Wrexham Guardian

JFOtttlgU. The Shah of Persia arrived at Singapore on Tuesday. The complete reconquest of Kashgar by China is announced. Six hundred persons have lost their lives by an earth- quake in Venezuela. The Canadian Government is taking precautions against raids by Fenians. "The Japanese Minister of the Interior has been assassinated. His murderer has been arrested. On Monday 73,980 persons paid for admission to the Paris Exhibition, a figure only seven times exceeded during the 1867 exhibition. Preparations by the Canadian Government to frustrate any attempted invasion by Fenians continue along the whole line of the Canadian frontier. A 0 great conflagration has recently occurred in the town of Wilcomer, in Russia. More than 1,000 houses and shops and all their contents were destroyed. M. Gambetta, in assuming the presidency of the budget commission on Monday, said it was the firm intention of the Chamber of Deputies to do all that was requisite for developing the defensive resources of the country. Hassan Pasha, son of the Khedive of Egypt, arrived in Paris on Tuesday. The principal object of the prince's journey to Europe is to obtain the CQ-operation of France and England in maintaining his father on the throne.. A destructive cyclone swept over the Society and Tuamotu Islands, on the 8th February. Two islands were partially engulfed by the sea, and a large number of houses swept away. The island of Kaukura suffered the most extensive damage. For three days the winds were blowing with hurricane force, accompanied by torrents of rain. On the night of the 6th the wind changed suddenly from the east to the west, driving before it into the lagoon an enormous wave, and carry- ing away 17 vessels lying at anchor: 117 lives were lost by this alone. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. An attempt was made to assassinate the Emperor' William while he was driving, on Saturday afternoon, in the Unter den Linden. The crime was committed by a young Socialist tinker named Emil Htedel, who came from Leipsic. He fired two shots from a revolver, but neither hit the Emperor, who stood up in his carriage and asked whether they were aimed at him. The man was pursued he fired two or three more shots ot the crowd, but he was captured and handed over to the police, to whom he said he had no intention of murder, but, being unemployed and dissatisfied with the social conditions of life, he had resolved to commit suicide. Subsequently the prisoner was examined before the Minister of the Interior and other authorities, but nothing was found on him or at his lodgings more dangerous than some Socialist publications. The Emperor has received numberless congratulations on his escape, and on returning to his palace was heartily cheered by the people of his capital. At Monday's sitting of the German Parliament the president stated that he had on the previous day, in the name of the Parliament and in harmony with the feelings of the whole German people, expressed to his Majesty the most sincere and loyal congratulations on his fortunate escape. His Majesty desired the president to tender to the House his deep and heartfelt thanks for the mani- festation of its sympathy. The Russian press discusses the attempted murder in the most sympathetic terms for his Majesty. It is remarked as a singular coinci- dence that the attempt on the life of the Emperor was made on almost the exact spot as that.on Prince Bismarck a few years ago by the man Blind.

THE EASTERN CRISIS. COUNT SCHOUVALOFF'S MISSION. Count Schouvaloff arrived in St. Petersburg on Sunday night, and had an audience of the Emperor on Monday. He also paid a visit to Prince Gortschakoff. The object of the Count's journey is kept secret, but there seems to be a disposition on the part of Russia to give way on the formal point of placing the whole of the San Stefano Treaty before a congress should it be made clear that there is a reasonable chance of war being thereby avoided. gThe Times St. Petersburg correspondent, telegraphing on Wednesday, says that nothing definite is known as to the proposals which the Count is believed to have brought from the British Cabinet, and accordingly the public, tormented by uncertainty, are inclined to take a very gloomy view of the situation, but there is reason to believe that there is nothing to justify this new fit of despondency. Count Schouvaloff is not the man to undertake a mission of the kind without a reasonable chance of success, and the pacific, conciliatory current is at present so strong in the higher regions here that he probably found the obstacles less serious than he anticipated, There is, it is true, another current flowing in an opposite direction, but it is believed to have at this moment very little influence. Count Schouvaloff has frequent interviews with those who have the direction of foreign affairs. He will probably be in London on Tuesday evening next. The Austrian Premier, replying to a question in the Reichsrath on Tuesday, said the reports about the intended occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austrian troops are unworthy of credence. The views of the Austrian Cabinet on this subject had undergone no change. Should a congress meet, he said, the danger to Austria from the chronic disturbed condition of these provinces would be brought under the notice of the plenipotentiaries, with the object of obtaining guaran- tees for the removal of the danger; but the Austrian Government had no intention of seeking a solution of the difficulty by coming to an arrangement with any one Power. The budget committee of the Austrian Parliament on Monday decided not to discuss the bill to carry into effect the vote of credit for £6,000,000 till the Austro-Hungarian delegations had been informed in what way the money is to be expended. ITEMS. The Russians are levying recruits in Bulgaria. Prince Heuss, the German ambassador in Constanti- nople, paid a visit to the British fleet. The Queen is expected shortly to inlpect the troops at Woolwich. Her Majesty has not visited Woolwich for 22 vears. The'Porte is negotiating with the Greek Bankers of Galata for an advance of £700,0(>0 secured by assignment of the customs revenues, extending over 15 months. A body of the insurgents has driven out the Russians from Trajan's Gate, captured two Russian mountain guns, and established themselves in the pass. A New York telegram says Russian officers, agents, and seamen are arriving at New York in almost every steamer from French and German ports in all Atlantic cities. Turkish officers remaining in Bucharest waiting for transference to Constantinople express their readi- ness to have another trial at arms if an opportunity is afforded them. All the troops stationed at San Stefano, will move into tents within the next few days. The camp will be pitched on a rising ground two miles and a. half nearer Constantinople. The Queen reviewed the 14,000 troops at Aldershot on Monday. While the troops were marching past, the rain came down in torrents and drove the spectators to shelter, but her Majesty continued the inspection. The Russian Official Messenger publishes a proclama- tion calling for subscriptions for the organisation of a volunteer fleet, in order, as it states, to defend the just cause in case the adversary of Russia should provoke war. A contract for an advance of £700,000 to the Porte by Constantinople banks was signed at Paris on Monday. The interest is 12 per cent., with 2 per cent. commission, and the custom receipts for 15 months are the security. The Times Pera correspondent says the Russians declare that, even if the Turks surrender the fortresses, their troops will only withdraw from before Constantinople, when the British fleet retires from the Sea of Marmora. The following are the terms of Lord Hartington's motion, to be moved in the House of Commons next Monday:—"That, by the constitution of this Realm, no forces may be raised or kept by the Crown in time of peace, without the consent of Parliament, within any part of the dominions of the Crown, excepting only such forces as may be actually serving within her Majesty's Indian possessions." The Secretary of war has received a deputation from the committee for the promotion of a British legion for active service. General Raines said if the proposal received Government sanction, he had no doubt 20,000 persons would be enrolled in a fortnight. Colonel Stanley suggested that the scheme and the rules to regulate the ]egion should be submitted to the com- mittee now sitting at the War Office. The Daily News Syra correspondent telegraphs that the Sultan was frightened out of his wits by the Russians, but the military chiefs have persuaded him that he has nothing to fear, as Constantinople can be defended until the arrival of the English troopl promised by Mr Layard. On Thursday week the Turkish ministers decided, on the report by Osman Pasha, that the Turkish army is not in a condition to resist the occupation by the Russians.

