The North Wales Express

LONDON. THE BLUB RIBBON GOSPEL TBMPKBANCH MISSION IN HOLLOWAY. -Those earnest advocates of Gospel Temperance, Major Poole and Mrs Evered Poole, have just concluded a most successful mission in a large marquee in Holloway, resulting in over 1100 new pledges being taken and 1600 taking the blue ribbon who were already total abstainers. On Thursday evening. October 5th,MrsEvered Poole delivered a most telling address to the employes and friends of Messrs Jones Brothers, drapers, Holloway r oad, he audience numbering about 250. The chair was occupied by, the vicar of the parish, the Rev F. A. 0. Tillingstone, who in a short appropriate speech introduced the speaker, Mrs Poole, who delivered a most excellent address, touching upon the evils attending the use of al. coholic diinks, and pointing out most conclusively the benefits of total abstinence, she eulogised Messrs Jones, for setting the example to other tradesmen in supporting the blue ribbon move- ment by holding tIe meeting on their business premises, and she was clad t, see ta-u one member of the firm wore the badge of bt i Mrs Poole was heartily applauded thrcughou I thoroughly appreciated on all sides. The' 't i nd a portion of the choir from the mission ten: ndly assisted in the singing. After a few wotiiy from the Rev E. P. Lowry (Wesleyan), vote-; )f thanks to Mrs Poole and the chairman ere heartly responded to, and the meeting te rÚ. inated by 44 signing the pledge and donning the blue ribbon. PORTMADOC JOTTINGS. [By "THE ECHO."] THE SPIRIT OF DEBATE. We are herelvery,glad to see that you at Oarnar. von there^are movingjwith the times. The spirit of debate has taken possession of some of your gifted townsmen, and they intend, it seems, to form a Parliamentary Debating Society. If they think the society will be numerically ftrong enough to carry on the work of a local parliament," let them by all means have such a ekoeiety but it is the "Echo's" Opinion- indicator of the times- that if the members do number at least a hundred it will be better to have a literary and debating society similar to the one we have here working so admirably. Theldangeriof a parliamentary society will be that the subjects will almost be all political, andgthis will create a monotony in its proceedings, whereas in a literary and debating society there will be plenty of variety: there will be political, literary, and scientific subjects to meet the different tastes of the members. And furthermore, the ex- penditure of money and labour will far exceed the returns in the shape of mental improvement; there will be a maximum of labour with a mininum of beneficial results. With a good president, secre- tary,and treasurer,and an industrious committee, a literary and debating society would, in my humble opinion, be the best thing for Carnarvon. They could then have the spirit of debate without too much encumbrances, and they could carry on the society with less nonsense and more of reality. THE DEBATING SOCIETY. Apropos of the above remarks I may here say a few words about the Portmadoc Debating Society. At its last mee jng a motion was moved by Mr William Hughes to the effect that it would be advantageous to turn the society into a par. liamentary debating society, and he was seconded by Mr Oasson. Although Mr Hughes made a plausible speech in favour of his proposition, the amen laient moved by Dr Jones-Morris—That the society continue as it is-was carried all but un- animously. it was evidenced by the speeches that the society could not be improved if turned into a parliamentary .tin^ society. The paper referred to was on "Disavsj f: It" which treated the question scientifically ani HL J'y, several of the germs being illat3tratel by diagrams. Mr J. P. Roberts a gertleman in every way: fitted for the post, was elected the vice-president of the society

"NORTH WALES EXPRESS" OFFICE, Thursday Evening. A MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE- The Church Bridge Spinning Mill, near Accring- ton, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The mill contains over 23,000 spindles. The damage is estimated at £ 20,000.

