Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

A terrible fire broke out at Marseilles on Wednesday I night in the goods department cf the Aries Lailroad, which destroyed property to the amount of 300,0001'.

DISTRICT NEWS. I Chirk. ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAIL- WAY.—A fatal accident occurred at this station, on Satur- day last, by which the driver of a goods train, of the name of John Blackburn, lost his life. Luckily it was a luggage train which was running at the time, or the casualties would have been most serious. It appears that about half past two o'clock in the afternoon, two men employed by Mr. Moses, of Chirk, were at the station unloading three trucks of wheat, on a siding which connects it with the np line; and it having commenced raining rather sharply the pointsman told the two men not to disturb the trucl's until the Goods train had passed. This injunction, how- ever, it appears, they took no notice of, for whilst being employed at a distance of some 50 yards or so, from the side line, the pointsman was astonished at observing the truck coming gradually on the mainliue. At this moment the train from Chester was within a short distance and the truck overpowering the men, the train catching a corner of the waggon, smashed it to pieces, aod with the force threw itself across the line, on its side. The driver of the goods engine was, we arc sorry to siv, killed in- stantaneously by a glass tube bursting upon him, the stoker, however, was saved almost miraculously by leap. ing off the train. The remains of the poor fellow were instuitly removed, and the delris cleared away, S) thai. in the course of an hour or two the traffic on the line was resumed. On Monday an inquest was held on the body before Mr. B Thilwall, the coroner fiotn Rossett, when after the examination of the witnesses, a verdict of acci- dental death was returned, there being no proof that the two men had unfastened the couplings of the truck, by which the accident was caused. By the orders of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., the two men had been placed in custody on Saturday. The deceased has left a widow and family to lament his untimely end, and he had been in the ser. vice of the company only four months. As a remarkable coincidence that upon the removal of the poor engine driver's body from Chirk to Man- chester for interment, a man in assisting to remove the body out of the train was accidentally killed, and the person SO killed was formerly a stoker with the un- fortunate engine driver on another line. A collection is set on foot for the widow of the engine driver. Llangollen. MURDEROVS AT-rACK.-Oll Saturday, the 7th inst., a man of the name of Edward Evans, butcher of Llangollen, and who is uresume l to be insane, committed a most deadly assault on Mr. John Simms, who is a butcher like- wise, and cut him vc,-v severely in the check with a razor, there being 1;" doubt whatever but that his intention was to have cut his throat 1 The police were immediately upon the spot when Evans was secured, aud he has been commi tied to Ruthm gaol to take his trial at the iiex? coniiiii,ted to Rut h iii ,aol to ta'A Oswestry. STREET IMPROVEMENTS.—The ugly and long com- plained of foot-pavements of this enterprising little town are at length undergoing a radical reformation. In the piincipal streets, such as Church street, Brook street, and the like, the old-pavement of round pebbles, is being taken up, and a large flat sandstone is substituted in their stead, making a neat and comfortable causeway. The plan of a new street is also laid out, extending from opposite Mr. Croxon's offices in Church street to the National school, which is a most delightful site for genteel residences. What with new markets, new clocks, and useful sanitory improvements, the inhabitants of Oswcstry are setting an example of spirited energy, which it would be well were it followed by towns of much greater pretensions and size. One thing however we wo,I :II d suggest for the consi- deration of the Town Council. Would it not be better were the new clock in the cross to strike the hours, so as to be heard by the market folks, and ctheis who might be in a position not to see it Eilesmere. On Sunday morning last the Bishop ot Lichlicid tic- Iiveret1 an impressive sermon in the parish church, Elles- mre, to a ji unejous congregation, from the 14th chapter of Romans 7th verse—" Y if none of us livcth to himself, and no man dicth to himself. After Divine service ia the evening the rite of confirmation was administered to 50 females and 48 males, with an exhortation by his Lordship on the solemn responsibility then taken upon themselves. The magistrates, gentlemen, tradesmen, &c., in the town and its vicinity, have come forward to investigate the affairs of the late defaulter, William Badger, assistant overseer, pledging themselves to pay, in proportion to their assessments, whatever rAc may be required in order to bring him to justice, and resolving thar a reward of £ 100 be offered iu the Po'ice Gazelle for his apprehen- sion. At a meeting of the Board of Guardians, on Tues- day, tf^ ie10!h inst., the resolutions of the public meeting ût tLe l^ own Il:dl, aud of the vestry meeting which was adjourned to the same place, were adopted, and it was agreed that the several overseers collect the different rates until March, 1S55, with the assistauce of Mr. William Sough. Holyhead. TIm S¡-mrATIIXE TELEGRAPH.—The Monarch steamer employed to lay down the wire for the submarine tele- graph, lett Holyhead, in company with a steam tug-boat, about four o'clock on the evening of Monday, the 4t1 i!i-c!t. The of laying down the cable between thai; port and Kingstown was successfuliy completed be- fore noon next dnv. The steamer Ilerculcs has arrived at this harbour with a lighter in taw, which had the boilers of the unfortunate ;;erew steam-ship Olinda, la:<-lv wrecked at Cremlvn. — Beaumaris. BOATIXG EXTRAORDINARY.