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THE ENDOWKD SCHOOLS Aers AMENDMENT BILL. A IU11 to amend the Kndowed Schools Acta has Witt ,utlt><I\1\t\ into the House "f Commons by Viscount Saudon "nil Mr. Secretary Cross. The picsmbl* sots forth that the powers of the En, do* <d JMools Commissioners oipirc, AS to opposed ■c h imes, on he 15th ,f August .$, -,I to un* k pi* ,().1 on I;:t :t.t'e::r e: ,\iui :hU$t is expedient thd "I f,,rth,r ""tnoion ol tbe lowers "f the laid commissioners should be uude, and that such powers should be transferred t., h C huiiy Cotrmissicners. The first clause lri,lP(8 to mart that .11 powers and d.ti,- "f !K K dowed Wheels Acts \ested in IT imposed t H the tnuowed ::3dOl,h -Commissioners shall In II> ,11,.1 ..IO" the pausing of this Act be ti, i !H\\ to and imposed on the (liinty I < ii n.i:siont'f8, m l. except al otherwise no!. id ty IU, Act, ah.\l be ,rds,' a,l\ll wi't 1,1 >1 by thP l'I:,mty C"mm,ulonol1J In hko t. Hl.Ja I ¡nut io.aril subject to tbosiino condi- ii, is .irtbilitil's, and ir.cidcUtH r« sj'cctivoly M such 1'1 'HIS MIÙ duties might immediately before the f' ■«. k of thi, Ad U*u< been urels"11 ni.il per- fv U.l'd I j tla tndowsd Schools L!tli?l@i8ii,?f.@@, or • «. 101; v thereto vircumauUKV.* permit, without i l, ii.cue i.< v. rtb.'k. tL, the eencurrcnt eXlnT1ge of iin .i ,owns bJ tie 1 I:S. 'VHA1 8cl\vl'1s CenituUsuiu- 1 iiu.ii tl.iir.tnv.il letweru th., porsing of this Act 1,1. lie at aval 11 ibe time at which tho powers of the 1 .Luvwt'ii Sc!.(o!s Commissioners MO limited to iv iv. 'J le Cll' usior.ers, 6(':r:.aYt 1\8- ,I. t ,< miuisikru: and ctbtr pctsors -p- (1: ml u-p'oyed in ruisuauce f tho j ,1 Sc!'0.!» Act* sk.iU c.ise to haul othoe ut.-i M» of thetim: f ir th" time being !• i n' f r the exercise of the powers. Clause 2 llt\ i,1 It t! \t hrr *1ijca:y and ter successor. n»y, I, t la r fi:11 manual, tiom time tIJ t.V j joiat tn y i.cl-Ivr of persons, not exceeding >». til-' :cl t huiiiy Coinmi-s.cnera for England 110\ II 1 addition tothothieo pud Charity l, I J1 (til) lis (..ipc-llo cf being appointed under II I j, d:u Ti usts Acts, 183i to 1809. The two :t 1 r.l ivir.i. iss-.emrs appointed in pursuance of t! Ait itell hold eflice dUl1n her Msjesty'i plea- iv. i. rt:.1 Ihdr la!arics shall, unless otherwise ,< "¡ ty lViHnnjcnt, eeu to be paid after the I to d tne years from the date of the paoinj i t: < A,t. Clausi oprevidts forthe payment of the "oJ" s d Ib' ctnuoissioceTSaud th,.ir.tti?mbythe 'j.ii s-ij'. I.u.,s4tolOrel.tet.th.end.?et ii It" ir.w, and provide as f0hows; -Clause 4. In ;1 is Act r,nd the Endowed Schools Acta, the ex n "txpress terms of the original instrument ii I u,a¡Ï<-n" fhiOl be heli> to include any pro- v-bi.ii in the ciginzil instrument of foundation v 1.\h erjoins the attendance of the scholars at the It: ifeUvH wcifhip of &ny particular Church, sect, or or that they should be members of a I"Ü 11laT tturcb, sect, or denomination, or diieots LI t li e masters or principal master of a school :t:e tl be rrrfons or a perron belonging to any par- ir ( Lurch, sect, or denomination, or requires Cl nit jeita the regulations of a school to be made or aj i nMd by any jieison or authority holding ottie in l y Chuich, sc< t, or denomination, or i l i.it'u tae givemiog body of a school, ir *l.o uajoiityof such body, the eleotors cl tie goveriing brfy, cr a majority of such elt, tCIP. to be members of a particular Church, fict, ii d'Eomiration; and any evidenoe adraissiblo Ij I"" sliall be leceivable as nidence of tho con- finis of lhe original instrument of foundation, and d statutes and regulations made by the foundcr or urcii his authority. Clause 5 In every scheme unit r this Act and the Endowed Schools Acts, or tiytf tbim relating to any endowed schools, in which the express terms of the original instrument of foundation provide that the scholars are to learn or be instructed according to the doctrines of for. mula) iis of any particular Clrurch, sect, or deno- mination, provision shall be made for continuing 1eliilus instiuction accordingly. Clause 6. When the original instrument of foundation is silent, or where there is no evidence of its contents, every scheme under this Act and the Endowed Schools Acts, or any of them, relating to any en. school, in which, for a period of one hun- c'leil years before the pas-ring of this Act, the usage lies prevailed of (giving religious instruction accora- irg tothe èoctriuea orformulariu of any particular t'hncb, eect, or denomination, regulations shall be ncade for continuing religious instruction, accord- ir g to the doctrines or formularies of such Church, tut, or denomination, to all scholars in such school belonging to that Church, sect, or denomi- i at K n. Clause 7. In every scheme for an en, dowed school under this Act and the Endowed f clcols Acts, or any cf them, the provisions for the excmptioQ of day scholars from the lil'gieus observances of the school COR, 1; i. (I in Secticn 15 of the Endowed School Act, It-Oy, cr so far as regards any school or depart- ment of a school which is au elementary school, the J'lc\ùicr8 for the exemption of scholars from in- itmci'on in religious subjects and attendance at le^gicus obseivatce contained in Sectiou 7 of the Fktr.ciitaiy Education Act, Vs70, shall be inserted. Ty clause 11 it i- provided that too powers irauI- ftmdby this Act to the Chaiity Commissioners t! all continue for five yeais, dumg which period ny court or judge stall not, witlh respect to any mdowccl schcol or eductiona1 endowment which ?.. be dealt ith by a scheme vad?r this Act and tb 3:d šL (\ Ac::1re v:r:nCr aan: point any new t..t??es without -the eonwnt of the Committee of Council.

EXCESS OF -YEIL. "An English CovenicsBr writes as follows to 'he May I iiwplore of yot to give rb l?city to the following atktements'? My mother, a widow, has gained a living for 20 years by keeping a .?h-I in a p?r' but mrmtable neigh 't ourhood, where ?he has been rc.,P??t,?d and Ifoked up to by *11 her eighb?, Her romgcs have bml,,?, IInd she has had on an t:V,rage 20 echoJatv at GJ. to (IJ. or 1.. per week. This hWJ sufficed to keep her in food and clothing. I (her daughter) have boon a rcsident governeoe fw ten years iu England, and have paid my mother's rent-namely, £20 per annum -all those years, cowequently saving nothirg for myuelt. My brother-in-law, who supports a mother, inter, mlfe, and four children, has p3id the taxes, aud so my n.other has till now lived in comfort, but not in luxury, and has attained her lth year. I havo jutt iccvived a letter from hersaying that a gentlo- u »i» from the 4 8ehool Iioaixl' has called on her, nd says she must either raWoher present terms, ) ",a an examination, or give her school. If she i.xict* her terms, tilic miwt lose her scholars, as the 11 (pe there cannot pay mere; at her age she can- Jct b'-lin to study and )IS8kn examination she (-arr,of acquire a new icsthod of [Mining her tiveli- bo •(!. That abe is competeirl to rctain hr p'Mition c.fn surcy pe provea Of e;;aunnmg ono ot cer cuil- drer. by the sideof a child atiknding a public uhool. W) at c¡,n thio meau What mii I to do ? I cannot i, e hff more tb.1\ I do, V/;t( not some gentleman or lady knowing so»notbiu^ about the. mittteu «* Die furwaid to our Rill, for it does seem a Tory h\Id case?'

