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f STRANGERS" IN THE HOUSE OF CCM.MUNS. f THE ST'EUE C THE INTJSKVAL OF }; .'Ll''iION. iThe following is s brUI sketch of ..hit took place In the Eeuse C"¡,,mo¡¡s last al?'t?i da,lug she cxcJution of f !r'1g(tI," f Mr. Di?ra? ii '(xc "îtr a fow mlnut'" of exUed convenatior, r.moLg wemoou, and t\jrensad hi. I at bl?. BigK,r's ?.ndn,?? of he do- d Th,, P,i,r ,.7,1 th-t j the standing order 7elatig to st:ag?,,s sho,ld be suspended for tuat sitting. The Marquis of liirttugton, who also exptesjea his surprise, sr conoid the inut n. Mr. Brjau di»se .tt;d from the coucso hlou by Mr. Blggar. Mr. Blg«»r then roao to explv.n. H« s:a ,that the only reason hkj had for c»tltng a:tt;itli>n tothe presence of strangers was that, on tkj oc2i»' o.i of Mr. Sullivan's withdrawal of hie noti.'«) of uutbn on the same subject, Lord lI..rtlut,on fcai pro- mlsed to bring the whole matter before the H uso, and thst up t. the present limo nothing ben done, exctpt that Mr. Dlllwju had his mctton fora n>:rtl. Ho (Ifr. Uiggar) CJiisop^O'itly i thought there was an Intention to eti U'e tiu ques- J. tlonTand took this mode of drawn g a fosianto It iffe MWbU 1 t, the moJon of the P. taw. I Lord UartU-st'i cx?kined mat, as t:io .ju iftlon ? affected the t.?.'t);? .d p?:e?n. 01 .h- H. the l«n. 10 "U;h it ti d,l _» "?' forward deuaueeu careful ooa^_Jeratlau, and hence the delay. Mr. IMsrat 1, motion was agrped to uocM, ,b, neea,. Among the o,- z,.ngen who had v> witli ra* wore the I'¡inee "f V:ts and Prlnc" \.Jtri.;1\ There W. great excltiment throu.fri.ut tic ID- tldent.

ELECTION INTKLLlGCE. The Muq'iUof Tavistock was yestjrday tlerted fer Bedfordoliiie unoppostd.

LOCAL IHLLS IN PAKLIAMS.iT. I In the House of Lords yesterday, the Pontypridd Water Bill wan ruaa a sccond tiaie. In the House of Commons yesterday, th" retlort of the es, the Midland Ktil^ay liill w*i brought up and r.grced t3, and the ii-l. was ordered to be read a Ur.d time.

SOUTH WALES ATLANTIC STEAM- I HIP COMPANY At" mn':h¡: of the directors of the S"?a W?et Atlanti? Stom. :p Company, held ?'r?.?tha ,.Mp"y,. i. E..t li?,lia It ..$ ?i r??.i,,ed t? c,,U -i I <-t<tiBMyc.msc<theBhMeh..idtr..?mtvt-!<r t • the winci.• p of the ojmi.?y. ?4 t?- ?er. f, ? Itt purpw will b(i lisuc? i iul?e- dlateij.

WRU K W A STEAMER AND LOSS I OFUF. A teWrfti*1 f fv.n Fmnchcc, dateii A )rll 1-, irtatei tL; Vtk 'lo turner hai Aiiiv.a wi;n Auckland tr T-Ur->>> l;>. SKob In-B the in-.d;ig->nue that the f ^4 .f aor fl^anat'r, from r toa iur Sydlley, ttrri' k u rt ti ou whioh vM lost. Si" rtjnalo^d for an hjur# *id lloated off acU astik la ujcp water. Tu^ p rj and crew werf bA\cd in tho boatn, exutpt o-ao b^at lead convUtiug U tight ho wr,' loiS.

COLLISION IN THE CHANEL. Tke brig I,lt,- -le,, f for T'lrolljr, collided late on • ?->nday nifcUt war the E, iyston# with thaNo»w<. >n hrlx Kyoo, from Voxvi'lria, Cork. w; 11 il'. The wiut was aid the 1tla.ndu did LV: .U ,wor her hi lie. After reniUalng entangled ti r. • i.o-jrs the Is'.aii.iur touuil "ù. Tho crew saved 1/.0 i M )v<s In thir boat. T :» steau- tug Secret, a had been siut out from l' y- couth on the r' as cf thry .11, at;¡r J, towed the Kyr;e ,iti, j p". durieg yesterlt? m ,m ¡eg, bringing nl' the Islander's 0111". Tile Kyno ÙI ri-ucti uan.<

I THE Aiv WICKSHIRK MlN 'j 'CS. The minrr^ m^loyedat the v.rlnns v!t",[¡"ab. I at WarwlckshlK- have received nftor f.<r ? tin pT .Bt. rtdact. U their w?.. H?..< ? c??- 'Incd tbt f?'?Mm?x will "e ?. j .t "t a ceting of fJ'p! re and cmp?J: ?Jf?y a 1 lie iii(\y hv av.rUd. V

UMKiAL PAKUAMBjiiTj (PBEHS APSOCJATTON 1"&UO!!J.M.) BOVfciE OF Th: Ir 1 oi'lsl.li H it(t at five o'ebdt, Ii!K mw CUOliU OF THE r.VRI.UMKNi'-S. The 1.01(D tlib, bne Ken |»Ieat:d to ^>lr SVm, i*v»ao JUSNCI .s or THE PlUCK ^a^LmoArcio^ kill. ine I us t loc. of the Peace Qu^IlhCAtlon I, III rikife(i tbiough coUjU'littc, ivu aiutiianHXit b: lag In"j,' tu CUufco 1, aumifig th jaaUccs IIot 1\ r.1 0)( 1:1W.. Far to ilie boute outy, Thkir Lciuuiiips Hujouimd nt a quarter aix oclock. HOUSE OIf fJlIl\¡MII1\J¡;, _'r" The r WoL- tho chatr nt foui I PKTITfONS. Mr. COKDK5 p,,tttlll fcotll I ill- J gwinlly in favour of the Permissive Bill, IIlr. O. W. W1'N l'res.'ntp(j a petition to a eln,lIar ettect from l-vl'1>jn'.iYvav:]. VNIVEKSUY EmiCATlOX IN IRELAND. I Sir J. M KeNJi A, for Mr. Butt, gavu aotlej for the 26:b of Sluy of the lc oluvlcu on tat oubjcct of Unlveitity Education in Ireland. 'J'IIE .'Cil EDU(ATION A(, r. Sir \V. S. MAXUELI, annouiicjd th .t oil the 27th of May he should cull attention to detects in the Scotch k,luc&tlon Act. THE TKIAI, 01' TlfF CUICOTAll OF I;AF,ODA. Mr. SULUVAN Intimated that or. an early thy he should call attention to the proceedings In ron neetlcn with the so-eplifd trial and the deposition of the CMcowar of Uanub, aUlI rnov.* that thta House car rot approve of the conduct cf the Indian GoverllJ1,eot In relation to that trial and depssl :bn, and regards those proc?edlngs as «al.:a!atcd to prodncu uneaslLets. snti iclon, and distrust In the mtrds of the chiefs and people of India. BEFKi:otT9E KRKPEltS' WINE HOKNOKS lit CIL\MJJ;;I.I.OK cf the F.