The Rhyl Advertiser

ST. ASAPH. f CATHEDRAL SERVICES.—24th Sunday after Trinity (November 19th). Morning-at 11—Service, Nares in F anthem, "Sweet is thy mercy (Barnby). Evening at 3.15—The Litany; anthem, "It is a good thing (Bridge). Evening at 6.15-Chants hymns 312, 340, 275.-Iu residence, The Yen. Archdeacon Foulkes. Rev. W. Morton, M.A., succentor; K. A. Atkins, Esq., organist.-Choral services on Thursdays at 11.30 a.m. and on Satur- days at 3.45 p.m. It is stated that the Bishop has collated the Rev. T. LI. Williams, senior curate to Archdeacon Ffoulkes at Whittingham, to succeed the Rev. J. Sturkey as vicar of St. Asaph. CALVINISTIC MKTHODIST CHAPEL.—On Monday and Tuesday last special services were held in the above place of worship to celebrate the completion I of the important and extensive alteration which the chapel has lately undergone. The work has been very successfully carried out by Mr John Jones, joiner and builder, St. Asaph, from plans prepared by Mr R. Davies, of Bangor, and has cost upwards of £1100, over £700 of which has already been promised by a few of the leading members of the congregation, and this sum we believe has been considerably swelled by collections made at the meetings on Monday and Tuesday. The preachers on the occasion were the Revs Dr. Hughes, Liver- pool; Joseph Hughes, Carno; D. Lloyd Jones, M.A., Llandinam T. Nicholson, Denbigh. Most eloquent addresses were delivered at each of the jservicea to overflowing congregations, the whole proceedings being most successful and satisfactory. DEATH.—We regret to have to announce the death of Mr T. Hughes .Roberts, assistant overseer, at the age of 53, which took place on Friday, 10th inst. He had for some time been in a delicate state of health, but it was only within the last few days preceding his death that his illness became of an alarming nature. He was interred on Tuesday last IN the cemetery, the funeral (which was a public one) being numerously attended. ENTEKTAIJTMKNT.—A most successful and intoros- ting entertainment was given on Tuesday last at tho Plough Hotel in the new assembly room, by the St. Asaph dramatic and musical club. The room > was well filled in every part by a respectable and appreciative audience. The programme opened with the performaace (by the amateur orchestra, ASSISTED by Mr J. M. Powell) of Mendelssohn's > ■WEDDING march, and considering that the performers ARE self taught, the performance was creditable. » ,e, drar"at:lc' Portion of the entertainment consisted of Frederick Great (a comic drama) and the "Mischievous Nigger" (a laughable afterpiece). The principle parts m which wer^ustained by the following—Messrs Thomas Jones, Wm. Hill, Wm. "Davie, J. R. P. Helsby, Edward Hall John Mun MET Jones, P. McNulty, Masters Frank Jones and obert Kelly. As "Frederick the Great Mr T JONES was excellent; as Stolback MR "W" Hill WTIS equally successful Mr Davie made a capital "Count I'lotzeu the impersonation of the Austrian C,iptaia with an unpronoimcable name by ]\FR gelsby left nothing to be desired, and was well seconded by Mr Mun as Baron Kircherwasher in the female character of "Camilla" Mr E. Hal waS very good; as "Brochette" Mr Peter Jones was first rate; in the afterpiece the various parts were equally well acted: Mr WM. Hill as the Mischievious nigger causing amusement by his V clever and comical acting- of the parts Masters F. Jones and Robert Kelly sustaining well the party alloted to them. During the interlude a very pretty rend, ng of the duett "Yield thee love unto ms "sorrc. ? was given by Mrs E. Murray and Miss 11 ragg;ie Tones. The" ÆsthctlC Trio" was also ry cleverly performed by Messrs T. Jones, E nd Peter Jones. MISS Amy Uelsby very ably 1 at the pianoforte and Miss Maggie Jones 'onium. The stage and effect were all up, the scenes being very clearly Mr J. E. S. Helsby, a rising local artist. Tho members of the St. Asaph dramatic club deserve great praise for providing so pleasant an evening S' entertainment, and especially the Rev. Father "COLIN, to whose energy and enterprise much of the success of the undertaking is due. +—.—-

Mr. cn ,rIcs Groves of Liverpool has offered the Bishop of the Diocese, under certain conditions, £10,000 for the building of new Churches. On Sunday evening the Queen of Spain was safely 'vered of a daughter.

