Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

-Atint Joe "And do you hfdp your mother when k'" B t' 1 She itig Bes-ie Yenui, I keep out of her way!" Yminc Enclishman after lona: pause feels he ought to sav someHiim; to old lady Have you ever hunted the wild ass in l'eria ?" -Alier D > v. ii believe men pprung from the ape ?" ,1111T11-n: "1' ° but I believe women sprung from the mouse ir. fact I've seen them do it." -Bri-,tzQ I hear that you are m t rooming with Du?n.'tona'?"?" G"?: "N?. He got so stout I couldn't wear his dress-suit." iijlpre's a letter addressed to Amsterblank.'to go • W4 Rntterhhink. said the mail clerk. "Post- marked Boston ?" Yem." "Send it to Amsterdam rai S. S. Rotterdam." — •'Th' ere is but- one tiling," said the disconsolate tran; ,i,- "thtt prevent* me f rotyi itin-iping into yonder rive end ill si mv wretched career." And that is your family ?" No it is the water _p„ Oh, you are too hard on Fiimsley. He 1::<, iiit f-luit,3, hut there is one good thing- about him." Bn,wlI: AlHi r.ray what is tli.At ?" F,)- Ile- er-I can't recall it at just this moment. I s, ruM think life in this flat wouldn't be  ,,]pB-!<nt. That fr.c?ry chimney opposite smokes lorriblv" "We have onP consolation, though." WhrvtV that ?" "It doesn't smoke cigarette?." _"Torv me husban', bayn a I.t:di?n. wanted to !;he t ph'?Yi.I-??"?" ?'' ?? course, bayn n-?, «,;te! um to have a nam* with a M?CtDtt, ?' ?.? H,ttUed the n.ather hoi c--xlliti' iin p'ro vn That's a handsome pocket-book. R.bimon v.. 1.-? ? birthday pre?nt from my wife. Brown: I ?;iie tn" -Tthin? in it hf"n' 8he gave it to you ? V libiVi-oii 0h.3ea:theunp&td bt!: for the pocket- Iistok was in it. -t?:-?. \t.?' «re you ir f'?, my pr'n^ man? r.;?r..r- ?"r artery, sir. Ftat?ry? Nonsense! it* t.u-», »ir. is cai?d the Ri;ifvr,st ?.m or ?f.?.y. and Imnt?aaiunotc and was eanidit. it Fun or. iv Psper flu his wife) Iv'e got a Tfi i: i 5 | 1 m.i t'oin to wr:te down and t'Wife xve!l :if I were! y? 'l wouMn't fool w:?h my bread and bm ter. Ti.ey y .i- if von h".d about ..vpn million dollars,j it accept it. d about i-fvfn mttnon d"i!nr! ~1 ^inld vl.Vdo with i- ?■' Fistlet?- I !'hould I l,, i ? "? bandm-mes', best-furnisher], n.o.? \nm?-nc.t.?d yet homelike .esu?nce m ?t n?' '"??h.?  T?n iu-r.ih.vci» -"IIo? doe" it bapper," inquired the !!tral1¡;(8r, I 11 inil7, oveni,it ?e being mr.de m this 't t?' "?? ??<-?''t happen ?t all, 8)r." replied- t1p' .wh' o wsp .howh?him about the vi!h?e, -:?Uy n>3 ? the ?.reet I live in. I an'. ,?.dent.tthG?"b-J?d.?." -Street Urchin Saay, gbmp another one n' th.m ?"?.t '??. Dealer: By the way, here s a .•ra., k.u c?-ar you c?n have at tl:e same  e !?? Rrmin:i it ai;d it will smoke .U r ?n rent c;nr¡r. '•iT TTrc'iio • I ca:t seri.k' tl sm ton cent, cigars. —M" r rintsl'lim: H'? ? y'? M» Willi* Ywn | lti p 1^. 1 eTcp*cl.p'l to foo in 3* a>reiic?. i  F'?,)reTic, '? 'Vii: Wi.3 if i' ? iqt,'L L% 11- rillhl:,m Yts, we -.tie I v' v 1- ,i,; wi:.t? here. You must c.? on m often. ]| Y ,? ?w ?t how it. is—people we eve. thn.k much ? ?\ hil" at ).e ?n. h!? ''?? ?'?-? '-? "'?'- |j t v. hil- at L4evis3 lillu tic."r f: i, i.cit3 wli, ii Ul(zet ti?EI'l i:' B St, erYÏng ??" .ced aj hea-t? 'd r??' -? f L.? ,Ti„, "a standing ill flult of  • a. if l?:? he?rt would br?.k. On, d.idd' u oT• tu to r.? the editor.» "\Veli, 1, l;c Cl>U h? ? ????,?,?am.a.i.n. V!-T>.Y' ? exriaimed ??- '?'- i,. ???. !u ? f tears, .u?d I'm ex?ct:n.; .he i^l bverv vniniv Voll t o rcco.-n,s?- _L■n ,e:.io d ,1 -xtt-wv M.? .m. ?on may nc rfCOn;?  yetire lit*let civ. d, I lived next  ? ??.? ??? '?.  d. and .? u? know, and  me in and: «hst t 1 > w,.at c-n I do it i». Kinti l.i 1 • • A11 L nee(i js another for \ou nov.' btaruea ftti(i it i-. Kit)(L I' -iy tvl?. a'? c'n I do _A young lP> t t.ooiiulei r "hn o if never unwiliiii;: tobonow cr, .t ?r i w ievrr \1nwmin; to bo?iow I wiU, ?? ..Ycrc.t ho -A or t. q)r trec,2!.tlv ?n l,{'rc.,t he I ?. ,„ ??-'Y??'? ? ?'-?? „ ? ? thnfry llvi ,.rn -s on. -Mdrd co-?. It w? a I h?-in '<.d'"bt b,u_?7,?.l ? { th« w..? th» pur. hargi:in n<' «.icubt, •• » he f-r.id, I d ? er ??h. n ji.e Uts.r with it?" ?a. t tt? Coa "I>a: th<: fI'¡:.t' ,,1' with it, T' r.k(1 tI. f.' Ht", in ,:HP'¡'" "\V,l, I,L,¡,'t \t it. T!;r,t.'s al,t 'l')";> i:II'r, iil.er lI\'erc'>t ill t"1I th,u: that, cr.on;¡ n1.ttel' "\ViI\ Ina: exput\1lat"¡:. the. t,Ye wl)t ;tt an if I l:r.dl,'t IH en I! y,nc: !tl..w, ;1 yon ¡I n' I¡¡,ow wh,t yon r.re t:l:k;¡;g an ,'vnc",¡,t tl:at w:'c:" it- t.il (\'C'ry t\tni.' i mre! — One t?nr,?.v t liitV '1 .It lini»y, there w.^ H it4 (111?1.11 y-mij: gottWU'h ,] ,ilt.re was a ole ram v.ich lny in 1' 1 :n a apl: a^t' i ol isis life, 1L11C', Sit'1" A CCII1P¡\'1I¡i" wn ,£i"d. d. o, t;rr; -JOr.p Jilt:" J,hnny, "there W,H Po 'Ini\ gpt wid, {,'It l,.tt-y. 1<11:) tI.Ne wa5 A ,e r:un \id\ hlY in t ¡; p'cd, I,t n .p, C\'u!11:' hI' tl1(t 'Iii,: e'.tt> 11" 1:1 t, >ht up in !I. 1)1t'1 ('.1 hi" Hfe. h- t, ii-vt.- PfLw ?) r?iiii 11 l?e Spti iii5 t;- terIti, lieao ieal tint f' 1 u ;J r.iUi j.rt d.diA a#, up, hut vvo^cl" 'd tc I,l \vent IIp l'ut, we'. ul?, I)ut (Il!, i ^'l'; ^Vr U,ui e ir^'lof and tab, I II¡ j" k. r '];11111:0 II" end !llId V;Otcl-rl 0'¡t bttWCt'il h. )?h. }' HI'" 11" Il'e cllte lit' \),,(:kE.11of fll1L] tl1lë,! .i, j k-r.Lr. bh. ? 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A TETE-A-TETE. 4 APTENTUK^-A VLLI.ALN.-PCTN-E.-rAf S''?A I ?.Ar?T??.? ?\ ? Nuïd, T,A?entnre.W.H. '?? ?rtlicr ??' lh- n<-V" ^\r"aUf ^fAumway horse ?- caugh' 'rbe Vi" Vef>, the rtHH'.WY lJprse W!\s ca¡;gr.' -? H t.haat .Pp- rl H a hero .ha^he only ,ot as fa •• til- f-u:th cl.al", heroine's lierves Wire c»n..d in Iht ti'tb, a:oi f" ,.j if vva^ a mutter of necc^ty th:? f'?? (i b iii-, us in in t:,e ixtj¡ in uniL. to k'_fi¡ u?hein-°t't' ? Well. | 1')? Adventures O 'o j, ] up, oro th.«v 1 l-a^ t ??? '????? n,?u?n1?7 the hero 1" than n-v.al his  B e udnl not ?.u??' tht. ?Ill) l'O?t)il-live ;4(,t to commit ..?e with it ill l!oe J, C!>ptfr. l, T.'?V.H?''? 'L"?? you 1 always committed B\lÏI.d,' in t h,. n' xl 10 the last, ella! ,t£>1', I '111 Adn,ltn,e¡:i<: I u'lI:\I:y d; but th; I\uthor is art" "n :ill; to 1\ll>te Carlo thiR lim,"? d,¡,.r!l:Í!'ed II> he pri¡!inll ¡" tj;i" 1)1'1>1.. By wheth^ | t., t  lwnw,  ??, tho hero i t i'?r'?"c -'?S" 'i thc .'i?n. or ff fhp ('O!l",t of A;ricH, 1 do hop.. if. õ¡nt tbe bltt'r, tor I t h.«.?t..fA.r ic-<. ?'?"?'y?;??' ).ttt'l'.t'"?'li  muc:¡ ??.t !.?!"? th?e ??.? ?." ? )?t rarc»   !ot  f\l¡d killed lLe I Foucllt*.t'^ne^hot ii^e\hrugh the heart an d killed „e in t !:t v j re,nembfr! I stole the 1 T, e of yt-iii- ii-)cl;et hdore u,ey  '"t  ?:?.??uj??' wonying ? couple of cl M-irp. you. By "?' ?'??  V?=G'? ?? ?- '? the way wbat h?.- y.'u'?'?'? 10 are my wiles I The 7VW:: "r,' mv wHes: I ji; j^helltd and arranged ?p-"?et!- X ?'?' liev,,r '? ?'?'" ?? track of v.ll. I. • I hive to be almost as careful of my Clltii? In f-et, j"?? ti,np. «hen thry began  "f me ill  every novel that ""< 1':1:.Ii11l'd,  had to ,.nt th'm ill „, ,?,   .,?g!.?.)i.h??. ? "?" -a lf,:?t tl' eln. It was d p -it vr.ultp, or I «onI.t li. 1;em_ Jb V/3S ??.p.?-,t v.i, cr I .? i. (; them. Itwas '??"?,?-, ;tn<! :.t t-l.o  ?.?j?. u>ual!v "11 I ?'????'??.??. Dy"?..y. I -au..ro. j go,;I:y c. IC tÍi¡>n: j  *.?K?,?'?"'??''?.????-'——??- v'?: ■ or ? ?'e'??'?'!????? h?e to borrow it .f y.u, ¡¡:: mj¡f" reai'y cf't1 iilf! quite w(,rn. rnl'> ViJl:.in: \v..n, I've got to rnn e\'er to l)"i!- nt1elplÍa. th¡1:I I1fkrUU\lI1, r.l1J CC¡¡se the hero d f. rv. I'll tr, t,) see n tn. morroW. Ti e Adventuie^s Do, for I .ty?to6etm* faro (utfit fut the bewiue to discover '° ? GOJd afternoon.

