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PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES In Parliament.—Session 1875-6. GORSEDDA JUNCTION AND PORTMADOC RAILWAYS. (Increase of Capital Borrowing Powers: Power to maintain existing Railways in the Parishes of Ynyscynhaiarn and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and County of Carnarvon and to relinquish a portion of Railway in the last mentioned Parish: Power to lay down a line of rails for a siding or sidings in the first mentioned Parish: Compulsory purcnase of lands: Tolls Traffic and other arrangements with and running powers over the Railway or the Festiniog Railway Coiupany Power to increase the number of Directors Amendment of Acts and other purposes) "VroTlCE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application N is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing N is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing £ «;nn bv the Qorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railways Company for have to bring in a Bill and to pass an Act tn enable the Gorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railways Company (hereinafter called the Company) to ra13e addi- tional Capital by the issue of new shares or new stock either ordinary guaranteed or preferential and on mort- "\7e or bond and to issue Debenture Stock in lieu of the Canital raised or already authorized or to be authorized by the intended Act to he raised on mortgage or lioticl and to apply as well for the purposes of the Bill as for those of the Gorsedda Junction and Portraudoc Kaiiways Act 1872 (hereinafter called the Act of 18/2) any capital or funds now or hereafter belonging to the Company. And also to enable the Company to maintain two existing Railways namely 1 A Railway nine chains and four yaras or tnereaoouts in length wholly in the Parish of Ynyscynhaiarn and County of Carnarvon commencing at a Junction with the Croesor and Portmadoc Railway opposite or near the Gas Works at Portmadoc in the said County of Carnarvon and terminating at a point on the line of the Railway late of the Bangor and Port- madoc Sl;<te aud Slate Slab Company Limited by the Act of 1872 authorized to be taken and maintained by the Company nine chains and four yards or thereabouts measured along the centre line of the Railway now in description ditant from the aforesaid junction and 10 chains and 14 yards or thereabouts measured along the centre line of the said Kai*f late of the Bangor and Portmadoc Slate and blate Slab Company Limited distant from the level cross- ing of such last mentioned Railway over the Cam- brian Railway at or near Portmadoc aforesaid. 2 A Kail wav 12 chains 11 yards and 1 foot or thereabouts in length wholly in the Parish of Llanfihangel-y- Pennant and County of Carnarvon commencing in ■Rratchvbib at junction with the said Railway late of the Bangor and Portmadoc Slate and Slate Slab Company Limited and terminating in Braichybib aforesaid at a point on the line of the new Railway authorized by the Act of 1872 twelve Chains 11 yards and 1 foot or thereabouts measured along the centre line of the Railway now in description distant from the said junction. Together with the Stations ap- proaches bridges sidings roads yards works and con- veniences belonging to the said existing Railways respectively And to enable the Company to relinquish such portion of the said new Railway authorized by the Act of 1872 as as intended to lie between the last mentioned point; and the junction at another point in Braichybib aforesaid with the said Railway late of the said Bangor and Portmadoc lalte and blate Slab Company Limited for which portion of Railway so to be relinquished the existing Railway secondly above mentioned has been substituted and which Portion of Railway to be relinquished was intended to lie Wholly in the said Parish of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant in the sa.id County of Carnarvon And also to enable the Company for the purposes of a Siding or sidings from the said Railway late of the Bangor and Portmadcc -Slate and Slate Slab Company Limited to lay down maintain and use a line of rails wholly in the Parish of Ynyscynhaiarn and County of Carnarvon com- mencing at a p int on the last mentioned Railway distant 95 links or thereabouts measured along the centre line of such Railway in a north westerly direction from the said crossing over the Cambrian Railway and terminating at the liorth Western side of the ,ud crossing. onfer And it is al»o prop necessary powers to effect the ob- on the Company »ome o{ them that is to 9ay_ 116To t::Xp up alter or divert whether temporarily or permanently all such turnpike and other roads and highways footways rivers streams and watercourses as it mly be uectssary to cross stop up alttr or divert by reason or for the purpose of the maintenance of the said existing Railways or the laying down and Maintenance of the said line of rails or any of the Y, w0rks connected therewith respectively. -4-0 purchase and take by compulsion or otherwise lands houses and other property for the purposes of the said existing Railways and the said line of rails and the works thereof respectively and all legal and equitable estates reversions remainders and interests of any persons in such lands houses and property and to alter vary or extinguish all existing rights and Privileges connected with the said lands houses and property or which would in any manner interfere with or impede the maintenance and use of the said exist- ing Railways and works or any of them or the laying down and maintenance of the said line of rails and to confer other rights and privileges. To levy tolls rates and duties for or in respect of the use of the said existing Railways and the said line of rails and works, to alter existing tolls rates and duties, to confer exemptions from the payment of tolls rates and duties and to confer vary or extinguish other rights and privileges To enable the Company to run over work and use the Festiniog Railway or part. thereof and all Stations Sidings loads works and conveniences belonging thereto respectively on such terms and conditions as may be agreedupou or as in case of difference shall be settled by the Board of Trade or by Arbitration or defined by the intended Act and 'to compel the affording of all reasonable facilitiea for those pur- noses and to enabte the Company to levy toll* rates d duties for or in respect of traffic carried by them fh« Festiniog Bailway and to confer exemptions f Vm th- payment of such tolls rates and duties and to confer vary or extinguish other rights and privi- leges relating to such traffic. To enable the Company and the Festimog Railway Company to enter inf) agreements for the manage- ment use working and maintenance of the Rai ways and Works of the Company (including the Rail. ways and Works by the intended Act to be authorized to be maintained and used) or any part thereof the supply of any rolling or working stock' and of Officers and Servants and the laving down of new rails for the conduct of the traffic on the said railways and works of the Company the payments to be made and the conditions to be performed with Aspect to the matters aforesaid the interchange ac- commodation conveyance and delivery of traffic from Or destined for the Railways of the Company and the Railway of the Festiniog Railway Company or any Railway Wharf or Yard belonging or leased to or worked by them and the fixing and the division between such Companies of the receipts aridag from such traffic and to confirm any existing agree- ments with reference to any of the objects and pur- poses aforesaid. To enable the Company from time to time to increase the number of its Directors To alter amend extend and enlarge and if need be to repeal the powers and provisions of the following Act relating to the Company that is to say local and personal Act 35 and 36 Victoria Chapter 155 and any other Acts relating to the Company and also of the following Acts relating to the Fe3tiniog Railway Company that is to say Local and Personal Acts 2nd William IV Chapter 48 1st and 2nd Victoria Chapter 80 and 32 and 33 Victoria Chapter 141 and any other Acts relating to that Company To confer upon the Company and upon landowners of settled Estates and other persons having limited interests in lands or the husbands guardians trustees or committees or such persons all such powers rights I and privileges as may be