The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

TtiK. BIRMINGHAM Doc: SHOW. The Birmingham Ttf-itional Dog Show opened on Saturday, Nov. 30. Amon"st the judges were—For pointers, iscount Comber- lr and Mr. Tom LI. Brewer, Dan-y-graig; setters, retrievers, and sporting dogs, M. W. Lort, ircngoch Hall Llangollen. Amongst the prize takers were- Pointers (large size) dogs, champion class (for previous win"Sx of a first prize at the show), 1st Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price Rhiwlas, Bala. Small size (not having before won ,^V,> at the show) 1st Mr. R. J. L. Price, Bowbells;" 2nd Mr. J. Bishop, Wellington, ''Broom Retriever bitches (not having before won a pnze at the show), 2nd Cant vin George Mousley, Hooton Priory, Chester. Di\ ^ion Dogsnotused in field sports-Dalmafaons (previous winners of a first prize at the show), 1st Mr R. J. L. Price, Rhiwlas. Skye terriers (drop eared), 2nd Mr. H. y 1< Heyhurst, Wellington, Salop. lrn iiiMe over and die on the spot. — HILL S MAGIC VER- MIN KH.LEU is certain death to Rats, Mice, Ants, Leetles, .'i-nru'hes, and all kinds of Vermin. Sold by chemists, <vc., in iv' sets, 3d.. 6d., and Is., and by the proprietor, E. Hill, wr limrton Somerset. Sent post free for 7 or 14 stamps.—Lon- wilt's" Barclays, Sanger: &<■. Local Agent: G. J. atun-icrs chemist Oswestry. IS PARIS BLUE.—The marked superiority of thi 1 vandrv Blue over all others, and the quick appre- ciati.m of its merits by the public has been attended with the usaal result, viz. a flood of imiUtions the merit of 121" latter mainly consists in the ingenuity exerted, not simply in imitating the square shape, but making the ceueral ai>p- arance of the wrappers resemble that of the tjeir litie article. The manufacturers beg, therefore, to caution all buyers toisee Reckitt's Paris Blue on each packet.

FACTS AND FANCIES. .9 The Rock informs its readers that "so far the God of Battles has been pleased to bless the invading columns of che British Army." Mother," said a small child after a school examination, it was such a funny man who examined us; he was talk- ing about the handwriting on the wall, and he said, Minnie, Minnie, tickle the parson." THE HARD-HEADED BREED.—Sympathising Bystand- ers (about an unfortunate man who has been knocked down and stunned Vy the railway train): "Poor man! Take him to the station—"—Injured One (recovering): Tyek me to th' station! What for, then? If aw ve dune ony harm to yo'r engine, aw's willin' to pay for't!"— Punch. OUR ANCIENT NOBILITY. -Speculating on the decadence of noble and wealthy families, Sir Bernard Burke, in A Second Series of Vicissitudes of Families, regards the law of attainder as having in England, more than in any other country of Europe, undermined and overthrown the landed aristocracy; and he states that, so fatal has been the operation of this Act, "that of the twenty-five Barons who were appointed to enforce the observance of Magna I Charta, there is not now in the House of Peers a single male descendant." In fact, as Pennant says, the Norman ancestry of Norman names has gone out, and London tailors are the progenitors of half the nobles in the land. They were three ladies of the Boston transcendental school who were consulting as to the best way to furnish a house, and this is what they said No. 1: Oh, furnish it with green, the colour of spring, of the budding trees, and the tender grass." No. 2: "No, furnish it with red, the colour of fire, of passion, of intensity." No. 3, raising her eyes to the ceiling: Oh, no, no; furnish it with the illimitable blue, the colour of the starry heavens." The house was afterwards furnished with a red drugget and yellow chairs, and the walls were decorated with chromos. Thus do the sad facts of life with its empty book intrude on our imaginations. All of which reminds us of the average village girl's description of her ideal husband "He must be manly, courageous, true, gentlemanly, intelligent, and dignified." And then, very likely, she marries The philosopher can, from his experience, or her experience, fill up the remainder of the sentence. Prince Bismarck's daughter, the Countess Marie, whose wedding took place last week, has married, after all, her first love, Count von Rantzau (says the Graphic). When boy and girl together, the young pair used to meet as they were coming home from school, and the Count would carry Nt arie's books, tell her long stories, and pay her in- numerable attentions. Count von Rantzau went into the army, and some time afterwards heard that his old love was engaged to Count Eulenburg. Henry von Rantzau fell into a gloomy state of mind, and was subject to fits of depression which greatly alarmed his comrades. Ty- phoid fever, however, carried off young Count Eulenburg, and Count von Rantzau speedily recovered his spirits, re- newed his acquaintance with the Bismarcks, and again