I GENERAL NEWS. Felix O Neill died on Friday, in Limerick, at the age of 106. -On Christmas Eve there died the oldest woman in Italy, at the age of 104 years. —Three children have been suffocated in bed at St. Giles, North Devon, through the bedclothes being set on fire by a benzoline lamp. —Nottingham Tcwn Council, by 41 votes to 7, on Monday rt jected a proposal to open the Castle Museum and Art Gallery on Sundays. —A coroner's jury at Camberweil on Monday re- turned a verdict of wilful murder against Elizabeth Hooper, aged 19, for having starved her child to death. -On Saturday morning, as a platelayer named Fretwell was tretweUwaa walking along the line nearDarwen he was knocked down by the London express and kited, —Through collision with an unknown steamer i the barque Childswell, of Liverpool, was sunk off Flushing, on Saturday uight, and fifteen of her crew were drowned. During the past year as many as 19,263 cases were tried before the magistrates at the Thames Police Court, this showing an increase of 5,868 during the past four years. j 'Tr'l vy niie out (irjviiig at South Bend, Indiana, an engaged couple named Edward Spohn and Miss Sieg were killed by the fall of a store-house which was blown down by the wind. —John Molloy. a laborer, died in Dudl;-y Work- house, on Saturday, at the age of lOG years. Molloy, who died in full pos.se^sion of his mental faculties, did not enter the workhouss until he had passed his hundredth year. -On Monday evening the East London Tabernacle was filled to overfl owing on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Rev. Archibald Brown's pastorate in the Eist-end. A cheque f -r £600 and an illuminated album were presented to Mr Brown, and a travelling bag was given to Mrs Brown. —Three men, named Smith, Rayner, anè Eggleton, were at Ivinehoe, Ayleshury, on Friday, com- mitted for trial charged with the murder cf two gamekeepers on the Pit.tone estate last month. Smith admitted being with the other prisoners. but denied having had anything to do with the tragedy. -At Haverigg, near Millom, on Friday, a man named Wilson. upon being refused beer uy a Mrs Crossman, with whom he lodged, went upstaiis and brought down a gun, with which he deliberately b!ew her- brains out. The murderer, who appeared to bs quite unconcerned at his crime, was taken into custody. -On Saturday, at Southwark Police-court, a con- fetahle was charged with having been intoxicated whilst on duty on New Year's morning, and also with having assaulted a sergeant, who said he found the constable in a helpless condition and went to his assistance. Prisoner was remanded on bail to enable him to cail Bome of the persons who saw u liat took place. —B', -)r(ler of the Czar, the officers of a certain regiment of Horse Guards, stationed at Charks ff, are to pay the widow of a merchant murdered in that city a yearly pension of 5,000 roubles. The deceased merchant met his death at the hands of men belonging to the regiment, and the Czar has made the officers saying that they were to blame for the loose discipline which made such a crime possible. —The Local Board of Hampton Wick has received an intimation from her Majesty's Offi-e of \VO! k.. that they are prepared to let the Board, for allot- niei.t;, about six acres of suitable land, forming part of ti.e Home Park, Hampton Court. A petition was prtsente-d to the Local Board snme time ba> k from a number < f parishioners, and it i< anticipated that the six acres grauted will scarcely nuet tilt deman d —An ii qiiej'i was held -it Durham Gaol, on Satur- day, concerning the death of a prisoner named Sanssy, who had been committed for six months i for assault, and who had hanged himself in his cell. Sauscy had been picking oalinm on New Year'a Eve, and having knotted several strands together and tied them on to his handkeichief, lie managed to hang himself from his bjdacead. T¡;e ju y r; turned a verdict of euicide. —U;i Saturday morning the remains of the five victims of the recent serious fire at Wheldale C .1. liery were buried in Car-tteford (York?) Cemetery. All the colli-rits in the district were idlt", alld thousands of colliers and others attended the funeral. The procession was headed by bands, which played the "Dead March A committee I lia. been formed at Castle ford to raise funds for I the widows and families of the victims. —A Methodist loc-ii preacher at E'sthournewas on Monday prosreute d by the To "ll Council of that I b¡\rou"h J,¡y \tv of r. t''t i:,ttë, l'lI ¡\ t;I:aT(, 0'  bv way of a test case, on a charge 0' having 'jbsrrueted the highwr.y en the evening of Sunday, tin 27.li ult. Tho c-jf-e involved the claim of the Wf-l-'vail and otiie r N Jlieonf* rmist b.nlies to hoh: open-air rt-ligi us meetings It was defended by direction cf the Methodist CVuunittcc of Privileg< s. The magi-tratts imnos el the nominal tine of 1" and coat?, ami intimated their willingness to grant, r. case for the Superior Court?. —A series of robbeiies, committed under extra- ordinary circumstances, by a laborer named C-. «y, was ùisdufi,d:.ot. o"iwich on Saturday. Ab ut £40 wl>1th of property was pioducjel which C. ay hael stolen from the officers' quarters at the Artillery Barracks and the Grand Dej 6t Barracks. Prisoner was in the habit in the evening of dressing as a liont-nant of Artillery, and being miat:.k. n for ar. < CBcer, was a-lowed to go in and out of the ufBcTd' quarters. Sentenced to six months' hard labor. -1\ desperate due; took place at Cordoba, Mexico, in the presence* of a great crowd who had not the courage to interfere until too late. The fight was between Antonio Gomez, th? son of the proprietor of the Pin" in which the buH fiyhts took j b.eo, and a rival, whoso name is ui'.kuuv.n. The well met in front d the cathedral, and drawing their knives fell to lighting without morn ado. z was stabbed to th<i heait, his lival foarfuliy cut, and alter lingering several days dieJ the effects of a stab in the abdomen. -On Sunday the anti-Salvationist disturbances at E istbourne Were renewed. Members <'f the Army insisted on liat tit- Y assert to be tluir common la' right to bold optw-air meetings, but ti.e police endeavoured to move them on :.t each point < f a&sembly, and v; ry iaige opposition crowds Wil'e present. I" the afternoon win 11 the S.'h&tioni?ts met on the Liaoh, their ranks were broken up ami ia'?e numbers were uo'èked dorn, The police charged the crowd. Great tmmoil prevailed All tome time. Salvationist caps and Lr.ms instruments I V.eie thrown into the ti a, and other instruments were smashetl. Toe tiiiil of Dr. Thomis Graves, of Providence, Rhode Ir-iand, for ti e mur.ier of a Mrs Harnaby, whieh bad been proceeding for the past few weeks, terminated on Saturday, m a verdict of gudty in the first, decree against the prisoi er. The-! ease ha- been followed with great interest throughout the United States. The deceased he!y was a wealthy willow fifty-five %eirs of age, who had bc-n attended h\ Dr. Graves. The latter gained con- siderable it.fliieiice over his patient, who made a wi!! leaving him a large sum d money. The lady's death was caused by drinkiug whieky containing poison, which Dr. Graves was acjused of sending I her. -A girl named Edith Eugenie Wixey, said to be only fifteen years of age, but looking somewhat older, was brought b-fere tile Brighton magistrates on Saturday, charged with obtaining by a trick a fur-lined cloak, valued 92; five pan 8 of c0: sets, value £ "2 1*2- and eleven hand-painted porcelains, value f2 1- Evidence having been taken, she was rr- ..ctl for eight days. She iLlecliti,l to plfa(i + c charges on the advicn of tier f ither, who v;i-,hed her to be ex-.iniued by Dr. Fl)rbe; Winelow, and the gaol surgeon to test her nicii-al fiiiess. —An inquest was held at Sh, flield, on Saturday, on the body of Fnderick Charles liaitiey, who had bfcnn the tTidDcr to a troupe of elephants at Sanger's Circu?, in that town. Hartley, w ho was twenty-eight jears of age, was engaged about a fortumht ago in loading a pistol with blank shot to be fired by one of the elephants at the evening performance, when, by a mishap, the weapon went off. and the chaige d wadding was lodged in his left hand. He went to the hospital to have the wound dressed, and no serious result was pntieinated. The hand, however, got worse, and he became an in-patient at the hospital, and lock- jaw supervening, lie died. Hartley's mother, ho was called rs a witness, said ihe surgeons did not extract the wadoii g from the ii jnred hand till eight days :;Íln the accident. 'n.e inquiry was adjourned, so that this matter might be inquired into. —On Saturdnv Mr Wynne Baxter held an inquest at Poplar oil the body of a man who had died I suddenly. During the inquiry one d tie jurors rose to his feet, and addressing Mr Baxter, said Mr Coroner, I protest against that man (p.nnt- in, to a man of color) silting oil the jury. He is not a native of this country, and has no right here. -Tlif, Coroner I think it quite likely he will do justice to the case as well as any other man en the jnry, -J"ror Wed, I pro'est his sitting ;18 a juryman.—The- Foreman of the Jlrv He i's under the British tb.g ami can ful- ni the duucs "f a British subject, and he has a »,c;- fMH-ightto?thcre. (Hear, hear.)-I he Juror No h" IIPS not, I protest r-gamst it. —luo Coroner ?? IH:S n"t, I !)t(.? ?) the men ? <-<? How '"?S have you been ill tl,i, country ?-The M?n of Co'or I have been in in this c nr.- t r." 1 ain I 14;t, I here fr:,m choice, but of necessity. (Hear, hear.)—The Foreman I appeal to my brother jurjni"ii if our friend is to be in- sulted. (No, no )-The Coroner He shall not be insulted here. lie has done his duty, which is more than another has.—The Jury having returned an appropriate verdict, the Coroner discharged them, and in doing so particularly thanked the man of color for his serrices. J

