The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

Colonel Bertie Gordon, of the 91st Highlanders, has been granted a pension of ZCIOO a-year, vacant by the death of Colonel Deverell. NEW LITERARY PENSION.—Mr Disraeli, before quit. ting office, placed Mr Harrison Ainsworth on the pen- sion list for X100 per annum. The Duke of Norfolk comes of age on the twenty- sixth of the present month, when there will be great re- joicings at Arundel Castle and in the neighbourhood. The Weekly Register hears that one of the Duke's first acts upon attaining hia majority will be to lay the foundation stone of a large Roman Catholic church at Arundel, which is to cost A:50,000, and is to be built at his grace's expense. 011 the 4th of November the Bishop of Gibraltar consecrated a new church at Boudjah, near Smyrna. On that occasion there was a repetition of the same fraternal courtesy on the part of the Archbishop of Smyrna as had been exhibited by the patriarch of Con- stantinople. The Archbishop sent his archdeacon and a priest to assist at the consecration. They remained throughout the service and at the celebration of the Holy Communion.

I foreign Etttdltgnuc. I AMERICA. I I TRIAL OF MR JEFFERSON DAVIS. NEW Yoiiic, Dec. 4,—In the United States Circuit Court at Richmond the motion to quash the indictment against Jefferson Davis was argued before Chief Justice Chase and John C. Underwood, judge of the district court for Virginia. The ground urged for the motion was that the penalties named in the bill of indictment as framed by the grand jury do not attach, the four- teenth amendment to the Constitution adopted in 1866 having named disfranchisement as the only punishment for rebellion. The Chief Justice, having listened to the argument of Mr Davis's Counsel and the reply of the Federal attorney, decided the ground well taken, and would have granted the motion, biit as Judge Under- wood dissented, the argument will have to be repeated before the full bench of the Supreme Court at Washing- ton. —————————— TURKEY ANU GREECE' I PARIS, Dec. 7. It is stated on reliable authority that France and England have entered into mediation between Greece I and Turkey. THE CRETAN INSURRECTION. The long-smouldering Cretan insurrection now threatens to break into a fierce flame. Despairing of stamping out the revolutionists so long as they are helped directly or indirectly by the Greek Government, Turkey has determined to take vigorous measures against the aiders and abettors of the Candian revolt. The Porte has despatched au ultimatum to the Helle. nic Government demanding that they shall abstain from assisting the insurgents, and that they shall give guarantees of this intention. It is scarcely probable that Greece, which reckons on the support of Russia and some of the Western powers will comply with these demands, and in that anticipation Turkey is making preparations for war. Should hostilities once break out we shall certainly find the perilous Eastern question" once more revived in an alarming phase. THE WA-IT IN HA YTI. The protracted and barbarous war in the West Indian Island of Hayti is still prosecuted with great vigour and sanguinary results. Salnace attacked the town of Jac- niel on the 19th ult., and was repulsed with the,loss of three hundred men killed. A terrible calamity has occurred on one of the Ameri- can rivers. The steamer America was sunk by collision with another vessel on the river Ohio, and one hundred persons are reported to have been drowned. The King of Wurtemberg opened his Parliament on Friday with a speech, in which he promised the introduction of various measures of reform, concluding thus I shall always further the developement of the liberal movement of the country, and, in unison with my people, I will defend the independence of Wurtemburg, protect the national interests, and fulfil faithfully and in a patriotic spirit my duties towards the whole Germanic Fatherland." I SAD RESULT OF A PRACTICAL JOKE.-A young man lately employed by Mr Samuel Bent, of Portchester, as coachman, has become insane because of a practical joke played on him by some companions in his sleeping room a short time ago. It seems that on the night of a democratic procession recently in the town the young man felt very unwell, and retired to bed. His com- panions took advantage of his slumbers, and lighted up his room brilliantly to honour the processionists. As the procession moved past the house the noise awakened the young man, who on seeing the lights, which he had not expected, was thrown into a violent fit, out of which he emerged, as the physicians think, a hopeless lunatic. The young man, from his ravings, seems to have regarded the lights as part of the wake" which his friends were holding over his dead body.—New York Tribune, Nov. 20.

