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HAWARDEN. Tn1: T.^r. T v. P i • e   ??. -t-VAXs.—Anna uniVerSal sign3 01 ,,r 7 rema*|la °* Evans, who died after an .i<M on ?fek's (lulï1.tiod, were mterred on Satur- ??y m the ehurchy?rd of H?Mden. The shop- kt:per,; In the Vin?e closed tiieir establishments, a,, i u?l IL? at most of the housed were drawn. The ??"?? attended by about 100 nUlk and file of tiie Kjy.? Welsh Fu-iiiers, of which corps -.????-:nudicrtl ofRcer. and a detachmen t ? ?"K"?'=M- The band of the Fusiliers h- ? ? "P'??' bein<fo]!owcd bv representa- t? \° le ?''? Gladstone Lodge of Oddfellows ?, '?-Y B?c Lod?e of Shenherds, with both of ?t. ??"M WM profe-?on?Iv connected. The ,'?' '.? t"? church was fnny ch?r;?. the of6c!?tinn r,IliaU l*10 '"ev- Stephen Gladstone. Three \olly,; were fired over the gm,e bv members of the rn? ?r?y ?? the Fu?Iiers. The mourners f-)" ?' ??" and brothers of the deceased, Ci'nt..in «-?v'HQn Md Dr. D.?vi=on (brother-in- 1? '???1 \f '?- ?P??t (cousin). V.'re?t!.9 were "ent h* \r. '^J"Pheii Gladstme, ->Ir and Mrs Herbert T??'so' n ■ r and ?rs J. Jon?, Mrs H. Hurlbutt, VMJr Le? ??"cock. ?r? Ro?tp- Mrs Henrv Hancock, r, rlnCc-' V,ol?!lfcl 1'riii ce, Colu"(:l Clj,,k lio%Iands, :.1r and ilis ,d0lhcers of tl?eFuBi!ier?il Nv.vatt. -kilic-rt Jones, and:?laster

The d?th of Mr 1),? Seymour, Q.C., recalls in Bin-i ,Ll jol, e 6 tC,,a of him when on circuit to East Yurkshire. He was once in court conversing wah an adwJc:tte in st.?e whispers, much to the an,, of an Irish barrister, possessing a rich j- 'f?e' at the moment, was addressing the jury. p learnoa Q.C.'s asides interrupted the current of s 'nenr. s thoughts. anrl he exclaimed somewhat ueh, -He quiet, Mr Savniour." Alv nam& is i,,r. sir. replied that gentleman. Well, then, e more and say jess," was the very rejoinder. r ipeynour. when a junior, appeared in a cause ;<u at Hull, before the late iVlr Samuel Warren, Q.C.. recorder, and the then well- .i 1r)lvll author of The Dairv of a Late Physician," 'en ihius?nd a Year," and '-Now and Then." One of the witnes,;e, a vctGrin?-v snr?eon. produced a book from J hi" l;Qckd whilst in the box. What is :tV hat, asked Mr Sevnior.r. '• A diarv." replied the witneRS. Diary of a hor"c physíci¡m," queried counsct v?th??ylookat the Reorder; -c?n vou m.Lke tenthou?nd a year out of it?" The witness was doubtfu: as to h,s profits, but continuing, Mr Seymour added. "Now and then?- The court roared. Mr arrc-n's well-known in x!e-y could stand it 110) longer. but counsel got uti with a very ntild remonstrance.

Tea-tasting is a line art, and the reason Phillips sell such rine Tea IS. that tea buying and blendina, have been a study with tlicni for nearly half a. c en- turv. They have customers in all parts of the country, including Liverpool, Manchester, and Loudon itself. Addresses—W. PHILLIP" it LTD.. 1. Town Hill 19. Hone-street; and Corn Ex-jhange. Wrexham. 155o

