Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

COUNTY COURT SITTINGS FOIJ FEBRUARY. R. VAUGHAN WjxiiiAMS, ESQ., JUDGE. Feb. Feb Holywell$Denbigh 12 Ruthiii 4 Wrexham 17 St. Asaph — Llangollen 18 Ilhyl 5 Flint 19 Bangor 8 Mold —- Carnarvon 10 Conway 25 Holyhead 11 Llanrwst 22 Llangefni —

EPITOME OF WELSH NEWS. There is a rumour of a testimonial being got up for Sir Richard Rulkeley, on his retirement from public life. On Wednesday, two Chester tradesmen were sent for trial, one for receiving stolen property, and the other for forgering two deeds. The excitement was immense, as the parties were considered very respectable. The other day a large mushroom was picked up in a field near Flint. Last week the Rev E. Evans, Ebenechtyd, near Ruthin, gave a splendid supper to the choir of his church. In a field at Dolyddelen, butter cups and daisies may be seen at the present time. Last week, Mr llesketh, of Gwrych Castle, sent a hamper of game to the Denbighshire 1 z7) Infirmary. This is the third hamper that has been sent during the present season. The other day, as a number of workmen were doing some work in a field at Cefn Meiriadog, near St Asaph, they came upon some thin flags, under which lay some human bones. The services at Welshpool church are now conducted according to the rubric. At Bangor, a boy was sent to prison for two days, for cutting small saplings in a field belonging to the Friars School. Last week at Denbigh Petty Sessions, Edward Jones, and Edwin Jones, were sen- tenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for poaching on the Kiinnel estate. A young girl 17 years of age, who had become pregnant at Beaumaris, threw herself into the sea and was drowned on Saturday. She bore an excellent character. A respectable person at Llanrwst, borrowed large sums of money from his neighbours, with which he decamped, leaving his children behind. The tramp question was further discussed before the guardians of St. Asaph Union, last week. A vast number of the fraternity seem to be always on the move through the country, and the police were advised to apprehend every one that would be found begging. On Thursday last, the children belonging to lihyl British School were treated to a good tea and currant bread. At Waenfawr, the Calvinistic Methodists have established a Clothing Club as a set on' against the Church club, which since the late elections, has become too exclusive in its dealings. It is proposed to establish a Welsh Literary Society in Shrewsbury. A lecture in favour of the object, was delivered on Thursday, by Mr P. M. Williams, secretary to the Eisteddfod committee. An occurrence of a somewhat novel charac- ter took place at St. George's, the parish church of Llandudno, on the 25th inst. Two persons beyond the middle age of life entered the sacred edifice, for the purpose of being united in the holy bonds of wedlock. The bridegroom was John Williams, age 73, a pauper of Llanrhos, depending on the parish for his living. The bride was Mary Evans, of Flint- shire, aged 43. When it became known that a pauper intended thus adding to the parochial rates, great indignation was felt among the lower classes, and there was every prospect of his being seriously mobbed. To prevent this after the ceremony, he was locked up with his "juvenile "bride in the church for a time. When the coast seemed clear, about 11 a,in., they were released.

TERRIFIC GALES AND LOSS OF LIFE, The heavy pales which prevailed from Saturday Until Monday morning havo done great damage. A Plymouth paper, tho Western Morning News, states that on Sunday morning there was a fearful deluge of rain, accompanied by the most appalling lightning and thunder. The tide in Plymouth and other ports of Devon and Cornwall was the highest known for thirty years. A considerable portion of Plymouth—which especially through Union street, tho long street connecting the three towns of Ply- niouth, Stonehouse, and Davenport lies low was completely inundated, and one of the Royal Marines was unhappily drowned. In other towns the streets were converted into deep rivers by the unparalleled rain. The inmates had to leave their houses in boats, and there were some most exciting scenes, owing to the narrow escapes from drowning. The shipping in Plymouth Sound rode out the gale in safety, thanks to the Breakwater, although at the latter end of last week a portion of the wall of the Great Western Docks was washed away. At Falmouth several collisions took place among the large fleet of merchant vossols which crowded the harbour. The French brig Charles Emma sank; the crew wore fortunately saved. The bark Aldivalloch, of Sunder- land, also foundered, and the crew in this instance, too, were saved. At Penzance, noted for its tre- mendous seas, the scene was terrific, the great rol- lers from the Channel charging up over the sands of Mount's Bay in a manner frightfully grand. The ship Choice, of South Shields, went ashore on the l'raa Sands at one o'clock in the morning. The mas- tor, the second mate, and one seaman were drowned eight men were saved by the use of the rocket lines brought from Porthlcven and Prussia Cove. The life- boat was brought from a distance of ten miles in an hour and three quarters after the news of the wreck had been received at the station. The boat put off again at seven a.m., after having been out all night. The schooner Padaran, of Abersthirsk, went down off the Start, and all hands were lost. The railways and telegraphs have suffered severely. Two hun- dred yards of the long wooden viaduct of the West Cornwall Railway, which skirts Mount's Bay be- tween Marazion and Penzance, have been washed away, and the trains are unable to enter the town. This same viaduct was destroyed some years ago. The South Devon Railway has been greatly injured, and for a long distance near Dawlish, where it runs across the sands at the foot of the lofty red sand- stone cliffs, the line has been washed away, as it was during the Royal Charter gales. Traffic between Exeter and Plymouth is thus completely cut off. At Dawlish, unhappily, one man has been killed. The Electric and International Telegraph which follows the line of railway has been either blown down by tho hurricane or washed away by the sea. The United Kingdom Telegraph line, which is inland, is, however, still open. The tempest continued on Monday morning, and there is not a seaport in the two counties of Devon and Cornwall which has not suffered severely. The gale was severely felt in different parts of Scotland. At Dunbar, chimney-pots and slates were blown plentifully off the houses, and the shipping was very much knocked about, though fortunately without loss of life. At Markinch, a