The Aberdare Times

A COSTLY SWORD. ^18 the sword of honour presented by the William to Czar Alexander on the occasion ee as Colonel of the 3rd Prussian Lancers, a.rt, but it is also au object of considerable 118 stated to have cost the venerable Kaiser ^aud pounds—a vast sum in appe&rance elated into German marks. The hilt ia of ttpon which are enamelled tha Russian George and the Prussian Croi<9 "For Le two decorations invariably worn by both upon aU public occasions. The Czar IVlng this splendid gift from his uncle's re- ^e» the service colonel of his regiment, at ^ed it to his left side, saying, Tell his Ma< 1 shall ever regard this sword as a treasure, 1 shall wear it at every solemn ceremonial I to attend." The soldier-Kaiser's present to [111.1 nephew is, in more than one refpect, a £ ne strong personal sympathies that are 0 ^oth Monarchs. Its very ornaments are historical retrospect, as honourable to the the sword as to its wearer. The Cross |"rge was the first decoration ever conferred liatn of Hohenzollern for actual military ll^d at one time he was the only living man lineage endowed with the first class of trioua O der. The Cz,*r, though Chief of If by his Emperorship, down to three ) only wore the fourth class, bestowed 3 when b,3 was a mere stripling for an fftvery in tlte Caucasus. Ho refrained rtisujg bis inborn right to wesr the in- thy ciaases, until i-"s -1 aetuiUiy coiu- ^i'torioiaa army iu tha Seld. The. W'Jcr (If Merit ia no cojuplim<jnt&iy ?> liko the mora r.ugu?t Black Eagle, and ^eagerly coveted by foreign Sovereigns as ^ruaaian notables. The exceptional circum- « Czar Alexander is a Knight of this rarely «* w.gracefully emphasised by its incrusta- th commemorative sword, side by .s German Emperor's first decoration—the • George,—Daily Telegraph,

□hfKC(?al owiie'8 are beginning to perceive k. e-r Interest to sell their coal as quickly as a for 1878 falls sbort of that of 1877 by to tv.1 an<* a half ot tons. The decrease is ln stagnation In the iron trade, lor there is a ha h ,? Prodnction ol iron ore, which nearly decline in the output of coal.—Echo. 'nca.y afternoon, shortly after three o'clock, ci_j lnet Council was sitting at Lord Beacons- fg?;. r^idence in Downing-street, a crowd of y a b^nd of music, demanded to be per- Ai-tfD a Petitlon to the Cablntt prajing for the 6e<4 !ut The sentry on duty Jn Downir.g- 0Kii^ P«mit tUe crowd to aovnuce further Uu.11 ler's T- ,strefct; and flnfiitig their f flEjrts to reach er ki r I i "-elleu were frustr-ued, th«y proceeded, hev w House of Ccmmr>ui with the iu- >0ci choerins; Dr. Ketiealy. Both in and returning tb« baud plajedtho

THE ZULU WAR. SIR BARTLE FRERE AT CAPE TOWN. The reception of Sir Bartle Frere at Cape Town pumassed anything witnessed here since the Duke < f Edinburgh's visit ("ays the correspondent of The Titties, under date June 10). The streets and house- tops, from the railway station to Government-house, were crowded with people, who cheered loudly. Various deputations presented addresses of welcome, and the Governor's carriage was unhorsed and drawn by gentlemen to his residence. It was altogether a strikingly effective manifestation of loyalty and sym. patby. Sir Bartle Frere, replying to the addresses, said Nothing can give me greater satisfaction and strength in facing whit Is past or what is before us than the knowledge that I have your sympathy. I know It is Impossible for those at a distance to judge of difficulties and the best manner of meeting them, and I look upon your expression of opinion as foreshadowing what may be the verdict of my own cr.uutrynieu and of history when the circumstances are beiter known." He tonchingly alluded to the untimely end of the brave young Frenchman wh > gave his life in the cause of civilization in South Africa, and desired that the intended public banquet should be postponed out of respect to the memory of the Prince.

A Renter's teiegram from Cape Town (via Madeira) under date Juoe 10, guys "The accounts of the manner in which the Prince Imperial met with his death are conflicting. Accord- ing to the official Etatement 50 Zulus surprised the party, who were resting near a m¡>alie field. In the general flight the Prince Imperial rode into a donga where a body of Zulus lay concealed. Ac- cording to independent accounts the alarm was given by a Caffre belonging to the party at the moment the latter were about to mount, when the Zulus fired a volley and killed one trooper. The Prince being unable to mount his horse, which was restive, ran by the horse's side until he was over- taken by the Zulus and assegaied. The survivors rode in the direction of Brigadier-General Wood's camp and met him and Colonel Buller on the way. Information was immediately conveyed to Lord Chelmsford, and a strong cavalry party was despatched to recover the body, which was found in the donga and conveyed to the cump, where the funeral service was read over the body by the Roman Catholic chaplain in presence of the whole division paraded for the occasion. Lord Chelmsford acted as chief mourner. The body was subsequently removed to Pietermaritzburg, where it was received by the Lieutenant Governor, the Colonial Secretary. and the officers of the garrison, and placed in the Roman Catholic Church, where it lay in state."

BRINGING IN THE BODY OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL The Times of Monday published the following from thoir Correspondent, under date Itelezi-hlll, J uno 2 :— At five o'clock this morning the rtscille resounded through the camp, and the troops turned out soon after daybreak. Two squadrons of the Lancers, under Colonel Drury Lowe, and a squadron of Dragoons, under Major Marter, paraded and immediately after- wards marched off. It was a relief to be on the road, for the suspense and anxiety suffered by everyone since Lieutenant Carey's arrival last night could hardly have been exceeded had he brought news of a second Isandlana. The expedition in search of the Prince Imperial was under the command of Major.General Marshall on behalf of Lord Chelmsford. He was accompanied by Captain Molyneux, A.D. C., and Surgeon-Major Scott, while Captain Lane, A.D.C., represented General Newdigate. The reguiar cavalry was strengthened by the presence of "two companies and a half of Major Bengough's battalion of the Native Contingent, Captain Shepstone's Basutos, and Captain Bettington's Natal Horse. The party made rapid way across the country, rarely drawing rein unless the nature of the ground rendered it necessary. On the way we passed several kraals, in one of which an old woman was found. We also crossed many dongas, but for the most part the country was open and easily traversed. With Bettington's Horse rode the Prince Imperial's ser- vant. His groom was also there on the horse the Prince himself had ridden the previous day. On the near side the holster was partially torn from the saddle, showing where it had given way in the Prince's in- effectual endeavours to mount. There was a tale in this simple fact—a tale which spoke not the less touch ingly for lacking words. Who could tell whether that trifling rent was not answerable for the fate of the Prince ? Mr. Deleage, corre- pondent of the Paris Figaro, was with us. and was, I believe, the only Frenchman of the party. Round- ing the shoulder of the hill from which Lieutenant Carey reconnoitred the valley while the Prince Imperial sketched the principal features of the sur- rounding country, we came in sight of a part of Colonel Buller's Cavalry, composed of Raafs and frontier Light Horse, who had been sent out by Brigadier-General Wood, whose column we could see moving along a ridge about four miles off but he, hearing that a patrol would also leave Lord Chelmsford's head-quarters, had giv n them orders to disturb none of the evidences of yesterday's disaster. The kraal itself is situate a few hundred yards up the valley of the Ilyotozi. On one side of it is Insulnwana hill, on the other the hill before referred to. About 200 yards from the kraal is a shallow donga filled with tall, rank grass. As we neared this the Basutos and Volunteers spread out to search. A shout soon apprised us of the fact that something bad been discovered. Men speedily gathered round a spot near the crossing their uncovered heads told that one of the dead had been found. All my apprehen- sions were confirmed, for there the poor young Prince lay dead. Surgeon-Majors Scott and Robinson were soon present, but their s-kill was of no avail. Life had been extinct for hours. All they could do was to examine the wounds and find that two, at least, of them would have proved instantaneously fatal. It is probable that one of them was the first that he re- ceived, for the face wore a calm and pleasant expres- sion, not as of one who had died in pain. No bullet had touched him. The wounds, 19 in number, were all caused by assegais. Beside the Prince were found his spurs, and round his neck a small chain with locket and charms. These were given into the charge of Captain Molyneux. by him to be handed over to Lord Chelmsford. It was a mournful sight, and no one re- garded it with unconcern. At the Prince's head his old soldier-servant knelt and wept and grief like his, exhibited by one who had served him only a short time, spoke well for the private character of his master. Strange fatality Only a few days before, in conversa- tion with Captain Lane, he had said, "It is no fun being fired at I want a trial with the assegai. I should like a slight assegai wound." By General Marshall's orders a stretcher was formed of lances and a blanket; and, wrapped in another blanket, the corpse was borne to meet the ambulance by the General himself, Colonel Drury Lowe, Major Stewart, Captain Molyneux, and officers of the 17th Lancers. The krall where the party had been surprised consisted of six huts, collected round a circular store cattle fence. Gardens of mealies and Caffre corn surrounded it on three sides, the fourth being open and facing towards the donga. The ambulance returned to Itelzi Camp at about two o'clock. A funeral parade was ordered to take place within a few hours, and on the morrow it has been de- cided to send the body under escort to Landman a Drift. M. Deleage will accompany it to England, As the afternoon drew to a close and early evening approached, the troops marched silently away to an open space without the camp. The 21st, 58th, 91st, the Artillerymen dismounted, Dragoons and Lancers carrying their lances, wheeled regiment after regi- ment into line until three sides of a great ob- long Equare were formed; and as the gun-car- riage bringing the covered body of Prince Louis Napoleon, preceded by Artillerymen with reversed carbines, moved slowly into the centre, the gloom that had pervaded the camp since the mournful news was received grew deeper and sterner. The dull murmur of voices was hushed. Amid us, simply wrapped and stretched upon a gun-carriage, was the Prince's dead body, pierced by nineteen assegai wounds. The Catholic priest read out the funeral service, and his words increased the universal gloom. Beyond the ranked soldiers and bareheaded multitude was a strange sky dull, leaden clouds hung at-out, and the near mountains seemed dark and distant in mist. Just about them, in a small space, lingered the intense after-gloom of setting sun, drawing slowly down cloud-curtain in the west."

The Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph gives the following graphic account of the arrival of the body of the Prince Imperial at Maritzburg "Sunday. June 8, will be a day long remembered In the annals of Natal. Since Thursday it has been known that the remains of tha Prince Imperial would reacb. this city yester- day. The two intervening days were spent by every one in preparations for the sad occasion. owing to the recent ex- tension ol the t deeraijh along the country rosd., the pro- gress of eortiijo from p^fnt to point wastiacetf wl, "'e greatest nioety No pa'11s were fp; re l by the ramt'iry authorities aud the citizens to nva'^e the reception as solemn and imposing as possible. AecordtLg to the arrange- ments made, all who desired to take pirt in the procession, whethtr military or civilians, were directed t.? assemble, dis- mounted, at the entrance to the city, in th, gr,atup. country road. A minute gun was to ha tired from Fort Napier, which overlooks the city from the north-west, a signal all feed upon to let all know of the arrival of the remains two miles from the town. Two o'clock was the hour fixed for the formation of the procession. About a quarter-past one the gun was heard bDoming a solemn warning. Long ere the gun was tired tfie whole city had as-einbled on the appointed spot. At half-past one the scene presented was such as no spectator will ever forget. The city of Maritzburg stands on a gentle ridge sloping dofrn from south west to north-east falling gently away towards the north-west aud south-east. We were now on the north-west side, In the centre of a narrow plain, perhips half-a-mile wide, bty 'nd which grteu hills rose, curve above curve, till g'ltherinx in a dark rocky peak some 1,600 feet abeve the level of the city. Already were figures on horse- bw,k descending the road, while two or three wagons, with long trains of oxen, seen In relief against the sky, Identified the position of the meiancholy caravan, which presently dh- appeared in the hollow. Here, It is whispered, the remains are being transferred to the gnn carriage, which, whh six horses belonging to the Army ijervioe Corps, had been Bent out to meet 15. A pause of expecta- TION WISHES, duriag wiiioh the yrucession !d ie-arranged, FonuUig double IIow auruts ilM ruad, with fccus towarls the a, the M&ritzlnirg Rifles, leaking down the lino, farmed double liiio the men of the 21st, the only rugniara stationed here, were within thia line the Adjutant-Ge>,eral was mounted the other officers who arrive at the spot mounted get off their horses and follow the remains on foot. The most noted among the group were L'eut.-Governor Sir Henry Bulwer, who, as also Colonel Alltchell, the Colonial Secretary, appeared In full dress; General Clifford, weariDg plumed helmet; General Sir Ji>hn Bestetd, wearing the scarlet full-dress uniform of a general the Bishop of Natal, looking considerably aged, though not less erect than in former days; also a company of Major Bengough's Regiment ot N atal Native Contingent in red jackets and regi- mental trousers, under the command of Captain Dlgby Willoughby. Every citizen of Maritzburg who had a black coat to put on, or who could find crape for his hat, had obeyed the invitation—the members of the Legislative Council, Government otlicials, merchants, tradesmen, store keepers-while a large compact body of mourners is formed by members of the City Guard There is another pause, but nut for IOlig. One mounted officer, half-way down the road, is seen waving his plumed hat; another moment and the sad coiUne is seen emerging round the bend ot the road, cross- ing the bridge which marks the beginning of the ascent, preceded by four men of the Natal Mounted Police, who take up their station, two on each side. As the re- I mains approach, every head is uncovered, while the Lieutenant-Governor, accompanied by General Clifford and ihe Mayor of Pietcrmaritzburg, step forward an.ic.a5 au Intense stlence; even the Vusezo soeiua to have dropped, and the el<5ud-*bac!ows t.o have cr»a*ed to traverse fcbe hill vVtw. Again a paut-e, ww unftint s.xo handed ovsi to th«ix new CttStoduuiSt Its volcd 01 tha officer in command is heard giving orders then the first | beat of the drum, and the solemn strains of the Dead March in announce that the procession has moved, while each minute comes booming from Fort Napier the mournful response Surely never did funeral procession begin its march under more solemn circumstances. Meantime, another crowd had assembled near the little iron schoolroom belonging to the Roman Catholic Mission, in wiiich, according to previous arrangements, the beloved and honoured remains were to be first deposited. Here such military honours as the scanty force in the city permitted were also rendered. What a contrast presented the simply and lowly building, only wont to hear girlish recitations of pupils and the fond applause of parents, and to-day to be associated, in receiving the descendant of the Napoleons, with one of the most melancholy tragedies the world has known. Nuns, who had been waiting, formed line on each side of the entrance, while the officiating priest, the venerated Father Barret, came forward in his vestments, doubtful at first, owing to the narrowness of the space, how the gun-carriage, with Its six horses, could approach the door. The care and skill of the drivers were, however, equal to the occasion. Another moment and, amid deep silence, the remains stood ready to be removed within the little building. The mourners filing In, formed double line on each side, the military on one side and the civilians on the other, the doors were cloeed for a moment; then, amid still deeper hush, the remains w, re borne in, supported on either side as pall-bearers by six officers of the British army. I will mention the names of thoss to whom this honour fell Colonel Reilly, R. A. Colonel E 1st, 57th; Lieutenant-Colonel Rn- sell, Equerry to the Prince of Wale*; Colonel Steward, RE.; C*p'.ain Willoughby, 21st; and Captain Fox, R.A. Home aloft on witling shoulders, sur- mounted by the sword and helmet of the deceased, the rude coffin in which the remains were brought down from the front came forward, covered with the tricolour and St. George's ensign. "Here a little incident occurred which served to show how dark was the feeling which pervaded all present Hanging from the centre of the roof was a simple chandelier, neces- sarily unnoticed by those bearing the coffin on their shoulders. As the coffin passed the helmet was caught by the chandelier, which seemed for a moment In danger of being swept to the ground a thrilling murmur went round the room, and a dozen eager hands stretched forward to warn the bearers or save the helmet from falling. II A moment after the remains were deposited on the floor in the centre of the room, and the quiet, grave voice of Father Barret was heard reciting the 'De profundis.' Only a minute or two was consumed by the simple ceremony, and then the doors were once more opened. It was under- stood that all would quit the room except those who were in some way officially connected in the work of Identification which was to follow. Here, strangely enough, occurred one of those coincidences which, when they happen, make so deep an impression. It was bright sunshine, with merely a passing cloud, when the procession started on its march through the city. Now, however, when the remains had actually been deposited In their temporary resting-place, the sky became overclouded, the wind sighed drearily, the first sad drops of one of those showers which so often come up from the hills in the afternoon splashed heavily on the ground. It was but for a few moments, but the influence of the incident was deeply felt, the gloom of the evening being recognized as a fitting accompaniment of so mournful an oc- casion. After the room had been cleared, the task, first of identification, then of transferring the remains to a more appropriate receptacle, was proceeded with. There was not much to be done with respect to the discharge of the first duty; a legal document Intriplicate was signed by General Clifford, M. Deleage, M. Unlmann, the Prince's confi- dential valet, whose uncontrollable grief in presence of 1111 young master's remains won him the sympathy of all pre- sent and Colonel Mitchell, Colonial Secretary, representing the Governor of Natal. ODe copy, sealed up, was deposited in the coffin, the other two being kept for the Secretary of State for War and General Clifford. Nor did It take much time to accomplish those arrangements which the medical staff deemed necessary for the preservation 0 ithe remains. Embalming, in the strict sense, there was none, nor did cir- cumstances admit of it. Those interested in the preserva- tion of the remains were fain to content themselves with such process as could be carried out by the application of suit- able antiseptics, such as carbolic and arsenical prepa- rations. All that could be done, under the constant, thoughtful direction of Deputy-Surgeon-General Holloway and his staff, was done but, after all, nothing very much was added to the kind care of those into whose hands the remains were first committed at the front. It was owing to this first kind care that the body, when the rough coffin was opened at Pietermaritzburg, presented none of those appear- ances of injury which might have been expected after so terrible a death. The face wore a calm and peaceful expres- sion the wounds inflicted by the assegais were hardly to be traced, while any fear that the body had been in any way disfigured was completely and satisfactorily set at rest. Not much more than an hour was occupied in all that passed in the little school-room. Within an hour and a half after the procession had arrived the coffin had been soldered down, a few brief prayers had been said, the last rites administered, and the remains had been escorted to the little chapel close at hand where they are to lie in state Though no attempt at decoration had been made in the school-room, the same cannot be said of the chapeL Here the loving hands of the nuns of the neighbouring convent had been at work, and the result was much surprise to those used to the meagre appearance of the building under ordinary circumstances. The altar-piece had been removed, and the east end hung with black, with the significant letters 'R. I P.' In silver; while black hangings, relieved with silver, reached from floor to ceiling along either side. The catalfalque occupying the centre of the floor, guarded by two sentries with fixed bayonets, presented a beau- tiful and striking appearance. Lighted up on either side were wax candles arranged in pyramidial-shaped sconces. Prominent was the Napoleonic monogram, surrounded by wreaths of white camellias; while, on either side, the remains were watched by a silent row of nuns, who, with faces ever turned towards the altar, seemed the very personification of tender sorrow and re- ligious cire. There was no crowd, possibly owing to the fact that the remains would iie in state all night was not sufficiently well known to draw a large crowd, but a con- stant succession of silent and sympathetic visitors of all ranks and creeds testified to the melancholy interest taken in the sad event of the day, and to the sincere grief felt throughout the whole community. "A thing worth noticing is that the heir to the Imperial House of France should receive the last honours from a community which is peculiarly French in associations, and I doubt not that that little chapel will become sacred ground to all who as Frenchmen honour the name of which France, through whatever changes of politics or dynasties, will ever be proud."

