Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

STROUS FLOODS IN CHESHIRE. river Weaver on Tuesday last rose ten feet the ordinary level, overflowed its banks, )oded the principal part of Northwich to a of five feet. At least a dozen shops were etely inundated, and a very considerable ;e was sustained. Tradic was materially ed throughout the day, and boats were used pplying the wants of the inhabitants of surrounded by water. The fires at the )ouring saltworks were extinguished and a quantity of salt washed away. The river also overflowed its banks, and the meadows 3n Northwich and Middlewich are under The flood has been equally disastrous in ound Win sford. ielt Guardian.

'PEMENT AND ABDUCTION IN WALES. Western Mail has received from Swansea ount of the abduction of a young wife by her. The bridegroom is a well-to-do stable and the bride the daughter of the band- of the Swansea Artillery Corps. They together on Sunday evening, the 13th j, and, attended by two friends, were mar- St. Martin's-in-the-fields, London, on the ing Wednesday. The happy pair returned msea on Friday morning by the mail train, st as they alighted at the Black Horse the vas spirited away by her father and two nts. The disconsolate husband despatched d duly armed with the marriage certificate and the surrender of the bride. The cruel having obtained possession of the certificate d to give up either his daughter or the ge lines." The objection on the part of the int father is that spring has mated with 1. The girl is stated to be 14 years old, e bridegroom 50.

PROPOSED RAILWAY FROM SWESTRY TO LLANGYNOG. y enthusiastic meeting was held on y, Oct. 17th, at the White Lion, Llansilin, rarpose of supporting the railway from y through Llansilin,and up to Llangynog. mas Hughes, Plasnewydd, occupied the Several resolutions were warmly pro- .d carried by Mr. Whitfield, Lloran Mr. Bodlith and Mr. Morris, Lloran. The y deputation was appointed to wait on or of Oswestry, on Monday, at ten a.m., Hughes, Plasnewydd; Mr. Roberts, Mr. Morris, Rhydleos and Mr. Morris, ichaf. )nday, October 21st, a deputation from consisting of Messrs. Hughes, Plas- Roberts, Bodlith Morris, Rhydleos rris, Lloran-uchaf, met the Mayor and habitants of Oswestry, in the Council for the purpose of conferring with 3n the proposed railway to Llangynog. nbers of the deputation generally ex- ,heir approvol of the scheme, and pro- give it all the suuport they could. They favour of having the line constructed by tie Lawnt.-The Mayor pointed out that "ply a question of money whether the constructed or not, and it would be r first to see what number of shares the )ple and those living in the district )uld be benefited by the line of railway e prepared to take up. He suggested i members-of the deputation should their district, and get their friends in adr and Llapgynog to do the same, and r would be able to arrive at some idea of )er of shares the country district would He mentioned that an engineer had r the proposed route on Saturday, and y might expect a report from him in a When they received that report they better able to discuss the subject. In rersation which followed it was stated Watkin would give his support to any ,hat the country might be in favour of up with a will, and in all probability he ;cept in shares the value of the land y to him through which the railway ,ss.—Mr. Roberts, one of the deputation, large freeholder, expressed his willing- o the same. The cost of the line on the ?auge principle would be, it is stated, inclusive of the purchase of the land, was decided to adopt the ordinary gauge, additional would probably be required. leeting expressed a decided preference ordinary gauge, and it was pointed out idition to the expense and difficulties of nent, it would be impracticable to tran- tle or timber by the narrow gauge. It id that some Birmingham gentlemen who irested in the proposed line would pro- tend an adjourned meeting, These n had at first expressed themselves in the scheme proposed by the Potteries r, but upon having the proposed route try pointed out they had changed their 1 favour of the latter. The meeting was I to the same place at four o'clock on ving Wednesday afternoon.

THREE QUESTIONS. by the Rev. J. W. Carter, Vicar of Christ Church, Stratford, London, E. jre three very remarkable questions in the 'lglitk chapter of Romans. The first ques- ich I refer is in the 33rd verse Who shall ing to the charge of God's elect?" Paul th like a herald, and he looks up to the holy id down to the accusing devils, and round cowling world, and into conscience, and he o can accuse one whom God has forgiven, t has washed ? It is God who justifieth. God has declared believers clean every whit. Ld question is in the 34th verse: Who is he 'nans?" Paul looks round all the judges of all who are skilled in law and equity; he ard to the holy angels, whose superhuman J deep and far into the righteous govern- \hG ^°°ks UP to God, tlio judge of all, who right, whose ways are equal and perfect and he asks, Who shall condemn P It died. Christ has paid the uttermost so that every judge must cry out, There is udemnation. The third question is in the Who shall separate us from the love of Again he looks round on all created worlds, t the might of the mightiest archangel, the )Wer of legions of devils, the rage of a God- 'i' «he united forces of all created things; wiSGes s™ners folded in the arms of Jesus, Vho shall separate us from the love of Not all the forces of ten thousand worlds for Jesus is greater than all. We are more >ierors through him that loved us. "The st passeth knowledge." It is like the blue which you may see clearly, but the real If which you cannot measure. It is like the 1^° wil0Se bosom you can look a little hm e? i are unfathomable. It is a breadth do ii &th without end, height without uepth without bottom. If holy Paul said in fiS° lT1c:'i)'y taught in divine things, who u«< v,6 heaven, and seen the glorified o J now much more may we, poor and weak i." P i *ove an(1 say: "It passeth iT eader, do you know anything of Jesus's if ve him who did so much for you ? n+y°U ,resPise and reject this love you e •5r°u must be sent to hell. The ;om..a P10 Holy Ghost desire not your save ^reSG.nj ancl eternal salvation, but they told wl°^Vn ^le ,way which they have ap- nea way is made known to us in tho s^araPs to pay for those insertions ro mill; ei" newspapers, which are supposed >V tJi« T? rea £ ers weekly, will be thankfuily l°n g GY- J- W• Carter, 7, Avenue-road,