EGYPT The latest news from Egypt leaves the situa tion practically unchanged, and the way out of the deadlock becomes more and more difficult to determine. The rumours which prevail of the complicity of the Khedive and his Ministers in Arabi's doings, and their fears of the confessions he would be able to extort in cross-examination with the practised aid of English counsel, are quite wanting in authority, and receive little credence. On the other hand a feeling is mani- fested that the contentions of the Ministers against the admission of British lawyers on the ground of practical inconvenience are not so un. reasonable as was at first supposed. Tewflk's Cabinet are indifferent as to whether they try the rebels or whether we do it, but they cannot consent to any judicial combination. Besides the growing belief in the vadility of this plea, it is thought the presence of European^representatives at the trial, as already arranged, combined with the certainty that no punishment could be in- flicted without English consent, is a sufficient guarantee that justice would be done. Apart, however, from the merits of the case, it is very desirable that some arrangement should speedily be come to. The only thing absolutely certain is that the existing standstill is producing a very bad imprestion in Egypt. ARRIVAL OF TROOPS. The transport Lydlxn Monarch, with a portion of the Household CaMii-y Irom Egypt, arrived at Gravesend this (Thursday) morning, and will reach th? xozva. about four o'clock this afternoon. The vesseis in the river at Gravesend are dressed in bunting. The Monarch Line steamer Persian Monarch, having on board a portion of the Indian Contingent from Egypt, arrivel at ACLMJ yester. day morning, and sailed in the evening lor Bombay. The transport City of Zincoln, wisn artillery on board, arrived at Portsmouth early this morning.

MR OSBORNE MORGAN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. At Wrexham, on Wednesday night, Mr Osborne Morgan addressed his constituents. His remarks had chief reference to Egyptian and Irish affairs and the Married Women's Property Act of last session. He declared that the Government, while strictly preserving their interests in Egypt as the key to India, would not annex it. After com- menting on the splendid services rendered by the army, Mr Morgan said he had had an opportunity of witnessing in Ireland the effect of the beneficial measures passed by the Government, in conse- quence of which agrarian outrages had wonderfully diminished, and peace had been restored to the country.

TREASURE TROVE AT MOLID.-Here, in 1833, a splendid gold breast-plate was discovered by sjme workmen who were filling up a pit with gravel from a bank, measuring three feet seven inches in extreme length by eight high. This extremely rare relic was first noticed by the labourers ob- serving the presence of a number of great round stones, larger than they expected to find in tne gravel. Under these they found a skeleton, with a corselet placed upon it, as it would have been worn in life. With it were found some beads made of a hard resin, and the remains of some coarse cloth or serge. Several small holes at the edge of the gold seem to indicate that it was fastened by something like braid or lacing. There were also several pieces of copper to which the gold had been riveted, and which had served as a stiffening or inner case to the armour. From the general appearance of the place there cannot be a doubt that the body was placed in its armour upon the surface of a small natural mound of gravel, from three to four hundred loads of stones having been placed over it. While the chieftain's bones were thus committed to the grave, unconsumed and apparelled as in life, it was not so with his followers. From two to three yards from the spot where he lay an urn was found, that was unfortun- ately broken by the workmen, which had heid more than a wheelbarrow-load of burnt bones and ashes. The gentleman on whose estate the corselet was found, having no idea of its value, threw it in a hedge, and told the workmen to bring it with them to the h)use when they returned to dinner. In the meantime, several persons broke off pieces of it, which they afterwards had manufactured into pins and rings. The gold in this example, in its mutilated state, weighs seventeen ounces. It was soon after its discovery secured for the British Museum.—Our Own Country. USES OF LEMONS.—Dr James Moore discovered by personal experience that lemons nghtly used were a valuable remedy for smallpox. He says —" I look upon lemon juice as a specific of as much certainty and power in smallpox as quiuine is in intermittent fever." He commenced taking the juice of one lemon with two taDieflpooiifuls of water, at regular intervals, also eating the pulp (this was done after the eruptions became painful), and kept his pulse at from sixty to sixty-seven for thirty-six hours, when ail elevations disappeared from the skin. A free use of lemons in sickness or health is highly beneficial, especially in the summer or during the heated term. Lemonade is a safe drink in sickness and health. It corrects bilious- ness. It is a specific against worms and skin ao- plaints. Lemon juice is the