The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

GENERAL REPORT FOR TIIE YEAR 1831, BY HER MAJESTY'S IXSPECTOli, WILLIAM SCOLTOCK, ESQ., M.A., On the British and other Protestant S"ool, not con- nected with the Church of England> inspected h'/ him in the counties of Chester, Salop, Stafford, and Jfifr- vi,i-, and in North Wale". My Lords,—During the autumn of 1S60,1 assisted my colleague, Dr. Morell, in the Inspcction or the Wesleyan i training college at Westminster. My remarko on the health of the students and other matters, were addressed to him, and he embodied the same in his general report. I also inspected and reported to your Lordships upon the Normal college at Bangor. Between the 1st Sept. lSIiO, and 31st Aug. IStil, I visited the following schools in the receipt of annual grants :-30 boys' 22 girls' 21 infant, and S.) mixed schools. ll,12i males, and 7,323 females, were present at exa- mination, the average attendants amounted to 1(5,070, while accommodation was provided for 23,333. The annual income, as stated by managers of 114 schools, was X12,917 Os. 7d., of which £ 7,139 14s. 5d., came from school pence. The fees range from Id. to 4d. per child. Only 4*03 per cent., pay more than 4d. per week. On comparing former returns with the present ones, I found that there has been a decrease in the teachers' salaries. The average pecuniary emoluments, including Government grants and all professional sources of in- oome, were, for certificated masters, A:93 IDs. 1,1.; mis- tresses, £6\.1 16s. Od. infant schoolmistresses, £ t)3 3". 10d. Only 14*18 per cent, of the scholars on the school registers, were above 12 years of age, and I am inclined to think that this per ceutage is greater than it otherwise would lie, on account of many growu-up boys and girls being in the habit of attending Welsh schools during the winter quarter; and I am pretty sure that from 3 to 11 years, wust be set down as the age of the mass of children who will attend our elementary schools. To the above schools eight cases of simple inspection must be added; from these, however, either no returns were made, or else the returns were not complete. The following schools have applied for Government aid during the year:— Aberflraw, Parochial; Birming- ham, Vrahall-street; Cozeley, Darkhouse Chapel; Gaer- wen, n, II an ley, Bethesda; Hawaii Green, Wes. Henley in Arden, B. S.; Leamington, n.s.; Leaming- ton, Spencer-street; Liiiibryiiinair, B.S.; Llanfaehreth, 13. S.; Pensnetfc, B. S.; Walsall, Wes.; Talysarn, B. S. Two schools have ceased to receive annual grants ;— 1. West Bromwich, Ebenezer, boys. 2. Harbourne, Public 8. At N orthwich W c,t,yan school, the infant department has been closed, and the whole school is now conducted as a mixed one, under a master, and a mistress for needle work. The reasons for the change seemed to bc, that the school buildings were not suitable for two depart- ments; but after closing one, the managers were en- abled to improve the premises by the addition of two class rooms. Several school-rooms have been improved, and in some localities, new schools erected. Thus at Walsall, a large Wesleyau school has been built with Government aid; and at Tipton Great Bridge, two departments—one for bo's and girls (mixed), another for infants-have beon openel during the year in place of the old and in- commodious rooms. F. Wedgwood, Esq, of Etruria, ha" just completed, at his own cost, most convenient schools for girls and in- fants the premises consist of a large room for infants, alld a rnoIU and class-room for girls. Very few schools in my district have been more judiciously planned money has not been wasted upon useless ornaments, and yet all requisites have been procured, for the rooms are well ventilated by Watson's patent ventilators, a¡¡d wcll lighted; they are also warm, dry, and furnished with benches, desks, and galleries. In some instances, I tUink that the promoters of schools have erected buildings too large for the number of children who are likely to attend. Thi., I im;igine, has been done, under the impre^oion that scholars would be drawn from a ratlins wider than is possible in 10c:lli- ties where the population 'is sparse,anrl i1 districts where the weather is at certain seasons very severe. On this point, Mr. Jenkins remarks (Report of Education Com- mission, vul. ii., p. 503):—" r have 110 heiita.tion ill Pay- ing that the erection of school-rooms on a scale need- lessly in excess of the average attendance, is not only a great oversight oil the part of the promoters, but at once an unjustifiahle exdenditure of public money wherc a grant is made, and a waste of voluntary energies which might be employed for more useful ends. In very many pa1-ts of Wales, for example, "I11all schools are the only one3 which can be supported, lor the farmers are the sole persona (as a rule) who can afford to give voluntary contributions, and the children likely to go to school are few in number, o that the fees would not amount to many pounds in the quarter. I however fully believe that such schools might be estab- lished and carried on with great efficiency; and it seems to IH that a mistress would in many cases be more suit- able than a master for a small rural school, and this for more reasons than one. She would be contented with a smaller salary, and being capable of instructing the girls in needlework, the stipend for the sewing mistress would be saved. J have the leëJ hedihtiou in recommending the nbove plan, for in my former district, a Wt:sleY.\11 school at Melsonby, under a mistress, always received from mo a good report* and I lind that my successor, E. H. Brudio, Esq., (Tabulated Reports for 1359— 60) speaks highly of the same school. 1Iorc attention 11:16 of late been paid to cleaning and p ti,,g. I In 1857, I found many schoob in St?rd- ?. dirty and ,i??g a general look of bad  ment; however, I am glad to say that a change foi-tb bette; ha?tkenp'?e- 1 was particularly stmek with ?P'?'