Wrexham Guardian

— I COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY.—Before J. H. Ffouli:93, Fsq., and A. Peel, Esq. MAINTENANCE CHILDREN. George Jen es, labourer, Pentre Broughton, was sum- monedbj the Board of Geardians for allowing bis three childion to become chargeable to the Union,— Mr J. 0. clerk to the guardians, appeared to prosecute, and said the defendant had been most indulgeiftly dealt with. If he had consented to take the- children home acd pay expenses, the pro- have been-stayed. It appeared that his wife'had left him, auf:, had sent the children to the Workhouse.—Relieving-officer Phennah proved that the defendant refused to take the children where they were.—The bench said the defendant would be eommitted to prison for a moirthi ca he refused to pay the amount required. Upon -hearing this decision, the defendant boeame ) very violent and defiant to the magistrates, remark- I. ing that they (C could not kill him." VA&KANCY. WoJc Phillipe. of Liverpool, was brought up by I P.C. W:lliams (61), charged with sleeping in a corn iltlid at Hafodybwch, belonging to Mr Dennis, on Wednesday night at ten o'clock.—The ofaeer said he was absusive, f*nd had been about Ponkey for sotE-3 time, i—He was sent to prison for fourteen days.

A flEXHAM "WOMAN MOBBED AT BIBEENIIEAB. SCAIffDAIXXUS DISCLOSURES. Afc the TOT rn-liall, Birkenhead, on Wednesday, before Mr Spanuell, deputy-stipendiary, Martha Etidcwes, wifei ofadoakJabourer,residingin George- street, 53irket thead, Esther Brereton were summoned for' having assaulted the sister of the former, Ann Baker, who resides iniRhosddu, Wres- axd is th e wife of an engine-driver, A cross- sumoiona had been iecned by Martha Eddowee charging Ann Baker with assault. Mr Pugh ap- peared for Edolowe-s and Brereton. The weman Baker, who ente red the witness-box wearing a deep veil, fitatad that about.axortnight ago she wrote o the husband of Martha JBddowes, her brother- n-Iaw4 aiding hÏm to .meet her at Chester. The letter was, however, not received by,him, bnt by his wife, -who wrote a fake letter" to witness, telling her to meet him at Bukerh^ad. Comprain ant went there on Tuesday eek, but instead1 of being met by her brother-in-law was mot by leer sifter with s. large crowd of people, whOiheat her, • ud threw atones and dirt at her. Mastha Ekl- 'sowes, who headed the crowd, .pashed her aloi \g < iie street, caying, "Go to the station, go .to th-e sration." Witness added that Hit was well 1r\10Wn" 1n the paper-s the abuse she received." If her -istei- had desired to know why she wanted to see her husband witness would have told her. Brer<?f on j v. aa amongst the crowd, and threw Ú all kinds of • irt" at her. Cress-examined hy Mr Pagh.—You knew prettv 1 •'oil where to find her P I did not want to meet v ter she always meets me with abr.se. Yoy .lidn'i to see her, you wanted to see her hus-Baud P 1 wasn't particular whether I saw her or i.ot. It i w;isn't the first time you came to J'irkeahe^d to see • r husband ? Yes, it was. Did yon never "u to Brighton with hirs, tafciug him from 1;is work? I never did. Didn't his wife lJ1>ct. yon in the ui coming back with him ? I d;,IIJ¡ Lr -i i: me. Did he go with y. o P Ho met us ai g rpool I was not aware of him beirig- there. A Brighton ? *&■, v\ .■ J. go to Sew Brig! ton. Whe. e did you • ? Je } ■ eat the day in Liveq-oo'. W-th who;'> ? Ji; ii.: wa.j wiili u-; 'w> ui hrt. as!; him to eomo. Dj:. ou for fc-'iu ? Iro I did— mc and my friend. Did you afterwards lend him some money ? 1 did not. Was he in the militia at Wrexham ? Yes. Did you used to go to the barracks there? -No; I went to a friend's house. Did you represent to that friend that you were his No. Didn't you meet regularly and drink together in the canteen ? I d d not. I went to a friend's house at the bar- racks. Did you meet him there ? Of course I used to see him. I did not go purposely to meet him. Did you not pass as his wife ? No. Did not his father find it out, complain of you, and tell you not to go there again ? No. The Magistrate Do you mean to say that she lived in the barracks ? Mr Pugh: :No. She used to go there night after night. The Magistrate: As a relalion, that was f!ilÏte consistent. Mr Pugh were you there con- stantly with him ? No. Do you remember some- thing taking place at your grandmother's P No. Don't you remember your grandmother sending word to your husband about something which took place between your brother-in-law and yo* ? No.' Didn't your husband pitch his bed through the window in consequence ? Not in consequence of that. Has not your sister charged you with follow- ing her husband? No. Has she not complained to you ? She did when she came to Wrexham about two months ago. She said I had her hus- band in my house. Do you mean to swear that nothing improper ever took place between her hus- band and you ? Nothing ever did. Was it not the whole talk of the neighbourhood ? I cannot say; I did not hear it. Do you mean to swear you never heard it ? I must say 1 did hear it. Do you still swear that your grandmother and two other wit- nesses did not see you and your sister's husband together ? Yes, we were together. They were drunk and quarrelsome, and I went with him away from them. In answer to the magistrate. Mr Pugh stated that Eddowes and her husband were at this time living in the same house as the Bakers. Is your husband here P No. Did he hear of this row in Birkenhead ? Yes. Did he want an explanation from you how it happened ? Yes. Did he suggest you should take out summonses? Yes. If he had not suggested it, it would never have occurred to you ? I intended to do it myself. You wrote this letter to. him ? Wrexham, Aug. 6, 1878. Dear brother,—I received your letter and was glad to hoar from you, but sorry that your foot is not better. I am coming to Chester on Friday; write by return weather you can come there. If you can come be sure dnd write and let me no weather you or no you can or not. I shall no weather to look for you or not. If yon do write for me at Thursday night, I shall be there at eleven o'clock. I saw Liss yesterday, and she spoke very civil to me. I asked her where was her husband, and she said that he had got seven days to splh and 14 days to barrocks after. I have not much news to tell you. I remain your affectionate sister. I shall expect a letter on Thursday morning. You have been very long in writing. If I don't seey you on Friday