woman passing over a bridge, holding an umbrella, was blown into the water, and sustained severe injuries. At Green- ock, a schooner was driven ashore and at Inverness many houses were inundated, and part of the Find- horn railway was washed away. In the Channel, a hurricane blew from the south- west the Storm Queen, bound for Plymouth, sank, her crew having previously been picked up by a pass- ing steamer. About 40 feet of the North-Wost Dock at Exmouth gave way, owing to the violence of the wind and water. Two barges, one in ballast, and the other laden with stone, were sunk near Starcross during the galo. Two men, who were in the former, v. ero saved. At Teignmouth, part of a sea wall was c arried away. From Cork we learn that the Southern coast was visited by a severe hurricane on Saturday night, ac- < ompaniod by an extraordinary high tide. Tho greater part of that city was flooded, the water being from three to four feet deep in the principal streets. The traffic on the lines of railway on both sides of tho river was stopped, the rails being sub- merged and several breaches wore made in the Queenstown direct line. At Youghal the sea broke over the line of railway, destroying a portion of the station, overturning waggons, and making serious breaches in the permanent way. A long row of now houses on the beach were gutted, a portion of the town submerged, and considerable damage done. i'art of Queens town also under water. The barque Lady Londesborough, of Glasgow, from lluelva and Cadiz, with copper ore, has bocomo a total wrock at Ballyhoighe, Kilmoro. The crew were saved. Loss OF £100 BY THE GALE. — During the high wind which prevailed on Saturday forenoon, while a lady was leaving the National Bank, St. Andrew- square, Edinbro', where she had been drawing £300 in notes for various amounts, a sudden and violent gust of wind caught her, forced open a reticule which she carried, containing the notes, and scat- tered them in all directions. Notes to the value of -tt out £;)00 were found and returned to her by the persons who picked them up, but notes for about ,t:lOO wore supposed to have been blown over the house tops, and have not been recovered.

The Tablet points out that a rumour which has rmpearod in some of the papers that the Marquis of Bute is about to enter the ltomish priesthood cannot b ■ true, inasmuch as no man can be made a priest at the atre of twontv-ono, Mr. Jules Bonedict has composed a new Italian Cavatina for Mr. Vernon Rigby. If it equals in its excellence his last romance, Nella da te bell angelo, a very welcome addition will bo rendered to the repertoire of tonor singers. A new gunpowder of extraordinary power is said to have been invented by a M. Perthuiset, but we are not yet enlightened as to its composition. Shells loaded with it can be made to burst at the moment of impact, or after penetration.—Mechanics' Maga- zine. EMIGRATION STATISTIcs.-The Government emi- gration agents at Liverpool completed their returns for January on Monday. Sixteen ships sailed from Liverpool under the Act, all to the Unitod States, with 278 cabin and 2,114 steerage passengers, of whom 1,221 were English, 157 Scotch, 357 Irish, and 007 foreigners. The "short" ships which sailod were 14 to the United States, with 633 passengers two to Victoria, with 49 passengers two to tho West Indies with nine passengers four to South America, with 70 passengers three to Africa, with 32 passengers and one to China with 20 passengers -total 26 ships and 813 passengers grand total 3,225 passengers. This number, compared with the emigration of January, 1868, shows a decrease of 239. CONEIBMATION OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.—The con. firmation of His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, eighth child of Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, wan solemnised on Saturday at Whippingham church by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. Her Majesty the Queen arrived at the church at half-past eleven, accompanied by Prince Leopold (who went in the same carriage with her Majesty). Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, the Prin- cess of Teck (Godmother to Prince Leopold), Prince Christian of Sclileswig-Holstein, and Prince Lcinin- <>•011 preceded the Queen to the church. Her Majesty and the Royal family having taken their places on either side of the chancel, Prince Leopold stood at the communion rail, within which were tho Arch- bishop of Canterbury, the Hev. George Protlioro, and the Rev. It. Duckworth (Governor to Prince Leopold). A VOLUNTEER COKPS. — In the Bail Court, on Saturday, Mr. Gough movod for a rule calling upon the editor and publisher of the li est News to show causo why a criminal informa- tion should not bo filed against them for a libel re- liectiiig upon the London Irish volunteer corps and their colonel, Lord Donegall which appeared in the paper in November last. A portion of the regiment had obtained permission of the colonel to attend tho funeral of a comrado who had died in Seven Dials, ami they followed the corpse to the cemetery in uniform, and had conducted themselves with every degree of propriety. On the 28th of November an article had appeared in the West End News headed The Disgraceful Scene in Seven Dials." It then stated that they had received information and had made inquiry, and found that the deceased man had no home, and was taken from an undertaker's in Seven Dials his comrades had mustered in great numbers, in uniform, with their muskets and fixed bayonets. The wife of the deceased had kept a bird shop, and at the time of her marriage was pos- sessed of t-),000, which tho deceased had squandered. At the time of the funeral the wife had begged and prayed that she might have a seat in a coach, but was refused, and she had hung on behind till naturo was exhausted, and she fell heavily on the ground, The scene was so outrageous that they could not dis- grace their columns with a description. It stated that the corps were a disgrace to the British volun- teers, and had conducted themselves in a manner similar to that which disgraced them at Brighton. This had been brought to the notice of Lord Done- gall, and there were affidavits contradicting tho statement of the article, and the Marquis instructed his attorney to demand a contradiction and apology, and they had inserted an article, in which they stated that their correspondent had desired them to withdraw on his behalf any remarks reflecting upon the corps. The learned counsel now contended that this was not an apology on the part of the proprietors, but was confined to tho correspondent only.—Tho ltiuruod Judge said thifO waa onaugkfor a rule.

