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WESLEYAN FOREIGN MISSIONS.…
WESLEYAN FOREIGN MISSIONS. ANN V AL MEETING. On Sunday. th-? annual 8.'rm,ms in aid ''fthc WVjaleyaa F-ueiarn ,n aii (.f tiie Bryiiyfiynn 'A -V-yan Cna,>el, R(»gent-str> rt, by ti.e R v..I'Mi i h >t "1, o: Welshoo )!, t k :n«*r'v iii t:.eWrexh??uc!rt:;t. On Monday •veiling tne annual public :neetin'» was held in the same p!ac of worship. There was a fairly good attendance, and the harvest thank <givin.g decorations, which were <>: a very c(T ctivc ehsr actor and reflected much ore tit on the artistic tast: of the decorators, gave to the chapel a particular'}* pleasing an-l attractive appearance. Mr Benjamin Piercy, March wiel Ha! presided, and there were on the platform the Hey. J. A. j Beet, circuit superintendent, Rn% A. P. Wataoa, iiev. H. J. Haiicr, Rev. S*muei DJIZCII (returned missionary ffllIi India), Mr W. Thomas, Aihtield, and Mr J. Gittius. The mcetin !Hwinghecu opened by sining. the R?v. H. J. Jlalfer en??ed ia earmst prayer, after izi eari-?st priyer, after The 11 >v. Agar Beet said since their last m'.H,ting I their g >od friend, Mr Pierey, had been not only t') Rome but to India, and had returned, he was glad to say, in health aud strength to give them that! night, in accordance with his promise twctve months ago, an account of his journey to the great eastern world. (Applause.) The Rev. l'eroy Watson read a report of tii-tl Society's operations, during the past year, a report which he said would be found t') be one of the ill oat encouraging and hopeful that it had been their privilege to lay before the supporters of the -Iciety. After dealing with the Society's opera-j tions in various parti of the world, the report stated that the in cne of the parent society for 1 ">>-> w.a £ ll),0)o ltjioi, whilst the exy-^nvli- ture in comparision with that amount left a deficiency on the current account of Oil 7d. Towards the general income the Wrexham circuit had contributed fHO Is I Iti acd the Wrexham branch of the Wrexham circuit £;)2 133 Id. In addition to this there were collected as juvenile offerings gt' ) I i;i 21, being a total of rather more than £1i!1 from the Wrexham branch of the Wrex- ham circuit. (Applause.) The Chairman, who was received with applause, said first of all they must congratulate themselves t:poa the excellent report just read by Mr Watson. It was pleasant to hear of progress being made. and he hoijnd the Society's prospects would con- tinue to be good. (Hear, hear.) As the Rev. Mr Beet had reminded them, it was understood at the last meeting, over which he (the Chairman) had the honor to preside la-t year, that he should give them au account of his travels in India, to which far-off land he had been during the interval between last year's and the present meeting. (Ap- plause.) lie was there th';n, that evening, to his promise, and although he was afraid that v-hat he had to say to them would not be very in- teresting, still, such as it was he would give it to them. First of all, let him say that his visit to India had increased immensely his appreciation of the value of the British Empire in India-(hear. ihear)—and of the vast means it provided for the propagation of the Gospel amongst hundreds of millions of wretched beings who were now living a miserable life, and who had no hope of a future and a better world to come. Now he would begin not quite at the beginning, because they knew all about this country and Europe, but the path he trod was the path which missionaries would always have to tread to reach the distant countries lie had visited. He would begin, then, at Italy. On leaving Italy, on the left side, the first thing that attracted their attention was Greece, of which. however, they could see very litcle, and what they did .ee appeared rocky and barren. They could see the northern coast of Africa, which looked very forlorn indeed from the sea. Port Said was one of the most wretched places he had ever seen. not a blade of grass or a shrub to be seen except what was artificially produced. Going, however, through the Suez Caual, they got into the Red Sea, and the climate became wonderfully changed. It was marvellous what a change seven or eight days' steaming or sailiug over the surface of our planet %voul?i pro d uce in this res l would produce in this respect. When they crossed Europe it was bitterly cold, but in the Red Sea it was like summer in December." The appearance of the sea at night was beautiful. The whole surface of it was illumined by phosphorescent light the sky was clear and beautiful, and the ¡ southern constellations came in, the Southern Cross, which corresponded with the Northern Star. Next came the Port of Aden, which simply reminded him of the great painting in the House of Lords of the Children of Israel in the Wilder- ness. He wap told on lauding that there had not been rain there for two or three years. On ap- proaching Bombay, which w?s the first poiut of tu 'Bntish Empire tl?y touched upon, they beheld I place which was lovely in the extreme ) The Bay of Naples, Palermo, and the Gulf of j Taranto, in Italy, were nothing to it, the Bay of Bombay surpassing them all in natural beauty W hen they landed, also, they were not disappointed, the town and city of Bombay being magnificently built. There were numerous stately j public buildings, but the quarters of the natives a&brd?d a melancholy contrast to these beautiful structures, and these were the quarters in which the labors of the missionary were required. Large portions of them were wretched in the extreme. I The whole population—some hundreds of thousands —were for the most part Hindoos, with a sprink- ling of Mahomedaas and Parsees, a fe-.v of other religions, and a few Christians but the country round about Bombay was simply superb. There were the plaintains, the stately palms, and every variety of tropical vegetation to be seen all round the city, with dowers and shrub, beautifully in- termingling and presenting a charming combina- tion of rainbow hues in the rays of the setting sun! (Hear, hear.) Passing on to Calcutta, the journey lay through a rich and fertile country. Let them imagine themselves in a ship or steamer on the open sea, where they could see nothing but the ocean The plains of India were so flat that they looked like an ocean of verdure all round about them. Here and there great hills rose abruptly from these plains, and around were dense forests in which wild beasts held their revels The country was very thickly populated. One town, princi- pally made up of the huts of the natives, was 14 miles in length They passed also the great battle field, where ages ago fifteen thou- sand Englishmen, under Lord C.ive, defeated 150,000tiativeludiati troops, and thereby established British supremacy in India. (Applause.) Calcutta was principally the same as Bombay, except that it was almost a dead level. There were magnificent public buildings, but the native quarters were simply hovels in a dirty and altogether deplorable state. Continuing northwards, they passed through a rich country, but more heathen than any he had yet seen, the country being full of juggernauts and idols of ali descriptions. They steamed up the Brahmapootra—an immense river 2,000 miles in leii(-,tli-ft)r many days, but it was when they passed through the gates of Assam that they saw nature in all its perfection When that country was made nature must have been in her most generous iiiojll There was an incomparable mineral v. ealth beneath the richest of soils, and the earth produced three harvests in one year In all that country, except where it was cleared for tea gardens and other purposes, it was all one vast forest. Just let them imagine trees as high as the tower of Wrexham Church, and as thick together as possible, extending as far as the eye could reach The graceful India-rubber tree and stately iron tree, intermingled with canes and bamboos, aud along the branches of the trees in the depths of the forest jungles, they could see orchids and other beautiful floweraud he never before realized so vividly the lines of the poet- I The sweetest flowers their odours shed In silence and alone. And wisdom's sweetest fount is fed. By Ulilld to faIU" unkiuvtn (Applause ) As lie had said, the earth in this part of the country yielded three crops every year; and in the parks and gardens rouud about Dibroogurh they saw the games of polo, cricket, and lawn- tennis in full swing—games which we could only play in this country in the summer season. It would not, in fact, be a difficult stretch of the imagination t) fancy that they were in a huge I conservatory, vaulted over by the blue heuven (Hear, hear.) Referring to the Hymilayas-the dwellings of snow—one of the mountains was called the Throne of Solomon, and when he was on the top of one of these hills he could not help thinking of the humourous story of John and Naucy of Glynceiriog. These good people lived at Glyn- ceiriogandhadbeen there all their lives, but having occasion to go to Llangollen on some business or other, they were struck with the beauti- ful view of the Cheshire hills obtainable from that neighbourhood, and giving expression to their feel- ings at the, to them, immense stretch of country, the woman exclaimed, Oh, John, who would have thought that the world was so lar^e (Applause and laughter.) He would now just give them the history of a telegram he had sent to his wife. It was Mrs Piercy's birthday on the 1st of January and he and his daughters (who had accompanied him on his journey) thought they would send her a telegram. They sent it at night, thinking it would be at Nlarchvjitl Hall next morn- ing. Instead, however, of arriving next morning, it actually arrived the previous evening whilst they were all at tea (Laughter.) Such was the difference in the time—the telegram had travelled faster than the sun (Renewed laughter.) He would pass on to another point, and in regard to what he was now going to say, he thought it was better to tell the plain truth, because in that way sinister objections to noble exertions could be better answered. There were many planters in