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THE TIMES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1881. 11 DiSTRUCTIVX FLOODS IN SCOTLAND, Frees, til rm swrik 14 oet ef See4jkcl si imm mm! d44raiar accounts) of fifM MBSf dM fo.tfeft rope, pertly groritfi pirtlj Mil eUruilnff net. cm rain of Wmbmut ad Thwednv. The weather forecast of Toee rWkt! aoll nfcw from ek armtifeMti ui) nerhene ft cele ltr. Th cmmod Wednedj.

Karly tm taul tkr rain Ugao to fll over tba of SooUand. By noon It vu falling la tor mbs. and il Nnnlir.nad almost without abate ment till Thund7 The effects of tho storm have been felt all along tha east coast from Barwiek to Kirkwall, in Orkney, while "wep.1 Mnn.1 rriK Krwl nvint itself on Storno i iw tK Mi ranee the rain fell cxmt'inuously for 56 hour. The rainfall reached mariY placet 2in. in that time.

UompiriTi; tittU (UmtM kuWii done to Unjy one v. n( nM sun at rrcf VihmIi rttMn hunts have been wrecked wiJr Tint on the crops in tha fiolde and much of them uncut, the effect havo been Th rirers and streams, Wie the Don, the Ksk. the Tar, and the Treed. 4k.t. nKntrti.

wero in Dlrn flood Wednesdav ntoit. In many caes thej orcr iowd their banks and broke down embankments, flooding wide stretches of country and itiMAl in their torrent. Whole hit Koti in which the atooks ere standinjr'tn wtcr up to the bands of the sheaves. The heads of the cmin are everywhere so com i.t attin' mA iht the sheaves will require to be ofened out to allow the grain to dry, if, indeed, than. should he anT sun.

to dry it. which aeoma drtiiblfuL The crowinc crain has been twisted ami broken by the wind and laid flat by the heavy rain, so that entire fields appear aa if they had been rolled with a neavy roucr. cuii ino ioiiow. int particalara from the local correspondence in nwniinr's Seoiman In Fifosnire. manr fitlds adjoining the rivers were flooded, shearcs of orn hare been washed down by the epate," and turnip snd potato crops are mnch damaged.

Much of the ravmt sratn is quite levellod. I be river Fden rose from 5ft to 6fL in 12 boars. On its waters were bonto along shea ret of grain which had been carried off the fields. Around Cupar the crops hare been irreparably damaged. Great rations of farm land are 1 foot under water.

About Galashiels the uncut grain is levelled with 1 Jl ine ground in tome ptaoes, a i amm onn rotieu. Yerr little of the cut corn has been carried home the 4 stooks are soaked with water, and the beads are benhmnc to sprout. A oonsiderablo quirtity il still unripe, and will not be ready for cutting tor some time, un tarms near xunse ine farm servants have had to wade waist deep in their efforts to aare submerged crops. In the neighbour hood of Dundee many colds are partially noodeu, and both standing and cut grain is thoroughly soiked the former being also laid to such an extent that it is feared but little will be tared. Alrth much damage has been done by the overflow of the Isla the fields have been flooded, and in some parts the entire crops have been swept away.

The roads are either submerged, or broken throush, and passenger traffic has been stopped. The North and South Esk are higher than they were in the great flood of 1873. Immense quantities of grain were seen floating down them. At Stonehaven a wooden footbridge was washed away bodily. At Brechin houses were flooded.

On one farm on the South Esk, a field of 25 acres was swept down. From all parts of Aberdeenshire and the northern counties there oome similar tales of disaster. This flood, it is to be feared, will prove the last straw on the back of many a despond ent farmer. The season throughout has been deplorably bd. At Edinburgh during the three weeks of September that have passed, there have been only hours of sunshine, and 20 of these were in the course of last week.

The three or four fine days that then occurred led many farmers to hopo that their prospects were beginning to improve but now all such hope is gone, and in its place there is renewed despondency. Indeed, to some the outlook is utterly hopeless. There is no chance of their being able to tare their crops in anything like good condition. It will notbesurprisingif this fresh disaster should give an impetus to the agitation forland law reform, which has already begun in the North. At Ellon, in Aberdeenshire, a meeting, attended by 500 farmers, wai held on Monday to consider the state cf affairs, and resolutions were adopted demanding important an in soma respects sweeping changes.

The chairman and the other speakers were careful to point out that they did not enter on the movement in spirit of hostility to landlords. They believed that if they were successful the result would be fortbe advantage both of landlord and of tenant. The first resolution asked the Govern ment to remove the causes of present depressed stat9 of the agricultural interests in as far aa they could be removed by legislation. The second resolution complained that at present the tenant has no security for the application of capital to the cultivation of the soil, and asked for a Land Act for Great Britain similar to the Irish Land Act. 'To an objector, who said that they did not need in Scotland so sweeping a measure as the Irish Act.

it was replied that they did not wish for the. Irish Act.but only an Act that would afford similar relief to Scotch and English farmers in the matter of unexhausted improvements. The third resolution proposed the appointment of a committee of tenant fanners to confer with landlords on the subject of leases and the reduction of rents. The speeches in which these resolutions were supported were characterized by great mode ration, un ine rame aay a similar meeting was held at Lawrencekirk, in Kincardineshire, at which resolutions were rassed disapprovinc the laws of entail, primogeniture, and hypothec in Scot land, ana distraint in England, and asking for the establishment of tenant right and free sales, a're valuation of the land, and advances by Government to farmers with a view to the purchase of their holdings. At both meetings the proposal to revert to protection was emphatically condemned.

At the annual meeting of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture, on November 15, there will be considered the draft of a proposed Land Bill for Scotland, which has been prepared by the Secretary to the Chamber. Scotch members of Parliament interested in the question will be invitod to attend the meeting, which will be held in Edinburgh. THE WEATHER. KETBOSOLOOI0XL REPORTS. WXiTHIX CsUT.

ftUPAT, BtTT. 91, 8 f.H. 7 is the eenseousBess fee farmers met ta msay eases be2 roteus. There is bo iadkayoa of an lmproraaent tn tfee weather, and should it iaprore, the saturation is so peat that harvest work can scarcely be resumed again this month. Or the whole, the eutiook Is most dp IcraUe.

and the cumtssof farms given la at Michaelmas caaaot faUteUvtrygreat SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ST. OUEN RAGB6, Fuoat. (Bt Txttaniru.) rair pz BOMAI.HVTLLX 2.000f. 100 metres.

