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MONDAY.—Before the Mayor (J. C. Owen, Esq.), T. C. Jones, Esq., T. Painter Esq., and J. Beirne, Esq. CHARGE OF PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS. Mrs Ellen Pierce, landlady of the Carnarvon Castle Inn, Bridge-street, was charged with per- mitting drunkenness. Mr Thos. Bury appeared for the defendant.—Sergeant Dutton said on the 13th instant, at a quarter to two o'clock, he was sent for to the Carnarvon Castle, the messenger stating that there were several men fighting in the house. When he got there he went upstairs and found several men in a bedroom, including a soldier in uniform, another in plain clothes, four other individuals belonging to the town, and a man whom he knew to be a lodger. One mail with a bottle of ale under his arm, and a glass in his hand, was staggering about the room. Defendant i told him they were all lodgers and that she had supplied them with half-a-gallon of beer to take upstairs with them, as it was closing time and she wanted to go to bed. They, however began to wrangle with each other, and when she wanted j them to leave the house they refused to do so unless she returned their lodging money, which j she did by complainant's advice.—By the Clerk 1 Two of the men were bakers from Mr Stcnns, Hope-street, another was named Williams, and 1 lived in College-street, another a soldier i in uniform and one in plain clothes. They were all drunk, and there was a quantity of ale or some other liquid on the bedroom flooi-By Mr Bury Was sent for by the defendant. The men had not been summoned for being drunk on licensed premises. The defendant was much excited, and no doubt anxious to get the men out of the house.-P.C. Carden corroborated the officer's statement, and in cross-examination said the defendant and her son had made great complaints about their being unable to get the men out.—Mr Bury, for the defence, submitted that in this case there had been no wilful permitting of drunkenness on the part of the defendant, who had j done all in her power to induce these men to behave quietly and conduct themselves in a proper manner. Her son and servant had also done the same, and at the last extremity they had been obliged to send for the police. It was unlikely on the face of it that the defendant, if she had known herself j guilty of an offence against the Act of Parliament, would have sent for the police to bring about her own conviction. Mr Bury then proceeded to state the facts, which were simply as follows :-The men referred to had come to the house on the Sunday night, about a quarter to ten, and asked for sleeping accommodation. They seemed perfectly sober, and as the defendant had spare beds she allowed the men to stay. It was closing time, and she allowed them to have a half-a-gallon of ale to go upstairs. This seemed to have got turned over and spilled, and she let them have another bottle in conse- quence. About one o'clock in the morning, how- I ever, she heard a noise, and found that the men in the large bedroom were creating a great disturb- ance, and after vaiuly endeavouring to quiet them, she sent for Sergeant Dutton, whom he (Mr Bury) did not blune in the least for reporting the matter, which certainly de- manded some reasonable explanation 011 lie- half of the defendant, However, he would sub- mit there must be a winking at," or connivance at drinking, upon her part to constitute the offence of "permitting (Irunkermess," and in the present instance there was certainly nothing of the kind.— Mr Bury then called the defendant, her son; daughter, and servant to substantiate the fore- going facts, and the Bench; after a private con- sultation, dismissed the summons, the Mayor stating that as there was a doubt in the matter they had decided to give the defendant the benefit of it. They would, however, caution her to be careful in future what persons she took into her house, as it was a scandalous thiag for people to I conduct themselves in such a manner as these men appeared to have done on a Sunday night. FITTING PUBLIC LAMPS OFT. A lad named David Davies was summoned for extinguishing one of the public street lamps near the well in Brynyffynnon on the previous Tuesday. Mr Smith, borough surveyor, said great complaints had been made from time to time about ex- tinguishing the lamps, and explained that of every twelve lamps one was a meter lamp, and if that one happened to be extinguished the Gas Company had to snffer to the extent of the other eleven. It was therefore very important that meter lamps should not be interfered with, and he had put persons to watch for offenders in this respect in- order to king them to justice. He did not wish to press- this particular case, but he should still order a look-out to be kept, and in the next instance that came before the Court he should ask for the heaviest penalty to be inflicted. -riie boy was fined Is and costs. DRUNKENNESS. Bridget Brannen, drunk in the Elephant and Castle yard, fined 5s and costs, or seven days.— Jane Griffiths, drunk in Tuttle-street. 2s Gd and costs.—Annie Brayman, drunk in Buthin-road. Discharged with" a caution. ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. Elizabeth Jackson, Beast-market, was sum- moned by Elizabeth Williams for using abusive language, and saying she (complainant) had smothered her baby." lined 10s fid and costs, or 14 days in default. SCHOOL BOARD CASE. Samuel Francis, late County Court bailiff, failed to appear on a summons charging him with ne-dect- ing to send his children to school, and Mr Lmdop applied for a warrant, which was granted.

YESTERDAY (Friday).-Before T. C. Jones, Esq., and E. Williams, Esq. i., A PN?LI('.VN IN TROCI5LE. George roweil, landlord of the Hrddi" ArnE, Fairfiehl-street, was charged by P. C. Carden with being drunk on his own licensed premises oil the previous evening. The officer stated that hewassent for about half-past ten o'clock to the defendant's house, where he found Powell drunk and creating a great disturbance. Complainant tried to quiet him in vain, the defendant "acted like a wild man and as if he was mad." He ran out of the house two or three times threatening complainant and every- body else, and went upstairs twice, coming down the second time with nothing on but his shirt. He used threatening language towards his wife and ultimately asked the officer if anybody had seen him coming into the house ? He replied, "No," when the defendant said he'd take very good care nobody saw him go out!" He then bolted the door, and made as if he was going to throw two glasses at the complainant's head, subsequently attempting to seize him in a vital part. His conduct, in fact, was so violent that complainant had to take him to the bridewell as he was, with nothing on but his shirt, as he did not consider it safe to leave him in the house with his wife. Com- plainant was in the house with him for two hours before he took him into custody.—In reply to the Bench,defendant said he didn't remember threaten- ing either the officer or his wife.—Defendant's wife gave evidence, and said her husband was a saddler by trade, but would do nothing to contribute to the support of his family, even when lie had work. On the previous night he had smashed a panel in the door and the window, and his temper was so violent that she was in bodily fear of him, although lie had never abused her except with his tongue. He had had drink, but not in their own house. They had received notice to quit the house, which belonged to Mr Stephen Jones, Hope- street, and that fact seemed to have upset her husband in the first instance.—Mr T. C. Jones said the charges were so serious that for once lie really did not know how to deal with the defend- ant, who appeared to his mind, to be a thorough wastrel, as well as being vicious. For his das- tardly attempt on the police, for which lie was liaLle to a penalty of X20, or six months imprison- ment, they should, for the sake of his wife, only fine him 55 and costs and lie would also be re- quired to find two sureties of £ 10 each, and him- j self in £20, to keep the peace towards his wife for 12 months.