- On Sunday week, all the vi4 sitors and residents at Beaumaris were enjoying them- selves in the cool of the evening on the green, a small open boat, evidently a stranger, was observed entering the Meuai Straits from the Irish Channel. After an hour had passed in excitement, and a large concourse of persons had assembled from the various lodging houses, the boat reached the stage, under the gaze of the wondering multi- tude. It turned out that two gentlemen had left the landing stage at Liverpool un Sunday night, abou rh o clock, with the view c," reaching Llandudno flu libt morning. It was dark at the time thev started, and the coast was little known to either of them. The course taken was down the Rock Chanuci, and after a night at sea, and 13 hours' buffeting about, they reached Llandudno. In a little more than two hours' time they started for Beau maris, and reached there in the evening. j Denbigh. The Vale of Chvyd Horticultural Society held its Fifth Annual inhibition, on Friday, the 15th inst., on the Iioyal Denbigh Bowling G.ven. Mrs. H'uh-s, of Kinmel l'ark, was Lady Patroness, aud Sir \V. Wvnll, Bart., M.P., of Wynnstay, was President. The Gre'cn was very tastefully decorated under the superintendence of Misses Bland, Barclay, Price, &c., whilst in the front looking to wards the beautiful vale was a numerous assortment of fiags and banners. There were about 2,000 person assem- bled on the Green, and after the judges had awarded and distributed the various prizes the company divided into parties for the purpose of dancing, which enlivening exer- cise was kept up till about o o'clock, when the company began to disperse. Holywell. BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The usual fortnightly meeting of this Board was held oa Friday, Sept. I G. The Right Hon. Lord Mostyu. A letter from the Poor Lnv loarll was rend, Function- ing the change and augmentation in the Schoolmaster's salary, from ICIO to i.45 a year, And inasmuch as the schoolmaster lately intimated an inclination, to leave his situation unless an increase in his salary were allowed, and as his wishes now have been complied with, it was re- commended that this oiiicer, as is the case with the others, should be required to enter upon an agreement to give, at least, one month's notice, in case lie leaves, or forfeit the proportionate remuneration for that period. A circular was also read, recommeudiug the application of sulphate of lime as an effective preventive of cholera from canscs of unclcanliness; and the death of the lad, 8 years [old, who died in 'Holywell, a few days ago, was adverted to. It was represented he had been bathing for a lengthened time on the previous day, which was consi- dered a strong incentive to cholera Another letter from C. B. Clough, Esq., requesting the removal of some offensive ditch nuisance at Mold. Number of inmates in the Honse last Board-day, 148 admitted since, 1 i; discharged, 4; present number, 158. The Inspector of Nuisances gave a very full and accept- able report. In Holywell things were in a becoming condition, ex- cept Pen-y-ball, and Mount Zion, where a great deficiency of pri'. ies and drainage existed aud pig sties were in very odious places in some ot her parts. The Inspector said that his duties were too numerous for hitll to do justice to he was under the necessity of applying for ;-In additional Inspector. In reference to this matter, the followinag resolution was parsed Proposed by Capt. Mostyu, anJ seconded by Mr. C, tiiraii, That the Inspector of Nuisances having reported his inability to perform all the duties required of him, the next Board-day the Board do take into consideration whether they will appoint an additional Inspector for the Mold district, and that enquires be made by the Clerk of the Guardians as to any person who may be qualified for the appointment, and that the Clerk do scud itoticc of the above to each Guardian,"

i MISCELLANEOUS IEWS. STEAM KETWKIIN LIVERPOOL AND FRANCE.—It is in- tended to establish a line of iron screw-steamers between the Mersey aud the river Loire in the west of France. A commencement was made on Saturday by the launch of a new iron screw steamer, named the Loire, from the I bilil ling yard of Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Son, at the south-east end of Brunswick-dock. It is intended that she shall call at Bordeaux, Charcute, and Nantes, aud the object of the projectors is to avail themselves of the good understanding which now exists between this country and France in order to rc;.lize the fuh advantage of commercial intercourse.—Liverpool Ciiroiitas. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS.—A human skeleton was discovered on Monday last by the men employed at the Somh Durham Iron Works, Albert Hill, near Dar- lington. To the north of the furnaces workmen have for some time been engaged in removing the gravel for the purpese of the branch line from the Stockton and Dar- lington Hailway ic the iron company's works, and while so employed they came upon a skeleton. Unfortunately, from the manner in which the men took away the gravel, it was broken as soon as discovered. The parts that re- mained were proportions of a fvfl-grown man about the ordinary size. The bones were all perfect aud the teeth quite sound. A ring supposed to be gold, was found near the the remains, having apparently been worn upon the finger. It is not a little remarkable that these re- mains were found only IS inches below the surface. Perhaps this is all that remains to point to a murder, strange, foul, and unnatural."—Barlhigtod and Stock- ton Times. DEATH O! A CHARACTER.