Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

A NOVEL ELECTION ADDRESS.—The following address to the electors and inhabitants of the Isle of Wight is signed" Thomas Hawkins," and dated The Hermitage April 9,1839 :"—" You want a man in Parliament who can get what he votes for, resolute in strength and com- petent to success. In 1831-2 my voice went forth to the empire in the Times on behalf of the people, and with the people I have been ever s;nce.-And I hive been also with the Governments, from Lorl Melbourne's down to the present time. I prevailed with the Lords of the Treasury, through Mr Spring Rice. The Com- mander.in-Chief acted on my line in the Chartist crisi!i of 1848. I helped to cheapen sugar, and by equal de. termination had no slight share in cheapening bread. When Spain insulted Eu,Irlan(! Don Cbarles Kin- was .<0. T':1 1 my reply. When LouIs fhiiippe deceived England, my hand was first to drag him fa m the throne of France. I avenged a betrayed Minister of State, and drove another from the councils of the Queen. And when her Majesty, being absent in Germany, was vilified, I smote the dogs of faction dumb. For the Queen, th e Government, the people, I have insisted upon law, order, and justice, in the Isle of Wight; and I am ready to enter the House of Commons if it be your wish." THE BANNS FoltDII)DE-A strange and very un- usual occurrence took place in the Wesleyaa Methodist Chapel. Ingersoll, during the service on Sunday even- ing week. It was on the occasion of publishing the banns of marriage between two of our coloured popu- lation," Graham and Rebecca Lodine, or Sardine. After the minister, the Rev. G. Kennedy, had uttered the words, If there be any one present who knows any just, &c. up jumped one of the congregation, aiiasaid, I forbid the banns, as the man has a wife already The astonishment and excitement that prevailed for a few minutes after this unexpected announcement, can be more easily imagined than described. The would-be bride was afterwards burned in effigy for trying to mar- ry another woman's husband.—Ingersoll Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the afternoon of Sunday week last, four children, all about the age of ftitir years, strolled to the beach of Eype, near Bridport harbour. Three returned towards dark, bat they could give no account of the missing one, who had a boot with her belonging to one of them Search was made during the night by the friend s and villagers, but no tidings of the child, whose name was Goodwin, could be obtained, At daylight she WAS found in the cliff near the Hope Rock. more than 100 feet from the sea shore, lying in a gully through which water wis running. She was fast asleep and wet through. (irais grows on the side of the cliff, and it is supposed tint she puDed herself up by it until quite spent. Those who have visited the spot con- sider it quite a miracle how the child trot there, and that her life was spared. —I'ltlman's Weekly News. THE CitFkp rltES REVOLUTION.—Any person who Jlris « bserved the extraordinary consumption of the Telegraphy Standard, Star, and Morning News, at rail- road stations, on board the Thames steamboats, and in all the leading thoroughfares and public places, must be I aware the circulation of newspapers has undergone not a change, but a revolution. It has not only spread beyond its former limits, bat it has created, or ab- sorbed, a wholly new class of readers. The penny journal, containing an ample supply of the usual current news, excellent and reliable foreign correspon- dence, literary criticisms often distinguished by greater independence than those of journals of higher preten- sions, and leading articles of more than average ability, and to its honour, we may add, conducted generally with moderation and good taste, has penetrated to thousands of obscure and populous reccsses in which the luxury of a daily paper was unknown before.— British Quarterly Rtvipw NEW IIEV &&-The Gazette announces that the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom has been conferred on the following gentlemen-Colonel Wyndham, by the title of liaron Leconfield, of Leconfield, Yorkshire; William Tatton Egerton, Esq., by the title of Baron Egerton, or Tatton and Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., by the title of Baron Tredegar. NEW BABONKTS.-The Gazette also gives a list of gentlemen on whom the dignity of a baronet has been conferred, viz., W. Miles, of Leigh Court. Somerset j John Neeld, of Grittleton, Wiltshire Edward Groan County Westmeath J. H. Greville Smyth, of Ashton Court, Somerset; G. S. Stuckmey, of Hartmead Abbey, Devon; D. P. Duncombe, of Brickhill Manor, BuckinK- hambire.

I 'On THE TRUCK SYSTEM. WE are frequently in receipt of communications from various individuals residing in the manufac- turin- districts  coin p lainin(v turm? districts surrounding this town, comphiDin of the injustice which hundreds of families suffer, by the operation of the truck system in some parts of this populous locality. We have in most instances declined inserting these communications—not from any approval of the truck system, but on account of some objectionable features in the communica- tion themsel ves. They have generally been of so violent and personal a character, as to render it 1111- possible that we could consent to their insertion. ior reasons which will at once be obvious to any one who knows anything about newspaper man- agement. We mention this fact for the purpose of showing1, that, although there are extensive works and manufactories in this district where the men are paid in cash and receive the full value of their contract—there are others where the truck system prevails, in its worst form, and is keenly felt bv J J those who are thus deprived of a portion of their legitimate earnings. When a large coal or iron master grafts on his extensive concern, the multi- I farious callings of grocer, butcher, draper, hosier, ironmonger, shoe-dealer, &c., it is not to be expect- ed that proper attention can be paid to these num- erous trades, so as to enable him to compete and sell on equal terms with those tradesmen who de- vote themselves entirely to one or more of these callings as the case may be. The employer again is sure of his customers-he knows his men must come to him or lose their employment; there is therefore wanting the incentive which the trades- man has to buy in the best markets, and supply his goods at the lowest remunerative price, so as to secure to himself the largest possible share of pat- ronage. One of the chief objects of long reckon- ings is to drive the workmen to get instalments of goods from the shops, for there are none of this class who can wait without their wages for the whole length of the reckonings, and they are only too glad to up take with such instalments of goods as the truck system awards them. Our attention has been called to this subject at present by the perusal of a small pamphlet just published, entitled" The Truck System, a book for masters and workmen, by David Bailey." The matter is here brought under review in all its differ- ent aspects, operations and results and animadverted upon in a spirit of great fairness and candour. Under the head u the contract between master and work- man the author observes But what is the fact as to the present mode of agreement between master and workman ? It has been asserted that the workman who consents to work for a truck-paying master, agrees upon the understanding that he shall take some part of his wages in goods,—that accordingly it is only right that he should deal with his master at the tomiiiy-shop,-and that there should be no legislative interference between them. Now suppos- ing this all to be true, wo have seen that the agreement cannot be a fair and definite one, for no rate of discount by truck is fixed upon, either verbally or as an under- standing, and the power of advantage is altogether on the part of the emp'oyer. Besides, sinco the nominal rate of wages is the same with money-paying and truck- paying masters, and the truck system is employ- ed for the reductio-i of wages, it is evident that the average workman who engages himself to a truck- paying master, must be compelled to do so by necessi- tous circumstances, for he would certainly prefer full wages before reduced wages; and is it right that his poverty should be employed as an instrument for bring- ing him under oppression ? It must be oppression, because, as will be shown hereafter, it is altogether im- probable that it should be, and it is not, the fact that truck-paying masters sell their articles of equal quality at equal prices with proper tradesmen," How far the following illustration of inconven- ience to workmen's wives," may apply to this dis trict, we leave those more intimately acquainted with the system than ourselves to decide. There is often much inconvenience attending the pro. I curing of cheques; a journey has to be made to the works, and application nuue to the manager of the particular de- partment of labour, who will not always be at hand, and not always prepared to write cheques when he is so. Then comes the journey to the shop, where will be found in a small oval-like building attached, a bediam full of working men's wives and daughters who htve al- ready been waiting hours for their turn to be served, and the last comer must take her stand among them, of course counting after all that were before her. As a rule, the time thus thrown away extends to many hours, and some- times it is incredibly long. Cnill from remaining inactive during this delay must often result, for though there is generally fire in the winter, all cannot warm at it, and some will not be able to get under covering at all, but have to endure many unpleasant and chilly hours of cold and damp, the sad consequences of which must be add, to the waste of time, the moral degradation following from bringing such numbers of the illiterate together with nothing good to occupy their minds and tongues, and the thousand other evils of the truck system. There is no avoiding this long waiting, for no cheques are cashed but in the reguiar turn, and then only at the moment that each woman must enter the shop for her goods.