Thaumatunra, by Uoatargu or ApoUea Tartarie (Martb) 8ylra tOardener) Pisun (Oxford) Vux tt CiAMrtRsrr metre, rascaliae, by by Dollar Tuellre (Owner) Colomba (Darker) eee See Camels (Martin) PftlX OX VlliXMOCBUt (flunUrs' Flat Base); 2JOW mtres. Sephire, by Blaemantle Setapore (Mills) Lord of tbe Chase (Mitchel) Bosquet Tenfold; TaiX D'Autommb (Uandieap) 3,300 metres. Basaue. bv Trocadero Bohtmienne Controller (Andrews; Prcstice(Boux). CsdUbsUoq cf tbt Ovt, la ihm ixm ehrl Ui dotUd Ucn Uoban'orllaM of wtul Urnnlriail frtmm, Um nlum which UM7 isdloiU Utn ftfta la aram at the red.

lhus 30i. The sh4s teapentaxe to tina ia trans for Mtenl 0soes lh eoi, aad th arcaiher rseordad laor4a The airw Bj vtth th wiad. lh I oros of vhlehiithove by the aoabcrof but aad fcsUMn. thos Uht a violent fata; 0 Ofaltm m. TMtUUof lholtaoi4lasIUl WtUn.

Tkt fnnu the nrtow tteUoae. Kemarks (o SO D.m. 1. The weather to dy is in a very unsettled state orer the western end northern parts of the kingdom, but is inclined, to improTe slowly ia the south east and south This monung's reports showed that while the depression noticed orer the North Sea yesterday was monng slowly to the south westward, and had already reached our south eastern counties and the Straits of Dover, there was evidently a larger cyclonic system over the Atlantic, and apparently Inclined to move north eastwards. The south easterly; and easterly wind (after blowing a gale at ome stations; in the night) continued to blow strongly at the Scotch and north eastern English stations, and also became strong in the west of Ireland, while over the southern districts of the wind had shifted to the northward and fallen light.

Dull weather prevailed, except ia the extreme north and north west, with fog on our south west coasts, and in many places rain was tailing, In the course of the day the depression in the south east has been filling up. gradually, but that orer the Atlantic has been advancing, and, as pressure remains high over the southern parts of ScandinaTia, the gradients for south easterly) and southerly" winds over our northern districts have been growing steeper. Under these circumstances warninrs have again been issued to our north eastern, northern, and some of our north western coasts this even ing, the; south and west of Ireland baring been warned earlier: Temperature has not been shore 60deg. at any time to day, except at Jersey and. Mullaghmore, and on our north east coasts the highest points reached varied rom (2deg.

to Mdeg. The sea still runs high on our north eastern coasts, and is rough at vaientia, rawer so at Yarmouth, but is smooth both at Dorer and Holyhead. On the top of Ben Xevis a strong gale from east south east prevailed this morning, the air was bitterly cold and raw, the sky Was overcast, and cloud fog enveloped the summit down to; a level of abore the sea. Temperature was 35 deg. At Fort William the wind was moderate from east, temperature was and the weather was dark, gloomyend hasy.

oat CUTS or tv urau ro datukuat, oirr. (xssexo at 830 r.at. on thx raxnocs sit). I 600TLA.SD, N. South easterly to southerly gales and strong winds rainy.

SCOTLAJTD, E. Same as No. 0. ExoLAltt), N.E. South easterly winds, strong to a gale, then more moderate rainy to fair.

X. Exauurn, E. Easterly and vanable winds, moderate or light fair on the whole, but not settled. midland uouKTira. Boutb eastcrly wmda, Ugnt or moderate cloudy, some ralnl D.

EjtolaXP, S. (London and Channel). Light southerly, and south westerly airs fair on the whole. 6. Ecotlako, W.

Same as No. 0. 7. EyoLAJTD, N.W. (snd North Wales).

Variable cloudy, rain at times. 8. ExataXD. S.W. (and Sout Wales).

Same as No. 7. 9. IKEUL5D, li. South easterly and southerly gales, with rain; wind probably becoming Tarisble in District lOUter.

10. IBXXAKD, S. Same as Ko. 9. Warnings.

The south cone was hoisted in District 10 this afternoon, and in Districts 0, 1, and 2, and parts of 6 and 9 this erening. By order. BO BEET IL SOOTT, Secretary. Turn' orsjonrxn Dixasax oivxs tux zspzcarioirs, at iktzxtals or 2 HOCKS, txom 2 P.M. to 2 a.m., or THX JOBCAJT GLTCZRIXZ BAROUXTXB Vf VSX AT THIS umcx, uzAoiiccs axrxo corrxctxd rea BilSXI AKD EX9DCXS TO KXAJT SXA LXVBU BrprxMBXS 2324.

CODBSIKO. KEMPTOK TARK MEETIN'O. In eloomy weather and moist atmosphere the Kempton meeting was continued yesterday. 'There was no improve ment oa the running of the preceding day in act.tbe rain which fell during the night had rendered tha going through tho Iobb crass more trrinsr for the hares, and they did not come to hand any The card bad a rather for midable look with 32 trials in the first round of the Kempton Tark Oaks, 16 in the lisnworth Park Stakes, and 23 in the second round of the Kempton Park Derby. Consequent' on the difflculty of getting stout running game, there was a further accumulation of business, and the chances of running through the whole of the stakes are remote.

A very gooa of nomuea were drawn in the Oaks, end the All aged Stake numbered manr famous gray bounds among the favourites were bowled orer in remaraaDie issnion, however, Clenara, Quemandra, Cui Bono, Sir Pippin Chaos, and Ben Dizsy being deteated in ineir mm. return of the running follows Kempton park Oaks, for an unlimited number bitch puppies, at 4 10s. each, il each forfeit a Cup, value guineas, added to the fund. 107 entries. Ft EST ROCKD.

Tudoii riowsr 'bott Woodland HVoo ton Kach bras CoatU cay ItoMiratcr bat Iur AmrkkC boat LittU Idea HUtorU beal SUtar Cortnthlaa M.ld of Orna beat Llttla Fir Hometolnt DtlljhUul bat A alia UtmU4 uieci oca renoma rrtodaber bast WUaodia Mal4 of Oborne beat Oaatina IIIh Ut beat Baa4al Wood Bartoald beat Coafldeooe Mnelnth beat 8aa Girl Uxzi Klrt beat Bomllooa, drawa' OBITUARY. Qnuffl Qat beat ITnmUUUoo CUea IL beat Udr Pird Common bente beat Iroobar Jaoel't Pride beat Wajaard Wlari ot the Vln4 beat HoRilac llltuir Beer beat Barliuioo 8aadal (Uioon beat Ladj Graes Ladt aapexior beat Fair Nell Kit beat btum Hrrobllda beat Lad Cbartotte Oodlra beat Supremos 1'oUj beat Lad TbemU beat Kill Zm Bloa Violet beat QulU Too Toe Wbaet Ki beat Sir Jobn'i BUtar Looomouoct beet oodlark UIcb lila beat Lad Mowbray Haswosth Park Stakes, for .32, all ages, at 6 10s. each winner. 100 second, 40 third and fourth, 12 each four winners of two courses, 6 each. FiasT Bound.

Mr. Swlobmne's Blaek Sam beat Ut. Hatebatt's SMalng Hour. Mr. Klrisa Kins Couateai beat Mr.

Wukta's GUoara, Mr. UaUe't UeUf aUo4 beat Mr. Miller's Marrtoo. Mr. KnUhl'i Hnxtoa beat Mr.

Wixvl i WUlouihbr. Mr. Dawaoo's Doctor beat Mr. Httlfard'i Qoamaadra. Mr.

