Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

SMILERS. I r-Pef.. fcTi ft"" &o\\« a three-story house, but I Only Bee two tles. LidSd ^Tk..U,™one is a ghost story, .ir. Wickars "They tell me, Professor, that you have mastered all the modern toiignett." ProfeRBor Polly- clot All but two-my wife's and her mother s. Did the plumber come down to inspect the pipes this morning?" Yes." Wbat did he say?" "He said there was nothing the matter, but he could soon remedy that." "I hate these continued stories in the magaziner," said Penelope. "So do I," replied Helen. "You never can tell how the story is going to end until the last instalment comeB out." The fate of the country, said Thoreau. does, not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every mortimg. A draper's shop in Ayr-Proprietor (addressing new apprentice) Whaur do ye come frae?" Ap- prentices Sorn." Proprietor: Siwrn ? That's a healthy place. Folk 'ill no dee often there ?" Apprentice Jist aince." Jenkins (remonstiating with man who has pushed against him) My good man, do you own this whole sidewalk ?" The Other (with prompt resentment) 41 Don't call me a cood man, air You don't seem to be aware that I am an alderman." Gentleman "You are a cheat! The picture you sold me yesterday has painted on it Original—by Rembrandt.' It has just been proved to me that it is a copy." Dealer That signature was perfectly correct; the original is by Rembrandt." How is your son getting along at school, Uncle Abe ?" Mighty fine, sah. Gitten ter be a igem'man mighty fast. Ye jea orter see how he makes fun of us two ole ignerent nigger folks when he comes home. It makes me mighty proud, sah." "Will Putnuyh: Cutaway, who is that nice clerical- looking old gentleman that called around yesterday with a statement of my accoxint ? 11 Cutaway (the tailor) That is Professor Mustee, the famous col- lector of antiquities. I have juat engaged him." How are you ? said a young man, effusively, to a young theatrical manager. You are looking finely. I haven't seen yon in such apparent good health for a long time." Yes," said the manager, How many paBsea would you like to have for to-night." Miss De Pretty II I don't see how you whistle through vour fingers that way. I could never do it ia the world." Mr Goodheart (wi-hinc to compliment her delicate Ii'tle hands) No, Miss De Pretty, if you should t-y it, your whole hand would slip ido your mouth. First Citizen If you had doubts of the gnUt of Mrs Borgia, the alleged poisoner, why did you vote to banl, her ? Second Citizen (who was on the jury) "Well, you see, the trial made her so notorious that if we didn't hang her, ehe'd soon be appearing on the ,stage." Butcher, who has been rejoiced by the birth of a son, is informed that, the child weighs nearly eight pounds. He taken him in hit; arms to fpel his weight, and calls out astonished Why, so it does Then, after a moment's pause, adds But with the bones, mind you." Pedlar Please, mum, I'm sellin' a polish to clean f- ilver." Housekeeper (shaiply): Don't want none." Pedlar: Yery sorry, mum; but I see the neighbours was right. Thfy said there was no use callin' here, 'cause you didn't have no silver." Housekeeper (wildly) Gimme six boxes." Great Editor I think it would be a gnod idea t > print our circulat ion at the head of our editorial page. What's the population of this country?" Business Manager "About seventy millions." Great Editor: •' Well, we'll net claim a circulation of over sixty millions. Musn't be greedy about it." Young Noodle: "Did'nt you say, Professor, that physiology was the science that treats, of the functions of the body? Professor Yes, sir." Y.N. "Then. under the head of what ology would a study of the mind comp ?" P.: "I am afraid. Noodle, that in your case it would come under the bead of myth- ology." Plumber's Boy (out of breath from running): "Here's the eolder-I found it on—the bench— n — ra-ra-rac?d back-all the way Boss Plumber (Biff-biff -biff !) "Take that Th' idee of a plumber's 'prent;ce run- ning Do you want to set an example that will ruin the trade? Go on back to the shop 'n' fetch me some rosin 'n' if ye git here in less 'n an hour and a half, I'll discharge ye. A gentlemen who had been absent from New York for some time returned not long Bince, and was sur- prised at some of the changes that haci taken place in the affairs of some of his friends during his absence. In talking with a friend about these changes •the returned travellt3r said Is Miss Vandeiclam still engaged to young Dudelv ?" No the engage- ment is broken off." You don't say so How did it happen?" "Easy enough. They got married six months ago, and of course that broke up the engagement."

ALL FOR SCIENCE. A late scientific article comes out with the astonish- ing report that a certain ambitious surgeon had suc- cessfully performed the difficult operation of transferring a cat's brain to a dog's head and rise versd. This is an age of wonderful discoveries, and fearless operations, but if this latest scientific feat is true, and can he successfully carried out among human beings, there is no telling where it will end. We would warn the promoter of this latent freak of science to refrain from turning animals thus treated loose upon the streets, as the result might be serious. Take, for instance, a dog that had had his brain; an emptied of its contents and the thinking apparatus of Thomas feline substituted in the void, ar.d turn him loose in a thickly-populated community. The result would not only be startling, but, to a man just recovering from a case of delirium tremens, might- be the means of starting him off afresh. A dog with a cat's brain in his head would no longer be a dog except in outward appearance. His thoughts, habits, and action? would he strictly feline in every respec', and Heaven help the man who, suffering from the d.t.'s, should chance to look out of his window on a moonlit evening or in the early morning, and discover an English mastiff, a pug, or a dachhund attempting to balance himself on the top of the back fence, and yowling at the top of his lungs. The result would be disastrous in the extreme. Even a man in his sober senses would feel anything but at ease in his mind were he to suddenly he wakened out of a sound sleep by a noise emanating from a dog's lungs, whose ideas of music were t hose of a cat, and on going to the window discover a red Irish setter, his tail puffed out the fifes of an Indian cub, hia ears laid back, and claws unsheathed, sneaking along on the top of a six-foot fence. The man would at the e;iriie.»t pca.-ible moment put. himself under the charge of a physician. Of :'O\UT!'e, a dog that has been operat?d upon in this | iriar.ner would naturally believe himself a cat, and act •accindingly when other dogs appeared upon the scene, The eiuht "f a hundred and sixty pound Newfound- land teawing madly up an alley and frunctically t -endeavouring to enter a six-inch hole under a house. -or through a fence, at fight of aSkye tert ier. would to too funny to describe. On the other hand, a cat that had unwillingly exchanged brains with a dog, 'd h I. would be in constant danser of being chewed and otherwise misused by dogs. Tommv, imagining him- self a dog, would naturally, dog-like, endeavour to place himself on speaking terms with evel y (,ther i cardne in the community, and at the ei.d of the first day, if he succeeded with escaping with hia life, would I not have hair enough left on his body to make a re- spectable pen wiper. To a nervous man, the eight of a cat approaching him wagging its tail, jumping about, and otherwise acting like a dog., migb t result in throwing him intft nervous prostration.; while a man suffering with heart disease would drop dead in his tracks if a dog was to sidle up to him, orcli its back, rub itself against his lege, and purr and meow the while. It is to be hoped that these ereat men of science will foresee the danger which might result from turn- ing animals thus treated (;pon an unsuspecting public, and take precaution to guard against it—Peck's Sun.

