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ANOTHER DISASTER. HIGHLANDERS CAPTURED. j. d,fJll,)wio issued by the War Office on 'fl1! L)ri to the Secretary of State for í\¡r Pretoria, 21itt July, 115 p.m. in'v —Little, te:npomrily commanding the -'V ?>!•• ^df, reoorts that oa the 19:h he came  'I I I ?'? ?.?,. I i)ev vJt 1 t Ie force nn?er Da '1:' I¡ h.d farced its wav thros?h Hunter's ??' b D Hr f '?., },?t? nitil dn? k, when Da Wet's force, '?? L.M'<?. "r?ke np int? two r.?t'ea. I> In.. 1. ht .:J .11 b d C:'aT.L-i (-i--n iliip3 are slight, and will be reported L. nT?c-! are received. He buried five go?r=. to-k two dangerously wonmle d into his z,oll ?kt-,vo dangeron?y wonaded into hia  ?f?her newa from Broadwood or Hunter. )\ "on ?n? ?[?hon continued their march r;ll-i(-?,.Ily nnoppo?ed. a?d ahon?d join ?'? t.i.?'v ?'? Pj!e C?rew's D.vision near ? E?' 'ef.U??? S'ation Thsy found the country ?'?'?'M' Ham;lton captnred a few ^r'" vr. An %va2on, p: b 1,' oi ?** enemy have appeared between ?'"??'?1:"? ?"? rotch?t=troom. where thev wrecked "1 ? j),? 19.h imt. which wa3 taking two officers >I ¡rl k T. d N .?.n'v-one Kick men to Ernger? d orp. No ?,c?? reived. pr c. fiia {.))h.T.n? wH i33n:l by the W.f OB6:e on \Joo3av niht :— Frwi Itiberti to Secretary of State for Id., Pretoria. 22nd July, 135 p.m. -neiiy nude determined attempt yesterday to trjv the po-t at Railhead, thirteen miles east of They attacked it at daybreak with three  "d pom-pom, and by noon had comp!etely ir"-rVilid' J 't. Vi^ jo-'1'0" ??'' garrlOnca by two compamAR L 'Dnbhn Fn-iitieM. 110 Royal Engineers, and 1C ?nrv. Qtt?r the command of Major English, of 'mio3 tes"Dent. lie telegraphed to T: ic when ?e attack commenced, and General n?'M?d to his assistance with two guns, one ?,EBB")) Fild 140 Marshall's Horse ana Yeomanry. r P,)er?, h?d. however, been beaten off before the dnfor'rii'-nt* arrived, owing. General B.ut states, -'?-hc??iit??""?'?? Major English had fortified coition, his vigilant arrangement, and the good .jnAiiti?s of the aarrison. i, Bh'r v.?re aeett baryiu? their dead, and their ;.n.ce ??-i bi?v with the wounded. 3n Monday afternoon issued the u.iiern. (' ipetown. to Secretary of State for War. Capetown, Sunday, 9 p.m. Y wint; r.egram re"eived from General Charles 'viittTl Kroonstad, July 22:1d. (Begins; !• .:i >}ng from General Broadwood, commanding •i Cavalrv Brigade, sent by despatch rider to Hor.ii.L'=Frtiit and wired from there to Kroonstad. BrÔ;¡,;):- ^"v^ !?)!37'f? commando pin?e 16.h July. Had "t Palmietfontein 19.h July. Prevented •'cipar-'niug laager by darkness. Eight dead Boers *■u^- 0:ir ciz-nlilties il„ .r JIaoru West Australian Mounted '"iurr* and four men killed. Hussars: Lieutenant .Vi*tr-ian piaiingent, and 14 men wounded, u.iciie'l V.irtl Krantz to-day. Enemy donbled 1 iicfc taro-.uh Paardoikraal in the night. Shall to m-■).v to Roodeval station. -J --applies for 3 000 men and horses, also any ,of the t nemv's movements. Believe commando ?ntis, -tti(i is aecoiii- ci 2 0C0 men and four snna, and is aeeom- yjB.cti bv Str"\u and both De Wets. Ends.) Wires and linin line railway to the north of fLuiii^pnn: cnt, also telegraph line to Pretoria Fj'.ciitfstrojtn. My information if De Wet has ;:ossid railway and going to the north. (Meaaage of GvMal Knox ends.) Fo !ouu:i; telegram received from General Kelly- Kiiisv. dated Bloemfontein, 22nd July. (Begins) :— iufiwdv line cut last night to the north of Honing- rtrnit. S7ppiv train, with lCa Highlanders, captured by trtaiv. Kef r: ii. eiv.d this morning large force of the =n-.m"v iiioving ou Honingsprnit station. All enm- T.ni,»dt: in with Pretoria cut oft. 2nd and 3rd fV.ulrv hrii/ades are following up enemy. (General Krih s inesynge ends.1 IlrHu rci)ej.ted above to Commander-in-Chief ria iaaued the following despatch on jlradiy I"C.i L)ri Roberts to Secretary of State for Pretoria, Sunday, 4 p.m. The train which was wrecked between Potchef- -troosi and Krtigersdorp on the 19ch inst. was carry- unmber of civil passengers as well as Licnttnant Harris. Wrelsh Fusiliers, Lieutenant Freach-i.rcv/ster, Royal Fusiliers, and twenty-one all '.•jnvalescent. Xone of them reported to be in.r.rcd. ,ir Oliice say :— ;,l,ram. daled Pr2toria.. July 22ad, ha3 been ••TV-CKCJ iroui Lord Roberts, repeating the informa- t.ja Ureajv published in the telegram of the same itte frjiii the General of Communications, Capetown, ind rrocefcditig as folluws M-tknen coiitinscd his inarch after the occupation :i Hfikpoort, and engaged the enemy's rearguard pear Zjiidsfontein ou the 20tn. Casualties, one man Killed iinj one wounded. Early on Saturday he attacked lho-enemy again and completely dispersed them, in- -uir, heavy loss Oil them. Our casualties are re- to Le .simht. 1'y jthtsc *ncce*sc* Rustenbnrg has been relieved, ,:] ilethnc-n and Baden-Powell have joined hands. H'.atir r"pé>ns that Bruce Hamilton secured 7rtt rdav a strong position on Spitzrav, with one fciUc^y. Cameron Highlanders, and 500 mounted Onr casualties :—Three of the Camerons t-'iptain Keith Hamilton, Oxford Light • meiv). head Captain Brown, Lieu- Hart ihoth slightly); and thirteen men, • li^'iil-uiders, wounded. THE: WHEREABOUTS OF DE WET. Wiit Otiice on Monday afternoon iesned the laiiiv.iu«. from the General Officer commanding lined ■- 'Miisuicaiion :— Capetown, Monday, 6.50 p.m. my telegram of 22nd July, fnr- fium Kroonstad is as follows :— from Hunter. reports from Honingspruit, mid- il:id Jul v. that the latest information is that tie liorrs in iorct crossed the line to the south of ortfentcin duviuj; the tight. At present the line is t;M-t of thtru. r'" l""I hoer tcoata asked a !ocal farmer the way to Kerr's Stoic. n<?ar jnnction of Vaal and lihenoster, where he •i.u'Jmt be Wet ivonid join another commando, and ¡n;t' 1, H f I ali COMVOVS were poiDg* there. He furt her ",LL)till.(. of train and one officer and 100 rneu ^"intirciw. Line"! sliahtl,. damaged and will soon r- "It-vifed. Fowler proceeds to-morrow to repair the ¡r\ Little reports from Wadihook, 20th July. that he "ending ambulance and a few waggons of sup- t.¡. I dl d C b I,indl,-Y. -auder the Geneva Cross, to bring Kroonstad. tt!|loni(j have joined Broadwood by this. Re- ■Uiatr.j ure being sent from Bloemfontein.