\JUttl>VhU, ffplyleg to Mr. Cawly, said the Extra charge \0 b(cjbf,,rw );u'pus w"re subjected for lic. acec to sell sire !o:, compared with the arnonut paid by keepers of public houses, was i< matter of vny tiif!ilg coEsequtncc ta the revenue, and be wan tlkposed to accede to the representations that had been 111&Ge to him on the aubj.-ct, Th iiui>s- tkn, however, wu oro that bore more upon the aualJ¡clI\n,b of the Horn" Office, to whou. th0¡'e foie, be had forwarded the IJ<)rreop,nden"o, FREIGHT Oy OOV'EKNiUENT STOPE?. Mr. WAUU HUN V, In answer to Mr. Bates, 8H that the av«:ni,e turn paid nnnueolly for the frd¡ht of OovemmELt stores was £ 1,800. Whether the woik couid be a. well done at lei. cost by the tviiUB- pcit ceiartrrei-t was under ccntlderation. THE AUCTIC E \PKDIVION. Mr. WAIZI) liUNr, In rei|iojae to Mr. W. I';ice, rcentieritd that the Koyal 8)clety, who trade tho pf 1 ctlcn of scientific ofluera lor te Arctic cxptdltion, had app >lnted Major l'eel and Mr. GaDnt-1!(; ene skill d in fyology, and the other In hotany. Several dtir8 of the expedition had a fair knowledge of geology, and one knowledge, The chaplains were not selected for scientific .t¡;IDmntø. STIPt-NDfAHY MAGISTRATES St, If S ■ LW'VN IbliErSON, In reply to Mr. Bltgar, stated ihat there were eighteen iitiwnllaiy ma¡.:18traUot! In England, of whom twelve woro appointed mdcr the Mu; i !pil Corporations Act, tWo UlOllHth tlprlJdlary 1Ilagltitr;¡teti ACi;,andlol¡r under Inral Acts. IT:.dcr all those Acts it was re- quired that the magistrate BhonV'. bo r. barrister of hve yca:»' stordlug, and a depuiy must be a barrister of seven years' standing. Sir 111 ll. 1UACH, replying to a quo:t!on with reference to Ireland, said that In 1,1472 a fun return was presented, setting out tho 1'III',S of tho e;l|«.ndlory magistrates and their public st>r»lc showing lu each 8e whether they wore of the legal pr(fe«l«s. If the ben. member would move f, r a utiuu of the few appointed since then, the information would lie given. THE TVIR Or EKITIST SUBJECTS ON THK ASSAM ERONTIEK. Lord GEOKOE HAMILTON, in reply to air. Patethall, ssid infi ruiatlon had be<n reed",d f .-orn the India ,tke cClltlm-.inJ( the acoonnt of th;, rnur- utr cf Lieutenant Holcombe, with eighty other Uiltish subjects, by the N..ga hill triuoa, on the ireniiers cf Aesair. while ei!aged en an exploring survey. Lieutenant Holcombe was an otlicar of great piemiio. who had ably fulfilled every duty mtrusttd to hnJ, and both the present and late GOYeIlIOU d 1; rgal placed the greatest relianoe up< n hiw. An expedition sent against the 1hY hsdlttllrtid heavy punishment upon them with out sutferiDg aty camaltles. THE DEVASTATION. I Mr. WARD HUNT, replying to Mr. G)3COn, could not eay anything with regard to tho heha. vlour of the Devastation on her voyago to IA-jbon, but a telegram received at the Admiralty in the 3rd lest., announced the arrlvalof the D3v".t" ti.n aLd Ile,cu7es at Ltab.n, -.tl t-tel thi,-t t"Iey wtuld letve for Gibraltar on the following unilay The Admiralty had received a telegram to'day, au nonncirg their arrival at Gibraltar, bat giving 110 aHlculaJ8. THE P.UDOET KItSOLUriONS. The -f tll- a plying to Mr. CMhlers, fixed the consider.l:>n of the buOget itsolwtloM as the first order oa r,Ioa- day. „ ST]SN(iEl!S IN THE HOUSE. Mr. BIt; ti AR called attention to the prcssnca 01 Strang', jh (v'ries of Oh, oh ") The Do I understand the bon m n ber for Cavan to take notice that straugorB nre now Mr. EIGGAE if you please, Mr. Spea,ker, ('Oh, ob,") Tlf. SPEAKER Then I have no alternatl.-j but to rend to strangers to withdraw. The gi-lkrlep were tccordlngly cleared, but alter an interval of 20 t-inutes, were le-opeaed. THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON IDRSE3, On rf:Mlll,t-¿¡to" Mr CHAI'LIN' rose to call attention to ths report of the Select Committee of tho House of Lo/dt It 1ST; on horses. He satd the turf was in a remt fLtni.hlcg rOlhmioll, f.nd as it was pe feetly able to take cue of itself, It was not la tHe in- terests cf OWLrn of racehorses, bat of the jjeneral public, that be brought the subject beforo the House. Neither was It so much with rog «d 11 the present scarcity H.d high prlca of bOr8&s, as with a view to pnvfut the deterioration of the breed tha Wall new going on, that he vanturei to declare that It was a suhir-ct not only worthy of the attention of the House, but also of the Intervention of the (. wernuiout, for it was the opinion of those most familiar with the snhja=t that, in cotutciuenco of the continued exportit.on of the best stallions and mares, the brioa of lucllsh hcrscs was rapidly deterlaratin, r.u l that neither the supply nor the quality was adequate for the requirements of the public or for tho mili- tary seivlccof tb ? country, which In an ouierg'incy wotlld be reduced to the greatest straits. No one could deny thc,o facts, and they were not to b3 met by any theories of political ec^uoaiy, or trusting to the laws of swv,>ly and demand which had already had full play, and hd brought about tbo present stafco of things, Tile returns sicee 1';70 Bhewed that high prices wore enccuraglsg breeding, but the b- z*. of the hreodiug tcck was going f?V. and those left were ..f in- ferior qcaMty. In most other countries !t '?? _M bMn fornri newssary to establish Government ntads.for wLlch ocr bl" and soundest sires and mares were btualit, rcgsriili "S cf price, and the result was that most of tfce continental natlors possessed ai good or even superior horses to our own. Ai.