Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

T. • WAR. I '}\ vV AR. ANOTH..H MESSAGE I: ,.?) I 7? E, ,i %i O.NLl LO s i i' ROBERTS. Ii. '\¡ A ltelecra.il Roberts states that on Wed- -etav th< K ?ptetelyt?enbyHnrpnse. ana retreated  K?DP ?a. several teut-9 ??d w&"Ona ? -?? ??s four k.ned.for.y. ??J?° oun miMiug. On ihuradaj he ubnrfshed y Kenny'a division Mdtwo gat? o.7 -b horse artillery tea mi'ea .earer Bl,)?- SSfr • v i- JSOSOtSSSSi d%y, anri t- .i)t" bas seized Norvs.l's Pont, 8n the s-?ii Orane Hiver. "is t3iio%rr reported from Zalulaccl. THE ROY 1 WELSH FUSILIER? «: -UALTIES. In ref"rp"" list of casualties given on r a letter of condolence !s another pat." rc?ve.C?.chof?k.Hed ?.?t' h- ..y? Welh MerB by the i    Wrex.? ¡  ? ?  U mitt, Wi'eX'llli :>iif Sergeant E. FiF3ber and m]?. ? lon<* to Wrexham, Priv?? D. Private A Ll', i 0 firtf*?. • .?D R.be? "■Mau' »d Private W. W. Mo ? ?o Denbigh. 11 HONOUR 'lV WHOM HONOUR IS DUE." p.n t ? !i Lt P. meeting recently held by J &e Town )rtliyandrespectt?d Mayor said 1 that something ^h -u! ■ ue done to commemorate the illnatrious HV i p • i • hronic peer of the realm, the lSatte euDnntu. oJ -'V P- • er, K.G., and rihtly BO; but  ?' hat something bd .one to c,mm,1JI' J those men of our gallant ?.?? ?r    U.? '? t?.r live. to uphold the  of 'hr Em .?. No one coald ?0 more  S?a 'b u'.d ??'? ? 'n?acription be raised to fix a tablet ii o? -iious public place ?v?the Lames of .bo? h., acblyfeU in the preut f oer War? Fi- :n-?t- the Old Iowa Hall, Mtgh .tr?t Wrexham, ?" .-e it could be Bettnthew?l_ ?ee th?! ..o a, ,s facing High-street there public r? i e? ?e exhibited in reference to ?t?e'. v dr.- .,etc., or near the Fount?a Br?k str?. T(. I. f?ey. would meet the viewaof Ken^ i pnnlic b,cter' than placing it m the Ih?e?.f ? ?r.n i :d parish church, as all creeds I? ?ti?'i.? w. Id be able to see it, and the y?ung *nd .i? ? .e?tion would see that the ?die.?? ? ? ? statesman, was remembered after ?ithfu.iy -?.? his country no matter in what cp.p?. -I '?? dr, yours faithfuUv, March 8 ci 1900. OBSERVER. LOCAL RfiSERVIST FUND. Snbs' i'u- ;■ • Lf) ih.3 East Denbighshire iJ una are reaQ-< i io P"Y ?'? monthly and weekly eab- SVi V. Jny ? possible. This is at present very i,c;.8* '?. owifig o the he?vy casualties recently .n?.r? bj th- f?c?. MOW in South Africa, in con- sequent of t funds will be heavily drawn KUAHON DISTRICT. "j Dona* k,,?.ty and monthly subscriptions previouv .?i<?!?d.JE474 14s 9?d, fifth sum oollee i- i 5.1 2d Hafod Colliery work- ?en ?xd/c.r.?.bn'n) il4 6, 6d, twenty-five per <ent ?b?r:r? b<-?:; Colliery Comply. £ 3 lis 7d -417 18 1 d Colliery workmen (seventh .onn^^n) ?il 8?? lid. twenty-five per cent. «nb- scrint,: hy u iUliery Company, E2 17s 31- £14 6, 2 Brickworks workmen (fourth bv emulcvcr. 31 Wynnstav Colliery work- men fwd ;¡;ff (,;¡.¡. contribution) 17 17-3 6:1. twenty- five nor cou'i. VJj II workmen's contribution, snb- Bcrib. bv •nploycrs, iEl 18. 7d— £ 9 16i Id total, IE524 19% 3j. ERBISTOCK PAItISLi. Donations Anil monthly subscriptions previously announced, 113 Is 8d proceeds of magic lantern at Ebe.,i: z r Cai-pel, £ 2; third sum collected by ladies, S3 8: 6.1.-£18 10s 2d; grand total, iE543 9s 5,d, SMALL SHOT. The pinitll town of Bridgnorth, with a population of abou- 5 000, can boaii of having ninety men at the from. Ouf of these is General Gataere. Tt.f r»-inn» Castle brought 700 volunteers of the Norfolk, Soffo^k. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, East Laacuhire, and Royal Warwickshire Regiments. D ww of ti-o fuct that the iiritish Ariay has been Inert ;,4ed :'y 250 QOI men this year, the question may well crop up wijcthur England, behind the African curti- n, laot arm also for other eventualities. It wouli much time and money to throw an army to Persia or Afghanistan from South Africa rather than from England.—Neueste Aachrichten, Berlin. Two -is P-nd forty men, who were wounded in the a '>'vt to force a passage of the Tugela, arrived at Sou.mpton on Monday, in the transport Nile, and w. -6tlcen to Netley. One of the men, Private O'Lt arv. West Surrey Regiment, was shot in the head. The bullet lodged in the brain, and he was renfersd speechless, sIghtless, and p^r&lyssd. At Maritzbnrg hospital, Sir William MacOormac per. formtd a daring operation. He removed a portion of the brain end extracted the bullet. O'Leary has since pr .-ctically recovered his lost senses. The English surgeons report that the Mauser bullets n.-abe very satisfactory wounds, which heal with wonderful and agreeable rapidity. Onr own surgeons rnako such reports at first. The difficulty was di-covered later. They heal on the outside, and the wound is apparently a trivial one. The holes Pot the point of eatranco and exit of the bullet are small and neat. But the bullet works havoc inside, and the woti,ids break out P fresh and ale provokmgly obetiiif-te. Many of on- oldiers who were mustered out v.uk itpDareiitly trill.wounds have lost the use of their linibs since the war, and in a number of cases death has eventually ensued.— To^n loinc*. New At the fortnightly meeting of the St. Asaph Board of Gu.rdians on Saturday, MrJ. Jones proposed' THILL ti4i,-i meeting hears with rcat satisfaction that the Edii "f Dundonald, who is a ratepayer in this Union, h"d the honour to lead the British relief I column 1Ut.:> E,%Iystnitli, ancl hereby wishe3 to coil- J ?r&tu).? t he nobi? Earl and his gallant troopa upon ?Q eve,?t which haa called forth universal rejoicing ill the \\L" of the British Empire, and also trust!; that the war may be bronght to a speedy termina- tion Mr J. Pierce seconded the resolution. Mr F. ¡ G Gunner tiaid he would like the mover of the re- Moluiion to include General Bailer, who he thought: had had a lot of hard lines all through the campaign. He had had 'a tremendous uphill fight, and he had been h,-inbu.-gcd more than any of the other Gt:ucp.h:, (Hear, hear.)—The Chairman We ought to add Sir George White and I?ord Koberta. MrJ. JonL ? You can put the whole lot ii if yon like. The resolution was carried unanimously. (Laughter.) Lieutenant von Heister.who was with Cronje's forces when triey were captured by our troops, is a nephew of Baron von Windheim, the well-kuown president of the Berlin police. In ? riti(-ii)atioii of the speedy relief of Mafekmg, Char! • n-st and present is sending out to Col". •. _'owell, who is an old Carthusian, and his t ;• ■ "it 3,C00 articles of clothing, 24,000 cigala «..o » tes, and £ 2,000.