—An aged man, named Bil- liard, lately died in a union workhouse, Leicester, in his 71st year. He was one of the mutineers of the Nore, and was sentenced to execution. The rope was about his neck, and he was on the point of being swung off when he was reprieved. from that hour to the time of his death—whether it was from a nervous feeling or fancy cannot be determined—he never wore a neckerchief about his neck. Cravats had for him, probably, disagreeable reminiscences, -Nolting ham Review. THE SWORD v. SICKLE.-The harvest is approach- ing rapidly to completion in the neighbourhood of Sunderland, where, owing to the scarcity of shearers, the commanding officer of the 87th Regiment, stationed in the barracks, has allotted parties of soldiers from his regiment, on the application of the farmers, to assist them in their harvest operations. This is the first in- stance of soldiers being employed at Sunderland since the close of the last war, when it was a regular custom for the military to go harvesting. During the late war 'there was a great want of men to cast the coals from the keels with shovels, to load the ships, when the ser- vice of the soldiers in the barracks at Sunderland were daily required at that well-paid for labour. It was a common saying among the keelmen and running fit- ters, when labourers were wanted for this work, if we cannot get men, we can get sol-ors.Da)-li)tytoil and Stockton Times. MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON.—The Greek govern- ment has selected a marble block in the Parthenon for the monument of George Washington, now being raised in the city named after him. It is to bear the following inscription To George Washington, the heroic general, the high-minded citizen, the founder of modern freedom, the laud of Solon, Themistocles, and Pericles, the birth- place of ancient freedom, dedicates this old marble, as a sign of reverence and admiration."

I THAKSGITTNG FOR THE HARVEST. At the Court at Buckingham l'alacc, the ItSth day ot September, 1854, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council:—It is this day ordered by her Ma- jesty in Council, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canter- bury do prepare a Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the present abundant harvest; and that such Form of Prayer aud Thanksgiving be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, aud in the town of Bcrwick-on-Tweed. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of September, 1854, present, the Queen's )108t Excellent Majesty in Council :-It is this day ordered by her Ma- jesty in Council, that all Ministers and Preachers, as well of the Established Church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as of the Episcopal Commission protected and allowed by an Act passed in the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Anne, chap. 7, -do at some time during the exercise of Divine Service in their churches, congregations, or assemblies, on the first day of October next, put up Prayers and Thanksgiving to 'Al- mighty God for the present abundant Harvest. C. C. GREVILLE. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BEEE.—We under- stand that several of the principal wholesale brewers of this and the neighbouring city of Bath have re- solved on reducing the price of beer, commensurate with the recent decline in the price of malt. It is to be regretted that the other portion of the purveyors of the staff of ¡ire," namely the bakers, are so backward in allowing the public to reap the advantages conse- quent upon an ibundant ILarvest.-Bristo, Mirror.

I uh_UU_H EPITOME OF NEWS. Mr. X. r. "il1i, the American writer, is 'dying graaually of consumption. The postal communication between Bucharest, Ibra- llflj and tralatz, was ro-opciicd on the 4th inst. A decree appears in the Monileur calling 140 '000 men of the class lS.j3 into active service. ROYAL SAILOR.—Tlie Fi n ice of Wales is about to join the war-steamer, Royal Albert, as a lieutenant. The members of the Madrid Junta of Government met at a banquet, on the ith, to celebrate their volun- tary dissolution. The most vigorous measures will be taken by the Russian authorities in the event of an attack upon Odessa. The Nation says that positive inforn? ition has been received of the arrival of Mr. Smith O'Brien in Bel- gium. The Moniteur states that by an imperial decree dated the 8th instant, M. Cucheval-Clarigny is appointed a member of the commission for the publication of the works of the first Napoleon. The deaths from cholera in the last nine weeks hare becn-5,  133, 399, 644, 729, 847, 1,287 2,050; and m the aggregate 6,120 persons have thus lo?t their \li- ves by the disease in LonJon alone. It is stated that, pending the action of the British and 00lonial Legislatures on the reciprocity treaty, the River St. Lawrcnce will be free to American vessels to navigate. M. Alois Biernaelci, one of the oldest of the Polish refugees in Pans, died on the 8th instant at the age of <6. He was formerly nuncio at the Polish Diet, and at one time Minister of Finance. Letters from Madrid of the 10th state that the Go- vernment has ordered the governors of the provinces to enforce the laws of 1837 to restrain abuses of the liberty of the press. Intelligence from St. Petersburg states that the for- mation of the reserve is definitely settled. An impe- rial ukase orders a levy of 10 men in every 1,000 in the west 01 the empire. The court-martial sitting at Parma on the 7th, con- demned SIX persons to be shot, and twelve to hard la- for various periods for the part they took in the late insurrection. T. Jlw'1? ant that the report of the speeches attri- mSad, oe n to Th^ v MPT amIthl'is ?out foun- d?n Mo??eur states that no speeches wero ? made en ? the occasion. Dr. Price Jones was elected chairman of the Rhvl ?T,?????sioners, at their last meeting, in the room of John Sisson, Esq., who has resigned. The anticipations