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MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON PROVISION, MONDAY.—The arrivals last week from Ireland were 243 firkins Butter and 3,300 bales Bacon, and from foreign ports 23,562 packages Butter and 388 boxes Bacon. Irish Butter sold at irregular prices last week, according to con- dition and quality. The stock is now much reduced, and all will be wanted before the new season. The quality of the Dutch Butter being indifferent, prices declined to 120s. and 118s. For other descriptions of finest foreign little change in prices. The Bacon market ruled quiet, and prices were the turn in favour of buyers. LONDON HOP, MONDAY.-Our market presents no change worthy of notice, a limited hand-to-mouth trade still exists for new home-growths, at late extreme rates; but all other descrip- tions remain unnoticed. Fine new foreign are tolerably firm, and the choicest sorts of new American are offered at figures ranging from 95s. to 112s.; but sales are very slow, and holders willing to concede a little in favour of buyers; inferior grades are totally neglected. Yearlings and olds of all kinds attract no attention, even at quotations considerably below nominal market value. Imports for the week ending 5th March, 1,278 bales, against 2,214 bales the previous week. The Continental markets are un- altered: New York advices to the present date report the market nniat. with a tendencv to firmness m fine narceIs. Mid and East Kent £ 7 0 £ 9 6 £ 12 12 Wealds 6 0 7 0 8 0 Sussex 5 12 6 6 61S Bavarians 6 6. 7 7 9 0 French 5 0. 5 15. 6 10 Americans 4 5. 5 5. 6 0 Yearlings ..110. 210 8 15 'J LONDON SEED, MONDAT.—The few fine samples of English Cloverseed which come out meet a ready sale as they appear at high prices. Foreign qualities of red were fully as dear, with an increasing demand. The best samples of English Trefoil were in good request, at the extreme prices of last week, and all useful foreign qualities supported former rates. White Cloverseeds remain very dear, and are taken off in small lots, to suit the immediate wants of the buyers at extreme prices. There was no material variation in the value of Mustardseeds; white samples sell steadily. Foreign Tares, both large and small, brought rather more money, and both sorts were in fair request. Canary- seed, both English and foreign, realised last week's currencies. LONDON WOOL, MONDAY.—Although business has not been on an extensive scale, the tone of the market has been healthy, and the value of all descriptions has been well maintained. CURRENT PRICKS OF XNQLISH WOOL. a. d. to s. d. FLEKCKS-Southdown hoggeta eo per lb. 1 01 11 Half-bred ditto „ 14 15 Kent fleeces » 1 8 1 8i Southd'n ewes and wetherg „ 10 1 11 Leicester ditto „ 1 2 £ 1 S| SORTS—Combing „ 1 4 1 41 Clothing „ 14 1 41 BRADFORD WOOL & WORSTED, SATMMAY.-The business done in wool during the past week has been very meagre. The transactions on the part of spinners are made to supply imme- diate wants, consumers apparently not having sufficient confi- dence in present rates, and, therefore, pursuing a hand-to-mouth policy. Prices are generally pretty well maintained, though there is a tendency in many quarters to yield a slight concession to effect sales. The stiffness of country rates, though certainly less marked than it was, has still considerable influence upon most staplers, causing them to offer resistance to the drooping tendency which seems almost inevitable-in the continued languor which prevails in the other branches of the worsted trade. During the past month prices have fallen Jd. to {d. per lb. Some inferior kinds of wool wow a marked decline. Stocks are not large, nor is the choice good. Alpaca and mohair are in fair demand at firm rates. There is no relief in the torpor prevailing in worsted yarns. The same depression continues apparently without there being anything equal to resuscitation of business. The business done in both single and two-fold yarns is in the aggregate very small. The home demand is below an average. There is no improvement in pieces. Prices are stationary from the inability of manufacturers to make farther concession with. out entailing serious loss. LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—Only moderate supplies of Potatoes have been on sale. The trade has been quiet, but nrices-have ruled firm. English snaws xaos. to isms, per ton. I English Regents 75s. to 110s. „ Scotch Regents 75s. to 110s. „ Scotch Rocks 70s. to 75s. „ French 60s. to 70s. „ BIRMINGHAM HIDE AND SKIN MARKET, SATURDAY.— Hides: 951b. and upwards, 4td. to Od. per lb; 851b. to 941b., 4d. to Od. per lb. j 751b. to 841b., 8Jd. to Od. per lb.; 651b. to 741b., Std. to Od. per lb; 561b to 641b, 4d. to Od per lb; 551ba and under, 4d. to Od. per lb.; cows, Sad. to Od. per lb. j bull q, 8d. per lb.; flawed and irregular, 81d. to Od. per lb.; horse, 7s. 6d. to 18s. 6d. each. Calf: 171b. and upwards, 5d. per lb.; 121b. to 161b., 71d. per lh; 91b. to lllb., 7fd. per lb.; light, 7gd. per lb.; flawed and irregu- lar, Bicl. -per lb. Wools, A 1,8a. Id.; A, 6a. 3d.: B, 4a. 8d.

