Wrexham Guardian

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l §ixtbs, Marriage, mitr g.c:dt}3. .— ——. | Announcements under this head must be accom- panied by the name and address of the sender. Any addition to the simple notice must be paid for at the rate of one shilling for three lines. BIRTHS. CHATAM—On the 7th inst., the wife of Edwin Chatam, Rock-lane, Ilhosymedre, of a son. HOUGHTON—On the 5th inst., at 6, Holt-street Build- ings, Wrexham, the wife of Mr. Joseph Houghton, of a daughter. SISSON-On the 5th inst., at 48, West Parade, Rhyl, the wife of Robert Frederick Sisson, solicitor, St. Asaph, of a son. MARRIAGE. JAMES—AUSTIN—On the 22nd ult., at the Parish Church, Llanfair P.G., Anglesea, by the Rev. W. C. Edwards, vicar, David Thomas -fanies, of Car- narvon, to Edith Emma Austin, of Stoke Newing- ton, London. DEATHS. BUCKLEy-On the 28th ult., at Plas, Dinas Mawddwy, Merionethshire, Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Edmund Buckley, Bart., in her 10th year. DAVIEs-On the 1st inst., aged 7, .Joseph, son of Mr. Joshua Davies, plasterer, Vron Bachau, Llangollen, EIHVAlmS-On the 30th ult., aged 4, at the Convalescent Institution, Rhyl, Edward, infant son of Mr. Edwd. Edwards, brewer, Old Chapel Square, Llan- gollen. JABDINE—On the 26th ult., at Llandudno, Leila, only child of James Arthur and Alice Jardine, late of Teddington and AIderley Edge, Cheshire. JONES—On the 1st inst., aged 52, at S, Eagle-street, ( Wrexham, Thomas Jones. WYNNE-PRICE—On the 27th ult., Captain Wynne-Price, of Llanrhaiadr Hall, Deabigh. {

We rcsgret to state that Sir WATICIX, in getting out of his dog-cart on Monday, near Erddig, sprained his ankle severely. He hunted as usual, and went to London on Tuesday, and his medical adviser, Mr. BENNETT, enforces absolute quiet on his couch for some days. Lady WILLIAMS WYNN is with Sir WATKIN at 18, St. James'-square. The voting lists for the boroughs and counties of Denbigh and Flint have been revised during the week with varied results. As in the case of Wrexliam borough, several points were raised, which showed the indefinite, and sometimes vague terms of the new Act. We publish this week a long report on educa- tion in Denbighshire and Flintshire prepared for the Lords of the Education Department by H.M. Inspector, Mr. MORGAN OWEN, M.A. The report, which is full of interest to those who care for the education of the district, speaks in a most satisfactory manner of the various schools which come under the eye of the Inspector, and contains some very valuable hints and remarks. A sad occurrence took place in Denbigh on Saturday evening last, and one which illustrates that although AN immense amount of money is annually given away as charity it does not always reach those who are most in need of it EDWIN MOKEIS, a young plumber, aged 23, had been out of employ for a considerable time. Poverty seems to have weighed heavily on him, and on Saturday he went into a workshop near the Eagles Inn and hanged himself. He had been fed during the day by Mr. JONES, the land- lord of the inn, but it appears that he has had a great difficulty in keeping himself from want. At the inquest a verdict of temporary insanity was returned. The prizes won at the shooting by the Denbigh corps of Volunteers were distributed to the winners in the County Hall, Denbigh, on Satur- day last. The annual competition in bayonet and manual exercises, and also in squad drill, were gone through. Complimentary speeches followed. The Denbigh Council held a meeting on íon- day last, and the discussions were of an un- usually trivial character. The respective merits of new and old tradesmen, the day most con- venient for the men in the employ of the Board to receive their pay, and whether advertisements should be put on the walls or innewspapers were the topics of conversation. The only serious buisiness was the reception of the medical officer's report which shewed the health of the borough to be good and the death rate low. A return or the number of attendances of each member was also laid before the Board, and the ratepayers would do well to examine it. The DENBIGH Cnamber of Agriculture, at their sitting on "Vyednescisy last, discussed for a short, time the question of agricultural dbpression: which had been brought up in connection with the introduction of Mr. DOYLE, one of the Government Commissioners on Agriculture. Mr. DOYLE referred to the objects of the Commission, and pointed out that the Chamber may suggest remedies for the present condition of the farming interest. Eventually it was decided to appoint a committee to assist the Commissioner in his inquiries. It was also decided to print in Welsh the recent lecture, by Professor TANNEII, on agricultural science. A ease under the late Adulteration Act came before the magistrates of Flintshire at the Mold Petty Sessions, on Monday last. Mr. AD AXIS, Deput v- Chief- Coi is tab! E, visited the Bridfo Inn, Mold, on the 28th ultimo, and purchased a pint of Irish whisky, which lie forwarded to the County Analyst, at Chester. The whisky was proved to contain 62-8 proof froirit instead of 75 per cent. A fine WAS luiiicted, amounting to the total of £ 2 16s. A case of moral degeneration through poverty came beiore the Rutnin Board of Guardians at their meeting on Monday lasl. One of the guardians, Mr. JESSE, stated the CA^ £ which was to the effect that the man DAVID'*RO:BEI:.TS, in the parish of Llanbedr, was paralyse^' l\;e., and lay in bed in quite a helpless state, the bed rotting under him. The children AND., house were in a disgustingly dirty state, as well as the wife, who seemed to have lost all energy and care. Although disease seems to bo bred in the place, and the stench almost unbearable, the family prefer to remain in it than go to the Workhouse. 