The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

RHYL. 1 OPENING OF ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, I We have this week the pleasure of recording au event [ which we anxiously expected for a long period, viz., the final opening of the splendid new Church, recently built in this very flourishing town. Not much more than a. twelvemonth has passed, since the chief corner stone laid by the Hon. M rs. Uowlev, of Bodryhddan, asaigteuwi th masonic formalities by Sir VV atkin W. Wynn, Bart, M.P.; our anticipations then led us to believe that a worthy Sanctuary would be raised, and in that belief We have not been disappointed, as will be readily testified by all those who have had an opportunity to view iu It is built with Cefn, Minera, and Bath atone, roofed with red and blue slate, and the external appearance give unmistakable proofs of superior workmanship. The internal fittings, the pillars and arches, interwoven with polished marble and costly carvings, are of the richest and most refined description. It is calculated to accommodate 1000 worshippers. The tower is divided into three stages, consisting of bell ringers' floor, belfry, and spire. The celestory windows are of circular tracery and form an arcade upon the inside. The nave is di. vided into five bays. The total length of the nave is 99 feet, and 34 feet wide; extreme width of church, 63 feet 8 inches length of chancel, 40 feet, width of ditto 30 feet. Tower, 21 inches square; and tower and spire, 193 feet in height. The fittings and seats are of pitch pine, and the roof of memel. The pasargesaro laid with red and blue Staffordshire tiles. Most laudable exertions have been evinced on the part of the respected incumbent, the Rev. Mr. Morgan, and the difficulties involved iusuch an important undcr. taking entitle him the more to the gratitude of the visi- tors and inhabitants. The following letters will serve to furnish our rcaciers I with an idea of the position in which the Committee are situated Persondy, Rhyl, April 21, 1862. My Lord,—The estimate for all the expenses in connection with the new church of St. Thomas, includ- ing site, builders' contract, and internal fittings, amounts to f 6,500. The subscriptions promised amount to about £4,420; there reuning, therefore, the sum of X2,300 to be col- lected, before we can comply with your Lordship's re- quirements as to consecration. tI I have some intention of proceeding to Manchester, Liverpool, Birmiugliam, and other towns in Lancashire, and the Midland Counties, with a view of appealing to the Christian feeling of the inhabitants of those districts in aid of the liquidation of the above heavy deficiency, which has been incurred, mainly fortheir accommodation and benefit. "I intend also to as k for second donations from those who are interested in the new building, either as owners or occupiers of property in this town. "I hope to receive your Lordship's sanction. I remain, "Your Lordship's obedient faithful Servant, "H. MORGAN. The Right Rcvd, The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph." "St. Asaph, April 25, 1862. "My Dear Sir,—I am fully aware of the difficulties under which the new church is labouring, and of the necessity of making strenuous exertions in order that we may overcome them. It is of paramount importance that such a place as Rhyl should possess a church where the numerous visi- tors may be accommodated, and it is fair to expcct that they who visit our shores, should contribute their due share to provide for this. I think that you have got a full right to call on such places M help to contribute to fill the town in summer, to assist in providing church room, and that yon -will do well to visit these places, and to solicit their aid and I trust that the distress which I fear prevails in some of them, from the state of America, will not prevent them from paying that which I regard as a debt, to a place from which they have derived a benefit. As to applying again to those in this neighbourhood who have already subscribed, our misfortune is that we are at the present moment building so many churches, that every one has mny calls on them. But as Rhyl church must be carried out and finished, I shall myself go on contributing from time to time, till the work is done, and I see no harm in urging others to do the same. T We have often got over difficulties, and by God's blessing, I trust that we shall get over this and many more. Believe me, my dear Sir, Yours truly, "TH08, FOWLER ST. ASAPII. "Rev, H. Morgan." In order to meet the deficiency which exisis, money has been borrowed from the Bank, and the Incumbent is under a guarantee to rcpay it at the rate el not less than E200 a year. The debt, when all expenses are paid, will probably amount to £2000, The Incumbent respectfully submits a prp,l which would very considem!Jly lessen the re- "P.,I,i?ility, if it were adopted by only a fewof the many residents and visitors to whom God has given