courted the Countess Marie, abandoning the sword for diplomacy. One of the great features of the wedding fetes was the distribution to each guest of a brief poem, recounting this episode, written by a young relative of Prince Bismarck, and entitled On revient toujours a ses premieres amours." Countess Marie's young lady friends also gave her a large album, containing views of every place she had lived in before her marriage, and bearing the inscription, "The days that are no more." According to the Berlin correspondent of the Times, Pessimism, Nihilism, and aU other fancies of the sort," have been warbled away in Germany by Madame Adelina Patti (says the Liverpool Daily Post). This celebrated vocalist is nowfulfilling her first engagement inBerlin,and the correspondent telegraphs that "life, which popular philosophers declare to be worth nothing, has been suddenly converted into a supreme blessing, admitting, as it does, of emotions, such as are awakened by Patti." The same gentleman goes on to remark—still by telegraph —that the soul, which only yesterday doubted its own existence, is to-day made conscious of its reality by the charm and melodious sentiment of an accomplished singer." If this gratifying intelligence is not exaggerated —and it would be very rude to suppose that so important a person as the Berlin correspondent of the Times could be guilty not only of gushing, but of gushing by telegraph —the discovery of the magic power of Madame Patti's voice to expel political and social errors is of the highest importance. Having performed, during a short engage- ent, the difficult feat of singing the Germans into a be- lief in their own souls, it is impossible to set any limit to the distinguished vocalist's achievements. The re- sponsibility resting upon her is great, aRd it behoves her to try whether she cannot exercise, by the same magic agency, corruption from Constantinople, Socialism from St. Petersburg, and Jingoism from London.

SCIENTIFIC RECTIFICATIONS. (From Punch.) Mr. William Sikes has announced his intention of scien- tifically rectifying his service of plate during the ensuing winter. He has been annoyed, when entertaining his friends, to find he has to put up with an odd set of salt spoons, and he feels severely his deficiency in dish covers. His plate has, in fact. been collected at different times, and on no aesthetic principle. He has lately been put up to a chance by which a handsome family service of plate may be had cheap. Mary Smith, 35, lady's maid, was accused before the justices of Blankshire with the theft of a sealskin jacket, the property of her mistress. The accused indignantly repudiated the charge of theft. She had long felt the ex- treme inconvenience of winter woollen wraps, at once so heavy and so common, and had merely availed herself of the firat opportunity of scientifically rectifying her ward- robe. Benjamin Jingo, banker's clerk, has had an unfortunate misunderstanding with his employers. He had long been coming to the conclusion that his salary required scientific rectification, and had, accordingly annexed a parcel of bank notes of which he had charge. He urged in his de- fence that he had been subjected to an unheard of insult. On being asked what it was, he replied that it might not be perhaps exactly an insult, but he had received an answer to his request to be taken into partnership which no man of spirit could put up with, his employers having said as much as that he had not yet rendered ser- vices to the firm which called for that particular form of recognition.

A CAD'S A CAD FOR A' THAT. Is there a Jingo, proud and high, Who cocks his nose, and a' that ? The swaggering sumpth, we pass him by— We dare be just for 3' that For a' thnt, and a' that, His sniggering scorn, and a' that The sneer is but the club-room's stamp, The clay is Cad's for that What though on civic fare he dine, Wear Court attire, and a' that Give churls their turtle, clowns their wine, A Cad's a Cad for a' that For a' that and a' that, Their patriot show and a' that The selfish Snob, or rich or poor, Is Cad a.t heart for a' that Ye see yon trickster, late dubbed Lord, Who dodges, dupes, and a' that Though thousands shout at each smart word, He's charlatan for a' that, For that and a' that, His riband, star, and a' that The man of just considerate mind, He smiles-or sighs —at a' that A Cad may boast of power of fight, Of patriot zeal, and a' that But trust in right's above his flight He has not pluck for a' that For a' that and a' that, Their blatant bounce, and a' that Fair play, stern justice, steadfast calm, Show truer grit than a' that Then let us pray tlat come it may- As come it will for a' that— That Jingo rant and Cad-dom's cant May hush their row, and a' that For a' that and a' that, It's coming yet for a.' that, When patriots true the wide world o'er Shall brothers be for a' that —Punch.

