Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

THE WAR. I FCENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.] I AN ENGLISH POLICE OFFICER SHOT AS I A SPY BY THE PRUSSIANS. The Standard says information has been re- ceived at Bow-street Police-conrt, that Inspsctor Breman, on leave, was captured by a Prussian soldier as a spy and shot. It hopes that the report may have been unfounded. No confirmation of reported French captured Saarlouis. The French troops have all left Rome. Wheat, owing to the prohibited export from Ger- many, advanced 2s.

[REUTER'S TIRLDGRAMS.1 I PARIS, Friday. No war news is published this morning. The rumour current yesterday of an attack on Saarlonis has not been confirmed. WASHINGTON, Thursday. No troth in the report that Geaerals Lee, Johnston, and Sheridan have offered their ser- vices to France or Prussia. FLORENCE, Thursday. The Senate have approved of the proposed armament. MUNICH, FRIDAY. Eight hundred men, including eigthtoen officers captured at Wissembonrg. -400

[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.] FRIDAY, JULY 29' LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET. The market was thinly attended, and only a limited business done in wheat, prices showing no quotable alteration, except ocoasional sales, ex-quay, at a trifle under Tuesday's retes. Flour quiet and unchanged. Barley 2d per bushel, Egyptian beans Is, and peas Is per quarter cheaper. Oltts and oatmeal rather dull. Indian corn Is per qr. lower than on Tuesday last, bnt the decline led to a fair business, and the market closed steady. LONDON CORN MARKET. Market opened very strong on prohibition of export of breadstuffs from Prassia, and factors demand much enhanced rates, which, however, they did not obtain. Market closes firm and rather dearer than Monday. Foreign wheat Is more money. Town flour no change. Country marks Is per sack dearer. American 9d per barrel dearer. Barley without change. Oats 6d to Is more, with strong enquiry for con- tinent. Maize dull. Beans unaltered. I BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET. THURSDAY.—There was a small supply of both English and foreign wheat, which ruled 2s per qr. dearer. Barley 61 lower. Oats, beans, and peas tending downwards. Indian 6d cheaper. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET. THURSDAY.—The attendance at oar market to- day was smaller than for some time past. At the commencement sellers of wheat asked rather more money for English, and fall prices for foreign, but millers not showing much disposition to operate, the trade closed dull, at the rates of this day se'nnight. Flour met a slow sale, without alteration in valae. Oats ruled dull, and slightly in favour of buyers. In beans there was no material change observable. Indian corn declined Is 6d to 2s per quarter.

BALA LAKE REaAT-TA. This regatta is postponed until after Henley, 1871. There was not sufficient entries. Great disappointment at Bala.

Great activity continues to prevail in the British naval and military establishments. In the instruc- tions issued at Woolwich for the prosecution of recruit ng, it is intimated that tailors will be accepted of any height." A War-office circular has been issued, impressing upon every soldier the importance of making his will in the regulation form, and of keeping it in his pocket ledger.

STOCK AND SHARE MATtTCET. FRIDAY NOON, AUGUST 5. 1870. { Prices. I RAZLWAT9. I Last Last Friday. To-dav- Fridav. To-dav' 100 Great Eastern 3q, 32 28 28A lOU Great Northern (Stock) 120121J 120121A lOO Great Western 0 £  Lancashire and Yorkghire 127.128 125 12? 100 Southwestern. 85, 87 1011 Manchester, Sbefrield, & Lincoln 404*414 35xd, 36 100 London and North Western 121212211191120 100 Caledonian 74, 78 70,71 100 Metropolitan 65i, 66A 62.4,63 10 Wrexham Mold & Connah'sQuay 100 Grand Trunk of Canada 12J, 13 ill nj BANKS. 25 Alliance (Lim.) lO?lOxd IO. 10d 11 ¡ Mercantile and Exchange (Lim.) 7f, 7 d 16 National (Lim.) t?, IM 10 North and South Wales 23,23 7i North Western (Lim.) 41, Ld 10 Manchester & Liverpool District 16161xal 20 Midland (Lim.) 19, 20 20,21 12 National Provincial Bank 150, 152 138, 142 12 National Provincial Bank 43, 45 48, 494 9 Credit Fon. and Mob. of England ;2 d MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-American Telegraph. 16,1,161 16, 17 0 Atlantic Cable 8 per cents. 11, 1,; 7 Mersey Steel and Iron Company 7, C?d t" National Steam Ship Company 1 ?t)? 10?, 1!? 20 North Shore MiUs (Lim.) 20, 201 2(?, 20? 2" West India and Facinc Steam Co. 4'1: 4? 4, 4jp 10 Flintshire Oil and Cannel Co. 34, 32d 34, 32 d LOCAL. Provinoa! Insurance Company ?. d 10 Market Hall Company 5?p 5 Gas Company, Wrexham 4 p 1 fras Company, Kuabon ? p 5 Gas Company, Cefn par par 10 Wrexham Waterworks Company J p par 1 Wrexhain Loan and Investment par ?ar 10 Dyphwys Casson Slate Quarry Id par 25 Minera Mine 150 p 3? Minera Union Do 1 d 3, Wynnstay Mining Company 2 d 2d 10 I Park Do. par j p to Pool Park Do par :? i Central Minera Do. ? 3 d J Consols for Money, 8Sj; S8J for the Account, 88-1 884 Ct)nsol,; for MoneBy, UI tY'I, I ALBERT BUHY, stock and Share 10, Temple Row, Wrexhnm. The Bank rate was raised to six per cent, on J Thursday.