THERE'S MUSIC EVERYWHERE. I Whene'er I walk abroad I find There's music everywhere The mountain has a heavy base, A sail can take the air; Against the harbour bar the swells j With dastiiug volume come The humming-bird flits ?aity past- T I bear the kettle-dram. The fisherman can castanet. And catch a score or so The hautboy crie", With pain high C the cornet by the crow j" Th" grocer runs the scales and makes Them weigh a pound, f* I soon The bagpipes with a will, the staff Can carry any tune. The cobbler tries a measure, Full forte lyres fill Onr ears with sound the Jew's harp, toe, Accordion to their tkill; The sky has tone, the pines have pitch, 'i he sea the quay also And lovers, ere they reach the tie. Are pianissimo. 'Us thus, whene'er I walk abroad, Such tuneful sights I see As prompt to happy rhymes like these That speak of melody. The streets are sweet with hims, and soft i The belles salute the heir; » The ocean has a thousand seunds- There's music everywhere. 1

GENERAL NEWS. I The Naval estimates for 1891.2 are 214,215,100. A new Derbyshire Intirmary is to be erected at a cost of 974,000. Two clergyman of the Greek Church in Hungary have been killed by wolves. Another Paris banker has absconded. The liabilities amount to 600,000 franca. Wm. Aslam, » laboring man. died on Sunday at Tauntcn in his 107ih year. An officer waR found murdered in the streets of Vienna on Saturday night. There were 1,762 deaths, or eighty-two fewer than the average, in London last week. 210,000 (about half the amount estimated as neces- sary) has been received for the Serpent fund. On Tuesday Sadler, arrested in connection with the Whitechapel murder, was remanded for a week. The Portuguese Government has issued an order closing all the Republican clubs in the Kingdom. A revenue of P-3,000 is expected this year from the "ftamp duties payable by the recipients of honors and dignities." On Monday five men were rescued, who had been entombed nineteen days in the JeanBville Mine, Pennsylvania. The Queen's visit to the Continent will extend over a month, and will be spent entirely at Grasse, to which place she goes on the 231 prox. The South London Elec'ric Railway was opened a few days before Christmas. Already 900.000 passengers have been carried over it. The National Temperance League gave a welcome home on Tuesday ti Mr W. S. Caine on his return from India. Mr S. Smith. M.F., presided. At Sunderland on Tuesday a federation seaman was thrown into the wpter by union men, who then ran away. The sailor saved himself by swimming. Mr Samuel Smith intends to call the attention of Parliament to the great increase in the practice of opium smoking in Burmah since the British assumed control. CoL North has again won the Waterloo Cup. Fullerton beating Mr G. F. Fawcett's Faster and Faster in the deciding course in a very brilliant fashion. At Kansas City. a man named Warner with his wife and three children have been drowned by the houfe in which they resided having been swelt away by the floods. Manchester School Board has resolved to raise the standard of exemption for full-time employment from the fifth to the sixth. A motion to establish a free school was negatived. A duel with pistols took place on Tupsrtny at Mont, marte between two boyp, who fell out about a girl. At the last moment one refused to fight, and was shot dead by his rival. The houses of thirty-two of the colliers who are on strike at Silksworth were cleared of their occupants on Tuesday.. Two hundred and sixty persons have now been evicted. Such waR the density of the fog on Monday evening in South London that Mr Spurgeon wa unable to reach the Metropolitan Tabernacle in time for the usual ministrations. The total amnunt received in aid of the Bishop of Newcastle's Fund, commenced eiaht years ago for church building in that diocese, is now said to ( reach nearly 1!90,000. I At Walkden on Moi>div, as a carter wns loading a lurry the hors? tlok fright, and in attempting to stot) it the m'tn was knocked down and one of the wheels passed over his head. On Sunday afternoon a small treasure in which were two men, capsized off Hoylake. Fortu- nately, the water was not very deep, and the occu- pants were able to walk ashore. The total amount of life insurance in Great Britain apnears", from the particulars furnished in Mr Bourne'* Handy Assurance Manual, to be nearly identical with the total of our national debt. The French Mini-ter of Financ? estimates the expenditure for the corrent financial vear at the enormous sum of Uto millions sterling. The estimated revenue slightly exceeds that amount. A shabbily-dressed German has been sent for trial at London for committing a murderom attack with a dagger upon a youne woma.n who had accompanied him to his lodgings in Newman-street. At Spalding on Tuesday Susan Pvworth, 20, was committed for trial for arson. She admitted causing fonr fires on her father's master's farm within six months, but could not explain why she did it. At Hamburg on Monday, a socialistic agitator was summoned to answer charge.* of blasphemy. He appeared before the Tribunal although suffering severely from influenza, and died suddenly in court. On Sunday night a meteor, which looked abrmt the siza of the full moon, burst over Madison, State of Maine, the blazing fragments beirg scattered in every direction. The houses were shaken as if by an earthquake. Both Mr Dillon and Mr W. O'Brien are now, inmates of the prison infirmary at Gal way. The former is reported to be mnch broken in health. while I the latter is fourteen pounds heavier than when he was last confined in Galway gaol. A fight with pistols took place on Sunday between two newspaper editors in Columbus. Ohio. One was fatally wounded, the brother of his opponent was strnck by a stray bullet, while a bystander was shot dead and several other persons wounded. At the saw mills at Govan, Glasgow, on Monday, Mr Alexander Merr, the manager, met with a fearful death. His clothes caught in the machinery, and he was whirled round and cut in pieces by the saws. He was twenty-seven years of age. Mr W. H. Higgin, Q.C., in his charge to the grand jury at Preston Sessions, said there was an encrmons amount of false swearing going on in the cotirti at present, and it had considerably increased since the county court system came into operation. On Saturday, Thomps Ormerod Openshaw, one of the wealthiest mon in Bury, who practically gave the largest of the recreation grounds to the borough, slint himself at his residence. The housekeeper found him in his bedroom dead, with a discharged revolver by his side. The Solicitor-General has been retained on beha'f of Sir William Gordon Cumming in the action which that gentleman is bringing in connection with what i3 known as the card scandal case. The action, how- ever, is rot likely to be ready for hearing for some time to come. The body of a young woman named Holt, of Sale, aged IS, was found in a sandbed in the river Mersey on Sunday evening. She had been missing nearly three week?. Her hat and ulster were found on the bank of the river by two Salford men a fort- night ago. One hundred and thirty-two miners were summoned on Monday ax for breakiiiz an agreement: under which they had promised to work on Saturday if required, O :o hundred defendants w^re ord-reil t) pay 2s 0 Icach damaee* and cost?, and the other sum- monses were withdrawn. A terrible mining disaster haa occurred Rt the Springhill mines in Nova Sc;>tia. More than a thousand ininer-i were be-low ground at the time, rind of these a hundred and fifty ware in the neighbour- h )od of the explosion. Of the lattir all are either !I killed, wounded, or missing. A meeting attended by over 4 000 Hindoos of various castes was held at Bombay on Monday, in II support of the Ago of Consent Bill. The proceedings weii- i-f a most enthusiastic character, and a resolution was adopted urging legislative interference for the protection of child wives. General Booth arrived in Berlin on Sunday, and the next day lectured at Barmen. There were attracted so many of the Berlirers that the hall had to be closed long before the hour fixert In front of the building policemen had to keep order. The lecture was attentively listened to. Two large elephants belonging to Mr Sanger had a fi«ht on Monday morning. One, Ajax, being at a disadvantage through being fettered, was seriously hurt about the head. which was lacerated by the ttiaks of the other elephant, and it was with great difficulty that the latter was beaten off- In the dispute arising out of the will of Sir James Tyler, Mr Justice Stirling ruled that the Merchant Taylors' Company and the British and Foreign Bible Society had failed to establish their claims to bequests of 242," each, while the London Missionary Society had succeeded in its claim to £ 42,000. Early on Sunday morning, burglars visted a Primitive Methodist minister's house at Buxton. There was aaissed RIJO worth of valuables and money, including two gold watches, one a presentation watch from the Derby Primitive Methodists to Mr Hardy, valued at £ 25. The chapel was also broken into. A large water main belonging to Birmingham Cor- poration and rsnning from the waterworks at Aston to Edgbaston, bsrst at Key Hill on Sunday after- noon with a lovid report. The pipe is 30in. in diar, and the foilrce of water was such as to carry earth and stones isto the air a great height, a hole two or taree yards in extent being made in the road- way. Another shocking tragedy has occurred in Stafford- shire. Late on Monday night a woman named Lindop was. when in bed, attacked by a man named Roberts, or O'Neill, and nearly killed. The man was after- wards found on the bedroom floor, shot dead. What actually took place is not clear. One story is that Roberts first shot Lindop in the head and then destroyed himself another theory is that the woman HTM attacked with a hammer and Boot ber MMilaot,