The following is a copy of a telegram from Major-General Hon. H. Clifford to the Secretary of State for War, dated Pletermaritzburg (Madeira, 28th June), received 28th June, 1879:— 9th June.—Mortal remains of lamented Prince arrived here at 2 pm. yesterday. We met at entrance of town by Lieutenant-Governor, myself, and military and civil authori- ties. Inhabitants followed in great numbers, showing great respect and sorrow. Body placed In the Roman Catholic chspel, after being transferred in my presence from rough case, in whichit was deposited in camp, to wood and lead coffin made here. Body was legally identified by me, confidential valet of Trince, and correspondent of Figaro, who accompanied It from camp. One legal document was placed in coffin, with pho- tograph of his mother and late Emperor. Medical arrange- ments for preserving body admirably carried out. Funeral service at 8 a.m. this morning. Lieutenant Governor and all military and civil authorities present. Coffin removed from church to gun-carriage on shoulders ot officers, fol- lowed by Lieutenant-Governor, myself, and many officers and inhabitants on the road to Durban, under escort of officers, non-commlssloned officers, and men of ilst Fusiliers and Natal Mounted Police. Colonial Secretary, representing Lieutenant-Governor, and Colonel Reilly, R. A., accompanied to Durban. Colonel Pemberton, 60th Rifles, accompanies in man-of-war to England. My duty here obliges me to remain, instead 01 going to Durban to pay up to last moment tribute of heartfelt sorrow and deep sympathy. Lord Chelmsford states on 4th June Court "ot lnquiiy assembled to investigate the circumstances of the Prince's death. I have heard, but not officially, Major-General Marshall president Colonel Malthus, 9ith, and Major Le Grice, R.A., members. No other information up to this date, June 9ih, 8 p.m., received from Lord Chelmsford. Cannot, therefore, pass any opinion on awful event. Uhlmann, Prince's valet, goes home with Prince's remains 10th June. "Lord Chelmsford telegraphs June 6th: Skirmish yesterday between tribal force and eur cavalry, mounted Irregulars- Lieutenant Frith, adjutant 17th Lancers, killed, two irregulars wounJed. Wood returns to border to- morrow, with large train of empty waggons and strong escort. I advance one march, and halt for the present. "Received by me, 7th June, no date, from Lord Chelms- ford To-morrow flying column return with convoy to bring stores from Conference-hill and Landsman's Drift. Second Division will encamp on Selefe River to cut supply of firewood. Fortified post will be established on Nondani River. Neither river marked on map. They run parallel to the Kyotyozl. Distant from it, latter about four, former ten miles I received 9th June, following from Assistant Quarter- master-General, Head-quarters, Lovina River, dated 8th June Second Division arrived. Camp half-mile north of Loznl. Black, 24th, with troops King's Dragoon Guards and natives from Rorke's Drift, effected a junction with Second Division in afternoon. Returned to-day. Tribal force as- sembled in Lonetl Bush. Shelled by 9 pounders. Scattered. Furthor action on our part to day. Convoy under Wood returning." It Pietermaritzburg, 12 noon.—' I much regret duty obliges me to remain here. Colonel Reilly, R.A., represents at reception of and embarking of lamented Prince's body at Durban, Major Butler having been Intrusted by me with all necessary arrangements at Durban.'

The Paris Correspondent of the Daily News says The Figaro's Correspondent in Zululand, M. Paul Deleage, tele- graphs, under date June 2, same particulars of the recovery of the body of Prince Louis Napoleon. He says he was one of the first to find the body, quite naked, in the ravine where the party had been surprised and attacked by the Zulus. The breast of the Prince was pierced by assegais, the right eye was cut out, and the stomach cut open. The face expressed little suffering. Death must have been instantaneous. All the wounds were in front, not one behind. The Prince died with his face to the enemy. I vainly tried,' says the Figaros Correspondent, 'to close his remaining eye, which yet re- flected gentleness and goodness.' The correspondent pro- ceeds to give accounts of the embalming of the body, the funeral serviee, and other details. He mentions that the Prince's sword which the Zulus took belonged to Napoleon I."

Writing under date Ilyotozi River (Right Bank), Juc.e 4, tht) correspondent of The Times e&ya :— There was a sham alarm at 4 am. this morning to exer- cise the men in striking tents. They worked fairly. the tents were re-erected. We started at twelve o'clock Scouts saw three Zulus. A Court of Inquiry as to tho Prince's death hai been opened, General Marshall, Colonel Malthus, 91th, and Major Le Grice, N. C. Battery, sitting. The inquiry has be tn adjourned. Brigadier-General Woort has moved three miles on the south-east. This afternoon great excitement was created in the camp by the news of an impi being near BrU'aditr-General Wood. Lord Chelmsford had already gone there. He says that while he was there messengers came in from Cetewayo with a flag of truce and a pass from Colonel Clarke, 7Lh Lower C lumu, who had already seen them recognised a3 King s ind-inas by Wood's spy messengers. They palavered—' Why you come here? W/iy war,' ifcc Lord Chelmsford s'\id-' I come to carry oui the Queen's orders, not to discuss them. If you dread fighting, say 80. Give pCJof of good faltli.' While they were talking a messenger came to Brigadier- General Wood, saying, 'Impi advancing.' Brigadier- General Wood intrenched the camp, and sent out cavalry. Lord Chelmsford questioned indunas. They said, No impi; only tribal force,' and would not attack Lord Chelmsford. Are you willing to be shot if they do Yes, perfectly.' The induaas remain with General Wood uutil to-morrow. Lord Chelmsford goes off egalu Mere da; break with the column to see them."

Writing: again under date four miles South-east of Ityoty&i ftlvw, Juuo 5, The limes' Correspondent ttltu s»ya: — At half-past four tliis morning one squadron of Dragoon Guards. Shepstoue's Basutos, !md bettington's Horse left the camp under General Marshall lor General Wood's camp, three miles off. They joined Bulier on a reconnolasance to feel the impi reported yesterday. I followed later, passing Wood's column on march in good order. General Newdigate's column pushed on and caught the Cavalry, halt- lug at nine o'clock three miles ahead of the column. Colonel Buller is still four miles ahead with our men and was burning a large kraal. The Zulus withdrew into the bush. Three men of the Mounted Lancers crossed the donga, and went up to drive Zulus cut of a mealie patch on the right, but found none. They then rode to the edge, but received orders not to go further. Lieutenant Frith, of the Lancers, was shot while taking orders from his Colonel, and died almost immediately- News arrived of an impt on the left bank. We could do nothing with the Zulus in the bush, and so retired in echelon, recrossed the donga, and waited behind the brow of the hill to try and draw them out. It was of no use; the Zu!us' main body only came out to the kraal. A few crept down dongas to right and leffr, and exchanged shots with Shepstone's and Buller's men as we retired. Some days ago news arrived from Major-General Crea- lock that messengers had come in to treat, representing themselves as King's Indunas. Major-General Crea- lock sent for the chief Ginlskwa'l to recognize them. Be found they only came from some of the King's Indunas. G-h>l ikwall, although refusing to surrender with his tribe, then unrtertook to go to Ulundi. Cetowayo WHS in grc«t »J g.'i- wh-JU he Le-i'd. of r-ent. and called a council together. Xfcxj told him people we re tired 01 war, and unable to raise an impi. Messengers were then sent here to temporize. Lord Chelmsford again saw them, but said he oould not treat with them. Cetewayo muat send properly accredited men of some position. He told them the terms he would agree to, and before treating the two guns and some hostages must be given up. They asked Lord Chelmsford to stay for answer; he said, "Oh, no; I continue to advance."