of the reduction of the Bank rate of interest have been again doomed to disappointment. Bank and Mining Shares have been on the whole well sustained. Tr IC\rdTtfd Williams and the Hon. ^F: ?tyn, M.P., havc had most excellent sport t/?h■ e Highlands, having killed 590 brace in five days, on the formers's Glen Inlchon manors, Attempts have been made in several parts of Spain to raise the Carliat flag, but with little success. Count de Montemdm has publicly denounced all such efforts civ is behalf, and urges the people not to light up a War will have its sacrifices. A new Russian levy demands ten men from every thousand in the west of the empire, and in France the 140,000 recruits of the class of lSoo arc called into activity. Our recruiting- sergeants arc busy, but they work in silence, and tho result is not known. The Queen and Prince, with their beautiful family, made a rapid journey on Thursday from London to Ldmburgh for Balmoral. Starting from the King's- cross Station at Eight o'clock in the morning, they ?r- 'h Slept for the night ?t SIlmoraL An old sailor belonging to the French navy, named PierreBroulhonet, died a few days since at Cette, aged J4. He was present at the battle of Savanna, during the war of American independence, and lost an eye there. He was the oldest invalid pensioner of the French navy GREAT DEFKJIENCY OF WATER.—We understand that the cfFcct of the long continued drought has been altogether to deprive many of tho large towns in the kingdom of their usual supply of water; amongst others we may name Warrington, Wolverhampton, and Bolton, all of which places are dependant upon extraneous sources for their supply. FASHION*.—There is an old proverb—that if a man lives long, and keeps a coat all his days, he will bo se- veral times in the fashion. Howard says, "That if any one be desirous of an habitually cheerful, healthy, and useful state of mind he shouldbegin and end the day by reading some por- tions oi Ware and Channing; employing all the inter- val in practising what they inculcate, and living u? if possible to their standard of honest truth, and fearless discharge of duty." SOMETHING LIKE A NEST.—Mr. James Thompson, grocer, of Bawtry, Yorkshire, lately took out of a treacle puncheon, on opening the lid, a garden spade three times filled with wasps. The barrel was left unopened during the whole summer, aud the wasps had crept in at a small hole left uncorked at the top. The French Marietto has at last succeeded in dis- covering the long sought for entrance into the Sphynx. The entrance leads into beautiful marble rooms, which are supposed to be connected by subterranean passages with similar chambers in the adjacent passages. Genius, inspired by invention, rends the vici that se- parates existence from possibility, peeps into the dark, and catches a shape, a future, or a colour in the rc- flected ray. Talent, though panting, pursues genius through the plains of invention, but stops short at tho brink that separates the real from the possible. MERIONETHSHIRE PROPOSED RAILWAY.—We be- lieve it is determined by the directors of the Great Western Railway td carry a lino from Llangollen Road via Corwen, Ruthin, and Denbigh to Rhyl; and in connection with that scheme, it is rumoured that they also propose to lay down a single set of rails from Cor- wen, via Bala and Dolgelly to Barmouth. A gentleman who had arrived in Melbourne, when he was leaving the hotel, asked a friend what he ought to give the servants.Why, I hardly know," was the reply. "I should think their notions were rather grand, for I know Boots estimates his income at £ 1600 a-year. THE TEA TRADE.—Sept. 18.—The market has been dull, notwithstanding the advices from China. The week's deliveries in London were G26,4431b. The Russian ship Carl, prize to Her Majesty's steamer Avon, tender to the Illustrious, has been sold by auction at Plymouth, for the benefit of her captors. She was built at Revel in 1847, is 376 tons burden, and realised £1,625. RECORDEILSHIP OF BRIGHTON.—It has been resolved to confer a grant of Quarter Sessions upon Brighton, which has long been sought for by the inhabitants of that increasing and prosperous locality. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., of the Home Circuit, will be the first Re- corder of Brighton under this new arrangement. It is reported that the three-decker, Royal Frederick, 116, which has for several years been occupying the stocks at Portsmouth, although ready for launching, will shortly be floated and taken into dock for conver- sion to a screw ship. The specie arrivals of the week have amounted to about £1,000,000 including £650,000 from Australia.and £34000() from the,United States. Some remittances have been made to Paris, but, on the whole, the ex- ports for the same period have been comparatively small. Thirty English medical officers have proceeded to Varna during the past month to reinforce the medical staff of the British army; 52 more are ready for cm- barcation. One hundredj) medical men have also been arc I. UfTdG hF h sent from the hospital of Val de Grace to the French army; and 20 English medical practitioners to the Turkish army. LIVERPOOL, Monday.—The emigrant-ship Coven- anter, which sailed on Friday last for Geelong with government emigrants, returned late on Saturday, the cholera having made its appearance among the passen- gers. She is at present lying in the river, and Captain Schomberg, the government agent, is engaged fonvard- ing the passengers on shore, in order to prevent the spread of the malady, if possible. Messrs, Napier, of Glasgow, refuse to give up the screw machinery ordered by the Emperor of Russia, and de- manded by the English Government as their prize. An advocate in the Ecclesiastical Court, Dr. Deane, has gone out to join the Baltic fleet on business connect- ed with prize courts.