REPORTED VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. TO FRANCE.—The approaching visit of the Emperor of Russia to the Tuileries is talked of as a certainty Confirmation to the report is given by the presence in Paris of the may- or of Cherbourg, who is supposed to have been sent for to receive instructions concerning the Ceremonies to be ob- served on the occasion of the landing of his Imperial Ma- jesty at the port. Fetes npona scale of magnificence never before witnessed, are said to be ia preparation for the event.-Cou)-t Journal. THE COST OF A KISS.—The eqse of Dawson versus Cooper, which was tried at the Liverpool Court of Pas- sage, on Saturday, excited much interest. It was an ac- tion to recover damages for a kiss, given under the fol- lowing circumstances: —It appeared that some lawsuits were pen ling at tha time, and that the defendant, who is an attorney, was engaged against the plaintiff. On the 24th December last, he called at the public-house then kept by the plaintiff, and whilst there kissed the daughter, a nice-looking girl, about 15 years old. She immediately tohl her mother what had occurred, who rebuked the defendant for what he had done, upon which he asked where the mistletoe was, and kissed her too, remarking that it was the sweetest kiss he ever had, to which she answered that it might be the dearest. The daughter was called, and stated that she told her mother a dirty old Jew had kissed her." (Laughter.) She slapped his face several times for taking the liberty. Mr Brett made a humorous speech for the defence, in ex- tenuation of his client's conduct. Mrs Cooper's curls, he said, tickled the defendant's cheeks, and, poor man, the temptation was too strong for him, especially as it was Christmas-eve. The learned assessor summed up, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, dama- ges £;j.-L£verpool Albion. IIAmTs OF THE LION.—The lion never attacks a man who is naked, and for that reason, those who are on a thievish excursion al ways divest themselves of their clothing. He respects their persons because they are engaged in an occupation similar to his own but if a man retains as much of his cbthing as is worn by a coolie in India, the lion looks upon him as one who is not heart and soul in his business—with much the same sort or feeling, in fact, as we at home regard a man who rows in gloves. lIe walks round and lound him, play- fully whisking his tale in his face, varying his amuse- ment by occasionally stopping in front of him, drawing back his lips so as to show hia enormous teeth, and ut- tering the most terrific roars Farther on he will, per- haps, leave him and strike off into the wood his wretch- ed "victim hurries along thinking that his tormentor has left him altogether—but ail of a sudden the lion will spring from behind a rock, or an angle ia the road, and with a stroke of his paw send him reeling backwards, precisely the same as we have seen a cat play with a mouse. When he is tired of this amusement he ends the dreadful anxiety of his victim by killing him out- right. The man who is dressed in the ordinary way does not obtain even this horrible reprieve, for the lion T f" -1. lays hold of him and destroys nun at once, xr a party of naked Arabs are returning with their plunder and they meet with a lion, they wait respectfully until the animal has seized the beast to which he may take a fancy, and then continue their way homewards, waiting until they think they are beyond his hearing before they venture to call him the most opprobrious names, for they entertain an opinion than the lion understands what is said to him.—??o-i'Ke C'<?'c?oM?CM< of ?o<oyr<7p?'e News. COOL APPROPRIATION.—On Tuesday last a "gentle- man," dresipd in tip-top fashion, arrived at the Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling, driving a gig which ho Had hired in Alloa. Having partaken of refreshments and otherwise made himself comfortable, he informed Mr Campbell, the hotel-keeper, that he had to visit a gentleman in the neighbourhood, and as his gig was a little dusty, he would avail himself of the use of one of Mr Campbell's machines, with which he would return in an hour or so, when he would pay for the conveyance and return to Alloa. He accordingly got possession of a horse and gig to visit his friend, but has not since returned. It has been ascertained that the fellow, in company with an accomplice whom he had picked up about the out- skirts of the town, drove on to Falkirk, where he changed horses at the Red Lion Hotel and drove on thiough Lin- lithgow into Edinburgh, where he has in the meantime been lost sight of. lie has thus succeeded in victimis- ing Mr Campbell of a gig, and Mr Scott, of Falkirk, of a horse, and what is still more wonderful, he travelled the whole way from Alloa to Linlithguw without paying a single toll-having at each bar represented that he would pay on returning, thus managing to do the toll- keepers.-Stii-litty Journal. SUSPECTED MURDER AT RAMSGATE.—Great excite- ment was occasioned on Monday morning at Ramsgate and the neighbourhood, by the discovery of the body of a man below the East Cliff, near the residence of Sir Moses Montefiore, under circumstances which lead to the supposition that murder has been committed. The body was found at the foot of the cliff, with a stab in the left breast reaching the heart, one arm broken, and the left hand missing, having been cut off from the soc- ket. The hand and a chopper wero subsequently found on the rocks at no great distance from the body, and the coat, waistcoat, and trowsers of the deceased were also lying near the spot. The unfortunate man is believed to be a German, and has been identified by the porter of l the Royal Oak Hotel as haying been at the house on I Sunday morning.

I CHESTER. I I During the past week Messrs Beckett Brothers have been selling off the stock of Messrs Prichard and Dodd, at unprecedsiitecly low prices, and the whole has been bought up with amazing rapidity. THE BKOUSIL FAMILY.—On the 28th inst., the cele- brateil Biousil family will give a concert in the Music- hall, Chester, under the patronage of the Mayor of Ches- ter and The Very Rev. the Dean. The concert is for the benentof Mr iieury, the Music-hall keeper, whoso atten- tions to the frequenters of the hall have frequently drawn forth high encomiums. We have no doubt the concert will be well attended. The beautiful and costly selections of plate, to be pre- sented to Mr Humberston and Mr Chivas, this day (Sa- turday) week, are now cn view in Mr Butt's shop. East- gate How, Chester. They are very elegant in design and t'ashiun, and do infinite credit to the enterprize of Mr Butt, who has supplied them. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, MONDAY, ArRIL 11. —(Be'fore Mr Commissioner Perry).—In Re Smith and Itfills.-This was a certificate sitting. The bankrupts carried on business at Chester as printers and stationers; they were also proprietors of the Cheshire Observer news- paper. Mr Massey appeared for the assignees, Mr Pem- berton for the bankrupts, and Mr Payne on behalf of Messrs Frost, creditors, for whom he had given notice of opposition. A second class certificate was granted. STEALING WATEit.-At the Chester Police Court, en Saturday last, the following case was beard before the sitting magistrates.—Maria Dagnall was charged by Mr I Hackers, on behalf of the Chester Water Works Com- pany, with stealing some water. Ihe charge was laid under the 10th Vict. 59th sec. which empowered t ?a magistrates to levy a fine of SIO in case of conviction. The defendant was met by the complainant coming out of the Coach and Horses with a jug of water in her hand but he did not see where the woman had obtained the water from. Case dismissed. CANON SLADE'S WINDOW IN CHESTER C.&THPDRAL.- A new stained glass window has just been completed in the southern aisle of the nave of the Cathedral, bearing the following inscription, "A Thanh-offering for recovery from sickness. I. S. CANON. A.D. 1858. Lam Deo." The window deserves commendation for the charming simplicity of the design, the harmony of the colouring, and the neatness of its execution. The let- tering, which is rather small, informs us of the subjects in each compartment. Commencing on the left, the first reads-" Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness, for our soul loatheth this light bread ?" The second reads-" And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and much people of Israel died and Moses prayed for the people." The third reads-" And it came to pass that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived." The fourth and last reads-" And as Moses lift- ed up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted." THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN CHESTER CASTLE.