best anti-scorbutic remedy knewn. It not only cures the disease, but prevents it. Sailors make a daily use of it for this purpose. When one feels poorly, if they would eat a lemon before breakfast every day for a week- with or without sugar—they would find it better than medicine. A free use of lemon juice and sugar will always relieve a cough. A piece of lemon bound upon a corn will cure it in a few days; it also prevents chiblains. Rubbing the gums daily with lemon juice keeps them m health. The hands and nails are also kept white and sott by the daily use of lemons. It is also claimed by some to cure neuralgia and rheumatism—outward applications for the former, internal for the latter. It cures warts and destroys dandruff on the head by rubbing the scalp well with the juice diluted with a little water. Lemonade is also a pleasant and healthful beverage for supper in warin i weather. ANOTHER BATHBR REMARKABLE PASTING CASE is reported from across the Atlantic. The hero, or rather the victim, did not succeed in rivalling the famous exploit of Dr Tanner, and the public al. lowed him to starve in privacy without requiring to be informed by hourly bulletins of the state of bis health. About a x weeks apo a young man named Charles Fzllos. vrhc bad a, V'hcrtG bfra thought particularly a fool, took it into Li- head that he had been commanded by the Diety to abstain from tuking food. Falloa it seems, was a bookkeeper in a large produce house in Montreal, and, according to the newspapers, be is "moral in character and exemplary in conduct." We are also issured that his friends are in comfortable cir- cumstances, so that his self-imposed abstention from food was not the result of any Spat tan. like resolve to be no longer a drain on the financial re- sources of the family. A week passed, and beyond an occasional sip of water young Mr Fallon wouid take no nourishment. The most obvious interpret- ation of his conduct would be that he had gone suddenly mad but outside the hallucination that Heaven had speciaily interested itself iu his gas- tronomatic proceedings, there were no appeararces of insanity. His friends apparently thought that it was more a case for the parson than for the doctor; and they called in the Rev Canon Baldwin, whose Bible-class Fallon had attended. The rev gentleman had no difficulty in citing Scriptural authority for the practice of eating, which goes back, indeed, to the days when Adam consumed the prohibited apple. But the youth, believing he had got a special dispensation on his own account, declined to be persuaded by ordinary arguments, and fraukly asked the Rev Canon Baldwin whether he had a revelation from Heaven that I am to eat." With every pity for the condition of the young man's stomach, the rev gentleman could Lot pretend to be in possession of a special commission from above authorising Mr Charles Fallon to have his dinner; and a mad doctor was afterwards called in. On the thirty-third day of the fast Fallon came to the conclusion that he would com- mit no theological wrong if he did take a little refreshment. He quietlv remarked to his mother that he would like something to eat, and the case ended as happily as if it had been one of Miss Emma Jane Worboise's novels. We can all readily believe the final sentence of the report, which mildly remarks that the affair has excited a good deal of attention in medical and theological circles at Montreal.-Liv,.rpool Daily Post. THE OLD BLIXD HonSE AND ITS MASTER.—A Cabman't Storv.I recollect-it's many years ago-a friend of mine, a driver, what got the awfullest hiding through his horse having a good memory as ever was laid on to a man. It came about in this way. There was an old major or captain, or something, who lived at Westminster, and he had a horse what he'd drove ever so many years, and he was very fond of it, and kept it until it went blind and so queer in the legs that he couldn't use it any longer, aud he ordered his mam to take it and get it shot. But the man didn't do it. He took it and sold it to a little cabmaster in Strutton Ground for three pun five instead. Well, the cabmaster drove it of nights for about a year, and of course it went wuss, and then he sold it to another cabman for five and thirty shillings. It was reduced to a regler hobject by that time but they wasn't so particular as they are now aud. Vae ft civer was rather a rough customer, and used to carry a whip that was all a "persuader," I can tell ycu. I-V one night a fare hailed him in Pice and fif- »?■ w up to the kerb and took him up. But when the :-id gent £ ot in :.he Massed brute couldn't stir a peg," but stood like a horse, its only movement being H kfinib'inj? n t.fj knees. This naturally made Joe-Joe his name was-savage, and finding the th("b uo good, he lost his temper, and took the butt-end of his whip to it. The old gentleman he banged out of the cab when he saw that. You inhuman scoundrel, what do you mean by flogging a poor beast in that way f says he. And no sooner did the old crock in the shafts hear him than it turned its head, and begins to neigh and whinny just hke talking. It knowed its old master again, though 9 r_1 it didn't have any eyes to see him, and tee old major looked at the horse and they kuowed one another. I forget how old he was -tlie m.ijor, I mean-but he had Joe off the box and down on the pavement before you could say kuife, and went at him ith his bamboo stick till Joe roared murder, and brought a crowd round 'em. Joe was going to law to play Old Harry with the major,but his friends advised him different. So he squared the matter by getting a friend to take three teeth what the major had knockcd out to his house, saying, in a polite note, that he wanted a couple of pounds a-piece for them, and that if the major would buy them, the old horse should be thrown into the bargain. That's how they settled it.