LITERARY GLEANINGS. .A' THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM. It was a summer evening- Old Kaspar's work was done; And he besides his cottage-door Was sitting in the sun And by him sported on tho rPen His little grandchild, Wilhelmine. She saw her brother, Peterkin, Roll something large and round, That he besides the rivulet In playing there had founds He came to ask what he had found, That was so large, and smooth, and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And, with a natural sigh, U 'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, Who fell in the great victory. I find them in the garden, for There's many here about; And often, when I go to plough. The ploughshare turns them out; For many thousand men," said hf. "Were slain in the great victory." Now, tell us what 't was all about," Young Peterkin he cries And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes. Now, tell us all about the war, And what they kill'd each other for." It was the English," Kasper cried, "That put the French to rout; But what they kill'd each other for I could not well make out. But everybody said," quoth he, That 'twas a famous victory. My father lived at Blenheim then- Ton little stream hard by; They burn'd his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly; go with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head; With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide And many a childling mother then And new-born infant died. But thinjrs like these, you know must be At every famous victory. They say it was a shocking sight, After the field was won For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun. But things like that, you know must be At every famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of MaJbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene," Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" Said little Wilhelmine. Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, It was a famous victory. And everybody praised the Duke, Who such a fight did win." But what good came of it at last r" Quoth little Peterkin. Why that I cannot tell," said he; But 'twas a famous victory." SOUIHEY, The distance of Memory can alone change the sorrow- ful drops of Time into the rainbow of Enjoyment. The title of Emperor is understood to convey that the holder reigns over more than one kingdom, and that his authority is more despotic. A kingdom may be a petty state, but an empire is always large. fA KING A NOTE.—Bacon remarks, that a man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket, and write down the thoughts of the moment—"Those that come un- sought for, are commonly the most valuable, and should be secured, because they seldom return. HUMAN STATURE.—The Pantagonians are said to be the greatest in stature of the human race, being mostly six and a half feet in hight. The Laplanders, Icelanders, and other inhabitants of the North Frigid Zone are the the least—being rarely more than five feet high. The handsomest people are the Britons, Circassians, Hungari- ans, and Poles. DOMESTIC DUTIES.—The elegant and accomplished Lady Mary Wortcly Montague, who figured in the fashion- able as well as literary circles of her time, has said that the most minute details of household economy become elegant and refined when they are enobledby sentiment;" and they arc truly ennobled when we attend to them either from a sense of duty, or consideration for a parent, or love of a husband. To furnish a room," continues this lady, is no longer a commonplace affair, shared with uphols- terers and cabinet-makers; it is decorating the place where I am to meet a friend or lover. To order dinner is not merely arranging with my cook; it is preparing refreshment for him whom I love. These necessary oc- cupations, viewed in this light by a person capable of strong attachments, are so many pleasures, and afford her far more delight than the games and shows that constitute the amusements of the world." MR. PERCEVAL AND ROBESPIERRE EXTREMES OF FANATICISM.—Mr. Percival, though no great lawyer, was Without much genius, a spirited, ready and forcible speaker. Affectionate, frank, and generons in private, dangerous and formidable in public, he united to the most vulgar prejudices and virulent enmities in religion and politics, courage, integrity and abilities, that fortunately very rare- ly accompany them. It is singular that his features, with the exception of a winning smile when he was pleased, so much resembled those of Robespierre, that the portraits of that bloody fanatic of democracy might pass for those of our English champion of monarchical and ecclesiastical establishments. DOCTOR PARR AND IlIS WAY.—Walking one day to dine with a friend some miles from Cambridge, he was overtaken by a heavy fall of rain, and not bieng able to procure shelter, was completely drenched before he reach- ed his destination. With linen and clothes his friend was able to furnish li' m but his handkerchief was obliged to supply the absence of a wig, which was sent to the kitchen to be dried, After a time the Doctor exclaimed with much animation, and with his accustomed lisp, How very kind of you my dear friend to remember my love for rothe goothe I Had his friend not been aware that no fcuch dish was served, he would have fallen into the same mistake as his gnest; but on going into the kitchen to ascertain the cause of so savoury a smell, he perceived the Doctor's wig smoking at the fire. Reminiscences of the University, Town and Ccunty of Cambridge, from the year 1780. By the late Cunning, M.A. OUT-DOOR AND IN-DOOE WORKMEN.