WELSH AND BORDER NOTES. Mr W. E. Gladstone has acquired the patronage of the Rectory of Liverpool. A vote of sympathy with Captain Verney, R.N.. in his illness was passed by the Holyhead Liberals on Monday. Joseph Stott, a wealthy farmer, at Lymm, com- mitted suicide early on Tuesday morning by hanging himself in an outbuilding. The Liverpool deputy coroner thinks the practice of juries seeing the bodies of dead persons may in most iiistanceg be dispensed with. At the Levee, held by the Prince of Wales on Tues. day, Mr Wm. Boatock, High Sheriff of Carnar.! vonshire, was presented by Mr Cecil Rakes M.P. At Montgomeryshire Assizes there were two breach of promise cases, which, however, were settled out of Court. Damages of JE200 and £100 were respectively entered. The Duke and Duchess of Westminster left Eaton Hall on Monday for London, where they will remain until shortly before the Easter holidays, when they propose to return to Chester. The thermometer, at Rhyl at two p.m. on Tuesday, stood at sixty-four degrees in the shale. The "oldest inhabitant" does not remember such rematkab'.y fine weather as is now being enjoyed. The tramway drivers' strike at Cardiff has led to some violence. On Monday, at the Taff Vale Rail- way bridge, a number of strikers pelted a car with stones, and eeveral passengers were injured. An elderly man, speaking several languages, has been remanded at Chester, charged with stealing a gold watch, chain, and locket, from the Shakespeare Inn, Prisoner was identified in his bedroom at the Grosvenor Hotel. On Tuesday, at the half-yearly meeting of the Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction Railway, it was announced that the proposal of the London and North-Western and Great Western to take over the line compulsorily would be strenuously opposed. At the Alexandra Dock, Liverpool, where a numbe- of r.on-union laborers were attacked by a body of members of the union. A fight ensued, which was not stopped until a large force of police had interfered, and afterwards the non-union men bad to continue their wor k under police protection. A Birkenhead ratepayers' meeting, held to consider the proposal of the Town Council to erect a new infectious diseases hospital to accommodate seventy- two patients decided that accommodation to such an eX'ent was unnecessary, and requested the Town Council to reconsider its decision. In reference to St. David's Day, the Welsh national banquet wi]! be keld at the First Avenue Hotel, under t"e presidency of Sir William Roberts, M. D. Several members of Parliament and other public men have promised to lie present, The honorary secretaries are Mr J. Hurrell and Mr E. Vincent Evans. At Merioneth assizes on Tuesday, Morris Jones, a Festiniog shepherd, Robert Owen and John Richards, hutcherfl, of the same place, were indicted—Morris Jones for having stolen sheep, and the butchers for having bean accessories. Jones pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine months' hard labor, to date from his apprehension in January. Owen was ac- quitted, and Richards sent to gaol for three months. On Sunday night an extraordinary fatal accident happened to the eldest son of Mr Charles Price, The Avenue, Bettisfield, a well-known agriculturist. Tne boy was swinging on a heavy gate leading into the farmyard, when suddenly the rusted hinges gave way. and the gate fell to the ground with the boy underneath. The lad's younger sister, who was with him, gave an rlftrin, hut when the parents arrived un the scene they found their child dead.

CAERGWRLE NOTES AND COMMENTS. Folks are grumbling that the metal is not placed on the roads in November or December. A &team roller would be a benefit. Mr W. W. Millington is the hero of the hour. There ii now pomp. very desirable cottage property at Bridgend. through the enterprise of one of our County Councillors. Why were white lights shown at the Broughton Hall raihvay gates on Saturday night, although the gates were cleted ? This is dangerouo- i Primroses are not now confined to the locality of Bridgend. Some sheep owners are complaining that retrievers are kept with an Exemption paper. There are mutterings and grumblings in Hope. Why canm-t their letters be delivered befure 9 15 a.m! Is it usual to show many marks of sympathy with a bride on her wedding-day ? Thanks to the action of the County Council, we are within measurable distance of a settlement of that vexed qu-,Et-on-t)ie Sarn Bridge man-trap.

RUABON RUMOURS. I I That the Wynristay christening will take place at the Parish Church on the 11th prox. That it will be a gala and memorable day. That 3,000 children will be entertained at Wynn- stay. That the Wynnstay household servants will present the christening cup. That the young men who act so unseemly on Sunday evening in a certain church are marked." That one or more of them will be "invited" to the Couit Heuse. That the first half of the game on Monday was the finest contested game ever seen in Ruabon. That the want of practice and staying powers accounted for the results in the second portion. That Monday is the day for a gate." That a Ten Pound note has been cleared by the Wynnstay concert. That the Friendly Societies are going to amal- gamate in a grand ftte on Whu-Monday, in honor of the Wj nustay heir.

YALE OF CLWYD OBSERVATIONS. The manifesto of the majoiity of the Denbigh rate- payers as t) the introduction of the military can be seen in uur advertising columns. The reader can jud^e as to whether Mr Gee has been victorious. The action of Mr Gee in resigning was uncalled for. Mr Gee appealed to the people, and they supported the Mayor, and dismissed his case with I propose the 210 be refunded. That i". if Mr Gee will make the much needed and long promised alteration in front of his residence. The alteration is really due t > the ratepayers in consideration of the encroachment lower down. i New robes for the Council or uniform for the i ire Brigade might be purchased with it. If that cannot be done, the note might be framed I and placed amongst other Corporate curios. Mr Geo's struggle seems to be for the resusc'tation and maintenance of the Welsh language, rather than j the religious and temperance question. j Mr Humphreys Roberts was misinformed when he i said Denbighitss were saying they did nut (,btain the value of their money for the services of Mrs Price Jones, schoolmistress. The question raised was one of supply and demand in the labor market. There are plenty of schoolmistresses to be obtained who have their living to earn. Mrs Jones was pro- vided for. Mr Keepfer asked a very pertinent question of Mr Parry, a member of the Society for the Resuscitation of Welsh, whether he knew of an elementary school where Welsh was taught. The question was not answered. I Welsh might be desirable at Fron Gocb, where infants are trained, but i is not required where grown I children are concerned, In both places for years English teachers have I been engaged, and the schools were never more suc- cessful. Many parents consider it desirable that English teachers should be procured, that the scholars may catch A better English accent. The Board seem to consider themselves antiquarians rather than an educational body of 1891. The shop assistants of the Vale are again suing their employers for leisure for recreation. The Mayor has taken up their cause, and a meeting of the shopkeepers is to he held. The Council surely does not mean to leave the new Fire Brigade to its own resources. Half of the men juat appointed are out of town, and outside the.call of the Srebell more than half the year round. Another freak of municipal legislation.

