Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

During his illness the late Mr. David Davies, Llandinam, treated those who attended him with characteristic munificence, and gave £800 to be distributed amongst them. He also left between £8000 and £10,000 to his nephews and Pieces,

A CARD.—A Clergyman will send, free of charge a prescription for the cure of all those who suffers from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous debility, physical exhaustion, and early decay. This great remedy was discovered by a missionery in Old Mexico; it saved him from a miserable existence and an early grave. Send a self-addressed stamped envelope, to RET. JOSEPH HOLMES, Bloomsbury Mansions, Bloomsbury Square, London, W C. Men tion this paper.

STRUCK DOWN IN BURMAH. BEETHOVEN composed music he was too deaf to hear, and the fastest steam craft in the world was built (both hull and machinery) by an American who has been perfectly blind for many years. Nevertheless, the one would have been the better for his hearing and the other for his sight. A soldier may be a model of patriotism and courage, but of what use is he in an army il he cannot carry a musket ? Allow us to illustrate the point by a short! story. Air. John Hodson, now thirty-two years of age, was born at Warboys, in Huntingdon- shire. When lie was twenty-live years old he took work as a navvy under the great railway contractors, Messrs. Lucas, Aird, Sous and Co., ol Westminster, and remained under them seven years. He then enlisted in Her Majesty's 51st Regiment, and went with it to India in 18>3. lie assisted in the Burmah Expedition in 1S85-6, and was at Mandalay when King Theebaw sur- rendered. With this explanation we will now let Mr. Hodson tell his own tale, lie says: After reaching Shorebo I began to feel badly, 1 had a sinking sensation at the pit of the stomach, and was so drowsy I could scarcely hold my hetid up. I had pain in my right side and under; the shoulder blades, lost my spirits, and took gloomy vie-v of everything. I could neither eat| nor sleep. I lay in bed awake night after night. I Aly liver was perfectly torpid, skin and eyes yellow, tongue badly coated, heart irregular, no! appetite, cold extremities, sickness, vomiting, and an incessant diarrhoea; witli these symptoms I was in bed four months in the year 1SS7. In the Hospital I was treated by the Regi- mental physician, and was visited by yr. Bell, of the Indian Government, who said I was suffering from dysentery. I became so weak I could hardly stand, and passed nothing but: slime from the bowels. No treatment availed tA stop the diirrhcea. Finally I was sent home, and arrived at Gosport in December, ISSVand was transferred to the hospital there until February, 188D, when I was discharged as incurable and placed in the Army Reserve. I returned to Warboys, and, feeling a trifle better, tried to work. But I soon had to give up. Ibecameso thin that people who had known me for years! did not recognise me. My old friends and mate: said, "Hodson, you needn't trouble to buy any} more clothes to wear in this world. TIle next I suit you'll icant will be made of wood" Still I ate something, of course, but it gave! me no strength. After eating I was often! obtigedto leave the table hurriedly, so severe I were the griping, gnawing pains that seizel mo My father and mother were alarmed at Ill" condition. I consulted a physician at »Yarboys, who gave me some medicine, which, however,: made no impression upon my complaint. I then went to Air. Nicholl, the chemist of! Warboys (now of Croydon), who said, You had better try Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup." I got ft bottle and took it, but it see men to have1 no effect. Mr. Nicholl said, "Try it again, l! have such confidence in it that I will give you I the second bottle free of charge." He did so. and before I had taken the half of' the second bottle I began to feel better. I got a! third bottle, and before I had finished it I had sol much improved that I was asked to go back to my work. But I was afraid, anl siid, No, wait until I have used three bottles more for this wonderful medicine is doing what nothing el>1è! in India or England has been able to do—it jV healing me from the very depths where I was ill\ and dying. I kept on with Mother Seigel, and indeed 61 Mother she truly is to the suffering. The fifth i bottle was gone at last.. and I presented myself to the astonished people of Warboys as robust, strong, and well as ever I was in all my life. I returned to my work, and my comrades loolced upon me as one risen from the dead. What has done this for you?" they asked with wondering eyes. "I owe my life and health to Alother Seigel's Curative Syrup," I answered, and I am willing all the world should hear me s*y so." I have never h"t an hour's work since, and will gladly reply to any letters of inquiry addressed to John Hodson, Warboys, Hunting- donshire. To the above true and failhful account of Mr. Hodson's experience it is only necessary to add a word of explanation. His real disease was in- digestion and dyspepsia brought on by change of climate, habits, and food.—The diarrhoea, of which he speaks, is (strange as it may seem) an effect and symptom of prolonged and prevailing constipation. It is nature's last efforts to free the bowels of their terrible and poisonous load. In this cfis!s Alother Seigel's Curative Syrup j came to the rescue, and not a day too soou.

