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F I £ ntertaiuments and Meetings. 1 THE BEST SICK BENEFIT CLUB TO ESTER IS THE I 0. OF RECHABITES, ESTABLISH ED NEARLY 50 YEARS, c ,.mhll" to Act of Parliament, accumulated mSuii-Uarse Membership. Held at the COMMITTEE Fun" ",1' TEMRERANCE HALL, WREXHAM, J- 11* >rv Iternate Saturday evening from 7 to 8. Sick t'tit.; from 5s to 15s per week (according to payments.) ) 'd Payments from £ (> to ?24. This Club be:ng con- '? t, ()Il tt I lines, free from the ('onLlminations d I i|! !,uh!Ï\h"u-e, none but Total Abstainers are admitted. .;r:icu'ar.sfro!T. members or the Se' etary. who will ,.)?.! to niv a!! information on C,ub nights from 6 to 8 '-i??); ?ieniLe?s admitted from 10 to ID years of age oil r" "1 p?po-.inon Fee, £ s Cd. NEXT MEETING NIGHT, FEBRUARY 12TH. 80a C )R,N EXCHANGE, WREXHAM. FIFTH ANNUAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 188G. » PRESIDENT HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER The Afternoon M 'eting will be devoted to the various COMPETITIONS. ADJUDICATOR :-A. J. CALDICOTT, Esq Mis. BAC. In the Evening, a GRAND CONCERT, Will be given. A R T I S T E S M'DLLE. TREBELLI, MISS ELEANOR REES. MR SEYMOUK JACKSON. MR P. GORDON. THE" CANTon" (117ARTETF Ot MALE VOICES. Musical Director: Mil JOSEF CANTOR. Admission: Afternoon Evening Meetina. Meeting, .iinilv Ti'-ket (admit fhe). 12s lid 21s Od Keserved Stalls ;$s 0d 5s lltl Sei -nil !»e:i's a< od 2s 6d Is Od Is lid [lack Seat* (limited number) li od 13 Qd Phil of Reserved St ills may be seen at Mr J. F. E iis- »>ur\ », Hi;Ii-,trtiet, frotii whom on'y Reserved Seats can ne secured. Tickets may be had from Messrs Bayley and ;•Hope-street, <Vc. I)i>oi> op n at I and 7.15 p.m. Afternoon Meeting com- mences at I Concert at 8 For railway arrange- ments see Companies' bills or programmes, which will be i-nt per post on receipt of 3 £ <t by W. A. BAYLEY, Secretary. .1, H 'pe-street, Wrexham. 170ac THE ViDGE AND RECREATION ROOM FOR YOUNG WOMEN IS BUSINESS. fl>HF. ADJOrH?KD MEETING wij be held in the 1 ?. [X<.? HANK, on F?iday, FEBRUARY Uth, ■it Eight under the presidency of the MAYOR (J. Pricliard, KMJ ) Toe meeting will he addressed hv the H(II: G T, KKNYON, MP, Sir ROBERT A. CLNLIFFE, nll t ai d other Gentlemen. Admission Free 272c THE UHOSLLANERCH RUGOG CHAIR EISTEDDVOD. WHIT-MONDAY, 1887. CHAIR SVBJFXT A M S E R CHiEF MVSICAL PRIZE: £ 15 15s, PKIZE> IN ANTIQUITY, ART, AND COLLIERY I N-TELLIGENCE. I'loor.,iLuies, 1*1 by post, from the Secretary, MR JOHN EYAJNS, CHURCH STREET. RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG, •:ila XEAR RUABON. ■_>NI» (F COMPANY), V.BR.W.F. A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS' llALL Will be held in the DRILL HALL, CAERGWRLE, On FEBRUARY 1t5m, SINGLE TICKETS, 35 tiD; DOUBLE TICKETS, 6s, i jr which an early application should be made to Sergt. Miilington, Cefnybedd, Wrexham A COMMISSIONED OFFICERS BALL Will be held OIl FEBRUARY 17ia, IN THE DRILL HALL, TICKETS 7S 6D, EACH. r which please aiply to Capt in Sparrow, Acton Cottage, Wrexham. ">;tieing in each ca,e commencing at 8 p m. Proceeds in aid of the Funds of the Driil Hall. 2l'lif IJOPE j)ISTRICT pOULGHING SOCIETY. UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE Ihe district comprises Hope, Tryddyn, Leeswood, Hart- sheatl, Higher and Lower lvinnerton, Liay, Broughton, H .v a aen, and Saltney. THE FOURTH ANNUAL MATCH Will tale place on Land in the occupation of Mr Win. Fryer, 31ackbrook Farm, near Pen> tfurdd (about half-a- mile from Hope Station), on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1887, 'i.r preveite(I bv frost, the first op-n Wednesday after- wards.) All enti e, to be made on or before > iturday, Februar., 12th, ]"IiC\ll)nday's post in tim.) For furtl ;r partxu'ars see srrr 11 1 ill-, or apply to the S^cretiry, Wil. MOSES, 2 i4f Hope, near Mold. POPULAR LECTURES. );o. FRIDAY, 11TH FKIUIVARY, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, IN' THE TEMPERANCE HALL, J. E. LLOYD, B.A., 0: Aberystwtb University College, will deliver the firs-, j,ecture of the course, eptitled- THE ENGLAND OF THE ARMADA I AND THE POWDER PLOT." SuisJETT TH K QUARREL \\ITH SPAIN." CHURMAN—T. B. ACTON, EQ (tresident of the Movement). 1 ickets for thcCourse, Is Ud each, may be h ul of Messrs HUGHES A SON, Hope-street, and Mr POTTER, Hih street, or of the Secretary, Mr GEO. nOChE, The Elms Adtuission to Single Lecture, 0 1. 2j2n P R F 1. 1:\1 I SA R Y A X N 0 U X C E M E N T ST DAVID'S DAY. THE I N U A L INNER, In commenioraton of the Patron Saint of Wales, WUL BE HELD AT THE HORNS HOTEL, ON TUESDAY, THE 1sT DAY OF ARCH. 1^7. PRESIDENT-.—THE lOX. G. T. KENTYON, M.P. TICKETS, CS. EACH. 2S2o PARISH CHURCH. WREXHAM. AN ORGAN RECITAL Will be ON TLESDAY, FEBRUARY 1*87, At 8 p.m., by DR. JOSEPH C. BRIDGE, M.A., Orionist of Chester Cathedral. 285z WREIHAM INFIRMARY. NOTICE|IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT TNE NOTICElIS HEREY GIVEX, THAT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE iJVERNOaS or THIS ISTITUTIOX WILL BE HELD AT THE SAVINGS' JANK, WREXHAM, oN WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH FEBRUAE1, 1887, At Twelveo'clook at Noon j OSWELL BURY. Wrexham, Secretary. N?'rexhtim, n,.„ .> 1U.-T ZW Fei)rU?L-Y -,rd, ISS4 POSITIVE CORN, WART J!SD BUNION CURE. A safe and certain remedy without pain. This new prepara- tion causes the most obstiute corn to shell off in two nights, and gives a free aid healthy action to the ekin. Price, with brush, Od,; per post b.-JAMf!S FIRER EDISBURY, M.P.S.,North Wales Pharmacy High street. Wrexham. 808 Education. J.- /r, r"l"r- BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES. GROVE PARK, WREXHAM. THE MISSES LLOYD Will resume School Duties ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 1SS7. 76n MISS S. 1-1 U G H E S) R. A. ]\1., continues to teach PIANOFORTE AND SINGING, and pupils prepared for the Royal Academy examinations 21 ADDRFSS-30, ERDDIG ROAD. PRIZE WORD COM- PETITION. In consequence of the number of competitions sent in, and the vast labour involved in testing their correctness, we are com- pelled to postpone the publica- tion of the Winning Numbers until next week.