write again on Saturday. Mr Pugh: Why did you want to see him at Ches- ter r He wanted to explain about some abusive language his mother had been using towards him. Why did you not tiny that in the letter ? Because he could not read it himself. Had you been in the habit of receiving letters from Lira ? No. What do you mean by You have been very long fr writing" P He sent me 43 to get a singlet. I didn't get it. I sent him 2s back, and another 2^ in stamps. Has he been in the b^ or corresponding -t". you? No. ]etter to see whether^ llC g0s. E[arapai Was it not an ex- pensive journey for him to go to Chester ? More expense for me to come to Birkenhead than for him to go to Chester. My husband knew about it. Did not your husand turn you out of doors for not coming home in time ? No. Why did you go to an hotel to meet your brother-in-law ? That was his address. Were you astonished to see your sister ? The crowd of people. Did you run ? No. You swear you never passed as his wife in Wrex- ham? I never did. Didn't his wife catch you at the canteen together P No; at a friend's house. Did she not tell you it was a shame to take her husband away ? I didn't hear her she bawled out something. But you made yourself scarce ? No; I didn't leave the barracks till ten o'clock. This closed the cross-examination. The com- plainant stated that she had no witnesses. Mr Pugh, on behalf of the defendants, said his worship would form a pretty accurate idea of the case. Unless compelled, he did not wish to put Eddowee, the complainant's brother-in-law, into the box; but he thought the complainant richly deserved the treatment she got. Here was a woman who had the audacity to write a letter to her own sister's husband asking him to meet her at Chester. Did his worship think the complainant would ar- range for a meeting at Chester simply to talk over some abusive language alleged to be used by the mother of Eddowesf Eddowes was present, and, if necessary, he woyld put him in the box, and he would swear that the complainant was in the habit of following him -everywhere tha.t she passed _'3 his wife at Wrerbam that the matter vas reported j by his own father, and that in consequence the complainant was prohibited from going to the barracks at all. Eddowed would also prove on one occasion an improper intimacy took place between the complainant and himself at the house of her grandmother, he being in drink at the time, and that is consequence both weM turned out of the house. He (Mr Pugh) could also call three other witnesses to prove an act of mi proper intimacy between the complainant andhor brother- in-law. Under all these circumstances he was surprised at the audacity of the complainant in coming into court. He would put -Eddowes, the complainant's brother-in-law, into the box he had now come to his senses; it was a. pity he had not come to his senses long ago. Mrs Eddowes (who had taken ont a cross-sum- mons for assault against her sister, Mrs Baker) was then called. She made some statements with a view of showing that an improper intimacy had I -existed between her husband and her sister, Mri; Baker, when they lived together et Wrexham. Mrs Baker, she said, came to Birkenhead twice after her (Mrs Eddowes's) husband. On one occasion, when he did not come home, she went jn search of her husband, and found him at the railway station with her sister and another person. On another occasion, when her husband was away in the militia, she went to Wrexham barracks and com- pMined to the sergeant-major, who sent a guard to her sister's house, but he was not there. He was found in a friend's house opposite. When she went to the barracks, the officeI-s did not. believe that she was Eddowes's wife until she got his father to prove it. She had suspected her sister and her husband for two years. Mr Pugh here offered to call Eddowes to prove his intimacy with his wife's eister, Mrs Baker. The magistrate observed that if there was any- thing wrong between the parties, Eddowes was quite as bad as his sister-in-law. He was satisfied there had been an improper imtimacy—he would not say in the sense usually applied—but he would say a very incautious intimacy between the com- plainant, Mrs Baker, and her brother-in-law, Eddowes. He was convinced the intimacy had been marked by great incautiousnese, but there was no evidence of anything further having taken place. This intimacy having come to the know- ledge of Mrs Eddowes, she having obtained possession of a letter written by her sister asking her husband to meet her at Chester, it was only natural that she (Mrs Eddowes) would feel very indignant, and he was not surprised that she determined to meet her sister in the way she did. What took place on that occasion, however, was an illegal act, and, therefore, he must deal with it. All that had been stated and proved by Mr Pugh simply went in extenuation of what took place, but as an illegal act had been committed—although humanly speaking one justified as between the parties—he was bound to deal with it. He thought, however, the justice of the case would be satisfied by ordering the defendants, Mrs Eddowes and Mrs Brereton, to pay "a nominal fine of Is each, without costs. The summons against Mrs Baker would be dismissed. The decision of the magistrate in the case imme- diately became known to the crowd outside. The greatest excitement prevailed, and the lady from Wrexham, on leaving the court, was greeted with loud hooting, and cries of Here she is." To save her from a second lynching, Superintendent Clarke took her into the section room in the police office, where she remained for some time, evidently dpep in thought respecting her adventure to Birkenhead in search of her sister's husband. Ultimately a cab was procured, and Mrs Baker was taken through a backdoor in the building into Market-square. Here the crowd which was headed by Mrs Eddowes, had greatly increased in number, and as the Wrexham lady, who had to be guarded by the police, walked to the vehicle, s ie had again to submit to hooting and shouting of a most boisterous character. Onco in the cab, however, she assumed a defiant de- I meanour. shook her umbrella vigorously through j the cab window?, and having ordered lhe driver to Irive to Ii. ck Ferry, she took her departure irom Irive to Ii. ck Ferry, she took her departure irom L -irkenhead. Some of the crowd followed, but they IYl Te soon out-distanced by the cab.

