Wrexham Guardian

CHURCH SERVICES. [lite Church Hats should rcaeh our Office by Thursday; otherwise we counot insert them]. SUNDAY, MAY 2S, 187f>.—SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. Lessons.—Morning: First lesson, Dent. "0: Second lesson, John 11, to v. 17. Evening: First !e<son, Deuteronomy 34, or Joshua 1 Second lesson, Hebrews 3, v. 7, to Hebrews 4, T.14..

CATHEDRAL. CHESTER. Sunday. Early Celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 a m Morning Service (special) at 11 o'clock in the Nave, for the accommodation of the Karl of Chester's Yeomanry Cavalry, Under the command of the Duke of Westminster, K.G. Je Deuin and Jubilate, Boyee in C; Anthem, "Lift up your heads," Handel. Preacher, The Dean. Afternoon Service at 4 MftKniJicat and Nunc Dimittis, Barnby in E Anthem, "Praise His awful name," Spohr. Evening Service at fi 30. Psalms, Heathcote in G (Major and Minor) Magnificat, Clare in G; Nunc Dimittis, llayesinF; Hymns, 147,149, and 13 (Thmns Ancient. all(I Modern). Preacher, The Dean.— N.B.—and after Monday, June 5th. the Cathedral will be closed until the re-opening of the restored choir, which will probably be early in August.

CHURCHES. WREXHAM. Parish Church.—Sundays. Morning Service at 11 Eveniii 1 Service at « SO p.m. Welsh Bible Class at 2 p.m.: We HI Service at 3 p.m. Holy Communion first Sunday in the month at 11 a.m.; second Sunday (in Welsh) at 8 30 a.m. third Sunday at 8 30 a.m.; and on the principal Festivals of the Church st 8 30 a.m. and 11 a.m.—Week Days. Morning Service on Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. Evening Service villi a Sermon every Wednesday Evening at 7 p.m. Shortened Kvening Service'with Bible Classes for Children everv Friday Evening at 7 p.m. The Sacrament of Baptism is adinini.Mered at this Church at 4 p.m. every Sunday; at the WetineMk.y and Friday Morning Services, and at other times f required. The seats are all free and unappropriated. All the ofiertory collections are made from the whole con- gregation, and are devoted to the repair and expenses of the Church, and the poor. Key. David Howell, vicar; Mr E. B. Simms, organist and choirmaster; Mr E. Lovatt, parish clerk. St. Mark s Church.—Sundays. Morning Service and Sermon at 11 a.m. Evening Services at 0 30 pm. Holy Communion first Sunday in every month at 8,30a.m.: second Sunday at 11 a.m. third Sunday at in a.m.; other Sundays at s 30 a.m. and on the principal Festivals of the Church at 8 30 a.m. and 11 a.m. B'bJe Classes, for Men and Women, are held at the Church at 2 30 p.m. every Sunday; and a Public Catechising of the Sunday Schools at 3 p.m. on the first Sunday in every month.—W'-ek Days. Morning Service on all Holy Days at 11 a.m. The seats arp all free and unappropriated. The offer- tories are devoted to the expenses of the services, the repair of the Church, and the poor. St. James's Church, Rhowldu.—Sundays. Morning Service at 11 a.m.; Evening Service at p.m. Holy Communion on the hist Sunday in every month at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 2 30 p.m. Bershi.m School "Church—Sundays. Morning Service at 10 30 a.m.; Evening Service at fi 30 p.m. Holy Communion four t imes a year. Sunday School at 2 30 p.m. Ehosnessney School Church.—Sundays. Afternoon Service at 3 pm. Sunday Schools.—A meeting of the Sunday School Teachers isheid at the Free School on the first Monday Evening in every month at. 7 30 p.m.; and a Special Celebration of the Holy Communion once a quarter at the Parish Church. Visifimr Association.—A meeting of the District Visiting Association is held at the Savings Bank on the second Monday Evening in each month at 7 30 p.m. BALA. "Unnycil.—Welsh Service and Sermon at 10 30 a.m. Christ Church.—English Service and Sermon at 10 30 a.m.; Sunday School at 2 p m.; English Service and Sermon at 3 15 p.m.: Welsh Service and Sermon at fi 15 p.m. English Service Oil Saints Days; Singing Class on Mondays at í p.m.; Service IInl: Sermon on Wednesdays Ht 7 p.m.; Bible Class on Fr]daY:lt I p.m. Administration of the Holy Communion on the first and tuinl Sundays in each month. BANGOR ISYCOED. Parish Church.—Sundays, Morning Service at 11: After- noon Service at 3. The Ho!y Communion is administered on the lust. Sunday in each-month, and on the great Festivals, after ihe Moriiing Service. Sunday Schools at 10 a-m. and 2 p.m. Rector, Rev. G. H. McGill; hanuouium, the Misses McGill. Eyton School Chapel.—Evening Service on Sunday at II 30 (alternate with the Rector of Marchwiel). BRYMBO. St. Mary's Church.—Sunday. Morning Service (in English) at 10 ;;0: },ftenooll Service (in Welsh) at 3 15: Evening Service (in English) at 0 30. Celebration of the Holy Com- inunion on the first and third Sundays in the month. and on Holy Davs. Sunday Schools at a.m. and 2 p.m. Sinping Class on Tuesdays at 7 30 p.m. Service on Wednesdays at 720 p.m. Rev. W. Jones, vicar Rev. W. P. James, curate Mr J. ilattiias. organist Messrs. J. E. Barker and J. Smith, churchwardens j Messrs. O. May, John Powell, RicIJard Jones, and Azariali Jones, sidesmen. BwlcV.irwyn School Church.—Sunday. Morning Services- Welsh a1 10: and English at 11 30. Evening Service (in Wclh) at 0 30. Sunday School at 2 30 p.m. Bible Class on Wednesdays at Rev. J. W. Jones, M.A., curate-in- charge. LLANGOLLEN. Parish Church.—Sunday. Matins at 10 30 a.m.; Litany and Children V Service at 3 15 p.m.; Evensong at 6 and Sunday Holy Communion every Sunday; and on Saints at 8 a.m. and on the first and third Sundays in each month after the Morning Service. Dailv Prayers at 9 41' a.m. and f; p.m., except or Wednesdays, when Evensong v ill be at fi p.m. St. John's Church (Welsh).—Sunday. Mornmu Service at 10 30. Evening Service at 0. Holy Communion on the first Sunday in each month after the Morning Service. Weekday Service on Thursdays at 7 p.m. St. Ms" y's. Eglwyseg ("Welsh).—Sunday School at 10 30 a.m.; Afternoon Service at 2 O. Holy Communion on the bst Sun- day in epch month. when the Morning Service will be at 10 30, with ilolv Communion; Sunday School at 3 p.m. Prayer Meeting at 6 p.m. Weekday Service on the Friday next before the Holy Communion at 7 p.m.; a Preparatory Meeting. St David's, Fron.