the death of Mr, 0. G.d editor, wlw r- tired in Alr, frowett had been m resi- r^nce at Crmbrdge. where };c had welcomed his HI"Ii-e, »Sir Camet Wokeley and on Thursday ho camc '0 Lor.ion for a ni^ht, when ho slipped .n the fisphilt^ in the City. and WaAI taken to Guv's Hos, pital, where he had his wound dreued. Witk cha- i. doi.tic plucsk he thought little of the cireum- atdd Red at the Carl toil Ciub On return- ii,v to hi. lodfcicgs in the evenins; he beem worse, Mil Ui^d caly cn Sunday etoraiag. Mr. Prowctt as a nnn of no ordinary attainments. He was an i»« mr^V.e clasfciwl ,e11olar, b.in\! come out a in fiujt cia.. cl¡¡""k1 honours. Mr. J i< w«.tt was a ge&ial companion, an,1 warm friend, wMle a keen senae of humour and considerable 1 ef d repartee aade his sockty kcenly appre- ;V»'(1. Mr I'row?.t was una-ned. He WM tn Kiiday iu-fibe qu;ot churchyard of Sta- )Mo*d, iiear Hsurt>on!, "I whisk parish hi* father *:• < /or M yeus the Rotor. JlIAJ AMIS Ono ALV»LEBEN.—It may be interest- ug to rtte. f,c. thep. ¡',rw.1 ¡Y"rI4i, that Madame <)tiu Ahalehen, the ,opamo of the Handel Festival, II. N U romew hat turious history, fisro in Dresden, ) -1 t be lest both (parentswhen verryoung,and was t«!.(Utly cared for by bar grandmother. In this Mi rwlinothei's houae a bladksmith umed Doorller "1 to )i, Tbia -?, wto WM esteemed for hi. t;ty. wu euirwrw with the ftm of several I < bojs, wbom thelon"oleat t?uwii Amalie,uow w dow d Niog J.hm., had taken from their h Intlc and often miit'tMe home., and in manvin- h-cnecf f,-?. the tr?.U. Ti. Queen Mod to look f:I;bc:ï,.t;th:e ;dto whe or ce in Doerftera house f«c this MirpoM bcr ear was ?,t?-t,d by dibl,, yig a.. piano fittn another part of the hwse» K ?.uld =::J 1, ,Rly ..0'. hand ti&t preduood t..d., and d?ii-t. tODce with it. li^ht but im- I ,( -Rive touch. Qtwen Amlie is reported to ,:a% c- aaid i?y a ti? afterwanU, I had list?ed V) the IlfrWrm&lJed of tbe grMteat pla7en thut our century beA affoided, but .?,or beard any- :t;¡; o'tnJ h,:dtn>,el¡[l:! laifY" t(,uch." Th:tt little fairy" was infjuiieu for, and turned out to be poor KelitaAlva- I I"}" the small, thin, anddelioate child, whose 4.bc« k s (fa very peculiarly ros>f oolour—made every- body Ulkvothatslie wss oonsum^tlve, and would not 11\ 0 long. Without haviiig ever had a mosio mas- ter, b. played everythinl ehe heard by ear, and on thu day b.d tried to phy Mendelssohn's beautiful Fruhhogthcd. From that 8y ?T !ittte Me- ;it, -duAt?Ld at the Royal .?pomLw. Km BoRsM dkc-CuM CW** 0<?'bM have porohased htw T?tttt <? mtI, mUM7 ZmhrMtt?B. and MMMtt It tbs MM troJuoed teto the Zrl hd od.. to .) 90 W-ble mue that by &?cidst w. wy m?,h -? I"d HI ",y ot?rt Uxne sbe was -uplauly em?, fft ftJUdWo, JOWN WOODMAN..?d 0101,0? "an

THE GENEVA AWARD BILL. AdMMtchfrom W?hington in the New iork 7',t? gives the fct'owi? -utlin- of the Hill forthe di.t,ib-ii- If the Geneva Awudtiay.d,pt,,d by The provides f< r the appointment of a oourt of five commissioner*, to be appointed by the PrftMeEi with the advice of the Senate, tho -8?110- of the (,Ult to l?l' held in Waddgt.?. Tho salary of the commissioners h.ll be 6,OM do]-. ca,h, with a 1.,k Rt .t,MO I-i& and a shorthand reporter at 2,M 0 dol.. per annum. The President m&Ydt)slnhtc a -Ilor at law to .1,t the IlIto""t. 01 tho Government in all suits and claims filed for indem- nity for loqstc The court shall mist for one year from the time of convening, but if the business is Lot completed within that time the President may, by Iirnclaiuaticn. extend the torm not more than six mouths. It ia mllllo the duty of the court to receive, examine, and decide all okims admissible under this Act that may be presented to it, directly resulting from damage lavted by the so called insurgent cruisers Alabama n'.d Florida, and their tenders; and also all olaims directly resulting from damage caused by the cruiser Shenauilciili, after her departure from Nel, lI, urne, February IS, 18tH". No claim is to be d. niHsiblo or allond for any loss or damage for or in i.p?ct to .bich the pty in j ured, hB a.ig.e r legal representative*, ?hall YhjouI:e d oompensa- 1ion or ido.?.it T from any i.manz?e o?--WY, ::¡r:: h:rsefb:lt nil sh':en¡; indemnity so received L?hdl not have been equal to the lers or dnmupe he actually suffered, allowance may to made for tho difference. In no case shall any olaim be admitted or allowed for, or in respect to, nrearned freights, gross freights, prospective picfite, freights, gains, or advantages, or for wages of dJlCClS or øcawm fcr a longer time than one year next after the breaking up of a voyage, nor »hall any eWm be admissible or allowed by or on behalf of any i..u,rnce company or msurer, unless such cllÙmant shall show to the satisfaction of the court that during the late rebellion the sum of its or his losses in respect to war risks exceeded the sum of the premiums or other gains upon or in respeot of such war risks. In case of any allowance, it shall not be greater than such excess of loss. No claim shall be admissible or allowed arising in favour of any ineuranee company not lawfully existing at the time of tho lots under the IAwl of some one of the United States, and no claim &hall be admissible or allowed arising in favour of any erson not :¡}dej the irmoffhiurlo:: J:Ok tion of the United States in the premises, nor arising in favour of any pel?on who did not :iiœs lr tb I:Yretllio true af1 gimoe to the United State.. In estimating com, pensation to claimants interest is to be allowed at the rate of 4 per centum per annum upon the ii n c Hilt f act. lots or d.rge wbich orall be ascertained in each OS80 to have been sustained from such date as the court shall in ewh caso decide that the loss was sustained by the claimant; provided that the amount of such ii?tereat shall not be included in or added to the amount for which judgment may be rendered. The Secretary of the fua6ury is to pay the judgments, together with interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum on the amount of such judgments, from the date certified, to the persons respectively in whose favour the same shall have been made, or to their legal representatives, in full satisfaction and dis- charge of said judgments. If the sum cf all the j ud -cuts tendered, togethsr with the intereit, sh Ul exceed the amount of the Geneva awar d the money is to be proportionately distributed. The Secretary of the Treasury is required to pay judg- ments of the court, and for this purpose is autho- rised to sell 5 per cent. bonda. If, after paying judgments and expenses, there remains any part of the Geneva award, the same shall be and remain as a permanent fund from which Congress may hero. after authorise the payment of olher claims thereon, :rê:et; Ù: skc¿thhf: that all the claims provable, or to be allowed, shall be stated and adjudged upon the basis of United States gold coin at the time of the loss. The Bill otherwise is that which passed the Senate.

THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN ON CREMATION. On Sundllyvening the sennon at the Westmin- srer Abbey special service was preached by the Bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Wordsworth, from the 12th verso of the 26th chapter of St. Matthew—"She di? it for my burial. After referring with some I :slo :iâcti[.¡ and ;r\al: with which the burial of the dead was erred for, as shown in the Scrip- tures, from the days of the pitriarohi down to the borial of Christ, his lordship denounced in intiignant terms the attempt which was now being made to introduce the custom of burning the dead. He could not conceive anything more barbarous and unnatural, and one of the very first fiuits of its adoption would be to undermne the faith of mankind in ihedoctrine of the resurrection of the body, and so bring about a most disastrous 8;)cis.1 revolution, the end of which it was not easy to foreteU. More than 1,400 years had passed away since the flames of funeral piles, which blazed in all parts of the Keman Empire, had been extinguished, and now, in the nineteenth century after Christ, it was proposed -to rekindle those funeral piles in this metropolis and all the great cities of Europe and Christendom. It was true the custom prevailed among the Pagans of old, but in times of war it was done so that the bodies of their friends should not be exposed te outrage by being buried among strangers or feee, such outrage being very prevalent in those dye. But this bar- barous custom of burning the dead disappeared altogether under the silent influence of Christianity in the early part of the fifth century, and burial of the body beoame universal. One eminent physical philosopher of our time had cone forward with an appeal to Government to make the burning of the body after death compulsory by tho law, and another eminent man had asserted that burning the body was,making triumphant progress throughout the civilised world, and that on ground. of public health, and in the interest* of the nation, we should be compelled to accept the custom not only as expedient but as necessary. These man defended their theory by reference to the supposed injuvy which was inflicted on the living by the noxious and d8dly gases and vapOQTe emittelfr= the dead body during the process of coiruption, but they k:dfhhfJ=Ir::iei bsot: by the trees and chrubs which were and ought to be planted in our cemeteries and graveyards. He defended the practice of the burial of our great departed in such noble building* as the venerable Abbey at Westminster and St. Paul's Cathedral, e? ?i?g productive ,f the gmte.t public good by eo»seo:ating national v;ytue, genius, knowlcde, art, and skill, and by cherishing in the mind% of the living a heroic spirit of enlightened patriotism, just 8S wao the C8e with the bi-.Ial of the illustrious dead who were laid in old.. days in thoe magnificent tombs in the Campus )!¡rtil1l, and clong the banks of th3 Tiber at -itome. In all civilised ageo burning the dead had been regarded with honor io: an act of barbarism, and he could not contemplate its introductioni ere without a feeling of very grave apprehension. Another ground on which this oastom of-huming was defen- ded, and on which great Btress had been laid, was that ofonomy. He freely admitted that the enormous cost of funerals in great cities was a sub- ject deriving of attention, and that something ought to be done to reduce it. The annual cost of funerals;1\ London was estimated at over a million of money; but lie would ask if that fact wm sufficient to justify the startling prqpusaIwlUch had been made, in the interest of nationalewnemy, to utilize the ashes of the dead after binn- ing them by scattering them over the land aø a fertilizing agent. There was no, conceivable ground on which the ccstom oould be defended. The persecutors of the smtyrs in the second century burned their bodies and cast the aihes into the Tiber; but this they did to refute the doctrine of the Reg?rection, and to prevent it spreading through the world. The mtinetion of :gat :t ::w wltu: who{ ruinous consequencos, As it was, we could not dOle Gar eyel to tbG wide,sprert licenUoume .s u4 immorality which prevailed in aU the great capitals of the world, agamat which phil-thr.pi.,to were contending a1mOlt m '.i'? state of thiz. whi,k would be confirmed and increased by the introduc- tion f a custom from which wen's Ltter nitums h..k.

8 IRTS I SHIRTS! SHIHTS!—Why w ready-made when you can get them n?de, at few b i, notice, e ordei of the I"?'t materials and work? p eqn as cbeap, and far more dutable 1 M. Brukewlcn, tbe ar. ,?itirt @Aer, 8(? Bute Docks, be? re.p?.tf?Dy t.. in. form hJoo mimerous patrons that be baa received josfc now, for the summer season, "ltuge and _U-øeleotod r d white fancy Oxford -d' silk abirtiog* of tk.I .dboit?7, p.tt,-Uv,.Ilno t, -:rd?" All ki'd" td gentlemen's UDdÐr clothieK made to order. N,. Ste )td<&?< 8«, ?te-etmet, Doc& (;*rdM P. 8 et:: is eÍa:r.tledLM!t TOM foUow!n¿ b one of the man1 somWiZi?? nestved prorioj tf» ad «t*aoidln» min-kflliai SSS!*?*SStx. SS&??'??S?iS?S'. BeMKtMet. 11- Allb,wdteI:" <e? tluee n* of rout TootkaobePlUitor two at mjtrlesils. I have eiMiVusd P. O. Order. The puis oundnuanonleiliitthiae WMb. I h.U be -igms <St, t& *?N *t<F ail :ruh='IG'n.r'J *i M.: bee tr M? 1L bo* J, DMtf. Ohembt P.=Mb- HOU.OWA»'S PILLA AND OixniEMT—Ellious "affec- U. ?ith aU tb.f, -.1t..t -n.y-i. ioduco bv atmospheric change*, or t)o libtral diet, should be .k.d t once, or M- -A oa. eu3no. 1ID aDY dwl. hit idn. J.eJfIM tb. uiual, hi. eysslght dimmed, -,I hb hud dIzz" accompanied bY reluctance for .2 ?ruom phy or =ant ()w- be quite C:Q'tt ¡:1D,.r.l:tR "e:Je:t: c;r. ing and purifying medicine. Let him I once d for J:J,f. 1:1":j,¡J:& J1¡n f_ hi. fr, hh Mito?gt. and speedily renew ] his usual healthful (Mt. d l ill lb. ing. M tbe bowels be MttMo. Huttow?x Ointment .h.?ld 1. duigmdy -bbed r the stomsch ,.d Ii ver 0,0,y night&- -Im Oorm PLAT* PHinnro, by urn ol long expnlenee. LadlW aad gentlemen's private Tt?tDx cMd? udam. can)*, In o" ftrief,: engravera on $be pTemile. ?,*OAWR 3)d)' ?tM?SS< Worb, CardiH

IllJI'l'lt'l'Al-I'r JUDGMENT IN TRAM- WAYS RMtNO. At (he Guildhall, Westminster, on Monday, tho COIn t cf (1fnrr,¡1 Arsessment Sessions sat for the vuipine of itvHvvring judgment in tho oue of t'w ",u,!w T,?.y Company (Limited), appellants, v. 7 lio Parish tf St. Mary, Lambeth, resp ondents. The ceii,missiomr* present were Mr. Kdlln, Q.U., clu,iin.sn, Mr. Ley outer Penrhyn, Mr. Pownall, Mr. T. M. livley, and ('apt. Kobertson, R.N. Mr. Field Q.C., Mr. Poland, and Mr. Besley appeared for (he appellants, and Mr. Barrow and Mr. J." Meadows White for the respondents. Mr. Eullon watched the caeo on behalf of tho St. Saviiur's Union and other parishes. Mr. Pdlin, in delivering judgment, said this was tlo fiut casein which an assessment of tramways tad bem the t?hjfct of appeal to this court, and M thuewcre several other appeals ponding before :) :'ih ;¡ídl be more :s governed bef: Hiult of the IltUent one, they would atato the gic un(la r.(l reasons for their decision more fully than was usual in appeals of this kind. The MseH mint with whioh they had now to fleal was ,n;.ro g,?, ..d C5,800 net t?ible .%I.o in tho supplemental valuation list of the parish of St. Mery, I..b?th, made on the several li.?. f i::fuhio"tO L°:Odt; T:¡"r;y}nÓ: pany in that "Blioh. It had been agreed that the" annual gross traffic receipts earned over tho entire Bysfeni are to be taken from the compnnylo 110, counts at i'100,006. The first question that arose was fS to the mode of apportioning this artm 10 as to givo to each prish its proper share thereof. Pro cecd".9 ilp.n a principle of division tho averal.ams o be ajlccaied or gns receipt. to the r d..t., 1):ha;:f'£39,256.iPtie C;:J'rt: reductions in the appellants' estimates of the working expenses," mteable value of stations," or' (I occu Is lue, they arrived at a gross :ta' :f£r53 JeMtheatudtenMt't Ig and taxcB.AftrrtCftreMooMidenttknotthevery conflicting evidence given as to tho probable .nDII1 average cost of the repairs and other expenses necessary to maintain the hereditament, they had ceme to the conclusion that £350 per mile would lea proper and sufficient allowance. The amount to be credited for these purpo^ss in respect of the mileage in the resi,ondenw ??h Bhonid be ?2,318 iMte&d of JB3,315. HMinx f?rfher d?ducted ?39? for rate* and taxes, they hadattastboforethemai! the o?oabtions nece*- Miy for the deduction of the rateable value, which they found to be E1.M3. They had only now to direct that the MKM!Mnt npon the appeHMM iu I the supplemental valuation hst of the respondent&' paiish be amended by &lroring the gross estimated rental irom t6,290 to E4,141, and the net rateable value from £ 5,890 to 21,823. As to the costs of I appeal they made no order,

DEATH OTF LORD DALHOUSIE. I  We regret to "announce the doath, at half past eleven o'clock? 64 Monday night, of the Eight Hon. th Ead .1 DathoMie.K.O.B.LoTdDsdhou?e had being )yim; ill at his residence, Brcchin Castle, in the county of Forfar, for some time pa it. The noble Earl himself was born at Brechin Castle, For- farshire, on the 22nd of April, 1801, and was educated at the Charter House, where he was a contemporary of the late Mr George Grote, Bishop Thirlwall, and General Sir Henry Havelock. He left school, however, somewhat early, obtaining a commission in the 79th Highlanders in 1819; served in Canada and retired as captain, 1831; was M.P. for Perthshire, 1835-7; for the Elgin Burghs, 1838 41; and for Perth, 1841-52; Under Secretary for the Home Department, 1835-41 Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 1841; Secretary at War, 1846 52: and President of the Board of Control, 1852. Appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal. of Soot- land, 1853; elected Lord Rector of Glasgow Uni- versity, 1842, and was a Governor of the Charter- house; manied (1831) the Hon. Montagu Aber- cromby, eldest daughter of the second Baron Abercrcmby (tbis lady died in 1853). The succc isor to the title is bis lordship's cousin, George Ritriay, If, N.j C.B., son of the Hon. John Ramsay.