CAPTURE OF THE ROYALWELSH FUSILIERS. l ii- War Office issued the following despatches rj-3 Ljrd Ujberts on Wednesday afternoon Liril Roberts to Secretary of State for Yandermerwe Railway Station, Tuaesday. '? iA?y and telegraph communication restored J-'nn !.? night, '?"" npply train captnred by the enemy ce?r ?St;t) ??. two officers and 200 men of the ??t Wd=!. Fasiliers Most of them were taken ?ni&nt-rs. ..H??n l'n\\rU reports from Majato Pass, on the ,:?? th:n Colonels Airey, and Lushington, with only ,jU drove 1.000 Boers from a very strong f-'??ja, ;? ??.;m??d them with considerable loss. r ?a?naitie, :-Killed: Cap tam Roomson, Royal \[ >r lie-, :lud 've men: w3anded, 19 men. "'?.itdc a general advance yesterday from the  w, ^ave been hoidiu? east of Pretoria since Hamilton coming from the north. reCn'¡ I' f 'I d th f p?n.:j I,u?tfo tein, about seven mile3 dne north of ??xhor? Spruit railway station on the 22nd. This c corni-iand(-d the enemy's line of Ltt t ey abandoned the Htrong position dQ;' bd.d ?en occupying in front of Po:e-Carew'a J'Ilon, br;,aae advanced yesterday without -?'.n pOOt)?)) to m?nda River "t"tiOD. Oar right was *?'"? by the ht a?d 4?h Brigades of Cava)ry :;„ ?'? '!L!h, and Hatton'? mounted infantry. The ? '?!?'scd to the east of the Wi]? river. -J force is continuing its move in a north- "'1:t:\t: fJ:ce is co:J tin ainL(.i t" move in a nOTth- .,?'. ?'y ?Tcctiou. and was at Vr&defort on the 22nd. )/).?h.taj j? ??? f?rbehiud it, Pnd Little, with tie 'brigade, is follnwmg Broadwood. v ?o?;.—It is not clctr whether the '1, y trata ca.pmre? by the enemy uear Boodcvai with tv.o o.Tuoi? and 200 nun of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers" inferred tj in thi- telegran: is identical with the supply train with 100 Highlanders." the capture of w!dl wa3 reported by the General Officer ] Commanding at Capetown, in the telegrams on the 22ud and 23rJ inst. An inquiry on this point has been sent to Lord Roberts From Lord Roberts to the Secretary of State for War. Tuesday, 9 35 p.m. We marched to-day to Bronkhorst Sprnit, the place where the 94th Foot was attacked on December 20th, 1880. The graves of the officers and men who on that occasion are in very fair preservation, and now will be pn; into good order. Oar march was un. opposed. but both Frencn's cavalry and Hutton's mounted infantry, who are making a wide detour to our right, came across bodiea of the enemy. Toese were driven back, leaving several, deid and wounded behind them. A good many prisoners were also taken. We had only ons casualty—Lieutenant Eb3worth, 1st Australian Horse, who, I regret to say, was killed. Broadwood reports that he captured five of De Wet's wagons to-day, and was wailing 110: Vredefort until Little joined him.

I LETTERS FROM THE FRONT. A ROLL OF HONOUR. WREXHAM MEN SHARE. South Africa, Field Force, 28 6 19C0. Sir,—It may be interesting to some of your readers to learn something of the Wrexhamities serving in other units than the 23rd county regiment, therefore I am forwarding you a copy of an extract of orders issued in Pretoria, 5.h-June, 1900 Trusting you wi:l find space in your well-known A<in_rtis>r, as many will be pleased to see this record. "Extract from Brigade Orders, Pretoria, 5 5 1900. The ISth Brigade has achieved a record of which any infantry may be proud of since IhH date it was formed 12th February, 19C0. It has 620 miles often on reduced rations, and seldom ou lull, it has taken part in the capture of ten towns, fought ten general actions, aud on twenty-seven other days. In one period of thirty (lavs it fonght in twenty-one of them, and marched 327 miles. Casualties between 4CO to 500, defeats nil. (Signed) SMtTH DoRSlEX, Major-General, Commanding 19th Brigade. Pretoria. 5 6 19CO The Brigade consists of four infantry regiments, ntniely2ad Shropshire Light Infantry, 2ud D.C.L.I., 1st Gordon Highlanders, and the Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry. Wrexhamities belonging to the Shropshire Regi- ment :-Private W. T. Duffy, Private A. Pugh,. Private J. Pugh, Private E. Parry. Private J. Pugh was wounded at the battle of Paardeberg, and I am pleased to state he soon got better, joiniug again at Bloemfontein for the fall of Pretoria. True Wrexham grit. Trusting 1 am not asking in vain. I remain, dear sir, yours respect- fully, W. T. DUFFY.

