Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

-0  DEATH CAUSED BY THE ADaISTRATION I OF CHLOROFORM. An inquest was held before B. H. Tbelwall, Esq., on Monday last, at Erddig, the seat of S. Yorke, Esq., on I the body of John Davies, butler to Mr Yorke, who came 1 by his death under circumstances that will be found fully detailed in the evidence. The following were sworn on the jury :—Mr T- Jones, auctioneer, foreman Mr C. E. Kershaw, Salisbury Park; Mr J. Prichard, Erdclig-road Mr John Gittius, Fairfield House Mr Josiah Hague, Poplar-road; Mr Wilcorc, Bowling Green Inn: Mr Bott, Penybryn: Mr Boden, Penybryn Mr Kowson, postmaster; Mr John Rowland, brewer; Mr Charles Richards, auctioneer-, Mr J. Stant, Town Hill; Mr R. Lloyd, Penybryn; Mr Palmer, Town Hill. The Coroner said Gentlemen of the jury, you are summoned and sworn to ascertain how and by what means John Davies came by his death. It appears he was a butler in the service of Mr Yorke, and was suffer- ing from some disease, and upon being attended by a medical man it was found necessary that there should be an operation performed. On Friday morning two medical gentlemen, Mr T. T. Griffith and Mr T. Eyton Jones, came to Erddig for thepurpose of performing the operation. In order to save pain and enable themselves to perform the operation with more skill and satisfaction, it was agreed to put the deceased under the influence of chloroform. During the time these medical gentlemen were putting him under the influence of chloroform the unfortunate man died. These two gentlemen are now here present. They are both gentlemen whom you well know. They are both gentlemen of high professional position. 31r Griffith is a gentleman of the greatest ability and long experience, and a gentleman who has done a great deal for the public institutions of this neighbourhood. Mr Eyton Jones is not a gentleman of such long standing, still he has great abilit-Y4 but not- withstanding the professional ability of these gentlemen this unfortunate man dies under their hands. I don't suppose there was any want of care, any want of atten- tion, any defect of professional education on the part of either of these gentlemen with regard to the administra- tion of the chloroform. I don't see that there was but this will be a matter for your csnsideration. It will be for you to consider whether there has been any error of judgment in the administration of the chloroform. I am told that the-deceased was a very nervous man. If that is proved to you,that will raise the question whether these gentlemen were justified in administering the chloroform at the time they did. Several other ques- tions may probably arise for your consideration. It is a case in ,which. the relatives of the deceased and the public ought to be satisfied, and it is due to the medical gentlemen that they also should be satisfied. After viewing the body and hearing the medical evidence I shall ask yeur opinion whether you consider a post mortem examination necessary. The jury then proceeded to view the body. On their return George Jones Davies was called. He said I am a coach builder, and work Et Holyhead. Deceased was my brother. He was .39 years of age. He was in Mr Yorke's employ as butler. I had not seen him for some time. I saw him two .months ago in Chester. He has named to me some slight ailment he was suffering under, but he did not say what it was. He was younger than I am. When I talked to him about his complaint he said it was some boil or something. I did not know that he was a nervous man. Thomas Eyton Jones was next called. He said: I am a surgeon, residing in Wrexham. The deceased called upon me on Thursday week (15th inst) about some trifling bruise at the back of his head, which he stated had been caused by a jerk in a vehicle. The horse sprung, and his head caught the back of the vehicle. In the course of a second visit he wished to eonsult me about a fistula from which he was suffering. )7 He came to me on I said: "lam at your service." He came to me on the following day, Friday, the 16th, and I examined the fistula. I fo-rnd it was an exceedingly deep one. It was the length of the probe I produce, with the exception of an inch; about three and a half inches deep, from the external aperture. I asked him whether as Mr Yorke bad been in the h«bit of employing another medical gentleman would he like him to come to me. He said that would be all right. I stated that an operation would te neces- sary. In consequence of this, on Monday, this day week, I was informed that Mr Yorke had called at my house when I was out. On Wednesday Mr Yorke called again, and we discussed the question of the operation. I told Mr Yorke that as far as I couid possibly offer an opinion then the operation would be a very serious one—the patient being a nervous man, and the fistula an old one, he would never cro through the operation without something to quiet the gyste and I recommended the use of chloroform. That same evening I came over to Erddig, and I examinnd the fistula again. And more than that I stripped the de- ceased and examined his heart and lungs. I could de- tect no disease in the longs, and with the exception of a rapid action of the heart, due, I presume, to his nervous and timid condition, there was no disease whatever. I suggested that he should be examined by Mr Griffith on the following morning, and Mr Yorke said he would drive him down. On Thursday morning I met him at Mr Griffith's, at eleven o'clock. At my suggestion and the desire of the deceased Mr Griffith examined him in my presence. He examined the fistula, and the state of his general health. I said proposed to five him chloroform, anJ Mr Griffith listened to his heart o j?ee whether he con 14 bear it, After tha: had been dose we agreed to meet the following morning at half-past nine o'clock. That same evening my assis- tant came over to Erddig and gave the de- ceased an enema to clear out his bowels and prepare him for the operation. Mr Griffith came to my house on the Friday morning, and we reached Erddig about twenty-five minutes past nine. We prepared him for the operation by laying him down in the usual way, and I began to administer the chloroform in the usual manner. (Mr Jones here explained the mode of ad- ministering chloroform by dropping it out of a specially prepared bottle on to one of Dr. Skinner's inhalers, now used in most of the public hospitals, the chloroform being prepared by Messrs. Duncan and Flockhart, Edinburgh.) When I lwo. administered it about three minutes he be- came excited, a common thing in the first stage of the administration of chloroform. I tried to quiet him and keep him down. He then happened to see Mr Griffith, and said, "I will see your bill is paid." It is a common occurrence for them to move in this way. I then sup- supportpd his head against my chest, Mr Griffith having deceased's right hand in his left hand feeling the pulse. Deceased tried to snatch at the inhaler. I called my assistant to hold his hand. I continued the adminis- tration for about two minutes longer, when Mr Griffith said the pulse has stopped." I immediately withdrew the inhaler. It occupied altogether from six to eight minutes. I administered about 3 dr'ms.