WEEXHAM DEANERY CHURCH ASSOCIA- TION. i this as,soc i .,tt i oil hel(I The annual meeting of this association was held in the Savings Bank, on Tuesday. The Rev. G. H. McGill presided, there being also present the N en. Archdeacon Wickham, Rev. D. Howell, Rev. T. V. Wickham, Rev. E. Ollivant, Mr Overton, Mr Lewis, Mr Sykes, Mr Sisson, Mr Lancelot, C res ford, &c. The Rev. R. E. Jones, Gresford, acted as secretary in the absence of Mr Trevor Parkins, and read the following report of the com- mittee. REPOPT The Executive Committee are to-day called upon to offer to the members of the Association an account of the pro- ceediiiss of another year. The annual meeting in 1«77 was held on the 2f>th of October, when twenty members of the Chapter were elected under the provisions of Rule 3, and-as in former years-a resolution was passed by which the Chapter was empowered to till up the remaining vacancies. The power thus g''yen to the Chapter has n >t been exercised, and the number of the lay members has remained throughout the year considerably smaller than it would have been if ever: parish of the Deanery had been adequately represented. 011 the same occasion, the Choral Union Committee and the Sunday School Teachers' Union Committee presented their reports, which were ordered to be printed, and both those committees were again appointed. A different measure of success has been attained by these two laudable undertakings. The Sundav .School Teachers' I moil has been again carried oil satisfactoryv and a r- port from the sub-committee, which jnves a fulf account of its proceedings, has bi-enreceived by the hxccntive Committee and will be read immediately to the present meeting. The Choral Union has been less successful; difficulties arose which impeded the efforts of the sub-committee, and it was thought desirable to postpone the appointment of a choir- master for another year, in the hope that a larger number of parishes might be induced to join the Union in ISiH. The meetings of the Chapter have been held in the ap- pointed months. At the first of these meeting, which wns held on the Stli of January, the treasurer announced t:.e result of the collections made for the Diocesan societies, and stated that the sum of Xi.)t Is had been transmitted from the Wrexham liural lleantry to St. Asaph. The printed reports of the societies have only been lately pub- lished. And though your Committee have made every effort in their power to procure the systematic collection for these excellent institutions of the Diocese in all the parishes in this Deanery, they are anxious to express their conviction that much larger contributions may be expected when the merits and necessities of such very useful under- takings are better explained, and more thoroughly under- stood by the general body of the laity, than is the' case at present. The second meeting of the Chapter was held on the 30th of April, when a paper on the organization of District Visiting" was read by the Kev. T. Vowler Wickham. A discussion of this important subject followed at the close of which the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr Wick- ham, with a request that he would allow his paper to be printed. At the next meeting of the Chapter, which took place on the 30th of July, a paper on The Transfer of Pulpits" was read by Mr Trevor Parkins, and at the last meeting, on the 1st of the present month, u paper on a subject of very great and growing importance, viz., The best method of maintaining discipline with, Ine regard toliealthand men- tal culture in elementary schools," was leadbytlieRev. J. S. Lewis. On both of these occasions the paper read gave rise to an interesting dis ussion a iiiong the members who were present. And although the preparation of written compo- sitions for our Chapter Meeting's has not hitherto been very usual, the adoption of sueh a course is calculated to secure the advantage of a carefully considered statement being submitted, in a convenient form, to the valuable criticism of those who listen to it. Many advantages are obtained when questions of practi- cal importance are examined seriously by those whom they concern. And your Committee are strongly of opinion that the rules of the Association, which provide for such discus- sions being held, are wisely conceived, however, imper- fectly they have been put in execution. The Diocesan Conference which was held in the spring at Oswestry, with very great success, was unquestionably the result of the ex- perience gained by such meetings as those of our own and other kindred bodies, and was exceedingly facilitated by being thus virtually prepared for. And it is only justice to observe that the first proposal for a conference proceeded from the members of the Wrexham Deanery Association. Here a little and there a little" is the wisest maxim for those who are a portion of a great community. And your Committee venture to believe that this Association, how- ever much it may have fallen short of what it might have easily accomplished had its members been more numerous and more earnest, has yet done something of real value within the sphere which properly belongs to it to encourage that united action of the laity and the clergy, which is essential for the efficiency of the Church, and necessary for the continued permanence of her establishment. The Chairman, in moving the adopion of the report said with regard to the collection for the report, 5ai(i with re,,ar( I to the collection for t,ie Diocesan Societies there had been a comp amt at St. Asaph with reference to the contributions of the Wrexham Deanery not being so large as it was supposed they ought to be. Now he thought in making an assertion of that kind care ought to be taken to consider what had been done in the vari- ous parishes in the deanery for local purposes. It was not to be expected that people could contribute towards carrying on various charitable institutions in their own parishes and at the same time give large contributions to Diocesan Societies. (Hear, hear). He thought, however, it would have a very goatl effect if the Bishop would come occasionally amongst them and lay before them the special objects for which these funds were required and if his lordship had the matter properly laid before him he would no doubt adopt the suggestion. Mr Lewis in seconding the resolution, said when they were challenged with being backward in their contributions towards these diocesan matters, they had a right to ask the diocese to bear in illin(I that within the tost 20 years £ 2o,000 had been raised by voluntary eo.'itributioiw and laid out for Church purposes in the parish of Wrexham alone. (Hear, hear). He als-o regretted that the Diocesan Con- ferences were to fcu held only once in three years, bat he was thankful io see what he had (tften ex- pressed a hope would take place, viz., the assem- bling of laymen and clergymen in conference. With regard to the number of Chapter Meetings he thought the present small audience was OLe of the strongest arguments in favor of having a less number oi meetings during ti-e year. Referring to the Choral Union, he thought ^-he functions of th,t organization were really now dis"-harge(i, and it must he apparent -hat there was not adequate support i from the different parishes in the rural deanery to justify themffi continuing the expense of a choral festival as ber-tofore. There mus £ be a spontan-! eoup desire manifested on the part d the yarious: parishes if the choral union was to be attended with atcce.ss. The report havvng been unanimously adopted, the Vet. Archdcaee-u Wickham gave li. '!j opinion that twice a year woald be quite often euough to hold their meetings. The Rev. T. V. Wicrkham read the report of the Committee o. the Sunday School Teachers'Union which was a most satisfactory one. The accounts showed a balance due to thetreasurer of Gs 2d. The Kev. D. Howell said it gave him peculiar pleasure, after the discouraging remarks he had listened to, to move the adoption of the report just read of the Sunday School Teachers' Union, which was the only branch of their association which seemed to work satisfactorily, and was in a thoroughly flourishing condition. It might be that the Choral Union may yet, be resuscitated and con- j ducted more successfully, b<it it could not fail to be gratifying to the Churchmen in the Deanery to know that the Sunday School Union was progres- sing. and its success was undoubtedly due in no smail degree to the energy, 7-eal, tact, and kindness of manner of the worthy secretary. (Hear, hear.) There was an amount of warmth and earnest, hearty enthusiasm thrown into the work, which, wa3 very enccuraging to all who had the welfare of the people at heart, and it would be well if many im- portant parishes W ere induced to join the Union, as the work would then be carried on with much greater success. Mr Overton seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The treasurer presented his statement of the genera! funds of the Association for the past year, showing the amount of subscriptions to be E14 4s lOd, and the a. deficiency to be met of f3 IIs Gd.—The Treasurer (Mr Overton) and the hon. secretary, Mr Trevor Parkins, were unanimously re-electcll, with tuallts for their past valuable services.—Tiie Executive Committee, consisting of three clergy and nine lay members, was appointed as follows :—Rev. H. McCxill. Rev. D. Howell, Rev. W. Stivatfeiid Captain Griffith-Boseawen, Captain Godfrey. Dr. Williams, Messrs Clayton, Lewis, Overton, Evan j Morris, Ed. Rowland, and J. Sykos.—The Choral Union Committee was re-appointed, with the sub- stitution of the name of the Rev. E. Ollivant for that of Mr Lewis, and the addition of the Rev. t T. Jenkins.The Sunday School Union Committee was also re-appointed.—Mr Lewis proposed that it be an instruction to the Executive Committee now appointed to consider the desirability c-f alter- ing Rule 8 so as to hold the meetings of the C,l\ap.! ter twice instead of four times a year. "-A,rrei to.—The lay representatives for the different parishes having been re-appointed with some slight alterations, the usual compliment to the chairman ¡ brought the meeting to a close.