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths. 0,0 No Notice ot Birth, Marriage, 01 Death can be in- serted unless authenticated by the name and nddrest; of the sender. The words No cards," or any addition to 'he simple announcement cf a marriage or rWth, subjects it to the payment pf one shilling as an advertisement. BIRTHS. CO.NRAV—On the 1st inst., at Plasnewydd, Llangollen, the wife of Mareell Conran, Esq., of a. son. CARYFR-ON the 31st ult., the wife of Air H. C. Carver, Lygan-y-wern, Holywell, of a daughter. HUUHKS—On the 23rd ult., the wife of Mr Henry Hughes, Dee Mills, Llangollen, of a daughter. JUSTICE—On the 3rtl inst.. the wife of P. W. Justice. Esq., of the Grove, near Llangollen, of a son. RoBFt;Ts-on the 2nd inst., at 23, Town-hill, Wrexham. the wife of Robert Roberts, Ragged School master, of a son. WILLIHls-On the 26th ult., at 3, Dorset Villas, Wind- ,-or, the wife of J. Lloyd Williams, Esq., of :t son. WII.LIANis-Oii the 2nd inst., the wife of Mr J. Williams, Red Lion Inn, Llangollen, of a son. MAKK1A<tES. BREWSTER—ENGLISH—On the 24tli nit., at St. Philip's Church, Sydenham, by the Hon. and Hev, Augustus Legge, vicar of it. Bartholomew's, the Rev. W. Brewster, rector of Middleton, by Manchester, and late of Lliiitysilio, Montgomeryshire, to Emily, widow of the Rev. Charles English, and late incum- bent of St. Bartholomew's, Sydenham. CROKTON—CLARKE—On the 23rd ult., at Brancepetli Church, Thomas Buston, eldest son of Thomas Crofton, Esq., Holywell, to Eliza Emily, only sur- viving danghter of the late Lieut.-Colonel W. H. H. F. Clarke, of the 53rd Regiment. EVAN'S—TAXNER—On the 27th ult., at the Parish Church, West Ham, by the Rev. Thomas Scott, M.A., vicar and rural dean, assisted by the Rev. William Bettison, M.A., cousins of the bride, Frederick Evans, of Glasgow, son of T. H. Evans, Esq., of Chester, to Jessie Mary, eldest daughter of Charles Win. Tanner, Esq., of West Ham Hall and JONES—GRIFFITHS—On the 1st inst., at St. DAVIDS Welsh ChuTch. Liverpool, Mr J. Jones, of the Royal Hotel, Llangollen, to Miss Elizabeth Griffiths, third danghter of the Mr John Griffiths, Church-street, Llangollen. LAWRENCE—BROWN—On the 4th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, London, by the Rev. R. Gwynne Lawrence, M.A., assisted by the Rev. A. Nash, the Rev. Thomas Edward Lawrence, B.A., curate of Ruabon, to Fanny Williams, third daughter of Thos. Brown, Esq., Lower Hardwicke, Chepstow. LEEMING—PORTER—On the 2nd inst., at St. Mary's, Flint, by the Rev. E. Jenkins, rector, Mr Edmund Leeming, of Birkenhead, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Captain John Porter, of Flint. PRITCHARD—BOD EN—On the 24tli ult., at St. Oswald's Church, Chester, Mr Thos^. Pritchard. bricklayer, to Eliza, youngest daughter of Mr Henry Boden, plasterer, both of Chester. RoBEitT,EVANs-On the 1st inst., at Rhosymedre Church, Mr Edward Roberts to Miss Martha Evans, both of Llangollen. WEAVER-KIFFIN-ON the \st inst., by licence, at the ranHII Cuurcli, Wrexham, by the Kev. W. Uavies, Ueorge Weaver to Margaret kiffin, Wrexham. DB A I H S. CL.AWI.F.Y—On the 2nd inst., at Shrewsbury, aged 50 years, Anne Clawley, of Colemere, Ellesmere. GAltRATT—On the 28th ult., at the Rossett, Mr Samuel Garratt, cabinet maker, Chester, aged 77 years. ISHERwooo-On the 28th ult., at ti, Derby-place, Liver- pool, Miriam, third daughter of the late John Isher- wood, Esq., of Marple Hall and Wyberslegh Hall, in the county of Chester. JONES—On the 23rd ult., at the Pistill Farm, Hope, Mary, widow of the late Mr John Jones, aged 74 years. JONES-on the 24th ult., aged 31 years, the wife of Mr James Jones, of Pontfaen, Chirk. JONES—On the 29th ult., aged 85 pears, Mr John Jones, Tuhwnt-i'r-afon, Cwm, Llawenog, Llanannon- dvffryn-ceiriog. KII.VERT—On the 24th ult., aged 63 years, at Palm's- hill, near Wem, Elizabesh, wife of Richard Kilvert, Esq. MORGAN—On the 27th ult., aged 16 months, Mary, only dau,e:hter of 31r Tliomt.,i daughter of Mr Thomas Morgan, blacksmith, Rose Cottage, Albert-road, Oswestry. MORRIS—On the 2nd inst., aged 11 years, Edward Rowley, only son of Mr E. R. Morris, Gungrog Cottage, Welshpool. POOLE-On the 24th ult., aged 68 years, Mrs Poole, The Gross, Oswestry. ROBERTS—On the 1st inst., aged 68 years, Mrs Elizabeth Roberts, Bank-top, Llangollen. SCOTCHER-On the 21th inst., at the British Embassy, Berlin, Susan, eldest sister of Mr N. S. Scotcher, Hope-street. WILLIAMs-On the 1st inst., at 3, Dorset Villas, Wind- sor, the infant son of J. Lloyd Williams, Esq. WILLIAms-On the 30th ult., aged 74 years, Mr W. Williams, mason, of Lower Church-street, Welsh- pool. ■

THE PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT in re- ference to the Franco-German war are very significant. At first our representatives con- tented themselves with discussing the fact and cause of the declaration of war, and the steps taken by the British Government to endeavour to avert hostilities; then came discussions and questions and answers with reference to neutrality; next the subject of the projected treaty" threatening Belgian independence was taken up and now, lastly, we find the House of Commons busy in con- sidering our own military condition, aud what is necessary to be done to meet possi- ble emergencies. We say this develop- ment of the war-subject in Parliament, coupled with the action which the Govern- ment have felt obliged to take, is significant. In one sense it may cause apprehension, as showing how generally recognised is the possibility of our being involved in war in another, it will be reassuring, as showing that the display of apparent indifference which emboldened the