The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

BANGOH POLICE. Tt,F.SDAY, JUNE 10.-Before W. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., Rev. T. N Williams, and J. V. H. Williams, Esqr. Drunkenness—Owen Jones and Moses Williams, were fined Is. and 9s. costs each, for being drunk at Bethesda. on the 25th ult. Mary Anne Davies and Margaret Luke, were also charged with being drunk at Bangor, on the 6th inst. The former was ordered to be imprisoned for 7 days, and the latter (who had assaulted the police officer) was fined 40s. and P". costs. Margaret Thomas, who was represented by her hus- band, a butcher from Bethesda, was charged with being drunk near the Penrhvn Arms Hotel, Bangor, on the 23rd ult. The Bench expressed their regret at being called upon to punish the husband for his wife's offence. and ordered him to pay the costs (4s. 6d.) only. Lot Hughes and John Evans, both militiamen, ad- mitted being drunk at Bethesda last week, and were fined 2s. 6(1. and 9s. costs. Owen Griffith, Win. Williams, and Thos Hughes, of Llanfairfeehan, were each fined Is. and 9s. costs for a similar offence. Pound Breach—Margaret Owen was charged upon the information of Griffith Win. Prees, with obstructing him and a mountain watcher, named Hugh Williams, in the execution of their duty when taking a number of moun- tain ponies to the pound. It appearing that the obstruc- tion partly arose from the accused's ignorance, and com- plainant not wishing to press the charge, except as a caution to the public in future, she was cautioned by the Beneb, and discharged. [The Hen. Col. Pennant, M.P., and the Rev. J. V. Vincent, here took ther seats on the bench.] Assaulting the Police.— John Prichard, a quarryman, was charged with having assaulted police sergeant Owen Jones, at Bethesiia, on Saturday night, the 24th ult. Ordered to be imprisoned for six weeks. Thy accused, it was said, had absconded from Bethesda, but.a warrant for his apprehension was issued. Bastardy—Jane Davies, Llanllechid, obtained an order of Is. Gel. per week, upon Thos. Williams, the father of her illegitimate child. Joseph Jones was fined 40s. and costs, for all assault committed at Llanfairfeehan, on the 31st ult. Ajipoivtment of Constables for Bant/or.—A precept having been issued by the magistrates, calling upon the overseers of Bangor to nominate parish COll6tables, and the parishioners in a vestry assembled, having refused to comply with that order, thesubject was discussed by the magistrates, when it was ultimately agreed that the Clerk be empowered to ascertain counsel's opinion upon the following questions :1. Whether it was imperative, under existing circumstances, that constables should be appointed. 2. Supposing it was not, if there were any duties attached to such offices which could not legally be performed by the county police force ? Refusing to Quit an Alehouse.—Win. Parry and Owen Williams, were fined Is. and 9s. costs, for refusing to quit the Union Tavern in Himel when requested to do so by a police officer, oil the 3rd inst. A Crimean Soldier in Ti-oable.-Edw. Joseph, Bryn- scienoyn, late of the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, who was wounded before Sebastopol, and received his discharge, was also charged with refusing to quit an alehouse, and fined Is. and 9s. costs. Obstructing the StI'Cct.<Griffith Williams and Thos. Davies, Kyffin-square, were charged with allowing their donkeys to prowl about the streets, and were disoharged upon payment of costs. Firing Chimnies.—John Roberts, Britannia-street, Upper Bangor, was mulct in 4s. 6d co.sts:for allowing his chimney to go oil fire on the 3rd inst. Peace WU''1'unt.Ellis Williams applied to have John Roberts, baker, Bangor, bound over to keep the peace towards him.—Bound over to keep the peace for twelve months; himself in £10, and two sureties in X5 each. BANGOR AND BEAUMARIS UNION. I The ordinary meeting of the Guardians of the Bangor aud Beaumaris Union was held on Wednesday last. Present—Mr. Bicknell, (Chairman,) Messrs. W. T. Ro- gers, W.Jones, H. Roberts, R. Evans, T. J. Jones. T. Lewis, G. James, J. Morgan, G. Simpson, T. Hughes, J. Roberts, E. P. Evans, W. Hughes, O. Owens; Hev. J. Sennar; and W. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq,. ex-officio. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN said, the long looked-for Report of Mr. Doyle, of the comparative expenditure of this Union with other Unions within his district, had arrived, which he read to the Guardians. From this statement, it appears that the Bangor and Beaumaris Union ex- pends in out-relief nearly 100 per cent. more than the Wrexham Union. In the latter Union, the Guardians, with very few exceptions, offer the Workhoust) as a test to all new cases; but from an examination of the application and report books of the Bangor and Beau. maris Union, it would appear that the Workhouse was offered to only 68 out of 523 fresh applications for out relief during the year ending Lady Day 1861. Mr. BULKELET Huaaus intimated the desirability of having the statement published in the local papers, and proposed that it be inserted four times in the two Eng- lish papers, and the Herald Cymracg, which was agreed to. The Chairman observed, that the facts presented to their notice by means of that statdillent, were most start- ling, and was a complete answer to what was stated in some of the local prints as to the poor being starved out in this Union. He thought the first step they should take, would be to offer no more relief to fresh applicants than what they could keep them for in the Workhouse. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. MORGAN withdrew his motion respecting the inequality of the assessment of certain parishes to the county rate. After some further remarks, the Board proceeded to the examination of the applications for relief.

