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*ishts"3- one of the leaders of the "woman's the col™?iVement in the United States, is a candidate for tn fi e y the 9th regiment (New York), in succes- the late James Fisk, jun. in our rZ by Mr H. Hirst, who was described to sta+<» Ju ,°^ the election at St. Pancras as a teetotaler, this he is not a teetotaler. We hasten to remove tiser. mented stigma from his name.—Morning Adver- one ^erids from two different Scotch churches, but of Prea v0mination> mef< the other day and discussed the Uses tl!ln £ of their respective pastors. "Your preacher 3-our eas o{ °^her men," said one. Don't you wish 8Pons?astor woul(l do the same?" was the significant re-
C ON SEQUENTIAL CLAIMS.
C ON SEQUENTIAL CLAIMS. I1IPORTANT COKRESPONDENCE. Th ^rora the Philadelphia Age, May 13.) ion 6f correspondence shows the present condi- D O dispute between two neighbours hoffow '—Some time ago your wacrgon ran into my knnM 3^ the turnpike g-ite, and broke one shaft and y0l] ^e.d four spokes out of the left wheel. What are §°ing to do about it?—Truly yours, JONATHAN SMITH. dorm if Smith,-I don't see that I ought to pay the damage yonro waSgon. In fact, I had lent it to a it *„ rr as you say I am responsible, I agree to •tou BreitmaH, who keeps the toll gate, Y ther I ought to pay the damage.-Tru^youre.^ JOHN BULL. ^ear Smith —T went tTBrdtman's this morning, and showed me the bill sent in by Mr Shad, your attorney. ItI., ?b_y „ ,iH"' to y'mr bu«y y™ ?red thousand dollars by a speculation in m^ P Sf. has put in a bill for 500.007dols. 50c. I would not bfe the seven dollars and fifty cents for re^to the Sgy, but the rest of the claim is ndiculo BULL. JOlIN BULL. D«ar Sir—Tt rinn'i make any difference about the ^°«nt of mv bill We have left it to Breitman to say that's right i-Yours. JONATHAN SMITH. Dear Sir,-I win not leave any such claim to Breit- He cannot understand it; indeed he hardly under- English, and might give a smashing award against English, and might give a smashing award against 0Q ridiculous claim. Yours truly.^ tJ^6ar Bull,—Don't let us quarrel about it. My at- J^y's claim does seem t0 be ridiculous. All my friends rj- n»e so. Let us both say to ^eitman thatitisndi and «*. le„vB th. matter to t„Jy, Dear Sir —Since vou admit it is ridiculous, you had letter withdraw it. I will pay anything that Breitman ^ys for repairing the buggy, but will not put it in fellow's power to bankrupt me-_Yourj^ Sir,—If J were to withdraw my claim, people would S*h at me. I stick to it, if it is ridiculous. D n the I will lose th. money » JONATHAN SMITH.
A ROMANTIC HISTORY.
A ROMANTIC HISTORY. A veteran follower of the 90th Regiment, named Re- becca Abraham, applied to the Nottingham magistrates on Friday, May 31st, to have a pedlar's certificate en- dorsed, BO that she may follow the calling of a hawker in that town. Her history is a romantic one. She is the widow of a soldier of the 90th Regiment, and was ten years in India with her husband. On the outbreak of the Russian Tjar she accompanied him to the Crimea as nurse to the wife of the Colonel. There she was confined of three children at one birth, two boys and one girl, and received the usual royal bounty of 23, With the kind attention the woman received in camp, her children were reared, and all three are still living Abraham went through the war uninjured, but died after leaving the Crimea, and his widow is now obtaining a livlihood as a pedlar. Of the chree twins born in the Crimea one has joined the regiment in which his father so gallantly served, another is connected with a school for soldiers children, and the third accompanies his mother in her wanderings Up and down the country. The woman states that she We her husband twenty children, and that three of them are at the present time soldiers in the British army.
MURDER BY A SOLDIER.'
MURDER BY A SOLDIER. A dreadful tragedy was enacted on Friday night, May 31st, in the Citadel Barracks at Dover. Bradford, a pri- vate of the 3rd Buffs, was somewhat noisy in his behaviour, and a comrade, named Donohue, who occupied the same room, complained and threatened to report him if he did fcot'be quiet. Donohue subsequently went out, and on his return Bradford endeavoured to strike him with a Poker, but was prevented by others who were present. He continued, however, to nurse his vindictive feelings, and When Donohue had gone to bed he drew his bayonet from its sheath, and stealthily approaching the sleeper, plunged it into his abdomen. An alarm was raised, surgical aid was sent for, and in the meantime efforts were made to stop the flow of blood. The unfor- tunate man, however, died almost immediately. On Saturday, the magistrates committed Bradford for trial at the assizes on the charge of wilful murder.
WIFE MURDE R IN WALE S.-A…
WIFE MURDE R IN WALE S.-A BRAVE WOMAN. A fearful crime has just been brought to light in a re- markable manner at Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Two Iniles from the town a woman saw a labouring man named Brise carrying a heavy burden, and going towards a collierv She noticed something peculiar in the appear- ance of the man's load, and then she perceived legs dang- ling, and finally saw that it was a corpse he bore. She tracked him to a field, and then confronted him, and boldly accused him of murder. One of the proprietors of the colliery came up at the same time and Brise was de- tained. Under a hedge close by was found the dead body of Mrs Brise, dreadfully disfigured by blows. It seems that in a drunken passion on Tuesday night, May 28th, Brise beat his wife in a brutal manner with his fists and with, a poker, and turned out of the house a lodger who interfered to protect her. Next morning he told this lodger in a neighbour's house that his wife had left him, and, to the remark that she would return, he replied. She'll never come back to me in this world. It was on the following day that he was seen carrying the body. The Coroner's Court has returned a verdict of wilful mur- der against Brise There is evidence that the decesied ^as fond of drink, and had been drinking on the night of the murder. There was also a strong suspicion that she ^as unfaithful. The prisoner is becoming very unwell, and gives way to violent bursts of grief.
I-DEATH OF MR. CHARLES LEVER.
I- DEATH OF MR. CHARLES LEVER. v It is stated by telegram from Trieste, that Mr Charles ^ever, the novelist, died there suddenly, on Saturday afternoon, June 1st, from disease of the heart. M Wer was born in 1809. He was an Irishman by birth, though educated at C» mbridge and Gottingen. He was appointed by Lord Derby Vice-Ctfnsnl at Spezzia in ■858, and was transferred t > Trieste iri-1867.
HELANDED INTEREST AND TENANT.RIGHT.