VV Ti;KXiiA?u!. ui;j:sEKAL PURPOSES committee. A 81 meeting of i.fcove committee of the W t-xh; Town Council i oi. £ IJLc at the Guildhall oi) Mo; for i :ie piin.'0-ic of cou!i.:oring the mean.? o i.loiiJi -;ji- £ t;-etfc. Au'leinifm bin.Ui o Ue c»r:.a* 'J ncui Weio siso jpi\&ei'!Vj AJdermo-: T— "Ed if. a-?, dad CcuzuU.orc Bnugh, J. O. Btirv, • lohard Jones, Jt. F." Eo. slmy, V/.tiror Jones, a-i-i G '• ^a dey. The Town C lerk, Mr Johii JV.mes, th.' In 'pector or _Nu;s:«y';tv, Mr iiiggin; ana the JJoro.l yiirve; Atter t.Mo pjocec' o •; ♦•d c'y cO3-Ir Baugh tnid the oemmirtee had waited upon the I Market Hall Company < n Saturday morning at their offices in the Market Hall and subsequently visited, the spot. The company asked them what amount j of laud they wore desired to give up, and the chair- | man said something about 40 yards. Alderman Keale thought that if they set back a certain distance they would be afforded that much additional area. Mr Baugh said he had made a calculation of the ground that had been already given by the Market- hall Company and it was something like 42 yards. He (the speaker) asked them the price, and they. said 15s per yard. He then made a calculation and found the cost at the rate of.£3 10s would be ( i2146. They (the committee) went upon the ground and had some conversa.tion about the matter, and they asked Mr T. C. Jones, one of the directors, whether he thought the company would 1 take .£i50 for the land taken. E Alderman Beale asked who put the question, and ( Mr Baugh replied that Mr J. O. Bury did. They were all there together. k Mr Baugh, continued: Mr T. C. Jones said he thoaght they would take JJ150, and they (the committee) said they would recommend that t sum to the council. They suggested the pro- S priety of setting back another 2 feet 6 inches c so as to make a wide road. If they could 1 do that'it would be a boon because it was a certain 1 fact that eventually the Grammar School would be removed from the present site, and then there 1 would be ground which would be probably offered f to the Corporation. In reply to that Mr T. C. t Jones said the architect would be there shortly and s he would make enquiries as to whether it would be 11 possible to widen the road so as to make it 6 feet c instead of 3 feet 6 inches wider than it was origin- f ally. The architect said he could not entertain it c as it would incur an outlay of JB300 besides the cost s of the land. And now they came to the question ? of 3 feet 6 inches and JB150. b Mr Richard Jones said he went to inspect that place by himself and he was astonished to find that 11 there was a foundation laid there already. 6 Mr Baugh said he had asked the reason why they u had set it back 3 feet 6 inches, and he was told it was in consequence of representations that the 11 Town Council would pay a reasonable price for such" land as they set back and that the corporation D would take it. If the corporation declined they s would come to the frontage again. Alderman Eeale: By whom? Mr J. O. Bury: Bvir.s! 1 Mr Richard Jones thought this was a very im- r portant matter. He thought they had the b authority of the town—or was the Market-hall D Company to be over ruling tliem He would ask 8 them if they thought there was sufficient accomo- r dation. That place was one of the worst crowded. ? If this was the case then he considered they could 11 compel them to give proper accomodation. Was b not the spending of £150 in setting back so snail a P distance a waste of the ratepayers' money P These t (the company) were people who had made their e money when the rates were low, and they wanted t them (the cCrp^'a,io11^ to put money in^their pockets for their own accomouauoll, thfj wanted to sell grouad they ought to give for the sake of their own appliance. He did not think it was right to spend the ratepayers money at that rate. Alderman Lloyd said that whatever they required 0 was required for the benefit of the public at large. When he heard that it was 3ft 7in they were going J tosellhe proposed that they should go on the ground v and see for themselves. What he wanted was that 11 they should have such width from the Grammar 0 School to the Advertiser Office as would make a good roadway of 20 feet. If they could make an y uniform street of 30 feet, the site on which the a Grammar School stood would be a good spot for a Town Hall. I 3 Alderman Beale Town Hall! hear, hear. £ Alderman Lloyd said that that would cost about .£200 for the work and all done. It was worth that. He thought this offered 3 feet 7 inches w as for a footpath Dand curb as there ought to be before any- body's shop. He did not think it wa right that the council should waste the ratepayers money. He had riot a shillings worth of interest iu the company nor in property in that part ot the town so that he spoke for the benefit ot the town, and lie hoped conscienciously. He proposed to vote for whatever this widening would cost even though it-were as he considered that to spend JilSO for so little area would be waste of the ratepayers' naioney. He moved that thai, meeting be adjourned to that day week, and iJr, the meantime that the Market-hall Company he communicated with farther en the question. Alderman. Beale said he ttioKght that it was a little speech of his at the last meeting that was the erigin of: all this. H-i, called attention to the fact that now was the time for them to widen the street into Chestfer-str^wt—thai, there was no time te iose. He though* that if they could only obtain as much land as would niake the road lin- ableÜh Mr Southern's property the rest could be set b&ck by purchasing the old limekiln. That wou.d be a very great. improvenaeat. This was a most important point, as this spot would be central to time immemorial, and therefore he begged to second Alderman Lloyd's motion. Mr J. O. Bury proposed that as an amendment tfcey spend the £150 for the 43 yards provided. All the iron work was now made, and the contractor eaid that the removing of the foundations and laying them down again wotld cost a large sum altogether, itf altered now, the expense would be fabulous. | i Somethin had been said by Mr Richard Jones about the company having made their money when rates were low—they had done it by their persever- ance, energy, and zeal. That company was one of the most spirited and enterprising of which he knew. With regard to the price of land, they had asked at the rate of £3 1O per square yard, and that had been characterised as too much. The fact was they had recently paid at the rate of 6 10s for it. Mr Baugh seconded the resolution on the ground that he bad been a party to it, and Mr Richard Jones said he thought they should widen the street as their children would say in years to come—why did not our fathers do this, The show of hands having been taken the original motion of Alderman Lloyd's was carried. —— ——