THE NEW BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL. The Rev. Francis J. Chavasae, Principal of "Wjcliffs-hail, Oxford, has been appointed Bishop of Liverpool. Principal Chavasse is a staunch Kv>>ng.'lieal. and was select preacher both at Oxford land Cambridge.

THE QUEEN IN LONDON. A GREAT WELCOME. The Queen's arrival in London on Thursday, for a brief Ft?y in the capita), was made the occasion of a threat demonstration of Icyaity and eathasinsm. Her 'itiaje?tv. on leaving Windsor Cadtle, was heartily CheLle by the residents in the Royal borongh, which was gaily decorated in her honour. The Roytil party travelled by special train to Paddiiigton. The approaches to the station, and the line of route to Buckingham Palace, were crowded with spectators, and the cheering was practically continuous all the way, remarkable de- monstration3 occurring in Hyde Park and at Hyde Park Comer, where the crowd was particularly large. At Buckingham Palace the members of both Houses of Parliament were assembled inside the railings, and after the Royal equipage had been walked slowly round the quadrangle to the Prince's entrance, GoJ Save the C^ueen was sung by the privileged spectators, the crowd outside joining in with tremendous volume of sound. In the afternoon her Majr- sty accompanied by members of the Royal family, and eEcorted by a detachment of the Horse Guards Blue, left the Palace for a drive through London, and was everywhere greeted with the utmost fervour by immense crowds. At the city boundary on the Embankment the Lord Mayor and Corpora- tion received her Majesty with the customary historic II foruialitifi, fnd the Queen thanked them for what 1 the city had doue.

SIR A' HARCOlTvT ON THE PROGRESS OF WALES. Sir William Harcourt was the principal speaker at the National Welsh dinner, held on St. David's Day, at the Hotel Cecil, under the presidency of Mr LlQvd-George, M.P. Sir William's remarks were for the most part in a knmoaroas vein. In his more serious moments he said he would not speak any burning words, least of all that day. Mr Lloyd- George had spoken of him as the most distinguished representative WaleB had ever had. In one sen&e he was a representative of Wale3. He was, like the conntv he represented, a child of Wales by adoption, but he was none the less loyal to the cause and the traditions of Wales. Wales was interestinp beyond all things in its passionate love of its own nationality. Its language was as invincible as the mountains. Another peculiarity of Wales was its passion for education. That trait, he thought, was rare in England. It might also safely be said that in some parts of Wales, at all events, greater pro- gress had been made than in any other part of the Unittd Kingdom. In this connection, Monmouth- shire, ha thought, stood out prominently. Wales, he considered, had a great future before it. It was renewing its youth, and he did not contemplate any old ege for it, because before that time the millennium would have arrived.

Li the early hours of Friday morning a gentle- man named White, residing at Cedar-mansions, I ilar'owe road, E,rls Court, shot a young lady with a j revolver, and afterwards turned the weapon upon j himself and blew his brains out. His victim lies in a I critical condition.