THE NEW MILITARY CENTRE. We understand that the engineer officer, Major Week, who has visited Denbigh, had under con- sideration three sites for the intended barracks. The first was one at Brookhouse, opposite Mr. John Williams's nursery; the second near Mr. Millward's farm, Accarlas; and the third at Caegwyn, on the Mold road, which latter was considered the most eligible site. The barracks will be designed to quarter regular soldiers, the North Wales militia regiments during the time they are up for drill, and the volunteers occasion- ally in summer months, the citizen force being treated for the time as regulars. We have also heard that when the system has been completed, the autumn manoeuvres, instead of being confined to one part of the country, will be carried out generally over the kingdom, each division being trained within their own localities for about a fortnight or three weeks at a time.

THE LLANFYLLIN AND LLANGYNOG RAILWAY. We have authority for stating that an influen- tial deputation, from the promoters of this undertaking, waited upon the Directors of the Cambrian Railways Company, at their Board. held on the 28th October, when there was a full Board the noble Chairman (Earl Vane) presi- ding. The deputation consisted of John Dugdale, Esq., Llwyn Messrs. J. and E. Jones, "High Bailiffs of Llanfyllin Mr. W. A. Pughe, solicitor, Messrs. C. R. Jones and E. Evans. Mr. Dugdale explained the object of the promoters in seeking to have railway communication between the im- portant mineral and slate district of Llangynog and the town of Llanfyllin, where it would join the Cambrian system, and said the project had already received the support of the Earl of Powis, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., and the principal, if not all the landowners, and that the feeling of the district was, he might say, unanimously in favour of the line, which would also benefit Llanrhaiadr. The subject was thoroughly ventilated by the Directors, who ultimately pledged themselves to support the undertaking to the utmost of their power, both in and out of Parliament. We understand that a new survey has been made, and that a superior scheme is the result. The greatest liberality has been shown in the subscriptions of the preliminary expenses, and satisfactory progress has been made with the preparations for going before Parliament. I

DEATH OF DISTINGUISHED WELSHMEN. The death is announced of Mr. David Lewis, of Stradey, Carmarthenshire. He represented Car- marthen boroughs in the second reformed Parlia- ment in the Conservative interest, ousting the former member, the Hon. W. H. Yelverton. He was defeated, however, by Mr. David Morris, at the general election of 1837, and did not again enter the House of Commons. Mr. Lewis took a leading part in the development of the resources of the Principality. v We learn that the death of Mr. John Bruce Pryce, of Duffryn House, Glamorganshire, the father of Mr. Bruce, the home secretary, took place on Friday morning. The deceased gentle- man was 88 years of age, and had lately laboured under serious illness, which was the cause of the Home Secretary's absence from the last cabinet. Mr. Bruce Pryce, whose public career was con- fined to advancing the interests of the county of Glamorgan, was the eldest son of Mr. John Knight, of Fairlinch, Devonshire, and Margaret, daughter of Mr. William Bruce, of Llanelethium, near Cowbridge. His two brothers rose to dis- tinguished positions in their respective profes- sions—one of them became Dean of Llandaff; the other, the late Sir James Knight Bruce, attained to the high honour of lord justice of the Court of Appeal in Chancery. The deceased simply won distinction in his own county as a magistrate. In the year 1869 he was appointed stipendiary magistrate of Merthyr Tydvil, a post which lie held for several years, and which was subsequently filled by his son, the present Home Secretary. In 1837 he unsuccessfully contested Merthyr against the late Sir John Guest, whose local in- fluence proved irresistible. Mr. Bruce Pryce had not for many years taken any active part in poli- tical warfare, either in or outside his native county of Glamorganshire. He-was warmly attached to the Welsh church, and during his lifetime he gave liberally to its support. He was twice mar- ried, and by his first wife, Sarah, second daughter of the Rev. John Hugh Williams Austin, rector of St. Peter's, Island of Barbadoes, he had issue five sons and seven daughters. He will be suc- ceeded in his estate by Alan Cameron Bruce, his eldest surviving grandson. The Home Secretary is the second son of the deceased.