A woman, named Annie Lee, has been sent to gaol for six months, at Bradford, for throwing her child in front of a moving horse and cart. The child was rescued. An Attorney-General has granted his fiat for the writ of error in the case of Madame Rachel. The case will come on for argument before the Court of Queen's Bench in the course of next term. A French provincial paper, the Avenir of Auch, ap- peared in mourning on Wednesday week, the anniver- sary of the coup d'etat. It has been seized, and is to be prosecuted. The South London Press reports that a band of re- ligious enthusiasts p,1rade,1 the streets of Peckham on Sunday last, singing the hymn Come to God," to the tune of Tommy Dodd." The London and Westmillster Working Man's Con- stitutional Association have determined on giving a grand banquet to Mr W. H. Smith, M.P., at St. James's Hall on Wednesday next. Lord G. Hamilton, M.P., for Middlesex, will preside. Mr Bright was present at a dinner given on Wednes- day night to Mr Reverdy Johnson, the American minis- ter, at Birmingham, and in responding to the toast of "The House of Commons laid as usual,-the entire blame upon England for causing the misunderstanding that has existed between this country and the United States. The Pall Mall Oatette suggests the establishment of a department or Ministry of Justice to have charge of all the executive as distinguished from the judicial business which is connected with the administration of the law. The Countess of Portsmouth has propounded a plan for a ladies' club for securing to many of the working women of London a place where, in the intervals of work, they may safely resort for rest, social intercourse, or, where circumstances and inclination admit of it, "for study and self-improvement." The London Stock Exchange fell into an extraordinary state of excitement on Saturday owing to a rumour, how originated is a mystery, that a revolution had broken out in Paris and that the Emperor was dead. The rumours were wholly fictitious, though there is evidently an uneasy feeling in some parts of the empire, but it no doubt answered its purpose by causing violent fluctu- ations in the value of stock. The Hon. Colin Lindsay, brother of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and late president of the English Church Union has been received into the Catholic Church by Dr Newman, at the Oratory, Edgbaston, near Birmingham. Mr Lindsay was many years in the Indian Civil Service and was for a long time session judge at Delhi. THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH AMERICA.-The Times be- lieves that a doubt has been raised which prevents us from regarding all disagreements between England and America as absolutely settled. At the last moment, a proposal has been transmitted by telegraph for a serious modification in the convention concluded between Mr Reverdy Johnson and Lord Stanley for the settlement of the Alabama claims. Mr Seward suggests that the primary question of our liability for the escape, and consequent depredations, of the Alabama should be referred, not to the King of Prussia, but to the same commission as will consider the points of dispute in detail. It will be felt that this is a proposal to which we could hardly assent. The commission contemplated will, of course, be composed of good lawyers, who are perfectly capable of applying to particular cases the recognized principles of international law; but they could scarcely be accepted as a final authority on those principles. We are not prepared to submit the question of the culpability of a great nation to the decision of five respectable lawyers. We have a iightto demand a higher tribunal on such a point, and it may be added that we are not the only country on whose behalf such a demand should be maintained. All nations are concerned in the solemn decision of a delicate point in international law, and it is important that the Court of Appeal should be such as to command the general deference of the world. There would seem to have been some misconception of Mr Johnson's position. It was understood that any arrangement agreed to by him would be accepted and supported by his Government. In this we seem to be disappointed, and we appear still to have to deal with Mr Seward himself. Such a result would be unfortunate; but we may still hope that Mr Johnson's skill will greatly facilitate the discussion, and, even should the Convention- be disallowed, a great deal will have been gained. We have ourselves made a fair offer of submit- ting to arbitration, and the United States' Government, having once cordially entered into our proposal, will feel that the differences between us are no longer such as to justify an attitude of hostility. To CONSUMPTIVES.—A grateful father is desirous of sending by mail free of charge to all who wish it, a copy of the prescription by which his daughter was restored to perfect health from confirmed consumption, after hav- ing been given up by her physicians and despaired of by her father, a well-known physician, who has now discon- tinued practice. Sent to any person on receipt of stamp to prepay postage. Address 0. P. Brown, Secretary, 2 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 1348 A rare junction of skill and simplicity, in construction and combination, has been offered to out notice in Mr White's Moc-Main Patent Lever Truss, an Instrument which has most deservedly received the highest encon- iums from all our leading Surgeons, and the grateful laudations of a host of rescued sufferers from Rupture, &o. Unencumbered with the ordinary circular spring and other somewhat valueless appendages, this Truss possesses all the security of the ordinary steel spring with tho ease and comfort of a mere bandage. Its price is so moderate, that its acquisition may be made by per. sons of the most humble grade in life.

I THE METEOR SHOWER AS SEEN IN AMERICA. The metoric display on the night of November 13, was observed in all parts of the United States. la Philadelphia it continued from midnight until daylight, and many hundreds were seen. The w«.ther was clear in nearly all parts of the country, so ti, tlivit, was no obstruction to the view. In New York the number cf meteors seen is reported to exceed 1,590 by actual count. In Boston, between two and five a.m. on the 14th, 3,500 meteors were counted, many of them of great brilliancy. At Baltimore it is announced that the shower was most brilliant between twelve and two, passing from the east towards the southwest. At Charles- ton, South Carolina, the shower was numerous at one a.m. In New Orleans thedisj l.y continued from midnight until daylight, and several of the meteors are sail to have left trains visible for five minutes. At Nashville, Tennessee, the s J" e-e visible about three a.m., continuing until daylight. At San Francisco the display began at half-past ten on the evening of the 13th, continuing until daylight, and the shower is said to have rivalled that of 1867, several (it the meteors having brilliant trains. At Washington the meteors were observed by a corps of astronomers at the Naval Observatory, and Commodore Sands, the super- intendent, makes a report of the result, in which he says that during the evening of the 13th no greater number of meteors was seen than are usually observed on clear nights, until about eleven p.m., when there seemed to be an increase in their number and brilliancy, though not sufficient to indicate the beginning of a shower. By midnight the number had considerably increased, and the prevalence of trains was generally noticed. At 12 35 the observers began to count the meteors. At 1 35 300 meteors had been counted, most of them quite brilliant, and nearly all leaving green, red, or blue trains. Thus far the display had not been confined to any particular portion of the aky. Alany of the trains were visible several minutes, and one lasted ten minutes, while traces of another near Ursa Minor were seen for thirty minutes after the appearance of the meteor. The tracks of about ninety meteors had been sketched at 1 50 a.m., at which time 40o had been counted. The observations were continued until six a.m., when 5,078 had been counted. The Commodore adds: During the whole display there were many meteors seen in the west, but from four to live a.m. the numbers were about equal in the east and we.t, The time of maximum frequency of the meteors was about five hours, when they fell at the rate of about 2,500 per hour. The radiant point was quite well defined during the latter part of the shower, and was found by estimation to be about 149 degrees in right aaeeusiM, and 22 deg. 30 min. north declination. The trains were unusually brilliant, presenting the various shades of green, orange, blue, and red, and remained visible for an unusual length of time. Frequently as many as five could be seen at once, presenting the appearance when nearly dissipated of light cirrus clouds. The shower commenced several hours before it was expected, and it was predicted last year that it would be seen only in the Pacific Ocean in 1868. A number of star charts were distributed several days ago to the various obser- vatories and scientific men of the country, and it is be- lieved many valuable observations have been made, of which we shall soon learn." 0'

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A CONTRADICTION. SS,lH B,_ From your paper o £ the 28th ultimo, I tad that & statement »-J made at a public meeting in Holyhead ?? ,?t.c;m'?eu ? ????? ?"L?? t???'d. was ordered out 5 the polliug booth at l'wllhcli. l?t.?th.t. J.?,i A,n1"rp-d. thing or tile KIUU AN ELECTOR. I pwilheli, December 8th, 1803.

