his death would be for ever a dishonour to his name. The Ameer, however, intimidated by the fanatical native Moollahs, did nothing whatever. A Cabul messenger arrived at the Shaturgadan states that Major Cavagnari, was warned of the approaching attack, and made some preparations for defence. The mutineers used heavy guns in their attack upon the Mission. The Ameer wished to protoct the Mission, but was intimidated by the Moollahs. He begged the mutineers in vain for the lives of the Envoy and his companions. The following despatch has been received at the India Office :— FROM THE VICEROY, SEPT. 16. "Following from Kandahar, Sept. 15:—'Private letters from Cabul state three regiments only engaged in attack on Residency that the affair was apparently unpremediated, having arisen from disappointment of these three regiments at getting one month's pay only, and that no serious attempt at relief was made beyond preventing other troops taking part.' The Ameer, Yakoob Khan, has sent another letter to Ali Khel, again expressing his confidence in the British Government, and his deep grief and distress on account of recent events. He announces his intention to punish the offenders. The Paris correspondent of the Standard says:—"The French believe that two big wars are inevitable, between England and Russia for supremacy of Central Asia and between Russia and Germany for military supremacy in Europe. Frenchmen are singularly ignorant of England's military capabilities and resources, and, above all, they are almost ludicrously unawares of the fighting proclivities and military spirit of the English race. Even this evening the Libertt talks of the coming con- flict between Russia and England as a duel between a whale and an elephant—a stale joke of Prince Bis- marck's, which Russia would give a great deal to be able to think a reality. The position taken up by the French press is that the English are bound to take Cabul and annex it, and that operation (as to the successful performance of which, however, no doubt is entertained) must bring England into violent collision with the Russians. The tone of the Russian press is not calculated to discourage that opinion. As to the war between Russia and Germany I think it is some- what remote. But be that as it may, there is a war cloud hanging over Europe, and its influence may be clearly discerned even by the most superficial observers in France."

IRON AND COAL. BARROW-IN-FURNESS, .Monday.—There is still a firm and steady tone in the hematite pig iron trade, and makers are in receipt of orders which will keen their furnaces employed for some months to come. There is not much business doing for immediate delivery, but buyers are showing an inclination t'> place contracts for forward delivery, and sellers are secifring beSier price* ap to the end of the shipping season, which will remain] Jpen for about six weeks. Makers Lave to deliver a ) ] .arge tonnage of both pig iron and steel rails to Araerica, ihe continent and several of the colonies. The official I ralue of iron and steel has not been alteId, but makers f ire securing better prices. The immediate prospect is riore cheerful, and a fair business may be expected & luring the winter months. Iron ore and coal are c irmer. t MIDDLESBOROUGH, Tuesday.—The pig iron market >pened very strong, but was quieter before the close. Prices, however, were Is. per ton better than last week, 0 nakers asking 39s. net for No. 1, 36s. and 35s. for No. 4 0 orge. The realised prices were based on 35s. for No. 3. T Che market is advancing in sympathy with Glasgow, »nt not at such a rapid rate, and the improvement at ° Vliddlesborough is considered to be more healthy than s hat in Scotland. The usual difference between Glasgow ? md Cleveland iron is 8s. a ton, now it is 12s. 6d. Thus 11 Cleveland makers have a considerable margin to work 11 n. The American demand is maintained, bona fide a iales taking place every day almost. Finished iron )rices somewhat higher, ship plates ranging from ;5 2s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.—There was a little c ess eagerness to buy this afternoon, yet sales were a effected in one case for 1000 tons of pigs atfa good rise 1'1 ipon the recent minimum quotation. Cinder pigs and c few good Staffordshire pigs were unchanged. One ocal firm has orders for 10,000 tons of pigs, half at 9d. idvance on former lowest prices. Galvanised sheets vere firm. Spelter was up 5s. on the week. Purple 11 ire was dearer; its price has been doubled since American ironmasters have began to purchase it in this 1 country. Coal was cheap. t t v

AGRICULTURE. I AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN THEORY e AND PRACTICE. a e One of the leading topics of interest referred to from a iime to time in the public and private discussions on t igricultural affairs is that relating to education in the v ;cience and practice of agriculture, The subject has jeen brought before most of the Chambers of Agricul- t ;ure, and other societies of farmers, during the past few c real's also, several well-known professors of agricul- ;ure have continually directed attention to the subject 1 3y explaining the advantages of the scheme of education ■ecently set on foot by the Science and Art Department e if the Government. The same scheme has, moreover, |-t jeen lately explained to members of the Chambers of Agriculture by gentlemen from the Government Science 2 Department, who have been specially invited for the r mrpose, so that by this time many rural districts will t lave some idea of the ways and means for carrying out ;he arrangement. t In the present day the necessity for providing educa- j3 ;ion in agricultural science for farmers