Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

w SITE OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR NORTH WALES. CLAIMS OF WREXHAM. I.-Il'rexiiam is the largest and most commodious town in Nortli Walei. The population of the Parlia- mentary Borough was 9.2G3 in 1871, and 12,333 in issi. The Wrexham Union of 41 Parishes, of which Wrexham is the centre, had a population in 1871 of 48,845, and in ]:81 the number was 55,172, being an increase of <5,327. The entire population of the county is 108,931, so that more than one half of such population is comprised in the Wrexham Union. 2.—The town stands on the main line of the Great Western Railway, and easily accessible to the whole of North Wales by connecting lines of railway. Northwards from Wrexham through Chester are reached the towns of Flint, Holywell, Rhyl, Conway. Bangor, and Carnarvon, and the coast generally and by the Mold line the most populous parts of Flint- shire and the towns of the Vale of Clwyd. South- wards, the border towns of Wales, Oswestry, Shrews- bury, Ludlow, Hereford, and the populous mining districts of Shropshire and South Staffordshire are reached by direct rail-all containing large Welsh I opulations. By way of Ruabon the railway communicates directly through Llangollen with Merionethshire, embracing the towns of Corwen, Bala, Festiniog, Dolgelley, Barmouth, and the West Coast; while through Oswestry, Welshpool, and Xewtnwn, the important Montgomeryshire district of the Cambrian Railway is approached. Li verpool, Manchester, Birkenhead, and Chester, and the other large towns of Lancashire and Cheshire, with their considerable Welsh population, are easily reached, and the railway journey from Liverpool and Manchester by the frequent trains to and from these important centres would make it easy for lecturers en-aged at the colleges of the latter towns to render their services to Wrexham—returning the same day, and obviating the necessity of resident professors on many special subj ects. 3.—Wrexham and its neighbourhood represent large industries and although the collieries undoubtedly afford the chief employment, there are also important lead mines, iron works. clay manufactories, free stone and lime quarries, and lime works in the neighbour- hood, whilst to the east of the town lies a rich agricultural district. In fact, the varied industries of the district afford extraordinarv opportunity of studying geology, chemistry, mineralogy, scientific farming, and applied mechanics. Thus Wrexham may be said to possess in a prominent degree many of the advantages contended for by the town of Swan- sea, in its claim to be the site of the South Wales College, on the ground of its surrounding population and mixed industries. 4.-111 addition to the extent of population, the Elementary Schools of the town and neighbourhood are the largest and most numerously attended of any in North Wales, and some of them are in receipt of higher grants than any schools in the six counties. The Grove Park Private School is an instance of an important higher grade school established in the town of Wrexham, and its position is well known and appreciated. Amidst the large population of the dis- trict are a great number of families in a position to afford to send sons to a North Wales University College if conveniently situated. 4 —The Public Worship accommodation is most ample, and Welsh and English services are held in the Churches and Chapels of the town. There is a J.'ree l,il)rary in the heart of the town, and a local Scieutificand Literary Society, Musical and other Associations. Ij. -The salubrity of the town is beyond question, and its death rate will bear favorable comparison with that of any place in the Principality. The water supply is abundant and excellent from the water shed of the neighbouring hills and rising moorland on the ■fiuutu west of the town. and gas is supplied at a cheap 'rate, and of high illuminating power. The town is completely sewered. i —Excellent lodging accommodation would be \čallable for a large number of students in the suburbs j)f the town, and in this respect it is submitted that >w town can present greater advantages than Wrex- aam. The market is abundantly and cheaply supplied ?pecta]Iy ;? ga? en and dairy produce, and M con- tiered to be the best in North Wales. ■ The neighbouring quarries and bricknelds afford j. ding materials at hand, such as free-s one, bricks, '"M and sand, and in no part of North Wales could co l le:,e )) coutdeoHe?e buildings be erected more speedily or c ¡aply than in Wrexham. !i.-Althout.,Ii Wrexham is on the verge of coal fi |' (5! s°me importance, and is of course well sup- I)Iied With coal at a cheap rate, there is no coal pit ?'min one n.ite of the town, and the geological forma- tioli M)d the nnely wooded agricultural district in the o|^1? and Cheshire direction, must permanently iiMe.en-e the town from the possibility of becoming "? towns of the Black Country." 10 ,most eligible and convenient freehold site, ""?? than fi?e acres of park-like land has been a i ace«»t to the Chester-road, and within half a e the centre of the town, and the Local Com- m:  P?pared to guarantee that it shall be TRMFF AR^ l)REP;ired to guarantee that it shall be t?r-? ??d as a free site to the Trustees of the Col-

??T?'?'-H's LIGHT-BKOWK COD LIVER OIL.— ITS 1, ???OALLE!) EFNCACY IN 'CONSmœæION AND \V^,S!; i<1SEASE8*-Dp* Hardwicke, Coroner for !in ar1 bddlese,lWl1ites :[ have great pleasure addidg Div testimony to the already well-recognized '*Irtue.s of f)r* de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil i I iax,i- tig PMseribed it many years, and being l11oeed  ? is a pure Oil, very palatable, and I'll, easily ?'S?ted thftn the Pale Oils. It possesses efE?- Properties which also render it more effj (:aci- olls than other kinds of fatty Oils. In the 'clau Of T,,bercular Diseases, including Consumption, so 1)r great centres of population, the use of ij 1 jn great centres of population, the "Be Of I)r. de onSh's Light-Brown Cod Liver 01118 attended Wlt manifold advantages; and I know of no f^611^10 a8ent which, in connection with Mid??sa? mtary measures, is better calculated to ?y th °f these great consuming plagues of ?$t aY the ravages of these great consuming plagues of 'the IB r'- tl-sll JLslands. The Iodine, Bromine, and Chosnhn "?' de ?"?'s Light-Brown Oil are UndouUtpji ?'"??tous, and being naturally combined with tU ,motieasdy assimilated fatty substances, m? it M&k e I- t ,7? both as food and medicine for many ?aIM?. ??ta?e it periodicaHy withgr?tbenent healH, » Pr: de Jongh's Li^it-Brown CodLner Oil is sol;o, ? „ r? ? Jonsh's Ught-Brown Cod Mver oil 1- 1 o9dnlYln ,ca.psuled imperial halfpints, 2s 6d; Pi. nts, 4s 9d ?"?'? ?! with hM stamp and signature Rud the sl- g""Ure of hM sole consignees on the cap. 'Rule *I'd the label under wra per by all chemists. Sole f'ons; es' AMM-. Harfordand Co., 77, Strand, Lond on m1