THE LIFE-BOAT SERVICE. I The following interesting communication has been ad- dressed to the Secretary of the National Life-Boat Insti- tution by Capt. G. Jenkius, C.B., of H.M. Indian Navy, who, on a recent occasion, went off in the Aberdovey life-boat of the Institution, and afterwards assisted, under very difficult circumstances, in saving the smack Merrion Las3, of Aberdovey, and the crew of three men, which vessel had stranded in a gale of wind on Aber- dovev Bar, on the 22nd of April last. The gallant Captain says—" I trust to be pardoned for availing myself of this opportunity of placing before the Institution, the highly beneficial effect that the life- boat has had on this dangerous coast, in causing more enterprise among the pilots, and in imparting confidence to the crews of small vessels employed in the coasting trade. For installco The Merrion Lass, the small vessel that has drawn the attention of the committee, was driven in by stress of weather on this coast, anchored, and at day break lost both her anchors—the chains part- ing. The crew state, that as they knew tliero was an efficieut life-boat at this port, they instantly made sail on the vessel to beat otf the coast, or run in for the river Dovcy. The vessel wad weU handled, but dose in to the sand bank, and iu making for the Bar struck. The pilot had gone off some time previous, but could not, for, the high sea, approach the vessel, and in a few minutes the sea was seen from the shore to be breaking over the grounded vessel, and the only apparent chance of saving life, was at once to send out the life-boat. Aware of the importance of example, I felt that as I was on the spot, and as Chairman of the Local Life-Boat Committee, the oppurtuity was not to be lost of sharing what risk there might be, and of impressing on tue minds of the masters and seamen of this coast, that though the duty of the life-boat is only to remove from danger the. crew of vessels indistress.the country looks for additional energy on the part of the crew of such vessels, and that while there is a prospect of saving their ship, they will not fliuch from doing so and as the tide was flood, and a few feet more water was to be anticipated, on reaching the distressed vessel, we determined, instead of abandon- ing her, to lay by her, though the high cross sea required great exertion and serunanship; but the boat had expe- rienced seamen in her, who confidently did their work well. The crew of the Merrion Lass worked with great spirit; for seeing that the life-boat was close under their lee, they threw overboard a portion of the cargo, and kept the pumps going, and as we anticipated just before high water, tail was set on the vessel, and a high sea carried her into deep water. The gratitude of the whole coast is deeply felt for the great benefit received from the National Life Boat Institution. I shall leave this part of the country in a few days, and shall resign my connection with the Aberdovey Life- Boat. I feel it due to the lion- secretary of the Branch, Mr. Williams, who is also the Custom House officer, to express how highly I appreciate his services to the life- boat cause-he goes out on all occasions in the life-boat, and does his utmost to forward its interests."