GILCHRIST LECTURE AT WREXHAM. On Friday evening, the fourth of a series of Gilchrist lectures were given in the Public-hall, Wrexham, by Professor H. G. Seeley, F.R.S., F.P. G S., F.G.S., the subject being Volcanoes." The lecture was illustrated by an oxy-hydrogen lantern. There was again a large audience, and the chair was occupied by Sir Robert Egerton. Sir Robert Egerton, who was well received, said he was pleased to introduce Professor Seeley to lecture on the subject of volcanoes. Some of them might remember that Professor Seeley had visited them on a former occasion. He was sure they would all be interested in the subject for that evening, and he was sure they would all be enlightened by the manner in which the lecturer would present it. Professor Seeley was a very distinguished geologist who had made his name known throughout the world by the discoveries he had made and the maonsr in which he had described certain geological phenomena, and he was sure they felt much honoured by his presence that night to lecture upon the subject he had chosen. (Applause.) Professor Seeley, who was received with ap- plause, said he did not know of any subject which was more calculated to inspire awe in the human mind than the actual experience of a volcanic outburst. The sensations which accompanied it were not to be doscribad. They were associated with a dread and terror which possessed man and beast, so that the beast lost its natural ferocity, and the most ferocious became meek, and left their homes in the forest, and sought the protecting shelter of man in the towns. The sounds which accompanied the beginning of a volcanic outburst were awful beyond expression because of their grim intensity, which was due to a cause perfectly simple and easily understood. When the rock was struck with a hammer of sufficient force, a note was given out more or less musical; but the sound-j which accompanied the beginning of a volcanic outburst were due to the rock on the opposite sides of the great fracture of the earth's crust being moved over each other with a slow motion, like the bow otadoublebassof the grandest dimensions imaginable so that the sound which resulted was almost too deep to be heard. And as the fracture of which he was speaking, which was to establish communication between the earth's surface and the heated region below, was very irregular in form, as the vertical movement progressed there came to be an undulatory motion given to the earth on either side, so that it vibrated and trembled, and fell in its level very frequently very many feet. Those circumstances of the breaking of the rock were the first essentials in the concep- tion of the nature of a vobnic outburst, becausS until a way was established between the deep- seated regions of the earth and the surface it was impossible that water, which was the main explo- sive agent in a volcanic eruption, could penetrate downward to region beneath the surface, which was greatly heated. The opening thus made, the water descended and became raised in tempera- ture by contact with the highly heated rock, and it then was made lighter, so that it ascended again as a natural consequecnce of increase of temperature, until, escaping from the pressure of the surrounding rock, it expanded and burst suddenly into steam-burst with a power which was almost beyond expression, for a cubic inch of water became a cubic foot of steam, and a column of steam shot miles high into the air with violent explosive power. (Applause.) That water, which was thus concerned in producing a volcanic eruption, was nothing but the rain water which fell daily and gently upon the earth's surface. It soaked down as water itself through the rocks whatever they might be, and passing through the small and almost invisible fractures in those rocks which had been produced by strain, it became in time greatly heated and raised to the explosive conditioa. He said the water was rain water, notwithstanding the circumstance that nearly all the active volcanoes were situated near the sea shore, because the water which fell upon the land was of necessity elevated at a level above the sea level, so that the pressure of the water upon laud was capable of overcoming the pressure of the sea, because the column of water was higher, and therefore the rain water upon land would press the sea water out, and it would escape from off the laud into the sea sooner or later unless some other opportunity could be found for it to rise again to the surface. They had yet to realise the nature of the energy which rendered water explosive that was, what they called the earth's internal heat. It was not due to the heat of the sun. The sun shone on the earth daily, and its heat, as they knew, penetrated into the earth, but it pauetrated to a depth of only 100 feet, and at that depth the temperature was the stine summer and winter. There were no seasons at all. Then the internal heat was not due to combustion, like the heat which they derived from burning coal, but it was a temperature which resided in the earth, which was a property of the earth, and which increased with depth. They were accustomed to fid, by. descent into mines, and by observations made upon deep boriuga for obtaining water, that the temperature augmented as they descended very irregularly sometimes passing tnrougn ouly twenty feet they got an increase of temperature, f.nd sometimes passing through 100 feet to get a corresponding increase, the difference being due to the kind of rock that they passed through, for the different rocks transmitted the heat with different degrees of rapidity. They were therefore accustomed to say that tha temperature augmented, roughly, one degree F. for an average of every fifty or fifty-two feet that they descended. Formerly those who were familiar with those facts reasoned upon them, with the result that they endeavoured to sum up those series of increases in temporalure, and conceived of the possibility of tllt.! increase going on unchecked until a temperature so high would be reached at a depth of a few miles that every kuown substance would become liquid, and that the earth would therefore be molten in its interior, and the part which was known to 113 was termed the crust of the earth, because it was imagined to be the solidified external shell that had formed upon the original fluid interior. (Applause.) Don't believe them It was a conclusion which was founded essentially upon imperfect knowledge, although it had received the sanction of many great names in science. A greater name in modern tiiiies-thttt of Lord Kelvin—(applause) —had taught them a better knowledge concerning the nature of the interior of the earth. He had shown them that the interior of the earth could not he fluid, because the earth po-rsesned the phenomena of tides. If they thought for a moment, and remembered that tides were the puiling of the viater upon the earth out of form, and ciiat if the earth were fluid in its interior it would behave as a tluid body nnd be pulled out of form in that manner, it would at once beenrne obv^tus that tides could ¡;nt txist at all if the earth were 11 aid, and that tides were tho evidence of tiio earth's rigidity. And Lord Kelvin calculated out exactly what that rigidity would be, and found that our earth behaved exactly as though it were a globe of solid cold steel. Therefore the extent to which it could yield to the attraction of the moon and the sun and the planets was not more than a few iDches in diameter. If the earth were then practically a solid body. they could not appeal to its liquid interior in interpretation of the phenomena of volcanoes. They had to begin again their investigations, and to ask themselves what that heat was in the interior of the earth which was manifested ao emphatically day by day by the radiation of heat through the earth's sur- face. What was it ? And the answer they had to offer was this that in nature they found that the earth received additions to its substance in the course of every year by the infalling to it of masses of matter. It was reasonable to suppose that in the past ages of time with which the geologist dealt, a such infalling of meteoric matter might have gone on in a more striking way and when the astronomer brought under their consideration the condition of the rings of the planet Saturn, and showed that they were masses of matter moving over each other, clashing against each other just as stones might be struck together in the hand, they knew that whenever motion of any kind was arrested the arrest of that motion gave rise to heat; and further, they believed that the rings of the planet Saturn were generating heat. The modern conception of the mode and origin of their globu was that masses of meteoric matter having come together in enormous quantities, became gradually by the force of gravitation packed closer and closer together, so that they clashed against each other day after day in their rotation with increasin g power until heat was generated in the interior of the earth with increasing energy, and that heat was the heat which the earth was losing at the present day. (Applause.) He could not tell them that that was true. All that he would say was that it was an interpretation which had a certain basis of fact to rest upon, and that it was not in any way improbable, and it was a sort of explanation which they would expect from the internal heat of the earth. But he ought also to say that the periods of time for which the globe had existed had been so long, so vast, so infinitely beyond the ages which man's mind could conceive of; that while it was quite possible that while the heat might have been formed in that way, through those long ages it might have been gradually lost, and the earth's interior might have cooled down so that all the heat, great as it might have been, which was produced in that way, might have been lost. If so they were no nearer the explanation of the heat which was manifested in volcanic eruptions. And yet they did not despair of an interpretation of it. They knew well now that the earth was a rigid body, and was thus capable of generating heat. It was the circumstance of the pull upon the earth's substance, as it turned round upon its axis, that enabled them to understand that though the outer layers of the earth's substance might have lifted up only a few inches in relation to the earth's diameter, and might have dropped down as the earth turned round in its rotation, yet it was practically the action of a hammer carried on over the whole of the earth's surface. day and night, ceaselessly, without intermissiou, due over every mile of the earth's surface, day by day, year by year, through all the ages of past I and present time, without a break. And when they thought what that meant, that every arrest of motion wag conversion of motion into hea.t'l and that that motion in the earth'.? cru?t extended of necessity dowu to a depth belfw th« depth through which heat could be radiated in ) the course of a day, it followed that the heat which was generated would not be lost in a day. It must, therefore, tend to accumulate, and that the earth must store heat within the layers within its surface, so that-that heat was capable of domg any work which it miglic be able to per- form. That work which it did perform was the liquifaction of the rocky masses. If they had heat accumulated in that way, then that heat lost through the earth's surface caused a shrinkage of the rock which had been heated, and radiated the heat, so that it became less in vertical thickness, and lesa in horizontal extent. It was thereby folded and bent into uudnlntious, so tint the result was th it parts were sunk down to lower levels and became ocean lfoors, whilst other parts were raised so as to become islands and continents, and they knew of no causa which was capable of producing those changes of 1-vel except the loss of the earth'd internal heat. Bn the loss of that heat meant the crushing together of the folded rocks into less horiz )11 till sp-iot-, s i that the great folds became f-queezed agaiu-n each other, so that they were opp osed to each o'her, and became heated by their pressure against each other—heated to such a degree that the heat was capable of actually liquifying the surface whicii was brought into contact, and that liqnifi H1 surface forced up its way along planes of fracture, acting upon the surface waters which penetrated downwards. Therefore they gave ris- 10 the explosive eruptive power which ur.ului lly R hot up columns of steam into th° air, then fragments of rocky matter and the finest dti-;t, aud fi t tti-v shook off the pressure through the heated rook beneath, which expanded on haviug m >re roo n, so that it fl )wed up the gap made in the frac'ure of the earth's crnst, and overfllwel in a g^eat sheet of molten lava, and 8stilbtisheri a v >1 anic eruption. The lecturer next exhibited a series of slides showing the various effects of volcanic eruptions, lava formations, and geysers in various parts of the world. He also sh "veil a map of the mountainous regions of South Africa, and explaining the districts, which he had vi-iited, he said the country which had proved such a natural fortification, was all the result of volct-nic action. It was owing to the fact that the verticil sides of the hills and the mountains faced south that the position of the Boers bad proved so impregnable. (Cheers.) He threw on the screen a view of one of these mountains, on tha top of which he saft it was quite possible for a fe w mall to withstand the assaults of largos numbers. IL could not conclude without saying one word with regard to the eludication of the earth'* history in past periods of time which was supplied by those volcanic circumstances, because the line of volcanic action on the face of the earth was a line of the fo!ding of the rocks and of the lifting up of land from out of the sea which had brought a now continent into existence so they discovered that volcanoes, instead of being a break in the order of nature, inate "d of beiug of the ii Li: e of a disaster and a dislocation iu the affairs (-it the world, were one of the circumstances of tho government of the earth by which lands were from time to timo brougnt into existence in new forms, and the shapes of the ocean altered. By them they were able to realise step by step the changes which had taken place by which the earth had been gradu- ally f tsliionpd into the form in which they now rejoicad. He ventured to say to them tnac they might rejoice still more in it if they gained a practical knowledge by seeking to see what nature was so ready to .-ove,d of her beauties. They would find that ti,j masses of lava which th-y saw in Cader Idris or in Suowdeu and others, were evidences that in their own area they had proof of volcauic outbursts, so that they might say that Wales was actually built upon volcanic materials and they had a certain sense of oblig t- tion to try to understand tha circumstances under which their country had come into existence and become a source of pleasure to them. (Appl in e ) On the motion of Sir Robert Egertou, a he iriy vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer, to which Profc-ssor Seeley responded, and added their thanks were also due to Mr Garbutt, the lanteruist. He proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which Wots carried with enthusiasm.

