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TIPYN 0 BOB PETH. A Liberal Club has been formed for Sandbach and its neigh- bourhood. The Rev. J. D. Davies, rector of Llanmardoc, is engaged in writing a history of West Gower, Glamorganshire. Eyarth Hall, near Ruthin, is now the residence of the well- known authoress, Miss Rhoda Broughton. Steps are taken in the Aberdare Valley for the formation of a union amorigst the colliers in South Wales and Monmouthshire. On Fridav, July 27, the 106th Regiment left ( hesterfor Man- chester, being succeeded bv the 96th Regiment, from Aldershot. Mr Justice Denman has refused to make an order on the prose- cution to pay the costs of Josephine Morris, who was acquitted at the Manchester assizes on a. charge of perjury. On Wednesday, July 25, the parish church of Christleton was re-opened, after having been almost entirely closed for two years. The body of the church has been entirely rebuilt. The proposal for the application of a charter for incorporation for the boroush of Bangor has been deferred pending the return of Lord Penrhyn, the chairman of the Local Board. The Enqineer says that the Chester Suspension Bridge re- quires careful examination if the Bath catastrophe is not to be repeated, and that the Board of Trade ought certainly to have it examined and reported upon. As a stonemason named Thomas W llliams was working on the marine drive at Llandudno, he fell in a fit over the steep em- bankments and rocks to within a few feet of the water, and sus- tained rather serious injuries.. The crucifix in the central compartment of the veredos m St. Mary's Church, Denbigh, which was pronounced legal by Lord Penzance lately, and which had been removed by order of the Bishop has been re-erected. Mr Gunton, the distinguished organist of Chester Cathedral, has resigned, and has been appointed honorary organist by the Chapter. His successor is Mr. Bridge, the brother of the organist of Westminster Abbey. Mr. George Wright has added to the second edition of the programme .of the Congress to be held at Llangollen a little sketch map of the part of North Wales the Congress proposes travelling through on the various excursions. A trade crisis is imminent in the Merthyr and Aberdare Valley. Nearly 2,000 colliers gave notice a few weeks agoagainst a 10 per cent. reduction. At the Dowlais Works all the iron- workers' contracts were to terminate on Tuesday, July 31. This step will affect several thousand persons. It is annonnced that Ladv Beatrice Grosvenor, second daugh- ter of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster, is engaged to the Honourable Charles Compton William Cavendish, eldest son of Lord Chesham, and who is at present lieutenant and adjutant of the lOth Hussars. On Thursday, July 26, at Llanellv police court, Ann Barry, aged 18, was committed for trial at the assizes for the wilful murder -of her illegitimate child. The body was found on Monday in a boiler containing water. On the previous night the prisoner had stayed at a lodging house, and it was noticed that she was enceinte. T I AT At the Aberdare police court on Tuesday, July 24, Mr. R. H. Rys a leading local magistrate, and chairman and vice-chairman of several public bodies, fined himself 5s. and costs for allowing his dog to be at large. He could not, he said, conscientiously fine other people for such an offence unless he dealt the same measure towards himself. A regatta was held at Bull Bay, near Amlwch, on Friday, July 27. The chief prize for sailing boats was won by the Comet, E. Jones Bangor, the winner of the sailing boat prize at Conway and at numerous other regattas last year, the Brothers, Robert Jones, taking the second prize. The annual assembly of the Welsh Congregational Union will this year be held at Portmadoc, on the 7th, 8tli, and 9th of August. Mr. Henry Richard, M.P., is expected to preside. One feature of the meeting, which will attract numbers of ministers and laymen from all parts of the of the Principality, will be the laying of the foundation stone of the new memorial chapel. Thomas Jones, a stoker, fell off a goods train near Gaerwen, -on the Chester and Holyhead railway, on Saturday, July 28. He never recovered consciousness after his admission to Bangor Infirmary, and died about eleven o'clockon Sunday morning. He was about twenty years of age. On Monday an inquest was held before Mr. J. Tatlock, coroner for the city of Chester upon the body of Edwanl Lewis Jones, eleven years of age, the son of a cheesemonger's assistant, living in Louisa-street, Chester. On Saturday afternoon, July 28th, tlje deceased was seen watching a boyhathing near Stone Bridge, in the canal, but he went away from there. At night he was missed, and on the canal being draggedhis body was found. A verdict of Found drowned was returned. The death is announcecLof Dr. E. S. Bellyse, of the Oakfields, Stapeley, near Nantwich, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. The deceased centleman, who was held in high esteem by all his neighbours, was the son of the late Mr. John Bellyse, of Audlem. He harl held the office of medical officer to the Wybunbury dis- trict since 1860. He was the author of an essay on Acute Rheumatism," and contributed a very valuable article to the Lancet on Diphtheria." On Saturday, July 28, Robert Jones, who was recently tried .and acquitted of the murder of his wife, was brought up under warrant before the Rhyl magistrates charged with having used threatening language to Dr. Parry, who gave evidence as to the state in which he found deceased when called to the farm. Formal evidence having been taken, the case was adjourned to Monday. Some excitement prevails in the neighbourhood, it beingmooted that other warrants of the same kind are out against the prisoner. A correspondent of the Record signing himself A Magis- trate," writesWill it be credited that in North Wales, that supposed land of Protestantism, that stronghold of Protestant Dissenters, the name of the Principal of the Training College at Carnarvon has for weeks, if not for months, been published in the list of members of the Society of the Holy Cross," and yet not the slightest public notice has been taken of it by either Churchmen or Dissenters? The two North Wales Bishops are ex-officio members of the Government Committee. If no action is taken in the matter, of what use are tierce speeches in Convo- cation or Parliament ? On Saturday afternoon, July 28, Walter Harrop. aged years, who had been for about a week employed as a clearing-house number-taker at Chester General Railway Station, was killed while engaged in taking the numbers of waggons. A locomotive and several waggons passed over his body, mutilating him fright- fully.