DENBIGHSHIRE QUARTER. SESSIONS. The Michaelmas Quarter Sessions for the county of Denbigh, commenced at the Town Hall, Wrexham, on Thursday, the 17th instant. Thomas Hughes, Esq., Ystrad, presided, and the other magistrates present were :-Colonel C. Tottenham, Plas Berwyn T. L. FitzHugh, Esq., E. Peel, Esq., Rev. P. O. Jones (Warden of Ruthin), Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart., M.P., J. J. Foulkes, Esq., H. R. Hughes, Esq., H. R. Sand- bach, Esq., C. T. Mainwaring, Esq., Captain Griffith, T. P. Jones-Parry, Esq., J. Dickson, Esq., Capt. Cooke, J. H. Foulkes, Esq., Rev. D. Roberts, P. S. Humberston, Esq., W. C. Yale, Esq., H. Chambres, Esq., F. H. Barker, Esq., G. H. Whalley, Esq., M.P. THE POLICE AND THEIR PAY. The police committee recommended that the following be the new scale of salary of police officers :-1st class, six men, £ 1 5s.; 2nd class, eight men, £1 3s. 6d.; 3rd class, twelve men, £1 2s.; 4th class, £1. No man to be promoted to the third class under two years' service, nor to the second or first class under six years' service. THE COUNTY RATES. A county rate of one halfpenny in the pound, and the police rate of one farthing in the pound was made. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. Mr. Lloyd Williams reported as follows :— Holt Bridge— The several contracts which has been successfully let during the repairs of this bridge are now completed, and have proved to be a consider- able saving to the county, as a comparison of the different tenders will testify. The last order of court granted i2350 at tho Easter quarter sessions, 1871, which was to and has completed the bridge so far as the fabric'itself is concerned, has been spent, but the roadway is not in so satisfactory a condition as could bo desired, and the committee appointed by the court for carrying out these repairs have authorised me to apply to-day for a further sum of X90 to pave a portion of the roadway with the Penmaenmawr sets, and provide granite guard stones and other work for which I beg to hand you a tender. Llangollen Bridge.—Since the last quarter sessions the weather has been such as entirely to prevent the possibility of anything being done, which is dependent in any way upon the river. The contractor is making preparations, and I trust when the time arrives that work can be proceeded with and will be carried on with despatch. The Court granted the sum of Y,90 asked for by the surveyor for the repair of the roadway approaching Holt Bridge. The Clerk asked the court to authorize the surveyor to enter into contract for the repair of the county bridges extending over a period not exceeding seven years nor less than one year, as the present arrangement was very unsatisfactory. He was in great doubt if this was not done whether the payments would be legal. The Chairman asked the surveyor how many bridges were at present under contract. The Surveyor replied, 170; but he had 250 bridges altogether. 'The suggestion of the clerk was agreed to. CHIEF CONSTABLE'S REPORT. Captain Denman, chief constable, presented his report for the quarter ending the 29th Septembe; from which it appeared that eight indictable offences had been committed, six persons apprehended, two discharged, and four committed for trial. In the cor- responding quarter of last year 17 crimes had been committed, 12 persons had been apprehended, four discharged, and eight committed for trial. During the same quarter 380 persons were proceeded against summarily, 69 were discharged, and 311 convicted. In the corresponding period last year 417 persons were apprehended, 77 were discharged, and 340 convicted. He reported that crime and offence, so compared, showed a decrease of nine in indictable offences, 37 in offences determined summarily, and £10 27s. 3d. in the value of property stolen. 380 persons were pro- ceeded against summarily during the quarter, 230 of whom were fineds 16 bound in recognizances, one whipped, one sent to a reformatory, and 59 committed to gaol for the following offences :-Assaults and breaches of the peace 15, drunkenness 18, malicious injuries 2, deserting family 3, deserting service 2, larceny 8, vagrancy 11, total 59. Qf the indictable offences the four committed, wore for tho following offences :-Murder 1, beastility 1, assault with intent to ravish 1, and larceny 1. Captain Denman was happy to report that the decrease of crime was marked by a corresponding diminution in vagrancy. In the Wrexham and Llanrwst divisions Captain Denman also reported that the foot-and-mouth dis- ease appeared to be on the decrease. Two men were wanted to complete the strength of the police force. He begged that the Court might be pleased to make the usual order for clothing for the ensuing year. Mr. Barnes asked the Chief Constable whether there were enough police officers in Wrexham. He had seen by a local paper that they were very very short. The Chief Constable said there had been two men short in Wrexham for a long time. He was quite convinced that when the Government Inspector came down he would order more. The complaints had not been without reason. He was in hope that the increased pay- would induce men to ioin the force. WEIGHT AND MEASURES. Mr. John Bradshaw, inspector of weights and measures, reported as follows :— I beg to submit for the information of the court that since my last report (Michaelmas, 1871), I have compared with the county standards 8261 weights and 560 measures, making a total of .8821, That 3418 weights have been adjusted and re-stamped, 251 condemned, being worn out, and 4692 were found to be correct, and for which no fees were charged. The fees for stamping amount to £10 4s. 7s., which will be paid to the County Treasurer. I have not been able to survey only a small portion of the district, in which I found everything correct. FRIDAY. The court resumed at half-past ten. Thomas Hughes, Esq., presided there were also upon the bench—T. LI. FitzHugh, Esq., Captain Hughes, Major Foulkes, T. P. Jones-Parry, Esq., J. A. Barnes, Esq., J. H. Foulkes, Esq., and Captain Griffith. TRIAL OF PRISONERS. LARCENY AT CHIRK. Harriet Jones, 19, domestic servant, was indic- ted for having stolen several articles of clothing and other things from the house of Mr. John Parkinson, Pentre School, near Chirk. She pleaded "Not guilty." Mr. Ignatius Williams prosecuted, and the prisoner was undefended. The jury found her guilty, and having been previously convicted last year, she was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour the chairman intimating that if the prisoner again appeared in a court of justice she would be committed to penal servitude for seven years. UNLAWFUL ASSAULT, WITH INTENT. John Samuel Jones, 43, tailor, was indicted for having, at Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, on the eth* September, unlawfully assaulted Sarah Morris. Mr. Ignatius Williams prosecuted, and Mr. J. H. Simpson defended, Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Williams said the particulars of the case were of a very aggravated nature. Prosecutrix was an old lady, 68 years, who had been a widow for five years, and was in receipt of parochial relief. She had known the prisoner three months, and on three occasions he had lodged at her house. On the 6th of September prisoner went into her house while she was alone. He sat down in a chair for a time, then got up and gave her three kisses. Mr. Williams detailed the particulars of the assault, which were of a very shocking description. The old lady screamed I I Murder, "and her cries brought a man named Wagg and his wife to her assistance a police- man was sent for, and the prisoner was given into custody. For the defence it was contended that prose- cutrix had encouraged and given prisoner consent. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to twel vc months' hard labour. NO TRUE BILL. The Grand Jury threw out the bill of indict- ment against Margaret Thomas, who was charo-ed with having, at 'anrwst, on the 10th August 1872, stolen t cotton shirts and one cotton handkerchief, > ..v at 8s., the property of one Richard Roberts.

