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A LABOURER named Thomas Cross has been re mandedat Limeiick on the char-e of )lol, j jde In a quarrel with a man named Thomas M i u, 1-ily, the prisoner, it was alleged, pu.hed the stem of a clay pipe into the former's left eye, with the result that death ensued after a painful illness FOR some winters p,st there hav, be<m fre. fires fit dnlerent parts ot I'ari.s, where fj in very bad weather go to warm ''ti Municipal Council has decided, i, :„ ;,i|)iltioil o1 a haru winter, to increase the numb,, warm. ing places, and iu some cases to sc. up soup kitchens in connection with them. WiIlw? s"mc Corporation employes'were mend- ing a gas mam in IVifast two of them v're completely overpowered >Urh the fumes. They were quickly conveyed to -.he ho.-piul, hut the recovery of one is considered dcabiiul.

DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ROOT CROP AWARDS, 1886. In presenting my report upon this year's inspection of root crops for your society. 1 find that the average weights of the competing crops run somewhat lower than they did in 188.3. This fact must not be attri- buted to any flagging interest in the cultivation of root crops by your members, or to any neglect on their part of the means necessary to be observed in order to obtain a good return. On the contrary, I find that larger areas of green crops have been grown this year than usual on some of the iarms I have visited, and that the r revious high standard of care- ful and skilful cultivation has been well maintained. Farmers have had to contend this year with an unusually precarious seed time, and the early summer -as far too dry for any vigourous start to be made ..J the plants. On some of the strong land farms tillage operations would be suspended for the middle part of the month of May, owing to storms which happened about then, and the delay thus caused has fhad its effect upon the roots, as many of the fields werein a growing state when inspected, and with g open \weather may still considerably increase in m Weighft. v On< £ of the questions which your society puts upon v the pointed form which has to be filled up by ach *5omfpetitor is-What quantity and descript.ou of manure was used per statue acre ? and it may be in- teresting to note the information given by some of the prize-takers upon this head. Mr. Jesse Roberts, the winner of the first prize for swedes, stall-feeds a Jarge quantity of stock for the butcher, and purchases annually about iE160 worth of corn and cake, which, in addition to about X200 worth of home grown corn, is consumed each winter, and the whole of the manure thus made as well as some purchased, town manure is applied to the large area of green crops he grows. Mr. Bowdage, the winner of the second prize, applies about twenty cart loads of farm yard manure, collected from his extensive herd of dairy cattle, which he makes a practice of housing early in the autumn, and thus in- creases his available supply of manure and as the winter consumption of purchased and home-grown cake and corn on this farm is about X240 worth the quality of the manure must be high, in addition to this he applies about 3 cwt. per acre of Lawes' bose manure, which the young plants, lay early claim to, and are enabled the sooner to establish themselves. Mr. Ellwood's capital crop of mangolds are grown upon peaty soil, and have bad a heavy dressing of farmyard manure. His swedes growing in the same field had an application of 12 cwt. of ground boiled bones per acre. Mr. Pierce's swedes have bad farmyard manure alone, the stock from which it is de- rived being highly fed. Mr. W. Edwards' heavy crop of mangolds were sown between the 1.5ih and 22ud I of April, and had a dressing of 20 tons of farmyard manure, 1 cwt. prepared bone manure, I i ewt. nitrate of soda, and a quantity of salt. Half the plot consisted of long red and half of yellow globe mangolds, and the difference in weight of the two kinds was only 15.V cwt. per acre in favour of the long reds. The careful Weighing of a statute perch of each crop gives the following result per acre, and I also append my ¡ awards to the list. PREMII M 7 AND 8.—To the occupier of any farm of 150 statue acres and upwards, including all the land he holds, who shall grow the best turnip crop in a root crop, including potatoes, the whole of such root crop being kept strictly clean, and not to be less in wtent than one-tenth part of the arable land of the farm for which the claim is made, soil and situation to be considered. The land upon which the root crop I is grown to have been under tillage for the last five I Years: 16; to the second best, £ 4. Weight per acre. Ts. ct. qr. lb* tlat Prize, Mr..Jesse Koberts, Higher Berse, Wrexham 29 0 2 24 Prize, Mr. T. VV. Bowdage, I' Cotton Hall, Denbigh 27 7 0 1G q Air. Oliver Ellwool, Peuyglawdys, Connah's Quay 25 17 3 12 Richard Alston, Esq., Plas Llan- rhydd, Ruthin 25 10 2 24. ■Mr. William Hughes, Glanrafon, Abergele 24 12 0 16 John Scott Bankes, Esq riuuglnon I Hall, Northop 21 3 2 8 v Urs. Balfour, Mount Alyn, Rossett. 20 14 1 4 PREMIUM 9 AND 10.