CORRESPONDENCE. THE DISMISSAL OF A VETERINARY INSPECTOR. SIB,—In justice to myself I wish to state that I am not the Wrexbam Veterinary Surgeon referred to in your report of the proceedings d the Flintshire County Council, who at its last meeting received bit3 dismissal as one of the county veterinary inspectors. Being, as I am, an inspector for the identical divisions of the county as the gentleman whom the Council have thought fit to cashier, I think you will agree with me that this explanation is most necessary.—I am. &c., JOHN ROBERTS, M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Infirmary, 46, Chester-street, Wrexham. ANGLING. I SIB.-I was much annoyed by the snub, called forth by that wretched incident at the Sarn. By the way, a little more information as to the size and quality of the trout would be interesting. A Re- tired Angler," judging by the tone of his letter, never was a fisherman worthy of the name. He is one of those matter-o-fait mediocrities who look at results. No fish, a bad day's spoit. And he has the presump- tion to speak of himself as an angler. Well, it is a good thing he has retired, and for the matter of that I should like to compulsorily retire a few more. A genuine sportsman attaches a wide meaning to the term angling, independently of the contents of his creel. To see n..time at her bes-t is no slight b< on, although an interview with an irate farmer, or unrea- soning bull is a Fubstantitl ret-off. Still, the deiights far outbalance the ill*. Cannot something be done to carry out the principle pervading the Northern Anglers' Association. In a small way it might be applied, and with beneficial results.—I am. &c., PISCATOR. I SOME OF WHEXHAM'S NEEDS.—A SUGUES illon. SIR,-As a native of the near vicinity of Wrexham, and as one who takes an interest in its welfare, I have watched keenly the course of its development, I can and do feel with your townsmen some of its needs, viz., a Town Hall or a Pavilion, Baths, and a Park. I am very glad the Town Council did not choose Rjseneath, because it would not meet the rt quire- ments of the town, and while to my idea there is a much mote suitable site well within the town (I can. not say it is available, but it may be, and therefore there is no haim in trying to obtain the same), I refer to the fields lying between Ruthin-road and the road that leads to Pentrefelin, and the lane that leads lia,t the Tenter's School to Penybryn. I do not know whose property it ie, but it is admirably suited for a park, the land being of an undulating character would give nice variety, and it would b" easy to piovide a lake in it at very little expense. On the gravel hole site would be an admirable spot to erect a hall or pavilion, while nearer to the town c uld be placed the public baths. I merely throw out the suggestion, hoping it will meet the favorable consideration of the residents of the town.—I aiD, & A WELL-WISHER. DENBIGH AND THE MILITARY. SiB,—The complicated squabble proceeding in our county town is very am- s-ng to loole- a or, who, of course, see moat of the gama. Mr Gee, senior and junior, is making a laughing-stock of himself. The fine of B10 has been paid fot nothing. Mr Gee, junior, by order resigns hi a seat, and Mr Gee, senior, as he called the tune pays the piper. The object, t > test the feeling of the electorate on the Rubject of the military, cannot he carried out, because Liberals and Conservatives alike ngree to take no notice of the resignation, and so all that Mr Gee has effected, has been ti impose a fine of 210 on himself. If he is satisfied, so are all of u. But what is all the bother about ? Someone hears from someone that a regiment of c-oldierr, is going to be brought into North Wales. To accommodate them t'qere must be a barracks. Tiien Denbigh, led by its gallant volns-tser mayor comes to the front. Next ensues a very pretty quarrel, and all for not ;iii £ It is a veritable storm in a tea cup. Denbigh may be sure that if thera were any serious intention expressed upon the subject, Wrexham would have moved before thi". We have our eye on the 270,000, and if it is to be.spen'. in North Wales at all, Denbigh may reit satis- fied that every discrimination will be shown as to the locality, or Wrexham will know the reason why.-I I a1 tn, dC., ATTENTION. I THE PARISH CHURCH HYMNBOOK. I Sin, —I hava looked rgularlv in your paper for the last few months to see if anyone wou take up tha subject of the hymnbooks used at the Parish Church, and I would rather have had an abler pen than mine take it up. To my knowledge the revised edition of the hymns Ancient and Modern has been in use at the Church for now nearly ten years, and I have been much surpl ised to hear the hymns given out for both the old and new book of Ancient and Modern hymns, but on Sunday evening I was more surprised to find one hymn given out which was not in the revised edition, but as stated by the Archdeacon, only to be found in the old. Upon looking round I saw a look of blank disappointment on the faces of at least two- thirds of the congiegation, and why, it was because they had the newer edition, and had to stand and listen to the choir and the very small number who had got. the old book. Another matter which has surprised me is to often find a hymn given out which is to be found in both broke, but after singing through the first or second verses you find one portion of the congregation sing- ing one verse and the other portion singing another, as was the case in the last hymn sung on Sunday evening. To my thinking, and I believe to a great number of other?, the pervice at the parish church can iil dispense with the singing of the congregation, as the choir, to say the leat of it, is very moderate indeed. Now. Mr Editor, why cannot th;se who have charge of the matter stick to one hymn book. I am certain if it was given out in church that in future the revised edition only would he used it would meet with the approbation of the majority of the congrega- tion. I have been to services in churches in fcngland, Ire- land, Scotland, and Wales, and am certain I have never come across a church where they used two hymbook8 at one and the same time. I trust those in authority will at once take up this m-itter and renaedy it by giving up the old book, and I tfcir.k then there will be little or nothing to grumble at with the services held in the grand old parish church of Wrexham.—I am, &c., A CHURCHMAN. I NORTH WALES MINERS' FEDERATION. Sir.In your issue cf last Saturday I notice a letter by one whu calls himself a Member of the Federation." In fact he states that the three persons who represented Norih Wales at the Joint (Jonfcr- encp, held in London, instead of returning home, afier a short sitting, remained in the Metropolis for four days. If he is a member, it is very surprii-ing to me he should write such a misleading letter, because the leport of the London Conference has been circu- lated among the members of the Federation. And if he was to read it he would find that the conference fat, not for a stiott time, but for four days, viz., I January 19:h, 20th, 21st, and 22nd, and if Buch a I report has not found its way to the hand of such a I good member as this one (which I btiieve b be the I reverse), only he has overlooked it, the same as lie ha with the repoit of our last meeting in the Adver- tiser. But if such is the case, I shall be very proud to send him a printed one, if he sends me his address. I shall now leave this part of his letter, hoping that he will accept this word of advice-" If you can;c do gOi'Õ, don't do evii." Again, he states that the question of appointing an agent was discussed at the same meeting, and a'?o that it was privately discussed by a few previous to the general meeting. I may here state that I know nothing of this but it appears he must he one of the I members of this private coinmiite-, or he would have known noihing about it being discussed b' fore it was i !aid before the icneral meeting. Another nntHI" statement he alludes to in your last isme is, the question was postponed for six months. If he will read the report m..re carefully he will see himself j that it was postponed for three months. And again | he states that Rome of the members who have not studied the matter are inclined t? believe that an appointment would entail extra expense. If he has studied this himself, I invite him to attend our rext ) meeting, to enlighten us on the matter if he considn* i himself capable of doing so. If a Member of the Federr.t:on" will kindly read your issue of Ffbru..ry 21st, he will find that we as meuVrs of the No t i Wpl, s Federation have ample \'O¡ k t ) do which will increase our influence and strengthen our cxn3< This will also be creditable, but to work against one another is very unbecoming so I advise "a Member j of the Federation" to find better work to do than to run down the officials of the Federation —I am, &c R. JONES, Ste. I Sin.-I it-Irc-e with A member of the Federation as to appointing an agent, and on Decmher 17th I spoke in favor of this being done b:lt waq defeated In another month the subject will be re onened with better success, I hope, so that an aaenfc will be ap- pointed, who will be conversant with both languages, and not humbugged hy your correspondent. As to the complaint about a private discussion on I the subject of an agent, I expect A Member arrived late, like others. Were he to come earlier. he I may have a good chance of going to London the next time the conference meets there. tie makes a little mistake when he says it will not I be 80 expensive for the d-strict to keep an agent as it is to pay deputotions. If he will notice his district balance sheet he will see it has only cost the last half- year deputations £ 17 14s 8d, while an agent, st a rate of 22 per week, including his railway fares, would amount to £52 per half-year, or E104 per year, against deputation expenses 235 9i 4d pet year. It I also must be remembered that the agent's wages will be permanent, whilst the deputation will not be needed perhaps. However, the agent's wages wottld J not be felt among so many members and I say get him at once."—I am, &c., WILLIAM ANDREW, Miners' Delegate, Gatewen Colliery. I THE BURIAL DIFFICULTY AT BRYMBO. I SIR,-The following correspondence has passed be- tween the Vicar of Brymbo and myseif DEAR MR ROBERTS,—With reference to your letter of yesterday's date I feel compelled to correct several inaccur- acies which it contains. Ist-You state Have never given my permission to any funeral to be conducted under the Eurial Acton that dl&) (viz, Sunday). This is incorrect, as the burial of Elizabeth Griffiths, Vron, was conducted by the Rev. P. Jones-Roberts, Wesleyan minister, Brymbo, at St. Mary's churchyard, on Sunday, September 14th, 1890. This is at least one instance. 2nd—Whan I waited upon you on Friday last (not Thurs- day as you state) I a-ked permission to bury on undliY, to which you replied I have already given that petnmsinn." but you did not say that you had been asked to c»ndu< t the funeral, as it would then have been my du y to inquire of the widow if the arrangements bad been altered b fore handing you the legal notice of burial under t e Act d 1870. 