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DENBIGH CHURCH ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOB^OF THE GUAKDIAW. SIR,—The report presented at the last meeting of this association condemned the transfer of patronage from the Bishop of St. Asaph to the Bishops of St. David's and Llandaff. The transfer was made by the Ecclesi- astical Commissioners under the authority of An Act of Parliament, and the following, amongst others, were the reasons which induced them to re-distribute the patronage. The diocese of St. Astph was said to have too mnch episcopal patronage, whilst other sees had too little. The aggregate value of the patronage of the bishopric amounted to the enormous sum of .£35,300 a-r year, whilst that of the Bishop of Llandaff was unde £ 2,000 a-year. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, after long and mature deliberation, determined to transfer certain livings from St. Asaph and Bangor to St. David's and Llandaff. The effect of this arrangement was to raise the patronage of the latter from £2,000 to £14,200 a-year at the expense of the diocese of Bangor and St. Asaph. The patronage of the bishopric of Llandaff has not, since the transfer, been more than about half that of the Bishop of St. Asaph, whose misfortune in former times appears to have been a plethora of wealth. If, under these circumstances, the members of the Church Association are sanguine enough to hope that the patronage of the alienated livings can be restored to the diocese, they had better petition Parliament and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on the subject. If they refrain from doing so because they know it would be hopeless, why should they re-open the question, and take advantage of the occasion to attack their brethren from the South, whose knowledge of the Welsh language is not inferior to their own, with the exception perhaps of certain provincialisms easily acquired. The demonstration is as hollow as that of the Radicals who convene meetings to condemn the Government for doing the very things they did them- selves when in office. LEX. May 13th.

UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE. TO THB BDITOR QY THB GUARDIAN. SIR,—Sly attention has recently been called to certain statements relative to my inventions in the re-issue of Lieut.-ColonAI Jones's pamphlet entitled "Will a sewage farm pay?" I wish to make cer- tain corrections therein and to a-sure him that had I ever had the slightest doubt about the success of j my machine in drying sewage sludge I should not have joined the company of which he is the acting manager. I am not going to enter into any contro- versy with him with respect to what he calls my failures at Oldham and Rochdale, as he has so often expressed his opinion upon the unfair treatment I received at these towns. I am in possession of in- formation which might surprise him, but the present is not the time to divulge it, and I prefer to leave the matter as it is and to let the future disprove his assertion. As regards the experiments made by Lieut.-CoIonel Jones and ifis consultation with the best authorities, so as to enable him to announce at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show in 1877, the compound called The farmers' friend," I am afraid I must deprive him of the credit attached thereto, as I filed a specification in May, 1874, in which I proposed to fortify dried sewage sludge with bone meal and sulphate of ammonia, or bone meal and nitrate of soda. My patents also cover the use of fine ashes, salt, lime, and other substances to mix in the sludge to assist in the preparatory stages of drying. In a paper read before the Chester Chamber of Agriculture, on Saturday last, Lieut.-Colonel Jones eays he is still experimenting in this direction, and also with presses for sq ueezing the water out of sewage sludge. The use of the press has long been abandoned and oondemned by practical engineers on account of the great expense attached thereto, not only in labour of working and relative results, but in the power required to drive them, and I venture to predict that my own plan of extracting the water from sludge when placed on a filter bed by means of a vacuum created by an ordinary steam jet, would give a far greater chance of success. Lieut.-Colonel Jones's previous reports upon the value of my patents, and the condemnation of the inventions of Milburn, Frytr, and others are too well known to require comment, and they fully set out the advantage obtained by me in passing sulphurous acid and other gases evolved by a furnace through hot moist sludge, while it revolves along the heated semi cylinders from the top of the machine to its outlet at the bottom. In conclusion, I again beg to differ with Colonel j Jones's opinion—that it will not pay to apply fire- heat in more than one stage of the process, as 11 know it already pays to apply steam heat, which is a much slower process, and that my plans of com- bining the two are now receiving great attention.— I am, &c., J. H. KIDD. Wrexham, May 15, 1878.