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Births. Marriages, and Deaths. No Notice of Birth, Marriage, or Death can be inserted unless authenticated by the name and address of the sender. The charge for insertion is One Shilling, but if the announcement is accompanied with any additional remarks Two SHILLINGS. BIRTHS. ANDREW—Jan. 31st, at Pentre Broughton, the wife of Joseph Andrew, of a son. ALLCKOFT-Jan. 28th, at Oswald-road, Oswestry, the wife of F. Allcroft, of a son. EVANS—Jan. 31st, at 17, Alexand-a-road, Clan?,hton, Birkenhead, the wife of Willi an P. Evans, of a son GR I FFIt HS-J an. 24th, at Summe-hill, the wi e of Francis Griffiths, of a daughter. HUGHES—Jan. 31st, the wife of Mr R. Hughts butcher, Denbigh, of a daughter. JONES—Jan. 28tli, at Pent- e Brt ,:ghton, the wife of the late Wm. Jones, of a son. LI.OYD—Jan. 2 th. at Hafod. M Id. the wife of Edward Voy. of a daughter. 'I PARRY-JONES— Jan. 2th, at Vale-s'reet, Denbigh, the wife of John Parry-Jones, s licitor, of a son RODERICK—Feb. 1st, at 10. Smithfield-r. ad, Wrexham, the wife of C. H Roderick, ef a daughter. SAL SBURY—Jan 27th at Brvmbo, the wife of Edward Salisbuiy, of a son. WYNNE—Jan. 29th, at Felin Puleston, the wife of Davi 1 Wynne, of twins. MARRIAGES. CEIRIOG-HUGIIKS—JONES—Jan. 24th, at the Parish Chur.h, Oswestry, Mr Arthur Ceiriog-Hughes, of Cnersws, to Ethel. daughter of Mr Jones, Llwyn-y- Mapsis, near Oswestry. DAVIES- JONES -Jan. 31st, at Rehoboth Chapel, L'an- gollen, by the her. Robert Hughes, Lodge, in the presence of Mr Jam s Clarke, regbtr ,r, Ir Joseph pre.seiiee of Ilr Jain 6 Clarke, C? NI-3 Ellen Jo.ies, Davies, Brynhyfryd Garth, Trevor, to M s Ellen JOdes, Ch ipel House, Garth. Trevor. GREEN—FINLOW— Jan. 2,th, at St Winifred's Roman Catholic Church, Hol)m-ell, b THE Rev. T. Swift, S.J., Mr Arthur Joseph (;reen, to Miss Ann Finlow, both of Panyball, Holywe l JoN,Fs-Tiiol*iAS -Jan. 13th, at St. Peter's, Hargrave, Cheshire, by THE Rev. A. P. Holme, M. A., rector of Tattenha'd, William, younger son of Mr Edward J mes, of Tattenhall-road, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of Mr Evan Thomas, Bwlch-y-Cibau Mont. WELLS— MASLEN— Jan. 26th, at St John's Church, GUucest-r, by the Rev Ere, rector, by licence Standish Cr,dy Welis, el lest son ot the hte Abraham Wei's, Esq Penlan, Ruthin, Denbighshire, to Bessie, 'l only daughter of T. H. Maslen, Esq., Booth Hall' Gloucester. WILLIAMS—DAVIES—Jan. at the Register Office, Holywell, Mr John Williams, N.int y c i, Gronint, I' Holvwell. to Miss Sarah Davies, Meliden, Prestatyn, Rhyl. WOKDDISSE—HILL—Jan 26th. at the Parish Church, Khuddlan, hy licence, by the Rev. T. W. Vaughan, vicar, Mr Edwin Wooddisse, to Miss M. E. Hill, both of Rhyl. nEATH. BOYUXG—Jan. 27th, aged 71 'ear., at BroughiH, Whit- church, Mr Edward BoyIin. BLACKWF.LL—Feb. 1st. aged 44 years, at Backford, near I Chester, Ma-y. wife of Mr Edward Blackwell, late of Acton, near Wrexham CLARKE-OV. loth, lSSti, aged 48 years, at Dakota, North America, Charles Burwell Clarke, youngest son of Mrs ClarkI'-HZ oir, High-street, Rhyl. CUMINGS— Jan. 27th, aged 3ft years, Annie, the beloved wife of Mr Cumings, St. Ignatiui Villa, Pantasaph, Hnlvwel. CAFFEUTY—Jan. 2Sth, aged 21 years, at Abbot street, Wrexham, Mary Ann Cafferty. CLARK— Ja >. 3lst. agedS4 jears, at Owersyllt Farm, Wrex- ham, Charles Clark, butcher, late of St. Neots Hunts. CLOUGII --keb. 1st, Charles Butler C ough, Esq., Deputy- Lieutenant and J.P. for the County of F int, of Llwyn off. Mola'id Boughton House, Chester DANIELS—J IN. 28th, aged 45 years, at 11, femithfield-road, Wrexham, Mary ) a-?ie's. Wrexham, ?Sth, aged 56 ye?rs, at Pentre Broughton, DAY! us—J M Owen Davies. DATIE lan 2lth. aged 36 years, Edward, son of Mr Simon Davie slater, Beacon's Hill Denbigh. DUNDAS .1 tn 2Kih, in his 7"th year, at 14, B:ighton-road, Rhyl, Wedde.burn Dundis. EDWARDS—J<tn. 2 i:h, ager' 41i years, at 1-I, Churc'I-lane, Gordon. Manchester, Eiiz ibeth, the be'oved wife of the late Mr Ri;hard Edwards, blacksmith, formerly of LlansolUn EVANS-JAN 2 »th, aged (I W/tks, at 4(1, Talbot-rond, WreX- ham John Harold Evans s n of R..hc. W. Evans. HUMPHREYS -Feb lqt, ago. 32 years, at 2, Napier-street, Wrexham. D in e Humphreys io.NF.s-jali. 3U:h, aaed ö., years, at Brymbo, Thomas Jo es JONES—Jan 2-;h AJ^D 9 years, a, Holt Acidemy, J,«ne Olive. eldest surviving son ot Nlr J. Oliver Jones. JONES—Jan 20th. ag d till %ears, at Llanfair Ca-'reinion Vicirage, Eleanor, wife of t ie itev. T. Jeffrey Jone-. JONHS-Jan 10th, aged HO years, at ThMount, Gresford, Mary .Tone. LLOYD—J IN. 21 h, aged 27 years, at Hafod, Mold, Ethel Mary, wife of K-lwd. Lloyd. MEDDI NS J IN. 2Gth, at Lvdham Anne, relict of John Meddins, rm 'r y f Trewytbpn, Llandinani. MEREDITH—Jan. 2'!rd, aged 31 years, Miss Mary Meredith, eldest daughter of the late Rev. John Meredith, Dolgelley. MOSTYN J.tn. 27th, aged SI years, at Aml vch, Anglese Mrs Etlen M 'styn, math r of the Rev. J. Mostyn of Newtown. MULLI^ER—J n 3 d, aged 74 years, at Woodhou-e, Wait- church, Sa ALI, wife of Mr Thomas Mulliuar. PETERS -Jan. 27th age iiI, ears, at Tallarn Green, Mary, widow of John Peters. POOLE-J.n. 25'h, aged 35 years, • t Tyuiawr, T wvn, Fanny Poo'e. the secon'L daughter of Mr Griffith Jon-s, Tjrniwr. PRICF-JAN. 30th, aged i;0 years, at Hengaer, G1 M'rafon, Cor wen, the 11 JV Edward P.,ic;, Bangor, formerly of Birmingham. ROBERTS—J tn. 28th, agel 8" years at Midd'e Sontley, Ann, wife of J JHN R-dierts, and was interred in the N.-w Cemetery, Rutb n-r .ad, Feb. 2nd. ROBERTS—J .n, ltiih, aged 4T5 years, Mr Ellis Robe ts, Borth CotUge near Bouiddu, formerly bailiff .it the Ct,tTe Farm, J) Igellev. -t!I, aired "4 years, Mrs Roberts, of C1 telliii-;cli, Lla rh iiadr RODEN—Feb. Is aged 5S years, AJ 4, Park-street, Rhos- dÙII, Wrexham, Elizibeth, relict of ihe late George oden. TOMLINSON—Jan. 2nth, age 1 62 yeari, a, Milpxs, Jane, wife of Edward J'iiii nson. WYNN —Feb. 2nd. aged 73 yers. at Rackery Farin, Llay, Gresford, Ann wife "f JU'IIES Wynn.