?'t ? the Burslem and Tin?tall Wesleyan schools. There are, however, certain habit) of the scho- lars of no few schools, that would he more honoured in the breach than in the observance. It is bad enough to see a boy spitting upon his slate, and wiping it with his coat sleeve, but much worse to behold a girl, after her slate has been well lubricated with the liquid to which allusion has already been made, cleaning off the wet with her frock, or, sttll oftener, some under garment. Pen-wiping also, is effected in a most primitive fashion, either bv means of the mouth or on the hair. I do think that such matters (though they may seem to be mere trifles) are worthy of reprehension, and should be provided against in schools, as ciirldren ought to learn habits of cleanliness as well as (or, as I should say, in preference to) hard terms in grammar, and strings of geographical names. of In Wales, the progress made in the numbar of schools established, as well as in tit., efticincy of those already existing, is very encouraging. One chief reason tor the improvement is owiug to greater care having been patft to the elementary subjects, and consequently the instiuc- tion has become more accurate and moregenerally usetul. The Welsh language, however, is a great obstacle, parti- cularly in the outlying districts, for though the cuilrtren yei many parents sneak only Welsh, and therefore the' conversation at home is came t on in a tongue dillerent to that used at school, and so the work of the day is connter'.cted by the habitual language of the family. However, greater proficiency would be attained, if better methods were adopted for teaching infants, the system too often pur- sued of grouping all the young children in a class-room badly ventilated and over-crowded, is highly oejection- able; the poor sufferers remain for a length of time seated row above row, attending to the lessons, or rather attempts at lessons, of a pupil teacher. More attention seems to have been paid during the past year to teach- ing the meanings of English words, and I would urge the necessity of still greater care being bestowed on this subject, for it is quite absurd that boys or girls should be able to read fluently a passage in an Englssh book, and not to understand the meaning of the author. Among those counties where schools have been mul- tiplied, Anglesea stands conspicuous, and this much wished-for result is owing in a great measure to the un- wearied and patient labour of the Rev. John Phillips, a man who has done more for education in North Wales (at least as far as British schools are concerned) than any single person. Of the Anglesea schools under my ill- spection, the British schools at Holyhead are remarkable i )" discipline, utimbers, and instruction. Eleven years ago (a, I am informed) when the present master (Mr. D. Evans,) took charge of the boys'school, it had been in operation for nine or ten months, and was attended by about 1-1!) boys, who paid on an average L: 15 a quarter. At present there are about 300 boys in average atoend- anee, the receipts from whom, in school pence, has ave- ragjd £-12 a quarter for the last two years. During the last ten years, the average attendance at the girls' school, has increased from 70 to K>0, and the quarterly receipts in school pence, from -17 to £ 21. NIGHT SCHOOLS. The night schools under my inspection are few in number, and of these feW the majority have only been recently established. One school is worthy of special notice I mem the school eonnecteù with the church of the Saviour in Birmingham. The night school for women wa opene I in September 1847, in a room in New Hall-street. Thirty-six women were present at the opening; of these, scarcely any could read sentences, and not a dozen could form a legi- ble letter: only three (and these proved to be dress- makers) coul,1 cut out or fix a single articio of their own clothing. In March 1848, the school was removed to a room in Broad-street, which was supplied with clesks and benches, all of which were wanting in the former room. The women are now taught in the school-room belong- ing to the church of the Saviour, where black-boards, desks, anll all other appliances are in abundance. The following will give a pretty accurate account of the state of the M'hool at my last visit:— Of 153 pupils admitted into the school between the 3rd Sept. 18H0, and the 4th March, 1861 14 read and write well. 54 „ „ tolerably. 47 „ „ very imperfectly. 32 read ody. (j neither read nor write. 74 had been at d:ty schools, but left when very young. 29 at Sunday schools only. 5 at 1)rivatc Schook 3 never at school. 8 at day schools over 5 years. 13 „ „ three 21 „ two,, One hundred and forty were on the books at my last in- spection, of whom 85 could read fluently, and write fairly. Though many of the scholars are working in factories, yet the order is excellent, and the manners good. CHANGE OF TEACHJSI13. Numerous changes among teachers have taken place in my district, which is much to be lamented, for the best schools are decidedly those in which the teachers have remained for a length of time, ti, fur instance, in some of the Staffordshire schools, the portion of my dis- trict that I have inspected for the longest period, and about which I alii able to give a decided opinion. Among some young teachers there is a restless feeling. When they are sent to a school that is not ready made to their hands, they compare it with the school in which per- chance they have been pupil teachers whereas they forget that the characters of such schools have been made by the steady perseverance, unwearied efforts, .,id skill of teacher? who have devoted the bestycaraof their lives to their cJUing, and by so doing have won the respect of all with whom they have to deal. PUPIL