AMERICAN ITEMS. You are not fond of money for itself P" Oh, ■' Joliiisonbur^ •' J am fond of it for myself." old man, with a head as destitute of hair as a water-uiuU'H, entered a drug store and told the flerk he wanted a bottle of hair restorer. "What kind of hair restorer do you prefer?" "I reckon I'll take a bottle of red hair re.>n>rer. Tlwt was the colour of niv hair vfieti 1 was a boy." THAT dog of yours Hew at me this morning ["t j¡ tho: Hr,¡ time J :;ce it." '• The dog is not mad." What's he got to be mad about:' It's me that's mad." HAS the cooking book any pictures ? asked di aler ill books. Whv," exclaimed the witty miss, what is the use of telling' us how to make a dinner if vou yive us no plates Y WHAT," asked Professor Miles of the smart boy in the history class, "what did the Pilgrim Fathers do after landing at Plymouth Kock?" "Licked a h'lekniau," replied the smart boy, who went to Niagara villi his parents last vacation. allowed The conductor exclaimed, To a man who had jumped on the car. I'm not smoking aloud," He gently explained, "For I noiselessly phff my cigar." A HANDSOME and witty Parisian lady, at her ]'i<t reception, observed a journalist taking notes of her bon mots. He careful," she said, these things are not to be written defwn. Words are like birds which pass while singing. If you try to catch them they never come back- again." THU venerable wife of a celebrated physician one day, easting her eyes put of the window, observed her husband in the funeral procession of one of his patients, at which she exclaimed, I do wish my husband would keep away from such processions. It appears so much like a tailor carrying home his work." A RURALIST seated himself at a restaurant- table the other day at Indianapolis and began upon the bill of fare. After keeping three waiters nearly an hour employed in bringing dishes to him he called one of them to him, heaved a sigh, and whispered, as he spread the bill of fare before him and pointed with his finger: Mister, I've et to thar, and," moving his finger down the page, ef it aint again the rule I'd like to skip from THBILL ARP says in the Atlanta ♦'Blessings on the children and the childrens children How I do love to have 'em round and see em frolic, and ever aud anon hear one squall with a cut finger or a stumped toe, or the bark knocked off hu lude somewhere. What a pity they have to grow up and see trouble and be sent to the Legislature or Congress, and there get a little M5 hi moral °and in money But sufficient unto the dav is the evil thereof.' TT-II TT>„_ OIL has been struck in the Black Hills, ror the benefit of gentlemen who have been interviewed by the natives of that region we hope it is hair oil. WK cordially agree with the captain of the vessel that brought the Cleopatra obelisk into the Thames that it isn't pleasant to have a needle in toe. LADY JONES "And so you went to Venice P Sawall the sights-St. Mark's and the lions? Mrs. Crammer: "Oh, yes, the dear old lions, We were most fortunate the day we were there. Arrived just in time to see the noble creatures fed RARE PEoPLE-People who have never at- tempted" Baby Mine." People who expect correct time from" Grandfather's Clock. Old bachelors who dote on babies, and young ladies who do not. People who expect to wade rivers with gum shoes and not wet their feet.—Photographers who don't have their auto- graph pa-ted on each picture.Street-car conductors who never forget to "punch" when they collect a fare. -A lady who can smile sweetly when a 7 by 9 foot is planted on her trail.—Members of Congress who can return to their constituents with a clear conscience. Men with eye-glasses who don't elevate their nose at an angle of forty-five when they speak to you. Two trembling culprits, sad and pale, Before His Honor stood; One said Mine is a thrilling tale; I shed my neighbour's blood But then he tempted me to shoot, Because he practiced on a flute." The other lowly dropped his head: Mine is a crimson crime I took a pistol and shot dead A young man in his prime. But then 1 freely shed his gore Because I couId not stand his snore." His Honor then, sedate and wise, His chin upon his palm, In deep reflection closed his eyea As solemn as a clam. Then softly said to each: "Go free! There is no law for such as thee." When young Hyson, who is a commission merchant and importer, came home to dinner one evening last week, he found Mrs. Hyson just parting with a caller and describing some "lovely" Chinese lanterns she had bought at Veneer's on Washington-street. Hyson's face grew dark as the narrative proceeded, and when the door closed upon the visitor, he turned to Mrs. H. with lowering brow, and asked What have you been fooling money awav on at Veneer's ?" Don't be such a bear, H-irrv said Mrs H„ I only bought a dozen of these lovelv lanterns, nice for ornaments and pretty to use in the country next summer, and they were only Si each; ^d/'0,1) H^oii36" it^ theyUse^t me 4000^f enTin the'jy^/Ar;(,'and I have only sold one lot and that wa,s 100 to Veneer for S15." Tears and tableau. DKTXK to me only with thine eyes." She was his mother-in-law, and his gallantry tickled her vamty. lie was glad it made her leave go of the bottle. If she bad gone on drinking to him with her mouth, there d have been none loft for him.. AVHAT isa verandah?" is now being discussed bv foreign architects. A verandah, gentlemen, is a place wherel with the right kind of companion, you'll find the moon "hiIle brighter and the hours fly swifter than in any other spot oil the earth's surface. Try it once. PSIIAW said Grumpus, when he heard of telephonic machines enabling us to hear a man 600 miles off, the valuable invention would be one to arable us not to hear loud and vulgar chatter six inches off in rail. way carriages and elsewhere—to say nothing of street criers in a suburban street, or your neighbour's piano in a suburban house. That would deserve gratitude, if you llkOLD John Berry, that used to live up Lake Champlain, liked to tell a big story. One evening, sitting in the village store, he said he once dro\c a horse one day on the ice, when the ice was só thin that the water spurted up through the holes eu t through it. by the horse's corks.. One of the by- sta!Hlers remarked that seventy-two nllIes was a pretty good drive for one day. "Yes," said Lnole John, but it was a long day in June." lonws SHE was searching over the gold which the frosts of October had dc.tac^ the stiffened twigs. Her auburn hair the glint of gold as the bright sun streamed down over chimney and roof and tree-top, and the tender lines around her mouth deepened a she whispered, "0 golden leaves your life is typical of At that moment her mother came down to the gate, sleeves rolled up, and her big red hands hiding the view of the back yard. "Pawing over them leaves agin, are ye ?" she exclaimed, as she caught sight of the senti- mental maiden. Well, now, you trot in here, and wash out the rest of them coloured clothes, or I'll paw you, I will Yes, mother dear, but those golden Trot, I say Good bar soap is the goldenest thing in the market, and a washboard costs more money than all the yaller leaves on the street." And the gentle maiden trotted. fi WHAT kind of paper most resembles a sneeze r —Tissue. You are weak," said a woman to her son wno was remonstrating against her marrying again. Yes, mother, I am," he replied; «• I am so weak that I can t go a steD-father." ±' t t "HAVING heard so much said aboutskatin parKfr, and the grate amount of helth and mussel they impart to the present generashun at a slite advance on fust cost (says Josh Billings), I bawt a ticket and went within the fense. I found the ice m a slippery con- dition, covering five akers of artifishul water, which is owned by a stock kumpany, friz to order. Upon one side of the pond was erected a little grocery buildin', where the wimmin sot on benches, while tne fellers, kivered over with blushes, hitched the irons to their pheet. It was a most exciting scene. 1 was ready to holler bully, or lay down and roll over. But I kept in and aked with glory. Helth was pic- tured on many a noble brow. As the female angels put out on the pond, side by side with the male angels, it was the most powerful scene I ever stood behind. The long red tapes from their nex swam in the breeze, and the feathers in their jockey caps fluttered in the breeze. I don't think I was ever more crazy m mi life on ice. I felt like a canal hoss turned suddenly out to grass." ■ ,NE1GR0 Passing along Fleet-street was astonished ar hearing a voice call out, How dv'e do Massa Mungo? How dy'e do, Snowball?" and, on looking up, observed it proceeded from a parrot in a splendid gilt cage. Aha, massa parrot," said blackie; you great man here! You live in gold house now; but me knew your fadder very well. He live in bush." DURING the last political campaign in Michigan a well-known lawyer of that State was addressing an audience composed principally of farmers. In order to win the confidence of his hearers he said, My friends my sympathies have always been with the tillers of the soil. My father was a practical farmer, and eo was my grandfather before him. I was myself reared on a farm, and was, so to speak, born between two stalks of corn." Here the speaker was rudely inter- rupted by some one who exclaimed, A pumpkin, by Jingo!" DH. HOLME aays "poems are rarely printed correctly in the newspapers," and he gives that aa a reason why so many poets die youngj yfty W (TO BUM JLJLOTM SBJMSLFLF IOSM

Correspondence. Whilst freely giving expression to the opinions of our cor- respondents on all subjects of public interest, wo beg dis- tinctly to i;1tl' that wo do not necessarily endorse any of them and are therefore in no way responsible for any statement made.