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES.—The following students have passed the Matriculation Examination of the University of London recently held :— In the First Division, E. W. Davies, J. B. Davies, Llewelyn Roberts, and Abraham Thomas. In the Second Division, Abel C. Davies, W. B. Morris, and G. D. TOWT,EIS PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irregularities, and relieve the distressing symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is lid and 2s 9d, of all Chemists. Sent anywhere on receipt of 15 or 34 stamps by the maker, E. T. TOWLE, Chemist, Nottingham. 1439 Teas, Coffees, General Groceries and Provisions, at wholesale prices, at C. K. BENSON, AND Co's., North Wales Supply Stores, 14, High-street. Wrexham. TRUSSES, Single and double, Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, Anklets, silk or cotton. Best quality, fit guaranteed at J. F. Edisbury's the Pharmacy, 3. High-street. Wrexham. 808 ADVICE TO MOTEU=!-Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs WicNaLow's SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm less and pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It soot-het the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentry and diarrhoea whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs Winglowir. Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers, every where at Is lAd per bottle. 70 THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HOARSENEss.-Al suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of Brown's Bronchial Troches." These famous lozenges are now sold by most respectable chemists in this country at Is lid per box. People troubled with a hacking cough, a slight cold," or bronchial affections, cannot try them too soon, as similar troubles, allowed to progress, re- suit in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affections. See that the words Brown's Bronchial Troches" are on the Government Stamp around each box.—Manu- factured by JOHN 1. BROWN & SONS, Boston, United States. European depot removed to 33, Farringdon Road, London. 7 ALLEN & HANBUBYS' "PERFECTED "COD LIVER OIL Is as nearly tasteless as Cod Liver Oil can be. -Lancet. No nauseous eructations follow. Medical Press. Sold everywhere in capsuled bottles only. Tonga (" Invaluable in facial Neuralgia."—Medical Press), is now reduced in price to 2s 6d. Of all Chemists. THE SKIN.—The Glory of Woman, the Pride of Man.—It contains the delicate lines of beauty, and constitutes all that we term Loveliness," yet how many have their skins blemished by irritant soaps, Carbolic, Coal Tar, Glycerine, made of putrid fats. THE ALBION MILK AND SULPHUR SOAP" is the purest, the whitest, and most purifying of all soaps. It removes all pimples, blotches, and rough- ness. By all chemists, in tablets, 6d and Is. 7 0 IVA YS OINTMENT AND PILLS.-Dangerous chest complaints.- The enumeration of these diseases is scarcely necessary/as, unfortunately, the inhabitants of these islands know them to their cost. Coughs, colds, influenza, bronchitis, asthma, pleurisy, in- flammation of the lungs, and even consumption in its early stages, are best treated by rubbing Holloway's ointment upon the chest and between the shoulders. It penetrates internally, checks the cold shiverings, relieves the over-gorged lungs, gradually removes the oppression from the chest, and restores the obstructed respiration, hitherto so fearfully distressing and so highly dangerous. In treating this class of diseases, Holloway's pills should always be taken while using his ointment they purify the blood, promote per- spiration, and allay dangerous irritations. The best remedy for Nervous Debility, Depression, Neuralgia, Tic Doloreux, &c., is Quinine and Iron Tonic, 28 6d per bottle at EDlSBUBY'S, High-street, Wiexluun. All patent medicines at store prices. 808

Through trains commenced to run between Swin- Ion and Southampton on Monday. The German Expedition sent out to observe the transit of Venus is expected to return to Germany in a fortnight. At Forfar, on Monday, Hugh Townley, only sighteen years of age, pleaded guilty to having two wives alive, and to having committed perjury with a view to marrying a third. He was sentenced to aine moutw haid labour. 0 | The decision of the ratepayers of the Altrincham Union on the subject of the triennial election of guardians is in favour of the proposed alteration, The counting up of the votes was completed on j Saturday, when the numbers were-for triennial! elections, 1,138; against, 808. The union, which embraces Altrincham, Bowdon, Lymm, Wilmslow, Knutsford, and thirty-four other townships, has a population of 58,898 The captain of the ship Rare Plant, which has arrived at Liverpool from St. John's, with a cargo of seal oil, reports having encountered severe! weather. During a terrific gale on January 16, he filled a large canvass bag with seal oil and towed it astern of the vessel, which was running before the wind. It had the effect of rendering the waves; almost powerless, and to this precaution the captain \i attributes the safety of his vessel. At the Liverpool Police Court, on Friday, John Rafferty, tobacco manufacturer, Monaghan, was charged, on remand, with dealing with a large quantity of smuggled tobacco. The Commissioners of Customs had discovered that Rafferty had been concerned in three other smuggling transactions of great magnitude, and therefore directed that the charge before the magistrates should not be pro- ceeded with, but that Rafferty be forthwith prose- cuted in the Queen's Bench Division.

