Wrexham Guardian

I THE RAILWAY DISASTER. The Shipton accident, appalling in its tragic phase, conres home to us in this neighbourhood with exceptional poignancy, j Friends and neighbours have been cut off in the pride of life, others are bruised almost unto death, and homes which were radiant with the glorious happiness of Christnaastide are now hushed in grief which cannot be solaced. The Abergele calamity happened at our doors, and it was a holocaust which cannot be recalled to mind without sending a shudder through the stoutest heart. But still it did not touch the feelings of the people of this district so keenly as does the no less awful catastrophe near Oxford. There were familiar faces in that doomed train-faces that now dwell only in the memory. We knew them in robust health, not a few of us were watching for their return, looking forward to a joyful reunion at the festive season. But alas! how little does man know what the next moment may bring forth how ignorant is he of the next page of life, or how instantly the whole prospect may be changed. At one moment the crowded train was a scene of gaiety and delight, the passengers speculating on the heartfelt salutations in store for them, reckoning up the presents and love-tokens to be inter- changed among joyful friends, and forecasting in the vivid fancy the pleasures ot the brief holiday. The next moment supervenes a mishap small in itself, but sufficient to work desolation in the mirthful prospect. A tyre breaks, the carriages oscillate, the dismembered axle grates fiercely on the rails, the couplings give way, and in the twinkling of an eye the train, with all its human freight and Christmas emblems, becomes a dismal wreck, battered and unsymmetrical. And what of the travel- lers in this scene of woe 'i Where are the stalwart men and the hopeful youths, the mothers and the maidens ? It is a sorrowful ight; some are mangled corpses buried in the debris, others are mained so that life is almost a burden to them, and there is a tragic confusion of broken timber and afflicted humanity all huddled together in a chaotic pile ly 0 at the toot of the embankment. We shall not harrow the feelings by dwelling on the picture —words are not needed to impress it on the mind; in its various incidents it wa3 a Melancholy sight, and we need hardly dis- criminate as to the relative gloom of each. The medley of disaster presented by the train is described by the eye witnesses as being painful in the extreme, but the excitement of the moment, the extrication of the wounded > I the removal of the dead, the calming of the terror-stricken, all conspired to modify the dread impression of the spectacle. Probably it was in the wooden shed at Hampton Gay and in the surgical wards of Radcliffe Infirmary that the most melancholy scenes were wit- nessed. There the bereaved relatives and friends were making eager quest for lost ones dear to them. Were they to be found in that ghastly range of stiff-and lifeless bodies, lying in double file in the outhouse of the paper- mill, as sad a battalion as Death ever mustered? Or were they among the wounded hovering r between life and death, and perhaps never destined to recognise the anxious faces that -peered with curious gaze into every bed ? This searching out of the dead and dying was truly a mournful vocation on the festival of peace and goodwill. And what heartrending incidents are to be recorded, the normal grief of ifeath intensified a thousandfold by the domestic sorrows. One gentleman had parted wiik bis e&14, «oo who bail jnst reached roan's estate, the hope and pride of the hourje; and the next meeting was in the charnel house of Hampton Gay, the son a corpse, the father bowed to the ground with grief. Mr Van Tromp's sorrow was one of the most painful features of the inquest, and the Coroner gave all the consolation which ie in man's power to offer when he said" May God comfort you." No less painful and still more sweeping is the case of the Pilkingtons, grieving to the hearts of our whole community. It was a joyful going forth, a mournful coming home. The son had finished a voyage from the far seas, and had also survived an emaciating fever—no doubt he was looking forward to Christmas joys at home, just as his parents and friends were glad in his return. The father was filling a father's part when death swallowed up both in a common grave. The father and the son did not return to Wrexham that Christmas Eve-Chevet Hey was not given up to gladness and joy on Christmas morn and evening-there was mourning where mirth was anticipated. When Mr Pilkington and his son came home after three days' interval, it was in a changed habiliment: the familiar faces and forms were there, but the bodies were poor clods of clay, no longer lighted jJp with the fire of life, which had been suddenly I extinguished at Shipton. It is impossible to paint the strange and sad transition from life to death, from the joy of Christmastide to 4he pit of sorrow, the head and the hope of a family cut off in one fell tragedy. The sympathy of the public, who respected Mr Pilkington, and whose hearts bleed for the bereaved family, can do little to alleviate so great an affliction, but at least it is sincerely I felt, and universal. The local death-roll, however. is not ex- hausted with this unhappy entry. There are other victims who perished no less sadly. Mr T. J. Hughes, just entering on a promising career as a barrister, and his cousin, Dr- Ricliards, also beginning a hopeful practice as a surgeon, were a double sacrifice in the same disaster. These young men—one 24 years the other 26—were coming home from London I to Ruabon to spend their Christmas, bftt.here again the home-coming was a sad one. The brother, Mr William Charles Hughes, expected to greet them in the fullness of health and manhood—they journeyed together in life, and came home together, in death. Then there are the cases of the Dolgelley carpenter, Humphrey Williams, who was also killed in his desire to spend Christmas amorm his own people; of Mrs White who perished while seeking to rejoin her husband at Ruabon, and of Miss Barker, who was returning to her home at Brymbo. Shrewsbury, Whitchurch, and indeed the whole countryside, each con- tributes its victims, and altogether the Great w estern Railway disaster falls with a heavy hand on this district. We have said nothing of the unfortunate sufferers—of these we have an equally distressing quota—for while there is life there is hope. That the aggregate of deaths will remain at 35 is almost too much to hope. Already, however, it is an appalling chronicle of woe, made the more sad by reason of the circumstances under which it occurred. We say nothing of the causes and responsibilities of the calamity; that is too momentous a theme to be lightly entered upon, and indeed the grief in which so many families are plunged more than suffices for the moment. If sympathy could comfort the broken hearts and heal the bleeding wounds, it is freely offered by all classes of society, for everyone feels that this is his own sorrow.

