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Correspondence. I
Correspondence. I SATURDAY EVENINGS AT CAERGWRLB. SiR,—With your permission, I shou)d like to say & I few words in reply to yonr correspondent last week signing himseH FairPia.y." He seems to have t-iken advantage of Anxious One." who wrote the week before on the above subject. I should not have troubled to have answered his correspondence had he been accurate. But in order to try and shictd this innocent amusement," as he terms it, he is trying to puah all bl,-tme from off the shouidera of the dancers, and drop it on the puhlic, He sa.ys the young people engaged iH the fMy had not Attended j the dancing c!a.ss. but three out of four were dancers. He sa.y8 that a dtsturba.uoe is a. very c(),umon thins in C&ergwrie." I fUN very pleased to h:t.ve to inform the readers of your paper in the surrounding districts that this is not ao. I have lived in the village a year or two mysetf. but never i)a,ve I wit- ceased such a disgraceful a.S&tr as the one referred to in this instance. I am a.fra.id if the Christia.n workers do not soon wake np and endeavour to remove temptations away from the young people, it 'i will be too late.—I am, &c.. < Ar JosEPH.
WREXHAM BOROUGH MAGISTRATES'…
WREXHAM BOROUGH MAGISTRATES' COURT. Mo-vD,Lz, DECEMBSK MTH. Before AHerman W. E. Sa.nnMl (in the cha.ir). Dr. Ed. Da.vies, J. F. Edisbury, Esq., &ud Benj. Owen, EM.. TRESPASSING OX THE GEB.4.T WESTEJ; 'RAH.WAT rHEXtSES. Richard Beverton w:i.s scmmoned by Inspector Sa.nkey, of the G.W.R., for trespassing on the com- pany's premises, on the 14th Bit.—Mr Stone, soticitor, London, appeared for the proae- cntion, ,and said a number cif. boya were in the habit of coltectmg -outside the ata.tion, and because it wa.s private property they thought the police had so jurisdicttCR over them, so they played and whiled a.wa.y the trme, and when a. tr&in c&me in they oSered to,ca-,ry tugg&ge.—Mr Richard RtMnford, atft.tionma.ster, Wrexha.m, said on the 14tb u!t., at three o'clock in the afternoon, he saw the defendant n.ad told him te go awa.y. After some bother he went. He agaiim saw him L-nder the vera.nd&h of the G.W.R. Sta.tio3 ttt six 6'e!cc!t. The practice of the boys was becomiug a regula.r nui3- a.nce.—Fined 2a6d and costs, Mr Edisbury remark- ing that that sort of thine must be put a atop to. BBCXX AXD D-!Se&-DEPJJY. P.C. Joseph Wright summoned Dame! Jarvis, of Eagle-street, for being drank and disorderly in High.street, at ten o'clock. p.m. on the 6th inst.— Defenda.nt was 6ned 53 and coats. BismssED. Mary Br&dsha.w, trawelling hawtcar, summoned M&rtha, Toogood, another ha.wker, for a.Hsa.n!ting her on the 9th inst., in the Sa.t. iQn.—CompIa.ina.nt sfdd on the day in question she was in the Ha.t'Inn. when defendant came in and a.ssnu!ted her And threw some whiskv over her.—There v, -is a. cross-aunnnons, but both cases were dismissed. WOMJM A HOME IN AN UKITT STATE. Inspector James Cl&rke summoned Edward Roberta for working a 'horse in SE nn&t state, and Evan Roberta, his father, for causing the horse to be worked.—Sergeant Farrell said on the 25th ult. ho saw Edward Roberts in High-street with a bay mare in a shandry. The aniinal wa.9Tery lame, and could hardly walk. He spoke to the defendant, who took it to the Horns Hotel staMes. He then informed Inspector Clarke.—Inspector Clarke, of the R.S.P.C.A., said he saw the mare on the day in question, in the Horns Hotel stable, and it was lean- ing against the wa.!l, and coa!d hardly stand up. He examined it, and found it suffering from a wound on the spine, and its hind tegs seemed to be paralysed. The horse was nnnttobe worked.—Mr R. Roberts, Wrexham, veterinary surgeon, said he saw the horse on the 28th of November !aat, and it was not fit to be worked.—Each defendant was fined 2s 6d and costs, tuid were ordered to papv the surgeon's fee. BTSBAMr JUtD WIFE. Mary Donoghne summoned her husband. Patrick Donoghue, of Napier-street, for assault. The com- plainant Baid she hn.d been married for two years and nine months. On the llth inst. defendant struck her with his 6st in the face. She was con- tinually being assaulted by him. Defendant, who did not deny the offence, was nned 53 and costs. COMPLAINTS ABQCT t. 60I.DIER.—ANOTHER HEAVY SENTENCE. Sergeant Sa.Iiabnry summoned George Stewart (who did not appear), a private in the R.W.F., for being drunk and disorderly in Mount-street, on the 7th inst., at e!e"en p.m. The Sergeant said the defendant was very disorderly. The ma.gistra.tes sentenced the defendant to one month's hard labour. —John Humphreys s&id on the same night he wa.a going from market a little after eleven when, without any cause, George Stewart, the same defendant as in the previoas case, came and struck him a blow on the back of the neck with a stick. For this offence the defendant was sentenced to two months' imprison- ment with hard Ia,boM, making three months in all. THREATS. Sergeant FarreII charged Edwin Hollis, employed at the Cambriao Iron Foundry, with being drunk and disorderty, in Chester-street, on the previous Saturday night, at half-past eleven. The Sergeant aa.id he was very diaorderly.—P.O. Lee, of the bride- well, said prisoner was brought to the lockup and wa,a very disorderly. On Sunday morning he used threatening language towards Sergeant Fun-eH.—He was fined 5a and costs, and bound over in the sum of .E10 to keep the peace. REt'CSINO TO QUIT. P.O. \Vnp;ht charged Catherine Hnghea with being drunk and disorderly and refusing to quit the Nelson Arms, on the previous Saturday night, at 9.50. She was sent to gaol for seven days with hard !a.bonr.
WREXHAM COUNTY COURT.
WREXHAM COUNTY COURT. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ISfH. Before his Honour, Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd. PERFORMANCE OF AX AMERICAN HORSE AT WREXHAX. Mr Edward Holhs. dealer. Beast Market. Wrex ham, sued Messrs Lucas and Co.. horse salesmen- Liverpool and Wrexbam, for.E20 12s 3d for breach of warranty.. Mr Preston, barrister, Liverpool, instructed by Messrs W. Wynn Evuns and Co., appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Segar, barrister, Liverpool, defended. A jury was empanelled to try the case. Mr Preston, in opening the ca,se, said that the plaintiff went to Liverpoo! on October 18th, and attended Lucas's sale, and bought a mare, No. 14 in the catalogue. He gave 27 guineas for it..It was one of a lot sent over from New Jersey, America., and they were all guaranteed well broken, steady and quiet in harness, and sound. The mare he bought was specially catalogued :—" This is a good all-round horse, steady and perfectly quiet in action." He bad not time to try the horse tha.t night, but he brought her to Wrexham, and tried her early next morning. They put her in a tra.p, and after walking her some distance, they put her to trot. There were two others in the trap besides HoDis. As soon as the mare started to trot she commenced to kick, bolted. and upset thjae in the trap on to the i ground. This was at Rhosnessney. They ultimately found the mare fast in a, gate at Pantyochin. Mr Hollis came back to Wrexham, and telegraphed to Lucas saying that the mare was not steady, and he was coming to Liverpool. He sent thb telegram at 112 a.m., and left Wrexham by the 11.8 a..m. train. The ma.re wa.3 sent on after him. Mr Hollis saw Lucas's managers. After a conversa- tion he was told that they would have nothing to do with it. The reason that Lucas and Co. would not take it back was. because it shoutdhave been brought back 12 o'clock the day after the sale. Now this was in face of the fact that he had telegraphed to them before that time, and senc the mare back as soon a.s ever he could. Mr Hollia did not know that the mare bd to be returned before 12 o'clock. The con- dition about 12 o'clock was posted up in the Reposi- tory, and not put in the catalogue. After giving notice to Lucas, the mare wa,s sold at Whitchurch and fetched 13gs. They claimed the difference be- tween the 27gs. and the'12gs.,and other charges, such as the cost of the railway boxea, livery, &o. Mr Hollis, in his evidence, said that they did not put a. whip on the horse, and he knew nothing to up- set it. It was a thoroughly bad horse. The horse arrived at Liverpool at 6.50 p.m. the day after the sale. They refused to take it back. He had never seen the condition about, sending horses back before 12 o'clock the next day, until the conditions were sent to his solicitors.—Cross-examined Mr Hoy, the owner of the horse, said it was qiiet, but witness told him that he had a witness who s.id he saw it kick a trap while being tried the day bdore. He had re- turned two or three horses before to Lucas, and they always took them back. He understood that their conditions were that the horse must be returned before twelve o'clock the next day, but if it was too far, they must telegraph.—Re-examined The ma,ro was bought at Wbitchurch by one of Lucas's men. At Wrexhim, the conditions were &s he thought they were at Liverpoot. Herbert Houghland corrobora.ted, and said that as he was bringing the horse back from Pa.n(.yochin, it got over the hedge, because they met a bicyclist. Fred Rease and John Roberts, ba,iILE of Sir R. A. Cunime, Ba.rt., gave evidence of the horse running awa.y. Fied. Charles Date. Pantyoehin, also gave evidence of finding the horse fast in a. gateway. William Taylor, dealer. Liverpool, saa that on the day before the plaintiff bought the horse, he saw it tried, and saw it kick the front of the trap. Mr Segar, for the defence, said he must first ask his Honour to give his decision upon points of law, before he allowed the case to go to the jury. The action shou'd have been brought against the owner, Mr Hoy. The conditions clearly laid this down, and stated that they were simply agents, and damages must be claimed against the owners. The second point was that the horse must be returned before twelve o'clock the day after the sale, and even if it was right that he had telegraphed he should have submitted the horse to a trial. Mr Preston said it had been decided that if the anctioBeer gave warranties contrary to the instruc- tions of the owners they were liable. Again, it had, been recently he'd that even if conditions were printed on the b:i.ck of tickets they were not binding, as the question \v;M whether the company had taken steps to bring the conditions to the notice of the buyers. His Honour said it must go to the jury. Mr Segar then aJ,l, e"sed the jury upon the facts of the case. ami :l'd conditions were clearly laid 'OWIl, and b¡!laip Evicienec-.for :?: f. "ce was given by Mr Little, the po!e partner f< L and Co.; William Smith, manager Tho:'jas Levies, runner for Lucas and Co.ViniamJoh:)H.n.Co. Armagh, Ireland, who said he was brother of'Joseph S. Hoy, who intro- duced the horses from New Jersey, and who said he had ha,d the hori-e since it was bought a.t Vhitchu)" ;>1 it was qwite quiet Hy. W. Grii Liverpool; and Alfred ?Vyche. '"y, h.-T-tj:e?t<c?. Liverpool. ¡ After Mr SegM and Mr Preston had ttddress&d the jury, his Honour did likewise. and the jury. ttfter a. retirement, answered th" questions put by hit Honour as fo)lowa :—1, W&s the contra.ct with Hoy or Lm:a.a &nd Company ? Answer, Luca.a and C 0.2 Were the conditions part of the contract ? Answer. No. Plaintiff knew of no such condition!.—3. Did de- fendants take reaaonab!e care to bring to the know- ledge of the plaintiff the fact that there were con- ditions ? Answer. No.—4, Did the plaintiff in fact know that there were conditions ? Answer, Yes.— 5, Wa.a the horse returned in time according to con- ditions; a.nd, if not, did p!a.intiS do all he could to comply wtth the conditions ? Answer, No to the nrst part of the question, and yea to the second pa.rt.—6, Wa,a a tria.1 of the horse in accordance with the con- ditions refused by the pla.intTo' ? Answer-. Plaintiff considered a second trial nnnecessn.ry.-7 Wa.s there a witrrantv of soundness a)Qd quietness in harness ? Answer, Ÿes., Was there a breach oi warranty ? Answer, Yes.—9, Damages ? Answer, for the whole amount claimed. His Honour said t&ere were one or two dis- crepancies, and he would give his decision on theaa tLt the next Court.
