Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

-Fancy Work-Poetry. -,A. Tacit Understanding-The Mute's. -On the Double Quick—Compound Interest, -She Is he supfratitious ? He Yes he wants bj, b?use to be numbered Baker's U" instead of "lS." Jennie (reprovingly): But we're not under the mi-tletoe now, Jack. Jack (unabashed): So much the nicer 1 _jjreezy WliiskerF, (facetiously) Goin' to dine out to-night, Pete ? Burlap Pete: Ya-as; unless I kin Ineak in somewheres. —Wife: John, dear, shall we grt a light or heavy tonil -tone to place on mother's grave ? Husband (with aunHcioud emphasis): Heavy. -Bridbes (at the fountain) Well, thank heavens, water is cheap, if nothing else is Brooks Hum Gu--O-; you never bought any aqua pura at a drug store. _L>id you enjoy the opera?" "No; I didn't hear it." Why not ?" Two women sitting in front of me were explaining to each other why they loved music." There goes a man who left Congress poorer than he was w hen he entered it." "Ah, a good proof of his splendid integrity Ob, no-of his miserable luck at pcker." -in a recent iss-u9 of a contemporary is an article er.tit!ed How to pack a trunk." The best way to pack a trunk is to sit down in an easy chair and watch your wife do it. -Ti) e prima donna who carried away her audience is earnestly requested to bring it back, as there were several mothers in it, who left babies 'at home who any want something. There aint agoiti' t) be good livin' in trampin' this ,ea,on," said Itaggles. I'm afraid not," said Tatteis. These here evoking schools is teachin' gals buw to use up the cold wittles." I think a dime is enough," said Cadley to the waiter who was dissatisfied with his tip. For ze waí1Ín, ye." >:aid the ^ar^on. For the correction of Monsieur's French, by no means." -)Ir Bieeker Young man, you have asked for my daughter'J hand. How do you expect to live and aupi'i rt her on ten dollars a week? Clothesby Scadds: Guild heavens! Is that all you get ? Ptnelope: I suppose if you did not continually suck that cane-head you would not know what to do with it ? Dicky Ob, yes, indeed. But I wouldn't knew n hat to do with my mouth, you know. -Customer (to dry-goods clerk) You have called me a liar; you must take that back." Clerk We never take anything back. But I can change it for you; how would yuu like to be called a thief ? —Maud Isn't it lucky for Santa Claus that Christ- mas comes in the winter, pa? Pa Why, my dear ? Maud Why, if it was in the summer, he couldn't get here at all-there's no sleighing then, you know —" Why did Bing, the Prime Minister of the Cannibal Islands, lead the revolt against Dong-Dong ?" Why, a cargo of freaks was cast ashore, and, in the division of the spoils, Bing got nothing but the os.itied man." Miss Swretser Will you come up to the Christmas gathering to-night? 1 shall be there. Jack Redds With pleasure. Am I expected to bring anj thing Mi-s Sweetser No but you might fetch a spray of mistletoe. —Teacher of Negro School (pointing to letter X) What's that letter, Jonas ? Jona3 (bashfully): Guess don't know, sah. Teacher Oh, yes. Think a minute. Jonas (brightening) Ob, yes, sah. Da's daddy's name. —Senior Partner: Higgins, how do you spell re- cei\-e<l ? Junior Clerk R-e.c-e-i-v-e-d. Senior Part- ner, Just the way I wrote it. (Then there came the sound of a knife scratching on paper from the senior partner's desk.) —Mr Billinge Er—Miss Cooings-Clara-I have a question I would like to ask you." Miss Cooings Well ? Mr Bi-litige Don't you think it would be a gottd idea if-er-this wera the last Christmas Eve that we came home single ? —Kev. Dr. Primrose I'm afraid there has been little joy in the present festive season for you, my good woman. Mrs M'Ginnis True fur yez, sorr. Me son in the pinitenchery wuz the only one of the family to have turkey for Christmas." -Bit)go I'm going to bring my wife around to call on you to-night." Witherby That's right; but do me a favor, old man. Don't let her wear her new aeal,ikiii cloak. I iii)n't want my wife to see it just now." Bitigo (grimly): II Why, that's what we are ooinin^ for." Is he very sick doctor ?" He if, but with pro- per care he will recover." Save him, doctor ex- claimed Mr Skinnphlint, with strong feelinp. That boy has cost me nearly ninety dollars for clothes and echoul books, and he is just getting big enough to be of si me use -P,ofessor Hardhead: I am surprised Miss Geddie, to tind that you play cheba. Miss Geddie (making a move) Why so, Mr Hardhead? You said you never indulged in games of chance. Why, Mr Hard- head Do you consider chesa a game of chance ? It is as you play it. -choolboy Mamma, I wish you'd let the girl put up my lunch instead of doin' it yourself. Mamma It's no trouble, my dear. Schoolboy: I know. Man;ma 'I hen why do you want her to do it. School- boy ICFu-e she's got a better appetite than you have, and siie puts more in. Now that we are married," she said, John has stopped drinking entirely. I have not detected the odfur uf liquor about him since our wedding day." Was it clifficult for him to atop ?" inquired the fcosom friend. Oh, no, not at all. He just eats cloves. He says that it is a certain cure. -11r S T. Nicholas (Christmas Eve) Well, we've got everything arranged now-the prefients, the dii.iier, and- But it seems to me as if I'd forgotten something, still Mrs Nicholas Wasn't it your in- tention to go to church in the morning ? Mr Nicholas: Why, yee, sure enough ? It's a religious holiday, after all —An Arkansas editor, in retiring from the editorial control of a newspaper, said It is with a feeling: of sadness that we retire from the active control of this paj er, but we leave our journal with a gentleman who is abler than we are financially to handle it. Thib gentleman is well known to this community, He is the sheriff. -Mra Pinkerly The boy has jist come with that lovely Christmas present I got for you to-day, dear. He is waiting in the hall now." Pinkerly How kind "-(kies)-" and thoughtful of you, dear (Kiss, kies.) "I am just dying to see what it IB. (im- patiently.) "Why don't you have the boy brmg it up?" Mra Pinkerly (embarrasserl): The fact is- er-darling, it has come. C. O. D." a 1 -7 -One of our School CommtBMMn inBpectea a oowu- town mttic 8chonl the other day, and examined M't?tBirh. CommimionM Now I wtH ask you to tell me the parts of speech of '°""?''?'. lut read. What part of speech is 'Mary Ann 9 9 ?.?; Noun .?" Commissioner What kind • l :»fiA fiirl • Common noun,  XL-?.?? ?'?:. call Mary ''?' a common noun? Little Girl: Because there are 80 many Mary E' .? Commissioner smiled atfn^d^obs^nrvvee^ to the teacher that the answer ought to pass. On another occasion the Commissioner inquired You ny thitt a.n the ri.ers flow into the sea. Why, then, does not the sea become too full and overflow with all FrSrfiif x",d sssrasss i egerly  Because .b.6.h.. drink lb„ | air. ?The bicycle has been known to   whether ;t wanted to or not. NOW$ if   ridinK a'ong in a thunder-shower, and notice bolt of ]jght- ning, a yard wide with selvage, slowly „_wi:nz down a tree by the road,ide, hopping from limb to limb, keep your eye on i and if it crawls through the fence and looks like it was about to take after you, spit on ?ur hands, ?d begin to work with all your m.g.nr and main. If you see it hot aHer you, and Kic^king UP the du.t. dodge from one side of the road to the other, and beat it if you po?bly can. If you see it ia gaining on you. make a mdden wheel and turn back before it can catch itself and turn ronnd'T*n^ fnbe put Home distance between yourselves. It will be to your interest to get as far away from it as p088ibll', and don't forget it, or you never will forget anything els* It is an unfortunate wheelman who allows li"htning to come up and slap him familiarly on the back.