II 111— 1——III. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. "Time" has been apostrophised in so many different metaphors that the bare enumeration of them would fill all our available space. We shall not essay the grandiloquent. In plain sober English, another year is closed in the book of the Past, a new volume has been opened, and no man knows what will be written therein. The exchange of good wishes > at this season—A happy New Year "—is the expression of a hope rather than a confident assurance. Each may wish his neighbour good health and happiness, as no doubt he does in full sincerity, and if good wishes could secure these blessings they would be abundantly present in the year now begun. But we are poor puppets in the hands of Providence, to be checked and encouraged alternately, and perhaps favoured or scourged when least expecting such fickle treatment. Of the past we have careful record of the time to come we are in profound though happy ignorance. All we know is that whereas we wrote 1874," now the superscription is 1875 the silent feet of Time glide softly onwards, and as one year dies another is born, which Tennyson chants in his familiar dirge— Tc see him die, across the waste His son and heir doth ride post-haste. But hell be dead before. f Every one for his own. The night is starry and cold, my friend, And the New Year blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own. The year whose knell was tolled on Thursday at midnight is no doubt regarded with varied sentiments by all of us. It has brought crosses and blessings to every one, to none has it been uniformly unpropitious. There are probably dark clouds within the range of our constituency, but there are also rays of light and hope; pleasure and prosperity have filled many homes, while affliction has not been unknown. Life is a chequered course, and this last year's experience has in no i changed from the time that has gone before. j The heart i8.u tqajfrfo df da awn joya sorrows, the don circle the scene of ¡ personal experiencpy and dolorous into these sacred precin shall not enter, th'ey are hallowed gr( But besides the individual personal tences of the citizens, there is the collec public life of the commonwealth. Th national property, and may be discussed r in its municipal or cosmopolitan aspect. And what shall we of the History ot 1874? It is a year aorable for great incidents, yet fr e from tremendous crises that sometimes shake ttundations of t-he world. There has be convulsion in Europe, rather the natiome devoted them- selves to repairing the ras 0f antecedent calamities, and, sad to in preparing for a renewal of the tragi fe. Europe is an armed camp, and the eng of destruction are men's chief care. The Dn peninsula is still distraught with interneciLctr; the Pope proclaims infallibility from ote Flaminian gate, but has lost the Orenoqgince Victor Emmanuel undertakes to protee, from his loving subjects; France remai\n nervous trepidation for her future consjion Ger- many lies in the throes of a relus contro- versy which at any moment m&ring peril to the nation. Amidst the surroulc, dangers and discords, we, thank Heaveare still Happy England." Here peace anosperity, freedom and morality, are the chtteristics of the era. But the calm is not iml; we, too, have had our mild and safe cements to impart zest to the national lif«There was the general election which Mr Clstone sprung upon the country with so muchdden- ness and mystery, but the trick faikf its purpose, and the engineer waoist by his own petard. The Liberalsvere put out, the Conservatives came in, aietill the world wags as of yore. The Parliunt- ary session was somewhat uneventful untthe closing scenes, but the interest whidt. Stephen's lacked, the contiguous Westmiar Hall supplied. This time twelvemonth ,e Claimant was the hero of the hour he is v relegated to the congenial quiet of Millba, and Dr. Kenealy has been good enough step into the vacant place in Tichbornia. The general aspect of the British empire- covering the whole belt of the Sun's cours and this year further enlarged by the accessh of the Fijian Islands in the South Pacific- has necessarily been chequered, but the bles ings far outweigh the scourges. The awful famine with which Bengal was threatened was modified to small proportions by the welcome rain from heaven—the Ashantees succumbed to the prowess of our soldiers more speedily than was foreseen, and Africa on the West from the Gold Coast and on the East from Zanzibar will now be blessed through British hatred of man-catching and slavery. The United States and Canada are now knit together in the bonds of a reciprocity treaty, and in the Old World and the New no peril near or approaching can be descried. This is a glorious prospect that should awaken gratitude, as no doubt it does. We are greatly favoured among the nations, not only in our foreign associations, but also in our internal affairs. A rich and bountiful harvest has been showered upon us, and though manufacturing and commercial industry has experienced some curtailment, it is only a temporary check, already passing away. True, the last hours of the old year have been darkened by appalling catastrophes by sea and land—the Thorpe and the Shipton railway accidents, and, gloomiest of all, the burning of the emigrant ship in mid-ocean, are terrible legacies from the dying year. Yet, take it all in all, 1874 has been more full of blessings than scourges to the nations, and if 1875 is similarly divided between iavours and frowns, the people will have no reason to rail against Fortune.