f NOTES ON NEWS. I A vigorous effort is to be made next session by the Travelling Tax Abolition Committee to obtain the removal [of the railway passenger duty, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will probably be asked to receive a deputation on the subject, which, however, has been so thoroughly thrashed out that by no possibility can anything fresh be said about it. The state of the revenue, unfortunately, is hardly snch as to give much room for hope that Mr. Childers will  to  off the impost, which, how- opportL^ 1 ? v.r 7 certain to go at the first ity I ,i™« SYS Oerama has arisen in America ? upon the silver question, The law compels the coinage of between two and four millions monthly. The value ? consequence fluctuates ? ??. near fifteen to a discount, and the people decline to circulate silver. No less than 1135,405,080 coins have been struck and under 1 n C°^^tofv ons have been issued. At  Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, and New York, the vaults are crammed. At New Orleans there are ninety tons of dollars, and at >an Francisco twenty-two millions. As the IEn T18?? thl TIT mcreases the gold decreases. In 1879, the per-centage of reserve gold was1 seventy-six; in three years it decreased to: twenty; whilst the silver percentage increased from twenty-four to forty-four. Thus an i. approach to a debased standard of current wouia seem to be certain to ensue as time progresses 1 WHEN England's coal beds and iron mines are played out, like her system of government, we shall still have our inexhaustible supply of both. We have all the materials for iron as well as wooden ship-building in boundless abundance within our own territory, and we must not allow the humiliating confession to be made that we are unable to use them." This was the commencement of a speech delivered by a member of the American House of Repre- sentatives on the subject of the merchant marine. It affords very pleasant reading for the poor folks in the old country. Happily, our coal and iron are not all quite gone yet. There are a few more tons left, and by the time they are exhausted we shall not require much ship-building. Everybody will Either have wings or travel by electricity. Still, the Yankee must gas or explode. "Lo! the poor Indian whose untutored mind "can be so easily cheated by designing traders. A newspaper devoted to the interests of the drapery trade learns from a German source that certain firms of calico printers have recently exported to India cotton goods printed with designs imitating-more or less perfectly— bank-notes. They further learn that the Indian Government has issued a circular prohibiting the import of this description of goods after the 1st of March, the reason alleged being that unprincipled persons have been using these im- pressions (cut out from the material) in trading operations with certain native tribes. A calico bank-note would be a treasure, even in the shape of a pocket-handkerchief. CANADIAN gossips declare that the reason why the Princess Louise did not winter in the Dominion was that her Royal Highness could not endure Lady Macdonald. The Premie" and his wife are much exasperated by the story, and "all Kanuck Upper-tendom is quivering about the matter." Prior to the arrival of the Prin- cess, Lady Macdonald was at the head of Cana- dian society, but Her Royal Highness speedily endeavoured to assert supremacy. A sort of civil war began, in which Lady Macdonald organised herown followers so as to practically monopolise the society of the Princess. At length, on a cer- tain reception at Rideau Hall, the Marchioness of Lome broke forcibly from the meshes bv which she was surrounded, selecting the pretty wife of a French senator. Her Royal Highness talked exclusively in French, while Lady Macdonald, who did not understand a word, had to stand by wholly unnoticed. The story goes that there was eventually a feminine war of words, increasing the original dislike of the Princess Louise for the Itaut ton of Canada, and so her Royal Highness stays away, and it is thought not improbable that ere long lady Macdonald will be really the mistress of Rideau Hall, and her husband the Governor-General. MR. GLADSTONE has received, or rather there has been intercepted on its way to him, a letter warning him not to return to London. The writer informs him that a plot has been arranged for his destruction should he again set his foot in London. The letter is signed by a person with the appropriate name of Sword," and is accompanied by a printed proclamation denouncing many things and divers persons. The writer is probably a lunatic, and will on that ground escape the attention which his communication would otherwise draw upon him. This letter is only one of a series which are constantly delivered at Mr. Glad- stone's address, and are for the most part promptly put in the waste-paper basket. In fact, the measure which Mr. Gladstone fills from time to time in the public mind is curiously marked by the ebb and flow of threatening letters. At all epochs when he is either carry- ing forward or resisting great measures the tide of threatening letters rises, to ebb when the excitement subsides. Mr. Gladstone has him- self told the House of Commons that he re- ceived more threatening letters when in charge of the Bill for the Disestablishment of the Irish Church than at any other period of his life before or since. This is remarkable, since the interests then threatened were chiefly those of plump deans and curates with promising prospects. IT is understood that Lord Dufferin and Sir Auckland Colvin are now giving vigorous at- tention to the finances of Egypt, and that the next development in the great work of recon- struction will be in that direction. The ar- rangement of the international Commission which will have to deal with the manifold claims for compensation, chiefly arising in Alexandria, is the most urgent matter at the present moment, and when that Commission is set at work the question of ways and meins will come to the front. The revenue of Egypt is understood to be improving and the expendi- ture to be declining, butinaddition to the charge for compensation the cost of the British force from the 1st of October has to be defrayed by the Egyptian Government. The sale of the Domain lands will reduce the charge upon the, revenue, and gradually there will be a reduc- tion of the number of Europeans in the Khedive's service. Already something has been done in that way by the departure of the French Controller and his staff. There is reason to be- lieve that the Turkish tribute will be taken into consideration. It amounts to about f665,000 a year, or £ 1 i 00,000. A Turkish loan is secured upon this tribute, and if any reasonable com- mutation could be agreed upon it might be of great advantage to the finances of Egypt. But that would of course entirely depend upon what terms the Sultan's suceptibilities of sover- eignty would allow him to accept, and upon what terms the Egyptian Government could obtain the necessary funds for the operation. There can, however, be no doubt that the British Government will seek to improve the condition of the Egyptian finance, both as to the work most beneficial to the prosperity of Egypt and as affording to the Powers the most satisfactory evidence of the benefits resulting from the act66 Of this country L m JI

r There is no truth in the rumour that Miss, Fanny Josephs is about to retire from the stage, I The Era states, on the best authority," that the receipts at the Princes Theatre, Manchester, aver-' age £ 1,000 a week. Upon the opening of Parliament questions will be addressed to the President of the Board of Tradt as to what steps have been taken with a vioir to secure more fully the health and comfort of emi. frants to the United States. Dir. Edward J. Edwardes, writing to the British Medical Journal with respect to the fund proposed to be raised for the benefit of Mrs. Whitfield Edwardes and her children," says that "for- tunately they are amply provided for." Sir John Duckworth presided at the annual meet- ing of the Devon and Exeter Savings Banks, when it was reported that although depositors had in- creased by 1,000 during the year, yet the deposits had decreased by il 1,000. Dr. Diplock, coroner for West Middlesex, during 1882 held 755 inquests. The verdicts were 6 of murder, 1 of manslaughter, 39 suicides, 268 violent deaths, and 446 other causes. The average cost of each inquest was 11 18s. 2d. The Town Council of Hastings have had under their consideration the offer of Mr. Johnson to build a second concrete groyne without expense to the borough, the cost being £20,000. The Council summarily rejected the offer without comment. During a football match at Southport, between the local Olympic and the Sale clubs, under Rugby rules, a collision occurred between two of the con- tending players, which resulted in one of the Sale men having his leg badly broken below the knee. I I Dundreary's Son is, says the Era, the capital title of a new comedy which has been written for Mr. Lytton Southern, by an American dramatist, Mr. Charles Rosenfell. Mr. Southern proposes to tour with it through the States next autumn.