—To the occupier of any form not being lesss i'1 quantity that 80 acres, and Hot exceeding 150 acres, including all the land he holds, who shall grow the best turnip crop, &c., in Premium 7 • to the second best, JCS, let Prize, Mr. Griffith Tones, Pen-y- bont, Mold 25 12 3 12 2nd Prize, Mr. Edward Roberts, Bronberllan, Abergele 16 12 3 12 Mr. Charles Thomas, Bryn Newydd, Wrexham 31 14 1 4 Mr. Thomas's crop is grown upon land that h8 not been in tillage five years, and on this con- dition of the premium being pointed out, to Mr. Thomas, he promptly withdrew from the COUI- Petion. PREMIUM 11 AND l.l'o. the occupier of any farm not beimg less in quantity than 30 acres and more tWin'sO acres, including aii the land he ^o);Ls. who\»jrtiall grow the best tnrnip crop, .fcc., *8 in Pr»*ii)iujn 7 = £ 3 to tbe second best, M'l. Prize, Mr. William Pierce, Oak- lands, bagillt, Flint 26 3 12 2nd Prize, Mr. K. S- Payne, Llanbedr Farm, Ruthin 24 17 3 12 Mr. William Edwards, Ty Occb, liuthin 23 15 Mr. Edward Jones, I'arkgatc House, Northop 19 5 2 24 Mr. Henry Rowlands, tierddudion, Mold 17 7 0 16 PREMIUM 13 AND 14 —To the occupier of any r'rnl above SO acres who shall grow the best man- tOld- wurt z-I, and the whole of such crop being *pt strictly clean and not less in quantity than Jbrce acres, as in Premium 7 £ 3 to the second "est, x2. 1st l'iize, Mr. Oliver Ellwood, 9 Ptnyglawdys, Cot»J> i?'s Qti20 3 12 *"0d Prize, John Scott. Bankes, Esq., Songhton Hall, Northop 27 10 2 24 Mr. Jesse Roberts, Higher Berse, Wrexham 2(5 5 0 0 "r8. Balfour, Mount Alyn, lvc-ssett. 21 .1 1 13 AND 14.—To 1 he occupier of any 1t1'1l1 not being less in quantity than 30 acres and tlOt exceeding 10 acres, w o shall grow the best of mangold wurtzel, the whole of such crop kept strictly clean and not less in quantity Jhan one acre, as in Preminm 7 First puze, £ 2 5° the second best, £ 1. Prize, Mr. Win. Edwards, Ty A Coch, Rutbin 38 10 1 20 Ild Prize, Mr. Edward Jones, Paikgate, House, Northop 23 11 1 20 Mr. HeIiry Rowlands, Gtsrddudiun, Mold 20 10 1 20 Signed CHAS. B. DAVIES, Inspector, ,tardswick Hall. Middlewieh, Nov. 4, 1880.

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A ROBBER MEETS HIS DESERTS. A daring attempt at highway robbery was made between Coventry and Warwick at a late hour the other night. Mr. Mallabone, a corn factor, of Warwick, was driving home from Coventry Mar- ket, when, on reaching a lonely part of the road, a man sprang out from the hedge and tried to seize the horse's reins, but missing his mark, grasped the side of the trap. Mr. Malhibonc was propared for emergencies, and dealt the fellow a heavy blow on the side of the head with a life preserver. The man hung to the trap for fomo distance, until another blow felled him to the ground. This is the third attempted highway outrage at this spot within six months', and is within a short distance of where the carriage of the Hon. Miss Agnes Leigh, daughter of the Lord-Lieutenant was attacked.

PUBLIC BAPTISM IN THE OPEN AIR. An unwonted spectacle was witnessed by thou- sands of people in Monmouthshire on Sunday after- noon, when a Baptist preacher, conducting missions at a hall in Newport, held an open-air baptismal service. He dipped two females and five males in the river Ebbw, near the residence of Lord Trede- gar, two miles from Newport. The river waa swollen by ',he recent rains, but the service was successfully conducted, and at its conclusion, the preacher, remaining knee-deep in the water, offered to perform the right for any spectator, but the invitation was not accepted. There has been no open-air baptism in the district for a quarter of a oentury. The afternoon was very cold, but the weather fine.

LONDON MARKETS. CORN. ——— MARK-LANE.—The weather during the past week prevented much progress in working on the land, but the crops above ground are doing well. The general condition of the trade is quiet but firm. American quotations of wheat are somewhat un- settled, but the fluctuations, though frequent, are slight. From other sources of foreign supply prices are quoted firm. In the country markets, wheat in the past week has ruled from the extreme of previous rates to rather dearer, and the othcial average price for the Kingdom is further advanced 5d. per quarter. At Mark-lane the wheat trade was slow but decidedly firm. In English wheat, of which only a light supply was on otter, an occa- sional advance ot 6d. per quarter was obtained. On good but not finest qualities, 32s. to 35s. were the selling prices of white runs, and 30s. to 33s., line f,elected, being worth Is. more. Foreign wheats show fully last Monday's rates, generally, whilst for Indian and American the turn was in sellers' favour. No. 2 Calcutta, 30s. 9d. to 31s. 6d.; No. 1 Bombay, 33s. to 33s. Gd. soft red, 30s. 9d. to 31s. 3d. American spring, 32s. to 33s. winter, 33s. to 34s. prime red Baltic, 37s. Sadonka, 34s. to 35s. Australian, 35s. to 35s. 6d. New Zealand long berry, ;¡ ls. to 35s. short, 31s. to 33s. Floating cargoes are very turn. There have been no sales reported, but siiic- last Friday Californian off coast reported at .s. 6d., and Walla-Walla at 33s. öd. No. 2 Calcutta club, November shipment, is quoted 31s. to 31s. 3d. Arrivals of wheat in London have been large of Indian, and fair of other kinds. The