The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

FACTS AND FANOIES A Welcome Round to Policemen.—A Round of beef.- 11ft Funeral Reform.—Being buried in thougbt.Tudy. Byronic Epitaph on the Polar Bear Cub (brought from "the Arctic Regions in the Pandora, by Captain Alan Young, and lately deceased at the Zoological Gardens. -"Tis Grease, but living Grease no more Punch. What is at present of the greatest importance to states- men as well as housewives ?-The condition of Turkey. What is the difference between a certain newspaper and » dead donkey ?—None at all-they both lie still, or rather the one still lies, and the other lies still. "RAFFLING A BISHOP. "-The unusual and probably un- precedented course of" raffling a bishop has been aJopted to settle what places the Bishop of Ballarat should visit during a diocesan tour. The Maryborough AdvertLser s'ys „ thot in order to determine whether Carisbrook or China- r 'aan 's should haye the honour of the episcopal presence, .resort was had to the dicebox, and the bishop was won by the Rev. Mr Geer, of Chinaman's, after a close shave with ^arisbro >k. „ „ 0 „ EVIL COMMUNICATIONS," &c.-Scene-Mrs Lyon Hun- ter's Drawin -room, during a lecture on "Woman's Rights. Modest Youth (in a whisper, to youngjady looking for a Seat); Er-excuse me, but do you believe in the equality Qf the sexes Miss Wilhelinina ?"-Youn,- Lady: "Most Certainly I do, Mr Jones."—Modest Youth: in that case of course I needn't give you up my chair. &unck. „ „ A writer in Blackwood gives the following verse of a popular hymn "— For faith is like a rusty lock Anointed by Thy grace; We rub, and rub, and rub, and rub, Until we see Thy ftee. a.n any of our readers say what hymn this is taken frora, and what collection it appears in ? Here is another quotation from the paper in Macmilian from which we quoted hst week. In dictation, one of the Molars wrote, If ever two great men might seem during their whole lives to have moved in direct opposition, Milton nd Jerry my tailor were they," and another gave this "ariation on Scott:— The way was long, the wind was cold, The minstrel was infernal old. Not inapt was Abraham Lincoln's retort upon one of his °$cials who imputed drunken habits to one of his most Slccesaful cecerals: "Do you know wnere he gets his Whisky ? I should like to send a cask to some of the cthers Mark Boyd's Social Gleanings. >.To one who bad been kicked and did not care to call the Jokers out, though he deprecated a recurrence of the out- 1*86 Lord Alvanley said-" Sit down whenever you see idem. A Scotch gentlemen of fortune on his deathbed asked the glister 'whether, if he left £ 10,000 to the kirk, his salva- N would be certain The cautious minister responded, Would no like to be positive, but it's weel worth the try ^9.' The gentleman paid the money and soon afterwards up the°ghost —Idem.. In the ?ame bo, >k of Gleanings a story which is usually t^ibuted to an English Bishop is told of a Scotch parson, av 0 accommodated his bVssings before meat to t-ac ? unclance or scantiness of creature-comforts on the table. J? the one case it was Bountiful Lord, we thank Thee, nf0, J" in the other, 0 Lord, we are not worthy of the least thy mercies." following story h?s appeared in several forms, but is repeating! We learn from the Academy that it passes Ca etlt at St.3 David's as belonging to one of the form r T ^ns, but. Mr Mark Boyd tells it of a Bishop of Sierra ^°ne The prejAte VTaf5 on board a ship on the coast in tv^Vere rtorm. and anxiously asked the captain if he ^J^i'nt th-'re was any danger. 4 Any larger, my L rd ?' •tat • Pniotirg to the coast to which the ship, was rapidly kfl'ting—' Tf the gale continues, we shall be in heaven in ^J^n-hour.' 'God forbid,' exclaimed the Bishop."

Ma ELLIS EYTON, M.P., AND THE THREAT OF IMPRISONMENT. t^t ilold Cuunty Court, on Friday, December 17th, on L^l'is seat, the Judge, in speaking to Mr Davits, solici- ts' Holywell said he wished to explain this case, adjourned f. th" St. Asaph Court. He had no power in the matter. ^h?re Was no doubt, in point of law, that a person who was W^niber of Parliament was privileged from arrest by civil 0(°cesa. Xhe only doubt he had was whether disobedience °rder to pay under a judgment summons was civil pro- °r whether it was not rather in the nature of contempt jjj He referred to 24 Law Journal exparte Dakin, ta;4n, and Dakin, in which the exact point was there J*ed by Chief Justice Jervis, who in his_ judgment said it q^.not a contempt of court, but rather in the nature of a execution as a means of enforcing the process of c°Urt- He (Mr Lloyd) was ousted of power, and could ftl t^e ma^e no order. y on was present during the proceedings, and was Iteed about in a chair. R 18 sai^ that Mr Eyton intends paying the amount into Lt GeXt Iihyl Court, under protest, as he has some ^enCe. It

THE PRINCE OF "WALES. <W1.P "rlr ce °f Wales on Wednesday, Dec 15th, attended races which had been arranged in his ^e. afte™s received an address from the V University. His Hoyal Highness thereafter laid 'titOMation stone of the new breakwater, which is ^a^lto cost £ 600,000, and is expected to require five a? ^struct. On Thursday there was a Garden Ihe 1' Government House. i&OOfl *nce attended on i-'riday a fete at Madras,at which I{0v children of all castes and creeds were present. His IJighnesB afterwards held a parade.of all the troops Chf .^isoa, dined in the evening with the Commander-in- Sfji ef) and about midnight was present at a magnificent tain nit-nt at the Rocopoorum Terminus, and was pre- tCted -wit}! an address from the Municipality, to which s4;i prince made a suitable reply. His Royal Highness °n Saturday for Calcutta.

DEUTSCHLAND ENQUIRY. DEUTSCHLAND ENQUIRY. er>0i"^ry 'wis resumed on Tuesday. Captain Brick* t^' farther examination, said he believed a curren^ ^T1 out of his course, but he did not know o Jli(j g Cljfrent. Similar distress signals are uced by German nglish vessels, and the night signals are of various d p0TI^ n°t fire a gun as waves were washing over ^re'^ rockets. The soundings taken on corresponded with the chart sliow- 2. supposed position of the vessel at the I-'id not use the patent log, as it i3 difficult ♦ thj1^0' Bower, superintendent engineer in T ^s' Mail Company at Southampton, stated cm surveved the versel in Southampton, I >^in v. h^r to be in perfect repair. August Lowen- I "e^ officer, deposed that when he saw a light on hregV'ay morning he took it to be a fisherman. Seeing he o .s ahead the captain ordered full speed ahead, and vjjll§iTiee>- immediately almost reported the screw broken, adjourned.