necessary for carrying into complete and full effect the objects and purposes aforesaid or other the objects and purposes of the Bill And Notice is Hereby Given that Duplicate Phns and sections of the said two existing Railways and of the said line of rails and works and of the lands houses and other Property proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof respectively together with Books of Reference to such ^spective plans containing the names of the owners or the reputed Owners Lessees or reputed lessees and ^ccupieib of such lands houses and property together with Ordnance Map with the lines of the 9 ud existing rail- ways and of the said proposed line of rails dehneatj'd ttwe- a^d a, copy of this Notice as published in tl e London gazette will be deposited on or before the 30th day^ of ^ovembe;- instant with the Clerk of the Peace for the C°Uuty of Carnarvon at his Office in Carnarvon in trie 8ai(l Couuty and that a copy of so much of the said rians 5^d Sections and Books of Reference as relates to the several "wishes in ot through which the said existing Railways lie ?t in ov ihrouah which the said line of rails is to be laid or n. which Ü", lands houses and property proposed to be are u+uited and als^ a copy of this Notice as pub- ,l8ht>d in the London Gazette will on or before the said 30th d^y 0r November instant be deposited with the Parish Clerk of each such parish at his place of abode. And Noiiec is Hereby Given that printed copies of the ^r°poeed Bui will on or before the 21st day of December Jjext bo denosite d in the private Bill Office of the House of °Inlb,QnH. Dated this 10th day of November 1875. J. T. DAVIES, 38, iloorgate-street. 38, in the City of London. Solicitor for the Bill. CRU3E AND SANDES, 23, Parliament-street, S. W., Parliamentary Agents. j CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS. (New Railway and Pier at Porthdinlleyn Additional Capital; Purchase of Land, &c.; Amendment of Acts.) "VTOTICE is Hereby Given, that application is in- J3I tended to.be made to Parliament in the next session, by the Cambrian Railways Company (hereinafter called The Company,") for an Act, to authorize and empower the Company, either by reviving, amending, and making ap- plicable to the Company the powers granted to the Aberyst- with and Welsh Coast Railway Company (now amalga- mated with the Company by ''The Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Act, 1862," hereinafter called The Act of 1862,") or by conferring new powers, or pai tly in one way and partly in the other, to make and ma ntain the follow- ing railway and pier, with all proper appr aches, stations, works, and conveniences connected therewith respectively (that is to say) 1- A railway, cc Bimencmg by a junction with the Com- pany's railway at Pwllheli at a point in the parish of Abereirch, in the county of Carnarvon, situate 140 yards in a north-easterly direction from the north- east corner of the present station building there, pass- ing thence from, in, through,or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places follow- ing, or some of them (that is to say) :-Abereircii, Denio, Pwllbeli, Llanor, Penrhjs, Llanhhangel- Bachellaeth, Boduan, Ceidio, Llandudwen, Edeyrn, Nevin, and Porthdinlleyn, all in the county of Car- narvon, and terminating at Porthdinlleyn Hirbour, in the parishes of Edeyrn and Nevin or one of them, in the I county of Carnarvon on the sea. beach, at or near a rock called Careg-yr-afr. 2-A pier upon the sea beach near the rock called Careg- yr-afr, commencing by a junction with the said in- tended railway, at or near the terminaticn thereof at Porthdynlleyn Harbour, and extending thence in a sea, ward or north-westerly or westerly direction fifty yards or thereabouts, which said pier will be situate in the county of Carnarvon, and in the said parishes of Edeyrn and Nevin or one of them, or on or in the sea beach or sea adjoining thereto. And it is also proposed to revive such of the powers given by the Act of 1862 as may be requisite, or to take new powers for effecting the following or some of the following purposes, viz.— To lay down, use, and maintain a line or lines of rails upon the said pier, and to cross, stop up, alter or divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike and other roads, and highways, footways, railways. tramways, streets, rivers, streams, canals, reservoirs, navigations, ferries, or bridges, as it may be necessary to cross, stop up, alter or divert, by reason or for the purposes of the construction of the said intended rail- way and pier, and of the works connected therewith respectively. And to purchase and take lands and buildings by com- pulsion or agreement for the purposes of the said in- tended railway, pier, and works, and to vary or ex- tinguish all existing rights and privileges in any man- ner connected with the lands and buildings to oe pur- chased or taken for the purposes aforesaid, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the con- struction, maintenance, or use of the said intended rail- way, pier, and works, or any of them, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties upon or in respect of the said intended railway, pier, and works, and to alter existing tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish ex- emptions from payment of the same, and to confer other rights and privileges. And to enable the Company to apply for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, any portion of their existing capital, or to raise by the creation of shares or stock, or by mortgage of their undertaking, such further capital as may be necessary for such purposes, and to attach to all or any of the shares so to be created such privileges as the Company may think tit, or as may be provided for by the intended Act. And to empower the Company to purchase by agreement from landowners, including the Crown, public bodies, corporations, and others, any flooded unenclosed waste or other lands which such landowners, public bodies, corporations, and others may be willing to sell, and as may be contiguous to the railway and works of the Company, or any of them, or any part thereof, and to empower the Company to drain, reclaim, inclose, and re-sell such lands, and to apply from time to time their corporate funds in furtherance and for the purpo.es of such objects a? aforesaid, and to remove all dwabilitJes^ if anv in connection with the sales of such land to and r-sale bv the Company. And to alter, enlarge, vary, or repeai aU or some of the powers and provisions of the several Acts following, or some of them, that is to say, Local and Personal Acts 24 and 25 Vict. cap. 181; 25 and 26 Vict. caps. :176 and 212; 26 and 27 Vict. caps. 141 and 179 27 and 28 Vict. cap. 97,147,161, 262, and 263 28 and 29 Vict. caps. 277, 283, and 291; 29 and 30 Vict. cap. 334; 30 and 31 Vict, cap, 137 and 31 and 32 Vict. cap. 177 relating to the Company and the Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Company (now amalgamated with the Company), or one of them, also The Cambrian Railways Act, 1875, and all other Acts, if any, relating to the Company or their undertaking. A plan and section in duplicate of the proposed railway and pier, and of all lands which may be taken under the compulsory powers of the Act, a book of reference to the plan, and a published map with the proposed line of railway delineated thereon, shewing its general course and direction. will be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Carnarvon, at his office in the town of Carnarvon in that county, and a copy of so much of the said plan, section, and book of reference as relates to any parish or extra-parochial place, will be deposited, in the case of a parish, with the Parish Clerk of such parish, at his residence, and in the case of an extra-parochial place, with the Pariah Clerk of an adjoining parish, at his resi- dence, and each such deposit will be made on or before the 30th November instant, and will be accompanied by a. copy of this notice. Printed copies of the Bill for effecting the objects speci- fied in this notice, or some of them, will be deposited in the Private Bill Offise of the House of Commons, on or before the 2st day of December in the present year.—Dated the 1st day of November, 1875. H. CHRISTIAN CORFIELD, Oswestry, Salop, Solicitor for the Bill. SHERWOOD, GRUBBE, PRITT, and CAMERON, 7, Great George-street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents.