THE PASHA AND HIS WATCH. 1 On the occasion of the Empress E^enie^ v^t to Cairo in 1809, Nubar Pasha was presented by Napoleon III. with a valuable watch richly set with diamonds, This watch he was in the habit of laying before him on the table teta^ th5 ^eS«»^? o? .??d? ?e ?n?i??t Council, ?hich were generally held in the evenin, At ore f the sittings the electric light suddenly went out. When it was turned on again Nubar's watch hna^d d?ppeared. TheP??B?.z?t?   colleagues one after the other, but not one winced under h? 2oze. At lerigtii n "Gentlemen, the watch that. accord? to MY CU"t?m. I had lying here hefMe me, has been removed.  door is locked on the ?d. nobody has e J the room iu the mp?time. and nobody bas gone out. I attribute the !o? of the watch to & ??d]o???orahH. t to? f abstraction on the Part Di one ai you gentlemen. I will now turn on the part of one of you g onv.nced that when on the pMt oi oonnce e ??°??'.????h?m be found In its nut the !:ght it is tumed on a¡:;ain the watch will be found in its usual place. ????.??S?  h» put out. When it ahone br.Hhtly later, ?t only was the place shone b'j«htly a m,nu still vacant, but Nubar's ?here the ?t.ch h? ? .-adUv?acantJ, ?????? h:d ?o  never »•lhe'0 articles again.

GENElvAL NEWS. I —Mr Porter of the UoiUa States Census Bureau, estimates the total coat of Vhe eleventh census at £ 1,400,000, exclusive of printing and some other charges. -In the Queen's Bench Divisiotf.6L" T°Dday, Mr —In the Queen's Bench Division"/ OS i^ I Howard Rumney, a solicitor, obt??d 'tdgment for ;E&% against The Timet for libel ? ? te?''? ? a law caee. -An extraordinary rainfall, measuring nkretefln and a quarter inches in twenty-four hoars, has lallen at Townsville, the most important town in Northern Queensland. —During a fire which broke out in the stables of Messrs Wordie and Co., railway contractors, at Baxbarn, near Aberdeen, on Friday morning, ten valuable horses were roasted to death. —A domestic servant, named Jane Young, was found dead on Friday morning in a water barrel at Berwick. The girl's mistress was buried on Monday, and this apparently preyed on her mind. -The Court for Crown Cases Reserved on Satur- day unanimously quashed the recent conviction at the Central Criminal Court of certain of the Eastbourne Salvationists on a charge of unlawful assembly. -At Edinburgh, on Saturday, George Wright, butcher, was fined 920 for exposing for sale the caccase of a bullock which had died from anthrax. It was stated that one man who became inoculated with the virus from the animal had died from the same disease. -Cases of cruelty to a horse, a pony, and a sheep, respectively, came before metropolitan magistrates on Monday. In two instances the defendants were sentenced, one to fourteen days' and the other to seven days' imprisonment. The third defendant was fined 20j. —Robert Randall, shoemaker, aged 63, of 57, Southam-street, Westbourne Park, London, during a quarrel with his stepson, George Cope (25), on Sunday morning, struck the latter with a poker. A struggle ensued, and both men fell. Randall, after a few incoherent remarks, expired. —A box was received per parcels post at Kettering Postoffice, addressed to Mr Cobb, but as no owner could be found it was forwarded to the Dead Letter Office in London. On Saturday the box was opened, and was found to contain the dead body of a male child, with a mark round the neck as if it had been strangled. —A new feature has arisen in connection with the vicar's rate war at Coventry. On Saturday it was said several ratepayers who had paid the vicar's rate last year on what they are now informed was an illegal rate have declared their determination to take proceedings to recover the same from the makers of the rate. —Dickens parties have long been in favor in America, the guests all being dressed after some character in the great novelist's works. A new development is tha Martha Washington" party for children, at which all the little girls appear in flowered chintz gowns, powdered wigs, muslin kerchiefs, and huge fans, while the boys wear the costume associated with George Washington. —During a terrible snowstorm which visited the county Tyrone on Friday week, two little girls named Quinn left school to return to their home in the Coppagh mountain district. They never reached home, however, and although search parties were organised and every effort made to discover their whereabouts, no trace of them was seen till Friday, when they were found dead, clasped in each other's arms in a partly-thawed snow-drift. -John Goodall, aged 33, of Alton, was on Monday charged on remand, at Tamworth, with assaulting and causing bodily harm to Mrs Siddals, wife a bootmaker, at Burton, in a train near Tamworth. The injured woman was unconscious, and wildly delirious. Dr. Sculthorpe, said her mind was deranged, and there was some fear she would not recover her reason. Prisoner was remanded for a week. —An inquest was held on Monday at Marden Deer Park touching the death of Mr James Hume Webster, the well-known accountant and racehorse breeder, who shot himself. No evidence beyond the fact that he was deeply engaged in vast business transactions and that he was anxious in connection with the proposed re-transfer of Ormonde was forthcoming, and the jury returned a verdict of Suicide while temporarily insane." —Samuel Catton, collier, was charged at Notting- ham, on Friday, with wounding a girl. The prose- cutrix was at the house of a relative of the prisoner when he took down an old gun from over the mantelpiece, and pointed it at her, pulling t:.e trigger. The weapon exploded, the charge shatter- ing the side of the girl's face, destroying one of her eyes, and causing other injuries. The prisoner, who pleaded he dia not know the gun was loaded, was committed for trial. —Raylant, the young man of Bourget, near Paris, has at length awakened from the hypnotic sleep, which lasted nearly three days. He has been aroused by a friend, and was able to attend at the office of the Police Commissionary of Auber- villiers, but could make no definite statement, as he has lost all memory or sense of what occurred after he was hypnotised. The person who sent him to sleep will be summoned for having caused M. Raylant, bodily injury through imprudence." —Sir Charles Butt had a romantic lrgitimacy case before him on Monday, Mrs Mary Bain, a young married lady, seeking a declaration that she was the natural and lawful daughter of Ralph and Mary Usher. Mr Usher deuied the paternity. The object of the suit was that the petitioner might become entitled to take a fourth share in £ 4,000, which Mr Thomas Usher, her alleged grandfather, had left her, and to which she would become en- titled on the death of Mr Ralph Usher, her alleged father. —A few days ago an old lady with snow-white hair came to awell-known Vienna lawyer and asked him to take the necessary steps for the disinter. ment of her sister's body, buried in the great central cemetery ten years ago. The old lady said she had lost her husband, and with him the means of subsistence. Ten years ago she was well off and had her sister buried with all her jewellery, which was very valuable. She had no other means of getting out of her misery than by appealing to the dead and taking the trinkets out of the coffin where they had lain for ten years. The lawyer refused to act fcr her. -According to intelligence from Constantinople the Sultan has had a narrow escape from a serious accident. A dinner, followed by a concert, was given at Yildiz Kiosk in honor of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern, brother of the Roumanian heir presumptive, and in the course of the evening a heavy screen was by some means upset and would have fallen upon the Sultan, had not Prince Charles SDrung forward and caught hold of it. His Majesty expressed his thanks to the Prince and conferred upon him the Turkish medal for saving life, and the Grand Cordon of the Oamanieh Order. -The system of blacking out the sporting news In the daily newspapers in Leicester Free Library evoked an animated and protracted debate in the Council on Tuesday. It was moved that the com- mittee should be requested to discontinue the practice, as the papers were purchased with public money for the use of the public. An amendment approving of the system, owing to the growing evil of betting, resulted in a tie of twenty-three. The same fate befel another amendment, ordering the practice to be discontinued until the committee could reconsider the subject. Eventually a third amendment, merely calling on the committee to reconsider the subject in the light of the debate, was carried by thirty-three to ten. -Alice Hinton, thirty-seven, was brought up at Fareham Police Court on Saturday charged with the wilful murder of her children at Titchfield on November 16th. The prisoner at the time attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat, and had since been under treatment at the Hants County Asylum. While her husband was out shopping the prisoner cut the throats of her daughter Augusta, aged eight-who was born before she married Hinton-and of the two sons of flintoa by a former wife, named Frederick John, aged ten, and William Charles, aged nine. When the police arrived five minutes later the prisoner said, Jack will be happy now he will be a free man again." She was committed for trial. -The Birmingham coroner investigated a painful case on Friday. The deceased, Catherine McKeand, 24 years of age, was the wife of Mr Chas. Pilling McKeand, barrister, of St. James'-square, Man- chester. Deceased, who was said to have been a very handsome woman, lived apart from her hus. band, and was very intemperate in her habits. Divorce proceedings were also pending against her. Her maid said deceased drank as much as a bottle of whisky and a bottle of brandy each day, and often more. She was constantly drunk, and fre- quently threatened to poison herself, saying she could not face the divorce proceedings. Death was due to gastritis, the result of exceasive drinking, and a verdict to this effect was recorded. Mr McKeand attended, and said he had been obliged to leave his wife on account of her unfortunate habits, but he had made her a handsome allowance. —In the Westminster County Court, on Tuesday, Jacques, the fasting man, was the defendant, on a judgment summons taken out by Dr. Whitmarsh, who attended him while fasting at the Royal Aquarium. The plaintiff's representative said the defendant was well able to pay this debt, which was JE40. He was a printer on plates, and had told him he could earn f 3 a week easily at that. He lived at Crayford and was a herbalist. He had a fine house with many greenhouses, and was a graDe-grower. Last week he sold a dog for £ 50, and had another valuable one now. Defendantsaidhe was doing nothing at all. He made nothing out of the fast at the Aquarium, but rather lost by it. He sold none of the herb which he used for fasting purposes. He had not done any work as a plate. printer for three years.- His Honor made an order for payment of the debt by four monthly in. stalments of £10.