—On the same morning, the body of a boy about four years of age, the son of Mr. David Chatterton, The Groves, Chester, was found in the river between some boats, only a few yards from his father's house. The boy had been last seen by "the river side on Thursday, and on Friday a close search had been made for the body without success. An inquest was held in the afternoon, and a verdict of "Found drowned" was re- turned. At the last-Denbigh quarter sessions a warm discussion took place with reference to the suspension from office of the county analyst for two years. The Local Government Board, after some correspondence with the Clerk of the Peace for the county, in- formed the magistracy that they had not the power to suspend Ir. Bancroft. Compensation was claimed, and a sum of C25 was voted to Mr. Bancroft without the public having any benefit from his services in lieu of that amount. A majority of one out of a total of seventeen magistrates present, afterwards passed a resolution doing away with the office. The Local Government Board have now pointed out to the magistrates that they have no power to do away with the office. The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute will be held on August 7 to 14 inclusive, at Hereford, under the presi- dency of the Bishop of the Diocese. Among the objects to be visited and described are the Cathedral at Hereford, Ludlow Castle and Church, and the Church of Leominster; Sutton Walls and Marden Church Kilpeck Church and Castle, Ewyas Harold Castle and Church and Abbey Dore Church Madley Church and Belmont Priory; Goodrich Castle and Flanesford Priory; Kenchester (Magna Castra), Offa's Dyke, Byford, Mon- nington, and Bredwardine Churches, and Credenhill Church and Camp and lastly, Tewkesbury Abbey. The Beaumaris Regatta, on Saturday, July 28, was inaugurated by an ocean race for a purse of 20 guineas, for yachts of any size, belonging to recognized yacht clubs, from Liverpool to Beali- maris, the finish being off the red buoy at Beaumaris. There were six entries. There was a fair westerly breeze, ac- ■oompanied with lain at Beaumaris. The Challenge (20 tons, Mr. H. Thompson), which carried off nearly all the prizes offered at regattas on the Welsh coast last year, rounded the buoy at 3h. 41m. 4bsee. taking the first prize; the Spindrift (20 tons, Mr. T. R. Littledale) being an hour and two minutes later. Last year, the Messrs. Baker, of the Williams-Bulkeley Arms Hotel, gave the chief yachting prize, which was carried off by Colonel Thompson, the owner of the Challenge. Colonel Thompson generously' acknowledges the liberality of the Messrs. Baker by 'this year offering a cup, value 50 guineas, with which the com- mittee give. 7e20, for yachts from 16 to 20 tonnage, to be won by t the same yacht two consecutive years. The Clio, 2,000 tons, which has been granted by the Admiralty ::f()r the purposes of an industrial training ship for poor orphans and destitute boys belonging to North Wales, Chester, and the border counties, arrived in the Menai Straits on Saturday morn- ing, July 28, in tow of the tug Sampson, and in charge of Capt. ;Woger, R.N., with whom the proposal for such a ship originated and has-been carried out, and who has been appointed captain- superintendent. The Clio, after leaving Sheerness, met with very rough weather, and when off the Land's End, on Wednes- day night, was caught in the gale and sustained'some damage. The Valorous gunhoat, in whose charge she left Sheerness, also parted company with her consequent upon the bad weather. The mooring grounds of the Clio are in Bangor Pool, on the Anglesey side of the Menai Straits, almost opposite Bangor, and ■situate midway between Garth Ferry and Glynygarth, just under Mr. Hugh Mason s seat. On Saturday her arrival created a good deal of excitement, and the Bangor boatman drove an active trade in rowing visitors to and from the vessel. According to present arrangements, she is to be formally opened on Monday, August 20, and the Duke of Westminster (chairman of the com- mittee), Lord'Penrhyn, Sir R. Bulkeley, Bart., and other mem- bers of the executive committee are expected to take part in the ,prooeedings At'the Chester Assizes on Thursday, July 26, William Pitt (52), builder, Chester, was arraigned on three indictments for cheque for £70 8s. d. on the 2nd of March, 1876 (2). of u cheque for £512s. on the 28th of October, 1S76; and (3) of a clwque for £13 IS. 4d. on the 18th of November, 1876 also, .on twc indictments for ■embezzlement—(1) the sum of Ios. in October, 1875, the moneyof the City of Chester Benefit Building Sooiety, cf which he was secretary, and on divers other dates va.rious tMms of money amounting to £4.: and (2) certain sums amounting to JE10 in the month of October, 1875. He at first Tileadet! iot guilty; but subsequently, on the advice of his counsel, ,}ie pleaded guilty to the charges of embezzlement, and 58tr. Marshal], who was for the prosecution, said he did not pro- pose to offer any evidence on the indictments for forgery.—Mr. who appeared for the prisoner, explained tiwti during the latter portion of his-secretaryship of the prose- cuting torn puny the prisoner was in very bad health, and his bu-naess 1V in a very critical state in fact, he ultimately he- clike p. T. Holland,, one of the trustees of the soelffsy. and Mr J. Tibbits, the solicitor to the society, were bothieath-'i]; and both testified to the excellent character hitherto borne fby "the prisoner. On the following day the prisoner was sentenced -fco^ighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour. John fleet, ^labourer, JNimtwich, who was convicted of felo- niously eauiihig grievous boilily hann -to Win. Challinor, a man eighty age, -It Stapeley, on the 4th of June last, was brougtit #p fv r sentence. His Lordship commented in severe terms najwn tlbe atrociousness of te. o-ffence, and said he scarcelT ever .remembered sulc a crime. He then sentenced prisoner «*■> fifteen years' penal servitude. Lord J'Wfitioe Bramwell, in his charge toi the Grand Jury at Chester A-stSxes.-a&id 'ie believed-the calendar \vas Tather larger than usual dothis time of the year, and ceitainly it had some very serious of!«»ut«i in it. Perhaps it looked -worse to him after coming fro as Soutk Wales, where in hve.counties he thought <there were icsstv-two assize cases. There was a wonderful ab- sence of criw there. At Cardiff there are no prisoners, nor are •there an Y at Cardigan, •whilst at Breaon there v ere, only two jnen for iriaJ. being charger! with stealing thiee fowls and the otfcer with stealing a pair of trousers, lhere was one serious •offence stfc which they aook good care to tell thaw was committed by an Knglishm.ti; and as Carmarthen 'thsre were seven: prisoners. He told then, howev&i, they ought not t» be too prcrad! of their immunity frfcin crime, because it anight very well he that if a Cardiganshire n-ian was so minded to SOi-ibeJutve himself be would natnr.rlly go to where lie would find IMOre VCAIJIT- for hi. abilities in thai way. ind that Ithey, poor Beglish 5>e<i>le, find him on theirsidf- of Ihe I ee or the Wye. ips. therefore, sthe Grand Jury tmffht not be so (le-e proc-;eda.1. tha statfofthHM calendar fjoin what they lftight call theoonvofse consideration,of the.sitiiatioll, ag it was hot their inrlig^nov«t: or native population that figured so much m it as some of tii'>*e wandering persona whose adventurous dispositions l i l tlu-»* .way from the places where they were born to other licalitieg \nre tliev got larger wages, and where t-hey were sub- ject to iuoiv 'temptation. He could not but thint it would be a very g(-.ki lili,,L, if a discretion were givem to the magistrates to commit ertfasr to the sessions or assizes, so that where they thought a eac,-g oa grave one they would commit to the assizes, I to the se»*{kwis when it was a trivial one. As all <«ir legisla- tieri was 01 a tentative character, power might be gin-n to a jud;e to remove-a, case which had been comwWted to the ses- sions to the iistgyes if it was thought fit. HlS Lordship an- nounced that in Mmre the Chester assizes would be held before the assi,zes in the Welsh towns, and he gave that notice now in orjer tlo.t professiotuj gentlemen might be prepared. The pre- sent arrau-^turient wfts o/> excessively inconvenient that—without saying it would neva? followed again, because circumstances m'ght rentlo-e it newi;caay,-parties in future must expect the as-iizPS at Cb?