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PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES In Parliament. Session 1875-6. nnP GORSEDDA JUNCTION AND POKTMADOC RAILWAYS. (Increase of Capital 5^ri»g '0j maintain existing Railways m the Pa* Ynvscynliaiarii and Llaufihangel-y- County of Carnarvon and to relinquish a person of Railway in the last mentioned Parish: Power to fay down a line of rails for a riding or sidmgs in the first mentioned Parish: Compulsory purchase of lands Tolls Traffic and other arrangements with and running powers over the Railway of the Festiniog Railway Company Power to increase the number of Directors Amendment of Acts and other purposes) ■m-roTTCE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application N U intended to be made toPatliament in the ensuing i^ion by the Gorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railways romuany for leave to bring in a Bill and to pass an Act £ See the Gorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railways Company (hereinafter called the Company) to raise addi- tional Capital by the issue of new shares or new stock Xer ordinary guaranteed or preferential and on mort- either oru u iy & Debenture Stock in lieu of the gage or bond a authorized or to be authorized by Capital rained raided on mortgage or tiond and to the intended Act to be:i««don mortg g^ apply as well for the purposes,oi Railwayg Act 1872 Gorsedda, Junction 1872) any capital or funds namely: v nn(3 four vards or thereabouts L Ain1\^gth'wnhollyin the Parish of Ynyscynhaiarn and CountV oT Carnarvon commencing at a Junction w?fh the Croesor and Portmadoc Railway opposite or near the Gas Works at Portmadoc in the said County of Carnarvon and terminating at a point on the line of the Railway late of the Bangor and Port- madoc Slate and Slate Slab Company Limited by the Act of 1872 authorized to be taken and maintained by the Company nine chains and four yards or thereabouts measured along the centre line of the Railway now in description distant from the aforesaid junction and 10 chains and 14 yards or thereabouts measured along the centre Kne of the ^dRail ^ay late of the B*V 25S Slab Company Limited y over lhe Cam- ;nCf 0f such last mentioned Kail way ovei i bXn KaUway at or near Portmadoc aforesaid. the Bangor and Portmadoc blate anu olate ^ab Company Limited and terminating m Braic -y aforesaid at a point on the line of .hei new Railway authorized by the Act of 1872 twelve Chains 11J ards and 1 foot or thereabouts measured along the centre line of the Railway now in description distant from the said junction. Together with the Stations ap- proaches bridges sidings roads yards works and con- veniences belonging to the said existing Railways respectively And to enable the Company to relinquish such portion •of the said new Railway authorized by the Act ot as Vvas intended to lie between the last mentioned point and tllp- junction at another point in Braichybib aforesaid with Jhe Baid Railway late of the said Bangor and Portmadoc ate and Slate Slab Company Limited for which portion «f Railway so to be relinquished the existing Railway 8econdlv above mentioned has been substituted and which POltion of Railway to be relinquished was intended to lie Wholly in the said Parish of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant in the Said County of Carnarvon And also to enable the Company for the purposes of a siding or 8idiuL'3 from the said Railway late of the Jpangoi and Portmadoc Slate and Slate Slab Company Limited to 4y down maintain and use a line of rails wholly in the Parish of Ynvscynhaiarn and County of Carnarvon com- mencing at a point on the last mentioned Railway distant 95 links or thereabouts measured along the centre line of anch Railway in a north westerly direction from the said crossing over the Cambrian Railway and t^muiati^ Com_ abutments of the Bridge of thei Cam Sblle on the *7 on the south eastern side of the I*itee 'th western side of the sa intended Act to confer ■Alid it is a*60 prCi?the necessary powers to effect the ob- some of them that is to say- To cross stop up alter or divert whether temporarily or permanently all such turnpike and other roads and highways footways rivers streams and watercourses as it may be necessary to cross stop up alter or divert by reason or for the purpose of the maintenance of the said existing Railways or the laying down and Maintenance of the said line of rans or any of the To 1\'orks connected therewith respectively. o PUrchase and take by compulsion or otherwise Jands houses and °therpP y the said line of rails and Said existing Railways and^ei^ aU ]egal and the works t ere gion3 remainders knd interests of any persons in such lands houses and property and to alter vary or extinguish all existing rights and privileges connected with the said lands houses and property or which would in any manner interfere with or impede the maintenance and use of the said exist- ing Railways and works or any of them or the laying down and maintenance of the said line of rai!s and to confer other rights and privileges. To levy tolls rates and duties for or in respect of the use of the said existing Railways and the said line of rails and works, to alter existing tolls rates and duties, to confer exemptions from the payment of tolls rates and duties and to confer vary or extinguish other rights and privileges To enable the Company to run over work and use the Featiniog Railway or part thereof and all Stations lidings roads works and conveniences belonging thereto respectively on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon or as in case of difference shall be settled by the Board of Trade or by Arbitration or defined bv the intended Act and to compel the uennea Dy in bJ facilities for those pur- afferding of ail rewonaifco levytoli3 rates n'du^es for or in respect of traffic earned by them theFestiniog Railway and to confer exemptions from ^h* payment of such tolls rates and duties and to confer vary or extinguish other rights and privi- leges relating to such traffic. '0?o enable the Company and the Eestimog ^adway Company to enter into agreements for the manage ment use working and maintenance of t e •ways and Works of the Company (including lhe Itaii- ways and Works by the intended Act to be authorized to be maintained and used) or any part thereof the supply of any rolling or working stock and of Officers and Servants and the laying down of new ra^s {or tlie conduct of the traffic on the said railways an(j works of the Company the payments to made and the conditions to be performed with respect to the matters aforesaid the interchange ac- comodation conveyance and delivery oftraffic from or destined for the Railways of the Company and the Railway of the Festiniog Railway Company or any Railwav Wharf or Yard belonging or leased to or worked by them and the fixing and the division between such Companies of the receipts ari-dag from such traffic and to confirm any existing agree- ments with reference to any of the objects and pur- poses aforesaid. 