The Rhyl Advertiser

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP BURNERS. The SUCCORS attending the introduction last season of the Lome" burner has induced the manufacturers, Thomas Row-U-t & ons, Randsworth street, E C., and Elinburgh, to make them this year in three sized. A most important improvement has also been added. The principle of the burner i that of increas- ing the light by bringing the two lames in jaxtaposition instead of separately, is in the duplex principle. The cottons are in separate Lubes, not touching each other at the top, and they converge at the point of ignition, making the flames unite in a brilliant blaza of light. Tho increase of light is obtained by the oxygen of the atmosphere being admitted between the tubes, and cansing a more perfect com- bustion of the p:trticlos of gas generated by the heat. Owing to the double dome employ- ed, no small chimney is required, with its attendant risk of breakage and troublesome fitting. This is a distinct advantage, as it sscufes perfect combustion without the aid of a chimney. The improvement lTIrlde is in the ratchet for winding up the cottons. Last, year one set of sharp-toothed cogwheels raised one cotton, the other being left to follow by friction; this worked very well, thong i occasionally the^outer cotton would slip and give trouble. This is now entirely obviated by the employ, meot. oi one winding-spindle with a bmad- toothei cog, and a second one geared into it, both enclosed between the cotton tubes. As the winder is turned and raises one cotton, the other raises the COLVHl E.xiotly at the same time, thrsrofom are til ways level without t-io sl!hL8"iJl!iV,!Üi in. —Ironii'iOiijer, -u-

The right lion. G. O. Trovelyan, M.A., has been appointed Chancellor of the Duohy of Lancashire, with a seat iu the cabinet, in room of tho right hon. Mr Dodson, who is elevated to th peeerage. Mr Trovelyan will be succeeded as Irish secretary by Mr Campbell Bannerman, M.P. A vacancy ia caused in the representation of Sbarborough by Mr Dodson's elevation.

MR. RUSKIN ON ART CRITICISM. A series of papers on journalism is being contri- buted by Mr. Arthur Reade to the Printing Tinus. Asked what a country reporter, who had no special knowledge of art, ought to do if sent to an art exhibition, Mr. Ruskin replied Supposing—which I hope your question does suppose-the country reporter to be a man of natural sense and intelligence, the best thing he can do is to describe carefully the subjects of the pictures he thinks likely to please simple people, if they are shewn what is in them, and, as far as the editor will allow him, to take no notice of pictures attracting merely by their tricks of painting. I do not think the public value the affectations of art knowledge in a newspaper reporter, but they would always be grateful to him for the indication of elements of interest in a picture which they would have missed without his help."

SETTLEMENT OF A NOTABLE DISPUTE. A very old dissension, dating back from 200 to 300 years, between the Stratford-on-Avon corpora- tion and the successive vicars of the parish, has just been amicably arranged. The corporation claim a certain interest in the fabric of the parish church, and also certain rights in respect of the church. yard. Several vicars have not been disposed tc recognise the claim, and actions at law have from time to time been threatened and disputes have been frequent. The question of fees received from the visitors to Shakpeare's tomb, which have been claimed by the recent vicars, has also been raised in connection with the dispute. The Corporation now hand over absolutely all rights to a representative committee, to be elected an- nually. The committee will take charge of the visitors' fees, and will devote them, after paying the vicar one half in aid of the stipends of the assistant clergy, towards keeping the church and chancel in condition of thorough repair and the churchyard in order. The agreement has been sanctioned by the Bishop and archdeacons of Worcester.

STORY OF A DEATH CERTIFICATE. During a quarrel a peasant in the province of Novo- gorud was struck in the chest with an axe, fracturing several ribs and wounding the lungs. He was in an extremely critical condition, and a doctor from the nearest town, 60 miles distant, was sent for. The surgeon, as is customary in Russia, took his time and reached his patient by the slowest stages. The man by this time had nearly succumbed to his injuries, and stood very little chance of recovery. The doctor made an examination and pronounced the wound as fatal. He waited several hours, thinking that the man in the meantime would die, but things did not turn out as he expected, so in order to falicitate matters and save him the trouble of again visiting his patient he made out a death certificate and started home. For some reason or other the man took it into his head to get well, and he began to grow better until he recovered entirely. The authorities, learning of the strange proceeding, demanded the return of the death certificate, which was refused, and now the man walks about in the full possession of the con- solation that he is legally dead, and that his body lies buried in the village churchyard, according to his death certificate.

FRENCH CONVICTS IN MELBOURNE. The Melbourne correspondent of the Tims states that a succession of burglaries, which had been com- mitted in various parts of the suburbs of that city, have been traced to a garg of French ex-convicts from New Caledonia, who arrived in Melbourne by the Messageries boat, and commenced operations as burglars and coiners. Six of them have been arrested, the last capture being that of a Frenchman who had passed under several aliases, and who turned out to be the leader of the gang. This man had undergone a long sentence on the roads in New Caledonia for coining and other crimes com- mitted in France. The house occupied by the men has also been discovered, and found to contain "the most complete collections of burglar's and coining tools and apparatus of every kind that has ever been seen in Australia." There were also found in the house supplies of food, wines, and spirits sufficient to last six months, the stock having, it is presumed, been collected to avoid the daily calls of tradesmen and others. The discovery is stated to have caused a great sensation in Melbourne, as there are reported to be at present about 10,000 convicts in New Caledonia, who may be expected to overflow into Victoria either as fugitives or expirers.

A LOST BRIDEGROOM. Who skeleton of M. Georges Augoit, a commis- sion agent of the Rue St. Martin, who mysteriously disappeared from Paris some 17 years ago, has just been picked up at the bottom of a cleft of rocks near Seo d'Urgel, Spain. On the morning of the 17th of January, 18G7, M. Augoit married Mile. Marie Domadier. During the wedding break- fast, at the Palais Royal, the butler informed the bridegroom that a coachman downstairs wished to speak with him. M. Augoit left the table, saying he would return in a few moments. He was seen to enter a cab which stood at the door. bareheaded, and in his wedding-suit as he was. Since that time all the efforts of the police and his friends to trace him were in vain. Mme. Augoit, the bride resumed her maiden name, and went to live with her sister, Mme. Panclint, at Neuilly. Recently a chamois hunter,M.Perez Urrigaray,while out in the mountains near Seo d'Urgel, killed an animal which fell into a deep crevice. He descended to the spot, and there carce upon a skeleton to which some paiticles of clothing were still adhering. The authorities of Seo d'Urgel, on proceeding to the place, found in one of the pockets an envelope, on which the name of M. Georges Augoit, commission agent, Rue St. Martin, Paris," was still perfectly legible. The doc- tors consulted about the matter give it as their opinion that death must have occurred about 10 years ago; but whether due to accident or suicide they were unable to say.

DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. The Times of India gives particulars of the ter- rible railway accident which happened some days since on the Eastern Bengal Railway. The mail train from Goalundo to Calcutta ran into a goods train at Aronghatta Station at about 2 a.m. It appears that the goods tram was despatched from Calcutta about 10 o'clock at night, and was timed to arrive at Aronghatta Station at 2.5 a.m., when it could have been shunted into the siding to allow the down mail to pass it was, however, somewhat late, and was in the act of shunting, when the mail train, the driver of which had received line clear," appeared in sight, and although the brakes were applied as strongly as possible a collision took place. The trains remained locked together, while the carriages immediately in rear of both trains were either smashed to pieces or "telescoped" one over the other. The driver of the goods train, Walter Morgan, was found dead, jammed against the engine fire-box. The driver of the mail, Walter Cum- mings, had one leg completely severed. He was removed to the Calcutta Medical College Hospital, where he lay in a critical conditien. The i-ative .Ireman was seriously injured, while the body of the goods train fireman had not been discovered. The carriages of the mail train nearest the engine were almost completely smashed. Here the prin- cipal loss of life occurred. The carriages nnnipdirtely following were telescoped one on the other, present- ing the appearance of a small mound. A .special train was sent to the spot early in the morning, and returned in about five hours with 12 natives wounded, seven women and five men. They weie at once con- veyed to the Campbell Hospital. There also arrived five Europeans, Mrs. Cann, the wife of an apothecary attached to the railway, her sister a child, and her two young sons. The infant was killed in Mrs. Cann's lap. Her two boys were much shaken and bruised. Mrs. Cann received a severe shock and bruises. The injuries sustained by the natives were in some cases very serious. The guards of both trains escaped unhurt. On the arrival in Calcutta of a native suffering from fractured ribs, he was found clutching a bag of rupees. He stuck to the bag, even when carried a way on a stretcher. It is re- ported that there were 12 dead at Aronghatta sta- tion. The bodies had not all been recovered f, om the debris; but it was reporttd that 60 persons were killed.

.1. Paul Bert has taken up the cause of French lady medical students, and is actively trying to secure for that increasing body the privilege of walk- j ing the Paris hospitals. A little boy of eight, son of the Rev. Burman Oassin, rector of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, bus been run over in the Old Kent-road and killed. Ni. Paul Lacroix, surnamed "the Bibliophile Jacob," an author of repute, and the ownur of a llhiary of 20.000 volumes, has just died in Paris, at a grer-t ace, of gout mounting to the heart. Ln iim Liverpool Court of Passage, Helena Nicholas sued Charles lickard, pork butcher,for £ 300 for breach pi- in so. The plaintiff, who had known the defen- dant in Germany, said he proposed marriage to her, i pfee accepted. She sold the business she had in V\ idnes, and came to Liverpool, where he seduced her in his house, where she had gone to live. Defen iimt dtiv.d the promise, and said that the plaintiff was ni, iv his servant. The jury awarded i he plaintiff XoO. A young widow, who had apparently had some d'.iien-tiee ah-, ut money matters with a member of the Royal Marine Artillery band, whilst that band was# playing on the pier at Southsea, went to the refresh t meht room, and there suddenly swallowed a quan>! tity of laudanum. She was removed to the iu a oritical condition.

Whilst liy giving expression lw Lhe opinions of our oor- respondents on all subjects of public interest, we wish die- tiuctly to state that we do not necessarily endorse any of them" and are therefore- iu no way responsible for any j statement made.

CHRIST CHURCH, RHYL. To the Editor of the RiiyT, ADVERTISER. SIR, — In a letter, dated September 1st, and ad- dressed to Miss Evans, whose munificence is worthy of ail emulation, I have already expressed my sincere regret that there should be even the appearance of collision in the strange coincidence of the selection of the same' name for the proposed church and chapel." Perhaps you will allow me to repeat, for the information of the public, that the designation of "ChriEt Church had been chosen by me for our new church before Ihad any idea that a school under that name was in contemplation, and further, that it was not till the close of last August that I became aware that the Congregational chapel was also to assume that title. Had I foreseen such a contingency, all occasion for a misunderstanding might have been obviated. As the matter stands, j however, there seems to be no way of retreat, no remedy. As far back as three years ago the name Christ Church" was submitted to the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners as the designation of our proposed church and the purchase-deeds of our new site (a site, be it remembered, quite distinct from that of the school chapel) were, soon after, desposited under that title among the archives of St Asaph. So far as we are concerned, therefore, however much we might wish to gratify and conciliate our neighbours, the process of change would be very complicated, if not ira- j practicable. But, after all, I do not apprehend that any serious confusion will arise, even if there should be a "Christ Church" in Wellington Road, and a Christ Church Congregational Chapel in Water Street; I, at least am content, under the circum- stances, that the two should co-exist as such, end as far as possible, co-operate harmoniouslv for the good of the parish. At the same time I must altogether repudiate the gratuitous and uncalled-for imputation that ap- peals were made and subscriptions received for St. John's Church," Up to Saturday last I never saw or heard of such appeals." and I never gave a receipt for subscriptions under that term. The I name St. John's I does not appear on the little book which contains the list of subscribers opened iu the autumn of 1878, nor yet in the collecting in the autumn of 1878, nor yet in the collecting cards printed in 1879. When I came to Rhyl. how. ever, in 1878, I found £10 3s. 9d. at the bank to the account of the Vicar and Churchwarden, for new churches," without any reference to name or location, whether Wellington Road, or Vale Road, or both, nor did my honoured prede- cessor, so far as I know, leave on record any "wish" in regard to them. The school-chapels continue under the names originally assigned them but it does not follow that new churches, built on new sites, should be absolutely tied to the same no menclature, still less is it a legitimate sequence that I must need be wanting in respect for the mem- ory of an esteemed friend and contemporary at college, just because I venture to have an opinion } of my own, and to prefer "Christ Church" to St. John's as the designation of the new church To use the late Venerable Archdeacon's name as an argument and make-weight can only raise a false issue, and prejudice the question. For my! part, I see no occasion whatever for petty jeal- [ ousies and unholy rivalry and if there is one danger more than another which I would at! any sacrifice within my power, gladly avert and avoid, it is that of bitterness and wrangling. If our friends on the other side then find that the obstacles in the way of receding are to them as insuperable as ehoso confronting us appear to be. by all means let us agree to differ, and let us severally take our own course, rejoicing in c-haiitabla hope that whatever the names of the two edifices may be, whatever the infirmities of the individuals who may from time to time minister in either, whatever the imperfections of their res- pective systems—Christ, and Christ only, may be preached in the one and the othei,Yours truly. THOS. RICHARDSON. The Vicarage, Rhyl, Oct. 20th, 1884. -+-