J. Cliit'i Criotacum beat Mr. Croste's Col Hobo, Sir B. Woa'i Lax beat Mr. Watebora's Sir Pippin.

Mr. BareboU Biak Jack beat Mr. Brian's Cbaos. Mr. Graeoall Uullr beat Mr.

Balob's Sara. Mr. Boulter's Gleuthorne beat the Earl ot Sefloa 's Schoolfellow. r. Cooper's Star beat Mr.

Oraham's Ben Dli it. Mr. If area Honeful beat Mr. Smltn'e Bloebar IL Mara oii o( Aaclceer's AatacoaUt aod Mr. llaU't raa aa uraeciaea.

Mr. lUadaU'e Bollo aod Mr. nsca'i Bedford raa aa ended dad. in WEATHER FORECASTS. Tsekes WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES Sir, Canon Duckworth's latter fully admits what I said as to his rergers hustling his congregation out of the and transepts into the nare that is, excluding the visitors on a Sunday from all the most interesting parts of the Abbey. I wal ask any one to ntit the Abbey on a Sunday, and satisfy himself wbetner I am not In ayin tnst hail the number of attendants now em ployed in pushing the congregation out of the choir and transepts into the nave would be amply sufficient to Twotect the monuments from isiurr. Beyond any doubt the authorities of the Abbey, lose the opportunity of teaching great lessons to multitudes when they close the bulk of the building on a Sunday, tbe rery day of all others in which it ought to be freely thrown open. I repeat that it must be unnecessary to adopt this course, since I have never seen it followed in any of the great Continental cathedrals I hare visited. What is unnecessary abroad surely is needless at home.

i am, F.R.S. DAIRY FAltMING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, Your correspondent," A Farmer's Wife," advocating fa Tkt XYsset of to day the establuhment of some schools or system of instruction in the manufacture of dairy prodoee, causes me to ask the question, How is it that aa industry so ancient, and so interwoven with the rery existence and profitable employment of rural life, should now Deed such a machinery In the memory of many, and of the present writer alio, there was so need of such an adjunct. Butter and cheese of a quality now eel iom to be obtained were noduced, snd in such quantities that the consumer could obtain it at reasonable prices the result only of an industrious and general practical acioaintartoe with the details of the work.

Why has this practical knowledge become extinct Perhaps some of the present race of farmers' wires will answer the qeestios. Brentwood. Sept. 22. Thx NATtoXAt FisiiEBiES ExjuBrnox.

The considerable surplus remaining over fromlhe National Fisheries Exhibition, held at Norwich in Aprflhas been deposed of as follows Norfoik and SuffoUt Fish Acclimatization Society, 400 the International Fisheries Ex bibitioo. 1S33, SSM 60 each to the Societies for the Tn serration of the Tare, the Bum, and the Waverney 4 aachletheSocietieaforthe riaaer ration of Thetand Mas Ant i the Boys! National lifeboat Institution, 26 and tke MirM Soeietr. sW. Abakace m. i p.m.

19 p.m. 2 am. 30 1 L30 0 faUawlaf Table shows tba Baadlaa of the Glrosrlae Bar, meter for the 13 houri preeedlst the abore, tbns completing the period of aonrs prsrlous to 2 am. af the moraine of pgMlcitloa. 4 1 I 10 ass, a m.

ajn. If. 220 21 I 120t7 1 3211 32T6) I 321 It DUNDEE, Sxrr. 23. This morning the storm in the north of Scotland ceased.

The air is now quite chilly. Details of disasters are being Fsrmers in Fife shire and Forfarshire bare suffered terribly. The North and South Esk rivers are still in great flood, and for many hours yesterday corn sheaves were borne from the fields by the water and carried to the sea. In Kincardineshire the waterway under a bridge became blocked, and the bridge itself gave way. The depth of the Tay was increased by about 10ft.

Until tbe water subsides the full effects of the storm will not be known. KIRKWALL, Sept. 23. The smack Ida, of London, was overtaken by. the gale in returning from the Iceland cod Ashing, aad while running for harbour in Orkney lost two of her crew overboard, a man and a boy.

Owing to the terrific sea, nothing could be done to save them. The yacht Sunbeam, With Sir Tnomas and Lady Brasseyon board, is still detained at Kirkwall by the storm. The wind is blowing a strong gale from the south east, and the sea is still very heavy. Barometer rising. MALTON, Sktt.23.

The beary downpour of rain which began on Tuesday night without cessation until this morning. The Derwent is rismc fast, being already 9ft. aboTCj summer level, and th Kyedalo district is flood sd. Fully one half the grain is out in tho lowlands. The farmers are simply in despair.

Thoogh the rain has ceased for the present, threatening clouds are lowering orer the district and the glass is falling. SOUTH SHIELDS, Sett. 23. A severe storm and heavy rains hare prevailed at the mouth of theTyne. Part of the breakwater under construction at the north side of the harbour entrance has been damaged.

THE HARTLEPOOLS, Sarf. 23. From Tbursdsyaf ter noon to yesterday morning deluging rain prevailed bere, causing cotisiderable in jury to corn crops quantityof which must inevitably be ruined. Tbe prevalence of a heavy gale is the North Sea caused a strong sea to roll into Hartle 1 1 1 T.L. tir.

pool ay. intvnwi, cni, Mivwuwocf vvua nwaiex, coal ladea, from Seaham for Littlehampton, while entering tbe harbour for refuge, became unmanageable and drove ashore outside Middleton jetty, where she began to strike heavily. The John Clay Barlow, National lifeboat, rescued her crew of five, but had a narrow escape from broaching to. The John Wesley will become a total wreck. BERLIN.

8 EFT. 23. With the violent wind and rain of last night, the temperature fell to and this morning it was only Sdeg. above zero. By neon it rose to with continued north east wind end cloudy sky.

Barometer to 28 3. a telegram from Kiel announces tbe prevalence of a vrry violent storm from the north east, which threatens to do damage, even in the Mr. Thomas Cattley writes from Scarborough, Sept. 22 The rainfall of the past week In this locality has been extremely heavy. For the last three days the downpour has Men eases cosmnuous a pernea or ene narveeines securad state, bora "but tbe bulk is stalest, and TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir, As aa increasing Interest is being taken in this sub ject by agriculturists and you will, perhaps, find space for the following remarks. The possibility of predicting the general character of the seasons rests on tbe discovery of a cycle. The Rev. Mr. Ryves, in a letter recently published in your colnrans.

mentions the cycle demonstrated by Mr. Roe, which I proved to be fallacious at the time of its publication but a more eminent cycle hunter is Professor Piaxxi Smyth, Astroaomer.Royal for Scotland, who believe. he has discovered a period ef 11 years in the recurrence of abnormally hot summers. This discovery is based on tbe fact that the Summers of 1837. and 186S were un usually hot.

