Wrexham Guardian

¡ (BY TELEGRAPH). COKN MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Friday. The sales of wheat have been very limited, as sellers have asked Id per cental advance on both red and white. Flour, in fair demand at full rates; Indian corn, quiet at 26s 3d to 2Gs 6d; beans and peas, a moderate business at steady rates; Egyptian wheat, again dearer; oats, oatmeal, and barley without material change.

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CAR- NARVON. The Dowager Countess of Carnarvon is reported sink- i ng fast. The Earl and the chief members of the family are with her.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. LONDON, Friday. The police have received information of the robbery, last night, of the Gainsbrough picture of the Duchess of Devonshire, recently purchased by Messrs Agnew for 10,000 guineas. The picture has been cut from the frame it is supposed by some one who has been con- nected with the building.

ELECTION NEWS. Three candidates were nominated, on Saturday, for the Tacant seat at Cork. Mr Goulding (Conservative), and Messrs Henry Lane and John Daly (Home-rulers). The polling took plade on Thursday with the following nralt 11 Goulding (Conservative) 1,297 Daly (Home Ruler) 1,168 Lane (Home Euler) 841 It was said that a vacancy would be occasioned in the representation of Nowcastle-ander-Lyme through the bankruptcy of Sir E. Buckley, Bart., the Conservative member, but a letter has been received from Sir E. Buckley's London agent to the effect that Sir Edmund does not intend reirining his seat.

irtgst arriagtst anfr BIRTHS. COLEMAN—On the 22nd inst., the wife of Mr T. H. Cole- man, dentist, Regent-street, Wrexham, of a son. DAVIES—On the 25th inst., at 12, Huxley's Buildings, Crescent Terrace, Wrexham, the wife of Mr Thomas Davies, of a son. BABRATT—On the 15th inst., the wife of Mr A. J. Barratt, manager of the Ruabon Coal Company, of a son. EDWARDS-OIL the 17th inst., the wife of Mr Richard Edwards, Llandyn, near Llangollen, of a son. EDWARDS—On the 20th inst., at Offa Terrace, Wrexham, the wife of Samuel Edwards, of a son. ILARDNVICK-ON the 19th inst., at Broad Oaks, Sale, Cheshire, the wife of R. Hardwick, Esq., of a son. JONES—On the 17th inst., at 73, Canning-street, Liverpool, the wife of Edward Stewart Jones, Esq., of a daughter. JONES—On the lgth inst., the wife of Mr David Jones, jjroeer, Church-street, Llangollen, of a son. JONES-On the 17th inst., the wife of Mr Abraham Jones, weaver, Queen-street, Llangollen, of a daughter. JONES—On the 19th inst., at Adwy, Bersham, the wife of Mr William Jones, of a son. JONES-On the 24th inst., the wife of Mr William Jones, Bryn Offa Cottage, Holywell, of a son. JUSTICE-On the 20th inst., at Green Bank, Llangollen, the wife of Philip W. Justice, Esq., of a daughter. LEWIS—On the 9th ult., at Robert's Court, Beast Market, Wrexham, the wife of John Lewis, of a son. MARSHALL—On the 17th inst., at Hopton Cangeford Vicarage, Ludlow, the wife of H. Bernard Derham Mar- shall, M.A., of a daughter. JrORBGRY-On the 19th inst., at Psmnant, St. Asaph, Mrs Edwin A. Norbury, of a daughter. :ROBERTS-On the 19th inst., the wife of Mr W. Roberta, Glas-aber, Llangollen, of a son. EOBERTS—On the 21st inst., .the wife of Mr Robert Roberts, builder. Park-street, Denbigh, of a son. BEYNOLDS—On the 16th inst., at Alyn Cottage, Brymbo, the wife of William Reynolds, of a son. SANDFORD-On the 5th inst.. at Lodge, Brymbo, the wife of Mr Alfred Sandford, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. ATKINSON-CASWELL-ON the 20th inst., at the Parish Church, Wrexham, Mr Andrew Atkinson, Wrexham, to Miss Elizabeth Caswell, daughter of Mr Henry Caswell, shoemaker, Shrewsbury. BLENCOWE-WALCOT-OU the 10th inst., at Bitterley > Church, Ludlow, by the father of the bride, assisted by the Rev. Alfred J. Blencowe, brother of the bridegroom, the Rev. Charles Edward Blencowe, second son of the late John Jackson Blenoowe, of Marston House, St. Lawrence, Northamptonshire, to Katherine Elizabeth, second daughter of the Rev. John Walcot, of Bitterley Court, Salop. BOWERS—LOWE—On the 24th inst., at St. John's Church, Chester, by the Rev. Edward Lowe, rector of Great Gunnerby, Lincolnshire, cousin of the bride, assisted by the Rev. William Theophilus Giles, Thomas Bate, eldest son of Alderman Bowers, The Willows, Moiling, ton, Chester, to Ellen Case, youngest daughter of the late John Lowe, Hough Green, Chester. JOKES-LEWIS-On the 20th inst., at St. David's Church, Liverpool, by the Rer. E. T. Davies, B.A., Thomas Jones, Anderson-street, Liverpool, to Annie, youngest daughter of the late Captain Edward Lewis, of Aberyst- with. LlNAKER-EV ANS-On the 20th inst., at St. David'« Welsh Church, Brownlow-hill, Liverpool, by the Rev. E. T. Davies, Prederick G. Linaker, Esq., of London-road, Liverpool, to Catherine, second daughter of John Evans, Esq., Bodynllan House, Nantglyn, near Denbigh. OWEN—MADDOX—On the 24th ult., at St. John's Church, Bishop's Castle, by the Rev. W. M. Rowland, M.A. (vicar), assisted by the Rev. T. W. Owen, (vicar of St. Nicholas, Leicester) and the Rev. E. Owen, B.A. (curate of Penmon, Anglesey), brothers of the bridegroom, T. Morgan Owen, Esq., M.A., H.M. Inspector of Schools, to Emma, only daughter of J. Maddox, Esq., of Owlbury. THOMAS—FORTUNE—On the 25th inst., at the Parish Church, Rhyl, by the Rev. Canon Morgan, William Frederick Thomas, The Cross, Newtown, to Alice Louisa, widow of John Fortune, of St. Mary's Villa, Newtown. THOMAS—ROBERTS—On the 24th inst., at the Inde- pendent Chapel, Rutbin, by the Rev. J. A. Roberts, of Carmarvon, the Rev. John Thomas, B.D., Llandrilo, to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Mr Edward Roberts, Clwyd-street. DEATHS. On the 22nd inst., at 9, Glendower-street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, aged 60, George Abel, late of Rhyl. BAKER-On the 22nd insi., aged 63, Mr Theodorick Baker, at Ty'n-y-celyn, near Llangollen. CHAMBRES-On the 21st inst., after a long illness, Mrs Chambres, the Fron, Denbigh. DAVIES—On the 10th inst., aged i, Mr William Davies, carrier, Hill-street, Corwen. jgkUS on the 20th inst., Captain Ellis, Halkyn, HolywoU. aged 75. ay A res On the 17th inst., aged 81, John Evans, Esq., of the Old Bank, Brecon, J.P. and D.L. for Breconshire. BVANS—On the 20th inst., Mr Evan Evans, Birch Terrace, Llangollen, aged 78. FRANCIS-On