THE DENBIGHSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. The annual inspection of the Denbighshire Volunteers took place on Tuesday last, at Wynn- stay, the beautiful seat of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart.. M.B., the esteemed lieut.-colonel of the battalion. Favoured with splendid weather the inspection was a complete success, the volun- teers entering into it with spirit and earnestness, which, aa will be seen, secured the high commen- dafien of the inspecting officer. The various companies arrived at Buabon by train—the Gresford, Wrexham, and Gwersyllt companies at 11.51; the Denbigh, Ruthin, and Llangollen com- panies at 10.40; and the Chirk company at 10.55. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir W. Williams Wynn was in command, the other field officer being Mijor West. General regret was expressed at theabsenceof the respected adjutant, Capt. Conran, owingto sick- ness in his family. Although he was not on the ground he showed his interest in what was going on by watching the volunteers as they passed through the village. Falling in they at once pro- ceeded to the ground, which was near the house. The proceedings were the more interesting, in consequence of the competition in companies for the challenge cup, and a cup presented by Sir Watkin. After going through several interesting evolutions, the review commenced, which was witnessed by a large number of persons asssembled. The inspect- ing officer, Colonel Cooper, commandant of the brigade centre, Wrexham, rode on the ground a C about two o'clock, accompanied byiMiss Williams Wynn, the band playing the inspiring National air of "The March of the Men of Harlech." The battalion, who was formed in line, presented a smart soldier-like appearance, and looked, indeed, a fine body of men. After Colonel Cooper had inspected the accourtements, the march past took place. It was carried out at the shoulder, trail, and double, the united bands playing some spirited airs. The battalion then left-wheeled into line, and went through the manual and firing exercises. They then advanced in fours from the right and formed into companies, subsequently retiring in fours from the left rear forming companies. Some I interesting skirmishing then followed. Nos. 1 and 2 companies were the advanced .party, Nos. 3 and 4: the supporting, and Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 were the reserve. Four rounds of amunition were supposed to be fired in advancing, four at the halt, and four on it tiding. After being out some time tho bugle toundod the retreat, nd the men retired. The inspection then ended, and the men having formed square, Colouel Cooper said it was now hiss duty to go e them the notes that had been taken of their All could not win, and he hoped the results, wciiid be accepted in fair spirit. He then read ihe to'oowing report, placing each company in their order of merit as follows :— No. 1 (Wrexham).—The first prize lie must-award ,0 No. 1 company. Thou- drill was cxcedenl, uud if it li :d not been so decidedly superior he would not h ive given them the cup, because of the talking in yanks duricg the ski;mining. Nothing is so M;.s>>lJk-rly as talking in too ranks during drill. Comui mded by Lieutenant jbivau Morn No. 2 (Ruaoou).—To this company mu-t L j w..i"& d the socoud prise. They were steady iu j he manual ana tiring cxerekef, but »v "V I movements, and there was no talking in the ranks- Commanded by Captain Roberts. No. 3 (Gwersyllt).—It was a very close contest f between this company and the Ruabon, but the skirmishing was badly dene and they required more steadiness. Commanded by Captain T. Bury. No 4 (Euthin).—This company also drilled fairly well, but should pay more attention to details, and notice must again be taken of talking in the ranks. Commanded by Captain Adams. No. 5 (Denbigh).—Drilled well at manual and firing exercises, but more care must be bestowed on the guides and markers, and the men to be kept better in hand by the instructor. Commanded by Captain LI. 1\ illiams. No. 6 (Wrexham No. 2 company).—The officer commanded very well. The men were in- attentive, and were talking during drill, and straggled during skirmishing. After a few other brief remarks to the men, Colonel Cooper, addressing Sir Watkin, said—In conclusion, Sir Watkin, I have only to compliment you on the flue appearance of the men, and to say that their battalion drill is really very good, and, considering that it is an administrative battalion, and the head quarters of the respective corps are considerable] distances from each other, I don't think there is a better battalion in England. Commanded by Lieut. T. B. Williams.. After the inspection, Sir Watkin marched the battalion to the refreshment tent, and having] formed them up, Miss Williams Wynn rode into the square, when Lieutenant Evan Morris, the hon. secretary of the County Rifle Association, handed j her the prizes which had been won at the recent < competition at Llangollen, which she very grace- fully handed to each winner amid the enthusiastic < cheering of the respective companies as the best shots were called up to receive the prizes. A list; of the winners appeared in our issue of the 10th. inst. Sir Watkin then marched the volunteers who; it will be seen from the return numbered nearly] 600, to tents, where the hon. baronet with his t usual liberality had instructed Mr Murless, of the Wynnstay Arms, Ruabon, to provide a sumptuous 1 lunch, to which ample justice was done by the men, 11 who were in capital form to attend to the com- t missavy department having been under arms ( several hours. t After lunch was over Sir Watkin presented the 11 first prize drill competition cup to Lieutenant Jloi'iis, who-commanded tno winning corps, and remarked that the Wrexham corps was the first he had been connected with when the volunteer movement first commenced in 1859, and he wa.s t glad to see that the first company formed had retained its position as the first corps at drill in the county. He trusted that the remarks of the „ inspecting officer, as to talking in the ranks would have the desired effect, and that at the next com- 1 petition there would be no cause to complain on that ground, and that they would retain their efficiency. The health of the hon. baronet was then drunk amid enthusiastic cheeiing. The battalion shortly afterwards proceeded to the railway station, and departed for their several t head quarters of the companies. On the Wrexham ( company arriving at Wrexham they marched t through the town, Lieutenant Morris carrying the challenge cup directly following the band, which was plav>ng> See the Conquering Hero Comes." They proceeded to the Old Swan, where the men were liberally supplied, at the officers expense, with t punch, which was drunk from the cup. The health of Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. W. Wynn. the oScarq ot t the company, and Sergt.