4. I ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BIBLE I SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Wrexham Auxiliary of this society was held in the Town Hall on Tues- day evening. The hall was well filled by an atten- tive audience, the chair being taken by Sir R. A. Cunliffe, Bart. There were also on the platform the Rev. D. Howell, vicar; Rev. J. Dixon, Berse Rev. M. H. C. Shelton, Rev. Griffith Jones, Rev. Jonathan Howell, Rev. H. J. Haffer, Rev. G. H. Barker, Rev. E. Jerman, Mr John James, treasurer of the society, Mr Charles Hughes, &c. The meet- ing having been opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr Shelton, The Chairman said it was hardly necessary that he should dwell much upon the very great claims the society had upon all who professed the Chris- tion religion, but he would refer to what had been accomplished by the society during the last year. In spite of the prevailing depression of trade, es- pecially in the northern counties, he saw from the published report—which he would strongly advise all to read-that the free income of the society had been over £ 107,000, being nearly f3000 more than the year previous. The sum received for copies of the Scriptures sold at home and abroad had risen to over CI04,000, which was a gain of nearly £ 2000 ahead of the number sold in the previous year the total income of the society having reached the sum of £ '21'2,S00. The committee, in their report, stated that they had had to spend a sum of £ 15,00.) above their receipts, and they explained that that had been done because of the unexpected call upon them and the consequent outlay in consequence of the war in South-eastern Europe. They felt, if they had had time to appeal to their many constituencies, they would have been able to raise that sum, and felt confident, uow that the facts were known, the sum would be speedily wiped off. "\V ith regard to the disastrous war, now happily over, he might state that something like 128,000 copies were dis- tributed to the Russian soldiers in Roumania as soon as they had crossed the Truth. The society, i therefore, had lost no opportunity of carrying out the duties which belonged to it. In the- report for South Russia, Mr Watt, the society's agent, said he felt at first there would be some diiiicuity in distributing the Scriptures among the be- cause the authorities in Russia might look upon books distributed by a foreign society with some degree of suspicion but as soon as the matter had been explained, the authorities, from the highest1 official downwards, made no objection whatever and the society was afforded every facility for carrying out its operations. (Hear, hear.) The total issues during the past year M ere 2,013,597 copies, being over 272,000 more than the previous year. These facts showed the society was doing a good work, and was prosperous and active. Another encouraging fact was that the number of local: societies (such as Wrexham) were increasing, as like- i wise the number of public meetings held in aid of them and the Archbishop of Canterbury, in his recent charge, felt it his duty to recommend the British and Foreign Bible Society to the cordial support of his clergy, his Grace having; reason to believe that the society M as doing a most beneficent and successful work. (Hear, hear.) He could not conclude without expressing the regret they all felt at the absence of Mr Lewis, tlie deputa- tion from the society, who was prevented by indis- position from being with them that evening, 'j ?ltho,i,ll he would be ab!y replaced by the gen- tleman on his (the speaker's) right, Dr. CranswÎek. He might mention that Mr Lewis had been visiting Bardsey Island, near Pwllheli, where never before had a Bible society meeting been held. The popu- lation of Bardsey was about 70 (something similar to that of the Island of St. Kilda) and was a very remote place, and Mr LeM is had to light a fire on I the hill opposite in order to get a boat to take him 1 over This read more like an incident upon some remote sea, rather than a fact connected with a little island on the Welsh coast, lie would repeat that the report of the society's operations M as well worth perusal, and the general impression upon those who read it was that a most excellent, earnest, and perservering work had been done amongst the populations of the globe and they must hope and believe that the seed thus cast upon these various grounds would in due time bring forth fruit in the good work they all wished to prosper. (Applause.). Mr John James, treasurer of the Wrexham! Auxiliary, read the annual statement, and said they began this year without a balance. The money contributed to the parent society by the last dona- tion was zC93 12s 9d, which exhausted the whole of the balance in hand. The total income for the past year, including collectors' boxes, Bible boxes, &c., amounted to £ 84 98 Sd, against il,14 os ;),1,<1 the previous year. Thebookssoldfromthelocal repository included—807 Bibles (Welsh and English), 1,037 j Testaments, and 70 portions of the Bible making 1 a total of 1,190 copies. He had now to propose the adoption of the report, which was seconded by the Rev. M. H. C. Shelton, and can-led. The Rev D. Howell, vicar, moved, "That; this meeting, M hile devoutly acknowledgingtlie bless- ing which has attended the labours of the society generally during the past year, would record with special thankfulness the remarkable success which has accompanied the efforts made for the circulation of the Scriptures in connection with the recent' war in Eastern Europe, and would furthermore intreat the sympathy, prayer, and help of the society's friends, oil behalf of the plans which have been adopted, fur promoting a wide diffusion of the Word of God amongst the multitudes from many lands, who have visited the Paris Exhihition. The older lie became the more deeply attached did lie become to the constitution, principles, and opera- tions of this inestimable society. (Hear, hear.) To his mind, not only the interests of religion, but the interests of society, the interests of peace among nations, the interests of human brotherhood throughout the globe, religious learllill, and the evangelisation of the world depended upon the efforts they made to extend, what we in this country so richly enjoyed pure, scriptural. evangelical, and Protestant Christianity through- i out the length and breadth of the world. (Ap- i plause.) The resolution M as seconded by the Rev H. J. Haffer, after which Dr Cranswick, of Stalyhridge, delivered a long and highly interesting address in support of the society's claims. Mr Lewis (who was unable to attend) had told him to tell his Wrexham friends that he (Dr Cranswick), having the honour and privilege of being a Welshman, had, like most Welshmen, a deep interest in the progress and success of the British and Foreign Bible Society. (Hear, hear). In combatting the objections urged by certain individuals to allowing the Bible to be read by the common people without note or comment, the speaker cited several etnking instances where the simple reading oScriptures j had, Ly tiie inspiration ot the lloly np'rit, been the sole means of conversion. He, for aac, M as 1 tired o: hearing v. hat the church'' said of this or that; he wanted to hear, from the Book itself, what the Master said. (Hear. h.ar. The in- vitation, "Coins unto me all n that are weary and heavy laden, explained itself to a man's own sorrow, and the words Whosoever conieth unto me I will in no wise cast out," needed no doctor of divinity to interpret to the siii-lnirdoned soul (Applause.) This, then, was the principle upon which the Bible Society existed they believed that God the Holy Ghost,, who inspired the Book, was Himself able to interpret the Scriptures to the individual conscience without cmy as.-istarH-e from man. They therefore sent the llble into otuer landfi where the missionary could not go because of opposition, and the Bible did its ow-* work there until the missionary came. Four- fifths of the languages and dialects used by the Church Missionar Nociety, and the Society for the Propagation of ths Gospel, came from the shelves of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and it was beyond a duubt, that all other Missionary So- cieties v."»nld collapse:, and wither tip and decay, were it iH't for the iismense sujiplies of the Scrip- tures—the weapons of ii-ai--olI-taiiie(i from the Bntisn and foreign Society's offices in London. (Applause.) The speaker then gave an interesting outline of th^ progress of Christianity in Japan, a, country about which we should have to- know a. great deal, because we were told that what Eng- land had been to the West, Japan wmdd., in due time, he to the Fjast, and before concluding his able- a(ldress, Dr. Cn.nswiek briefly referred to the Paris Exhibitio: where countless copies of por- tions of The Chyistian's Book" had beou-distri- buted amongst the nations of the world.—The re- solution was then put and carried unanimously. The Rev. G. H. Barker then moved, That the thanks of the meeting he given to the president, vice-president, collectors, treasurer, and committ ee for their valuable services, and that they he re- ouasted to continue in office for the ensuing year. .Thi-j was seconded by the Rev. Jonathan HOM-CII, and unanimously adopted. The llev. J. Dix:-r. proposed a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Cunliffe, who v.as a worthy successor to his uncle, Canon Cunlitfo, who had presided over the meet- ing cf the Society for half a century, and he hoped Sir Robert Mould preside over their annual gather- ings for a similar lengthen" period. (Applause.)— ?Ir'-itarie?Hughe- insec.??!? the proposition, explained that the Gomm'ttee had elected Sit Robert to the chair three years ago, but they had pressed upon Sir Robert's mwle. whilst he was in Wi'exiiam. not to vacate the chair of the Society <*f wiueh lie had been president for so many year. This, then, was the reason why the present was the first occasion upon which Sir Robert had occu- pied the chair. (Applause.)—The resolution Iwv- ing been carried with acclamation, Sir Robert suitably acknowledged the compliment, and the Vicar then pronounced the benediction.—1The col- lection amounted to £ '!> os Od.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. WEA'I'HEil PEIiMlTTlXC!. THK CHKSTK!! BEAGLE. V JiElJT O.N SatUnLiA, October 21'th Stone Bridge At 12. Wedne^ilav, October 30tk uucen s Ferrv, W.S At 1U-3U. FLINT AND DHXlilOH FOHOnms WILL MEET OX Friday, No"mbr ht ,KinmeJ! At 10.30.

GAZETTE NEWS. Irk'j,bi)i the Loiidoiz Gazetie) PETITIONS ron LIQUIDATION nv ARRANGEMENT. .Tohn Bowling, Oakengates, Salop, draper. i olin Tlioiiias? John Thomas, Bethel, near Carnarvon, news agent. William Eynon, Llaudalin, Llanelly, Carmarthen, grocer. S. Starkey Ayden, Bowdon, Cheshire, farmer and hay and straw dealer. Wm. Davies, Hhyl, commercial traveller. Ed. Jones, nhyl, beerhouse keeper. C. Cork, Nantwich, Cheshire, tailor. S. Derbyshire, Crewe, confectioner, baker, and beer- house keeper. E. Hulse, West Kirby, Cheshire, builder. R. Wallace, Chester Basin, Miiim Island, Liverpool, and Bebington and Itock Ferry, Cheshire, and of Afonwen Wales, Caerwys, Flintshire, paint and cement manu- facturer. J. Harris, Stockport, Cheshire, bricklayer. T. Bolt and Co., Birkenhead, jewellers. C. Bentle}, Willnston, Cheshire, stonemason. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Roberts and G. Griffiths, Glriimiorfa folate Works, near Carnarvon, aacl at Llanbelig, Carnarvon, slate manu- facturers. V,'IXr)l.V(;-l p NOTICE. North Wales Carriage and Waggon Company, Limited.

