Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

TO COllRESPONDENrS. POSTAL NOTICE. All newspapers forwarded per post, are delivered at the Post Office in ample time to be forwarded on Friday night to their destination. If therefore any of our Subscribers do not receive their copies by first delivery on Saturday, they will oblige us by making a specific complaint at once, so that we may lay it before the Postmaster General. THE RAMIILER.—The report of the death, inquest on, and funeral of the Rambler, is crowded out, but will be inserted in full in our next. WE WOULD IMPRESS upon our many correspondents the necessity uf receiving what items of passing events they may favor us with as early ::s possible after their occurrence. It is unfortunately a too frequent thing for us to recei ve news five orsix days old on Friday morning, with a request for it to appear this week." Of course, it is impossible to gratifyallsuchexpectations, and while we, on our part, do all we can towards ensuring this, it is not too much to ask our contributors to co-operate with us in so far as they are able.

Birth, Marriages, and Deaths. r,: f' No Notice of Birth, Marriage, or Death can be inserted unless authenticated by the name and address of the sender. Announcements, with any remark other than the simple facts, one shilling each. HIRTHS. BISHOP—Nov. 13th, at the Railway Station, Mostyn, the wife of Mr J. D. Bishop, of a daughter. EDWARDS—Nov. 13th the wife of Samuel Edwards, shoe- maker, Mill street square, Llangollen, of a son. JONES—Nov. 3rd, the wife of William Jones, Cinders farm, Ruabon, of a daughter. MCHAI.E-NOV. 13th, at 3ii. Beast Marlcct, Wrexham, the wife of E. McHale, letter-carrier, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CAltR.4 17th, at the Parish Church, by the Rev. John Jenkins (by special licence), Captain" Carradus, Attercliffe, to "Capbin" Emily Ethel Munns, Wrexham, hoth of the Salvation Army. JONES—DAVIES—Nov. ]Uth, at the Congregational Church, Dolgelley, by the Hers, D, Griffith, minister, and J. Wishart, of L'verpool, Gruffydd Jones to Mary Jane, only daughter of j. O. Davies, Iironygader, Dolgelley'. STKBLK at All Saints'. Dorchester, by the H-v H. F. Tones, Edward Steels, J.P., of Wollas- ton-house, Dor. h 'si.-r, t'' Diana, wi low of the late A. n. <iad:in, of Severn-house, Newtown, North Wales. DEATHS. relict of Mr Edward Barker, Canton House, Holywell, in her 70th year. BAWDKN—Oct. 30tli, aged HI, at Carres Lwyd. Cswestrv. Thos. Biwden, formerly ironfounfler at St. Agnes Cornwall. CLIYE-—Nov. Sth, aged 78. at Montford, the Rev. George Arthur Clive, rector of Shrawardine, the vicar of Mont- ford, sixth snn of the late William Clive, Esq., of Stwhe, M P., for Bishop's Castle, and nephew of Robert fir-t Lord Clive of Pla^sey. CARROL—Nov. 7th, acred (i^ years, Jane, second daughter j of the late Mr Thoma? Carrol, no]?!ev. DAVIES—Nov nth, Ann, relict (,f Mr William Davies, Naid-y-mrch, near Holywell, ag-etl 70 years. EVANS Nov. loth, aged 41, ylvanus Parry Evans, estate agent. Queen-street, Rhyl. at 5, Bridge-street, Edward Evans, aged 2), for several yp.-irs in tin employ of Mr Henry Dennis. Civil Engineer. EVANS—Nov. lnth, aged 71, Sarah E.-am, Bank Top (an 11 formtrly for many years of the Geraint). Llangollen. (,OVGIl--X,)\ 0th, fit Willenhall, aietl 59 years, Ralph Dickinson I;f)ucli, Esq., j.p for the counties of Staf- ford and Men: joinery. Guii-rrnis— Oct 2Sth, at 1, iieli- Liverpool, Hannah, wife of n, Griffiths and youngest daughter of the lafe David Evans, butcher, Oswestrv. ov. 7th, at Bigillt, Flintshire, in her loth vear, M irv, widow of the late John Hollis. Hoi.GiTU Nov 11th, :!t Denbigh. Mr Samuel Hartley Holgnte (father of Mr Samuel of Holvwell) aged 741 years. Huthiu, in his year, the Rev..James .Tones, M.A., of Jesus College, Oxford, formerly second master of Ruthin JSI-linol. and for tlie last 30 years rector of Uanfwrng, Denbighshire. LLOYD— Nov. 15th, aged Si years, Miss Jane Llovd, Vaile ('L Abb;,y, J11no1hn) to- 5 ve.r.- casto?iau of the Abbe v. MASON—Nov. 12th, at London, Mr Tom .1. Mason, solicit' Chester. PARKER— NOV. Ilth at 112. Elgin-road. St. Peter's Park, London, ag d ;1) Years, Mary, wife of Geor re Parker, Ifi, Derby-roiid, Higher Tranhiere, Birkenhead. at Brick Kilns, near Oswestrv. Sinah, widow of Williiiii Payne, at Mere Houst-, O iscTuirch, the resi- dence of her brother-in-law, If irriet second daughter o? the late John Rogers, Es?., New Hall, Chirk. -?'—?.v.th, aell H :t ])adst.);h, ?hhbur' v' 8:1]0), C har) \? St,?pliens Salop, 10th. a1 Farndo'i,afte"a p'-otrac?d illness i > Hutn'?), ?If? of Robert Salmon, aged 72 "ear<! Sn':)!!)T?.U! ?nv. 12th, at the George Hotel Bm-v,r! Fen; m her SSth year, Ann widow of the late damns Sidebotham, of Chorlton-on-Modlock. M mchoster and second and last surviving daughter of the late Robert Kol>»rts, of Plas Ccha, Vspvttv, Denbigh-dlire. tilte beiovet wife of Mr John T.tzcr, Mwdwl«-ithin, Holv' well, ugert 59 years. 'I WII.SO. -Nov. ua-rl )h Thonws Wil"o", tailor I High-street, Llanfyllin. ¡