PENRHYNOEUDRAETH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. AUGUST 19TH.—Present: Mr. John Jones (chair- man), Mr. W. E. Morris and Air. Owen Jonts (vice-chairmen), Messrs. Rees Ruberts, H. Jones, M. Jones, C. Roberts, Morgan Jones, J, E. Humphreys, Richard Roberts, Edward Llewelyn, Edward Roberts, Captain D. Richards, Rev. D. Owen, William Jones, Llandecwyn Mr. Thomas Roberts (clerk), and Air. D. Jones (aesistant clerk). OPINIONS DIFFER. Mrs. Williams, & widow from Portmadoc, applied through the Carnarvon Union for out- relief. She had previously been refused by this board. It was said that on the death of the husband his daughter received £14 :insuraDcel money, and the widow £6. The furniture was all removed to Llanllyfni. Strong remarks were made on the case by some of the guirdians, whereas others held the woman was in much want of help.—The house was offered. A NEW TURN. There had been correspondence taken place between the board and Messrs. Lloyd George and George, respecting the property of the late Mills Jones, Blaenau.—The Chairman said that as there was property after Mills Jones, the children, who had been maintained by the Union, could not be said to be destitute.—On the motion of Mr. Owen Jones, it was decided to inform the relatives that the children were kept. at their expense. PAUPERS AND LIFE INSURANCES. As Mr. Rees Roberts, relieving officer, was stating the case of the late Ann Lloyd, Penrhyn, it came out that the deceased pauper had in- sured her life for £3 18s., being at the rate of 6d. a week. The pauper was in receipt of 4s. 6d. a week. The undertaker had taken possession of the policy as payment for the coffin.—Alany of the guardians expressed their astonishment at these revelations. Mr. W m. Jones and Mr. Morgan Jones remarked that life insurances among paupers in that part of the country were very common.— Mrs. J.Paul, Portmadoc, asked that some of the furniture should be given to a grandchild of the deceased, viz., a son of Airs. Paul's husband by a former wife. Mrs. Paul said, in reply to questions, that the old woman had gi\fen her 10s. for the boy, and had remitted 30s. to another boy in America, but the letter was returned. Mrs. Paul was positive that the deceased had £ 6 in her posses- sion three months ago. Questioned as to how the old woman came to have such a sum of money, seeing she was a pauper, Airs. Paul replied that paupers were frequently found in possession of money; and were able to rear a lot of children on that money. The insurance money amounted to £3 18s.—Mrs. Timothy, Penrhyn, said the insur- ance money had been paid to the undertaker for the coffin. She had not seen any money about the deceased during the time she was with her. —Mr. Rees Roberts, the relieving officer, said the old woman had made a will (laughter), in which she bequeathed an old shawl worth about 2s. to the wife of a relative (laughter). General remarks were made anent the insurance of paupers that prevailed in the union, and it was remarked that all the paupers who had insured their lives ought to have their relief reduced.— The Chairman said that in the relief book there was a column for observations," and if there was anything left after a pauper it should be stated in that column. In this case there was a £318s. life policy, and that fact should have been recorded.—Seeing that the woman had been kept by the union, the life policy should have been handed over to the board.—It was resolved to write to the insurance society about the policy, and to adjourn the further considera- tion of the matter till next meeting.

FITS. EPILEPSY OR FALLING SICKNESS, GIDDINESS SENSATIONS AND FAINTS. I will demonstrate to the whole world how that most dreadful of all complaints, "Epilepsywhich has been hitherto considered incurable, can be per- manently cured (without the chance cf failure). All afflicted may write with full hope and confidence to the Secretary, Burwood House, Burwood Place, Hyde Park, London. He will send you free of all charge, I full instructions for cure, and advice on diet. c4055nm

CHURCH EXTENSION IN NANTLLE VALE. SPEECH BY SIR JOHN PULSSTON, M.P. THE memorial stones of the new church in course of erection at Penygroes were placed on Satur- day by LadyPuIeston. The site of the church has been given by the trustees of the Brynkir Estate. Mr. II. Kennedy, of Bangor, is the architect, and Air. R. R. Williams, ot Carnarvon, the contractor. Mr. Asshetoa Smith has given the slates for the building, and the tilework has been execute 1 by the Ogweu Tiie Company. Bethesda.—The service having bviu read by the Rev, J, Wynne Join-S, M. vicar of Carnarvon, in the absence of the l)e in of Bangor, L-fy Puleston, who was presented with a silver trowel by Air. J. Robinson, placed the memorial stone. At the close of the ceremony, Sir J. Puleston, M.P., in the course of a Welsh speech, said he was very glad to be present on the occasion, and that, although ratherru-ty, he would endeavour to make a few remarks in the vernacular, of which he was always proud. He appreciated tiie Christian feeling shown that, day .indicating as it did a spirit of patriotism, inasmuch as he unders-tood that, amongst those; present there were members ot' the several dis- senting denominations. This world contained, fortunately, plenty of room for workers, whether they belonged to the Established Church or any o'her denomination. The closer Christ an workers came together thr happier they were, and, as a result, the greatai would be their h-pymess hereafter (hear. hear). He was also gratified to tind that people in humble circumstances had contributed largely to the success of the pres» nt m uement. it being also a fact that the humbler classes of Wales did a great deal for the religion of tiie country (hear, bear). Sometimes, unfortunately, they did not co-operate in Wales respecting political and religious subjects. However, as was the case at Peumaenmawr, when he had the ple«sitig duty of opening a bazaar for the EngPsh Pres bvterians, there were instances in which all could jom in the promotion of any good work (ap pltuse. He and Lady Puleston would very long remember the day when they had the privilege of taking part in the beautiful ceremony of erecting another temple to the living God (hear, hear). He had said a few words in his own beautiful native language touching Christian unity. There were. perhaps, present some who had not the privilege of understanding both languages. When he was a boy Sheridan Knowles told him that he was fond of Wales, but that the only objection to the Welsh people was that they were so fond of their language as to have no respect for any other. But Sheridan Unowles went on further to say that, although tie had written plays and books without number he never trod the streets of London sn proui as he did when his publishers phced in his band the first copy of the s >ngs of "The Welsh Harpers" (hear, hear). That was the; opinion ot at! who knew the Welsh peopie.. Referring to Christian unity, he would say that with the grand old Church of their fathers, iu all her phases—whether high, low, or broac—there was room enough for all, for Presbyterians, Methodists, Wesleyans, Congregationalists, or Baptists (hear, he^r). They had all their allotted work to do, travelling as they were by the same path to the same end (hear, hear). II: Let them therefore cultivate such spirit as hej witnessed that day. It would be better for the spread of the religion of Christ and for their own happiness here and hereafter (hear, hear). He trusted that the sunshine that day might bean emblem of that sunshine of religious prosperity which will attend the ministrations of that new church (hear, hear). In the Rev. Mr. Roberts they had a good pastor (hear, hear). When he went down from Wales to Chester, somebody said that they could not allow such a Welshman to remain outside the Principality (hear, hear). He was glad that the people of Penygroeshad made haste to bring him back, aud that Air. Roberts was able to unite with the brethren of all other denominations in the locality (hear,! hear). Notwithstanding some little criticisms) which had been made as to his acts andi utterances being turned into political motives,I he was not going to be deterred by any such remarks (hear, hear). On the contrary" he should try in his own small way to cou-j tinue doing what he bad tried to do for the last 20 years, more especially among the Welsh m London (hear, hear). Nothing gave him more sincere gratification anl happiness as a Welshmm than to address an audience upon a non-politic tl occasion, especially when tlw: object. was to promote the good of all (hear, hear). He never looked with more profound j respect aud pleasure rpJn the Welsh than when: he saw them only a few months ago assembled in many thousands in St. Paul's Cathedral (hear,, hear). There were then present 8009 or 9u00j Welsh people, representing every denomination; of Christians resident in the metropolis, and! that when they were twitted with religious; bigotry. To this their answer was that it1 was confined to a very few, and t.ey had been able to point out to that magnificent; gathering as an all-sufficient answer to all such charges (hear, hear). He never did nnythiolll more proudly than when he ascended the lec. i tern of that great cathedral to read the lessons in Welsh before such a congregation of Welsh people, and the contemplation of that assembly, together with the facts that he had referred toj gave him, as a Welshman, far more than ordinary' pleasure. In conclusion, he only wished that ail1 would keep theii shoulders to the wheel, and that, when it might be his privilege to come there again, he would find a completed church full of godly people, and he might venture to say a church untrammelled with debt (ap- plause).