THE HOSPITAL INQUIRV. REMARKABLE ADMISSIONS. The Commission appointed to inquire into the allegations which have been made concerning the equipment and management of the military hospitals and the treatment of the sick and wounded during the South African war met in London on Tuesday. Lord Justice Romer presided, and made a statement as to the procedure to be adopted. lIe did not think they would be hampered by the fact that no special or compulsory powers were conferred on them in regard to taking evid ence, but if they found they were at a disadvantage they would apply to the Prime Minister for assistance. The President also referred to the coarse that wouli be taken for the protection of witnesses. General Sir H. Brackenbury, Director General of Ordnance, wag extni;.ied, and stated that in hia opinion the reserve of hospital equipment previous to the out- break of war was totally inadequate. Colonel J. Stevens, principal ordnance officer, in reply to ques- tions as to the hospital equipment when the war broke out, said tha.t actually they had only one base hospital of 520 bFd-3 in store, although the original field force decided on to go out required four geueral hospitals of 520 beds each anti four stationary hospitals. On several occasions he asked to bj allowed to proceed with the equipment of the neces- sary base hospitals, bat he was refused permission. Sir Ralph KIIOX, Permanent Under-Secretary for War, examined respecting the delay in getting the base hospitals ready, said that as u. matter of face the Government had uot in July, or even in August, made up its mind as to what wjuld have to be done. The la-it witne33 who gave evidence was Colonel Ryersou, a CLuad-au officar, who deicribad nis exoerience in Sontii Africa as u Rsd Cross Cam- missiouer, ttud said he was firmly convinced that the best that was possible in the circumstances was done for the sick and wounded. The Cjmmission then adj jurued.

MR JUTICE GRANTHAM AND WELSH PATRIOTISM. j At the Brecon Assizes on Thursday. Mr Justice Grantham, in his charge to the grand jury, said he was very glad indeed to find that at the present time Breconshire, like other counties in that part of the world and in that Principality, was so free from crime. They had just missed-and only missed by a day-having a maiden assizes. In his concluding remarks, the Judge referred with pride and satisfac- tion to the very high position which the county of Brecon and the Principality in general had taken in regard to the present trouble in foreign parts. Never j in the history of this country had Welshmen shone forth with greater glory than during the last few months, and it certainly did give him great pleasure to find that the High Sheriff bad provided himself with a chaplain-the Rev. M. Powell Williains-froiii such a patriotic district. He said that out of the 200 people in his parish he had been able to send six to the front. He did not think many parishes could beat that. It was very satisfactory to tind that the whole country, and all classes and all thoughts, religions. politics, and everything, were united upon the present occasion. I

KEEPING COOL. I Call this hot ?" said a boliday-makiug Indian civilian at the clnb the other day, "until this moment I have not been completely warm since we left Calcutta. This was probably true. For when the thermometer was still eighty in the shade he had fallen foul of the secretary for refusing his request for a tire in the card r00111. In an Indian office it is supposed to ba rather coot (as coolness goes in India) with a temperature of 110. A temperature of 120 is not uncommon. Yet with all this experience the perspiring white men in Indin. have thought ont few devices that could be copied with benciicial results in England. They perhaps pay more attention to the question of clothing, which is made as light and airy as European prejudice permits. It is the custom to remove coats (the waistcoat is a superfluity out there) when engaged in office work, aud trousers of white j Jack. with shirt and collar, complete the epaipment i of the outer man. It is nn attire whi':h would no donbt shock the feelings of a London bank ma.DIH!er. Au Englishman ont there engaged in law or commerce, whose object is to make hii pile and ecuttle out of the country as fast as he can, has no time to think about keeping cool. He drives, or is driven, to and from business, and if he has to make I business calls he is dtiven iboiit in the office '• oharrv." No self-respecting _b,aropean is seen on foot during the hours when the sun holds sway. Yet in spite of elaborate precautions, he never ceases to perspire. Mechanical contrivances for lowering the tem- perature are not so numerous as they might be. Any one who reads novels or tales of Indian life sees pnnkah writ larae on every page, and it is perhaps superfluous to explain that a punkah is not a wild beast of the jungle, but a wide strip of pile cloth "flounced i .,I attached to a pole and gently swayed backwards and forwards by means of a rope and r. native. As lone; as the paukah is kept goins;, a tolerable temperature results, but the gentleman at the end of the rope has a reprehensible habit of going to sleep. A pause in the working of the rope plunges the sahib at once into a Turkish bath, and induces a feeling of exasperation which does not make tor "keeping coc) I." Awakened (rudely perhaps) to a sense of his duty, the pankah wallah goes to work with such zeal that away go your law papsrs, copy (or whatever it is), and much warmth of feeling again results. The cold tub is always within measurable distance. No room is without its bathroom adjoining. Men have been heard to say that they pass most of their Sundays sitting in cold water reading French novels and smoking cigarettes but the practice is not recominendable from the point of view of health. The tepid or wn.rm bath is safer. Internal devices for keeping cool are generally somewhere at hand. These consist of iced liquids. Whisky (or brandy) pawnee (in plain English, whisky and water) i3 the mnst favoured drink. 0 On railway journeYA-necessarily long and tedious-there are few contrivances for keeping cool, and all are com- monplace. Still, India is not all hot. In parts, in the cool season, as it is somewhat euphemistically called, the nights are chilly. In any case, and whatever the season, it is dangerous to sleep in the air. Some griffins," as new arrivals used to be called, find this out to their cost, and a night on the verandah is seldom repeated. Perhaps the coolest time of day in India is the dinner-hour, when the punkahs are wafting a fair apology for an evening breeze, and the natives are not tempted to fall asleeD.-Daily Jlail.