I Here and There. I [Bmirnttt from London Letters, &s.] One day recently, while an old woodman was engaged with others felling trees in Richmond Park, a lady passed by on foot, and looking at a small fire of chips and broken branches which the men had lighted, pleasantly remarked to the oldest of the woodmen I see you've got a nice fire there." Yes mum," he replied, it's a very nice fire." I should think," continued the lady, with a smile, that it is just the sort of fire to roast potatoes on." The very thing, mnm," answered the ancient woodman, and then he added regretfully, The unfort'nit thing is, mum, that we ain't got no taters." With a good natured laugh, the lady walked away in the direction of White Lodge. Shortly afterwards a servant I brought to the man a bag of potatoes and some butter and salt; and it added something to the satis- faction of the old tree-feller and his mates to learn that the taters and accompaniments ca uj from her Royal Highness the Duchess of Teck. Kissing goes by favour, but what does pnnishment go by? Not always by deserts, one would venture to say. At the exhibition of curious Bibles by the British and Foreign Bible Society on Monday last, the one that attracted most attention was that known as the wicked Bible," so called because the word not was omitted from the seventh Command- ment, the printer responsible for the error having been fined X300. But whoever heard of the wicked Prayer-book ? Yet, with just as much reason, every Prayer-book printed up to the year 1821, might have been so called, for in Psalm xxxvii, a verse was made to run, "The righteous shall be punished." In the latter case the offenders were the Universities, and so no action was taken but the fact that the Church put up with a palpable error for 300 years, rather than attempt to alter it, speaks well for the conserva- tive instinct which seems inherent in all things ecclesiastical. In days when Bibles were copied by hand three mistakes were allowed, but four were held to render the copy worthless. The Home Secretary has lately issued an order prohibiting any person from taking or destroying the eggs of the "Cornish Chough." Any person con- victed of breaking this order will be liable to a penalty not exceeding JE1 for each egg so taken or de- stroyed. The action of the Secretary of State is perfectly justifiable, but our fear is that it is equivalent to lock- ing the stable door after the horse has been stolen. If the Chough" has not entirely disappeared it has become so extremely rare that it is hardly ever seen. It was considered the handsomest bird on the coast, having jet black feathers with a red bill and legs. We hope it has not become extinct before official protection could avail for the preservation of the species. It is held in some quarters that similar action to that for the preservation of the Cornish Chongh" should also be taken for the protection of sea gulls. The cases are not exactly analogous, but there can be no question that the wanton destruction of gulls's eggs ought to be checked, if not stopped altogether. Some good is undoubtedly done by the Sea. Birds' Protection Act, but it is not enough that the shooting of such birds should be forbidden at certain times. The destruction of eggs ought to be brought within the scope of legal protection, so that the gulls should be preserved from the depredations of nest robbers. Seeing how much the gulls help the fishermen by indicating where the fish are to be found, they are certainly entitled to such protection. The town of Denbigk has just lost a remarkable man in the death, at the ripe age of 87, of Dr. Evan Pierce. It is not often in a town of the size of Denbigh that a man wins on the strength of local service alone such a place of esteem in the minds of his fellow-townsmen as to have an imposing column surmounted by his statue built in his honour during his lifetime. For seTcral years Dr. Pierce's column has been, after the Castle, the most striking and beautiful object in Denbigh. It marks the public sense of the extraordinary services rendered by Dr. Pierce to the district in which he lived. Early in his career he displayed immense courage and resource in coping with the terrible visitation of cholera in 1832. This was the beginning of a series of public services continued for over sixty years, and scarcely paralleled in the history of any Welsh town. "The Money-Lender Unmasked," by Thomas Farrow (says the Jewish Chronicle), is a little book on the most obvious and pernicious devices of the unjust usurer. It is a work somewhat "slight" in texture, but not the less readily intelligible to those who require to be warned. The portion of it which is most welcome to ourselves is a list of money-lending companies and persons, in which we are agreeably surprised to find that the real principals of usurious establishments are only in a few cases Jews. Un- happily, the catalogue is deficient, and we could from our own knowledge supply one or two Hebrew names which are omitted. Per contra, Mr Farrow reports the conviction of a loan company by Sir Israel Hart and the Leicester bench for offences against the Companies' Acts. Into the ethics of money-lending we do not desire to enter fully again. In some hands it is a highly respectable and honest trade. In others it is a revolting system of deceit and pillage. Why the latter section of the trade should be com- paratively large, we can guess. Probably the reason is tha,t the borrowers are often highly fraudulent themselves. But this is no justification it is but a poor excuse. Why the unpopularity of the bad class of money-lenders should be great enough to brand the whole calling, is very easy to understand. The tailor who sells Shoddy cloth as all wool robs his customers of their superfluous cash indeed, but if he also inflicts life-long rheumatism upon them the connection between his fraud and their illness is not immediately apparent. The money-lender, who professes to charge five per cent. and really exacts sixty, betrays his rapacity directly by breaking up the home of the needy borrower. Jews have to be better than other people they cannot afford to be worse and they must keep out of such a trade. Riches thus gained are worth little indeed. The object of acquiring wealth is to deserve respect; but money so accumulated purchases llohing but opprobrium. I understand thai arrangements are in progress for holding in each diocese in -England and Wales great diocesan demonstration* against tha Welsh Church Bill. This is a result of the organisation set on foot by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. The Central Church Committee is making its way in the country, but slowly. At present parochial com- mittees have been represented from nearly 4,000 parishes but what of the remaining- 11,000 ?

THE I. ^PRESENTATION OF THE OSWESTRY DIVISION. Captain Owen Thomas, of Rhosddu, Anglesey, has definitely accepted the unanimous imitation of the Liberal Association of the Oswestry Division of Shropshire to contest that division against the Con- servative member, Mr Stanley Leighton. Captain Thomas, who was recently sheriff for the county of Anglesey, represents Wales on theRoya.1 Commission on Agriculture. Some years ago he took a pro- minent part in tbe farm labourers agitation in the county with which he is so closely connected agricul- turally. This year he serves the office of president of the Congregational Union of North Wales. III

THE LATE DR. DALE. At the principal chapels in Birmingham, on Sunday, sympathetic references were made to the death of Dr. R. W. Dale. At Carr's-!ane Chapel, Dr Guinness Rogers occupied the pulpit in the morning, and Dr Fairbairn was the preacher at the evening service. Professor Massie also referred to the subject at a memorial service held at Mansfield College, Oxford, and the Archdeacon of London at St. Paul's, The Archdeacon of London made the following references to Dr Dale :-On this occasion you vill wish me to pay a respectful, sympathetic, and affectionate tribute to the memory of a great divine recently taken away from Christ's people in Birmingham, one with us in spirit, though, through the accidents of history, not in outward organisation, who like St. Patrick himself, preached with all his heart, soul, mind, and strength, the pure gospel of Our Lord, and determined not to know anything among his people save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. No witness for Christian faith and Christian life in our day surpassed in power and influence that of Robert William Dale. His great work on the Atonement is a standard exposition of the Scriptural view of the grand central fact of Christianity. His writings have had a profound influence, not only upon the Nonconformists among his contemporaries, but on the thoughtful and well- read members of our own communion. Without his two principal treatises no theological library can now be considered complete. His views of the oneness of all Christian believers in the Headship pf the one Lord were an example to all the faithÍuJ. The eloquent and beautiful words of the address which he wrote, but which illness prevented him from presenting to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the other bishops at the Birmingham Church Congress, were a gift to the Church which will not be soon forgotten. Roman Oratorians, English Reformed Catholics, men of every phase of Christian belief, delighted to enter his home and consult his wisdom. But above all he will be remembered as the exponent I of Christian policy in public life. If men were Christians he believed, like Bishop Fraser, of Man- cheater, that their principles must make themselves 1:_1- felt in social and municipal action. JLIKC -oisuou Fraser he was not afraid to apply the ideal ot Christianity to the business of a great provincial city. No man had a loftier conception of duty. He had not the slightest hesitation in taking his place on political, municipal, and social platforms. Such a, line of action of course requiries special personal gifts, not in the least degree of necessity connected with the ministerial oiffce. These gifts were possessed in a remarkable and singular degree by Dr. Dale, and the moral position which he held in the great Midland capital wa.s unique. We thank him Igr, tite- fully for the loyalty of his faith and the purity of his action, and we know that his influence is a permanent inheritance to his country. The funeral of Dr. W. Dale took place at Key-hill Cemetery, Birmingham, on Monday, amid great public manifestations of sympathy and regret. At Carr's-lane Chapel there was a special service, Dr. Guinness Rogers delivering an address. At the grave Dr. Fairbairn offered a short prayer.