ROBBERY OF PLATE AT WREXHAM. APPREHENSION AT LIVERPOOL. The Liverpool police have succeeded in apprehending a man who is supposed to have been concerned in several burglaries recently committed in the neighbourhood of Wrexham. William Rowlands, alias Wrexham Bill" at- tempted on Friday, November 19, to dispose of some siiver plate at a shop in School-lane. The shopkeener, thinking the plate had not been honestly procured, called in the police, and Rowlands was taken into custody. Some other articles of plate were found upon him, and it was ascer- tained that they were the proceeds of a burglary committed on Thursday last at the house of Margaret Rogers, near Wrexham. Rowlands is also suspected of other robberies of the same kind. Inspector Wyld, of the Wrexham ) police, arrived in Liverpool on Friday, and took his prisoner .1 to Wrexham on Saturday.

A YOUTHFUL DICK TURPIN. At the Liverpool Police Court, on Monday, November 22, Arthur Wilson, a lad of 14, was charged with burglary. The prisoner was employed by a Liverpool cutler, named Richardson, and on the night of the 7th October the shop was broken into, and the cash box, which contained about £60. was stolen. The prisoner absconded two days after- wards, and was not heard of until a few days ago, when he was apprehended at Paris. Two handsomely mounted re- volvers and a hundred cartridges were found upon him, and at the time of his arrest he was booted, spurred, and ready to mount a pony which he had hired. He had been staying at the Hotel de Rome, and had taken a number of riding lessons. In his possession were found several sensational dramas and stories of highwaymen, and it was evident he was about to take to the road" in order to replenish his purse, which contained only six francs. He was committed for trial at the Assizes.

THE CHURCH TIMES ON THE DENBIGH i: REREDOS AWARD. A remarkable quotation has been sent us. It is from a sermon preached by Biahop Latimer at Grimsthorpe in 1552, and it is as follows:—" The devil came once into the church whilst the priest was saying Mass and when hq was at these words, Et Homo f actus est, the devil lool-ed about him, and seeing no man kneel down or bow his knees, he strake one of them on the face, saying, What will vou not rev- erence Him for this great beuefit which U* 1: you ? I tell you, if He had taken upon Him our nature ai He bath taken upon Him yours, we would more reverence Him than ye do!' It may be presumed that Latimer would not have repeated this curious legend, if be hnd sup- posed there was anything Popish, superstitious, or contrary to sound doctrine in the usage in question and yet 1552 was the year in which the Church of England reached the very lowest depth of Protestant- ism to which it has been fated to descend.— It is desirable to recall this passage from Latimer when we read theaward in the Denbigh reredos case. As we understand it,tbe arbitrators (Dr Deane and Dr Stephens) bave rejected as illegal the central panel, which represented the Cruci- fixion. The ground upon which they have arrived at this astonishing conclusion is because the group contained figures kneeling around the Cross, and it was thought that persons might bs stimulated thereby to do the like It appears, then, to be thought that there is grave heresy in the verse Crucified, we Thee adore The outrageous Soci- pianism of the award must be apparent to every one and we commend to its learned authors this story ef Bishop Jjatimer which after all does no more than embody in a parable the Scripture statement that the very Devils be- lieve and tremble which it seems is a good deal more than oar modern Scribes and Pharisees do.