CATSPAAVS, &c. To the Editor of the RIIYL ADVERTISER. gIRi—On my return fron England the other day I found that your contemporary the "Rhyl Journal," was again at its nieiin and dirty work. A shoit palagraph ill the" Journal" of Oct. 28th wants to know iu what manner Mr. Richard Jolly is ag- grieved, owing th the present state of the Nant-y- Vaenol road. In the first place I am told that his name is not Richard, but Robert, and in the second place that he spells his name Jolley. The paragraph then goes onto say "the probability is that the man is somebody else's catspaw and willing tool." I happen to know R. Jolley, and I can say for him that he is not the man to be anybody's catspaw or willing tool. It is a lying and slanderous statement, but the water is always filthy that runs from a cesspool, and so it was of course to be expected considering* the source it has come from. With the 1 itter parrot the paragraph I agree to some extent, for I have heard that Jolley's reason for summoning the Highway Board is that they have not the com- mon sense to do what is right. Again in the "Journal "of Nov. 11th, thre is the following statement —" Although we are strongly tempted to do otherwise this week we will bo sparing in our remarks on the Nant-y-Vaenol road case brought before the St. Asaph magistrates on Monday. Aggrieved parishioners are usually men of straw, and other people's eatspaws." Will poor Robert Jolley be able to live after this cut from the Journal and mean attempt to prejudge the case ? But it can be said in answer to this that a large majority of the ratepayers of St. Asaph, both rich and poor; are the aggrieved parishioners," and not Robert Jolley alone. At the vestry meeting when the St. Asaph waywardens were elected by a body of ratepayers, which well represented all classes, a resolution was carried by a large majority that the waywardens were requested to do all in their power to get Nant-y-Vaenol road repaired. Some time after, at another crowded vestry meet- ing, it was proposed and carried that the way- wardens of all the townships of the parish of St. Asaph were requested to vote for the repair of this road. At the same meeting Dr. Davies and Mr. J. Lloyd were appointed as a deputation to the High- way Board to request them to repair the road. These gentlemen attended the Board, and told them what were the wishes of the vestry. Now I would ask the editor of the Rhyl Journal if these are the men he writes about as being men of straw and catspaws for other people. I have no fear of you: readers drawing the correct conclusion, and I feel suie that, the public will find out before this case is ended who are the real catspaws, and who are the monkeys who want the chestnuts, and the reasons for their being so. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, there is ju-t as much truth in Mr. Robert Jolley being a catspaw as there was in the statement made by Mr. Gr msley, the clerk to the Highway Board, at then last meeting when by stateing what was not true he tried to get the Board to employ an attorney to assist him in conducting the case of the Nant-y- Vaenol road before the magistrates. He stated tc the Board that the complainant had employed solicitor but I know that he had never done so and never had any intention of doing so, in fact I have heard him say that he would not have a solicitor if he could have one for nothing. Among the several things which the clerk will have to try to explain at the next meeting of the Board one I think will be why he invented such a story, and made such a fabrication. HAMLET. [From our report of the proceedings of the last meeting of the Board, we see that the clerk said ) e believed that a solicitor was engaged by Mr Jolley.—ED.

FOOTBALL—RHYL r. CORWEN CUP TIE To the Editor of the RHYL ADVERTISER. SIR,—Permit me to remind your correspondent Forward" that it is unusual to make public use of werds dropped in private conversation without the authority or consent of the utterer, and also I ungenerous and unmanly to hold over anyone's head thleats of ceitain consequences in uncertain eventualities, which may, as in this case, never occur. For his fulsome compliment to me, I do not thank him. I know better than believe that were I to withdraw the little support I am able and very pleased to give the Rhyl Football Club it would collapse. There is in this town the material for a first class football team, and it is in hands well calculated to make the most and the best of it, but if it is to succeed it can ûny e by the loyal and generous support of every individual member rendered to the chosen head. I support the club because I believe the game (like that of cricket), properly and honest ly played, calculates to promote the physical, intel- lectual, and moral welfare of our young men, and because I consider the opportunities afforded them of enjoying- such necessary recreation far too few in this work-a-day -world.—Yours faithfully, WM. EDW. SJIALLEY. llhyl, IQth Nov., 1882.

RHUDDLAN MARSH EMBANKMENT TRUSTEES. To the Editor of the RHYL ADVERTISER. SIR,—I was gladly informed that Mr JamesDavies G wynfa villa, has been for some weeks anxiously waiting for a written authority from the said trus- tees to refund the money which he has in hand to those who paid him the Rhudd'an Marsh Embank- ment Rate, and am glad to understand that the money is safe in his hand.—Yours truly, A.Z.

THE WEATHER. To the Editor of the RIIYL ADVERTISER. SIR,—I shall be obliged by any of your readers, who are interested in the weather, noting the daily state of it next week between Monday and Saturday, especially on Thursday and following days.—-Yours faithfully, A.B. Rhyl, November 16th, 1882.

DEATH AND FUNERAL OF THE REV. W. SAMPSON. The Rev W.Sampson, secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, died on Saturday even- ing last at No. 4, Clwyd-street, the residence of the Rev. W. Evans Foote (his brother-in-law), after a protracted and severe illness. He came to Rhyl in the hope of benefiting by the change of air, but he gradually became worse. He was in the 54th year of his age, and leaves a widow and three children. He was educated for the ministry at the Bristol Baptist College, and for several years was one of the tutors of the Serampore Baptist College. On his return to England he accepted the pastorate of the church at Folkestone, which position he resigned on accepting the appointment to the secretaryship of the Union. Apart from the important appointments he held Mr Sampson was an eloquent and popular nreacher, and in all his doings showed a Christian £ d tolerant disposition. Mr Sampson's remains were buried yesterday at the Rhyl Cemetery, in a XI Jle that of the Rev. T M. Thorpe, late English Baptist minister in this town, who was a fellow student of the deceased and Mr Foote. The body was taken to the chapel in Sussex street, when the Rev. H. Stowell Brown, of Liverpool, gave out a hymn and read the scriptures. The Rev. J. Jenkyu Brown, of Birmingham, prayed. The Rev. John Traffoid, M.A., of Weymouth (with whom the deceased was long associated in missionary work in India), delivered an address. Another hymn was sung, and then the procession went to the cemetery. The Rev. S. H. Booth, of London, com- mitted the deeeased to the grave and closed with oraver The deacons of the English Baptist Church Icted as bearers. Tho Rev. J. Jenkyn Brown pres- ident of the Baptist Union, attended as a deputation from the Union the Rev. S. H. Booth represented the Baptist Foreign Mission Col. Griffin represent- ed the Irish and Home Mission. There were also I present Mr Fred. Sampson (son of the deceased), James Sampson, Esq., London, and the Rev. R. Sampson, of St. Austell, Cornwall, brothers of the deceased; Rev. W. Evans Foote, Mr C. Jones, Kendal (brother-in-law), Rev. H. Stowell Brown, and Edward Mounsey, Esq., of Liverpool. It is only a fortnight since a younger brother ot Mr Sampson died in Bristol. Great sympathy is felt for the Rev Mr Evans Foote and Mrs Foote in their sad bereavement.

