The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

CONWAY. PFTTT SESSIONS, Saturday, Aug. 27th —Before Richd. TYivii' ES'1' Marv Hatidley, 22, a well dressed young female, who Htoifthat she was a native of Chester, but refused to give her ftill address, was brought up on remand, cliarg- ed bv Walter Worledger, a detective officer in the em- Sov'ot" the London aud North Western Railway Com- Lny, with attempting to pick a lady's pocket at the IJandudno Railway Station, on Thursday lust. The evidence in this case went to shew that the officer had watched the prisoner for some time, and had seen her waking four previous attempts, but in this instance he actually caught her band in the lady's pocket. Prisoner was committed fur 2 mouths, with hurd la- bolir, Mr. W. Jones, Conway, appeared on behalf of the Hallway Company. George Kuttock, 24, George Edwards, 2ti, and John Hallev. three ragged looking fellows, were brought up in custody charged with breaking into the house of Klias Jones, Heady, Caerhun, on the 2;;th August, and steal- jn" tlwrefrom a black cloth coat and vest, and a pair of boots, nearly new, one silk handkerchief, one linen jac- ket. and half a pound of butter. It was shewn in evidence that two of the prisoners had "one from the turnpike road for the purpose of begging at, several liouses in the neighbourhood, ar.d also called at Hendy, but on finding that all the family had left the house and premises, they got in through the back kitchen window, and helped themselves with what they thought proper, and shortly after le:'t the house and made their way towards Conway. The offence was soon discovered, and the thieves pur- sued by tho prosecutor, and when they arrived at Cil). .v \v th'W were given into the custody of I'.C. Griffith Thomas. iiie orisoners Ruttock and Edwards were found wear- ioc; the stolen property" but .Malley had none of the pro- perty on him, neither was he seen near the premises he was consequently discharged, and the other two were committed for trial .1t. the Sessions. ]t. is evident that the prisoner Malley was in company with the other two coming down from 'i'rct'riw to l'ortli- llwvd, near Talyhont but he did not take any hand in the robbery, as he went along the road for two miles, and then waited for his companions. B()()H:I"S CIltrus.- Thi. celebrated company of eques- trians and acrobats visited Conway on Saturday last, and pitched their tent upon the Morfa. They gave two per- formances, one in the afternoon and another in the even- ing, but both were but thinly attended. In the evening there was a stiff breeze blowing, which endangered the safety of the marquee, and materially interfered with the performance, as the canvass could not be raised to its proper height. On Monday morning some of the performers skeedaddled" somewhat abruptly, and quite forgot to pay for their board and lodgings —by no means a very "extraordinary" feat. THE DROUGHT.—For the last month or so, and up to the last few day, the scarcity of water has been greater in Conway than at any preceding time within the me- mory of the oldest inhabitant." Many good wells were dried up, and the water from the pumps was almost be- coming brackish, and in every respect was very bad in- deed. Children and others had to wander for miles amongst the mountains to obtain a can full of clear wa- ter and in some instances parties had to send carts to Penmaenbach for a supply. If the drought, however, shall hive convinced the town authorities of the neces- sity of erecting Water Works, it will prove an ultimate blessing to the inhabitants.

DENBIGH. I VALE OF CLWYD RAILWAY. I The 17th half. yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Vale of Clwy Railway was held on Saturday last, at the company's office, Denbigh station. Directors presentJ. Bancroft, chairman; T. Main- HARIRI •, ESQ., II.P. H. R- kiiiKlbfieh, H. C. Mop, Esq., and J. Spier Hughes, Esq. Shareholders- Mr. Williams, Mr. J. Normal! Simon, Dr. Roberts, and Mr. seerk,tary. The following was submitted to the meeting, and un. animously approved:— REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. I The accounts having been made up and audited, I exhibit the following results £ 8. d. I Income from all sources, including the recèipt under the agreement with the London aud North Western Railway Company. 5221 14 5 Expenditure 2685 8 3 £ 2536 6 2 The surplus balance on Slst December 214 5 3 was zC2780 11 5 Out of which the charges for interest and preferential dividend amounted 1270 15 10 to 1270 15 10 Leaving an available balance of £ 1509 15 7 The directors recommend a dividend of X5 per cent per annum on the ordinary share capital, to be paid on the 1st proximo, leaving a balance of £ 9 158. 7,1. to be carried forward to the credit of the current half year. The revenue account has suffered during the past half year from the traffic at the Foryd Pier having been sus- pended during the execution of the works required by the extension, while, at the same time, it has been Charged with interest on the unproductive outlay. These works are now completed, and the goods traffic has been already commenced and shows promising re- aults. The directors expect to open the line for passen- ger traffic very shortly. The capital authorised by the Foryd Extension Act, 1862,'has not yet been raised; the funds necessary for the works having been provided out of the ordinary resour- ces of the company. It is proposed that the powers un- der the Act should now be exercised, and the general 3neeting will accordingly be made special, and a resolu- tion submitted to create preference capital on the same terms and conditions as before, to the extent of £10,000, by which measure the borrowing powers will also be in- creased £ 3,300. During the past session of Parliament, the London and North Western Railway Company have, with the went of your directors, obtained an Act to confer additional powers for making arrangements with this Company, and to confirm the agreements al- ready existing. The difficulty of obtaining water at Denbigh for the engines, before referred to, has been to some extent ob- viated :-the Denbigh water works, though only partial- ly completed, having provided a considerable supply. The tanks, water cranes, &c., rendered needful at the Denbigh station, are almost constructed, and it is be- lieved the position of the company in this important respect will be hereafter much more satisfactory. The station accommodation at Denbigh has also been materially extended, and arrangements made with traders using the line which are likely to be mutually advantageous. Messrs. Bancroft, Mainwaring, and Sandbach are the directors who go out of office by rotation at the ensuing general meeting; they are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. Mr. Halliday, the retiring auditor, also offers himself for re-election. JAMEg BANCROFT, Chairman. MARTIN SMITH, Secretary. Denbigh, August 18th, 1864. