The Cardiff Times

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. 1886. 1885. In. De. London, Brighton, and S.C. 39549- 41124..1575 — South Eastern 47925.. 476 9., 266.. — Brecon and Merthvr 1770.. 1799.. 29.. — Taff Vale and Penarth Rail. 15272.. 15267.. —1995 Rhymney 3746.. 3847.. —101 Great Kastern 61646.. 62592.. — 947 Metropolitan 14152.. 13222.. 930.. — Metropolitan District. 8504.. 8484.. 20.. — Midland 111919. ,13;865.. —22946 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. 72197.. 70018.. 2179.. — Pembroke and Tenby 565.. 559.. 6.. — London and South-Westem.59894.. 59851.. 43.. — Great Western 156850.. 152710.. 4140.. — London, Chatham, A Dover. 25b21.. 25348.. 173.. — London and North-Westernl93359..191623.. 7736.. — Mid-Wales- 717.. 709.. 8.. —

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are charged at the rate of Is for thejirst Twenty Words, and M/of every additional Ten Words, and must be PREPAID. In all cases the ttotiee must be authenticated by the rutmt mnd address of the miter. BIRTHS. HALL.—On the 28th ult., at Newport, Salop, the wife of Richard N. Hall, Liberal Registration Agent, Cardiff, of a dadghter. 32 ROBBINs.-On the 26th ult., at Thorsdale Home, Rich. mond-roa i, Cardiff, the wife of Mr A. J. Robbins, of a daughter. 956 SESSIONS—June 25, at Rosenheim, Plymouth-road, Penarth, the wife of A. Sessions, of a daughter. 80547 MARRIAGES. COMMON—KERR.—On the 24th ult., at Dock-street Congregational Chapel, by the Rev E. Walrond Skinner, James Common, Cardiff, to Margaret, eldest daughter of William Kerr, Newport, Mon. HARTLAND—SMITH.— May 20th, at the British Lega- tion, Tokio, Japan, John Cole Hartland, second son of the Rev Kdwin J. Hartland, now of Swansea, formerly of Bristol, to Agatha Bessie, only daughter of Percival A. Smith, Esq., of the Admiralty, and Kensington. DEATHS. COWARD.—On June 29th, at 17, St. Andrew's-crescent, Cardiff, Elizabeth, the niece of William Coward. Deeply regretted. 46 DANDO.-On tbe 9th ult., Isaac Dando, mason, of 70, Severn-road, Canton, aged 67. 38 DOWN.—On the 26th nit. at Hardwicke, Penarth, Frances Laura, wife of F. P. Down, and daughter of G. A. Stone, of Kingswood, Cardiff. 941 LEWIS.-On the 21st ult, at 13, Violet-row, G. Lewis, aged 51 years. 954 MILLER.—On the 24th ult, at 52, Oxford-street, Swan- sea. Thomas Miller, aged 66, after a long and painful illness. RICHES.—On the 25th ult., at his residence, Penylan House, Cardiff, John Osborne Riches, aged 59. VINGOE.—June 28, at Woodbine Villa, Canton, very peacefully, William Harvey Vingoe, the much beloved son of Eliza Waugh, aged 2a years. 990

SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1886. LOCAL. THE CARDIFF CONTEST. CARDIFF is certainly passing through a period of as much political excitement as any part of the country at present. It would be no exaggeration to say that the whole town is roused. The result of the polling on Wed- nesday next is looked forward to with the most intense interest. It might almost be affirmed that the entire nation is eagerly watching the contest here. Never before have we been honoured with visits and speeches from the men who stand at the helm and hold the world in hand. Sir Edward Reed's reception upon his return from London was simply magnificent. His progress through some of the principal streets of the town looked very much like a triumphal procession; and the Tories-Mr Brand and the Paper Unionists included- appeared to regard it as such. Mr Parnell, in passing through our leading thorough- fares, was greeted with all the enthusiasm which is reserved for great leaders of the people. We admit that Mr Brand's scratch supporters did their utmost to make the Marquis of Hartington feel comfortable and happy whilst he was amongst us. At the same time, we think he realised the fact that in coming to Cardiff he was, in the present instance, leading an extremely forlorn hope. Mr Chamberlain and other prominent states- men have promised to play their part in the struggle between Sir Edward and Mr Brand. Taken altogether, the Cardiff election on this occasion ranks amongst the most in- teresting of the lot. A FORGOTTEN WELSH AMAZON. I. "SILURIAN" sends us the following:—Of all the females Wales has produced, of a surety Margaret Verch Evan, who flourished about ninety-five years ago, near Llanberis, in Carnarvonshire, is the most extraordinary. In point of accomplishments and their prac- tical utility, few, if any, of the fair sex have excelled this celebrated Cambrian damsel. Passionately fond of the joys of the chase, in her cottage were to be found at all times a selection of the t..est thoroughbred dogs in the Principality, and her selection was not limited to one species. Greyhounds, beagles, foxhounds, terriers,. and even curs of low degree were to be seen frisking about the cottage which Margaret occupied and the gossips of Llanberis of her day affirmed that she made a more desperate havoc among the hares and foxes than all the confederate hunts did together. Nor were Megan's qualifications confined to her dexterity and hardihood as a huntress. She managed a boat with admirable facility; she could play on the harp and on the fiddle the made shoes, bailt and repaired boats, shod horses, and at the age of seventy was the best wrestler in the county. What: will my fair countrywomen say to this ? This amazon died about ninety-five years ago at the advanced age of ninety-two, a wonderful example of native ingenuity, persevering industry, and contented penury. SIR GEORGE ELLIOT. Wis do no injustice to Mr Carbutt's opponent when we say that he makes no pretension to being a politician. When Sir George Elliot first contested North Durham he hardly knew anything at all about political matters. In fact, he was then as much a Liberal as a Tory; but, the Tories having brought him forward in the absence of a stronger and more popular candidate, he has clung to their creed ever since. We have no doubt that Sir George remem- bers the first occasion on which he addressed a political meeting as a candidate for Parliamentary honours. It may not have vanished from his memory that his maiden speech required careful revision before it passed muster and possessed the proper Tory ring. In the House of Commons he undoubtedly failed to make his mark.