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POOR-LAW RETURNS FOR WALES. WREXHAM STANDS WELL. Sir Bircham's annual retur i of the Poor-law statis- tics for Wales and Monmouthshire shows tlvit tile tendency during thf: past year h ).s bes.-i in tlu right direction, though the rate of progress i-i somewhat slow. A decrease is recorded both in the total i:uui- bsr of paupers aud in the amount expmdvd on their r-lief The number of paupers has declined from 57231 to 55031. end the cost from X421,931 to £ 372,444. But the per centres for \V ales still appear to be high whin compared with tho-e for the whole country. Thus, while the per csntage of pauperism in England and lvpli".g is only 2-2, in Morth Wales it ia3 2and in youth Waltis 3 The COf:t of maintenance per head, asrsin, which in Eng- land and Wales is 3. 32 I, is iu North Wales 4i 6jd, and in South Wales 4. Ojd. As these figures include iudoor paupers, a partial explanation may be found in the fact that in proportion to population « larger number of establishments is required in thinly popu- lated than in thickly populated districts. Still the rigures suggest need for Illlproliemeut. lu North Wales district the per centage of pauperism to population is given as followa :-Forden 21. Wivxham 2 2, Havvarden and Llanfyllin 2 7 each, Corwe.n 2 8, Conway 2-9, Machynlleth 3, Festiniog 32, Bangor and Beaumaris, and Newtown and Llanidloes 34 e?ch, Ruthin 3 5, St. Asaph 3 6, Carnarvon, Pwllheli, and Dolgelley 3 7 each, Holywell and Holyhead 4 each, Anglesey 4 2 In Anglesey the I paupers relieved last year numbered 626, the amount expended was £ 4 374, and the cost per head of population 5s lli 1. The following Erè the corres- ponding figures in each of the other unions of North Wales :-Holyhead, 782. C5,441, 53 6:i 1 Bangor and Beanniaris, 1,326, iC9 691, 5i Id; Carnarvon, 1,519, £ 10 574, 5s 2id; Conway, 728, £ 5.023. 4? 3Jd PwUheIi.835, ?5.893. 5? ?; ij?ur?a[..545,.E2.358. 3-? 7d Knthin. 464, X3,477, 5? 4?,); Wr?xhum. 1.412. £ 9,750, 3i 12d Hawarden, 440, £ 2.338, 2" 11* 1 Holywell, 1,703, £ 11,057. 5s 2i < Sc. Asaph, 1,065, £6,8CO 4?8td; Bala, 165, £ 1,142, 3< 8^1; Corweu, 461, £3,531. 4 4d; Dolgelley, 540, X3,624. 5. 3??; Festiniog, 902, iE7,100, 5s Id Forden, 345, 4:1,666, 2-1 31; Liinfvilin, 508, X3,010, 3i 31 Machynlleth, 330. S2 787, 5i I:i,l Newtown and Llanidloes, 741, £5 298, 4i 104J. Outdoor reiief is still a very prevalent form of public assistance in the Welsh district, though less so now than formerly. The co-it, for example, of outdoor relief is £ 292.612, as against] iE78,832 for indoor relief, while the ouidoor paupers j number 48.144, as compared with 6,887 inaoor paupers. The percentnge of outdoor paupers to population shows this year a decline from 3 6 to 3"4.

-———— 0 ————— MRS OR COUNTESS. In the Court of Appeab composed ot the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Rigby aud Col'.ius, on Tuesday, the hearing was resumed of the case 01 Cowley v. Cowley. Thia was au appeal of the petitioner in the proceedings taken by her against I her former husband. Earl Cowley, from an order of Mr Justrice Gorell Barnes, on a motion by Cowley restraining petitioner from using the title of Countess Cowley, or bearir. the arms of the eculdom. The appellant, who is a daughter of the Marquis of Abergavenny, obtained a divorce from Uarl Cowley in Jnnc. 1896, aud afterwards mairied Mr Koberc E. Myddeltou, but she claimed notwithstanding that she had married a commoner to retain the style aud title of Countess Cowley. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel their lordships said they woaid take time to consider their judgment.

9 SEVENTY-SEVEN WELSH VILLAGERS IN THE COUNTY COURT. .at Rhyl County Court His Honour Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd had another experience of the village of Dyserth, near Rhyl, where there are about 400 inhabitants. At every court for the past six months his Honour has heard cases from this place, and recently he expressed the opinion that he would not like to live there. On Friday there were no fewer than seventy-seven case3 entered by the executors of a deceased Hhopkeeper agiinst Dyserth people whose names appeared in the trade books. A large num b2r of the cases were defended, and Mr F. J. Ganilin, for the plaintiffs, said it appeared as if there was a conspiracy to defeat the executors of the estate. Some of tha defendants said they owed the money, bat wanted to fight the case out before the Judge.— The Couit gave judgment in most of the cases for the plaintiffs.

REMARKABLE CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA. Mary Ann M'Carthy. seventeen years of aers, a servant girl in the emplov of a family in Hopwood- street, Oldham, was ou Monday evening seized with what was believed to be an epilep ic fit. Dr. Ryan was cent for, and he thought the girl was suffering from hydrophobia. She howled, barked, aud attempted to bite like a dog, and kept exclaiming that there was a black dog in the rojiii attempting to bite her. Her strength was so extraordinary that it took the combined efforts of six men to keep her FI.ill. The girl was eventually removed to the imbecile ward at the workhouse, where she was placed under the care of Dr. Yonog, and careful watch kept over her. It appears that about eight years ago M'Carthy was bitten in the face by a dog, and it is considered as almost unprecedented that the poison should mska itself evident afcer a lapse of so many years. Tha medical theory is that the recent spell of hot weather lias caused the disease to break out. On Tuesday morning the girl was re- ported to be somewhat calmer.