 EVENTS. I COMING EVENTS. I SUNDAY, Nov. 20TH.— 1st Moruiii? Less.ni, Ecclesiastes 11 and 1"2; 2nd Lesson, Hebrews 12. 1st Evening Lesson, Hagsai 2 to v. 1U, or Malaclii 3 and 4; 211,1 I Lesson, John 6, v. 41. MONDAY, Nov. 21S.T.—Borough and County Sessions at Wrexliiiii. in t!ie I i Hall by'%Ir Oller- Wrexham. Sale in the Temperance Hall by Mr Ollfcr- head "Two Orphans" in Public Hall. TUESIIA Y, Nov. 22vi>.— Sale of Propelty at Rossett by Messrs Baugli and Jones. Sale of Plant and Furniture at Acvefair by illr Siiape. "Two Orphans" in Public Ed-il. WT-D\KSD\Y, Nov. 23RD.—Mr J. W. Brown's Stock Sale at Broughton Hall Stati .n. "Two Orphans" in Public Hall. THURSDAY, Nov. 24TIl.-Wrexliaiii Board of Guardians Two orphans" in Public Hall. FRIDAY, Nov. 25TIl.-sitle of Property at Holywell 1.) Messrs Cliurton, Elphick, & Co. Property Sale at the Old Swan by Mr Lovatt. "Caste" in Public Hall SATURDAY, Nov. 26TII.—" East Lynne" in Public Hall. —

THE SUMMER OF ST. MARTIN has this year been peculiarly del.ghtful. After the storms of the end of October and the bitter cold of the beginning of this month, last week's mild weather was most grateful and cheering. This year the entire week preceding Martinmas Day was uninterruptedly fine aid warm. Fires have been dispensed with until late at night. The loss to coal merchants must have been enormous, and we are fairly half through the month with- out a fog.

THE COMING IAN HAS COME AT LAST, and Gambetta with his Italian statescraft has illus- trated the Italian proverb that all the world is for him who knows how to wait. At the same time it is true that his difficulties are in reality only beginning at the moment when they seem to be over. The formation of a strong, stable and homogeneous Ministry, was not so easy to Gambetta, as it was to M. Grevy to commission Gambetta to do it. There has evidently been a hitch somewhere to account for the strange delay in filling up the Ministry, and we shall know in a few days what has caused the delay, and who are the opportunists who feel that their opportunity has not yet come.

TKIAL BY JURY is all very well, though it has been called the one political superstition of the average Englishman. But here we draw the line, and ask with some surprise what is the meaning of a second trial by public opinion and by busy letter-writers in the newspapers. The Daily News, of all newspapers the last, has opened up an agony column on the Lefroy trial. It has allowed his relatives to work on the feel- ing of general pity for a misguided young man whose crime society can avenge wliose sin we remit to the Great Judge of all. Lord Coleridge pointed out the distinction from the bench but a maudlin sentimentality would confuse them, and this should be resisted on every ground.