—Between the workmen that pass sedentary lives within lloors-sueh as weavers and tailors—and those who labour in the open air—such as masons and ploughmen—there exists a grand generic difference. Sedentary mechanics are usually less contented than laborious ones and as they always work in parties, and as their comparatively light, though often long and wearily-plied employments do not so much strain their respiratory organs but that they can keep up an interchange of idea when at their toils, they are gene- rally much better able to state their grievances, and much more fluent in speculating on their causes. They develope more freely than the out-of-door workers of the country, and present, as a class, a more intelliellt aspect. On the other hand, when the open-air worker does so over- come his difficulties as to get fairly developed, he is usual- ly of a fresher and more vigorous type than the sedentary one. Burns, Hogg, Allan Cunningham, are the literary representatives of the order; and it will be found that they stand considerably in advance of the Thorns, Bloom- fields, and Tannahills that represent the sedentary work- men. The silent, solitary, hard-toiled men, if nature has put no better stuff in them than that of which stump orators and Chartist lecturers are made, remain silent, re- pressed by their circumstances; but if of a higher grade, and if they once did get their mouths fairly opeued, they speak with power, and bear with them into our literature the freshness of the green earth and the freedom of the open sky. A DRUNKARD is one that will be a man to-morrow morning: but is now what you will make him, for he is in the power of the next man, and if a friend, the better One that hath let goe himselfe from the hold and stay of reason, aud lyes open to the mercy of all temptations. No lust but finds him disarmed and fencelesse, and with the least assault enters. If any mischief escape him, it was not his fault, for he laid as faire for it, as he could. Every mau sees him, as Cham saw his Father the first of this siooe au uncovered man, and though his garments be on, uncovered, the secretest parts of his soul lying in the nakedest manner visible: all his passions come out now, all his vanities, and thosc.sha-nefnller humours which discretion clothes. His body becomes at last like a myri- way, where the spirits are beclog'd and cannot passe: all his members are out of office, and his heeles doe but trip up one another. He is a blind man with his eyes, and a Cripple with ledges on, All the use he hath of this ves- sell himselfe, is to hold thus much for his drinking is but a scooping in of so many quarts, which are filled out into his body, and that fil'd out againc into the Roome, which is commonly as drunk as he. Tobacco serves to aire him after a washing, and he is only breath and breathing while. He is the greatest enemy to himselfe, and the next to his friend, and then most in the act of his kindnesse, for his kindnesse is but trying a mastery, who shall sinke downc first. All men come from him as a battell, wounded, aud bound up. Nothing takes a roan off more from his credit, and businesse, aud maked him more reeklesly earlesse what becom: s of all. lndese he dares not enter on a serious thought-, or if he doe, it is sllch I h I suc h melancholy, that it sends him to L: dumke again.- A ?c. ?r?., 166?.

I LOCAL NEWS. :WREXIIA-.Nl PETTY SESSIONS, SEPT. I STII, 1851. BEFORE P. G. PANTON, Esq., Chairman, and SIMON YORKS, ESQ, Tatties Pierce and Richard Mitchcll were brought up charged with being drunk and fighting in High street, 0:1 Friday morning the 15th instant. Mitchell is a carter in the employ of Mr. Gummow, and was described as being generally speaking a very quiet man, Pierce on the contrary is an old offender. Mitchell was required to biud himself over to keep the peace for three months in the sum of t5 Pierce to find two sureties in £ 5 each, and himself in ten pounds, or in default to be sent to Ruthin for 3 months. Samuel Gardner, was charged by P.C. Lees with being drunk and disorderly at Pentrefelin Bridge, on Sunday night at 11 o'clock, Gardner when interrogated by the Court, could give no satisfactory explanation of his conduct, and was fined 5s. with 3s. 6d. costs. I ASSAULT AT LLAY HALL. Samuel Thimblebee, a shepherd at May. summoned David J ones, bailiff, to Mr. Sisson, Llay Hall, for an assault. Mr. Pugh appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Buckton for the defendant. Mr. Pugh, after stating the case, called the plaintiff who deposed as follows I am a Shepherd, in the employ of Mr. Sisson, Llay Hall, and on the 28th of August last I went there to kill a sheep. I asked Mrs. Jones, the housekeeper for a knife and steel, but she refused to give me one, but I had one at last of one of the servants. After this Mrs. Jones and I had soli,o -words, and then Mr. Jones came into the wash-liouse, where we were. She began to cry and he took me by the back of the neck and kicked me up and down the yard. Cross-questioned by Mr. Buckton. I wo'nt be sure whether Mrs. Jones herself gave me the knife and steel. I had been at Gresford fair, but was not drunk. When I took the sheep to the wash it was not dead, but I thought it had been. Samuel Davies, servant at Llay Hall, said that on the 28th he remembered Mr. Jones the bailiff kicking Thimblebee in the yard, but he did not know much as to how the quarrel originated. He picked a knife up off the ground during the scuffle, but could not say that Thimblebee ever had it in his hand. P.C. Thomas Amos: I know the complainant Samuel Thimblebee, and I met him as ho was coming from Gresford fair three weeks to day, and he was then as sober as he is now,and he was going in the direction of Llay Hall. Mr. Buckton said that this was one of the most trumpery cases that was ever brought before the Court, and the apparent difficulty that the complainant had to bridle his temper, shewed what a man he was. He had gone there on the day in question when he was drunk, and used language to Mrs. Jones that was most insulting, and when