Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

i. \.1'(\)\ ''J\) I' '.0;1_141.1 r.? :AT?'\ 'j'? Tnl. WliJ.rA.M .T) A vc-.y j.l.and interoHjIng cercnony wa« ?-. 1' i tv evening at t h-> \Vyiin>t:iy A);. ;?.L\n::Ui; Jt-iivs. v. h-i.pry one 1{! to i.e a very "kind, genial, and good- i!\ being ::r" t;l with a hnnii- .i'" i !???'t-'r ahd tea a':? <t'-?'?.ei')' i c-e. r.t the c- about £10), t ,.t':or with, a h^Ii-'so; >. illtK-ii:ited a-hire- s. The >i!ve:- c:eiii'igly cL te. and bearing the i.: ■-vi; tioii:—" i'ce^i-nt J. to lh>; tor Williaia .b with s.ilver ton and c.ufeo .•Ci'vi.e, ;-v ids 1Ù:Y fr:id- ai.d admii-ers. It w; i'j. it. Davits, ■ SLi-v>burv. The elaborat-.dy cxe--sited in a massive gilt frame, the jWo-Vi'tion ,>f Mr .Tamo-. ^liivwsbnri*. Tho t-:stin.i.i:d was disc -t c:i at the {.ireat, Vy^estem .b'.dlw; Station, ai;.t after it bred been carried I 1 1 hort while they found that out- s idor.i v,ro ,i.o;;s to ah w their .ppr-.eiafcion of (If Dv Jones. It wa.<, then fore, nadilj' thrown oj.i-n. Among the sutecvil .-i> wlu'i rcu'lily came forward was fnr \Vatkin Wi!l>ms \1\1J. M.T. Much axuic U du t. Mv John .T. Leaning, the honorary •iecivtory 'v.-l: has been ablv assisted by JL. >hatl: f 'efu (►names and the c-oiiauittee), for the .tigabja zeal which he has s hown In ths -lortakir?g. and for the Very suc-c-essful it has been brought. We are .sure dl will ;i £ -o v. :th wh;i: we say that no one could be more deserving of so s incere and sub- •tantl: tribute or esceem than Jones. Every knr-w, that the worthy doctor*" (a- one of the npeak- -aid -at the iii the ev;nr:i v. —"s>cs r. good heart and is a man of the iightstaii Most jwple a re aware that ])i'Jone» has spar: r.^itiiei- t ime, labour, lir.r raoney in the servie's <f ¡t: poor people of this district. Those hard work to licarvv;J-.ng" dm-ingthese hard and who have sickness in the house been t'i ivad y t > alleviate ar.y puin or di<i:re.s, cither fi: 1d. kiv.iicfd skill or his oj>en pooket. The: ro-e!it on Piiday eieniiig, <>n the the hotel. Dr. and Mrs Jones, Mis.< .T.j:e. a?:tl Me.f-r.- Evan ami iv.b.ul..Tones, Ty Xev.ydt:: Mr and Mrs i)c-n:.i-. and Master H. 1), i>tn::is. Hafoilybwch: Rev. J. D. Edwards, iiii—yniedre Mr :ind Mr.- i :v. Hughes and the Mioses Hughes, Boilylkyi:: K.-v..1. W. ilhos; Ttev. Stei>h-h j'h ,.a<, Una' •on Mr ?!Mrs Lean- in:' ii. Mis* J?)tt;,ur.. I '("P'I.' Mr C)?tL:?.).ef:i: Mr Brooker. In.-j )-ctor. il,t ?' e.-km '?- a\ ?h' Benjamin Davits, iiho-; lir j$..>i-;r:t-<, Mrs and too Mr-es Murles- Mr .Tost-]»h Owen. Morton Mr Geo. Mr Hugh Da vies, Wrexham ? Mr George Edwards, Trevor Hon- Mr ■ larner: Mr J^loyd. j«f>»tuia-<ter: Jlr K. Lloyd. Jisno. I.r ilr Thi- Jack ton, {.xrenviuL-terra.ee; Mr George Saint, junr.. Spriu; :1" John Griffiths In.-pcctor LillY. Having a-seiubled on the '-nv-i, Mr Leaning u[n..i_: the J. D. Euv ard to read the 'cadres- wno. in doing so, .said it gave him much pleasure. The address read as follow s r" 'i'?"f.?.?'?.v.?.. '? X"- 'il.lt Una It is wit., i it pleasure tlia-. we, your fii.-nils, on (Illl" 0\1 p11:. itl!l on tl!p part of the sulisrviix-i s, V>ea yum aerri.ta-'ci- of the a.ji.-<'nip:m>in:r .silver saher and tea nn-iy ji; service as a «iiall token of esteem an:l -;lily skilful tl itwHhoSt' v.he. have no claini t;j»m your attention. Vi'c are sM.cf. that \vp exni-.ss- the ntimeiits «.f the luniwivns suiisei-ihurs to this t ^tiaienial when v.o say that cite articles before ns will only shew in a sii.il ue^i i- our kind feeling i.ya>l. you and uiir tippreeiati-jii of your generosity iu attead'inj? to th.-sc poor ai -iilent-, and s'mic-timos fruul home and friends, and .<* pray you a.ai.l yours -,vit!i uvei-y tv!jn>"iaJ and sniritu.il. ■I.NO. J. f.KAXf.Vfi. THOMAS J.u'KSON. y. I,II)YP, < 'HATHA* <<'H.\Ttf.t. T'i. Ll.ovii (MvOKIM. CAI.VKUT. .July, is; Mr D.r: then presented th? silver .service. &c., and in doin? so ,-aH Ladies and ??ntlcmen, r am si-ny that I am in the position that I am, and that you had not cho,-en somebody else hotter able to fulfil the task than myself j but I may say that as far as my acquaintance with Dr. Jones is concerned, I do not kjiow that there is anybody in ltuabon that has known him longer than I liave, and con; erpiently could more appre- ciate his kindness in every way. jjiit it would be better for somebody else to apeak of his good qualities, although nobody knows of them more fully than myself. Therefore yon must take the will for the deed, and I will do my best. I am citire he deserves tlie.se very handsome present.— (hear, hear)-ai; being not merely on account of their intrin.-ic value, being more precious than they can appear, but for the gratifying ex- ilrr-ssloii, of the esteem of the donors. The sub- scriptions that have been given have not had to be asked for, but they have flown in open- handedly, and people have come forward with an open hand. I am sura he deserves it, for lie has g iven his valuable time and assistance and coun- sel ana very often his victuals and mime" and wine from his own house. (Hear, hear.) He has said to himself—as a man and a Christian— "thce people want help—(cheers)—and it is my conscientious duty to assist them." (Cheers.* I am sorry that I was late, but I was unable to be here sooner, and I can say in conclusion that I wish all future prosperity to Dr. Jones. (Loud applause.) Dr. Jones, in reply, said Ladies and gentle- men, I know not how to find words to thank you for the valuable testimonial which you have inade me, and which has been so kindly pre- sented to me this evening, accompanied with an address. I beg to return to each and all of you subscribers my sincere and most grateful thanks for the distinguished honor you have conferred upon me. I need scarcely assure you that my wife and myself will aways look upon this day as one of the events of our lives, and shall treasure up the remembrance of your kindess. I may add that I really feel undeserving of such substantial proof of your fi-iend.ship, and I think if erer I was happy I must feel so at the present moment, surrounded as I am by so many tried and faith- ful friend- I cannot sit down without thanking the committee most heartily for the valuable assistance which they have heartily given. I hope and trust that I shall not ill any future time prove unworthy of the confidence placed in me. (bond applause.) The llev. J. D. Edwards then SQid; T hope that this splendid gift will he handed down from father to son for generations to come, and that in another 100 years another Doctor Jones will look upon this and be stimulated to earn the esteem and respect of his neighbours. (Cheers). The presentation being over the company ad- journed into the club-room, where r., substantial spread had been provided by Mr and Jfr" Mur- less, and WAS heartily partaken to the satisfae- j hon of all. The chair was occupied by Mr Dennis and the vice-chair by Mr Owen Hughes, Supper being over and the cloth removed, the Chairman proposed the toast of the (Jut-en, The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Lite rest of the Royal Family," which were lieartiln drunk. ■ Th !K.\t toa-t was "The P.i>h->;>, Clergy, and .1. .r, ti't: oi all denomination- which was re- sp-aito i t' by the JJt-v. Stephen Thomas. The Vice-chairman next proposed the "Army, Navy, j a-ui 'v'ohn.ieer Ei.rcv- and Mr Garner re-;| -J "lL1,d. The i 'hair:, .in then -aid 1 have now to ask y.> t" d:A th.- t.-a-t the evening, and that i-i "The health of wir «ue«fc, Dr. Jon(Ap- j p'a'i<e). Health, wealth, and prosperity to him ami all his family. (Cheers). Long may he live i to leo': at the small triHe which we have pre-1 se::ted t" him thi- afternoon. (Applause). J I hope that his children' children will look at it as p gift v.'hi.-h ex pro-^od the esteem in which he had been held in the neighbourhood. (Hear, i hear;, i he.vc k.'io.ni IV..heees i:i this locality for twenty or thirty years, and have seen him under all pha-e.s find in many of his dirtioulties with !'i- lie/it. but ho has mastered t-ham all. (Hear, hear), I 1:"[0;: Dr, .1 0;i -s will continue in th? ftit'i'V t" give the uaiuo a-si-tanee that he has • in the vast, (f 'h.-ors). That assistance is greatly j needed r.mr. arel he is the man to help as far as he can. (Hear, heart. I sincerely wish Dr. Jones and his family long life and prosperity, al1,1 all that belong to him. (Lowl applause), j The toast was received with musical honors. Dr. Jones, said in reply: Mr Chairman, I have to thank you, sir, for the very fluttering I encomium y.ai have pleased to bestow upon me, j and for which. I beg to tender yon,and the com- j pany present, my waimest and best thanks, and, gentlemen, th- scanner in which you have ro- sponded to his call is a convincing p:oof that you endr'-se his enthneuts; I am not so | vain as to suppose that it is owing to any merits of my own, I have been received he:? so kindly this evening: oil the contrary" 1 think i i- to your partiality and belief that i have endeavoured to do my duty as a medical practitioner amongst you for upwards of 20 years. Again thanking you one and all, for this te timenial of your good wishes and your kindness on this occasion, I shall never forget. Sever.'d other toasts followed. ST. ASAPH. IMOK rue Ve. Ant HDEACO.V SMART. I —At the usual morning- service at the cathedral on Monday morning Mr Smart, rector of Den- high, was inducted into the Canonry and Arch- deaeom-y vacant by the death of the v en. Arch- deacon Morgan, In the official docmuunts it was styled A business of installing the Venerable Edward Smart, M.A., into a residentiary canonry founded in the cathedral clmrch of St. A>.aph ard was conducted thusThe I ordinary cathedral service proceeded till the Veil. Aichdeacon l'foulkes had concluded the reading of the tiri-t lesson when the Dean, the three canons, i'foulkes, Hugh Jones, and Wynne Edwards, vergers, singing men and choristers tiled out of the choir into the chapter house, were the Dean laid before the Chapter the Bishop's mandate for the installation, and it having been read by Mr K. Huberts, chapter clerk, the Dean, asked if it i- the pleasure of the chapter that they should i i eeed to the installation of the canon it is their plea.