India who, he was sorry to say, were against missionaries. He thought it was Mr John Bright who said that when British planters went out to India and those places, when they got to the Red Sea they threw their Bibles overboard. Perhaps that might account for it, but be that as it might, a great many made use of all sorts of arguments against missionaries; all the old clap-trap hackneyed arguments about there being plenty of inlidels at home, plenty of mission work in the slum-i of London, and so forth, being brought into reouisi- At)t,),i Y-t -in i the steamer going out was a newspaper gentleman who was very' aga-'ust missionaries an I mission work. He l» i i«t:i i that he was a Church of England man and chur;hwp.rden of his parish, and he (the s ''lk.:r¡ could not help asking him when—if • y.ars ag >. in the days •>! St. Paul and the A;) )-ztle. his hi^h notions had prevailed—where 1 would have been his Church and his churchwarden- ihiD ? (Applause.) The steamer had not long. passed the Island of Candia. and they were not far from the place on the Red Sea where the great' wonders were performed by God when the children of Israel passed through the Re I S ia in safety and the returning waters destroyed the hosts of I Pharaoh yet. notwithstanding all this, such were the vie ws put forth b the gentlemen he had, mentioned. Tii-re was a pious lady on board who appeared much distressed by what she heard said. and she asked what were the arguments with which these people could be mat ? Many arguments were iustanced, but he (the speaker) said one argument alone was sufficient, and that was that they were commanded to send out missionaries and to preach the Gospel to every creature. (Applause.) Therefore, all Christians would do! :n 4 they were commanded and lave the results to God, and people couH n?t be Christians in so far a? they were opposed to missions. (Reawed ap- plause.) Now just a word or two about the religions of India. The great bulk of the Indian people were Hindoos—HO nuHions out of the entire popuhtiou-and some 40 millions of Brahmins. The?e Hind?js were divided into a great many greatly to the detriment of the people themselves and the inconvenience of their employers. There were a great many employed under him and those with whom he was connected on the works at Assam, and their divisions into ("fff" were most detrimental and injurious. The wild tribes had practically no religion at all. They simply believed in evil spirits, and when anything happened to them or anything went wrong, and there was some great public calamity, they at once attributed it to the evil spirits," which they be. lieved dwelt in the large trees of the forests, and thf> held festivals and made sacrifices annually to conciliate and propitiate these evil spirits. There were other tribes who believed in good spirits." These poor people simply believed in good and e\'ill spirits but they did not trouble their heads about the good spirits, which they said were too good to do them any harm. They, therefore, only turned their attention to propitiating the evil spirits, which they accomplished by drinking ardent spirits themselves, which, somehow or other, they associ- ated with the evil spirits they were desirous to pro- pitiate! They got drunk, and then said to the evil spirits, See how full we are of the-deliver us from this trouble (Laughter.) Their idea seemed to be that the evil spirits all dealt in fer- mented liquors—he didn't know what they would say to Wrexham ale—(laughter)—probably that it contained spirits in a milder form—at all events it would come under the same category of fermented liquors. (Hear, hear.) Well, this missionary work gave rise to many reflections. There was every indication that the British nation was instru- mental in strikingthe death blow to temporal slavery, and now the work they had in hand was still greater and much more important-to free the people of the world from spiritual slavery—(hear, hear)—to deliver them from sin and death And it was a wonderful ordination of Providenco they could see distinctly the finger of God in it. There was our British empire — the most Christian protestant empire undoubtedly, in the world, as it had the greatest colonial possessions in the world. What did that mean ? Why that British com- mercial cnterpriz i and something infinitely greater —missionary zeal—would go hand in hand in civilising and Christianising the world. (Ap- plause.) Our Indian empire was a vast empire. Gibbon, a great authority on ancient Rome, estimated the class who obeyed Imperial R,)tne to be 110 millions, whereas the population of our British empire alone was about double that. (Hear, hear.) Then with regard to the continent of Africa, alluded to in the able report read by Mr Watson, Great Britain had already colonies there; but in recent times—and lie was sorry it was S')- Great Britain had not gone willingly into new colonies at all, and had taken no more new colonies than the force of circumstances brought to them. Now the Nile—the great river Nile-led to unknown regions in the centre of Africa, regions thickly populated by people living in heathen dark- ness. There our soldiers were upon the Nile now marching in the direction of the distant Khartoum, where that God-fearing man, General Gordon— (applause)—had held his own under such enormous difficulties (Renewed applause.) We were there by the force of circumstances. Nobody could explain clearly-there were great disputes about it -why we were there, and whose fault it was. He was not going to touch upon politics at a missionary meeting, but it was necessary for him just to say a few words in order to explain the position. Lord Salisbury maintained, on the one hand, that Mr Gladstone had muddled us into the Nile, and Mr Gladstone, on the other hand, said that Lord Salis- bury and Lord Baconsfidd had taken the first step which led to a train of events which could not ba stopped. All agreed that the bondholders had pushed one Government after another to go into Egypt, in order to save the money they had invested at usurious rates which they bad lent to the Egyptian Government. However, there we were by the force of circumstances, and his con- 1 viction was that we should remain there until British commerce and British missionary zeal had contributed its measure, not only to civilising that part of the interior of Africa, but in Christianising it also, so that the will of God would be done there as shadowed forth and in the fulfilment of our Lord's Prayer! (Applause.) Truly the ways of God were wonderful! He made the passions, the ambitions, and the avarice of men and nations to draw the Millennium Car, like so many tigers, whilst the reins were safely held in His Almighty hand, and his (the speaker's) opiuion was that when British colonising energies and British missionary zeal declined, from that moment the decline of our British Empire would set iu God grant, however, that nothing of the kind might take place until the fulness of time (Hear, hear.) He thanked them for the patience with which they had listened to his remarks, and he had now the pleasure of calling upon the Rev. Mr Beet to address them. (Applause.) The Rev. J A. Beet then addressed the meeting, and after expressing the pleasure he had felt in listening to Mr Piercy's remarks, and a hope that lie would be in the chair again in twelve months' time, proceeded to pay a high tribute to the brethren of the Roman Catholic Church in the Soudan—the Austrian mission field-where they were to-day in great peril, where no army of relief was going to rescue them, and where tiieir only defence was in the strong arm of their God. Al. though he believed the Christianity these brethren ¡ preached was mixed up with elements of error, he conceived that their motive must be good to enable them to go into such dangers as those by which they were surrounded. Referring to modern mission work generally-which he compared to the openiug of a campaign, and the driving in of out. posts, the army subsequently setting down before fortresses and slowly and quietly laying siege—he gave a number of interesting particulars in I reference to one part of mission work seldom mentioned, viz., at Ceylon. which was a broken-oil patch of Asiatic heathenism. The work here, II whilst comparatively small in regard to numbers, was solid and good, and was carried on at the small cost of £ 6,000. The mission hymn, Fr,-)!ii Greenland's icy mountains," was then sung, after which The deputation, the Rev. S. Daizell, delivered a lengthy but most interesting address, remarking at the commencement that he had listened with great interest to the chairman's graphic account of the physical features of a country in which he (Mr Dalzell) had spent nearly twelve years, and he had been reminded of many old scenes. He then pro- ceeded to speak of a portion of the country not visited by the chairman, viz., the native state of Mysore, which lay embedded like a jewel in the golden frame-work of British India. During the last twenty years, all along the line. they had a marked increase in the work done, and in no in- stance any sign of decrease. During this period there had been an increase of 17 chapels, several additional catechists or lay missionaries, an increase of 74 day school teachers, 59 Sunday school teach- ers, 19 local preachers, and 514 members 52 mem- bers upon trial an increase of 1(5 Sunday schools and 805 scholars, with 29 day schools, and an in- crease of 3,S21 scholars—1,977 boys, and 2,093 girls; whilst there were in regular attendance upon the ministry an increase of 1,923. This only represented the character of the work all through the country during the period under review. With regard to missions in India, they had to re- port an increase of 86 per cent. during the last 15 years therefore he thought that missions in India could not be s id to be failing! (Applause.) Other speakers followed, Mr J. Gittins moving and Mr W. M. Thomas seconding a hearty vote of thanks t) Mr Piercy for presiding. The resolution was carried unanimously, and Mr Piercy havin" briefly acknowledged the compliment, the meeting terminated.