WELSH AND BORDER NEWS. —The 100th annual meeting of the Northwich Flatmen's Friendly Society was held on Saturday in the Drill Hall. —For assaulting a witness in an affiliation case, Owen Humphreys was fined at Carnarvon, on Sat- urday, jE5, including costs. -On Friday morning, through a bridge leading to the Egerton Dcck at Birkenhead being open, a train and 16 waaons were thrown into the dock. No person was injured. -On Saturday, at Carnarvon, a clerk named Ellis was committed for trial on the charge of having emhczzted f31 from the Cwmyglo Postoffice, here he had been employed. —E?r!y on Sunday morning the body of Banard I etter a private of the C?nnaught Rangers, stationed at Penally, near Tenby, was found on the sanel beneath the esplanaele at Ten bv. Deeeaseel, it is supposed, had fallen over the cliff, 50 feet high, during the night. —The London and North- Western Railway Com- pany contemplate extensive alterations and envelop- ments of their works at Crewe, and have, in com- pliance with the standing orders of the House, submitted plans to the Crewe Town Council of the additional canals aud buildings required to be taken up by them. —A terrible accident is reported from Dorothe a S'ate Quarries, Talysarn. Whilst two men were being hauled up in an iron wagon to the quarry bank the coupling chain snapped, the result being that they were precipitated into the works below. Their bodies were terribly mangled. Deato w; s instantaneous. -Lian bel is and surrounding dist ricts have been ex- tensively placarded by the Hon. Walter W. Vivian, chief manager of the Dinorwic Quarries, who dfers a reward of £ 150 for inft rmation to justify lega' pro jet-dings to be takt-n against some evil-disposed pprsons who have been circulating false and ma'icious rumours concerning himself. -At the request of the National Lifeboat Institu- tion, the Londe n and North- Western Railway Company have issued instructions to all their signalmen ( n the North Wales coast that in case of any wreck or vessel in distress coming within their observation they are at once to telegivph the fact from the signal-box to the nearest lifeboat ■tatie i. —The annual dinner of the Chester and North Wales Commercial Travellers' Association v. as held at the Masonic Hall, Chester, on Saturday evening, uiuhr the presidency of the Mayor (Aidt-r- man Charles Brown). The guests included Mr R. A. Yerburgh (M.P. for the city). Baron Halkett (the Liberal caudid?te). Mr James Tomkiusoo, Mr B. C. R,,b?.:rlq, 11?, Mr J. J. Cunnah, and Mr T. \V. GnrM:hs. -An accident < e ur'ed on Friday on board her II :\hjn.ty's ship Neptune, which is stationed at Holyhead. Sveral men wer? slinging ? steam launch out, when the hook broke, and the launch fell with great force on a sailing launch, which was by the siele of the vessel, and earrii d with it the davits and two other boats. All of these were sunk by the side of the ship, and considerably damaged. Efforts were made during the after- noon to raise them. Fortunately the men escaped unhurt. — We understand that it is the tntentr n d Mrs CornwaHis West (as wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire) to open a subscription from the laelies of the county for a present to PrinceB Victoria of Teck on her marriage, if it is proposed to exclude ladies from subscribing to the fund b -in raised by the Lord- Mayor of Lon it n from the P. ineipality. This can only be ku nvu f)r e-r- taiu after the 14t!i in^t sut, when the first meeting of the committee wili be held at toe Mansion House. -At Dolgelley Eisteddfod on Friday, five bands to. k pat in the bras3 band competition, viz, Aberystwyth Excelsior Bmd, Aberjst-wytii Briton Barid, Poitmadoc Vo'untcer Band, nwd the Okley I Roy.11 Silver Bind, Bla-nau Fes'iniog. Th-j pit ce selected was the overture Magic Flute" (Mt zirt); 1st prize, £ 15 2nd, £ 5 The first prize was awarded to the Oakley Royal Silver Bund, and the second to the Portmadcc Band. Mr C. E. J. Owen awarded a piize cf 10s 6 i for the best fishing flies to Mr Evan Jones, Pantyroiiyn, Dolgelley. —The Cheshire L'nes Siihvav Company and the Manchester Slv ffi-ld :1rHl Lincoir.shire Railway j from Wr.-xhiin ui Chester and on its oiher sectiems abolished seeoll,c!lI!H tickets on Frie,v tiif ri ing. The secon i-cl sss c irri iges w:ll he hand I ovr to the third-class passenger?, while srcot l-class con- tract ticket-holders will have the irvi ov of traveIUng fir?-t-c'a.s until the exp'r?'on 01 their contract s. The London and North-Western .l{:ùl-I way in re-opening on. Friday their railway f.om Ivloid to Coed Taien have, posted 0 lIoti," s-:gned by Mr FinuTay announcing that only first and third j clsss tickets will he issued to the- public over ihe j i railway- -During the additions which are being nn?c to the Blue Bell H?te), :.t COIi\Y, the?ot kinen havo come across, in the course or the town walii abut- ting en the propelty, a perfectly-formed aich. Close to it there vns: t-xcavateel a -tombstone, bear- ing the headline Near this place lyeth the body of." The remaining part of the lettering has yt t to I be deciphered. The hotel is almost the entrance to the ehuieh, ami it is probable that tiil tomfc- ,vle may have some n feieuce to an interment in I' the chui i by ai d. Mr Sinallwood, the proprietor of the hrlle}, has decided upon keeping this mt-resting relic ot old Conway intact, and has declined to allow tiie sup;joseU gravo to be in aov way interfered with. -At Bangor County Court, on Friday, Mr Wallis to his Honor Sir Horatio ^'oyel an e-x-parte replication iu ail action pet-ding in the St. Asaph County C.urt. in which Juhn Halt, of London, was the plaintiff, -,u,l %N. E J:»ne«, hotel propri; tor, Rh> I, the defendant". The defendant had counter claimed for £ 15, alleging that be hail sustained d.-im-ipes in respect 01 a refreshment room at ti,e Church Congies* at Rhyl, the plaintiff, ;t was stateil, having made misrep esentations'to him. Th ■ latr« r was: a very seiiouy charge, and it va< | necf-s..ry, iu the interests of the plaintiff, that j ftill, r details of the counter eiaim should be given, j His Honor made ar: order returnable within four I' eHys. -At Carnarvon County Court last wetk. Mr Belli* said that lie had been desired on the pMt of thoso who wire professionally c-nf-aged in that court, j acting that it was the last siltu'g d the year, to wish his Honor most heartily the compiimenrs the season, nd to express ill" hopa that he i llC spared for many years to pre-iele over the North Wales Cir-tiit.-Sir Horatio Lloyd saitt i:e silicon ly re oprocate.i and t^rtatly apprec'ateel the kind remark s made by Vlr lie'lis. He now m arly completed a County Court judge-hip of a« venteen yeara, and, seeing the i:o;d leelifg which through- out that !ott? period h .,I existe between him-eif j ami those who anpeaied iu his courts, he hould not I egn t If be sat as judge on the circuit ior 1 another seventeen years. —Mrs Howard, who with her husband, M-ijor '.1 t t I I Howard, resides at Nantwich during the hunting scasem, met with an accident on Saturday, wiiiist hunting with Sir Watkiu Wvnti's houmis, which iiill prevent her from partieipating in her favourite amusement for some weeks. The meet was at Macefen Hall, the seat of the Hon. Edward i Kenyeui, and th; re was a very large fiebi, the weather being delightful. During tho Íiri-t run, and wlun the hounds were in foil cry near the Wyches, Mrs Howard's horse, after taking a I fence, put his foot into a rabbit ¡JOt. and as a res-ilt the rider was thrown violently to the ground and sustained a dislocation of the shoulder. Assistance was quickly at hand, and without any loss of time Mrs Hotvard was el riven to Whitchurch, and attended by Drs. Brown and Watkins, who successfully reduced the dislocation. —At the Carnarvon School Board on Monday, as regarded the proposal for the establishment oi penny savings banks, the Postmaster-General wrote that in c-v-es where the managers and teachers found such s ystem uiisnited to their requirements, the department WQulll supply the manager or teacl tr with stamp deposit; forms on which the name of the school would be printed, and also envelopes, a credit stock of stamps to be obtained by furnishing a letter of indemnity given by two householders. On the day appointed for the receipt I of the stamps save el, the manager or teacher could exchange them for stamps, the feirms of dt posit bt ing either kept by the parents or returned to the school until the n. xt depositing day. At certain intervals, month y or quarterly, according to arrangement, a clerk wouiet attend from the nearest post-office to receive the completed stamp forms as deposits i the Post Office S?vin?s Bank, either to new accounts or accounts aireaely opened. The proposal was adopted. —Writing from B'.vlchgwvn Vicarage, on Mr j Oen Owen's census, the Rev. J. Wilym Joins says:—I have been in the habit of c untingthe ) congregations in tl.is church for years, and the r numbers are can fully kej t. I also put down in iiiy (ii ii-y the state of the ivf-atiif r. i t-c, on each I Sunday. I ought to spy that this is a new bi- lingual par'?h, about 1,000 feet above sea h vet, with a population at the Iat cusus of 1,007, Con- sisting almost entirely of working people. Mr Owen OWlJl states that the seven Sundays im- mediately preceding CiinVmas are by far the must favorabL to the Cliu-cli" for counting. I find on looking over my figures that tin: average Welsh j congregation of three K,mdny§evening3—October 4, i C, tli:)g census Sunday V.RS 01. The .meragv Eiigi.sb con- g.e-ation of Sunday evenings-, S.ptuub¡r :27. Oci. 11, and Oc'. 26, wa- lOt;, wiie-r. as the av< r "ge Wc!'h c-jngrcgation of the thrte Sunday eve.MI -3 precedingCinisimas, viz., November 15, T L. "J November 29, December 13, was only 78, a:oL! the average English congregation of Sunday evenings, Novemb'-r 23, D;cemi;er G, and December 20, was 99 Thus the average English and WeLh corgre- gations were consielerably less in the co'd months i of November and December than they were in Oatober.

