Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

A SEARCHING INQUIRY WILL BE MADE." [Contemporaneously with our report of the Brynmal- ly Colliery I nquest last week, there appeared in the London Journal, under the above title, the follow- ing reflections, which we extract for the judgment of those who watched the proceedings at the late searching inquiry in this neighbourhood, to pronounce as to their singular appositeness.] Our national doctrine, in human economy is Suf- ficient for the day is the evil thereof: the morrow, no doubt, will take care of itself." With this sub- lime faith, when any catastrophe happens, our inva- riable cry and consolation is, A searching enquiry will be made." This stoicism under misfortune ren- ders us the wonder and the envy of the world. We are great in calamity Napoleon the Great was not He could not bear up against vicissitudes. Few men can, and still fewer nations but the En?iishcan, and that bravely, owing to their always being able and willing to institute "a searching inquiry." But it is in railway and mining accidents that the institution appears to almost sublime advantage. A. coal mine ignites [or inundates] and in a second des- troys a hundred human beings, and by return of post down rush a couple of Government commissioners, and a solemn iuqlliry" is held at the nearest pub- j lie house. Ignorant, unlettered, scarcely human mi- J ners are examined. They know nothing about the accident. They sometimes used safety lamps [or bored], sometimes they did uot-" it all depended." The owner is examined, and he says he gave orders that every proper precaution should be adopted Men of science are examined, and they depose that aIt bOlwh I they conid find no defects in the mine, still there might be room for improvement. Men of science always have a large margin for circumstances. The commissioners, after having created a great sensation in a remote neighbourhood, return to London, and solemnly report that the canse of the accident was to be attributed, either to want of proper ventilation I [or boring], to some miner, blown to atoms, [or drowned] having used a naked candle instead of a safety lamp, or to something which it did not fall within the scope of their powers to investigate and so the searching inquiry" ends, and the matter is forgotten, until revived in a few days by another ap- palling coal pit accident in that identical pit, still spattered with blood and brains, upon which the com- I missioners had sat in such grave iftlibwation, at such a grave cost to the country.

CORRESPONDS JTC3. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the letters of any of our Correspondents. This part of our Paper is allotted for the free expression of public opinions generally, and not for the exclusive views of any particular cct or party. OUR BISHOPS—AND CHURCH TEMPO- RALITIES. I To tle Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I Sir,-The proceedings of the last eight days at the board of guardians afford, if it were before wanting another proof of the grasping spirit of the church. Since the time of the Great Henry, nay, I think I miht go farther back without injur- ing the pedigret- for rapacity, before the year 400 I I find it stated th-it the clergy, who wore ahle, kept themselves. Those who were not, had help from the property of the poor-not a fixed allowance i -but meat given in small quantities. Even this fund consisted of free gifts, or the rent of property bequeathed to them.iHere we noties the first grasp at power by the bishops-they ebtained from the I (lcaeolls the care of this in tho ncxt?U years the clergy began t be kept.indi cnminatelv from this fund. Still the people gave what they pleased but Jerome aad others pressed them not to be lees liberal than the Jews, who gave a tenth for the poor and the priests. The second grasp at power during this period wfts this. the bishops determined that a fixed" portion of these revenues coutrary to all former usage should be set I apart for the cleroy thus it was appointed f -J- to the bishops, JLto the clergy, i to the repairs of places of worship, and 1 to the poor. The bishops I then, as London..and Durham now, know how to take care of themselves, for Soldon says they got better means of providing for themselves, and the revenues of the poor were divided into three parts; 1 for themselves, 1 for the clergy, and 1 for the buildings Innocent, in 1200, and the Council of ¡ i Lyons, 74 years after, ordered that men should nay them tithes, not as customary, but to the clergy. The Trent Council and Pius confirmed thpse pro- ec?mga, saying they were due by divine r?ht; ¡ but th.a could only be according to the Levitical J law, that priesthood being ebanqed-it least 80 says the 7th chap. of IIebrews. The law itself also was changed. Having firmly secured the hold on the tithes, punishments were