I SOCIETY GOSSIP. (From The World.) I think Mr. Davitt is a wise man, after all, to go to pnson. His nationalisation scheme has fallen so flat in Ireland that he was being completely shunted, wnen the prosecution gave him an unhoped-for occasion for regaining popularity. As to Mr. ealy" he will make much more capital out of his six months martyrdom than out of the parlia- mentary battle. It is expected that one of the results of the forthcoming great Fisheries Exhibition, for the su'jcess of which the Marquis of Hamilton, Sir Philip CunMe Owen, Mr. Edward Birkbcck, M P., 1 other gentlemen are working so hard and en- thusiasticany" wiU be to introduce many new I thusiastically, into our kitchens, and to bring down fishmongers' prices generally. Any enterprise calculated to effect such a desirable object de- serves universal support, and it is satisfactory to be assured by a member of the Executive Com- mittee that the exhibition, which will probably bo opened by her Majesty on the 1st of May, pro- mises to be, from every point of view, a great success. Now that we are threatened with a mutton famine, anything that will tend to reduce the cost of keep- ing stock is to be hailed with satisfaction, and something of this sort is to be found in ensihige, which appears cheaper in production than hay, and more nutritious. There is nothing new under the sun, we are told, and it will probably be found that ensilage is but another name for the farm product which, according to Bible history, was stored in the fields by the shepherds, of old. A colony of Franciscan monks and nuns is about to settle at Clevedon. The larsrest hotel in the place has been bought for the new monastery, and a. villa with extensive grounds has been secured for the nunnery. I hear that the plans for rebuilding Clevedon Court, Sir Arthur Elton's noble old house, beloved of Hallam and Thackeray, have been completed, and the work is to be commenced forth- with. Luckily the most interesting portion of the ancient manor-house escaped the ravages of the fire. A great deal was lost; but much that was invaluable was preserved. It is not generally known that Thackeray visited Clevedon shortly be- fore he wrote "Esmond," and the whole idea of the house at Castlewood was taken from Clevedon Court; but since that time it has been restored and enlarged. The ingenuity of evil imputation is wonderfully rife in Ireland, and the credulity of the populace well-nigh incredible. After the first shock of the Phoenix Park murders, it was given out, and widely believed, that these assassinations were the work of foreign bandits, instigated by the Irish aristocracy jealous of the popular and democratic ascendancy. So, when hounds, were poisoned recently in Kildare, the cry arose that it was not the work of the farmers, but that of members of the squirearchy who were now too poor to join the glad throng in the hunting-field. The informers will shed a ghastly glare over all this ignorance, real and affected. (From Truthj Prinee Charles of Prussia has left £ 600,000 to his son, Prince Frederick Charles, whose daughter, the Duchess of Connaught, may ultimately receive a considerable supplement to the modest dot (t6, 000) settled on her by Prussia at her marriage. The Prince also inherits the estate and schloss of Sonnenberg, and the charming residence of Glienicke, near Potsdam, where his father kept his famous pack of bloodhounds. When Arabi was in power, correspondents in Egypt told us, with horror, that conscripts were being brought up to fight in chains. It would seem that this is the case now. Conscripts in chains are met with being hurried up to serve in the army commanded by Sir Evelyn Wood. I wonder if any of them are amongst the subscribers to the sword of honour presented by the" natives" of Egypt to Lord Wolseley, for having been good enough to vanquish them. At Eton the boys have to pay for the birch with which the head-master operates on them. The charge is put down in the bill which is sent to their parents. Left to themselves, I hardly think that the boys would be likely to pay out of their pocket money for one single twig. A consignment of Califomian quails has reached Inverary from America. They have been sent over by Lord Lome in the hope that it may be possible to introduce the breed into the Highlands. They are at present housed in the Duke of Argyll's pheasantry at Glenaray, and are to be turned out in May. The Duke has recently imported a number of wild turkeys, which have been out free in the woods at Inverary but it is too soon to be able to judge whether the experiment will be successful. There used to be vast flocks of wild turkeys in Richmond Park, and in the Great Park at Windsor. So many accidents have happened, andi are happening, owing to collisions between ships during fogs, that I am surprised that more attention has not been, paid to fog-signals. On the German lakes boats always signal to each other with, whistles, and there is an international code of fog- signals, but as it is not compulsory, it is seldom used by mariners. The military mite of the present Czar consists of 348 persons, among whom are twelve members of the Imperial family, three Dukes of Leuchtenberg, seven Royal Princes, eight Princes entitled to DO styled Serene Highness," twenty-eight Princes, forty-four counts, twenty-two barons, and 222 noblemen. This number includes sixty-five Ger- mans and seven Poles. Lord Spencer enjoyed three daysexcellent shoot- ing during his recent visit to Portarlington, at Emo Park. Nearly 800 head fell in the extensive coverra, of which the majority were pheasants. Ninetv woodcock were killed. (From Life.) The Crown to be worn at the approaching Coro- nation of the Emperor of Russia dates from the year 1763, and is the masterpiece of the Court-jeweller, Jeremiah Pauzie, a native of Geneva, who made it for the Coronation of the Empress Catherine II. Its chief ornament is the Orlof Diamond, which is said to weigh 779 carats and to be worth 30,000,000 roubles. It formerly belonged to the Brahmin temple at Tc. erigam, and was stolen by a French Grenadier when it came into the possession of Prince Orlof who presented it to the Empress. The sceptre, too, made by order of Paul I., is adorned with a diamond of 195 carats, bought by Catherine II. from an Armenian for 450,000 roubles. Its pre- sent worth is estimated at 3,000,000 roubles. This brilliant diamond formed one eye of the massive golden lion on the throne of the Shah Nadir; the other eye was the famous Koh-i-noor now in the possession of the Queen of England. Two curious instances of luck have occurred at Monte Carlo. An English gentleman went to the tables and won 90,000 francs. This might be con- sidered a sufficient trial of fortune for one day. He, however, resumed playing