TRIAL OF WAIN WRIGHT. The trial of Wainwright was resumed on Tuesday. William Adams, the cabman, who conveyed Henry Wain- wright and Alict Day to the borough, repeated his evidence. Alice Day then narrated her acquaintance with Henry Wainwright during the last five years, but denied that any impropriety had ever taken place. The meeting with him on Sept. 11 was accidental. Inspector Fox gave the account of his search at Whitecbapel road. The Lord Chief Justice compared the hair taken from the body with that found in the grave and observed that one was rather darker than the other, but it was stated that one portion had been partially cleaned.—In cross-examination witness said there was no truth in a statement which ;vpp-<,red in the Weekly Despatch. Henry Wainwright had made a confession implicating Thomas. The Lorvl Chief Justice said he was glad the statement bad not been Lrber circulated. It was highly improper. Inspector Macdonald proved finding two buttons in the grave. Mr Allen, son-in-law of John Lane, produced some buttons subsequently taken from deceased's box, which corresponded exactly with those. Ellen Wilmore detailed the circumstances of her acquaintance with Harriet Lane, aud produced the letter from the Charing Cross Hotel, sianed E. Fri-ke, and letters from Henry Wainwright, threatening to do nothing for the children if she continued to annoy him. She also identified the box in which thp buttons were tdind as deceased's. The children were still with witness, Klizibeth Taylo* sister of deceased, said that the remains, especially the hair, were like her sister's, George William Rogers identified the letter from Charing Cross as in Thos. W"Ù:lwríg-ht's handwriting. Miss Wilmore, re-called, identified the ear-riugs found in the grave as like these worn by deceased. The Court then adjourned. The trial was continued r Wednesday, Nov. 24, the evidence mainlv going to show t'l it the mutilated remains were those of Harriet Lane. j

RUSSIA AND TUh'KEY St. Petersburg, Tuesday.—Th" Jov.rnil de St. Pe*ershoro of Tuesday, referring to an article published in a. London weekly paper on Sunday last, urging the Biitish Govern- ment. to send a fl"et to the Borphoi'iit »n the event of the in Austrian or .4 nffo-Ru^ian ultimatum to Turkey, accompanied h" am occupation of the H-izugovina, says, "The article in question is a mere academical specu- lation, as of course nether an upon Turk"" by the Northern Powers nor an arbitrary occupation of Turki-h territory by Au?tm and Russia would be in harmony with the relations at present ex-sting between the different States. Nnrhing but the united act;r. of all the powers is conceivable."

_FROM THE PAPERS. The Vice-President of the United States Republic, Mr i Henry Wilson, died on Monday morning, November 22nd. An Itahan expedition for exploring the interior of Africa is to set out in Jafliiary, and be absent three years. At a meeting held in London on Thursday, Nov. lS'.h, it was resolved that the Cheque Bank Companv (Limited) should be voluntarily wound up. Arbitration has been agreed to by the Northumbt rland coalownera and miners in the dispute which has arisen re-pr-ctiug a proposal to reduce wages by 20 per cent. Mr Cavendish Bentinck bag issued an address to the elec- tors of Whitehaven offering himself for re-election on his appointment as Judge Advocate General. At a conference between the Durham colliery owners and miners, held at Newcastle on Monday, November 22 it was agreed to refer the proposed reduction of 20 per cent. iu wages to arbitration. The United Service Gazette learns thaf. amongst other clnng^s contemplated in the Cabinet, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr Ward Hunt, is about to retire from that im- portant post. The trial of the brothers Henry and Thomas Wainwright, for the murder of Harriet Lane, was commenced on Mon- day, November 22, at the Old Bailey, before the Lord Chief .Justice. A firm of lady solicitors has opened chambers at 38. Chaaccry-i Lne, London, and successfully competes for business with the astonished mile firms. A telegrp.m has been received at the Colonial Office an nouncing that troops had marched from the Residency and shelled the stockades at the villages where Mr Birch was murdered. A detachment of the 80th regiment left Singa- pore last Thursday for Perak. Mr Banks, of the Labuur League, is in communication with gentlemen of influence with a view to establish a Le %ue c(ilonv in Canada- It is proposed to raise a fund of £10,000 in shares, and the preliminarv woik will be Com- menced almost immediately. A fire occurred on Friday night, November 19, at Glass Houghtoa Collieries, near Leeds, and cjnsiderable damage was dope, especially to the wood work and head gediin. before it could be subdued. Ninety men who were at work were imprisoned below for fifteen hours, and were all res- cued, though many were in an exhausted condition. The London co-respondent of the Manchester Guardian believes that compulsory attendance at elementary schools is to form portion of the Ministerial programme for next session. A report is current, indeed, that the Education Department aiready have under consideration a measure in connection with this special object. The first trial of the 81-ton gun subsequent to the proof took place on Thursday, November 18;h, at the royal arsenal, Woolwich. The shot weighed 1,260 lbs., the charge of powder was 220 Ib., and the velocity was 1,525 feet per second. The crusher gauges showed an expansive force of twenty-five tons per square inch. A special telegram from a correspondent at Rangoon states that the conspiracy there has been much exaggera- ted. It was merely a wild plot, which has created no alairo, and in no way interfered with trade. A telegram from Calcutta states that the Government attaches no political significance to the matter. In conseqnence of the refusal of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester to grant the use of the Cathedral for the trien- nial musical festival, the Mayor yesterday declined to attend the Cathedral service and, accompanied by several members of the Corporation, preferred to worship at his own parish church. We learn from Madrid that all the newspapers there ridicule the letter of non Carlos to Kinsr Alfonso. The Imp'xrcial expresses the hopr that his Majesty will not reply to it. A R"T,,I order ha.s meanwhile b-eo sent to General Quesada directing him henceforth to receive no communication from Don Carlos, unless it be the announce- mer-t of bis unconditional surrender and that of his parti- sltr.. In an address to his constituents at Bradford on Monday night, Nov. 22, Mr W. E. F-r-ter bore testimony to the ,i-'gvtt. ability arid consci'nciou indus:r:: displayed, by the Marquis of Hurtinaton as the leader of the Liberal party- After a brief reference to the past session and th- present aspect of foreign affairs, the ri^ht honourable gentleman spoke on the future of home politics, smartly criticizing the action of the Government in sev-r.il r-natters of recent occurrence. A New York correspondent telegraphs that the Spanish Note respecting Cuba, handed on Tuesday, November 16, to the American in Madrid, is satisfactory, and that all the questions at issue between Spain and the United States have been settled. The negotiations