Wrexham Guardian

MODERX CHRISTIANITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GTTAKDXAN. SIR,—In reading your report of the opening of Esciusiiam Church, one paragraph filled my soui with sadness. church" (your reporter states) "was crowded with a large congregation, including represen- tatives of the principal families in Wrexliam and it- neighboarhood." This was clearly act a gathering of mere ignorant uneducated Dissenters, drawn together by idle curiosity toO hear and see a Bishop, but the very cream ot the Churchmanship of the locality. And yet we read that after the Lord Bishop of the diocese had ended bis discussion, "the bulk of the congregation then retired a few "remained behind" (more strictly speaking, had the reverence and decency not to leave the church in the middle of the chief Divine office of the day), "and partook of the Holy Communion." What a sad, lamentable sight! Alas how common a sight it is to see a large congregation of Baptised and confirmed Christians very attentive, apparently, to the preaching, and to every part of Divine Service, except that one which the Lord appointed Himself? Our people do indeed want teaching. How wonderful it is that persons calling themselves by the name of Christ can thus leave His own command unfulfilled. And yet it is not really to be wondered at when one remembers the timid tone of modern sermons, the hesitating statements of the deep principles of the Christian faith one hears from our spiritual pastors in these degenerate days. By the redemdancy of Biblical platitudes the modern preacher manages to appear to say much, but in reality he says little or nothing. The natural consequence of such teaching is what we see around us, not at. Wrexham only, but everywhere through the length and breadth fof the land. Modern Christianity, the religion of "the great bulk of our congregations," has no positive substance and reality about it. Many a man's religion consists of nothing but protests and negations. There is many a clergyman who appears to make it the chief thing to teach bis people not to believe the Gospel, but to dis- believe the errors of other men. People so taught are not likely to remain behind," with reverence and godly fear, to partake of, and to celebrate, the great Christian mysteries. VOX CLAMASTIS IN DESERTO.

"CASE OF SUSPICION." TO THE EDITOK OF THE GUARDIAN. SIR,—Kindly allow me to correct another error in one of the Wrexhtim papers of the 15th inst., respecting a man who was brought before Edward Thompson. at on Thursday, 13th inst., charged with hawking witiii-ut a license. The reporter states that Charles May, the defendant, had been apprehended previously, on a jl charge of suspicion of "wanted" in Merioneth- shire. That is not true. He was induced to go to see Mr Adams, D.C.C, and it was there, in. answer to Mr Adams, he admitted bis license had run out since 14th April, and that he had been too poor and unable to take oui a license. He had been in Mold six weeks. Acting on instructions received, inquiries were made, and it was soon found that he had beeu hawking without a license in Buckley, and a girl was brought forward to prove the case. She did prove it, and the police might have had dozens more to have done the same. The prisoner was asked what he had to say, and he replied that, he did not know that he wanted a license to hawk his tovs on a tray and exchange them on the street for rags. This caused the clerk to look further into the law on the (lcmr, and inasmuch as he did not receive any monev. the magistrates were induced to give him the benefit of the doubt, and discharged him. The law was further looked into on the point the next day. In "The Justice of the Peace it was found that it was a breach of the Act to go arJout exposing for sale, trading, and exchang- ing goods for rags or bones, also, that the man was guilty of an offence, and a gross one too. having been going round hawking without a license for more than four months. The other error is that the mau was taken into custody whilst eating his supper. This is also false. He and his son, a young man about 22 vears wf age, who does nothing but assist his father in hia trade of making toys, were found in the act of working at their calling, getting their goods rt&dv for the next dav. The third error is that there was not a shadow of an excuse for his apprehension." The Flintshire police would be very sorry to ask the opinion of one who" ramblesso much in his reports. If the Mold people generally are led by the nose, I am rather doubtful that the poiice will no: be put right by such an ingrate.—Yours truly, FAIRPLAV.