II'GATHERING OF AGRICULTURISTS…
GATHERING OF AGRICULTURISTS AT WREXHAM. On Monday, about 200 of the le3.ding agriculturists and butchers of the Wrexham district, dined <.t the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Wrexha.m, on the invitation of Mr Frank Lloyd. auctioneer. The of Wrexham,(Mr Councillor 'Charles Murless) presided, and after dinner proposed The Queen, the Pnnce and Princess of Wales, a.nd the res.: of the Royal Family," and The successful exhibitors and supporters of the Wrexham Smith- netd." He said ho was very glad to know that Mr Lloyd's instructions to his fat stock judges this year were not to award the prizes to the fattest beasts. but to those possessed of the largest percentage of good lean meat. That, he thought, was a step in the right direction. His Worship then read the list of the prize winners, moat Of which have already been published. Referring to Mr Edmund Peel, of Bryny- pys,one of the successful exhibitors, he said that Mr Peel gave large sumstfor his bulls, aa much for the use and benefit of his tenants and neighbours as him- self, with the objeefof improving the stock of the neighbourhood, and it was gratifying to nnd such & breeder and owner winning prizes. (Hear, hear.) Lord Kenyon was another winner, and there cou)d not possibly have been a more popular victory in Wrexham. (Applause.) In respect to the other winners, he thought they would have observed frotn the Hat he had read, that the prizes couid not possibly have gone into better hands, because without anv exception, they had been carried off by gentlemen who were regutar supporters of the Wrexham Smith- Seld. (Applause.) The gentleman who had sold the most stock in Mr Lloyd's auction during the year was Mr H. Dyke Dennis, of New Hall. the amount being just over JE2.000. (Applause.) Mr John Hughea, of Top House Farm, Marehwiel, and Old Sontlev Farm, came next, with JE2.000, and the third prize went to Mr Job Lea. GwerayIIt Old Hall. who had sold very nearly .E1.200 worth of st*ck. Several others were pretty close together. For instance, Mr Jessc Roberts, Berse. and Mr Edmund Peel had each sold about ;E1,000 worth, while Captain Ormrod, of Penylan, Mr Herbert P&rry, Farm, Mr Robert Parry, Borras, and Mr Thomas Parry. Croesyorkin, had each sold between JE500 and JE800 worth. Applatlse.) He thought that when Mr Lloyd conceived the idea of giving prizes to those who bought the largest quantity of stock at his aoction, he hit apon a very happy plan. because it woald prove to the people of Wrexham and district where their butchers bought their meat, and would be a guarantee to the local consumers that what they bought at ttie principal Ioca.1 shopa was good genuine beef and mutton. (Ap- plause.) The farmers and others—some of them at least—did not fear foreign competition so much. but what they did complain of was that a, ht.dy or gentle- man going into a butcher s sh'ip should have palmed on to them as English a joint or foreign meat, which was by no means of the same quality as English. (Hear, hear.) That, he though', was o. very just com- plaint <br an English farmer to make. There was no doubt tht*t if people knew that they were being supplied with the 6<wa,/Me English article they would be quite prepared to pay a penny or more per pound for it than for any foreign meat that could be ptaced before them. (Applause.) In Wrexham, he thought they would agree, they were in this respect in a very happy position, when he read out to them the names of the largest loca) buyers at Mr L!ovd's auction. .The winner of the nrst prize was Mr John Jones, of Chester street, Wrexham, who bought meat worth considerably over JE2,000 during the twelve months. (Applause.) Next on the list was his father, Mr Councillor David Jones, the amount being JE1.912. Mr John ThomaE. of Johns- town. had bought JEI.768 worth. Mr Edward Price. Bridge-street. Wrexham. jEl.740, Mr Samuel Matthews. Old Hall, JE1.310 (acd he should like to see a few more outside buyers of the same sort coming to Wrexham.) Mr George C. Hushes, High- street, Wrexham (who bad on!y been in business twelve months). JE1.258, Mr Robert Grimths. Rnabon. JE1.104, and Mr George Parkec, Farudon..E1.055. (Applause.) These ngures would prove, he thought, that no foreign meat was sold at the estab)ishments of these butchers. (Applause.) As to the auctioneer himself, there was no occasion to extol the abilities of Mr Lloyd. The best proof of his capacity wa.a tha.t he had received their conMence and support. (Ap- plause.) He should couple with the toast the names of Messrs John Jones, David Jones, H. Dyke Dennis, John Hughes, and Thomas (bfdtiff at the Home Farm, Wynnstay), a.ll of whomTesponded. Mr DAVID JoNEs said he should try for the nrst prize next year, and see if he could not beat his son. (Laughter and apptansc.) He remembered the time when he kiHed JE1.000 worth of meat a. week. He bud kiDed 500 or 600 sheep a week. when mutton was Is a pound. As to the position of the farmer— and he was one. as we!) as a butcher—they could only improve their condition by uniting a.nd agitating, with a view of preventing the foreigner from bringing his produce into this country free)y and openly, while the English farmer was tied up hand and fooc. (Ap- p)ause.) People said they did not like the word protection. What was trade unionism but protection? (Applause.) If agriculture was to revive, there was nothing but protection tha.t would do it. (Apphmse.) Mr Jonx HuoHEs said he had fed his stock on home grown produce, and net on foreign feeding stuffs. (Applause.) MrJoHx CoLEMERE GiTTi!!5, who proposed the next toast, thought that every description ot foreign food ought to be branded with the .name of the country from which it came, in the same way as manufac- tured articles were. (Applause.) They atl kuew that Mr Lloyd was well-kuown as one of the largest cattle salesmen, and certainly the largest horse sales- man, in the United Kingdom, and had made the name of Wrexham aa wide!y known throughout, the country as his own. (Applause.) He was now about to invade England, having taken under his charge the Crewe Smithneld, and he (Mr Gittins) begged to propose Success to the new undertaking at Crewe." (Loud applause.) This toast (as were most of the others) wa.s drunk with musical honours, and three cheers were given for Mrs Lloyd and family. Mr LLOYD, in returning thanks, said nothing gave him sc much pleasure as to see so many friends around him. He had endeavoured to invite a.U his regular supporters, but he should just like to say that on)y those butchers who had bought JE1.000 worth of sock during the year had been asked, otherwise the room would not have held them all. However, their turn would come later on. (Hear, hear.) As to the Crewe business, it was offered to him—he did not seek it—a.nd the rent wa.s helLvy, £1,200 a, ve.u-. How- ever. it was one of the best, Snuthnelds he had ever seen, and as Ins fn.mi!y wa.s growing un. and hia number of assistants was increasing, he had thought it his duty to take the opportunity of securing "it. He could have it for seven, fourteen, twentv-onc, or twenty eight years. Mr Harry Nuttall. would go to Crewe to take charge of the business, and although he was sorry to lose his services at Wrexham, he felt satianed that in his han3s the Crewe SmitbSeid would be a success. (Applause.) Of course, he (Mr Lloyd) would occasiona)!y be absent from the Wrexha.m SmithSeId. perhaps one Monday a month, but he was making every arrangement for this. He intended to take out a licence for Mr James Davies—(applause)—and put the sheep s:des entirely in his hands, beginning with the new year. Mr Scott Byford would have charge of the pig and cn.If sales, and Mr Tom Bristow would conduct the cattle sales when he (Mr Lloyd) was absent. (App!ause.) Mr Wm. C. HuGHES proposed The Health of the Mayor." which wa.s enthusiastically honoured. The MAYOR, in responding, said they were going to lose the serviceE—to a certain extent, at aU events— of ono of the most useful men in Wrexham— (app]a.use)—and he looked forward to that with any- thing but feelings of pleasure. Mr L!oyd had made the name of Wrexham more widely known than it had even been before in its history. (Applause.) Mr JoHN ROBERTS proposed The Agricultural Interest." and coupled with the toast the names of Mr Ambrose Sutton, of Althrey, and Mr Robert Parry, who brieny responded. Mr Councillor DAVID JoKEs proposed the health of the judges at the Christmas fat stock shows on that and the previous Monday, and Mr BARRETS, of Wolverhampton. responded. Mr DYKE DENNIS proposed The Health of Mr Harry Nutta!), and God speed to him in the new undertaking at Crawe." Mr NuTTALi. having responded. Mr W. L. proposed The Health of Mr James Davies." and Mr GiTTiNs gave The rest of Mr Lloyd's Staff, coupled With the names of Messrs. T. Bristow, Scott Byford. and Charles Shemeid." The several gentlemen named having responded, the proceedings shortly afterwards terminated.
I --CEFNYBEDD.
