Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

THE NORTH WALES HORSE SHOW AND SALES. INTERESTING PRESENTATION. The opening show and sales for 1895 commenced on Thursday, Jan. 10th, in the North Wales Horse Repository, Wrexham. These sales are now admitted to be the largest horse sales in the world. The horses on view on Thursday were powerful waggon mares and geldings, light lurry, strong van and tram horses, and one, two, and three-year-old geldings and fillies. During the sale, Mr. Frank Lloyd said he had now to make way for the Mayor of Wrexham to make a presentation to Mr. John Jones, of Whitegate Farm, Wrexham. Mr. D. D. Pierce kindly promised twelve months ago to give a handsome present to the best supporter of his sales during 1894. He was pleased to tell them that their townsman, Mr. Jones, had won it, and he had handsomely beaten Mr. Henry Jones, of Chester, Mr. Thompson, of Celyn, and Mr. Cooke, of Ellesmere. Mr. Jones had sold horses at that sale during 1894 that had realised considerably over £ 1,400. (Applause.) The mayor had kindly consented to make the presentation. His Worship then took Mr. Lloyd's chair in the box amidst cheers. He said he had been left very little to say, as Mr. Lloyd had explained the object of his presence there that day. He had left him very little to do, except to make the presentation. He would just like to say, however, that the object Mr. Pierce had in view was a very worthy one, and was well worthy of being adopted by other enterprising tradesmen in the town. (Applause.) It meant the improvement of the breed of horses in the neighbourhood, and 'to encourage those gentlemen who were amateur breeders. (Applause.) They could certainly compliment Mr. Jones on his sound judgment in selecting his horses, and another thing was that his mode of dealing was strictly honourable. (Applause.) He believed that of all the horses sold by Mr. Jones not one had been returned on account of a wrong description in the catalogue. He thought that would give confidence to those who came from long distances to buy horses at those sales. (Applause.) He had very great pleasure in presenting the timepiece that Mr. Pierce had so kindly given, and he hoped Mr. Jones would live many years to admire it. (Applause.) Mr. Jones came forward in response to loud calls for a speech, and said he thanked the mayor for the very kind words he had spoken regarding himself, and also Mr. Pierce for so kindly giving the present. (Applause.) The timepiece is a splendid specimen of the clockmaker's art, and is in the form of a boat with a man rowing, the oar being used as a pendulum. The timepiece bears the following inscription This timepiece was given by Mr. D. D. Pierce, jeweller, to be competed for by the clients of Mr. Frank Lloyd, whose sales realised the largest amount during 1894 at the North Wales Prize Horse Sales (being the largest in the world). Mr. John Jones, Whitegate Farm, Wrexham, was declared the winner, beating all other owners by a substantial amount. The presentation was made by the Mayor of Wrexham, Charles Murless, Esq., January 10th, 1895." The prizes offered by the auctioneer, Mr. Frank Lloyd, were awarded by the judges, Mr. J. T. Da vies, Ensor-street, Bootle, and Mr. Moses Smith, Sunny Bank, Wimslow, as follows :-Mare or gelding, over 16 hands, for town work 1 and 2, Mr. Henry Jones, Eaton-road, Chester, sold for 85gs. and 68gs. respectively, the buyers being Mr. Joseph Hill, of Smethwick Hall, Congleton, and Mr. Moses Smith, one of the judges 3, Mr. John Gresty, Stanwardine Hall, Baschurch h.c., Mr. Henry Jones c., Mr. A. Price, Rhosrobin Farm, Wrexham, sold for 58gs., and Mr. Robert Evans, Maesbrook, Llanymynech. Mare or gelding, not exceeding 16 hands, for town work 1, Mr. John Green, Wilcott, Baschurch, sold to Mr. John Fearnall, Hafodybwch; 2, Mr. John