—The Coroner What do you think took place to produce this change ? —Witness: A sudden convulsive action of the system. -The Coroner Was there any rigidity of the body ?— Witnesss There was no particular rigidity. The body was quite flaccid after the effects of the chloroform had pass, d away. It is usual.—The Coroner Can you give us any idea as to the cause of death ?— Witness: The only cause I can give is the suspension of the heart's action.—The Coroner But what was the cause of that? —Witness I can't speak positively.—The Coroner: Are you prepared to say whether the chloroform had anything to do with the suspension of the action of the heart ?-Witness: I can't swear that.—The Coroner: Could you, do you think, by a post-mortem examination ascertain the cause of death ?-I may state that I have been at a post-mortem examination where death has taken place when chloroform has been administered, in the presence of Mr James Paget, surgeon te the Princess of Wales. It occured in the case of a female who had taken chloroform safely a fortnightly pre- viously, and for a second operation it was being ad- ministered when death suddenly supervened. On ex- amination of the body it showed all the organs to be healthy, bnt the blood was in a perfectly fluid state- no coagulation having taken place in the larger vessels, a condition which is found in the case of persoES killed by lightning.—The Coroner: Do you think a post- mortem would clear up anything ? or throw any light at all on anything ? whether he died from chloroform or disease of the heart, or any affection of the lungs ? You examined him before and pronounced him perfectly healthy.—Witness: All I can say is, that I cannot speak positively whether an asphyxiated condition of lung, congestion of brain, or distended ventricle of the heart might be found, though in most cases the heart has been affected.—A Juror (Mr Wilcox) asked was the quantity administered larger than he (Mr Eyton Jones) had given his wife?—The Coroner said the question was not relevant to the case.—Witness, however, re- plied that he administered four times as much to Mrs Wilcox.—By the Foreman: Is it usual to administer chloroform to nervous persons ?—Witness: I may say that in those cases of confinement where the persons are nervous our experience is that it is one of the greatest blessings we have within onr means of relief.—Several questions were put by jurymen, some of which were over-ruled by the coroner as not relevant to the case. Mr T. T. Griffith was next called. He said: What I have to state will be to repeat in some measure what Mr Jones has already stated (Mr Griffith then went minutely into the facts of the case, his evidence being substantially the same as Mr Eyton Jones's). He gave it :1" h;" opinioTvihat it was a case where it was abso- lutely necessary to use chloroform, as they required the man to be in a perfectly passive state. In three or four minutes after the chloroform was administered they could not hold the deceased, and the coachman came to help to -keep him down. He then anxiously watched his pulse bounding. This excitement increased —the pulse went bound, bound, bound, and in an in- stant he missed it. It was like a flash of lightning. He could compare it to nothing else. It was gone in less time than he could give expression to the words. He never witnessed such a thing before, and never could have imagined anything like it.-In reply to a ques- tion from the coroner as to the cause of death, Mr Griffith replied that the primary cause was the heart became distended and collapsed, and failed to send the blood to the wrist; the secondary cause was the chloro- form, there was no doubt of it. As far as they could see he would not have died if chloroform had not been administered. The jury having said that they did not require a jlost- mortem, and the relativeshaving strongly objected to it, The C-oraner then summed up and told the jury it was for them to say whether there was -any blame attached to any one. The room was then cleared, and after two or three minutes' deliberation the jury returned a verdict that deceased died from the effects of chloroform i properly I administered-that -no blame could be attached to either of the medical gentlemen, who had given every attention possible to the deceased. They found that he i came by his death accidentally, and not otherwise.

MARRIAGE OF JAMES GLADSTONE, ESQ., TO MISS ANNIE RICHARDS. \í On Tuesday last some of the leading thoroughfares of the town presented an unusually animated appear- ance, in consequence of the crowds that had assembled to witness the bridal party connected with the above auspicious event -on their way from Bodlondeb, the re- I sidence of T. Painter, Esq., in Grove Road, to the parish church. The bridegroom we are informed is a member of a branch of the Gladstone family., and the bride is the niece of Mr Thomas Painter, one of our borough magistrates, and a gentleman highly respected in this neighbourhood for -hie intelligent and straight- forward conduct in several capacities in the management of the public affairs of the town, and for his numerous good qualities as a private gentleman. A fine triumphal arch of evergreens spanned the bottom of Hope-street, from the Town Hall to the business premises of MessrB I Rushton and Porter, on which was inscribed Long life and happiness to Mr and Mrs Gladstone." Some dozen carriages conveyed the.wedding party to church, the route selected being Grove-road, Rhosddu-road, King-street, Regent-street, Hcpe-street, to Church- street, the latest arrivals reaching the church about eleven o'clock. One norelty in 4onnection with the .1 event was its I CELEBRATION BY A CHOE-IL SERVICE. It having become known that the rite would be cele- brated chorally, at an early hour the approaches to the parish church were thronged with persons of all classes anxious to take part in the ceremony. Long before the time fixed for ihe solemnization the church was fillel As the wedding guests arrived soft music was played by Mr Harriss, organist of S. Mark's, .who by the kind courtesy of Mr Simms, presided at the organ. "0 rest in the Lord," and. other appropriate pieces were given with wonderful taste and jadgnment. When the bride reached the sacrarium the office wae begun by the cheir singing Keble's marriage hymn: The voice that breathes o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day, The Primal marriage blessing, It hath not-passed away Still in the pure espousal Of Christian D and maid The holy three arc with us, The threefold grace is said ? Nothing could exceed the effect produced by the singing of this beautiful hymn, at once jubilant and .devotional. One of the officiating clergymen then read the exhorta- tion, and the marriage serrice was continued with the utmost solemnity, the choir chanting the Amens at the end of the prayers. After the blessing