— The execution of Boulton and Danks has been fixed to take place on Monday next, the 18th inst. Since our list report little change has taken place in the outward demeanour of the prisoners. Boulton is earnest about his soul's salvation, and, we have reason to believe, peuitent. Danks is careless, and talks carelessly about his poaching expeditions; he appears as though lie want. ed to forget the awful position in which he is placed, but at times a change comes over him, and utter pros- tration of mind and strength follows. Both prisoners have officers in attendance upon them day and night, and the Rev. J. M. Kilner, the chaplain, is most diligent in his religious ministrations. There seems to be a good deal of sympathy felt for the unhappy men among the lower classes. At the inquest held before H. Churton, Esq., at Walgherton, and when the prisoners were com- mitted for the capital offence the same feeling was evinced. During a short adjournment which then took place for luncheon, the prisoners handcuffed together were taken into the yard, when the people put tobacco into their hands, and gave them pipes to smoke. Oakes had been examined previous to the adjournment, and both prisoners complained bitterly of his evidence, and told all sorts of stories that are current about him. On being taken into the house again, they stood for a short time smoking by an open window. Danks' wife was present; she was a pretty looking young woman, was neatly dressed, and wore a chain round her neck. The woman with whom Boulton cohabited was also present. She had a young child in her arms. Boulton asked permission to nurse it. and he took the child into his arms, and seemed to be very fond of it. It sounded strange, though, to he:ir the same man who a few mi- nutcs before had been cursing a comrade for giving evi- dence against him, now using fond expreasious to a li;- tie child. Since his committal to Chester Castle that child has died. A mac stood by our side talking with the prisoners, and in the course of his conversation said, Well, lads, all I can say is this, if you didn't shoot the men I hope you'll get quit, but if you did I hope you'll be hung; you know there ought to be blood for blood." "I never saw them," said Danks, and never want to see them." Boulton wa.; silent for a moment, then said, "If they'd give us fair play I wouldn't care, but they haven't." With the hope of having the ex., treme sentence of the law commuted a petition has been presented to the Secretary of Sbte, It was drawn up by Mr E. H. Edwards, solicitor. j ACCIDENT AT THE CHESTER RAILWAY STATION.—On Wednesday week, the 6th inst. a shocking accident occurred at the Chester General Railway Station, by which | a man named JamesHayes, the foreman of the smiths' shop, had his head blown completely away. On Wednesday morn- ing the daughter of R. L. Jones, Esq. the general mniager of the station, was mal ried and the deceased, with several olher men, celebrated the event by firing fog signals and powder. In the afternoon, however, they went to Mr R. L. Jones's garden, and after firing once brought away an old cannon which was lying there, but which, from its ap- pearancc, looked unsafe to use. Having brought it close: to the smithy, near the gasometer at the station, it Was charged and fired, afte" which the deceased loaded ita ag?Ia ramming cotton wasie, paper, clay, and soil, into it bv means of an iron mandril struck by a sledge hammer. NOt satisfied with the charge, deceased called for a wooden plug, and a piece of wood ten inches long and four inche. in circumference was driven with a hammer right home. Mr Mil!s station Master, and Mr Watkin, the gas worki manager, cautioned the deceased against such dangerous loading, but he only replied that he meent to burst the cannon. The bystanders cleared away, and the deceased lay down on his face about a yard from the gun, and with a piece of i iron, 4f. 6 inches long, fired the charge. The overcharged gun burst, the butt-end struck the de- ceased on the right side of the face and carried away the entire head, with the exception of the right temple and a smill portion of the posterior bone, the brains and skull being scattered amongst the fragments of a large grindstone which was also shattered by other portions of the exploded cannon. Death was instantaneous, the skull being as com- pletely emptied of its contents as if done by a scalpel at a post mortem examination. The deceased was 46 years old and married, but without family. He has had the care, however, of three children who were left orphans some time ago, and whom the Manchester Order of Oddfellows had entrusted to his keeping. On Thursday, John T.itlock, Esq. deputy coroner held au inquest at the railway station, when a verdict of accidental death was returned.

DENBIGHSHIRE QUARTER SliSSIONS. (CONTINUED PROM OUu. LAST.) ,1 .11 1- .1 1 T. I Un jLTiday, April stn, ineso sessions were nCJa, Deioro Thomas Hughes, Esq., Chairman, the Rev. E. J. Owen, John Owen, Esq, Major Wynne, Gabriel Roberts, Esq. The Court was opened at ten o'clock, and the follow- ing gentlemen were sworn on u THE GRAND JURY Air John Allen, Trevor ucba, Llangollen, loreman, Mr John Bryan, Market place, Ruthin, Mr John Darling- ton, Mine agent, Mr Edward Davies, Plas l'igot, Den- bigh, Mr John Evans, Ilenllan, Mr David Evans, Winllan bach, Ilenllan, Mr Thomas Evans, Clythan ucha, Henllau, Mr Joseph Garner. Ruthin, Mr Hugh Hughes, High street, Denbigh, Mr Maurice Hughes, Adwy, Bersham, Builder, Mr Joseph Hughes, Waen bach, llenllan, Mr John Hughes, Fron ucha, Llangollen, Mr Richard Jones, Llangollen, Draper, Mr Thomas Jone?, Ruthin, Draper, Evan Jones, Ruthin. Ironmon. ger, Mr, Charles Monk, Llangollen, Mr William j Lester, Bersham, Farmer, Mr John Rogers, Coed poeth, Grocer, Mr Martin Smith, Denbigh, Mr John Williams, Plas y fron, Esclusham-above, and Mr Peter Roberts, High street, Denbigh. The learned Chairman then addressed the Grand n n • f1".L __L1_ ""t "1 Jury to tne ionowing enect. uenu^uxeu u? mu uiauu Jury, I am happy to say that your duties are on this occasion extremely light, and that arises from tho Quarter Sessions not having been held before the Assizes, therefore the mnjor part of the cases have been disposed of. There are only three cases to be brought before you. The learned Chairman then described the cases. The first was Daniel Hughes, charged with stealing a sheep near Denbigh. The prosecutor states that the sheep strayed, and in the course of a week after the prisoner had sold it to a butcher. The prisoner's statement was that he found the sheep, and the prose- cutor had told him that if he found the sheep to sell it and keep half the money. The sheep had a broken leg and the one the prisoner had sold to the butcher had a broken leg. There was a case of killing a sheep, it was a most wanton and malicious act, it was killed by introducing a stick into the sheep's body; he had an accomplice (Davies), but the Magistrates had discharged him the evidence not being; sufficient against him. The evidence chiefl.7 depended upon the prisoner's own admission There was another case against a man from the town of Wrexham for stealing a large sum of money from his employer. He was entrusted by him to take the money to the Bank, but the prisoner did not do so. The learned Chairman then referred to the other cases and dismissed them to their duties. Mr. Swetenham applied to the court to build a Powder Magazine for the Vron Colliery, which was granted. The Court then proceeded to the TRIAL OF PRISONEK3. I G-iiffith Edwards was charged with maliciously Kiuiug s sheep at Rossett, near Wrexham, by putting up a stick into his body. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. II, Lloyd appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Sweten- ham for the defence. Verdict-Not guilty. Mr. Swe- tenham applied on behalf of the Cambrian Slate Com- pany, near Llansantffraid-Glyn-Ceiriog. There being some informalities in the notices, it was adjourned to Monday last when the proper notices were proved and the application granted. Daniel Hughes was indicted for stealing a sheep in the parish of Henllan. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr Swetenham for the prosecution. fhe prisoner was undefended. Verdict-Not guilty. James McDonah was indicted for stealing a large sum of money from Mr Beirne of Wrexham, the particulars of which have previously appeared in this Journal. Prisoner was founi guilty and sentenced to 18 months hard labour. This case ended the Criminal Business, and the Court was adjourned to the Monday following- I Counsel in Court, Messrs. 11. Lloyd and Swetenham. ELLESMERE. GENERAL ELECTInx.-On Tuesday last, the three candidates i'or the representation of the Northern Divi- sion of the county (the Hon. R. C. Hill. Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. O. Gore, Esq.) paid this town a visit; and, in company of their friends and supporters, made an active canvass of the freeholders and farmers who had assembled here for market purposes. Mr Hill's return being certain, his presence did not produce the same degree of excitement as that of the other two can- didates, and which of these two candidates is to bo the colleague of the Hon 1Ifr Hill we cannot determine, for it is quite certain that each of them have a large body of supporters on this side of the division who are exert- iug all their influence to secure their return. The re- gister, we are sorry to say, is very imperfect in the parish of Ellesmere, and a great number of the tenant farmers will be without a vote at the present election but we have no doubt more attention will be paid to this busi- ness in the present year than has been for some time pait. In the event of a contest this town will be a polling place for the first time. LECTURES OF SLAVERY.—Mr Watkins, a man of colour, and a liberated slave, has given two entertaining lectures on Slavery, in this town. His style is very pleasing, and although he depicts in true colours the herrors of slavery, he relieves his audience by a des- cription of the comforts which a few fauoured niggers enjoy, and which it appears he had a share of during the time he was in bondage; and if we may judge from the portly appearance of the lecturer, we can readily imagine that his situation was anything but intolerable, and that his master was no Legree." 