THE ELECTION* OF PROCTOKS. Stit,-As on the day of election the new Proctors were not permitted to express their thanks for the honour then conferred upon them, 1 shall feel obliged it yuu wtil kindly allow me as oue of thelll to convey through the uTeduim of your paper my warmest and mostgrateful thauks to all those incumbents who so generously accx-i I to me their support on tlitt day. This proof of their confidence 1 value very highly, and it shall always be my endeavour to do all in my power to prove myself not entirely unworthy of it.—I am, sir, servant. EVAN LEWIS, Rector of Dolgelley. December 8th, 1868. Hector of Dolgelley,

THE CONDUCT OF THE DISSENTERS IN THE ELECTIONS. SIR,-Your Liberal contemporary only ten days ago admitted the u,e of the chapel screw, and exulted in its success He seems to have gone a little too far, how- ever, and now he pretends to deny there was any chapel influence" used As he is iu want uf iuformatiou the following case of blasphemy may interest him :-At a meeting in the .Methodist Chapel at H enllan, a Dissent. ing Minister compared Mr Watkill Williaws to Moses, sent to deliver the Dissenters of Wales from bondage and he enlarged, to a great extent, to make the compa- rison complete. Other Dissenting Ministers were pre- sent, and oy their silence let it be understood they ap- proved of this style of recommending the candidate. This is only one of a number of instances of the way iu which politics and religion (?) were found together in the late contests. late contests. \V. Dec. 8, 1868.

INCIDENTS OF THE ELECTIONS IN WALES. SIR,-The following extract from a Welsh letter written by a member of the Calvinistio Methodists residing ill the neigltbourhood of Caruarvon will show what unscrupulous and tyrannical meaus have been employed to oust )Ir l'euuaut frum the representation of the county. The writer says, Thank God the fearful business of this election is over, but I fear that it will take many years to heal the wouutls that the I fi-ietidi of Iii),,rty inflicted (Ittritig its progress. No one in this immediate neighbourhood but myself and Mr O. J. stood the fiery test of voting for Mr l'euuaut. We were subjected to the greatest indignities and must fearful persecutions. All the slander and spite that could be invented were heaped upon us for week., No less than three placards were posted on the chapel walls on Sunday, the 15th of November, pointiug us out personally to the contempt and execration of our fedow-worshippers. The night before the poll a messenger came to my shop stat- ing that fourteen of my customers had made up their minds to withdraw their custom, unless I either stayed at home or voted for Jones-Parry. Later iu the evening others called upon a similar errand, and two or three threatened me with persoual violence if I ventured to Carnarvon the following day. AgaiJ, late at night, upwards of sixty persons surrounded my house, making the most hideous noises, and burnt me in elfigy within ten yards of my shop window. All this has been done by men calling themselves members of a Christian church, most, if not all of them, in the habit of attend- ing the same chapel as rnyslli.' Though the above is an extract from a private letter, I believe that I am quite justitied in askiug you to insert it iu the columns of the Chronicle in order that the reading and rellectiwg public may see the pernicious intluence of political priestcraft. A FRIEND OF TRUE LIBERTY.