«ter wc'VJ/l held before the as. lies in Welsh towns,|
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^0^ ra^PAPERS^ The trial of the Stauntons and Miss Rhodes, on the charge of wilful murder, is fixed for the session of the Central Criminal Court, commencing August 7. In the case of Viscount Maidstone, the eldest son of the Earl of Winchilse:t :t;1(Iottingham, the Court of Bankruptcy has con- firmed a resolution of creditors to accept a composition of 6s. 8d. in the pound. The great tire which broke out at a gunmaker's in Belfast on Sunday night, July 29, was not extinguished till Monday morn- ing. The damage is estimated at £100,600. The death is announced at the age of 78 of the head of the familvof Bulwer, Mr. Wm. Earle Lytton Bulwer, of Heydon Hall:Norfolk, elder brother of the late Lord Lytton, and of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, afterwards Lord Dalling. The Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, late Democratic candidate for the Presidency, who arrived at Queenstown on Saturday, July 28, is now visiting the lakes of Killarney, but intends to be in London at the end of the present week. Mr Gladstone, whose departure from London had been pre- maturely announced, left town on Saturday morning July 28th, for Hawarden, where he will reside during the remainder of the session as far'as the state of business in Parliament may permit. Prince Amadeus of Italy, who was for a short time King of Spain, met with an accident at Turin on Saturday, July 28. The horses of his carriage took fright and ran away, and the Prince jumping from the vehicle was severely contused in the head. At latest accounts he was improving. It was reported on Friday, July 27th, at a meeting of the local committee of the Royal Agricultural Show, that at Liverpool the sum taken for admission was £14,470, as against ,£1:,542 at Birmingham. The fact is all the more gratifying as Liverpool had to contend against that most powerful enemy of good at- tendance—bad weather. At a meeting of the London Bankers Committee, the Hon. Secretary (Sir John Lubbock, M.P.) was requested to convey to Mr. Watkin Williams, Q.C., M.P., the thanks of the London Bankers for the assistance rendered by him to the Factors Act Amendment Bill. On Thursday night, July 2G, four boys were drowned at the Edgbaston Reservoir, Birmingham. Three of them named Graham, went there with their parents, but strayed away. It is supposed that the boys were wading in the water-course, and were carried by the current into the reservoir, which is fifteen feet (Ieep. A return has been issued of the expenditure in the Tichliorne prosecution. The total costs, charges, and expenses of the pro- secution amounted to £60,07419s. 4d., of which £23,67617s. went in counsels' fees, £18,712 6s. Id. to witnesses, agents, &c., £10,268 5s. lid. to law stationers and for printing, £9,63710S. 4d. for shorthand writers' notes, and £3,780 to the jury. The London Court of Aldermen decided on Thursday, July 26, that Sir John Bennett, who has been selected for aidermanic honours by the Ward of Cheap, was not a fit and proper person to support the dignities and discharge the duties of the office. The decision is a very extraordinary one, as Sir John already holds some public offices of importance in the metropolis. lr. Chamberlain, M.P., introduced on Saturday, July 28, a deputation to the trustees of the British Museum, which, repre- senting more than sixty municipal Corporations, pointed out the necessity of the national collections being rendered available for the benefit of museums under the charge of provincial Cor- porations. The Duke of Somerset, on behalf of the trustees, promised that the matter should be carefully considered. A meeting of the Convocation of the University of London was held on Friday, July 27, Dr. F. Wood presiding, to consider the action of the Senate in adopting Mr. Russell Gurney's Permis- sive Act, providing for the admission of women to medical degrees. A long discussion was terminated by the passing of a resolution expressing regret that the Senate had adopted the Act without reference to, or consultation with, Convocation. On Friday evening, July 27, Mr. A. M. Watkin addressed a crowded gathering of electors of Grimsby. The meeting unanimously selected Mr. Watkin as the Liberal candidate. Sir Edward Watkin addressed the assembly on behalf of his son, and hoped the electors would return him as a personal compli- ment to himself for the interest he had taken in Grimsby during the past twenty-four years. The polling day is fixed for this day (Wednesday). The death is announced of a once celebrated character, John Frost the Chartist. Although a Monmouth magistrate,_ Mr. Frost took a leading part in the Chartist riots in South Wales, for which he was tried and condemned to death, the sentence being afterwards commuted to transportation. Lnlike his com- panion, lie lived to return to England, and had resided for many years near Bristol. The law officers of the Crown have (the Standard says) given their opinion on the fight between the Peruvian ironclad Huascar and Her Majesty's ships Shah and Amethyst. Ihey find that the Huasear was to all intents and purposes acting as a pirate on the high seas, and that, for the protection of commerce, the Ilttak maJe npon her was justifiable. The Home Rule members held a meeting on Friday, July 27. Mr. Eugene Collins in the chair. The obstructive attitude of certain members of the party formed the subject of discussion, and Mr Butt spoke at some length, giving the meeting to un- derstand, we are told, that should the present aimless obstruc- tion be persisted in, it might become necessary for him to con- sider whether he could continue to hold the position of leader of the party. They sav that it was a trick of Lord Beaconsfield not telling Sir Stafford Northcote what was the real defence of the Pigott appointment, in order that his wily lordship might trap the House of Commons into a vote of censure, and then by a speech from himself in the House of Lords force the