PAY SATURDAY IN BETHESDA. [By a Daily News" Special.'] BANGOR, SUNDAY. The vehicle that conveyed us to Bethesda was the most elastic-wheeled vehicle in which it ever has been my lot to ride, and it was drawn by a pair of desperately attenuated, but" never say die animals. It waited the arrival of Saturday's mid-day train at Bangor station, and there took in a load which I had imagined made it substan- tially full." But the frosty-faced driver was quite of another opinion. He stopped at the British to take up a party of "quarry gentlemen;" he picked up a woman and child outside the Ship he embarked outside a bookseller's shop a reverend gentleman of the Calvinistic Methodist persuasion, and ended by finding room for a travelling draper beside himself on the splash- board. Nobody complained of over-crowding, and I was not going to set the example, although I had the woman and child in my lap, the reverend gentleman's elbow in my ribs, and one of the quarry gentlemen" threatening my hat from the box seat every time he moved. Squeeze 'as it was-and I must be allowed to say that the woman and child were heavy, and that the clerical elbow had an edge upon it—the six miles drive was very charming. We rattled along on the shore of the bay of Bsmgor, the calm water, in its wooded setting, thickly studded with ship- ping at anchor then we turned away through the beautiful groves of Penrhyn Castle, lying in rich variety of undulation at the foot of the snow-covered Glydir Mountains. It was passing strange to look up at the snow cropping out on the shoulders of the hills from under the night- cip of white mist that crowned their summits, and to turn from that not very distant view to yet unfrosted fuchsias and hydrangeas that bloomed in the gardens of the model cottages by the wayside at the woods not yet changed from their brightest summer tints, and at the rich fresh-grown grass on which were grazing herds of cattle-crosses, as it seemed, between the original Welsh and the shorthorn, with a dash of the Scotch poll thrown in to form the connecting link between the other two. Down in the deep- wooded gorge to the left the Ogwen was raving down its rocky bed, now expanding in deep, sullen porter-coloured pools, now battling in white form through a narrow pass. The noble gates of Penrhyn Castle passed, with a village of model cottages close by we crossed the Ogwen, and commenced a long ascent, drawing nearer and nearer to the foot of the mountains. Gradually the scenery became wilder, but the valley itself in which our road lay nearer lost its character of wooded beauty. Grey precipices rose from out the bed of the Ogwen, but the oak and ash clung lovingly to their rugged faces. Presently we crowned the ascent, and overhung on three sides by the near mountains lay before us the beautiful hollow of Bethesda. The scene struck me as having a marked resemblance to that presented by the village of Braemar, in Straihdee, but that the Welsh mountains were green up into the snow, while the Aberdeenshire mountains are heather-clad from the birches which cluster about their roots. There seemed a rashness in the way in which the road struck due on through the valley, for the great terraced wall of the Penrhyn slate quarries to all appear- ance blocked up the further exit, unless there was a thoroughfare through the snow on the rugged crests of the mountains. But the men who made the road knew that there was a thoroughfare also, if tortuous and narrow, between the huge piles of slate crags, and that Nant Francon, or the Vale of Beavers," made a channel for the Ogwen round the corner of the Quarry Hill and under the abrupt precipices of Carnedd Dafydd. Our journey was, however, ended before the Vale of Beavers was reached, for Bethesda lies on the Penrhyn or Bangor side of the mountain pass, and has a half claim to belong to the lowlands, although the reason of its existence is in the face of the mountain that rises above it. It is the name of the town, or rather village, in which abide the larger number of the workmen who are employed in the great Penrhyn slate quarries, the produce of which conies down to the sea to a harbour near Bangor, and is in extensive use everywhere throughout England. Upwards of 200 tons of slates are dally sent out, and more than 3,000 men and boys have constant employment in the quarries. We met not a few of them as we drove down the slope into the town. They were on their way home with the money that they had taken at the monthly" pay," which is the custom at the Penrhyn slate quarries. They had been at work from four to ten prior to knocking off for the par, and now they were plodding homeward to hand over their money to their wives, like good husbands, no doubt most matrons will be pre- pared to say. Bethesda consists of a long High- street, the houses on one side of which are built on allarrow shelf between the road and the river, while those behind, on the other side of the hill, rise abruptly. Yet not so abruptly as to have prevented the formation of several terraces, rising one above another, of pretty stone-built cottages, which form, indeed, a kind of subsidary village by themselves, called Bryn Eglwys, the comfort and beauty of which evince a wise but rare solicitude on the part of Lord Penrhyn for the labouring population whose strong arms help to swell his revenues. Bethesda High-street was very busy as we dro?e up it about one o'clock. The moist warm air vas full of Welsh gutturals and aspirates, for scarcely any other language is spoken in the place, and often, too, were my questions met with the senfentious reply, "Dim Saesenach." Every public house was full to overflowing, and the consumption of beer was great. Yet, the con- sumption of beer was not the primary motive whiih filled the public houses. Between eleven and two o'clock some £10,000 of wages were distributed to workmen in this valley, and of that sum a very large proportion was paid out in detail inside these busy public houses. The quanymen work in crews or gangs, and the Penriyn cashiers pay (in gold and silver) to the forenan of each crew the wages which are due to the whole crew, he in turn paying his individual wage to each member of the crew. The public houses are obliging enough to keep plenty to change, which facilitates the distribution, and the rfgular practice-a very bad one, and capable surely of being altered-is for the foremen to pay the iren of their crews in the tap-rooms of the publi; houses, of which Bethesda has so many. Arouid many a deal table on which the beer jugs were 3tanding did I see a crew of quarrymen seated as the foreman arranged the little piles of silver and gold, and passed them over amid a confined jabber of noisy Welsh. Men did not sit lcng drinking after they had pocketed their money, but turned out to swell the throng in the street The men of North Wales strike me as being better favoured than those on the south of the principality, and the type strains further away from the English face and form. For the most part the quarrymen of Penrhyn are above the niddle size, broad-shouldered, and well- chested, but thin in the flank, and altogether cleaner made and more lissom than the ordinary Britor. Their clean shaven cheeks, large dark eyes aad hair, long moustache and chin-tuft—or rather what the Americans call a "goatee"- impart to them something of a foreign aspect, the impression of being in a foreign country is heightened by many other adminicles. There is the language—you do not hear ten words of Englisi in an hour then nearly all the signs are in IVelsh, and even the bills of the news- papers are in the same language, as indeed are the papers themselves. The inscriptions on the facades of the Dissenting chapels are in Welsh, as are ihe placards on the walls men shout to their lorses words, which the stranger under- stands act, and it is Dim Sassenach with the dog you try to make much of. The foreign aspect is enhanced by the costume of the old wonien-a tall pointed black hat and black spencer, such as you meet with on Sundays in the villages or the Black Forest. As for the younger women—and wonderfully pretty lots of them are with their rosy cheeks, sausy mouths, and well turned chins-they have given up the costume of their mothers, and attire themselves after the manner of the rest of their kind in this island of ours. (To be continued.)