MARRIAGES" HUGHES—JONES—On the 11th inst., at Brunswick Chapel, Rhyl, by the Hev. Hugh Jones, in the presence of Mr James Davies, registrar, Mr John Hughes, Mill-street, St. Asaph, to Miss Catherine Jones, Fron Goch Board School, Denbigh. JONES—WILLIAMS.—Nov. loth (by license), at the Welsh Presbyterian Chapel, Corris, by the Rev. Wm Williams, the Rev. Edward Jones, C.M. minister, Meliden, to Lizzie, eldest daughter of Mr Williams, draper, Corris. Boed Iorwerth fwyn, a'i Lizzie chweg, Fyth bellach gyd-fwynhau, Melusder bywyd, breintiau teg, A'r uef yn ddiwedd clau. — Cyfuill. ROBERTS—WYNNE.—Nov. 11th, at the Independent Chapel, St. Asaph, by Mr T. Jones, Mr Edward Roberts, tailor, 5, Orescent Terrace, Crescent- road, Rhyl, to Miss Mary Wynne, Dyserth.

Tho Bishop of DO ler is tho first English Bishop who has joined the Blue Ribbon Anny.

HE DON'T CARIY A LATCH KEY. Don't sit up for me on any account," said Mr. Blinks. "I have my latch key. I've told Y<3U I should be late, and when I return I shan't disturb you. I'll just lie down in the spare bed-room. So you'll not sit up, Eliza." Very well, William," .said Eliza, with an injured 6igh. "But I might jus*as well sit up as not. I've often told you I never sleep a wink when you are out late." Nonsense," said Mr. Blinks. You can be under no anxiety; no reason why you should not go to sleep." Mrs. Blinks breathed another sigh, which 8p»*0 more deeply of injury than the last. "Very well, William," she said again. "I'll go through the form of going to bed if you like." Then Mr. Blinks, having finished his breakfast, went through the form of kissing his wife and family, and departed for that mysterious region known as town, where he transacted business. He had a certain feeling of triumph in that he had persuaded or coerced his wedded Eliza to retire before his return. Her appari- tion in a night-cap and crimping pins, a long night robe, and a small shawl, and flat toilette slippers, damped all his jollity, when, after a nice little evening, he entered his own door about the wee sma' hours." She never scolded, but she was so meekly injured; she inquired in such softly reproachful tones whether the clock really was right; and she begged him in such • sad, imploring way not to wake the baby. Mr. Blinka was jovial, and hated to have his spirits lowered. Mrs. Blinks was very serious, and rather fancied high spirits criminal. They had married late in life, for she was thirty and he past forty on their wedding-day; and they had fixed opinions on all subjects and could notgiye them up. If ever it entered their minds that it was a pity that they had agreed for once, and made a match ef it, it was on Blinks's convivial evenings, when he stayed out late, and his wife kept vigil in consequence. As Miaa Partlette, Eliza never had to sit up for any one. Aa a bachelor, Blinks tumbled home when he pleased. So this morning Mrs. B. sat and thought wbat a judgment it would be on Blinks if she were murdered in her bed before he came home, or if baby should that day have the croup; and felt sure of burglars for that night. Meanwhile, Mr. Blinks finished his business, and, at twilight, having his dress coat and accessories at the office, proceeded to array himself for the feast he was to attend, and, calling a cab, took his way to the place of festivity. He had a very jolly evening—jollier than usual, for the knowledge that he had forbidden Mrs. Blinks to sit up for him inspired him; and at two in the morning he made his way home singing to him. self occasionally, and now and then compelled to laugh aloud at some joke that flashed across his memory. Always before, the fact that Eliza was sitting up for him bad caused Mr. Blinks to be somewhat abstemioul as to wine; but now he had ordered her to retire. He had arranged matters so that they were all in his own hands, and he was not as steady on his feet or as clear of comprehension aa he might have been. He was also musically inclined, and uttered melodious notes as he made his way home. As he stumbled upstairs in the dark, and felt his way to the spare bedroom, he muttered io himself: This is just as it ought to be. Eliza shan't sit up for me again." Then, having bumped his head against a bed-post, he took off his coat and boots, gave up the rest as a bad job, retired, tangled inextricably in a maze of counter- panes, and fell asleep. In a short time be was awakened by a strong smell of tobacco amoke. Lifting himself on his elbow he looked about the room and saw, in the moonlight by the window, a figure draped in some kind of a gown, and smoking a short pipe. A hazy idea that this was Eliza, who had disobeyed nim, and had^also taken to tobacco, entered his mind. I told you not to sit up for me, my dear," he said, rebukingly; and when did you learn to smoke ?" And then a masculine voice cried: What the deuce—" The gas flashed up, and he saw before him a stout man in a dressing gown, who having stared at him a moment, tucked up his sleeves, and advanced towards the bed. Blinks was still dreamy. He tried to remember whether there was any reason fer this stranger's presence, and was he a stranger ? Did he know him ? At last— Why, who are you ?" he said. And what do you want in my house?" That's a very nice dodge," cried the other," flinging away his pipe, but it won't do," So, I understand it now," said Blinks, quite wide awakeatlast, and comprehending thatthis was a burglar who had hidden in the spare bed-room. And without a word he sprang from the bed and grappled with the stranger. The other grappled with him. Eaoh was intent on the same object—to thrust tho ether out of the door. They tumbled downstairs together, smashed the halL hat-stand, fell through the lights in the door -stumbled, bruised and scratched, out upon the verandah, and clutching each other tightly, roared Police." At the same moment a window next door went up, a head in cap and curl-papers was thrust out, and a female voice screamed Police also. It was Mrs. Blinks, firm in the conviction that burglars had arrived at last. A policeman heard the cries. He summoned another. The usual course of events would have been a procession to the station-house; but these officers were men of great minds and wonderful discernment. One of them asked What was the matter ?" "I found this man burglariously concealed in abed- room of my house," said Mr. Blinks. I give him in eharge." Bah!" said the other. This is a deep rascal. 1 found him in bed in my room. I live at number twenty, here. The rest of the family are in the country, and I'm, so to speak, keeping house. Jilkins—I think you know me, officer." Why, yes. I know YOfl very well, Mr. Jilkins," said the policeman. We spoke to each other as you passed me half an hour ago; said good-evening. But this— this is Mr. Blinks, of number twenty-two. I know him well; and he passed me about an hour ago, singing, and quite jolly. You can either of you make a charge, if you like, but it seems to me you'd better think it over." Mr. Blinks looked at Mr. Jilkins, down whose cheek a long scratch was beginning to grow red, and whose eye was blackening. Mr. Jilkins looked at Mr. Blinks, on whose temple was arising a large blue bruise, the size of a ben's egg, and whose upper lip was puffing up like a pin-oushion, and both tried to look judicious. It's a mistake," said Mr, Jilkins. This, I presume, is the effect of a glass too much. You have entered our house instead of your own, and naturally." The mistake was owing to the similiarity of the houses, Mr. Jilkins," said Mr. Blinks. Buta gentleman, who had not taken a glass too much, would scarcely have taken me for a burglar." And then a plaintive voice descended from the second story window of number twenty-two. Mr. Blinks will apologise in tbe morning, I know, Mr. Jilkins. This would not have occurred had he per- mitted me to sit up for him. It never shall again. Come in, dear. Please and try not to wake the baby." What did Mr. Blinks say then ? No matter! Not what his parents and sponsors would have expected him to say when he grew up, after all their careful teaching, I know. But he went in and was very ill next day, and Mrs. Blinks nursed him with many sighs. And the next morning Mr. Jilkins sent in his dress-coat and boots in a parcel, and he heard himself plaintively apologised for in the hall. This was bad enough, but it was not the worst of it. Blinks knew then, as be knew afterward, that he should never dare bid his Eliza retire to her pillow while he was out again. He never did. From that time thenceforth Mrs. Blinks sat up for him. More injured, more be- shawled, be-capped, crimping-pinned, and low-voiced than ever; until at length he was quite subdued and now, at nine every night, Eliza, with her own hands, turns down the gas, locks the front door and puts the key under her pillow. Blinks don't even carry a latch key now.