the ability. tie proposes that sums of money, say £50 or t 100 be lent to the Church Committee free of interest. A satis- factory guarantee will be given that the money shall be repaid within ten years, is not before. The Bishop of St. Asaph, who has' most generously given E300, will lend another X300. Is it too much to expect that 17 more will give £ 1 00 each ? There can be no uncertainty as to the repayment, for a guarantee is given and it would save the Building Fund upwards of .1::1000, The opening Service,, were held on Tuesday last. The weather was propitious, and a great number of parties arrived early in the day, from the different Stations on the Vale of Chvyd line, the Company kindly granting ¡ return tickets at single fares; and the the town being I pretty well filled with visitors, the congregations on each occasion were crowded. At 10 45 a.m., a procession was formed at the Na- tional School-room, consisting of clergymen, attired in their surplices, headed by three Churchwar- dens-ilfr. Jos. Lloyd, Crescent-road, .Mr. John Jones, Maes Gwiiyniad, and J. R. Sissou, Esq., followed by the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, the Rev. H, Morgan, Incum- bent the Dean of St. Asaph, Rev. Hicks Owen, Rev. J. It. Owen, Llanferras, Rev. D. Williams, Bodehvyddan, Rev, D. Roberts, Llandymog, Rev. Ir. Edwards, Nitut- glvn, Rev. J. Brown, Rev. J. Sturkey, &c,. The proces- sion having reached the Church, the Clergy took their seats each side the Altar. The lessons were read by the Incumbent, the Rev. Hicks Owen, and the Rev. J. It. Owen LIanferras-the Lord Bishop and the Dean taking part at the conclu- sion. Before the lessons, the following hymn was sung by the Choir, assisted by a company of the St. Asaph Cathedral choristers, joined by the congregation, and Mr. R. Atkins, St. ASitph Cathedral organist, presiding at the harmonium :— Lord of the world above How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thy earthly temples are." Before sermon.— Great Shepherd of Thy people, here, Thy presence now display." The Lord -Bisiiop ascended the pulpit, and having offered a prayer, he took his text from the 008pel of St. John vi. 20-" It is 1; be not afraid." His Lordship commenced by saying that it would be a very dutiful exercise to many of his hearers to examine fairly into the state of their own hearts, and endeavour to see how far they were, and how far they were not, believers in God, Some, perhaps would feel angry that he should doubt they were believers in God, but a deep enquiry into the case would give them reason to doubt whether they possessed such a belief in God, as would enable them to take comfort when He spoke—"It is I; be not afraid." In a general sense, they all belicvctl-the devil believed and trembled; but the Christian's belief was a child-like confidence in God, How striking and beautiful were the words of the text-yet there were but few, comparatively, who had real confidence in God, Reason told us God is Almighty,—our hearts teaehed that God loves us-and still, we did not bring our minds to have full confidence in Him. The child when frightened, flew crying to its mother, and the loving mother takes it into her arms and beseeches it not to be terrified-bvit the child had not learnt to believe in its mother, and therefore would not be soothed. When our blessed Saviour was in the ship, the Apostles were terrified at the storm, and the manner in which he ad- dressed them shewed how backward they were in believ- ing and confiding in Him-Why are ye fearful, 0 ye of little faith 1" The circumstancs which gave rise to these words resembled the circumstances that ga,erise to the words of his text. The Saviour was pi-eachii g to 5000, and he makes a miracle; the disciples saw the bread and the people; and afterwards saw the loaves and the twelve baskets of fragments taken after all had been fed and satisfied. Could they for one moment doubt the almighty power of Him who performed the niii-acle. ? Again, the miracle of walking on the sea was one about which nobody could have any doubt. Never- theless, the disciples did not really trust in Him; they cried out, and did H at which the frightened child did, and for the same reisoti,-they had not yet learnt to rely on their Saviour s love, for he sued them saving-— "It is I; be not afraid. It was animal fear, under the influence of which the mind was not able to follow the dictates of reason. The first sign of full belief in God was obedience. If the child believed his mother, he would cease to cry and if the disciples believed in their Saviour they would cease to be troubled—they would not be afraid. The ilesh lusteth against the spirit," and often led the wul into captiv%J—there was an undercurrent of sin which prevented us to do that which is right- ';ne rinful panou overcame the belief of the spirit. Looking at the first sin committed in the world: Ad.? and Eve did not believe that which God had toM them-they did not