Emperor Nicholas to invade Turkey is not to be repeated. We are doing enough to let the belligerents know that we shall not quietly stand by while Belgian neutral- ity is infringed but, after the disclosures of the last week or two, which nothing can whloly explain away, no one can say that we are taking more than ordinary defensive precau- tions. It is not so much what we are actually doing as the interest evinced by Parliament in military preparations which will influence Continental Governments. Last Monday we may say there was, in a sense, a grand military review in Parliament. Even the House of Lords had its share in discussing, our military position,—Lord Russell having laid on the table of the Upperl House an amateur measure respecting the embodiment of the Militia, and proposed to move the second reading the following day, showing his opinion of the imminent probability of this defensive force being soon called out; while Lord Northbrook had to answer a question respecting the issue of Sniders to the reserve forces. But it was in the Commons that the important military discus- sion of the evening took place. Mr. Disraeli had given notice of his intention "to call the attention of the House to the position of this country with reference to the war on the continent of Europe." The Government in a grpat measure took the wind out of the right hon. gentleman's sails by bringing up at the opening of the sitting a supplementary estimate for £2,000,000 and 20,000 men for the army, thus taking the very steps which he was to urge them to take but the various questions which followed in reference to military matters before the grand debate of the evening came on evinced the general interest felt in the subject of this debate. Indeed, the main fact brought out will be deeply interesting to the whole country. It will be satisfactory to learn that, not- withstanding reductions, which have chiefly been made by the withdrawal of troops from the colonies, we have now, on the whole, a larger disposable military force, offensive and de- fensive, than we ever had before in time of peace. The condition of our navy may es- pecially be regarded with complacency, its strength being greater than that of France in the number of iron-clads in commission or built and building. We have actually in commission, it appears, 38 iron-clads, mount- ing 546 heavy guns while the French have 31 such vessels, with 283 heavy guns, Out of commission or building we have 48 iron- clads mounting 602 guns the French 41, mounting 367 guns. The reduction in men as compared with former years has been caused by the abandonment (,f a number of wooden vessels. Our army, of course, will not bear comparison with that of France but still it is not insignificant. We have 89,000 regular soldiers in the United King- dom, besides a first and second reserve of the regular army amounting together to 41,000 men and if we add to these the 20,000 recruits which the Government propose to raise, we shall have 150,000 men in all, available for foreign service. Add to these the Militia, numbering 80,000, and the Volunteers, amounting to 170,000—quite enough, in ad- dition to our navy, to make us respected. Our army,is moreover capable of rapid ex- tension by-filling up the battalions to the war complement, which could be done to a great extent by drafting volunteers from the Militia, while we have always the ballot to fall back upon to reinforce this arm of our military service. Of course, there is much to be done to prepare our forces for any emer- gency that may unfortunately arise; but after the discussion on Monday night and the appreciation which the Government evin- ced of the national position and obligations we may trust no time will be lost in prepara- tions. The danger of these warlike preparations on our part lies in the development they give to the war spirit and feeling, and this when in order to preserve our neutrality we need keep cool as possible. This tendency is visible in both Mr. Disraeli and Earl Rus- sell, and will require for its supression the exercise of all the influence which can be brought to bear. We advocate neutrality so far as that neutrality can be honorably main- tained. It is said that we could not remain neutral in the event of the independence of Belgium being thretened, and that we are bound by treaty to maintain the indepen- dence of that kingdom. But are we bound to do so against those powers who were parties to it equally with ourselves ? So far as we can understand the treaties, they guarantee the territory forming Belgium against the Nether- lands, and though this was done by the treaty of 1831, it was not recognised nor ac- cepted by the latter power until jLbUu wnen the treaty was redrawn. To this treaty Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia, are parties with ourselves. If we are bound by law or honor to maintain this treaty against either or all the powers binding themselves equally with ourselves to its due fulfilment, we may be engaged in the most Quixotic war ever entered upon. We trust our Govern- ment will hesitate ere they embroil us in a great war, entailing a fearful sacrifice of life and treasure, through a sentimental interpre- tation of a treaty made thirty years since. How far the maintainence of the indepen- dence of Belgium is necessary to the position and security of England, is another matter, and one deserving of the gravest consider- ation.

