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(SrUTLU'd TRYFCGILAKS.) £ lA'PT AM) ABYSSINIA. CAIRO, SEPT NVON^BFE ?S*NE is txpectal to tho a Arofiatiooi between 141cypt Mid AbjNHiDift. GoHon Pasha, immediately after arriving at proceeded to Lave au interview with Kmtf John.

CETYWAYO'S CAPTURE CONFIRMED. A iUiuterV tolegnin. dllted Cape Town, September 2 (uta t VicicoTit), states that the rapture of Cot) we) o ou the 264h of August if lully confirm, d. A Router's telegram, rUt-ed Cape Town (via St. Vincent) t-ept. 2. says:-Further particml&rts of the capture of Uatvwayo have reached Cape Town. Lord Gifford, oa bearing that Otywayo was lying utterly prostrate in a kraal in the Ngomo Forest, sent for Msjor Uichard Marten, who immediattily had tliu krial burroundod The King and hi Cullowerll surreadered without resistance, and were brought to Uluudi. Curing the march six of (jetywsyois foLlowure siicoeeded in escaping. The King's ultimate destination is not yet known. A Reuter's Wlei(rain, dated CapaTown, Aafust -*> (via I'Umoiuti), says: —Sums anxiety prevails as to the action of the Boers, bit there does not appear much fear of an outbrmk. Peace has btiuu restored among the Poatfoe, but the Baautoa bars robelied Mlhia.

OFFICIAL TKLEGRAM. I The following telegram has beea received al the War Oftice I Fruna Geueral fcjir G. Wolseley, G.O.M.G., JC.O It., to the Secretary of 8tatefor War.] "VLUNDI, AUGUST 21/ (St. Vincent, ThiMay).-Cetvwsyo captured yesterday, in the beiart of the Kgome Forest, by the patrol ander the cotnmtud of Major Marten, JiiagV Dragoon Guards. Mai Baba hIlS submitted, and is in my camp. All the im. pertant Zulu chiefs bare now made their sub. aissiea"

LATEST FROM TH*I CAI'E. I Soveral incidents of interest are contained in the letter of the Mtriubnrg correspondent of the OVitem, Mornuij Next, received Lut tveuiog. Hetw»y->; — Wkeo it was f mud tb,, the Zulu King hij taktn refuile in thd Valley ot toe Umvaloosi it wu felt ertaiu th»' bi? c .p;ar«, d%)?d or alive, was only the quftti? of a fur days. Tha VSH,)Y :,th:O be :'wilfj¡8"i 1r:iauC) with a liense bu-ih and ouo long tuooesaiob Dr precipitous rouka it bu only tli-ee or )??, pmtcabi.i L)rd Gff?,rJ, Ma j or Llark Burro»», minuted trojps, aai b?or*d contingeut w re e»ut forward to stop ,.ad .? t ,f the rolley, wuilo Msjor Marten, ::i:J b'(.d '"t'b 'tTUM. So 010"" Wt< Mactea on Cetyw?yo't ksok that he deoUre<lt on ,olu.oine for hor- to -♦place three that had beea killed by wild beaaH, •uypesod to be t i z>r«, iuriag the night's halt, that u<kl«M he haa b««a deiuuod tbus »nd by two Mmestorma, he should have PtnghtCotywayoby làat tinif. Siz Uarnet W.I..Ioy had pmened strict eteracy a* to ,,1I.t lie intended to do with ":yw»yo when taken, but it i8 believed that he would be detained in Durban in restraint, the •Vert at ,ooh Ueat,nout n>a the minds of the Latives, in improo?ing th?(a with the British tower, being greater (ban his lmtnediite btaish. meat. No attempt at rmoue i. at aU probable ÍI. ouce the spell 01 his authority is broken. The (iuquietiDg actitode of the Traairasl Poem ban indaoed Sir Uarust to determine to go to Preturia as soon as his abaenoe from Natsl is H.an.ble, and it is believed he is entrastei with aile *)leen's reply to the Boers' memorial for uidspendouce, and will oonvey Its content* to tbea in pereoa. llost fortunate was it that the Zitlam had no en* among them who understood Oil. Held artillery When the two guns taken at Isandala was found they were looded with shell evidently by our eoldiers, who were struck down bafore tim*, and were not apilted, but only had their ren'.b choked by ntlo uippl^s, whioh oould easily bare been remored, but whioh theZaluaeridentiy thought to be part of the Run. 'I he rockets alto had net been use 1, al'.ti >u/ti oirefolly preorrei. Major Ch"rd was t, letre in the tciaapjrt rgypt. which wae exp>"Otjd w reioh Portsmouth about Aoj^uat £ .)■ U.outd probably reIjivo ime deaonstratiou on leariug the Cilony, as he flU rocarded.. the lea hr A the haulfal of coot, vvio. for the moment, w ire the means of sariiiv ,NtktW from being .,orr.n by tin biooJ ite 'ilu army. A@ ihf N.1.1 Ilurun¡, 10 its met inue, observed, l'aa* 10"\<1eu" aud thj name of ilajor v hard aa couue.>t»d with it, will nor lire iu history at the t.;a'>8." rubl e opinion wm much asfitstid by the tuat the t.;<io¡>e Gjrerntnent will bo ,u.4 upon to PlOY. porion of the eipemei of the war. No offini1 oonmunioatioa b this 0!'f)t had beca roooiv"d, but t'le ..nIlOllaOUlllt io P,tr. liament cme as a thunderbolt. There will be a very strong reoiatanoe b .th ia Cape Town and Natal to any mot ey buiog expe dad, it being con. -<1eQ t t zon ?. A'tM* h*a i?tett a.d.mi eOQ.. one saetifio^e .1..dy, ..a h.4 done its part in :rfèI:rp:rtht:a::i: .r the Anus, almost unanimously aapport this rww. Thote is &14) a strong fa<tUnt t)nt to :tIO:Plerd8lld4) Bath U,i.. f fuli UoopI, M hinted to be the mtenttjn of the Government, is not only nnjust but impolitia, »ud strong representations ou the sit jut were about to be made.

ARRIVAL OP TKOOPD FROM I THE CAPE. Her • troojhip tiaphrmtea arrived in j mi ymouth Sound on Tourtdtj, with the Firvt HftttAuon of the 13th K^^itnent, which the bu ^roofht home from Xnto?nd. The regiment '?< Own h:)lfo QI::i:>tI:b:: of  in Moutn Afno*, and in the Zalu War robab y saw more Mrtton then »oy other oi>rp9. ror thm Jean it hM not beau iceMe a bMrtokw ntMd<dju<toTer a thjM?d. dfMMd in ,oob "o?ed ?Ad worn uniform that .,t one mMt in the whote<e<un.ntwouH h?e pM<nd maettr at an cr4m?y parade. Aftor Undiog, the rogimsnt f'tct?dto H??t BtrrMtn. D'vjnpott wherr it has teen entertaired to dinner fcy the J.h i{t*y;ment. — the offioare and ^e:2ea:it» by the w-pfotive moue., and the r.,n it compacioe by the oorre^po iding companies cf th.? jthor C0fp< Oa arr?icf[ in bMftck) !M lut-n were adJroe^d by Uajor Kugland, who 14 tomuorary oo omana, the t)ommkud?t I.ioutenant-Colonol Gilbert, h.ugbw tj iualid$d heme "ounded. &!abr Mn??ad proIQiMd them every LitUe Indulgence the NlDlatioos would t)-mil, gwd a pe Idt,, them not to sully the re^uuuon 0 or the regimeat by mUb^haviour or I

lIASAH DOBBS AND THE RUSTON-EQUARB MYST £ BIB3. Tb.. i. uder E;mmtary of State for Home Alrair, has written to Mr. W. H. Armstrong, wliait.r, ?"°°' a?knowwging the reoeipt of BMCth Kobb.t?tement in cnn*ouoii with the  're :'fte and promising that the ?att,r h&U ba,. the toueet ooa&idastion an ??h<Mf cf the Mthotiti«.

THE CJROSSEK KCRFURST. Oa Thursday evening one of the divers oame up and reported that the iron ahioM had been ■ucceesfnlly seoared over the fracture in the shin's Id", ard that there was every probability of the .lup being raised.

THE TRADES UNION CONG RIItSS. At the UnMo Oon?MM in Edmbat?h. n Ihurtd?. Mtot?ttoa* were p8IMd ia t?Toar d -en spfttors under the I' Ao'; of ?kt"it w&M under ?' a first ahw" in b?ak- 'opt MtttM: of oompelling engiaemen to undergo u t euist en & emon to und ?' insuou & obt?ia eerttoe?te* i ot th< prevention of imprisonment fo debt. A paper ,?-t"dbyUr. B-Ith.g. of MMohMtJ' on Afn? M ? tMH for British EatetptiM," "'««<tnt ?eformt'?)n of an AMa?m Mtpor)? LUM, !DodiAed E..t India Company—with s ?pn*t of ten mUhoot. 8e*er? det<mte< objected to the scheme as likely to tend to war and bloodshed in Zalnl*ud. Mr isougul-to I a li?4y, disouset- by G^^SRSAAMSMSS    o   Th?t B-rd-1, Md moved a MM?Hon demonacing them,  t?'°'' ?'?° ?'"A'-oh?oJ S of Canterbury on the ubiaot. ? tha ?' oi the discussion Mr. ANh '"?"?''?"' that a d.?. Men '?<"Hd alw oall the attention of the E in. (..hoa DerArtment to tb .attN. a ojurae whiab was acoptea. The ipeakS era throughout the die. aSdS "*t,,n'nU M  .iolou sud.W-O.

At Ip?wMh. a awting and oom WMehoa? MiMtu,, t. tt?M. P..t, :bW t Mdtymomi.t to CT.?.),ht. T? top a? ?v.r? with maise, 0? f.U thro.,h.? ^rri/i L'?o lower one »!<> it, '?°?? demoli,hiu. th.  and doiq dams" to the nt o rhe Board of Trade Inquiry into the burning -stranding of the bh?MttM Pleiades7 ot »B!f lfMt. in v feet Lo?h..n the ?.?hom Ard.MtM for SC M?o. on the ?ad ot Augnat ?c?ded on Thand?. Theooaftfoaadth?; t?e bartiM WM MCtf'e.tt?, Baking no order n in ^^at« ofthe inquiry.

SUSPECTED TRRACHEHir OF THE AJiEElt. A Rontftr's'' telegram, dated Bim1., Thursday. etates that, no..ittista.ding tad protestations ot the Ameer, General Sww!krt rue d'sjj&tcteil a colamu, equal to a uivixion, together with heavy artillery, in the diruction of Oburtii, to watch ami maintain order thure. tio full authentic intelligtmw hoi yet been Hcoived of the Ameer's behaviour during and- since the outbreak. The bodies of Hamilton, Jtukyns, and Kolly were buried, and not burnt.

HOSTILITY OF THE GOVERNOR OF JELLALABAD. The Daily iicwi si-ecial correspondent at Lahore telegraphs on Sbptember 17 :-Head. men from the Khogiai ls, the Sbinwarries, and other tribes have arrived at Jellalabad, the Governor of which town is organieiug resist- ance to the RiDglifib. The intention of the Afghans to resist the English advance npon Cabul is again reported; and this tune it is stated that their purpose, instead of growing weaker by subsequent events, is strengthened. A strong foroo of Afghan troops has been despatched to Kushi to hold in check the anticipated movement of out cavalry against that position. The chief of Lalpoora is engaged in raining the Bajours and the Mohmunds against UII. I have re. ceived the above news from 'a trustworthy source in Jellalabad, and, although it is con. tradictory of official reports, 1 can rely upon its authenticity.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE I ADVANCE. A "Ceutral News" tolBgram says; The transport arrangement and sccnmulatioa of stores for an advaooQ on Cabui are now in a forward state. Important servioes have been rendered by the political officers in securing help from the tribos whose attitude was at first doubtful, or positively hostile. The British commanders on the Afghan frontier are in receipt of daily reports trom all parts of Afghanistan, and it is believed there is a movement of hill marauders, if not of regular Afghan troops; but official information on the .object is still scanty. The British troops at the front are being rapidly reinforced, and reconnaissances have been pushed forward in all directions. There is reason to believe that all important movements of British troops are telegraphed to points in Central Asia, and distributed there among the natives.