and their sons is e 'ully admitted, and it is now widely felt that the matter t las been hitherto sadly neglected. In truth, it is some- hing strange t hat so little had been done in this direc- I ion previous to the introduction of the Government f ,cheme about three years ago. Now, however, that this c jlan has happily been set going, it will give the needed t mpetus to the spread of agricultural education, so that hose already engaged, or are about to engage, in farm- j c ng may be able to combine science with practice in the levelopment of the agriculture of this kingdom. a A general idea is given as to the kind of practical g raining in scientific agriculture which will be carried iut at the local schools or classes in the country by an £ nspection of the examination papers, which comprise s luestions on agriculture, chemistry, botany, geology, t ihysiology, physical geography, natural history, 1- 'eterinary science, mensuration, surveying, book keep- v ng, drainage, soils, manures, live stock in health and lisease, also the general principles on which agriculture s based. The proper carrying out of this arrangement 1, dlllargely depend upon the committees of agricultural r ocieties, chambers of agriculture, and other such asso- J iiations, by aiding in the opening of classes in the lifferent towns and villages, wherever teachers can be x ound to conduct them. Many teachers in elementary f ichools, and other institutions, are qualifying themselves c ;0 conduct these classes, and an additional inducement 9 s held out to them by the grants of money made by the government. So recently as a few months ago, a num- )er of science teachers from various parts of the country c vent, by arrangement, to the South Kensington Schools, ] md passed through a special course of instruction in the | principles of agriculture, which qualifies them to con- luct classes and to earn the Government grants set t ipart for the purpose. As will be evident, the pro- c noters of this movement are doing practical solid work, 1 md one of national importance. The scheme is wel- I joined wherever it becomes known, and many friends of £ igriculture are at present actively engaged in promo- t ng it. t The yearly examinations of the work done in these classes are held throughout the country in the month of May under the direction of a local committee consisting I )f gentlemen living near where such classes are held. For the information of those interested in the matter who may not already know of the arrangement, it may } be summarized here. In order to obtain the benefits of 1 this scheme, and to organize local classes in the simple I md inexpensive manner set forth in the Government 1 regulations, the first step is to form A committee of at least five persons in good position, who are willing to :3.0 a little for the good of their own locality, with an 1 ictive assistant as secretary to keep the necessary ( records and correspond with the Science Department in „ London. The members of such committee have to be approved by the Department, which is mostly a matter of form. The committee has to provide a suitable room for the class, engage a teacher capable of giving instruc- tion in agricultural science, obtain the necessary ap- paratus and materials, visit the classes at intervals, tnd see that the usual regulations are carried out. The p duration of a class is usually from October to April, one I lesson each week, continued from 25 to 30 weeks. The l Science Department proYicles at half cost from the t South Kensington store, the apparatus required by any of the classes. The teachers receive the pupils' fees, and as these are merely nominal, the remuneration is supple- 1 mented by the Government grant which is dependent, on the results of the examinations. The pupils also are stimulated in their studies by the scholarships which; are offered for competition under certain conditions by the Science Department. There are two classes of people to whom this system of agricultural education will be specially beneficial both on account of its convenience and cheapness, I namely the sons of farmers who are unable to spend J much for scientific instruction, and the other class con- sists of those, having better means, yet whose occupation 1 confines them to rural districts, and who would not; otherwise have the opportunity of sharing in the advan- tages of such classes. In this way a powerful agency for good has been placed within the reach of the agri- cultural community, and of which the farmers of the United Kingdom will not be slow to avail themselves. Already the system is receiving the hearty co-operation of several societies, who see the advisibility of providing a systematic course of scientific instruction in their respective districts for farmers' sons and others intended for agricultural pursuits. It should be understood, however, that this scheme does not supersede or at all interfere with the general routine of elementary educa- tion, it is an additional branch of what is termed technical knowledge, which will enable students in agriculture to exercise more intelligence and skill in the practical carrying out of their business. Most farmers of the modern school are alive to the necessity of uniting theory with practice, which is the principle of the motto adopted by the "Royal," viz., Practice with Science;" all which is in testimony of the fact that knowledge is wealth, knowledge is power. As a further means of extending a knowledge of the principles of agriculture, it has been proposed that the subject should be taught from a suitable text book, as a branch of elementary education in the schools of the country but this proposal, although supported