I LABOR AND WAGES. The Northumberland miners' delegates on Satur day accepted a reduction of fi-e per cent, in wages- | The owners at first demanded a reduction of Eeven and a half. This is the first reduction in Northum- Iberland ni i rers'v ages for three years. EIGHT HOURS AT SUNDERLAND. I On Monday, the eight hours' system came into operation at two large works in Sunderland, the Scotia Engineering Works and Messrs Short's shipbuilding yard, each employing several hundred hands. The men engaged on time have submitted to a reduction of 5 per cent, in wages, piece prices remaining unaltered. Workmen in different branches of the shipbuilding trade are endeavoring through a conciliation board to induce other employers to adopt the eight hours' system. The engineers are also likely to move further in the matter. ROSSENDALE MINERS. Mr S. W oods, the Parliamentary candidate for Ince Division, in his annual report as agent of the Ashton, Haydock, Bolton, and Rosseudale dis- tricts. reports a further increase in membership. In 18SS there were 2,000 members, but at the end of 1891 the membership stood at 13,354. an increase of 1,811 members during the year. The fiuances were in splendid condition. In addition to pro- viding for strike funds, the various branches added X6,000 to their surplus, making a total equal to £1 per member, which was very satisfactory, consider- ing that the organisation was a new one. It was also a matter of satisfaction that wages and employers' profits had kept pace with each other, and there appeared to be a mutual desire to keep up prices ani wages to their present level. SOUTH WALES COAL TRADE. A meeting of miners' delegates was held at Aberdare on Monday, at which the result of negotiations on the sliding scale was reported by M r W. Abraham, M P., and others. They regretted having had to submit to a reduction of wages, but they thought it better to do that than to begin a contest in which they would probably have been beaten. A good deal- of dissatisfaction was ex- presseel by delegates with the clause enj- ining the individual signing of contracts, but eventually the agreement was ratified by an overwhelming majority. A meeting of coalowners was also held at Cardiff. at which the new sliding scale was confirmed, but disappointment was expressed at the sniallniss of the relief afforded towards the increased cost of working. A large number of eoliier mass meetings was held on Tuesday in South Wales aiiii Monmouthshire, at which it was resolved to resume work on Wed- nesday under the new s'iding scale, generally, how- ever, on the understanding that the objectionable stipulation as to signing the truck book should not be enforct d. This clause in the agreement wiis widely denounced. At the great Dowlais and Plymouth Mcrthyr collieries work was, subject to this l xetnlition, actually resumed on Tuesday. At the Aberdare and Pontypridd maritime colliery the truck book clause is insisted ou by the manage- ment. NORTH WALES' MINERS' FEDERATION. At a meeting of the North Wales Miners' Federation at Wrexham on Monday, under the presidency of Mr Wiiiiam Daviea, Bettisficid, there- was a good attcnelance of delegates. Mr ISAAC LL. THOMAS, moved a vote of thanks to the late President of the Federatiem, Mr D Griffiths, Flint, for the great services he had tendered to the Fcderatiem during the lone; time he had held the office. He (Mr Thomas) had known Mr Griffiths for nearly!; twenty-three years as an energetic man. He had worktel hard on behalf of the men hom he had represented for so many vears, and his sole object was to act fairly between masters anil men. (Hear, hear.) Mr WILLIAM ANDREWS, Gafewen, second d. He consideieti that the outgoing chairman \\a well eleserving of the-support aud praise of the Federation. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously. 71 llf- CHAIKMAX, in making a few opening remarks with reference to the various matters which had to come before the meeting, paid he ft It sure he tv;.s expressing the fceling3 ef all the 1, gates when he said that they wished to return their best thanks to the Press for the way in which they had reported their proceedings during the past year. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the Bailey Hill men, it was stateil that the Federation nearly had the amount required in lar.d, and that the matter would spet diiy l e settled. On the motion of Mr D.kviD Jo-N-rt- %Nrrexii,,tm ard Ac't.n, SECONDED by Mi GKOKC.K ROWLEY, 15bek Paik, a resolution, expressing the appreciation of the Federation at the way iu which Mr Latham Seaman had rcpivseute.l the Bailey Hill men, was unanimously passeel gjlr DAVID JOXI.S, Wrexham and Acton Colliery, I Miirgf-f-teel that ail union men should wear a meeia! at ti?ir work, and that the same medal shot,hi be used throughout North "de8, 'o that When a man moved from one colliery to another it'?ou}d not be Lecn?ary for h?m to ohia?n another medal. .A!! ,I be r de\ gate n¡:gl 1ót"ll t.hat th" mUl ¡;Lou1c1 not rille in the same cage with men who lip.d no ucdah, (Hear, hear.) Mr DAVID GRIFFITHS, Flint, said the medals for the colliery at which lie worked had been ordered, and to get tiie same medals for ail the collieries in North Wales we>uid be had policy. They should have a differ, nt medal for each colliery, auel the iiattie. of the colliery printed on them. Mr WILLIAMS (the agent) thought it would be wise to leave the matter of the medals until it v.as seen whether 'the scheme he had proposed for adoption at the !ast meeting was approved of by ail tho coliierics in North 'V,,)es, I Mr EDWARD JON IS (Vauxhal! C?H?ry) propped that the ejuestion of l aving medals i?e postponed, as suggested by the Agent. Mrdrtls had been used at Rhes. but had pre veil a failuie. Mr W. OLDFiELU. C?myeccd, seconded the resolution. The resolution v.as a greed to. Af: er a II iog discti:sieii, it was resol ve ù, in response to an application from the National Feder- ation, to send, it possible, a rt t '.rn e f the number of the local lodges in North V\ ales, together with a statement of their financial position. Mr BIRUAISD •le>NE-5 (KK-.s), was nominate to rfprment Ncnh Wales on the px< cuti?c committee of the N??onKi Federation of Great llritain. I 'J !:J airenda f.,r the annual conference of the M.n is' Federation of G'cat Biitmn, to by he'.d at I 0!1 the 12th inst., \v;9 laid before the On tÚ motion ?f Mr GKIIROS Rowi/r.r. r so'u- ti ins i!i favor of the Eich? Hours' H; ?n? f.uii.? t" get that, in favor of an International strike, were adopted. TIIK AtjES'r's liEFOKT. t Mr IOAN WILLIAMS pi ca nted its iiLh re!,ot, i for the three, weeks tinl'nu Jan. '2nd. I11 the lir-t I week, on Monday he intended the district meeting at Wrexham, and on the Wednesday following he visited \Ynxham and Acton Colliery with the object of having a meeting, but owing to the weather the meeti g was postponed to a future date, and the ii- it arranged, to have their meetings, as he suggested in Ids last report, in a convenient place uiuh r cover. In order to meet the men he (I to aeldress one meeting at Wh.at°lieaf aud j one at Wrexham. The next day he attended a Liberal meeting at Bw'chgwyn, at the lequest of i the miners of that district, to speak upon the eight; hourti' question, the reduction of mining royalties, i and other labor questions. Th-y hr.d a vrry t_-< od meeting, an 1 resolutions in favor of an eight hour.-i' d-y and for the reduet on of mining loyalties were unanimously passed. On Friday he a'teneled a! general iiit-eting at Wheatslienf to addr HI a portion | of the Wrexham and Acton men on the Ileee .i'-y < f establishing a local lodge at their colliery, and al-o to call thtir attention to the scheme he had intro- due. d at the 'ast district meeting f?r tin; better wnrkn s of their Federation. He was g'»d b inform them that all present were unanimously in favor of the scheme, and they dtc'de l to establish a local lodge at. Ihe e llhry at the first pay in this | year. He hoped the day would soon dawn w hin local 1 -d^rs would be e stablished at en ry collio.