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REVISION COURT AT OVEF.TO.N.-Tlie revision of the lists for the parishes in the Hundred of Maelor took place on Friday at the Bowling Green Inn, before Mr W. L. Foulkes. Mr Morgan, of I(.ld, appearing for the Liberals, and Mr Humphreys. of llhyl, and Mr the Liberals, Wrexham, for the C mservatives. The result was that the Liberals succeeded in strikes off in Bronington two. Halghton one, Hanmer two, locoed three, Bansor three, Penlev one, Overton two, and Wellington one total 10. They substantiated two claim- and the Conservative-: four, leaving a balance of 14 in favor of the Liberals. We may add that no account is made of duplicate claims or of claims from the &H to the E50 list. Prevention better than cure. To effectually prevent fevers and other infectious diseases every householder should use the Concentrated C'arbolated Creosote or Natural Disinfectant." It is the cheapest and, best disinfectant, more efficacious, and not dangerous like carbolic acid. In (id, Is. and Is GJ bottles, »r 4-; <»1 gallon. S; eeial citir)tatit).,ii for liiiiititifs, &c. J. F. EDISBUKY'S, S, High-street, Wrexham. 60$z
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DENBIGHSHIRE MICHAELMAS QUARTER SESSIONS. Toe Michaebun C • art of Qairter Ses-io::s wa« • >pen- 1 at the 0< r.ntv Buildings, Wrexham, on Th :rj- day, f.)r t!le I)f the civil business of the c viritv. and was c ••ltinued by adj -urn-ne .? yester lay (Friday) for the tri i! of prisoners. Tha Magistrate- present included Captain Grififth-Boscawen, chair- man Mijor West, Lord Lieutenant; Sir W. W. Wynn. Bart., M P., T. LI, FitzHu^h, E-q.. Colonel Meredith, T. P. Jones-Parry, Esq., J. H. Ffoulke3, E.,q, H. R. Sandbach, Esq., the lev. the Warden of Ruthin, A. Peel, E-q., Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes, Ystrad. Major Mainwarin?, Major Conran, S. Yorke, Esq., Major Tottenham, O -ven S. Wynne. Esq., .Too. James, Esq., F. H. Barker, E-q., W. LM: r, E- q P, v. I-LI. H. Howard, G. H, Denton, E-qr, O. W. i To.vr.shen l, Esq., E iwarl Evaii3, Esq. (Bronwylfa), I Captain Cllle. Captain Best, Major Barnes. C. Hordern, Esq. (Llanrwst), &c. Mr Ll. Adams, Clerk 0; the Pcuci. Major L=aioetter, chief cjiistab.e, was also present. NEW MAGISTRATES. The following gentlemen qualified M magistrates at these sessions Capt. lIy. It I. Llovd Howard, \Vi". fair, St. Asaph Francis James Vaiujhan-Williams, E-q., Llwynonn, Wrexham and John Syke*, E-q.. Croes Howell, Rossett, Wrexham. Tue name of Hujh Seymour Bulkeley Lewis Hughes, E-q., of Kinmel (Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire), has also been inserted in the Commisdon of the Peace. COUNTY AND POLICE RATES. Mr J. R. Heaton, county treasurer, presented an abstract of his accounts from the bt Juiy to the 2,.)711 September, from which it appeared that the balance of the county rate was £ 333 lis, and the balance of the police rate 22.141 14s 21, and deducting the balance due to the treasurer on the September fund, £ 213 12 i 31, left a balance in hand of £ 2.311 13 < 81. The county rate of 1 I was too iittle last quarter, and he had accordingly found himself in a hole he should therefore have to ask for a county rate of one penny and two-eighths, and a police rate of six-eighths of a penny. The Court granted the rates asked for. CHIEF CONSTABLE'S REPOllT. I tne U.nef Constable (Mijor LeadOetter), rep >rtel as I follows :-Crime and offences as compared with the corres- ponding quarter of last year shiwa a decrease o' 11 in indictable offences, an increase of (52 in offences determined summirily, and £ 11 0s 7d ii the value of property sto'en. 71 iniictab e iffence.3 were rep)rtz-1 darin- the year ending the 2:lth of September, shewing an increase of thrae as oinp treil with the previous year 63 persons were ap- prehended, 17 of wh im were discharged, and 4S committed for trial, as follows indecent assaults inflicting badily harm 3, oraarjn assaults 1, assaulti on policj 4, burglary and housebreaking 2. breaking into shops, Ac. 4, sheep stealing 2, larcenies 18, embezzlement 1, receiving stolen goods 3, obtaining by false pretences 6. fraudulent bank- ruptcy 1. total Pi. 2,21o persois were proceeded against summarily, L.5!)!) of whom were fined, 11 whipped, 2 to reformatories, 4S bound in recognizances, 4 delivered to the army, 2!H committed to gaol aud !)| other punishments. 33 public and beerhouse keepers were summoned, '2i of wh >m were convicted. 12 being for breaches of the Sunday Closing Act. S other parsons were convicted for selling beer on unlicensed premises on Sunday. 708 persons were charged with drunk inni-ii of whom li2 w-re for Sundiy drinking, the number as compired with list year shows an incraait) of HI). In the A or Wrexham Division, the Sunday Closing Act gives the police much trouble. Out of fJ2 pjrsons coavicted of drnnkennes on Sundays 5S belonged t < that division. There is more apparent drunkenness on ."iond tys and as drunkenness has been much on the increase for thM last two years, I fear ths Act is not as effectual in its suppression as could be desired. 3,333 tramps were relieved during the year, showing a decease of 1 377 as compared with last year. This is a considerable decrease though I find the public, in spite of my appeals to the contrary, still assisting the profession il tramp. I also think that the bread 1 tickets are in many cases too indiscriminately issue 1. They should be, as possible, refused t) the regular tramp, who is the iiitli we want to get rid of. I hav I to ask, and the Court may be pl--a«ed t) make the usual order, for clothing for the ensuing year. In reply to Mr Ffoulke3, the Chief Constable said 52 out of the 6:3 cases of offences against the Sunday Closing Act were in Wrexham; there being an in- crease of 9G in the cases of drunkenness altogetliei daring the year. He held in his hand a return of crime and offences for the year ending 23th Septem- bar, 1881, and from this it would appear that drunken- ness had been on the increase for a number of years. In the year 1884 421 persons had been proceeded against for drunkenness in the Wrexham division 225 in Denbigh, and 62 in Llanrwst. The number of Sunday case- in these divisions were respectively 58, 1, and 3. Another table in the return showed the number proceeded against for drunkenness in each year from 18SO to 1881 as follows :-In 1:;(). 431; in 1881, 477; in 1882. 550 (Sunday Closing Act com- menced October, 1882); in 1833, 612 (no record of Sunday cases) in 1881, 708 (62 on Sundays ) FINANCE AS I) POLICE COMMITTEES. in compliance with the order of the last Court of Quarter Sessions, the Justices in the several Petty Sessional Divisions nominated the following gentle- men as additional members of the County Finance and Central Police Committees :-Wrextiain Archi- bald Peel, Esq. Ruabon Otvati Slaney Wynne, Esq. Ltingolien Major Tottenham. L'ansilin Tuotnas William Gill, Esq. Ruthin :riie Rv. Bulkely Owen Jones. Denbigh Philip H. Cham- bres, Esq. Cerrigydruidion William Xerr, Esq. Abergete E. Lewis Ashworth, Esq. Llanrwst Charles Hordern, Esq. COUXTt SURVEYOR'S REPORT. r ie County Surveyor (Mi Lloyd Williams) reported that Khysgog bridge had been re-built, the result being most satisfactory. The repairs to Pandyiudor, Talwrn, and ClpeI bridges were in progress, and Khyd Iecho", Gwytberin, Kuabon, and Rossett bridges had been Gwytherin, The Denbighshire side of Penyoont bridge repaired. The D,mbighsàire side of Penyo'Jnt bri,lg required pointing with cement, a hole in the oaripst wtit made good, and the wall below the springing of the arch oil the upper side repaired. Llanerchymbrio, Llanjedwyn, Giantanat Issa, M lesmochnant, Pont trewern, and Bradley .Ili!! also required attention. With regard to Tyhir I)r¡'l;e, the estimate that had been given would be exceeded and the actuai cost which the Highway Board would be put to was not less tlx in £ 221. He had prepare 1 a pi in, .ioeeiSta- tion, and estimate for a bridge at Southsea, Broug^ht >n, and he bulieved the one submitted would answer every requirement. He had given notice to the surveyor for the County of Fliut that this county would not continue to repair Rhydtalog bridge which was entirely in that countv and had beeu treated as a boundary bridge and repaired as such. The work ordered to be done at the Couuty H?! D?iMgh. Wi? pwressin* favorably. A letter 00 the 19th August w? addressed to e d to the chairman complaining of the inadequate a<—ommila- tion for prisoners for trial at the Quarter Sessions, anti he now submitted a plan which he thought would satisfy the requirciu-uts. The cost of carrying out the atteratio-is he estuuited would be £ 30. The alteration would prove a useful addition to the police station, as there would be a co aimu iication between the cell and the police station and pri.i,uers could be placed there temporarily, instead of being conveyed to the lockup in Love-lane, which was sometimes found to be inconvenient. The Plan of the proposed addition to Llanrwst lockup had been submitted to the magistrates of that division and they worked of it. aui considered the improvement very uece-sary. With reference to iiuthin lockup he read the correspondence that had taken place between the Chief Constable :1(1 the ¡ Pris >n Commis-iioners with a view of effrfctins a sale of the pre..nt loclcup. He had also communicated with the Prison Commissioners. He asked t'iat a committer should be -pp nated having power to deal with the matter in case it W.,L, nOCeS$ t*y to settle the question before the next Qiiirter Sessions. If they could make equit- able terms for the disposing of the lockuo it would be desirable to do so. as it was much confined 111 its present situation. The work orderel to be dme tt the C junty Buildings, Wrexham, hi 1 been com- pleted, and the drain* wjrked satisfactorily. He had mu ll pTeasure in stating thit there had besn a ord t im. provement in the condition of the roads in the last twelve months. He had recently been applied to for his certifi. cate for the expenses of the repairs of the roais in the parish of Cairk, but he had been under the necessitv of retur.) ng the form furnished him. for further informitioa. it !1:\(1 come to his knowledge that the money used for the repairs of the road. from Pont Faen to the b mndarv of the pai.sii. was not wlolly paid out of the current rites but has been borrowed. As this was in contravention of the 15 section of the Huh ways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878, he deemed it h;s duty to report the fact, but th •1 Court would probably consider that the :tr.