HELANDED INTEREST AND TENANT- RIGHT. On Tuesday, June 4th, an important debate on the sub- ject of English tenant right was raised at a representative Meeting of the various County Chambers of Agriculture held at the Salisbury Hotel, Salisbury-square, Fleet-street. Mr E. Heneage presided, and among those present were Sir John Pakington, M.P., Lord Malion, M.P., Sir Massey liOpes, M.P., Sir Michael Beacfi, M.P., Mr C. S, Read,M.P., Mr A-Pell, M.P., Mr E. Turner, M.P., Mr Corrance, M.P., General Herbert, M.P., Colonel Price, Mr Henry Seymour, and other prominent members of the Central Chamber of the Agricultural Council. The subject was brought before the meeting in resolutions placjd upon the Paoer by a Committee of the Central Chamber in regard to the steos to be taken to elicit the opinion of the agricul- irs, ?iTLp™y"™°z»t0& —'z tho1nnresolutions for the consideration of the Chamber. rp £ re <c That this Council considers it necessary, *he first wao 1 f caDital engaged in husbandry, Jot the proper security of ca^nta e o Sensation from the landlord or -ee"t^ previou3 ^exhausted value of his improvements, subjertt;o previous 9°asent of the owner, with respect to drama e, tl0> and other improvements of a permaneii character "*•*(1 i iv KVITTI nnTj-ttvi»*D z tnd, deteiiorations, the amount respectively <^e o r determined by valuation." I he second had relation 5° details as to how the schedule of allowances should be ?raWn; and the third, while deprecating legislative inter- erence with freedom of contract, considered "a change is Muired in the existing law of tenancy, so that the letting hir'ng of agricultural land, as well on entailed as on other ^tes, should be mbiect to at least twelve months notice to In the course of the discussion, Sir J. Pakington JJjSgeBted some veibal amendments in the resolution, and Proceeded *o declare his hearty concurrence in the hInd and scope of the resolution. He spoke, he said, as a ^owncr, and he was sure that the landowners interest was hafl frved hy bavin" the farmers' capital protected. If he X to take his choice of tenant right or lease he should he the W as living a good security to the tenant; but shn ?s disPosed to sav that the tenant right and the lease go together 7Hear ) With regard to legislative in- Srence' hf urged the US3 they had of this the better. Mr fc°mbe moved an amendment, laying down certain In the course of the debate following the proposal ? anaendment, Mr C. S. Bend, M.P., energetically te.naiu3 ^Vour of legislative enactment in confirming a r Johifr>t compensation for unexhausted improve • ^he inee.. akington, in speaking to the amendment, a elic'te<ito be satisfied with the expression of opinion |e»ted tha^u ay in ^vour of a tenant right, and he^sug- ^ndinw tvi subject should be allowed to pass by without ^°ke warmi hamber any details, Mr Corrance, M.lr., ftnd heartily in the cause of establishing a diakillgton Tm-supP°rted the course advocated by Sir John n^^sion tlmately the meeting resolved to adjourn the y of txr,^3 ^-° Sive the provincial chambers an oppor- P easing opinions on the subject.
Otto.
Otto. Wives seem to have turned the tables upon the liquor- dealers in America. At any rate, one of theni has s example of suing for damages, and other*, no doubt, encouraged by her success to adopt the same cou pursuer was a Mrs Reed, and the defendant James.Tow a drug dealer by profession, but a 1,quh°r 0f'Townlev's Mrs Keed's husband, it appears, was rather unable"to medicine," and frequently got so drunk as tojeu attend to his duties. Mrs Reed i^inofher husband, and Townley for causing the 'f 8Upporting hi^ family, thereby incapacitating him fr »PMost of the clergy- laymg the damages at d°and manv of the leading men of the c^ J'^s dudng'tl.e trial. The jury brought citizens were spectators dun g donars. in a verdict for the plaintiff of aoua T to find out what working men generally, I J be most affected by the measure, think of who would b • najng Bill, the Permissive Programme, rl thee™ther proposals for dealing with drunkenness, and the the other day, in Staffordshire we tWnk°the practice of stringent control over public houses, S the wafof closing th-.m early for iostance, was con- demned but on Saturday a deputation representing forty- three different trades waited on the Earl of Kimberley,.to rPnresent that the Government Bill was weak, and that it 0nly be satisfactorily improved by increasing its restrictive provisions. Lord Kimberley said the Govern- ment had introduced such a measure as they believed would pass but he also said he thought the deputation truly represented the wishes of those on whose behalf they came to him. If that is so, and there is a wide-spread feeling amongst the working men that the sale of drink should still further be limited, we may be sure that the Government Bill will be followed soon by a more decisive The more it is examined the more worthless does the Dissenters' Declaration in favour of Bible-teaching_ in Government schools become. The following is from this month's CongregationalistIn our examinati have obtained the kindly assistance of piemen belon ing to various religious denominations, ^t there still .e mains a large residuum of names about which je_caa learn nothing. There are in the first, jecond and thi.d lists rather more than 500 names, and of 293 of these a e lo2 Weslevans 87 Congregationalists, 34 Baptist, i ^bytS»,?«Vdl0 Quakers. A careful «»»■» £ »" of the names that are known to us shows that mnely every instance they belong to men who, from the hrst have upheld the Government policy and opposed Nonconformist agitation. They do not represent any secession from the great and growing party which, for the W two vesrs, has been contending for religious equality in education Many are not only Denominationalists in education? but Conservatives in politics. There are among them gentlemen who were Conservative candidates at the last General election, and others who proposed Con- servative candidates on the hustings. Do any of our readers happen to recollect the tone of the Standard all through the prolonged struggle for freeing university education in England from ecclesiastical tram- mels ? If they do, we need not remind them that the claims of Dissenters were pooh-poohed, and that any attempt to admit them to the privileges of the national, seats of learning was treated as a dangerous innovation. Now, however, the tables are turned Mr Gladstone, for certain probably good purposes, is waiting awhile, until he can introduce a comprehensive scheme of university reform for Ireland, and therefore opposes individual attempts at legislation. Consequently, Mr Purser, a Moravian, who is entitled to a fellowship, is unfortunately kept out of his proper reward, arid the SU&fid&Td says Accordingly tins Minister of religious equality has been now for three years keeping a man like Mr Frederick Purser out of the enjoyment of his hard-earned University honours!" That is delicious! The explanation of this marvellous zeal for the rights of Dissenters is plain enough, however. The Conservatives are afraid lest the system of denominational education which they advocate as so essential, so "godly," for Eng'and, should be introduced into Ireland. There they would only I have "godless" education—for fear of the Catholics. The famous Mrs Woodhull, the lady who advocates "Free Love," seems to have flung her cap at the President's chair. The Standard's correspondent in New York, says—"The element of the ludicrous has been introduced into the con- test far the presidency. A lot of nondescripts, of the mas- culine, feminine, and epicene genders, have met in conven- tion, and nominated 'For President, Victoria C. Woodhull; for Vice-president, Frederick Douglass.' Here we have a woman and a negro [both, no doubt, per se, inferior to the white man' who is writing this paragraph] brought forward forthe higkest offices in the country. A funny story is told in the newspapers of an interview between Mrs Woodhull and Theodore Tiiton, her biographer, in which she upbra:ded him for his desertion of her in his ardent espousal of the cause of Horace Greeley. Mr Tilton, in his life of Mrs Woodhull, declared his conviction that spiritually she com- muned on the housetops with Demosthenes, and that the soul and genius of the great Athenian orator spoke through her to the American people. But he does not ineline to sup- port Demosthenes for President of the United States, and he port Demosthenes for President of the United States, and he went so far as to put on a white hat in presence of Mrs Woodhull in token of his enthusiasm for Horace Greely; whereupon the band which shook the Macedonian throne came down upon the white hat, and smashed it over Mr Tilton's eyes. Apocryphal as this may be, it i3 yet certain that the supporters of Mrs Woodhull and Douglass are going to hold a poll in several States of the Union for their candi- dates. and that they have appointed a delegation of women to go to Philadelphia and enact the farce of being excluded from the Republican Convention." Justice Keogh's judgment on the Galway Election Petition is less satisfactory than is commonly supposed. He condemns priestly influence justly enough, though too passionately, but he condones, and almost seems to ap- prove what is quite as reprehensible, landlord coercion. It was proved clearly in evidence, and not denied by the offender himself, that a landlord hastened the pulling down of certain houses because his tenants would not "oblige him"—to use his own words—by voting for his candidate! Anything more scandalous could scarcely be conceived; yet the judge has the assurance to say that no steadier, no safer, no more legitimate influence than that of a landlord over his tenant could be used." If that is a dictum to be rejoiced over, we have no notion of political liberty, or the meaning of electoral rights. The judgment, in short, is calculated to do as much harm as good.
ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A HOUSE-BREAKER.
ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A HOUSE- BREAKER. About half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday night, as Mr Daniel Pearce, jun., of Monkhall, near Hereford, returned home from visiting a neighbouring farmer, he discovered a man trying to get into the house by means of a hurdle reared to a low window at the back. He at once seized hold of him, and then discovered that the intruder was a well-known convicted thief, named Phil Powell, who had often been suspected of having committed depredations at that and other places in the neighbourhood. As Phil was laid hold of he exclaimed, "Loose me, or I will put this knife through your —— heart," at the same time ex- hibiting a long unsheathed knife, with which he struck at Mr Pearce, and cut him fearfully. The struggle was one for life. Although Mr Pearce received twenty to thirty stabs, he stuck to his assailant, and his calls for assistance soon brought his relatives to the scene of conflict, and the fellow was secured. Sergeant Phillips, of Hereford, was sent for, and took charge of the prisoner and Mr J. C. Lane, surgeon, attended to dress the wounds of Mr Pearce, several of which are of a serious nature.
THE CLAIMANT.
THE CLAIMANT. Rumours are abroad (the Laio Times says) that the Government intend to curtail the expenses of the Tich- borne prosecution by confining the evidence to that which is obtainable in this country. We may state that two gentlemen are under orders to go to Chili and Australia, but they do not sail for a fortnight, and in the meantime there is to be a consultation of all the counsel engaged. Therefore it cannot at present be stated positively that the aovice of the Attorney-General will not be followed by the Government, but there appears to be some con- flict of opinion between persons of authority, which it is quite possible may materially affect the conduct of the prosecution.
A MAN KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.
A MAN KILLED ON THE RAILWAY. On Wednesday, May 29th, an inquest was held at the Salop Infirmary, before Mr Corbett Davies, on the body of William Hughes, who died from injuries received while working on the railway. The deceased was a labourer, and on Tuesday he was employed near Leebotwood Station. He ee was between the. metals on the four-foot way" when a guods train from Hereford approachcd without the driver sounding Ins whistle, and the deceased, being deaf, was knocked down and he received injuries to his skull and ribs. The station master and several men who were working near saw the accident and conveyed deceased to the waiting room of the station, and in a short time they were able to send him on by a train to the Salop Infirmary. He died hour after £ :s io ihh institution. Hewa3Si'xtr years of age. The verdict was "Accidental death.
MURDER OF TEFPERSONS.
MURDER OF TEFPERSONS. Captain Patty, of the schooner Flirt, who has arrived in New York from Martinique, brings intelligence of the massacre of a family numbering ten persons, on May 2, in the French settlement of St. Peter's, on that island. A gendarme, patrolling the jiUage early «n that day, saw three men escaping stealthily m the darkness from John Fougier's hotise, and hastening towards the beach. He ob- tained assistance, and, launching a whaleboat, followed the fugitives, who were then in a sailboat They were over- taken and handcuffed'after a Fougier's house was then examined. y>lrnrl in>in his wife, and four children lay weltering in blood. John Fougiers head had been cut off with an axj anda daughter, who had evidently been awakened by the no^e, lay on the floor in a pool of blood. William g been shot twice through the head in his room, and the body of Jean Fougier lay in another room, with gashes in the head and breast, and shot wounds in the stomach and neck. Ten bodies in all were found in the house. The family had inherited 6,000,000 francs from relatives in Bordeaux. The assassins were Louis Berthemy, an heir under the will, and two desperadoes who had accompanied him from France. Berthemey had contested in the French courts the will of John Berthemey, by which a large for- tune had been left to Marie Berthemey, the wife of John Fougier, and the courts' after a tedious litigation, had de- cided in her favour. Joh, Fougier had refused in France to consent to any compromise, and it is supposed that Berthemey plotted the massacre of the entire family in order to obtain possession of the property. Ihe alleged murderers have been sent to France for trial.
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NOTES.
NOTES. A PLACE OF RIVERS AND STREAMS.-What county in England or Wales can rival Montgomeryshire for the number of its rivers ? Nearly two hundred rivers, brooks, and streamlets have the whole or a portion of their course within the boundaries of the county. Separate names seem to be Jacking for some of them-no less than four have respectively the name of Dulas. Three are named Ceunant, Cledan and Colwyn severally and two C/ewedog. The longest river in Great Britain, the Severn, rises in the county, and flows through it for a large portion of its course. One of its streams, the Camlad (the "crooked") is said to be the only river which flows from England into Wales. It rises near Bishop's Castle, and, passing from Shropshire into Montgomeryshire, ends its course by joining the Severn at Forden. Many of the Montgomeryshire rivers are rendered famous by allusions to them by Welsh poets. Not a few of them have interesting and curious legends connected with them. Would that such legends and allusions could be collected and printed! The Rev. D. Silvan Evaus has written in the Montg. Coll. (vol. iv., p. 345) a short account of these streams, giving their locality, and generally the name of the water into which they fall. Montgomeryshire may safely challenge any other county to match it in respect of the number or importance of its rivers.—U. QUERIES. COL. JONES, THE REGICIDE.—In botes and I Queries, May 25, appears the following query from AHaedCol.'John Jones, the regicide, a wife prior to his marriage to Roger Whetstone's widow, Cromwell's sister If so, who was she ? and when and where did she die ? It is said be had three aonf,_William, who came to New England with Whallev and Ooffe ■ John, from whom descended Sir William Jones of India and Morgin, grandfather of Rev. William Jones of Nayland. Do any records or proofs exist to verify or falsify this state- min\he State Paper Office, amonu Papers of time of Charles II Domestic, 1660-1, vol. xxv., No. 49, is a petition by Sir Thomas Whetstone, in which some allusion is made to his bavins? petitioned for possession of the estate of his stepfather, Col John Jones. What are the exact contents and statements of this petition? It is inferred the petition for the estate was denied Was it because Colonel Jones left lawful issue by his wife who were not debarred of the estate by reason of their father's attainder?-Jo lis J. L.VTT1NG.64, Madison Avenue, Are ^ekto understand that Sir William and the other Joneses mentioned were descended from Cromwell's daughter?—N. W. S. THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF CAMLAN.- A work, entitled Cymru, purporting to be a historical, topographical, and biographical dictionary of Wales is now in the course of publication in the Welsh language. The pretensions claimed for it by it3 editor are high, but its merits fall very far short of them, a considerable- propor- tion of the matter being simply a translation of articles published some forty years ago in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary But my purpose is not to discuss the merits of the work, but to call the attention of those of our mem- bers who live on the borders of Merionethshire and Mont- gomeryshire to a suggestion of the writer of the article on Arthur," contained m the following paragraph Some place Camlan at Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland; others place it near Camelford, on the banks of the Camel or Ai m which according to Camden, was formerly called Cam- blam'. But we are strongly inclined to tbe opinion that the battle was fought near Aberan«ell, in 0ft.