-Sonw JIVI. teries of Modern London, by One of the Crowd. THE "LIBRARY "AT ETON.-The Librarr so called at present on the lueus a non lucendo prin- ciple, for there are no bocks there. It contains, however, tome classical decorations, and lists of winners of the Newcastle Scholarship and medal. To the youager members of the school it is a horror, as being the place where the wise m>ui's warning is remembered, and the rod is not spared, The block whereon the victim kneels is always in ter- rorem, but a cupboard hides from view the in- struments of execution. The ioiiuor h..s more than once been destroyed, or carried off as a trophy, by Etonians whose associations with it were of a nature too painful for patient endurance. The late Marquis of Waterford reckoned it among his numerous pranks, that shortly after leaving the school, he bad contrived during a passing visit to capture and carry eff this trophy. In the days of some of the ancient head-masters of Eton or even in those of Keate, a forest must have been heavily taxed to supply the school with rods. The penalty for the smallest fault was a "swishing. "I Udall, who resigned his office in deserved disgrace, was a notorious beater who for his brutality has been thus immortalized by Tusser:- "From Powles I went, to JEton sent lo learn straightwayes the <»atin phrase. Where fifty-three stripes given to me At once I had. For fault but small, or none at all, It came to passe, there beat I was, See, Udall, see, the mercy of thee To me, poore lad." ■—Our Own Country.

NORTHERN WELSH FOOTBALL draw for the first round of the cup ties took place on Wednesday evening at Conway. Mr Farrnff- ton was in the chair. Mr A. D'Oylev Watkini" (Bangor), who has succeeded Mr Turner as honor- ary secretary, being also in attendance. The draw was as followsCarnarvon Colts v Bhvl Wanderers, at Carnarvon; Bangor v. Mad no at Bangor; Bull Rangers r. Bangor Mo,,nV«fi Rangers, at Llaurw.t; Llanrwst c. C!rnaiS Athletic, at Llanrwst; Couway, a bye played on or before November 25 fhe Mountain Rangers are the present holders of the cup. BUCHUPAIBA." — A new MNVT for all urinary affections (smarting CU1 difficult), and kidney diseases. 4s g'At .e^"ent ,or London Ageucy, No. 1, K„lg S^rda-St8 VALUABLE DISCOVERT FOP. "H- is turning grey or whi.e, or yoa.r.heir Mexican Hair Renewer," for^ Th* in every case Grey or White hair restore without Wa* J«*K*eeable smdl storers. It makes the hair i L well as promoting the growth of th« h where the glands are n^deCald UJ<* BP°*. for "THE MEXICAN H^KSJEWKR^I&T and Perfumers everjw^ro at 3s.' 6d. WON REM°VED 33« PARRM^ON BSS* FLO RHJNE:!—FOB THE TEBTH AND BREATH — tew arops of me iuiulu Fioriline" sprinkled on a tooth-brash produces a pleasant la.hur, «r?ch thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all par^siS or iu;purities, hardens the gains, prevents tartar stooa decay, gives to the tf*>th a peculiar pearly-whiteiie«» and a delightful fragrauce to the breath. It rCm2 all unpleasant od'^ar arisicg fr0ia decayed tooth tobacco smoke. TheFVagnant Fioriline," hoi* posed in part Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious fZ the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of th« « Price 2s 6d,ot all Chemists and PerfuSen sale dnwt removed to 33 J-^nngdon-^ioJ^

God Save the Mayor." The battle of the wards has already com- menced. There are now five combatants on the field,and more are expected. I trust politics will not be allowed to creep into the contest, but that the electors will support the best candidates-no matter whether Liberal or Conservative. Next week I will have a drama on this event, in which the speeches of the different candidates will be inserted. To-day the District" meeting of the Welsh Wesleyans is being held at Llandudno. What- ever is the reason for it (if there is a reason at all; it;may be an accident) the great religious gatherings of all our denominations have of late been accompanied with the most inclement weather. The last two Calvimistic Methodist Associations (at Carnarvon and Pwllheli) were held on exceedingly wet days. So also was the "District" meeting of the Wesleyaus at Port- madoc, as well as the Quarterly meeting of the Baptists at Pwllheli. The Baptists had pretty fair wpather last week at Llandudno, but the Wesleyans to-day have to experience the dis- comfort of a continual drizzling rain. How to account for these occurrences I do not know; but a good result might perhaps accrue if the members of the different denominations con- .1' onssp>ondent of the New York (3fer 'lg t;leir dates.