TEACHERS. The custom of apprenticing uupaid teachers is more CO;()i';()Waïs aglIiciIi!:di pbl v\1 80US may be assigned the one, that the demand for la- bour, generally speaking, is not so great, and conse- quently, wages are lower; the other, that parents are glad to secure an education for their children of a higher grade and for a longer period than could otherwise be obtained, except at the cost of sending them to a school in England, so that the instruction given by the master or mistress is looked npon as an equivalent remuneration for teaching in school; at all events, until a vacancy oc- curs for a paid apprentice. A few years back, I had occasion to complain of the reading of the pupil-teachers. I am happy t,) say that a chacgc for the better h: taken place, but there is still room for further improvement. The reading may be described as rough and ready, rather than smooth and intelligent; in many eases, the readers do not seem to comprehend the meaning of the passages, and in con- sequence, the performance wants force and e¡¡pre&!iolJ. The letter II is too often left, out, even by those who^e proper office it is to correct this time-honoured omission. It seems to me that special lessons in reading should be given to the pupil-teachers, in order that they may be more fully qualified to carry out the instruction of others in this moit important branch of education. The next point upon which I have to remark, is the want of care displayed in English composition on the subject of school management; for whereas questions on geography are answered well, and many other subjects worked out accurately, the written answers on school management are both imperfect and incorrect, for in writing an abstract of some easy subject, and in drawing up notes of lei;80!1d, the rules of grammar are not infre- quently lost sight of by many pupil teachers, who have accurately and readily disposed of questions on analysis and parsing of sentences. I am of opinion that the ma- jority of l'upil,teacller8 would be jrnathj benefitted by the contin uance of lesions on writing. I have to express my thanks to the ladies who kindly assisted me in examining the needlework of the female pupil-teachers in St¡¡í!i,rd"ùjre. Great pains and no small amount of time were spent in examining and de- ciding upon the merits of the various pieces of work in this county, and the ladies in many cases expressed themselves well pleased with the specimeu that came before them. AUf: AT WmCH CHILDREN* LEAVE SCHOOL. The demand for labour is so great, at all events in the manufadnriug parts of my distriet, that it is not pos- sible to keep children at school for any length of time; as soon as they can earn it small sum per week, they go to work. Attempts have been made by prize schemes to induce parents to allow their sons and daughters to remain at school; what intluence thôd reward. Ulay have had in schools not under 1>1Y inspection, 1 am unable to state, but in the schools which I visit, it is only the chil- dren of the "well-to-do" parents (as a rule) that com- pete at the general prize scheme examination; and I believe that the majority of such scholars would in any case stay at the schools under Government inspection, as the parents think that such schools afford a ,g"I1!Hler and more useful illstructi,)!1 than can be obtaine-l at flashy seminaries or finishing academies. In the case of those who have to gain their living bi- manual labour, we must bear in mind the rlifficulty of learuitg some trades, as well as the demand for labour. Thus the potteiy business is an art that requires time and practice, and can only be acquired by actual mani- pulation. What is really wanting is to secure attendance while the children are at school, to prevent their being kept <.ct home on the slightest excuse, or for no excuse at all. Moreover, g?,?,t attention must be ;Nid t) the children in the lower classes, and teachers should devote qotl],- part of cach day to tlle scholars, and not l?,ve tHumtD the soieeh?'gcoi a pupil teacher, pfrclMucem his M ye?r, or ?ti)t WO-M, to an unpaid monitor in the shape of it t-Y from the fr.t daM. "hThVwiowm^^ 01 the Rev. J. ?—— (Report .? Education Commission, ?. ii. P' 117) are worthy of attention ftt "The tiine lost in the lower the great cause of children's education not being advanced when the  for their withdrawal from ?- hool, and thw ?e in the c? of boys must be fixed at furthest at the ace of ten. It is p?Lible, ,i?dr -(),I,ld sJstMm, ly al)pli,l], to have educated a child f^irlv well for hM position m life by tht -g?." i ter a child has left the day school and gone to work, efficient night schools keep up the previous attainments; and if children ha^ in^clin.v tion to improve, ti?? means will not be wantin^g {to enable them to ?tt??,d such places of instruction. I,EXOTIl OF SCHOOL TDIE. In no few instances, the children come to school at II a.m., leave at 12, and they are in school again at 2 p.m., and remain until 5 o'clock. I believe that the strength of the children is exhausted by application so cont.