Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

———— ? ———— M O.l D. FNDA.T.—Before Thomas Furry, E=q. (in the chir) and Henry Lloyd Jones, Esq. A. NEW TENKNT AT THF. BLACK MOX HOTEL. A tempora.ry authority to sell a.t the Black IjlOQ Hotel, SIc;h street. until the next trf).nsfef sessions on the 19:h November, was grouted to Ca.pta,iU Ebenezer Humphrey Davies. ,rantecl to SERIOUS SEOL'EL TO A TENANCY DISPUTE. Mrs Elimbeth Morris, a widow, holding Tha Farm at Llynypandy, near Mold, appeared in response to a summons charging her with having on Monday, the 3th inst., indicted grievous bidily harm upon Margaret Jones, an elderly widow, a.t that time the sub-tenant of a cottage adjacent to The Farm.—Mr G. H. Simon, who appeared i:)r the prosecution, said the charge against the accused was that cf seriously assaulting Margaret Jones. As a reSll!t of her injuries, Mrs Jones would be unable t" r:Tpear for at least three weeks, and he purposed that day merely to ask for a remand. Acting-Sergeant Edward Jones (Mold) deposed that on the previous Thursday he served the accused with the :nm0:3. She admitted having struck Mrs < but pleaded provocation. On the day tbe c.. ;e Wtis alleged to have been committed October 8tb) he went to the hoube of the accused, and, having cautioned her, he charged her with injuring Mrs Jones. She replied, -o, they're making the thing worse. 1 was passing this afternoon, and I saw some clothes on the feuce in the garden. I went and gathered them, and put them down in her yard. Later on I was passing a,gq.in, and the clothes were on the hedge again. I went there with the intention of gathering them, when she came to me with a iloor brush and struck me twice. I managed to get the brash from her. She then went to her yard, and hit me with a stone on my hand. I lumped to the very stone and hit her with it, not thinking to do her any harm. The garden belongs to me; she bad no right to put 'W'Y". 1 J 1 the clothes there, witness saia inM me same Jones, who had been removed to 1b" Li. the residence of her son-in-law. SbJ..t; ver) weak and iH. Dr. Samuel Wilson (Trubshaw and Edwards) stu.i.cd that he visited Mrs Jones about 7.30 on th(: evening of the 8th last. She wfts then in a comatose condition owing to loss of blood. Upon examination he found a jagged wound 1} inches Ions in the region of the temple, there being con- siderate contusion all aroand. The artery W'\S severed, and upon inserting bis finger in the wound he discovered a slight depressed fracture Of the skuU. The injury had been caused by a stone or a iall. but certainly not with a sharp instrument. When first he saw her she was in a dangerous condition, but she was now progress- ing favourably though slowly owing to her advanced age. During the week he visited her daily, aud la;"t 'w her on the previous da.y (Thursday). He coasidc-sd she was now out of immediate à¡:)Ç.er, and if she continued to improve she \TCuId be able to attend before the court in three weeks or a month's time. The evidence given having been translated into Welsh for the benefit of the accused. Mrs Morris, who did not appear to realise the gravity of her position, was remanded for a week on bail. I SATURDAY.—Before H. Lloyd Jones (in Hie chair) and Henry John Roberts, Esqrs. HABITUAL SI!OrL.irTER. Elimbeth Williams, married woman, of Panty- buarth, near Motd, wa.s charged in custody with stealiap one pair of slippers, valued at Is lUd j frem the shop of G. and W. Morton, in High- j street. ¡ Frank L-ist, manager of Messrs Morton's I Mold branch, sa.id that daring his temporary absence from the shop on the previous evening ¡ the psir of slippers produced were taken from outside the shop door. In consequence of what he heard he sent hia assistant after the defendant, and he brought her to the shop. He charged her with Bleating the slippers. but she denied all knowledge of them, a.ddiug tha-t she saw a. woman throw a pair between two empty boxes standing in front of Mr Edwardd's boocshop. He immediately went up High-street and examined the place described by the pri-:oner. There were no siippera there, bat immediately afterwards they were handed to him by Mr Edwards. Robert Lloyd. the shop oqsi.;tLnt, sa.id tha.t on the previous evening he Sc"1.W the accused outside, ha,nd)ins; the shppHt's by the shop door. He pro- ceeded to serve some customers, a.nd hf'a.fterwa.rda missed the pii.Ir of siippera produced. while the defenda-nt had a]HO disAppe.u'ed. Acting on the instructions of tho ht.c witness, ho >ven t after the defendant, and when reltit-ning with her to the shop he noticed tliat she stopped suddenly by the boxes in front of Edwards's shop. Richard Bta.ck]edne aa.id he saw the defendant examining two pairs of slippers outside the door ,), and that after she went away of '.q ortt)n's slioj one Sergeant Edward Joneg said Mr L-ictt ha.Qdad the prisoas! over to him in High-street on the previous evening on the present charge. When charged at the Police Station she denied the offence, but th,¡,t (Saturday) morning she said, "I totd you a lie last night. It was me that took the slippers." The defendant hid nothing to say, and elected to be dealt with summarity. The Bench were informed that on the 13th of Augnst last the defendant waa convicted of two offeucea of a simila.r uature to the present charge. The accused was fined JE1 or fourteen days' im- prisonment.

WREXHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT. TUESDAY.—Beforu Mr Registrar Prestua. ) THE BANKRUPTCY OF A LLANGOLLEN CLERGYMAN. Ths examination of tha Rev. Hugh Thomas Owen, incumbent of Trevor, and custodian of the Valle Crucis Abbey, Ha.ngolleu, which was adjourced from the last hearing for the attend- ance of creditors, was resumej. In reply to the Official Receiver (Mr LL Hugh- Jones) debtor said he had a Bible in his posses- sion which belonged to Messrs Huil and Aubach, of London. It was sent to him some two years ago for approva). The firm left it with him, and then, after the bankruptcy proceedings had been commenced, sent him a bill and sued for it. Questioned by Mr Evan Morris Parry, of the nrm .)f M'ssrs Morris and Hughes, L!a.ugol!en, as to whether debtor bad been secretary and treasurer of a Clothing Club connected with the chapel at Garth. Mr Owen said the ctub was in his own hands'. He formed it himself under the directions of the Vicar of Hangollen. He re- ceived the money, and banked it in Iiii own name. —Mr Parry What uae did you make of that money ?—Debtor: I p&id you all the money owing.—Then how are you in our debt ? Bz!cause you deposited bi!Is in the bank, the interest on which amounted to a tot of money. You begged of me to sign those bills, and I refused. Y 'u should have gone to the Vicar and churchwardens, who were the responsibte party.—By the OSnial Receiver: Heha-dnot taken any nnney out of the bank for hia own purposes. Mr Parry said debtor ha.d received the money, but had not pn.id the different depositors. Answering the Omciai Receiver, debtor stated that he kept a book in connection with the ctub showing the receipts n,nd expenditure, but not the different, amounts puld to each individual truues- ma.n. The accounts were made up to 1897 when the club ceased to exist. The last account did not show whether or not there was a balance due to debtor as secretary of the club. He did not keep an account like that. The OSiciai Receiver: It is very disgraceful that you did not. Did the vicar and church- wardaus audit the accounts for 1897 ? Debtor No there was a change of vicars in that year. In reply to the Registrar, the Official Receiver said the Bible referred to above was not claimed by the owner of the Abbey, and therefore if there was no cl"Îma,nt. he would take possession of it on behalf of the creditors. The examination was declared closed. A DUTCtIEK'S HAXKHUFTCY. Albert James Hushes, who carried on business as a batcher at the Crown House, St. Martins, appeared for examination with Habiiities. estimated to rank JE235 lls 7d, and assets £69 4s 5d. leaving & dcncieucy of JE165 7s 2. Mr HoUoway Bott, Ojwestry, represented the debtor, who attrtbuted his failure to loss in business owing to high price paid for live stock, and bad debts. In his objjrvations the OHicial Receiver stated that debtor was thirty-three e.,rg of age, and for fourteen years past hld been ca.rryiag on -,Li be(--a c,%rryia g on business as a butcher at Crown House, St. Martins. Ho stf.rt.ed without any capita!. Of the twenty-stx unsecnred creditor:?, five were for sums exceeding jElO, E20 being due to money lenders. At the date of the receiving order, the debtor's landiord wn.s in possession under a. distress for rent, and the sale under this distress was con- tinued everything on the premises was soid, and the balance payable to him -.iftlr discharging JE30 rent and costs came to 1-21 2- The oniy other :).v<tilt.b!e assets, therefore, were book debts. The debtor stated tha,t he became n.ware of his insolvency about two yea.rs ago. Re had uied no difuoiency account, bet had made a note that he had been trading a!, a loss for the past live or six yea.rs. He had no books which wcu!d enable him to furnish an a.ccjuut. Repiying to the Onicia.1 Receiver, bankrupt said previously to starting business on bi8 own account. he worked for his mothpr at the Firs. His father died about seventeen years ago, and left a wiil under which, on del\th of his mother five years ngo, debtor revived .E26. He 9,)t married in 1892, ti.nd had u'c c:1Ïld¡;en. Hia wifa h <.d no property. The rent of the Ci-own Housf, to which wu.9 attached uve acres of lAnd, was -C30, With the exception of an org m which was his wife's property, none of his furniture had been removed. He had a pony and trap which he sold before August 7t.h to discharge some of his debts. His brother and brother-in-'tw did not lose anything through his becTnmg bankrupt, as he had managed to .pay them. The bicycle which he had been ridiag was n. hifpd one. His takings had bee:i nveraging ahlut .E15 or .E16 per week, but during tne last nve or nix yeit.rs he b:i.(! be-en tra(iiL;g at a loss. He h',d been dealing with money lenders, having horow&d JE20, for which he wns t.j pay .S2S in re..n:n at the ra,te of JE2 per rno--tli. The examination was closed. AX u:SSGCÇES,üL BUSINESS AT IVRFYTT4-kT _& John James Bennion, Fubiic Ha:I, Summerhil!, and George Waiker, )6, Brtíd:ey,rolJ.d, Wrexham, trading as Bennion, Walkar. and Co furnishing dealers and punters, 21. Yorke-street, Wrexham, came up for their pubhc examination. The liabiht:es are expected to rank C331 13, and assets JE245 lla Sri, leaving u, deficiency of JE86 Is 7d. The a.iieged cauEes of failure are prpssure by creditors and bad debts. The ORIcia.1 Hecetvcr, iu his observations, stated that asacors hftd curried od business in partnership since I)e-.ernb-rl8,.ii, as painters and ghlliers, at 21, Y urkë."tre>'t, Wrexha.m, under the stv)e of Denuioa, Wi3.!kcr, and Co. The partner J. J. Bennion was a wagon buitder, and had been and was still employed by Messrs J. Fercivat and Co. as wagon repairer, the business of Bennion, Wtilker, and Co. being mainly managed by Walker. The debtor Bennion stated that he put ;E80 into the business by way of capita!, whilst Watker put in nothing. But Waiker apparently had a practical knowledge of the business, having acted aa manager for Mr Smith, painter, Yorke- street, up to August, 1899. Of the thirty unsecured .creditors, seven only were for auma exceeding iElO each, and atl were in reapect of gooda supplied. The debtor Walker stated that he had drawn 25., a week from the firm, .vhilst Beuniou stated that he had received nothing. In the dbliciency account u!ed the debtor stated that there had been a loss of JE226 since September, 1893. in the carrying on of the business. The debtor's private assets wera more than sufibient to pay the private debts. Interrogated by the Onicial Receiver, Walker said there were no terms of partnership drawn up, but Bennion told him that if the business prospered it would be better for him (Watker), and that he would divide the proats after receiving wha,t he himself had put into the business. It was arranged that he should draw 25a per week. The books bad never been balanced. It wa.s not true that Beucion had been trying to get an account from him. The books were opened to his inspection daily. He made up the books every mouth, but not in such a way as to show the total takings and total expenditure each mouth. He attributed his insolvency to ordering too much stock. If he had not ordered stock at Christmas, the business would have been in a nourishing con- dition. The examination was adjourned for the pro- duction of the fncount. Deaaion. examined by the OSicia! said he had been a sleeping partner in the concsi-n, I and took no part i.j cither the keeping of the books or the selling of the stuck. He had often* t )!d Walker that he shou)d like the account goue through before they were audited, and had prised for a statement as to how they stood. Ha had not, however, seen a':y accounts up to the present, although he had employed a Mr Barrett to go over the accounts for him. Benmon's examir:ation was declared closed.