A LETTER CAUSES SUICIDE AT HOLYWELL. I On Monday, at the Town Buildings, Holvwell, Mr F. Llewellyn Jones, deputy-coroner, for Flintshire, held an inquiry into the canse cf the death of Robert Jones, known HS Bob Smalley," and residing at Board's Head Yard, Holywell, who was found on Saturday morning hanging by a rope from a pear tree in a garden near the Strand, jnst outside the town of Holywell. From the evidence it appeared that a few days previously a letter was received by the deceased from a gentleman, the contents of which preyed upon his mind. The letter alleged that the deceased liad made statements abont the writer which required an explanation by ten o'clock ou Saturday morning otherwise there would be no alternative than to put the matter in the hands of his solicitors to compel him to give his reason for the charges. During the week the deceased had been drinking, and ou S aturday morning he went to Ffynnon Fail- Garden to work, but in the absence of a young man employed in the garden the deeeased obtained a pince of clothes line, and fastening it to the branch of a pear tree, seven feet six inches off the ground, he hung himself. The jury returned a verdict of suicide by hauging duriog temporary insanity. 0

« ————— ACTION AGAINST A FFRITH COMPANY. At Chester Assizes on Tuesday, before Mr Justice Grantham, Messrs Ratcliffe and Sons, dealers in second hand engines, &c-, H-awa-,den, brought an action to recover JE150 for a second-hand winding engine from Messrs Taylor and Carter, known as the Ffrith Coal and Fireclay Company, near Wrexham. Mr Ralph Bankes (instructed by Mr W. H. Chnrtnn. Chester) was for the plaintiff;, and Mr Marshall, Q.C., and Mr Montgomery (instructed by Mr J. Hopley Pierce, Wrexham) represented the defend- ants. The plaintiffs' case was that on January 22nd the defendants wrote them asking if they had a second-band winding machine for sale, and they replied that they had one at the Welsh Foxdale Mine, Llanrwst, which would suit them, and that its price was JE150. The deLendanti3 afterwards wrote agreeing to take the engine at tbat price. The defendants sent an engineer to inspect the engine, and he must have been satisfied with it, for no com- plaint was received from the defendants, and they wrote several times promising to send the money. However, despite mnch pressing, they did not send the money: and when they sent a man a second time to examine the engine the plaintiffs would not allow him to do so, as they considered that the defendants were shoftlin-in the matter. Finally the defendants wrote 0- refusing to pay tor the engine on the ground that the interior working part was not satisfactory. James Ratcliffe stated that he had carried on business at Hawarden as Ratcliffe and Sons for fifty years. He admitted that he originally told the defendants, speaking from memory, that the engine had a ten- inch cylinder and a twenty-inch etroke, whereas he now knew that it had a nine-inch cylinder and a sixteen-inch stroke. It was not, however, the practice to guarantee second-hand engines. It was considered sufficient that the purchaser examined them.-The defence was that the engine vvas not what it was repredented to be, that when the defeudante,' ag mt went to examine it he was refused access to the cylinder, and that when an order of court was obtained for a thorough inspection it was found that the engine was not as it had besn stated to be. In consequence of the engine being found insufficient for the purpose for which it was requited, the defendants declined to receive it, and ordered a new one.—The jury found for the plaintiffd for the amount claimed, ) and judgment was given accordingly.

A KING'S MARRIAGE PROJECTS. I The Vienna correspondent of the Staudani I rites :-On Sunday King Alexander of Servia Mirp'ised his people by t he publication of a proclama- ) tion informing them that on Saturday he became ,>ga.g!.d to Madamo Draga Maschin, a widow, and f. r,:if:y a Conrt Ldy to his mother, Queen Natalie. III a despatch to Vienna it is stated that the King's betrothed is descended iiom the ancient Voivode family of the Lunj iviz is. Her father, it is added, once p!a.yed a prominent political part. Neither the lady's present nor her maiden name is ia.miliar here. Indts-d it m.ty be assumed that very few persons out- side Servia had ever heard either of them b .fore, and the less so since this official announcement, is the very first intimation of the betrothal, since not even a rumour of this particular matrimonial project had ben heard. I say of this one, because in the course of the last three or four years matches which the King was to make was numerous enough, in many cases the Servian pres3 even going so far as to discuss their pro-t and coils but, sonithow, nothing ever came of these plans. Seeing that nothing whatever is known in thu niatUr beyond the official Servian announcement, it is impossible to say if it is a love match or a union entered into solely to assure the continuance of the dynasty in accordance with King Milan's wish but the fact that the engagement had taken place just when Ililan is awLLy from Servia-he is at Carisbmd-seem-3 to indicate the tormer. King Alexauder, in his proclamation, among other things says he is re-solved to acceda to his people's wish that he should marry, because ha deem., it his duty by this act to ensure the dynasty for the future, aud he doea so the more joyfully bectuse, in taking this step, he is fulfilling his own heart's desire, and oecanse he is assured that peace, happiness, and cantentment will enter his house with his bride. lie states in another passage that his dynasty proceeded from the people, and therein lies its pride and its strength. He therefore thinks he is right in choosing a life's partner from among his people, and he is the more conviueed that he does well since nowadays the policy of States no longer depends on family relations. It is stated that on being informed of King Alexander's betrothal the ex-King Milan sent the following telegram to the Servian Minister of War Let the K;t,g be informed he is relieved of the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Servian Army." To King Alexander he telegraphed as follows As your father, I regret the step you have tiken. As commander of the active army I am returning.

HOPE AND CAERGWRLE. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR JOSEPH ELLIS.-This took place on Saturday afternoon from Castle Cottage, there being a large coucmrse of mourners. The Rector of Hope (Rev. T. E. Joues) conducted a service at the house, and the members of the Rock of Ages "Lod!ze, G.U.O.O., Gwersvllt, under the charge of iiro. and President W. Williams headed the procession. There were four mourning coaches aud several private vehicles, and the brass ornamented coffin was literally covered with elegant wreaths. The jonrney to Gresford was a long one, up the Grwastad hill and past the old home at Bradley. At Poutycapal the funeral cortcje Nvt-s joined by the employes at 1112. Wilderness Brickworks. Mr Allison, the manager, being present at the graveside, where the hts sad rites w^re performed by the Vicar of Gresford (Rev. Mr F. Fiihbourue.) Amongst the many wreaths wove those from the father, Mrs and Miss Clark (Oak Alyn), Mr E. Stuart Clark, Mr, Mrs, and Mis3 Gladys Jones, Mr George M. A, Warbarton, Mrs Pi ice, Tom and Polly, Mr Piatt, Mr and lilrs Mortimer, Miss V. Davies, George and L'zzie, Mr S. G. Allison, the employe! of the brick- works, Mr Harry Lloyd, Mrs Hughes, Robert Ellis, and Mrs E. Rogers. THE EXPEKIF.NCKS OF JOURNALISTS.—Caergwrle was the scene of unusual experiencas on Mondav after- noon. A representative of the Wwham Advertiser was sens to this ancient borough to report the annual flower show. On arrival there he met a Chester reporter, who was just leaving the show-field. The latter explained to our representative that, in accord- ance with the practice of pressmen, he presented himself for free admission, and had got as far as the tents when a policeman approached him and requested him to leave the ground. He aaked for the secretary, who it transpired was Mr H. D. Davies, Aberniorddu Board Schools, who explained to the Chester reporter that he (Mr Davies) only would send the report, because he was the local correspondent, but added that be was sorry to cause the reporter the trouble of his journey for nothing. This being the treatment meted out to a colleague, our representative thought it advisable to see Mr Davies, the secretary, and secure the necessary privileges which are invariably extended to journalists in all parts of the country. He announced himself to that gentleman, who said I will send a report." Our representative tried to get an explanation from the secretary, bat all he could obtain from that individual was a refasal to be supplied with any information, and an assurance that any attempt to take a report would meet with the same treatment as that accorded the Chester reporter. Under the circumstances cllr reporter left, and we regret we are unable to give the full and extended record which oar reporter was requested to obtain.