SUPERINTENDENT GALVIN has put up a wire fence to guard the grass plot on the inner mall ot Boston-common. It is almost invisible in the evening especially if the eyes of the pedestrian who undertakes to make a short cut across the grass are obscured by claret punch. An amusing incident of this kind hap- pened a few evenings since, while a gentleman was standing close to the fence, leaning on a cane, and thoughtfully smoking a cigar. An individual, with slightly irregular but rapid step passed near him, attempted to cross the grass plot, but, being brought up by the to him invisible barrier, floundered clear over it, landing upon all fours upon the grass on the other side. Starting up, he cocked his damaged hat over his left eye, and looking towards the smoker, said, S'yar, ole feller; n'buddy kin trip me up'n that way 'thout givin' me sasfaxion." And he advanced fiercely towards the supposed offender, when, encountering the wire again, be went clear over it once more, sprawling on his hands and knees on the red gravel walk, and badly fracturing one leg of his pantaloons. This seemed to have a different effect on the sufferer, for, gathering him- self up slowly, and looking at the smoker, who still stood quietlvpuffing his cigar, he said, S'yar, ole feller, I'll call it square an' pay for th' drinks few'll tell me bow'n thunder you can do that throw so easy."

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RHYL. NEXT Thurelay the Welsh Baptists will hold their annual tea meeting, and in the e-vening there will be an entertainment in the Town Hall. Fitoir an advertisement in another column it wih be found that down blankets, carpets, &-c., are t-> be obtained at low prices at J. Rhydwen furnishing establishment, Quec-n-street. TnoMAS EVANS (for nriny years employtd undf r the Commissioners) expired ai his residence on Sat- urday last. On Wednesday his remains were in- terred at the Rhyl cemetery, the coffin being borne by members of the the Fire Brigade, of which de- ceased was a member. THE contract for the erection of a villa residence on the East Parade, for M. S. Plunkett, Esq., has been let to Mr Thomas Whitley, contractor and builder. FIRST FLINTSHIRE AND CARNARVONSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—" C (Rhyl) company's orders for the weekending 24th November, 1882.—Saturday, 18th Nov band practice at the armoury at 7-30 p.m. in plain clothes. Mr Wrigley will attend to instruct. — Monday, 20th November Company drill at the Armoury at 7.30 p.m. in plain clothes. Afterwards band practice.—Wednesday,22nd Nov.: Company drill at Mostyn at 7 p.m. in plain clothes. Thursday,23rd Nov: Squad drill at St.Asaph at G.30 p.m. in plain clothes.—Friday, 24th Nov. Squad drill at the Armoury at 7.30 p.m. in plain clothes. All persons desirous of joining the company are requested to give in their names as speedily as pos- sible to Sergeant-Instructor Morrison, 2, Morley road, Rhyl.—By order (signed), E. D. WYNNE JONES, captain commanding "C company.—Rhyl, 17th November, 1882. CHURCH ACCOUNTS.—We bave just received the report relative to subsriptions, donations, and col. lections made for different objects in connection with the churches of Holy Trinity and St Thomas, for the year ended Easter, 1882. The report con- tains a complete list of subscribers, and a sepera;e statement for each of the several objects. The following is a general summary of all the monies received during the year:—For repairs and other expenses of the two churches, 10s 4d; Cloth- ing club, £:201 12s 2d; Narional Schools main- tenance fund,.£3il 28 6d; mixed schools, £180 14s 8d; schools club, 9s 4d; benevolent society, £8 12s 8d; additioual curates' society, 114 JOs 6d; Irish church missions, £10 813 Od: Jews' society, £ 8 12s 6d; diocesan church building society, £ .5 8s 3d diocesan clergy widows aud orphans' fund, JE19 7s 9d; diocesan church extension society, JE5 8s 3d diocesan board of education, £9 17s 9d church missionary Is od colonial and continental church society, £23 6s lid; society for the propagation of the gospel, £10 7s Od; army scripture readers' society, j611 16s Od; coal club, new church account, £1,261 Os 5d; mixed schools building fund, £ ol 3s lOd. THE inaugural meetingoftheMutnallmprovement Society was held at the school-vestry of the English Wesleyan Chapel on Thursday last, rnder the pre- sidency of the Hev. E. L'oyd Jones. Mr P. Mostyn ,,¡1liams read an excellently prepared paper on Goronwy Owen and Welsh literature. Mr Wil'iams gave a historical sketch of Goronwy, recapitulated the hardships he endured through the shameful dis- tributionof thepatroDageof the Established Church, eloquently described the works and paraphrased in English portions of Goronwy's principal poems, and after remarking that the poet's name would live for ages concluded his paper by reading Mr Lewis Morris's elegy to the renowned Goronwy. In sup- porting a vote of thanks to Mr Williams for his really able and instructive paper, t.be Rev E. Lloyd Jones said that he considered Mr Williams the best Euglish-speukiug Welshman lie knew of. lie did not know of another Welshman who possessed all the qualities of a cultured Englishman in such an eminent degree as Mr Williams, nor did lie know of a man who possessed a more cultured miud aud one who was so able, by his extensive readiug, to give them such an interesting paper. Mr Williams was, brside being a Welsh scholar, an English scholar of no mean order. THE BLUE RIBBON TEMPERA> C SOCIETY.—A crow ded and enthusiastic meeting im o rection with the above society was held in the j>chx>lrot m ad- joining tho Welsh Chapel, Islington Park, Hollo- way. Capital addresses were delivered and one of the speakers was Mr E. Jones, brother to Mr J. Parry Jones, Golden Glove, Wellington road, Rhyl. The "Islington Gazette" reports Mr. Jones to lave addressed himself to the number of moderat-3 drinl e s who must necessarily form apart of his audie: CJ. and reminded them of the fact that out of their own ranks it was that drunkards were always made. The moderator's position reminded him of a number of school-boys amusing themselves by storming a wasps' nest and though a number came away boasting they had not been hurt, yet, presently, one or more were sure to be stung. There were, no doubt, numbers of earnest Christian men, untiring in their work for the church, and the good of their fellow men, but yet who could not see their way clear to give np the little glass of beer or wine. He had himself drank moderately (and occasionally immoderately) for a number of years, but he had now reason to thank God for having enabled him to take a firm stand in the cause of truth. He felt quite confident, if hii hearers would but examine the subject thoroughly for themselves, they would be led like himself to abandon for ever the cause 01 so much misery. He asked his audience to accom- pany him in imagination up the ricketty stairs of a drunkard's house—to note the dilapidated and scanty furniture, the pale, worn, and anxious face of the wife, and the hungry expression of the starved children, the latter were probably munching a piece of orange peel, or a mouldy crust. Their dreams were not as other children's dreams, of father bringing home toys, but of public houses, tilth, and smoke, and father beating mother. But let them visit the same home after the father had been induced to sign the pledge and keep it. Instead of all this misery, peace and plenty reigns, and the smiling and happy faces of the wife and children betoken the radical change that had been effected by the cause of all the wretchedness—strong drink —being removed. He would strongly urge them, in the face of such facts as these, which were not mere fancy pictures, but every day realities, to sign the pledge and don the badge of blue. DEBATING SOCIETY.—The usual weekly meeting of this society was held on Tuesday last at Reynolds' room, when there was a very large attendance of members and friend8 present In tho3 unavoidable absence of Mr P. Mostyn Williams (who was in London), Mr Jos. Williams (Gas office) was voted to the chair. After the committee's resolutions had been read and received, and several new mem- bers proposed, the chairman called upon Mr Wm. Hackforth to open the debate, which was Is fiction beneficial."—Mr Hackforth, in speaking on the affirmative side, said he must apologise for not being ready with his speech, as he had understood that it was on Tuesday week that the debate was to come off. However, he would do his best under the circumstances. In the first place he maintained that fiction was beneficial, inasmuch as it gave them an insight into human nature. Who could read the works of Dickens, Kingsley. and other such works, and not feel the better for it ? He would read them a quotation from Dicken's works, which, if nothing else was said, would prove that fiction was beneficial. It was a passage from the Old Curiosity Shop," where Nell confides in the Poor Schoolmaster, and it read as follows :—"She told him all—that they had no friend or relative, that she had fled with the old man (her grand- father) to save him from a madhouse, and all the miseries which he dreaded — that she was flying now to save him from himself, and that she sought an asylum in some remote and primitive place where the temptation before which he fell would never enter and her late sorrows and distresses could have no place. The schoolmaster heard her with astonishment. This child!' he thought, Has this child heroically persevered under all doubts and dangers, struggled with poverty and suffering, upheld and sustained by strong affection and the consciousness of rectitude above And yet the world is full of such heroism. Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly 1 record, and are suffered everyday And should I be surprised to hear the story of this child. He would not say more, but leave it to the "house" to decide whether fiction was beneficial.—Mr W. Reynolds took the negative side, and said he was not going to condemn all novels. He knew there were noble minds who had written novels, and no doubt they did some good. But what he condemned was novel reading in the lower grades. Those works were deeds of daring, and which, when read, had been the ruin of many a young man. When a boy commences to read those "trashy" novels, it would always follow in most cases that he would go on the path to ruin, and often lead him into brutish habits. Take also the young woman. If she was given to novel reading, she would be a very useless wife instead of being a comfort to her husband and family she would be taken up all the day with reading matter that would do her no good. He concluded by saying that novel reading was de- moralizing and dangerous to the rising genera- tion.—For the negative Mr H. Mill ward delivered some well-chosen remarks, and was followed by Messrs D. J.Davies.W. Williams, R. D. Roberts, F. Ainsworth,J.ParryJones,&c. On the affirmative side addresses were delivered by Messrs A. Taylor, L. Jones, D. Trehearn, &c. The question was after- wards put to the vote, when there appeared to be a large majority in favour of fiction. The subject for next Tuesday is—" Ought museums to be opened on Sunday," Mr A. H. Rowlands taking the affirmative, and Mr Fred. Ainsworth the negative side. It is to be hoped that means will be used to keep better order in these meetings, especially among the juvenile members, or else the society will eertainly suffer.