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THE Vymwy water scheme has so far entailed an expenditure of £1,500,259 13s lOd. THE F■ ric light is being introduced at the Ffrwd colliery I he light is to he used in the workings as well as on the surface. THE question of the county expenditure has been engaging the attention of the Ruthin Board of Guardians The Guardians found they could not interfere. IT has been decided to hold the show for 1887, in connection with the Denbighshire and Flint- shire Agricultural Society, at Rhyl. It had been suggested that in view of the annual meeting ° at Wrexham of the Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society, the Rhyl show should be abandoned. IT is understood that in the railway bill shortly to be laid before Parliament the Government have endeavoured to provide such facilities for arbitration that costly a d pro- tracted litigation shall in future be largely superseded in disputes between the public and railway companies. To this end it will be sought to considerably increase the powers of the Railway Commissioners. Provision will also be made for the more equitable adjustment of rates, and for dealing more stringently with the working of canals. A special committee of the Chester Farmers Club have reported in favour of permanent reduction in rents instead of landlords giving per centages half-yearly because that does not affect the rates and taxes, which are still levied on the higher rent. As to tithes they advocate further legislation, and suggests that the averages should be computed over a period of three years instead of seven as at present, and that in future the tithes should be paid by the landlords. ON Thursday Mr Stanley left Cairo on his expedition for the relief of Emin Bey. IN the debate on Thursday in the House of Commons on the Address, Mr T. E. Ellis said a promise had been made in the Queen's speech of a Bill to alter the mode of levying tithe in England and Wales The dissatisfaetion on this subject felt in Wales was due to the pinch of suffering and hunger. What had occurred recently was not merely an agitation against an alien Church it was the beginning of a serious agrarian question. ON Thursday, the Mayor of Denbigh presided at the annual meeting of the Denbighshire infirmary. The committee specially thanked Dr. Tumour, the senior honorary medical officer for 3G years, for the handsome donation of £1050, with which he had endowed three free Turnour "beds. The friends of the charity were urged to commemorate the Jubilee vear by founding similar beds, for which there is the most pressing need. MR Osborne Morgan's Burial Grounds Bill, which has just been printed, and stands for reading on the 16th March, is the same Bill that was read a second time without a division last year. While authorising as a religious ceremony the consecration of the whole or any part of a public cemetery, it provides that such ceremony shall create no legal rights or disabilities which do not at present attach to the uncunsecrated portion of cemeteries. ON all the Continental Bourses on Thursday there was a panic caused by the renewed rumours of war. At Paris the mistrust was SO general that it was almost impossible to do any business, while the fact that the Bank of England had reduced its rate of discount only seemed to accelerate the fall in prices At Berlin there was an uninterrupted fall until the close of business. It was reported that a loan of 300,000,000 marks is about to be contracted by the German government for military purposes. A meeting of Welsh residents of Liverpooi was held on Tuesday evening, when full approval was given to the proposed formation of a Welsh Liberal Association for the city, to aid in the promotion of the political interests of the Principality. Among the speakers were the following members of Parliament :—Messrs John Roberts, who delivered a forcible address on Welsh questions of pressing importance, W. Rathbone, Thomas Lewis, W. Abraham, and J Bryn Roberts. A large number of those present joined the association in the course of the pro- ceedings. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Ifiisteddvod, 1888, was held on Tiiursday night, when it was decided to move a resolution at the Jubilee meeting to be held on Tuesday, in the Guildhall, Wrexham, in favour of the erection of a permanent hall as a memorial ot the event. The committee had an earnest talk over the prospects of the Eisteddvod, and a determined effort is to be made to press on with th large amount of work which must be done prior to the visit of the great Institution to the town. We trust that no time will be lost, for the preparations are many, and require to be carefully as well as speedily carried out. THE mining royalties bill. which is being drafted by Mr Conybi-ave and Mr Stephen Mason, provides that the landlord shall be paid by a percentage of the output of the mine, the value to be determi el by striking an average for the year on the prices at the pit's mouth. The amount of the percentage—which will vary according to the cost of working the mine-will be determined by a Mines Court, which the bill proposes to establish for each mining county in the United Kingdom The court will be presided over in England by a county court judge and in Scotland by the sheriff of the county, and will be elected in equal proportions by the landlords, the lessees, or mine owners, and the miners who are O I the parliamentary roll In Ireland its place is to be taken by the Land Court. It will have power to settle all questions relating to surface damages, way leaves, outstrake &c.
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Broad Sympathies. IN these days of jealousies and hatred between the different sections of the Christian Church it is pleasant to come across men who are able to rise above party, and who display catholicity broader than their creeds Lately, Canon Wilberforce ventured to preach on a Sunday evening at a Congregational Chapel in Southampton. It was an evangelistic service, and the Canon, we believe, rightly interpreted the words of Scripture where he is commanded to preach the Gospel to every creature But the bishop of the diocese rebuked him for his grave offence against ecclesiastical rules. The Canon, whilst promising not to repeat the offence, challenges the Bishop to try the matter in a Court of Law, and punish him if he can. Many high authorities are of opinion that there is n-) legal impediment in the way of clergymen preaellino, in Nonconformist chapels. Archdeacon Farrar, whilst believing there is a legal barrier, says in the current number of the Homihtic Magazine, As to the much smaller question of interchanging pulpits, if the Act of Uniformity be so altered as to make it legal I have not the least objection to it. In De tn Sta ley's time Nonconformists and even laymen addressed great multitudes in Westminster Abbey, and -h ro >f did not fall on our heads in consequence. [ say with Whitfield, If the Pope himself would lend me his r:I'pit I would gladly proclaim in it the righteousness of Christ.' Were the Church of England in Wales to be blessed with a few men of the type of Canon Wilberforce and Archdeacon Farrar she would lose nothing but gain much. If such were the case we would hear less of disestablish- ment and more of co-operation It is true that there are many beyond Offa's Dyke who believe in sacerdotalism The Right Hon. J. G. Hubbard, NI. P., speaks in the current n imb ?r of the Xational Renew" Of the priest who is the last of thirty rectors in the record s of his church, and whose authority has been trans mitted through a line of bishops extending from the apostles to the present day, and the disswnti-'g minister whose sect cannot have existed for miriy generations, and whose authority has been derived from 111 m who would fail themselves to justify their pretensions to such labors in the Lord's viiiey,&t-cl When men can swallow such a statement as this they can digest any sacerdotal absurdity No wonder that Mr Hubbard came to the rescue of the Rector of Llanarmon and the tithe receivers of Wales. In one way or another this question of the relation of the Church to the State, an d the relation of churches to each other pushes itself to the front, and will have to receive the serious attention of Parliament.