0 ELLESMERE UNION.—ELECTION OF GUARDIANS.—A spirited contest took place again this year in the pa h of Ellesmere for guardians for the ensuing year, T. J. Rider, Esq, of New Cricket, headed the poll; and R. Wynne, Esq, Ellesmere Mr Thomas Thomas, Colemere; ] John Stanton, Esq., Ellesmere; and Mr William Shing- ler, of Birch-hall, were also elected, and whose place on the poll was in the order we have given them. There was no contest in any other parish in of the Union. The list, however, is not yet published, but we will give it in our next publication. RUABON. STRIKE OF TIIE COLLIERS, Weare sorry to under- stand that the colliers in Pit No. 6 are out on strike, owing to a new plan of cleaning the coal before getting it out of the pit being introduced by the proprietors. It seems the workmen believe they cannot get good wages if they comply with the present arrangement of the mas- ters consequently they prefer, unfortunately for them- selves and the neighbourhood at large, to stand out and face, if they persist in their obstinacy, inevitable poverty. These strikes are most unfortunate to the mining dis- tricts, because they cause the inhabitants to run into debt, and thus bring uncalled for troubles to hundreds of families. There are many still suffering from the effects of the last strike at Acrefair, which took place two years ago. TESTIMONIAL TO MR EVANS, OF WYNN HALL COL- LIERY.—The workmen in the employ at Wynn Hall Colliery, assisted by the family of Mr Kenrick, have agreed to present their much respected manager, Mr Samuel Evans, with a gold watch and chain, as a mark of the high esteem in which he is held at the works generally. A large sum his already been collected, and the watch and chain may be seen at Mr Heywood's, jeweller, High-street, Wrexham. OSWESTRY. I OSWESTRY INCORPORATION.—On Monday last, a special meeting of the board of directors of this incor- poration, was held at the board room, at the House of Industry, for the purpose of considering the propriety of paying off the old debt of £ 9,750 due from the incor- poration. There were present—Mr B. H. B. Owen (chairman), Mr J. H. Lovett (vice-chairman), the Mayor of Oswestry, Mr John Groom, Dr Harvey Williams, Mr Knight, Mr Shaw, Mr John Hilton, and Mr John Williams. Mr A. Doyle, the poor law board inspector, also attended the meeting. It was proposed by the chairman, seconded by the vice-chairman, and unani- mously resolved, that the permanent debt of X9,756 should be paid off in a period of twenty-five years, by annual instalments of zC39 D." THE BRITISH SCHOOLS.—The Rev. J. Lockwood preached the annual sermons in behalf of this institution, in the Independent chapel, on Sunday last. VESTRY MEETING.—At the vestry meeting held at the Old Church, Mr. Leigh, of Buckley, in the chair, a poor-rate for the parish of 4d. in the pound was car- ried, being a reduction of ld. upon the last two years. THEATRE ROYAL.—The theatre, during the past week, has been well attended Mrs. Latimer, the lessee, and her company, appearing to give every satisfaction. CHESTER. I RESPITE OF THE CONDEMNED PRISONERS IN CHESTER CASTLE. —The two poachers, Richard Boult and John Danks, who were found guilty of the murder of two gamekeepers at the list assizes, and were condemned to death, have been respited. Bjth prisoners were much affected on receiving the intelligence.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. I ANGLESEA BOROUGHS-lt is said the Hon. Mr Stan- ley is likely to be opposed for these boroughs by the Hon G. F. Irby, eldest son of Lord Boston and it is also rumoured that the Dissenting body have solicited Mr Richard Davies, Menai Bridge, as a candidate. There is a report that Sir Richard Bulkelcy will be opposed for the county by an influential landed proprietor. -.Vo)-n. ing Herald. FLINTSHIRE —The addresses from the sitting members, the Hon T. Ll. Mostyn, for the county, and Sir John Hanmer, for the boroughs, have been published. It is believed there will be no contest. NORTH SHROPSHIRE.—The approaching contest is looked forward to with considerable interest, the parti- zans of each candidate straining their utmost nerves to secure their own man, but the result of their canvass in this neighbourhood, as far as can be ascertained, is de- cidedly in favour of Sir Baldwin Leighton and R. O. Gore, Esq. CHESTER.—The Conservatives of Chester have found a candidate in the person of Mr. Humberston, a resident attorney. A severe contest is expected. WF,ST RIDILiG.-We undei stand, on the best authority, that there is no truth in the report that the Whig party are refusing their support to Mr. Crossley; but there is perfect unanimity amongst all grades of reformers in supporting the two Liberal candidates selected. L-BEDS.-V.r. Edward Baines and Mr. W. E, Forster are the Liberal candidates. LIVERPOOL —A meeting of the Conservative electors was held on Wednesday. Mr. J. A. Tobin, the chair. man, stated that he had been up to London, and had in- terviews with Sir John Pakington, and other influential Conservatives, to be put in nomination along with Mr. Horsfall, the present conservativa member. Shortly be- fore he entered the meeting he had received a telegram from Sir John Pakington, who had positively decided not to leave Droitwich. THE DISSOLUTIO.V.-It is intended that parliament shall be prorogue 1 on Tuesday, and dissolved on Thurs- day next. In this case the writs would proclaimed on the following Saturday, and the borough elections would take place on the Wednesday in Easter week, and those for the counties on the following Monday, May 2nd. I

LONGEVITY IN THE UNITED STATES -Our last cen- sus shows that the oldest person living in the United States was 140-an Indian woman, living in North Carolina, In the same State wa3 an Indian, aged 125, a negro woman 111, two black females aged 110 each, one mulatto male 120, and several white males and fe- males aged from 105 to 114. In the parish of Lafayette, La., was a female black aged 120. In several of the States there were found persons, white or black, aged from 110 to 115. There were in the United States, in 1850, 2,555 persons over one hundred years. This shows that about one person in 9,000 will be likely to live to that age. There are now about 20,000 persons in the United States who were living when the De. claration of Indepandence was signed in 1776. They must necessarily be about eighty years old now, in order to have lived at that time. The French census of 18-51 shows only 120 persons above 100 years old, though their total population was near 36,000,000. Old ag e is therefore attained in the United States much more frequently than in France. SINGULAR MURDER IN BAVARIA.—An extraordinary sensation was caused at Munich a few days ago by the .A -i n i /» A • < trial Detore tne uoun. 01 ?sstzea of Upper Bavaria, ot a gentleman, named Ferner, on the charge of having in October last shot dead a young lady, named Sanguinetti. Some account was given of this crime at the time. Fer- ner, who, though only twenty-two years of age, is a Doctor of Civil Law of the University of Munich, and author of a highly esteemed work on Roman Law, and who, besides, is skilled both in painting and music, made the acquaintance at a ball, in September last, of Mdlle. Sanguinetti, sixteen years of age, daughter of an emi- nent Bavarian sculptor. lIe at once fell passionately in love with her, and was at his request allowed by her parents to pay his addresses. She appeared to receive him with favour, but w hen, after the lapse of a few weeks ho proposed marriage, she returned an evasive re- ply, and she afterwards said to some of her friends, in order to have it repeated to him, that, though she en- tertained a high esteem for his talents and character, she did not think he was rich enough to give her the position in society to which she thought herself entitled. In- stead of accepting his rejection quietly, he became more pressing for the young lady's hand, but met with a de- cided refusal, and was told not to visit her again. In October he was summoned to the town of Aserole, where his parents reside, and he sent a message to Mdlle. San- guinetti that, if before his departure she would not give him an interview, he would commit suicide. Alarmed at this threat she agreed to meet him on the evening of the 7th, in her father's garden. Shortly after she had gone to him in the garden a report of a pistol was heard M. and Mdme aanguinetti rushed out with lights, and to their horror they found their daughter lying on the ground, bathed in blood; she had been shot right through the heart, and was quite dead. An hour later, Ferner gave himself into the custody of the police as the murderer of the young lady. After perpetrating the crime, he said, he had gone to the English Garden with the intention of committing suicide but the idea that suicide was a crime suddenly occurred to him, and he pieferred giving himself up to justice. He added that. resolving to murder the young lady and then to commit suicide, he hoped to be united to her after death. After the preceding lacts had been stated to the court, the in- quiry was made if the man were sound in mind. Medical i men said that he was not; but he himself declared that he considered himself sane, and had never had any men- tal malady, neither had he ever heard that any member of his family had been afflicted with insanity. The jury declared that he had killed the young lady, but without deliberate premeditation, and the court condemned him to be imprisoned for twelve years in a fortress.