CASE OF THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. THE MEDICAL MEN AND PARENTS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. On Friday the first witness examined was the Rev. W. Thomas, the secretary of the local committeee, who read a letter from Mr Hughes, surgeon, in which he consented to ] take his turn on the medical committee, and also a subse- 1 quent letter in which he resigned on the sixth day of watching. The reason he assigned was that the father would not allow him to examine the child's person, j Mr Rowlands, in reply to a letter sent him on the institu- tion of the committee, said he would be most happy to do all in his power to unravel the mystery of the alleged fasting. Dr Corsellis and Dr Lewis wrote accepting the ] invitation. Mr Davis was present at the meeting when 1 the medical committee was appointed. The witness heard Lewis give instructions to the nurses in the presence of the father, and say they were not to offer food, but to give it if asked for by the girl. The father said this was what he wanted. The witness was present on Thursday night when the nurses arrived. About two o'clock he heard Dr Lewis give them verbal instructions, and tell them in the father's presence that their work was to see if food was given to the girl. They were not to offer food, but to give it if she asked for it. The father did not insist on making the bed himself, but was willing the nurses should do so, provided that for the first time it should be made in his presence and under his directions. That was done. The bed, the furniture in the room, and the bed of the parents were examined, and the bedclothes taken away by the eldest daughter. Dr Lewis said to the father, "This inquiry is to be made in the interests of science, but if at the end of a fortnight or longer period agreed upon she be found to have held out, then you must call in a doctor to cure her and get her to eat. In cross-examina- l tion by Mr Smith, the witness said he had no means of judging whether the deceased was more precocious than girls generally are. Mr Coleridge said, with reference to the line of defence he inferred Mr Smith intended to ,¡. pursue, that an accessory to a suicide would, in point of law, be guilty of murder, and that if the defence was going to be that the girl committed suicide, the indict- ment might then be framed accordingly. Mr Smith thought that a statement Mr Coleridge was not entitled to make. It certainly was of the utmost importance that the Bench should have evidence of the girl's mental state. The charge would be framed in accordance with the re- sults of the inquiry. The cross-examination being resumed, witness said, in reply to a letter from him, Mr Hughes suggested that some medical man should visit all through the watching, and that it should be distinctly explained that the object of watching was not the withholding of food. but ascertaining whether food was given. Witness could not say that it was understood from the commencement that food should not be withheld. In reply to Mr Jones, witness said there were two meetings of the committee during the watching. The second was held about an hour after the girl 'died. There was no official report of the nurses to the committee on the first occasion, but the messenger sent by one of the committee brought back the message that the girl was bright and cheerful. In reply to Mr Clifton, he said that from the beginning to the end of the watching he held no communication with Dr Cor- sellis, but the latter had a copy of regulations from Guy's Hospital from him. Mr Davies saw the original. In reply to Mr Bishop, witness said he was not aware that Sarah Jacobs was a consenting party to the agree- ment. When at the house in December it was mentioned in her presence that the watching was to be held, and that it was to last fourteen days she assented, and said that she was "lad to see the nurses. He could not say whether the mother was present. He was not aware that any doctor examined the child during the watching. The parents would not allow it. He could not say whether the girl was of a determined will. In cross-examination by Mr Coleridge, the witness said he believed the fastimg to be a farce. The inquiry was adjourned until the fol- lowing morning. Before rising the Chairman read from the Bench a well-written letter, bearing the London post- mark, from a person who professed belief in the fasting story and in the non-culpability of the parents. The writer said he had great experience in protracted fasting, and in proof offered to fast under the strictest surveillance for one month. The proceedings were continued on Saturday, and Dr Fowler, of Bishopsgate-street, London, was examined at great length. He stated that on the 30th of last August he visited the girl, whom he found in bed, dressed, with a wreath of ribbons and flowers on her head, and a bunch of flowers on her breast. Her face was plump and pretty, and her lips and cheeks of a natural rosy colour. By per- mission of the mother-who said the girl had fasted for twenty-six months-he examined her, and he noticed that her eyes were bright and had a restless to-and-fro move- ment in them, indicative in his opinion of simulated disease. The pulse was natural, and the condition of the body asregarded fat was good, whiletheskin appeared moist and supple. On applying the stethoscope to her chest the sounds heard were natural. While he was there the child had what the mother called a fit, but the symptoms were not consistent with a fainting fit; they were those of all hysterical fit. On examining the stomach he heard s. gurgling noise, caused, he believed, by the mixture of air and fluid. Her left side was said to be paralysed, but he