Letters from Vancouver's Island report provisions as very dear. The annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society will commence on Monday the 23rd instant, in Bat- tersea Park, under the presidency of Lord Poitsmouth. The value of paintings and drawings bequeathed by Turner to the nation, is estimated at £ 400,000,

THE BREEDING OF STOCK. I DR. HITCHMAN, of Derby, recently read an elaborate paper to the members of the Derbyshire Agricultural Society on The Breeding and I orrn of Stock. After remarking that the developeuielit of breed consists not in mere enlargement or diminution of the entire anunal, but in a modification and change ot individual parts, Dr. llitchman said :-Without entering into any elaborate areumeut or specious theories, as to which is the pnDn. tive.t.pc of our ox tribe, we shall find that the tendency is ever to go back to angular forms, so to speak-to un- Vvenness of outline, thin haunches, and to a grey- Lund form of the flanks ad hmd quarters; and you will observe these qualities in any one of the three lead- ing classes which have been regarded as the parent steUl of our improved races. Take either this, the European bison, or this, the jungly Gaii of Asia, or the Bralnmn cow, which have been derived from it, and what do we observe but a coar8e hide, huge shoulders and neek, and fat deposited on parts such as the shoulder, instead of, as we wish it to be, over the loins and nbs, In a faith- ful portrait of a very superior Chillingham bull you will observe how wedge-like is the form, how thin the hounches how narrow and short the twist, how tapering the whole contour from front to back, instead of forming a pa" rallelonram, as we now desire out. first class stock to do. Bearing this disposition of going back to the primitive type in mind, remembering the standard of form which we as farmers, have determined upon, is not to be found in unchanged nature, and is so entirely arbitrary and artificial as to excite the smile if not the scorn of the artist, it becomes us to be ever on the watch against this retrogression, and to prevent it by the careful breeding and management of our stock. Dr. Hitchman then, assisted by a number of diagrams, proceeded to ilJIIstrate the special defects of various kinds of oxen, showing, in the course of his observati ons, how absurd it is to pin our faith to pedigree, without a rigid and searching ex- amination of the special anima] to which the pedigree was attached. He mid-There prevails a most errone- ous, I will not say notion, but feeling, about" breed," and it has been the policy of interested parties to keep it up. It has been looked upon as some especial, mystic quality, some aristocratic essence, by which changes are to be effected-by which a special something is to be brought about, as if by magic spell or charm. Breed is iu no great request in Derbyshire, because it is thought to be something too refined and grand for the teiiaiit- farmer; but this very thought is the product of the erroneous notions about" breed to which reference has been made. There are, actually, hundreds of perBons who think if a bull is recorded in the Herd Book it is all right, whatever shape or quality he may himself be and there are thousands who sneer at all allusions to breed, uecaue they have known your fine breeds," as they ironically term them, disappoint the expectation of the purchaser. Now what constitutes the true worth of a breed ? Simply this-the handing down of certain good qualities which were possesed by the founder of the breed. How have breeds been founded? Why has Charles .Colling's Hubback (the grandsire of the bull Comet"), picked up in a lane, or the Godolphiil Arabian" (the lLaterual grandsire of "Eclip3e ") pur- chased from a water cart, become the fountain heads to which cattle breeders and horsemen desire to trace up the pedigrees of their stock ? Why were they selected, but because they possessed, in market degree, most of the very best qualities which were desired in ox or horse, and because the purch:er8 believed and acted upon the idea that "like begets like;" and if like begets like in good qualities, why not in the bad ? Like begets like in the bad equally, if not indeed more surely, than in the good. Malformation in a vigorous animal is often handed down to his progeny for generations, even if none of his known ancestors posessed the fault: but it rolls on with fearful jiower if the defect be an jiereditary one. Having shown what, in liii opinion, were the chief defects of various types of the ox, Dr. Hitchman said,— Such is a brief summary of fanlts," but ane of the greatest remains to be mentioned, iiatnely-tliat of Urge bones. This opinion is, I know, not a general one, for a Derbyshire farmer once complained to me that the bones of the pigs at the Asylum were too small; he liked a big bone," he said, "it made up the weight when you come to sell them." That may be," I said, but as we eat our pigs at home, and cannot manage either to masticate or to digest the bony parts of them, the bones are large enough and heavy enough to suit our purpose." There cannot be a greater mistake; a great bone in cows or pigs, or sheep, is a great evil. It is the index to coarseness everywhere, and often the index, too, of a bad constitution, what we should term rickety or scrofulous in the human subject. Size and strength are not identical in living tissues and