EI ABON YCIL"xTEEH,The annual distribution of the prizes for shooting, gained hy the 2nd D. R. V., will be presented in the National Schoolroom, by "Mrs Edward. tlie Yicaraj/e, on Thursday next, at seven p.m. KEASIN'O DINNER AT GKESVUKI).—On Friday week, Mr Wynne. Gresford, gave a rearing dinner to cele- brute the completion of his villa, erected for him by Mr Legi;e, Birkenhead, from the plans of Mr Howel Davie.?, Wrexham. A pleasant and very enjoyable tveiiiny was spent. HANU;:I; PETIT SESSIONS, SATIDDAv.—Before— the Hon. G-eorjje Kenvon. and J. H. Lees. Esq. W. Heece was charged with being drunk and disorder- ly at Halghton, and was fined 10s, and po" costs.-— W. Simmons ami H. Metcalf for a similar offence at Worthenbury. were lined Simmons, 2s fid, and Met- calf. 5s. with 8s costs in each case. RCTHIK MINICIPAI. ELECTrox.-Tho following ,'entlemen have been nominated for the four vacancies which will occur in the Council on the 1st. November, viz. Messrs E. Edwards, (ironmonger), Edward Evans (Spread Eagles), and Mr J. Hunt (Her Ma- jesty's Inland ltevenue). retiring members and also Mc-s-r-Mm Edwards, (Hand brewery), John Davies, (Tynywern), and William Iojie,, (Mill), new candi- date. HOPE OK SOTTHSEA U>I»;E, I.O.O.T.—The mem- bers bad an open session in Poolmouth Chapel, all Wednesday. Mr E. Salisbury occupied the chair. There was a lartjo attendance, and many were un- able to gi-t in. Some names were given in to be- come members of the Lodge. Addresses were given by the Chairman and Messrs Robert- Pheimah and Hardwick, Wrexham, three b0i1: by Bros. J. Thomas and H. ?tiisbury, three gkcs by the Glee t?L-,rty. a by T. Cunnah, and r.-arlings by Bros. H. Bennett and J. Bithell. THE^D:;rINS 'Foo-NARI. CUT..—With regard to the I (of this club from the competition for the < 'h:)ne];?e Cup, a correspondent writes No little Mirpri-e will be occasioned in football circles when it is known that The 1 builds' will not compete for the National Challenge Cup this season. Although the club ;dnst whom they were drawn to play in the fir-t tie- may consider it-elf fortunate in bavin- thus .-o easily 'jrot rid of their formidable opponents, still we feel sm-e that eivrv member of the Association will regret that one of the oldest and most prominent clubs i- compelled to retire because its committee find it impossible to procure a field to play upon. We can state however that their want of success is certainly not attributable t-> lack of application, and we trust that next -ason will lind them ncain entering the lists. FORMATION* OP A SCHOOL ]J<>AAI> AT XOUTIIOP.— e understand that an order has been received from the Education Department, authorising the formation of a School Board for the Parish of ?\oi thop, where it ha- been clearly shown, a considerable deficiency of school accommodation exists, especially in the district of Cornish's Quay. The School Hoard is to consist of five menders and notices of the election have already been issued. The list of nominations will close on the 1st of Xovember next, and the names of the candi- dates will be published 011 the following day. The candidates may, however, withdraw up to four o'clock on the 5th of November, after which time the list will lie closed. Should there then be more than five per- s -:> nominated, the poll v ill take place on Thursday, the 12th of November, between the hours of nine awl lour o'clock, when all persons whose names appear on the book containing the poor rate made on the 29th of May last, will be entitled to vote. LI.ANIIYRNOO BAPTIST CHAPEL CONCERT.— A really- extraordinary concert was given in the Baptist Chapel, Llandyrnog, on Friday evening. The little rhapel was crowded in every available part, and a crowd unable to get in stood outside in the chapel yard. Mr J. Sin.on, Regent House, Ruthin, occupied the chair, and by his lively satire and spicey intro- uuccion helped much to keep the meetir^ alive. The principal performers were the Kevs W. W. Thomas Mae:c:hi. and J. T. Williams, Conbanvdd, backed by the excellent glee party from Glvndvfrdwv con- ducted by Messrs H. and T. Davies, which rendered most excellent service. The audience were highly delighted and the occasion will long be remembered The object of the concert was to clear off the small remaining debt on the ehapel, and this by the efforts of Mr Davul ilhams (now of Denbigh) has at lenth been effected. Mr Hugh J ones is also in the habit" of pienchmg theie for the people often, and the cause generally i- in a healthy condition. We should have I We 81iould have mentioned that Miss lioberts and Miss .Tones, of the dwr, p:¡rhcnlarly 1!11de them¡;elves favourites by tthei-r excellent rendering of the Welsh music. Ttir. t XIVERStTY ( OLI.EGE OK WALES.—A meeting of the I nivomty College of Wales, was held at Aberj. stwith, last week, at which the President, Lord Aberdare, and other gentlemen defended the institu- tion against the sharp criticism to which it has re- cently been subjected. It was announced that Mr Hugh Owen, who had resigned the post of lion, secre- tary, was now co-treasurcr ivith Mr David Davies, M.P.. find that Dr. B, J. Evans and Mr Lewis Morris, author of the Epic of Hades, had been ap- pointed Honorary Secretaries, though it was not known whether the latter gentleman would accept office. It was decided to retain the present staff of professors, and also to continue the musical depart- ment. Among other resolutions passed was one that every chairman of an eisteddvod committee who gave £ 500 to the funds, should be made a vice-president. The Council having decided not to apply any portion, of the Funds for new scholarships and exhibitions this Session, the Principal kindly placed at the disposal of' the Senate three scholarships of CSO each, tenable for one year. The other scholarship and exhibitio n now awarded are the contributions of Visitors to the Col- lege during last summer, given for the purpose and tenable for one year. The principal's scholarships modern languages and literature, J. Eo Lloyd Liver-" pool, £ 30, for one year classics. Ree? Jones' Lla!? wrtyd, ?jO, for one year science Rva? Enns Y?Iyfera ?0, for one yeM. VijitW ?-holarsMp a?d exhibition .;ener? pronckncy, ? C .Tones ¡ Llandrsul, £ 30 for one yew, W. Jenkyn Jones -New ?tlo, for one year; close ReholMshio ? T'' 1-N ew Quay£ *20 (Avdwvn School Scholarship.) j Griffith-?, £'20 (A-e(lwyn 8(;hoo\ ¡:"ícholars},,p.)