-ure and the Dean decrees that the installation be at once proceeded with. The proces,-ir-n then re-forms, first, the verger, choristers, singingmen, canons and the Dean with the canon elect. The procession chants the "Te Detim." that being coik-lu led and the canons arrived at the stall, all kneel and the Dean savs: I ,1.. '& \1.(.; t. IA. "tied of ¡.!ll'r and might, grant, we be-, eech "1'; ab'mdaut «nt->this Tiiy servant, ii Edward Smart, now to be in- ted i r-> tii ■ residentiary canonry annexed to avii.-lea-.o.^ry of Sc. Asaph, namely, the com'vu-ti'irmry • t l.lanfairtalhaiarnfounde.iinthis i cathedral elnuvh. that he may rightly and dilly: !i.-r:orm the duties ot his pIHt." to Thy honor and ghey. thron.rh Jesus Chri-t our Lord, Amen. ii'.e:. iiie Mean proline: I t-'c- iiisliop's ninauate and e.-i-e to Mr Sn; vet, "!>>' irtiie <>f this man- date and by the r.ntooi-ity of the iCight J!evei\nd Father in i_;(\1. Jf>»hiui,L.ird St. Asaph t' iae committed, we the IVc-benda.ries and C'.tii -r the cathedral church of St. Asaph, j ia'.rf-lly c :i.-t!tn:h.g the chapter thereof do in- d't a •! ir.-trdl y-ou the Veneiable Edward Smart into actual and corp-rral pos<s.-h n of the residentiary canonry fo-.ai'sd this cathedral church and unto al! rights, dignities, privileges, and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging, anxi do assign lhtfl YLan this stall or seat in the c-hair, and in the name of (ud do place you th-reon." The Canon is here placed on the seat and the Dean concludes—" May the Lord keep 'I t f I' your coming in and your going out from this time forth for evermore. Amen, amen." The Dean and the other Canons then return to their talh., and the sen ice proceeds, Canon reading the second lesson. The anthem was the latter part of the312th; Ilo-nans, x. 15, Psalm sir, 4 v. How lovely are thy messengers/' .vegan—Mr Dennett, of Wrexham. A large number of the Hector's personal friend s ivore present irom Denbigh and el.-ewhere. The Areh- deacon was much affected, and shed tears when congratulated by his friends Oil the dignity he had attained. The Bishop was pre-ent but took I no part in the service, it being the carrying out of his mandate. As Canon M organ was in resi- tk-nce at the time of his death, the new Canon j will ¡¡.,t crime into residence for some time yet. BOARD or GUARDIANS, Tin r.sbAY.— j' Present Mr Brownlow W. Wynne, chair- man Messrs William Clarke and P. P. Pennant, vice-chairmen Revs. T. Williams, St. George: J. Pnh, Llansannan; and Y.'atkin William*, Bodolwyddan; Captain Conwy Messrs W. Price Jones, T. ti. Pi:c>n. P. Wynne Yorke, J. S. Kerfoot, John Jones and Ed ward Roberts, Abergele •J. II. Oldfieid, J. Roberts. E. W. Gee. Robert Davies, Denbigh: John Jones. T. j Sk'iglit, W. P. Evair-, W. T. Foulkes, R. • P..lone- Robert Hughes, Thonuis Lloyd, i E. P. -Tones, T. Winston, W. Bell, John Pioree. Jfi<?ep!i Lloyd, Thomas Mathews, an I ]"h:1 Roberts. Mr Murray Brovvne was I'. l' J' ore-eut. There were only live electe d guardians absent out of 28. IV-•>».—Messrs Robert Ivnowles, Vale- • street: ih. l>ert Arthur Davies. High-street j ( both drapers) and E. Angel, Hall-street, innkeeper, have been nominated to fill the vacancy caust-u oythe Oeatli oi •>. r. Williams. The election is next week. the house, 110, same time: last year, lO-t: vagrants, 4; Out-relief: J. 4d Edward Junes, -[!17 ]0;; 8d; j Molideh, £ 77 4s 4il Lhmfaenaii, £ 74 l. T. Hughes, collector, t'ISs liis pi I. Chetpu-s were drawn f(Jr;t,O, Treasurer's balance, 0s Id. l ..t..t\O.< children had been to L'anerch Hall, and Mrs Cayley had visited th? Workhouse and entert:iined the children at be .tli places. The children had also been to Rhyl, and Mr Yaughan had allowed the use of bis bathing machines free. Thanks were voted to these persons, severally. f' 1, t' 1" t' "I liitHcr—Complaint was made (if the (piaiity I u 1' 1 1 f 1 ? some butter supplied by one ('f theecu- tractor. aud it was ordered to be sent back, after a inny discussion. 1'1'-1' ]!— .— D :n'iu? 7 years >7i ?'nt? "t u ine- had been u-ed for the sacrament, but had never 1 been charged. To be charged tg common !j fund. 'nn,• /rUnd*.—J H. Bassitt, ") :è 1"1 (of II. who had just lost his mother and father, was allowed to go to the care of his uncle at Pentre Voelas with 2s a week. 1 Allen Jones, came before the board and was eXei'td from paying to his mother's support he had. got married and had one child, he had get married which," said the Rev J. Pngh •' I know he has not yet repaid. ioud laughter),—Mr J. Roberts What, does it cost £ 5 to be married ? Rev J. Pugh said the mail to his knowledge had been only earning (is a week for some time. P. C. 12. stationed at Buckley also caii before the Board and asked to be excused contributing Is a week to his mother's support, his earnings were 24s (id per week, he had a wife and 5 children, one was always ill and he had buried one. Had paid the Is HiT regularly for seven or eight years. Messrs Joseph Lloyd and W. Bell, moved that he be excused, Mr J. Roberts, G ienas moved that he continue to pay, which Mr W. P. Evans, seconded, and on division 18 voted for the amendment, and 10 for the motion, so lie con- tinues to contribute Is a week. Tin- WorlitoU!—The Clerk read the re- IJort of the Committee on the state of the house. It recommended a thorough cleaning and repairing of the various wards, walls, i ceilings, and windows, new landers around the house, the ceilings of two rooms to be raised, and two skylights to be place in the Boardroom, with an almost general renewal of the fire grates throughout the house, they being mostly in a ruinous state, with other necessary repairs. The report was adopted and referred to the Committee to carry out and advertise for tenders. There was a long discussion on the employment of a man to superintend, but eventually it was left to the Committee. t of the It at.—lm-poriant Di*ctt*«'on. —Mr E. Williams Gee (Denbigh) was now called upon to propose his motion which had been on the since May 23rd. It was— "That this Ellard petition the Board above for authority to alter the present mode of collecting the poor rates of the Union, which is now done by 16 assistant overseer^ at an ilK C755 10", the amount being £l;tJOO, He would 0illy trouble them with the following brief figures :— Al.erg.ele o*t < £ 80 to collect. £ 1 044 Bettws 25 aim WIll" O-I CMtn 17 340 Venoigu „ till" 1,\120 Pyiiierchiou cost. 2:1 4U, P;trth 20" Henlian loo „ Llandulas IS „ 222 Llnnefytitl • 492 Llunfairtiiiliaifirn cost 13; titiS liiansaRiiau cost. 40 4iti .Meliiten I I Ii 10" ,;o4 Rhufldlan 140 » ;ili:" St. Asaph lOll St. Oeorgc 12 Jo 21(; £ 7551» '£0,41-1 i hat ij it cost 10, to a,4i4 I; liicli wa-3 [It the rate of Is lid mJ 2, 3d in | i I He thought it only required stating i to be seen, and tli.-i i- in their private capacities they would not d:> it. Ho was sure that 2 or men would do it well for £ 120 or €-150, and that asavingtothcratcpaycrsof from £ .3001 > E:r>Unyearmightbeeasi!yaliectetl. In Ruthin,a neighbouring Union, they had only two col- 1 lectors at a salary which had just been raised to lOJ a year each. It would be a great j saving of trouble to the revising barristers, the clerks, and others to have to do with two or three men instead of sixteen. He would merely inove tliv. resolution and sit down. The Chairman said the duties of the assistant- overseer were to make oat the jury lists, at- tend the revising barristers and the assessment committees, besides collecting the rates.—Mi- H. P. Jones (Llandulas), seconded the motion. He thought the change could not long be de- layed, for the difference in cost was so great that it was sure to bo forced upon them from some quarter.—Mr Joseph Lloyd observed that the present system was open to objection, for the overseers of the district had in one or two instances been calle(I to pay sums which i had been lost.—The Chairman Oh, but the J change won't relieve the overseers from the! responsibility. (Hear, hear.) — Mr Lloyd | But the present system is rotten, and we could save £ 350 by the change.—Mr W. Bell highly commended the state of things in' Hhnddhm parish, and wanted to know if it' could be allowed to go on as heretofore and be exempt from the operation of this motion if carried ?—The Chairman thought it was hardly the thing to ask that. The Rev. T. Williams moved as an amendment that no! change be made. He was very strongly opposed to the proposition he had had a little experience on this joining of parishes, and he had found it M ould not work so well as it had promised. Figures, too. were delusive, and could be made to prove anything. It was not always economical to make these changes, and he thought they would bring loss and confusion upon themselves by doing it. If Ruthin was to be their example, let them fol- low it in everything, and remember that not many years ago a Ruthin collector took all the money of half that union, and it had to he paid again. But let them look at their own union. There was Abergele with an acreage of 9,438 and a population of 3,193. What a work it was to go round such a place as that Besides, he had known rate collec- tors who had lent the money to their poor neighbours when time pressed—(smiles)—but a collector would summon and expose at once. Tlieil what should they do for a vestry clerk? It would be most inconvenient, ami they would have to pay one. In the twenty years he had sat at that Board many things had been proposed, tried, and found to fail, anil he believed this was one.