1\HUELLAI\L;)LS i/A. i ilAoXSi SAD SPRING.— The leaves will grow asrain. and hnppv birQs Find jzlad new songs to sing above the nea Sometime again the wind will breathe sweet word, Anion'' the blossomed trees, from east to west. But ab, but ah, when violets V.ui and grow Upon a grave,—when birds their music pour While one dear nest i3 empty I think that so Spring must be sad to me for ever.nore. —Sa\t/>ur's Monthly. JOAN OF Anc's MISSION.—The commissioners met at Kdateau's house, and having called Joan, showed her by good and fair arguments" that she was unworthy of belief. reasoned her for more than two hour?, and she answered them so w,l1 that they were greatly d. In spite of their ex- pressed distrust, she spoke to them freely and fully, told how her voices, had bidden her go info France, bow she had wept a- their command and yet obeyed it, how she had come safely, because she was doing the will oc God. You require an irmv." said Guillaume Aymeri, "saying it is God's will that the English shall quit France. If that be go. LeTe is no need for men-at-arms, because God can drive them away by His pleasure." The men-alarms shall fijht," she answered, and God shall give the victorv and the monk confessed that she had answered well. Seguin, "a very aou- man," a native of Limousin, inquired in what language her voices spoke. A better language than yours," she replied sharply. The offended provincial then asked what sign she had to show. "I am not come to gve si^ns," she said. Take me to Orleans, and I will show you the sign I am sent When the examination bad dragged on for two or three weeks, two of the doctors came one day to question her, bringing with them Gobert Thibaut, the King's equerry, whom she had known at Chinon. She clapped him, comrade-like, on the shoulder, exclaiming, Would that I had many more men of as good will as you The ) turning to the doc'ors, she said, I believe you are come to catechise me. Listen! I know mi'h.jr A nor B, but there is more in God's books than in yours. He has sent me to save Orleans and crown the King." She demanded paper and ink. Write what I tell you," she said, and dictated to the amazed scholars the famous letter which soon after was sent to the English. The grave and stern commissioners were won by Lhe faith, the boldness, and the simplicity of the young peasant. None of them, not even the sour monk Seguin, bore her any grudge for the occasional sharpness of her replies. Many of them believed firmly that she was inspired, and quoted the old prophecy of Merlin, and the recent visions of Marie of Avignon, the seer, who had foretold the coming of a maid who should deliver France. All of thtID trusted in her good faith, and appreciated more or less the in- fluence she would have over the people. They advised, almost commanded, Charles to employ her. Her life, they said, has been carefully inquired into; for six weeks she has been kept near the King; persons of all ranks, men and women, have seen and talked with her, and have found in her only goodness, humility, chastity, devotion, seemliness, and simplicity." She has promised to show her sign before Orleans; let the King send her there, for to reject her would be to reject the Holy Spirit and render himself unworthy of divine help.—Joan of Arc. bu Janet TvJccy. THE following is related of an Englishman who was tempted to emigrate to Arizona in expecta- tion of finding innumerable precious stones. His search was a failure but he was informed that in the mountain near San Bernardino, a brass mine—very rich in ore—had been discovered; so he went in search of it. Very soon, however, he left the country in disgust. Arriving at the hotel at Prescstt one night, he was asked by the landlord if he would have some teal for supper, "What's teal?" asked the Englishman. Why, a kind of duck," replied the landlord. Has it wings ? inquired the Englishman. Certainly," answered the landlord. "Then," said the Englishman, I don't want any. Anything that has wings and can fly and won't fly out of this accursed country, I don't want to have anything to do with." BYRON'S WANT OF ART.—Byron, the most popular poet of the century, probably felt less than any of his fellows the value of the artistic spirit. Though be hurls his brilliant ihetoric at the "dull spoiler" of the Parthenon, yet he gives nowhere any sign that the beauty of ancient art had so entered into his nature as to affect his own creations. It may even be said that the successes of his genius depended, in great measure, upon the deliberate abandonment of that quiet vision belonging, as of right, to the sculptor or the painter. In all the greatest of his writings which affect to be purely poetic, the motive is always romantic, the method brilliantly restless. He aad not the power to dwell upon any subject until it should yield up to him its ultimate secret of beauty; but content with what was nearer, he seized with eager and effective grasp upon old forms of patho, touching them with new and splendid fire. Ht possessed an uncommon sympathy with the more common states of feeling; and, as with all imaginative work that is not quite complete in its vision, his poetry keeps about it a savour of morality. There is an implied reference to a standard of good and evil: an accent of either penitence or rebellion, even in the moments of freest utterance. The perplexed and troubled attitude towards moral problems, great and small, survived and dominated the other phases of his genius. It availed finally to turn the poet into the satirist. For satire, however audacious its utterance, must needs possess some stand- point of morality all its fiercest attacks and its cruel- lest laughter spring from the contemplation of a world of neglected duties, with its grim contrasts of faith and practice. Don Juan" was the complete expres- sion of one side of Byron's genius; and as it helped to perfect the portrait of its author, so also it In- creased his hold upon the popular imagination. To acknowledge a system of moral law, and at the same time to violate its rules, has a certain fascination, even for the most orthodox. The career dees not dis- turb the empire of punishments and rewards, and the daring of the chief actor, with its eternal perils," only stimulates attention into wonderment. But this spirit of revolt against morality, or acquiescence in its con- trol, finds itself in opposition to the calm of pure poetic invention and even when perplexity yields to a cynical self-possession, it has little in common with the noblest artistic vision which penetrates and leaves behind the problems of a moral world. Tbe true mis- sion of poetry, no less than of art, is directed to this goal.—Essays on Art. THE SAME ALL THE WORLD OVER.—In Central Africa, says Livingstone, the women have the upper hand. They feed the men. The wife is obliged to supply her mother-in-law with fire-wood. A man who has five wives, having returned home, asks something of No. 1. No. 1 refers him to No. 2. No. 2 desires him to go to the one he loves best. He is banded about from one to the other till he becomes quite enraged but all he oan do is to go to the top of a tree and cry aloud, I thought I had five wives, but I find I have five witches." If a woman beats her husband she is punished in this way. Both are taken to the market-place, and the wife is compelled to carry the husband home on her back, amid the cheers of the people. On these occasions the women generally crv out, 11 Give it him again:" ° IMMORTALITY. The hope of immortality per- vades our entire human life. It is the light in which TAJR R FUNSC10UFLY' A11 LIVE- NEIT TO idea of God, it is the greatest, the most elevating, the most inspiring idea of which we are capable. Is then the THEDENRCOEOF°F F ARE TZ pr^babiii^'anl FNR 1 ? ? ^FACTORY? can we rest in them hiL«lfmK f°r h°Pe? If any deems himself bound to question or deny these — to take away from our life this great hope—he should feel as he feran I vT11° h £ S tc! <luench in a patient tbe last hope of life. He should speak with the deepest sorrow a man can feel. When, according to Greek fable, it was proclaimed that Great Pan was dead, the whole creation mourned; very faintly did this represent the conscious darkness, and loss and degradation that would befall human life were the for« ?b0pef immortality lost to it. Whatever, there- ^xistence may desecrator of a mother's GRAV^FC XTLN a° y" than a brute of higher develonmont 1"° w1"6 thoughts, and holy affec Jot^S ^0? l £ aspirat-ons perish "in that very dav" Tf "J S makes it necessary to affirm this it sh™?M kJ fully done. Even to weaken the'faith ,-n i^ S°7?-T" is to lessen the moral forces that mal™ m sr„d„o 532 ANECDOTE OF LORD RAGLAN.—Here I=. anecdote related of the late Lord Raglan by a French paper: Lord Raglan" says the journal, ''possessed only one arm-the right-and this is bow he lost Jhe ? W FHF WAS 6NGAGED T0 BE MAR»ED, and departed for Waterloo wearing on a finger of his left anneau de fiancailles (his engaged ring). A shot took off his arm, when, turning to his aide-de-camp bS said, avec ce beau tanq-froid' which he exhibited HTWR at Inkermann, « Go and look for my ring.' A CAREFUL Bloomsbury matron having broken the cover of a butter-dish, went to A I it had been bought, and with much artfulne'SS SL^ TT proprietor if he would sell her a butter diST«^ 1 her own without its cover. YES X?IVJ I ELMILAR.TO he would spat e one to oblige the lady but H?™66*?1" charge her two shillings Li thing complete is but three shilling» customer "Just so," said the chinldealer but* you see, the cover is absolutely valueless if; ,1 j r itself that costs all the money, and the^ Wr, ?,Ish is worth more than the worth ot the COVE^ ™R A"0W sure of that?" said the lady. « Quit* Y°U ARE the reply. Dear me EXCLAIMED TB. R' WAS thi, ho..ill, of me. to be sureMt fa REA'WO °° I want, and not the dish and PUTTING HOT"7 • on tbe counter, she up th? cover andD wfTi?6 shop before the astonished tradesman couW rLver euffiaeatlv to