^0,nV eomery. In that locality there are places which bear the fol- fowing names even to the present dayCamlan, Maes Camlan Rron Camlan Pont-y-Cleiflon, Brithdir Coch, together with manv others which prove this neighbourhood to have been the ^ene of seme special conflict. And as there is nothing in the narrative to favour either the north or Cornwall nor aught narrative «» *<» river, and because it is said that whichindicates Cam anto be a mer the pict and that upon this spot, which is known as Maes Camlan, Ar- thur received his mortal wound. However, we throw^out this suggestion for what it is worth, being wholly satisfied that more of Arthur's battles were fought within the limits of the Princi- pality than is generally supposed. Of late years the subject of Arthurian localities has re- ceived considerable attention. Messrs Haigh, Skene, and J. Stuart Glennie, have discussed the subject very fully. The two latter have, in their different works, given their reasons for selecting the south of Scotland as the scene of Arthur's exploits. It appears that the Merionethshire locality has not escaped the notice of Mr Glenme but he merely alludes to it in the following sentence (the italics are mine): In Merionethshire there is a river with the Arthurian name Camlan flowing into the Eden! (Ar- thurian Localities, p. 8.) Mr Haigh follows Geoffrey of Monmouth in placing the scene of the battle in Cornwall (Conquest of Britain by the Saxons, pp. 337-339); but Mr Skene advocates the claims of Camelon, on the Carron, near Falkirk, to be regarded as the Camlan of Arthur (Four Ancient Books of IVales, i., pp. 59-GO); and Mr Glennie merely treads in his footsteps.-( Ai-thui-ian Locali- ties, pp. 44-5. i Do the topographical names of the district afford any additional evidence in confirmation of the suggestion con- tained in the extract from Cymru ? There is a rectangular camp, called Llys Arthur, on the western borders of Car- diganshire, not far from Aberystwyth. Can any member furnish any particulars regarding it ?—H. (in Arch Can REPLIES. CASTELL CROGEN (O.A., May 15, 1872).-It is to be presumed that a book, having as its title A Memoir of Chirk Castle, "From Original Manuscripts," would give the information required but all that the work con- tains of the early history of the old castle, is contained in the following sentence :The present Chirk Castle is erected on the site of an Ancient Fortress, called by the Welsh Castell Crogen,' which fortress is supposed to have been built between the years 1011 and 1013." And then the account of the Battle of Crogen is quoted from Powel, p. 221. The Original Manuscripts' all relate to the Myddelton Family. This Memmr was published in 1859 by Hugh Roberts, Chester.—N.W.S. If the ancient name of Chirk Castle was Castell Crogen, it is not to be confounded with Crogen in the Dee. But there is a Crogenidan on the Ceiriog, above Chirk, which is mostly called Crogen. Is this Crogen a township ? If so. it may solve the question why it was L y -1 called by the above name. I think H.W.L. is wrong when he states that ruins of a castell are still to be seen at Crogen on the Dee. There is a mound or domen to be seen there, but it bears no greater resemblance to a castle than Y Domen," Bala. H.W.L. is in error again about Crogen, for it is not in Llandnllo Edeirnion, but in Llandderfel, one of the five parishes of Penthyn.— IVANHOE. BARON OWEN, OF LLWYN (O.A. Mar. 27, April 24,1872).—I am inclined to doubt the accuracy of the information supplied to vou on this subject. Baron Owen was born at Dolserau. He was the proprietor of Dolserau, and the greatest part of Dolgelley as it then stood. He owned the place where Fronheulog now stands, and Tymawr in Dolgelley (called Scibor fawr y Barwn in the title deeds of some centuries old), so he must have owned all that part of the town down to the Lion Hotel. The Dolserau family trace their pedigree from a period previous to the Baron, and what is extraordinary, for nearly four hundred years the property descended from father to son, their names being, respectively, HumDhrev and Robert Owen, alternately. The last son of the last Humphrey died in 1826, after selling the estate to his cousin, one of the Edwardses, of Great Ness, in the county of Salop. The Baron was murdered, as stated, and I believe some of the descendants of the clan c died Gwilliaid exist to this day. The Baron could not have been poor when he was the proprietor of Dolserau: it was then a much larger estate than it is now. I always thought Cwrt Plas yn Dre was occupied by Own Glyndwr as a Court of Parliament house, and not by Baron Owen.-E.H. WAS OWEN BROGYNTYN LORD OF EDEIR- NION? (0. A., Feb. 7, 21, Mai. 13, 20, Ap. 3, 17, 24, May 1, 8,22.)-1 may perhaps be permitted a few closing observations on PEARMAIN'S last remarks (May 22). (1.) My arithmetical test of his calculation of O. B.'s age, on the hypothesis that the eldest son of each successive prince was born when his father was 25 years old, was to show that it was fallacious, because involving a reductio ad absurdum. This is abundantly confirmed by the fact since brought to our knowledge by W., that O. B. was actually living in 1215, when, assuming him to have been born when his father, Madog ap Meredydd, was 25 years old (1095), he would have attained the venerable age of 120 years! (2.) PEAEMATN differs from his authority, Eyton, in supposing 0. B. to have received money from Henry II by way of pension. Nay, the diversity of the payments at the several periods sufficiently proves the contrary, since the very notion of a pension implies the receipt of a fixed sum by the pensioner at stated periods. Eyton says, In the very year of Madoc ap Meredyth's death (1159) his son Owen (de Porchington) was taken into the King's pay." The successive payments made to him as recorded in the Pipe-rolls, are as follows In 1161 ° 1162 27 7 6 ii63 27 7 6 U65 5 13 4 ii66:: 56 o o 1169. 20 o '•'After this," continues zYL013, we IJ<'ZU- iiu or any such payments to Owen de Porkington The death of Owen Gwyneth in 1169, and King Henry s subsequent alliance with Prince David ap Owen rendered such bribes or retaining fees unnecessary. (Antiq. of Shrop., vol. xi., p. 44) As the period during which these payments were made coincides precisely with that of Henry 11. g campaigns in North Wales, it seems clear to my judgment pa' that they evince in the King's mind a sentiment of grati- tude of the kind which has been said to consist less in a sense of past than of future favours. It is remarkable, by the way, that in 1165 there is an entry on the Pipe-rolls of Et filiis Madoc, 40s. Yet Powell, copying Brut v Tywysogion, states that "thesonnesof Madoc ap Mere- dyth" in that very year "joined the Welsh confederation against Henry, with the whole power of Powys (Powys Isaf)." Either the Brut is wrong here, or there was treachery in the camp, and one use of secret service money was not unknown to that generation of our ancestors. (3). I know of no reason why the heirs who consented to the alienation of Gwyddelwern by the charter of Elisse in 1198 should not have been Owen Brogyntyn himself and his sons, since no progeny appears to be recorded of the donor Ehsse, and if the year 1202 be taken as the date of this accession to the lordship it becomes &t once reconcileable with the charters of his predecessors, the other known facts of history and tradition, and his probable age at the period. —H.W.L.