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. THE WATER WORKS COMPANY. The second yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held at the Town Hall, on Tuesday last. Present-A. E. Tumour, Eaq., M.D., chairman of the directors; J. C. W. Edwards Elj., vice-chairman; Thomas Gold Edwards, Esq.; H. Lloyd Wi)ham., Esq., William Parry, Esq.; M. Suntb Esq., I'ytacantha House; K. WiUiams, Esq., Town Clerk; ?H. Cham. brM.E.q.. Rev. L. Zewis Mc?M. Ev&n.,0a8 Works, Rhyl; J. H. Evans, Park-street; R. Foulkes, dmper; William Vaughau Jones John Norman Simon; J. W. Lloyd, Brookhouse; Thomas Roberts, provision dealer; and W. Burton, secretary. The secretary read the following REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The directors, in submitting to the shareholders their second annual report, and statement of accounts, regret that it is not in their power to acquaint them with the completion of all works, as they bad fully hoped to do by this time. The works of the principle reservoir are very nearly finished, and the directors expect that in a very few weeks they will be in operation. All the main pipes have been laid from Ty mawr to the town, and likewise throughout the town, with the exception of a small portion in Park-lane, which will speedily be done. Services have been laid to about sixty customers, includ- ing some large consumers; and from the applications already received, there is no doubt that the water will be generally taken, and the expectations of the board realised. The delay in the completion of the works has arisen in consequence of the contractor for the reservoirs not having proceeded with his work according to his con- tracts and the directors have felt called upon to take the necessary steps to insure early completion of the undertaking, and for protecting the interests of the shareholders. The directors have peculiar satisfaction in stating that notwithstanding the long and unusual drought of the last summer the quantity of water is very little dimi- nished and such being the case, it is firmly believed that when the scheme is completed, there will be an ample supply for th" town. Up to the time of printing this the engineer's report had not been received. The directors retiring by rotation are Mr. Gold Ed- wards, and Mr. Lloyd Williams, but who aie eligible for re-election. The auditor retirine; by rotation i-f Mr. Thoma-s Jones, but who also is eligible for re-election. A. E. TUUXOUH, Chairman. J. C. WYXXE HOWARDS, Vice-Chairman. I WALTKlt BURTON, Secretary. The Chairman, in moving the a loptiou of the report, said he could not help expressing his regret verbally that the directors were not in a position to announce the completion of th' works. Delay had arisen from severai quarters. The directors had been involved in great difficulty in onscquence of the contractors failing to proceed with the reservoirs nt l.ove-laoe and Ty nnwr iu at'eordanci' with the term- and speciocation* of the contract. Nlr. Richards, ms, the engineer of the work s, being away tr en the spot, at-o occasioned much delay; and he regretted to state that the engineer had shewn grea-er sympathy with the contractors than with the directors, who employed him. Having the interest or the company at heart, the directors e.insulted an eminent engineer from Liverpool, Mr. Dilnkail, and by his report they bad been f Ii n:ietl it their views of the slovenly .tat' of the works..Mr. Richardson had tak"U a little offence, and he dared say he hail a right to tin, but the directors felt bound t > take the course adopted bv them to ensure the safety of the works. They had enueavoiircd to do their duty t,) the shareholders (Hear, hear.) Although the delay had happen'd, they had perfect conlidence in the concern and they had no doubt whatever it would ho a highly remunerative pro- perty in a year or two. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. Copicr Wynne Edwards seconded the adoption of the report. The Chairman said that owing to the aWrice from home of Mr. Thomas Jones, one o; the auditors, the statement of arcunts had not been audited, and it r Wonl.f therefore be necessary to adjourn the meeting to (If the accounts. Mr. J. H. Evans moved that the consideration of the report and acc units bj postponed, in order to allow the shareholders an opportunity to peruse them minutely. The state of affaire, in his opinion, was anything but sa- tisfactory nearly all the capital of the company had been expended, but the works were not yet com- pleted. Mr. Robert Foulkes, draper, seconded the amend- ment. A rather sharp discussion then followed eventually, however, amicable feelings possessed all parties. Mr. Evans withdrew his amendment, aud the report was unanimously passed. The meeting for considering the passing of the ac- counts was fixed for October 31st. Mr. Richardson's report having been received since the printing of the director's report, was read by the secretary. Mr. Richardson considering his situation to be unpleasant and disagreeable tendered his resignation as engineer of the works. Mr. Duncan's report was also read by the secretary, in which it was stated that the work at the Love-lane and Ty mawr reservoirs had not been skilfully and carefully done. An additional sum of H. 100 was also recommended to be spent in erecting a roof over the Love-lane reservoirs which was favoura- bly considered by the meeting.