Í1.wOUs, and, in Inany caies, so wearisome and if one hour at i lea^t were cut off from the time actually spent in the school-room, the results would be more satisfactory, for till work iiiid iic) plvty iii;tkei Jick a dtill boy." Moreover, in winter, the chitdt eu are cold and lifeless their fingers are so benumbed that they cannot write their bodie. artf frozen, and their minds scem to hiber- nate, to wake up, perchance, with the coming spring. In summer sleep holds sway, and reigns eupreme in spite of the oft-repeated cry of "hauds out," or some other desperate appeal. Owing to the tedious school time, home lessons are not so orteii given as I could wish, not always carefully enmincd. While speaking of home lessons, I cannot help saying that learning by heart is "conspicuous by its absence. Let me not be supposed to advocate the ol(I fashioned method when learning to repeat meant learning by rote; parrot-like, I merely wish to urge the importance of ex- ercisiug the memory, and also the voice, for correct re- citation is lio small help to good reading. At the same time that I say that in many schools home lessons are neglected, I must by no means be thought to include all the schooli in my district; in some, great attention is pwlto this subject, (for instance at the Stockport British school) and where such is the caae, learning keeps pace with the labour bestowed. KEGISTEKS. In many schoo1. :\1artin's registers are used, and ill the generality of cases I have reported that the registers are" fairly" kept. By fairly I mean that the entries are made in such a manner as to induce me to believe that no deceit has-been pracli,e,1 in making them. How- ever, there are certain points connected with the keeping of registers which need more sp-jcial attention even in those registers where columns are ruled for the ages of the children, and for the time of attendance since each child was admitted, I often find that such entries are not made; moreover, the days attended by each child during the year, are scarcely ever brought forward. In some schools, the summaries are not filled up week by week and quarter by quarter, but such statistics are left until the end of the year, and then the teacher has to work night and day to till iu averages which ought to have been caeulatedand set down months before. Name" are left on the register after a child has ceased for sowe considerable time to attend school, whereas in the Minutes for 1857-8, page 38, I find the following As soon as a child has been absent for a fortnight (at the longest) inquiry "l1ould be made of the parents whether or not it has been withdrawn, and no name should, under any circumstances, be kept on a register after an unbroken absence of two months. After a greater interval, the child, if it returns to the school, should be re-admitted with a special notice opposite to the eighth column in the admission register.—( A book by the way not often to be met with.) The almost universal practice is to mark the presence of a child by a dot. That this is the best method seems to me doubtful; for in case a teacher wished to be dis. honest, (a onppositi,)\1, let us hope, by no means capable of proof,) dots are easily made fo as to bring a child up to the number of days required for capitation whereas, if blanks represented attendance and dots absence, the dots when made iu ink could not be erased without leav- ing a mark visible to those who e:mmined the registers. NUMBER OF GIRLS AS COMPARED WITH Bon. In the Wesleyan schools (a. far as I can judge) the number oi girls, as compared with boys, is small. I can- not conceal my regret at the di.sprop"rti,)1} between the two, and the difference is the more striking when I com- pare the numbers in other schools under my inspection in places where Wc.eyau schools exist. Thus, in West Broimvich, at the Wesleyan school, (mixed) I found 219 hoys and 101 girls, whereas at West B. omwich Summit factory schools, I examÜlCd 141 boys and 140 girls. Again, at Uirkenhead Wesleyan mixed school, 82 boys and 54 grls were present at examination, whereas at Bir- kcnlwad St. Andrews' Presbyterian school, 112 boys and 141 girls were present at the time of inspection, The above fact of statistics, I am glad to say, has not escaped the notice of the Wesleyan Education Com- mittee. Report for 1861, page 28.) NEEIILLWORK. More attention has of late years been paid to needle- work, and I find that in the girls' echools where sewing is best, the iutellectual instruction is also the best; thus at Tean school (belonging to 3Iessrs. Philips) and West Bromwich Summit foundry school (belonging to Messrs. Knurick) the industrial skill and intellectual acquire- ments are most satisfactory. As regards mixed schools, I fear that the training in domestic matters is still a weak point; in some cases, the sewing mistress is not a very competent person for the office, and in out of the way places, it is by no means easy to meet with any one at all able to teach sewing and cutting out. About industrial training in North Wales, I find the following Remarks iu the Report of the Education Commission (vol. ii., p. 502 :)-- The schools in this district generally, almost uni- versally, are superintended by niasters, and the only special branch of female instruction given in them is sewing, for which a mistress is generally engaged, who attends the school twice )? thrice week. In the schools of North Wales, it (rawing) is badly taught." (},\otli,IY that these reiMtrku are true, the error ought to be corrected. I have the honour to be, &c., WM. SCOLTOCK. To the Sight Honourable The Lords of the Committee of Council on Education.

Why has the British Crown declined the Sovereignty of the Fiji Islands ?—Because it did not want to be Fiji-tied (fidgeted). N.B. The aiitli., of this atro- city was immediately consigned to the island in ques- tion.-Pun. FATAL BATHISG ACCIDENT AT ALGOA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA.lIfr. Thomas \V. Buck, son of Mr. Thomas Buck, of Market Street, Manchester, met his death at Algoa Bay, by drowning, on the 13th lilt., near the break- water. The surf was not high at the time, but the un- fortunate young man had got into the current, which at that point was too strong for the most expert swimmer to have rendered help. His companion (Mr. Fane) in his endeavour to help his friend, though he could scarcely swim, narrowly escaped a similar fate, by being only just rescued in time by a boat from the breakwater. Thc un. fortunate deceased had no relalious here.