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As a pleasure pRrtv were proceeding dowa the river Tivy ot, bitday »• e- k. from Ca«d on their way to Cardigan Bay, th r> at «.a fire persons belonging to the Coll--g inta* School were drowned. The accident occurred Mme the hoai us crossing the bar. it stated that Hoite S-«te?arv hag appointed as joint secretanes to the Oxford Uuiversity commission the InoniMS re lioynA, censor and student 01 Christ's Church, "nd Thomas Francis Dailin, late fellow of Queen's College and public orator of the University of Oxford. J Arthur Orton has again been visited in Dartmoor prison by Mr Guilford Onslow, Mr Sheriff East, and a Mr Howarth. They report that the convict was looking well. The visit was longer than usual extending over thirty minutes, the claimant having been promoted to higher class for good conduct. The subscriptions paid into the Maniion House, Lon- don, on Wednesday, for the Indian famine fund, have raised the total amonnt received to date to nearly £190.000. The proposal of a national penny subscription through the post-office is being taken up in influential quarters, and a deputation is being organised to Lord John Manners on the subject. The ironclad Defence, accompanied by three steam pinnaces with torpedo crew, leit Portland Harbour on Thursday morning, for the purpose of blowing up the hull of the Forrest. The first attempt was made with a barrel of gunpowder, but this not being successful, three torpedoes were tried, the result still being failure. The wreck is about the same position as before. The Duke of Cleveland, who owns a racecourse in the centre of Wolverhampton, which the people want for a public park, offers 50 acres in the middle on lease at a little over £300 a year for Go years, with the option of purchase then at £400 an acre. The offer was read at a special meeting of the town council last week. The terms were pronounced extremely liberal, and his grace was warmly thanked. On Saturday evening, a girl aged three or four years, daughter of John Hay, cotme.n, Holmes Farm, Dalrymple, strayed into a field of gram where reaping operations were going on. Being unobserved by the driver, she was caught by the reaping m-chine, which completely cut off one of the poor child's feet, and larcerated the other. She was taken to Ayr Hospital, where she is doing as well as can be expected. At Middlesborough, on Monday. Thomas Wilson was committed for tr;al on a ch-.r^e of attempting to murder Fanny Lar.gston, maid to Mrs R. icke-Bewicke, of Couiby Manor, near Middlesborough. The evidence showed that the prisoner met her on the road and made her give him 2. and afterwards shot her with a revolver, the bullet grazing her side. In defence the prisoner said that the weapon went off by accident. During the past few months the temperance movement has Increased very rapidly amongst the troop, in Chatham garrison, and there are at the present time two or three military lodges of Good Templars. A meeting has just been held to form a branch of the Church of England Temperance Society m the garrison, of which it was decided, amidst much enthusiasm to open a branch of the society, aBd General Erskine consented to act as its president. The Creedmoor rifle match between representatives of England and America has endtd in a decisive vietorv for the latter. The excellence of the shooting was very great. Out of a possible 3,600, obtainable by 720 dis- tinct shots, the Americans gained 3,334, or an average of nearly four and two-thirds for each possible five shots. Our own team went very near this the first day, but fell off on the second. Still they averaged four and a half out of the five, and this, be it remembered, at long ranges only. At the Brighton police court, on Monday, William Sharp the son cf a local nonconformist minister, and an. employe in the POs;-Jce at. Brighton, was charged with stealing a post-letter conraiani^ £50 in notes. He was remanded till Monday next, Mr. Biggs, the stipendiary, observing that the case would have to go for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The prisoner, who was only recently married, appeared to be deeply conscious of his position, trembling and weeping bitterly during the hearing of the evidence. The comparatively rare occurrence of a sheal of whales was sighted off Penmon, at the entrance to the Menai Straits, (n Thursday week. A boat manned by the men working at the Penmon Marble Q larries. vut df, and two of the whales were shot by John Williams, keeper to Sir Ricnard Bulkeley. One managed to get clear away, but the other was disabled, and with the aid of ropes was tugged ashore, where be remained until the tide ran nut. On the following day he was exhibited at the Bangor Agricultural Show, where he attracted a large share of attention. I: was a bottled-nosed whale, measuring about 25ft. long, and weighing nearly five tons. The Telegraph announces that Mr Henry Stanley ar- rived on the West Coast of Africa on the 8th of last month. A despatch from him. dated the 10th Augast, conveys the tidings of his having followed the Lualaba river down to the Atlhntic Ocean, proving bv actual travel from end to end its identity with the river Congo. The sufferings of his party was verv great, and his band is reported to have arrived at Emboma in a fearful condition. Frank Pocock and the African boy Kalula perished during the journey. Stanley fought thirty- two battles along the course of the river with tribes, he says, of desperate cannibals. At Warwick county petty sessions, on Saturday, William Masoc, a labourer, of Shrewlev, was charged with having nscinited 'Miss Margaret Hoiena Court-enay, daughter of the Rev. H. Coarteuav, of Hattoo, on the 12th inst. The youu ladv, who is twelve years of age, while walking in a meadow rear the rectory, waj met by the prisoner, who caught hold of her, pnt his arms around her, and endeavoured to kiss her. She, however, escaped from him, ran home, and gave an account of what had happened. Prisoner, who bad recently suffered imprisonment in WarwicK gaol for a. similar offence, was sentenced to three months' imprison- ment with hard labour. BABY FARMING.