LLANDUDNO. COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. I On Monday last the usual monthly meeting of the Improvement Commissioners was held at the Estate Office, at ten o'clock in the morning, when the following members were preeselit Tti(iiiii-i Parry (in the chair); Messrs. W. F. Chapman, T. Hollick, C. S. Lemon, James Williams, Thomas Jones, William Jones, Jos. Jones, F. Madryn, and W. I'riehard. The Clerk, Mr. John Williams, Bodafon, was also present. The Clerk read the minutes of the two previous meet- ings, which referred chiefly to the town and highway rates. It appeared from these minutes that the rate- able value of the property in the town amounts to X20,,500 that the estimated expenditure of the current year is £ 1895 IDs. Sd.; and that the rate of 2s. in the pound will produce £ 2,050. The expenses of attending to the streets was put down at £ 150; and a rate of 2d. in the pound, as a highway rate, will produce just X172. Mr. James Williams then proposed, and Mr. Prichard seconded, that a town rate of 2s. in the pound be allowed which was carried uem. con. Mr. James Williams also moved that a highway rate of 2d. in the pound be granted, which was seconded by Mr. Chapman. Carried unanimously. Tht monthly bills.—The Clerk announced that the ifnance committee had examined bills for the month, which amounted to L24 18s. 7d„ which they recommen- ded to be paid. The several bills were then read over and checked, when orders were given for them to be paid. Nuisances in TJ > isa Road.—The Chairman read a let- ter which had been received from Mr. John Griffiths, No. 1, Ty isa Cottage. The writer begged to call the N o. 1, i,,a Cottage. attention of the Commissioners to the state of the street before aud near his house. Straw and all sorts of rub- bish were allowed to accumulate, he said, upon the road there, so that when it raiued, they were washed upon the grating which became choked up. On Tuesday last there was a thunder storm, with heavy rain, so that as the grating was covered with the debris on the street, the water ran over into his yard, from thence into the kitchen, and afterwards into his parlour upon the carpet, the water being two inches deep. In consequence of this, two female lodgers had left, and altogether he had sustained damage to the extent of ze4. He concluded by hoping that his case would be considered as one which had some claim upon their consideration, and that some steps would be taken to prevent such a recur- rence in the future. Mr. Chapman—Am I to understand that the man makes a claim upon the Board for the sum of £4? The Chairman—Oh, Do he merely "claims" our at. tention, so that such a thing may not happen again. I saw the house myself, and it was a very great pity to see it, the water being two inches deep upon the carpet in the parlour. As for the grating, it would be quite sufficient to carry off all the water had it not been co- vered with the rubbish which was from the street. The streets ought to be kept in good order, and looked after daily. Mr. Prichard thought it would be desirable to make some arrangement with some old men to sweep the streets, and to clear away the straw, &c. Mr. Chapman said it would be better to emply some disiuterestsd parties, during the season, to sweep the streets; and to clear all the rubbish away every morning. During heavy rains, the streets, in some places, were impassable. Ou the Tuesday night, in question, he knew of a party who was staying at the Queen's Hotel, but who lodged in a house opposite, and he gave & man half- a-crown to carry him over the street, the man being nearly up to his knees in water (laiigiitern and all this because the grating near there bad been stopped up by the rubbish which was upon the street. He was sorry to say that many shopkeepers were in the habit of sweeping out their shops every morning into the open street,straw, paper, &c.atia which had afterwards to be cleared off again by men employed by the board. They also put empty casks right upon the footpaths, and unloaded them there. The Chairman said he did not think that any trades- man had a right to sweep out his shop into the street, and they ought to be cautioned about it in the first in- stance.. Mr. Thomas Jones then instanced a similar nuisance which existed in Llewelyn-street. Ultimately the further consideration of the subject was deferred Over-charging visitors by raTmlell.-A cab driver named Richard Roberts (No. iG) came into the room for the purpose of defending himself against a charge of attempting to charge a lady more than the usual fare for driving her to Bodscalleu and back—the case having been partially heard at a previous meeting, 1'.S. Henry Jones being the informant. He received an order, he went on to sar, to take a cab to a certain house, which he did. A laity and gentleman got into it, and there was a lot of luggage, and he was told to drive to the railway statiou. The gentleman and the luggage went on by the train but the lady told him to drive on to Bodscallen, which he did. He was away altogether one hour and a quarter. When lie returned he asked 5s. but she refused to give it, when he offered to take 4s. to save any dispute. The charge to the station was la. 6d.; and it was three miles to Bodscalleu, which, at Is. a mile for going, and 6J. for returning, would be 4a. 6d., and he offered to take 4s.. He maintained that the order to go to Bodscallen was a new order- a re-engagement, and he had only charged her the usual fare. Several of the Commissioners, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Hollick, the Chairman, and others, said they did not see how it could have been a new agreement, as, by his own showing, he had been merely sent for to the house, and the party had a right to order him to drive anywhere where they might think proper, as there was no engage- ment in the first instance. 0 Roberts proceeded to say, he told her to go and ask the drivers of the other cabs what the usual charge was, but instead of doing that she went to P.S. Henry Jones, who said that 3s. was the proper fare. This he refused to take. P.S. Henry Jones was then called in, and said it wasall nonsense for Robert, to talk about a re-engagement, as it was all one journey. Beside, his carriage was only a second class one, and yet ho charged Is. 6d. for going to the railway station. When he (Jones) interfered, Roberts said that he had nothing whatever to do with him or his carriage. and was "ey saucy. He told the lady not to pay more than 3s., as that was the proper fare, and she paid the money over to him (Jones), and he had got it then in his hand. They (the cab drivers) did not care what they sai l or did to the visitors. All they cared for was the money, and if pai ties did not give them something extra they very often insulted and abused them. They treated the visitors as if they were nobody, and showed them no respect at all. Only the night before a party went, to the cabstand, and he could not get anybody to go at. all unless he paid 2s. lid. per hour, whereas the chaise was only Is. Roberts said it was all my fault, and he went. au,1 blackguarded all the drivers because they told me what the proper charge was. Mr. Hollick said it was clearly an overcharge (4s.), and it was the plain duty of the Commissioners to pro- tect the visitors so that they may not be imposed upon l'j that manner. Mr. Ma lryu observed that a party staving at his house had been complaining to him of being nverehaged, and from the description of the carriage, Roberts, he was certain, was the man. Of course, he was aware that that. eiiarge had nothing to