THE LIVERPOOL MYSTERY. j Tho story from Shrewsbury, as to Miss Edwards having been in that town on Wednesday evenirg, and Thursday, the 3rd and t:h inst, has (the Liverpool 1'1';1 as) d) been closslyinvogtigate(L Tb9 confirmatory ewdauoe obtained in strong ;hb:Ubllit°:Isi:de1:'e ;obunr:d is r:J to left Ilirkeiihtad by the 7.10 traiu on Wednesday evening, the Srd init. I and changed es,riagea "hfo at some station near Wrcxbam. It was the,. that ob. i..k a jest in the carriage in whioh the gentleman referred to on C;1!11 Ù1w:O: pMtecjtM. 14 cQlIVcr.tinn he Mked if she orostM the M""le,ln the raO" boat, and she re"lied in the negative, adding that she oro3Bed by an earlier boat. This settles the point that she had come from Liverpool. The gentleman lives in Birmingham, and mter?Mtwed yettcrd?y. me sisters, who live in bhrcwabury. havo also been interviewed, an d are positive—af ter being shown the photogranh of Mies Edwards and the pattern of hor dr68i-tbt she is the Game young lady who trtTeDed with their brother, an whom they met at J;øb; Hallway Station. A young man, a Mr. B,.wo, who was with them, is equally positive. They :o :Cm;leher ito e'hU:Jlo:i:po Hotel, wbiuh they recommended to her 18 a very respectable plaoo to stay at. and she shook hamls and thanked them at parting. Mrs. and Miss Beddows, who saw her with her jaokot off, are confident about her Identity. Mr. Brown says, further, that he saw her next day in Shrewsbury, in company with aduk-haired man of about tbirty-Dre, dteagei like a clerllymao-a long black coat buttoned close up, with an all-round stand up collvr (like a Cat!.olio 1)rie8'.). and a round felt hat. This clerioal.looking person was carrying a black leather bag. AU these people had ample opp r. tunity of taking notes bolla of hor dreaR "nd featcree. and aU are positive of hor identity. Moreover, the young woman who al4i ? tinthe ::o¡;:d'r: ::tngwlrhOh f: :tt c: following morning in tho Qu'-irry—a people's park skirting the river. A tthrewabury police offijar also gives evidonoe whioh, it true, shows that the youig lady—whoever she was-remain id in the town for 1:0 states he saw her walking, unaocom. paniod, in the Quarry on Friday.

I MURDER AND SUICIDE. I A fad drama has just bjor. enacted at Lille. A widow named Julie Mathicu was married on Monday to a quartermaster of gendarmerie, earned dingier. They were on the point of leaving for their new home at Chino-, when they reoaivea the visit of one epel. who lived with h'lI mothor on the sccond tl >or of the house oocupied by the bride. After breakfasting together ill the most cordial manner, Kapel embraced them, and bade them adieu, Bi.gi., the. went out to fetoh a ca b ?hi.h t. tke the. to the station but on hi\ :rr :etO:tlhbl: spectacle met his view, Lspel was lying lifeless In the passage, his hand half severed from his body, and a m7,or tightly cl..ed in his right hand. Seized with an awful preaentiment. 8in. 5ier rushed into the room where he had quitted t wÜ:1er:¡:'r:r:nrr:U :;t on the floor in a pool of b?od. Her throat &)to h.d been out. At the cries of the unhappy man the neigbboure poured in, and a doctor was imme- diately summoned, but nothing could bo done, for both were dead. Jealousy would appear to have prompted the crime, and it was rumoured that Espel was opposed to the marriage of the widow, whom he wanted to wed himself.

DETERMINED SUICIDE THROUGH JEALOUSY. The Fraitk/uritr Zeituivj reports an appalling caee of auicide whioh ooourrod a f jw days ago at Kdnioiilbam, and which recalls in ite features anoicnt tragedy, A farmer named UoQiuger had two socs, Ike elder fell in love wih the servant mltid, but had to join his regiment: as a soldidr and serve bis three years with the colours. On his return home he discovered that his brother had supplanted him in the aSeotions oftbe maid, tie conjured her to allow old relations b be re- e^tabiiih':d, but she refmed. lio ^threatened to commit suicide, but the laughed at him. Some day. later she weut I;) far IUI to taunt him with oowaruice, declaring she did net believe he oonld woiter courage enough to drown himself in the neighbouring lake. He answered that he would not drown himaolf, bit would take away his life in a manner whioh would make hor hair stand on end. On the morning of Sunday, September 7, while hit parents and sisters were at church, he took a young horse from the stable, fastened a rope "aamy to him, and bound the end of the rope around hit own body. He then put a lighted slow match into the I <M of the poor animal, which usturwlw started otf.Md m*d withptia diagged the nnfortnuats HoCnger after him in all &rootions, finally ptM?iat it* the -Sftkkohnw Lake. Later in the day the two bodies were found in the lake still fastened together. Hoffinger's body wa4 matestfuu obattered an d mutl&tod as to be quite beyoni recognition.

I J WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will (dated Jnh r., ]S7f) with two DOdioUa (d.ted J.ly 5 and 13, in the tMM you) of Mr. edJ;: ::ne .I;te:Di; the parish of HtnttiMeat, MoatnoathtMre. of Ashton V" Wickham road, Deptford, and of No. 16, Gtom ttKet, KmGion HonM. who died on the Cth OIL, WM proved on the t;h tMt. by MwMd Mattery Stone, the Ma. and l<'red,eriO' I WtiUMH S\onu, the nephew, the eMoator*. the P*Mon*J estate being sworn under jE 140,000. Ttt t"t&tor. stba giving tooda to a daughter, M'Meo.totMt. t. W., t?tM. nephews, ni- ?"?.Md otban, dimis au his !L!*??? '??' "? 41,8 "? proceeds, together iwSittwh tv he residue of his pereontlty. to be tfd.pou ? for ?" ?'" os nd his two d"thta"- SP-I-I PI-TWon is made that the optioD °L P?°hmKJiLe portrait drawing of him"U b the I&ts Winum M.1rdt, E A. ?<r ?'* i, rat *tUt5Pl in that etyXo!drtwiM and which afterwards led to the pvduction of nnmerous beautiful Aca&my V"' ??! '? also the two femsje Amdem,, cur" left to bin (thet?t.r)bTM, M?i? 'E, death, ?d í::¡or¡'b:i :r:c:;o drawingl be first givsn to the Hojal Aoademr the Nationa 0"817- cz &,u\h Kenton Museum—trom the JUns'ra.W L,,ricm Kelt• Sept. 20.

Z Madame Fanny Godard and M. Kerel who went tip in a balloon from Amsterdam on Friday were prevented by the wind from descending til the middle of the night, and each had an arm broken and sustained several bruises. The Chacdernjurpr, hoisting the Aaserioan 8*g, 161, Flushing on Monday for its unknown dos ntUon. Th. oatatD fTe the orew the option of %browirg up thou ermewent and baiuc -out to their home., but they all remained.

HAIFT Dara -rbm is something ot Mgret and Irkvm Ia the .rat ilppm?m of gny ba1n I out Y-po?A. olW BUCMW by their yr.="u..Lpt-, ."06, Mr 8. A. ALLm's Wo?'s B". .au"üa hPI'IQ- aII.oÑ8 a". ud gn (or Mt??jug H«m<<tiatothe?*<hBe*tM<i6«taty<<r<Ktth. It it tl:t=' QI l,d .Ok.D moat highly ot ID eftI7 ohi1l8e4 oouutr It requires 01>1) ar. a.1>II8&IOIIII to restore grey hair to )tt?<H)tMat eotoM asd l..uou beauty, Md IDd- luur\a1¡\ po. ud It. _i01l&l L8:ùI tbM is Madwi t? RMtM? it in 1\8 hixheet peWMMoa and L.J. "andrull is '? and fnatUteBtt? Nlnuvad I b.id by.all Ohemlata and rerfuw«r., 8M06