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER AT DARLINGTON. Late on Saturday night the Darlington police were informed by a young man, named William Young, that ho had been shot at by Thomas Finnigan at Albert-hill, in the vicinity of the ironworks that night. It appears from Young's statement that ho was at Cosreflo's beerhouse, where there was danc- ing proceeding. At about half-past eight he went into tho yard, followed by Finnigan. Almost im- mediately he saw Finnigan taking aim at him with a pistol or revolver, at a distance of seven or eiO'ht yards. He throw his head to one side, and at the same time a bullot passed close to him in a direct lino with his head. Seeing the murderous intent of his companion, Young made off, running back through the house and into the street, and some time after informed the polico. About eleven o'clock, Sorci. Hewitt, and two other officers, went into the Ilave- lock Arms, at Albert-hill, and found Finnigan there. On seing the officers ho put his hand inside his coat towards his breast pocket, but was unable to with- draw it, the revolver ho was seemingly pulling out having caught in the pocket. The officers seized him immediately, and are of opinion that he was in tho act of drawing the revolver upon them. The in. strument had six chambers, which were loaded, and the man on being searched had a number of cart- ridges in his pocket. Ho was at once taken to the police station and remains in custody. The only reason assigned for the murderous act is some words which passed between tho parties some weeks ago. The police, about midnight, wore again called to the same locality, where an actual murder had been committed. There is nothing, however, at present to connect it with the event above narrated. It scems that about twenty minutes past eleven an Irishman. named Philip Trainer, a labourer, went into the AI. lan Arms, where he remained about tell minutes or a quarter of an hour. Soon after he left a report of firearms was heard, and some one shouted in the pas- sage that a man was shot. On those in the house going out Trainer was found lying in the road. On being taken into the house the man was found to be dead, a bullet having pierced the left eye and en- tered the brain. The police have had great difficulty in getting any information about the affair, but on Monday morning early apprehended a man named John McConville, a pudler, at his lodgings on sus- picion. No firearms were, however, found upon him. The evidence against McConville has not yet beou made public, but we believe suspicion has settled upon him from the statements of parties, chiefly Irishmen, who woro outside when Trainer appeared, and between whom and another man-it is said the prisoner—some words ensued, when the man drew a revolver and shot deceased. The police are be- lieved to have further evidence, but at present they do not wish it made public.

METROPOLITAN GOSSIP. Parliament will hay" re-commenced its labours in a fortnight, and in the moan time public interest in the coming session is increa- sing. It is hoped that Her Majesty will inaugurate the Parliamentary campaign, and whether we are thus favoured or not, the Court, the drawing rooms, and the levees announced will tend to the activity and gaiety of the London season. Among the matters which will be referred to in the Queen's speech will no doubt be retrenchment, which Minis- ters appear anxious to make a characteristic of their policy. We have indeed already heard a good deal on this subject, and Government has not waited for parliamentary sanction to effect a number of reductions. But these are as nothing compared to what is to come. In the army, the navy, the coastguard, the naval reserve, the yeomanry cavalry, the dockyards, the arsenals, and numerous public olfices, we are to have retrenchment. The reductions in the army, for example, bid fair to be very con siderable. The Ariuj i and Nary Gazette particularises a great number of reductions that are probably to be made, adding that nothing is finally decided upon save the numbers to be reduced—from 9,000 to 10,000 men. We believe," it continues" we represent the views of the authorities in saying that the reduction y of officers will be effected by absorption, and with as little injury as possible to the interests of those concerned." This is the old tale. It is astonishing how tender over the feelings of the officers the authorities are. The officers, poor fellows, are to be reduced by absorption; but what about the nine or ten thousand men ? Perhaps they will be reduced by absorption- into the workhouses. There has been for some time a rumdftr of another reduction, which will be of serious consequence to the working classes, the abolition of Woolwich and Deptford dockyards and it is now said that. these establishments are to cease on the 1st of October. The importance of this step will best be seen by a reference to what is paid to oflicers and men in these establishments. We are promised, almost as a matter of course, another amendment of the law of bankruptcy, and the proposals of Government will probably be in the main similar to the bill which was withdrawn last session, from want of time to carefully discuss its important provisions. Two or three celebrated cases which have lately occupied public attention seem also to point to the necessity of some modifications in the law of limited liability. Without going deeply into this matter. I would ask whether it is not desirable that the articles of association, together with every deed, '71 contract, or agreement, which may form part of the foundation or the structure of a company should be open to the inspection either of shareholders or non shareholders, on the payment by the latter ur perhaps by both of a certain fee. As to the articles of association infinitely of more importance than the prospectus it is irequently most diiucuit to see this document. If you are in London you may see it at Serjeants' Inn, on paying Is., but even then must not take the most minute extract. In an important trial which attracted great public interest some months since, and in which a then member of Parliament was deeply concerned, we heard incidentally of two contracts, the mere existence of one of which was unknown to the shareholders; and. now. during the evidence on another