FRANCE AND SPAIN. The Paris correspondent of the Times, reverting to tboe conduct cf France with reference to the Carlist war, Lays:—"The Cariist officers, agents, and commis voiiaficurs in France speak so openly and boastfully of the freedom of residence, locomo- tion, and action allowed to them that they leave no doubt of the favour they now enjoy, and their protectors would do well to urge greater caution, unless, indeed, they are careless of what is said, knowing their own security to be complete, and that they are, in fact, only carrying out the wishes and secret intention of their superiors. Informor days, when there was civil war in Spain, or Car- list insurrections, I well remember the vigilance disployed, and how frequently tmvelleri near the frontier town and many leagues from it were askd for their passpoits by gendarmes, or taken to the police office to exhibit them. But then there was a real desire to be good neighbour. to Spain, and to aid the Spanish Government in its difficulties. All that is changed now."

HOW TO SEE THE COMET. Mr. H. T. Gale writes to the Times an follows:— "At eleven o'clock on Sunday night I had the pleasure of seeing the comet for the first time. I was in the Beyent's-park road, and was looking at the northern sky, when I peroeived an elongated luminous form. Thinking perhaps it was only a distortion of a star, caused by a smear on my spec- tacle glasses, I rubbed them, but still the elongation remained. On reaching home, I directed a teles- cope to it, and of course saw at once it was a comet with a well-defined nucleus and a mode- rate amount of tail. The telescope was not an astronomical one-jwt powerful enough to show Jupiter's moons. The following appeared to be the position of the comet :-A line drawn through the highest two of the four large stars in the body of the Great Bear if produced in an easterly direction would pass through the comet near the nucleus, or taking the Pole Star as the apex of an isosceles triangle, and the highest of the "oi.-r. I as one end of the base, the comet would be nearly ;be other end of the base. A perpendi- cular from the Pole efthh':izó J:d¡i to the east of the comet. The apparent length of the tail was about equal to the Oistance-E-,tween the two "pointers," its direction was nearly per- pendicular to the horizon. I noticed that a small fixed star could be distinctly seen shining through the tail."

LBTTEEB to England from Italy are, it is an- nounced, forwarded via Germany, which way takes from 48 to 60 hour. longer than passenger* d iborDe ¡he 6:nuëe¡:g:iaF;: ad until old postal contracts are run off this will re- main the same. Letters from the north-west of Upper Italy, a* well as Central Italy to England, however, may te forwarded to France to be sent to England, which is a saving of mostly 48 hours, SIR TRAVERS TWISS has in the press a second volume of the appendix to the" Black Book of the Admiralty." It will contain the judgments of the sea from the earliest known MS,, which is pre- served in the archives of the Guildhall of the City of London, collated with an early Flemish MS. of the 14th century in the archives of the city of Eruges, as well as the customs of the sea from the earliest Catalan version of the Book of the Consu- late of the Sea," collated with the earliest known MS. in the BibJiothèque Nationale in Paris. AssociATto CHAMBKRB OF COMMERCE.—We are authorised to state that this year's autumnal meet- ;D g of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of -the United Kingdom will be held at Newoastle-on. fyiie, and the date has been fixed for Tuesday, the ■ftie 22nd of September, and four following days, We have reason to believe that more than on un- HKially good attendance of members of Parliament anci other influential gentlemen is expected, and the ,di,gs altogether are likely to be of a very ,=,?.ti.g character. Mr. Plummer, jun., the 5eci«i«ry of the Newcastle Chamber, ha* been for so?% time past wwkidg hard to arrange such a pro- g,am.e of i,it- to manufactories and oth??, places worth«ceing in the vicinity as will be found woi thy of 00 great an industdRl centre, and has likewise in preparation an Illustrated Handbook," a copy .f bi?h will be placed in the bands of e?? h d?ff gate and visitor, in order that all may leave New- castle- on-Tyne with a -store of knowledge as to its position in the manufacturing world such as he did not before possess.—<Citambm of Commm Chvioiicle. EH3LI8H UAILWAY TBARHca.—Since we com- mented on the traffic returns fit the leading Englith j railw-ro, A. ilsue of the SOtk of May, there has been additknal six weeks' experience, bringing down tüe rcturnc for most wmp?es to the close of ttebalf-year. The period In qu%tion has undoubt- edly bc. the most unsatisfactory of the entire balf- year. Wkilo tho increase of receipts in the first ten ..i a war £ 350,000, and in the second ten weeks t2?.CCO,itmcn]y?,OOOin the last six weeka, show i ng a steady liminution in the rate of increase. The ib.?r?.e in fact, has become almost nominal, several of iu most' important lines, particularly ;:rl:tetrn 'ïl:efo:e:h!:ra:; creue, and the average of all for the week just past d'Cg a decrease. The peculiarity observable dul, the half year -viz,, that the decrease i? mainly in goods and not in pusengero, has also marked this last period. In the passenger tmtti.; we fnd there Was an lnereue f k?3,WD, and de- creMeeft'W.OOO in the goods trttBo. The worst nufferem by the loss of goods traffic are North- Ê: ::i:h:il £fot in the six wea)«, and Great Western, whi<?' hM tott t:)l,000. Among the other V Unes North-Western ha) guinea £ 24,000 and ?id!M?K,?M..?CMomu<.

llXTItKT Of WOODS IN t £ N<!LA.ND. It fro. It!, tli,,t ,f the ?ho!cnnfBp<)cfKn.;)?da? WftleH, l-vn ',mJ ,.t,, .Iy 1,-If,:),COO t'tl?l "< :)7,:U".COn .rrrK, b ocmpiod hy wn<?), coppMX. Mdp))utntiMt!TrMtinxth()th)?r??'" )'orhbire ns Mp?ftto counting Hm'o? "'e on?y Cf.u!)ty?.ie).nturnanMmt'tMtQ').030M? of -11, ly I I p,r c, b, Iits r.? bet-g tt The 1,, ,f if.'n "I 'I' are ne.,t in I:}¡ ;de,T bI\¡= .e 1 71bÔl e 'hu e ;(r it'g only 8 percent, cf that ounty's tre? n<. follows with 78,000 .0"" of woo.U?n.), whil. ?l?, adjoining county of cI:T'OII,t1h ïf,i m!Y .?.e 48,000 MtM of won d shows almost .« high a perœnt"se a. ita neighbour HuMox, smu ,?,y n,.rl ono-tcnth of it. whole areaw thMem- ployed* ar h' t;ot) 't:O f :} Ir nJ{ 8u,,?y, Md SH<Mx appear to poMO? a mu?t brcf extent of woodland relatively to thmr sue, than any other area in England.-Tltc Gai-dtn.