jAtain Webb, the Channel swimmer, is to contribute a "Smimming a Part of Education," to s family Magazine for January. AT Va.y-^OL—Between five and six o'clock on »°ni vJ m°rning, Dec. 18, an alarm of fire was given near Bangor, the seat of Mr G. W. Duff iire originated in the dressing room I b^ou&bti? Bateson, who was visiting at Vaynol. i °rtdin0r exertions of the members of the household and h0llr> andTiC ^re it was got under in about an h '0f iL "e damage confined to a few rooms in the upper th rnansi°n- Bangor Volunteer Fiie Briga le, command of Captain T. Lloyd Edwards and Brown, and a detachment of the Carnar- Vi^Ptfa commanded by Captain R. R, Williams, were '^3. y on the spot, but there was no call for their ser- ^t.^HREYS' (Portmadoc) GLYCEKO-ARNICINE Oint 5ehinnv'DCinS Proofs. Sores, Bad Breasts, King's Evil, Anthonv's i ire, Scrofula, Eruptions, Burns, all Skin Diseases disappear in a miraculously short ''he source of mischief is extracted by the use o this p is a perfect wonder to see the numbers of very taT chieHa-se3 have been cured by it, doing away with LM tci„!n a lew weeks. Hundreds are cured who have suf- htfiipy for various periods up to nearly 50 yours, and a.l?'' given up all hope, many cases discharged from 'infirmaries, and given up by doctors. Tlie following *ets fr.im a few of the numerous testimonials received, tjwfl bPUhl;Bhed by permission. The suffe;ers were perfectly ]o ointment:—M>s Jones, Rhuddlan, had 16 ulcers, Ma 4 Rr? *or "7 J'-ars Mr Griffith Llovd, tanner, Tremadoc, 'eg for 40 years; Mr Ellis Roberts, Pant y clegar, hos °K' h'i'i a bad leg for 46 years; Mr Robert Williams, D"or' a ^or 38 years; Mr Wm. Jones, ]&Ume?,lraeth' 34 nIcers on bis leg for 12 years.—Ask W^ost e-v'8 (Portmadoc) Gflyeero-arnicine Ointment." Sold hoxes, Is l4d s9d, 4s 6il, and lis each Messrs BAIiRON .SQUIRE & Co,, London; Messrs and Co'> Liverpool; or of the Proprietor, THOMAS '"REY (late Henry Huirplirey), Portmadoc, North ANT OTHEU SraiciNE.—Consumption j the JV0Us> bilious, stomach, and liver complaints, are only itw • ani* accelerated b\ drugs of every description, but V? ica ar,ably yield to Dn Barry's health restoring Revaleuta h i3"' as Proved by 28 years' success in 80,000 curej been considered hopeless; su:_h as indigestion C°uch. nsthma, consumption, habitual constipution, •iijjfcts g gastric dernrgements, hfflmorrhoids, liver enn- V"- "u enc-V> nervousness, biliousne-s, fevers, sore throats, Si^heu;catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head a;;d qqa ,out, impuritks, eruptions, hysteria, neural- Nfi^he. de' imv'?,el)In^ness' acidity, palpititiou, heartburn, P''errnlu 'ViV, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, of"?"Cl"rfai sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, '■he sbdnU wi o'V1?0 l,il of 'ullc stomach, and be- up or nl' the fC^ 'Ti' or acid bitter taste on ^ee i' csused by om-ns, giirlk, th en left C' 46,27n °;ilnnkir'g.&c- we quote a few 7g 00Q c„,es._ H-JIr James Koberts, Frimley, of 3^Sl8'!JTf?^s;d 1 ?7,'ln" of blood, liver deraui-'ement, and partial J. V of HI. ^,orcl Stuart de Decies, T.ord Lieutenant of '-ny years' dy>pepsia.—Xo. 49,832. "Fifty years' inrte- ^n?s^Puti a°ony from dyapi psia, .'ncrvonsness, asthma, cough, jiP'y.'CT 0n» flatulency, spasms, sickness, an<l vomiting.—Mavia 6,' 50s. canisters, 4 lb, 2. 1 lb, 3s 61 2 lb, Gs 121b, 28s 24 in' 241b r'-T° Bar!T'3 Revaleuta Biscuits, lib, 3s 6d 21b, th cll°CoCt be o;U-en at anytime, eithor dry or soaked ijee ^ost > coffee, water, milk, tea, wini>, <fec. They sootho 4h"veai able stomach and'aerves,removing nausea and sick- th^itp 'a Pregnaney or r-t sea,find hcarthurn.They improve tho 'igestion, sf euros--und r<-freshiiig sleep, and arc I*.VQva1nai?ore h'ghly >'ourishirg(hau Extract of Meat. They ty 0 Riivo>i„ ?" )1prsons in the ofllco, on the road, rail, or at sea, }v0d. ;se vvho has not the means of cooking the Revalenta ti'i* ed in u Band's Revaleuta A.ral>ica Cliobolite Po-.v:le,r is ciin- J} canisters. For 12 cups at 2s, for 24 cups at 8s 6d hjot)o noL for -8S CUPS at 3°s., for 576 cups at 55s. Costing Vf °f carH,„ ? Per cup. The 28-, 30s, 50s, en-l 55s tins are s«nt ,f,Hm .i"1 England on receipt of Post Oi3ce Order. The (}»"' 77, ii 1 tree by post for 2s 4 in stamps. Dii Barry ann u.ii -,fV^!1^"street, London: al<o sol:l by nil respectable ^fleiaists. No licence r--quiied l

DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE CERTIFICATED TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. The ordinary meeting of this Association was held in the Girl's British School-room on Saturday, December 18, when a large number of teachers attended. Mr FYFE, British School, Wrexham, the president of the Association, in opening the meeting expressed the great pleasure he felt in igain meeting his fellow teachers. The present year with its sorrows, trials, difficulties, and in_ numerable obstacles was now fast drawing to a close, and possibly they might expect a repetition m succeeding years of similar annoyances. The outside world bttle, and perhaps cared less for the arduous work wiey as teachers were engaged in. Notwithstanding this they found day after day that national education was becoming a pet subject, and eloquent speech" were made unon it by persons who would do more service to their country were they to speak upon a subject they knew something about: while their periodicals were filled with the most profound articles upon the same question. These speeches were made and articles written by men and women who had not had the least practical experience in the mas- ter, and many of them, he ventured to say, had never been inside an elementary school in their lives. After all the best theory was the one which was deduced from actual ex- perience in connection with an elementary school. Long before their Association was formed, he (Mr Fyfe) had often felt that the profession ought to be raised in public estimation, and more than that he knew too, that in attaining that object help must come from themselves. He was glad to see that now the position of a teacher was being looked upon with greater favour than formerly, though he maintained that they had not yet attained that honourable position in public estimation which the vast importance of their calling justly demanded. As an instance of the regard in which they were held in the borough of Wrexham, he might mention that during the recent civic festivities in that town, though invitations had been given to persons representing every known trade aud guild within the borough, the elementary teachers were not considered worthy of an invitation. In conclusion, Mr Fyfe earnestly appealed to the teachers present to be persevering, con- scientious, and earnest in their labours; and quoted the following words from Dr Channing as an incentive to their labours It requires nobler and higher qualities^or head and heart to govern a school than to rule a nation. After a short address from Mr CLARKE, t^e^lc?"Jir' the minutes of the last meeting were read by Mr Astley, the secretary, and confirmed. The next sn byct on t.he agenda was Questions on Educational Topics." Mr BAKER Rhos National School drew the attention cf the meeting to the arbitrary action of the committee of Council in pro- hibiting a certificated teacher from being a local preacher in the body with which he was connected, as had been instanced in the case of Mr Cummings, aWesleyan teacher. He (Mr B'iker was unable to uuder.stand what authority the Educa- tion Department had to interfere with the Insure .ours of a teacher. To him there seemed to be no difference what- ever between preaching and teaching in or conducting a Sunday School, or performing many other duties in which they were engaged on a Sunday. If the teacher did his duties in school to the satisfaction ot the Department, why should they dictate to him what to do after the hours of school ? Iu conclusion Mr Baker moved a resolution em- bodying a vote of sympathy with Mr Cummings, Mr JONES, Penygelli Board School, seconded it. This subject led to a long and desultory discussion which was endtd by^onie remarks from the PiiESIDEKT, who said that his conscience, experience, and reading, would deter him from voting in favour of this resolution. He maintained that wbiio, as a rule, a certificated teacher derived about three-fourths oi his means from the Siate, he bad no right while receiving that monej' from the public funds to be the^ disseminator of the doctrines of any particular sect to which be might happen to belong. In his (Mr Fyfe's) opinion the education given in State schools ought to be entirely aid secular, and all religious, teaching ought to be imparted at the ex- pense of those who are endeavouring to disseminate the various creeds which were believed by them to lie right. It was a well-known fact that if the Department did not set its face tigainst thi, bundreds cf R')mish priests would be allowed to become teachers of elementary schools, and thus we should more than ever be indirectly aiding Popery, The resolution on being put to the meeting was lost by a large majority, three or four only voting in favour of it. A long discussion was next carried on, upon the consideration of the following report. Report submitted to the bi-monthly mooting held in t-no British School, Wrexham. Dec. 18, 1875, upon Irregular and Unouiictual Attendance, Admission find Withdrawal of Scholars, Capricious Removals, Supply of School Books, Uniformity of School Fees. I. "Admission anl Withdrawal of Scholars. Capricious Removals." At a meeting held in June last, and subsequently in Seotember last, these matters were fu'.Iy and careftilly con- sidered, and the following resolutions agreed to, which had teen previously adopted by the Liverpool School Boflcl, -school Managers, aud teachers of Liverpool. I 1st. That no scholar be admitted intoaoy of the sc-iooi* which adopt th- se resolutions, except on the dsy pr.