sensational case, we hear of two deeds, ono of which was a secret compact. Shareholders ought to have the right of access to all such documents, and their non-conlirmation at a meeting of the company ought to render them illegal. Let 11 0 the reader trace the history of a dozen limited liability companies that have failed, and he will probably find that at least half of them have come to grief through some transaction on the part of the directors on which the sliarcholdei-s have not had an opportunity to express an opinion till too late. That our law and police courts should be closed to the public is what no one perhaps would have the courage to propose, but, per- ,7) haps, something might be done to prevent them being turned into places of public enter- tainment. Headers of the proceedings in the celebrated case of Overend, Gurney & Co. will have noticed how the court was on each occasion crammed by an excited auditory, and how hissing, cheering, groaning, and hand clapping occasionally were mingled with the judicial proceedings, in spite of magisterial warnings and threats. This sort of thing, to a cl cl greater or less extent, is common in the police courts especially, and in the Nisi Prius Court the case of Willis v. Parker, has been regarded by the auditors as if it were a comedy got up for their amusement. It is worth while to quote a brief description of one scene in court The case having been adjourned for refresh- ment, the jury found that they could scarcely struggle back to their seats. One jurymen said that his coat had been torn oi! his back another said that the miseries of a common jury were most uncommon. Mr Digby Sey- mour said that the Bar had quite as much to complain of; they had daily to go through pugilistic performances with bystanders. • In the morning,' said lie. in a ludicrously piteous tone,, 'my wig was beautifully powdered, and now look at it. 1 have only just saved my gown from destruction.' Mr Justice Brett said, I This Court is dreadful, but there are others that are worse. The only comfort we have is that in about twenty-five years we shall have new ones; meanwhile it is disgraceful that a couple of constables cannot be spared to keep order; but I have iio Carry this sort of thing a little farther, and we shall have a judge cheered or hissed, as the case may be, while passing sentence of death. But one would think that judges and magistrates have it in their own power to preserve order in their respective courts and if Brown, Jones, or Ro- binson choose to hiss a witness or applaud a counsel, and is turned out of court for his pains, would not the public verdict be—Served him right r

lUltTIIS, MAItltTAGES, & DEATHS. BIRTHS. On the 30th. at Bryn Tirion, Llandudno, the wife of Captain Garden, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 30th, at St. Nicholas, Liverpool, by the Rev. W. J. Fairelongh. M.A.. Mr. Evan Roberts, baker, this town, to Miss Sarah Coulthurst Lloyd, 85, Faulkner- street, Liverpool, the only daughter of the late Mr. John Thomas Lloyit, port ganger, of Liverpool. On the 28th, at Cockshutt, by the Rev. E. Furmston, M.A.. Mr. Thomas Clarke, of Walford Heath, Bas- church, to Alice, second daughter of Mr. Edward Austin, of Cockshutt. DEATHS. On the 3rd, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Mr. John Hughes, railway guard. Abbey-street, this town, in her 25th year. On the 2nd. aged 81 years, Mr. John Jones, Vron Cysylltau. On the 81st. the Rev. J. Husbands, rector of Selattyn. in his 82nd year. On the 1st, aged 62, Mrs Jane Edwards, Bachau Canol. near this town. On the 20th, in London, Edward T. Da vies, second son of the late Mr. Edward Davies, of Welshpool, O11 the 29th, aged 08, at her sister's house in Chester, Augusta Eiiiia, widow of Admiral Sir John Ma.rKha.lIj and formerly of Penygardden, Ku&bon.

FEARFUL SUFFERINGS OF A SHIP- WRECKED CREW. The African mail steamer Biafra, which arrived at Liverpool on Monday, brought home the crew of the barque Florence Nightingale, recently lost on the African coast. The Florence Nightingale, of London, Captain J. J. Bright, left Bathurst, Gambia River, for Sierra Leone, on the 24th December, with seven female passengers, two priests, two Kroomen, and nine of a crew. On the night of the 26th the vessel struck on a sandbank not marked in the charts. All efforts proved useless to save her, and two boats and one of the Kroomen were lost. A raft was then formed, and supplied with some food, brandy, and sherry but the captain unfortunately forgot water and the chest containing his instruments, charts, &c. The raft was towed by a small boat, 17ft by 6ft but as they could not make head against the current they were all, 20 in number, forced to get into the boat. Their provisions were soon oxliaustod, and they began to drink sea water, which soon drove mad a sailor named Brown. When all the food was exhausted the unfortunate party drew lots who. should kill Brown before he should die. The lot fell on a coloured boy from Bathurst, who however refusod to comply. At that moment tho captain fortunately caught a fish 31bs weight, Laving, mado a fish hook from a woman's hairpin, which ho baited with a portion of a crab caught in some sea- weod. While the fish was being eaten Brown ex- pired, and he was thrown overboard. Previous to this the crew and passengers had greodily sucked up some blood which came from Brown's body when the captain bled him to moderate his frenzy, and some crabs and butterflies were also voraciously do voured. On the 5th of January they fortunately- reached the Isle do Los, where they were kindly treated by Captain Curren, of the American whaler S. A. Paine, of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Cap- tain Curren took them to Sierra Leone, whence they were sent to Liverpool. The 20 persons were in an open boat nine days, during which time they drif;od 200 miles under a tropical sun; they had only 2 Jib of provisions and not a drop of water. J\ The South London Press has reasen to believe that the prayer of the momorial presented to the Home Secretary on behalf of Mr. William Roupoll will be oranted. Professor Rushton, of Queen's College, Cork, has in the press a small volume of Rules and Cautions in English Grammar, founded on the Analysis of Sentences." It contains many references to Anglo- Saxon and Earlv English.