I WELSH AND BORDER NEWS. —Baron Halkett, Liberal candidate for Chester, slipped, and, in falling, dislocated his knee Joint. -At Llanerchymedd on Monday, a publican, for permitting drunkenness, was fined jE5 59 3d, and his licence endorsed. -Mr Henry Taylor, F.S.A., town clerk of Flint, is lying seriously ill of the prevailing epidemic at his residence, Curzon Park, Chester. _fr and Miss Balfour, who had been on a Drivate visit Mr George Wyndham, M.P., and the Countess b.rosvenor at Saighton Grange, Cheater, since early on Sunday morning, left again for Lon- don on Monday, "Mr T. Charles, Bryijbo, attended xi Liverpool on Saturday the quarterly conference of the Cheshire and North Wales District Cc.-operative Association. One speaker said co-operation was the be*t form of Christian Socialism. —The Mayor of Carnarvon presided on Monday at a meeting to protest against the proposed removal of North Wales Training College, a wing of whish was lately destroyed by fire, to Bangor. Resolu- tions supporting the protest were agreed to. j —An attempt to wreck a train running between Chester and Lime-street, Liverpool, was made at Trafford Meadows, a trolly having been placed across the line. Fortunately the engine dashed the obstruction aside, without any serious result ensuing. —The Mayor of Oilwestry presided at a meeting of the Shropshire Cricket Club on Satnrday. The receipts had amounted to 9288 15-:1 Hi-I, leaving a balance of JE6 10a 3d. Mr A. P. Heywood Lonsdale was elected president. It was decided to bold a "cricket week at Shrewsbury in Aifgost. —Two brothers named Grey were sliding on a pond at Brynmawr on Monday afternoon, when the ice gave way, and the younger brother, a boy of eight, was drowned, the other being with difficulty rescued. At Rhymney a similar accident oemyred, resulting in the drowning of two boys named Davies. —A Liberal meeting at Talysarn was addressed on Friday night by Mr Lloyd George, M.P., and Mr f. Bryn Roberts, M.P. Mr George referred to the Church Congress beer booths, and said a more complete vindication of his accusation, than that afforded in Rhyl County Court, he could not have desired. —A Bangor correspondent jays tl.e whole scheme of the Charity Commissioners under the Welsh Intermediate Education Act for Carnarvonshire will be strenuously opposed by a considerable section in the county, as will also the proposal to place Friars' School, Bangor, under the supreme control of the County Council. -Llandudno Improvement Commissioners on Friday approved, with the chairman's casting vote, the Committee's recommendation to pay the workmen fortnightly. The chairman of the Work's Committee resigned his position. A mem- ber hoped the mania for resignation would not con- tinue, or there would be no members left. —Penally Church, a mile and a half from Tenby, one of the most interesting of the South Pembroke- shire churches, was partially destroyed by fire on Sunday night, it is supposed through the over- heating of the flues of the heating apparatus, which is situated near the east end of the building. The church has recently been fitted with electrio light at the expense of the Mayor of Tenby, who resides in the parish. -At Bangor and Beaumaris Board of Guardians, complaint was made of the Local Government Board, a member saying Talk about local govern- ment, why it was government delayed by an office in London. The master, who reported an increased number of tramps, said it was owing to the partial completion of the Manchester Ship Canal. It was general in most of the North Wales Unions, and at Penrhyndeudraeth the Guardians had to take beds outside the workhouse. —The Llanfyllin magistrates were applied; to on Saturday to grant the Liverpool Corporation a certificate of completion of certain roads round Lake Vyrnwy. The Bench decided, on the clear understanding that the road over the Vyrnwy dam had nothing to do with the county or highway authorities, to grant the certificate, provided also that the Corporation undertook extra drains on the roads to the reasonable satisfaction of the county and district surveyors. -On Monday afternoon the funeral took place at Rhuddlan Parish Church of Mr Samuel Jones, of Castle-view, Rhuddlan. Deceased was confined to the house for several weeks through a violent attack of typhoid fever. Deceased was a piominent member of the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, and held the post of deacon for many years. His father and grandfather also held the same position, and the family have resided in Rhuddlan o?er a century. —Throughout Montgomeryshire considerable in- terest is being aroused in the County Council election. The Council is composed of öC5 members, 42 elected and 14 aldermen, seven of the latter sitting for six years and seven for three years. The first election in most places was fought on political lines, and it resulted in the return of 22 Liberals, 18 Conservatives, and two Unionists. Of the 14 aldermen elected three were Conservatives. There is every prospect of politics occupying a more pro- minent pait in the coming election. -At Sutton, near Runcorn, on Sunday morning, a farmer's man found a horse harnessed to a trap straying on the main road. In the vehicle was a young man quite dead. He was leaning on the splash board, and his head had a wound in froni. He appeared to have been dead some time. It afterwards transpired the deceased was George Roberts, son of a cab proprietor of Frodsham, and had late on Saturday night driven Dr. Carruthers to Halton. He left that gentleman's residence apparently all right and quite sober. —Mrs Abbott, the Georgia Magnet," appeared at Cardiff Park-hall on Monday, and experienced con- siderable opposition on the part of one of the com- mitteemen, named Allen, an engineer, who per- sisted in ascribing tha lady's feats to leverage or muscular power. He challenged several of the tests, and after one of them he himself picked up four men on a chair. The contests between Mrs Abbott and her challenger caused the liveliest in. terest amongst the audience, who were divided in opinion at the end as to whether the lady is really an electric lady or only a clever show-woman. -On Tuesday, an inquest was held at Bangor Infirmary on the body of Hugh Thomas, aged 73, living at Penrhosgarnedd. He had been for some time strange in his manner, and was missed from home on Wednesday. Next morning he was found by the guard of a goods train lying in an uncon- scious state on the side of the line not far from the mouth of the Menai Bridge tunnel. He was suffering from inflammation of the brain, and it was surmised he had fallen down the embankment. Ho died in the infirmary on Monday night. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence. -At Wednesday's adjourned meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Bangor Cathedral, it was decided te accept the resignation of Dr. Roland Rogers, the cathedral organist. The dispute leading to Dr. Rogers tendering his resignation was because Dean Lewis objected to his assisting at an organ recital given in the Menai Bridge Presbyterian Church. There have been several meetings of the Chapter, but it has been found impracticable to accept the terms upon which Dr. Rogers insisted on the rights of the musical profession. It is understood that the correspondence between the parties will shortly be published, The action of the Chapter is very advareely oriticibed, -At Bow-street Police Court, a tall, thin in. dividual, who said he was a Welsh schoolmaster, applied for a warrant against a man for obtaining money by false pretences. Applicant described how, being allured by an advertisement in a daily paper promising theatrical positions to all and sundry, he parted with JE8 on the understanding he was to be engaged at a liberal salary to appear on the stage. The person who engaged him after- wards said the Lord Chamberlain had put a stop to a projected performance at Camden Town, but that he had taken the Novelty Theatre, and further showed him great big offices" in the Outer Temple which he alleged were his. Sir John Bridge reminded the applicant of the adage that 1, no cobbler should go beyond his last," and sug- gested he would be better employed in teaching the young than in strutting his little hour on the stage. However, inquiries should be made as to his statement. -Shropshire County Council on Saturday received from the Intermediate Technical and Agricultural Education Committee a satisfactory report upon the work done during the first part of the winter session, and a statement showing that during last year £ 510 had been spent on cookery instruction, JE467 on dairy classes, £635 in special grants, £797 in grants to Union areas for technical instruction purposes, and £ 1,258 on winter lectures, f850 of which was paid the Oxford Extension Delegates for the services of lecturers, E293 for schoolmasters' classes, including JE162 spent in paying the fares of schoolmasters attending the classes, and JE546 on office expenses, making a total of £ 4,509. The grants at the disposal of the Council for the pur- poses of education amount to £ 6,500. A scheme was approved for the ultimate division of the county into six divisions for the purpose of taking the maintenance ofJ the main roads into the hands of the Council.