THE THIAT, OF GRIREAR has begun, but will not cud till the lawyers have extracted the last drop of profit and professional credit for them- sel ves out of the w hole transaction. We are told that the whole of the first week will be consumed in securing a jury and arranging I other preliminaries. The defence will, of course, turn on the prisoner's eccentricity, for which it will be easy enough to adduce evidence; and the question will then go on to the issue whether extreme eccentricity amounts to in- sanity, and what point accountability to the law ceases. It is like a dispute as to the moment when daylight dias. Any almanac will ) say at what minute the sun sets but daylight is a term of degrees, and this is the real con- tention about Guiteau. ♦

(STRANGELY ENOUGH the (juiteau and Lefroy cases go on side by side, and there is a certain weird resemblance between the two. At all events, the Home Secretary has been memorial- ized to allow a medical expert to form a judg- ment as to Lefroy's sanity or insanity but we should like to know what the test is to be. There is something mistaken in this strange sensibility of our age against taking life, since on the most favorable assumption Lefroy will be consigned as a criminal lunatic for life to Broadmoor and this will certainly be Guiteau's fate, should he escape hanging, which in his case is improbable in the extreme. Now, any one who has ever visited Broadmoor, would say that if its wretched inmates could be painlessly put out of existence, liko bees under sulphur fumes, it would be a kindness to all concerned. Let hanging be abolished to-morrow, and the day after a general cry will go up to restore the hangman.

A MATTER OF GRAVE SOCIAL IMPORTANCE has been brought prominently before the Wrexham Board of Guardians the last two sittings, and that is the large number of women in the work- house with young children. Even from a rate- payer's point of view this is a very important matter, as it i3 estimated that their cost to the union funds amounts to nearly zC600 per annum. It has, however, a social and moral aspect of a much more serious character. According to the report of a special Visiting Coinmittee presented to the Board on Thursday by the chairman, Mr Pickthall, there were 29 women in the house at the present time having 46 illegitimate children. What remedy the Guardians have for this state of things it is difficult to say. They are bound to allow the ust; of the house as a refuge for the destitute and thou-h these unfortunate women may liavy contributed to thbir misfortunes, yet that cannot justify their rejection in their extremity. Moreover the poor children are innocent of any complicity and therefore onht not to be made to suffer. We imagine that most of the occupant > of the Workhouse as well a<; these women are equally responsible for their present position. Vice and crime of one .sort or other lie at. the founda- tion of poverty and misery, and as the chairman suggests the only alleviation to be loo'ced flit appears to be from the moral influence of rel igion. THE World is responsible for the following Sir Roger Palmer has achieved a sensation at Maidenhead. He has laid claim to a private right of fishery in the Thames, sides of tite ri%-er,' from the Guard's Club H mse to Cihvden. The local Angling Association and all the gentle Waltonians of the district are up in arms. Sir Roger promises to make good his chum by the production of title deeds, &c. Pretty little law suit threatens." +