THE PB^AILER Ar AYLESBURY. DlUKER OF TPK ROVAL BUCKS AGHICULTURAL SOCIETY. SPEECH BY THE EARL I CF BEACONSFIELD. I TRIBUTE TO THE MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICES. I STATE OF TRADE AND AGRICULTURE. I CRITICISM AND DEFENCE OF THE LAND SYSTEM. I AMERICAN COMPETITION TO BE FEARED. PEASANT PROPRFETORSHIPS OBJECTED TO. ENGLISH AND FRENCH FARMING. THE ACQUISITION OF LAND IN CANADA. On Thursday evening the Earl of BeaeonsSeld presided at the annual dinner of ths Royal and Central Buckinghamshire Agricultural Associa- tion. The dinner was given in the Aylesbury Corn Exohange, which on this ooossioa held a larger number of guests than have ever previously assembled within its walls. The Prime Minister was supported by Lord Cottesloe, Mr. Hubbard, M.P., Mr. Fremantle, M. P., Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, M.P., Sir P. Rose, Mr. Percy Barrington, Aroh. deacon Sinolair, Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., Mr. A. Soott Murray, Sir T. Barnard, &o. The galleries were crowded with ladies, who appeared to take a lively interest in the proceedings. The loyal toasts having been duly honoured, Lord BRACONSI-ILLD said Gentlemen,—1 pro- pose to you the toast of Her Majesty's Forces." I have often seen comparison* made between the British army and Continental armies, but their duties are dissimilar as their constitution is different. The duty of a Cootinoatal army is to invade or defwd I bat, without doubt, if the occasion arose, the British army would assert the independence of Europe. That saored objeot it has more than once vindicated. We must remember that the duty of the British is to be ready at 2t hours' notice to repair to any part of the habitable globe- (cheers)—and why i' Beoause tho British army is the garrison of an Empire. (Cheers,) At this moment it is vindicating the power and the fame of this Ecnpire in two quarters of the globe, and we wiah it God-speed, atd ooidially we drink the health of her Majesty's troops. Gcntlemoii, her Majesty's ships are kmwn everywhere in the world, and, wherever tht" are, I believe they will maintain tbeU snprsmooy. (Cheers.) But it is not on the BJ" orly, but on the land, that the navy is prepared to support and vindicate the glory of our foro&j. They have ofteu, and on many occasions—and on otetaemorable occasion lately, and in a most sig. nifioimt manner—asserted their great- oharacter; and we should recolleot that there is oonneoted with the nary one of the finest bodies of troops in the world ihoae gallant marines who are ever readytodevote themselves to the interest of this great country. (HtM, be.) GenUemon, it is a great thing that in this hmpire her Majesty h" no more active f,reen :hfe :ealobv:Otirfeo: nunoe and support to the regUlLr army. (Hear, btar.) It was based u'nn an iavslnable construc- tion, and was remarkable for its power and its di.il?ii.s. Gentlemen, 1 aid that the Britieb army was the garrison of an Empire. (Ohoan) l?.t the reserves are the garrison I urt 110' th;tJo¡.:onnev bad a better inspiration than when she :I tb:ttetJ:rratii:8tit, "bee::i I think it deserving of our thank, because of the esrnest enthusiasm with whioh it has upheld the original impulse which its formation has added to the influence of England in the oounoils otemrope. (Cheers.) Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, General Higginson, and Captain Fitzgerald responded. The Earl of BKA< ONbriKi.i) I beg to propose the toast of the 11 Bishop and Clergy, and Minis- ters of Beligioxi." It is always a moat pleasing ight f.r us to b)eerve our spiritf&l Pastore and i: interesting themselves in our temporal affairs; and I think there could not have been a more interesting and innooent temporal affair than that whioh connected us in. an examination of the exhibieion of this so(?iety and I am sum tohnJI::i1 °t.lr:dt/i Dr ,t;:1 that at this mou cut they re doing the right thing in being participators in our agreeable feast. (Cfceers.) iireareoufKiiugi rii'CKiMiiiAH responoea. In proposing the toast of the evening, the noble Csin,man, who was received with loud cheers, G,d: Gentlemen, I have now tn propose the bcul;h, and our wi-boo for the prosperity, of this association. I cannot say that it is an eisy ta-k. I have had the honour of filling this ohair before; I have bad that honour at a period which cannot be remembered by the inhabitants ef the galleries (alluding to the ladies seated there), because it is between 40 and .0 yeara ago. (Laughtar.) I have assisted at the birth and formation of this institution—I have witnessed its formation under very different oircuuistanoes and different oolJjonctnree-hnt I oannot oonoal from myself that I have never met my friends, the friends of Buckinghamshire, under circumstanoes more dlfHcult and desponding. (Hear, hear.) I did not form that opinion from tLe exmbition which we examined this morning ;e ta:iol:' thought it gave some evidence of the prosperity :du:t; pluck, thtt gte?t ohMtMtwntMo' of the British farmer. (Hear, hear,) Ithoaghtit?tTt some evidence of the gmtoin of the cultivators, for in tha show there was much to be admired anA much that lhould be roooplood u exosikat, and the show in the yard to-day WM one which I :,oo::e:t tMpriMd but greatly pleased me. I WM also glad that on this ooo"ou our cottager comtributore had "at their beautiful flowers to our exhibition; and I saw in those flowers, and in all those fanoiful contributions of their horticulture, eyidenoe that enn at this moment, whouthestmln upon rural life in great, they do not become le.1 sensible to the beauties of nature and the happi. ness of existence. (Bear, hear.) It would be &lfeoÙitioD, gentlemen, in my appearing on this I ..io. if I oided some mention of that feaiing "bioh muat pervade almost all your bosom4. I aa. elected, muoh to my gratification, last year t" this post, and l felt the honour coming from 'those who, for 30continuous years, I had the honour of representing in the House of Comtnoos. (Cheers.) But It is a duty to fulfil whioh, without affecta- tion, is often inoonvenient to one who, from what. ever OIulelt may be, occupies the position I now h?ethepieMMeto'OU. (HeM.heM.) Peth?pt ude? or g,inary circsmstanoes I migbt have "kePd yon to trnst to my good feeling, but in tho hour o! your adversity I did not think it becoming to be abstnt. There con be no question that there is at iIm;:D b: :ta=:tt: country a strain which is oortainly unprece- dented in the lives of all present, and whioh is oertainly not easily to be equalled is the rwords of our history. It has been amnowmd, or it ham been intimated as a Abject fit for pubUo suggestion by one who will be oou- :\IIlO ot Ih authority, that the :i unsatisfactory state of affairs may, perhaps, be traoed to the constitution of our system, and that tlie agricultural ayetom has, to use word4 with whioh you are now familiar, broken down." It has broken down, we are told, because there are general expressions of discontent with the situa- tion and beoaute thore is considerable distress. Well, a year ago, when the bank of the commer- cial capital ot BoaUand suddenly broke; when it shook that highly civilised country to its very omtrs: when it affected nf tha greatest oommsrcial houses that are ot rryiug on the glMte8t oommerdal badneM In the world; when it produoed a state of affairs which the word o! die "a hMdty desofbe, bet which WM a condition of deeolaiioll_nII then nobody went about saying that that was a proof that the mmmeroW system of the country had broken down. (Hear, hear.) A few years before that I remember that there was a day of deepest anxietv for this coant?, then etUed and stW ::t. M "Black l" e: ÏhU: com- mercial aredit of the oountry had oeased for foar and twenty haan to Mttt; bat nobody then went about Mh! Mid that the commercial eyetOB of England t::d broken dO=<H'r.a=j If I were to pursue the eebjeot further, might say that I runmbor an a ,Lb;c *eot f ur tb(*Hro, ar, .) My ;:I UI .='D = of the Mtb**t auUloriÜM "Ua. eoanttr said w, Win within 24 hcurs of a state of barter in this great oountry, with all its great recouroes. WeU, even at that time nobody went about and said that, because there was that strain and distress, the commerow system of England h bd broken down. ?Hmr, boul. B?t if at this moment thMe be di'trow, "d 1 am sorry to my there are some who u* eager to recognise what I hope are only signs of distress and not of deoadeooo or dsatrao- tiOD, we And those persons going about and pro- nouncing that these circuiuatannes are simply the breaking down ohhe wlicl-Itul-I system. (Hear, hear.) I think it is ohbe utmost importance that upon Lhis lubjoot thcro uhmid be ciew UDder. star.g. I presume to d ?y, if I can venture to do so, to 11I<lite wh»t I hik II th wimt course for all of the m"io-It-mi interest to pursue at the present momant: I think it of great importance that a oloir idea aa to your position, as to your responsibility, should prevail, use you may be hurrying often to conclu- sions whloh, had II been batter informed, or Riven further thoa?t to tt.ttr, you would not? paha bay. arrived at. (Hear, hear.) It h? been intimated on gt authority that the O.Wo of our WriGUI&Rral system having broken down may be, probably, that it is unlike the agricultural system of every other country, that it is founded upon unnatural principles, that it is essentially arfci- hcial, and that the essence of our agricultural oharmater that in this oountry three olassss ate dependent on the produoe of the soil who a-o, according to our system, necessary to its oultiva- tion. I bavs taken an opportunity, the sarliest 1 had wi4h 00nvt li -too, to ireH opinions whioh, I I thiiik, were most fallacious, AND luisht b. most ef.advarf.g,?ou? at the 1I"'et t, 1 1,.Vo l?id it CO"" "3 ""LO ,>iu whio i cm. be cemcnftrattd iu tfult WI.t 8 11. LN that, w hatever m .> bs tliu temtra of tb. laid, whatt vir may ba the aauiher, Iii. 014. ((JJI\)"tlH1 in ittl maiiagwuj-115 hnl o¡ti{.:I In there must be, tbe." i. imw voluntarily ri1l.J three profits obtained (ro>lII th" laud alil tilti oul titation 1( tho mil He naturally n,yi ■ [ i-ai not tulttrats ih<s eoil witnout my boi jg fet and clothed and ncuriehsd foJr 1111 pains," and that I tako to ba reward which is oalled wigns, it thi cultivator of the soil, wh»terir be may be called, whether ho is oalied labourer or farmer fainuhes the floating o.lpitl bi,,h is to stick that soil. Wh>, then, I say, that is a oapital lik. the farmor's oapital whioa mast har.) a retc. f whatever has been adranoed, and they say in the third instance that whether the cultivator of the Sou buys hi. farm from his tarings or, as is utuaJly the oaoe under suoh cirouuistaucss. by borrowing it at interest, the return for his ospital is in fact, rent, and when -6.e told that an agricultural syetem has broken down beatuse three profits by our system are required by us from the soil, it is well to show that iu a system the most oontrary to the syattm exia:ing in this oountry, namely, that whioh prevails in some continental ojuutries in the of pessai t proprietorships, although only one individual tikes the three proats, still the three profits must be made. (Cheers ) I mention this because it tas been said that I was unfair in my aUutiouB to a uiatuguiahed mau, by saying that re wished to introduoe peasant proprietor ships as the oare for tho evil in this country. Now Umt view of the c?? hM boom qattttontd.M "rJthiDg has been qaeitioMi MtloonJdhtTepMdncedoTer'rb<:t<n!Mtndenoe. bsd the oppo,tu.,ty j..tird it, on th.t subj eot, which is one of the mot interesting and vital for our o=aidtr&tion. I was allodia* to the p?Mnt prct netotohip in FrMoe. i Jt have board of aftouations for the bsnsfit of agricultural labourera-&grioultural oo-operative sociseiea, and so on. Well, they publish newspapers for oiroalatirg their views, and I have received very reoeatly one of those j iarnals, in whiah there is a scheme for the recoustitntion of this oountry and they have a mode whioh they say will enable tho" who ars intamted in the Land, and all the olassss connected with it, to extraot thwcselvos frointbeirdifficultied. Now, what it their theory r I will put it before you briefly, beoaute on "Q oocaeion like the present brevity unit be studied. It is their opinion that thit oountry should issti tutei a vast body of small proprietors j they have bed the amount of the land to be hsld by the proprietors at 13 aorta | they have worked it out in complete detail; and they call on the Government to oarry thoir scheme Into effect. Now, what are those details f I mention the most important. It it oalsulated, *coordtn? to :m.i.. quantity of Isaw amoantins to 12 Mr«. with a homestead ud the neoessan but]=, Me to be found tor a little more tb. 7XA* or mme RCLO; and they pro. pose th?t a mm of ?MO pet Mctna should be Wd ro:s m f:. 4h0 ol C:?mqwuhm o. at °-J. u"tJ I this tMM, or having paid that enm. would become the fn¡,holdere on the land. Well, they say those who are strious ia the proposal, and who desire to embark in it or are willing to pay £10 a year-wbioh I will not call rent, but you can form your own opinion—but they expect that the will be repaid at the rate of four per oent., which for the 12 acres wonld represent a payment of X.11 a year -tbat is 43 a YIW per Mre. That ii wh?t the rent would be, but the average of the rent in the county of Buys is 256 per Mre. But such Me the echenm of those who would renovate the land, But they propose aleo that, this being done, the Government should supply eaoh of tha boldera of thote 12 acres of land with X120 to stock hit farm. and that Interest should be returned for it; but then there is nothing to be applied to what may be oalJed wear and tear. (Ltughter.) Whit is that but the duty which the f?mo: is :ohatpa¡; ho Well, having bought this I.. a under ttolo c'rcumetanoes, and having paid » higher rent than usual, and ubtaiu-A the capital by the benefit of the State, no doubt a man n<ay sultivate 12 acres of land with effect, but he will expect to be lodged nd olothed, and the third profit YviU appear in tha shape of w go. ,d t::o:a:dro \t very :t1::of those who arc anxious to provide a paOICO. for the evil tboss three profiu maetttiM. I know, gentlemen, tbat those are questions which requiro some attention at your bmde i they deserve your at !entio n at this moment, "d yon must aivo ,our mind to the questions coBneoted with tgollr itnmybe that we do not fear the competition of Europe, but we do fear the com- petition of Amerioa. (Hear, hear.) Now, first lot me (how yon for a moment what it the competi- tion cf Europe if thi) new Byetem—if this me- o::S:P,td :he" :¡rd: of the existing system of laud tenure ia aooom. pUshed by it. having to pay three olasaos. I have shown that, whether there is one or three classes on the land, three profite must be realised, and I myself believe it is more adrantagooaa to the oountry that the three profits should b3 divided between three classes rather than they should be reoehred by one. (Hear, hear.) It has given us for this oountry an independent class that haa, I think, worked well for the lly Of England. (Cheers.) It has given ue alao, a mOMt important middle dMB, which all men look on M one of the best guarantee! for the wurity d the State t cheery-whioh I know from oxMi6noe to be that portion ot the agricultural hierarchy which is at thi" moment Boat prosperous and oontent. Before I refer to Amenca let me make one remark on the subject of peasant proprietors. I introduced the question of peMant proprietors, and @poke of one individual obtaining throe profits at an :nu..lto 0::1ng who sai because the: i profits are obtained the unsatisfactory state of the agricultural interest might be explained. Bat we know from the highest authority that the l tothelsteat acoour.ta from Franoe, there are five millions of peasant proprietors there who do not hold more than two acres of land a total of 10 millions of acret over whioh the experiment has been tried. What is the result r You may define and explain it as you like, but what is the result of the experienco of those five millions of peasant proprietors as oompared with 500 000 farmert in England r But rememoer what you are trjing thia test on. You are trying it in comparison with t'ranoe, whioh has a most fertile soil, while England has 60 ungrateful toil, and you mutt remember that fertile soil is managed by the most ingenious and moat thrifty nation in the world—a nation that can make something out of nothing—(laughter) —and that has shown in its in,?