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.----GBEAT POLITICAL DEBATE…
GBEAT POLITICAL DEBATE AT HOLYWELL. [FROM OUR OWN BBPORTBR.] The mos, successful public dfbate held in Holywell within the recollection of its p esent inhabitants was held on Thursday evening last at the Board Schools, Halkyn-stieet. Some three months ago a debate took place at the Flint Town Hall between the chosen representatives of the Flint and Holywell Debating Societies, at which Mr J. L. Muspratt presided, in the absence of Mr S. K. Muspratt, the president of the Flint Society. The meeting on Thursday evening ^<as the return debate between the two societies, when four gentlemen had been selected to represent each society :—Messrs J. W. M. Evans, J. Hall, T. Taylor, J. Slann, of Flint, and the Rev 0. Thomas, B.A.; Dr E. Owen-Price, Messrs J. Campbell Douglas and W. redr Williams, of Holywell. The subject was, Is Mr Gladstone's Government worth preserving" The interest of the gathering was augmented to a considerable degree by the fact that Mr P. P. Pennant, Nantllys, who contested the Flint Boroughs in the Conservative interest on the occasion of the last genenl election, and who is the president of the Holywell Debating Society, had very kindly p-o-nised to preside. Tue room was crowded by an excited and respectable audience, every seat in the spacious room being occupied at half-pass seven. Besides the president there were also on the platform Mr S. K. Mnspratt, Flint: Dr S. Williams, Castle-hill Mr P. Mwyndeg Evans, and the debaters. Amongst the audience we noticed the following: Mr H. A. Cope, Saithaelwyd; Mr J. Ll. Price and Mrs Price, Pandre House; Mr R. Baldwin and Mrs Baldwin, Green-hill; the Rev D. Oliver and Mrs Oliver; Mr R. H. Smedley, Perth-y-terfyn; Capt. Dyson, Messrs E. J. Hughs, S. T Edwards, T. W. Hughec; aad several gentlemen from Flint; Messrs R. E. Williamson aad W. Williamson; Mr G. Maelor Evans, Mr John Carman, and Mr John K. Evans; Mr 3. Garner, chairman of local board; the Misses Pugh, Pen-y-maes; Mr W. T. Pierce, and the Misses Foulkes. Bagillt; Capt W. T. Harris, Messrs Leigh Howell and David Owen, Bryn- hyfryd; the Rev J. Pugh, B.A., and several other well-known ladies and gentlemen. Mr P. P. Pennant, upon rising to address the meeting, was greeted with loud applause. He said that it would be imprudent on his part to occupy much of the time that evening, but he might be allowed to express his opinion that the advantages of such societies were inestimably great. The power of addressing an audience was a power with difficulty attained, yet a power which such societies did much to foster and develop. It would often strike them as a strange fact that they might meet with many young men, and old men also, who at the fireside could conveise brilliantly and easily upon a vast number of subjects, yet when brought face to face with an audience all fluency and ease immediately disappeared, and the best they could do was to stammer out a few sentences ia halting style. What was the cause of this ? It was the lack of practice. And in this a debating society excelled, inasmuch as it furnished an admirable opportunity for practising the art of speaking. The object of the art was persuasion. All style, matter, and elo- quence were mere servants of the one great object —to persuade men. And that man who could so arrange his facts, and so handle his arguments, as to convince others that what ha said was truth was in reality the true speaker. Mr W. Pedr Williams, in opening the debate in the affirmative, said they had met there to discuss whether one hand they were willing to return to the old policy of secret agreements and open agression, the policy which embarassed the finances of the empire, harassed our trade and industry, and threatened every day to involve Ul) in calamity and disaster, or whether on the other hand they were willing to support a policy, which had introduced a general sense of tranquility and confidence, and a Government which had been more united on the main principles which should dictate its action than any other Government presented with questions of equal magnitude and equal complexity. In foreign matters, Montenegro, through the exertions of the present Government, had received an accession of territory which for years it had justly claimed. Greece had received Thessally without a single drop of blood being shed. Our relations with Turkey and Russia were now entirely altered, and the Egyptian question had been dealt with effectually. In Afghanistan, instead of being as Sir F. Roberts had described ms, the objects of the bitter and determined hatred of every Afghan, our rulers h?d brought about a state of tranquility and confidence, and the Afghan was now the master of his own country. In South Africa, the Zulu war was terminated. In the Transvaal, the annexation of which, on the misrepresentations of our officials had proved such a fruitful source of anxiety and trouble, an unj ust and sanguinary war had ceased in consequence of the moral courage and just resolution of the I Government. Coming to Ireland, the speaker said that the hateful necessity of resorting to coercive measures naa Deen effectually in prevent- ing the increase of outrages, and in triumphantly asserting the sup emacy of law and order over aa organized tyranny. That was not all, for the present