JOTTINGS ABOUT THE WKLSH I\ LOS D OX. LOND?)N. THE WELSH WESI.EVAX METHODISTS OF THE JtETKOl'oLIS —WELSH STUDENTS AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY" OF MUSIC-AXNUAL MEETING A I) IJISSElt OF THE CYMMROHORIOX SOCIETY-TIIE WELSH CALVrN'ISTIC' METHODISTS AT HOLLOW7 AY — LOUD AliEKDAItE—Mil BIUNLEY RICHARDS—WELSH ARTISTES—THE WELSH DIALECT SECTION. I In addition to vanou-; l'd im? wtnen tney nuv* Itl outlying districts of the metropolis, the Walsh Wesleyan Methodists pdssess two fixed places of worship in London, or at least tliey did so uiitil the last few months. One was situated in Wilson-street, near Finsbury-square, but as it was found incon- venient and small it has been sold, and p-sndin^ a settlement elsewhere ttie congregation ma^ts at the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, in Aldersgate-street. The other chapel sta-ids in Portland street, a small thoroughfare running parallel and to the south of Oxford-street. In connection with the latter chapel a very interesting meeting wa" h,ld on Monday, the 7th instant, at the Lnngliain Hall. Of course the inevitable tea meeting preceded the public j gathering, but as all tea meetings are carried on much upon one pattern, the present one may without detri- ment be left undescrlbcd. A laivre inwi'>-?r n i l gathered together in the I.an-ha\n Hall at the ti:ne • announced for the commencement of the proceedings, and upon taking his seat the Chairman—Mr Ellis j James Jonss—was very heartily received. Mr Jonus is the son of Mr E'lis Jones, of the finll of Messrs T. j J. Thomas a'i.1 Ellis Jones, of Qieen Victoria- street, and is, like his respected failier, a Methodist During the evening several addresses were delivered, some interesting, some dull, some wise, and sonn otherwise. Under the first head was most crtai ilv j to be classed the very able speech delivered by Mr j John Griffith, now of Kingsland, formerly of Bangor, i I regret that under the last head have to be entered I the utterances of a reverend gentleman—the It 'v. H. Pritchard, who came up from Aberayron t > officiate j on the previous Sunday, and wlit-) also a 1 Ire-sed the meeting on Monday night. Mr Priteha.rd's—Wtd!, speech—was not worse than many it has been my n¡i, fortune to listen to at similar meetings, but it wa< distinctly of an inferior type and tone to the addresses delivered by his colleagues on Monday. People do not expect to hear dry discourses at an after-tea meet- ing certainly, but, after all, thr-re is no essential con- nection between tea and twaddle, and an audience of intelligent people has a right to expect from a preacher something better than a hotch-potch of wealc witti- cisms. The other speakers were Mr David Hum- phreys, Mr Abel Simner, and Mr Edmund Evan-. The chapel choir rendered, in a very fair manner, several anthems, ami a musical programm of some length was sustaine i by professional and amateur singers. Mr Hirwen Jones and Mr Lucas Williams met with a flatterin," reception, aid of the amateur vocalists who kindly gave their assistance especial praise is due to Mr Faher, of the Inner Temple, for his sympathetic and refined rendering of The S,tti-ii of Dee," and Tosti's For ever and for ever." Miss I Lizzie Evans charmed the audience by her singing of the touching little song" The Children of the City," in which her rich contralto voice was heard to ad- vantage. I airi glad to record the great success attained at -he Royal Academy of Music thi- year by Welsh students. At a committee meeting held a short time back Mr Ben Davies, of Swansea, and Miss Spencer Jones, who is also a native of South Wales, were elected I associates of the Academy. Another young Weisii- man-iint yet out of his teens—has been appointed a sub-professor. Mr Barker, of Caerphili, upon whom this mark of distinction has been conferred is a very clever young harpist, and has spent some years at the Academy under the care of Mr John Thomas (Pen- cerdd Gwalia.) The animal meeting and dinner of the Honorable Society of Oymmrodorion were held at the Free- mason's Tavern, on Wednesday, the !Iuh instant, under the presidency of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P. As the space at my command will not admit of a detailed account, I will endeavour to give my readers, in as few words as possible, a general idea of the proceedings. The annual meeting, of course, preceded the dinner, and it was attended by a I goodly number of members. Mr Ch?r'es W. .T:)n"s, the secretary of the society, read the rep"rt which, of necessity, consisted of a summary of the pa;t work of the society, and of events which have therefore al- ready been made known to readers of the Wrc.r'iain Advertiser. One fact of interest was the statement that durincr the year fifty new members had been enrolled thus brin?in? the total number of "emoijnt" members up to 291. The financial statement attached to the report was eminently satisfactory and shewed a balance in hand of £ 04 5s 8d. Mr Howel W. Lloyd, M.A., moved the adoption of the report and this hav- ing" heen seconded by Mr Ignatius Williams, of the North Wales Circuit, it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Nine retiring members of the council were re-elected, and Mr Hanbury Davies, barrister-at-law, was elected a member of that body. On the motion of the Rev. John Morgan, M.A., secllded by Mr W. Davies (Mynorydd), the hearty thanks of the society were voted to those who had read papers before the society during the past session. The Rev. John Evans (Eglwys Bach) proposed and Mr Vernor Morris seconded a vote acknowledging the services of the council during the past year. Mr Stephen Evans, J.P., chairman of the council, in acknowledging the vote expressed the satisfaction lie felt at the progress which, of late, the society had made. The council had made it a point to try to make the Society of real use to Wales and to Welsh- men, they wished it to do uood honest work in the encouragement of Welsh literature and art, rather than to be a no^ isy self-assertive Society, spending its energy in loud-voiced protestations of natrioti-ni. Bs- fore resuming his seat, Mr Stenhon Evans proposed a vote of thanks to the editors of Y Ci/mmro'lor. to the auditors, and tl) the secretary. Mr Evans said that the seconder of the resolution would speak of the merits of the editors and the secretary, but he (Mr Evans) particularly desired to be allowed to express his sense of the debt of gratitude which the Society owed to the senior auditor, Mr Howel Thomas, not only for his services in the capacity of auditor, but for a vast amount of quiet and v:tlli tl)'(' aid which only they who lcti,v of it could appraise at it4 proper value.—The Rev. John Divies, M.A., in seconding the vote. warmly ref erred to fli2 self-sacrifice dis- placed hvone of ths editors. Dr. lsamhard Owen, M. A., find passed a hitrh euloirinm upon the sec -etrsry, Mr ('. W. Ton,a, a brother to the I.,ite Rev. Robert -Tones, of Rotherhithe, and a native of Mont--romerv- shire. to whose z-»al, t ic% and p^rsevpritr^ r-ffort much of the Society's success was due.