do with the present case Nothing was decided in this case but the money was retained in the hands of the board, for which he can brini? a.:1 action ii he likes. A'respectable Rciitloinan, named Mr. Edward Carver, of Nottingham, brought a charge against Mr. Bunvell, a cab proprietor, of asking more of him than the legal chaise. I arver stated that on a particular day he wished to go to I: "t.'caDcn. to visit a hill there, and he engasred a car for the purpose. He had with him a table of the fares, which had been published by lr John Williams, from which lie saw that, the charge was 2s. per hour. When he engaged the car he asked the driver how long he should be going to Bodscallen, and he Slid it would talie two hours., He (Mr. Carver) asked him could he not do it i')le's time, when he replied that he cuiiltl not. Nothing was sai l about what the fare was, but he tin der.uood it was 2s. an hour. They were away 2 hours within 5 minutes according to both their watches. he returned, the driver said the fare was G", as that was the regular fare to liodscallen, and this he re- fused to pay. A young man (Mr. ilurwell's son) came up, and when he offered him 4s., he refused to receive it. It was not the money which he cared about, but he did not see why he should bo charged more than the regular fare which had been agreed upon, printed, and distributed. Mr. Bunvell, in replying, said that the regular fare to Bodscallen was 6s., and nobody ever charged less. They had to go up a hill, and nobody would go there by the hour. fhat was the rule, and he should abide by it The Chairman—But who makes the rule ? Mr. Burwel! Every one has done so. Then turning to Mr. Carver, he said—You must be a mean, sort of a gentleman to refuse to pay the regular fare, that you must. The Chairman—You are very wrong in saying BO. Mr. Burwell, and 1 must tell you that such conduct won't do in this room, sir. The Secretary—Suppose he had offered to have gone by the hour, what would you have done ? mr. tarwell-I should not have gone The Chairman— Would not have gone? Mr. Burwell—No! I won't go The Chairman- Thcu let me tell you that unless you will go, you won't go upon the standing ground, I can assure you. Mr. Burwell-I don't care for the money-I don't want money, and you can give it away to the poor, if you like. He also denied that the Commissioners had any right to interfere with him as to his charges when he took parties beyond their jurisdiction. He then left the room. Mr. Hollick remarked that it was high time to put a stop to such a system of extortion as this, otherwise vi- sitors would leave the town altogether. For his part he was very glad that Mr Carver had taken the trouble to bring the matter to their notice. Other Commissioners likewise expressed their thanks Mr. JamesWilliams thought it would have been better had the matter been taken before the magistrates to be decided upon by them. It was then proposed that the license of Mr. Burwell should be suspended on account 8f his attempt to over- charge, and likewise for his insulting language; but as this was his first offence, and as Mr. Carver did not wish to pre. s the matter, the Clerk was directed to write to him, and to state that if he offended again in a siruilar manner, his license would be suspended. The Chairman also wished it to be understood by the public that P.S. Henry Jones was acting as their officer, and on their behalf, and that proper respect to him would be enforced inasmuch as he represented the board. This officer was then thanked for his conduct by se, veral of the Commissioners. Tlce New R(ite.-lt was then resolved that the collec- tor be instructed to issue the demand papers to the ratepayers at once. and that he begin to collect at the end of 14 days after. It was also decided to have the whole collected in by the 1st of December next. A len°gthened conversation then took place, when, in order to ensure this being done, the board decided to give the collector formal notice, that, unless he collected the whole of the rate in by that date, he would be dis- missed from the office. It would seem that some £ 40 or so remains of the rate which was assessed in June, 1863, and which has not been got in Tlte Sea )Vall.-The Chairman called the attention of the board to the fact that a portion of the outer defence of the sea wall had sunk down so low that the water dashed iver it. It had only been just completed, and he should like to know who was to be called upon to repair it ? Eventually, Mr. Brookes, the surveyor, was ealled in, who gave it as his opinion that it had better be left alone for a time unti: the soil had become firmer, as there was no particular danger to the wall at pre- sent. ■ Clearing the streets.-A desultory conversation then took place in reference to sweeping the streets, and the best way of keeping them clean. Nl r. Hollick and NJ r. Chapman suggested that tenders be advertised for a man and a cart to be employed by contract to go round the town every morning; but ow- ing to the lateness of the season, it was finally resolved to defer this step until the beginning of the next season but Mr. Brookes was directed to caution tradesmen against sweeping the rubbish out of their shops into the streets, which is a breach of the general Improvement of Towns Act. His attention was likewise directed by Mr. Chapman to a shocking nuisance near to Mr. Farrant's Office, and which was most offensive. Refractory Cabmen (igain.-P.S. Henry Jones then came again into the room, and said he wished to ask the Commissioners a question. Certain parts of the town were marked out upon which cabs were to stand, and it there were too many for one place, they ought to go to another. Now, there were generally too many in Mostyn-street, but when lie ordered them to go to ano- ther place, they refuse 1, and would not go. He wished to know what he was to do under the circum- stances, The  Chairman, having read the Act, in which it states that parties plying for hire otherwise than in places appointed by the Commissioners could be indicted and the police-officer was instructed to summon all persons, and at once, who placed their cabs out of the marked boundary, and he was particularly enjoined to be very strict in the matter. Maddocl--sti-eet.Tlie Chairman addressing the sur- veyor, told him that more complaints had been made res- pecting the dirty condition of Maddock-street, which was crowded with carts and other vehicles, and was co- vered with straw and other Miria. The Surveyor admitted that this was so to a great extent, and promised to look more sharply after it in future. A porter's badge (No. G) was granted to a young man named George Jones. This concluded the business of the meeting. I TEMPERANCE MEETING IN THE PAVILLION. On Satnrd?y afternoon last, a temperance meeting m Icontieetiorinvithtfie ?ti?t Te.npfMceLeagM?eM 1U the EhMdfod Pavillion, the cbiet speakers adver- tiaed ?ing Mr. S. Bowley, the president of the League, Mr. George Cruikshank, the celebrated caricaturist painter, Mr. W. H. Darby, of Brymbo, near Wreiham, and the Hev. John Griffith, rector of Neath, in South Wales. The attendance was exceedingly thin, the chairs in front of the first-class seats not being half occupied, the majority of the audience being ladies. On the motion of Dr Pritchard, of Llangollen, Hugh Owen, Esq., London, was appointed to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, remarked that the company which had assembled there that day, though perhaps not containing many who practised total abstinence, yet, were not immoderate drinkers; and the object of the speakers would