—Sunday. English Service at 11a.m.; Sunday Scfcoo" at 2 p.m. Litony and Children's Service at 15 p.m.; .Welsh Serv>> at (I pn1.; Ho1y Communion on the coud Sunday n each month afterthc Morning Service. Berwyn Mission Room.—Sunday School at 2 p.m. The fervincr Ministers are—The Rev. E. Rhys James. B.D., vicar xttheVicarape; the Rev. Henrv D. Morgan, B.A., at Mr Price's, chemist. Bridge-street the Rev. Elchard Bowcott, B A at Mr Edwards', confectioner, Castle-street; the Rev. William Davics, B.A., at Mr Broughton Jones', plumber, Market-street. HOLYWELL. Parish Church.—Enulish Services are held on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 0 30 p.m. Welsh Services at 9 43 a.m. and r; p.m. There is a Welsh Service oii Mondays at 7 p.m.. and an Enplish Service at 7 p in. on Wednesdays. Rev. R. O. Williams, M.A., vicar; Rev. E. O. Williams, curate. MAEFAS. Parish Church.—Sundays. Morning Prayer at 10 30; Litany at 11 a ni Communion Service, with Sermon and Celebration of the Holv Communion at n 15 a.m. The above Services are said together, ami commence at 10 30; the hours for the several Services are given as nearly as possible, for the con- venience of those Who for' any reason may be prevented from attending the whole of the Services, or wish to attend one or mor" only. Even- in"- Prayer and Sermon at r, O, Rectors, Rev. C. W. Cox, and the Hon. the Rev. W. Trevor Tf ev.yon organist, Miss Danily choirmaster, Mr A. D. Callcott. MARCHWIEL. Marchwiel Church.—Services for Summer Half-year. Sun- days—of the Holy Communion on the first and third Sundays in each month after the Morning Prayer; and on other Sundays at 8 a. m. Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 Litany at 5 45 p.m.; Evening Prayer and Sermon at 6 30. All Holy Days—Morning Service and Sermon at 11. Week Day?—Evening Prayer, Sermon, and Bible Class on Fridays at 7. The Hymn Book used is Hymiis Ancient and Modern." Rev. W, H. Boscawcu, rector. Eyton School.—Evening Prayer and Sermon on Sundays at 4S 30 (alternate with the Rector of Bangor). OSWESTRY. Parish Church.—There is service in this Church on Sundays also services held daily at 8 30 rJ m. and r; n m. and on Thurs- The New Edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern used.—Sunday. Early Celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Morning Service at 11. Yenite, Bacon in A; Psalms; Royco in D; Te Deum. Hayes in F Jubilate, Turle in F; Hymns. 14't, 299, and 230. Afternoon Service at 3 30. Hymns, 290, 202, and 199. Evening Service at fi CJO. Glorias, llaycs in A; Magnificat, Goss in E flat; Nunc Dimittis. Gregorian Hvmns, 257. 143, and 20. Rev. W. Howell Evans, vicar: Mr G. Gaffe, organist. OVERTON. Parish Church.—Sundays. Morning Service nt 11: Evening Service at fj. Celebration of t heH oly Communion on the first Sunday in the month at the Morning Service. Litany, Churciiings, aud Baptisms, at ;> p.m., on the tir^t Sunday in the month. Rector, Rev IT. Mackenzie; organist, Mrs Battersby. PONTBLYDDYN. Christ. Church.—Sundays. Morning Service at 10 30; After- noon Service at 3 15 Evening Service (in Welsh) at 6 30.- Wednesdays. Welsh Service-at 7 p.m. Leeswood National School.—Sundays. Evening Service (iu English) at 6 30.—Fridays. Bible Chs at 7 p.m. Pontblyddyu National School.—Thursdays. Bible Class at 7 p.m. EHTL. Trinitv Church.—Sundays. Morning Scrvice at o 4; Evening Service at 0 »t>; Bible Class at'2'30 p.m.:—Thursday. Evening Scrvice at 7. ihe above 'Services arft in Welsh. There is an English Service at It 15 a.m., at which all the sittings are free. St. Thomas's Church.- Sundays. The Hymn Book used nt this Ci'urch that- published uy the Society tor Promoting Christian Knowledge. There is a rehearsal of Church music every Sunday after the Evening Service. An the sittings un- occupied after the commencement oi the service are free. Mr F. Wrigley, organist. Vale-road Schoolrooms.—Sundays. Bible Class in the After- noon at 2 15. Wellington-road Schoolrooms.— Sundays• Bible Class in the Afternoon at J 15. Clwyd-strerf Schoolrooms:.—Sundays. Viol" Class in the Morning at 9 45, and in the Afternoon at 2 30. RUABON. Parish Church.—Sundays. Morning Service at 11 Evening ■ Service at 6 30; Welsh Service at 3 ,;o p.m. Baptisms at 4 30 p.m. Holy Communion at the Morning Service, the first Sunday in the month, aud on the great Festival^.—Week" Days. Evening Service and Sermon on Wednesdays at ï; and daring Advent and Lent, Morning Prayer on Fridays at 11.— There is a rehearsal of the Church music for the following Sunday after the Sunday Evening Service; also, a singing practice after every Wednesday Evening Service. The Hymn j Book used is Hymns Ancient and Modern." Sunday I Schools at 10 a.m. "and 2 p.m. Rev. E. W. Edwards, vicar; Rev. C. F. Jones, curate Mr Sparrow, oiganist and chpir-. master; Mr R. Lloyd, parish clerk. Penycae 8choolrool11.-Suudays. Evnsong at fi 30. Bryv. Sclwolroom.—Sundays, Hatiu* at 10 a.m. MOLD. 1 St. Mary's Church.—Sunday. Morning Service. Yenite, 11; Psalms, 132 and 133 (1), and 134 and 135 (3); Te Deum, 11 11,2, and 3); Jubilate, Psalm 105 D; Hymns, 121, 125. and (68. Evening Service. Psalms, 136 (1), 137 (3), and 138(1); Magnificat, Psalm, 73 D Nunc Dimittis, 9 Hymns, 324, 180, and 14. Rev. Rowland Ellis, vicar; Mr Lyle, organist. RUTHIN. St. Peter's Church.—Sunday. Hymns Ancient and Modem are sung. Morning Service at 11. Responses, Tallis; Venite, Greporian Gloria Patri, Gregorian; Te Deum, Pureed; Jubilate, Kimbault; Creed, Cruse; Hymn before Communion Service, 121 Kyrie and Doxology, Temple and Nares Hymn before Sermon, 299. Evening Service at 7. Responses, Tallis; Gloria Patri, Crotch; Cantate, Bennett; Deus Misereatur, Old Scotch; Creed, Crusc; Hymn after Third Collect, 125; Hymn before Sermon, Son Hymn after Sermon, 12. Miss Edwards, organist; Mr Lloyd, choirmaster. WYNNSTAY. Wynnstay Chapel.—Sundays. Evensong at 3 30 and 5 30; Sunday School at 2 30 p.m. During Lent, Service and Address on Wednesday Mornings at 11, and Evensong and Sermon on Fridays at 7. The Rev. Studholme Wilson, M.A., private chapln in Mr Sparrow, organist (and private organist to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P.)