NORTH WAlLES UOARTER SKisSIO-NS. FLINTSHIRE. The? e sessions were commenced on Tuesday, when Lhe county business was disposed of. Mr P. P. Pennant presided.—The Holywell Highway Board applied to have five pieces of road in their district declared main roaus, but the county high- way committee recommended that only one piece, Que, furlor in length, leading from the township of fitaTl to the railway station, should be dec. -I'-XI a main road. This recommendation was ja mmed by the court.—The clerk of the peace oported that at a meeting of the police committee the chief constable attended and made a statement on the subject of tuo safety of the Prime Minister, and gave it as his opinion that it was necessary to increase the police force by four additional constables as a reserve, two of them being detectives. The committee endorsed the chief constable's recommendation, and that resolution was communicated to the Home Secretary, who approvedof,the appointment of four additional con- stables, and therefore the Government would pay one-half of the cost.—The chairman explained that the police committee had no authority to order an increase of the police force; that could only be done by the court of quarter sessions. However, the committee thought this was a case in which they might exercise their own discretion, an xoy now asked the court to approve of what they had done.-Colomel Rowley asked how long these additional constables were to tie employed. —The Ohairman: Until the sanction of the court is withdrawn and the order resciaded. The chief constable is not obliged to make use of them, but he has the power to use them if he thinks neces. sary. I beg to move that the order of the cem- mittee be confirmed. It is simply a re-confirma- tion of the order we passed at the October Sessions last year.—The Rev T. G. Puleston seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously.—On the recommendation of the police committee, it was resolved to increase the pay of the police force so as to make the wages of the men uniform with the amounts received by the members of the Denbighshire and Shropshire constabularies. The present pay of an ordinary constable in Flintshire is 29s per week, as against 22s 2d in Denbighshire and Shropshire. The total amount of the in. crease per year which the county will have to pay under the new scale will be £ 121 12s, or one twelfth of a penny in the pound.— The chief constable reported that there were 73 indictable offences during the year ending Sep- tember 29, and 67 persons were apprehended. Of these 40 weie committed for trial, as against 47 last year. The number of 'persons summarily dealt with was 1776, of whom 1551 were convicted, as compared f with 1649 persons proceeded against and 1441 convicted in the previous year. The force was complete at present, but he asked for an addi- tional constable for Connah's Quay, where the population had greatly increased in late years. It was pointed out that it was necessary to give notice of such an application, but in the meantime, if the chief constable has a man to spare, he is to use his own discretion as to sending him to Con nah's Quay.—The chairman was appointed as a representative to sit on the committee proposed to be formed, consisting of members „of boards of guardians and justices of the peace, to discuss the advisability of introducing what is known as the Berkshire system of dealing with vagrants into North Wales.—The chairman moved a county rate of a penny in the pound, the same as la t year, and a police rate of three-eights of a penny in the pound, being one-eighth more than last year. This resolution was carried unanimously. ° prisoners took placeqn Wednesday, w Ab?elITi- p- Pennant (chairman), W. H. Buddicom,L. Thompson, C. P. Morgan, E Morgan, and W. Thorn. _i8aac Foulkes f48) labourer, was charged with unlawfully wounding Ly dia Wise, at Hawarden, on the 22nd July last, and with assaulting and wounding Police Constable Manley when m the execution of his duty, at the same time and place. Prisoner, who pleaded guilty, and said he was drunk at the time, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour for each offence.-Henry Roberta (62) «ardener was indicted for stealing two quilts, onefkirt, one nightdress, and other articles, the tiroDertv of Sarah Foulkes, at Holywell, on the 10th of Aajfust last, and further, with obtaining, by false nre- tences, from one Mary Roberts, a quantity of the property of Edward Williams, with intent to cheat and defraud, at Holywell, on the above date Prisoner, who had been previously convkted: pleaded guilty to the charges, aud was sentenced to three months' hard labour for the first offence and one day for the second.