The Merthyr Telegraph and General Advertiser for the Iron Districts of South Wales

THE AMERICAN PRESS ON THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Some of the New York papers, of the 21st of February, & >ntain articles on the Alabama question. "The only jlmuis of the EngUsh discussion has been that our Commis- tB'eners in some way entrapped the English Commissioners '■.to sign a Treaty which had a meaning foreign to its letter • ft;i i spirit and its conception by the Gladstone Ministry. I it be true that we tvok an advantage of the English ulsters, that we signed a Treaty which had one ,-me:1nillg on its faee and :tnother under -the surface, that, we made a Case and sent it to Geneva, which advanced pretensions not warranted by the Treaty nor by any of the discussions in the Session of the Joint l High Commission, then we have behaved dishonourably to England, and must either withdraw our case or make due explanations. We cannot afford to hold this position. Tho whole value of our Case, as we have regarded it, is that the record will shew that in no respect have we taken an advantage of England. So far from abandoning our claims for l'cimbursement for tho unavoidable losses caused by the Alabama and the othcr cruisers, we pre, sented them in the deliberation preceding the signature of the Treaty. They were contemplated in tho Protocols, ,and not to Tiave advanced thcm woulol have been un. worthy and improper. The whoie argument of the English Press that it is void, because of the absence of these] claims ft* consequential t1a.mages. X ow, these conditions werp expressly understood by the English Government The American Commissioners distinctly informed th.e English Commissioners that there could -be no fair .adjudication of the matter at issue which did not coutejuplatc the sacrifices of our commerce, the expeIl3CS we jnQUTTer1. to catch tho English craisers, and the prolongation <j4"the war. "U1Ct]¡er those claims were valid or not. whether-or not the English could shew that in somo way the inefficiency of Secretary Welles and the apathy õf our naval lluthoritï-cs in pursuit condoned the offence -and so relieved^England from all responsibility; whether or not there weje principles or international law which made it improper for the tribunl11,m award constructive or consequently damages whether, in 1,ricf, we wculd got one million or one hundred millions or nothing, were questions ^hfah-wonld have to be dtxafled by tlie Court at Geneva." In another place the Herald says: "What England wants, what is necessary to her supremacy 011 the ocean, is precisely ,these new principles of international law. So Hang as the. Alabama claims remain un- settled, anJ. the precedents established by England during the rebellion aro unchallenged, Enghnd is helli in bonds to the peace with all tire world. We have two oceans which oar seaports control, and in tho event of a war between Iyigland and any Power these oceans could befilled with^privateers or men of war, and with no more responsibility involving upon us than England has accepted in tha case .of. Elle Alabama. England, therefore, is impa- tient to have--ti>e precedents abolished. She will pay a good deal of mcaey for their abolition. This is the mean- ing of the suggestion that we accept a gross sum of money in lieu of .our eljjims." The Chro»iH>tt a Canadian paper, reiterates the sjtory of a secret tre«^y between England and Canada which it Ijiaintains Van jajgnecT after the conclusion of the Washing- ton negotiations by Lord De Grey for the British Govern- ment. and Sir John A. Macdonald. as Premier of Canada, on the part of the Governor-General. The Chronicle says that only Lord Lisgar, Sir John A. Macdonald, and Sir George 6. Cai-tier, are cognizant of the treaty," and mentions some circumstances which indicate the fact of its existence.

INDIAN INTELLIGENCE. The Indian papers of February 12th contain the follow- ing news:— The King -df P-'uim and suite arrived in Bombay on the 9th Instant. He was met at the Byculla Railway Station by the Commander-in-Chicf and a brilliant staff. His Majesty vfois received at Government House, Parel, by his Excellency Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, with befitting ceremony. Rear-Admival Cockburn, Commander-in-Chief of the East Iruiia Sq«,adron, died on Saturday afternoon, at Go- rerjiment House, Calcutta, of dysentry. He was buried in the military cemetery on Sunday. The Alabama question is causing a good deal of discus- sion in the Indian-Press. It is stated that Colonel J. T. Barr shortly intends vacating, the post of British Resident at Baroda. A meeting of the Bombay Legislative Council was held on the 8th. Disturbances on the frontier districts of Upper Burmah are reported. We hear that a severe shock of earthquake was felt at Pabna at half-past one a.m. on the 31st of January last. It Is reported that there has been a great deal of sick- ness in the 3rd Battalion (50th Rifles since its arrival at AiUn. Mr. Riyett--Carnac is duly installed at Allahabad in his new n'V a. Statistical Reporter of Commerce. It is stated that Colonel James, Commissariat Examiner, is to he :1.p}>oilltell ResilIent at Katmandu. The total of the subscriptions collected in Bengal for thf* Piatt Memorial Fund, up to the 31st January, was 13,300 rupees. Colonel R. C. Lawrence, C.B., Resident in Nepal, is ahont -+p take leave to Enrope on medical certificate. Colonel ¡1mt'>f is said to be l1is probable successor. The of Napier versus the Athentpinn and, lhiily Xuvs is sd (lown for hearing in the Madras High Court on Thursday, the 13th inst.

THE FAMINE IN PERSIA. The Times of India has received the following particulars of the famine in Teheran and Cental Persia:—" Informa- tion has b6':n received of some rainfall in Kerman, but two Government couriers, bearing the intelli- gence, -were murdered during the journey by a band of robbers, who took away property to the amount of ;rViO '?ooi>fajts (about 2i1,0rn) rnpees). Rain has also fallen ill Fars, and in the territory round Yezd, but not in Yezd itself. Corn is abundant, but being very dear, is not obtainable by the poor. The British agent at Ispahan, in- formed the," authorities some daVa ago that people have flocked to ihfe city owing to (fefirPbefes of provisions, and the number uf Armenian beg^arsthcre now amounts to about 2,000. Rain has fall«n 111 Kffttawbn, and Aserbywwi, but no.ei.um^3 in the price of Com tias taken place, and owing to Vule bad state of the roads, cofrnnoree is at a standstill. At Teheran rain Ml on the Inth of No- vember and again on the 2nd of December. The price 81 grain h:i1\g very high, the Shah directed that* the whole stock of wheat in the city be jThrchased and resold at the rate of 1 keroiiee per maund (It kewnee is about 8 annas in English .money). To make up for the loss the Shah has- rifet apart a sum of about Ii) lacs of rupees. About If),'?*) twggars, at present, daily wander through the streets of Tehrrnn. about 20 to 30 of whom daily die in the streets through sheer exhaustion and starvation. A staff of Government officials collect their dead bodies for burial. The town is in a most filthy condition, and epidemic is daily expected. The committee for relief, appointed by the Shlth, held their first sitting on the 27th of November, where it was repaired to supply corn, clothes and lodging to the starving poor. In order to put this resolution in force, the- poor were next day assembled in the parade Jfaidan and the sum of 28 annas was given to each. The number \3 so large tha.t about 2,000 men received nothing. They were then taken to the soldiers' barrack for shelter, which accommodated 1,581 destitutes. A hospital has been opened for the sick in another barrack, where food and clothes are plectifTUly supplied. In order to assist the committee, the Shah has promised a sum of 12,000 rupees every month,-anil another sum of 8,000 rupees for the mainte- nance of swell as were once respectable and of high position in society. Mr. lla^ekjee Lunjee Antaria, the representative of the Parsees of Western India, confirms this account. He savs :—" The terrible accounts of the famine have at last roused the Shah from his lethargy, who now sees the necessity for taking prompt measures for mitigating the rarag s of tht) famine which has reached his very doors." He has formed a committee of his ministers, nobles, and the foreign ambassadors, and has even aakpd Mr-% Manekjee, the Parsee representative, to be one of the committee. Prompt measures have been taken, and large sums dis- tributed among the starving who had cror .led at Teheran; means tire also adopted for the re1.af the district.

A Ministerial Circular has been published in Madrid, which orders the reservation of a portion of all cemeteries for the interment of non-Catholics. The Secretary of State for War has sanctioned the issue of lOd. per head allowance to all the troops brought +0 London from Aldershot on Tuesday, on the occasion of the visit of her Majesty the Queen to St. Paul's. The TfoihUn Gazette contains a notice by the Lord Lieutenant, warning the Lein.-iter Independent on account of an article which appeared in that journal on the lfith of February, on the assassination of Lord Mayo, and which the notice characterises as inciting to murder. Tlie warning is given under the Peace Preserva- tion Act. The Lobdell Car-wheel Company, of Wilmington, Delaware, has shipped for New York, seventy-six car- wheels to George Starbuck and Co., a large manufacturer of cars in Birkenhead. They are to be placed on oars to run on London tramways. This is the second shipment of this company to England. A fearful accident has occurred at the American Circus at Pntssela. The famous frupiste Eugeuio, equal in agility, it ia said, to the late Leotard, missing the cord by which he ordinarily descended, was hurled from a height of forty-two fMt. Unfortunately he did not fall into the net hut Wifaide, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. BISMJOMK AXn THE Polish GERMANS.—The German Ulhabitsnts of Posen have forwarded 3.n address to Prince 3jgmarck expressive of their approbation of his policy towards the Polish Catholics. The Chancellor of the Empire ha^s_returned an answer, in which he declares his intention ot protecting the German element in Foaen. At the sajue time, he maintains that tho Government is hostile neither tQ the Polish inhabitants nor to the Catholic Church. It irvilt'Crjntimie^ to respect and support their richts of civil iaw and religious freedom, while it is firmly resolved to enforce respect for the law, which affords the best protection for l'olish as well as German inhabitants. THE SANPHIXI if AX ESTATE. WE understand that the Prince of Wales, who has been obliged to keep a recumbesrt position for much of the day since the fatigue of Tuesday last, has been at times engaged with Mr. Raw- linson. Goveimhent engineer, and others ns to the snni- tarv hncrovement of the water supply of Sandringhwi Hall, to -Ehe defective condition of which the fa+nl disease of the groo<m^Seg.g is confidently'attributed. TI10 estimated cost of longing « good water sVipply to the Hall M, we believe, n^-Hit £ },WO or £ 10,0<*). Those who hi'vo made an official Afirr-V of the estates with reference to this matter, in terms of war.mest" pmb-e of the lihc1"1t1 expenditure of the Prince in th £ ■ "provision of cottnges for the labouring- poor. We-are imormed that the cost of the estate was:nearly £ &"X\000, ffnd 'Ihat* the Prince Jjte evended more than an ecfufff sum upon the'^ropevty, the reven'je from which does- not. we believe, exceed .M,U(tO a year.—fyho.