AIDS TO INVENTION. The Times has published the following letter on the facility of obtaining patents .— Sir,-In the course of your remarks on Mr. Drum- mond's report on the trade of the United States you say :—" The Americans are also fully alive to the ad- vantages of labour-saving machinery,and their develop- ments in that direction already mark them out as the most prominent inventors in the world." Now, to be thus recognized as the most prominent inventors in the world is surely to occupy an enviable position and one calculated to excite the wholesome emulation of other?, and seems to me to suggest the inquiry to what is that position due. Is it to be supposed that our friends^ in the States have a peculiar and heaven-born genius for invention, or may not the fact of their f xceiienco in that department of human labour rather ba attributed to the special encouragement afforded by the cheapness and facility of obtain g patents? There appears to me to be little difficulty in answering that question, In the States a patent is within easy reach of every mechanic in England it is a venture for a capitalist; hence the superiority of Lhe former country in the sphere of iuventior. But if cheap patents make great inventors, why should we not institute cheap patents? To this question there would seem to be no answer but the assertion that patents are pernicious monopolies, and such fallacies die hard, it may, therefore, be not superfluous once more to encounter the old foe, though he has been a hundred times previously defeated. The art of inventing is the art of making savings. An article is produced at a certain cost-say, a watch for £4.. By means of labour-saving machinery the same article is produced for JS3. Now, if a million such watches are wanted every year, the saving—i.e., the value of the invention—is clearly a million annually. But a very small proportion of this goes into the pocket of the inventor, It is the consumer who chiefly bene- fits. He gets his watch after a while nearly 20s. cheaper than he used to do. The consumer, therefore, though, perhaps, not the manufacturer, should regard the inventor as a man to be by all means encouraged. The inventor has, in fact, no status at all, except as giving more for the same money or the same thing for leas money than heretofore. If this were more distinctly and widely understood and appreciated, it would not be long before the labours of inventors would be pro tected as cheaply, as long, and as well as the pubiica tions of authors and in that case there is no reason why the Englishman should not threaten the proud position of the American as "the most prominent inventor in the world. '—I remain, Sir, yours faith- fully, H. N. C, Richmond, June 23.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT TRINITY HOUSE. A distinguished company was Invited by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House to meet the Prince of Wales on Saturday. The Prince of Wales, in responding to the toast of his health, said it was difficult for him, an honorary member of the body, to refer to anything connected with the work of the corporation, but a short time ago he had the advantage of going to Plymouth, in order to take part in a very interesting ceremony. Unfortu- nately, the winds and the waves were against them, and they were not able to carry out their programme, which was formally to lay the first stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse. It was yet hoped that at a later period of the year the Master and himself might go and take part in that interesting ceremony. That work must be looked upon as the commencement of one of the very great works which Trinity House had under- taken. (| Acknowledging the toast of the Army, Nary, and Reserve Forces," the Duke of Cambridge referred to the death of the Prince Imperial. No one he said could feel so deeply as he did on that subject, and he proceeded to say It so happens that the gallant and distinguished young man who has been taken away from us came to me and saw me on several occasions before proceed- ing to South Africa. His mind was bent upon going. He seemed to have a determination which certainly I never saw so strongly developed as it was in his desire to join in the service. I think I may say his feeling was intense anxiety to show his gratitude to the Queen and the country for the manner in which he had been treated while living in this country. As to his con- duct, I think there can be no doubt, after what most of us have read in the press to day, he was a thoroughly good, high-minded, high-principled young man. As to his courage, singularly enough I had observed on several occasions the intense dash in his cha- racter, and in a letter I have from him he thanks me for having given^ him a hint on that very subject. I had said to him that he should not run unnecessary risk or expose himself unnecessarily; I gave him that hint; but so strong was his desire to see service, and to show the noble spirit which dwelt within him, that he could not re strain his feelings in any way, and if the opportunity occurred he would only be anxious to go to the front, The result is deplorable but at all events there can be no question that the feelings were noble and gener- ous, and they must be thoroughly appreciated by every man and woman in this country, as I am quite satis- fied they will be in every other country when it is heard how this sad event has been brought about. I am only grieved that a life so valuable should have been so unhappily cut off." The Duke of Edinburgh, as master of the Trinity House, having replied to the toast proposed in his honour, proposed Prosperity to tbe corporation of the Trinity House." In the course of his speech His Royal Highness said In the first place, with regard to a new work which has been already mentioned by the Prince of Wales-EJdystone Lighthouse-the one which stands at the present moment, strong and powerful as it is, it is found necessary to replace by one of still greater stability. The new lighthouse was decided upon in the course of last year, and it is now in the course of construction. On July 17 last year the first landing was effected upon the rock, and, in the course of the year, before the winter season set in, as many as 38 landings had been made, giving a total of 135 working hours. Since the return this year of the working season, which I am sure none of you can say has been a favourable one—(laughter)—there have baen 41 landings, which have given a total of 151 working hours. In these two periods the rock has besn shaped so as to receive the atones, and there has been built in bricks a coffer dam, in which the first stones were to be placed. This, consider- ing the position of the rock and the very rare opportunities of getting upon it, is a very con- siderable amount of work, and it is most satisfac- tory that it should have been accomplished in so short a space of time as is available for working operations, (Hear, hear.) I believe the most difficult part of the work has now been completed, as there has been placed in position the centre spindle, to which is fixed the crane that is to bring all the materials to the rock from the steamer. As you all know, the subject of electric lighting has demanded considerable atten- tion from this Corporation, as it has in many other sections of society but I believe in no other form has the electric light been brought to such per- fection as it has in its adaptation to lighthouses. It is now 21 years since the South Foreland was first illuminated by it; therefore, we may say the electric light has entered upon its majority. It is not every one who at his majority had become quite perfect- (cheerB)-and the electric light is no- yetperfeot; but we may hope soon, with careful attention and experi- ment, to obtain a light which will be quite satisfac- tory for this purpose. (Hear, hear.) In the course of the past year a great deal of pains has been taken by the Corporation in the classification of lights. Hitherto many lights have had great similarity it was very desirable that some should be more readily distinguished from others than they were and great improvements have been made in that respect, and particularly in the substitution for fixed lights of grouped flash lights. The attention of the Corpora- tion has also been turned to fog signals; great im- provements have been made in the fog horn, as it is commonly called; and numerous additional stations have been formed both on shore and afloat. I may mention one more and very important point, which is quite new, and which is still under experiment, which is that of anchoring buoys in exposed positions at sea. By means of compressed gas these buoys can be made to show a light for a very considerable time. In one experiment which has been made in an exposed posi- tion, the light burned for thirty days, and neither witid nor waves extinguished it. I believe that this invention will hereafter prove to be one of very great importance for the protection of our shipping. Earl Granville, who proposed The Health of her Majesty's Ministers," said he knew it was difficult for one out of the Cabinet to defend the acts of those who were in it, and, therefore, he rested his proposal on the ground that her Majesty's Ministers were men of high character and remarkable ability (cheers), who were devoting their time and labours to the promotion of those objects which, according to their veiws, were meet for the advantage of the public good. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who humorously dwelt uoon the manner in which the toast had been proposed, said that in spite of all the opposition of rival parties there was always happily a true and hearty desire to co-operate in that which was believed to be for the country's good. The Lord Chitf Justice proposed "The Maritime and Commercial Interests ef the Countrywhich was acknowledged by Lord S&ndon and Sir R, Phillimcre, -Other toasts followed.

THE FIELD OF SHENANDOAH, An interesting histerio celebifttiaii W:\B held on the bth of June at Winchester, Virginia, U.S. It was the dedication of a monument raised to the memory of those unknown dead who fell in the Battle of Shenandoah Valley. Of those who were killed in that memorable battle, 829 were unknown, and these lay buried in a great mound near the town, from which the monument rises. The monument is a nntea shaft, on the top of which stands the typical Confederate soldier in over- coat, high boots, and slouch hat, leaning on his re- versed musket. A monument erected by the ladies of Virginia was also unveiled. Over 25,000 people were present, and among the crowd were women in mourn- tng carrying their fl >ral offsrings to the cemetery of Stonewall. The procession was headed by General Johnson, and marched to the National Cemetery, where the monuments were unveiled and the graves were decorated with flowers and flags. At the right of the line marched a squad of old Confederate soldiers, wearing their battle-stained uniform, und the rear was brought up by 2,000 veterans carrying their old flags. < i L Senator Morgan, of Alabama, delivered the oration- in the course of which he said:—Whatever heart, burning. or bickerings, or enmities, or strife exist will ba buried here, for this graveyard 13, and will remain, a common heritage, fe nd to Southern hearts a posses- sion for over. The dead past is bui iod here. These noble men who b.5S8 died with or without a came have not died in vain. This tribute to them is not an empty and unmeaning show. In a little while it will be the glory of the common country. Within sight, just over yonder fence, lie the bodies of thou- sands who fell upon these same fields in the Federal uniform. These were, X doubt not, as earnest as those, for they died by each other's hands. Think you that it was in vain. God does not so work. The death of the hero is the life of the State, just aa the blood of the martyr is the seed of the Church. These died for the rights of the Union, those for the rights of the State. From the monuments erected over either will one day spring an arch, in which the hopes and memories of both shall be interwoven, with the golden threads of God's eternal love and truth, and on which the eyes of people shall ever read how individual rights and local governments can live in sweet harmony with the central power and glory of the great Republic."

