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I NORTH WALES CIRCUIT, « MONTGOMERYSHIRE. IOn Monday evening, the Cbmmission of assize for the ."?f Montgomery was opened at Welobpool, by t Mr. BM<m Watson, who arrived &om Shrewsbury that 'moon. In consequence of the new Act dispensing "?.. necessity of providing javelin men to escort his T'°ries of the occasion, as seen in gone-by 'arted, some halfgozen police officers d b.? -t',ing the place of the gorgeous in t eir obr, rb'  formerly enhvened. liveries with whi .'th e ,o I trumpets, but not Truly, there was the m r,i.1 sound o. ?"°'?,,  the glittering of spears; and the small boys od 8'!tls '"? crueUy despoiled of the splendid pageant witb wlh their eager eyes used to be annually or biennially 8^AV" dened. On Tuesday morning, his Lordship attended Divine Service at the old church, accompanied by the high-sheriff, Wm. Curling, Esq., and his chaplain, Rev. T.W. Parker, preceded by the Mayor and some members of the Town Council of the borough. Prayers were read by the Ven. Archdeacon Clive: and the Chaplain delivered an ex- cellent discourse from the Srd chapter of 1st John, 4th verse, "Sin is the transgression of the law." Shortly after the conclusion of the service, his Lord- ship proceeded to the Court, and the business was for- mally opened by the swearing in of the following I GRAND JURY: Hon."Henry Hanbury Tracy, Gregynog; David Pugh, Esq., M.P., Llanerebydol; Richard Herbert Mytton, Esq., Garth John Naylor, Esq., Leighton Hall; John Robinson Jones, Esq., Brithdir Hall; R. D. Pryce, Esq. Ceffronydd; Wm. Lutener, Esq., Dolerw; Pryce Buckley Williames, Esq Manafon; John E. Harry- man Pryce, Esq., Trelydan; Thomas Bowen, -Esq., Tyddin; Charles Vaugban Pugh, Esq., Plas Trehelig; John Heyward Heyward, Esq., Crosswood; John Dug- dale, Esq., Llwyn; William Lloyd, Esq., Cilgwrgan; Richard Smith Humphreys, Esq., Montgomery; Joseph Davies, Esq., Brynglas. Hls Lordship then delivered the following Charge to tbe Grcnd JuryGentlemen of the grand jury, the cases to be laid before you at these Assizes are few-otity five in nuin ber-and I believe I may say, so far as you are concerned, free from difficulty. They are, however, rather of an aggravated character. There are two cases of a horrible description, violence upon females. One of them you will have no difficulty about; the other you will perhaps have some difficulty ubout, for it will be for you to find whether you think there Is a case on the prin- cipal charge, or only of attempting to commit tbe of- fence. I would advise you, if you think that you can only find a bill for the attempt, and not for the offence, that you should find a bill for the attempt. If it is a case of that sort, and you have doubts which of the two it is, you can Slid a bill, and justice will be done, whether the offence be committed, or only the attempt. There is also on tbe calendar a case of manslaughter of John Jones. It seems to be one in which the master was alleged to have come by his death, owing to the violence of his servant. The servant is a gardener, and the master IInd. ing that be did not do some work to his mind complain- ed, and the servant seized a stick and struck his master. The deceased lived nearly a month afterwards, and a sur- geon says that there was ample cause of death without the blows. He says no doubt the blows inflicted on de- ceased accelerated his death, but that his death was not caused by those blows. Of that it will be for you to con- sider. There is another case of stabbing with a pitch- fork. The prisoner is charged with doing that with in. tent to do grevious bodily harm to the person be struck. You will have to say whether the intention is proved or whether there is ground for a simple charge of misde- meanour. Then comes one of thrt class of cases which I am sorry to see at these assizes-an attempt to deprive a man of life in poaching. In this case two men are brought up for trial. The keeper of Lord Powis was severely wounded by a shot being aimed at him. The prisuner is cuiiiimtiea lor trim on me cnarge 01 wounuiug with intent to murder. The first question for you to decide will be if you think from the evidence the charge of wounding is supported; and if of wounding, then comes the question of intent. I believe that the keeper will swear distinctly that one of the men certainly did fire thegunathim. Several guns were fired. Did the pri- soners fireamongst them, and intentionally at the keeper ? Were the guns fired with a common object-for a com- mon purpose? If you find that these poachers went out with, and for a common purpose-for the purpose of resisting to extremities, and using violence or force com- bined to prevent anything,—then each is responsible for the action. Then as to the intent. If you find that the gun was fired, the wound inflicted, I think you need not trouble yourself about the intent. As to other questions -whether there was any combat between the keeper and the poachers- I would advise you not to trouble about that; you may look at the indictment generally, and leave that question to be tried by the jury. There is also a charge of night poaching; but that does not invoke any difficulty, because if you find that those two persons were out there, of course they were for that common purpose. This is the whole of the calender now before you. There does not seem in this county any great amount of crime. You know that on all ocassions it is a quiet county. There is very little crime in the county, and I must say that I hope that it may long be the case. Gentlemen, you are dismissed to your duties.

I AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF BARON WATSON. Scarcely had the learned Judge concluded his charge and the Grand Jury left the box, when he was observed to put a handkerchief to his face, and a smelling bottle to his nose. He then leaned back in his chair, and it was evident a sudden illness had seized bim. Dr. Slyman, of Newtown, happened to be in Court, and immediately went to render aid to the death-stricken Judge. He was shortly after joined by Mr. Barrett and Mr. Harrison, surgeons of Welshpool, and every means within the reach of human skill were resorted to, with a view to restom- tion; his lordship gradually grew worse, and he was placed upon a sofa cushion and carefully conveyed to his lodgings, which were only on tbe opposite side of the street, but almost immediately after his arrival there it was dis- covered that tbe vital spark had fled. The business of tbe Court was at once suspended; and on tbe Jury coming into Court to present a bill,— Mr. BEAVAN, one of the barristers on Circuit (whose name is included in the Commission, and who will con. sequently temporarily assume the office of Judge), ad- dressed the Jury, and said that he bad to inform them, which he did with the deepest regret, that since his lord- ship had addressed them from that place, he had ceased to exist. He then suggested that it would be only a pro- per mark of respect if they at a," adjourned the busi- ness until the following day. The Jury seemed desirous of completing their busi- ness then, as many of them had to come considerable distances, but Mr, Beavan urged the immediate adjourn- ment, and it was arranged that they should re-assemble at 12 o'clock on Wednesday, and the businesss will be proceeded with. One of the sons of the learned Baron was on Cirtu't as Judge's Marshal, he was consequently in anxious at- tendance upon bis dying parent until life had become ex- tinct. Immediately after the me;ancboly event had been made known, all the shops were partially closed, and blinds diawn down, out of respect to the departed Judge. We were informed that he bad been in a bad state of health for some weeks past, and it was in opposition to the urgent wishes of many of his friends and his medical attendants that he entered upon the duties of the circuit He was however so far improved in health that he took a walk in Powis Castle Park on the Tuesday morning, and his charge to the Jury was delivered in a firm and clear tone of voice. WEDNESDAY, March 14. Mr. BEA VEN took his seat on the Bench at 11 o'clock. James Berry, labourer, 82, was sentenced to 6 years penal servitude for committing a rape on a little girl under 10 years of age, named Margaret Embrey. Mr. McIntyre prosecuted. William Jones, 28, spinner, was acquitted on a charge of committing a rape on Sarah Jones. The pro. secutrix gave her evidence in so prevaricating a manner that the judge stopped the case and directed an indict- ment to be preferred against her. Mr. vaugnan wmiamg prosecuted, and Mr. Morgan Lloyd defended. Charles Bates, 43, labourer, was indicted for feloni- ollsly stabbing and wounding Thomas Evans. Mr. Wynne prosecuted. The parties had had a dispute over their work and the prosecutor struck the prisoner a violent blow on the mouth. The prisoner bad a pitchfork in his band and aimed a blow at the. prosecutor's body, but he warded it off with his arm which was penetrated entirely through. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding and recommended bim to mercy. He was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment. I SHOOTING WITH INTENTION. -I I nomas x nomas and Richard Tudor, laoourers, were indicted for shooting with guns and with mahce afore thought, at Evan Morris, at Welshpool, on the 8th January, with intent to kill and murder. Mr. Vaughan Williams and Mr. Wynne prosecuted, and Mr. Mclntyre, and Mr. Morgan Lloyd defended. Several jorors were challenged both oi LILF of the crown and the prisoner. It appeared that on the night in question the prose- cutor, who his under-gamekeeper to the Earl of Powis, was out watching, and hearing the report of a gun he proceeded towards a cover where he saw three men. One of them said be would blow his brains out, and shortly afterwards he was shot in the leg and thigh. On the house of the prisoner Thomas being searched a gun was found that bad recently been discharged, and a book was discovered from which leaves had been torn; pieces of paper corresponding with the leaves were found on the spot where prosecutor was wounded. His dress also corresponded with that worn by the man who threatened to blow prosecutor's brains out. In the house of the I other prisoner, a «»■- '• .<tn was found loai'ei!, the wadding o. "lUcb corresponded with the leaves before mentioned. Mr. McIntyre addressed the Jury in an eloquent speech of 40 minutes on behalf of the prisoner. His Lordship summed up, and the Jury,after a consultation of ten minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, which was received with cheers by the Court. NO BILL. The jury ignored the bill charging John Jones, gar- dener, with the manslaughter of John Jones, at Llan- disilio. The Court rose at half-past seven o'clock, and there being no civil causes, this concluded the assizes.