'fco enable the Company from time to time to increase the number of its Directors to alter amend extend and enlarge and if need be to repeal the powers and provisions of the following Actrelating to the Company that is to say local and personal Act 35 and 36 Victoria Chapter 155 and any other Acts (relating to the Company and also of the following Acts relating to the Festiniog Railway Company that is to say Local and Personal Acts 2nd William IV Chapter 48 1st and 2nd Victoria Chapter SO and 32 and 33 Victoria Chapter 141 and any other Acts relating to that Company 1'0 confer upon the Company and upon landowners of settled Estates and other persons having limited interests in lands or the husbands guardians trustees or committees of such persons all such powers rights and privileges aS may be necessary for carrying into complete and full effect the objects and purposes aforesaid or other the objects and purposes of the Bill L- II -knd Notioe is Hereby Given that Duplicate Pirns and actions of the said two existing Railways and of the said Itlc of rails and works and of the lands houses and other r°perty proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof eapectively together with Books of Reference to such i^Pective plans containing the names ot the owners or. reputed Owners Lessees or reputed L ssees and tiCcupiers of such lands houses and property together with J1* Ordnance Map with the lines of the said existing rail- ays and of the said proposed line of rails delIneated there- r? and a copv of this Notice as published in the London >*azctte will be deposited on or before the 30th oay o instant with the Clerk of the Peace for the „ of Carnarvon at his Office in Carnarvon m the County and that a copy of so much of the san> i ia«s j* and Books of Reference as relates to the several Joshes in or through which the said existing Railways l;e 111 or through rrhich the said line <af rails is to be laid or v t-, which the lands houses and property proposed to be ]• ,etl are situated and also a copy of this Notice as pub- ds *n London Gazette will on or before the said 30th of November instant be deposited with the Parish ^rk of each such parish at his place of abode. And Notice is Hereby Given that printed copies of the j^Posed Bill will on or before the 21st day of December £ *t be deposited in the private Bill Office at the House of ^DJoas. '"ated this 10th day of November 1875. J. T. DAVIES, 38, Moorgate-sireefc, in the City of London, Solicitor for the Bill. CRUoE AND SANDES, 23, Parliament-street, S. W., Parliamentary Agents. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS. (New Railway and Pier at Porthdinlleyn Additional Capital; Purchase of Land, &c.; Amendment of Acts.) "VTOTICE is Hereby Given, that application is in- J3I tended to be made to Parliament in the next session, by the Cambrian Railways Company (hereinafter called The Company,") for an Act to authorize and empower the Company, either by reviving, amending, and making ap- plicable to the Company the powers granted to the Aberyst- with and Welsh Coast Railway Company (now amalga- mated with the Company by "The Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Act, 1862," hereinafter called The Act of 1862,") or by conferring new powers, or paitly in one way and partly in the other, to make and maintain the follow- ing railway and pier, with all proper approaches, stations, works, and conveniences connected therewith respectively (that is to say) 1-A railway, commencing by a junction with the Com- pany's railway at Pwllheli at a point in the parish of Abereirch, in the county of Carnarvon, situate 140 yards in a north-easterly direction from the north- east corner of the present station building there, pass- ing thence from, in, through,or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places follow- ing, or some of them (that is to say) -Aboreirch, Denio, Pwllheli, Llanor, Penrhos, Llanfihangel- Bachellaeth, Boduan, Ceidio, Llatiduawen, Edeyrn, Nevin, and Porthdinlleyn, all in the county oi Car- narvon. and terminating at Porthdinlleyn Harbour, in the parishes of Edeyrn and Nevin or one of them, in the county of Carnarvon on the sea beach, at or near a rock called Careg-yr-afr. 2-A pitr upon the sea. beach near the rock called Careg- yr-afr, commencing by a junction with the said in- tended railway, at or near the terminaticn thereof at Porthdynlleyn Harbour, and extending thence in a sea ward or north-westerly or westerly direction fifty yards or thereabouts, which said pier will be situate in the county of Carnarvon, and in the said parishes of Edeyrn and Nevin or one of them, or on or in the sea beach or sea adjoining thereto. And it is also proposed to revive such ot the powers given by the Act of 1862 as may be requisite, or to take new powers for effecting the following or some of the following purposes, viz.— To lay down, use, and maintain a line or lines of rails upon the said pier, and to cross, stop up, alter or divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike and other roads, and highways, footways, railways, tramways, streets, rivers, streams, canals, reservoirs, navigations, ferries, or bridges, as it may be necessary to cross, stop up, alter or divert, by reason or for the purposes of the constructiou of the said intended rail- way and pier, and of the works connected therewith respectively. And to purchase and take lands and buildings by com- pulsion or agreement for the purposes of the said in. tended railway, pier, and works, and to vary or ex- tinguish all existing rights and privileges in any man- ner connected with the lands and buildings to be pur- chased or taken for the purposes aforesaid, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the con- struction, maintenance, or use of the said intended rail- way, pier, and works, or any of them, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties upon or in respect of the said intended railw'ay, P'er> and works, and to alter existing tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extingui-h ex- emptions from payment of the same, and to confer other rights and privileges. And to enable the Company to apply for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, any portion of their existing capital, or to raise by the creation of shares or stock, or by mortgage of their undertaking, such further capital as may be necessary for such purposes, and to attach to all or any of the shares so to be created such privileges as the Company may think fit, or as may be provided for by the intended Act. And to empower the Company to purchase by agreement from landowners, including the Crown, public bodies, ,corporat roils, and others, any floodtd unenclosed waste or other lands which such landowners, P^hhc oi ■corporations, and others may be willing to » may be contiguous to the railway ^d worU of the Company, or Ly of thero or any empower the Company to d time t0 time their torpora?e°^'fS^Turtherfnce and for the purposes of such objects as aforesaid, and to remo ve all disabilities if any, in connection with the sales of such land to and re-sale by the Company. And to alter, enlarge, vary, or repeal all or some of the powers and provisions of the several Acts following, or some of them, that is to say, Local and Personal Acts 24 and 25 Vict. cap. 181; 25 and 2G Vict. caps.[176 and 212; 26 and 27 Vict. caps. 141 and 179 27 and 28 Vict. caps. 97,147,161, 262, and 263 28 and 29 Vict. caps. 277, 283. and 291; 29 and 30 Vict. cap. 334; 30 and 31 Vict, cap, 137 aud 31 and 32 Vict. cap. 177 relating to the Company and the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Company (now amalgamated with the Company), or one of them, also The Cambrian Railways Act, 1875, and all other Acts, if any, relating to the Company or their undertaking. A plan and section in duplicate of the proposed railway and pier, and of all lands which may be taken under the compulsory powers of the Act, a book of reference to the plan, and a published map with the proposed line of railway delineated thereon, shewing its general course and direction. will be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Carnarvon, at his office in the town of Carnarvon in that county, and a copy of so much of the said plan, section, and book of reference as relates to any parish or extra-parochial place, will be deposited, in the case of a parish, with the Parish Clerk of such parish, at his residence, and in the case of an extra-parochial place, with the Parish Clerk of an adjoining parish, at his resi- dence, and each such deposit will be made on or before the 30th November instant, and will be accompanied by a copy of this notice. Printed copies of the Bill for effecting the objects speci- fied in this notice, or some of them, will be deposited in the Private Hill Offiae of the House of Commons, on or before the 218t day of December in the present year.—Dated the 1st day of November, 1875. H. CHRISTIAN CORFIELD, Oswestry, Salop, Solicitor for the Bill. SHERWOOD, GRUB BE, PRITT, and CAMERON, 7, Great George-street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents.
THE SLATE TRADE OF NORTH WALES.