could not detect any symptoms, and on tickling her left foot he observed the muscle and tendons of the leg quiver. He was not allowed to examine her back for bed sores, for the father and mother would not allow him, stating that it would bring on a fit. He thought that if the house had been on fire it would soon have been seen that she was able to get out of bed. When he first saw her he thought she was deceiving her parents, having power to go with- out food for a day or two. In the course of his examina- tion Dr Fowler said a case was on record of a person existing without food, but with water, for fifty-eight days. -Mr Davies, solicitor, who was with the last witness when he first saw the girl, corroborated his evidence. Dr Fowler offered to get the girl into an infirmary, where he stated he had no doubt she would be cured. The parents, however, refused.—Examination adjourned. The magisterial inquiry into the charge of manslaughter against the parents of Sarah Jacobs and the medical men who attened her was resumed on Monday. John Griffiths, better known as the Gohebydd, deposed to having seen the girl in April, September, and November last. On one occasion he suggested the child's removal to a hospital, but to this the father objected. The parents, however, acceded to the suggestions for watching the girl, which were made by Dr Phillips, of Guy's Hospital. Elizabeth Clinch, one of the professional nurses, was afterwards ex amined. The magistrates sat at Llandyssil for the seventh day on Wednesday, when the cross-examination of Sarah Attwick was concluded, and Sarah Palmer was examined in support of the testimony of the other nurses. She said the father refused to feed the girl, saying he would not do so for worlds. Dr Fowler, of London, was re-called and examined at great length by Mr Coleridge, on evidence, which he had heard from the other witnesses, and speaking as a scientific man, the doctor said that, assuming the girl to have been in good health on the 9th of December, when the watching commenced, the symptoms which she exhibited from day to day were referable to exhaustion caused by want of food. The symptoms were such as a medical man would be able to distinguish and understand. The sunken eyes, which were perceptible on the fourth day, were caused by the absorption of fat from the cavity of the eye sockets—in fact, nature was feeding on lierselt. The inquiry was adjourned till Monday. On Thursday Lord Chief Justice Bovill granted all application at the Carmarthen Assizes to postpone the trial of Evan Jacobs, father of the Welsh fasting girl, there being some difficulties in the way of the case proceed- ing until the present magisterial inquiry is ended.

EMPLOYERS AND THEIR CLERKS. SIR,-We unfortunately now-a-days read in the papers of clerks absconding with sums of money (in some cases of considerable amounts) the property of their employers, and emigrating therewith to a foreign country in the hope of being there secure from arrest and the punishment they so justly merit for their dishonesty. In this notion they are generally mistaken, and are sadly disappointed, for indeed it is rarely that any one succeeds in escaping with impunity, as their whereabouts is sooner or Later discovered, and they are apprehended and brought before a criminal tribunal for trial, and there receive such pun- ishment as the law awards for embezzlement. Well, does the sentence inflicted on the offenders, be it ever so EreVere, prove efficacioua, and have a deterrent effect on others similarly situated from committing the like offence ? Does it deter the rascal who reads the account of the trial of a clerk who committed the offence from doing the veiy same thing himself when an opportunity presents? If it does it is not frequently, and before the offence of em- bezzlement will be of rarity in Britain the administrators of the law must be more severe in dealing with the offenders. The punishment generally awarded is far too lenient, and quite inadequate to meet the justice of the case, but despite the severity of the sentence dishonest clerks and defaulters will undoubtedly be afterwards found in the world, and the law will be powerless and in- effectual in reforming and making them honest unless a better feeling be manifested towards them by their em- ployers. What reasons does a clerk assign for committing this offence, whereby he brings himself and family to trouble, besides having his character and reputation, be- fore unsullied, branded durante vita with an indelible stigma of a "thief." Is it not generally his allegation, the inadequacy of the remuneration he receives for his ser- vices (which indeed in some cases is barely sufficient for him and his family to subsist upon) which instigates him to commit it! Employers, then, should give their clerks fair and reasonable salaries for their services and labour- enough to keep themselves and families respectable, and on which they can live upon comfortably ? If they do this, I am fully persuaded the crime of embezzlement will be a deal less prevalent, and be of very rare occurrence comparatively with what it now is, as there will then be no cause or motive whatever to induce or impel them to commit such a rascality. Just fancy for a moment what will a poor clerk do when he is hardly dealt with by his employer, having repeatedly mentioned to him his posi- tion and circumstances, and earnestly solicited an increase of salary, but all futile, his employer being inexorable. Since it is thus, the poor clerk must either run into debt, which he is cognizant he can never be able to discharge, and thereby would be involved in pecuniary difficulties from which he would find it utterly impossible to retrieve himself, and perhaps