set up for their re- cwery, and the principle on which tithoa were gathered was entirely altered. Gifts became dues by exactions, and the property of the poor was I nearly all taken to keep the church. xnere is rather a singular coineidence in this last graap of power by the bishop, I mean tak- ing the election of a chaplain from the hands of the elected guardians of the poor, being mads near Offo's Dyke (it may be Watts') for OfFa, about 800, having got Ethelbert murdered, went to the P;ipe for pardon and to wash out his own sins, promised that his people's free-will offerings or tithes should become dues. Ethel wolf extended this law to the whole kingdom. But the poor were still support- ed out of them, and the people were at liberty to pay them to whatever religious persons they phased Edgar compelled them to be paid to the church of John. The lay monasteries resisted this. By order of Innocent (that and Pius and St. Asaph are pro-tty names for such rapacity) settled by compelling all tithc to he piid in the parish. Another change now took place, instead of bepainar for christian charity to the poor, it was obtained on the prin- ciple of the Levitical law, for holy purposes and the poor. Another coincidence here presents it- self. Popa Alexander, in 1180, de/erminei that the liberty of the people should be restrained. They were forbidden to make appropriations to re- ligious fqutry, workhouse) without the content of the bishop in whose diocese they were. But Seldon adds rather ominously, this prohibition did not succeed. Thus, Blaekatono say a the peapl" were sufferers." Up to Bluff Harry's time, tithes were collected as dui> under the old law, but tbe pay- ment of them by net of parliament as ftn acknow. leilizpment of the Jewish religion and a denial of christianitv. The 3rd ind great grasp of pownrby the Church of England (we'll stick to the neighbourhood of Offi's dyke) was seizing the fine old church built by the Catholics, compelling them to repair it for our use, and as they are now doing, to build another beautiFul place of worship for themselves. What the prospect of the tenure of that is I know not; seizing the whole of the tithes for the clergy only, and compelling the payment of rates for the poor, who were entitled to j for keeping up the church and the services to which the other I was applied. But if Denison is finallv eruherl, there may spring up frum hia ashes another church, free, founded-jon truth, unconnected with state, in which the pious and sincere Church of England man may take refuge, and for want. of which Newman, Oakley, and Manning have been obliged to shelter in the Roman Catholic Church. The Church of England know the old bonds of union between them and the people are nearly severed; hence the cry for new churches, to form other chains to bind them. However, all will be useless, if they continue thii graspinar spirit over all charities, all apnointments As to the guardians, I have long thought they were but as puppets on all important occasion?, and the strings of action pulled by the superior powers; but this last is, I hope, the lowest state of debasement they will sink to. I have lon declined being a guardian for these reasons; if they hive one iota of spirit or independence left they will fither have a chaplain of their own choice, or none. Yours Mr. Editor, Ruabon, Nov. 13, 1856. AN Ex- Guardian. I THE HALF-HOLIDAY MOVEMENT IN OSWESTRY. I To the Editor of the Denbighshire ^Advertiser. Sir,T am one of those tradesmen who think that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and also a discontented and careless boy in the bar- gain.We have had of late years much said and written about the slavery carried on in the United States and elsewhere, and tens of thousands have wept over the miseries supposed to have been suffered j by Uncle Tom.' and the class which he is made to represent; but I very much question whether the physical fatigue endured by them s much greater than that experienced by many of our shop- men in the shops of this and many other towns. It is no joke I can tell you, air, for a young man pos- sibly of an unhealty constitution,to stand behind a counter for some 13 or 14 hours a day, and that for six days consecutively and if the requirements of business will really permit of an occasional relax- ation, it is the bounden duty of the master trades- men to grant it. In a town, such as Oswestry, there is but a little floating business done after six o'clock in the evening, excepting in articles of food, and the keeping open the shopit much after is al- most useless. This, every tradesman himself must know by the amount of his receipts. Why then confine the young men for the sake of rolling and unrolling calico and broadcloth in order to aoeom- plish a make-believe ? With the exception of ca- sual orders by casual visitors, as much business will