Premier, with stnrdy and unflinching manliness, with all the resources of profound statesmanship, had dealt a blow at the cause of Irish discontent which would resound gloriously and effectually through all the history of that now unhappy country. Besides the Irish question two other great difficulties confronted the Government, extraordinary obstruction, and^ the Bradlaugh difficulty. He maintained that the Oppoaition were responoible for the latter difficulty. The position of the Government was well defln«d in the words of Sir George Gray in 1866, ««We will make no inquiry into any man's religious oonvictions, let the constituencies be the judges of that The position of the Opposition was that the debauchee, the drunkard, the blear-eyed blackguard who had defamed his name, might enter the house and legislate forthe country. But if a man had a puzzled head, instead of a depraved heart, if a man had a mind tempest-tossed with mysteries which have staggared the best and finest of men, then he was to be branded as a political leper, and shut out from the possibility of entering Parliament. He rejoiced to think that they had a Prime Minister brave enough to bid defiance to the black fiend of theoio £ ita malice, and the contemptible spirit of abhorrent bigotry, and who took his stand, with unsur- passable magnanimity, on the great principle d religions equality. Would they accede to the ruin of the ablest Government of modern time" because it sought to put a limit to the insane babbling ot Mr Biggar and the ridiculous waggeries of Mr Warton? In conclusion th" speaker said: Often is the Liberal party taunted for its lack of unity. Unity, sir! Why, has tint tnity so soon been forgotten which in 1880 hurled Beaconsfield from power and laid the peico with honour standard in the dust? Why, th, same unity is still alive, 81ld the same Uúitv s still ready, utterly to annihilate all opposition, and to demonstrate to the world that a Liberal Government and no other can*or shall guide the deitiniea of the British Empire. The British electors are still true, I believe, to Mr Gladstone With honest heart-felt ^emotion they thh>k of tha splendour of his services and the purity of his principles. Never was the Liberal par:.y so proud 0t him as now, when, with the irresistible fire of youth, and the calmness of age, he stands forth more grandly than ever to crush the wrong and to for the right. His enemies may thwart him worthless critics may mock him and audacious mediocrity may try to cheapen his greatness. But the one, earnest, solemn, unalterable deter- mination of the Liberal party is to keep Mr Glad stone in power as long as God may spare him. Mr J. W. M. Evans, Flint, in opening for the negative, a.id that they must lirst look at home, I and he was willing that the question as to whether the Government was worth preserving should ot- decided by its effect upon home trade. He would ask tradesmen whether their business had in- creased. He would ask agriculturists, were they better off ? The latter class, in fact, were simply worse oS; and now foreign malt was allowed to be sold in this country without any tax thereon, thereby ruining English producers By the promises made by the present Government before chey came into power one would have thought they intended to work wonders and quite enrich everybody. However, he would appeal to each person illy, had they not been woefully disap- pointed ? Referring to the Bradlaugh question, he denied that the Opposition were responsible for the difficulty. The Opposition had shown by their actions that they had no sympathy whatever w th the principles of Bradlaigh, which could not be said of the other side. He felt that this was a most important matter. The downfall of many nations had been proceeded by adeserti n from their God, and they fell, and England would also fall if she deserted her God. Mr Gladstone had refused to move in the matter of the attacks upon Jews in Russia. When the victims were Bulgarians he was loud iu condemning the attro- cities then, but now they were Jews, who were our own flesh and blood, he refused to inferfere. With regard to the Transvaal, he (the speaker) said that all there was shame and disgrace. The indignity offered to the British flag had been calmly passed by, and the prestige of England had suffered in the &ight of the world. Why, one would think from the previous speech the Boers were the most tender aud magnanimous people existing. Why, there did not exist greater tyrants under the sun The Boers had no more Tight in the Transvaal than we had. He could not help smiling at the present Government proferring for the acceptance of Parliament lule8 for quelling obstruction. Why, Ch imberlain, and others of the Government, ha1. been the greatest obstruetives in the house. The nation would not suffer their liberties to be invad- ed, least of all the liberties enjoyed by their representatives in tl\e House of Commons, and he condemned the Cloture as doing this. He did not believe that half the Liberal party were^agrccable to that rule, only that Mr Gladstone held a threat of dissolution over thdr heads, and they were afraid to meet their constituents. Even the Liberal party could only be frightened into voting for the G.oture. He condemned' the present Government as not worthy of preservation. Mr Slann, Flint, said that there might be some