STRAWBERRIES ON THE PACIFIC CO \%T. I ithe Fan F titt) that the recoipts of strawberries in thai city for a week or more, to?ardt the end of May, ha.d avfraxed owr thirty tns daily. The greater portion of this immonM quantity comes from Santa Ciara county, largo t-' I of land in the vicini tv of SanJoM being devoted to the cultivation of thu fruit. It i. trmported to the city in chests of twelve to twenty drawee. Hoch drawer of the twelve contains bibs., and of the twenty 41be. each. On May 28 chests sold at from 2 dols. 60c. to 4 dols. at the commission- houBfe, Ihe lowest price this fruit ever sold for in San Fiancieco. At retail the choicest varieties couJdbeoMaiDtdforlOc. per Ib, Th3 C/iroiucJe adds:—"Thirty toBs of<trawbon-i<M i:e;1tti:û tity; but, until a day or two put they have all been disposed of. A{tr tMe, however, until the cicae of the e. it will be almost UMleM to .d fi; id:at:h ;:eta:Ote: e::e day thrown away. When the choicest Y?rietu!) brbg btt4c. per Ib., inferior onea will not pay for hanh!"g The crop is unprecedented J and, while the ,-nt priMt are barly adequate to pay the cultivator for his labour, they place the fruit within the means of the multitude." The San Francisco region is an excellent one for most kinds of fruit, —The Qar&n,

I THE LAND OF PEACHES. The Delaware Peaoh-growers' Convention Ølet lately at Dover, in Delaware, The estimates of the crops for the present year were reported by the growers representing different sections From Mount Pleasant, 20,000 baskets Kit kwood, 10,000; Armstrong's, 3?,000; Middletown, 75,000; Town- owd, 26,Oc6;Ginn?, 2,000; Black Bird, 5,003 Green Spring, 5,000; Clay", 35,000; Brentford, 10 000; Morton, 25,COO; Dover, 20,000; Wyoming, 20,000; Woodaide, 5,000; Canterbury, 10,000; Felton, 10,000; Harrington, 5,000; Farmington, 3,000; Greenwood, 2,000; Bridgeviile, 10 000; Sea- ford, 5,000; Laurel 10,000; Delmar, 2,000; Salis- bury, 5,000; Dorchester and Delaware Railroad, 10.0C0; Junction and Breakwater Railroad, 10,000; Kent County Railroad, 25,000; Maryland and Delaware Railroad, 25,000; making a total esti- mated shipment by rail of 442,000 baskets. It was aim estimated that 158,000 additional would be ehipped by water, making a total shipment from the entire peaoli country of 600,000 baakets.-Tle Gardin.

FORGERIES IN GERMANY. I The Coblenz correspondent of the Cologne Gazette states that forged letters of credit were presented at the same time at Coblenz, Brussels, Biarritz, Carls- rube, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Frankfort-on the- Maiu, and Alayence. He cays a notice has bean issued from the police officer at Frankfort, from wbich it appears that a gang of swindler* bad evi- dently fixed on the L19than g 20th of June for carry- imq out a systematic fraud, and had suooeeded in domg so. At Frankfort they obtained 21,200, at Mayenoe ?700, and at OaTtemhe 2400. The police circular describes three persons who, under various nomes-Smuel Reed Richard Field, F. C. Roberts, Robert Pentry, ddíf.MtI:p;:cid in the swindle. Two of them hao ben I,eaiy arrested, one at Aix la Chapelle and the other at Cologne.

MR. JOBN MITCHHX, of New York, the leader of the Voung Ireland party, has intimated his in- :nW:n y feI;ngi:íl'f:Stttion of Tipperary county on Colonel White's resignation. A PARLIAMENTARY return just published shows that the total cost to the nation of the South Ken- sington Museum from its commencement has been £ 1,191,709 19B. 4d. The cost of purchases mde for the mueum has been ?281,672 9.. Id., of which sum C30,220 18s. Id. has be?n for reproductions, lost -a-to, &c., 938,642 69. lid. for the m? fib,? g. and 18OO9 2Ii2fosihu::[¡o and scientific collections the mainde?-2194,799 18?. 2d.-has been expended in the purchase of scalp- ture ood and tnew work, jeweuery and gol :h;C:r:,n:ar:a:er:t'oJ:cnd gold- SEEN THROUGH FRENCH SPECRACLFS, -This is the English Sunday, awording to the Xappsl  "All Is closed. The bakers don't bake, and the "ting houses are ""led. It is difficult for a 'i n, r to avoid dying of hunger. A gin" of wine would cost the publican three guiaeas, for piety is stuffed with a fine, and God is protected by the ;oliedThhihfiat:t themselves do not f: much better. You would look in vain for smoko from the chimnies. The cook does not dare to light her fire. The family dinners are composed of the remain. of the preceding day, and stale, hard bread. They !eMe home merety ::O.eh: -grave and lugubrious in their Sunday clothes, without turning their heads, or speaking to one anothor. They return and sing hymns the rest of the day. The streets are empty, and the town is like a cemetery, dread and mournful." ■arrc-IIITING TO HTOr A THAIN.—About half post four o'elock, on Thursday afternoon, as the 3 p.m. train from Manchester was pissing near to the Sum- mer-lane Station, Barnsley, of tho Mancheiiteran(I Sheffield liailway, the driver noticed that a mlin was lying across the inotals the train was on. He at once reversed the engh e, but not in sufficient time, he expected, to prevent his passing over Win. Whea the engine was at the driver got I Fped the driver got and w:;n:fIa:u!: tt:í:: !:j it wu evident that the Iron gowd of the engine had p'iied him on one lido, and so mvod him. The man was followed and taken into custody, whon he "!RIO Ce name of John Beton, lately in t employ of Mr, Bustard, 4ontractor, as es4lne-to er. On be5ng euminfd by a w.dima man, he said he only inkndecl to atop the engine and train. Oa the adv" E} ttw ;Jieoffincrneth:n8:; tA:: to the workhooso, preparatory to being sent to tho asylum. JUI)BO RJMHE: DYES are exo"ngly useful honw held commodities. 71 process 1. le, od -.It Jr:,md6III'.Jl1 roUn ":g1:r.7øi: Shetland Wl. or Woitdx are good subjects for young belnnHI In the art of dv ?dog. Time, b. minutes 1 Judscn's Dyes, ed. per tcttle, eighteen colours, of all Cbeubt. azl Stationers. "07d

1UMTI1 LOCAL (Jt)AIW. The irrnlhly moling of ?n t?tht?at H? ff)).)ttt).??h< Id evening- Mr. ,'ohn V3U1, tie ch Hit man, pmidrd and there wore a so pre- ?r.t: Mr. Vtbon, Mr. M<ync'<.Mf.Ht4UybfM), Mr, Kn.;ch Hid Mr. Price. Tho minute of tho )a<tm<.nt).tym?.tine;,M'tof)t'c?"e,?r in ),(, by tl, I,rk (Nl,. lCn? M.) roi.fiimcd. The auditor nndor the L?? 't'- \.?mo,t )!o?ni r<po.tf<t that ho h.? ftndt?d th3 f, the y,r 1,.d day last, and ro- pTeiUd to o b serve that L?, found several mMt.tkn.) in t)? t.?M.rtr'a Mc?untf. H" .,?gg?,t'd t '?t &n indivMu.il .hould be .ppointed to tho oll!L?? of tm.sorer intend of the bank. In addition to tho leans, amounting to ? ::? 189. M.. "hich w?o now owing hj the hoard, and "htoh hid been c.- \l I,¡n'h(\t B We:tk::cr:rtk,i¡r il,? h', I%t (?? U, h orki tlio ?iu?n (.ft),H!OI?. Id. o ?the general dintri?t r:?tei. There w? now owing by owners for pn?te Imprnnmellts the sum of ?t,76U In M., whi :h h?t already Iwen apportioned, and ? farther sum of kl,771 14.. lOd. on account of wo, t completed, making ft total of El I Ml 15,. 10J. rno repoit fiuvge&tcd the desirability of levying a way r;lte, and added that ho had l'lcamre In atatl°t-C that his former suggestions had been in tho mam carried out, and the accounts wire presented to him in a Rrtatly improved condition In the course of the di.cus?iou which ensued, Mr. Meyrick remarke 1 that a considerable pciti,,n of thbcl¡ nftttcdto was rnado on land boloagin4 to Loid Tredegar, and could not ba reeoverd until houscs had hen built there, lIfr. Wilton com- mented upon the anomaly involved in their having no fund cn which to fall back upon fortbo pufpoMa :i Jui1;e!,b: &hd:rl' lYt:j on the ratepayers in charging the rates to t"o extEnt indicated* He miggtel that a Itm should be borrowed in crder to form a sort of capital on which to draw for ,v,,e improvements. The Clerk explained tt., ?Init?,y purposes Ihe b.?,,l consented to enter into an agreement with Lord Tredegar that the amounto laid out by them should be rOMupad whentheiatawu let and therefm the money oid Lot Ib: ceâ at nre M,. Et¡; quently stated that the ,nditrr of the 'Lo-al ÖIJJ:ttcoaa;"ahennb1O¡n o:rïe ¡n to allow a sii?gle penny paid A. interest for the money overdrawn at the bank; and he fh:loIevEcdat that hk itendshofd be entered as Bnlary to tho treasurer. On' the proposition of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Price, i$ was g,eed that the amount which had been ch8red by the treaauter for interest in ad- vances to the board .nd banker's commhsion, .houJd be IIwnIded to hi ? commission. The Clerk said he believed the collector, Mr. Hodgkinson, had strictly fulfilled the in. structionB given him by the board at the last meeting. Twenty-one persons had summoned for items amounting in the aggregate to LGOO but when tho cases were called on for hearing at the county petty sessions on Thursday, there were only two magistrates on the bench, and as one of these subsequently retired the cases were obliged to stand over till Monday next, when he (the clerk) would be unable to attend in consequence of the Monmouth Assizes. Mr. Corbett h-ii since explained that it was not the fault of the LlandnlI magistrates, as they were called away to attend the business at the quarter sessions; but he (Mr. Elisor) believed the board would be of opinion that other magistrates might have been there, con- sidering tho number of the justices, and the fact that several new ones had recently been appointed. After the transaction of. some other business, the board adjourned.