SBanttb. \VANIFRD, & Dairy IVfaid.—iht I* /yypcsta^Arrns, Wi^ham. *s yr WANTED, in a ladies' School, jrfter the, Y^ation, Two ArticledJ>UPIt £ ^h-Addrew' Mrs WITON, 14, Grosvenor-r^A, WrymMj^ WATED, a strong active Young Man, a to read and wrrfe.—AysAv^at t Wynns Arms, Wrexham, yr WANTED, an ND BOY, able to reada»^-wfite.—Apply at the Guardian Office, W*^ £ J*Sm. WANTED, Agente to sell Jewellery^ Watches, aml/wrrijus Birmingham Goodar Wholesa# Illusfcw^d^oik, PosJ^free. Addresa^^ Henry ,^ra.y, iii^nlnghawi. frr faf' ý'- WANTED, in a Ladies' School, near Shrews bury, an W^lj4jCLED PUPIL, not under 14^ Superior Jrtvantagei mrrMr TeiJfis. 18 guineas annum.Kdress,jMAME, 22< Pos^office, Birkcnhea<\J WASTED, Cheshire, an active Young 'V Map^ -JS^E 20 years of age, to assist in the gardens and to milk one cow. Must have a good •faafSetcr —Apply at the Black Park Colliery Offices near Chirk. A CLERK is required in a Country Solici- J\. tor's O^^g00SSe accu»umed to the work of a Poor-LawEMl^roiild be preferred.—Applications, by letteL^B^fage, nature of previous employment, with srfjRrt^es^iriay be made to Messrs Adnitt and Naunton, Jfarket Square. Shrewsbury. IN a Ladies' Finishing School, in Shropshire there are VACANCIES for a few pupils Terms, 30 gumgtt J?pr yhnum, to include Board, with Tuition in Eiiglisb^Mj^tfPr'fxe'rriaD, Mu^ic, and Singing. Resident-Foreign /Governesses :jfffrofessors attend^ highesJ^QerenceSj^AwdTess, GArfif'463, Oxford-str^^ Lond TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. WANTED, a rjjspectfble Youth from 14 to IG to ac^as TEACHER in tlfefW^exh^i Boys' Ragged School^ A Tranjf^l preferred. ^S*lary liberal.—Apply, letter, fc>l4ie HoweriESRY SECRET^by.. WREXHAM UNION. COOK WANTED. "lilT ANTED, for the Workhouse of the above T Union, an active and energetic person as COOK. The duties of the person appointed will be totakechaige Of the Cooking (which is done by steam) and the dis- tribution of food, under the direction of the Master and Matron, and otherWi^ tjrt.eiyKj^issistaace in the manage- ment and discipluj^w th^xlouse. Salary £ 20 per auanum, with ratifcns^Cdu apartments. Applications, experience, with testi- monials. to sent to ffie on or before Ten o'clock on Thursday, ihe 7th January instant, on which day the election will take place, and the person appointed W.1. te expected to enter upon her duties the same day. Bv order of the Board, A J. j^ELL BURY. /J 787pr y Cle4f ————————/ APAKTMENTS.—To Joe Let, a Furnished SITTING ROOM and BEDROOM; also a Furnished PAHLOD n cjffSor two BEDROOMS, Likewise a two-staerd/sTABLE, &c.—Apply to Misw LLOYD (LAFE of Hos^streZt HqsimA, 39, Chester-str^V WrexhraT 786< OST, a Brown Eetriever Bitch. Answers, to the name "NELL," Anyone returning her to jfS MURI" nstay rms, Ruabon. jpll rev^rded. 786 a SHOP FIXTURES/ COUNTERS, &c., fop- .SALE/V^w^a at the Guardian Officer- Wrey y ay OJ 'ä1rahtmn.en' s Jtbbnsscs PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE WINTER MONTHS. W. G. HELSBY, JUNR., ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER, .24, VALE STREET, DENBIGH, I IN thanking his numerous patrons for the very li^eral^pfcport given him through the SWmra? Months, begs to inti- mate that th^veiV ^jft-essful lighting of his STUDIO^'ily enW?le>im to produce equally good in the Winter Months. Months. CARTE OF THE DENBIGH REREDOS SIX STAMPS. HOURS 10 A.M. TILL 4 P.M. j Ternw as usual. Several novelties in pro- gT$m which will be duly vertised. A t., lí4. y k V TIMBER, SLATES, BRICKS, TILES ENTS, LATHS, V SEWERAGE PIPES And spl ether Building Materials, m xT "P^MEREDITH JONES'S TIMBER YARD AND STEAM SAW MILL, CHARLES-STREET, K