-Robert Price (35)' bricklayer, pleaded not guilty to obtaining by false pretences, at Flint, a hand-saw from Joseph Hughes with intend to cheat and defraud on the 10th of June last. Sentenced to one months' hard labour.-Grifllth Hughes (19), labourer, who pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to three months' hard labour for indecently aseaulting and illtreat- ing a female named Elizabeth Conway, at Coles- hill Fawr, on the 4th ult. MERIONETHSHIRE. The quarter sessions for the county of Merion- eth were opened on Tuesday at Dolgelley. The chair was taken by Mr W. R. M. Wynne, the deputy ohairmaa. Mr Richard Jones, Plas-yr- I acre, Bala, qualified and took his seat as a county migistrate. The chief constable, in his report, stated that crime had increased during last quar. ter, especially cattle .and sheep stealing. He asked for two additional constables, one to be stationed at Festiniog and the other as reserve at Bolgelley. The recommendation of the police committee to have an increase of one was adopted by the court. Sir W. W. Wynne proposed that, in view of the opening of the Bala and Festiniog Rail yay, it was desirable that for the general con. venience of jurymen, &c., the quarter sessions should henceforth be held.-alternately at Bain and Dolgelley, according to the practice which existed previous to the year 1869 The Hon. 0. H. Wynn, Rhug, proposed as an amendment that the quarter sessions be continued at Dolgelley. The motion was carried by a majority of two—14 against 16. It was decided to borrow £ 1220 to. wards repairing the court-house at Bala. Other business of local interest was transacted, and the court adjourned. ANGLESEY. The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for the county of Anglesey was held in the County Hall, Beau. maris, on Wednesday, Captain E. H. Verney, R.N., presiding over a good' attendance of magistrates. The chairman, in addressing the grand jury, of which Mr Thomas Berry, Bryn-y-fuchea, was foreman, informed them that there were three prisioners for trial, in which Thomas Jones was charged with wounding one David Rowlands, and a mother and daughter named Caroline Sames with larency and obtaining goods under false pretences. He would remind them that the jury need not read over all the evidence in the cases if thirteen of them were inclined to find a bill, and in taking that course he (the chairman) thought they would find no difficulty. The grand jury were then dismissed to their duties. The Marquis of Anglesey was sworn in as a county magistrate, and subsequently took a seat on the bench. R. Davies, Esq., M.P. (chairman), Capt. Verney, R. N., Dr Brisco Owen, General R. G. Hughes, Messrs R. J. Hughes, F. M. Morgan, H. B. Price, and H. Edwards were re-appointed members of the licensing committee.-Mr Massey brought for- ward the report of the committee to revise the basis of the county rate, remarking that the sum of JE50 which was asked, was rather a large sum of money for the purposes for which it was intended. It was desirable that all reductions in the several parishes should be ascertained from the clerk. He did not think this worth the expense.—Col. Hampton Lewis moved that the money should not be allowed.—Mr R. H. Williams proposed that a sum of E30 should be off ered. illr R. Davies, M.P., seconded, which proposition was agreed to. —The chief constable (ColoLi el Thomas) placed be fore the court his return of crime during the years 1" 81 and 1882, from which it appeared that there had bten 21 crimes committed in the year 1881, and 41 in 1882; persons apprehended, 23 in 1881, and 27 in 1882; discharged, 4 in 1881 and 7 in 1882; comuatted of the bailed, 19 in 1881, and 20 in 1882. Summary offences Number proceeded against in 1881, 1,064; 957 in 1882. Of these numbers 923 were convicted in the former year, and 815 during the present one. For drunkenness and drunk and disorderly," 268 persons were charged in 1881, and 260 convicted; in 1882, 325 persons had been charged, and 304 convicted. For vagrancy 42 persons had been proceeded against in 1881, and 32 convicted; in 1882, out of 24 proceeded against, 14 had been convicted. Twelve public-houses had been proceeded against, and nine convictions made, as against 13 houses proceeded against, and 10 convicted in 1881. The quarterly crime returns showed that five persons had been apprehended for indictable offencas, and three committed for trial; 295 had been proceeded against summarily, and 260 convicted.