the 16th inst., at Town Hill, Wrexham, Mr Edward Francis, aged 74. Q-UMMOW-On the 21st inat., at Salisbury Park, Wrexham, Mr Michael Gummow, aged 74. HAMPTON On the 19th inst., at Wrexham-street, Mold, Mxs Ann Hampton, relict of the late John Hampton' Esq., in her 86th year. JONES On the 14th inat., aged 86, Mr_Owen Jonea, Maes- bury Hall, Oswestry. f.LOYP—On the 18th inst., at The Brow, Overton, Ruabon, Letitia, widow of the late Edward Lloyd, Esq., of Cefn, St. Asaph. M9STYN—On the 17th inst., at Walnut Cottages, Rhoeddu, Mr Ellis Mostyn, aged 17 years. JARRY—On the 22nd inst., aged 80.. Elizabeth, wife of Mr Edward Parry, Pen-y-coed, Llangollen. PARRY—November 11th, aged 46, at Woodspoint, Australia, Ebenezer Parry, formerly of Wrexham. POWELL On the 19th inst., at his residence, Lorne-street, Cheater, the Rev. Ebenezer Powell, late of Holt. BOBERTS-On the 20th inst., aged 10 years, John Owen, eldest son of Mrs Maurice Roberts, Cumberland House and Manchester House, Conway. BOBERTS-On the 20th inst., at Denbigh, aged 31 years, Llewelyn Edward Roberts, of Hythe, Kent, second son of the late Rev. David Roberta, rector of Llandyrnog, Denbigh. BEES On the 33rd inst., aged <54, Elizabeth, wife of Mr Edward Rees, stonemason, Oak-street, Llangollen. BOBERTS—On the 13th inst., aged 65, Harriet, wife of Xr John Roberts, Fields Farm, Erbistock, near Ruabon. UTUNE—the 17th inst., at Goppa, Francis Wynne, solicitor, Town Clerk of Denbigh, seventh son of the late R. Lifton Wynne, of Ystrad, Denbigh, aged 39. WU,LIAXS-ON the 19th inat., at Holt-street, Wrexham, John Williams, aged 53 years.

Tial RECENT ELOPEXZNT.-ON dit that the too- oonfidin" wife of the hero of a recent Shropshire elopement, "who is in the enviable enjoyment of J&O 000 a-year in her own right, has written to her torutuat husband, begging him to return, with the promise of the past being buried in oblivion, so far as she is concerned [—Whitehall Review. IMPROVEMENTS AT LLANDUDNO.—In the House of Lords this week the Llandudno Improvement Bill has been before a select committee, nnder the chairmanship ef Lord Methuen. The object ef the bill was to provide iIIcreased lighting, watering, and paving, and other im- provements, for which it was estimated it would be lwoeswry to raise a sum of £ 70,000. With a few amendments the general proposition seemo.tolmeet with < "—U^ihin*' aDDTOVlL

WREXHAM TOWN COUNCIL. THE CEMETERY FEES. A special meeting of the Council acting as a burial board was held at the Guildhall on Wednes- day afternoon, for the purpose of passing the rules and regulations and also the table of fees and charges in reference to the new cemetery; and further to make arrangements for the consecration of the portion of the cemetery appropriated to the members of the Church of England, by the Bishop of St. Asaph, on the 2nd of June next. Alderman Jones occupied the chair the only other members present being Aldermen Beirne and Owen; and Councillors Smith, Lloyd, Shone, and R. J. Williams; Mr James, town clerk, and Mr Smith, borough surveyor. The Chairman expressed his regret that members did not take more interest in a question like this, and had hoped to see a better attendance. The Town Clerk asked Alderman Owen what Act of Parliament he had referred to in which he said the fees were quoted in the schedule ? Alderman Owen said the 20th and 21st Vict., c. 31, eec. 1. The Chairman saw several gentlemen present who had not had an opportunity of attending the committee meetings; and said that perhaps it would not be out of place if he stated very shortly their position in regard to this questicn. They would remember that some time ago a committee was appointed to prepare a scale of fees for the cemetery. That committee met several times and took a great deal of pains in going over and com- paring the scale of charges in different places, and they hnd decided on what they considered a very fair table. He believed the committee felt that as representing the burgesses they had a perfect right and the sole power to prepare this table; because they could not forget this fact, that the inhabitants of the borough have had or will have to pay the whole of the expenses connected with the cemetery. Now when they had done all that they thought necessary to be done, in stepped two gentlemen, one of them the Vestry Clerk (Mr John Bury) and the other a professional gentleman (Mr T. Bury), who attended on behalf of the Vicar to tell the committee at the last moment that the Vicar had superior claims, that, in fact, he claimed certain fees over which they, as a Corporation, had no control. That was very strange to him (the chair- man), and they were all taken by surprise. How- ever, he believed he was right in saying that it appeared to be the ecclesiastical law of the land which conferred certain powers on the Vicar. But he was glad to say that it was confined to Church- going people after all, his own flock really would be the sufferers. His fees would be over and above the fees that would be fixed by the Corporation. The fees charged upon the Church ground and to Catholics and Nonconformists were alike with the exception of those extra fees claimed by the Vicar. He was sorry that was the law and it was useless to discuss it there, and kick against the pricks. He only hoped that people outside would have their eyes opened to this very unrighteous law, and the sooner it was altered the better. However they had no control over it, but he should like people to know what these laws are, and the sooner they knew that the sooner should they have a reform (hear, hear). The Town Clerk stated that he had received a letter from Messrs Acton and Bury, which he would read to the Council; but before doing so he might state that the Vicar called on him an hour ago with reference principally to the mode of stating his fees in the table of fees, with which he was not satisfied. What were to be understood by first-class funerals were those before two o'clock, and what were to be understood by second-class were those after two o'clock; and the third-class were pauper funerals. He claimed to charge for the first 7s 6d; after two o'clock he would charge only charge 5s 6d, although it might be a vault or a first-class grave. Then for paupers he would charge half-a-crown, by which he meant persons either in the workhouse or receiving parochial relief. He thought