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I THE CHURCH IN LLEYN. I To tie Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,-If your correspondent Ecclesiasticus," in his last letter, had excepted four parishes, his statement with regard to the churcnes being closed on Sunday evenings in the deanery of Lleyn would have been quite correct. These four parishes are Pwllheli, Llannor, Llanengan, and Tydweiliog, in which there are services at six o'clock every Sunday evening. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, X Y.

THE CHURCH IN NORTH WALES. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,-In a recent number of your Journal, you kindly permitted me to make a few remarks upon tbe second letter of 11 Ecclesiasticus." The main purport of that letter was, to enforce the principle that the unscriptural fallacies and the dangerous delusions of dissent, are to be met and counteracted only by a faithful and earnest inculcation oj' the system of the Church. In this view, I cordially coincided with "Ecclesiasticus," and I had much pleasure in complimenting him upgr the ability with which he propounded his views. I wish that I could with equal sincerity express my approval of the sentiments and the spirit which charac- terise the letter under tbe same signature in your last number. Instead of this, I feel impelled by a sense of justice and a regard for the interests of the Church, re- spectfully to expostulate with your correspondent upon the severe, and to a great extent, undeserved censures with which be so ruthlessly assails bis brother-clergy. He does indeed use" grievous words, involving a heavy charge," in speaking as he does of those who like him- self, are overseers in the family and household of God," And his strictures are the more uncharitable and inex. cusable, QP account of the definiteness, amounting al- most to personality, with which he points out the locali- ties where the objects of his vituperation are to be found. I am sure that" Ecclesiasticus is a zealous and earnest clergyman; but notwithstanding this, and whatever his position in the Church may be, I doubt whether his own proper signature would have secured him from the imputation of extreme indiscretion-to use the mildest term-in thus selecting certain deaneries of tbe diocese for public reprobation, and others for his special approbation And why does,, Ecciesiasticus "make this distinction between the clergy of different deaneries?- Because in some, evening services are the rule, and in others the exception. Now I consider the absence of an evening service in a church, as a very in. sufficient ground for a reproof, even from a person in authority. "Ecelesiasticus" himself says, II I have heard evening services gravely and apparently sincerely objected to as conclusive to immorality. Then why not give those who have not these set- vices, the credit of acting sincerely upon the above conviction ? Or may not the circumstances of different parishes be such as to render unnecessary, or undesirable, or impossible, the establishing these services and what- ever may be said in their favour, they are not an essential part of the system of the Church, so ably advocated by Ecclesiasticus "in his former letter. Where there are two services in a Church, (and I believe but few are without them, unless where there two or more parishes to an Incumbeney),it surely may be left to the discretion of the clergyman to decide at what hour the second ser- vice shall be celebrated; and I cannot but consider it most unfair that any one should be held up to public odium because he entertains the opinion that the hours of three or four, suits the circumstances of his parish better than six or seven. It may be, notwithstanding the weighty objections to them, that evening services meet the re- quirements of the day better than afternoon services; but this is a matter of opinion, and a question which should be left (even by a Bishop) for the decision of each individual clergyman. Not so, thinks 11 Ecclesias- ticus for it is evident from the latter portion of his letter, that that he considers that staying at home of an evening, incurs the imputation of neglecting the public worship of God; for he says, "I deny in toto that to stay at home under tbe most favourable circumstances, and however profitable tbe time be spent, is, or ought to be, a substitute for attending in the Saviourj¡ own house of prayer." Will 11 Ecclesiasticus" really maintain that those who having attended the morning service, have also availed themselves of the privilege of joining in the even- ing service, but at an earlier hour than six o'clock, are justly open to the imputation of neglecting public wor- ship, because they pass the remainder of the evening in the bosom of their families ? For my own part, though not one who comes under" Ecclesiasticus's censure upon this point, I think it would be a great blessing, and would very much check the immorality which prevails to such a lamentable extent among our lower classes, if all Dissenters as well as Churchmen, could be induced to return to this safe method of