—Abridged from the Cape News. When our forefathers lost a tooth or two they never thought of remedying the misfortune; but in the pre- sent refined state of society persons subjected to this loss at once repair to the dentist, who supplies them with artificial substitutes which are fastened to the adjoining teeth, the operator knowing too well that the wires so used wiM speedily destroy not only the artificial teeth themselves, but the good ones to which they are attach- ed; besides constantly sEpping down and inducing active inflammation of the gums whilst on the other hand the tighter and more securely they are fastened the greater the mischief they effect. This accomplished, more re- ni uuing sound teeth are attacked, and in their turn des- troved, the expense cach time, of course, marvellously increasing) and if the victim has patience and funds to go on, he is suppUed with larger numbers, in the ratio of the havoc made by the fastenings. This remorseless ex- pense and bungling is entirely obviated by Messrs. Ga- briels Patent Sell-adhesive method, which wholly dis- penses with gold wire, silk ligatures, and fastenings of everv kind. Particulars of this invention may be hadon reference to our advertising columns. A THHOLOUICAL DIFFICULTY.—The Rev. Dr. Heath writcs as follows to the Times :-The Privy Council has laid it down that to justify" shall Ueucefortli, in the province of Canterbury, mean to admit into God's fa- vour." My predicament is that, in the first place, this is not a meaning given in any dictionary; and it is, in fact, inconsistent with the form of the word in the He- brew language. A ni I, then, called upon—do you wish me-wolld you advise me knowingly to transgress a grammatical rule aüd tell an etymological falsehood, compelled to it by force, in obedience to the Privy Coun- cil ( But a worse part of my predicatueut remains. Grammar and etymology, especially in Greek and He- brew, may be matters in which a righteous man need not care to resist force but what if the definition im- posed on us makes our Article actually contrildict itself in a useless fashion ? Man is admitted into God s fa- vour by man's faith in our Saviour." This is now the Article; and yet, I suppose, every clergyman in England will say, faith itself comes of favour. Faith is itself the very favour which is here said to admit into favotir. By God's favour," says the Privy Council, "man is admitted into God's favour." You may well call this me- taphysics," but, I suppose, I am to be deprived of my living by it.

DENBIGHSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. FRfDA Y. TillAl. Of J>HISXEHS. The Crart opened at ten o'clock o:i Friday morning, Magistrates on the bench :Thos. Hughes, Esq., YAtrail, Chairman; John Price, Eai., Llanrhaiadr Hall; Wm. Chambers, Esq.; Rev. Lloyd Roberts, Cefn Cosh; Capt. Price, Ll.tnrhaiadr Hall; Rev. E. J. O.ven, Llanynys; Major Wynne, and Gabriel Roeerts, Esq. The following gentlemen were sworn on the UlaND J1.n\ J ,ih'.i Da\"ie3. foreman. Liamdan: Ol1hrid Davies. l-las 1A. r t t uthin Tj 1 V.1 i■1 H' c. id; i: r'ltvi l V i street, Tt'.it'uin i« <■ iiati.iii ■ lb -I < bl 1 v i N i i Daoisl Kobe its. ell -street. TIuihin )<hvar<l Thackeray. Vlas Llanychan J"h., W Allt,o,yn John Trice Williams, lthuullt; Kobert Wynne, liachymbyd Fawr. The Cli.MHSiAN, in charging the Grand Jury, said- The calendar on the present occasion contains rather more names than is usual at this season of the year. There are 13 cases altogether, which i» above the aver- age number at a time "f the year wlm men are suppos- ed not to be in wan of employment. Some of the pri- soners, however, are peî"O¡)8 not bilonging tù, and little known oi in this locality. Although the calendar is heavy, none of the cased are attended with features of aggravation—asgreat violence ft'ere mostly trilling robberies. There is one case or housebreaking, in which two men are charged with having entered a ottage and stealing a quantity of wearing apparel there- froin, when the people were absent. You will liii(I iii the evhlenee that some of the stolen articles were found upon each of the men, but at a very considerable dis- tance from the house. There is no evidence shewing that they were "een committing the ict. Both appear equally criminal, and you are open to bring in a bill against botli or either of them. There is a similar case in which there are two Inure per,"5()n charged with having stolen a watch at Wrexham. One of them broke the watchmaker's window, atitl the watch was found in his possession,—but if yon think his companion had a part in the robbery, you willlhd" bill against the two, and you are equally at liberty to put one of them on trial, and ignore the bill against the other. Then there is a case of a boy of 11 or 14 years of age for receiving stolen money. Xow, 1 .should tell you there were two brothers taken before the Magistrates, and the charge ag;,iJ)t theul was for taking a sum of money out of a box iu the National School at Henllan village. One of them was convicted under the Summary and Jurisdiction Act, which gives the Justices power to deal summarily with small fc10ny cases, but it docs not extend that power in cases of receiving the goods stolen. The boy committed to take his trial was charged with receiving th money from his brother, well knowing them to be stolen. I mention this that voti may be aware that the principal boy, the felon, has been convicted amI is now undergoing hi. sentence. Ther are no other cases requiring re- marks from me, therefore I discharge you to yom duty, hoping von will take the short cases fiist so that wc may begin to try the prisoners. DIVE11SION OF ROAD. lr. SWETTENHAM made an application for an order gralltitlg a diversion of a township road at Jthnse Berse, parish of Wr8")W!JI. 1 le had mado enquiries with the Clerk of the Peace and found that the necessary certifi- cates had been complied with, and proper notices given iu the newspapers, and on the door of the parish Church of Wrexham. The Ci.K.tuc OK THE PEACE having read the