ST. ASAPH BOARD OF GUARDIANS THURSDAY, Nov. Esq. (chairman), W. M. Clarke, C'8- chairman), T. G. Dixon, Eq, Nant Ea; u- J. Sisson, E?q., Talardy; E. YT D. BroHghton, Esq.. St. Asaph Major Birch L. Morgan, Esq., Tremeirchion liev. T. Price, Prestatyn Rev. D. Evans, Abergele Messrs. T. Winston, 8. Perks. B. Littler, Rhyl; J. Kendall, Bod- elwyddan; D. Davies, Lodge Farm; John Roberts, Geinas; Wm. Bell, Rhudllar tVm. Littler. Abergele T. Sleight, Dyserih obt. Davies, Denbigh; T. Howes Roberts. 1 Parry, St. Asaph; Thos. Matthews, Bryn Is• ••; Dr. Davies, Llanfair; &c. THE HOUSE. The master reported the nvm1 i, L-npe to he 121; same period last 7 t V .trmits relieved c-inee last Board day. 71. Kh^wmg a decrease of 13 on the corresponaing hst year. BRUSHES FOR SALE. A short time back the master applied for a small sum of money to purchase materia! for making brushes, and now he had corrplettfi several yard brushes, which were in the Board Room for inspection.—Mr E. Morgan saiu tbe Finance Committee had recommended that lie pr ices for the brushes be as follows:— Retail, Is. lid each wholesale, Is. 3.1.-The recommendation was adopted by the Board. A KIND ACT. Mrs Bronghton, The Cottage, St. As:"] b, wrote on behalf of the Servants Friei oly Society, stating that girls could beadmi. >i to the Children's Home free of charge. Mrs Broughton asked the permission of the B' d to allow Ellen Friinston (aged 15) to enter e Home for industrial training.—The Clerk i it would be a capital opportunity for the g- 1. —The Chairman We ought to be thankft, :0 the lady for her kindness. He proposed 1, at the girl be allowed to go, and that an omht be provided.—This was seconded and car: led unanimously. THE ASSISTANT OVERSEER OF ABERGELE. A letter was read from the Guarantee \s- surance Co. informing the Board that J Hughes had paid the premium on his bond. A SAD CASE. A letter was read from Robert D:IV'PS, bricklayer, Aquarium street (whose w.lV latcly been taken to the asylum), in which hQ stated that at present he was unable to conni- hute anything towards the maintenance of his wife in the asylum. He had a family of iivn children, and was obliged to pay a girl to b k After them. Thus it toül all he earned t.) make both ends meet."—The relieving offi. M* -aid he could bear out the statement of Darn■«, who was a very steady man.—The Chairm.- o said that under the circumstances they- i not make an order for relief, a course which the Board approved of. THE ALTERATIONS IS THE HOUSE. Mr E. Morgan said that tenders for the work had been received, viz.: Waber Evans, St.Asaph, £ -ki; Samuel Powell, St. Asaph, J. Jones, St. Asaph, £It David Wil- liams, St. Asaph, £14. — The commutf.-e iccommended that the lowest tender bo accepted, which was agreed to by the Board. THE INC!.EASE IN THE COUNTY RATE. Mr E. Morgan said he had been requested to ascertain the reason why there was euch n increase in the county rate this term.—The Chairman I nor aware the:" w ••■; r.n increase.—The Clerk said there was an illC!" sc in both Denbighshire and Flintshire.—The Chainn'ir said the only reason he coul i >00 for the increase was likely owing to certain i•!iv• u!s which tho Government crvitribatei •wt being paid, they were not pat iienl.ir in that respect, and perhaps that was the reason rhere was an increase. However by the next ho wculd make further enquiries as to Flintshir( A WISE STEP. Mr R. J. Sisson sai l he believed there we a possibility of improving the way of eon-hi -ring the business of the Board. He did n- d 'oot hut that which was done was done web ut there was room for improvement. S- \"ral members sat there for an hour or f w nothing at all, whereas a Sanitary or Si « >1 Attendance Committee could be held, end the other business of thesreneral Board commenced punctually say at 12.30. His sole obj -ct in bringing this matter forward was to o more systematic way of conducri ng the busi- ness. He therefore proposed that the Board should be formed into committer to consider the subject.—Mr S. Perks bad gw- it pleasure in seconding Mr Sisson's propo^t; '11, as he felt a great many of the vo-ie there with nmhing to do. Some of the cor. ir. ittees could meet in the early part of t he morning, so as to give more time to the gr., n- ral business.—The Chairman remarked id: no doubt good would come out of the prop '1 tion, and it would be well for the members ï turn the matter over in their minds by the r, meeting.—Mr Clarke fully concurred with A; >• Sisson; and said that a deal of time was 1 for nothing at all.—Mr Sisson suggested ti the Clerk should prepare a statement bv o next Board.—The Chairman I think th a is your work, Mr Sisson (laughter).—After or two more remarks it was decided that the ouestion should be considered at the next Board. THE NURSE'S SALARY. Mr Perks gave notice that at the next meet- ing he would move that the nurses salary h increased. An application had been made 12 months ago, but was objected to, and to met the case their late chairman (Mr Wynne) sent a cheque for £5 to the nurse.