by some of the agricultural societies, is not yet carried out, as it must first obtain the approval of "My Lords" of. education. Douutless this proposal, which seems so feasible, will be acted upon before long by the Council on Education. In the extension of the Government scheme Scotland is in advance of other parts of the United Kingdom, as it usually is in educational matters; and our Scotch friends have the additional advantage of an University at Edinburgh, which is endowed with a chair of agricul- ture. In Ireland, also, where there are several farm schools, this system of education is being more rapidly extended than it is either in England or Wales. Agri- culture is a subject now taught in the Irish National Schools, but this desirable arrangement is still a thing to be introduced into the schools in other parts of the kingdom. In England, singularly enough, there appears to be only one school of agriculture, that at Cirencester, and one on a smaller scale at Bedford. The science schools established in that country, it is noticeable, are made use of mostly by those residing in the manufac- turing and commercial towns, from which it is inferred that those living in the rural districts are somewhat indifferent to the advantages placed within their reach. With respect to Wales it is fortunate in having the University College at Aberystwith, to which is attached an able staff of teachers, who are doing good work in extending a knowledge of agricultural science in the Principality. In addition to this Government scheme (of which fuller particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, Science and Art Department, Kensington, London), the Society of Arts also included for a few years the sub- jects of agriculture and rural economy in the techno- logical division of its system of yearly examinations. The society, however, has now transferred its branch on technology to the" City and Guilds of London In- stitute for promotion of Technical Education," by whom such examinations will in future be conducted. The programme of the several subjects for examination in 1880 may be obtained gratis from the Hon. Secretaries of the City Guilds' Institute, Mercer's Hall, London, E.L., or from_ the Secretary, Society of Arts, John- street, Adelphi, London. For several years the Society of Arts conducted examinations in horticulture, fruit "il, vegetable culture, and gardening, but in the year 1875 these subjects were discontinued owing to the want of interest taken i:i them by the public as evidenced v thi3 limited number of those who aitended the examina- tions. It is a matter for regret that this should be s,), particularly as it has come to pass that those very branches of industry are yearly becoming more indis- pensable and important. Such then, in brief, are the facilities which are now available for spreading a knowledge of the science and practice relating- to agriculture. A system having such privileges and benefits should be made known as widely is possible, and without loss of time. There is every Imson why a plan so valuable should be carried out in YL''fy market town and rural district in Great Britain j vherever practicable. On every hand, the conviction is raining ground that scientific farming will be the haraoteristic of British agriculture in the future. It is o be hoped that North Wales will not be behind in aking advantage of the scheme now referred to, as the [Strict needs a special stimulus of this kind. More- ver, there must be many aspiring agriculturists in our wn districts who will eagerly avail themselves of this deans of instruction so soon as it is provided for them. lere is an opportunity for the energy and enterprise of ur local Chambers of Agriculture and other kindred r" ocieties to take prompt action for giving the young griculturists of North Wales, the opportunity of sharing a the benefits of a scheme which is already doing so JUch good in other parts of the country in extending gricultural education in theory and practice. 13th September, 1879. When writing the above article, I intended to in- lude, but omitted to do so, one or two items of inforni- tion which may be acceptable, relating to the fees and emuneration connected with the agricultural science lasses established in any district according to the egulations of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, London. The fees payable by each pupil at such a class depend rostly on the size uf the class, being on a higher or )wer scale in proportion to the number of students. "he amount is usually small in order to encourage in- ending students in the science of farming—say from 8s. o 12s. each for the course, extending over twenty-five reeks, or thereabouts. The teacher of such a class, irovided he holds the Government certificate of pro- iciencj* in agriculture, will, in addition to these fees, eceive from the Science Department a grant of E2 for ach pupil who passes first class in the principles of .griculture at the annual May examinations, and £ 1 for ach one who passes second class. Also in the examin- ,tion for Honours in the advanced course of agricul- ure, the teacher receives a sum of £4 for each candidate vho takes a first class, and £ 2 for a second class. In reference to the scholarships in agriculture which .re for the competition of students, the arrangement is his. The Science Departmeat, out of the funds at lommand for promoting a knowledge of science and art, lives £ 25 a year, on condition that a like sum is given )y any Farmers' Society, or is raised by voluntary sub- icriptions, in the neighbourhood where any such class s held. So that the sum of R50 may be available to 'nable any student who secures the