I OSWESTRY. DROWSED AT MOKDA.—An inqnest was held at the Workhouse, at Morda, on. Monday, before Dr. Avhncr Lewis, coroner, and a jury of which Mr R. Waiuwright was foreman. on the body of Sarah Healey (seventy-eight), who was found drowned in the Slorda brook on the previous Saturday. P S. Evans was in cnarge of the jary.-Richard Firdoe idcutified the body as that of his mother.-OLi the previous Tuesday night, about 6 30, he returned Ilome, and found his mother had been drinking. He asked her where she got the drink frorn, Find she replied, What has that to do with you ?" Noticiug that his shirt was missing from the drying line, he inquired what had become of it, and his mother said she had pawned it to get drink. He remonscrated with her for being so foolish, and she answered, Mind your own business; I am going off to Maesbrook to my sister's." She went away, and be saw no more of her. He made inquiries, but could not hear anything of her. and concluded she had noue to llaeabrook. She was frequently in the habit of getting drunk, and pawning everything she could get hold of. She had on two previous occasions attempted to destroy berseli.-Edwa.rd K vans, rui ilt-r, 25, Victoria-street, Oswestry, said he was going home from Weaton Mill about six on Wednesday evening. Before crossing the brook he noticed about a couple of yards above the plank bridge a bonnet and some black cloth. He did not report the matter to the police, thinking the matter belonged to some gipsior. —Madoc Roberts, harpist, Newtown, gave evid,-iie of finding the body in the brook whilst fiibinto, -P-C Thomas Evans, Llyncivs, said there were no signs of & struggle where the body was found. From the posUion of the body he thought it mu..t h.,ve been I carried by the flood some yards down the brook. The body was very ill-clad, the clothing consisting of nothing but rags.—Dr. Ctrtwriglit said he had made a IJVill.l//orltm examination, and in his opinion the old woman came to her death by drowuing.—The Coroner summed up. and the jury returned a verdict of Found drowned." TOWN COUNCIL.—A meeting of the council was held on Monday, uudpr the presidency of the Mayor (Councillor Ie n. Mason). Sir Watkm Williams Wynn wcote asking the town clerk to kindly express to the Mayor and Corporation of Oswestry hii grati- tude for the kindness shown to the two companies of the Montgomeryshire Imptriil Yeomanry in passing through Onivestry. It was a kiadness much appre- ciated by too men, and he was sure it would be a long time before the reception they received at Oswestry would be forgotten. (Hear, hear.) It was resolved to enter the letter on the minutes.—Councillor Brein- ner Smith said he was glad to be able to announce that the executive committee of the Salop County Council at a meeting held at Shrewsbury on Satur- day, declared the county to be free from swine fever and from anthrax. He wished to point out that the county of Denbigh for some time past had refused to allow pigs to pass from Shropanirein to Montgomery- shire, so that supposing a dealer should come from Wrexham and buy pigs in Oswestry market he could not take the animals back with him. The regulation interfered very considerably with the sale of swine in Oswestry market, and now that Shropshire was entirely free from swine fever, he thought it would he" I a desirable thing that the board should pass a resoln- tion asking the County Council of Denbighshire to be good enough to remove the restriction. One dealer t had tolci him that he lost 15a per head on a number of pigs because he could not sell them to his cus- tomers in Denbighshire. That was an Infliction on the people who cams to their markets, which they ought to do their beat to remove, and he therefore moved that a representation be made to the Denbigh County Council. Councillor Edwards in seconding, pointed out that a large number of the pigs brought into Oswestry market came from Denbighshire. and as matters stood at present the animals could not be taken back into the county. This seemed to him to be an absurd thing now that Shropshire was free from swine fever.—The resolution was carried.— Councillor Daniel moved the adoption of a recom- mendation of the Finance Committee that a general district rate of Is 3d in the pound be made for the forthcoming half-year. Conncidor D iviea seconded, and remarked tint it. was a. matter for congratulation that despite the numerous improvements effected recently it had been unnecessary to increase the rate. I The motion was adopted.