I CEFNYBEDD. EKTEBTAixMEKT.—The usual fortnightly entertain- ment was held in the Bethlehem Presbyterian Chape) on Monday evening. The programme was both instrumental and vocal, and was welt sustained. The band of F Company 2nd V.B.R.W.F., by per- mission of M&jor Sparrow, was present, and played a variety of airs. The Summerhill HandbeH Ringers proved a. great attraction. The Pastor (Rev. Edwin Jones) presided, and the usual votes of thanks were accorded. S,LD DEATH OF Mn ARNOLD RATLINS.—This young geat!ema.n, youngest son of Mr Ra.w!it)s. who fornierly resided at Cefnybcdd, and proprietor of the Paper MiH. had only two months ago taken a voyagg to the Mediterranean for the bene6t of his health. On the return voyage from Palermo, Sicity, it appears he fell overboard, and although the steamer stopped and cruised about for two hours, nothing wa.s seen of him. Mr Arnold Rawlins was an exceeding)y promising young gentleman, and the inhabitants nf this district express the deepest sorrow with hia father in this great trouble.
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THE AFFAIRS OF A WREXHAMI…
THE AFFAIRS OF A WREXHAM I SOLICITOR. THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR TAKES 1 ACTION. At the Wtexbam Borough Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, before Dr. Edward Davids, in the chair J. OsweH Bury, Esq., and W. E. Samuel, Esq. Mr John Idewis, solicitor, Wrexham, was charged with unlawfelly converting to his own use the proceeds of a cheque for JE450, which had been sent to him vrith a. direction to be applied for the purpose of investing by way of loan upon a mortgage. Mr J. P. Cartwright, of Chester, proaecnt'e.'l, and Mr S. Moss (instructed by Mr J. H. fierce) defended. Mr Wynn Evans held a watching brief for Mr Ber- tiard Lewis and Mr Arthur Lewis, and for the rest of the family. Mr Cartwright sa.id he attended on behalf of the' director of public prosecution-) to support an infor- mation and summons which had been issued against Mr John Lewis of that town. The information stated that John Lewis, of Yspntty. in the Borough of Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, solicitor, on or about the 14th day of December, 1893, at the Borough aforesaid. he then being an attorney or agent of the Rey. Thomas Williams, of the Vicarage, Connah's Quay, in the county of Flmt. Clerk in Holy Orders, and being solely instructed by him as such attorney or agent with a certain security for the pay- ment of money (to wit), a. cheque for payment of .E450 with a direction in writing to apply the proceeds thereof for a 'purpose specinc in such direction (to wit), for the purpose of investing the same by way of loan upon a mortgage security of the Royal Oak Inn, land and four houses, situate in Bangor-Isycoed. in the county of Denbigh, for the benefit of the said Thomas Williams, did, in violation of good faith. and contrary to the terms of the said direction, unlawfully convert to his own use a,nd benent, 'the proceeds of the said security for the payment of money (to wit), the said cheque for JE450, contrary to the Statute 24 and 25. Victoria., chapter 96, section 75. That'was the information laid against Mr Lewis, and which he would be called upon to answer. The history of the case was very short, and he did not think the magistrates would be troubled with very much material in the shape of facts. The Rev. Thomas Williams, of the Vicarage, Connah's Quav, was & very old client and very old friend of Mr Lewis. In fact, they were interested in certain pro- perties &9 trustees. Early in the ye-ar 1893 a corre- spondence had taken place, and was going on during the year. On December Ilth of that vear Mr Lewis addreased the following letter to Mr Williams:— My dear Williams,—I am able to get to the ofnce I again to-da.y. With regard to investments, .E450 is wanted at five per cent. on security of the Royal Oak Inn, land, and four houses in Bangor Isycoed. Gross rentals about JESS. The new railway is now in progress, and will probably be opened next year with a. station at Bangor, and so the value of property there w<Il be materially enhanced. The money is wanted immediately to e!oso a trust. and the parties are coming here on Thursday. If you agree to the loan, kipdiy send me a cheque for the amount by to- morrow's post, and I will send you the deeds and mortgage aa soon as completed.—With kind regards, youra very truly. JoHM Lswrs." In reply to that letter, Mr Williams replied with the foUowing letter with which he enclosed a cheque for JE450:— St. Mark's Vicarage, Connah's Quay, December 12th, 1895. Mr dear Lewis,—I know nothing of the Royal Oak Inn, &c., but I conclude by your writing me that you consider it a good investment, I there- fore send you cheque for the .S450 required. I am glad you are better, and hope Mrs Lewis and all are well. With kind regards and good wishes for the season, yours very truly, THOMAS WiLLiAMs." Then there was a letter from the defendant, dated December 13th, 1893, acknowledging the receipt of the cheque, and stating that the deeds, as soon at executed, would be sent to him. The cheque had thus been dispatched, and was in the hands of Mr Lewis. The cheque would be put in evidence in due course, and they would nnd that it was regular, and that Mr Lewis leceired the money. Matters went on. it appeared, without anything happening, until in June of the next year, when. of course, the nrst interest would become due. Then on June 12th, 1894, the defendant wrote the following letter to Mr WUlia.ms:—"My Dear Williams,—Your interest on the JE450 runs from 14th December last at five per cent., as that half a year's interest will be due on the 14th current. Mrs Hanmer, of Arrowery, Hanmer, is mortgagor, but her interest will be paid you through us, and we will send it to you as soon as received. We have the deeds for you here." Then matters went on until on December 13th. 1894, when the defendant wrote as follows :—" My Dear Williams,—I bad a note that Mrs Hanmer's interest will be due to-morrow. I had impressed your desire to have it paid punctually without delay, and no doubt it will come on Thursday next, when the great Christmas show market will be on, which country people usually flock to. You may rely upon my attention." On January 13th. 1895. a letter was addressed to Mr John Lewis by Mr Wiltiajns. Mr Moss sa.id he understood this had been made the subject of the examination by the Onicial Receiver, and he should object to any of the corres- pondence which had been so used beine read. He should object to that correspondence gcing in as evidence on the ground that it was iltpgal. Under Section 27 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1890, A state- ment or admission made by any person in any com- pulsory examination or deposition before any conrton the hearing of any matter in bankruptcy shall not be admissible as evidence against that person in any proceeding in respect of any of the misdemeanours referred to in the said Section 85." He submitted that all that correspondence was admitted by the defendant at the public examination in bankruptcy, and that it could not possibly he made evidence against him now, even though it might have been produced by persons to whom the letters were written. He submitted the correspondence could not go in. It was also embodied in the OSieia.1 Receiver's report. Mr Cartwright said that his answer was, that thn.t was not a bankruptcy prosecution. That wa,s a prosecution taken over the heads of everybody by the director of public prosecutions, a.nd he could not be bound by any such terms. He was reading to them a letter which had passed between the parties imme- diately interested in that particular transaction, and therefore there could be no objection to the letters. Mr Moss said Mr Cartwright had to make out a case. He brought to the notice of the Bench a section of an Act of Parliament which governed the Treasm-y and everybody else. He did not know that the Treasury had any powers beyond those of an ordinary prosecutor. Mr Cartwright said he wa.s prosecuting under 24 and 25 Victoria.. for that the defendant did apply to his own use monies which were entrusted to him to invest. This was not 11 bankruptcy prosecution. The most the magistrates could do would be to ta.ke a note of the point. The question they had to decide was whether or not there wa.s a /);'t;;tft /'nc:<' case made out against the defendant. They were bound to send him for trial if they found that that was so. Therefore he proposed to go on. That v.'a.s a prosecution entirely outside bankruptcy. It had nothing to do with bankruptcy. Mr Moss said be admitted that that proseo"tion I had nothing to do with bankruptcy. He did not for a moment say it had, but he said there was a section of an Act of Parliament which said, that admissions j in eonrt on the hearing of any matter in bankrnptcy "I ?le -t-a i nst that person in tiny should not be admissible against tha.t person in any 1 proceedings, and the section under which the prose- cution was proceeding was distinctly referred to. Mr Cartwright said he was quoting from, n.nd going to rely upon, letters which had passed between the plaintiff and Mr Lewis. He had nothing to do with where they nrst came out. I The Chairman intimated that the Bench did not think that was the time to make the objection. Mr Cartwrigbt, continuing. said that on January 13th, 1895, Mr Williams wrote the following letter to Mr Lewis :—" Dear Lewis,—A month has now passed since Mrs Hammer's interest herein due, and I have not heard a word about it. It is quite im- possible to go on thus. Therefore I must. ask you to give her notice that I must have my money repaid in six months. I would rather a less interest p.ud panetna.Hy. The interest, too, on that unfortuna.te .E500 which I WM obliged to let you have is overdue. You said you would let me have the money back in two or three months. and now upwards of six are passed." The next letter was from Beechley, and was dated January 15th, 1895, and was as foliows:— Dear Williams.—lamatill laid up, and till this weather goeg fear I aha!! not get out. Mrs Hanmer was expected the two last Thursdays, but did not come over, no doubt owin{; to the weather. I a:n not for,e;ftil of that matter, nor of the .€500, and as soon as 1 can t,et out both shall be attended to." Then Mr WiHiams becomes douhtfn! about these securities, and addressed a letter to Mrs Hanruer, and in con- sequence of what he heard he wrote the foDowin" letter to Mr Lewis on March 1st, 1895 De:r Lewis,—I was surprised and very much annoyed bv receiving a letter from, I suppose. Mrs Hanmer, but as there is no signature to it, I do not know the writer's name. of which I herewith send you a copy. Arrowery, Hanmer, near Whitchurch. 25/2/95. Mr Williani, Sir,—I am in receipt of your letter. Regret delay in answering same, but was greatiy surprised at the contents, for I know nothing about this interest. So you had better appty to Mr Lewis for any further information upon this matter.