e FROM LONDON LETTERS. The political event in London to-day, (Thursday) is the Afghan Blue Book. It is out at last, and now we can un- derstand why the Ameer's reply was so suspiciously kept back, for its text is at length before us. We were told it was a flaming war message, rough, and rude, and insult- ing. Even a Liberal morning paper gave between inverted commas what purported to be some of its words, "You may do your worst." No such words are in the letter. It is a sad and humiliating confession that, as Mr. Cross said last Session, there was a lying spirit abroad about the Ameer's letter, and the London Press has a heavy repara- tion to make for the way it lashed up a war feeling by statements now proved to be false. The reply of Shere Ali is calm, dignified, reproachful, and, as a state paper, compares favourably with the ill-tempered and aggressive letters of our Ministers. Short as has been the interval this afternoon since the Blue Book appeared, its revela- tions form the sole subject of discussion in excited politi- cal circles here, and I but fairly echo the general opinion in saying that the effect is considered very damaging to the'Government.—Liverpool Daily Post. 0 The Grim Serjeant has been busy during the last three days. Three deaths of persons of note are recorded to- day. Mr. G. H. Lewes is dead. Mr. Alfred Wigan is dead. Mrs. Tait is dead. Mr. G. H. Lewes was a philo- sopher, literary critic, and dramatic critic in one. He has written the history of philosophy most popular among students the most appreciative literary criticisms in the journals were by him and his dramatic studies made him an authority upon new plays and new actors. Some early novels of his will die his history of philosophy will grow out of date; his journalism will be forgotten, though he did edit the Leader and the Fortnightly Review. But he himself has his claim to immortality as the husband of George Eliot." Mr. Alfred Wigan was a friend of Mr. Lewes, and only two years his senior. The philosopher was 02, the actor was 64. The one, being intended for a merchant's clerk, took to literature; the other, being intended for a teacher of music, took to the stage. Mr. Wigan was one of the most popular of actors 25 years ago. He and poor Charles Mathews were in the same company at the Olympic. He is almost the last of that dramatic generation. The first of the trio to go was Mr. Mathews immediately afterwards came Mr. Phelps and now we have lost Mr. Wigan. The world grows old.— Liverpool Mercury. I have heard many awful stories about Mr. Gladstone, but here is one of the worst, fresh and hot. It is affirmed that during his Administration Cardinal Cullen had access to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland both by night and day. By night and day, the alarmed Protestant will bear in mind. Much of what they plotted was too dark for day. It must have been, else why by night? Who knows what they did or proposed to do ? Who knows what might not have happened if Providence had not mercifully raised up Lord Beaconsfield to frustrate their schellles It is horrible to think of a cardinal with the clock striking one a.m. I picture the Jesuit and Lord Spencer at that hour with a bowl of blood. What a mercy that we are all alive, and have not been massacred in our bed3.-Birminghmn Post. There will be one interruption to the progress of the Afghan debate, and that will result from a determined at. tempt on the part of the Irish members, to force a dis- cussion upon Irish affairs. Mr. Mitchell Henry can hardly be called an obstructive, but even he, I believe, will assist, on the ground that the consideration of grievances constitutionally precedes the grant of money. This may be true but if the consideration of every grievance is to precede the grant of money, all the pri- vate motions all going into Committee may just as well be taken. Lord Castiereagh is to move the Address. He is a youth of about five-and-twenty, and is the sixth lord with that title. The name is ominous and if I were Lord Beaconsfield I would have selected somebody else. A rose in this case by any ther name would smell quite as sweet. Perhap3, however, the Premier likes the sound of Castlereagh, as harmonising: with an Imperial policy.—Bir- minghum Post.