interruptions of supply incidental to the winter period are becoming apparent. In the Black Sea and the Baltic frost lias set in, and the port of Archangel is closed. Flour is firm, and higher rates were required at opening, but no rjnotable advance was established. Fine malting oarley fully supports the recent advance, but inferior grades remain dull. Grinding sorts rule quite up to this day week. Persian and Black ea., on the spot, 15s. to 17s. 6d. Egyptian beans quoted 2Ss. lid. to 29s., and tending upwards. Other kinds uucnanged 6d. dearer Smyrna and Morocco, 27s. Gd. to 28s. Calladia,n white peas, at 26s. Gil. to 'lis" show a similar advance. A fair trade is doing in new oats Ltt full prices, but old corn is quiet; 381b. averages range hum 13s. to 16s. 6d., and 401b. from IGs. to 21. Maize is rather dearer on the spot, and firm for arrival. CATTLE. METROPOLITAN.—The fine cold weather and more encouraging reports from the dead-meat markets assisted the trade here. Beast sold with less difficulty, and realised in most cases 2d. per 81b. advance, tor lialf-a-dozeu Aberdeen cattle, ex- tremely piime, os. was-obtained, but this was hardly to be quoted in the current trade, and the general top rate was fully 2d. under that figure. Irish cattle were slow of sale. Of native cattle the supply comprised 10 Scotch, 2,290 English, and 1,000 Irish. From Canada there were 550, quoted 3s. lid, to 3s. lOd. per 81b. E tiglisli, sheep supplies were short, aud prices 2d. per 81b. higher..From uhroad the supplies 2,270, of which rather over 1,000 were Canadian, quoted 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. and the remander Danish, quoted 4s. till. to 5s. per Sib. Calves about unaltered in value. Pig trade unchanged. Best Herefords and runts, 4s. 8d. to 4s. 10d. best shorthorns, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. second quality beasts, 4s. to 4s. 2d. inferior, 3s. 6,.1. to 3s. 8d. best Downs and half-breds, 5s. Sd. t<. • best long wools, 5s. to 5s. 4d. second to 5s. rcugli, 2s. Gd. to 3s. 4d. Pigs, 3s. Sd. to 4s. Gd. per Sib. MEAT. LONDON CENTKAL.—The market was firmer this morning on the cold weather, but there was not much demand. Beef prime, 3s. 8d. to 4s. mid- dling, 3s. to 3s. 4d. inferior, 2s. Gd. to 2s. lOd. Mutton, prime, 4s. S(I. to 5s. middling, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 4d. inferior 1". 4,1. to 3s. 6d. Veal, prime, 4s. to 4s. 6d. middling 3s. to 3s. 4d.; inferior, 2s. to 2s. Gd. pork f?I,ne 4s> 8d. to 5s. mid- dling, 4s. to 4s. 4d. inferior, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d. per 81b. POULTRY AND GAME. LEAI)I,Nli-ki,L. t'ail, Supplies and a moderate demand at late rates generally Turkeys, 5s. to 8s. geese, 5s. to lo3. ducks, 2s. Gd. to 3s. 6d. Surrey fowls, 3s. tid. to 5s. Sussex ditto, 3s. to 4s. Essex ditto, 2s. Gd. to 3s 6d. chickens, Is. 3d. to 2s. 3d. pigeons, 8d. to lOd. Bordeaux, Is. to Is. 2d. pheasants, 2s. Gd. to 4s. Gd. grouse, 2s. 9d. to 3s. partridges, b. gj to Os 3d. black game, 2s. Gd. to 3s. wild ducks'is ~td to 2s. 4d. woodcocks. 2s. Gd. to 3s. Gd. • teal 'is 6d. to Is. Sd; pintail Is. 7d to Is. 10d. hares, 3B. 6d. to 4s. Gd. rabbits, Is. Gd. to 2s. 6d. each FRUIT AND VKOETABLF^ COVENT GARDEN.-Trade f-irly active and supplies both good and plentiful. Choice pears, 5s. to 12s. ditto apples, 4s. to o3. per dozen common apples, 2d. to 4d. per 10. oranges Is. to 2s. 6d.; lemons, 9(1.; pomegranates, 3S. to 12s. quinces, 3s. bananas, Is. üd. per dozen pine- apples, 3s. to 8s. each grapes, 3s. to los. damsons, 3d. Kentish cob nuts, Is. Sapucaia nuts, 2s, per lb. walnuts, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per 100; cauliflowers, 3d. to 6d. cabbages, 3d.; cucumbers, Is. each turnips, 5d. carrots, 6d. to 10d. leeks' 5d. radishes, 2d. per bunch; Brussels sprouts, 3d. tomatoes, Is. 6d. per lb. mushrooms, Is. 6d. per basket; English onions, 3s. 6d. per sieve. POTATOES. BOKOCOH AND SPITALFIELD.S. Best samples firlll in price, with good demand common dull and irregular. Kent Regents, 70s. to 100s. Essex, 60s. to 85s. Magnum Bonums, 50s. to 80s. Early Rose, 60s. to 80s. Hebrons, 70s. to 95s. per ton.

M ANY parts of the United States have been visited by snowstorms accompanied on the lakes and along the coast by tempests which have caused several disasters. The Federal revenue eN el'a cutter Manhattan has foundered off Newhaven. It is feared that the entire crew, numbering twenty-ifvcj jiave been lost. THE Birmingham police have obtained a warrant for the apprehension of Arthur Forster, clerk in the employment of Councillor Bradley, solicitor, who by a series of forgeries and ingenious devices obtained possession of cheques for E7,000, and absoonded with over £ 5,000 of the money in cash. The sum had been obtained from Chancery by Mr. Bradley, when Forster intercepted the cheques, returned them to London, adding that a person would call for the cash, and then introduced him- self with a forged letter of introduction and secured the amount named. THIS year being the tercentenary of the intro. duction of the potato into England, it is proposed to hold an exhibition of potatoes, and conference, from December 1st to December 4th, at Si. Stephen's d, London.