GENERAL. CHRISTIAN WORK IN LONDON. IN a big city which contains a larger popula- tion than Scotland, and three times that of the whole of Wales, there must be much misery and suffering. There is always room for such places as the Field-lane Refuge, which housed 17,000 people last year, and the St. Giles's Christian Mission, which reformed no less than 3,325 men and boys in the same period, and caused them to adopt honest callings. Field-lane was, 50 years ago, the home of thieves and the most abandoned characters, where thousands of stolen silk handkerchiefs were daily exhibited for sale. Thanks to the labours of the late Lord Shaftesbury and his friends, it is now the scene of Bible, ragged, and sewing schools, a creche, bands of hope, a servants' home, and industrial schools. GAS COMPANIES. THE total capital invested in gas companies in the Unites Kingdom at the end of May, 1884, was nearly 52 millions sterling, of which nearly 18 millions belong to the various local authorities. These under- takings made 77,000 million cubic feet of gas from 7,700,000 tons of coal. What would Sir Walter Scott, who ridiculed the idea of lighting a city by gas, say to this ? It is not many years since gas was charged 6a per thousand, but agitation and competition have brought the price down to 2s 6d per thousand in many instances, which is quite enough for cities and towns situated in the neighbourhood of the coal fields. The commodity is marvel- lously cheap now, Monmouthshire coal fetching 7s 6d per ton, and better sorts only about Is more. Gas and water ought to be the property of local authorities everywhere. THE PROFITS OF THE REVISED VERSION." THE authorities at Oxford University would no doubt like a Revised Version of the Scriptures" to be published every year. The profits of the last revision have enabled them to erect a building at a cost of £7,000 for the use of the non-collegiate students, for examinations, <fcc. j an annexe to the university galleries; a lecture-room for Mr Hubert Herkomer, the pro- fessor of fine arts; j51,000 for the Ashmolean Museum a sum of money for the laying out of the schools quadrangle ) and JBL550 for the scientific department of the University Museum. If this money had fallen into the hands of the City of London authorities, what guzzling and gormandising would have taken place The turtles would have had a bad time of it, and the Champagne country of France would have been laid under deep contribution.

FOREIGN. SCINDIAH AND HOLKAR. IT is a remarkable fact that the two Indian princes who stood by us during the terrible times of the Indian mutiny should have passed over to the majority almost at the same moment. We were somewhat tardy in recognising the fealty of Scindiah by restoring to him the fortress of Gwa- lior. It took Great Britain thirty years to consider whether she should perform an act of common generosity which might have been done at once. If those two princes had turned against us, we might at this time have been mourning the loss of the whole of India. British power was never weaker than in 1857, although our troops and Indian civilians exhibited the utmost heroism. THE EUROPEAN CALM. IT is not so long since the Great Powers were all at loggerheads one with another. Russia, France, Germany, Austria, and Turkey were all showing their teeth against this country. All sorts of possible com- binations were projected—on paper at least—and the Macaulayan New Zea- lander wes pronounced to be near at hand. The Greek episode rallied the Great Powers together, and since that time we have had a marvellous calm in European politics. The Greek question might have brought the whole of the Great Powers into conflict, and Europe would have been deluged with blood. The little word Pause," spoken by Mr Gladstone, has done it all.

IN THE THICK OF THE FTGHT. STATESMEN and candidates have spoken; and now the people themselves are speaking. On Thursday well on to sixty memoers of the new Parliament were returned. In the course of a few days all the Borough elections will be over, and then it will be the turn of the County voters. Never before, perhaps, has the country been so interested in, and excited over, a general election. This was to be expected for a variety of reasons. Mr BRIGHT describes the issue as great and grave." It is momentous, affecting, as it does, the liberties of a nation, and dealing with the Constitution itself. Then the rupture in the Liberal ranks upon the subject has imparted in- creased interest to the contest. Further- more, nearly every man in the land now possesses a vote. We live under entirely new conditions. It is not so many years since that gentlemen were elected as mem- bers of Parliament by a mere fraction of the people. Now, happily, all that is changed. Every householder—whether in town or country, whether rich or poor—has become a voter; and, as it ought to be, one man's vote is just as good, and goes as far, as another's. The Education Act also plays a large part in connection with the present elec- tions. It might almost be said that every boy is a politician. Girls likewise know what is going on around them in the political world. The result of this election is being watched j with an intensity of feeling and a degree of intelligence never known before. Here and there, it is true, persona are to be found who proudly declare that they "don't bother themselves about politics." What they principally interest themselves in is eating, drinking, and being merry. Fortunately for humanity, however, the number of brainless and soulless men of this description ia comparatively small. With the solitary exception of this miserable handful of callous individuals who never entertain a serious thought upon any subject whatever, the entire community is stirred to-day with the liveliest emotions. "How will the elections end?" is the question of the hour. The empire is passing through a ir lendous crisis, and it may safely be said that the eyes of the whole civilised world are eagerly turned towards us at the present moment. Ireland cries loudly and pleadingly for justice. She has often done so before, but in vain. At last Mr GLADSTONE and his faithful fol- lowers have made up their minds that Ireland can be entrusted, without serious risk, with the task of governing herself. For cen- turies she has been coerced, trodden down, I and denied her legitimate rights. That policy, as it deserved to do, has wretchedly failed. Irishmen have been imprisoned, exiled, hanged, and shot in the supposed "interests of the kingdom." Measures of this Jond, iowever—whilst being a dastardly disgrace to England—have not succeeded in destroying the patriotism and heroism I, of the Irish people. They love their own land, and they hate the tyranny of aliens. Who would not ? Mr I GLADSTONE asks the people of the United Kingdom to unloosen the cruel fetters which now encircle the Emerald Isle. What will be the response of the people to his fervent I and righteous appeal 1 The responsibility resting upon each elector is enormous, and we trust that everyone who reads these words will bo able to say, when the great battle is over, that he helped, as far as he could, to set the captive free.