FARM LABOUR IN ANGLESEY. SEQUELS TO THE AGITATION. AT the Amlwch Petty Sessions, on Fridny,' before H. Roberts, Esq., and C. F. Priestley," Esq., Thomas Parry, Caerbortar, Llechcyw- farwy, was summoned by Mr. W. O. Jones, Plasymynydd, [Llanfechell, who claimed £:3 fJs. damages from the defendant for leaving his services in the middle of his term. Mr. J. S.1 Laurie, Llangefni, appeared for the plaintiff,; and Mr. E.G. Roberts, Holyhead, for the de-i fendant. Air. Roberts took a preliminary objec- tion to the summons tbat it was on an old form which had been annulled by the rules of the Lord Chancellor in 1886, no complaint having been made before a magistrate before the sum- mons was issued. The objection was held good.! and the summons dismissed.—In an appiicationl for surety of the peace by the same plaintiff aud against the same defendant it was stited; that both cases had arisen from the recent ftirm! labourers' agitation. The plaintiff had hired the defendant for a term of six months, to expire in November next, but the defendant left on the 2nd July, owing to the master askingj him to work until 6.30 instead of six p.m. one day, whereupon he gave a month's notice and!1 left. The master contended that the defendant had threatened to kill him when demanding] his wages, while the defendant submitted thatl he had only kaiù he had before killed {his! master's better by working. The defendant was bound over in his own recognisances in the sum of £5 to keep the peace for six months. At the Llangefni Petty Sessions, on Monday, before H. Roberts, Esq., and Dr. O. E. Owen, Samuel Williams, Ty'nllwydan, Llangadwaladr, claimed £3 10s. damages from William Lewis, Bcntfaen, Llangadwaladr, for leaving his service, having hired for a term of six months. —Air. S. R. Dew (Bangor) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. G. Roberts (Holyhead) for the defendant.—Air. Roberts, at the outset, raised a technical objection that the summons was issued on an old form which was obsolete, and had been annulled. The objection was ruled out in this instance, the same objection in a similar case at Amlwch on Friday having been held good, and that case dismissed. In the present case the defendant had been in the service of the plaintiff for the term from November to May last, and had hired at £7 5s. for the term from May to November; but in two days after the commencement of the term he had left without notice.—The defence set up was that the defendant had hired to work from from six a.m. to six p.m., and from six a.m. to seven p.m, during the harvest time but, owing to the recent farm agitation in the county, the farm labourers at Aberffraw threatened the defendant that they would throw him into the river if be worked the extra hour during the harvest time. This was pleaded as an excuse for his having left, the contract being admitted. —The magistrates assessed damages at £ 1 and costs..

CARNARVONSHIRE AND ANGLESEY IN- FIRM ARY.—W eekly report, Monday, August 18th. -In-patients, 5; total number of out-patients admitted since October 25th, 1889, 1275; total number of out-patients admitted during the past week, 28; home patients, 18. Visitors for the ensuing week, Canon T' Williams and Mrs. Edwards hon. physician for theensuing week, Dr, Richards; hon. surgeon for the ensuing week, Dr. Richard Jones C. GREY EDWARDS, ALB., House Surgeon.