THE SLATE TRADE OF NORTH WALES. We mentioned, briefly, in our last, that the slate trade of North Wales was now very flourishing. We add some de- tails giving the reasons for this prosperity. The rise in the price of slates is attributable to several different causes. Prices were formerly regulated by the tariff adopted at two large quarries of Penrhyaand Dinorwic, belonging to Lord Penrhvn and Mr Assheton Smith, who, being freeholders, had no royalty to pay, and whose quarries having been well opened out at an immense expenditure during a period of near a century, were capable of being very advantageously worked, and yielded'about 100,000 tons per annum each at a moderate cost, whereby the proprietors were enabled to con- trol the market, and keep down the prices, tu the dis- couragement and detriment of the small quarry proprietors, all of whom found it difficult, and many of them impossible, to make both ends meet and pay their way. The yield in these smaller quarries, nevertheless, gradually increased, until they produced in the aggregate a much larger annual quantity of slates than either of the two large quarrie3 above-named and the proprietors of these smaller quarries having determined to coalesce, proceeded in 1872 to form the Slate Club at Carnarvon, and by acting together,at once obtained if not a controlling influence, at all events a powerful voice, in the regulation of prices. According to to the present published tariff of the Carnarvon Slate Clab, by which all the smaller quarry proprietors who are members are governed, the prices range about 5s per 1 000 higher than Penrhyn and Dinorwic, which, with the additional charges for carriage, &c., the distance from the ordinary places of delivery being somewhat greater, would make a difference of fully 4 per cent. to the slate merchant if he could obtain a regular supply from either of the large quarries at their published tariff prices but the trade at large cannot do this. An additional 5 per cent. is charged both at Penrhyn and Dinorwic on all orders under six truckloads of not less than 30 tons sent by rail to one place of delivery, and, moreover, a system of middle men or slate agents has sprung up, through whom alone many slate merchants can obtain a supply, and the merchants com- plain that they have to pay these slate agents an advanced price of 5 per cent. and upwards on the published tariff of the quarry. Although the rise m slates appears at first sicht to be excessive, yet it W not really so it only bears a fair proportion to the rise in all other building materials. It has long been notorious that contractors, in estimating for buildings, based their calculations on the rise of all ma- terials alike, including slates, although they had not then risen, the contractor thus getting the advantage which the quarry proprietors through their supineness were deprived Iof, although their expenditure in wages, machinery, coal, and other materials was gradually increasing, and they were e, in many cases expending their capital for the benefit of others. As a consequence of the present nourishing state of this trade, slate quarries are now in great request, and several quarries, which from the deaths of proprietors and other circumstances have been in the market for some years, have lately been disposed of at good prices, including amongst others, the well-known quarries of Bryn Hafod-y- Wern, Cefn-du, and Moel Try fan, and there appears to be every prospect of the demand continuing, a good slate quarry beng at the present time one of the most promising investments that can be found. The Festinicg slates of Merionethshire are greatly in demand for the continent, and the supply from Portmadoc is almost exclusively con- fined to shipments abroad, a merely nominal quantity be- ing disposed of for the home market. The cleavage is ex- cellent, and the slates are as regular and perfect to the eye as possible, but they are not nearly so strong and durable as the Carnarvonshire slates, and as the breakage is much greater, they are not sought after by slate merchants for home consumption, who derive their supply almost ex- clusively from Cariiarvonshire. -Bailde,.$, Weekly Reporter.
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November 17, 1875.
November 17, 1875. ROTES. CHURCH-GOING DOGS.- Before entering upon this subject, let me refer to the note on Sleepers in Church (September 1, 1875). The parish of Tryssill, in Shropshire is mentioned, but there is no such place in this county, and I presume that Trysull, near Wolverhamp- ton, in Staffordshire, is meant. The poor man at Claverley (spoken of in the same note) who was paid to awaken the sleepers, was also employed to whip the dogs out of cburcn. Dogs in old times seem to have been very religiously in- clined, for they were most persevering in their ettorts to attend Divine Service. Consequently, it is not uncommon to find charges made for expelling them. Thus, in the accounts of the Churchwardens of Ludlow, the following occurs" 1543. Item, payde his sonne (1 homas Pavyer) for whippinge doges out of the churche, viijd." On this, Thomas Wright, F.S.A., remarks "To judge by the sum paid for it, this employment was anything but a sinecure; and it is curious as explaining the origin of the title still given, in many parts of England, to the church beadle of the dog-whipper. T> T? r* Shrewsbury. T> OSWESTRY RIFLE CORPS.—Roll of persons enrolled as effective members in a Corps of Rifle Volunteers at Oswestry, in the county of Salop (April 2, I860), u^der the Act of 44 Geo. 3, cap. 54, being numbered as the 15th in the county of Salop, and who have taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance Clarke, John, Brook Cottage Dale, Thomas, jun., Ironmonger Davies, John Whitridge, Accountant Hill,'Thomas W., Auctioneer Hill, William Henry, Architect Home, S. H., Advertiser Office Hamer, John, Glanravon Hall Hay ward, William, Solicitor Knight, James Shuker, The Roily Lewis, Henry Howell, Bookseller Lbwis, Thomas. Painter Lewis, George, Bookseller Morris, J. E., Plumber Markey, George, Assistant Magistrates' Clerk Mitchell, Thomas. Tailor Owen, Charles Whitley, Wine Merchant Phillips, Edward, Draper Phillips, John Hopkins, Draper Rogers. William Fletcher, Wine Merchant Roberts, John Askew, Publisher Thomas, John Whitridge, Draper Williams, George Harvey, Surgeon Williams, Edward, jun., Solicitor Williams, George, Solicitor Williams, J. F., Banker. T L TiLJll.* The above twentv-five were sworn before Jonn runups, Esq, Mayor, J." V. Lovett and J. R. Ormsby Gore, Esqs. Of the list, four are dead, viz. :-Alessrs Hamer, E. Phillips, J. H. Phillips, and J. E. Morris; six (marked *) have left the district; and only one- John Whitridge Thomas (since promoted to the rank of Lieutenant)—remains a member of the corps. The first officers of the corps were Li-ut. Hamer, Ensign "arvev Williams, Sergeants J. Whitridge Thomas and vv.. Jtt. Hill, Corporals T. Lewis and J. E. M°hrnS;ffprfv^d3 ™? of the first drill sergeant was fceave who «i re moved to Welshpool to become a Milifoa Sergew^ l he list I give is of those sworn at the first meeting, there: were considerable additions during the year m Robert end of M.y I Minett, Trefarclawdd, William Smith, William J^avin, Thomas Morgan, bank, Walter Davies, Thomas Jones, (x. J. Saunders, chemist, W. Griffiths, and F. G. Buller Svvete Of these only Mr Blaikie remains a member; and ne, not an effective' but as hon. surgeon. OSWALD. SCARCITY OF GRAIN IN 1795 (Oct. 13. 