-y in North Wales. The number of local lodg, s had I incrc.sed during the last twelve months, and if they meant to exist and be prosperous, they must have them at every colliery, and a centra! fund as well. On Saturday lie visited Vauxhall Colliery, and accompanied the manager down the mine in order to exsniine the place3 of the men who were working there under the system of consideration." They went through all the places of the men-wlm complained with regard ■ to the thickness of the dirt in which they were holing on the top of the coal. The}' measured it aud found that it varied in thickness from sixteen to eighteen inches. The manager and himself had a long discussion on the matter, and the manager ar_;Ucd that the holing generally ran from tight to nine incites, and therefore the difference was ouly about nine inches, and that he was meeting the men for this excess by paying them for ripping, when uo ripping was necessary. He could u..tr tiie: ffore, see his way to grant the men what they weru asking. The matter thus r< mained for the men to re-consider. In the evening of the same day, he attended a j>>iut committee of llhek Park and Brynkynalt Collieties, at Chirk, and gave them a summary of his work "inee the eommencamont, which give them every satisfaction, and fit the i close of the meeting they passed him a vote of thanks. In the beginning d ihe second v, k, lie ordered the cards and account books according to tie. ir de- cision at the meeting. On the following d*y ho atteneleet a general meeting, which w; s ranged to be hehl in \Vn xham for the coil v ei.i.,i:cc! of the other portion of tho Wrexham and Acton Co liery workmen. To liia surprise, only a few at- | tended. It was very strange that so many (If tlH,ir fellow-workmen were ao blind to their 01.11 in- I terests. He hoped that all present weulel make a point of taking every opportunity to enlighten those men, and to convince them of the value of the Federation. The next day he attended a general meeting of the Wynnstay Colliery work- men at Acrefair, and as this was his first visit to them, in the capacity of agent, he gave them a summary of what had been done in the course of the last six months. At the close of the meeting, J they passed him a vote of thanks for the proposed scheme and also for the letter which appeared in the Advertiser. On Saturday, he visited New Flint Colliery, and addressed the men on unitv. They had a very good meeting, and he wag glad to inform them that the union met at this colliery were I doing their utmost to get everyone that works there to join their local lodge. They posted up a notice in a conspicuous place, informing the non- union men that, unless they joined the union at the last pay, that they would not work with them after that date. He hoped they had succeeded in their endeavour, and he believed that they ought to take similar et?ps at every coHiery, because there were some men amOlgt them who would never join unless they were compelled to do SD, and those were the men who had come to the mines from the plough and other industries. Let them give them no re,t, until they had joined their federation. In the beginning of the third week, he pre. pared the scheme, which he had submitted to th,-m at the last meeting, in English and Welsh. He was having it j ri-ted in the form of a circular, as decided at their last meeting, and 8,000 would be ready early that week. During the week he had visited Plaspower and Vron Collieries. The consideration of the report was left over until next meeting. Votes of thanks to the Chairman and to the representatives of the Press prt sent closed the meeting.

I SIR. WILLIAM HARCOURT AND I MR CHAMBERI-ATI. N'S LETTER. I I INCISIVE CRITICISM. 4- I Our leaders will remind er that Rt a Unionist met in¡; Tlc2ntly hel(1 at 1,II"bull, wh..n Sir Watkiu and Sir Robert Cunhfle spoke, a letter was read fiom Mi Chambnlain (which we BUVC last week), and in it the following appealed I am convinced that the only chance for thb speedy satisfaction of the legiiimate clailll of Welsh Noncenfoimily is to be fountl in the deteat of Home Rule. Eveiv Welnli Dissenter who votes for a Gluclstonian at the next eltctio.-i vctrs, firstly, for the indefinite postponement of WtMi dis- establishment and land refurlll; wtcondly, for the creation of a Roman Cathoiic domination in Ii eland, which will be dangerous alike to ti.e cuil anei le i^iotis liberties of the Protestant portion of tho population thirdly, for the desertion 01 his co-reiigionists iii ll;e province of Ulster; fouithly, for civil war and anareiij in Ireland, and for the absoiuts sltiiiity of English and Scotch legislation. I tctl ttrmiuly as a llanie.ti and iNoiiconfoimist, that the continutd alliance of the Gladstonians with Irish Catholics and Home liule.-s is fatal to the progress of all the reforms in which [ am inttiested, and 1 therefore earneetiy dtt-ire the success of the Unionist p a ty." S r WILLIAM HAIICOLXIT h-Is addressed the follow- ing lettt i- in rep y to Mr Chambeilain to a cones- pondeiu :—" 1 am obliged to you for your letter. I had aheady Bcttl with amustinent Mr Chamberlain's ei.cyc ical to the We.-h ^Nonconformists. As a "itudicat and Noricontoimut," he adjures the iuji- portere of Welsh disestablishment to vote against the l.iberal party, because oc is convinced that tiie otili chance lor 1 he speedy sat ^faction of the legitimate ciaim-i of Wei ll Nonconformity is to be found in the drfeat of Home ItuSe." He tieclaies that every Welsh Dissenter who supports Mr Ulktist4iie a' 1 ie next election vet a for tiie in lelinite pcstpojie-iu -nl of We sh Disestablishment." 1 pie-ume, theroiore, that Mr Cham'.ei lain, who is now understood to be the authoritative ne utlipiece and or^an oi the Libera! Unionist paity in the Hou-e of Commons, feels himself entit.eei to hold out to the Welsh 1J i?-- 8"liters tiie expectation that if Air Gladstone mid Home Ruie should be defeated at tiie next election, he and his Tory abies will secure that. speedy satisfaction of the legitimate eaims of Welsh Non- conformity," which the Welsh D.i-senteis -tie invited to promote by giving tluir votes to LT.-ionist candid- ates. This no doubt is an important eh duration pro- ceeding iroin the successor to Loed Hartin^ton at the piesent juncture, and as lie has so fr. queutiy under. taken to promise and to vow all manlier Ilf tetoriiis oil behalf of the Unionist Government and has professed his de.-ire that eveiy issue should be piactd belore the constituencies in the most definite f. rm at the election, the Welsh ViHiellt, IS have a clear right to know whether this intiumt-on on the part of Mr Co; mLerlair. as the co; (iition of their support is made with the f uthoiiiy of IJOKI Salisbury mid the pre sent Duke ? f Devot.shne n t'ehait of ?he Unionie? p?rty anei whether thEY are prepared to conti.mthe cieciara- ti 11 that the "only chance of the speedy sati-faclion of t',ie legitimate claims of Welsh Nu.confo:mists" rests on ihe countenance of the present Government in power. If they are ne-t, ti.e Wei h Nonconformists may well think once, t%. ic-, and thiice belt.re they ziccel)- Mr Chmnbeilam's prescription as to the siir;t, nit thod oi averting "an imleiinite postponement of Weish Dissstablisiiincije." I obst rve that this letter W..8 puhlisl., d nt a Unionist meeting itt lluabon, at which Sir Watkiu Wild,;i:is ynn and Sit Robert Cniiiifife v.Tie speakers. It would be in-tructive to know whether tittse orators c.e'vocated the speeeii satisfaction of the claims of Welsh Nonconformity, and whether Welsh di-eili b:3tr.n lit (loved d Mr Chamberlain, and !o which his soul is en, 'aUhfu ) will be a prominent |d:.nk in the Liberal Unionist platform at ltoss; nelale. I -confess tiiat I intei tuiu some doubts myself as to ibe anient zeal ( f fit, Unionist party in tbe eane of Dise-t u lishment, and this hesitation is strengthened by some observations in The Standard IUW-I aner OIl Mr I'nanibcilain' s llUer, "Ilieh are. as 'Ihe oniv stipulation is that there shall be no deceptlot., no niisundeistanding, as to the position ot the wlu.le Unionist h (iy in the lu-intss Air Chamberlain is entitled to tn^e the N neon- tormi&ts cf the I'liucina ity as strenuo-isly as llt-- ple.ses that, if they want to nvei throw the St .te Church, the only aiiect and efi-t toai way is 11 have done, once for "n, with the instructive illusions ot Mr Gladstone's liish policy. It is for those wito whom l.e wants to reason to estimate the chances 1 f sticc ss in he Dis-ectitbli-iiuicnt c: usade, should tit y tufce l\'v Chamberiaii.'s advice aud cm unce (ai h in Home Kme. But they IIln,t di) ,0 in full ii lit • f 'he positive as.-ur&nce that in this branch if Runic.,i nctiwty they will encounter as steadfast a resi-tance fiom the bulk of those who now c- nst tuto the Unionist paity is that widen, so far, has. haired the uio-ecution of the liish Naiioii di-t demand, lie v.i!' itciiijiiise, it may be presumed, the ptopriety hc;e- aiter of laying less strt s« on this f-atute :11 ids pio- pagandist programme, for he is weii aware that even among many Unionists whose ucncrai lone of toou^ht may he tiny desc. ibeel its Had eeil there i., no eagerness to iu :e tiie question i f I) t,) ci I I) I ity menace <-t disendowment. or 'li-turhanc-a the em-r- gies of a Church which ev ry day is ir.creasingiy pioving lis title to ri nk as one of the great s^eitci?