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J I Round and About. < The Board of Trade have awarded a number of Welsh coaatguardsmen their bronze medal and JE1 each for gallantry in saving life in Fishgnard Bay, in January last. The tenants of the estate of Major Rowley Conwy, of Bodrhyddan, near Rhyl, have decided to celebrate the majority of the heir to the estate, Mr Maurice Conwy, by presenting him with a turret clock. A special meeting of the Colwyn Bay and Colwyn Urban District Council was held on Tuesday to con- sider the condition of the water supply for the district. It was decided to make representations on the subject to the Joint Water Board, with the view of effecting an improvement in the service. At a meeting, on Tuesday, of the county governing body under the Carnarvonshire Inter- mediate Education Scheme, Miss Mason, B.A., London, was appointed head mistress of the Girls' School at Bangor, and Mr D. J. Williams, B.A., Wolverhampton, head master of the Bethesda School. The action for breach of promise of marriage brought by Miss Alice White, of Chiswick, against Mr Ernest Stuart Fergusson, of Cardiff, was con- cluded in the Queen's Bench Division on Wednesday, before Mr Justice Hawkins. The jury found for the plaintiff, with iE500 damages. Judgment was given accordingly. About two hundredweight of water from St. Winifred's Well at Holywell is, it is said, posted every night in sealed cans to all parts of the country, America, and the Colonies. To accommodate the expected summer influx of infirm pilgrims, a large new hall is being constructed, fronted by a statue of the Patron saint in white marble. It is understood that the members of the North Cheshire Foxhounds have under consideration the practicability of extending the season this year by an additional fortnight, in consequence of the long stop page of hunting by the frost. If the farmers are agreeable, £ his arrangement will be carried out. Usually the hunting season in Cheshire closes at the end of March. Foxes are still very plentiful in the county. A child named John Arthur Taylor, aged one year and ten months, was killed at Chester, on Monday night. A man named Joshua West, manager to Mr V, gwa o n pawnbroker, Chester, was driving along Christleton-road when the trap ran over the child, who was lying on the road. The child was picked up and carried into a house, where it instantly ex- pired owing to injuries t. its head. It is stated that in consequence of the darkness West did not see the child. The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain sued Messrs Evans and Lake, of Carnarvon, at the Car- narvon County Court on Wednesday, to recover the penalty prescribed under the Pharmacy Act of 1860 for an unauthorised sale of poison. The evidence showed that Mr Hughes, of Bethesda, a chemist, bought at the defendants' shop a compound contain- ing a sufficient quantity of strychnine to bring the sale within the Act, and he sent the bottle containing the compound for analysis to the society, which in- stituted the present proceedings. His Honour deferred judgment.