THE RECENT ACCIDENT AT MERTHYR, Colonel Yolland, in his report on the accident on the Yale efNeath'Ra.itway, at Merthyr-TydSt.at- tributes the running back of the mineral train entirely to the neglect of the brakesman. In refer- ring to suggestions that had been made at the inquiry about the use of bmke power On continental i1s:r Y:e:eht chi:i of Trade has no power over the working of traffic, and he sees no way of preventing accidents like that at Merthyr without the interference of the Legislature or of some body authoiised to make the necessary rules.

THE fifth centenary of Petrarch's death is to be worthily commemorated at Avignon. The fetes will last three days, the 18th, 19th, and 20th inst., and will begin by a formal reception of delegates from the French Academie and imflar provincial bodies, ancl Italian literary societies. Subsequently the bust of Petrarch will be carried in triumph to the :el;íllh On lt 19th there tåfg: a gMad bull fight, and on the concluding day a musical festival, where the prize poems on the great poet will be read, and the prizes awarded.—Graphic. THE CROWN, on the recommendation of Mr. Disraeli, has op ointed the Hon, and Rev. 8a:m :rk:;foo:ea::ecf Stnhi;: Birmingham, in the diocese, to the Deanery of Worcester, vacant by the resignation of Dr. Peel. Of ht:r:af :tg Lent, Mr, Yorke has opened hi* church for short mid-asy services for businesi men, similar to those at St. Lawrence Jewry, and secured the services of picked preachors. TheQ ioen has also appointed to the vicarage of All Saints', Leeds, the Kov. Philip Snaith Duval, the hard- working chaplain of the Westminster Union Work- house, formerly a curate of Mr. Wilkinson, of St. Peter s, Eaton square, when he was at tho church of the late Lord Derby built in Windmill- street. ;S IT 18. AS IT OUGHT TO BA. In tbe "Times" of Jan. At the Docks, where 7tb, Dr. H-WI "rites: H-MWISWO Teu Me In "1 have made a further bond, I took amplem from a1eofeOr l:T: 4!t chot.,?hih Pd'" ..u were found to be alyed and found perfectly ?i?.ted. They ?. Pu?1% and free from the !)t" ??oM!y Ste? am3 t&aaM<Mfn<;th! with P,, blue, tu- quality belngequally*atl* merle, and a mineral pow- Wry. FeDraar* M.,i,,Tahne d xbot-ow = 167,L tofM!net«nervemcMf A.H.HtSaAH.M.D. ful u, ..o, but reder actf:'Iae. other r:: .r" d..t..Al. 162a Agent*—Chemist*, Confectioner*, dc., In *i town sell Hornlman's Packet Tea. 4 FANCT GOODS AND Ton FOB PMSENM.—F. Mar- tin, 20, Cooim*rclal4trMt, Newport, beg* to eaU atten- tion to Mt iMft Mt mrM StoA ? GoodL Pai? chasers will find special advantage* In sol*cu?g frm 'bø b ve stock.—Please a :to addrea-Fmdwfok Mtrtln, 20 Ommenw-street, Newport. mbun DENTAL 8OGUT.-Mr. B. BetKM Sm. Eeon Bmti. ? CMabrtM-pt? ?xMSb. =1w? uddw by aMtTEt a**t*tant*. Remumdod by Uw phndmt BhyoMtM and tat?MM ln HM J"boJ A= HUM MmM tatbt mouth M No?lAertM, AUrdare, and mBrein dg&I by siat gpoingman& ? to an*W app.Wt. Seat; ? 14- wui -*fTe prompt &action. nome ,Updage froa 10 to 1 M6M

JIIll, (I. OHRORNH MoMlAN, M.P. AND WitI-N}l county <j<)i;itrjurjun3. TO TJIH EIHTOB 0\f THH M WBHTIHK UAlt. I It, My attt ntion taa &ccn<uitc<i to a icttsr ill your paper, signed Facta non V. iba," on my late spr.tcb in the House of Common* on Wtlih County C« v.rt Judges. I am not in tho hsblt of noticir.- anonym-mi attacks on myself or my spccchcs, and I c rtai .ly should rot hicvo deviated tc->ia that rulo in the present <n;e if the litter in question had not bicn fmrded on n report so abm-illy inconcc1. thst I ear.tot conceive how it ffuril its way into thi usi- nliy accurate columns of the Stanford In that paper, it seems, 1 am reported to have wtf TH. administration of justice in the eo-ty ouit, widely differed from that of tho superior court.; for while in the latter thero wcro sworn and skilled interpreters, in the former thore were n; at ..11, unless the suitors employed thom an 1 it not an- ftcquentty happened that froaiwiatof mjuj to do this they lost their cases." I need hardly say that I said nothing aUl! re- scuablirg thin statement, net can I find a:>7 trace of it in the reports of the Times and t j Ntwu What I did say on the subject ia acru ately given in a verbatim report of my speech which appeared in most of the North Wales pipers, aud v/ia as follows" It is no answer to say that justice is effectually administered in the vory superior courts by judge. who do not understand Welsh. Ad- mitting tbis to be true-though I am disposed to think that there is another side to the question- there is really no analogy for this purpose between the superior courts and the county courts. In the former the cases are sifted by intelligent olicitors who understand both languages, who take their in- struction* from their client* in Walsh and com- municate them to counsel in English, and who are at hand to correct any slip into which an interpreter may be betrayed. Moreover, the interpreters are generally men of skill and education; and last, but not least, the verdict is found by a jury con- versant with both languages. Thus the chances of a miscarriage of justice are practioally reduced to a minimum. But the county court judge in most cases is his own jury. His functions, too, bring bim into more immediate contact with the pari ies, being often more those of an arbitrator than of a judge. But, above all, in moat cases he has to have the case stated by the parties themselves. Now, to give evidence through an interpreter is an awk- ward business, for to make a speech or state a case through an interpreter is simply impossible. The result is that the unfortunate Welsh suitors (who constitute by far the larger number of litigants in the Mid-Wales County Court) are compelled to choose between placing themselves at an enor- naous disadvantage by conducting their own cises, or engaging the services of an advocate at a cost possibly disproportioned to the amount at stake-a serious tax upon poor men."—I am, kc,, GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN. House of Commons, July 6. I

UNIONISM IN SOUTH WALES. ro THJt mrrOB or TEEN WKTEBN MAIL." SIB,—As I have to-day been informe d t-t McMn. Price, t::J Rh nney, are noht hdismurageabythe,&mo, ,?ox? defeat at the ironworkers' delegate meeting, on Saturday last, at Merthyr, but that they intend paying a 'isit to the various ironworkers of South Wales and Monmouthshire, to unfold to bgnighted ircn?orkerB their splendid scheme of independent let me, air unionism for South Wales, let me, SK» through you, tender them a httte advice, that is to steer clear of this place, a3 t?eir reception here in all probability would be more warm than welcome, fcr, if I mistake not, the ladies here are busy laying in a store of rotten eggs, old tin pots, &c., so as to be able to give them a fitting reception. I may say the conduct of the above parties hM awakened a feeling of indignation in the breast of every true union man here, and their base lngrati- ude is deserving of every contempt by all bslievers in tinn nnionÙim.YoUIS. &c.. Blaina, July 6, SOIRE FACIAS.