after a short interval; lost his 90,000 francs and 80,000 francs of his, own money besides. On the other hand, I myself accompanied a friend to Monte Carlo, and saw him lose 48,000 francs at trente-et-quarante in less time than it takes to write. Knowing he had only taken 50,000 francs with him, and not caring to witness further misfortune, I ceased watching his play and returned to Nice alone. He came ba. k to the hotel that night with 66,000 francs; having with his two remaining thousand-franc notes won back everything and 18,000 francs into the bargain. At the assizes last week a witness was being ex- amined as to her recollection of the size of a certain bag and seemed at a loss for a simile. Perhaps said the judge to the bar "one of you gentlemen will hold up a brief bag. It may assist her memory." There was an awkward pause: briefs were scarce, and counsel were unwilling to show the nakedness of the land. Meanwhile, a ready- witted junior slipped half-a-dozen big law-books into his bag and held it up in triumph. Of course he was complimented by the judge on the vast amount of work which was apparently overpower- ing him. Though months may elapse before the new Parcels Post comes into actual operation, the public has already begun indirectly to profit by the impending change. The railway companies have lowered their tariffs so as to underbid the Post-office, while the other parcel-ca- rying agencies have under- bidden the railways. Here is a humourous announcement of marriage taken from the Mecklenburg Gazette. "We have the honour to announce the marriage of our daugh- ter Louise with Mr. Notemann of Berlin. Schweri n Jan. 8. 1883, H. Mailer and wife. She was the last of the half dozen. The Lord be praised! i

Mr. Wilson, M.P for Hull, has promised to in- troduce a Yorkshire Sunday Closing Bill. Emma Eldon, schoolmistress, Roade, was on Saturday fined £ 2 and 18s, 6d. costs, for assaulting a scholar, aged eight. A number of dead bodies have been washed ashore at the Isle of Wight from the wreck of the schooner Snowdrop. It is believed that the vessel must have struck the eastern end of the isle. and foundered beyond the reach of help. Viscount Cranbrook has accepted the invitation of the committee of the Westminster Conservative Association to the banquet to be held at St. James's Hall on the 27th inst. Salmon-fishing commenced on Friday in Englandl and Wales. The floods which are now in the Severn and Deo will prevent any successful netting for a few days to come. The Era learns that Mr. John S. Clarke's, per- formances at the Strand Theatre are limited by existing arrangements, in accordance with which he will leave London in April. A billiard match for £100. between Taylor and Richards—2,000 up, spot-stroke barred-was com- menced on Thursday evening, and concluded on Friday. The latter won by 57 points. A beautiful stained-glass window, placed in the north transept of Canterbury Cathedral in memory of the late Dean Alford, has lately sustained con- siderable damage from the violence of the weather. The Italian Government has decided upon inviting another international competition for a, design for the proposed national memorial to be erected in Rome of his late Majesty King Victor Emanuel U. The body of Joseph Northrop, an inmate of Dr. Nelson's private asylum at Acomb, who jumped from Lendal Bridge into the river Ouse, was found on Friday above thirtv yards above Skelderga"(- Bridare.

General News. 1 "r"r'j -r- I m 3fr. Forster left Durham onFriday forhisresIJeace I in Westmoreland. At a cost of £ 3,450, new public baths are being; erected at Portsmouth. Mr. Mark, the British vice-consul, leaves MarseilIeE I after staying twenty-five years, and goes to Palma I as cons Prince Leopold, brother-in-law of the Duke of I Connaught, will matriculate at Easter in the Uni- versity of Bonn. The marriage of the Duke of Genoa to the Princess Isabella of Bavaria is to take place at Munich on the 16th of April. Samuel Corker, a pit lad, was killed at Birley Col- liery, near Sheffield, on Friday, his head baing crushed between two corves. Mr. Bright will open the new infirmary at Rochdale on the afternoon of the 12th inst. Mr Thomas Watson has presented the infirmary to his native town. Cardinal McCabe is lying ill at his residence, Monkstown, Ireland. His Eminence is labouring under physical prostration, but no serious apprehen- sions are entertained. The IVoinem's Stifrage -Tom)-nal says: -to We under- stand that a serious effort will ere long be made to obtain a more just law relating to the custody of in- fants than the present inhuman code." The preparation of the Statesman's Year ]Doolc.,), has been entrusted to Mr. Scott R'AH: u- .&IJL L Frederick Martin had retired from the editorshi?p some little time before his death. The death is announced of Mrs. Harvey Spillcr, I of Pontywall, Breconshire, after a short illness She was the second daughter of the late Mr Robert Crawshay, of Cyfarthfa Castle. A collision occurred on Friday morning between Hunwick and Willington, Durham, between a goods train and a mineral train. Much dama°ge was done to rolling stock, but no lives were lost. a As a labourer named James Kennel was engaged excavating a bank of clay at Langley Park near Durham, it suddenly gave way and buried the man. He died soon after being dug out. It is stated that Mr. R. T. Ellis, the well-known Sussex cricketer, who has played so well for his county for some years past, has become so affected in his mind as to necessitate his removal to an asylum. The Brentford ratepayers have refused by a ma- jority of fifty-three to adopt the Free Libraries Act. The result is attributed to the decision of the Local Board to exclude compound householders from the vote. At Ripley, Derbyshire, on Friday, Samuel West was sentenced to two months' hard labour, for having removed a danger signal from the workings of the Babington Colliery Company without order so to do from the deputy. At the annual dinner of the Yorkshire Brewery Association, the chairman, Mr. H. Bentley, ex- pressed his regret that the county franchise question would be shortly dealt with, "so that donkeys and fools might be made voters." The robbers who made a daring attack on a train on the Central Pacific Railway have been found (a Standard telegram says) in a fortified camp. After a conflict they were captured. Several of them were wounded, and one fatally. The Berlin Museum will shortly receive an extra-j ordinary mural ornament, consisting of a wonder- ful piece of carving, representing a golden earp about 15in. long. The gold in it is worth 4,000 marks. It was found near Vettersfeld, in Silesia. The Berlin Academy of Sciences is about to send a professor of geology, Dr. L psius, of Darmstadt, with an assistant, to Athens, to make a