through- out, the correspondent adds, were of the most friendly character, and at no time was there any prospect of war. The Keighley Guardians are resisting the legal steps taken to enforce their compliance with the provisions of the Vac- cination Acts. They resolved, on Wednesday, 17th, to make a return to the writ of mandamus issued against them by the Court of Queen's Bench, stating that it cannot be obeyed without serious injury to the health of the dis- trict, and an increase in the mortality of young children and further that the Local Government Board, if it desires to prosecute persons for not conforming to the requirements of the Vaccination Acts, has power to do so without calling for the intervention of the Guardians. Tuesday's papers say the floods are subsiding at Windsor, Oxford, Gloucester, and other places but in some districts large tracts of country are still under water. In the west of England, it is stated, boats can be rowed from North New- ton close to Glastonbury, a distance of nearly 21 miles. The main line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway is for a distance of nearly two miles covered with water to a depth of three to three and a-half feet. During the whole of last week the trains passed through it with great difficulty. On the Great Eastern Kaiiway traffic is still suspended between Ely and Brandon. The Telegraph announces that the appeal of the King of Uganda for missionaries, sent through Mr Staaley, has been responded to, a gentleman whose name is meanwhile withheld having placed the sum of 210,000 in the hands of the Church Missionary Society, in order to answer the invi- tation of King Mtesa and to carry out the experiment of establishing a Christian centre of civilisation in the heart of the dark continent. It is added thit the society in question has always united evangelical labours with the arts of industry and commerce, thus blending moral with social regeneration. While a passenger train was standing at Ludgate Hill station, on Friday, Nov 19. another passeugtr train, which had come from Clapham Junction ran into it. Eight or nine persons were injured, but not seriously. A porter, named Spearman, hadfa remarkable escape. He was in the act of coupling the carriages when the engine of the second train dashed into the hinder carriage. Spearman was knocked down, and the train partially passed over him. His fellow-officials naturally expected that he was cut to pieces but he escaped without a scratch. Archduke Francis, ex-Duke of Modena, died at Vienna on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, at the age of 56. He had twice fled from his dukedom. The first occasion was in 1843, when tbe revolution drove him into exile. The battle of No vara, in March, 1849, led to his restoration. Ten years later, at the end of the Italian war. he again became fugitive—this time never to return, for, by a vote of the nation, Modena, as well as Tuscany, the Romagna, and Naples, became part of the newly-constituted kingdom of Italy. With respect to the Mid-Surrey election, Mr Digby Seymour, Q. C., has written a letter, in which he states that he was quite prepared to come forward as an indepen- dent candidate, holding views, in some questions, far in advance of Sir Trevor Lawrence, but still far within the Ra -ical Platform." He could not, however, undertake at his own expense to fight a battle apparently so desperate, though he regarded it as far from being absolutely hopeless. Had anything like a subscription list been opened and supported, he should have certainly addres-ed the electors. In Mr Seymour's view, the country wants a "party of the centre "—a Derby-Granville coalition. Lord Coventry's hunting party on Thursday, November 18th, met with a mishap which narrowly escaped resulting in serious consequences. His lordship has been in the habit of bringing his men and horses and hounds by train to Alcester station but on Wednesday the party alighted at Coughton station, about a mile and a half from Alcester, where the meet was announced. Three horse-boxes and a private carriage contained the party, and no sooner bad tbese been detached from the ordinary train which brought them than they began to run backwards in the direc- tion of Alcester. His lordship and others had left the train before the carriages were detached, but two of the whips and a groom, with the horses and hounds, remained in the horse boxes, which rapidly gained momentum. Fortunately, the runaway carriages were noticed as they approached Alcester, and a man, named John Cornwall had the presence of mind to turn them into a siding, where their force was broken before coming to a dead stand, bv a platelayer's trolley. and the men and horses escaped with a severe shaking. Had the carriages not been thus inter- cepted they must have gone some miles down the line in the direction ot H,ve«nam, there being a gradient the whole of the way, and a goods train being due in the opposite direction, the consequences must have been very serious. The author of A Plea for a Free Churchvard" writes to the Daily News as follows The memorial of the Buck- inghamshire churchmen just presented to the Prime Minis- ter, and which appears in your per of to-day (rhe 17th) submits to the Government seven 'consLI<:r?ti(ms' as rea- sons why the Burials Bill should not be oas-ed Wi'l vou allow me to supply an eighth contention which the me mot ia lists have omitted ? I find it stated in a letter of Canon (Ryle to the Record, waere it appeared on Monday lastWe contend furthermore, that to allow the minis', ters and members of other denominations t» carry on relig- ious services either in the national churches or churchvards is to dethrone the national clergvr. an from his position, and to '-eprive him of his official privileges. If Mr Morgan's Bill contained a single clause which fully reco £ iii>ed the rights and privileges which the clergv of the Established Gtjurch have enjoyed for three centuries I might think differ- cutty of it. At present it appears to me a most transparent, attempt to bring us down to the level of ministers of a sect.' Honest.but imprudent, Mr Ryle his 1-t out the cat which the Bucks memorialists kept in the bag It is a question of clerical position which is really at issue, and the clergy are fighting for themselves when t?,Y profess to be "icht-n^ for religion and decorum, and a of o'her things which Mr Osborne Morgan's sup; oiters appreciate as much a* thr mselves." It does not appear to be generally known that by the County Courts Act of session, the provisions of the Acts of 185*1 and 1867 with reference to ob'-ur'nor judg- ment bv default are repealed, and provisions much les3 re- stricted are enacted in their place. A creditor can now, in an action for a d< bt oi liquidated money demand, have a judgment by deh.ult in ad ca-.es. except that he carnot have it in an action for 25 and less, without le:>.ve of the Judge, unless the ac ion be for the price, value or hire of g,,ods sold nd delivered, or let on hire to the def^a^ in the way of his trade or calling, In the latter c a (i- fault summons can he issaed even if the riebt be under £ 5. The eff- ct Will no drubt be to c nAdorably 1e»*en the t?m» occupied on court days, as mo,t creditors will prefer being spared to- necessity for appearing in court.