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FRANCE APOLOGIZES. A hostile demonstration having been made by a crowd outside the house of the BriLish Consul at lior.ie-tnx, the French Foreign Minister, in a letter to Sir K Jonson, has expressed his deep regret, and promised that the offenders shall be panished. Á

A GREAT FRENCH THEATRE I BURNED. On Thnrsnay the theatre Comedie Francaisp, PFLria, was burned to the gr nnd. Most of the valuables, pictures, statuary, and manuscripts stored in the building were saved, though they are probably greatly damaged. It is believed that two women werta burned to death. Many narrow escapes occurred, and the disaster haa caused great excite- ment in Paris.

CHESTER ASSIZES. I The business of these assizes will be commenced at Chester Castle on Monday, before Justices Channell and Sucknill. The calendar contains the names ef twitity-five priioners. and the offences are as follows :-Forgery 2, robbery with violence 1 (2 pnson»ro), felonious weemdins; 1, unlawful wounding 2. hurglarv 4. bigamy 2, assaults on women 7, false pretencas 4 and concealment, of birth 1. So far six civil causes are down for hearing.

.0 I MR. LLOYD G-OKGE MOBBED. I The Parliamentary correspondent of the Man- chester Guardian wire* :—Jlr Lloyd George gives me a most dramaric accmnt of the 1, Peace meeting at Glasgow on Tuesday night. The big Town-hall was thronged with some 3,000 people, but nearly the wtiole tiint, w,Lq tak,-n up with free fighting. It was only at the end that Mr George secured a. hearing, and then managed to speak for forty minutes without iuterruptiou out outside his carriage was attacked Dy tho mob, and every window broken. He asserts that only the admirable GlaBgow police saved the live4 of those iu the carriage from the mob, who prodded at the windows with their sticks.

THE QUKEN AND IRELAND. I THE NATIONALIST VIEW. I Speaking in the House of Cjmmons on Thursday, Mr John R "dmond, wh ) was received with Irish cnears, said, I have to ask the indulgence of the House for a mo'iii-nt to en ible me to say that the Irish p?o,lie will r-'oiv-j w th gratification the con- cession t'iat her M oj ^sty h,-v directed that in fat are the. sham-ck shall no worn by all Irish regiments ou Ireland's national festival. (Cheers.) The Iri3h p-iople wi I we!c >m ) this ^r<c^ful recognition of the val >ur of onr r ic^, wti v,ov-r he fi dd npiri which that valour has b"lJ!1 exhibit :d (C i.-ers) Our people will moreover, tre-n with resp-i-t the visit the Veuerable Cjovereigu propose to iiitkj 'o their shores. It 13 wed k IOWII th it oa this occasion no attempt wiil be made to give tint viiic party sig .ifi n-oca, aud that their chivalrous hospitality Will be taken in no qr:arter to mean aiy .-niiient of their demand for their national rights, which they will continue to press till they are concede i. (L )iicf cheers.)

