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— MARKET REPORTS. CORN AVERAGES, For the week ending April 27. The following are the quantities sold and the prices this year last year QUANTITIES SOLD. PRICES. This year. Last year. This year. Last year. Wheat. 38,354 33,549 51s. 8d. 55s. 10d. Barley. 5,197 6,540 42s. 6d. 40s. 6d. Oats 2,556 4,065 25s. lOd. 25s 8cl. Corn, &c. IdVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—Wheat to-day was Id., and in some ^Jses 2d., per cental dearer than on Friday. There was a large ^tendance, and millers bought to a good extent. Flour tid. for sacks and barrels. Beans and peas dull at Friday s feline of tid. per quarter. Indian corn in good demand tor Parcels in prime condition, and American mixed brought the ^gher quotations of 26s. 9d. to 27s. per quarter. Inferior Qualities were flat, and in little request. PRICES (this daY). s. d. S d. American Aheat, zW cenw of lUll lbs 9 6 to 12 0 English Flour, V 280 lbs .41 ° 40 ° Foreign Barley, 60 lbs 3 3 8 English Oats,$45 lbs ° J Egyptian Beans,$480 lbs. J* 36 0 Indian corn, American new *diite 0 0 o o 1. mixed American 26 3 27 6 LONDON WEDNESDAY.—Very little business was done, but Prices were well maintained for all good samples of wiieat. 'lour steady at late values. Maize and oats dull of sale, but no cheaper. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered.—Arrivals: British ^heat, 310quarters; barley, 80 quarters. Foreign wheat, 5,620 Quarters oats, 28,490 quarters; flour, 940 sacks and l,4i0 "ai'rels. CURRENT PRICES OF GIlAI AT MARK LANE. Shilling$if- "heat, new Essex and Kent (whitel 56 to 60 Ditto ditto (red) 48 53 wheat, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire (red) 49 51 (Chevalier) 40 50 Oats, English feed 24 28 ^eaiis (Alazagan) 30 34 Peas, white boilers (English). 38 42 >, (foreign) «*8 40 Maize 27 35 Flour, best Town Households, %i sack of 280 lbs., 44s to 50s. WAKEFIELD, THURSDAY.—There was a fair enquiry for ^heat, and prices may be quoted somewhat higher than last ^eek. In barley very little doing. Beans, oats, and maize fully as dear. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—Wheat, both on spot, coast, and forward delivery, showed a further upward tendency; maize Idling quiet in all positions, though otherwise without change, *»eans and peas unaltered. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY. — Our market to-day was but 'Wnlv attended. Wheat was in small supply, and readily sold 3d. bushel advance. Trade in other grain was limited, at tortfler cmntnt.inns s. d. s. d. White Wheat, 1175 lbs 8 0 @ 9 6 Red ditto, 7 9 8 9 Barley (malting), 38 quarts 6 4 6 9 Barley (grinding), 11 4 9 5 0 Oats,$225 lbs 21 0 27 0 Iftea,us, V 225 lbs 20 0 21 0 Peas, 3? 225 lbs 20 0 23 0 knialt, li imperitl bushel 9 0 9 6 ►, CHESTER, SATURDAY.—Good red wheat to-day was worth 's- 6d. bushel. Oats rather dearer. No other changes. .LONDON, MONDAY'.—The market was firm, and a moderate business was done. Both English and foreign wheat held for advance on the quotations of this day fortnight, which par- tially checked business. Flour slow of sale, but fuliy as dear as J?st week. Barley, beans, and peas without change. Lower of oats 6d. dearer on the fortnight. Fine corn re- pains firm. Maize steady at late values. Seed market quiet; 'efoil exhibited a further decline red clover firm canary seed SeW for more money linseed in request. The arrivals were ritish wheat, 2,934 quarters; barley, 1,065 quarters; oats, 609 quarto, maize, 1,306 quarters flour, 16,793 quarters.' Foreign fii, at> 37,356 quarters; barley 0,200 quarters; oats, 72,105 Sorters; maize, 34,423 quarters Sour, 11,273 sacks ana 20,070 "^rrels. .ABERYSTWYTH, MONDAY. — Wheat, 7s. 6d. to 8s. Od. ? barley, 5s. Od. to 6s. 0d.; oats, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d.; eg^'s, j tor a shilling; salt butter, Os. Od. to 0s. Od.$lb.; fresh butter, J?' 4d. ta is. 6d.$lb.; fowls, 4s. Od. to 5s. Od.$couple; ducks, 09. Od. to Os. Od.; geese, Os. Od. to Os. Od. turkeys, 0s. Od. to Od. each; potatoes, bs. Od. to 9s. Od. cwt. ELSHPOOL, MON DAY.-Wheat, Ss. 6d. to 8s. 9d.$80 lbs.: 2* 7s. 6d. to 7s. 9d 40 quarts; oats, 22s. Od to 25s. Od$ e8Ss> 0 to 18 for a shilling; butter, Is 4d. tola. 5d.$tt> 5s. Od. to 5s. 3d. couple; ducks, 0s. Od. to O.s. Od.$ •Jple; geese, 0s. Od. toOs. Od. each.; turkeys, Os. Od. to 00s. Od. potatoes, 6s. Od. to 7s. Od.$1 measure; new, 2d.$lb. WTOWN. TUESDAY (Apr. SO).—Wheat, Os. Od. to Os. Od. O^hel; barley, 0s. Od. to 0s. 0d.; oats, 00s to 00s$bag eggs, 16 for a shilling; butter, Os. 8d. to Is. 5d.$tt> fowls, 0s. Od. (v. 6d. rf! couple ducks, 0s. Od. to 0s. Od.$eouple; geese, (Sli. k° 0s- each; turkeys, 0s. Od. to 00s. Od. each; potatoes, Vtei' ^or sixpence; beef, lOd. to lid.$lb.; mutton, lOd. to lid.; 9d. to 10d.; lamb, Od. to Is. Id. d^WESTRY, WEDNESDAY (May 1).—The following were the ions: Wheat, 7s. 4d. to 7s. lOd.$bushel; barley (malt- jS), 6s. od. to Cs. 9tl.; oats, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; butter, Is. 2d. to 4d. lb.; eggs, 15 to 16 for a shilling; fowls, 5s. Od. to 6s. 0d. OS ducks, Os. od. to Os. Od. ;0 couple; geese, Os. Od. to Is'fcT' each J turkeys, 0s. Od. to Os. 6d. eacu; potatoes, 12 tt>s. to tor a shilling. GOF^LLHELI, WEDNESDAY. — Wheaten flour, 00s. to 00s.$ barley, 21s. Od. V 220 lbs.; oats, 28s. Od.$315 lbs.; oat- » °0s to 30a. Od. 240 lbs.; Indian corn, 17s. Od. 240 lbs.; frfSiI °s. to 7s Od.$120 salt butter, 0s. 9d. to Is. Sd. <$, lb.; Gutter, 0s. Od. to Is. 9d. %i lb.; fowls, 0s. Od. to 3s. 6d. =1? *ach • ^UC^S> 08 °D. to OH. Od.$couple; geese, 0s. Od. to 0s. Od. 0d i.' Potatoes, 0s. to ISs. Od.$hobbet; new potatoes, Od. to 7d" r lOd. to 13d. ¥ lb.; mutton, lid. to 14d. lb.; veal, *° Od lb.; pork, Od. to Od. lb.; rabbits, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d. «achU >e' store pigs, 00s. to 00s. each; suckers, 18s. to 24s. Od. fish errings, 0s. to 0a. 120.; codfish, 2s. each; freshwater lb. Cattle. LlVERpooLrJftONDAY.—The stock on offer consisted of 1,430 P^sts and 2,149 sheep and lambs. There was a large falling in the supply of stock from last week, though trade was good lld prices higher. About 300 American and 82 Spanish cattle on jjrer- The quality of stock was good and saleable. Customers °m the country rather numerous. The following were the 7d°f 'ions — Best beasts, Ski. to 9Jd.$lb.; second ditto, ditt„°rvj^" "I sheep, in wool, lOd. to I2d.$1 tt> clipped 9d. to I0|d. lb.; lambs. 35s. to 50s. each. abrOPOLITAN, MONDAY.—The cattle market was toler- ant ratlVe' ail(^ prime and useful beasts found buyers at cur Choice s*' at"^ inferior animals were quiet at barely late values. 5s. lOii °ts and fully prime Norfolks, 6s. to Cs. 2d.; American, SUnnl Danish, 5s. 8d. to 5s. lOd. stone. The British 50 Scotch, 1,500 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, ^otwifl k all(l home counties. The mutton trade was brisk, howe anding the large supply; large and coarse breeds, Y?r' 111 et il dragging sale. Lamb, 8s. to 9s. Veal Price..eai' P01"k rather cheaper. The following are the *ea] e*» 4s- 6d. to 6s. 4d. mutton, 5s. Od. to 6s. Cd. j otfer °s' to 6s. lOd.; pork, 4s. Od. to 4s. lOd. The stock on 10 tDi of 2,790 beasts, 15,400 sheep, 130 calves, and 'P'Ss; included in which were 660 foreign beasts. 