Mr Chamberlain's article on old-age pensions will be only one contribution to the litera- ture of this subject. The Rev. J. Frome Wilkinson is writing a booklet for Messrs Methuen on the pension question. Mr T. E. Young is collaborating with Mr Wilkinson for the actuarial portion of the book. Mr Wilkinson will oppose a national pen- sion scheme. His ability to do so will be under- stood by those who have read the volume on Mutual Thrift," which he contributed to Messrs Methuen's social series. Mr Frome Wilkinson is dedicating his new effort to Mr John Morley.

WREXHAM ODDFELLOWS (M.U.). j At a summoned meeting of the Loyal Cambrian Lodge at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, on Monday night, N.G. G. M. Manley presiding, it was unani- moosly decided to hold the anniversary dinner on February 26th. A representative committee was appointed to arrange the details, it being under- stood the programme will be on the lines which proved so popular last year.

DR. HUNTER, M.P., AND OLD-AGE I PENSIONS. lIir W. A. Hunter, M P., of North Aberdeenshire, delivered an interesting address on old-age pen- sions, snder the auspices of the local Liberal Aeso- ciation, at Market Harborough, on Monday evening. He explained at length the various schemes of old. age peneions which were being tried on the Continent and were proposed- in Sogland. Coming to Scotland, he explained that they proposed to take as the aucleus of a pension fund for old age and infirmity the annual sum of a quarter of a million sterling, to which they were entitled withost additional taxation, His belief was, moreover, that it would be quite safe for the Scotch Government to contribute £!;V a year for a man and JE5 a year for a woman, on condition that the man and woman would provide for themselves pensions of equal amount. This gifti. if the man began at twenty, would cost only 2d a week. If the man became disabled before the age of sixty- five he should receive from the local authorities 110s a week, and not be disqualified from voting. iHe would, moreover, be allowed to insure himself in any society he pleased. At first, moreover, they would try the voluntary system, and the resultint experience would show whether the principle would work in England, or whether it would be necessary to have recourse to compulsion, and the more especially as they would also have the result of the operation of the system on the Continent. In any case, Eugland should find it possible to make not a wholly inadequate provision for working men in their old age, and thereby supersede the miserable outlook of either indoor or outdoor relief. (Cheers.)