GO TO THE POLL. WB are on the eve of the decision; in a few days we shall know the will of the coun- try. The position is one of extreme anxiety the fate of Ireland trembles in the balance. Great Britain is about to declare, through the secret agency of the ballot, whether a policy of conciliation or coercion is to be adopted. Mr GLADSTONE, with singular clearness, has laid the issue before the electors. And Lord SALISBURY, with equal frankness, has given us the Tory pro- gramme. Mr GLADSTONE wants the voters to Ring out the old, ring in the new." He appeals to us to cast aside the mediaeval weapon of coercion, and the other frightful instruments of despotic rule. We are asked to guide our acts by the standard of righteousness — to accord common justice to our Irish brethren. Having failed in the Imperial Parliament to legislate efficiently for Ireland, or for the other portions of the United Kingdom, Mr GLADSTONE urges that a domestic and sub- ordinate Parliament should be established in Ireland. With such an assembly the sister island would cease to be a source of trouble—a veritable hotbed of danger- ous discontent. Of course Ireland would continue an integral part of the Empire, only she would be no longer held by bonds of iron, but by the gentler, yet stronger, ties of love. A union of hearts would be substituted for the flimsy paper union. Lord SALISBURY'S alternative is familiar to every elector. He has plainly declared that he would extend the repressive measures of the past eighty six years over the next twenty years. Since 1840 the population of Ireland has diminished by one half; still Lord SALISBURY would carry on the unpatriotic work of denuding the Irish soil of its people, whom he would deport to the rigorous regions of Manitoba. We believe there is little doubt as to the result of the elections in Wales. The generous, justice-loving nature of Welshmen recoils from Lord SALISBURY'S terrible policy, and gladly accepts the proposals of Mr GLADSTONE. Glamorganshire will again return to Parlia- ment gentlemen pledged to support the PRIME MINISTER. In most of the consti- tuencies the Liberals are unchallenged, the Tories realising that they would not have a shadow of a chance; but at Cardiff heaven and earth are being moved to wrest away the seat so worthily held by Sir EDWARD REED. The Paper Unionists know that their following is meagre, and in order, if possible, to increase its dimensions, they have engaged the best talent in the land. The Marquis of HAR- TINGTON has visited us, and has. told the good people of Cardiff that as Ireland is a member of the British family she must be compelled to live under our roof. But no one questions that Ireland is part of the kingdom. Ireland desires to remain a loyal member of the British house- hold, but she does not wish to wear the wame style of costume as BRITANNIA, who is a becoming matron in red, white, and blue, whereas green suits the complexion of Erin. Ireland simply aaka for power to make those laws which, at the sealing of the Act of Union, it was promised she should obtain, though we have flagrantly broken the vows. Latterly the Imperial Parliament has been overworked—overpowered by the ever-growing weight of its duties—and as a natural consequence, is unable to legislate for England, Wales, or Ireland. Lord HAR- TINGTON, it seems, is not considered attrac- tive enough to decoy Cardiff Liberals from the paths of Liberalism, and so the greatest political renegade of modern times is to visit the town. Mr CHAMBERLAIN will use his voice against his opponents, and will attempt to bully Liberals into voting for the Tory nominee, Mr BRAND. Lord HAR- TINGTON met with very little genuine sympa- thy or support; but we suspect that Mr CHAMBERLAIN will be still less favourably received. Sorrow is felt that Lord HARTINGTON should have left Mr GLADSTONE, but at the same time it is recog- nised that he is a gentleman actuated by conscientious convictions. He was never an advanced politician. But Mr CHAMBERLAIN has posed as a friend of the people. It is not so long since he shook his fist defiantly in the faces of the landowners, the ship- owners, and the propertied classes generally. A little over a year ago he was ready to quit the Ministry rather than vote for coercion. Ireland, he said, was governed like Russian Poland—was controlled by "foreign" officials. Yet Mr CHAMBERLAIN is audacious enough to come to Cardiff, under Tory auspices, and for the express purpose of perpetuating coercion in Ireland. No language is sufficiently strong in which to express the political perfidy of the right hon. gentleman. But if the fight is hard and trying in Cardiff, Mr A. J. WILLIAMS has not a formidable opponent. After the CORY fiasco it was thought the Tories had thrown up the sponge. But at length they have hunted out a Mr MOWATT, who comes forward as a wolf in sheep's clothing. He describes himself as a sturdy Liberal. But he is nothing of the kind. He is a Tory who dare not show his real colours. But the electors of South Glamorgan are not to be deceived by the palpable devices of Mr MOWATT. In Swansea District the situation is not satisfactory, owing to the equivocal attitude of Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN. But in the divisions where contests are taking place the outlook is hopeful. If Liberals put their shoulder to the wheel, and give a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull altogether, they will win all along the line.

DE PARTURE~OF~L,ORD HARTINGTON. The Marquis of Hartington left Cardiff on Thursday morning at 12.45 for Bristol, where he had promised to address a meeting. There was a. small collection of the general pnblio upon the platform and the approaches thereto, and upon his lordship arriv- ing, accompanied by Mr John Gunn, tome cheer- ing took place. A posse of police, under the superintendence of Mr Hemingway, were in attendance, and escorted the noble marquis to a saloon carriage.

SUPPOSEDTmurderat EAST DULWICH. The dead body of a woman, apparently be- tween 30 and 35 yaars of age, was found on Thursday in an up?fca'rs room at the back of a house in the course of erection in the Hansler- road, Lordship-lane, East Dnlwich. There was a fearful wound in the throat, and a knife was found lying near, with the woman's hat and jacket. There were also indications of a struggle having taken place. The deceased was respectably dressed, and death seems to have occurred two or three days since.

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RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN IRELAND. FOUR PERSONS KILLED AND 16 INJURED. A dreadful accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon on the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, by which four persons were killed and 16 severely injured. Some of the latter are not ex- pected to recover. The accident occurred about two miles below Portadown, at a point where the line runs alongside a deep ditch. It is believed that the great heat of the past two days bad caused the rails to expand, and on the 2.30 p.m. train from Portadown to Dublin reaching the place the engine left the track and das hed into the ditch, dragging with it the whole train save the guard's van, which, from some unexplained cause, became detached, its occupant escaping unhurt, while the engine driver and stoker were pitched headlong into a meadow on the other side of the ditch and were also uninjured. The two carriages next the engine were telescoped and completely wrecked, and of the passengers four were killed outright, and twenty others were injured, some, as already stated, beyond the hope of recovery. Half a dozen medical men were quickly on the spot, and did their best to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded, but the scenes were heartrending in the extreme. Several of the injured were sent to Belfast, among them Police- sergeant Boaner, both legs broken Mrs Boaner, legs broken and severely bruised R. Olderry, one leg broken; and a man, name unknown, apparently in a dying condition.

THE NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD Llew Llwyfo has been appointed conductor of the National Eisteddfod to be held at Carnarvon.

COTTAGE RENTS AT NEW TREDEGAR. The colliery proprietors at New Tredegar have, it is said, decided to lower the rents of the cot- tages Is per month in view of the depression in trade.

MESMERIC DENTISTRY. An operation of a very difficult nature was performed at the Cardiff Circus, on Wednesday, by Mr Levino, the mesmerist. Dr. Quinlan, surgeon dentist, managed to extract a tooth from the mouth of Mr J. Winstone, of 58, Kent- street, Lower G-rangetown, while the latter was under mesmeric control. The patient said he did not feel the operation at all, nor was any blood drawn.