-J.u_ j, lu Evablaard i' aEce, and other continent! cjantrics itallloES were distributed from the Givernums denote for the purpose of improving the na ive breed, r.Ld all tbeso otalilons were of English ex- traction, cf very superior character tn the br:'kJn down i-a«-.ho«e. which were now ucod a* eDU»;-ry stallions In I'.i gland and Ireland. T-ndor clrcitn.fi^ancfb it was the duty of the (. >vdrniuynt to ilicoinage private breeding, and to oevlse some means by which the best stallions could be rC- tainco, in the country and distriuuted for hreeilng Mi,?! Ho would &iMMg){<st the dLrlllg "f ?!?' d agTteu?turaI shows for jouux st,)k, and t?. tL?? ow:?ei?s that bred them 11) w.i M-nvinced il-i.e fthe Cloveruttont wdul I h? '?'y M- mureruted in 8,?y out)? of thi Hid by th,? f?-t?y wl!l' ?cbt,,? ?!d be aMetoho?t??y In c;¡ee of ec?cy. Incon?M'.oc. ?p?bd lo tN House to make an electa preserve the nn- ,]€dbr?d.f horMth.t bad so long bBe. the pitde of the contry, and to thh they were chtu y indcbted for the public spirit Md P? '? -f P,I- vate breeders. He thon moved, tiia ,ieu with .pr.hc=Uon the largo aud contlauod np,.tcfthf. bc.t Md souedea; otud honB. and brcc? m L fit, ?" try, Mdwhej tod,?.e? tte.t-enti? of the Government to t,he natbni\l imp.' -MM ?f taking Bteps to provent the U.e.en.aM tion of the 8t:e thai remained. Oolcncl KINGSC-OTE seconded the mot!n, ear n?y t?rrc?I? the .ubj.ct Mthe.tten ba of t?e CM'e?B?n-.t.M.t au?ottt? tha? the (leon'8 p)?..U.h in r ? had doM g jod service, Should he "ppMtd to e?t:ourging breedjt!n.fo;.d.drdM, Mr FIt' hT r?id he was all for open c?n?tmen. and be dtDied in M" that there had b?msy lifterioratien In th. breed of E.gUsh h). wha.- fr No V-eht competition had tatea the Value ,:1 the "rtke, and forelgners wera now a,f buyers "I English horses. In Us opinion th< /cu?ht to heeneouraged, and where- eVfr ib,y came from he wo?ld say  lUustrions strangers. 'be more you will gWe the hetter we seaii appreciate YOIl." If tn J "Ant w.?, úíug to buy a single hair o, ^sTb. gl,e ?l?o? MUiic h?s.' it would W.vUaoly <" ? ? |«> 1 U, \var tn jO beep up tie bi"erl He denied th,t H", 6Vj• |» y d bMBO- oad i-lti.ii.inht a ord"genorat,¡,1 iii 111\)1' lie thowbd tl", vitat itDptcvemsut wbi<h had tf>keu plnoo In the breed of the It"U.! b,, d horre in fefze, eubbtance, aud pov^or, ..Heb It., mnhrted with fX(¡mpl"8, to the 7,rOllot M>vfflri»rn: ot the Heu?»\ ill order tu shovr that • he hfnalciiB of 1I11' Ohfepllu wcregrounfl'.ois, "I d Umt, to carry out bla views, it weuM '10', (DI b.. J \:c.ary to discard the prlnclpleR of tree (n-«]f. but to tele protective mOP-nuro which would I" "I' r to jrftlcuey ai.d .u.p\cion. In reply va tho i(Leet!( n ot Air. Chaplin wbother he was prepared u> buific tÙ1 aj my, he could not do 11 out of h. own s'.I,}e., but ho had outlielent confileac? In (hp patilotism çf the KnglUh farm^ri tbt 1c woull undeitake, Oll an omer- givfy. to supply the Government with 100 000 homo. 1TB bopp'l the House woali It to veli "I<'JJ, and tv"t tiie Gov;_rumei\t wv'11:1 U ^r»rti okrly careful to do nothing. He rawed the previous <¡uotlor!, 6Sr. A. Bi^uVVN, In tho motion, 6t:(Jf.J dPI,"f cttfri Goveinment interference. bir l-'I^KAHil warmly complimented Mr, Cbai-lio or. bts tpic-ch. If bll wiJitd to tx"lc!r.C\ the tAch. tUfnt of the posfi'no with which ho W,\8 c»ot<-ly idt:»tified, he should be glad to see him on the tu v.tury birich. They hivd seen tho adv^nt%g(>ft of ccn.pttltlcn In the brilliant passage of amu be- 1.wtcn thefcor. member aDd his friend (Mr..S;atv), vMvh wtmld rot be readily forgoUDL. 11" lxid ii*«! to express a hope that th* House woull not te foi(-d to divide against the hon. J' (IJ-,Irr, vitli "whose object and vlewa all dfctp!y bjDpathlscd. In a military point of view tie quciticn of the highest importance, hut the state of the c&w.lry, aud especially of the 91tl11try, wbH by no means 8atisfRctory, and these tmluh were now Lork-.eL at the not excessive price of £r.0 ca the average. Bofore the Crimean war the I rice waa £ l'G JJldl! tho war it rose to £..0, oi d for the last three years it haa bpen £4), Tile qutsticn of deterioration could not bi decldcd by aLl fixed test, for it wii a nHto", In a great uwa fame, vf t[,!n!r,n and fancy cn which. tho highest "\ll0r\dt8 <liIL,re, Ho belli-vod that foreign Oontr,D1n't8 received a very Dl".gre return for the copltal expended on their studs, and that the ccEfocatlcn cf the QJHU'. plateB, which was abjufc ail tfce Bcuee corlu do, wtuld g) a v. ty little wy to n,cct the competition of such powerful pur Ch3! au, With respect to the establishment of (,,c r?l ?.t thty bad an example in th.. of l?ein, ,bi,h %?e by no meaM favourable, {■Ld he believed thnt, If Inquirod iuto, this 1t\1;t& of tl,e co¡¡tlner,tQI efforts would l'ot be tolerated in this country. Ho was stroagly oppcetd to Government int-trferenco In these Dirtottfi, Lot, at all ovtnfs, no satisfactory reason bel been as yet adduced for it. So far be believed Hat tbey might safely rely on the enterprise, tho judgment, aid the experience of the Eoglish Iteeders of the wen who broil 1')'0,1\100<1 the English race hc-ises, the thorthorns, "lid the l^outhdowns of England—to hold their own against 0.11 rivals. II. ,H'BKSTOKEfcnd»ir. ( ONUTJiY sup- ported the motion. IIlr. MAIXLAMD opposed. lbo Huue was countcd out "t H,50.