not be, in consequence, to convert them from indulging to excess in intoxicating drinks. That was not their object. The Nat ional Tem- perance League were now seeking to abolish the drinking habits of the people, not by appealing directly to the drunkards themselves, but by appeals to those persons who possessed influence with those around them, and whose good example would exercise a beneficial effect, and who could exercise influence on society. At that time there were assembled in Llandudno persons of in- fluence from all part, of England and Wale" and it was deemed a good opportunity to expound to them the principles of temperance, and to ask them to assist in establishing them amongst the great mass of the popu- lation—by practising total abstinence themselves, and inculcating the principles in others. During the past year the efforts of the League had been directed to par- ticular classes—Christian ministers and others who were likelv to have an influence on society generally, They had "held meetings in Oxford and Cambridge amongst the students there, and he was glad to say with very marked success, ,Ili of the m ,st gratifying kind. They had also visited the Training Colleges to induce the students to adopt the principles of temperance, and in those which were connected with the Established Church | of England as well as Dissenters They had likewise j held meetings in large towns, and had tried to win over to the cause Mayors and members of the several Cor- porations. In addition, they had held conferences with the school s in London -National and British—and en- I deavoured to induce the teachers the duty of impressing upon their scholars tne prineiples of total abstinence. They had even been enabled to hold meetings in the private mansions of wealthy and influential people, ill their drawing-rooms, where the friends of the family met parties belonging to their own class in societj, and be was proud to say that in this respect they had met with a $U'UPi; bc.')owl their expectations. They (unlit all admit Dfat the ,'muj¡d wm .2)? of ?reat io!j> .i tanee, and he felt sure that, if the luteuifeut aad influential C:aS;;S could only be induced to take an interest in the matter, if they wootd only set the example themselves, that in a short time the lower classes would follow, and the drinking habits of the country, which led to a)t manner of crime, vice, ,wd immorality, would be done away with It was not bis object theu, he :lid1 to de- tain them with any lengthened observations of his own, as that would be best done by his friend Mi. Samuel liowley, a veteran abntamer, and who b.td come down from i,on Ion that tlay tlJr thd }HlllhlSe; and also by Jtr. George Cruik.sbank-gentlemen who took a deep in- terest in the question, and who had travelled thous inds of miles at their own expense, to check the evils of in- temperance. He had great pleasure in eilling upon Mr Samuel Bowley, of London, to address them. Mr. BuWMY, on stepping forward on the platform- was received with c ,,li?i, ;eI."Il,le He then 'poke to the following eH'ect:—Hedid n..t f(e1. he said, that it was a very easy matter to address so many empty benches; and he must CèrtaiuJy say that the room was rather CftOl. It would, however, amply repay him if he could succeed in persuading even two or three influential persons to join them in attempting to check the vice of drunkenness. He felt persuaded of this, that unless the higher classes of s iciety aud the aristocracy would do what they could to assist, it would he useless to think of their doing away with the drinking habits of the masses. You can only reduce drunkenness by set- ting your face against the habit of drinking, publicly and in their families. He assumed that there were no immoderate drinkers amongst that company, that they never drank to excess; but it was their example in drinking intoxicating drinks at all which was at the root of all the mischief. Had he thought that drunk enness could have been put an end to by any other means, it was very probable that he himself should never have been a total abstainer; but it was because he felt cer- tain that it could not, that the habits and customs of the lower classes are based upon those of the higher classes, and that whilst the rich continued to drink wine in moderation the poor would continue to drink to excess; it was this which determined him, as a duty which he owed to God and man, to become a total ab- stainer. The few converts, which they had compara- tively made to total abstinence, proved to him conclu- sively that the middle and higher classes did not really understand the question—that they had not paid close and proper attention to it. All Christian people, all good people, agreed to support temperance all equally- deprecated drunkenness; but they did not all seem to equally understand that if there were no drinking cus- toms there could be no drunkenness. But many good and pious people would say-oh but this is an extreme remedy, and we cannot go with you so far as that why should I and the members of my family be debarred from partaking of a glass of wine after dinner because it may be that others drink to excess ? Well, in his opinion, it was the duty of all men, but more particularly of Christian people, to set an example to others, to sacri- fice something for the good of their fellow human beings. Let them for one moment just think of the evils-the crime, the pauperism, the loss of life even, which ensues from the pernicious custom so universally prevalent in the country, of imbibing intoxicating drinks. Only to think that no less than 60,000 persons are annually des- troyed in England and Wales by the use of strong drinks! Our prisons are filled, our workhouses crowded, thousands of homes are made miserable and desolate from the effects of this wide-spread and seductive vice. It was a vice which was not confined to the poorer classes—it pervaded more or less all grades of society. He knew for a fact that there were habitual drunkards in the House of Commons and in the House of Lords; and even ministers, Christian ministers, were sometimes known to drink to excess. If their drinking customs were sanctioned by the rich and the high born, if they were tacitly sanctioned by ministers of the Gospel and Christian people, how could it be expected that the poor, whose temptations were far greater than the rich, and who to obtain drink must resort to public houses, and there to meet with vicious companions to urge them on to have another glass," how could it be reasonably ex- pected that drunkenness should be eradicated out of the land ? Their society did not deal with drunkards- drunkards did not belong to them; they belonged to the moderate drinkers, without whose example it was probable very little drunkenness would exist. Was it right, was it just, then, to keep up a custom which was so prejudicial, so pernicious to all around them ? But you may say,—but why, and for what reason are we ex- pected to become total abstainers, we, who never drink to excess! Well what would you say of a man who chose to walk along a track on the edge of a precipitous rock, he at the same time well knowing that he could manage to pass it in safety, and when by his example he was inducing other people more ignorant or less ex- pert than himself to travel along it too, and when some of them would be sure to Blip, fall down, and perish- what would be thought and said of the conduct of such a man ? Yet this was precisely the conduct of the moderate drinker-the respectable and intelligent classes of society—in reference to the poorer classes. It Is said