AM. VI Y" gTEACHAN, SEED MERCHANT AND NURSERYMAN, HIGH STREET, WREXHAM, Iffers a fine lot of4he best^sfirts of Standard and Dwarf loses, Standard à11ifPyiDfrT J'1uit Trees, Evergreen and lowering Shrud iT splendid lot of Privit and Inspection invfted at the Railway Station Nurseries, Nrexham.. J ^^ANTING CONTRi^ED FOR. IMPLEMENTS & MACHINES. PLOUGHS, Drills, Harrows, Chaff Cutters, M- Pulpers, OiIak iUs, Rollers, Horse Gears, and III other Implemen or tJ^^resent season, in c.onsider- À/e quantities to ixojm. JAMES "SON & SONS, 30RN EXCHANGE IMPLEMENT WAREHOUSE, y-y CHEST EA. 7625eC; ^CELEBRATED' O.D. WHISKEY. I WILLIAM JAMESON AND CO., W Distillers, Dublin- AGENTS IJi CHESTER JORDAN AND CO., WatbrgATE-STRBBT. WlLLIAMJAQS()N AND Co.'s O.D. WHIBKBT.—There hit* been forwarded to us by Jordan and Co., a sample of W. Jameson and Co.'s old Dublin whiskey, with a request for c^r opinion^jThe sample forwarded to us was exceedingly gooJ^JM^afe general satisfaction. This old Irisli 'whiskey^i qualities of its own sufficiently •jjosble to recommend m,. lifts of good alcoholic strength, nd its spirit has bee wed by age so that it has not Ie pungency often ist e for strength in new spirit. lis soft and p a air proportion of that peculiar Wour which to many palates commends Irish whiskey. le of the samples of Irish whiskey generally sold c«fl relate their own history they would have a Yery to tell from that of Wm. Jameson and Co.'s ^blj|fVhiskey."—Extra<j^ftom Medical Times ^•e^bruary 22nd, 187. 1 LABOUR NEWS AND EMPLOY- MENT ADVERTISER. j" PRICE ONE PENNY. ,ttic«s—l, Long Acre, Londii, WX (^enclen^Weekl^r OrgAr of Iniformation on the,, TQW £ Re^tiiremebts ot the Labour Market in brltl Home and Abread. o £ *&^ the use of Workmen, Employers, Boards ^oxieties, and all interested in the World's C&rf?' e^P*ndence is requested from all parts/ 1'b be on the table of every employer • -Luds M.en-ul"!}. "<, >0OE 6RBFHBBD, i4 wfcois frabismm's Jibtrr^s^ss. J. QLDFIELD & Co., RHYL, RAILWAY STATION COAL AND TILE YARD. BEST HOUSE COAL. No. „ J No. 2 No. 3 SECONDS No. 1 A 2°-| No. 3 PRICE LIST j/l on application. (? X 76060 ^ltTR. EDWARD W. KEATINGE, SURGEON DEN 1ST, CYNV AL VILLAS, KINMEL STREET, R H Y L For the last nine Mr^us. B. Lloyd, 33, Rodney-street (formeiy ^feold-strect), Liverpool de- sires to intimate th £ b«tie^iaycommenced practice at the above address. Atte^yrce at Mr M^cataay's,A%, Vale-Bi reet, I)^n- bigh, Wednesday. (/ 7Q^3 D W A R D OWE N/S I BUTCHER, 7, SUSSEX-STREET, RHYL, (Opposite the English Baptist Chap61). FA7HLIES BUPPUED^I'm THE BEST QUALITY OP BEEF, MUTTOI^XSMQ^'VEAL AND PORK. ALL ORDERS PROMFfLY ATTENDED TO. FINiir FLAVOURED PORK SAUSAGES. U ^HYDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT, LLANDU/NO PROPRIETOR AND MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT H. THOMAS, M.D., (LATE OF CHESTER.) TURKISH, Russian, Compressed Air, an<n cttyr Bathv Liberal diet.And all the comfort^ of home For teriosf^prply tcf^Ae Manager. H97

NOTES OF THE WEEK. We are enabled to state that the third gentle- man whom the Lord Chancellor has placed upoa the Commission of the Peace for tbe Borough ot Wrexham, is Mr Edward Williams, of Elwy House. It will be recollected that, as no address was at- tached to his name in the communication to the Town Clerk, there were some doubts upon which Mr Edward Williams the Lord Chancellor had conferred the honour. We congratulate this gentleman upon his elevation to the Bench. The appointments seem to give general satisfaction, and we have no doubt the last made batch of magis- trates will not be mere nominal justices of the peace, but will