WREXHAM AND DISTRICT' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.. ANNUAL MEETING. I The annual meeting of the Wrexham and' District Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture was held at the Rooms, Argyle-street, on Monday- afternoon. The Mayor (Mr F. W. Soames) pre-- sided, and there were also present Mr J. Meredith-Jones, chairman of the council; Mr John Francis, Mr John Fiichard, Mr H. Simms, National Provincial Bank Mr T. Bushby, Trevor Mr W. Ellis, Wrexham and Acton Colliery; Mr J. W. Evans, Marchwiel; Mr H. C. Johnson, Mr A. Renfree, Mr J. Edgar, and Mr R. J. Kendrick, clerk. Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from Colonel Barnes, Mr R. V. Kyrke, Mr James Sparrow, Mr Owen Slaney Wynne, and Mr A. C, Humphreys-Owen, who took the opportunity of expressing his great pleasure at the prospect of the completion of the Wrexham and Ellesmere line. Mr J. M. JONES, as chairman of the council, gave a short report of the proceedings of the Chamber for the past twelve months. He said the Chamber had done good work during the past year. They had joined the Central Chamber of Agri- culture and the Associated Chambers of Commerce. This brought them into contact with two great organisations, each of which devoted its entire attention to the development of the objects which they had in view. A Parliamentary Committee had been formed, and those who were upon that committee well knew that there was an enormous amount of fatiguing work in going through Bills before Parliament, in orier to ascer- tain whether there was aaything in those Bills which was derogatory to the district, and whether anything could be added for the benefit of the dis- trict. The committee had done good work, and he might say that the work the secretary had done, in connection with the committee, was enormous. The rooms in which they were now meeting had been taken and furnished, and he thought they could congratulate themselves upon having taken such suitable rooms in so excellent a position. He only wished the members would make better use of them. The question of railway rates had been carefully watched, and the Mayor had taken great interest in the matter, and the weight of the Chamber has been brought to bear in order to get the best possible terms. They were not altogether satisfied, but they would perhaps be able to accom- plish what they wanted in the future. An Agri- cultural Committee had also been appointed, and they had made application to the County Council for a technical education grant to the Art School, and one of £89 bad been received. They would apply for a larger grant in the future. He wished the agriculturists of the district would realise the importance of co-operation in fostering and further- ing what was one-if not the most important in- dustry of the country. He believed that, as far as agriculture was concerned, it had taken a turn, and that it had a bright prospect before it. There was an extremely interesting article on the question in I last week's Spectator, and he felt sure that any farmer alter reading that would feel more hopeful of the future than he had done for some years past. A meeting had been held in that room, when most interesting; speeches were delivered by Sir Robert Cunliffe, Hon. G. T. Kenvon, M.P., and Mr T. Chilton, and a public meeting was also held in St. James's Hall, when Col. Hill, Hon. G. T. Kenyon, Right Hon. G. O. Morgan, M.P., Sir R. A Cun- liffe, and others spoke. He thought they should acknowledge in some way the great interest Sir Robert Cuuliffe had taken in the Chamber. (Elear, hear.) The question of forming Boards of Arbitra- tion and Conciliation had also been discussed. A deputation, consisting of the Ex-Mayor (Dr. Palin), Mr H. C. Johnson and himself had waited upon the North Wales Miners' Federation, and were very courteously received. The general feel- ing of the meeting appeared to be that such a Boa-d was desirable, but he believed that the central organisation, when the matter was sub- mitted to them, advised the Federation to have nothing to do with it. Mr JOHN PRICHARD said they were much in- debted to Mr Jones for his report, and he was sorry that the steel, coal, and terra cotta in- dustries of the district were not more largely re- presented in the Chamber. Mr Prichard having referred to the allotments question, the improve- ment of the position of the laborer, and the agita- tion for decimal coinage, moved a vote of thanks to Sir R. Cunliffe for the trouble he had taken in connection with the Chamber. Mr H. SIKHS seconded, and the resolution was agreed to unanimously. Mr J. M. JONES thought if they only kept on pegging away that they would get a decimal system bye and bye. On the motion of Mr BUSHBT, seconded by. Mr ELLIS, it was resolved that the Council meetings be held on Wednesday, instead of Thursday, in fnture. Mr W. F. Butler and Mr J. M. Jones were elected vice-presidents. The CHAIRMAN explained the procedure of boards of arbitration and conciliation. He said it was a question of immense importance, and in joining these boards he wanted the employed to clearly understand that they did not tie their hands in any way, but met their employers on equal ground. On the motion of Mr RENFREE, seconded by Mr J. M. JONES. it was decided that it be a recom- mendation to the Council to consider the question of forming an Arbitration and Conciliation Beard. On the motion of Mr J. M. JONES, seconded by Mr H. C. JOHNSON, the Mayor, Mr John Prichard, and Mr John Francis were appointed to draw up a memorial to the County Council, urging upon it the claims of that district to a larger grant than £80, under the, Technical Instruction Act. Mr J. PRICHARD was appointed the delegate to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Sir R. Cunliffe to the Central Chamber of Agriculture. The CLERK read a statement of accounts, which had been audited and passed by the auditors, Mr W. Ellis and Mr Spurring. The income for the year was JEST 6s 2d, and the expenditure f-77 3s lid, leaving a balance in hand of E10. 23 3d. On the motion of Mr ELLIS. seconded by Mr BUSHBY, the accounts were passed. The Clerk was instructed to communicate with I those members of the Council who had expressed I their inability to attend the meetings of the Council held on Thursdays and to ascertain whether, now the day had been changed to Wednesday, it would be convenient for them to act on the Council. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the meeting. .0

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I COR RES PON DID NO E. DR. THOMAS HENRY, OF MAflfeHfi&TER. SiR,In reply to the question put to nM in your last issue, 1 beg to say that the house in* Hope- street wherein lived for many years Mr WHliam Henry (who was the father of the famour Dr. Thomas Henry, of Manchester) is still in existeite, and is that occupied by Messrs S. Aston and Sea; The house in Lambpit-street, in which he hxl formerly lived, still also substantially exists, and ir represented by the shop at the corner of Lambpit and Chester-streets, and by the cottages between that shop and the kiliv in the etreet first named. Dr. Henry was himself born somewhere in Wrex- ham Abbot, but in which house there I do not know. Here is a chance for some adept in spiritualism to enlighten m IL-1 am, &a., ALFRI» NEOVAIRD PALMER. 19, King-street. TWO VERS3€>3$6v I Sis,—Lord Lome has written a life of Lord P/rfmerston, and the following extteKjfc ia from the review of it in the Daily Lord Lorne remembers a dinner at which a- lady, much inclined to pump' Ministers oa' politics, was seated between Lord Palmerston and hisiself. She opened fire on Lord Palme^thn on the Schleswig-Holstein Question, and Iierd Lome heard Kiln say Well, I had that matter once at my fingsTfl' ends, but upon my word jJ iraive quite forgotten-all the complications. There is surely nothing rsiy piquant in this story, that a- maa should forget an intricate case. The reafrfenswe* that Lord.' Palmerston gave was this There were once two men who knew all abaztt, this- matter, myeaif and another man but that other man is dead, -and I have forgotten all about it:" A' great improvement upon Lord Lome's anecdote.— I am, &c., JNO. JOJKIBM St. John's, Wrexham, Jan. 22nd, 1892. THE AUXILIARY FORCES CAVALRY AND INFANTRY. SIR.-Your correspondent for the Hope Whispels" has, according to your last issue, over. heard a conversation about the Denbighshire Hussars' Band," vrhieh is certainly not correct, and it behoves me, as a-member of the same, to give the Whisper" aa emphatic denial. I think it would be wise in futare for the above correspondent to ascertain facts before rushing headlong into print, to the injury of his neighbours. The facts are, Buckley Town Oltl Band have engaged to do the work for Hawarden Volunteer Corps, and will wear a special private uuiform for that purpose. Although several of the Town Band are members of the D. Y.C. Band, there are others (not belong- ing) who will play with the Town Band for the Hawarden Volunteers, and are obtaining (as above) uniform and instruments for their own private pur- pose. Thanking you for the insertion of the above in your next issue, I am, &c., on the band's be- half, PRIVAT* JOIrlf JONES, D.Y.C. Band. Buckley, 25th January, 1802. I A WELSH CRITIC. SIR,—I have read with amusement the letters anent muddy streets which have lately appeared in your columns, all occasioned by a lady putting her foot into a puddle. I don't want to enter into the lists with so veteran a pen-man as Mr H. Rowlands, who has, by his last effusion, apparently to his own satis- faction, simply crushed, quashed, extinguished, his unknown opponents, but I would remind him that people who live in glass houses should by no means throw stones. It appears his own education has been so fac neglected as not to be able to translate his own poetical (?) quotation." Cacwn" is Welsh for wasps, not bees, for Trebor Mai was not only a poet, bat his poetry was "true to nature," "chwedl Wit Bryan," as bees' nests are seldom, if ever, situated where one can kick them while walking, whereas the contrary is a fact in the case of wasps. The It cynghanedd" of which Mr Rowlands writes with so much positivenesa. is also marred by the bastard word cicio," at least so say judges of refined taste.-I am, &c., CTMRO. I THE-CHURCH IN WREXHAM. SIR,—Seeing in your paper these last two weeks the letters of your correspondents respecting the churchwardens' appeal to the parishioners of Wrex- ham, I, as a humble member of the congregation of St. Giles's for many years, in fact from my childhood, which dates back to the late Canon Cunliffe's vicariate, have always thought, and still think, the churchwardens are not treated with the confidence which the congregation ought rightly to bestow. The offertories are very far too little for such a large, influential, well-to- do, congregation. I have blushed when I have seen what my fellow- worshippers have placed on the plate. And the way they do iti- A kind of sleight of hand trick- what is known as the palming business 1 My coin has been the much-abused threepenny piece-which is a giant in value to compare with their coin— which is usually. a halfpenny. Now these people are well-to-do, owners of property, and occupy positions and move in society, what is considered ti D tOD. When a special appeal is made I have looked in vain amongst the subscribers for their name. It is absent from the list of subscribers. Have they a conscience ? I am surprised they are not ashamed of themselves, for it is noticed and talked over by the humbler classes who attend St. Giles's, and proves to be a stumbling block to the humbler ones who give liberally out of their weekly earnings, for they draw comparisons with Mr, Mrs, and Miss Well-to-do, and poor Mr, Mrs, and Miss so-so. What a difference in the coin given by both. The latter white, the former bronze. Well, sir, I could recite many more- instances of the meanness and niggardliness of these better class of folks that attend St. Giles's, ,but refrain from doing so. I have not written this letter. to you, air. to enter into any controversy with any correspondent, but as a means to rouae up those whom the cap will fit, and there are many who can wear it, for it will fit easily on many I'Jinow to have done what I have written. The churchwardens of St. Giles's ought to have at their command at least £1000 a year. Yes, even more if the congregation did its duty, which is not asking too much to meet all demands, and keep the good old fabric clean, warm, a good choir, organist, repairs, and everything to make the services brighter, without troubling those who are outside the pale of the Church of England.—I am, &c., A WORKING MAN. I JanuAry 23rd, 1892. A W ORXING MAN.