TIIF. I AN: MR WITAI.LKY, M. P.—A capital I ,)lirtrait oi Mi" Whalley is given in the 1 Hint rated i1" of last Saturday. It is stated that is preparing a biography of the j, .] acntleiiiaii. Ui-.T'irvuiTK ANNIVERSARY.—The anniversary of fimbria's Clorv Tent of Rechabites will be on Tuesday next. The members dine t, ,'dhd' at six o 'clock, and at eight o'clock a ,,rl>lic meeting will be held in the Temperance Hall, ill support of Kechabitism. The De- .tatiou on that occasion will be Mr II. Hunter, {•responding Secretary of the Order. We re- tvumiend all young men who are about entering a. i Krifudlv Society to hear Mr Hunter's address on that occasion, and we heartily wish the Rechabite Order the encouragement and success they deserve. Mkktin<; OF CKKDITOUS.—A meeting of the ,aiitoi>: of Mr William Pritchard, builder, Wrex- [. \jn, was liolil at the office of Mr Edward Jones, Aiu-tioneiT, Cattle Market, on Monday. Mr John Oliver occupied the chair. From a statement laid before the meeting, the debtor's liabilities were d; and proceedings in the County Court having been taken, it was considered advisable to ca.ll the creditors together to consult what was best to be holle. After considerable discussion it was arran" ged t. accept in the payable in two months to secured, upon the understanding that the actions -ruling should be withdrawn, the meeting being a..I journed to Monday next, to complete the arrange- ment. Siu W. W AV v?fN s HOI NDS.—So far the cub- I anting season with this pack has been most sue- _stul, the frequent showers we have had beiii" ,ilnuliv fa\ durable to scent, and the noses on th hoard at Wynnstay Kennels are already, 11 t r.'u-rstan.I, considerably over thirty. Foxes have brc-d well generally over the whole country, so that j there is no lac of the raw material" for sport. ftyne has already had three or four good runs in open, among which I may mention a. ga.llop from .Marclnviel < onse to Sutton Crecii, a good] ('J I 'Co, ai.'d •! kid from CJoverley, and a real oua (■V.sh;o:ii.-d spin iromthe W yches to Ihickington. carries the horn and 1:. the >■ !ne aids as he had last year. I may :i,; i sir .ruu now, to the great joy all, i: hnoi'oveu x.eaith, and as keen as mustard at his f ivurite sport long may his most valuable life be -•'•.ii'ed I hope I may have many good things to .L b o' -?-t to you, a", next to being with them, there is i ,ria:er pleasure to a person who knows the; ?.?r\ ami i els an interest in the "noMe science,  1   cn '1' I  t;.»n to real when in distant lands of tlie sport his >i. 1; are having. C. Tni: I:\R.-i-r FOKKII;X MISSIONARY N<V!I-:TY. I -i,- meeting in connection with this Society ?/ ,?.'t!ri??y evening week in the Baptist) I a].i>l, t 'ln-stei'-street, when able addresses in ad- .•iVy the mission cause were deli vered by the i v. <1. !>• Thomas, London, (deputation from the i'r. Jones, principal of Llangollen College, I '1 n 0 oilier gentlemen. Tlie Rev. J. M. Bamford, V-Y-h-yan minister, occupied the chair, and the having been opened by the singing of a viv.n. praycr was otl'cred up by the llev. W. Wilkinson, Primitive Methodist minister. The ("iirurinan the?!, in a tew introductory remarks, in- troduced the deputation, observing that that occa. J was the first upon which he (the Chairman) ever boon definitely invited to preside at a |s»ioiiary meeting. He then went on to remark thrtt the annual report of the Society presented a .i!eiulid record of the work accomplished. He f.'Uivh however, that they had a debt to the extent f something like £.{,OOO, which had been gradually .!•: umulating. Still they were better off in this tvspect than the Wesleyans were as a missionary irmnittee indeed he might say that unless their irnniiie was increased to the extent of €15,000 per Milium they should be ohliged to retrench to that amount. There was, therefore, a marked contrast in the generosity of the respective congregations in toward to the support of the missionary cause.—Mr Simon Jones then read a report of the local contri- butions to the Society, having first explained the n li-ence of the Rev. J. Harvey, of Bury, through illness. From the statement read by Mr Jones it ■ti'ifvared the contributions from all sources, includ- ii Sunday Schools, subscriptions, &c., amounted t'eil Is, against expenses Gs. Mr Jones expressed t hope that the present, being the first meeting in tlieir new chapel, would inaugurate a better state e: things with regard to their financial prosperity. (Hear. hear).—The Rev. Deputation then delivered •i masterly address on the subject of missions and mission work in general, and the operations of the Kv.itist Society in particular, prefacing his remarks j In observing that he looked upon their worthy 'airmail as pre-eminently the right man in the i place, inasmuch as the Wesleyan body had oiii the very first been essentially a missionary; and had ever gone upon that celebrated say- of the great John Wesley, The world is my p•:ish." (Hear, hear), Personally, he had not :> ;-article of sectarian feeling in the matter, but! his hand to all who loved the Lord Jesus ;l sincerity and truth. He therefore felt ex- j in 'lv comfortable in speaking that evening un- •• the auspices of a Chairman belonging to the at Wesleyan body. (Hear, hear). The reverend -tlenian then nroceededto reier to the missionary v >-k in uencral. He .said he had had prepared a ":nber of interesting statistics in the form of a ,1,mcll diagram, show ing the various populations the "lobe and their respective religious eoiuli- The present population of the world was e-imputed at human beings, and a ^!a::ce at his diagrams would show their religious eruditions. To begin then at the top of the j .•atiram, there was a small circle, the size of a large r coloured vellow, representing several millions i .lews underneath this there was a circle, four, i ,es in diameter, coloured a bright green, reprc- :.tiii" too million Mohammedans; underneath t' again, another circle, inches in diameter, professing Christians, '.dine I'oman Catholics, members of the Greek i Lufhe.'an Churches, and so forth whilst nn-, all these, at the bottom of the diagram, was a, 'J7 inches in diameter, coloured black, r^pre- tilig 1;0 kfo5 than 590 millions of heathens, who not (;, ..1, nor Christ, nor the way of salvation u rh Him. It was against this immense circle i,.v, t'herefore, that missionary effort must be -Miitly directed. For the first hundred years :ri>ti:inity the Church of Christ was very ac- 1 i .but .;•»»>11 errors and heresies crept in, and it ;ualiy *iiccame more and more corrupt until the 1 l.Vi7, when the Reformation was brought c, even this did nothing to awaken the ■i-h T" a sense of its duty to the heathen world, v. is too dogmatical, and thought more of articles ¡ <th than of giving the water of liie to perish- thirsty souls. After alluding to the founding Society for the Propagation of the Cospel, marked that those generally sent out into the • ei i.! l>v the Church were ritualistic clergy. who lid more to prevent the spread of true, <" .>tknitv than to promote it. The Moravians,! were amonust the heathen 41 years before: L v obtained a single convert. It was, in short, mdeiiiahle fact that for nearly seventeen een- les the Church of Christ did scarcely anything j to ¡,¡;,ke known the Cospel to the nations of wori-1. True evangelical missionary v.ork, .f,.re, v.as of comparatively modern formation, the true Kvang^lieal Missionary Society was iviio-e interests he was advocating that even- the formation of the l>apti»t Soci«.*tj, the • contributions amounted to just til3 nd" •eas last year the income of the Society was be- !ï},(t¡O antl r¡;o,oOO. (Hear, hear). Hiey member. in the mission churches, and 1 wen •"> 00!) awln,OOO in the day and Sunwaj connected with the stations. And here he V to remark that an important and mhuential •> 'r in that district-The Wf.rhom rt,* r- the previous Saturday contained a paragraph 111 I. ,h.' 'il; u ,1l I. '"J' 1) • .KCC to the Autumnal Session of the oapast ion at Leeds, in which it stated that "Foreign -ioits took up most part of the day, and gieai "t was expressed that "luring the past thirty v, • tlifc CTIUSO had not l'llly lint advanced, out retrograded." He could only say that 110 J.1..I, ..1, of 1 • sentiment was uttered in the Union at Leeds, n ti ne the number of Kuropean missionanes not increased to the extent that might be dc- Vrceause it k-camo the native churches to of their own colour and their own hind, and it was now the settled purpose of the Baptist Missionary Soeidy to establish native ?'?ors wherever they could, and to withdraw the n.t) \0 .J ilVropean agency. So far, however, from the wvvk -radi"-? it was advancing with ace?Iur.U;? 1, 1 1 (. mll:č limires were not to be depended upon, i ,b.:1i1 look not to the ripples, but to the grand a 111 as it rushes on. (Applause). Alter reter- •o tit.- unanimity of action between all denoiu- < .n when lahouriim- in the missionary can-' ",11- "H' to d In contrast to the sharp distinctions exist- !l Cd I ¡.t. different denominations in our own try, he pointed out that the entire force -ht to bear against heathenism by th Chu 'i 'fill I, I,4.0ù("" 'J. ..mistai! the world over was madeup as loi- ?. T)?rewerc40mi.?io)!;?y ""cICLle: _U iu" to the British empire, 1U to the Prot_estant .t?. iu Kurope, and 10 to the L-n?ed ?tat? oi -th America. These societies sent mtothc CJ?- ..m-.i.n HeId .?UOU accredited lIlisslUllan(;, '1]' 0,000 and 7.000 native pastors and L .h?and the churches had a membership oi !V half a miliioii who had been converted IWIH ?i?.sm to < liristianity. If this then, W?; ? or the Church of Christ withm the las. u-, v 'II' thou" ght they had every reason to tkmk L:' &1 J. ]'J '• ;nd take courage. (H?, hean, ^vc en,:g  i.i to the Sodety he rcprcscn?d, he ??'Icd?t?