-ceuing or fallow- ing each of the quarters of the calendar year, or on the Monday following the examination of the sch JOI from which the scholar has come. 2nd. That no scholar, except with the joint consent and wish of the managers and parents, shall bo admitted into any school, who has made 250 attendances, until after the inspection of tbe school from which it is desired to remove him, neither shall such scholar be admitted unless a promise he made that he or she shall bo sent to be examined on the appointed day of the inspec- tion of his school.. 3rd. That tha-'torcgoing rc-olution of admission into our schools shall rtot be exacted when a change of residence of not less than two and a ha f miles is the proved cause of the child's removal to the school into which he seeks admission. Additional Suggestions. (a) That an admission fee be chargo.1. {hi That each child, on seeking admission into any scbool, shall carry with him a clearance card, stating the reason of leaving last school, standard pissed, &e. I &c., which information shall be aapplied by the teapber of last school; Irregular and Unpnnctual Attendance :— (a) That all absence be paid for by fees, unless occasioned by sickness or any reasonable cause. (b) That no child be admitted tlnrtv minutes after school has commenced, or after registers have been closed. That it be a suggestion from this meeting to the National Union of Elementary Teachers (a) That the Executive use its power to obtain an Imperial measure for universal compulsion. (b) To all -chool Boards in district: That a School Board officer be appointed to look up absentee, &c. Fees.—That a scale of fees be adopted, aiiging from 2d. to Is. Books.—That every child supply himsel' with one set of read- ing book, copies, aa.i exercise books, v c., &c. Mr JONES, Penygelli B-mrd School, remarked that their Boar,1 were excee tiugly anxious that some understandmg should be arrived at on this important question, and indeed their clerk had already taken action in the matter, Mr CLARKE, Llangollen, said that as far AS he could see the various School Boards in their district were very unanimous upon the point, and would willingly co-operate in carrying it.out. He should like to know from some of the Church teachers present, whether a desire for a scheme of this kind existed among the managers of denominational schools.—Mr BAKER. Rhos, National School, replied that as a National-school teacher he had every reason for believing that managers of voluntary schools would be ready to ac- quiesce in any movement of the kind. Ultimately it was decided that further action in this matter be left in the joint hands of Mr Astley and the Clerk of the Bersham School Board. The question of forming a reserve fund for the National Union of Elementary Teachers ws next taken under consider- ation, and it was unanimously agreed that an intimation be given to the Executive that this Association would willingly contribute a donation of two shillings per member towards that object. The following scheme of the requirements in sewing by the children in the different standards was submitted for the approval of the Meeting. This scheme had been drawn up by a committee composed of the mistresses of the vari- ous schools in Wrexham and the neighbourhood. A copy was subsequently sent to Mr J. Rhys, H.M, Inspector, and a letter was now read by the s§pd|fc(wy. from Mr Rhys expressing his approval of the scheme it was as follows:— Scheme of Needlework for Girls in Elementary Schools submitted for the approval of Mr J. Rhys, Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools Standard II.—1, hemming; 2, sewing hems and selvages; 8' Sewing on bono or metal buttons, e. g., pinafore. Standard IlL-I, seaming and felling 2, running and felling; 3, stitching with thread drawn, e. g., plain chemise. Standard IV.-I. stitching crosswise 2, making buttonholes (previously cut;) 3, gathering 4. sewing on linen buttons 5, fulks; 6, cutting out half-siz J in paper (a), plain pinafore (b), baby's open shirt; e. g., chimese with band. Standard V.-1, cutting out and making buttonholes 2, Fathering and setting in gathprs; 8, herring boning 4, darning 5, patching; 6, cutting out (half size) in paper; (a) baby's frock body; (b) girl's chemise P. g boy's shirt, or plain nightgown. Standard VI.—1, as in Standard V.; 2, 3, 4, and 5, as in Stand- ard V., with greater proficiency; 6, cutting out (liilf size) in pnper; (a) woman's night dress (b) boy's shirt (without front let in). It was decided to hold the annual meeting of the Associa- tion in the Girls' National-school, Wrexham, on the first Saturday in February. Mr ASTLEY intimated that it was his intention to resign the secretary-hip at that meeting. The meeting would also have to elect a vice-president.

NOTES. THE CIVIL WAV, ON THE BORDERS (Nov. 24, 1875).-1 have still a few more letters in the Denbigh collection to refer to. There are some from Wem and other placts of private interest, and the rest include the following:- Francis Newport, Staff ml, Aug. 27, 1644, complaining that "they are now crntrarv to your Lops. order re- moovinge Sr. Gerrard Eaton, Major Manley and myselfe to Eccleshall Castle, where there is noe accommodation in any respect fit for a gentleman." Francis Newport, General Eyton, and Fi-ancis Alanlev, Eccleshall Castle. Aug. 29, 1614, respecting their sufferings at Eecleshall Castle, aggravated by all the circumstances that tyranny and baseness can be guilty of. Our accom- medation is soe untoward at present that we have scarce philosophy enough to undergoe it, but that doth not so much bef[e]-, this addresse as the noble sense we are assured yor. lordship is swayed by to any gentlemans misfortune, which we throw ourselves upon as men that would not owe a favor of this nature to any other then yor lordship." In a postscript Newport asks Lord Denbigh, if he must be sent to London, it may be on his parole to some private house and not to the Tower or Peter-house. Capt. Davenport, Wem, Sep. 24, 1644, lamenting Lord Dt-nhigh's prolonged absence (in i ondon). He fears that Lord Denbigh's company will be disbanded, such a Lr- rent of wants, and discontents, oppresse, nay overflow. Mr E. Moore, Oswestry, Oct, 21, 1644. The Committee of Os westry have been act: ve in procuring hands in the garrison, without the privity of the Colonel, to elect Sir Wm. Brereton general over Shropshire. Many soldiers were seduced, "but wee have endeavoured to rectify all." The officers of Lord Denbigh's regiment at Wem, Nov. 22, 1G44, representing the extremities to which they are re- duced by the destructive courscs adopted by the ComTittee of Wem to "ye end that they may overthrew us by pollicy, it not being in their power to disband us." Narrative of an attack on Wein by Lord Cape], the pre- parations for its repulse, their success and the pursuit of the assailants. 16-14. Copy of a letter without signature or date, in which the writer requests 'hat as he and Lieut. Col. Blodwell have for tome iim1 left the King's service they may be allowed to live iu Oswestry, and have their defensive arms restored to them. Sir Abraham Shipman, Roscommon, Oct. 14, to a re Wive, leaving instructions ;:8 to what he wishes done with his children, "I being next my last end." Petition of Thomas Lloyd, gent., complaining that some of Denbigh's soldiers have ariested him while on a journey, have taken his money, horse, and sword, and carried him prisoner to Osv.ectry, r.ud pr.iving to be set free. Not dated. William Crowue (Lord Denbigh's secretary) Oct. 31. 1645, sending Lord Denbigh fr 'in Salop two boxes of Shrewsbury cakes u.3 a token of esteem from his sister Mack- worth.. Anthony Hungovford, Salop, Sep. 23,1646, praying that his commission for the government of the garrison of Stoke Manor may be signed, and that Lord Denbigh woulo use his interest to have him appointed Major to the standing companiB in Shropshire. Lit.ut.