1875). —In my three notes on the Scarcity of Grain in 1795 I have alluded to the Bread riots all over the country, which culmi- nated in an attack on the King as he went to open Parlia- ment. I have before me some stray leaves of M.S. from a Diary kept that year by the butler at Aston, near OSWes- try, in which reference is made to this event, and the excited state of feeling in this district about the time. The Diarist says, "Oct. 29,1795. The King goes to open Parliament when there was a greater concourse of people ever remembered upon such an occasion. St. James's-park was one living mass. There was supposed to be 150,000 to 200,000 people. They was very rude, they insulted the King by throwing stones, &c,, at the State coach, and was shot at, supposed to be from an air-gun thro' a window though no person was seen at the window at the time. Upon his return the mob still continued calling out, No George, No Pitt, No War, No Famine. There was sne man in particular took up for throwing at the coach. All the glasses was broke before they reached the muse. The pieces sold by the boys for a shilling and some went as high as half-a-crown." Further on we have the following entry without anv date, but which I judge to have been written in Dec., 1795 :—"A person who answers, the description of the adver- tisement from the Duke of Richmond's office to apprehend a person for wilfully throwing a stone at the state coach when his majesty was returning from the par- liament house: the stone broke the glass of the door of the coach. He is apprehended by a sergeant of the guards then in Oswestry, and examined by the Mayor: known to be a Wrexham man, but gives no satisfactory account of himself, so that he is detained. Two men comes from Lon- don to identifie his person: but will not swear that its him: after being detained above a fortnight is liberated by order of the secretary of state." I have said bow unsettled our district was just then, and I find in the Diary under date of Dec. 2, 1795. the following "Oswestry market threatened by a mob of [300] men from the cannal, colliery's kc pretended to be tor corn. Stopt some waggons going to Mr Lovett's mills and brought them to Oswestry. My master (then mayor) gave them good words, promised them plenty of corn. The men dispersed without any bad conse- quences following. What was singular they did not want a single bushel themselves, but promised a second visit on the 9^h inst." However on the 9th there seems to have been plenty of corn in the market and the mob did not return." The Mayor of the time, and master of the writer, was the Rev John Robert Lloyd. This little bit of riotinp at Oswestry seems to have come after other places had been restored to quiet. JAReO. QUERIES. WELSH SKETCHES (London, 1854.)-Who is the author ef these three interesting vols., written by a Saxon Stranger as an humble tribute to the virtues and heroism of the Cymry ?" Q. WYNNSTAY THEATRE.—The following is » copy of an old playbill, to which is appended no printer's name.—"At the theatre at Wynnstay. On Wednesday, Dec. 28th, 1785, will be presented, AS YOU LIKE IT.-Duke, Mr Jjalton. Frederick, Mr Joseph Madocks. Amiens, Salisbury. Jaques, Mr Bridgeman. Le Beu, Mas- ter Charlts Williams Wynn. Oliver, Mr Madocks. Jaques De Bois, Master Williams Wynn. Orlando, MrBunbury. Adam, Mr Wardle. Charles, Mr Jones. Touchstone, Mr Aldersey. Corin, Wilkinson. Silvias, Mr Warrington. Rosaline, Miss Jones. Celia, Mrs Cotes. Phoebe, Mrs Ma. docks. Audrey, Mrs Puleston. To which will be added, WHO',S THE DUPE ?-Doilei,, Mr Joseph Madocks. Sandford, Mr Wardle. Granger, Mr Bridgeman. Gradus, Mr Madocks. Elizabeth, Miss Jones. Charlotte, Mrs Cotes. To begin precisely at seven o'clock. N.B. No person to be admitted without a ticket, which may be had of S. Side- botham, at Wynnstay. Ladies are particularly requested to come without hats." Can any of your readers give any account of the performers, and say why in the names of Salisbury, and Wilkinson, the prefix "Mr" has been omitted? I presume the fashions of 1785 included a monstrous hat for ladies, or the last clause would not have been inserted in the bill! Nemo- REPLIES. FUNERAL GARLANDS IN MINSTERLEY CHURCH (Aug. 11, 1875.)—Many years ago I saw pro- jecting rods with chaplets or coronals dependent in Shra- wardine Church, similar to those in Minsterley Church, de- scribed by your correspondent Z." They were very ugly, tawdry, and quaint, and as good a specimen of tinsel as could be. They made a very unpleasant impression upon me when a boy. They were said to belong to Giants, who I suppose resided in the Castle adjoining. They were curious relics of some remote age, and the antiquary must regret that they have been removed. B. COCKFIGHTING ON THE BORDERS {July 21, 1875.)-1 copy from a Shrewsbury paper of Mar. 1799 the following advertisement: "Cocking. A Main of Cocks will be fought at Lee Bridge, on Easter Monday and Tues- day, between the gentlemen of Cheshire and the gentle- men of Shropshire. To show 21 cocks on each side for the Main, 10 for byes and three Break-weights, to fight for Two-guineas a Battle, and Twenty-guineas the Main. Dulson for Cheshire, Smart for Shropshire—Feeders." In the same month a Main was advertised to be fought on Apr. 1, at UlIington, between gentlemen of Flintshire and Shropshire, for a hundred guineas the Main and five guineas each battle. Although Cockfighting was openly advertised at this period and, as your correspondents have shewn was a favourite aDd unmolested sport for some years afterwards, it would fieem that thus early there was a strong partv opposed to it, as may be gathered from the following paragraph in the Salopian Journal of Ap. 16, 1800: We are very sorry this week to inform the lovers of that humane and rational amusement Bull-Baiting, that a bill to put a stop to that delightful sport has been brought into parliament, and hos already passed two stages. We observe likewise that the Gentlemen cocMghters are also to have a spin on this occasion the Legislature in- tending to give the amateurs of this equally humane diversion a brain hlcw at the satne time." Editors last century made much of italics. G.G. BIDDEN .WEDDINGS IN WALES (Oct. 6, 1875.) The custom of Bidden Weddings as it existed in South Wales, was not followed in Carnarvonshire or in North Wales. There were public weddings and assistance rendered b\' friends, and the object was the sani.' "to benefit and help to start the young couple in life." But it was not done by public invitation. It sonn became known when a wedding was to be public, and friends attended of their own accord. I have lived in the heart of the country. and have been present at these weddings years ago: I well remember on one occasion having a wheat bread and milk dinner (tor which Is was paid), sweet milk being consicle-ed a great luxury at the npper part of the parish where the wedding was held. W.P Wrexham.