They were so but let us take a few more figures. To go no further back than the beginning of the century, tbe hottest summers recorded at Greenwich were Ul UJe jvan lolui iou acjj, uu xouci, ujw mean readings (for the months of June, July, and August) being 64 63 644deg. lespectively while at laris the hottest summers were those of the years 1807, 18Zi, 18, 1842, 1846. 1859, and lobs, the mean terapefiture being 67vdeg. 68'4deg oa and 673deg.

respectively. Two important things may be learnt from these figures first, that there is not the slightest trace of periodicity in the recurrence of hot seasons and, secondly, tnst sucn aononnai temperatures are so purely local as not to affect even London and Paris simultaneously. While granting the possible existence of a cycle of the seasons, coincident with and in some way dependent upon, the sun snot period, local conditions and influences nlsv such an important part in the productioa or modification of meteorological phenomena that it is more than doubtful if we shall ever be able to trace such a cycle. Oould we elimi nate each of the causes whose operation makes the weather." doubtless the state of solar activity would he found to exercise its own influence upon our atmosphere but that influence is so siignt as to be lost to our present means of observation among the more powerful terrestrial agents. One thing at least certain, that were the existence of a cycle discovered it would be so liabls to dis innoences were determined also our knowledge would be perfectly useless for the purposes of prediction.

That the daily forecasts issued from the Meteorological are oiten wrong i need not say. ny tcey are so is simply because general disturbances inp the atmosphere only are taken into consideration, local disturbances being ignored. And so long as the forecasts are based solely upon the distribution ot barometrical pressure, this cannot be otherwise. When there is no distinctly developed area of high or low pressure lying over tbe country Or approach ing our snores, tne lorecasts must be made at. random, for the observer has nothing whatever to guide him in his prediction.

He may say wind light and variable," or "calm," or weather unsettled," but such forecasts are liable to falsincatiop in msny districts through the operation of local influences. A little hurricane may start up in ine spot, rain may pour in aaother. and a thunderstorm may burst over a unexpectedly, and the observers in the Meteorological Office could not possibly have been expected to warn the afflicted districts. I think, then, the importance of local meteorology cannot be exaggerated. Tbe distribution of rainfall over tbe British Isles suffi ciently shows the potency of physical conditions, but a more striking example is found in the fact that within a radius or is miles around bomersbam Railway station (Huntingdonshire) hailstorms are so frequent ana destructive that all the insurance companies charge double the ordinary rates per acre on crops growing within that district.

Violent winds, too, are often due to local causes. An instance of this came under my notice some years ago in the Isle of Man, when a violent gale blew over Ramsey from the westward, the air a couple of miles to the north being almost still all the' time. Tbe storm rushed along the base of North Barrule lashing the bay into foam, and apparently becoming dissipated out at sea. The afternoon on which this occurred was bright, and almost cloudless, and the storm maintained its fury for several hours: Such local disturbances may be quite as destructive as more general ones, and forecasts, to of any practical use, ought certainly to take cognizance of the causes which produce them. To render forecasts as reliable as our present knowledge can make them, 1 would suggest that a local observer be appointed in esch district to act in concert with the Meteorological Office, and to base the forecasts upon the information and charts supplied by that office, supplemented by his own knowledge of local conditions and influences.

Every district has its system of natural weather signs dependent upon its physical features, and experienced farmers and others who have given attention to them can predict the weather with tar greater certainty than the functionaries in London. There was a time when natural signs were our only aid tc a foreknowledge of the weather, but since tbe invention of telegraphy and thereon sequent discovery of cyclonic movements in the atmosphere, the cat has been discarded and the barometer pot in ner place. Why not use both Theoretical meteorology, so to call it, determines the general distribution of wind and weather orer the country local meteorology, the particular kind of weather in a district. The one is the complement of the other and in order to obtain the best result they should be used accordingly, the one supplying what the other lacks. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J.

A. WESTWOOD outer: Athenjeum, Glasgow, September 21. The Hew. Clwls Bebert Uwsro mU cf Local to WeOnrton sqaare, Chelsea, at the age of M. Be was a yoasfer sou of William, second Lord Kensington, by his marriage with Dorothy Patricia, daughter of Mr.

Richard Thomas, aad was born August, 1810. Thedeathis saaouncedefMr. Edward Johnstone, efDrms ley Manor, and FttUord halL at tbe age of 77. The deceased gentleman, who matriculated as Fellow Commoner at Trinity College, Cambridge, ia 1821, was called to the Bar In 1829, bet never practised, and was chiefly known aa one of the earliest and most prominent members of the Literary Association of the Frieada of Poland, founded by the poet Campbell ia Being the representative of the Johnstoncs of Gretna aad Newbie, long recognised as an ancient branch ef the Johnstone? of Johnstone, he opposed Sir Frederick Johnstone and Mr. Hope Johnstone claims to the dormant Marqulsata of Annandale in 1876.

The case was long pending, but was decided against Mr. Hope Johnstone in 1879, against Mr. Edward Johnstone last June, and against Sir Frederick Johnstone last Julyfc Lord Blackburn observing on the second occasion, that whatever he might do in tbe future, tbe petitioner had cot yet succeeded in establishing his claim of senior male heir to me peerages, air. JSdward Johnstone was never married, and his heir is his nephew, Lieutenant Colonel James Johnstone, O.S.I. sow acting as Her Majesty' Commissioner for adjusting the frontier difficulties with Barman.

We have to record the death pf Mr. William RoundelL of Gledstone park, near Skipton in Craven, Torkahire, High Sheriff of that county, which happened on Wednes day last, in his 64th year. The alder surviving sou of tbe late Rev, Danson Richardson Roundell, of Gledstone park by his marriage with Hannah, eldest daughter of the late Sir Wiiliam Foulis, of Ingieby Manor, Yorkshire, he was born In the year 1817, and was educated at Harrow under Dr.Longley. He subsequently entered Christ Church, Oxford, where be took the usual degrees. He was nomi cated to the office of High Sheriff in February last.

Mr Roundell, who was a cousin of. Lord Selborne, married in 1864, Harriet Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr Francis Bey con Hacfiet, of Moor hall, Warwickshire. Mr, Roundell was a zealous Conservative, and one who took aa active interest in local politics. Lieutenant Colonel Jervis, R.A., who represented the Borough of narwieh in Parliament in the Conservative terest from 1859 to 1880, died at bis residence, Felixstowe, on Thursday evening, from an attack of paralysis. The deceased was the third son of the late Sir Henry Meredyth Jerns White Jervis (second, baronet), aad was born Wexford in 1825.

He was educated st Harrow and the Royal Military Academy, Wowlwieb, and married Lucy, eldest daughter of Mr. John Chevalier Cobbold, formerly. J. for Ipswich. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1844 and was employed under the Board of Ordnance in the United States in 1855, since which he was engaged in the Small Arms Department.

He was the author of 'Manual of Field Operations," "History of Corfu and the Ioaian Islands," The Enfield Rifle," and a work entitled Inland under the British Rule, published 1868. Tbe Colliery Guardian announces the death of Mr. W. O. Atkinsoaate librarian of the Great Seal Patent Office, and editor of the Commissiuners' Journal.