structures the small bones of the gazelle and the chamois, support- ing them in dashing leaps from crag to crag, are natural illustrations of how strength may be condensed in the small bone; the large bones are full of cells--are porous so to speak, and bear about the same relation to the small bone as the branch of the pithy alder tree does to the dense and compact stem of the 'oak. Well, having for the roost part dealt thw far with evil points, what may be considered good ones ? In the bull, the head should be well set upon a broad, deep, muscular neck, having the horns short, and not too bright; the ears long, and situated to the head, the inside skin, hav- ing an orange tint the forehead should be broad at this point, with a somewhat concave appearance between the eyes, the eyes themselves large, mild, lustrous, and pro minent. The butcher knows if he finds the eye of the calf protuberant, and by elevating the eyelids sees fat uuderneath, that the protuberance is caused by fat in the ocket; and if it be found in quantity liete, it is a-fail- criterion that it is well diffused in more important points. A tine flesh coloured muzzle, with nostrils well dilated the neck, as said before, broad, deep, and muscular the shoidder blades well set towards the rib behind, and yet stretching up finely towards the crop," leaving nodeep hollow between, it and the ribs; chest deep; "ribs well rounded, aud stretching backwards to the hook bone, so as to leave no very wide space there. The breadth be- tween the hook bones should be prop< irtionate to the length from, them to the point of the fleshy rump and the tail set on as in this diagram the forele should be broad and muscular from this point upwards; the thighs well developed, and touching each other inwardly to near the hock; the: skin covered with thick, soft, somewhat curly hair, aod should be to the touch, when the alùma.1 is hi a store condition, soft, elaBti<ijand plea- sant to the feel; but when the animal is fully fat (how- ever soft the hair) tlw skin itself should be very firm, resisting, resilient to-the pressure, like to the feel of a strained, well distended hair cushion. As I said before, the bones should be as small as is compatible with the fu]], steady sUIJport of the animaL 111 the cow, we eyerywhercexpect greater roundness of form, a softer touch willer hips, and a more delicate outline. In both, a graceful carriage and lively air are desireable. Such I conceive to be the perfect animal—soiae one lias said, the perfect monster the world never sr-w but to this we aspire at our show, and the prize t..ker is, or ought to be, the one which possesses the abore points in the greatest perfection; however, practically, if there be a deep chest, a round rib, a broad loin, a.,itiellow skin, and small bones, yott have a beast whirfi will repay your care, whatever faults may be found, by the connoisseur in othor parts of the animals structure. The lecturer concluded by briefly alluding to sosae general principles of management,. and resumed his scat amid loud cheers.

The royal princes of Italy (says, a Turin letter) have just set out on a long tour, of which the following is the itinenary :—From Genoa they will proceed to the island of Sardinia, thence they will successively visit,Sicily,. Na- ples, Constantinople, Smyrna, Rhodes, Cyprus, Syria, Egypt, the Barbary States, Tripoli aud Tunis, whence they will return to Genoa. THE DESCENDANTS OF im BOUNTY MUTINEERS— TLW Sydney papers report the. return oMiis Excellency th*.1 Governor (Sir John YŒng) from a visit to Norfolk Island, undertaken in a.cc(1rdance with wtructions fiom the Secretary of State, for the purpose of reporting upon the progress of the settlement of the descendants "l the mutineers of the Bounty, who, on the breaking. up of the convict establishment in Norfolk Island, were re- moved thither froni Pitcaini Islaad. It is stated that his excellency's intercourse with the isolated islanders has given him a favourable opinion of their character. The names of the chaplain, the chief magistrate, uid schoolmaster are mentioned in the terms of high com- mendation. The characteristics of the people mentioned by Sir William Denison. on returning from his visit— their uniform virtuous behavour, and the primitive simplicity of their tastes ana m:mners-stiII appear to be retained. The total number of persons on the island at the date of his excellency's visit was 268. DISOIIDERED FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN.-In the long list of painful or unpleasant-distressing maladies which afflict all classes, none are more prevalent than uasightly local, or seriously constitutional affections of the skin and, after trying all sorts of medicines and applications, either rational or empirical, many sufferers patiently resign all hope of cure or permanent relief. It is very satisfactory, however, now to learn, from the recorded experience of distinguished members of the faculty, that even in the most inveterate cases that have lasted for many years, a safe, inexpensive. speedy, and most effica- cious remedy has been found in Dr. de J ongh's Light- Brown Cod Liver Oil. Dr. de Jongh relates many most remarkable cases treated successfully by himself and other foreign physicians and Mr. Hunt, the eminent writer on. Cutaneous Disorders, whose great experience in this class of diseases is well known in the profession, states:—" It is bare justice to Dr. de Jongh to say that the success attending the use of his Oil in dispensary practice fully satisfies me that he has not exaggerated its value. To avoid the chance of adulteration, and to secure uniformity of quality, I have iuvariably prescribed, in the cutaneous cases alluded to, the Oil sold in bottles with Dr. de Jongh's seal upon thew,"