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iXiPYNi^^OBJPtTH Conway, though it possesses gas works, is now lighted njith paraffin. At Denbigh last month, the death-rate wa.s only S'2 per 1,000, as compared with 17 S the previous month. Parliamentary notices have been issued for the Ruthin and Cerrig-y-drudicn Railway. The company for establishing an Aquarium and Winter Gardens at Rhyl has been registered. The remains of Sir J. G. Wilkinson, the great Egyptian scholar, were interred in Llandovery churchyard. A stained glass window has been placed in Nantwich Parish Church, at a cost of over 1:1,000, in memory of the late rector, the Rev Canon Chater. Mr D. Foulkes Roberts, of Brecon Memorial College, has accepted the pastorate of the English Congregational Church, Neath. Owen Williams, farmer, Caerwrs, Flintshire, has been fined 5a. and costs at Denbigh for being drunk and incap- able. When found he had in his possession notes and gold amounting to over P140. The Rev. David Thomas of Bristol, whose death we announced last week, was the son of a small farmer near Merthyr Tydfil, and he rose to be one of the most able and esteemed of Nonconformist preachers. A Government Commission sat at Chester on Wednes- day, November 10th, to hear statements with regard to a loan of £ 18,000 for sewerage works. When that loan is ob- tained, the city debt, it seems, will be £ 90,000. At a public meeting held at Llandudno last week, a resol- ution was passed approving of the action of the commissioners going to Parliament for powers to buy the existing gas and J water undertakings. An election has taken place at Holywell, to supply the place of the late Dr J. C. Davies, who represented the Non- conformists on the School Board. The result was—Rev. E. Evans, Baptist minister, 831; Mr Hughes. Churchman, 455. There are many curious ways of celebrating a wedding; one of the oddest has been practised at Sandycroft. When Mr John Taylor, jun., was married, the other day, the buzz at the railway works was kept going nearly the whole morning At the last Carnarvon County Court a butcher named Lewis Thomas sued John Lloyd, of the Prince of Wales Hotel, for £14, damages sustained by the bite of defendant's dog. Plaintiff went to defendant's farm on business and the dog flew at him and bit bim in two places. He ob- tained five guineas, Mr Bessell, draper, is the new mayor of Ludlow; Mr Munday, of Bridgnorth; Mr J. A. Anstice, of Wenlock Mr Muspratt, of Flint (eighth time) Alderman Johnson (sheriff, Mr C. Brown), of Chester; Mr T. J. Williams, of Denbigh Mr R. G. Ellis, of Ruthin (re-elected). At the annual council meeting at Flint the town clerk presented to the Corporation a board on which were painted the Corporate seal, and lists of the Borough Charters, Members of Parliament, Constables of the Castle (who were Mayors of the town before the Municipal Reform Act), Mayors, and Town Clerks. The annual meeting of the Chester Council was en- livened by a good deal of banter. One of the best strokes of business was the" spifiication" of the Education Com- mittee, moved, in those terms by Mr Salisbury. The Education Committee has chiefly distinguished itself, we believe, by showing its own ignorance of the requirements of the community. Mr A. H. Brown addressed a crowded meeting of his con- stituents at Ironbridge last week, where he criticized the "j«lly fish legislation" of the Conservative Government. The hon. gentleman said the small majority against Mr Osborne Morgan's Burials Bill was due in no small degree to Mr Bright's speech. That right hon. gentleman, by the way must be in pretty good health, for he walked round the Great Orme's Head, a distance of between five and six I miles, on Friday. Alderman Humphreys, the new mayor of Carnarvon, preached at the Wesleyan Chapel at Llandudno the Sunday before his election, and had Mr Bright as one of his audience. What the pulpit erator felt in facing the greatest orator of the day, report says not, but Rumour h.is somehow dis- covered that Mr Bright was "highly pleased with the originality of the alderman's sermon." Politics, ofcourse,were not introduced, or the Radical leader might have been as- tonished by the sentiment* which a Dissenting preacher can cherish, for Mr Humphreys is a staunch Tory. The Guardians of Newcastle Emlyn union, finding their per centage of pauperism 7 per cent., whereas the average is 3*8, applied to Mr Bircham, the inspector, for advice. In reply he explains to them that the cause is defective adminis- tration, including a lax system of out-relief. He points to Aberystwyth, where the per centage has been reduced in four years from 7 to 4, and sees no reason why Newcastle Emlyn should not do the same. Cardigan union also con- tains 7 per cent. of paupers, but the Guardians, we may hope, will be shamed into greater activity. Mr H. R. Coibet writes to the Field to prove that fox hunting as a regular sport commenced in Ecgland as early as 1697. His evidence is a hunting horn in his possession which bears the following in..ctiption t-" Thos Boothby, Esq., Tooley Park, Leicesr. With this horn He Hunted the first Pack of Foxhounds then in England 55 Years. Born 1677; died 1752. Now the property of Thos. d'Avenant, Esq., County Salop, his Grandson." Another correspondent of the Field shows that foxes were hunted at the end of the 13sh century, but only as vermin," and in common with other wild animals. At the Nantwich Police Court last week Mr Tollemache said he bad been informed that the practice of rabbit coursing went on every Saturday afternoon at that town. He believed rabbits were taken to a field in bags, turned out, and then torn to pieces by dogs. He thought such a state of things was a reproach to the police. Next day Supt. j "asL no' present when these remarks were made, attended the court and stated that the dogs and rabbits were taken to courses properly laid out for the pur- pose, to train the dogs for rabbit coursing matches at Man- chester and the Potteries. He had attended the coursing himself, and sent men in plain clothes, but they could de- tect no acts that would justify them in taking proceedings, for it had been decided that rabbit coursing did not come within the Act for the Prevention of Cruelty. Betting was greatly on the increase in connection with the coursing. The Clerk said if anyone could be found betting on the field, he could be proceeded against. The Ruthin Guardians have adopted the new rules sug- gested by Mr Doyle, who stated that the Aberystwyth Board had them printed in Welsh and English, and circu- lated throughout the Union, and that at Conway SSOO was saved the first year after their adoption. The rules declare that out-relief shall not be given, 1st, to any able-bodied man or woman; 2nd, to any woman deserted by her husband; 3rd, to all the children of a widow after first year of widowhood 4th, to anyone for longer than a fixed period, which is never to exceed three months. The 5th rule requires the strict enforcement of the law relating to the maintenance of relatives the 6th provides that all cases for which medical relief is recommended shall be visited by the medical officers the 7th discountenances non-resident relief the 8th forbids out-relief where children are not sent to school; the 9th describes the duty of relieving officers, who are to visit periodically and keep a diary the 10th limits the strict application of the fore- going rules to future cases. The rules are to be circulated in Welsh and English, in the Union. The Rev. S. Biggs, priest of the Catholic Church of St. Mary, Madeley, entertained about 180 of his congregation and their friends at the Assembly Rooms, Ironbridge, last week. In the course of an address he said he first tried to get the Anstice Memorial Hall, but, though he assured the committee it was merely a sociRI gathering and not religious or political, they refused it. Mr Biggs very properly stig- matized their conduct, and especially that of some Liberal" members who opposed his application. He had heard, he said, of "Shropshire bigotry "before he came into the county-" One priest (he said) told me how, when he came to a certain part of the county where there had not been a priest since the so-called Reformation, his presence excited some commotion. Passing a house one day shortly after his arrival, a little boy, leaning over a garden gate, cried out, I Mother, come and see the !priest;' with that curiosity which is natural to all the daughters of Eve, she came running out. and, after a glance, shaking the boy by the shoulder, she sai-I Why lad, that's a man Again, not a hundred miles from Madeley, a little girl went home to her mother one day, and said that she had seen the priest in his garden without his hat on, and that really he had not a pair of horns."