Mr. Atkinson was sppointed to his office in 1854, when the formation of the library was committed to his charge, and at present the library contains about 80,000 volumes. Mr. Atkinson. prepared the whole of the manuscript copy of the Library Catalogue and Index," now in print and shortly to be pub lisbed, with his own hand, the index part alone comprising up aids of 30,000 slips, the catalogue being composed of titles In various language demanding extreme care.

His Excellency August Baron Joehssus von Ootignola, a Field Marshal in the Austrian Imperial service, whose death, after long suffering, has jnst been announced, had a remarkable military career, and had been for a short period in tbe service of 'the British Government. His first experience of European warfare was ia Greece, whither he proceeded in 1827, and served there till the end ef the War of Independence ia 1829. Ia the previous year he had been promoted to be captain, and was sppointed aide de camp to General Sir Richard Church, Comma nder ia Chief of the Greek Army, in which capacity he was present at the sieges of Missolonghi, Anatolia, and Voaitxa. After tbe accession of King Otho to the throne to Greece, in 1832, he was appointed captain of the general staff in the War Department of the nascent kingdom, and was employed on various confidential missions, serving also under General von Schmals in tbe campaign against tbe insurgent Mereotes. In July, 1835, he left Greece to take part ia the war against the Carliits in Spain, where he joined the British Auxiliary Legion as a captain in the 8th Regiment (Highlanders) in October of that year, being also nominated adjutant of a brigade.

On the field of Arlaben, where he particularly distinguished himself, he was promoted to be major, and was immediately after wards sppointed aide de camp to the Quartermaster Geaeral Sir Duncan MaedougalL After the storming of the Lines of St. Sabaitixn, on the 5th of May, 1836, he was advanced to the rank of lieutenant col oael, and became Assistant Quartermaster General under Sir William Reid. In October of that year he was promoted to be colonel. and appointed Quartermaster General to the Legion, at taining the position General of Brigade after the siege and capture of Iran, which was achieved on the 17th of. Msy, 1837.

In the following month he was appointed Chief of the Staff to the Spanish Army of Cantabria, under Count Mirasol, which position he held till the dose of 1838 aad for his services during tbe protracted struggle with the Carlista he was decorated with the crosses of Commander of the Orders of San Fernando of Spain, of, Isabel the Catholic, and of Carlos Tercero. Ia 1839 the Baron was sent by the British Government on special military service to Constantinople, and proceeded to Syria in July, 1840, being employed on the same service in which our own Field Marshal, Lord Strathnsirn, first won his spurs. On the 25th of September of that year tbe Baron von Cotignole was appointed, by order of Admiral Sir Robert. Stopford, the Commander in Chief of Her Majesty's Forces on the coast of Syria, to be Chief of tbe Staff to the Anglo Austro Turkish Army of the Lebanon, being at the same time created by the Sultan ot Turkey a General of Division, andaFerik, or Pasha of Two Horse Tails, the first distinction of the kind ever conferred by the Ottoman ruler upon a Christian. In the ensuing November he was present at the bombardment and capture of St.

Jean d'Acre, and was Commander in Chief of the Army of Operations from December, 1840, till tbe close of the campaign in Palestine, oa the 10th of February, 1811, whea the troops of Ibrahim Pasha, the re doubted son of Mehemet Ali, the first independent ruler of Egypt, evacuated Gsxa. For his services in Syria the Baron was decorated with the Rassian Order of St. Anne, tbe Grand Nishan of Turkey, as well as the First Class of the Medjidie, aad was presented with swords of honour by tbe Sultan and Queen Victoria. From 1841 to 1848 he attached to the War Department in Constantinople, The Coxtaoiocs DiszasesActs. A Blue book of more than 600 pages has been published containing the evidence taken by the Select Committee of tbe House of Commons appointed to inquire into the Contagious Diseases Acts.

18C6 18G9 their administration, operation, and effect." The committee were instructed that ther hare power to receive evidenca which may be tendered concerning similar systems ia British colonies, or in other countries, and toAreport whether the, said Actsl should be maintained, amen led, or repealed." The report is as follows Your committee hare partly umaidend tha subject referred to them, but hare not been able to complete the inquiry. They hare resolved to report the evidence alreadr taken, and to remmmmA tha rearjpohitoent of the committee ia the next Session of The Easthut Fisheries. Considerahla de liveries ot herrings hsve been made this week at the Great Yarmouth fish wharf. The quality of the fish landed has, however, been variable prices have ranged from 13 to 95 per last fish). The segregate deliveries of herrings at the Great Yarmouth ash wharf thus far this season have been 1,658 laata, aa eomparedtwith 2M lasts ane cui i eiyjin 1 1 1 ir panoa xoov, ana xov lasts 13 tne rswnns; aenea aw IRELAND.

DUBLIN, teT. 2BL Tie leaders ef fee Lead Lbsato sk detesraiasd that fee country shaH sot he allowed to rest er to form a ealm. prejudiced opinion apon the value of fee Lead Act. Ar. rangemeats are made for renewing fee agiUfcioo, aad meetings announced as tf tbe movement was cemmea eke and nothing had been dene by fee Legislature te saeet the wants aad; wishes of the Irish people," of which sP mnch has been said on public platforms.

It might bar been thought that the subject had been worn threadbare by una time, aad mat tbe people would be rsifratH with speeches telling only the same story; tut the orators and organimrs who are hired to keep up dlscoatent and excite ment must snow that they are doing something to can their wages, or the fands will cease to flow in. and the treasury will cease to pay them. Hence fresh demonstrations must be held and further appeals made te tbe tenants snd labourers to snide by the principles of the Land League, aad respect IU authority In preference to that of the law or tbe Government. The loyal and well disposed inhabitants of the districts which are visited by the agitatnrs view the prospest of the coming later with feelings cf alarm and despair. They ask, Are they never to allowed to hare a chance of peace And how long will those who trade and thrive upon disturbance be suffered to carry on their nefarious system spreading terror among all classes, and bringing them all into subjection to an intolerable tyranny I Meetings, promoted by the Irish National Land League and Labour and Industrial Union of Ireland," will be held on Sunday next in Longford, at which Mr.

Justin M'Carthy, M.P., will speak Drumlios, aear Carrick on Shannon Bailieboro, countyCavan, Arless, Queen's County; at which Mr. Lalor, M.P., will speak KUIakin. county Roscommon, at which Mr. O'Kelly. iLP will speak Drumboyne, county Meath, Fethard, county Tipperary, and Killinane, county Cork.

The League hopes by the addition it has made to the title, and by professing sympathy with! the labour and industrial movement, to augment its forces aad keep together for its own purposes classes whose interests have hitherto been Lrsored and damaged, and who would be likely to break off into other combinations, if not restrained by the power which it wieldi. Thn Gazette to night contains proclamations prohibiting the holding of a meeting in two townlands in the barony of West Carbury, eounty of Cork, for the purpose of obstruct ing the sheriff in the discharge of his duty. It is the pity and tbe wonder of all peaceable and well disposed citizens that the meetings out of which such assemblies spring, where the seeds of intimidation and violence are scattered abroad and resistance to and contempt for the law and its administration openly preached, are net iaeluded ia such proclamations. The Gazette contains an official announcement that the following gentlemen have been sppointed to be legal As sistant Commissioners for the purpose of the Land Act Sir. Edward Green, solicitor Mr.