The South London Press has reasen to believe that the prayer of the momorial presented to tho Homo Secretary on behalf of Mr. William Roupoll will be oranted. Professor Rushton, of Queen's College, Cork, has in the press a small volume of Rules and Cautions in English Grammar, founded on the Analysis of Sentences." It contains many references to Anglo- Saxon and Earlv English. The Marseilles journals stato that tho dispute witli the women who work in the Government tobacco factory is not yet concluded and add that the cigars made there havo been for some time past so bad that not one-half of them could be smoked. with the women who work in the Government tobacco factory is not yet concluded and add that the cigars made there have been for some time past so bad that not one-half of them could be smoked. The church and congregation at Hare-conrtChapcl, Canonbury, of which Dr. Raleigh is the pastor, havo just held their annual meeting, when reports were presonted of the operations of the past year. Those operations show in a very striking manner the powers of voluntaryism. During 1868 upwards of £ 4,300 was raised for religious and benevolent objects alone, more than another 00 being raised by pew rents, which are appropriated to the payment of tho minis- ter. Of the £ 4 300 above £ 3,800 was devoted to homo purposes, the balance being expended on for- eign objects. A man of the Jack Sheppard order has been com- mitted for n on various charges of robbery, bnr.y» ,shceP stealing. His name is Denis Hourigan, and he is about 40 years of age. His first conviction it is said, was for a theft at the Tower ofLondon 1it a timewhen ho was a constable m KilmRinhnm °' esc&ped threo times fro ?.aoh and subsequently to the lorf and the first night 'the quart..™ °«>»» officer"B^hST"*flf r°Mf "? ingtoa Dubi pvPerhe escaped from Cork gnol clearing by oneleap two walls 30ft. high, and 10ft. apart. S'jtSaS sw0,'tU16 cirr r ° rlj Government, and it would bo fQr fl ) 'vi|('0 !r,°1m country that Government should v'° 'l,r Si/gcouW bo more di.SoV o°Pt]Io ° Sy moaching when the whole constitnrap* Officers had, ho admitted, to put their hand- into their pockets to an inconvenient extent but t i'ro motod a good feeling between them and' nl- 1 He held that the citizen army of I" thoroughly do its .duty if offers o^if realised all tho circumstances and difficult el of their position. For the great field days to be suc- cessful as means of disciplmo and ,1 ^llk.or8 must not, ho »aW, bo oo„t„"f'JX'o Su parade and cease command tho momont over they must see everything t.i, Parado v.,3 ried through, and thon such fall^TT a"d Windsor review last summer would not bVw?tUesse!T. iMPKOPEli DXESSES ON THE STAGE —T1 f ing circular has been addressed bv i'n ? n, foI!.mv" lain to the managers of all theatres "n i Chainbor- diction "The Lord Chamberlain^ JUr'3~ pliments to tho manager of the—f com" learned with regret, from observation • 1,a8 arid from other sources, that there i« 111 tlie Prcss» complain of the impropriety of costnr^ in the panto mines, burlesques &c °le.of the lad :es being performed in some 'of +1 are theatres. He has noticed f0r snrtl'°,. metropolitan this evil has been gradually on tho has been most unwilling to i* 6 which he considers ought more promvi '? ^17 the discretion and good taste of tbi J selves. Now, however, that the t],,em' taken up by the press, and public' ..on has been expressed upon it, he feels himself p1"™1' \S "fi the serious attention of the mana™, f for he cannot but remark the discr,S J ,f"!5 justly falls 011 the stage, and the ohf,w- ,ll0Y arc being raised against it by manv j^ i'0"8 to frequented tho theatres, but wY themselves unwilling to permit thp u Pro, families to sanction by their presenco^ i j able exhibitions. Tho Lord Chainbor?n? anxiety to promote the interests of tho" eveiy that lie may confidently appeal to tho gc> u\t3 assist in abating the evil comp]aine(1 threatens to become a public seandil Tr 1 posely addressed these observations in +1,0 f'aS P1Jr" circular to the managers of all £ ? J ?> 0 .» jurisdiction, without imputing blame tr> -Cr tifular, a.,1 will gladly UcJi CtrZI servauoua which tkey may wish tooffer on the sub- At the Dublin Police-court, on Saturday, two re- spectable young men were charged with making use of seditious language in the constabulary canteen. Thoy were both committed for trial. In the course of a galo which swept over Liver* pool, on Sunday, a Volunteer shod was levelled to the ground by a heavy gust of wind. A more serious accident, however, occurred at Furness, about 800 acres of land being submerged, and 200 sheep drowned. RITUALISM.—The Times says, on Sunday, the leading Ritualists, so far as we could learn, adhered, on the whole, to the mode of celebrating the service which they followed on the previous Sunday. It is, however, their opinion, as a body, that they ought to wait before making any important alterations in their ritual until they each receive some special in- structions on the subject from their diocesan. Ac- cording to the Daily News the Rev. Dr. Miller de- livered a special sermon on the recent judgment of the Privy Council, at St. Mary's Church, Greenwich. Dr. Miller deprecated isolation of action at a crisis like the present, and explained that he would defer acting upon certain portions of the judgment until after the meeting of convocation. The decision in the Mackonochie case would naturally come under the notice of the bishops, and he anticipated that a pastoral would be issued for the guidance of the clergy. He also expected that the further report of the Ritual Commission would throw some light upon the course which ought to be pursued, and that some of the rubrics would be modified to meet the altered circumstances of the times. A TURF SPECULATOR.—Mr. John Jackson, well- known on the turf, died last Tuesday, at Fairfield, near York, aged 41. The deceased was the son of a Yorkshire cottager, and in his early days followed the plough. Horseracing, however, lured him from his humble pursuits, and when the late John Osborne had the good luck to run into a fortune, Jackson, who always backed his animals, was likewise success- ful. He then, with the assistance of Lord Glasgow's ioc'kev T. Aldcroft, won large stakes, especially over matches and on his purchasing Fairfield stud- form became the owner of a remarkably fine lot of Sabred., including Blair Athol. Tho "Squire of Fairfield as his friends were wont to call him, enjoyed in his affluence the good opinion of his companions. For the last two years he has been gradually reduced to a mere shadow, and his death, although fully anticipated, has produced much grief amongst those who have shouted, and laughed, and joked with the once spirited speculator. There was a good deal of humorous "bounce" in some of Jackson's movements, and the spirited way in which he was accustomed to offer a thousand against cer- tain favourites when surrounded by the small fry, or men who only bet in fivers, will be fresh in the memory of all race-goers. On one occasion a gentle- man stood unobserved behind poor Jackson, and said "Put that down to me." "Oh, no I cannot pick up a good sort like you," was the good-natured reply. Some eight years ago Jackson