geological survey of the neighbourhood, and endeavour to de- cide the auestion of the origin of the Athenian marbles. A collision has occurred on the Paris and Lyons Railway, between St. Romain de Popey aù l' Arbresle, a locomotive having got into the way of a passenger train. One of the passengers was killed, and seven injured. A gamekeeper named Mills, in the employ of Mr. Walter Gilbey, of Elsenham Hall, Essex, was murderously assaulted early on Friday morning by poachers, in Prism Wood, Henham. His assailants escaped. The Dean of Chester is taking steps to establish a museum and school of art in Chester, and to dc away with the complaint that a city full of anti- quarian interest has no museum worthy of the name to show visitors. A second subscription of ZI,000 has been received from Lady Elizabeth Villiers in aid of the restora- tion of Peterborough Cathedral. The subscriptions received now amount to 15,000, but ten times that amount is required. At Hugglescote, near Leicester, an engine-drivel named Campton was looking after a brickmaking machine, when he was caught in the cog-wheels, and so terribly crushed before the engine could be stopped that deathjsupervened. A miner, named William Beaglehole, employed in Messrs. Bell Brothers' Huntcliffe Ironstone Mines, was blasting a hole, and cutting out a piece which was left, when a quantity of stone, about two tons in weight, fell upon him, killing him on the spot. The sentence passed on a lad named Nicolle, in Jersey, to be whipped twice during ten days, has caused great indignation in the island, and a memorial has been presented to the Governor stating that whipping children was forbidden by order of the Home Secretary. It is reported that a young lady of good social position at Liverpool has eloped with her father's groom, both the runaways being under 20 years of age. The couple have been traced to the South of France, where, at the request of the girl's father, they will still remain. The late Miss Mary Baird, of Camelon, and of Circus Place, Edinburgh, who died on January 3, 1883, has left over A;10,000 to various charities, I &c., principally in Edinburgh and Leith. They are all free of legacy duty, and payable six months after the death of her only surviving sister. Denis Driscol, at the London Mansion House, has been bound over to be of good behaviour, after having been remanded on the charge of attempting to commit suicide. He protested he had never done anything wrong; he had only been tried for assault- ing, for being drunk, and for fighting. Mdme. Sarah Bernhardt is, it is stated, about to give another proof of her activity and versatility in bring out two volumes of artistic memoirs, under the title of Ma Vie au Theatre." The idea was suggested to her by a publisher, who offered her the handsome sum of X4, 000. for the copyright. The armour plated ship Penelope arrived at Chatham Dockyard the other morning, to have made good the damages which she sustained dur- ing the bombardment of Alexandria, where she was the flagship of Admiral Hoskins, the second in command. The repars necessary are rather ex- pensive. At Dublin, a few nights ago, a man smashed the ihop window of Messrs. West, jewellers, but the loise attracted attention, and he had to make a precipitate escape. Only the previous week a dmilar outrage was committed at another shop, the ;hieves then succeeding in carry away jewellery ralued at nearly £600. The building of a large crematorium in the monu- nental cemetery at Milan has just been completeil. In front has been placed a statue, by Signor jrrandi, to Paolo Gorini, who, as the inscription runs, "in reviving the wisdom of the ancients, re- itored cremation for the health and decorum of lations, 1883." Four members of the Britannia Rowing Club, Worthing, were out for exercise in a four-oared galley, the other afternoon, when a sea struck and capsized the boat as they were turning, and one of ;he number named Searle, who was unable to swim, was drowned. The other three were rescued in an exhausted state by a boat. A diocesan meeting to promote the fund to raise i ntemorial to Dr. Pusey, has been held at the, B shop's Room, the Close, Salisbury. Sir Edward Hulse, Bart., presided, and the Archdeacons of, Dorset and Sarum were present. It was unani- mously resolved to collect subscriptions throughout the diocese and district. A correspondent, writing from Lausanne, states that the Bylise Libre, a French Protestant journal, i referred in a recent issue to the statement that M. Gtambetta had burnt tapers on the anniversary of his mother's death, and pointed out that no such anniversary has yet occurred, since Madame Gambetta died on the 2nd July last. Henry Johnson, an elderly man, has been sum- moned before Mr. Raffles, at the Liverpool Police Court, on a charge of embezzling sums of money belonging to the Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society. Mr. Shand prosecuted, and Mr. H. F. Neale defended. Defendant was committed to the Sessions for trial, bail being allowed. The Manchester School Board, at a special meet- ing, adopted a memorial to the Home Secretary praying that the law which now forbids the em- ployment of children under the age of ten years in factories and workshops may be extended, in order to prevent the casual employment of all such hildren in the streets of populous places. At Glasgow, Thomas Boyle, agent for a Manchester firm, has been sentenced to sixty daye imprisonment for the theft of £40 from an Australian farmer in a localhotel. The accused was apprehended in a Glasgow theatre, where he was in the habit after the theft of throwing bouquets at the actresses. It was stated that Boyle was of weak intellect. An application has been made to the Queen's Bench for an order for the inspection of certain vouchers in the hands of the returning officer for Salisbury, with the object of ascertaining whether there had been at the recent election an improper employment of voters. Acting upon the decision in the Wallingford case the judgesrefused the order. At a meeting, in Glasgow, of the Scottish W ine, Spirit, and Beer Trade Defence Association, resolu- tions were passed declaring as unnecessary and un- called for any further legislation in Parliament with a view to greater restriction in the number of licensed premises, and that no sufficient cause existed for the removal of the licensing jurisdiction from the magistrates and justices. In a case at the Southwark Police Court, where a person summoned by a cabman for an unpaid fare failed to appear, the magistrates drew attention to the hardship and injustice caused by the omission of a clause from the Hackney Carriage Act giving power to magistrates to grant warrants for the apprehension of such defaulters when they failed to appear on summons.