uu- Racing Notes. I LINCOLN AND LIVERPOOL. Early morning trains on Monday will be hieing away crowded with sportsmen of all degrees to hear the welcome bell ringing in the flat racing season of 1895, and Tuesday next is big with the fate of the first great handicap of the season. To sportsmen generally it will come as a welcome relief, and to put amends to the terribly quiet times since the curtain was rung down at Manchester last back end, and eager indeed are all to get to work, as practically four months' idleness to otherwise busy men is a wearisome time. During the past week we have had numerous gallops, and there are still, I understand, a few more to be asked questions. Some genuine commis aions appear to have been in the market, but I am- told in the case of Amandier and El Diablo that it is not stable money, but the public who have placed them where they are. Lottie's Dude had a fine gallop the other day, and there is no doubt he gave every satisfaction. I don't know whether it is or not, but for weeks, if not months, it has been whispered in first one ear, and then the other, that Lottie's Dude would not be found amongst the runners when the numbers went up. This may be true, but if ever a horse had been well nibbled at and well backed too, the son of Florentine and Charlotte has, and carries a pile of somebody's money to boot, but I intend to be a loser if he wins, although I do not despise his chance by a very long way. Better to my liking is Dumbarton, who is in really excellent form with plenty of class about him and moving with a grand sweeping action, something like the peerless Signorina when in her two-year-old career. I am afraid of the weight, and appearances are in favour of heary-going. One of my fancies of last week is at a shorter price, viz., Carrick, and I am told he will run the best race of his life at Lincoln. If this is so, then I say, il It's all over bar the shouting," but I must take leave to doubt it, yet with the doubt thrown in, I am inclined to think he will nearly if not quite carry his eight stone two pound to victory. I must not forget to mention the prospects of San Giovanni, for be it remembered he carried a very bi,, pile in this race last year, and I believe he probably will be the eleventh hour plunge, and if so, I shall go for him, as depend upon it, someone knows all about him, and if they respect his chance, it will be worth the following. Curious thing, I cannot bring my mind to see Acrobat's chance in at all a favourable light, al- though I am perfectly aware writers for the Press who have rare opportunities, and are often very much in the know," think and state freely that Acrobat will very nearly, if not quite land the very comfortable oddt3 against him. The Owl I must pass over, but the stable is dangerous, and Euclid will pay some day for the following. The Welshpool mare, Marnoria, j is very speedy, and a beautiful mover, but Cowley has nothing to try her with, so she must remain an unknown quantity. Sancho Panza, with only 63tl31b, is worth backing for a place, but I will not yet desert Earl of Annandale, who has nothing to carry, and was in form at the back end. After such a winter as that just passed horses who were fit at the previous back end as a rule are generally in better form than the others in the early spring. The Earl wxs fitter then than, perhaps, at any other part of his career, and I believe he will get the mile comfortably; and. again, I divide my choice for the Lincoln between EARL OF ANNANDALE and CARRICK, with SAKCKO PANZA for a place. Below are the FBOBABLH STARTERS AND JOCKEYS. I yrs st Ib Jockey. Mr C. S. Newton's b c DCTHBAR- TON, by Barealdine—Spring- heels. 4 9 0 J. Watts Col. North's b h EL DIABLO, by Robert the Devil—Tantrum 6 8 8 M. Cannon +Baron de Rothschild's ch c MEDICIS, by Robert the Devil or Flurentine-Skotzka 5 8 7 —— Baron de Rothschild's bl h AMAKDIER, by Lavaret-Ave- line. a 8 3 T. Laotes Mr Jersey's br h CABRICK, by Sprinfield-Roselie a 8 2 A. White +Mr W, W. Fulton's b or hi- c Sir MICHAEL, by Kenial—Chry- salis 4 8 1 DIr E. Hobson's b f INDIAN QUKBN, by Melton.Oriental (iirl 4 8 1 AUsopp tMr B. 1. Bariiato's oh c HTOW. M.VXUKT, by Timothy—Tcuax, or Mr B. 1. Barnato's br c BEGGARS' OPERA, by -Ilacheath-Ste Agatha 4 7 5 Brown TMC D. Holli's b c XUHY, by TerLiti-11,)Ipetti 4 7 13 Mr C. Duueaus'S ch h EUCLID, by Prism, da.m by Speculum — Nydia 6 T 12 t. Mr J. Joieey's brh GRAND Dcxk, by Isouomy-Priucess Louise Victoria 5 7 12 C. Loates M. R. liebandy's ch h ACROBAT, by Trapeze—Nadine 6 712 S. Loates Mr C. A. Mill's b h MIDOLKHAM, by liosebery-Mint Drop G 7 8 P. Allsopp Mr D. J. Hartigan's br c G-REUS- Ij&W?, by Kead.tI—Bud:i. 4 7 7  Mr A. Cohen's b c MISSAL, by f c'lOSOn Hermit—Dart 4 613?Gib3on ISir J. Bluudell Maple's b h MACREADS-, by Thurio—Adela 6 7 6 Bradford or Sir J. Bluudell Maple's ch c THE OWL, by Wisdom or Kattlen-iugs 3 6 6 H. Chaloner Col. Heyward's ch f MARNOVIA, by Ordovix-MonllcelIa. 4 7 2 J. Harrison Mr L. Niguet's ch c SANCHO PAZJ., by Knight of Malta- Itinerant. 4 6 13 Mr W. Taylor-Sharpe's ch c UNDECIDED, by Royal Hamp- ton or Harpenden — Bonny Rosette. 4 6 13 H. Toon Mr A. H. Hudson's br h EARL OF ANNANDALH, by FitzJames -Loeh Maben 6 6 11 F. Park :Sir J. Miller's ch h LORD GEORGE, by Poulet—Lady Emily a 6 11 Mr W. I'Anson's b c LOTTIE S DUDE, by Florentine—Char- lo?te 3 6 10 S. Chandley Mr ?Wa'l? lace Johnstone's ch c SAN GIOVANNI, by Edward the Confessor-Currer Bell 5 6 8 K.Cannon. Donbtful starters. I will not trouble you with any lengthy notes on the great event of Friday nex: as my notes of last week must stand for this. One of my original seven has, through the death of his owner, unfortunately been withdrawn. I mean, of course, Waterford, a horse I was given to understand possessed a really genuine chance. Cloister saw some rough handling a day or two ago, and really I began to think there must be something amiss with him, but I do not now think there is. I am, I must confess, very much afraid of heavy going, and if that is so when the National comes to be decided I shall certainly have my fears that the great horse will not land the weight home, but bar accidents, and with fair going he will help to fill many a pocket on Friday next without doubt. SPORTSMAN. I

CADBURY'S COCOA. Cadbury's Cocoa contains in a condensed and increased form all the nourishing pro- perties of the Cocoa Bean, the proportion of flesh- forming ingredients being 21—as compared with 13- in natural Cocoa (Cocoa-nibs) and the meagre pro- portion of 16 in the ordinary Cocoas of Commerce prepared with added Starch and Sugar. Cadbury's Cocoa is absolutely Pure and always alike in quality. —The Analyst. 1121 I suppose it's fancy, but I can drink no Tea but Phillips's." This is a phrase Phillips often hear. But why should it be fancy Someone must sell the best Tea, and why not Phillips ? You may try Liverpool Manchester, or elsewhere, but you will come back again to W. PHILLIPS, and Co., Ltd., 1, Town Hill; 19, Hope Street, and Corn Exchange, Wrexham. 155s