weak-kneed Liberals who would-be led away by the clap-trap of Lord Salisbury, such as in his recent effusion to a society of Conservative working men stating that Mr Gladstone is doing all in his power to destroy jail constitutional principles That letter of Lord Salisbury showed that a man might possess a historic name and be a hereditary legis Jator, without possessing some of the most essential attributes of a gentleman. He believed that the present Cabinet was the best they had had for a century, and if they compared each individual member of the Ministry with their immediate predecessors in the various offices they would find that they towered head and shoulders above them in the knowledge of good government. When the Liberals were returned to power, it became their duty to reverse the policy of vainglory abroad and of hypocrisy at home which Lord Beconsfield had initiated. In Affghanistan, were it was done at once,'it proved an unmixed blessing both to India and England. The accounts of the English and Indian treasury had been left in such an inextricable state of confusion that it required the genius of a Gladstone to balance them and bring them into such a state that they could be under- stood by the people. The Tory policy at present was nothing but a malignant hatred of Mr Gladstone. When in office the Tories had done absolutely nothing. But we had a Hares and Rabbits Bill, the Burials Bill, and that magnificent measure-the Irish Land Bill, all of which were bitterly opposed by the Tory party, and a reform in procedure was absolutely necessary. Spain, Portugal, and Norway were the only continental countries in which the principle of the Closure was not in force. The new-born zeal for freedom of speech was passing strange from the party which gagged jthe native press of India and Cyprus, and prevented newspaper correspondents from going with our army into Affghanistan. The Tories did not want an adequate reforai'of pro- cedure, because they were opposed to reform. Just as before 1832 the Tories declared that the system of government then in force was the best that human ingenuity could devise, so now it declared that everything that actually existed was 60 perfect as need no alteration. Mr J. 0. Douglas remarked that th1 numerous misconceptions which people were led into with reference to the Bradlaugh difficulty rendered them incapable of appreciating the real point at issue. Mr Bradlaugh had declared that the oath I to him was a meaningless form, yet afterwards ho announced his willingness to take it. The British Parliament, had refused to allow him, and justly too. He condemned the Irish policy of the Government. In his famous letter to the Diike of Marlborough Lord Beaconsfield had pointed out in words of solemn warning the dangerous condition of Ireland. Yet, at the same time, Mr Gladstone asserted that Ireland was never more peaceful. Very soon the truth of Lord Eeacons- field's warning was seen by the present Govern- ment, for misery and outrages sprang up in all directions. By their dilatoriness in enacting coercive measures the Government were respon- sible for the fearful state of things in Ireland. A Land Act had been passed, if it was the magni- ficent measure which it had been styled, why should the Government fear inquiry into its working ? The act, in reality, was a measure of robbery and confiscation. It enriched the tenants at the expense of the landlords. It was impossible that it should be as effectual as its promoters had promised. They were told that 100,000 occupiers intend to take advantage of it. Why there were 550,000 occupiers in Ireland, and before all could apply to the court 100 years would have passed. He condemned the action of the Government ;n appointing a gentleman who was solicitor to the Land League to be the solicitor of the Land Court. The Government ought to have suppressed the league with more promptness and efficacy. But no, they would not. Why ? Because the Govern- ment wanted to pass the Land Bill. Finally, ho disagreed with the Cloture because its object wa9 to pass Government measures with- out full and free discussion. Mr T. T&ylor, Flint, said that he would challenge 6 v j *n ^e civilized world a Government which had committed so many blunders, and wasted so much time as the present Government. 1 hat Gladstone should have introduced the Cloture, rhe veryman who had condemned it in Nineteenth, Century • f Lord Beaconsfield bad proposed the Cloture it uld have been condemned in a uaand pulpits and platforms. Th Consuvative party h&d th o jects in view—they venerated old institutions, ^LirtfiSPe<e? sovereign, they maintained the national rel-?10a, (jladstone now condemned obstruction, but it was Gladstone and his friends that ga^ e Pari MI8?'