Commons to eat their vote. As Montrond said of Talleyrand, II est impossible de ne pas aimer cet homme, 11 a tous les yices,Truth. The Academy says that Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen lias just started for a prolonged scientific tour in Babylonia. He will visit the site of Karchemish discovered by the late Mr. George SmIth, and wIll spend a considerable tilDe in Babylon and ;S-ineveh, with a view to excavation, the copying of inscriptions, and the determination of the more important sites. Mr. Bos- cawen is accompanied by an Arab, a native of the country which he is visitinir. The Academy hopes to print some inter- esting communications from Mr. Boscawen. The quantity of fresh meat landed at Liverpool last week was considerably in excess of the arrivals for many weeks past, amounting to 3,035 quarters of beef and 150 carcases of mutton. The number of live stock landed during the same period was 290 heatl, but next week it is expected that the arrivals of the latter will be much greater, as two extra steamers are now on their way from New York with 247 live oxen and 675 live sheep. The trade in Hve stock has so far been very success- ful, not a single death having been reported during the transit, and present appearances indicate larger business in future. A special telegram from New York 31illolmces that quiet has now been restored in nearly all parts of the United States, though the railway men on strike continue obstinate. The mails are running regularly, and the movement of freight has begun on the Pennsylvania line generally with new hands and under military protection. A troop train has been wrecked by the rioters, and a colol of the regular army and several soldiers were injured. In the coal district the situation does not im- prove, and the trade in New York is virtually suspended. The Nineteenth Century for August contains an article by Mr. Gladstone upon aggression on Egypt and freedom in the East. The right hon. gentleman argues that, supposing the command of the Suez Canal to be necessary and practicable, it would be sufficient to secure it by proper measures, at the proper time, and we should then be free from the embarrassments with which any prominent scheme seems to be be¡.,>irt. After remark- ing that there is no single Power which the most inflamed imagination can at present conceive to be anticipating us in these measures, Mr. Gladstone argues that the day which wit- l1esse an occllpation of Egypt will bid II long- farewell to all cordiality of political relations between France and England. On Friday, July 27th, it was reported that Colorado beetles had made their appearance in Hereford on some potatoes in the suburbs of the city, and as the discovery obtained cur- rency no small concern was manifested. Several specimens were gathered, and were thought to he identical with the published colonred plates of the eggs and larvw of the insect. It was sup- posed that the eggs were brought over with American seed potatoes. The insects, however, supposed to be the much dreaded Colorado beetle, have turned out, on strict investigation and examination, to be nothing more than a species of ladybird. So far from being destroyers of the potato crop, they are really its protectors from the scourge of the aphis, or green fly. A Central News telegram says, a meeting of the Conservative party in the House of Commons was held on Friday, July 27, at the Foreign Office, the first which has been called since Sir Stafford Northcote undertook the leadership. The question discussed was, of course, the present condition of public busi- ness. The meeting was a! very full one, and Lord Beaconsfield came in to confer with his old colleagues. He made. It very ef- fective speech, and was received with striking enthusiasm. The effect of his communication was that in regard to the obstruc- tives, the 1ini.sters were doing not what they considered mot desirable, but what they considered most practicahle They did not do what they wished, but what they could, and they needed the support of the constant attendance of their party in order to complete the sessional work. The Bankruptcy Bill would be abandoned, along with the Factory Bills and the Roads and Bridges Bill. We understand that, though differ- ences of opinion were expressed, practically unanimity was at- tained, the only non-content being Mr. Sandford. At the Wells Assizes last week a case was tried which is said to have excited intense feeling in East Cornwall, on acconnt of which the vcrrae was changed to Somerset. Samuel Smith, rector of Landolph, was sued for £2,000 damages for sending a post-card to one of his leading parishioners, accusing him of forgery. This was one of a series of post-cards which the Rector had sent to his parishioners, in which he cal1ed them perjurers and other opprobrious epithets. Once he locked the door from the ousld when a vestry meeting was being held, and those attending it ha.d.toescape by the window. In consequence of these acts his clwrch was deserted, except by his own family and churchwarden, and it was arranged by the Bishop of Exeter that Smith should absent himself for three years but when Cornwall became a separate see he returned, as Bishop Temple was no longer his diocesan. His parishioners at length subscribed to prosecute him for libel. The jury awarded the plaintiff £290, Marshal MaeMahon, in reply to an address from the Mayor of Bourges, made a speech on Saturday, July 2S, in which he said that Radicalism was the common danger, and that his object ever had been to check it. His intentions, however, had been called in question, and his acts misrepresented. A return to the abuses of the old regime under the occult influences of a priestly government bad even been spoken of. These were calumnies which had already been disposed of by the public good sense at home and abroad. They would not discourage him, or prevent him from finishing his task, by the help of the men who had aided him in carrying out his policy. He was confident that the nation would respond to Ins appeal. Press prosecu- tions continue in France. The managers of the Lanterne, and the Mat d'Ordrc have each been sentenced to 5000frs. fine for publishing articles said "to have been written b): M- Rochefort. The ll1anr of the Co wier de Prance has been sentenced to one month's imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 frs. for publishing articles insulting public functionaries. Mr. Samuel Warren, D.C.L., author of Ten Thousand a Year," and other works of fiction, died at his residence in London, «n Sunday evening, July, 29, aged seventy. The following extract from the Gomping Guide to Wales shows that deceased was a Welshman In passing, -we may remark that Mr. Samnefl Warren, Q.C., who so generously presented the world with Ten Thousand a Year,' was born in 1807, at Giesford. The only con- nedion the family had with Wales was, we believe thåt Mr, Williams, brother of frs. Warren, dwelt at a farm hnse called 1 The Rockery, and the birth took place when that lady was on a visit to her relative. As