—The police have just discovered a house at Lady well, Lewisbam, where baby fanning of an illegal character appears to have been carried on to a considerable txtent. For some time past bodies of a number of children have been picked up in the neigh- bourhood of Lewisham and Biackheath, as well as Peckham, Camberwell. and Brixton. A number of them had died from emaciation, whilst upon others there were actual marks of violence. An inquest was held on the bodies of several illegitimate children which died shortiy after they were táKen to the baby-farming estab- lishment kept by a Mrs Burroughs, in LadyweU, London, Tne jury found a verdict that all the children had died through inanition, and that HO one* was legally responsible for their deaths, yet they were fur from thinking that those that had had to do with them were innocent. It appeared to them that the Lewisbsm WTorkhouse was a regular receptacle made us of by profligate women to be confined in. It appears that on making further inquiries on Saturday >e\reral oiner children cannot be tounJ, and as they cannot be ac- counted for there will be further inamries. THE CHURCH er ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETT,— There is to be a grand Baiiar in the Free-trade Hall, Manchester, the second week in October, to raiss £500 to extend the work of the Church of England Temperance Society in the northern provinces. The Ladies' Com- mittee have issued the following appeal in reference thereto:—In issuing an appeal on behalf of so well- known and established an institution as the Courch of England Temperance Society, the Ladies' Conmntee feel it unnecessary to to do more than state very briefly the purpose for which the apppealls made. Commenced seventeen years ago in a very humble and somewhat tentative manner, the Society has gradually assursedi proportions far beyond the expectations of its origind promoters. The enormous progress made during the past few yeùrS-il progress, it is believed, without oaniuel in the history of any temperanca society—and. tiit vastlv- enlarged area over which its operations now ext«n.*i render imperatively necessary a. corresponding extcuMoa of its machinery. The northern branch of this society, for which the present appeal is made, is the ofiLiaUV recognised exponent of the Temperance work ot the Church of England in each ot the eleven dresses of Carlise, Durham, York, Kipon, Lincoln, Lichiield. W in- chester, CheS'er, Bangor, St. As.-iph, and and Man, a district comprising eighteen Counties which art- c»n?i<s of our greatest m.inufactm i ig industries. The bishorg of each of these diocese.-—in w heh h: society empnvg seven lay and. four clerical agents, ai an annual co>t cf of about 500—are, without exception, its patrons and most hearty supporters. Ifi addition to thitie society suppiies a rapidiv-increasiug number of Paro^i Branch Societies (of which there are already ubout 1 000) with necessary pledges, tracts, lewfiets, pampfc'ets, bearing on the Temperance question—ala'gr: proy. rt,<ia of which are distributed gr ititnouslv. I publishes a monthly magazine, euMtied: The Church of Temperance Chronicle," which c.reulates largely through the whole of the country. Tne council have ivo-nrjy decided, with the view of making th, society known, aud of still further increasing its usefulness ia publish a weekly paper, which will take the pi.tr.e tlr present monthly- issue. It has introduce/ a Bdl mro Parliament for the purpose of teduciug the i.nmher of public-houses to 1 in 500 of the population. I.s and liberal basis—uniting on terms of equality Mb>r«ia»»r* and non-abstainers—has enabled it to for the first time the most influential classes of the communitr its, present income—about JB-IOOO—is utterly inadequate to meet the daily increasing deinitndsupou its fui<d. and in order to extend its agencies, and to infuse freMi v'gt.ar into its work, at least .;£."),0011 15 urgently required. Tbss sum it is proposed to raise by mentis of Bazaar, to be held in the Five Trade Hali, on the 16 h. 17tli, t:.nd IHih October, 1877 and the Laoies' respect fully and earnestly appeal to all friei, mf T--JXe- peiauce to assist to the utmost extent of their pjw«r. Already the most distinguished patronage has beea secured, and macn valuab'e h dp has been promised, bat a great deal more is necessary in order that the large sum required may be ott nned, that the B ziar may be in every respect such a success as its promo'ers would desire. Donations of naouey—whether large or small —or parcels of goods of any kind. will be iiilr received by the Hon. Secretary of Ladies' C>uun.t»«e, Mrs. Graham, 16, M mat-sweet, Al&ert-aquare, M-- oåeIter ..L.1t; -c-f ;d';¡,¡.

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Same as those for which Prize Medals of International Exhibitions, London, 1862, and Paris, 18G7 were awarded. All the above may be had keyless, that is to wind up and set bands from the pendant without a key, at, an extra cost of -82 2s. in Silver Casep, and £3 10,. in Gold. SEWILL'S Presentation In great variety combining beauty of WATCHES, design with perfection of workmanship. FROM .-£2 2s. TO 100 GUINEAS. SEWILL'S Marble, Bronze, and Gilt In our Show Rooms are to b3 found the finest Stock in the king-dom; suitable for CLOCKS. Hall, Library, Boudoir, Drawing, and Dining Room. Estimates given for Clocks for Churches, Turrets and Public Buildings. LARGEST STOCK IN ENGLAND TO SELECT FROM. tfiij CHRONOMETER MAKER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY, HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL NAVY, &c., &c. fly Money Orders to be pmde payableto J. SEWILL, 51. 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ENGLAND VERSUS FRANCE—For generations Chocolate has been imported in large quantites into this country from France. We are glad to find the tables turned at last, and that Cadbury's, the makers of the well known, Cocoa Eesseuce, have opened elegant premises at 90, Faubourg, St. Honore, Paris.-Their Cocoa Essence being perfectly genuine is a beverage far better suited to warm climates than the thick heavy compounds of Cocoa with sugar and starch generally so!d. FLOBILINE !—FOR THE TEETH AND BBEATH.—A few drops of the liquid Floriline" sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or im- purities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all un- pleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco sraoke. "Tae-Fragrant Floriline," being composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the f&ste and the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Price 2s 6d ofall Chemists and Perfumers. Prepared by Henry C, GALLUP 493 Gxford-street. London. THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HOAESENESS.—All suf- ering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness mil be agreeably surprised at. the almost immediate relie. afforded by the use of Brown's Bronchial Troches,' These famous "lozenges" are now sold by most re- spectable chemists in this country at Is lid per box. People troubled with a "hacking cough," a "slight cold." or bronchial affcctions, cannot try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to progress, result in serious Pulmonary end Asthmatic affections. See that he words Brown's Bronchial Troches" are on the Government Stamp around each box.—Manufactured by JOHN I. BROWN & Soss, Boston, U-iitel State- I Depot, 4S3.Oxford-street, Tendon. ADVICE TO MOTHERS!—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of MRS. WiNSLoWs SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the por sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm- less and pleasant to taste, it produces Latural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as a button." It soothes the child, it seftens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhcea, whether arising from teething or of-he: causes. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup i. Isold by Redicirp. everywhere at 1* per bct,.itt.VAxgwkuyA -.r, -lie% iOl'&.and.H OxterA- street London.