RECAPTURE OF THE WREXHAM COW…
RECAPTURE OF THE WREXHAM COW STEALER AND HIS COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL. Edward Jackson, whose escape from the Wrexham lock- up we reported last week, was recaptured on Friday, Nov. 12. He was-found by three police officers in an outbuilding at the Hullah Farm, occupied by Mr Bithell, not two miles distant from the town. He was brought up before W. Low, Esq., on Saturday, when William Cross, the cow- man from Cefn Park, identified the cow, and said they lost her from the park, on Thursday,Oct. 28, on which day there WRS a fair at NVrexham.-Ellis Harrison, junr., of Clay Farm, said he was going home from Marchwiel on the Wrex- ham fair day named, and he saw the prisoner driving a cow towards Wrexham. It was between eleven and twelve o'clock.—Jesse Simcox, of handsworth, near Birmingham, said I am in the habit of attending Wrexham fairs. Was in the fair held on Thursday, Oct. 28, and met the prisoner offering a cow for sale. Asked him to whom it belonged, and he replied his master had not come. After that he said his master was Mr Williamson, of Overton. I said to him, Did your master tell you to sell the cow?" He said, "Yes." I asked the price, and he said nineteen guineas. In the course of a few minutes I bought the cow for £ 17. I took her to the railway station, and the prisoner came with me. She was put into a truck. I again asked him his master's name, so that I might pay him, and he said Richardson. I became suspicious, and told him to go and find his master. He went and returned in about three miuutes, stating that his master had gone home. He also said that he bad seven miles to go, and he wanted more money to get something to eat, I gave him a shilling and my address, and I told him to tell his master to send to me, and I would forward a cheque. He then gave his master's address, as William Richardson, Dunks Farm, Overton. I asked several persons from Overton, but none of them knew any such name. I gave information to the police.—Inspector Wilde proved the tracing of the cow to Handsworth. He said there were four previous convictions for felony against the prisoner, and four for other offences. He was last convicted at Salford.—The prisoner s.dd he knew nothing about the robbery he had never seen Sim- cox in his life. Con,,mitted to take his .trial at the next Assizes.
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FROM THE PAPERS. Mr W. Furster was on Saturday, November 13, elected lord rector of Aberdeen University by 377 votes against 145 for Lord Lindsay. k The Court of Criminal Appeal has confirmed the convic- tion of one of the "Peculiar People" of the manslaughter cf his child by not supplying it with proper medicines and medical aid. At Winchester Assizes, on December 7th, Baron Eram- well will charge the coroncr's jury, who were bound over to appear at Winchester before the Judge, because thfcy could not agree upon a verdict in connection with the Alberta and Mistlttoe collision. On Saturday, November 13ch, at the Marlborough-stre^t police court, London, Captain F. W. D. Butler (unattached) was committed for trial, bail being accepted, on the charge of writing a tnreateneng letter to Lord George Loftus, which plainly hinted at a duel, or, failing that, summary satisfaction. Atruckload of Irish pigs were detained on Thursday, November 11, at the Great Western Railway Company's station at Leamington, owing to an outbreak amongst them of foot and mouth disease. The isolation of the animals affected was ordered, and other steps taken to prevent its spread. A novel case of smuggling was investigated at the Mansion House. London, on Thursday, November 11th. A German, on arriving by the Rotterdam boat, was found to be envel oped in a thick padding of something which turned out to be tobacco,making him appear something like Capt. Boylon in his swimming dress. He excused himself by saying that he had thus dressed to keep himself warm, but the magis- trates ordered him to pay ten guineas penalty. A novel bona-fide traveller question has been decided In the Queen's Bench division. A person named Troke keeps a public house at a distant from Southampton one mile by water and eight miles by land. He had been fined by the justices of Soutnampton for supplying refreshments duriiig the prohibited hours to a person who had come from South- ampton by water. He appealed against the decision, on the ground that the water was not a public thoroughfare, and that the per. on he supplied was consequently a bona-fide traveller. The court agreed with the Southampton justices, and affirmed the conviction. The annual meeting of the Liverpool branch of the Per- missive Bill Association was held on Thursday night, Nov. 11th, at the Philharmonic Hall, when resolutions in support of the principles of the association were unanimously adopt- ed. A telegram was received by Mr W. S. Caine at the meeting, stating that with reference to the recent judgment of Mr Raffles as to the extension of public houses a mand- amus had been granted to compel that gentleman to state a case, and that now the whole question (about which there is so much difference of opinion) would be argued in the Huh Court of Justice. The Morning Post understands that Sir Bartle Frere, K.C.B., is to have the honour cf a peerage conferred upon him. This gives some Colour to the rumour that he will probably succeed Lord Northbrook in the Viceroyalty, for which he is specially qualified, having held important ..p- pointments in India from 1834, when he entered the India Civil Service, to 1362, when he became Governor of Bom- bay, a post which he held until 1867. Sir Bartle Frere is now with the Prince of Wales in India, and his reception has been of the mosc cordial character. A writer in the Daily JNews says that it is not, unfortu- nately, generally known that in the case of fire in biddings containing horses, if the harness be merely put on (how- ever roughly) the Dorses will quit their stables without difficulty. The insertion of this note in your widely- spread journal may be the means of saving many a valuable animal, and save the poar creature from so horrible a death." The O'Connell Memorial Committee met ou Friday, Nov. 12, iu Dublin, to consider the balance sheet. There wag a large attendance, and a scene almost as disorderly as the banquet on the 6t of August last took place. So great be- came the uproar that the Lord Mayor left the chair and, on a successor beirg appointed, the honorary secre- tary refused to surrender the necessary documents. The proceedings terminated amid very considerable excite- ment. Addressing his constituents, on Tuesday night, at Ayr, Colonel Alexander, M.P. for South Ayrshire, observed that he could not accept as satisfactory any (,f the explanations given with regard to the Admiralty Slave Circular. He thought it would have been better for Government to admit candidly that, a serious, though not irreparable, blunder had been committed. He, however, claimed for Government that they bad avoided sensational legislation, and had en- deavoured to lay the foundation of decency, morality, and a higher life in our large towns. The Imperial Gazette in its official column publishes an article demonstrating the groundlessness of the apprehen- sions expressed by the foreign press respecting the Eastern Question. The article says the fears entertained with re- gard to the insurrection in the Herzegovina are not justi- fied either by the political situation in Europe or bj7 the state of things specially existing in the Balkan Peninsula. Never was Europe in a more favourable position for bring- ing about a peaceful settlement of the question, and averting a disturbance of the peace. The 3 Northern powers with the assistance of other Governments are endeavouring to find a peaceful issue to the existing difficulties. No one can de- sire to disturb the peace or to oppose thP efforts made on all sides to maintain it. It may therefore be positively affirmed that the joint endeavours of the three Northern Powers, with the support of the other cabinets, will succeed in obtaining a result corresponding with their peaceful sentiments, and in establishing by mutual confidence a state of peace in Europe which it will be impossible to dis- turb. Sir R- Malins delivered judgment on Saturday, November 13th. in the case of Mr Eastwick and the Canadian Oil Wells Corporation, which has occupied much of the time of the Chancery division of the Hig-h Court of Justice. His lordship considered that Mr Eastwick had honestly and fairly paid £1,000 for the forty shares out of the money properly due to him from the company for his expenses to Canada. He therefore dismissed the summons calling upon Mr Eastwick to pay anether £ 1,000 for the sharesr The costs of the liquidation would he paid out of the estate, and Mr Eastwick would also have his costs, but thev were not to exceed 2100. The Rev. Dr Wm. Brock, a well-known Baptist minister, died on Saturday mornirg, Nov. 13, at St. Leonards, where he had intended to pass the winter. Dr Brock, who was upwards of seventy years of age, was formerly minister of a Baptist congregation at Norwich, and resigned that post about twenty-five years ago, in order to become minister of Bloomsbury Chapel, then recently built. He remained at Bloomsbury until a year or two ago, when he retired from the ministry. Dr Brock was one of the most popular ministers in the Baptist denomination, and took an active part on the Liberal side in many of the