-Instructor was drunk with enthusiasm. Lieutenant iirG^Jr' also treated the men to Dr Lynn erae¡. tainment. The cup has only to be won one more year by the Wrexham company to becomu its absolute property. The following officers were, present in command „ of their respective companies, in addition to Col. Sir Watkin Wynn and Major Cornwallis West:— Wrexham, Captain Yorke and Lieutenants J. D. Pugh, E. Morris, J. S. Crawford, and T. B.Williams; Ruabon, Captain Roberts and Lieutenant Hughes Denbigh, Ca^it. Wiiliams and Lieutenant Roberts Gresford, Lieutenant Price; Gwersyllt, Captain Bury and lieutenant J. ù. Bury 5 Ruthin, Captain Adams, Lieutenant- Adams, Lieutenant Ellis, and Quartermaster Ellis; Chirk, Lieutenant Barras; Llangoiko, T. H. Parry, Lieutenant R. Richards, and Set-Lieutenant Edwacds. Quartermaster Kenny vas the judge in the competition, being assisted by Sergeant-^iajor Ward, 23rd Welih Fusiliers. The mustertll all ranks was as follows officers, 55; bead, 79 and file, 4i0. Absent with leave—three officers, four sergeants, -73 rank and file. Absent withcust leave—two bandsmen, 26 rank and file.

HI KEN YON'S NEW MANSION. DINNER TO WORKMEN. On Saturday afternoon last a dinner was given by tLe Hon. George Kenyon, at the Wynnstay Arms Motel, to the builders and others who have been and are at present engaged in erecting his new mansion, to be called Llsnnerch Panna, at Pesiley. Abüut 120 sat down to a first-class repast laid by Host Murless. The Hon. G. T. Kenyon occupied the chair, and Mr W. E. Samuels, thecontractor,the vice-chair. There was also present the Hon. and Rev Trevor Kenyon, Mr John Samuels, Mr Daniel Samuels. Mr EugeneMul-fins,Mr Day, Mr Catheral, and others. After the cloths had been cleared, the Chairman rose and F,aid that in all loyal gatherings there was one toast which came first. That was the health of our graeious Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria. He did not know that he ever rose to propose that toast with greater pleasure or on a more appropriate occasion than, the present, because during the pre- sent year they had had an opportunity of seeing how esteemed and loved our Sovereign was, while on the other hand they read of suicides and attempted assassinations and difficulties of all sorts in other countries. Queen Victoria had only to hold up her little finger to be supported by an army and navy inferior to none other in the world (applause). He thought that without trenching upon politics, he might say that all this was a sign that Englishmen and Welshmen and all other subjects of the British Crown were content with the institutions under which they lived (loud ap- plause). He thought this state of things was the result of personal respect of the Queen (cheers). Mr Profit then sang the National Anthem. The Chairman said there was one toast which naturally followed—" The Prince and Princess of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family." He had had occasion to say this before that there was not another royal family which did so much for the country in which they were placed as did ours. They were not merely ornamental heads but took an interest in the country in which we li\e, and did their best to carry out the improvement and state of the country. The Prince of "Wales particularly deserved our cordial thanks. It was generally acknowledged by those who had a right to speak upon the matter that the Paris Exhibition would have been somewhat of a failure if it had not been for the interest which the Prince of Wales had taken in it. Frenchmen were particularly thankful, and we as an English nation might well be proud that he was a member of the Royal Family, and that he was thus spoken cf by that powerful country of which we had the felicity to be neighbours (applause). God bless the Prince of Wales" and another song having been given by Mr Profit, The Hon. and Rer Trevor Kenyon said he had been asked to propos.- the next toast—" The Army, Navy, and Auxiliary Forces." He was nota very old man, but he had never had accorded to him the honour of proposing that toast on so suitable an occasion as the present sin.ce he had been ac- customed to public speaking. He did not know of any occasion on which the toast might have been expected to bj received with such enthusiasm as now, because although fortunately they had not been called upon to engage in war—and they were all deeply grateful—yet, had it not been for the marked efficiency of every branch of our military forces, the probability was that we should have been engaged in war at the present moment. We were prepared, and all other countries of Europe noticed that the British army showed itself able to cope with every force on the Continent. I Thus we were prevented from going into a war which no doubt would have been successful but nevertheless would have been disastrous (applause). When ho was at sctiool they were taught the olu Latin motto If you want to keep peace you must be prepared for war." When we sa.w our neigh- bours at loggerheiu3s~wTe must keep a strong army and navy, and then we should be able to keep the peace on the same principle as the country main- tained police to keop things in order (hear, hear). With regard to the army, it was a source of satis- faction to him to find out what an enormous army we had. To some of 113 it seemed a arrange thing that we, the greatest country on the face of the globe, should have so sÜJdl: military foreo at our command, but we were awakened to the fact that we had at our command the vast, and lie might say innumerable army from distant quarters of u,> bbe; and it in c >>j{?id<iration of this spk-ud>-i policy of forming into one great coi.fedeiarion :1: the military forces at thi command of cur Sovereign he specialty- them fo drink wit a t-li- thusiasm the toast of our splendid army. Witr. ivgard to the n-'vy,- although we have had tu I enter into ac. oal the n.-ide.uianfcer in widen a 1 • 1" -• -1" -.V J ..