—An appeal case touching a poor-rate, in which the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board were the apellants, and the overseers of Llaneilian and the Assessment Committee of the Anglesey Union respondents, was further adjourned. CARNARVONSHIRE. The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the above county was opened yesterday (Thurs- day) at the County Hall, Carnarvon, when the fol- lowing magistrates were present:—Mr F. W. Lloyd Edwards (presiding), the Right Hon. Lord Penrhyu, Col. Viacent Williams (vice-chairman), Mr Love Jones-Parry, M.P., the Hon. G. S. Douglas Pennant, Sir Llewelyn Turner, Dr Taylor Morgan, Mr George Farren, Mr W. A. Darbishire, Col. Wynne Finch, Col. the Hon. Sackville West, Mr Albert Wood, Mr H J. Ellis-Nanney, Mr H. Kneeshaw, Mr Owen Evans, Mr O. Ll. Evans, Mr W. T. Poole, Col. H. Jones Vaughan. The treasurer (Mr W. B. 0. Jones) presented a statement of accounts for the past quarter, and asked for a police rate of lid and a county rate of lid in the L to meet the expenditure of the ensuing quarter. The chief constable (Major Clayton) reported as follows —Brought for trial during the present quarter, 661 convicted, 589; discharged, 72. Same quarter last year, brought to trial, 737; convicted, 650; discharged, 87. During the present year, brought to trial,12357; convic- ted, 2090; discharged, 267. During last year, brought to trial, 2532; convicted, 2259; dis. charged, 273. There have been two cases of serious offences during the quarter which have been sent for trial at the assizes. The number of tramps relieved during the quarter has been Carnarvon, 168; Bangor, 3i5; Conway, 402; Pwllheli, 82; Portmadoc, 119; total, 1086, as compared with 1608 last year. Number con- victed of begging during the present quarter, 11, as compared with 14 in same quarter last year. The value of property stolen during the quarter was £ 116 10s 2d, of which £ 22 4s 4d has been recovered. The county is free from cattle disease. There are 17 boys on board of the Olio. The force is complete in number, and the conduct of the men has been generally good. I have the honour to recommend for the favour- able consideration of the court that the constable now temporarily on duty near Llanbedrog should be permanently stationed there and that for such purpose a constable be added to the force. Twelve months ago, in consequence of irregularities in the neighbourhood, the ratepayers forwarded to me a memorial, praying that a constable should be stationed at the village. I saw the necessity of taking steps in the matter, and with the ap- proval of the court of quarter sessions, the con- stable at Tremadoc was, as a temporary measure, withdrawn from that place. During the year that has elapsed I have received three separate memorials from the ratepayers of Tremadoc, requesting that their constable may be replaced. Atter carefully watching the way in which the present temporary arrangement has worked, I feel that I should no longer hesitate to recommend that a constable should again be stationed at Tremadoc. I regret to report that during the quarter one of the Bangor police died from typhoid fever whilst in the execution of his duty. He was an intelligent and smart officer. I recommend that his widow should be awarded a gratuity of £ 20 from the superannuation fund. The county; surveyor submitted the following report-Ihe local magistrates to whom the matter of police cell accommodation in the town of Carnarvon was referred, after a good deal of inquiry, failing to procure a suitable site on which to erect the necessary cells without going to very heavy expenses, probably to 2000 or £3000, have fallen back on the original idea of providing the adequate number of cells within the present po. lice-station premises. I was instructed to prepare a rough plan and estimate showing how I proposed providing the extra cells. Having done so, I am requested by the local magistrates lthe chief con- stable now concurring) to submit the matter to the consideration of this court. The arrangement can be expected to be carried out at a cost of about £ 350.—The contract for building the new police station at Abersoch was let to Mr David Williams, Carnarvon, for JE630, and the work has been commenced.—In accordance with instructions received at the last court respecting t I 5he Pont-y-pant Bridge, I made a careful survey of the localities likely to be affected by the erec tion of the proposed new bridge and road over the Ffrwdlas River, within 200 yards of the said bridge, and have handed the report to the cle:k ()f the peace as requested.—The work under contract at the lukerman Bridge is completed.