certificates, which bore the signatures of Simon Yorke, Esq., and Rev. F. G. Tipping, the order was granted. STEALING A SPADE. John Rnu:'and<, Pautildu, was arraigned and indicted for stealing a spade, on the 12th of April, the property nf Joseph Evans, Lianferras. Jlr. Williams prosecuted and Mr. Smith, instructed by Mr. Jones, defended. Jos. Evans identified the spade from a mark on the handle, and Edw. Evans deposed to the prisoner offering him the spade now produced for sale, and which he bought of prisoner for 2s. Prosecutor came to him for tile sjade, and he Kaye him a shilling for it. Prisoner denied having eyer eeu the spade, and he attributed the affair to an illfeeling getting between him and proseiitor, who had concocted some means to punish him. Such was his statement through his attorney before the committing Magistrates. The CHAIRMAN summed up, and s'lid it was prisoner's duty to account for the spade, which he had failed to do, and if the Jury were satisfied the witnesses had stvorn the tmth, he directed them to bring in a verdict of guilty. Verdict—Not guilty. FELONY. Ciivrlr: Yani/han, a young man, farm servant, was indicted for having stolen, at Erla, near Wrexham, on the loth of April, two iron rabbit traps, the property of Lor! Kenyon. Mr. Swutteuliain was for the prosecution, and lIfr. Horatio Lhytl appeared for the prisoner. Geo. Willi ims was called, who deposed—That he was farm servant to Mr. Ellis Jonas, of Ei-lu that prisoner live-I alnut a mile from his master's house. On the 15th of April saw prisoner in a field poking a stick into rabbit holes, and heard the spring of a trap "clack." Sw: him turn back, picked up two traps and put them in his po"¡"t. Geo. Eastwood stated—I an1 gfnnckeeper tù Lorll Kenyon. R ■member til the loth of April, setting traps on Mr. Harrison's hind. Went there next morning, aud the traps, five in number, were missing. In consequence of information received, he went to prisoner's house, and asked him for the traps, when he replied that he had not got them. I got four of the tmpd. They were un Capt. Godfrey's laud at Brynestyn. By Mr. Horatio Lloyd—wanted to search the house, and th" police constable did 3, but found no traps. Mr. HOKATIO LLOYD made a powerful appeal to the i Jury on behalf of prisoner. He said five traps were missing, four of which had been restored from Captain Godfrey's keeper, who found them on Brync>!tyu, and probably the other was there now. His learned friend had said (lie did not know whether lie meant it) that five traps were carried away, that four had been dis- covered, Had that there were two still wanting (Laugh- ter.) Perhaps Mr Swettenham had been to London lately, and seen Lord Dundery, who counted his lingers both ways, and makes them tell-and so his learned fJienil might have found some means by which he could lnake out that the difference between four and five was two. (Renewed laughter.) He emphatically maintained there was 110 case against prisoner. The witness "\Vil- i liams was 30 yards from prisoner when he saw him The Chairman having lnnnwrl up, The Jury, after" brief consultation, returned aver-I dict of nvt guilty. STEALING A WATCH. Wm. BroaJhumt and 1 YM. Mutiins were indicted für: having 8toleu a watch from the shop of Mr. Juo. Parry, Abbot-street, Wrexham. The former pleaded guilty, and the latter Wit gnntr. "11'. Swettmh 1111, for the prosecution, saia that as Broadhurst had pleaded guilty, he would not trouble the Court by ottering any evidence against AI llHins, as he believed a case could not be established. The jury were thn directed to discharge the prisoner Mt.)?"??*' The sentence of the Court upon Broadhurst wa3- Three 1l1'Jnth3' imprisonment, with liai-LI labotir. STEALING A RMSE. otnatic? 11 pleaded not guilty to a charge of steal- lnb a parse from the person of Ann Sumners, the wife of Kdward Sumners, Llanddulas, at Abergele fair, all the 2nd of April. Mr. Swettenham prosecuted, and Mr. W. H. Seymour Smith f.1ü!dH.led. Ann Sumuers said—I was at Abergele fair on the 2nd of April. M ent into a show. Prisoner was near 111e; felt him push against- me. Had a purse containing 22.. UtI. in my pocket. The coins w*>re two half-crowns, three tvr.i-shilliug pieces, eleven shillings, a sixpence, and a threepenny piece. Put my hand in my pocket, and found thepursc had gone. Sent for the policeman. Saw the prisoner with his foot ou the purse. Owen Jones deiM.ad -I was at Abergele fair attend- e I it show there; prisoner was present. Heard that Ann Sumners had lost soni3 money. Put my hand in my pocket, and found a purse in it; do not know what sum it eoiiUined. I gave it to the policeman; am quite sure I did not put the purse in my pocket. John David said—I was at the show; was present when the purse was found under prisoner's feet. Previ- ous to that, saw prisoner putting his hand into Owen Jmwls pocket, and Owen Jones afterwards found some money in his pocket. P.C. Davies deposed to having apprehended the pri- Honer. Mr. Seymour Smith addressed the Jury. The Chair- man afterwards summed up, and a verdict of guilty wad given. A previous conviction of felony was proved agaiut liiui, at Prestou. The sentence was- Six months' imprisonment, with 'lard labour. STJ:\1.IW PINAFORE. Jane. Roberts, P.antdu, Lianferras, pleaded guilty to having stulen a pinafore, the property of Ilr. Benjamin Davis, Ruthin. It was proved that she had been con- lined in Flint gaol ii| 18lil for felony. Sentence—Four months' imprisonment, with hard labour. STEALING A WATCHCASE. James MacpJicrnon was indicted for having, on the 25th of March, stolen a watchcase, the property of IIlr. J. Joyce, Clwyd-street, Kutliin. Mr. H. W. Seymour Smith appeared for the prosecu- tion, aud called J"3-C,?, who deposed—I heard the window of my hop smashed. Saw prisoner in custody of Serjt. 