'l:V A new Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to Rt- Aloypius, was opened nn Tuesday at Oxford bv Ca-dinai Manning and Dr Uikthorne, Bishop of ham. Pontifical High Mass was Celebrated, and in hfs' sermon Cardinal Manning expressed the ho,-e thit the University of Oxford would eventually return to its old Se9S'°ns on Tuesday. November 16. Mr William Smith. landlord of r< i i_r„, „„„ •, .ra 01 tne bhoes Commercial 8 Q *> ^2 ,18s costs for attempting to bribe two poi e-officers by offering them each a glass of whisky. the defendant was the holder of « nrnv-isionnl lifpnee and on his applying to have the licence forma ly trans- terred from the late landlord to himself, two of the magistrates refused to grant it, and it was therefore reo fued, though the third magistrate protested that it was punishing the man too far. The landlord had or. entering paid over £ 700 for good will and fixtnres. The latest and most sensational thing in public 1; an,ue. ments" is being done at Paris, where a trappz" perforn^r allows him«elt to be fired out of a mortar a distance ( f some forty five feet before he catches the swinging bar Tle mortar, moreover, is actually charged with gunpowder which is lighted in the ordinary way, and makes a TTO at alarming report. The effect of the powder is t.o lor, spring which sends the man spinning through sdic- A? first there was some difficulty in adjusting the spring. the required nicety, and when the performer cniM ► r was shot about six feet too far. su=taininc a S shoulder and a broken rib. He persevered succeeded in having himself ej ct.-d ?t the 7 D0W "L'Homme-Obus," as he calls himself it q.U:r' great gun of Paris. Just now the HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND P.LLS-T>, • break of wintry we,uiw 'nPK every afflicted to recover health before unrem^ b/.tbe imr storms set in Tbroil- a;i cold and trj« u' i *n>tm«irt twice a .iay upon "the X". 1° 'owav's treatment is strongly recommend*d e v,ew o, giving immediate ease, preventing pro • peC„ive danger and effecting permanent relief. Th-«e a":l important, ends hi- Ointment and fills can accomplish, ai d wi.l Mir-dv prevent insidious diseases from fastening on the c^iiMitu'ion to display themselves afterwards in those dis- II astrous f,irms that will probstbiy embitter life till death it- self is almost prayed for. HUMPHREY'S (Por martoc) HAIR J'ESTOp.eu never failed to restore F*de Grev, or White Hair to it i aiural color I richness. It is- ot a dye, nor doe- it contain s-v colouring matterhaievec. It does nut lenve the dis^Rreeabie. smell of many restorers, "eithet does it oil the skin or iint-n. S,.b in large bottler, 2s ench. A .ssmpte bo tIe sent. c^rraige naid to any station within 10'1 s, npnn rec-ip'. of 3s 6,1 ir st. -T"p Prepare-? onh by THOMAS B. HUMPHREY, Op- rat ve and Disl I nensing Cheraisr (from Cnrbyn and Company, New Bond street. Londou). Portmadoc, X.,r' h Vkales. Vv'ho«e-; .le of BARUON SQUIRE & Co,. London; EVANS, SONS, & Co., LiverpooL

Exchequer receipts from April 1, to Novemb»r 20, 1875, £ 45 292 236 last year same period, i,44,iyo,027 expei d ture this yenr, C48,275,865, same period last year, £ 47.679 913; balances this year, X2,259,317, latt year £ 2,923,116. r, A deputation, stated to represent the whole of the clerks to the justices throughout England, waited upon the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, on Monday, November 22nd, an d solicited his aid in order to prevent, any alteration in the scale of their remuneration. Sir Stafford Northcote promised to see the Home Secretary on the subject. The John Bull is requested to state that, in view of the unsatisfactory position of the burials question, a powerful organization is now ia course of private, formation, and will shortly be announced, to be called "The Society for the Rejection of the Burials Bill." It will be seen from its title that the design of the new society is the defeat of Mr Osborne Morgan's Bill, or any like measure, unfettered by any compromise or alternative measure, leaving Parliament in its wisdom to find a remedy for the difficulty. So far from interfering with or supplanting any existing organiza- tions, the object of the new society will be to co-operate with and support them in their opposition to the Bill by all available means. HUMPHREY'S (Portmadoc') CAMOMILE PILL- TlIese well known Pills (after a public trial of 35 vears) have been proved in thousands of cases to be one of the best and safest Famll) Medicines known. They are a careful admixture of the mildest vegetable aperients, and do not contain a particle of mercury or any other mineral substance whatever. Thev speedily removl Biliousness, Indigestion, Habitual Cosiiveness, Liver Com- plaints, Plles, Gravel, Loss of Appetite, Rheumatism, Pains in the Head, Chest, and all Impurities of the Blood. Tliev unite a mild operation with a successful effect. The Young and Deli- cate may take these Pills without difficulty or danger. The ag-I d may fly to them with the uimosr safety and benefit.S Id by most chemists in boxes. Is lid 2s JM, nnd 4s Gd each or of th« Pro- prietor, Thomas B. Humphrey (late Henry Humphrey), P"J.t. martoc,North Wale-; wholesale of Messrs B wron, Squire and Co., London Messrs Evans, Sons, and Compv., Liverpool. HUMPHREY'S TUS INE (registered), a n. w and valuable discovery for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption, Hootring Cough, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, and ail I affections of the Throat and Lungs Oiiedoze Rives in<tlt1!t re- lief.—Sold by most. Chemists in Bottles Is ilil .2., 9d, ami 4s6d I each, or of th" .Proprietor, Thomas B. Humphrey, Operative Chemist, Portmadoc, North Wules. Wholesale of Messrs ] Barron, Squire, and Co., London; Messrs Evans, Sons, and I Compy., Liverpool.