\nt¡!I, of his certitic ite should not be affected by it. That portion of the ilisournjjiko'.l road which commenced at or -,ieir the Chirk station, and ran parallel with the railway to the railwaj bridge, had not yet boon reo tired and was in a very untravellable condition. He begged to inform the Court that the Surveyor for the highways of the p trish of Chirk had commenced an action against him for refusin to grant his cer ideate for the payment of the count • c >n- tubutioa towards the repairs of miin roads ia the iu-'sh of Ciiirk, for the year en ling 25th March, 1SS3 NEW HIGHWAY DISTRICT AT CERRIGYDRUIDION. In pursuance ofa requisition, sigaad by five ju-^ices -sent to the Clerk of the Peace, a proposal was made to the Court to constitute the fl)!o win.- pariihei or places maintaining their own highways, namely Cernioge, Maes gwyn, Tre gano!, Tir Evan, Tre-BrVs Gwernihowel, Cluaty blaidd, Cwni, Hafod y maidd, Llaethwryd, Llan (Cerrigydruidion), Tir abbot uchaf, Tre foel, Tra Park, Llysan, Cvsvlog, Maes yr odyn Cefn post, Bottegir, Cefn Cymer, Disgarth, Llan (IVangwm), Llys dial si, Moelfre, Nant helog, Peny- fed and Rhos man brych. a highway district. Major Mainwaring said he was perfectly prepared to show the necessity for the formation of this pro- posed new highway district. At present 13 town- ships kept the roads in order, and it was manifestly very unfair that 13 townships should maintain a road used by 21 townships. He, therefore, moved that the provisional order be adapted by the Court. The Clerk of the Peace read the copy of a resolution passed in vestry by the ratepayers of Llanfihangel, objecting to the proposal, but nobody appeared to support the objection. Capt. Best seconded Major Mainwaring's motion, which was agreed to. Subsequently the deputation from Llanfihangel ap- peared, stating that they had been delayed by tae train for an hour. The Chairman informed the deputation that they would have another opportunity of urging their ob- jection before the matter was finally settled so that they were in the same position as though they had attended in time. ALTERATION OF THE POLLING DISTRICT3. Col. Meredith moved that Ruabon be the polrng place for Ruabon and that part of Erbistock which is in Denbighshire—that Rhosilanerchrugog be the polliag place for the Rhos and Johnstown, and that Broughton be the polling place for Brymbo." The Clerk of the Peace said there was no such ulace as Johnstown on the register. Mr T. Ll. FitzHugh seconded the resolution, and said the proposed alterations would be a great convenience to the inhabitants who went to poll in the districts referred to. The new districts would be much more central and convenient in everv way. Mr Lester Where is the = phce for Brymbo ? The Clerk of the Peace At Brymbo. Mr Lester: Why change it to Broughton? Brymbo is more populous and more central. The Clerk of the Peace said all these changes and alterations had arisen through the requirements of the last Act of Parliament, which provided that there must be only three miles between the residence of the voter and the piling station. The whole matter hd been carefully gone into by committees in the different divisions, and had caused a great deal of trouble, and he was afraid of ma?iu? any further a.terations. The whole thing, however, woud probably have to be revised again in c'mse'lu¿nce, n,) doubt, of the probability of the extension of the franchise. Major West said it seemerl to him that some orip locally connected with the neighbourhood might have suggests!, what he himself wuuld now suggest, viz., whetner, under the circumstances a great deal of pains having been taken with r¿ard to fixing the places-it would not be as well to wait until certain events which some not be a? L?ked forward to as likely to Hke place next year had come to pass, viz., in reference to the ex-1 tension of the franchise, which would necessarily eiu-^ considerable changes, an l whether, having ■ ie^ar.i t,) the_ it wûuIll! ,t be better to defer the mauer. He did not move any amendment, but it seemed to him a little premature to mak e the pro- po-e 1 a' rations at the present time.' Ai, er some fev.- further remark- the resolution was carried, the word Johnstown being struck out. DRU:SKE:or EXCUBSIOISTS." t- aptain Best said he wanted to call the attention of the Court to the orders of the Chief Constable that the police are to interfere as little as possible with drunken excursionists, and to ask the opinion of the Court on the question. He did not wish for one moment to say that the Chief Constable or the police did not do their duty to the best of their ability, but it was quite p Issihle that even a Chief Constable might be mistaken—they were not irfallible (Laughter.) He thought that Llangollen was peculiarly situated, inasmuch as they had there a tre- mer: lotis influx, during the summer months, of respectable people who came to reside in the town and at adjacent farm-houses, and who remained for same two or three months. They had a!s:) a crowd of excursionists who simply visited the place for a day, and they had sometimes a terribly rowdy lot," who came in on a Saturday night and stayed tiil Monday, and it was this latter class of people from whom the people in Llangollen wanted protec- tion at the hand", of the police. Many of these excursionists came from Birmingham, and they came into the town drunk, and on one occasion he knew of four excursionists who were in such a condition that the person with whom they went to odge locked them up and kept them locked up until the time arrived for them to go away again! (Laughter.) What he wanted the Chief Constable to understand was that if people were drunk in the town all day the public iii-iit have some protection from them at the hands of the police. He could assure the Court that at the I Chain Bridge it had been-it was a strong word to use -blit it had been "a perfect hell" during the summer months There was a remedy for this kind of thin, and lie thought these people who came to them from Birmingham—who were drunk when they came in and were drunk all day in the town, rolling about the streets—ou?ht to be summoned. He had written to the Chief Constable about the matter, and he had re- plied to the effect that his orders were to interfere with excursionists as little as possible but he (Capt. Best) did not speak about excursionists, but about "drunken excursionists," who, if they came into the country to have a regular "drunken lark," ought to be made to pay for it! On one occasion there was quite a riot in the town, and the police would have been subjected to some rough handling had it not been for the assistance of the townsmen; he therefore called the attention of the Court to the matter, and asked whether the Chief Constable should not be a little InIre particular in summoning these people, with the object of keeping the town ot Llangollen quiet ? The Chief Constabte said in the event of two men quarrelling in the street he could not see that it would be better to seize a man by the collar than to try to separate them qt, iatly. The former course might soon lead to a riot. His orders t,) the police were to inter- fere a, little as possible, and he could not help think- ing that that wa3 the more discretionary way to manage these people. It was much better than re- sorting immediately to extreme measures and locking them up. In reply to the Lord-lieutenant, the Chief Constable said the police could not lock a man up for simple drunkenness, but they could, of course, summon him. In many cases, however, the man gave a wrong address and went off to Birmingham or elsewhere, and nothing more was ever heard of him. He should be glad to assist Capt. Be-it all in his power but he did not agree that it was desirable to resort to harsh measures in these cases. Major Leadbetter then read an extract from the Llangollen paper approving of the conduct of the police on the occadon of a recent disturbance caused by excursionists, and repeated his willingness to do what he could to assist Capt. Best in the matter. Capt. Best said he did not urge the strong measure of locking these persons up, but they might be pro- ceeded against by summons and some two or three ma Ie an example of. The Chief Constable mentioned several influential tradesmen of Llangollen who had testified to the discretionary conduct of the police on the occasion referred to and had expresied their opinion that had not the police acted in the way they did, a riot would probably have been the result. Thi Chairman thought that what Capt. Best meant was that these people should be summoned not locked up. Capt. Best said he wanted some stringent measures taken to prevent a recurrence of such scenes as he I had described. The Chairman said the matter would have to be I left to the discretion of the Chief Constable. Capt. Best remarked that three years ago several persons were locked up and the riotous conduct was put a stop to and last year one man was locked up, and that also put a stop to it. He thought it would be desirable if the Great Western Railway Companv were communicated with and asked to let the police know when excursions were going to be run to Llan- godeu. This would have a good effect, 303 the police could probably be better prepared. Tha Chief Constable said he could send more men down, of course, but supposing he put forty men on, it would not be a judicious or discretionary proceeding to go and lock these people an because thev were squabbling and wabbling about a bit in the streets The Chairman remarked that probably Caot. Best had achieved his object by calling the attention of the Court to the matter and the subject was then allowed to drou. I THE DWCHALED PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. Major C. S. Mainwaring moved that an application I be made to the Government for payment of the con- I tribution towards the repair of tha road within the U wchaled Petty Sessional Division to the justices of that uivision until a Highway Board is formed. I This wa3 agreed upon. I PROPOSED lIfAIN ROADS. The Wrexham District Highway Board made application to have the following highways declared main roads, viz. :-A road passing through the town- ships of Acton, Stansty, Broughton, Bersham, and Mmera, leading from the Twenty Houses, Minera, past the Talwrn, Southsea, Rhyd Broughton, Plas- goch Khosddu, and terminating at the junction with the Holt Road at Rhosneaney and the following branches of the said road, namely :-The branch from the Walnut Tree Hotel to the boundary of the Borough of Wrexham at