political movements of his time. There are again numerous accounts from the country of the destruction wrought by the floods. According to the weather report a falling barometer seems to point to some new disturbance advancing towards us from the Atlantic and warnings were issued to our westerly and south-westerly coasts on Monday, November 15. In the district of Ban- bury the floods were abating on Monday, and a gaBg of men were repairing the damage done to the Great Western Railway near Oxford. A portion of the line had been en- tirely swept away, owing to the river embankment giving way. The through traffic was stopped, and the passengers were being conveyed to Oxford by omnibuses. The tide in the Thames on Monday morning was the highest on record, and rose to a height of six inches above any previous one. The result was that hundreds of houses in the waterside districts wer ■ dated, and their tenants were not only rendt-red homel-ss but in many cases have lost what furniture and clothing they possessed. Many have been sufferers by former floods. but not to so serious an extent as on this occasion. At Torquay, on Saturday afternoon, November 13:h, an entertainment of readings, given by Mr T. W. Hussey, was abruptly terminated by a terrible discovery. Among the earlier items of the programme was a humorous reading from Mark Twain, and while giving it the reader noticed a gentleman of his audience, Mr E. Salisbury, of Rock- house, Brixham, gazing fixedly upon him. fr Hussey lost sight of the face for an hour, when, glancing again in the same direction, he saw Mr Salisbury's position unaltered except that the head was lowered. The words then being read were from the May Queen, You may lay me in the mould, mother, and think no more of me," when the per. sons around drew back with horror at the discovery that the earnest listener was a corpse. Two medical men ex- amined the body, and found it cold, his death having in their opinion occurred an hour previously, unnoticed by those around. Mr Salisbury was seventy-five years old. He possessed an imposing physique, and was the father of a local clergyman. The following letters are stated to have been received by Mr Guildford Onslow from the Claimant t. the Tichborne estates, now undergoing his sentence at Dartmoor. Thev were forwarded by the governor of the prison, who, it is asserted, previously erased the words contained in the blanks- Dartmoor Prison, Devon, 29th October, 1875. u. A1139, Thos. Castro.—My dear Onslow,—Strange to say" I am still alive nor is my spirit so broken, by past mis- fortunes, as to be intimidated, by threats or punishments into denying my name and existence. God, in His great goodness, has entirely frustrated the evil designs and viru- lent machinations of man, as is evident bv n v h<-inrr ct-p rh; Therefore, I may (»y „r l,'„,ii^ tively light, for, knowing as I do that I kuve revtr i tentionally injured man woman, or child, or intentionally broken any of the just laws 0f my country, I feel sure the time is not far distant when our gracious Majesty will no longer refuse to hear the voice of her subjects, especially when all they ask is that justice may be done an innocent and injured man. I am aware the two Lord Chief Justices stand between the Royal prerogative and mercy by threatening to resign their seats if I am released, but I trust it will please God to ordain even that great difficulty to be surmounted. It is nut necessary fur me to reiterate what I said in my last—things are just the same, with this difference, that there is much less of me. Please re- member me to all my friends in your neighbourhood, and write to my dear wife and tell her how impossible it is for me to write to her direct. With love to herself and mv dear, dear children, and believe me, my dear Onslow, your injured and robbed friend, EOGKR,"— Dear Mrs Onalow,-Li.:t me, in the first place, sincerely thank you for your letter and the kind prom.ses therein contained towards my poor dear children. I should in?ver have written your fair name on such a piece of paper had you not requested me to do so, for I cannot cay of this emollit mores, nes sinit esse feros. Plea,e give my love to my wife and children, and kind remem- brances to all old friends. Kindly explain t& my wife that 1 should have to address her as Mrs Castro if I wrote to her direct, and I will never live to dp her and my dear children so great a wrong. I don t mention nataes for the reason I before stated, but please remember me kindly to the ladies near you, and thank them, for me, for their kind efforts to get me justice, which, ala-i, I n. ver now expect.—Believe me, dear Mrs Onslow, your old friend CASTRO."
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FACTS AND FANCIES ,^5 wins iu pled and rosy. Why need'noble-Tien fear lawyers ?-Ecc.use they take 80 many nobies 1 u (Cs 8a). Was her d*ath sudden ? said a friVnd to a widower. Well no, not for her. She was the sudden^t w.-rcan ever born when things began to go wrong with her!" The delightful sympathy between England and France has another illustration in the ail but contemporaneous ioss of the Vanguard and the Magenta. Avhat charming recip- rocity Let both countries rejoice until the bills are sent in.—Punch. Well, farmer, you told us your place was a good place for bunting; now we've tramped it for three hours and found no game. Just So well, I calculate rs a general thing that the less game there is the more huntinsr you have. The latest Y aukee swindle i- 3- Chicago invention. When •\ .J S°W by the ton, a man coLC&ais himself in the load and is weighed with it. When the load is driven to the barn of the purchaser, the man haves his hiding-piace, and gots back to the hay-market t„ be sold over a/ain. The vne no- discovered" until the other d»>% though i: is unuers oo it is has been practised f'<r years. ° cnc?"a judge, who had s,pent an evening yoang awyei in the country, whose office was on the second storey, on taking his departure stumoied on the stnirs and fell to the bottom. The yo-ubw lawver. hearing the noise, rushed out and, seek* the judge lving on his back at the bottom of tte stairs, bsscentd 'town, and with grpat anxiety assed, Is your honour hurt No the juoge, scrambling to his feet, but mv iegs ar» That honettv which has made New England famous is breatnccl in witn its mountain air, and the child takes it the moment it is b: rn. A Danbury man thought he heard some one after his turkeys on Saturday night. He went out with his gun in time to send a load of shot after a retreat- ing figure. The next morning he called on bis next door neighbour, and asked the little girl where her mother was. She's ia the other room picking shots out of pi's back said the child. An old Scotch lady called spon another ohl lady of the same nationality, and after devoting the early part of her visit to a scrutinizing survey of her busy neighbour"* ceil- ings, she rendered the following decision in a C()é)J, self- satisSed manner: "Yedicna find cobwebs in mv house, Mrs Mac." "Hout exclaimed the indignant. Mrs Mac, I dmna com? to your house to find cobwebs." A learned Irish judge, among other peculiarities, had a haoit of begging pardon on every occasion. Once on his circuit his favourite expression was employed in a singular manner. At the close of the assize, when he was about to lea Ve the bench, the officer of the court reminded him that he had not passed sentence on one cf the criminals as he had intended. "Dear me," said his lordship, I really teg his pardon. Bring him in." A burglar on aseendiog a flight of stairs one night not long since, out West, observed a light in a chamber, and while deliberating what to do, a large woman suddenly descended upon him, seized him by the throat, pushed him down through tIe hall, and forced him into he street before he had time to think. Her friends called upon her and congratulated her on her courage, when .-he exclaimed ".Good gracious! I didn't: knov, he was a burglar If I had, I should have been frightened to death. 1 thought it was my husband come home drunk, and I was det°nnined that be shouldn't stay in the- he-use in that cemditi-.u."— Philadelphia Ledger. A story told by Hcrac- Smith is a good instance of a shock given to affected elegance. A town lady had read much of pastoral life, and once msde a visit to the country tor the purpose of communing with a real shepherd. She at last discovered one, with his crook in his hand, his dog by his side, and the sheep disposed romantically around him; but he was without the indispensable musical accompani- ment. of all poetic shepherds—the pastoral reed. "Ah, gentle shepherd." softly inquired she, "tell me, where's your pip' ?" The bumpkin scratched his head, and mur- mured. brokenly, I ldt it at home, miss, 'cause I ha'n't got no 'baccy." The meaningless colonial habit of seizing any excuse, however inappropriate, for visiting a drinking bar j" q^ite in-xphcabie to foreigners. LTpcn this point an eminent Italian basso thus discoursed the other day in tolerable n' English I cauHot understand yoa people. If de weather is dull or is fine you have a drink-if cold or warm it is all the same—if business is good or if business is bad again you take a drink. I vas in Sydney the other day, and who should arrive from Melbourne but Von Sandridge. I say, 'Von Sandridge, you look gloomy, how you get on?' He pay 'ot at all well—very down-hearted.' I say, 'Von Sandridge, vat is de matter He press my hand tight and say, 'Lost my vife—come and have a drink.