he might ultimately be adjudicated • bankrupt, and be sold up and ruined for ever—or he must steal—he is compelled to do one of the above alternatives. Rather than adopt the former course, and defraud his in- nocent creditors who confided in his honour and integrity, tie prefers the latter course-that is, robbing his employer. He firmly believes it is no sin to do so, inasmuch as he sees no other way of being fully remunerated for his [abour, since his requests for an advance of salary proved unavailing, and considers it a great hardship for him to jive his valuable time and labour for the paltry wages he jets. It must not be presumed, nor do I mean to say by this that as a rule clerks are insufficiently paid. Far from it. All I say is, that some kinds of clerks are so, and especially attorneys' clerks, who I believe I can affirm without contradiction are, comparatively speaking, the most ill-paid of all sorts of clerks, considering the enormous profits their employers make on them. It is therefore no wonder at all that as long as employers grind their employes' faces, they will grind theirs in re- turn. Allow me then to suggest to masters and em- ployers, that if they wish to get honest clerks and servants, and desire to see the offence of embezzlement banished from our shores, or at all events numerically reduced on our prison calendars, to be more feeling and considerate towards their subordinates, in remunerating them more liberally for their services, and not be so penurious and hard-hearted towards them; and if they do this they may rely that the clerks will in return attend much more care- fully to their duties, and will work with assiduity and cheerfulness, without grudging and discontent. I am, sir, yours truly, Dolgelley, 8th March, 1870. FAIR PLAY.

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FRIDAY. There was no business of public importance before the House of Lords this evening, and the sitting of a quarter of an hour was a merely formal one. In the House of Commons this afternoon; on the order for supply, Mr D. Dalrymple moved a resolution asserting the desirableness of legislating for the proper reception, detention, and management of habitual drunkards. Habitual drunken- ness he regarded as a disease which, taking hold of the vital powers, and getting possession of the nervous centre, was capable of being transmitted from parent to child; and he maintained that provision ought to be made by the State forthe victims of intemperance in the same manner as was done for the insane, the deaf, the dumb, and the blind. For this purpose, and acting upon the example set at Boston in the United States, he would establish reformatories for the reception of such persons, and their detention until they had obtained the control and mastery of their passion for drink. He would enable a person so afflicted to place himself in those institutions, or the persons who were nearest and dearest to him to place him there, and his property should be vested in the hands of trustees during his detention. With regard to the numerous class of drunkards comprised in the pauper class, or the quasi and proximate drunkards who were alternately reeling between the gutter, the gin-shop, and the gaol, he held, that from a political as well as social point of view, society had a right to step in and interfere with their freedom so long as the undue exercise of that free- dom were prejudicial to the comfort of their fellow citizens. For this class he proposed to create reformatory wards in gaols and workhouses, or separate institutions of the sort, to which they should be committed, and there detained until aischarged on a medical certificate. The reformatory he would make self- supporting, as far as possible, and when the earnings of the inmates exceeded the cost of their maintainance, the balance should be handed over to them on their discharge. The motion was seconded by Mr Pease and supported by Mr Miller, but the Home Secretary met it with the objection that enormous diffi- culties stood in the way of carrying out the ideas of Mr Dalrymple. and that if instead of a resolution the question had been submitted in the form of a Bill those difficulties would have been still more apparent. In his opinion some voluntary effort ought to be made in the first instance to establish a reformatory, and Parliament should not be asked to pass a law for shutting up persons of drunken habits untilJ in the opinion of the medical men in charge of them, they had become so far masters of themselves as to be set at liberty. On the whole he regarded the proposal as rather the dream of a benevolent mind than a proposition of a practical character, calculated to attain the object which the mover had before him. After a few obser- vations from Mr Downing, who mentioned that the reformatory for drunkards at Boston had produced the most beneficial results, Mr Dalrymple withdrew his motion, at the same time intimating that he should take another opportunity of sub- mitting a Bill on the subject. Colonel Barttelot brought under the notice of the House the report of the select committee on the malt tax, which sat in the years 1867 and 1868, and moved a resolution setting forth the expediency of substituting for the present duties on malt a reduced charge on beer, and of charging on public brewers a licence imposed in the same way as the commuted hop duty, and on private brewers a licence to brew. In commending his proposal to the favourable consideration of the House the hon. member argued that it was consistent with the modern policy of free trade that it was an injustice to the agriculturist to be fettered in the use of his own produce, that a licence duty would be elastic, and the revenue