CORRESPONDENCE. I WREXHAM EISTEDDFOD. I I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I Sir,—I was pleased to see a "third Welshman s letter in your paper. He sticks up for the Gorsedd," and the blue, white, and green dresses, of the bards, druids, and ovates. He is quite right. I would not give a straw to see an Eisteddfod without the Gorse,dd and vestments. Why should we allow judges to parade themselves in their wigs and scarlet robes and deny the poor Welsh bard the pleasure of exhibiting himself in the garments worn by his order three thousand years ago? Why you might as well hold a concert witnout the singing as the Eisteddfod without a Gorsedd. Peo- I pie say it looks soft" to walk about in a long robe three thousand years old. Well, suppose we grant that it does, for the sake of argument. People who have a soft spot" in their brain are always worth attention. They are sure to carry their point. If nothing else ce- ments them together in a strong, firm brotherhood, the "soft spot" will doit. Why are freemasons, odd-fel- lows, and foresters so united ? Because they have a sensible object in view ?-no such thing. It is the dj soft spot" that holds them together. The password" mystery, the queer names," and the nondescript in a bear's skin who carries the sword before the procession, on the annual feast day. Take away the flags, and the noble grand, and the band of music, and the queer scarfs, and take my word for it, Tidd Pratt's office would be a sinecure in three years. a. A body ot men Danaea together Dy a ue 01 common sense, merely, will very soon fall to pieces. They have the elements of dispute-too much sense—in their com- munity, and no neutral ground, no soft spot" around which to rally after it. Out upon common sense-we have too much of it amonll: us, by one half. Women are growing sensible—children are growing sensible- everybody is growing too sensible to do nothing for no- body. We Welsh will not have it. Put us down if you can. But you cannot. I defy you. However we may quarrel, we have a soft spot" to gather around again. Yours, fearlessly, THE OLD DRAGON. A FEW OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING THE I LLANGOLLEN RAILWAY. To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser a Sir,—It appears by the report which appeared in your last issue of the Railway meeting at Llangollen that it was convened for the purpose of recapitulating the evi- dence given before the committee, and not as announced to consider the proposed canal conversion- -that subject being disposed of by passing a condemnatory resolution, and a few random remarks from Mr Robertson, in the course of which he propounded some of the most vague and unfounded hypothesis ever uttered. A line of rail- way-says he—running where the canal now does, would stop all the quarries in the district. It would destroy an extensive traffic to make a bad line out of a fair canal. Upon this point, Mr Bidder, whom Mr Robertson compliments as having given his evidence in a most fair and impartial manner, says that it could be constructed for three-quarters the cost, and would he infinitely bet- ter for the accommodation of the public than M r Robert- son's, and, besides it would be a dead level nearly the whole way, and far more feasible for extension. As Mr Robertson at this meeting has nicely selected his ex- tracts, and natural enough exhibited but the bright and glittering side of the question, perhaps I may be per- mitted also to adduce a few showing the other side. It has been urged at public meetings as well us through the press, that the whole scheme of this Vale of Llan- gollen Railway is, and to use a common phrase, but a dodge-a Brymbo dodge-promoted exclusively by "Brymbo men," for their own Brymbo interest. But this has been denied and ignored, thuy are men who feel warm towards us, siys Mr Cooper before the com- mittee, they are looked upon by the Llangollenites as heavenly oracles, providentially sent to their rescue, sac- rificing all personal objects and interests on the shrine of public welfare. What care they whether they sell another tan of lime or coal, if they can give the inhabi. tants of Llangollen their desire ? A line and the works of the district they require—proper accommodation. But on this point I shall leave Mr Lowe, a real Brymbo man speak. He was asked by Mr YeMbles-Have you any connections with Llangollen ? None whatever, ex- cept that I should like to see a line of railway there for the purpose of getting a market for our coal.—And your coal is at Brymbo ? Yes, and I presume it was with that view that you attended a meeting at Llangollen ? It was.-Re-examined by Mr Merewether—What you want is a line which you see is likely to be made, and not a line in prospective, promised on the other side ? I want a cheap line, so that I may get a market for my coal. This proves the old Welsh adage gan y gwirion y ceir y gwir." Mr Lowe had not been properly cau- tioned, for after leaving the box he was heard to say that "he would not for X500 have said what he did." Ho undoubtedly spoke the genuine sentiments of all those who come under the definition of Brymbo men— those gentlemen who brought the £ 20,000, the guiding star of the people of Llangollen, as it was termed by onu of the counsel. Can personal objects be denied here- after. They want a line to Llangollen, and why ? be- cause they want a market for their coal. Again as to its being laid out for the best accommodation of the works of the district which Mr Robertson asserts, though rather strange a few months ago a total different route was the only one to accomplish such object. Let the evidenca of cne of the directors decide. Mr Blackwell in answer to a question put by Mr Johnson stated "this line is now laid out especially for the accommodation of that part of Sir Watkin Wynn's coal field which it tra- verses." He was further asked by Mr Phinn-For what purpose do you want Mr Robertson's line ? For the accommodation of our traffic which comes from Sir Watkin's mines. Again, Mr Tench, examined by Mr Phinn—Is there any colliery between Ruabon and Llan- gollen on the line of the proposed railway, that this rail- way would serve ? There is one colliery upon the pits of the New British Iron Company.—Is that the only one that this company would serve ? Yes, that is the only one on that side (meaning the Llangollen side of Ruabon) connected with this. Mr Robertson's answer to the question as to what induced him to change his junction from Cefn to Ruabon, viz., "That it was at the request of the New British Iron Company and Sir Watkin's re- presentatives," who turned out to be Messrs Longueville and Williams, the solicitors for this bill, and I think the great transumption problem i3 well nigh solved, and we Can tolerably well judge of the interest taken by the promoters in the proper accommodation of the public. Now I cannot pass over this part of the subject with- out referring to the conduct of Sir Watkin Wynn in this affair. Here is a line about to be constructed, according to the evidence of several witnesses, almost entirely for his accommodation, Mr Robertson condescending to sac- rifice a terminus he had for 13 years advocated for his sake. But while on one hand he was, through his agents, doing all in his power to promote it, he, on the other, wrote a letter to Colonel Biddulph advising him not to interfere in railway squabbles, and further stating that he strongly opposed both schemes. This fact has been made public, both at public meetings as well ns through the press, in a letter written by Mr Minshall, Colonel Biddulph's solicitor, to the Oswestry paper, and it has not once been contradicted. The purport of such a proceeding is obvious enough it was undoubtedly in- tended to induce the Colonel to withdraw his support from the high level line, but whether descending to use such unworthy means to attain that object is worthy of a man of our hon member's position, your readers will judge. But now a word about the engineering [qualities of this line upon which point Mr Bidder shall speak, whose evidence was confirmed by that of Mr Stephenson, both of whom can be classed in the first rank of the railway engineers of the present ae, and their position elevates them far above the taunt of being party witnesses aud what they stated as being paid evidence. After inform- ing the committee that the extension of this line would C'J A cause by far a greater sacnticc ot