3rd-You state, And since I saw you last night the mother of the widow, representing her in this matter, re- quested the organUt in your hearing, I beiieve. to come to me and ask me to bury, adding the ceffin would not be brought out of the house unless I took the service." I beg to say that no such words as the above were uttered in my hearing, and I may add that Mrs Ell s denied yesterday having made any remarks about the coffin. I believe I should hive been within my right in returning you the notice on Saturday evening, and informing you that it was my intention to conduct the funeral under the Act but as a matter of courtesy I left the case in your hand. you promising to see the widow on Sunday morning, from whom the true facts would have bten obtained, but you did not carry out your promise, but saw the widow's mother, who did not represent her in the matter. Having regard to the sorrowful feeling of the relative4, and the sacredneis of the dav, I decide t to allow matters to take their course, and to wait your arrival at the huuse, when I intended to inform you that the widow had altered the arrangements which I had been asked to conduct on her behalf. You, however, haughtily declined to lis en or s,'eak to me, and under the circumstances, I abstained from creating any disturbance. It having been announced that the fune al would be conducted under the Burial Act. it is intended to publish the correspondence wi. h any reply you may wish to make to this letter, so thit the public may know the facts of ti e caie.-Y, urs very tru,y, S. C. HUGHES. [COPY ] Brymbo Vicarage, Wrexham. Feb. 17th, 1S91. Dear Sir,-In reply to yours of the 16th ins what you call inaccuracy No. 1 is not an inaccuracy. Being away on my ho idays, I knsw nothing of the funeral of Eiizibeth Uiiflitfcs until it was over I s-e nothing requiring explanation in what y- u call inaccuracy No. 2, tor it is not required that I should enter into ciii- versatio i with those who deliver burial notices. 3. You deny that Mrs Kllis did not ask tne organist in your heating to come down to speak to me to bury. The messenger told me so his words were corroborated by a witness. And if it is true that you told the messenger that I had promised to stay up for him until 12 o'clock at night, which I never promised to do, no one can blame me for preferring his report to yours. Mrs Ellis also informed me in Sunday morning tbal. the message delivered hy the organist was quite correct. And moreover I have the strongest proof possible to show that the Nonconformist service was pre.sed upon the family at the starting but refused. Was it Wit so persiitently pressed upon them- with persuasion, threats, taunts, and that at last one of the fimily ttll eatened burtily injury to the most prominent of you ? If so, I shall have in consequence, to consider how the orrowful can be delivered in future frcm this inhuman oppression-Lii,eity indeed And in particular I shall have to consider what steps shall be taken to pre- vent your public office to be abused. When I suggested calling up. n the widow o. getting a note from her as to what service she desired, you represented her as tuo ill to be seen, hence I went to her mother. It would have been more seemly if you wanted to m ke an explanation to make it before 3.30, than to tr y and re- open the question when we were in procession to the house. It was certainly best then to refuse to enter into is. All 1 say in reference to your returning the noli e is that your filling aLd signing of that notice will reluclant!y compel me not to receive any such notice in future until I shall have first inquired whether those nearest the deceased know of the notice. As the correspondence is to bo published, I am sending iny reply with all possible speed, hoping at the same. ime that no communication on the subject be made to me ex- cept througti the Fre s.—Believe me, yours truly, HUGH ROBERTS. (Mr S. C. Hughes, Assistant Overseer.) As the Vicar desired that no communication be made to him except through the Press. I will tiank you to allow me to reply to his letter of the 17th through your columns. 1st.—1 accept bis explanation respecting trie funeral of Elizabeth Griffith", although I should expect someone would be in charge during h:s absence from the parish, and I have his authority in burial matters. 2nd.-l admit it is not lequireo that he should enter into conversation with th ise who deliver burial notices." Stili, I should have expected him to inform me that he had been asked the previous day to bury, at d so give me an opportunity of inquiring into the matter at once- 3nl.-T;.e organist had been to the Vicar on Saturday, previously to my ctl ing up. n either o! tbem, so that Mrs fclllis could not a-ik the organist in my hearing to go down to ask the Vicar, and further no time was mentioned by me to the organist. The words I used were tbese-' The Vicar wL-hes to see you to-nicht. and wi!l walit for you." With regard to the Nonconformist service being pressed upon the family with persuasion, threats, and taunts," it is fur the Vicar to prove, and I am assured by the decease t's brother that they were not threatened bodily injury." 4t,i. -i he Vicar says "I sha 1 have to consider what steps shall be taken to plevent your public cfliceto be abused. I t eg to ssy that I acted in this matter as the repre- sentative of the Wesleyan Church, Brymbo, on behalf of Hobert D vies, v.ho again represented the widow. The fact that I am au as is,aut overseer has nothing whatever to do with the case. 5th.—1 had no explanation to make to the Vicar at 3.30, but accosted him for the purpose of informing him that the widow had not withdrawn the notice of buriul, and to pro- tect against his proceeding with thd service, and it would not have been unseemly for bini to have listened for a moment to what I iiiiaht have to say- With respect to my having represented the widow as being too i,l to be seen, I said nothing of the kind. The brother-in-law, in leply to the Vicar suggesting getting a note from her, informed him that her trouble was enough without writiug notes, upou which the Vicar stid he would see her in th; morning, viz., SundA-y.-I am, &c., Brymbo, Feb 2.,t, 1891. S. C. HUGHES. SIR,—Thank you for inserting certificates to show that I buried at the request of the widow and her mother. I cannot tell you how painful it ia to me to defend myself, for it is unnatural that the memory of the deceased should be thus disturbed, and the sorrowful widow dragged before the public. But, in consequence of the ungrateful, cruel, and character-destroying chaiges publicly brought against me, I had no alter. native but to write, and show that I buried at the re- quest of the widow. This I have now shown as clearly as it is possible to show anything, and I have uo fear of the verdict of the public. Mrs Da vies has sent here to thank me and the choir for our services, and has done all she could in writing, as has been shown, to prove that I buried at her re- quest. and that she did not ask anyone to arrange for a burial under the new Act. There is a letter in my possession, sent to me by the widow, without my asking for it, denying that she had authorised Mr Robert Davies to have her husband buried according to the Burials Act :— Green, Brymbo, February 21st, 1891. REV. Sir.,—Tbe brother (Robert Davies) of my late husband, Edward Davies, never mentioned anything to me about either of the Burials Act of lbSO, or any other Burials Act -YL;urs, &c (Signed) MARY DAVIES, Green. If she has signed a certificate to the contrary to Robert Daviee, that cannot interfere with the authority she has certitied she had given to me. If she writes one thing to one and another to another, ¡ she, in that case, is to be blamed. I do not want to mute the other side liar. All I wanted to show was that I took the step I did at her request, and this 1 have shown. I shall now produce my authority for conducting the funeral :— (?) Green Man, Brymbo, Feb IStb, 1891. T.is is to certify tbat the Vicar of Brymbo buried Edward Davies at I my request, and that 1 represented my daughter in this mattei.— (Signeil) ARAH ELLIS, m ther of widow. Aho (2) from the wi low This is to certify that my mother had my permission to ask the Vicar of Brymbo to bury my husband.—(Signe-i) MARY DAVIES, widow of deceased Edward Davies. Feb. IStb, 1891. I In the desperation of the moment Mr Ilobtr' Davies accused me of procuring the c rulioate from the widow by false pretenccs, by telling her that she wa* signing the reverne of what she was signing. In contradiction of this serious charge, for which I daresay Mr Robert Davies will, when he calms, be sorry, I beg of you to read these two Cciti- tioales :— (1) lrrorn the v, uio-.v— This is to certify that Edward Edwards read the certifi- cate distinctly to me before 1 signed it, that he did not tul an untiath about it, and that lean reall and I write (Signed), MARY DAVIES, Green, lirymbo. Feb. (2) From witnesses— Ibis is to certify that wc-, the undersigned, were present I when the widow, Mary Davies, signe i the certificate for I the Vicar of Brymbo, anst that it was rend distinctly to bllX" before t he hi" ^ned it (Signed), SIP.AH FU.TS, mother of widow, Til:.MAS t-LL: N.int, Ffr v I hive established my case by psoducing cp. and the attempt t> thrn.v illl(!I! t'i> m has FMI'<rO. 1 ifcauu, IIfttT t be funera! was over, that the VVes'eyan choir had been at the ionise for i-.alf-a: hnur [nil' to the arrival of tho clergy, believing that the We.-iieyan minister would conduct the service. I a n ei;ic.-i-i-ly worry tlrt they %vc-.3 e I iiii-, iited. I had idea ( ii'-y WI,;¡ e present for Mr S. Charies Htmh<-& h. nn Saturday night, prom:sed t) phide by tne decision he would teccive fr.'iui me on SailJy morning. I informed him on Sunday morning that I had d ecuhd to huoy, and as I !i,d received no communication that he *voi>Ul n t fail in, as he had } I I 1 } promised, with (he dec: i-n. I ntver ,«i!»peoted that i he Wesleyan service would have bfeii attempted. The idea id ecoiing in the matter as hinted at in your co'iimijs was not, if you b lieve me, once in my mind. If I had a mind to ec:;rp, how was it. that I was willing to gra; t the favor of allowing the funeral II take phice (j;) Sunday under the new Act, and my latitude as to time when Mr S. C, Hughes represented himself a* authorised by the widow to ask me that favor I had no iviah bub b comply with the widow's I desire. When Mr S. C. IIugh;3 told me on Friday I that he desired her husband buried according to the I new Act, I was at once willing to grant what 1 then thought to be her deBire but when I satisfied my mind that to bury as Mr S. C. Hughes desired would be co? t-ary to her desire, I could not but refuse him, in order to comply with the widow's request.—I air, &c.. HUGH ROBERTS, Vicar of Brymbo. 23rd Feb., 1891. P.S.—Mr Robert Davies has published in Thurs- day's papers a statement which he asBerta was signed by the widow, for him, in the presence of his brother, John Davies, on the 20th inst., to the effect that she had authorised Mr Robert Davies to have her husband buried according to the new Act. The widow has to-day (Thursday) certified before me, and in the presence of witnesses, that she did not isign the above mentioned "statement," nor any other statement or paper whatever for Mr Robert Davies and she has also written :—" Rev. Sir.-The brother (Robel t Davies) of my lata husband, Edward Davies, never mentioned anything to me about either of the Burials Act of 1880 or any other Burials Act. Yours (signed) Mary Davies." It is unfortunate for Mr Rjbert Davies that his "witness" to this "state- ment," which the widow denies to have signed, was his own brother. As the idow emphatically deniell. t y certificate and verbally before witnesses, that there is any truth in Mr Robert Davies' letter, I shall be glad, in order to prove the matter beyond possibility > cf doubt, to submit the certificate which waa sent to me by the widow to the inspection of an expert, pro- viding Mr Robert Davies is prepared to do the same with the "statement" which he avers was written by the widow in the presence of his brother, John DavieB. Feb. 26th, 1891.