THE REV ROBERT JONES ON WELSH…
THE REV ROBERT JONES ON WELSH PREACHING. On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, November 9th and lOtb, the* Rev R, Jones, vicar of Ail Saints, llother hit-he, delivered lectures in lhe Townhall, Wrexham, at the request of the Eisteddfod Committee, and in aid of the £100 special prize. On the former evening when Dr Wil- liams presided, the subject of the lecture was Welsh Preachers and Preaching." The audience was but a limited one in consequence of the inclement weather. The Rev R. JONES commenced by pointing out that from the earliest times Waies had been remarkable for the reli- gious c'naiacter of its inhabitants, and that pure Christianity had been nourished there during the early centuries. Later on, the coldness which prevailed in the English Church spread to Wales, and the clergy became indolent and ad- dicted to worldly pursuits. This state of things continued until the middle of the last century, when the Church was roused to its work again, with electric effect, crowded churches were seen, and a revival carried on of an almost Pentecostal character. But the great work was met by opposition from a quarter whence succour should have come, and the bishops in a body discountenanced the move- Rient, causing the good men who were engaged in it to dissever themselves from the Church in order to carry it on faithfully. This was the beginning of a new church in Wales, and in the establishment of it perhaps no one work- ed more effectually than Williams of Pantyce'yn, by his poetry, so sweet and simple was it. The Welsh were a highly poetical people, and as musical as they were given td poetry, so that Williams's work as a hymn-writer did good service at that time. The Established Cnurch then lost the people but now he WRS glad to say it was winniDg them back again. The Welsh were fortunate in having a fine lan- guage, and a self-interpreting one. An English peasant had only six hundred words in his vocabulary, while the Bible contained nine thousand. The Welsh peasant knew thou- sands of words,and the Bible to him v, as an open book he understood all preaching, even to its doctrine 'and teach- ing. Never did any country prove the good effects of preaching mor etbanthewelsh. The Bible was read, trho Sab- bath day kept, and the means of grace were duly taught. Among the foremost preachers of Wales were men who must have been taught of God, for they had no scholarly learning, often could not even read fluently, and yet they wielded mighty power. One of these was rhmaeI Jones of whom the lecturer gave a sketch. Another bright star who raised Wales from its lethargic state was as Evans, a rare old preacher, as gifted as he was g >od,Who laboured for many years at the small salary of The lecturer gave a vivid sketch of this wonderful preacher h's personal appearance, his powerful sermons, his eloque-t prayers, and his peaceful end. Another eminent preacher was John Elias, The Apostle of Wales," who with his tall and commanding stature, and his striking features, was the perfect model of a preacher. His very appra-nce ve solemnized his hearers, and wheu he spoke, evervone was hushed, and ear and heart seemed to hang on his words. Mr Jones gave several sketches of his preaching and then went on to say that there were many other.; of whom he might speak, who had done good work, not only in the pulpit but in literature, and as translators, and Wales had also erven many em.nent men to England. In conclusion, Mr Jones said that it might be asked how it was that he, a Church- man, had taken as examples, Nonconformist preachers In reply he must say that he could not help it, because there had been no great men in the Church in the years zone br, and he had refrained from introducing living men T-iier, had been, until recently, no opportunities for Churchmen to become eminent preachers. There had b«en sE-veral volumes written on the causes of dissent in WiW but the true seertt of the matter, he thought had n V K' j ciear. Nonconformist ministers soran'tr from th „ •„ P'ca-ciieiS from tee ingner classeR, in wmch a university or college training was deemed necessary and they did not suc- ceed because they did not study Welsh thought, and often were unacquainted with the idiom of the lan- guage, being, in fact, wanting in all tb[;t would tend to keep the people in the church. Ö But they ciuld now look forward to brighter days for the Church, Some of the clergy looked with bitter hatred on the college at. Aberystwyth, but he believe-, it would do more for the Church than any cobegiate institution in supplying a good education for that class which before was uua-bie to obtain it. It was they did not teach divinity there, but there was no need ,(If that in Wales. Divinity was taught in the Sunday-school in the pulpit,in the press, and in literature genera!) v. What was wanted to be taught at Aberystwyth was science and art, languages and literature, the acquisition 0f which pit tended to the making of an efficient preacher. ''h^r/th Tr taught Welsh there,'and had just appointed CyR,r:! fessor. In the last century, the bishops had r■ hilate the Welsh language, but found by doin^sn t k had alienated the people from the Church they changed, and no better instance of this could 1?" T*! out than the recent appointment to 'H* • u p''ln Wrexham. (Loud applause.) Ijansh churcii A In acknowledging u, vote of t >-r^ v •• to the fact that the University C.i,ecf1Ui'er referred the 'ch^irm*0" R!KX^;A:,V 'Q Proposing a vote of thanks to R- i i fL, u)Cla hign compliment to the lecturer, and s.ia there was t»uy .« regret he had, and that was that no eo ion wa" of line name of whom this district espe- c.auy must be proud—the name of Williams of *-vern, one the mightiest preachers Wales had ever produced, both spuituany as well as iucejlectualb', and in the foremost rank oi. elsh aivines. Oii "VVeduesday the title of the lecture was "Welsh Poetry," and Mr Jones referred to the rare adaptability of the W eish --e to the purposes of poep-y. The Mayor (Dr Eytor-Jones) presided, and introduced the speaker in a brier speech in English and Welsh. At the close, >n the motion of the Mayor, seconded by the ex-Mayor, a hearty vote of thanks was give:1!Mr Jones for his interesting lecture, and his great kindness m coming such a distance to help in furthering the interns* of the Eisteddfod. A similar compliment was paid to the Chairman and the proceedings then terminated.