—Sir Watkin th -n read to the meeting a toWram which he had received from Mr Pnleston, M.P., c-xore-sing regret that owing to illness it was impossible for liini to IK- pre- sent —Mr Brinley Richards propose-1, and Dr. 1 am- Owen, M.A.. seconded, a resolution I the joy of the Oymmrodorion Society at the distinc- tion conferred by Her Majest y upon the treasurer- Sir Hu-di Owen. This was carried by acclamation, and Sir Watkin in ex pre <sing his heartv concurrence with the terms of the resolution, said that he greatly rpprettedthat the state of Sir Hu_di O ven's h^aHh precluded his being with them fli-tt evening. Acting upon medical advice, Sir Hugh hd ™onr> t" Mediterranean, and he (Sir Watkin) s incerely trusted that he would derive such benefit from his stiy t'lere as would enaole him to be present at the haniu^t which the Welshman of London intml to give to his honor early in March ii-xf.-A hearty vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Arthur Wynne i Williams, and seconded bv Mr R H, Jenkins, to the Chairman (Sir Watkin) hrou jdit the proceedings af the meeting to a close. The dinner w is served in one of the lar.;e saloons of the Freemason's Tavern. Cov?r.-i ?-.?re ]a!? for nh ) n Covers w.=re laid for fib m* fifty guests and but few chairs were unoccupied. The bill of f VVe was sur- mounted by the Princ* of Watts'* pi nines and hy the mot.o Cv-n,-ii fu, Cy nru fvd l." Tn arllitinn to the 1 dishes usually fren on the menu of dinners there were ?'ich items as leek soup fc?w?), We?sh mnttnn, Sir Watkiu's pudding, and Welsh lavebit. :1 The usual loyal toasts were enthusiastically ?runk. Mr Hirw -n dones '?- "Co.? save the Queon and God hIe" the Prince of Wales," find ill the latter he was fee inipanied on the piano hy Mr Brinley Richards. In nronosing the toa >. of the Oymmr idovion Society. Sir Watkin bid fl • dc~t<-he I the past hl-t'-r"y of the Society, and ivfemng to the pvessnt con- gratnlated it unon the snec.">s< of the -ectlonal ;n/>f inirs held hi connection with the Merthvr Eisteddvod. Sir WatkinConcluded bv callinc unon tlie compuiv to drink the toast of Llwyddiant i Aorhy led hi- Gymdeihlias v Oymmrodori- n." The \■ 1! Welsh pronnncia'-i ovi of the worthy baronet «juit« t->k his 1 audience by storm, and on resuming his seat he was greeted with round upon round of ringing ao;tlause, Mr Howell Thomas responded to the tn;\t" and in the course of a thoroughly .■:mcdb:- well-judge 1 s-j -e .-It drew attention to flit- fact tn.it in an enquiring a ;e | like the pre.sent it not F ii' f .);. a nation to boast of its literature it should produce it. This the Cymmrodorion Soc'??ty tried to do for '{a!e, and the latest frmt of it-.?-iin thi? ?n'ecHo) ?Tr Stephens'? edition of "Y God)(lin" ec!l't litili, railc „ T in value to L?dy Ch?utte Gu?t-. "? \J? ?' N l ;ll) i llog i on. 11 Mr Lewis Morris, M. A., th/?ft?.d of ?" Epic of H.des"p,.op.?d ?3 next t.?? L-'tera6 ture, Sience, Md Art," which w.? r^pon^d to W Mr Brinley Rich.rd.s .?,d.M. J?L T TIJ ,text t.?t, ture, Drinley "Sir \V?k;n..„ p?p,? hy t;.? of Pokv i s, vtr b o cliz:Li acter i i it t.; t tf tsL fl,,Irl ne.?Powis, who ch??ctfn.??d it as a toast h '(1 been hrmoMd at every Wfkh dinner since i,e of the world. His Lordship c?ed ,n.,ct! his humorous allusions to the z,-?'lloII4 4)1,1 who half w?y up thjir hunily trees in.cr??i?.w? ?b )nt thi? time tJw world was crated" ?,? s I th?t from their point of view he would be rHit k 'v!, I L:L"t'1.6 I,¡U \dUUJl' Llle (H.!UKln or 'il' \l!kiil' t')at so modern a (ltt as the creation of th wo?'I Ia co- c!usion Lird Powis said that Welshmen were not -v; va.icing the c?im-i of the inheritor of ? <lÍ3¡mted :;u. cession, nor were they wanting in loyalty to the Prince whose ance tor wa ■ born at Carnarvon when they joined, a- he desired them to do that evening ddnking th helth of thjir Priise* i.-i W.i'.es hanner they were glad to see flowing over WyniHtav The next toast lVa" Cyrnro, Cymr-u a Chy'mrae-' which was responded to in an eloquent soeech !Y> livered in Welsh by the Rev. John E/ans, of 1" glwv's- I "'T 'I J bacli, at present the minister to th. Welsh We'le^m Methodists of L ),),[ )!I. In the C->-UN I of his SPEE-H Mr Evans referred to the fa-t that the Welsh people intended to present Mr Cadstone with his portrait, and expressed ise t,) find that already b;fore the subscription even had taken definite shape, the name of an lingli<h artist was set tor ward as that of the pal:i:, o- of toe portrait Surely it was only right to exp ,,t tiry sh.} be mad.1 with the object of di-c t.-nm-' wither Wales did not possess a son wo > could worthily execute the work. If a comoe-.e Welsh ai t'st coull be found he (Mr Evans) thought t: work ought to be entrusted to him. In pronoun.; the toast of the Council of the Society, Sir W I'.idn referred to the work which Dr. Isamh.ird O .v m had done for tIp Society, a id expressed his granfica' > i nt fin ¡¡n f}", Owen taking such an interest Ï:1 the S :ty. ll-j ha-i known and respected of O ven's nearest relation* for m my ve irs, t i, »v is g'a I t» find Dr. the S Ic:.ty his aid. Dr. O.v -a, in reply 1 'I h I Ct' I' pointed out that within the la it fo v ye irs tha pro- gramme of the S >3iety had ui lerjc-ie a sensible alteration. Originally fouii;i I to bring London Welshmen together, it now aimed at rendering sub- stantial aid t., Welsh literature. s :ieiK.>, an 1 art. Referring to the lahul's of tlld Welsh I >ia'ect and Biography sectims, Dr. O v-n said tuat the Suciefcy hoped by uniting the eff irts of m in v workers to accomplish, in a short tim', a txslc tint might occupy the lifetime of a single labourer. Ole or two minor toasts having been duly hou >red the company separated. A meeting in connection W¡t1 h cause of the \Vdh Ca[viIli4ic :\Itholj,t of HoUo.vay w?s hdd on Thurs lav, the 10;h instant. Mr T. Marchant Williams, and several reverend gentlemen In I pro.nise i "to address the meeting, but neither chai.-m in nor speakers appeared. In spite of this, or perhapi in c >nsequence of it, the m ieting wi' ;t success. Tlie chair was taker, by NTL- T. W..Tones, of Hol.owiv. the gentleman who by his able and sensible o-ilu -t of the Kingsland has introduced a great change for the bitter by ensuring the greater brevity of London Welsh meetings. Miss Annie Wil'iams sang, and .sev -ral good recitations were given by Mr William Jones and others. Lord Aberdare .le'ivere,l the op a of the Geographical Society, on Mon lay the 14th instant. His Lordship is the President of the Society. The name of Mr Brinley Richards is nnounced upon the International Council of tin lot rnational Literary, Dramatic, and Mn-ical Association. On her return f i-oiii her tour with M idame Antoi- nette SteWinu, Miss M-irv Davies will sing at the James's Htii, on the 26h instant, of Mr Halle in Berlioz's F and a few days for the S tcred H:ti m-mic S «:iety in John the liiptist." Mr lien Davies will ring in Carmen" and Maritaua, at Hull and X ■i :.iiern towns for Mr Ca,-I Rilq, of wiio.sj opera company he is a member. Mr Sauvage is auiiounc.-d to sing at the Scottish Festival Conce-rt, to be idvon at the Albert H'd!, on tll" :ntll instant, and Mr Lu -as Williams sings at Oxford, Cambridge, and other places, with Signor Randegger's concert jj.-irfy comuiencing on the 21th instant. A meeting of the Welsh Diahi t Section of the Cytn-mrodorion Society was held on Friday night last. a summary of the proceedings in my next. London, Wednesday.