apportioning the Lord's Day. fmost further deprecate the tone and the language in which" Ecclesiasticus" speaks of a respectable and in. fluential class of the clergy, the Rural Deans, when he says, I am well aware of the cruelty of disturbing the quietness of those of our Rural Deans whose standard of efficiency is respectable apathy; and I would remind him that he assigns to these officers a responsibility as well as an authority, which does not attach to them, when he imputes to them the blame of any deficiency ofservices that may be observable within their respective deaneries, I hope that "Ecclesiasticus" will receive the above, as I have written it, in the spirit of Christian charity. I am most willing to believe, that we may justly attribute the tone of the letter I have been commenting upon, to ex- cess of zeal, and a deep interest in tbe welfare of the Church. Neither am I disposed to deny that in many cases the clergy are two deficient both in zeal and energy: but on the other hand, I have reason to know that Ecclesiasticus's" strictures will give pain to many who, though it may be, labouring in an uncongenial field, and without much encouragement or success, are as earnest and devoted ministers of the Church, as I am satisfied he himself is, and would wish all his brethren to be. In conclusion I would add, that I have been induced to make the above remarks solely from an interest in the welfare of the Church, and not from any hostility to Ecclesiasticus," with whom I am sure I have many- feelings in common. But I think that the publishing such severe-not to say ulIJust-censures upon a numer- ous body of the clergy, is, in effect, to supply the enemy with additional weapons of offence. If some of us are deficient in zeal or activity, let us discuss among our- selves measures of improvement; but let us not, by criminating and exposing each other, give encouragement and advantage to those whose abject is, not to reform, but to destroy the Church. I remain, Sir, Your obedient Servant ECCLEBIASTBS. March 13th, 1860-. ECCLEBIABTBB. I

THE CHURCH IN WALES. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle, Sir—The picture which your able correspondent, "Ec. clesiasticus," draws of the Church in Wales is a sad one, but alas! too true! The disease is evident; people may, however, differ as to tbe cause and the remedy. My younger days, in Holy Orders, were spent in an Anglesey Curacy, and I well remember, sir, the first vi- sitation, which I had to attend at Beaumaris. The sad thoughts which then troubled me are still fresh in my memory. I could not help being painfully impressed with tbe sight as my eye travelled down the long dinner table at the hotel, and my mind's eye wandered away through the parishes over which this goodly company of preachers were set in the Lord, looking for the abundant fruit of so many-skilled I had almost written, but alas! that would not be true, sir-so many labourers! I do not say this,, Mr. Editor, in disparagement of the An. glesey Clergy-Iar from it; God forbid that I, conscious of my own many shortcomings and defects, should sit in judgment over my brethren! The Anglesey Clergy are not, as I can testify, one whit behind the rest of the Welsh Clergy. Many of them I know to be good men and true, andiaithful in their trust-almost all of them of the most irreproachable character. The woremen are not so much to be blamed as the system. If, as I could not help feeling was the CBSB, the labour of so many educated gentlemen, was, humanly speaking, thrown comparatively away, it must be not the fcult of the men but of the sys- tem in which they were educated. Evening serviees may be very desirable, Welsh-speak- ing and sympathising Bishops essential, but, Sir, I fear the root of the disease lies deeper. 1,1 If," to quote the words of another," the world is to be subdued, and the wanderers reclaimed, it must be through the grace of God., not by the revival of rubrics, or the restoration of I oknn-hM. or the building of schools, or the maintaining 0 nB of the Apostolic succession, or the doctrine ot too sacra- ments, or attending daily service, although all these may be done with a right aim, and be blessed by God. We want lives at variance with the world; simplicity against the world's luxury; love against the world's censorious- ness self-denial against the world's boundless self-indul- gence; reverence against the world's irreverence; strict. ness against the world's laxity. In a word, we want men to bear the cross; and in ell simplicity, humility and gentleness, to show forth what they believe, not with their lips only, but in their lives!" Here is tba emedy 1 It is altogether notorious that there exists among many of the Welsh Clergy a strange apathy with respect to the cure of souls. But it is time that regrets and recriminations, which are somewhat worse man useless, soouia cease. ney can no. OUI/Ir back the past, but they may mar the future. If it be true that the Church has fallen upon evil times in Wales, it is a reason that the zeal, and sincerity, and diligence of her children, and more especially of her