•others lessons in obstruction. The good, indeed Why Ireland was now ^ever ? The landlords were wor.e off than ever. Theyheard a deal about Irish rents y were only half English rents r I* a land bdl iwas neces. eary for Ireland, it was necessary for England and Scotland too. What was sauce for the goose was sauce for the gander. Gladstone was very clever, but clever to create mischief. The Liberals con- demned war, but during the present century they had waged more wars than the Conservatives. In conclv.si -u, lie said that with all his heart he con- demued a Government which had brought the honour o old England to the dust. The Rev Owen Thomas, B.A., did not think it fair to ju-ige the whole trade of a country by the trade of this locality or that, as one previous spf iker tal done Let them look at the grent ii:.iiidtri'a dt the country, and they would at once find thwt these were beyond doubt reviving. UtiC speaker a so bad made the somewhat astounding observat on th*t the Liberal Governments had DO I foreign policy. All he had to say to that was,- it would have been betterjforjthecountry and better fir the world if the Conservatives had no foreign policy either Too much had been made out of the vjloti're. t meant that the majority must rule, aud not be tyramzed over by a minority. Not a single argument had been adduced against this power of closing a debate. If, by means of the Cloture,f oreign Parliaments were enabled to enact useful leg'slation, why should we not examine whether we c.,Uld inot adopt some simular plan. Why sho ild wilful obstruction be allowed any longer? Many of the lablest members of the House of Commons were complaining that they were doomed to perpetual silenee by the unceasing persistenc y of a few. He yielded to none in his admiration for liberty, but when that liberty WHS abused, and when men refused to li-teu to the demands of decorum and common sense, when that liberty became license, it was time to extinguish Icquacity in a more summary manner. With regard to Ireland, he entirely dissented from 11K: remark which had been made that Ireland was worse off than ever. Why the accounts invested in Savings Banks, and other kindred institutions, proved the contrary. He was astonished to find the Premier spoken of in the reckless fashion some orators had indulged in. In conclusion, Mr Thomas said Surely, sir, does not half a century of political life count for something. Can we not rely upon this unrivalled statesman? Can we not trust to the greatest financier f modern or ancient times ? The very name of Mr Gladstone sends a thrill of momentary energy into the most inert soul. Attd though he is pa^t the age of man, though he bears the weight of seventy years, though his hair is white with the snow of many a winter, still his eye is not dim, nor his natural force abated, and as he stands ht the helm and pilots the ship of state, let us hope that when the division comes this evening, which threatens the existence of the Ministry, that he will be supported by a triumphant majority. Dr E. Owen Price was anxious that it should be understood that no one could be more desirous than himself to give Mr Gladstone's Government credit for sincerity of purpose. It was its in- capacity he condemned to carry on the affairs of this great nation in an honourable and dignified manner to a successful and prosperous issue. Their action in the Transvaal proved this In the Queen's Speech, 1881, it was stated that there had been a rising, and the authority of the Queen must be asserted. The British arms suffered three successive reverses. Now was the time for Mr Gladstone to carry out what he had pledged him- self to iu the address from the throne. But what was done? After having been defeated, the Government came to believe with Mr Peter Kylands that it would be better to negotiate an honourable peace. And so the rising, caused main- ly by the inflammatory speeches of Midlothian, culminated in peace with dishonour, by granting tLe Boars independence, by retaining what was called a suzerainty, but what was in reality a farce In Ireland again, the coercive policy was adopted too late. The result of this neglect was that in Ireland they had anarchy and disorder. Even if the Land Act were a beneficial law, which he denied, it would be no use in the present state of the country, and was now a pitiable failure. In conclusion he said: This Gladstone Ministry, the advent of which was heralded by the Liberal resurrection trumpet of Midlothian, came into power, filled brimlul of promises for the Irish people. I might say, if you will pardon the extraordinary figure, they came as a white summer cloud over a thirsty land to rain abundant blessings upon the unhappy people of Ireland. But we find this bright cloud of promise changed. It has become a threatening coppery storm cloud, and, instead of blessings, it emits thunder and lightning, the thunder and lightning of coercion. The rattle of musketry and the gleam mingling with the wail of discontent is heard and seen all around. And high abova all the din the voice of the Pime Minister is heard pro- claiming a message of peace. And behold.' out of the cloud descends a piece of parchment! It is the Irish Land Act. But it becomes scorched and shrivelled by passing through the fiery atmosphere of coercion, and of no more value is it than so much burnt tinder scroll. Such has been the con- duct of the Government at home and abroad that it is not worth preserving. A vote ot thanks was moved to the chairman by Mr W. Jones, seconded by H. Hamer, and unanimously and heartily voted. A call of "Three 7 cheers for the President" was lustily responded 1 to. Mr Pennant replied in most appropriate terms. A vote of thanks to Holywell and Flint Societies was passed on the motion of Mr Owen Jones, seconded by Dr James Williams, and responded to by Mr S. K. Muspratt. After the National Anthem had b.een united in, the large assembly dispersed.
WELSH BURIAL SCANDALS.