I W E Ll-, 11 l\I' t'nODIST I DEMO N'ST R v 11 >X. THE TWLTIE ,.ti CENTURY FUND. I An enthusiastic meeting of Wchh residents in Liverpool and Lii-i:ric* Y-.s hd:: on L'nursday night in Heugler's Circus, Li wers)t) )I in support of the effort of the We'sh CiK'i'iistic Me hodias churches to raise a sum of £ 100,000 in ceieb. Htiou of the com- Illncömcnt of tho tvv-.nt etli c.J.ulu:y. Mr William Thomas, J.P., of Bootle, presided over a large attendance. T Ie Cri tiriii-n said r he movement was succeeding bovond ativth-ng that had ever been attempted in Wales, and he w--< to say several persons ha.d promised £ 103J, whilst many others were making substantial sacrifices in order to supp .ct. the sciie nj. The object of the fund was to he'p the weak churches of the denomination, and it wii hoped also that a distinct religionI revival would eusua A hundred years ago the Welsh Methodists c/iisistel of 20 000 poor people, tint to dav ther,3 wore 154003 full members and 316 OJO Iheren' w.) 150J chapels aud preachiug stations, aud 12.X) ministers and l preachers. List year they e illect^d C246000 toward:! ,\i! obj'jC:i, aol if each did tiieirshare.be saw no difficulty ia railing the ii ) nit now aimed at. The total sum already pr mused -Vi, nearly X13 000. During the meeting oloer subijcipti HH amounting to several hundred pound-i we-u given m support of ¡ the movement.

ISAAC GORDON'S FUX^R'iL. I ——————— I Unfriended in life Isaac G rdr)ii was not altogether unmourned for in death. Tnere were tears at the graveside on Tnursday morning, when the inter- ment of the remains of 1.ii notorious money- lender took place at Wutou WiLil all the aim- pl:CI -y characteristic 01 a Jewish burial. The body was euclosed in a pUm ti n c »ttiii, without any farnimre or ia'iCt!p?;)a. Tne bumit WMH ?rr?nRed li:)u. Tiie burial wzji arrlnged to ttt k e plac,- at a qtiirter t,) t?i?v-ii, iti?l i?i-ior to the arnvd.t of the Rev. G. J Emmanuel aud me Hw. J. Fink, the officiating priests, the iv.-cuiony of the pacification of the bu.iy was e in the mortuary. There were tl»re-j trtounsers—x Mr Levin- stone, a nephew of the d^ceas'-d a Mr Levin (Dublin), a c and -MIOMI.T Jew, who was stated tj be decemeil's b.jsm manager. Ttie coffiti, plaj'-d on a hand btft'' a-id cc,r ".t wlLn a plain cloth pail, was borne bj eig-it bwarci-, who .wre dressed in ordinary walking attire, wearing biil|CO-:lt hats, from the mortuary into the central p,t;li leading to the plain oetagoual building 'vliich corresponds with the chapt.1 or church 101 th it Jlort on of the cometerj set ttott. for the iutei menl of Protestants. Aii the guave siac there wis n,I c mitittiLl service, I and as soon as the collin li-c I been lowered into the ordinary earth grave, which had beKU construe ed in th- -)0im-ea.-t quarter  of the bUrl d e:'?)id. Mr Ljv?t, who with the nuuager h-.J pievi "¡4:Y btkU weeping iilni.'St h^riterica-Hy, ôPt}(.t forward and cast threo spid-fii-s (- £ e»vrih r:p ,n the coifio. rttn ozl-.e two raour .t)-i ) C:1.1. threw shovelfuls of s. ii into the gravv, anI suhseij :e,itly the Rev. G. gr!L% Lll I the I' v. J Fluk, Air Myers, and each ot the b??rt:ra did th? same. The gra.veaid?  ceremony w.? Q -w m an end. R.Qd the burial '| p.r? td.uot.d tn tb? chip at the entrance to w .?'h e?cn laved thfir iiands in a sort of Picina'l E eruig the bnooing. another short and simple ?(-)'vi''? wa- couduc.ed, the last ver?e of tne 90.h and | 'ie 91 Psalm beiti g recited in Hebrew by the it-iOr-r, ani a short prayer for the dead being j ii-l'\e ei by Mr Leviuaione. This concluded the Cci' tMljUliy.

PONTBLYDDYN AND LEESWOOD. I A HEAVY MOHXALITV.—Death has been very busy in this district during the past two months, and there is still a great amount of sickness. During this short period the Druids Benefit Society have had to meet four claims for funeral allowance, and the Oddfellows' and Foresters' Societies, three claims each. 1 his heavy mortality ia qaite unprecedented ia ,eh a. bort period. SERVICE C'F SOXG.—An entertainment was given on Mo:iil.-t-y in the Pontvbodkin Chapel, when a service of bong, entitled I- Whiter than ynow," was rendered by the Chapel Band of Hope Choir, assisted by several local amateurs. Mr J. A. Jones was the conductor, and Miss Hughes presided at the organ. The connective readings were read by Mr David Jones, Harwheath, who also presided. The proceeds were in airi of the chapel funds. A Coi.Litr.V FLOODED.—A serious accident has occurred at the Pi-ce JIX Colliery by an inrush of water into the five-foot," or atone coal. It is presumed lhat some old workings have been" tapped." Work was instantly ceased, and the men and horses, wagons. &c were brought to the surface. A similar catastrophe occurred at this colliery about half a dozeli years ago, and it took a cousiderable period of time to clear the pit of the water. Should the present inrush prove as disastrous it will cause great distress in the neighbourhood, for of late the colliery has been working in fuil swing.

I-C E F N. I BALL —The second annual fancy dress b!lI, which took ptnctJ on Friday night week, proved a great success, and it is expected that a sum exceeding £4 will be handed over to the Cefu War Fund. The dance was held at Cefa Schools, and the music pro- vided by Mr Rogers's String Band was very satis- factory. There were about 50 or 60 present.