—Yours respectfully.' What in the world does it mean? You save me the address as of the person to whom the JE450 was lent. You have never let me have the documents rehtting to this matter. and therefore I know nothing about it, as I trusted to you. I shall be obliged if you will let me hear from you as soon as possible, as I am very une'a-'y about the matter. I had not intended to have wrif.i.en to you on this subject until next week unless f re- ceived your interest and that of Mrs Hanmor before next Thursday. This letter, however, requires nnmcdtate notice.. The reply to that was dated 2[iJ March. 1895. a.nd was as foiiows:— Dear Wiiliams,—Your letter this tnorning has quite dis- tressed Die, and as to Mrs Hanmer I a.m astounded. and must act promptly in that matter. I have pone in search of her the three last Thursdays where she uauaUy attends, and could only learn from some neighbours tha.t she had been iii. She executed the mortgage to you in my presence, and I attested it. Wautd you kindly enciose the letter and envelope you have received, and I wi)l write to a friend resid- ing at Hanmer about her The deeds are right and the property is right. There must be something wrong about that letter, which could iiever ii.tve come from her." 1'hen they we<it to May 7th, 1895, when the defendant wrote:—" Dear WDii.uns,—\Ve gave MLS IIanmer notice to pT.y up your priunip.if, and are in communi<;a.tion with Ilr diurton, 01 Chester, w!:0)n nhs J):o co:i,tilted ou the mutter. Her interest is promj;,eJ, t':):. not yet M'jtiivcd." On June :), further lef.tc:- to JIl' Wiilia'ns :—" Mr:. Hanger ir! prepa.l'ing to pay nn y.jur p'inopa! and interest tt.rougQ rr solicitor. Chc-'ter." '-L'he'< there waa a !!)ni; !tter on June 24! 1S35. fr?m -'Jr W:.? !)s, which dc-n.!t with fiber matM! and 'vfnt on to say rrhv1l a.ga.In ir \"O1r letter, Jnm: 12:h. yon say Mrs M,\nu:or i-s to pay uo princlpa.! and interest, tbroUl Mr Cheater. Where are the to her mortgage ? I havs never seen them, itttd I must reqnest you to send them to me at once' Then came the cra.<h. On June 35tu, 1895, the wrote a long letter, explaining what his position was with reference to Mr Wittiams and certain trusts. and then went o&:—" Notwithstanding this she went to Bristol aoticK)ors. without apprising me, who seut me t writ. and althonsh appeals for time to sell, &c., from me, Mrs Lewis and one daughter were urged, and without a.ny intimation of such intention issued an execution last week. and pressed the Sheriff to advertise A sale of my furniture here in the two last weeks'newspapers for Tuesday week. The matter came Ii'ke a thunderbolt, a.nd I have been compeHed in order to prevent the paintings, library. and valu- able ejects here being sacrinced. and to protect my other creditors, and obtain time for realization of an my 'property, to take out a receiving order from the Bankruptcy County Court here, which wa-a granted yesterday, to restrain all sa.les until a statement of my affairs is made out, and a meeting of my creditors is convened in about fifteen days hence, of which you will have notice. If all goes right everyone will be paid like in the case of your Cefn Wa,ter bond." Mr Williams wrote in reply on June 26tb, 1895 Dear Mr Lewis.— I assure you that there is no one who feels more keenly the present state of our affairs with yon than I do. I only hope that you say truly that everyone will be paid. I must say that past events make me fearful, and I notice that yoa add if all soe: right You did not answer my question in your letter as to where Mrs Hanmer's deeds are Neither did you send them to me as I requested, and as I have a right to have therm, your not sending them makes me fear they are not in your possession. I again ask yon where they are, and if with'you, tolsend them to me. If I doa'tgetfrom vou a satisfactory answer to both thess questions bv return of post, I sha.11 put the matter into the hands of a solicitor at once. It is most important that I should know all about these things, a.nd I must not have them in yeur hands any longer." On 27th June, 1895. there was the reply :—" Dear Williams, —In reply to yours received this morning (1) all the deeds relating to Mrs Hanmer's property and your mortgage are at my offices, where they can be seen, and would have been sent to you to-day, but owing to my position under the receiving order, I explained as in my last, I cannot hand over:any papers or docu- ments in my possession or control ti!l after the meeting of my creditors, and the result is known. Thev are all safe." At that very time, and as far back as June 5th, the mortgage on this property at Bangor Isvcoed had beentpaid oS. and the title deeds were in the possession of Mrs Hanmer. It would be proved that there never was any mortgage, certainly none between Mrs Hanmer and the Rev. Thomas Williams for securing JE450. They would recollect the letter written by the defendant on December 11, 1893. On November 24th of th:i,t year, the defendant and his son, Mr Bernard Lewis, had an order mada against them under the Solicitor's Act. That order was made at the instance of Mr Henry Ifughes, and was for the delivery up of docu- ments and the payment of over .E300 within fourteen days from the date of the order. They had fourteen days within which to pay the money and produce the documents. The fourteen days would fxpire on December 8th, and therefore on December llth they were in default. They were In dire extremity. Thev had not got the money to pay. The bank book would be produced, and would show that on December llth there was only JE15 to their credit. Then the cheque for JE450 received from the Rev. Thomas Williams was paid in and pieced to the defendant's credit at Parr's Bank. It bad not been in the bank many hours when a cheque for.E310 18e M was drawn against it to pay the amount they were ordered to pay under the fourteen days' order. Aa he had said, they were in dire extremity. Mr J. A. Hughes (magistrates' clerk): Pardon me. You should not say they. Mr Cartwright said he did not mean to say they. Continuing, he said every shilling of that JE450 had been drawn out and used by the defendant for his own private purposes. The money was never invested, and every shilling had been used by thf defendant. The magistrates would have simply to decide whether a prtn;ft facie case was made out against the defend- ant, and upon the facts he would prove he should ask them to commit the defendant for trial. The Rev. Thomas Williams was the nrst witness. He said he had known the defendant for many years. 011 December llth he received the letter put in from Mr Lewis. He replied by the letter dated December 12th, and with the letter he enclosed a cheque (pro- duced) for .E450. The cheque was on the North and South Wales Rank, and was dated Chester. 12th December, 1893. It was in favour of Mr Lewis, and was endorsed by him. The witness then produced the other letters which had been referred to by Mr Cartwright, in his opening statement. He did not at any tune receive any deeds, mortgage, or security upon Mrs Hanmer's property or any other property, relating to the cheque for .E450. He did receive a cheque from Mr Lewis for .Ell 5s, for which he gave a receipt, dated July 23rd. 1894. That was for half a year's interest on the loan to Mrs H inmer. By Mr Moss He had known Mr Lewis a. very long time. He had not commenced that prosecution. He had proved against the estate of the defendant for the JE450. He was at a creditors' meeting when they agreed to accept a composition of 153 in the JE. He voted for that motion. Robert Henry Smallwood, clerk to Messrs. Acton. Bury, and Acton, produced the title deeds rotating to the property formerly belonging to Mrs Isabella Hanmer. He produced a reconveyance, dated, June 5th, 1895, between Mr Bernard Ljwis and Mr Arthur Edward Lewis of the onepM-t. and Isabella Hanmer, of Hamner, widow, of the other part. The recon- veyance compared with the property mentioned in defendant's letter of December llth, 1893. Witness had examined the deeds carefully, and he could find no mortgage to the Rev. Thomas WtHiama upon this. As a matter of fact. the property had been sub- sequently sold to a Mrs Fraser. of Wrexham. under tha.t title by Mrs Hanmer. Witness produced the deeds as from the custody of Mrs Fraaer. Mr Churton was concerned for Mrs Hanmer in the reconveyance. Mr Ghi-scodine was concerned for Messrs H. and A. Lewis, and witnessed the execution of the re-convey- ance. Edwin Ffouikes-Jones, member of the L!a.ngo!!en firm of Messrs Minshall and Parry-Jonea. sa.id t!:n.t tow.u-ds the end of the year 1895. his nrm took pro- ceedings against Messrs J. and H. Lewis, under the Solicitor's Act, 1847, on behalf of Witliam Henry Hushes, Plitskynaston, for the delivery up of certain documents and payment over of certain trnst monies. U)tim.<,tely an order was obtained dated Nov. 24th, 1893, to that effect upon the defendant and Mr B. Le-.via, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the respondents against the applicant personalty. Itwa,s for payment and delivery within fourteen days. The money ordered to be paid was JE310 8s lOd. The time would expire on December Sth, when the money waa not paid. The money wa.s paid on December 14th at Messrs Lewis's omeo. when witness got a cheque for .S310 8s 10J. The cheque waa on Parr's Ba,!ik, and wa.s dated December 14th, 1893. It was paid into his firm's account on December 16th. By Mr Moss: Upon application to them, the respondent's in the action sent in an account showing a balance due to them. In consequence of this thev took proceedings, but not to tax the bills, as they did not admit that there were any bills to tax. By Mr Wynn Evans The order was served upon Mr B. Lewis. Mr B. Lewis was not present when the cheque was handed over, and it was signed John Lewis" and not "Lewis and Son." Witness saw Mr B. Lewis, and he said that he had nothing what- ever to do with the ma.tter, as it rested entirely with his father. ) Mr jL. E. Green, manager of the Wrexham Branch of Parr's Bunk, produced the Ied"er account between the Bank and Mr John Lewis for 1893. On December 13th. there was an entry in the ledger By cheqae zE450." It was a cheque drawn up"n the North and South Wales Ha'ik by the Rev. Thomas Williams. When the JE450 was pa,id in, there vas jEl.817 18s Id on the credit side, and zEl-)51 19s on the debit side of 'tie account. jLha.t left iE465 19j Id to the credit on 14th December. There was thus only .Elo 195 Id to the credit of the account before the pay- ment in of the JM50. On December 16th the bank honoured a cheque for JE310 83 lOd. The bank had also honoured cheques subsequently, which had wiped outtbc;E450. The account was in the defend.U]t'n own name. Witness put in a copy of the account in the bank's books. Joseph Roberta, accountant at the Chester branch