j General News. u Prince Frederick Waldemar, of Lippe Detmold, die" on Wednesday. Mr Corney Grain, of German Reed's entertain- ments, the popular entertainer, has died in his forty- ninth year. It is stated that another American vessel, the schooner Irene, has been fired on and disabled by a Spanish cruiser off Cuba. Mr Rider Haggard, the popular novelist, was on Saturday adopted as agricultural and Conservative candidate for East Norfolk. A State funeral was on Saturday at Sydney accorded to the late Sir Robert Duff, Governor- General of New South Wales. It was definitely announced by Mr Chamberlain on Tuesday that Mr George Feel would contest Warwick and Leamington against all comers. Mr R. J. Biron, Q.C., one of the magistrates at Lambeth Police-court. died at his residence in Pimlico, on Monday. He was born in 1830. A Spanish gunboat is reported to have fired into and sunk an American schooner off Puerto Padre. The crew of sixteen are stated to have perished. Mrs T. German Reed, so long connected with the well-known entertainment bearing her name, died at Bexley-Heath. Her son died so recently as Sunday week. The notorious Anarchist, Baron Sternberg," who is now undergoing imprisonment at St. Petersburg, has been sentenced at Liege to penal servitude for life. An Armenian refugee arrived at Ears has related the Story of his escape from Sassoun, and of the atrocities committed by Turkish and Kurdish troops in that district. The meeting between the Transvaal Com- missioners and the Swazi chiefs has ended satis- factorily, and the young king has been proclaimed paramount chief. Owing to a dispute concerning alleged "swoating," I the East London Master Mantle Makers' Association have declared a lock-out of their employees, to take place to-day (Saturday.) The Extraordinary Grand Jury appointed to in- quire into the alleged police corruption at New York has presented twenty-five indictments, many of the highest officials being implicated. Whilst hunting with the Dartmoor hounds on Saturday, Miss Rnage, daughter of Colonel Rudge, of of Stoke, Plymouth, was killed by her head striking an overhanging branch of a tree. The Duke of York presided on Saturday over the one hundred and twelfth anniversary dinner, of the Benevolent Society of St Patrick, in London. The donations amounted to £ 715. Slatin Bey, the principal of the Eurpoean prisoners in the hands of the Khalifa since 1884, has succeeded in escaping to Assouan. Slatin, who is an Austrian, was present at the fall of Khartoum. The Lord Chancellor presided over the festival dinner in connection with the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children, held at the Hotel Métropole, on Wed- nesday. The donations amounted to £ 2,550. An ultimatum has been presented to Nicaragua in respect of the indemnity for the expulsion of Mr Hatch, British Vice-Consul at Bluefields. A British warship is said to have been ordered to Nicaragua to enforce the demands. Two men have been killed and eleven seriously injured by an explosion at the Malago Vale Colliery, Bedminster, Bristol. A large number of men have lost their lives by an explosion in the Hohenegge Coal Mine, Troppau. Mr Comrtney has definitely declined to be nomi- nated for the Speakership. Mr Campbell Banner- man, in deference to the wishes of his friends, has declined to allow himself to be nominated for the Speakership of the House of Commons. A robbery is reported from the Union Bank of London, Prince's-street. While the attention of one of the oldest cashiers was for a moment diverted, a sum of iEl,800 in notes was cleverly abstiacted. The numbers of the notes are known. Mr Acland laid a memorial stone on Saturday, in connection with the restoration and enlargement of Woolwich National Schools, and in responding to addresses of welcome, said that the Education Department was trying to hold the balance evenly between Board and denominational schools. The Irish National banquet-the most important of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations in London—was held on Monday in the King's Hall of the Holborn Restaurant, a company of over 400 sitting down under the presidency of Mr Justin M'Carthy, M.P. Charged with conspiring to set on fire a tobacconist's shop, and which had been insured for a month for E3W, two men named Palmer and King, the former being the occupier of the premises, were on Tuesday remanded at Man- chester. The junidr officers of Madrid, taking offence at some Press comments on Saturday, completely wrecked two newspaper offices and wounded some members of the editorial staff, Owing to the remarks Of the minister of War in the Chamber the Press representatives left the gallery in a body. The influenza epidemic now shows signs of abate- ment. According to the Registrar-General's return for London, the deaths directly attributed to that cause last week were 349, against 473 in the preced- ing week, and the deaths referred to diseases of the respiratory organs declined from 1,366 to 1,031. Mr Henry Simon has presented to Owens College the sum of 5,000 for the endowment of a Chair of German Language and Literature. The Council has accepted this generous gift, and resolved that, with the assent of the donor, his name shall be permanently attached to the proposed professorship. All doubt as to the fate of the Spanish warsiiip Reina Regente is now at an end, the vessel having been discovered submerged near the entrance to the Straits of Gibraltar. Her crew is supposed to have numbered nearly 400 men. The news of the disaster has caused profound sorrow throughout Spain. By an explosion which occurred on a dynamite boat containing over a thousand cases of the explosi ve, at Wesel, on the Rhine, the veisel was blown to atoms, fifteen persons were killed and five seriously injured, and a number of houses, some at a considerable distance from the scene of the explosion, collapsed. The Spanish Government has resigned in conse- quence Of the determination of the War Minister and other members of the Cabinet to deal with Press offences, such as led to the wrecking of newspaper offices by military officers, by court-martial. It is believed that Senor Segasta will be requested to form another Cabinet. The reports respecting Lord Rosebery's health have been more favourable. Sir William Broadbent emphatically stated to a correspondent on Wednes- day that he saw no reason to believe that Lord Rose- bery would not with care recover his wonted health, and there was no reasen to think that it would be necessary to send him abroad. The eve of St. Patrick was celebrated at the asylum of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, on Saturday, by the Duchess of York presenting the prizes to the children at the institution, and after- wards by the 112th anniversary dinner of the society at the First Avenue Hotel, Holborn, presided over by the Duke of York, president of the asylum for the current year. An alarming explosion occurred at Fenchurch- street Station, on Saturday. A man named Holbrook, employed as a gardener at Plaistow, had in his charge a box containing a cylinder of compressed gas and other things for use at a magic-lantern entertain- ment. From some unexplained cause the cylinder burst, blowing Holbrook to pieces, and causing some damage to the station. Joseph Harrision, aged between fifty and sixty murdered his bedridden wife at London-street, Brighton, at five o'clock on Monday morning, by cutting her throat, and then committed suicide by cutting his own throat. Harrison, who was a smith, was a man of steady habits, and no reason can be assigned for the terrible crime. Mrs Harrison suffered from chronic rheumatism. On Wednesday, Mr Acland, Minister of Education, received a deputation from the Association of Head- masters of Higher Grade and Organised Science Schools. The deputation asked that classification of such schools as excellent, good, or fair should be abolished, that the attendance grant be paid on the average attendance, and that there be less difference between the various grade grants. Mr Acland promised a definite statement within a week or ten days. Mr William Digbv Seymour, Recorder of New- castle and countv-court judge of Newcastle and Northumberland (No. 1 Circuit), died at Tynemouth on Saturday, from bronchitis, following on an attack of influenza. The decased judge, who was born in 1822, was twice returned to Parliament (for South- ampton and Sunderland respectively) besides engag- ing in a number of unsuccessful contests. He had also a considerable reputation as an author. Copies of Mr Courtney's Bill for the establishment of licensing bodies were issued last week as a Parlia- mentary paper. Special provisions are made for on and off licences and for Local Veto after the first five years there are also clauses to restrict the number of licences in proportion to the population, and rail- way hotels and clubs are provided for specially. The Bill is backed by Mr Courtney, Mr Bolitho, Sir Thomas Lea, Mr Brynmor Jones, and Colonel Bridge- man. At a meeting of shareholders and depositors of the Liberator Building Society, held at London on Mon- day, a Bill for the improvement of the property of the Society known as the Salisbury Estate, situate near the Strand, was approved. Further evidence was taken on Wednesday in the prosecution of the directors of the Balfour group of companies, and particulars were given of additional charges that would be proceeded with. A telegram from Buenos Ayres states that it is regarded as practically certain that Jabez Balfour will in a few days be handed over to British authority. On Saturday the general lock-out of shoe operatives began. There is in most centres in which boot and shoe making is the staple industry a complete cessation of work. In Leicester alone the number of persons affected approaches 30,000. Some disturban- ces have occured in connection with the strike in the boot trade, and sommonses have been taken out at Northampton against unionists for practising intimidation. Mr Labouchere suggests that the dis- pute be referred to a board of arbitration, upon which Mr Childers, Sir C. Dilke, Sir H. James, Mr Mundella, and Sir A. Rollit have consented to act. Replying, the president of the manufacturers' federa- tion has asked for a guarantee that the men's union will abide by whatever decision may be arrived at, pointing out that the present trouble results from repeated refusals by the workmen's executive to abide by arbitration awards given on previous occasions.