• -'r_ of posit.ion at the most critical time, was one reason why not only we ourselves but Europe and also the world had been preserved from experienc- ing an almost universal war. With regard to the auxiliary forces, it was necessarv that when, in war, men fell there should be others to take their places. He thought they had recently answered to the call of the country nobly (applause). With these few remarkshe would againaskthem to receive the toast with enthusiasm, coupling with it the name of Mr Mullins (cheers). Mr Eugene Muliins said in tendering his hearty toanks that though not at present a member of the Volunteers, he felt that all would be ready to do their duty (applause). The Chairman then said he should have to ask their indulgence whilst he proposed" Tue town and trade of W rexharn." It was true be did not live in Wrexham-indeed he had heard that it had been remarked as against him that he was not a Wrex- ^an' But he had many clail^s to be called a j6j- •(applause). An ancestor of his lived and died in Wrexham, and for many years hi* family—for four generations—had resided in the immediate vicinity of Wrexham. More than this, there was no neighbouring family who had the interest of Wrexham more nearly at heart than they had (loud cheers). As to himself, he had become more nearly related to Wrexham, partly from the part he had taken in political matters of which they had nothing to do there, and partly by coming to reside near Wrexham. He had had occasion to find jut the value of the trade of Wrexham (loud ap- plause). He believed himself that there was no jown in the country which was rising more rapidly Wrexham (hear, hear). They were placed in 1 singularly advantageous position, surrounded all they were by great mineral weaith. Tney were jonnected with all the principal large towns and iives of industry—Liverpool, Manchester, and Wolverhampton. They were in a position to em- alate the position of tnose towns. Ib was put or ward at times as a matter of jest—and there was nany a true word spoken in jest—it*was said that mis town might yet turn out a second Liverpool or Manchester (applause). All the experience he had lad ot the work of Wrexham was that the people lad always worked well, conscienciouslv, and horoughly (applause). He thought it was the luty of those landed gentry who lived in the vicinity .0 support the town (hear, hear). In his small and lumble way it gave him great pleasure to think it should have fallen to the lot of a very ex- :ellent builder to be employed on that work (loud tpplause). In the election of Mr Samuels there lad been no bias in the subject of politics or any. thing of the sort (applause and hear, hear). He tent in a tender in competition with two or three, md he got the job simply because he was able to how he could carry it out satisfactorily, consciously, md honestly for the least price (applause). They lad in their friend at the end of the table a person Mr Samuels) who could show that work could be veil, honestly, and efficiently done in Wrexham cheers). He was sorry to say that trade was not upposed to be particularly good at present, but must of necessity be certain ups and uowns in rade, and although it had been insinuated that conservative Governments were responsible for bad rade and good trade, they would agree wiili him, ind every sensible man would agree with him, be lis creed in politics what it might, that a Govern- neut, whether Liberal or Tory, had no more to do vith the prosperity of trade than it harl h'e rain that neaven (applause). These hilK'g wore governed by sound political economy ;he reasons for which were well known to ail those ybo cared and took the trouble to study them. If —.rie said to them that a certain Government tvas prosperity of trade or ox the working classes, he would ask them to refer such to the oldest 0001> b world, the Bible, and they would find that in the time of the ancient Governments there were tides in trade, and there would continue to be so. He could only say that he hoped the state of trade in the town would have a favourable change, and that in future years they would have the opportunity of inakiug good con- tracts and have a satisfactory time of bUaiaess. He believed this was to come in the f at are: They m«st not be impatient. Theie things must take time. They couid not expect but that when the, iron trade had revived the coal trade would follow, and they would aga.in have such a run of business as.tJiey hadjse ven or eight years ago, and thus every- t.hiteg would be satisfactory (applause). Mr W. E. Samuels, who was well received, said ihe was sorry trade at present was not the same as a few years ago. If the landed proprietors were to support Wrexham more, the district would be in a very different position tkann it was at present. But let them look at the improvements which going on, and he thought those improvements would continue to go on (applause). He desired to thank: them. Mr Samuels proposed the next toast, and said it was health to a gentleman whose name they all knew—and they would re- weald receive it suitably—it was the health of the fountain of that feast—the Hon. George TTKenyon (loud and continued cheering). He was a gentle- man so well known that it was needless for him (Mr Samuels) to comment upon him (hear, hear); They were there to celeorate the roofiug of the aew house at Penley. All he (the speaker) could say was that he wished the Hon. George Kenyon and his lady would live long to reside in If he were returned at the next election as their chosen representative to Parliament, he would often find at Penley that repose he would so much need after his parliamentary duties (applause). Therefore, he wished them to drink to the health of the Hon. George Kenycn. The toast having been musically honoured, Mr Profit sang the Englishman." The Chairman, in responding, asked them to allow him to thank them very cordially for the kind and hearty manner in which they had received the toast. It gave him great pleasure to be there that day, and it gave him an opportunity of thanking them all for the great zeal and energy which they had all shown in his little work (-lppbuse). It was an old saying that good masters made good men. If such were the case, Mr Samuels Biust be one of the best masters in the world (applause, and a. voice, He is !") While the men had been at Penley they had worked in a very orderly, quiet, and decent manner, and not one complaint had been made against them (applause, and a voice, No, there has not!") That was due to them (applause). The toast of Tha L1.die3" was proposed by the Rev the Hon. W. Trevor Kenyon, and Mr Day responded. Some good singing by Messrs Profitt, T. H. Roberts, Woosnam, Alfred Davies, Bithell, and others, terminated the proceedings.