DENBIGH WATER SUPPLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN. Sir,—I deem it my duty as chairman of the Denbigh Water Company to notice the proceedings of the Town Council, as reported by you, when considering the report of Dr. Thorne, the Local Government Inspector, on the sanitary condition of the town. j It is not for me to comment on the many defects in our sanitary system, which are pointed out so graphically by Dr. Thorne. My observations shall be confined to the water supply, which, strange to say, is the only subject he refers to in words of commendation, and which some members of the Council have, according to your paper, so fiercely, unwarrantably and inaccurately condemned. I have always been at a loss to understand why some members of the Council should take every opportunity of speaking in disparagement of the water supply. Looking back a few years we all remember the frequent visitations of fever to this town. The only supply of water was from the wells, some of which were declared unfit for domestic use, and most of which are, according to Dr. Thorne, "from the nature of their position and surroundings, subject to constant risk of soakage of tilt h." It might have been supposed that the Town Council would, as a body, have taken some steps to remedy this defect, but they did not do so, and it was left to a few gentlemen connected with the town, actuated, as I know, solely by feelings of philanthropy to take the initiative. A company was formed, an Act of Parliament obtained, and, at an expense of £12,000, a water supply was procured. I may state in passing that of this sum only £158 was subscribed by the present members of the Council. This water has been analysed by Dr Letheby with a most satisfactory result. Dr Thorne visited the reser- voir, examined the source of supply, and as the result he reports, There is every reason for considering this water quite wholesome and he states the important and incontrovertible fact, that "slow autumnal fevers were formerly Tory prevalent, but have greatly diminished since the introduction into the town of the company's water, about ten years ago." Mr Humphreys Roberts, according to your report, alleges that what Dr Thorne has said on the subject of water is a tissue of misstatements," that the supply and quality are disgraceful," that "sometimes the water is perfect mud," that even in the early summer, at my house, the water is only turned on H hours twice a day;" that "the pipes won't convey a sufficient quantity of water," and he pays Dr Thorne and myself the compliment of remarking that Dr Thorne spent a good deal of his time with the chairman of the Water Company, which may have something to do with these wonderful statements, and this puffing np cf the com- pany's water." As a matter of fact I may state that the water is turned on to the town for five hours daily. It is passed through two sets of filter beds and the allegation that the pipes are not large enough is simply "inaccurate." The insinuation that I have tried te earwig Dr Thorne, who was a perfect stranger to me before he called upon me as one of the medical officers of the town, dis- plays a state of feeling of which Mr Humphreys Roberts is not to be envied. Your report of Dr Giiffith Roberts's statement, that the water is not wholesome," and that sometimes he cannot get enough to make up a bottle of medicine" must, I think, be an error of your reporter's. It may be taken as an axiom that the sincerity of a man's opinions is tested by his actions, and I therefore feel justified in adverting to the fact that, notwithstand- ing the wholesale condemnation of the company's water and the condition of the town wells, the gentlemen I have referred to and their families are using the former at the present moment, and, I am happy to say, without any ill effect. May I, in conclusion, ask those members of the Council who have been so unmeasured in their attack on the Water Company, whether it does not suggest itself to them that the interests of the town must be seriously prejudiced by it 7 If they honestly believe that Dr Thorne's report is a tissue of mis-statements and that the water is what they describe it, it is their imperative duty to take immediate steps to obtain a purer and more abundant supply at the expense of the ratepayers. If they are not prepared to adppt this course, the interests they profess to represent demand that they should exercise a greater degree of caution when commenting in public npon a subject of such vital importance to the community. —I am, sir, your faithful seruant, ARTHUR E. TUBNOOH, M.D., Chairman of the Denbigh Water Co. P.S.—Since the above was written, the usual monthly meeting of the Board has been held, when this letter was read to the directors and unanimously approved of by them as the best means of preventing the reckless and unfounded assertions made at the recent meeting of the Corporation regarding the water supply of Denbigh.

LA TI AND FRENCH IN OUR PUBLIC .ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. TO TB. EDITOR OF THB GUARDIAN. SIR,-Amongst 4; things not generally known* there is, I beliove, an educational fact, which I venture to ask you to publish, as a matter of general importarcJ and worthy of serious consideration. Only a few days ago it became known to me as a fait accompli that Latin and. French are now subjects of instruction in our public elementary schools, and that children, by passing an ex- amination in these languages before H.M. Inspectors, earn a share of the money from the national purse, so that in fact a portion of our national expenditure now goes to provide instruction in Latin and French to the children of peasants and labourers. In 1867, the Parliamentary grant for elementary edu- cation was less thun £ 700,000; last year it exceeded X2,100,000, an increase of more than 200 per eent. in ten years. Now, sir, I would ask whether, in the face of this fact, and the present depression of trade, avd: in the gloomy shadow of a threatening war, we are justified in providing these educational luxuries for the working classes, and that, too, when the overburthened tax- payers of the middle classes receive no aid from the State in the arduous work of providing tbeir children with each an education as will suffice to put them on equal terms with the numerous competitors from the lower classes, which the school boards are every day raising up to meet them.—I am, sir, yours obediently, ONE WHO LOVES NOT CLASS FAVORITISM. May 16th, 1878.