WELSH BURIAL SCANDALS. Strange proceedings are reported to have taken place at Tregynon, a small village near Newtown, Montgomeryshire. It appears that last week a woman named Mrs Evans, landlady of the Church House Inn, died. While on her deathbed she requested her sons to bury her beside the remains of her deceased husband in the parish churchyard at Tregynon; also that the service should be con- ducted by the Rev Owen Hughes, the minister of the Calvinistic Methodist chapel in the village, of which she was a member. In order to comply with this request, the deceased's sons pro- ceeded, under the new Burials Act, and gave the necessary forty-eight hours' notice to the Rector of Tregynon, the Rev Evan A. Jenkins. He, how. ever, intimated to the deceased's relatives that he had power to select the place where the body should be interred, and that he should not inter it in the place desired unless he was allowed to con- duct the burial service Otherwise he would select a spot in a secluded corner of the churchyard which is usually reseived for suicides, and he pro- ceeded to order the sexton to dig a grave f*r the deceased between two men, one of whom had hung himself and the other drowned himself. The feelings of the relatives were naturally much hurt at this conduct, and finding no alternative they resorted in a subterfuge rather than have the deceased buried in the place chosen. They ac- cordingly sent to the rector to say that they would consent to him conducting the service on condition that he would bury the deceased beside her hus- band. This was agreed to, and the body was brought on a bier to the churchyard last Saturday afternoon. On approaching the church, as the party had previously arranged among themselves, instead of taking the bier into the church they turned off to the grave, whereupon the rector remonstrated with them, and caught hold of one end of the bier with his hands to pull the bier into the church. He did not succeed, however, and the body was conveyed to the grave. The rector then went t' rough the service, and then left the churchyard. The Rev Mr Griffiths, a Methodist miniat r, and the Rev Owen Hughes then con- ducted the burial service in their form. The rector aiterwards met the party, and some high conver- sation ensued between the deceased's relatives and minister? and the rector. The exact nature of the conversation we have been unable to ascertain, but it is said thjt the lector threatened to write to the p "f the diocese on the matter. This. we believe, is the first attempt on the part of the Di8sei tern in the village to take advantage of the Burials Act. It has created much indignation among that body in the neighbourhood that such an attempt should be made to deprive them of their rights. AN ANGLESEY SCANDAL. A Bangor correspondent writes — The conduct of a jector of one of the parishes In Anglesey is excitiag much adverse and painful comment, and has been formally brought under the notice of the authorities. The parish abuts on the sea, and in the churchyard H a spot specially set usiae for the interment of bodies washed ashore aud unidenti- fied. About a month ago the first interment under the Burials Act took place, the woman who was buried being placed in a family urave in which there Was just space for her coffin. The rector made no secret of his displeasure at a Noncon- formist minister officiating at the funeral. A lorti ight ago, a sailor's body, greatly decomposed, w-is fountf on the shore. The sexton was preparing fur its interment in the customary place, when he was ordered by the rector to re-open the family grave ni which the woman had been interred and bury it there. The shell was nearly level with the surface, and a mound of earth had to be heaped over it to conceal it from view. The disturbance of the griive attracted attention, a representation was made to the bishop, and a memorial to the Plome Office praying for a full investigation has been prepared and exteusively signed. Last week the grave was again opened and the sailor's body temoved, but by whom or whither the rector pro- fesses to'cal ignotauce."
FEARFUL COLLISION AT SEA.
FEARFUL COLLISION AT SEA. A despatch from Madrid on Monday says :—The ccllis on between the royal mail steamer Dourv and the Spanish steamer Yrmac Bat off Finisterre, althougl it has been attended witn the loss of fewer lives than was at first apprehended, has proved most ciisa: trous In its consequences. It appears from the intelligence which has reached here that >\t six on Saturday evening the Spanish steamer Yrurat Bat, of the Olano Line, bound for Havan- nah, with C8 persons, including passengers, left Coruuna Harbour, and at halt-past eleven the sau^c uight, in dark, miBty weather, 3he sighted, when it was too late, a large stvamer coming straight across her course. A collision took place, and this was followed by a frightiul scene of con- fusion, both vessels sinking rapidly. The British vessel proved to be the royal mail steamer Bouro, which left Lisbon on March 31st, homeward bound. Immediately after the collision, the boats were lowered for the passengers, the British captain and officers nobly sacrificing themselves amidst the horrors of tne dark night. The British steamer Hidalgo, Captain Turner, entered Coruuna Har- bour to-day, having picked up one hundred and thirty-six persons. Of these thirty-six be- longed to the Spanish steamer; the rest were from the Douro. The authorities at Corunna say that the mails werJ saved but that it is impossible to determine the number of lives lost from the Douro, all her officers having perished. A Southampton correspondent writes:—The excitement occasioned here by the loss of the Douro has in no way diminished, notwithstanding that the latest news as to the number of lives lost indicates that the blow will cot be felt so severely locally as was at first anticipated. The oataide of the company's premises near the docks and the various newspaper offices are continually thronged by auxious crowds of men and women sseking in- formation concerning relatives and friends in the ill-fited vessel, hope being raised to a pitch that can be better imagined than described when the Lloyd's message was received announcing that as many as 120 belonging to the Douro were reported as saved. The company's officials have issued a statement which shows that all persons down on the ship's articles have been accounted for except the following: Captain Kemp and four offieers; Mr Whitrow, .parser Mr Young, the chief engin- eer Mr Child, second ditto Jones, the quarter- master; and Marshall, Bury, Tom Symonds, Miller, Adams, Anderson, and senior members of the crew. There is, however, just a ray of hope that some of these are not lost, as the message from Corunna accounts for three A.B.'s who were not on the articles—John Andrews, Lewis, and Brown. Immediately on the news of the dis- aster becoming known the mayor of the borough communicated officially with Captain Bevis, the Royal Mail Company's local superintendent, expressing his regret at the lost of the vessel, and his readiness, when full details were known, to take all necessary steps for the relief of the sufferers. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Trent, which preceded by three days .the Douro home, arrived on Sunday, and reports that she ex- perienced fine and clear weather on Saturday night; but of course this is no criterion of the state of the weather at that time off Finisterre." The Liverpool agents of the steamer Yrarac Bat have sent a telegram to their representatives at Corunna, requesting them to send on to Liverpool the captain, officers, engineers, and other persons necessary in order to furnish all particulars of the collision. It appears now that there were but four Englishmen on board the Spanish steamer when she sailed from the Mersey, and two of these are said to have been saved-the first and third engineers. The^ English on board were Hugh Noble (chief engineer), Thomas Pickering (third engineer), Robert M. lJruce (fourth engineer), and R. Brown (steward). According to the message there would be sixty-aix persons on board the Spanish vessel, and as the crew would number some forty-two, the remaining twenty-four would be passengers; only nine of these are said to be amongst the saved, so that there must be about fifteen missing, and on the same basis, the crew known to be saved would number twenty-seven, leaving fifteen missing. The agents are strong in their balief that at least some of the people have been picked up by other vessels.
THE CONVICT LAMSON. -
THE CONVICT LAMSON. The Home Secretary has, at the request of the President of the United States, respited the execution of the convict Lamson until the 18th inetant, to allow of the arrival of certain evidence stated to be on its way from America supporting the plea of insanity which has been set up. Lam- son, however, has been distinctly warned that the respite raises no presumption of a final reprieve or the commutation of the capital sentence. Among the American documents about to be laid before the Heme Secretary and the English law authorities with a view to show that Lamson, owing to predisposing causes, is a man not accountable for his actions, is a duly attested affidavit by Dr Nichols, of the Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane, New York. Dr Nichols has been for four years the medical superintendent of that institution and official custodian of the records, and his affidavit consists of copies of official entries connected with the cases of Caroline O. M'Gregor, Lucretia O. Lamson, and William B. Otlle, the aunt, grandmother, and grand-uncle respectively of the condemned Lam- son. As to the first of the three persons named, she was admitted to the asylum in 1854, and was discharged in 1857. Her age at the first attack was thirty-one. No previous attack is on record, and the duration of her special illness waa two months. The apparent or alleged causes of disorder" were predisposing,Jbutnot hered- itary." The form of her meutal disorder was puerperal mania. She ultimately died of phthisis. Her hallucinations are given in the record thus "Suspects servauts of stealing ana drinking wine, destroyed clothc" incoherent sleeplessness, mind weak and confused." Lucretia O. Lamson was four years in the asylum, from m.?r» ^^3, and her ego at the time of the fir attack was seventy. No previous attack on record. The apparent or alleged causes o her insanity are given as "predisposing, hereditary, the form of disease" senile dementia, and the parti- cular halluncinations "infirmity of ,age, restless, and wants to go home, wanders away gets lost." In the case of William B. Orne, he was in the asylum for about six weeks, having been admitted when he was eighty years of age, having hud no previous attacks. The alleged or appar'"Jit causes of disorder were "p-. editiposipg" and the form of disorder diraentia," the paiticular propensities "general a:; d complete dementia,' and the supposed cause of death "erysipelas aud mortification of foot." All three died in Bloom- ingdale Asylum. The petition to President Aithur asking that, action might be taken in the matter was figged by Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island, Bishop Potter, of New York, the liev DJS Hall, Schei k, Holland, Cooke, Morgan, and Newman, ex- Governor Morgnn, John J. Cisco, W. it. Grace, Stephen W. French, ex-Mayor Wickham, R. G. Dun, and others. It is asserted by the Now York papers that Lamson was actively engaged in the Roumanian hospitalg during the- Husso-Turkish war; that while so engaged he .ad a severe attack of fever which completely undermined his health that in order to relieve pains in the head resulting there- from he took morphine, which became a confirmed habit with him. It is ured that this habit and the fever itself aided in developing the insanity which is said to have been hereditary in the family. Cases of insanity in the father's immediate familv increase the presumption of hereditary insanity as compared with that which would arise from a single case. Two theories have been advanced by friends of his father. The first is as followsCertain pillb containing aconitine are said to have been sent by Lamson from America to his brother-in-law through the school. master. When received there were eleven or twelve in the box, no one of which, however, contained a fatal dose. After the boy'd death the box, then contaiuing only two, was found in the room in which the hoy spent the h'st hours of his life previous to being carried up to the par)our to receive Lamson. It is. suggested that the boy may have taken more than one of these pills, and, therefore, possibly a fatal dose, just be. fore leaving this room. The other theory is that while Lamsou's mind was enfeebled by disease, the morphine habit and the taint of hereditary in- sanity, he may have tried bolder experiments in treating his brot-her-in -law's case than a man of perfectly sound mind would have dared to venture upon.