THE CHURCH CONFERENCE AT EIIYL. FRIDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The President, Archdeacon Wickham, took the chair at eleven o'clock. There was a falling off in the attend- ance compared with the previous day. Without any introductory remarks the president called upon the Rev D. R. Thomas, of Cefn, who read a paper on CHURCH ENDOWMENTS, Which we hope to find space for in next week's Guardian. He traced the origin and history of endowments, begin- ning with tithes; and in regard to this form of endow- ment in the Church in Wales, he referred to the records of the Book of St. Chad, which cpoke of the sale as well as the donation of lands by private persons to the Church of Kilo; and in the laws of Hywl Dda, A.D. 928, they found not an institution of tithes, but regulations as to their disposition. Also in Giraldus Cambrensis they found the remarkable statement that in the year 1188 the churches in Wales have almost as many parsons and sharers as there are principal men in the parish. The sons, after the decease of their fathers, succeed to the ecclesiastical benefices, not by election, but by here- ditary right, possessing and polluting the Sanctuary of God;" a state of things utterly irreconcilable with the theory of State endowment, and only to be explained by the fact of private benefaction. His remarks frequently called forth loud applause. The President asked the secretary (Mr Nicholas) to read a letter explaining the absence of Mr Horatio Lloyd. It was as follows :— Junior Carlton Club, Pall Mall, London, 10th May 1S76. My Dear Sir,—I regret very much to li-id. tlJat I hal1 be prevented attending the Church Conference at Rllylon the 10th inst. By some inad vertence one of my courts IIR been tixed for that day, and it will unfortunately be at j-uch a distance from Rhyl as t) preclude of my reaching the meeting in time. I am persunaily very EOrry, but 1 am glad to Dud that the subject on which I was to have said a few words is otherwise in very good hands I hope you wiil have a very successful meeting.—Faithfully yours, HORATIO LLOYD. Rev. W. L. Nicholas. The Rev. G. H. McGill, of Bangor Isycoed, contended that the free-will offerings of Church people far exceeded half the endowments of the Church in va'ae, and stated that whilst ho was incumbent of an East-end parish in London, on a stipend of a year, his people raised, in thirteen years, £:2G,\)Uü for purely spiritual purposes. His idea was that tithes, glebes, &c., bore a very small proportion compared with what was being dune by the ¡ Church people themselves. Whatever might be the opinion of others as to the future welfare of the Church, he should not despair for her prosperity, for the power of God would prosper the truth she professed and the gospel she preached (applause). The income of the clergy ] from endowments was four millions per annum, which, considering that there were about 22.000 clergy in CORntry, gave(an average of £200 a year for each. Weil, half-educated men, who had not hll vast sums spent on their training as the clergy had, were getting as much as the latter. They had been sent to public schools and universities where they had met on equal terms with the noblest and wealthiest ot the land, and often beaten them in the examinationsand yet when ordained they were only paid equally with the ordinary artizan who earned his £3 or weekly. The removal of the endow- ments would be a greaterucalainit-y to the country than the Church, because in rural districts many of the Churches could not otherwise be maintained, and they would remove the clergy therefrom, who were the chief advisers of the people, not only spiritually but temporally. He showed the injus.ico of spoliation, and remarked that the monks of HAngor reclaimed a large portion of waste land, which was the most productive in the parish, but it was lost to them when the monastery was destroyed. If they once loosened the foundations of property none could tell where it would stop. No doubt 1:1 theory it was true that the Church, land, and all it contaius, belongs to the people, but when the Conqueror Came he took it all; and if they were not very careful the day would come when" might may become right" again. If they would not have that the case let them be careful how they interfered with the rights of property, for if they began by sapping the foundation of the property of the Church they would end by sapping the foundation of the private property of every man in the kingdom (applause). Canou Jones replied to the remarks against residentiary canons, showing they were part of the bishop's council, and coming from the country parishes could aid him very much with advice as to the state of the diocese, and then contended that the endowments of the Church were as much their own as those belonging to Nonconformists, of which there were HOW many in Wales. Mr Thomas, in replying, beg to assure Canon Jones that he did not refer to his office personally; he mereiy referred to the system (applause). FUNERAL REFORM. On this subject, Mr John Lewis, Wrexham, read the lengthy and interesting paper which was published in last week's Guardian. Mt Townsheiid Mainwaring delivered an address, in which lie contended that the reform they wanted to eff;ct was greater social sanitary advantage to the com- munity-greator decorum and less expense, He spoke frooi experience, they must pardon his egotism. He paid a visit of condolence to a poor neighDour, whose wife had died, and whom he thought was buried, but, at the old man's request, he went to see the corpse. The door of the room was locked, and the woman that led him thither said she was obliged to keep it locked, as the daughter, who was out of her mind, got to her dead mother and became violent and excited. On another occasion he went into a cottage, where dwelt a large family, and saw one of the children lying dead en the table of the kitchen, and, judging from the squalor of the cottage and its surroundings, it seemed probable that the child had died of fever. Was not some remedy required for such social evils ? He suggested what should be done to meet such evils. In most churchyards in Wales are lych gates." Could not they be enlarged and become rcceptacies for the dead ? On the Continent there were such places. lie had seen at Munich a hearse come to a house. The hearse contained a coffin- shaped bed, which was taken into the house, but soon reappeared containing the body, which was carried to the cemetery to await burial. The horse and driver belonged to tho municipal authority. Could not that system be adopted here ? Respecting the expense, he would sup- pose a very possible case. They knew how small were the profits of small tradesmen in these days of competi- tion. A man of that kind has a lingering illness, and his business is neglected. He dies, and the grief and cares of the widow are increased by the expense of her husband's funeral. Last Saturday a man (a station- master) said to him, after he had commended the plain- ness of Sir Hugh \Villiams' funeral, "If the rich would set such examples, they would soon be followed. Customs make cowards of us people don't know it, but many a family is brought to the workhouse by expensive funerals." The same day ho (the speaker) saw some men in hat bands of rich silk, and others with wands covered with crape at Rliuddlan station. He asked one of the wand bearers if he had been at Sir Hugh Williams's funeral. "No," replied the man, "we are come to bury old so-and-so, the cowman at Bodelwyddan (loud laughter), and with a significant expression of countenance he added "There was none of these thingsat Sir Hugh's funeral," I holding out his wand, he was buried in nothing but a coffin, made as plain as plain could be, with a small plate on it." As he (the speaker) thought the man was bragg- ing that his. old friend the cowman was to have a superior funeral to Sir Hugh's, he commended the simplicity of the latter (applausej. A splendid funeral made him a funeral reformer. A dozen or more drays horsed led by draymen pulled a large edifice on wheels" along the streets of London one would have thought in the coffin on this bier was a brewer, but it was the hero of the age, the Duke of Wellington. Taste and good sense were offended by the ludicrous incongruous mixture (applause). A funeral party returning from the grave of a rich man in Henllan parish, lately, excited his de- sire for funeral reform. The heir of the deceased had his head out of the window of a mourning coach with a cigar in his mouth (laughter); and the jovial companions were smoking inside the coach (laughter). The old horses which were usually used to take them to the Denbigh balls were furnished, as an undertaker