of the North and South Walea Bunk, said that the cheque produced-for .E450 was paid to Farr'a Bank. Chester, by the North a.nd South Wales B;tnk, Chester, they having received it direct from their Wrexha.m oSico. It was dated December 12th. 1893, and was signed by Thomas Williams, and in favour of the defendant. The cheque was endorsed by the defendant. Mr Cartwright SM.id that closed the case, and the court then adjourned. On resuming, Mr Moss aaid he applied that the case might be aJjourned to Friday. The corres- pondence that had been put in was very vOluminous,1 It would be impossible fo; hhn to ?rasp the who!e of the details of a matter such as that at that stage of the proceeding, and his c'ient waa very anxious that it should be thrashed out now. There was a per- fectly good defence, but he thought he was not making an improper application that under an the circum- stances the case might stand adjourned until Friday. Mr Cartwright said he could not agree. He was specially careful in taking out the summons that plenty of time shouid be aHowed. All the witnesses were there, and an adjournment would mea,n that they would have to be brought there again. He could not sec on what ground his friend coutd ask him to consent to an adjournment. The sin:p)e question was whether or not there was a 1)¡'¡JJUl .liU"ic cn.?f. Ho must certainly object to a.ny adjournment. The Chairman said the bench thought there should be some very deSfiite reason for an adjournment. The magistrates retired, and, on returning, the Chairman said the Bench were of opinion tlutt n) Hound ground ha.d been shown for an adjourn- ment. Mr Moss said that under those circumstances he must go on with his ca,se. His client w.is char-rd with ?'- vic)littioii of good faith in regard to the chpmif for £450, which meant, if it, meMt anvthin? nt a!' that hts client had bv fraud converted -thcit to his own use. His friend said there was no defence to that. In n. certain sense he wils right. There wa,. no detence once :], ¡¡rill/aj;u'ic eme WM est.ihli.shed. tmt he shou!d suomit tl-Li there w.,is no tÚcÙ CMe. lo have such a c:Me thev ;nnat hiL\" cleM a.nd unmtsta.kea.hte evidence that there was intention to defMnd. Jh:i.t evidence ha.dtiot been eiven. Ilia client unfortunate position, as Ins month which he in evidence lUight liave cleared np. i-)uld h.ive to rem d't somewhat m ohscurity. He thought all would r—et tha.t it bad been thought lJOf;Cs,.ry to begin that prosecution. His client Was in his eigl-ltietll N-C.Lr, nc was the oldest practising s.)I;ei L.)r in Cho.h'ire and North Wale- -i-iicl he h..d for of afty-nvc yc? ..eted ? Clerk t< the M?.srr?es in ? division of that county, and he'?; sure itw.? -? m?'t?' rof very great regret to tj;i-.n aU t!.M cii-cun.s:an.s' h t.d heen s.ich aq to (!.ttl!ze til. prosecution to tHnk t.o.nsc. ves jL,t;,ic-d in t-,Lkin-- the course th.-y h&d t?n tliere tha d..y. Jlc w? quite sure t .t the J?nch wouJd join v.?h him in the wish that there m?ht be some doubt as to whether a??<?.?<? M? been m?de out..nd he took it t?t if t? shotw?ed t)?. U.cre w.is some d.j.ubt the Hcnch ?-ou]d ? .n? co?er?on his r?r.t.- ?,?,. ?? pr.ic.??? <reer. te.u?.rj.i. ,,?!, ?er? ? d n? .? ? .;u- s ag? o? the o?.i ,u?, i,? ?e?nii? I .v? ivh.t<- -?th ton. pro.-??? ?.y?. nd him with the sterna, of 80 prini.tt /«-t<; case ha-ving been made out. He must at once say th&t there wa.a negligence, but he di& most strongly urge th&t there had not been fraud, and unless thev were convinced there had been such fraud tbeprimaf<lcú es-se fell to the ground. On December llth defendant wrote to his friend Mr WiUmma. With regard to that part of the case the prosecution did not emanate from the man who had lost his money. As far as that person wa.s concerned he had no unfriendly feeling towards his client. The letter of December llth was not written quite in the circumstances in which his friend stated. The facts were the same, but the in- ference to be gathered from it was not quite as it was put to them. They said an order was made for the payment of some money, and that the order ex- pired in fourteen days, &n d that the fourteen days terminated about the time that letter was written. Th<t.t worked in very well unless they remembered that on December 4t.h a letter had been written by Mr Williams to Mr Lewis, which stated that Mr B. Lewis wrote to him about investing some money, and he said he should be glad to invest the amount named if he liked the security, and could get five per cent. on it. He thought that robbed the letter of Decem- ber llth of the fraudulent character with which his friend had sought to tinge it. That he submitted was a I)oiia fide letter written with a bona lidop inten- tion. In reply to that Mr Lewis wrote stating that with regard to investments JE450 was wanted at five per cent. on the security of the Royal Oak Inn. Hanger, houses and land. It stated that the new railway was in progress, and would probably be opened next year, with a station at Bangor, so that the value of the property would be much increased. The money was wanted immediately to close a trust. and the parties were coming there on Thursday. If he agreed to the loan, would he send him a cheque for the amount by the next post, and he would send him the deeds and mortgage as soon as completed. Proceeding, Mr Moss said the property, on being sold, fetched JE560, which showed that at any rate it was a good investment. Mr Winia.ns. in reply, sent the cheque for .S450. In resard to the Royal Oak Tnn, Mr Lewis, as early as 1881, advanced money on it to Mr Hanmer. There was a further advance in 1883, and in December. 1890. there was a transfer of that mortgage to Messrs Bernard and Arthur Lewis. So that at that time the mortgage stood in the names of Messrs B. and A. Lewis, and it was upon that investment that Mr Lewis was going to place the 2450 that he received from Mr Williams. He should put Mrs Hanmer in the box to say that a deed pur- porting to be a mortgage of that property wa.s executed by her; he should call the clerk who was in the employ of Mr Lewis at that time, who would tetl them that he witnessed the execution of the mortgage, and that Mr Lewis. after having seen that done, instructed the clerk to take the deed to Messrs B. and A. Lewis, and get them to execute it. He should put Messrs B. and A. Lewis in the box to prove that their execution of the document was delayed with no malevolent inten- tion or fr.mduient desire to deprive Mr Williams of his money, but simply for the reason that they were trustees, and they very properly said they must wait to see what security they were to have before they executed that document. Mr Lewis-and he did not say this to lay any charge against his intellect— might not be what he was thirty or forty years ago, and it might be owing to this matter developing into the dispute into which it did develop, that Mr Lewis was gui)ty of negligence in allowing the mortgage to lie without being executed by Messrs B. and A. Lewis. If he proved to them by the evidence of the mort- gagor, that she actually executed the mortgage— where was the evidence of fraud ? Defendant ob- tained a loan for the purpose of investing it upon that mortgage, and as f&r as his client knew, he did invest it upon it, and although he might h&ve been guilty of negligence, they could not atlege that he wrote on December llth with the intention of de- frauding Mr Williams. He should ask them, after they had heard the evidence, to say that there was no Y)riiizz /<K't<* case. for they could not have one unless they were convinced there was fraud, and not only fraud, but fraud from the inception. David Turner said he was a. clerk in the employ of Messrs. James and James. He wa.s formerly in the employ of Messrs. Lewis and Son for twelve years. He left Messrs. Lewis and Son in pril, 1895. He remembered the draft transfer handed to him. It was engrosser by him on 20th December, 1893. It purported to be between Messrs. B. and A. Lswis, Mrs Isabella. Hanmer. and the Rev. Thomas Williams, and was a transfer of mortgage on the Royal Oak Inn. lands, and houses at BLngor Isycoed. The draft was dated December 21st, 1893. He found an entry in the omee cash book, produced, under the date December 20th, 1893, Mrs Isabella Hitniiier to Rev. Thomas WiDiams. P;ud for stamps and paper transfer of mortgage. 12s 2d." On Thursday, the day after, December 21st, Mrs Hanmer called at the oSice. There was an entry to that effect in the office call book. produced. The entry wns in witness's handwriting. He saw Mrs Hanmar execute Lbe deed which h-3 bad engrosser—the transfer to the Rev. Thomas Williams. Witness m,ide a copy (produced) of the will of the late Mr Thomas H.a.nmer to go to the deed. Mrs Hanmer executed the deed in the room of Mr Lewis, senior. Mr Lewis then gave him instructions to get Mr Bernard and Mr Arthur Lewis to attach their signatures to it. Witness asked Mr Bernard Lewis to sign it, <mQ he refused to do so. He said he would see about it, and witness saw no more of the deed. Cross-ex'i mined by Mr Cartwright The defendant did not give witness JE450 to hand to Mr Bernard Lewis. Witness fancied Mr Bernard Lewis at the time had gone to his dinner. It would be between four and six o'clock on the sa.me day when he asked Mr Barnard Lewis to sign the deed. Mr Bernard Lewis said he would leave it until the following day, and witness kept the deed. Witness did not tetl Mr Lewis this until he asked for it about a week after- wards. When he asked Mr Bern.u'd Lewis, on the Tuesday and Wednesday in the foUowing week, Mr Bernard Lewis said he would not sign it. but would see the defendant about it. Mr Bernard Lewis took the daed av/ay. He did not attest the deed, because he left the attestation clause open for Mr B. and Mr A. Lewis to sign. Mr CMtwright pointed out that it was a single attestation clause. Witness said he was called up by Mr Lewis to see Mrs Hanmer sign. He would swear he was asked to attes: it. Mr Ca.rtwr!ght srtid it was dated outside, Dec. 21st. 1894," and inside Dec 21st 1S93." Re-ex.ur.ined WiHiams did not fill up the 21st Dec.. 1S34. The attestation was left open. he believed, unti! he got Mr Bernard and Mr Arthur I Lewis's signacsre. Mrs Isabella. IEIftnmer, residing n.t Arrowerv, nea.r Whitehurch, sa.id she wa.s the widow of the bte Mr Ti)os. Ha.nmer. Her hmba.nd died on NI:Lrc!i 14th, 1837. He was entitled, n,fter the dea.th of his mother, to a share in a,n estate of the Rant! 0:t.k Inn. some land a.nd other houses at Bangor isyeoed. By in;, will. he left all his property to witness. At the end of 1893, the defendant sent for her to his omcos. That was on a Thursday, but she could not remem- ber the date. The defendant did not explain tha.t he waited the mortgage money. The defendant told her that he waited to transfer the business to his sons. and to have things str.i:ghtfjr\v;ird in case anything happening to him, and she signed the pa,per. The witness Turner brought the pa.per Uji, but let!; the room, a.nd he wa.s not present when it was signed. The defenda.nt did not read the pa.per over to her, but saij it did not mutter. By the Cha.irma.n Sha understood thAt the paper she \va.3 signing w.n a pa.p2r giving hia business up to his sons. By Mr S'.ie wa.s not told ;tiytliiii,, qf- a.11 about signing a mortgage for JE450 to the R. T. Wiiliams. She did not knon' what she was signi:i"\ On Jutyl2th. 1854, she signed a. further cha.rgo to H. )md A. E. Lew¡". Up:111 thu J).t.ngo!