trust in the word of God-they believed that which the devil told them more than what t,?ld the' Many of us had fallen into a bad habit, ? that St led iplive into the power of  At the hour of temptation, the dev.l would say-" It is triti? this surely Mnnotrum yon we give way, and did not believe that passage ?"Th? e s?oul .?that ? Inneth shall die." He took an opposite c?se as a on- trast: the case of Noah. He believed in he was about to drown the wor!d the ark wa. bm t ?the flood came, and Noah was saved. The ark wwnotfte invention of Noah no contrivance of his-but the col mand of God had?tigatcd him Jto build it, Of course Noah looked not at the prospect of the flood with con solution, the building of the ark was no pleasure to him -no doubt he would have enjoyed the sin of the aorl rather than encounter the difficulties of building an ark; but Noah knew the voice of God, and pleasant or un- pleasant, he obeyed. What was it that inspired him with that spirit ? It was a conviction that it was the commandment of God, just as a true Christian would believe the words of the text- It is I; be not afraid," When Noah heard the threatemngs of the Lord, he was cast down, and who could say but that he was ready to exclaim with Job, It is better to lie than live." But God had a great work for No. h to do, and from Noah was to spring a genemtiou of men to carry on the service of Jehovah, and the commandment to Noah came from a loving father, bin triumphed over us from time to time, and who had not said in a moment of despondency- I wish I were dead." The evil became a wish, and a mere pass- ing thought, still it was wrong. How did we know what God has for as to do ? An hour of darkness will come, and what should we do in order to dispel that hour ? We should ask who sent it ? Did it come by chance ? Nay—" It is I; He on whom the world frowned, who had "not where to lay his head," who en- countered a life of degradation and a life of suffering for our sake—it is He who hath sent this dark hour, and He will deliver us from the dark hour in His own tune. He comforts us, It is I, be not afraid." If we could only believe that our tria)sare intended for our good, all our sufferings would be gone. The child lays his swollen eye en his mother's breast, ani h greatly consoled; and so in the case of the Christian when in trials and hard- ships he rested on his Saviour's bosom and was comfort- ed. It was by faith we could have this complacency, and when we could feel the force of the words, "It is I; be not afraid." The learned prelate then applied his observations to the difficulty the people of God had been placed in with respect to the erection of the edifice they were then consecrating. It was a great risk on the pirt of the Incumbent and his friends. Five years ago there was no Church accommodation in Hhyl. In 1836 the old church was built, which had been twice extended, and the place grew so fast that the only thing to be done was to build a large church, such as the one they assembled therein, and the time was not far off when another church would be required. There was one cir- cumstance which increased the difficulty of building that church. Those who resided permanently in Rhyl had sufficient accommodation, but during the summer months twice the accommodation, which cannot be given, would easily be filled. If every one would give his share, the difficulty would soon be surmounted; and on whom were the undertakers to call for assistance but on the visitors and residents ? Ttie owners of the pro- perty were people who are struggling to support them- selves and families by means of the presence of visitors principally—none of them were possessed of much worldly substance. The endowment of that living, also, was very sman, and the private means of the Inemubent did not empower him to be as liberal as he desired, aud were it not for some good friends becoming guarantees the work would neVel" have been commenced. The building was not paid for, and it must be paid for. He could not doubt that it would be paid for by the gener- osity of visitors and residents. They were in much greater ditficulties than they had reason to expcct; for what human foresight could have looked forward to what God had been pleased to bring upon tlieiii. The large proportion of visitors to Rhyl came from Liverpool and Manchester, and the wealth of those towns were spent in a most charitable manner. Therefore the people of Rhyl trusted in their liberality:; but awful events had occurred, through which God probably would teach them to see the vanity of human wealth. The Ameri- can strife had created great distress, and what two places in England, in a commercial point of view, felt the distress more than Liverpool and Manchester, whence their treasuries at Rhyl received their support. That distress was not their doing but God's doing. Looking to ourselves as a nation, we had reason to thank God that peace reigned amongst us- Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces." We had been enjoying the blessings of peace, but even in England many of our poor countrymen were exposed to privation by the transatlantic war, but thanks be to God, they had borne it aobly. At Rhyl, again, they were exposed to difficulties, and may God grant them grace to bear them as their Lancashire friends had borne their trials. He would not complain many people found themselves in difficulties and threw the blame on others-Adam said when he fell The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." They might thank God that they had succeeded so far as to assemble in that beautiful church, even it was not paid for. He hoped the expenses would be defrayed; and, indeed, he never knew of a church that was prudently under- taken without being paid for somehow or other. If he did not live to see the debt of St. Thomas' Church cleared, he felt satisfied it would be cleared in due time, and when that time came to pass, many of them, he dared say, would remember the words of an old bishop, who, when he was young, could have expected the changes that Rhyl had undergone-to see the barren shore converted into a populous watering place, and the little neighbourhood adorned with a building like that in which they were congregated! God had so far pros- pcred thern, and what was there worse in comparison to the worse of their brethren in Lancashire, and the griev- ances borne by the inhabitants of America; and he urgefl them to pray that God would op >n their eyes to see the cause of their trouble. The remedy was, to be- lieve the words of the text, It is I; be not afraid." The old christian knew by experience that God orders all things for the best. Perhaps He had allowed the pecuniary difficulties connected with that church to test them that they might join together in having a glorious triumph over those difficulties, to mise some friend to undertake the task of finishing the work they had com- menced'; or it might be to bring them to trust in God, and not in the things of the world. God would order whatever is best, therefore, be cJmferted-" It is I; be not afraid." Their path of duty was plain: give what they could give out of that which God had given them contribute as God wished them to contribute as far as they could judge. The holy Sacrament was administered at the close of the service. At three p.m. divine service was again held. The duties were performed by the Incumbent, the Hev, l-lieks Owen, and the Hey, J. R. Owen; and a most powerful ex- temporal sermon was preached by the Rev, Hugh Stowell, M.A., Incumbent of Christ Church, Manchester, from Psalms exxxix. 15—"Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound." He affectively dwelt upon the gospel being a joyful sound, proclaiming the opening of the,prison door to the bondsmen, salvation to the lost, and peace to the poor and distressed. Also, that the people who "knew" the joyful sound, who believed in the gospel of the grace of God, was a blessed people- "They shall walk, 0 Lord, in the light of thy counte- nance In thy righteousness shall they be exalted," &c." In concluding, he emphatically exhorted the con- gregation to deliver their offerings with joy, for 11 God loveth a cheerful giver," and read with forcible effect the passage in 1 Chron.—" But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee"—"I know also, my God, that thon triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of minev heart I have wil. lingly offered all these things and now I have seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto tliee. The rev. preacher having implored God's blessing, the Lord Bishop pronounced the benediction, and the con- gregatlOn saug- SUD of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near," &c. A Welsh service was held in the evening at half-past six, when another effective extempore discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Edwards, from Acts viii, 29— Then the Spirit said unto Phillip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot." The subject was—The con- version of the Eunuch. The collections throughout the day amounted to up- wards of £ 70. The church, we understand, is not yet fully coin- pitted, it having been hastily prepared for the beneht of visitors. A fine steeple is shortly to be raised; and we trust no lack of spirit and beneficence will be shewn on the part of visitors and residents in contributing to- wards liquidating the expenses.

Wm. Schofield, clerk in the post-office at Bradford, has been tried at the York aiJ,jze.9 for stealing a letter. He was found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months' imprison- ment, with hard labour. There is reason to believe (says the New York Tri- bune) that Secretary Seward has received a note from Earl Russell touching GenSlal Butler's "women ordcr" so called. It will probably be treated as the note from the same quarter, remonstrating against the stone block- ade, was treated.

THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE ELECTION. The contest for the county has endcJ, it was ex- r pected bL y every re?wn,,ble man to do, in the triumphant Charles Watkin William a Wynn, to the terrible discomfiture of the Honourable Captain Tracy and his allies, the conscientioiis, peace-loving, ehurdi- Renting ministers. Of course, as is always the case when a Conservative is returned, there is the lisual amount of virtuous indignation and canting lamentation about landlord domination and tenant degradation two of our contemporaries having joined in the cry, and given vent to their disappointmer. and mortification in a tone something between a wliine and a growl, but in a spirit so unfair and dishonest as seriously to com- promise the dignity of the press. The concoctions, nauseous as they apc, may perhaps suit the complaints of those for whom they are specially prepared, and we leave them to be swallowed with as few wry faces as may be under the very painful circtmstances. The contest hM presented some extraordinary features, the most striking one admitting of only the most delicate allusion, and that only with a view of expressing our deep regret that the interests of Conservatism should be perilled in Montgomeryshire by any want of unanimity among the great leaders of the party. The parties who allied themselves to Captain Tracy, whether with or without his consent we will not say, gave a very dis- tinctive character to the contest—a Radical M.P. and a brotherhood of dissenting preachers. Surely Captain Tracy must have felt honoured by such advocacy, and the Whig aristocrats and the honest electors of Mont- gomeryshire must feel proud at the idea of their in- terests being confided to such hands, and of their entire oratorical displays being delegated to rabid and illiterate fanatics, coupled with a gentleman who has not an inch of land in the county. Js true there is about the hon. M.P. a facile manner of getting over unpleasant truths, and an ingenuity of argument in support of false premises that might peculiarly recommend him as a political advocate to a juvenile and not over elo- quent aspirant for Parliamentary honours. There is a dash of effrontery in the whole string of his harangues which is highly amusing, but a special fit of inspiration seems to have come over him whilst addressing the thousands of free and independent electors at Llangurig. There is one morsel so especially piquant that we cannot help transcribing it I am told that many electors were induced to promise their votes to Mr. Wynn upon the assurance, or in the belief, that there would be no other candidate. I ask no one to break a promise fairly made; but a promise so made will be fully performed by no voting at all, for if there harl been no other candidate no vote would have been required." Surely here Mr. Whalley's logic or morality must be fearfully at fault. But perhaps where liis imagination takes its highest flight is in the follow- ing, and in tins tngnttul suWimity we leave aiiii "The question of Church-rates may, and probably will, in t,ie House of Commons, depend upon wbeher you return Captain Tracy or :\1r, Wynn-for one vote there would turn the scale, and there is not a chapel through- out the kingdom where, if true to their principles, prayers ought not to be offered for Captain Tracy's suc- cess. At Rome, and wherever there is a Romish priest, and ill all their colleges, monasteries, and nunueries, now rising lip in all parts of this kingdom, prayers are offered up for Lord Derby and Mr, Wynn, in so far as he will help to put him in power, instead of Lord Palmerston and well would it be if they did no worse than pray for the success of Mr. Wynn," The printers and stationers of Montgomeryshire must have had, either by instinct or accident, an enormous stock of paper on hand to have supplied the myriads of handbills and posters of every window, wall, post, and tree, those for Mr, Tracy being most plentiful and prominent. One in particular met us at every turn printed in letters of unusual dimensions were these significant words A factwho can deny it :—Lord Powis does not influence his tenantry." At first, presuming that this came from the Wynn party, we thought it a very questionable cmnpJiment to his lordship, a piece of useless infoimatiou, inasmuch as he was not usually chargeable that we know of with exer- cising undue or tyranical influence over his tenantry; but when we found that it was thus prominently put put forth by the opposite party, we could not help thinking how terribly severe a satire it was upon several Whig Otristo,)rats, whose mild but persuasive arguments to their tenants conceatmterl in two !J1o)nos\'ll;llJ!es-ote or qtiit. For the truth of this, in one spcial instance, we «au personally votieli; the old hackneyed phrase of t n-y intimidation and landlord domination are words whien, if heard at all upon this occasion, should be only 'n cautious whi8perings, As to intimidation, we have only to refer our readers to the description (if such it can be called) of the disgraceful enactments at Llanidloes :tI1I1 Newtoivn, and ask by whom were they organised ? If the question should ever again be put by our adversaries, what means freedom of election, we will be