p REFLECTIONS ON THE LATE CARNARVON. SHIRE ELECTIONS. Siit,-Should it be possible by the wild machinations of a man who ig moviu,, heaven and earlh to get back into power again, iLLid so to save himself from degradation and ruin, ttut the Irish Church could be disestablished and uisemloweil, I will venture to say it will not gratify one Roman Catholic, it will not make him in the least degree more loyal, but it will not fail to disaffect a million and a half of true and loyal Protestants. The South west division of Laucashiu*, that large agricultural and commercial coustitueniy—which contains within it thegreat freeholders And "iinrdmni i,rince, rf Liverpool," deserve the warmest thanks of every man who loves the Constitution, let him bo a churchman or a dissenter, for having sent such an uni,riiiviple(i man as Gladstone about his business, azid it is a thousand pities that Greenwich did not keep time with it I wonder what does his brother Jacob say now I mean that ethhic, who not long ?ince had th" U!)pttraHfkd audacity at a public dinner at Lhcrpool, in blasphemous language, to com- pare the huffei?idgs of his dear brother William, on accouut of the reports spread about his insolvency, to the mental agonies and bodily sufferings of Him who died on Calvary, And to con- vince the company of the falsity of that report, the said Jacob said ho could in a few minutes produce them certain documents which would soon dismiss any fears on that score. And here let me ask the aforesaid pxtiiarch Jacob, how became i on to have the custody of the title deeds of your brother William? Is it usual for a brother well to do, who is also a right lumouiable gentleman, to hand his title deeds over to another brother whu is UR:Y asmall tradesman ? 1 am afraid there is a "screwlouse" here ioiLicwliere, and that tke right honourable gentleman lias done something right horrible itideed Were his little deeds given to your custody, Mr Jacob, as col- lateral security or to avoi: the close inspection of that inexorable gentleman, called the sheriff', odicer ? From oxford to :South Lancashire was a long down-hli but from Lancashire to Greenwich was a nasty tuw,lu! It is a fall that no statesman of modern time Ius ever experienced before. It was the boast of Mr W. E. Gladstone after his expolsion from Oxford that to have to iepreseut his native place was the greatest ambition of his life, but now that his foes have proved to be those of his own household, as it wore, it evidently seems to me that he has been adjudged to have been as unfit to repre- sent the seat of learning It was a memorable night when Mr Gladstone went down to the House of Commons a short time ago to aunoaince that he had pievailed on her gracious Majesty to abjure a part of her coronation oath On that night the reader may recollect that no less than three of the Hoyal Princes and one Royal Princess showed their great anxiety on that occasion by going down also, to be eye and ear witnesses of the reception which that gentle hint and the first step towards subverting our glorious constitution, would have upon that august assembly. It was not sufficient to obtrude himself upon the privacy of our beloved widowed Queen, a lady who has bewailed the early removal of one of the most amiable of men, as no other woman ever did, but he must needs also to give her a gentle hint that times were now changed, and that Mr W. E. Gladstone had changed with them I am afraid that the next gentle hint on his part will bo, that a trip to Pau or to Paris to join her ex-sister ofsl)ain will be a desirable change for the benefit of health as well as the interest of the nation, and that, of course, Messrs Prim. Gladstone 6z Co., must rule pro fern., if not for evtr, in their stead I shall here give you an epitome of the opinion of one of the first noblemen in the land of Mr W. E. Gladstone. At the Dol- phin Society's dinner, at Bristol, a short time ago, his Grace the Duke of Deaufort delivered himself thus :to England has to fight agaiii,t the most insidious, unscrupulous, and unprincipled man who ever sat in the House of Commons. Cheers.) It was not a question whether they should carry this matter or that matter, but what they had to do was to put their fingers and thumbs on Mr Gladstone. clioers., He had not the cha- racter of a straightforward Kngliahmao," Lc. ltc And this, forsooth, is the uian for whom so many ignorant and deluded dissenters, have of late, been offering up sprayers in their chapels Yes, and this is the unprincipled man'' before whom, not long since, a mightily bigoted Calvinistic minister, had the blasphemy to tell the writer of these lines, he felt in- clined to fall down on his bended knees, and worship' I told the bigot then as 1 do now U thou hypocrite! worship God, and thou shalt never be tempted to worship any man though he were j solve"t Although Greenwich has for once kept fast time with Mr Glad- stone, I am glad that the Fates have decreed that his triumph, like that of every other ungodly man, is only Bhort, for 1 find theie are such noblemen to be had as Lords Granville, Claren- don, Stanley, and his Grace of Argyll, who though very liberally disposed, can no longer allow this "unscrupulous man" to overthrow with one feU sweep, both the Church and the State I doubt very much indeed if the Queen will ever condescend to send for Mr IV, K. Gladstone. -No his days are numbered. The late election has opened the eyes of many a fast Liberal, and they now begin to see that power in the hands of the rabble is a very dangerous weapon indeed There is a split in the Cabinet and such a one that even Greenwich time will not easily heal! To tell the reader that the Church Is in danger is only a part of the story, for it is evident to every observant mind that the State is equally so. When you hear the Liberal would-be Al l' s stuffing the igno- rant and unwary voter with such nonsense as the following in their canvass and at the hustings If you vote for us you will soon have no tithes to pay," forgetting all the while that every laudlordbuys and lets his lands subject to tithes, and that if the Church were robbed of the tithes to-morrow, the landlord would advance the rent in proportion You will have no legacy nor succession duty to pay" You will have no dog nor horse tax to ¡"y'(' -1 you will soon litve no Bishop in the House of Lords, nor a lay House of fiords either," etc. etc. 1 hi* is reforming with a vengeance, and woe be to those who live to see it These gentlemen forget that by a too sweeping reduction at once in the taxation and expenditure of the coun- try, we would involve her honour and perhaps find ourselves unprepared to resent the insult of a foreign foe To hear the ignorant rabble discussing politics at the last elec- tion was really sickening, and no amount of patience nor argu- ment would avail. I can only compare it to a domestic republic where a gouty old gentleman of limited means is attacked by his young wife for a box at the opera. Where more new dresses are wanted by the daughters. More pocket-money wanted by the eldest son. Holiday every day by the youngest boy. Where their followers should be allowed to come to tea by the servant i girls. Where Liberality, Equality and Fraternity are wanted for the whole lot, an,1 the poor gouty old gentleman to find all the tuoney, and also to do all the wurk. But not to be too tedious and thereby to tire the patience of both editor and reader, I must in conclusion be allowed to ad- dress myself more particularly to the electors of the County and Carnarvon lioroughs. Gentlemen, a great battle has been fought and won and lost. But I here solemnly ask you who have won it, if upon sober reflection you feet no compunction ? Are you •satisfied that you fought fairly, gentlemauly and christlanly 1 Are you not more ashamed than pleased with your own con., duct? Dare you say that the victorious candidates can be put In the seal., with the defeated ones ? If you have either the courage or the impudence to answer in the affirmative, then I must tell you to read the history of the patt, and if facts, which are stubborn things, will ever convince you. then 1 say here you have more than enough I defy the most ungrateful wretch that bad the meanness to vote against them to point out one single particle unworthy the scholar, the gentleman and the christian in the whole history of the two honourable defeated candidates, and that is infinitely more than can be said of the two victorious ones Tell me not, gentle reader, that I shouldjavuid personalities, particularly, now that the election is over. To this I answer, I must not avoid or uùlect thu truth, and if the truth be galling, it Is certainly no fault of mine. To enumerate one-tenth of the unlimited acts of benevolence and charity of the noble fathers of the two honourable defeated gentlemen is beyond my province. Suffice it to say history will in time do them justice. Where can you find a church, a parsonage house, or even a dissenting chapel in Carnarvonshire, without having recoived some support from the two noble Lords, I'enihyn aud Newbo- rough? People of Bangor, Carnarvon, nethesda, Criecleth, and many other places, have you so soon forgotten the thousands which Lord Penrhyn gave you so recently in hard cash ? The Penrhyn Hall at Bangor, and the pleasure park, of course, aro not worth mentioning. 0 unparalleled ingratitude in a chris- tian land God forbid that i should advocate vengeance, but this cruel requital for innumerable bonetlts conferred, is, to a inau of less christian fortitude than Lord Penrhyn, enough of itself, to haideu his heart and seal up his purse for ever To yun the honourable candidates I would affectionately 3ay, though at present, no doubt of it, defeated entirely through the power of the" chaput screw," the time will come when your seivicea will be accepted with thanks, if not in Carnarvonshire, yet by some other constituencies where you are already known, and who will not fail to appreciate talent, position, fortune, and above all au unspotted moral conduct Go on in the same path of duty you have begun, and it will not fail to lead you to still reater usefulness, honour and glory, I I ALIQUIS.