THE FOOTBALL MANIA. To the Editor of the RHYL ADVEBTISEB. SIB,—I will feel exceedingly thankful if you can spare space for my brief remarks in your journal. The great majority of the population of Rhyl must have been shocked at the appearance of the large posters announcing the football match, Rhyl v. Carnarvon, which was played on Thursday at Rh II. If anything ever has displayed the height of impudence, the wording of these posters did so. Can any reasonable person think of anything that approaches the meanness of taking advantage of a day which is held in such high esteem by thf people of Rhyl as the annual Thanksgiving Day. in the first place? and to make matters still more abomiuable to put the words Thanksgiving Day on their placards so conspicuous that it could not possibly bo overlooked. I am not in a position to know whether this wa* the work of an individual or of a committee. If the former, there is room for some consolation that this moral epidemic has not affected the club or clubs, as the placard would suggest; bu. if it was done by the secretary in accordance with a resolution of the committee, it is high time that measures should be taken to uproot the association without delay. A committee pos- sessing the elasticity cf conscience and the meanness of principle to pass such a resolution should at once be placed in the same category as the Irish lunn- cibles, for as the latter aimed at the physical life of harmless, innocent people, so do the former aim at the moral and spiritual life of the innocent youths of Rhyl. I hope it is not true that more than one minister of the gospel was present oil the field when the match was being played. I am however told that there were. Surely they could not be so blind as not to have seen the posters alluded to, and to feel the offt-usiveuec,s <.f the words printed thereon, and to read between the lines what every sensible man would read—namely, chat it meant money- n. a king, at the expense of one of the most sacred or ihe ;3GiJ day* uf the yf-pr in the estimation of the utople of Uliyl. How these things could escape thi ir observation I cannot see. If they have wil- fully shut their eyes on these things, I must say that they fill the whole lineaments of the character described by our blessed Saviour as wolves clothed in sheep skins. I trust that those respectable people who hitherto have supported these sports will now Sie footballing as it Appeared iu its true colour ai Rhyl on Thursday last; aud that, as men who care for their reputation, they will fur ever bid them farewell.—Yours truly. Rhyl, A MAN IN EARNEST. Oct. 2:\ lSR.L

BIRTH. BELL-On the 17th inst., at 10, Queen street, the wife of George James B -11, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. DAVIES—WILLIAMS—October 18th, at Brunswick C-hupel, Rllyl, by the Rev Ishmael Evans, i the presence of Mr James Davies, the registrar, Mr Robert Davies, Jenkin street, Abergele, to Misn Hannah Williams. Bee Hotel, Rhyl JONES—EVANS—October 23rd, at the Calvinistic Chapel. Swan Lane, Denbigh by Mr Thomas Gee, ia the presence of Mr Jas. Davies, registrar, Rhyl, Mr Peter Jones, Bryn y Morfa, Meliden, to Miss Sarth Evans, 12, Water street, Rhyl. DEATHS. HENDERSON—October 21st. t Dalkeith, N.B., the residence of her uncle, Elizabeth, eldest dai-ghtei of the late Mr James Benderson. of Black Castle. Co. Tipperary, Ireland, and sister of Mr J. R Henderson, inland revenue officer, Rhyl, ageri 27 years. OWEN-Ún the 20th inst., at Rtyl, Rev. James Richard Owen, M. A., formerly Hector of Llan- ferres, incumbent of Rhyl, aged 73 years.

THANKSGIVING SERVICES FOR THE HARVEST. Last Thursday, in accordance with a custom which has been observed for many years in this town, was kept as a holiday, the primary object being to give the inhabitants an oppor- tunity of attending harvest thanksgiving ser- vices at the several places of divine worship in the town. All, or nearly so, the places of business in the town were closed throughout the day, which was beautifully fine. Bat few comparatively of the inhabitants, especially of the young people, observed the day for the purpose for which it was set apart—namely, to render thank, to the Almighty for the ex- ceptionally bountiful harvest with which He has this year blessed our land. In fact, the day is year after year becoming more of a holiday pure and simple—a day of cessa- tion from business pursuits and of pleasure- seeking. On Thursday a large cumber left the town by early trains on a visit to friends and relatives at a distance. Others witnessed a football matoh in the afternoon between the Rhyl and Carnarvon clubs, and a football competition of a different character in the Winter Gardens. Bicycles and tricycles were in great demand, while others paraded the streets without any apparent object III view. The services at the different placed of wor- ship were however well attended. English services were held as follows :—10.30 a.m., at the English Wesleyan Chapel, 6.30 p.m.,at the English Baptist Chapel. Both places of wor- ship were beautifully decorated for the occa- sion with oorn, fruits and vegetables, the two latter products to be afterwards distributed amongst the poor, the little children at the St. Asaph Workhouse to be speoially remem- bered. At these services the Revs. W". Evans Foote. W. Foster, B.A., D. Burford Hooke' and J. Jenkins, M.A., took a leading part. The Welsh Nonconformist services were held as follows —On Wednesday evening, at 7 p.m., at Bethel Chapel, Vale road, and the Warren road chapel. On Thursday, at 7 a.m., at the Congregational chapel, Queen street; 10 a.m., at the Baptist chapel, Water street 2 p.m., at Brunswick chapel; and at 6 p.m., at Clwyd street chapel, which was filled in every part. Special hymns suitable for the occasion had been printed and were distribu- ted gratis for the use of the congregations. At the three last services on Thursday col- lections were made in aid of the funds of the British Schools — and the total sum (not including those made at the English services) amounted to £ 10 8s. 2^d. At the afternoon service the Rev. Ishmael English services) amounted to £10 8s. 2;td. At the afternoon service the Rev. Ishmael Evans delivered a powerful address, and in strong terms condemned the unbecoming use of the words "Thanksgiving Day" made so prominent on the placards announcing the football match then going on. At the even ing service the Rev. John Williams, Elwy Villa, delivered an excellent address and he also expressed the strongest disapproval of the disrespect shewn by the young men of the town towards the religions services of that day and he appealed to the large congrega- tion:to put their faces resolutely against irreli. gion in every shape and form. The Church of England services held as follows :—Morning at 11 a.m., in English, at St. Thomas' Church. Preacher, the Rev. Canon Woodward, of Liverpool. At 6 p.m., at Trinity Church, in Welsh. Preacher, the Rev. T. W. Vaughan, Vicar of Rhuddlan.