MR. BRIGHT ON DEPRESSION IN TRADE. T>.e following letter from Mr. Bright, In reply to one asking him to support Mr. Chaplin's motion for a Com- mission to Inquire into the present depression in agricul- ture, has been published 132, Piccadilly, London, June 26,1879. D?ar Sir,—Mr. Chaplin is about to move for an inquiry by Royal Commission into the existing agri- cultural distress, and I do not see how or why such an inquiry should be granted without including in it a more general inquiry as to the present depression in other branches of industry. Some people still have faith in Parliamentary Committees and Royal Com- missions on matters of this kind. I confess that I have none. A few years ago we had a panic about the scarcity and the price of coal, and a Parliamentary Committee sat upon it and about it. The Committee came to nothing. More recently we had a Com- mittee on the fall in the value of Bilver, and the inquiry led to nothing. Just now we have a Com- mittee on Co-operative stores, and it will lead to nothing, except to show generally the uselessness of such inquiries. If Mr. Chaplin gets his Commission or Committee, it will lead to nothing except to prove that with free imports of corn, bad harvests are bad for farmers, and that the omnipotence of Parliament fails when it seeks to control the seasons and that, therefore, Parliaments cannot step in by legislation materially to mitigate the admitted sufferings of the farmers. As to the present depression of trade, we owe some of it to the bad harvests which have impoverished many farmers, who are not an inconsiderable portion of our home trade cus- tomers. We owe much of it to famines in India and China, and to the commercial and manufacturing distress which has prevailed in almost every country, and not least in those countries which have sought to secure themselves by high protective duties. If our harvest this year is unfavourable, I fear the recovery we all hope for will he delayed, If it is abundant, which seems not probable, we shall soon see, not symptom'! only but proofs of revival. In the United States, with a great harvest last year, trade is reviving. We followed them in their depression, but not to so deep a depth, and we shall follow them in their recovery. These great changes are not in the power of Congresses or Parliaments they are in the ordering of nature; and we must accept them, always endeavouring not to aggravate them by our own follies. There is one great consolation in our present condition-viz., the food of our people is cheap but for the free imports the price of bread would be more than double, the price of sugar would be three times its present price, and the price of cheese and baoon would be double or nearly so; and of the price of labour it may be said that it would be much lessened by a greater prostration of every industry in the country not immediately connected with the growth of food. The freedom of our imports will enable us to pass through the present time of depression with less suffering than at any former period of disastrous seasons. As to Parliament and its inquiries, I have seen much of it and of them. If Parliament would keep out of foreign broils-if it would conduct the government of the country at an expenditure of 60 millions instead of 80 millions, in the year, if it would devote its time and labours to questions of home interest rather than to those which involve the sacrifice of the blood and treasure of our people in remote lands, we might have hope and faith that Parliament could serve the nation in times of depression, and we should find that such times of suf- fering would visit us more rarely. If any inquiry such as you rtfar to is granted, I hope it may do some good, if it only shows once more how useless such icquiries are. I need not tell you that the friends of Free Trade can have no objection to commission or committee, it the Government wishes to appoint one. I am respectfully yours, JOHN BRIGHT. Mr. Frederic Blood, 32, Charlotte-street, Birmingham.

THE HARVEST IN TEE WESTERN STATES OF AMERICA. The C ac&ao Turue of the 14th ult., publishes re- Doris of the condition of the crops throughout the w. ept and nnrth west in defcfu]. arming* these reports, the Chicago journal says :-It will be seen that in the great wheat-growing states of Minnesota and Wiaeoc?in the prospect is more favourable than earlier in the season was anticipated. The late rains seem to have removed all unfavourable effects of the drought. The late-sown grain has taken vigorous growth. An increase of about 10 per cent, in" the acreage over last year is reported, and the present estimate of the yield is about 54,000,000 busheia. Some apprehension is expressed as to the effects of an over-growth, the result of the recent rain- fail, But no serious damage seems to be feared. From Wisconsin a somewhat increased acreage is reported, and the crop, it is estimated, will be equal in quantity and superior in quality to that of last year. From Iowa the reports are generally favourable. The wint; r wheat crop is reported in good condition, and a fine yield ia predicted. The late rains have generally improved the prospect, though in a few localities there is yet com- plaint of drought. The reports from Michigan in. dicate that the yield will be equal to that of 1 <st year and of good quality. Some injury from drought is, however, expected. From Ohio it is reported that the drought has materially affected the crop. It is estimated that it will fall quite one-third below the yield of last year, which, however, was extraordinarily large. The reports from Indiana indicate a decrease as compared with last year, of about 10 percent., though perhaps it may be less. In quality the crop is good. In ICaiieaa and M-issoori havvesfciiig is begin- amg. From ths fcrmct iSiuta the report shows a falling cfl aa compared wi'-h tha crop ci last season, which is roughly estimated in the neigh- bourhood of 20 per cent. Late rains have materially improved the prospect in Missouri; but the better estimate seems to be that the total yield will not be more than a three-fourths crop. In Illinois some damage has been experienced from the drought; but a fair average crop, it is estimated, will be harvested, and generelly of good quality.

PRESENTATION TO LORD BEACONSFIELD. A deputation waited on the Premier on Tuesday to present him with the freedom of the Ancient Guild of Grocers. Previous to signing the necessary document, Lord Beaconsfield, in a brief speech, expressed his thanks for the honour done him remarked on the value he attached to the goodwill and commendation of his fellow-countrymen, without which the support of the Sovereign and powerful political parties would be of little avail. He also apologised for not having received the presentation in a more public manner; but the pressure of public business was so far his excuse, though he must also say that, acting on the advice of those who were best judges, he found it necessary, for the sake of health, to refrain from at. tending public dinners. He hoped, however, he might yet have the opportunity but whether or not, he con- cluded, you may depend upon one thing, that I shall pursue the same course in public life which, through good report and evil report, I have always adhered to, and that very effort that I make in that public life will be to improve the condition of the country to the best of my power, and to maintain that glorious Empire of whiah you are so proud to be members. The necessary declarations were then eigned, and the deputation soon after withdrew.