Sporting. CHESTER RACES. Stewards: Duke of Westminster, K.G., Duke of Hamilton, K.T., Duke of Montrose, Earl of Wilton, Karl of Stamford aud Warrington, Sir G. Chetwynd, Bart., Sir W. W. Wyiiu, i Bart., M.P., Mr George Payne, and Mr F. Gretton. Handi- cappers: Messrs Topham. Judge Mr Jobnson. Starter Mr M'George. Clerk of the Course: Mr Thomas Lawley. Clerk of the Stales: Mr J. Pratt. TUESDAY. For some years past, a perceptible decline of this meeting has been manifest, and the management hoped by curtailing it to three days to so far resuscitate it that it might once again occupy that prominent positition it was wont to hold. For this purpose, and also to suit the wishes of his Grace the Duke of Westminster, K.G., ] the mcet;ng was reduced this year to three day-, instead of four ;tS toriiicrl v utid as the various stakes were pro- port.ion»!ly cliti,-I,u it wa-s hoped iiii-i move would have the lit Sia\i effect, Í) IlIr tiS the entries were concerned ] nothing could possibly ba found fault with, and Mr T. Lawly, the newly-appointed clerk of tho course, worked hard to secure good acceptances, in which work he was ] more than successful. Since then, unfortunately, illness has overtaken so many racing stables that the respective trainers have been unable to get their horses fl-, and the consequence has been that Tuesday's racing was probably the poorest ever witnessed on the Roodee since Chester Race Meeting was Erst estabiiihed. At the present time, it is said, there are over 500 horses affected with throat affiliction at Newmarket alone, whilst many of the provincial stables are entirely out of form. Time was when large fields were the rule at Chester-no-,ibly in Joe Millet's year, when 43 started for the Cup—but whether those days will ever again return, of course time alone can tell. One thing, however, is most satis- factory to know, and that is that the falling off cannot in any way be attributed to inefficient management, but arose from causes beyond control. The day alternated between rain and sunshine, with a large preponderance of the former, which no doubt militated much against the attendance. The stands were pretty well filled, but the "public" were conspicuous for thoir absence, hardly a fourth of the number being present that we have seen in past years. The town, too, presented quite a barren appearance compared to former years. Every precaution was taken to prevent ready-money betting, and large notice boards were fixed in the most prominent parts of the ring and stands, cautioning all against re-ort- ing to this system of speculation on the pain of expulsion. Subjoined is the return of tho running GKOSVENOR TRIAL STAKES of £10 each, S ft to the fund with jClOO added two-ycar-olds 7st Clb, three, 9st filb, four lOst 91b, five and upwards lOst IOlb; m and g alld 31b winner to be sold by auction for X500, if for £ 300 alld 71b, if for L200 alld 141b; allowances accumulative-, if entered not to be sold to carry 141b extra. Six furlongs. Thirteen subs. Mr G. Trimmer's Laurier, by Consul-Leone, 6yrs, 8st 7lb (1;200) J. Snowden w.o. ROODEE STAKES of £15 each. 10ft, with XLCO aclcle(l, for three-year-old filles 8st 121b each. About one mile. Nine- teen subs, 10 of whom pay entrance only. Duke of Hamilton's Looline, by Vermont—Leone, 8st 51b Lemaire 1 Mr Johnstone's f by the Minor—Lady Nyassa 8st 121b G. Cook 2 Betling 7 to t on Lady Nyassa filly. Won easily by six lengths. WYNNSTAY HANDICAP of £10 each, 3 ft to the fiind, with £ 150 added; second to receive;C25 out of the stakes, and third to save stake; winners extra. One mile two furlongs. Fifteen subs. Mr T. Cannon's Speculation, by Brahma—Lady Emma, 4yrs, 8st 51b Watts 1 Lord Wilton's Itedoubt, 4yrs, 7st 101b (car 7st 121b) Constable 2 Betting: 11 to 4 on Speculation. Won in a canter by three lengths. CURZON PLATE of JE200 in specie, by subscription of £10 each, with £ 100 added. Five furlongs. Teu subs. Mr J. Johnson's Lyceum, by Oxford—Thalia, 5yrs, 8st 7lb F. Archer 1 Mr Beauchamp's Castle Blair, 5yrs, 8st 101b.Constable 2 Betting: 9 to 4 on Lyceum. Won in a canter by a length. .MEMBERS' WELTER HANDICAP PLATE of £ 100; winners 7lb extra. One mile. Mr T. Bingham's St. Patrick, by Knight of St. Patrick— Fisherman's Daughter, a?ed, 8st 71b C.Wood 1 Mr C. J. Langland's Don Carlos, 4yrs, 9st Mb .Cim.-taMe 2 Mr M. Brown's Knight of the Forest, 4yrs, 9st 111b J. Snowden 3 Mr Wadlow's Eremite, 3vrs, Sst 121b F. Archer 0 Betting 6 to 4 agi-t Don Carlos, 5 to 2 agst Knight of the Forest, and 4 to 1 each agst St. Patrick and Eremite. Won clevery by a length two lengths between second and third. MOSTYN STAKES of £ 15 each, 10 ft, with £ 400 added, for two-year-olds; colts Sst 121b, fillies and geldings Ost, 91b second to receive 50, ahd third £"15 out of the stakes; winners extra; maidens at starting allowed 41b. Six furlongs. Fif v-four subs., 12 of whom pay entrance only. Afr It. Jardine's Trapper, Sst Sib Constable 1 Mr T. Steven's Ambassador, Sst 81b F. Archer 2 Major Stapylton's Sword Knot, 8st 51b .Glover 3 Mr J. It. Peyton's Priestcraft, 8st 81b J. Snowden 0 Nr F. Davis' Whackum, Sst SIb T. Cannon 0 Betting 9 to 4 each agst Trapper and Whackum, 3 to 1 acrst Ambassador, ft to 1 a est- Sword Knot, and IfO to 8 agst Priestcraft. W.^H cleverly by a length two lengths dividing seeoud and third. BELGRAVK WELTER CUP of £ 200 in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of £ 10 e:ich starter; second to receive £ 25 out of the stakes, and third to save stake; winners extra. Six furlongs. Mr R. Howett's Violet Melrose, by Scottish Chief- Violet, 3yrs, 8st 131b Skelton 1 Mr F. Gretton's Singleton, 3yrs, 9st 21b T. Cannon 2 Mr Jardine's f by Pretender—Minaret, 3yrs, 8st 7ib G. Cooke 3 Col. Forrester's Templar, aged, 10st 61b F. Archer 0 Lord Kesteven's Covenanter, 4yrs, 9st 91b Huxtable 0 Mr W. Saunders' King Offa, aged, 9st 41b Constable 0 Betting: 6 to 6 agst Templar, 6 to 1 agst Singleton. 