CORN. WREXHAM, Thureday.-The following were tne quota- tions ;— White wheat (new). 8s Od to 9s Od. Red ditto (new) "s 6d to 8s Sd. Barley (grinding) 4s Od to 4s 6d. Malting barley, 6s Odto68 9d. Oats (provender 8d to 4s 6d. Oats (seed Od to 4s 6d. CHESTER, Saturday.—There was a large attendance at to- day's market, and a good supply of new wheat on offer from farmers. Very little business was however done, as millers were not disposed to Guy. most samples being in bad con. dition. There were not many oats on offer. Indian corn was in good demand at Is per 4801bs over last week's rates. New. Old. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Wheat, whice, per 751b. 8 6 to 8 9 10 0 t > 10 3: Ditto, red 8 0 — 8 0 9 9 — 10 0 Barley malting, per38qt. 0 0 — • 0 0 0 — 0 0 Ditto, grinding, per 641b. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oats, per 461b 0 0 — 0 0. 4 0 4 6 Beans, per Solb 0 0 — 0 0 7 6 — 7 9 Ditto, Egyptian,per 4801b. 85 0 — 36 0 0 0 — 0 0 Indian com, feed, per „ W 6 31 0 0 0 0 0 bHELWoBURx, Saturday.—During the past week the weather has been very unsettled, and but little progress has, in consequence, been made with harvest work. Saturday's market was, however, well supplied with new wheat, some of which was in good condition. No new barley has yet been sent for sale, Prices were a. a. L Wiiite wheat, per 751bs 9 0 to 10 2 Red wheat per 751bs 5 0 „ 10 0 Barley, per as quarts 0 C 0 0 Grinding barley per 13 score It lbs. 0 0,, 0 0 Oatn, per 11 score 5 lbs 18 0 „ 26 0 Beans, p?r 11 score 5 lbs 21 0 „ 22 0 Peas, ptT 11 score 6 lbs 18 0 „ 19 0 Malt, per imperial bushel 8 9 9 0

CORN AVERAGES. For the week ending Saturday Sept. lith. The following are the quantities (in quarters) sold and the I pricei, this year and last year:— I QUANTITIES SOLD. PRICES. This year. Last year. This year. Last year. s d s d I Witeat 49,084 61.053 59 0 46 11 Barley 1,004 5,217 40 1 37 7 Oats I,6ti6 3,013 27 2 26 2 LONDON, Monday.—The market was firm. English wheat realised fully previous rzltes; foreign about Is dearer on the week. Flour firm and about 6d per sack and barrel above last Monday's pric" s. Barley Cd to Is dearer on the week. Oats and maize exhibited a similar advance. Beans and peas very firm. Fine black rapeseed in demand. Hemp- seedlScarce and Is dearer. Winter tares in request at 3d to 6d iidvance. During the last few days manufacturers have bought more than 12,000 bushels of white mustard seed. Arrivals British wheat, iS.U22; barley, 3J2; oats, 683 maize, 26i); Hour, J0,30 qrs. Foreign .wheat, 34,211; barley, 2,295; oats, 33,064; maize, 6,166 flour, 829 sacks, and 9,74 3 barrels. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—At to-day's market, with only a moderate attendance of buyers, and a correspondingly limited demand, former prices for white wheat were not in all cases maintained, while those of red descriptions receded Id per cental on the week. Flour, both sack and barrel, was reported steady at late rates. Oats ruled quiet, fine old alone attracting any attention. Oatmeal commanded full quota- tions. Egyptian beans moved but indifferently at previous values. Canadian peas, still scarce, brought extreme figures. Malt and barley continued slow, though unaltered otherwise. Indian corn met an average trade request, new mixed selling at 28s 9d to 29s (chiefly the former) per 4801bs ex store—a decline of 3d to 6d from Tuesday last. The following are the quotations :— WHEAT, per 1001b. s. d. s. d. BARLEY, per 601b. s. d. s. d. English, red 11 Oil 6 Scotch & Irish 3 9 4 6 „ white 11 6 12 0 Danubian 3 5 3 10 Irish, red GOO 0 OATS, per 45 lb. „ wkite.O 0 0 0 English & Scotch 4 0 4 3 U.S. No. I springl2 2 12 5 Irish, Mealing. 