MR. GLADSTONE AND IRELAND. Mr. J. W. Laws, Newcastle, having called Mr. Gladstone's attention to Sir M. H. Beach's recent speech respecting Ireland, the Premier replies as follows through Mr. Hamilton Mr. Gladstone never said in his speech at Edinburgh last month that he knew nothing about Ireland in and 1880. He merely implied that witli-tlie information afforded by the late Government to Parliament neither he nor ally oiie know the extent of the crisis which was impending. In noticing the comparison of agrarian crime in Ireland which Sir M. H. Beach instituted,Mr.Gladstone might point out the different state in which in this respect the late Govern- ment found and left the country. In 1873 and 1*74 agrarian offences amounted respectively to 2.), and 213. 11118-11) and 1880 they numbered 8(i3 and

MWROG'S TESTIMONIAL. To the Editor of tit-. RHYL ADVEETISEB. Sir,—Do 3'ou know what has become of the above P I threw in my mite when the thing was first moved, but I have never heard of the presen- tation.—Yours See., A SRBSCBIBEE. 4

HARVEST THANKSGIVING AT ST. ASA PEI. To the Editor of the RIIYL ADVERTISER. Sie,—The parishioners generally were not more surprised than were your correspondents A Church woman and A Humble Member of the Church Militant," to find upon entering the Pari-h Church on the occasion of the recent Harvest Thanksgiving Services that it was not decorated as has always been the case hitherto for many years. I can endorse "A Churchwoman's remark, and at the same time reply to "A Humble Member's question by saying that m-iny ladies would gladly and willingly have come forward had the oppor- tunity been offered to them. The reason appears to have been that the day was fixed by the Bishop at a very short notice, to suit his own convenience, in place of a later date in the month eriginaliy intend- ed aud there was therefore ht:Ie. if am*, time ro i irq church. This haste had likewise an eti<e! on rhs i musical portion of the service, to which A Humble Member alludes— as well as that of the cvening (Welsh)—which had to be hurriedly prepared and as only a very few of the usual clioir did attend ili the afternoon although the majority were expected to do 80—some friends joined in the singing at the last moment; but I must add that I the Psalms were chanted—net quietly read, as vour correspondent asserts. He also seems to imply that the Cathedral Choir should have been present on such a joyous occasion. No doubt they would have been there, had they been invited, but their assist- ance was not considered necessary, as the Parish choir were supposed, as I said, to be in attendance and moreover, similar services had already been held in the Cathedral on September 29th. As to the sermon, I will not venture auy remark. A Humble Member" fuither states that he on- quired where were all the clergymen. &c. enumerating them. I answer that with the excep- tion of the aed Senior Vicar all were present at the service; and though doubtless they lamented, as others did, the lack of decoration in tho church, ) khey could hardly be held responsiole under the cir- cumstances for that want. If your corespondent had pursued his enquiries a littla further he would have discovered that the state of things he discovered and he deplored was the exception and not the rule; and in such a case I hardly think he would have been so hasty in drawing the conclusion he did, and which would- if it ever came to pans-be indeed a conclusion to many good works at present carried on in the little city of St. Asaph, without respect to persons or creeds.-I am, yours faithfully, A CITIZEN.

RIIY L- CORRECTION.—The Rev. D. Burford Hooke wishes us to correct an unfortunate error which appeared in his letter on Christ Church" in our last issue. The word r.oi was omitted before the word willingly in tha list sentence- The context would at once show the general reader that this little, but im- portant, word bad been omitted. Among the list of successful candidate? at the preliminary examination of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland we arc pleased to find the name of Mr H. E. Roberts, son of Mr R. Roberts, B'-yn Farm, Towyo. APPOINTMENT.—We understand that Mr R. Simcock. Water street, has been appointed by Messrs Woodyer and Sons, of Great Yarmouth, sole agent for their celebrated (priza medali cured herrings. Direct from Yarmouth thrice weekly.—Advt. o2-> THE WESLEYAN CONNEXION AND THE SAB RATff SCHOOL.—As we intimated last week, Sunday, the 1 j[.h inst., in accordance with a recommendation of the Conference held at Burslem in August, was set apart throughout the whole of the Connexion as a day for special prayers to be offered on behalf of the Sabbath Schools, and for the Salvation of the young. This recommendation was loyally carried out in Rhyl, by both the English and the Welsh chorches. At the English Cbapel, morning and evening,the Rev. E. Lloyd Jones preached to large congregations—the chapel in the evening being quite fnll-and his forci- ble and impassioned addresses were listened to with rapt attention. In the afternoon a special service for the young was held, at which appropriate addresses were delivered. At the "Welsh chapel a prayer meeting was held in the afternoon, the schoolroom being well filled. Addi'rises were also delivered by Mr A. Humphreys, Mr James Davies, and Mr W. Bridge, of Liverpool. CHRIST CHURCH.—At a meeting of the build- ing committee, on Friday, the Rey. D. tl. Hooke presiding, it was unanimously agreed to withdraw the application and thus release the town commissioners from their promise to sell the small piece of land in Water Street. The plats of the new church and lecture hall are being modified, and it is hoped that no more time will be lost in proceeding with the < building. RHTL YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.! -We understand the following gentlemen have promised lectures during the coming winter season :—Principal Reichel and Prof. Henry Jones (University college) Mr. De Ranee; T. Morgan Owen, Esq., H.M.I; Revs W. Glanffrwd Thomas; E. Lloyd Joneg J. Jerkins, M.A., and Dr. Easterby, St. Asaph. French and German classes are now being formed under Professor J. B. Hart-h, and a shorthand class under Mr. Gramiin azi a Parliamentary Debating Society. DEPARTURE of THE RKV. F. P A T- E. 0,1 Wednesday afternoon last the first c'sewing meeting" for the ensuing winter in c,-)Li. nection with the English Wesleyan Congre. gation in this town was held at the school- room adjoining the chapel. The Rev. F Payne evinced his great interest in and his wishes for the success of the movement by presenting the tea on the occasion and a large company assembled, not merely to; inaugurate the series, but also to show their i respect for Mr Payne. On the motion of 2\1! Joseph Williams, seconded by Mr W. Daniels, i and supported by the Rey. E. Lloyd Jon*s. a j hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Payne and Miss Coax; all present being unanimous in their expressions of deep regret at their departure from the town. The Rev. Mr Payne left Rhyl on Thursday for Colwyn Bay. where he has erected a magni- ficent villa for a residence and on the same; day the Rev. W. Foster, B.A., took up hie residence at Epworth Lodge. NORTHERN WELSH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.— The draw for the first ties for the Challenge Cup, now held by Bangor Football Club. took place on Monday at the Erskine Arms Hotel. Conway, Mr. Ingleton (Carnarvon) in the chair. The draw was as follows :—Western Division :—Carnarvon Colts v. Bangor, Beau- maria v. Carnarvon A.C., Carnarvon Heroes v. Bangor A.C., Portmadoc a bye. Eastern j Division .• Conway v. Colwyn Bay, Rhyl v. Llanduduo, Llanrwst a bye, but to play Port- madoc at Llanrwst. The first tie to be played before the first Saturday in November, on the ground of the first named olub in each tie drawn. PLEASANT EVENIXGB." We are glad te see that thfse high-class entertainments, which proved so popular h;t winter, are not t) be abandoned. Toe fi is to be held in the Town Hdl on Monday, under the presidency of Capt E. D. W ynn, Jones and it is hoped to continue them alternate Monday evening. As a fair example of a Tory workingman's intelligence the following incident may be of service. Prior t) the demonstrations at Denbigh on Monday, a group of local politicians of all shades,and opinions were gathered together in an old established hostelry in Vale Street. Two of them were discussing the affiairs of Egypt in general and about the battle of Tel-el-kebir in particular. In the debate a Tory working- man expressed a desire to see Tel-el-kebir, adding" I am pure he is a d-- of a man." He wondered why the company laughid VISIT OF THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION TO RHYL. -At, a meeting of the committee of the Con- gregational Union of North Wales, held at Liverpool on Tuesday, March 24th and 25th were named as the days on which the Annual Assembly will be held at Rhyl. It was agreed to ask the Rev S. Pearson, M.A., to preach the Union sermon. Meeting in Rhyl, so cen- trally situated, large gatherings are expected from all parts of North Wales. "WHAT IS THE WORLD A CUING To."—A young men grow more effeminate, as undoubt- edly that class of them styled mashers" do young ladies (save the mark) get more masculine. Male mashers are now too "utterly ntter" to exist almost, and the mention of a meersehaum would send them to a dead faint, and even the sight of a Hav annah would spoil their appetite to such an extent that a curried shrimp would be more than a meal for them. But to our sabj ct. A masher (that is a male masher) cannot go beyond a little beauty or a Richmond Gem." but alas for his female equivalent! Large" and stronger the cigar, greater the gusto of the female smoker, or at least so it would appear from the performances of those three young ladies, who enjoyed their weeds on Monday evening on the Rhyl Promenade There were the three red lights of the Hav annahs like danger signals at a railway junction, and the bine smoke cmrledupin volumes that suggested the idea that three Virginian planters had met to discuss a whiff." The fair smokers were evidently not novices at the game "-o. ENGLISH GOOD TEMPLARY.—A meeting of the members of Cl vydian Lodge was held on Tuesday last in the Baptist Schoolroom, Sussex street, Mr Joseph Williams (Gas Office) being the Worthy Chief Templar. Three fresh members were received into the Lodge. It was agreed to dispose with the usual pro gramme on Tuesday next, and to throw open the meeting free to the public, as the Rev. Joseph J. Cooper has promised to give his admirable lecture on Broken Fetters." All interested in the temperance cause should attend- SCARCITY OF WATER.—As our readers are aware, poeple who are dependent on the Ihyl and District Water Company, for water have lately been on short allowance In this res- pect Rhyl, has been, and is better off than any other neighbourhood within the district for here the company have lenycefndy works to fall upon in case of emergency, and latterly our sole supply has been Penyoefndy ^"at;r. The Liaiiefyad reservoir appears from the report cf four gentlemen who visited the place on Thursday, to be all but dried up. As a matter of fact the water is five feet below the base of the pole denoting the height of the water, and to all appearances there ia no replenishment. This long contiune I draught therefore becomes a serious question for all concerned. The company have taken every possible means to control the exp -n* ditnre of water, and had it not been for the good management of the officials at would have been exhausted long ago. PROPERTY SALE -On Wednesday last, at the Mostyn Arms, Newmarket. Messrs Ainswo 'h and Co., offered for sale by public competition some very valuable freehold property situa e ■ in that village. There was a large attendance and the bidding was of a spirited character. Several of the lots were, however, withdrawn the reserved o.ioes not being exceeded Mr T. Roberts, The BLick" became the purchaser of nineteen plots of bail ding or garden land at A freehold cottage, b;aciismltb Is shop forge and garden, together with a freeh ILl stable and garden, were knocked down to the Rev. Benjamin Hughes, for £ 65. VISITORS.—M'-s Butler, Rtiyl Mr and Mrs Fletcher, Birmingham Mrs Bennett, Walsail Mr and Mrs Guest. Warrington.