would say, in habiliments expressive of unmitigated woe fJoud | laughter), as was his friend and formerly warm political adherent, the driver of the coach (laughter). If he could, ho would laugh down what he considered absurdities. He would quote the opinion of another driver on funerals as given by Sain Slick in snme such words as these:—"Give me a good funeral for ftil; a black, job beats a white job into fits (laughter;. You take him or her, as it may be, to the churchyard, and ] you take the sorrowing party back to their house where you get a jolly good blowout" (laughter); but at a white job whathnppens? Just this, you drive the happy | pair off, and cff they go. and all your fun's over. I say, there, give me a good black job for fun for besides j double grubbing theres a bit of good silk to be got far the missus's gown" (laughter). If the German plan was adopted, such scenes would not be witnessed, nnd if they did. adopt it he did not think they should go to an opposite extreme, or that decorum would be violated. He proceeded to show that, accordieg to the Germ system, the body, when conveyed from the house to the chamber of the dead, might remain there for some days or be buried immediately. Tie friends adorned the corpse according to their fancy, and used whatsoever ceremony they preferred. If they thought reform in any of these respects was necessary. Now was the time to petition Parliament as one of the ministers in the debate cn the Burials metion, Lord Granville, staged that the Government intended to take up the question. Referring to coffins ho thought if the German system was adopted there would be no necessity to keep the body at home waitiwg for a ccffin. For one ) he disliked coffins, and particularly lead coffins-(ap- plause)—and there, whilst living, he protested against his dead body heing soldered up like a sardine (much laughter, and hear, hear). Coffins were scarcely spoken of in the Bible. He quoted a commentator who gave two instances, but on examining the Testament he found that in ono instance he wns wrong. St. Luke states that when Christ touched "the bier" not "the coffin" of the son of the widow of Nain, he that was dead sat up," a clear proof to his mind that he was not in a coffin (ap- plause). Joseph was buried in a coffin in Egypt, that such was the custom there as the mutLiiiies and coffins m the British Museum show. But how was the Son of Man buried ? (bear, bear). Joseph of Arimathea and Nichodemas wrapped his body in linen as the custom of the Jews was, so St. John states (applause). Such is the great example set up, and such an example he hoped would be followed when he died (applause). Dr. Tumour, of Denbigh, thought there were very few in a parish having better opportunities than medical men of seeing the results of the present system, and he begged to endorse nearly everything that Mr Lewis had expressed in his practical and able paper. He had wit- nessed many instances of real extravagance, the evil effects of which remained for years as an incumbrance on the family (hear, hear). There were, of course, cases where money was no object, and where people liked to spend money foolishly, and there was often under such circumstances wanton extravagance and waste. Again, a foolish feeling of pride often induced people to spend money where they were not justified in doing it. He trusted that great lever, "fashion," would change in this matter, for the people were ripe for such a change, if only those in exalted positions would set the example. He personally approved of the movement most heartily (applause). The Rev. Howell Evans did not think removing the dead to the lodge gates would answer in country districts. They might build houses for the dead and make them beautiful that people would feel no repugnance to placing their dead in such places. He gave his hearty support to bringing about a reform in the mode of conducting funerals, and bore testimony to a change for the better ia that direction amongst the better classes in his C77n neighbourhood. The Rev. Hicks Owen supported the movement. A gentleman in the body of thn hall reminded the company of the extreme and commend.-ible plainness of the funeral of the late Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire, Sir Stephen Glynne. Mr Trevor Parkins said it was earnestly to be hoped that the efforts of the Church would be directed to bringing about reform in that direction. He confessed that the subject of offerings at funerals did not occasion him that pain that it appeared to inflict upon Mr Lewis. It, of course, arose from a difficulty about other- wise providing remuneration for the clergy for their services. He referred to the curious fact that these offerings were confined to the west side of Offa's Dvke. At least, there was only one place on the east side where they existed, and that was the Church of Wrexham, and offerings were introduced there for the first time about 100 years ago. The Rev W. H. Nicholas called attention to the want of punctuality connected with funerals, and remarked that the time of the clergy and other persons was adly wasted, by having often t) wait for some particular persons who were late in coming and to whom they paid deference. The Rev E. Smart condemned the practice of feasting at funerals, and mentioned cases where after dinner large jugs of ale and pipes were introduced but not one thought of the consolations of religion at such a time. He had often been at such funerals and had had to call for the Bible to read a chapter and pray with ihe people in order to direct their thoughts to something better than feasting at such a time. Mr Lewis, in his reply, gave instances in which receptacles for the dead were absolutely necessary, and referred to the fact that an old woman who died suddenly in his office whilst consulting him a bent some property, was left in a sitting posture four hours beore be coald get the body removed. At present, in Wrexham, through the munificence of a gentleman, he then saw in the room, they had a ward to which such cases could be sent, but if that were needed for contagious diseases there would still be the want. At this point the meeting separated, and a large company proceeded to the Beivoir Hotel, and sat down to a most sumptuous repast, served up by Miss Roberts, who was recently appointed as manageress of the hotel by the "Limited Company" farmed to carry on the business of the hotel. PUBLIC WORSHIP FACILITIES BILL. At the afternoon meeting, the Rev Rees Williams, Gyfiylliog, Ruthiu, lead a paper on this subject, which was described as an attempt to improve the parochial system, and to know how the bill would affect it they must learn what the parochial system was. In describ- ing it, he shewed that the incumbent had the sole and exclusive right to perform all functions of the Church of England in that parish, and none save the Bishop could do so against his will. The following were the advantages of that system A definite minister supported by the revenues of the living was made responsible for the spiritual welfare of every parishioner, and as he was supported by endowments he was relieved of ali anxietv about temporal support and could devote his whole thoughts to the spiritual welfare of his people. In theory the parochial system was a magnificent one, but in practice it was not quite so. An incumbent keep other clergy out of his parish, but. he could not avoed the raids made by dissenters, therefore it was on IV in an imaginary sense that he had the sole cure of souls. Re- ferring to the great work of the House of Commons Committee relating to the parochial system, he said there were two great hindrances to the success of the Church, the one being caused by the incumbent and the otner by the Nature of the parochial charge; but the hindrance arising from tho unfitness of the officers of the Church might be effectually removed by Parliament without expense to the public. He said that it was a subject for discussion before the Committee whether it would be wise or possible to let the people have opportunities for the services they needed, so that they who liked high ritualistic services might have them in one church in the parish or at. one hour, and those that liked plain low- Church services might have them in another church or at another hour, and instances where this practice was resorted to were given, among them being Lewisham, near London. He thought it was paying a poor com- pliment to the clergy to suppose that if two of opposite views weie placed m a parish for the purpose named there would be constant squabbles and violent corn- motions. He maintained that the result would be good if both felt they were supplying a need. There