upon the instigation of Mr. Sisson himself Jones attempted to turn him out, he attempted to attack him with a knife which in the scuffle was thrown down upon the ground. Jones, then, under these circumstances certainly did act as the complain- ant described, and very justifiably so in his opin- ion. That an assault had been committed he granted, but he argued that it was a justifiable one. Margaret Mathews cprroborated the view of the case as stated by Mr. Buckton, and said that the com- plainant was drunk and insulting and acted quite di- fferently from what he was used to do. The Bench said that a slight assault had certainly been proved, and that therefore the defendant would have to be fined. He would have been justified in turning the com- plainant out as rude and insulting, but the law did not allow a man to be kicked. Pined 6d. and I Is. and Gd. costs. Michael M'Nalty was charged by Mr. King with tak- ing in lodgers, his house not being licensed. M'Nalty said he had hired three Irishmen for 3s. a-day each and their lodging, to help him to cut some wheat which he had taken of Mr. Randles.of Stansty, and they had stopped with him only one day in consequence of Mr. King interfering with them, and that he had to go and hire more at the Market Hall. The men did not pay nor did he take them in as lodgers. In consideration of these representations the Court dismissed the case. On the deposition of P.C. Lamb, Niel Cummins was fined 3s. with 7s. costs for taking in lodgers on Friday the 1st inst. in Barnfields, his house not being duly licensed. Lodging-house keepers complain loudly of this class of men who let lodgings for about 6d. per week, whereas they charge two-pence per night, which is a kind of injustice to them. NUISANCES. Mr. Pugh, (of the firm of Messrs. Edgwcrth and Pugh) appeared on behalf of the Board of Guardians, Wrexham, against Mr. Boffey, for not having proper sewerage to his houses. As it appeared from the testi- monv of one or two relieving officers that proper drains were in the course of being constructed the case was adjourned to that day fortnight. Samuel inland, a little boy who lives at Summcrhill, charged Henry Bostoek, a larger boy from the saiiie place with hitting him with a large brick on the leg on Friday last. Isabella Dodd deposed to having seen the defendant raise his arm in the act of throwing whilst he was in the garden, and heard the boy Noland scream out im- mediately afterwards, but could not say for a cei-taiity that Bostoek had anything in his hand when he threw. Fined 2s. 6d. costs 10s. 6d. THE FISHING CASK. I Robert Hughes, a collier, appeared to answer to the charge preferred against him last week of fishing in the Erddig grounds. Having admitted the offence he was fined 6d. with 12s. Gd. costs. STEALING A PAIR OF TROWSERS. I Thomas Farren, a worker in French polish was brought up charged with stealing a pair of trowscrs, the property of Mr. Charles Rock, of Wrexham, on Wednesday the 13th inst. David Williams, of Adwy'r Clawdd, mdentified the trousers, and deposed to having taken home a pair to the prosecutor's residence at 4 o'clock on the day in question. He was quite sure, lie said, that the trou- sers produced in Court were the same that he had made. Miss Rock said that the trousers were on the pre- mises on Wednesday last. I myself did not see Mr. Williams when he brought them home, being out of the shop but I saw the trousers when I came in and placed them in a drawer in a side table in the shop, and I saw by a rent in the paper what was inside. This took place about 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday last. About a quarter of an hour after- wards, intending to take- them up stairs, I found that they were gone. I know the prisoner by sight, inas- much as he has been often in our shop, but I did not see him there on the day in question. I was in charge of the shop at the time, but for the moment was un- avoidably absent. The prisoner here made a statement that he was so inebriated" that he had no recollection whatever of any such circumstance having taken place. He had been to Oswestry and met with a friend from Manches- ter who had treated him. Miss Emma Jones, deposed as follows-c I am a daughter of Mr. Morris Jones, of Wrexham. I know the prisoner by sight. He brought these trousers to be pawned about 5 o'clock on Wednesday evening last and had 4s. upon them, He remarked at the time that he ought to have had 5s. The prisoner Was not I inebriated at the time ? Miss Jones No, you were quite steady and sober. Mrs. Fitzgerald, with whom the prisoner lodged, said that he came home from Oswestry on Wednesday a 'I "1"1 about five o'clock in the evening and had a bundle un- der his arm, wrapped up in a Newspaper. He went up stairs and changed the Newspaper for a handker- chief, leaving the newspaper in the room. I burnt the paper the next morning to light the fire. Miss Jones said the trousers were brought in a hand- kerchief, which the prisoner himself had owned. Miss Rock said that they were brought home by Mr. Williams, in a Newspaper. Committed to take his trial at the next Quarter Ses- sions, Ruthin. WREXHAM UNION." Meeting of the Guardians,—September, 21st. Present: P. G. Panton, Esq., Chairman, Messrs. Joze, Wright, Foulkes, D. Jones, Isaac Jones, Sandbach, Burton, Edis bury, Poyser. The Clerk reported that, Relieving Officer Roberts, was uuwell, and unable to act as Enumerator, in taking the Agricultural Statistics of the Union it was resolved that Mr. Abraham Foulkes, of Ruabon, be appointed for that purpose. The Clerk produced a statement, showing the propor- tion of County rt:ite paid by each Township in the ITuion, and the rateable value of property in each Township, which had becu prepared at the request of the Board. Several nuismccs were presented and proceedings or- dered to be taken.