there had been a good deal of irritation imported into the matter, and he was sorry for it; because he wished to meet the board in the kindest and most conciliatory spirit, and had no wish to stretch his authority beyoud due limits. He had made the charges considerably below what he had been in the habit of receiving in the yards of the Church and what other incumbents received, and particularly with regard to the monuments, so he said he had met the board in the most conciliatory and amicable spirit, and he was very sorry that any irritation or bad feeling should have been imported into the matter at all. With regard to the question of the non-admission of the reporters, he (the Town Clerk) would read the following communication from Messrs Acton and Bury :— Wrexham, 23rd May, 1876. DEAR SIR,—Having been consulted by the Vicar upon the Burial Acts, and their application to the new cemetery, and having attended a meeting of thc committee of the Burial Board with the Vestry Clerk, on the 15th inst., when we expressed our views of the vicar's position, our attention has been directed to a rcport in the Wrexham Advertiser of Saturday last, headed" The New Cemetery-Singular question as to Fees," which call for some remark. If the proceedings of the committee had been reported, the ratepayers would have known something of the facts laid by us before the meeting, instead of being presented with a one- sided and incc>mplete¡¡,?count of the business, conveying a very erroneous impression of what the Vicar has done in the matter of the Burial Fees. We shall be obliged, therefore, if you will lay this letter before the Burial Board at the special meeting called for Wednesday next, so tbat it may appear with the newspaper reports of what may then transpire. Having regard to the fact that the Chairman of the Com- mittee on the_15th inst., an able solicitor of long standing did not question our construction of the Burial Acts, and that you had previously conceded the Vicar's right to some definite scale of fees, we were scarcely prepared to find that a member of the same committee had immediately proceeded to write to Mr Osborne Morgan, Q.C., representing the Vicar's right to fees as a claim made at the last moment, not only for himself but for the Clerk and Sexton, for whom the Vicar sought to provide, and referring to the subject as the project of the Vicar. With the law a.s obligingly stated by Mr Osborne Morgan, whose opinion is given with some reserve, we cannot take exception, save that the first Statute is, probably, by a printer's error, misquoted. The Act clearly gives to the Incumbent Clerk and Sexton the same fees in the consecrated portion of the new cemetery as they have respectively received previously in the paro- chial burial ground. As to the Vicar's "claim" having been left till the eleventh hour; we submit that the Burial Board are alone responsible, since no notice was given to the Vicar and Parish Officers as to when the cemetery would be ready for consecration, and the first intimation the icar had of the intended consecration was the announcement in the local journals. The Bishop had no doubt assumed that the scale of fees had been settled, as the usual prdilllinary step, before application was made to him to consecrate the ground when at last it was understood that the Burial Board had fixed a scale of fees without regard to the Vicar's concur- rence, the Churchwardens as the representatives of the Parishioners In all matters relating to the Church, obtained information as to the practice prevailing in other places more or less similarly circumstanced, alld a scale of charges was prepared which the Vicar approved of, and which was com- municated to the Board. The scale is a moderate and strictly legal one, and charges of a like nature to incumbents are provided for in various tables and regulations in other towns, copies of which tables have been obtained by the Burial Board for their own information, but, notwithstanding this, the Vicar's fees appeared to have been regarded by some members of the Board as a grievance, and an air of sup- pressed mystery has been imparted to the discussion of the entire matter. The impression made by the remarks of members of the Burial Board is that a claim has been made by the Vicar which it was optional with him to raise or not at his own personal will and pleasure, while the truth is that the Vicar has no discretion on the pomt. As lllcumbent it is his manifest duty to allow no rights or fees to lapse which belong to the living he holds, and which is entrusted to him not for himself only, but for those who may succeed him 88 Vicars of the Parish. As we have already stated to the Committee it MIJ been the desire of the Vicar to meet the Burial Board in an amicable Dl&nner, and only to ask for the adjustment of such a Beale of charges as law and custom justify; at the øame time he is anxious that the course which he hll.8 been compelled to take in this matter should be made clear to his parishioners, and that the facts should be fully made public.-We are, dear sirs, yours faithfully, ACTON & BURT. John James, Esq., Town Clerk. The Chairman said that so far as he was con- cerned he wished it to be clearly understood that he did not blame the Vicar, nor did he believe any member of the Council did; because it was not the Vicar's law, but it was the law he was bound to carry out not for his own benefit merely but for the benefit also of whoever might follow him in the living. He hoped the law would soon be altered. Mr Shone said reference had been made to him, and some surprise expressed in the letter that he, as a member of that board, should have written to Mr Osborne Morgan on this question. (The Chair- man: Which you had a perfect right to do). His simple object was. to do what the chairman stated in his preliminary remarks to the meeting, to enlighten the public on what the law of the land was in reference to this question. When the Vicar chose to send to the committee the vestry clerk and his son, a solicitor, to make his claim, if there was any ambiguity about the claim, surely there was no necessity to resort to such a formal mode of making the claim, and they did not even know the purpose for which they came there. The Town Clerk I believe I put it on the agenda, to meet Mr Bury. Mr Shone: But I did not know what the object was, I declare on my