EPITOME OF NEWS. The Carmarthen Journal records the death of Mrs. Rachel Harries, at Llangunnor, at the age of 104 years. The Rev. E. T. Smith, vicar of Cannock, has intimated his intention to join the Church of Rome. Major Bower,of the 4th(Queen's Own)regiment, was yesterday elected chief constable of the East Riding. It is probable that the threatening lock-out in South Wales will be avoided by the immediate withdrawal of the men's demands. The declared value of beer and ale exported in the nine months ending the 30th ult., was £ 1,530,100, of which £238,683 went to Australia. Marshal Bazaiue is in such ill health that it is feared he will die before the indictment against him can be drawn up. On Tuesday evening a banquet was given to Sir Antonio Brady, Mr. Hansard, Dr. Millar, and Mr. Claybont, promoters of the Bethnal- green Museum. Mr. Thomas Lloyd Evans, assistant to Dr. Steel, of Blaenavon Ironworks, was presented with an address on vellum, and a purse containing £ 61 by the inhabitants of the town, last week. The United Coalmasters' Association of South Staffordshire has threatened to lock-out fifty thousand men in consequence of a demand for increased wages by the engine tenders. The Llanfair silver lead mines in the parish of Llanfairclydogau, in the county of Cardigan, are going to be reopened, after being closed ten years. The Surveyor of Holywell has been requested to abate a nuisance on his own premises. Perhaps he was so busy looking after other peo- ple that he had no time to attend to his own residence. A combined movement has been commenced amongst the workmen in the Sheffield trades for the purpose of erecting works and manufactories on their own account. It is said that the scheme is planned to extend throughout the whole of the local trades, and that it is supported by the unions. At Berwick-on-Tweed on Sunday night, Mr. Emil Giesler, a German, was endeavouring to enter a carriage of a train which had begun to move, when he was thrown under the wheels. It was found necessary to amputate his arm. One of his feet was also injured. The Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers attended the anniversary of the Knottingley Branch of the Wesleyan Missionary Society on Monday, and in an address to the meeting bore testimony, from personal observation, to the beneficent results of missionary enterprise in the colonies. There have been very heavy floods in the neigh- bourhood of Mold, caused by the incessant rain. At the Police Court, Shrewsbury, on Thursday, Henry Dodd was charged with being drunk and threatening to drown a little boy. The man was fined ten shillings!