111-NG A-.Nf, TUESDAY—We had 230 beasts on offer to- ,hy, for which there was a fair demand. 962 sheep, mostly (llir>+ trade steady. Bacon pigs, 625 trade quiet.—Current W» 0I1K Beef, 8d. to 9d. lb.; mutton, 8d. to 9d.; bacon 8s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. score porket ditto, 10s. 6d. to lis. ,ALFORD TUESDAY. The supply of cattle at market was s» large, but the quality generally was of a good descrip- A brisk trade was done at late rates. A few Spanish and jj^adian beasts changed hands at good prices. Although the ■jJJMy of sheep was larger, a good demand prevailed, and in instances higher prices were obtained. Calves met with a (u!| trade at the full rates of last Tuesday.—Prices: Beef • to 9d.$lb.; mutton, 7Jd. to 10d.; veal, 8d. to 9id. ^ONDON DEAD MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.—The follow iijf(J!rere the quotations 8 lbs. by the carcase: Middling anil iftfe20r beef, 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d.: prime ditto, 4s. lOd. to 6s. 4d. 5g "or and middling mutton, 3s. 8d. to 5s. 4d.; prime ditto, 'Bs- 8d.; veal, 5s. 4d. to 5s. 10d.; large pork, 3s. 4d. to small ditto, 4s. 4d. to 5s. Od.—The demand for meat SUtiivi10^ 80 good, but prices showed very little change. The "Ply was moderate. Miscellaneous. dA^IsH AND AMERICAN PROVISIONS, LIVERPOOL, THURS ltisrButter: r^ie tra(^e now supply their >v;ints with new «ho!™cl! has receded in value. Bacon remains quiet, and no °f improvement. Lard, with liberal arrivals, is v i cwt- Cheese in small compass, and without change Wue. Beef and pork both quiet at barely late rates. trtONDON {PROVISION, MONDAY.-The arrivals last week ir )In Ireland were 29 firkins butter and 3,212 bales bacon, and jh' foreign piwts 37,U44 pacliages butter and 3,272 bales bacon. wSuPP^e8 of foreign butter have increased, and the sale being ^>ai,.i'^uW !l. 'r decline in prices was submitted to, Nor- Jlh.i jy ranging from about 90s. to 132s., according to qualities, Jerseys about 90s. to 10Ss., best Dutch 104s. to 100s. The n market ruled steady, and a fair amount of business was ??cte(l at late rates^, best ^Vaterford sizeable 80s. to 81s., ko Hamburg sizeable ,6,'0 to 69s., other weights m proportion. lIlfOl>ON POTATO, :ATl'RDH.-There were moderate sup- Jh] potatoes offering, but the trade is very slow, and prices e In ;1'111"1111- ^ent Regents 160s. to 200s. ton. fessex Regents 150s. to 180s. liocks ?40s. to I50s. Flukes ISPs, to 230s Victorias ISOs. to 220s U". •WORCESTER HOP, SATURDAY. )Iesss. Piercy, Long- and Faram, in their circular, say—Since our last report i h^e been quiet, and with only a small tradg doing. IJlcbJ5 ilave now come to such a point that buyers seem more Wpj' to operate, and in consequence there is more doing, at f.r. Jetter prices. In some cases, holders refuse to accept ate.s now current. HjJj^DoN HOP, MONDAY'.—Our market this week has assumed Jtl Va?er tone, although we cannot quote any material advance bol4ue. The quantity of hops offering is very limited, many rs preferring to withdraw their hops for the present. ^ast and Mid Kent £ 3 10 £ 4 0 £ 5 10 (VealdofKent 2 15. 310. 410 Sussex 2 10. 3 10. 4 4 » arnham and Country 4 10 5 0 515 Worcester 4 4 4 15 5 10 Lr>\T^ «iet ° .WOOL, MONDAY.—The wool market has ruled (jf without fresh feature. Business has been in a state Pense' the political situation hindering transactions, i Hers have evidently supplied their wants, and are not l to go into fresh stocks. For export the demand is very 1 CURRENT PRICES. This year. Last year. JP?,r t s- <1- s- d. s. d. s. d. Southdown hoggets i 3 to 1 4 ..1 3'- to 1 5, ji<Ul-bred ditto 1 to 1 31—1 4 to 1 5 j neeces :••••••••■ 1 3 to 1 31..1 4 to 1 6 r'Pwu ewes ;ui(l wethers x 3 to 1 4"l 4 to 1 6 Ofttslcester ditto 1 2] to 1 3}..l 3i to 1 4 i>H~lothing, picklock 1 5 to 1 o 1 ci to 1 6 Comir- | 3-K-1 2Jtol u lt lh-\ I?**} « 1 2j to i a-; ° Pi,.?.patching 1 f'jtol 6V..1 ci to 1 7 Cni^i0c^ matching 1 4 t°l 4,>i to 1 5 °*UQOU 1 2J to 1 3 ..1 2 tol 3^ b^Vpr.t,^ L" M rU in UUJj WOOL, THURSDAY.—ine UUUI.UUI sun runs on n J ')(?<■ lots at al>out late rates. This week there have Jjfc a few bales of l.iver Plate and Egyptian, but 011 ► °ur market continues without any animation y, to ioie,r-—The current quotations are: East India, white, A ft> yellow, 4Ad. to ll.Jd.; gray, <kc., 3}(l. to led.; I' -'I • „Jfei'uvian, lOd. to 15UI.; washed liiver Flare, loid. to ■ V:ts'le|l River Plate 6d. to 10d.; washed Morocco, 3d. Unwashed .Morocco, 5d to 7d.; Egyptian white, 8d to Porto fleece, 12111. to 13d.; mohair, £ s. 10vl. to 2s. lid.; s. Cd. to Is. 9d." WOLVERHAMPTON HIDE, SKIN, AND FAT, SATUR- DAY.—Hides, 95 lb. and upwards, 5d. ;¡jJ lb.; 85 to 94, 4&d.; 75 to 84, 3jd.; 65 to 74, 3Jd.; 56 to 64, 3d.; 55 and under, 3d.; Cows, Od. to 2Jd.; bulls, 2|d.; flawed and irregular, 2Jd.; kips, Od. to 3d. Horse hides, Os. Od. to 12s. 6d. each. Calif, 17 lb. and upwards, 1id.; 12 to 16, 5111.; 9 to 11, 5^d.; light, 31d.; flawed and irregular, gld. Wools, A-l, 0s. Od.; A 7s. 2d.; B, 4s. lOd. each. Pelts, A, Os. 0d.; n, Js. Od. each. Lambs, A, Os. Od.; B, Os. Od. each. Fat, 2Jd. to!Qd. V lb.-JNo. S. D'ARCY, Broker, Cleveland-street. LEATH ER.-LEADI.,NHALL. TUESDAY. p th. s. d. 8. d. Hides, crop, 23 lbs. to 40 lbs 1 0@1 4 Ditto, 40 lbs. to 60 lbs 1 3 1 9 English butts, 14 lbs. to 24 lbs 1 2 2 5 Ditto, 25 lbs. to 36 lbs 1 5 2 10 Foreign butts, 16 lbs. to 50 lbs 1 1 2 3 Crop bellies 0 7 0 11 Shoulders. 0 10 1 4 Dressing hides, common 0 11 1 6 Ditto, shaved. 1 1 1 8 Calfskins 1 4 2 6 LIVERPOOL PRODUCE, WEDNESDAY. — Sugar was rather more active, without change in price. Rum unaltered. Cotfee and cocoa very steady. Rice, 10s. 9d. cwt. for Rangoon. Nitrate of soda 16s. to 16s. 3d.$cwt. Linseed oil very firm at 27s. to 27s. 3d. in export casks. Rape oil, refined Stettin, 42s. Cottonseed oil, Liverpool refined, steady at 31s. 6d. to 32s. 6d. {J cwt. Palm oil steady. Olive oil without change. Lard 363. 3d. 13 cwt. Tallow 33s. 6d. to 39s. for North Ameri- can. Ashes, pots, quiet at 22s. 3d. to 22s. 6d. Rosin, common, 5s. nil. ¥J cwt. Spirits of turpentine, 23s. 6d. to 23s. 9d. %) cwt. Petroleum, refined oil steady at lOd. 13 gallon. HAY AND STRAW.—LONDON, TUESDAY. s. d. s. d. Prime meidow hay (V ton) 85 0 @ 102 6 Inferior ditto 70 0 80 0 Prime clover „ 100 0 140 0 Inferior ditto 85 0 95 0 Straw (13 load) 44 0 52 0 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.—LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. Hay, ¥ 29 tbs. s. d. s d.$ton. Old 0 10 @1 2 s. d. s. d. New 0 0 0 0 Carrots 0 0@0 0 Straw— j Turnips 0 0 0 0 Wheat 0 9} 0 10 1 Mangel Wurzel..30 0 31 0 Oat 0 7 0 Si 1 Manure 5 6 7 6 Barley 0 7J 0 0 | Grass,$20 lbs. 0 2J 0 4J
Trade Intelligence.