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Retrenchment. THE numerous persons whose in- terests would suffer by the appli- cation of rigid economical teforma to the great public departments are quietly jubilant over the shelving of a most incon- venient question But if they imagine that the great question of Army and Favy and Civil Service Reform is likely to remain long upon the shelf they will probably discover that they are greatly mistaken. At present Home Rule is the burning question of the hour, and the Unionist alliance will stand as the most pro- minent factor in politics for some time longer. But Lord Randolph Churchill has set on foot a movement which will gather in strength and volume until it becomes irresistible Everyone will admit that in putting his finger on the items of expenditure on coaling stations and military harbours he made a mistake. But to those who have any knowledge of the inner WORKINGS of the services it is not at all sur- prising that he should have found it impossible to point to the actual loopholes through which the waste of public money pours steadily and unceasingly. Tnat there is waste on a large scale continually going on is well known to those who have studied the subject. Hitherto the public have not awakened to this fact, but when the time comes, as come it surely will, that public opinion grasps the truth that great economies may be effected in the Government services without loss of efficiency, the demand for a thorough reform of the great State departments will be overwhelming. When bayonets bend in battle and cartridges jamb in future, or when guns burst and costly warships prove unsea- worthy, or when the ponderous and wasteful organisation of a Civil Service department is exposed, these occurrences will assume a vastly greater significance in the eyes of the public in the light of Lord Randolph Churchill's resigna- tion than they have ever done before. It is surprising in the extreme that the event which occurred eighteen months ago, of the utter in- ability of the Admiralty to give any account of the EXPENDITURE of a certain sum of £100,000 did not produce more permanent eff ct on public opinion than it appears to have done. No satisfactory explanation has ever y. I ;een given of that remarkable circumstance, but what are we to think of the internal organisation of a department wherein such a thing is possible ? Can anyone doubt that a resolute and powerful minister, having the control of the public parse would be able, if he were so minded, to establish an effectual control over public expenditure ? It would be a hard task, but it is one which promises great results, and the time is rapidly approaching when public opinion will demand that it shall be undertaken in earnest. Lord Randolph Churchill terminated his powerful speech on Monday night with the declaration that on this great question of economy and re- trenchment he patiently waits for the judgment of the people. He will not have to wait long.
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Our Naval Interests. Lord Randolph Churchill's ex- planation of his abrupt resignation, and the correspondence which is embodied in that explanation, have a strong bearing upon our naval expenditure, and it is most interesting not on'y to consider how far this subject influenced Lord Randolph in his resignation, but also to reflect upon the condi- tion of our own navy and naval defences as compared with those of the great Continental powers. The explanation amounted to a state- ment that Lord Randolph was unable, in the face of his pledges of retrenchment and economy, to consent to the army and navy estimates on account of their excessive and iu- creasing requirements that he could not in- duce his colleagues to agree to the reduction he considered necessary in those estimates that he felt that the attitude of the Government showed a tendency that was warlike rather t-hitn that of non-intervention that such a policy produced a feeling in the countrj that would be adverse to his economical schemes and—here is the most gravely important part of the speech- that as Chancellor of the Exchequer he felt that he ought to be satisfied that the money voted by Parliament is properly spent, and he had not been abie to satisfy himself upon this mi • i pOlin. xne suspicions aroused in Lord Ran- dolph's mind by the successive departmental scandals, of which we have had such an alarming series, amounted, he said, almost to a conviction The financial management of the Admiralty has by more than one exposure been shown to be seriously faulty. The total failure of expensive ships, the bursting of guns, and the utter use- lessuess of costly armaments, point to the in- efficiency, and in Lord Randolph's word-t, the worse than inefficiency, which accompanied these iiiciletits. in the correspondence re- ferred to Lord Salisbury pointed out the notoriously undefended state of many of our ports and coaling stations. It is obviously of the highest importance tu adequately protect and lortify the ramote stations upon which the conditions of modern naval warfare have rendered our ironclads dependent for coal supplies, for should such a reserve fall into the hands of an enemy the disaster might, and probably would, place some of our great war vessels as completely at his mercy as would the bursting of their guns. Effective armaments maintained by the mother country tend to secure to us the allegia"ce of our powerful colonies, as they look to us at present for the protection of their ports and commerce. If our navy sinks to insignificance the first thought of a hostile power would not be an invasion, or any conflict of military forces, but an attack upon our valuable, and, in too many cases, helpless dependencies. One of the greatest faults of our Admiralty has always boen the deplorable inefficiency of their Intelligence Department. Now in military matters it ia always known fairly accurately what is the strength of a foreign garrison, what is the most serviceable rifle, and the best system of drill and manoeuvring among the powers But the Admiralty, in the mismanagement of their own affairs, have no time for inquiry into other people's It is known now that, during the Crimean War, if the defensive power of Cronstadt could have been ascertained, that fortress, considered so impregnable, might easily have been taken, and the end of the war very much hastened Of Continental naval forces we naturally watch the growth of the French navy with the greatest interest. But perhaps the most energetic of our neighbours in the improvement of her navy has been Italy. rhe developments of gunpowder and a high rare of speed in war ships have been the main objects to which the Italian government has directed its efforts. Sir Edward Reed con- tributes to Harper's 3Iiigaziue, of February, a very learned and interesting article, containing much valuable information regarding the Con- tinental fleets. Sir Edward is evidently much impressed with the speed and manageableness of the Italian ships, but, as a rule, they dis- pense with armor, and this principle doea not meet with his approval. It is certain that the Italian navy has reached a high state of efficiency, and will be of considerable importance in the event of European complications The German government have lately been more active in promoting the building of ships for commercial than warlike purposes. The Russian floets of the Black Sea and Baltic have been steadily improved for some years, but were red iced to a very low state by the war of 1854 Their strength is augmented by a volunteer fleet of ten vessels The armored fleet of Spain consists of one ironclad, which has not yet been launched, and one thin-armored ship launched twenty years ago upon the Thames
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JOTTINGS FitOM LONDON. Tile Selden Society had an excellent object in the study of the History of Eriglis-h Law, and doubtless will be most useful to those who are literary men first and then lawyers. But the busy lawyer of the day has little time for deep research, and for this reason the most va uable members of the Society will not he the greatest legal celebrities, but the drudges of literature who have the time and enthusiasm for hunting up musty records and deciphering worm-eaten parch- ments. The History of English Law is so bound up in our national history that it is hardly creilible that tli-,t-e should be such a lack of continuity as exists in it at pre-ent. The reports of the Society are not likely to be of very thrilling interest to thj public, and though the Society is one which will last for generations, perhaps centuries, yet it has commencell in a very unostentatious way, considering the eminence of its founders. Mr Walter fe-vern, the president of the Dudley Cx^ allety, and Mrs Severn, received a pleasant little crowd of visitors in Piccadilly on Saturday afternoon. Music and recitations amused the people who went to be amused, and not merely to look at pictures. The singing was particularly gooi), one of the singers being the la(iv-iio,.v married—ttiat so charmed us when she was Miss RobertsMti. A great feature of the day, or rather of the night, is the extraordinary popularity attained by music h dl songs, and 'he ureat strides that they have made into civilisat on. I is now some time siijce music hall singers and their very light class of sonss were im- ported into the Christinas pantomimes, rather to the ttiQLyiist of paterfamilias it was therefore a startling novelty when a popular singer went from the Trocadero to the new club late on Saturday night, and sang to an assembly of rank and fashion of both sexes a song that has a great deal of "go" at the mu-ic halls, called" Two lovely black eves. The automatic pillars that weigh one, or provide one with post cards, matches, toffee or cigarettes, are apt t suffer much from practical jokes and petty frauds. They are so often deranged by the experi- ments of the ingenious boy that the trustful depositor of a penny is often disappointed. There is a story of a whole company of Volunteers weighing themselves for one penny. But the most ingenious fraud was found to be exercised largely in connection with the toffee supply. It was managed in this way. A penny with a small hole bored in it was let down through the slit by a fine piece of string far enough to touch the spring and free the drawer then the toffee was extracted, the drawer closed and the penny with- drawn, the process being repeated ad nauseam. After the holidays are over it is rather late to talk of children's parties, but a friend of mine hit upon such a capital and no-,el amusement for his children's party last week, that I must explain it. My friend and his wife obtained a heap of Japanese toys, sweet- meats and other such things attractive to the child mind, then they constructed a shop after the manner of an Eastern bazaar, hung with gay draperies. Each child was presented with a small purse containing beans of various colors and values and each went shopping on his or her own account. Each article for sale was of course marked with its price in beans. The children seemed delighted, and it was amusing to watch their anxiety to lay out their beans to the best advantage.