BATHING FATALITY AT NEWPORT. A young man named Edward Jones, son of Mr Jones, chemist, formerly of High-street, but now of Bulmer, near Caerleon, was drowned on Tues- day morning in the Monmouthshire Canal near Alteryn. He was in the employ of Mr Holling. dale, grocer, High-street, and had gone with two of the other assistants to Alteryn to bathe. In order to enable a canal boat to pass through the lock the "gate was opened, where- upon the rush of water carried deceased from his companions into a deep part of the canal. He was unable to swim, and was drowned, dis- appearing entirely for about ten minutes. The body was then seen, and the boatman assisted to get it out ot the water. Deceased was about 20 years of age.

THE DISTURBANCES AT MERTHYR. Before Mr North, at the Merthyr police-court, on Monday, Thomas Connors, Dennis Conollyf John Finn, John Sweeney, Dennis Sullivau, Hugh Vaughan, David Vaughan, John Marshall, and John Thomas were charged with riotously assembly and disturbing the peace on the 2lst June at Caepanty wyll, Merthyr. William Vaughan was also charged with violently assault- ing John Fitzgerald on the 23rd June. The assault case was first taken, Mr Philbps appear- ing for defendant. Fitzgerald stated that on Wednesday last he was coming home from work, when Vaughan, who was on the bridge, called him. Complainant said "What do you want?" Vaughan then struck him on the mouth, and dealt him other blows. Defendant was fined 5s and costs. Superintendant Thomas withdrew the other charges on the men entering into their own recognisances to keep the peace for six months, and pay the costs, 3, 2d each.

-== BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SHOW. INVITATION TO NEWPORT. At a meeting held at the Town-hall, on Wed- nesday afternoon, the Mayor (Mr .• Grice) presiding, it was decided to invite the Bath and West of England Society to hold its show at Newport in the year 1888. Mr C. D. Phillips stated that Lord Tredegar had willingly granted the use of a. portion of his park for the show, and there would be no difficulty in raising the ;£800 guarantee. Lord Tredegar would prefer that the show should be held in 1888 and not in 1889, because of the longer period during which the 35 needed would havetobekept.—The Hon. Col. Morgan and Sir George Elliot, who were present, expressed approval of the projected show as being calculated to do great good to the agricultural and trading community of the town and district, and it was decided to fbrm a conlIIllttee to carry out the necessary arrangements.

TWO BOYS DROWNED AT PORTISHEAP. A sad fatality has occurred at Portishead. A large party of children from Fishponds had come to Portishead for their annual summer outing, and had been spending a very pleasant day in woods and on the beach. About four o'clock they assembled for tea at Miss Carr s cottage on the beach, and having enjoyed the good things provided, they again dispersed for further games, &c., having been most earnestly requested by their teachers not to bathe or get too near the water. These warnings were dis- regarded, and several of the lads got into the water midway between the ruins of the Beach Hotel and the Battery Point. The shore at this spot is very treacherous, and before long two of the lads were out of their depth. Their C01]a. panions unsuccessfully attempted » rescue, and sometime afterwards the bodies of the unfortu- nate boys were recovered and conveyed to the mortuary. The names of the deceased lads are Frederick Jones and Albert Roach, and they are both about 14 years of age. ==

"MAJOR JONES AT HOME. The Evening Wisconsin says :—R. Jones, the United States consul at Cardiff, Wales, was a visitor on 'change to-day (Saturday, June 12th), where he was introduced by Owen and Bro. The major is an old-time Milwatikeean. lIe served in the Fifth Wisconsin lieg'irn-ent during the war, entering the service as a private. H.e arrived at New York on a brief VIHlt to this country, accompanied by his wife, oo the 22nd of last month, and has spent most of the interim in that city and Washington. Starting \Yrest early this week, he took Mrs Jones to Waukesha, where she has relatives, and then came back to Milwaukee. A Wisconsin reporter, who obtained all introduction to him on 9 anf??, secured an interview with the major, in the course of which the latter stated that the felt want of, Cardiff is an import trade,^ especially from America, and he believed that Sir "Yiliiam Thomas Lewis, who controls the docks for Lord Bute, would be prepared to afford special advan- tages to a line of steamers plying between Cardiff and one of the great Atlantic ports. Americans were visiting Cardiff in increasing numbers, to form trade connections, and the advantages of the port in cheap bunker coals and low port charges set a premium upon Cardiff for the American trade.

THE HEALTH OF CARDIFF. The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last (26th June) shows that in the borough of Cardiff thy number of births registered in the last week was 94-. as compared with61and 88intbetwo preceding. These 94 births comprised 52 boys and 42 girls, and they corres- ponded to an annual rate of 49'26 per 1,000 of the population—estimated to bo in the middle of this year 100,736. There have only been four weeks this year with a greater number. The mortality i» the borough was very low in the last week, for the deaths were only 24-, being 13 less than the one previous. These 24 deaths yielded a rate of only 12'4 per 1,000, and placed Cardiff in the position of having the smallest death-rate among the 28 great towns. are unable to recall another report in the last four years in which it has been placed first. Two weeks back there were also then but 24 deaths, but in that week there was one town with a smaller rate of mortality. The death-rate of 12'4 in the present report was 4*6 below that of the 28 great towns. la Bristol it was 14.4, or 2 more. The 24 deaths included 15 males and 9 femaies and of the total 5 of them were those of infants under one year, and 3 referred to adults who had attained 60 years and upwards. The principal zymotics were represented by only one of whooping cough. There were two deaths due to violer x; and one person died in one of the public institutions. The rates of mortality in the several towns, arranged in order from the lowest, were as f""Hnul Cardiff m Leeds If-J 12~6 Birkenhead. 19'j' Sheffield 12-9 Huddersfleld 20 0 Norwich 13 6 Wolverhampton 20-2 Leicester 13*8 Manchester • — 20*5 Bristol 14-4 Blackburn 20*5 Hull 144 Oldha^i. 20-8 Norwich 13 6 Wolverhampton 20-2 Leicester 13.8 Manchester • — 20*5 Bristol -h_. 14-4 Blackburn 20*5 Hull 144 Oldha^i. 20-8 London 15*Q • on • Birmingham 16*0 Tyne 209 Sunderland lo-0 Salford 24'5 Bradford 16 6 Halifax 24 7 Derby 17*6 Portsmouth. 24"7 Plymouth. 177 Bolton 24*9 Liverpool 180 Preston 571 Plymouth. 17-7 Bolton 24-9 Liverpool 180 Preston 571 Nottingham .„ 18"7