PONTBLYDDYN AND LEESWOOD. PiiorEivrY SALE,—Mr T. S. Adama, auctioneer, Mold, offered for sale on Monday, at the Oakley Arms, Lseswood, the business premises known as London House, Leeswood, which included a double- fronted shop, dwelling-house, stabling. garden, and outbuildicgs. There was a fair attendance of would- be purchasers. The first bid offered was S100. The bidding rapidly went on to zE250, bat it was eventaally withdrawn after iE350 had been bidden. The solicitor was Mr S. P. Bevon, Wrexham. THE WATER FAMINE.—Ac the meeting of the Holywell Rural District Council, the Mold district inspector (Mr Jones) reported thai the inhabitants of the village of Leeswood complained bitterly to him of thi scarcity of water. They stated that a supply had been promised them for the past ten yeara, but that there were no signs of it yet. The inhabitants of the neighbouring village of Nerquis also made a similar complaint, bnt there was a wall there which couIct be so eularged as to furnish a proper anpplv if the Parish Council would undertake the work. With regard to Leeswood, the clerk was instructed to write to the Mold Gas and Water Company about a supply, and it was decided to call the attention of the Nerquis Parish Council to the dearth of water there. Our correspondent writes Leeswood is again experiencing its usual water famine, and the authorities wi I have a little discussion on the matter. bat when rain falls it will again be allowed to slide, A certain well which supplies a large part of the district is in fear of extinction through excavations being tarried on at an adjoining brickworks. Should this well collapse a serious contingency will arise, and then the authorities will be compolled to move in the matter." FOKESTKK'S FESTIVAL.—On Satnrday, the members I oi Court Treasure of Wales, No. 4889. of the Ancient Order of Foresters celebrated their annual festival after a lapse of three years. Exceedingly picturesque the procession appeared although numerically weak, but tho gaily coloured regalia with the bedecked horses of the riders, and the varion-i staves, axes, Ac., carried by the members made a pleasing sight. Divine service was attended at the Leeswood schoois, where a very appropriate sermou was delivered by the Rev. U. Divias, vicar. After parading the district, the members and friends assembled to dine in a spa,cions marquee adjoining the Oikley Arms, the headquarters of the Court, and an excellent dinner was provided by the host and hostess, Mr and Mrs William Drury. The Rev. 0. Davies presided, and Dr. W. Roberts occupied the vice-chair. At the conclusion of the repast, the chairman proposed the loyal and patriotic toasts, which were duly honoured. The Vice-Chairman proposed the toast of the "Bishop, Clergy, and Ministers of all Dinominations" to which the chairman responded. The Ancient Order of Foresters was duly toasted and responded to by Past Chief Ranger Phillips, the secretary of the Court. The other toasts were The Surgeon, Dr. Roberts," "The Chairman," "The Visitors," and The Host and Hostess." During the evening the band discoursed for dancing on the green. The Brymbo Church Temperance Society Band were en- gaged for the occasion and gave great satisfactio-i.

MOSS. PRESENTATION.—After the preaching service at the Brake Wesleyan Church, Moss, on Friday evening, an interesting and pleasing ceremony took place in the furm of a presentation of a handsome electro-gilt inkstand, decorated with oriental filigree work. to tha Rev. W. A. Hind, who has been stationed at Moss for the past three years, and was about to leave the circuit for Radcliffe. The chair was occupied by Mr J. A. Harrop, who in a few appropriate remarks ex- plained the object of the meeting, and called upon Mr John Williams to make the presentation. Speeches were also made by Messrs S. George. J. Jarvis, and W. Stanley, all ol whom referred to the good work done by the recipient. Iu a few weil-chosen remarks Mr Hind responded, and so brought a very pleasant meeting to to aclose.

ROSSETT. SuMous LOOK-OUT FOR FAKMHRS. The long drought is causing much anxiety amongst farmers. The grazing fields are burnt up, and cattle, d j., are being fed, there being nothing on the pasture lands. It is al.,o to be feared that the aft?r-grass will be of little use. The potatoes and other root crops will, if a downpour does not come soon, be scarce, and upon the whole the farmers' prospects are at present looking very gloomy.