WREXHAM BFLi.-s.-IVe are informed that it is inten- ded to make a collection at Christmas annually, for the encouragemcut of the practice of bell ringing. A few amateurs have already commenced ringing; their practice Ii., been limited to once a week, but we hope that as they get more efficient and new hands introduced, we shall have the pleasure of hearing them oftcner, and that under the instruction of our worthy sexton, they will become quite learned in the mysteries of Campanology—it affords much agreeable and innocent amusement to young men of an evening, and tends to enliven the town. No doubt a good collection will be made at Christmas to stimulate them in their efforts. V/KEXIIAIR IIONT.Y FAIR—This fair, held on Tuesday last, was exceedingly well attended, t here being a plenti- ful show of cattle and Leasts of all kinds. A;non-t the fat beasts we noticed 40 head of fine animals from Ire- land, to Mr. Foigglv, which were ail sold, three of them being purchased by Mr. David Samuels. Of pigs there was a large muster of which the greater part were evedually disposed at something lower rates. Store sheep likewise were on the decline, which indeed was the case with all caltle generally in cumqncncc of the great scarcity of grass, arising from the late protracted drought. Of horses there w:is a fair show, and amongst them were some valuable iulmrls. Mr. right, of Gresford, show- ed two splendid cart colts for which we heard he refused seventy five guineas. This being prc-eniineutly the Iloney fair, a very large quantity of that delicious ar. ticle was offered for sale, most of it being of very superior quality. At first, purchases were but slowly made, but at last it was all cleared off at about 3s. per quart aver- age price. In the evening crowds of people came into the town from the adjoining populous districts, which gave the town a bustling and animated appearane. Altogether there has not been a better or fuller fair for some time past than the one held on Tuesday last. TOWN HALL CLOCK.—We wish to draw the attention of the Inspectors of Lighting to the fact that the so called illuminated clock in the Town Hall, is still left to remain in utter darkness. During the long winter nights that arc now rapidly approaching, this clock if lighted, will be of great utility to the town's people, as well as an orna- ment to the town. We do not wish to make unseemly quotations, but we respectfully call upon the Inspectors to lighten our darkness in this particular. MESMERIC AND ELECTIIO-BIOLOGIAL E.VTEKTAIN- 3LENTS.—Mr. C'hadwick, professor of these branches of science, has given three entertainments in the Music Ilall during the past v. eek, and we are to say with very considerable success. Elcctro-Biology is a science unknown to the majority of people, aud is even now sometimes most inaccurately confound'd with Animal Magnetism. It appears from what we ourselves witnes- sed that the science (if scieace it be) is but in an imper- fect stage, for Mr. Chadwick, although he succeeded in many instances, he did not invariably do so some indi- vi duals being entirely unsusceptible of this mysterious in- fluence, whilst others were only partially so. On Tues- day night we found ourselves wending towards the Music Hall, and a few minutes after eight o'clock Mr. Chad- wick mounted the platfor..i, and commenced his intro- ductory lecture. He proceeded to explain the difference between Mesmerism and Electro-Biology, and likewise gave a brief sketch of their history. lie then attempted to meet the ordinary objections which are urged against them, and in doing so, unquestionably displayed much candour as well as force of argument. After this the en- tertainment for the evening commenced by his summon- ing to him on the platform any person desirous of being operated upon. Immediately more than a dozen boys rushed up the Hall, and eventually two gentlemen ju:.lCd them. He arranged them in rows, and proceeded at once to experiment upon them. Out of the number, some S or 9 remained, who were deemed good patients, the two gentlemen not being of the number. A sympathetic iu- ilnence being now supposed to exist between the operator and his subjects, he proceeded to illustrate it. lie told the boys to opea their mouths, which they in vaiii at- tempted to shut, until he gave them permission to do so. The boys were then ordered to put their hands iulo their pockets, and the almost frantic but useless endeavours of some of them to take them out ngain created roars of laughter amongst the company. The boys professed to be entirely free from all pain whatever, but more especially toothache-whcn with a move of the hand he caused them to writhe under an instantaneous attack of tLat dreaded tormentor! He set them in an imaginary flame of fire, and their wild, genuine, and energetic efforts to extinguish it, caused such boisterous bursts of merriment that must have greatly offended the decorous genius of the Music Hall. A youth from Charles-street, was or- dered to throw away a chair out of his hands, but his al- most frenzied efforts were quite in vain, as the chair ap- peared a portion of himself, and seemed no more likely to loose him than his arms did. The apparcnt truth at least of these performances were really astonishing, and the amazement of the company was genuine and com- plete. After this, Mrs. Chadwick was operated upon, and whilst in the mesmeric state, laughed, sang, or rocked her baby, just to suit the wishes of the operator. With the utility or even truthfulness of these cntcriainm<nits, we at present arc not in a position to speak positively, but as an agreeable way of obtaining an hour's relaxation they arc to be classed very highly.