* property. That wa.s to secure ;SS4 v.-hica they claimed aga,inst her. At th.T,t U'.ne she h:t.d not eonsutted Mr Churton. Mr G!a,sco:Hne prepared the further charge, an.) she signed it. She was not totd at the time that there wa.s !U)y cia.im whatever for .E450 by the Hev. Thoma.a Witlia.ma. a.nd it was not mentioned in the further charge. On llth, 12th. or 13th September of the same yea.r, she wa.a served with a writ of foreclosure. Witness consulted Mr Churton, and eventua.!ty t!ie dead ot June 5th was signed, the matter LJèin Hctt.nd for JE450. Mr Churton aetting a reduction of about .E30. Re-cxa.mined Mr Glascodine acted for Messrs B. a,nd A. Lewis in the matter a.ad sarved the wric. Mr B. Lewis said he wa.a a. solicitor, a.nd had practised a.t Wrexha.m with his farther, under the I style of Lewis a.nd Son since Ja.nu.ry 1st. 18SO. There wa.s a.n a.greement. of th:it da.te. He was a sa.ta.ried partner. He ha.d nothing to do with the accounts. At the end of 1894, his father owed a. sum of money to :t pa,rty represented by Messrs Minsha.Ii a.nd Pa.rry-J ones. Tha.t nrm cbta.ined.T.n order against his f-,Lt.4ie-: ii,,id himsnif.but. he knew nothing of the matter himaeif. His bother Arthur Edward a.nd himself hold a iiior-tge on some property at Bangor Isycoed. Ü was transferred to them in the yea.r 1890. It was suggested by his father to himself that the mortgage should he trans- ferred to the Rev. Thomas WiHia.ms for .S450, but that wa.s subject to their beingsecuredto that a.mount by their father. Witness drafted the proposed tr.-iiiz;fee to the Rev. Thomas Willittiiis in December, 1333. The transfer w:\s engrossed by the witness. David Turner, and executed by Mrs Hutimer. Wit ness did not see her execute it, but ho sa.w her signature to the deed. Turner brought the deed to him to execute, but his brother and himself refused to do so until the security ha.dbeena.rra.nged. There W:13 S:)111e unple.1sa.ntness be'ween their fa.thor a.nd ihcnJ3-:h'es, and the matter stood over. Witness took possession of the engrossed deed and the draft. He did not sign it, :)-nd it was nna.IIy cancelled bv Mrs Hanmer. In JL834, witness ha.nded in e,)nnz-,ctit).i wita Nius '.ianmcr ann otlit,r, L ) Mr GIascod:nc. and as!:od him to attend to the ui merest of his brother :nd )<itnse)f. That was in June and July 189t. and witness told him to revise the I and to scttie with the persons emitted to the money. He did so. Mr Glascodine commenced procecdiHp; gainst Mrs I-T-tnnier. The deed referred to WAS C,l.n2lJca bi-,Nvee,.i Mrs Hanmer. witness, n.t;d hit brother before th:tt time. The defendant wa.s not i.tfjrmed of the CMiceUint; until nfter _the d:ite of the receiving order. b°ca.use witness was nHder the impression th:),t, he had informed him about the deeds over to Mr Ginscodine Witness left tlie dee:1 after Mrs ILm.ner ha.d call- cet!ed it in the custody &{ his brother. 'l'hat deed h'id b'2eli nti.s'a.id. His brother n.nd ])im.-etf mude u. search foe it, but h:t.d "ot bee!i :Lb!e to find it..He swore tlitt the deed existed, and thn.t he sa.w Mrs HallUler'¡¡ sinn.tt'll'C to it. :tnd thn.t it was ea.uceUed without his fathers knowledge, because he WtLs tin(i c-r the impre"lJbn th:t*, he had informed hi.n of the banding of t!:a to Mr G)n.scodine. Ti-,cire w.ts no ÍJandatioll for s.ay suggestion thiLt his father. owing To d;iv.,3 order, obtained the £450 by fnmd. There was ft (h/fÎ.tiJc intention a.nd trrai e- nic!tt between tlit-.ti tbftt the Rev. 'l'homas \Villi:ulls shou'd h.tvc this pe;nrity for .M50. and that witness and !ns b.otiier v.ere to he secured bv his father as arranged. Affer the receiving order, the defendant asked witness to hand over the deeds Ho that he might hand thou over to the Rev. Mr Wiliiams when he ca.ed. \Vi:nes3 told him he ouf;ht to recollect that ha had informed him that he bad handed over aU the trnst documents, includin the Hanmer'a I mortgage (,o Mr Glaseodine. The defendant replied that he h)<.d no recoDecti&n of having been so in- I formed by wit-nesa or his brother, Attb&ttime.to the best of witness' belief, the defendant was tinder the impression that the deeds were in the omce, pending tho arrangement as to the form of aeennty he should give witness and hia brother. In fact, they quarrelled about that matter. By Mr Cartwright: Witness knew nothing aboa!: the letter of his father written on May 7th. A letter from Mr Chnrton, in reference to the paying off of the mortgage, was addressed to Messrs Lewis and Son. and opened by hia father. The letter of June 12th was no doubt written from the letter he opened. The contents of the letter of June 24th, 1&94, from the Rev. Thomas Wiltiama, were never intimated to witness. His father had a locked letter bag, and therefore witness could not know of any letters received by his father. Mr'Cartwright questioned witness as to the letter of June 27th. stating that the deeds were safe. and said Don't you think it was deliberately nntrue?" —Yes, I regret to sa.y it is. Witness said the deed signed by Mrs Hanmer had a seal attached to it. Witness thought that the witness Turner attested it. Witness know when the deed was cancelled that the Rev. Thomas WtHiama had not the slightest security. He thought his father should have written to the Rev. Thomas Williams. He did not think it was his place to do so. Mr Wynn Evans wished to ask Mr B. Lewis some questions, but Mr Cartwright objected, and after a long argument Mr Evans was not allowed to examine. Re-examined It was intended that there should be a mortgage to the Rev. Thomas Williams, and that it should be executed. Arthur Edward Lewis said he had heard his brother's evidence as to the signature of Mrs Hanmer to the ca-nceUed deed. The deed purported to be a transfer of a mortgage securing AL45U to Mr Thomas Wiifia'na. Witness and his brother declined to ex- ecute it, unless or until some tangible security to cover the amount should be given. They could not agree with their father abom the security, and this led to the non-execution of the deed by them. Eventually they took the matter into their own hands, and handed the deeds to Mr Gtascodinc. He saw Mrs Hamner's signatur3 to the deed, and was present when it was cancelled. He had not seen the deed since. By Mr Cartwright He thought the deed was can- celled just before the matter was put in the hands of Mr Gtascodine. Mr Moss and Mr CArtwright then addressed the Bench, and the magistrates retired. After an absence of ten minutes, they returned, and the Chairman said the Bench were of opinion that a prima jaci case had been made out, and it now became his painful duty to commit the defendant for trial a!- the next assizes for this county. Mr Mo:M applied for bail, and this was allowed, the defeudam in JE200, and hia sons in .E100 e.ch. THE BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. I At the Wrexham County Court on Wednesday, the application of the debtor, adjourned from the previous court, for the sanction .f the court to the sehe'ne of composition with his creditors, wa,s mentioned to his Honour (Sir Hora.tto JLloyd.) Mr J. Hoptey Pierce a.sked that the application should be further adjourned, on the ground thut since the last sitting of the court, the debtor had been committed to the Assizea on a criminal charge. He felt that he could not a.sk his Honour to approve of the scheme of composition in face of tha.t charge and on the other bund, it would be manifestly unfair to adjudicate the debtor a. bankrupt, when he might be aco'titted at the trial of tne ctiunnal charge, lid therefore asked that the ma..ter should stand ad- journed to the fir.3t court after the Aisizes, to wmca the debtor was committed. The Otncial Receiver (Mr LI. Hugh-Jonej) op- posed the application. The Judge said he did not think be should be matiued, under the cireELtiiziLauces, in closing the matter at once. The O.Bcia.1 Receiver pointed out that on the last occasion, the debtor might have had his application for the approv,tl of his composition heard a.ud dia- poaed of, if he ha.d been prepared with the neoesj&ry fees, but he was not. Mr Pierce rmutuded the OB&cia.! Receiver that he was una,b!e :<.t the last court, to teli him what the fees amounted to. The -Jud.Yc And there wa.s a!so a question as to whether the dt:boL"s prjpo:a.i wa.s a acueLUd of a.rrn.nKomettt or a composition. The Oincia.1 Receiver said the matter was ad- journed for fourteen da.y3 to enable the debtor to find the money to pa.y the fees, und he hetd failed. \Vn:tt he wjuld surest wa.s tba.t his Honour shou'd ad- journ the cuse for a. short ti'Ne—to three o'ciock— <).nd then, if the fees were pa.id, grant the a.pplica.tion for a further adjournment for a. month. T'ie Judge did not see how a further adjournment would prejudice the creditors. The (JiReia.i Receiver said the debtor ha.d alre,tdy ha.d six months' deia.y by his own de- fAutt. The Judge sa.id if the criminal proceedings had not t.i,lieti plt,e on the previous da,y, reiultin- in the committal of the debtor for trial, he should have been quite with the Oi'neia.1 Receiver, and refused the .1 pplica.tion of Mr Pierce, but a.fter wha.t ha.d ta.ken pl.tce he did not feel disposed to ta-ke tha.t course. The 0:nci.i.! Receirer said if the debtor was really in earnest .i.buut the matter, let him show his botia- /?</< bv Pity i Hi{ the fees tha.t d:).y. Mr Pierce s:t.id the Ot&cid.t Receiver knew very weU thn.t the fees cjutd not be got in a, few minutes. The debtor, who wa.a over eighty years ofa,ge, wa.a now on his back in bed. The Officiitl Receiver But he has sons, who could act for him. The Judge said he knew there had been ccL1.v, a,nd unusual de!a.y, but he eoutd not see why one more month could ma.ke very rauoh difference and there were rctiscns of public policy why he suouid not hastily close the matter. Mr Pierce asked that his Honour would adjourn the a.pptica.tion to the first Court after the assize- The Judge If these criminal proceedings had not tak.èll place. I should have decided the application, and declared the debtor a bankrupt. Mr Pierce And I should not have asked your Honour for an adjournment. The Judge But on the ground of these criminal proceedings, and on public grounds, I think it is proper to stay proceedings in this Court, until nfteL the crimitia.! charge has been investigated, and I wi;l accordingly adjourn the matter until the arst Court after the assizes.