attend to the duties which devolve upon them. THE annual and quarterly returns of the Revenue were issued on Thursday, and they fully bear out the anticipations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Notwithstanding the great remission of taxation, the gross produce of the revenue for the quarter ending December 31st was tl8,304,611, against X17,765,040 in the same period of 1873, showing a net increase of £ 539,571. This increase is arrived at by increases in the Excise, Land Tax and House Duty, Post Office and Telegraph Service, and Crown Lands. The increases and decreases on the balance leave the net increase br the quarter at £ 539,571. There is, however, a net decrease in the last nine months, as compared with the nine months ending December 31st, 1873. of £ 829,867. The total revenue for 1874 was X76,505,790 against £ 77,712,677 in the year ending December 31, 1873, showing a net decrease of £ 1,206,887. This falling off is a-bout £ 3,000,000 less than was expected. THK unusual severity of the weather is causing much distress and xv, it amongst the poor, and we are glad to notice that in Wrexham, as in other towns, the Mayor is at the bead of a Relief Com- mittee. There is a sum at the disposal of the Com- mittee which has been handed down as a balance from a. former winter. This has enabled them to open a soup kitchen at once, and a seasonable gift of coals from a colliery proprietor will, for a short time, relieve the fund from any claim to supply coals. Should the weather, however, continue in severity, it is not possible that the funds in hand can meet the necessities of the time. and an appeal to the liberal heafied rant At 4wee lie ttfade. p pre- caution has oeen taken by the committee that the ch irity shal1 be properly distributed, by appoint- ing gentlemen—whose official positions enable them rpj to distinguish the needy poor from those who are m not in want-to control its distribution. The frost R came upon us so suddenly that many do not realise its full effect upon the poor, who are suffering to c a greater extent than most persons imagine- We • e: hope those who are in good circumstances will lend assistance by contributing liberally to the funds tl formed in different places for the relief of the e- poor. p To-mo-row is to be observed as Hospital Sun 'ay o in Wrexham, and appeals will be made in all places s of worship for donations towards the local In- firmary. The experiment has been well tried in f several of the large towns iu England, and found a to be a valuable ruxiliary in sustaining the ad-I t mirable institutions which are so needful to the sick and injured. The appeal in the Wrexham places of worship will be made at a time when the hearts of all are grieved at the results of the j < frightful catastrophe which occurred at Shipton j ■< last week. How grateful the sufferers and their ¡ friends must feel for the nodical skill and kindly care bestowed upon those who were taken to the Oxford Infirmary, may be imagined. It may some day fall to our lot to administer to the wants of injured railway passengers, when we may have to how that same kindness which has been so freely shown to the poor creatures who were suddenly thrown upon a sick bed. In the Wrexham Infirmary the maimed and sick have the best of medical skid that this district can supply all pos- sible care and comfort for the sufferers are given, and the annual reports show that the institution is perf jrming its work nobly. We trust the Hos- pit 1 Sunday movement will be a great financial success, and that it will be found to contribute a h-mdsome sum to the institution for which it was promoted.