be done from 8 or 9 in the morning until 6 or 7 at night as there would be from 7 until 9 o'clock. This "no one can deny." If, indeed, it can be proved that the public would be really accommo- dated by longer hours, then it would be a different matter, and tradesmpn and the young men must bow before this necessity. But I contend, sir, that such is not the case. What is there to prevent heads of families from purchasing their tea and sugar, and frocks and bonnets immediately after tea as well as after the proper time for supper—and where would be the inconvenience of it ? Late shopping is therefore unnecessary, and something worse, for it entails on the poor shopmen in the course of a single year, something like 1,000 hour's additional imprisonment, just to suit the bad ha- bits of careless and thoughtless people. This system, however, is fast becoming reformed, and the sooner it ii altogether done away with the better. As to the half-holiday that is another matter, and rests upon somewhat different grounds. All men are required to labour for their breal-tiiis is the common lot of all; but it should not be forgotten that men need not be made slaves even in obedi- ence to tbi3 law of our existence. A man who is kindly troated will do as much work in 9 or 10 hours as another who is drilled" into it during 11 or 12 hours, and much more pleasantly and agree- < ably. Long hours incapacitates a man both physi- cally and mentally from active exertion, for his fa- culties and muscles become torpid, as it were. A half-holiday during the Summer months, say, June, July, August, and September, would invigorate our young men, and would create habits of self-re- spect seeing that they were respected by their em- ployers and the public, and would nerve them to greater exertion during the remaining days of the week. This system is now being carried out in London and some other of our large towns, and will be followed, I believe, with most beneficial results. What I wish is that something of the kind may be done in Oswestry, and I for one would most gladly accede to it. We talk a good deal sometimes about the "amelioration of the working classes," and subscribe our money cheerfully enough at mis- sionary meetings in order to better the condition of the heathen in foreign lands. This is all right in its way, and I by no means object to it. But I do think that it is also our bounden duty as Christians to do what we can to raise the character of our young men at home, by giving them an opportu- nity to improve themsel ves, both intellectually and physically, which a half-holiday, weekly would | accomplish. The world's work must be done but we may as well try to make the thorny path of life as smooth and as clear as possible. Hoping that you will be induced, sir, to give insertion to this in your widely circulated paper. I am, &c., No NiGGEa-DiuvBR. i Oswestry, Nov. 14th, 1856 I RELIGIOUS TOADYISM, I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I Sir,—The worldly spirit which characterises the I dissenting sects of the present day is very great, and is continually loading tbem to a practical de- nial of those principles which they profess, and which separates them from the Established Church. One of the moat recent manifestations of this spirit I glean from your last week's impression, as occurring at Rhosymodro, among the Primitive Methodists located there*. In the absence of G H. Whalley, Esq., who appears to be lord para- mount of that district, one of inferior gritcle was called to fill his place as president of tke uiiasioa- ary meeting. This religious toadyism is becoming so pre Talent that it is quite a nuisance to many gentlemen who are sensible of their umuitableness to fill such a position, and if a few were only to make a decided stand against it, the evil may be stayed. The following letter appeared ia the Examiner a few yestra ago addressed by < nobleman to the eccrc-tary of a religious society in reply to an application from, that society to become its pre- sident:- 11 Sir-I am both sitrpri-;ed ftnd annoyed by the contents of your letter—surprised, because my well known character ehonli have exempted Ill. from snob an applieatioa; and annoyed because it ob- liges me to have even this ctom:r Hnioation with you. I have been long addicted to the gaming ta- ble-I have lately taken te the turf-I fear I fre- quently bln.spheme-but I have norer distributed religious tracts. All this WR8 well known to yon and your society; notwithstanding which, you think me a fit person for your president God forgivp your hypocrisy I would rather live ia the land of sinners than with such saints I Sec,, "Lord O Comment upon this is unnecessary. It tells its own tale. and I would recommend the practical lesson it conveys to the attention of the dissenters in general, and of the Rhosymedre Primitive Me. thodiat Missionary