Robert Romney Kane, barrister Air. jonn ueorge Ji canny, solicitor and Air. Robert Reeves. Q.C. The Marquis of Waterford writes to contradict a report tnat tne uurragnmore nounos nave been iioycotied.

Us states that he has been hunting four days a week since tbe beginning of the month, and has met with no incivility. He understands that a placard had been put np ia one district, but not having had occasion to go that way, be did not see it. The report referred to is rery Improbable as his lordship is deservedly popular. Mr. Alfred Webb, an ardent sympathizer with the national cease, states that be felt constrained to write a letter protesting against the dictum propounded at the late convention, tnat tbe landlords snouid be paid lor their land at the prairie value.

He expressed his deep sense of the improper character of the assembly, but ears, "yet strongly as I was impressed, and ardent as would be my desire to oe at one witn my countrymen, i came awav deeply grieved, icr it appeared to me tnat man speakers. and to a certain extent tne wnoie weigns 01 tne assembly, gave the lie to the main object of the League, as stated on its card of membership, to effect such a radical change in the land system of Ireland as will put it in tbe power of every man tanner to became owner on fair terms 01 tbe land he tills." He has no doubt, he savs. as to the correctness of the statement that if tbe reclaimed land of Ireland were denuded of the tenant's unrequited improvements, nine tenths of it would be as bars as an American prairie but the deduction that therefore the present land lords snouid be paid on at tbe prairie raluend the present tenants be allowed to purchase at that value, appears to him "in the highest degree dishonest and untenable." Mr. Webb is distinguished for the frankness of bis utterances. He was an honorary secretary of the Home Rule League, and left it two or three yearsago, because the people did not show by their subscriptions teat tney were in earnest in supporting tne movement.

The city branches of the Land League cave orcaaised a torchlight demonstration to receive Mr. Paraell on his re turn to Dublin from tne countr icklow. It was oriri nally fixed for to morrow night, but has been postponed to ounoay nigut. si ia mo iBienuoa 01 we processionisu to assemble at Beresford place about 7 o'clock on Sundsy evening, and march to the Harcourt street Terminus, where Air. rarneii win arrive by tram at o'clock.

lie will then be escorted by torchlight to tbe offices of the Land Learue. and an address from tbe united branches of the League in the city of Dublin will be presented to him. A number of tenant farmers who bad constant employ ment from Lord Hawarden in drawing timber to the rail way station ceased working this week, aad refused to resume, although the employment was more remunerative than the farms. The labourers, however, who left off work on Monday morning returned next day. The Rev.

Rowan. hon. secretary of the Durrow Land League, writes to say that he has been authorised by Sir. farneil to say tnat be never, directly or indirectly. expressed any intention of hunting in any county, and is surTA ised that any Irishman could for one moment believe him guilty of such frivolity in the present state of the country.

Bach hunting on his part would be a reverse step in tnat emancipation of tbe. people from a dominant, worthless, insulting class to which bis life ia cenaecrated. The total suppression of fox bunting in the country has his entire, unqualified approval. The Rathdrum Land League has passed a resolution to the effect that if tbe licence of tbeir treasurer, a publican, the renewal of which is opposed by the police becaose he refused to accommodate them, be withheld, thev will nse all tbeir influence to hare every policeman boycotted, without exception, no matter what may be his personal character. Tbe out offices of a respectable farmer named Michael Keren, near Newquay, Bums, county Clare, were mischievously burnt last night.

The supposed cause is that he dismissed a man from his employment. A correspondent of the Daily Exvrm states that last nijjht, about 11 o'clock, tbe inhabitants of tbe usually ouiet town of Longford were alarmed by the report of firearms, and it was ascertained that the sentry on duty at the magazine ia the town barracks had reported that he saw three men on the barrack wail. Whom be immediately challenged. No reply having been returned, and tbe men remaining stationary, he challenged again, but received no answer. He then fired, and while in the act of doing so, he was struck by a stone or brick in tbe face.

A second shot was fired and an alarm sounded, when a careful search was made, but no trace of any person could be tound. Tbe sentry has received some injury on the face. and is at present confined to hospital. The guards have was but the revolutionary fever whichin the latter year iafected so many European capitals brought him, a kind of political. stormy petrel," upon the scene st Vienna, where be was appointed in May, 1849, by the Archduke John of.

Austria, then Regent of Germany, to be his Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Marine, which post he held till the following December, and was nominated a Commander of the Austrian 'Order of Leopold. In 1859 he was selected to act as Field Marshal Lieutenant with the Austrian forces in Germany, but as the Imperial Army of tbe Rhine did aot take the field, the appointment was not then gazetted. He was created, in 1860, by the Emperor of Austria, an hereditary baron ef the Empire, and declared to be entitled to assume the motto Victorious Syria" on the ancient arms of his family and on the 19th of July, 1SC9, he was nominated a Field Marshal Lieutenant in the Austrian Army. Our Paris Correspondent telegraphed last night A very romantis career has just terminated at Damascus. M.

About's Grice Conttmporaine sketched the antecedents end position at Athens of Jane Elizabeth Digby, daughter of Admiral Sir Jobn Digby, and sister to Lord Digby, who was born in lSOi, was married in 1824 to Lord Ellenborough, was. divorced in 1830, and in 1832 married the Bavarian xsaron venmngen. ueraexs nusoano was a Greek general, who deserted both her sad the Greek serriee. Shortly after the appearance of M. About's book, in 1855, she quitted Athens, and on the road to Palmyra met MidjoueL A writer in the JUpuMime Franraitt, who visited Damascus 18 months sgo, states that the version of their marriage given by Ianthe was that, attacked by Bedouins, she owed her life to Mid jouel but others repre sent him as tne bead or ber lured escort, and as fascinated by her fortune and beauty.

Tbe wnter.desv nbes the 25 years' union as a very happy one, but probably draws on his i marina tl on for the stipulation that the offspring were to be Mussulmans if males, and Protestants if females, as also that Midjouei was to spend half the year at Damascus with Ianthe, and half in the desert with bis hartm, Ianthe visiting him there only once a month. The fallowing account of a visit is also doubtless somewhat coloured Ianthe was more than 60 (72), Midiouel nearly 50. Ianthe was still elegant and charming' Mid jonel was proud aad docile. Ianthe was a Rmarkable rider Mid jonel had remained tbe moat ferocious of the Bedooina. laathehad on her table all the newspaper and reviews of the west Midjouei was horsey.