that a moderate amount of stimulant is necessary to health-to enjoyment. He (the speaker) knew better, and he knew it, too, from experience. He himself had been a total abstainer for 27 years, and during that time he not only had enjoyed good health, but every other rational pleasure, even more than he did before. But are we, as Christians, to do nothing for the good of our neighbour ? He (the speaker) would not give a tig for man's religion or his patriotism unless he were prepared ¡ to give Lip something, some selfish object, for the good of his neighbour ? But really there was no sacrifice In the matter, and he would appeal to the experience of the 600 total abstainers who are ministers of the Church of England whether it be so or not. They are better pre- pared ami adapted for their work, and he knew of one clergyman who was enabled to preach one more sermon each week since he totally refrained from, drinking wine. What the temperance cause wanted was their example. Temperance did not unfit a man for the active duties of life, nor did it tend to make a man less liberal. Could not a banker do his duty as well, or better ? or the railway manager, or the merchant ? He then referred to au Insurance Society, in which it wds proved that those who were total abstainers bad profits of 17 per cent. more than the moderate drinking section of it. After referring to the subject of health, lie went on to urge the necessity of making drinking unfashionable. Once do that and the victory would be won. If mat- ters were borne to this that a young lady, on coming homo from a party at which wine had been placed on the table at dinner, were to say—" Oh mamun, why, the people were I have been visiting were so ruli/ar as to have wirte on the table,"—if things were come to that, drunkenness would soon die out of itself. Cus- toms descend from above, they do not rise up from below. What would be the use of a scullery girl put- ting on thoae ugly hoops (much laughter), who could we suppose would follow her example. He theu instanced several easel in which young men, of respectable parents and good position in life, who through the example set them by underato drinkers had gradually fahen, until they were ompletely ruined, socially and morally. He then made an urgent and an eloquent appeal to all mothers present to do fell iu their power, as mothers and Christian women, to check this vice by never aUdwiilg either their children or their servants to touch intoxi- I eating drinks, but to banish them entirely from their houses. Drunkenness was the curse of the land; and he trusted that some oue or two would answer to his appeal and assist in inducing others to be total ab- stainers and for God's sake; and then should all meet together at last in one happy family, where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. (Pro- longed applause.) Mr. GEO. CUUIKSHANK, on rising to address the meet. ing, was loudly cheered. He said he considered it al- most useless for him to make any remarks after the eloquent address of his friend Mr. Bowley. Indeed his position strongly reminded him of a certain worthy member in one of the Australian Legislatures—a very worthy good sort of a man enough in his way, but who was s remarkably silent member, and was never known to make a speech in his life. On one particular occa- sion, however, a very clever man had addressed the Parliament with much eloquence, and at its conclusion the silent man was so excited that he stood on his feet and said with great earnestness—"Them's my opinions!" (Laughter.) This he thought would be the best course for him to pursue; but probably it would be as well if he made a few observations, as he supposed he was ex- pectetl to do so. That was not the first time he had been in the Principality, and had gazed upon the sceuery uf tlleir beautiful country. He had visited it abouthatfacentury ago, and at that time he managed to pick up a little of their language, but he was afraid he had quite forgotten it all now. He was staying with some respected friends in Denbighshire. He then made some remarks about shaving, which, he said, was an operatiou not much practised now; but in those days everybody shaved; and he remeinbertd on one occasion when he wont into the Opera, he was quizzed by the Dons there because he wore his whiskers just in the same fashion| which they saw them then. When he looked into the glass the other morning lie was not ashamed to say that lie went down oil bis knees, and thallkerl God that he had given him such health and strength for 72 years and he could assure them that he had struggled hard aud worked hard in the world. Well; for IS years he had been a teetotaller, and for 7 years he had given up the vulgar habit of smoking. Siuce then he could honestly tell them that he had had a greater enjoyment of liie thim he ever experienced before When he canvi to Wales 50 yrtavs ai;<> it took him 4 days on tho road in a stage coach, but now the journey occupies but a few hours. Well, you may say, but what has your coming to Wales in a coach or in a railway carriage, to do with temperance, and with the oMc-cts of the meeting ? The fact is, ho remembered tInt the driver of the oach was a drunken feliow, and he managed to nearly kill Mm (the speaker) by tumbling a part of the luggage upon his back; and if it had not bejn f.»r his brother he might then have been destroyed, and all l>* v means of drunkenness. He then reiatedan anecdote, which occurred at the house which he visited in Denbighshire. The family was a noble family :n the truest anil highest sense of the word, and they were friends of his dear mother. W ell, the eldest son had a commission in the Local Militia, and on on« occasion he weutto dine with the officer' at the me¿s, H t' dl':ln 1: freely, and on returning he lav bareheaded on the ground, and sad to say, ho had a sunstroke, and he became a raving maniac. Ills mother was so hn-i-ved that she soon dt' 1, an,1 th" whoL< family soon after either died or were dis- nursed and all this misery wis the eftec*. of SiDng drink He then went on to say that it was no part of their object to save the drunkard—to put him straight, and to pick him up out of the gutt.L.r-no that was the business of the moderate drinkers, and not theirs, Their business was simply to prevent drunkenness. (Hear, hear.) He remembered once being at a police-stotion, his object being to save from notoriety the case of a son of a friend, who had attempted to commit suicide whilst in a state of drunkenness. lie had to wait there in the station tor two hours and a half, and he could assure them that what he saw there more resembled a farce than anything else and, as they may guess, he was ac- customed to look very minutely into peoples chaiacteis. Every case which was brought forward during that time was for drunkenness, and one was very suggestive of a farce. A poor woman was brought up charged by a landlord with being disorderly and refusing to quit his house. It appeared that she had been drinking there, and that when she had spent all her money the land- lord ordered her to go away, and on her refusing, he summoned her, and there was nothing to do but for the magistrates to fine the poor woman, and in default she was sent to prison for 14 days. Now, in his opinion, it was the landlord who should have been sent to prison, and not the woman, for if he had not sold her the liquor she could not have got drunk. He then referred to what are called Saturday night" cases by the police, which means that mothers drink on that night, and then smother their children when asleep; and these ca-es, he