AGRICULTURAL N [sr A SOUTH WALES AGRICULTURIST.] During the past week the magnificent weather has beeu invaluable for hay-making the rattle of mowing machines is incessant, although I have seen some heavy sainfoin and clover crops much laid. The latter, like tho proverbial hair on a bull's forehead," would have paid for mowing with the scythe, as fully five cwt. per acre was left behind on ona field. There appears a defi- ciency of clover amongst the seeds as 1. rule whether this arises from bad seed, or from re- peating the crop too often on the same land I know not. Old farmers laid it down as a rule that to avoid clover sickness clover should only be grown once in eight years on the same land. This, no doubt, is a sound and safe rule to act upon, being based upon experience but as clover now plays an important part; in husbandry, whether for stock feeding or hay selling (giving in good seasons two heavy crops of hay, and near towns, where the demand exists for green food, realising as much as £9 to J610 per acre for two cuttings), it becomes important to ascertain if this valuable forage plant may be oftener grown with success. My own experience has enabled me, hy the use of potash as a manure, to grow with fair success clover oftener than once in eight years; in fact, I have done so once in four repeatedly with success with home-grown seed. Farmers are proverbial "grumblers," and in order to deserve the name, I must say that we want rain for our roots, as well as the late barley and oats. The cold winds, with frosts, ex- perienced through the early part of June has given a yellow tinge to the barley crop, and unless we get ere long some rain, the crop will not be a heavy one this season. Wheat is just breaking into ear, and looks fairly well. Peas and beans, where grown, are looking very promising, with a magnificent bloom. Mangolds are not growing satisfactorily, the cold nights having checked them, but they are now moving a little. His Grace of Portland's experiment in co-opera- tive farming has become an accomplished fact. The Gringley Farm of 485 acres (only 36 of which is grass, the bulk being arable) has been let to six agricultural labourers, the association paying a fixed rent per acre, with the usual taxes, and 3 per cent. on the capital sum invested in the stock, &c., which amounts to £2,431 10s. The duke reserves to himself and his agents the right of inspection at any time to see that the stock is kept up, and that the farm is not allowed to de- teriorate in condition. The stock consisted of about 70 head of cattle, 65 ewes and lambs, and 10 cart horses. House accommodation for six families existed or has been provided. The men have a deed of partnership drawn up which is to extend over seven years. Each man is to rece;ve £4 per month, and the accounts balanced at the end of each year. If any surplus exists after paying rent, interest on capital, and 5 per cent. on any capital invested by either member of the associa- tion, such capital is to go towards paying off the valuation. Upon the face of the undertaking it would appear probable that, with the moderate wage drawn by the members of the association, if fairly favonrable seasons ensue, the scheme will prove a success. This experiment of his grace is a contribution towards the solution of the co- operative system in agricultural worth. Death has been busy amongst the grand speci- mens of the bovine race. The highest priced shorthorn bull (it sold for 4,500 guineas) Duke of Con naught has succumbed to the butcher at 13 years of age, and made (says the butcher) a. splendid carcase of beef, quite equal to a young steer. No doubt he would wish his customers to think so Anyway, the bull is reported to have brought his noble owner 7,000 guineas in fees. Whether those who paid a fifty guinea fee reaped the benefit is another question. Lord Wilton," the highest priced Hereford bull that was sold for 3,800 guineas, though never paid for, and re- sold for 1,000 guineas (a high price for an old bull), has also departed to the happy hunting grounds. This bull made the Stooktonbury Herefords, and helped most materially to realise such prices for Herefords then as will not in all probability be again obtained. The most celebrated black-faced ram of the day, Mr Howatson's "Seventy-two," has also succumbed to an accident. Tho loss of such perfect specimens of the breeders' art, repre- senting the outcome of years of patient attention, is a national loss. The Highland Society have, following their recent practice, published a list of the judges who are to officiate at the Dumfries show en the 27th July. This is a step worthy of the society, for it shows ttiat they have confidence in the integrity of these gentlemen, and that they cannot be got at or squared. The old notion of keeping the judges secret is only a reflection upon their honour; besides, it is sure to creep out, and some men may thus obtain special knowledge. Under the open publication system, all stand upon an equal basis. I would go still farther, and place the catalogue in the hands of judges.

A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. A few days ago a United States revenue col- lector and four of his mea made a raid into Susquehanna County to capture three moon* shiners" who had been wanted by the authori- ties for some time. Their names are R. W. Chandler, W. R. Colwell, and James Gow. Chandler's house in the mountains, a few miles from New Milford, was first visited. It was found locked and all the shutters closed. The officers, however, knew that there man was insids, and proceeded to force an entrance. A woman appeared at a lower window armed with a large revolver, and told them that Chandler was away, and that j she would shoot the first man that forced a way into the house. The officers made a vigorous assault. At this the woman fired two shots through the door from the inside, while Chandler appeared at an upper window armed with an old musket, and swore that he would blow the head off the first man that got inside then Gow appeared at another window and began blowing a horn, it is supposed, to summon aid. One of the officers then drew his pistol, blew the lock off the door, and they all rushed in. The woman was seized and disarmed; but at the head of the staircase the officers were met by Chandler with his gun, vowing death to anyone who ascended the stairs. The officers, however, dashed up the stairs and seized Chandler, who did not fire. Gow jumped out of a window and attempted to escape, but he was caught and hand- cuffed. The officers then proceed to Colwell's house and arrested him without trouble. The prisoners were charged with falsifying revenue returns, and with making and selling spirits without paying tax, at a small distillery ownedby Colwell.

ATTEMPTED~SUICIDE BY A REJECTED LOVER. At the Burton police court, John Thomas Russell (32), a shoe finisher, Leicester, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking laudanum.—Mary Lana Louch, a single woman, said that wheu residing at Leicester she knew the prisoner, with whom she kept com- pany for some time. On the Saturday of Whit- week they had a dispute, and she refused to have anything more to do with him. On her return home the previous evening at about six o'clock she found the prisoner there. He, however, went out shortly afterwards. At about half-past ten she found him lying in the back yard. The letter produced was in the prisoner's handwriting, and addressed to her. It was to the following effect: —Burton, June 28th, 1386.—My dear, darling Jennie -I cannot live with you, and as I cannot live without you I am taking a step that will relieve you of my presence. But, oh my love, you have had your revenge. Whatever my faults have been I love you. I would not hurt a hair of your bonnio brown hair.. • I would have been so tender. Oh my love, my love, my darling, forgive me for what I am doing now, but I cannot live without you. Good.bye,; and God bless you, my Jove. Good-bye, God bless^ you my darling.—From your heartbroken loir.'—Prisoner was remanded pending inquiries.