property and vastly I more expense, and would be less advantageous to the public generally than a higher level would be, and that, undoubtedly, it was not well laid out for the benefit of the district, but solely for that of the New British Iron Company, he said in answer to a question put by Mr Archbold, "I have no doubt that if I had the same in- struction as Mr Robertson had, I should have laid the line very much in the same way that he has-but I do not think that those instructions are in accordance with the general interest of the public. It is a general rule that when we see an obviously bad piece of engineering we are certain there are good reasons for it, because it is obviously bad, there must be some urgent necessity for its being adopted. That is the case here. I say this is a piece of engineering, which without this explanation is inexnlicable." Mr Archbold, with regard to Mr Whalley, this line (the canal line) I presume would avoid Piasmadoc? Certainly, of course any engineer laying out a line there would have regard to the residences and the ornamental property in the neighbourhood, everything being alike coetris paribus. I should like a line which would avoid Mr Whalley. If there were no other to be got it would perhaps be necessary to ascertain to what extent Mr Whiillev's personal objection should prevail against public interest. But in this case, in my opinion, the public interest is better served by avoiding Mr Whalley altogether, and therefore a good line which does avoid ought to be prepared. ThIS is the verdict ot these men —men of standing in their profession-and who would not stake their reputation upon the issue of a paltry and unimportant branch of five miles. Further extracts from the evidence of these gentle- men could be adduced showing the superiority of a line leaving the Great Western near Cefn, joining the canal near the aqueduct and terminating upon a high level at Llangollen, but I have already trespassed too far upon your valuable space, and the vast and lasting importance of the question is my apology. I am yours obediently, April 11th, 1859. DINAS BEAN. COLLIERS' WAGES. n. m J :T.. n. ?o c/? ??ttcr ot c?? .?Mo?/w?? ?.a??Mcr. .I I oir,—1 iiere is, perhaps, no race or workinz men so oppressed as the poor colliers of this district We have always had to labour hard, but now they want us to take a rake and a basket to clean the coals from dirt, without any propor convenience to do so. The rules are intoler- able. In the time of our forefathers we were allowed house coals, but now these and many other privileges have been put a stop to. We went to lay our case be- fore the mine agent the other day, and he told us we had had 4s. a day for the last year, when the fact is we have not been getting three-fourths of that money. Most of the money now gets into hands that never labour for it. Now they are going to reduce our wages for the dirt that we accidentally put in. A RHOSLLANERCHBUGOG COLLIER. P.S.—For every ton of dirt that comes up they keep thirteen shillings. I RUABON GUARDIANS. I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. Sir,-It is the misfortune of the Ruabon Guardians to be always looking after the "mint anise and cum- min" of their duties, and to neglect the weightier matters of the law," which propensity places them in positions ridiculous if not unpleasant. They are also distinguished not only by their propensities, but by their antipathies, and their greatest antipatny is a balance. They seem to hate a balance with a right cordial hatred, and so anxious are they for an opportunity of displaying that feeling, that they frequently smell a rat," where there is only a very little mouse. At one time the overseers have a fearfully large balance, and they are denounced with the usually crush- ing eloquence at the Board and in (W)right powerful letters in the Advertiser signed H. But with all, the overseers survive the infliction and preserve the even tenor of their way," steadfastly preparing for the re- nowned T. K. R., who is the terror of evil doers, at the same time requesting the Guardians to look at home and—I was going to say-weep. Well the close of their ofrleial existence ill drawing near, and "ere they depart and are no more seen they must have another go at the balance. But mark, not the balance of the overseers—this time it is a balance with which they have something to do, and which it is their duty to regulate and control. It would occupy too much of your valuable space to go through the col- loauial fUsmission which followed the introduction of the question by Mr Morris, but let any one peruse the report, and I feel sure he will be struck with the ignor- ance displayed by the old guardians of the finances of Ruabon parish, in connection with the Union, ignor- ance, scarcely removed by the plain A. B. C., statements of the chairman and Mr Chaloner. But failing to make anything out of the balance ques- tion, they are determined to distinguish themselves in another line—not satisfied with dying off quietly-they Samson like, are determined to involve the new candi- dates in the same destruction, consigning them to David Jones, under the protection of the clerk. Well, but how ? Why by bringing in effect a charge of ineligi- -I _&1: bility agaiust the parties nominateci-ancl otcuuipin-ny against the clerk, joining them together something like the thief and the receiver of the stolen goods. The clerk, no doubt, would have cleared himself from the imputation, but the chairman, conscious that he should have to march through Coventry with the regiment on the following Saturday, and wishing it to appear as re- spectable as possible, ruled the Ruabon guardians out of court by stating that the Board had nothing to do with the matter. How was it that Mr Brough deserted them in their need ? Before I close, I would ask the Ruabon Guardians, wherein the ineligibility of their nominated successors consists ? Can they read, write, or cast up accounts ? Are you afraid they would be unable to contend with a balance ? I know the answer given will be that it is the property qualifiCation-if referred to-and what is that but a mere technical objection, which a man pro- fessing Liberal principles, should be ashamed of allud- ing to. When a property qualification is introduced into any representative system, it is not merely to give importance to a muff in a good position, and with a re- spectable income, but to guarantee as far as possible that amount of intelligence necessary to 'a proper dis- charge of the duties of the office. Further, it is proved to be a very imperfect test, and is abolished in the most important representative assembly in England-the House of Commons. But mark, it is only insinuated, not positively asserted, that any of the nominated, had not the property qualifications, and in the absence of any objection from the clerk, who is the judge of tho qualifications, we may assume that all the parties nomi- nated were eligible upon that ground. And as to any other qualification, to say the least, they would not lose by comparison with their predecessors. It appears to me that the real objection on the part of some at least of the old guardians, is to any interference on the part of parishioners in nominating new candi- dates. They, in fact, say Why should you nominate fresh guardians, and put the parish to the expense of a contest ? Leave the matter to us, and we will settle it cheaply, by nominating ourselves and avoiding a con- test." Now sir, as a parishioner and knowing how badly we are represented at the Board, I feel thankful to those ratepayers who have attempted an infusion of new blood and would recommend an annual change until we se- cured representatives worth keeping in ofifce, and, if we have no eligible males, why not do as in Holt elect females. If females can fill the office of overseers, surely they would do for guardians at any rate, we could select five young ladies that would do as well as five old women of the masculine gender.