F.&ip.rhe next Wrexham fair is fixed to be held on Thursday next, January 7th. During the present veur the fairs will be held fortnightly. D.R. V.-Thê monthly drills of local companies are fixed as followRuabon, in the Schoolroom, on Thursday: at 7-30 p.m Chirk, in the School- room, on Tuesday, at 7-30 p.m.; Gresford, in front of the School, on Wednesday, at 7 p.m. THE WREXHAM POST-OFFICE LIBRARY.—The Postmaster of Wrexhtim begs to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following donations towards the Wrexham Post-office Library Sir W. W. vAmn, Bart., M.P., £ 2 2s; E. Randies, Esq.,Bryn Avon, £ 1 Is; T. P. Jones-Parry, Esq., J.P., Llynonn Ha.ll, £ L Is; the Rev A. Gordon. Rector of Duddle- stone, 5s; Thomas Bury, Esq., Holly Bank, seven volumes. SIR JOHN UPON His TRIAL.—On Monday even- ing, a mock court of justice was held in the Town Hall, Wrexham, for the trial of John Barleycorn, the entertainment being given by members of the I O.G T. Entertainment and Dramatic Club. Mr Higgins, sergeant-at-mace, personated the Lord I Chief Justi 'e"; Mr Price Jones was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr J imes Davies counsel for the prisoner. Both the advocates, as well as the iejudge, acquitted themselves remarkably well; and .)rfhe°proceedings created considerable amusement. The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be — mrnt. after which the judge led off the songOld ohn Barleycorn," in which the whole of the court J ,s" nd audience ioined. ANNUAL BALL OF THE IST (WRFYIIAM) D.R.V.- 0 e respectfully invite the attention of our readers 1 the fact that the 12th annual full dress ballot v t* above corps, under distinguished patronage, will w theld at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel, on Friday, p 8 inst. We understand that the company has r reived an order from the War Office eirpoweri-ig tha to increase the strength of the corps to 160 "V mt, and we are glad to be able tostate that the J adtional number of men has been already enrolled. ( Wtrust the ball will be sufficiently successfill e to cable the committec to realise a good sum i towids clothing the newly enrolled members. The s queson of uniform for the whole battalion has I beeniecided; and it is intended to provide new a unifoiis for our local company in the course of a If montlor two. c SAN-ART MATTERS AT RHOSTYLLEN.—A meet- 1 ing of ie ratepayers of the township of Esclusham 1 Below vas held on the 11th nit., at the Black 1 House an, Rhostyllen, to take into consideration House an, Rhostyllen, to take into consideration 1 the saniiry condition of Rhostyllen and to ascer- tain the'iews of the inhabitants as to the expe- ;s diency oiforming a system of drainage to comprise ] Rhostylla and property with a certain distance of the same. There was a good attendance of rate- j payers. 5* Hugh Davies, the Sanitary Inspector, was presen, and gave an explanation of the pro- posed systen of drainage, which would cost about I fCOO. The meeting was then adjourned to the 22nd ult., inorder to give time to further consider the matter. Another meeting was accordingly held en that day rhen there was again a good attend ;,nce of ratepayers. Strong opposition was offered to the proposal of Mr Hugh Davies, and a letter vas read frcir Mr Wyatt, of Bryntirion, in which he showed tie inexpediency of forming such a sys- tem of drainage for a village like Rhostyllen, and invited the neeting not to sanction the expense to he incurred. Resolutions embodying these senti- ments were pissed, and it was ordered that copies of them be handed to the Sanitary Authority by a I deputation consisting of the following gentlemen Mr R. Griffiths, Mr Taylor, Mr Manley, and Mr W. Matthews. DEATH OF MR EVAN POWELL.-We have to re- cord the somewhat sudden death of Mr Evan :D.mml1. which took place at his residence, Irvon Villas, Groo,.»—T.road, Wrexham, on Tuesday last, at the age of 63 years, heart disease. Mr Powell, who was a native of South VvUlt: 30 years ago was in business in London as a draper. Shortly afterVards he came hither and commenced as an ironmonger in Town-hill, where he has carried on a successful business up to the time of his death. The deceased was a Liberal in politics, and although of a retiring dispositi n and unosten- tatious in manner, he took an active -)art in public affairs, and devoted considerable time and attention to local matters, particularly town improvements I and everything tending to the general benefit. He was a deacon of the Welsh Presbyterian Chapel, Hope-street, during the time he resided in Wrex- ham and was trustee to the children of the late Mr Jones, of the Old i Bank. He was exceedingly anxious that the new cemetery should have been completed during his life time, and expressed a desire that he might be interred there. Mr Powell had been in failing health for the last year or two, but on the day previous to his death was apparently better than he had been for some time. Singularly enough on that day, he completed the transfer of his business' to his son, Mr John Powell, who was to take it over on the 1st January. The deceased gentleman was universally and deservedly respected, and has left a wife, two sons, and a daughter. AN AWKWAKD PREDICAMENT.