Trade Intelligence. WOLVERHAMPTON IRON TRADE.—WEDNESDAY. Firms whose published quotations are £ 10$ton for plates and £ 9 for sheets were this afternoon in receipt of more orders than for some time past; their works are fully on. Firms who produce less valuable iron, and seldom ha.ve any of their mills standing, are, on the contrary, in very partial employment. The prices of common iron are cut very fine, yet buyers sought fur- ther concessions, but their offers were declined. High-class bars, for which £ 9 2s. 6d. and zP-S 10s. are demanded, are selling better. Pigs sell slowly. THE CROPS AND THE CORN TRADE. The Mark-Lane Express says—The weather has been favourable to vegetation, which has made rapid strides during the week, as the present aspect of cereals, pastures, and fruit trees fully testifies. The general tenour of agri- cultural reports is still distinctly satisfactory both as re- gards the wheat and spring corn crops. The rain has done great things for the grass, and if the weather proves warm and sunshiny during May an early and abundant hay crop may be confidently expected. Taken altogether, the agricultural situation is highly promising. Business has been necessarily restricted in Mark-Lane, as two mar- ket days, for holiday reasons, have deprived the trade of much of tloe support which it is accustomed to derive from the operations of country buyers. Supplies of English wheat have been light, and prices have undergone little or no quotable change, either in London or provinces. The exports during the past week have amounted to only about 1,500 quarters, against 9,000 and 15,800 quarters re- spectively in the preceding weeks. Millers, generally speaking, liold fair stocks. America has furnished the bulk of our imports of wheat into London during the past week. The supply, however, has been moderate.
THE NEW BISHOP OF LICHFIELD.
THE NEW BISHOP OF LICHFIELD. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan, vicar of Kensington, to the Bishopric of Lichfield, vacant by the death of the Right Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, D.D. Mr. Macla- gan was for many years the secretary of the London Dio- cesan Church Building Society, and the curate in sole charge of Enfield, but it was as Rector of St. Mary's Newmgton, to which he was appointed by Lord Hather- ley, that he became generally known. In that formerly neglected parish he worked with the greatest assiduity, and the ugly old church in which he ministered has given way to a spacious new edifice, while those to whom he ministered in the many missions which he has conducted in different parts of the country have erected a very handsome chapel-of-ease. Since he has been vicar of Kensington the congregations in the parish church have immensely increased, and the communicants this Easter numbered nearly a thousand more than in the year before his appointment. Mr. Maclagan was appointed to a prebendal stall at St. Paul's Cathedral, and he is also chaplain to the Bishop of London and honorary chaplain to the Queen. On the last vacancy in the Metropolitan see of Calcutta, the Marquis of Salisbury offered it to Mr. Maclagan, who was, however, compelled to refuse it by the physician's orders. Ill-health has recently rendered it necessary for him to seek rest, and it was only last Saturday week that he returned from the South of France in order to be presentathis Church on Easter Day. Mr. Maclagan has contributed but little to current literature, although in 1870 he acted with Dr. Weir, then his neighbour at Enfield, as joint editor of The Church and the Age," a volume of essays published by Mr. Mur.-ay, upon "The Principles and Present Position of the Anglican Church." To this volume Mr. Maclagan contributed an essay on The Church and the People," in which he advocated many of those plans and practices which lie has put into operation at Kensington. The bishop designate is also known as a hymn writer, and several hymns and tunes in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern" are from his pen. He was one of the original contributors to Church Bells, a weekly paper established fey Canon Erskine Clarke. Mr. Maclagan is a High Churchman but his position, as defined by him- self in a sermon preached in his church last year, and which attracted a great deal of notice, is not that occupied by the men who are now generally considered as the representatives of the Oxford movement. There is no approach to ritual, in the modern sense of the word, in Kensington Church the only deviation from the strictest Protestant usage in the ornaments" is a cross on the communion-table, and the services may almost be said to be of a severely simple type. A correspondent of the Times writes:—"The appoint- ment to the See of Lichfield has excited no ordinary interest. The diocese, from its population and position, is one of the most difficult in England, and the love and respect felt for the prelate whose death the Church is mourning has made the selection of his successor a matter of more than ordinary difficulty. Mr. W. D. Maclagan is a High Churchman, but, like Bishop Selwyn, he is 110 ordinary High Churchman. His sympathies are the reverse of narrow. Mr. Maclagan is a Scotchman, and has had some experience in India, but his main work has been in London, where he has won the affections of the people in a most remarkable manner. But it is as a mission preacher that Mr. Maclagan is best known. The appointment will, I think, be most popular, and I cannot doubt that, if his health is spared, Mr. Maclagan has a great future before him in the large Midland diocese." Mr. Maclagan will be remembered by many of our readers as one of the preachers at the re-opening of St. Oswald's Church, Oswestry.
. ECCLESIASTICAL.
ECCLESIASTICAL. It has been resolved to build a cathedral at Truro, as the centre of the new diocese. Atiirst the present inse- cure parish church of St. Mary's will be removed, and on its site will be built the choir and transept of the future cathedral. This work is estimated to cost 220, 000, about E17,000 of which has already been subscribed by the muni- ficence of the county of Cornwall. The Right Rev. Bishop Gregg, D.D., and M.D., Dublin, formerly vicar of East Harbourne, Birmingham, having been announced to open a Reformed Episcopal Church at Littlehampton, the Bishop of Chichester has issued a pastoral in which he cautions the members of the Church of England in the parish that any bishop officiating in his diocese without his sanction is an intruder. His lordship says that, "whether really a bishop or not," such an in- truder commits "an open act of schism in direct viola- tion of the laws of God and His Church and he warns members of the Church of England, that if, after this notice, They seek confirmation at the hands of such a bishop, they will be partakers of his transgression, and that no blessing can be expected to follow such ministra- tions." Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Gathorne Hardy took a promi- nent part on Thursday, April 25, in the openiug of the new dining hall and library of Keble College, Oxford. Mr. Hardy delivered a warm eulogy on the donors, and cha- racterised Keble as one of those quiet benefactors of man- kmd who had made a place for their names in English history, and made their memory dear to men who could appreciate sanctity of life. Mr. Gladstone said the youth- ful life of the College had been blessed by extraordinary prosperity, and he proceeded in felicitous terms to com- mend the object of its managers, to help and encourage those who wished to live simply." He urged that there was no admonition more requisite now-a-days than this— that nothing contributed more" to wisdom and happiness than a simple life that it had everything to do with the promotion of the best civil and secular virtues and that it was also the root and foundation of manhood. He hoped, when endowments came to be dealt with, some of the wealth ot the old colleges would be applied to the new Colleges. Oxford was, ne believed, the heart and centre of religious file in this country. In his concluding remarks the right hon. gentleman paid a noble tribute to the splen- did intellect of Dr. Newman. 'I
--THE CRISIS.