-Col. Tudsey, Shrewsbury, July 11 (1644) inform- ing Lord Denbigh that he has been taken prisoner to Shrewsbury, and that the governor will accept no exchange for him except Mr Newport. Petition from Lord Denbigh's officers and soldiers, stating their destitute condition in respect of money and clothes, as well as the necessity for in. re t-ung their force, w'ch may plainelv appeare if yo please to call to mynde the service at Dudley, and at M.»L,[t]?ord Bridge, in our retorne from Shrewsbury, Choimley House, and other places." Not dated. There are 280 letters and documents relating to the Civil Wars in Lord Denbigh's collection, now preserved at Newnham Paddox, and many of these are either dated from, or relate to, rlaceq in WaIf s and the Border Counties. No doubt in many of them we should only get the same in- formation we already have in ibe fly-sheets" of the time,but iudgin" from the description of some of them, there must be additional information tha, would be locally interesting. JARCO. QUEUIES. VAUGHANS OF CAERGAL—Can any of the contributors to Bye gones inform me where I can find a pedigree of this old family of which Rowland Vaughan, the celebrafed Royali-t and Welsh Scholar, was a member ? I am acquainted with the facts mentioned bv Williams in his Eminent Welshmen, the notices in Llyjryddiaeth Cymru, and the pedigrees of Vaughana given by Dwnn. (JROGLEDL*. .) REPLIES. CWMLEIKI (Dec. 1, 1875).-No doubt Lleucu is a proper name, and thatCwmleiki means Lleucu's Owm. We have Plasleiki in Glynceiriog, and Hafod Leiki in Cardiganshire. I scarcely think that Lleucu is derived from Lury, but vice versa, inasmuch as "L" never becomes LI," though LI in all instances softens into L." In the Welsh dictionary we have not a word commencing with the letter L". LLWYD. WELSH NAMES OF PLACES (Dec. 8, 1875).- In reply to FOG, Ffestiniog is derived from the Latin adj. —Ffe.s—fast, speedy, qu;,k-vitle, Welsh Encyclopedia, Owen Williams, Waunfawr. I was once asked by the late Mr Rees Jones, Last, Barmouth, the same query, and upon admitting my ignorance he refered to the 1st ch. St. Luke, 39 verse, also the 2nd and 16 verse, Latin Testament, where the above meaning occurs. MAWDDACH. In reply to FOG, it is very evident that Chirk is merely the English form of the word Ceiriog. Chirk Castle has in various ages been called Castell y Waun, Caer- Waun, Castell Crogen, and Ca-<tell Ceiriog. The village of Chirk in all probability was named after its ancient, fortress. Crogen Wladys and Crogen Ithon are names of farms close to the castle, and appear to be the diminutive form of Ceiriog, that is Ceiriogen, same as a small castle in Eng- lish becomes a castlet. This Crogen Wladus probably was a temporary abode of Gwladus, the wife of Owain Gwynedd, His great battle of Crogen is well known. She was a daughter of Lord Pembroke's, A.D. 1140. J H. COLLECTIONS ON CHURCH BRIEFS (Sep, 22, 1875)-—Probably, were the seventeenth century registers of the kingdom examined, many records would b~e found of Collections made for the Shropshire churches and sufferers, alluded to by Mr BAILEY (Apr. 21). In Notes and Queries, Dec. 4, we have some extracts connected with Clent, Staf- fordshire, from an autograph book belonging to the Vicar, in which the following entries appear:— 1672. Hinstock.—March 16. Coll. for a fire at H. in Shropsh. 2 0. 1676. Oswestree.—June 4. Coll. for ye Rebuilding of ye Parish Church of Oswestree in ye cou'ty of Salop, ye sum of 3 2 qa. 1678. W em. -Call. for a fire at Wem in ye cou'ty of Salop. 3 2. These dates, with the exception of Hinstock, tally with the Stretford Collections, given Apr. 21. 1686. ATerito, -Coll. Octob. 24 for a fire in Meriton in ye cou'ty of Salop. 03 04. 1692. liealt.-Coll. June 12 for loss by fire at Beal. 1 (Builth ?) Com' Brecon. 4 8. 1692 ilswestrey.-CoIl..J uly 24 for loss by fire at Oswest in ye cou'ty of Salop. 4 10. [What fire was this ?] 1693. Ntntwell, -Coll. June 25 for a fire at Nantwell in Radnorshire. 3 10. 1696. Wrecka!,dine. -Coll. May 24 for a fire at Wreck- ardine in ye cou'ty of Salop. 0 3 5 ob. In the same list a f,w are given dated during the early years of the eighteenth century, viz.:— 1702. Chester Cathe-aral.-(jollected tows ye rep'a'on of Chester Cathedral. 6 0. 1703. S. Gvles in Shrewsl,Coll. upon a Briefe for ye rebuilding of St. Gyles Church in Shrewsbury. 4 6. 1704.—Stockton in com' Sa.—Coll. May 21 for ksa by fire at Stockton in ye cou'tv of Salop. 3 2 1705. Church Ali-.igliall.-Coll. Apr 22 tows the defray- ing the Charge of rebuilding ye parish church of Church Minshall in ye cou'ty of Chester. 3 2. It will he noted in this last entry that Minshwll is spelt with an "a," an unusual way in Cheshiie. NEMO. THATCHED MEETING HOL SES (Apr. 22, 1874) Your correspondent did not ray whether the Independent Meeting Itoij, e at Criüe, Shropshire, which, forty years ago, retained its straw covering," had been originally built for a place of worship or not. I have attended a. Thatched Meeting House K-9 than thirty years ago at Marton in Chirhury. It was a curious little square building, the floor being of earth without any covering. It had once a stable, and when converted into a chapel the loft or tal- ient," was simply unhoarded for a portion of i's width, so as to form a gallery; aud the wooden cralcli frn, which the horses used to feed, was placed along the front of it, from which you might look down upon the preacher's head be standing in a box-like staircase in one corner. Ten or eleven years ago I made a model of this most primitively fitted up place of worship for a ,ond' n bazaar, where it ex- cited a good deal of curiosity. I believe the building is still standing. TITUS. CIIAELES EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES (Jan. 21, 1874.)—" W."gave an interesting anecdote at this date of the introduction of Dr Puleston to the Duke of Clarence, as 41 one of the greatest rebels in His Majesty's dominions I suppose at the time the good doctor was a rebel there were a very large number of country gentlemen IV.Z3 bin*, The following paragraph from Ma'-ion's History of England (v. 63. p. 159) refers to one:—Nor were i/he Jacobites in England altogether as supine as was supposed; they had already it seems taken measures for a rising. A letter of the young Pretender many months atterwards, mention?, incidentally, in referring to Mr Barry that he "arrived at Dot-by two dnys after I parted. He bnd been sent by Sir Watkyn Wvnn, and Lord Bsrrymore to assure me, iu the nsiua of my fri*nd«, that they w^re ready to join me in v], manue I pi, as-v, .-i ln r in th.j c:;pha\ or » every lo rise in bU own c< untry. D. >, FUNERAL GARLANDS, (Nov. 17, 1875;i. The following, by R. E. D. a contributor to Bt/e-goncs, appeared in The Penny Post oi October, 1873. — "The old ilngiish custom of carrying a funeral garland to church when a village maiden WitS buried, formerly existed at Minsterley, Salop. Until lately some of these gar- lands remained in the Church. They are composed of hoops connected by strips of wood, in the middle hung papers cut in the shape of hands, flowers and ribbons are attached to the frames, but they are much faded and discoloured with age and dust. They were suspended from the top of the church walls by iron rods, bearing on the end a heart-shaped plate, on which are inscribed the initials and date. None of them seem to be earlier than the eighteenth century. Some time ago 'a chaplet and pair of gloves' were p'v d in Shrawar- dine Church, Shropshire, in memory of a young woman of the parish, who was drowned in crossing the Severn. An illustrated description of some funeral garlands in Derby- shire, is given in Chambers's Book of Daps." NEMO. FATAL DTTEL AT WHiTCHURCH (Aug. 25, 1875).-The Capt. Jones of Wrexham, killed by Mr Manning, surgeon, Whitchurch, W' grandfather of Mr T. L. Longueville, Penylan, Oswestry. Manning was Capt. Jones's ward, and the dispute was a family one, or con- nected with some property. The parties met behind one of the hotels, and Capt. Jones took an ostler with him to be a witness to what took place. As soon as the parties arrived on the ground Manning -hot Capt. Jones, and he was afterwards tried for it, and imprisoned for life in an asylum. He has only been dead a few years, having lived to be upwards of eighty. JARCO. THE SALOPIAN BRIDE, (Dec 15, 1875.) The Wedding tour. -Immediately after the marriage, Mr and Mrs Jones set out upjn their wedding teur; and in the course of the journey, Mr Jones informed his wife that they were in the neighbourhood of his uncle, Squire Brown- low,who would be much offended if they passed on without calling at Squire Brownlow's Hall. Accordingly the carriage drove up to the door of the Hall, and, as soon as its arrival was announced, a posse of smart footmen ranged themselves on either side of the steps leading to the door. "How civil the servants are to you," remarked Mrs Jones, Yes," replied Mr Jones, My uncle would be very angry with them if they were not civil to us." The Squire was not at home, but the housekeeper would allow them to inspect the hall. After going over the splendid suites of room-, Mr Jones enquired of his bride, "What do you think of the hall ?,, 0, its quite a paradise," was the reply. 11 Should you like to live in such a place? Yes, indeed." Then, Lady Exeter," said the Earl, respectfully bowing, "THIS ROUSE is YOURS." The Lady fainted Such was the story told some years ago in the vicinity of Bolas, and if it is not true, it ought to be. J. E. LLYTHYR TAN Y GARREG (Sept. 29, 1875.)