honour. The Town Clerk: There could only be one object. Mr Shone: Well I, for one, say I was ignorant of what was really meant, and when I say as a Non- conformist I was ignorant, and when I have been told by several Churchmen outside (sincere good people) that they were equally ignorant, I say posi- tively it was a mistake en the part of the committee that they did not allow the meeting to be reported as Messrs Acton and Bury stated; because then we should have had the whole case put before the public as the Vicar wished it to be represented. He did believe the Vicar had any option in the matter. He was placed in a position in which he waa obliged to take care of the emoluments belonging to that position and hand them down to his successor as he had received them; and the speeches were osly for the purpose of enlightening the public outside. It was an anomaly, it was to be regretted, that in the 19th century they should be in such a poeition as they were in respect ef burials. That property was the property of the ratepayers at the expense of t'ie rateynyers two cliapels had been erected there, and the Church of England party- he did not say it with any animosity, far from it; he hoped he was as charitable to the Church of Engird as he was to any other religious body—he said it was a pity they could not go into the cemetery Church of England, Nonconformist, and and the Romans Catholics and be buried precisely on the same terms. And with regard to Messrs. Acton and Bury's observation expressing surprise that he should as a member of the board, after bear- ing the explanations given by Mr Bury himself, and after hearing the opinions expressed by their legal member, Alderman Owen, he begged to state distinctly, and he hoped he would not take exception to his remarks now, that Alderman Owen did think, notwithstanding the expressions in that letter, that the charges made in respect of tombstones were excessive, and he questioned whether on that point Messrs. Acton and Bury wero right and whether the Vestry Clerk was right. He must say the Burial Laws were, as Mr Osborne Morgan said, very comprising and very difficult to understand and that being so, could they be sur- prised that the Vicar should send there Mr John Bury, sen., the vestry clerk, and his son. Why did he do so P Because these Burial Laws were intri- cate and difficult, and it was necessary, in order to maintain the position as it wanted to be maintained, that some one versed in this difficult matter should explain it to the Council. And as so many people outside were ignorant of it, it was a pity when Mr Bnry and his son attended and placed the matter so fairly before them as Mr Thomas Bury had done, that the reporters were not present, so that people outside might not have had to complain of the second-hand way in which they had received it. Alderman Owen, as chairman of the committee at which Mr Bury attended, said he wished to say he did not admit anything at that meeting. He referred to the Cemetery Act and said to Mr Bury, I believe you are referring to the Cemetery Act ? and he said, Yes." Well," he said, I have not studied the matter thoroughly; I have some in- distinct recollection of it, and probably you are right;" but he did not go into the matter, nor did he assume that he understood exactly how the matter stood. And to show that he was accurate in that respect the resolution was, that the Town Clerk should report on the legal merits of the case, and that after that had been done that they should settle on a scale of tees and submit it to the Vicar for his approval; and ho dared say they would recollect that Mr Thomas Bury said they were bound to insist on the same fees as they were re- ceiving from the old burial ground. Well, he alluded to the fact that the Bishop might a.lter the fees, and that the incumbent might be absolved from any responsibility by the Bishop sanctioning the alteration. He might say that an altera- tion had taken place in the city of London, and he could not see why they should not have an alteration here. (Mr Shone Hear, hear). Mr Osborne Morgan referred to the firstct, the Metropolitan Act, as in the 25th and 26th Victoria. That appeared to be a mistake, and was evidently a printer's error. He might tell them that the foundation of the whole of these claims was the Metropolitan Act, which when it came into force in 1852 had no relation to anything outside the metropolis; but by the 16th and 17th Victoria in 1853, certain provisions in this Act, from section 10 up to section 40, were extended to all parishes throughout the kingdom. At this time there were only vestries and the burial boards; but it was found very difficult to manage matters with regard to cemeteries in parishes where there were corpora- tions and town councils, and therefore by another Act, passed, he believed, in the year 1854, power was given to town councils to apply to Parliament for powers for themselves. And it was to the way in which Parliament had managed this (The Town Clerk: The Queen in Council), the way in which they had brought these clauses in to effect them as in the Act of 1854 that he wished to call attention. They said the town council should have all the powers and authorities of vestries and burial boards in the previous Act, so that they (the town councils) were placed in precisely the same place as the vestries and burial boards under the Act of 1853. Having read portions of the Act, he said it was evident that with the consent of the Bishop the fees might be revised and altered. (The Chairman: Might be reduced?) Yes. In the Burial of the Dead, City Act, 20th and 21st Vic. c. 35, he found a reference was made to this Act of 15th and 16th Vie., the Metropolitan Act, in which these clauses were included. This Act of the 20th and 21st Vic. was passed in 1857, and therefore after the passing of the.Act of 1854 authorising the town councils to apply to Parliament. Well, then the state of things was just this, the city was just in the same position as they were, and the incumbents had the same rights as they had here. After reciting the 15th and 16th Vic., he went on to say that it would be lawful for the Mayor, aldermen, a.nd burgesses) when they saw fit to do so, to authorise the commissioners of sewers for the City of Lon- don to exercise all the authorities and powers vested in the burial boards under the said