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THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. « Parliament was prorogued on Monday, when the the Lord Chancellor read the Queen's Speech, in the following terms:— MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN",— My relations with all foreign Powers continue to be of a pacific and friendly character. My attention has been called to the inconvenience which might arise from the possible conflict oi terri- torial claims in the newly-occupied regions of Afriea. I have therefore entered into negotiations with the Powers principally concerned, for the purpose of marking out the boundaries within which the action of the respective Governments is to be confined. The arrangement with Germany, which closes the most difficult of these questions, has been completed and laid befoie you, and in order to give etlout to it, you have sanctioned, by a special statute, the cession of the island of Heligoland. An arrangement has also been entered into with France separating the territory adjacent to the southern frontier of Algeria from the territory which is under the influence of the Royal Niger Company. An agreement for the delimitation of other territories in Alrica is under die ussion with the Government of Portugal. I have agreed with the President of the French Republic that the British protectorate over Zanzibar and the French protectorate over Madagascar shall be mutually recognised by the two Powers. I haveoliered to the Presidentof the Uuited States to submit to arbitration questions of ditferenoe that have arisen between us with respect to jurisdiction in Behring's Sea. The conference upon the slave trade, assembling at my suggestion by his Majesty the King of the Belgians, has brought his deliberations to a close. The final act has received the adhesion of all the Powers represented at the conference with the excep- tion of his Majesty the Kingof tbeNetherIands. The protocols will be laid before you as soon as they are received. I earnestly hope that the resolutions to which the conference has come may lead to results worthy of the high and benevolent purpose which has inspired them. Controversies have arisen between my subjects in Newfoundland and the French fishermen upon that coast with respect to the true interpretation of tho rights reserved to France by the Treaty of Utrecht and subsequent arrangements. The adjustment of these differences is occupying the auxious attention of my Governmant. I have gladly given my assent to the Act which you have passed for conferring upon the Colony of Western Australia institutions similar to those which have worked with remarkable suoceBs in the other Australian colonies. I have learned with satisfaction that a convention has been ratified by the Volksraad of the South African Republic whiolT will, I trust, bring to an end the difficulties which existed in respect to Swa- ziland. GENTLEHEN OF THE HOUSE OF COJIHONS, I thank you for the provision which you haze made for the requirements of the State. It is a mat- ter of much satisfaction to me that you have been able to make substantial progress in the task of re- ducing the public burdens. My LOlms AND GENTLEMEN,— I am rejoiced to observe that effective steps have been tukeu by you for the promotion of primary, in- termediate, and technical education. 1 trust that the measure which you have passed for the extensive reconstruotiou of barracks will secure the health and increase the efficiency of my soldiers. l am glaa that yon have been able materially to improve the position of the police force, on wl/dae valuable services increasing desnauds are made. The policy you have adopted of giving uniformity and increased vigour to precautious against eou £ t- gious diseases among cattle will have a salutary iu* fluenoe upon a very important interest. The amendments you have made in the system cf winding-up companies under tho law of limited liability will be of advantage to commerce, aud the Acts as to allotments, and with respeot to i.oiyso for the working classes, will contribute largely to the well-being of the labouring purnon of my people. I commend you earnestly to the care and blessing of Almighty God. Parliament was then formerly prorogued to the 25th of October, and the Lords CoiuiuU8i°uer8ilttV-iu„ "iuiierai left the House the proceedings terminated at m o'clock.

SUCCESSFUL SWIM ACUQss THE CHANNEL. Davis Dalton, the American back swimmer, started on bunday evening from Boulogue to swim across the Channel, from the Fieuch coast to Folke- stoue. Dalton has for tho last two mouths been training at Folkestone. Ho had iuteuded to swim from the English side of the Channel, but, under advico, he determinsdto select Cape Grinuez as t.hs point from which to begin his undertaking. The distance he had to traverse was about sixty miles. Dalton undertook to swim the whole distance on his back, and by propulsion from his legs onry.¡ Owing to the boisterous weather Dalton hutlj been unable to fix any date.audiorseveral dajs he had awaited the opportunity which preseuted itself ou Sunday morning. Shortly atter tureo o'clock D illon left Folkestone in the lifeboat Ooeau King lor Cape Grisuez, with Mr. DllUU as captaiu ttud pilot. It was blowing a stiff breeze, but the wind gradually abated, and by night the weather was quite favour- able. Dalton was very confident of success. His belief was that by swimming on his back he would have better opportunities of resting himself than in the ordinary style of swimming. Dalton lauded on Folkestone beach on Monday aiternoou. He hud been 23i hours in the water. ™~—

TO THE NORTH POLE IN A BALLOON. It is announced in the Paris journals that MM. Georges Besangon, director of the Superior SchooJ of Aerial Navigation, and Gustave Hermito, astronomer and meteorologist, nephew of the pet-I- eideut of the Academy of ficiencea, propose to make a scientific expedition to the North Pole. With that object they intend to construct a balloon of lined silk, 30 metres in diameter, and having a cubic capacity of 14,120 metres. The balloon will be .covered with a special varnish, which will ensure its absolute imperviousness. It will be filled with pure hydrogen, and its car will be constructed on a nove) plan, especially suitable for this Polar expedition. it is calculated that the aerial journey will last from four to five dayp, to be commenced at Spitzbergen. It is hoped that it will end happily on the North American Continent, or in the northern portion of Aaia, a journey of some 3,500 kilometres.

DEATH OF LORD JUSTICE NAISH. Intelligence reached Dublin on Mouday of the ludden death at Ems, in Germany, of Lord Justice Naish, one of the Irish judges. His lordship left Dublin about a fortnight ago on a Continental tour for the benefit of his health. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 18S3, and sought election to Parliament for Mallow, but was defeated by Mr. William O'Brien.

SUICIDE OF A BANK MANAGER'S WIFE. A painful case of suicide was reported to the police at Buxton on Monday afternoon, it appears that Mrs. Coates, of Comptou Road, wife ot the manager of the Manchester and County Bank, has been suffering for some time from nervous depression, and in the absence of her husband ou Monday morning she hung herself to the bedpost, and was found by him dead when he returned home to dinner.