was informed by a policeman, were so common that scarcely any notice was taken of them, and they were very rarely reported in the newspapers. lie would ask the moderate drinkers what they thought of such cases as those—mothers smothering their infant child- ren whilst in a state of drunkenness—ought not such a vice to be put a stop to ? He next referred to the awful poverty, misery, vice, and filthincss which abound in some parts of London—v,-here human beings are liviug in a state of utter beastliness; and what was more ter- rible still, their minds were even more filthy than their bodies. Their language could not be even hinted at, and all this arose almost solely from the effects of strong drink Such a state of things was a disgrace to a Christian country and to Christian people and he felt sure that if the religions people of England were to know the fact, and could trace the effect to its cause, that they would become total abstainers, and use all their influence to induce others to become so too but he was afraid they did not see it in that light. The speaker then proceeded to point out, in detail, instances of the evil effects of strong drink in individual cases, and concluded by beseeching all moderate drinkers to become total abstainers, for the love of God, and the duty which they owe to their erring fellow-creatures. He desired the good of his fellow-man, and the motto of the temperance advocates was To do good, and to prevent evil." (Loud eheers ) The meeting was then addressed, in an eloquent and impassioned mauner, by the Rev. J. Griffith, of Neath, who particularly called upon all Christian mothers to exercise tfieir influence to banish strong drinks from their houses, and in every other way to promote the spread of temperance principles. Mr. W. H. DARBY, in a brief, but appropr ate spaech, moved a vote of thanks to the Trustees of the Pavillion for kindly allowing them the use of the building. It was erected for a patriotic purpose; and he considered that a meeting for the promotion of temperance was a most appropriate termination to the great national ga- thering of the Welsh people. Mr. CHARLES HUGHES, publisher, Wrexham, se- conded the resolution; which, on being put to the meet- ing from the chair, was carried with acclamation. Mr. W. LESTEB (Penygelli, near Wrexham), in a neat speech then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. H. Owen, for his kindness in presiding, and for his disinterested efforts at all times to aid and further the cause of tem- perance. The motion was put by the Rev. J. GRIFIIITII, of Neath, and was carried with applause. Mr. H. OWEN returned thanks, and the meeting broke up. RUTHIN. I GRAND CHORAL FESTIVAL. Friday, the 26th of August, will long be a happy day in the recollection of the Churohmen of Ruthin, who will surely now not at all regret the great expense of the excellent internal and external restoration of their pa. rish Church, on that dayappoiute 1 to occupy a proud posi- tion in the diocese, being chosen as the first parish church to be used by the St. Asaph Choral Association for their annual Festival, and being honoured by the eager voluntary attendance of numbers from distant parta of the Vale of Chvyd and the Principality, who, loud and lavish in its praises, seemed to thoroughly ap- prove of the selection of this Church for the place of ho- nour. And not only the good people of Ruthin, but all members and friends of the Association must have been rejoiced to see what was as successful a meeting as need be desired in respect of the immense attendance B'ld earnest reverent attention of the congregation, as well as of the interest excited in the high and important objects of those who have banded together for the outward im- provement of the performance of public worship. And not least is there cause for congratulation in the power- ful eloquent advocacy of those objects by the hard working Prelate who is now passing his annual sojouru in Wales. Some idea may be formed of the interest generally ex- cited from the fact that the noon train from Rhyl was quite full before it left St. Asaph, and at Denbigh it was literally crammed, the guard's van having to be made use of for passenger traffic. And in the saloon rugs were used wherewith to extemporise seats on the lfour for the convenience, such as it was, of the travel- lers, if not pilgrims, who, for that day at least, re- garded the ahrine of St Peter's, Ruthin, with a very spe- cial interest. (uch "pace would be required to mention a small proportion of the clergy and laity, from fat- and near, who expressed their interest in the piocecdings by com- ing to the Festival. There may be mentioned, however, in addition to those who took au active part in the pro- uttdiiig.,4,-ttie C:Ilioll Jones, Canon Williams, C. ileaton, of Pia, Heatun, and of Jesus College, Oxford, the Warden of Ruthin, Townsend Mninwarmg, Esq., M P H Hughes, Fq" Vstrad, Chairman of the Quar- ter Sessions, Major Rowley, Llanbedr Hall; the lievds. D Lewis Trefnant; D. Hughes, Grammar School; T. Kirk, Collegiate School, Ruthin, the Reotor of Denbigh, H. Owen, Llanfair Rectory, the Mayor of Rutliin. Thø. Jones, Esq., surgeon to the Volunteer Corps, R. John. son, lisq., Llanrudd House, Llewelyn Adams, Esq., Ty Mawr, Llanfair, Ablett Jesse, Esq., Marcus Louis, Fsq., Under Sheriff, T. Carey, Esq" 4th Regiment (lately re- turned from the Ashantee expedition), Revds. H.Smart, HenllM), E. James, Prestatyn, E. H. Davies, J. 11 enl D' Rhyl, — Lewis, "elwyddari, W. WyDM, Esq" N. & S. Wales Bank, &c. The first service, consisting of Litany and sermon, waa appointed to begin at two p.m., long before which time that part of the Church not rigorously kept for the choirs, was crammed, there not being even standing room, the long passages down the aisle being filled with worshippers, willing to undergo the fatigue of long standing rather than forego the opportunity of being present.. Within a very few minutes of the prescribed time, that portion of the ten choirs present having surplices were seen issuing from the vestry door at the east end of the Church, followed by the clergy, about 50 in num- ber, the Dean of St. Asaph aud Bishop of Oxford closing the procession. Though the chancel was quite full, the choristers and clergy took their places without any confusion or diffi. culty; the Bishop of Oxford taking his place at the north end of the altar, and the Dean, Canon Jones, and the Warden of Ruthin, occupying the sedilia on the south side of the chancel. The Bishops chair was somewhat hemmed in between the altar and the east end of a pew which occupies a most anomalous position, but which for some cause or other was left at the resto- ration a relic and index of the furniture and state of the interior of ,the Church some years ago,suggesting an idea of obstinacy or supineness in some person or persons. All being in their places, and kneeling down, tho Dean. of St. Asaph, as if reminding us in his own person of the altering awl ahercd character of holders of Cathe- dral preferments, himself began the chanting of the Li- tany, amidst profound silence. When he had finished the first supplication, all the clioir-i followed with one voice, and with a burst of sound much oftener conceived and wished for than heard. The steadiness of the choirs was very remarkable, especially when we consider that very few of them had met together before that day. The service was Dr. Rimbault's, the people's part be- ing harmonised the alto voices could be perfectly dis- tinguished, even at the west end of the church. The hymn, Brief life is here our portion," was