THE COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION. Tie General Council of Medical Education and Registra- tion held its third meeting this session on Saturday, at 32, Soho-square, under the presidency of Dr. Paget. The members present were l\[r.Quain, )Ir. Bradford, Drs. Bennett, Ackland, Humphrey. Embleton Storrar, Alexander Wood, Andrew Wood, Fleming, Macrobin Thomson, Smith, Har- grove Leet, Apjohn. Sir D. Corrigan, Bart., Sharper, Sir William Gull, Br-rt., Parkes, and Stor'ces. The subject under discussion was wh ether there shouldbe a conjoint board established in Scotland, with the same powers vested in it as were proposed to be given to a similar board by the English Universities and the two Royal Colleges of England—namely, the power of conferring degrees and conducting examinations.—Sir IV. Gull, Hart., moved the following resolution'" That this Council expresses its regret that no scheme has been formed and submitted to the Council by medical authorities in Scotland for establishing a conjoint examining board."— This resolution was seconded by Dr. Smith, and carried unanimously.—Dr. Humphrey proposed the following amendment:—"This Council, while regretting that no scheme for a conjoint examining Board has been formed in Scotland: yet, having considered tho re- fulations of the several medical authorities in cotland, sees reason to hope that in the course of a few months ft 8cheme for n. conjoint examining board in Scot- land may be matured, nnd to which this Council will be able to give itH sanction, and urges the authorities to persevere in their efforts to effect the same." This amend- ment was strenuously supported by Dr. Thomson, but after a protracted discussion was negatived by a small majority.

THE BISHOP AND THE SCEPTIC. Bishop Claughton, the Eastern Post says, has within the bst few days given an nddrCtJs on Christianity as a solution of thp difficulties presented by the moml govem- mont of the world, at the Hall of Scienee," Islington, the place in which Mr. Bradlaugh so often delivers his dis- course8. Mr. Baxter, of tho firm of Baxter, Hose, and Norton, occnpicd the chair. mshop Clftughton said that when he was invited to come there he knew that ho would njoet those who did not believe in Christianity, but that was to him an additional reason to come amongst them. (Hear, hear.) Ho did Hot think at all the worse of a mau because he did not believe in Chris- tianity, for Be ha.d stood before hnndreds of men who did not bolleve in it, and he had askod himself why ho should blame them for not having his ptivileges. He knew men who were very good men, and yet knew nothing of oar Religion. But he believed he had some- thing to te\l them which if true, B6 he thought it was, would be of greM benefit to them to know. He admitted there were many things it was difficult to oxplain-quite imposaibje to explain at first sight—but there was nothing that oouId not be explained, and it wöuld be found that Christianity would explain all difficulties when rightly understood. When he first said that there was a good God who made the world, it seemed to add to the difficulties, for how could God be good if there were so many calamities and so much evil ? It would be said God punished the wicked, but in the papers to- day the only person stated to be killed was a little infant. Was that a punishment ? Well, he would like to take them amongst peoples in distant lands who knew nothing of God, and shew them what they thought when he told them about these things. It was a mis- take to think those heathens were so unintelligent as was BujjposeSl; thoy were kindly, and polite, and tractable, when treated well, but Englishmen did not always treat them well. When ho told these people of the love of God that was the novelty to them. They had" gods powerful but also cruel, and apt to destroy. The idea of a God loving the men whom he had made was quite new. It was wrong to go and tell people that God hated sinners, and that all men were sinners. No* doubt mèn were sinful, but there was also a great deal of goodness in men. Christ went amongst the people and shewed he loved them. When these heathens heard of God loving all men, they manifested the strongest interest in the matter, and the idea sprang up, If such be God then I am sinful." Christianity gave a solution of difficulties prescnted by the moral government of the world which otherwise were not explicable. Men were not put into the world to fight their way through the world, and then to die. They shOlùcl trust in the God that put them there. Christianity meant hope to men, for it shewed that God would not pass over tho most wretchod. Chris- tianity" meant redemption, bringing men out of dark- ness into light, and hope and peace., If a man were utterly degraded and miserable, Christianity said to him, Turn to God, pray, and he will hear and save you. A Mahomedan would say such a man was fated to be lost, a Bhuddist that he was too vile, and would die, and die, awl die again; all WPH dark and gloomy for him. Did they know what they owed to Christianity ? Hospitals—("no," and "yes")—slavery abolished; cap- tives in war cared for and the wounded tended. His reading had been chiefly among the ancients, and his experience among heathens, and his conviction was that in Christianity they had got the grand and sole means of not only raising their own nation, but of raising the lot of all the other nations on the face of the earth. Mr. Bradlaugh then spoke, and said the Bishop had addressed them with great earnestness an (1 sincerity. But it would be impossible for anyone to understand what Christianity was from that speech. The Bishop said that since Christ came the world had gradually improved. Take the world fifty years before Christ and its condi- tion 1,200 years after, and it would be found that there was a fall back into barbarism wholly contradictory of such an assertion. The Bishop said Christianity abolished slavery, but in the Bible it was said that a man might beat his slave. But if anum believed he would be saved. Yes. if he believed in Christ, who WAS in Judaea and in Egypt at the same time, who worked miracles that the Jews did not believe in, and whoso history, as shewn in the Bible, was a mass of contradictions. The Bible did not teach that men, if good, would go to Heaven. Jacob wns the favoured of Heaven though he was a liar and dishonest. Men were not saved for goodness, but for faith. He never heard a man speak whose voice rang with greater found of conviction and honesty than that of Bishop Claughton, but he owed it to truth to state boldly the facts on which he rested in reject- ing Christianity. The goodness of God was spoken of, and his desire to make men happy, and only punish the wicked; but the Bishop himself had alluded to the fact that the day previous a little child, innocent of any crime, had been killed, while the presumably wicked had got off unhurt. Bishop ClanghTon said he was glad to have hoard the speech øo well given, for he desired to deel with what a powerful reasotfer eould advance against the Old Testa- ment* it tt-BM allowed. He thought ho had rtoolt with fotae of «te pofarte raised. Talee the Rtfle drlM that went to Hfeaven ye9f«rdny, why should tfciat be said to bo & reeeon ognirnrt <4od ? If the Drinco, for wfwse recovery thoy were T«|oloing, did not Iea4 .ft VeW>or life— (hwwv bettY. and laughter)—should he or that child be oAppiar hcreefter ? It was said thftt .111Mb was alirarwida chen*, but the Bible never said that he WM right to be a choat. He expiated those iinmtiral acts by fourteen years labour, and by being himself deceived in what was dearest to him. If Christianity were true it woitld do much for men; if what Mr. Bradlaugh advanced were true, men would bo not a bit bettor off than they wore. Mrs. Law said that if Christianity and prayer could raise England and tho world, why had not the praying of 2,000 years already succeeded in doing so ? They had better leave off praying and begin to work. The Bishop said God's eye was upon the wretched; if that was so, what could be thought of his goodness when he kept his eye on their misery without relieving it ? Bishop Claughton said that when God1* eye was on misery and wretchedness, it was On them in mercy. The world" to come was* the solution of half the difficulties of this. It was said that the evil-Was long enduring, that Christianity had not as yet destroyed it. But in the hand of the Lord a thousand years was but as a day, and a day as a thousand years," and the good he pre- pared would last for over. Mr. Bradlaugh said that if Bishop Claughton'-really meant that he would be glad to discuss tho Old Testamont difficulties mentioned, ho would be quite ready to discuss them, either orally or in writing. He moved, and Mrs. Law seconded, a vote of thanks to the Bishop for tho fairness and courtesy manifested in his address. The vote was car- ried with applause.

Anions the lawyers who voted against Sir Roundel 1 Palmer's motion for a new school of law were Sir John Coleridge, Mr. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Heron, Sir George J essel, Hon. David Plunket, Serjeant Sherlock. Mr. Lowe, Serjeant Simon, Mr. Douglas Straight. l\Ir. Glad- stone, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Forstcr, the Marquis of Hartington, Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Gathomc Hardy also voted against Sir Roundell. Mr. Jacob Bright voted in favour of the scheme. The John Bull says of the National Thanksgiving that it was a glad and thankful act of prmse-a glorious confession of national religion-a hopeful acknowledgment of the National Church—a grand Cathedral service at which "Nonconformists" claimed and received their place—a blessed day of rest from sectarian and political strife—an augury, we trust, for good in every way—for Cod, the Sovereign, and the People. THE LATE EAKL OF SHREWSBURY'S ESTATES.— In Vice-Chancellor Malins's Court on Saturday an appli- cation was made on the part of Captain Carpenter to file a bill on behalf of the creditors of the late Earl, when it was stated by Mr. Bristowe, Q.C., that the available assets were £;),000 and the liabilities £ 110,CH?0, and there was sufficient to pay a dividend of from 8s. to Ps. in the pound. Mr. Glasse, Q.C., on behalf of the present Earl, disputed the accuracy of the figures, and the sitOlfiiCtfUpVas further adjourned. The American Case has been published as a Bine Book. It runs to the length of 145 pages, and is furnished with II. njap and an extensive index. Besides thc Alabsvma and Florida, no less than eleven other Con- federate cruisers are made the bases of claims by the United States Government. The report of the commis- siouers of inquiry 011 the charges ag:tinst the mnghtmcy of Dungrumon, and the report of the King's Inns (Dublin) Inquiry Coiumissiac*~ hav^> also bo^» issued as Blue Books. GREENWICH HOSPITAL AO OCNTS.—The accounts relating to Greenwich Hospital, for the yearendodMarcliol, 1S71, have be cm issued. The capital accdmit shews habnceil of Money on Loan. £ 259,508, fls. 1(),L; Government Stock, .52,017,155 16s. 4d.; Indian Railway Stock, £ 512,8 It>; Shwes in Hoxhern and Allendale Railway, .£11),0:)0. The inoome account shews the total receipts for the year tohavo been £ -I68,fi$1 12s. 7d. under the several heads of Dividends, Intefetrt, Rents, kc. The total expenditure during the same period amounted to £ lS5,0t>4 18s. Id., leaving a balance in frmrar of tho Hospital of £12,710 14s. 6d. The Assize Court of Toulouse has sentenced the director fho prorifrtonal director of the Emanciprrfiiv each to Owe months' imprisonment aud 8,00of. fine, the printer to monttrs hwprisoauient and l,000f. fine. n. Orosvenor, M.r. for Flintshire, who resigned *yon V+rtg a'»vointed Vieo-ChambarVwn to hor Majesty, was ij-alectroj} ojl Saturday. The lion, memlxir said he would w%8 TO found sup]>orting Liberal measures bwught for- 'ft. Wbeir.tA Government 'Referring to Education lie ftspreaeed himself in favour ot allowing the Act to ttnre longer boforts makkvg t-ho alteration p:o- goacsd. Se fcbmight the present trme was inopportune for fla^^«es^Hjs4injont the VTalah Ctnreii. Toe LieoBsing goacsd. He fcbmight the present trme was inopportune for fla^^«es^Hjs4injont the VTalah Ctnreii. Toe LieoBsing •iTfftStKjn important oi$r, aud be wtyj in favour of ItfyVell-cbnsidei'cd mcasur^ fo'rth'o repression hf druhken- i'ess. He had alwayb\ voi'ed in frfvoto 6f tht Ballot and fh<x Burials^ BUls^Mid sho'vddjsoutwue to do so..