Ianthe, smoking ber cigarette, questioned the Parisian about tbe theatres be had left, fee authors snd politicians ia vogue, aad ahoux her oM friends. Ianthe stiR resembled fee portrait Lawrence asde ef her ben aba was saI caBed Idy BSenboroegs, which of sa tbe sale of she WHseaooHcc AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, (jbULJLSD Mr.Thomae W.flrlwerisw.fee Bsajtitui Otaeist fa Dee 1m, has famished to fee Tsserey sae aaaaal seners! abstracts, which give, by eocmtiee aad provinces, tee acreage under crepe aad fee aamher aad ef Mrerstoek iaWeli The feBowtag table 0 1 lueesvtte total e4cM under crops, grass, faflow, woods sad plaaUtsoaa, aad hog and marsh, barren mouataia lead, water, reads, feaees; I 1 aa mm avc, ia laau ana jam ftsvlaoss. i Total Extent Crops rsL few. Vis and taaa ta ttaaa BfW aedj I Menu. I Uarreat Qfoastaa Land.

Walar. Road, feacea. act mater Ooeaaasal 1iMi 1.va.j74 nrri i nsSTUCTJ 1S37 1.74.2 iwiti.m,4 ISSX 69511 iOTJA'Wl Z. HOI M6Ji 4867. L' 1 A ma.

AerarUerca.t A Z.M42S3; ii67.il Mill S9.30Z 725 JM 322, UJ Utt.3 1 3.17VJ5T) 3.miixmutojmi ilKlSUW U73S 1 Total 71 SI 00 Tsisl 5.3rtS 423 1571 1174 1375 irus nave 1 been doubled in the barracks in consequence of the oc 1377 currence, aad every precaution taken to prevent a surprise. CORir.SaTT.23L A discharged soldier named Carroll has been arrested on a charge 01 being concerned in ine attack upon tne house of three named.Mahony, at: Kiskearn, a week ago. To day the prisoner was confronted with the wounded men, who immediately 'identified him as being of the attacking party, and the prisoner was remanded. 4A3UBC1 1 Uai.ULJ6LLlC5La H.13S 32157SASS1963 1 (amooattiic la tba acrrmte to JS1C00 taint irmi not kiihif beea nerivej. the oucreepoaMttae rstaraafor ISK aave beaa adooted la tbeir atead.

Ineiodlag 123,035 acres under water. tJEidaalTe ot. 494.72S acres nnder the larpv rivers, lakes, aad "The total extent under crops in 1881 was 5,13 161" acres, being an lacreaae oa the extent in 1SS0 of 110 'T7 or 2' 17 per cent. Tha increase in Leinater wu 36,104 acres, or X57 per in Monster, 27,304, acres, or 2 20 per cent; in Ulster, 35.210 acres, or 2 "02 and in umovsi, acres, or 1TS per cent. In 1580 the extent returned under mss was UL2S9.1Q3 acres in 1881 the extent returned is 10.091.C83 acres, being a decrease of 167,43) acres the.

extent returned as fallow ia 1880 was 15,406 acres, and in 1831, 21,186 acres the extent under woods, ami plantations in 1830 was 339.853 acres, against 576 acres in and the extent returned under Boc and marsh, barren mountain lr, kc." in 1880 was acres, against acres in 1881 of the acreage thus returned in 1881, L718.478 acres have been entered by the enumerators as bog aad marsh, aad 2,109,360 acres as barren mountain land. "Total ExrxyrcsDXR Cnors. The extent of land under tillage in 1S was 3,171 acres, ia 1881 the amount returned acres, beinj aa increase of 21,700 acres. In Leinster the Increase amounted to 5,246 acres in Muntter, to 633 acres in Ulster, to 7,992 acres and ia Connaught, to 2,223 acres. Cereal Crops.

Compared with 1880 there appears aa increase of 5.301 acres in tbe acreage under wheat oi 10,437 acres in oats of 789 acres in bere and rye and of 1,737 acres in beans and pease. There is. a decrease of 7,864 acres barley, leaving a net increase of 10,400 acres in tbe extent under cereal crops. ''Green Crops. The acreage under potatoes ha increased by acres mangel wurzel aad beet by 3,347 acres and vetches and rape by 839 acres.

The extent under turnips decreased by 7,460 acres cabbage by 7,853 acres and carrots, parsnips, and other green crops by 756 acres leaving a net increase of 21,753 acres ia the acreage under green crops. "Flax. The extent under flax in 1880 was 157,540 acres in 1881 the acreage returned under this crop.is only 147,085 acres, being a decrease of 10,455 acres. In 1880 there were 1,900,825 acres returned under meadow and clover in 1881 the exteat re turned under this crop amounts, to 1,998,402 acres, being an increase of 88,577 seres. The following statements show the aereare under each crop in 1880 and 1831, with the increase or decrease in the utter year uxazAL uaon.

ISO. ita. Increase talSB. In XSSI. Wheat Oat Barley Bere and Br Beans aad Peas .141738 1.331.93 2U.013 7.66J NU57 1S4.0C9 U32.3S3 situ M5T U.S94 5.3C1 78 1.737 T.SM Total L7SS.477 1,775.577 1S.400 Iaersaaa la esreal eropa la IJJ1.

13.400 acres. GazxsCaors. 1S3X 1S81. lnlSU. ACTM.

ACTwal, Ad Ail. PoUtoea 120.651 B54J94 3XS4J Tumlpe 3C2.S9S 33S.23S KaBrel W'arxet and See Soot 1UU 9.JIT Cabbace 36.402 Carrots, Parmrjf, A other Green Crops Acre. 7.4 7.S5S Tetehae and rasa ops 33.061 U91I 3UCS 14.757 7S4 (33 US3.997 21.7S5 Iim lane la green oropa ia 1837. 2U7S5 1 GX5XEAL SCMXAST OX CZBXAL, GBXZ9 CHOPS, ic. InTaa Deorxne 1SSX 13SL iaUeX, taUil.

jtom, JLcm jacrMt atVcnv. Cereal Crops L766.477 U7S.J77 10.430 Crew Crops t24742 L2tl997 21.755 Tlax 15740 147.CSS. 13.44S Total under TQats 3,132.959 21.700 Meadow aod Clover 1,909,825 1.9S8.4C2 M.S77 Total inereaee in ia total extent ot land oader arooa la 1381. 11377 acrra. Table showing the area under tha several crocs ia esch year irom 104 4 so xeoi, inclusive Crops.

Wheal Barkr Ban and Rv Bfn, aod Pea Potato Turnips Maaiel warsel A beetroot Cabban Cerrota. DartnlD. aod ouer srceoi cioua TetGha Flax aod rspsl Ttt aadsr tSla Ifeadow clover Total esteat under; crop 1377. Acre. 1JS.2J7 t.476.172 228.218 11.124 rrxm 334.379 4S.94S 39.3C7 34.75 24,33 3.340.94 5J6S.901 1S7S.

U73. 1SSX lSSL Acre. 134.041 1.412,345 243,604 11.431 9.SS3 Arrea. 157.511 U33.261 254.252 9.SS2 10,151 S4.712i (41671 330.243 I 314.637 s.n9 33.4S8 35,139 U.0S2 lll.ai7 51.155 33,433 34.21S 128.021 3,25201 1. 942.