mi- nisters, in her behalf, should be more eminent. And when we reflect that this noble inheritance of our fore- fathers, of which we are in our turn the guardians and administrators, has now subsisted, by the good provi- of God, for some eighteen centuries, with only a few intervals of depression,—by the Pelagians, the Popes of Rome, and after the Reformation, by the Pres- byterians and Independents-braving even in its infancy the madest shocks, and surviving tbe most arduous struggles, surely we ought not to be less hopeful of it, or less anxious for it now, when in its maturity and growth, its powers enlarged, and its prospects widening with the increasing British empire, its blessed sound of prayer and praise is gone out into all lands and it is become the best hope of Europe for the propagation of true and genuine Christianity to the very uttermost parts of the earth. He who is weak and wavering in such a cause, either knows not the value of his trust, or his grossly wanting in his fidelity and his duty to it I Let but a sense of our divine commission rise higher and higher in the minds of us, tbe Clergy, and its power be impressed upon our teaching, and there will be liitle cause for ap- prehension to the Church. A priesthood possessing a true view of the awful responsibility of a cure of souls, and of the strict account which they must one day give at tbe judgment seat of Christ, must carry with them the affection and esteem of the good amongst our parishion. ers. We are God's ministers, and their servants for Christ's sake. This is the true bond -vhich unites us, and the more tbey feel the genuine influence of our mi. nistry upon theirown hearts and lives, tbe more will they be induced to bonour it. The time indeed may come, foretold by the Apostle, when tbe people will not en- dure sound doctrine; but even then the duty of the Clergy is clear sind defined, and it will be their happiness and safety to be found in it; still they are to be watch- ful in all things, endure afflictions, and do the work of evangelists; the prophets must still prophesy, even though it be in sackcloth! My object, however, when I took up my pen, was to draw the attention of your readers to a letter which ap- peared in a London paper, The Guardian of last week, on the state of the Church in North Wales, urging the establishment of a middle.class school, having also in view the educating erpressly for the priesthood, those more promising youths from among the great middle class, who cannot afford a University education, and consequently, instead of becoming able and influential among their own class, supporters of the Church are converted into ber deadliest enemies, as dissenting teach- ers. How many can be pointed out amongst the ablest of these" Preachers" who would infinitely have pre- ferred the ministry of the Church, had tvre been in their time some such opening as I am alluding to, for them to receive Holy Orders! We have too long been relying on the goodness of our cause, and neglecting to train our champions, while our adversaries-wiser in their gene- ration-are multiplying their fencing schools, their aca- demies and seminaries, in every direction. The best position may be lost by inexperienced troops. And the ttle is thickening I do not like to trespass too much upon your valuable space I will therefore defer until next week the few I remarks which I wished to make upon clerical education in connection with a middle class School in Wales. I Your obedient servant. Your obedient servant, L. I 14th Mareb, 1860,

A REBUKE FOR "ECCLESIASTICUS." To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. I Sir,—Your correspondent Ecclesiasticus" is very se- vere in his remarks, or rather his animadversions, on bis fellow-labourers in the ministry in the districts of Lleyn and Eifionydd. With all due deference to the ingenious writer, the persuasion forces itself on my mind that he is assuming and exercising the functions of the Bishop, and usurping the government of his diocese. The having two services on a Sunday in every church where this is practicable, is certainly an object of anxious regard, of which the importance cannot be over-rated, and which demands tbe most serious attention of clergymen. But to inculcate the observance and practise of this necessary and important duty is the province, not of a self-consti- tuted c or, but of the Bishop of tbe Diocese; and I bave no doubt that the matter will have a place in his Lordship's charge at his forthcoming visitation. But, that a clergyman should take upon himself to deliberately and publicly charge his fellow clergymen with ministerial indifference, and a love of repose in preference to the per- formance of sacred duties, betrays an ungenerous mind, and deserves the severest reprehension. I remain, sir, yours faithfully, A LLEYN CLERGYMAN. I 13th Marcb, 1560. LLEY CLBRGYMAN. I