-gement of the IOU the greateat utilit Bnt what it the Mentt. Why, the result is L bm in an MM of owmal prodaoe the product Is double that of t?tnce.weprodnoint 28 bushels and France 15. (Cheer@. ) These things ought to be understood by all t?owitBtiete. My Bumming up is thU: That when we are told that our agricultural system hu failed, aud has failed in ounmkoevoo of the three classes of our system beicg unnatural, and, in consequence of three .lam.abe=i.tath;ad t by the led, tit it is a oomplou ttUMy! thtt three ptoete, under all oitcMMttnoet, must be obtaineg from the land; and that the question 1In- whether it in not better that these three profits should not be represented by three olasses rather than by one olass. (Hear, hear.) Well, I now proceed t > rofer to the question as affecting America. We hear every day it is impossible to oompete with Amerioa. Thete may be other eases which, oonoentrate our one at the present moment. I will not give decided opinion on that matter, but I .ill Make one or two vrkil. It is singulAr that at this moment the greatest apprehension ia felt in the United States that they cannot competo with Canada. The taxation in Amerioa ia so high —the rate of wages is 10 high-that it is impoä. sible, aooording to some of the beat American authorities, that thav, otn any longer continue tosoooomfully compete with Canada. Now, what ia the position of Canad. r If we are to bo fed by Canada, it ia at least a tatitfaotion that we should bo fed by her Majesty's subjects. Bat let u. look for a moment what is the situation of Can.da, Thesituatiou o(Oanade is most powoful. Since the mrrndar of the Hadwa Bay W to a settlement of their affain the Dominfac of Canada :,e;r:=\ *t:.f=:: an illimitable wilderness, and a wilderness of fertile land. Now, it '18Ilot very poouliar Circumstance to be u t?d t r?li.' Dominion of Canada it not in favour of peasant proprietorship. What the Dominion of Canada wishes to institute it the great yeoman class. It has legislated forjhat purpose. Its legislation is now in infioenoe for that purpme, and let UI Me what is their legislation. Every boctftt mM, every man of fa<r character who goes to Canada has aright t. Lpply to the Government agent to claim an to obtain what i% called A iiuarter Motion of land. That quarter section of land consists 01 160 acres, and he rvoeives this 160 acres on oondition that at the end of three rows he will reduoa them to pcrfsct cultivation, and Umt In the inte"al HE will raise i'a bt&nU#AbaWnp=gwl"& AtUwaudat th..e three ymn th? Government iMpeetat visitm his &Wtmont, and if he finds that he h" fulfilled the 00Ddluœ8-tbt he hMComptete? cultivated the 100 acres and raised ths neoascary buüdlop-he is permitted to receive an equal <; aantity, that is to say another quarter section of ISO acres, on the payment ot a dollar an awe and on no greater poymmt, even if the value of the land in the interval should be greatly increased. wet!, to the yeoman is launobed. But you wQl observe that from the first moment it in not a tmall bntiness. It is not likely a man will aucseed by his own efforts. He must begin by a oertain degree of caution, Lud, proceed with greater when he has to deal with an increased baud of hired labour. What is hired lebonr P Hired labour In Canada is leas than hired labour in the United States. The rudest labourer which one can conotive would receive Iii a week, and a skilled labourer would reoelre 16T or lBe. The first thing that the new yeoman dooG-L imy it on the highest autbority--the first thing that he doee ia to ealouiate the value of his freehold. The valuation of his freehold depends upon the .mo.ut paid by him In Wi yean, Mpptytag ::I: mpmm bnitdin?e Mtd the tMt money paid do? to the lut reckoning, and he 'fOnt- off 4 per cent., ad what Is that but rent P (Hear, hear.) Now, there is another VIq curious i1'6umnanne which I will venture to refer to on thia occasion, beoaute I heard it from a mM who is as high an authority &a em be rew"LLd, and that it the sudden oultivatim some yeart ago of the extreme Weetern States of the United States of Amerioa, whioh alarmed this country, and drew attention to it, and which so doubt afftotod prloes. But ia that oountry the production, whioh was extreme at the oommtuoemenfc, has been reduced one-third generally speaking, and in soma plaoas one-half, and that almoet all the chief holdscs in those extreme Western Sbetee 01 America have all sold out. or to a great degree sold out, their farms at 30 dollars and 40 dollars an aore. Wdl, they have gone to the illimitable wiidenttMtt of Canada, a ad have began to cul- tivate the lands of that country. (Hear, hear.) Now you Luk m what is your iDT8r8UW from Now p y Well, "Y inference ia a praouw one it may not be an interesting one j it may not be a satisfactory one but you will, I think, on re- flection deem it a wife one, that wherever—and to far as foreign competition is oonoesned it it wiss i cot to uke- I speak cf the landlords as weU as ( f the ocoTj&lerj goremlly It in ll0, pucipiiatealo* but jou shoaM oars tuit •? GO nut ooncluda that ibi* i, pørLD!4Q!1 "I.i"h it only transitory. But [ tot give an opinion ttp.). that jut otv. it would be pri'F.timption on my part to at prtsmt, b8t bu ,on b.l. to deal wi-l? D" ?r(un.tM.OM. th?c J"O Ii"d th"t the o.ro? natnro, when you &?d 'tIl.Vatfilo f bu?heis an acre h? b..n .h. Yioid on t.. AWJ'V- "? th? it h". effected <ho ma,ket- of England 1 ?y it h wise "heo you tM circunntancos eo transit?ry M tl!o_e."n ia tbe pre86Dt Phareof competition it ill be iee-if To. bear, throtwh ms. that at in tbe OpiDioll of a blgh anthoritJ Can" expects to beat the nUnited States from the European maileta. it miU be wiee if, for the prauent, "to do net take any preoipitate steps. (Oheers i I here is another reason why I think iu consider- mg the present state of the agricultural iatereet we Ih. uld not do it with precipitation. Let ut for a moment dismiss Horn nur mitidt all external eoi.. ia. ration#. Let look at what has passed in our own country during the last five ywva, and <M whether cothin? haa occurred whioh m? aoxntt for a great deal of the diatreas we an¡ snffiiing. Is ? t fact that for fire yeart the farcer be pought in vain for a qnick Md i.me. di?tc produce for Lu itboDrt. Md is it DOt. F?t th*t there it no man in this ball who can recollect rnch a continuous dearth as we hare had in {■ngtsnd curiog the last five 1e\nr (Hear, hear.) We have before bad aa bid harvests M any men ever ad to enoounter-aa bad -w the present-but a tve not had these continuous bad harvesta. We rave gone on hoping that, in her natural reaotion, Nature would reassert herself, and that if there were one or two bad harveatt, the tiae would oome when thero would b-I a chases. But that ban not been the case. We arc naturally oonaoious of the Hot, naMtM&I though it mav "am, that there has been a strain oa the farmers of Britain which they have oertainly never before experienced. (Hear, hear ) WelL what Is the natural course we should purtao what the right steps we should take under suoh oiroumttttnoes f The renta of England have been oaloulated on avertwo experience andromalts. What has been the average experience of the but five years ? Why. it has been entirely contrary to our calculations, and it if. in my milld, the duty, and it appears to be the willing duty, of the proprietors of ths soil to come forward and stand by that claes from whom, undor all oir- ocmet?Eoet. there never has been any want of ?ffeition and devotion. (Hear hear.) I.y I believe that the landlords of E?t?nd tre?re! rired tc dc th6ir duty on tim wosion, but what 1 Want to i=re.4 on you is of vital t.'p<?M • that they a tould thoroughly comprehend the pre$ t Jtn.ttoc of ?fMre and act in a mMmM which W ceoeMMy. and in the spirit which is eMecdtt. (Cheers.) I do not want to deal in X.Btr.t e?pK..ioM. I say. for one, that the :f;):So'ft, odc?ted =' t:o percent? of the rent. does not ANN* I to me to be a panacea for the evil* we have to enoounter. (Hear, hear.) When I consider the variety of soil in this country, the variety of cUmttee, I would say, in tw .trY; when I remember the poti*r air. cumatano" of distriota (I might <ty?e p?nK? orocrnttMOet of utatee), when I mention what I know, and what IIIOIIt of yon know is a fact, that in the same district, with the same conditions, with the tarns toil, with the same climate, with the same command of labour, that rents ilre vary different at to the rate at which they are apportioned, (cheara) it eeetst to mo that there is only one conclusion to arrive at-that we should examine every individual instanoe, and that the aid each landlord and tenant should give eaoh other should be from a reciprocal acquaintance of each other's duties and intertfts, (Utnewed cheers.) Ten per oent reo auction of rent may be in somo instiuoos a very agreeable Christmas box, but I know in. stances in whioh 10 per cent. redaction of rtnt would be utterly insufficient for the oiroumstanoee of the case. (Hear, hoar ) Allow me to say, however, I consider myself ia a judioial position, and therefore you will permit me to say tint l suapeot thero are some oases in whioh even 10 per oent. reduction of rent is not necessary, (Laughter.) This is the spirit in which I think the present state of affairs onght to be f-nccuntered. I wonld not too curiously inquira h.to the question of oompeU'iou with Americ and I will tell you :tb. ,:I IOPÐ:unl tell lately of having some conversation npon th# subject with oL a who may be considered one of the :;tet t1'1'no tor?8Ø oo:r:()natte' a, 11 political ?you may N.Y. almoat as well and to told me that he W" ':1 prepared, after the d"peat and most :Jnate enquiiy as to what would be the result to Canada by ihe 200,000,000 aores of the wilderness being gradually brought into cultivation. He said that theie were time, and he shared the opiniou, who thought that nnder all ciroumttancet the market of the United States would be ditturbed, but at regards Canada itself, he said if the influr of population were to go on (and it M not II..b, e oan not count ul?u its going on, Le at present) it the inflax of population in ooueqneu08 of those fertile aores placed at its disposal still occurred and was pursued, he oould not tell what might be the coMeqnenoe. That population would demand for itself not only oustounoe bat :=t f:reoU:d, his p?it, he ahonld not be astonished if with the fSp::t;eh::} I)jb in h:I:!wd Staks, that wilderness which now alarms UI, may toon be occupied by coosuming millions. (Hear, hear ) Therefore, I say that it is unwise at this moment to take, to attempt to take, too preeia a calcula- tion as rtte influence of thoae market!. When the evidence at to that has been atoertained it will be acted upon, but we ought to take into consideration the influerosa of the time and the fruitiest teatens of our land; that is a subject we cannot avoid because it ia gainfully ard fatally precise. It hat had an eftct npon the farmi"l class that never had been antwipatcd, and never could have boen withed, by the holder! and owner# ot tho land. We b.? .yo hold tbat their interetts are identi- cal. We al"a) I hold tbat bct"fen the landlord and the ttnant thero are feelings of regard ard u flection, and 1 do moat solumul, and tin* cerely believe in the existenoe of those relations. But if ever there was a case ili which the sympathy of the landlord olass should be shown it should be at the present time. (Cheers. ) It wonid be not merel, a great danger for ourselves, but it would be a great danger to England, if the farming olass were to be reduced in numbers and in inflaenoo. (Llud cheers.) Gentlemen, if 1 did not think that 1 had already detained Jou-(oriel of "No," and Go on ")—I would remark npon the position in whioh we are plaoed with refcrencs to our want of precise information as to the effect of America on the valuo of agricultural produce in England. (Hear, hear.) I ma, remind you that by the Hoyal Commission we have sent to the United States of America and Canada, two men of our own o of considerable abditr-meo who have had the advantage of arlighteed opportunity in the House of CommODs-to becOme quaintod with ihoM pTinoipio) cf which a State should bo formed. Those two men ars grsat ornaments W the farming classes of this oonstry, and I &wait with a1,roo w?d iztomt their communications. But allow tee to say, before I tit down, that there is no reason that whila we are placed in an unfavourable position with re- gard to foreign supplies we ihould dn anything i>leoipitate, eoan.e we have taken the be.t means to obtain the necessary knowledg* that we 1J.obimlte no reason why ths farmers of England should not take steps to make the pOliti, n more .tiffaowry If the have occasion positi? n more nati t t aZto 7. iof omp, & I may just aay t,.t b,. question manat4 tc% L:tal j. dtJt: r: in-=: be the tPre: U"YPrtment of the Agricultural Holdings Aot, drctibod by a stupid and vulgar parson #A a Iham. (Laugbter ) It it oalled a sham by tboce who have never read the Aot, nor studied it or profited by it. (Renewed laughter.) I will show you In a sentenoe that it has be. a Il7ing Act, and that it has be. of enormous benefit already to the farmers, aud if they are wite it will he productive of great and further sdrsntsge in the future. (Hear, hear.) Tb. Aot for the first time gave evidence of the presumption tbat aU improvements are to be placed to the credit of the farmer and not to the landlord [ that Act Boourtd compensation for nnexhauited improvements— (interruption)—and declared the different olasses of imtII. The Aot was expected to give the beat ttcnnty to tenants, to lbst no dimensions @ad quarrels shmll art. betwen the landlord and the tenant. That Act has given, instead of a sir montha' notice, a twelve months' notios to quit. It will be aid- and, ot course, by tboss who know nothing ::t of — (tM?hter) — tbbt bn:w w:i of the landlords contracted themselves out of the Act. It is true a gnat many landlords contracted themselves out of the Act, but I believe they hava since been ashamed of having dene 10. (Hear, hear.) It was laid that the noble lord who brought forward ths measure in Parliament had oou TRACED himself out of the Act. My noble friend, the Duke of Biohmond, has given leasss to his tenants, and it is impossible that he oould oontrsot himself oat of the Aot, ,ud the otMr wakamn oomwt-ed with tho Ministry has tsprsssated this oounty for a ?n.b. f years, a.4 I$ oannot be = *at bs has contracted himself out ot the Aot. (Uaeers.) Bnt you were WIt the ludlordl bad altoptber 00110 traoied theuselvss out of ths Act. I have sesn these embeem. The RAT7 Cmnau mmt out questions to the leading fanners throughout Faglmd? and to the different oom send tw=wgl clubs, ..d similar institutions. Well, we hava their answers, MdwhntdottMyproTe?Why.thtttoMimaMCM degree the ocenpteM and the tomato immediately watmted themselves out of the Act, and we have had a good many of thoae oon tracts sent to e*. And ,hat do we Ud those oanUsoU to be P Not having M*d or ota&ad the Act- neither ocaupior nor tenant knowing any. thing t??' it-tb*7 have both u= contracts is which they have earned out all the vital parts of the Aot. But those contracts was often drawn up in a mmmMt which may involve the pUÜle h litigation which they would have .o"ped had iby -rly gone by the Aot of p:'rl- 7:h=!) In most of tho" can. tracts I Bed thscotioe to quit is increased to one fe %Lr Md that the teMmt is to be oompoMtted f:\i".a-: the mU. Md thero is for M*K?y My leading provision of the Aot which \bOJ be" Mt acknowledged. (Hear, !MM.) BtMre titt!n< down I oo<ht to apologise forhavbw ipoken *o 1oWr. but one nta ranowa. when one DlMte OM" eM MMtd*. and Jon wW tot totMt thtt tbl1"J are ibt han tod- ill rlhrea09 to this toewy that an woriÃ' ot rommbroom. TOG vW MeoUeet the atnø\él we have had to eght, the contests we have had to go through, and you will mot forget that for a time ioner than C=emtion you havo entrusted to me iho ?,,&test honour o< my Me—the oSne of being your repromiatim (ChowL) I did not thin9 I ehoal:f:t.iq my duty to day if I iAduJge4 in merely oonstmued Md -"moul. -orb. No do-bt there 18 a party in &?)Mtd—I do not believe they are a numerous party, but a vo y busy :Jw:o Ðbll:ro:=lJ: I fU'lfr". of boatiliv the agricidturat (nteMtt* of this oountry- (Bear, hear.) They havs done to bemuse t7i eY Us Opposed to ti>e free #?n4 MiatohMtie Uovamment that still PNRlI, in this country—(oheer*)—and because they ),I That it in ae a>rienun..< 't?tbM?? t?tat.h)???'?)' mi it" i in a Ihe .? ?t.io,?i?'?, ?'?' ?'" ?? "? ?id of ?6 ylu '-ili have thor A the,% ed. )C DfnfCu.oT rr a D-l-Y that ."d. in de.potUm (Cheers.) Ynnw?ttem6mbett? tat ;b, m tbe pre,re a,, first tonnbing ?.? a id wt«n, iu addt'oD to th general sufferings of tho <ouDtr" it began to be higp.rod th.t the ag,ionitar.1 int,-r"t In. th It t."y immediately opreog to it. hneU, It asv tbe toldin elp-r?u? i'y, and the first nop it took PI an <t: al t!' :,e b: b ::reoitj labotrcre of the country. Fortnnately, gentlemen, tbo?e mm wbosttempted to agitate rural Eagisua were thorough Cookncivo, (Cheers and langhter.) hey were not perhaps born in London, bu they "ere born in another town that often makes a greaUr noise. (Cheers and laughter ) If thoy had knows anything of oountry lift, they would bare known that they bad got the wrong stick by the end -(hear, bev); that if any claes connected with the land in England wer" w,uou.By pi-pm?s it wu the ogiicultur?l labour"; and that those meetings wb;oh were held, &Ld the dreadful tbiugs whioh :;a:a:t t:.be ='i:IJ':bo:: in tome palt of Evgl-d wr. only getting 14a a week were "II abturdity far too rldioulout for contemplation. (Hear, hear.) Even the agricultural labourers who mode these cou- cUintt could scarcely keep their oounteuaooea. their had bôen raieoo 40 Ptr cet.-tbat is, they hew very wcU that with tl eie rai.ed wages their purchasing power of all the ttqmoi'fa for their U?M W?A immensely ia- creased. They knew very ie:Ji:&oi:i hfg?nd to a great txtent-IwMhitWMtot groute?tbel- habitations were immensely im. provd— in themselves III source not only of health but of imome-and, in llIOt, the agitation was fonnded on cata so fallacious that it quickly evaporated. But a year has passed, and '° the &train on the fwmen of EngLLad i4 e:ltce8in and lamentable. A year ago they were setting the agricultural labourers against the farmers; now they are attempting to set the fanners against the landlords. It will never do. The gentlemen of Eoglnnd will always be by thoM who know their aphit of initios and liberality and of a«econ. < HeM, ?ar. ) We will not consent to be devoured timty; ,,i;y stood n:nd:=no;r:J England has reoognised that in the influence, the just influence, ot the agricultural interest the", Ie the best ttonhty for liberty Md "0 (Loud and prolonged oheers, aww., .hioh the coble e&H reauued his oftt, ) Wr. JOHH TUAnWII.L mponded to the toast. The Hoo P. BAKWNGTOK proposed The Houte of Lords and Commons," to whioh Lord COTTIHLOB and Mr. LAKBKBT, M. P., responded. Mr. TKBRV proposed The President,whose health was drunk with enthusiasm* The noble Chairman, in reply, said If I am, odd: If I am M T: fI:H: said, '(¡I::t E.g?rd, next to the farour of ml 80vereigu, it i. Otttcs to tbe oounty of Baob. I have tiree?y tret pas* td npon your time, and, therefore, I wW .ffeatis.a.y .§.,= ?our time hope thaoto a, I wia only always to live in your Ihe proeedil?ge shortly .rtaward8 0Iœe to a clOle.