Society in particular. I am, sir, yours, &c., Brymbo, Nov. 18. Non. Cob. I THE TOWN HALL CLOCK. I I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I Sir,—Allow me to contradict a statement which appeared in your paper of Satarday last, to the effect that I h-,t I refused to allow the police to ex- tinguish the light of the Town Hall clock, if the gas proprietors would permit it to be lighted to a certaiii hour of the night. I beg to assure you that I have not been spoken to on the subject since the 15th of November, 1854, now two years ago. On that day some of the gentlemen connected with the Gag Works found fault with the police bocause the light had not been extinguished till an early hour in the morning. I then informed these gentlemen that the policaman who had the key of the Town Ilall gate in his pocket, had been engaged at a Are which occurred the night previous at Com- mon Wood; siuce that time I have not had any communication whatsoever on the subject. The police will at all times be most happy to oblige the gas proprietors or other inhabitants of the town, bat they cannot be allowed to neglect their more legitimate duties, merely to oblige the public, nor can I surfer them to be found fault with, if by attending to their duties, th^y are precluded from carrying out any act of this kind, which otherwise they would with pleasure perform. Two years ago I stated to the gentlemen who spoke to me on the subject, ft3 I now do, that I will not bind the police to put out the light at any given nio- ment, but I will undertake to say that it shall be extinguislied every night within half an hour of the time appointed. I was given to understand that the gas proprietors declined to supply the light gratis but if you will be good enough to insert this letter in your next publication, the public may then see that the gas company cannot longer justly shelter themselves under the plea, I that the police will not aid them in this matter, I am sir, your obedient servant, G. M. King, Superintendent of Police. Connstabulary Office, Wrexham, Nov. 19, 1856. I NATIONAL EDUCATION. I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I Sir,- The principal topic, in the last letter of your correspondent, "A Common Labourer," cal- ling for a reply from me, is the definition of a civil government. I may explain that I did not intend this as a difinition of what our own government exclusively is but of what every civil government I ought to be. 'f T-rT' As your correspondent justly observes, we per- ceive that things and interests which, at ;me period, were considered to be proper objects ot government legislation, have, from greater experience and en- lightenment ceased to be so now." We enjoy the benefit of this greater experience and enlighten- ment," in our commercial freedom. And I hope that as the result of still further "experience and enlightenment" we shall enjoy equal freedom in religion and education. I readily admit that the sets of. at least every good government, are sustained and regulated by moral power. But this power is wielJcd by the people, as jwpa, whether they be ruiers or subjects. It is trequrfitly exerted quite independently of the government; and sometimes, with immense bene- fit, in direct opposition to the civil government, till it has constrained the government to alter and even to reverse its course. It is to this power that I attri- bute those" achievements which have recently been effected in civil, relIgious and aommercial freedom." What one great and beneficial measure has the go- vernment adopted within the last 60 years, that it was not constrained tu adopt, by the moral power of the pe(\plo? It is to this power I look, as to a skilful phy- sician," to diva at once into the eauae and seat of the constitutional malady," of our social body and not to the civil government, which can ouiy apply those remedies of quacks aud empiries" which killlllore than they cure." As your correspond- ent justly observes, "a moral power tailstacces- sarily and in the nature of things take cognisance of moral evils, and that too, both as regards their remote and proximate causes." Hence I would commit the education of the people to that moral power which has already accomplished so much, in this and other departments, and not to M Statutory enactments, which. as your correspondent says, must necesarily be compulsory. Under the term 44 physical evils," I class all in- jury to persona or property, and therefore such crimes as forgery, perjury, and bigamy. Assuming that a person has a right to decree that his property shall in all future ages, be applied to a certain benevolent objeot, it is the duty of the government, as the protector of property, to see that it is so applied. The case of pauper children is exceptional, and cannot justify the conclusion that all the people should be treated as