—^———— MINING & TRADE INTELLIGENCE. The improvement which has been so long and anxiously expected is still slow m its process. Tiie open market for pig iron positively shows a decline both in price and demand, but the decline is chiefly confined to common descriptions. Makørs of good all mme pigs report themselves fully sold for the quarter, and are consequently firm in their quotations for odd lots. The export market for finished iron is not at Ui brisk, enquiries from both Liverpool and London being cotn- para'ively small. The local hardware trades are much busier, and the demand for home consumption of mane. factured iron is correspondingly heavier. Prices however are not beneficially affected and remain upon the basis of £8 1 Oi Od for marked bars, second class iron ranging from £ G at works. The coal trade has not moved in the slightest degree, and prises though nominally uncnan ed, are practically weaker. The demand for steam C0«1 Wit up to tQt; average, nor are the deliveries regular. AVe'ier of things exists in the gas coal department, and although rhe contract price is low there will now be a continuous increasing delivery for some months to come. House coal is in unchanged request, and Cd; though not generally improved, will be in better demand to meet the reqairements of the malting seaso:. black swl commands a ready sale. FATAL ACCIDENT ON IHE Cno IUAINIKG SHIP.—A tatal accident has occurred on board the C;io injuit-^l 1 raining ship, in Menai Straiis. oJBm.-or t, 1^1 named Hennett, who had been sent on board from Lon dau. He was exerting on ald yards, am a cja. siderable distant, breaking his and arm, and sus- taining internal inju-uw. He n.yer rail ei, and aiel ugh.. This is thi first accident which has occurred on- board. LOVE AND SCICIBE AT COVERLET.—A lamentable Cy, nt has created much excitement in the neighbour- iiood of Whitchurch. A young woman, 24-, named Amy .lldall, under laundry-m.-iid a C.eriey su;cide on Saturday, m the Men- Lear tne lull. "Iu jl q .e^.t was held oa the body ou Tn rf »u> '.• • > is stated, had been keeping company with one of the im ti servants. Sbo gave notice io*it:av„ her en rile previous Thursday, but was asked to stav on, and >,ld f • 0n S-day the had some conversa'rien Wh her lover, which was un^I-sf.ctory, and SIK- tcld him he find a detk he had given her in her room, and i.ir-.smted that he would not see Uer again. ViJO "he went out without her hit, and sha was not seen .) e It •. < b', thejosioe at W -.m :-a .v;-h. 0:t Mon.fay Ser iiit Lj-. ot he s dragged the M-ie, anU at: ,<3 tody wsi The »,ts ewx:, i.ff-ciin-- i. n, r .11 Ii L 81 tai; wr..>rv.i -;>/ 'J

RHOS RELIEF FUND WREXHAM COMMITTEE.— The hon. secret.117 bc:s to acknowledge the receipt of £ 1 Is from Mr Joseph Clark in aid of this funrl. COUNTY COURT?.—An Order in Council has been issued under the County Courts Acts, directing that from the 30th of September the County Court oi Carnarvonshire shall bo held at Llandudno as well as Conway. AN EMIGRATION.—Last Tuesday morning, before most people in the town had left their beds, four youths who will in two or three years be out of theirteens, were on tramp towards IVarrington. The young gentlemen are sons of most respectable tradesmen and two of them are apprenticed. They appear to have got a notion that cnlistmcnt. iu the Lancerc or the Huzz trs would be their salvation, having but a poor notion of the glories of the Welsh Fusiliers. A stiff long walk seems, however, to have recovered i their senses, for on Wednesday night they returned home disappointed youths, one remarking that his chest was not broad enough f for the service. In one ease the female sex were most anxious for their return, but with the others the parents concluded that the emigration, though undesired, would help their sons to recover their senses. COUNCIL MEETING,—A quarterly meeting of the Council is fixed for Tuesday next. The Surveyor will report that the following streets, viz., Albert- street, Bury-stroet, Stanley-street, Derby-road, Green Bank, Smithfield-road, and Manley-road, not beiiv highways repairable by the inhabitants at large, or some or one of them, have been respec- tively levelltd, paved, sewered, flagged, channelled, and made good to the satisfaction of the Urban Sanitary Authority, and an order will be asked for to declare them highways. Mr Alderman Lloyd will move "That the town clerk be instructed to suspend the tale cf the Second Purchase' for the present, and that the Council decide upon the best mode of utilizing the same in connection with ocntr lands which may be obtained on very reason- able terms." The widening of Henblas street, Dr Airey's report on diphtheria, a memorial to the justices at quarter sessions for effectually carrying into operation in and about Wrexham the provision o the Adulteration of Food Act are other subjects f ;r consideration. Tln H TWELFTU" ON THE WELSH MOORS.