THE MARQUESS OF I HARTINGTONAT NEWCASTLE. The Marquees of Hartingtou visited Newcastle on Thursday, when his lordship opened the new Art and Science Schools whioh have baen erected in Corporation street. Mr. J. Co wen, M.P pm dr:tarh::e;hio' held in th.hmfld. ir g. In the absence of the Earl of Lnrbam, the health of the Marquees of Hsrticgton wae proposed b Viwount Lambtcn. In responding, the ,,?,o m"q"u said it mut be roll'>O!.ed that a gr" at dul ot the !e.emiuenoe wli?h had been obtained by British frd:e:;eh':d" been the uï¡¡en:i: EnUn, and had been ?e,.red ia spite of some drawbacks which they laboured under in the dtfioiency of fscientifio and national educatioo. In the evening his lordahip distributed the prices to the saccutsfcl students, and in the course of an address which he delivered, he said thatifthis oountry was to maintain its great indnstiial pre-eminence, it oonld only be by training up every year a larger and inoretsing number of young, active, and energetic ohildren in those ee'enoes which bad done so muoh already, and that wero destined to do ttill more for the welfare of this oountry.

I THE REPRESENTATION OF CARMARTHEN. I RUMOURED OPPOSITION TO .M8.! B. T. WILLIAMS. There was a rumour afloat on Thursday that one if coi two geutlemen. having local interest, will contest the boroughs of Llauelly and Carmarthen at tfce next general eleotion in opposition to the "resent member. One of the two ,entIø- men mentioned ia Mr. John Jones Jenkins, a partner in the drm of Messrs. Morewood and Co., tin.plate manufacturers. Llanelly. Mr. Jenkins will, it is vzders?Q, stand in the Lib<r<d interest. In the L?anOly Guardian of Thursday, there ia a letter ou The representation of the Carmarthen Boroughs," and that letter oontaios a" feeler ft the eleotors. There is not the elighteat doubt but that it points out Mr. Jenkins .A the ..a ,bo ..ght to h.,e the honour of repre- :;finheb(j t\Dnil:el't r Tregoning b.x for a long time put been pointed Out U ono who would ooue forward 4o a Liberal- Conservative, but all hopes of his being ekoted bar* lately been shattomd through the deter- mined action he he tke. in the .at ti..pi.t. dispute.

I THE LATE ARCHDEACON WILLIAMS. We are authorised to state that tbe funeral of the late Archdeooon Williams will take place on Wednesday next, thus enabling frisndt at a distance to attend. It is requested that the clorwy appear ia surplices on the oaosaion, A Mfttiig will be held thia day (Friday), at the d.tanowo ill a e rb held this dy (Friday 1, at the council chamber, Carmuthu, to make further arrangements.

WAGES IN THE NORTHERN IRON TRADE. ARBITRATOR'S AWARD. Mr. David.Dale, of Darlington, made his award as arbitrator in the manufactured iron trade wages question, an Thnclq. He d<oM« in $be mia men's W" that fot?t r*Um, abiDg6m bmton, 4C., be reduced 121 pa oent., i=twa << 16 pM &e. i. claimed by the mpkywl TM< *Z<c& a cMMtie'tUy .1 ciMt of higMf paid Mttt?ttte*. On th. Meond question, of a gonew =%ti"dL 5 pez oeait. in all Ironworkers' wages, iooluding p.dd1en, Mr. Dale award. that the preeeat n.ie cf wagee be oon tinned, with option to either side to miM the qcettton ?ttc from DecambM 31 lint.