CARNARVON VOLUNTEERS.—A SPLIT IN THE CAMP. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. I Sir.-The Editor of the Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald committed an egregious mistake in stating in tbe last Herald, that the Company No. 3 of the Rifle Corps has undergone regular drill at Carnarvon." At present there is no Company No. 3 whatever in Carnar- von. The members (with few exceptions) openly ex- pressed their dissatisfaction with the election of officers by resigning. The officers then, seeing the corps likely to end in toto unless some immediate measure should be adopted to reconcile the refractory members, promised to resign if the majority of members voted against them; but when they found that when the election proved un- favourable to them, they refused to redeem their promise. The captain and lieutenant, after further consideration, promised to resign if Ensign Rees would do the same; but unfortunately the ensign declined to relinquish his appointment; and now the members, after playing a long and amusing farce with the officers ("which has been an agreeable diversion to those who oppose the volunteer movement") have formed themselves into a private corps, which has no relation with the present officers. Under the existing circumstances, there does not seem the remotest chance of re-organizing the original corps in Carnarvon. There is not a single person of respecta. bility willing to serve under these officers, who have endeavoured industriously to muster the requisite num- ber, out of which only three or four have promised to be sworn in. Here we have the whole movement disturbed through the stubbornness and obstinacy of the officers, who appear quite apathetic to the strong and explicit pro. testations expressed against them at the different com- mittees. It seems quite manifest there does not exist any chance of reconciling the members unless a new election of officers takes place consequently there will be no alternative for the officers but to relinquish their ap- pointments in favour of somebody of more influence and importance in the town. No one has any personal objectior. to the captain, who is highly respectable but several members have ex- pressed a wish to have Capt. Williams as a lieutenant; but the captain ought to be a man of great influence and importance, also a man of property. This would be a great encouragement to the respectable people of Car- narvon to join. A requisition was sent by the com- mittee to the officers, "sohciting them to resign, condi- tionally, that they would be eligible for re-election by the majority of votes." It was the intention of this com- mittee to propose Charles Wynne, Esq., M.P., as a captain, Mr. Rumsey Williams as a lieutenant, and Poole as an ensign, or the present ensign, according to the majority of votes. It is to be hoped that the officers will consider seriously before refusing to make this con- cession. The officers are suffering under a delusion if they think they can use any jurisdiction over the members who have attended drill, but who have not been sworn in,-and, indeed, I was informed that the officers depend upon their right of using compulsory measures with those who will decline to obey their injunctions. The members of the private corps, have a right to act ac- cording to their own will and discretion-for it was on this condition that those who separated from the original company joined the private drill. I remain, A MEMBER OF THE PRIVATE CORPS.

THE CHURCH IN WALES. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,-I have read with great but melancholy interest the admirable letters of your correspondent II Ecclesias- ticus," on the above subject.- Would that I could dis- prove some of the Bad assertions advanced by him as to his precarious state.—But as this, I fear, is impossible, even to other pens than mine, would you allow me to draw the attention of Churchmen in the Principality, through the medium of your paper, to a plan that is now being set on foot by myself and some friends, by which ouf Church, we trust, will, by the Divine blessing, be enabled to repair part of the ground she has lost. Ecclesiasticus, in his first letter states, that unless the clergy are aroused to greater self-denial, watchful- ness, and prayer, the time will come when this branch of the Church Catholic will not longer be in existence But we may well ask how is this great change to be brought about, and what chance there is of a lacge body like that of a clergy in Wales shaking off all at once old habits and customs, and becoming animated by that spirit of self-denial and exertion which would be required to make head against the strong current that has set aginst them. Such an instantaneous transformation cannot ill" deed be expected, but we may inquire whether any steps can be taken towards fitting the future clerzy-for their arduous task. From the small value of most of the livings, and on account of the language, which none can speak well who have not acquired it in childhood, tbe Church is and must be supplied in part from the middle and lower classes. But this cannot be looked upon as connected in any way with the low position of the Church, as the very same ct-viz.; the said position of the ministers, is cited (and rightly, in my opinion), as one great cause of the success of Dissent. It is