an author Mr. Warren was very, popular, although his Lily and Bee'was sorely quizzed by the critics and as a Commissioner in Lunacy he was once sadly over-weighted when all the big guns of the law appeared before him to argue the celebrated Wyndham case. The father of Mr. Warren was well known as the leader of one of the secessions from the Wesleyan body, and there is a good story of the son'« unwillingness to acknowledge the connection. On one occasion he manifested his contempt lor -the )lethodists, in presence of Mr. Atherton (Solicitor-General), who was also the son of a Metliodfct clergyman, when Mr. Atherton said :—' It is of no "se, Sam-/ we are both sons ef Methodists, but there is this dif- ference—your father was drammed out of the regiment, and mme dIedl m it. The Crom« Court at Liverpool A ssizes was occupied the whole of ''(.'ay .fuky 27th, in hearing .the charge of murder preferred against Sophie Martha Todd', a youn^ woman. The circum- stances of the- case are of a very extraordinary character. The ac- cused, in Apr3, 1875, took lodgings at the house «K'a family Kimeu -'ottrtjEfc, jn Prospect-street, Liverpool. One Sunday nvght in the fdlwwing June or Jfrtv, a person brought -t: babv to the prisoner, whs 0 said that its parents had entrusted iit to her to'keep for the ewning, and would call for 5j during night. Mrs. Johtte, the landlady, remained with Todd till tw o'clock a..m. and she tliea had the infant with her. The following morning it was gene, and the prisoner stated that the-parents had exiled for it. haosequently the woman toœ.( apartments at Springtf.eld, in tlie iiiame of Jackson. She broaght with her a box, which, when she went away from Springfield, she left be- hind her. As late a* itarch last the box was opened, and kwnd to contain the dead of a baby. A reply to an advertise- ment for a child to adept, supposed te have been inserted by the prisoner, was also discovered intJiebox. The rory Todd guilty, and Mr. Jœ;tif8 Hawkins sentenced her to death. The case is made the more ,ma.rkable by the positwll of the condemned womao, who is the daughter <rf a civil engineer, has 'I received a superior education, apeaks five languages, and has been governess in the family of a Russian Prfnce at 9t, Peters- burg, j
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PACTS ltND FANCIES. A popular minister recently gave a lecture on "Fools." The tickets of admission were inscribed" Lecture on Fools." "Admit one." There was a large audience. He left her and stept out to see a friend between the acts. Whv, Edward," said she, when he returned, "you were a very long time gone." Yes, dear, I regret to say I saw a young man whom I have known for years drinking whiskey." You did ?' Yes, standing right up before me, partaking deeply and care- lessly of the dreadful intoxicating glass." There was a little pause. "Edward, don't most bars have mirrors at the back?" Edward flushed a little, and permitted the subject to drop. A clergyman was annoyed by people talking and giggling. He paused, looked at the disturber, and said, I am always afraid to reprove those who misbehave, for this reason. Some years since, as I was preaching, a young man who sat before me was constantly laughing, talking, and making uncouth grimaces. I paused and administered a severe rebuke. After the close of the service a gentleman said to me Sir, you have made a great mistake. That young man was an idiot.' Since then I have always been afraid to reprove those who misbehave them- selves in chapel, lest I should repeat that mistake and reprove another idiot." During the rest of the service there was good order. No CHRISTIAN.—Bishop M'Coskry, of Michigan, is credited with the following story, which bears rather hard upon Lis own church—" An Indian in the Canadas, or on the borders, had been baptised and confirmed. But baptism did not infer any moral change' in this case, and confirmation was not any more efficacious. The Indian was soon found drunk, and one of the brethren undertook to rebuke him, and especially to bring to his mind his obligation as a Christian, so lately assumed. The Indian listened patiently and without answer, until his reprover brought the argument that he was a Christian to bear rather severely, when he suddenly looked up, and, with a face half quizzical and half triumphant, said, Ale no Christian me Church of England man QUAINT EPITAPH.—The following epitaph is to be seen on an old tombstone in the burialground of Llanwenarth Baptist Chapel, near Abergavenny, in memory of one Joshua Jones, who died in 1728 Here lieth one of Abel's race, Whom Cain did hunt from place to place; Yet not dismayed, about he went, Working until his days were spent. He is now at rest, and takes a nap Upon his common mother's lap, Waiting to hear the Bridegroom say, Arise my love, and come away. The adjoining chapel is the oldest in the county of ionmouth in connection with the Baptists, having been built in 1695. ROPEBREAKING AT EXECUTIONS.—There are several cases on record of the breaking of the rope at executions in former days. Among these may be mentioned a terrible scene which occurred at the execution at Chester, on the morning of May 2S, 1S09, of two men named Williaml Proudlove and George Glover, con- victed of salt stealing and of firing a pistol at an excise offi- cer. When the platform on which the criminals stood dropped, both the ropes snapped and the men fell to the ground. They were then conducted back to the gaol, to which they walked with remarkable coolness, and only requested that the chaplain might come to them. Stronger ropes were procured, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon the men were marched back again to the gallows, where they were hanged a second time effec- tually.—Pall Mall Gazette. The Berlin gorilla, )Ir. Pongo," the only specimen yet brought alive to Europe, has arrived at the Westminster Aquarium. The creature is not yet four years old, and has not yet entered on the period of teething, but it is Sft. in. high, and has already muscles of extraordinary rigidity and firmness. He eats farinaceous food and fruits, but can eat beef-steak, drink beer, and smoke, after the African fashion, puffing the smoke out again through his nostrils. Like other monkeys, he can imitate almost any action, and imitate with what appears to be humour—for instance, he applauds laughter occasionally by beating a stick on the floor, or clapping his hands—but the most human thing about him seems to be a trick of putting everything in his mouth, like a child of a year old. For instance, if he tries to write, the pencil goes at once to his mouth. The most diffi- cult thing to conceive about him, on the Darwilllan hypothesis, is why his coat should have ever fallen off. Under what circumstances could a gorilla without a hairy skin be better fitted for survival than a gorilla with one? Surely he would be less fitted. That the strength of the gorilla man should decline as his brain grew wider and devised substitutes for strength, is conceivable, but why should his coat fall off:—Spectator.