General Tammwoki, who figured in the Polish insurrections ot 1348 and 1863, has just died on his estate in Prussian Poland. At the Mtrylsbons polioI court, London, on Tuesday, John Sullivan was committed for trial on a charge of having violently assaulted his wife while the was in bed. by tquettlnghu throat until tho blocd spurted from her ears. Fifty thousand pilgrim# from all parts of Poland sr«emb)ed at Gletrztwald on the 8th, and the Virgin OPP-D, lays the Unitters. at in former ). au. M the 8 a.m. wtviae, but i.steal of foir it, g bm, an lut year, then were only two & w?cw h: a !;l.JTtD dtuult they MpM*tety s&" ped\Dtl, agreed.

I AIR. W. F. MAITLAND, M.P., AT HiRWALN. On Wed erdty nigh, Mr. W. P. Maitla-d, M.P for t e cuvtv <f Breooo, ADDRATHED a -tt-od, d meeting of Ma oostitue s Wftlt jon Chapel, Tribanug, H t. oheilr' ?"?' ? ?' '?? to tVi ^"t<' ,f ,ew ""troduoto-v £ remarks s"aI?i 1 cf^ ««« inot t^ hi-,k Mr. M.it and ?ee, be -eel to hot, "a them, a h. ?.A thorough Boins IiK^ them, at he wat a appeared Scfore then sufficiently he wnot letitllPOu., butal._belIO- uf !WI 0011, enlÚe!y to their eatistaotkm Lj?.v,nl8 i,,?, ?'T hoped thMth.?w?"? ?,?' other ?ute. th''thewotty,!t*' S::1ID;e ex?lem?'u thur riew.. b.f?  ??? ?r* a.d fMH with Mr. M.MM4 ?w? i, ?t. that the register ?. well 1-?k,-d ?.-2 WMm. m-t tSc?t 8ht, and be h? c.  that when the time Mtae Mr. M??.d woaM hi MtntBtd. not by KM?. but by 3W ?'it? (Appl..?e.) Having brlt&y t.?.hod -Don not? oal topics, and urged the necessity for a general eleotifji, all well »8 exl ressod hope that Mr. Gladstone would be returned for Midlothin, the chairman introduced the hon. member to the Mr. W. F. MAITL'.NII then rote, and remarked that he did not think it uewcd any ftpoln? from him fcr coming there that e"Dizkg. He o%me by foø:l ffh\:tod:r.:o, it -W:ri. that after six years he should visit t"t, porti= of his constituency he bad the pi-are of teeing Pines the last election. Having m fent to:e apt ef::=- and remarked aeeiv i to the apprcwjbi7n =IwteUnm -W Prli?m.uts, open tbq Parliaments, It well as the samml coom which led to di..Wa. tione of Parliament, the hon. member said that in the coming oocteat it would be well for the people to oonsider well to whom they were going to girt) the reins lot government for the next aeven years. He was not in favour of shorter Parliaments, beoause he OOIIld not see that it they bad them any series of wise legislation could be carried out; and if they had longer Parlia- ments they were oWn to the danger cleD:iDt: G«::r¡¡:: :he oelll1J not cue for, and wbich it WM im- pollible to ret rid of at a moment's notioe. He ventured to predict that there would ovist likely be a general olootion next year, and it was there- fore necessary that they should he prepared for it at all points. The present Government was returned with a majority of SO, which to all prac- tical purposea now remained the same, and therefore there was no reason for a dissolution. With tbat majoirty of 60 the Liberal party had to gain 30 teate to be even with their opponents. ThiB, he md, was not enmgb; if MM lAbwQ ?Mty were to ome into power and Otrry good ::U:h :ld1:T¡:1; 7 3w0 ood W. He thought it WM essential that "ry nerve Phould be strained to gain *eaM for the Liberals where they were bo be *nod, and rt:ew tho6e ttrt?dy poMeaMd. t Wt< not going — aud in fact it was not in bit power to give them a sketch ot what the Liberal programme was to be. He bad proviam y stated at Brynmawr that some d'l:O:¡lo be ooMidered tn the fntnrt were the assimilation of the oonntr to the borough franchise, and with that a Bill for the re distriou. tion of seats a reform in local government and taxation; that their Land Laws ahould be' thoroughly inquired into, and amended where neo""ry; and, what wm of ume importance that they h::I'b::ea a ':re'<)a:-o:n::I:t administration. This Istier everyone must fewof the very greatest importauoe. He would not now &gain dieca.a theM queatioas. Be bad also referred to the foreign policy cf the Government whioh in Limost are 'y .o:.en:he;ld ee.aI:t fd,d. (Hear bear.) He did not intend going our thU gmaza again, bnt bt? would refer to the one poco t?e. f that f?r?i g? I' ti I%r, tlhf¡¡:t;t he ruÏrc;.a r::Ot¡:'itb:rie: gmat deal more knowledge thau many member! of Parl,amen, He referred to the oooupation of Cyirus by the ED"liab. on bich UlanJ ha had epent three or four weeks at tne commencement of the pr% out year. Before he considered the folly or otherwise of the occupation of Cyprus, he would make a few remarks ooaneoted with the climate and other matters oonntoted with the island. He thought a ,a.t _oullt of iDjllltiœ had been d!. to the climate. Laat year was an exceptionally bad time for ferer on the itland, but in ordinary years the epidemic was but little felt. One ream he beti,ved why the EnftUth troom htd auffe;:? so muoh ihere was be(?muse they were landed at the mOlt unhealthy time of year, and without due promution and preparation. The .oU was singularly fertgo, wh"t, olives, vinxs, and other cropi growing in great abuadanu■>. Oae treat want falt wam the want of water, which, f01len,} might be amended. Th" population OOU- .ilted 01751()00 Greek@, Lod U,ks.Lltilot?gh history told them that at one time there WN a very much gmt?w population. Tho hon. member rh touobed upon the prosent administration of the ialnd, and said it was e-yig oritioism too far to say that the English administration was worse than the Turkish. (Hear, heu,) Since the Turkish law had been administered in CypTBB by Englishmen there had been little to compu" of. A, W, -.oo.L..iod in hia vuIt by a member of Parliament of Greek extraction, to whom the Greeks on the Island spoks freely, and although they had oompWat4i to make, thay said that 04 the hoia they were gM "t Ea?tlUhmen had come to give them a certain amount of jus- t:. oo(eee, ::rff:y:;t::etr:;k he would consider Ol a moment the advantages it was thought England would gain by the oooupa- tion of the island. He had pnMied W ba:r. good many 6imes, and he most codne that he was unable to one <mgte advantage to be CMued. The iIland itself might be bene- fited, because vllluè eii'6od wherever "M ..t, but bo Ld not think thin OOUII"" would R-in anything. Having caressed tbe representations mado by the Government respect- ing the it-iacd, Mr. Maitland laid he presume4 they would tend no mnre troope tberu. and the ;100 or 100 now there would be better away. There wat no harbour at tbe island, no steps had been taken to make one, and if they were to judge by the Foreign Secretary's epeoch, he imagined they would have to wait many yeara before any steps were taken for the making of a harbour. They had also heard nothing about tho reforms in A" Mincr which were promised, and although he would like to IeO these reforms, he was extremely DWPUCW rMpeotiot them.' Having pointed Dut that the hlimd was nnne- cessary M t ootUcg station, and re- ferred to the revenue and coat of administration of the island, the hon. member said that if any money beyond the revenue was spent upon the W&W it wowd be useless. He did not think that there WM My inducement for the r:;i:t of p:' or P: as the present convention with Turkey existed. Private persons would not invest ospiw, and until ?Us capital WM invented the i?nd Juld not be pyoo"rous or o< any good to the inw0i. :IIbe ::O:=,I:! with t¡t ¥f the Government were to spend pubiio money in the erection of barraoki and the making of a harbour, A.O., if the oonvention oame to an 811.1 theee things would be for the benefit of the Turks alone. (Hear, bear.) He believed that Cyprum was oc4opied by Lord 136.oonsdald simply As a ot..ff for tbe occupation of Batoum by the Emmisu, and Turkey, J9Ín Br¡m1; bhm were good tenant., "d had plenty i money, and were williog to pay more rent for the island, said Havo it, )y SF, mc??e. and they did to. They wera told there to be no e.pe.ne eu. neoted with the island, but if tliey were to erAot barraoks, make it harbour, and do what was required, this work woo not to be done without expense. (Koar, bear.) They had already h*d a vote fcr the maintenance of tbe troops in (?yp-g. It ".1 absurd to a1 the IoL?d woufd involve no expense. Before he tat down be would like to tonoh upon the Afghan War. lie bad always been of upinion th-t was an unoccBsaary war. (Hear, hear.) The policy of the present h=g¡e:t:" and itioa :l tbe Liberal Govwumett, had been to conciliate the Amwr, but be me boun d to sa r that the ='b;ubihoh thes va,tadit'!I:d their policy w. most ?ingular one. (Hmr, hear.) They were told that one thing the Ameer stood out so strongly against was the appointment of an English Envoy I and this, when the Oonser- rative Governmeot oame into ofiloo, was forced upon him. This was their way of conciliating tho Ameer, and it was a moat extraordinary oourse to follow. But that foUowed up, and they saw what was the result of the war that was :rød?' .{f':t,a := it w" inevitable that there -net be another as=- paign and if they did not "nex Afghanistan they wovld find that they only had one who was ready to jump at their throats directly hew the ?Ltnce. T.'te oouduot o(OwAmew showed that he oould have ss friendly feeling ionnlI tbe English, and if Bustia made an ad- nAœ wa;ngt them at any time, Iutøad of fdendly Power in the Afghans :e:=.= another Power 69&inAt them. If SOOUWiStOry policy had been pursued to the Afghamtiioy would have W a ¡J::M..u-: e that coutry. Having paid a Uibuta to the mrits of General Cavagnari. MI. Maitland prooeeded to say that the principal point he wished to address them .pon the importanoe and nooodty for union S?bt Liberal .(a.r, Mu.) TStW wSTS doubt that W.. one, U not t?. str=gwd of the Libad pLrk7. His opinion th&t every oo"Utnawy Wt? would retmm a Ltbe?? 8OIIIÜ':Ob6ra1a. =tbat tba fault of the nod 0160" would b*tMB<tMtMLib*MttM)o?. TttCoMervt- th"o h4 tbøb work out oU, be Umgbt the oountry were thoroughly disgusted with their P". Having tho?ed the sudisom for the reception given him, Mr. Matured t?mmedhM tttt Mtidtt t?ppta?te. The B" J. WtLMAM having CiWolb RESUME of the address in Welsh, The Rev. T. J. Evans proposed, and Mr. W. WILUAVII seconded, th* following resolution I I That, having heard the opinions of Mr. W. K. MaitUDd upoa tbe potioy AND legislation of the put ssssiOB of fA. md bw rien of the prinoipal political qstations of the day, we declare out unabated confidence in him as our represents tive in PWHSNSM&. MA ounam to GILPPOZ k him at th* next election. 11 TU< supported by Mr. JoRNjMtKtNR, &?d ftrrm namimosay. A :=.:r:t the ChLkv= concluded the proceedings.