—The pAinting and general repairs ordered to be made in connec- tion with the County Militia Barracks are finished, and the outlay came within the estimated cost. The War Office has now taken it over under lease. —As the Carnarvonshire Turnpike Trust expires on the 1st of March next, adding about ;27 highway districts, comprising 111 miles of roads to those now under the control of this court as county authority, claims will become a serious item, probably amounting to about L1500 per annum. I think, therefore, that it is my duty to a&k the court to consider one or two state- ments (1) that each highway authority should keep in a prescribed form a separate account of the materials used, and the, repairs executed on the main road. (2) To forward a copy of such statement to the county surveyor, to enable him to inspect the materials and repairs, and form an opinion as to whether the outlay has been judiciously expended and accounted for. With reference to the police cells accommods tion mentioned in the surveyor's report, it was directed that the question be submitted for the consideration af Col. Cobbe in the first instance, and the remuneration to be made to the superin- tendent who now resides at the C. C. office was ordered to be submitted for the consideration of the next quarter sessions.

HEAVY RAINS AND SERIOUS FLOODS. The recent heavy rains have caused serious floods in the Skibbereen district. The mail train leaving Skibbereen last (Wednesday) evening was stopped four miles out, owing to the rails being washed away, and passengers had to return in cars. Many houses are flooded.

LONDON CATTLE MARKET. There were 660 beasts in the market, 60 foreign. Trade slow, prices ranging from 4s to 6s 2d. There were 1460 sheep, selling steady at from 5a 8d to 7s 6d; 90 calves made from 5a 4d to 6s 2d 20 pigs quoted at from 4s 8d to 5s 4d per 8 lbs.

MISCELLANEOUS. A severe storm visited Clonmel yesterday, con- tinuing until midnight. Many houses were un- roofed, and the river Suir overflowed the quays, doing much damage. I John Saunders, the Stamford Hill burglar, was j found guilty at Old Bailey to-day of shooting at I' the grcom, Robert Howe, his captor, with intern to murder him. He was sentenced to penal I for life. Lord Oolin Campbell is eo utiw. ll that he will be unable to attend Parliament when it re- assembles. The American barque, Dot, Antioet, in ballast from Dublin to Baltimore, has been totally wrecked on the Wicklow coast. The crew were saved. Bank rate unaltered. Consols unaltered.

-wordly than the commonest of week days. And what possible good is answered by it ? It may be some tickling to vain Churchmen's pride to see such homage done to their Church ap- parently; bi," the vanity and v/orldliness of the show are so reverse to the sanctity of the day and the solemnity of the devotion which should mark the hour, that I would not be sur- prised if every sincere and religious Churchman resents in his heart the interference, and feels it a burden difficult to bear. And altogether the profanation of the Sunday is such that it surprises one that it is not a matter of con- science to religious men to keep from town council and all movements that have to take part in it. The question is whether the_ religious Carnarvon of the latter part of the nineteenth century will bear'with this any longer, and this is a question which could be made clear now at the time of the election. If it is to be discon- tinued, none but an unmistakeable sign from the constituents will bring this about: let the town say, and the mayor and corporation will not be loth to obey; but if the town says no, and approves its discontinuance, then it is diffi- cult to see why the public-houses should be closed in such a town, and what moral good is reached by its numerous places of worship. The question can be settled easily and at once by being brought forward now. As to the mayor's procession going to any Dissenting place of worship, the less said about it tbfe better let it be quite forgotten that such a thing ever took place, that any church or congregation ever allowed it within its building, and that any religious body ever condoned it without stirring heaven and earth to resist it. Let it enter into utter oblivion with only this echo to remain-that such a thing will never, never, happen again. I hope the suggestion to send one or two working men to the council will be carried out, and let the ratepayers get hold of sound, firm, and intelligent persons worthy to represent them and the town.. Let them not be led away by babble, but let them try and find men of sterling value, so that the best representatives from the other classes will find their match sitting by their sides.