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Wi\njti ø ø1J ttk. Gasworks are about to be erected at Overton. It is proposed to establish a creche, or cradle room, at Wrexham. A "converted clown" has been "reviving" the people of Mold. The North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway Bi!l has passed the House of Commons. The Welshman says Lord 1i:mlyn has been selected as the Conservative candidate to run with Mr J. Jones at the next election for Carmarthenshire. The tecant farmers on the Duke of Sutherland's estates are taking steps for the celebration of the coming-of-age of his son, the Marquis of Stafford, on the 26th July. J The Mining World says East Llangynog sold fifty tons of lead on 25th May, at R13 10s. per ton, to the Panther Lead J Company. A married couple who had spent more than half a century together, died recently at Mostyn-the wife upon the 22nd of Mav and the husband on the 24th. A man named Thomas Jones, who was employed at the Minera Lime Works, was seen drunk on Sunday, May 26th. in Wrexham, and on Monday his body was found in a pool near Summer Hill. Mr Justice Groves and Mr Justice Quain will take the Oxford Circuit at the next assizes. Lord Chief Justice v ill will take North Wales, and Mr Baron Channell South Wales. The Rev. W. Venables Williams, formerly of Llanged- wyn and now of Llandnllo, near Conway, has been pre- sented with a valuable timepiece, in recognition of his services in placing the union assessment on a proper basis. Great numbers of people assembled at the Vicar Prichard Eisteddfod, at Llandovery, on Wednesday, May 29. Mr Brinley Richards was present, and made a long speech on Welsh music. In connection with a case which carre before them la 4 week, the Shrewsbury borough magistrates expressed an opinion favourable to the adoption of certain provisions of the much abused Contagious Diseases Act. The members of the Chester Society of Natural His- tory, accompanied by Citnon Kingsley, their President, made an excursion to Rhydymwyn, near Mold, on Wed- nesday, May 29. A child of two, named Straffen, was drowned in the river at Sutton Maddock on Suoday, May 26th. The same day he had been seen near the river with a fishing rod and whipped by his aunt to make him keep away from the water, but in vain. The congregation at Church Stretton Church were enlivened by a small sensation on Sunday morning, May 26th. The banns of marriage between William Challoner and Eliza- beth Broome were forbidden by the girl's father, who, however, it turned out, had only a paternal and not a legal objection to offer to the union Mold must be a nice place to live in. A newspaper corres- pondent describes how he was passing along Wrexham- street in the middle of the day, and saw two carts loading a heap of pig manure and saturated ashes. Small-pox, we may add, has been bad in the row of houses where this opera- tion took place. Mrs Lloyd. wife of Mr Lloyd, grocer, High-street, Mold, Flintshire, while eating her dinner on Sunday, the 19th May, swallowed two of her false teeth, with their fastenings. Medical aid was unavailing, and she died on the following Sunday. It is supposed the fastening had penetrated the intestines. Two tomtits have chosen letter boxes near Marchwi el in which to build their nests—one at Mr Walker's (formerly huntsman to Sir Watkin), where the box has been used for the same purpose two years in succession, and the other at Mr Price's, where it has been so used five times. The letter carrier is very careful to deposit his packages so a.s not to disturb the young ones. In one of the Chester churches on a recent Sunday, while the Rector paused for a moment to give emphasis to his sermon, a member of the choir startled the congregation by chanting Amen." Whether the chorister had been dozing, or had taken umbrage at a recent alteration in the service and chose thi3 peculiar method of expressing it, is not known but he has not been seen in the choir since. Dean Howson, writing to the Times in favour of per- mit,ting the disuse of the Athanasian Creed, well says, in reference to the Church, a ship is in danger if the officers on board do not know the currents amongst which sho is moving, or the rock which is_a few f<?et beneath the keel." On the other hand. Canon Kingsley, though he objects to the damnatorv clauses, vehemently defends the Creed Thus are the Dean and Chapter divided against themselves.
IMPORTANT SHROPSHIRE MINING…
IMPORTANT SHROPSHIRE MINING CASE. The case of Smith v. Darby came on at the Court of Queen's Bench on Friday, May 31st, before Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush. The case was one of considerable impDrtance to all persons interested in mining property, and raised a ques- tion as to the right of the owner of the surface to compen- sation when deprived of subjacent support. Mr Dowdeswell, Q C. (with him Mr G. Shaw), argued for the plaintiff Mr Bosanquet (with whom was Mr Hud- dleston, Q. C.) for the defendant. The points in this case were raised by cross demurrers. It appeared by the pleadings that Mr Slaney, being pos- sessed of some land in Shropshire, granted a lease of the surface t -)the plaintiff, and of the minerals to the defendant. A covenant was entered into between Mr Slaney and the defendant, by which it was agreed that the latter should take all the minerals, and should be at liberty to execute all works necessary to obtain them. It was also agreed that if in doing this any of the houses of the grantor or his tenants were thrown down, being houses on the land at the time of the demise, or, if they were rebuilt, houses not exceeding them in value, the defendant should rebuild them. It was further agreed that if any agricultural land, stock, or crops were thrown down, the defendant should pay as compensation the sum of 403 per acre per annum; and that the amount of compensation at any time to be paid should be determined by arbitration. The present action vaa brought to recover compensation for depriving the plaintiff of his subjacent support, and letting down his house and mill; and it was contended on his behalf that the owner of the surface being prim& facie entitled to support, it was necessary that there should be express words in the covenant to deprive him of this right; and there were not any here sufficient to do this, and that, not- withstanding the covenant, he was entitled to maintain this action. For the defendant it was argued that it was e intended by the parties that the defendant should be at liberty to take the minerals, paying the compensation mentioned in the covanent, and not in any event more. The Court, in delivering judgment, said that the law affecting grantees of minerals was settled by the case of "Roebotham v. Wilson," reported in the eighth volume of the House of Lords Cases, and that, according to that case, the owner of the surface was prima facie entitled to compensation if deprived of his support; but they thought that the intention of the parties in this case was that compensation for damage of whatever kind done in obtain. ing the minerals should be met as provided for in the covenant, whether that were damage done on the surface or to the surface7 and that the present action for throwing down the surface was not maintainable. Judgment for the defendant.
TWO GENTLEMEN KILLED IN WALES.
TWO GENTLEMEN KILLED IN WALES. A shocking accident, resulting in the loss of two lives, occurred on Monday, June 3rd, at a mine situate on the Halkyn Mountain, near Holywell. Mr W. Pierce, the agent of the mine, accompanied by Mr Briggs, a share- holder from Leeds, who wished to inspect the woikings, entered a tub in crder to descend the mine. While the tub was being lowered, it was caught by another which was ascending the shaft, and the two unfortunate gentle- men were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft. Death was instantaneous.
,A FAITHFUL SHEEP DOG IN WALES.