AR BRIODAS MR. WILLIAM JONES. BREWER, A MISS AMELIA HORTON, GOVERNESS, BRITISH SCHOOL, LLANGOLLEN. I William a'i Amelia-am oes mwy Eu mis mel fo 'n para; Hi 'n wraig siriol, ddoniol, dda, Yntau 'n wr o 'r tynera'. Their love through life may prove an evergreen, Though stormy clouds perchance float in their sky, A rainbow of contentment-sweet, serene, To cheer each fleeting hour as passing by. TALIESYN 0 EIFION. • IT

THE MARKETS. LLANGOLLEN MARKET, SATURDAY. The quotations were as follows :— s. d. s. d White wheat (per 751b. bush.) 9 3 to 9 9 Red wheat 8 9 to 9 9 Malting barley 6 6 to 7 0 Grinding do 5 0 to 5 6 Oats (per 38 quarts) 3 3 to 4 6 Peas (per kernel).; 0 0 to 0 0 Beef (per lb.) 0 9 to 0 10 Mutton ditto 0 7 to 0 8 Veal ditto 0 7 to 0 8 Lamb ditto 0 7 to 0 8 Pork ditto 0 7 to 0 8 Butter ditto 0 0 to 1 4 Eggs 0 to 12 for 1 0 Potatoes per measure 0 0 to 6 0 Fowls (per couple) 3 0 to 3 6 Ducks do. 4 6 to 5 0 Pigeons ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Soles (per lb.) 0 0 to 1 0 Salmon ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Apples (per hundred) 3 0 to 4 0 Plums (per qrt.) 0 0 to 0 6 Winberries ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Onions do 0 0 to 0 1 Cherries (per lb.) 0 0 to 0 0 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—TUESDAY. Only a limited amount of business resulted in wheat, at a decline of ld. to 2d. per cental since this day week. Flour quiet, with little change in value. Barley scarce, and previous prices fully supported. Peas steady. Beans rather better to buy. Oats and oatmeal easier. Indian corn taken only to a moderate extent, and previous rates hardly maintained. OSWESTRY, WEDNESDAY. Wheat (per 751b.) 9s 3d to 9s 9d; barley (per 38 quarts) 6s 6d to 7s Od; Oats ditto 3s 3d to 4s 6d, butter, Is 3d to Is 4d per lb; eggs 00 or 12 for Is fowls, 4s 6d to 5s Od per couple; ducks, Os Od to 5s per couple hares, Os Od to Os Od each; rabbits, Os Od to Os Od per couple potatoes, per measure, Os Od to Oil Od new ditto, 5 Ibs for 6d. WREXHAM, THURSDAY. Wheat, 8s 9d to 9s 9d per bushel; barley,5s od tv 5s 8d; oats, 3s. 9d to 4s Od; butter, Is Id to Is 3d per 18 oz beef, Od to OOd per lb mutton, Od to 00d per lb pork, Od to Od per lb; eggs, 9 to 11 for Is fowls, 3s Od to 3s 6d per couple; Potatoes, 9s Od to 10s. Od. per measure. WHITCHURCH, FRIDAY. Wheat per 751b, 9s 6d to 9s 9d; barley per 38 quarts 5s 2d to 5s 6d; oats per 501bs, Os Od to Os Od; beef, 9d to 9td per lb; mutton, 9d to lOd; pork, Od to Od, fowls, 3s Od to 4s Od per couple ducks, 4s Od to 4s 6d per couple butter, Is 9d to Is lid per.dish of 20 oz. eggs, 00 to 11 for Is. WELLINGTON, THURSDAY. Wheat per 751b, 9s 4d to 10s Od; barley, per 39 qrts. 5s 4d to 6s Od oats per Use 101b, 19s Od to 21s 6d beans per 12se., 20s Od to 21s 6d. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY. White wheat 10s Od to 10s 5d per 751b red, 9s 4d to 9s 9d oats, per Use 101b, 19s 6d to 23s Od beans, per 12sc. 19s6d to 23s Od; barley, malting, per 38 qrs, 6a 6d to 7s 2d; grinding per 13sc 101b., 00s to OOs malt per imperial bushel, 8s 2d to 8s 6d. MARKET DRAYTON, WEDNESDAY. Wheat, red, 8s 9d to 9s Od per bushel of 751b; ditto white 9s Od to 9s 6d; barley, Os Od to 58 4d per 38 qt oats, 4s Od to 4s 6d per 501bs. RHOSYMEDRE, SATURDAY. Beef, 7td to 8td per lb; mutton, 9d to lOd; veal, 7td to 8td; pork, 7d to 8d; bacon, 6d to 7d; cheese, 7d to 9d eggs, 00 to 14 for a Is; butter, 18 Id to Is 2d per lb; fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple; new potatoes, 2d per lb. CEFN MAWR, SATURDAY. Beef, Od to Od; mutton, 9d to lOd lamb, Od to Od; pork, 7td to 8d; veal, Od to Od per lb; eggs, 12 for a shilling; cheese, 7d to 8d; bacon, 7d to 8d; potatoes 51b for 6d; butter Os Od to Is itd per lb.

COURTING, MARRYING, AND LIVING.-[A Lecture read at upwards of 700 public meetings in Great Britain and the United States, by the Rev. R. G. Jones, late of Merthyr Tydvil.] This Lecture haa been spoken of in the highest terms of approval by many thousands of those who have read it. One emi- nent Reviewer said he did not know how Sixpence could be laid out to better advantage than in the purchase of this book. It is sold wholesale in London by Brace, Brace, & Co., Red Liqp Court, Fleet Street, and by Hughes & Son, Wrexham. Copies may be had, in English or Welsh, free per post in exchange for 6 penny stamps, from J. Pryse, "Telegraph" Office, Llanidloes.