THE MASONIC INSTALLATION OF I THE ITiiNCJS OF WALES. EU Koy" al Jli^bncaa the Prince of W-Uea, on ia- stikllation as Grand Master of tho Kagllsh Free. masons, will (btysthe I'lirar-) be attended by Prince lAOldd anù the Dulo:ú vi t'ounaught. Tiio Ltter •^H3 on Tueaday rooming one degree less than a Master Mason, and, therefore, cotild notbe ad- mitted to a lodge of Mastura, but last night he WAg uificd to tho degree of a master in tho craft, tbe rcrtmmy being ptrformcd in the Prince of W:leÙ Logo in LonG on. Sir Albeit WooJa and iilr. T, Ka-fl, who have had to conduc; the arrAng-oniiiita for tie ceremeny, 1'tfve boon overwhelmed "ilh ajpUcatlcna for places, not withstanding the i1(;ice issued Illore thnn threo weuka ago that the conatituted members of t-rand Lodge had MgLllitd their intention ct bjlug pre2ent in Bach riiin bera as to preclude the possibility of rainy p]¡,ces bel-;g given to these below the rank of War- dens, and many communications have had to re- main un:.n8WOlEit owing to the sheer inability on the part of those in authority to do more than t arry on the work. All the corraapondence closed on Monday night, tho practical work at the Rjyal Albert Hall bewg more than sullicleat to engage all the care of Sir Albert Woods loud hta colleague* (u¡g the L.u?, intervening between thh time and the ,remo,?y. The ? and Id ,I of Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, and D&cmarK will, it h believed, send deputations; and the Grand Lodge of Italy, now flourishing in tho city in which Freemasonry was suppressed by Clement XII. nearly 140 ycara ago, and vihkh had tohutd its convocations in danger—as wns shown in the letter In the T'lncs from Koine on tbc5 opening of tho Grand Lodgo thero—luw dent special addr""bs of congratulation to the F:Eema- ? m cf &g?'l and to the Prince of W.I?.. The aiiùrHs is oatt d f, the Grande Orlonte della Mi<- icne;ia in Italia, Valle del Tevere, Home, tixe 20;h lust" and with a full remembrance of the addresses which tho Grand Deacon of England and Deputy Grand Master, Mr. J. C. Parkinson, has made la yeroclatirg Freemaaonry with freedom of coa science and civil and religious liberty at the Gret Cily Ledge, at Sutton Oldtiald, at 8tra;. ford-Mi Avon, and other places; and in i-c,iieidcration, perhiipg, of his Lodge, tho Dud of Avon, having been reoresentcll at the opening f iho Grand Lodge at throe, the Italian Gr,.d Lorigo has requested him to represent Italian free- ("m of thonght by presenting thi. a-ldre". to t'1o Giand Master of tho English Freemasons in the ^resueeof what wlJl be ti e largeat coavootiou of The crtft ever known. The stcpaTds are to assemble at Albert Hall at 11 o'ekek, and the brethren will be admitted at 1 o'clcck. The doora will be closed at U ;0, and no communication whatover will be hId with the outer world until the close of ths ceremtny^ which will occupy fully DO minutes. Iu the appointment of grand otiicer*, it Is now DO sceifct iliat inc City of London will have eapecUl 1 DLour. and It la believed that members of boih i.!oIitical parties will be dccorated with tno •4pnrple" of Grand Ledge, not by r3ason of tholr vcsUion in the poUtkal wtrld, but as distinguished Kieemascns. A special train was put on by the Great Western Patlway Company at Caritill yesterday for the ae. ccn.mcdation of the !lIiWoni brethren dop't2d to BtUnd the Installation ceremony. The train Lift Cardiff :J.t half-past 12, ar;d between ;;0 and 40 gen- tlemen were convejtd from the station by it. C.Uls Were made at K ewpart and oher intermediate \1;tiam, and tho trd. arrived at Paddington about hve o'clock. The Lojal Brecknock Lodge of Freemasons (No. (;1) will be represented at the installation 01 his llojal Bizhnesa the Prince of Wales DyKlward Cambridge Phillips, W.M.; H irhart C. Rich, P- M., P P.G.S. Ws Frederick U-oughton, P.M., P.P.J.G.Wi* r.M. of Lodge 40. P.olfaat; Hans frt, Gecrge Caultied, P.M., P P.G.Sapt. of Works; Thciew: David Koberta, S W. J. A. Jebb, J. W. JcbcCwyMeV?ghM.M.M. The Lcyat We?h (Pombrohe Doch) Lodge. No. ,ill be rep,e,?t,d by the f"llowi'.? brethren M, HkhotBen. P.M..P,P..S,G,D, ?d Dr, E. D. lleynolds, 1\1" P.P.C.3,

I THE litO N &r;,()AL TnADE Disnrns IN SOUTH WALES. I.LVISION <>F OFFICIALS OF THE Mil UTHYlt UNION. ANGTIIBB MBBTiNG AT MOUNTAIN ii All K. REPORT of THE DELEGATES. CONCILIATORY REPLY OF THE MASTERS. ADJOURNED MEETIKG AT CHAPEL. ifig REDUCTION ACCEPTED AT bt,AbIN-kyus. AKP.ITRA1 ION AT AiiERAMAN. PROPOSED LETTER TO SIR GEORGE ELLIOT, BART., M.P. | MEiiTHYi:, TUESDAY The g..di.no met t:Tl :\nd I revised the list of extra en,v!oy"), aacli as time- keepers, g&ngHI, Ac. As a result, thirty mon were 80 signitioant fact when viewed ia C0!1Hctl0I1 with the vrew.t state of affairs. Tiie list of till the remaining able-badied pauperj will be gore tbiongh tomorrow (Wednesday). Ketblcg of interest has transpired in tho town prrper to-day, for everybody seems to bJ waiting lhe result of the Mountain Haro dtilibertitlong. I have been Informed that the I'lymoutti Company carrot get men to man the poddllng furnaces. Opinion as to what the men should do, of coarse, is much divenifird, and it would be useless to commit to print the views held by the different sections. As a rule, the townspeople seemed to Imagine that the opecsig of the works "Ii any figure would maan a IEbunJptlcn of I boor, but they with many otliera hRVO by this time been surprised out of this notion. 