I THE BAILIFF'S SCHEME; OR, THE BURIED LEGACY. By the Author of Darkwood," The Double Life," Etc., Etc. CHAPTER XIX. AT GLFNSAR. Lord Leonard Evremond was in the act of bending jver the prostrate and senseless form of Hugh Chandos in the lonely mountain road, searohing his victim's person with desperate haste for the articles which mijht provp. Hugh's identity, when suddenly he was startled by the sound of approaching wheels. His harid was arrested, half plunged into Hugh's breast; hi. white face was turned over his shoulder in a pauic of fear, and his eyes started in their sockets with an awful expectation and frenzy. Until this moment he had not realize:1:wbat he had done. Now the conscquences of his murderous crime, and the great fear of discovery, pressed upon him in one mountainous load. The sound of the wheels grew louder. Lord Leonard sprang up, waving his hands as if to ward off discovery, looked down upon the still white face at his tVet and muttered hollowly il He is He can have had nothing that would prove his birth but if he had, it would be valueless to him now. His birth and lineage can be of no conse- quence to him now. Dead He is young to die Dead by my hand I warned him He can never say I did Ilt warn him!" and h;s lordship's toue grew fierce, and he glared ove his shoulder like a hunted animal at bay. He was in my way, and he would not stand aside I had gone too far years ago to halt now I have nothing more to fear my enemy is dead The last words were uttered with a savage exulta- tion. The sound of the wheels grew yet louder. They were very near now—only around the hen in the road, shut from the scene of Lord Leonard s crime by the rising hill. Safe safe muttered his lordship. Let who will come now, I am safe AVith the words yet on his lips, he dashed into the wayside wood, but, in his perturbation, to the side opposite to that on which he had left his horse. He halted a moment in the deep shadows, unwilling to leave his horse, unable to crops the road and return to it, and then, acting on th^ impulse of the moment, he plunged into t-h-; depths of a dense thicket overlook- ing the road, and crouched there, watching the still body of Hugh with fascinated and burning eyes. The twigs aud branches were still quivering above his hiding-place, whrn a stout wagon drawn by a ragged and ,¡b,,¡;Y Highland pony, came around the in the road and slowly approached wahiu view of the hidden watcher. Tbl waggon was occupied by a single person-an elderly woman, in a long grey cloak and closely litting hood. he had evidently been to market, for a variety of boxes and parcels were loosjly mowed in the Waggon- box. •' Get up, Jock said the wom% admonishing the pony with a cut of the wl)il). Wrl.%t, freak ,H this*' she added, as the suavity quadruped roared and snorted in evident terror. Go oil The pony reared and p.uigod yet more furiously, maintaining a stout resistance to the commands of hil mistress. We must l'e neir the spot whre thit runaway horst we met threw its rider! ejaculased the Woman. Nothing else can frighten Jock so." She peered over the siiic of the waggon, and beheld the pros-rate figure of Hugh. In a. moment, with a cry of astonishment on her lips ahe had driven to one side of the road, clambered from the waggon, secured the pony, and was hastening to- wards the wounded artist. Lord Leondard, watching her from his safe conceal. ment, uttered a low cry of dismay. He had recognised her. "What tat tlity is this?" he whispered. "It It strange that his mother's servant should be the fiist to find him dead Very stiange The old woman-a. wiry, sinewy creature, with a thir and sun-browntd face, anu a pur "f Ico^n and searching eyes—imrried to Hugh, and sank dewa on. her kneel before him. Dea,l shest,id aloud, in a fiightened voice, at she lifted one of tho white hauds and it slipped help lcs.ily from her grasp, dropping hoavily hy his side. d llø has not thrown from his horse Ihere has been a murder here ? She liite I her head and looked around her, as if in quest of the murderer. Lord Leonard crouohed closer to the ground in ao agony of fear least she should disoover him But the woman's keen eyes failed tJ ontch the out. lino of his dark figure, or to mark the gleaming eyei that peered out at her from the depths ot the thicket. Her glances speedily returned to Hugh, and shf murmuied Poor young man He is so young to die!" and she passed her hand over his forehead and pushed baci his fallen locks of damp hair. Can he really bt dead ? She asked the question in a q uck and startled voioe, fancying that the figure stirred. She plunged her hand beneath his waistcoat. His heart was beating, slowly and faintly, but still beating. In an instant the old woman was all excitement and activity. She drew from her pocket a pair of scissors, and dex- terously cut away from Hugh's shoulder the folds of linen and cloth, laying bare the wound. The path of the bullet was easily traced. It had entered the fleshy pa'tof the shoulder, and had ploughed its way upwardly and inwardly, lodging itself affain.it the collar-bone. "gaimre It's nothing very serious!" exclaimed the old woman, with a sigh of relief. "I cannot get the ball out, but mist ers could. He is only stunned—nothing worse, Ithii.k." She hound over the wound carefully, and set to work to assist Hugh's complete recovery, rubbinz his hands energetically, and talking to him in a loud voice. Lord Leonard watched her proceedings in fear and trembling. Not dead V whispered. Can it be that he ia not dead?" Tli i old woman continued her kindly ministrations Virilizing fiom her stores in the waggon a bottle of liquor, of which she forced a draught down Hugh's throat. Under this vigorous treatment the young man soon stirred feebly, and opened his eye>. "That's right!" said his benefactress, cheerfully. "You will soon be yourself, sir." Hugh's gaz, at first vacant, became full of a wonder- ing astonishment. This is strange he sanl, feebly. His voice, low and broken, penetrated to the thicket. Lord Leonard gnashed his teeth in his rage and dis- appointment at the young mail's unexpected recovery. "It is strange," assented the old woman. I never knew of such a highwayman's sort of business on these roads before. Were you riding along when somebody shot at you?" Hugh assented feebly. This business must be seen into as soon as you are abie to see to it," said the womlIl. with energy. If People are to be shot on the highway like this. what safety is there for me in going to and from market ? This shouting business comes to) near home to suit me. Your horse has gone at full speed towards Oockburns- path, ir. In what direction were you bound? I was on my way to G ensae," said Hugh, faintly. Are we not almost there ? Humph said the woman. Whom do you want to see at Glensle ? Miss Deanc." A disapproving look passed over the woman's face, md she scanned Hugh's face curiously and keenly as jhe replied, shortly 1: Miss Deane does not recjive visitors. She will not you, young man. Your face will not be a passport to her favour either. You look too much like her enemies. Who are you ? My name is Hugh Chandos. I am an aitist, from London." "Oh, one of those I)icluri- men!" said the woman, less suspiciously. "I am Miss Dea-.ie's servant. My aame is Cummings. My mistress won't see you. but you can go on with me to Glensae and have you wotind iressed. My mistress wouldn't turn away even a dog if it was in trouble. And this afterno '.n," she added, I can take you back to Cockburnspath." Hugh expressed his thanks, and tne \v«>v.y, with a sortofrough kindness, assisted him to his feet, and helped him to the wagon. "You can just lie down here in the she said, storing her packages under the sest. IT.