GIPSY WEDDING AT WINDSOR. Holy Trinity, the garrison church at Windsor, I was on Monday the scene of a very interesting wed- ding, the coutractiug parties, who were married by Licence, being Owen Smith, of Reading, aud Ellen Lee, of Brighton, both gipsies. The lie v. Arthur Robins, Chaplain to the Queen and the Priuce of Wales, officiated, and the ceremony attracted a number of spectators. The bride's costume was a terra-cotta gown, tied with a broad satin sash and she wore a wreath of orange blossoms and white tulle veil, and oarried a handsome bouquet. The bridesmaids' costumes were similar to that of the bride, with the exception of the head-dresses, which consisted of large straw hats, trimmed with white ostrich feathers and ribands. The bridal party went to church in a close carriage, the coinp iny following in procession in other vehicles. The wed- ding breakfast was given at the Queen's Head Inn. *■ —

A corn faotor named Le Bas was remanded, at the Jersey Police Court on Monday, ou the charge of forgiug bills to the amount of about £ 1,200. Alfred Coleman, a youth, was sentenced to a month's hard labour at the North London Police Court for embezzling various snms of money, the property of his master, a baker. It was stated that the prisoner bore a good character, but had com- menced to bet, and had appropriated his master's money to that purpose. In the action brought at the Sussex Assizes, at Lewes, by Mr. Pickett, oostuinier, against Captain. Lyon, to reoover £894 for dresses supplied to his wife, the jury were unable to agree in their answers to the points submitted for their consideration by Mr. Bliron Huddleston, and they were accordingly discharged, but his lordship directed that judgment should be entered for the defendant. We hear from Scarborough that the Duke 01 Clarence is looking thin and pale and ill. However, says the Star, he appears to be enjoying himself in a quiet way—afternoon teas at the houses of lady friends being part of the programme laid down fur the recuperating prince. He is sometimes seen du the Spa with Captain Holford. The World's Fair directors are at sea again (says Dalziel) regarding the site for the exhibition, andi their plans are much more iu confusion. The en-' gineer reports that Jackson Park is swampy aud unsuitable for their purpose, while the Illinois Cen- tral Railway opposes the projected laSe-front site.

I' GREAT FIRE IN LONDON. A clisnstrous fire broke out, at a quarter to three o'clock on Satuiday morning, on the premises of Messrs. J. Thorley and Co., manufacturers ot cattle foods, in All Saints' Street, Caledonian Road, close to the Regent's Canal, London. A loud report was heard, and the police in the neighbourhood found the watchman, named Edward Parke", lying partly unconscious near the doorway. He had been so badly injured that his immediate removal to tho Royal Free Hospital was necessary. Meanwhile the fire had obtained considerable hold upon the tons of oily materials stored in the lower floors of the build- iug. A thick suffocating sinoke was pouring out of every window in the 1)]:.ce, and great tongues of flume issued from the mills in every direction. One body of helpers rushed to the stables to try aud rescue the hoises, others attempted to movo heavy vans, loaded for the Saturday's deliveries, out of the yard. Messengers hastened to raise the alarm and call the firemen, and thus in the early morning Caledonian Road became the scene of much excitement and activity. The position of affairs was serious enough, for the :flames rapidly spread from eud to end of the wills. Within four minutes of the dincovery of the outbreak, the mills were burning fiercely in the second floor, and were fight- ing up the neighbourhood with a brilliant glare. As the firemen from tLe Camden Town station in King's Road turned out on the engine, the reflec- tiott was so bright that a message was sent by tele- phone to the district centre at Clerkenwell. The superintendent of the district orderel steamers from Farriugtou Road, Islington, Wliitecross Street, St. Luke's, Watling Street, Sootlaud Yard, Holborn, Great Marlborough Street, Portland Road, Kentish Town, and on the receipt of the news at the Cen- tral Station at Southwark,the head-quarter's steamer was sent OD, as well as extension ladders. The second officer at once went ou to the fire in a hose van carrying 1,000ft. of hose. The coal van was kept running between head-quarters and the soena of the fire conveyiug supplies of coal for the steamers., When the first contingent of firemen arrived, it was evident to the officers in charge that the outbreak contained all the elements of a very dangerous con- fingration. Every steamer was set to work as it ar- rived, and ten steamers were,in the course of twenty minutes, busily engaged pumpiug haudreda of gallons of water on the flames. The firemen, mounted on the roofs of the surrounding houses aud other buildings, were steadily pouriug streams of water into the blaziug pile. This vast quantity of water, however, seemed for some time only to make the fire fiercer, and the conflagration involved floor after floor of the grinding mills, the dclris of which crashed in to the basement, and car- ried with them great masses of valuable machinery absolutely ruined. Then, with a terrific burst, the fire penetrated the roof, and leaped high in the air. The reflection was visible for miles, aud led to the riuging of fire alarms all over London, by per- sons going td or from their work in the early morning Louis. The embarrassments of the Bri- gade were thus considerably increased. A large back building used by Messrs. Thorley and Co. as an extra store became involved in the conflagration, while other buildings were in great danger, and the stores and offices in the front were catching fire. In reply to telephone instructions steamers were ordered on from every district in London. Sixteen steamers and three mauuals were presently on the ground, and on every hand the firemen were working with great energy to overcome the confla- gration. Fortunately, the stables, were saved from destruction,but some exciting scenes were witnessed when the horses were rescued, the terrific glare rendering the poor animals terribly excited, and most difficult to handle. Some of them had to be backed into the Regent's Canal,iu which they swam some distance, anl were then recovered. By day- light the grinding mills had been reduoed to bare walls, which surrounded a heap of smouldering debris, masses of iron twisted into fantastic shapes by the intense heat, and piles of fallen brickwork. The front offices had been partly gutted, and the fire had made an incursion on the property of Mr. D. Hyman, iron merchant, in^the Caledonian Road, where a quantity of stock was damaged. Within these limits, however, the firemen were enabled to confine the mischief caused by the outbreak, of a fierce fire in such a dangerous spot. The origin of the fire remains a mystery. Its lprogress was watched with the keeueist interest by a vast crowd which was prevented from interfering with the work of the firemen by a strong body of police. It was not until the day had far advanced that the flames were finally subdued, and the brigade were enabled to leave.

MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE AT CHATHAM. The military authorities at Chatham are inquiring into what appears to be a very serious outrage. Late at night Sapper Hail, of the Thames and Med- way division of the Engineer Militia, were found lying in a trench connected with the fortiiicatiouain an insensible condition. There were traces of a severe struggle on the slopes, and judging from the nature of the man's injuries, he m..8t have beeu the victim of foul play. Hall is now lying in an unconsoioua condition in Fort Pitt Hospital, and his life ia despaired of. j

ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. On Saturday night a Lancashire and Yorkshire i passenger train met with a remarkable mishap on the Swiuton aud Knottingley Joint Lino; and but for the prompt action of the driver and fireman, great disaster must nave taken place. Four horses got upon the line, and the train ran into them, one being cut to pieces. The engine got off the road, but the brake was instantly applied, and the train brought up about a hundred yards further on. None of the cariiages left the metals, but the passengers were extremely alarmed. The line was blocked for a considerable time.

BREAKING INTO A PRISON. Joseph Denney, forty-four, a coloured man, and a native of Barbadoes, is in custody at Tavistock, charged with breaking into Dartmoor Convict Prison for an unlawful purpose. He was discharged from there eighteen months ago, having undergone eight years' imprisonment for felony in London, previous to which he served seven years for man- slaughter iu Liverpool. He got over the wall surrounding Dartmoor Prison at midnight ou Sat- urday, and in doing so caught himself in the wire of a bell at the main entrance. This drew the attention of the officers on duty and Captain Every, the Governor, who had just entered the establish-' meut to make his last inspection for the night. A! search was made, and Denny was fouud secreted in a closet in the carpenters' shop. He made no secret i that his object of being there was to have revenge upon Chief Warder Hardy, against whom he ap- pears to entertain a bitter feeling, and to set the iprison on fire iu yder to give him an opportunity ;to liberate two convicts, one of whom is undergoing a life term.

STRANDING Oe THE LESTRIS. j: Judgment was given at Liverpool, on Saturd«^ in the Board of Trade inquiry into the stranding "oi the steamer Lestris, on the Cornish coast, on the 14th Juue during a voyage to Antwerp. The vessel got off, but sustained materi-al damage. The master was Captaiu J. C. Badger. The Court found there was a deviation on the course steered, for which proper allowance was not made, and anterior to the straud- ing the course set was neither safe nor proper. The Captaiu should also have taken a cast of the lead, in view of the hazy weather which prevailed and he was not justified in going full speed. The casualty was caused by an over confideuce on his part amounting to careless narigatiouland the Court held him in default and suspended his certificate for six mouths,. recommending the Board of Trade to grant him a chief officer's certificate for that period.

A verdict of manslaughter was returned by a1 coroner's jury on Saturday against a boy named Daniel Wright, living at Queensland Road, Hollo- way, London. It is alleged that the lad threw a piece of stone ginger beer bottle, intending to hit lunother boy. The missile struck a little girl on the forehead,, aud she subsequently-died from inflam- mation ofithe brain. The Queen's Theatre at Manchester was on Sun- day afternoon destroyed by fire. The stage portion was saved by the lowering of an asbestos curtain. The Dockers on Sunday celebrated their victory August last by a great demonstration in Hyde Park, 'London. The men went in procession from the Thames Embankment, and were addressed by a number of popular speakers, amongst whom were Mr. John Burns and Mr. Tom Mann. At an inquest held at Brighton touching the death of a policeman named Burnington, who dropped dead whiie ou his beat, it waa fouud that death was due to syncope. Mr. Froude is at present yachting in Norway. He returus to Euglaud at the eud of this month, and bit book on Lord Beacoasfield will be published about the middle of October. A Russian Imperial decree for settling the Finnish: coinage question directs the Public Finnish Trea- sury from January 1st to accept twice weekly Russian credit notes and coin according to the rate of exchana-e rulioll in London. The New York Herald states thqt the death of Mr. j 3pencer Pritchard, author and actor, was due to. starvation. A Whitby telegram states that a passing steamer! has ran into a fishing-boat and sunk her. Two men were drowned. The cost of putting H.M.S. Sultan into repair is; so heavy that it is understood that tho idea bus been finally abandoned. The editor of the Times (Mr. Buckle) goes in for golf, and is spending his holiday this year in the capital of golflund-St. Andrews. Madame Patti, after her winter tour uuder Messrs Harrison's direction is over, has, we learn, under- taken to give a series of concerts at Nice. It has been decided to keep the Royal Military Exhibition open longer than was originally intended, It will not close until the end of October. I

RESCUE FROM DROWNING. On Mouday afternoon, Mr. Percy Nesbef', tht Lonorary secretary of the British Canoe Association was rowing on the Thames near Waterloo Bridge, ill the canoe Ireng, whou he observed a man fall from the budge lacWtLtj river, iit) at lll:ce TjrceeoJed to the rescue and tucteeded iu partly raisiug the drowning man out of the water, aud supporting him till ihe piermastor at the Temple, Mr. Alfred Day came to his assistance and convoked ho helpless man to the River Police-Station, vvi.e'e a doctor,who soon in attendance, used mean* for his recovery from the effects of his fall. He was a we,i-d e-sed" mau, apparently over 60 years of age, and it is not kuowu how ho fell into t'.e water. His rescue due w together a crowd of spectators ou Waterloo Bridge.