HOPE WHISPERS. I A meeting of the Ploughing Society was held on Thursday evening,. Mr Fryer presiding. Everything was perfectly harmonious, but some very funny things were said. But there cannot be a doubt that this society is pro. ductive of much good. One person, at any rate, has" stuck stout" on the tithe question, and never paid yet. The dreaded influenza ip rife amongst UII, and the thought uppermost is Whose turn next!" Muscular Christianity is decidedly advantageous, its mere presence guaranteeing order in a Sunday School. The Blue Stars are gaining in brilliancy. People living in towns or on the low land have no idea of the difficulty of transit amongst the hills this recent snowy weather. The M. S. and L, trip to Manchester was decidedly enjoyable and successful. The mild spring-like weather and bright sun of Sunday morning was a blessed change, after the dismal weather of the opening new year. The melting of the snow has caused the waters.of our etreams to rise to an unusual height, the rivar Alyn being abnormally high, and the fields adjacent presenting the appearance of lakes. Some of our readers will remember the late Mr H. C. Carter, C.C., of Connah's Quay. This gentleman being a spokesman here at meetings in connection with intermediate education. The Liberals were "hand in glove" over their selection of a candidate for the County Council. By the way-in connection with the C.C.—who belled the cat at Mold ? Are canvassing agents a preventative- of personation at elections ? There are some very dangerous stiles in the Cymmau on the road to Cae Ciogyn. Many frienda will be sorry to hear of the serious illness of Mr William Ellis, of Llay Hall. In spite of the snow, a couple of hardy primioses could be seen this week in Mrs Maria Edwards' garden at the FfrwA, ♦

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The forest of Dean coalowners have renewed the notice to rednee wages 7i per cent. Twelve colliers oat of 300 who left work without giving notice at the Fitzwiliiam Colliery, near Pontefract, owing to a dispute with the manager, were on Saturday ordered to pay Is per day damages and costs. The case was a test one.

MINU8, WEEKLY PAY. In accordance with the resolutions passed at the 7&ent meeting of tbs North Wales Miners' Federa- tlD the miners employed at the Flaskynaston tBd th^'Wynnstay Ccllier»sr gave a fortnight's notice to the effect that they were unanimous in asking I the jfitasters to grant them their wages weekly, and in tbs event of a refusal they will cvjne out on I strike.-

THE LABOR COMMISSION. I Mr Da-rfd Evan Davis, certificated manag37, aDd member of "Ae Colliery Officials' Association'^ from Cwmavon, gave evidence on' Saturday to, the Section une.r the presidency ot Mr David Sale. Traversing sta-beroents which had,been made by an inspector, he-declared that the casualties in mises in the Rhondzia VliWiey district were due either to pure accident "Nhieh could not ha"beed prevedtad- by forethought-or to needless risk iweurred by thorl colliers. He should object to transforming working miners into inspectors. If a man, ssniply because he had been cutad £ fcoaI, was to be pat over the managers, it woul^^ut the latter in » very unenvi- able position. These i» authority shooid certainly have qualifications equal to those of the* managers themselves. Manpof the Welsh miners- belonged to religious denomiaations. Mr Davis agreed with ether witnesses thalyliuiitibg the hours !#mn bank to bank to eight per day would render the work- ing of the Rtiondda Valley Mines impracticable. Svch a limitation wculd reduce the tirnx at the face from the present si* hoars and forty minutes to Are hours. There would be great temptation to men to try and earn more in the time, and-their hurrying the work would'increase the risks etileci- dent. More accidents oseurred to skilled thtm to unskilled workers, becavae:, the former through familiarity with t.he work, voluntarily ran iato more risk. He had the titatement from a trmt- jwwrthy source, but ie coald- not give the acfttal Sgurea. He did not agree with evidence given on behalf of the miners t hat delegates were dismissed or that any difference was insd,.t, between unionist* and"non-unionists.-It. reply.. to Mr Abiaham, he saidHhe men are in the mine ten hours and fort7 miuutes per day, Th.9 dangerous nature of the roof in particular was the cau-39- of the disparity in accidents in South Wales as compared with other I distriotB.