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J TIPYN 0 BOB PETH .r' Councillor John Davies, of the Lodge, has been elected an alderman of Denbigh. The artist of the Denbigh Reredos has been instructed to remove the portion objected to. It eeems that the tolls on the Wrexham and Whitchurch road close on the 1st of November, 1876, not 1875. A man named Edward Roberts, who had lived at St. George's, near St. A a"h, in a wretched condition, died the other day. He left PL,600 behind nim. The Mayor of Wrexham has effered a prize to be com- peted for by the students of the art class, at the Govern- ment Examination. John Evans, labourer, the man who broke into the Llewelyn Arms, Crimea, Dolwyddelen, as we reported som& time airo. has been committed for trial. The fti.1 of the old Conway Corporation has been affixed to a petition to the Privy Council praying for inporpora- tion under the Municipal Corporation Act. A movement has been commenced for presenting a tuctii)ionial to Mr G. W. Latham for his services to Cut-shire. I\ir Griffith Davies Dew has beep appointed to succeed his fafhtr (resigned) as registrar of Llangefni and doiyhead County Court. It is announced that Professor Grimley, of the University College of Wales, is about to publish a volume of Tremadoc Sermons, btiL3g discourses preached at that village and that Canou Phillips, of Aberystwyth, has undertaken to edit a volume of Welsh sermons by the late Bishop Thirl wall. The death is announced of Mr Binger, of Chester, a Londoa and North-Western Railway official of many years' standing. A testimonial of nearly C800 had just been sub- scribed to show the estimation in which he was heid, but he did not live to receive it. Late on Friday night, November 19th, the Rhyl police succeeded in capturing two tramps suspected of being con- cerned in a robbery of jewellery. Among the articles found on the men were five watches. Captain Philips, of Rhual, a county magistrate, died suddenly on Thursday night, Nov. 18. He had attended a meeting of the School Board in the afternoon, and was dining early in order to go to a missionary service, when he was taken ill, and in a few hours he died. Mr George Goodall, a Cheshire auctioneer with a gcod practice, committed suicide on Monday morning, Nov. 22, by drowning himself in an old well, near his residence at Ecclestone, by Middle wich. A gamekeeper in the employ of Lord Wintuarleigh, accompanied by his dogs, was going his rounds, when one of his dogs on passing the well behaved in such an unusual manner that his attention was attracted to the spot, and he then saw the dead body of Mr Goodall in the water. In a debate at a meeting of the Vale of Clwyd Church Association the other day, the Rev. D. R. Thomas having moved a resolution in favour of including endowments Among the items of school income, in estimating the Government grant, the Rev. W. Hicks Owen said, taking his stand upon the fact that the Church was established by law he could not help thinking it was a great mis'ake on the part of churchmen to oppose Board Schools, which he considered a great blessing to the country at large. They were accomplishing a vast amount of good in large towns, and for his own part he did not know why little country places should object to them. Another fatal result of disgraceful carelessness is reported from Knighton Mount, near Adbaston. Three men were hanging up a pig that had been killed, when they asked the cook, Harriet James, to help them. Su >> came up, and a moment afterwards they heard her sayin,, What do you think of this," and one of them, Joseph J, fell dead, while the cook ran screaming away. She, i had taken up a gun in sport, and accidentally discharged it. The jury, in their verdict, recorded their opinion that the groom, William Arnold, was greatly to blame f leaving the gun about loaded. It was stated in evidence that the cook and the deceased were on very good terms. The Hawarden festivities were concluded last week, by a banquet, at which Mr W. E. Gladstone. M.P., Mr W. II. Gladstone, M. P.,MrEvton, M.P., Lord Hanmer, and Lord Selbourne were among the speakers. The latter, in referring to the Ex-Premier, said—Those who are here members of the House of Lords cannot forget that under the grace and favour of their Sovereign they owe their places in that as- sembly to your most distinguished guest. (Cheers ) Those who are here members of the House of Commons cannot but remember here, everywhere, and always with pride, that the same distinguished guest of I his assemblage is, and has been for many years—and God grant may be for many years to come-(cheers)-the grace, the honour, the orna- ment, and the example of that assembly. (Renewed cheers.) The introduction of Hymns Ancient and Modern into the services at Chester Cathedral is still exciting public attention. A writer in the Chester Chronicle cites some or the hymns, and among them this, which he says is redo- lent of the banjo"- Christian, dost thou see them On the holy ground, How the troops of Midian Prowl and prowl around! Christian, up and smite them, Counting gain butluss; Smite them by the merit Of the holy Cross (!). "A knuckle chorus from 'prowl and prowl' to the end of the verae," be says, "might be effective here, rith 'yaps' at proper intervals." There is too much truth in the criticism, but surely the writer does not mean to say it is unusual to find nonsense of this kind in hymn books, or that Hymns Ancient and Modern have a larger sbare than other collections used by various churches throughout the land. Sunday, Englishmen who thiuk themselves, on the whole, very virtuous members of society, and consider they have rather done the Almighty a service by going to church and chapel, stand np and call themselves" worthless worms," and cover themselves with opprobrium-which they consider "singing to the praise and glory of God." The notion seems to be that the Deity is raised in propor- tion as man is lowered, and some hymn writers evidently labour under the impression that unless the creature its put down considerably" the difference between him and the Creator will not be sufficiently apparent.

Trie Customs and Inland Revenue Act of la-t session enacts that the person v '.i, hires a carriage { a Yt'i r or upwards i to be deemed the person keeping such carriage, and consequently ii >b!e 'II the excise du y in respect of such carriage. The excise duties or licences to brewers of beer are very considerably reduced by this Act.