arising there- from an increasing one; that is would be fair to the brewer, and that, in short, benefit would be conferred alike upon proaucer and consumer, whilst the Exchequer would not suffer in any respect. After some discussion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he concurred in the general principle that a tax on a com- modity in the earlier stages of its production was wasted, and that taxing the raw or half-raw material had a tendency to cramp enterprise and energy, and admitted that the proposal of Colonel Barttelot had the merit of the novelty, but his objection to it was, that it took no account of the quality of the beer, and taxed the lowest and the highest quality at the same rate. He would however carefullf consider the matter. The motion was then withdrawn. MONDAY. In the House of Lcds the Marquis of Clanricarde gave notice that he should bring forward his motion relating to the state of Ireland on Friday next. Lord Carnarvon inquired whether the Government would consent upon any conditions to delay the departure from New Zealand of the 18th Regiment of Foot, now under orders to sail from the colony. With regard to the colonial policy of ministers, he was of opinion that, instead of tending to promote peace, it would produce fresh complications. It was now asked that the 18th Regiment of Foot, which was only 600 strong, should be allowed to remain in the colony for a limited time; and he believed that no harm could arise from such a concession, whilst a refusal might create serious risk and greatly irritate the colonists. Lord Granville said considering that New Zealand was in a better condition now than it had been for the last ten years, the Government felt that it would be unwise to detain the 18th Regiment any longer in the colony. He ad- mitted that our relations with the colony were not of the most satisfactory nature; but he promised that no exertions on his part should be spared to re-establish them upon a sound basis; and there would be no objection on the part of the Government to allow a few young officers and some of the steadiest of the troops to remain in New Zealand, so as to form the nucleus of a new force for the service of the Colonial Government. Lord Grey was of opinion that the Government would still leave in operation the causes which had provoked the discontent of the Maories, with whom he predicted there would be another rup- ture at no distant date and Lord Lyttelton urged, as ministers had approved of the policy which resulted in the New Zealand war, that they were equally responsible with the colony for the war, and were consequently bonnd to see the colonists fairly through it. The subject was then dropped, and their lordships adjourned. Although the debate on the second reading of the Irish Land Bill stood first on the Commons' orders, it was considerably past the time for commencing public business when the benches on either side of the house bore witness to any extraordinary amount of interest. They then became well-filled. There was also a large muster in the galleries; whilst the proceedings were viewed from the Peers' Gallery by Prince Christian, the Marquis of Clanricarde. Lords Darnley, Ormathwaite, Greville, and other members of the Upper House. The Marquis of Bow- mont took his seat for Roxburghshire, and Sir J. Sinclair his seat for Caithness-shire. Lord J. Manners having asked when the Premier would make a statement as to Ministerial intentions for the better security of life in Ireland, Mr Gladstone replied that Government would announce their views with regard to the condition of Ireland immediately after the debate on the second reading of the Land Bill, which the right hon. gentleman sub- sequently moved. Mr Bryan then rose amid a faint cheer from Irish members on the Radical benches, and commenced the de- bate with a speech against the Bill, and concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Captain White seconded the amendment, and a long debate ensued, in the course of which Mr Chichester Fortescue defended the Bill, and was followed in a powerful speech by Dr Ball. The debate was adjourned at a late hour. TUESDAY. Their Lordships met at one o'clock. The Earl of HARBOWBY moved the second reading of the Owen's College Extension Bill, and explained that its object was to provide for the amalgamation of the present Owen's College at Manchester with the existing trustees, and to give increased power to the trustees. Lord REDESDALE opposed the Bill, on the ground that it was a measure for private legislation, because it proposed to incor- porate a non-existent charity. Earl De Grey and Ripon and Lord Romilly supported the Bill, and on a division it was read a second time by a majority of 26 < the numbers being-For, sa; against, 7. ] House adjourned at 6 25. t The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.. Mr CRAWFORD gave notice that he intends asking, on Friday C next, whether it is the intention of the Government to fill the vacancy created by the death of Lord Barcaple. ] In reply to Captain Dawson-Damer, Mr CHICHESTER FORTESCUE stated that he had some doubt as to whether an assimilation of the law of Ireland to that of Scot- land with reference to verdicts could be made, except in re- ference to some general change in the law; but the matter would be considered by the Government, and any measure re- commended with regard to the modejof dealing with crime in Ireland. In answer to Colonel French, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, although It seemed an ungracious thing to prohibit the inhabitants of any portion of the Kingdom from growing what they pleased, he was afraid ( that the prohibition as to the growth of tobacco could not be re- moved