. THE ST. ASAPH DIOCESAN SOCIETIES.
THE ST. ASAPH DIOCESAN SOCIETIES. The annual meetings of these societies were held last week at St. Asaph. The society for the relief of the clel1!Y, widows and orphans, held its meetings on Wednesday, July 25, the Lord Bishop pre- siding. The grants of last year were all confirmed, but without a proposed increase of ten per cent. on account of the decrease in subscriptions. Mr. Sisson reported the receipt of £ 500, a legacy left by the late Mr. Hugh Griffith, and it was ordered to be invested as usual. The income of the fund had been £ 357 from mortgages, &c., and £2:8 18s. 3d. from collections. The grants amounted to £ 641, and the expenses, £ 1518s. 9d. The first business after the report was the election of the com- mittee for the Society, to which the name of Captain Mesham was added. THE CHURCH nULIHXG SOCIETY. The DEAN introduced the subject of church building, and said that in consequence of the state of the funds he could not recom- mend grants "to any more than towards the three new churches proposed to be built at Brymbo, The Lodge, and Ruabon. Some people thought that there had been so much done already in this direction that there was little need for further effort, hut he could assure them that it was quite the contrary, and it wa" still necessary to do all they could in the direction of church building. The report of the committee, read by the Rev. D. Lewis, recommended grants of ,£50 to Penycae, Ruabon, £50 to The Lodge, St. Martins, and £25 to Bwlchgwyn, Brymbo. Con- sidemble discussion followed as to the committee's report, and as to the principles upon which grants are made. The report of the committee was adopted, audit was added that the applica- tions now refused be strongly recommended to the committee for next year. Subsequently it was proposed by Canon How and carriecl-" That for the future, grants should be made out of the current income of the society only, and not out of the expected income of the coming year." THE DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION Met at three o'clock, under the presidency of the Bishop. The reports of the Committee and Diocesan Inspector were read. The latter stated that the number of church schools in the docese all open to inspection was 259, from which only seven scholars were withdrawn from religious instruction. Had visited 286 schools, found 119 excellent or good, and 117 fair. There were 1247 teachers engaged allll161 pupil teachers. In the schools there were 23,823, average attendance 15,996, at the examination 17,843 attended, n were withdrawn, and 14 excluded from the catechism. On June, 106 pupil teachers and monitors were examined, and 103 Sunday school scholars. The 21 withdrawn from religious instructions were 19 Roman Catholics and 2 Cal- vinistic Methodists, being 1 pupil in 1,134. Eight new schools have been opened to inspection during the year, and one old school examined the first time. The report of the Committee was adopted on the motion of Sir W. W. Wynn, seconded by Canon How. That of the Inspector was also adopted. THE CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this Society was held on Thursday, July 26. After prayer, The BISHOP rose and said they had cause to be thankful for the labours of the Church Extension Society. He could not say as he did yesterday, that they had tided over their difficulties. Indeed, those difficulties seemed to increase. The two languages existed side by side, but the English language was surely and steadily making such advances, and the mixture of the Welsh and English language was so great, as well as the spread of edu- cation so complete, that it was rare to find a boy cr girl who could not speak English, and we must look forward to the spread of the English language all over the world. Still, the Welsh language clung to the Welshmen, and it seemed to be able to convey religious ideas to their minds and feelings, and there- fore they would still be under the necessity of carrying on bi- lingual services. It had been suggested to him that one curate might be employed for two or more curacies, itinerating between them; he thought that was a very good plan. Another great difficulty was the educatian of their young men for the Church in Wales. It was not a difficulty of funcl, but of men. Turn where they would there were no men to be found of the right sort. St. David's College was too expensive, and to escape that expense some had.travelled to Cumberland and to Birken- head, and the bishops all said that the want was not in means or institutions, but it ar0ll6 out of the abuse which crept into the institutions. When it cost a70 or £o per annum to receive education it was practically a bar to the sons of the middle classes, especially when they had to compete with the Prus- sians, (Swiss, &c., where a first-class education can be obtained for from £3 to £6 per annum. Wales at this time actually paid: £1,400 per annum to the English universities, and did not receive £ 1 in return. Sir WATKIN moved the adoption of the annual report, and alluding to the remarks of the Bishop, said that while Prussia and Switzerland gave education for £3 or £6, the £70 or £80 mentioned included board and lodging. As to the principle of itinerating curates, he feared that could not be done easily, be- cause he found that some clergymen who lived near each other differed as much in their opinions as Luther and the Pope. (Loud laughter.) He suggested that the grants from this Sûcietv should be confined to the places along the coast where the bilingual difficulty was most felt. Mr. SCOTT BANICES seconded the resolution, and in the course of his remarks started a long discussion upon the method of collecting the funds of the societies. The discussion was contiuuecl by the Denn, Archdeacon lor- gan, Canon Howell Evans. Canon Wynne Edwards, and many others. Ultimately it was resolved that the Rural Deans should be the centre of the collecting work: in their Rural Deaneries, amI that the 1st June should be the time for the payment of the sub- scriptions into the funds of the Society. Archdeacon FFOUKES introduced the subject of Welsh litera- ture, tracts, &c., and proposed that a cOTllmittee he formed of which the Rev. W. Morgan might be secretary, to procure or publish a supply of tracts and periodicals in Welsh for the diocese. The Rev. D. R. THOMAS seconded, and it was carried unani- mously. The meeting conclnded with thanks to the Bishop for pre- siding. A large number of the clergy and laity were entertained at the Palace and at the Deanery. A meeting of the Carey Fund Trustees was held at the Palace in the afternoen and on Friday the customary Chapter meeting closed the week's proceedings.