A FAITHFUL SHEEP DOG IN WALES. At the little village church of Capel Curig, which has a very good choir, and a most energetic pastor in the Rev. Mr Hughes (the Curate in charge), there is a constant at- tendant who merits a good word for his fidelity. Mrs Price, the much-respected landlady of the Royal Hotel. situated in what may well be termed the Switzerland of Wales, has in her employ a shepherd who frequently attends church, and who has a very old dog, which was wont to follow his master formerly as far as the church porch, and wait outside until the service was over. But this faithful friend heeds not whether the shepherd goes to church or not, for the moment he hears the first chime of the church bells, he walks sedately to the village church- this faithful friend heeds not whether the shepherd goes to church or not, for the moment he hears the first chime of the church bells, he walks sedately to the village church- yard and stations himself by the door. Let who may come' late he is always at his post. Be it Sunday or week-day'services, summer or winter, in shine or shower, he is always faithful. Many visitors and others of re- flective mind have often felt that even this dumb animal might well be regarded as an example to professing Chris- tians, if of nothing else, of that old fidelity, which is said to be a virtue of a bygone age.-Rock.
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THE LATE CAPTAIN LATHBURY, 8TH L.A.V. The Liverpool Couritr gives the following account of the funeral of this lamented gentleman, Who was drowned at Chirk The body was brought to Liverpool, and on Saturday wai interred in Smithdo-.vn-lane Cemetery, the funeral party consisting of the friends of the deceased, some of the men of his corps, by whom he was greatly esteemed, and by the following brother officers:- Lieut-Col. Clay, Major Swainson; Captains John Clay, J. B. Morgan, W. L. Bankes, S. Maples, A. S. Dickson, and W. A. Browne; Lieutenants Claxton, Draper, W. W. Clay, Light, and Boult; Surgeon S. Hodgson, Assistant-Surgeon B. Barrett M.D., and Captain and Adjutant Furlong. The body was borne from the chapel to the grave by Sergeant- Major Bellis, Sergeants Kay, Piatt, Irving, and Burrows, and Corporal Lloyd. The funeral service was read by the Rev. H. Woodward. On Sunday, although short notice had been given, a large number of the members of the 8th L.A.V. attended divine worship at St. Clement's, Windsor, where Captain Lathbury worshipped. They included Colonel Commandant W. Clay, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Inman, Major Swainson Captains Bankes, G. R. Wilson, A. S. Dickson. W. A. Browne, Pitt-Taylor, and Coltart, Lieutenants Garnett, Draper, W. W. Clay, Light, and Boult; Captain and Adjutant Furlong, and about 130 non-commissioned officers and gunners, and Major W. Belcher, of the 4th L.A.V., formerly an officer in the 8th L.A. Y. The Rev. Mr Woodward preached an appropriate and impressive sermon from 2 Samuel xiv., 14—"For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from him," At the close of the sermon, the rev. gentleman alluded to the melancholy event of the past week, and spoke of the deceased gentle- man's calm, quiet, courteous, and consistent manner, of his Christian and religious life, and the honout- and integrity I that characterised his business transactions.
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I (btutr.,Il. Marshal Vaillant died on Tuesday afternoon. Congress has approved the annesty granted by Serrano. The Bill against the Order of Jesuits will shortly be sub- mitted to the Federal Council and Reichsrath. Exchequer returns from April 1st to June 1st:—Re- ceipts, £ 11,524,311; expenditure, £ 11,806,821. Balances, £ 9,081,216. The miners in Leeds district have resolved to form a union, and to demand an increase in wages of twenty-two per cent. „ At a public meeting at Liverpool, on luesday, resolu. tions in favour of relaxing the restrictions on the im portatioH of fnreign cattle were adopted. The mortality last week in twenty-one leading places of the kingdom was at the annual rate of 2t per 1,000. The colliers in the employ of Messrs Crawshaw, Forest of Dean, have decided to ask for an advance of ten per cent. The result of Oldham election appears yet doubtful, as the total number of electors alleged to have polled exceeds the number given by Dod as on the Register. The bricklayers of Bolton are on strike for an advance of wages. The Bolton colliers have obtained an advance of 10 per cent, making 30 per cent within two years. The Prince of Wales has announced his intentio:1 of opening the Bethnal Green Museum on June 24th. The Princess of Wales will be present. The Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by Earl and Countess Spencer, visited Dublin Zoological Gardens on Tuesday afternoon. A dinner party was given at the Viceregal Ledge in the evening. The Prince and Princes of Wales returned to England on Saturday, from their Continental tour. Their Royal Highnesses arrived at Dover from Paris, via Calais, by special steamer, and left for London by the ordinary mail train on the Soiith-Eastern Railway. In the evenii g, the Prince dined with his regiment, the 10th Hussars. An exciting incident occurred in Bolton Police Court, on Saturday. A fishmonger named Fitzgerald, who had been arrested on a warrant for assaulting his wife, was sitting in the dock at the Police Court, waiting for his case to be dealt with, when he suddenly drew a large knife from his pocket, and attempted to cut his throat. He was instantly disarmed by a fellow-prisoner and by the police. He had slightly woun led his throat. The man was suffer- ing from delirium tremens. Mr James Gordon Bennett, editor and proprietor of the New York Herald, died on Sunday. He was born in Banffshire about the year 1800, and started the Herald, in 1835. According to his own admissions, Mr Bennett had been horsewhipped more frequently than any other editor in America. Indeed, he used to make capital out of it, for he would immediately bring out a special edition of his paper describing- the performance, w:th the heading "James Gordon Bennett cowhided again." On Sunday afternoon a meeting, composed of about 800 employes of the London and North-Western Railway Company, including deputy and su'o-foremen, checkers, callers-off, porters, head-shunters, horse-drivers, breaks- men, shippers, loaders, capstan-men, &c., was held in Milton Hall, Hawley-crescent, Camden Town, to consider the best steps to be taken by the men in the present un- friendly relations between them and the railway authori- ties. The hall was closely packed by the men, and 200 or 300 could not obtain admission. It was understood that the men would "knockout" this week if their demands weie not conceded.
GOOD NEWS FOR HOLIDAY SEEKERS.