content to refer to Mr. Whalley and his associates for a reply. It will be naturally asked, what were the police about ? We understand that only seven of the county constabulary were present at Llanidloes, and yet the day before the chief constable, Nir. Baird, had been warned by Mr. Wynn that a riot was expected at Llanidloes and Newtown, and that the responsibility of keeping the, peace rested with him. As inir. Baird's conduct in the. matter is about to become the subject of enquiry before the propel authorities, we shall not seek to prejudice his case by any observations at this stage of the proceedings. A reference to our report will show that, after the close of the poll, Ur, Whalley expressed his extreme anxii--y to the mob that they" would not break the window. Was it not suggestive of the advice, Don't put him under the pump ?" Whether or not, the result was that, after the Shropshire police had been discarded, windows were smashed, and other atrocities perpetrated by the drunken unfuriated rabble. It is scarcely needful for us to say that, as so severe a contest was expected, every eTort was used to secure the election; but sOlllething like superhuman exertion. were made by the adherents of Captain Tracy to obtain a victory, at whatever cost. He, or some of his over zealous friends, paid his Mont- gomeryshire agents the compliment of presuming that they were not capable of conducting the election, and more than one of the active emissaries of the Reform Ciub were despatched to the scene of action, where they were busily employed for several days. Their presence may suggest surmises not easy to be set at rest; perhaps the bags were too heavy for one Judas to carry, or per- haps there were little duties to perform too dangerous for the unsophisticated honesty of the Cambrians, or perhaps delicate manipulations to be executed, requiring the practised hand of an artful dodger from head-quar- ters. However, all was of no avail, and the contest resulted in the triumphant return of Ir, Wynn by the large majority of three hundred and ten, which, but for intimidation, would have been five hunddred and eight. Journal. -+-

The death of the Rev. Geo. Clayton, the eminent Non- conformist minister, is announced. An investigation was opened on Wednesday morning in St. George's-in-the-East, by Mr. Humphrey, coroner for Jiddlesex, as to the death oflvilliam M. Connossie, late carpenter of the barque Calypso, who, it is alleged, died from starvation and scurvy whilst on a voyage from Madras. The proceedings were adjourned for a week, for the attendance of the captain and others of the crew. THE HENDON MURDER.—A respite was received at Newgate, on Monday, for James Lawrence, who was convicted last week at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr, Justice Crouipton, of the murder of his sweetheart. It will be remembered that the case was one of a very distressing character, and that the unfortunate prisoner inflicted almost deadly injuries upon himself at the time the act was committed. The jury, at the trial, spon- taneously signed a petition to the Home Secretary that the capital punishment might be remitted, and this no doubt had considerable effect in obtaining for the pri- soner the recommendation that the clemency of the crown should lie extended to him. The condition in all probability will be that he shall undergo penal servitude for life. TEN PERSONS POISONED.—A most melancholy occur- rence has just taken place in a farmhouse at Ashby St. Ledger, a village on the borders of Northamptonshire, not far from Rugby. It appears that Mr. William Payne Cowley, a fanner living ill that village with his mother (who is a widow), and his brothers, had his sheep dipped or washed last week. The object of this dipping or washing is the extermination of vermin, and for this purpose a strong mixture of arsenic and soft soap, diluted with water, is used. Mr. W. P. Cowley sent his brother, Mr. Edwin Cowley, to the adjoining town of Dave-.itry, where he purchased (ilb. of white arsenic and a barrel of soft soap weighing 301b. On the following morning Mr. W. P. Cowley and his mother prepared the shcep-dipping mixtnre, in which som- hmbs were washed. In this operation Mr. Cowlev and several of his labourers were employed. After assisting her son in the preparation of the soap and arsenic, Mrs. Cowley proceeded to make a batter pudding for the dinner of her family and the labourers and servants. By some moans as yet unaccounted for, it appears that some arselllc must have become mixed with the pudding, for the whole of the persons who partook of it, ten in number, became violently sick just after dinner, and exhibited all the symptoms of being poisoned. The best medical assistance in the neighbourhood was procured, but one man has already died, and another is not ex- pected to survive the others are all more or less affected. The name of the deceased is Richard Smith he was an agricultural labourer, and 53 years of age. The following is a list of the other persons who are ill Mr. Edwin (\ w'ey, fanner; Mr. Perkin Cowley, farmer; William Montgomery, shepherd; John Cowley, labourer; Jane Cox, housemaid; Mary Ann Montgomery, servant; and three boys, named John Cox, Thomas Montgomery, and George Smith.