7 to 1 agst Covenanter, 8 to I agst King Offa, IuO to 12 agst Violet Melrose, 100 to 8 agst Minaret filly. Won by three-parts of a length; length between second and third. WEDNESDAY. The attendance to day was very large and the racing was much in advance of that of the opening day, both in point of merit and as regarded the strength of the fields. With the exception of 1875 there was one of the smallest fields that have contested for the cup for some years. When the handicap first appeared Umpire was backed for a lot of money but the Irish Horse going amiss, his early backers lost their money. Woodlands then became first favourite, but being, as usual, en- shrouded with mystery, he at one time appeared dead, but within the last few days showed signs of renewed life, and ultimately finished second in the race but on sufferance, as Miss Pool was without doubt the second best, although she pulled up fourth. The tantalising fortunes that have attended Woodlands must have been very trying, as this is the fourth time he has run second for important handicaps. When backed for heaps of money, he got second in the Cesarewitch; then second at Brighton, and again in the same unenviable position at Liverpool; and now in the Chester cup. Another of Mr Swindell's proteges, namely, Mail Train, was of a similar stamp, and ultimately, so it is said, found his way into a hansom cab; and this fate will probably be Woodlands', if he does not mend his_ ways quickly. Long before the time fixed for the decision of the Cup —which, by the way, was set something like like three- quarters of an hour later this year than on former occasions-dense masses of people ranged them- selves along the city and on the road leading to the Grosvenor-bridge, but the frequent showers of rain that fell during the afternoon must have made them very uncomfortable. After each shower, however, the sun came out with great brilliancy, and soon dispelled any unpleasant feelings that the rain might have generated. The following is a return of the day's runnning THE EARL OF CHESTER'S WELTER PLATE of 200 isovs in speeie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. Winners extra. Five furlongs. Mr R. Howett's Violet Melrose, 3 yrs, 9st 21b Skelton 1 Lord Kesteven's Woodquest, 4 yrs, 9st 121b Huxtable 2 Mr J. Jardine's f by Miner—Lady Nyassa, 3 yrs, 8st G. Cooke 3 Mr F. Gretton's Singleton, 3 yrs, 8st 121b. T. Cannon 0 Lord Anglesey's Lightheart. 3 yrs, 8st 51b Constable 0 Betting 6 to 4 agst Woodquest, 2 to 1 agst Singleton 5 to 1 agst Violet Melrose, 10 to 1 agst Lightheart and Vcdy Nyassa filly.-Won by three-parts of a length, four lengths divided second and third. THE VALE ROYAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft. with 100 added, for two-year-old fillies, 8st 121b each. Winners extra. Allowances. Four furlongs. 26 subs. Mr F. Bates's Extinquish, Sst 12lb G. Cooke 1 Sir W. Throckmorton's Shaft, Sst 8lb Glover 2 Mr Dixon's Pauline, Sst 81b Constable 3 Major Stapylton's Sempronia C. Wood 0 Mr T. Steven's Fanny Guy I Loatea 0 Lord Anglesey's Promegranate T. Cannon 0 MrJ. M. Brooke's Idun Brucksbaw 0 Mr H. M. Walker's Heliotrope J. Snowden 0 Lord Wilton's Crosstree.F. Archer 0 Betting: 4 to each 1 agst Shaft and Sempronia, 5 to 1 each agst Extinguish, Pauline, and tCrosstree, 10 to 1 agst Pome- granate. Won by a head, a bad third. THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE of 100 sovs, added to a welter handicap sweepstakes of S sovs each, 2 ft to the fund, for three-year-olds and upwards. Winners extra. Seven furlongs. Sir W. Throckmorton's Herald, 6 yrs, list 7lb Glover 1 Mr J. Johnson's Lyceum, 6 yrs, lOst 61b F. Archer 2 Mr Langland's Don Carlos, 4 yrs, 9st 91b Constable t Major Stapylton's Sundial, 4 yrs, 9st 81b F. Webb 0 Mr H. M. Walker's Perkin Warbeck, 6 yrs, lOst 21b Skelton 0 Betting: 2 to 1 agst H- rald, 3 to 1 ncrst Sundial, 100 to 30 agst Lyceum, 5 to 1 agst Don Carlos.—Won by three lengths, the same distance between second and third. THE CHESTER TRADES CUP of 500 sovs in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft; the second to receive 50 sovs from the stakes., and third to save stake; winners extra. Cap Course, nearly two miles and a quarter. 75 subs, 24 of whom pay entrance only. Mr F. Gretton's Pageant, by Elland-Panoply, aged, 8st 121b T. Cannon 1 Mr F. Swindell's Woodlands, GYrs, Sst 21b F. Archer 2 Mr Naylor's Jester, 5 yrs, 7st 31b.Luke 3 Mr J. Whittaker's Miss Pool, 3 yr», Sst 7lb (car. 5st f»lb). Gallon 4 Duke of Montrose's Hopblocm, 5 yra, 7st 111b Fagan 0 Sir W. Nngent's Clonavs,. aged, fist 101b W. Macdonald 0 Mr W. Bourke's Noble Henry, 5 yrs, Gat 81b. Miley 0 Lorrl Wilton's Redoubt, 4yrs, 6st 51b ..Lemaire 0 Mr C. J. Blake's Waterwiteh, aged, 6st ilb.R- Morris 0 Lord Bosbery's Ridotto, o yrt, Sst 21b (car. bst lllb).J. E. Jones 0 Betting: 75'to 40 agst Pag^vot, 3 to 1 ag Jester, 6 to 1 agst Woodlands, 11 to 1 at JJopbloom, 1Z to 1 agst Miss Pool, 20 to I agst Redoubt, 45- to I agst NoMe Henry, and 50 to I each xgst Waterwitch an4 Riddotto.—-Mr M'George getting the ten runners under bis command in geod time, he at once began to prepare them for the start, without the usual preliminary canter past tiie- stand. At the second attempt an excellent start was effected, Ridotto and Jestey being the first two to show in front; but immediately after 4 passing the stand the first time, Clo*ia«e rushed to t&e front; Jester going on second, and Ridotto- third, with Mi.-e Pool heading the next lot, the rear being brought up by IY.treant. No variation of moment occurred unti7> reaching the Castle turn, when Jester, who was pulling double, rushed to the j front, followed by Miss Pool, the two nurased being about a length clear of Cionave, Ridotto. and Woodlands, the favourite being still in the rear. Before -.teachiiig the rml- ( way arches Clonave again assumed the lead, which he carried Dn about halfway along the Dee side, when- Pageant began to get on better terms witk the leaders, and before rounding tho turn at the Grosvenor Bridge, Mr Gretton's gelding had ] taken third place to Jester and Miss Pool, Clonave having shot his bolt. Half-way between the bridge point and the ? Castle turn Cannon called on Pageant, when lie ran up to 3 Jester's head, the two and Miss Pool coming into the straight clear of everything else. The pace, which up ts this time had been very good, was now increased, when Jester soon retired beaten, giving way to Woodlands and Miss Pool, Archer coming with an immense rush. About lEOyards from 1 home Woodlands and Pugeanc singled themselves out from the rest, and for a short distance ran well together;, but the 0 favourite had always the foot of Mr Swindell's moderate liorse, and won at the finish very easily by three lengths, f Miss Pool being eased about twenty lengths from the judge's I 2hair, Jester again passed her, and was placed third; beaten I some distance, Clonave was fifth. Time, 4 min. 26 see, t WINNERS OF THE CHESTER CUP. I ] Yr. Winner. A. st lb Ran Joekey. f 1850 Major Pitt's Alounseer .4.6 9.)S.Dockeniy l L31 Mr Lister's Nancy 3.4 12.28.Kenuail 1852 Mr Farrance's Joe .