EISTEDDFOD. The annual literary and musical competitive meet- ing was held in the Tabernacle Baptist Chapel on Waduesday evening, and proved a great success. The building was crowded, and the audience was presided over by Mr K. H. Jones, of Vron. Wrexham. The programme was a very lengthy one, and there were over 200 entries. The principal results are annexed :-Choral com- petition-Stryt Issa Choir, Rhos, led by Mr E. Gough. Juvenile singing contest-Migs Gertrude Jones, Cefn Mawr. Drawing of pltint-Lloyd Jones, Cefn. Recitation-D. O. Morgan, Garth. Lian- gollen. Tenor solo-Wm. Jones, Ponkey, Rnabon. Map of South Africa, for which there were 38 competitors—1, Wrexham;" 2. T. Owen, Cefn Mawr. EssFly on "St. John "-E. K. Jones, Bethesda, North WTales. Composing tone, 20 competitors—Robert Hughes, Cefn Mawr. Sop- rano solo contest-Prize divided between Miss Carrie Thomas, Cefn, and Miss H. Egan, Cefn Ma.wr. Impromptu speech-Mr D. Griffiths, Uhosymedre, Quartette singing competition — Jeremiah Jones and party, Sion Chapel, Cefn Mawr. Paraphrasing WTelsh proverbs-J. Richard Davies, Cefn. Essav on Parliament "—Mrs K. Jones, Acrefair. Flnte solo—Master Ll. Davies. Cefn. Sight singing—John Wright, Acrefair. Baritone solo-Joseph Edwards and J. R. Davies, Cefn Mawr, equal.

PONKEY. I THE LATE MR JOHX Momus.—The death took I place on Tuesday of Mr John Morris (70), Pentredwr, Ponkey. He was connected with the Welsh Wesleyan Methodists in Johnson-street, and for upwards of 30 years was leader of the singing at the old chapel in I High-street.

ACREFAIR. MR DAn. E. ELMS.—L&st Thursday, at the St. David's Day test concert at St. Asaph, Mr Ellis gained the first prize, out of twelve competitors, for the beet rendering of HMidel'a Waft her a"g ?"?t'1 A few days prior Mr Ellis, at a test concert at Colwyn Bay, gained the second prize in the tenor I competition.

RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG. I DEATH OF AN OLD INHABITANT.— The death took place on Saturday, of Mrs Hannah Bellis, Errwgerig, ithos. The deceased, who had reached the ripe age of 75, was the wife of the late Mr Edward Bellis, and WAS a member of Penrho3 Church. The funoral took place at the old churchyard the Rav. E. Williams officiated. OUITUAUY.—The remains of the late Mr Wrn. Jones, Jones-street, were interred on Friday at fct. John's Cemetery, when the Rev. R. Roberts, Hall- street, officiated. The deceased, who was 68 years of age, was a native of Ruos, aud was very widely known. The profession was headed by the members of the White Horae Friendly Society, of which he was a member. THE LATE Mas PAKKY.—We regret to record the death, after a brief illness, of Mrs Sarah Parry. wife Mr Edward Parry, builder, Chapel-street, Ponkey. The interment took placo on Saturday afternoon at Myuydd Seion Cemetery, there beiug a iarge number of relatives and friends present. The officiating ministers were the Rev. E. Isfryn Williams, f onkey, and E. Davies (Wesleyan), Rho3. Tha deceased was 59 years of age. A Nionr WITH TENNYSON."—At the weekly met- ing of the Ltill-iitreet Literary Society, a nigrit with Tennyson" was arranged. The Rev. Richard Williams presided. Songs, readings and recitations from the poet's work were rendered by the follow- ing :—Misses L. Connard, L. Huumhreys, Gladys Roberis, Dora Hughes, Richard VVilliams, and ll. Mills. ÀCCIDEST.- William Price, residing in Church- street, met with a, seriont3 accident on Saturday at the Hafod Colliery. It. appears that he had just finished his task for the day, and was preparing to leave the level when a heavy fall of roof took p!ace, completely covering him, aUfl it was some time before he could be extricated. He was conveyed home, where he lies in a critical condition. CHKIST CHUKCH, JOHNSTOWN.—Special preaching ssrvices have been held at this place of worship dur- ing the past week. On Friday evening a public meeting was held, when addresses were given on the Twentieth Century Fund by Mr F. H. Hawkins, Ll.B., representative for North Wales at the Inter- national Congregational Council, Boston, U.S.A., 1899, the Rev. J. J. Poyuter, Oswestry, depntation of the Twentieth Century Fund, and others. The pastor, Rev. D. T. Jones presided. The meeting was well attended. ST. DAVID'S DAY.—The merabera of the Ford Gron Society, attached to Capel Mawr, held their annual supper on St. David's Day, in honour of the patron saint. The president of the society, Rev. R. ones, presided over a very successful meeting afterwards, when the following took part in the programme :— Miss S. A. Parry, Miss Martha Dodd, Messrs William Dodd, John Williams, Thomas Powell, R. Allen Green, aud others. Mr Joseph Dodd acted as accompanist. A BAZAAR.—A BAZAAR and s-tle of work took place in the Schoolroom at Capel Mtwr. on Monday after- noon, and was well patronised. The proceeds at the close of the day auuauung to about X30 Those who had CHARTS of !he STALLS wore Mrs ILILEII Pritchard, Mrs Annie Evans. Miss L. Jones, Misa Poilv Jones, Miss M. E. Tlnmu.A, Mrs II, Thomas, 1rd-J. Rogers, Mrs M. C. Evans, Mrs Dtn Evans, Mrs R. Jones (The Manse), Mrs M. Jjnes (High- street), Miss Z. I'honias. Tne refreshment stall was in charge of Miss Myfauwy Jones, Miss Annie Jones (The Manse), and MISA Jones (Emporium). A dissolving view entertainment was held in the evening, presided over by the pastor. Rev. R. Jones, who was supported by Alderman E. Hooson, and others. Views of the war in the Transvaal were exhibited, the same being described by Mr Ernest Jones, High-street, whilst Mr Fred Davies, Johns- town manipulated the lantern.