Evans, Plastirion, Llanrwst; 3, Mr. John Hough, Baglave Farm, Crowton, Northwich, sold for 46gs.; h.c., Mr. Thomas Jones. Bryaafon, Carnarvon, and Mr. T. W. Pickering, PickhiU, Wrexham; c., Mr. Joseph Davies, Rhyd Broughfera, Wrexham, sold for 44gs., and Mr. W. Ward, Crag-^pell, Chirbury, Salop, Clean-legged lis11* i«rry van horse, with -• l, Mr. E. Pritchardfv £ >esymab, Wrexham, sold for 60gs.; 2, Mr. Williâjri Eilis, Trevor, near Llangollen, sold for 52gs.; ■ 3, Mr. E. R. Morris, Lloran Issa, Moelfre, Oswestry; h.c., Mr. William Astbury, Northop; c., Mr. John Reed, Northop Hall, Northop, and Mr. R. J. Roberts, Hendre, Bodfari. Mare or gelding foaled in 1892, 1893, or 1894 1, Mr. Joseph Jones, Reckforton, Tarporley 2, Mr. George Newport, Park Hall, Barrow, Chester. The sale concluded on Friday. The horses exhibited were high-class hunters, cobs, and ponies, and the prizes offered by the auctioneer were awarded by the judges, Mr. Robert Pell, Chester, and Mr. Tom Jones, Sutton, Shrewsbury, as follows Mare or gelding exceeding 15 hands: 1, Mr. J. Horton, Alkington, Whitchurch; 2, Mr. George Lee, Cop House, Saltney, near Chester; 3, Mr. Henry Jones, Moss Villa, Whixhall, Whitchurch. Mare or gelding not 14 and not exceeding 15 hands 1, Mr. Stanley Jones. Glan'rafon, Mold 2, Mr. J. Gresty, Preston Montford, Shrewsbury 3, Mr. John Eaton, The Firs, Ashton-on-Mersey. Pony not exceeding 13 hands: 1, Mr. W. Astle, Egg Bridge Farm, Waverton, Chester; 2, Mr. John Reece, Weston, Baschurch; 3, Mr. J. Gresty. Good prices were realised.

A MILLIONAIRE'S MANSION. The Daily OMonicle learns from New York that Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the New York millionaire and railway king, has just opened his new palace with a grand ball. This modest home, which is to shelter about ten people during six months of the year, and to remain closed during the other six, stands at the corner of Fifty-seventh-street and Fifth.avenue, and has cost its owner £ 1,000,000. It is of Spanish design outside, built of grey stone, with red facings, turrets, and battlements. It is three storeys high, with lofty attic. The ballroom is the largest private ballroom in New York, being 75ft. long by 50ft. wide, decorated in white and gold Louis XIV. style. The ceiling cost a fortune, and is made in the form of a double cone, covered with painted nymphs and cupids. Round the cornice are delicately-modelled flowers, each with an electric light in its heart, while an immense crystal chandelier hangs from the centre. The walls on the night of the opening ball were covered from floor to ceiling with natural flowers, at a cost of £ 1,000 and the entertainment is said to have cost the host £ 5,000. Adjoining the mansion is the most expensive garden for its,size in the world, for, although it is only the size of to ordinary city lot, the sum of £ 70,000 was paid for it, and a house which had cost £25,000 to build was torn down to make room, for the few flower beds. ♦

A WORD ON ADVERTISING. The constant drop of water Wears away the hardest stone The constant gnaw of Trawser Masticates the toughest bone. The constant cooing lover Carries off the blushing maid, And the constant advertiser Is the man who gets the trade. 4

Cadbubx's Coco i.-Ca clbtiry's Cocoa contains in a con- densed and increased form all the nourishing properties of the Cocoa Bean, the proportion of flesh-forming ingredients being 21-as compared with 13 in natural Cocoa (Cocoa-nibs) and the meagre proportion of 16 in the ordinary Cocoas of commerce prepared with added Starch and Sugar. Cadbury's coooais absolutely Pure and always alike in quality. I he Analyst. Borwick's Baking Powder, Pure and Wholesome. Borwick's Baking Powder, Entirely free from alum. Borwick's Baking Powder Largest sale in the world. Borwick's Baking Powder, Best that money can buy.