DEATH OF THE REV JAMES RICHARD OWEN. The above venerable and esteemed gentle. man snddeniv passed away on Monday after- noon last at Rhyl in his 7;>d year. Mr. Owen had in consequence of failing health, resigned the living of Llanferres, Meld, in 1833. On Monday afternoon he called to see a near relative, and expired shortly after arriving there. Many in RhyJ will miss his genial face, and his friendly conversations, and his urbanity of manner ai d fatherly demeanour had endeared him to all who bad the good fortune of his acquaintance. The Rev. James Richard Owen, was born at Beaumaris in 1811, and was the son of Mr. Owen Owen, a surgeon in one of the Cavalry Regiments. He was educated at the Beaumaris Grammar school, and afterwards at Je"T! coil'-ge. Oxford, where he obtained his B.A. in 1834, and his M.A. in 1838. In 1825 he was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Oxford, and in 1830 a priest by the Bishop of St. Asapu. From IS8,j to 1864, he was per- petual curate of Rhyi. and was therefore one of those who saw Rbyl growing as it were from a small village to a fashionable watering place and it may be fairly said that he indeed was one of the pioneers of this town, for we find that he was a member of the depotation which went to London to apply for the first Improvement Act Rhyl ever obtained, and was also a member of the first Board of Com missioners, and remained a member while he he was resident in Rhyl. We believe that from Rhyl he was promoted to the rectory of Llan- ferres While at Rbyl the Rev. Mr. Ovren wii qualified as a magistrate for Flintshire, being sworu a justice of the peace on the 15th of Oct. 184.5, aud was the Senilrr magistrate. He married Mary, eldest daughter of Thomas Hughes, Esq, Bodfor and tilanmorfa. Rhyl, who survives him. Mr. Oqeu also left two sons and a daughter, the Rev. James Hughes Oven,B A chaplain of the 13romptou Hospital; Mr. R >bert Eiwa-d Owen, Surgeon of Beau- maris and Mrs Farpbrilge, wife of C. W. Farsbridge, Esq., Cbelford, Cheshire. The funeral took place yesterday. The de. ceased gentleman was interred in the family vault at Llanynye.

The Rev. G J. Davies, who has resigned the vicarship of Bettws-y-coed, owing to ill-health, has been presented by his parishioners with an illuminated address. Mr David Jones, aged 73, of the National Provincial Bank, Aberystwyth, died very suddenly on Thursday night. A Conservative demonstration which was to be h-l Shrewsbury on November, has been put oil in consequence of the altered aspect of the Tnm.-iii^e «pie-»fion "illee the publication of the rcli-:T ribnti,n s-'heme 1 The LIay Hall colliery strike has terminated. The nipn agreed that the price of raising coal should be the same, but accepted a reduction of j 2d per ton in the rate paid for getting slack, and day wages were reduced from 310 2d per day to 3s, being about 5: per cent. At a recent meeting of the members of the Blue Ribbon Army at Shrewsbury, Mr J. W. Woodall announced that he had m.,morialized the Lord Chancellor against Mr Alderman Southam, who was a holder of licenses and the owner and lessee of a number of public-houses, being appointed a borough magistrate. The following letter has been received by the Eisteddfod Committee:—" 10, Downing-street, Whitehall, Oct. 16, 1881. Sir-Mr Gladstone desires me to forward to you the enclosed draft for £ 10, with his best wishes in aid of the general fund of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.— I am, sir.) our obedient servant, (signed) E. W. HAMILTON. W. M. Roberts, Esq." At Pencader, Carmarthenshire, last week, a lad named Bevan was shot dead by his companion. It appears the boys had taken out a double-barrelled gun to shoot rabbit* in a cover, when the elder lad Davies, in raising the gun, caused it suddenly to explode and kill his comrade. Bevan's chest was discovered to be literally riddled with shot. The jury, at the coroner's inquiry on Wednesday, returned a verdict of "Accidental death," and severely censured the boy Davies. The Bishop of Lichfield (says Truth) ought to have the gratitude of many congregations in his diocese His lordship has formulated a series of rules to regul ite preaching by newly-ordained deacons. ID the first place the de lcon has no formal licence to preach in church though he may try his 'prentice-hand in I- miswion chapels and school-rooms." When he is required to preach in church he is merely to read a discourse from a prescribed list, which may be shortened if necessary." Last and most drastic rule of all, the curate is to preach an original sermon once a month, which sermon," says the Bishop, "he will be required to seud to me on the following day f r my examinatiion." It is an excellent idea to put a check upon the pulpit eloquence of some of ttie rawer recruits of the ministry. I only hope the bishop, in looking over his excercises, will give special "marks" for the inestimable virtues of conciseness and brevity. ==============—:

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS — The chittf wonder pi modern times -This incomparable medicine in- creases the appitite. strengt,ieuti the at-mtt-,h. cleanses the liver, corrects billi u"ne", prevent- flatulency, purifies the system, invigorates tht- nervrs, and re instates sound health fhe enor- mous dpniiDd for these Pills throughout th; globe astonishes everybody, and a single trial convinces the most sceptical that no medicine equals Hollo- ways Pills in its ability to remove all complaint s incidental to the human race. They are a bless- ing- to the afflicted, and a boon to all that labour under internal or external disease. The purific- ation of the blood, removal of all restraint from the secretive oigaus, and gentle operative action art the prolific sources of the extensive curative range of Holloway'* Pills. THROAT IERITATION AND COUOH.—Soreness and dryuess, tickling and irritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice. or these symptoms use Epps', Glycerine Jujubes. In contact with the plants at the moment they are excited by the of sucking, the Glycerine in these agreeable conf, ction- become actively healing. Soid nuiy in boxes 7d, tllJ- Is H., labelled "JAMES Epps & Co., Homoe >pathi; Chemists, London." Dr Geoge Moore, in his work on ''Nose and Throat Diseases," savs "Tht Glycerine Jujubes prepared by James. Epps and Co., are of undoubted service as a curative or palliative agent." While Dr Gordon Holmes, Senior Physician to the Municipal Throat and Ear Infirmary, writes After an extended trial, T. have found your Glycerine Jujubes of consider- able benefit (with or without medioal treatment) in almost all formi of thiWftt diron.