the Dens Mis- ereatur was sung to a chant composed, we believe, by Mr Harriss for the occasion, as also were the Veraicles. Before the final exhortation, a hymn was sang ccm- mencing How welcome was the call, And sweet the festal lay, When Jesus deigned in CanWs hall To bless the marriage day. As the bridal party left the church, Mendelssohn's wedding march was played with a splendour and bril- liancy of execution, rarely, if ever equalled. The greatest possible credit is due to the organist and choir of S. Mark's Church, who gladly volunteered their ser- vices on this occasion as a mark. of respect to a highly valued member of the congregation and the members of her family. We believe this is the first choral marriage celebrated in the parish church, and, judging from the remarks we happened to hear made by very many in that immense congregation, it is more than probable that it will not be allowed to be the last. The bridesmaids were Miss Low, Miss Ela Glad- stone Miss Blanche Humphreys, and Miss Florence Humphreys, and the groomsmen were Mr Eddowes and Mr J. Allington Hughes. Amongst the attendants we noticed Thomas Painter, Esq., and Mrs Painter, Bodlondeb; W. Overton, Esq., and Mrs Overton, King- street; Henry Humphreys, and Mrs Humphreys, Oak Lodge; Rev. Joseph Richards, Strines; Rev. James Clarke Roberts John James, Esq., and Mrs James, Plas Acton W. W. Kenrick, Esq., Gardden, and Mrs Kenrick, Wynne Hall; Miss Humphreys, Brynygroes, Thomas Eddowes, Esq., Liverpool; John Murray Glad- stone, Lai., and Mrs Gladstone, Liverpool; guckley,  Esq., and Mrs Buckley, Liverpool; Mrs Davenport, |I I London; John Richards, Esq., London. ) I THE WEDDING PRESENTS I Were numerous ani costly. None, perhaps, were more appreciated than a silver salver, richly chased, King's Pattern," a memento of her labours amongst the little ones of the ragged schools, which bore the following inscription Presented to Miss Richards on the occasion of her marriage, as a token of esteem, by her fellow-workers in the Sunday ragged school and mothers' meeting. Wrexham, 1868." This piece of plate was supplied by Mr Heywood, jewelIL r, in whose window it was on view for some time, and was greatly admired for the chasteness of the design and the style in which it was set. I TREAT TO THE RAGGED SCHOOL. On Wednesday Mrs Painter and Mrs Overton gave the girls of the ragged school a treat (supplied by Mr Stevens, Hope-street) in honour of the marriage of their friend and teacher, Miss Richards. After the childrsn had partaken of a liberal supply of tea, cake, &c., they were addressed in a feeling manner by Mr Painter, who spoke of the warm interest which Miss Richards had always taken in the school, and what pleasure it would always afford her to hear of the future welfare of the children. After giving three hearty cheers for Mr and Mrs Gladstone the children separated. The tear which bedewed Mr Painter's eye when speak- ing of the one who had foun i a home under his roof when an infant orphan, found a ready response in the hearts of all present. I DINNER AT THE OLD SWAN INN. On the evening of the wedding, the workmen in the emp'oy of Messrs. Overton and Williams, (Mr Overton being uncle to the bride), were treated to a sumptuous dinner at the Old Slvau Inn. Mr John Williams, manager to the above firm, occupied the chair, whose I genial manner and ready tact added greatly to the en- joyment of the evening. I

MONTHLY MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was held in the Council Chamber at the Guildhall, on Tuesday, when there were present:—The Mayor (Peter Walker, Esq.), Aldermen Dickenson, Bury, and Jones Councillors 1. Rowland, J. Jones, W. Rowland, Thomas, Ankers, Lloyd, Snap e, Beirne, Rymer, and T. Jones. The minutes of the last council and several committee meetings having been read, Mr Francis, assistant over- seer for Wrexham Regis and Wrexhim Abbot, and Mr Robert Roberts, assistant overseer for Esclusham Below, attended for the purpose of making the returns to the precepts of the council served upon them. I THE 'GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The following notice was on the business paper:— Mr Alderman Jones will lay before the council a cor- "respondence he has had with the Charity Commis- siouers on the subject of the Wrexham Grammar School, and propose a resolution to effect the sugges- ] tions contained therein for laying open the foundation "to the boys of the town and the appointment of trustees." Alderman Jones said I rise to lay before the council: a matter in which I count upon your unanimous con- currence. I have long had the impression that the con- dition of the Grammar School, as far as the public is concerned, is an anomaly, and very unsatisfactory. We have a public institution from which the public derives no advantage. It's an anomaly in the history of English institutions. Everything that derives the source of its existence from the public is supposed to exist for the benefit of the pcblic. All grammar schools which are maintained by the public, the public have a right to participate in the enjoyment of the benefits of them. In the existing state of the Wrexham Grammar School we have an institution deriving the means of its support aiad maintenance from public funds, but none of the children of the town participate in its benefits. I think this is an inconsistency rarely to be found in the history of other towns. I have often noticed in reading the lives of eminent men that they have received their edu- cation in the grammar school of their native town. I have also a vague recollection that in the history of Wrexham the names of those who have been at all illus- trious in our social history were educated in the Grammar School. No such result is possible in the present state of matters. I lay it down as a well-known axiom that j such an institution ought to be participated in by the boys of Wrexham. Under these impressions I took an early opportunity after the death of the late Mr Floater, and before any prejudice conld arise to Mr Kirk, the present master, if he is master, to put myself in com- munication with a body of men who have the supervision of such instiin iois as grammar schocls, andJI will read you the correspondence Wrexham, 28th August, 1868. Sm,-There is a Grammar School in this town, of wILieh, !?