SALE OF AN ESTATE. The Boscastle Estate, Cornwall, an interesting property with a history dating back to the wars of the Britons and theSaxons, was offered for sale by auction on Wednesday, at the Mart, London, by Messrs Edwin Fox and Bousfield. The estate consists of one thousand acres of land, witli about fifty houses and cottages, the Wellington Hotel, the Napoleon Inn, the harbour with its dues, the manor of Bottre&ux Castle, with its rights, and the slates and minerals, the gross income being estimated at about £1,862 per annum. There wae a large attendance, and the bidding", which commenced at £20,000, ceased at £35,000, at which sum Mr Bousfield declared the property sold.

The Lincolnshire Echo says that rheumatism, which prevails in ferny, flat districts, is permanently eradicated by the use Of St. Jacobs Oil.—St. Jacobs Oil is sold by Chemists at 2s 6d a bottle; by post 2s 9d, from the Charles A. Vcgeler Company, sole proprietors, 45, Farringdon-ioad, Ll)ndon. IT IS WORTH A TRIAL.—"I was troubled for many years with kidney complaint, gravel, etc., my blood became thin, [ was dull and inactive, could hardly crawl about, and was an old worn-out man all over, and could get nothing to help me until I got Hod Bitters, and now my tlood and kidneys are all right, and I am as active as ill man of thirty, although I am seventy-two, and I have no doubt it will do as well for others of my age. It is worth the trial, "—(Father), Bead Adit} 1X5%

MIDSUMMER QUARTER I SESSIONS. GLAMORGANSHIRE. I The trials of prisoners at these sessions were resumed at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Thursday. (FIRST COURT.) (Before Mr J. C. FOWLER, deputy chairman; and Dr. PAINE.) ALLEGED INTIMIDATION AT SWANSEA. Mr Benson mentioned the case of Evan Mor- gan, charged in the calendar with having in- timidated Daniel Williams, with a view to compel him to abstain from working in the Dyffry Tin-plate Works, which the said Daniel Williams had a legal right to do, at Swansea on the 7th May. The learned counsel who appeared for the prosecution said it was a question between employer and workmen, and it might tend to their better relations if it were not pressed. He did not think that the bill had yet been presented to the grand jury, and he wished to know whether the learned chairman would sanction it being withheld from them. The Chairman said the usual course would be to offer no evidence upon the prisoner being arraigned. Mr Benson The only compulsion upon us to go before the grand jury is that we were bound over to prosecute. The Chairman It may be that the grand jury will not find a bill. I think we had better follow the usual practice and if you think fit to offer no evidence, I shall interpose no objection. Mr Benson Let it be so, sir. (SECOND COURT.) (Before Mr O. H. JONES and General LKK.) LARCENY. William Phillips was charged with having, on the 10th of May, at Cardiff, stolen 4s, the pro- perty of William Lane. — Mr Sydenham Jones prosecuted. — Lucy Lane, the wife of the prosecutor, deposed that she saw the prisoner in her shop about five o'clock on the day in question. She saw the prisoner emptying the bowl in which she kept the money,and which lie had taken from the till, into his packet. He then went away, and she followed him to the Cottage Hotel, where she got hold of him. Prisoner, however, got free and ran away. Sergeant Damm, however, managed to secure him.—He was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' hard labour. STABBING AT PENARTH. Noble John Shepherd, 22, fireman, was charged with unlawfully and feloniously stabbing, cutting, and wounding Joseph Wolfe, at Penarth, on the 31st of May. He was found guilty of wounding, but the jury recommended him to mercy. lIe was sentenced to six months hard labour.

THE FRAUDS AT NEWPORT AND NEATH. The principal case at the Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions at Usk, on Wednesday, was the series of charges preferred against Henry Wilson, (34) described as a ship's engineer, for obtain- ing money by false pretences. The case was heard in the second court before the deputy-chairman, Mr S. C. Bosan- quet. The prisoner visited Neath, Cardiff, and afterwards Newport, and perpetrated a series of despicable frauds upon lodg- ing-house keepers. This plan was to give out that he was related to some local personage, and then obtain a loan of cash by a display of pretended £ 10 bank notes. In this way he victimised several lodging-house keepers at Neatb, and elsewhere. At Newport he engaged two sets of apartments in different parts of the town between the Saturday and Monday of one week, and robbed each, besides looking at several other apart- ments. He declared that he was the nephew of Sir George Elliot, Bart., that he was going to marry a lady whom he named, and that he was about to become manager of the docks.—The jury acquitted him twice, but on the third coarge, namely—that of obtaining £2 by the bank note confidence trick from Elizabeth Ann Mabire, lodging-house keeper, of Pill — he was found guilty. Prisoner is the man who resisted being photographed and whom the Newport police outwitted by getting a sitting from him in the dock, with a pseudo magistrate on the bench. A long list of offences was ascertained by means cf the photograph, and prisoner, who is said to be an American, of Irish extraction, was sen- tenced to two years' hard labour.

RIOTOUS CONDUCT AT NEWPORT. But for the exhibition of tact and firmness on the part of the local police force, a disturbance would have been created outside the Albert Hall on Wed- nesday evening, where Sir Geo. Elliot, Bart., was addressing a meeting. Something approaching to a wilful attempt to overturn the empty carriage, which stood at the edge of the footway was attempted, the crowd. surging to and fro against it. After Sir George came out his partisans surrounded him, and drew the carriage to his residence in Bellp Vue. On their return they visited the house in Clytha square occupied by Mr E. H. Carbutt, and made a hostile demonstration. Stones were thrown at the front of the house, and one pane of glass in the lower storey was smashed. The adjoining house also suffered in the same way. Afterwards the residence of another prominent Liberal in Herbert-street was visited, but no damage was done. The commencement of the ill-feeling was due to the way in which a. noisy band of youths, carrying two flags, and evidently acting by pre- concerted plan, interrupted Mr Carbutt's meeting at Pill earlier in the evening, and for some time would not allow the hon. candidate to address the meeting.