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DEN8!GHSH!RE STAND!NG JOtNT COMMITTEE. MR LUMLEY UNPOPULARtZES THE POLICE FORCE. I Th" qvictrterlv meeting of the Denbighshire Stancling Joint Committee was held at Wrpxh%ra on Frid.t.v, when there were present; :-Captai Griffi,h.Bo;;c'lowen, chairman; Sir W. Gnmville Wt!)i.tm- Btrt., CJlonel Meh:\m, C,11oo131 Wynne Edwards. Cpt%in Cole. Meagre T. P. Joae- Pa.rry, F. H Barker. W. D. W. Griffith, J. Darlini2t(-)il..1 D. Milipr, E. Hooqnn, Simon JonM, J. W. Lumley, A. 0. Eva.na. Christmas -Toneq, 0. lacoed Jone- Knti W Pea Denni?, with Mr W. R Evani, cierk; Mr John Roberts, deputy-clerk; M--tj,)r Le-Lclbetter, chief consta.Ma: Mr R. Hoyd WHiia-ms, county surveyor and Mr R. Humphreys Roberts, county tieconutant. THE Pr.OPOSED PIUCE 8TATro FOR CEF, The Chief C(-)n-table reported tha.t the price of the land which th,- comm'ttee had in view for the erection of a pi!ice ata.tioa at Cefti l:Jac1 b='eo increased from 3. to 4s per yarcl, bnt: he thiQE;ht if the committee w-Te emi)r)werel to n(>[(ci,\te with the ownor, sime sttiafuctorv í\rr''lg"'mot might be co'ne t'l.—The ma.tter WA-! rterred to the aab-committee. HOLT POLICE STA.TTOX. Tho snh committpf recommended thn,t phn'l for two ttd-Jiti,)n,tl cetia at the E[i)t pnti' Motion be approved of, and th'1.t the s'T-vfv'r r)" in,;tru(-.ted to pr"pfl,r ptt,aa for !idditir<ntt modntion tn tht- offi ;er's qna.rterR.-The Chur- man, in moving tha n.d option of fhe report stid the cens were b'-dty wanted. T!i,rp w-<4 nntv one cell ther: at the present time, ind one u)ghr, during the strawberry-picking se'tsrm it h td to .Icc(i!ntnoditte no Ips., thAn fonrtpen —Mr Huoaon sesonded the motion, which Wi).a carried. t POLICE CLOTHING. The tenders for po)ic'? ctothinf wnre pabm'tteri, and reffrred to the snD-comumKiee. wnh po'vt:r to a.ct. THE CHIEF CONSTABLE'S REPORT The Chief Constable reportei that crim and offence?, aa compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, showed a decreaz of 4 in indictable offence?, an increase of 16 m non- indictable oH'euces, and a decreasa of jE32 15-s 7.1 in the value of property stolen. Forty-two indictable off-noes were reported during the quarter, and 48 persons proceeded against, 6 of whom were di.-oha.rged, 34 summarity convimed, and 8 committed for trial for the following oifences:—Indecent assauics ou femates 5, Jarr'env from the person 1, attempted suicide 2, total 8 776 persons were proceeded against for non- indictable offences. 602 of whom were lined, 15 bound in recognisances, 5 sent to industrial schools. 4 delivered to the army, 20 otner punishments, 93 discharged, and 34 committed to prison for the following offences:—A.ssau!ts on constables 4. common as-aults 1, cruetty to children 1, drunk and rilsorderly 10, ueg!t:cting to ma.'nttun fAmt)y 2, misbehaviour by paupers 5, breach of the peace 1, prostitution 4. beggiug 2, sleepmg out 3, frequenting with inteut to commit, a felony 1, total 34. 276 nersong were proceeded a.gn.inst for drunkenness, 34 of whom were for being drunk on Sundays, tq agnnst 289. and 31 in the corres- ponding quarter of 'a.at year. Six publicans were proceeded .<.ga.inst, 3 for permitting drnnkanueas. I for onening Hoeased premiaes daring prohibited hours, 1 seHing without licence, 1 supp)\ing con- stables with liquor whilst on duty, 3 tjischai-ged, and 3 convicte'i, no Jicence being endorsed, n.a H.ga.inst 8 in the corresponding quarter of Ia.st yea.r, 2 discha.rgfd, and 6 convicted. Eitis Jones, Poakey. wts Snfd at the Ruaboa Petty Sessions, on the 13'.h Juty, £10 a.nd cP"ts, £2 5- for scHing beer in a private hou-e without a hcenc", und w:). committed to prison for ono month in defi'uh. 4.432 trumps wer° relieved during the yea.r ended 29!ih September, being a. c'ecrd.qe of 1.455 is com- pared with last ye.n'. 5 327 were Euligh, 500 Irish, 94 Scotch, 455 W dh, and 55 other na.tioaa.Hties. Mr Hoosou Raid three out of every four cases of Snnd&y drunkeunesa in the Ruftbjn Petty Sessions) D.vision emn.nft.ted from Rocia,! ctubs, and he thought it w:t3 to the credit of the pubUo'ms th'].t tli;t w.is so. The Chief there were now some- thing like fourteen ctub., which were formed simpty to a void the Sunday Ctosing Act. They did comparatively little business except on Sundays, !md to a certain exceut they were pro- ductive of dl u lkenuÐ:c's But so far as the po)ice knew, every c'ub in the district wa.s conducted according to rules and regaLttion: copies of which were senc to the pjlice. He had been :n com- munication with the Chief Constable of CHa.morgans'hire. whose county W;1.S simUarly situ ).tec! to then- own, and it seemed that they experienced just the same trouble as they in Denbighshire wir,h regard to these club: only that those in the south bjre more the character of shebeens. I The Chair.1H\.ll said h:' waa sorry to say that I there seemed to be a greitt deal of aruakeunes: reHuIting from these ctuba, which he was afraid were productive of a good deal of m'schief. :MR. Lt:ILEY AXK TnE fOLICE. Mr Lumlev said there was one matter he was sorry to have to bring before the Comruittee, and he trusted that iu d;nug 8') the potice would not think he was mak'ng ati attack upoa them. He referri.d to the practice of publicans supplying drink to the p ))ice when on duty. He held m rns h:iad a copy or n. t&tter sen'- by Major Le.dbettur to the Dei/lJÎil/¡ Free Pres., iu ''ep!y to a coiiimunic Ltt,)zi which hf tookopon hitnseif to sand to the Press. He se-LrcFly thought there wa.3 a.ny necessity for Mn-jor L-cLdbetter to take this nutter up in the wa.y he had done, because at thf iast )if'ensir)g sessioos at Rutht:) he givpn f)pp r'unity of raying :tnyt)iiiic- l he desired ui rfpty to nis ob-;ermtltJU3, ilo had mitde it hi3 bnsinsps to co!titn:iiiie-ite with M jor Leaduette.' n.s 'o w,ietlier the'-c were &ny ru's .jr reg'dn.tions in furee under wtuchit wns competent for anv licence li lidpr to auppiy drink to a polic- officer whi!st on duty wltlh.ut infringing the licensing )a,w. M<j')r rep):ed tn'n un- donbtedty tli- law was e!e )r th tt n. ticeuce hotf'c couid uot, except under a w ineu orde:' given by a superior oftic-r, HUpp)y )iliior to a p,)¡J(e o61 er. III the f'JtuwinQ )ener to olle Pr ss, however, he said 8ornethi')g din'e 'ent Mv uttcn'if'n hts he' (ill'p 1 'f)" letter from Mr Lnmi..y i.) y,.nr !J,tP'>r ,)1 S;) it) i.