THE "CHUHCH" VERSUS" CHAPEL SCREW." SIR,—Mr Laboucbere, in an enlightened English con- stituency, attributes his defeat, in some degree, to the interference of the Established clergy, and Mr Pennant Consoles himself with the idea that had it not been for the interference of the preachers," and the "screw seiat," he would stiil be the M. P. fur Carnarvonshire. You see that the dissenting fraternity has at last been recognised a power in the .State—the Dissenters are now somebody, before they were nobody," and their con- venticles which were before mere club houses are now in the estimation of Conservative candidates "sacred edi- fices," delilell by unholy radicals for the exprees purpose of subverting the authority of the laws vi the laud. But has it ever been whispered in the ears of those who charge dissenting preachers with preaching inflamma- tory political setwous" every Sunday, that similar ha- raugues have been delivered from Established pulpits in Wales—only they happened to be the utterances of weak minds, imbued with the idea that whatever is, is right?" What Slid the respected Vicar of Llaudilo some two or three months ago, when he emphatically declared that the Church rests its authority upon so scriptural a basis that the gates of Gladstone would not prevail against it!" I can name you two churches in Carnarvonshire where I heard more politics in the short sermons of two persons than 1 have heard in the chapel which I fre- quent, for the term of three mouths by thirteen different ministers Iu fact, on only one occasion did I hear any ■tllusion made to politics, and what thiuks the hon. and gallant il.ijor was that ? It was an exhortation to the "members to respect our superiors, aud neither by word or deed do auythmg that might tend to bring dishonour upon ourselves or religion if Conservative, let him re- cord his vote accordingly—if a Liberal let him also do that which duty impelled him to do"—the fundamental rules of our connexion does not dictate to a man which side in politics he should take-it is not a political Qr- gallisatioll. Jlr LaUouchere in an address to the electors puts the case most conclusively—that it is no reply to the charge of clerical interference at elections to say that Noncon- formist divines take to electioneering. He says A Nonconformist divine in his relation to the State is a private individual; aclergymau of the EstablishedChureh is not. Ile is the minister of a National Church; his pulpit is a national pulpit; aud he is supported by na- tional funds. W hen he puts his clerical influence and his pulpit at the service of party, he makes the Church of which he is the minister, the Church of a party and not the Church ot the nation." The force of the argu- ment is palpable The clergy of the Establishment have accepted the position of servants of the State, their position and privilege with the endowments they enjoy ire conferred upon them by the State, as the condition of their discharge of certain functions, A Nonconformist minister, however, stands in quite another relation to the State, lie is not a public servant. His duties are silIl- )ly those of a private person. He may have a wide-spread eligious influence, and may acquire a natural reputation; jut that reputation and influeuce were net lent him by he State, and he is not on account of them responsible ;o the State. Indeed the law clearlv recognises this distinction by positive enactment. It excludes the Es- tablished clergy from Parliament, but puts no such disa- bility on Nonconformists." Public journalists and can- didates should not confouud acts of individual indiscre- tion with corporate actions. Several members of the Dissenting community may be guilty of illdiscreetness or something worse, but the community itself should not be made responsible for the separate action of few. A Book of Keuiembrance" is singled out and fathered upon Dissenters generally, whereas it was only mention- ed by one individual, and universally condemned by the body of Dissenters. How would the Conservatives, as a body, relish a charge which I am ready to vouch is true, but, mark you, of only one individual Conserva- tive, who said in my presence, and in the presence of many others besides myself, that no man has a light to vote contrary to the wishes of his landlord. When he was told that votes were given us for the benefit of the commonwealth, he replied D—n the commonwealth, what is that to me ?" It is surprising to see the ignorance displayed m cer- tain quarters respecting the opinions and habits of the people of Wales. And yet, when we consider that the upper classes shut themselves up and turn in a certain groove—listen to the same sermons, in the same churches, read the same newspapers, and only mingle with mem- bers of the same party, it is not so surprising. W ere I to read only the Standard, Globe, and North Wales Chronicle, and get my information of those around me from the lips of Parson Jones, I would soon become a bigoted old Tory-would receive as gospel what I have heard at the bar of the neighbouring hotel and in the columns of the Bangor paper that" inflammable politi- cal sermons" have been delivered every Sunday in the Welsh chapels. But I entertain higher opinions of my neighbours--aud don't wish to charge the sins of one upon the party-I read both sides of the question, and often visit my parish church, I enter into a friendly dis- cussion with the minister, and mix up in society as often among Tories as Liberals. Dissenters are not so easily gulled by their ministers as many suppose them to be. The people read and think for themselves, and the natural bias of their minds, like that of the people of Scotland and the enlightened En- glish boroughs, are in the direction of Liberalism. They are loyal and peaceable, and when left to themselves as naturally chose a Liberal member as they would breathe the pure and uncontaminated air of,their native country. -Yours, &c., Dec. 5, 1868, EVAN WYNNE. 1 Dec. 5, 1868.

THE DENBIGHSHIRE ELECTION. Sitt,-In answer to Mr Chambres' statement at the declaration of the poll, That Sir Watkiu had issued an address repudiating all connection with Col. Biddulph, I beg to state that no action of that kind was taken on the part of Sir Watkin until the joint address of Messrs Morgan and Biddulph came out after post time on Weduesday night; it was then that Sir Watkin spread his circular which was printed at five o'clock the follow- ing morning, the 26th instant. Until that time, there were numerous friends of Sir Watkiu who would have divided their interest in favour of Col. Biddulph in order to obtain the return of an old member in preference to one who was equally unknown to the county and the constituency.—I remain, air, AN ELECTOU.

THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN DISSENTERS AND ROMAN CATHOLICS. bin,—1 am Welsh, and have always loved Wales, and I am a lay member of the Church of England, and have always loved aud valued my Church, and it id with heartfelt grief that I have seen the course which the bulk of the Welsh Dissenters have taken during the late political contest. It is most sad to see Welsh Dissenters joining hands with Roman Catholics and Rationalists, Feniaus, Infidels, and wild democrats, to overthrow the Protestant Church of England, which has been the only bulwark against Popery and Infidelity for hundreds of years. They surely do not know what they are doing, for the lower classes (though many can read their own language and some perhaps can read English) are very ignorant of the history of England, and that of all other countries, or they would quickly see that to overthrow the English Church and give the Romanists the ascen- dancy, even in Ireland, would not conduce to the benefit of the Welsh dissenters, for will Rome rest content with power in Ireland ? Certaiuly not. She will then try to extend her power to England, and if she should succeed (which God forbid) will she tolerate dissent as the Church has done 1 All readers of history know that she will not, aud that once let her gain her ends by their help she will soon turn round upon them and persecute all who differ from her, whether Church of England or Dissenters. Oh then, Welsh Dissenters consider what you are doing, or rather, I fear, have done, helping the Romanists into power again; perhaps inviting the French and Italians, and Spanish and Americans, to join and help the Irish Roman Catholics to fight against England and dethrone or exile our beloved Queen, and turn this country either into a dependency of the Pope or into a republic like America-but in either case, or even if you should not eventually succeed, causing a sad amount of contention and bloodshed under the name of religion, and endangering your Queen and Constitution. Surely you do not, Welsh Dissenters, agree with the "apists in wishing to be under the supremaoy of the Pope (perhaps having him in Ireland), worshipping the Virgin Mary, forbidding the clergy to marry, shutting up the Bible into Latin again, believing in the doctrine of purgatory, and all the other dangerous errors of the Kouiish faith. Well, in the late eiectioi.s you seem to haw been blinderl by a few interested men to help ou all this, and 1am sorry in illY heart for my country, who used to be royalists and churchmeu, and in the times of Charles the First fought for their king and their country against Cromwell and his regicides and iconoclasts. I could write much more ou the history of those times, but for the present forbear, and only hope you will see your mistake ere it is too late. You have been told that you should vote for your God and your Bibla, and that you would be doing so by sending the present newly- elected members to Parliament to disestablish the Church, but you have been sadly duped by those who took advantage of your ignorance of history, aud did not show you that by hulpiug to pull down the Church you would help the l'ope and Infidelity, and so could not be votiug for your God and your Bibles. I am thautful to see that the English are now fairly roused, and that in Cheshire and Lancashire, as well as iu many other coun- ties, they have returned men who promise to uphold tj the utmost of their power, the Church of England, their Bible, their Queen, aud their Constitution, and who will not have Mr Gladstone and the Pope to reign over Englishmen. I hope all England, especially English churchmen, will unite to oppose Mr Gladstone's mea- sure (it lie ever brings it before the House), and I hope all Welsh churchmeu will unite too, and perhaps the Welsh and Scotch dissenters will see their mistake, and repent before it Is too late. What has gone on in Ireland ought to open our eyes look at the Romanists meeting the Protestant voters with knives and pistols to prevent them voting, and wounding some and killing others. Does not that show what Rome encourages As for the members you have elected for the county and borough of Carnarvon, the less said the better, but why reject (for such) two honourable gentlemen, who have been a credit to your county and boroughs, and stood before our Quoen as fit representatives of the honour and loyalty of Wales 1-binding themselves to uphold the Church against Rome and the Queen and Constitution against Irish revolutionsts, led on by Irish Papists. As for the promises of the new members, that the degwm" (tithes) and taxes will be abolished, that is only used as a party cry like Gladstone has used the dis- establishment and diseudowment of the Irish Church, just to try to get returned—but, unfortunately, many of the WelsIl farmers and lower classes believe it, and have been led by it to vote against their good sense and better feeling and benefactors. A WELSH LAY MEMRER OF THE I CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

The following remarkable prophecy has just been published :Among the old legendary prophecies to be found in a singular manuscript formerly in the posses- sion of the religious foundation at Bordealey, but now in that of Mr H. Walker, the well-known antiquary, is the following:- Saxum hilare indignum cum visum est scaudare lignum, Deter uaveto ne tunc Ecclesia Letho. To this mysterious couplet a translation is attached in the language of the period. It runs thus ;— When ye "glad stone" mounteth ye stump to drivell. Take heed lest ye Chirche doth go to the The last word is illegible, but the reader will no doubt be able to supply it. EKOTTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS,-Streams of lava from Mount Vesuvius have filled up and overflowed Fosse Vetrane, still following the course of the eruption of 1865. During the first two hours the lava flowed at a distance of two kilometres, but now it flows more slowly. Latterly the upper cone discharged columns of ashes in the form of gigantic pine-trees, illuminated by occasional flashes of flame. The eruption presents a sublime and magnificent spectacle, and many persons are proceeding to the vicinity of the mountain. AN IRISH ELECTION INCIDENT.—A ludicrous episode is reported to have occurred during the polling for the county of Cork on Friday week. A simple voter from Carbery, who was not accustomed to the exercise of the franchise, and did not understand how to go about it, was prompted by his ardent attachment for Mr Downing to go into Bandon to vote for him. A per- son standing in the booth which he entered asked him, by way of joke, to vote for Barry and Boyle, judging from his emphatic observations that it was one of the last acts he would think of committing. The farmer got enraged at the proposal, and while the usual question was put for whom did he vote," he kept repeating in petulant tones, Barry and Boyle, indeed The poll- clerk recorded it as a vote for those gentlemen, and when the excited elector discovered he had voted the wrong way and could not amend the error, he gave uproarious expression to his disappointment, and finally, as the story runs, knocked down the practical joker who had entrapped him. THE BISHOP OF OXFORD ON CntTBcn FORMs.-The Bishop in a sermon on Sunday, said Many a young clergyman who might have preached Christ, and spread the life of his church throtighout a parish around him, has marred all his usefulness and raised a host of ene- mies by the straightness of his collar or the length of his skirt. This same principle applies with even still greater force to our vestments in the sanctuary, and the adoption in our services of rites which, however they may be justified by the letter of long sleeping laws, are strange and novel in the eyes of our people. I have no hesitation in saying that it is better in these matters to acquiesce for a while in a long-established custom of defi- ciency, than to stir up our people to suspicion and hos- tility by the impetuous restoration of a better use. More harm has, I believe, been done amongst us by such attempts to restore bits of a ritual to which our people are unaccustomed than by any other single error. Our people argue-and do they argue altogether amiss ? —that these changes mean either something or nothing. If something, what, they ask, is it that they mean, and whither are they leading us ? If nothing, do they not imply either puerility, unquietness, or folly in him who can for nothing disturb our minds, or even alarm our prejudices? Depend upon it that if we are to keep our ordination promise, to maintain, as much as lieth in us, quietness, peace, and love, we must, as to these matters, so trifling in themselves, so momentous aa indications of a drifting current, inwardly and outwardly manifest ourselves to be men of quietness and peace."