3 8 3 11 No. 2 11 6 12 0 2d quality 3 5 3 7 Winter red 12 0 12 8 Black & Tawny. 3 3 3 5 Wst. white. 0 0 0 0 Black 0 0 0 0 Canadian white. 0 0 0 0 Foreign 0 0 0 0 red, 12 2 12 7 OATMEAL,per 24oib. Danubian 8 9 9 9 Irish, new 31 0 33 0 Californian 12 9 12 11 1. CORN, per 4801b. Chilian, wnite. 12 0 12 3 American, yel.& Egyptian 8 9 9 0 Mixed 28 9 29 0 Oregon. 13 2 13 5 Europ'n yellow, 31 9 32 0 FLOUR, per 2801bs, BEANS, per qr. English & Irish English, 43 0 46 0 superfine 48 0 50 0 Scotch & Irish, Extra. 51 0 55 0 per 480 Ib 32 6 38 6 French tine and Egyptian 32 9 33 6 superfine 47 0 56 0 Mazagar 30 0 31 0 Western Canal 30 0 32 0 Behera 31 9 32 3 Spring Wheat. 35 0 36 0 PEAS, per Qr. Canad'n, sweet 31 0 31 6 English 0 0 0 0 Extra 32 0 33 0 Canadian 0 0 0 0 LONDON, Wednesday.—English and foreign wheat was firm at late values. Flour remains steady. Oats rather firmer. Maize firm. Barley, beans, and peas unchanged. Grass seeds a shade dearer. Winter tares sold briskly at late advance. Bird seeds unaltered. Arrivals British wheat, 78 qrs. Foreign wheat, 34,000 barley, 3,700; oats, 37,600 maize, 2,660 qrs flour, 860 sacks, and 4,850 barrels.

GENERAL PRODUCE. LONDON HOP MARKET, Monday.—The supply of new crop was short, and the general demand being more active, prices were somewhat improved. There was an increased inquiry for yearling and J875 hops. LONDON PROVISION MARKET, Monday.—Butter Moderate inquiry for foreign Friesland lower at 130s to 134s, other foreign descriptions dearer, Normandy, 80s to 144s Jersey, 96s to 116s fine American sold at a further advance not much done in Irish. Bacon Large sized rather dearer, other foreign descriptions dearer, Normandy, 80s to 144s Jersey, 96s to 116s fine American sold at a further advance; not much done in Irish. Bacon Large sized rather dearer, small quoted at less money. Hams dull of sale. Lard 2s cheaper. Cheese American dearer; finest 62s to 64s. LONDON POTATO MARKET, Monday.—The disease is very prevalent, but trade was fairly active for good sound potatoes. Kent regents, 100s to 140s Essex ditto, laOs to 110s kidneys, 90s eo 120s Victorias, 100s to 120s per ton. LONDON DEAD MEAT MARKET. Monday.—There were moderate supplies, and tnide was firmer at the following quotations :—Beef, 3s to 5s 3d mutton, 3s 4d to <fs veal, 58 to 58 6d large pork, 3s 6d to 4s Od small ditto, 4s 8d to 5s per stone.

MISCELLANEOUS. ¡ WREXHAM, -TuuR$DAY. Butter (per lb. ot 18 oz.) Is 2d to Is 4d Fowls (per ooupie) 4s 01 to 4, 6c1 Ducks per coupie) 4* od to 5* Od Geese (per lb) Os Od to Os 0 d Turkeys (each) 9 O, od to 0s Od Dresned fowl each 28 Od to 28 6d Potatoes per score.Is Cd to Is lid Betf (per lb.) 8d to loid Mutton (per lb.) 9d to lid Lamb (per lb.) lOd to lid Poi-k (per lb. 8d to 8d Veal (per lb.)—- 7 £ d to 9d Partridges per brace 0s Od to Od Salmon (per lb) Os ad Damson (per quart.) od Eges 10 to 12 tor a sliilling.