GOOD NEWS FOR HOLIDAY SEEKERS. Railway directors and managers two or three years ago made a step in quite the wrong direction when they added ten per cent to the price of their monthly Summer Excursion Tickets but this year they seem to have fully recognized the force of the dictum of a far-seeing director of the Cambrian to wit, that there is nothing so profit- able in railway carrying as I Living Luggage that Unloals Itself!' The Cambrian Company has just issued a little book of Tourist Arrangements, and the intending traveler must indeed be fastidious who can find fault with the privileges offered him. For the first time we find th it Third Class passengers are recognised in these Monthly Arrangements, and those whose pockets will not afford-or who don't rhJvse to spend lucYi money on railway directors, are enabled to move to the Sea Side or the Lake District as speedily as do those whom proper pride, love of ease, or fear of Mrs Grundy, drives into the cushions! We will take a few examples from the Cambrian Rail- ways Tourist Arrangement Book, 1872. If an Oswestrian wants to visit the Lake country, be can obtain a month's ticket to Windermere and back:—First class, 44s., second class, 32s., or third class, 18s. If a denizen of Dolgelley wishes to do the like the prices would be, first class, GIs., second class, 46s., or third class, 23s.; and parties living at any of the chief stations at other places on the system —between Ellesmere, Aberystwith, and Pwllheli, can book at proportionate fare?. Then there are tickets issued (first, second, and third), to Harrogate^ Scarbio', Filey, Tynemouth, to Ireland or the Isle of Man, to Tenby or to Llandrindod, round Snowdon, or direct to Llandudno and Rhyl. Buxton and Matlock, Southport, and Blackpool, are also open to the holiday seekers, at the same reasonable rates, as the tables in the Book will show. Of course special advantages are offered to tourists on the Cambrian system. Thus, if Paterfamilias in any of the inland towns between Ellesmere and Llanidloes chooses to take three of his brood to Aberystwyth, Towyn, or Bar- mouth, by means of the Monthly Tickets, he can take one for himself available for any number of journies in the month so as to be able to pop home for business, when- ever business calls him, and back again when business is over. For instance :-Say he lives at Welshpool: The ordinary monthly ticket is 19s. first class; 13s. 6d. second class; 9s. third class and having taken three of these, he can, for himself, have a ticket which will enable him to spend the whole month in traveling up and down, if he likes for, first claas, 50s.; second class, 34s. We wish we could add, Third class, 24s. but we cannot and this is positively the only blot we can find in the book The Paterfamilias who is compelled to be economical is pie- cisely the man whose business needs his personal attention, and, in this solitary instance, he is not cared for. Then we will assume that The Family aie comfortably settled, say at Aberystwyth; and Paterfamilias, not having calls of business pressing him, gets somewhat tired of picking up precious stones or helping his hopefuls to sail their boats. On producing his (ordinary) monthly ticket at the booking-office, he can get a cheap day ticket to Pen- maenpool, to Glandovey, to Llanbrynmair, or to other Fishing Stations," where he can do a bit of Angling. There are other temptations offered in this attractive little book—such as Day Trips to the Sea-side at very low fares; wonderfully cheap tickets for Pic-nic parties to centres of interest, &c., &c., of which we lack space to particularise. The more widely the book is circulated the more travelers it will create, and it would be well that it should be attached to every copy of the Gossiping Guide to Wales, an issue of Three Thousand of which is an. nounced for the coming season. Oswestry Advertizer.
PERKINS BEACH.
PERKINS BEACH. The annual meeting was held on Tuesday; Mr George Batters in the chair. Directors' Report: "The reports which are about being read so fully enter into the present position and future prospects of the mine, that it is unnecessary for the Direc- tors to say more on this head than that they approve the suggestions there set forth. The exceedingly heavy and difficult work of, and incidental to, taking into the mine and erecting in the twenty fathom level two steam-engines with their boilers, the rearing of their chimoies, and fixing the pit-work down No. 2 caunter and pump sumps, neces- sarily occupied a long time, but these being now happily completed, as well as the ventilation attended to, we be- lieve that the exploration of these two veins, from which this company has already raised considerable quantities of ore, will rapidly proceed, and be attended with very satis- factory results. In addition to tbese, the cross-cut driven south to intersect Great Spar vein must be rapidly approaching that point about parallel to where the caunters and cross veins yielded large bodies of ore in for- mer workings and where Walker's vein began to do so. The new vein last met with in this cross cut being in hard ground with two leaders of lead, which our agent con- siders in every way characteristic of Old Snailbeach mine, is a good omen for this section of our mine, and ought to be opened out. With these views the Directors suggest that the shareholders sanction an increase of the capital of the company, and if approved, the necessary extra- ordinary meeting shall be convened." The accounts showed an available balance of 2229 14s. 8d. After the reports referred to had been read, On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the Directors' report and accounts were adopted. Mr George Batters was re- elected a Director, and Mr Rl auditor. The CHAIRMAN paid a huh compliment to Messrs Wynn and Kough his co-Directors, for their indefatigable exertions on behalf of the company. Captain DAVIES entered fully into the position and prospects of the mine, and said they had one of the best setts in the district, which would not fail to give hand- some returns. The highest opinion of the property was entertained by the agents of the surrounding mines.
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NEW USE FOR CATS.—A correspondent of Land and Water writes It often appears to me that people for the most part are not aware of the great use cats are to us. Of course, we know of their use with respect to mice and rats, but do we generally know of the invaluable help they can give us in protecting from birds our garden fruit and flowers? The late heavy rains this spring have given us the promise of abundance of strawberries, and in the south, at least, the bloom is magnificent. To keep off the birds how simple, how certain, how small is the cost of a cat on a small chain sliding on a wire, and giving the animal the walk up and down the whole length of the strawberry beds. A knot at each end of the wire readily prevents the cat from twisting round the post which supports the wire, and a small kennel placed in the middle of the walk affords her shelter and a home for her kittens. In large gardens a second cat is required, and the young ones in their frequent visits to each other greatly assist in scaring away the birds. I have for more than thirty years used and seen used with perfect success, this easy method of protecting fruit, and the very same plan is equally good in keeping hares and rabbits off flov/er beds. After the first few days cats in no way dislike this partial restraint, and when set quite free, after a few weeks' watching, they will of their own accord continue on guard. The kittens more especially, attach themselves to this garden o ccuua' otthe.ro™ accord become the
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øtititat. I The death is announced of Mr George Stopford Sack. ville, one of the members fur North No Ithatripto;,s!i.ra. Mr Spurgeon is said to be quite willing, if asked, to stand for Lambeth. Mr Gover, advocate of secular education, has been elected by Greenwich to a place on the London School Board in preference to Mr Soames, denominationalist. The morning sittings of the Hous-i of Commons were commenced on Tuesday, and will be continued on evcrv sucj ceeding Tuesday and .Friday until the conclusion of the session. In answer to a deputation on the subject of the Licensing Bill, on Tuesday, Lord Kimberley said Govern- ment would oppose ta the utmost the Duke of Richmond's Proposal to place grocers aud others under the same re- gulation as publicans. .Last week a preliminary meeting of delegates, iirespec- tive of party, was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel, f ? general movement in favour of areadjustment 0 the incidence of local taxation. Resolutions were passed declaring the present system of local taxation to be unjust and oppressive, setting forth the necessity of forming an association of corporations and ratepayers, with a view to combined action, and requesting the mayors of the different boroughs io agitate, by public meetings, for a complete measure of local taxation reform.
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(gtflesiastel. Canon Miller is about to resign the living of Ureenwich and to seek another benefice. The Westminster Gazette says It is reported on good authority that the eldest son of one of our most influ- ential English dukes is about to be received into the Roman Catholic Church."
THE ASHFORD CARBONAL EVICTIONS.