| THE C Hi N E S E i "1 ¡:" V ;1 a f\5 E: r:  ? i? i MYSTERY. ARE THE LEGATIONS SAFE ? The Chinese Minister in London stated at the beginning of the week that he received a telegram confirming the recent reports that the Ministers of the Foreign Powers and the other Europeans in Peking are safe. The Viceroy of Nankin informs him that an Imperial decrte issued last Wednesday directs the arrest atid puuislim=nt of the criminals who murdered the German Minister, and mentions that, fortunately, the protection utforcLd to tue other Ministers by the Emperor has been effective, and they are all safe. Similar messages have been handed to the Ministers fur Foreign Affairs in Paris Brussels by the representatives of the Chinese Government ill those cit;es. The Belgian Minister on receiving the communication, insisted that he shonld be placed in communication with the Belgian Minister in Peking, and be informed positively of the frits of his countrymen and the refugees in the Chinese cipital. The French Government met on Saturday to consider the request of the Emperor of China that the President should mediate to put an end to the present trouble. It was decided that nothing could be done until satisfaction had been I obtained on certain points which were enumerated. The Emperor is now said to hive asked the) United I States, its wail as France, to mediate beuveen China, and the Powers of Europe. The British Commander in-Chief telegraphs to the Admiralty that the Chinese troop s havj entirely evacuated Tientsin and neighbourhood. A large quantity of silver was found ill the Chinese Treasury, and private looting has been done ou an extensive scale. SPEECH SY S!R EDWARD GREY. Sir Edward Grey, M.P., spoke upon the Chinese crisis at the ail:itil, demonstration of the Northumberland minors at M.irpeth on Saturday. He saiil that if the different Powers interested in China bad concentrated their attention upon the open door instead of tryiug to snatch advantages for themselves we should not have had this over- whelming trouble by which we were faced to-day. There had been too much pishing aud grabbing. Regarding the: supposed massacre at Peking, Sir Edtvard urged ttiitl the people in high places who w,-re responsible must be louud out and punished in an exemplary manner. But indiscriminate vengeance must be avoided. Tne danger wa.s not yet ovei. Bad as it had been, there might be worse still to come. At places like Shanghai the danger was even greater and more terrible than it had been at Peking, because the number of people concerned was greater. While there was yet time, the Powers ought to lose no moment in doing everything possible to prevent what hnj taken p-ace tt*. ijltlipenitiou at Shanghai and elsewhere, STARTLING MESSAGE FROM SIR H. MACCARTNEY. The following telegram has been received from bir Halliday MacCartuey, Counsellor and Euglisu Secretary to the Cniuese Legation in London t— Peking Legations are safe, and about to proceed to Tientsin." Mr Brodrick, answering Sir H. Campball- Btunerman in the House of Commons on Monday, said :-NVa have very little news from CUlla, but, perhaps the House would like to be made aware of the statements made to m with regard to the safety of the Legations and the view of Her Majesty's liovernmeut noon them Acommunication has been received at the Foreign Office from the Oninese Minister to the tffec: that the Legations were unharmed. We have received trom Snaughai tne trauglatiun of an Imperial decree, dated July 18^h, as follows :—" 1u the Confuciau words Spring and Autumn it is written that envoys should not be killed. How, then, cau it be supposed that the Throne's policy is to connive 3.: allowing the troopi and people LO vent their wrath on the foreign í Ministers ? Excepting the inurdcr of the German Minister by the riotous people, which offence is being I vigorously investigate j, tue other Ministers are being, and have been, protected for a month past by the Throne with ceaseless energy, and fortunately they have suffered (word omitted] uo harm." Beyond that we received a telegram ou Friday from Shanghai from the Governor of Shxutung, transmitting a cipner from the United States M.uister to his Government, which purported to have left Peking on July 18th. This message wis undated, and it was to the effect that the United S.ates Minister was in the .British Legation under firs trom shot aud snell. Tue assurances of safety contained in the decree are not borne out by the message the British Consul-General telegtaped to the Governor of Shantung asking him how it was that a message from Peking had reached him in two days, and why we had no message from Sir Claude oiacdonald The reply was ad follow The United States Minister's telegram w^s asm from the Tmtiug-Li-Y,tinea by a messenger travailing 600 li (roaynly t.o nuud red Illile) a day. I assure you there i" no telegraphic communication. I caunot explain why Her Majesty 's Minister has UOt telegraphed, but I beg you not to be anxious f jr the Mini?ei-? and o:hcra, ur they are all living and unharmed. Of this I have already had several reliable me5sages:' Seem? that over a month has elapsed since any communication has reached her jrl»jesty's Government from the Legation, and that the Tsung-Li- Y amen are communicating by messenger with various Chinese authorities, her Majestey's Government feci that they caunot give credence to any statement or decree attributed to the Emperor of Cuiua. or the Chinese Government uuless they are fùrtltied with letters signed and dated by bir Claude Macdonald or other Uaush official, oc by some telegram in our cipher. At the Chinese Legation in London, on Monday, the greatest confidence was expressed in the accuracy of the Imperial edict. "Any doubt is nonsense, said one of tba secretaries it is au Imperial edict, and Imperial ediclj can not lie." MESSAGE FOR THE BRITISH MINISTER. The following message was issued from the Foreign Office on Tuesday afternoon :— A telegram reached the Foreign Office thia morn- ing from our Consul at Tientsin, dated the 21st iust., stating that he had that day received a letter from the British Minister at Peking, of the 4th inst., appealing for relief. There were enough provisions to last a fortnight, but the garrison were unequal to holding out against a determined attack for many days. There had been forty-four deaths and about double that number wounded. Fresh assurances as to the safety of the foreign Ministers at Pekinn are given, the Chinese Minister at Washington stating that not only has his Govern- ment been protecting them, but has also supplied them with food. Li Hung Chang maintains that au advance of the allies on Peking would probably mean the death of every white man there. A force of 3,000 Russians has arrived at Newchwans, twenty-six miles to the northeast of which 10,000 troops and Boxers have been located. The Emperor of China has sent a despatch appeal- ing for the assistance of Germany as the sole means of clearing up the situation, and begging the Emperor to direct the negotiations, in oraer to restore the former peaceful conditions. In his reply, Count von Buelow declined to submit the telegram to the Eruptror so long as the fate of the Legations and the other foreigners shut up ill Peking was not ascertained, and so long as tbj Gtinci4 Government has not made atonement for the murder of Baron von Kettler aud given adequate guarantees that its future conduct will be in harmony with international law aud civilisation. President M'Kinley has replied in more friendly terms to the Emperor's message, stipulating for the punishment of the malefactors, for a, public assurance that the foreign Ministers ate alive, and for the plac- ing of the Imperial authorities in Chiua in communica- tion with the relief expedition, so that co-operation may be secured between them for Lhe liberation of the Legations, the protection of loceiguers, and the restoration of order. ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM I MR. CONGER. The commander of the American waramp lirooslyn telegraphs that the following written message, dated the 4th inst., was receive! ac Tientsin last Saturday from Mr Conger, the American Minister in Peking; — We have b,1l besieged for twi weeki in the Brinish Legation. Tnere is grave danger of a general massacre by the Chinese soldiers, who are shelling the Legation daily. Relief soon if at all. Tne city is without government except by the Chinese army, which is determined to massacre all the foreigners in Peking. The entry of the relief foroa into the city will probably be tvitly contested. ins da.te is the same as that of Claude Micloutld's message. Chinese oiffcials and runners frjua Pekiug coutiuue to assert that foreigners were alive and well on a much later date than that of the reported massacre. The Boxers and the Chinese troops are said to be in conflict MAGNIFICENT GIFT FROM AN INDIAN PRINCE. Answering a question in the House of Commons, on Monday, as to the arrangements made for the treat- ment of the sick and wounded in China Lord George Hamilton said the Government of India had provided hospital ships, and these would be supplemented by the conversion of three transports for like work. The American hospital ship, the Maine, has also been placed at the disposal of the Government. The Maharajah of Gwalior had offered to provide a fully equipped hospital, on which he was prepared to spend a sum of twenty-two lakhs. This princely offer was made on behalf of himself, his wife, and mother, to testify their loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen Empress. (Cheers.) The Government had notified their acceptance of this magnificent offer, and their deep appreciation of the motives which actuated his Highness in making it. (Loud cheers.) MR PRITCHARD MORGAN'S KNOWLEDGE. Mr Pritchard Morgan's statements and views with regard to the development of affairs in China are i obtaining more and more recognition in the House of j Commons. His theory that the Chinese Govern- ment most probably held the foreign representatives as hostages with a view to negotiations received al- most immediata confirmation in the French press. It is not forgotten that the first intimation of the nrobable survival of the members of the Legations after the announcement of their indiscriminate and wholesale massacre came from one of Mr Pritchard Morgan's Chinese correspondents. This gives the House of Commons more confidence in the strong hope which Mr Morgan entertains as to the safety of the bulk of the E-rpean4 in Peking. In the course of the day the member for Merthyr received a telegram from Dr. Jaclc. his representative in the Geological Survey undertaken for the Chinese Government in the province of Szechuen, dated Mieu-ning, July 11th, which goes to show that the mining enterprise in the province was pursuing its normal course, and that Inothing was known there of the Boxer rebellion or t the troubles in Peking.