THE NATIONAL LIBERAL FEDERATION. ANNUAL MEETINGS AT CARDIFF. The 17th annual conference of the National Liberal Federation was opened on Tuesday after- noon, Jan. 17th, at Cardiff, Dr. Spence Watson presiding. There was a large attendance of delegates, and Mr. Bryce, M.P., was the principal speaker. Dr. Watson, who was re-elected president, spoke of the necessity of supporting the policy of filling up the cup against the House of Lords. A resolution was unanimously adopted thanking Mr. Gladstone for his past services, and assuring the Government of the undiminished confidence of the Liberal party. Mr. Bryce, in reply, said the example of Mr. Gladstone would serve as a guiding light to the Government for the future. The disestablish- ment of the Church in Wales, while putting the Anglican Church on an equality with other religious bodies, would not prejudice her in the slightest degree, but would strengthen her claims on the liberality of her members. With regard to the House of Lords, the issue to be tried was the vindication of the rights of the people against the prejudice, self-interest, and supercilious arrogance of an irresponsible House. He assured the Irish people that the Government retained the belief that Home Rule was the only remedy for existing evils. Other resolutions passed by the conference were in favour of Home Rule for Ireland and the abolition of the veto of the House of Lords. The conference was concluded on Friday, when resolutions were passedin f a vourof Welsh disestablish- ment, registration reform, direct popular control of the liquor traffic, unification of London, legislation to secure fuller popular control of charities, com- pulsory sale of land for artisans' d wellings,divisionlof rates between owner and occupier, and taxation of land values and mining royalties. Lord Brassey, in the course of a brief address, asked for the rein- troduction of the Employers' Liability Bill, con- demned the contracting-out clause, and expressed complete approval of the legislative and administra- tive measures taken by the Government in reference to the labour question. At the conference of the women s Liberal Jbedera- tion in Cardiff, ion Friday, resolutions were passed in favour of the Local Option Bill and for closing all public houses and clubs on election days, expressing gratification at the extended oppor- tunities of usefulness now afforded to women on boards of guardians, and assuring the Government of the warm support of the Liberal women of England and Wales in their policy of destroying the veto of the House of Lords as inconsistent with the right of the nation to govern itself. A resolu- tion was also passed in favour of the appointment of matrons in police stations. LORD ROSEBERY ON DISESTABLISHMENT. Lord Rosebery at night addressed a mass meeting at Cardiff in connection with the National Liberal Federation. He said the Cabinet were at present engaged in the process of winnowing the measures which .would have to be dealt with. They were anxious that the programme of 1895 should be a business programme, and, therefore, they proposed to include in the Queen's Speech only those measures they saw a reasonable prospect of passing. That limitation did not affect Wales, for she stood first on the list in the matter of Church disestablish- ment. It seems to me that therj Lre three points of view from which establishments may be regarded. There is first the clear, hard, logical school, which regards all preference given by the public or the State, or the public in the character of the State, to any form of faith as injudicious and derogatory and degrading both to the State and to the Church. They hold that there should be absolute religious equality-(Hear, hear)-and that each Church should be supported by its own adherents. Well, that is a general proposition which it is very difficult to dispute, and which, if we were beginning with a clean slate there would probably be none forward enough to dispute. But because we are not beginning with a clean slate there is a second section, which regards the question of Church Establishments as a question of national option. They hold that it is a question for the decision of the nation that is affected, and that if it is really the national wish to recognise rehgion in the shape of an establishment there is nothing absolutely immoral in the carrying out of that wish. It is quite possible that a church may be happier, freer, more powerful, if you will, without the fetters of establishment. (Cheers.) But if, on the other hand, the will of the nation is that it holds such a practical unanimity with regard to Church Estab- lishment as it exists that it does not wish to disturb it, this second school of which I have spoken holds that there is nothing absolutely immoral in a nation carrying out that. When you recollect in how many worse ways money is spent by the public, it was perhaps not an unreasonable proposition. But you might take the example of Spain, where the nation is practically at one in its religious creed. I do not think even the most zealous disestablisher would say that there is anything absolutely in- congruous or immoral in the wish of the Spanish nation to give some support to their ministers of religion whom they all equally obey. Well, my creed on this point is very simple indeed, and it applies to much more than to Church Disestablish- ment. To my mind, the Church and the Establish- ment are two perfectly