Act. (The Town Clerk Do you contend that that Act applies to the country) ? No, he was coming to that directly. He wished to show the power was given, instead of to the Council, to the commis- sioners of sewers, at the motion of the Council, to exercise for the City and liberties all such powers as were vested in the burial boards. So that they had the same powers as parish vestries had. In a provision contained in the 37th section of the Metropolitan Act, which now binds us, power was given to the vestries, with the consent of the Bishop, to vary the of the incumbents, and he would tell them what their table of fees were :— For burial in a catacomb in consecrated ground, 15s; burial in a vault, 10s; in a brick grave, 7s 6d; in a private grave, 5s; in a common grave, 2s 6d burial of paupers, Is. The first section said the fees enumerated in the schedule of this Act should be the fees which the incumbents of parishes within the City of London and the liberties thereof should be entitled to receive in all interments in the consecrated portion of the cemetery at Little Ilford, and the same fees should be in satisfaction of all claims on the part of incumbents for fees of any description whether in respect of the burial in vaults, graves, the erection of monuments, grave- stones or tablets, or monumental inscriptions in the cemetery. He (Alderman Owen) did not say this Act applied to us; but he said that when this Act was passed there must have been a discussion about vaults, monuments, and grave stones, other- wise this would not have been in. It was evident that there was a discussion on the point and that the incumbents gave way, and that they settled mutually together that these should be the fees, and that these fees should include everything. He said that if in the City of London, where there were one hundred parishes, such a thing could be done, why could it not be done here, if there was a de- position on the part of everybody to meet and do it? He was quite sure the Bishop and the Vicar would be as liberal as the Bishop of London and the incumbents in that city; and he did hope that some mode would be adopted by which they could come to a friendly settlement of the matter. He mentioned this in order to show what had been done elsewhere and what fees were taken elsewhere. It was a more convenient course to take than to put them in the way they were doing. This would be very simple. There were certain fees, and they were certain. The Chairman: But can you divide the fees ? The Town Clerk I think, Alderman Owen, that London is an isolated case; because in almost all the tables I have seen of other burial boards the charges are extra for monuments, grave-stones, and so on. I don't think it extends beyond London. Alderman Owen: The City 'of London has monuments and cemeteries the same as we have here, and it may be the fees are charged by incum- bents in a different way. The Town Clerk: Oh yes, because London is quite an isolated case. Alderman Owen: I don't say but what it may be so; but what I say is, if thii is done there, now is our time to see if we cannot get a revision of these fees. I know there is a good deal of talk outside, throughout the town, and no doubt there will be considerable feeling on the subject if these fees are enforced; and our object is to make the cemetery available to the public on the least possible charge, because if we drive people away, of course we shall not have the benefit of the ground for which we are paying or will have to pay. The Town Clerk I am afraid this is quite useless because I have seen the Vicar to-day, and he has shown me a letter from the Bishop, who is deter- mined to support him, as he thinks the charges are reasonable. It will never do to go to the Bishop behind the back of the Vicar. You must conciliate the Vicar first. Alderman Owen It is my duty to mention thia Act to the Council, and it will be for you to say whether you will not ask the Town Clerk to com- municate with the authorities in London as to how this Act was passed. The Town Clerk We shall have very little chanoe in that direction. I think it will be labour thrown away. You see the Act was passed in 1854. Alderman Owen: No, in 1855. The Town Clerk: Well, at any rate, nearly twenty years ago, and there weald not be the same autho- rities now aa when the Act was passed. I think we mast read the Act as it stands in the statute book. I We shall not get any further information about it. I think the better plan, if there is any wish to re- open the subject, is to instruct me to write to the Vicar and quote this Act of Parliament, and "show that different arrangements were made in London, 19 years ago, and that it would satisfy the burial board here, and the inhabitants also, if the same charges were adopted in Wrexham as had satisfied London, and asking him whether he would recon- sider his proposition. Alderman Owen: I should be glad to put it in any shape. I felt it my duty to mention it to the Council, and I must now leave it. Tha Town Clerk I did not mention it the other day because I did not think it applied to Wrexham. Alderman Owen It does: I refer to the very Act. The incumbents' arrangements were dealt with by that special Act of Parliament. I may say that this Act was not obtained for that only, but was obtained for getting the consent of the vestries, and therefore the arrangement for the fees was ob- tained by merely the consent of the parties. Mr Shone said the misfortune was that this matter was not mooted a long time ago. This dis- cussion should have taken place months ago and everyone would feel greatly indebted to Alderman Owen for hunting up this Act of Parliament, which he was sure if put before the Bishop would receive his consideration, and probably he would reduce the charges which they were told by Mr Thos. Bury the other day could not be reduced by any means. Mr Smith remarked that in Chester they made one charge which included everything. Alderman Owen moved that the Town Clerk communicate with the Vicar, calling his attention to the Act of Parliament and to what had been done elsewhere, and see whether they could not revise the scale of fees. They had, as Mr Shone had properly said, in order to meet the Church views, at large expense erected two chapels, and they were quite disposed to deal fairly with the incum- bent's fees. But at the same time, now was the time