KOSSUTH ON THE REBUILDING OF SZEGEDIN. Kossuth has written a long and interesting letter to the Hungarian papers concerning the reconstruc- tion of Szegedin. He draws attention to the vast undertaking of rebuilding a town for eighty thousand inhabitan s, with all the modern appliances which will be necessary in order to enable it to assume the im- portance which it once held. Kossuth next urges that the greatest care should be taken with the foundations of the houses, as the unsatisfactory con- dition of the few solid buildings that remain shows the state of the ground. There are only two countries in Europe, he says, where the word Home is thoroughly understood, viz., England and Hungary. He adds Let the example of the English be followed, Let the dwellers on the Alfaeld have as heretofore their own little homes, however small, rather than great barracks, in which most families on the Continent are crowded together." The sanitary state of Szegedin is far from satisfac- tory. Much small-pox, fever, and even spotted typhus prevails. The reconstruction of a town of such size in the midst of the richest part of Hungary cannot but attract European attention, and especially interest English capitalists.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN, The Eastern Budget hears that the result of the ex- periments made since 1S77 with the steel-bronze ITchatlus guns have proved that the material is admirably suited for all kinds of guns. A correspondent of the Australian speaks of a team of cattle worth £4,000 being yoked to a bullock dray near Heldelbury, in the county of Victoria. The Mark Lane Express speaks despondingly of agricultural prospects. All cereals are snffering owing to the excessive rain, and the situation Is becoming serious, it being feared that the crops may be damaged beyond recovery. A Lloyd's telegram states that the Bombay, from Galveston, has arrived at Liverpool. The master reports that on June 17, in lat. 41 N., he passed between 70 and 80 bales of cotton, all charred by fire. They appeared to be New Orleans bales. On one bale two letters were visible, and taken to be "S. with D under, and another with "0.0." centre of mark. They appeared to have been not many hours in the water. The Empress of the French, before Sir Garnet Wolseley started for the Cape, made him come and see her, and spoke to him long and earnestly about her son. I do not like his being so far off,' she said, and in that climate. The climate is all that I am afraid of; but I do not like his being away. You must promise me that you will send him home directly you get out there,' The World. A singular fatality is reported to have occurred at Evesham. An old man in getting out of a conveyance fell forward, and a companion in assisting him fell forward aiso, and both were killed by concussion of the brain. The Paris Correspondent of the Times, says :— Suggestions to farmers how to act in wet seasons are to be placarded in the northern departments, and complaints of the bad weather are reported frcm all parts of France. It Is feared that the crops will be more or less ii jured by the prolonged rains. Beet, It seems, will be the chief sufferer. The Journal des Fabricants de Sucre states that it Is Im- possible to proceed with the weeding, and the weeds are un- usually thick this year. In desperation, a number 01 planters have reset some of their fields. In any case the harvest is a week or a fortnight behind as it is." Ismail Pasha started on Monday from Alexandria for Naples. On his departure talutes were fired from the English and French men-of-war. The harvest prospects are becoming very gloomy Whatever hopes still continued are djlng out under the influence of the persistent bad weather. On wet and clayey soils both wheat and barley are reported to be turning yellow, while all crops everywhere are being choked by the too luxuriant growth of weeds. Even from the grass counties cotnplniuts are loud that the meadows on the banks of streams are Mi) g flooded, and the hay spoiled. In 1 ranee the situation Is not less critical. Corn and meadows have suffered as much as with ourselves the silk crop has been all but destroyed beetroot is said to be forced to growth at the expense of its saccharine matter while very general fears are entertained concerning the vines, more particu- larly those th»t produce the com monest kind of wine. Pall Mall Gazette. A rescript, issued by special order of the Czar, has been rent to the local authorities in the rural districts of Russia, ordering them to take measures against agltatorse who traverse the country and incite the peasantry to dis- turbances by spreading false reports about an impending re- distribution of land. At a horse fair in Paris. Old gentleman (looking at a very bob-tailed hOUt)-" Bless me how short they have cut his tail." Attendant—" His master Is a member of the Society for the Protection of Animals. In this fashion be will not annoy the poor files.Court Journal. L^rd Hartington presided on Monday evening at the nineteenth annual dinner of the Royal Agri- cultural Benevolent Institution, and was supported by the Marquis of Huntly, Mr. Walter, M.P., Mr. C. S. Read, M. P and many others interested in the progress of agri- culture. His lordship, in proposing the toast of the even- ing, expressed his concurrence In the view recently enunci- ated by Lord Derby at Liverpool, that the present depres- sion was merely of a temporary character. The total amount of the receipts as announced was about jM,000, including fifty guineas from the chairman. A popular concert singer, advertised to participate In an entertainment in a Missouri village, excused her absence on the ground of having a severe cold in the head, and next day received the following from an admirer Thiz is gouse grese; melt it and rub on the bridge of yore noze until cured. I luv you to dlstraxshun." "A week or two ago a young gentleman whose friends live near Chislehurst arrived from the Cape. It was intimated to the Empress that it she cared to see him he would wait upon her. She was delighted, and listened with rapt attention to all he bad to tell. When he described the atsegai used by all the Kaffir and Zulu tribes she expressed a wish to see one. They were in the hall, and were forth- with produced. The Empress all but fainted at the sight of them, and then burst into a flood of tears. Do not think me weak,' she said but until I saw these terrible weapons I never realised the danger my son ran.' At that very moment he had been killed by assegai wounds, seventeen in number."— The World. A telegram from St. Petersburg states that the evacuation of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia Is being energetically proceeded with, it being presumed that both these provinces will be completely clear of Russian troops In the secoud half of July. The death is announced from Shewsbury, at the ripe age of eighty-five, of an old veteran named Thomas Pes- call, who served as valet to Lord Hill during the Peninsular campaign aud at the battle of Waterloo. On one occasion he is credited with having saved Lord Hill's life, a fact which is duly recorded in the biography of that distingutehed general. The correspondent of the New York Herald at Wernot telegraphs that the inhabitants of the province of Kbostan lying to the north of India and east of Kashgar, bordering on Russian possessions, and situate 300 ruiies south-east of Kuldja, have revolted against the Chinese and massacred them. News ha.s been received that the Chinese frontier will be closed until Kuldja Is restored. The Committee appointed at a public meeting, mider the auspices of which upwards of twenty-flve thousand pounds was collected for the rellet of the sufferers by the Haydock Colliery explosion in June, 1878 has applied to the Gouit of Chancery on Situiday for sanction to a scheme for applying the ba'ance of the fund. Aa it would probably take from fifteen to twenty years to expend the money in the way intended by the subscribers, and about twenty- three thousand pounds remain unspent, the Court wae asked to allow a trust to be created. The application was granted. The Pennsvlvania iron trade if- reported to he in a very healthy condition. All the pig Iron manufactured IF. speedily consumed, and all the rail mill* &?« woiking to thetr fullest capacity, with more orders than they can inifll, Compared with Jute, 1878, prices per ton have advanced— it-on rails 5 dels steei railg, 3 dois, pig fr.-II 2 dols. ihe American output of pig, bar, and rails for 1879 will exceed any previous year. A shocking accident occurred on Monday afternoon at B*tley Riilway Station, resulting in the death of anss Jane Walker, daughter of Mr. George Walker, manufacturer, Bamtleld House, near Pewsb!1^r' Crosaiiie just alighted from a Great Northern tram, and was crossmg the London and North-West.rn line to obtain^Uckets^when the express for Alanchester came up and ran over ner, causing Instantaneous death. The leather manufacturers of t. de.palr « the, Wfh pjto. » pmc^es^lhe^'entreat'thaf the^prop^sed'duties 5koulij8not SKaa°gf-,ss; times as hi«h as that on the half-manufactured article. Some thoroughgoing protectionists are prepared to accept this nian Should the suggestion be adopted, about Is. would be added to the price of what the German papers call a pair of • -light elegant summer boots while a pair of high water tight boots would cost 3s. more than they do now. This would practically mean that the poor man should either go without covering for his feetor content himself with wooden shoes. Prince Bismarck can hardly be of opinion that he is conferring a benefit on the empire by forcing on a consider- able proportion of its citizens such an alternative. Some of his former friends warn him that a man uho goes about with birt Met is heady hedt-ffay on the road to vagabond- SLg~i.-Fci.il Mail Gazttti. A shock of earthquake was felt at Montreal and at St. John (in the same province) on the evening of the 11th of June, The øhock is de6cribsd as heavy, but lasting only about ten seconds. There were fifteen British and foreign wrecks ra- ported during the past week, making a total of 763 for the present year, or an Increase of 69 as compared with the cor. responding period of last year. The approximate value of property lost was £260.000 including British £230,000. A sharp thunderstorm broke over Paris on Saturday afternoon. One very curious aocidfnt occurred. The two horses of the College Stanislas omnibus were struck dead, while the coachman and a passenger escaped unhurt. Mr. M. T. Bass, M.P. (the senior member for the borough 01 Derby), last Saturday formally handed over to the Corporation the new Free Library, which he has built and furnished entirely at his own expense. The day was observed as a half holiday. Mr. Bass, who is in his eightieth year, seemed in excellent health. The cost of the building and fittings Is nearly £20,000. The fund collected on Hospital Sunday in London (up to Monday) amounted to £2J,500, and many contribu- tions have yet to bi transmitted to the Mansion-house. The New York Aquarium has lately received a young white whale, weighing over 1,000 lbs. It has now been on exbioitlon leveral clays, and appears to be in ex- cellent condition. The botanical specimens left by Robert Dick, the "Thurso baker," the subject of Mr. Smiles's charming biography, are to be bound in volumes as they were classified by the botanist himself, Ilnõ in this form to be kept for public exhibition in the Free Public Library of Thurso. Miss Florence Hyde an" Mr. Ives, members of Mr. D'Oyley Carte's London Pinafore Company, who had just fiuisbed an engagpment at Bath, were drowned on Sunday, at Bathampton Welr, on the Avon, near Bath, while boating Miss Annie Walsh, another member of the com- pany, was fortunately saved. The United Service Oazctte says:—"The Lords the Treasury have dirtcted the Commissioners of Customs to allow all seized tobacco now available to be sent to Natal for the free use of our soldiers, sailors, and marines engaged in the Zulu war. The last similar order was issued during the Crimean war." The Lieutenant-Governor of British Guiana has for- warded the sum of 100 guineas to the Rev. T Teignmouth Shore, as the contribution of that colony to the Princess Alice (Darmstadt) Memorial Fund. Mr. Heap, in charge of the United States Legation at Constantinople, lu his last despatch to the Department of State at Washington, annonnced the arrival at that port of Joseph T. Clarke and Francis H. Bacon, in the Dorian, a boat of only two tons, from Boston. A voyage across the Atlantic in so small a vessel excited great wonder in Con- stantinople. They had encountered a severe storm, in which Mr. Clarke nearly lost his life. Their skltf and some other articles were ashed overboard in the gale. A Small-Pox Insurance Company exists in America —so states the Parts Globe-whicb, acting on the theory that many ladles have only their face for their fortune, and that their chances of a brilliant match are diminished by loss of beauty caused by this malady, undei takes to furnish a dowry to sufferers who have previously insured themeelves. The amount of the dowry depends upon the amount of the damage done by the small pox, and a jury decides on the merits of the case. The Crown Prince of Italy seems to be under as strict a military discipline as the late Prince Imperiai when a chUd. Recently, whUe the young Prlnce was playlug with the daughter of the Marquise Montrevo. an altercation arose, he loat his temper, and cried out If I were King I would have your head cut off," The Kirg, being told of these words, at once, notwithstanding the Intercession of his mother, ordered his son—aged nine years—under arrest—and sen- tenced him to imprhonment jn his own room fer a week, cut down his meals, and forbade the payment of mlIttary honours to him during that period.—Graphic. A Select Committee of the House of Commons has passed the preamble of the Liverpool Lighting Bill, so as to enable the corporation to make an experiment only in electric lighting." The corporation sought power to light places of public resort." The opposition came from the Liverpool Ii as Company. At a meeting of the master coachbuilders of Lan- cashire and Yorkshire, held In Manchester, it was resolved, as the basts for reopening the shops where the strike pre- vails, that each workshop shall henceforth be absolutely free in respect of the perlons to be employed, and &8 to wages, piece-work, and number of apprentices. The St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Rail- way, to facilitate traffic, was changed on Sathrday from 5ft. gauge to the standard gauge of 4ft. SJln. (says the American Correspondent of The Times.) This feat was accomplished in ten hours by 3,000 men working simultaneously along the entire line of 700 miles, the wheels of the rolling stock being also altered to correspond. The last piece of personal information respecting her Majesty comes from the Fremdenblatt, which tells us how to make Queen Victoria's favourite soup, of which we are informed she partakes daily (says the Graphic Thus, three fat chickens are to be washed In warm water, and then stewed down in veal gravy for an hour. The chickens are then taken out, and the crumb of two French brioches are soaked in the liquor. Then the flesh of the chickens, being taken off th3 bones, is beaten In a mortar, and replaced in the soup, together with the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs. The whole is then poured through a sieve, and, a quart 01 cream being added, the soup Is complete. An important find of Roman coins, consisting of several hundred gold and silver pieces, has been made In the neighbourhood of Zurich. They date for the most part from the second century, the Emperors whose effigies they bear being Adrian, Antoninus Pius, Verus, and Commodus. A correspondent of the Times of India who was present at a review of 5,000 or 6 000 men held at the Burmese capital, says that King Theebaw's soldiers are ludicrously armed and equipped, and "more like stage demolJs" than anything else. The muzzles of the artillery were the size of ordinary fowling-pieces, and the elephant guns were toys only two feet long. The latest fashionable menu in Paris is a handsome fan, on which the list of dishes is engraved, so that every lady cin take away a pretty souvenir 01 the dinner. The telephone as a means of transmitting religious instruction to those unable to leave the house for public worship, has been taken into regular use in a Congregational church at Mansfield, Ohio, where, it is said, wires are laid on to the houses of several aged and isvalid persons. The telephone surmounts a floral decoration on the table in front of the open platform, and is quite unnoticeable, while, although the speaker pays no attention whatever to It, every word uttered in the auditorium Is easily heard lu the rooms to which the wires reach. The Maid/tone Journal says the hop plantations are getting Into a critical condition. In many places the hop- bine seems to be at a standstill, the cause of it being the rather cold evenings of the past week. Prospects are indeed of a gloomy nature, and grave fears are entertained for the hop crop. Sir Garnet has pone out expressly to make peace. He said 60 much in tbe plalneet language at a private break- fast party Just before he started."—The World A correspondent writing from Filzmoos to the Salzburgcr Zeitung states that on the 16th of June the Mar- grave Alfred Pall»vicini and two companions succeeded, afoer two days' exertion, in getting to the top of the front peak of the" Bishop's mitre," one of the Dachsteln range. This summit is about 7,875ft high, and is believed not to have been climbed before. The party endeavoured to get to the top of the hinder peak, which is higher than the front one by about 160ft. but they found on the west, south, and east sides smooth, perpendicular precipices, wMoh defied any attempt at scaling. They were prevented by want of time from inspecting the northern side, which may be yet fonnd more practicable. The agent of Earl Beauchamp has announced to the tenantry of his lordship's estates that 20 per cent, In money, or, if they prefer it, 30 per cent. in artificial manure or feeding stuffs, will be remitted at the July rent audit. Two lives were lost in the water at the Welsh Harp, Hendon, on Monday. A girl aged eight, the daughter of a labourer named Tuffery, fell through the ratlines at Brent Bridge Into the water. A young man named Windmill, a labourer employed at the Welsh Harp, jumped in to save the child, but he was himself unable to swim, and they were both drowned before assistance reached them. Mr. James Gordon Bennett's steamer Jeancette, carrying the X ew York Herald Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Seas via Behring's Strait, is ready to sail from San Francisco, and will depart this week (says the Correspondent of The Times) The Jeaunette, which is very strongly built, has been recently strengthened by heavy transverse beams to resist ice" jams." Lieutenant Delong, of the I olted States' Navy, commands. All the other officers have also been selected from the Navy. The crew of eighteen men have been carefully chosen out of 1,300 applicants. The ex- pedltlon attracts much attention throughout the country. It will endeavour to reach the North Pole, Lieutenant Delong beltevlug that the ice current setting In northward through Bthrlng's Strait will aid him. The new Viceroy of Egypt, Prince Mohamed Tewfik, ill tbe eldest son of the deposed KbeJive, and was born in 1852 lIe Is consequently 27 years of age. He was married in January, 1873, to the Princess Emlneh, daughter of the late Prince El Hamy Pacha, and has two eons, Prince Abbas Bey, born in 1874, and Prince Mehemet All Bey, born In 1876 and one daughter, the Princess Nazleh Hanem, barn In 1877. The Times weekly telegrams from India state that cholera is very prevalent among the troops which are re- turning from Afghanistan. When the Zulus stripped the Prince Imperial's body, they would not touch the little medal of the Madonna wbich he wore rouudfchis neck, because it is an article of faith in South Africa that charms taken from a dead man carry with them the luck of their former owner."— The World The Earl of Beaconsfield has been presented with a malacca cane, with gold handle, by the members of the liud- derstleld Working Men's Conservative Association. His Lordship has written to the Secretary of the Association a letter, in which he says, I received from our good friend Mr. Starkey the token of esteem and regard which the Huddersfield Working Men's Conservative Association, with so much generosity and taste, has presented to me. I highly value it. It will often remind me of their Kind thoughts and noble purposes; and I shall ever be proud if the first are deserved and the latter advanced by their obliged friend and servant, BEACONSKIELD."