-i- 29th, and a q'10- (.!(.'['.)i ft''))'i th, Ti'/lI 'l lIt., t-!)iiscaO!o in the Mt.'tr.)p--H:t" n'K' when on duty, f,om ,1 pnbJc 111.It- Ln,I. fI',yo; ¡. late cC)mplaint. h,wd o,'en 111 the illtE're11. of [hepulticanaandthe p'iic3;e prol).t!)Ik. tiii!jk-4 eu." Aiid as the pnblic nt'i.y have: been nnprfSHt-ft with Ilr Lnm'ey'a art proved ch:trg""1 ag,'>tiIl5t th« p 'iice, I wish yon [.u exp'a.i't po!ic" daty in London fmd oth-'r ¡'tr0 to.vna i-! f!v..ied into three periods of ti-bt eig-in uonra each <i:h ft ahort break for nece-< anryf"')d, in county Lh,. poticemati i-3 really on dntv 21 huura. H C'lnnnt hive n,iy fixed time he may htve to go tit--cny miles 'o the thu extrerae etid of his b at if required. and ho retarn depends on the nn.'nre cf me bui-r'eas on hn.nd. It is nn- doub'ediy a breach of thf )a.w for a publican to supply fI. p3!icem').n on duty with drink, a.nd in a to'.?a there can be 'ittie excn°e, but who woatd be a county poiiceman if the common necessaries of life %ver. denied him, a3 sn-:e_'ted, beea.n-'e the law inc'udes refreshment, i.e., possibiy bread and cheese aud a. gtasa of water, Mtd for the giving of which without written an'h r'ty, the pnbiicpn is really U:i.bie to a iiae. It well th-n the pnbiic should know tha.t in this for"e. when a man is four miiea from hi", atartion, he nllLY have refreahmenta under certa.ia ru!ea, and if detained in a. town of place on duty, be oa.n get i'pfreahmcnt.3 un an order of his superior onicar. AfLor nn tiequa.int.a.nce with this force of 21 ye:ir8. a force of wh)cn the coatity may be proud, a.n opinion acpported by two Government Inspectors, I ca.nnot a.Uow our chAraeter to be im- pugned without an effort to c!e:u' np the aspersions which have been directed agtinat a inoat respectable body of men." Now, continued Mr ljumtey, the pom: was, had the chief consta.bte any right to make any arrangement by which a pohcema.n could get. refreshment, and in any way infringe the licensing Id.w ? Major Leadbetter was not the lawmaker of the county, but an administrator of the law, which hs was obliged to carry out. When joining titd force, a. ma,n entered into an agrp?n.nu[-knowing fn]l well that he ha.d NO right to enter a pubiic-house to obtain drink or receive it whilst on duty, unless he ha.d a written order from his superior onicer, and by duing so he risked the licence of the publican and it was unfair for the police to place the pubhcan in such t a position. 'At the It).st licensing session at Rutbin, Superintendent Jones, who had cfarge of that district, told him (the speaker) that during the past twetve months fe b,id not given a singte order to any policeman withiu the district to bAve refreshnionta at any pubiic-houae, and he h.id no doubt if he were to ask the deputy chief c )nstab!e at Wrexha.m a similar question that he would say the same thing. But no one, surely, wou!d say teat no policeman in Denbighshire had be°n in a public-house whilst on duty during that period and if he said he had sean policemen himsetf in public-houses he expected his word to be taken, and not a slur cast upon it. Major Leadbetter The word you refer to is untrue. Mr Lumley I have seen policemen in public- houses myself, and—— The Chairman Yon should state specific cases. Mr ljumley said he w&& not char?njg the police II with drunkenness. He wa.s stating thut the poiice had infringed the In.w, and that tius I?w shouid I be carried out just as much as any other law thut was on the Statute Book. Ha h:td brought thi I matter prominentiy before the Qanrt"r as;;sioan and tbe licensing ouHi-ts, and he wanted to bring j it prominently before the p?lico and the puMic, so that the practice should be stepped. He had observed that, Mnce this matter had been brought: before the public, there hn.d been a marked jt improvement, I The Chairman (to the Chief-constaMe) Have you anything to say ? The Chief-constable No I have nothing to say. Mr ljumtey made a statement, and in order to protect my police force I thought it desirable to answer it throash the Press. I may say that recently one of my mea went into a public hoase to quell a disturbance, when a collier seized him by the coat. saying, What do you want in here ? Mr Lum'ey tells us you have no right here (Laughter.) That's the sort of think they teU my men now. Mr Lumtey We)I, I have here a letter from a policeman, thanking me for what I have done in the matter. The Chairman said theve was no doubt that the police had a right to visit the public houaes in the course of [heir duty at the same time it was not legal on their part to enter licensed houses for refreshments without a written authority from a superior officer. Both the Deputy-chief Constable and Super- intendent Hugh Jones, Ruthin, stated that such authority had been given to the men in their division. Mr Lumley said although he was not a lawyer. he maintained that a. general order in regard to the f .nr rm)e-! was not legal. A written order I should be given upm every occasion, and not meroty an order at the commencement of the year. I The Chairman said the Act did not stipulate thit. The Chief Constable said Mr Lumley was mak- ing the P.))ice Force very unpopular. One of his men t,)lci him the other day that he would rather resign tha.n f) to Ruthiu. The matter then dropped. APPOINT:HEXT. D Hushes, Ruthiu, Wcm appointed police snr- goon for the Ruthin division in the place of Dr. W. D. Jones, resigned. AH AnDITIOXAIj rOMCEMAN. I The Ber'-h -.m Parish Council wrote, applying ) for n. resident police conata.ble at Southaea.. The Chief Coast <b]e said there wa.3 a similar applica.- tion from Summprhil). He suggested the a.ddi- tt<jn of one c')nsta.b!e, and the re-a.rra.ngement of the police district in th:it toea.lity. It WA& agreed to a--k the P ,ri!h Councti to sen3 the requiaite n 'nc- signed by live lu-ticea. DEXUtGH COUNTY HAMj. I hom°<l)-;cu''atfmto'K place upon the report of a Snh-oommittee ref'mmeadiug certain tLItera- tions n.t ':he Dekbigh Connty H'].U, and ultimately it w,),s ac;)-epd to refer the matter back to the com'.i'ttee for re considera-tion as to the advisa.- bih y of obtaining entirely new furoiture.