THE EDUCATION CONFERENCE. I The filth Conference of the JoinSi Education Com- mittee of Wales and Monmouthshire was held at Shrewsbury, ou Friday, when Mr A. H. D. Acland, M.P., was chairman. Amongst those pre- sent were-Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P., the- Dean of St. Asaph, Mr J. Herbert Lewis, Mr O^Isgoed Jones, Lianrwst; Principal lieichel, Bangor; Mr A. C. Humphreys-Owati, Mr R. A. Jones, Liverpool; Mr O. Slaney Wynne, Ruabon Mr Thwnas Gee, Den. bigh; Mr J. E. Powell, Wrexham; Mr P. Mostvn Williams, Hhyl; and the Hon. W,. N. Bruce, Assistant Charity Commissioner.—On the motion of the Chail man, seconded by the Dean of St. Asaph, it was resolved, That this Conference desireato express its sympathy with her Majesty, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck in the deep uffliction which hs befallen them by the lamented death of H.R.H. the Duke at Clarence and Avondale."—Principal Keiehel read a letter from Herr Salomon, the principal of the Slojd system ot manual instruction in Sweden, commenting upon the report presented to the conference by a committee, and saying that he never saw one teacher giving good instruction to more than 20 pnpils at once, and that 16 was the average. Principal Reichel added that the large classes which Herr Salomon criticised were in Liverpool, but the Principal added that the com. mittee had no opportunity of seeing the children at work. At the Manchester School they saw the children at work, but there the classes were much ■mailer.—Mr Humphreys-Owen presented an exhaus- tive report of a committee appointed to inquire into the employment of women as teachers. The com- mittee had exhaustive replies to their questions from Scotland and the United States, all stiongly in favor of the employment of women as teachers of boys and of mixed classes.—On the motion of Mr Herbert Lewis, seconded by the Dean of St. Asaph, a vote of thanks was given to Mr Humphreys-Owen for the trouble he had taken in the matter, and to those- the educational authorities—who had so willingly sup- plied him with information.—The Chairman suggested that the secretaryship of the county and local govern- ing bodies should be vested in one mac, and that it was not necessary that the secretary should be a solicitor and this view was generally en- dorsed by the conference.—The report of the Central Educational Board Committee was considered, together with the draft regulations forwarded by the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr Humphreys-Owen, a vote of thanks was given to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the draft regulations and for his willingness to act with the Central Educational Board in the matter of the inspection and examination of schools under the Welsh Act. The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed that the results of the examina- tion should be reported to the Education Depart- ment but on the ground that that Department had nothing to do with secondary education, the conference unanimously resolved to substitute the "Charity Com- missioners," with whom they had intimate and friendly relations. It was also decided, aa the Treasury would be saved the cost of conducting an examination of the schools, to ask them to contribute to the cost of inspection by the central educational body. Upon the consideration of the scheme sub- mitted by the committee, it was decided that the Central educational body should comist of sixty-six members.—Messrs T. E. Ellis, M.P., J. A. Doyle, Ivor James, and J. E. Powell were placed upon the committee appointed to draft a scheme for a Welsh University. Mr R. A. Jones moved That this conference is of opinion that it is necessary to insert in the scheme under the Welsh Act clauses to secure at least that no formularies or catechisms distinctive of any religious denomination shall be used, or tenets distinctive of any religious denomination taught in the family worship held or during the general religious teaching (if any) given to children in boarding houses or hostels which derive ilssistance from public property or public funds, or which are managed wholly or in part by paid school officials."—The Rev. Llewelyn Edward* seconded.—Principal Reichel moved a rider Except when the parents express in writing a desire that such teaching shall be given."—Mr de Winton moved the previous question, which was seconded by the Dean cf St. Asaph, and finally, on a divition, the two amend- menta were defeated, and the motion of Mr R. A. Jones was carried by 18 votes to 3. The dissentient members were Messis W. S. de Winton. and 0. Slaney Wynne with the Dean of St. A-aph.-On the motion of Mr Humphreys Owen, seconded by Mr T. E. Ellis, M.P., a resolution was adopted in favor of the removal of the Welsh Girls' School from Athford to the Principality.—The conference then rose. ————— —————

LLANGOLLEN PETTY SESSIONS. TOESUAY.—Before Colonel Barnes (in the chair), J. C. Edwards. Esq., T. Hughes, Esq., and W. I Coward. Esq. DRUNKENNESS. I Jane Hughes, hawker, Pengwern-equare, Llan- gollen, was charged with drunkenness. P.C. Williams said that about half-past three on New Year's Day the defendant was in Oak-street. She waa very drunk. Fined 5a and costs.—G. Williams, collier, Black Park, was charged with being drunk and dis. orderly P.O. Bennetts said that on Christmas night he was on duty in Chirk, when the defendant came up to him and wanted to fight. He had to get two men to take him home. Fined 5s and costs.—The same officer, charged William Kynostoin,. laborer, Chirk Green, with being drunk, at Chirk, on the afternoon of Sunday, the 10th inst. Fined 5a and costs.—George GriSBths, laborer, Vroncysyllte, was charged with drunkenness. P.C. Brooks said that on the night of November 5th he found the defendant lying drunk on the highway at Vroncysyllte. The defendant, who did- not appear, was fined 10s and costs, or 14. days' imprisonment in default. P^IOBECBIION BY THE LOCAL, BOARD. ? George Slawson, Church-street, was charged by 1. Hendrick Janest surveyor to the Local Board, with depositing a quantity of manure on the public street, and allowing it to remain there—Mr Kendrick Jones Did the manure was placed on the. street on Thurs- day, Decembee 24th, and was allowed to remain there during Christmas Day, Saturday, and Sunday follow- ing. Ha- believed it was left there owing to a mis- understanding. The Chairman said there had evidently been a misunderstanding with reference to the matter, and the magistrates would take a light view of the case, and fine the defendant la and costs. GAME, QASE. Matthew Morris, farmer, Caecoed, Glyn Iraian, was charged with killing game without a licence.- Mr Ellis, of Oswestry, appeared for the defendant. Mr Murta, supervisor,, Wrexban:, said on Novem- ber 7th, the defendant was upon bis. own farm, at Glyn Traian, when a pheasant rose. He fired and killed it.. Thomas Roberts, farmer, Pencraig, said on Novem- ber 7th, at about eight o'clock in the morning, he saw the defendant is a field adjoining witness's farm. A pheasant rose, and he saw th9 defendant fire at it. The pheasant dropped in witnsss's field, and his son fetched the bird. The defendant was about 150, yards from witness. Ann Roberts, wife of the last witness, corroborated, and said that they cooked the pheasant. They had the feathers now. Richard Roberta, son oi the last witness, also gave evidence.. Mr Ellis, in defence. said it was a case of mistaken identity, arid called John Jones, worbmg at Fenybryn iarm, Ulyni Traian,. who said thatat a quarter to eight, on Saturday morning, November 7th, he was workinc at Peny. bryn Farm. The defendant was ?so there, helping to thatch. He remained there all day, until about a uarter to six. ct The Magistrates retired for a 9bort time, and on re- turning said they were not aatianed, and would ad. ?journ_tho case for a month for further evidenoe. I ALLOWING A COLT TO STRAY. Thomas Roberts, farmer, filaesyrycnain uacn, Llantysilio, was charged by P.C. Rigby with allow. ing a colt to stray on the Tynypistyl-road, on Tt!I' day, the Wth inst,—Fined Is and oosts.