ought to be no jealousy but. a pleasant emulation, for both were working for Christ and the same brauch of His Holy Church. The clergy were officers of the Church, and stepped out of their sphere when they opposed what the Biblo and Prayer Reek sanctioned, What the articles and formularies of the Church allowed, individuals had no right to oppose the law. not the Church, or individuals, must decide when practices are inconsistent with the Church. He counoelleJ them to become all things to all men within the pala of the Church, which would do them no harm; and whilst they had their likes and dislikes they must allow the same liberty to others as they claimed them- selves. In conclusion the paper set forth that what they had to discuss was, whether they thought it right thai an Act of Parliament should be passed to enable the Bishop, under certai.; conditions and limitations, to license a clergyman to work in a parish independently of the incumbent, and against his will. They should argue the question, net from theory, but their own experience. Had they seen any instances where good would arise from sending a curate against the will of the incumbent (hear, hear) ? The only way to arrive at the truth was for each archdeaconry to speak out its own experience. There were such cases no doubt, but whether they were numerous enough to call for the interference of the Legislature was the question thev had to consider. Captain Pennant complimented the reader on his ex- haustiye and methodical paper, aud went into the origin of parishes, showing how they had been made, aud then divided and sub-divided, thus producing great changes which required alterations in the law to make things what they ought to be. If the power in the bill was left to the discretion of the bishop they would break the whole parochial system, and that harmony that does now and ought always to exist between the clergy and the bishop. Thero must be a very pressing necessity to sanction a measure likely to produce such results. If the power was given to the bishop it must be guarded most jealously. After so many centuries, it was not surprising if the parochialsytem needed modelling, and as a means to that end he should- give a general assent to the bill. Tho Rev Howell Evans thought the stipend where additional curates were forced oa the parish should be paid either by landowners or residents to prevent the worlmf an aggressive society that would send curates in to propagate their views, but if it were necessary, on account of the incumbent's neglect, ke ought to pay for it. The parochial council would do much to help to a proper adjustment i the difference. He did not agree j with the reader about the various kinds of bread, but thought, they all agreed on the great fundamental truths and sacrniaentF, and they should all give their .jjeopie those. Mr Clayton hought the bill on that subject intro- duced by Lord Sandon constituted every bishop "a Pope. As the Church was at present constituted thev* must go to tho legislature for their laws, but what a place to go to He saw recently that at a meeting in that town it was considered a wise measure-to emancipate the Roman Catholics and admit Jews and Musselmen to Parliament. Now if they admitted to Parliament "men whose fore- fathers put our blessed Lord to death, and who thought they did a great and glorious work, that was not a place to which they could go to ask for laws for the Church (applause). The Roman Catholics owe allegience to a foreign king, and there was no law against them or a Musselman, Jew. Turk, or avowed infidel taking his seat in that Parliament that made the Church's laws. He believed the day to be coming when Mr Speaker, if appealed to, on the matter would admit that religious belief was not to be considered in reference to the debates of that House. At present there was no assembly to which Churhmen could go in their difficulties; although it was true that it was better to 11-,ve Church and State united than separated, for it was better to have the nation nominally Christian than infidel, which it would be if the State and the Church were separated. Convocation was the place were the Church laws should be made, but Convocation must be an elected assembly, with a fair proportion of elected laymen—(applause)— for as constituted now Convocation neither enjoyed the confidence of the people of the country nor of the Church (applause), The Rev. E. Smart said the law made the incumbent an autocrat in the Ecclesiastical district, and gave fcim power to do the work as he thought well. The Church must not be left in the position she was centuries ago, but she must have facilities given her to show some elasticity. She had not yet that power, as she was lettered bv the State, though G"d forbid that the separa- tion should take place in their day, for if there were drawbacks there were immense advantages. Mr Parkins thought it was of the greatest possible importance that the question should be thoroughly inquired into before legislating, as it gave unusual power to the bishops, and unusual interferencs with arrange- ments of the Church. He specially referred to the evidence of the Bishop of Lichfield given before the Par- liamentary Committee. Mr Rees Williams, in replying, said that Mr Egerton the mover of the bill, had teld him that he had promised the House of Commons that in every case a commission shoaJd be necessary before the bishop licensed a second clergyman. He read the constitution of the commission. The Archdeacon thought the bill aimed at a monstrous evil, namely, that an incumbent would neither do his proper work himself nor let any one else do it. The discussion then closed. PAROCHIAL MISSIONS. The Rev Uowland Ellis, Vicar of Mold, read a paper on "Parochial Missions," which we shall give in a future issue of the dueirdiar. He said that missions had not been go general in Wales as in England. He j gave an account oi the mode in which these missions at Mold were conducted and the results of the various services. Rev Canon Hew said that in the perplexities that frequently came upon them in many ways in the shape of divisions«nd indifference it was encouraging to see side by side with them the evidence of earnest spiritual life to counteract thera (applause). This was very awful work either in a clergyman commencing it in his parish or calling upon a missionaire. He had had missions in his own parish, and when it was over he found it to be a much more serious work than he had ever contemplated. It was realiy not a light matter, and should never be undertaken without grave con- sideration. llev W- Hicks Owen proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was passed by acclamation. The Chairman said much was due to those who had taken part in this conference, and their thanks were due to the Yicar and others in Rhyl for carryiug out the arrangements so efficiently (applause). LAY HELPERS AND PAROCHIAL COUNCILS. The following is the paper read by Mr Trevor Parkins on Lay Helpers and Parochial Councils :— The subject proposed for discussion upon this occa- sion is unquestionably a most important one, and numer- ous reasons may be assigned for giving it an especial prominence in the proceedings of the present conference. Lay co-operation, in some form or other, has neces- sarily existed in every religious society which has employed the services of a priesthood; and in all J Christian communities, whaiever may have been their differences, the principle at least has been almost univer. sally acknowledged that the laity, or people as contra- distinguished vrorn the clergv, should have a voice more or less potential in the government, and rake a share m the business of the Church. "The limits within whirk this principle has bean applied have varied greatly with changing circumstances. Where the Church has allied herself to the State, and acted in concert with the civil pow-er, she has submitted to the authority cf kings and parliament*, and accepted the direct intervention in her affairs cf those by whom human laws are administered, as a reasonable condition of their support. But where, on the other hand, she has assumed the character of a mere voluntary association, independent of the State, and untrammelled by any compact with it, arrangements of a different nature have been made in her form of government to secure for the lay element a proper degree of influence. And although the door for individual exertion has never been com- pletely closed, and laymen have always found it possible to promote the wotk entrusted to the Church, their opportunities for doing so have ben greater at some periods than at others, us the constitution of the Church has varied, and her position in the