GAS r, ELECTRICITV. I INTERESTING TO WREXHAM I I- READERS. I 1 IV" fetters have appeared in the dea.)i'ig with the rfta.tive cost of gas and etectrtctty. Ai thts is a question which Wrexham rna.dprs ure now busi)y eiigigf-d in considering, an extract from the letters )n,Ly be of servicR. Ex Fame DLtre Lucem wrued ch.<.<opLOQing ga.s:— 1. T'heco'up'.ra.tive costof g'l. and e)ectric:'yfor iiK)it.<ge!'Utt:Iy depends upou the wnv e"(-h )-< u-!ed, H.nd th-, ret').ti?c prtce-t cha.e-i for glLs p,"l'l 02) cubic feet, and for eleckricity ppr nait. 2. Used atider eq!iai conditioni P.-id for ,oyiil a.na tMkins: the price of gt3 at 5< per 1"LOO cubic feet, p.nc! electricity at 6' per nri: (.v:)i0t a.re ab'n' the averag;e price'! charged), the c .? i? e?sUy :l,ccrl<1,'ned tcom tir-'t principi,s, iiud wtti be band as follow.-I (<7) Electricity us?d in g!ow in.mp-! is twice the I coa'. of Ria nsed with good Otdtna.fy h;¡rner. (h) ElectriclY ned in g OIV lamps is eight time3 the c"at of gas if uaed Wfm W elsba.h burners. (c) Etectricity a-'ed in arc for street )gh!ing coata more tha.u n aimiitf aiti.)uiit of h",ht g,ven by g>l.s the ntfde'-t) 1"Ctllj6:;cent bttrner-t. Bertin .iud 0\ hl'l' lar-, hAve proved this nud gone back to SH.s. I 3 Capita.) mnat be found whether a lH1;1er- taking is carried on bv a. mn'lIclp>1 a.ui.'iurny or a pnvatf conipH.ny. and intere; ml]t bd pnved on the Cttpitut ernptbyed bnt the rate pftid on IOftn (which inctudes S 'jkmg Fuud) ec)ti,.ijiujtisly is u:<))ti<v con- siderAbiy more th.in the lü:d ra.te which n cjtupmjy pa.yatosh t.rehotdersinth- wny of divi ,]e,id, ag the Intter cnn and do raise the oecL'sanry c ;pit.tl at a ch'ptppr ra.te therefore :h 're )s no R,(h'>l.lIt,¡.ge to the pm'tic in the wa,y of cost trom :<. mauicip it ander- n.t!)n?, bnt unmernas disAdvfint.a???. wnch wHt rcAdity occur to tho?e wh.) hnv h?d fxpMr?d'tcf of it. Electron" replies for the new i!ium'mi.nt, aad says :— Ex Fnmo Dare Lucam is not accurate in his r"ct." n,n.' is at i,.sue W!th le'tl1ill:( auti-oritic-i in hia eLlIl1>tt of the cotupa.ra.t.ive cost of nn.3 a.ad el,.ctricity. The Averse price charged for electricity ia far beiu.v 6 1 pHI' unit. Take, for exiirnpte, the tr)llowing Hems tnk n from the poblhh.-d tc'jOQ!:Ld ')f Hnder- tnkers und<jr provisiona.i orders, both ioctt! a.n'.huriUcs and "rivMt1 compftnieg. Average pric--4 obc.tineu, m ahown in the pnb)!ahed accinit" of 70 mdrjpojimft p.nd provinc.:n tocat I au hortties a.ttd 41 comp-tlii¡-s (ih..tnctec.1 fron: L ghtt)):),; t:th!e-. llth (jeobtr, 19CO) P iyate snpply 471d. Pnbnc supp(/ 285d. The cimparH.t.ive c')t ot etfctrictty and gM baq b.?en deit: wtth by Sir \VtUi.!n Fre.:ce, E.C H., m thf foitow ng [etter. which fair)v pum the ca.;e "All o-dtnt.ry 5 t. g-ts buruer gives 12-cand)e P,)w,,r, th.'refore 1,000 jubic fee: of g.is will give 2.400 c.<.ndt' power. A i':i c of electricity w:U givt-,ZOO-candle power in !<.n ordinn.ry -low !amp LhIls eiht uuita witi s've 240-ca.nct)f power, aU,1 1,000 cubic feet of gas is It "'qllIVR.l'llt to e)g*it Uftic-i, ur gas at 43 is eqnFLI to tJecricity a.t 61; bnt i: is found n.at OW:Um L, to the fttcUity Hi tirii,.tig on and off electric tM.mpa the averse number o: houra bnrnt per !(cc ric ia.:ap per annntu is much !ess than with g;9 l;¡,mps. f'rum the ga.9 s'ati.'tio it ia fonnj tba.t the a.ver- a.ce a.nuu:i.) rev'mne per ga.x iamp is about 9<, and the average char-P i,3 3- whijst, nith electric light, the r :ve'tne i!< a.t-o 9-. and the itverage charge per nait6d, s 4 t li it t 'ntx-ua.t pra(: ice, gd.a at 3<isequal to electric light at 6 Taklllg !Je ab,w average prices charged by the u-i!lerLtik;rs of eiectrioity aopp'y stations, actuary in oi)tr,tLit)n, and Sir Wfttiam Preece's calculation of Lh. l00'Y,' coHt, viz six tnnea the price per unit of fhctricityb.'ingeqnal to 1,000 cnbic feet of ga.a, it fohowa that (.t) E'ectricity used in glow Ia.mps is equal to gas at 2-; 9 i per thousand. (b) Electricity used in glow Itmpa giving twenty Sve c tndie po'\er. and consuming 1 10:h of a auit, )d eqna.1 to the Wclabachjoaraera (which in practice do noc give more than that amount of candle power), at 4 .38 per 1 000 (c) Electricity txqea in are lamps costs Innuttety teas, light for light, than modern incandescent as burners, esppeia.y in large open apaeea and strHi:ht strfetg and roads. In narrow, winding thorougb- farpg. the glow lamp is preferable. Y 'ur correspondent is right in his conclusion that there ia no advantage to the public in the way of cost from a municipal undertaking, but numerous dis'\dvantagea," It is a most nphyform of municipal tradn g, and there are very few iuataucea, indeed, of 'tny electric lightin.- nn'derta.kirtg hiving resnited in a contribution in relief of rates, and in many case targe denaencies are abowa, even with high prices charged to the consumers.