LONDON SAVINGS AND DOINGS. I (From our own correspondent.) I While people have been waiting for news of an important engagement from the Seat of war-which is the only kind of news we are likely to get in the absence of newspaper correspondents, as onr Daily journals, with their many editions of tedious re- iteration, have sufficiently proved to us-the ex- posure and discussions in and out of Parliament respecting the" treaty project" have borne their natural fruit in calling serious attention to the con- dition of onr armaments. Mr. Disraeli was not merely making a factions movement, but helping to give expression to public feeling, when he called the attention of the House of Commons on Mon- day night to "the position of this country in refer- ence to the war on the continent of Europe." The various questions and answers npon military points which preceded the speech of the leader of the Opposition showed the general interest that was felt upon the subject of our armaments; but more significant than all was the course which the Govern- ment took, and which partially forestalled Mr. Disraeli's criticism, of proposing supplementary es- timates, and asking Parliament to vote 20,000 ad- ditional men for the army. This proceeding has caused as much satisfaction here as the reassurances which Ministers were enabled to utter respecting the condition of our army and navy. The only question is, are we doing enough to defend onr own neutrality and assist in maintaining that of Belgium if it should be infringed ? Nobody now seems to doubt that we must maintain our guaran- tee of that model little constitutional country. But otherwise the motto of the public is the same as that which more than one member of the Govern- nent enunciated at the recent Mansion House ban- quet—"security and neutrality." No one doubts the desire of the Ministry to remain neutral, and the country also earnestly desires neutrality, but not the less earnestly do we desire security. The two, indeed are allied; and unless we are strong- absolutely secure we cannot be-it will be painfully difficult to preserve onr neutrality. There are many indications that Ministers now feel the time has arrived to be on the alert for any eventualities. The United Service Gazette states on the most undoubted authority that orders have been given for a large number of troops to be held in teadiness for active service." This is significant. And then there is renewed activity in oar dockyards and ar- senals orders of discharge have been counterman- ded, and men are working over-time. It is said, too, that Governm(nt have given extensive orders for fire-arms to two large firms in Birmingham. Such facts as these show that security and neu- trality are simultanueosly aimed at, and they also show that Ministers fear we may not be able to maintain the latter. It would be useless also to hide the fact from ourselves that the difficulty of maintaining neutrality is increasingly felt by the country at large. Perhaps it is the incongruity of whitebait and small talk with the grave circumstances of the time which has caused the abandonment, now definitively announced, of the Ministerial fish-dinner this year. Some people maliciously say that this breach of a time-honoured custom is occasioned by the un- popularity of Mr. Gladstone with his constituents at Greenwich; but that is mere nonsense, for the assertion, in the first place, may be disputed, while, in the second place, there is no special necessity for holding the whitebait dinner at Greenwich. It might be held at Blackwall, for example, as it often has been. The annual Ministerial fish-dinner will now, I presume, be discontinued. This is perhaps to be regretted, inasmuch as for Ministers themselves it must have been a pleasant gathering, while to the public it affords an occasion for agree- able gossip as to what Ministers did or did not say, or might or might not have said; and besides it had become quite an institution. Absorbed as people are in the war and its attend- ant circumstances and probable consequences, the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome has not received the attention which it would at any other time. Bat this proceeding coupled with what was its virtual cause—the promulgation of the doc- trine of papal infallibility may have a very important effect on the Roman Catholic Chnrch. Of course, the breach between the Vatican and the French Government is complete, but the significance of that first depends on the result of the war. Napoleon triumphant by arms may defy the Pope and the clerical party in France; but Napoleon defeated and disgraced will have made for himself another powerful enemy in the Church. The withdrawal of Austria from the concordat, ani a threatened large secession to Protestantism in Austria is another striking result of the Council's work. The Papal Government is now alienated from those of all the Great Powers. Minor symptoms of the effect of the now dogma are to be found in the return from the Roman Catholic Church of seceded Anglicans, and in the protest of such a man as Father Hya- cinthe against the dogma. Altogether, the sequel of this papal movement is well worth watching. Whether capital punishment should be abolished or not is a question on which I will not enter; but, whatever opinion may be held on that subject, no one can deny the vast advantage of private over public executions so far as public decency and mor- ality is concerned. Only alluding to the hideous spectacle that would have been presented to the gaze of the mob if the execution of Carr, with its attend- ant mishap, had taken place in public, I may men- tion that I happened to pass down the Old Bailey on Monday during the time that the black flag was hoisted on the occasion of the execution of Millar, the Chelsea murderer. There was a knot of people in front of the goal, looking at the black flag and talking of the horrible crime for which the man had suffered but how different would have been the scene had the execution been public Such scenes have been often described—never so powerfully per haps as by the late Charles Dickens-and we need but call to mind some of the features of this horrid exhibition to congratulate ourselves that executions are no longer public. It is painful to read of the obdurate impenitence of the murderer; and it is significant, moreover, of the effect of distance upon the moral as upon the physical vision, that the death of this single malefactor was made to figure upon the newspaper placards qnite as prominently as the war which is causing and will cause the horrible slaughter of thousands of honest fellows. Do we really appreciate what the slaughter of ten or twenty thousand men in a battle means? I think not. The thing is as difficult to realize as the distance from the earth to the snn. Whatever opinions may be entertained with re- I gard to the character of the cnteitaiBments at the j Alhambra, there can be no dispute about this place of amusement being a profitable speculation. For a long time past the direct ,rs have declared a dividend of 15 per -cent. per annum at least, and occasionally 20 per cent., and now they have just divided profits at the rate of 25 per cent. per anna u. The fact is not altogether a pleasant one. There is really good music at the Alhambra; but when yon have said thiit, yon have said all that can be urged in favour of the place. The ballets, the canteen, and the crowds of women (not of questionable, but of nnqnestiorable character) pay haudsomely and so, I suppose, the shareholders shut their eyes and hold out their hands for the 25 per cent. Mr. James Grant, author of the "Romance of War" and a number of other works, has appearea as a co- respondent in the Edinbugh Divorce Court, the petitioner, Mr. Walker, obtaining a decree against his wife. I refer to the case, first, to point out that the corespondent must not be mistaken for a gent- leman of the same ntilme-also a Scotchman and an author-who is known as the editor of one of our daily papers and secondly, to notice the ridiculous defence of Mrs. Walker by her counsel. The cor- respondence and intercourse between her and Mr. Graut, he said, arose from a congenial predilection for romance and sentiment! Of course Mr. Walker considered this quite a sufficient excuse for the cause of the action We shall next hear of a thief having a "congenial predilection" for a purse or a pocket-book, or of a rough having a "congenial pre- dilection" which impels him to assault the police in an endeavour to release a br ther rough from law- fal custody.