the end of Spring-road the branch from the Loose, Rhosddu, to the Mold road at the Old Stansty Chain and the branch from near Berse Drelincourt to the boundary of the Borough of Wrexham, opposite the Wrexham Workhouse the .4a i d ro, said road and branches being of the length of six miles four furlongs and eight chains. Also a road passing through the townships of Stansty, Giversyllt, Brough- ton, and Brymbo. leading from Crispin Lodge, through Summer Hill to the Minera and Ffrith main rovis at the Cynamau L')dge, of the length of two tnuea seven furlonaai six chains. Mr S. T. Bau„'h, vice-chairman of the Highway Board, and the clerk, Mr John Bury, att -nded to support the application, and a plan of the proposed roads having been explained to the Court, it was decided to report on the subject to the next Quarter Sessions. R„ THE SOUTHSEA BRIDaE OVER THE GWESFRO. I ine county purveyor submitted a plan and estimate of the cost of erection of a bridge over the River Gweiifet) at Southsea, in compliance with the order of the last Cuurt of Q iarter Sessions, for at-) provitl. and asked for a contribution towards the erection (in pursuance of section 22 of the Highways and Loco- motives (Amendment) Act, 1878). not exceeding one half the cost—the other half will be borne by the I W rexham Highway Board. Tb R v. the Warden of Ritthin said the question was whether this bridge was of sufficient general im- portance to the county to justify a grant being made from the county funds, or whether it was a bridge of local importance only ? Mr Baugh, vice-chairman of the Wrexham High- way Board, spoke in support of the application for a j contribution towards the cost of this bridge, which he said was of srreat consequence to the public at lar-re. I The Lord Lieutenant observed that it must be borne in min-t that as soon as ever a penny was granted by the county it became a county bridge, and iii'ale to be maintained by the county. It behoved I them therefore to well consider these matters. Mr Lester said, in one sense, as Mr Baugh had remarked, this road was of more public importance than it was important for local purposes. The ap- proaches to the bridge, also, would cost considerab y more than the bridge itself. Col. HU>fhe,, Ystrad, then moved that a contribu- tion of £100 be granted by the Court. This was seconded by the Warden of Ruthin, who I ;¡aid, as the Lord Lieutenant had remarked, they ough.*t .? to ? be very careful in these matters, became as had been pointed out, the moment a grant was made by the County, the bridge became a county bridge. If a bridge was of general importance and utility. then it was only right that Highway Boardi should apply to the County for a contribution; but if a I bridge was only of local importance, then such appli- cations should not be entertained. The resolution was then carried. I COUNTY HALL, DENBIGH. I A letter was read from the Secretary of State it. cloing copy extract from a letter from the chairman of the Prison Commissioners, complaining of the in- adequate accommodation for prisoners attendin., Quarter Sessions for trial at Denbigh. The County Surveyor submitted to the Court a plan and estimate for the improvement of such accommo- dation, for approval, the estimated cost bein-* S80 it was decided that the plan be submitted to the local magistrates, and then forwarded to the Home Scr :ta.ry for approval. LLANRWST LOCK-UP. A report of the Justices acting in the Llanrwst division on the subject of the proposed improvements was read, the estimated cost of carrying out the pro- posal being about £200. It was resolved that the work be carried out under the superintendence of the County Survayor, the ex- pense not to exceed JE200. I u BUTHIN LOCK-UP. An application from the Prison Commissioners as to?e p.rch?e of the lock-up at R?h:n. which f or t PJ?i ?u JS3^3 prison having been laid bef?e the CCoonurtt t/hhe nquestion ?'' deferred for the Ruthin Quarter sState8 to reP°rt ?- to the next Quarter Sessions. I NORTH WALES COUNTIES LUNATIC ASYLUM. loe Court confirmed a resolution passed at a special meeting of the Committee of Visitors, to contribute £ 1L5 towards the cost of purchasing the new burial ground at Denbigh, on condition that the authorities of the burial ground will agree to provide accommo- dation for the burial of pauper lunatics dying in the A-ylum on the same terms as the burial of other in- habitants of the district, for which the new burial i>3?i>8vi(led- The proportion for this county will b 232  I THE DRAINS AT THE COUNTY BUILDINGS, WREXHAM. X- ? ? in repiy to VOl. tiughes, the Chief Constable said he believed the drainage operations at the County buildings had now been satisfactorily completed by Air Lloyd Williams, who was unable to carry out the work properly before, because he had, in the first in- atMce. accepted as good drains what were really bad stance, New drams however, had been put in, and everything was all right. The Court then adjourned.
YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).—TRIAL…
YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).—TRIAL OF I PRISONERS. The Chairman took his seat at at 10 o'clock, and I was accompanied on the Bench by the Lord Lieutenant (Major Cornwallis West). Hoirhes, T. P. Jones-Parry, E. the Rev. Warden of Ruthin, C. Hordern, E-q., Ed. Evans, Esq., Ci/1. Meredith. Ciias. Hughes, E-q., Jno. James, E''l., Dr. Ed. Davies. W. Lester, Esq., and J. Sykea. Esq. I The following gentlemen were sworn on THE GRAND JCRY. I Mr John Beirne, Plas Derwen, foreman, I Mr Chas. Henry Greville. I )11" Peter Mitchell. Mr Fretik. Wm. Soames. I Mr Llewe:lyn Lloyd, Grosvenor Road. Nir J. Bancroft Jugger. Mr Roger Bass. )1 Robert Thomson. I Mr Alire I Owen, t'. ood Hey. Mr Ww. Huntress. I Mr Geo. Ed. Woodford. Mr John Allmand. Mr John Prichard. I Mr Stephen Toye, Llangollen. Mr John Strachan. Mr Alfred Trail Jones Mr James Fisher Ediabury. Mr Chas. Rocke Mr John Jones. Grosvenor Road. Mr Edward Edwards, G'.yntraan. Tne Clerk of the Peace having read the usual pro-I I clamation against vice and immorality, the Chairman I delivered his I CHARGE TO THE GRAND JUBY. I The Chairman, in addressing the grand jury, said Ii the number of cases that would be brought before I them for consideration was somewhat above the average. The number of prisoners was seven in six cases, and although the calendar before them pre- I sented some disagreeable, in fact disgusting, features unfortunately, yet ha thought he might nevertheless congratulate them cn the state of that county in re- gard to crime generally, there being a marked absence of serious crime, which was satisfactory. At the last assizes for Denbigh not a single prisoner was tried, and he was told that at the assizes to be held next week at Chester, for the district including Denbigh- shire, there would not be a single prisoner sent from Denbigh. He thought they might congratulate them- selves upon this being a marked contrast to what had been the case in some parts of her Majesty's domin- ions. The report of the chief constable was read before the magistrates on the previous day, aad that report on the whole was a very satisfactory one. It indicated that there was a diminution in indictable offences during the past quarter, and the only feature at all of an unsatisfactory character was the con- tinued increase in the number of persons proceeded against for drunkenness, there being an increase of 00 over the corresponding quarter of last year. This was a fact difficult to account for, especially after recent legislation curtailing the hours for the sale of drink, and the earnest efforts that were being constantly made to promote temperance and to elevate the tone of the masses generally. He hoped, however, this increase might partly arise from increased vigilance on the part of the police and that it was not an evidence of any real increase in habits of drunkenness amongst the people. It was customary, before dealing with the cases ia -tie calendar, to allude at these Sessions to some of the r Acts of Parliament passed during the Session. Owing, however, to circumstances well known to a!l of them, there had not been any Acts of first-rate importance passed during the recent Session. There had been 78 public Acts placed on the Statute book, but as he said before scarcely any of them were measures of first-class importance, many of them having reference to previous Acts of Parliament. He would just refer to two or three which might perhaps be of importance to them in that part of the country and also to those Acts which affected the administration of the law. The first Act be would allude to was the Act to Atuend the Contagious (Animals) Act of 1878. This was an important Act which gave increased powers to the Privy Council to prohibit the landing of animals from foreign countries when they had reason to believe that the state of these animals was such as to render it expedient to prohibit their importation into this country. It also gave increased powers to the Privy Council as to inflicting a quarantine upon persons bringing cattle from places where disease existed. Another Act was one to amend the Married W omen's Property Act, and was to clear up a doubt which existed in certain cases as to whether, in the case of proceedings being taken by either party, both parties were eligible as witnesses for or against each other. Then there was an act to amend an act passed two years ago called the Settled Land Act, which gave increased powers to tenants for life and settled estates. He thought the new amended Act gave rather more latitude to the tenant for life it was, however, a matter of too complicated a nature, and would take up too much of their time for him to attempt to go into the minutiae of it there. Another measure was an act to extend section 41 of the Licensing Act. 1872. It was formerly provided that when there was an application for the grant of a new license the Magistrates would receive a copy of such license if the license itself had been wilfully withheld by the holder thereof, and the operation of the section had now been extended to include a transfer as well as a new license. It had been doubtful heretofore whether the Act included the transfer, and it was an important amendment of the law the only unfor- tunate part being that it added one more to the already very numerous and complicated questions connected with the Licensing Acts. Another act was that passed for extending the hour at which the poll could be kept open at elections in boroughs baving more than 3,000 voters on the register, viz., from 8 in the morning