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SPORTS AT ADWY. I SPORTS AT ADWV. I The eighth annual sports in connection with I the Adwy Unite-l rvud Coedpoeth Victoria Foot- ball Clubs were held in the Victoria's field, Coed- poeth, on Monday. The afternoon was extremely bright, and a large number of visitors assembled to witness the races, all of which were keenly contested. The officials were :—J udges, Mr S. R. Johnson and Mr F. Mason, Wrexham; starter, Mr N. H. Griffiths; referee, Mr Johnson; secretary, Mr J. S. Jones, and treasurers, Messrs J. Phillips and Alf. Odgers. The following are the results:- 120 Yards Handicap. First heat: 1. James Roberts, Ponkey, 9 yards 2..1. H. Jones, Wrexham, 8 yards; two ran. Second heat: 1, F. Williams, 8 yards; 2, W. A. Bowen, Ruabon, scratch; six ran. Third heat: 1, E. JoneB, Rhosddu, 11 yards; 2, E Jones, Rhosmadoc, 8 yards five ran. Final: 1, F. I Williams, Wrexham; 2, E. Jones, Rhosmadoc; 3, E. Jones, Rhosddu. lOO^Yards for.Youths.-l, Bert Phillips, CoeJpoeth 2, Robert Owens, Minera; two ran. 220 Yards Handicap.-First heat: 1, W. A. Bowen, Ruabon, 3 yards; 2, E. G. Jones, Wrexham, 16 yards; 3, W. Rogers, Hawarden, 12 yards; five ran. Second heat: 1, Fred lies. 13 vard-3; 2. Hugh Edwards, Wrexham, 10 yards; 3. J. Q. Owens, 13 yarda. Final: 1, F. Iles; 2, Hugh Edwards; 3, W. A. Bowen. Long Kick.-I, Richsrd Griffiths, 54 feet 5 inches; 2, Thos. Edwards. 53 feet 7 inches. One Mile Handicap.-l, Fred lies, Connah's Quay, 120 yards 2, Tom Rogers, Summerhill, 50 yarct j 3, L. Walter Jackson, Cefoybedd, 80 yards. At the close, Captain and Mrs Thomson, of the Coedpoeth Volunteer Company, distributfd the prizes to the value of 116, after which a vote of thanks was I proposed and heartily carried. The Coedpoeth Silver Baud played selections during the afternoon.

CARNEGIE AND HIS MILLIONS. Mr Carnetzie has given more than zE2,500,000 for public libraries, pianos, organs, paintings, itc to municipalities, churches, and other Organisations Nearly all of this was given in America. He receives dozens of letters almost every day asking for monev. He seldom sees these, as his private secretary sifts out what he thinks Mr Carnegie should see. Out of his begging letters he gets many good stories that are afterwards heard at the banquet board. He is a capital story-teller, and is not backward in re- tailing jokes against himself, Mr Carnegie has no vices. He thinks every young man should save 4s of every ponnd earned. He has practised this principle all his life. As a young man he was not given to spending money. He never smoked, neither does he drink liquors. His great success in a financial way came in the early days of the oil excitement in Pennsylvania. He was then interested in an oil well on the Story Farm. This cost him £ 10,000. In one year the well paid in dividends £ 250 000 Mr Carnegie's share of this was invested in the manu- facturing business, from which he got his real financial start.

The Swindon police force contain some of the tallest men in the kingdom. According to statistics jnst taken the average height of the thirty men who parade the town is 5ft. 11 7-10in. The tallest mas is 6ft. ojin., and there are twelve men who stand 6ft and over without their boots. How TO KEEP COOL.-One of the simplest, and certainly the moat agreeable and effective, method we know of for cooling the body for a few hours iti to take a bath once or twice a day to which a little Candy's Fluid has been added. The cooling, refreshin. and invigorating effects are really marvel- lous. A Candy's Fluid bath strengthens the system and braces the nerves; it also imparts a delicious sensation of absolute nuritv nnrl f"h.oo rvh- -J L" >££&.£",QV. && feeling produced is remarkably like that resulting from a good swim in the open sea. We advise all oar readers to try a bath to which enoagh Condy's Fluid has been added to colour the water a very faint piuk, and we believe they will thank us for the suggestion.