SUNDAY SKETCHES. LLANFYNYDD CHURCH. Midway between Wrexham and Mold, as the crow flies-that is some five miles from either— stands the church of Llanfynydd, in a sweet secluded valley, surrounded by mountains. The world-with its dust and din-is entirely shot ont from this arcadian retreat. Village, there is scarcely any, save the orthodox smithy, "public," and shop, which are popularly believed essential to its existence; and a church of plain exterior, with schoolroom hard by, overlooked by a pretty rectory house and grounds. A very valley of meditation, suitable to the monks of old, who showed their taste by once erecting a monastery here, the stone font of which, as argued by the local authorities, (discovered in a railway ex- C ivation) still stands duty at baptisms, in the pre- sent church. The interior of the sacred edifice is at once nsefnl and elegant. All the pews are open, in stained wood, with stall finials. A plat- form, carpeted in crimson, on which stand the communion table, desk, lectern, and pulpit runs the whole widtn 01 the Duildmg at the east end. There is a vestry room, which opens upou this platform, so that those who officiate take their places silently-without parade or disturbance of the congregation. Indeed this platform arrange- trent seems to be one that will supercede the old trap and box arrangement of desk and pulpit. A dozen clergymen seated upon such a platform may take part in the service without the least movement or disturbance. The men, as a rule, sit upon the right side, the women upon the left band of the building as you enter-a custom which it is said the people spontaneously adopt in churches where all seats are open and free. A layman out of the congregation reads the lessons— a plan adopted in Llanfynydd church twenty years ago. The singing, which is congregational, is led by a harmonium, at which the rector's wife pre- sides. The hymn book used is the Oxford edition of Mercer, and the chanting of the Psalms, and service (which is full choral) is really effective and fine. Although entirely in English —the service is thoroughly Welsh-Welsh in the feeling and fervour—the impulse of impassioned heartiness which pervades it. From the com- mencement to the close congregation and minister seem to vie with each other in the heartful earnestness with which they unite in the service. Parish clerk there is none. He would find himself unnoticed and unknown in an assembly where all have promoted themselves to the honourable office of partakers in the temple work. When people talk of more Welsh services" as a want of the period we feel inclined to agree with them —only let such services be as at Llanfynydd, in the English language. Throw as much Welsh heart—Welsh feeling—Welsh passion, as you like into your churches. Language, like dress, is a mere external-an outward accident of a nation —has no more to do with a people's idiostneracy than the shape of their hat, or the cut of their coat. The Welsh language may die out, with swallow tails, next year, without any other effect j than that of increasing the number of Welshmen —drawing Welsh hearts in all lands closer to. gether, and intensifying and exalting that im- passioned, impulsive, poetry of sentiment, which enters so largely into the composition of a real Welshman. Cymro o galon," Cymro o waed." It is the temperament, the blood which make up a people-not the accident of half a dozen gutterals fewer in his brogue, or eighteen inches additional length to his breeches. Those who advocate more services in the Welsh language," where English is better Understood, might as well sigh for more services in knee breeches in those parishes where tronsers only are worn. Let us have in Wales more Welsh services" by all means, so that they are really and essentially Welsh-Welsh in heartiness-in fervour and im- pulsiveness-no matter in what language they are given or in what garments they are attended. The causes of Dissent in Wales are twofold. In the nrst place the Welsh are constitutionally com- bative and clannish-" a nation impatient of con- trol"—they are naturally given to run into cliques and wrangle with each other. In the second place, they are an impassioned, im- pulsive people who hate form and constraint-too innate children of impulse to run well in a groove. It is a mistake to try to fit the Welsh tempera- ment as on the bed of Procrustes, to a cold formal rendering of a liturgy, suited to the matter-of- fact phlegmatic Saxon. Taffy is too long to lie on the English liturgy-nniess you give him more room to stretch out his limbs a little. And this can be done-is done at Llanfynydd by throwing over the service a certain abandon, which at once arouses and commands the attention and sym- pathies of the congregation. As an instance, although Mercer is the hymn text book, for con- venience of reference, it is laid aside for any— every book that may contain a good and suitable change. Here upon this occasion-evening ser- vice commences with a hymn. It is not in Mercer. It is a perfectly new hymn-new to us at least—on a fly fhuet, entitled Heart Melodies, No. 3: Morgan and Chase, London." The melody and Words are equally striking :— Not now, my child, a little more rough tossing, A little longer on the billows foam A few more journeys in the dessert darkness, And then the sunshine of thy Father's home. Not now-for I have wanderers in the distance, And Thou must call them in with patient love Not now-for I have sheep upon the mountains, And Thou must follow them where'er they rove. Not now-for wounded hearts are sorely bleeding, And Thon must teach those widowed hearts to sing, Not now-for orphans' tears are thickly falling; They must be gathered 'neath some sheltering wing. Not now-for dungeon walls look stern and gloomy, And prisoners' sighs sound strangely on the breeze— Man's prisoners, but thy Saviour's noble freemen, Hast thou no ministry of love for these. Go with the name of Jesus to the dying And speak that name in all its living power; Why should thy fainting heart grow chill and weary, Can'st thou not watch with me one little hour. One little hour-and then the glorious crowning, The golden harpstrings and the victor's palm, One little hour-and then the hallelujah, Eternity's long, deep, thanksgiving psalm. The service is entirely in the English language, and altogether Welsh in heartinesss. And we can- not help exclaiming inwardly at its close, God give Wales many such services. Welsh, truly heartily Welsh, in everything that constitutes the inner being of a Welshman. The sermon by the rector, the Rev. T. R. Lloyd, was then