SPIRIT OF THE PBEHS. MR. DTXOX's MOTION. The Thnes hopes the Parliamentary result of tho attack on the Education Act will lead its promoters to review their position. They lmve shewn ngl'(\3.t power of develop- ing opinion in the course of their short campaign, and 1\11'. Dixon formally announced to the House on Tuesday that the Leaguo had abandoned the notion of establishing a system of unsectarian education with which they started, which, as we also know, they retained up to two or three months since, when Lord Russell's adhesion to their body was proclaimed. They have now advanced to this posi- tion. that in tho interest of freedom of conscience men shall be compelled to send their children to schools where the teaching of religion in any degree must he rigorously disallowed, the teachers in which are, indeed, to be placed under a ban and forbidden to teach the most elementary religious knowledge even out of school hours. Neither Mr Herbert nor any of his friends seem to understand that in the matter of education the exclusion of religious ideas is 3.S grcltt 1\ grievance to religious minds as the inculcation of false religious ideas can bo. Directly you pas, from the menns of knowledge to its acquisition yon must choose hetween admitting or excluding the recognition of theology, and its exclusion gives as positive a colour to the character of future teaching fiS its It,lmission. Mundella's ex- perience of the school f01lllflcd at Nottingham upon condition that. all reference to religious knowletlge should be excluded from its teaching, and the proved im- possibility of flllfilJing this trust, may b? remembered, and the policy of the Xonconfonnists twenty-five years since shewed that they wcrc couvincnl of the truth which Dr. Playfair shewed on Tuesday night was practically acknow- ledged by every country possessing a national system of education. Starting from the principle that religious teaching is an ineradicable element of human instruction, the aim of educational reformers must be to devise such a scheme of education as may satisfy the needs of the greatest number, without thrusting upon Any of them teaching they reject; and it is because the Education Act of 1S70 secures secular education for all, and religious teaching for such only as desire it, that it deserves to bo upheld. The Standard declares thnb the Nonconformist agitation of the last twelve months or more reached its culmination in the motion by which Air. Dixon challenged tho judg- ment of the House of Commons upon his charges against the Education Act of 1870. In truth, the whole signifi- cance of Mr. Dixon's charges, as was made plain enough in his speech, is that parents are allowed, when they choose, to enjoy a religious education for their children. Mr. Forster might well object to having this ques- tion raised again now, It was settletl by nn over- whelming majority in 1S70. It was clear, before the Minister of Education had uttered a word, that not only was the House as a whole earnestly with him on the question in hand, but that it entertained for him a hearty personal esteem, independent of party or policy, such as only a few men—and very few of those who take a leading part in public life—are fortunate enough to acquire. Such a position gives immense advantage to a speaker, and tenfold effect to his oratory; gives deeper meaning to his arguments, higher value to his praise, sliai-per sting to his sarcasm; and Mr. Forster knew how to avail himself of the opportunity. He took occasion to remind the House of what the Leaguo always studiously ignore—that the purpose of the Act of 1870 was not to create a new State machinery of education, but to utilise, e;dt>IH1, and supplement by State or municipal organisation the old voluntary machinery, and frankly declared that to throwaway that machinery woulrl have bcoD, and W6U!d still be, most unwise ami most suicidal. Defending that Aot he protested against an attempt to undo it before it had fairly come into working onler, ".ithout giving the slightest bint th:1.t he distrusted its working or should be willing to alter it hereafter in the direction of secularism. Alto- gether, we could have wished to see him a little firmer and more peremptory. But we must remember the position of the Government and the attitude of the Nonconformist faction, and if Mr. Forster stands firm upon the essential issue, and secures to every child whose parent does not re- fuse it, a fair and full opportunity of religious education, we will not quarrel with him for trying to conciliate or to buy oil" those whose hostility might not only be fatal to the existence of the Ministry, but dangerous to the working of the Act. The Post thinks that Mr. Forster probed the true source of the animosity to the Education Act when he reckoned amongst the difficulties of framing a measure for National Education the obstruction created by those who dislike special Churches more than they like education." No moderate man can say that the Act of 1870 dirlnot fairly consult the rellRonltble wishes of all classes of the community. The obvious answer to Mr. Dixon's motion is that it means nothing less than that Parliament should undertake the duty of passing a new Education Act in the present session. It would be simply absurd for the House ef Commons to condemn the Act of 1870 without at once addressing itself to the task of putting something else in its place. Mr. Forster justly characterised such a demand as unreasonable and incon- venient. There has not been time to test the operation of tbe Act, or even fully to carry out its provisions. By making the compulsory clause permissive the Government have elicited a feeling on the part of the people strongly in favour of compelling parents to educate their children, but of which there was no evidence when the Act was passed. It is now possible that before long compulsory attpnl1:mce may be malIc general, and 2\11'. Forster held out to Mr. Dixon a hope that the wishes of the League on this point might possibly be accomplished next Session. But on the 25th clause of the Act the Vice-President ex- pressed the determination of the Government that in whitt- ever manner the clause might be modified the consciences of indigent parents must be respected. The Daily JVeics, referring to the deiicienciesin the E lucation Act, which will have to bo remedied next year, asks how about the religious difficulty ? If we are to have universal compulsion, we must either have a choice of sch001s in' every sehool district, or make nU the School Board schools such as all classes of religionists can go to. Mr. Forster says he will do neither. He is so anxious that no pauper parent should be obliged to send his child to a school in which his religion is not taught, that he will compel all Nonconformist parents, in all the villages of the land, to send their children to a school where not only is their religion not taught, but somebody else's religion is taught, and they must be withdrawn from the teaching. This is exactly the position laid down by Mr. Forster on Tuesday night. Where there is a choice of schools tho pauper's conscience is to be respected and he is to have a. choice where there are no schools to choose amongst, we cannot give tho power of choice. So, after all, conscience is a geographical expression. Even the poople who cannot and will not pay for their children's schooling are to have a conscience where there are schools enough to allow them to have one where there arc not such schools nobody is to luwe 1\ conscience Itt nIL Does Mr. Forster really think that the educational difficulty can be solved thus* Must it not he that he is giving secret help to his own party by reducing tho argument for denominationalism to an absur- dity, and inevitably suggesting the simplicity, the natural- ness, the logical necessity of the alternative they insist on —that of making all Government schools secular schools, and leaving religion to the Churches. The great thing to be accomplished, says the Telegraph, is national education, and the end proposed cannot be reached Itt a jump. A despot might decree that education should be secular and compulsory, that no account should be taken of voluntary institutions, and that aU shoulù be taxed to support his project; but in & free country no such decree can be issued until there is an approximation to general approval. Even now the business is sufficiently difficult., and we may expect a new crop of outcries when the Department issues the compulsory notices directing that provision be made for education in the rural districts. As to enforced attendance, so much desired Rnd so 11.eed- ftù, that aho is to be obtained, not by the abrupt, hut the gradual, application of the principle; especially in the country parishes, where progress will be less easy than in the towns. Nothing can be plainer to candid observers than the fact that the country is not pre- pared for the adoption of the Birmingham plan. Until it is prepared and willing, justice and prudence alike sustain a plan which secures a fair secular education in all State- aided or rate-supported schools, and at the same timo gives ample freedom to the most delicate susceptibilities of the religious persuasions. The debate of Tuesday night clears away a good deal of mist that hung over the subject, and defines 11Iore elearly the points at issue between the majority of the country and those who, brimming over with discontent, mean to fight for their own hand, even if they break up the Liberal party.