-re's the sushion to put under your head, and here's a blanket to out over vou." With her aid, Hugh was soon comfortably placed In » half-reclining position, the womau mounted to her • at, gathered up her lines, and touched up her pony, Niiiel, moved onward at a fast walk. alive, after all," muttered Lord Lsonard, peering af ter his rescued victim with fiercely glaring eye3. "Ad this lias to be done over again," he added ia a suppressed whisper, glancing fearfully over his shoulder. I cannot halt now, neither can I turn back. This assault has placed me in his power. He recognised me, and, notwithstanding my rank, he can make me trouble. My assault will give colour to his claims. In a week his history, his claims, his mother's story, and to crown the whole, my attempt to kill him, will ring throughout Eugland, and be the sensation of the day. And who knows what evidence may not be stirred up in the general commotion ? I must forestall al! these hideous possibilities. I must move auicklv. al! these hideous possibilities. I must move auicklv. j musijiiefiifsj&iRfer evjar." 1 A grim ncterinination naruenea ms wnite ana aes- I perate features, making them as immovable as if cut out of stone. M; a 1 while, unconscious that his enemy was still so near p arming a new and more tenible assault upon him, Hugh ai-ceit-.iued that he had not been robbed of the evidence* of his identity, and forgot his recent adven- ture 111 anticipations of a meeting with her who wu still known to the world as Mi -s- Deane." Mrs. Cummings, as the old worn to announced herself —the nu:se who had rejoined h. 1 former charge some ten years before, and WiJOJC movements Hugh had ao cal dully traced- drove slowly over the rough road, being Cdieful not to jltl her patient unnecessarily. Another curve iu the roa was soon described, and the wagon came out upon a stiv oa of road unbordered by trees, which wound niofpr r.i.r IIqh pleasant fields. "You can see Glensae ii said the old woman, pointing with her whip. It is yonder-not half-a- mile away." Hugh raised himself to an npright position, and looked ra;erly in the direction in licated. He behold a natural amphitheatre, a mile in extent at its widest part, inclosed on three sides by tall and rugged hills. 0.1 the fourth side this amphitheatre Wall open to the moor, wtieieon was situated Sir Archy Wil- chester's Moor Cotr-nge. The plateau th■.s inclossd by the hills on the one hand, and bordei e t on the road by the other, comprised the farm known as G;en>a, There were fie'.ds and pastures divided by atone fences, a dark border of larches and firs around the base of the hills, a roaring stream traversing the farm and other features both commonplace and romantic, but the whole scene had a wild and dreary look. In the midst of the plat-jau, approached from the road by a long lane, to which a double border of tall yew-trees gave a funereal aspect, was situated the farm-house. It was a long, ramhing edifice, built of irregular stone, and with a ste-;p, overhanging roof, from which projected bold dormer windows. It was surmounted by quaint stacks of chimneys, from which a hospitable smoke was curling. Tllere was a tall stone porch at the front, and a smaller one at the side, and these gave something of au air of pretension to the otherwise plain and old-fashione dwelling. In the rear of the uouse was a small colony of barna and outbuildings, all steeply roofed. With the exception of the farmer's house in the distance, there was not another dwelling to be seen in all this wide glen. "And that is Glensae murmur-xl Hugh, regarding the old brown house with a devouring gaze. It has a grim look, I think? "And why shouldn't it have?" demanded Mrs. Cummings, quiekly. "There are no young people there-no gay spirits, no happy hearts 1 It is grim, and it suits us better so ? Hugh sighed, but did not reply. An ingenious contrivance enaole.l the old woman to open the lane gates without leaving the wagon, and she urged the pony into the dreary, yew-bordered lane, reclosing the gate. The pony then jogged slowly up the lane toward the house. I don't know as I've done right to fetch you here," observed Mrs. Cummings, with some anxiety, My mistress don't like company. Bu. there's one comfort —you can go back this aft .ruoon There was no one in sight about the old farmhouse, as they drove up to the porch, excepting the lad whom Hugh had heard described as "dumbish." This individual was observed peering around the oorner of the kitchen wing, an expression of astonishment on his countenance, but he precipitately retired on meeting Hugh's glances. Halting at the front porch, Mrs. Cummings alighted, and Hugh followed her example, his excitement, and agitation leading him a fictitious stiength, "This wiy,"said the woman, mounting the steps, and throwing open the front door. Hugti followed her, hading himself in a long and wide hall, panelled with oak, and hung with pictures, deers' antiers, and long unused weapons of the chase. Mrs. Cummings conducted him through this apart- ment into a parlour opetdng from Ü, and naid "Sit down, sir. 1 will speak to my mistress. She will hardly see y,),i, unless in pity for your wound. Had you particul-vr business with her ? "Yes,' answered Hugh. "Tell her I must see hor. It is a matter of the utmost consequence—one thali affects her whole future life and happiness The woman stired at his etmesfcness, and the im- port of his words, and hastily withdrew. Left alone, excited and anxious, Hugh sat down tremblingiy, and surveyed the room, hoping to glean from its adornments some clue to the character of its proprietress. It was a pretty. room, nearly square, and lighted by diamond paned casement windows. There was a bright carpet on the floor, and white muslin curtains with deep frills at the windows. A wood tire-a luxury at Wil- chester Towers in Kent, but a necessity here-burned and blazed on the luarth with a cheerful roaring. In the walls were recessed