FROM THE PAPERS. The Emperor Alexander arrived at Moscow on Monday, Dec. 2. from Livadia. The French Chamber of Deputies on Monday, Dec. 2. voted the budget of the Ministry of the Interior. The text of a treaty between her Majesty and the King of Spain for the mutual extradition, of fugitive criminals I appears in the Gazette. It is reported in Constantinople that negotiations are proceeding for the conclusion of a fresh Convention between England and Turkey. About forty leading Social Democrats are te be expelled from Berlin in virtue of the order issued on Thursday, Nov. 28th. A telegram from Copenhagen announces that the mar- riage of the Duke of Cumberland with the Princess Thyra will be celebrated on the 21st or 22nd December. The Liverpool Bishopric Fund new amounts to £ 71,000. The mayor (Mr. T. B. Royden) has just given £ 500 to the fund. The Right Rev. Dr. Parry, formerly Bishop of Mel- bourne, has succeeded Dr. Perowne, dean of Peterborough, as canon of Llandaff. The Fine Arts Society have agreed to set on foot a sub- scription to defray Mr. Ruskin's expenses arising out of the late action, "Whistler v. Ruskin." M. Aurelien Scholl, a French writer, has been fined five hundred francs for declaring in the Evtnement that some of the French judges were the shame of France and a laughing-stock for the whole world. Great activity is being displayed in fortifying Constan- tinople. The works, which when complete will be armed with 800 guns, are constructed in parallel lines, which command each other. The sentence of the court-martial on Sulieman Pasha for his conduct in the late war is that he be degraded from his rank and be confined in a fortress. The term of his imprisonment is not stated. By a collision between two steamboats on the Missis- sippi, which occurred on Sunday, December 1, twenty persons were drowned, four of them being passengers. One vessel sank immediately after the collision. The papers on the Afghan question were issued on Monday, Dec. 2, in a book containing 266 pages. The despatches range from the original treaty between the East India Company and Dost Mahomed to the despatch of Lord Cranbrook issued a week ago. It has been ascertained that the number of persons missing through the Liverpool ferry steamer collision is nineteen. The names of Messrs. Ryley Wilkinson, and Mann were, it appears, incorrectly included in the list of missing. The charge against Lady Gooch and Ann Walker was again formally before Mr. Newton, at the Marlborough- street Police-court, on Saturday, Nov. 30, when the deposi- tions were completed, and the defendants were committed for trial at the Criminal Court, bail in jE50 each being accepted for their appearance. On Nov 28,the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise arrived in Montreal, where they met with a magnificent reception. A large number of persons from all parts thronged into the city, which was beautifully decorated, and the weather was fine and mild. Hobart Pacha, at the Sultan's request, has addressed a report to his Majesty on the state of the Turkish navy, in which he recommends that some vessels should be put out of commission, and the rest provided with the latest and most improved machinery and appliances. The fleet, though nominally weaker, would thus be better fitted for naval warfare. Messrs. Woodall and Broadhurst, the Liberal candi- dates for the representation of Stoke-on-Trent, selected by the Council of the Association, were on Monday night, Dec. 2, introduced to a crowded meeting at Hanley, and met with an enthusiastic reception; a resolution adopting them as the candidates of the party being carried unanimously. Mrs. Tait, the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury, died rather suddenly on Sunday night, December 1, at the residence of her brother-in-law, Mr. Pitman, Writer to the Signet, in Edinburgh. The Archbishop and Mrs. Tait were on a visit to Mr. Pitman. The deceased lady was the daughter of the late Ven. Archdeacon Spooner, and was married to Dr. Tait in 1843, the year after he became head master of Rugby School. Replying on Monday, Dec. 2, to a deputation of Man- chester and Salford justices, who urged the amendment of the law with respect to outdoor retail licences, the Home Secretary said the committee of the House of Lords intended to take further evidence as to whether drunkenness was increased by the present state of the law, and he advised the deputation to prepare evidence to lay before that committee. The Jury, in the action brought by Sir Rowland Hill and other gentlemen against the Managers of the Metro- politan Asylums District Board to recover damages for the injury to health and property caused by the defend- ants having erected a small-pox hospital at Hampstead, on Friday, November 29, gave a verdict to the effect that the hospital was a nuisance, and that the defendants had not shown a reasonable regard to the plaintiffs' rights in erecting the hospital where they did. An application with a view to a new trial was granted on Monday. Mr. George Henry Lewes died on Saturday evening. November 30, at his residence, Regent's Park, in his sixty- second year. Mr. Lewes's first well-known work was his "Biographical History of Philosophy," which appeared in one of Mr. Charles Knight's Weekly Volumes more than thirty years ago. One of his best known works is "The Life and Works of Goethe." In 1850 he was one of the projectors of the Leader, of which he was for some time the literary editor, and he was also the first editor of the Fortnightly Review. Most of Mr. Lewes's contributions to literature are well known but it is not perhaps very generally known that in his earlier days he wrote two novels, "Ranthorpe," and "Rose, Blanche, and Violet," and that he was the author of several plays, one of which, "The Game of Speculation," had considerable success. The death is also announced of Mr. Alfred Wigan. He died on Friday night, Nov. 29, at Folkestone, where he had recently gone for the benefit of his health. Mr. Wigan was born at Blackheath in 1814. He began life as a teacher of music, but took to the stage in 1838, appearing for the first time at St. James's Theatre, under the name of Sydney. In 1839 he joined Mdme. Vestris's company at Covent Garden, and appeared under his own name. He subsequently played at the Strand, with the Keeleys at the Lyceum, and afterwards appeared at the Adelphi and the Princess's. The most marked part of his career began when he became lessee of the Olympic in 1853. He was