scholarship, to ob- ain an advanced course of instruction in any agricul- ural school or college that may be decided upon. This trrangement affords to those industrious students who obtain such scholarships, an opportunity for making nore rapid and solid progress in agricultural knowledge ■ban that which can be obtained in rural districts. Any Agricultural Society or Farmers' Club may con- ribute £ 25 a year, for a few years, towards founding 1 scholarship for competition in its own locality. Local andowners also who are disposed to aid scientific :ducation in their own districts, have thus the oppor- unity of helping forward the sons of their tenants. Moreover, any well-wishers of agriculture could unite n making contributions towards such a desirable ibject. In default, however, of any support of this kind or founding scholarships, it would devolve upon Agri- ultural Societies, and Chambers of Agriculture to raise he needful money to stimulate in such an effective way he advancement of agricultural education in their own listricts. It may be that there are yet few farmers' ocieties or clubs who are aware of these advantages offered by the Government, otherwise we might reason- ,bly assume that such a desirable scheme would be more -eiiei-lly adopted than it has been hitherto. In this system (which was introduced by the Science Department in 1876) there are two courses of instruc- ion, elementary and advanced. In the elementary tage the object of each yearly examination is to ascer- ain the student's acquaintance with the elementary (rinciplcs of agriculture and in the advanced stage, the "hole range of subjects will be included with a view to est the general knowledge and excellence of candi- lates in agricultural science and farming economy. The Science and Art Department, London, make it :nown that they are desirous that classes should be ipencd in the rural districts throughout the United kingdom, not only for the tuition of general science and .rt, but also for the study of the science and principles 'elating to agricuture; and they invite teachers (both nale and female) to qualify themselves to gain a certi- icate of proficiency, so as to secure the grants payable in the results of the annual examinations. With this ibject, schoolmasters, elementary teachers, and others nterested in the m: vement, are urged to qualify them- elves with due dispatch to conduct such classes vherever practicable, so that the privileges and benefits )f the scheme may be extended to as many as possible. "n case separate teachers cannot be had for the classes proposed to be held at different places in a given dis- ;rict, arrangements could be made to form these classes nto a group, so that one teacher could proceed from one lo the other weekly until the number of teachers is in- sreased. One of the Government examiners in one of lis lectures lately announced that the Science Depart- nent would provide a teacher for any district where a ;lass of twenty scholars could be formed to study agri- ;ultural .science, so that in case there is a want of local .eachers the difficulty may be removed by appealing to :he Department in London. Seeing the privileges and benefits to be obtained from ,he scheme of education under notice, there is surely ittle more needed to induce the supporters of education md all well wishers of agriculture in this part of North iVales to take an active share in extending the system vith all convenient speed and also use their influence n encouraging teachers to extend their sphere of useful- less by qualifying themselves to conduct classes | vherever there is an opening for them.- Your", 16th September, 1879. FFESM. P.S.—In a subsequent letter I purpose writing a sum- nary of the subjects for examination in the principles )f agriculture, as required by the Science Department, md which may be acceptable to many readers of the ruardian. SWINE fever is rapidly spreading in Shropshire. The Magistrates have issued instructions on the subject. AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.—We are informed that :ome of the tenants of a well-known landowner in the leighbourliood of Oswestry have intimated that they liuss give up their farms unless their rents can be re- fused.—Osiocs.try Advertiser. THE HARVEST NEAR OSWESTRY.—A farmer in the leighbourhood of Oswestry, who commenced his corn ra-rvest on Tuesday, says that his crop of wheat is heavy ind of good quality, and he believes the harvest generally in his district will turn out better than is xpected. THE CORN TRADE.—The Mark Lane Exprexs says— "Although unsettled, the weather until Saturday has 3een tolerably favourable for harvesting during last iveek, and a large proportion of the wheat and barley tias been cut and carried in the southern counties. As far us can be ascertained at present, the wheat crop-is not likely to turn out better than was expected. From two md a half to three quarters per acre seems to be the average yield of wheat, but it is too early yet to form any definite opinion as to the value of this year's produce. With perhaps some reservation in favour of oats, it may be said that all spring corn crops are to a great extent failures. Pending the arrival of the new crop, supplies of old home-grown wheat have been exceedingly small both in the London and provincial market: and business has been reduced to a minimum. Last year's wheat is without change in value. A large diminution has occured in shipments from America last week. The supplies into London up to Friday last have only reached 41.1,000 quarters. The present campaign has opened with a very moderate range of prices for cereal procluce; and the attention of the tr:1lhl centres on America.