from Ireland without the institution of such restrictions as would render the cultivation of the plant anything but profit- ] able. r In reply to Sir John Ogilvy, i Mr BRUCE said he intended to deal with the question of Super- r annuation Allowances for the Police of Scotland at the same time that he should deal with the same question as affecting ] England. In answer to Mr Somerset Beaumont, Mr STANSFELD stated that there were in the Treasury papers relating to the debts said to be owing by Spain and Portugal to this country, and he had no objections to their being laid upon the table. In answer to Mr Taylor, Mr CHICHESTER FORTESCUE stated that he had received a letter from the foreman of the grand jury of the county of Neath, dated the 28th of February, and had replied to it, stating that its recommendations were being considered. He did not think, however, that it would be convenient to state the course the Government intended to pursue in the matter pending the statement that would shortly be made upon the subject. The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Irish Land Bill was resumed by Mr MAGUIRE, who said that he rose with a ( sense of serious responsibility, as representing a most important agricultural constituency, and as having been identified with every effort made to improve the relations of landlord and tenant s in Ireland. He gave the Government every credit for sincerity i of purpose, for integrity, and for an anxiety to settle the ques- tion; but for his own part he was obliged to confess that be looked for a settlement of it in a very different direction. It wonld be a very sad day for Ireland if they now failed to settle this question after having for the first timo approached it with a serious purpose, and after both sides of the House hive come to the conclusion that the state of Ireland was such that it must not be settled at once and for ever. The long delay that had taken place, the baffled hopes and the failure of all attempts at legislation, had caused the agitation which had produced the present state of the country, and had led to such a spirit of dis- trust in Parliament that it would be better now not to deal with the question at all than fail to settle it in liberal comprehension HIIU gCUOlUUD "1:1.1.1.. ""PP.l.'y.l.lJfS IIV l|il. umvimuo VA ¿JA .&Juu,a..av approved of the attempt to place the great mass of the occupiers in a position to deal on equal terms with the landlords, but com- plained that it was inadequate, and regretted that absenteeism had not been dealt with vigorously in this or another Bill. Pointing out the harsh operation of the Encumbered Estates Act, by which the interests of the occupier owing to the neglect by Parliament, had been sacrificed, he insisted that ten- ant right ought to be recognised and defined. He complained that no provision was made for the labourers, and urged the abolishing of the right of distress. The Bill could and ought to be improved before it could be rendered acceptable to the Irish people. He could not, therefore, agree to arrest legislation at this stage, and concluded by drawing a brilliant description of the contented and happy state of Ireland if this question was once satisfactorily disposed of. Mr WARD HUNT said he never recollected a measure of such importance discnssed with so little party spirit or with such a desire to render the Bill satisfactory, it was with these feelings he should approach it, although he could not help attributing the present state of Ireland in a great measure to the indisc.-eet utterances of members high in office, which had been, as they were certain to be, very differently interpreted to what they had intended. He admitted the difficulty of defining the Ulster ten- ant right, which was rather a system of usages than of custom, and there was little to complain of in that part of the Bill. He did not, however, see the utility of recognizing other customs elsewhere than in Ulster as regarded the relations of the land- Lord and tenant. He approved of the general definition of im. provements, but protested against the presumption that they were able by the latter; He could not accept the provisions with respect to damages and improvements in case of eviction for nonpayment of rent or breaches of covenant for proper cultiva- tion, and also complained generally that most of these details were not only one-sided as regarded the landlord, but prejudicial to the good management of the estate and the progress of agri- culture at large. Approving of the proposals for advances, he strongly objected to legalizing the Ulster tenant right, and appealing to the opinion of Lord Dufferin, denounced it as costly to the landlord and crippling the capital and means of the tenant; but with respect to improvements effected by in- dividual tenants, he believed that the principle laid down was a salutary one, and would have a beneficial influence in inducing the tenants to devote their means to the improvement and good cultivation of their farms. He deprecated the manner in which Mr Gladstone had spoken, of the necessity of those who could not find land in the restricted area of Ireland leaving the country for the purpose' of bettering their condition, as un- fortunate, for it could not fiirly be termed banishment, or imputed a? blame to the Goverment of the country. He also blamed the use of the term free land," by Mr Bright, and objected to advances being made to very small holdings. If the practice was extensively adopted the State would become the universal mortgagee of all the small holdings, and the difficulties Mid policy of such a course were obvious; but as regards large holdings the policy was a good and safe one. Although he had felt it his duty to pass these criticisms on the Bill, he should go into committee with the sincere desire to honestly amend it, md to assist the Government in the objeot they had in view in settling the question upon a satisfactory basis. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that the Government were perfectly satisfied with the manner in which this question had been discussed. Throughout the debate there had been an en- tire absence of anything like party feeling, and on both sides there appeared to be a desire to approach the measure with the Jetermination of doing something which should have the effect of settling the question. The right hon. gentleman then pro- ceeded to criticise and reply to the speech made by the hon. member for the University of Dublin on the previous evening, md contended that the measure was not open to the objections which had been brought against it. He pointed out those differences between the relations of tenantry and land- lords of England and Ireland which justified the Government in iealing with the Irish tenantry in a manner different from the way in which the English tenant was;dealt with. He urged that it would have been unwise for the Government to have extended to other parts of Ireland where they were not known the customs pertaining to Ulster; and in reference to the system of arbitra- tion proposed by the Bill, he asserted that it was one which was manifestly calculated to settle whatever disputes might arise in such a manner as to produce the smallest possible amount of irritation, and with the least cost to the parties concerned. He did not say that the measure was perfect, and that every portion of it would be received with universal favour, but he would claim for it that it was the result of an earnest desire to bring about a satisfactory solution of a much-vexed question, and that the Government had been guarded after framing its provisions that were based upon principles of the strictest lustice and equity.. Mr G. H. MOORB admitted the Bill to be founded upon just principles, but thought that it required amendment in its details. After some criticisms from Mr SAMUELSON, Mr CLARE READ approved of the principles of the Bill. It was true that some of the rights of the landlords were abrogated, but these rights had practically been suspended. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND, in a lengthy speech of considerable humour and force, said that he now left the question with great confidence in the hands of the United Par- liament of Great Britain and Ireland. He made special reference to the Ulster tenancies. On the motion of Col. WILSON PATTEN, the debate was again adjourned. The House adjourned at 1 20. WEDNESDAY. In the House of Commons an hour and a half was consumed in the discussion of two private Bills; and then Mr M'Laren moved the second reading of the Church Rates (Scotland) Bill. rhe hon. member for Edinburgh described his measure as a natural and necessary consequence of the abolition of church- rates in England; and the Bill was supported by many Scotch members upon similar grounds. To them it was replied by Mr Gordon, by the Lord Advocate, and by other representatives of the northern part of the Kingdom, that the assessment with which the Bill proposed to deal bore no resemblance to the Church rate as formerly levied in England; but was, in fact, a charge upon land, and that to abolish it would simply be to make a present of so much money to the heritors, at the expense of the Church. The debate lasted about four hours; and in the end the Bill was rejected by a majority of 117—225 to 108. The second reading of Mr Hardcastle's Bill for the repeal of the minority clauses of the Reform Act was, owing to the lateness of the hour, postponed till Wednesday, the 1st of June. After disposing of the other orders, the House ad- journed. „ THURSDAY. The House of Lords read a second time the Churchwardens Eligibility Bill, and passed in committee the Naturalization Bill, with a modification of several of the clauses. Lord Oran- more moved for returns for England and Scotland similar to those made with reference to the improvements of land and the relation of landlord and tenant in Ireland. Earl Granville op- posed the motion on the ground that the_ collection of such re- turns would needlessly cause alarm and involve much unneces- sary expense. The motion was negatived without a division, md their lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons Mr Dixon gave notice of his in- tention to move an amendment to the Government Education Bill, condemning the provision to leave the question of religious instruction to be decided by local authority. The Secretary of War promised to give on Monday some explanation of the course irhicn Government proposes to take with reference to the prac- ;ice of paying over regulation prices for army commissions. A notice given by Mr Beresford, that he will on an early day call attention to the present unsatisfactory state of telegraphic com- munication, was loudly applauded. The debate on the Irish Land Bill was resumed by Colonel Wilson-Patten, who an- nounced that he would support the Bill by his vote, although in loing so he would make a great sacrifice of his private and political opinions. Mr Horsman contended that the measure would remove all real grievances, and destroy for ever the op- portunities of agitation. Sir R. Palmer also approved of ;he TR'H, regarding it as a just and wise measure. Sir John Glray denounced the Bill as partial and unequal. Mr Gathorne Hardy criticized the measure, finding fault with nearly eveiy me of its provisions; after which Mr Gregory moved the aa- ournment of the debate. The House rose at a quarter past one j'clock.