1 ',l' eecord meeting r.t Mountain Hare since the withdrawal of the lock-out for the purpose of hear- ing the ieiuit of themisiion to the masters, as lOr. raIsed )e8ter{:a3', was larger than the former one, ahowlng that the lltere?t in the present criti- cal Mate of alfairs had increated. As will be ,c(? f,cm ,u? rtpoit below the ame chairman tided, and the speakers were nearly all the same n:fD The report ?i the delegates, recDuQtiug their favcuraMe and cordial HCèptlon by the representa- tives f tbe three Industrie, of the dL-t?tt, was I :¡; ::Itr:e;:io:,t and c:.r:dt a f"voDWbJo impression among the ?en, thus p,Ing llow much conciliation mi,;b.t have done some mcr.tho ago. It b Impossible to tell with what idnd of ,cepfl?. the .Lsu,ancel of the ,,ter? that the (xtrao per eer-t, was not put on out of «venge, .?d lèa" no 1.?k-t ..d be fearod, really n et Itli? Undoubtedly, thcre were many present who I;'d hlbI.tI: :oeear::d: I In the dine Jon of submission and acceptance, but evidently the chairman struck the real kot noto of the gathering, when he said that tho reason fir the addition of the 5 par cent, was a selfish Grtf, ono only attempted as a ir.^ans of milking the men py for the mistake and iciul- tice oi t-uc masters who had locked tlieoi out. Tae o;(lnd('1l "f eplnton was thoroughly ■ rd- md, and whin this is put alongside t9 fact that a pe'iiien to I'ariiauicnt in fitvuur of co'cpal- wry wss dieiJtd upon, oiio comes to the cinelukion that, nctwi^staniing the temnerntQ tine ol the Vibcie pIG_Cf(1!hgØ, th6 men cinnot eee teeir way clear to a recomuie-noemeat oa the ne." ttiinu, NvtwlthotlllJdirg the rumours so busily H r< Rd by the other siae to tiie effort that the inhstfaxt were deteindntd en Q, aevor-i coarse wltix- otit" y furthrr consideration of the mea's viawa, many we beginning to say that one Aide io about aa JHa of the It I uggle as the other, and In compathon tvith the false storleN I have just referred to, to.days noon n.ieticg goes to confirm thi# opinion. At the mec-log of co¡llr8 ù'iol1lng ( j fartLfa, Plymouth, and Dowlh this after. ocn, it was ipaolvcd that the reaolutlan paaaed on Monday bo dí:.f".d to, The adjourned muo 1I\("ng took place at M ,un. t"ln Haro tbb morning. Tbere were bjtwoen two HId three thousand nien ¡.>rcsent, lilt, William Williaraa (Abercmaid) was again appointed to preside. On opening the meeting he ",lid fcince tho meeting wa< overou Monday he had hI En in pevnal hot baffles, but he had com out of tiitm njDEcathed. (LitugliteT.) They had met tliero tbat n,orLlnó for the sumo prp. on Monday, .rd he would ask them lo look on th, matter in tho rrcfct acrlcimmanner. r., ws a (question wh'ch coa- ccrr ed all of them. Taty were dependant on their lalcur, and without work they woald bo denea- dent on other people. The masters were making lue of every scheme to tread them under their feet. They (the men) were now In the thickest and warmest part of tl, le tight. A gentleman told him yc-8tHday that they could have a locter from the \h*ee muafera, assuring them that if they went to work on the, day to duy contract nothing woald be dote, and It would not be put in force. Eat what was the object of the masters in deciding on an additional live per cent. redu\JtlQn If they sa ceed^d in getting them to go to work at the 15 pcr cent. reduction, the additional Is reduction would be gi,en aa compenaation to tho other mRstI8 for ke?pinz tbeir works idle, (Celas of "Shame. ) Waa this fair r honest V rio, no, ) ;lsf;efh t'h:hlfo:hO::o the Ñ: 0110 to compEneste wa$Wra whose work* were Idle I (• No. v) It would be well for them to keep this in mind. (Cheers.) One of tbe Dowlala delegatea appointed on Monday said what the delegatea had put before blr. Menelaui wai :-1. That the men N; eye willing to go to work at the same rate as when they were locked out. 2. That the day to day con- tract should be done away with..►. That tho adli tionai hve per cent, reaucuon suouiu UUW UÖ en- forced. 4. Whatever tbe men got on the other sido (Abndare and Fhondda), they should have the same. 5 That tbey shoald have a bo^rd of couci- ltr.don btfore any further advance or reduction io wa&f.a VlII9 made. Llr. ilc*nt;f.us told tbem. with n, poet to the day-to-day contract, It waa impossi- bJe to do anything himself, but he did not think it v.-ù1.;Íd be of any value to the makers or the mon. With rtapect to the additional liv* psr cjat. reduc- tiOl). be told them that the preaeut atate of the n.M ht demaidtu it, and the masters had not dccided 011 It for the purpose of b^ing avenged on the men. He added that they could not crry 0'1 ile wcrka at the ten per c<4nt. redactlo1.J. With itifard to the men or. the other aldo. If thoy got tho cid rate of wKgca they would have tho same. llo W,,5 willing that n bcurd of concUiltloil ahould b3 Appointed. (Hear, hear.) The speaker said tint the collitTB btlcTiglcg 10 the three works would hold a meeting in the Zion Obapel, Twynyrodyn, In the afternoon, when reporters would n >5 ba .