The Mbming Post says ttu the gradual elevation of' Mr. Walpole to the leadership of the Conservative party in the Honse of Commons is a'ciycumstauce which can- not be contemplated without lively satisfaction by poli- ticians of every shade of opinion-. Barnum:Has got the smallest baby in the world at his museum imnew York. It is ",boy eight months old, weighing otly.23 ounces. The child is well-formed and healthy. His head and arm cam pass through a man's finger ring. At the lite fire at Enchad,m Holland, not one of the pretended. incombustible iron safes resisted the ef- fects of the 3aines, all the papers and documents having been destroyed, and the gold and silver contained in them melted. Dr. Maine, having been appointed a legal member of the Supieme Court of India, the office of reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law will, upon the resig- nation of Dr. Maine, lately announced by him be va- cant. Mr. W. C. Domville, D.L., of in* Queen's County, has received a threatening letter. A private magisterial inquiry resulted in the arrest of an assistant teacher iu a national school, whose handwiiting was similar to that in the letter.. It is stated that Peter Morisoc, of the memorable Bank of Deposit, ifl now residing in, Rnis, with apparenly little or no means of subsistence, and that his wife an" family, who are at Folkstone, are likewise in straitened circumstances. On Saturday afternoon, Peter Smith, collector of police and prison rates for the burgh of Arbroath, was apprehended, on the charge of breach of trust and em- bezzlement. H is alleged defalfcations, so far as ascer- tained, for the-year amounts to- £ 218. The Emperor of the French is said to have given orders for the nomination of a commission composed of officers of the naval engineers, charged to organize on the French, roast a system of lite-boats similar to those in England, .and in which useful invention France has been hitherto strangely deficient. Mr. Arthur Kennard, son cf Mr. Kennard, M.P., met with a serious accident whilst riding in Rotten-row on Saturday last. Mr. Kennard was mounted on a favourite- hunter, which stumbled and fell, fracturing his leg in, a very serious mcuner, the bones protrud- ing- In Rosedale, last week, the English miners com- bined to, drive the Irish labourers out of the valley, which they did. Some sharp fighting took place. The ceiise of the party feeling is stated to have beelt owing to an Irishman contracting for work at an under price., A young man named Andrew Lewi3, of Upclmrch, near Chatham, has been committed for trial for stab- bing in a dangerous maimer his sweartheart, Kate DutnaU, whose only offence appears to have been, that sbjj danced with another mail at a wedding party. The resistance offered by the girl's stays was the means. 06 saving her life. A MiscHiEvtors Fox.—Capt. Chawner, who resides at Greatham Manor House, near Petersiieldi had for amusement a fox chained up in the yard. Now, it so happened that reynard, by some means or oilier escaped from his shackles, and set to work in the poultry yard, where he killed altogether 58 head of poultry, bcsiden destroying a quantity of eggs. Having completed his task there, he padded his way to the fa?.? adjoining, when he fell in with a fine ram belonging to Mr. Edward Chalcraft, which he bit and worri?w so as to cmlwl its being killed. Pug was caught in the act, and taken back to durance vile, to con over his freak at his leisure. —Sussex Express. EXTRAORDINARY Marriage.—At Ballynahineh, on the 3rd inst, the Rev. C. Boyd, vicar, united in the bonds of wedlock Mr. Wm. Anderson of Newtownards. to the widow of the late Mr. Kennedy Smith, of Lisburn. The age of the venerable bridegroom is 98, while that of the blushing bride is 67. What makes the union still more extraordinary is the fact that Mr. Auierson had only been a disconsolate widower for three months when he made lip his mind again to tread the path to Hymen's altar. On coming out of the church the ve- nerable pair were placed in chairs and carried down the town to the sounds of martial music and amidst the cheers of a large crowd.—Belfast News Letter. Homes FOR Shop Girls.—An effort has lately been made to establish homes for shop girls in the west end of London. Very large tradesmen, and tradesmen very much pressed for means, are apt to treat shopwomen in their employ with a severity which has all the effect of oppression. The former, to keep up discipline, dismiss without warning, and for exceedingly slight offences the latter do worse. To save one dinner a week, they turn the girls out literally into the streets. The poor women mut have food, and they find it in little eating ouses, where they are exposed to all manner of temptations, and sometime direct instruction to evil. Cases perfectly horrible in the cold heartlessness which they display have recently cached our ears, alld we note with pleasure that homos 4ie being established for shop girls out of work, and for those whom, oeir employe** insist on kicking out for a holiday.r-^wefutor'"