—Young ladies and gentlemen, it is said, are generally desirous of attending church-say between the hours of 10 and 12 a .m., on a week day; and while the former prefers half-a-dozen young ladies to accompany her, the latter is sure to require the services of a"" best man." Ladies consider this their destiny-and gentlemen do not object. On Saturday last, how- ever, a young man and woman went to the Parish Church, Wrexham, under different circumstances. I It appears that the latter couple came hither on a visit to some friends, and in the course of the day strolled into the churchyard for the purpose of seeing at least the exterior of the fine old church. Reaching the sacred building, they found that the door leading to the towelJ was ajar. No one was, apparently, present but themselves; and they thought it no harm to take a peep round. They entered the building, and were so gratified with what they saw, that the scrutiny was some- what prolonged and time forgotten. Ultimately descending to the door, they found that it was ,locked. There was no way of exit, and nobody near to release them. Knocking at the door was like- wide inefficacious, and the position of the parties may be imagined. The gentleman ascended the tower, and through the loopholes shouted with all his might for help. Sometime elapsed before his cries arrested attention; at length the notice of Police-constable Hugh Jones was attracted by the cries. He proceeded to the church, ascertained how matters were, procured the key of the door, I and released the prisoners, who were more delighted on leaving the building than on entering it. It seems that one of the officials connected with the church had been in another portion of the building j when the couple entered the tower, and during their exploration had locked the door and left, with- out being cognisant of the presence of the visitors, The young people say that thev shall never forget Wrexham Parish Church, anu that they will be 'united eto«wfc«re-. HOSPITAL SUNDAY Collection made in the Arioui3 places of worship in 'n on Sunday ;o-morrow) in aid of the funtjg Infirmary. he preachers at the Parish C'ill be, in the lorning, the Rev J. Dixon, ar evening the iev Hugh Gibbon. At St. the Rebv D. Idwaflds will preach. SUNDAY EVENING LECTU THE OL. CHURCH.—The church0f the xpenditure incurred by ihis shows that 61 10s has been received n sions, Witk he exception of 10s., thisimo paj,j to the iev. J. H. Gibbon for hi8ervil1e lecture i. sntirely dependent upon sbsci* 1r its sup- )ort. SUPPER,-On Monday eviin^a^e number )f gentlemen partook ofn e(t d well- served supper at the Raiiow frexuim Mr Jounillor Ingham preside,artl iri> Gleave jeeupied the vice- chair. ushl to^ts were followed by speeches of a mp iry ehiracter, and a very pleasant evenii wab-ht tüa, close by a vote of thanks to the Iairrd viceehair- in an for tbjfeir attendance id le marker in which they had discharge',heiis. CHRISTMAS DECORATIOJST &K'S CHRBCH;. —The Christmas clecoraj a'-church vera carried out, as usual, ir *ver)ful marker. Appropriate mottoes anc d-ieeted the w\ll. and other p-rtions of tbl iieril the gene-al effect was pleasing. Thefolwits undertOok the decorations :—Mrs LnsrJeted the fon, the Misses Heywood ihE pil the Missei Scotcher the lectern ac te ig ladies as- ssisted in the general decraton:$Acton, Mrs Ccnran, the Misses Beeh a:d fcsse Brough- ton. POPULAR ENTERTAINtE"P.rst of the series of readingsand mail induanagement of Mr Harriss, will tak(plc< otday evening next, in the Corn Exohig< Aidingly well- arranged programme Is Qn 1, and Mis. Williams, soprano, of t K>jJ tuy of Music, has been secured at ccsidubfinse to sing four songs. There is bodsrt., of instru- mental music, interspseofiti-uses, songs, glees, part songs, &c.Th(ea(are divided between the Kural Dea^lnevl. Boscawen who is down for The entlai once got up early against his will Mr.ahoDe for A Mexican Pins?;ind ALoif foi Handy Andv's little mistakes.' THE RAGGED SCHOS.—ist £ as treat was given to 150 childti at tiro schools, on Tuesday, 29th ult. ie treitedo! a good tea, with buns, currant ead, tartl. After- wards, the children wer«nteniith i Ausical performance, some of tl Sun-lool ".eicherg rendering their services The), of th treat was defrayed by the fùwin and pjntle- men :-Lady Williams yiyi, fith, M, and Miss Walker, (Coedygn), ] Griffith Mr Lonsdale, Sir R. Palme BartOixon (cton House), Mr Overton, I EvaZis, Mr,. T. Jones, Mr Hugh Pierce, c Ed^nes (Chter- street). Mrs Farquhar moSssex Gffith presented articles of clolig. VESTRY MEETING.—A etio,he con&ga- tion of St. Mark's Churchs 1 JIonda;th# Rev. J. H. Gibbon in thJiai/lje werc)re- sent-Mr Lonsdale, Mr JsiiTy. Caain Godfrey, Dr. HeaUm, McrttAT.'Hey^d, Mr Bancroft. &c. Sowecusi)ok placre- specting the holding of Vel evice, bu,hQ meeting failed to see theess:o;t. ALti;ion was directed to the Chris-disfvice, anflhe absence of the major pa oaeihoir. I ap- pears that the psalms to 3 anclig anthem dispensed with th s no serki. It was explained that horec were ab>«- from unavoidable caus']jeeg(|.y insu^u. Mr Overton to cominun^jt;heBishop ot. Asaph asking his lords!) liase a clergyh to St. Mark's instead oiari church. Ing meanwhile the Rev. D.i-dgi]] take the vice, and the Rev. W. cam will preacia the third Sunday in ea^th EN'l'ERTAINJJIENT.-OI\.y 'Ening, Alrs OIL I, Williams, The Cottartned the r 19 f the Mothers' Meeti tl Ragged Schc. 'ea, with a liberal sup^]jIOl,f ^C ) -,Vas ided in the boys' school ample juel" ras done. After whiatts and g-entlen artook of tea and refrEs i the girls' sch. oom. There were pre^g o. Willia, diss Whittaker, Miss i), -is,; Feltham, N Villiains, Miss Wiilff, >grg, Miss Brow, lr and Mrs W. VYIllia Ymghan, Mr T. hiffith, Rev. W. Dai fr Williams, J ivening wound up wi'9iCiI entertainme n which the young 1;,h party kindly isted, and, with the ac^^t of an excell )iano from Mr Simms'la,eilt, the eingi md music were much ty all present. T gentlemen offered soint^e advice, in wo: )f kindness and encoui; and each v. olut is she left the room, cale with her a lar nince pie, and oranges, the pleasant eve ng they spent, they f* io give expressi- to their gratitude and j.