— There is an English version of this letter, with snme varia- tions, in the Cvmmrodorion collection of MSS. in the British Museum (Add. MSS. 14,974, f. 96 b), preceded by the following notice:—"A true copy of a leter written by Godes owne hand, as it is sayed, and found undt-r a stone in a village named Navrone nere the towne of Ifandy, in the yeare of our Lord 1603 this Leter by the comandernent of God was found under a great stone read at large it was at a foot of a crosse six leages from that towne uppon wh stone was in a morning seen writen and engraven these wordes viz. Blessed is he that turneth the s.ime stone then th, people',that sawe that written endevored to turn the same stone but it was in Uaine for the (sic) could not move it then they prayed God that they might understand the meaning thereof: then came a littel boy aid without any wordly (worldly?) belpe turned it to the adorration of the. behowlders the same being turned up ther was found under it a leter written wh golden letters by the very hand of Jesus Christ wh letter was brought to Ifandy therein was written the Comandernent of Jesus Christ sent by the Angel Gabriel Ao 1003 wh Comandernent was as followeth Yow shall say one to another they that worke one *e Sunday shall be excommuned and cursed of mee Jesus Christ I doe com and y on the Sunday ye goe to Church and keepe it holy whout labore you shall not wash nor keeme your head upo y day nor doe any kind of worke hut only desire mee toforgeeve your sinncs my Comandementes ye shall faithfully and zeloudy keepe and observe yow shall sted- fastly beeleere this is written wh myne owne hand yow shall goo to the Church and take your children families and ser- vantes wh yow to heare and observe my wordes and chastise and corect them to lceepe my Comande- ments yow shaH cease from doing your worke upo Saturday at five a klocke and soe continue utill moon- day morning I would wish yow to fast 5 fridr.yes in y yc-ire in remembrance of my 5 woundes wh I receued for yow nor shall take noe gold nor silver unjustly nor scorne my comandementes yow shall Hue brotherly and wh a true hart also v<)w shall cause them that are not baptized to come to ye church and receue it and in so doing I will loue and geve yow manifold giftes and long life y catell and land shall be replenished fruitfully to bring abundantly of all sortes of frutes and all blessinges shall come upon yow I will Comfort yow but ye that doe the Contrary shall be Cursed of mee and unblessed and ther goodesandCatelles shall beCursed andun- profitable I will send41 uppon them and ther workes till I have destroyed them and espesially them shal beare unjust witness against mee and accomplish not my comandement and murmur against this writing and beeleeveth not this writen wh my owne hand and spoken wh my owne mouth and he that hath therwithall to geve alwes to the poor in my name shall be blessed of mee he y 'will not shaH be cursed of me in th6 Confusion of hell remember that yow keepe Sunday holy whout any pphanation thereof knowing that I myselfe haue geve the daies to laboure and one the seventh I myself haue taken rest the man that doeth writ a Copy of this wh his owne hand and pen whal teach- ing otheres shall be Cursed of mee Contrary h? that shall have a copy therof wh his owne hand and cause it to be read and published shall be blessed of mee as if he haue sined as oft as ther be charges fixed in the sinne al his sinnes shall be forgeven hym if he be hartily sorry for the same asking forgeeuenes thereof again If yow beeleve this aforsayes and doe against my comandements I will send upon yow blacke wormes as big as peason wh shall de- stroy yow and your children catell goodes and whatsoever else yow have." I have been hitherto unable to identify the town of N ayrone;" but Ifandy I presume to be a Breton word meaning, as in Welsh, John's House,' equivalent, perhaps, to Yspytty Ifan," or Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. If so, the clue thus obtained, together with the clat'>, 1603, would lead to the inference that the whole proceeding was a contrivance of the Huguenots devised for the purpose of gaining credence for their tenets among the populace in re mote districts. H. W. L.

Ifere a word would seem omitted iu the MS. THE HORRIBLE OUTRAGE AT BREMEN- HAFEN. The man Thomassen (or Thompson) died on Thursday, Dec. 16th, from his self-inflicted wounds. He made a con- fession, the purport of which appears to have been that he procured the dynamite in America, and obtained the deck- work from a German mechanic on the representation that he wanted it for a certain process in silk manufacture. It was so arranged as to go for ten days, and then to set free a lever which struck a heavy blow, causing the explosion by percussion. It was also understood that he had been some weeks at Liverpool endeavouring to find out whether his fearful scheme could best be carried out in Liverpool or at Bremen.

The Prime Minister left town on Wednesday, Dec. 15th, for Ashridffe, Berlcharupstead, on a visit to Earl Browulow. The London correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury says—Sir John Karslake will have two companions when he enters the Upper House—at least so rumour says. It was stated and denied, and is now re-stated, that Colonel Taylor and Mr Ormsby Gore are going to be elevated to the peerage. Special general meetings of the Great Western Railway Company were held at Paddington on Friday afteruoon, Dec. 17, when the terms of amalgamation with the Bristol and Exeter and S uth Devon lines were recommended for adoption by Sir Daniel Gooch, M.P., and, after some dis- cussion. approved. The various railways between Padding- ton and Penz wice, 327 miles in length, and hitherto under nine separate boards and systems of management, now pass under the control of the Great Western, the trunk and branches of which will extend nearly 2,000 miles, and con- stitute the longest line in the kingdom. Meanwhile the South Western and Midland are pushing on to Plymouth, which will be in communication with the narrow-gauge railways in the course of a few months. LIBEL.—Mr Ensor, a solicitor, has recovered 230), damages, in the Exchequer Sub Division of the High Court )f Justice, against the proprietors of the South Wales Daily News, which published a letter from A Solicitor," who criticized Mr Ensor and wrote of mere police-court solicitors, and men who neither understood law nor go(d manners." The letter thus continued In all professions men are to be found who are a discredit if not a disgrace to bheir order, and there is no reason why the whole class should be condemned for the misdeeds of a few. Prom a personal acquaintance with every solicitor in Cardiff, I venture to say that not one of them approves of the conduct of the plaintiff and further, that they believe he got up the case of his client in a manner so defective as to con- tribute more than anything else to the verdict." This was the libel complained of. The Solicitor-General give evi- dence, and said he had the greatest respect for Mr Ensor. HUMPHREY'S (Portmadoc) CAMOMILE PILLS.- These inw known Pills (after a public trial of 35 years) have been nroredlle thousands of cases to be one of the best and safest Fitmill Mt djcines known. They are a careful admixture of the mildest vegetable aperients, ami do not contain a particle of mercury or iiiiy other miur-ral substance whatever. Thcv speedily removi Biiliousness, Indigestion, Habitual Co-tiveoess, Liver Com- piaiuts, Piies, Gravel, Loss of Appetite, Rheumatism, Pains in P! the Head, Chest, and all Impurities of the Blood. They unite a mild operation with a successful effect. The Young nnd Deli- cate may take these Pills without difficulty or ÙiL1J[.!er. The aged may fly to them with the utmos* safety and benetit. S,Id by 13LIosr chemists in boxes, Is lid 2s 91, and 4s 6d or of thn Pro- prietor, Thomas B. Humphrey (late Henry Humphrey), p"rt- madoc,North Walea; wholesale of Messrs B»rron, Squire and Co., London Messrs Evans, Sons, and Compy., Liverpool. HUMPHREY'S TUS IXE (registered), a now and valuable discoverv for Coiwhs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption, Hooping Cowih "Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, and a 1 affections of the Throat and Lungs One doze gives instant re- lief.-Sold 1-v most Chemists in Bottles Is 11/1 21 9d, An.! 4s6d "I each, or of tll" Proprietor, Thomas B. Humphrey, Operative Chemist Porimadoc, North Wilea. Woo esale of .Jesirs Barron, Squire, and Co., London; Messrs Evans, Sons, and Copmy' Liverpool. THE TIAllt.-For !0 years Mrs S. A. ALLEN'S WO'iLD'S HAIR RESTOTIF.R has received the ci-mnfmdation and favour of the public. It has acquired the highest place that can be obtained for any moderate enterprise, and contributed to the adornment of ten: of thousands of who have the proof of its service ) able character. It will positively renew and restore the original and natural colour of grey, white, and, faded liair. It will strengthen and invigorate the Hair, stop its falliop, and mduce a hea:thy and luxuriant growth. No other prr paration can pro- duce ;hc sune beneficial result. Sold by all Chemists and Per- fumers, in bottles, 6s. Depot, 114 & 116, Southampton Row London.