- \.1 IJ ,-¡.L t t.; t.: .J J i;?pti.<t Society had traJl:>!at:,l tnc ,-c.i,? i? '1 1. 'I al11111I'I!t,- of tIt" l.,t". il distinct languages and dialects of .diu,thctrans!ati<-n into ( tllllOSt', a la f ?.hwasspoken by more tnan ..OOmuho??.o. .?: an d this, let t!?m remember was  "ilél1 an. t ]]. c ,,m v of :Jlle Society. Mr Thomas coiicludal h- ..?h'ess by .eve?J interesting aneeuotes, il- 'J t t I \11 ""m'IL:,ll L.vcofthe?.at tem])oral as y.c.lasspi.- ? r <:0 'I 1, t' t 1U'll'Il <• ■ r obtained by some of the Baptist mis.ionaiie- ,¡ 1 '1'1 1" II" J""l'c die heathen abroad.-The Key. ? .o!n. also addressed the mectmg, wiuc?-;?- "td with the usual compliment to the?? ia?ir- eoliections being made in aid of the i.OCie } Sunday, the Rev, K. Davics of Mon- •-■uth, preached at 10.4o a.m. and \'hl'H collections were made on behalf of the same ••ifcct. I Cl'IL Sr.R\'f('R lhLI.Thc second ?""? ball in ?.?d)of ? ? the Civil Service Cricket and Football Caib tok place at the uh]ic Hall, on Momlav | ?'ght. toe haH being gaily decorated with flags and mottoes for the cesiôn. Refreshments were piOMted m the ante-room, and the music was supplied by an excellent quadrille band, under the leadership of Mr Wells. About forty couples were present, and dancing was kept up with un- flagging energy until the small hours" on Tues- day. WKKXHA.H SORIETY OF NATUIUL -The! winter session of this society opens next Tuesday. 1 The annual meeting will be held in the small room of the Savings' Bank, at seven o'clock, and the nrst general evening meeting will be held the same evening, in the large room of the Savings' Bank, at a quarter to eight o'clock, when a paper will be read by the President of the Society, Dr. Williams, on "The Lungs and Respiration—The Heart and circulation-their comparative mechanism con- sidered anatomically and physiologically in man, ani mals, fishes, reptiles, insects, and vegetable life." The circulation of the blood in the web of the frog's foot will be demonstrated under a micros- cope. SALE OF TURNPIKE GATES.—On Monday, Messrs W. Dew and Son offered by acution at Rnthin the various turnpike houses and gates in the Wrexham and Ruthin, Ruthin and Cerigydruidion, and Ruthin and Denbigh Turnpike Tmsts, with the following results Llandegla gate house, &c., ?1 Bwlchgwyn, 22S; Adwy'r Clawdd, il); Wrexham, £ 84 Borthyn, £ 05 Llanfwrog, £;)2 Llwyn Bresyeh, £20, The other lots, including the gate house premises at Llysfasi, Nantygarth. Llan. l'haidr, Clawddnewydd, Derwydd, and Bwbh, (Cerigydruidion), were withdrawn. CoiJXTY C'OUKT.—The monthly court was held on Wednesday, before Horatio Lloyd, Esq., judge. The only eases of interest were the following :—Mr J. lhadshaw, butcher. Marelnviel, sued Mr A augnan, hy ton ilia, for £H for meat supplied. Mr Humphreys appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Poyser for the defendant. Mr Humphreys said a certain amount had been paid into Court, and the sum now iu dispute was f2 4s 4d. The defendant denied all knowledge of the existence of the debt, and suggested that as the meat was alleged to have been supplied two years ago, there might be some k J" mista ke as to the person to whom the goods were sold.—His Honor having examined the plaintiff's books said he could not doubt but that the de- fendant had been supplied with the meat, although I it was sci long ago that he might have forgotten ft. He should therefore give judgment for the plain- tiff.—Mr Bennion Acton appeared for the plaintiff in a case, Jarvis v. Woollam, and said this was an action of detinue to recover the value of a watch and chain which the defendant got possession of under the following circumstances It appeared that the plaintiff, Elizabeth Jarvis, was in service in August last, and on Sunday she had permission to attend a christening with a fellow-servant. During the day the party went to the Red Lion Inn, Pentre Broughton, kept by the defendant's father, and whilst there the plaintiff had occasion to take out her watch to sec the time. The de- fendant asked her jokingly to lend it him, and she did so, the watch being left in his possession. On the following day she asked for the watch to be returned, but failed to get it, and the de- fendant had never given up possession of the watch from that day to the present time. The defendant said he had been keeping company with the plain- tiff for two years, and on the 17th of August he told her he was going to leave her, when she gave him the watch and a guard to remember her by." The watch was now in pawn at Tyldesley. His Honor said he must restore the watch or pay five guineas. He ought to be ashamed of himself. Elizabeth Blackwell, Llanfynydd, sued Elihu Proffit, Middle Kiln Lime Works, Ffrith, for f6 4s 7d for cartage of lime and slack. Mr Bennion Acton appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Poyser for the defendant. Mr Acton said the sum of f2 Is had been paid into Court, and he believed the de- fendant pleaded a set-off of £4 3s. Mr Poyser ad- mitted the debt with the exception of the money paid into Court and the set-off, the latter being for 22 loads of lime supplied to the plaintiff in October, 1S77, at 2s 6t1 per load, and £1 in money which the defendant had paid the plaintiff in August last. The plaintiff's reply to this was that the lime re- ferred to was spoilt lime given to him for the carry- ing of it away. Defendant denied that anything was said about the lime being absolutely given to the plaintiff for nothing, and His Honor ultimately allowed the defendant Is 6d per load for it, giving judgment for the plaintiff for f4 lis 7d with costs. Miss MARIANNE FARXINOHAM'S LERRNIE.—A good audience assembled in the Public Hall, on Tuesday evening, to hear Miss Farningham's lec- ture on The Hush and Rush of Life, the Mayor (Alderman Owen) being in the chair. Within the space at our disposal it would be impossible to give other than the merest outline of so exhaustive a lecture as that delivered, or convey to the mind of the reader other than a slight idea of its manv ex- cellencies. Miss Farningham is certainly one of the wisest of her sex. Her thoughts are pure, noble, and virtuous, her composition beautiful and full of deej), lasting impressions. She has also a happy mode of choosing and pointing her sentences, and her articulation was almost faultless, every word being clearly and distinctly heard. The audience repeatedly applauded, and were often evoked to laughter by her origiual wit and sarcasm. We lived, she said, in an age of rush, and conse- quently it was not an age of perfection, as we worked too quickly to work well. What wonder- ful tales our business men might teli to their fore- fathers of their life now-a-days, a year's work1 would seem, to their ancestors, to be little short of, a miracle. And not only was it an age of rush with business men, but also we found that people w ho had nothing to do complained of having too much to do—in the way of pleasure and amusement. A rushing world made a noisy world—a noise how different from the melodious music of trees and birds and waters. No greater contrast perhaps could be made than between the rush and noise of a busy London thoroughfare and the sweet quietude of the woods or the sea shore, though in their large cities and towns the din of the week day was re- ifularly succeeded by the hmh of holiness on the Sabbath day, with its restfulness. Referring next to the babble of tongues, Mi*s Farningham, as illustrations of the rash of conversations, in- stanced a nursery full of children, with a new toy, a servants' kitchen when the beer was stopped, a ladies' sewing meet- ing after the second cu p of tea, or a gathering of 1 1 t' ri' I I men Oil the eve of a municipal election. Take the two chief topics of conversation—religion and politics—what a rush of talk the;, caused. It would be well that men should try by personal example to alleviate this state of things by remind- ing themselves that speech is silvern, but silence is golden." These again, were the days of speed, people were always in a hurry, children wanted to urow up to manhood at once, and it seemed as if | c hildren, as a race, would soon become extinct. This present era of precocity and speed had been helped on by the introduction of railways, which, liowever, were among men's greatest gains. Other; wonderful inventions had followed, and when they considered the more recent of these it almost ap- peared that there was no limit to thm, and we could not help asking "what next? But it was not an gain, and as an instance, the quiet hours devoted to plain needlework, when the mother in sewiim' her child's clothes at the same tim,3 stitched j into them wishes and prayers for her child's future welfare, had now no place in these days of sewing machines, which gave mothers no time to think, Happily there were some things left that could not be done with a rush, and these included the best and bravest of work, brain work and heart work. It would follow, one would think, that the swifter our work was done the more leisure it would give us, but people seemed to have less tim now than ever. The (rreaterrushuught to mean a greater hush, 1, 1 t" f "'I but was it so 7 Taking another instance of the tendency of the times, the lecturer referred to the attempts mad e to improve locomotion by flying apparatus, which liowever had brought little be-, skies fun and failure. She was afraid we should never lly like birds, becansc there was so little