<1. mitted, aa a U tter woiOd be read which they bad been requested not to put liub. A C^farthfa delegate aard tht two delegates waited on Mr. Crawshay that morning. Mr. Ci.awshay told teem that he could not do away .iih th,,day.t..d;,y contract himsolf, but it waa hia opinion that a lock out would never take place again. He sbid that at the Cardiff meeting some of the musters wanted a 20 per cent, reduction, and he could not rpn bu works except according to tie terms stated at the nieettnq at Cardiff on Friday, A PJyn:.outh celegnte ..id they had an interview with Mr. Hopgocd and Mr. Howell that morning, and put before them the resolution passed at the meeting ell Monday* They told them that they could not do anything with them that day. On account cf the rules of the Masters' Aasoclation they could not felve them independent council. A short tine "o they could consult with their own work- men individually, but could not do 10 now. They would not do hl'jtblng until the masters met again. With rega d to a board of conciliation, they lall nothing to say against it. If the colliers went in nt the 15 pt-r cent, leductlon, they did not think there would be a lock out. The state of the coal uade demanded thy additional live per cent. reduc- tlot. The delegates asked them when ino masters would suet again. Tl-ey replied that they woald not meet until Friday wiek, onlen something transplrei in tbe me antime. They might meet in a day or two. 1ile delegated were well received by Mr. Hos, ;,c.(,(i and illr. Howell, who remarked that they weio glad that the men had called to see them. Tho CHAIRMAN thought that Mr. Meaelaus was mending, and was acting towards them better. (lauilter, and u Hear, hear.") He did not expect he would have received the delegates so well. (Continued laughter.) There was a ramour that the Dowlala Company intended making a fortiier reduction of Is in the wages of their miners. One of the meeting remarked that the company need not do tht. aa their miners would not acoept the la reduction that had already been made. The CHAIHMAN then wished any English collier to address the meeting, but there was no response. A COLLIER remarked that it was no use of any further speeches being made, as no resolution would to come to at that meeting. A Dowlais COLLIBB said they, an a m- of locked-out men, thought it was high time tint something should be done to put a top to till, cursed alfftir, aLd the only way to bring this about was for a law to be made that would compel the master, to come to arbitration. He thought they should petition the Home Secretary and othou who sat in the House of Commons, so that something might be done to avoid those .tr!k( ..d lock oah. They did not say that the whole cf the blame wa. on the mMtert* ids, and, ;:r: b:ok:d c: on h: :rd I they w,,uld ee that they were to be blamed Uks- wlee. Ife thought that Mr. Morgan, of the Work- man's Advocate, who was present, should be depa- ttdto mnke an appeal to the Home Secretary Mr. Her iy Kichard, W.P., now was tbe time to get Liui-(Istighter) -to Lord Aberdare, Mr. Mandella (who wa fighting for the ^cr'i'ng cI""91 through- out the kisgdom), hit. Mr. But, ond to Dr. Kpm^ly mote rtUau any t f them. (Cheers fuid laug! tor.) Hp mave-l th9 following resolntion, which wus*e >onded and sap polled by a Plymouth collier, who delivered aa ..n.(st flpcecb 14 That wa desire ta express sur anxiety to lave a mutant understanding between the locked out men ana the whole of the miners ia the 1;lJ)d, III, In order to got a cnrl of strikes and lock outs. This wa. carried amidst cheers, and the moating then broke op, About 1 ."iOO colliers B98emb'} In the Zb. Ch.pel at thiee this afterr,oon. To see the. .eatel in the pews and on the pulpit steps was a Ighc not scon to be forgotten. None but colllar. wero ad- mitted, the representatives of the press not being i liewid to be prtsei.t. The dfer of the misters was discussed prt and run, n,any collltr8 addressing the meeting. Mr. William WIDULls wba the chairman, A vct fw., pi'sed on tho South W'nhs Daily Ntwi and I:i,¡/"l Daih Pu.?t for t,el, report of he mass meeting on Monday. It w.. c.olv? d tb, ?.?,y ?f tbe p .A I h:nítv;ntt:o en¡tr1I t;8dtl: IVjrk- 111:0¡;'°v AtlmaU only. Thi. resolution pa:d. at the meeting on Monday was cctfiimed, there only bsiog two dl..cIltl3nh. The following resolution was unanimously passed Tc,at thll meeting earn stly entieuts our follow woikmen In the Ahenlare, Ithondds., and other valleys to form ato) reconsider the pre- ent situ^tlin If the ooIHora belonging to the Iria- workn, with a vi. w to secure a perfect co oFratlo. n the various Vp-Hcye In boath Wales and Nou- 10 as to come to a diatlnct understand- ing upon what terms work shall b3 rosumid so that no section may be induced to batray the relt." The meeting was of tL3 most b, rly and unani- mous character, and it WKS brought to a cbs), "fter lasting two hour, and a half, by a vote of thank, to the chairman. A meeting of the delegates appointed at Zian Chapel this U,?con %Ul be held to,morrow (Wednesday) at 2 o'clock, at the N"w Dub I.u b/erth,r, for the purpose of consider wbt fur- ther steps will be taken. It Is desired that the Abeicare and Khondda men will coasMer tlw reso- lutiolJl passed to day, and that they should accipt this intimation through the Widern Mail. Tae delegates hope to meet tbe Abcrdare and Ithond ia men on Thursday, when the Central Relief Com- mittee meet at Alxrdare. ADERMIAN, TUSSUAy. Following up the run-our I heard at A nr li-a last night tothe effect that an appeal to Sir George Klllot, Hart., fil.l' was contemplated at Abor- :,IDau, 1 pr(),1cd the/o thts morning, and foand a number of the Powell Duflryn men collected outside the Lamb and Fi&g Inn, in expectation of a meet- íDg taking pa,ce. It !