—Sir Waikin Williams Wynv, Bart., M.P., and a party of frieu-Js Iwd 1 8 me good sport on the 12th and following days iu the 1 neighbourhood of Glaulian. Birds were very plentiful, ] 6trong on the wing, and entirely free from in < fact, there was a great improvement upon last year. < The following is the official return of the shooting- August 12th S r Watkin and Lords Combermere and Methuen 42-\ brace Colonel Wynne Finch and the Hon. Mi Gore, 41 brace; total 83¡. August 13tfc (wet) Col. Wynne Finch and Mr Gore, 3 birds; Lords Me time u f atid vOCibenavre and Mr Gory, four ducks and four snipes. August 14th (half day) Sir W. W. Wynn and party, 9 brae,- and one fUlpe; Colonel Finch and Mr j Gore, 27 t brace and three snipes. August 15th: Mr i I Leigh ton, head keeper, shot 7 t brace and one hare, August Kith Sir W. W. Wynn and Lords Combermere brace and two snipes; Col. Wynne Finch and Mr Gore, 531 brace. BOARD OF GUAKDIANS —At the weekly meeting of the board, on Thursday, there were present— Capt. Griffith-Boscawen (chairman), Mr S. l.j' Bau-h (vice-chairman), Messrs J. H. Ffoulkes, A Peel, E, Rowland, J. Burton, T. Rowland, Richard I Jones, C. W. Parsonage, Robert Davies, Yi. Roberts, J- Rogers, J. Jones, J. D. Beard Mr J. Oswell Bury, clerk. The master's boot- inuired tlie number in thG liOU^Q to uc 248, itgainsc 242 in the coii tipontling week last year, ana 247 last, week; vagrants relieved, 5C; imbecilep, 37; in j schools-loy, 23; girls, 29 receiving luausti-ial txaiuing—"boys?, seven; girls, twelve, lhe LLeik produced the vaccination returns from the various districts, showing that in the Wrexham district there had been 579 births, of which only eight were unaccounted for Mr Cheetbam s district, 97, of which six only were unaccounted for; whilst in Ruabon the number of births had been 253, of which number 54 were not accounted for. The Chairman thought Mr Roberts should be requested to attend the b.. nl next week to explain the reason of so large a p<ir centage being iiuaccouuteu for, it being over one-fifth. The Clerk was accordingly inst ructed to write to Mr Egberts, requesting hi s attendance.—Mr J. H. Ffoulkes announced hie in- tention of moving a resolution next Thursday, "With the approbation of the board, with reference to the collection of the rates. He should propose «' That it is expedient to improve the inoae ot colitcting rates for the entire union instead ot the exist'.ng arrangement, viz., that of cmploying twelve assistant overseers, at various salaries, amounting in all to £801103.The Chairman sard it might not be known to the guardmnsgeneraMy that there was a power under the old Poor &aw Amendment Act, 7th and 8th Victoria, chapter -01, sec. 32, by which they could apply to the Local Government Board, and with their sanction could. appoint collectors of rates for the whole of tae Union, or for any part of the Union, m uou of the assistant overseers, who were appointed by the parishes. He believed the question had been raised at St. Asaph, and that collectors had been appointed in the iiuthin Union with great advantage, lhe sum of £801 was a large amount to pay the assistant overseers for collecting the poor rates in the township where they appointed paid overseer, and Mr Ffoulkes' idea was that the collectors | should collect all the rates in the parishes of the Unicn, It could, no doubt, be dose at a great deal less aggregate expense than was now incuiied by the collectors who collected only for a certain number of parishes.—Mr Ffoulbes said the area of Kuthin was 99,853 acres, and the cost of collection £200, whilst the Wroxham area was 65,456 acrcs, and they had to p.,y.£Ol for the collection Tfefli's was thus a vast difference in the expense, althoui: ), of course, the population was much greater in t'l Wrexham than the Eatliin Union. Under the system he was going to propose, the col renters would be entirely under the control of the board, :and the auditor would only have four men to deal with instead of 16 or 20.—Mr J. Rowland thought the thanks of the board were due to Mr Ffoulkes ifor bringing the matter forward, Mr Baugh observ- ing that the new plan WOT.Id be very adv&ntajreous, and the assistant overseers, who were not in any way under the control of the board, could now make any rate they pleased.—Mr Ffoulkes-eaid he was sure the board would be glad to hear any remarks from Mr Baugh on the subject izhen it came before them next week, acd the matter then opped the-clerk being requested to furnsea every guardian with a notice stating that the proposition would be discussed at the next board;—It was 1 x. rted that the Rev D. Howell, viear, ;1.d visiteu the male and female sick and aged .inmates on. Sunday last.