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THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION.-In the article last week, the fitatistics in the fits; table as to deaths and accidents were given as jer 1000." It should have been per 10,000."

————— go ————— A PEEP INTO THE PAST CENTURY. I There ia no better mirror of the life and activities of a nation than the newspaper*. To-day the movements of the people are so rapid that it requires the issue of the morning and evening "dailies" to reflect an epitome of the sayirgs and doings of men. There is an interest in turning one's gaze from the bright piges and clear type of our modern prints, to the grimy brown appear- ance of the journals of the last century, with here and there a monk or a friar," indicating that the ink had been applied to the type by the slow manipulation of the balls. Sucli are the features of the Chester Chronicle for December 12th, 1777, Vol. V, No. 13S. lying btfore me. It is a four- page double-crown sheet, having a page and a half devoted to advertisements price, twopeuce half- penny printed by John Poole, in Foregate-street. It had a wide circulation, with distributors in Liverpool, Manchester, York, Salop, Newport, Hereford, Pwllheli, and by T. Hotchkiss, book- seller, Oswestry. Ic was a stirring time when this number was issued. The first column is filled with reports of the defeat and capitulation of General Burg- yne in the American war for independence. Over two pages are occupie i with anim ited debates in both Houses of Parliament on the condition of the British army and navy, the weak stato of Gibraltar, and the reported disaster to the iiritish troops in America, in which the Eul of Chatham, Mr Fox, and Mr Burke take prominent parts. It appears from the debate on Supply," tht there were 55.000 soldiers on foreign service, 20.000 of whom were under General Howe in America. The news of General Burgnyne's defeat was brought by an American gentleman, a friend of the Government, who reported that Arnold's army, consisting of more than 20.000 men, had made a general attack on Burgoyne's camp on the 7th October, which was strongly situated and defended by entrenchments. The conflict was obstinate and hloody our troops, consisting of not more than 4,000, repulsed the provincials in every attack, and made prodigious havoc amongst them. with a loss of 900 killed and wounded. Our brave country-men were engaged in a march from Canada to Alhauy, and had suffered terrible privations through lack of provisions and sickness, although it is said that the Americana found £50,000 in the military chest, and that the artillery captured was worth 9500,000. The news of the event fell like a dark pall on the House of Commons. While on the other hand, the intelligence of the whole of General Burgoyne's army being made prisoners was received in General Washington's camp on the 21st Oetobc-r, aud that there was a feu de jUte on the occasion. The Provincials were so much elated, that they demanded to be led on immediately to attack Howe's Army. General Washington commended their ardour, and assured them that in the course of a few days they would find an opportunity of signalising their courage." From the summit of Mount Macgregor, near Saratoga, a fine view may be obtained of this famous battlefield. In the far distance the eye is arrested by a tall white column. That is the monument to General Schuyler, and to commemorate his victory over the British under General Burgoyne in 1777, as the final stroke in the achievement of American Independence."— [My Ariurkun Notes] Lord George Germain was the then American Secretary who had to bear the brunt of the blune for the defeat of our Army. Your raiders may he pleased to read two extracts as samples of the indignation Mr Fox and Mr Burke were able to pour upon an opponent Mr Fox then rose, and in a spe. ell, one of the most ab'e, nervous. atd convincing, ever delivered n a Bri'.ish stuatf, answered every material objection urged against his moth n, in reply to Lord Nor;h, and the two learned gentlemen oa the same side. When he had finished this part of his task, he then levelled his attack at the American Secretary. He said therd was not a single promise, measure, prediction, or speculation, in which, as if fate so determined, the noble Lord was lint ndstaken. He said, every proposition that had been nsnde h In that siiie of the House was answered by the nolle L'>rd, with blood must be drawn more blood imi-t be crawn we have not yet blood enough and coii;pa ed bim in the conclusion to Dr. Sangrado, whose patieniH daily djinu hy the excess of bletditig, was advised by a confidential friend to desist frotn that mode of pr,tetice.- I No, said Sangrado, I have written a book to prove the efficacy of bleeding in all cases, and if I should now desist from the practice, I should be obliged to give up my book.—No though ev¿ry person in the town should f ill by the lancet, I must continue to support the principles laid down in my book." Mr Burke was exlremely severe on the Noble Vnj. He said, ignorance was but a very poor npvlogy ft,r the dis- astrous state to which his Lordship had reducrd this c. untry, by the strange mixture of obstinaeu, confidence, and weakness in his c! unse's. The n anner this fh irr.e;ul and crimuial conduct was acknowledged by the Noble Lord, was, if po>sib!f, still in re aggravating. A General and h:s whole army submit to their enemies they accept of the most disgraceful term those of receiv ing their pay, and \et stipulating not to fliht, which i, the very condition on which they are entitled to receive that pay. Whit does the Noble Lord ay in answer to all this ?— The General performed his du:y he was driven into a situation which rendered all resistance vain; tut he deserves no censure, it was all my fault.-Suiely the Noble Lord, when he ventured thus f ir, shou'd have proceeded a Lt le further he should .have inrormed us of the instruc- tions under which the General acted. He should have given us that information, to be able to judge, which he confesses he wanted himself and without which We can form no judgment. If, us the represent itives of th* p(Jplf', iti- our duty to inquire iiitothe conduct of i'ur naval and military < 1HCL?S an t commanders and if defeat has been the consequence, aad th.t ministrra take the blame on themselves, and deem themselves resjon-ihle. why not furnish the means to enable us t.) jUlle ? Without doing so, in my opinion, such coniuct be-trs every appearance of arrogance, and a moss unbecoming confidence Blame must be imputed somewhere the Genera! is this night fully exculpated Why not then acquaint the House of the true c.mse of thig f ital niise tr,.a,,e f. -H e recurred to the old topic of American cowardice how could cowards, undisci- plined, without a r»2 cn th!,ir b:j.ck-\ as h td hem repre- sented the preceding ni^ht by the Noble Lord, be able to defeat a veteran army, so ably commanded ? "Governor Pounall condemned the conduct of America but said that measures of coercion were impracticable; that all we had to do now was to de- clare America independent, and that the mott we could expect was a Federal Union, a communica- tion and reciprocity ot interests, as between two foreign states." A duel had nearly been the coneequence of the above debate on the condition of the army, be- tween Mr Burke, and the Solicitor-General (Mr Wedderburne). The offence appears to be that the latter in his reply hud charged Mr Burke with lack of manners, and hinted at chastisement. The House took alarm, and the Speaker sent the Sevjeaut-at-Arnn in pur-uit. However, it was the interposition of Lord John Cavendish, and Mr Edeu, which effectual in averting the duel, by inducing the Solicitor-General to apologise for his ha!tyexpression. Three advertisements are of local interest. The Bishop of St. Asaph announces that ttie folio edition of the Welsh Bible was out of print, and had become scarce and dear. He requests the clergy of the diocese to inquire how many copies would he required in their parishes. The price of a new edition was computed at JE1 153 per copy more or less. To be sold at the Eagles, Wrexham, on Decem- ber 22nd, 1777, the Tithe-Hay of the township of Bersham. Pai-t;ou.-irs t)f Mr Hay man. Abo r.t the dweilina-.hou-e of Mr Thomas Side- botham at the Spread Eagles, in Wrexham, the several dwelling-houses and premises in the town of Wrexham, including twtdvs hits, when several houses and shop: in lii::u-street, Llope-strcet, a-ul Abbut-Htre-t were offered for sale, Inquiries we e to he made of M; Kenyon. of Cefn, and Mr Thos. Vaughan, of Farndon. Lot ten may attract the attention of Mr Pulmsr, it dr-,cribes a dwelling- house in the holding of Mr E-1 wards, silversmith, standing at the corner of the Hjh-street, near the Market-hail, containing a commodious shop front- ing two streets. Would that he Button's at pre- sent, opposite the Town Hall ? Such is a gleam fro:n the light of other days, showing that men were as anxious and as earnest about thoir private and national concerns as we are to-day. Those busy actors have long slept with their fall-iei-P, some of them leaving imperishable names, and enriching us with their words and achievements. There is one lesson that England has not yet fully learnt, and that is. that measures of coercion are impracticable" in the government of any civilised people. SIMON JONES.