—Mr J. Roberts read Mr Williams's motion.—Mr W. M. Clarke had. come to the eonc-Iu.don, a fter care- ful consideration, that by adopting the resolu- tion they could save from 92CO to C:¡OO. ltllll they ought by all means to do it. Not only would it be a saving, but it v.ould so grc-atly ■ simplify the accounts, and make them plain and inr. JIigible. That alone Mould be great gain. The phm was reasonable, just, and simple, and lie hoped it would be adopted.— Mr H"M again rose to ask if Rhuddlan could not be excepted, they were doing so well there.—?.Ir '\Vynne York" said the money value part of the question had been ?0 weU ventilated that he n.ed not refer to it, but lie found that some objected to the plan because under it they would not have a paid man within j theirbeekandcalitodoallthe otherparish work. I In Ruthin he found that the schoolmasters did that, and he believed, they were not again.-t' This was i a Union, and if they looked at a dictionary they .would find that meant united action Liliil not dis-union. They should again read -Eson's Fables, and remember the old man, his two sons, and the bundle of .?tick6. (Laughter and hear, hear.) Union was still strmgth, hut if they rejected this pn'p?a! he wouhl litit if tlien- ri?ject??tt tiiii It, vou??l To alter t!;e stvie of this noble pile. Ami fill! it-St. Asaph i)i-Union. (Loud laughter.) One guardian took c-xeep- i tiltH to their allusions to Ruthin. If ;,(1, let fchem look at Hawarden, where the rate was Is in the pound, while their own was 3s 2d Talk about the civilization and intelligence of England and its expensive luxuries. He called assistant overseers expensive luxuries in truth. He c-ame there in the interests of the poor, many of whom he knew upon their hills were living harder and poorer far than the inhabi- tants of that house, and if something could be saved from their small and hard-earned pittances, it was only- right to do it. They, must begin somewhere, and let them begin at the assistant overseers.—M r P. P. Pennant said he had great difficulty in deciding how- h. vote on this question. He was sadly afraid that parishes wouhl get into trouble if they had not one man in them who understood the books and the law but on the other hand if the collection could really he done for f450 it ought to be done by all means and the difference saved. (Hear, hear.) But he was not sure, and would ask would the new collectors be bound to do all tiie work of the assistant overseers. If not. wouhl there not be still some expenses thrown upon the parishes for the extra work M hieh would tzike away the saving.—Mr Brownlow Wynne here expressed his surprise that Ir Pennant did not know the law on the subject, and the book v.'as handed to him.—After perusing it, Mr Pennant resumed Were the assistant overseers JIO-.V too highly paid V If that was found to be the case, could they not begin to save bv reducing their salaries, and thus keep what he believed to be the most convenient method and still save the money.—[It was shown that the salary or percentage of the assistant overseer was fixed, in Vestry and not: by the Guardians.]—Some places, of course, must c-ost more money to eoik-et. such as the great straggling parish of Ifc-nllan as com- pared with the m.tv compact town population "f Denbigh, for instanc-e. These and many other considerations induced him to say "No" to-day to this proposition, which, howev.-r, could, be brought up again when more fully considered.—Mr Robert Davies, Denbigh, said though they had had plenty of time and. should go to a vote, the subject had been fully be fore them since May 23rd, now ten weeks. There 1 would be this advantage in the change that: the salaries of the collectors would be iii the hands of the Board. Besides, if all tilings wore considered, there would bs a clear and a year, and every one here who voted against it wuiihl go against the ratepayers. (Loudcriesof no.no!) On the score of efficiency, surely aioan earning £lJÛ \ríli; more lik:ly to know the haw and keep it than one only earning £ it) a year for doing something which was only a part of his work besides the independence would be greater. A large ratepayer in this parish may raise the salary of the assistant overseer above what he ought to have out of favorto tiie man, but that Board in fixing salaries woivd be more likely to look at and to appreciate the actual work done.—Mr W. P. Evans, said his sym- pathies M ere certainly with the motion, and in favor of saving the money but I do sec a great deal of difficulty in effecting the change and propose that we refer it to the finance' committee to prepare a fuil scheme and not come to an open vot ? on it in the Board with- out full particulars. We ought fully to c >n- sider it before we make such a sweeping i change. Rev. W. H. Williams seconded the amendment, to refer it to the finance commit- tee. Mr \V. M. Clarke pressed the Board to agree to the proposition, he thought it admit- ted of little debate. Mr Murray Browne was now called for and he said the question could make no sort of difference to the Local Gu- vernment Board, who would however be more likely to consent to a digested scheme rather thall a mere hypothetical question. After a i few words from Mr Bell the Chairman begged to say that he supported the motion because he believed Mr Gee's statement had been fully proved and made out, lie was rather staggered to find his friend Rev. T. Williams come down with the very arguments against the scheme which he (Mr Wynn) had proposed in its favour. The assistant overseers advanced the tli,itlic- I)a;(I-y,s-bitt ilot out of their own pockets—(hear, hear, and no. 11(i)-litit out of other moneys in their possession. There was. he knew, nothing like the jobbing now M'hieh there was 30 years ago, when it, happe-ned that out of a salary of jE50 voted to the assistant overseer of a parish -CIO went, into the pockets of the guardhnsi It had often eome before him. and he would quote the arguments of Mr Williams quite the other way. Of necessity it must save their Clerk a Of ii?-cess:t ?. L I great Ileal of trouble and annoyance to have to do with two or three intelligent men instead of sixteen all of whom could not in the nature of things ba so intelligent and hawly, lie should certainly vote for the proposal, as it was what he had long advocated.—Mr Gee having briefly replied, a division was taken when, after three trials, the following 15 guardians were found to have voted with Mr Evans for a reference to the finance committee Revs. T. Williams (ex-o;'iieio). and W. H., Williams, Bodelv.-ydd.ui • Mr Bell, E. P. •Tones. T. Winston, and J. Pierce, Hhuddlan T. Sleight, Dyserth J, Roberts, Bodfari; Robert Hughes. Llanfairtalhaiani; James Kerfoot and Edward Roberts, Abergele John Jones, Dymerc-lnoii Vv. Price Jones, Rhvl. and P. P. Pennant (cx-otticios). and, W. Evans, HenHau and the fonowing votpd with Mr E.. A\ Gee fI--)r ti?Lc, TliL- Chau-man. R?v J. Pugh ?d M? P. Wyuue Y orl (ex-c.?'o.}, Mr WiU?? Clarke, .5t. George-; John Jon?. A?r?'e T E. Oh'iMd. Bettws-; n .» J. U IJ y 11-ill1 OS E. W. C? and Robert Davies, Y11-r"llos W. Foul Us, Henlian; R P _4"<l, Jones. L!aa<Zfol-.w T. Lloyd, Lhn^.nnan 1 Joseph Lloyd, Thomas Matthews, and John motion co refer the question to the finance committee was therefore carried' by one vote. Threeex-oiHcio guardians voted, on each side.

THE DIOCESAN ANNUAL MEETINGS. On Tuesday, these meetings were opened with matins at the Cathedral at S.15, and the celebra- tiou of Holy Communion. At eleven o'clock the meeting of the Rural Deans of the.dioeese t I%-Ilic l l tliv held at the Palace, at which the Bishop pre- sided, and there were present most of the Rural Dean; in the dioeesp. Oil Wtdaesday, there were matins and full choral service at S.lo, at which the Rev Canon How read the prayers. There were present during the meetings—The Lord Bishop, the Dean, Archdeacon Efonlkes, ex-Archdeacon Wickham, Canons Hugh Jones, Wynne Edwards, Walshaiii How, Whittingtom and II< >w ell Evans, Oswestry W. Hicks Owen, St. Asaph J. Hughes Jones, Llanfi- hane.el; W. Bees William. (.Jyffylliog Row- land Eilis, Mold Watkin Williams, Xannerch W. Mayhew .Tone*, Llanrhaiadr David Lewis, Trefnant: D. R. Thomas Meifo 1; 1J. n. Jones, Warden of Ruthin Morgan, Llanfair Titos. Williams, St. George J, ^turkey, St. Asaph W. Jones, Llanyehan JI, Thomson, Guilsfiehl Roberts, Lhanelidan; J. H. Tompson, Chirk; J. -Times, Riios; J. C. Davies, Derwen: W. Marsden, Tremerehion T. Z. Davies, Holvwoll: Iv. Williams. Llaiifyilin D, J. Morris, W. H. Boscawen, Marehwiel Williams. Newmarket; W. Hughes, Caerwy.s W. Richard- son, Corwen; J. H. Hughes, Llanbedr; H. Meredith, Towyn T. A. Thomas, Efenechtyd W. Morton, St. Asaph Elias OWCIJ, Diocesan School Inspector; W. Lloyd Nicholas and I). Thomas, Rhyl; Morgan, Cwm H. Humphreys, Henlian Sir \V. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P. Mr Townshend Mainwaring, Mr Stanley Leighton, M.P., Oswestry; Major Hughes, Yhtrad Mr D. H. Mytton, Gaith; Dr. LleMelyn Lodge; Mr J. Scott Bankes. III. Tumour, Denbig-h Ir ll. n, Sandbach, Llanrwst: Col. P. S. Hum. 1 berston, Denbigh: Mr Ashley, Llanrwst: Mr P. P. Pennant; Mr Corbet YY.le, Llanarmoii; Mr (. B. Clough, Mr S. Roose, Hhfl. The first public meeting was h?M on Wednes- day, and having been "pened by prayer by the Rev. Hicks Owen, the Bishop drew attention to the SOCIETY FOR THE WIDOWS kNI) ORPHANS OF THE i CLERGY. His lord-nip said this society was for such as had been cut off in the midst of their work, having had too short a time to make any provision for their widows or children, or for those who had worked long and hard in poor parishes, and he asked for it the sympathy and support of the meeting. Mr Roberts, the Chapter Clerk, then read the minutes, and explained to the meeting that unfortunately the reports were not ready, | the first portion haJ been in the printer's hands ",il;ce May, and the subscription list since .June •^h. In answer to Sir Watkin, Mr Roberts said i that taken on an average, the .