went to Baden- Baden races, and, of course, visited the tables. He watched the game for some time, and after finding that no one was allowed to stake more than £ 200 at a time, he exclaimed, I'll have a thousand on the red." The croupier replied, U You can only play for £ 200 a time." Then it's not worth my while to play," said Jackson; "in fact," he continued, I should have liked to have had twenty goes of a thousand each." Shortly afterwards a person con- nected with the bank stepped up to Jackson to in- form him that M. Benazet had given him permission to stake £ 1,000 for twenty successive times. "Thank yon I see it isn't good enough forme," replied the clover tyke, for Jackson was a pure Yorkshireman. He was a tolerably good rider to hounds, but when he rode Neptnnus in a match at Newmarket against George Fordham, on his pony Levity, the book- makers laughed heartily at what I thought to bo very good riding for so big a man. The deceased, who was good hearted, died worth something like £ 50,000, find-it is said he has left Aldcroft, who as- sisted him to win his fortune, a very handsome legacy. His remains were buried on Tuesday, nt Cai terick, where he resided before he went to Fair- geld.—Land and Water. IVINE AND SPIBIT LICENCES FOR OTHERS THAN PUBLICANS.—In reply to an inquiry made of tho Board of Inland Revenue, Mr. Corbett, tho secretary, states thnt no change has been made in the law relating to wine and spirit licences since the 9th of April last, on which date he addressed the following particulars on the subject to one of the trade—" I am to acquaint you that the following are the licences, with their respective rates of duty, which can be taken out by any person, not being a pnblican, to enable him to sell spirits and British and foreign wines :-I. Spirit dealers to sell spirits in quantities not less than 2 gallons at one time, 7010 10s. 2. Spirit dealers (England) additional licence to retail foreign or British spirits in any quantity not less than a reputed quart bottle, and foreign liquors in bottles in which imported, £ 3 3s. No spirits can be sold under these licences to be consumed on the promises, and any person (except a beer retailer) may obtain them on request, and making entry with the officer of Excise. 3. Wine dealers, £ 10 10s. This licence may be obtained on request, and under it any quantity may be sold, but none to be consumed on the premises. 4. British and foreign wines, to bo drunk or consumed on the premises, if rated under JE50 per nnnum, R3 3s if rated at £50 per annum, or upwards, £5 5s. This licence is not applicable to Scotland. It can only be obtained by a person holding a refreshment-house licence and on entry being made of the premises. The request for it must be submitted to the magistrates, who can also object to granting. 5. British and foreign wines not to be drunk on the premises, if rated under £ 50 per annum, £ 2s if rated at R50 and upwards, £ 3 3s. This licence is not applicable to Scotland. Any person keeping a shop for the sale of goods other than wine may obtain it on application, and 1' makingentryof the premises. Sales under this j. and the preceding licence can be made only in quantities less than two gollons, or less than one dozen bottles at one time. Persons holding the latter licence for sale of wine, if licensed also as dealers in spirits, must not receive into, keep, or have in any room or place entered for storing, I keeping, or selling wine, any spirits whatever, on pain of forfeiting £;)0, and all spirits found and on conviction the licence to sell wine to be null and void. 6. sweets or British wine dealers. This licence may be had on application, and is required for sale of British wines in quantities of two gallons or more. 7. Sweets or British wine retailers, jEl 2s 0.1d. This may also be had on application to officers. Sales must be in less quantities than two gallons, or one dozen reputed quart bottles." EXTRAORDINARY ACTION FOR SEDUCTION.—An extraordinary action was commenced on Friday and continued on Saturday, before Mr. Justice Brett, in the Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff, named Willis, sued Dr. David Leslie to recover damages for the seduction of his daughter, Louisa and the defendant pleaded not guilty, and a denial that the young woman was tho daughter and servant of the plaintiff. Mr- <7oyce and Mr. John Thompson ap- peared "for tho plaintiff and Mr. Digbv Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Blake Steele for the defendant. I Mr. Joyce, for the said the defendant, a widower, aged 60 years, "as a medical practitioner in Queen's road, Battersoa. lie atttended plaintiffs family professi°na^y* He suggested to plaintiff, when his daughter Louisa was 15 years old, to let | her act as a companion to his (defendant's) two daughters. This was agreed to, and Louisa stonned at defendant's home, but did jot sleep there. The de- fendant took the opportunity to seduce her. The result was the birth of a child, who died. — For tho defence it was contended that the girl's story was false, and she had accused another person of being the child's father, and that the father was neither 0 the defendant nor the other person, but a policeman. On Saturday, Dr. Leslie, the defendant, was called, and gave an unqualified denial of the allegatio is the plaintiffs daughter had made against him.—Mr. Justice Brett, in summing up, said that a mure anxious case for the jury to consider had not occurred dnrinf these sittings. The accusation was that the defendant Lad seduced this young girl when she was about 1.0" years old and that he continued the intimacv with her in his own house, in which his own daughters were living with him that he be- came the father of her child, and that to conceal his own delinquency he persuaded the girl to falsely accuse his intimate friend of being the father of the child, and to commit perjury in order to substantiate that 'false charge. A more formidable accusation than this could scarcely be brought against a rn an of his affc and in his position audit would require the greatest deliberation before the jury convicted the defendant of such an offence; but if he had been guilty of it no One could pity him if he suf- fered ignominy for such an abominable act. His Lordship then went in detail through all the evi- dence that had been given, commenting upon the various points that called for observation as he wont along and especially upon the fact that neither party'had called the nurse who had taken the child soon after the confinement. In conclusion, he said that it was most important that the jury should come to a decision if they possibly could do so but if was for the plaintiff to make out his case, and if in the end there was any real doubt left upon their minds, then the defendant was entitled to the ver- dict. If, however, though they could not be certain, they had no real substantial doubt, then they must find for the plaintiff, with such damages as they Should think fit. The jury at once found a verdict for the defendant. Dr. Chadwick, of Southport, formerly of Bolton, has presented a further sum of £ 5,000 for the erec- tion of model dwellings for the poor of the latter town and the building of aa wrpkuu aajjlum. The totul^2-000.