-r aMtuwRKMHnnavaHaM :RIAL PARLIAMENT. USE OR LORDS, June 27, theEarl of Carnarvon ;lon to tne state of Armenia, and declared that eforms promised by the Porte had been carried 'op!e asked for protection from oppression and heir lives and property, but they were still suf- wrong and injustice on the part of the Turkish order that, their Lordships might know what oe since the Treaty of Berlin was signed, he y correspondence on the subject. Jond re parked that long-standing abuses could I y got tid of. [s of Salisbury said all the Powers of Europe fusible with England for any shortcomings r.. The great difficulty was the disorganisation Asia Minor and the Inability to restrain the A of the mountain tribes. The Government iUe their earnest efforts to obtain a remedy of iplained of. a observations from Lord Morley and Earl 'ho said he believed a better state of things ,nessed in Armenia if the Government applied lailre to the Sultan on the subject as they bad pect to Egypt, Lord Carnarvon withdrew bis apers. ■m, in a maiden speech, called attention to the gation between Limerick and Belfast, and the Government, hy the use of powers which possessed, might do much to benefit the country )pment of that navigation in the improvement inals. Ich supported the appeal of Lord Leitrim, Jf Richmond and Gordon said the Government 'mplation the appointment of a Committee to the subject. Lord Truro, Lord Bury said that Lieutenant- lalf-pay, who had been restored to full pay and d of regiments under the new system of five of oommand, would not suffer pecuniarily in er regulation-money. dahips, having disposed of some unopposed ourned at five minutes past eight o'clock. OUSE OF COMMONS, at the Morning Sitting vas again In Committee all the morning on IISclpline Bill, and clauses 81 to 86 were agreed dy Important question which arose was on hich gives power to the Secretary of State In o detain soldiers about to pass into the Reserve onger in the ranks. Mr. Chamberlain moved n of all such soldiers detained be laid before but this was opposed by Colonel Stanley, and, was negatived by 306 to 60. ning Sitting, Mr. W. H. Smith appealed to the o had motions on the paper to allow the House remittee of S/opply in order that certain Navy ight be vcAied before the end of the quarter. No sing offered, the Hous accordingly went into ^"vply, and votes of £ 891,615 for Half-pay and •*803,920 for Milltsry Pensions and Allowances, for Civil Pensions, were agreed to. then called the attention to the condition of in Irish workhouses, and moved for a Committee 5 remarks from Mr. O'Shaugnessy (who seconded and Colonel Colthurst, Mr. J. Lowther said the the Government had been pointedly directed to by the report of the Commission last year, and to be able to devise a remedy. He hoped, at the motion would not be pressed. »y, Mr. Shaw, and The O'Connor Don, and Mr. took part in the discussion, and the Chancellor quer explained that the Government was ready ng that was feasible after due consideration,and if till thought an inquiry necessary the Govern- not object to it. But considering that a Com- recently Inquired into subject, and the lateness D, he thought it had better be postponed. Mr. that assurance, withdrew his motion. ission took place on the question of giving re- all Irish farmers for better cultivation of land, tier business having been disposed of, the House twenty-five minutes to two o'clock.

USE OF LORDS, June 30, Lord Granville, having a brief but warm euloglum on the late Lord "ked whether her Majesty's Government pro- wy tribute of public respect should be paid to onsfield, In reply, said that everyone must be the merits of Lord Lawrence. He understood had been made that his Lordship should be Westminster Abbey and his relatives had ac- offer. I Lard Winmarleigh, the Duke of Richmond and ed that the Government had determined to Majesty to grant a charter to a University in Df England, to be called "the Victoria Uni- ,haiaceuor introduced a Bill for extending Uni- ation in Ireland. He said it made provision and incorporating a University in Ireland, a Chancellor and a Senate not exoeeding number, the Senate to elect its own Vice and appoint examiners for matriculation s but It was not intended that there any professors connected with the Colleges ict following the example of the University of Irther, as the Dew University would perform the >n8 as the Queen's Universities, it was proposed he latter, their members and graduates to be the new University. These being the plans of lent he hoped their Lordships would read his me. Iville could not understand why the Bill was it so late a period of the Session, and asked if bond fide intention of paasiug it. onsfield said that the Government would make a ieavour to Ret the Bill through the other House earl assisted them to pass it in their lordships' It observations from Lord Grey, the Bill was read ) Lord Stratheden and Campbell, Lord Beacons- e Prince Imperial would not have "a public use a formal phrase, but at Portsmouth his re- ft be transferred from the Orontes to another h would convey them to Woolwich, wheuce they corted to the grave at Chislehurst by the Royal rwarded some Bills a stage, their Lordships ad- hlrty-five minutes pist six o'clock. JCSE OF COMMONS, in answer to Mr. Fawcet^ uhope said the Military Commission in lI:Gia >e confined to the Native Army, but would also cost of the European Army serving in India, lit at once. rhfJ ^rhaPslH>ay be allowed to ask a ques- entwlf tvf °l Jhe ^chequer with reference to overnLei^tVav d, Lawrence, whether her x^iTrrbVteoT^rpttio'hipi opriety of ilcatine with J Sc ? "la memory, either bis burial th«r^ « of Westminster t may approve 01 m any other wa* that the he^verv^srifn^116'111?* rePlieii There can be no enderad tn Wo servlces which the late Lord Place In c/?untry- (Cheers.) I am sure than u those services would be more iv ouses °' Parliament, and there are ovc™ rey are more appreciated than by her overnment. We do not consider that precedent rJi/i r PreP°sing a funeral at the public ex- H ™wrence; but I am happy to say that nave been in progress, and I believe are now in accordance with which the funeral is to take Westminster Abbey. (Cheers.) I think this nt will give great satisfaction to the House. 'to Sir G. Campbell, Mr. E. Stanhope said that troops will remain at Candahar for the present reasons. to Mr. Birley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer a memorial for the establishment of a University th of England had been referred to a committee Y Council, which had reported that Her Majesty ivised to grant its prayer. e was again in Committee for the whole evening Discipline Bill, and clauses from 87 to 121 L to. business was disposed of, and the House ad- II *6 minutes to two o'clock.