PRIZE DAY AT THE COUNTY SCHOOL,I…
PRIZE DAY AT THE COUNTY SCHOOL, I GROVE PARK, WREXHAM. The distribution of certificates and prizes to the pupils of which was formerly Grove Park School. Wrexham." but is now The County School (Grove P.rk). Wrexham." took place in St. 'Ja'nea's Ha)l Oil Wednesday Afternoon, in the presence of averv I;rge and interested audience. The chair was occupied by Mr Philip Yorke, the High Sheriff of Denbighshire. and there were on the platform Lord Kenyon, Mr J. E. Powell (chairman of the governors) a.nd Mrs Powell, Ciptaiii Grif&th-Hoscawen (vice-chaimAn of the governors) and Mrs Grimth-Rosca.wfn. Mr Edward Evans, Bronwyffa.a.nd Miss Ev.ns. Mr and :[n Hogan. Mrs Darby. Mrs R. J. PoweU. Mr H. Hugh-Jones, Mr J. Wilcoxon. Mr W. Etiis, Mr J. Rogers, &c.. with Mr W. J. Russeil and Mrs Russet), a.nd Mr W. R. Evans. clerk to the governors. There were also present :—Rev. Canon FJetcher, Mrs and Mtss Oawelt Bury, Mrs Rathbone. ?'.t)-s L'. Hugh-Jones, the Misses Hut'.an. Mr G. Fr.t.ter. Mr and Mrs Crooin Johnson and Miss Br:i.(]- !ey, Rsv. LI. Wynne Jones, Dr. Drinkw:iter. Dr.J. E. If. Dit%-ics, Mr Couneiiior Chadwick, Rev. Dr. Roberta, Mr and Mrs R. Sisson. Mrs W. R. Ev!U! :oft's Hotderstone. i-%Irs \Iered i Lii- Jones, -%Ir and II:<.rtin and Miss Cooper, the Missea Long and ;tr; Eyton-J ones, Rev. T. L). Wittia.ms, Mr.. Fr, )'<-i-, N ;"thft; Rev. J. E. a,nd Mrs v t. i Rev. T. Pl'ich,trd, Rhos Mrs Gittins. Re.. Il" Thomas. Mr J. P. Jone- Mr Benja.min Owen. Miss Fitch, Mr a,nd Misses Whitehouse, &c. The HtGfi SHERIFF expressed the great pleasure it aff.,)rdèd hun to preside a.t tha,t meeting, and to be a.btet.j show the grea.t interest he hn.d in the achjo). of which Mr RusseU wn.s the ab'e he:td.a.nd who.wii.ii his excellent st3.ff, ha,d done such good work in the p.st. It w.T.s a school of which they should feet pr.)ud, bce.i.use of the work which hr).d been done in it for so long a. time. The cha.um:tn then referred to the changes which had hken phice in ma,nv of thG puhiic buHdings of Wrexha.m. The Town H.t.U re- tn.uned where it did, but it was not now a Town Ha.U. There was also the Savings' Bunk. which thm yeM h,td been demoushed Rnd removel to fi:L lip some hoHo\vs in the suburbs. The Mifit:A l!a.rr.Lcks where he h.id teamed his drill twenty-live years ago, was no iongcr a. birriLcks. but was a court house, a.nd rhere Major Leadbetter. the excelient vliief con- stable. ha,d his oGices. Then there wa.s what used to be called the Music Hall, where he had been to ma.nv concerts, and it wa,s from that hall that the Jd"e¡.tiM'r was now issued, and he was sure th:t.'j there could ba no sweeter music than the issue of the pa,per would be to the boys whose honours it chromcied. (Cheers.) Adjoining was the old Grammar School, wberp he had been for Ho ne ti'ne under Mr Joseph Floater. It was now the Guiidh U: where an old pupil of the Grammar School, MrTho" Hury. had his otHce—a gentleman of who:1 the to- n ought to be proud. (Hear, hear.) As far as be could ) gather, there was only one institution in Wrexhzizji, contemporary with Grove Park School which had re- tamed its old business, and that was the Wynnstty Arms Hotel, which was in the charge of a gentler-ti.n who was mayor last year. and which the town would have the ad vantage of having as mayor for another year. (Applause.) LORD KExyoN, who WM received with much cheer- ing said hrat of all he wished to thank the governors of tha Grove County School for having afforded him the opportunity of coming to the sehoo!. and be con- s:dcred it as a great compliment. that he had been a.sked to dtstnbute the nrst prizes given after Gr.3ve Park School ha.d become a county schooL He looked upon it as a new and interesting departure in the life of the school, and he considered it spoke highly of j its position, and of the work of Mr Russell and the masters, that the county of Denbigh had made it a. county school, and that too of the first gmde. (Applause.) Ho had examined the list of honours which the pupils of the schooled git-iiied. and he congra.tula.ted them upon the calibre n.nd extent of the list. He noticed tim!. so).ie of the boys ha.d entered on residence at Oxford and :<.t Calli brilge. aud he austcd tnia feature would conttnue under the new sy=tei.i. (Hctn-, hcM.) They had entered upon u, new dc-t'armre in Eduction in \&[es, :uid iic bt-iieved it w.s thL: injncst intenti;'u of :.U, qmte :\p..rt froin p?itic.? or re)i?. 'm cjxsidcm- tions to ¡;l'Ïng the higher cduc.m.-n to a!: who dcstred )t.nd tQ r?i.-M thf :-t.ind.).nitt' <\in'?au tlir,-)iit,,Iiuizl the who:j of ',Ltles, \pP:;UlS"') A short time he ZL.U,.Jres:ed A where, a-iicl titere Wr,,xtit!ii, he 1101Îc"¡ i!.&T.-c W!isgren.tc.ithns::M'n ibrthe ncwsc'icnt. i:tl". he?r.) H.. h.d h?ot .t.akc-d to for))) <.))c ot Li.e d :?.).- tion ?o the G?Y?r?.o?nt to request a, turther ?' !<. for the University u: \V.ut;s. Tit f-v h:t.d now rcceived the charter of the \Vl,LÙ L:IIiyersity, alld it was no'-v possible for :L poor bo) to S? '-L'Ct Mie school imd ta.ke his degree :;t W.t:e-i—(Apptit.u3e)—)md this was the contpfoncnt of the o)dcr msMtutiutu of Oxford a,nd Cambridge, so that there was uo r.a"¡0n why pupHa should not sti!) w'u with the ld G older universities. Grea.t interest WM be-? edneatipn. for they noticed th?t the fo??" competing with them on very nearly eq?i ? ?6. Many yea.ran.go this country !?d grsit?.?? which it no longer ?Dsse?sftd. At t?e be?""? ? the century thev h?d the control of f.? !nit of the carrying trade. It wa.q believed that t;J ola.nd of to meet this '?? to meet this competition w?s bv imnro-?r! ? The Duke of Devonshire recently spoke ,?? ham. and, referring to ssientinc i tm,lng. ?'"g. which had reduced the price of a'Ljm"?; '?? 560. per Ib. to 2s per )b.. and !\L:'i1I1 fr?n¡ from 33 8d per gross to 3d per g, ° ?"? H t th t JSS, sa.ld How can we expect that nur nation cat?' ?? ? advantage of those discoveries h?w (.a.n ? that we can satisfy the wants ofthew????P?t ?'? expects to be put in constant possession ?? f 7hlcb advantages of these successful discovcrie "? Î I the have trained managers a.nd foremen wh;; ess We petent to take instant a.dva.ntn.ge of ev e con¡. those discoveries in science or mechn.nie'J ? °? ? and posse<¡s the ¡;cintific skill to apply '???'oa, ind possess the .;cientific skill to api)ly th, .-a d and possess the scientific skill to a.poty f? ?' ? how ca.n we obtain thesa mana?Gra nr f' And unless we place within the reach of the ? ?? areUlen ?'Den of our people, and of our working meu f '?'?3 for acquiring that scien'i6'' knowtedge?" 'p. time like youth for earning. hut too oftpn t? ?? ? that hoys did not want to !<?u-n /T????od -?ould refer them to what H;Mon h? ? ?? lIe subject:—So we eep.in !a.n?na.?G- ths h'I' d, On tbe sub j ect :-So Be pliant to a.n expressions and sf)uncis, t¡;e"ue ,15. more more snpple to f(.U fen.ta nf activity .t r 1'J¡,s are youth tha.n a-fterwardq." And in r??'"°?ia coHe?ia.te And ill rf errir, to collegiate life the same writer ensnmpletea.cheth.comna.nv conforteth l' there quiekeneth. ?ory rn.iseth. So in ?,1' qmc cnet gory r!l.Ise.t ';° In sl1"h lit IOn force of custom is in hi<) exh?)/ '?'" Be thought that there was !ikdv to h? "h' <Y e the system of education as time went. on ÍIe nes In advocated a. cia?sicfd founda.tiori for ed;lc.ttisttonly this would not prevent the ?cqnisition ° ? "?' ? ?em 1'an?uH.ges. But in all education thpv n, IJ1Qdern get tha.t" manners maketh m:m:' I H:eJl uht not for, WM possible for aJt to be gentJem?) in th' t ear, ,I It of the word. By centiema.n he did rUe seuse d 'n 1t 1lI b mn.nwho had nothing to do hut wdk 'at, ',an t e h?nda in his pockets. Such a n?.' Y' wIth iUs Ioa.fer-()a.ughter and ?ppt?n?)?,,? C()Ii:-1l d ere d that he ought to be removed from ??,? to! ???t wMnouse. (Applause.) Lord Kf.,]?"?'? he 'h?t work did n?'ipcRss.ri?- n'fT.n ) L '?'??dont ha.ur?. Men worked with t)?ir ) G ? ? ? ?e G d A t. I, ,111 sOlllel'k Mr G itLOs'one t-ok UD p'<y=ic.d u „ somehht ? ',?°? aa4 tn n. recreation. ?Mear. hear.) j? ? h," anu "gent)ema.n" wou]d not b'' sh:!nt? °"?? ? k 'th 1, n II,or,.1 out-<o to spe.tk—in the modern n:a.rr.h of nr) 'reRa ° genttema.n meant to be kind t? r,j) -t o '° be a rC'lJernb h poor, to be considerate to :tni:n? \-?"??Mtbe live UP to an ide;l.l. (Chce:i) '}'h' k IU s, °?'? liveuptoanide.l.t. (ChceM.) Th'ck"' ???'