THE CRISIS. MR. HARDY ON THE SITUATION. On Monday afternoon, April 29th, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., the Secretary of State lor India, arrived in Bradford, and performed the ceremony of opening the new Conservative Club. The day's proceed- ings were very enthusiastic throughout, and the reception accorded to Mr. Hardy was extremely cordial, the right honourable gentleman in addressing a crowded meeting at the St. George's Hall,said the Liberal party might fairly be described as the cantankerous party, having neither the ability nor the will to preserve the institutions of the country. With regard to the Eastern question, he said the great matter now was that Russia had openly violated her treaty obligations with England and other Powers, aud had deliberately broken faith with this country. He said her Majesty's Government was extremely anxious that peace should be preserved, and that there was no such thing in. this country as a minister who was in favour of war. The present attitude of the Con- servatives, he said, was in preservation of peace. A CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER. On Tuesday afternoon a Conference on the Eastern Question was opened at the Free Trade Hall, Manches- ter. About fifteen hundred delegates from ijiberal Asso- ciations in the Northern counties were present. Mr. Robt. Leake, President of the Manchester Liberal Association, presided, and in his opening speech denounced the policy of Lord Beaconsfield as one of unveiled hostility to Russia. Resolutions were adopted to the effect that the Conference condemned the policy of menace and warlike demonstra- tion adopted by the Government, and viewed with grave alarm the introduction of Indian troops into Europe. The Conference believed with Lord Derby that the state of affairs on the Continent did not justify a war, and that the Government of Lord Beaconsfield was an obstacle to peace. Copies of the resolutions are to be sent to Lords beaconsfield, Granville, and Hartington. THE SITUATION. The Wednesday evening's, May 1st, semi-official Agcnce Russe reported the situation to be unchanged, and stated that the pourparlers continue. The London semi- official Austrian organ, the Eastern Budget, says that, according to information received in Vienna, the situation is growing more critical, and that the Austro-Hungarian Government has redoubled its efforts, both in London and St. Petersburg, to facilitate the assembling of a Congress. It is stated that General Todleben has failed in the at- tempt to make progress with the negotiations for the mutual withdrawal of the Russian troops and the British fleet from the vicinity of Constantinople. The impression in the Russian army is that his appoiutment as the successor of the Grand Duke Nicholas portends strife. The Times correspondent at Stefano says that the personal opinion of the new commander-in-chief is that war is inevit- able, an opinion that is shared by the chief of his staff. ITALY AND MEDIATION. In the Italian Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, both the Premier and the Minister for Foreign Affairs contradicted the reports as to Italy having taken part with Germany in the mediation between England and Russia. Count Corti added that the Italian Government would keep as far as possible aloof from any complications that might arise. SERVIA AND RUSSIA. From Belgrade it is stated that General Teshjanin's mission to St. Petersburg has resulted in completely re- storing friendly relations between Servia and Russia. RUSSIANS ON BOARD AN AMERICAN STEAMER. The "passengers" on board the Hamburg-American stean.er Cimbria, which has been chartered by agents of the Russian Government, and which is now at South- west Harbour, Maine, prove to be a regularly organized ship's company of 60 officers and 600 men of the Russian navy, under the command of Count Grifenburg. The Russian officers profess ignorance of their destination, or the object with which the Cimbria has been despatched. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. The Army and Navy Gazette says that orders have been issued for the whole of the battalions of the Brigade of Guards to be made up to a strength of 1,000 of all ranks. The same paper says the institution of "regimental trans- port reflects credit on the War Office and Horse Guards. It is one of the most important steps towards the conver- sion of our peace army into a field force which has been yet taken. The horses are strong, serviceable animals, and the men are already becoming skilful in driving. The efficiency of the regimental transport would be much increased by adding to it a water-cart and an ambulance wagon. The United Service Gazette has it on trustworthy authority that the necessary machinery has been completed for calling out every naval reserve man of the mercantile marine in the United Kingdom, if deemed necessary, and that when put in motion forty-eight hours will suffice for aetually placing the men on board the several ships in which they may be detailed to serve. The whole of the staff and commissioned officers sta- tioned at Aldershot are said to have received stringeat orders from the War Office to hold themselves in readiness for immediate active service. It is stated that many of the officers have received important secret instructions upon which to act under certain contingencies. About 2,800 Volunteers have already signified their willingness to be enrolled for active service. The London Committee, which is promoting this movement, has re- ceived many encouraging promises of support. Arrangements are made for the despatch from England of a number of officers to act as an intelligence staff on the first outbreak of war. These officers will be entrusted with the (luty of arranging for the landing of an army, and will, in concert with the Royal Engineers, carry out the necessary surveying duties. Nearly all the appoint- ments have now been made to the staff of the proposed British expeditionary force. The selections have been entrusted to General Lord Napier of Magdala and Sir Garnet Wolseley, who have consulted with the military authorities, and, as far as possible, carried out their wishes. Immense quantities of shot and shell are now being issued from Woolwich Arsenal in all directions. There is a very heavy order for the Indian Government, chiefly for field gun projectiles, but the bulk of the issues are for Malta via Portsmouth. In addition to the War Depart- ment coasting vessels, several hired ships are employed going to and from Portsmouth with little else than the SOOIbs. Palliser and common shells for the 38-ton guns, and barges are also conveying material of similar character for the smaller ordnance to the docks for ship- ment; direct to the Mediterranean. The Admiralty Transport Department has made some special arrange- ments for sending new supplies to the West Indies and other stations, and to meet the increase of business this department has recalled to duty some of its old officials who retired upon superannuation several years ago. A Vienna paper publishes a London letter which states that the British Government still considers it not impos- sible that its thoroughly earnest attitude will be appreciated by Russia. In the contrary case, England will at her own risk rectify the state of affairs brought about in the Balkan Peninsula and in Asia by the war. Before doing so, however, it is possible that the British Government will summon a Conference to meet in London. A correspondent in Vienna telegraphs that the issue of invitations to the Conference is spoken of there. We learn by a special telegram from Pesth that, accord- ing to information received there from Bucharest, the Russians are expected to commence the military occupa- tion of the latter city in a few days. The present state of affairs in Roumania is looked upon as extremely critical. A correspondent in Berlin telegraphs that no little excitement has been caused there by the report that a British fleet is being fitted out for the Baltic. One or two German papers maintain that such a movement would be a menace to German interests that the Baltic is as much a closed sea as the Irish Channel; and that Germany, Denmark, and Sweden have a right to defend it from trespassers. The correspondent says that these views are utterly repudiated by the German Government. General Todleben has been appointed commander-in- £ h.let the Russian army in the place of the Grand Duke -[Nicholas, who has been recalled on account of ill-health. A telegram from a Special Correspondent in Constan- tinople gives some information respecting the Mussulman nsmg m Bulgaria. The rising had its origin in districts J c'J .ve never yet been occupied by the Russian troops, and the insurgents are for the most part refugees in a destitute state. There is no truth, the Correspondent points out, in the statement that the rising has been caused by the depredations of the Bulgarians. A general order has been issued by the Commander-in- Chief conveying an expression of her Majesty's high opinion. of the very satisfactory manner in which men composing the army and miKtia reserves have responded to the call made upon them. The first detachment of the native force to be sent to .M&lfcct 113-S sailed. A. niixiiQep of fresh rp^iiYipnts jivp tp- quired to hold themselves in readiness. 'l lle ^pedit^n will take stores for five months. The Begum of Chopel has offered her whole available force for service abroad An affray has occurred between Russian and Turkish Soldiers, about two miles beyond the fortifica- tions. Eighty men wounded. The Seraskierate has pro- hibited the Russians from crossing the line of demarka- tion.
DEPARTURE OF ROYAL MONTGOMERYSHIRE…
DEPARTURE OF ROYAL MONTGOMERYSHIRE IIESERVES This body of men, on Saturday last, were entertained to a first-class dinner by the officers. It was supplied by Mrs. Gibbens, Gullet Inn, where about ninety sat down in the large club-room, which was neatly decorated' on the walls were Long Life to Colonel Heyu-r Safe Return," &c. The dinner was an excelled '3, being served in the landlady's usual style. ° After the repast, Sergt.-Major POPPLE, v O presided, jave, in brief terms, the health of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and referred to their leaving for Jersey, which was a very pretty place. (Applause.) Sergt. SEXTON, the vice-chairman, gave, in a few well- ] bimed remarks, the" Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces." (Cheers.) The late Sergeant-Major WEDDKREUKN at this time entered the room, and was greeted with cheers. His health having been given, he responded, and said he was -lad that Sergeant-Major Popple, who was a very good i man, was appointed in his place. (Cheers.) He proposed Mr. Popple's health. (Applause.) Sergeant-Major^ POPPLE thanked Sergeant-Major Wed- Jerburn for his kindness in proposing his health, and the men for so cordially receiving it. 0 Colonel Heyward, Major Twyford, and one or two officers hera entered the room, and wished them a safe lourneyand a happy return to their homes. (Cheers.) Dr. HARRISON, their medical officer, spoke in hi'di terms 3f their health, saying they were as healthy as any men in the world, and he hoped they would return in the same condition. ((Cheers.) The health of the hostess was next given, and responded to, and songs were sung until the assembling was sounded for evening parade. On Monday afternoon the Regiment assembled in Powis Castle Park, hundreds of people being present to see the good-byes given, and vociferous cheers arose from soldiers and civilians. The band played a variety of airs, in- cluding Auld Lang Syne," the National Anthem, &c. Before leaving the park each man received a 2oz. packet of tobacco, which was evidently highly appreciated. At the word of command the band struck up The girl I left behind me." As they marched down Broad-street large crowds cheered them, handkerchiefs were waved from the windows by the fair sex, and the town presented quite a military appearance. At the station the last good-bye was given, and many weeping eyes were seen. The Reserves left the station at 4 p.m., to join the 53rd regiment, stationed at Jersey.