----THE STATE OF IRELAND.
THE STATE OF IRELAND. A LAD I SHOT DEAD. A fearful murder took place near Mullingar on Sunday. Mi, W. B. Smythe, of Barbavilla House, Collinstowu, was driving home after morning service with Lady Henrietta Monck, a relation, and his sister-in-law, Mrs Henry Smythe, and when within one hundred yards of home, three men dis- guised stepped out from behind a hedge and fired volley after volley into the carriage, which was riddled with shot. Mr Smythe, who is an exten- sive landlord, and against whom the attack was directed, and Lady Monck escaped without the slightest hurt, but the other lady, Mrs Smythe, was killed immediately, a bullet from the first volley shattering her head. How the other occu- pants escaped is a miracle, considering the heavy fire directed at the carriage. Lady Monck has since the outrage been in a prostrate condition from the effect of the shock. The police were soon upon the spot, but could find no clue to the per- petrators of the fearful crime. The cause ia not yet ascertained, as Mr Smythe's tenants have made no complaint against him, although his agent, Mr Talbot, had recently been compelled under pain of death to resign his position. Another account says :—On Sunday afternoon, between Mullingar and Killucan, Mr William Barlow Smythe, D.L., an extensive landowner in Westmeath, was driving home from Collinstowu Church to his residence, Barbavilla House, nine miles from Mullingar, accompanied by his sister- in-law, Mrs Henry Smythe, of Dublin, and Lady Henrietta Monck. When in the avenue, about a hundred yards from the house, a volley wae fired from behind a clump of trees at the head of the brougham, where Mr Smythe generally sat. On this occasion Mrs Henry Smythe was joeated there, and the unfortunate lady was killed instantly, her brains being scattered over the window and a por- tion of her skull blown away. Sever tl bullets struck the carriage, and one passed through the coachman's sleeve, but no other person was injured. An arrest has been made. A Dublin correspondent writes: The West- meath outrage has been confirmed in all its worst details, and the news that Mrs Henry J. Smythe had been shot dead caused the deepest alarm and excitement in all circles of Dublin society yester- e xel day. The circumstances of the attempt to murder Mr W. B. Smythe, D.L exhibit a determination on the part of the assassins which has hardly a parallel in the history of crime in Ireland. It is reported from Westmeath that last Sunday Mr Barlow Smythe, Mrs Henry J. Smythe (his sister- in-law), and Lady Henrietta Monck were driving home in a carriage from Diviue service, about half-past two o'clock, and had entered Barbavilla demesne, when some shoti were fired. It is not known whether the first volley took effect. Bar- bavilla, the residence of Mr Smythe, is well- wooded, and the assassins were completely con- cealed amongst the shrubs and trees. More shots were then fired, and Mr Smythe's sister-in-law, Mrs Henry J. Smythe, was shot dead upon the spot a bullet entering her head. Mr W. Barlow Smythe and Lady Henrietta Monek escaped with- out injur). The attempt was made in the broad daylight, and the fact causes the greatest alarm. Reports arrive from many districts of the county which tend to show that the disquietude is very far from being allayed. The tragedy has excited universal alarm. Captain Butler and Captain Barry, resident mncriAtrates. Drocceded to the scene of the murder with a stiong force of police, and arrested Richard Rigg8» his wife, and son. Riggs was recently evicted by Mr Smythe for non-payment of rent, but was treated with much consideration by that gentleman. The murder ha, created intense in- dignation in the county, where Mr Smythe was much respected. The inquest on the body of Mrs Henry Smythe was held on Tuesday. It was stated that four shots were fired into the carriage, but that only one took effect. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some persout3 unknown. MISS O'CONNOR SENT TO GAOL. Mary Power O'Connor, sister of T. ?. O'Conno-, M.P., was prosecuted at the Athlone Petty Sc J- sions on Saturday, for attending at Drum, County Roscommon, on March 12, and advising the people to pay no rent. Defendant was ordered to find bail for her future good conduct, but, refusing to do so, she was sentenced to six months' imprison- ment, and removed to Mullingar Gaol. | It is stated that at the funeral of Mr He, bert, J. P., who was murdered in Kerry last Thursday, a rope was asked for at a neighbouring farm-house to assist in lowering the coffin, and was refused. The three men arrested at Queenstown on Sunday, when about to take their departure to America, ou suspicion of being implicated in tha> murder, were on Tuesday discharged, there being evidence against them. „ nhiof The Right Hen. W. E. Foster, Chief- Secretary for Ireland, arrived in Kings'toW. ■^ mail steamer Conn aught on Tuesday proceeded by epccfal train a b-ongham was in waiting, m wnn- his official residence. A reward of £ 2,000 is offered b-f for information leading to^the m e murderer or murderers of Mr Herbert, near Tralee, a few days ago, and a reward of £ 500 for privato information leading^°^
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SALTNEY. I PAINFUL CASE OF DROWNIN,A case oi a painful nature occurred at Saltney on Thurs<w week. Mr John Roberts, the well-known agric0' j turist, of Well House farm, Saltney, attended Chester Horse Fair on Thursday, and during absence his little daugiuer Annie, three years 0* was found drowned in the horse wash, having last seen alive by the smith at noon. Mr Rob^r received the sad intelligence whilst at Chester.