compelled by ill-health to give up this theatre in 1857 and retired from the stage in 1872; on the 6th of July in which year Mr. and Mrs. Wigan took their farewell benefit at Drury Lane. An inquest was held at Hastings on Friday, Nov. 29, into the cause of the death of three persons who were drowned by the collision. Thos. Blight, a passenger from Plymouth and certificated chief mate, said that when the collision occurred all the crew and officers, with the ex- ception of the captain, abandoned their posts and rushed off to save themselves and their baggage, some even bringing their bedding, ashore. He helped to get a boat clear, and then the crew scrambled into it and upset it. If the sailors had bestowed the same attention to the passengers as they did to their personal effects many more lives would have been saved. The verdict was that death occurred through a collision, but that there was no evi- dence to show how the collision took place. It has been authoritatively stated that it is not correct, as some papers have stated, that Sir Wilfrid Lawson has announced his intention of abandoning the Permissive Bill. What he really did say with regard to this point was as follows:—" If any of our opponents will show us a scheme that will produce national sobriety, then we will willingly give up our own, but until our opponents do this, we will press on our own scheme. I am advised for the next session to submit to the House of Commons in the form of a resolution, instead of the Permissive Bill. I did not like the idea at first. Mr. John Bright has sometimes said somethings not complimentary to the Bill, as regards its provisions, but he has never said anything that was against the principle of the Bill. I think that a resolution might possibly be more acceptable to some members. The clauscs of the measure have never been discussed in the House of Commons, because we never were allowed to get to them. We have always discussed the preamble of the Bill, and got no further. I have thought for some time there is something in the idea of Mr. Bright in regard to a resolution, and we might get more support by adopting the resolution plan. If we passed the head, the tail would follow. The practical men would not then be able to say that they objected to the details, because there will be no details." Great excitement was caused in Wallasey on Friday afternoon, Nov. 29, by the discovery in an out-of-the-way footpath of the nearly lifeless bodies of a gentleman and two children, each having been shot through the head with a revolver. They were promptly removed to the Sea- combe Cottage Hospital, but from the first not the re- motest hope of recovery could be entertained. The suicide is Andrew Campbell Munroe, who had been residing for a short time with his wife and a third child at the Victoria Hotel, New Brighton. The crime was evidently pre- meditited, for in the pocket of the deceased man was found a written statement asking that as little fuss" should be made in regard to the event as possible, setting forth in a remarkably cool manner the determination at which he had arrived, and the reasons which had actuated him. The family are well connected, and belong, it is believed, to the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. One of the supposed motives of the tragedy is pecuniary embarrass- ment. On Monday the coroner's jury returned a verdict that Andrew Campbell Munroe murdered his two children and committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary in- sanity. The wife of the deceased stated that he had latterly sustained great disappointment through the failure of literary work on which he had been engaged. Mr. John S. Wiles, surgeon, Thorncombe, Dorset, writes to the Tinvs-.Having recently had to contend with an outbreak of diphtheria of the most malignant type, arising on a large dairy farm in this county of Dorset, I began by using as local applications to the fungoid growth of the throat and nostrils the usual caustics and astringent preparations of iron, &c.; but two cases out of nine or ten having proved already fatal from choking and impeded respiration, the mother one morning gave me to read an extract from an American paper sent her by a friend, in which "sulphur" was used by a practitioner, and relied on by him as the most potent remedy to arrest the growth of the fungoid. I at once provided her with a liquid pre- paration by mixing as much sulphur as I could with glycerine to a creamy consistence, and directed that each child attacked should swallow slowly, according to age, a teaspoonful or more of the liquid three or four times a day; also that a little should be applied to the nostrils with a sponge. I was so impressed with the efficacy and rationale of this remedy that I adopted it in preference for all the other cases that I was consulted on in this neighbourhood, and no other cases in this family (except a hydrocephalic infant) attacked proved fatal, and I never lost a case where the remedy was used at the earliest stage of the infection. In one or two instances where resorted to when the affection had almost blocked the throat before I was consulted it ball complete success. For infants I used the milk of sulphur, and for older children and adults the stronger "flowers" of sulphur; and when it could not be swallowed, some of the powder was blown into the throat and nostrils through a quill.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Oornwnllis West, had the liunour of a private audience with the King of Spain, and the Princess of the Asturias last week before leaving Madrid, for the south of Spain. They were presented to his Maiesty by the British Minister, the Hon. Lionel Sackville West. HOLLOWAY"; PILLS.-Tiiis purifying and regulating Medicine should occasionally be had recourse to during foguy, cold, and wet weather. These Pills are the best preventive of hoarseness, sore throat, diphtheria, pleurisy, and asthma, and are sure remedies for congestion, bron- chitis, and inflammation. A moderate attention to the directions folded round each box will enable every invalid to take the Pills in the most advantageous manner they will be taught the proper doses, and the circumstances under which they must be increased or diminished. Holloway's Pills act as alteratives, aperients, and tonics. Whenever these Pills have been taken as the last resource, the result has always been gratifying. Even when they fail to cure, they always assuage the severity of the symptons and diminish the danger.