TIDE TABLE FOR ABERYSTWYTH,…
TIDE TABLE FOR ABERYSTWYTH, ABERDOVEY, AND BARMOUTH. May. | Aberystwyth. Aberdovey. Barmouth. a.m. p.m. a.mrr p.^ ——- Fri. 3 7 41 7 57 8 10 8 26 7 50 8 G Sat. 4 8 13 8 30 8 42 8 59 8 22 8 3!) Sun. 5 8 47 9 6 9 16 9 35 Mon. 6 9 24 9 42 0 53 10 11 933! g « Tues. 7 10 2 10 22 10 31 10 51 10 11 10 31 Wed. 8| 10 14 11 8 11 13, 10 53 11 17 Thur. 9' 0 4 0 4 0 33 0 13 —======.= Mr. H. C. Raikes, M.P., delivered his annual address to his constituents jat Chester, on Monday night, April 29. A resolution was passed expressing confidence in the '"■•■vernment.
- HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.—CHANCERY…
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.—CHANCERY DIVISION. LINCOLN'S INN, TUESDAY, APRIL SOTH. (Before Vice-Chancellor Bacon.) DOWNIE'S BEQUEST. JONES V. SHAW (EX PARTE THE CHURCHWARDENS), JONES V. SHAW (EX PARTE TIIE PLAINTIFFS). Mr. Hemming, Q.C., said these two adjourned summonses had been several times mentioned before his lordship. The first summons was taken out by the Vicar and churchwardens of Aberystwyth, and the second taken out under somewhat similar circumstances by the trustees under the will of the testator, both summonses having reference to a scheme which had been directed for the purpose of giving effect to a charitable bequest contained in the testator's will. The testator, Mr. Joseph Downie, of Aberystwyth, made his will in the year 1S67, and bequeathed a large suin to trustees, one moiety of which w'as to be applied to the purposes of the Aberystwyth Town Infirmary, and the other moiety, with which he was now concerned, in trust to invest the money at interest, and distribute such inte- rest annually in aid of the Aberystwyth Ladies' Visiting Society for the relief of the sick and poor, without reference to their religious belief. There being no society with such a name, an inquiry was directed as to what society was intended i<y the testator, and it was found by his Lordship's chief clerk that there was a society called the Aberystwyth District Visiting Society, and that that was the society which the testator intended to benetit. It appeared that the Aberystwyth District Visiting Society was constituted about forty years ago by the then Vicar, and the objects of it were the religious instruction of the poor, the relief of real distress, and the prevention of mendicity and imposture. There were provisions as to the ap- pointment of visitors, and the practice of giving relief, and as it Had always been the custom to appoint ady viitors, he sup- posed that was why the testator called it a Ladies' Society. The funds of that Society had always been held by the Vicar, and among the subscribers to it was the testator, who for some years past had subscribed ten guineas per annum. That was the nature of the Society, and it appeared that though the Society was under the presidency of the Vicar, and was managed by people connected with the Church of England, and the funds derived almost entirely from Churcn of. England people, that they had applied the funds for the relief or assistance of the sick and poor of all denominations, and that was the manner in which the testator intended the bequest to be applied. Those being the circumstances, a scheme was directed to be framed for the purpose of administering the fund. There did not appear to be much to be done, because the trustees were directed to give the intereet of the fund to the Society, and take care that the Society, in future, was really conforming to what had hitherto been its practice—namely, administering relief without reference to the religious belief of the recipients. However, the trustees-there were four trustees, three ot them being members of the Church of England, and one a Dissenter—thought it de- sirable, and the Society did not object, to have a more defi- nite organisation, inasmuch as the bequest of the testator was very considerable, it was thought desirable not to alter the character of the Society, but to give it a somewhat broader basis, and enable it to act with more vigour. Accordingly, a scheme was proposed by the trustees, by which it was provided that the vicar, the churchwardens, and the mayor of the town of Aberystwyth, for the time being, should be ex-ollicio mem- bers of the committee, and that there should be ten general ttl members, the vacancies to be tilled in the ordinary way. Sir Henry Jackson, Q.C. What is the ordinary way 1 Mr. Hemming, Q.C., said that was not a matter which was in dispute. The scheme proposed that the vicar should be, as he always had been, the cx-ojjtcio president of the Society, 'lhat was thought to be a most unobjectionable proposal, 'l'tut being the disposition of the will, he did not think his lordship would be disposed to give an entirely new character to the managing body of the Society. The ten general members who were pro- posed were taken Irom the most important residents of Aberys- twyth; but upon this point there was some difference of opinion. A meeting had been called together by the Mayor, at which it was considered that the Society wasa Church institution. That, however, was an entire mistake. The meeting passed cer- tain resolutions with regard to the constitution of the Com- mittee of the Society in future, and the desire of that meeting was that the Vicar should no longer retain the honorary presidency which he had always held. It was also desired by the meeting to strike out the churchwardens and the Mayor of the town for the time'being from the ex officio members of the Committee, and it was further wished to change the names of seme of the general members. When the matter came before his lordship's chief clerk in Chambers, an application was made on behall of the churchwardens that they should have liberty to attend the proceedings for the settlement of the scheme. The Vice-Chancellor-W lio is to pay for it ? Air Hemmiu" Q.C.—I do not know. I do not think that any- thing was said about costs. What they wished was liberty to attend. The Vice-Chancellor—I thmk more about the costs than any- thing else. Mr. Hemming, Q. C. -I do not think any special application was made about costs. The Vice-Chancellor-I do not want the gift to be frittered away. Mr. Hemming, Q.C., said all the churchwardens wished was leave to attend. However, the result was that no order was made upon the summons, but the Chief Clerk said the church- wardens could attend as one of the public, and they were quite content with that. With reference to the Society, what had been done was to avoid all kinds of expense. There was some discussion about the scheme in Chambers, and the result was that the trustees' scheme was modified in a sense which seemed a little adverse to the more obvious construction of the way that the testator intended to leave the bequest in the hands of the trustees. By the scheme as originally proposed by the trustees, the third clause provided that the funds of the charity should be under the management and control of the trustees, of whom the Vicar and churchwardens for the time being of the parish of Aberystwyth, allti the Mayor for the time being of the town of Aberystwyth, should by virtue of their respective offices be mem- bers, and that in addition to such ex officio trustees, there should be ten general members. Amongst those general members were—Mr. Thomas Jones, Air. David Jones, Sir Pryse Pryse, Bart., Mr. Bonsall, Mr. Pugh, Mr. Williams, and Mr. Lewis all the trustees being justices of the peace. That was altered, apparently at the suggestion of the meeting which had been called, in this way:—In the first place, the Churchwardens were struck out as ex-officio members, and the Mayor was struck out. The clause then ran that the eX-officio trustees should be the Vicar for the time being, the Chairman of the Aberystwyth Union, the Guardians of the poor of the parish of Aberystwyth, and four members of the Town Council of the town of Abeiystwyth. Another alteration was that the number of general trustees should be six instead of ten. As altered it might make a satisfactory body, but it was certainly a body not so much like the body of the Society as originally constituted, as that proposed by the trustees. Independently of this change in the constitution of the managing body, another alteration was made. The 28th clause, proposed by the trus- tees, contained a provision that the Visiting Committee might, out of the income from time to time placed at their disposal, contribute, if they thought desirable, to any clothing fund, coal fund, or club, or society of other nature, as should in the opinion of the Committee have for its object the encour- agement of habits of cleanliness, frugality, and tem- perance amongst the poor. That elause had been struck out altogether He asked his Lordship to restore that clause. Then there was the suggestion, which he did not press very much, that the lady visitors should be appointed by the Vicar as it was thought desirable that the lady visitors should be under the controllof the Vicar. He had therefore to ask that the appointment of the lady visitors should be vested in the hands of the Vicar. When the matter was brought before his Lordship, before the persons were represented, the meet- ing called at the Temperance Hall of the town of Aberystwyth were not represented by Counsel, and his Lordship thought the matter had better stand over in order that they might appear. He now asked his lordship not to vary the scheme in the man- ner in which it had been altered by the chief clerk. There was some evidence as to the nature of the institution which he would read. There was first the. affidavits of the vicar, Canon Phillips, and the Mayor of Aberystwyth, Mr. Watkins. The Vicar stated that he was appointed vicar in 1861, when he found the Aberystwyth District Visiting Society in full working order, its operations being c irried 011 under certain rules then in existence. He had a copy of the original rules framed by the Rev. John Hughes, the then vicar, and also some rules which had been framed since, which he would hand up to his lord- ship. Sir Henry Jackson, Q.C.