bookcases well filled with standard works. A cottige piano, open, stood opposite the windows. A little table, drawn up beside a low easy-chair, stood iit-ar the fire, supporting a work-basket well filled with small flannel garments, iiloended, without doubt, for poor children. There were, in addition, a few well-chosen pictures, and a little stand of house plants. luxuriant in leaf and blossom. The room was, in short, library, parlour and sitting- room in one, and although exquisitely neat, was evidently in constant use. I see no grimuess nor asceticism here," thought Hugh, anxiously. Books, music, sewing, and flowers! This room would not be unti tting for even dainty, womanly Rosamond Wilchester. She must have a warm heart despite all her wrongs—my ptior mother! Will she receive me? Will she own me as her son on the proofs I have brought ? He caught his breath quickly, hearing a step in the hall. It is her step," he thought, noting even in his excitement the difft rence between that light, elastic tread, and the linn, unyieliing tread of Mrs. Cummings. "She is coming A mist obscured Hugh's vision as the door opened and a lady entered. He arose blindly, grasping at his chair. A host of wild emotions swept over his soul as a gale sweeps over the sea. He felt faint and weak, and a deadly, sickening dread of what his mother might be took possession of him. He looked at her pale and stern, yet with a wild and beseeching prayer in every feature. You wished to see me, sir? asked a voice fuli of kindly pity. My servant says that you are wounded. Pray resume your seat." Hugh dashed his hand to his eyes, clearing away the mist that darkened them, and bent his eager glances on the lady. You are Miss Deane ?" he whispered. The lady bowed. For a moment Hugh was silent, still gazing at her. He beheld a tall, slender, and graceful woman, beautiful after a grand type, with a face at once noble and sweet, and with a regal dignity of bearing and graciousness of manner that would have befitted a qUgjhe'wore a ti ailing dress of heavy black silk, with laoe shading her throat and hands. Her wavy hair of jetty blackness was gathered into a coil high at the back of her head, after the fashion of to-day. Her black eyes, large, velvety, and soulful, glowed softly under the shadow of her long lashes. Hugh's soul went out to her at that first look. All the mysterious filial iusiincts tjat had slept in the depths of his being throughout his life awoke now and asserted themselves. His mother This beautiful woman his mother This lovely lady, the mother for whom he had all his life yearned It did not seem credible. He took a step nearer to her, his pale face becoming transfigured with great joy. The lady seemed impressed by his agitation, and said My servant said you were a painter, I think. If there is anything I can do for you, you may depend upon my willingness to do it. But first, Mr. Chandos, your wound must be attended to. Sit down, and permit me to look at it." I have something to say first," said Hugh, com- manding hims If by a strong effort. I hardly know how to commence my statements. You are the Miss Deane who lived at Wilchester in her childhood—the Miss Deane who went to school at Freiburg, on the Rhine ?" I am that M'ss Deane." The Miss Dei^ne whom Lord Pa^et Evremond loved Mid married' demanded our beio, with increasing ikgitatioli. The Miss Deane wli j is to-day, by every ',aw, human or divine, Lady Gertrude Evremond ?" -Miss Deane retreated to or three paces, her face growing wl,ire and startle 1. Who are WI" who ask these stranee Questions ? she exclaimed. co Who are you who rake up a past I have believed dead and buried'? Weak from loss of blood, stung with pain from the bullet yet in his wouu1 labouring under an almost uncontrollable excitement, Hugh yet drew himself up, and answered: "Iam the son of Lord Paget Evremond-" The lady Save a quick, wild cry, and looked at Hugh With a scathing indignation. Lord Paget's son she ejaculated, searching his featun s, and growing deadly pate as ^e marked the likeness to the face of the dead Lord Paget. You Lord Paget Evremond's son He had but one son, sir, and that son was mine also 8 face was suddenly lighted by a glorious Bmue. J Ho took a step marer the lady, and extended his arms, crying; Cail yc.t not guess the truth ? Does not your heart tellwho I a-n ? Oh. Mother He trembled a tnoln9, she stared at him in, wild amaze, then his senses reeled, he grasped blindly at the empty air, and fell forward at her feet ia poga,

MR. GLADSTONE ON LIBERAL UNION. Mr. Gladstone has addressed the following letter to Lord Wolverton. It refers to a speech delivered by Lord Wolverton a fortnight since in moving a resolution in favour of the principle of Home Rule at a meeting of the Representative Council of the Dorset Liberal Association, Lord Stalbridge, who is also a member of the Representative Council of the Association, wrote a letter deprecating the proposal of the resolution and asking Lord W olver- tuu to reconsider his intention of moving it, on the ground that sxieh a course cannot fail to widen the breach which already exists in the Liberal party, and which produced the result at the generai election of losing two seats to the Liberal party in Dorset." Mr. Gladstone writes With reference to the point raised by Stal- bridge, he is anxious for the union of the party. I should have felt inclined, if I had seen him and he had thus spoken, to address him as follows, or rather to the following effect We all wish for the union of the party. When the Government produce their plan of home government or local government for Ireland, tlt,ii. it will be the duty of every one to consider whether it may be possible to pursue a concurrent course of action upon it—a :ifiicult question which cannot be prejudged, but siiould be considered when the time comes in a con- ciliatory spirit. There is, however, one thing on which surely we must all, if we are Liberals, be in concurrence already, and that is in a determination not to prolong the schism by our own actions. I Now, until we know the Government plans (the Dissentient Liberals having nothing to propose) nothing can be done towards closing the breach. The Government (after grumbling at our taking fcix weeks) have already, without complaint from us, taken six months to prepare theirs. Are we not all agreed on this—that at the end of this rather ample time they should be produced ? If we are, let the Dissentient Liberals use their in- tluenoe with the Government for that end and re- quire their production. They will then at the right time appear, and no one can at this time say that we must go to loggerheads upon them; but the mere fact of concurring in thinking they ought to be produced, and ought not to be shuiiled off upon any pretext, will be a step in the right direc- tion."