Jfortigit ntdIigtna. ] — FRAXCE. THE RETURNED COMMUNISTS.—Of the six hundred Communists who elected to be brought to Paris, more than two-thirds have found .employment, and the remainder, if willing and able to work, cannot remain long out of employment, judging hy the number of advertisements that appear daily in the Radical press, asking for amnestied working men. j THE POLITICAL FEELING IN THE ANNEXED PROVINCES. 1 —As an illustration of the political feeling existing in the annexed provinces of Alsace-Lorraine, and as show- j ing that there exists a disposition, even in Strasburg, to j regard as possible a return to France, their separation 1 from which they considered final some two years ago, the Standard Paris correspondent telegraphs a letter j J which appeared in Tuesday's Figaro. The correspondent { remarks that French journals of every possible shade 1 write now about the Germans and their tenure of Alsace in a style very different from that which pre- vailed before the French army had been re-organised. ] I RUSSIA. f TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.—The Kuldja question is, according to a telegram from the Russian i capital, settled. It is stated in St. Petersburg that a x Treaty has been concluded between Russia and China, which will have the effect of setting at rest all matters in dispute between the two countries. The terms of the Treaty are given in the telegram. 1 AUSTRALIA. REFORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.—An outline of chs bill to reform the constitution of Victoria, 1 so as to prevent a recurrence of the recent 6 political deadlock arising out of the disagreement 11 between the Legislative Assembly and the Legis- s dative Council, is given in a Melbourne mail des- 1 patch. Besides proposals as to the re-constitution of 2 !-he council, the bill proposes to give the Legislative Assembly absolute control over the expenditure, and ( ,he sole power to make and remit taxes. The bill also J. provides that in the event of any measure being passed c by the assembly in two consecutive sessions, and being rejected by the council, it shall be decided by a popular vote, subject to the approval of the governor. There being a deficiency in the budget, the Finance Minister proposes to cover it by raising the import tariff. When the mail was despatched the assembly was discussing the budget, its protective features being severely criticised, but no amendment had been pro- posed. The budget submitted to the Parliament of Western Australia also showed a deficit, though only imounting to which the Finance Minister pro- posed to cover by a stamp tax. j

— 1 THE ZULU WAR. < THE CAPTURE OF CETYWAYO. ] The pursuit of Cetywayo has at length ended in his c capture in the North-east of Zululand. The news reached ] this country by a telegram from Natal to the Chairman Jf the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Com- pany, and is the first communication received by means] Df the new South African Cable. I .——— 1 t

EPPS'S GLYCERINE JUJUBES.—CAUTION !—These effective and agreeable confections are sold by most Chemists, by others, however, attempts are often made at substitution, we therefore deem it necessary to cau- tion the public that they can only be obtained in boxes, 6d. and Is. Labelled James Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, 48, Threadneedle Street, and 170, Piccadilly, London." AND COMFORTING.—"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a care- ful application of the fine properties of well selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."—Civil Service Gazette.—Sold only in Packets labelled—" JAMES Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London."

|ron an& Coal fctabc |lotes. I A meeting ot miners delegates was held at Glasgow on Tuesday, the principal speaker being Mr. Macdonald, M.P., who advised the miners to retaliate upon the masters for blowing out a third of their furnaces, by restricting the output by lOcwt. daily. This course, he observed, would withdraw from the market more coal than the masters could put in. The delegates passed a recommendation in favour of this retaliatory scheme. SOUTH YORKSHIRE COLLIERS.—The disput* at the Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery has been terminated by the men accepting a reduction of 5 per cent. originally demanded. Several hundred workmen are affected, and they resume work on Monday. THE IRON TRADE.—Messrs. Crawshay and Sons have recommenced operations at their Perseverance Iron Mine, near Cinderford. This is the second mine re- opened by the firm during the past week, and they are rapidly reducing their stocks of pig iron. Prospects in the Forest of Dean are much brighter than they have been for a long time. THE BELGIAM IRON TRADE.—The reports from Charleroi in the Belgian journals are unanimous in representing the condition of the iron manufacture as rapidly improving in tone. In all the principal centres large contracts have recently been entered into. In Charleroi itself, a few days ago, one such contract for 12,000 tons of iron was taken, at an advance in price. The rolling works there, too, were fully engaged for several months to come, and would not accept any further orders at the old rates. If the trade continues active, an improvement in prices could hardly fail to follow. In the glass-blowing branch, too, prices con- tinue firm, and an improvement is considered probable.