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. THE ILLNESS OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS Ihe following particulars have transpired re- specting the indisposition of the King. His Majesty suffered from inflammation of the intes- tines for three weeks, and recently had a relapse but is now quite convalescent, and only keeps to his apartment as a measure of precaution. THE ILLNESS OF PRINCE BISMARCK rrmce iJismarck s illness, although not danger- ous, is attended with much pain, and will confine the Imperial Chancellor to his apartments for several weeks. THE EMPEROR WILLI A Hr The Emperor is suffering from hoarseness brought on by a slight cold. His Majesty, nevertheless, received both on Friday and Saturday the usual verbal reports, and conferred with heads of the Civil and Military Cabinets. The health of the Emperor has considerably improved. lalr FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA. juapocn and Jttampoer have been defeated with heavy loss in a combined attack which they made upon Secocceni's people. Mapoch has also met with a reverse from the Boers, who repulsed the chief's attack upon their fort, and subsequently blew up wo of the caves occupied by his followers with dynamite. THE FRENCH LEGITIMISTS We learn from Marseilles that white banners We learn from Marseilles that white bann81'S have again been hoisted at Perpignan on the church steeple, at Pezenas on the Lay School, and at Mar- mande on the Sous-Prefecture. The police are unable to discover the authors. The Legitimist* talk openly of the Comte de Chambord's accession. The Republicans are furious, and have torn the banners to pieces. At Marseilles the Republicans have formed a committee of resistance to watch the dynastic intrigues and defend the Republic THE WRECK OF THE CIMBRIA. Intelligence from Hamburg states that the wreck of the steamer Cimbria is lying in the neighbour- hood of the Borkum Reefs and Lighthouse, in a position very perilous to navigation. It has been impossible to raise the vessel, and the authorities have therefore decided to have it blown up by dynamite. This will be done at the end of thir 'Week. A diver has prepared everything. I fAUSTRIA. AUSTRIA I several shocks of earthquake felt at Agram have j greatly alarmed the population. The scene at the theatre, where the second shock was plainly felt, is said to have been most painful, and might have re- suited in a terrible panic if the more collected had not managed to restore calmness. The audience would not, however, stay to the end of the performance. A polish member of Parliament, the Chevalier Kaminski, has resigned his post in consequence of a dispute with Baron Schwarz respecting the con- fetruction of the Galician Railway. The matter is likely to come before the courts ere long, and some interesting revelations are expected. Another Polish member resigned on Monday. I EGYPTIAN NEWS. ALEXANDRIA, Monday Night.—The Serapis ar- rived this morning, and has been embarking the second battalion of the Highland Light Infantry, part of the first battalion of the Shropshire Light Infantry, and part of the 18th Royal Irish Regi- ment. Ji The decree naming the members of the Indemnity Commission, and also the decree appointing Sir A. Colvin Financial Adviser, are published to-day. Sir A. Colvin's attributions are very different from those of the late Control, and are confined to purely financial questions, within the limits prescribed by the Council of Ministers. The appointment ema- nating from the Egyptian Government, can be can- celled by the same. Three of the rebels found guilty of murder were hanged at Tantah to-day. Lord Dufferin, in a letter to Cherif Pacha, the Egyptian Premier, contradicts the report that the British Government propose to do away with the International Tribunals next year, and assures him that on the contrary they will consent to a pro- longation of the powers of the tribunals for several years, after the introduction of some modifications. I RUSSIA AND MERV. I Intelligence received from Meshed, dated the 22nd ultimo, announces the arrival at that place of a Turcoman, who left Merv at the beginning of January. He reported that the Russian troops who had been engaged in diverting the course of the l'ejen River had returned, owing to the lowness of the stream preventing them from prosecuting their operations. It is stated that the work will be resumed next spring, when there will be more water iu the river. ) I TURKEY. I Negotiations are proceeding between Count Corti and the Porte in reference to the insult recently offered to the Italian Consul at Tripoli. The Porte has declined to accede to a request from the Prince of Bulgaria for permission to establish Bulgarian decorations, but accedes to his Highness the right to confer Turkish decorations up to certain grades. Kaehler Pacha will shortly proceed to Berlin, accompanied by ten Turkish officers, who will enter, the German military service for the purpose of learning the details of the drill and training in the I German army, i THE POWERS AND THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION. I It is stated that the Italian, Austrian, German, I and Russian Governments have replied to Earl Granville's circular despatch concerning Egypt by verbal notes adhering in principle to his lordship s view,, with the reservation of hereafter discussing questions of detail. I RUSSIA. A report was in circulation on Saturday that serious trouble had occurred between the Russian garrison at Geok Tepe and the Teke Turcomans. This was modified on Sunday by the Journal de St. Petersburg, which stated that the report probably originated from the fact of a Russian patrol re- cently encountering a hostile party of Turcomans in the Steppe. The result was a skirmish whieh cost the Russians three men. SLAVERY IN CUBA. Meetings of the Spanish Anti-Slavery Society will shortly be held at Madrid, Saragossa, and Valencia, in order to demand the suppression of the system prevailing in Cuba, by which emnnf-inated slaves are compelled to continue in the service 8, I their former masters for a term of years. j I I" BASUTOLAND. The Cape House of Assembly has passed, by thirty-four against twenty-ssven votes, a resolution accepting the Ministerial programme in regard to the self-government of Basutoland. An amendment was, however, adopted, requiring the government, after consultation with the Basutos, to submit to the House full details of the proposed arrangements before finally concluding them. ■  I THE CORONATION OF THE CZAR. An Imperial manifesto has been promulgated notifying to all Russian subjects that the Emperor has decided that the coronation of himself and his august consort shall be celebrated at Moscow in May next. An Imperial ukase orders the attendance at Moscow on this occasion of all marshals of nobility from the provinces of the Empire, the prefects of the provincial capitals, except those in Siberia, who are excused on account of the long distance. The I presidents of the urban and rural administrations are also commanded to attend. The Ministerof the Imperial Household is charged with the necessary preparations for coronation, and will be assisted by !an Imperial Commission specially appointed for j that purpose. :z. I DISASTROUS FIRE AT HAVANNAH. A despatch from Havannah reports that a great 6.re broke out on Tuesday at a timber warehouse in that town. The building was destroyed, and a I' hundred people were injured. The loss of P 7Peri ihs uen s41 a ted at upwards of a million of pesetas. The cause of the nre is mlmown? 