for the alteration, if they could only meet on friendly terms. The Chairman: We must not forget the fact that we are now dealing with the Vicar; and the very people, I take it, whose cause Alderman Owen is advocating are the Vicar's own flock; because they are the people that will be benefited. It will not effect Nonconformists and Roman Catholics. Alderman Owen: I think it should be under- stood that it does effect both sides. It effects Non- conformists indirectly. The Chairman: I should like to understand that. Alderman Owen: It does effect them indirectly, because the greater the burden you put upon that ground the less available it will be, and because they pay for it in part as well as Church people but it effects the Church people directly, because they would have to pay double fees. The Chairman Yes, as I said the Vicar's flock are the sufferers. Mr Shone Supposing we pass a resolution that the Town Clerk communicate with the Viear, and make known to him the Act referred to by Alder- man Owen, I ask whether the Bishop of St. Asaph could not make some modification in the claims made to this board by the Vicar ? The Town Clerk Oh yes; I should suggest that to relieve him of responsibility as to his successors. In the course of some further conversation, Alderman Owen observed that they would not be surprised that Mr Osborne Morgan or anybody else did not understand these acts when he said that in order to get the little information he had there he was obliged to look through nine or ten Acts of Parliament. The Town Clerk said the fees for burials in the consecrated ground were from ten till two, 10s 6d; from two till six, 5s 6d; paupers, 2s 6d clerk's fee. Is sexton for tolling the bell per hour, Is. The Vicar's fees for headstones or plain flat stones with or without footstone, were 10s 6d; for the privi- lege of erecting tomb, body stone, or monument, £11s. Mr Shone thought it ought to be pretty well known that the fees the Cemetery Committee had arranged for all who used the cemetery for burials were 5s 6d first-class; 3s 6d second; and half-a- crown third. Mr Smith said the fee proposed by the Vicar for the erection' of monuments was half of what was usually charged, which was two guineas. Mr Shone said these fees would tell against them in various ways. If persons had to pay this extra guinea, they would not incur the expense they would otherwise be disposed to go to, and from which the burial board would derive a profit. For instance, they had a fee of a guinea for erecting an iron rail- ing round a grave; but if it were understood that this fee would be in addition to the Vicar's it would very likely, preclude that additional outlay. Mr Smith said the Vicar had stated that the erection of a tomb meant anything complete. If so, he was bound to say it was a reasonable charge. In reply to Mr Lloyd, The Town Clerk suggested that the Council should pass the rules and regulations and also the petition for consecration by the Bishop, because that would not at all affect the question of the fees. The Chairman should like to ask, before they were passed, if any difference were made in the fees o parties living within the parish but beyond the oundary of the borough. The Town Clerk No. The Chairman said this ground bad been paid for by people living in the borough, and if a stranger were allowed to come in without paying extra fees it seemed to be very hard indeed. The Town Clerk: There are double fees for those living outside the parish. The Chairman: But I am speaking of beyond the boundary but within the parish. The Town Clerk Oh, you can impose a fee. The burial board extends over the whole of the parish It is the borough and parish of Wrexham, compris- ing 15 townships. The Chairman: That is why I ask why those parties beyond the boundary should not pay some- thing extra. The Town Clerk Oh, you may make a differential charge, because the fees are all under your control. Mr Smith asked if the Vicar exercised his right with regard to double fees ? The Town Clerk Not outside the parish. Alderman Beirne: Suppose a person who had re- moved from this neighbourhood wished to be in- terred here some time hence, it would be very hard to charge double fees in that case. The Town Clerk: But we made a regulation to the effect that the board had power to remit double fees in certain cases. Mr Lloyd said Mr Bury seemed to blame them for not letting the Vicar know before fixing their rules. Well, perhaps that was an omission on their part, as they ought to have gone to the Vicar first; but he might say at first that he had not the least idea that there would be any extra fees to pay. The Chairman: We were all ignorant of it. Mr Lloyd said they would remember when this cemetery question was mooted, ten or twelve years ago, the Church party were fighting against it, and had been all along until they succeeded. He was under the impression that by having another cemetery it would be a loss to the Vicar, whoever he might be but he rested comfortable in his mind that there would be no extra fees to the present Vicar in the new ground. If he had thought they should have to pay he should have mentioned it before. It seemed hard to be blamed for not acquainting the Vicar when they all thought there was nothing extra to pay. Mr Smith took exception to what Mr Lloyd had Raid as to the Church party objecting to a new cemetery in Wrexham. He admitted that at the time this question was first introduced there was a good deal of argument, and by some members of the Church party he believed it was strenuously op- posed but if they canvassed the parish they would find that Churchmen, as a rule, had been rather in favour of it; for he was sure the present burial ground had been denounced over and over again by a large body of Churchmen, who expressed them- selves strongly in favour of a cemetery. After some further discussion, It was decided that the Town Clerk should com- municate with Messrs Acton and Bury, requesting the Vicar to reconsider the question of his fees with a view to obtaining the Bishop's sanction to their reduction. A desire was expressed by some of the members that the date originally fixed for the consecration, viz., Friday, June 2nd, should be adhered to; and it was suggested that the Corporation should go in procession in their robes, as a mark of respect to the Bishop. The meeting then broke up.