attentively listened to. It was based on Numbers 22nd c. and 31st v., Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord stand- ing in the way and his sword drawn in his hand, and he bowed down his head and fell flat on his face. After a brief sketch of the narrative from which the text was taken, the rev. gentleman said that- As all scriptures are written for our instruction, let us follow the prophet upon his journey in the character assigned him by St. Peter as a type of one of those that, cannot cease from sin, which have forsaken the right way, and are going astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the way of unrighteousness, but was re- buked for his iniquity, the dumb ass speaking with man's voice, forbidding the madness of the prophet." Now in spiritualising the narrative Balaam shall be the sinner, who journeys into the ways of error, and the voice which forbad the madness of the prophet," shall be the voice of conscience, which is the voice of God given to men upon their journey through life. The sinner starts npon the way of sin, and God's anger is kindled against him, and yet in anger God re- members mercy:—he tries to stay the sinner npoa his reckless course, and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him Now although the sinner, blinded by evil, does not see, or at any rate refuges to see the error of his way, still there is that guide within Sm. which could tell him .f only allowed to speak that the journey on which he has entered must end in deatb. For the ass saw the Angel I of the Lord standing in his way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and the ass turned aside out of the way and went into the field, and (Bbla.m ?o the aJ to turn her into the way." The ass ha. not spoken as yet, that is the sinner has refused to listen to the voice of conscience. He has straggled against it, and compelled it to allow him to pro- x rf ceed in the evil way upon W"L.- Then God allows the sinner to proceed into a greater straight, in which, if the voice of con- science shall not be heard, its teaching" shall at least be felt. It was in the open plain that God first strove against the sinner, aud there were gu B on either side thi oa-h which the sinner could flee from His presence. The voice at conscience avuiled but little here. Thus it was that the ass had place to turn out of the way and go into the field. The circumstances nnder which God first Strove against the sinner were not in a stmight sufficient to make conscience either heard or felt. So God will in mercy come to closer strife with the sinner, if may be he can still stop him on his evil course. Then" the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side." Here is a straight so narrow that one thinks the voice of conscience could not fail to be heard. But no. Therw is no voice to be heard as yet. There may be a feeling of uneasiness merely, and of pain perchance. The sinner still perseveres upon his course regardless of the pain. But God, still striving with him to Cause him to return iuto the right way, does not even yet relinquish the contest. For He is a God of mercy and willeth not the death a sinner, but rather that he repent and live. "And the angel of the Lord went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn, either t3 the right band or to the left." The Lord now meets the sinner face to face. There is no escape here. It is a narrow" pass, having no toruing by which to escape, either to the right hand or to the left." As He pleaded aforetime with the children of Israel in the wilderness, so now God fronts the wanderer to deter him from the way of evil and death. He brings the sinner into a straight—a deeper sorrow than any that ever happened before—an accident, a sickness, a bereavement, or one of those ten thousand troubles with which God tries His children. And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord she fell down under Balaam, and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the asd with a staff." What a fearful struggle this-the determination of the sinner to proceed upon his own way. But the Lord is longsnffering, and will not retreat until the i" voice," which has so long been dumb," has at length been heard to speak. And the Lord opened the month of the ass." The Lord made conscience speak; and the consequence of that voice shall be as recorded in the words of the text. Blessed voice, however humble and still, which can at last open the wandering sinner's eyes to see where he is; withstanding the Lord, whose angel bears the sword aloft in his hand to smite him if he advances in his present way. The angel's mission was to make Balaam repent of his avarice, r.r to slay him with his sword. And thrice did the prophet hurry onward to destruction- until, rebuked by the voice, the film fell from his eyes, and behold he saw that he was embarked upon a course which was displeasing to God. And many are there who have, like Balaam, gone astray from the right way. And the Lord is their adversary. He who would be their friend is their enemy to oppose them, and he bears the sword of vengeance in his hand. But he does not wish to strike. He desires to spare. He longs to see them turn from the error of their way, and He sends for them as He sent into Balaam's ears, a still small voice, the voice of conscience, to guide them into the way of truth. And the sinner ought to listen for this voice, and pray that it may speak with clear and distinct accents, so that its effect may be to ope i his eyes, as it opened Balaam's eyes, to see the evil that lies before him. For there is evil in the way, and the end is death. God will in nowise forgive the impenitent, but will render unto every man according to his works—everlasting life to them who have done well and eternal death to those who have done evil. What a comfort it is to think that God does not will the death of a sinner, but that every one should tnrn to him, and that, in mercy, He sends His spirit to guide as in the right way. As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of a sinner, but rather that he should tu n and live." Turn unto the Lord, and He will abundantly pardon them that seek Him with a pure heart. He hath sent His comforter to lead us in the journey of life if we will but attend to the whisperings of that spirit. That voice is beside us in every trial, and tries to make itself heard above every temptation. It whispers caution to the proud and comfort to the lowly-points to a better land when the heart twines itself around this-tells of riches greater than the world possesses, and of joys more