BYE-GONES.. NOTES, QUERIES, and REPLIES, on subjects interesting to Wales and the Borders, munt be addressed to" ASKEW ROBERTS, Croeswylan, Oswestry." Real names and addresses must be given, m confidence, and MSS. must be written legiblyt on one iride of the paper only.

DECEMBER 4, 1878. NOTES. OSWESTRY CORPORATION RECORDS. (Nov. 20, 1878). xxiij octobyr a° 1579 At w'ch day Willim Gor & Richap John ap m'red gent bayliffe of this towne had the viewe of the charters above said & the same beinge tene [ten] in nomber wth the seal & byllea & mynyments above sayd the elne of yron the yarde of yron Wylly'm Goughe Richard John will' The second daye of november an° R.R. xxij ycare of the Reiyne of our soverayng ladye Elyzabeth queene of england c. fraunce and yerland &c at wiche daye thorn's lloyd Edd Edds gentyllmen have Reseved of William Gor and Rye ap John ap Mredydd gentlyllmen late baylyffs of the towne of Oswestree of the chartyrs pertaining to the sayd towne in number tenne-w'th other lett's and mynaments in ij boxys w'th the towne seale oryearne yeard and hauf ell of the same wt ij peare of boults and ij hasp lockes i gune and a flag and an armyng surde one seale Thomas lloyd < Edd Edwards Mde that the xiiijte day of October Anno R.R. Elizabeth xxiijJA l'581i At w'ch day Richard lloid and Richard Will'ms gen- tlemen have received and had of Thorn's lloid and david Edwards gent late bailliffes of Oswester af the Charters p'rteyning tothe said towne in nomber tenne w'th other l'res & mynyments in two boxes with the towne Seale a Iron yarde & hallfe ellne of the same w'th two pr. of Bowllts & two house locks and corslett & a moreu Ric' Iloyd Rich'yd Will'ms 3 maij. 1582 On this daye Rich Gittyns m'rc'r And Bartholomew Jenyns tann'r were in open elleccon mad and sworne Burgenss of this towne and Bartholomew Gittyns & Ric Gittyns sonnes of the said Rich Gittyns./ And also phellip Jenyns, J'n Jenyns, Thorn's Jenyns & R'g'r Jenyns sonnes of the said Bartholomew Jenyns were ad- mitted Burgenss of the ,d. towne And be it remembred y't they were made by the licence of the right honorable Earle of Arundell (y't nowe is) w'ch was published in open c'rt by the right worshipful Lawrence Banaster esquier Steward of the said towne And for their fredom & burgenship aforesaid the s'd Rich: Gittyns hath paid Vit, & the said Bartholomew Jenyns hath not only paid nxli but also undertaken & promised to pay or do pay other som or acte more as Thorn's Evance & Rich: Wilivay. nowe Bailiffs of the sd towne willing upon him Th: Evance Rycbd Will's aldermnen Hth?vXds [*«*?• Rycharii Staney | Presen' Edd Edwards j Thomas Kynaston, murynger. Md. that in the said May a° 1582 Sir George Bromley iknyght justice of Chester &c was made & sworne burgesses of the said Towne./ And his childrne begotten to be begotten were then made & admitted to be burgenss there Th: Evance then Richard Will'ms j bailiffs BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN BRIDGNORTH.— The following extract from an account of Bridgnorth, written in an old copy book of "Henry Percy," the only son of Bishop Percy, the author of the Percy Reliques of Ancient English poetry, dated May 9th, 1775, may be interesting to some of the readers of Bye-gones :— A table of Births and Burials" for twelve years in the Parish of St. Mary Magdalene," which contains five hundred families, allowing nine to each family, amount to 2.600 inhabitants. In "St. Leonards," 530 families and 2,750 inhabitants; in the whole town, 5,350. In the Parish of St. In the Parish of St. Marys. Leonards. Births. Burials. DATE. Births. Burials. 54. 119.' 1727. 68. 100. 72. 77. 1728. 72. 61. 52. 74. 1729. 54. 78. 65. 78. 1739. 84. 65. 75. 36. 1731. 70. 53 64. 41. 1732. 47. 49. 70. 46. 1731. 79. 65. 69. 77. 17:54. 64. 90. 46. 56. 1735. 72. 57. 60. 32. 1736. 79. 39, 67. 22. 1737. 71. 56. 61. 53. 173S. 62. 65. 755. 711. 822. 