that was ethereal in our nature, and we should require very strong wings. Yet wúall knew some people who were like birds—human peacocks and human hawks, "n the one hand, and human doves and skylarks oil the other. Turning from wings to footsteps, Miss Farningham showed that the in-inner in which a man or woman walked along the streets often served as an index to character, and then reminded her audience that in the heart of everyone who parsed along the streets there was some purpose, some longing, some ambition, and it might be asked Would they all gain their desire Many feet would become blistered and tired before the journey end, but there were some who trod the naITI)' way that led to eternal life. Slowly and surely they would win their way, quiet plxlding was in most cases the most likely to overcome obstacles. One sign of the rush of life was a cheering one. The art of giving was now liberally practised, and was indeed looked upon as a reli-dous duty. It did one good to think of the o ,¡ 1 1 't' I vast sums that people rushed to give for charitable ;111.1 religious purposes. And there was a rush too in Christ's service as v. ell in business, a kind of holv emulation, so that no class was forgotten, and now even the canal population had its floating j chapels and schools. The journey through life j should be an upward climb, like that of Living- stone, a constant striving to live a life worth, ii vin'. That was the height to which we ought to c. o. I asimv, and then came the rest, in the so enn even hush. Till then, would she say to them in the pious words of the Spanish laborers, (TO you with Cod." -Hearty applause followed the close of the deeply pleasing and instructive lecture, and the audience warmly joined in a vote of thanks to the lecturer, 011 the motion of Mr Simon Jones, who said Miss Farningham was no stranger to them. For upwards of twenty years she had been familiar J to them by the work of her pen, and that evening they had the additional pleasure of hearing from her own lips words of wisdom and counsel, which those present would always cherish. Miss Farningham's acknowledgment of the thanks, and the usual compliment to the Chairman for pre- siding, closed the enjoyable evening. WREXHAM LIBERAL Af'OOCL\Tw:The first lecture of the series announced in our last week's issue is to be given on Tuesday evening, in the D 1, Read ing-room, Bank-street, by Mr W. H. Jones, Llwyn Onn. The subject and other particulars are given in outadvertising columns. Ma KJLLIN(WOR'l'H' DRAMATN ENTERTAIN- AIEN'TS.—The second of these entertainments took place in the Town Hall, on Monday evening, when the room was filled by a respectable audience who thoroughly appreciated the excellent rendering of a very attractive programme. The Mayor, Aid. J. C. Owen, presided, and expressed a hope that the season would be a successful one. STEALING TTRNIP.S.—John Hawkes. labourer, was brought before Mr Yorke at the Town Hall, on Monday, having been apprehended by P.C. Taffe on a charge of stealing a quantity of turnips from Croes-yn-Iris, the property of Mr Price, who said he and his neighbours suffered con- siderably from such depredators as the prisoner, who was then sentenced to one month's imprison- ment. Yesterday (Friday), a second case came be- fore the court. A man named William Ellis, The Walks, Pentrefelin, was brought up before Edward Evans, Esq., at the Town Hall, charged by P.C. Corbett, with stealing a quantity of turnips, the property of Miss Acton, Rhyd Broughton, during the previous night, and was committed to prison for 14 days with hard labour. WREXHAM REGIS COPKT LEET-The Regis Court Leet was held on Tuesday before Mr Tench, the deputy steward of the manor, at the Town Hall. After the business of swearing in the jury, Mr T. C. Jones being foreman, and the reading of the charge, it was adjourned to the Wynnstay Arms, where an excellent dinner was discussed in a liberal spirit. Mr Tench presided, and among the guests were Mr J. C. Owen, mayor, Mr Walker. Mr (roodier, Cobllen Mill, Dr. Low, &c. After the removal of the cloth, the toasts of Her Majesty, the lady of the manor, Sir Watkin, the steward, Mr Tench, deputy steward, the Mayor and Corporation, and the visitors, were given. These were followed by a number of other toasts, interspersed by some excellent singing, accompanied by Mr Harriss and J Mr Edisburv on the piar ..forte and harmonium. BoALD OF GRAIIDIASH.—At the weekly meeting -t Iier? I)re?,eiit of the Board, on Thursday, there were present :— Captain Griffith-Boscawen, Chairman Mr A. W. Edwards, and Mr S. T. Baugh, Yice-Chainnen l, d war d Messrs. J. H. Ffoulkes. 1-L Whalley, J. Burton, B. S. Roberts, Edward Evans. Bronwylfa R. O. Burton, Edward Rowland, Comer Roberts, J. Daniel, J. Rogers. W. Roberts, and W. Joji.es. Mr. J. Oswell Buvv. Clerk. Mr T. Lloyd Murray Browne, Poor Law Inspector, was also present.— Dr. Da vies, reporting or. the children boarded out in his district, said I.-e t'teii, all in good health, well clad, and happy. Every case was I satisfactory, and appeared to he weli taken care of in every respect.—The Visiting Committee re- ported the condition <? the house satisfactory, and the inmates comfortable and in good order.—The Chaplain reported that he had examined the schools and fouud the reading satisfactory writing, good and clean; arithmetic, two-thirds good singing, iiiee and discipline good.—The Master's books showed the numbers in tl1 hOlSC t? be 274 aajust 265 in corresponding period last year, and '274 last in et)rrc,;i)onill ,)eri(i(I !a?? nL] 1,t schools—boys, ?, girh, 3i veccivi: g mdustnal¡ training—boys, 10 girls, 15. THE BOROUGH REGISTRATION.—The following is the return of the recent registration of borough voters for Wrexham and Holt ;— WilEXiiUL j Tory. D¡)lbt:\11. New cl:tiin-'? of claims for amendment ~T ? (J j only S 1 New lodger claims sustained -SI Objections sustained 32 — — 01 74 7 Net Liberal gain, 17 votes. HOLT. Li'oeral. Tory. Doubtful. New claims sustained, exclusive of claims" for amendment only 10 12 4 New lodger claims sustained. 1 — Objections susta'ned 7 1 17 hi 3 Net Libera! (rain, One vate. Total Liberal gain in two Courts, IS votes. Total increase of doubtful voters, 10. Wii. TiLsToN- HAWKINS TILSTON, Secretary to Wrexham Liberal Association. I have compared the above returns for Wrexham with my briefs and tind them correct. -T.NO. JONES, liolicitor. I have examined the above return for Holt and find the same correct. Hi McnaEVs, Solicitor. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—AS the 1st of No- venibcr approaches nearer, "electioneering" be- comes the order of the day. although up to last week little or no pub'ic interest has been mani- fested in the coming event. During the past week, however, six candidates (including two retiring councillors) announced their intention of soliciting election, vix., Mr Waiter Jones. Mr Shcrratt, Mr Jno. Jones (solicitor), Mr George Weaver, Mr John Williams (Tov. ii-hiKi. and Mr R: Roberts, veterinary surgeon. On Wednesday, at the final hom* for re- ceiving niuninati"ii«, the fallowing had been sent in — XoK i i'. WaRo. Oeorirs Wviivt-'v. 1-), pv»v-o.st?u l.»y Ri<li:;ril W. Kvans, f», Ohef-k v street, seconded by \\°111. Kowland, .Mm Jones, so!ic;to<\ -S t. -norahutcil hy Charles "il, Hv-i-straot, seeomUil !>y Edward DIvios, Hug h e*, i LI)., Pla l);v.Li Ili-ov.eii'.i-rud' F. ^T Wvt:\ Walter Jone. The Caia (r^tiriuj; councillor for South ,W<a'd),pr('p"??? ?. Thn' Kvant J.irkaon, cnaohmaker, Kestfs-plaee, H«'.t-«tree:, s'-r"nue'l I y John own Bur* r, ?DctbvVnht,H)R))t"?n. :I){ HI W.üw. SOITHW.?t'. j John Williams. 7 and 8. T?wn-ht! ?t)t? merchant, pr?- posed by John Hcirde, fc'X-May:>?, >LV>">ii'io>l by W, Jones, Earl-stieut. \S\u>. 1 William Khcrratt (retiriii« councillor). £ », Recent-street, proposed by John Oheethti! Hand Inn, Town-hill, se- conded by Thorn is Henry Coloman. dentist, 11, Regent- street. ijobert li'ibens, ve £ eriii:i!-y L .e-,ti-eet proposed by John Aliiiiund, grocer, S and Hope-street, seconded y Richard Brunt, l'i, Town-hill. i fr Roberts, however, retired on Thursday after- noon. It will thus be set:i that the candidates for '1 Y'. 1 '111 i the East, West, and South Wards will haw a qUIet: walk over, and the running, therefore, will lie be- tween Mr Weaver and Mr Jno. J^nes for the seat in the North Ward. CLEVER CAPTCUE (If A Hoisi: STEALEU A'D RECOVEKY OF THE ANIMALS.