--nd the more scientincally that was per- this \'orl::etter it wasforaH the inhabitants of the his f¡¡rJ1Jed.t(lIear, 'ber.) The question of the tillage of eo"ntrJj' J„a* s a very important one. The agricultural the !»I)d the largest interest in this country— interest?? ? the largest interest 'nthts country- A??' "?'??? ? the late Lord Derby once said, "H e iN estwo blades of grass giow where only one -re%v before h a bene ac Or to his country iL.ind lie contended that this was a very lui- e, :,t at I lS.vs.aveYllm- ?r???" ,nt.:)t in the agNcultureof this country. i'j;ey had present to represent the < chee ?"' s:ricuitUI i interest that evening a gentleman (Cb^ ?.?y high  connection with the Itrlc *t00 very ,lJUg 1 ,mconnec lonwltt e r¡\iho .O'partdf the toast which he had to scient! (hear, bear)and that was Mr Bennett p?P?p't,ej.ts. (Applause.) They must not forget })r''l,ose $t?J¡es t n;t!iS science was brought to bear upon the th!S, ¡:Ioccupatj()n, o,f that country, they could not J!r¡C¡I:n their position against the opposition with J1}1I!nt:l1tl eyhnd tocontend, and it was only by the ?! ,\ppHC¡Ltion ofmeanstat the produce of the ¡:ClenUh( 'Jd' hehrought forth in the fullest extent e"?" /? u!d be brought forth in the fullest extent eS the competitIOn WI 1 W UC eyr lato l)(Is:,¡b 1 ( (Hear, hear.) Now, their friend Mr he believed, a very honored representa- tive' e' K"y? College of Agriculture. (Applause.) tive (I Ji Ja dip'"mt and gold medal, and he stood in a iLh position as one of the leading agricul- the neighbourhood. (Hear, hear.) They ?' Wlj't f,.rgetthat for the number of years they ? ?red for a lack 0f sunshine, and he hoped that ;:I:¡CI ls had had a cycle of depression, they st)<?'<' h?'e IL cycle of sunshine following. (Hear, shl1l1J Should thev happen to be fortunate enough to ■ the college for North Wales, he hoped and **f. ^ir Bennett Stokes Roberts would be the i'ri f s<or of agricultural chemistry for the College. i?e) Certain ]y he deserved such a position, ??''i, he did not think ther? was any other man in ??W''Ic.-—tc the six counties of which they were :¡;!>Il by the resolution passed at Chester—who held h, ¡Iar ?.<ition to Mr Roberts. (Hear, hear.) He sun j t? d? them thtoastof The Agricultural ne;:¡;<I,! coupled with the name of Mr Bennett I w 1))el.ts. (Cheers.) S Mr p?iett Stokes Roberts, in responding, said he '?? "'uite yian t a loss for words to thark them for the [• way in which they had received this toast, and ? Th nk Mr ?radley for the far too eulogistic terms !'1 e ii d tllti?led to Ms (the speaker's) poor "?itie-- The aricuJtural interest was a very great :eest'in ?'?? ?'strict, and although they had been ? a long period under a doudof depresHon, t: belie\'edhat the tide had turned and that better l £ n« tere in store for them. (Hear, hear.) His ,tllne b t' f •n belief, however, was that one important cause of ,o\Hl tlt'lI "1 't1 'I d '? ?pre?iMi was the weat her, over which they had T control, and another cause was foreign competi- ti n which, however, had done no great harm after all iniilltich as it opened the eyes of farmers as to which 1 would pay best, for a man to study and follow an-sericulture, or to take to dairy farming, and so forth He thought the lesson they had passed through minht ? e a spurt to agriculture such as, when the better til?ies did arrive, they might be able to take sdva'itane of. (Applause.) The health of the Borough officials was next pro- posed by the Mayor, and suitably acknowledged by Mr AlliiiKt"" Hughes, Clerk to the Borough Justices, and Mr Thomas Bury, Town Clerk, after which "The Press," proposed by Mr Alderman J. Oswell Bury, and acknowledged by Mr G. Bradley, brought the toast list to a close. At the close of the banquet Mr Piercy said although the health of his Worship the Mayor had been al- ready drunk in his official capacity he deserved to be congratulated and specially toasted as the founder of the magnificent banquet at which they had all taken part and over which lie had so jovially presided. He (the speaker) felt thankful to the Mayor for the present opportunity of being there and the very pleasant evening they had spent, and he had no doubt hut that all present shared his feelings. All his lecollections of Wrexham Mayors were most agreeable. The late Mayor (the present Mr Row- land) was accoucheur and nurse to our infant Hercules, and he (the speaker) felt confident that the present Mayor will mark his year of mayoralty by being present at the accouchmont of something noble, something that will prove a lasting benefit to the country. He hoped it would be the establishment of such a college at Wrexham as the Principality will some day be proud of. He felt sure the Mayor meant it and would exert himself and he for one would back him to the fullest extent in his power. He proposed that all should drink to the health of the founder of the feast. (The toast was drunk with enthusiasm amidst great cheering). Several favorite songs were capitally sung by mem- bers of the company (Mr J. F. EJisbury kindly ac- companying on the pianoforte), and contributed to enhance the harmonious character of a thoroughly enjoyable evening.