THE RHONDDA VALLEY SINKERS. 70 HIE EDITOR OP THE "WESTERN MAIL." SIB,- We have heard many comments of late on the agitation in the coal trade. and about the great meetings ana conferences respecting the 10 per cent. reduction on the earnings of the colliers, especially in the Rhondda Valley. But there has been a cer- tain class of men on strike lately, owing to the re- duction of 10 per cent. on their earnings, and no OLe seems to have taken any notice of them, viz., the sinkers. Now sir, through the medium of your tnost valu- able journal, I beg to ask any reasonable and well-thinking man, is such a reduction due to the i, kers ? They are the men to open the doers of the coal world, and their trials, difficulties, and dangers in doing so are with- out number. They are in a measure more exposed to danger than the collier. They are at the bottom of a shaft from 10 to 16 feet in diameter, and some hundreds of yards deep, where the fall of a stone one pound weight would be a fatal occurrence should it come in contact", ith any of the men at the bottom, and they have no ways or means of escape whatever. They have to perform their work in most places with almost a torrent of water con- tinually falling upon them, and in many instances standing over knee-deep in water during the whole of their working hours, and almost choked in powder smoke, and exposed to the moat fearful and dreaded of all dangers underground-the explosion of fire damp-such as was lately experienced in this valley. The wages of the sinker before the reduc- tion ranged from 6s. to 7s. per day of eight hours, and that of unceasing labour, only half an hour being allowed to swallow a mouthful of food while blasting holes are being fired. I ask any person who has seen the state of the sinker, coming up from cbafts ranging from 40 to S00 yards deep, after his day's tbour, to state whether bis position or situation is an enviable one. I think that any one having the &4htost feelings of humanity will say he dearly earns hu money. The great coal proprietors and ainking :torhho::ee:;r,chlinoåikt];,nnn reduced the men ten per ceqt How far they are ju-tifi,d in ofn:r: wC:a;\h: ably class the sinkers with the colliers, and regulate their wages wording to the rise and frat of the coal, I must leave to the judgment of thousnds of readers of your valuable paper who mdent?ind the nature :f lh:;iuli;:o 1Îot.\ni: not in truded on your time and space, and that you will kindly insert this letter.—I am, &0., ASMKER. Ton Ystrad, July 6. -A MITKBP.

BAZAAR AT BRITON FERRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THill" WESTERN MAlLo" SIB,—Will you kindly allow me a brief spice in the columns of your widely-circulated paper? Lwt Friday morning a short article appeared in the Western Mail concerning tho English Wealeyan Bazaar held at Briton Ferry. I have very muoh pleasure to inform yotir readers that that baz t&r re.lited the unexpected aum of 2119 lu Id. I sh-ld also like to avail mvBelf of tl?w oppor- tuo::k :a:rle:;yI::th:tli:;h have devoted time nd money in furnishing their own stalls 2nd, all persons who have in any farm or manner contributed to the bazaar; 3rd, the mem- bers of all the Churches of Briton Ferry, with our own, for their kind patronago; and, ia the last place, would we heartily thank Mr. Woodward, who, seeing the difficulty we had in procuring a room. most kindly secured the ABsembly-rooms, ancl generously paid all expenses. Many articles remainmg unsold, we intend dis- posing of them at Christmas, by mean. of & tree. -I am, & THOS. J. DHSPRKS, Wesleyan Minister. Briton Ferry, July 6.

WOODEN IAYBURNP VERSUS HOUR AND DUST. TO THE KDTTOB OF TilE" WESTKIOJ mil." SIR,-?oMe years ago wooden p&vomeut w? bi.1 down in varion. parts ef London, and ough .?b. .equently taken up in the great thumughtarei ap- 'l:i.efi:j f: f.e:cl:J; l?ratively free fmm dust, but noistle? T?ie expense 1* about Hi*, per square Yard, and if laid pr.p.,Iy will last a* loug as granite pitching. It has been found by oiperiunco t-KI'st the p 'L"'3 block$ .1?0.1d not bo laid ?.i??tly end that make. a ilippery and very soon an uneven pavement. They should bo out at a certain angle md l?.gged together with oak dowel*. By this means they may be prepared at tho mill in l?bi of fiftecu or cihteel\ II oå., t,,?, surface having b.n prepared with concrete in the usual manuer, A street like Duko street Ulibht be relaid in au ij- crtdibly short time. I trust that some ;Vmr mora pr?'.iW r?-mier ?,o ?.y b" fntc.uted W ctcM M t (I¡"t .trtdl wlJ1 take the matter up. If needful. I shall be happy on f ct'iro W:>llon to t?to further 't<?" 'M? M c?ap?tive "44' ?' remedy (..oUIM to be f-- d (" nuking r?t. I. of our tre"t., bt .th..t a < ? .Ile, of ??tn or twenty tem w? ight it i« not P niible to do IO effectually- I am, kc w effectually. I am, Ac FIK IKZK Cardiff, J«>T «•

the MonRisTon borakh and cahth. TO inE ITITOB or THI wotrrr.Y W me, through the mfb-i-n of yonr widely circulated paper, to draw tI." atten- tion to the heavy lead* thU the 1'" r horse* are subj ect tj plying between Swansea a,:1 Nf,iston, atd a e e rc r i z There are several .of .t.he*, veh.i.c.le a H ..ir.ti.ng f.rom the n;fd in Hand and Market O..t,'o ,y runnin j between the above named plaoea with passengers, Atc., and the d,iYlla allow the. v. hi to be leaded to such an extent, that it II • n "eat dl fl- ctalty the rcor horse* can manage to d' q their lovi *fttt<h<M. I myK)f have b-? Y" "itD-  the bove, and have _D e)"r? M 20 to ?' (I.Meti.?s more or l_) p888P1'" puk them- Mhet in one -tt, Mturdays -p,,i By the time they arrive at thtb d?ttntttf. m?herttt:h is "d brought to H*tfM?. ?.. d M go on throughout thdd;:Ofn the b,)"" '1:; fiJ f tB? mt. ? here Is the ictr>r d the tte?aty for thi Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Animal,; Have we lot one ? If K>, ,t»tl0n Ma»elf in B?h.trMt, and watch thw attairs. f ?woiidernoor?ehis fMn "P ?'- Kopmg 60-othi- "PI ? don. in time to icmely tfci* cruelty, I am, &o. cruelty, I am, &c.» «*• Swansea, July 7. f

'THE second annual Horse Show at the Alexandra Palam p?.ed yetarday. Aang tho exhibitors are Prince Batthyany Mr* Blenkiron, Ma j or Barlow, Mr. fea;Jmr'8irBO&III &e. PENNY PORTRAITS o. WELSH M.P.'S. A MAGNIFICENT LITHOGRAPH OJ MR. H. HUSSEY VIVIAN, M.P. (nm Senior Msmber for Olamcrganshiral WILL BE ISSUED WITH TIIK. WEEKLY MAIL ON FRIDAY NEXT, 10TH JULY, 187i. This Portrait trill be, so far as arluti. excellence is concerned, in every rtfptct coital to and identical with the ONE GUINEA p.-rtrai* of Mr. Vivian recently issued by Messrs Beynoti and Co., FiAc Art PMishers, Clwl- (etiAam. PRICE OF WKEKLY MAIL: Without Portrait, 2d.; post free, 2id. .With Portrait, 3d. „ 3.d. /Sfjeetmftt* of Afr. Vivian'* I'ortmii ivil) shoiily be on tkxo at aU Vtuwujtuts aiui Rail- way .Book.ltalù. N.R. The pt.iblishotr pmiicislarly,lesim to impress upmi iuteiuling pttrchaMrs the fact that unless th, ir orders art gimi to lietcnagtntt, or at the head office, at least a icai b- fort the day of publication, ho cannot yuarastfe. to supply the fiintrci of artistic excellent* and economic production, which Mr. Fteta* po?''?t< t. o?KCtf'?.?eJ to &? (?M Fgm)w best MM?X<tK< to judge.