-•ubseripiions and collections would amount t" tSSi 2s 7-1, and there would he £ 700 for distribution. The eYrd cases on the list and the new applications Merc then gone through, and decided on the merits. CHiP.cn nriLDiN,: SOCIETY. The following report for the year was read At the building a new church at Lodge. St.. Martin's, 1:5(1 tn- wards new clmrch at I'enyaie, towards the conversion of Bwlch Gwvn School intoa.church, ,€2-">. There is a considerable decrease in the amo.mt of grants mad e this year as compared; with the preceding. This is, how- ever, mainly owing to the large amount voted in that year, and partly ai^ to a diminished in- come. The funds at the di>po-aI of the g-enerd committee of the society this year were, in con- sequence, quite inadequate to afford the amount of assistance usually given, to such applications as were laid before the meeting. »To prevent the ftmds of the society being thus forestalled in the future, the following resolution was agieo-d to :— Tin-1 for the future all grants of this Society shall be made upon the balance in hand calCll- lated on the present year's income, and not upon the income of the year aft-r.' Under these cir- cumstances the eouiiriittee did not feel justified in voting grants to more than three oiit of the 1 seven applications for aid. These three were for grants in aid of building new clii:rche.s: three e,f the other applications {vb., Connah's Quay, UuibtleH. and Penrh—} were for aid restoration and repairs and one E -rIn- ( sham) application for an additional grant. It would be a groat cause of regret if the Society j should he again unable to meet the numerous and increasing applications for aid which are annually received. The treasurer and secretary therefore venture to impress upon the clergy especially, and the ocher members of the' Society, the very great need there is to make the objects and the wants of the Society more widely known, as to secure fresh support and encouragement in this illf-"t ii;li;k)ltkllt branch of Church work. Doubtless, amongst the numerous and ever increasing object. of charity, it is difficult to find supporters for all but the Church Building Society is one of the oldest of our diocesan charities. It ha.- contributed to the building of 55 new churches it to some that its exertions in thi- direction were scarcely needed any longer. There is, however, still many a populous ditrict, or extensive parish where a new church or a school chapel is required. Still more are the efforts of the Society needed to assist the restoration of several of the old churches of the dioc-e-e, which are either in a dilapidated state, or w holly unfit for the decencies of divine worship. One of the greatest advantages that i- mainly attributable to the Church Building Society is the almost' universal adoption of free and open seats through- out the diocese. The Society has suffered more than one heavy loss since the last- annual meet- ing, audi, amongst them, has to deplore the death of one of its original founders, the Rev. Thomas Wynne Edwards. For thirty years, fioni the institution of the Society in 1-34, he acted as secretary, and the .-uccess of the Society to a great extent is owing to his untiring zeal and energy. He continued his support to the Society to the last year of his life."—The treasurer's account s howed a balance in hand of • Û" 5d. The sub-committee were then filled up by the addition of the .names of Mr Townshend Main- waring, Rev. J. Sturkey. Major Cas-on.' Mr Stanley Leighton, M.P.. it*. Cos. -idev&ble dis- cussion ensued upon the position and duties of the several Rural Deans in the matter of collect- ing fur this and other societies M'hieh u'> pro- voked by the inforiiiation from the Dean that there was only 14 applicants for grant-?. The subscription of Sir Watkio William? Wynn, Bart., did not appear in the list, although that gentleman said he had paid it throe months ago. This being £ 25 made the sum for distribution £ 275. It was also mentioned by the Dean that the printing bill was very large i'iS 13- 3d for Reports—39s at Wrexham Liid 4:21 lfis for reward cards, mak- ing it]) f::í8 8s 3d for the year's printing, which he thought a large sum. The committee recom- mended that grants be le.ade to the following :— Abergele, J70; Llanrhaiadr iu Rhf-s!!a?crchr))j<?, £ 20, Conm.h's Quay. £ 50; Pemre, Ruabon, £ 20 additional a?d Pennant-, £ 20 "additional. Tot?.?-O. Thel?v.!?. H. Lewis, hoveever. made a powerful appeal on be- half of Guilsfield, which v/a- backed up by seve- rill gentlemen, and he obtained t-iO Peiirhos and finally, after full considei-a- j tion of the various wa.s voted, i After some further remarks respecting the Rural Deans and collecting for the societies, the meet- I ing adjourned.—Mr Scott Bankes was anxious to propose a resolution that a requisition on the subject of collecting the subscriptions should go from that Jn2c.ting to the clergy direct, but the Dean and swie other* contended that the Rural Dcasw were the proper person* to influence the clergy in their official capacity.—Mr T. Main- waring contended that the Rural Deans should j be paid, as they had a great deal of work thrust < upon them. The meeting re-assembled at three | o i?lou-]. the Lord Bishop in the chair. His Lord.. ship in introducing THE IiTOCESAX BOAKD OF EfM CAT.'o.X, said that when he Mras in London, he met with a number of American Bishops, and they com- plained that a large number of persons went over from this country to America who were very little acquainted with the distinctive principles and tenets of the Church of England. The minds of many, nay most, of those young people were like a sheet of white paper, whereon might be written whatever was liked, but they had not a line of anything to show the distinctive truths held by their own Church, the Church in which they had been brought up. This absence of in- formation on the subject was made more remark- able by contrast. There was a community holding tenets and views widely distinct from and opposite to their own, which took especial care to ground their young people in the reasons for their faith. There was also one sect of Dis- senters, and only one, which was remarkable in this respect, he meant the Baptists. If they conversed with a young man or young woman of that persuasion, they might question them upon 'heir views and would find them thoroughly grounded in the principles of their own church, and fully able to give a reason for their faith and practice. But what church could be compared to the Church of England, in discipline, polity, or doctrine ? The truth of Scripture wa, imbedded in it and continued with it; what change would you like in it ? We all say none for whatso- ever is not contained in the Scripture or may not be proved thereby is not required to be believed, and those principles were embodied in the Church of England. The principles of their beloved Church were spreading, and as a proof he would mention that in those countries now being opened up, such as Bulgaria, a distinct request had been made to come under the government of the Church of England, and in that country which had. just been put under the protectorate of England, as the Prime Minister had they were asking for the Church of England to be planted in their midst. (Hear, hear.) Their institutions. laws and polity should therefore be made familiar to the young people who were going out to the east and to the west, and they should ground thelU firmly in the principles of their own Church, and do their utmost to make i their schools efficient and fully able to carry out the object of their being. (Hear, hear, and lotid applause.) After some routine business his lord. ship called upon Mr EEl." Owen, Ruthin, to read his report. The Her. Elias Owen read the following re- port :— The general summary of the worK will e> seen from the following tabular statement of results which has just been made to the ?tiona) society, Estimated number of Church Day 8clwols, 260; open to diocesan inspection, 25; tranfeITe.d to School BoMdg, none; ill which scholars were withdrawn from aU religious instruction, 7; visited h- inspector during the year, consisting of .-claa.'s. :>• £ (-ills, infant, i'l. In r.-spect of re- ligions in.-trnc-tirni they ary -Excellent -r good, 12S: f lir or mo-erat:\ 12:1. In those visited there were— Teac'ie:s, j>iii;];.il, certificated, :Zl as¡st" "t, teachers employe, 170: re- ceiving weekly religious tuition, li->. Scholars oil buoks, in average attendance, present at 211,40(; withdrawn i'roi.i all religions instruction,): fro.ni any part of it, 42. Annual ex- amination of pnpil teachers in religious knowledge — Pupil teachers dates, -11; school departments sending them, I'fi, lie- 2, 11 elas .;t Two schools have been opened to diocesan inspec- the board school, the latter not included in the return just read, ami tltree Nyer,- awaiting examina- tion, namely, Llangystciiui. i am glad to be able to rci)i,rt tlxis year, as last, that no Church school has I)cl-ii transferred to aJSchool lioanl. (Hear, hear.) .During the year, one school (hlimfv.rog) ha? !»