-Yours, SlC, rOAN AP GWINEDD. "THE WHITE COCKERIL." I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. Dear Sir,—Yonr correspondent, Mr Churchill, asks us Naturalists to explain a singular phenomenon which he saw in Pentrefelin, last week-P. while Spanish COCK- eril which was perfectly black previous to the last moult- ing. Having paid much attention to the moulting of bipeds, I can assure him that such a transformation is very common-especially at Election time. A cockeril that was perfectly black in Parliament, is always white when canvassing the Electors Mr Churchill says I am perfectly aware that the effect of fond will 'occasion- ally produce such a change in the Passerine birds." Permit me to and to his stock of information that the effect of a dissolution always produces such a change in the Parliamentary tribe." It is the knowledge of this important fact which has induced me to advocate a "Triennial moulting" of the spec;es, as lam a great ad- mirer of white fowl. Hoping that Mr Churchill will manage to sleep calmly after the apparition wbich he saw canvassing Pentrefelin has been thus satisfactorily ex- plained to him. Allow me the honour, &c., THE OLD FILE. PHYSIC v. LAW. I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I Sir,-Bein,- required to attend to give evidence pro- fessionally before the borough magistrates of Wrexham in three individual cases-the first requiring one attend- ance, the second two and the last tltree, I found on re- ceiving my fees for thpso attendances, which I did through three different solicitors, that I received in the first half a guinea, in the second one guinea, and in the third (where there was one attendance more than in the other two, and a considerably greater loss of time) I rc- ceived only 10s. On my applying to Mr. Lewis, the magistrates' clerk, he informed me that it was customary to make allowance for one attendance only, and that any correspondence with a view to its rectification would be attended only with the usual results of an application to the Lords of the Treasury, or something to that effect. 'Without intending to offer any discourtesy to Mr. Lewis, may I ask if you can inform me on what basis the re- muneration for my attendance is fixed. I have always been accustomed to consider, and in other courts always found, that it was a fixed status with reference to the number of attendances given. If the cllstomis otherwise, with the borough magistrates' court of Wrexham, I should for the sake of information be glad to learn what it is for if there is any law on the subject, its applica- tion in the present instance would puzzle the Lord Chancellor.—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDMUND J. BURMA N, Wrexham, April 12,1859. Surgeon. MR. WHALLEY AND THE POLICE. I To the Editor of the Denbighshire Advertiser. I ,« I I 11 T J i a I Sir,—iviy attention nas Deen canea to a report or the proceedings at the petty sessions at Llangollen, on the 28th March, in which the following statement is attribu- ted to me—If the two men quarrelled and went to fight they ought to be left alone to fight it out." It is also stated "That the Secretary of State had replied ap- proving of the conduct of the police." The entire re- 1 ..1- T port is incorrect, out me statements wiliciii nave quoted arc directly contrary to the facts. I regret to add that this is not the first time that I have had reason to com- plain of what I have stated in reference to the conduct of the police.-I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Plas Madoc, 13th April, 1859. G. II. WHALLEY. [We received the report complained of from a corres- pondent whose communications heretofore we have always found correct. As Mr. Whalley appears to have been misrepresented in the present instance, we have very great pleasure in inserting the above letter. ED.]

THE LONG BRIDGE.—On Tuesday afternoon, as three ladies, accompanied,by some male friends, were crossing the Long Bridge, one of them suddenly disap- peared to her waist through the flooring—a plank, on the end of which she had placed her foot, having tipped up and let her through. Fortunately for the lady, her crinoline extended beyond the limits of the aperture through which she had fallen, and it, together with her presence of mind in extending her arms, saved her from death.-Wash. States, 24tlt ult. AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—The following communi- cation, addressed to us some days ago, is vouched for by the name and address of the gentleman who sent it —"A duel was fought on the Downs, near Heighton, yesterday morning, between a young American gentle- man, for the past year resident in Brighton, and a Rus- sian officer, lately attache in the Legation at Washing- 0 ton. The result may interest one or two of youi readeis who weie present when the challenge—sent by the for- mer-was provoked. After one ineffectual fire, he was shot in the pistol-hand, when the seconds interfered and an explanation, before refused, was tendered by the opposite party, and admitted. 1 have it not in my power (adds our correspondent) to furnish you with further particular?, but really possess no other means of com- municating to certain interested individuals the upshot of the quarrel, than by trusting to your politeness." Brighton Examiner. DISAPPEARANCE OF A FARMER.—Great excitement has been caused in the neighbourhood of Brotton by the disappearance of Mr Newton, a gentleman farmer, who has no doubt come to an untimely end. He attended the show of stallion horses at Redear on Friday week, which place he left about eleven p.m., much the worse for drink. His horse arrived at home the following morning about five o'clock (without his master), and had evidently been nearly overhead in salt water. It is therefore presumed that Mr Newton had ridden along the sands, and either gone into the sea or Saltburn Beck (up which the tide runs high), and lost his seat and been drowned. If so, the body would probably be carried out to sea by the currrnt, as up to Saturday night last no trace of it had been found. Mr Newton has left a widow and family to lament his untimely end. Nnvcaslle Chronicle. Three men were executed at New Orleans on the 18th ult. for murder. They were attended by a priest, and were sitting on a form on the platform of the scaffold) when it fell and left them suspended.

I MARKETS. WREXIIAM MA.RKE'r,-TxVBSDA.Y. d. d. Wheat (new) 4 6 0 to 6 t Wheat White fi 8 0 0 lied Wheat 6 0 63 Malting Barley 4 9 50 Oa.ts. 3 t 3 8 Potatoes (per measure) 2 2 a Flukes 3 0 85 Butter 1 2 l » Wergs, 10 for sixpence.& .0 Fowls, per couple 3 6 0 OSWESTRY CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Wheat, 5s 9d to 6s, barley, 4s 6d to 5s Od oats 315 va to 4s Od. ELLESMERE CORN MARKET.—TUESDAY. White wheat, 751bs Os Od to Os Od red ditto 5s lOd to 6s Od; barley, SSqts, 4s 8d to 53 Od; oats, 501ba, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; potatoes, per 90lbs, 23 Od to 2s 3d- MARK LANE.—MONDAY. The supply of wheat from Essex was moderate, and from Kent good. Tne former advanced Is to 2s upon the rates of Monday last, and the latter, for the best samples, realised Is more money. Foreign generally held for an advance and, on the limited business transacted, rather over last week's prices were obtained. For malting barley a slow sale, but foreign grinding met more inquiry at the terms of Monday last. Beans and peas realised late rates. Oats were firm; and in sotne instances, fine fresh corn was rather higher. The flour trade firm; Norfolk 6d dearer. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—TUESDAY. We had a fair attendance of millers and dealers at our com exchange this morning, and from the tone of Mark Lane we had anticipated an active market. To-day's news however being more pacific, we had nothing more than a fair consumptive business passing in wheat and flour at full prices. The finest qualities of yellow Indian corn ad- vanced Id to 2d per cental, but other descriptions suffered no change. Oats and oatmeal steady. Egyptian beans, peas and barley had only retail buyers at former prices. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. The demand was very small; last week's prices main- tained for wheat. Barley was rather less firm. Other articles unchanged. r'fr\T"Y "t. _L.Eiiii.DS UUJtliN mAKW.—'XUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair show of wheat. The business done was at Is advance on Friday's rates, bit sales did not progress freely. Barley was rather slow of sale, but prices were unaltered. Other articles were as be- fore. MARK LANE CORN MARKET.