THE ASHFORD CARBONAL EVICTIONS. On Thursday evening, May 23rd, Mr Francis Adams, -cretary to the National Education League, visited Ash ford, and spoke upon the principles of tbe League. i\7e ,mee!l"? was held in a large room which had been nttea up for occasional use as a chapel. The Rev. J. 1 em per ley Grey, of Ludlow, presided, The room was lull, but it was said that many persons remained away because they were afraid to come. After explaining the principles of the League, Mr Ad ims said a few words of encouragement and sympathy with the families which had been ejected. While it was not desirable to make martyr- dom easy or pleasant, he hoped something would be done by the public to mark their appreciation of the independence and manliness exhibited by Preece and Broome, and of the tyrannical and wicked manner in which they had been treated. Great good, however, would result from it and froir their suffering. It was such manly devotion to prin- ciple as they had displayed which secured the triumph of all great reforms, and he trusted that the part which the obscure parish of Ashford had taken in this question of education would hasten the compulsory formation of School Boards in all districts, and the adoption of the bal- lot in School Board elections. Mr Grey read a letter from Mr Pritchett, of The Grove, Ashford, promising J65 5I. towards the fund intended t) be raised for Preece and Broome. A number of gentlemen in the localiv have taken the matter up and subscribed £20, and a statement with well-known names attached is to be issued, inviting further subscriptions.
SHOCKING CASE OF SUICIDE IN…
SHOCKING CASE OF SUICIDE IN SHREWSBURY. Richard Powell, a pump maker, of Shrewsbury, had been missing from his home since Monday, and a re- ward had been offered by his friends for informa- tion respecting him. He had been in low spirits previously te his absence, and it was supposed that he might have drowned himself. On Thursday night, however, all doubts were set at rest respecting his fate. A son of P.C. Smaliman was in Pimley Plantation, and found the unfortunate man's corpse. The throat was horribly cut, and a razor was lying pear, leaving no doubt whatever of the fact that the deceased had committed suicide, The body was conveyed to his house in Spring Gardens. i i Tlie inquest w»» "J. iSultan Inn, on Frid»" evening, May 31st, before Mr Orbet Davies, borough coroner. ° Peter William Thomas said-! reside at the Pheasant Inn, Spring Gardens. I was coming from fishing on Mon- day last about five or six minutes to ten in the morning. I met deceased, nnd I said to him It is a very fine morning Richard." He walked past me five or six paces and then talked, seemingly to himself. I turned to look and saw him go along with his head down- wards. This was on the side of the canal between the Comet Bridge and the stile. George Horner Smallman, a boy about fourteen years of age, and a son of P.C. Smallman, said-Yesterday I went bird s-nesting, and as I was coming along home I saw someone lying down in Pimley Ruffe. He had a light coloured coat an. I went towards him. aud saw there was blood on his hands, and he looked white where there was no blood on him. I came up out of the Ruffe, and ran home and told my father. We then went back! and I showed my father where the man was. In my presence my father pickhd up the man's hat, a razor, and a bag with some meat in it. My father also took the deceased s watch from him. The razor was smeared with blood and was lying on the ground between the man's hands and knees. John Passant, who had been working for deceased, repairing a pump, said-I went with deceased to work at Hore Cottage, Old Heath, on Monday morning, and he left me at half-past eight. Deceased left me no instructions, as I knew what to do. He seemed strange in his manner and did not talk at alL We walked to work beside a cart laden with tools. He seemed low and desponding. I have known him all my life time, and he seemed altogether different in his manner than I have known him before. He paid the turnpike keeper as we went to work. The Coroner then addressed a few words to the iurv and after about ten minutes' deliberation, they returned a verdict that the deceased had committed suicide while in an unsound state of mind. The razor found by the deceased was produced. It bore his name, and was covered with blood nearly all over. The marks of the fingers were visible where it had been grasped, and it appeared as if the hand had been moved, in order to take a firmer hold.
REGULATION OF COAL MINES.
REGULATION OF COAL MINES. Jh.i ^overn™ent Bi1l reiating to this subject has been considerably altered, and reprinted. The first operative clause remains substantially unchanged, declaring that in mines to which the Bill relates (coal, stratified ironstone, shale, and fire-clay mines) no boy under ten and no female of any age shall be employed below ground. The next clause originally prohibited the employment below ground of boys above ten years old and under thirteen for more than a certain time in a day or week the clause now ap- plies to boys of ten and under twelve, and provides that they shall not be employed below ground, except where a Secretary of State, by reason of the thinness of the seams, considers such employment necessary and by order allows the same, but even then not for more than the time originally stated in the clause. The fitnires in th* clause are altered it now provides that no boy of twelve and under thirteen, and no male young person under six- teen is to be employed below ground for more than fifty- four hours in any week, or more than ten hours in any day. Clause 7, containing regulations as to the employ- ment of young persons below ground, had a proviso that sufficient intervals for meals must be allowed in a period of hbut it is not now in the bill. The term child is defined to mean one under thir- teen young person, one of thirteen but under eighteen • woman, a female of eighteen or upward-. The clause* relating to women, young persons, and children employed above ground about mines is re-written, and now provides that no child under eight shall be so employed that the regulations of this bill relating to boys under twelve, and to male persons under sixteen, are to apply also in this employment above ground that ne woman, young per- son, or child is to be so employed between nine p m and five a.m., nor on a Sunday, nor after two p.m. on Satur- day and that intervals, amounting in the whole to at least an hour and a half, shall be allowed for meals dur- ing a period of employment which exceeds six hours The amendments m relation to the work itself are numerous Any check-weigher" employed by the men must be a P™nfn^ yed '\tbe mine' orin tbe employment of the owner of the mine at another mine. The clause requiring a •! u t° .ls. or outlets stij ulates for proper apparatus available tor raising aad lowering persons at each of such shafts. The power given to a Secretary of State to in certain c^es, a proyed H)ine ficun the single shafts, is extended to cases where, the^mfnTnotV^ ing a coal mine or mine with imflammable gas suffi 1 provision has been made against danger from otl ie than explosions by using stone, &c., in the shaft 61" jause* wall. The clause relating to a reference to „ k>n. the question of exemption from bavin" twn if f at'on of to all mines not now required to have +, stlafts extend* the owner alleges that the mine is nen^i where clause for tbe appointment of a m„r,„y exhausted. The mine shall be under his dailv BQDP^ directs that the shall not be a contractor for ai»d that he mine, nor a person in the emDl„v f Mineral in that new proviso exempts from thi J s"ch contractor • a than ten persons are ordiLl m^es in which W spector of the i? control of a manager 'rh* the mme to under Ihl ^s.-ss make an annual return of the amount anafers are to no individual return is to be published 1 product"ion, but out the owner's consent. Several ,lnsPected with- made in the general rules. The mU rera^ons have been »<* of ventilation is altered. In minM for daily inspection gas has been found within tW ln .w^c^ inflammable j the inspection is to be rmro Preceding twelve months „ shifts of workmen are i CTy twelve hours if two < and once in everv in twenty four hours, ployed; and wWeT.fl 7" hours if one shift is em'- in the mine within gas hal not found reasonably pract^aW tWelve.montb' so far as i, immediately ^efnr« once m every twenty-four ho ir% m: i y UeIore commencing work in any part of t wl 'n. Part of it and the roadways are to be insTwt^ ihe rule with respect to the use in a mine of or other explosive or inflammable substance is and embraces more details. Alterations have u in the rule for the daily inspection of the nijtae the examination of the shafts jg to be &c. • least. A clause has been introduced nr ■ j?nc^,a week at a breach of any provision in this bill ™ g that wbere person, has caused or contribute +' e Part anv injury of another, the liability Af faRse deaft .J shall be the same as if the 0h];°i ?e *0rnjer in dam^ provision were imposed at commf? *»tained in such ame whether this act «