TIPYN 0 BOB PETH The polling at Holywtli on the question of a Maiket Hall has resulted in 21)9 votes for it and 114 against. At Chester Assizes, Henry King was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for forgery. J Ma.dame Edith Wynne has returned from her honey- moon, and sung at several conceits. Mr Armstrong, organist of Gresford Parish Church, has been elected choirmaster of the Wrexham Choral Union. There was a serious fire at the Midland Iron Works at Donnington, on Thursdav, Dec. 16. The damage is said to be between £ 2,000 and £ 3,000. The North Wales Colliers' strike terminated on Thursday, December 16, when. by the advice of Mr Whalley, the iiieii wnt in at the WVnDStay pits. A collection of £5 10s 6d in Machynlleth Church is ac. knowledged among the benefactions to the Salop Infirmary; and JE1 2s from Ightfieid Church, Whitchurch. At Old Heath, Shrewsbury, a child of two, Agnes Jones, fell into a rabbit, pie which had just been taken out ot tLe oven, and was fatally scalded. Thomas Antrobus, a Cheshire magistrate, has been fined JE20 at Manchester Police Court for assaulting a police officer, aud C5 for assaulting a boy. Wallace Craig, a lad of less than ten, son of Mr A. S. Craig, solicitor, has done a plucky thing. Seeing a child of six in the Severn, holding on the ice, he seized a stick, walked on the rotten ice, and rescued the child. Mr Crosby, the stationmaster at Penmaenmawr, was on Saturday, Dec. IS, presented with a purse containing seventy guineas as an expression of regard from the inhabitants of Penmaenmawr. The Mayor of Beaumaris (Alderman Wynne Jones) has presented the corporation of that borough with two silver chains for the use of the aldermen. The case of McCuUoch and another v. Edwards, which was to be heard at Liverpool assiz-s, was settled out of Court. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have granted to the vicarage of TalyJlyn, Merioneth, certain annual tithe com- mutation rent charges amounting to kl36 7s., in lieu of ( an annual stipend of E20 heretofore payable by the com- missioners. Chester is preparing to celebrate with due observance the marriage of Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, which is to take place at the Cathedral. It is announced that the Duke of Westminster and his family will stay for the time at the Grosv-nor Hotel. The Rev. B. Morlais Hughes, late of Rhosymedre, for- merly an Independent clergyman at Pentraeth, has been ordered by the Menai Bridge magistrates to pay 2s. a week towards the support of the illegitimate child of a woman named Margaret Hughes. Miss Ellen Thomas, second daughter to the late Poiice- sergeant Thomas, was married at Aberystwyth last week to Mr J. Luxton, a Devonshire gentleman of large fortune, who had been staying at Aberystwyth, and met Miss Thomas at the Queen's Hotel. A lecture m connection with the Cymreigyddion Society was delivered in Jewin Cresent Vestry Hail, London, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, by Mr T. M. Williams, B. A., whose sub. ject was The scientific and philosophical discoveries of the present age." Mr Padwaladr Davies was in the chair. An ancient communion chalice and an alcar cloth have been found in the archives of old St. Hilary's Church at Denlygh. Mr M. H. Bloxam has di-c-.wred that the chalice is of tho fifteenth century. The discovery, it is said, will be referred to in a work which Mr iJioxam is about to publish. The Chief Constable of Chester, in his annual report, points out that Warring too, the most drunkest of fifteen boroughs with a population between 30.000 and 40,000, has 92 fewer public-houses than Chester. The Chief Con- stable does not seem to believe that recent legislative re- pression has had much effect. The Glan-Severn Leai Mining Company have resolved to wind up." The reason given is insufficiency of lead after the "á;r,.s LtVourabe indications." So satisfied was the vendor of the "oundiifss of the concern that he invested an the purcha^ money in shares and he has not sold one of them. The local nnd Government prizes were distributed last week to the s'uclents of the Shrewsbury School of Science lid Art. The Rev. T. B. Lloyd presided and theie was an influential attendance. It was reported that there had never been so many prizes before either iu Science or Art, an 1 that the school had every prospect of success. The death of two well-known inhabitan s of North Wales ig announced—Canon Jones of L'andwrog, and C" Dr White of Penrhos, Carnarvon. Canon -Ti nps was a native of Cardiganshire, and educated at Ystr&dmeurig. He was at one time vicar of Llanfihaogel-geneu'r-!ilyn, in his native county. Mr Churton held an inquest last week on a boy of eight, Edwin Reece Large, the son of a farmer. The boy, with a brother of 12, went out shooting small birds without per- mis?ionoftheirfather,who was fromhome.Thegun was placed at full cock by the side of a hedge, and by some means went off and killed the deceased. The jury requested Mr Large to lock up his fire-arms for the future. The Ludlow District School Teachers Association have unanimously resolved-" That this meeting, considering the present unsatisfactory state of school attendance in agricultural districts and towns where no means of com- pulsion exist, is of opinion that the time has arrived when the Government should legislate to enforce attendance up to a certain standard." The trial of Lizzie Goodman for perjury, alleged to have been committed by her iu the recent inquiry respecting charges of insobriety preferred against the Rev. Dr Redhead, was "concluded at the Chester Assizes on Saturday, Dec. 18. The jury returned a verdict of Not guilty," and the judge (Mr Baron Amphlett) expressed himself dissatisfied at the proceedings taken against her, and disallowed the costs of the prosecution. When she was released from custody a large crowd of persons who had assembled to meet her gave her a hearty cheer. At a meeting of the directors of the Llandudno Pier Company, held on Friday, Decembei 17th, it was announ- ced that 218,000 worth of shares had been taken, out of a total capital of 230,000. The engineers. Messrs Br unless and M'Kerrow, stated that the whole of the pier, except fhe landing-stage at the end, would be completed and open f-r public promenade by July next, and the directors ex- pre^e 1 their satisfaction at the prospects of the under- taking. The sewerage works are also progressing, and it is confidently stated that the whole system will be completed early in spring, though some people have strong doubts on that point. Mr Craig has sent the following to the Shrewsbury Chronicle:—"Corporation of Worcester. Case of Mr Alder- man Hastings, moved by Mr Pierpoint, seconded by Mr Hood, and ordered'That the sum of £50, paid by Dr Ha-.tings to the treasurer of the borough fund, as a fine for not accepting the office of Mayor, be repaid to him by the treasurer, it appearing by the opinion of Her Majesty's Attorney-General that an Alderman is not liable to pay a fine for not accepting the office of Mayor, and the pay- ment having been made by Dr Hastings under the suposi- tion that he was liable to such fine.'