DEATHS OF CRICKETERS. Cricketers will have learned with I egret of the death from typhoid fever of Mr. A. R. Cobb, the Oxford University wicket keeper. Mr. Cobb had only recently returned from America, having been a member of the English amateur team which went out this autumn and enjoyed .such a successful tour. He was captain ol the Winchester Eleven in 1883, and in the October of that year went up to Oxford. After having seemed certain of bis blue in 1884 he failed in the London matches, and had to give place to Mr. L. D. Hildyard. In 1885 he did not take any prominent part in Oxford cricket, but he got into the Eleven this year, and by his capital batting and wicket-keeping contributed materially to Oxford's victory, playing an invaluable first innings of 50 when the game was going against his side, and making no fewer than five catches. Mr. Cobb was personally very popular, and his death will be mourned by a large circle of friends. L The death is also announced of J. Chatterton a yonqger brother of the well known Derbyshire cricketer, W. Chatterton, and bin self a player of promise. Curiously enough, he also died of typhoid fever, from which he had been suffering for a fortnight.

SEIZING A CORPSE FOR RENT. At a meeting of the Limerick House League this Week Mr. C. Russell brought under notice an extra- ordinary case of seizure for rent by a city landlord, the property seized being the corpse of his tenant. He (Mr. Russell) was passing through a street when his attention was attracted by a great bustle in a courtyard or lane, and after a while he learned the cause by hearing the landlord say, That maji will never leave this house until I am paid the seven and sixpence he owes me." A number of little boys col- lected, and being filled with amazement they ran off, collected the money, and the corpse was released. The landlord had since attempted to rack rent his tenants, but was deterred from doing so by the people having threatened to complain of him to the House League.

AN exciting prize fight took place one day this week at Witton, near Birmingham, the combatants being well-known pugilists. The contest, which lasted nearly an hour and a half, ended in a draw, both men being so badly punished as to make it necessary for the seconds to come to an arrange- ment. The police did not interfere. NEARLY all the members of the Manchester division of the Lancashire County Police force attended the Divisional Court on Saturday to see twenty-two officers receive certificates of pro- ficiency awarded by the St. John's Ambulance Association. Of the total county force, about three hundred men have joined the classes. AN Egyptian papyrus, -12 feet long, and con- taining all the chapters of the Book of the D^ad," has just been received and unrolled at the Sage Libray, in New Brunswick, N.J. It was secured for the library about si), months ago by the Rev. Dr. Lansing, a. missionary in Egypt. 1 .vyrts pro- nounce it to have been written nearly thiee thou- sand years ago. THE fortune of the late Count Beust, the Austra- lian diplomatist, is greater than was at first sup- pose^. Hi? will, which was missing, has now been found. His property amount's to about £ '250,000. j This will be rJ;. amongst Iris three, children aud bis widoifc

SUICIDE OF FRED ARCHER. The startling intelligence flashed over the country on Monday of the death of Fred Archer, the famous jockey. Follow iug rapidly upon the announcement came tea; siiil mure snocKing news that he had. in a lit of delirium, taken his own life. The newr spread rapid' and little else was talked of during the evening, the deceased rider being ex- tremely popular. For many years Archer ha;, held the foremost position among professional jockeys, a position he rapidly attained, and successfully held to the time of death. On Thursday in last week the deceased was riding at Lewes, and in the wretched weather experienced during the week caught a chill, which on the evening of that day so affected him that he deoided to return to his residence, Falmouth House, Newmarket. Nothing serious was then feared, but the suilerer rapidly grew worse, and on Sunday it was found that he was also attacked by typhoid fever. All that medical skill could do was done to aid the patient, whose spare and delicate frame afforded but weak resistance to so grave a complaint, and its effects on his mind must ii:. ve been still more disastrous, though not out- wardly marked. On Monday morning, how- ever, he was reported much better, and, in fact, no danger was apprehended. About one o'clock he was in charge of his sister, Mrs. Coleman, and the nurse, and shortly afterwards the latter at his request left the room, so as to allow of his having some private converse with his sister. About half- past one o'clock Mrs. Coleman was startled by see- ing her brother staggeriug about the room, and on going to his assistance was amazed to see a revolver in his hand. Although greatly alarmed she dis- played great presence of mind, and attempted to wrench the deadly weapon from him, but the fever-stricken man perceiving her intention, clrsped her tightly, and as quick as thought the barrel of the pistol to his mouth and fired, and with such effect that the bullet severed the spinal column. The unhappy man then sank dying in his sister's arms, and although nearly overpowered with the fearful sight, Mrs. Coleman wai able to totter to the bell and ring for assistance. This was quickly at hand, but it was soon found to n be unavailing. The bullet had passed out at the back of the neck and bl6od was flowing pro- fusely from mouth and ears. The doctor arrived very speedily, and pronounced lifa to be extinct. His medical attendant