IJiON. BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Monday.—There was evidence of a rather weaker tone in the hematite market this morning, induoed by the depression in the plate trade of South Wales, and the lower prices which some makers who have had to put forge iron in the market have accepted. This is by no means general, however, for nearly all the producers of iron in the district are well sold, and are maintaining the value of all qualities of both forge and Bessemer. A large amount of iron is required both by home and continental users and, despite the temporary ease in prices, there is no doubt that a brisk winter trade will ensue. The steel trade is actively employed, and the prospects of a continuance of this activity are good. as makers have in hand large contracts for forward delivery both of railway and merchant steel. Shipping has plenty^)f work in foreign cargoes, but there is no activity in the coasting trade. Iron ore is firm at full prices, and liberal sales have been made within a few weeks past. Coal weak, and although consumption has increased there is no life in the trade. MIDDLESBROUGH, Tuesday.—Owing to the visit of the Iron and Steel Institute to Newcastle, the market to-day was thinly attended, and a holiday feeling prevailed. Prices, however, have not fluctated, but remained firm at last week's rates, No. 3 being obtainable at 41s per ton, and No. 4 forge at 40s, free on board on the Tees, or in trucks at works. The demand for finished iron is owing to the requirements of merchants to complete their shipping orders. In the finished iron trade, bars are in better request, but the other pro- ductions of this department are not sought after. Coal and coke in better demand. Iron shipbuilding is prosperous at present on the Tees. On 1 riday the Iron and Steel Institute will visit Middlesborough and examine tne new steel works recently erected by Messrs Bolckow, Vaughan, and Co., at Eston. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.—Common finished iron was weaker in price this afternoon, some bars having dropped to a minimum of £ 6 2s Gd, and cinder bars to £5 10s per ton. The make of pigs is being rapidly reduced. Within the last fortnight four blast furnaces have been blown out by as many different firms; under 50 furnacas are now blowing. Quotations were firmer to-day, and the demand was improved. Coal is in better inquiry, with more competition from the new Sandwell Park Company.

AGRICULTURE. The JUark-ltine Express says-" Another week of dull windy weather has allowed the greater portion of the English wheat crop to be secured, and the cutting of barleyalld oats to be carried out under more favourable conditions. Thresh- ing, too, has been going on rapidly, but the exceedingly in- ferior quality and condition ot the bulk of the samples marketed proves the disastrous effect of the recent rain. In Scotland much of the hay has been irretrievably ruined by the rain which fell during August, white reaping can only be said to be general in the most favoured districts. Potatoes, and a good deal of unripe grain, where wet and lodged, have been damaged by frost, and the harvest in the north is a full month later than last year. A good crop of straw will, however, probably be secured. Mangolds and swedes appear to have been thriving fairly, but reports as to potatoes are even less favourable than last week. No fresh feature of in- terest has manifested itself in the grain trade, which still preserves sufficient steadiness, but has been quite devoid of anything like excitement. The few arrivals of new American wiater wheai hare been of exoelleat quality and per/eat

DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AGRICUL- TURAL SOCIETY. AWARDS OF PRIZES FOR BEST CULTIVATED FARMS, 1877. JUDGES REPORT. There are ten entries for competition for the prizes offered by the society this year—five in the class above 150 acres each," three in the class of not less than 80 acres and not more than and two in the class of occupiers holding between" 50 and 80 acres." Four of the five claimants in the first-named class have repeatedly won prizes for their farms, and the fifth is a worthy competitor. It has been pleasant to walk over their farms, and exchange ideas with them while doing so, but now the task of awarding the prize brings me anxious thought, because of the close comparisons of detail and results to be instituted, and the various practices and customs which have to be considered. One of the five has withdrawn from the competition since inspection, because it was explained to him that there was a tech- nical doubt of his claim being eligible, and this has re- lieved me of some responsibility, bat differences of various kinds in the others still remain. One is a stiff clay land farm, three to four hundred feet above sea level; t.vo are of medium loamy and gravelly soils, about the same height; and the fourth is a peaty, light soil, part of it lying on a rock and part on clay, nearly three times the extent of the others, and from 800 to 1,000 feet high. The terms of the premium stimulate that all the land held by claimants shall be considered, and its proper subdivision into fields, its draining as to judiciousness, and The state of the watercourses, roads, fences, gates, stiles, farm-yard, &c., as to neat and exact order also that the arable land shall be under the most approved course of cropping, and the grass land in the neatest and best coridition, and that situation and soil shall be duly considered and allowed for. My award must therefore embrace a consideration of all these points, and the competitors. will please observe this. The high-lying farm witlit" 340 acres of pasture, 80 of oats, 30 turnips, is looking remarkably well. It is under well-sustained management, and the Wt season has suited it. The stiff clay land farm is being started in a course of improvement, which will soon raise it to a prize farm. The tenant has occupied it onlv three years, but in that time has seeded down about GO acres after cleaning well, has put up new gates to everv fieM, and reduced some old over-grown hedges to n better form of fence by cu'ting in. and hus fallowed, :toed is applying lime to several fields with very good results. He has got a first-class stock of both cattle and sheep grazing upon the farm, and has expended several hundred pounds in lime, bones, nitrate, &c., in improving its fertility, and several hundred more in im- prorement of house and buildings in co-operation with his landlord. The tenant on one of the other two farms has laid out a large sum of money in the improvement and cultivation of his farm, during an occupation of nine vears, in the most enterprising and skilful manner. I have known it now for six years, and never saw it more fertile or productive. The crops of barley, wheat, and roots ar as good and clean as any that are to be seen in the Vale uf Clwyd. The other farm, very similar in character and size to this, comes