PROPOSED RAILWAY NEAR NEW QUAY. A meeting of the promoters of the proposed railway from Llandyssul to Cross Inn, near New Quay,was held at theOldSchoolroom on Saturday evening, under the presidency of Mr Stephen Evans, J P —The report of Mr Szlumper, C.E., who made the survey, was read, and plans show- ing the proposed routes and gradients were ex- hibited. There were two routes suggested, viz., the Clethwr Valley route and the Cerdin Valley route. The former is 18 miles long, and the latter 15 miles. Mr Szlumper in his report stated that the land over which it is proposed to construct the railway could be secured for almost a nominal sum, and that no riiore than some two acres and a half per mile will be required. He was quite confident that, taking this into account, and the fact that the bridges required would be very few, and the gradients easy, the line could be made at a. cost of about £ 2.000 per mile.—A strong committee was formed with the view of organising district committees, advocating the scheme, and canvassing for shares, which the chairman recommended should be issued at £5 each. Mr Davies, of Liandinam, has promised to support the movement, but lest some people should think that the whole thing is only an electioneer ing dodge, it was decided to postpone the next meeting until after the election. It is confidently asserted that the line will pay a dividend of at least 4 per cent. per annum.

A MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN KILLED. Mrs Elliott, wife of a platelayer, and her two children were run over and killed, on Saturday, on the railway near Woodhead, on the Man- chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line.

A MAN DEVOURED BY A LION A telegram from Calais states that a man named JBij'iu. who used to perform as a man- monkey, has been devoured by a lion in a menagerie.

"GAZETTE" NEWS. FIRST MEETINGS AND nATES OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. vviinam James navies, ao, Broadway, Roath, Oarain, baker and confectioner. First meeting July 8th, at Official Receiver's, Cardiff. John Evans, 57, Commercial-street, Maesteg, Glamor- gan, draper and outfitter. First meeting, July 8th, at Official Receiver's, Cardiff. William Thomas Jones, trading at W. T. Jones and Co., residing in Crwys-road, Cardiff, formerly trading at 124, Broadway, Roath, and 50, Castle-road, Cardiff, grocer. First meeting, July 9th, at Official Re- ceiver's, Cardiff. Samuel Davies, 37, Victoria-stree^, Merthyr rydvil commission asent. First meeting Jw'.y ° 'T1i« Receiver's, Merthyr. Public examination July 14, Merthyr Court, Jauies Bennett, of Brynhyfryd, near Swansea, tailor. Firsc meeting July 9, at 6, Rutland-stieet, Swansea. Public examination July 21. S wansea Court. William Edward Jones, 52, Walters-roaa, Swansea, and 15, Castle-street, Swansea; also of Briton ierry. accountant and tin-plate decorator. F-.rst meeting, July 6, Official Receiver s, Swansea. NOTICE OF DIVIDENDS. Thomas Williams, of the Crown Hotel, Gloucester- Ktreet, Aberdare,innkeeper.,F 11st and final dividend of 2s 5 £ d in the £ payable July2nd, Official Receiver's, Merthyr Tydfil. Thomas William Jenkins, Aberkenflg, near Bridgend grocer. First and final dividendof 2s in the £ payable July 7th, Official Receiver's. Crockherbtown. Heny Laxton, 79, Commercial-street, Maesteg, Gla- morganshire, boot and shoe ma,ker. First and final dividend of Is 6d in the £ Official Receivers', Crock- herbtown, Joseph Thomas (deceased), late Frog-street, Tenby, cabinet maker. Dividend, 4s 9d in the £ payable Jane 3, Official Receiver, Carmarthen. ADJUDICATIONS. Samuel Davies, 37. Victojy-street, formerly of 8, Union- street; Merthyr Tydfil, commission agent, David Evans, of Alexandra-road, Newport, Mon., grocer. John Lyons, of 0afcfiel4 Ion» Cwmbran, Ton, ion' keeper I

SIR ED WA RD HEED AND L1 HARTINGTON7. Sir Edward Reed, who is ktunvn to h*v8 a »J>j sincere personal regard for the Marquis Hartington, called upon his lordship at 10 o'el0^ On t: on Thursday morning, at the Angel Hotel. oppc Ldward,who was accompanied by hi.s sun, l\lrfj' to g( T. Reed, was promptly received l>y his Vaji. ship, and the Liberal candidate :or Or<ii9 reali and the chief of thti dissidtMit t The conversed for a quarter of an hour. Aa tll( to <j visit was purely friendly and private, we ¡¡r! entt unable to give any account cf what parsed bej" Seen saying that, in reply to the inquiries of /111' J<r reporter, Sir Edward Reed stated that fill.' object of his visit was merely to express l"1 &tro pleasure in meeting his lordship in Cardiff, fog, under existing circumstances, and to say that W rp trusted that the journeys and exertions wlucb he was making would not put tfll the great a strain upon his lordship's heaJtb an at this very hot period of the ye* Nothing whatever was said of the Cardif {p contest, as Sir Edward well understands reluctance with which Lord Hartington has brought into opposition to himself in .*3 fi boroughs. Indeed, in a letter which Sir Edwa^ j has received from Lord Hartington, the nobl( .j01 lord says :—" I need not assure you that neithet Mr Brand in coming forward, nor I, in supporting him, am actuated by any feelings of person*^ enmity to yourself or that we deeply regret the » necessity which, in our judgment, has Jeft nO St: other courseopen." 1;h¡

MAN DROWNED IN SWANSEA DOCKS. th4 On Saturday morning, the body of a l&i na ned James Lang, of Pendoget, Cornwall, W»s *V| found in the North Dock, Swansea. As the bod/ *> bore no marks of violence, it is supposed tb^ 1 deceased must have accidentally fallen overboard 6 — 1 th:

A BODY WASHED ASHORE A? 2 LLANTWIT. — to The body of a man has been washed ashore at fli Llautwit. The limbs were almost fleshless, and olle ta. arm was lopped off. There was a boot on »°fl i, foot. The features were absolutely unrecognisable* r? It is supposed that the deceased was one of Y crew who got wrecked off Nash Sands, a spot lo said to be most fatal to all kinds of sailing craf* The coroner has granted an order for burial. • — kl

CARDIFF VOLUNTEERS ANP THE ELECTION. a] The officers commandmg the 1st and 2nd Cardi^ 13 detachments of the 2nd Glamorgan Rifle Valu"! 0 teers, have suspended the weekly drills 0 lc the men under their command till further orderS b in consequence of the pending elections. The annual inspection of the 1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers, which was to have taken place ou the 30th inst., has been postponed for a fortnight, owing to the same cause «

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE ON GIRLS. J At the Old Bailey, on Tuesday, Fredericjj < George Fuller was indicted for assaulting an*} robbing two girls, named Evelyn Hooper I Florence Jones, at Lee, Kent, under eJC" j traordmary circumstances. It appeared th'^ 1 on the 28th of May the girls went f°f a walk, aad entered a newly-built house out curiosity. The prisoner followed them and inteI" rogated them, and, after indecently assaultiofj both girls, obtained by threats Hooper's purse money. He was sentenced to five years' pen*' servitude.