CHRONtC DISEASES OF THE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. TWO REMARKABLE CURES BY THE DROUET INSTITUTE. IE ta not nana.1 for a mentca! establishment to have under treatment both the father and hia danghter, whose c%sc-9 had been previously given up, and to be fortQca.te enoagh to cnro them both. An instance on rpcord is given by the ./o!trM<t/ for the J)(1..f, a publica- tion issned by the Dronet lutititoto, which is respon- aibte for the two following rema.rkabte cores:— John Sands. 51 years old, postman, Hart6c'!d, Sn-<aex: Hgd acariet fever when ten years old, which gave riae to deafness in my right ea.r, and a.boat fonrteen njonths ago hearing gra.daa.Hy w,-nt froTn my left ea.r. Continaona aoisea tn the beacl I have been under a doctor about one year. Have ha.c) drfna to put in my ear. and powder to put in water to attiff ap my nose to brin!Z it ont of my month a.!ao SYI iuge my ear twies a da,y; also i ha,ve had medicine to take." Having derived no benefit from his treatmpnt Mr John Sands submitted his case to the Dronet In=titmo lagt December, and one month afterwards, on Ja.nna.ry 10th of this year, reported FL comp)e*,c re- covery. Answering inquiries ou June 28th fast—'ha.t is, nearly six month-! a.!terw6trds—Mr J. S. writes Galipot, HfirtRatd, Jnne 28th, 1900. I am very pteaaed to toil you that my heariug HtiH keeps good. JOIIN S KNDS. The danghtnr, Mia3 Mary Sa.nds, 23 yea.rs old, a servant, of 169. Aahbnrnham road. Hastings, when submitting her ca.se to the Drouet Institute, wrjte thn«: "Mf John Sa.nda, poatma.n at Hartfild, '< my fa.ther, and he gave me this paper to fill np. F.ther has great faith in you aince he has been enred of deafness by you. He very much wa.nts me to trv aud see what you can do for me Miaa Saud3 a,)ao ex- plained In December, 1899, I h&d both my tonsils cut, as they were very ltirge. The doctor ga-,re ma atmo powder to sniff up my nose and brinK it ont of my month. The doctor told me I hud a tot of discha,rsre at the back of my throat that came from my nose. He thought my nsing the powder in water would got rid of it, but I did not n:id any difference. My throat always seemed so full pomehow." Treatment NY t!3 prescribed by the Dronot Institute on Ma.y 15'h, and by Jniy 19th a complete cu:e \ya.j Miss Mary Sands wrote: Bfore treatment eontd not breathe throngh nose, r and there was not any discharge from nose. Hat no'v I can quita weU p.lao noatrits quite clear, and my ( throat is quite well now. I have felt mysetf cured these !HHt three week; The D'onet Institute, for the cnre of Chronic Dis- f.Mes of thp Es.r (Dea.fneM), Nose, and Throa.t, gives J free advice by correspondence. For any iQfor<na.ti-'n wiite to the Secretary, 72, Regent'a-pa.rk-ro&d. Ijondon. N.W. A copy of the -loirtial for the Deaf, in I ".hich the Droaet treatment is faHy expia.iaed, a.nd which contp.ina the repor: of nearly 200 cares, will ) also be sent free of charge, under cover, to any perao.) interested in the subject, [

TEMPERANCE MEETtNG AT I WR EXHAM. Under the auspices of the Wrextnm Temper- ance League a pudic meeting was held in the Public Hd.U, Wrexham. on Monday evening. Mf Wm. Enis. C.C., presided, and he was supported by the Rev. Canou Hicks. M.A., of Ma-ncheater, Rev. Geo. GiAdstone, of Gta.agow, president of the Congreglthmal Uiiion of Scotta-nd, Mr W. Thomas, J.P., Mr W. Thomas (Hope-street). Mr C. M. and Miss HOIlRud, Dra. E. Moss and E. D. Evana, Mr J. Stanford, Mr V. Thongs, and others, with S. M. Hashes, the secretary. There was a very good attendance. The Chairman said that, as a total abstainer of 'I over balf-a-eentury'a standing, he could be said to be recorumeuding wh).t 'he believed and what he practised when he recormneuded tempsrance. (Hear, hear.) He did not think there was any question more affecting the welfare of the com- munity at large, and which deserved their greater attention, than the question they were met to con- sider that; evening. It did seem to him that the truth of Lord H.o,;eberry' famous saying that If we don't master the drink question it wul master us was becoming intensely evident. One of the most alarming features was the inoreasa of drunkenness among women. Years ago a woman was scarcety ever seen to enter a public house, but now, among a)t the drinking shops they could see as m<\ny, if not more, women as men. They looked almost in vain to Parliament to pass adequate legislation, notwithstanding the reports of their own commission. They were therefore compeUsd to advocate an increased effort for moral suasion. Hn trusted the day was not far distant when not only ministers of the Gospel but every professing Christian would take his stand in the ranks of the total abstainers, and when the brewing and distillery trades would be looked np)Q with the horror they deserved. f (Applause). The Rev. Canon Hicks, who was well received, referred to certain remarks of thechiirm'm.a.ad said do doubt the holding cf brewery and distillery shares did enlist the conscious or unconscious sympathies of a larger number of persons in the liquor business, and make them (the Temperance Party) so much weaker. He thought there were two considerations to be said per contra,. The nrst WAS that the brewery and liquor shares were held very much by the same strata of population, always a strata of the population tha: reaily had not, to a. very large extent, helped the temperance movement. He did not think that a great number of the labour leaders held brewery shares. (App)ause). He had not heard of any Primitive Methodist ministers, or members of any stalwart temr'erance union, thut dea.It in that direction. It was becoming increasingly difficult for a.ny clergyman of the Church of England to hold brewery shares, because some Nonconformist teetotaller was a] ways prying into that business, and discovering it, and then making it very un- comfortable for the said clergy.uan. (Laughter.) There was another way of looking at. The trans- formation of the liquor interest tato a kind of league of a few gr:at syndicates was an im- portant indication of the way in which the com- munity at large regarded the trade. When the trade was in the hands of the old- fashioned country traders, and the old- fashioned hosts of the country inns, the people had a certain personal feeling of regard for the map who was engaged in the traffic. But now it wa.a just