? ?? to be a, gentleman is to be honest. ? h? Sentle, at be br?ve. to be w ise, :Utd po-,ae5s): c gentJ be br'tve, to be WIse, all T)O;,t':E,;í' It'l 'I e, to to exercise them in the mo:![ ?.,?'? ??aid manner—(?pp!a.use)—a.nd Sir John t ? said tha.t the qualities es.enii.i] for the P o.ock, bad f the hnm;T.n being were a coo) he?d—T. \Va ?art —a. sound judgment, a.nd a. healthy body heart These qualities were within the reach f "PP'?se.) These qua.iitioa were within the re.ich o{ ? Eenyon then addressed some inspirit!)? ?°?-° tc those pupUs who ha.d uot won Pl'izpc .,Id c enco.. d them to m&ke further eSons He ?' while the boys were by no ?ea? ? '???'?'?ed ?? eSorts in school, they were not to ;)eo)ppt the adj sports and games. Upon ihi. p,? ? ? tne words of Epictetus, who ha.d sa.'d ]Rm ?"? "Ought they not to return f.o.n .cho? ??= c.).p.tcttytoendure,tobe active in as'od ? Otners. free from p?ions. free from r?t"? '??'o?' with such a prov:sion for the journey ?f t: atJon, which they sh&il be a.b:e to b?r w.th th.t)??M h:\p?en. :iud derive hunour ir.ji.t (.uem r-Heag, tat l'he '?? -i'he cuMi?Hon ot g?.ie.. L .rd K.nvou .?p?-"°?Mont, created n school <?n?<?t'?M .?..j as mos v?t?ble. They liKcd uieir ?i?oi t, ? "???' d h I 0. JilIO g.?mes audth? spirit !ed to the iarper'n?"?'< £ i. 1 P,nt of p?rtotmu, for ? they fou?t ;or n?ir ?.hnn? f I' fL, d fi f so in ?ter'ifeth.y wuui d u ?tfort?? eo?" ?"' pln.use.) When the bovs rcw up the" wCluld' h P He grew up t h ev ? n? ? ?' sci.ct their pol,tics. ?dv?t??? ? driven by anyone, nor to be iudnenced H <h tracnttona of their tAmiIy or anytinn? ise. 'Ih ought to ermine things for theu?!ve8. ? n eJ they had the gi-eatest opportunitiei ofd.jm"' so and then decide for themselves. Mr W. J. RussELL. the head ml.ter. said be ha.è received letters regretting ab.euee from Sir (?"? O?bo'-no Morga.n (who had u. caldi ?L ? p ? Egerton.theKev.S.rGresley ??;. bar.. tbe iion. G. T. Kenyou. Mr T.d.r 11?? p ?? Isgoed Jones, Mrs Parker D.?viea, ?? jor Ci.iv-?n ?M, J H. Harton. the Rev W. T. D?es ? ,?' E. Morris, &c..The he.td master ':a.!d this w<¡ the first year for the school to co.ne nuder the uew ? ra?Me ments?nd although it h?d been an anx? they had had on the whoie a very h?pv ?' prosperous year. (Appiau.e.? lneuu;nb=r?'pupil. nad increased from sixty-mae to nine.Lv.three.or a. itierease of thirty-nve per cent. He was v=r'v p?a?ed with the general toneot the SCh0d, 'l:¡J wL-i gMthat the new endowments had envied the sbff of masters to be largely increased. He deired to thank the masters lor the very emc-jc.nt as:sisttuce thev had rendered durmg the year. He poised oM that tIl" Grove behoof and LI.wdo,ery College were the only two public schools in Wale¡ tua.had wonopeH schola.rs/¡¡ps at (Jxt'ordcr Ca.m. bndge durmg tue year. The school ha.d done fairly well at cricket, and at footb.dt they had had areeotd year. (Applause.) Mr Ruasbl theu read the "46-, of honours gamed m 1895. which were as fclllo\=: UuiTersity of Caiiil)ri.i,,e.Nir C. :l1:L.l,,(' Ju'je-= }'M gained an open Mathejnaucat Scholarship at Queen't College. MrJohu OllerlieL,i h:).s pu.ssu..i the Rutrauet Examination at Sehvyu CoilLge- lir KickMd Winij.ms, Exhibition. Ayerst'sHaU. University of Oxfor,i.-Jlr J{. P. To!je4, E',hillÎ:Í<1nu of Jesus CoUeHe. has becu n.K'u.rJed a Lxhibj- tt.'n, and has takeu a sec,oiid eia:; ill Jlatb(;Ul:J.ticaJ Moderations. C'fiveraity of Lou,h'n,-Ir T. T. Groom, B.A.. Cam- hridge. B,Sc,. Lon dOll tait oid pupn {crm(-rtv capt:iia ef the cricket ctub). has had the decree 4,f D.Sc eti.,iferred upott him, ant! bt,L!,i of amral Hutory at theRoy:).! F. C. Fitch. :\IatrièuLnim l-xiLiiii!i;Lti iii, nrst .j\jB. J. B. Slant, M;nnculau.)!t KxannnaLion, tir,t .Uvi']. C. M.Joues, LLtricuta.tinil tirst.tUvi-.itn. CAMBUIDGH LuCAL KXAMIXATI.XS. In thi.: examinatiouthe Ct),,i:;tv passed more boys in Honours than any other Kor's' School ni Chester <'r Xnrih ,LIe. !m'i caiittJ n)''H umr!<s of ui-ti::ctit)t] than aU the oth"rs taken First Hmours arithtupti.c .Latin, :uri )tathc)):atics. lii.:?, ,Ii, ttunuished in Latiu and ,r;t:l1<l1:J.ti< Second Honours Divisiou.—A. C. -<. R. Crochctt. Sa:is(iuJ the nxa:umers (iu alphabcticat ordtr-;—W. ]!o'iu<t, \H.Dickeu'-or!,E.S. FrallcL;, ,], H. .]"j;-OD, J. H. :lTa-fln. J. S. 1'arrv. L rd KEXYOX theii distributed the follùws :— EIGH SHERIFF'S PHI; French.—F. E. Fitch. Conquestofl'cr<i." 11. \VomlviUe, Life ,,[ SCHOOL rRIZH.S. Fpper Sixth Form.—C. AI. Jottcs, ï.J, i!irl.' :\lhldlc Sixth Form.—F. H. \Vurks J. D. Sta.ut, Co;niue-:t ¡)f :lIc:xic',)," Ij«wer Sixth F.)r:n.—P. H. ? "(.'rcen'-F o People '*V. Ilig- "PMis"; A. C.J. U. Cr.jc'i ite ali4i Hpi<t)e-: of St. P:iu)." Upper Fifth I-rlll,-H, Driiikwiit.r. Sha.h:c'Je:uc ,1. S. Pn.rr\ Fifth F.'r)u.—G.H.\VUIa!). "Lif. C Th«nms, Life m Dr. Arnol.1 (,1 L'f:)cr!Lt Gordou." Fcurth Form.—D. J. V" H:i\;M. F.C.)piesto!),"H:iIfH.):)-. ..ne-. -'Intht Ln.n<l of the Lion and Third For:]!.—C. K. LfUt' St'Ht- 'M* EDgJish History F 0 ). -tiL-. fr Second Forn.(.\ 8"l'd" l.Î \Hl:¡'j' R. S. Ú<'n.itr7.IÎl;Ili¡;, Writing.- if. H. \\estw:tr. TrL.i-rt Is''t: J." Jùne, "Roma.nce of L' (j, c:¡'¡'!<-("ùt, "H.df-houri ill \Y.)",I, ¡ i W¡¡,¡"" M'!<i'.t'ese!ttcdbvMr C. M.'rtjn i Ll,, ij3.:)R's KeJ Story Book." ) At the close of the distribution. L't:D naked for a. holiday for the b )VA. v.!)0 "Lowcd a decided r.Dproval of the sugge"ti,jn. :wd }h lÜI.,<cll readiiy consented to grant it. !Mr J. E.PowsLL. Chairman of the C..)VL'rnJ: h,"n proposed :<. vote of thanks to b" presence :md for his iutel'<ti¡¡g :mJ V,t¡u,iJ¡¿ sH.:cch. Mr PoweU pointed out th.n the govern. h:d to tind JEl,500.and already ESOO h.td b, en sub,jlJèd, The reception of the coUeetom )md bee:; 11l0¡ CJr.!j:1l. a.nd he thought tha.t the bes: could be p.nd to Lord Kettyon wuuid be for tb" Mwn tud district to quicldy l':LÏ,;c the n:L'ne\- (Appla.use.) Ca.pt:T.iti GMFftTH-BoscAWHX brieny ,c,)¡]el :he vote, zinl poin-,ed uut thitt Cruvc :ki.ov! o'Fid II speciitDy leading positiou in W de, LuHD E.EXYOX. in resl)oidiii, expre"od Lhe p!e;t.sure which it n.!w.\ys ga.I'C inm to t'j:nc tj V' rcx- h:U)),a,nd referred to'th.- kinllh- feclinCf" ::icÍl h:ld always existed bet\ec!i the tjwn :n)d hn f).!U;iy. He sincerely hoped th:u the motiev referred tj by itir PoweU would be raised. He hoped tba.t the poorci classes would have their rights to edu:1t¡on pre- served. and tli-I. t they won)d not be shut ou: by :be rich, as w:).s the case in regard to some other educa- tion:it endowments. (App)ause.) Mr Lr, Huctt-Joxus, in proposing a- vote of thanks to the Cli;iiriiii),zi. said that' theChainuan.ui referring to the buiidings of the town, had not referred to Erddig. for which they had so much regard. ? (Hear, hear.) It was of interest to note that since 1S91. Lhe nun) her of new houses in the Borough had increased by 23 per cent. Mr J. HocAX seconded the vote. tuid the CU.1H:)IÁX having responded, the proceedings terminated.
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=C- I CHESTER. The Duke of Westminster's carnage n' coIHsion on Frid&y ni¡::ht, on the otd Dee Bl'ide, with a eo: caI:t. The c;u.'t coming from the oppj-ite direction, struck the clirriige wit.h such force that one of the wheels wa.s hkcll ete:ui off aut1 the carri.t,-e toppled over, throwing the coach:n.i:i ::om the box into the roadway with gre:lt vioteu.'c..u]d illflictil1 severe injuries. On Saturday he %va, progressiu n s.ttiifacturily. The other servant'-were tln;g out, but, escaped with no thillg Yruis'J ti)Aua shock. TnK NEW Bi:n)GE.—The p!a.ns of the pi-L)rl),3d bridge over the river Dee showa the stt'uctnrcp!Jlel to the Grove;! Suspeiision Uridge, tlnd the lines of the follow those of the Kmgsl.Lnd Brid;c ac S'll'cw"bury. with the exception th:tt the witi ha.e two fu'ehes, one the rtvcr 212 teet "11,"1 -md the other on t:K' ..unt uf 160 fèt s)' -t' are c:tr:ied bv I': .t!Jutrllènts ntU S: steps, and on the Queens r.rK c. prosenc bridge a.pprj:t.cH. A stone -'n f J": ba.k of the )-:ver ;i,s as me cc'? :? '? ::?, ft. ii't nrchL' n: ''t'i v.Tch ski k f ee t Ibove the \¡lkr. Tn£ .L" j! t-=.'asers a.d Vt'hijies is f.c! :rfd :lp1!tCi <')' :):<. <J.i?-t:;t'.i i'.u'k side pres&ut.s :to d!;nc.d'y- !!tlt th::t <) the citV si.te wfU nc<shit,tt:tc ? ???'t bK-k"; [''c' C;' )?.. "r r..rk fencin'?.nud?'c??' it)?' ?.u'' ?j .?\cl from Vie. s-t.ute to th. :?-? to i.bp C!)"A\
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