nearest, however, to fulfilling all the conditions of the premium, particularly the two last, which are the most important, and to its tenant, Mr Daniel Roberts, of Bathafarn, near Ruthin, I must award the prize. His farm contains 152 acres, 41 of which is in pasture, all of good character and clean; 29 meadow and seeds mown, and the after-growth very good 13fd wheat, a j thick crop, well headed, and bright in straw; 4G acres of barley of average promise 12 acres of swedes, healthy and clean, but patchy in places as most crops of swedes are this year; two potatoes; two mangolds; half: carrots; three oats; and on beans. Seven acres in course of fallowing after clover mowed was being limed for wheat; 37 acres has latelv been covered with a mixture of marl and lime; 200 yards of old fences eradicated, and 300 yards of new ones planted. Tenant has also repaired the road leading to his farm across another occupation at a cost of £40, and claims that he has brought the farm from a most foul and barren state, in which he got it seven years ago, into a state of cleanliness and fertility that is at least very commend- able. The five course system of cropping is pursued. About five tons of artificial manures and 70 tons of lime are used annually. All the hay, straw, and turnips are consumed on the farm. The stock kept consists of four farm horses, six colts and hack, eight dairy cows, one bull, sixteen bullocks, eight rearing calves, forty-five! breedmg ewes, and two breeding sow's all were of good character and well adapted to the holding. The manure made on the farm by the stock is chiefly ploughed under, a course which it is always best to follow when it can be done in preference to using it as a top-dress;ng. Mr Roberts has a very useful collection of farm imnle- ments. A new bullock shed is jast built, and the farm buildings are conveniently arranged, but the roof, and the roof of the hous', require repairs that ought to be attended to forthwith. The farm yard and premises, watercourses, roads, gates, fences, &c., were in good keeping, and the kitchen garden and orchard in a clean and fairly productive state. For the prize of £7, offered to holders of from 80 to 150 seres, under same conditions, there are three claimants. I awarded the prise, in my own mind, at once, upon inspection, to Mr Thomas Jones, Glan Clwyd, Ruthin, and subsequent thought confirms the decision. His farm conTiuns 130 acres, 26 of which is in p-tsture, 30 ineadew and seeds, 24 wheat, 10 oafs, 24 barley, 1 potatoes, 11 turnips, 1 mangold wurtzel, 3 orchards, garden, homestead, &c. The grass in the pasture is of good quality and free from thistles. The wheat is a heavy crop, ripe, and in course of cutting. The oats a fair average crop. Barley variable the best fields a full crop. Turnips good and clean, but a largj patch of land had been largely cleared of plants by rooks These birds and wood-pigeons are far too numerous in the Vale. The damage they do at seeding time is very great, and the loss they occasion the farmer at harvest time, bv beating down the straw and stealing tne grain, is more than is generally thought. The rook does some good by taking worms, and the wood- pigeon by gathering the seeds of some bad weeds, perhaps, but they exact high wages for their labour, and make such wanton waste in coitectiug the corn as is very annoying, and when they come in large flocks, as I frequently saw, it is simply ruinous. Most farmers would rather do without their help at any price, and both owners and occupiers should unite in effort to cur- tail their numbers largely. Mr Jones' stock consisted of 4 horses, 1 colt, 7 dairy cows, 14 heifers and stirks, 7 rearing calves, 15 breeding ewes of the Shropshire breed, 2 breeding sows, and 4 store pÏ¡,;s. All hay, straw, and turnips are consumed on the premises. Five tons of artificial manure and ten tons of salt are used annually, and his account book showed that an average average of 200 tons of manure had been carted on to the farm from the town of Ruthin within the last six years. This, with the manure made from the stock. keeps up and improves the fertility of the farm. Manure is the farmei's right hand, and the best evidence of a farm being well managed is thre presence of large and well cared for middens and .heaps of compost. The farmyard, stackyard, buildings, and premises were in complete order, and the implements included a five- horse power engine and machinery for cutting. grinding corn, &c.; the roads, fences, and gates were good and neatly kept. Mr Jones' fellow-competitors are doing well to their holdings, and both are good farmers. One has held his farm only three years, and in that time his made many improvements, but several more wait doing. The other is labouring under difficul- ties that would daunt any but the mo!t industrious and persevering man who is fond- of his occupation. His buildings are old and insufficient, land detached, and much of it requires draining, but be manages to grow some goods crops, and his hopeful and contented spirit is supported by capable and economical management, both indoors and on the farm. The prize for farms above fifty and under eighty acres, £5, has brought out two competitors, both residing near St. Asaph. One quotes his farm as of 79 acres extent; the other 78i. Both are well managed, and a credit to their tenants. Of the two, the first named is the best, and to the tenant, Mr Edward Thomas, Penisa Waen, who holds under Mr Whitehall Dod, I award the prize. He has 19 acres in pasture, and 1-t meadow, in which were grazing eight dairy cows, 10 heifers, and about 30 ewes, and 50 feeding sheep 23 acres were in j wheat, eight of which was a fair crop, nearly ripe, and the other fifteen spring sown, somewhat lighter, and much later- seven acres of oats. a full crop, clean in the stubble and sown with trefoil, which Mr Jones finds succeeds as well or better than clover OH his land six acres of winter beans, a full crop, cut and seasoned, were waiting a dry day to cart; nine acres of vetches after fallow had the look of a snatch crop, fairly full, but the land not over clean. The garden was neatly kept; bouse new but small, stands pleasantly, and is convenient. Build- ings new. substantial, well-arranged, and commoJious. Stackyard and farmyard neat aad cleas, fences by the roadside trimmed, and the whole occupation in good order. Mr Thomas has held the farm five years, and says he uses about £10 worth of artificial manure and salt, and 15 tons of lime annually; consumes all the hay and straw grown on the premises and buys more, and has subsoiled about eight acres. Subsoil ng greatly improves strong soil" devoted to tillage when well done and in the right season, and the application of salt in limited quantities, and frequently, as a tap dressing, is a practice which growing experience recommends as most beneficial. THOMAS RIGBY. September 14th, 1877. P.S.—The farms reported on were all inspected be- tween the 22nd and the 25th Augut.