* 0; jiregie-s and philanthropic advai.ee. Mai y ot the Unionists who sre Libeia's as distinguished ft-0111 I'aoica s, wi-tt.il ba t, e stnh.vie c_v on the side of the Estabiishim ie. tDKCll i e 1 g the condition oi te iing in the iank», tin- siieie.-m-tn .• ho has to act us ;.uiele hl.d ooidt-ir.tor at St. will be ca.eful no doubt not to c'm, piomise his authority by an imlis.-iett er ext ava^ant This is plain sp, akiug, and is pivt y tail r: ic-, to the elsii 1)i.-is-iiteis m t to place too mtich con- fi ence ii: their .yinni.lhttie conn-ell r. The Htand,.<r'J 1" however, eiistosed io piace a clit.ii.able ct.n-tiuc- t" 11 00 Mi Ciiiimfctr'r.in's ir feats, m-ty c< uiptoitiUe" his n;w-b'n authoriiy. ) T'ey t ie v.iiiin.; to m.- ke nJloivanrp, even for this unioitut.iite :ettkr at this peLidiarly inauspicious I m -out-nr. It is, th y say, j o sii-ly ar. the iast; u'-lic I d t mot nt of a period in j,!r C ;iim; erhv!n'-i iif>- wiiich has now closed that ti.0 le'ter to Mr Cliail s wilt as 1 act 1 etc e. It is oh a act-r:stic in many xvrye." TO J "i'i d i-.i .Nl;- I;fo L%,Iticil has t-.ow clcs. d," is surely a snug stive phiasa. Tha pas-innate a: p-ai ol the Radical ar.d Noccotifoi mwt" to the Wi ish'D:ti, nt-rs, is ,lie ti.tl tu t cf his unretjene. ate d ya, and positively his very ia-t appearaxice in a weii-Ui own ciiaract.-r. It was wiitt-n at a time," 1 we aie as-uted, when .Mr Cha-nb-rlain was u:.d-r j no no re exactii p e'nli.-ati-'iis than those attached to toe leco^niseri leader of t'le Radical Uideni-ts," who t) e:II, in ieetl, to he the no it faeile and least exaeti'ij of ■ { r.liti jitow. Timid Viii. IIi ts who miVht al < rr: i re a-iu. d th.t thit 1; the I-i re -.v I Manifesto," which Mr f hamber'ain lias is^ueel in J.i,,< no. ifieial C:I[";lciry," ï l:e nay and sportive days aie ovc. the h.<t wiM ,I,r;dc of freedom ii: s be-n heard, at.d the far more "extr-ting obligations" towards tiie orthodox Church and Ktnir party, of winch tie i;; h -rcafter to be a duly -it:- i- t.d chief, as-evt their supremacy. "Have a new ma-ter, l,e iie-R m n." We are piomised thut this shall b tiie last "cr-pa^e, j a-id tint Mr Ct!aiiil)eiliA,i will become a lefoimed' ratl'.er than a leformiiif; chan-cter. The r.uthi rs of nmtu-hoiistd program,n-s are warned off the Unionist pr. mises. The warnings thus conveyed se ni to e a refl 'cticn of the ndmonitions recently a-tdrcssed to iilr Chamberlain by The Times news- j paper as to the necessity of greater teserve and c'icum pecti- n in his new position. l!e has been j reminded that "P.tty leaders hive to subordinate 1 1 heir pe'isonal tastes, and even t) some extent theh individual c(?)'cti?!)?, 'can co'?r?pd c?ncepthui? 'f !h"?'r:il aii4, lik- lice:i f,iiil;lyI told th a t?e must uo )'?pr be ihe s|-ok<sina,i of a ?:)i?H ?EC?f politic uis earnest no <t mbt, and ac'ive, ?!.ut:?? quite in sjmpa'hy with ?I' t ;cl?-e %Yfii) their fortuots". It is, I think, therefore quite plain that he ntw ieader is to be 3 gt od deal let', and the Radical and Nonconformist wiil be expected to put a fiood deal of water into his wine. At all eveiifs, b fore the Welsh Di-senteis exchange away the old lamps of liberalism for the new lights elf Unionism ofl-nd thm) y Alt they mir ht do wsil to inquire into the trenuineness of the article ami tit e of the vendor. I aijeee very much with J'ou Rsto the simneful character of the pmnt attempts t I tiade on the No l'opei y" ci y, ia otder to pre- judice tiie claim of tlie Iristi nation to self government in the eyes of JCnu'.ish Protestants but Hi- has so long luoken Y.tli tlio best tradic 011s <-f tiie Li'.eral cree(I iii respect of 1 eli«i >us {-f.cred alike te) the \Vliiy and the Radical), tiiat it is ti o h-te lo be f-uipii-ed at ii:ls of tl!e i inq tvit p-issious of lory bigotry and O.angc 1 use-isdmit-y.—Y. un 31 ai v.-ccd, Dec. 31, .Ct! p, V. HAUCV.-ET. .fL.I. Ii. j¡- -H(h.l. ————— ————

TrcE KIS-DIV'E.SS IN FEEDINO DOGs, — Do not. pamper with dainties and til-bits, which consign so many of our canine tr-ta to a life of dyspeptic tniseiy j or an early prave. Give them only SrRYr:s PATE:;T DOG CAKES (dry by preference), with an occasional bone, a reasonanie amount of exercise, and they will keep in the pink of condition all the year round. Write for ps: t fr-e pamphlets on Canine Diseases and feeding, to SPRATTS PATENT, limited, EM- monasey, London, S.E

I | OUR FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. The official handbook of the Liverpool District, I OOF., M, U, includes among its information the programmes of the various lodges for the season. We are not aware of a similar practice on the part of Friendly Societies nearer home. We think, however, that if the example referred to were adopted, there woulel be a distinct gain all I round. ERDDIG ARMS TONTINE SOCIETY, WREXHAM. This society was inaugurated on Monday, when upwards of seventy members were enrolled. Mr John Jones, Enidig Arms, wa« elected secretary, and he will be happy to afford every iuform?tiuu 10 II intending members. BANGOR-ISYCOED. The Royal Oak Tontine Society held the annual supper at the Royal Oak, Bangor, on Friday. Rev. G. H. McGill was iu the chair, and Mr Ambrose Sutton was the vice-chairman. Mr and Mrs Parry were, as usual, highly complimented for their excellent catering. There has been a great deal of sickness, and cotisequentiv the dividend was only 133 9d. At a general meeting held on Monday, it was decided to increase the sick pay to 8a a week. OSWESTRY. The Cambrian NVorks Tontine Society, Oswestry, pays 53 a week sick benefit for a period of six weeks to adult ruerJ\btp, w ho pay lid per week, and 2s 6 per week to apprentices under 18, who pay ll per fortnight. The balance-sheet showed the receipts to be X48 9s Siel, aud the expenditure £428; G leaving a balance of ;C(; 03 7i 1 to be divided among the members who have had no sick relief during the yeas. I HOPE AND CAERGWRLE. I The members of the Working Men's Club, to the number of 50, partook of a knife and fork tea, pro- vided in the Temperance Hail by Mrs Rabt. Smith. Afterwards a meeting was helel, Mr W. G. Bar- croft, of Bryutirion, presiding. The secretary (Mr A. Moore) read the statement of accounts. £ 16 5s 31 had b, eii paid to the funds, and JE12 IS-. 61 disbursed for sick pay, leaving a balance of 1:3 63 9d in hand. It is intended t,) increase the amount of contributions that corresponding benefits may be derived. A committee of twelve have been appointed, with Mr B. Moore as president, &nd they wiil tlraw up a code of rules for the manngement of business. The evening was spent- in social harmony, the following gentlemen contributing towards the enjoyment of the proceedings :—Messrs Samuel Jones, A. Rigley, R Edwards, and G. Bowlion The chaiiman was heartily thanked for his patronage, and Mrs Robert Smith received hiuh praise for her catering. SUMMERHILL. I The "Kag William" Tontine Society was re-commenced for this vear on Monday night. Dr. Parry Jones, of Wrexham, was re-elected surgeon, and Mr David Roberts, secretary. Weare p;e.ised to learn that through the indefatigable efforts of the secretary the Society is in a very prosperous condition, over eighty members being already enrolled. GUO.O. I 0-v Saturday th=i half-) early meting of the Wrexham l..t District G.U.O 0., was held at the Old Black Horse, Rhostyiien, when there wtr present :—L'.G.M. Bro. L!. Edwards, D.M., pn- sidir.t;, and the different Lodges were represented by Bios. 1 hos. Jones aud George Pritchard, L yul l'; ince of iNo. 5GS Br)". Phillip Parry uo i William Harvey, Loyal Trevor Lodge, Xo. ö2Ç1; Bros. Arthur Jones and R?Grt Lloyd, Widow's. Fricn I Lodge, No 1,063; Bros. Edwin Jon--?, secretary; John Pric, treasurer; ?NTill Pairy, senior auditor and Geo. Roberts lyler. Apologies wete read from the D.D.M., Bro. C. Davies, and one f the ll. legates (elected to attend the meeting) and accepted. Votes of sympathy were passed, especisllv with Bro. C. Davies. he having had as many as eight in the house suffering from influenza. The minutes of last meeting were rea l and con- firmed, as was also the statement of receipts and expeneiiture for the past six months. The returns from the v»ri< us Lodge- sh-»w an increase of five memleis for the past six months. The total worth of the Disttict Funds is crease of £ 30 for s tiiie petio 1. A vev y impor- tant fund in connection with this dhtiicu is the Accident;-1 Fund, out of which, if a members totally ili-abled, he rece'ves £ 20. and ior p ,ial ctis- abl. ment ;CIO. -t lie worth of this fund now st inii- at £ 127. The three.propositions before the meet- ing having been satisfactorily agjeetl U¡híD, the retiring D M. gave an account of his vi-iit3 t.) tiie lodges, also mentioning the kind reception accorded to him when doing so. P.G.M. Bro. Charles Davies was elected D.M. for the ensuing twelve month", P.G M. Bro. i horu-is Pi.eE.iix D anil P.G M. Brl) Wiiiiam Pierce junior auditor. A hearty vote of thanks having been accorded the retiring D 11., P 6 M. Bto. Edwards eompiiinc-Dtetl the members upon the successful meeting and the good p- sition the district n iw was iu. The state of itza funds (considering it had only been continued for about five years) was very pleasing. A sub- stantial repast was partaken of afterwards by the delegates ami a few visiting brothers, Mr Cotton's catering i:-iviilg every !ai!w!.ion. Aiter tll itsui i loval ami yiatnotic'toasts, a very pleasant meeting was brouoiit to a ciose.

j MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S PENSION SCHEME I AX OUTLINE OF TIIK PKOJSLT. I We (Jiirniinjjkum Daily Nail) understand that M i Chan,! ci"Uin has practically decided upon the outline of his National Pension Scheme. It h is entailed all lIlurmOUd amouut of bdjor ami the digestion d a mass oi statistical matter which can hardly bo Lsought home to tin- geut-rat comprehen- sion. F. illidly seicieties, beards ol tjnar'Siaiw, tiado societies, insurance companies, ami other sources of informe.tion have been laid under contribuiie.n for miy possible help in the elucidation of the great problem to which Mr Chamberlain has I ae.drest.eei himself. The right honorable geutle- i man is materially iudebtcd for tho aisistane-a he has recti veil fr..m Mr Booth, tho well-known authority upon London pauperism. Ml" Ljuth has visited Highbury lee nt.y, and, we understand, has expressed himself favorably ut-on t he main details of Mi'Ciinaibcrlain'e schem- As the minute uetr.ils may unuei'go further no.t'.iii- (.-at?'H before the whide proj ct 1: piescnted to t!? pUhitC, it is on'-y in ceseary to force a=t the salient tjUt?t?. Mr ("hauib'?r?dn cct.?ucte?s.ntu die-part fiom Ilia original intention of fixing the ag hlot,it at wbicli tite superannuation allowances e ,n be claimed at 65 but there is this important pro- I viso— ih:>t it a insn me b -fol' lead lilQ the of 65, there will be a small allowance to the widow for a limited period, :uid an acceptable mm t ~r week for tho children until they etc twelve ycurf of ate. Should the man be uir.aarried cr a widower without children, liia representatives can cbiini a SHill equal to the amount that tiie tit cease 1 has actually paid into the fund. This is an excellent pro- vision, an,1 cannot fail to popularise the scheme. It ) i, of cousr* a purely voluntary system, but there will be a powerful inducement to every yeuno m-11 to avail him elf of the advantages which it affords. The small amount which the-person who wishes to socere supciani'tttitioti ptys into toe I savin 's bank at the outset will be supplemented b I a much h-roer contribution f 10:11 the State, and j after the preliminary deposit all that will lie exacted is a gum of £ 1 a year, or a little per wce-k, until the time for superannuation art^ves Mr Chamhprbin has lint omitted from consideration the pomibdity of these periodical payments lapsing for a time through illness or inability to obtain Work. It is notorious that the policies of msny poor pet pie in insurance companieslapsefrom t iese causes and thus tiie money paid in is forfeited, the obvious advantage and enriehmeut of the company. The disproportion between the insurance polices j that lapse and the policies upon which payments are nude to the beneficiaries or their representa- tives is one of the saddest features cf oursoe al and ( conorr.ic system. Uneler Mr (:tl.berLul!:J t Xchom', no supcnmnuation policy will he p rmitted j t ) lapse until an intcr?at office years has b' en allowed to the individual to pay up arrears )f subscription. We understand that it will be open to both sexes to take advantage (f the scheme. The task of formulating such a system of insurance & '1' .1 1, for old ago ie, a3 we have said, a gigantic one, aud the public may have to wait some consiettrable time before the fllll details arc submitted lor I their judgment.

I BRYNYPYS HARRIERS. I These harriers ngain met at Eyton 011 Thursday I week There were present :—Mr Hugh Pe-1, Miss Conwy, Lady Williams Wynn, Mr Robert Wyun, Miss Ethel Peel, Mr Lucas, Bangor T.Ir John H?'war?, H.ou?hton Hull Mr Oiiver Orm- !od. Pickhill Hall Captain Conwy, Mr Hilton ,Jonc. Mr James Jones. Mr Llewelyn Trinsham, Mr Hugh Tighe, Mr Thomas FcarnaU. Mr Frank Lloyd, Mr Samuel Peats, &o. Commencing en Mr Lc?: ground, which WM ilr uvn b?uk.thsj harriHs repaired to the Old ?atl ?rodnd. Th?rc' they found, and after a short ruu to'ivr.rds the river, the hare was killed. A move was made to 1 Mr Lloyd's ground. There were plenty of hn.res ¡ here as usual, 0110 of which thew the attention of the harriers, and away they went to the Plassey, but failed to tin, Thn best day's sport this s a'n \\ns br. tnr.it to a eencUt.-ion by drawing the i White House grounds, whieh re.s'i'ted 1:1 a run ts Far ay the D.irl.r.id Mcado-.v, where t:a hare -.v.u 1.1I

J About six o'clock on Monday evening a nir.11 and woman were heatd quarrelling in r.n unfrequented pa-sr.ge near the liverside at BirkenheaJ. Stisne time afterwards the woman was found lying elead on the pavement, ,it-.d the man had disappeared. No marks of violence were apparent on the body. The woman appeared to be about thirty years of age.