- may find a short account in the Report of the Educational Com- missioners for 1847. The foundation consists of a good house and gTOunds and an income of some F,20 a year. Its affairs are conducted on no scheme. The master is appointed, I believe, by the Vicar of the parish with the approval of the Bishop of St. Asaph, but no provision is made for any profit or benefit to any boys of the town..The school is strLtly aproprietory one. The late master died about a fortnight ago, and I do not think his successor is appointed. Is it not a case in which you could well interfere, and secure some good to the boys of the town ? It is my intention to bring the matter before the Town Council here, but before doing so I should like to know if there is any prospect of a change for the benefit of the public without such interference. I am, sir, your obedient servant, JNO. JONES, Alderman. P. Erie, Esq., Chief Commissioner, 8, York-street, fit. James's, London. Charity Commission, 8, York-street, St. James's-square, S.W., 13th October, 1868. SIR,-It will be my duty to bring before the board at the earliest period after the present recess your letter addressed to the Chief Commissioner on the subject of the Wrexham Grammar School. In the meantime the condition and circumstances of the school may be brought, without any delay, before the Town Council and the respectable inhabitants of the town, with a view to their taking an active practical interest in its re-construction, with great advantage, and the concurrence of the Vicar should be invited, especially as the last appointment of a master of the school is represented to have been made by him with the approval of the Ordinary. The report of the commissioners of inquiry concerning charities made to Parliament in 1837 contains an account of the echool more specific in some respects them the report of 1847., to which you refer, and some information respecting its receat state, with a suggestion of the appointment of trustees, and the establish- ment of a scheme for its management has been now reeently attained by the Schools Inquiry Commissioners, Hut the founda- tion and original endowments and trusts of the school are still obscure, and especially there is no apparent evidence of any title in the Vicar to appoint the master. He has probably undertaken this responsibility exceptionally in the absence only of any suf- ficient trustees. It is most desirable that iny new appointment even in terms should for the-present be suspended. The Commissioners will hava no jurisdiction to constitute-the school by their own order without a preceding application be made to them by sufficient inhabitants of the locality, which should be accompanied by the fullest obtainable information upon the circumstances of the charity, including particularly the sources and amount of its pecuniary endowments, the extent and condition of the buildings (which appear to have been provided for it by subscription early in this century), the instruction most needed in the locality, and the like- It will be an object of any new scheme to secure the greatest benefit of the endowments to the locality on regulated terms under the control of sufficient trustees. t I request you to acknowledge this letter, and to state whethe he adoption of my suggest ons may be expected that I may layr ,the poply before the Board. I am, sir, your, obedient servant, (Signed) HENRY M. VANE, Secretary. Alderman Jones: As the object I have in view is free from ail taint of suspicion or party grounds, I am sure you will join with me in securing to the youth of the town the benefits of this Grammar School. I will submit a motion, which, if it does not meet your views, I shall be glatt to alter to suit the general sentiment. I move That the Town Clerk be instructed to put himself in communication with the Charity 'Commissioners and "the Vicar and all other necessary persons on the sub- "jeet of the Wrexham Grammar School, with the view of obtaining a scheme for the management and conduct of that school-the principal object of such scheme to "be provision for the free education of an adequate number of boys of the burgesses of Wrexham upon foundation, and the appointment of trustees." Mr T. Rowland: I beg to second the motion, and I think we ought to be much obliged to Mr Alderman Jones for bringing the matter forward. Mr Lloyd I never heard of any boys being taken to the Grammar School only boys from the National School. I never heard of any dissenters' children being taken in there. Mr Alderman Jones names the children of bur- gesses. Mr T. Rowland: The boys of dissenters are admitted to the National School. It would not be a national school unless it were so. Alderman Jones: We are going to ask for a new scheme without reference tosect or creed. Mr Rymer: Nothing would have given me greater pleasure than to have seconded Mr Alderman Jones's motion, if Mr Rowland had not done it. I agree with all Alderman Jones has said. Alderman Bury: Some years ago it was thought desirable to do away with the boys on the foundation of the Grammar School because there were such excellent National and British Schoels for boys to go to. There used to be a pound a year paid to the master of the Grammar School for educating one poor boy and four pounds a year annuity. The trustees had this pointed out to them, and Mr Meredith asked was there a poor boy educated, and the answer was, no. The trustees then refused to pay it, and Mr Cunliffe was very much annoyed about it. Mr Cunliffe's notion was that we had such excellent schools that it was not necessary to send j poor boys to the Grammar School, where the better class of boys were apt to pummel the boys of inferior degree. Mr T. Rowland: I hope you will not atop here, Mr Alderman Jones, but bring forward Lady Jeffrey's charity. dczrriei unan;mously. I The motion was than put ox .carried unanimously. f RAILWAY MARKET TICKETS. The following notice had been placed on the business paper:—" Mr Councillor Overton will move that a memorial be presented to the Great Western Railway Company requesting them to issue market tickets at reduced fares by any or some of the trains running "from Chirk and Ruabon, also Rossett and Gresford, to •Wrexliam on Thursday mornings; and also to order one of the trains leaving Chester between eight and nine o'clock in the morning to call at Rossett and Gresford stations. Also, to call the attention of the directors to the very inadequate accommodation at Wrexham station on the up-side both as regards width of platform and waiting rooms." Alderman Bury said: Mr Overton has asked me to move this resolution. He explained that it was incon- venient for people to come with the early trains from the stations named, and if they did not come with these early trains they could not come till after eleven. What we ask for would give great facilities for the transaction of business in the town. The present arrangements prevent many people from coming to town at all. The proposal, I think, speaks for itself. It's only day a week we ask the fitvour of. Those pillars on the platform are very dangerous.—Mr Rymer seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. POLLIXG PLACES. I The Town Clerk said he had applied for permission I to use three buildings in the town as polling places- the Town Hall, National School, and Savings' Bank- and he had responses from all. consenting. It had been suggested that the British School would be a better place for the Pentrefelin district than the Savings Bank. —Alderman Bury and Mr T. Rowland differed from that view.—Alderman Jcnes proposed, and Mr Snape seconded, that the British School be used instead of the Savings Bank. The motion was lost.—The Town Clerk was instructed to map out the polling districts and pub- lish them.