FRIENI>S, HE READY !—We have to request our friends to set to work forthwith, preparing their plans for future, earnest, practical work to promote petition" to the Legislature, and to bring the force of public opinion to bear upon their representatives, to urge them to give support to the Permissive Bill. Uutil the Executive ascertain whether the Government will bring in a general measure revising the whole licensing sys- tem, it may not be expedient to fix the exact terms of the petitions but there is much preliminary work that may be don so that when the time comes for the petitions to be floated, all may go to work with simul- taneous zeal and systematic energy. Special petitioning committees should be organised, and each district should be placed under the care of one or more reliable workers, so that when the time for canvassing comes there may then be no unnecessary delay. Our friends have had some experience of this kind of work, and we doubt not that on this grand occasion they will surpass i themselves in devoted effort and in practical results. Sir Wilfrid Lawson and his friends in the House will do their part; but unless the people outside manifest their deep interest, and show a determined attitude in i favour of the Permissive Bill, but little progress can be made in St. Stephen's. The district agents of the Alliance will be glad to correspond with all the active i friends within their respective districts, and to give all needful practical suggestions, from time to time.— AUvancn News*

POETRY. HAF Y FLWYDDYN 18G8. Ku) pciriant olwynog yw Xatur— Yn troi h<->b wylicdydd na Jlyw, Nid dygwydd, 11a damwain, uac antnr, Dadljlygiad. 11a dcd,lfau-hnb Dduw Nid ineirch lieb en dofi ei nerthoedd, Er cryfed, anferthed eu gwaith Llaw Duw sy' ar awen y gwyntoedd, A'r fellten er gwyllted ei thaitli. Tymhorau y flwyddyn amrywiant, Cyflawnant amcanion yr Ion Nid deillion gyfreithiau unfTurfiant Ddatganant,—nid dyma eu ton Llywodraeth bcrsonol Jehofa Ar hinsawdd pob tymhor o hyd Yw'r anthem o foliant a. seinia Y gwanwyn a'r gauaf ynghyd. > Eloni'r haul fyntumiai sychu'r byd A thymvn llwyr y dyfroedd adro'n ol; Caledai'r ddae'r ei gwyncb. gwridai 'i phryd, Hcneiddiodd gwerddlas wisg y ddol; Y ffynon fach wrth droed y mynydd mawr A'i chlod yn mhcll am ddiball ddyfroedd byw, Murmuriai n lion bob liaf gau herio'r cawr Gorehfygwyd hon !-gala.ra.i blodeu gwyw. Y nant orchestol ruthrai'n liyf ag uchel drwst 0 naid i naiJ fel pe dirmygai'r meini mawr; Mur unig- oedd ei lie. mor dawel mangre ffrwst (Pan ballo'r ncf a rhoi dystawa. swn y llawr); Yr hydd a'r ycli a ddoe'nt i'w mhin fel eynt am ddw'r, Gyfodcnt (ldolcf hir o siom gan syched mawr y gwres' Y fnweh, ufuddaf forwyn dyn. a rodiai n llwfr Daith hir a blin i'r dw'r trwy nychlyd rym y:tcs. Y Ddyfrdwy yn mis Chwefror fu yn llond ei lie, Yn genllif tonog, llwyd, fel pe am foddi'r byd; Rhyfeddcm bwysau'r dw'r fn'n nofio yn v ne', A diolch wnaem fod mor i'w llyngcu'n rhwydd i gyd: Gan wrcs yr liaf diflanodd paHodd gymhorth dyn, Olwynion gant yn hir ddysgwylient am y gwaith Wneid ganddi gynt mor rwydd—tan ganu iddi hun, Ond 0 mor swil a gwan sisialai'n awr i'w thaith. Paham r o achos pwy ? pa beth a barodd hyn ? Gofynwn air i'r ddaear,—lwybra'r nefoedd faith, A beidiaist ti a throi i gwmni'r corned gwj-n I'w holi am a fu yn eithaf pell ei daith;" Neu ynte, unwaith etto, Y Ddaear," dywed di, A'i nid fel hyn y bu fod tes cleni'n hwy; Pan gogwydd wnest dy ben er peri haf i ni Ai pwysau beiau dyn a wnaeth it' ogwydd mwy." Y wybr eang las, teg gyrehfan gobaith dyn, Paliam y digiaist di wrth d'lodion blant y llawr, Gan bcri'th gyinyl mawr, amryliw, amryw lun (Farsiandwyr prysur, gwych) osgoi y sychder mawr; Yingasglcnt droiau'n llu fel o dosturi pur, Gan greu dysgwyliad byw yn mhob rhyw fynwes flin, Anfonet tithau'r gwynt, beb ofal am ein cur, I'w gyru mhell ar ffrwst ac adfer gwres yr hin. Hen Amser, a'th wyneb mor ie'ngaidd A'th wegil dan cira oes faith, Yraaros am foment yn fwynaidd, Rho ateb o brofiad dy daith- Ai barn ynte benditli y Hycndcr r'' Esponia'r dirgelwch i ni; Efallai caf genad," medd Amaer, Os clywaf, mynegaf i ti." Ond ofer in' holi cre'digaeth, Na doethion y deddfau i gyd, Y gair yw gwir allwcdd rhagluniaeth- L>atguddia in' Lywydd y byd Pob galm. a graddan gweitlirediad, Pob cwmwl ar wyneb y nen, Pob tymhor a'i briod nodweddiad Ar bobpeth.—Yr Arglwydd sydd ben. YMHOLTDD

THE MARKETS. LONDON. MARK LANE.—MONDAY.—The grain trade to-day was in a very inactive state, and tho quotations sukeivd a material reduction. The show of .I'jugiish wheat was only moderate, and the quality was inferior. There vras a general absence of business, although both red and w ite pro luce was offered at a decline of 2s to os per qr. The show of foreign wheat was tolerably good. The demand was very dull, and prices gave way about 2s per qr. The floating grain cargo trade was quite in tone. The market was fairly supplied with barley. Sales progressed slowly, at barely previous quotations. Malt was dull on previous terms. Moderate supplies of oats were on sale. For all descriptions the enquiry was limited, at Gd per qr. less money that on Monday last. Beans were neglected and lower to sell. Peas commanded but little atten- tion, at drooping prices. The flour trade was heavy. Town rates were unaltered, but country marks and foreign parcels were drooping in price. Linseed and rapeseed were firm, but most agricultural seed were quiet. No change took place in the value of cakes. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET MONDAY- —There was an average supply of foreign beasts on sale, the quality of which was generally inforior. Trade consequently ruled dull, and last weeks prices were with diiHculty supported. From our own grazing districts the arrivals were very moderate, and although there were some exceptionally flne arrivals on the stands the general condition of stock was only middling. Really choice Scots and crossed changed hands at full quotations, say—5s M to 5s GJ. per 81b but inferior qualities were dull and drooping. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about SGO Scots, &c.; from other parts of England, 420 of various breeds from Scotland, 427 Scots and crosses and from Ireland, about 130 oxen, &c. The number of sheep in the pens was unusually small, and trade being fairly active prices advanced considerably. Some few prime Downs and half-breds changed hands at Gs per 81b.. but the general top figure was 5s 8d to 5s lOd. Prime small calves were steady in value and demand, but large animals were neglected. The pig trade was quiet, at unaltered rates. HOPS.—There has being a fair business doing. The few fine grades offered have found buyers, at very full prices. Other descriptions have been in moderate request. WOOL.—Tho demand for colonial wool has been quiet to-day, but prices have ruled firm. The next sales will probably be commenced about the 25th inst, when it is estimated that about 135,000 bales will be offered. English wool has commanded but little at- tention, at about late rates. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—Good attendance. At a slight decline there would be a large demand for wheat holders, however, resist strongly, and sales passing are at late prices. Flour slow, but steady. Oats and Oatmeal dull. Peas, Beans, and Barley quiet. Indian Corn fully 6d lower. Mixed, 34s 6d for old and 33a for new. OSWESTRY, FEB. 3r<I.—Whit" Wheat, 7s lOd to Ss 4d j Red ditto, 7s Gd to 7s 9d per 751b Malting Barley Gs 6d to 7s Od per bushel of 38 quarts Oats, 4s 3d to 5s Od per bushel of 501b Tub Butter, 14¡d per lb. WHITCHURCH, FRIDAY—Wheat per 751bs, 8s Od to Ss 6d; Barley, Gs 9d to 7s 3d Oats, 501bs, 4s 9d to 5s Gd Beef, 7d to Sd per lb Mutton, 7d to 7i; Lamb, Od to Od Veal, 7d to 8d; Pork, 7d to 7^d Fowls, 3s 3d to os 9d per couple Ducks, 4s Od to 5s Od per couple Butter, 2s 4d to 2s Gd per dish of 24 ounces Eggs, 8 tb 10 for Is Geese, 8d to 9d per lb; Potatoes, 2s 9d to 3s Od per measure. VvTREXHAM, THURSDAY.—The following were the quotations :—White wheat, 8: Od 8s 3d Red wheat, 7s Ltd to 8s Od Malting Barley. Gs ill to 7s Od Grind- ing Barley, Os Od to Os Od Oats, 4s Od to Os Od Potatoes, 2s Gd to 3s Od per measure Butter, Is 7d to Is 8d per Ib Eggs, Id each Fowls, 3s 6d to 4s Od per couple Ducks, is ltd to 5s Od per couple. WELSHPOOL, MONDAT.-Wheat (per801bs), 8s Od to Ss Gd Barley, (per 40 qts) 6s 4d to 6s lOd; Oats, (per bag), 18s to 23s Od Eggs, 14 for Is Butter, la Gd to Is 7d per lb Fowls, 2s 6d to 4s Od per couple Ducks, 3s Gd to -4s tîd; Geese, ;4s Od to 5s Od each Turkeys, 3s Gd to 5s each Potatoes, 3s 4d to 4s Od pe' ABERYSTWITR, MONDAY", Feb. 1st.-Quotation: —Wheat, G:3 8d to 7s per bush; Barley, 4s 9d to 5s Od Oat". White, 3s Sd; black, 3s Od; Potatoes, Is Sd to 2s Od Cheese, 3d to 41 per Ib Butter, fresh, Is 3d to Is od per lb ditto, salt, Is 2d to Is 2id per Ib Beef, 5d to 51-; Mutton, 1 d Pork, S.1: v eal, 5d to 7d Fowls 2 2s 9d to 3s Od per couple Du.ck.s, 4s per couple Geese, 3s Od to 4s Gd each Turkey s, os 6d to Gs Od each

would be guided in the right direction Avould do its duty so long as there was such a large Conservative minority as there was in it. 0 (Hear, hear.) He cainc there that night to show his esteem and respect for their worthy guest. [Applause.] He had knownSir Wathin for a long period of years, and had benefited, as one of the hunting men who had been alluded to, by his kindness and determination always to show sport and to make every stranger who came to meet his hounds welcome. [Hear, hear.] Having referred to what lie considered the signilicant laet, that whilst his expenses at the recent election amounted to (is. 4d. per man, those of his opponent amoun- ted to 19s. 5(1., Mr. Laird concluded hy ex- pressing his gratification at seeing so large an assemblage met together to do honour to his friend Sir Watlcin Williams Wynn. [Loud applause.] The remaining toasts on the list were—" I he Magistrates of the County of Denbigh,"pro- posed to by Mr. Townshend Mainwaring The Mayors, Magistrates, and Corporations of the i lenbighshire Loroughs," responded to by the mayor of Wrexham; "Vice-Presidents," Sir Watkin's Election Committees and their Chairman," "The Guests," "The Ladies," The Mining and Agricultural Interest," "The Committee of Management," and The Press.'