778. In 1715 but 12 Burials in the Parish of St. Marv Magdalen's, which shows the healthfulness of the place. The old copy book containing the account of Bridgnorth, from which this extract was made, was purchased by me at the sale of the Mytton collection of Manuscripts in London on the 2nd May, 1877. Bishop Percy's only son, to whom the copy book belonged, died April, 1783, at the early age of twenty. An excellent edition has recently been published of the Percy Relics in three vols., at 12s. per vol., under the editorship of Henry B. Wheatley, Esq. HUBERT SMITH. The large number of deaths in 1727 is explained by the words" smp pox" written after the fibres 119.—ED.] QUERIES. BENNION'S WELL.-Tlie well bearing this name is found near the tramway which passes under the Oswestry road near the village of Llanymynech. It is said to have been used as a place to deposit charms, by a person who is supposed to have dealt in such, and who resided somewhere in the neighbourhood of Oswestry. Can any reader of Bye-gones give an account of this personage ? LLERTWEF. RICHARD LLOYD OFLLANERBROCHWELL. Mr. Hulbert on p. 72 of his Hist, and Dcs. of the Co. of Salop, 1837, refers to the "neglected tomb of his respected friend Richard Lloyd, Esq., of Llanerbrochwell Hall," in Guilsfield Churchyard, and says, At the time of his death he was engaged in publishing (sic.) a new edition of Wynne's, or rather Caradoc's Ilistoiy of Wales, which was then nearly, if not entirely completed." Was the book ever issued? AndjwhatJwas Mr. Lloyd's special aptitude for the task ? TELL. REPLIES. OLD OSWESTRIANS (Oct. 23, I8i8). Jlfrs. Barrett. "C. R." says that Mrs. Barrett's property was inherited by a Col. Disbrowe and gives your readers a copy of the monument in Oswestry Church, erected after the death of "Letitia Barrett" in 1803 by Edward Disbrowe, Esq., of Walton-upon-Trent, in the county of Derby." Was this the same gentleman whose death is thus recorded in the Gents Mag of 1818 ? Nov. 29. At Windsor, Col. Disbrowe, vice-chamberlain to the late Queen. The Colonel was occupied nearly the whole of Thursday (Nov, 26) in visiting and relieving a number of poor families in Windsor, pensioners on her late Majesty. In the evening he complained of a slight indisposition, which continued the three succeeding days, but no serious apprehensions were entertained till about four hours before he expired. His re- mains were removed from Windsor Dec. 7, for interment at Walton upon Trent, co. Derby, the family estate. What connection was there between the Barretts and Disbrowes? JARCO. THE WELSH FUSILIERS (Nov. 20, 1878).-We left this regiment making ready for foreign duty in 1793, after ten years' rest. Again tofquote the British Kymry — The French Revolutionary War commenced February 1st, 1793. The 23rd was immediately ordered for service, and took part in the following engagements :—Alkmaar, Oct. 2. 1799— Aboukir Bay, Egypt, March 2nd, 1800-battle of Alexandria, March 21st-capitulation of Copenhagen, Sept. 7th, 1807- Walcheren expedition—capture of Martinique, Feb. 23, 1809— battle of Albuera, in Spain, May 10, 1811, the most sanguinary of the Penisular battles, (the 23rd lost 14 officers killed and wounded in the conquovinp; charge so magnificently described by -Nitpier)-Cititlul Koderigo, Sept. 25th-storming of Badajos, .Tan. 19th, 1S12, (1 !> officers killed and wounded)—victory of Salamanca, July 22nd. the losses of the regiment in these brilliant actions were such, that out of 1,090 men who had landed in Spain 72 only were left. Dec., 1812-invalicls, wounded, c rejoining it, raised its force to 300 veterans, the relics of seven pitched fields-victory of Vittoria, June na, July 28th—the 23rd charged in company with its sister-regiment, the 7th Fusiliers, und the 20th and 40th regiments four times with the bayonet, and was reduced to 108 men—passage of the Pyrenees, Aug. 2—capture of San Sebastian, Aug. 31—passage of the Nivelle, Nov. 11th— battle of Orthes, July 27th, 1814 — battle of Toulouse, April 