to 8 in the evening, both at Parlia- mentary and municipal elections which would effect a considerable change in the case of laree towns. Thp I Public Libraries Act, 1SS4, was also an important an i i i i p ort a n t Act, because it gave increased powers to local authorities to establish schools of art and museums. There was previously some doubt as to what powers local authorities had to accept grants for the&e pur- poses, and the new act cleared up those doubts and enabled the authorities under these acts, to extend their very useful work. The next act was an act which would effect some considerable changes in the law and was called an Act to Amend the Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1879. The act also repealed a a number of other acts beginning from the time of an act in the reign of William and Slary and going down to an act passed only two years ago. This amended act would require careful attention on the part of all persons concerned in the administration of the law. First of all, the act repealed the obsolete punishments for non-payment of flues and other sums of money. Formerly when a man could not pay his fine he was to be punished by whipping and in other ways, but it was thought advisable to remove this enactment from tile :3tatuh Book. Another object of the Act was to cause more uniformity in cases of appeal to Qu trter Sessions from the Petty Sessions Courts..eVUnost every Act passed had provided a separate mo le of pro- eadure in case of these appeals. When the Summary Jurisdiction Act was passed in 1870, a new form of procedure and regulations was laid down, but up to the present moment it was held that the appellants were able to proceed under either Act—under the new rules ill the old Acts, or the Summary Jurisdiction Act. lhat had naturally led to some confusion and it was now enacted that in all appeals to Quarter Sessions the rules of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, were to be followed. Tiien the schedule went on to repeal parts of a great number of Acts relating to appeals to Quarter Sessions, so as to bring the whole of the appeals under the sections of the new Act. As he said before, this Act would require a good deal of careful studying by I magistrates' clerks and other persons connected with the administration of the law. Next came an Act which might be a very useful one, viz., an Act to enable local authorities to transfer the whole or cer- tain parts of their districts, under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, to the districts of other local authorities. It was often found, for instance, that there was considerable difficulty in working the Acts where there were certain detached pieces of coun- ties Surrounded by other counties, and it was provided by this Act that, in the case of two districts where part of one district is wholly surrounded by another district, if the two local authorities a 're-'d one authority might transfer its powers und-r the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act entirely to the authority whose district surrounded their detached piece. The Act also gave power to authorities to combine and appoint a joint committee, which might be very useful in many places, where sometimes, in the case of small areas under the Act, there is clash- ing between the authorities. He would justallute to the lurupiie Continuance Act, because in one of I .&.l.. _.L! tue sections it provided that the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road would become a main road from the 1st November next, and that 213 miles of that road ran through the county of Denbigh. Therefore, the maintenance of that road, and the repairs of brides and culverts, from the 1st Nov., would fall upon the County Authority of Denbigh. The next act was in reference to the appointment of a. public prose- cutor, which was a step in the right direc- tion. No doubt some crimes went unpun- ished because none cared to take them up, but it was now enacted that the Solicitor of the Treasury should be the prosecutor, instead of the public prost:- cutor appointed before, and the carrying on of whose office had not been found to be a success, and in every police district the chief officer of police would be reo quired to furnish to the public prosecutor a list of all indictable offence in the county, and stating whether persons bad been prosecuted or not. The public prosecutor would therefore be enabled to take up cases in which no private prosecutions were g,)ing 00, and m reference to their own county, the Chief Con stable would receive instructions to make the neces- sary return. Referring next to the most important Act passed during the Session, namely, the Act dcaung with corrupt practices at municipal elections, this Act followed on the lines of the Act passed in reference to Parliamentary elections, and it not only applied to the election of Town Councils, but to the election of School Boards, Local Boards, and Boards of uuardians. It repeated several of the enactments passed last year, strictly limited the expenses, and provided heavy penalties for illegal practices. There would have to be a list made out in every borough of persons at any time guilty of corrupt practices at municipal elections, and the act would come into force at once and would, no doubt, have an I important bearing upon municipal elections. The C"!1al Boitts Act was an important one, but would not effect them so much in that county. In the Act passed some years ago there was a defect, it not being distinctly provided who should carry out the regulations. Now, however, it was provided that the Sanitary and Registration Authorities in each county should carry out these regulations. The last Act he should refer to was the Post Office Protection Act, which appeared to reoeal several previous Acts relating to the Post Office and brought in some more stringent enactments to prevent placing injurious substances against post office letter- boxes, and also against sending by post explosive-j, inflammable, or deleterious substances. Of course recent events had rendered it necessary to have special enactments against sending any explosive substances by post, and there were accordingly clauses in the Act' rendering it a misdemeanour for persons to send any such substances by post. It was, of course, impossible for him to give the grand jury any adequate*idea of these various Acts of Parliament, but the few observa- tions he had made might probably have the effect of I directing their attention to those Acts in which some I of them might be per,iouaÜy mtf.ré.ite.J.-1h Oh:y>. man then proceeded to refer to the cases in the calendar, and in referenci to the tirst eme-the charge of sheep stealing-said there was one point to which he must direct the atten- tion of the jury. John Lee, according to the depositions, had made a confession which was taken down hy an officer of the police and which Lee hiil signed. Therefore it was a legal confession, and would be put before them in evidence, and this con- fession would go far to implicate him in the mattet but it was a rule of law that a man's confession was only evidence against himself, and not against his accomplices. Therefore, in the case of Philip Jones, the iury must be entirely guided by the evidence of the independent witnesses brought before them. He was bound to teU them that he thought there was ample evidence to justify them in putting both prisoners upon their trial. The Chairman having re- I ferred briefly to the other cases, the grand jury ¡' retired. STEALING A MARE. I John Thomas Lloyd (22) gardener, pleaded guilty to feloniously stealing a mare, valusd at £25, or thereabouts, the property of one Sarah Vaughan, at the township of Meiriadog, be- 211d day of tween the 29:h day of September and the 2nd day of October, 1881.—Mr E. H. Lloyd, instructed by Mr Alua Lloyd, of Ruthin, appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner received an excellent character from a rev. gentleman at Cefn, near St. Asaph, who stated; that the young man had been in considerable monetary difficulties, and that no doubt under pressure of the distress these had occasioned him, he had committed this foolish mad act. The prisoner was then sentenced to six months imprisonment, with hard labour, the Chairman remarking that people were liable, for horse- stealing, to a punishment not exceeding 14 years penal servitude, but that the senteucj in the present case had been a lenient one owing to the excellent charac- ter the prisoner had received. FALSE PRETENCES. I Catherine Riley (31), hawker, was indicted tor having, at Llansantffraid Glan Conway, obtained by false pretences two sheets ai.d a counterpane, valued at Si 6J, the property of liannah Evans.-The prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, she having already been in prison awaiting her trial for seven weeks. I I THEFT OF A WATCH. I John Cartwright, a private in the Royal Welsh Fuiiliers, was indicted for stealing a watch, the pro- perty of Thomas Williatns.-The prisoner pleaded guilty.—Major Hntton said the prisoner's character was good. He had only ten days' training, but had previously 56 days' militia training, and "during that time his character had been good.—The evidence in connection with the case is given in another ek)luql n.- Prisoner was sentenced to four months' im- Drisonment. I. THE DENBIGH ASSAULT CASE. I I John Davies, lamplighter, was charged with having indecently a?simltad ?nd ill-treated Mary C?thertne Hovd, nine years of ag, at the Druid Inn, Denbigh, on September3rd.—Mr Colt Williams prosecuted, and Mr J. Eldon Bankes defended.—The evidence given was similar to that which has been reported.— The jury retired for consultation, and after an absence of nearly two hours, returned a verdict of not guilty," and the prisoner was therefore dis- charged. CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT AT THE BH03. I I nomas Owens (14), collier's labourer, was charged with having indecently assaulted Sarah Platt. seven years of age, at Rhos, on September 23rd.—Mr Yates prosecuted, and Mr Edwards, instructed by Mr Ken- rick, defended.—Evidence for the prosecution having been given, Mr Edwards, on behalf of the prisoner, submitted that the uncorroborated story of the prosecutrix was entirely untrue, and remarked how difficult it was to refute charges of this description, even by innocent pei,si)iii.-Severat wit- nesses a3 to the character of the prisoner having been called, the Chairman addressed the jury, who immediately acquitted the prisouer. [For remainder see second edition.]