-en closcd but an en- hngeir.ent of the National School meets the require- ments of the district. I'iier: ;,t:cii a gradual in- crease in the number of children attending our schools, not to be accounted for by the increase in the population. The system Of diocesan inspection was commenced in the dioeese of St. Asaph about the year IS-iS, at a. time when the Government scheme of e hieation was in its infancy. It lias continued from that year to the present. it does not appear that tables of statistics were published by the Diocesan Board during the earlier \ears of its existence but in i'5l> a carefully-prepared table was issued, from which it appears, after deducting those deaneries which were then, but are not now, in the diocese, that there were in that year IM church schools in- spei-teil, and 3d not, giving a total of 2!3 schools in books 14,5^2: present at examination, 3(1,111. Poptt- lation of the dioeeie then, •215,111. Thi-i, compared with the existing state of things, show. the following results There are at present 2lil schools in the dio- ce.se, consequently 51 new schools Were erected in the: lust oj) y.Hut, furthermore, a larue number of schools existing in 1830 have been enlarged or rebuilt In more com enieut places. I h:1l'e examined, there are on the books 2o,Si3 children. Present at examination, 20,40! Population of the so that ill the last nineteen or twenty years there have been an increase-ill schools, 51 number oil books, 12,231 pre- sent examination, ;<W2; and in population, 12 per cent., school buildings have increased 21 per cent. The number attending has increased 81 Iter cent., and the number presented fcr examination !'4 per cent. The figiire-i now quoted are m.- st significant. They show what the Church in this diocese has done during a very critical time, aud what it will do in bues to come. The report then went on to recommend the pupil teachers to the attention of the clergy for increased religious instruction. It is very satisfactory to find that the niiiijlvei- of excellent schools is gradually increasing, and the religious instruction most judiciously imparted. In some instances, however, teaching is too much con- tinerl to the facts of Scripture, and too little attention is paid to the iessons derivable therefrom. The teach- ing should be as mactical as Dossible. I fillll that tile words of the Catechism are fairly we'd known, but mistakes arc- made which might be avoided if tiie children were exercised occasionally in writing it out. The text and hyma repetition might he generally better than it i>. the words not being always most; suitable. Tiie selection of portions of scirpture ami hymns for repetition should receive more attention than ;.t present. Wherever I go I fincl melodious voices joiuiug together in praise the earnest sing ug and reverent hearing of the children is pleasing to observe. Occasionally an anthem is specially "prepared, or a list of hymns is placed in my ha;;ds: ami I am not imfiequently grieved that time v. ill not allow me to go through the whole list. In some sohtwls the children chant very nicely. Jn one and ail the sing- ing is of a high order. The teachers do well to cultivate sac-red music in their >ekoois. The report then alluded at some length to the desirability c-f a simple form of private pra' yer for the children. The subjoined schools have distinguished tlrm- selves during the year ending April, 1*7S Wynnstay school takes a ioremost place Oswe-trv infant school show;) how much infants, when hiteiii'gentl'v t;msht, can remember and understand. Khyl im"aut "'hót,,I b another instance oi kind?iut jutticiou-ite?chin.? Hawarden girls an-l Abergele xir? are .ucce?fuUv and rovercm!}' taught schools. Toy, Il, Liangerniew, and Llandiiua. are country schools] aval owe their efficiency to the energy brought to bear upon them. St..Mark s i- a large well graduated and thoroughly- taught school. Ciresford boy.y scltoo! is taught by tiie ciergy, lally teachers, and the school teachers, and takes a place among the excellent- schools of the d;ocese..Mold gills' and Llaniyiiin girls', Yroll school in the parish of iJerriew, Khoslkuierehrugog, Ha warden Khyl girls', and L-anerfyl are one and all schools of a very high order. There are falter schools in a very efficient state, are doing much good work. On Hie whole. I am glad to say that the reli ;i..a- instruction i< .satisfactory. The number of pupil teachers examined this year ? hows an increase of .15, and the monitors an increase of li The pupil teachers' examination this vear and last is as follows: 22; total, j past, JS; failed. 10; total, 15* These figure.-sho-.v that the general results of the examination are more satisfactory this year than last. It- struck me this year again, Oil looking over the papers, that the candidates had used an analysis of the Bible instead of the BiMe itself, tints a large number either avoided altogether or gave wrongly the context of the quotations required. Candidates were rather weak in the catechism and liturgy. Their best subjects were Old and New Testament history. The meaning of some of the words ot the litanv seems to have, not without reason, been but partially j grasped by them. lie LUM) gave a curious collection of answ ers sent in to the question of what was meant by ''kindly fruits of the earth," whkh caused some amusement. Most of them, however, adhered to Blunt's render- ing, and so he gave full marks to them as well as to those following the H'elsh rendering of the phrase. The pupil teachers and Sunday scholars taking prizes this year are ;-)tli year, (ieorge Rogers, Uuilflield Susan Wyatt, Hawarden John Davies, Towyn 4th year, Thomas Davies, Whittii'gton John Davies, St. Asaph W. K. Kgerton, :\101à; ;jnl year, T. Price-, Towyn Wm, Hall, Lodge W. Bradw-yn .Tones, Rhyl; <0 L, Nower, Hawarden Kate E. Malings, Khyl 2n(1 year, llohert Jones, Rtitliiii Joseph Millingtoii, (fresford W. A. Lloyd, ltitliiii Thomas Huhcs, Gwernaffield 1st year. Walter W. p" .1,lnes, Hhyl J. j), Jones, Holvweil. Candi- dates, E. H. Williams, Rhyl: J. E. Hal!, Lodge Henry Parry, Whittington: Esther 0. Bell. HhyI. Monitors, W. Herber' Jones, Llanilrinio; Mary FA'\7. ibeth Davies, Welshpool James Smith, Gweiii- aftield. Sunday scholar. group J, Thotaas Smith, (iwernaffiehl: group 2, Jane Mulca-te:, Khyl; Agne» Jones Parry, Khyl: Elizabeth Bengliss, Khyl; group Mary Ellen Whiteside, Khyl; .Tame? Whiteside, ItliNI John B. Lancelot, Cresford. Thomas Price, Towyn, has obtained the highest number of marks and takes the Bishop's prize. L:t year four pupil teachers were placed in the 1st class in the 5th year, two of these presented theiu- s?ives at the general religious examination previous to entering college, and one. Helen London, headed the first class in Kdin'.nrgh, and James Hail was bracketed 3rd in the lir-t ela-s at Battersca Eleven candidates from the diocese took place.sin the general annual examination in religious Knowledge. Tiiete were 2 first classes, 1 second, and 5 third classes. One v.M-« from a Board School, ami lam not aware of a failure. The report then recogni- ed the services oftlieclergv who acted assuperintendeiit evoniners,am! eon tinned: lie might see tilt- v.o:king of them. I have visited a good number am! examined some of the nehools. It is difficult to conduct Sunday Schools well, but I be- lieve it possible to increase the efficiency of our Sun- day Schools. At present they are coivhscted two much like day schools, children being taught to read therein and tlu-y are often the only place where our youths are taught to read Welsh. I fail to see the destructive character of the School if the children are taught reading only. -The report then recommended catechising of the scho lars, and proceeded to s how the variety of modes adopted for conducting the School s as well as the various forms of services used, and continued :-I o'■served that some school s are .applied with Canon How's commentary which is read eor.envi-ent!y with the There seetil, nil admir- able plan proxiding the reading of the commentary does not end with reading it. On account of the multiplicity of services rendered necessary through the two languages, our Sunday 8,-hools in some places are neglect d and are not in a thriving condition. It renin ins to be seen whether they can be conducted whilst the church services-ire.going on. To be sue-; cessful. our Sunday Scho >ls must be a reality, not a t secondary consideration. speaking there is but one school in:1 parish, however large. They misht, however, be held in cottages or farm houses all over our parishes. There would be little difficulty in procuring fit places. The ,-lergy could not conduct them, but could visit and examine them periodically. In parish such SdlO01 is conducted by a lady perhaps a diffi- culty might arise about superintendents, but he 1 thought fit persons could he found in every parish, and in lai ee parishes Sunday-schools might- benefi- cially he placed in various parts thereof. I find that many parishes combine and form Sunday School l mons, and Script-lire (piestions are prepare! for ex- amination. Had taken part in these proceedings. There are such unions at Denbigh, Wrexham, and Pentrevoelas, and all infusing life into their respective schools. Could not such unions he made general? If a fexv parishes joined, and the clergy of une p l isli examinell the schools of another, mucii good might be done. For the purpose of ascertaining the number of our day scholars that attend our Sunday-schools, I. have been to some trouble to collect statistics thereon, and I believe, though not quite complete, are substantiallv correct. Thus out of J,i9 school children, H,808 o'f these children attend church ami Sunday-schools, i.e. 40 per cent, of the children attending our day schools attend also our Sunday-schools. Had attended cliil- drens' services and found them successful; they are held once a month, and where properlv conducted un- doubtedly do much good. I am brought into contact with lIIany of the Sunday scholars of our largest Sun- day-schools by reading their papers. Last vear 84 pre- sented themselves this year 8.5. The general result shews an improvement on last year thus :-1811, 1st class, (i; 2nd class, 15 3rd eta*, 32, passed 14, failetl 17. In 187S, 1st class, 12 2nd class, 13 3rd class, 37 passed 14, failures 9 total, Sj. The report then stated that arrangements were made for the systematic examination of the schools, and hoped the clergy and managers would assist in carrying it out. Concluding, the report said ;1 have collected sta- tistics respecting the language used by our scholars. It is not quite complete as I have not the returns from all the schools, but it is so far reliable The table of language wi!! be found at the end of the reports. It seems that out of 18,79*2 children, 10,7Hi speak only; English, and these are to be found in all parts of the diocese, while 8,076 speak Welsh and Kngli.