a matter of large concerns; and as for conscience and personal considera.tionn, they bad gone. (Hear, hear.) Wheu they wete closing up tor a. death struggle with the liquor trade, it would have short shift as regarded by the senti- ments of the community. If it wa.s in the road it would have to go, and there would be ,3-iall regard for any personal questions. (Appiause.) Re- ferring to the awful need for reform, he said they could speak cf averages and psr centages, but that did not touch their hearts. They should go and work amongst the people. They wou'd then begin to see the devastation that \Vù. being caused. It was all very we'l to devote them elves with enthusiasm to the great cause. They ou.ht to consider how they wers going to achieve their object. The policy of the United Kingdom Aitiance had been that they must bring wi&e law to make it easier for the people to live sober, righteous, and godly lives. (Applause.) They knew that there was a kind of Christianity which confined itself to personal and in- dividual religion. They said they ought to hive nothing to do with the election. A Christian man ha.d got a good deal to do with the election. (Applause.) There was a heathen poet who said I am a man, and everything that belongs to a man belongs to me." That was true. They took up that saying of the poet and said Because I am a Christian, and therefore a Christian man, everything that belongs to humanity belon,13 to the Gospel." (Applause.) Politics were nothing but morals on a large scale. The Christian religion had never been applied to there parts of life until now. It was applied to the individual and the famUy life, and they ought to app'y it to the social life. They were already doing that in the Factory Acts, but they mnst appty it to the political ufe. The Gospel had hardly been applied to politico at all, on!y in a distant and tentative manner. It would come some day. (Hear, hear, and applause.) As a Churchman he was glad to see thut there were bodies of churchmen who met with that object. The Christian Social Union was one of them. Amongst his jconf rmist friends he saw the Free Church '1""U dohg tha same work in that directi0. ul3 Gos-)el had never been applici to international It would come. lIW nations deatt with one another as if there were no God, and no Christ, aad no Gospe). The problem of the future would be to bring the influence of the Gospel not only into national relations—they had hardly got that yet —but into their international concerns. The thiakers who founded the alliance said the only way to deal with such a great influence was by calling into operation the great deni.-ci-tic forces. The United Kingdom Alliance said, Let us divide the country into districts." Then if a district wanted to have liquor businea granted, let it say so by a majority, aud if it did not want iiceases lot it be able to sa.y no by a popular vo'e, and let the majority be a suf&siently targe mijorily to be not a matter of snatch voting, but something which had more stability—say t-o- thirds agunst licenses altogether. J.ne licensing authoritv would then receive an instruction from that p"p"njar vote. That was the direct policy of Ir.cU veto. According to the laws m preaeat the magistrates had to satisfy themselves that the IiGHuses were required by a particu]ar locality. What mostf extraordiuary views they did take of the nee'ls of the locality (Laughter.) In order be quite sure that the needs of the locality were they suggested what the locality should be asked before the ma.gistra.tes issued licenses. (A.p- p!ause) Nothing was more common than that principte in the United States, in Ca.na.dn, a,tid in our Colonie". It was the commonest thing in the world, acd it had been the most auccessfui method of deiling with the liquor trade that ha.d ever been adopted. People talked about Sca,n- dimvift., which was a very limited expermeut indeed. The greatel p,1.rt of the buccess in the Scandmavi'm system bad been found to be due to prohibition. The liquor people hated* the uame of direct popular veto, because they were afraid of the pr,puliir vote. There was nothing that they dre t.d&d IIke'frpsh public opinion blowing in upon the scandals and horrors of the drink traojc. (Applause.) The organs of the trade were jubii.ut over the eiection. He thought it was khaki. They s'tid No, it is not, but it is beer." (Cheers.) Whether it was khakt or beer, at all events the present Government he,d gone back with the same majority that it had before it went to the country. From his point of viaw—&nd he was an unflinching Prohibitionist- he said that the powers against them had made a direct attack upon theca at the time they thought they were very weak. They had repelled the attack, and stood whole, though they had sn&fd so.ne loss. They were rea.dy, shoulder to ahonlder, to face the foe. They were not afraid of their principles. They were not ashamed of the p).rt they had played. They were for freedom, and for purity, and for social progress, and for th, emancipation. of their fellows from this most degrading vice. They would see what the next session would give them. He would be very much surprised if the Welsh members—and they would not go ba.ck wea.kG" than they ca,me— (cheers)—he wou!d be very much surprised if they d'd not hear of them. He wanted to hear Mr L'oyd-George's voice. (A.pp)ause.) Had they annexed Mr Keir Hardie? (A. voice: Yes.") Very well, there were some floe men who would make their v0ices heard in the next Parliament, and thny wfre an strong for temperance reform, and thev were bucked by the enormous volume I of democratic and rctiqious enthusiasm that extsted in glilant !itt!e Wales. (Cheera.) The Rav. George Gladstone here addressed the meeting. and his witty remarks und his forcible appca'a for pledges were listened to with much interest. He snid he htid come to Wrexh&m to getpeopte to think. "If you t?ink,"he said, ?yo?i ?o,t drink, and we ha.vo only to get the people of Brit.fno to think a.nd on'' battle is won." Co'itiQu!ug, he said they never introduced politics on a :emp'=ra.nce p)a.tfcrm. More Conservatives would lio up to n.rEament from ScoMund after thia ejection thr),n in n.ny former election. When he went in bin miud over tha members, he did not r know one of them who wonid dare to face any mcetinp n.addechire th?t hG wa,n prepared to move or even to vote for the abolition of the Sunday C!O"l1 Act in Scotland. A good many of the I Conservatives they had sent up were very friendly to loc.,Il option. (Hea.r, hear.) Ti)e meeting c!o?ed with the Doxolcgv, and pr. C., offered by the Rev. Canon Hicks. I When 9Rk:Rg ior Cocof)., insist on having CAD- BURY.s—so!d only in PM-ket3 and TonK—aa other CocoM are often substituted for the sake of extra I profit. t