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EVERY SATURDAY in AUGUST,cheap excursion .J'J bookings from the undermentioned Stations to LIVER- POOL (via Whitchurch and Crewe) and CHESTER (via Whit- church and Tattenhall Line), returning the Monday following- Liverpool (Lime- Chester a.m. street) 3rd class. 3rd class. Pwllheli dep. 6 20) Criccieth 6 40 1* 9s. Portmadoc. 6 53) Penrhyndeudraeth. 7 4 Harlech 7 18 f Ss. Dvffryn 7 33; Barmouth „ 7 Dolgellev 7 20 Penmaenpool 7 25 y 6s. 6d. C". 0<1, Towyn 8 16 Aberdovey 8 24) Arrangements for Return.-Holders of Tickets return on the Monday following from Liverpool (Lime-street Station), at 12 noon, and Chester at 1.10 p.m. EVERY SATURDAY in AUGUST, cheap excur- sion Bookings from tke undermentioned Stations to LIVERPOOL (Via Whitchurch and Crewe) and CHESTER (Via Whitchurch and Tattenhall Line). Returning on Monday fol- lowing Fares for the Double Journey. Liverp'l (Lime St.) Chester. 3rd class. 3rd class. FROM a.m. s. d. s. d. 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Reckitt's The marked superiority of SMHfck I this l.auiu'.ry Bl'ie over all |SgJ| others, a,: id; lie qu.ck ?\i- MU preciat ion of its merits by H ■ the Public has been at- tended by the usual result, W HIV viz :a flood of imitations t he ■§ merit of the latter mainly COM-" jO. g| sists in the ingenuity exertnl, Hj not simply in imitating 1he H I B KB square shape but making ihe .JjpLMjS 18 B ■ ■ 1 general appearance of the wrap- HI pers resemble that of the genuine IN SQUARES. article, The Manufacturers be therefor* to caution alt buyers to see c. Reckitt's Paris Klue" on each pacxet, BEWARE OF WORTHLESS IMITATIONS, > -N EDUCATION. THE ACADEMY, TOWYN, NORTH WALES. PRINCIPAL MR. EDWIN JONES, M.R.C.P. Assisted BY QUALIFIED [CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, AXD FOREIGN RESIDENT MASTERS. THIS School afforù", the most thorough training H1 English, Mathematics, Classics, French, German, .Music,^ bcience, Drawing, &C., together with constant supervision, and every home comfort. SCIENCE and ART CLASSES are held (in connection with the SCIENCE and ART DEPAKTMENT, S. Kensington,) in CHDIISTHY-fdly illustrated by experiments—ACOUSTICS, LIGHT, and HEAT LINEAL and GEOMETRICAL DRAWIXG. Pupils are prepared for Examinations connected with the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London. &e., Aberystwyth and the Denominational Colleges, the Army, the Law and Medical Preliminaries, the Pharmaceutical Society, Civil Service, Banking, and all Commercial pursuits. The premises arc iv tc and very extensive, healthily situated, and perfectly adapted for the accommodation tuition of Boarders. ARE FEW Vacaneies to fill at the Re-opening on the 22nd of January. FOR TEEMS, &c., APPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL. LLWYNNOXX GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PORTMADOC. Conducted by Mr. J. H. Lewis, London University (First B.A.), (Late Assistant Tutor at Bangor Training College.) /CANDIDATES prepared for the Universities, for Professional and Commercial Pursuits, and for the various Training Colleges. Terms and prospectuses on application. Young men whose Education has been neglected will FIND special ad- vantages. School re-opened, Jan. 15th, 1877. THE HALL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. ABERYSTWYTH. MR. T. HUGHES, of the University College of ales (Reading for Degrees), receives pupils at the Hall Grammar School, Aberystwyth. Subjects taught :—English, Classics, Mathematics, PLonograpny, Book-keeping, and Drawing, in which 16 pupils took prizes. The school is examined carefully every half- year on the above subjects. The discipline is strict but kind. The next term commences on Wednesday, the 1st of August, 1877. Terms moderate. Application to be addressed as above. 23, MARINE TERRACE, ABERYSTWYTH. TISS JONES (late of Boulevard House) begs to J-U- state that the :.ext Term will BEGIN on Tuesday, May 1st. 5 Terms on application. ABERYSTWYTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDED IX 1812. HEAD MASTER Mr. EDWARD JONES. First B.A. (and in honors of the University of London.) SECOND MASTER Mr. A. HUNTER, M.A. (Gold Medallist and Scholar.) This school is examined yearly by gentlemen not con- nected with the masters, among whom may be mentioned the Rev. Dr. Charles. D.D., the Rev. Professor Grimley, the Rev. Profe&sor Lewi and the Rev. James Cornford, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. During the last year several pupils of this school were successful in examinations for the Banks and the Law and Apothecaries' Hall preliminary examinations. One, who was five years pupil at this school, took a scholarship of .t80 a year at Oxford, and another one of £50 at Cambridge. Also two who entered the University of Oxford direct from this school took their M.A. degree, and one matricu- lated in London University (first division) in January last. The Head Master receives a few Boarders. Inclusive terms, £40 per annum. LADIES' COLLEGIATE SCHOOL JLJ BELSIZE HOUSE, ABERYSTWYTH. Principal, Mrs. E. Marie Jones. (F. C. College, Glasgow, and wife of the Rev. E. P. Jones, M.A.,) assisted by masters and a staff of qualified English and foreign teachers.—Pupils prepared for the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examination, and the Civil Service Examinations. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. Ladies' Collegiate School removed from Queen's-road to Belsize House. 26, Bridge-street. The commodious pre- mises with Croquet Ixiicn. lately occupied bv the Rev, Llewelyn Edwards, M.A., Irwell House School. Next term Commences AUGUST 7th, 1877. IRWELL HOUSE SCHOOL, ABERYSTWYTH. THE REV. LLEWELYN EDWARDS, B.A., of JL Lincoln College, Oxford, and Graduate in Classical Honours, receives Forty Boarders and a few day piynls, to prepare for Matriculation at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Aberystwyth, and London, or to fit them for professional and commercial pursuits. Special arrange- ments made with students reading for degrees. SCHOLARSHIPS.