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ROYAL DIFTOMUM OZIME6??u ? I  z, ?4 ,-aF, i??u =i. tA.I z,? ? ?t -= '*y Mh-?h?? MOM tt<— ? tM. tb< i ::r-'='   J?t-?MtM  M?W?.Mt? I •FYYYR1'^|„IRT"<U' SerIf I

i CARDIPP. r I FAf KIOKAHLS WMDXO —OtT?— I !?..i..?r? of M? Annii  tto?t dt.?b'M of Mr C. M'Uo,.B(?. Kit £ ™a £ l,i«.e ? Mr. ?.d B. M Callua,, jao c't?M-ed at tbe P"byt,,ric Church. 'T? at etcai oe 042 Wge, Iud RT,a, i.ter4mt tupt?j to be t*t<c ht eÐuptl"¡ pMo?d..?. T"bid. wat amended by b-, fmr eMtert M bhdemMdt. The oØ!clatm. miDuter the an. D. W. EecD«dy, and the brwe was given away by fcer la'! er, In the course of tb a afternoon t: t:i?pyr pair left town for their honeymoon. hill Ainutu E Guest was unanimously elected a member of the Cardiff Chamber of Com- o ens st tbe meeting ot that body oa Wednesday. Balk OF Pbo^kbtt, Meesrs. W. &M S. B. Ia..Uoee., 0. Th.rd.y fforod for sale by pubiio auction a number of dwehing howme i :ti'O:h := ia by tlerwpeo'ire vendors. I4tk 5 and 6, Nos, 18 -no 20, O?HeM street, ho?Mt beM oo a 99 F"n "ste dating from !875, and at MtMret?te ,ruZHI .eot of ?It 9a, were sad trz.T*WW. Catciff, tor ?840 A fj?A??'6 B?BT.-OnTher?tT the wife of Y'L-  IrL.b ?fMt, who is now being pub. Mh?red in tbie town, "deh..redoC" OL110. b?mb curiosity was MprMMd M to abether the ?MtprcmM to develop# into  ?e '?D, however, that the baby -dl-acy o?,,q ,n The ?' 9RI&TO1, CHATnnn, 77?,e ooretorek,4irl the dmuwsUaoe4 SatteWnding LTFRFV* Gri$a. » firman, Who died frl m the eftect. Qf itiuri_ NOe;,od i explosion 1° tBn rtt.r,1 chaoJTdn thi ,1 rtn wed Em Th.,od., i L, orGrwWatown. betcreMr. G rovor 'l that the )3mrd of Tmde offie 4, f.r *Atondm&m the iiio?uri7rv ha*d ?" noO 'e.,?y In the m-t-? bl' plsintd that n.? tb? ,mlumet-oos '??'. be 88.&.ID ""eey \0 "ileum the inquiry ThU w would be all the more convenient u the vill! .a..y.ot.d t..?b? in iK»rt f ? tki? of fe" dyo. Tbe InquW "M th,.ef?l )r ?joc?td <ott. 6th of October. '<?? i HE CASK Ov ACCJMMTAL DROWNING—Mr Gro?.r, &Puty ooronr, held ino™ 1hn?d.y .po. the body ot J<An)B?y ? Mmo. rbe d-d ww found Atig in the Emt Bnt* Dock. The iW7 retMatdt?d? to the effect that the dooo".d 1. found d,?w..d IH th.a,ht it WM Ukel, that be mM h?; Meid*nt<?twtHMdh.tcth.d«c?. ZEHXL-IB 0)' AN AK-H)tKT.—CnThttt. dBY, an icqnett WM bekl at the mar-" bdoro Mr. Grover, dolaty.(xroDw, upon the body of David Party, a working man, who feU from a scaffold In Hoath on the 22ad ult., and sustained i jurk" which reoulw in hie death on Wedonday. 1 he illt) returned a verdict that detth was dae to isiuiiee accidentally received. IHQUI8T ON AN UNKNOWN SfiAVAN. On ThMtd*T Mr. Grover deputy oovooer, !xM <m  *pon the iQy of an Unknown seaman, :e found floating in the t?et Btt< Doot on the dM phor. The noooMed WM a about --a with black hMr, and &ppuutlJaboat M 7<Me of age. He has not yet been identified, but it may be mentioned, tWO a means of identittastfem, that a mecal was found in bit pocket, whioh denoted tlat be belonged to the bhipwrooked ICari&ers' S<>ciMy. Upon the faoe of the medal was scratched 1\0. 46,3-probal>ly the number against whioh the name of thadeoeedw- outuadia the ecciety'e books. The jury gave a verdict of M round drowned." rAKrn Y Bjcvf LK GMUKU6.—Tomorrow (Stttn-. day) tbwe will be ? Mcycle Md stbl&Uo meeting of m!4.m;:n:e a; :etIK= H. L. CortU and C. A. P.I..r -iU oospete. Tb6 proceeds of the pport will 00 devoted to the funds ot the Cardiff Infirmary, and they will be under the psi mauge of the oomutittee aDd the medical profetuion of the town, many members of whioh will aot as stewards for tbe day. There will also be a mile handicap, open to members of the Mountain Ash Bicycle Club. The prices wiU be GiAtributed by the Mayor at the cloee of the sports, and W. I>one Bush elf, Eiq.. K. W. Jones, beq and T. S. D. Selby, Etq., will act as judgea. rnoes as uual. Commencing at 2.46 p-im.- ADVT. it NTKKPRimc — In this keen and prootical age it ftOciyre?tterUB)! menttfutoMi in -y..tor- priesteou" and retwn public upport. Fully alive to this, we Ihall mU pi??at atwntion to Th. MtBntMtBriB?A?i.noeAttoOMUonfor T?oriM and (?utfitti?g, wbw branch proma." vnU shortly open at The New Temple ot Fashion, ?, St. MafJ &twt, Cardiff.— Advt. A QTID FOR A.T?-Toa*owwrm!-W. F. JN i6&? -d eo:. .1. h.0..Lx. duriug tbe b- ? ti'n.o..t "h?-Ad<)!'oM: ?. SL' MAY &nMet 8, ':J;t.A3= *-n. Yr::

I PENARTH. THE NEW WELSH Ikdxpknbint Chapbl.—In coBBeotioa with the opwing of the Mw Wekb Independent Chapel, PtnMth, at ..=: duoted Monday, Tuesdsy, and Wednesday even- ii gs. '1 he ministers who officiated were the Ren. D James, St. MoUe.'s; D. Thomas, Cy?na D. UWIS and J. M. ETMH, CMdU!. The t.%i &mount of the oodections m?ettt the opening ::i:n. to.CIW 16<8td.

I NEWPORT. GRAI?D Concert.— This (Friday) evening, Madame Edith Wynne, it W. 'H'Cn?a?S? Mr. Lewis Thomu, Miss Wau,b, and Mr, Joba Tbcmss (harpist to the yueen), Royal Albert Hall. t.ioAks.—W, Jf1. tfioholl* Co. noki rery ftatte of tbe 1-t IJ., --h aDù oh.. bnnda. Nooe tot weli-M««oDa(l C ft d iD Ht, M.T. :t.=:díU:f'( aietuiy, Ti, n^>ktraet New TorkJ

BLACKWOOD. BBiiwai.T.Tr Ac.uiciiLTvaAi. Snow. The Avon Manure Company, Briewl, offered a prize at this show for the best two acre field of ow as gro.0 by the D.Mpan manure, and purchased ot their ?e?t, Mr. b. W?tett, A',r..d. The first pize, J: 10S, and the aeoond JOe, was equally divided between Messrs, E. Lewis, Pea- derry aDd W. Powell, Gwrhayfawr Farm. The third prize was awarded to Mr. C. Baa van, Tyrtaia Fsrm. The first prize of C2 10. for the b t pair of geldin a or mares, was awarded to Mr. K N?'bol-, Aml FLrm, Abwbwg, and not to the Tredegfir Iron Company as stated in the report.

MONMOUTH. Tiik Restoration uY ST, Maut'k Ciitfat<-n.— A parish meeting was held on Thursday for the purpose of taking ttept towardi the restoration of bt. Mary's Church. The vioar presided, and resolutions were patted iu favonr of proose4ing with the work as far at the fundi will allow. A oommitlee wat appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting, and a special public meeting is to be bold oa WOdDOAdgy next in the bormwb o=ft. A Mm of ?,000, b«?Mthed by )h- and Mn? IA=bwt towards the repairs, will be used for the purposes of the restoration. Bokouhh POLICE.-On Thursday, the mtgic. trates had before them a large number of sum- menses taken out by Superintendent Wbeeldou against local tradesmen for using unjust or Atten- tive scales. Fines varying from 21 ôd to 58 and oosts were imposed.—Sarah Luff, aged 19, a domestic servant, wm aettemood to two mmULe' bard labour for stealing a sovereign an i 7s in :rl:r: :&t. :la=. I:ut lord cf the Full Moon Inn.—Mr. Geovge Aston, farmer and butcher, of White?hurob, Hereford- shirr, was fuJeclll and costs for having assaulted Walter Llewellyn Powell, son of Mr. Champncy Powell, wine merchant.

CAERLEON. FSR iv Sessions.—On Thursday John Bsumec was eummored for refusing to pay £ 4 l?;. Gd, dae J?7=, rt ylj"t% This was a case ad =W &- 1-1 --It In order t"a tLe original aooountu might b, prodwA4. Defendant d h id 5 5 cays' work at 2» (>d per r::d ,otØ 550ia;c:: a:t 2'1t = "rrcb, tbe wbole amounting W XT 58. Out of tbis he had rtceivpd E2 89 ud, tbe balanoe being the amount claimed. The 44t aw he bm paid other sums thM that _anted for by the complainant. Tbe B. ah d..d bi. 6. p., mfJ:dt.ÍIII=. I .o.gd for threatening his wife Mary, CwmbøÐ, on SnLdsy last. He g,ck her and pulled hair ,?t of bar head, aad throMe&W rent her throat with a razor. The Bench made an order that the cwendoat pM 41 week t?wM?t hie 'nfe'l maintenance, ri they an to lire I9P«- ra'e, HIGHWAY B?ARD —The M<tt monthly M-6" of this board was held on ?rhatK%y, at the teMai. nal ion of the "isterita boohmm Mr. John j: w°:' W the Tbt 'C"-erorlf thú m ocmpMMoe with ths of ibe board tbtWtUMtKt?ttttd??MwwttMfte.ittthe TiedecBockdttthet.tMdbetttMpttrtd. Ateott ?M ?? 17a. Im MMtqntMe of the rwmt heavy ;:n..£Zert:à and Otuaed some damag* to the 108d. He would Mgf?tt tbA anotber Moh be pnt there. ould oisg::d be about etO The ""UMbol! wa* agreed to.—This was all the pnbho business of the board.

CAERPHILLY. I COMFHMNTARY CONCMT.—A "d bmb? opmpHmtctMy oocoot w" i". on Wd.,ody :'1II:r1:r 'W= MMt? Tnm B??. B.A.M. An exoellentlv t?B?.-d pM.mmm. wM auooessfuUyoarnsjl out. 3 be fc?wtat '?M. W pD$ook p?t :-M.M H?<M I?T?, '?'  S?i. Mr. awUym Tho<M. (the T'? %)tJr.lf>r. Juh2: B<? ¿::? BMtL.r. R.A.M.. '?''t.? tbo CagpWH* be- ) Mr. ILA.M.. X. J .,Md by Kr. (iwilyw b'I' Society, ::J:"dalldb1r. Tbomu. ??.?M' MMT?a.-Th. c?rB at the ?,its 'on be tbU week to dijk?an the lorf.bC'OllÙZl¡r d iM? atBI- on S.t.,d., ?,Ot; and M"y hfd?Mtd to M?  "oh work te T<MM<?t t-(.S<tJ hM 'b?t h?o? ?J. d z"d rcUfthe?