\iiller 3.i 10,4S.Goater 1853 Mr Palmer's Goldtinder 5.7 6.2S.Aldcoek t LS54 Capt Lane's Epaminondua 3..4 10.24.FordLuini f ISj5 Mr Howard's Scythian 4.7 4.27.Wells w L856 Mr Parker's One Act 1.30.Hibberd 1857 Mr F. Higgm's Leainintou .4. 6 1). Hughes I IS58 Mr C. Monek's Vanity .4.6 18.2S.Withiiigton i L859 Mr E. Higgin's Leamington .0 S 2.33.Wells l ISR0 Lord Ailesbury's St Albans 3.5 3.20.G. French ISG1 Mr Barber's Ben Webster 4.7 8.16 ,.L. Snowden 5 1862 Mr Jackson's Tim WhiiUer 3.C 11.22,Doyle t L863 Sir.T. Hawley's Ast,3roid 5. 24.12 Wells t ISG-t Mr Hughes' Flash in the Pan..a 64. 21) Morris ISG5 Mr W. G. Bennett's Dalby .4. 68. 21 I-libberd LHCG Mr W. G. Bennett's Dalby 5.7 7-.17.Hibberd IS67 Mr A. Heatlicote's Beeswing .4.7 0.21.Prior I 1SG3 Mr Hodgman's t'aul Jones 3.G 2.17.Jelfrey 1819 Ld.Calthorp's Kt. of the Garter.5.9 1.12.Fordham 1870 Mr T. Hughes' Our May Ann..6 0.16.Newhouse I 1871 Mr W. H. Scott's Glenlivat.4.6 2.]fi.Jarvis IS72 Mr W. Nicholl's luveresk 3.5 12.14.Griffiths t 1873 Mr Bowes' Field Marshall 5.6 12.10.Griffiths 1874 Mr K. C. Vyner's Organist 3.6 6.15.Glover 1S75 Mr lleneage's Freeman 6.7 9. 9.Glover < 1876 Mr Johnstone's Tain o'Shatter 5.6 11.11, ..Thomson ] 1877 Mr F. Gretton's Pageant G.7 10.10.Glover 1878 Mr F. Gretton's.Pageant a.8 12.10.T. Cannon THE BADMINTON STAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with :/00 added, for two-year-olds, colts Sst 121b, fillies and geldings 80t 91b. Winners extra. Allowances. Five fur- longs. II Mr T. Ansley's Wild Lion, Sst 121b F. Archer 1 1\1, ll. Jardine's Trapper, 9st Sib Constable 2 Mr John Martin's Strathcarron, 8st Oib J. Snowden 3 Betting: 65to 40 on Trapper, 9 to 4 agst Strathcarron, 5 to 1 agst Wild Lyon.—Won by four lengths, a bad third. THE DEE STAND CUP of 5 sovs each, with 100 added. Three-year-olds, Dst 41b; four, lOst 101b five and upwards list. Winners extra. If not to be sold, 141b extra. Allowances. Onc" rouud and a distance (one mile 290 yards). Mr J. Robin?on's Scrape, 4 yrs, lOst Skelton 1 Mr T. Stevens Bloomiicld, aged, lOst T. Osborne 2 Mr Chapman's Owitoii, ag>-d, 9st 111b J. Snowden 3 letting 7 to 4 agst Owtou, 2 to 1 each agst Scrape and Bloomfield.- W on by three lengths; six lengths betweea 80conù and third. The winner was bought in for 310 gu;neas. THE COMBF.RMERE HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 150 added. Winners extra. Six furlongs. Colonel Forester's Paramatta, 6 yra, Sst Sib F. Archer 1 Mr T. Caunon's Speculation, 4 yrs, Sst 71b T. Cannon 2 Mr Beauchamp's Castle Blair, 5 yrs, 7st lolb (car. 7st 121b) Constable 3 Mr T. Bingham's Harry Bluff, 6 yrs, 7st 4Ib.J. Macdonald 0 Mr Jardine's f b Pretender—Minaret, 3 yrs, 6st 01b J. E. Jones 0 Betting Even on Speculation, 3 to 1 agst Paramatta, G to 1 each az,t Bastle Blair and Harry Bluff, 8 to 1 agst Minaret lftlly--Won by three lengths, two lengths between second and third. THURSDAY. There was a great improvement in the weather at this meeting compared with that of the two previous days, as the sun shone during most of the afternoon, and, as a consequence, the at- tendance was very large, especially in the rings and stand which were crowded. The racing however was only of a second rate character, and two of the events resulted in walk-overs. Prior to the commencement of the races the annual meeting of the Grrnd Stand proprietors was held, under the presidency of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.l' when after declaring the usual dividend, it was unanimously resolved to vote the sum of £ 2,500 towards next year's races. To try to revive the drooping fortunes of the Cup, it was decided to alter the conditions of the race, and give in addition to the usual added money, £100 for the second horse, and 4:50 to the third. The following is a return of the days running THE WILTOX tVELTER HANDICAP of 5 sovs for each starter, with l^o added; lor three-year-olds an*! upwards second to receive 10 sovs Iroia the stakes; winners extra. Fi\"< furlongs. Mr J. Johnson's Lyceum, by Oxford—Thalia, 5 yrs, lOst 111b T. Osborre 1 MrT. Wadlow's Instantly. aed, lIst 2Ib.F. Archer 2 Duke of Westminster's Helena, 4 yrs, lOst Sib.F. "Webb 3 Mr Ktche's Maupo-tan, 3 yrs, 8st 21b W. Macdonald 4 Lord Kesteven's Covenanter, 4 yrs, 9st 111b T. Cannon 0 Mr J. Bates's inliss Gertrude, fi,ed. Sst 7lb J. l oon 0 Mr Bingham's Hairy Bluff, G yrs, 9st 61b C. Wood 0 Major Stapylton's Sundial, 5 yrs, 5>st 21b Glover 0 Mr Cnff's Millington, 4 yrs, git 0 Mr AS*. Sauadcr's King Oifa, aged, 9st Constable 0 Betting 5 to 2 agst Instantly, 5 to 1 agst Helena, 11 to 2 agst Sundial, 6 to 1 agst Lyceum, 7 to 1 agst Covenanter, 10 to 1 agst King Ofia, 12 to 1 agst Miliington, and 20 to 1 iigst Harry Blutf.—Won by a head, Instantly beating Helena for second place by the same distance; Mangostau was fourth and Sundial fifih. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 200 girnens three-y»;\r ol-ls 7st llib; four 9at 71b; live, six, and ayed lOst 2lb". Al o :t tW) milt's. Duke of Montrose's Hopbloom, by Parmesan—CogniB- ance, 5 yrs, lOst T. Cannon 1 Mr T. Steven's Bloomfield, aged, 10st 21b T. Osborne 2 Lord Bradford's Musselburgh, 3 yrs, 7st 111b (car 7st 121b) Constable 3 Mr T. Bingham's St. Patrick, aged, lOst 2Ib.C. Wood 0 Betting Evens on Hopbloom, 4 to 1 agst St. Patrick, and S to 1 agst Bloomfield and Musselburgh.—Won in a canter by three lengths, half a length between second and third. GREAT CHESHIRE HANDICAP STAKES of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, "ith 5u0 added; second to receive £ 50 from the stakes, aud third to save stake, winners extra. About one mile 2 furlongs. Fifty.seven subs., 41 of whom pay entrance only. Mr F. Swindell's Woodlands, by Nutbourne—Whiteface, G yrs, 7st 131b (car 8st lib) F. Archer 1 Mr F. Gretton's Antient Pistol, 3 yrs, 5st 71b (car 5st Sib) Gallon 2 Lord Wilton's Footstep, 5 yrs, 7st 91b C. Wood 8 Air W. S. Crawfurd's Avontes, 4 yrs, G:,t 101b ..Wychcrley 4 Betting: 5 to 4 on Woodlands, 7 to 2 agst Footstep, and 5 to 1 each agst Antient Pistol and Avontes.