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I NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK. I ANNUAL MEETING. I The fifty-sixth annual meeting of the proprietor. ot the North and South Wales Bank. Limited, was held at the Law Association Rooms, Liverpool, oa Tues- day, Mr W. Nicol (deputy-chairman of the fcard of directors) presiding. The other directors present were Messrs J. Bibby, Thos. Brocklebank, B, :8-. Price, and W. Watson. Mr R. Meredith Jones, the Liverpool manager/ read the annual report, a summary of which appearit elsewhere. The Chairman moved that the report be adopted, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. He expressed his extreme regret at the absence through illness of Mr Rae, their chairman, and he felt sure that the shareholders would Join with himself in hoping that Mr Rae would soon be restored to his wonted health. (Hear, hear.) The meeting would observe that their profits during the year were £ 102;425; being the largest ever declared by the bank. (Applause.) The expenses showed an increase of £ 2,961, but the greater portkxn of that amount went in salaries to the officers. (Hear, hear.) There bad also been the additional expense of a new branch. The deposits showed an increase of nearly £ 400,CW, which they might fairly consider as indi- cating the Continued confidents of the public in the stability of the bank. (Hear, hear.) The deposits sow amounted' to over kl,000,000, and to meet these they had ovar £ 5,000,0<M>, including bills, of immediately available assets, so that the bank was never in a aftronger positfon than is was at present. iApplause.) Consols having fallen;, the directors d'o" glit it expedient to wrifo them stown to 95, but ere was a gaod reserve ig, the rariway preterence stock, which, if sold, would5 realise kM.W more than they had stated it at, and- would eeable them to vvtite down coti-qols to 90. The caah io, hand. &c., amounted to an increase of nearly 9200.000, butlthe bills unfortunately shswed a decrease. At present there werj very few gcgd bills, showing that the trade of the country was falling away. They musttook forward In having bacf times. Tha decrease in thertulis"was nearly £ 300.00% One-half of the total bills of exchange were Treasury bills, and were therefore the very best security.- The advances amountad to £ 2,749,0€&an increase of'nearly £ 399,000, but they were all well secured. Iltr was glad to in- form the proprietors th»t*the Baring gtiarantao was likely to ran off'without loss. Mr Lidderdale bad very recently declared that there would be no loss fIB. the guarantorp, f and he tliotfkht they new might fairly assume, after the lapse o! time, • thaShre- would have been able tiyeatimate the probable locsf if 'any. (Hear, hear.) The balance of £ 2tf009 was !:10 doubt a very large sum to carry forward, but the directors consideied it prudent to fcrtify the resources of the bank. They were doing very well, b-it- the general trade of the sunfttry was not prosperous, and they wished to be* prepared fcr contingencies. (Hear, hear.) They bad a valuable business, and must be able to protect it at all hazards. (Hear, hear.) The death of Mr Thcmrpson had c--i;ated the beard great re- gret. He had served the ban!t for many years, and was highly esteensed by all. ^e board hadbeenable- to secure the services ef Air Watson, than whoifi- there was no abler man on 'Change. (Hear, hear.); He had been a most valuable client to the frank; and h» business knowledge and experience wofuid"bia of the greatest benefit. M'r Wagon's father was a director for many years, so that they were eirly keep- ing up the connection. The shareholdeis cow num- bered 2,143, an increase of 281 in two years, and there-- fore a most valuable ground to work upon- The officers at the head office now numbered 84,-and at the branches 243, or 327 in all. He bad hoped to have said that there was not one office,at the head office on the sick list, but unfortunately one or two had gone on within the last few days. At the same time this state of general good health was- very satisfactory and remarkable when cbere waaey much sickness. (Applause.) Councillor E. Paull seconded tHe motion, and jeined in the chairman'? expression* of regret at the absence of Mr Rae tlrroueh ill-health, and at the ioaa sustained by the death of Mv Thompson, It was very gratifying to CtMt the monetary position of the bank so satisfactoiy. The excellence of management had produce-i its inevitable result- success. The reduction in the value ot consols was one of those bleesings in disguise which they could' do very well without, anck what new blessing the Chancellor of the Exchequer-was to gj.vJ'" them other' than in the shape of Bl nctts they did not know. Ihe large increase in the daposita Bhovred that the- confidence of the public in She bank remained un- diminished. In fact, on the-whole they had to be extremely crateful that th'ej continued to be the- favourites of fortune. (Hear, bear.) Mr William Evans (Londow), in supporting the, adoption of the report and bcJance sheet, said that there were features of them which were exceed- ingly consolatory. He referred to the large pro- portion of actually available money in consols and cash in hand; to the ability to pay a 15 per cent: dividend on the enlarged capital, .after providing for the loss caused by the action of the Etiglish Treasury with regard to consolp, and also with the increase in the number of depositors, which was exceedingly creditable in view of the constantly- diminishing population in North Wales, there- having, during the last ten years,, been a decrease in every county except Denbigh, where the increase had been very smail. On the other hand, the pppo- lation of South Wales was constantly increasing by leaps and bounds, as the speaker proceeded to show by figures, afterwards expressing the opinion that the directors should extend their operations and open fresh branches, in South Wales.. Numerous new banks bad been Etirted there, and it was much easier for -an established bank > open branches than for others to commence new banks. He was of the opinion that some of the reserve capital of the bank., would have been well expended in establishing new branches in South Wales. He considered it advis- able for the directors to put money aside for the cul- tivation of new business when opportunity arosei-He was afraid that one or two of the directors were wet. blankets upon every enterprise. He did not think it wise to have such an extraordinary amount of caution in any business and they must remember that a wet blanket might be very well to put. out &• fire, but it was of no use for hatching eggs. (Laugh- ter.) He now had much pleasure in supporting the- adoption of the report. The Chairman, in putting the motion, replied to, Mr Evans with the remark that there. wet e. many banks in South Wales feeling the effect of uiadue ex- tension. (Hear, hear.) He thought the shareholders, should be very thankful that they were as they were, and hoped that they. would continue to haM confidence in the directors. (Applause.). The resolution was unanimously carried. Mr R. W. Jones then moved the re-election of Ifir John Bibby as a director. He was, to his mind., tha beau ideal of a director. (H-ear, hear.1, And if he wat not a Welshman, he had his country eeat ia Wales. (Laughter.) Mr John Given seconded, and the proposal waa adopted. The Chairman proposed the re-election of Mr George Rae as a director. Anything he might say with regard to Mr Rae would be- superfluous, as he was so well-known to the directors. He had been at the bank since 1839. (Applause.) Mr H. B. Price seconded, remarking that he was glad to have heard an excellent report of Mr Rae's health. He felt sure he was only expressing the feeling of the shareholders present, .and of the two thousand who were not present, when he said that they hoped he would be long spared to continue his services to the bank. (Applause.) This resolution having been carried, Mr Thomas Harding proposed, Mr Robert Shaw » seconded, and it was resolved that a vote of thanke be accorded the directors for their services during the past year, and that a sum of £ 3,500i be ptaeed at their disposal for remuneration. It was eimted that this was the same fcum to had been voted for the past doaen years.. Mr Edward Rae proposed, Mr J. B. Harrison seconded, and it was resolved that Messrs Harmood Banner and Son, be appointed auditors, at a salary of 200 guineas per annum. The former remarked that having the certificate of such a firm upon their balance-sheet amounted, to much the same thing as the Lall mark on a piece of silver. Mr John Bibby proposed a vote of thanks to the officers of the bank. An institution of that sort de- pended, he said, almost entirely upon the integrity of their officers, and the loyal interest which they took in the service. (Hear, hear.) They were very for- tunate in possessing a body of servants who had .the interests of the bank so thoroughly at heart. (Ap- plause.) Dr. WtN. Fuller, Oawostry, seconded, also paying a high tribute to the bank officials, and the resolution was adopted. Mr R. M. Jones, the Liverpool manager, thanked the shareholders on behalf of himself and brother officers. It was a great encouragement and incentive to them to know that they had She approbation of the shareholders. With the permission of the directors, be would like to state a few facts in relation to the bank oSieials. First of aU, they had established a sick and pru?tdent fund among themselves, a scheme having been organised by Mr i'ortar, tneir caier accountant. A life insurance fund also had been organised—(hear, bear)-and one of the most smi- nent companies in England, in consideration for so many members of the staff insuring with them, bad conceded certain advantages. In addition to those previously insured, no fewer than 117 officers had insured their lives. He expressed the thanks of the entire staff to Mr Porter for his earnest labor and determination. Thea the directors, observing the spirit of self help which existed, and debiriag to en. courage it, had instituted and founded a seheme for pensioning ofifcers. (Hear, hear.) Hithsrto, so far O'L, he knavr, no such scheme existed in any bank in Liverpool. The amount of pension would be in pro. portion to the length of an officer's services; the scheme would be a great boon to them, and be, on behalf of the staff, wished to thank the directors for their consideration. (Applause.) Mr Thomas Brocklebank propose& a vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding and conducting the business so excellently. At the same time he testified to the exceedingly plsasant and genial way in which he always conducted the business of that board. Mr Norman seconded the resolution: and the VQØ of thanks having been aceorded by acclamation, The Chairman briefly replied, remarking that he gave to the affairs of the bank the same attention ha ,Rave to his own business. He was glad they had been so very fortunate, and bopsd when they met twelve vaontha hence the directcsa would be able to, declare at goed a dividend. (Applause.) —