-h, or Welsh ollly, hull these again are found distriLutud throughout all the deaneries so that we have both languages existing in all the deaneries, but not, in every sclmol. There are "It schools in v.hich Muglish is an acquired language to all the scholars, but oil the other hand there are 54 schools in which pupils are :'< entirely English. This is particularly the case in parts of the deaneries of Wrexh-nn, We?hpoo!, Os- we?try, and Betwscaedewen, also to a less decree in portions of Mold deanery. There are onlv foar: deaneries in which 1 find schools entirely Eli lisli, but Chirk Schools are essentially English. It remains, m' lord, for me to thank V* on for vour continued kindness towards me, and the clerg"y gene- rally for the hearty manner in which I am received by them, an-l the masters' and mistresses' for their conscientious labour in preparing their scholars for stiy examinations. The realling of the report was frequently ap- applauded, and Ali- Pennant, at it close, moved that it be adopted, printed, and cli-eillate(I.- Canon How seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously—Some surprise was ex- pressed at the figures in the report which related to the languages, and it was a source of gratifica- tion to hear that the English language was spreading- so rapidly, but the Bishop reminded the meeting that there were many schools in which Welsh was spoken which did not come under the notice of Itheir inspector.—Captain Mytton dtzircd that more notice should be taken of the managers of schools in the report, and as to the catechism, lie thought it better not to teach it, because they had many Dissenters in the schools whom they were anxious to retain, and they disliked the catechism, so that if it was not taught it would be all the better. The Rev. D. R. Thomas renii;uled them that there was the conscience clause.—Mr Sandbach saill there was not a single day school in his parish in which the Catechism xvas not taught, and Dissenters liked it, and asked that it should he taught their chil- dren. He then read the eighth annual report, and remarked that in Board schools the educa- tion of a child cost the ratepayers 1:2 ls 4d, while in voluntary schools the ratepayers' share was only tl 13:4 lid !—Mr Stanley Leighton moved the adoption of the report. For thirty years or so the society7 had been going on gathering up experience, and doing the work voluntarily, and now they were making use of the experience gained in former years. There were two axioms for the guidance of this society—1st, That a liecc-siti-y element in education was the religious element; education was instructive only. And the 2nd was, That religious education must he definite and dogmatic teaching. (Hear, hear.) — Mr Ashley seconded and Archdeacon Pfotdkes supported the motion, which was at once agreed to,In reference to funds, the lion, sec. said that they hail some ±.'12 14s in hand hut there were several outstanding bills their estimated income was £:0, In:t a,s yet they had only recei ved there was £ 50 given by the Xational Society, and .t'.>7 10, t'J conic ]) N, the 4 ?. ) 7 I,), t,? from the Bevan Trustees. They wanted in all A'JOO by Christmas, while they only saw £ 270 likely to come in. Mr Scott Bankes and Mr Roose spoke energetically upon the collecting of subscriptions. Sir Bankes said they malIc 110 end of resolutions, but they went out of that room and the resolutions were forgotten. Mr R c-o.-t; if anything had I)eeii done to take up the offer he made last year. He had offered £;'0 to meet ten (otilel. i;-)o for a special school fund, bOlt he believed nothing had been done. Did they want a cheque from him or not ? They talked and talked, but after all t here was no money. The rural deans had, it was said, done all they could, and yet they found only bankrupt societies. Let them put their hands in their pockets and put the money down. There had jmt been a single attempt made to accept his offer. (Hear, hear.) It was arranged that in future the reports should be ready by March, as great inconvenience had heen felt by the absence of the books, which were not in hand till after they came to that room. It was therefore agreed, upon the motion of Canon Howell Evans, seconded by Rev. Row- land Ellis, that all the statements should be in the printer's hands by the beginning of Pebruary, ami to be sent out to the subscribers in March. The meeting then broke up, CIWRCH EXTENSION SOCIKTV. The seventh report of the committee was read a-i foil(liv:, fn their last report, the com- lifittee cilletl the attention of the members to the fact, that there might be a probable decrease in tlic. anliliftl income of the society, for the current (past) year owing to the Cessation of what were originally terminable subscriptions. The decrea-e on this ace-emt ha-- been only £ 150. There has been on the other hand, (nice more, an increase of £ 25 10s, which )11(' committee are thankful to acknow- ledge, in the amount derived from parochial collections during the past year. These collections amounted to £ 207 3s lid uistead "f i'le-l 1.3s 11.1, Thewhole income of the Soci-.Lyfor the year endi_ ng December estimated at it amounted to f'ï-ltl Is 7d 4'oui the fol- lowing sources :—Annual suhscri] stions. t4:¡O lis '•"I: £ .il Os 2d total, 7".ta Is 7d. Tiie annual liabi- lities cf the Society amount, r.t tho present- mo- for addi- tional curates, 2 school exhibitioners, £ '30 total, £lOtÜ. It Hi b-- seen that there is an accruing deiiciency on the Society's account at the rate of £ 2'i0 bSs 5d a year. Such deficiencies have from time to time to be made good font pi the capitalized fund of the societ,y, whiCii by this proce.-s h: been reduced from to .f:L2W. There are now before the society applications for aid from several pari^ shes, and many more would be made were the society's funds in a state to permit their being, duertaiued. Toe committee, iu calling attention to these fad", t appeal to the liberality of the Churchmen of the cliocese, in order to put an end to this unsatis- factory condition of the society's finance. What are the fact that have to he dealt with Sewn years ago there was an aeknoxvledged want in the diocese, thus described in the original circu- lar issued by the Bishop-" In many bi-lingual parishes it is almost impossible to give full elfect to the ministrations of the Church without pro rid- ing more services than one clergyman can perform. It was calculated that the number of parishes in which ii-Il aid was needed amounted to at least 30. "What has been done": By means of this Society's grants there are now 1* additional clergy- men performing weekly, -10 additional Sunday and week-day services in IS of the bi-lingual parishes of the diocese. It been instrumental in calling forth annual c-ontributi -ns from other sources to the amount of Ecclesiastical Commissioners T:jllt, tea: offer- tory or local gifts. £3. pa-toral aiu and ad- ditional curates' The presents grants made by this Society cannot be maintained, or further grant- made,, without speedily exhausting-the Soeiety'scaj'itulixed fund. Is it too much to expect from the Christian liberality of Churchmen that an effort should be made to raise at once the sum of £ 1.000? This: question may with the more fairness be urged when it is remembered that two-Sfths of 11 it, present income arise from the annual stibscrip- tions of two of its members. ,{ Abergele  ,() Rpn?cw 4n (ill Denbigh CO Flint "2L. 1;¡:J Cxversyilt (JO Hamner (for one year more) 4:'i Holywell ru £ I.i;gol!eii (? !?.]!I:!?.U. tit) Miner; ill ?!d. co KkosHanerchrugog. U I 50 BagP.lt (not taken lip) tiO Llaufaii-Caeteiii-.n.. (ji) EXHTiJI'fI(iXIH, I), Davies, S. !>.(., Lampeter, £ 10; H. T. Hughes, Ystrad Meurig School, £ l"i; Pownal Owen. Ruthin School, Sir Watkin Yxiiiiams Y\llll moved the adop- tion of the leport.