-FANCIES Change of Name (suggested for the new dtrJ^JTrhe Emma .u.iue— Ihe Dii-Emma Mine.—Pun^h The proper cbaracter for a swearing actor-there are such —is, of course, Oatatlio !-Fun. A ne.ro was scalcirii to death from a boiler explosion and on his tombstone they chisied deeply "Sacred to the memory of Ollr stealIja friend." A 1 ankce eoitor, in response to a subscriber who grumbles jthat his morning paper was intolerably damp, savs "that it is because there is so much due on it." On dit that Air Disraeli, with his raregeniii- for apt nom- enclature, has designated the Cabinet Council chamber the withdrawing room."—Punch. "He wooe.: and she wouldn't" is the way they put it in Frisco when a young woman declines a proposal of marriage. Some men," said a stonemason, become useful citizens and others become vagabonds just as some slab* of marble become useful doorsteps, and others become lyintr tomb- stones." +T -UVFRI^EHT EXPLAINED.—It is statistically computed tha- 1( ,000,000 nuts of various kinds are anncady eaten in America. Which fact the New Oileaus Picayune thinks m.iy acC.iUn^ for the prodigious number of colonels A I.-It 13 not rULUoured that the First Lord of the Ad- miralty contemplates changing his constituency at the hrst opportunity. I Jt Were gbou,d wreck4end him -s to try Wrecss em. — Fun. A WEEK AFTER MARRIAGIS.—Mr /„ ("7. p. T yp v fcqmy „ lv,W8 th Law." M\.s yJf,wU,rmerlv Miss E'j«itp {calmlv). O that was so before marriage"; but> now I am to i uie. [Sec Judicature Act, 1873, we 25 {lV\Puncn. lu conseqnence of the advance of Rus,ia into Asia and her rapid acquirement of territory, the Royal Societv for the Perversion of the English Languages have conferred unon the Northern Power the honorary title of the Asiatic Collarer.—Fun. Mr Bull having been very properly reproved by his wife for using bad language in connection with Turkey has bound himself not to say anything worse of that rèpudia- tive power than Devil take Turkey till Uhrietinas, after which he must use stronger language.—Punch. CRIMES AND DISASTERS.—" Sloper" in Judy, says: Within the last twelve months four prisoners have escaped r ut of Wrexhaui gaol. Three of them climbed over the wall, so the authorities built the ail iiigber. The fourtn prisoner WHS therefore obliged to slip back the bolt of his ceil and walk cut of the front, prison door. It would have been almost insulting to the authorities, you see, if he had climbed over the wan toe" The tifth prisoner has not as yet quite made up his mind which way he is going." A LONG TERM.- Prisoners seem to be put in the Wrexham gso. just to give them an opportunity of getting cut again by their own devices, aud without invoking the aid of law or justice, judge, or jury. The, men having, at virions •"lines, escaped by the walls, these were heightened; but toe fourth man, when his turn came, scorned to be deterred t'liig so he quietly opened the door of his cell, and walked t -• "e principal entrance. The local authorities think t.iiat -rue genius w:!i always find its way out," and feel quite proud to think that at last something like ability has shown itself m tueir neighbourhood—even though, so far, a' °i;- i aPPear?<:1 among the prisoners, riut being so m or, a Jttle may iu time be caught by tbe Guardians, and then Well, we'll wait till then.-Fun. REVEALING TOO MUCH.—Spiritualism at San Francisco has received a curious check. It was announced that one night tue spirit of "a young Indian warrior" would ap. pear to a seiect circle. "U hen the lights were turned down, ad retired to his cabinet, there came a suduen tremendous crash from the ceiling to the fi i,r, and the timnl spiritualists skedaddled downstairs, tumbling over eaca other in their panic. Some of the bolder remained. limits being turned up, a lar^e hole was visiWle in the Criiinr' 44 a 17nnn » admirably dressed for the pj.rt, lay groaning on the floor with his head broken. The tableau was complete when the medium emerged from his. cabitie,, and exclaimed, angrily, What made you step between tne j'ists. That's just but the whole business."

THE IRON DUKE ALMOST SUNK. Her Alaje-t Iron Duke had a narrow escape on Saturday, November 20. She went ou" from Plymouth on a trial trip, and was beginning the trial about two mile out- side the breakwater when, according to one account, the spring of an important val ve suddenly broke, but accord- ing to another, the valve had been left open. The valve traye way, and a tremendous body of water rushed ibto the shir). There was not a grain of powder on board with which to fire an alarm, hue signals of distress were hoisted. The valve was shut by oae of the crew, who was up to his waist in water while so doing, and had he been two minutes latar he could not have accomplished it. As it was, the water rushed in with such force that in a short, time it was several inches above the stokehole plates. The valve being shut, the 40-horse engine was immediately put to wcrk, and the water reduced. Then the Iron Duke returned to the Sound. There was great c-msfcernation on board amongst all hands. Most of the craw had been turned over from the Vanguard to the Iron Duke after the recent collisiou. s -o

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO KILL A BROTHER NEAR CARMARTHEN. On Friday afternoon, November 19th, a magisterial en- quiry was held at Lan Farm, Ncwchurch (before Mr G. Lewis Philipps), when John Jones, who Ii reùltt the above- named farm, was charged with feloniously attempting to kill his brother, David Jones, by cutting and wounding him in the neck and face with some sharp instrument, on the previous Monday night. Prisoner was in the first instance brought before a magistrate on WTedneaday, and remanded until Monday, but as it was afterwards found that the- in- jured man was in a precarious condition, the enquiry was held at the house on Friday afternoon, in order that his de- position might be taken. David Jones, who is a grocer, carrying on business at Aberdare, deposed that after returning from Curojarthen fair on Monday night his brother wanted to take a Lorse out of the ehble, but he interfered to prevent him from doing RO. A struggle then took place between them, ill the course of which witness found a quantity of blood running from his face. He called out, and his mother and some neighbours came, and he went into the bouse. He got tbe cut in the struggle with his brother, but could not say how it was inflicted. Mary Lewis, mother of the two men by her first husband, said that on Monday night she heard her son David call out, "Come out, ali of you," and on going out into the vard saw her son John crying and David bleeding from the face. There was also blood upon John, who afterwards Wtcm for a doctor. Witntss did not know how David got the cut on his face. Her son J-,iiu was drunk at the time. John Bowen, a neighbouring farmer, said prisoner came to him on Monday night, and asked him to come and stop his brother s blood, as they had been fighting. Witness went with him, and found Uavid lying on a bed with a cut on the left side of Lis face. He asked prisoner how his brother got the cut, and he said he did not kn, ,w. He heard David say during the right that he had got the cut from his brother. Mr E. P. Davies, surgeon, deposed that about one o'clock on Tuesday morning- he saw David Jones. Prisoner told him he had had a scuffle with David, who had fallen on the scraper of tbe door. Witness found David Jone" •"n bed with his face bandaged. There was a clean incised "wound nve inched,;n,- expending from behind the left ear across the necii auu face almost to the angle of the After removing the cioth the wound b;ed Very much for a lone time. W itness believed the wound was inflicted by a clean but not sharp instrument. It was possiblv, but not probably po- duced by the scraper. The cut was half an inch deep in one place. Erynpelas h"ù since set in on the face, and the patient was not out of danger. Inspector Scurry, who apprehended the prisoner on Wednes-ay sa,d prisoner told him that he and hi. brother fought and fell, he being drunk and his brother sobe- Prisoner Was cumitted for trial at the ensuing as,ize, bail being refused.