paupers. But your correspondent says, "I demand it ^Gov- ernment interference in behalf of education' in accordance with the expressed wishes and COil vie- I tiona of the great body of the people themselves." Why then do not tho people themselves" ac- complish the work without waiting for the gov- ernment to compel them to do it ? For in any case, if tha wurk be done at all, the people must find bcth the men and the money to do it. But if the great body of the people" really de- sires popular education, how is it that according to your correspondent not more than one in sixteen is willing to pay for it ? I have purposely avoided the production of evi- dence for the efficiency of the voluntary principle, till my questions are answered relative to the com- pulsory plan. When those questions have been satisfactorily answered, it may be desirable to in- quite whether the compulsory or the voluntary plan is preferable. But if it should be found that there arc unanswerable objections to the compulsory plan, it ought to be rejected, whether the voluntary plan be eflicient or not. I do not however for a mo- mcnt admit the inefficiency of the voluntary prin- ciple. But when my present questions arc an- swered, I can produce facts to show that the volun- tary plan may be far more reasonably expected to accomplish the work than, the compulsory plan can be. My definition of a false creed I consider appli- cable to creeds of every kind. But it does not tol- low that a creed which has one false article, is false altogether. I cannot conceive of anything being true in theo- logy which is false in fact. illy speciilqlive theology," I consider is quite irrelevant to the present controversy, therefore I decline to iutrodueo it in the present coirespond- ence. II I remain, sir, yours respeetftlly, AN Observer. i THE CHAPLAINCY OF THE WREXHAM 11 I .I- UNION.. I L'O J.0 iheiLditor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. in, Ihere &re generally two sides to every j • story t and if a person hears only one side, anu a forms his opinion from what he hears, he is almost sure to fall into error. The letter of Mr G. W. Chaloner, and your own remarks in your last, res- pecting the chaplaincy of the Wrexham Union contain only one aide of the story, aial are, there- fore an ex parte statement. It is much to be regretted that Mr Lloyd's friends should have so far exceeded the bounds of deeency and propriety in the whole of this affair, and made it s. "in h of a party until they have stirred upauch an amount of animosity and bad feeling in the matter, as to be highly unbecoming the real question at is.e. No political or party feeling ought to have been at all mixed up with the •tlectioH of a chaplain to the Union. The otfiee is purely religion, and the fittest man as a religious teacher ought to have beea elected to it. Mr Chalouer endeavours to show that 71r Lloyd's election was the result of the free and un! i issed expregaioa of feeling or the part of the guardians, when it is well known that the case was widely different. Every effort was made, and-twery unfair means uszed, to prevail upoa parties to vote for him; and tbe whole Uai,,u was seo*»red from one j end to tho other by acaloai partieana, who hesita- ( mi not to use all their influence to prevail upon tboae guardians who had already promised their voifps to the other party, to violate their solemn engagements. j Amongst other things a dinner was prouiine4 to I Mr Lloyd's auppotterj, which came off <>a the day of election at the Black Lion, Wrexham. I hope they all enjoyed themselves much on the acvasion, though it might have never occurred to them that the giving the dinner was an illegal set, aad suffi- cient of itself to render the election null and void. Tho Vice-Chairman fif the Board wet also seen go- ing about with Mr Lloyd to canvass the guardians —a naost improper thing, if n(A altogether illegal. Many parties who could not be prevailed upon to violate their engagements, were persuaded to kee- O-tlt ef the way on the day ef election and thus, to the &: tonishment of tha other pcey, when he day arrived, out of some 25 or 26, who were expected to vote for Mr Edwards, only 11 had oone out of the fiery trial; the reat had fither changed side, or kept out of the way. So much for Mr Lloyd's majority, and his decisive vic- tory," of whioh Mr Chaloner makes such a pa- rade. It was a victory, but it was the victory erf cowards—a victory obtained in a way that honourable-minded man would have been asham- ed to boast of. Had the Bishop approved of the appointment, the case, I have every reason to believe, would have been brought before the Pooolaw Boa-d, and in all probability, the ( lection declared null and void by the proper authorities in that quarter. But the law, very properly, has made the Bishop the judge of the fitness or unutroa of every clergy- man