distinct affairs. (Cheers.) The Church is too high for me to discuss to-night; the Establishment is not too high. (Cheers.) An ecclesiastical establishment, like other establish- ments, must rest upon the deliberate will of the people, or it rests upon nothing. (Cheers.) That I believe to be sound doctrine. (Hear, hear.) That was the doctrine and the basis on which the Irish Church was disestablished. It was a missionary church that converted nobody; it was an alien church that alienated everybody. (Cheers.) It, in fact, kept up for a minority what was meant for the nation and so, coming as it did as a stranger to Ireland and repudiated by the mass of the nation, it passed away, and you perhaps know the rest. Another church establishment which embodies these characteristics—(" Yes ")-and which in like manner is doomed-(Hear, hear, and loud cheers)- doomed-(renewed cheering)—exists. I shall be asked, in reference to this doctrine, do churches, does religion, does the Christian faith rely upon the chance will and vote of the majority of the people ? (Cries of No.") That is the question that I shall be asked by people in whom warmth of heart hardly compensates for confusion of the head. (Laughter.) My reply is simply. No !—(cheers)— the Church does not rely on such a majority- ("Quite right ")-but the Establishment does. Now, we hear much in these days about the State. This, that, and the other is to be provided by the State, as if the State was a fairy with a gold mine at its disposal which it was always ready to produce for beneficent uses. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentle- men, you know as well as I do that the State, for all those purposes, is only the nation under another name. If the State—that is, the nation is to pro- vide any of these things, it is the nation that is, the State-which will have to pay for them; and if it is the State-that is, the nation—which is to establish and countenance a religion, it is the nation-that is, the State-which will have to support it. (Hear, hear.) Well, under these circumstances, when you consider the matter in this cool and abstract way, when you remember that an establishment can only exist by tne Will ui we State, and that the State only means the nation, the talk of an establishment long continuing against the will of the nation is as if you spoke ot ^_ater running permanently up hill. (Cheers.) Tnere are, no doubt, temporary circumstances—temporary in their nature—which enable establishments to remain longer against the will of'the nations than they otherwise would, but that I will discuss in a moment, (Cheers.) Besides these two schools from which disestablishment is regarded there is a third with which you are familiar in the Principality, which regards disestablishment as robbery and as sacrilege. (Laughter.) I never understood what the application of these words may be. (Hear, hear.) As to robbery, if the State—that is the nation-choses to supply funds for one purpose, I suppose it has an equal right to divert and set them apart for another. (Cheers.) Why, it is what the State is constantly doing. (Hear, hear.) It is what the Charity Commissioners do, I will not say daily, but certainly weekly, monthly, and yearly, and have been doing for the last 30 years. (Loud cheers.) Well, what it has done with these endow- ments the State, I suppose, may do with another. I suppose we all remember what the State once did with these endowments-how it took them at the time of the reformation, and handtd them from the old Church, not all of them to the reformed Church, but to the barons, great and small, to the adherents of the court, to the laity, many of whom are ardent Conservatives now—(laughter)—but who in their blind enthusiasm for Church establishment have not, so far as I know, proffered any restitution of this alienwed money. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Well, gentlemen, this State took it, and then as- signed it. That, in my phraseology, was an act of national option which may be repeated at any moment. (Cheers.) If, therefore, I am correct in my reading of these endowments, and if my state- ment as to the reformation is correct, it is not wise for the defenders of the establishment to rest too much on the rights of property, because if the right of indefeasible property rests with any one, it rests, not, with the reformed Church, but with the Roman Catholic Church. (Hear, hear.) But we shall be told it is a question of robbery, a wrongful diversion from one church to another, and that if yon intend to secularise this property it is nothing less than sacrilege. Well, sacrilege is a pretty hard word. I will not attempt to give you my own opinion of the point, but I remember that the great Bishop Twem- low, one of the greatest bishops of our generation, made a speech in the House of Lords on this subject. Now, gentlemen, I shall make you no apology for reading an extract from Bishop Twemlow's speech as uttered at the time of the debate on the Irish Church. ;'I must own," said Bishop Twemlow, that in thi3 sense the phrase robbery of Govern- ment' grates upon my ears. It seems to me to correspond to a view of the deity which is neither Christian nor even judicial, but heathenish. When. I open the Old Testament I find several passages, familiar I have no doubt to your lordships, in which the Jewish people are severely reproved for cherish- ing the vain and superstitious notion common to the heathen