OUR OPEN COLUMN. f < < < I Contributions arc invited. I U J I DOING LONDON AT CHRISTMAS. It has sometimes been my lot in life to witness the arrival in or departure of wille great personage from some great city 011 some great occasion, the greatness of which has been punctuated or [ emphasised to me by being generally what the Yankees would call "fixed tip" somewhere or other in a crowd of about 100,000 strong and I could, if necessary, easily ite-picturc the feelings of the saudw iched spectator as the supreme moment arrives, but I have never experienced the feelings of the great (or what, I opine, must be their feel- ings) until last Clnistmas Eve, when my wife and I sec out front Oswestry intent upon "dùillg London. As far as human observation went there was nothing particularly to be seen outside the carriage winelow, and before we got to Wolverhampton there was very considerably less, yet our approach was lara!àd with volleys of 1\1 tdkcy, ami so our royal progress was continued I until Paddington was reached four hours late. Of couise here y' are—where? London I Eli ? this Loudon ? Catch hold u' me my dear. or I shall lose you, for I can only sec a bit of you now. If any one passes on your side hold him, and ask him where Praed-street is. I thought Paddington was well lighted. Weil, I can only see one iight, and that seems about a mile off. How terribly misty I it is. Here's somebody, whoa. Take U9 to Praed- street. All riht, haif-a-crown. Oh, that's too much. All right, no offence, ta-ta. Klerry Christ- ilia, to you both. Here, here, take the half-crown. No thanks, a crown now, time wasted. Here take it. Thanks, stick close to me. Two first, Charing Cross. Yes, sir. Sit tee train (from the platform g a' t-). Here, you ain't going to get in with that I ox, must go behind, give it here, get in—no labelled. Oh 1-, right away, bang bang, tunnels, stations, carriages packcel. Cher->/iej Cross. Box ? No, next train lollow behind. Thanks very iiitieli-iii density for twenty minutes, bang bang—train—box—got him, ali'li' Wiiers to? Haxells? Haxells? Yes-zti-rived -tableau. Christmas Day in hotel fog-bound, but beauti- fully wartll and comfortable nice rooms capital menu good company, and a model host. Boxiiig-Day Drury L-me-HUlllpty Dumpty. What a crush House full in ten minutes, and zlit i!Lick Royalty!- my country-bumpkins -R,;valty The Prince, Fife and wite, Clarence and otheis, but eclipsing all the Prmcese, as lovely and as beautiful as when I saw her nearly twenty ,}ears ago, same easy, graceful, stately carriage, fhe liisiant her face is be; 11 iu the vast sea of faces -oh where, and oh where are the others Simply nowhere! The Princess! tiie Princess I" is on every one's lips, and all eyes from pit to gallery are first of all bent on her, and her alone. Marveiioui, but true, the Princess stands alone, unique, and unrivalled in the atiections of the Englishman, Welshman, Irishman, Catholic, L'rotestaut, and Dissenter, Toty, Unionist, Liberal, ami feociu ist, witiiout much as a linger raised or a breath of reproach against her. Then the pantomime simply ma^uitieenr. ihe eioli a party sliculel tie seen by every ciiiitl. Ttie dolls of our youth they are all there. My firt love was there. ut;ii her for forty-five years, but I knew h r ab-tiu, bess her heart. She stumbled coming ,d"wJI tiie stairs oil to the stage (she was always a bit dotty un her near fore), but she was there. Tunc lias made an altera* ion in me, out she wats ju,t tnc same. Oil that scene. I was once .tgaiii at home—dear olit home—uilh Cic»y and Gertie, and we were, too, having a ei oil's party. Ah ;pc Gone, gone, ^.ever to iei.u»u again. L'ttie Tiuli as Humpty Dumpty I think goes up top. He uertainly EC-red tie biggest honors oil Boxing Ni^ht. Then Dan L-no atiti Herbert Camubeli its the Qaeen and Knit" of lieaits must be tteii to be S.Z;Uii on the sti p3 of the throne as the procession IIi nations passes by, and the remarks siuipty seuelycu into fits. As typical Germany passes tiie throne, the King rem.-uks Germany, my near, w.iefc the sausages collies from." Then Persia, Persia, my dear, where the sherbert comes from," auel so oil ad lib. I must not former, Fanny Leslie, who as the hand- some; Priuce Dulcimar is simply elelightlul. Then I the trau.ormation scene granil, immense, ethereal, in iguitiquc, recherche. W hat word NO I tind ? Can't describe it give it up. The greatest thing ill London though, is Yenica at Oivmpia. I thcught iScro at Iiainum's a big thing, but Venice, the liriele of th -i Sea, is simply lovely. One tiic-usand four hundred persons are engaged in it. To do Venice I)roper-N, one ought to go tt.ree or four times. Tiioso lovely gondola riúeii upun the Grand Canal I Oh, they are ravishing, v exquisite. 01 course we went to tHe Dancing Girl" at the Hay market, and although the cant was good, aud not a fault to be fouiiet with the acting, still I CIJ:¡ID..rn" that wnh the o:d E"gHah p.ay"ot "The R .ad to Ruin"' at the Opera CowL. ?uc by youn? Comptou and ce'mp:?, we &ay the latter is a long way the finest play, more eletaii, mure tiding in. all yootl from start to finish, "),;1,, tne Dancing Girl,' u in many iuStr.nces very unreal and improbable. We went to Tuii, 's nuu saw Time" by Pinero. Tins is a ciiai tiling comedy very much eivcruoue by ferry, Due the- oti.tu, usably Moute, Mr Eil; ot, ami -Mrs Egerton Bouipae. And for the variety bu«:niss. I bait lime only for the Athambra anel Aqeanuni. tie first a woiuieriuiiy yojti slioev, ypicneiid p;ineipal3 in the baitets, the best. I think. I have- eif;r seen at this hjtue or Bailed. rast of-ali v.e weui; to see poor Sacoi, the fasting man at "I-ie iiooclii." He was not much emaciated, but his eyes were art fully wild ami j.in2e;i, and he waft very restiess, mdeeet, I c.itild not eicep ail night alter seeing hnn. Ami LUW for the Lowther Arcade to boy ciiildret) s pie.-eiits—wondeiiuliy cheap presents—and then tor tiie hotel bni. One mote word. It any cf my rentiers tiiink or L-jntion, go te iiaxeli'e. Vou will he most comtortalite graud oeeis, good attcnuauco. and, above all thiug. so very close to places of ttnuiseinciit., aud Fo easy to get to and from. There I had an iiitr. diiCuon to Mr Haxcii, tht propridur- young, p.easing, ar.el tuost-anxious- to-p.ease gentleman—unmarneei, aiism Laevtes, a ilrst-late •' ketch 1" Wishing you all a happv and I piospeious Nciv iear, O. lv.

I THE LATE MRS. LEWIS I -L;? i "i. j EDWARDS. I I We very much legrtt to have to record i dt;ill Mrs Eti-,v.\rds, v.i'ieiv,- of Dr. Le-.ia ¡ Eiwaid', founder and priucip.<.I of Bala (>L-ll?ge, which took on -Sa-.uidae, from broncho- pneutnonia anei exhaustion, at the residence cf h-T son-in-law, Mr W. R. Evans, Chester-street. :\1r. Edwards was born on February 9!h. lSli, aud was wiihin a m< nth of being 7t> yeais of ag-. Slie was a grand.dauhter of the fallJuu Thomas Charles of Baia Vv'tiosi! services as the organiser of \Vl'lh t:,d\isti, Lth"l:'HI1, as X-t,ll as his inatiumcitiility in hc!p;ng to found 'hn Britisii ami T*.nt igu EtUe Society, t'an never be forgotten. Iu liioT Dr. Lewis lvle.artts wa; joined by Dr. j David Chniles (d. IS-JS), the grands, u e-f TLt-fisa Charles, m t-pr-ning Bala College, which bas jilst upon what p:onuses to Le an even more successful career than ever under the learned of I)i-. Tli;)iiiaq Charles i,du aros, sou ot the late piincipal. Mrs Edwards was married on December 3Nt, 15:11., and was grc-it a-rviee to her elioti--guish-.il husbautl. Slie lived ail her life in Bala, where sh-; earned the un- restricted praise of all by reason of her generous kindness to the sick and poor of the place. She had nine children, but thre3 daughters d-ed in tbeir youth, so that her surviving children are—Ptincipd 'riiotna' Chariea E<lwardf> (D.D., Etlin ), of lhla: th" Re-v. Llewelyn Edwards, of Abelystwyth tb.e Rev. David Charles Edwards, of Mt-rtliyr Dr. Jur.iea Edwards, d Liverpool Mrs Dickens L:wi-j, wife of the R-v. W. Dickena Lewis, of iShicwstiury, and Mrs W. R. Evai-s, wife ot Mr W. R. Evans. merchant, Wre-xham. | Mis Edwards can:c to Wrtxham iu Ojt;il«r on a | visit to her daughter, aud soon alter her ,t-rival here, she was taken ill. She appeared to recover recently, aud the probability of her return to Bala at an (ai-jy (iiite weis discu-sed, but a fre.1I out- burst of illness ensued a'.d (In Saturday, the kindly obi iaily died so c.-itmly that the watch'-ra hardly knew when life bad been exchanged for death. The fum-ral took place on Wednotiiay at ti.e famous churchyard d Llanycil, which is washed by B:da Lake, and the body was placed in the family vault, which contains the remains of fliog. Chailes, his wile, and Dr. Lewis Edwards. The body was taken by train to B-tla. and 1,.£1 the house in Chester-street, at eight o'clock, when it was accompanied by the rc'atives as "Il as by a num- ber ot friends including tb.e Rev. E i. Jerinan, the Rev l-riili h Owen, and the R-v R. 1". M )I.ri.ay -W-t A. Messrs Tims. Phcllnah, Thus, Parry, J. E. Poweii. R. J. Powell. B nj Powell, Ebrntztr ,Jones, C. D, -Jones, J. B Fianeis, Wm Hughes, ami Goo. ¡ Roberts, etc. iWssrs R. and T. Sauvage, Town Hill, Wrexhi'.m, were entrusted with the funeral At the-re was a lar^e t antl a serv: was held in the chap jl, after which the bo !y was tLLe-i for interim nt to the churchyaiel, iu which I so many famous ministers of the Welsh Calvinistie Denomination rest.

i CeK.MAN MiNAPi.s:—Tiie hapro veil patent 1 Mn.star.i. Cleaaly in use • .afe women ])ne: ni.- :r_c ,}_r_ll.ï:"iti"! and readv at a trnvjiapt' notice.—bot-j (;y all Ciiep.i^ts and tirocers, or POSM oven penny i'Lm¡; for p?-k.L ?i 'nea, ?o CuL?AN's I0S, Cannon-street, London isjos !l Tithe distraints were c.mditcl-d in the il:j L¿: f .L)?rhMi4?, r?!?t't, a"d Hi'-? t-.t. !?.-t v..?, iu tbe pr"dc of th? Chi? C")?t-.hl?. ?I?j.n' (j! .-f-v. Si m?ch ??) )t: feeling pt?Yni'?fI t':)?t tiie dhtrainini* :n;v were ent,-rrtai:n-d to luucheoe. 5;y f.tvti whose, stock was d<straiued upo: a, I rt fic»iiiii-its were provided at ether houses. 4