4 A curious and sad case was before the Rhyl Magistrates on MONDAY last. A young man of unusual intelligence had obtained by false pre- tences, in October, 1878, a gun, A gold watch and chain, and other articles, of the value of £ 17, from the shop of Mr. MEIIHIDEW. At the time he was living at the Railway Inn, where he also obtained money and a horse and trap by similar means. The young man, who has been in the English ariny, pleaded very eloquently for mercy, and promised reform, but he was committed for trial in the usual course. An inquest was. held at St. Asaph on Wednes- day last on the the body of a male child, whose mother was a single woman named Sarah Foulkes. The child had C-lied naturally, but an endeavour seemed to have been made to bury it without a certificate. This endeavour and the somewhat blundering conduct of the sexton led to a surmise that some criminal deed had been performed, but the enquiry showed that such was not the ease. The "Wrexham Rural Sanitary Authority dis- cussed several important matters at their meet- ing on Tuesday la-T, and amongst these was the question of the disposal of the sewage of Ruabon. The subject was again introduced by a letter from the Chester Council calling the attention of the Authority to the fact that the sewage of Ruabon runs into a tributary of the River Dee, and that no means are taken to render the sewage harmless, hence the Authority become liable under the Rivers Pollution Act. The result is that the Board will again endeavour to obtain the consent of Sir WATKIN to the proposed outfall site for the scheme which is in existence for dealing with the sewage of Ruabon. The MEDICAL OrncElis' reports were very satis- factory, showing the death rate to be very low, a result which follows generally on a cool summer. Finance matters were equally satis- .Y factory, the calls necessary only amounting to one half the amount of the last. A meeting of the Wrexham School Board was held on Tuesday last, but, as usual, no business of importance was transacted.

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT AT SOUTHPORT. When one attempts to examine Sir WILLIAM HAKCOURX'S Southport performance in a serious spirit, its incongruous absurdity appears in an almost painful light. As a whole, the rancour of the hon. and learned member's tongue exhibited itself within limits fairly indicated by the quota- tion-" If the policy of the Government has been a wise policy, it cannot be denied that they have exhibited an absolute incapacity to give effect to it." Within these few words lies inadequately concealed one of the most astounding blunders which even Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT has ever made himself responsible for. If, it seems to us, the Government have exhibited an absolute incapacity to give effect to" their policy," that policy" cannot have had effect given to it. Now, seeing that it is this policy" which has driven the hen. and learned gentleman nearly beside himself, it would appear that the Govern- ment are deserving of the hon. and learned member's forgivcness-at the very least-for having failed to carry that policy" to a success- ful issue. The hon. and learned member foR Oxford has a right, if he chooses, to blame the Government for having1 a policy which they have not carried cut, or for not having a policy to carry out; but it amounts to a reductio ad absurdum to fall foul of them, at one AND the same time, for having a policy which, they ought not to carry out, and for failing to jarry out the policy in question. The hon. md learned member cannot, if he will per- nit us to say so, eat his cake and have it ;oo. If the Government policy is as bad as he represents it to be, he ought to be overwhelmed ivith thankfulness that as he alleges—the government have exhibited an absolute in- capacity to give effect to it. If. on the other band, that policy is a desirable one, its alleged failure should excite his generous regret, and should incite him to do all in his power to assist the Government to make it the success it deserves to be. He would, however, be a rash man who, with Sir WILLIAM HAECOUUT'S con- duct in the Army Bill before his eyes, should look for consistency from the hon. and learned gentleman. Sir WILLIAM amused his auditors at one time in the course of his speech by making a number of ingeniously delusive remarks anent the Tories and the Whigs. Thus, he proved equal to assert- ing that the wisdom of our ancestors is the wisdom, not of our Tory, but of our WTiig ancestors;" and that, if the Conservative party had prevailed, as in the long run, happily, they never have prevailed, we should not now be boasting of the 'wisdom,' but bewailing the folly of our ancestors." From this sufficiently ridiculous position he went on to scale still loftier heights of folly. There is not a whole- some change which they (the Conservatives) have not opposed. There is not a beneficial re- form which they have not resisted." This is the stuff-the twaddle—which the han. and learned member poured, in a wishy-washy flood, into the ears of listening Southport. As we have shown over and over again in these columns, the exact reverse of such misrepresentations is the case. It is the Whigs who have opposed whole- some changes, and resisted beneficent reforms. The political history of the past