world has change i. It. is convenient, therefore, at a time when many alterations are taking place before our eyes, when old arrangements have proved to be inadequate for present wants, and new courses are recommended for adoption, to consider earnestly how the united action of the laity aud the clergy may be best promoted, and the hindrances which impede it most completely obviated. If treating on so delicate a subjoc: as Lay Helpers and Parochial Councils I use the language and expiess the sentimen's of a layman, in an assembly "here there are so many clergymen, I appeal to the indulgence of those who listen to me; while I leave the correction of any mistakes, into which I may be thought to fall, to the experience of my reverend friends who will follow me in this dis- cussion. To spare the clergy from unnecessary labour, and to enable them to devote a larger proportion of their time to the more important duties of their office, seems to be the first reason why lay assistance should be more generally forthcoming. We hear continually of the heavy burden which falls upon too many incumbents we know that there is a serious d.mculu in providing a sufficient supply of clergymen; and that new churches and new- parishes are beingjconstantly formed and increase the intensity of the demand. White curates thus require to be attracted by the prospect of larger salarits than were given formerly, the value of incumbencies is falling, and we seem to be approaching to a state of things when clerical incomes, as is the case in Scotland, will be most of them on an equal level, and that a lower one than for many reasons can be thought desirable. Though twenty- three thousand clergymen would seem to be an nmple number to supply ths spiritual wants of a population which is estimated to be twenty-three millions; the dis- trihution of their services is so irregular, and any re- adjustment so extremely difficult, that more labourers mut he admitted to be necessary; and in some localities additional churches are even urgently required. But I venture to believe that in many, if not in all parishes, the load now pressing upon the clergy might be materially lightened, if proper steps were taken to relieve them of a portion of their work, which encroaches greatly on their strength, and which has nothing in its character to render it unsuitable to be performed by laymen. The parochial system has been recommended by some of its admirers on the ground that it stations an educated gentleman, who can be the friend and adviser of his neighbours, in every village in the kingdom. And 1 am very far indeed from wishing that our country clergy should cease to interest themselves in the well- doing of those they live among. They have it in their power to be of service in a multitude of ways to their parishioners, nor will their influence as spiritual advisers be at all diminished by the remembrance of sympathy and kiudness exhibited in connection with temporal con- cerns. They are the class presumably of the clergy who have the- greatest amount of leisure and who must rely the most upon their own exertions, since lay assistance is Hiore likely to be obtained in towns and populous parishes than in mral neighbourhoods. But even in the most re- mote district some helpers may be found by a clergyman who knows how to look for them; and the administration of a parish, however small and however tranquil, should be deemed to be im- perfect the inhabitants fail to interest themselves in the successful progress of the efforts made in it. There is an aspect, indeed, of this subject here pre- sented to us which ought to be remembered, as it furnishes a. strong reason for enlisting the services of the parishioners of the smallest possible incumbency, though the clergyman alone is apparently fully equal to carry on the whote work appointed to be done. We all of us naturally feel a more lively interest in any undertaking when we ourselves engage in it; and a salutary effect is likely to be produced on those who arc taaght to realize their responsibilities as Churchmen, and to participate in the work intended to be accomplished by the Church. The trivial round the common task,' the petty details of the most insignificant community, as much as the weightier business of the largest and most destitute dis- trict, may occupy the thoughts and discipline the minds of earnest men, and enable them to appreciate the benefits of the wise system in which their proper place of usefulness has heen fitly found for them. There is a strong tendency among members of the Church of Eng- land to leave the care cf religion to the clergyman, as his business to attend to, while they occupy them- selves exclusively with secular affairs, and practically forget that they belong to a great spiritual society, whose advancement they are bound to further: a tendency which can only be counteracted by con- vincing them of their opportunities, and inducing them to take an interest in the work which lies immediately within their reach. The example of other religious communities jxiay be an instructive lesson to ourselves. Eminent for her wealth her tolerance and learning, and embracing in her ranks an immense preponderance of the territorial aristocracy, the Church of England stands upon the plat- form of an Establishment, from which I trust she may never be thrust down. But sho stands there encum- bered. to some extent, by antiquated regulations which voluntary societies have been entirely free from. Their more popular organisation has undoubtedly attracted the -middle classes to their ranks; and with all dne respect r for ancient institutions it is impossible not to feel, when we regard things which are essentially matters of de- tail, that the same ecclesiastical provisions are scarcely suited for such different periods as the reigns of Elizabeth and Victoria. A brief survey of some portions of the work under. taken by the Church will convince us that the field which should be open for lay co-operation is a most exten- sive one, and that more labourers in it are almost everywhere required. Laymen might in the first place nearly, if not entirely, relieve the clergy from the I, harrassmg care of Church Finance: including under this expression the c-ollect'On of funds for the repairs of the fabric of the Church, and the maintenance of the services for the relief of the aged and the sick for the support of missionary and other Church Societies; and for all the usual parochial charities. The business of providing for these various objects, which, though ex- tremely meritorious, have nothing spiritual about thera. might in a majority of cases be safely left to the by members of the congregation, presided over only by their clergyman, who should stimulate and encourage rather than control their labours. The earliest change recorded in the history of the Church is a transfer of temporal affairs from the management of the apostles. And to serve tables' appears plainly to be a duty which, whenever it may be possible, should not be imposed upon their successors. The duty of promoting- education is, at least in theory, sufficiently recognized by laymen. But the drudgery of teaching is considerable, and an undue share of it falls heavily upon a large number of the elercv. Daily attendance at the school, though scarcely necessary where the master is competent and trn'tworthv, is often a severe tax upon a curate's tiree, while Sancav teaching is an additional labour, which mtast in manv instances be felt to be extremely onerous. Much might be done certainly to lessen the fatigue of the ciergy. and to incresse their influence in the great work of teaching. If Board schools, as is cot unlikely, shculd hereafter be generally established, religious instruction will have to be imparted differently, and the necessity for lay assistants will grow rather than diminish. Sunday schools in that case must become of additional importance, and mere must be accomplished bv those who teach in them. If, as is most desirable, the standard of teaching could be raised, and classes formed for those who are no longer children, though they still require to be instructed, a wider sphere of usefulness would be opened, which Illimy educated laymen would probably taKe an especial interest in. To visit his parishioners is above all things the duty of a clergyman and lay helpers are an evil, when they are allowed to become his substitutes. But if this danger is conscientiously avoided, he may derive very valuable assistance trom their services, especially in large parishes, when they are rendered in a systematic manner aud without any frivolous iBterruvitiQj}s. Scripture Readers and City Missionaries are paid assistants of the