MONTHLY MEETING OF THE LOCAL BOARD. The council meeting was followed by a meeting of the Local Board, at which the same members were present, with the exception of Alderman Jones. MR DALE'S PROPERTY. The Mayor said he had seen Mr Dale as requested by the beard, with reference to buying a piece of the old building that had been so much complained of, but he could make notbing of him.—Mr T. Rowland Mr Watkin Williams has got hold of him.- Alderman Bury said something should be done to do away with the nuisance caused by the old place.—After some discussion, in which all concurred the place was a great nuisance, it was agreed to make Mr Dale another offer failing which steps are to be taken to abate the nuisance. HAFOD-Y-WERN FARM. I The Town Clerk said that Mr Phillips, the tenant of this farm, had now drawn back, and refused to take the jE250 that he had once agreed to. The Mayor: We have been very badly used with regard to that farm. Mr T. Rowland We have been shamefully used by landlord and tenant. Mr Rymer: I am very glad indeed for the sake of the ratepayers that the tenant has refused the offer. I hope the board will pause very considerably before they give him another shilling. The time has now come for U3 to devise some other scheme. In my opinion there is not a sufficient quantity of land in this farm to take the mass of sewage that passes through the pipes. The Town Clerk said Mr Cooke and his agent had agreed to the terms on their part. He had written to tell them of Mr Phillips's withdrawal and just received a reply. The Town Clerk then read the reply in which it stated that Mr Phillips, if he did not carry out the conditions agreed upon, may have no voice in the matter next year. Alderman Bury said he joined the other members in agreeing to take that farm because the gentleman who came over to look at his land with a view of turning the sewage on it said the farm was preferable. In reply to a question the Town Clerk said if Mr Phillips, after hearing from Mr Cooke, should be willing to take the 2250 the next day he should feel bound to pay it him. Mr Rymer objected strongly to this, and ultimately a resolution was passed, stating that the offer was with- drawn and instructing the surveyor to prepare an estimate for carrying the sewage further down the meadows. APPLICATION -FOR THE SEWAGE. An application was read from Alderman Bury, to the effect that the board would convey the sewage over the brook in an iron pipe on to a field of his in the Dunks, and at such a level as to reach other lands besides his. Mr Snape asked would Mr Bury indemnify them from the consequences should it be deemed a nuisance. Mr Bury declined. On a show of hands being taken there was a majority in favour of the application, which was, tlieretore, I i xrranted, the terms being referred to a committee. THE OLD HOUSES IN QUEEN-STREET. I The Town Clerk said Mr Griffiths, King's Mills, had purchased these houses which had been condemned by the corporation some time ago, and he was about to pull them down, but the tenants still refused to go out. It was agreed to serve fresh notices upon them again, the other notices having expired. I EGERTON-STREET- Some time ago it was agreed to ask the vicar to sell a piece of land for the purpose of opening Egerton-street out to Rhosddu lane, but he refused to sell, in con- sequence of which the following notice was placed on the paper To Order. That in the opinion of this Board it is desirable that Egerton-street should be continued from the present termination thereof at Mr Vaughan's premises to join and open into the Rhosddu Road at the uniform width of the present street or thereabouts—and inasmuch as the carrying out of this resolution may involve the necessity to purchase and take portions of the lands belonging to Mr Price Vaughan and the Itev., Geor.-e Cunliffe, M.A., respectively, otherwise then by agreement; that the Clerk be instructed to publish the adver- tisements and give the notices required by law; and that in the meantime the Surveyor be instructed to prepare plans, sections, and book of reference, as to the said improvement, and submit the same to the Highways Committee, who are hereby invested with tl-e full powers of the Board with -respect to the said works." The Town Clerk asked was the order to be carried out, when he was requested to read the Vicar's letter, which ended by saying he should not do it unless he was compelled.—Mr T. Rowland: Then I move that he be compelled.—Mr Ankers: And I second it.—Mr I Lloyd pleaded for the vicar. He said it would be no benefit to anyone except Mr Price Vaughan. It did not lead anywhere. He could not see what benefit it would be.-On the motion being put to the voies, Mr Lloyd's hand only was held up against it. MARKET IKSFECTOR'S REPORT. Mr Edwards, the inspector of markets, reported that he had regularly inspected the markets. He had never seen any bad meat, except a little that had turned one day in the hot weather, which he ordered away. 1 SLAUGHTER EOUSE REPORT. The borough surveyor read the following report:- GENTLEMEN,—I am at present occupied in the alterations at the slaughter-houses in accordance with the directions of the commit tep, and purpose to commence on Monday next with the ■charges for killing. The superintendent commenced on Monday. On the 23rd I forwarded him a letter, which contained a summary of his duties as copied from the report of the com- mittee. He contends that according to his agreement he is to have the blood of the animals, whereas only garbage is men- tioned in the report. There appeared to have been a misunder- standing among the butchers respecting their right to the blood, which they believed they would be deprived of. I have now, however, disabused their minds-the fact being that it was never intended to take it from them. Hereunder I beg to hand for your approval a copy of rules to be observed altered to suit our ( purpose, taken from those now in use at Birkenhead. I LODGING HOUSE INSPECTOR S REPORT. I The Town Clerk read the following report:— I GFNTLEIIEN-,—I again have the honeur of laying before you the annual report of the .common lodging houses, for the year ending Michaelmas, 1868, for the borough of Wrexham, and in doing so, I have to observe that only one change has taken place during the year, and that in Bithell's Court, York-street, viz., the lodging house kept by Michael Cuddy has been pulled down, and the Iegister transferred to the next house kept by Michael O'Harra. No. 2, Bithell's Court, York-street. I The houses have been well conducted during the year, no c)m- plaints have been made, neither has there been any sicknes in either of them. The total number of common lodging houses are fourteen, registered to accommodate 146 lodgers, but on an average they do not receive more than 100 per night, and sometimes very many less. I Before concluding this report, in consequence of what I have heard in reference to the common lodging houses, I wish to convey to the sanitary committee that there are houses which do not come within the grade of common lodgings, but require as strict a surveilance, and to satisfy myself on this point I have caused a midnight visit to be made, the result of which I lay before you. On the first occasion at a house situate in Mount Yard, occupied by .a man named Thomas O'Conner, in a room up-stairs were found three prostitutes and two men; on the ground floor, Thomas O'Conner, his wife, and one child. On the second visit-two prosti'utes and two men, O'Conner and his famil y as before. On the third visit-one prostitute and one man, the family as before. This house I am informed belongs to Mr or Mrs Rowland, of the Hag's Head Inn. Another house situate No. 2, Brown's Court, Mount-street, occupied by a man named Michael Connerton, wherein was found Connerton, his wife, and three children, his father, mother and brother, a man and woman unknown and three prostitutes. On the second visit— the family as before, the strange woman, two prostitutes and one man. This house was exceedingly dirty, and I am informed belongs to Mr or Mrs Stokes, Penybryn. These are matters connected with a board of health, They do not come within the grade of common lodging houses. But referring to a report of the general board of health, 1848 and 1849, 17, J. P. page 41, 1853 in e&se of epidemic, I am under the impression that a board of health may constitute such houses to be common lodging houses.—I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Wrexham, 26th October, 1868. JOHN BRADSHAw, I Wrexham, 26th October, 1863. Inspector. This closed the business of the Local Board. Inspector. I