—Are they mentioned in the certifi- cate I Mr. Hemming, Q.C., said they were not, for his clients were not allowed to tile affidavits. The Vicar's affidavit went on to state that the Society was founded in 1844, and that he believed since its foundation it had always been under the presidency of the Vicar, and was supported wholly by Church of England subscriptions. He was intimately acquainted with the testator, Mr. Joseph Downie, who was a member of the Church of Eng- land and a communicant. The testator subscribed small annual sums to the Society, but for several years before he made his will had given a subscription every year into his (the vicar's) hands, of ten guineas. The testator must have known that relief was distributed without reference to the religious belief of the recipients. He had also the affidavit of Mr. Jones, a timber merchant and justice of the peace, who stated that he was a member of the Church of England, and attended the meeting held in the Temperance Hall. The people at that meeting were almost entirely Dissenters, and he only saw one other member of the Church of England there besides himself. He had the affidavits of two or three lady visitors, who stated their experience of the Society. Mrs. Fawcettsaid she had been alady visitor of the society for 34 years past. Mrs. Watkins said she had been a lady visitor for four years up to 1840, and Miss Jane Evans 8titett she had been a lady visitor for twenty years. They all said the Society had been in operation many years, and the rules and regulations of the Society had always been as set forth in the rules. The whole of the committee had always been members of the Church of England, and the rules and objects of the Society had been unchanged. The lady visitors distributed the funds placed at their disposal without any re- gard to the religious belief of the recipients and the testator knew the object of the Society and the manner in which the funds were distributed. Those were the facts of the case and there was no dispute whatever as to the facts, and under tne circumstances he thought his lordship would not be disposed ] to alter the character ut the governing body of the Society in the manner in which it had been altered by the Chief Clerk. The Vice Chancellor—Is the fund considerable? Mr. Hemming, Q.C.— £ 40,000. Sir Henry Jackson, Q.C.—The testator bequeathed *.40,000 to the trustees, £ 20,000 to the Town Infirmary of Aberystwyth, and £20,000 for this Society- Mr. Everitt followed on the same side, arguing that as the law laid down that charities should not be connected with the poor rate there was no reason whatever why the Poor Law Guardians should be placed upon the trust. 1 Mr. Cretni, who appeared for trustees of the will of the testator, said he appeared in ''U of the second summons on precisely the same grounds as learned friend, Mr. Hemming, Q.C. As to clause 3, relating t- the appointment of trustees, J b.is summons tallied with tli.it the A icar s, as it also did with regard to clause 8, relating to the appointment of the Vicar as chairman, and also as to clause 17. As to clause 27 the trustees proposed in their scheme that the Visiting Committee, if they thought it desirable, should be at liberty to apply the funds to the purchase of books and counterpanes for distribution among the sick or poor. That clause had been struck out aud he asked to have it restored. i Sir Hemy Jackson, Q.C., said he appeared in this case at the lesire of the Attorney-General, on behalf of that public meet- ing, that was to say, on behalf of the Committee which was ap- pointed by that public meeting in support of the scheme as set- tied in his lordship's chambers. It was, he thought, his duty to say that the Attorney-General in this particular"case, owing to the magnitude of the gift and the importance of tho matter, thought that the greatest possible care should be taken in the manner in which this very large annual sum of money was to be distributed amongst so small a number of persons. The scheme :IS approved of in his lordship's chambers was a scheme which had been settled by Sir John Holker, the Attorney-General, himself. Aberystwyth was a town of only 7.00O and the gift of the testator, who, no doubt, did not contemplate the magnitude of the sum he left, would give to the trustees a sum of ome- ?ear to be distributed simply for charitv. He maintained that it was for those who opposed this scheme to Wtf °,UH th^r casevand t0 that their provLionTweJe clea%fatathP d?ffprW^foch had been approved of. It was quite t;™ 1 f V 'l nce of °PlI11°n was simply one of denomina- Vic-u' on tit"?, or, "r) Plira«raph of his affidavit the > icai put itr hoiitbfcly, and said that he would have attended the hethSreh'f">,his belief that no. parties other than nttvl England had any right or interest in discussing That was hS "Vth fUnd be(l«*atfced by the testator ihat was the manifesto of the rev. gentleman who asked tho f ;lproHlt h"" an''1 his successors for all time ex-officio 111J!id"or Vi'i'iVr" tJ 1 "M'10 tnuit' whether he would be ablo to fn»d" n"tl i 1 'e At1t<irne>(ieneral had directed that the m«i t" nf k", ou«ht t0 be under the control and manage- ment of a body of trustees which he proceeded to -th describe, and he made the Vicar of Aberystwvth one wn.cn, certain!}, as far as he could see <*ave e., "anr,and tP 'V1 consPicuous advantage over any other domination. Then there were the Chairman of the \ber™ t- wyth I mon and the Guardians of the Poor of Abervstwyth "ere People who were in a position to know who the really to' :Vnd U ruUl' he contended, be a serious thing to f from a trust which ^hey were so well calculated to protect from imposition. With regard to the general mein- Dut on thfi lr-f Vh ,!e Att°raey-General had done was to borou"h He did ■(Weie rated householders in the borough. He did not think it was right that the Vicar should ,Whether he ,v;ls fi"ed or not. but con- themtdv s chairman ought to rest with the trustees themsel\es. As to the appointment of lady visitors, could an v- thing be worse than to have such an absurdly divided authority Ihe la«ly visitors, according to the Vicar's scheme were to be Vl'tf thon^hf nJtt h'' 6 N lsl.tlnS Committee, but by the Vicar. He thought such a proposal could not be seriously ur^ed If snrph^hT Wir» to ha,-e ar,y Unctions at all, they must 11 nf I n appoln-t their own officers. On the ques- tion of the library he was instructed to sav th-it if if lowed tofcontri!eiit? t,hat the trustees should be al- lowed to {contribute to the funds of the public library there would be no objection to do so, but he could not assent to thp tliaf tLProthefds1?5Vt he V'^T' °n the wh°le, he submitted that the other siue ha*l made out no case whatever for dis- turbing the scheme, which the Attorney-General had approved of. Mr. Camden Parker, on behalf of the Committee appointed by the public meeting, submitted that the Poor-Law Guardians were most fat and proper persons to be upon the trust as thev weie the persons who were most qualified for detecting cases of imposture, and thus protect the fund from fraud ° ii lce-^hancellor—Mr. Hemming, I am of opinion that the Chairman of the Aberystwyth Union and the Guardians of the Pom ought to be omitted. I think also that the Vicar ought else ought to be Mr Hemmihg, Q.C.— There is the suggestion whether power of muney. fUUd'S for COals- We have gre^t deal The Vice-Chancellor-Xo; if persons wish the benefit of such clubs they should subscribe themselves and if thev have sot the means to subscribe, then they are fit objects for relief from the tund. Mr Hemming, Q.C.—Then as to the other members. We ask to retain the number 10. The V ice-Chancellor said he did uot think so largea number wasneeessary. There was no intention on the part of the testator to alter the constitution of the Ladies' Visiting Society. The testator had a great respect for, and a great reliance upon the Ladies lsiting Society of the town of Abervstwyth and di- rected that Society to distribute the gift. The Poor Law Guar- dians did not visit the houses of the poor as the ladies did and in some respects their interests, and the interests of the poor w-ere antagonistic therefore he did not think they ought to be placed upon the Trust. As to the library, he thought^t would be well to give the Committee power to apply part of their fund to that purpose if necessary. He did not think the lady visitors should be appointed by the Vicar. pi Mr Hemming, Q.C., inquired whether the cos^s of all parties should come out of the fund. The Vice-ChanceIIor said all the costs, except those of the Committee appointed by the town meeting, would come out of the fund. Those costs he should not allow.
THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY…
THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY v. WM. JONES AND CO. This was an action tried on the 24th April, at the Liverpool County Court, before Judge Thompson, when Mr. Corfield (of Oswestry), appeared for the Company, and Mr. Merryweather for the defendants. The action was brought to recover £ 8 os. 6d., the balance due to the Company for the carriage of goods, and the defendants pleaded a set-off for a similar amount in respect of the alleged loss sustained by them by reason of the non- delivery of a broken brass Eccentric, being, the portion of a Mortar Mill delivered to the Company for carnage to Liverpool. The case is important in so far as it deals with the question of "consequential damages" which the public in the 'present day often claim of Railway Companies. In the present case the defendants did not dispute the amount due to the Company, but claimed a set-off, of 1. 'I., t" wnicn tne iouowing are tne particulars :— £ s. d. To new brass Eccentric. 0 19 G Men's time, Bus, and Railway fares for look- ing after missing Machinery 1 1 G Telegrams, 2s., Postage, Gd. 0 2 G Detention to Mills at Criccieth, because of the non-delivery at Liverpool of the Machinery delivered at your Station, at Criccieth, on 4th August G 0 0 £8 3 6 In support of this, the defendants ""proved that they delivered the brass Eccentric to the Company's agent, at Criccieth, to be sent to Liverpool, for the purpose of having a duplicate made of it, and that they informed him at the time of doing so that it was important it should be delivered without delay, as the Mortar Mill, of which it formed a part, was, and would be stopped for the want of it. Mr. Corfield, for the Company, admitted that de- fendants were entitled to the value of the Eccentric, (which had been lost by the North Western Company,) but that they could not recover the other items of their set off, as they were consequential damages," too remote froni the original contract, which was simply to carry the article in question from Criccieth to Liverpool, and that to entitle the defendants to such damages, they must clearly prove that the consequences likely to result from the delay in the delivery of the eccentric, or in its non-delivery altogether, ought to have been communicated to the Company at the time of the delivery to them, but that in the absence of such notice the defendants could not recover such consequential damages. In support of this contention he cited the cases of Hedley v. Baxendale, 9 Exchequer Reports, 4Sl, and Gee v. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, 30 Law Journal Reports, Exchequer 11, where in both cases the Judges in Banco decided that to entitle a person to claim for consequential damages it must be proved that at the time of the delivery to the Company they had notice of the damages he would sustain by reason of delay or non-delivery. In the present case Mr. Corfield contended that the evidence given had not supported the statement of Mr. Merryweather in opening his case, as the utmost he had proved was that the Company's agent was told that the mill was stopped which was not sufficient to bring home to the Company the knowledge that the damages claimed would be sustained u- i e^en,^aiits' bY reason of the delay or non-delivery which they should have proved to entitle thera to such damages. They could not, therefore, claim the principal item of their set-off, and with regard to the second item for men's time, &c., the case of Woodger v. Great Western Railway Company, 2 L. R., and subsequent cases had decided such a claim to be too remote. After hearing the reply of Mr. Merryweather, who stated that the North Western Company had requested his clients to incur the expenses mentioned in the second item, His honour after carefully reviewing the cases cited, and many others, decided that the defendants could not recover the principal item of their set-off, but only the actual value of the broken eccentric, and the expenses they were asked to incur, and gave judgment for the plaintiffs for the full amount of their claim with costs, and for the defendants for £119s. 6d. in respect of their set-off.
. SHREWSBURY FIELD TRIALS.
SHREWSBURY FIELD TRIALS. APRIL 24, 25 AM) 26. The trials this year took place at Hawkstone, and owing to the favourable weather the competitions have been verv successful. The president is the Right Hon. Viscount Hill, the judges the Right Hon. Viscount Combermere and Mr. A. P. Heywood-Lonsdale, and the secretary Mr. Samuel Ebrall, Shrewsbury. The following are the results :— POINTER PCppy STAKES, for puppies of IS". The Duke of Westminster's Minx beat Ir. George's Kate lr. R. J. Lloyd Price's Irrepressible Drake beat Viscount Downe's Dick Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price's Dandy Drake beat Mr. Barclay Field's Queen Duke of Westminster's Jasper beat Mr. T. Staffer's Como Mr. Barclay Field's Pride beat Mr. G. Pilkington's June I. Minx beat Irrepressible Drake Pride a bye Dandy Drake beat Jasper II. Pride (a bye) beat Minx, and Dandy Drake beat Pride.and takes first prize. Ties for Second Prize. Queen beat Jasper 1.Iride a bye Pride and Queen divided second prize. SETTER PUPPY STAKES, for puppies of 1877. Mr. J. Bishop's Buxton agst Mr. B. Field's Romp (no merit in either) Captain England's Nella beat Mr. H. Platt's Dip Mr. R. L. P. Llewellin's Lofty beat Mr. T. Statter's Bess Mr. G. Brewis's Strathie beat Mr. T. Cunnington's Nelly Bly Viscount Downe s Sam II. beat Mr. J. Roberts's Frank Mr. W. Lort's Lass of Llanllugan beat Mr. G. de L. Macdona's Rose of Devon Mr. E. Bishop's Colin a bye Nella beat Collin VLass of Llanllugan bt Sam II. Lofty beat Strathie U. Nella beat Lofty. III. Lass of Llanllugan beat Nella, and took first prize. For second prize Rose and Sam divided. SHREWSBURY STAKES, single aged pointer dogs or bitches Mr. R* J. Lloyd Price's Bow Bells bt Duke of Westminster's Doctor Mr. John Roberts's Xora beat Mr. H. Piatt's Flora Viscount Downe's Bang beat Mr. B. Field's Drake Mr. Geo. Pilkington's Garnet beat Mr. G. T. Bartram's Stella 1. Bow Bells beat Garnet (a bye) Nora beat Bang II. Xora beat Bow Bells, and took first prize Bow Bells second. HAWKSTONE STAKES, single aged setter dogs or bitches. Mr. G. de Landre Macdona's Ranger beat Mr. H. Piatt's Die Mr. R. Ll. Purcell Llewellin's Nora beat Mr. G. Brewis's Dash II. Mr. T. Armstrong's May beat Mr. J. Handy's Ilala Viscount Downe's Dan beat Mr. T. Statter's Rebel Mr. Barclay Field's Brave Boy a bye 1. Ranger beat Brave Boy (a bye) Dan beat Xora Nora beat May II, Ranger beat Dan and takes first plize. Tie for Second Prize. Die beat Brave Boy j Dan bt Die, and takes second prize In the Braces Stakes, the first prize in setters, and the prize for absolute best brace, were won by Lord Downe's Dan and Duke. The first prize in pointers was won by Lord Downe's Jane and Mite. The prize for second best brace of either breed I was won by Mr. Llewellin's Nora and Novel. Ten braces ran. The breaker's prize went to John Roberts.
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=- I ST. ASAPH DIOCESAN CONFERENCE. The first Conference for the Diocese of St. Asaph was- held at Oswestry on Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26. The Bishop of the Diocese presided, and there was a very large attendance. The following was one of the debates :— THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE LAITY. Lord HARLECH, who was received with cheers, read tha following paper:— ist.-The rights of laymen. They cr be described very shortly, but Uey are nevertheless of the most vital importance to the welfare of the Church. The first right of a layman is to be baptized into Christ's Church, and throughout his life he is entitled to the various ministrations of his parish clergymen, and admittance into the Church of his parish for the purpose of Divine worship, and he has moreover a right to require that the services in it shall be conducted in the manner as by law estab- lished. (Hear, hear.) 2ndly.-The duties of laymen. Every one is pretty well agreed, that it is the duty of a layman to at- tend regularly at least once on Sundays in church, and to en- courage and facilitate the attendance of those dependent on him. In preparing this paper, I have done so in the belief that the great question to solve is What are the rights and duties of the laity in cases where divine worship is per- formed in a manner which offends their feelings or principles." In these days, when there is so much variety in the mode of per- forming divine service, when nearly as much difference in Ritual exists between two churches a few yards apart, or even in the same church within a few months, as between a Roman Catholic Church and a Scotch Kirk, laymen must indee I be often wounded in their tenderest sensibilities, and be sorely puzzled and perplexed as to the line they ought to take. They are very much at the mercy of their clergyman and there are in some churches changes made which are a positive affliction to serious and earnest persons who are devoid of party spirit, and only wish to worship their God in spirit and in trntb. First of all we will suppose a man who has all his life been accustomed to his old parish church in a country village. Thp church is just as it was in his grandfather's time, full of high square boxes. The pulpit and reading desk are of the old cumbrous character. The choir, consisting of men, boys, and girls, sit in the gallery, and their nasal and discordant voices are accompanied, or Wl (as the case may be) by a bassoon, clarionet, or fiddle. The old rector gives taein two drowsy sermons every Sunday, the haptisms take place at any hour convenient to the rector, and the Holy Communion is administered about six times a year. There are not many sach churches now, but some such may still be found. Well then, our layman has attended this church from his eariy child- hood, and has become so accustomed to its incongruities, its slovenliness, and its lethargy, that it has not oc- curred to hrm to wish for anv change. Let us now take three cases and see what difficulties present themselves and what temptations the laity may be subject to, calling from e' them the necessity of the deepest consideration and the exercise of duties which they cannot avoid without incurring grave and dangerous responsibility. The old Re"tor dies. The church is out of repair, Mid the new Rector, win.111 we will call No. 1, applies to our layman for a subscription without going into details as to the work to be done he gives his money, and perhaps does not inquire further. On the re-opening of the church what does he find ? The old square pew, where he had so often lolled, if not slumbered-(laughter)-bas disappeared, and is replaced by long pews without doors, cushioned and comfortable enough, but without a high back against which to lean the head. The pulpit stands in the corner instead of the middle of the centre aisle the communion