District News.
District News. MOLD. CONCERT.—At the Town Hall on Monday evening Mr James Young, the organist of the Parish Church, held his annual concert, when a fairly large audience was present, the front portion of the hall being tilled by the elite of the neighbourhood. Numerous encores were accorded, and the artistes without exception were enthusiastically received. Those who took part in the proceedings included Madame Minnie Gwynne, Miss Alice Wolstenholme, Mr Denbigh Cooper, Miss E. Ed wards, Miss D. Parry, and the choir of St. Mary's church. PROPOSED LIBERAL MEETING.—The Committee appointed to carry out the arrangements for the meet- ing proposed to be held on Friday (last) night found that owing to the opening of the North Wales College being fixed for the same time, none of our local mem- bers cou!d attend, and that prior engagements preven- ted one or two others. Under these circumstances it was thought wiser to postpone the meeting until the end of the year, when it is probable that the Duke of Westminster may preside, and the meeting be one of the most important held in Flintshire for many years. REVISION COURT.—The Court for the revision of the lists in the parishes constituting the polling dis- tricts of Mold, Nannerch, and Tryddyn was held at the County Hall on Saturday, before W. L. Foulkes, Esq., revising barrister. In the township of Bodidris the Liberals sustained one objection, the Conserva- tives no claims or objections. In Cilcain the Liberals one claim, the Conservatives three. The Liberals sustained foui objections and the Conservatives two. In Mold the Liberals sustained 17 new claims, and the Conservatives 18; the Liberals also sustained 21 objections, and the Conservatives 9. giving thus a Liberal majority of 11 in the parish of Mold. In Nannerch the Liberals sustained one claim and two objections, the Conservatives made neither. In Nerquis the Liberals sustained one claim, the Con- servatives made no claims or objections. In Tryddyn the Liberals sustained live claims and three objec- tions, the Conservatives sustained two claims and fi ve objections, giving the Liberals a majority of one, or a majority on the day's proceedings of 17. The total result for the polling divisions of Cilcain, Northop, Hawarden, Nannerch, Mold, Tryddyn, Caergwrle, Hanmer, Overton, and Sarn is a Liberal majority of 82. The revision for the borough of Mold resulted in the sustaining of 21 new claims by the Libarab and 11 by the Conservatives, and the sustaining of 7 Liberal objections and 8 Conservative ones, or a clear go-in of 9 for the Liberals. The result in the boroughs of I Holywell, Flint, Caergwrle, and Mold has been a net I gain of 51 for the Liberals. At Mold the Liberals were represented by Mr Morgan and the Conserva- tives by Messrs. Humphreys, of Rhyl. It would be well to say that duplicate claims and objections are omitted from the above list as in other divisions. BRYAIBO AND BROUGHTON. I HARVEST THANKSGIVING Ssavtcss AC Moss.—On I Monday a special harvest thanksgiving service was I held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Moss, when a very practical sermon was preached by the Rev. R. B. Howeroft, the circuit minister, to an overflowing congregation, the chapel being fiiied to its utmost. Special hymns were sunj by the chapel choir, under the leadership of Mr T. Anderson. The service was precede! by a social tea, of which nearly a handred partook. PENTRE SCHOOL TREAT.—Some time ago an enter- tainment was ?iven in this sch-?i by the present and former pupils with the view of providing & school tre?t for the children attending the schools. The entertainment was in every respect successful, and exceeded the most .anguine expectations, but not sufficient was realised to carry out the object of the promoters, so that an appeal had to be made to a few charitable friends of education interested in the dis- trict, and a hearty response was made. Yesterday (Friday) week the children, to the number of nearly 500, assembled in their schoolrooms, which had been tastefully decorated by the teachers, and were re- galed with a. bountiful supply of seed and plum cake. Their wants were attended to by the teachers and a host of willing assistants. In the evening Mr J. F I Edisbury, Huh-street, Wrexham, exhibited before l the delighted children a series of dissolving views Before separating,. Mr Ashley called for three cheers for Mr Edisbury and those who had! contributed to the fundz;, as well as the laJies wÍi:) had IHiisted to I make the gathering a success, and the response of the scholars was of the heartiest character. The cake, &c., was supplied by Mr Thos. Williams, Cocoai Mouse. Brvmbo. LITERARY MEETING AT BETHANIA CHAPEL, LODGE -On Monday evening a literary and competitive meeting was held at Bethania Chapel, Lodg~ under the auspices of the members of the Sunday School connected with the chapel. The arrangements had been made for holding two meeting, one in the after. noon and the other in the evening, but owing to counter attractions, the afternoon meeting had to be abandoned, and the whole of the programme was gone through at the evening meeting. In the afternoon a tea took place in the school-room, when upwards of 180 sat down. The meeting was opened by Mr Simon Davies, Cerney, a popular local tenor, "inging the Davies, Cerney, Hen Gwlad Fy Nhydae." The President was Mr Wtlham Lester, PenygeIH. Mr John Davies, Neifion" acted as conductor and dis- charged his duty well. The following is the pro- gramme with the names of the successful competitors. Competition in singing for children under 12 years, "Ylnae Bywyd trwy edyrch," from Sankey's collec- tion. the prize being awarded to Mr T. Jones' Lodge. For the best knitted pair of chlldrs socks, Catherine Ann Roberts, Lodge, received the prize. ) Competition in singing for soprano voices, O Tyred yn ol," the prize was divided between Miss M. E. ¡ Reynolds, Lodge, and Miss Williams, Graig Wen. Reading a selection given at the time, for children under 12 years, prize awarded to Miss C. F. Williams, Lodge. Spelling for children under 10 yea the best being E van ? Humphreys. For the be.? hand. writing the 1st P?ahn-theb?twa-.Uewelyn Jones* Mount Pleasant, Cerney. Singing a piece given at the time, W.n. L. <- Jones*. Lodge. P.?try.f.? the bestfour verses ou the Beatitudes," .?h chap. of Matthew 1, Mr .Jonathan Williams. Competition for I baritones i? singing Pinacl Anrhyddedd," pdze chv! led between Mr  E W. Parry and Mr WiS I Hughes, Lodge. For the best recitation of a piece of their own choice, lat, Samuel Howard. Competition in ?nstng? forehUdren under 15 y??. Wh ter than Snow," prize divided between Miss M. E. Wynn and ?Mt.? h?hW.ni.ams. Lodge. For the b?tread? from Revelations, 18, 1?, tn;l 20 utitler 1,S years old, ht, W- T. Jones. Playing the harmon!u,n. tune Llangeuho from Inen ???"? ?'??Mon* 1.,it, C. I. W:U:ams, Lod?. Re??ntr a pie a given at the time, 1st, Jo.?ph T. B?is, Lodge. Recit- in?? a piece from the ?'Mr<? ?<???c, 1? Eva M Humphreys. Int the best rendering of the tenor II S'lOg" 1'I1e Ba"!l (?ir]," by Dr. p?rry ht, MrW? Hughe., Lodge, ?.r the b?t knitted pair o?o?n eut?, v Ist Miss Wuliams, Grraig Wen. An instru- mental duit by tha Mi?s Wiiiiams, Myfanwy Cott??. L.dge. WM bnbiantly executed, and this was followed  by a song by Mr Robert W?iSaSs: i A:hvYl'clwddl. C,nnpetttlon '° singing the duet, .S^'?i.nn g s bv;;lu l C a^etition singing the duet (tauor and bass), prise divided   ????" ? ?, ?'"  ?'? 'vided -r M?.'v. .en\.MT r?mo'. i?vtes (pentre} and Mr E. W. ¡ P;ury ?v > 1 \r Ilr !T-.()?i-e) and Mr j?nryR.?rt?Bryn?), who turned the pHz? he chapel [a„cK ^ompetiti^ by chow, Lot lQSS   in  ?? ?? ?.?.? I O D   i r -?? yf?.. {ft? ?t:?c?.??