I FAT STOCK SHOWS-HOW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL COMPETITORS. The great exhibitions of fat cattle being now ap- proaching, the present seems au opportune time to pre- sent a few remarks as to the treatment requisite to ensure success in competition. And this, it must be remembered, is now no easy task, there being so many exhibitors in the field, owing to the money value of the prizes being so considerable in amount. In addition to this, and even of more importance to breeders and feeders, is the reputation which such honour brings, and the consequent greater demand and higher prices for the winner's stock. Once get the credit of being a first- class feeder, and the butcher will prefer your animals to those of others of less renown. But there is no royal road to superiority in cattle feeding any more than there is to learning the farmer must go through the ABC in this just as he had to do at school, and of ten through wilful neglect or carelessness he has to suffer punish- meut quite as severe, though of a different kind. That priuce of cattle feeders, Mr M'Combie, Tillyfour, a man who has made himself famous throughout Europe for his success as a breeder and skill as a feeder, who has carried off more prizes, perhaps, than any man living, and who, as the trainer of the finest fat bullock ever seen, has made himself the favourite of royalty, did not spring into eminence at once. Many a sore struggle the hard-headed Aberdoman had ere he contrived to carry off laurels at the Smithfield and Birmingham ex- hibitions, and many a time had to return from Baker- street to the north without any trophy to show. But although disappointed, he was not disheartened. Again and again lie returned to the bucolic conflict, and in the end he was victorious with his beloved Polled. And this was the way he achieved success, as he himself told us when he was honoured by t. diddet In his native county. "I fcas led," said he, by » father whose memory I revere, to believe that our polled cattle are peculiarly suited to our soil and climate; and that if their properties were rightly brought out, they would equal, if not surpass, any other breed as to weight, sym- metry, and quality of the flesh. I resolved that I would endeavour to improve our native breed. I have exerted all my energies to accomplish this purpose. For many years I was an unsuccessful exhibitor at the Smithfield Club. I weut to Baker-street. I minutely examined the prize winners. I directed my attention especially to the points in which the English were super ior to the Scottish cattle. I came to the conclusion that I had been beaten not because our Scottish breed was inferior to the English breeds. I saw that I had been beaten because I was imperfectly acquainted with the points of the animals most appreciated in Baker-street, and the proper system of feeding them. I selected the animals best fitted for exhibition at Baker-street. I doubled, tripled, and quadrupled the cake allowed to my feeding stock. I attained the objeot of my ambition. The English agriculturist always maintained that a Scot would never take a first place in competition with a shorthorn, a Hereford, or a Devon. I have given them reason for changing their opinion." And by such means, and by such efforts alone as those adopted and put forth by Mr M'Combie, can triumphs now be achieved in the showyards Indeed, it is necessary to be even more watchful and more ener- getic now than it was when Mr M'Combie first obtained a victory, as the keenness of competition and the expe- rience of years have made more acute those who enter the arena. Better knowledge of the fattening properties of food, more accurate acquaintance with the precise quantities and forms in which to administer it now obtain than they did some years ago; and the imple- ment manufacturers have come to the farmers' aid by furnishing them with machinery admirably adapted for the preparation of this food. In fact, feeding for these great Christmas shows has been elaborated into whal. may almost be termed a science; and the effect of this improved feeding is that we have now none of those monstrously unshapely obese brutes with great patches of blubberly uneatable fat upon them, but we have well. formed compact animals, level as a table along the back, of enormous weight, no doubt, but the flesh so evenly distributed over the whole frame, that on the best beasts there is no protuberance or deficiency apparent anywhere, every ounce of meat is palatable, and the offal is re- duced to the minimum. But this result is not obtained as is supposed by some by stall-feeding any animal for a year or so, and giving it as much as it can eat. You may give some bullocks any treatment you like and never make him a prize- taker. Some beasts are dour" by nature, and can never take on a proper finish; while others have been so neglected in their youth that no amount of feeding will ever bring them up to the mark. Beasts must always be kept in a progressing state or they will not pay-not even the best kinds of them. Mr M'Combie in his interesting book, Cattle and Cattle-Breeders," strongly insists upon this. He says You must keep the cattle always tull of flesh and, as a breeder, you must be careful not to lose the calf flesh. If you do so by starving the animal at any time of his growth, you lose the cream-the covering of flesh so much prized by all our best retail butchers. Where do all the scraggy, bad-fleshed beasts come from that we see daily in our fat markets, and what is the cause of their scragginess ? It is because they have been stinted and starved at some period of their growth. If the calf flesh is once lost it can never be regained. A great deal of tallow may be got by high feeding, but the animal can never be made one that will be prized by the great retail butcher." And then from among those which have been kept in a progressing state, it is necessary to make a selection ere the agriculturist can hope to carry off the blue riband" of the fat stock ring. Animals may have been carefully treated from the time that they were calves; they may have continued gradually to increase in flesh without once falling backward, and yet be quite un- adapted for that exceptional treatment which is in- tended to put the finishiug touch upon cattle designed for exhibition. And for this reason, that they may be slow feeders while what is wanted at shows is early maturity with weight of carcass and symmetry of form. What the feeder should look for, therefore, when pre- paring for exhibition, is a kindly feeder-one that lays on flesh evenly and quickly. Mr M'Combie points out as well as it canbe done on paper, the points by which a feeder can recognise a good animal. "A perfect breed- ing or feeding animal," he remarks, should have a fiue expression of countenance. It should be mild, serene, and expressive. The animal should be fine in the bone, with clean muzzle; a tail like a rat's, and not ewe- necked short on the legs. He should have a small well put on head, prominent eye, a skin not too thick nor too thin; should be covered with fine silky hair-to the touch like a lady's glove; should have a good belly to hold his meat; should be straight-backed, well-ribbed up and well-ribbed home, and his hook bones should not betoowideapart. A level line should be run from the hook to the tail. He should be well set in at the tail, free from patchiness there and all over, with deep thighs, that the butcher may get his second round, and prominent brisket, deep in the fore-rib, well fleshed in the fore-breast, with equal covering of fine flesh all over his carcass. From the shoulder-blade to the head should be well filled up-as we say, good in the neck-vein.' Having secured young animals with these character- istics, or at least with a promise of them, very much care is required in the feeding to bring them to that ripe perfection which belongs to the best of the fat cattle at the Christmas displays. To do this demands not only a knowledge of what to give, but what not to give, and many animals are spoiled through lack of the latter. Indeed, it is Mr M'Combie's opinion that only those with a hobby" for cattle can properly manage them. With so many difficulties to encounter, and with the assurances from many famous feeders that show stock do not pay, one wonders how so many engage in pro- ducing them. The reason is not far to seek. Notwith- standing the assertion by Mr M'Combie that show bul- locks are the most unprofitable speculation an agricul- turist can interfere with" (and probably directly these animals do net pay), breeders and feeders can notice that a long array of shawyard honours-the money value of which alone is not deepisable-carries with it, as we have previously said, that repute which brings substantinl emolument in the ordinary markets. And as Mr M'Combie by observation and perseverance and care overcame all the difficulties enumerated, the same qualities in others must be attended with like satisfac- tory results. At all events, one thing is certain, and that is, that the emulation among breeders and feeders has vastly improved our stock, and, in the interest of agriculture, we hope it, may long exist in all those en- gaged in the various departments of stock husbandry.— Edinburgh Ceurant.