exalted than any which can be known on earth—evei trying to leal us on from darkness into light. If we shall be saved we can only be saved by listen- ing to that guide-by attending to the teaching and promptings of the spirit of God implauted within our own hearts. Whatever of other and outward helps and aids to holiness may be vouchsafed to us by our God let us above all things prize and foster this gift of the spirit, for it is the greatest of every gift and the surest of every gnide. It is the spirit that quickeneth the flesh pronteth nothing. All other helps are as nothing compared with this —This—the highest and holiest of God's gifts- the voice of conscience which follows a man upon all his ventures, and would speak to him if he would but hear-ever essaying to cry aloud. This is the way;" when the pilgrim wanders to the right hand or to the left. May we harken always to that voice within as, that nnto us also may come what happened to the prophet. The sermon over, a hymn was given out, during the singing of which an offertory collection was made in aid of the day schools and the general expenses of the church; the congregation thus illustrating their religion by educating the poorer children of the district. These collections amounted last year, we were told, to about jE37, or a weekly average of over fourteen shillings-no inconsiderable amount for a district sparsely in- habited, and that mostly by working men. ICONOCLAST. I

LOCAL NEWS. I CARNARVON DOG AND POULTRY SHOW. At this show, which was held on Tuesday, we are glad to find that Mr Albert Bnry, of Wrexhata, took the first prize of 92 for Cachin China fowls, partridge (cock and hen). DisTiNGUiBHEn VI.SITORS.-Mr J. L. Toole, the comedian, and Captain Mercier, who painted the portrait of Mr Alderman Walker, ate now staying at The Grove, the residence of Mr Thomas Row- land. the ex-mayor. RIFLE VOLUNTEBRS.—The members of the fir.-t D.R.V. will meet for drill at the Barracks, on Tuesday evening next, at half-past seven. There being only three drills before the review, every member is expected to attend. LEGAL EDUCATION.-V.r Osborne Morgan gave notice in the House of Commons on Monday tbat, on an early day next session, he should call attention to the defective state of legal education in this country in the absence of a snffinent test of qualification of gentlemen called to the bar, and move a resolution on the subiect. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OP ENGLAND.—Mr Thomas Llewelyn Lloyd, of Wrexham, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, has been admitted a member of the College at a meeting of the court of examiners on the 28th nit. This gentleman is a brother of Mr John Lloyd, cabinet maker, of this town. THE MILITIA BAND.—This excellent band was engaged for the Foresters' demonstration at Chester, on Monday last, and gave snch satisfaction that Mr Jennings, the bandmaster, has received a letter from the gentleman (Mr Bennett) who engaged his services, stating that he believed the band was the best in the procession, in which there were about ten others. MESSRS GRIFFITHS & Co.'s AUCTION MART.— At this mart, on Thursday last, there was a large list of eittriespa;tictil-irly of sheep, although the fair was so badly attended. There was a good muster of buyers present, and, the bidding being brisk throughout, a clearance was effected at excel- lent prices. Stock entered: 70 c-ittle, 20 calves, 921 sheep, and 21 pigs. Prices Beef, 7d to 8d mutton, 7,1 to 8.1,1 lalnb, 8d to 9d. A MAD Doe.-On Wednesday, a dog belonging to John Daly, No. 12, Cutler'a-entry, was seen running about in the Beast Market barking and foaming at the mouth. He was followed bv a number of boys and run home, and there he ran up and down stairs. Mrs Daly locked him in the house, and went for her husband to shoot him. He was observed through the window dreadfully convulsed, and died before they returned. SCHOOL TREAT.—The children attç, Acton Park School received their an?  from Sir RoLert and f?dy Canliffe on treat from Sir Robert and Lady Cunliffe on jln I last The scboiars had ??ceIJe.tteap for them at the b?H. ? the jz,.s distrh /j by Sir Robert and his lady, the children afterwart th 1 war 8 eDjoYing t h emse l ves ? a variety of innocent ments. To THE RATEPAYER.- The liat r* i. forthe county and bo?gh will be??? < ??. the chpels and churches for the inHpecti:: oy t ratepayers. Every voter is rec..m?udd ? iee h' tl e 0 see that his name is on the register, oilie ^180 Se° '1. I' erWlse to send in his wruten claim immediately, as it f I wou be of no avail to comp l ain at the time of e?'?c?on if his name should be omitted. THE MILITIA STAFF.—At the class firinry of the militia st iff this week, Sergeant Moore succeeded iu placing himself iu the first position. At the 1.1. rd class target, at ranges varying from 150 to 300 yards, 20 shots with the Soider-Enfield breech loader, he made 59 points. At the ranCg) es 400 b 600 yard-, 20 shots, he scored 50. At the third class target, 10 louuds each at 550 aud GOO yard" he made 35 points. The next best score was made by Ser-,Yeatit-Major K"nny. ST. MARK'S SERVIGE,-8th Sunday after Trinity. Preces and Responses (Tailis); Vemte (lriBi- Psalms (133); Te Deum 1181 and 52;; llIJe nc:ua (40) Anthem, 1, 0 Lord, we trust alone ill thee." Hymn 206. Kyrie (Mendelssohn); Nicehf- Creed (Helmore) Sanctus (Orlando Gititjons); Gloria in Exci lsis (Gounod). Evening Service at lhrce o'clock. Litany (Tallis). Aulliem, "0 L >r.1, WI; truit alone in thee." tiyrnu 1^7 and 275 (2). THE TOWN HALL.—The vei.t la ion at the Town Hall has been much improved hythftal- ditional skylights in the ro jf, by mentis of which currents of air are introduced into the edifioe. Messrs. Overton and Painter are m.,s t anxious to render the hall comfortable to the persoiig transacting business, and when the treasurer puid a visit to the place a short lime ago, he give the proprietors credit for having done a grp.d.t deal to improve the vent lotion. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WREXHAM CC-LTRERR.— On Wednesday morning last, a fatal liccldent occur, eel at the colliery at Rh sldu. A maa named John Ambrose, aged thirty year. fcll. we are given to uuderstand, frrm the bucket a "reat distance down the pit, and was killed immediately The deceased leaves a wife and child, who re^i.le at Poclm-uth. An inqiif st win opened on Thvirj- day morning, and adj ourned in order that the Government Inspector might make his G:;u,l visit, Aueusi FAIR.