clergy, nearly if not quite as costly, and do not come within the scope of this disruss;on. But D,srrict Visitors are too popular an msritu- tuiior. to be passed over without any noiice. Their verv general employment is the best evidence of their useful- ness; and may justify me in calling them an institution, though their status has not been determined or anv formal authority. The Church which avails herself c-f their z-al has hitherto imposed no standard for those to be appointed, or prescribed the regular, ns under which they should carry on their labours. The expediency of some such public sanction deserves certainlv to be con- sidered: for though the ordinary district visitor occupy- ing her present position may exerc-'so au important1 influence among the neighbours who are well acquainted with her, she is less likely to gain a heering in the densely crowded towns ar.d manufacturing populations where the Sister of mercy and the Deaconess are so gladlv j welcomed. j "It has been frequently suggested the. Tnvmen should < be permitted to read the prayers of the Church in remote places, and to expound tiie Scriptures. Such would have been the duties of those unpaid "readers" whose; appointment was recommended by the bishops at a meeting held ten years ago. And though the scheme which was then put forward appears to have failed in the execution the question is an extremely serious one, whether some measure ef the hind may no", on mature consideration, be hereafter profitably adorned. "Any further instance? in support of the proposition. that a wide field is open for Jay helpers in the Church, appear to be unnecessary, though many more might easily be But as it is of kle advantage to know the methods which may be pu'sued without thedisposiiion to pursue them, it is above all things necessary that the clergy and laity should be both of them convinced of the need of co-operation and join willinglvas partners iu the alliance. Each of them has something at least to learn, If the laity require to recognise more thoroughly their duty of participating in the work allotted to tin,- Church the clergy must conquer the reluctance, in an ex- clusive order, to associate on an footing- wirh fellow labourers who differ from themselves The vicar of one of the largest towns in England, who was said to have been the most successful parish priest of his time, yhen asked how he mrHJ3ged his parishioners lS reported to have answered that they managed him. Xo man, 1 believe, was less likely to have been guiltv of any undue compliance and his readiness to conciliate by conces'-ion in things indifferent was the source probably of a large portion of his influence. "Parishes differ so exceedingly that anv general 5ate- ment with respect to them must be liable to verv numerous exceptions, but. it may be broadly to be the rule that their existing arrangements are in- sufficient to secure a proper interchange of opinion and to facilitate the united action of 'he laity and ciergv to the extent which is desirable. The vestry no longer consists of Churchmen and where Church Rates have ceased to be collected almost the oniv duty which it exercises is the annual one of electing a churchward n. Another parochial council composed of persons qualified and disposed to advise and to assist the incumbent seems now to be required. Something resembling such a body may exist by voluntary agreement wheie the want is felt to be an urgent one. but the power of the legislature must be exerted to establish it with a legal title. The excellent though limited measure which was introduced into the last Parliament by Lord Sandon would have caused a change in this direction cf great practical importance; and had it fortunately become the law some years ago it might possibly have obviated the supposed necessity for che Public Worship Act. If the time appears to be approaching when further alterations than those advocated by Lord Sandon will have to be effected, the real independence of the clergy is not in jeopardy. On the contrary, the position which they occupy will be a higher one, when the management of the work before them is more wisely organized, when their laudable endeavours are powerfully supported by a more earnest laity, and no petty jealousies impede the energies of the united Church."

FRIDAY. The Lords did not meet to-day, and no business was transacted in the Commons, in consequence of there not being 40 members present when th? Speaker took the chair. Such a cjntingency has not happened for twe.ve years. It was owing to the visit of the Prince of Wales to the City.

MONDAY. In the Lords, the Earl of Derby, replying to Earl Granvilie. stated that he was not in a position to give any details of the agreement come to at the Benin conference on the Eastern question. The English Government did not approve of the memorandum which was the result of the conference-—The Cruelty- to Animals Bill, the object of which is to put restrictions on the practice of vivisection, was read a second time. —The Drugging of Animals Bill, which is intended to I put a stop to the drugging of horses by carters and farm servants to improve the appearance of the animals, was read a third time and passed. In tlic Commons, Mr M. Brooks inquired of the i Premier if it was his intention to advise her Mr.jestylo extend her Royal mercy to the Fenian urisoners.—Mr Disraeli gave a negative reply, in which he showed that there were virtually only seven political prisoners to re- lease, and against these, which were military cases, oou- spiracy against her bjcsty had been clearly proved,— Several hon. members complained of undue pressure having been exercised in obtaining signatures to the petition for the release of the men.—The subject dropped, and the consideration of the Merchant Ship- ping Bill, as amended, w as proceeded with. Some new clauses having been agreed to the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. *r, Vt

TUESDAY. 'J.-v o- In the Lords, Earl Grey moved the secondreading of i the Burials in Cnurchyards Bill, the great object of | which, be said, was to create burial boards in parishes for the management of churchyards, a reversion to the system in operation prior^to the abolition of church rates. The measure \t ouia go iar towards putting an end to existing differences and heartburnings, whilst no injustice would be done to the clcrgy. Ko cler- man would be required to perform the burial service in cases where he conscientiously objected to de so, but in such cases he would have no risht to object to some other person doing it. If the rejection of the bill were moved he should^not press the second read- ing, but he hoped that, Government would not allow another session to pass without some attempt to settle the question.—The Earl of Shaftesbury trusted the] clergy would listen to what Government mightcounsel, a? they might rely upon it that they would never again have such cood friends on the Ministerial benches. —The Duke of Rutland thought toe grievance ,"cry 1 limited in extent, and that the object of the move- ment was the destruction of the Church of England.- The Bishop of Oxford, w hile fully prepared to consider 4 any well-considered scheme, urged that :1<1 p*T.tieal plau had ever, yet beer- submitted for the co*.tsidt>ratiori of the clergy.—Lord Houghton objected to tiie b'iii. as secularising the cnurchyards, and as forming apreoe- dent for a similar movement with regard to Cnurcli {itself.—After some further discussion a moticn by the Duke of Rutland, tnat the bill be read a second time i that day six month, was agreed to. In the Commons, Mr Bourke, replying to a question^ stated toat the British Consul at Zanzibar had graphed that he had negotiated with the Sultan a ) treaty for the repression of the traffic ia slaves from the interior of Africa.—Mr II. James moved for detailed statements of the income and expenditure oi the 89 trade guilds of the n "r of making the resource- se companies available for educational and other objects more consonant with the ideas and objects of the present time.—Tue Mayor opposed the m tion.—Mr Gladstone, while objecting to the form of the motion, expressed apnroval of the principles laid down by Mr James, a ci he warned the companies thai if they did not themselves set their house in order they might have it set in order for them, and in a manner w hich would not be so asreeable to them.—Mr Cross thought it wa- a sub- ject with which the Government ought to deal, but said the present Ministry was not in a position to take it in hand.—Eventually the motion was withdrawn, a.nd the House was soon after counted out," whilst Sir G. Campbell was moving the second reading ol the East India High Court of Justice Bill.