Petitions against the return of Sergeant Cox for Taunton, and Messrs. Knatchbull-Hugessen and Brassey for Sandwich, are to be presented. The Standard thinks the remedy for mob intimi- dations at elections is to be found in the multiplication of polling booths and the free use of voting papers. Mr George Peabody, in a letter to Lord Stanley, announces his intention of bestowing a further sum of XIOO,000 to provide suitable homes for the poor of Lon" don, making a total of X350,000 presented by him for this purpose. The United Service Gazette intimates that the sudden resignation of Ministers has postponed perhaps indefinitely" —a most comprehensive scheme of adminis- trative reform, which would have remodelled the War- office and placed the relat:ons of that department and the Horse Guards upon an entirely new footing. The English Independent calculates that in the new House of Commons there are twelve Independents, five Baptists, five Quakers, two Wesleyan Methodists, one Calvinistic Methodist, seventeen Unitarians, ten Presby- terians (non-conforming Presbyterians are probably meant), six Jews, and twenty-six Roman Catholics, of whom one only, Sir John Simon, represents an English constituency. The Nenagh Guardian reports an incident among the strangest in the history of the English police force. The Earl of Rosse, accompanied by his brotheis and some friends, when returning from shooting, were arrested within a mile of Parsollstown Castle by con- stables of the Annah police station and it was only when brought before the sub-inspector that the mistake was discovered and a release obtained. This con. stabulary escapade" is to form the subject of an in- vestigation. A clergyman of the archdeaconry of Stafford has pro- tested against Convocation. After the proctor to Con- vocation for Strfford had been elected, the following protest was handed in, though the Archdeacon declined to read it Whereas a considerable body of the bene- ficed clergy in the archdeaconry of Stafford is averse to the existence of Convocation in its unreformed state, and desires to abstain from any connection with it, I hereby protest against it being supposed that the mem- bers now elected represent the opinions of that body, or of the beneficed clergygenerally in the said archdeaconry." CUTTING DOWN NATIONAL EXPENSES.—The Army and Navy Gazette says jthat the framers of the national balance-sheet are zealously cutting down the army ex. penditure. The post of deputy Quartermaster-General at the Horse Guards is not to be absolutely abolished, a compromise having been effected by retaining the Quartermaster-General's deputy and dispensing with the next grade in the department, the assistant. Extensive reductions are also to be made in the staff at Mai ta, where a brigadier-general, a brigade-major, and an assistant ad. jutant-general will be struck off the staff muster-roll at the end of the present financial year the small balance on the other side being the appointment of a deputy assistant adjutant-general in lieu of the posts reduced. THE FORTUNATE PAINTER."—A short time ago a paragraph appeared in a Bristol paper stating that a Cardiff painter, named Ashton. had succeeded to landed property worth £ 80,000. Ashton had been for some time a member of the Methodist Free Connexion, and was apparently a very religious young man. When, therefore, he left his work and assumed the garb of a "gentleman," many who before doubted believed in the truth of the statement. Friends poured in upon him, and offers of temporary assistance until the legal formulas had been completed were freely made. In the meantime he was very lavish in his promises, and offered to give £1,000 towards the purchase of a building as a new chapel. Varionit sums of money had been advanced to him, and his bills at the shops of drapers, clothiers, jewellers, and others are said to be very heavy, One of his brother workmen, it is said, borrowed £30 of a friend to lend him. Numerous tradesmen had become securities for him to the amount of several hundred pounds, and it is said that the committee of manage- ment and the minister of the Methodist chapel are all sufferers. Ashton left Cardiff eight or nine days ago to take possession of his property," taking with him a. large sum of money, and since then the whole affair has exploded. The police are in pursuit of the fugitive. PERILS OF THE SEAS.—The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society maintains an undisputed title to the support and sympathy of the whole nation. During the past year 7,520 shipwrecked men, and 3,969 widows and orphans, making together 11,489 persons, were relieved from the funds of this institution in the hour of their greatest. extremity. The number of cases relieved during the past year is but an index of future catalogues of misfor- tune, and for which an appeal for help is not only justi- fied but imperative. It is an unobtrusive society, and yet one which has no superior in the amount of good it accomplishes. That nearly 12,000 persons connected with the special enterprise of a life at sea should have been relieved from its exchequer in a single year speaks more for its value than any eulogy which the most philanthropic panegyrist could express. And yet we must bear in mind that these resources come from voluntary contributions. The public have proof of the satisfactory manner in which their donations have been expended, and they cannot desire a better recompense than this assurance gives them. As the funds of the institution are getting low through this extraordinary arain, and the storms of winter are gradually approaoh- ing we do hope that old friends will still uphold the cause, and many new ones come forward to help in its work of love and mercy that valued godsend to the sailors in the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. We may add that contributions in aid of the funds will be thankfully received by Mr Slater, thq benevolent repre. sentative of this society at Beaumaris. IMPORTANT CURB OF TOOTHACHF.-BUnterPS Nervine gives immediate and permanent relief in ordinary Tooth- ache. It also forms a stopping, and saves the Tooth, thus rendering extraction unnecessary. It does not injure the other Teeth. From the Medical Testimonials received, the following are selected,-From J. HaunseU. Surgeon Bridport, Dorsetshire.—" 1 consider Bunter'a Nervine specific for Toothache. Very severe cases under my care have found iniitantaueous and permanent relief. I there- fore give my testimony of having used it with invariable success, and recommend its use to the Profession and Public as invaluable to all who suffer from Toothache.' From E. Smith, Esq., Surgeon, Sherston, near Cirences* ter.—" I have tried Bunter's Nervine in many cases of severe Toothache, and in every instanoo permanent relief has been obtained; I therefore strongly recommend it to the public." Ask for Bunter's Nervine it may be had of any Chemist, at Is lid per packet, or poet free foi 15 stamps, from J. R. Cooper, Chemist. Mai.tone. 16&