BLACK-MAILING is the last sensational form of crime in the States. It reminds us of the story of the Persian King who offered a reward for the invention of a new pleasure. We have here what is stranger still, the invention of a new crime, and with it of a sensation for the lovers of police-news literature. As for Miss Braddun and the ghouls of literature, they have a new terror with which to terrorize one. We need not be an Irish landlord of the rack-renting class in order to become the mark for a threaten- ing letter. But Jay Gould's case is exceptional. It is not given to everyone to knock shares up one day and down the next, to play the bull and the bear as he pleases and now lie must feel that this little game has its risks. We are sorry for Mr Gould but we are also sorry that he should have brought it on himself by his infla- tionism. I"j

SATURDAY BEING THE MOKHOW OF ST. MARTINMAS was the day for drawing up lists from which sheriffs are to be selected. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his now obsolete character as a judge, is entitled to take part in I the proceedings with the ordinary judges of the Court of Queen's Bench. Accordingly,Mr Glad- stone on Saturday morning, arrayed in the robes of his office, sat on the Bench by the side of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge and took part in the proceedings, to the great astonishment of the lay public who happened to be present. It is a singular fact, by the way, that the tendency of recent years has been to make the duties of the Lord Chancellor as purely political as those of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Cairns hardly ever performed judicial duties except in the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee. Lord Selborne made a strenuous effort at the beginning of his term of office to do duty in the Chancery side of the Appeal Court, but was soon obliged to give up.