The death is announced at Slough, Bucks, of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Thompson. The late gallant officer served with tho 1st Royal Regiment, throughout the Maliratta War, with the army in tho Deccan in the years 1817, 1813, and 1810. He was also engaged in the Burmese War, from .January 1825, until its conclusion in 1826 ("medal with clasps). He was present during the rebellion in Canada, 1837-39, and served with the 70th Regiment throughout the Indian Mutiny, and in t-he N<\w 'ealand War of 1803-65. FRESH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—The following Parliamentary Papers have been issued:—The twenty- seventh annual report of the Inclosure Commission— which estimates the common', and commonable" land at 8,000,1)00 acres, or more than one-fifth of the entire acreage of England and Wales. In most of the in- cisures proposed in the report, a certain acreage is set apart (1) for exercise and recreation; (2) for gardens for the labouring poor. The thirtieth annual report of the Copyhold Commission; the report of the Tithe Commis- sion for the year 1871; the Abstract Accounts of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues for 1871; Copy of Letter of Instruction to her Majesty's Inspectors, with respect to the assistance to be given by the Education Department to the School Boards, etc., in which it is stated that the consent of the Department is required before a Board can borrow money on the security of the rates, tho recommendation of the Department is required before money can bo borrowed from the Public Works Loan Commissioners"; return of the Acts of Par- liament relating to Provisional Orders, fcc., in the Educa- tional Department; return of the number of Pupil Teachers in Elementary Schools on December 31st, 186S, 181)9,3870, and 1871, from which it appears that on the last date there were 21,854; and return—in the form of a Blue Book—of the East India Forest Conservancy. The undermentioned Bills have also been printed:—Tho Public Parks (Ireland) Bill, and the Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries Bill, as amended in committee of the House of Lords. The Earl and Countess Vane have to regret the loss of their eldest child, Lady Frances Vane Tempest, who died on Saturday, at Holderness Honse, Park-lane, aged 121 years. The arrival of the machinery of the industrial elasses of the International Exhibition for 1872, has com- rueneed at South Kensington. Raehel Busby, who was sentenced to death at the last Summer Assizes at Oxford for the murder of her ehild, and who pleaded being tnreinte as a stay to execution, has just given birth to a stillborn child at the Oxford County Gaol. A jury of matrons was empanelled at tho trial, who found there was no ground for a stay of execution, and, but ftlr the timely exertions of Some philanthropic genti> men at Oxford, the unfortunate woman would have been executed^

DEATH OF THE EARL OF LONSDALE. One of the oldest peers in the Kingdom has just died—■ the Earl of Lonsdale, who was almost a king in the Lake Country. He was born in 1787, was a Lord of the Admiralty sixty-two years ago; three years later (1813) he became a Lord of the Treasury, and in 1828 was made Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Later still he became Treasurer of the Navy, Vice-Presi- dent of the Board of Trade, then Postmaster-General, and (after a long interval) President of the Council. Then he filled offices in the Ministries of Mr. Perceval, Lord Liverpool, the Duke of Wellington, both of Sir Robert Peel's, and In the first of the late Lord Derby's. He was a Tory of the old school, and at various times represented Cockcrmouth, the disfranchised borough of Dunwi'-h, and Westmoreland. He was Lord-Lieutenant of both Westmoreland and Cumberland, until 1868, when a good deal of outcry was raised because he resigned (just before Mr. Disraeli's administration resigned), in or- der that the dignity might be conferred upon his nephew and heir. Lord Lonsdale was never married, and he is succeeded by his nephew, Mr. Henry Lowther, who has represented West Cumberland since 1847, and is 54 years old. There is not likely to be any contest for the seat now vacant, as the Lonsdale influence is paramount.

With regret we have to announce the death of tho wife of Mr. Francis Clare Ford, Her Majesty's Seere- tnrv of Embassy at St. Petorslmrgh. LORD CIVANVIT.: h.—A11 incident in most cases of an interest confined to the family concerned was the subject of universal congratulation in the House of Lords on Monday night. At the sitting of their Lordships it became known that Lady Granville had given birth to a son and heir, and the peers of all parties joined in congra- tulations and good wishes to the leader of the House, whose popularity is by no means limited to the side which he leads. Earl Granville has been twice married. By his present wife, to whom he was married in 1865, he has already had two daughters. THE REV. MR. PCRCHAS.—This fev. gentle- man preached both morning and evening on Sunday, at St. James's Chapel, and took part in each service with no alterations in the ceremony from previous Sundays. He made no further allusion to recent events. The morning service was a special Thanksgiving one for the recovery of the Prince of Wales. The chapel was numerously attended, nearly 1,000 signatures were attached to the memorial to the Bishop of Chichester be- fore it was forwarded. Signatures are still being received. There is a rumour that immediate steps are about to be taken to settle the difficulty between the Judicial Com- mittee of the Privy Council and the rev. gentleman, but we are not at present in a position to say what they are.— Brighton Daily A'ev;s, A second supplement to the London Gazette was issued yesterday, giving the official account of the eeremonial observed at tho Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's. The report occupies six pages. A CRUEL CASE.—A person named Strauss has for some time post been engaging English ballet girls to perform on the Continent, promising them 35s. a week with travelling expenses paid, and dresses provided. Several girls who accepted this agreement went to Nantes and performed there for six weeks, They were paid three weeks' salary, but the balaaee was paid by the manager to Strauss, who absconded with it. The manager was obliged. to close the theatre, and tM girls were left destitute. Six of them were sent home at the public expense, and the others reached E112- ^Rnd by other means,