MRS. ROGERS, CWMAVON, ON A VISIT TO MRS. SWAN, CROCICHUBERT TOWN, NEAll CARDIFF. (Reported by one present.) Scene:—MRS. SWAN'S HOUSE. MRS. ROGERS—Dear me, Mrs. Swan, how your children have improved since you were with them at Cwmavon; they used to bo so weak and thin and pale, but now they seem so lively and robust that I can hardly believe them to be the same children. MRS. SWAN—Well, yes, you know, I took Willie to the doctor, but he did him no good. We always thought that they were troubled with worms, so I went to a chemist in Cardiff with the intention of buying a box of Williams's Pontardawe Worm Lozenges, but he fairly persuaded me that he had some exactly the same, so I bought a few and gave them to my children, but I saw no worms. In about three or four weeks afterwards I was coming up Bate-street and saw a bill in a chemist's window about Williams's Pontardawe Worm Lozenges, so I bought a Is. ltd. box and gave them my children and would you believe it, the heaps of worms my children got rid of, some small thin, others round and as long as my arm. I should think that Willie alone got rid of 100 worms. Mrs. ROGERS-Well, I have been deceived in the same way, but how foolish we must be to listen to such superficial deception, for how do they know what is in Williams's Pontardawe Worm Lozenges it is not likely the proprietor is going to tell them the fact of the matter is that the Pontardawe Lozenges are com- posed of expensive ingredients, and therefore do not allow a large profit, and they make a commom. sort that will yield plenty of profit. Mrs. SWAN (searching)—I had a testimonial with the box I bought in Bate-street. Oh! here it is (reading) Fuller's Terrace, Swansea, June 14, 1871. Dear Sir,—Now in my 56th summer I could not believe that there were such extraordinary and effective medicine for Worms as ""Williams's Pontardawe Worm Lozenges." I gave them to my grandchildren who live with Die in my house; one, a little girl 11 years old, got rid of ninety-three large round worms after a few doses of votv- Lozenges another, nine years, got rid of forty-five round und hundreds of small thread worms a third, six years aiid five months, who was losing flesh, and had been given ap, got rid of seventy-nine round worms. They are all wonderfully improved. I believe Williams's Lozenges to be the very remedy adapted by nature for destroying worms in the human body. We tried a 7|d. box of another kind with no effect, so I should caution people to be eyeful to get the right sort.—Youl's very respectfully, J. LEWIS. Mrs. Rogers-I must have a 9td, box, when I get home, for little Fanny, I am sure sh/s got worms for she is always picking her nose aid complaining of pain in her bowels. Mrs. SWAN-Yes, those are si/ns of worms, but. when you buy you must mind to see that the words "Williams's Worm Lozenges a-'e engraved on the stamp. Mrs. ROGERS—Mr. Evans sel]; them, I know so I can depend upon him not deceiv-ng me. VALUABLE DISCOVERY FcPo THE HAIR !—A very nicely perfumed hair dressing called The Mexican Hair Renewer, now being slId by most Chemists and Perfumers at 3s. 6d. per bot/lp, is fast superseding all Hair Restorers"—four it Mill positively restore in every case Grey or Whiti'hair to its original colour, by a few applications, without dyeing it, or leaving the disagreeable smell of t'ost Restorers." It makes the hair charmingly be;Qtiful, as well as promoting the growth on bald spot'' where the hair glands are not decayed. Certificate from Dr. Versmann on every bottle, with full particrars. Ask for "THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER," p^pared by H. C. GALLUP, 493 Oxford Street, Londoj- I

A BISHOP'S ADVICE TO THE GIRLS.—Speaking at a working-class meeting the other day, Dr. Fraser said-If a working man earning 30s. per week z, would limit his expenditure to 25s., and put 5s. away every week in the postoffice savings bank, he would soon be a rich man; and if young mar- rying girls cared to listen to the advice of an old bachelor bishop, he would say, Don't listen to any young chap who comes courting you, 'let him be never so winsome,' unless he can put you in a house decently stocked with good furniture, and has besides £ 50 in the savings bank." If they had that, they started life fairly but if they had not,they started life unfairly,and under increasing difficulties as those little pledges of mutual affec- tion kept on multiplying. ROBBERY FROM A NEWSROOM.—A few days since, a "gentleman" professing high moral sentiments, who had for ten years been a member of one of the leading newsrooms in Liverpool, was detected in the act of stealing newspapers. For some time newspapers and periodicals had been missed from the room, and suspicion falling upon the individual in question he was watched, and was caught with no fewer than six papers in his pocket. Had some wretched street arab crept into the room and stolen the papers in order to procure a meal, he would probably have been brought before the stipendiary magistrate and been sent to gaol; but as the thief was in this case a gentleman," the committee consi- dered that he would be sufficiently punished by being expunged from the list of subscribers to the room.