—WEDNESDAI. Oaly 940 quarters of English wheat have come to hand, coastwise, this week. Fresh up to-day, by land carriage, the receipts were limited, and the show of samples was small. The demand for all kinds was by no means so ac- tive as on Monday; nevertheless, that day's prices were sup- ported. Importers of foreign wheat were very firm in their demands; but the amount of business doing in that article was limited, on former terms. Barley met a slow sale, at the late decline in value. Liberal supplies continue to reach us from the continent. We had a limited tale for malt, at previous quotations. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MKARET,-YONDA.T. The Number of cattle at market to-day was 1.452, and sheep, 4,396. Supply of stock much less than last Mon- day, and the demand was very, slow at barely last week's prices for both beef and mutton. Prices: Beef, 6d to 7ld and rnuttou, 8d to 8d per lb skining to offal. LONDON CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAT. The supply of foreign Sheep in to-day's market was chiefly composed of Merinos shipped at Hamburg. The show of beasts and Calves was very moderate. About an average number of Beasts was received fresh up this morn- ing from our own grazing districts, and the general quality of the stock was good, especially as relates to the crosses which was in strong force, in a comparative sense. The attendance of butchers was far from numerous, and the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at, in some instance* a ilight decline in value when compared with Monday last The general top fiuure for Beef was 4s lOd per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2 000 Scots sjiorthorns, and crosses; from other parts 0 England, 300 of various breeds; from Scotland, 350 Scott and crosses; and from Ireland, 150 Oxen and Heifers. Some of the latter were very fine. With Sheep we were fairly supplied, both as to number and quality. There was a considerable improvement in the Mutton trade, when compared with Thursday last, and prices ruled much the same as on this day se'nnight. The best downs in the wool sold at 58 Id. out of the wool 5s 2d per 81b. About 1500 Sheep were shorn. Lambs, the show of which WaI moderate, were iu fair request, at full quotation*, viz. as 4d to 6s 8d per 81b. From the Isle of Wight 260 head came fresh to hand. There was a good sale for Calves, st full quotations. The supply Has limited. The Pork trade was heavy, at last week's currency. LONDON PKODUCE MARKET.—MONDAY. Coffee Sales limited, but holders were firm; clean na- tive Cevlor. was not obtainable under 58s. Sugar: Value unrefined; brown lumps realised 52s 6d. Tea: Sales small sound common congou at Is l £ d sellers. Tallow at 53g 9d to 54s on the spot, and 54s 3d to 54s 6d last three months. Liuseed oil at 29s. About 20,000 bags rice sold at stiffer prices. About 7,000 bags saltpetre sold at 2s advance sicce Friday, low to fine 31s to 42s on the spot, and 40s to arrive. GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—-MONDAY. The market has been slack to-day, and business was done At 51a 5d. eab. at which we closed quietly. Nos 1 and 3 G M.B. 51s Sil. LONDON WOOL MARKET.—MONDAY. We have to report a fair demand for short wools, chiefly for home us-, at full quotations. For long wools the in- quiry for export to Belgium may be considered steady. In prices, however, no change has taken place. The supplies on offer have slightly increased. HOP MARKET.—MONDAY. There is still a steady though not active demand for all new hops, and prices well supported, Yearlings steady, but old hops rule very inactive. Last week's imports were 20 Lalls from Hamburgh. LONDON HJiJi-U MAMfii.—MONDAX. There was a fair demand for Seeds this morning and all qualities of English Red Seeds without alteration in value. White seeds are fully as dear, with scanty supply, and limited sale. Trefoils remain a slow sale. Canaryseed was slow, at 2s less value. Trefoil, new (British). 198 to 22i Canaryseed 11 648 to 56. LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—MONDAT. Our market rules firm, and prices have slightly advan- ced. To-day, P Y C, on the spot, is quoted at 53s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow, 52s 6 net cash. Rough Fat 2s IOld per 81b. LEAD ENHALL LEATHER MARKET. Our market continues to be very moderately supplied with all kinds of Leather, in which a full average business is Joiner, at full prices. LONDON MANURE MARKET. MONDAY. There were no imports of Peruvian Guano into London last week. PRICES CURRENT OF GUANO. Peruvian Guano (per ton, for 30 tons). JE12 0 0 Do. do. (under 30 tons).. £ 13 6 t NEWGATE AND LEADENHALr-.—MONDAY. Per 81bs. by the carcase. s. d; s. d. s. d.. Inferior beef 3 4to3 6 Inferior mutton 3 6 to 4 0 Mirldlin.!? do. 3 8 3 10 ) Middling do 4 2 4 < Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Prime ditto 4 8 410 Do. small ditto 4 4 4 8 Largo pork 3 4 3 < Veal 3 10 4 10 Small pork 3 10 4 4 LONDON PRODUCE MARKET—THURSDAY. n — • 1 1_ • 1 /» 1 11 sugar: quiet, scarcely any cnange in vaiue; reunea sens I slowly, but prices steady. Coffee: fair demaud; rates un- altered. Tea wanted; terms fully supported. Rice ready buvers, at quite prices. Tallow quiet. I CATTLE MARKET -THURSDAY. Trade for beasts and sheep at an advanced price. Calf trade unaltered. Beef 4s Gd to 5s.; veal, 4s 8d to 6s; pork 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Slbs. Cows 150, beasts 540, sheep and lambs G080, calves 201, pigs 210. Arrivals: Holland beasts, 34 ditto sheep, 1150 ditto calves, 80. Norfolk and Suffolk beasts, 300.

BANKRUPTS— FRIDAY. -_& Thomas Fielder, Warminster, Wilts, grocer; William Spawnton, John Hill, Stephen Richard Owen, and Julien Roeleus, Northampton, curriers; Charles Company Cooper, Upper Copenhagen-street, Islington, carrier; James John Wade, Braintsee. grocer; George Potter, Earl-street, Black friars, lime merchant; John Wise aud George Webster, New Western-street, Sonthwark cooners; Thomas Skeeles Fryer, Chatteris, Isle of Ely and Cambridge, Brickmaker George Little, Ufford, Northamptonshire, miller; Thomas Shakespeare, Birmingham, coach furniture maniifacturer John Smith and Edward Clay Oscroft, Nottingham, lace manufacturers; Robert Collishaw, Ilickling, Nottingham- shire, grocer; Sydney Dan Jenkins, Cardiff, ship broker; Robert Cowan, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, timber merchant. BANKRUPTS.—TUESDAY. Edmund Masters, wine merchant, Mark Lane, London; John Wyatt, licensed victualler, Chipping Camden, Glou. cester; Edward Tucker, linen draper, Portland, Dorset; Frederick Salsdorf, corn factor, Plymouth; Thomas Middle- ton, gasfitter, Sheffield; Alfred Brigs, builder, Sheffield; Mary Todd and William Waddell Todd, merchants, lite of Newry, Ireland; William Baumann and Carlrton de Caurex Barett, of the Operatic and draining Institution, Cheswick, Middlesex; Thomas Powell, worsted yara mer- chant, Monkwell-atreet, London; William Henry Palmer, merchant, Southdown, Suffolk; Anthony Barnas-Cbiua, general dealer, Gravesend; Harris Tallerman, clothier, Houndsditch, London Thomas Davis, Chapel-street, St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, late hotel- eeper; John Andrews, fellmonger, Liverpool; John Yates and James Cook, manufacturers, Little, Boulton. Lancaster.

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—An inquest was a few days ago held at the Crown Inn, Blocklcy, in the county of Worcester, on view of the body of Mrs Ann Rouse, the wife of a gamekeeper, who has been accidentally shot by her husband. Mr Rouse, it appeared, is in the employ of Lord Northwick, as gamekeeper, and a day or two ago after having been out shooting, he returned home about twelve o'clock with his gun under his arm. He hadjuat entered the house when from some unaccountable cause the gun went off, and the charge passing through a screeu, struck his wife and two of his children, who were on the other side. His poor wife received the greater portion of the charge in the back of the neck, and fell tj the floor. The affrighted husband picked her up in his arms, but she expired almost immediately. One of his children received fourteen shot wounds in her stomach and bowels, and although at first in a very pre. carious condition, she is now in a fair way of recovery. Another was wounded in the face, but is recovering. Rouse was a particularly attentive and kind husbando and explains the accident as occurring through the gun, which was on half-cock, knocking against the door of the house as he entered, or by some portion of the aleave of his old jacket catching the hammer he knows not which. Mrs Rouse was nursing her baby at the time she was shot. Tho jury returned a verdict of 40 Aeri. dental death."