\pp:IIPd that there bad baan a short meetiiig at the same plaoe on Monday niaru- ltg, but no dennita COUlIC was agroed upon Tie gatheilng to-day ne ver prDeepded to dheo. b ili- nes, great reluctanco being Mt owing to the decision come to at Mountain Aeh, nanely, that the men should not hold aay more meetings for the purpose of settling the dis- pute. Ey some, however, It was believed tirit as the mastirs hrid taken the inltlativo by propo-jlaj tern s to the locked out D1l II, Wi1i":l mU8t have some iLllueuee In tho Aberdare Valley, It was, ther.ors, only prcper und quite couUetent to m'lke ani'rhar move. However, this Fecond meeting to inought but, notwithstanding a whisper that cur- tain egencles In favour of the masters are at work. I belkvo a gfnera1 meloUng of tho Powell Dffr711 Lten wlil be held in the course of a few ds,yj for the purpose: of adopting t; e following appeal, which hee been drawn up, and of wiilel; I o\¡t¡n"d a copy. The Region of the Merthyr mis has been heartily endorsed by the Abardira ci lliers R1.:1 miners, but ro""y take the op;oo;tinlty of pointing a moral, to the ::li'cct that the tiftem por cent propo'itior' h otly the result of giving way to the maatcis and deiertlng 1 !lJ UrJJn. If thiy had remained faithful to the latter, say the man of Aberdare, the stiike wou'.J have been ovar long slree. lhe fulluwicg 13 a cc-py of the letter:— "81r George Elliot, 1; irt 51. P. "Sir,-At a meeting ct the workmen at IV: vol! Duffryn Collieries, btltl at t'ic- Limb and l-'laj; Ion, Abersmin, It was unan1-nc,;sly aiopted that wa should make an appeal to you, sir, personally, In uilc-r, If possible, to put an end to thii dhu;rolll "tate d affairs tha has eslitcd InSouth Walol for four montLs without the (lightest hope of coming to c. conclusion. Being awaro of tho spirit of nQcdeu*tlon yon displayed at Cardiff In 1S71, walch had the effect of ending the strike in an honourable ictnner, both to men, without leavlax .bir,ù the bitter feelings thit o",rr strikes had (lore in the past; likewise In reading your noble speech at Newport, we are inspired with contilanca, kid hope ta-shortly havo the pi.-w.te once more of yeur pretence among us In South Wales, trust- ing joar great abilities m y be the means of establishing a permanent board of arbitration. The principles of arbitration have a-ted well and pre- v. -oifil etrlktB in England then why not In South Wales ? "jjlr,—At the last conferonc.- 'latween master, and met, at c.mlltf, tlva etiairunu of the Coalowners' .Hocl¡¡tlon aiked tha deputation from the men If they (the men) wanted the mastars to keep their wcrks going at a luas There was nover a greater errtr. a We do not wnt tho master, to keop their works going at a loss, as ter actions since the cam lLencement of the struggle show plainly we are not actuated bv such a desire. If we wanted the mis- ters to keep their works going at a loss we should neyer have applied for the dispute to be settled by an impartial board of arbitrators. "Our object since the commŒcement of this di.puto b? WU that the muwro and men should select a certain rumber of gentlemen, in order to eetllo this present ulspute, and any other dispute that may arise In the future. u :-ir, trust you will have the kindness to meet a deputation of yonr workmon say at tho ilberaman officer, or at icy other place conve- nient to you, in order to discuss matiars in rafer- er.ee to the present dl«pute." BHOXDOA VALLEY, Ti ran.\r It is stated thlJit a nnr-ber of man hav-a com- menced cutting coal at ria'hweunydd Colliery. It appears that the matter i, enveloped lu mystery, for It is not known whetb-r the six or Bsveuiiiin have HlnnlJCÙ work at the old rata of Wa.bCiI orupoa the reduction. It 6 known that the owner of the colliery ia a member cf the mastars' c.'30hthn. and It is believed that he Is as tirm as ever in his ¡ epolve to act with the associated masters. Tha ;,ffdr fcaa caused great interest In tha district, and people are asking what it means. LLANPWIT VAKDITE, TcE.- D.ir. The men etnplojed at the Gelynog aud Tyuaat Ccllltiles have hem In a ferment for a fow days in consequence of a rumour that; they were about to be reduced in wnges I., per cent" aud on Monday a police to fcki effect that a reduction to the above [,D"cunt would take effect from that date wasposted up at each of the above collieries. The meu quickly met, and It was ucaciuiously resolved that all would bring out their tools and strike. Tills morn- ing the notice" was withdrawn by the masters, and work will be resumed to nIght at the old rata. BLAIiNAVO. Tt'fisnvt. A mesa meeting of the colliers in tali district was held here this afternoon. After a protracted discussion it was resolved to resume work at the reo duction to morrow (We[!nf8dy). AKIiKCAUNE, TCESDAT. The fifteenth distribution fr m the relief fund took place on Monday afternoon, under the super- intendence of lIlr. John Brookes, who appointed Messrs. Thomas I't!