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Local News. I ZOMO COFFEE.— £ 50 prize. Wrexham Agency- Allmand's, 9, Hope-street. THE WREXHAM INFIRMARY.—The annual general meeting of the Govenors of the Wrexham Infirmary will be held at the Savings' Bank on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock. THE WREXHAM, MOLD, AND CONNAH'S QUAY RAILWAY.—This Company announce the payment, at the London and Westminster Bank, London, and the North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham, of the half-yearly interest warrants on the A and B" Debenture stocks of the Company, payable on Feb. 1st inst., at the full rate of 4 per cent. per annum. Sr. JAMES' CHURCH.—On Tuesday morning the first marriage ever solemnised in St. James' Church, Rhosddu, took place when Mr John Browne, formerly butler in the service of Sir R A. Cunliffe, Bart., of Acton Park, was wedded to Miss Elizabeth Roylance, for some time housekeeper at the same mansion. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lewis Daniel, B.A., curate, and was witnessed by a large number of spectators, not- withstanding the early hour (8.15) at which it took place. Sir Robert Cunliffe was present, and subsequently congratulated the bride and bride- groom who left for London where they intend to reside. THE WREXHAM CRICKET CLUB.-The annual meeting of this club was called for Tuesday even- ing. but the attendance was very small. The members present had a conversation upon the condition and position of the club, but especially upon the depressing subject of the heavy debt which rests upon it. The meeting was adjourned, and in the mean time steps will be taken to see if a concert cannot be arranged in favor of the club in order that the debt might be wiped off. It is not creditable to the town that the club should remain in the unsound financial positiou in which it at present is. A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On SLturday after- noon a serious accident occurred to a little boy, aged four years, the child ot Mrs Brannan, of Pen- trefelin. It seems that the child, together with a number of others, was playing about and climbing in and out of an empty cart belonging to Mr John Jones, greengrocer, Bellevue, when the vehicle, which was tilted up, fell upon the children, severely injuring the child Brannan on the fore- head. The sight is said to have been destroyed, and the little sufferer will require the greatest skill in restoring it to health. Another child named Murray was slightly injured. It is to be hoped that in the future th.- children of the neigh- bourhood will be kept out of danger's way. RIRE.—.harly on Thursday mjrning a fire was discovered to have broken out in the ce'lar of Mr Councillor W. Pierce's house, Garfield Villas, Hirdir. Dense volumes of smoke were found to be arising from the cellar, and the Hirdir oontingent of the fire brigade was aroused. Capt. Evans and Lieut. Davies arrived promptly at the scene of the fire, which, on examination, was discovered to have been caused by the ignition, through some unexplained cause, of a quantity of textile fabrics which were deposited in the cellar. Even before the firemen arrived, the inmates, by prompt measures, had put out the flames so that all danger was averted. The damage done is of a very trifling nature. Boys' NATIONAL SCHOOL —The managers have received the report of the Drawing examination, held on November 30th, 1886, by the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, the following being the result. Fifty six boys received the mark Fair," and twenty-two Good," for First Grade Freehand. Their names are :—Jesse Beilis, Henry Burgess, George Burrows, Francis Carter, Reginald E. Chadwick, John T. Davies, Llewelyn Moss Davies, Thomas Moss Davies, William Davies, Alfred Hy. E Iwards, Harry Edwards, William Hy. Edwards, Samuel Farmer, Arthur J. Griffiths, Albert R. Jones, William Mummery, Harry Paice, Peter Hy. Poole, Reginald J. Pyue, Edmund Robinson, Walter Rogers, Edward Hy. Wood- ward, and each will receive a certificate. James Gregson, pupil teacher, passed in Second Grade, Freehand, and Geometry (plain and solid), and T. M 0. Shelby, pupil teacher, in Second Grade, Freehand. BRYMBO SCHOOL BOARD —The monthly meeting of this body was held on Tuesday, when there were present Mr R H. Venables Kyrke, in the chair the Rev. Hugh Roberts, the Rev. D. Edwards, Mr W. F. Butler, and Mr Noah Carring- ton Mr Jno. Jones, Clerk. The Rov. Hugh Roberts and Mr Carrington, the visitors for the month, reported that they had visited the schools, which were found to be satisfactory. The Clerk informed the Board that he had forwarded to the Broughton School Board the minute of the Board with regard to the irregular attendance of children from the Broughton district, attending the Vron School. Mr John Parry, the attendance officer, presented a report upon the attendance, together with a list of defaulters, agiinst whom he was in- structed to take legal proceedings. The reports of the masters having been read, the Board pro- ceeded to consider the composition of the staffs at the schools under the Board It was ordered that the staff of the Vron School should consist of Mr LI. Jones, head-master, an assistant master at JE45 per annum to be advertised for, Miss Elizabeth D ;vi< s, assistant-mistress, and Mary Elizabeth MuIIard and Tlioin is R Ib rts. The B^lchgwyn staff will consist of Mr D ivies, head-master, an assistant-master at jE45 per annum, and an as- sistant-mistress at £40 per annum to be ad ver- tised for, with Margaret Williams. This being r all the business the Board then ruse. BEKSHAM SCHOOL BOARD.—The monthly meet- ing of this Board was held on Thursday, when there were present Mr Hugh Jones, chairman Mr Wilcoxon, vice-chairman the Rev. W. Davies Messrs Harrison, Daniel, Matthews, and Gibbons Mr Thomas Bury, clerk.—Mr Gibbons gave notice that at the next meeting he would call the Board's attention to the appointment of pupil teachers and monitors by the B >ard.—The Government report upon the Bersham Village Board School for the year ended 30th September last was laid before the Board, and from a summary of the inspector's report it appeared that the boys' school had con- tinued in a very satisfactory state. In the course of the report reference was made to the regrettable death of Miss Taylor, late mistress of the infants' department, Bersham Village. The amount of grant earned was as follows :—Boys under master, JE73 15s 2d girls under mistress, JE37 Is infants, £23 13s total grant earned by the day school, £134 9s 2d.—The question of paving or tiling the school yards at Penygelli having been discussed, it was decided, on the motion of Mr Gibbons, seconded by Mr Davies, that the matter be referred to a committee of the members resident at Coedpoeth and Penygelli, with power to authorise the carrying out of such work as they may deem expedient.—On the motion of Mr Gibbons, seconded by Mr Daniel, it was resolved that the Board issue precepts upon the rating authority for a School B rate at 41 in the pound for the current half-year, and expenses of the Board to the 1st January, and also a precept upon Erddig township for its contribution of f20 —The attendance officer's report having been read and discussed, the Clerk stated that by the courtesy of Mr Ashton Bradley, Clerk to tne Wrexham School Board, he was now able to inform the Board of the agret ment entered into by the Wrexham Board with the managers of the industrial schools at Chester and elsewhere.— The attendance officer's report showed that in the great majority of cases where parents had during the past month been before the different school committees there had been an improvement in the attendance subse- quently. A letter was read from Mr R. L. Jones, Vron Board School, in which it was stated that there was an improvement in the attendance at that school of children from the Bersham district for the three weeks ended the 21st February, due to the exertions of the attendance officer of the Board. WREXHAM BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of this Board was held on Thursday, when there were present :—Captain Griffith- Boscawen, in the chair Mr S. T. Baugh and Mr A. W. Edwards, vice-chairmen Sir R. E. Egerton, Mr A. Peel, Mr T. P Jones-Parry, Capt. Godfrey, the Rev. P. W. Sparling, the Rev. T. Cox, Messrs J. Burton, H. J. Royds, A. H Stokes- Roberts, J. Tudor Rogers, T Thomas, D. Pryde, E. Roberts, W. Owen, J. Rogers, R. Randies, S. Michell, W. Dickin, Christmas Jones, Benjamin Williams, W. Prichard, W. Thomas, J. Brereton, and J. Gittins Mr J. Oswell Bury, clerk.