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HOUSE OF IOHDS.-FRIDAT. The sfcoml reading of the Factory and Worklhop Sanitation Bill and of the Factory and Workshop Bill WEB moved by Lords rJ bring and Punraven respectively, and both meaeures were read a second time, on the understanding that they should not be proceeded with until the Government Bill dealing^ with the s?me subj?et had reached that House &nd been read a second time.

I HOUSE OF LORDS.—MOSDAT. Lord Herschell's Bill nuking it an offence to ?end gambling and betting ciiculars to boys and youths at school and college was read a second time. In com- pliance with a wish generally expressed in the course of the disc-.ii ei(in, his Lordship afterwards introduced a Dill rfr. J"riug it a misdemeanour also to send to atieli eircularft ofiferiug loans of money, and the Bill was read a first time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Sir J. Fergnsson. questioned by Mr J. Morley as to the faghtin^ in the Sondan, said that he knew of no final resolution permanently to occupy Tokar and Handoub, though it was fair to expect that the reasons which necessitated their occupation would also necessitate their retention. Those reasons had reference to raids by Dervish bands, the slave trade, and the interruption of trade. The Egyptian Govern- ment had been informed that Her M»]esty's Govern- ment did not object to these operations, on condition that no further advance was made into th, interior. The measure was entirely one of defence, and no addition would be required to the sniall British force now in Egy; t. The House went into Committee on the Army Ettiriiatei-, when debate took place on the report of the Royal Commission on the re-organization t-f the naval and military departments, and on the operations of the Egyptian Army. Mr Labouchere and Mr J. Morley expressed dissatisfaction with the statements of Ministers.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Lord Chancellor took his seat upon the wool- sack, but there was 110 Imisness ou the paper. HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—TUESDAY. Mr A. J. Balfour said in rep!y to questions that Mr Dillon and Mr W. O'Brien were now in the in- firmary waid of Galway Gaol, and that the medical officers did not anticipate any ill dfècts from the im- prisonment, Mr W. H. Smith continued the state- ment that the Government proposed to appoint a Iloyul Commission to inquiie into the rela- tions between employers and employed. Mr Baitley's motion for an inquiry into the work- ing and incidence of the income tax. wts dis- cussed and rej ected by a majority of o.> (101 against 106). The Select Committee on the hourli of rail- way servants wan appoii.t d in epite of objections to the number of railway directors pr< pjsed but Sir M. Hicks-Beach undertook to submit tw.) additional i,.ittiies-E)r,e that of a labor member. The Cheap Trains (London) BUI and the Duration of Speeches in Parliament Bill weie rf jectf d on the motion for second reading while the Marriages of Noncon- formists (Attendance of Registrars) Bill passed the second reading.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The principal buisneM wai the second reading of the Parochial Hoards (Scotland) B.ll. The second re- ading of the Rating of Machinery (No 2) Bill waa moved by Mr If. S. Wiinht, but the debate was ad- journed on the motion of Mr W. James. Four minor Bills were advanced a stage.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The Tithe Bill passed through Committee. HOUSE OF COMM -NS.—'THURSDAY. Mr Smith stated in rep!y to a question that the intercs's of Ireland would be duly considered in the constitution ot the Rt)i-al Ci)iiitrissi,),i on Capital and Labor.