10th—action at Bayonne, April 14tb- victory of Waterloo, June lsth, 1815 (in which the chivalrous Sir Henry Ellis, the colonel and leader of the regiment through seven years of unremitting warfare, fell at the early age of 32)— formed part of the army in occupation of France, from A.D. 1815, to A.D. Isis; returned home, A.D. 1819-on home and garri- son duty during the rest of the long peace, 1819-1854—presented with new colours at Winchester, by Prince Albert, who, in his speech on the occasion, stated, "he felt most proud to be the person to transmit these colors to so renowned a regiment"—the old colors were lodged in the Church of St. Peter's, Carmarthen -Hussian war declared in 1854.-the 23rd ordered on service, and sailed for Gallipoli, May 10th-tnrl on the 17tli of Septem- her, this royal Kymric regiment landed under the command of a Chief of Kymric blood, Lord Raglan, at Old Fort, on the shore of the Crimea, the eastern cradle of the (.omeric race, whence above 3,600 years before its forefathers had emigrated under Hu adarn and colonized Britain, (virlo p. 15). On the 20th in com- pany with the Grenadiers and Highlanders it stormed the heights of Alma, carrying the Russian batteries at the point of the bayonet. Colonel Chester, Captains Wynn, Evans, Conolly, Lieutenants Anstruther, Butler, Radcliffe, Young—all fell lead- ing on their troops under a storm of balls which turned up every foot of ground like a ploughed field." Captain Wynne was found with his face to the sky, a calm smile on his manly features, right under the muzzle of the Russian guns. The fury and determination," states Marshal St. Arnaud, "with which the Welsh Fusiliers threw themselves on the enemy can- not be described—the incessant discharges of two batteries into their ranks did not in the least arrest their onward march." The Marshall asked if any officers survived, and requested to shake hands with them.—On Nov. 25th, the 23rd was engaged at Inker- man; and on Sept. 10th, 1855, planted the immemorial banner of the Kymry- the Red Dragon, on the captured walls of Sebastopol. Mr. Morgan's narrative is only brought down to 18:): and his book was published in 1857, and lie closes his account of the regiment with the following information — The 23rd bears on its colors more names of celebrated battles than any other regiment in the service—viz Minden—Sphinx — E ;vpt—Corunna—Martinique—Albuera—Badajoz—Salamanca— Vittoria —Pyrenees— Nivelle —Orthes—Toulouse—Peninsula- NV:Lterloo-Altii,t-iiikeriiian On its banner it bears Princo of Wales' feathers—the Red Dragon ami White Horse (union of Cambria and Saxondom)—the Rising Sun. -ilotto Nee aspera terrent.So difficulties daunt. Another week I will give a further account of the deeds of the Welsh Ftisiliers, which, although it goes over the same ground, varies in details. RIFLEMAN. In 1850 an Svo. volume of upwards of two hundred pages was published by Parker, Furnivall and Parker, of Charing Cross, London, bearing the followingtitle, namely, "Historical Record of the Twenty-third Regiment of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 16S9, and of its subsequent services to 1850: compiled by Richard Cannon, Esq., Adjutant-General's Office, Horseguards Illustrated with Plates." This compilation, of the existence of which RIFLEMAN does not appear to have been aware, is one of a series of volumes embracing historical narratives of the services of the several regiments of the British army from their formation to 1850, or thereabouts, published by royal authority. That which is now really wanted is, not so much "a short, compact, and comprehensive account" of the Welsh Fusiliers, as a continuation of the narrative of the services rendered by the regiment from 1850 down to the present time, compiled from authentic documents. But that would be best undertaken to be supplied under official and competent authority. LLALLAWG.

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