DICKS'S ENGLISH NOVELS, JLJ' A Novel for Sixpence, I»'V POSTOD. FOR A WOMAN'S SAKE. by WAITS E TALJSOT ir\HLAXI), by IlAiir.ir.ON AINSWOUTII. 'HUSH MOMiV, b> CIIAITI.ES H. lloss. The above Novels CONTAIN the same quantity of rcncunpr AS the usual 2 or 3 vol. NUVRSS, with the ADDITION OF LIRST• CWR^IIGR;I v« ings. London: John Dicks, 313, Strand and ml BOOK<CLLNT LYFONUMENTAL^SCULPTURE— Granite, XTJL JJAltBLK and STONE TOMBS on view. THE LNV^T Stock in the KINGDOM. lMl'EBISHABlilii J''1' LEAD.—GAFFIN, 65, Quadrant, Recent. Street, 3,0M.ON, \Y. 1DRASS, REED, STRING. & DRUM &. FIFE BANDS.—Musical INSTRUMENTS of evory DESCRIPTIONI TH* best & cheapest, to be had of -L.MOOKK, Uuxton-rd., ludders- FIELD. Bands supplied at WHOLESALE prices. Old instruments NOUGHT or taken in exchangre. 1'utt^rns, prices & testimonials P<»SF Musicforany kind OT'HNII I. Patronised hy I HE Anny, Navy, KIHR CORPS IC Principal ProfessionalAinatenv lhinds ot the I nn CI Kingdom,Pianofortes,Harmoniums & I larps hytac NOST nia KCI F CLEANLINESS.—WTG. NIXEY's Refined VV BLACK LEAD Sold overywhexi by nil Shopkeopor.-I. CLEANLINESS—Y/ G. NIXEY's Refined BLACK LEAD for polishing stoves, &0" equal to burnished stool, without WASTE 01' dust. GTNIXEY'S Refine 1 BLACK LEAD. • "Cleanliness,"—THO proprietor HE^S to< publicfigfiiust beine: imposed upon by unprincipled TRHM'SMEN. who, ivith a view of deriving cren ter pro tit, are mnnunici.urrr and vending SPG UK) US IMITATIONS OF the above article. Atkfor W. G. NIXRY's BLACK LEAD, wnl M't- l-iut have ii. 12, Sullo Square, ],I>udou, YV. OAKEY & SON'S EMERY and BLACK JJIAL) MILLS. Bluglcfriars BOND, l.ondon, S. OAKEY's SILVERSMITHS' SOAP 11011- V-J mercurial), for Cleaning and Poli.-dnnir Silver, Electro- plate, Plate Glass Marble, &C. Tablets Gd. Z^AKEY'S Wellington KNIFE POLISH V/ Packets 3d. each tins 6d., 111., 2s. OIL and Is. each. /^AKEY's India-rubber XNIFE BOARDS, V-/ from Is. C>d. ouch. FYAKEY'S GOODS SOLD Everywhere L>y ^Ironmongers,Oilmen,Grocers, lii ttshmalters, DRUGGIST;• W. H. ATKINSON'S "CHAMPION PLATE POLl S II." Is onlv Sixpence a, I'.ox. Sold everywhere by Ohomists, Ironmongers, Groccra, &c. BORWICK'S BAKING Powdey was awarded jD TWO rrOTj-D MBDAIIS for sinmriortty over every othfr "VEATMAN'S YEAST POWDER Svrncrioi JL t.o ISA KI ,N'(! 1'OWL 'Kit or YEAST. ADOPTED br LTV. Majesty's Government, and UKf-d in HER MAJESTY S KIT'J.IW. kpHEAP JEWELLERY.—Shopkeeper.! and VJ Iliuvlfis will find L.EST assortment AND lowest prices at BIIIIIJINGTOIT'S, 1 I EO'.iiuisdite.h, I'll. (-JIU & YU'cimite efleiy. Wuiel.es, MUSICAL Boxes.CiiUery.Covil.S, BPEC.J.- cles, Pens, ril'es.Vnrues, 13. P.(*ood».Ciitalorrues tree. bstd. IH-X. rllHE VILLAGE BROUGHAM, the Vidoria JL Uronsliion, AND the Park Bronslmm. LTKOIARKUK^. FIR^I., forms perfect NYON c>»* F'LOSED E.N.rria. ?C; socontl, 01 ,1Y Victoria; third, Victoria and Drivin*L'hneW.n, »1. in the most pei FREI. winner. Can be mndc :MR size. DRAWING. Bent..T. BIIH.'1.1* ■O.MB!•57,0T^Queen Sr., L/'N-Acre, LONDON. nnilE BATI-IS, ST. LA WREN CE ON- SE A JL THE GRANVIR.T/U HOTHIi. The OZOKODIZEI) and IODINE BATHS. in addition to their curative properties, fuepronouncud by all WHO have tried them to be the most perfect and luxurious baths III the world. Amonpst many of the moro rccent testimomn.I WO liavo selected the following KBOH HIS (IRVEB THE DUKE OF NEWCABXR.?:. "The GranvilK, JT. Ijawrence-on-Sea. Thanef, Oct. 12, 1S< I. "I have been iii a great manv baths both in this country and abroad, and I haYO never found any to compare wit h those at this liotol. Tho wa ter apparatus for douches, IVE., IS unequal le.IL^ & the comfort of tho Ozone Baths in<lesorib!ihle.-N KVCASTMS. IPAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY .M J Estaljished 1807. (Foil 1JVI;S ONLY). 79, PALI, MALL, LONDON. Premiums InvostodFunds O,OYO. Interest & Dividends (beint? £ 4 Rs. Oil. per cent). £ 137,731. FLMITLLFCTT SECURITY—A Subscribed Capital of moro than £ 1,500,000 The Expenses of Management are tinder J R'er cent. — WKXT DIVISION OP SURPLUS IN 1872. GLOltGE HUMPIIULYS, Actuary and Secretsu'Y. ZWUBB's'Patent SAFES & Strong-Room DOORS, to resist, Wedges, Drills, and Fire. List of prices FREE—CHUBB, and SON, Makers to the Bank of England, 87, St. Paul's, London, Manchester, Liverpool & Wolverhampton 7^ EORtxET PRICE's PATENT (Prize Medal VJT1802), FIRE and BURGLAR PK00F BOOK and PLATE SAFES are the best and cheapest in the trade. GEORGIA PRIUE. Cleveland Safe and Loclc Works.Wolverhampton. A NEW SPECIAL PACKAGE TOBACCO. RIG NETT's "GOOD as GOLD." JLJL (Registered title). A combination of the finest full-flavoured TOBACCOS. This article will be found a luxury t.o old smokers. Sold onlv IN Packets of 1, 2, and 4 ounces.. HIGNETT, BROTHELLS & Co.. r,r~, WJiitechapel, Liverpool. OIX GENTJINC 'WANA CIGARS (as sample) Post Tree for Two GEORGE BOTTEU1LL & SONS. !I'.stabh^hed <*0 \enrs.) 33 Cheupside, London. A. written guarantee on each packet. iVARCY's "Celebrated DUBLIN STOUT, JJ ANCHOTT 3SKKWKRY, DUBLIN". (Largest BREU'RY in 11ELNN<1 one.) Prices Illld TORV.JS on HPPIIC»UON. LLORWICK'S Gold Medal BAKING PowpER A3 Makes nice Bread, Tea Cnlros AMI HOOSN'^ without. \O;vsU CHOLERATDiarrhoea. Hm;.lJ-Pox. Fevers, and Skin affections, the predispo^- ion FO, is prevented by UAA1.PLO li (ill's PYRETIC SA1.1XK..Obtain and take it AN (1jreded.Sol.; bv CHEMISTS CVOIYWLI' "1 the H. LAM PLOUGH, 113, HOLliORX, L<>\ 1 •• IX- J^R..T. COLL is BROWSE'S CHLORODYN^, THE GREAT REMEDY ol iiie day for ROUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, and NEURALGIA, a few doses will cure all incipient eases. ONUL.inn.—The extraor- dinary mediealrepOl.ts Oil the efiieaoy of rendersit of vital importance that the public should obtain the aenulmu which is now sold under the protection cf Government autho- rising a stamp bearing the words Dr..T. Colli* Browne's Chlo- rodyne," without which none is PENNINE KEE decision of Vice- Chancellor SirW. Page Wood, the "Ti'IIR', "July IC. I8S4. Hold in bottles. Is. 14d., 2s. yd. & 4s.Gd., by till EL-CM-i.-t-s. ?o!e manufac- turer, J. T. L>AYLNl'<>IN\ :t; Or, r Y-CLL .-t.. London,W.C. PROTliOTlib B^TOYAL Li: TISIIS PATENT. T^R.^LEYENSTON'S African Rheumatic Oil J for the Cure of Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Lumbnpo, Pains in the Limbs. Price 4'6 per I ott.le, duty included. The most effectual cure ever discovered. London Wholesale Agents Edwards, 38, Old Change; Butler and Co., 4, Choltpside; F. Newbery & Son, 37, Newgate Street; Barclay & Son, Farring- don Street: Banners, 150, Oxford Street. "DIMMEL's PHOTOCHROME. A NEW POM SI A ¡E to change rrrey hair & beard to their origii.A colour, far superior to dyes or KO-call-D ha-ir-restorcrs, Price 04 0. 9II, iStrand, 12 Kcgent-st., Cornhill. Sold bv a li 1'erfninei s. ( 10UNT ST. GERMAlN^SX'elebriited. L1EE TEA, used pure or mixed with other tea, regnla^es tho sys- tem, improves TIN* digest, ion, HI, tees the 1lorveR, prevents diseases, & promotes longevity. L'Wcel. per canister. Sold by allChemists WROUGHT IRON TUtJEiS OF every T V description for STEAM, GAS, WATER&C., &c. TAUNTON", KiiSTi.'IITO.V, and HAY WARD, t'wr Tube Works, Birmingham. 'UJIAFE and SURE, STEAM BOILER > SAFETY, IF'OXOJL Y of FUEL and SPACE, ABSENCE of 1'riniiiu. and simplicity of Repairs. PATENT S'L'I'.AM HOILF.lt CO., HI nii-e-st., Birmingham. •Y-I MTLNER'S STRONG HOLDFAST *MIJ- and F1HH RESISTING, (non-conducting & steam- X' NERALING' S A I*' 1'JS, C11 IvSTS, 1 IT)()RS, and BLJLONC* 110OM-1, with nil the Improvements SUGGESTED by half a Century' 'xperiencein the manufacture of nearly 200,000 Safeg, which 'LOW KEEP THE Honk-, Deeds, Cash and valuables of th9 NobHHr Hergy.nnd Gentry ot the kin¡{dom; and or the professional aiid vmuiieir.ial MEN of ljondon, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, &e.; L-.dinbio', Glasgo-.v, &N.: Dublin, Belfast, and the world orer,— ;II!NV hundreds or wJl1eh have saved theur contents iu destrno- ive L''IITIR. ■ and attacks of BUK(H,AKS. MII.HBU'S PHOINTX RAFII WORKS, 1.1 VI'HI'(JOY.. Depots: Liverpool, MANCHESTER, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, London Depot: 17a, Moorgate Street, City,neat 1.11.. Bank "t England. iize», prices, pout free. ASPHALTI5 ROOFING FELTT. ONFL I'EXNY per square foot. { 1ROGGON & Co., MANUFACTURERS, Albion Wharf, 10, Upper Thames Street, London. 59, George Square, GJa.¡;ow. 2, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool. TEA—To Consume or to Sell again. WEBSTER BROS. 39, Moorgate-st., City., have a large stock of well-selected Black TEAS from I 6 to 2/4 mid supply Very Fine Strong Rich Congou, at 2/0, Very Choice Soiiofiong, 2/10. Orders for £ 2 worth sent carriage pad to all parts of England; £ I Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. | > ORWICK'S" Gold Medal BAKING POWDER Makes PI\lldingR, Pies and Tarts, sweet and wholesome. F IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of MEAT Makes EXCELLENT BEEF-TEA, for 2Jd. A PINT, CAUTION.—None genuine without Barou Liebig'S the illvento1"s certificate on every jar. jjcst and Cheapest Stock for Reef-lea, Soup" Entrees and Saueea JUDSON's DYES.—18 Colors, 6d. each — RIBBONS, WOOL, SILK, FEATHERS, Completely Dyed in 10 minutes without floillng the hands. Full iustmctions supplied. Of all Chemists. QMALL-POX, FEVERS, & SKIN DISEASES.- Predisposition to prevented by LampIotigk'$Pyretic Saline A greeabl e vitalisin G & invigorating, its effects are remarkable in theIr cure & prevention. Takeit according tonew directions. Sold by Chemists & the maker, H. Lamplough, 118, Holborn Hill, E.G. RLUE BRlOKS^F. W. BARROWS, Great Bridge, Tipton, Staffordshire, Manufacturer of Blue, Red, and Brown Bricks, Tiles, Quarries, Blue and Chequered Paving, Stable Clinkers, Copings and Crestings. TO THE LADIES. IJIHOMSON's "pAGODA," rjlHOMSON'S "AUTOMATIC." FJLHOMSON'S DUPLEX." THOMSON'S "JJJMPRESS." CRINOLINES. FJLHOMSON'S UNBREAKABLE." CORSET BUSKS. ^HOMSON's Q.LOYE-FITTING." CORSETS. The best Mannufaotured, always stamped with tho "NAME." and Trade Mark a "CROWN." Novelties for the Spring now ready. WECHL's DRESSING BAGS and CASES, despatch boxes, tourists' wIitingcase8. jewel cases writ- ing desks, Parisian productions, library sets in mediaeval ft lea. ther, albums, cases of fine cutlery, scissors, razorsstable knives, the magic razor strop & paste, at MECHI's, 112, Regent-st.,W. Illustrated catalogues post free. Estd, 1827. City prices charged for cash. N.D.-Mr. Mechl or his Son attends personatly daily. rauiE "VOWEL" JL WASHING MA CHUTE makes Washing at home, pleasant and proll.table.-120 Prise RIedals and First Prizes. A month's free trial. Catalogue free by l'os T. BRADFORD & Co., 63, Fleet St.. London, & Manchester. BAKER & CRISP's Patterns sent free by sending this Advertisement with Address. All the New Spring Cambrics, Piques, Fancy Dresses, White Piques, &c., from 3/11 to 10/6. Black Silks. Japanese Silks, & Silks of every description from 21/- tolOO/- full Dress. 198, Begent-st., London. JENNER and -KNEWSTUB'S-Specl8.Üties. THE CHOW-CHOW CASE, designed by J- "the Old Shekarry" in japanned tin, made air tight. Contains every requisite for the toilet and writing tll.blø for travelling or home use. THE PATENT BAG OF BAGS. THE PATENT A. B. C. DESPATCH BOX. THE ELGIN WRITING CASE. JENNER and KNEWSTUB to the Queen and the Prince ot Wales, M.'I, St. James's Street, & 68, Jermyn Street, London.W. QEWING MACHINES, Five Prize Medals. p TAYLOR'S PATENT MACHINE (Look Stitch) contains important improvements over all others.—Prioe from £ 4 4s. Lists & Testimonials Free.—Agents Wanted.—Taylor's Sewing Machine Co., Driffield, and Holborn Viaduct, London, 35.0. ILLIARD TABLES.-THURSTON & 007, Billiard Table Manufacturers. By Appointment to H. M., the Queen, and H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. Established 1814, 14, Catherine Street, Strand, London, W.C. Lists on Application. T T FURNITURE.—Furniture similar to that supplied to the GRANVILLE HOTEL, can be obtained on application to Mr. MORLEy. South Eaatern Works, St. Laorenco, Thanet. SOVEREIGN PERMANENT BUILDINd K-ASOCIETY, 26, Moorgate St., London, E.G. Shacee £ 10. eweli Dividend 6 per cent. Deposits reeoived at 8 per Coat. Mottt gage Securities only. Persons desiring to save money should Bend for Prospectus post free, A. R.WORMALD, Aotnaiys See, -W":ALIŒR'SCR"fSTALtfAS]rW ATCJU$ » » are superseding all others. Prire Medals, TENDON, 186^ P;iris 18S7. Silver from £ 0 OE, Gold from JS18 13S. 08, OorahUl. B.O, 230.Regent-flt., W.& 76, Strand,W.C. Descriptive Pamphletfree^ TNOTJBATORS, WARRANTED TO JL HATCH ALL EINDS OF EGOS. Easily Managed, Perfectly Safe, Clean and Pretty. Complete for Pigeons, Canaries, and sfn^ll -Biros 770. Game, Poultry and Waterfowl 80/- to £ 10. F. W. SALMON, t I AVEPNE VILLA, BIEHOPTON, F