NEW WELSH BAPTIST CHAPEL AT BRIDGEND. On Wednesday a two-days' bazaar was formal opened in the Town-hall, Bridgend, by Mr A> J. Williams. The object of the bazaar is to obta"? funds for erecting a new chapel in a more centr^ position in the town, in lieu of the old structurfl ou Newcastle-hill. The stall-keepers and assistant were :—First stall, Airs Cooke, Miss Morse, M's? Hopkins, and Miss Cule (Pontypridd) secofl" stall, Miss Griffiths (Bridgend), the Martell (Swansea), Miss Emma Powell, and Mi8' Mabel Williams (Pontypool) third stall, >Ir* James (Bridgend), Miss Davies, Miss Williams (Maesteg), and Miss Bessie James! fourth stall, Mrs Griffiths (Ewenny Shop), Williams, Miss Richards, Miss Bryant, a.nd Mf Rees the refreshment stall, Mra Williams, 1\1r' Church, Miss Joseph, and the Misses Ford.

BLACKROCK WATER SUPPLY, A meeting of the Mountain Ash Local Boa.rd r Health took place on Monday, under the presl dency of Mr T. Edwards.—Respecting the posed temporary supply of water at Blackrocto the Clerk said ha found the board had no poW0* to supply water by standpipes, unless the LoC»' Government Board conferred upon them power of a rural sanitary authority.—Mr Little considered they were morally bound to supply water after what had passed, and the clerk *v»3 directed to communicate with the Local Govern" mentBoard on the subject. Tenders for tbe work had been received from Messrs R. and Co., Mr E van Davies (Penrhiwceiber Quarry)* Mr Thomas Taylor (Pontypridd), Mr Thoin^ Morris, and Mr John John. That of Mr T< Taylor, the lowest (£140 Its 2d), was accepted. A shilling rate was ordered.

A SQUABBLE AT THE NEATS MARKET. At the borough petty sessions, Neath, on MoB, day—before Mr Tho nas Phillips (mayor), »n Mr Edward Davies (sx-mayor)—John ThomaS, hose manufacturer, Mcrriston, was summoned fot: having maliciously d; maged silk jackets, batSj and dresses, the pro] >erty of Walter Roatz, ° £ Waterloo-street, Swansea, to the extent of £5, 8 the Neath Market, on Wednesday last, and Roat* was summoned for assaulting Thomas damaging his property to the extent of sl? shillings. It appears that Roatz commence" hanging his materials on a line above a stall ",blC I some time ago he rented, but which bad beeC since let to Thomas. When the latter arrived a* the market he requested Roatz to leave the st»U' Roatz refused, and a struggle took place, in th* course of which the' damage complained of Roatz refused, and a struggle took place, in th* course of which the damage complained of was done. The bench considered the parties equally to blame, and dismissed both charges.

LLANGENNECH COAL COM- PANY, LIMITED. This case came before Mr Justice Chitty in the Chancery Division on Wednesday, Mr Buckley said that the case, subject to the sanction of the eourt, had been settled. The application in the present case was on behalf of three gentlemen who were named Ainsworth, to remove their names from the list of contribufcories in respect to 250 shares of £10 each, of which it was admitted that £5 per share had been paid up. The arrange- ment which bad been come to was that the name of Mr Herbert Ainsworth should be struck oS the list as paid upWn full, and that the offiicia' liquidator should accept the sum of J3150 each 111 respect to the shares of the other two gentlemen. The matter had been carefully considered by tb'. official liquidator, who had come to the conclu sion that the arrangement would be a beneficial 1 one.—Mr Justice Chitty, under these circum j stances, approved of the terms of the proposed settlement.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. TPROM MONDAY'S MABK-LANK EXPRESS. ) The advent of summer weather, although rathet late, has sent the grain fast into ear, and enabled a fair breadth of hay to be carried, but it is to bf feared that a very considerable acreage of spring- i sown crops is past redemption. Some of the later sown pea crops are in blossom on about six incbef of haulm, and the entire outlook, excepting for ths I best of wheats, is exceedingly discouraging. Tbt ( course of trading in the past week ha £ j been distinctly downward. Where deliverie' J have been practically nil in provincia' j markets, wheat has naturally been quoted steady; 1 but where there has actually been any appreciable quantity offering, values have been lower wbert business was transacted. In London, trade hat favoured buyers. Flour and all other articled have been exceedingly dull. Trade for foreig" wheats off the stands in London has been further in favour of buyers, everything being cheaper t&- buy. -c lour has also been greatly reduced in valut in respect of some particular American brands, and large purchases were made at the coot mencement of the week at unprecedentedly loW rates. Maize depressed, but for the rest there baf been no appreciable change to note.

KISSING.— An eccentric gentleman, whose spiri* soared forth lately, kept a yearly account of th< number of kisses exchanged with his wife, until grim death interposed, and told him that his race had run, and his kissing days were over. During j the first year of matrimonial blis* the kisses ran J up to the respectable figure of 45,544. During th« I last fi ve years of wedded life the happy pair only kissed when the husband started on, or returned from a journey. The number of kisses registered throughout this entire period amounted to four* throughout this entire period amounted to four* teen and a half. The widow avers that he gavf the other half, by accident, to the housemaid. TM eccentric gentleman left a document stating th»f he was in the habit of devouring his wife with kisses in the early days of wedlock, but, fiudiol I she disagreed with him he was obliged to gin uP tba practice. HOLLO WAY'S PILLS.—The stomach and »ts I troubles cause more discomfort and bring more happiness than is commonly supposed. The thousand ills that settle there may be prevented or dislodged W tin judicious use ot' these purifying Pills, which act a sure, gentle, anti-acid aperient, without annoy' the nerves of the most susceptible, or irritating most delicate organisation. Holloway's Pills bestow comfort and confer relief on every headacby» dyspeptic, and sickly sufferer, whose tortures ma"0 him r. burden to himself and a bugbear to his friend*- These I'ills have long been the popular remedy f°r weak stomachy for a disordered liver, or a p?raK i digwtion, which yield without difficulty to 1 regulating, purifying, and tonic quad ties 1 A