KUAI3JN DISTKICT PLOUGHING SOCIETY. The eixtli annual ploughing rnr.tjh in conncciiou with the Ruabon District Ploughing Society, took place on Monday in a field kind!y lent by Mr Joseph Owen, Moreton Farm, Moreton Inn, Johnstown. The weather was beautifully fine and warm, and thera was a large attendance. The ground was not cf th9 best to exhibit first-rats ploughing upon, as it waa hardly holding enough. De-'pita this fact, however, the ploughing was quite up t,) the average of previous years. The plou(;limen commenced their task-* at half-past nine, and were allowed until halt-past three to complele ihem. The j ndge; Messrs. JelHcue, YVhittington Gomer Roberts, Lianelidan, R ithia and Ed. Edward, Brynbrith, Cm wen, begau judging at half-past three, but it was nearly six o'clock beforg they had finished. A move wad then nialle to tha frunt of the Moreton Inn, where the awards in the ploughing compititions were made known by iir Jellicoe, as follows ()rF.i T,) ALL CO:IFns.-ht, £:, Thomas Vf. TV.inn. T wyn icd, ;t;, Kobert DAvieii, lligher Berse 3rd, i.1. John Giller, htrjtyrwch. LOCAL CI.ASS,><t, £:, Aaron Evans, Felio Nant 2nd, ZL2. E.I. Huberts, Paistglas ikd, £ 1 10s, William Turner, Hafulybwch 4th, ill, John Jackson, BoOhi frytt 5th, 15a, David Jones, Plas Is a; tith, jU-, >aniurl Evans, Dre- fechan 7th, 5. Allen Thomas, Hafcdybweh. The txtra prize of 10' for ploughmen under twenty years of age, who were judged with the other plough- men, was awarded to John Morris, l'lasucha, who was the only competitor. Mr Jell icoe afterwards said the judgc-s had had a hard task to perforin, but they had given every attention to the various points, and he believed their decision would give satisfaction to all. The plough- men had their irons much too forward. Had they provided themselves with a longer suck and a straighter coulter, he thought the work would have been better. As it was it was a great credit to them. He thought the Kood work shown reflected the good feeling existing between master a;id man, which he hoped would long continue. The judges for the best teams were Messrs S. Morris, Lower Berse, and Evatis, Vivod, Llangollen. Sixteen teams entered, and the following were the awards :-Ist, Cl, J. E. Davies, Pias Issa 2nd, 15?, A. Evazip, Btonwylfa; 3rd, 10s, M. Phillips, Hafody- bwch 4 li, 5-, W. C. Hughes, Fennant. The result 01 the hedging and ditching competition was as follows :—1st, 13J, John Jones, Drefechan 2nd, 10s. David Jones, Fennant; 3id. os, John David Evans, Felin Nant. 'I lie judges of this were Messrs John Davies, Afon Bradley, Chirk, and Keudrick Kenrick, Dynhynlle. Messrs Rogers and Jackson, of Wrexham, showed on the field three excellent ploughs by Messrs Hornsby and Son, of Grantham. In the evening, a dinner took place at the Moreton Inn, when Mr John Stevens presided, and Mr J. Giiler occupied the vice-chair. The loyal and patriotic toasts were duly received with musical honors—" Sir Watkin and Lady Williams Wynn and the young heir were toasted heartily.—The health of Mr Fitz-Hugh, of Pias Power, Mr Ed. Elans, of Bronwyifa, and all the ubcribeI8 was proposed by the Chairman, and the toast was received with enthusiasm.—" The Judges," coupled with the name of Mr Jellicoe, was next proposed by tho Chairmar, who s dd their decision had given every satisfaction. (Hear, hear.)—Mr Jellicoe, in thanking them for their kindness, said he hoped the landlords would put their shoulders to the wheel as well as th3 tenants, as good work Wiis to the land- T.. I I. lorira advantage. JLt tney Had tneir tarma well tilled, they would always realise a good price in the market. (Hear, hear )—" The Successful and Unsuccessful Competitors" were next located, coupled with the IIame of Mr Giiler, who responded, and spok e in high tjrms of the services rendered by the judges.—" Success to the liuabon District Ploughing Society was proposed by the Chairman, ar.d re- ceived enthusiastically.—The Treasurer, Mr Davids, of Plas Isso, was next toasted, and that gentleman briefly responded. The Clu-irman proposed the health of the Secretary, Mr Green, and it was re- ceived v, ith musical honors and chter?.—Mr Green, in responding, sjci a!though he had ntvar ploughed half a farrow tn his life, yet he took great interest in the Socit-t", and would do all in his power for its good. (Chens.)—" The Chairman, *• The Press," ai.d t'ie Host tiiid Ilostesv' concluded t ie fcoaat list. All the arrangements were satisfactorily carried out uuder toe management of the following com- mittee :Nir John Stephens, Onen Fechan Mr J is. Thomas, Mafod y bwch Mr Edward Evans, Home Farm, Bronwyifa Mr Wni. Jones, Penbedw; Mr Thomas Ptice, Dryll Farm Mr Joseph Owen, Moreton Mr Humphrey Morris, Cadwgan Mr Bichurd Price, Pentre ucha Mr Math. Phillips, Hafod y bwch Mr A. Phillips, Tyddyn ucha Mr Alfred Phillip?, Cae Soli Mr Robert Williams, Ty'n y Pistyll Mr Edward Robert?, Pantglas Mr Robert Jonts, Bryn y Barcut Mr Paltsrsor, farm bailiff, Acrefair and Mr ltobeit Jones, Ty Britii. The hon. secretary, Mr J no. Green, Pentre, and the hon. treasuter, Mr J. E. Davies, Plas Issa, both worked hard for the success of the meeting. A correspondent writes, with reference to the above ploughing match, that it was the best ploughing match he has ever been to in hia life. He never enjoyed himself so well as he did at thia particular one. He met a large number of old friend?, and they had not to go far in order to have a talk about old times over a friendly gla3s, the only objection being thai the house was rather too crowded. Towards evening, the fun became more exciting, but those who had charge of the fights might have arranged them so that not more than one should have been going on at the same time. It was moat annoy- ing to receive an intimation that three fights were on, and then to be only able to witness one. The dog fight was most interesting, and considerably varied the proceedings.

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