—Won in a canter by a length, same distance between second and third. Avontes was a bad fourth. WYNN STAKES of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two-year-olds; colts 8-t Ulb. illlie; :md geldings 8st 91b weight for age, with penalties and allowances. Four fur. longs. Thirty-two subs, Mr It. Peck's Ramsbury, 8st -31b, £ 200 A. Wood 1 Mr F. Bates's Extinguish, 8st 131b (in. 71b extra), £ 4i"0. G. Cook 2 Sir W. Throckmorton's Shaft, 8st 91b .Glover 3 Mr T. Ansley's Wild Lyon, 9st olb Constable 4 Betting: 11 to 8 agst Ramsbury, 3 to 1 agst Shaft, 4 to 1 agst Wild Lyon, and 11 to 2 agst Extinguish.—Won easily by a length, Extinguish beating Shaft for second phce by the same distance. The winner was bought in for 30o guineas. THE CHESHIRE AND WYNNSTAY HUNT PLATE 100 fovs, by subscription of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with the remainder added, for hunters; weight for age, with penalties and allowances. Twice round (about two miles on the flat). Fifteen u bs. Mr T. Wallow's Dragon Fly, by Lozenge or Cardinal York—Miss Hercules, 4 yrs, list lllb.Mr W. S. Lowe w.o. DEE STAKES of £ 30 each, 10 ft, with £ 400 added, for three- ypflr-oldi; colts 8-t 121b, fillies Sst 71b horses that at start- ing and at one time never won £ 200, or received that sum as second, alld 7lb. About one mile four furlongs. Fifty subs., 25 of whom pay entrance only. Mr Crawford's Red Archer, Sst 51b C. Wood 1 Lord Bradford's f by Lacydes—Miss Pickle, 8st.F. Archer 3 Mr R. Peck's Reefer, 8-t 121b F. Wrebb 3 Duke of Hamilton's Greenback, Sst 121b Custnnce 0 Mr Johnstone's Tam Glen, 8st 51b Constable 0 Mr Golby's Gadabout, 8st Morgan 0 Betting: 11 to 10 agst Red Arclrer, 5 to 1 agst Greenback, G to 1 agst Reefer, 100 to 15 agst Tam Glen, aud 12 to 1 agst Gadabout. Won cleverly by a head; half a length dividing second and third. TENTH BEAUFORT BIENNIAL STAKES of £ 10 each, with 100 added, for three-years-olds colts 8<t Itilb. f. and g. 8st 7lb penalties and allowances. About one mil'1. Twenty- two subs., 11 of whom pay entrance only. Mr Johnstone's f by the Miner-Lady Nya--s.,t G. Cook w.o.

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J (Stmt ah Mr Glac I one arrived in London, from Hawarder, OJX Tuesday. Her Majesty's arrival at Balmoral is now f-xed for Wednesday, the 22nd instant. Three more bodies belonging to the Earydiee hare been picked up off the Isle of Wight. The Premier never was anything else hut a Fr, 'e>tart He was in London, and baptised in a Church of Eng- land. ° The Duchess of Edinburgh, "ith her children, arriyed at Coburg on Monday, and alighted a: her husbanu'j palace. The Queen has sanctioned tl e po'ntment of General fcjir Arthur Borton, K.C.B., to be governor of Malta. By the unexpected explosion of a charge of dynamite in a Manx mine, on Tuesday, two mi iers were killed oil the spot. The new Bisbop of Lichfidd is to be onseirated oa June 24 (St. John the Baptist Day), aid two days 1.1 jr he will be enthsoned. The average daily distribution of water for a fortnight at Liverpool was 21-SS gallons per head, tb3 total popu- lation supplied beiDg 670,659. A heavy thunderstorm passd over the no ihern sounties on Sunday. A bouse at IDurhan was struck by the lightDin,and a hind was injured. The Imperial Crown Prince of Germany, accom- panied by his yoraigest children, left for Windsor to join .he CrowD Princes on Wednesday morning. Tbs Queen was to give a banquet at Windsor -Castle, .1 Frisky (yesterday) evening, upon the cceasion of the nsit ef the Cro vn Prioce of Germany to this couutr The prisoners charged with the murder of Lord jeitrim and his servants have been brought up again md furthor remanded, owing to the illLess of tht police nspector in charge of tho case. The Queen telegraphed to Rochdale, expr'ssing her (up, sympathy with Mr John Bright in the irreparable jereavemont he has just sustained. Mr Bright ac- knowledged her Majesty's kind consideration. A carpenter nfcned John James was burnt to death in i fire at a lodging-house at Tenby, on Saturday The ire brigade were unable to act in consequence of the ater being cut off at night by order of the Corporation. The World remarks that it was not kind of Mr Bright o sneer at tt.e Prtmier ior his Jewish descent. Mr bright himself has Jewish blocd in his veins. His great- grandfather married a prettv Jewe F, named Martha 1 ac obs. Un Monday, at the Soothport petty session?, fonr of he directors of the bouthporc Brewery Company were iaed for having on their premises a quantity of ugar without having a license for using sugar for the mrposes of brewing. A despatch from Toronto, dated May 1st, spates that ■auies Duff Henderson has begun bis 25,000 miles walk here. The pedestrian was nervous, and for the first two niles did not walk well; but on the third milo he threw liiujeif into the work. The celebrated band of the 22nd Reg'ment of New tork, wiJich numbers 65 performers, arrived in the Vlersey on Monday night on their Eu op -an tour. It vill represent America at the Paris Exhibition, and take mrt there in the band contest. A Times Berlin telegram says that at a grand dinner it the Palace, on Monday, the Emperor announced the Migagement of Princess Louise Margnetha, third laughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia to the Duke of Connaught. The wedding, at Queen Victoria's request, wilt be celebrated early next year in L'ndon. Kulyon Tuesday morning a lad named John Peters, while descending to a small boit from the Akbar reform- atory ship in the leref, f-ll against the gunwale and then into the water aud was drowned. Three other Akbar boys promptly plunged into the river and made gallant efforts to rescue their comrade, but he was carried uway by the tide. The illicit beer trains carried on in Borrow has become so notorious that the police aaihoritios have been com- pelled to take steps which it is expected will check it. Hitherto heavy penalties have been imposed, but the de- fendants have in neaily all ca-es absconded. Now, all defendants are arrested under warrant, and on Monday three prisoners were sent to gaol. At the Middlesex sessions on Monday, the appeal of Mr Bradlaugh against the order for the destruction of 750 cupies of a pamphlet seized on the premises of Mr Truelove was concluded. The court dismissed the appeal with costs, and ordered all the copies seized to be forthwith destroyed. No clue has been discovered as to the wh reabouts of the .