to be employed in his diocese and no doubt the Bishop of St Asaph knows more of the clergy of his diocese, and their fitness, and is a far better judge in such matters than Mr Chaloner. Mr Lloyd' church is. I rm told, something like seven miles from the Wrexham Workhouse, and be is bound by, law to have two services, morning and aliernoon, in it at the regular hours every Sun- day. New, it appears to me a problem which I cannot solve, how he or any other mau could ac- complish this, and travel that distance to have an- other service at the Workhouse near the usual time. The Bishop might have taken that subject into consideration, or be might not,—that I can- not say. Mr Chaloner eeems quite in earnest, and deter- mined to have his own 9. ay in the matter; and in order to accomplish this, he has named a com- mittee of his own party in order to carry out his wishes at the Board. Whether such a course is a proper one or not, remains to be seen, for nothing can be brought to a satisfactory conclusion by one party, without the consent of the proper authori- ties. I hope, however, Mr Lloyd may not have to say in the end, Save me from my friends Mr Chaloner becomes quite poetical towards the close of his letter, and quotes from "John Gilpin," and seems to pity Welsh curates, though he dues not show much of _that pity in the case of Mr Lloy d's ^opponent. :pity in tLe caie of Lloyd's ;.o p ponent. I am, air, yours '&c., A Ratepayer IN the Wrexham Union.

j WREXnAM MARKET, Thursday. Nov. 22. í s. d. 8. d. I New Wheat. ? o 10 0  Flour Seconds (per sack) 4t 0 4 0 Barley (old) 6 6 7 0 | Oats. *,i M, 4 0 4 4 j Potatoes. ?. 2 4 2 n j Butter 1 2 1 3 ( Eggs .I (per dozen) 0 9 0 0, Indian meal. (2 II) los) 30 0 32 9 [ MARK LANE.—Mon da v. 1 English wheat in slow demand and difficult to sell without some concession in prices. Foreign In i:n I ains its value, with a fair inquiry [.'1' country buyers, and hard still in request for export. Im. porters are Arm for floating cargoes, bat buyers icem to think by waiting they wiil get easier terms. Floar nOt a very brisk sale. Indian corn keeps steady in value. Barley has declined Is to 2 for all qxaiities. Malt without alteration. Peas and brans dull, and the turn in favour of huyers. A large ai-rival of foreign oats, and all sorts are Is lower. MARK LANE-WPD-ITEI; ,),, y. We were extensively supplied with oats, which sold slowly, at barely late rates. In boans, peas, and flour, very little was doing, on former teitns. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was liiaitad nevertheless, the demand for tII kinds ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. The general quality of the sample* was by no meams first-rate. The imports of fo- reign wheat are liberal, viz., 15,290 quarters. Even the best samplee met a dull inquiry, and prices were with difficulty supported. Both barley and malt moved off slowly, but no change took place in theirv-ilue. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—TUESDAY. Our eorm exchange thi morning was moderate- ly attended by country millers and dealers who aclin very cautiously, took only sparingly of wheat, at prices much about the same as those ob- tained on Friday last for average runs, but the bet- ter sorts of white American being in free supply at present, are Id to 2d pei 701bs under last mnr- ket day. The decline on the week, may be taken all round as 3d to 4d per bushel. Flour, neglect- ed sale and upon the few transactions made our quoiations cannot be al tered. Indian corn held firmly at extreme rates, with only limited demand. Oats and oatmeal rather easier, Egyptian beans ouiaids quotations enforced. No change as re- gards other articles. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY Beef was a better sale than last week, at unalter- ed prices. Sheep were also well cleared off the market, the sale being brisk. Cattle 2,799, Sheep 9,179. Beef, per lb, 5d to 6d., Mutton, fid to 7d. TALLOW MARKET. Our mai ket is flat, and the late advance in the quotations is not supported. P. Y. C. on the spot, is selling at 57s 3d per cwt. Town Tallow 56s 3J nett cash. Rough Fat lid per 81b. HOP-MARKET.—BOHOUGH, MONDAY, The trade is still very healthy, and a fair de- mand for fine new hops, at late quotations. It was expected by many that prices would at this time be lower than aL all,, in consequence of the duty being now collected, but this not being the case, it may fairly be presumed that the planters are in a bei ter posicion than in times past, and can afford to hold their Hops for full prices. FOREIGN.-The imports of foreign Hops into the port of London last week amounted to cm bale from Hamburg. NEWGATE AND LEADENItALL.—Monday Per bib, by the carcase. 9. d. s. d. iu!cror beef. 2 6 ?. 10 | T 11 do. 3 2 3 6 j Prime jar? do. 3 8 4 Of I Do. small ditto 4 2 4 0 j Veal 3 8 4 41 s. dto s d Inferior mutton 3 0 39 Middling do. 3 6 4 :-t Prime ditto -4 2 ) 6 Large pork 3 6 i i Small pork 4 8 5 0 l HIDE AND SKIN MARKL"rS.-SArU]IDA.Y. Market Hides, 56 to tHlbs. 0 0 0 Ditto 64 7:WJ::I. 0 4 0 4 Ditto ?2 SOlbs 0 li M Ditto 80 881bs. 0 ii 0 i Dit to 88 961L)s 0 5 0 5 Horse Hides. (each) 0 0 7 0 Calf Skill's, light 2 0 4 0 Ditto full 0 0 8 0 Polled Sheep 2 10 3 + Kent* and llalf Breds 3 3 3 lil Downs 3 0 3 8 L-t!yil,3 2 9 4 6 shearlings 2 4 2 Ô