—Ordered by the Town Council, 1st January, 1S40." A Nantwich tradesman, who had taken too much beT, attended the local police court the other day. and was sink- ing gently to sleep when the magistrate, Mr Tollemacbe, rudely waked him with the exclamation, I'm sorry to see you here in that stite. Leive the court, sir." "Eh What ?" was the waking man's reply. A threat of being locked up was not comprehended, but when a police officer was requested to remove him, the obtruder, addressing Mr Tollemache, said. I am much obliged to you for all the compliments." Mr Tolle- mache: You are welcome to the compliments. Let him go, but don't let him come in again." Tradesman I'm going." Mr Tollemache That's right." At Ludlow County Court the Pharmaceutical Society sued a man named Teague, Pn innkeeper at Marsh Brook, near Church Stretton, for the recovery of a sum, or penalty, of £ 5, for having infringed the lo h section of the Pharmacy Act, 1868, by selling, on the 25th day of Sep- tember last, at Marsh Brook, two packets of a certain poisonous compound—to wit, two packets of "Cooper's Sheep Dipping Powder"—the said defendant not being a duly registered pharmaceutical chemist, or a chemist and druggist within the meaning of the Act. The defendant admitted the sales, but pleaded that he sold the preparation as an agent to a Mr Hollier, of Shrewsbury, to whom he wis accountable for the sales and that he was unaware of the requirements of the law. His Honour gave judgment for plaintiffs, but "recommended defendant to mercy." It is said that there is some likelihood of a law suit over the Corporation property of Kingsland, Shrewsbury. The property, it is alleged, being held in trust for the burgesse of Shrewsbury, cannot be disposed of to the School as pro- posed. Up to the year 1859 the rents received from the Quarrv aud Kingsland were paid to the burgesses in tuiii, but the Council then decided that it was more to the interest of the burough that the revenue thus derived should be used iu reduction of rates. in 18G9 a committee reported on the subject, and said they were advised that the claims of the burgesses were sanc- tioned by the Municipal Act and might be legally continued. Since the rent of the Quarry is only about £ 2o, and of Kingsland about JS7. the money scarcely seems worih fichtine about. Each burgess, we imagine, would receive a. "few pence a year! The editorial sagacity which con- siders th;s of more importance than th" encouragement of a first rate Grammar School is peculiarly British. The "Spoliation of the Burgessesis what the' action of the Council is called, and we are informed that the bargain concocted between the Shrewsbury Corporation and the Governing Body must henceforth take its place tor its humiliating terms beside the notorious Geneva Arbitration — when Mr Gladstone and Lord Granville were over-reached bv the astute Yankees." But is it not possiblejthat History will say nothing at all about the humiliation of the Shrews- bury Corporation and the municipal spoliation of the sagacious editor ? Mr G. W. Latham. addressing a meeting of railway ser- vants at Chester, on Sunday, Dec. 12, urged the importance of belonging to a union, in order to secure proper wages. He said, Surely there is no disgrace in a union. As far as I can see, the whole of England is made up or trade;- unions. I myself, as a barrister, am a member of perhaps the very strict est R, I most oppressive trades-union we. have. I am bound by rules which, if working men were to adopt them, would be s lid to be perfectly wicked and oppressive and yet for the space of hundreds cf years the ar has been bound by those rules, and I never heard that any objection has been raised to them. Again, there i a union amongst doctors. There is a certain professional etiquette which if a doctor does not adopt he is scouted by his neighbours and there is traces-unionism among all tradesmen. [One cannot quite see that.] Iu fact, every body of men working with a common interest is bound to have eUh- r a written law or an unwritten law, which keeps tLeoi true to theros, Ives, or else, ill their want of union, they become scatt- ved and lose a^\anta^es they would other-vise pos«ef-s." Mr Latham ad-ted that he was strongly impressen -ith the of the railwuy ser- vants, and he believed they had only to take a little trouble to g^t them redressed, and to secure from Parliament the legislation obey deserved.

¡ FROM THE PAPERS. Captain B'-ycon saiied for Isiew York on Thursday, Dec. 16 in the White Star steamer Geiminic. The Daily News understands that the Duke of Edin- 1 urgn v. iil tuke ihe command of ai ronciai, and serve lis time m the Mediterranean squad:on, earlv in the r Spring. A Mao rid telegram states that seventeen officers of the British arixty have applied for permission to accompany King Alfonso in his approaching campaign against the Car- lists. On Tuesday, in a nidi ia County Down, Ireland, four men, two women, and two boys were killed by the bursting of a boiier. Ike Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, made abso- lute the rule fur a mandamus, ordering- the Justices of South Shields to issue summonses in the nutter of the Kenealy riuts. The Master of the Rolls has granted a perpetual injunc- tion agaitst the London and North-We-tern Hail way Com- pany, restraining them from manufacturing engines and rolling stock fcr sale or hire. The emigrant ship Culzeaa Castle, which left Liverpool for Metbuurae on May 25, with 150 people on board, chiefly emigrants, is reported missing, and, as she is four months over due, the greatest fears are entertained that she is lost with all on board. M. Jules Simon has been elected a member of the French Academy in the place of the late M. de Pemtssat, and M. Damas, the ch-mist was chosen to succeed M. Guiz t Mr William Whittaktr Barry, of Lincoln's Ion, barrister- at-law, third son of toe late Rev Henry Burry, rector of Draycot Cerne, Wilts, has been lost L a snowstorm, on the Srimmler Tauern Pass, in the J yrot Captain Allen Young, wh < recently made the vvyge to the Arctic regions in the Pandora, has been instruct td by the Admiralty to proceed to the entrance of Smith's Sound in the summer of l67d, in the hope of obtaining information as to the proceedings of the Arctic expedition. It has been decided to build, at Pembroke dockyard two armed despatch vessels, double screw, with engines tf 700-horse power indicated. They will each carry ten guns, and have a displacement about 3.700 ton. The probable cost of these vessels will be £ 100,000 each.—Globe. ine ouiciai inquiry into the lo-s ut the JJ;uiseh,.aLd was opened on Moncay, DLcemb r 20 h Mr Butt appearing on behalf of the German Government. The captain of the Deutschland was still under examination when the court adjourned. .News has been received at Chatham cf the safe arrival at Levuka, Fiji Island, of the 6-h compaLy Royal Engineers, after a passage of 173 days. Their first empl ymtnt will be the erection of quarteis for themselves and a residence for the governor, and after that they we, to piocted with a survejr of the islands. They were received in a fr.endiy manner by the islanders. R'^siua Rue, a domestic servant, who is cha-gei with burning her master's ricks, anJ, on her own confession, with killing two children, was brought before the magis- trates at Somerton, on Friday, December 17, and b Ler e, i- dence had been given was committed for trial. At the hearing she denied her guilt, saying that hc-r mistress made her say she coimtitted the crimes. Maria Cain was convlct.-ri at the Llve'p.v.l i sizes, on Thursday, December 16th, of perjury on the trial of a man uameu Jeremiah Cash, for murder, her evidence having tended to show the guilt of the prisoner. Mr Justice Mellut commenting upon the enormity of her off nee, senten- ced her to 14 years' penal servitude. Exchequer receipts from April 1, to DeceaiVr, 18, 1875, £ 51,103,3U0, last year sauie perioJ, £ 50,089 114 expendi- ture this ye-r, £ 51,804.544, same period last year £.1,nSIj,4G:3; b-lances this vear, £ 4 633,419 last ye: r £5 133,295, A royal warrant, which has been looked for by the mil'tia regiments throughout the countrv, was issued by the War Department on Monday night. Her will and pleasure is that adjutants of infantry and artillery mJl, a shall be granted the pay and allowances of c:puins in the line of the regular forces and of captains of the royal artil- )try respectively, and the regular armv allowance in lieu of foroge, providing regimental servant travelling dl ■W- ance. :>iv 0«va Riwl •<■<], elf-ct i-.ri "j t> the 'a'.e Telegraph • -f tl--g Board of Trade, writes to the Morning Post, stating as the result of many years' cartful ob,erva- tions, "that by far the ni 'j >rlty of coiiWy Ecc:dents take place under a peculiar condition of the earth, which con- tinues in the form of a wave for a pt-rird of fourteen to fwenty-eight days, and that the direction of t-uch wave of terrestrial disturbance is invariablyfrom south-west to north- east. or vice versa." Mr Piimsoii has written a long letter to Lord Derby on the subject of grain cargoes and Government inspection. The Board of Trade "instructions" are pronounced a model utterance of