table is covered with a highly decorated cloth, which is approved bv some, especially the ladies, but which also offends the feelings of others; the choir is in surplices and has seats in the chancel—hvmns of praise and thanksgiving are substituted for the miserable version of the Psalms by Tate and Brady. There are also fortnightly com- munions, weekly offertories, and Lent and Holy days are observed. On the .next change of incumbent a man of a different school of thought appears. No. 2 is a strict evangelical. He either dismisses the choir, or for want of encouragement allows it to dwindle. He introduces a different version of hymns, but does not use Tate and Brady any more than his predecessor. He replaces the highly decorated cover of the communion table with a plainer one, has only monthly communions. Unlike his predecessor he places himself at the beginning of the communion service at the north side of the table in strict accordance with the Rubric. Also unlike the other he observes the Rubric by baptizing before the congregation, and that generally on Sunday afternoons, and, in fact, works, hard all Sunday,but takes little notice of Holy days. and appears to think that Sundays are the only days on which he has any spiritual work to do, during the rest of the week leaving his parishioners pretty much to themselves, seldom visiting the sick or seeking out those on the brink of acquiring soul-dostroying habits. His preaching is at variance with much of that of his predecessor; but it is most earnest, and he relies on it almost entirely as a means of influencing his flock to good. He looks on the sacraments in a different light. The whole tone and atmosphere of the church seem altered, although the actual structure is the same. There is a difference in many details between the two too numerous to mention. Now I have endea- voured in these two cases impartially, though very slightly to sketch, what frequently exists throughout the country. TIlevare very different to each other, and between them as limits the great body of our clergy carry on the services of our Church Tber alone are sufficient to show that our great Church of England « sec,t- but that lt embraces a wide field of doctrine. Both of these schools of thought and their intermediate types, being all its equally loyal and devoted servants but these' two cases being so different, it is only natural that discontent among some of the parishioners should arise, and it is evident that according as our own tastes, habits, or prejudices lie, so shall we sympathise with one or other of the different services- and when we consider the vast variety of tastes and opinions in the world, the right which each has to hold them, and the tenacity with which men stick to them, we need never wonder at the difficulties which a new incumbent must en- counter, if he wishes to disturb any existing arrangements, nor need we be surprised if he may sometimes fail in tact or temper while carrying out Irs views. What then is our duty'! Are the laity to sit perfectly quiet and unconcerned, whatever changes are made without expressing an opitiion 2 X 0 cer- tainly not. (Hear, hear.) We are entitled to say what we think. But how far may we go in remonstrating or resisting? And finally are we justified in leaving the parish church and at- tending another because the services, the ministrations or the doctrines in one are to our minds preferable to those in the other.' It seems to me that the keynote is charity. (Hear, hear.) That must be our watchword. Before we do anything, let us make sure that we are actuated chiefly bv a desire for the glory of God, and for the good of his people. Then, full of charity and humility, let us examine what it is we object to. Of course in all innovations there may be the greatest difference as to their importance; no one can think the preaching in a black or a white gown as vital a matter as the doctrine of auricular confession: yet people have been as loud and violent about one as the other. I remember, in the year 1-44, being quartered at Exeter, and owing to the perseverance of a new clergyman in persisting in the novelty of wearing a white gown instead of a black one, great uproar took place, large and "riotous mobs as- sembled, and so great was the excitement that I was ordered with thirtv mounted dragoons to be ready to turn out at a mo- ment's notice in aid of the civil power towards keeping the peace. (A laugh.) It was a mischievous and unwarrantable act of the clergyman to create-so much bad feeling for such a cause. It is true that this and many other things trifling in themselves acquire fictitious importance, owing to their being badges of party or signs and emblems of special doctrines or opinions, and so far we may object to apparently innocent changes. But the most necessary thing is to distinguish between what is really important and what is only new and distasteful to us. Now, no one can really object on feligious grounds to having a long seat instead of a square box, or preaching in a black gown instead of a white one, or a white gown instead of a black one, or to doing away with grotesque musical instru- ments in the choir. As long as the Rector strictly follows the Rubric, the layman has no real grievance. He may think him unwise and over strained, but he has no valid excuse for com- plaint or for leaving his church. I now come to case ^o o On the death of the original old Rector, we will suppose him to be succeeded by an earnest, but enthusiastic and not very wise ultra-Kitnalist. -And now begin all the strange new additions to our Kitual, which have been introduced on the Romish model of late years. Genuflexions, incense, vestments, crossings, acolytes, theatrical processions, and so forth. The chancel is now raised several steps, there is a super altar, lighted candles, crucifix then as to doctrine, he hears auricular confession, absolution, penance, prayers for the dead, &c., preached upon in a manner which shocks and revolts him. What is his duty 7 Here is indeed a very real grievance, and a very heavy trial to a conscientious man. He witnesses practices, and hears doctrines, which he believes to be in direct opposition to the pure spirit of our Church. And in addition to his grief and annoyance on his own account, he may feel it dangerous to his children to be ex- posed to such erroneous teaching. (Cheers.) But here, again, let Charity have her perfect work. Let him collect some more parishioners like himself, and let them visit the Rector to re- monstrate with him. It is possible he may listen to their united representations, and it is in such a case clearly the dut-v of the laity to make such representations. If he consents to alter the service, and to be content with a more simple ritual,,and to dis- continue preaching such doctrines, as I have described, well and good! But if he proves obstinate, what becomes the duty of the laity ? I say, resistance !—(cheers)— and resistance to the utmost against practices that involve a gross violation of the true and pure spirit of the services of our Church. There must be no half-hearted action, but it be- comes their duty to act with vigour, that by no neglect of theirs shall the idolatry, the superstitions, and the fictions of Rome be engrafted on the worship of the Chuich of England (Loud cheers.) The present generation of laymen are trustees for posterity that they hand down to them the worship of the Church in the same purity as thev received it. (Renewed cheers.) If the incumbent be a really good man, he will give in to the prejudices (as he may call them) of those of his parishioners whose feelings of reverence and propriety are shocked by his method of carrying on Divine service. Rather than vex their consciences, or put stuiublingblocks in the way of his flock, he will yield some points, as long as they do not exceed the requirements of the Rubric, and the custom of our Church. Thus by his acting in a Christian spirit peace may be obtained at all events, though in every large congregation there will always be some who object to something. In most cases talking over the subject calmly and dispassionately with the incumbent, and each endeavouring to understand the other will probably be useful. It is wonderful what great importance is attached to what is in reality of minor importance. For in- stance. intoning," bow violent is the dislike expressed bv some people It involves no doctrine but most psople dislike it, because, perhaps, they think it an unnatural and acauired mode of utterance, perhaps because they are unused to it or perhaps on the much more legitimate ground Of its preventing them joining heartily in prayer and the clergyman who insists on it against .the -wi y, of the majority of his congregation, or indeed of anv consider8 able minority, is most unwise and unfair, because t'o hear the prayers clearly and earnestly read can never be an annoyance which intoning is to many people. We cannot estate the amount of a grievance according to the intrinsic importance of the doctrine or ritual objected to, and that should make the clergyman and every layman charitable towards those of their fellow worshippers who do not agree with them. (Cheers.) Ever> clergyman is subject to many trials. He has false doc- trines to explain away, schisms to heal, and he has to battle against t-'sies and superstitions, and above all against the greates. se ot this and every other age even until the end of tiie v, orl(l— The spirit of unbelief." Therefore, I Kilv be cu:derate above all to him, unless and until lie shaH have proved himself, as I have before describe,' a rebel to the true doctrines and customs of the Church then and in that case, spare him not. (Cheers.) Let all such be cut off from it. to seek a church more suitable to their Own sniHt (Renewed cheers.) In thiscountry little do you know except bv hearsay and reading, of the corrupting influences of the Church of Rome but I have lived for some time in a land where influences are rampant. and are blighting the liberties both spiritual and temporal of the people I could tell you innumer- able examples of this, but suffice it to say that a Church whose priests can denounce an unhappy victim from the alta" on Sun day, and that victim, before the sun of another Sabbath has risen on the earth, has lain a bleeding corpse, slain bv the hand of an assassin, cannot be a church whose practices ought to be copied-(lollll cbeer)-md don't suppposel quote a solitary instance, for alas they have been only too frequent. Unless then it is absolutely necessary to act otherwise, it is the dutv of every layman to avoid thwarting or worrying the clergyman and if it become.. necessary to advise him to alter anything in his mode of conducting uivine worship, let the h'.vman tirst con- vince him that it is with a single eye to God s truth as revealed in his word that he regards his subject. The duties between the clergy and the laity are constant and they are mutual. But (Continued on Page 6.)