&!isd!, WIlliam Lewis, E,11oU Kees, and Charles Palmer to assht him In giving away the loaves of bread and cheese, which we-ra valued at upwards of tS. Toe committee bag ta acknowledge with thanks the receipt of A.1 IS ii-oia Mr. Blake, of the Castle Browery, Newport. It has been rumoured in the neighbourhood that the appointed collectors to the fund receive a sum of ironey for their daily IErviees much lu eicaia of what the fun's will allow. In order to set, tltl, matter at rest, the co."mlttoe wish to state that 01 per day only Is allowed to each man. Any frtber aid may be forwarded to the treasurer, bfr. David Kees, near the Oarn Chapel, Abarcarae. The next diBtrlbutioll will take placo on the ord proximo. BLAKNAVON, Ten ,iiay. So far there Is hardly a sign here that wocttd iu- è.!cate a rL>\J.Ut1!ion of work. The moll comtviin that a 1:1 per cent, reduction ftom the gross carn- iegs would make tbe actual "drop" IS percent.; and th,y declare th?y sculdrather suffer -.yt ?ill h:nthge: i:ec¿rutleI:ra:u, ltJ arbitration. A mineral agent eUieB that some GO collictl went to tL,, pit un ;l10..ù.y, but returned after â short time. LLANOAIOH, TI ESIUY. At this place an nnTi6'.1aletep has been taken to bring the strike In this house coal locality to a con- clusion, Tho leeil masters -Mr. Kolfe, of the Llancalch collieries, and Mr. I \.ddoe, of Penallta— last week sent a request to their men to meet thorn, and the latter, c mu'.g to the conclusion that some special terms woidd be oiierod, prepared to do so. A meeting weB lceordlngly held on r,¡,)nday at tha Nelson Ii-n, Marcaicb, when about ;!D0 weii ass-am- bled, and they were a-lilreued by the above gsntle- Difr. Tho salostanre of the remarks was to the effect that the g..tlw¡\>:< was not called becwio the n;asters' cai--j was any tbs weaker, but in the hope of effccticgar. arraage-cientby which are-eommence- ni-?ntcouldbel>roughtabout. The eltor that the mat- ters had to make, howcvc:, simply came ta the same as the dlcld,t1 of Itrl<lv, So this new fetarc-If it can be c.!í, ,1 one .-eaily amounted to an expres- sion of anxiety from the employer, that the strike and lcck-out iihe-uld terminate as soon as pojulble. The news of this invitation to meet the malt. sd spread far and nor, but tho result, as far u It was known, created disappointment aud s;n-(<rls» that a meeting should be called to hear aproooUilaa '%bldl Vias already kaown. Ta morrow (W^lms- Jayl a meetiiig of ;ln< m1I will ba hald to <oa«l4ar an iinporUut union ;iu«stlon.

4 •• i'UMIK "o un'.y K' ((i.i v ■ <<■ that tho hicli *ouiu (imp tick It«( him i \(1 a '.it "f an so whi uaod to < ill hia country 1'ul,l"l ftvth i i'i:- and ins Uiier hte*#ry fr'cude. t! lh« ■•<» it cue character III Knglish !it, rat It,) uure h..a alh,¡!' which Iii :¡''¡'I!¡'u ,:1 c loti C),C'\8, for not u:i'l i't\adine, sureli it ill !«T' immirt-U SAM »V i:n.ii. A "reat Ji l t 111." rl,liail which li s humour p»»e £ *«e# f" 411C Kngliah reader ckyotiis not only upvt.i Mt^ulw? trraniinttic,*) c-mstruo- ti,Du (ii ii,, ii,n;arko, but uvoxi (;)kiktl-,y traditiou.i ».vl incidetiU which ni'ght be suppoK-d drive a Friiehai 4u to e.osjaiv in t.iug «o elucidate them for FtOELh ¡WI', IS. As the French any, how- ever, "i ,lI*ays the uUlrt.d which happrt-V uu<* thiaia vnousjA to I'1tpbin the EIIUS ¡"ur", by M. !\1zn:Ja:, Pro- i fesscv of i'H «,'U Literature, who Uaa take a flt his tubn'ot thia ttrm the works of I 11 1 LVS UlCKtSH. M MzziEttrs has accorded to C'HAKLES DICKH.NS in English literature a position which a consider, able number of his owu cultured country- men were in no hurry to assign him. l'IUI:I.J:S DIC!;F:S undoubtedly Bet before himself, not perhaps as an aim, but aa HU incident of his literary efforts, ;heidealofa :ocial refcrmt-r,and ill thisisonse he has betu accepted by M. MI /II:K'S, and no doubt by his audience at tie S >rbonne In t. Pickwit k" the learned professor tiada an infinity of ricVcule upon hura^u; sof every kind, and there is no doubt that th.) intense manner in which DICKKNS used his p?N in satirising certain forms of mural fraud as j orsonitied in ^TICHIKS alld Jol, TKOITKH, haa drawn "pUll the author tho aiitilie- was of a considerable cl »ss to whirn such persons as these are as leading &:1d shining lights. M )t has alsl) f,)r the benefit of the French atuient, the Oliver Twist" of CHAKLES DU KENS, and haa drawn from his analysis a philosophical conclusion that the idea of the wr tor was by revealing the misery and crime underlying 2 modem civUtMt.uc,to Show si?-i-ty ?l?at it I h&d&pt?Mem which it w? bound | to 80he <u the pain of dmnh. I It would ba most Interesting to h%ve all English translation of 'he lecturaa of ro, Mp!lh¡;, and one would have giveD a gn..t del to ) ave ben pre- Bent at his trench rendering of the courtship of UCVIILE the fce»d!O and bl ra. COKM v. 'j he correspondent vfha has forwarded the notice of this interosuuy lit-a- rary incident stales tfcat the BCuna W..3 re- ceived with rears cf laughter, und wo may be quite filltl that if CHAKLES I)ICKEN, him- self could have been present on tho occasion ho would have had tobave beeticai-ritd out of the lecture-room in a state of exhaustion re- sulting from too much laughter.