WEDNESDAY. In the Commons. Mr Mac-ionald moved the second reading of the Liability of Employers Bill, and showing the hardship and injustice of the present law. explained that be proposed to amead it as regarded compensation for injuries in the course of employment, by providing that it should be no defence that the accident was caused by the negligence of persons in the same em- ployment. or that the risk was voluntary, and incurred as incidental to the work, provided, however, that the person himself had not contributed materialiv to k— After some discussion, Mr Cross suggested that the bill should be withdrawn, in which case the Government would consent to refer the matter to a Select Com- mittee.—The bill was withdrawn on this understanding. —The rejection of the Wild Fowl Preservation Bill was moved by Mr P. Taylor; and. upon a division, was carried by 337 against 13,

THURSDAY. The House of Lords did not meet, it being Ascensi o Day. In the Commons, after the disposal of a number of questions, and the receiving of a notice on behaii" of the nobleman' languishing at Dartmoor by his es' ecial friend Mr Whaliey, the Customs and Inland Revenue But was taken in committee—Mr K. Hodgson moved on clause G that the tax ou incomes be reauced from 3d to 2td in the pound, a proposal which met with the warm support of Mr Dodson and on clause S Mr Hubbard moved to omit tiie new exemption promised, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on incomes below £..1.00 a year, leaving the exemption as it stood, by allowing a deduction of from incomes b-;v>v, £ 306. —Sir Stafford iNortlicote resisted both proposals. The first was defeated on a division by 227 votes 10 142,, and the second negatived wit tiout an appeal to the voting power of the House.—The bill passed thr -ugh com- mittee-—Tiie Commons Bill was taken next in ormcrin committee.—Mr Fawcett moved a resolution dec-faring that, in the opinion of the House, the bill did not give adequate protection to the interests of the rural labourers, and did not provide proper securities against the enclosure of those Commons which it was desirable to preH H in their _unc-ricios(0i condition for the use and enjoyment of the people.—After a long debate, a division was taken, when the amendment was d Seated by a majority of I3G, only 9S voting for the resolution.

HOW LOXG SLL Vi E LliAf; IT? TO THE EDITOR OF THE G"TAT:r>IAN'. SIR.—Tf.e blundering OF our Corporation is become a public scandal, a subject ol ridicule to outsiders, and a reproach to those whom it mis-represents. A few ago we had the spectacle of a resolution solemnly passed at one meeting of He Council, in regard to a matter relating to Colon ] Jones, ignominicusly re-cinded at the next meeting to the amus-mont of some Lud the amazement cf others of the burgesses. Immediately after we find the same Council in i*s capacity sis a Burial Board, consenting to a burial in the new cemeterv. and in a few days subsequently refusing a similar having in the meantime discovered that it had acted illegally in aliowi-jc interment without the sanction of the Secretary of State. Stiii pursuing the same blunder- ing course, we find from your issue of th:s day that-a civase in the lease of Hafod-y-wern Farm, on WWh the Council insistedamost strenuously, is rejected wi h rcornfnl oi dam by the lessee, and the councilors are ag-. n on the itool of repentance. And now, last, but worst ef all they, as a Burial Board, are found guilrv of a proceeding in connection with the consecration of the new ce-mu^rv in which their conscience can only be saved at the ex- pense cf their intelligence. When the promoter? of the new cemetery projected their scheme, were they, or were they net, aware of the application of -he burfel laws thereto? If they were i* is sirrp!r rn:?votiible that men occupying such positions should be'so grossly ignorant of the very rudiments of the cffice which they are elected to discharge. It aware of the requirements of the Jaw, how came they to attempt- to evade those requirement' by ignoring the very exisferee cf tbe prrties who had; the fust n^h* to b cr>n«c]'.?d; Th jre is an impression ubroad which. tor the credit of cor municipal institutions, it is to be hoped is not weil fouuac> to the j effect that the Burial Board, finding how dec; fy i- has involved theratepnyers in this new cemetery utdertaking, | has been attempting to lessen th expenses and in- create the return- from interments, by virtually ignoring tne rights and interests cf the parish officers. A more discreditable proceeding it is hard to conceive, ar 1 the question is forced on the consideration of cv-rv buig-^s— how long shall we bear it ? How long sh dl we suffer | ourselves to be thus humiliated by the glannsi incom- petency of those who wi'I not or cannot nonage our public affairs with a decent amount of effic encv ? At present- we are seriously compromised by the actions oi nun who best know huw not to serve ns, and how long sli'.li we bear i: ? May, 20. HAM ;TE. EUTIIIN UNION. TO THE EDITOIi OF THE GTAKDIAX. SIB,—I noticed in your last report of the prot-eed- ingt of the guardians of the above Union, that the chairman had suggested that a committee or officer should be appointee to supervise tlie provision. &c, accounts iu connection with ill-maintenance, and that the clerk would be the fittest person to carry out this suggestion. This the board hurriedly adopteci. v, ithout looking into the matter as it seems \o me, and of the ratepayers' money is frittered away without a cause i: article 25 of the General Order of Accounts issued by the Poor Law Board is not repealed. This article provides for the duty being done as part and parcel of the clerk's ordinary work. I append the extract:— "Article 25. On the day of every ordinary meeting of the Boaru ol Guardians, or ou be day li-ext before it unless such day shall be Sunday, and then on the pre- vious Saturday, the clerk shall examine the master's dny-book, and shall compare tbe invoices with the invoices themselves, and shall see that all ttc supplied are carried by the master to the proper accounts, and shall certify the correctness of the s:,me j by his initials. He shall also compare the entries of payment in the receipt and payment account T -^rein with the vouchers, and ascertain that tac i-nasv has debited this amount with all sums received bv him, and shall insert his initials at the foot of such amount. And he shall inspect the other books required to"be kept by the master by his order, so as to ascertain that they are properly Protesting uganiM unnecessary burdens upon our rai«s. I am. &c., W. J. Ilr;. T. JiUthlli, i.-irth

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