new sung, a translation by Dr. Xed", to the tune of S. AI. phege, taken by permission from the Church Hymn and Tune Book, but 1irt popularised in the r markably cheap dyiuiial put forth by Jr. Chopc, some years agll, After this was the sermon, by the Bishop of Oxford, who, with th- insignia of his Sovereign's esteem around his neck, his Liibie in his hand, and with marks of severe bodily affliction in his face, gave out his text from 2 Chron. v 13, 14. A transcript even of this sermon would not give an idea of its impressive character and excellence. Though the Bishop had preached at a cho- ral festival only one complete day before, there did net appear any similarity w hatever between the two dis- courses. "After remarking 011 the great likeness between the service described in the text, especially the outburst of united praise, after careful preparation, and the ser- vice of that day, he drew out very clearly and conclu- sively the proof that the temple of the ancient dispensa- tion was a type—not of the present material House of God, but, of the Church of the Redeemed upon earth. Thence he passed on to the FACT of our High Priest, still of our nature, and perfectly acquainted with every secret of the nature He took upon Him, within the veil, out of sight, and after being seen to go out of sight. pleading for all and each of His, before the Throne, pleading the blood of His own perfect ail-sufficienfc sin offering. Then as the people were praying withoutatthetims of incense," and their prayers ascended with the inter- cessions of the High Priest, accepted through the cove- nant, so the prayers of the people of God now, not yet admitted into the Most Holy Place, but standing in the outer courts, mingle with His, and with His are accept- ed. Here the Bishop turned to the choirs, and solemnly and affectionately reminded them that their praises ol. fered to God would thus ascend far beyond the sun, and bevond the place too distant for the sun's ray.s to be felt —to the Heaven itself. And this consideration of the tremendous importance of their worship he pressed upon them very earnestly as being of service to counteract the evil effects of drowsiness and many other infirmities in themselves, and disturbances arising from the disturb- ing singing or conduct of fellow choristers singing per. haps not quite perfectly in tune—infirmities and disad- vantages which could not wholly be removed in this world of imperfection, but which must bo fought against to the last. The simplicity and pointed ness and loving spirit of this part of the discourse, founded, too, on so luminous a statement just before given of the doctrine of Christian Intercession, made a very powerful impres- sion. Many must have forgotten the fatigue of standing so long, and many, too, the weariness almost equally great of the sitting posture, under the circumstances, in which they then were. Going on to consider the latter part of the text, the preacher shewed that in place of the visible manifesta- tion of the glorious God, we had the invisible and spiri- tual a more real, more powerful, more exalted presence than even when the glory of Shekinah, was such as to fill the Temple. Such bad been found to be the caae by many of the people of God. And, further, each one separately had an interest in the intercessions Of the everlasting Lord; and the intercessions and praises of each one were separately noted there. To our finite ca- pacities the individual was frequently lost in the crowd, but the infinite powers of the Intercessor could distin- guish each offering of praise as it ascended with the co- lumn of the prayers of the whole number of the faith- ful. Here, then, wasanotherconsideration which should encourage us to contend with the difficulty we sometimes felt in shaking off coldness and dcadness during divine service. And when we consider the results also, even the pre- sence of Christ granted often in a large measure, and in answer to continued earnest worship cu lainly given, though withheld for a time it may be, we cannot but realise the blessedness of helping forward the perfection (in its highest sense) of the services of every village choir and church. A few words more, weighty and elo- quent, yet simple and only few, must have deepened the impression on the minds of both choristers and congre- gation that they had never sufficiently realised the tre- mendous importance of the work they are permitted to take part in when assembled in the House of God for public worship. During some parts of the sermon, the Bishop's voice rather failed him, and, throughout, there was the ap- pearance of overtasked strength, and yet the following week is to see him working harder than ever in behalf of the Foreigh work of the Church. After the sermon, an anthem and a hymn, or rather Psalm (the Psalm being live verses from the 84th, of the metrical version at the end of the Prayer Book), were sung, and a collection made, this last occupying a con- siderable time, owing to the large congregation and crowded state of the church. The amount of the collection was about £ 25. The evening service, in Welsh, commenced at Bis: o'clock, before which time there was a rehearsal. Space will not allow for a lengthened account of this service equally interesting, though in a different way. There was a crowded congregation, consisting of a very huge proportion of the poor, which accounts for the compara- tive smallness of the evening collection. Many DissentenJ were present. The service was intoned by the Rev. D. Lewis, of Trefnant, the Rev. Evan Evans, Curate of Ruthin, and the Rev. Canon Jones, of Holywell, reading the first and second Lessons respectively. The Psalms were all sung to Anglican chants, as aJÐ the Canticles but instead of the Psalms for the day, Psalms xxii. and xxiii. were sung, which is accounted for by the Festival having been originally fixed for the 4th of August. The effect of the responsive singing of the Psalms was very pleasing. The anthem (by Dr. Benjamin Rogers), taken from Ps. exxii. 6, 7, 8, 9, was exceedingly well bung, though of a somewhat elaborate character, contrasting strongly with the simple ene of the previous service-Wel a Praise God in his holiness." The sermon was preached by the Rev. K. Hughes, of Prion, and not by the Rev. E. Jones, as stated in our last, he being unavoidably absent oil account of domestic affliction. The text was taken from Rev. xix 5, and the sermon was a very good one. Preached, too, on short notice, it deserves still higher commendation than even its great merits would undoubtedly obtain. Many persons strongly object to the practice of beat- ing time by a conductor standing in a prominent posi- tion with a very noticeable wand. Terhaps this objeoo tionable plan may be found unnecessary auotiWC time. Between the services, the choirs had tea in the N"; tioual School Room, the arrangements for which, as well as all the other ariangemeuts, were indeed most excel- lent. Great praise is due to the Executive Committee, and especially to the Rev. the Warden of Ruthin, for their indefatigable exertions, and great painstaking to which the great success of the Festival was mainly due.

BALA AND DOLOELLEV RAILWAY.—The half-yearfy meeting was held on Thursday, the 2fith ult.,at Great; Malvern; Mr. w. Lewis in the chair. the Report stated that about three-fourths of the land required for the line had been purchased, and was in the possesion of the company, and arrrangements were also in progress for'the construction of the railway without delay. The report Wa. adopted, and votes of thanks brought tfco pioewdino to a Clow.