8hcen, with the case in his possession. Serjeant Sheen said—I remember the 20th of March. Was going to Mr. Joyce's shop, and prisoner followed behind rue. I saw him SlIlO-,h tl13 window with his fist. I collared him before he haj scarcely time tll dmw his hand back. The case was at his feet. He said, "I might as well starve in gaol as out of gaol." The prisoner, for his defence, saitl-" I am innocent of the charge, and no evidence has been given to shew that I took the case out of the window." VcnlicL-(;nilty. BeJJtenccd to 2 months' imprison- ment, with hard labour. NIRDHlEAO(lR. Johtt Po.vrif pleaded not guilty to an indictment chr\rg- ing him with having, on the 18th of April, obtained a cow from one Hugh Hughes, under false pretences, at Llanfairtalhaiarn. Jlr. Swettenham prosecuted. Hugh Hughes said—I live at Moeleatha. On the Idtlf of April prisoner and David Jones came to me to buy a COW. David Jones was trying to buy her for X7 2s. (id. There was no talk about returning a shilling. I would not sell her for less than t 7 5s. On the following (hy the lirisoner came to rae and wanted me to sell the cow for ,7 2s. (id. I refused. Hehen said he would give £7 5s. if I would return a shilling, and that David Jones would pay ine at Llanrwst fair. I bargained with him. Hesaii he was a servant to David Jones, and acting as hi. agcnt. I would Hot have sold it to prisoner. Went to David Joues at Llanrwst fair, who said he had nothing at all to do with the cow. David Jones, sworn—Prisoner was not my servant on the 17th of April. Did not authorize him to buy a cow for me from Hugh Hughes. By the Pi-iioii i- You did not ask me to become partners to sell cattle at Ruthin fair. Went with you to Tyueha to buy two heifers. Did not say to yon that it would be better to buy tho spotted heifer. David Edwards, farmer, Llanfairtalhaiarn, stated—On the 18th of April I bought a cow from prisoner for c7 10s. I sold him two cows the previous day. He owed me £ 13 10s., and I bought the cow from him as part payment. He then owed me XC,. Hugh Hughes re called—On the 27th of May, I went to the premises of David Edwards, and there saw the cow I sold to prisoner. The prisoner made a long statement for his defence, in Welsh, and called Owen Williams (the only person in Court who knew him) to bear witness as to his character, who, imfortu- nalely, did him more injury than good by saying that ho had heald of him being in trouble some time since for going into a railway carriage without obtaining a ticket. The Chairman reviewed the evidence, and the Jury convicted the prisoner. Mr. Swettenham applied for an order for the restitu- tion of the and said he would feel extremely t i (,i? ,f th,? 1,, y surprised if his learned friend, Mr. Smith, who was about to oppose him, would succeed in resisting his ap- plication. Mr. Sevmour Smith said that bona Jute value was given for the cow, and if it was in the possession of pri- soner the restitution might be just and proper. The Court ruled in favour of Mr. Swettenham, and ordered the cow to be restored to Hugh Hughc. The prisoner was sentenced to 4 months' imprison- ment, with hard labour. STEALING A CHAIN. Rowland Rowland), of Henllan-street, Denbigh, pleaded not guilty to having stolen a plough measuring chain, the property of Mr. Story, of Coppy. ,r, Williams prosecuted, and the prisoner was de- fended by Mr. Swettenham, instructed by Mr. Foulkes, of Bangor. Mr. Wm. Story deposed— Divert Coppy, near Den- bigh. Bought a ridge plough from David Davies, Peny- dilwyacr, at the latter end of May. The chain attached to it was of the value of Is. Ten of the links were wide- cued. The chain produced is the one I lost. I missed the chain the first night the plough was left out in the field. Gave Information to Serjeant Davies and Thomas Hughes, who brought the chain to me. Cross-examined—Thomas Hughes was in my employ. Lent the plough to Robert Parry. I did not see the chain after the plough was returned. I know nothing about the chain further than what I heard from my workmen, who told me it was missing. I cannot under. take to swear that the chain belongs to me. I think it 1 Isaac Jones, blacksmith—I work for David Davies. My master bought the chain. I widened ten of the links. The length of the chain, in the first instance, was two yards and two links. The S" in the eud was made by my master. Cross-examined—It is an ordinary dog-chain. Cannot SWear that this is the chain -I altered. David Davie.s, NackMnith—Sold Mr. Story a ridge plough a chain was attached to it. I am sure it was me who made the S." I and the other man widened the links. The length was 2 yards and 2 links. Never saw a chain of this description made for dogs. 1 am certain this is the chain sold to Mr. Story. Cross-examined—Never made a dog-chain. An" 8" is a very common thing; but I am sure I made this S." The chain was cut from a long chain in the shop at Denbigh. Made scores of S's" but I can identify this one. Thomas Hughes—Was a servant to Mr. Story inJuile. Mr. Story had a new plough in May. There was a chain attached to it. 1 used the plough the first time. It was lent to I r. Parry. When the plough came back, I next Raw the chain in the possession of Rowland Rowlands. The -chain produced is the one attached to the plough I kuow it by the links having been widened, and the S" at tile eiill. I live close to the prisoner, and could from my premises see the chain around the dog's neck in the prisoner's yard. I fetched the chain and gave it to Mr. Story. Cross,e:xamiued -I did not take the chain. One of my master's carter's discovered the loss of the chain. Did not place the chain round the dog's neck when I heard it was the chain that was missing. I have been in prison twice for poaching, and also once for stealing corn. Serjeant Davies—Prosecutor told me he had lost a chain. I went to prisoner's house, and there found a dog with a chain round his neck. The chain I saw re- sembled the one