had only hit him an hour before, and anticipated no such frenzy on the part of the sick man, whilst the consulting physician, Dr. Latham, of Cambridge, was to have visited him again on the following day. The terrible news was quickly spread, and inquiries came in from eveiy quarter, among other messages being one from the Prince of Wales. Throughout the country the news was received with general regret, and at Liverpool, v here, in view of the meeting there was a huge gathering of racing men, the death of their favourite horseman created a most painful sensatioi., all thought of the morrow'* racing being forgotten in the discussion of the tragic occurrence whilst nothing else was referred to at Newmarket, v.'here the celebrated jockey was highly respected for hi; kindness of heart and generous disposition. As for the revolver, the unhappy proximity oi which to his hand has caused yo much grief, it appears that he had bought it in conse- quence of the exposed situation of his house, and some attertions it had previously received from the housebre King fraternity. Mr. Archer was a widowe", his wife having died two years ago, and he leaves one child, a girl. Fred Archer was within two months of complet. his thirtieth year. He stood 5ft. Siin in height, so 2 thau for a jockey he was tall, and his stature seemed the greater because of his slim tit; eire. He worked rxtiemely hard to prevent his weight increasing to a degree that would have rendered it impossible for him to pursue his vocation. He had to undergo a regimen more severe than falls tc the lot of most men even in his own arduous profession. The perpetual strain of training had undoubtedly affected prejudi.daily a constitution none too robust to begin with. For the last year he had not seemed his old selfto many of his acquaintances, though his friends who saw him more continuously did not notice the change. All this contributed to the catastrophe. The maligant typhoid found a ready victim when the fever flew to his head. This it did so suddenly that his friends must be excused for not being more on the alert. On the 15th of last month Archer visited Ireland for the purpose of riding Cambusmore for Lord Londonderry in the Lieutenant's Plate at the Curragh. He attained the object of his visit, as Cambusmore won the race easily on the following Thursday, and after a couple of other mounts on the same afternoon he returned houie. In order to ride St. Mirin for the Cambridgeshire at something like the horse's handicapped weight, Archer under- went great privation, and for three consecutive days went without food, not a bit of any sort passing his lips, whilst, on .the other hand, he dosed himself with trying medicine, and spent the best part of his time in the Turkish bath attached to his private residence at Falmouth House. By these means he was able to ride St. Mirin at 8st. 71b., or one pound overweight, in the Cam- bridgeshire, but the effort cost him his life, for it left him in such a weak state of health that after riding at Brighton and on the first day of Lewea last week he was compelled to relinquish his pro- fessional duties and seek rest at home. It was at first thought that he was suffering from cold but on Sunday morning symptoms ot typhoid fever manifested themselves and presented a new danger to his medical advisers. It was, however, by his own hands that Archer's brilliant career was' ended the poor fellow having shot himself in a paroxysm of madness. The tragic termination to the illness of the celebrated has, it need hardly be said created a very painful sensation outside purely racing circles f„r the achievements of Archer ia the saddle ha.d been such as to make for- him a reputation tar exceeding that of ordinary jockeys. Arcucr was the son of a well-known steeplechase rider, who woo the Liverpool Grand National in 185S. When only about twelve years of age he was bound apprentice to Matthew Dawson", the trainer. Archer from his childhood had evh eed considerable aptitude for riding, but he did not appear in the saddle at a race meeting until 1&70, when he rode it marc called Athol Daisy at Chester- field. It was not, however, until 1872 that he came into prominent notice, and in the autumn of that year he wu.) tiie Cesitrcwitch for Mr. Radcliffe with Salvanos, carrying the feather weight of ast. 71b. His excellent horsmauship on that occasion attracted the a tention of L; 1 d Falmouth, whose horses were trained in the stable where he was apprenticed, and the next year his services as a light weight were in great demand. So well did he ride that Lord Falmouth entrusted him with the mount on Atlantic for the Two Thousand Guineas of 1874, though he had to put up a great deal of dead weight. From that day to this he nas during 13 successive seasons been at the head of the list of wmniug jockevs Season after season, he was credited with upwards of 200 victories, and though in 18S0 his score fell to 1-0, as he was unable to ride for a long time owing to an injury to one of his arms, he has since then gone from triumph to triumph, winning 210 races in 1S82, 232 in 1883, 241 iu LsS4, and 246 in 1885, these two last totals beitig higher than those achieved by any other jockey of the past 01 the present. He hud, though still in advance of all other jockeys, lie n less successful this season as he had ridden only 170 winners out of 512 mounts The tragic nature of his death is iutensitied by the fact of its having occurred upon the second anni- versary of the decease of his wife, to whose death- bed he was summoned after ridin- Tiwhilis in the Liverpool Cup of November, 1S84. At the time of his death he had ridden the euoi aiuus uuiuljerof 2,749 winners.