nations around them, that material offerings might be accepted by the Most High as supplying some want of the divine nature. My lords, when I read those passages, when I read others in the New Testament in which the sacrifices with which God is well pleased are described together with the nature of a pure religion or worship, I am led to the conclusion that no material offerings are so acceptable to the Almighty as those which are most beneficial to man." And then he illustrates the case of a cathedral built in Dublin and a market founded by the Baroness Burdett- Coutts, and he goes on to say-" It is not a question between God and man, but between one kind of gift beneficent to society and another. My lords, the word sacrilege' has been heard very often of late in the House, and must say its use reminds me of some instructive pages in the history of the earlv Christian Church. The cry of sacrilege' raised against St. Ambrose," and he gives a reason why St. Ambrose had sold some sacred vessels of the cathedral at Milan, viz., the rescue of prisoners who had fallen into the hands of the Goths. My lords," he goes on to say, in my opinion that was not the least meritorious or the least holy act of that holy man's life," and observes What does it imply ? It implies that in the opinion of one who was undoubtedly a very sincere Christian, and not at all a low Churchman, circumstances might arise in which Church property, even while it continued to be capable of serving its original purpose might be rightly and fitly diverted to another and a wholly different use. I am not saying that in this case," he goes on, anch ofrenmstanees have arisen; but what I say is that the possibility of such circum- stances at once transfers this question to the board ground of general expediency and common utility. It shows that such expressions as sacrilege' and robbery of God' applied :to this subject are as irrelevant and misapplied as they are irritating and offensive." (Cheers.) Well, gentle- men, I think I need say no more on the question of sacrilege. But there is another and more permanent barrier which opposes itself to your wishes in respect to Welsh Disestablishment. I need not mention to this assembly the attitude of the House of Lords. (Laughter.) You know how it treats Welsh matters, how it treats those Welsh popular schemes of education which have been sent up to it during the past two sessions. The House of Lords was the supreme question of the hour, and it might be asked why did not the Government sub- mit their resolution to Parliament at once. The reason was that such submission would entail an immediate dissolution, and before this Parliament was sent about its business he wanted something more done for the people. As three of great measures he desired to see passed he might mention control of the liquor traffic, the payment of members, and one man one vote. It might be asked how were the Government to get these before a dissolution, and he replied that the propelling power must come from the people. He did not ask for enthusiasm, but he did ask that while the Government worked inside Parliament the country should give them their hearty support outside Parliament. He asked the people to stand by the Government that was ready to stand by them and that was the support he believed they would abundantly receive. Lord Rosebery was the principal guest at a break- fast party given on Saturday morning, in Cardiff Town Hall, by Mr. Ellis, chief Government whip, to Liberal agents and the principal officers of the National Liberal Federation. His lordship said he did not see any immediate prospect of a general election. They could only lose their working majority in the House of Commons by their own friends turning their weapons against them, and any such course would be severely judged by the Liberalism of the country. The Premier afterwards visited the University College, where he met a large assembly. He left soon afterwards for London. ♦

A correspondent writes:—A St. Bernard dog, the property of Mr. G. F. Harrison, was well known throughout Brymbo on account of its extraordinary size as Jumbo." He was a beautiful animal and as innocent as a dove, but unfortunately got into bad company, and was led to worry two sheep. Jumbo's friends will be sorry to hear how harshly he was treated for his first offence; he was twice shot at. and not being able to finish the poor creature, his assailant knocked him in the head. breaking the stock of his gun by doing so. Poor Jumbo, we are very sorry for the owner. The Scotsman reports that a Benhar miner, named Donald M'Farlane, 58, who resided at West Benhar Rows, disappeared from his home on Sunday, Dec. 30th, and although his friends searched anxiously they found no trace of him. On New Year's Day Robert Halbert, 66, miner, Benhar, a brother-in-law of M'Farlane's, fell asleep and dreamt that he saw the missing man in a particular part of the Almond Water, which is some miles distant. On mentioning this to his neighbours they went to the place indicated, saw footprints of the missing man in the snow, and eventually found the man himself, standing upright in the water, which was about three feet deep, with the ice all frozen round him. He was of course dead. Halbert has a local reputation for this kind of" second sight," and the realisation otni s dream in this case is exciting considerable interest- Dr. Millar, Harthill, says that AMarlanc had diec. from exposure.