—This fair was held on Thurs- day lasL. Chester fair failing on the same day, combined with the long-continued drought caused the quantity of beasts aid sheep on offer to be very m,dl-in fact, it was as poor a fair aa we can remejiher. Beasts ani sheep were dearer. The supply of pigs was not so large as at last fair, and con-idera'dv cheaper, s'ores being 5s t') 68 per head cheap; r, an,1 sucking pigs making from 12s to 163 each. There was a miserably poor show of horses, in quantity and quality, and as a matter of course there was nothing doing. .— HEARING SUPPER.—A rearing sapper was given by Mr Alderman Walker, at the Old Swan Inn, on Saturday evening, the 30th ult., to the workmen engpped upon the twenty-one model cottages which he is erecting in Rhosddu. The cottages are built in a kind of Gothic style of architecture, and are of a substantial aud con- venient, as well as somewhat ornamnial, charaMer, Some of them are already occupied, and the whole will be completed in a few weeks. It is intended. to let them so as only to return five per cent, annually on the cost, and they will no doubt be much sought after in a neighbourhood requiring such houses. They have been satisfactorily built b) Mr Samuels, of this town, Mr Turner, borough surveyor, being the architect. There were between 60 and 70 persons at tin supper, the chair being occupied by the architect, and the vice-chair by ilr Samuels. The evening was enlivened with excdlpnt speeches and songs. The catering of Mr aud Mrs Lovatt was, as usual, unimpeachable. THE ALMA LODGE.—As we briifly stated last week the Alma Lodge, G.U.O., celebrated its anniversary at the Horns Inn, on Friday wtt-k, where a good substantial dinner was provided for the members by Mr and Mrs Jones. The chair was occupied by P.G.M. Barker, and the vice- chair 'aken by P.G.M. Jones. A. pleasant evening was spent. From the published balance sheet we find that the contributions and fines amounted to 2115 12s. 6d., and that the whole of the rtc-ipts, including this amount, were EI98 4s. Id. The sick pay amounted to j634 8". 6<i.; and the district demands JE31 4.; the whole of the payments being JE198 4s. Id., including a sum in the box on July 10th, 1870 of 234 S. Sid. The balance over tbe expenditure was £ 39 12s. 8d., and the total worth of the lodge at the end of the year was E154 9s. 11 Ad. The year, which has been so disastrous to many societies, has been a very prosperous one to this lodge. SUCCESS OF A. WREXHAM GENTLEMAN AT SHOT. WICKE IhFLE CONTEST.-We are glad to hear th;tt Ensign J. Osweil Bury, of the Gwersyllt (5th Denbighshire) Rifle Volunteers, has been very successful in shooting for the Allcomers' Prize in the contest of the Cheshire Rifle Association, at Shotwicke, on Thursday last. He gained the eleventh prize of JE5 with 44 points at the three ranges, 200, 500, and 600 yards. He succeeded in beating Corporal G. Peake, 5th L.R.Y., who was disqualified for tbe Queen's Prize two years ago Corporal Wyatt, of the Ellesmere corps, who has been so successful at Wimbledon and other places and about 250 others, many of whom had pre- viously distinguished themselves in national contents. The first prize was taken with 48 points. The excellent practices which Ensign Bury has lately made—once this week scoring 50 points at the three ranges-have stood him in good stead at this contest. He shot well for the Sweethearts' Prize. RIFLE CONTEST.— The&fouith competition for the prize of L5 for the best aggregate score in six weekly competitions (at each of thtf 200. 500, and 600 yards ranges) came off at the rliuge of the 1st D.R.V., at Sontley on Wednesday lust. The shooting on this occasion was superior tl any previous competition, and resulted in the highest score of the season-46 points—being watle by Sergeant John Jones, who was followed next by the two others who had the honour of scoring the highest figures in this contest, namel v, Lance-cor- poral Smith and Private N. Humphreys, witti 43 points each. Sergeant Woodville, Privates E. Spriggins and T. Davies scored 39 points each, and the rest, with the exception of Sergeant Lees with 35 points, were nowhere. T ie following is the return for this competition 200 500 000 T! Sergetint J. Jones 16. 15 4,i Lance-corporal Smith I:? lti.14 .,t:: Private Humphreys 14. 13 ..ltj.4. Serge.tnt Woo(iville 14. 16. !I. Private Spriggins 12. Iti I I. Private T. Davies 15. I ti Sergeant Lees 13. 11 I I Bandsman C. Jones ].*? 2.11 -S Private Mattheson 13.t.) „ Bethell n. 7. tv .t „ Sykes 8. 14. (I „ T. Edwards H ;i II It The following is the relative position of the most successful competitors:—Private N. Humphn-ys, 157; Sergeant Lees, 143 Lance-corporal, J. Smith, 143 Private Sprigging, 142 Ser reauf -!• Jones, 129. It will be noticed that in this lait competition, Sergeant Jones scored exactly double the number he made at the previous one. VOLUNTEER BATTALION DKILL.—A hatbtlion J¡; took place on the racecourse on Mondav, but far more than one reason there was not such a G I master as at the previous meetings this year, In the country companies thi* mnv Kp utti-ibidi-D &. --J principally to the harvesting operations: and In the Wrexham Company it was owing in a gr"qt measuie to the unfortunate omission of the n?n \I preliminary notice in the papers, in cons. quecce some members were not aware of the meeting The companies were all npon the excellent gronnil at the racecourse, upon which the yeomanry were exercised, shortly after seven o'clock, and aftrr being formed into four equal companies they were put through a preliminary drill by the rfficerp, after which the battalion was exercised in the tltltltl field movements by the acting-adjutant, Captain C.inran. They extended and advanced for skir- mishing, and shortly afterwards owing to the approach of darkness, they became obscured to the view of all except a few adventurous spirits who followed them up. Thinking they might be< practising some special movements to he prepared for any emergency arising ont of the present continental crisis, we made a journey of discovery, and on our approach our ears were greeted with a volley fired in an obscnre corner of the ground- We discovered that one energetic volunteer had charged the ground so fiercely that his bayonet made an impression in the earth and the member himself fell over his rifle. Shortly after the voiiev the battalion marched off, bnt we noticed that one ycuug fellow-a member of the Llangollen com pany, we believe—fell out owing to some ii jnry he received but whether it was inflicted drring the volley firing we could not ascertain. His head was bandaged with a handkerchief, and he WHS escJI ted off the ground by the til-,ELt person lI"