ME HENRT KINGSLKT, brother of the late Canon Kingsley, and well-kaown himself as a novelist, died on Wednesday. BRYHBO CHURCH SCHOOLS.—Last March, the boys' department of the schools was examined in freehand drawing by the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, London. Since then their report has been received, and from it we learn that of the boys presented. 34 satisfied the department that they had been taught drawing. Nine gained certificates of the 1st grade, and two having passed excellently, will receive Government prises. MS MATTBICB, STJUQHON DBNTIST, has removed to Mr N. S. Scotoher's, 36, High-street, Wrexham. Begular attendance on Thursday and Friday.

CEFN AND EHOSYMEDBE. ACCIDENT.—A boy named Rogers, residing at Acrefair, accidentally got under two empty wagons at the New British Iron Works, on Tuesday morning last. His poor legs were fearfully crashed, but we hear that he is doin"- well. EXPERIMENTS WITll DYNAMITE.—-On Thursday even- ing, the 18th inst., several interesting experiments were made by Mr Parry, instruntor to the British Dynamite Company, at the quarries of Messrs Dennis and Co. Mr Chatham, general manager, was present on behalf of the company, and seemed highly satisfied with the result. FIP.E.—A fire broke out at the Piasgnwern Brick Works on Sunday morning last. It seems that the smith had left a fire in the smithy, and that the boards by some means took fire. Active measures were at once taken by a number of willing hands, and the flames were con- fined to the smithy. TEA MEETING.—The annual tea meeting in connec- tion with the Welsh Independents, Rhosymedre, was held on Monday last, in the Assembly Rooms, when a great number sat down and heartily partook of the provided viands. In the evening a concert and spelling bee was given in the Gorphroysfa chapel. The Rev J. H. Hughes was chairman, supported by the Rev D. Richards, and Dr. Grey, the former and latter acting as interrogators in the English portion of the bee, and Mr Richards con- ducted the Welsh part. The competitors were com- pletely "floored," and the spelling was indifferent. The following took part in the programme Mr John Jones, the Misses Hughes, Miss Jones, Miss Garside, Mr Thos. Davies, Mr H. J ones, and Mr Evans.

DENBIGH. THE DERBY.—We have made arrangements to ha ve the result of this race, on Wednesday, tele- graphed to our office, Vale-street, Denbigh. ASCENSION DAY was observed in the parish by divine service being held in St. Mary's Church, at eleven o'clock in the morning, when a sermon appropriate to the occasion was preached. Subsequently, holy com- munion was administered to a fair number of com- municants. A Welsh service was held in the evening. CLUB ANNIVERSARIES.—On Thursday, the anniversary of the Llandyrnog Friendly Society, was held in that village. The Denbigh volunteer band was in attendance, and pieceded the procession through the village, the members dining together after service. At LIanrbtuadr also the annual meeting of the village friendly society took place on Thursday. A procession paraded the village headed by the Denbigh town band, under the leadership of Mr Richard Jones. After attending divine service, the members dined together, a capital spread being provided by Mr Child. Both clubs are in a good position. SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.—A FEARFUL FALL.—On Wednesday a terrible accident happened to a little girl of the name of Foulkes, residing in Denbigh. The child, who is motherless, was, in company with a playfellow, climbing the highest rocks near the Goblin Well in search of wild flowers. She fell from the rocks with great violence to the ground, a distance of 15 or 16 yards; when taken up she was found to be terribly injured. She was immediately taken so the Infirmary, and the medical officers gave every assistance possible. Up to the time of writing the child was alive, although in great suffering, and little hopea were entertained of her recovery. A RUNAWAY HUSBAND AND A FORGIVING WIFE.— Samuel Blackwall, of Barnsley, was brought up in custody on Thursday evening, charged with having left his wife and children at the Green, Denbigh, in a state of want whereby they became chargeable to St. Asaph Union. It seems that the man had lived with his wife in Denbigh, but twelve months ago he left her, and went to work in the north of England, sending her supplies up to November last, when she lost all clue of him. It seems that during his absence he had worked in coal mines.— The wife said she was willing to pay all the expenses, which amounted to over .£3, and the husband ex- pressed his willingness to stop in Wales, and live with and maintain his wife comfortably.—The Bench agreed, in consideration for the wife, to allow the matter to be thus settled, instead of sending him to gaol for a month, and gave him a lecture on his bad conduct.—The magistrates n the bench were the Mayor (T. J. Williams, Esq), Captain R. Lloyd Williams, and Thomas Evans, Esq.

ST. ASAPH. THE !LATE CLERK TO THE GUARDIANS — At a meeting of the guardians on Thursday, the Chairman (Mr B. W. Wynne) said he had the painful duty to announce to them the death of one who had been a very valuable member or society and an admirable officer of that board. A few weeks ago he was at his post there; a fortnight ago he was dangerously ill, and to-day he was one to his long home. He had been a most able and efficient officer, and he said this all the more readily, because he was opposed to his appoint- ment to the office, thougti solely because he enjoyed a most lucrative professional practice, which took up his time and caused him to live some miles from St. Asaph. Still in justice to his memory he was bound to speak highly of his unremitting personal attention to his duties, and of providing most efficient substitutes when absent (applause). They might replace .the efficiency of the officer, but they could never replace the charm of the man. He was a gentleman in the very broadest sense of the word. and they all, whether guardians or officers, would treasure his memory for many years to come. He concluded by proposing that a letter of condolence be forwarded to Mrs Wynne on behalf of the union.— Next board day was made a special one to enable the board to appoint a new clerk. The Registrar General wrote asking that the office of district registrar be filled up as quickly as possible. Captain Pennant and others thought each office and salary should b" adver- tised separately. Eventually it was agreed to advertise the offices of clerk at yearly, with extra for clerk to the Sanitary and Assessment Comnittees. Captain Pennant proposed that Mr Charles Grimsley be requested to act as deputy clerk to the board pro tem, which was agreed to.