MISCELLANEOUS." At Hagen, in Westphalia, eight persons have b&ftr suffocated by a fire. The ste mer Estado de Sonora has been wreckeo off La Paz, on the Mexican coast. All hands were lost. Susan Pond. a cook in service at Kensington. k. been turned to death through reading in bed t- candlelight. A colonel of gendarmerie in Odessa shot himself (,\ Wednesday. He is said to have been politically o-r»it»- promised. A young man named M'Kinlay, of Toiler'v, Airdrie, has just died of injuries received whilst intf football. Considerable complaint is being made in various par-b of the United States on account of the continued drought. Proposals have been made to the Government foi the establishment of telegraphic communication with the We-t African colonic. Her Majesty's ship Nelson has arrived at i Bay, oaa proclaimed a British protectorate. the south-eastern coast of New Guinea, President Arthur will. in January next, mln eldest daughter of Mr. Secretary Frehnghuyjc-i!. v ir. is very popular in Washington society. M. E. Wlasoff, a young Russian nobl?p-f,^ v eu known in Parisian society, has c,mi:, f. He had lost a considerable sum at p- A man named Spence has M" "V ;n Zululand to claim a reward from tv- < -r the discovery of a valuable Lz o rt In the French Chamber a bill "Tr. '• de nuniber of decorations to the serving in the Tonquin and Mad, car < has just been adopted. A labouring man named Zacha IV- ? just died at Rochester at the ot recently he was in full possession or and remarkably active. Mr. Harrison, who was thrown from 1. hunting with the Queen's staghounds, Ascot. from concussion of the brain. e ,1 gentleman was a resident of Esher. Neil M'Kechnie, found guilty at Glasgo. opened eight letter-boxes, stolen a numb, and committed a burglary at a private In sent to penal servitude f- r 10 years. i ue Birmingham quarter sessions on y L George Robert Lee, who was alleged to Bitted frauds on the falae pretence that "Rev. G. R. Lee, LL.D." was acquitted. The funeral of the Hon. Gilbert Leigh. whose body arrived on the previous day at Sr Abbey from America, took place on Wednesday parish church of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. There has again been some rioting between C .1 and Liberal partisans in different Belgian notably at Courtrai and Hasselt. Ir) a villf. Malines a shot was firtd npon a group of causing the death of one person and the worn four others. A trap in which Mr. John Catteson, contract,. Mr. William Ascough, butcher, were return; night to Middlesborough from Yarm Fair, turned near Stockton racecourse. Both occu were thrown out, and Mr. Catteson received inj u from which he died next morning. The executive of the Rhondda Valley mmert representing at least 50,000 workmen, have passed reiiolution expressing strong disapproval of the new mining regulations of the Home Office, and a-dv^ing the appointment of additional sub-inspectors of mines as the best guarantee for the safety of life and limb. In consequence of the stagnation of trade, many of the spinners in Dundee are putting off portions of their machinery, and several firms are contemplating running short time. All the ship-building yards save one are now closed, and much distress is expected to prevail amongst the working classes daring the winter. A Yarmouth smack master named Moore was, ea Wednesday, committed for trial on the charge ef wil- fully murdering his wife. It WM shewn that quarreie had taken place between the husband tad wife, ia consequence of her alleged infidelity. The Wound i»- flicted upon the woman was a terrible one, almott severing the head from the body. A serious explosion has occurred is the karbovr II Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, on bottd French brig laden with coal and lying at anchor. Three men re- ceived such severs injuries that they died shortly afterwards, and several others were badly injured. The deck was blown up, and the rigging and wthec parts of the vessel were damaged. The wife of the claimant, with her two illegitimate chi drem, born since bar husband'. imprisonment, h" bem for iome years an inmate of the South Stone- ham Union. At the last meeting of the guardians the advisability of calling upon the claimant to take the woman from the workhouse was discussed. Th* subject was left over until the next meeting. A warrant has been isaued for the arrest of M. Daumas, a municiptd councillor of Marseilles, who i8 ch.rg, d with having appropriated to himself 17,0001. in cheques which had been confided to him for distri- bution among the sufferers from cholera. It is said that Daumas has succeeded in making his escape to Italy. It is reported that other municipal councillors are compromised in the affair, S, me important experiments are to be made at the mouth o ■ the Medway with a new torpedo. It it stated that it can be steered from the point at which it is discharged to the objer t at which it is directed, an advantage possessed by none other. A p ehmmary trial has been made in the Medway with satisfactory results. The Dew torpedo will also carry a heavies charge than any at preaent in use. A writ of mandamus has been served on the mh or and town clerk of Limerick, at the suit of the la spector General and Receiver of the R,,yai Irifii con- stabulary, requiring the corporation to levy a rate on the city sufficient to pay the sum 01 £ 1 450 due or the expenses of extra constabulary in the GIRTH r to shew cause to the contrary. The wr. tis refn ■ e in the Court cf Queen's Bench, Ih lc.ii, on tne 4th November. The mayors of all the borou In Kent, chairmen of local boards, nearly the •• t. iv justices, and a large proportion o' c ve siened a memorial praying for the ( rfp iLe Inhabited House Duty, on thegrou. paid twice-first, by the landlord ».i-.»i*-r: > and, secondly, by the occupier and "at 4 i yo operates agamBt an improved kind of b .l.. f i e poorer and middle classes. A publican who has been in business over half a century, who has already buriu es and is in his Blat year, presented himself ■ tingham church on Wednesday with hi. i bride, aged 40, who has recently been í keeper. An interested person eoming to N i bv the same train discovered that the wee .s about to take place, and arrived at the chur n a time to stop the ceremony, on the ground of 1 publication of the banns. Lord Marcus Bereaford has appeared street, to answer a summons charging Iu h assaulting Mr. T. G. Bowles, the propr; f Vanity Fair. The proceedings arose out of a graph which appeared in the prosecutor's ]oi: <i with reierenoe to the eaee of Mrs. Tre»elyan, :■ has recently appeared aa defendant at several ol metropolitan police-oourta. The ease was adjour 1 for the convenience of the defendant's sol, e although the proseovtor protested against ti-, necessary delay. fhe financial position efthe Maaebeetsr Unit Oddfellows is stated to be as follows :—573,866 i bars, who possess a total capital of £ 6,519,597, a: crease of £ 187,986 during the past year, and t;. to an average of £ 9 12s. 4 £ d. per mansbt-r. The ceipts for the year amounted to £ 818,840, of wh £ 603,808 was from members' contributions, OW,O. from interest on inverted capital, and 912,093 from initiation fees. During tbe rear £ 454,108 was paid for sick benefits, and £ 107,ISO for funeral paymeoU on the death of members. Mr. William O'Briea, M.P., leeturiag on Wedses. day night in Cork, os England's lost opportunities," said that England instead of treating Ireland as a. sister, treated her as an exacting mistreat would do. Mr. Trevelyan had gone to-day an £ it the Irish people stood loyally by Mr. Parnate Earl Spenoer would mo to-morrow, and possibly Eat- lish rule in Ireland the day aftw. Since they parted with buckshot" Fonter^there had been so sach proof of Irish opinion and English misrale is IreUa# as Mr. Trevelyan's depertwe. Two men, named Maodenald and Thompeon, were charged at the Middleesx Ssccioaa on Wednesday, with stealing a watch in the street. The CMOs" was proved, and it was she" "t both own had been previously oonvioted. They wese eaeh eentenoed t* seven penal servitude. When the eeatencs eras pronounced Macdonald endeavoured te etrike a police-sergeant who had given evidence against IU8 and the other prisoner also threatened the annctehln While riding, Mr. Whwtoa. a North P:iiM magistrate, was attacked by ataa oaawd Sewia. api arentiy a tramp, who seised the km Owd dt-iiiauded lir W hartoa's purse. A severe struggle en ued, and Mr. What toe was being oeryaweiej when assistance arrivMLand theassnilamt wasfcnochai down and aecured. Tbe Gaiabeioagh Magistrate* aft- rwards sent him to prison fer two months. Petitions have baen forwarded to tbe Qaeea pray* ing her to place herself personally at the hea4: of the harbours of refuge movement, and to lead bee people to save the lives of sailors and fishermen by providing places of safety in time of stem and urgent danger. It is stated that Mr. CShea, Liberal Home Rufe member for Clare, has determined to abandon his commercial pursuits, including the obainDaDahif of the Union Bank of England and Spain, in ordea to devote himself more thoroughly to politics. 1r1r.' O'Stiea will be remembered as the negotiator of the s >-c:ailed Kilmainuam Treaty. Hitherto he haa sat on the Ministerial side of the House, bit has mam tallica Lis friendship w;th M, Parneii, with whom, It"" supposed in some qua ters, he intends, when Ilk" ex t general election occurs, to coalesce. .Preparations are being made in the new Admiralty Dock at St. Petersburg for laying the keel of a htW, armour-plated frigate cf larger size than any existing Russian frigate, the Peter the Great not excepted. At a meeting of German manufacturers of sugar held in Berlin, it has been reaoived not to take com pulsory measures to reduoe the cultivation of beet- root, which they thought would naturally dwiinisk).