CASTING OUT DEVILS. The present revival" movement in Scotland has, it seems, given opportunity for muoh scoffing among some of the young members of the commu- nity. One of these benighted youths, however, met his match the other evening in a i ter, who was deteimined to stand no nonsense. From the account given of the affair by a correspondent in the Dundee ??'e?Mff, it app:.rs that the young man in question, at the closo of a revival gather- ing, toyed aind to attend the anxious inquiren'" meeting-not from any worthy motive, but simply to find material for the amurement of himself and his associates. With this ignoble end in view, he anxiously inquired of one of the minibters whether he could work a miracle or not." He bad not long to wait for a satisfactory reply, for the reverend tie."?, ::c him ::b:t1e t:hoiJ:np,nJ;nw cannot work miracles, but we em cast out de\!1a," and, suiting the action to the word, pitched his ;sshi:j 3i1;c:i ch: door, wli'ch was immediately closed in ?is face. The !\Y;Ous inquirer disappeared rapidly in the darkness, kw' ,ng the in ",ter ent; -ely master of the situation, and is not likely again to joke with the Revival tat..

SWANSEA COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY. (Before his Honour Judge FALCONER.) CLAIM FOB EMPTY BOTTLES AND JABS. MILLS V. LAIRD.-ID this action Mr. Walter MillB, a wine and (ty ile7ta?lrtr ,,r" the 2 l?,. 6d. from Mr. Laird, formerly of the Park Mill, near Gower, and now a resident of Windsor. The action at the outset was to recover the sum ot £6 10s. 61 from the defendant for a number of empty bottles and jais supplied by the pl.i,?tiff to t? defendant with wines and spirits. The defendant paid £ 3s. 9d. and 9s. costs into court, and the total amount was then reduced to £2 12s. 6d, The defendant asked for a bill of particulars and costs, but his honour refused to allow the latter, and ultimately the case was adjourned until the next court, in tho meantime the plaintiff to supply defendant with the particuhrd which were demanded. ACTION OF EJECTMENT. COOK V. GILDINO.—Mr. Charles Cook, of Swan- sea, brought an aotioa for ejectment against Harriett Gilding, for whom Mr. Clifton appeared. From the evidence given it seems that on the 8bh of September last the defendant entered into the" possession of a house in College street, belonging to the plaintiff, at a yearly rental of £33, exclusive of rates and taxes. The sum of £9 was paid for fixtures, and the rent was paid in advance. Plain tiff afterwards wanted the house, and as he received his rent monthly he wished defendant to quit the premises at once, but this she r6fused to do, and it was contended by Mr. Clifton that she was a yearly tenant, and inasmuch a* k. WM in btwmcss It was not to be thought that plaintiff could make her quit before the termination of the twelve months. His Honour gave a verdict for the plaintiff. ACTION AGAINST A PIANO DRALEEI. CUTTING AND THOMAS v. BBADER.— An action was brought by Horace Cutting and Abraham Thomas, <)gainst John Breeder, of Swansea, to re- cover the sum of £2 9s. 6d., an amount being aI. leged to be due to the plaintiffs from the defend- ant. Mr. Hartland appeared for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs were formerly carrying on the busi- ness of coal merchants, and the defendant gave an order for some coals, which were delivered to him. One of the plaintiffs, Cutting, it was shown by Thomas, hired a piano from the de- fendant, and instead of the coals being paid for, the cash being handed to the plaintiffs, a receipt WSl given by the defendant to the plaintiff, utt.g, for the hire of the piano, and Cutting gave defendant are ipt for the coa which was pro- duced. It was contended that the piano transac- tion was a private one, and that by paying atti.g Them.. diX not, as e o?ug t ?6?e, he aing member ot the firm, derive any benefit fro the transaction. Cutting baa since led a petition, and Thomas was now liable for some of the debts of the firm. The decision of his honour was reserve! until to-day.

A SUCCESSOR TO THE SEA SERPENT. The toUowm: ?t?nee riorJ hM been CYmmnni The to the !ndiM ptpent :Wehnd eft Colombo catcd to the In 0.11. in the steamer Strathowen, had rounded Galle and were well in the bay, with our mune laid for Aladn., ateming over 6 calm M<t tmilquil -M Abcnt <n honr.befere ::m:im.m a;,le t:r: we saw on our starboard beam, and about two miles off, a small schooner lying tce. i Imed. There wa* nothing in her appeamoe or portion to excite remark, but a. we mme up with Ter, I i.it, ex amined htr with my binocular, and then noticed between us, but nearer her, a log, low swelling lying on the set, which, from its colour and shape, I took to be a oank of seaweed. As I watched, the mass hitherto at rct on the quiet sea was set in motion. It struck tM scnooner,   ::id'anl:b:¿rrlt:le Immednte?y ;r. the masts swayed sideways, and with my gim I could clearly discern the enormous and the hull of the echooncr coalescing—I can think of no other term. Judging from their exeiimations, the other gazers must have witnessed the same appear- ance. Almost immediately after the collision ana coalescence the schooner'. masts swayed towards us, lower and lower; the vessel was oa her beam- end., 1ay there a few seconds, and di.ppeared, the masts htingstieunk, and tbe miii exhibiÖDg a reversed ensign t-%Ung towards it p^ik, A cry of horror r"e from the look?rm f and, u if by instinct, cur ship's head was at c" ttlmed to- wards the cccne, which was now marked by the forms of these battling for life -the sole survivors of the pretty little scbooner which ozaiy 20 minutes before floated bravely on the smooth s a As soon as the poor fellows were able to tell their story they astounded us with the assertion that their veuel had been submerged by a gigantic cittle-tish or calamary, tbe animal which, ia a soialler form, attracts so much attention in the lJihton Aqua- rium as the octopus. Bach 'narrator k hi. vernon of the story, but in the main all tbs narratives tallied so remarkably III to leave no doubt of the fact. As soon as he waa at leisure, I prevailed on the skipper to give me his written a:c mnt f she disaster, and I have now much pleasure in sending you a copy of his narrative: I w," lately the skipper of tho Pearl schooner, IT) tons, as tight a littlecfaft as eversailed the with a crew of six men. We were bound from Co Mauritius for Kangoon, in ballast, to return with paddy, and had put in at Galle for water* Three days out we fell bccalmed in the bay (lat, 8 50 N., long. 84 5 E ). On the 10th of May, about 5 p.m,eight bells I know had gone,—we sighted a two-m .sted screw on our port quarter, about nva or six "03 off; very soon after, as we lay motionless, a g. ".It mase rose slowly out of the sea. about hull a iiWe off, on oar larboard side, and remained spratd out, as it were, and stationary; it looked liko thi back of a huge whale, but it sloped Io.?, and WAS of a brownish colour; even t distance it seemed much longer than our enft, and it seemed to be basking in the sun. What's that? I sung out to the mate. 'Blest if I knD^rs; barriag its size, colour, and shape, it might b £ a whale,' re- plied Tom Scott; • atd it ain't the sea sarpent,5 said one of the crew, for he's too rGuM for that ere crittur*> I wen into the cabin for myzifie, and as I was. preparing to fire, Bill Darling, 3 Newfound- lander, came on deck, and. looking at the monster, exclaimed, putting up i6 had, H?,,e a care, ;r ,p that ere b a squid, and will cap- size us you hurt him.' Smiliag at the idea, I let fly and hit him, and with that he shook) there was a great ripple all round him? and he began to move. Uut witn &U your bimr&annd d tit.7 abouted EM, 'and cut at any part of him that comes aboard; look &live su? P. '? d help us!' Not aware of the danger, and never having seen or heard of such a monstr, I gave no orders, and it was no use touching the helm or mpes to get out of the way. By this time three of the crew, Bill included, had found a^es, and one a rusty cutlass, and all were looking over the ship's side at the advancing monster. We could now see a huge oblong mass, moving by jerks just under the surface of the water, and an enormous train follow- ing the oblong body was at least half the size of our vessel in length, and just as think; the waka or train might have been 100 feet long. In the time that I have taken to write this the brute struck us, and the ship quivered under the thud; in another moment, monstrous arms like trees seized the vessel and she heeled over; in another second the monster was aboard, squeezed in between the two masts, Bill screaming 'Slash for your lives;' but &11 our sl&Aing was of no avail for the brute hold- "Ig ;ina sïfpdalt dyb:t and pulled the vessel down with him on her beam- cnds; we were tbro n into the water at once, and just as I went over I caught sight of one of the crew, either Bill or Tom Fielding, squashed up be- tween the mssts and one of those awful arm. for a few leconds our ship lay on her beam-ends, then filled and went down; another of the crew must have been sucked down, for you only picked up five; the rest you know. I can't toll who ran up the ensign.—JAMIS FLOYD, late master, schooner Pearl*' "—Homward Mail.