—Mr Stanley Leighton, in seconding it, took occasion to sav that coming as he did from Shropshire he felt himself almost- an interloper. (Cries of Xo. no.") In looking through the accounts audi list of subscribers he found there wa,sa?i?htl'ani)?'off iu the latkr, :md that was, lie ventured to say, attributable to one of three things—either the supporters of the Society M'ere becoming lukewarm, or the method of the Society M\'is not approved of, or.' there was a defect intLe\vav in which it v, carried out. As to tho method, itm?y be si good one, but at the same time there was another method M'hieh strongly recommended itself to him. At present they supported lo curate- who carried on 40 services oil Su/Jay and week days, l,ut what test of efficiency had they. These curates were placed under the clergy of the several parishes, and this Society had no control over them. Now, the 1 i Hoard of Edacn- tinn did not provide additional schoolmasters, but it found inspectors who saw that the work was well done; so also the Chinch Defence i Society, tlic-y sent clergymen through the oouutiy from place to place, and the best test of their eflieicncy was the subscription- tl ey were able to collect, and he thought that if instead of 1.4. curates conducting 40 m-viccs they, had 3 clergy- men M'ho went through the district thev "uultl do more work. He begged to assure them that I he said thi a in no captious spirit, but simply lie- cause lie thought it wouhl be the better plan. (Hear, hear.) — Canon Wynne Edward-- a -uied Mr Leighton and the meeting that the difficulty would be to keep regular services in places where the In-lingual difficulty necessitated the multiplication of services beyond the of the regular clergyman to conduct. The Bishop said that the same thing had been discussed before and negatived, as it did not fulfil the aim of this society. The Yen, Arch- deacon Smart said that churchwardens did the overlooking. It was their business to see that the services were properly conducted. Audi it must not be forgotten that' the citrate did much good work on the six days of the week as well as on the Sunday. A discussion then ensued, in which Sir Scott Bankes and Sir G. Ashley tuok th: most prominent part, upon the relati ve merits of committees and the rural deans in doing the work of this and the kindred societies, in the course of which the Bishop brought forward the instance of the Church of Ireland, in which, since the Disestablishment, the laity had so rallied round her that she Mas now in a far better position than before that event and he felt for the Church of England that she greatly needed the united efforts of both clergy and laih- if she was to maintain her pm!t![lc. After a few word" from Mr T. Mainwaring and Rev. Canon How ell Evans the meeting concluded by prayer. A meeting of the Carey Trustees was held at the palace in the afternoon and a Chapter meeting yesterday in the Cathedral brought the Chapter week to a close.

THE Paris Constitutiontied states that a marriage has been arranged between Prince Louis Napoleon and the Princess Thyia, sister of the Princess of NY ales, Thkoat TRIiIT.kTIO.N.-Soreiies-i and dryness tickling and irritation, inducing cough and effect- ing- the voice. For these symptoms use Epps's Glycerine Juj_ ubes. Only in boxes 6d and 1" ..I labelled "JAMES Epfs & Co., HoTiticooathic Chemists, -18, Tiireadneedle St., and 170. Picca- dilly, London." Pi!imiti\ f. Methodist n ni vr;r s a; ,■ AT C'oxkah's QUAY.-TILe J. B. Bught-s. of Chester, preached two sermon- on Sr.mhtv in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Connah's Q1 uay. The anniversary of the Sunday schools v, as celebrated, collections being made in aid of the school funds: and in th? att"t'no?n, Mt- Bugla.-s conuucied a ehHdren'? s?i-? !(.?, at which ?ul?ble hymns were sun g and re-citations given by the choir and children. The choir was under the leadership of Mr Hobert Lowland. and the anthems, &c. sung by them during the services and Oil Monday were nicely rendered. A tea meeting drew together a large number of friends on Monday evening, and at the public meetirg which followed, Mr Joseph Roberts, chairman, | the Rev. J. B. Buglass, and Ml- Millington made short speeches, the rest of the evening being devoted to singing'. Two anthems. "The earth, is the Lord's, and "Praise ye the Lord, were, loudly applauded, and the GXertiOlls of the clioir: contributed not a little to the stiecess of the meeting. The collections were satisfactory, and the whole cf the proceed.- 30 to the school fund, i

THE NATIONAL EISTEDDVOD, 187S, AT BIRKENHEAD. It We are informed that the compositions re- ceived for theforthconiiugNational Eisteddvod at Birkenhead arc very creditable, and repre- sent,4 enormous labour and research on the part of tlieii- ntttiierotis The pro- ductions on musical, poetical, literary t' ii(I scientific subjects arc now, we understand, in the hands of their resjiective adjudicators. On the chair subject, we notice the extraordi- nary large number of H have been received and for the benent of the composers we pro- duce the following detailed list. PKOSE. .special Subject (Prize hi00) A11 bngiish Essay (original production) 011 "The present state of the Welsh nation, 111010 especially in its industrial literary and social aspects, together with the best means of securing its 'tl t progress in t hose respects" — se ven com- positions have come to hand, viz., Cattwg, daughter of Llewellyn, Y Tyst a'r amser," Regultt.s, Dunawd, WYIJ, R. O. Hafr yn. Critical Essay on Locke's Philosophy."— six compositions signed respectively, N'id Syr William, \Y—, i'lyaiit, Hell Efoydydd, Fy fry dog, Plato, A romance describing Welsh life and cha- racter at the close ot the 17th century one composition signed, John Bennett Evans. An Essay "Nationality (cet 9 in its relation to civilisation '"—Throe compositions, viz., Atthur, Anturiacthur, Eginyn A Critical Essay 011 the Genius of Nicandcr. "—One composition, bearing the non de plume, Elbodus. A Welsh Hand-Book to (".oology.—Four compositions, viz., Madog Liwyd, Gomel-ap Japhetii, Dyfnwul Moelinud, and Joan Jonverth. Essay Oil The most effective means of elevating the condition and augmenting the comforts of the agricultural labourers in Ywdes. "—Two compositions--Cymniyran and L'n o'r De. 1 English Essay 011 "Michael Ai.gelo and his | influence all Fine Arts. "—Ten compositions, signed respectively, Penry, Reubens, Dour er, Mor, An Admirer of Fine Arts, Owain' Glyudwr.Artificis,Umbra, L'ev. elyn, Scientist, Dum Spiro Spero. Essay (for Youths under IS years or age) 011 the proverb, "AfïlIi IJob Afraid."—S«ven compositions. Young (,'ompetitt >r, Tiin< -thcus, Noan ap Robert, Linus, Sahi o'r Lot, Asaph Rhondda, Gwron. roETrV. Chair Subject, aile b" Providence."—Four- teen compositions, bearing the signatures — David., udur Aled, AddoUvr. Idwal, Diwyd, Marah, Syllydd, Owper, Idv.itl ('-), Llywarch- lien, Lutiter, Omega, Mor.ecai, Ydkmydd. Epic Poem, "Joshua. "—-Twelve composi- tions—Smiron Heron, Othniel. < .ioleth Her- mon, Philo Hebraicus, Mevvinia (English) Caleb. Un 0 blant y Bryniao. Hemait, llcr- 'A 1 '¡ 11 'I '1' 1 lnun, AnadI (idaith a r gon-edl od yo, t llwadu r, Anorpher.ol. Elegy to thy '-iem -ry of I;.ui;.n Gwyllt, loan Pedr, Myny.Mog. and Tiebor Mai.— Pour compositions, signed John Biackwall, Gray, Brython. O.vain trwyoedd. Cywyud, ''Bravery." —Four compositions— Eryri, Mordaf, Undodwr, GJrrn Arra:i. Lclogue (Rhiangcrdd), Oh", en."—Four compositions—Meudv. y Cwm Miles, Grisia- log, Seithonwydd. Moedcry o Foil. Descriptive Song, The Farmyard." — Thirteen c y Dj d<i, Amacthior. Presv.ylydd, Gosling, 'John y Gwa. Leonatus Posthumus, Mecelti, Hen Amaetbon, Penmaui, Lewis Morris, Meholin, Robil; (Ir.odielfoM', Wio'iVa Llu yu. Historical and Descriptive English Song, Yiew from Bidston Hill. coitil)osi- tions—Deva, Birken, Hope, Feber Liquarius, One of the i.Yl;Ti Af.s. 11 1 iweive >;t,gs, two verses eacn. -n luelve elsli .Proverbs.—Three compositions—Mill- turn in Parvo, Briallog, Id.wa! Ap Comer. Ballad (to be written 011 music), Bcwldiad y Cerddor Hopkin. Thirteen compositions. Calar-.vr o gol Hirajth, Darydd, Tnliesin, Chattel ton, Marah, Tudor Aled*. Ap Gwyddno, Kaf Xeifion, Avrel y Mor, ii, Ti-a(-.tlt H-etn v Kirke White. Deruryn, bedd. Epitaph.—Tomb inscription vi "Tegidon. Thirty compositions. Giklas Hii-aetlius, Ap Hira'.th, Lie:,if p'r beinhl, Gwcitiiiwr, Cyfaill, Dinesydd, Enoc Aisyllydd S.\n, Ilenafgwr Trr- Ap Marah, Lopouioli' Gildas Hiraethus, Yspryd, Liyn Tegid, Meianctlion, Cymmrodor, Tati yr A lit, Deigryn Iliroeth, Gorliexvyi;. EmyrEdmygydcl,Cynval, Cyprus. Byron, Galarxvr, Yr Y xven. Hongy- failly, MeudiMy Madog. Morlaudyud, Teifwy. | Epigram to Honey," Sixty-one composi- tions. Myrddin V> ylit, Tal, L'ev. i, Idrisuwg, Gwenlyneu, Arthur Lieweiiyn, Yor Bach, Amacthydd. loan Fadyddiwr, Gostyngc-uig, Sivrgr Candi, Adeloiios, Gostj" 'ngedig (2), Tnojiydd, Hotfwr ci flas, Fdeyrn,Dew r llole, Garddwr (2), Y mdeithydd, Huh y CyeliMT. Gwr o agwedd Morgrugyn, Pientyn JNatur, i hy, Ehu-.yn yr Hnf, Melus, Melfwyfaxvr, Garudv.'r, I tor, Trust Hebla, Sylwedydd, Garddwr. (iwvddoil!. CcvMi-1 Knvninr 1V-^ Morvihia, Prentcg, Hid, GMcnynog, Ic, l'aiul1"n.. Dill Diwyd. Gvilym, Ethvyn, Blodenlwyn. Melus Melus, Fferyllydd, Y GardaUvr (4). Hen Arddwr, Melv.as, llal- mws, Trevor, Oervaise, Cwyliwr, Sugnv.ry Dil, Robin Good fellow', Gardwr (5), Gardvrr (ti), Sviweddydd, Slion PQ s, C'accwn. Epigram (serio sati'rio). The Colorado: Beetle. "—Forty-nine eonniovitlons—Bwvtawr. Coronew. Tiuiurap Tu.lain. lanki, Amacthydd, Hen Waddohvr, Cn o'r I-.idiaid Cymreig, Gwydtlel, Owen mevm dag ran, Creeping, Amaethydd, .J:io., Baeitg.n o Gymru. Ttidur ap Tydain, Apal Tatw^ Glasweiltyn, Hogyn ya gyrwr Medd, Chelsea, Ochenaid, Clan Carog, Meiryg. Ap libel, Brodor, Estyn Morganv.g, Al).tr:iiii Ama-thw r, Gwydelig, Arc'telyn 11"1. chwiloit. Kemp, Bryubedw, Glan y V» orydd. Bwytav. r Tatws, \*os).a?ion o Llwyalleiiiad, xiIi Pat..Janci, Llais y Wiad, Bravvyehus, Toiii Jones, Weiesen Wlc-dig, Hen FfariiiMi- Honier, A.. B., C., R-btn Goodioilow (:2" alike. Anierieanwr. Bwytav,r Pytatw Ivor Bach. 1; wi 11 hwyr na hwynieh, Giyn. Ti;A?L.' .T!.?. Into r.r.giish, Sucee-sutl eita-.r ode, at Cn"- n.imtn National Eisteddvod. On "Youth." Seven competitors :—Cwnetus, Silver Beil, Idwal Gobeitlnwr, Edgar. Ecor Ens or Inb English, The treati.