n REMOVAL.—Mr William Connor, Auctioneer and General Agent, has transferred his offices from 24 Henblas-street, to Regent Place, Hope-street, where aJl communications must be addressed,—[ADVT,

I WREXHAM BOARD OF GUARDIANS. I THURSDAY, OCT. 29. 1868. Present—Capt Panton, R.N., chairman Mr Lewis, Pickhill, vice-chaieman Mr Beale, Marchwiel; Mr Lassells, Hope Mr Manley, Marferd and Hoseley Mr Wright, Ruabon; Mr Beavan, Sutton; Mr Parry, Try- ddyn Rev. J. Williams, Hope Mr Davies, Ruabon Mr Lester, Bersham Mr T. Rowland, Wrexham Regis Mr Lloyd, Ruabon; Rev. R. O. Burton, Minera; Mr E. Rowland, Wrexham Abbot; Mr Vaughan, Eyton; Mr Marsh, Sesswick Mr Roberts, Burton Mr Davies, Abenbury Fechan; Mr Ellis, Abenbury Fawr; Mr E. Jones, Ruabon; and J. H. Foulkes, Esq., and Michael Humble, Esq., ex-officios. THE INSPECTORS OF NUISANCES. I The Chairman said a guardian had given notice that he should that day move that the services of the in- spectors of nuisances shou'd be dispensed with after the 12th of next month. Mr Vaughan then rose and said :—Mr Chairman and Gentlemen,—Considering the large debt which this Union owes, amounting to 23,000, it will, I think, be admitted on all hands that these are not the times to in- dulge in extravagant or lavish expenditure. I trnst it will be borne in mind that a large portion of the rate- payers are positively groaning under the pressure of what is properly called locil taxation. If by any means possible we can relieve only a small degree this burden it will be a step in the right direction, and may lead to retrenchment of greater moment. I find that we have five inspectors, who cost us £ 2 7s.per week, or P,122 i". a year. This, in five years, would amount to fGll. That is something at all events. I now come to them individually, and I find one of them is a professional gentleman, who condescends to accept 7s. per week. By far the most eligible person receives the smallest re- muneration for his services. There are four others, and to my surprise and astonishment I find they are four policemen, at a remuneration of 10s. each. Of aU per- sons policemen are the most improper aid unfit for the office. Why, are they not paid by the public and clothed by the public ? That being so, their whole care and time should be devoted to 0 protect the property of the people, so far, at least, as in their power. I believe the public have a right to insist on this, and it is impossible for them to be the special servants of the public and the partial servants of this board. I believe if a letter were addressed to the Secretary of State for the Home De- partment with reference to the board he would inform them they had no power to make such appointments. That is my humble individual opinion. I, therefore, beg to move that on and after the 12th proximo, the ser- vices of the inspectors of nuisances be discontinued. I think if this resolution is carried, I shall be in a position to suggest a plan whereby we shall have the work done as fully, as efficiently, and as satisfactory at one-fourth the present cost. Mr Beale (after a long pause) seconded the motion. Mr E. Rowland thought the fittest man ought to be the best paid; and as long as he had so many cases in his district he thought his services ought to be retained, and he ought to bo better paid. Mr Lester: I should like to know Mr Vaughan's other plan. The Act of Parliament is there and it must be carried oat. Mr Vaughan Get rid of the motion first, I shall then see whether I am called upon to tell you. Mr Lester: If your plan is better than the present one it will assist you in carrying your motion. Mr Vaughan That is yonr opinion, Mr Lester. Mr T. Rowland: We ought to know first, Mr Vaughan, or it will be like taking a leap in the dark. Mr Lester I shall stick to the present plan till I hear of a better one. Mr Humble: The preservation of the health of the people is a very great and important matter. Even viewed as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, I should think it would be the wisest economy to retain the services of these inspectors. Mr Lloyd As far as Ruabon is concerned we could not do without the services of these officers. The Chairman: Each guardian must know what is best for his own district. The inspectors cost but a small sum, but if you have fever breaking out in your districts through neglect then your rates will increase very much, and it is for you to decide whether a small sum paid the inspectors will not re-coop yon for trying to keep down the spread of disease. I don't wish to make any improper remarks, but I don't remember seeing Mr Vaughan at this board till the Thursday he gave notice of this motion, therefore I don't think he is in a posi- tion to give an opinion on the working of the present sanitary measures like those who attend here constantly, and hear the reports from the various districts read week after week. After a little further discussion, a show of hands was taken, when the motion was lost by 8 to 11. I PROPOSAL FOR NEW SCHOOL ROOMS. A committee having been appointed to visit and report upon the sanitary condition of the school-rooms, in con- sequence of certain suggestions made by Mr Brown, the school inspector, they recommend that new schoolrooms should be built in the front garden.—The Chairman said It strikes me all this expense may be saved by a very little trouble. We have a large room ased as children's dining room-the children having formerly dined with the adults, and as there are a great number of children at present, I cannot see why this new dining room could not be temporarily converted into a school- room. There is another objection to the proposed plan of the committee. You are aware that Englishmen are always mad upon some one point. Sanitary reform is the present reigning mania and I have no doubt if you appropriate part of that front garden to a building, the next inspector that comes round will say—why good G-d you have not left space enough in front of the house for fresh air. There is another objection. You have j ust spent a large sum of money on this house, and you have no estimate of the expense of the proposed school-rooms. They will cost £ 1,500.—Mr Hugh Davies (one of the committee); not a third.- The. Chair- man:: We will take it at 9500 then. I am old enough to know what architects are. I have never found one begin work yet with an estimate of £500 but there was always a something or another. Then a little bit more, and a little bit more, and a little bit more, until there is one half added, and a third on to that again.—Mr Lester said he agreed with the chairman as to the expense, and the objection to taking a piece off the front garden, still he theught they ought to be very much obliged to the committee for the trouble they had taken.—Mr Hugh Davies said a few words on the sanitary pnase of the question. He said that owing to the small school-rooms they had they had reared up poor weak puny children not fit for anything and that was the reason they had so many on their hands. It was one of their first duties to take care of the health of their children, so that they might grow up robust and fit for any work they might be put to.-A committee then proceeded to inspect the dining room, and on their return recommended it as a school-room. Number in the house, 322. Vagrants relieved, 151.