JOHNSTOWN. I ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.—A boy named Bertie Davms. and residing in Yale-street, Johnstown, was ktioekea down on Saturday evening by a trap belong- ing to Mr Edwards, High-street, llhos, one of the wijeels passing over his leg. BIBDEX DEATH— We regret to record the death of Mrs Thomas, wife of Mr Enoch Thomas. boot and shoo dealer, Johnstown, which took place quite suddenly from the effects of a stroke on Tuesday. The deceased iB a native of Wrexham. The funeral, which took place on Thursday at tho New Cemetery, RhoB, waB largely attended. The Rev. J. W. Hum- phreys, Ponkey, officiated. BHOS SILVEU PIHZE BAND.—The members of this band gave a concert on Tuesday evening at the Congregational Church, Johnstown, the bnilding bsing well filled. Mr Thomas Williams (Vauxhall) presided. Mr Daniel Davies, Rhos, in expressing his pleasure at seeing such a large attendance, said that in August, 1897, a 3Rt of silver instruments were bought at a cost of L350, each member of the band signing an agreement drawn out by a solicitor to pay the said amount in three years. The band had taken part in no fewer than nineteen contests, winning seventeen, caDtnring ths fourth prize at the last Belle Vue July contest, and although defeated at the last Belle Vue September contest, their position in the adjudication was highly commendable. (Ap- planse.) They were anxious to clear a balance of S.131 dae to Besson & Co. before August next. He was glad to say Mr Campbell, Johnstown, had pre- sented them with a donkey, which they intended to dispose of shortly to raise the balance. (Cheers.) Several selections were then given by the band. Solos were also piven by Messrs J. T. Davies, Ponkey H. Dodd, Rhos Miss E. Griffiths, Ponkey and a recital by Miss Thomas, Ponkey. On the I motion of Mr S. Pritchard, a hearty vote of th&nks was passed to all who had taken part.

I KINNERTON. FAILURE OF A FARMER.—At Chester Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, Daniel Nield, lately carrying on business as a farmer and butcher at Kinnerton, appeared for his public examination. The debtor left in An net, and was only recently arrested at Huline, Manchester, where he is at present living. His state- ment of affairs showed that the gross liabilities amount to £ 1,219 5s., of which JE502 15s. is expected to rank, and the assets are estimated at JE160 6s, 9d., leaving a deficiency of zE142 8s. 3d. The debtor stated that he became tenant of a farm of about 56 acres at a yearly rental of X135 in 1891. He had £100 capital when he started, and spent that in stocking the farm. He left the farm after seven years' occupancy of it. Owing to bad seasons he could make no profit, his income in- variably not being more than X100, which was not sufficient to pay the rent. When he left the farm he er-ered upon bnildinl- operations with the proceeds of hi. sale- He paia S,160 for land, aud he came to terms with a Mr Peter Edwards to build a house thereon for S506. He afterwards got a mortgage on the building of JMOO, and he admitted that ont of this sum he never paid anything to the builder. He carried on business as a butcher at Kinnerton, and was successful nntil he became short of capital. He attributed his failure to bad seasons and dealings with money-lenders. The examination was adjourned, the debtor being ordered to furnish an account of his dealings with money- lenders and an account of the disposition of the £400,

MOLD. I MAY-DAY CELEBRATION.—A meeting ot tradesmen and others was held at the Town Hall, Oil Monday. ( The meeting unanimously decided to hold a celebration. The chairman reported a credit balance from last year of iElS lis 6d. COTTAGE HOSPITAL ANNUAL MFF.TING.-The annual meeting of the subscribeis to the above institution was held al the Hospital on Tuesday, Mr C. P. Morgan (Brynvrhaul), in the chair. Mr. Davies Cooke was re-elected president, and Mr Thomas Williams vice-president, in the place of the late Mr William Pring. The remaining officers were re-elected, as were also the members of the Board of Manage- ment. The treasurer (Mr Edwin Roberts) read hia annual report, which was of a satisfactory character. 1

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BRYNTEG. RETIREM-T.-After a career of over half a century, spent in the cause of practical education, as head master, Mr Evan Williams retires from scholastic work at the close of the present month. For the last twenty-fonr years he has worked nnder the Bronghton School Board, aud we are not sur- prised to hear that his many friends and well-wishers have decided to mark the occasion of his retirement by presenting him with a token of their regard and esteem. A committee has been formed to carry out the project, consisting of the following gentlemen, who will be glad to receive subscriptions :—Messrs Joseph Edwards, D.C., Derwen House, Brynteg, chairman Wm. Venables, Victoria-road, Brynteg Evan D. Roberts, New Shop, Brynteg John Hall, Brynissa-road, Brynteg Evan Roberts, Willow Tree Cottage, Brynteg; Wm. Andrew, Pleasant-road, Pentre; Samuel Rogers, Hill-street, Pentre Charles I Churtou, Ashworth House, MoEis Robert Ellis I' Davies, Highfield, Stansty. The Rev. Ward Williams, The Grange, Moss, is the hon. secretary.

VRONCYSYLLTE. J RATEPAYERS' MEETING.—Mr H. Cook, Vron Board School, presided over a large attendance of rate- payers in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening. It was decided to open a subscription list for the pur- pose of presenting, P.C. Harria with a testimonial on Ii his leaving the neighbourhood for Rhosddu, Wrax. ham. )

I RUABON. SUCCESS.—Miss Alice Booth, pupil of the ^13Shf, Booth, Plaa-Madoc, has successfully p8:9sed .the Cambridge Local Examination, junior division. PROMOTION.—Mr J. Williams, of Corwen, who cau" here as a junior some fiva years ago to the Nor d and South Wales Bank, and having been promotea to the position of accountant, has been further pr moted to the head office in Liverpool. ANNIVERSARY.—The chapel anniversary services ld connection with the English Wesleyans were nel on Sunday. The Rev. J. S. Haworth, Lla.ngol n. preached morning and afternoon, and in the evening a service of song was given, under the leadership ° Mr George J. Lee. There was a large congreyatioa. The soloists were Miss Hughes, Miss Lloyd. Miss Ethel Davies, Mr Whittinsrham, and Mr C. r' Thomas. Printed and Pnblifshed for the Proprietors by CHARLES GEORGE BAYLEY, Hope-street, WrexbBIII, Denbighshire also published by CnARLES GI:0FIGE BAYLEY, at 13, Church-street, Oswestry, in the ConfllJ of Salop; also published by Messrs BEBESFORP to., of Sa.lop; 60180 published by Messra BEiiESFORP l if The Bon Marche", Mold, in the Connty of Flint; ""a by Messrs E. ASTOX A* Co., Newsagents, in the of Chester; Registered for transmission in t'afl I' DltÐ Kingaom.-March 10th, 1900.