—One of £20 to the best boy who enters the University College of Wales from this School; and one of B5 to the best boy who enters the School at its RE-OPENING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 1877. BRIGHTON HOUSE, ABERYSTWYTH. PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG BOYS. LADY-PRINCIPAL—MRS. H. N. GRIMLEY, Assisted by Resident Masters and Governesses. THE Third Term for 1877 Commences on Thursday JL September 20th. Prospectuses may be had on application to Mrs. GRIMLEY, Brighton House, Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth. CAERLEON HOUSE. SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, ABERYSTWYTH. MISS TRUBSHAW informs her friends and the public that the duties of her School will be RE- SUMED (D.V.) on Wednesday. August 1st. 1877. Pupils prepared for the Oxford and ^Cambridge local ex- aminations. A resident FreRch Governess. MAENGWYN GRAMMAR SCHOOL. MACHYNLLETH. Conducted by Mr. J. OWEN, late Inspector of Schools for the British and Foreign School Society, and Tutor at the Society's Training College, Swansea. THE course of study comprises the usual branches J- of a classical, professional, and commercial educa- tion. Pupils prepared for the universities and for the preliminary examinations of the various professions. &c., &c. Special advantages for pupils wishing to enter the University College of W ales, the Theological Colleges, or the Government Training Colleges. The methods of in- struction are the most modern and approved, and are based on thoroughly scientific principles. Terms and prospectuses may be had on application. School will RE-OPEN, August 21st. DOLGELLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. :MASTERS • REV. S. S. O. MORRIS, M.A.. Oxon :—Classical Ex- hibitioner of Christ's Hospital, London, lS66: Mathe- matical Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford. 18G6 First Class Mathematical Moderations. 186SS; Third Class Mathematical Finals, 1870; Sixth in Honours, London University Matriculation, January, 187O. G. R. MORRIS, ESQ., London University, 1876. THE nature 6£ the education given at this school JL may be learnt from the fact that during the last four years three pupils have taken open scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge three have passed the London University Matriculation two the preliminary examination of the Pharmaceutical Society one the preliminary of the Faculty of Surgeons, &c., Glasgow several have taken first and second classes in Chemistry, Physics, and Mathe- matics in thlt examinations held by the Science and Art Department, and several have entered banks and other branches of business. Pupils prepared to compete for scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge for the London University Matricula- tion, 1st B.A., and 1st B.Sc- Oxford and Cambridge Locals Medical and Law Preliminaries and a thoroughly sound education given to pupils who wish to enter on a business life. The Chemical and Physical Laboratories are now FUR- nished with every requisite for the highest stages of >tudy in Chemistry and Physics. The next quarter begins (D.V.) on Tuesday, the 7th August, 1877. No boy admitted for that quarter after < hat day. THE LLANDYSSUL GRAMMAR SCHOOL CARDIGANSHIRE. Conducted by the Rev. WILLIAM THOMAS. M.A. ADDITIONAL BOARDERS can he received. Locality salubrious. Examination Lists and Pro- spectuses on application. LESSONS OU THE PIANOFORTE, HAR- A .111 RINGING, bv W. R. WHEATLEY Portland House, Aberystwyth. Terms One Guinea. per Quarter. TJNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES.—TIK- next Session BEGINS 9th October, 1877. Terms C10 a year for Out-door Students ,t30 additional for those In-door. Several Scholarships and Exhibitions will be offered for competition. For Prospectus, applr to the Registrar, at the College, Aberystwyth.
MR. WHAU.KY AND THH ((P.STUROTLON…
MR. WHAU.KY AND THH ((P.STUROTLON LSTS. In the House of Commons, on Friday, July 27, in the course of the debate, on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, that the orders of the day be postponed until after the notice of motion relating to the business of the House, Mr. WHAIXEY urged the postponement of the question, and, distinguishing between two kinds of obstruction, said he had himself taken part in one kind for the purpose of preventing certain things from being- carried, whether because of the late- ness of the hour or for other reasons. He had had occasion to spend a night with some Irish members—(loud laughter)—and he had never spent a night with more satisfaction to himself— (renewed laughter); nor was it possible that the intercourse which he had with those hon. members during that protracted affair—(laughter)—could leave a stronger impression on the mind of anyone than it did on his, that men more honourable, more persistent, more resolute—(Order, order)— The SPEAKER said the hon. member was out of order; his ob- servations had no reference to the question before the House. Mr. WHALLEY said he could not but think that what he was about to say required some preface of that kind, (Laughter.) He would ask his hon. friend the member for Meath. as a gentle- man—slaughter)—without the slightestjimputationjon his honour as a member of that House—(order)—whether he did not think it consistent with his duty as a member, and that it was almost a paramount duty with him under the circumstances, seeing that he was brought there, as he often told them, against his will, and that he represented a class of persons—(" Order, order," and" Go @n ") -who did not recognise that House nor ny pat of its procedure (Cries of Order.") The SPEAKER ruled Mr. Whalley to be out of order. Mr. WHALLEY said he would merely appeal to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to postpone the debate, in order to obtain that information which was ssential a to the motives and principles he had to contend wIth 111 att.emptll1 to coerce, or restrain, or discipline, or indoctrinate the House with his views. (Order, order.)