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 I Ecclesiastical. The new Earl of Bessborough is rector of a small parish in Suffolk, with about 500 people. The quarterly meetings of the South Carnarvon- shire Congregational Union was held on Monday and Tuesday at Fourcrosses. Among the resolutions passed was one thanking the Government for intro- ducing the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, and caution- ing the public against signing petitions against the measure, The St. David's Wul:ly contains a letter from Father Ignatius, in which he says it must be very painful to all Welsh Churchmen on reading the Erogramme of services in the Welsh cathedrals to Bnd that the Welsh language is utterly ignored. Welshmen had a right to complain, and he hoped the editor would assist in doing away with the grave scandal of English services in Welsh cathedrals. In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr D. Thomas asked the Home Secretary if he could state what steps had been taken by the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners to remove the human remains interred in the Church of All Hallows the Great, Upper Thames- street, before the sale of the site to the New City of London Brewery Company for the purpose of extending their brewery and whether there was any precedent for the sale of consecrated ground by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to a brewery com- pany.—Mr G. Russell: The sale of this chnrch was authorised by order in Council under the Union of Benefices Act. Proper arrangements were made, with my sanction, for the removal of the human remains. If the relatives wished to make the removal the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were to contribute the cost. In other cases they were to ar- range for their removal under the superintendence of the Medical Officer of Health for the city of Ilford Cemetery, or to Working. I have no reason to doubt that these arrangements were duly carried out. There have been fourteen cases of similar sales uuder the same Act. The sale is by auction, and I cannot say to what purpose the sites were afterwards devoted. The committee of the Additional Curates Society have met for their annual revision of grants. The condition of the Society's finances showed some im- Erovement, though there was again an adverse alance. The fact that the former rate of grant expenditure continued until Michaelmas, 1894" (when the six months' notices expired) explains the deficit of J-4,000 on the whole year's working, notwithstand- ing that sums amounting to iE8,000, received as special gifts, were included in the accounts. In view, how- ever, of the generous response to the appeal recently made, the committee felt just;fied in renewing the grants upon the reduced terms now in force, without any further general diminution. They are painfully conscious that many of the aided parishes are feeling the strain of the reductions, and sorely need more liberal help than is at present being given. The importance of maintaining the existing work (including that secured by the grants for 105 additional clergy in Wales) and of being. ready to provide clergy promptly for the new urban districts continually springing into existence, cannot, they feel, be regarded as constituting other than an urgent claim upon church people. It is hoped that 0 the growing interest in the work of the A.C.S., will be maintained and extended during the present year, so that at the next revision it may be possible for grants to be restored to their proper proportions, and for new aid to be given where it is most urgently needed.

HOLYWELL. SANITARY CONDITION 01" THE UNION. Dr. Wil- liams has issued his annual report for the year 1894, from which it appears that the number of births during the year was 408, giving a birth-rate of 28-4 per 1,000. The deaths numbered 291, being 70 fewer than in the previous year, and giving a death-rate of 20'3 per 1,000. There were fifteen deaths from zymotic disease, or at the rate of 1-04 per 1,000, and eleven cases were notified of infectious disease. With regard to the water supply of the district, Dr. Wil- liams regards with satisfaction the much improved supply of water to Bagillt. With regard to the lower Eart of the district, he is of opinion that it can never be effectively drained until an outlet into the estuary of the Dee is provided.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, I FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 20th, 1895. FROM THB BROTJGHTON AND PUS Fowaa COAL I COMPACT, LIMITMD. I BAROMETER READINGS, I Taken at 9 a.m., from an Aneroid by Negrett and I Zambra. THERMOMETER (IN DEGREES.) Minimum 25  35 36 I 29 ¡ 27 [ 37 I 41 Maximum 57 33 65 62 62 55 I 52 MMianxiimmuum m 1 5444 3 7 1 447 5 1 47 1 445 3 1642 2 537 1 41 Wet Bulb 43 45 45 43 42 47 45 Dry Bulb 44 47 47 45 42 ? 48 45 All maximum temperatures are shade temperatures. I Rainfall in )  ? 2z I 14 1- 22 I inches J ) ] Total rainfall for week,.36 inches.

I HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY, March 15th. I A return was ordered, on the motion of Bord Salis- bury, of all moneys paid in each year since 1879 out of the revenues of Cyprus in discharge of the interest upon the guaranteed Turkish loan, and also of all sums voted by Parliament during the same period in aid of the Administration of Cyprus. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY March 15th. The House went into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates. The vote for men was agreed to, as was also the vote of iC6,003,000 for the pay and allowances of the army.—At the evening sitting, the j' House discussed a motion by Colonel Vincent that, in view of the reduction of markets for British com- modities by hostile tariffs and bounties, and the un- restricted importation of the products of competing labour, the Government should adopt measures in defence of British industrial interests. The motion was defeated by a majority of seventy.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MOKDAT. The Shop Hours Bill, which has passed the Lower House, was read a first time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDLY. The Chief. Secretary for Ireland asked leave to bring in his Bill for the temporary relief of distress in Ireland, empowering boards of guardians in Ire- land to give ont-door relief until September next to persons who otherwise were disqualified from re- ceiving suoh relief, and indemnifying the recipients from electoral disability.—Mr Bartley objected to "iiis last provision in view 01 tne tact tnat oeiore tne committoa cha.rged with inquiring into distresia in England it was a disputed question irMether the acceptance of out-door relief should not continue to disfranchise electors in this country. Mr Bartley challenged a division, as a result of which leave was given, by 158 votes to 38, to bring i. the Bill, which was read a first time. The House went into Com- mittee of Supply on the navy estimates, and dis- cussed the vote for JE4,133,500 for pay, which Sir W. Lawson moved to reduce by iEI,000 all a protest against the increased expenditure on the na.vy.- After a long discussion the proposed reduction was defeated by 153 votes to 32.-The vote was agreed to after further discussion.—A motion by Sir A. 3coble praying her Majesty to withhold her consent from the scheme for the management of Sir John Cass's charity in the parish of Aldgate was negatived by 83 to 15.

I HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Austrailian Colonies Customs Duties was read I a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. I Mr Bryce informed Mr Aird, in the Commons, that it was known to both parties to the dispute which had unfortunately arisen in the boot and shoe trade indus- try, that the good offices of the Board of Trade were at their disposal should they be desired; and if any opportunity presented itself in which these good offices could be usefully employed they would readily be made available.—In Committee of Supply the Cyprus grant in aid, was after an animated debate carried by 246.to twenty-nine. A reduction on the vote for commissions, on the ground that the Com- mission on Agricultural Depression had only resulted in a waste of some thousands of pounds and had proved useless, was moved by Mr Raech, and was rejected by a majority of 89.—There was some dis- cussion with reference to the Opium Commission and the Seccondary Education Commission, but the vote was ultimately agreed to.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNBSDAT. I Mr T. M. Healy in the House of Commons moved the second reading of a Bill the central idea of which was, he explained, to give every ratepayer in Ireland a vote in the management of the borough or municipality in which he paid rates. The Bill was read a second time, and referred to the Standing Committee on Law. The second reading of a Bill for giving town and coanty councils power through nominating committees to nominate for tbe magis- tracy, for abolishing the property qualification, and providing for the removal from the roll of magistrates not attending to their duties, was proposed by Mr Luttrell, accepted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and carried after debate by 201 to 163- majority, 38.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT RHOS. On Tuesday afternoon Mr W. Wynn Evans held an inquest at the Public Hall, Rhos, on the body of a little boy, aged two years, named James Arthur Davies, son of E. Davies, High-street, Rhos, who was accidentally run over by a, trap on the previous Saturday, and died from the injuries received. Mr Ja.irus Jones, living at -Roberts'-lane, Rhos, said he was a carrier. He was driving his trap on the night in question towards Wrexham. In High- street, opposite a yard, the deceased ran into the cart. Witness had not time to stop the trap, as he Was on the side of the road that the child ran from. There was a passenger in the trap with him. He was soinpr at the usual pace. When he fonud that the child had been knocked down he stopped the trap, and gave all the assistance possible.—Edward Ellis, of the Australia Arms, Ponkey, said he was in the trap going to Wrexham. When they were in High- street, opposite an entry, a child ran out into the tra.p. The horse wa.s going at a steady trot. Jones could not see the child in time to stop the trap,- Hugh M. Jones, of Iioberts'-lane, Rhos, said he saw the accident. He was standing opposite the yard from which the child ran. He noticed Jones's trap. He was not driving fast. He seemed to be looking after the horse. rJLhe deceased ran from the yard into the horse. The horse knocked the child, and the wheel went over the child's neck before Jones had time to pull up. E. Davies, High-street Rhos, said he was a collier, and deceased was his child. It was a little over two years old. The child died at about eight o'clock on Saturday night. He knew nothing of the accideiit.-NVilli-.tm Savage, living at High-street, Rhos, said he picked the child up and took it into the house. He saw the whole accident.—The jury returned a verdict 01 Accidental death," and were of opiaion that no blame was to be attached to any one.