-'—— ——" THE MERTHYR POST OFFICE ARRIVALS OF MAILS. The London, South a.1 :<:13t of England, Scotland, Ireland, Bristol, Gio'sler, Newport ilou.), Cardilf, I'ontypndd, South Wales, and Foreign Parts 5.15 morn KOUTH MA.1L. From North of England, Scotland, Ireland, North Wales, (ilo'r.ter, lijislol. West of .England, Newport (Mon.), Pontypridd, Cardiff, and South Wrlles 12.50 after. From Tredegar 10.30 morn. LOJfPOIf BAY MAIL. r rom London, South and East of England, Ireland, bris- tol, Olo'ster, Newport (3Ion), Pontypridd,Cardill', South WalcA, aud Foreign Part6 4.15 after. DESPATCH OF MAILS. Box closes at To Tredegar, Rhymney, Brynmawr, and ncighbour- hood 4.45 mom „. XT NOBTH MAIL. Eug-land, North Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Oios'tcr, Bristol, Newport (Mon), Cardiff, West of tnglaud, and Pontypridd S.10 after. T Le.VBOIf AND GEWEHAL BAT MAIL. to London, Scotland, Ireland, North, East, and South ol England, Glo'ster, Bristol,Ncwport(Mon.),Cardiil', I ontypridd, South Wales, and Foreign Parts 10.30 morn; All Letters arc despatched in the evening, with the little cxcoptiou ol Tredegar. Letters an registored ap to 5 in the evening at a fee of 4d., and up to 6.30 at Sd. It is best to post early; the officials are more likely to despatch correctly; the work of two hours ought not to be crowded into one hour. ° Hie Office for Money Order and Savings' Bank business is open troni 0 in the morning to 6 in the evening, and till 8 on Saturday? DELIVERIES BY LETTER CAttRIBBS. There arc three deliveries by Letter Carriers, 1st, 7.0 a.m., 7.30 a.m., inter); 2nd, 1. 30 p.m.; 3rd, 5.15 p.m. SUNDAY AREANGEMEZFTS. The Ofllee is open from 7.0 a.m. (7.30 a.m. Winter) to 10.0 a.m. when it is closed finally. There is but one delivery by Letter Car- riers, which takes place at 7.0 a.m. (7.30 n.rn. Winter). LONDOIf AND GENERAL NIGnT MAIL. To London, Scotland, Ireland, North, East, West and South of England, Bristol, GIo'ster Newport (Mon.), Cardiff, Pontypridd, South Wales and Foreign Parts 4.30 after, THE PILLAR LETTER DOXES Arc cleared daily at 3and 4.40 p.m.—Tydfil's Well;3aud 4.60p.m.— GeorgcTown; 3 and p.m.—High Street. On Suuday, one Clearing, at 2.15 p.m. The London and Gen. Day Afail despatched at. 10.40 morn. Ditto ditto due at ""oo" 4.30 after. The Bag for Trcdcgar and neighbourhood is made up at 8.0 morn. For Kcturn.ijox I'loses at 2.0 after. On Sunday—One delivery, One despatch. Box closes at 2.46 after. CØIJlf LETTEltS. The public are earnestly advised not to send coin, or other valu- ables, in letters without being registered. Letters observed to con- tain coin, will be treated as registered letters, and charged with double registration tec. Apply for Money Orders on a slip of paper thns: "i!2, Cardiff, to John Jones, By James rrice, Merthyr,"

LOCAL RAILWAY TIME TABLES.. NOTICE.—The Railway TilLe Tallies are published with as much care to ensure correctness as possible; but should thrv contain any errors, the Publisher does not hold hitF.st-lf responsible for any inconvenience that may arise therefrom, as changes sometime take place in the arrival and departure of trains without the knowledge of the Editor.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. llrERTHYlt. QUAKER'S YARD, FONTYTOOL, ABEBOtAVBNKY, HEREFORD, AND LIVKItFOOl,. UP.—WEEK DAYS. SUXDAYS 1,5,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3, FROM a.m. a.m. p.m. p. nI. a.m. a.a p. ni, iVferthyr 9 15 1 0 4 40 Troedvrhiew 9 24 1 9 4 49 Quaker s Yard ..a 9 33 1 IS 4 58 10 14 8 20 Ll'incanch 9 54 1 30 5 13 10 22837 ilhjnmoy Junctn 10 1 1 39 5 22 10 32 8 44 Trodo^ar Junct 10 7 145 528 1039 854 Cruhilin 10 1G 1 52 5 36 i 10 49 9 Pontvnool Town 10 33 2 12 5 55 j 11 8 9 22 Por.tvpool Koad 10 38 2 17 6 0 | 11 13 9 27 Abergavenny 11 15; 2 42 6 ?5 10 li, Hereford 12 lSj 3 30 7 35 1116, Liverpool 1 DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS Liverpool i Hereford 7 20 12 15 3 20 9 40. Abergavenny ..ft. 8 20 ..1 0 4441040 Pontypool lioad 9 10 1 20 6 24, 7 66 C 5 foil typool Town 9 17 1 30 5 31' 8 sj 0 13 Crmuliii 9 So 153 549 8 21 0 SI Tredegar Junct 9 43 2 1 6 58 S 29 0 3 Khvninev Junct 9 4!) 2 7 6 5 8 35 6 45 Lla'ncaiach 9 67 2 13 6 12 8 44( 6 54 ylinker's Yard d 10 11 2 2&' 0 22 8 531 7 3 Troedyrhiw 10 21 2 3<jj 6 33 M.crtl;yr 10 28 2 40t 6 40

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—MILFORB HAVEN, CARMARTHEN, SWANSEA, CARDIFF, NEWPORT, CHEP8TOW, CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTER, AND LONDON. WEBE DAYS. [_ SCXBAYS. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAYS. a.m. a. 111. a. m. 1,2,3., 1,2. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1, 2,3 1,2. jMail. 1,2,3. 1,2. 1,2,3. 1,2,37 1,2,8.|1,2,3.,1,2,3.,1,2,3. Exp., 1,2. Exp7 1,27 Exp.1 l,2.7Exp.i 1,27 .1,2, 1,2. | 1,2. I —, FROM 1,2. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. j a.m. [a.m. a.m. am. ip.m p. m «. m. p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. FROM a. n.[a. m.,a.m. a. m. a. m.k ra. p. m. !a. m. p. m.p. in. p. m.'P. m.U m. p M. p. m. NEW MILFORD I | [ j | LONDOX I 6 0: 7 29 9 is|ll 15 | 2 0 4 80 18 10 I I 60 for Pembroke, ] j j Swindon 8 15; 9 13 1 35 li 2i> 1 23: I 4 30 7 2 11 14 2 Mlfnl Haven, &c I I 8 35 j 5 9. 6 20 11 0 £ 0 Stroud 9 18 10 12 2 60 12 9 2 60 5 58 7 54! 111 44 2 6 41 Haverfordwest. .90 ..I 5 24, 0 45 1123 6 14 PT n.cT„p J •• 9 45 18 3S 12 S31, 8 0 I 8 0' ,1215 7*45) 1 2 I Narbeth Road I 9 28 '7 12 1149 6 60 (dep. 8 15! !) 65;11 101 3 2i 12 38' 3 20 „ 6 5 8 22 12 35 I 20' 7 !0 Carmarthen June 6 10; S 35 10 21 8 50 j 6 27 7 54 12 32 8 0 CHELT'XHAAl 8 30 10 1511 30! 3 3012 66! 3 30 4 S 6 13 8 3010 10 7 25 12 4510 30 6 25 3 2&! 7 15 Ferryside 6 22 9 f. 10 35 9 5 I 8 7. 11 61 S 15 Lydney j 7 22'U 3t: 1 15 4 42' I 9 6 1 31 9 0- 4 IS' Llanelly 6 52 9 40 10 57 9 40; j 7 C 8 41 1 S3 8 4S CHEPSTOW 10 85! 7 4511 53 1 30 4 40, 5 40! 8 5 9 21 .11 49 9 1# 4 3S 8 20 cwivwi (ar •• 7 10 10 ao H 301° 0 .7 16 9 20 2 5 9 27 Portskewet 10 4. 7 55 12 41 .15 0 5 60 8 15 i 7 40 I 9 35 4 49! 8 31 "U 7 SO 10 0 11 10 10 20 4 30' 7 20 9 25 145 XEWPOttT i S 2512 361 2 10! 5 37 | 9 54 8 13 I 2 21 10 10 5 2:1 9 5 Landore .7 27 10 15 11 24 10 15 4 37, 9 30 2 0 7 34 CARDIFF I 8 50 1 7 2 35' 6 10i j 10 20 8 40 2 45 10 39 5 49 9 30 NEATH .7 4(i 10 37 il 39 19 37 4 56 .9 50 2 22 Llantrissant i 9 14 1 42 ..16 45 10 44: 11 10 6 In Port Talbot 8 3 10 56; 11 50 10 56 5 12 10 3 2 34 Bridgend 9 37 2 5 S lOj 7 12 11 0 I 3 20 11 31 6 43 Bridgend 8 32 11 25 12 14 11 31 5 40, [10 32 3 3' Port Talbot :10 5 2 35 3 32' 7 43 I 11 20 j 3 44 12 0 7 15 Llantrissant j 8 50 11 50 11 57 6 2. i ,10 54 3 2ff NEATH 10 20 2 56- 3 45 8 2 11 39' 3 57 7 12 16: 7 38: CARDIFF 5 45 7 20; 9 30 12 27 12 47 12 31 (5 33 8 15:11 25 3 50 Lsndose 110 43 3 14 3 59' 8 20; i I .14 18 12 35! 8 0 NEWPORT 0 13 7 57 10 35 1 40 1 13 12 55 7 0 ) 8 27,11 55 4 23 cwiv-jpt 35 Is* 50 3 5 4 10 S 30 12 0} 4 30 12 40' S 10 Portskewet 8 2511 3, 2 2 10 7 30; j 8 4»:12 21 4 50 SWANSEA j d_ 10 35 3 25 3 45 8 10, 4 6 9 is ] 7 65? CU>:PSTOVV O 30] 8 38 11 17 2 25 1 41 2 35 8 5; | 9 61(12 3S 5 <i 9 61 Llanelly 8 14 11 18 3 53 4 29 8 55; i 4 40 9 51 8 3&i Lydney 0 55; 8 6811 37 2 45 1 57 2 55 112 611 5 24 10 9 Ferryside 8 48 11 54 4 3! 5 2 9 2S' i 10 11 I S f>2: CHKLT'XIIAM S 30:10 15 12 5V 5 6 f 5 5 S j o 3011 40 12 la 1 20|10 0 6 45 12 10 Carmarthen Juncn I 9 5 12 11 6 21, 5 21 j 6 25 .19 90' i-rrnv"'v" ) arn. 7 301 11 5 12 25 2 25 7 10 j 5 45, 12 30 1 36! 10 15 0 20 12 25 Narberth Road i 9 47 1 0 6 10 0 10! .1 10 7 J dep. 7 38j 11 20 12 50 2 35 7 18 12 43 1 40; 6 25 12 40 Haverfordwest ..110 13 1 25 (3 24 0 34 i 10 34 Stroud 8 1 11 50 1 20 3 0 7 4G I 1 £ ■■ 2 71 6 52 1 5 NEW MILFORD t j ..I ..I i j i j Swindon 9 17 1 18 2 4S 3 50 9 10 j 2 20 7 35; S 20 *2 20.' for .Pembroke, I i 1 ..I 1 I LONDON 11 151 | 2 45 5 5 6 4510 15 i 4 35 3 «5! 11 10 4 35) Mlfrd Maven, JIG 10 40 1 55 7 0 7 0 )* | i 6 50 11 "f>i