ignorance seated in the chairs of authority, and show official obstructiveness and a determination to thwart the will of the pe-.ple of England, oi Parliament, and of the Ministry. If something more effective is not done, Mr Plimsoll will outbid the Government for sur- veyors' services. The Treasury has lately made a demand upon the Manx Legislature of a rather formidable character. About 20 years ago the Imperial Government advanced £60,000 for the construction of the Port Erin breakwater, on the representation that the tolls to be levied on shipping using the harbour would pay the interest and provide a sinking fund. This they h:\Vk failed to do, and the Government has suffered a loss of £ 1.600 a year in interest. The time has now arrived when, in the op:nion of the Treasury, the money should be repaid with the arrears of interest. The Tynwald Court has appointed a committee to deal with the subject. The Earl of peiby delivered his inaugural address to the students of Edinburgh University on Friday, Dec. 18. He commenced by pointing out the benefits of literary culture, and proceeded to speak on scientific research, which he described as one of the recognised wants of the time. He urged the public to support the State in assisting scientific men in the pursuit of their studies. In reference to the I universities, he stated that a commission was about to be appointed to inquire into their constitution. His lordship concluded by announcing his intention to give a prize for the best essay on some historical subject. In the evening the nobte lord addressed a large meeting of working men' c )ntrn the portions and characteristics of th? two greclt political parties. He only touched slisditly upon *°rtign yoli'ic-j, anticipating considerable trouble in the Settlement of the Eastern question, but welcoming the calm and prudent spirit in which all the nations of Europe were enteiingupon the discussion of the question. He defended the purchase of the Su'z Canal shares, declaring that the obj ct was simply to maintain communication with India, and that there was no ulterior design on Egypt. Lord Derby was presented on Saturday, Decamb.-r 18th* with the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, and, in acknow- ledging the cgnapliment, spoke at some length. Remarking upon the abstnee of political agitation, he pointed out how, with no great questions involving constitutional changes, Parliament was enabled in times of tranquillity to devote its attention to s,cial measures. With respect to our commer- cial position, he thought it clear that as a natural tebound from recent activity, a period of comparative depression in trade must be looked forward to, but they might feel confi- dent it would not last long. Referring to the°C lonies his lordship expressed his conccurrencein much that was latelv w Stid by Mr Forster, but remarked that he b,d n't seen any plar.s for ^rawing closer the connection between the Colon- ies and ti e Empire that c-u!d be worked. Cur foreign relations were declared by the noble earl to be sati-factory. Apropo? of the recent consecration of a Catholic Church at Oxford the (Catholic) Tablet says—"On the whole the consecration of the new Catholic chuich in Oxford does not seem to us a proper subject of regret to those who love either God or their country. We cannot reasonably doubt that the Saints and Angels saw it with satisfaction. There is not an English prelate now in heaven who would not hive said on the occasion exactly what Cardinal Manning said. Too long the glorious company of the Saints have been obliged tc avert their eyes from the de: ie 1 sanctuaries of Oxford. Why grudge them the tardy consolation of seeing in that city. once all their own,a Christian altar, like those at which they offered the Holy Sacrificr. dufcing their o-.vn earthly pilgrimage, and at which reparation will hence- forth be made to the Most High for all the sacrileges of which England has been so long the theatre ? It really is not a matter for mourning. Why should earth lament when Heaven rejoices? If the University, as Huber savs, is a Catholic bequest to Protestant Ergland," let Catholics leave to worship God there as their fathers did, and even try to persuade others to do the same. The more they succeed the better it. will be for Englard

POLlTIOAL Colonel Tomline has declined to come "forvard""for come for Ipswich, and consequently Mr Newton will be the chosen Liberal candidate. Mr Cavendish Bentinck, the Judge-Ad-ocate-General, wa-; on Thursday, December 16, elected for Whitehaven by Lo03 v(,tes, as against 313 given for Mr Thompson. The previous contest took place in 18G8, when Mr bentinck polled 1,12d, aud Mr Steward, the Liberal candidate, 771. At Armagh Assizes, on Thursday, December 16th, the bearing of the election petition against the return of Capt De La Poer Beresford commenced before Mr Justice Fitz-. gerald. Sergeant Armstrong, in his opening statement, said evidence would be brought to prove bribery and undue icfluenc- and that a number of public-houses h?.d b-en kept open in the interest of Captain Beresford. Sir John R. Karslake, M.P., h^s issued an address to the electors of Huntingdon, announcing his retir^mont from the representation of that borough. Sir John succeeded the late Mr Thomas Baring, in December, 1873, aft, r the first contest which had taken place there for more than 40 years, end in which Mr Arthur Arnold was unsuccessful. After a keen and animated struggle, the seat ^.t H- r!ham vacvint through tbe appointment of Sir Seymour Fitzgerald as Chief Charity Commissioner, was on Friday. Dec 17 won by Mr Hurst, who polled 437, as Egai-s;. 434 for Col Aldridce. Mr Richardson, the Permissive Bi'l c-ndW)nf» mn-tered only five supp rlers. At the general £ t?on ot 1S74 "^n was In a 5Tj,rior,ty exactly 200. He ha3 now polled 95 more tnan on that occasion, and the Conser- vative candidate JOS less.

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ANGLESEY MACTSTIRATES.-The necessity for the appoint ment of a stipendiary magistrate-for Anglesey, at least- had a further practical illustration at Llangefni Petty Ses- sions on Monday, Dec. 20. Five cases were set down for hering-one a serious charge of assault, in which a police- man apd a farmer were interested, and in which more tbnn twenty witnesses, including two medical men, had been summoned, the farmer's advocate having travelled a dis- tance of seventy miles to be present. At eleven o'clock, the hour at which the sessions should have commenced, Capt. Verney, R. N., was the only magistrate in attendance after a delay of two houri; and a quarter, the frnitleps effort t) obtain the presence of other justices was abandoned, and the proceedings adjourned, to the great inconvenience of the professional gentlemen and other persons present on business.—Liverpool Mcrcury. Erps's COCOA.—GHATEF.U AND COMFORTING.—" By a thorough Knowledge 01 the natural laws whi, h govern the operations of iigestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fino properties of well-srlected cocoa, ilrEpps has provided our break- last tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It. is by the judicious use of_ such Mes of diet that, a constitution may be gradually built up i i 7°nR enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hun Jreus ot malaAies are floating around us ready to attack wherever therto la a weak point. We may escape many a fatal by keeping <>u^oives W(.ii fortified with pure blood and a PiS Service Gazette. IIOLLOTAYS OINTMENT AIM p1UlS_'Though it is im- possible, m this climate of ch:>.nginU ♦pmij—'iturp -ire veni, ill-health aUogether yet. its form Jn-' prt" be .Kte*? by k, esr)? measures. When hoarseness, cough, (hick hrealhi.nd the attending slight fever indicate iiratation.of the throat or chest, Hollowav sjOmtment. *h,uld he rubbed upon these parts without aelay, and_ his Pills taken in appropriate doses, to promote its curative action. No catarrhs or sore throats can resist these remedies. Printed directions en- velope every package nf Holleway's medicaments, which are suited to al. r.g,, avd cf.ril'tion?, and to every crdin.irv disease to which humanity is ilaliu. J