504 SJ21J33 Actm. I Actsa 14a.70S 154.009 U8 1.923 1,232.365 amis 7.6W 10.15T S20.6SI 4IJ1S 36,402 32.051 U91J a37 1LS94 SS4.23 233.233 44.SE2 23K 3t3CS 14,757 147.063 3.17WS9 L909.S2S i0SW34 3.192.9S3 L99S.4B2 S.19US1 I BRCS5S or Lrva Stock. It appears from the following table that between 1880 and 1881 there was an increase in the number lot cattle amounting te 32.962. and in the number of. pigs amounting to 237,772 while uere was a decrease In the number of sheep amounting to 303,880, and in the number of horses and mules amounting to 8,150.

Table tho wine the number of live stock in each year from 1872 te 181, inclusive Tsars. HdTAea I Cattle, shep. I Mol M. i I At Knock, yesterday, four men named Hkrins. Byrne.

M'Loushlin, and O'SuIliran were arrested on the sworn information of Herbert Dsvii, of Coogue, charged with intimidating and coerciag him to reinstate a tenant whom he had evicted. They were remanded oa bail to the Bally hannis Petty fiessiocj. The police withdrew their objection at the Drumxerraa Petty Sessions, yesterday, to the renewal of the licence of Thomas il'Givaey, a suspect ia Galwsy gaol. Other publicans were opposed on the ground that they had snokea stronjlv at illezal assemblies. The licences were all a strong cantiou wai given to the publicans.

It is stated tnat Air. Herbert Uladstone. wiU shortly vuit Dublin, where be will be the guest of the igfat Hon. W. Forster, at the Chief Secretary's Bom miseoneentien barinr ariaen aa to tha interereta tion of the resolutions adopted by tbe Land Lesgue Con vention in favour of the labourers, Mr.

Tbomis Sexton, M.P.. has issued a notification to the effect that the con vention ncommended the allotment to labourers of half an acre of tilled band for 25 acres tilled or grazing or mixed neia try tne termers. Tins Fbzxch Comxekrial Tbkatt. Last night's Gazette contains the declaration sLraed at Paris on the 21st prolonging the treaties of commerce and navigation in force between Great Britain and France turn the 8th of November next to the 8th of February, 1882. Last evening the Oldham master cotton spinners appointed Air.

secretaryadtwo manaiacturers to represent them at Paris oa the French Treaty conference. Air. J. J. Uadgely will represent limited companies.

These gentle men aare xuii power to act, and wui. Decides, ne present te give any technical information demanded as regards the effect of the treaty oa cotton yams and manufactures. Thx Actcmx Asaizxa. It ia not expected that Mr. Justice Ear will begin the assizes 00 the Northern Circuit before the 29th or 31st of October.

They will be held at Carlisle, Manchester, aad Liverpool. The majority of tbe other circuita, however, will commeace on the 25th of next month. I'nsocers only will be tried at the autumn UTS 1379 1SS3 1881 Pics, fcoaufpooarr. 1S1.351 4.0M.337 1 IJ3.130 4,124,75 4.441.(33 1,099.186 2S4.753!IZ068.rS 1S3.35S 4.115.283 4.2S4.C27 1.25 2. Cfc 270.831 U133, 133 ..1566,951 182.2104,117.4404.1X9.157 1.425.042 U61A500 135.842 3.997499 1937.509 1.461712 267.297 13366.C3J 1.464 3,985.120 4.C9S.134 U69J99 27S.974 13.7174 4.067.

773' 4.CI7.303 1.072.1 IS 27S.MIliJSit'S 32.441 85058 2S5.7S3 U430.182 573.980..187.3V3.a4.479 X0a.041 Do In ctmm, emu, 303,820 237.772 In 8.1501 1.029 lo ereeae, 32.962 Ia 764 erete. 53W71 DitZerece innambarsl betveea lSSTaad 1881 la connexion with the area ander flax, the number of scutching mills enumerated in I8aTis as follows Ia the province of Ulster, 1,140 Munster, 14 Connaught, 13 and Leinster, 9 axing a total in Ireland of THE STATE OF IRELAND. St. John's Ambcxascz AssociATKnr. A centre of this association is being formed at Taunton.

General Sir Percy Douglas, president. It has been set motion by Mrs. Surteee Ailnatt.whe has recently, in conjunction wHh at. wonn uate, estauianea a centre at iJedtord. HostttaIi Bdjtdat Fcitd.

TesterdaT the Hospital SundarFued received its first legicy one of uw, irro oiouiy, irom a gentleman, wao made It a stringent condition of the aeeeptaace of the bequest that his inhiala only T. J. M' should be given ia any public aano4iacement. a paa a 'a a xtAnwAT wmsjoy. At itoOderTrield esterdar af ternooB, a London aad KoraVWettern goods train raa into a number of earBtr carriage btdccrmr tn tbm imxr.

shire aad Torkshire Jseilway. Cosnsesy tkt bed heea ess si hi ism ins 11111111 1 rmen in ttn stattrm One nsfe was smaeaed, aad tee frost of tbe feeds ctvaeiv pj TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, The following extracts from letters received from my agent in Ireland will show, as well as anything can, the chances of fair play" that will be given to the Land BilL I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN IRISH LANDLORD. Grafton Club, London, Sept. 22.

September 7. 1881. "My dear Mr. tenants nave promised td pay on Wednesday next but I do not ia tbe least thinx they will do so. The Government is putting all sorts of impediments in the way of the landlords." September 19, 188L My dear Mr.

I am sorry to tell you that your tenants have refused to pay anything. You hare only to turn to the proceedings of the Lead League Couvrntioc to see the reason, the country is in a fearful state." Iyqcrsr. "i esterday Sir John Humphreys' held an inquest at the Green Man Tavern, Hoxton, as tc the death of Solomon Hughes, aged 69, a caUnetmaker, at John's terraee, Hacxxay road. Evidence waa given ahow log that the house was full of lodgers, including deceased, his married and single daughters, a married couple. Alfred Xicnolson and Jus wife, and other persona.

Oa the 13th inst. aa affiliation order was obtained against Alfred Nicholson on behalf of a young girl living ia the house, and a good deal of OlwOl existed. That evening Jiiehol son's wife told the married daughter of the deceased to keep within her own room that night as murder would be done, and shortly siterwarde several strange men entered the houaa accompanied by Xicholson's brother Karri. The latter struck the unmarried daughter in the face, and subsequently deceased went to Kieholxan's room to find out tbe aggressor and threatened proceedings in the poHce court. The police were sent for, snd whBe they were waiting at the foot of the staircase a voice was heard saying Pitch him Morris Nicholson stood nearest to deceased, and the next moment he was buried beadioegjown the staimse, fractarmg tee eerrieal very teens.

The police at ones anereheoded Mfrrris TFirhnfi ai whose friends tried to rescue him, but oJtiaatelw tiwee of mea were eonreyed to the poKee statiea. The next moraiar two were cecsaBttted to prisoq for asaaaH and attempted rescue. Xkhotaoa beaar inwitiJul, aad fax trht rfaWs neek. Tbe whole of the vieleBee petted MjrrWaua as tee maa waohad fshiowu aes tfc ec eawajeat aasaealalMC I.