SIRHOWY RAILWAY—XAXTTBWCH, TREDEGAR, AXD NEWPORT. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAYS. 1 FROM \a. m. a. w. a. m. a. ra. a. m. "p. m.«p. m. p. m. p. ra. p. m. p. nt.jp. m. j). ui.ip. m. p, n, IXantybwch | 1 8*5 9 50; 2 35) | 6 25: .I Sirhowy j 7 30, 8 14 9 50" 12 2612 3G, 2 41 4 W 6 »1 S 18 8 25.11 2& 4 101 7 U !TREDE«ARi ^val ..> 1 7 33' 8 20F10 0 12 30 12 39: 2 45 4 54 > 6 S5, 8 22 S 2S»11 80| 4 13 7 M departure! 7 35, 12 3312 40, 4 5(>f S 30 1 4 16 — Argoed j 7 53, j 12 40.12 5S; 6 13! 8 40i 4 31 „ Blackwood j 8 0, |12 5Gj 1 51 j 6 loj 8 54 4 37 Tredegar Junction {» £ | •; j I « Nine Mile End [ ,8 20: | | 1 101 1 25 I 6 451 9 IS- 4 55 Risea | 8 30 j ..1 SO 1 33 | 6 5: 9 28 5 6 „ Newport, Dock-street 18 50 i 1 40| 1 551 G 15! 9 45! 5 30 UP.-WEEK DAYS. | FROM na. a. m. a m. a. m. a. m.la. m. a. m.Vp. m. p. m. a. m.,a. m.ja. m. a. m. D.m. p.m. Newport (Dock-street) I 9 15! j „ j SO, 6 60! | |10 •' 6 ) | 9 35i i 2 50 7 iaj I 10 20: 6 Xine Mile Point j 9 45', 1 3 0 1 20 iC -6 80 Tredegar Junction {g;j •; •; j g-J I -^i Blackwood I 10 12 3 20! 7 431 (10 651 6 SO Argoed | 10 18 j 3 37] 7 49', 10 69! 6 65 n p l1 r)"pn ip arrival ,.i •• •• •• *1 •• (.departure G 45; 7 35 7 40 9 4010 4Q 1 15 3 46 6 15 8 10; 8 l.V,U 17 4 0 7 It sirlxowy 6 49 7 40, 7 4a 9 45 10 44 1 20 3 60: 6 20 8 14 i 2011 20 5 7 20 -Vantybwch 6 55! 7 55 9 50 1 25 I 5 251 1 .I Vll I' • t is ii I-H. Vi.1 i,-I diss j-tUI1'; i. onlv.

VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. SWANSEA, NEATH, HIBWAIN, ADEROAKE AND MERTHYR -—— DOWN—WEEK DAYS. J SVXL>AY 11,2,3.1,5,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3 7. Quakers' Yard J IH'^ Mountain Ash 8 30I0 ]5 2 S3 O B' 9 3'? I ABWDARE 8 4010 2f>- ..12 43 «44'9 16|7 26 ABEJNINT" "IS 30 10 10 1 30 2 IV ° 9 7 10 Lhvydcoed j § 41'in If 1 t, I 0 36 9 I0i 7 20 Hinvainarr 4\W 2L. 1 IL, 2 •• <5 419 18,7 26 Hirwaindep 8 .W'LO'IO 1 "SOL •>' £ < ••• Glyn-Neath 9 15; 10 89 I O I 5 ?! 2 SOi 7 40 Eesolven 9 23 1 7 F 3 13 •• ? 18 9 M S 0 ABERD^IS 9 S3jll 17; 8 27! 8*27 7 3 10 ij J SSUABBIYIS? 3 82 7 F«!^S!,2A Bnton ferry Road. J 9 49jll 33" 2 4J| 3*41 J [Q £ ?' | Swansea IO 4U1 48 2 'VYI C«J i Z ■LX Z "SI S « H TO 30 G 4 UP-W*BK DATS' | SEXDA,, FROM PJL 1,2,3.; 1,2,3 Swansea TO P^J«PA»' Briton Ferry Road. 8 11 11 fco 3 ok t S 1! 8 30^ C 45 Jsa^sfss1 I S g!??" !2RK £ :819 F »|SasS tiSIS Hirwaindep 9 14 U'HZ\ 4*8SI O'II 941 7'T* Llwydcoed 9 21 1 0 4 40 « & 9 2* 9 O ^ANT 9 2S 1 8 4 47 6 L! 9 28 9 £ I, MCRTHYR 9 40| 1 20 4 69- 6 27 9 M 10 I 21 Quaker's Yard IS] .7. J g J »JJ | g

TAFF VALE JRAILWAY, MERTHYR, ABKRDARE, POUTYFRIDD, RHONDDA VALLJ8T COWBRIDOK, CAltDIFF, FROM A2ML j1-2* WFAS., WI,M 7 SSJ NVISOIW •• 'AV™ li IS AISSSNSRS!•• A G I Si ?S 7 4I il HI I 1; I A I G4« Trfr*y 7 ko 491 s 101 g 39] • her a o ?.8TNUL. 7 521 LI* GRJ 3 IO! I$- »** 4 0 Lhvynpia 7 5*| M 3 3 23 8 SI •/ J I!TN,}Y 8 4. LI 7; 3 28 6 67! 9 W 1 is 8 9 ,11 I4J S S3 7 B{ » I « 8 14,1,2,3.(11 17 5 88:7 SI 23 8 1? 1 S Tontypridd J. a 8 24 a.m. 11 27) 8 48) 7 17" P M 9 24^ 1 Pontypridd Juncji 8 32 8 SG LL 40 4 7: 7 GD 7 m I 4S 1 8.1 S Sj11. V\! I' 'V Cross Inn #1' 54 Llantrissant •• Cowbridge Walnut Tree J. for L £ 3ST^ !«i ig?g CardiJf » SI •• 112 12 4 40| 8 8i 10 1^ 6 25 UP-WRK* DAYS GE-^ALI 1,2,3. 1,2,3. ,1,2,3. LL.MI WTI^XT28TI N «,v™ WJFTFISXS; 8"" "18 -1«« » H«» .SSSg.'STiS v; 'T"l-8 d' Llantrissant 7 50 6 25 Cross Inn 7 69- C SRI Llantwit 8 0 E 4JL Treforost 8 2»I 8 39 11 29 3 4!V 6 W 717 9*29 i'-m Pontypridd J. am 8 24 8 4/„ll 36 3 65j 7 7 23 9 35 HI Pontypridd J. d 8 43.11 471 4 14 7 *7 » IS I 5K 862U154]421 ■?« 5S tS ?OR'51 8 66:11 58; 4 25 7 60 9 g 5 ff,ndy-I 9112 S;430 •• NOW 4 5 9 »12 9 4 36 8 2 10 10 6 14 JSTRAD 0 19IL2 ID 4 4S 8 9 10 IT K 9FT TREORKI 9 19:12 JJJ 4 49 8 LFLL0 2\ TREHERBERT 9 23 12 26 4 6FT S 19 W 27 5 S3 ABERDARE JUNE, AR 8 57(11 47 4 7 7 35 9 47 I W ABCRDAREJNC D. 8 67JLL 47I 4 7 7 35 9 47 4 67 MOUNTAIN ASH 9 8 11 581 4 18 Y 47 A «• T A » 1«12 » <■■«. ili, 'UL gmfe-Xij.-ioi »♦»»»»» MSHlS E RII"TH-VR 0 L«i 4 S0i I 6S» 10 i M I TRAINS leavePontypridd Junction every Sunday at 9 53 a.m. and 4 4!) P M. FER Cowbridge caUmFF at all intermediate stations and trains leave Cowbridge for Pontypirdd Junction at 8 29 a m and 3.O9 p.m., also calling at all intermediate stations, and arriving Pontypridd at 9 8 a.m. and 4.8 p.m

BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY BRECON, MERTHYR, DOWLAI8, RHYMNZY, AND NEWPORT. UP.—WEKK DAYS —————— 1,2,3,1,2.3.1,2,8. 1,2,3. 1,2,3^ from FT. 111. a.m a.m. p.M p m Newport (Dock-st.) dep. 8 6 12 36 3 30 5 A0 Bassaleg Junction S 17 12 47, 3 42 6 35 Rhiwderin. 8 22 12 62 3 47 540 Church Koad 8 27 12 69 3 62 6 47 Machen S 34 1 I 4 :!&64 Bedwas 8 44 1 15 4 13 6 4 Maesycwmmer 8 671 1 28' 4 251 6 IS Pengam 9 5; 1 35 4 33 1 6 28 DEP- •• 9 15 1 40 4 35L 6 50 White Rose 9 25 1 50; 4 451 7 0 Khymncy .arr. 9 36 0 4 65 7 10 I Bargoed dep. 9 10 1 40; 6 35 Darren. 9 16 1 46 6 41 Fochriw 9 30 2 0 «65 Dowlais lop 9 40 2 10 7 G Dowlais or Pant 9 48L 2 18 7 IT Mertliyr (V.N. Statu) 9 8 1 57 5*20 0 63 ^EFIV;WV •• 9 18 2 7 5 SO 7 s rontsticill Junc. arr.! 9 30 2 20 5 421 7 15' I Pontsticill June.dep. 9 35 2 25 7 30 Dolygaer 9 40 2 30 7 26 Talybont 10 10 2 57 7 56 Talyllyn 10 20 3 5 8 3 BRECON arr.L 10 30 8 15 s 15; DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. 1,2,3Tl,2,iQ,2,3, 1,2,3.1,2X FROM A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P M Brecon DEP. 8 40 1 45 4 40 TALYLLYN 8 JO 2 06 0 TALYBONT 9 0: 2 10 6 10 DOLYGAER 9 28 2 40 6 48 PONTSTICILL JUNE. ARR. 935. 2 45 6 48 PONTSTICILL June dep. 9 38; 50 6 63 7 2,5 ^,EFN- 9 60 3 2 6 6 7 X Merthyr (VNST.) ARR. 10 0 I 12 6 151 7 47 DOWLAIS or l'ant 9 50 2 62 6 66 DOWLAIS TOP 1010 g 0 G S 11020 S 10 6 LFR DARREN ]10 32 3 22 « 28 BARGOOD ]10 SS 8 28 6 J* PHYMNEY DEP. :10 20 12 35 8 10 « G Whiterosc 10 25 12 48 3 18 til PENGAM 110 40 12 65 8 80 6 » DEP. 110 46 1 0> 39- « 43 MAESYCWMMER |L0 63 1 2 8 6 H. ^WAS (11 DLLMTTH I; MACHEN 11 16 1 80 4 T T 18' W CHURCH LIOAD ILL 20 186 4 7 T S3! KHIWDERIN |11 26 1 40 4 12 7 2W BASSALEG JUNCTION .11 30 I 45L 4 17 7 83! Newport (Dock-st.) arr. ill 42 2 01 4 80 7 4TI

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY MHITHYR, TREDKOAR, AND ABEROAYXIFVT BRAMeB. WEEK DAYS | SUNDAYS J 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3, 1,2,3.1,2^3. ———,—— FROM a. m. p.m. p. m.: a. at. p.m. Abergavenny (Brcc. Bd.); 8 29 1 6 J8 80, 4 47 8 35 Brj'nmawr for Nantyglo 8 58 1 34 4 8 6 16 9 2 Brynmawr 8 59 1 36 4 LOJ 5 19 9 3 Beaufort 9 4 1 41 4 15' 6 24 Ebbw Vale 4 35 Trevil 9 9 1 46 4 20' 6 29 Nantybwell 9 13 1 61 4 26, 6 34 9 14 SWIOWY 9 25 2 F 4 S» 6 43 Tredegar 9 80 2 If 4 44: 6 48 Nantjbwch 9 14 15:, 4 26 6 36 9 16 Kliyniney Bridge 9 19 1 6F 6 40 9 20 Dowlais (by coach) 10 15 2 4I 9 35 Merthyr (by eoach) 10 30 2 F 6 40 -ij DDW^T.—WEEK DAYK, FROM a.m. a.M. a.m. p.M.ip.ni. p.m. 1 MERTLIYR (BY COACH) 8 30 12 26 4 16 Dowlais (by COACH) 9 5 12 46; 4 36 RHYMNEY BRIDGE 6 67 7101015 1 40) 6 30 7 20 NANTYBWCH 7 2 7 15 10 19 1 44 5 34 7 24 SIRHOWY 9 25 10 28 2 6 5 43 TREDEGAR P 30 13 33 2 10 6 48 NANTYBWCH 7 6, 7 20 10 20 1 461 5 85 7 25 V Trevil 7 10 7 25 ..150640730 Ebbw VALE 7 1010 5 1 30 5 16 7"5 BEAUFORT 7 151 7 so 10 27, 1 6iI 5 45 3 BRYNMAWR for Nantyglo 7 20 7 35 10 32 2 1 6 49 7 40 Brynmawr 7 25 7 40 10 33 2 2 5 60 7 41 ABERGAVENNY (Brec. RD; 7 55L 8 15] 11 6, 2 35 6 22 8 11 T Market Train (on Tuesdays only.

RHYMNEY RAILWAY. RHYMNEY, HKNGOED, OAZRPHIU, AJID CARMIT. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. I SUNDAYS i7^,3"L,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,8. 1,2,3. FItOM a. m. p. m. |p. m. a .m, p. m. Rhymney 9 10 2 20] 6 35 8 0 4 10 Pontlotttyn 9 14 2 24 6 39 8 4 4 16 Tir Phil 9 22 2 30 6 46 8 10 4 £ 4 Bargoed 9 30 2 88 6 64 8 18 4 32 Pengam 9 3S 2 44 0 69 8 25 4 42 ( N., A., & H. ) arr Ilengoea JUNCTION }UEP 9 55 2 60 7 3 8 36 4 50 Ystrad 9 59 2 54 7 9 8 4ft 4 64 Caerphilly 10 11 3 7 7 21 8 2 6 0 Walnut Tree Bridge 10 24 3 20 Cardiif (Adam-street Station) 10 45 3 35| 7 60 9 10 6 36 UP-—WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS 1,2,^1,2,3. 1,2,3.TA3. 1,2,3 FROM a. m. J). in. p. m. j a. M. p. m Cardiff (Adam-street Station) 9 10 1 0 6 26, 9 00 CM Walnut Tree Bridge 9 7 1 3 6 38 10 0#13 Caerphilly 9 30 1 11 6 45 10 8 6 28 Ystrad 9 42 1 24 6 66 10 18 6 86 Hensoed I V L*" 9 60 1 28 6 « I Junction J dep 10 4 1 40 10 22 6 40 Pengam 1(> G 1 44 6 4 10 26 6 46 Bargoed 10 14 1 48; 6 0 10 36 « 65 L'IR 10 21 1 63 0 16 10 43 7 3 Pentlottyn 10 2FI 2 0 0 23 10 61 7 11 Kliymney IQ GG 2 51 6 27|10 66 7 15

WESTERN VALLEYS RAILWAY. NEWPORT, EDBW VALE, AND NANTYOLO. DOWN.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAVS. L,2,3.Tl,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,5. 1,2, I FROM a.m. p.m.JJ p.m. p.m. a.m. P.M. Ebbw Vale 8 40 111 15 2 20 7 25 .10 26 7 10 Victoria 8 48 ill 23 2 28 7 31 10 31 7 1& Aberbccg June 9 2 111 37 2 42 7 45 F10 45 7 32 Aberbccg June 9 2 111 37 ] 2 42 7 45 F10 45 7 32 Nantyglo 8 40 111 15 2 20 7 25 !10 26 7 10 Blaina S 48 11 23 2 28 7 31 !10 33 7 18 Abertillery 8 F.G 11 31 2 3G 7 38 ,10 41 7 26 Aberbecg June 9 2 II 37 2 42 7 60 10 55 Crumlin 9 15 11 64 2 56 7 68 ill 4 Abercarne 0 25 12 4 3 6 8 8 JLL 14 Risca 9 38 12 20 3 18 8 23 11 31 8 10 Bassaleg Junct 9 61 12 34 3 31 8 56 11 47 8 82 Newport 110 0 12 45 40 8 48 112 0 8 46 UP.—WEEK DAYS. | SUNDAY# 1, 1,2,3.71,5,3. 1,2,3. 1,2,3.1,1,3 FKOM a.m. a.IU, p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m; Newport 7 0 11 O S « 5 43 8 39 6 1& Bassaleg June 7 11 11 11 3 11 5 62 8 42 6 » ltisea 7 25 11 25 8 25 6 6 8 66 5 41 Abercarne 7 40 11 41 S 41 (i !8 9 13 S 5(5, Crumlia 7 60 11 61 3 61 6 53 0 23 Aberbeeg June 8 0 12 0 4 0 6 44 0 34 6 1«, Abertillery 8 11 12 11 4 14' 6 6» 9 4S 0 38" Blaina 8 19 12 19 4 22 7 4 9 67 <48 NANTYGLE 8 «7 12 27 4 32 7 12 10 6 6 80. Aberbeeg June 8 6 12 5 4 8 6 40 0 42 E Victoria 8 19 12 17 4 22 9 6? 6 97 Ebbw Vale 8 27 12 &7 4 S2 7 12 1Q 6 TL Printed and Published by PETKRW'I-TA_M », at the TELEGRAPH Office, High-street, in the Town and Franchise of Merthyr Tydfil, ÏI1 the County of Glamorgan FBJDAY, MARCH 8th 1872, •