FLORILINE !-FOR THE TEETH AND BREATH.—A few drops of the liquid "Floriline" sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, which thorouhgly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. The Fragrant Eloriline," being composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the tltstt and the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Price 2s. fid. of all Chemists and Perfumers. Prepared by Henry C. GALLUP, 493, Oxfunl-STRECT, London. 75

markets. (-, -) lz ^2EX:IAJ;, Thursday.—The f-'lluwinir "lrere the quota. ions White vrlieat 75 Ker* d:tto 7s 3.! to 7s »a. Barliy (jrriii.img) 01io4p 9d. Maltmsr barley 4d to 5s 9d. Oats mew) per 501bs 3S od to 4s Cd. flWF^Trp oqf-11.1ó),. ■* .L 11 I —-— —, imtiKti, was rainiv attended, with scarcely sufficient English wheat offering to test prices, prime red being worth 7s. 6d. per 75 lbs. A sampie or two of new oats offering in good condition. Indian corn rather easier to purchase. VOU- FYI.3 UiU, n-, s- d- s d. S. d. s. d. wheat, white, per <51bs. 7 G to 7 9 0 0 to 0 0 red ,,76 — 76.-0 0 00 Barley malts. imp bus. 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 Ditto, grinding, 64Ibs 00 — 0f> 00 — f>0 Oats, 461b 461bs. 4 0 — 4 2 0 0 0 0 b'Tins, 8o!bs. C 8 — 6 10 0 0 0 0 Litto, Kgyptian, lOOibs. 6 G — f; 7 0 0 — 0 0 Indian corn. feed. 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 CORN AVERACFS. For the week ending Sept. 13. The following are the quantities (in quarters) sold and the I)riec:s, this year aiid last year n T "TT'IO. r. yo sum. PRICES This year. Last year. This year. Last year. d s d Wheat ls,C45 52,591 47 n 45 0 Barley S55 5,497 36 s 41 n Oats 1,027 2,100 25 7 24 4 c:TTT"oT""TT-r"T" C" I I. oaruraay.—mere was a good demand for wheat at our market to-day, and in the face of a small supply, home-grown readily realized Is. per quarter more money. Foreign sold freely at 2s. advance, the sale of which represented four-fifths of the business done. a" IS A Whitewbeat, per 751bs 7 3 »0 7 9 Red wheat, per 751b> "70 76 Barley ter 7(lbs 0 0 0 0 Grinding barley per 751b- 0 0 0 0 Oats, per 11 score 5lbs 20 « "21 9 Beans, per 11 score 15 ibs 19 0 21 0 i'eas, per 11 score 5 lbs 19 <> 21 0 Malt, per imperial bushe! 8 G 9 0 T Nl- I I a -uoiiuay—.uarKet very firm. Very. little Lnglish wheat on show, andls. advance 011 last Monday's rates was generally asked by holders good trade done in foreign at Is. to 2s. more money. Flout a quiet trade at rather higher rates. Grinding barley steady fine malting qualities in demand at full prices to a slight advance. Oats the turn in buyers' favour. Maize and peas firm. Beans Is. dearer. Quiet but firm market for all descriptions of farming seeds. New rye scarce and 2s. to 3s. per quarter higher. Arrivals British or,ea^' qrs. barley, o79 qrs. oats, 781 qrs.; maize, 4o0 qrs. Hour, 10,2%, Foreign wheat, 61,141 qrs.; barley, 20,531 qrs. oats, 47,510 qrs. maize, 137 qrs. flour, (j34 sacks and oS21 barrels. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—To-day's market was numer. ously attended by buyers of all classes, and wheat met an active demand the rates obtained showing an advance of 2d. to 3d. upon the prices of Friday last 4d. to ;)(1. per cental upon those of this day week. Flour also, with an equally good request, moved upwards to the extent of 4d. to 6d. per cental. Oats, of inferior quality, receded Id. other kinds closed unaltered. Oatmeal sold fairly at full quotations. Kgyptian beans ruled strong at previous