THE WRECK OF THE IAN THE. The steam-ship Norliam Castle, wfiicn arrived at Plymouth, on Monday morning Irom the Cape of jood Hope, brought details 01 the wreck of the sarque lauthe, of Sunderland, of ctO tons register, uid the drowning of two of the OeNv, on July 18tn, aear Port Nolloth. The barque was laden witn jopper ore for Swansea, and left OIl the morning of July 18th, with such alight brocza that she drilled .u shore, and the tug had to assist her to get an j fling, after which she stood away 10 tiie North. Iu -he evening she was seen to tack, aud was standing well out to sea again. To the surprise of every- body ou shore, however, the ship's boat, with pu.t )f the crew, £ was seen making for the jetty, ana on their arrival the occupants reported that the vessel had run ashore fifteen inilos north, and become a total wreck, they themselves escaping with great difficulty. They had lolt five hanas ou board, and they declared that the men must of necessity be drowned, as the seas were breaking over the hull when they themselves managed to es- cape. The tug Nolloth was immediately despatched up the coast, while several gentlemen started on horsebaok.togttther with three natives, supplied with necessaries, to the scene of the wrecx. Tue tug on ber return reported haviug found the hull about eighteen miles from Port Nolloth totally dismasted. The seas were completely breaking over her, so the tug could not get near the vessel. The gentlemen failed to reach the wreck, as it was louud to be further than was expected, and their hoises were completely knocked up through the. thick saud over which they were ridden for eight hours.! The natives succeeded in reaching the inuthe, uud had returned by the 20th with the statemeut that they fouud the carpenter on shore, aud had left one of their number to take cure of him. Two more men escaped, and fell in with some farmers on their way to Port Nolloth. The remaining two of the crew had, no doubt, been drowned. Those f.ao escapedin the boat stated that ou July 18th, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the captaiu put the ship about, and stood off; shore with a north wiud but about sunset the wind came moro from the north-weet, and it was decided to titaud in until; eight, it then being the captain's v-ak-h. Just at that time the inUe came on ueck, aud. s, ouoe bfjellg their position, gave the order to put the- helm haru down, although the men hcidr.lr.udy btan preparing toboutship,as the was giveu. Sua struck iiearuy and at once began to sink by the bows. they could not remember Low they managed it, but they got a Luat overboard, which partly iiiied, ,aud through the energy ot the men a number 01 them got into her. They had to bale her out with one buuket and their boots to keep her afloat, and as the Beas were breaking all round them, it was necessary to get away at once. They could only ajetwo of. the crew on deck—a very old man and a boy—but as both of them were afraid to jump into the boat from the ship, they had to puil away to save their, own lives. The remaining three men they did noffj see in the confusiou. —

ALTERATION OF A PRISONER'S SEN* j TENCE. At Biimiugham Assizes, ten days ago, an armyj pensioner named Magher, who had been caretaker at the Birmingham General Post-office, was sen- tenced to five years' peuul servitude for a series of extensive robberies of letters containing money and: valuables. On Monday Mr. Justice Hawkins had the convict before him and, with a view to saving1 his pension, altered his seutence to four coupeculive; terms of five months each, without hard labour, one! on each of four indictmouts, and said he hoped the^ authorities of the Chelsea Hospital would not ior-' feit the pension.

SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AT ARUNDEL, A serious disturbance occurred at Arundel on Monday night, when a butcher named Trim at-j tempted to eject an employe who hud been engaged, for twelve mouths. Toe employe's goods were put! into the suoet, but he refused to le-tve, and publici indignation resulted in the collection 01 a large mob, I which fiom eight till twelve o'clock rendered the; stieet impassable. Stones aud missiles werethrowuj and every window iu the house was smashed. Hoot-i ing and groaning was indulged iu, and nreworks; were explo,ied. The police were powerless. A resi- dent wtio unsuccessfully essayed to eject the assist-j ant was attacked by the mob in a furious manner, j receiving cuts about the head and face, and bsingi knocked down and kicked. He was ultimately! lodged in the Town Hall ior safety. The town, it! is stated, was in the hands of the mob till midnight.

ALLEGED GROSS CRUELTY TO CHILDREN- The Southampton Boiough magistrates were en- gaged several iiours on lUonday in hearing oua of; the worst cases of cruelty to children which has yet! come before them. The prisoneis were a labourer, j named Charles Smith, an i his deceased wife's sister, i Phoebe Smith, who were charged with cruelty to thel mule prisoner's four children, whereby their livea: were endangered. At midnight on August 12th,the house of the male prisoner was entered by an officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruolty to Children, who fouud the four children, all of very tender age, lying on a dirty mattress crying in fear of a severe storm then raging. They were in the house alone, without a particle of food, and the smeil of the room was simply unbearable. The ohildieu were attired in old rags, and covered with diit and vermin, presenting a shocking appearance.—The evidence showed that both the! male aud female prisoner were addicted to drink, and had habitually neglected the children everj since their mother's death, and they were iusuted., As it was stated the children were in a very, critical condition, the magistrates declined to deal, with the case, aud sent it to the quarter sessions.