— The Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill is about to give up the Mastership of the Subscription Shropshire Foxhounds, and confine himself to his own otter hounds. The sporting fraternity have been thrown into a state of consternation by a report that there will probably be no race for the D..rby in 18G9 or 1870. A portion of the course at Epsom has, it is stated, passed into the hands of a gentlema,i who refuses to let it to the committee of management. Shou'd no arrangement be come to, entries for the Derby in the next and followiti year will have to be cancelled, as, according to the conditions of entry, the race cannot be rue elsewhere.

I FLINTSHIRE ADJOURNED QUARTER: SESSIONS. I On Saturday the following pr i soners were tried befoifr J. Scott Bankes, Esq., E. Pemberton, Esq., and CapL. I Cooke. I CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Joshua George Knight, 38, watchiraVer, pleaded not gaity to four counts in the it d ctment charging him with: having feloniously embezzlt-.l four different stims of nmney, the property of William Brentnall, of 1Iold.- Mr Ignatius Williams prosecuted, and Mr Swpteubam.. instructed by Mr Cain Parry, defended the prisoner.- Prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor for three years, as manager it was his duty when selling goods on credit to entin- them in the credit book. In January last be sold a gold chain to Mrs Griffiths, of the Boar's Head Inn, for £ 4, of which he rect-i%tl ga on account, Mrs Griffith,; -it the same time discharging, a small account of b. 8 L Til. balance of £2 for the. gold chain was subsequently paid. The receipt for the- £2 was signed J. J. Brenhnill." Prisoner had enterecf. the sale of the chain in tho crodii bnok, and Mr Sweten- h:im said he rested his defence- on the boohs and a letter which the prisoner had written to the prosecutor after a warrant for his apprehension had been taken out. Prosecutor, when in the witness box, said that in that letter the prisoner admitted ]iii -iiilt. Mr Swetenham challenged him to point it out. Prisouer had written that with respect to the f2 lie received from Mrs Grif- fiths he had had a glass too much, and had lost it but had things turned out better the prosecutor would never have heard a word ab,iiit it. In this letter he made a. claim against prosecutor for £;j(), expenses for jonrneys, at the rate of 4s. a week for three years. The pri- M ner was found guilty on the tirsf counf, and the others '¡' were {not proceeded with. Mr Brentnall, prosecutor^ recommended him to mercy. He was sentenced to six calendar months with hard labour. I GRIEVOUS KODILV INJURY. John Harrington, 35, ou Mr Swetenbam's recommen- dation, pleaded guilty to having, on the 13th September, unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Peter Brag-au, at Hawaraen. Prosecutor came forward and recommended the prisoner to mercy. —The Chairman, in passing sentence, said to the pri- soner that his counsel had exercised a very wise discre- tion in recommending him to withdraw his plea of not guilty. His case was a most serious one, and he ought to be thankfnl to Providence that he did not stand in the dock on the charge of manslaughter. It was always the custom for the couit to express their abhorenee at the cowardly practice of using the knife. In his case- it would appear that the prisoner was so muddled with: beer as to cause him t ,ttil-,y of so cowardly an act as to use a knife. Had it not have been for the pro- secutor's recommendation to merev, the court would have passed a much more severe sentence upon him than, they were about to do. It was a matter of deep regret that such occurrences should take place through drink*, and particularly on Sundays, hading to the use of such; a deadly weapon as the knife. T [Ie sentence of the; court was that he should be iaiprisoned aid kept to hard labour for six months. I CHARGE OF INDECENT.ASS.UTLTING A LITTLE GIRL. Thomas Smith, an oltl waii (36 years of age, was placed in the dock on the charge of indecently assaulting a girl pged 10 years, at Isycoed, on t! e 7th St?ptemb,?,r. -N-fr- Swetenham prosecuted, and Mr Ignatius Williams defended the prisoner.—The Chairman severely repri- manded a witness in this case who deposed to having- stood on the other side of the hedge, and heaul and saw all that took place between the prisoner and the little- girl, and took no steps to prevent the crirae.-Tlie jury acquitted the prisoner. I DISPOSING OF BANK NOTES. William Davies, 56, labourer, Sarah Davies, his Tv-ife, and Mary Davies, their daughter, 14, were indicted for: having, at Ysceifiog, on the 6th August, the latter stolen three R,5 notes, and the other two prisoners received the same knowing them to have been stolen. It appeared" that the prosecutor, Henry Hughes, was at the Blr ck Lion, Ysceifiog, on the night of the 6th of Alqnst, having the notes in his pocket. Next morning he missed them, and suspicion fell on the girl, who was about at the time. Her mother came there on the following. night, and went away in rather an uuusu:il iuiiiner- Evidence was produced to prove that Sarah Davies got change for two notes at Holywell on the following Saturday, and also that Wm. Davies knew his wife had possession of them.—The jury found Davies and his wife guilty, and the daughter not g-,iilty.-Tlie former were sentenced to two mouths' imprisonment with harfC labour, and the latter was acquitted. I FOWL STEALING. John Evans and Owen Evans were sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for stealing two fowls from Hen-Dyd lyn, Llanasa.