LORD GRANVILLE is older in constitution than the Premier, although his actual age is only 01 next birthday. His attacks of gout be- come more painful and lengthier, and there are fears afloat that this mo-t genial and lovable of statesmen is not long for the political world, if for the world at al!. He will never be Premier, and he is not the man to regret it. Whether Lord Hartiiigton will ever be Premier is doubt- ful. Though his Liberalism is undoubted, he must be before long translated to the House of Lords. Sir William Harcourt stands a distant chance of having the formation of a ministry entrusted to him. But there is another man as clearly destined to be a future Liberal pre-I mier as the man in France whose destiny has just bc?n fulnlled. And when Mr Chamberlain forms his Cabinet it will ba as much in keeping with his disposition as with M. Gambetta's to form it of unknown men absolutely under his control. It is at that period that we in ay look forward with confidence to the Disestablish- j ment of the Church. This is our prophecy. -+-

THE INTEREST TAKEN- by IHr John 'iioiivxi (Pencerdd Gwalia) in all that concern; the musical education of natives of Wales is well known. For the pa-it four years he has been working hard to collect a thousand pounds to- wards the endowment of a permanent scholar- ship for Wales at the Royal Academy of Music- Toward this sum Mr Thomas has succeeded in obtaining JE700. He now appeals to his countrymen who have not yet subscribed to come forward and help him to secure thj re- maiiiiii,y E300, and so secure as early as possible j the desired boon. The advantage; of such a scholarship to young people of both sexes in the Principality caunot be over estimated. Already a number of both sexeo of \Velsii origin have carried off high honors at the Royal Academy—some, notably our favorite Welsn songster, Madame Elith Wynne ani Mtss Mary Davies the highest we believe zivi-ii. A permanent scholarship would open up these honors and ad vantages to many who otlK-rwi.e would not be able to secure the training neces- i t i l c xu t sary to the duo development or tu<jir vocai powers. We trust Mr Thomas's appeal will he met as liberally and t-, promptly as it de crv js. The amiiint aire tdy recei ved h is b :en invested in Consols i i tho names of trustees, a id farcher subscriptions should be sent to Mr Thomas, at his address, 53, Welheck-street, Lm iou, W., or any amounts which may be sent to our office for the purpose we shall bj happy to forward, and to acknowledge in the Adr<-rtU.>r.