The Volunteers of the 1st Division, who have! been encamped at Shoeburyness during the past! week, have left for their respective homes. They! will be succeedcd by the detachments of the -ndi Division, from Sootlaud, Wales, and the North and! West of England. An inquest has been held at Brighton tou-jhing the death of a member of the Hove police force, named Buruingham, who dropped dead while oa hi- beat. Deceased was seen to fall to the ground by his sergeant, and when a medical man arrived lle, pronounced life to be extinct. Death was due tc syncope. Between one and two hundred men emploved at the Tilbury Docks have left their work at the Lid- ding, it is said, of one of the representatives of the union, in consequence of the attempt to unload it; cargo of grain into tl e lighteis of Messrs. Xoen, at whose wharf a atrike is pending. The coal trade at! Portsmouth is paralysed by a strike. William Green, a cab driver, living in Camden; Town, has been charged at Maryleboue Police! Court, London, with causing the death of his wile; by striking her in the face with hia fist. It wa»j alleged that in consequence of a blow he gave hen the deceased's nose commenced bleeding, and as the. flow could not be stopped she died. The urisoner! was remanded. The subject of snpplying pianos to „"i>boois beeu again at a meeting or tho Lem'.o. School Board. An amendment lo t^e elioct ma only one piano should be purchased yearly was lout, an equal number or members — twelve—voting ior i: jandagainst. The mutter was adjouirvid cier ttu I holidays. At Walsall, before Messrs. Newman and Pljthe Isaiah Harper, James Street, Ry enrol t, has bee; remanded on a charge of having iiiilici^d gnevout- bodily harm upon his wife Harriet, on tiie -!nd iusi. Dr. Wood stated that the woman was iu tho vfoiii- house infirmary, suffering from fraotured libs ano I house infirmary, suffering from fraotured libs ano contusions. j A new development in tke Jersey cattle trade wl,, receutly made manifest, when thirty-one islaud-b;eo cattle were despatched to Sweden. Very, good miees- were obtained, the best breed being selectel. The trade has latterly fallen off Bome what,aud altogether the uew departure is full of good augury for the future. <

J MANCHESTER POACHERS JT I LLASRVVST. DESPERATE STRUGGLE. ON Monday, at the Lknrwet Petty Sessions, before J. Bliickwfill, Esq ,Colo*IE] Johnstone r:Ld lotaer magistrates, YY iliiam Edwards was charged |\yi;h night poaching on Mr. ;William Kyffin I K.. mn's Belmo1..t estate, near Llanrwst on • Sanday morning,—Mr. Pavid Jones, who for thejprosecution, stated that about one o clock on Sunday morning two keepers ;Jchn Jones and Edward Williams, in the employ of ),1: KyfSn, having heard of the arrival of the ■ Edwards family at Liunrwsf, and suspecting that .they were making free of the game in the neighbourhood, secreted tbemselv-s in a [,ou-e on the Penycoed field, and watched. About two o'clock two tner, into the field, und John Jones, th* keeper, advaLced towards them. Prisoner sprang on him "like a lioti," Ilnd. commenced to kick, hi:, and bile him. The ther keeper seized the second man, and had him '•■st. but the prisoner, having seized Jones's finder with his teeth, was trying to bite it off, (i: d .'ones called for a.^sistancc. Williams there- upon let his man go. and went io The assistance "r Jones, and nitimntely thev overpowtied Edwards, and took him to the jock-up at Llanrwst.—Tiie two keepers, who appeared to h.ve been roughly treateo, gave corroborative -v;d«»:ce.—Mr. Black wall, the presiding mugis- t:at. uddressing the prisoner, said that a more case had never come before them. i'ris(.ner and his famiiy were well known as desperate characters. Thej7 (the magis- strates) had decided, for inight pouch- ing. to serid prisoner to gaol for three months with htird labour, and also that he must rind sureties for good behaviour for tweive mont; himself to be bound in the sum of .£10, and two sureties of £5 each, or, in default, he mi;st to gaol for six months with ha:d labour. For the assault, which was preferred as a common, assault only, prisoner was sent to gaol for ote month with hard labour.—The prisoner, whose family originally belonged to Uarirwst, has for years been empiovcd on the Manchester canal, m.d bis family have been lately residing at St. Asaph. His father and brother made a hasty retreat from Llanrwst en Monday, though the wfe of the prisoner aud his mother remained in 'he neighbourhood.

ILLNESS OF GLAUFFRWD. THK popular Welsh poet, the Rev. Glanffrwd Thomas, whose dangerous illness has caused so much regret throughout the Principality, is now stated, on medical authority, to be in a hopeless condition. Even if he survives for a few years longer he will, a correspondent states, be quite incapable of ever taking up the pen again or, entering the pulpit.

THE HARVEST. An estimate of the harvest is given by The Mark: Latic Lxpiest, which publishes a summary of replies! it has received from more than four hundred cor- respondeuts scattered over the United Kingdom, who were invited to send in returns as po the various i crops in their districts. These returdk show that) wheat is 3.1 per ceut. under an average, barley 0.8! per cent, over an average, oats 2.7 per cent, over an average, potatoes 0.1 per cent, over an ave-j rage, beans 2.5 per cent. over, peas 1.8 per! per ceut. uuder, roots 3.0 per ceut. under, and! hay IS.9 per cent. under. In the case of two of these crops, however, the figures dol not tell the whole story. In the case of, pototoes the great bulk of the correspondents speak, of them as diseased—a larger number, iu fact, than has been the case in any year siuco these returns were started. In the case of hay, also, although the tigures show the crop to have been about four- fiitlis of an avemge One, it is very evident that much of this is damaged. More thun half of the entire number of correspondents refer to this fact.! With th tie facts iu niiud, however, it is still evi- dent that, although'the year is not fulfilling its high promise, the crops all round are fairly withiu what way be called • the average zone'—i.e., if there is no wonderful abundauoe, there is, on the other hand, no story of great disaster."

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