outside figures. Ganadian peas at 2d. per 100 lbs. more money. In malt and barley no change occurred. Indian corn, in presjiice of but moderate shipments to United Kingdom, and a better inquiry, realised an improvement of iuliy id. American mixed selling at 4s. lOicl. to 4s. lid. per cental. The following are the quotations :— TJ[TrTT' '!c.n.tL. it nt-A! IJcr 1VVIU. S. a. S. (L. JSALHLEY- d. S. CI English, red 9 6 9 9 Scotch & Irish 9 „ wiaire 10 4 In 7 1 Da.nubLi.n 5 0 5 8 Irish, red C u 0 o OATS, per O'/lb. „ white 0 0 0 i- i English & Scotch 6 2 9 1 U.S. No. 1 spring 0 0 0'! Irish, Mealing. 5 9 6 « ii 2Jo. 2. 9 0 9 3 2d quality 0 0 0 Q Winter red 9 6 9 Black 4c Tawny. 6 2 6 8 „ white. 9 6 0 9 Blaui 0 0 0 Q Canadian white. 9 4 9 7 American 6 2 6 8 „ red, 8 9 6 OAT-jiAi.,per lGeib. I>u.iiubian 0 0 0 0 Irish, w 10510 8 Calitomiun 9 6 9 11 MAIZ £ i->er luoib. Chilian, white. AmtsrivSin, yei.& Egyptian 8 0 S 2 Mixed 4 10 4 10J Oregon 10 o lu i* Europ'ii yellow, 4 9 5 0 FLOCR, per lOOlbs, BEANS, per ioolhs. English & Irish English 8 0 8 6 saperiine 16 4 iG 6 Scotch k Irish, 7 4 7 9 Extra. 17 4 I d Egyptian 5 0 6 0 French lino and o 0 0 0 snpenine 0 0 i> Behera <j 3 6 4 Spring Wheat. 17 K 17 1 i L'EAS, per l'.K.ibs. Cauad'n, sweet 13 10 14 Eugliah. o 0 0 0 Extra It 10 15 C 1Mcliiiiii 6667 Western Cauai is 8 14 1 T "rLl.J""9 rrL __1. L! 1 JV' ii i-uueMiuj. — xiie uiciiKfci, "as nrm. English wheat nominally unaltered; foreign sold at fully late rates, but the demand was not active. Flour firm at Monday's quotations, Barley, beans,, and peas very firm. Maize 3d. dearer. Oats dull of sale. Arrivals Foreign wheat, 37,G40 qrs. barley, (i840 qrs. oats, 42,560 qrs. j mai::e, iKJiO qrs; flour, 9200 sacks and 1870 barrels. No British arrivals. CATTLE. LIVERPOOL, Monday.—There was a good average supply of stock, the numbers being 2478 beasts and 1\71¡; sheep and laulb" included in which were 51 American beasts and 2425 sheep. A good demand for the best qualities; middling and inferior a dull slow sale. There was a large attendance of country buyers at market. Prices Best beasts, 6d. t., nd. per lb.; second best, 5d. to 5Jd. sheep Sd. to 9J. lambs, 7d. to 9d. LODOX, Monday.—A large supply of b asts and. generally indifferent in quality. A small number of really prime were placed without much dirlicultv, and in some instances above the top quotations. Trade heavy for second class and inferior animals at less money. Foreign cattle depressed, and trade heavy, with the exception of Spanish and Portugue-e. The British supply comprised 40 Scotch, 1000 Irish, 2100 midland and home counties. :h-ep declined 2d. food, per lbs., according to qn-Jity. Calves and pigs un- changed. Prices Beef. 4s. to 5s. 4d. mutton, 4-<. GeL to Gs. Sd. veal, 5s. to Gs. p rk, 4" to 4s. 10s. The stock on offer consisted of 4130 s, 14,360 sheep, 570 calves, and 30 pigs included in which were 990 foreign beasts, 3150 sheep, and 20 calves. SALFORD, Tuesday.-—The n'mber of b asts rather larger, but scarcely up to the av-r >ge. A steady demand for good stock, and prices slightly in favour of sellers. Slow demand for inferior beasts, hut prices unchanged. Choice sheep scarce, and higher prices asked. Inferior sheep almost unsaleable, and prises irregular. Calves unaltered. Quotations Bea-ts, 51d. to 7d. sheep, 7od. to IJd. calves, fij-d. to 7id. per lb, GENERAL PRODUCE. LONDON Hop MARKET, Monday.