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ME. OSBORNE MORGAN'S BURIAL BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN. SIR,—Mr Osborne Morgan having said that he seeks for equality," by his Burial Bill, intends of course to give equal rights to the clergy and Nonconformist Ministers in the matter of burials. Clergy and ministers of all denominations are to perform what service they please when burying the dead. There will be no equality if clergymen are to be fettered to a form, while Nonconformist ministers are left free to say what they like. All, if any, must be allowed full latitude to perform what service they please at a funeral. If so. I cannot .conceive any more degrading and distressing a position than wiil be that of the laity of England in the presence of the power accorded to priestcraft. Our clergy having the power given them to separate their flock at death into sheep and goats will have been erected into the most irresponsible Popes that England ever saw. I cannot conceive of anything more dis- tressing than to have to follow the remains of our dear deoarted,—wodiering as we draw towards the churchyprd whether our minister will, of his discretion, read a hopeful or a damnatory service. There is no good blinking this Jesuitical bid for power under the name of freedom and reform. If our ministers are to perform what service they please (and if some may, then all must, by everything that is equal), the laity will have sold themselves to the priest—I care not whether he be that of Rcme or of Geneva. It comes to the same thing—funerals from being the quiet, peaceful, scenes that they are. in our churchyards at present, will have been changed into parodies of the day of judgment—a wretched contest between priests I for superiority at the game of "litttegods." Oh j but," say the Jesuitical advocates for clerical liberty, would it not be a great improvement to relieve our clergy from the pain of having to read the same service over the good ard over the bad ?" I reply, Who made man the judge; who shall sever in death the good from lhff bad ?" What good man would try it; tryfer instance to distinguished, say, what service he should r( ad over the bodies of the two thieves that died one on either side of our Lord's cross. Our forefathers knew what they were about, depend upon it, when they fettered their priests down to one form of service to be read over all alike, rich and poor, tare and wheat, leaving the day of judgment in the good Father's hands. Again. I protest as a Liberal, and as a Radical Liberal too, one that has always voted and worked upon the Liberal side, against Mr Osborne Morgan's Bill as a wretched measure, to knock all principle out of Dissent. It is neither more nor less than a "levelling up'' bill: a bill to establish and endow Dissent. It is a scheme of" collaieral establishment," pure and simple. and one that will, if passed, lower Dissent from the height of a principle to the infamy of a wrangle and a schism. As long as Dissent occupies a platform of pro- test against submitting our Loid's kingdom to the patronage of earthly potentates, it stands upon a pedestal alike noble and true; lifted up from the slush of schism by the massive proportions of its base. But let Dissent once descend from its position of loyalty to our Lord in the matter of submitting His Kingdom in any, if ever so small a degree, to the powers of this world, and it will entirely lose its raison d1 etre, and become an unprincipled schism. If the Church of England. because established and endowed, is a servant of the State, then, upon the morrow which sees the passing of Mr Osborne Morgan's Burial Bill, Mr Spurgeon and every other Nonconformist Minister will have budded out into a full-blown liviried flunkey of Cæ-er. possessed of collateral rights and interests in certain the Siate property of the State Church. I pass by the d shouesty ami immorality of coveting possessions to which, one h.)s no claim, and all interest in which was solemnly repudiated in order to obtain relief from the payment of Church rates," so well put by yourself, and conclude for the present with the following consideration:—The exceptional hardships which Mr Osborne Morgan's bill will entail upon the poor. Money will buy almost anything—even Christian burial—under Mr Osborne Morgan's Act. I can picture to myself a poor, timid, creature who never pushed itself forward into much notice either in church or chapel, refused burial at the hands of the Noncou- formist Minister, upon the plea of not known among the elect." And refused again the right of burial at the clergyman's hands under the sting of "No, indeed, why should I be called upon to bury nothing but chapel leavings. A pretty state of things will funerals be brought to, if Mr Osborne Morgan'sLiberty and Equality" measure is allowed to cast its hideous darkness over our church- yards, a darkness capable of darkening even the shadow of death.—Believe me, yours truly, A LIBEKAL.