Local News. -r'r.¿" WRHXJfAM SCIKNTIFIC AND LITERARY SOCIETY.— The second general meeting of this Society will be held in the Savings' Bmk, on Tuesday evening next, at 7.45, when a paper will he rard by Mr Aubrey Strahan, M.A., F.F.S. (of II. M. Geological Survey), on The old red sandstone." The sub. scriptions, which were reduced at the annual meet- ing from 103 (id to 51 per annum, should be paid to the treasurer. Mr George Bate. SALE OF PROPERTY.—On Tuesday Messrs Baugh and Jones offered for sale at the Lio-i Hotel, The Elms" situate at the corner of Grove-road and Rhosddu. The only bid made was by Mr Evan Richards, draper, of £ 1,81)3, but the property was withdrawn. On the same day and at the same place Messrs Bmgh and Jones off red for sale the house No. 3f, Chester-street. The only bid ( £ 400) was offered by Mr Francis, chemist, and the pro- perty was withdrawn. THI; INFIRMARY BALL.—The grand annual ball in aid of the funds of the Wrexham Infirmary is, we are given to understand, fixed to take place on the ûth January next. The baliroom will be the Public Hall, the lady patroness being Lady I wiLiiams wynn, ana we trust cue proceedings, which will be of a novel character and under dis- tinguished patronage, will result in a substantial addition to this highly valuable and admirably conducted institution. Future ami-luncemsnt* will ajipcar by advertisement. IN'TERESTINT. MILITARY MOVE -Niany of ¡ our readers will be pleased and surprised to hear that Miss Emily Ethel Munns Smith (better known as Captain Munns), officer in command of the local Salvation Army corps was married at the Parish Ctiureli, on Thursday morning, by special license by the Rev. J. Jenkins, to Captain Carradus, of the Attereliffa branch of the stine body. Mrs Carradus has been much appr.-cialed iu Wrexham since her arrival, and it is to be hope I that her marriage will not interfere with her usefulness in this district. THE LAGER BElm BREWERY. — On Tuesday morning men were set to work to clear the gardens a ljoining The Walks of the trees and crops pre- paratory to cutting out the foundations of the Lager brewery which is to be built in that locality. The crops and trees were valued three months ago in the interests of the tenants, bit. tlie valuation was of such an extraordinary am aunt that the parties interested on the other side refused to be bound by it. Previous to the contractor tak- ing p issession of the ground another valuation was made by Mr Strachan, of the Railway Nurseries, in which the highest amounts of c unp^nsation are awarded to Mr E lward Lovatt, and Me Jonathan Fisher, while two of the gardens are in such a sorry condition fhat the tenants get no compensa- tion at all. The brewery including its railway sidings will stand on an a and three quarters. ACCIDENT AT GATEWES COLLI L-:UY. -On Satur- day morning, an accident, which mi?ht have been attended with serious if not fa? remIts, occurred at the Gatewen Colliery. It appears that at the morning shift, about six o'clock, the first cage of men had gone down all right, and the second cage containing the tools was also successfully lowered, but as the third naic containing 12 moil reached within about 20 yards of the b ,ttom, the speed of the descending cise suddenly in'eased and men and all went d nvn like a nt -nc. Four of the men who were in the middle of the tub, named Edward j Davies, Elward Preeee, Thomas Reyndds, and James Williams, were more or less hurt, and all received a most unpleasant shock. By the direc- tion of the; manager, Me David Pride, they were conveyed to tlie!r ill tile liei(tll- b mrhoo 1 of the Lodge and P< ntiv, where they were attended to by Dr. Alexander C:"ea_rhton, of the Lodge,. Brymbo. The e-id -c of the Midden jerk and acceleration of speed is attributed to the momentary absent-n.indodne.ss of the en rineman, who, however, bears the character of being a re- litl)le an, l liable and steady nnn. Wo are u to learn that- the poor fellows, ;ts it happened, appear to have ben mt)rc fri-ht th-iii hurt," and singularly enough, the cage itself was un- injured. WREXHAM SCHOOL BOARD.—A meeting of this Bo?rd was held ou Tn?sd?y. when there were present Mr Charles Hm'h<?s (in the chair), Dr. Williams, and Mr Edward Rowland Mr Ashton Bradtey, clerk. After the confirmation of the minutes, the Board proceeded to consider the f '1 foll,Vili-z report of the attend tu-e officer To the M IHVAS •< the WrerJiam Bear. <• E.VTI.KMEX, -I beg T' subnrt T'ie following list of de- faulting atteniler* at school for v<v> 1,-iinl consideration to-ilav: — 1-Oeorg-. TVi -e, M >im P* ;l• ii. v il p vo .d "Tah Joseph 7, Itol* }?i huhituaU;. -■ L. 2— T'r. derii-k Norman, 5"2, nl.iee. Ait>e<I, 11, niiii? atteud ni- -s out ir i.-ossHilo 5(1. :!—M)3 Haves, B?rn'tHtd, Walter, !•, h" it :?]!\ t'.?ent. ) ?:t'Yr'!?')c..?1, Cr.?,?-n'.t<'?,IJ??!n );,mdeH2 attomlan -es on' of p s ihl • o'. —Wj'li-a 17, ('i- i>t p' Mfi't-l. u, made 1)?ti' ol 1) F, ?il)l ;) t! 11 'ip OWeill A'oe-t-p!> 11 it-1 M ik«t, M ivcaret. "ip ?t- ik"f, ii-aaret. 7 AI:-s Kvau. i'r.i' (.'our P, iitv.Vi-n, M, hahitnaT' absent. 8-Tho"MR OT.rim, J.?s? Cnut'? -?o;)r.t-str?t, Mar ia ret II. 1 at rick 5, habihnl y al;foit. Lizzie. S, ma le nine attend ine-s out o' p.< iblc HO I •—P.-itric'v ('onion, is. Picter.-tin o e. Anne 11, r .ele 17 atten lances out of poWol ■ ;"e. II -.1 0hn JlurKe, in, I'ir.o i va'e, Lh/.tc 11, made 1 af-^nd .nces out of po.-ssibV oO 12—.Tohn I«o>ve, Beast M -irk-'t, .\i10, K it: ■ .lohn(i, vei-y i: i (not <|uartev rhue;. ei. I'e-jt.rcWiu. Mo -v ,]ra\ •». matU S x R-.niiia. 7. mHl f ii,, :.if ,tl .,k:i "I )f m.ssiU'.c "I'- ll .Sn'hn Oin'uv. 21, <i' I r- \l.;ry.'S, T: •Litiiidiy ab-iellt f U past I|V.« We k:, lu — Patrick 0 lyle, -1.i. Vovk^biie-sou ov, C ..tlievii! lit made seven at'eu lane-s out of iio-;ib*i* >i. Itj- JoVi-i Huinp'uvvs, <'r- .s v n'-pl iee III, li iLituelly lib-en' 17 -tl\, '1'11 I'anv u, Ciajsr-eai ,->! eiarg°aret c, Lizzie 7. Iia'.itnaliy is- tarles Prowlk, y«rk«lnre->"[nare, Louisa, 7, made 2l; Kli/.iPrih Ann, r-, made fifteen atten:, ces "t of i ;>ossU»Ie .)'>. 1S»—Priwilia Thomii«» Tttfrt!e-.ti-e-t, Fl.vt-ence, 12, n. ule i twenty, Catherine, sixteen -eudanc ■ ,r o7 pe ;sible ;;(1, r havo the honor tavemoyour ob«tiieiit servant. DAvin I < ovn JONE?;, [ >Tov. w.- ,\ttŒtlf1t'CP ü.fiic<;r, i servanf, l £ th. 1??. ?_? -\ttf:Kd!n.cf 0.tMc?T.