-?.?A 'I .\v. r:: J;íl.¡)t l. t: pt7.: Ct:l! ¿rG:\I..d to the L?dgp Glee Party, conducted by U.. p w Parry, ior the bit nMweM to f)UM!.t?? ?,. W. Scriptures, prize ?w?rjfd to Mr G? K lwar ? è,t the best answers to the quMtu<ns on the i)K? Jesus Christ, for children under 1G ye.u-? !'e? \? (,' Edwards. The adjudicator of music %v?,3 D !K • Pentre fo)' reAUnj ?md recitation. MR 'h).t)? Williams Md Mr Robert Roberts ;forwti?? spemn, Mc M. D. Jones and Mr Jonathan I) i* for poetry, Mr John Davies (Ne:6o?. There w&s' ve*y good attendance, and the proceeds were in '??M!) oB? tbe chapel fundlt. LLANFYNYDD. THE RECTOR, Tlig SERVICFS, AND THE BISHOP The Church Times of the 311.)" inst. is responsible b the following:- I r The Bishop of St. Asaph (who, it m?y be re-n obtained hM See by a mere fluke, ?< the Premier w • informed ab?uthia antecedents), has ranged hints )' ? with that minority of th? episcopal bench which d? r to revive the civil war in the UhuMh, ?nd has been c¡v 'J enough to mix up?h?tseons?toc?i-t?ueof!) -? b'- 1 .>11\1 with the true one. ?thoitotttnutb.tsbeeaintr,.? ? with the gOQlhvm of the congfeg?tion, mto the ¡)ar¡' charehofManfynydd, by the ve?efaMa rector h» K' rQ K Moyd, who has held the h,IO. ever since ?t? Bishop directed the introduction of ? Webh SMrvm' I}¡ time back, which wa? complied with, but with the r"s,t!: of 8ptying the church, as She churchgoers ? ?n<?? speaking. On its discontinuance as a failure the ■>, u promptly &!ied again, and chietly with meu V1SV ^T the Bishop visited the rectory, and remonstrates > ,V the disuse of the WeMtao'?itM. and w?atotttn;,? f,7illl"! and of the decision of a meeting of puF?hiortt-r? ?  its continuance, The Bishop 9?td th?thMwi); "? '"? th it of the rector and pMMhioneM, was wh?t sh?tht "?? vail, and dem uuled implicit obedience, On M )! '? Mfuaa!, he then 1Dqlrell into the titmi tt?' ,? io church, and was told that the Six Points were .!).'f"'? Hereupon, he ordered tbel( immediate disc.nitinti°n the ground that his order to that effect is it ? ",),Ily Itlon, which is entitled to obedience, ?vi'? W[,Lt HoyddecHned to accept. The Bishop then de-nit -a 11" ing that" the law mu3t take its co?.?/'Mdthe?t. ing the rectoes popu?rity with the Oture ptri-h. „ -?, went round to the homes of the Oissentin pa-i ;!]/„, meludmg the local preachers, asking the, ?rf;i,t.?.' the iHeg? practices, aud stating th?t he meant f h?n h? way, and t? put them down. But he had for on e luist his men. Strong as the Dissenters are in mMf nmnh™ they are Mondty to the Rector, who is universally ik » and respected, and consider tha the Bishop h? i.n!f. them by trying to make them turn in?rm? i -? absence of any formal complaintfro those who JU'¡"ht i supposed aggrieved—a fact the Bishop w.? imlS, r.^ enough to admit to them. Inde d, so far ar,? the 'tr? ?h other way. that the Church p:msbloner¿ lately petition,t for the addition of incense to the existing cere'mnni.i The Bishop has accordingly lost credit aud inttm-ure 111 round, ani is felt to be acting only in accord wi'h ilii owo Puritanism and love of power, not for the H o0, t the, Church at Llanfynydd. OSWESTRY. CHOIR TREAT.—On Thursday evening the Ite7 IV, Howel Evans, vicar of St. Oswald's, gave III, anient tea, at the Victoria Rooms, to the choirs .f St Oswald's and the Welsh churches and the church workers of the parish. ANNIVERSARY SERVMES.—On the occ?i?n of th?s? services at St. 03wald's Church on Wednesdaiy (.v.?j ing. the sermon was preached by the Kev F p,?, sonby, M.A.. vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, MMst r SquaM, London. The coHectwll amounted t? tu P* 10d, and was to be devoted to the expenses of the special services. On Thursday evening the preacher was the Rev. C. J. Thompson, M.A., vicar ot St John's, Cardiff, and the collection, which was for th,, Choral Festival Fund, amounted to t;s 1 ts. iv church was very well filled each evening. THEFT 01" BOOTS.—On Thursday, at the Cq itt,,Ity Police Court, William Kynaston, of Kititierley, w u charged by John Lewis, of the same place, with stealing from him a pair of boots, of the valne "f 17- on, the 25th September last, It appeared from ttie evidence that complainant and defendant were -tit: home together on the day in question, when Le .vis gave defendant a pair of boots to carry for Iiiiii. Kynaston afterwards made off with the hoots and he eventually sold them to another man. Sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labor. RHUDDLA2*. THE BAPTIST CHAPEL.—This old chapel, erect? t in 182G, has just been rebuilt. It now covers the wil,ie space formerly occupied by chapel and vestry, will hold about 350 persons. The large seat is raii- d off by a very pretty balustrade, within which is the baptistry, the table, and the pulpit, the latter beim; a neat structure in the recesi between the two windows, giving the place a very pleasing appeara:u;e. The seats are all of pitch pine, stained and varnished, an l are open and very comfortable. A very comtn m* vestry is erected on one side, filled up with the '.d seats taken out of the chapel. The whole is ¡¡"It!y and substantially finished from designs by Mr ;.£' Williams, of Ochryfoel, carried out by Air .¡"hn Edwards, builder, of Rhyl. The total cost will h,! nearly SHOO: Great assistance has been ren iere l in carting material, &c., by neighbouring tanners. The re-opening services were held in the last mouth, an.I were conducted by the Revs. J. Ellis, Llai;et>I I T. Thomas, Denbigh W. Evans, Penygslii [>, Wit. liams, Abergete H. Hughes, Llanrwst; W. Samuel, Liverpool; Daniel Davies, Bangor; and Timothy Lnomas, Newport; Messrs C. Roberts and J, Ftitn- stone. Rhuddlan, and the Rev. Benjaman K.-ans, the energetic pastor of the: church. The first chapel wa* opened August 27th, 182o. TRYDDYN. HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES These w-re held in the Pari-di Church, on the was.'an English service at three p.m., an 1 Welsh at sevan. The Rev. G. Williams, vicar of lilyti iv- frdwy, preached both in English and Welsh to larije congregations. The church was suitably decorated for the occasion by several lady members of the hurch.
TERMINATION OF LLA\ HALL"…
TERMINATION OF LLA\ HALL COLLIERY STRIKE. Work was partially resumed at this colliery on Friday, after a stand-out of a fortnight, and by Monday most of the men were at work. Mr Boosie, the manager, met the workmen un the previous Thursday, and an amicable arrangement by way of compromise was come to. The men agreed that tha price of raising coal should be the same, but accepted a reduction of 2d per ton in the rate paid fhr getting slack, and day wages were reduced from 33 211 per tiny to 3s, being about 51 per cent.
CUTTING THE FIRST SOD OF THE…
CUTTING THE FIRST SOD OF THE WIRRAL RAILWAY. L" mt « un xnnrsaay afternoon, the first sod of the new system of Wirral Rail -way,,i-vhicii will connect Liverpool and Sirkenhead with Xew Brighton, the baakilof the Dee, and: North Wa!^—wat cut b_y the Premier, in the presence of an enormous concourse of spectators, numbering about 30,0')0 persons. Owing to the crowded state of our columns, we are corn gelled: to hold over our report. 410.
LIVERPOOL CORJJ MARKET.--
LIVERPOOL CORJJ MARKET. LIVKKPOOI., Friday. M, arket opens with very quiet tone for wheat, and easier prices before the close are rather i/Jdic\tp',I, Indian corn dearer, and firm at 5s li for new 1Ilh",j American. Weather fine, and very niild {or the season. LONDON CORN MARKET. LONDON, Friuay. There i. s no change to report in wheat, but business continues restricted. Flour unchanged, maize steady, barley slow sale, oats quiet at late rates.
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