—It being reported that no monthly statement had been sent in or money paid to the treasurer for the half-year by the township of Acton, the Clerk was instructed to write to the assistant overseers stating that unless the money was paid proceedings would be taken.—The Clerk read a letter from the organizing secretary of the proposed Imperial Institute asking that the Guardians for the town- ship not withm the boundaries of the borough would form a committee to collect subscriptions on behalf of the proposed institute, and that the chairman would act as chairman of the propooed com- mittee, which would work in harmony with the county committee.—The Chairman said at the last Court of Quarter Sessions a resolution in favor of the institute was proposed by the Lord-Lieutenant and which he had the pleasure of seconding, but no county committee was formed because it was thought advisable to leave it to stand over until a county meeting was called. It was felt that although the proposal was made in open court, only magistrates could speak, and as many gentlemen who were not magistrates desired to speak on the subject, it was better to leave it until the county meeting was held. He under- stood from the Lord Lieutenant when at the Assizes that the meeting would be held shortly, probably when the new High Sheriff came into office. At present there was no county organisa- tion in connection with the matter, and he thought the letter had better stand over until the county meeting was held.—Sir Robert Egerton proposed that the Clerk write to the Lord-Lieutenant to inquire if a county committee was to be formed for the purpose defined in the correspondence just read, and that the Board deferred action until it was ascertained what the county committee was going to do.—Mr Baugh seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed *o.—From the renort of the Visitine Committee, which met cn --1: <;II # January 25th, it appeared that Mr John Gittins was appointed chairman of the Committee for the remainder of the year, in consequence of the lamented death of Mr John Beale.—The Master reported that Captain Eardley had offered, with the approval of the Board, to deliver a lecture to the inmates upon The pleasures and dangers of the sea." The Board granted its approval, the Chairman and Sir Robert Egerton expressing the opinion that it was very kind of Captain Eardley to interest himself on behalf of the inmates.— Number in the house 273, last week 270, last year 296. Vagrants relieved 30, last year 39. Imbeciles in the house 42. In school-boys 28, girls 35, total 63. Receiving industrial training-boys 11, girla 11, total 22. r THE HIRDIR CHAPEL —Special services were held in the Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Hirdir, on Sunday, when two sermons were preached by Mrs Forth, of Ruabon, and collections were made after each service in aid of the trust fund. On Monday evening Mrs Forth delivered her lecture The Bible Why and how to read it," to an appreciative audience. WELSH WESLEYAN CHAPEL-We are requested to remind our readers that a tea meeting and concert will be held on Monday evening, at the Welsh Wesleyan Chapel, Egerton-street. Tea will be provided at 4 o'clock, and, at 7 o'clock the concert will be given, for which an attractive programme has been provided. His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Prichard), will preside at the latter gathering. THE REV. HERBER EVAss.-On Sunday, the Rev. Herber Evans, of Carnarvon, the well-known Congregational preacher, officiated at three services in the Queen-street Welsh Congregational Chapel. In the morning and evening Mr Evane preached in Welsh, and in the afternoon delivered an eloquent sermon in English. The congregation on each occasion was a very large one, the building being crowded. Collections were made at the close of the services in aid of the chapel fund. WELSH GIRLS' SCHOOL, ASHFORD.—The following scholars of the Royal Welsh Girls' School, have obtained certificates of merit from the College of Preceptors, London, after examination in Scripture, English Language, History, Geography, Geometry, French, Drawing, and Music :—L F. Williams, Ystalyfera E. Thomas, Hampstead E A. Lotnax, Breinton Eo L. Jones, Brentford; M. M. Lloyd, Cathays, Cardiff; Sarah Williams, Llandegai Nellie Williams, Aberdare; B. H. Jones, L'anty- si!io; C. E. Thomas, Aberdare; J. L Howell, Sheerness Jane Jones, Ruthin G. M. Moseley. Abergavenny E. H. Sile, Neyland. THE WREXHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. —We would remind our readers that on M IDdav week the fifth annual musical festival will be held in the Public Hall. The competitive meeting will be presided over by the Duke of Westminster who, it is understood, will be accompanied by the Duchess of Westminster, and her Grace has kiudly promised to present the prizes. The meeting will commence at 130, and from the large number of entries which have been received, very exc -ilent competitions may be expected The secretary has arranged that the preliminary examination shall take place in the Chester-street Congregational Schoolroom, and the competitors will receive notice of the hour at which they are expected to attend, in due course. In the evening a concert will be given, at which the artistes are Mdlle. Trebelli, Miss Eleanor Rees, Mr Seymour Jackson, and Mr Frederi k Gordon. The Cantor quartette ar.d Mr Ffrench Davis, harpist. A very attractive pr 'gramme has been arranged, and no doubt the hall will be densely crowded. Snecial and convenient train and tram arrangements have been made so that visitors from a distance will find every means of transit back to their homes. WILSH UNION OF CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. —A meeting of the Welsh Union was held at the Raven Hotel, Shrewsbury, on Friday afternoon. The proceedings were private, but the following particulars have been officially furnished :—In the unavoidable absence of Viscount Emlyn, Mr T. J. T. D. Llewellyn, vice-chairman of the union, presi led. Amongst those present were—Lord Dynevor (Carmarthenshire), S r Robert E. Egerton, K.C.S.I. (Denbighshire), Mr W. H. Meredyth (hor.. secretnry), Mr C. E. G. Phillips (Pembrokeshire), Captain D. H. Mytton (Montgomeryshire). Mr Pryce Jones (Montgomeryshire Boroughs), Mr J. Marshall Dugdale (Montgomeryshire), Mr John Edmond (Merionethshire), Captain J. Hockiss (Breconshire), Mr Penry Lloyd (R ulnorshire), Mr Vaughan Davies (Cardiganshire), Mr Albert Mason (Swansea), Mr R. H. Pritchard (Bangor), Mr Robert Capper (Swansea), Captain Thomas Brooks (Haverfordwest). It was decided to hold the annual meeting on Friday, the 25th February next, at Shrewsbury, and meetings of the council were fixed as follows :—Swansea, on Friday, April 2!)th Shrewsbury, on Friday, July 29th and Wrexham, on Friday, October 28th. Questions relating to the organisation and position of the Conservative party in Wales were then discussed, and it is the intention of the union to carry on an active campaign throughout the Principality. HILL STREET ENGLISH CHAPEL.—On Monday evening the annual church meeting of the members of Hill-street Chapel was held, when the results of the year's work was reported. The officers were able to state that in all the departments of work, very satisfactory results had been obtained. The number of church members was 135, being an increase of seven during the year. The average attendance in the Sunday school was 199, which was an increase of 29, over last year's figures. The amount raised for church purposes was £:3fJ8 13s, and although last year the church was £70 in debt, by a special effort which was made, that sum was cleared off, and a balance of JE15 13, remains in hand for future contingencies. Great satisfaction was felt at the very favourable state in which the finances were.