ilfty years proves this, and it is only Radical detractors, with a purpose, who are rash enough to dis- pute it. But oetter than recapitulating the items of Conservative achievement it will be t" bait Sir WILLIAM HARCOITRT with some almost forgotten observations of his which go to prove that the Liberals—inclusive of the Liberale-t Liberal of them all—wore not always regarded with affec- tionate respect by the hon. and learned gentle- man. Time was—and we need not go back further than 1§73 to find it—when Sir WILLIAM I V HARCOUIT did not feel towards the Liberals and their leader that exhaustive love which now fills his soul. On the 18th of i' obruary, in the year in question, Sir WILLIAM, who unkind pec-ole said was chafing under the acute responsibilities of the noii-Solicitor-Generalship—conceived it to be his duty to move, from his place in Parlia- mCllt. Tha,t the present rate of public ex- penditure is excessive, and that this House desires that it should be reduced, with A view to the diminution of the public burthens." Mr. GLAD- STONE was Premier at the time, the amiabeo and lightsome Mr. LOWE being- Chancellor of the Exchequer. Rising to ins fall height, Sir WILLIAM delivered a spoecii so essentially damaging to the genial Government then in power, that a few months afterwards he received the coveted bolicitor-Gencraisinp—an appoint- ment which synchronised in a wonderful way with the inception of his policy of NANCE in Parliament, good will towards GLAI>XONE. Said LIE :— In 1868 the expenditure was about £ 69,000,000, deducting the cost of the Abys- sinian war; in 1870 it was £ 69,000,000; and in 1:)72 at £ï'l,OOO,OOO, deducting the abolition of purchase. How do we stand with REGARD to the standard set up in the hustings in 1868- namely, the expenditure of We are at least worse; In other words we are worse by that exact sum oi which was the groat password of the elections oi 1868. We are much worse off, because WE have added a prescription of five to that permanent increase of the national expenditure by £ 3,000,000 which, on the hustings, in 1868, Liberal members were pledged to oppose." All this is distressing, from a Haroourtly point of view, because it amounts to something more than an admission on Sir TI"ILLIAM ILVRCOURT'S part that in 1873, before the Solicitor-General- ship had fallen to his lot, the then Liberal Government were, fmaneav .y i-uaaliing. what is vulgarly termed a very bad lot." But worse remains to b.. toi.d. The hon. and learned member, having made the aforesaid un- pleasant remarks about the finance of the right hon. gentleman whom he now so obtrusively venerates, went on to remark There should be some hope of a surolus with a revenue of -P 1-7,000,000 but if tne Government and Parliament continue burning the candle at both ends, and more than both—u the suggestion of a candle with more than two ends could be admitted—there will be no end to public extra- vagance." This was inhuman of the hon. and learned member, and in marked contrast with the beatific Gladstonisrn which now disturbs his bosom. But we must hasten to give the" un- kindest cut of all dealt by the hon. and learned member at the late Liberal Government of Mr. GLADSTONE. If"—he asked in non-mellifluous tones—" I am right that the normal growth of the revenue during the six years. 1866-72, has been tl 2,000,000, and only £ 6,000,000 of taxa- tion has been taken off, what has become of the other £ 6,000,000 ? I will tell the House. It ha3 been muddled away in useless expenditure." This not of the intrinsically unprincipled Tories, but of the good Whigs, the more than Whigs, the great and glorious Liberals! We wil teR Sir WILLIAM HARCOUBT that before he goes in again for a wholesale glorification of the Liberals, he had better spend an hour or two in reading up his back speeches. We have not the heart to propel any more inconvenient reminiscences at him, for the present.

MUNICIPAL MATTERS. Two important questions came before the W rexham Town Council at their meeting last week. The first is a subject the Council hare never had to consider before, and we hope will not have to consider again for a long decade, for there is nothing so derogatory to the proper conduct of municipal, or any other business, than change of officers. The Town Clerk, Mr. JAMES, resigns on the 9th November the post he has held since the first Town Council was elected in Wrexham. The loss of an advising officcr, who has the advantage of having been in the secrets of the Corporation for so many years, is of course great, and the election of his successor is a serious question. The majority of the General Purposes Committee are in favour of electing Mr. JAMES S successor during the present month, but there are a few who are desirous of leaving the election until the 9th November. There ,ig not a single reason advanced in I.ivour of this delay except one which is supposed to be founded on courtesy. It would not OO becoming to the new Council to elect a clerk for them," says Mr. SHEHRATT and his followers, but as was pointed out, there can only be a change of four members, and surely they will not constitute a new Council. Moreover the probability is that the present members, whose term expires in November, will be re-elected, thus leaving the Council similarly composed as at present. But there are many reasons why the election should take place forthwith, and perhaps the principal one is that the coming election shall not be affected by it. Another question in dispute was whether or not the new Clerk should be elected on the same