THE EAILWAY TIME FOK JANUARY. rhere are several alter-the time tables local railways for Jam the Chester ar Flolyliead line, the 5 »ain from Chest4 [eaves 5 minutes earJrformerly, Oil tl Chester and Mold railway train from Che. ter, although leaving at ilue as former1; arrives in Mold 2 min. etew train runs froi Mold to Chester, leavinger place a.t 9.1 a.m. and arriving at C 9.55. Trains als run at 12.24 p.m. (mstj-l,?,) arriving a 1.5 p.m and at 7.44. p n\ of 7.55) arriving at Chester at 8.25 p.m. Void and Denbig- railway the first inornink-ives Mold 2 min utes eallier than formerts 10.25 a.m. aflc 0.30 p.m. trains stop at cs between MIld and Denbigh. The 6.30 jte the latest t)at runs upon this line from At present morlh, The first early train fromgie also etoppid, and the 10 a Ill. train is sueor the 10.5 aAa. The other trains from Det< old during ht day are—leave 11-40 a.Hie 12 leaver p.m. arrive, 4.4; leave 5.i{),4; leave 10 arrive 7.42 p.in. There s.iieportant altu- tions in the running of trj, threat WesfrB Railway. RELIEF CO]KaTITTEE.-Aat a eontirilzet of the present severe weevl gentlemflof the town have thought ifeato form tbb- selves into a Relief Comttifoie distribti)* of coal and soup to the dg r. Two &4t- ings to further this objqe n held a-tao Guildhall, one on Mondaj-baer on W ejls- day last, under the presiif Mayor (Jr R. Lloyd); there were also )fatle meetingth8 Rev Canon Cunliffe, Rev feyne, Mr liike, Mr J. M. Jones, Mr Turn JV. M. Smit. Dr Heaton, Dr Griffith, T. E. Mimall, My Davenport, Mr Ovefjdr Pryce-Jies. Mr Charles Rocke, eers Jones ind hocke; was appointed as treaster, and Messrs Turner and i joint secretjies. It transpired that therfum of upward of -245 of a former fund niia the bank, ling the balance of the Relid 1871. The rnJor had also received a lett<r Sparrow, oltae Ffrood, offering 20 tons oiistribution, wish latter the secretaries wersd to acknowid),e with the thanks of the ei and to state htt they were ready to recei half the quaci'y at once as an instalrOvas arranged hit Messrs Lindop, Lewis, 51 Lamb bedepihd to visit the town and he distribution of coal and soup tickets, distributing of which to take place on le 1st January it twelve o'clock. The 9W. T. Griffith, Ad the Rev. J. Don were the distribute, and presented the bretit 200 recipients received the soup, which excellent qualty and prepared by Mr O'e Working Mrt's Institute, as suggessed Vor. THE NATIONAL FJKD' F ENGINBMBI'S PROTECTION, ASSOCIAFICHALF-yearly met. ing of the North Wales this association was held on Saturday la81ack Lion, Hoje- street, Wrexham. Afteicial business hid been disposed of, the piongratulated the delegates on the maskedf the district. A. case was sent to the mom the Gaxddin Lodge Colliery, coinplainhe night engiie- man was over worked, htork two engines which were too far apartian to attend to. The president advised tling the grievance before their employers another man tor night work, and to release at the neit lodge meeting. The Brjolliery enginemen also complained that thork twelve hours a day, and to wind coal leal-time without extra pay. They weld to make their grievance known to theiirs and to ask for shorter hours or extra, pas reported to the meeting, that some enflf; the Brymbo Col- liery were working 36 )urs in succession. It was asked whether w "greed" of the men or whether they v of hands. It was said that it was done 'a man's place who was expected shorttyj." The meeting strongly condemned tbof the enginemen believing that the liv«men and the pro- perty of their master* stake when under the care of a man v. d so many hours at a spell- ft ajvisedl not to work more than nine hours unleei of emergency, and then not more than lSfturs. The district officers who had givenfeices gratuitously for the last six uionths wruously re-elected for the next six months; il of thanks to tbeaa brought the meøtbc 11