produced. I believe this chain to be the I saw iu prisoner's yard. Superintendent Ptigh-I caused prisoner to be appre- hended. Saw him, anil shewed him the chain, and charg- ed him with having stolen it, when he said—" I lost my dog, and he returned with the chain round his Cross-examined—Prisoner was twice before the ma- gistrates, because Thomas Hughes could not be found to give evidence. Mr. Swettenham eloquently addressed the Jury, and the Chairman having summed up, a verdict Not Guilty was returned. STEALING A WATCII. Rowland Rovilmids, the last-mentioned prisoner, was agaiu arraigned and indicted for having stolen a watch from the person of Henry Roberts, J ron, Llansanuan. Mr. Williams, instructed by Mr. Martin Smith, pro- secuted; aud Mr. Swettenham, instructed by Mr. Foulkes, defended. Hugh Roberts depoiJed-I was at Ruthin fair on the 6th of June. Went to Denbigh in the afternoon there I met some friends, and proceeded to the Leopard Inn Rowland Rowlands and one named Jackson were there. I was sober. In going home through Henllan-street, Jackson and llowiands came up to me. I went with Rowlands to the White Lion, and he called for some drink. I gitvo him 6d-, il £ & J ll'd not partake of any of it. From the White Lion we went to- warB home. He said he would come with me as far as Bylchau Church. We only went as far .is Coppy, up Henllan-street. It came on to ram, aud prisoner wished me to go to a hay-loft at Coppy. I went, and we laid down. I fell asleep, and was awakened by feeling a hand iu my trowsers pocket. I exclaimed, 11 Hold, man; what are you doing He said nothing, bnt went away. I pursued him for a short way I was afraid to go far. Went back to the hay-loft, and sat down till daylight. I then went to enquire who he was. I say that pri- scmer took my watch, and some money as well. I met one Robert Hoberts in going to enquire after pi-ispner. Inconsequence of information, I went to Jacksons house to ascertain the prisoner's name. Am certain the prisoner is the man who was with me in the ioft never saw him before that night. Went to hil, aul asked him why he robbed me, and he delivereu the watch to me, saying that he took it to keep, for fear some one elso would take it. (Laughter.) Crom-exazliiiied-He gave me 6J. with the watch, and I went home without laying information to the police. It was not my doing to put prisoner on his trial; the policeman came to me, requesting me tu go to Mr. Smith, who told me to prosccute prisoner. I would not have prosecuted him of my own accord; I got my pro- perty, aud I was satisfied. Did not go to the police station to look for the police on the night I lost the watch. Haviug been told tho police were in the station, I went to the railway station. (Laughter.) I don't come t) Ðnqbigu to look after the "gay ladies." Did not a,k prisoner to take care of my watch and money GO that I might go with the girls. Did not a<k Jackson either. Mr. Swettenham said his learned friend did not choose to call Jackson, who was on the back of the indictment, and wiw before the committing nmgiotratel!. He applied to have him put on his oath. Mr. Williams replied that Jackson was a prisoner in Ruthin gaol, and said he was satisfied the case was proved without his evidence. The Chairman thought it an act of j notice to cause him to he examined. John Jackson was then c,tlled, who stated-lfcnit Hubert.. wished me to tell him where there was a housi of ill-fame. I cautioned him, an I told him it wa* dan- gerous for him to go an10ng..t the girls. He requested me t,) taktJ charge of his watch and money, but I re- fused. Mi*. Swettenham ably addressed the Jury for th pri- soner, aud strongiv condemned the mode in which the prosecution was conducted, as it was not the inttmthn oi Huury Ibbèrts to proceed against the pru mer, who had not the remotest idea of attempting to steal the watch. The Chairman having briefly summed up, the Jury gave a verdict of Guilty. Three prior convictions were proved against him. Sentence-.Three years' penal servitude. HOUSEBREAKING. Thomas Smith and Jame-i Jlcenan were indicted for having feloniously entered the house of 1: ,lw:\rrl Ro- berts, Rrynvpin, Llanrhaiadr, on tho 30th of June last. Mr. Williams prosecuted. Elizabeth Roberts said she left her house at 1 p.m. on the 80th of June properly secured, and when she l'e. turned found the window broken, and ft quantity of wearing apparel carried off. The clothes prmluced she identified as belonging to hcr husband and son. P.C. Harrison said he went in pursuit of the prison- ers, ami captured them on the Wrexham rvnd Huthiu road, near Naut-y-garth Gate. The clothes were worn by them, and they said, when accused i stealing them, Wc will not clem nor starve as long ts there is meat and clothes in the country." Both prisoners were undefended, and declined saying a word in answer to the indictment. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence—Three months' imprisonment each, with hard labour. STEALING A COW. David Darks, a young man, pleaded guilty to having stolen a COW, in the parish of L[¡mgerniew, the property of Owen Huberts. Sentence -Tbree mouth,; imprisonment, with hard labour. Mr. Swettenham drew the attention of the Court to the activity displayed by Inspector Hammond in tracing the cow to DI1118COnC, Staffordshire, and contended it was in the power of the Court to award him with some remuneration for his services, which, in his opinion, he highly deserved. After referring to different acts, TI?? Chairman said the Court was inclined to make an ;:e¡i:v:l o¡h'1Ï:=8 to ci:c;'r monds as a mark of their approval of his diligence, and 1 all cncourllgèlueut to the oilic.TS generally. HILL IGNORED. The Grand Jury ignored the bill against Samuel Brooks for receiving stulellllllmey. Counsel in C()1Il't-MeSl'd. Swettenham, Seymour Smith, Ralph, Williams, and Horatio Lloyd. The Court rOjø at 8 o'clock.