rather in the present mode of preparation and education for the ministry that we must seek for the origin of the evil. At present the preparation of a candidate of this class for holy orders may be summed up thus :-When a boy, he obtains a knowledge of the rudiments of Latin from the village schoolmaster, and when old enough, proceeds to Lam- peter or St. Bees, &c., for two or tliiee years. This being actually the whole preparation many receive for the awful duties of a cure of souls, except what they may have learnt at Dissenting experience meetings. The remedy that some clergy at Oxford and in the Principality propose for this lamentable state of things is to institute a "middle-class school" on the plan of Hurst- pierpoint, where the charges will be such as to enable and encourage farmers, &c., to send their sons for educa- tion, and where Church principles and practices will be carried out; and the purport of this letter is to ask those of your readers who feel an interest in the Principality to come forward and help in the good work. Subscrip- tions have been promised, almost sufficient to begin the scheme on a small scale, but a much larger amount will be required to render it a permanent undertaking. Com- munications and inquiries for further information may be sent, in the first instance, to your obedient servant, E. H. DAVIES, Llanrhydd Ruthin. P S. -It may be well to add that the project cannot clash with any existing foundation, as the boys it is meant to benefit will be of a much lower class than those which attend our grammar-schools. In corroboration of this, I may state that the charge for board and lodging will be somewhere between £ 15 and E20 per annum; the exact amount, of course, depending upon the support it may meet with from members of, and others interested in, the Welsh Church. E. H. D.

LLANDUDNO, NORTH WALES. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,—I beg to band you annexed my Meteorological Report for February, 1860. Though the mean tempe- rature was no less than 6° lower than that of the corres- ponding month of last year, and 4" below that of the preceding month, the weather throughout was, on the whole, seasonable and excellent. Though the distant mountains were frequently tipped with snow-none fell here, and but little rain, the fall for the whole month, scarcely exceeding half-an-inch. The range of temperature, both diurnaj and monthly, was also moderate, and till near the close of the month, tbe atmosphere was little agitated by wind. In conse- quence of these circumstances, the cold was never felt to be either severe or uncomfortable. Though the thermometer takes no note of the ever varying condition of our atmosphere in its humidity, electricity, and movements, it is far otherwise with our sensations; for even when the air is thermally steady, its power of conducting heat from the body is greatly increased by an increase in the humidity. But of all the conditions which increase the feeling of cold, motion of the air or wind is the most influential. Dr. Kaul mentions in his arctic explorations," that a tem- perature of minus 60" in a calm, was more tolerable than one minus 400 in a gale. The highest day temperature noticed (48-3) was on the 29th, and the lowest night temperature (29°) was on the 13th, making the range for the month 19"3, the mean daily range being 7°8. The barometer range Will considerable, being no less than 1.72 inches. On the 5th, it suddenly fell to 28.88 inches, and as suddenly rose to 29.76 inches on the 6th; but there was no cor- responding local phenomenon of wind or rain either ac- companying or following this sudden and transient de. pression. A strong breeze, which prevailed from the 25th to the 28tfl, was all we felt of that severe hurricane which ap- pears to have swept over our island in a more southerly latitude on the 27th. I am, Yours, &c., Mostyn House, Llandudo, JAMES NICOL, M. D. 8th March, 1860. LLANDUDNO METEOROLOGICAL RETURN FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1860. TBE mean temperature of THE MONTH was 89°1 'rh MONTHLY range of temperature was 1913 The mean daily range of temperature. 1G8 The highest degree of temperature noted in THE shade by the self-registering mnimum thermometer was (on THE 29th) "?. 48"3 The lowest degree of night temperature Doted by THE SELF-REGISTERING minimum thermometer was (on the 13th) 29°0 The mean temperature of evaporation was 37*0 The mean dew point TEMPERATURE 33"4 The mean degree of humidity (Sat. 100).. 784 The highest barometrical pressure noted (on the 13th) was 30.60 inchee. The lowest „ „ (5th) was 29-88 The mean monthly presure 29.74 „ The range of pressure for the month was 01.72 The quantity of rain for the month was.. 0.55 „ rain fell on 11 days (day implying 24 hours) sunshine 2i (more or less) The wind was N.N.E.and N.E 8 days. W.S.W.and S.S.W. 2 da,.s. West 5 days. W.N. W. N. W. and N.N. W. 10 days. Variable in direction 4 days. calm on 13 days. a strong breeze on 6 days. a moderate breeze on 11 days. No approach to fog during the month. J. N.

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