—Ou Monday evening a tea meeting was held in the schoolroom, when a very large number sat down to an excellent tea. The ladies who presided at the tables or rendered ] assistance included, Mrs Jerman, Mrs Thomas Phennah, Mrs W. H. Williams, Mrs R. Sauvage, Mrs W. R. Evans, Mrs Ebenezr Jones, Mrs Jas. Phennah, Mrs James Jones, Mr Jackson, the Misses Phennah, Miss Eva Hughes, Miss PollieThomas, &c After tea, a meeting was held, in which the Revs E. Jerman. Thomas Phennah. R. Phennah (Bangor), Messrs W. R. Evans, and J. E. Powell took part. A vote of thanks to the ladies for providing the tea, was proposed by Mr W. H. Williams, and secouded by Mr T. R. Fearnley. Vocal music was provided at intervals by the members of the choir.—On Tuesday the children attending the Sunday school, were entertained to tea, and Mr J. B. Francis subsequently exhibited to them, a large number of dissolving views. MASONIC INSTALLATION.—The annual installa- tion of W.M. of the Square and Compass Lodge, 1336, took place on Tuesday evening, being the festival of St. John, in the Masonic Rooms, Public Hall. The installing officer was the retiring W.M. of the Lodge, Bro. R. W. Evans, P.G.,S B., North Wales, who invested Bro. Harris as the W.M. of the Lodge in an impressive manner. The W.M. elect invested the following as his officers for the year :—Bro. T. E. J. Young, S.W.; Bro. Row- botham, J.W.; Bro. C. K. Benson, treasurer Bro. Edward Smith, secretary Bro. J. F. Edisbury, organist; Bro. G. Catherall, S.D.; Bro. C. Davies, J.D.; Bro. R. H. Done, I.G. Bro. George Bevan, steward and Bro. Lee, tyler. Among the visit ing brethren were Bro. Salmon, P.G.T-, North Wales; Bro. Spaull, G.G S., Shropohire Bro. Parker, W.M., Cestrian Lodge, Chester; Bro. Windsor, P.M., 241, Liverpool; Bro. Sumner, Liverpool; Bro. I. Matthews Jones, W.M., 721, Chester; Bro. Thomas, S W., 721, Chester; Bro. Humphreys, J.W., 721, Chester; Bro. H. Thomp- son, P.M., 56, Arundel Bro. Prevost, P.M Ellesmere; Bro. Akeroyd, P.P.G.O., North Wales and Shropshire, and W.M. Brownlow Lodge, Elles- mere Bro. Williams, W.M. Sir Watkin Lodge, Mold, &c. At the close of the ceremony a hand- some Past Master's jewel was presented to Bro. R. W. Evans by the members of the L dge, for the valuable services rendered by him during his year of office. The usual loyal and other toasts were duly honored at the banquet which was sub- sequently held, and duing the evening songs were given by Bros. Barton, Gittins, Lambert, and Humphreys. THE DENBIGHSHIRE C'ONGRF.OATIONAL ASSOCIA- TION.—The quarterly meeting of the Denighshire I Association of the English Congregational Churches was held in the Penybryn Congregational Chapel on Friday, and was largely attended by ministers and delegates from Wrexham, Johnstown, Moss, and other places. The usual routine business was transacted, and the following resolution was carried :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the schedules forwarded by the churches making application for giants, should in the first instance be submitted to the district association." The meeting also decided that there should be repre- sentatives of each District Association on the general purposes committee of the North Wales Union. A paper was read by the Rev. W. Oliver, M.A., upon "The pulpit and the age." In the course of his remarks the rev. gentleman pointed out that preaching was an ordinance of Divine appointment, and it was a recognised and impor- tant function of the Christian ministry. The points for consideration were, how ministers and preachers might best use this weapon, and what should be the characteristics of preaching in order to make it effectual for its end. Preaching was an original and peculiar institution of Christianity. It was not derived from any pre-existing system. The peculiarity of the preaching office was seen in the speciality of its address for moral ends, not merely to the judgment, but to the consciences of men, also in the grandeur of its aims, which were nothing less than the salvation of the soul from sin, and its complete preparation for the life everlasting. After discussing the subject matter of preaching, and pulpit style, Mr Oliver went on to point out some of the characteribtics of the preaching required at the present day. It should give definite teaching, and have no uncer- tain sound it must be large, liberal and compre- hensive preaching it should be suited to the special cercumstances of the times must be earnest and persuasive and above all, devout and spiritual. But whatever the fluctuations of popular sentiment, whatever the demands made upon the preacher by the age in which he lived the fixed element in DreachinEr remained th si aamo Christ must be the centre and the sum of all of their teaching Christ in His person, and Christ in His work Christ as very God and very Man Christ in His earthly life, their example in His death their atoning sacrifice in His resurrection their life in His ascended majesty at the Father's right hand, their ever living High Priest, Inter- cessor and King. At the close, the Rev. H. J. Haffer made a few appropriate remarks, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to Mr Oliver for his paper. In the evening, the Rev. Hallet Williams, of Buckley, preached an eloquent sermon from Luke n, 25. to a large congregation. Before the work of the Association commenced, I the ministers and delegates were entertained to tea in the sohool-room, BIBLE CLASS.—On Tuesday evening, the mpm. bers of the Parish and St. Mark's Churches Bible and Friday evening class were entertaine J to a knife and fork tea at the Parochial Schools, Madeira Hill. After tea was over, addresses were delivered by the Rev. J. P. Lewis, who occupied the chair, the Vicar, and the Rev. W. Vaughan Jones. A miscellaneous programme was also gone through. ATTEMPTED BURGLARy-It is stated that early on Tuesday morning some person unknown entered the dwelling-house, No. 19, Stanley-street, Hightown, occupied by Mr Newns. It appears that the iron grating in the garden was pulled up, and the window in the cellar broken, and thus the burglar effected an entrance. Some butter was lying on a shelf in the cellar, but this was shifted on to a bench. A number of bottles were placed under the tap of a barrel of Rhubarb wine, the tap was turned on, but while waiting for the bottles to fill he must have been disturbed, and the house was quitted, and nothing wis taken. THE STORM -On Thursday the town was visited by a heavy gale of wind, which continued with considerable severity throughout the day. 10 St. Mark's-terrace a small portion of a chimney was blown down and smashed the railings of the garden of the adjoining house. Slates and chimneys have suffered in several parts of the town, but no damage of a serious nature has been reported. The wind played its usual havoc with hats, the owners of which obtained the usual scant sympathy whilst pursuin g their fugitive head gear. Umbrellas con- ducted themselves in a manner hardly to be expected from well-conducted gamps," and the struggles and tribulations of their owners formed amusing incidents to the onlookers. THE NEW RAILWAY.—During the week the operations on the new railway have been conducted with great vigor. The navvies have demalished one of the walls of Bradley Road, and a line of rails has been laid in preparatory for the removal of the earth from the hilly field beyond the railway, where a large number of tipping waggons have been pacell ready for action. The Free Schools have been demolished, and in a few days the face of the ground required for the extension will have been completely altered. We understand that when the preliminary arrangements have been completed, an additional gang of navvies will be engaged, so that there is a prospect of a season of great prosperity f >r the town. THE WELSH FOOTRALL ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of this Association was held at Oswestry on We ln»sday evening, when Mr Hall (Crewe), presided over a large attendance. The Wrexham v. Chirk protest was discussed, and was supported by the representatives of Wrexham Olympic (Tagg), Oswestry (W. H. Gough), Wrexham Excelsior (J. Price), and others, but was lost by a rnaj .rity of 2. A special general meeting has been called to further consider the matter. In respect of the Newtown v. Oswestry match the latter club claimed it, and Newtown asked that it should be playeJ over again. By a majority of one, it was ordered that it should be again contested. In the matt r of Davenham v. Northwich Yictoria, it was decided that the match should be played on Feb- ruary 5th. POPULAR LECTURES.