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'W I PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. 1 We publish this week an advertisement relating to that gigantic and phenomenally successful company —the Prudential Assurance Company. The annual meeting was held on March 7th, when a record of work was presented which was remarkable even for the annals of the Prudential. The business of the Company is in two divisions—the ordinary branch -P ? ? and the industrial branch-and both have a remark- able result to show. In the ordinary branch the number of new policies issued during the year was 61,744, and from these the new premiums amounted to f339,957, the amount assured being £ 6,282,120. When these figures are compared with those of the previous year, they show an increase of about 425,000 in new premium revenue, and of about half- a-million in the amount assured. The total amount of premiums received during 1894 was £ 2,077,956, which is an increase of X223,586 over 1893. During 1894 the Company has paid claims amounting to L518,121, and the policies in force at the end of the year was 375,545. In the industrial branch, the premiums received were S.4,244,224, being an increase of X272,360, and the claims amounted to £ 1,548,377. At the close of the year the number of policies in force was 11,176,661, the average duration being nearly 7i years. Every facility is offered by the Prudential to enable the policyholders to keep their policies in force, and when a policyholder has paid his premiums for five vears, and wishes to discontinue, his policy does not lapse. He is given a paid-up policy which secures pro rata the benefits for which payment has been made. There are now some 400,000 free policies in force, 66,478 being added last year. From the interesting statement made by Mr Edgar Home, the chairman, it appears that the new business of the past year represented an average weekly issoe of 1,100 policies, as against 1,000 policies issued in 1893. The total premium income in both branches reached the imposing sum of X6,300,000, equivalent to a weekly premium raceipt of X120,000, or £ 20,000 a day. The Chairman very properly emphasised the fact that though this vast income is sent up by a. whole army of superintendents and agents in til parts of the United Kingdom the loss sustained in transmission did not amount to more than Is 6d per cent. He also mentioned that if the investments were valued at present market prices a large addition would have to be made to the total assets, the item of consols alone repiesenting a margin of upwards of £ 160,000. The growth in the accumulated fund has gone on year by year in accelerated ratio. In 1889 this fund was a little under XII,000,000, in 1890 itjrose to S12,500,000, in 1891 to E14,623,000, in 1892 to X16,309,000, in 1893 to X18,538,000, and in 1894 to X21,213,000, showing the largest advance made in any year. The annual valuation has been carried out by Mr F. Schooling, the company's actuary, and the results are as follows :-In the ordinary branch a surplus is shown of £ 532,186. This includes the sum of £100,000 brought forward last year, which it is now intended to increase to £ 135,000. In the industrial branch the surplus shown is C793,861, including the sum of X360,000 brought forward last year, which it is now intended to increase to £ 615,000. The total surplus of the two branches as shown by the valua- tion is thus £1,326,047, and after carrying forward the sum of £ 750,000 there is left for distribution £ 576,047 among the participating policyholders and share- holders, in accordance with the regulations of the company under its special Act of Parliament.—The Chairman pointed out the importance of reserving this large sum of three-quarters of a million in a business necessarily from its magnitude subject to fluctuations, and the shareholders being practical men of business heartily approved of the cantiOUR policy of the directors.—In seconding the motion for the adoption of the report, Mr Henry Harben, the deputy-chairman, pointed out that, of the 82 offices carrying on life business, only 29 had larger total fonds than the Prudential had put by last year alone, and only six of them bad larger incomes than the increase made in the Prudential income during the past year.—We commend to our readers, and those interested in the affairs of a company whose business is so well looked after in this locality by the district superintendent, Mr William Davies, of Wrexham, and his excellent staff, the following words from Mr Harben's speech We have a greater latent power in reserve tham any other company in existence. We have such an enormous reserve that we do not see the possibility of the bonus being reduced, but every possibility of its being increased."

I ERBISTOCK. CONCERT.—A concert was given in the National School, on Monday, the proceeds to be devoted to the new school building fund. The chair was taken by the Rev. P. W. Sparling, and there was a large attendance of the parishioners. The programme was as follows :—Pianoforte solo, Selection," Mr William Sparling recitation, Mortifying mistake," Nelly Lightfoot; recitation, Fair play," Leonard Bate recitation, Teddy's choice," Harry Whit- field recitation, The New Kingdom," Kate Morris transformation piece, Maggie Richards, Mary Richards. Ruth Norgrove. Carrie Norgrove, Owen Trevor, George Fov.-les, Joe Jellicoe, Harry Whitfield; recitation, The dead doll," Louisa Morris recitation, A fool's logic," Aaron Jones recitation, Burial of Sir John Moore," George Bratt recitation, Village Blacksmith," Annie Allen; recitation. "Time to do good," Harriet Bratt; song, "The Old Kentucky Home," Mr W. H. Sparling; song, "Listen to my tale of woe" (encored), Mr J. Sparling; song, "Moriatty" (encored), Mr J. D. Green;" song, Put it down to me" (encored), Mr Charles Bate; song, Ha,ve you seen her lately?" (encored), Mr Charles liate; song, Where did yon get that hat ?" (encored), Mr John Jones song, "I never thought of such a thing" (encored), Mr John Jones; duct, Won't yon buy my pretty flowers?" Misses Green (2) and Miss Morris; Men of Harlech;' Messrs D. J. Trevor, W. Sparling, J. D. Green, Harry Wheeler, Edwin Jones, George Edge, John Jones, W. H. Sparling, and John Sparling; "God Save the Queen." A cordial vote of thanks to the performers, proposed by the Chairman, was carried with enthusiasm. Miss Sparling ably accompanied.

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RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH RHO S. After beinsj before a Committee of the House cf Lord = for three days. the East Denbighshire Railway Iii'l was thrown out and the Great YU.-ueni Railway Bill passed. The result has [J: only been a surprise, but it has been received i-v the most unmistakeable disappointment generally both in Wrexham and Rhos. There can be no doubt that the East Denbighshire Rail- way Iiiil was; the popular scheme, and the expres- sion of public opinion in its favour was almost unamnvjus, with the exception of some whose personal interest lay in an opposite direction. Ei-eu;Lt meetings where both parties were fully represented, strong resolutions were passed in favour of the East Denbighshire line, while a resolution in favour of the Great Western Bill did not even find it seconder. Last year the Great V. L-sttrn Bill, after being passed by the House of L_ rcl„. j rejected by the Commons, in order ti-.u the E;st .Denbighshire Bill might be re-intro- when it was, it was again rejected by L' Loi-.i. It ahnosts luoks as if the antagonism b•-■v.-ecii the hereditary chamber and the elective a-aunioly pulsing beyond the region of Politics. Be this as it may. last Monday's de- cision has certainly not added to to the popularity (,f the 1 louse of Lords in East Denbighshire, and have reasons for believing that the struggle J Dot yet over. Why should not the Great V>j>. eaUrn Company nntke their line to Johnstown, a:t ali.??v the East Denbighshire to construct tht:ir hue to Hho;; ¡tnù  thMr hue to Rhus and Ponkey ?