MANUFACTURE OF COCOA, CACAOINE, AND CHOCOLATE.—"We will now give an accouut of the process adopted by Messrs. James Epps & Co., manufacturers of dietetic articles, at their works in the Euston Road, London.See Article in Part 19 of Cassell's Household Guide. 590-641. "A VISIT TO EPPS'S COCOA MANUFACTORY.— Through the kindness of Messrs. Epps, I recently had an opportunity of seeing the many complicated and varied processes the Cacoa bean passes through ere it is sold for public use, and, being interested and highly pleased with what I saw during my visit to the manufactory, I thought a brief account of the Cacao, and the way it is manufactured by Messrs. Epps, to fit it for a wholesome and nutritious beverage, might be of interest to the readers of Land and Water.' See Article in Land and Water," October 14. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.-GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING.—"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which governthe operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa,Mr. Epps,has pro- vided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors'bills." -Oivil Service Gazette. Made simply with Boiling Water or Milk. Each packet is labelled-" JAMES Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London." Also makers of Epps's Cacaoine, a very thin beverage for evening use. BROWN'S BRONCIAL TROCHES, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Asthmas Catarrh, or any irritation or soreness of the throat are now imported and sold in this country at Is. lid, per box, put up in the form of a lozenge." It is the most convenient, pleasant, safe and sure remedy for clearing and strengthening the voice known in the world. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says I have often recommended them to friends who were public speakers, and in many cases they have proved ex- tremely serviceable." The genuine have the words "Brown's Broncial Troches" on the Government Stamp around each box. Sold by all medicine vendors -London Depot, 493 Oxford Street FLORILINE !—For the Teeth and Breath.-A few drops of the liquid "Floriline" sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, which thor- oughly cleanses the Teeth from all Parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents Tartar, stops decay, gives to the Teeth a peculiar pearly whitness and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unp'easant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. The Fragrant Floriline is purely vegetable, and the greatest Toilet discovery of the age. May be had of any respectable Chemist or Perfumerin the world, at 2s. 6d. per bottle. Prepared by H. C. Gallup, 493 Oxford Street, London. See certificate of Dr. Attfield on every bottle MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN. Should always be used when Children are cutting teeth; it relieves the little sufferers at once, it pro" duces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as a button." It is perfectly harmless, and very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhcea, whether arising from teething or other causes. ^Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is sold by thousands of Medicine dealers in all part of the world at Is. ltd. per bottle, and Millions of Mothers can testify to its virtue—Manufactory, 493, Oxford Street, London.

LATEST TELEGRAMS. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) LLANGOLLEN ADVERTISER OFFICE, Thursday Evening. The Bank directors have made no alteration In the official rate of discount. The Echo's New York correspondent telegraphs that the Emperor of Germany has signed the award, in the San Juan question, in favour of the United States. The trial of Ellen Day Kettle for the murder of her husband's previous wife commenced to- day, at Chelmsford, before Baron Martin. Prisoner's husband was a labourer in the employ of prisoner's father within four months of first wife's death. Prisoner was married to Kettle, and in a short time was formed to be pregnant. She was delivered of a child during the progress of the last trial, which was consequently post- poned. Sergeant Parry defended the prisoner. Evidence shewed the prisoner had on several occasions taken beer to the deceased woman, and all who partook of it became ill. The trial is expected to last over to-morrow.

JStrttjs, iQavrtagcs, anb mratbs. BIRTHS. Oct. 13th, the wife of Mr. H. Ellis, Glau'raf on, Llanfyllin, of a son. Oct. 17th, the wife of John Thomas Jones, Esq., sur- geon, Brookside, Llanfyllin, of a son. Oct. 19th, the wife of the Rev. Lewis Lewis, Rector of Dolgelley, of a son. Oct. 17th, the wife of Mr. Joseph Lloyd Owes, schoolmaster, Llandrillo, of a son. Oct. 16th, the wife of the Rev. Reginald Hughes, Vicarage, Glyn Ceiriog, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Oct. 18th, at Rehoboth Chapel, Llangollen, by Mr. Hugh Jones, in the presence of Mr. Roberts, Dolywem, (the deputy registrar,) Mr. Thomas Morris, son of Mr. John Morris, Cwm-bach, Llanarmon-oeiriog, to Mar- garet, daughter of Mr. William Jones, Four Crosses, near Corwen. Oct. 18th, at Holy Trinity Church, West Bromwich, by licenae, by the Rev. W. L. Ward, B.A., Mr. William Jones, third son of Thomas Jones, Esq., Berth- lafar, Bala, to Amelia, youngest daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., Birmingham-road, West Bromwich. DEATHS. Oct. 19th, aged 55, Mr. Daniel Hughes, Pengwera Square, Brook-street, Llangollen. Oct. 22nd, aged 9, Thomas Owen, son of Mr. Isaao Jones, Vivod, near Llangollen. Oct. 17th, aged 54, Mrs. Gwen Evans, Waunrydd, Llandrillo. Oct. 14th, Mr. John Griffiths, Pontradin, near Llan. fyllin. Oct. 17th, aged 60,at Mr. W. R. Jones's, 3,Claramont. hill, Shrewsbury, Edward Hughes, Esq., of Coeddol, Llanwrin, near Machynlleth. Oct. 11th, aged 10, Mr. John Jones, Cae Iaga, late of Ty'nyfron, Llandderfel. Oct. 18th, aged 65, at Bryn-Morwydd, John Price, Esq., of Llanrhaiadr Hall, Denbigh, late of the Tower, Llangollen. Oct. 15th, at New-road, Holywell, Sarah, wife of Mr. John Vaughan, formerly of Newtown.