—We have much pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the course of lectures shortly tu be delivered in the town under the auspie s of the above committee. The course is again a historical one, The England of the Armada and the Powder Plot," and indeed follows upon the course delivered last autumn, treating of some of the most interesting and instructive chapters in English history. The lecturer. Mr J. E. Lloyd, B.A., of Aberystwyth University College, is now well-known in Wrexham, and it will therefore not be necessary that we should say anything as ti the treatment the subject is likely t J receive. The first lecture will he given on Friday next-, the 11th inst in the Temperance Had, the subject being "The Quarrels with Spain." Mr Acton, as president of the committee, will occupy the chair. Fall particulars will be found in our advertisement c ilumns. WREXHAM CONSERVATIVES AND THE GOVERN- MENT.— On Friday night, at the annual meeting of the Wrexham Conservative Club, it was un- anim lusly resolved that regretting the retirement of Lord Randolph Churchill from the Ministry, the members desired to convey to the Marquis of Salisbury an expression of continued confidence in the Government and its ability to maintain the union between England and Ireland. A resolution was also passed unanimously, exim's-ing the deep sorrow of the members at the deith of the Earl of Iddesleigh, a statesman whose great experience in public affairs, profound sigacity, unselfish patriotism, and invaluable s i-vices to the State, endeared him to the Conservative party and the whole country, and a:so recording the desire of the members of the club to tender their respectful sympathy to Lady I Idesleigh and her family in their great bereave. ment. WILL OF MR ALEXANDEPV BALFOUR.—The will (dated March 24th, 1886), with two codicils (dated April 3rd and 12th following), of Mr Alexander Balfour, of the firm of Balfour, Williamson, and Co., shipowners and merchants, of Liverpool, late of Mount Alyn, Rossett, who died on April 16th last. was proved at the St. Asaph District Registry on Jan. 6th, by Mrs Jessie Balfour, the widow, Stephen Williamson, Samuel Smith, M.P., and Thomas Matheson, four of the executors, the value of the personal estate in the United Kingdom amounting to over This sum, however, is exclusive of the value of his settled and real property, and his property abroad, which is of nearly an equal amount. The testator gives his estate of Ashgrove, in which his wife has a life interest under settlement, to his eldest son Frederick £14,000 to his wife and £15,000 to each of his children on the death of their mother, subject to a control thereover, which he gives to his wife. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves, upon trust, for his wife for life, or so long as she remains his widow, and then for all his sons as she. if she dies his widow, shall appoint, and, in default of any such appointment, to his sons equally. A LOCAL CASE AT CHESTER ASSIZES.—At the Chester Assizes on Saturday, before Mr Justice Wills and a special jury, Mr William Thomas timber merchant, Wrexham, sought to recover from the executors of the late Mr William Low, who was the managing director of the Vron Colliery Company, the sum of £322 14s 9d, being JE271 19s 3d as the principal upon a bill of exchange accepted and endorsed by the late William Low 15s 61 for bank charges and jE60 for interest. Mr F. Marshall was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr B F. Williams for the defendants. In the early part of 1881 the plaintiff supplied a quantity of timber at the order of Mr Low, for the Yron Colliery Company, which was then carrying on business in the neighbourhood of Wrexham. It was asserte 1 that when the plaintiff wanted the payment of his account he received from Mr Low the bill of exchange, but when he sent it to his bankers iu the ordinary course they refused to discount it. Some time afterwards a conversation took place at a meeting of the directors of the company about the renewal of the bill, when plaintiff I Lid he could not consent to renew the bill unless he had the names of two or three directors on the back. The directors declined to renew it on these terms, declining to incur personal liability. Accordingly the dishonoured bill was handed back to the plaintiff and the draft of that renewed bill was never sufF.ciently signed to be put into operation. The plaintiff, just before the dishonoured bill was handed back to him, reminded Mr Low, the managing director, that he was personally liable upon it and Mr Low did not in any way repudiate the liability. Since this action had been entered Mr Low had died. For the defence it was submitted that the bill was accepted for and on behalf of the V ron Colliery Company by Mr Low in his capacity of managing director that he wrote his name on it on the condition that he would incur no personal liability and that he received no consideration whatever in connection with it. After hearing the evidence, the jury found for the defendants, expressing their opinion that the endorsement was a conditional one. Judgment was entered for the defendants with costs. NATIONAL INFANT SCHOOL—On Friday, the children attending the National Infant School, wire invited to a substantial tea, and to partake of the numerous gifts with which a fine large tree was laden. At three o'clock the little ones assembled with happy faces, eager for the proceed. ings to commence. Tea was immediately served under the able superintendence of the Vicar (Rev. Canon Howell), Rev. J. P. Lewis, Mrs Howell, Mrs Turner, Mrs J. Mason, Miss Howell, Miss Lewis Miss Turner, and Miss Seddon, with her staff of assistants. After the children ha 1 partaken of a bountiful supply of tea, cake, buns, bread and butter, various games were indulged in until 6 30 when the parents and friends of the scholars were admitted to an entertainment by the infants, and to witness the stripping of the tree." The Vicar presided, and in welcoming all those present, urged upon the parents the great necessity of sending their children to school regularly, intimating that h 0 two of the managers, Mr Edward Williams and Mr John Lewis, had offered several valuable prizes, to be awarded for regular attendance during the present year. and that no child would be admitted to next year's entertainment unless it had made at least 200 attendances. A number of action songs and recitations were admirably given by the little performers, under the able superintendence of Miss Seddon, several of the pieces being enthusiastically applauded. Every one seemed deliehted and sur- prised at the achievements of such young children, their movements in the action songs being perfect. Now came the most important event of the evening, viz., distributing the gifts from the tree. Each child was called up according to the number of attendances it had made, the most regular child having its first choice of the numerous and tempting prizes displayed before it. This took a considerable time, there being about 160 children to receive prizes. When this interesting ceremony was over the proceedings were brought to a. close by singing the National Anthem, each child receiving an orange and a bun as it left. The room was taste. fully decorated by the teaohers, the evergreens and handsome Christmas tr" being printed by Mr S. 1 Yorke, of Erddig,