through the House of Lords—these men would at the present moment be secure in their electoral privileges (a Voice "Lord Salisbury's work") But for them in the course of a few weeks even now they would obtain their rights. Well, for years the Tories openly resisted every extension of the suffrages. They were consistently opposed to the introduction of political power to the masses of the people. Now that they fiudir dangerous to maintain this argument of exclusion, they are seeking for pretexts and pretences by which they can delay what they dare not any longer deny (cheers.) The House of Lords, gentlemen, refused Catholic Emancipation until it was extortsd from them by the threat of revolution. They maintained as long as they dared the iniquitous penal-laws by which the life of every Irishman was at the mercy of the dominant class ("Shame"). They have at all times rejected or delayed every measure intended to secure a more popular and effective representa- tion of the wishes of tho people, and they have mangled or postponed or thrown out, from first to last, from the time of the rnion down to the present day, every bill which was intended to give to the Irish tenant his fair interest in the land which he had tilled, and to give him some guarantee for che product of his industry and his thrift ("Shame") Again and again the solution has been delayed until it has been too late. Hie offer of peace has been refused until at last demands which could not be resisted have been tardily conceded. It has been of no avail, and no gratitude has been earned because none has been deserved (hear, hear.) Well, then, I come to the case which, as I said, would have, perhaps, greater interest for the audience that I address. LOGIC THE LORDS. In the course of his able speech Mr Chamberlain went on to say:—Suppose that the Government intend to bring in this unfair bill, how would the House of Lords be in a worse position for rejecting it if it had passed the Franchise Bill than now (" None at all") ? They would have exactly the same power of rejecting the Redistribution Bill that they have already exercised in regard to the Franchise Bill, and surely they would stand better before the country in the eyes of every sensible and reasonable man if they reserved their opposition for the bill of which they could justly disapprove, instead of wantonly chucking out a bill the princi- ples of which they profess to agree with (cheers). Why, gentlemen, can there be anything more ab. surd than this pretence that the House of Lords threw out a bill which they acknowledge to be good because they fear that sometime or another somebody will bring in a bill which they expect will be bad (laughter) P Why, it is as ridiculous as if a man were to refuse a JE.5 Bank of England note when it was offered to him by his debtor be- cause he suspected that it was his intention to pay his next account with a forged cheque (laughter). A man would be a fool or a lunatic who did any- thing of the sort (laughter and cheers). A sensi- ble tradesman would take good money, and he would wait till the forged cheque was really pre- sented before he attempted to deal with it (cheers). And, therefore, the conclusion to which I come, and to which my argument has been addressed, is that all this pretence of love for the franchise is absurd (cheers), is insincere, and that the Lords dread the franchise as much as they possibly can any scheme of redistribution, and that they only seek that the two be put together because they hope in that way to destroy both at the same time (renewed cheers). Well, then, now that brings me to the second question which I have to address to you. Are the Lords to dictate to us, the people of England (loud cries of No "), the laws which we shall make,and the wy in which we shall bring them in. Are you going to be governed by your- selves (loud cries of Yes "), or will you submit to an oligarchy which is the mere accident of birth (renewed cries of "No") ? Your ancestors resis- ted kings and abated the pride of monarchs. It is inconceivable that you should be so careless of your great heritage as now to submit your liberties to this miserable minority of individuals, who rest: their claims upon privilege and upon accident (cheers). I saw the other day that Sir Stafford Northcote, when he was speaking in the north, said that I never spoke about the House of Lords without showing that I was animated by spite against that assembly. Well, I must say that is a very unnecessary observation, and if I had not a very great respect for Sir Stafford Northcote I should say it was a very silly one (laughter). Why should I have any sp te against the House of Lords ? I have always thought that it was a very picturesque institution (laughter),attractive (laugh- ter), from its connection with the history of our country. 1 have no desire to see a dull uniformity of social life, and I am rather thankful than other- wise to gentlemen who will take the trouble to wear robes and coronets, and who" ill keep up a certain state of splendour which is very pleasant to look upon (hear, hear). They are ancient monu- ments (laughter), and I should be very sorry to deface them (laughter). But then, gentlemen, I den't admit that we can build upon these interes- ting ruins the foundations of our government (hear, hear). I cannot allow that these antiquities should oontrol the destinies of a free empire (cheers) and when they press their claims without discre- tion and without moderation, when they press them to an extreme which even their predecessors have never contemplated, then I say they provoke inquiry (hear, hear) and a controversy which cannot but end in their humiliation (cheers). THE PEBBS AND THE NONCONFORMISTS IN WALES. Well then, I come to the case which, as I said would have, perhaps, greater interest for the audience that I address. Wales, gentlemen, has been, is now, and I hope ever will be, the home of a vigorous, self-respecting, and independent religious work. (Cheers) The people of Wales have their own ministers and teachers, whom they have learned to revere and respect—(cheers)—and under whose guidance they have obtained a simplicity of life and a standard of morality which cannot be exceeded in any other part of the United Kingdom. (Cheers) Well, how has the House of Peers treated the Non- conformists of Wales and of the rest of the kingdom ? (Cheers). In old times it prosecuted you. Then it innulted you. The days of heavy oppression are perhaps removed, but the slights and insults still remain, and you are far from the equality which is your due—(cheers)—from the time which, however, I hope is within our view—(renewed cheeiin>r) — when the last shred of inequality and inferiority shall be removed—(continued cheers)—and the last badge of serfdom torn fromyourshoulders. (Cheers.) The treatment by the House of Lords of the Dis- ganteiihas exceeded in injustice almost anything which can be brought against it in reference to any part of its proceedings. The House of Lords maintained until 1828 the Test and Corporation Acts, by which the Dissenters wero precluded from serving their country in any local office of profit or of honour. In 1834 they refused to repeal a bill which made the lioense of the bishop of the diocese necessary before twenty men could meet together for common worship. In 1836 they insulted the Dissenters by requiring that their banna of marriage should be read before Boards of Guardians. In 1839 they refused the education grant because Dis- senters were to share in it. (Cries of "Shame.") Five times in their history they rejected bills for abolishing the iniquitous church rate. Three times they refused bills which would have given the Dis- senters the consolation of the presence of their own ministers at the graves of those whom they had loved and lost. (Cheers). Gentlemen, at this moment you are interested, and it is greatly to your credit, in the higher education of the Principality. You are anticipating much from those colleges which are being so vigorously promoted but you will owe very little to the House of Lords for the higher education and the culture of D ssenters. j (Hear, hear ) As long as they could they did everything in their power to prevent it, and four times from 1834 to 1870 they rejected bills for the abolition of the tests which deprived Nonconfor- mists of the prizes at the national universities, except at the sacrifice of their conscientious scruples. (Hear, hear.) No, gentlemen, I have no spite against the House of Lords but as a Dissenter— (loud and prolonged cheers)—I have at account to settle with them—(renewed cheers)—and I promise you I will not forget the reckoning. I boast a descent of which I am as proud as any baron may be of the title which he owes to the smiles of a kiuir or to the favoue of a king's mistress—(cheers and laugh te)—fo I can claim decent from one of the two thousand—one of the ejected members who iu the time of tha Stuarts left home and work and profit rather than accept a State-made creed which it was sought to force upon them. (Loud cheers ) And for that reason, if for no other, I share your hopes and your aspirations, and I resent the insults, the injuries, and the injustice from which you haw Suffered so long at the "hands of a privileged assem- bly. (Renewed cheers.) But the eup is nearly full. ("Continued cheering). The cireer of high-bandtxl j wrong is coming to an end. (Cheers). The House of Lords have alienated It eland; they have op pressed the Dissenters they now oppose the en- franchisement of tli-? people. (Cries of Shame.") We have been too long a peer ridden nation, and I hope yu will say to them that if they will not bow to the L andate of the people they shall lose for ever the authority which they have so long- abused. The Right Honourable gentleman resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic cheering, after! having spoken about three quarters of au h.m". Mr. Stuart Rendel, M.P., proposed a resolution protesting against the rejection of the Franchise Bill by the Honse of Lords, whereby electoral rights have been witheld from two millions of mei, and declaring that a continuance of the opposit- ion of that House should be resisted to the utmost by the Liberal party, and every effort made to aeoure the passing of that measure in the next MMioa of Parliaident." The Rev. Ellis Edwards, who spoke in Welsh, t seconded the resolution, which was supported by Captain Veruey, and carried unanimously. Mr Osborne Morgan, M.P., who was enthusias- tically received, moved the next resolution as follows That this meeting is of opinion that the claim which is IDP.cle by the House of Lords to decide as fo when, and under what conditions Parliament should be dissolved, is a violation of the principles of the Constitution and earnestly hopes that, should the Peers again reject the Franchise Bill, her Majesty's Government will take suoh steps as they may think advisable to defend the rights and liberties of the people, and compel the House of Lords to pass that measure." This was seconded by Mr. Morgan Lloyd, M.P. (whe spoke in Welsh) and carried. Votes of thanks to Mr. Chamberlain and the Chairman brought the meeting to a close. Mr. Cornwallis West entertained the distinguish- ed speakers at Ruthin Castle, and the party was escorted through Denbigh by a procession of torch bearers, and castle hill was ablaze with a bonfire.