HOLYWKLL. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—UNION EXPENDITURE.—AT the meeting of this board on Friday the 25th inst., tho- Right Hon. Lord Mostyn, in the chair, after some routine business had been disposed of, Mr Edward- Jones, the senior vice-chairman, said that on two or- three occasions he had called the attention of the Board to the increasing expenditure of this Union, and tho only object that he had in view was to reduce the load of taxation under which the Union was labouring. He felt that there was a secret lurking evil in the workings of this Union, for he found that the Wrexham Union expended JB3,600 during the past year less than the Holywell Union, although in the main he thought there could not be two Unions more like each other. By the published accounts of this UniDn for the last half-year he found the startling f c-. that whilst the Holywell dis- trict had 143 paupers in the Workhouse, with a popula- tion of 10,292 there were only 45 in-door paupers for Mold district, with a population of 10,210. He had felt that Holywell Union was a mis-shapen, ill-constructed Union from the first, He remembered being at the White Horse when the subject of forming the Union was first considered, and Mr Digby Neeve was the com- missioner sent down. Notwithstanding the able manner in which the late learned and lamented Archdeacon Clough showed the impracticability of Mold being con- nected to Holywell for U aion purposes, when this Union was formed, Mold was made an integral part of the Holywell Union. After that the gentlemen at Mold complained that that it was very hard that they should be brought over the hills a distance of ten miles to have their eases considered at Holywell, and then a committee was appointed at Mold, which had existed up to the pre- sent time.—The Rev R. J. Roberts enquired whether it was competent for any Guardian to attend the MolIl committee?—Mr Jones did not think that it vis but for those Guardians who were ratepayers within the dis- trict. He asked whether by thus having in fact a Board at Mold and one at Holywell they were not made- the source of that evil whie]; the formation of these Unions was intended to counteract; whether they wore not on a larger scale p;i-s-ii- to the old system again,, for it appeared to him that that fact was proved by the figures he had quoted. He thought that they would all' admit that if the Board was to he continued at MoFif, there should be the ullif,), tUlty of system that must he. so essential to the.well con-lucting of th Union. After- insisting upon the House as being the sure t, st of des- titution,—he said if they insisted upon the House at Holywell, and they went on at Mold in quite an oppo- site direction, it must amount to this—either thev were over liberal to the poor at Mold, or they were persecut- ing them at Holywell. After some further remarks frcrc the noble Chairman, who impressed upon the MoliI Guardians the necessity of sending some of the paupers, to the Workhouse, the subject was allowed to drop. letter from the Poor Law Board was read, forwarding their sanction to the appointment of Mr Joseph Griffiths to the office of relieving officer for the Mold district.. OSWESTRY. THE QFACK AND TIrE OPTICIAN.—A man nam d George Long, an itinerant optician, was brought up be- fore the Mayor, on Monday last, charg.-d oy P. C. Walters with being drunk and riotous on the previoas night. The defendant came to Oswestry in company with a travelling quack doctor, and they stayed toge- ther at Mrs Hardsman's. On Sunday night. they com- menced quarrelling, and adjourned to the Biiley HL-act to settle their little difference in a pugnacious style. The defendant first struck his opponent, and the disciple of Esculapias finding the "man of specs" too much for him beat an ignominious retreat across the Horse Mar- ket, and the defendant, unluckily for him, stood his ground, and was taken up as a disturber of the peace. The Mayor, in fining him 5s and costs, hoped the punish ment would have the effect of teaching him better man- ners when he entered a strange town again. OSWESTRY INCORPORATION.—The fortnightly meeting- of the directors took place on Monday, in the Boaret Room of the House of Industry, Morda. Present-J. Hamer, Esq., chairman; Rev J. Luxmoore, Rev. W „ Hurst, Mr J. Salter, Mr W. Minnet (vice chairman Mr W. Humphreys, Mr G. Hughes, Mr J. Frank, Mr J. Clarke, and Mr E. Eyeley; Mr W. 1. Bull. clerk. Th-" minutes of the Board were read, confirmed, and sic*ne^ by the Chairman.—The Clerk reported that the num' ,er of paupers in the house this week was 152, against 121 in the corresponding week of last year. There ha been 50 vagrants relieved during the week. The amount of out-relief paid during the last fortnight was E102 10* against £ 9o 6s 8d for the corre.pondmg period 1? year. The number receiving out-relief W;1" Î2!í. The county rate warrants were issued and signed, when the heariBg of the relief cases was proceeded with, then I being r.o:- question before the Board of public interest,.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. SIR W. W. ¥YXX'S HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Monday, Nov. 2nd Pcnley Tuesday, Nov. 3rd Llan-y-pwll Friday, Nov. 6th .Rcdna1 Saturday, Nov. 7th .CaJ:den Each day at 10.30. THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS I WILL MEET ON I Monday, Nov. 2nd .Sandiway Head Tuesday, Nov. 3rd Oxhayes Farm Thursday, Nov. 5th .Duddon Heath Friday, Nov. 6th Highwayside Saturday, Nov. 7 th Marburv, near Northwich Each day at Eleven. THE SHROPSHIRE HOUNDS WILL MEET OX Monday, Nov. 2nd .llawkstone Wednesday, Nov. 4th Cleveland Arms, High Ercall At half-past Ten. Friday, Nov. 6th .AtchamBridge At half-past Eleven. THE VALE OF CLWYD HARRIERS 1 WILL MEET ON J Saturdav, Nov. 31st .LIanerch Park Tuesday, Nov. 3rd Bodlonfa Thursday, Nov. 5th .Llanbedr Gate Saturday, Nov. 7th .Font Ystrad Tuesday, Nov. 10th Holywell Racecourse Thursday, Nov. 12th .L]anganhafal .Saturday, Nov. 14th .Bodfari Each day at Eleven. THE IDRIS-SIDE HARRIERS I WILL MEET ON I Monday, Nov. 2nd Dolserau Bridge Friday, Nov. 6th Cambrian Mines Monday. Nov. 9th Bl&enau Friday, Nov. 13th Llanelltyd Bridge Monday, Nov. 16th Clogwyna Friday, Nov. 20th .Cross Foxes Each day at Ten. THE NORTH MONTGOMERY HARRIERS i WILL MEET ON Monday, Nov. 2nd Meifod Thursday, Nov. 5th .RoYlll Oak, Welshpool ? (For Annual Stag Hunt.) Each day at Eleven.

remedy in another court.—Mr Rymer briefly addressed the bench for the defence, contending, as in the previous case, that no crime had been committed.-The bench retired to consider their decision, and on returning into court, the Chairman said they could not separate the two cases, and Ann Williams must therefore be com- mitted for trial at the quarter sessions.—Mr Sherratt strongly objected to the same bail as in the husband's case being taked, but the bench overruled his objection.