ABERYSTWYTH. ARRRVED. -Constance, Shaw, Belfast; My Lady, Bithell, Chester; Express (s.s.), Jones, LiverpooL SAILED.—Agnes Fraser, Doughton, Ardrossan; Jenny rones, Jenkins, Aberdovey; Agenoria, Humphreys, ^.berdovey; Margarets, Davies, Cardigan; Adelaide, Etughes, Aberdovey; Henry E. Taylor (s.s.), Lewis, Bris- ;ol Ann and Betsey, James, seeking Pyramus, Filmer, teeking; Express (s.s.), Jones, Liverpool; Constance, Shaw, Flint. PORTMADOC. ARRIVED.-Ann, Roberts Jane Owen, Evans; Ann Morgan, Jones Industry, Jones; Meridian Azorian, 3 vans Sabrina, Richards Planet, Roberts; Sedulous, Roberts; J. W. Graves, Jones; Ruth, Powell; John 5Ilia, Pugh; Leonard Hollis, Edwards John Davies, Davies. SAILED. Ellen Roberts, Roberts; Janet and Alice, jloyd; Empress, Rowlands Elizabeth Thomas, Lloyd; ?icton, Jones; Deborah, Williams; Progress, Evans Fohn and Mary, Evans; Jane Ellen, Jones; George, loberts; Laura, Roberts Jane Gwyn, Thomas Hannah rane, Jones Three Janes, Roberts William and Mary, ^richards Taff Vale, Jones; Isabella, Williams; John rames, Jones; Betsey, Williams; Robert Williams, ,rriffith; Catherine, Owen; Elizabeth, Jones; Mary and ane, Jenkins; Eliza Blake, Roberts; Bridget, Williams; men, Williams Rebecca (s.s.), Williams Conup Pride, "ones: Honour, Minchinton Candace, Evans Eliza- beth, Timothy; Dart, Jones.

TIDE TABLE FOR ABERYSTWYTH, ABERDOVEY, AND BARMOUTH. March. Aberystwyth. Aberdovey. Barmouth. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. lat. 12 2 0 2 42 2 29 3 11 2 9 2 51 iun. 13 3 26 4 10 3 55 4 39 3 35 4 19 Ion. 14 4 50 5 9 5 19 5 38 4 59 5 18 'ueø. 15 5 28 5 58 5 57 6 27 5 37 67 Ved. 16 6 24 6 49 6 53 7 18 6 33 6 58 hur. 17 7 14 7 37 7 43 8 6 7 23 7 46 Pri. 18 7 58 8 19 8 27 8 48 8 7 8 28

TRAFFIC RETURNS. 1870. Great Western £ 68,340 West Midland > 1869. South Wales ) £ 68,964 1870. London and North Western "i £ 114,048 Shrewsbury and Hereford > 1869 Shropshire Union ) £ 110,728 For the week ending February 27th. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS (178 miles open).—Passengers, arcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, 21,155 mer- handise, minerals, and cattle, £ 1,291. Total for the reek, £ 2,446. Aggregate, to this date, £ 18,917. Corre- ponding week in last year (176 miles open).—Passengers, DC., 21,022; merchandise, &c., 21,398; total 22,420; ggregate, to this date, 218,592. For the week ending February 27th. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY (60f miles open).— 'assengers, parcels, &c., P,132 Is. lOd. goods and live tock, 2926 5s. 10d.; total, 21,058 7s. 8d.; 217 8s. 5d. per nile per week. Corresponding week last year (59J miles ,pen).-Passengerg, &c., £157 4s. 8d.; goods, &c., 2825 's. 7d.; total, C982 12s. 3d.; 216 10s. 3d. mile V week. ncrease, 275 15s. 5d. Aggregate from 1st January 8 weeks), 1870, 28573 13s. 8d.; ditto, last year, £7,036 .9s. 7d. i Increase, 91,536 19s. 7d.

CATTLE. METROPOLITAN, MONDAY.—The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 7,730 head. Notwith- standing that the supply of Beasts at market to-day has been only moderate, and that some good seasonable stock has been on sale, the trade has been in a depressed state, and forced sales could only have been concluded on lower terms. This heaviness is undoubtedly the result of the large supplies of dead meat sent up from the north of England and the provinces, in consequence of butchers finding it more advantageous to purchase their meat killed, owing to the difficulty of getting the live-stock to their own slaughter-houses. Until therefore the establishment of a market for the sale of foreign stock take place, and the authorities are thereby enabled to extend the prohibitory orders respecting the removal of cattle beyond the four-mile radius, it is very evident that the receipts of stock from our own grazing districts will continue to fall short of their former liberal proportions. The quality of the Scotch beasts on sale to-day has been satisfactory, and Norfolk also has been fairly represented. For all breeds the inquiry has been limited, and the choicest stock has been with difficulty disposed of at 5s. per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we re- ceived about 1,100 Scots and crosses; from other parts of England, 500 of various breeds; from Scotland, 217 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 100 head. With English and foreign Sheep the market has been more freely supplied. More animation has been noticed in the trade, and the best Downs and half-breds have sold at 5s. lOd. to 6s. per 81b. Some white-faced shorn sheep have been disposed of at about 5s. per SIb. Lambs have been in moderate request at from 7s. 6d. to 8s. per 81b. Calves have been sold at about late rates. Pigs have been dull at previous quota- tions.