ROUND ABOUT WREXHAM. Here is a nut for the Disestablishmentarians to crack, for which I am indebted to the Vicar's ex- cellent sermon at St. Mark's a fortnight ago. In lectuiing the congregation of that church for their exceeding shabbiness, he gave several examples of liberality mentioned in the Scriptures, and especially that in connection with the building of the Temple. Here the voluntary offerings of the people amounted to over J>50,000,000, of which one man alone gave JB 19,000,000, and this was under the strictest form of an Established Church. And yet we are told that an Establishment represses voluntary offerings. When our friends, the enemy," can show us any- thing equal to that we will begin to talk of Dis- establishment. In a contemporary the other week it was announced that the drills of the Denbighshire "Huzzrs" would commence, &c. Are they so called because they are a very noisy lot? The same paper also seems to have adopted the role of the Tradesmen's Circular." Week after week we have as Local Intelligence fulsome puffs of all kinds of things from Bacchusian temples" and whisky to sewing machines. I don't think much of the Local In- telligence if it will stand this sort of thing. < Is it true that some of the members of a choir in the town have struck because there was not a Tote of thanks given to them ? sk • The Skating Rink seems to have established itself pretty firmly. I see it advertised that sessions are held at different times. Is that word used as a delicate hint that beginners must expect to assume a sitting posture very often before they become proficients in the art of rinking ? » On my way to the rink one busy day I noticed pomething that calls for the attention of the Borough Surveyor. In one of the busiest streets—especially on a market day—not only the footway, but very often half the width of the street is covered with different kinds of machines. I remember when this place was rebuilt the Council congratulated itself on the fact that the building was to be put back a few feet. I don't see the gain to the town if the goods are allowed to overflow into the street, with the danger of being run over by a horse, in consequence of this footway being blocked up. < We are threatened with a new mode of advertis- ing. In the competition of designs for the Eistedd- vod Pavilion and Esclusham Church, one of the unsuccessful competitors has advertised his failure in a tradesman's shop. These gentlemen do not see the compliment they are paying the successful men by exhibiting their beaten horses." Might I suggest that an exhibition of your rejected com- munications" would be slightly amusing. I should like to direct the attention of the Musical Directors of the Art Exhibition to the fact that as they are having an "immence" organ erected, they should not overlook talent at hand. It is customary now-a-days to give cheap puffs. I be- lieve the organ blower at St. Mark's Church is a skilful executant (I plagiarise the term), and some of his friends are hopeful that the organ will be under his control. He knows well how to make a good puff, for you should hear how he raises the wind after one of the commandments is read. Of co wrse I've no connection with any other puffers" or blowers—not even the poor bill-poster. IKQUISITO*.

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF WALES. On Wednesday evening a meeting of the mem- bers of the Football Association of Wales was held at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury. There were present-Mr Evan Morris (Wrexham), who waa voted to the chair; Mr L. L. Kenrick, Ruabon; Mr D. Thomson, Ruabon; Mr S. Smith, Ruabon; Mr Hawley Edwards, Shrewsbury; Mr Lythgoe; Mr Randal, Shrewsbury; and Dr. Grey, Ruabon. Letters were read from Mr Chambers, secretary of the Swansea Football Club, and Mr H. W. Davies, secretary of the South Wales Football Club, who were not able to attend. It was unanimously resolved that all matches to be played by the association shall be played under the rules of the National Association. Mr H. Edwards proposed, and Mr D. Thomson seconded, that Mr Kenrick be re-elected honorary secretary, and Mr S. Smith assistant honorary secretary, which was agreed to. It was proposed by Mr Kenrick, seconded by Mr H. Edwards, and agreed to unanimously, that Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., be elected president of the association for the ensuing season. Mr H. Edwards proposed that there be six vice- presidents, three of whom be elected from North Wales and three from South Wales. This was also carried. Dr. Grey proposed, and it was seconded by Mr Randal, and carried, that a committee be appointed to consist of twelve members-six from the North and six from the South. The members for North Wales were elected as follow:—Messrs. L. L. Kenrick, D. Thomson, H. Edwards, G. Jarrett, E. Morris, and the Rev. H. Humphreys. The mem- bers of the committee for South Wales will be hereafter appointed. The committee was ap- pointed to draw up a code of rules for the associa- tion. A vote of thanks to the chairman, proposed by Mr Smith and seconded by Dr. Grey, terminated the meeting. Printed and Published on Fridays and Saturdays, at the (biardimn, Steam Printing Office*, 26, Hope- street, Wrexhanl, by WILLIAM GABBATT JOIOM, 5, Narl-atreet, Wrexham and Joigic HAKLTN L,LXMXAN, 7, Derby-road, Wrexham; and also Published at the Guardimm Office, 5, Yale-etmgt, Denbigh; Guardian Ollce, 84, Wellington-Mad, Rhyl, in the oonuty of Flint; and at the Srtah- li»hmenta of Meun. Pring and Price, High- ttreeti, Mold, and Mr Owen ReN, Old Parliament, street, Dolgalley, in the oonaty of Morio"tk.- May 27,1870.