RHYL PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY, Nov. IS.-Before T. G. Dixon, Esq. (in the chair), Rev. Dr. Butterton, R. J. Sisson Esq., and E. W. Delves Broughton, Esq. AN ADJOURNED CASE OF ASSAULT. This was a case in which James Clift, fruiterer i-c. Rhyl, charged T. Ilarvey of Birmingham' with assaulting him. At the last court Ellig"char- ged Clift with a similar offence, and Clift took out a cross-summons against Ellis, but on the applica- tion of Mr m. Davies (who appeared for Ellis) it was adjourned until to-day tor the pn-)0se of having further evidence, the Bench to with-hold judgment in the first case until the second was heard.—Mr Davies again appeared for Ellis Cliff being represented by Mr Ed. Roberts, who' asked that his client might be re-called, as he (Mr Roberts) was not present at the last hearm--Mr Davids aUd the BeDch »preed that Cuft shomd be again put in tbe box.—He made a srnilar statement to that he made at the last ses- sions, and said that he was provoked by Mr Filis that'he I™ \r°gUe' andva?^ond, and saving Elb-^ H i°r aP°or widow woman. When and' ni f Um ,t0,the street be a?ain e*cited> aidfS +W if 1C d £ endaut's fac? and shoved bin,, andsaid that he wonid "knock his d d head of?/' and that was the whole basr of tricks of it.:<— In answer to questions by Mr Roberts, witness swrod tnat when defendant was going for a policenvin he oflered to go and show him the w y. Ellis had not got a black eye. He (witness) left t' e market-hall on the hall-keeper's intimation, an; MY 's Allowed him.—In cross-examination Mr Clift said he did not strike the defendant, but put his Mst on his face and shoved him.—Mr Davies saic1 his instructions were to contradict almost every:;n that Mr Clift and Jones (the hail-keeper) had ■• i in the case. Jones had said that complainant i defendant were pushing one another like children when out in the street. He (Mr Davies) was pre- pared to prove that Ellis did not touch Clift. He would call two independent witnesses who happened to be in the street at the time. Jones the bad- keeper and Clift were brought much together, and Jones might perhaps be biased by that. 1l would

PRESTATYN. On Fiidav evening last a very good concert was held in the National Schoolroom of the above place the proceeds to be devoted towards a fund for raising a brass band in the village. The chair was occupied by W. Williams, Esq., Victoria terrace, and parts were taken by Eos Bradwen, Misses Bradwen. Eos Englefield, Miss Jennie Jones, Denbigh, Mr Edwin Anwyl, and the Gronant glee party, conducted by Mr E. Davies. The accompar iments were admirablv executed by Mr Rees, of Meliden. Votes of thanks to the chairman and the singers were accorded after an extensive programme was exhausted.