I it AIL WAY TIMS TABLES 1 FOR NOVEMBER, 1856. -iisliRF, H" 81) up Y AAD ItA71.41E   TBAlKf, m(M CBI.b??;?: 10 FimmsBFUY. !y UOWH TRAINS, IliOM S1!U]??UBY TO CJ?STJtR. !DAYB. j ■ ? ?'?   T? 1 2 ?}.s   ? i  v  23 Leave J-1' rlj 5 ii±s JJL JUL ±1 JJ 1*1 s I_2 3 1 2 J_2j l.P1.2,P Lc.ivo 12 3 1 2 j_XT's 1 M 1 2 3 1 2 3 12 J 2 1 2 2, P 1 2 31 u. in L. nri a Hi :a. ni.i a in j». ni. p. m i< m ip. lii.ip. wr. P m p. r..|p. m. a. l.i.a. rn. m p it. p n. p in p m i> )' ? t' "'?T?T p n:t 1 2ft £ ]6| 9 10 11 10j j 1 15 i 3 5 3 55: 5 20 ? 88 11 10 4 0 o 8 2 0 10 .9 t 0 0 2?'i 5 4 4044 50 7 35 ? 27: 9 25 4 40! Saltuc.V 8 21 I 5 2t5 10 51 3 16 ]0aion 7 10 p. 130 .?2?45('? 7 45 35 4 50; PtdteJd ?asqun-L.h 7?08.35 1 I 2 So; 5 17 7C5 { 945 5 1 ?Obsett fM t? .)820 r 5 38. fj 23111 0 n3! ?,.(innl 7 32 8 17 185 I 3 7 5 12 J! 4 50 7 45 957 5 15 Kchsett 8 38 j > 1 2f> j s 20 5 38 8 23 11 0 r, 31 a 0 a 28 9 ti J 9 57 5 15 Onsfnd 8 42 1 1 ;:5 i 8 27 5 47 8 30 11 S 5 38 \V],itfinu:ton 7 42 8 54 1 4!s I 3 17 5 22 *10 5 5 241 <:lIAM 7 4oi 8 ? 9 SO n 30 1 45 ( & 37 4 18 5 58 8 4) U 20 5 49 r.o?owcn 7?2 9 !II 6 1 52 2 f,O! 515 ,3 5 12| | 5 ..3. 8 8 10 9 510 13 530 'hos  |  .?? ?2 8 62?0 55 1 4 2 4(? 3 155 SO R 23?30 9 24 9 45 10 3 5 20 labùu 7"; D 7 U 42, 1 58 S 52 6 '? 8 M 11 35 C 4 LhTLY )arr 8 22 0 12 II 16 2 2 ? 0 3 M 5 50 5 38 .5 50 8 14 10 5 10 23 5 40 Coin 9 13 I 3 56 f 19 ?? | ».. i 3 56 .|6 18 11 41 ClO? r?Gwvn 0 9 1011 12 1 57 3 .13 L5 "5J 0 I :5?i I UauFollen Road 7 58 !J 1 11 51 2 7 4 1 6 23. & 2 H 45 6 15 Chirk 8 0 1] I 12 1 57 'oo 3 a3 5 ó 5 50 'o. 8 34 10 -O? 5 41 Chirk 8 S 9 2 11 56 2 11 4 7 4 35 6 8 9 7H 49 6 19 1 laiigolleu Road 8 6 9 ?11 17 22 3M 5 55 8 29 10 26 5 47 Precsgwyn ( Cln S 11 3 43 6 2 8 34 1 () 301551 (io) oven 8 1£ & 33 1t12 6 2 20 4 16 4 41 638. 0 17111 '?9 6 28 Kuabon 8 20 9 24 11 ?5 2 11 3 52 6 10 8 ?8 10 371 5 57 1'rccs?yn .0 .)7n .9 6 ..2. 8 In.abon 8 20 9 ..2.411 ..2.5 2 ..1.1 343 C 2 834 )0 30551 Cotowen {iiriv. 8 12 & 33 i) SO !2 62 2C 4 26 4 50' <i 48 9 2712 !l 0 38|!WliEXHAM 8 S2 9 38 11 38 2 22 3 10 4 5 6 '24 ••• ••• •••  14   7.1 49 '?S ]:))os 48 6 13 u?ac-.?nJ'tB.n?.?t-ip?? 6229?(10 012 16 230 4 24 j 0 45 12 5 i t33 l^rcsfi.rd 8 39 11 45 13 0 32 8 50 .E(ll 0 0 27 10 55 6 22 9 -"12 10 C oi)Jj Ko.s'.olt 8 44 11 50 2 32 4)7 <5 38 0 ?37 f;nti) .I 8 24) 9 4.r 12 19 2 3: 4 32 ti 50 J>' 12 S<: 0 .-is; 1 uionl 1 }i. <lnr<)j J 06 5 5k 12 oC 2 •;?, 4 46 I 7 s I Ui. b" t i .c ? !7 iu ?. (.?' ? <.??r:w.) b., 4281 6 501. ol G,41 110 !■ ?;J.l ? .u ? 12 ?? J ? 'i 1 V' 7 ? ? -? ;.0 ??L?.??i'LR 9 ii-li S!a ? 2 ?) & -? 7 & 2 ? ? -?.u ,o1. 65

A \\r AH.NING TO G.ll.OTTElts.-On Friday uigiit, 7 aiid 8 o'clock, as ,\1r Tuupson, u vezill*)* LUau of bt Paucrad, was rturning hume to hL,, re- Slùence, near Mommgton Crescent, through th" ltegeut's lJark, he was stopped near the Uat0 oy all lnsh iaboui-or, with a shovel in h., lunù, who ùcmandeJ moncy, saying he was oui. III wUlk. ilir TiIupsuu told him to gu away, bUl LUll iii,ii tuilowed lulU, and upon turnIng do \Va tùt: ?aitii?g očar tu? lot?k awl Albany, Le c?iQ?.- u?, Ull(I li'iLlllg up the spade aimed a biowat Mr !'I.up lloill, I lie JOnuüaLdy cVl,í1ec1 tUt: bLow, a.iu, uem" a lUaa, tmaca rounli and klio¡;k- oll asszillaut down witu his fut. H" tiicft t'JOn. uuw. iiiin Lii, sp¡¡,J.ú, and óOlumenced in e",rl1- eit t() J)ul"i him for his murder.)u,; mte"tl 'i In it bilurl LUll": üt; must aeverely punlLJ6d ui., al. alH, ailli illtvl J ¡; tleili lum lor lliOn: tiiaii a qulrter of au uour, WLtaUILL bull. 9 aul., to brmg i W¡W W LI..I" "tÚ"tallC< n.: WIi: o')li6uJ to let tillu go. Lftvt Mr I ialpzsvu had roach, J. U180wn Ij u u 60 a i.UilCCW:la, WIIO Udil been told of the; OC--UttêUOC ny j, iimubcrof WLlo were collect.d, weuL ILt;f Lllt: luau, and took iliML into From repoita received from Moscow at St Pe tcrab??.n a)pears that the anniversary of t?c re- treat ot the J.r?uu alwy. m 1812 9 h? t?u cci.. rawd with wore LIlIW. us¡¡¡J. "aw¡;¡.

Lieutenant Alexander Forsyth Parr diet in Has- lar Hospital on Sunday, the 8th inst., of paralysis, at the ago of 70, and was buried in the cemetery of the establishment on Saturday last. lIe had fought at the Nile and Trafalgar, and his death de- prives the service and society of one of the finest specimens of the men of war of those stirring times. He had been 50 years a lieutenant (!) for the last 25 a lieutenant of Haslar Hospital, which establishment has suffered a great loss in his death.

THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY. It will be recollected that in May last year a great robbery of gold, to the value of £ 15,000 oc- curred while treasure was in transit from London to Paris, via the South Eastern Railway. Up to a very recent dry all efforts to trace the robbers were futile but now tbreo men are in custody for this robbery, one being already a convict for forgery. William Pierce and James Burgess have been in custody for a week past, waiting the production of the chief witness, Edward Agar, an inmate of Port- land gaol. On Thursday, Agar was produced be- fore the Lord Mayor, and the case against his ac- A \T„ i complices was cornmenceu..iUL..uUUIUil vjLpmim:u what the prosecution intended to prove. Accord- I ing to Aar's revelations, he, Pierce, Burgess, and one Tester, the last not in custody, and probably not in England, were engaged in the robbery. Agar is a professional criminal; Pierco was formerly in the service of the railway company as a primer Burgess was a guard, and Tester a clerk, both in the employment of the company. Of course Agar's evidence alone would not convict, but it W'S ex- pected that it would be so corroborated as to lead to a conviction. Agar had iivcd with a woman named Kay he had a child by her when Agar was convicted of the forgery, Pierce, who was to have protected her, did not use this woman well, and she disclosed to the railway company what she knew of the robbery. Agar, hitherto firm to his associates, now turned round upon them. Edward Agar was examined at great length be- fore the Lord Mayor, and he gave a most minute account of the whole preparations for the robbery and of its perpetration. Burgesa was the guard of the night mail-train which carries bullion to Folk- stone. He was talked over" by Pierce, then no longer in the service of the railway, to take part in a robbery of gol(l. Four were to be 44 in it 'I Burgess, Tester, Pierce, and Agar. Arrangement were made with skill and deliberation. By various deviece, Agar got impressions in wax of the keys which opened the bullion-safe, and which were kept in an office at Folkestone. He made keys from these moulds; went to Dover in the train, and tried the keys on the safe they did not act at first, but he altered them so that they opened the safe. Thus one part of the work was done. Next, two hundredweight of shot was purchased, with leather courier-bag a and carpet-bags to place it in this shot was to replace the gold abstracted, so that the robbery might nol be immediately detected by t1 e lightness of the bulliori-bi),caa. Agar and Pierce, in the character of passengers, were to convey the shot to the train. Both had the courier bags filled with shot suspeaded to their bodies under short oloaks; two carpet-bags had more shot stowed in them, and packed round with hay. The robbers could not tell till the evening when treasure would go in the mail-train; so every night for about a fortnight Agar and Pierce, loaded with the shot- bag, drove in a cab from Agar's lotigingi to the vicinity of the railway and as, 'night after night, their confederate Tester intimated to them that there was no bullion, they returned to Agar's lod- gings, not having entered the railway station. At length the bullion safe was to go by the mail-train. Agar and Pierce then drove up to the station, in the character of first-cla-s passengers; Bur- gosai the guard, as an ordinary matter, placed the I two heavy carpet bags of the gentlemen in the luggage van and Pierce got into a first-class car- riage but Agar, with his courier-bags under his cloak, stepped into the luggage-van while the sia- tion master's attention was attracted in another di- rection. The train started, and the robber was alone with his prey. In the course of the journey he unlocked the safe, took out two boxes, and, being provided with proper tools, opened t i em, took out the bars of gold, foreign gold coin, and some coupons; the boxes were filled with bags, nailed up, and newly sealed. Tester had been a passen- ger in the train. A bar of was passed to him, through Burgess, at Red Hill station. From that station the operations in the van were conducted iby Agar, Pierce and, and Burgess. At i?ol.;stone, where the rifled safe was left, Agar and Pierce took their seats in a first-class carriage. At Dover I they got out as ordinary passengers, went to the lug-gago van, aud received their carpet- b igs con- I taining the plunder. They stopped but a short time at Dover; returning tJ "London by tie mail train at two in the morning. In LonUon, where they met Tester, the bullion and foreign coin were converted into English money. At this point, time failed for the further examination of Agar, and the 0 t investigation was a lj- urned. I On Monday the case was resumed. There was > an immense concourse of people around the Man- sion H?usc. Agar was cross-examined at some j length by Mr. Lewis, giving minute details rf the robbery, but adding nothing material to his former statement. H, said the division of the spoil took place at Kilburn, after which lie saw nothing of Burgess till he appeared in the dock, j Fannv Boland Kay then gave her evi^dence. ?c testitiod'to her sul)?,eqttollt i11- treat ii3ent b,y Pier(-,e. testified to her subsequent ill-treatment by l^^ r* I The witness, bv direction of the Lord Mayor, de- I I clined to answer where she now lived.  In response to Mr. Lewis, thA? Lord M?d, e i clined to liberate Burgess on ba?. There  sufficient evidence to justly a re^nd. Ibe ? prisoners were tLen rcm?d? uutil Monday nt at one o'clock- I