—The picking the new crop is becoming more general, but the quantity is very small and the quality extremely bad in mo-t cfis. tricts. Choice new hops are very rare, and are held for high prices inferior descriptions met a slow trade, Kent (1S7S) quoted 80s. to IGOs. Sussex, 80s. to 15'Js. American, GOs. to 120s. per cwt. LONDON PROVISION MARKET, Monday.—Butter A quiet market for foreign descriptions Friesland lower, 104s. to 108s. finest Kiel and Danish, 110s. to 120s.; Jersey, 82s. to 94s. Normandy, 80s. to 112s. best Irish in request at higher price, choice American also dearer. Bacon Market dull, and prices lower for some descrip. tions. Hams very dull. Lard n -giected. Cheese American dearer, finest new, 3i. 11 40s. LOXDOX POTATO MARKET, Monday.—Plentiful sup- plies, and trade continues slow at the following prices llegents, 120s. to 180».: kidneys, 120s. to 160s; rocks, 100s. to 140s. per ton foreign, 6s. 6d. t 7s. 6d. per bag. Lomox DEAD MEAT MARKET, Monday.—Moderate supplies on offer, and trade continues quiet at the fol- lowing quotations :—Beef, 2s. Gd. tn 4s. lOd. prime Scotch ditto, 4<. 10d. to 5s mutton. 3s. to os. Sd. veal, 4s. GLl. to 5s. 2d. large pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. small ditto, 4s. 2d. to 4s. Gel. per 8 lbs. MISCELLANEOUS. ivnrvir 4 AC T w — liitiitDAl. Butter pfr ib. )1 .6 i ls 0t m l, n Fowls (per coupi«j 3 <; to 4 8 Ducks per coupler 4.0ti.o5 0' Turkey cocks (each) 0- Od r" (J. Od ditto hens (each) <.# 0J to Vs «o Ore-scd iowl -I- 0 2s 61 re.t;itocs (per hamper; uew 5s od to 6 s Od B c., i (per loa Mutton (per lb.) t j Lamb (per lb.; let to I ll I'ork (per lb.; t„ Veal (per lb.).— 71 to <ii Kan ridges per brace • è Salmon (per lb) 1, g" Damson (per quart.) ,d Eggs 10 to 12 for a Shilling.

Substitute for Milk.—The Editor of the Medical Mirror >»«■ called the notice of the medical proiossiou u> Cocoa Essence, which he end; Oadbury's Caiiceutrited Vegetable MilK, and remarks 1'he excess of fatty on has been carefully eliminated and thus a comc-;and"r«*-JI ling which conveys ill a minimum bulk a maximum amo;Lt 8t nutriment, we strongly reccommcnd it as -L diet or children. Reckitt's Paris Blup--The marked superiority of thia Laundry Blue over all others, and the quick appreciation ot itsmerits by the Public, has In.)" attended by the us-aal result, viz: a Hood of imitations the merit oi the latitat mainly consists in the ingeiiaity exerted, not s;Jijly in staring the square sh.ipe but kiacrua -?ea ;r.u Lei ,) moa of cue wrappers resemble that or the genuine article*. Tha Manufacturers beg therefore to caution all b .ivyrs t) sat teckitt's 11-is Blue" on each p.iclter.. The best, the purest, and the cheapest new season* Tear, are to be had at the North Wales Public Su'ipl* Stores, 14, High-street, Wrexham. 77 Estimates are given upon application at the Guc "cftme Oihce, 20, Hope-street, Wrexham, for printing cata- logues, friendly societies rules, bahmce sheets, accounts, memorandums, invoices, programmes, circulars, colliery pay sheets, cheque and receipt, books, time sheett bankruptcy forms, articles of association, conditio s rf sale, &c. PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS have for twent-five years held the first place in the world as an eff"jtu*l antidote to Indigestion, Wind on the Stomach, Biiioog. ness, and all complaints arising from a disorders ;tat6 of the Stomach, Bowels, or Liver. Tonic, invig- ring and purifying they form the best remedy extan.. Of all Chemist. Is ljd, and .:J, per box, or of t -e D. V\ oodcock, Calvert Street, Norwich, for stamps.