£,S73 in gold stolen from the b:1nk of Mona. A. thorough search of the grcutids at Miilmount has been made, and almost every inch of the garden has been turned over by a party of workmen, the bank authorities having a strong impression that the missing money is secreted somewhere iu the grounds or neighbourhood of Miilmount. The ltegistrar-Gerseral states as follows his annual estimate of the resident population of the United King- dom. He puts the ptpulation of England d Wales in the middle of thih year, 1S7S, at 24 851,397, cr 807,08S more thau in ;he middle of last year; the po'pu- Lit Oil of Scotland at J,i)D3,G. an increase of 33,212; of Ir 1-nl at 5,433 64o, aa increase of 97,245, whicii last l uuiler app ais very indeed. The total population of the United Kingdom isstatet1 at 33 881 936, or 437,547 more tlun at t':e corresponding period in last- year. At the Birkenhcud county poiico court, on Monday, William T. S. Jolly, the sou of a local clergvman, was brought up charged with sending a letter "demanding monev, a-d cnfotcing tho cl,vim by threats It wis shown that the prisoner Ju d written to Miss Jar.e G. ;ffiths, a schoolmistie s, in a f -igncd har.d aud s'yle, saving he had an impo:tant acke' to give to her ou r. cci .t o! £4. On behalf of the pris <nor ir. was contend'd that the mùtfer was i o h nj mo e than a yo:i'hfi.l in lie and the mag.strati s a'opto g this %isw, discharged him wi:h a sev r rebuke. A letter to an I gentleman by Mr Gladstone is published, t muk.ng hi n for the viud:c«'ion of his con- duct ii the Eastern Q .estion. Mr Gladstone savs that the 10 \V r.gtal ion of the dregs of the Lordon poi ukc-3 is due m.\il\ly to tie denn.go^'C us d hy persons of the highest soci.il .'tardm», on wh m ih'o universal blame mint recoil. He is far irooi supposmv from the riot that its authors rep:es.-i;t the opinions of the people of London. It is impossible to deav that London is under the influence of a press inferior in judgment and tamper to that of the provinces. Mrs Bii»h:, the wife of the Rigrn Hon. J.Jm Brig}}* M.P., died snddpulv at One Ash, Rochdale, on Mond.iv inori.iug, of po h-xv. UrJ Sunday ihf» attended service at tho Q■laker- Meet; e. I\t\\1 \v;ktd UU in he evening. Ou Monday morning hiving juit said "Good bye to her stepdaughter, she weut upstairs, almost immediately afterwards was found in a pro-diate con- dition. She expired in a few moments. Mr Bright- who was in Jjondon, was telegraphed for. Mrs Bright was the eldest daughter ot Mr Wii!uun LÚ.,thJ.lI1, banker Wakefield, and was married in 1S47. FIGHT WITH HIGHWAYMEN.—On Saturdav cven:n*> as a rar xier named Uobsou and his sou were drivin■' froin Peten-Hehl to their holding, (n the borders of Wooluier Forest, they were stooped by hvo men. One sciz.:d the horse's head, while the other present id a revolver sad demand the fanner's money and valuables. The e'der of the two occupants of the vehicle at once dealt the fellow a severe hi w on the head with tho butt end of his wh o, and ar the sane time leaped from his gig and seized his assail int. Before he could do this the reVolrer was discharged, happily with no further tff ct thnn to lodge the bu:l;t in tfeo body of the rr*p. The weaken was wrested fron the hands of tho luffian by Mr Robfcn who closed with his antagonist, and with a we'l p'an ed blow fell- d him to tho grou: d. Here he held him, i.ut on look i:g rOlDd he saw his son in a ii.tnd.fo-hand conflict with the second highwayman. Ob.-erving the fom er f ill h-i went to his ass stauce, and at this juncture both footpads made their escape. Corrox RIOTS u LANCASHIRE.— The Lancashire cotton operatives on strike and lock-out h'ut.in d a severe disnppointnient on Tuesday by the failure of the of iSorts of their representatives to tfleet a compromiso with the employers. offered either to refer the dispute to arbitration, to accept 5 percent, reduction, or 10 per cent, reduction with shen time. The miis'ers' committee declined to entertain any 0f the pre- positions. Great distress prevails in many pi .ccs. An alarming riot bake out at Blackburn in the eveu'n», in the course of which greit d onge was done to propert* The mill of Councillor Taylor was p.rtiallv pulled down. Mr Hornby's (son of tbJ ex-i\JY.) house was totally wrecked, &r.d tho trees and shrubs uprooted. He offered but they would not. He s wounded in the thigh in two places. The mi b ;h n proceeded to C J-.cksou's house. G lotiel J.x'^oa heard the mob eofning, and e>c-»p.)d by a back door. The lAst ho saw of his honJ was its being in jj riles. The Riot Act ws read Wore midnight. The mob pulled with them Colonel Jackson's c-irriags, which contained his effigy. T/.is was luraed in tho town. On We in-- day at ton o'clork a mob collected in front of the Town Hall. Blackburn, and insis4ed upon C • Jackson hsillg ban led over to them. On the appearance of tie ma ;is- trate deafening shouts wera raised of Where'o J..rfcs >a." It wss rumoured that the Colonel had gone to WycolJar H:d, and about 10,0o0 people procped-dittthat direction. A body of the rioters, armed wirh stones and sticks, .proceeded along the Preston Iio id where the houses of many of ih manufacturers are siru- ated, and broke the window; of neirly everv hia-e a mile. Detachments of the Foot Regiment aud the Lmcais es^isted the police. During the riotous proc d- ings of Wednesday night, a number of persons were shot j Si t.S valdtwistle, and two of them very !lerjou I v HI- the same evening, at Blackburn, a Jawloss band entered a pub'ic-vouse. and threw corrosive r! nd in the ace of a publican. The injared man has lost he sight of one of his eyes, it ia feared '.hat he wi l .-w-.o lostJ the sight of the other. There are m1", maniJe tions of violence throughout the dts'r ct on Thursd.iy, and at Burnley very complete preparations weie made* j owing to the threatening attitude of ( perative o rep res l further disturbances. Matters were q jiet r in BlackburD. C. K. BBSO and Co.'s Teas are the purest, tbe b *s* and the cbpes. 14, H gu-street, Wrexham.