RHYL.
RHYL. SHEEr WORRYING.—At the county court Friday and Satmday, Judge Horatio Lioyd Od j ury were engaged several hours over an a,cti) brought by the Rev Samuel Evans, rector of LlJ8' Lieu, tu re-over £ 14 4s from Mr Peter Jones, neighbouring farmer, for damage done to shecp wor; by defendant's dog. The action had bec Ire-dy at the St Asaph court in last, when jury awarded Ll 12a the sum p1 into court—as damages. But a new trial hs;ioi been granted, the second jary awarded the amount claimed, with costs of the two heariDI" Thirteen shepp had killed in one night v1 defendant's dog.
MOLD.
MOLD. BAZAAU.—On Monday last a bazaar was held'" Moid, in aid of the funds of the English gational church, of which the v J. Williams is pastor.. There is at present a debt several hundreds of pounds on the sci.ooiroora manse in connection with the church, and 1. hoped to reduce it by the proceeds o; the bazaatl as several promises have been made, ccnditjon upon a certain amount being iais i by the b, rs of the church, in aid of the fttiids by several gentlemen. LOCAL BOARD ELECTION.—Ti e result of b election of five members to serve on the 11(,J4 Local Board was declared on Tuesday. The vdic was as follows:— Mr Heury Robe ts. 533; 30 3 Edward Wheldon, 527 Mr Joseph Eaton, otfi Mr E. Price Edwards, 488; Mr J. S. Swift, (all of whom have been re elected)- Mr Wright (Boar's Head), 120; Mr A. Matb. (Bowling Green Inn), 115; Mr E. Davies (Victor Inn), 96. The last three were new candidate and it will be seen that the ratepayers Lave sho in a decisive manner their preference for the 0 members, and much dissatisfaction is exprefSe that a contest was so unnecessarily thrust up & the town.
I CONWAY.
I CONWAY. PETTY SESSIONS.—On Monday Mr Chambr: 'j 'oil applied for a temporary transfer of the :M.t Arms, Llanrhos, from Mr S. Hughes to Mr GeNLje of Salford. Granted, subject to the recominendo tion of Mr George by the authorities at Salfûrdø The license of the Harp Inn, Conway, vv temporarily transferred from John Evans to tb Misses William?, and that of Brynford Hon from Mr Claxton to John Roberts, late of tb Holland Arms, Holyhead.—John Jones, ADWY rydd, Llanrhos, was fined 109 and costs for trP ping rabbits upon land in the occupation Mrs Felton.—Mr F. G. Jones, Bryncorach, Cotl way, was summoned for erecting a builhi.g is Mount-pheasant, contrary to the bye.laws of tb Conway Town Council, of which he is a membetf and fined 2s 6d and costa with a continuing pen' alty of 10s per day until the requirements of council are obeyed.—Hugh Jones, a lad imbecile aspect, lately in the employ of Hughes, farmer, Tai uchaf, Caerhun, was se»* tenced to 14 days' imprisonment and five years a J a reformatory for abstracting X2 out of bit master's pocket in the dead of the night.- George Long, Tywyn, was brought up under tbO following circumstances —He preseuted himself at the Conway Police Station on the previous and informed Superintendent Williams he WOO afraid he would commit suicide. The superintend* ent called in a doctor, who, after examinioK Long, attributed his nervousness to the effects 0 excessive drinking. He was removed to the work" house.
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