THE PARKES MUSEUM OF HYGIENE. The Right Hon. R. A Cross, Secretary of State for the Home Department, presided last Saturday at the formal opening of the Parkes Museum of Hygiene, temporarily located in University College, Loudon. The museum has for its object the dlSusion of a practical knowledge of sanitary fcience, having been established as a memorial to the late Dr. Parkes, who died In the tpring of 1876. Mr. Cross was accompanied to the platform by Viscount Cranbrook, the Duke of Northumberland, Earl Fortescue, Cardinal Manning, Sir W. Jennet, Professor Huxley, Sir Thomas "Watson, Mr. Justin M'Carthy, M.P., Professor Erasmus Wilson, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, Sir J. Bazalgette, Inspector-General Mouatt, Professor de Chaumont, Dr. Sieveking, Dr. Russell Reynolds, Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M.D., Miss Helen Taylor, General Karquharson, Mr. George Godwin, F.R S., Captain Douglas Galton, and the Mayors of Southampton aiid Wrex ham. Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from the Dukes of Cambridge, Bedford, and Westminster, the Marquis of Ripon, the Earls of Derby, Pembroke, Kim- berley, and Diinraveu the Bishop of London Mr. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Admiralty; Mr. G. J. Goschen, M.P., several other members of Parliament, and the mayors of numerous provincial towns. Mr. Cross, who was received with cheers, in the course of his speech, said I have come here to. day to testify my hearty agreement in the objacts which you have in view and the manner in which you hope to attain them. I shall not rely much on the term by which you wish to distinguish this museum- hygiene I prefer the good old English word health "-health in its widest senss, by which I mean the physical, social, and moral improvement of the people. (Cheers ) It must be confessed that the con- ditions surrounding the life of the working classes do not contribute to their moral and social well-being. We often utter hard words about the drunkenness and vice which prevail amongst the inhabitants of the great cities and towns; but I am bound to say that I always hear such language with regret, feeiing, as I do. thit Buffi jient allowance is not made for the education which those people have had, and the suffering and degradation amongst which many of them are compelled to live. (Hear.) As to physical health, which is a large field of labour, it is desirable to bring the knowledge which so many scientific men possess practically to bear upon the %ants of life and that, I conceive, is one of the objects of this museum. A vast proportion of the disease and misery which surround us is preventable, and I take it that you want to hunt disease into a corner, and stamp out that which causes it. thus restoring to every citizen his actual birthright-pure light, pure air, and pure water. (Hear.) We cannot ior a moment conceal from ourselves that the inhabitants of large and populous centres are at a great disadvantage compared with people in the country and we want to give the former that which the latter pos- sess, and to teach all how best to maintain their homes. If you go the right way to work for the attainment of theBe ends the condition of the public must be proved. From the beginning to the end in the architecture, ventilation, and the arrangements as to sewage, do we want reform in house construction. Attention is also required in the matter of the food and clothing of poo people. These may seem small things, but it is the putting right of small things which will lead to happi- ness and comfort and I am sure that there is no sub- ject, however insignificant it may seem, which will not receive at your hands the study which it deserves, The right hon, gentleman then declared the museum open. Viscount Cfanbrook, who was greeted with applause, said: This sanitary movement must go down from above, for until education has permeated the lower classes they will not know what to demand. You may place efficient sanitary arrangements within their reach, but, until they have been taught how to use and appreciate them, you will fail to bring about the beneficial objects you desire to realise. (Hear.) Ignorance prevails amongst the higher classes as well on this subject, and, if you educate those classes, the influence of the education will spread, aLd in due time the lower classes will benefit by it. Sanitary improvement is a work which ought to be done not only in towns, but in every village in the country and, if you teach the people that it is to their advantage to use tha facilities placed at their disposal, you will attain a very desirable end. D.) rot look to the Government to provide a permanent home for this museum. You have made an independent begin- ning, and I would recoaiuiend you to continue in the same spiiit. (Hear.) I beg to move. "That the thanks of the meeting be accorded to the Council of University College fur the assistance they itave ren- dered in the development of the Parkes Museum. (Cheers) Cardinal Manning, in seconding the resolution, al- luded to the sanitary improvement which had been effected in the country within the last twenty years. Sir W. Jenner moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Cross for presiding, which Professor Huxley seconded. The vote was carried with applause, and Mr. Cross having replied, the proceedings terminated.

ARMY MEMORIAL TO THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. In consideration of the late Prince Imperial having received his early military education under English institutions, and met bis death in the field with our troops in South Africa, it was suggested to the Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief that he should permit the raising of a general army subscription with a view to erecting a memorial to record their regret at the Prince's untimely and lamented fate. His Royal Highness entirely approved this proposal, the subscrip- tion not to exceed JE1, so as to be within the reach of all ranks. A large number of effieers have agreed to a resolution to the above effect, and have consented to act as a provisional committee, with power to add to their number. Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., &c., has consented to act as president and the list includes the names of Field- Marshal Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.B., Field-Marshal Lord Strathnairn, G.C.B,, G.C.S.I, and many other gallant officers,

THE MARKETS, MARK-LANE.—MOXDAY. At M&rk-larie business was still qu'.et. Tiie attendance was thin, and transactions were throughout only moderate. English wheat was in short supply. l'he unfavourable re ports respecting the crops caused fine samples to he held with steadiness, and full prices were required for such other sorts, which were irregular in value. Foreign wheat, of which a fair 8UPP'y was on offer, was in demand at steady rates. Barley from its scarcity commanded late rates, but business was not active. Malt sold at late prices, lor oats there was only a moderate inquiry, at about late quotations. Maiza was in quiet request, and was 6d. per quarter lower on tbe week. Beans were dull and Inactive. Ine Hour market was quiet and unaltered. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY. The cattle trade was quiet in tone, and prices remained about the same The eupply of beasts from our own graztng districts was short, and there was again the same want of uniformity In condition. For some time past a large, number of half-fed stock has been forwarded to market, ov log to the scarcity of keep In most districts. T rade to-day was without fftiture Business was quiet, and prices remained about the Bftme The best Scot* and crosses were disposed ol at fslOd to M. ptr sin. l"-om Norfolk and «uffolh we re- ceived about 1,200; from the Midland and home f'oujitlfcis sbout bGC and t*om ¡;k diuud, 110 head Itie toi$igu side of the market was wet' supplied with bs&its. and over 700 were trova America There vere "l Slope ewna Danish aud Swedish There Wis? a qul?t tiade. at laie quotations The sheep pens were rather more freely supplied. The in- quiry was less animated, but prices continued about the same. The best Downs and half breds were disposed of et 65.10.1. to 73. per 81b. Limbs were steady at 7s to 8s per S'b Ca ves and pigs wcre disposed of at about late rates. At Deptford th "ra were about 700 beasts, and about 11,000 sheep and lambs. Prices were as follows: Inferior blasts,* 43. to 4s 6 1. second quality, 4s. 6d. to 5s. prime large oxen, 5s. 6a. to 5s 8d.; prime Scots 5s. si. to 6s inferior sheep, 4s. to 6s second quality, 5s to 6'. p'imecoarse- woolied, 6s. 6d to 6s. S i. prime Soutodowns, 6s. 8d to 7s large coarse calves, 6s. 6d. to 6s.; prime small ditto, 6a. to Os, 4d. large hogs, 43. to 4s. 6d. small porkers, 4s. 6d. to 5s. lambs, 7s te Si. per Slo. to sink the cffal. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MONDAY. 0*-ing to the warm weather there was a sl.w trade for meat this morning, and price-, were not very well supported. The supplies were upon a moderate scale Quotations were aa follow Inferior beef. 2s. 3d. to 3s. 4d. middling ditto, Sd to 43. 8d. prime large ditto, 4s. 8d. to 5s 2 1. prime Scotch, 5s to 5s. 4d.; veal, 5J to 6s. 4d. lVferlOr mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to 5s. 4a prime ditto, 5i SI. to 6s. 4d.; large pork, 3s 4d. to 4s.; small ditto, 4J' 2d. to 4s. 8d. lamb, 6s. 8d. to ,s. 4d. per Sib. by the CarCa"- POTATO. The arrivals continue moderately good, and the trade remains steady. New J'ersfy kidneys, 270s. to 300s.; ditto round, 240a. to 260s.; new Guernsey ditto, 250*. to 2B5s. ditto kldnejs, 270s. to 310s. new Chnibourg ditto, 260». to 2S0* cat to round, 2-iOs- to$00*. Old—champions, 1508. Victoriab, 200s.; aad German toil, HOs. to Ucs. per trm.