—An instance of in- telligent activity and zeal on the part of the police has this week been afforded in connection with the apprehension of a horse stealer, a man about 3o years of .age, who gives the name of George Wood- vine. The circumstances of the case are briefly as follows It appears that 011'the morning of the i 1 Ith October insr.. Mr ilhams, a farmer residing j at Borras, missed a valuable black mare from a neid belonging to him and almost immediately aftenranb he noticed that a bridle had been taken from the stable. Hi suspicions were then aroused, and, concluding that the mare had been stolen, he at once gave information to Superintendent Wilde. Prompt measures "'b' instituted and it was found that the mare had been sold in Chester fair that very morning to a horse dealer, whose name, how- ever,could not be obtained. Certain "informations'' were then sent by Superintendent Willletoail parts of the country, IllSplctOr Lindsay and Sergeant J. lone.botli officers of tried experience and dis. cretion — being dispatched in various directions in search of the missing man and horse, both of whom were particularly wanted." j Nothing was heard, however, until the following Tuesday, when Superintendent Wilde received in formation that a mare answering to the description of the one belonging to Mr Williams, was at Sal. i ford. The at once telegraphed to In- spector Lindsay, wI10 was then at Bolton searching, in company with the owner, for the missing horse, and they immediately proceeded to Salford, where I they found the mare in the possession of the dealer who had purchased her at Chester fair, and the animal was at once restored to Mr Wihiams. On OI)ttiiiiii' a description of the man who had sold the mare no stone was left unturned to discover j his whereabout-, but all efforts appeared to be futile. During some part of Thursday week (the 17til iiist.). another animal, a grey mare, the pro- perty of Mr John Leeot*. baker. Wrexham, was missing from the field into which it had been turned by its owner, and information of this was also given to the police. Superintendent Wilde again set his detective machinery in motion, and by means of the various agencies of 1 the force, "information" were once more I circulated throughout the district, and on Monday morning last the Superintendent re- ceived a certain communication, upon which he acted with praiseworthy prompti- tude. Sergeant John Jones, one of the oldest and most etneient officers in the force, was selected for the difficult task of tracing the whereabouts or the suspected thief, and by the exercise of his well-known ingenuity and detective skill the Sergeant ultimately sue- ceeded in cleverly bagging his game. Proceed- L' co: 0 b ing to Birkenhead, and thence to Bradford, he commenced operations in earnest, and astutely fol- lowing up the information he had previously re- ceivcil he kept on the track until he finally dis- covered his man in a low public house on the Tucs- day, the day following that on which he left Wrex- ham. Having apprehended his prisoner, Sergt. Jones returned to Birkenhead, where he was for- tiiiiatl- to recover possession of the second pony (Mr Leeee s), which, it appeared, had been sold to a cab-driver, and the Sergeant, return- ing in triumoh on Wednesday evening, brought both the prisoner Woodvine and' Mr Leece's pony back to Wrexham. We think Sergeant Jones deserves very great credit for his careful attention to the instructions of his superior, and the intelligent activity with which lie followed up his information till he so successfully unearthed his prisoner at i Bratlforll.-It seems that Woodvine has been wanted" for some time for breaking out of Mold Gaol, a reward of £ 0 having been offered for his apprehension, which, however, has not been ac- complished until the present L-iiie -Tl,,e prisoner was brought up on Thursday, before the county magistrates (J. H. Fioulkes and E. Evans, Esqrs), and remanded, on the application of Superintendent i Wilde, until to-day (Saturday). ?NIP. AtJ ,NLIP.'?. IV. left MR. AND MRS. W. CORNW.4I.MS WIWT have left England for the British Embassy at Madrid, on a visit to the Hon. Lionel Sackviile West, and wiil go from thence to Egypt. CHRISTMAS FAT STOCK SHOW.—We publish ill our advertising columns a list of the prizes offered by the tradesmen of Wrexham at the annual Smith- field Christmas Cattle Show. AIR STKACIIAN, High-street, is exhibiting a splendid sample of improved Altrineham Carrots, grown by Mr Alex. Balfour, Mount Alyn, Rossett, from seed supplied by him. Mr Strachan also shows a very fine giant long red mangold, weighing 17A lbs., and swedes weighing 13g lbs. each, grown by Mr Harold Lees, Pickhill Hall, from Mr Strachan's seed. THE ASSIZES.—At the Winter Assizes for the six~Korth Wales counties, to be held at Ruthin, on Thursday, there are at present four prisoners- for trial, three males and one female. The female comes from Montgomeryshire, and the men all come from Flintshire. The charges against the pri- soners are murder (of an infant child) 1, man- slaughter 1, unnatural offence 1, and obtaining1 goods under false pretences 1. Lord Justice Thesiger is the judge. LECTURES ON THE ARTICLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—On Wednesday, in the Parish Church, the Rev. M. H. C. Shelton gave thefirst of the series of lectures on the Church Articles, confining him- self to introductory matter, including a brief historical account of the Articles, the pointing out of the distinction between Articles of Faith and articles of Doctrine, and the necessity of approach- ing the subject in a spirit of reverence and thank- fulness, and with a determination to act up to them. Article I. will be the subject of the next lecture, 011 Wednesday evening. THE WESLEYAN FOKEIUN MISSIONS.—Two ser- mons are announced to be preached in the Bryny- ffynnon Wesleyan Chapel to-morrow (Sunday) in aid of the above missions, by the Rev Newton Young, of Headingley College, Leeds, and on Monday a public meeting will be held at the same chapel, when addresses are announced to be delivered by the Rev Josiah Pearson, of Man- chester, and the Rev W. Gluvas Pascoe, of Liverpool. The chair will be taken by Mr T. C. Jones, J.P.. and several local ministers and friends are expected to address the meeting. CONCERT IN THE TEMPERANCE HALL.—On Fri- da,T evening week, a concert was given in the Temperance Hall, in aid of the Good Templar Lodge, Rhosddu. The hall was fairly filled by a respectable audience, and a well arranged pro- gramme was successfully carried out during the evening, the artistes taking part including Miss Cordelia Edwards (University College of Wales), Misa Mary Lewis, Mr James Duvies, Mr Simon Davies, Mr Cocker, Suuthse.t" &c. lr C. W. Thomas and Mr P. Ailmand presided respectively at the pianoforte and harmonium, with much taste and ability, and the Hill-street clwir, conducted by Mr James Hughes, sang several choruses and glees with steadiness and effect. THE STREET TRAFFIC.—Much has been said for and against the trade of Wrexham at the present time, and in order to test the traffic in one street only on Saturday last, October 19th, IBiB, the census of persons, horses, and vehicles that passed through Regent-street was aken. The following are the particulars :— Vehicles from f> o'clock a.m. to ti p.m 585 Ditto ditto !Ip,!ll, Li) 805 Persons with or carried in vehicles during the first twelve hours. 869 Ditto from 6 o'clock p.m. to 9 p.iii 19.11- 2100 Horses drawing carriages from tia.m. to 6p.m. 7fN Ditto ditto tip.rn to 9 p.m. 221— 900 Persons on foot from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 7W Ditto (j p.m. to 9 p.m 2709— 10,395 Add to the above number carried in carriages 2,195 Grand total 12,590 One thing that will strike the reader's attention at once is the number of carriages and the passen- gers carried in them. Out of the 805 of all kinds of vehicles that went through the street 242 were what are called traps, which carry for hire, they conveyed to and from the town 578 passengers dur- the first 12 hours and 1231 during the last three hours, total, 1806 persons after deducting the drivers, it will leave 1454 who are supposed to pay for their luxury, yielding a revenue at 4d per head of 233 Os Od in fifteen hours. MR SAUVAGE's BENEFIT CONCERT.—We are glad to announce that the suggestion made in our columns a few weeks ago that an effort should be made in Wrexham to aid Mr Sauvage in obtaining the necessary further musical training required by the re-forming of his voice, has been adopted by a number of gentlemen, who have formed a commit- tee to promote a concert for Mr Sauvage's benefit. This is arranged to be given in the Corn Exchange, on November 15th. The heneficiare will be assisted I)y Miss Nltrlan Willitins, by Miss Marian Williams, Miss Lizzie Evans, Mr Henry Gye, and a celebrated basso, while Mr Pritchard, of St. Marks, will be the solo pianist and accompanist. Mr Gye is a stranger in Wrex- ham, but the very favorable critique-s in the daily papers, Musical Time. &c., of his recent engage- ments at the Worcester festival, are sufficient proofs that he stands in the front of English tenors. The other vocalists are too well known to require an introduction. We hope that the issue of an attractive programme, combined with the claims which Mr Sauvage has, as a native of Rhos, and one whose career is a credit and honor to the district, will be sufficient to ensure a large attendance, and justify the committee in taking the matter in hand. THE FHEE SCHOOLS.—A committee was held on Wednesday evening, in the girls' Free School, for the purpose of considering the straitened circum- stances of the Wrexham Free Schools. After a long deliberation it was rcsol ¡ell to advertise for a married couple, the husband to teach the boys' school and the wife the girls' school. About ten months ago, when the managers felt in a similar plight to what they do now, they held a committee of ways and means, when it was resolved to give up the boys' school and carry on the girls' school only, and educating along with the girls, boys under seven years of age. The resolution of Wednesday last is thus virtually a reversal of the resolution passed ten months ago. A correspondent writes to ask whether it would not be better to hand these schools over bodily to the School Board than to go on limping in this manner, with the risk of the whole affair coming to a dead lock any moment.— The advertisement alluded to was scat off in great haste, and appears in The- Sc/mo/m^fer of this week in the following form:—"Wanted, a certificated master and mistress (man and wife), for the Wren- ham Free Schools. Average attendance in each not to exceed 60. Apply to Mr Price Vaughan, secretary, Wrenham." The teachers who make up their minds to apply for the situations will have to rub up their geography.