-e on Williams Pancyeeiyn (Hiraethog). Four competitors —Hen <T yinro. Th joineniplius. Theo- l., phliu-. Into Y\ eh-h. The Rrtx cn (Edgar E. Poe). r Twelve competitors :—Dnulwen, Pindar, IIy. Stanley, C'ybi, Seiriol, Eniou ap CollM'yn. Corona, Challenge. Drvden. Tvdain. George Bari-uw, Deltryd. Illti) Welsh, Mticaulay'o Essay on Addi- son." Nine competitors ;—James Bos well, i ickeli (.yfaill Addis'»ivi, Brodi'.r o (lan y yadaw, Drydcn, Tickell (12)*Ab Joan, Meta- phrostes, .1 uvc-nal, Ivan. Into English, Shakespeare and the Welsh (Dr Edwards), viz.—Ap loan, Raison pour guiue, All Admirer of Shakespeare, Ymg. isydi.lt Jeunc, Claudius. A S ratford Pil- grim. byfrdwy. incentio, (Tialdus Cam- bremses, John Havapdcn, Glymlwr, Falstaff, Fluellen antt the Leek, Lucius, Sir Hugh Evans, Melinfab, Brysr.g, Owen filyndur, An 1 Old Disciple, INIorgan Aunchicnt Pistol, Demosthenes, Anglo Celt, Lector, Xot Shake- spearc, Unionfa)). Gwak-h Helin. Juvenile, Hugo Crotius. Lleygydil yn Lloegr, Captain MacMorris. Cynu-o. Delins, Guyneilufryn, J Tegid, Katie. Pov.ysland, Cymro yn Ng'liv- rwru, Talicsiii, A* pTogid.,lno. Morgan Datydd. Caradog, N-i a, Orlando, Ethelberta, *Cas- li: !L Cambrcnsis (2) Romeo, A* Welsh Peasant, U11 yn Edmygn yr aM'dMT, Ceninen, Host-it, Anewrln, Dysgybl, Efrydydd, U11 o ddvffryn j Edeyrinon, Ap Rhys, LIew llyn, Alltonio. Junius Brutus, A Young Welshm n, Il,an a loan. and Fluellen. "The Village Blacksmithinto Welsh, (M( l) Tubal cam, Daf'y<ld Namor, Ozier x- Pen- tref, (Tof du ag af ti y Dorch, Elihu Burritt, Sllortfellow (1). Hywcl Wyn. Llywarch Hen, Cymro (1), Tubal Cain, Hirun Arall. Collwy 11, Vulcau, Gof o arall gyfeiriad, Gwyndaf Hen, | Good fellow*, Cymro Cofy ddol, HUM co, Rhys, Hir, KehL., Mab y Gof, S, R. the "S illage Schoolmaster, Wil y gof, and 0 L Cambrian 1 1\ V!' I (')0) Wyn Ned Puw into English. (30) Y Hiraethus. Blodwcn, Caradoc, Llanbrynmair, Aueurin. Tom Hood. Syr Menrig GMynswth, C. U. Titus TnJ ?-, Lfane c'r Llwyuy Owen. Hoj?c, A'?'n Jones. Kym'? y Gymru, E\er- toiiia:i, T.B. Sabrina, Tite, Drydcn, Pope, Jack y Gors. Owalker, Julius, y i Danbr.id o Dinbyeh. Eirianfab, Cabel Wil- liams, Thuriel. Transe-. At ari-i-f I Edward and Mervinia. The Asylum i T. >111 Htl'ddol. to 1"). Welsh Anthem. —(4), Signature, Heir (?ri?t'cu. Purcel], ami Bartholdv. Part ?..?j- n?rk bark, t)? ?.k.(l?, Penarnvn. ??w??u. CnH?.n.u), .Jupit-r Orpheus. Adva. Cnudvu. Doven. XL Andante Con Motn. Spofforth, Sclnd?i t, M? Smart. Teury, an? ??mett. Contralto S(?:g.—)?? vi?.. (-anubg. Tudur, Iago, i h'hvin, Au?t. AiH?vdd, Musico, CYli:l'  t0r,,hL, ('a?n ?.1?? Rooko, aud Mat Anian. ? Pi?ioforte Sui:?a.—(S). Correlli, K?k- oreiuier. Roostral, Young Boy, Beethoven Bach. Lhvys, Minstrel, and Beethoven,

DENBIOHSJIfH K I .? ASSOCIATION. Yesterday ('-n?;?; t! t!}tj. a.¡: 1 ing of thi As.-it.ci:tti?)it?..?j,f. H:ui?',Lh!)?)tien.uit<!j;?:??' It'lll'rn Ilillli(,)Ij¡'iI UiJlJ "I "'I' J', '-{ .> ( ü "o "J '-I.í.t able auspices, t))? ))?:)ti'ni'??. "'It\ the he?t hen? tempen-d by a pl-^ajp }' ¡ t.. n-eshui? breeze—at?'actiii? a i:'??. 'I of people to the ground, which con.n'- l! ii. of JI:!Jle t,) t!le :£!'ollwl, ,h+  r n<l<iiti')utr)pictut'<"?n.'t?; Crucis and its l -un ;n\ ,• .y.i-o; It\IS. anI 1",10).1 :Il:i",¡ J splendid panoramic view of UVi"V! ,'0 't ,,¡  (Iii. scenery. The President of the A cia:; W. Wynn,Bart., M.l' the W. ''ynll. B!ll't.. ,}l.J' :I,¡' 'j'J'c,¡.j,;¡. c!udi)i? Major Cori;w:t]lb V\ e.it i!"I' I:t. ''?,/ ?'it of the county,1, L'.j-.? t•" M.P., Hon. Geo. T. Kcnyon, C.,1 'r J L 1 ¡ 'J ,¡, Col. Nay lor Leyland. :,jr j\ L' ''1 Captain Barnes, Mr Edmuud Pc ■S' r (' 1 'I' 1 ¡. "I J' Hope, (rcneral Townshend. Mr'i p. Capt. Con ran acting !u»m t"r?. ;1' lv;- Licut. Kvaii ilorri^ as  WCit | Sir Watkin and Major West v, :,i■ ri 11 the day .u)d took an acth-f..e-: the proceedings. There v.-c-rcci?? events on the I J.' I' ¡ '1" viz.. the A.ssociat:on i\l. "'1" ?Viiti?msWyn.i-s ''ri?.r.-?u-.c'?"?'?" Ibers' Prize (1st :C5y All-ft, ■'I- bel's' Prize (IHt {,'j).. ¡\11-( 'J1;i: ,hei<: !'i?.e (!t, f'O), jL:)?; t?' .?' held Prize (1st, iM(l), Ladjc/ ''e"1- Hussars i'nzc, prescntei; J)V i. :'i: I Lad.ic-s of the Dcnbigji Hu xalue £ 5), Lieut. Nc.vior j.?." (' I '1' I  A' (v?nc ?, C?I. T?tM.'i?n- ?,?.?''? geant Instructors' i'rize (]: ".V' ner of the IJron/o .\I.d.d -7 V' \> R?k Association, which ya* Woii' rl" year (I U.Jit O.?.?i ij„rv, V' Company, is entitled t„ cm, '? Prince of Wales' Prize at Win bh-d, emmiug Wnnblbth,n Meeting, the 'V  ?f the ??re?Ht? value of id1() < I is given by the Prince of Wale- -uV- i ^.o the Xati?u:d Rilic Association  stricted to the winners of t,? Nitlr" .e 1 Vn': A-,?ociatioii iiiver ;tii?t ).,(;„  for the previous year. A no v. yc? pr?.n.uc the ,?r..),,t,?- ?!cmh? 1'nze. ;?d h.),,f't 10. to the funds of the m.titatm,/ :?"i' c oL' 1'- membership, members are entitb rl t'' '? J 'j'" ,14L 'ct.. for this prize free of entrance A  j M'as set apart for the K-??;???' -? H.1 {.1 h", t, ..i. 1.i. 1;; ti\t' | members,tne competiti.n .fc prize; t.uo yards. 5 .hot ?", t"'V-O "tl ,,( .), -I '1 L; 0'' ¡ .I. in the prograinme tve notice- andbi] m.i.-ithe K)?ht:'?i?f?!<?.?. fb.;f; 1 to be s hot f- ;f, j' \11l!h t1.é( to ):! (;l1flt r)' J"t. J'! \lt"H tL. li:ht y.-a; a!\ tL:: r L. and ]u:;t r;J!l;1I (;1'1" ¿., ¡; sejiaration and anxiou., i, le-ve s: pI'1¡:11'ati011 anti, anxio:¡, :¡! ;Li¡:¡:e n. ,¡ "l' rii I -%i-ere admirablv r-an-i- ?. managemciit of ;;u J; 1 tile 1¡"11 L: ut. Kvan ..¡ .t'lj. no pains to eiisure oU-ec- s. a, •' unrt-initiing in his dibit, Ci- interests (<f the \'ohi)?'?. Atth.?uO yarJ.,titL-?!.?.?i.?_ disc-marking Iieiug UreT iy t!u-.Itu: Thch'tt?r is ti V,j.  i  r inasmuch as iite comiiciit.ij-  after each slwt whv-Veis i;? ;?' number of si".t.-> ,( -red b "'1 clean.d. Firing c,»m«.c i.?_t; ? '?: p-;t¿'¡fl;L :l';é:l"¡" No. I Company t'?.k ?.?.?: wind and 'i?i.t, bLU!? i, -rv *t. for the shooting. ?i;.?' 'i' ?s umpire, in th-. ro^m ). ,? i; Colonel ?'hite.?n;<} thioiatc-, Colonel Sir W. W. V.'y; <t.?. t Lieut. P?-h, Li-ar.t. I'i :?n? Wiiliamson, Captain Lh •. it o i'h-e,.  high: Lieut. Barratt. t.'iii* C. T and Lieut. J. Oswell L uy. (•• r., :i)?- !'?.H?.r ..? 0. ".L 'j' (.'reach, IblLY.C' A large number of Wrc.xha: were present, together v itli incad-t;; • Denbiglifhire Hussar., nn-i e;a.e in the district. A numb. of P e o'.v Volunteer.; drove f: ;:i Y\'i-c'h; f J 1. :'1" J. t J- (' T for breakfast at Bunb.-i, (.pt:u' ll.v L Lieut.J. Os well Bury h .'v.crs-. l: coming l.»y an early trni > and ijuently on the grout: i in Refreshments were v bu -I by the proiirietors of the Caiubrein officers' lunch being -suppli -d: by 1¡! ildv. of the Hand Hotel. Llangollen. The following is the return o :b ing — National Jiifle As-writ-ii-n, x h: winner ti'> s hoot for H.K.rl. T» b» • <■* by the efftctivciiicuiber» of ti;e i'ii-1 Battalion Vo!e; ■■ follows :—Ten per cent, of the Eifcrtiv,. v. > uf each Corps retunied Pcreiubcr Lt. p; ,e to be the three js'ro.iv.-il s;?.i, b.»irt nient pattern as supplied to Volunteer*. ,• ?;), the (iovenaaeat viewer's mark. ,n used us?)j?.ii'? by the Assoriatioii e •; l!uil-Jf^i -l ?.?'!? ?.1. ) r-l -O jii- l.JIJ?ftl; lt/t 'l: ,1" Ilifle Association Bronze Mt-i;! -i-i i. ( £ 10s f.iiirth, a.i j>i- -O r seventh, £ i eighth, A priz; of i.1 to the best s'et j,t xviiiner of the rir-t t-rize and entitled to the bartah-on i:ot.-iii!. r;j i- p; i'i:e. ami >t. (:«.:?t-t'!?!t?t-t'?" VitiihlcJoii nici'ttnjr. tin- the eutt-.t; )?'?t ?v the Assoei-.ti-.o, I'. !?'i't? Rohcr!"th P. f.' V Corpor.-l l.'eirinufo;), :'u i j>. I'rivaie Price, ilh If.R.V Ci,:t¡'lri'lJ,rJ(I; '> Horgeaiit i :?.?f:?  j'livete i'teii..beic-s. hs it.i; i !].1- !h:i-y. nth Lieut. Bury, 1st D.l'.V ^■-i-ieaiit cn-K-y. gnd. i,i;.v •*krgeaiit Aicliutehin.ill It.B. V.' The money was ilivi-!e,l be-xxeen i;h" i They !■ t'i shot for the ba.i-e, *• XV oil. baoit..1 p:i>:es n, i!) \;ir- l s e •».ltY.. IWjMiirits: .>irds i';i-ito j'ric- 32 jiob.its. is71 tl. IS74 — Private IT..Jenc. xViv;.t.. O—sefc't. T. ooip. iitc. V. i;u. ■' lS7!i—Vri-.ato E. Houhu.j. r.i. Lady Wit.t.iAMi Wvsx's i'liizt;. v:dt:e 1" competed for by iive per ce'.it. i-i the etii-j.-nt bev.- of each corps wi:o ;i:e ait, aiie-l ti;■■ ■ liuuihe • of drills 1..t prize So 1. 2U!.j!iii5ii- .inN. ii.j seconl. lit* it" b-s. th shot at each ranjte. Private Pied .line, |).ii. ■■ > i-ei-gc-oit. yicl'liei-soti.tii P.U'.l Serfieanl .\i.Mutch' .Ot Sergeant Jones D.I.V Private Price, n. Jtange prizes at C,*> yc.iiis. S-r.uca«! •; v y' i)S ti-.iint ■ e- vto-e.s, C.-iy. i.. n.V.? \nni-.U. JlKMSKUs' Ptiiz; oja a o i.i!e:s ation. xvlvi sit .?''t"[ least r' s )'?i'?:)..iL.?"' who have paiil tlteif -.absi-riptlcn.s hi-iniT t*vo a I 'y M) the d.r." of .?"?'t'?'). t'm' hot- ;H Keft.iliitiou snider lilies and aMiiitiitr.: entranee fee. first nrizo. 15: s ''oil' t- Serjeant .M''Hutch.'on. oth D.h.N. Lieu! Wani. II'¡ I- Private Willi'inis, lith C.II.V Sci'iieant Woo'le.v, iilh C.h' Serjeant Wo idvilie. 1-,1 D.h'A L.\i'it-;s' llr.MuoiisHtHi: Hi ss.xr.s PaiZK. by the Officers' La.ii-s of the for by seven of tho he«t hot< of ea.-li D.H., witli licgimeniul Carbines. J-ivc <«•• 2WI vards. First prize, xaltte !'•* third, IPs. ¡- Private Owen. A troop Private Harry Adams, A troop L'EtM'0! XAVi.oit br.vLAMi's Pm::?.?' M same conditions as juizeXii 5. Five shot* it, yards. The xvimr.r of cu? in prize No v| n1L)-.vcd!:nr.t'nj?ctcf(.rt't?)"?' '.?'? ?. .C2h'<?-?r'.i:;)l'?:t!J,L't T?!' ? ;¡thÙ'imè';lt;;l (_lr¡'s:' I' Corporal Woohich, B troop Serge, iioberts, ( T)\?'p. — Seigt. Jones, A tr"t'p. 'Cot.. Toi"i't:.MlAM's C t I*, sante cotiihtio'.i- Tt?'winner of the cup in prize X" :tn?\vedt?co'upett<f?rH)[sp!i/?. Corporal Woolrieh, 15 troop 1 [I'esults of other Mmnt'titi<??!t' we xvent to press.]

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