LLANCAIACH. i SJ'(lAJ. Smvicss.—On MOUd&j, wO Tuesday .p_i.1 ,,i.a were held at Or%* B,nhl",d Welsh Beptiet Chapel, sud also at ths btauoh Sctiool Chapal here, whicfi>rm« very numerously attended. At each of the T«rvioes coUaotions war* msde in aid of the chapel fuuds,

ABBRDARB. R(JIOOL BoA.&D.-Tbe bi-monthly meeting of thia board was held on Thursday, Mr. B. II. Rhys presidinff.-Tbe superintendent, in the course of hi8 report, gave satisfactory at.t.ist;cm ns to the work ot ths board.— Tb8 Ch?trmM $Md he drew &twution w the ,wetlargo -mm-? paid foealoaniw the 11 m*6owA of c, l. bard Iva yw, He <Mmd thm ?t" wM paid, aad that, h< OOII, WM M ou-,am. MMMt. Mr. Iou WNUMM having r.-hd I tbat the matter had been under the attention of the *ebo,?u .&us "mat the Oh?ot"* s tb- i-t- were I ttM Ut*? tin at 10 mmou atkitf, j. ik. A hd b- tBcrtMtt,?, Md from M to M in the ? had be«n keo' := t?t l<'ooI h-rd potpctf?. ? tt.a .1 th. nb"Ü:tlXl:i 1 Wttt?liMt MM CWrau MM??* the next rwetiq the ••psrinteedeat ShoIL4 bring sparet.,m ot ?heA f., "n. stationery, and appsrstas. 1h st-pe"tat.,? laid be bad ,nnh & re nro Tbe ati p. b,?, is 1676 7 wat 3s 8d in lc>77. £ 20 7d and ill IS.5 » h 8.1, The Chairman aai 1 tbs amount was be.ag rednotd. The Clerk said that ths total oost d.. the p"L Tear f., !,mninr a m%tomlg "< jtX4C M*. TM tcbject ffMr'r*-dt Croop.-d. The Chairman remarked that the wis now approaching when they hould "flOill apply for aa inortaee of members.—The triennial elation, it ?M pu.W. would be at the p?d of t?br?ry K>, Md the det* wa, õ1oe(1 to ?,)ty to F1_tior. Dettxtebt for as "?? "-?. Tbb all the bui-. ,lr '( OF H"L'I'B,-om 'n<Mt<)?t? 1 hSt?iXfu 1»lK*«ng held, Mr. n H. Kbya M .Thesppoatmertof Mr. ? ?'LM?  M D?)<M<. M clerk of L. to ib= glt?= ametwtiou of the .a. S??''?'MM.<y?, tMM.<?t?. SXh? bW" Pm"C-The -urverw r?oft.4 tkt.. W.ftd a D1ui from th:'Št D?Ttd'. lod 0( ct a '?oB'e b'M at 4% waTformliT *V(««»ved of.-tt wu fonall  the lwk that Kr. A ,MolA d TTo oyf k" Wd  y ki. l80iJy the low for am. *-mp prp.. K,. TaySTh* 9.?.i..d to rOP- r.YOVIIob' -1 be 0<tt rmd ?hS?t?.r? ???T. UttMe<B.Mot tb.m?.?.?5??- Rb8titiœ of øert.ata lwge bric\Ú fQl' _Uw OBtt m the tMmet -k. Tin ??'?" defmed to the next mating. TuU  bulneu. U t6o

I TRBDBWAR. ln« KIH.E CCIRI?s PfAiE —Tht ic. beettT employed two ct?hM in t." wee? mt.)? vp Mtichx fte the ?-c to b< hei4 ?t M eMX d*t< in Md of th. fnodt ::r:1' b¡h Bifle 00rpI. Mrs. J. A. S1Iepud ie pre&ld ''1\ #f the commit?, and Us iimb? Ti(?'?,?,? ::IG:=:r 'd Miss IU,h" d charge the duties of secretaryship, and the general public appear to take an unusual interest in promoting the snoosst at the project, ss tusk the result must be satisfactory.

NANTYRWOH. I Sc,-CK-is -At the rem* soioum e.-wA. -stion, W4 Ú tbo AbttmorMt MMob, tttrt?M, the f, pçtl8 of MR. KMttbwoh Schools, wwo MMWtttd, *ad PwLad u= 'n« ttt?att? '"« ot --a6- Ucl, -d b- dftt?tM* ewtifeate, n.- Pdw- ..d= .4. MTET, J- Wmu? BobuM, Mi w- t?a tttth-). IUcWd 1- MMtedt d ttDMiSEStbttMu-d <[t?ttMMtM?H? m htt?Md drawing, at dw Ebbw Vols (..Silk, der the M.niott o! W 8?.? and & S'.t??M't. n.e results Mt<et .ori CrN'" .bly an un pww at Naatybwoh S ?,kwgk  IIMílJiq Mr. the '-d

&WAN8KA TH £ EtLMMc. T?< ?tt-rr.ttr. M. lbo h-y "1 OF thi.tr. ..U.- that 14.168 w. tb.b, ?, tuo6qmw :.1.rCt: about a third ?L -.leW OF bw. n B'??' <?OT?O?.-83,? U? ? 0Lt. I. p- d-, 'Ib. Tma. Ld iZoZ MM Waaft but uWe h?t? U U  C«°A wiUwat ? ?'<? M?S?'TSS. X Tb be e Tb.? L?i A U,  

THE CARDIFF LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. A. we have already stated, a deterahutfoc was rroently oome to by the memotra U th* Cardiff Liberal Aeeociation to increase their mtinbert from 21.1() to SCO, it douhtleet beirgfeit that it would be neoeseary to make great effort* to enture the new oaudidete, Mr. Ibet. M. P., anything like am enonr&ViDir nppork. Ie aoooC'e, \.hereto"" wi,h tbia do"7n, Ifrl PtBdtK, the bon. oWMt"y to tbe &G&WiLtiGS, tM befn MTM!?m)t tor the h'Jdi? of wMd a" imr, in order that the work of teot?Mitttioa Mt extension should be gme into without delay, now that the opposing ban c3? into be Md. Tbe general committee i8 now to oockist of fifty representatives elected in etch of the an wards, and In out of each fifty will oonstitute the ex*ouUv* comtnilUc. Consequent on this of the assooistion, a meeting of Liberals oonneoted with the Canton and Grangetown Branch Association was beid on Thuredsj n4ht at the P.bUo bak WcUiB?c street. Mr. Jumes wm :u:o the cbttr, Md the ward eeoretarr -de a statement as to the pootMC of .9-'a. Aamg those present ware: Councillor Vaaghnn, Mr. J. K. Collett, Mr. Crou, "'c. One lady was nln# in th* meeting. The election of the ward qaofca to the association was rooseded with, md imai. dentally the merit* ot the reapeotiv* raniiiilat** wae discussed. After a somewhat pro sitting, in the oourse ot whiob the requisite ep- poåItmlllltl were made, the meeting was brought to a close.

THE BOYAL MASONIC INSTI- TUTION FOB BOYS. The election of 16 boys out of a list of 7T candidates for the Boyal Masonic institution far Bey a will taks plaoe at the Fresno., l'uma. London, on Monday, thelStb of October. Taere are three candidatee from South Walee, two from the Western Division, and one from the Ka^U rn Division. The oandidatee from the Wetu «a IMvition are John Morgan AlexanOsr Tbomss, of 8t. Cle?'s, son of the !at* John Little Thomas, surgeon, who wss initiated in St. P. Lodge, No. 47?, C.arthsm6 011 the 21et of D bar, 187'; ? aud fU." Thomas Ball, son of the late Joseph Ball, formerly a manner, who was initiated in the St. David'* lodge, No ,1¡, Miltord, on the 4th of June, BfIS. The oandicllote from tie Kaetora Oi vision is WmL Henry Smith, of Aberavou, whose late father (Bro. Daniel Smth. ironmonger &ad gro3ar) initiated in the Aiar, 1,5d?re, No, & Aber.. on the 0th ot December, 1S>A), to wbioh he 1101). scribed till his death, on tbe 27th of June, 187§, leaving behind hiis 10 children and a widow.

THE CROWN PRINCESS OF GERMANY. The Crown Princess ot Germany during kw stay in btyria visited a min* at Bremo, goig op tbú mountain to it in one of the trooks, thoroughly inspecting the work? and evioning nwh &NL"t. =.e with geology -d montttth pbanDmoog6 After "oeDliD. a good point for a vW?, she took with the overem Md MtMMd to lg4mrba& The JVcue b'r,' ( Prtm adds tW the Princes* seemed muoh pleased with th* district, mad* daily excursions, and, wishing to beooms qo?cted with too? dishes, had %s StyriMi ??t. BIRUC^L, and PO JIMIS^« served pal h. lable, T asnud rb:hl;?:nd Me 4speow It P«U. Dom Gell" -.d, in 00t0bIr, wO it is thought that they mil spend the winter thsre.

A COMPLIMENT TO JOURNALISM. Ad American newspaper contains tho follow, ing A pro =, a0, of Un State Depart- mcnt, in oharg* of our foreign consular serv es, in speaking of the talent employed on the sane, mAd that the most int_tiq reports that received *o the bubioct were from c=euls who had formerly been newst>aper men and one other fact f..t bi.g ti.t of tbe m-t efficient talent employed in our oonsular and diplomatic servioe belong# to this profession. Tha facts oon talced in their reporta, he said, wera always satisfactory, and covered details of vast importance to the material intereat of theTOcntrjr that officials of other professions seldom, if ever, thought cf.

The Earl of Duffenn, 3ritish Ambassador at Pt. Petersburg, ocoompanied by the Countess of Luff er in, left Belfast by steamer on Thursday tTemn?. ? M ? for the C.nt, t. ttt?mt M* "t at the Ru.iau (?-rt- '? pubiio meeting was '? in the To M?dg:t.r-, b, ou Ttw"y t?M? m tM .< the 1,, dig 8<t- tcnphoM tmc'jntu? to M<? 090 w<M .??i. A o.^mmittee ^M^tod to stess f., the :B)tn«i?t< '<tM< at tha flit It MI. Mr. J, L. H?dM. M.I.C.K., in UI8 at.. lectve at the United Sarvioe IssUtaUua on "Military Tramwayt," advocated for sm im Aubuk,um the ouc#Uwtim at a *saw" posed C4 a 'iB?'t r*H Mpootttd UM poet*, t? kid to be -rried b6M tlang MMttt tMMet. Switzerland has been visited this by a number whfcfc miiiiiiili BY tererol thousands ths average at th* teat four years. Of this totaloas-fifth ar**aid o tB* RagUsh, who have diminished one hatf thi* year, but they are credietd with having ^MBT £ 1,890,000 at of a supposed total expenditure of £ 8,100,000 bt all the Tititors. At the half-yearly awatift of tile Bristol Gas Company on Wednesday, tM OHAIRMTA IF*ttit that the only eflect 01. Mac* as to th* eieetrie light had been a tetnpocaiy redaoMoa of th* prtea of their iihom. The EAMMAPTIIMI ot ga* DUTE ths hsjf-year nwwwi hy mom than lOO.OOO,0M oabic fee" aod we, IIeW M. cost of £ 120,000. Two fatal 60OWWato occurnd at Durham, do Tbeeday. During the afternoon A dnymaa em- ployed at Messrs. Bamahaw btowoo,, named Thomas Kattrass, was kOW by a ab* of tMR fullingon his bead. &.t tile air.tt named Kayfar)& while working at Tshaw Now Colliery, was oruahed Vo death by a sudd*a fall of OW b- t" too- .L

M* ? WoobWd wi4b TnillfifHii« nr 1 BttftttM. ftMMftt, ? Dw- .-r- Messosy, Low ftssnta. Pain ia ths Back. &r«at Wsa^ ness, Baians or)' *-oI $U& DlgMnore iiwaa, Djsysyataf U av j tes » -=- .I' It.= Thsy yuMy, snsagthaa, aud Isvigetste. Ifcy ea^ata a hsaahysanstita. Thsir n niatsia ajaste.aa *^??*! t*ttot "te E.t?. rhsy slseagtetn.tkss_yrts^ ^Mttoa ■Ssad «SFFFLS2«SSB e<t. Dr.)?.- tud ????'?"??? r<u? the tr«tth Mtd tetdity << f?ff ?*? ORINNAI AND Hjunil JSSXRS^ KII* S?^SLL?SIOSTOT. » T»X— TE.IT*. g?K.?.????? '??2'!?"&?'?2.?X?t.SS I ?S5Es5!?S?S??5 ..v.s1I s. TEATFCASIRTAF SRA^HS5TIMTBIRTSM MMAAL ::r=.M. Sou wbS l a .,W' l' :15. sine 'WAL -on %u be