SEWAGE DISPOSAL AT CEFN. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD I INQUIRY. Oi Tuesday morning a. Loca.1 Government I Board inquiry waa held in the Cofn Board School by Colonel W. L-.ngton Coke, M.Iast.C.E., into the application of the Rural Diacrict C mnoil of Wrexham for sanction to borrow .E4.000 for the purchase of land for purposes of sewage disposal for the parish of Cefa. Mr J. Oiwell Bury, clerk of the Wrexham Rural District Council, m'tde the application on behalf of that authority, and there were also present :—Messrs E. L!oyd Jones, B. Bowen, and T. Snmnat. members of the District Council Mr J. Pryce Eva.ns, sanitary engineer Mr J. E. Ertwa.rds. a.ssista.nt Messrs C. Jones (chalI1a.n), D. W. Roberts, R. Hoptev, R. Lloyd, W. L. William, E. GriSths, W. D3.vies, and E. R. Evans (cterk), parish councillors Messfa C. W. Spurring, W. Price, and J. Dickm, parishioners. Mr J. OjweU Bury sa,id the appHcAtion to the Local Government Boa.rd w.a for s:inction to the purchase by the Council of Dolydd Farm consisting of farmhouse, budding- two cotta.gea, and nfty-two acres of land. The land was req uired for the disposal by irriiYl.tiou of the sewage from the Cefu and Rhoaymedre district, and to provide for the propsr dr.umga of the other centres of population in the pariah of Cefn, known as Acrefair, Cefn Bychan, and Newbridge. The piriab of Cefn was formed a separate parish under the County of Denbigh (Ruabon) Con- nrma.tion Order, 1894. Prior to 1894 Cefn formed part of the parish of Ruabon, and between 1875 and 1878 saw,igo works were conqtruetpd m Cefa and Rhosymedre at a cost of JE5.465. The outfall í for the works, 5=L. Or. 12p. in extent, known as the Dotydd outfall, was purchased by the then Rural Sanitarv Authority, ac.d on the 1st of Apri), 1891. was lea'-ed to the iate Mr Ja.m6S Coster Edwa.rda, of Trevor Sa. for twenty-one vears. at the nominal rent nf £1 npr ¡: annum. Mr Edwards died in 1896, and his representatives, who were the owners of the Dotydd Farm, had expressed their wiiiingness to seU the farm to the Council for the sum of JM.OOO, reserving a. strip of land along the river D':e boundary sufficient to have a pathway along the nat portion nbove the river, and from that to the river. The Dolydd Outfa.)! was now too ama.U for the disposal of the sewage from Cefn and Rhoaymedre, and the ou!y la.nd that could be used for the purpose w,is the D.jlyd i Farm land, which was also couveniently situated for draining thereto the thickly populated part of Cefn known as Acrefair and a portion of Cbfn Bychj.n. Th& propoaal to purchase the farm h.d been unani- mously approved by the district councillors for the p-trish of Cefn, who a.)so reeommead that the matter should be referred to the Cefn fa.t-iRh Council for consideration. The Parish Council took the opinion of the ratepayers in parish meeting assembled, and they resolved to recom- mend the Parish Council to agree to the purchase of the farm for sewerage purpose? for the sum of JE4.000, and that the money should be borrowed and repaid over a period of nfcv years. The population of the purish of Cefn was roughly estimated to ba 6,000. The rateable value ° for special expenses w,¡.>= £12,068 9. The balance of the Joan raised for sewage work at Cefn and Rhosymedre now due from the parish of Cefn to the Public Works Loan Board was JE1 441 2= 9J. Thelcspector asked if there were any objections to the application. Mr Chhatma.g Jones, Chairmnn of the Parish Council, said he had no objection to make, but he would jmt like to state whac Mr Bury did not include in his statement. The Dutrict Council was coarteous enough to allow the matter to be under the consideration of the Parish Council, and a parochial committee had been created, com- posed of the district councillors for the district and the members of the Parish Council. The matter was under the consideration of the Parish Council at a meeting held on the 13th of April last, and the second recommendation of the Parish Council to the parish meeting rea,d as follows:— That we recommend you to consent to the pur- chase of the Dolydd Farm for the sum of 24,000." Whilst the matter was under the consideration of the District Council, as far as they were aware from press reports, no reservation whatever was referred to. He therefore respectfully asked the inspector to make the meeting acquainted with the conditions referred to in that reservation. Mr Bury replied that that question was raised long before the meeting of the Parish Council. He read a letter, dated the 15th of January last, stating that the representatives of the late Mr Edwards agreed to sell the land subject to the ¡ insertion of a satisfactory clause retiti.-iing the riparian ownership of the b.i.nka of the river. That had been before the Di-trict Council and had been entered upon the minutes. Mr Christmas Jonea said he did not venture any ¡ opinion upon the subject, but he thought the Parochial Committes ought to have been made a.cquj.inted with what he submitted was a verv important matter. Mr Bury remarked that they had only just had the details of the t'ea-?rvation,aa one letter was written in Ja.nua.ry a.Gd the other in October. Mr Christmas Jones said that if tnis condition bad been known there would have been a very much larger audience. Nothing had been said to them as yet aa to the riparian ownership or any reservation whatever. Mr Spurring We shall not take more than is absolutely necessary. Mr Christmas Jones stated that was an import- ant matter, and it had been sprung upon them. The Inspector thought that the giving up of the strip of land with the responsibityofkeopin" the ba.nk would be very good terms in favour of the purchaser. He kuaw some rivers where it would be a great god-seed. Mr John Dickin, a ratepayer, who seconded the resolution for the purchase of the Do!dd Furm at the parish meeting, said there was no mention made of any right that Mr Edwards should have to go upon the farm. Had su:h a thing cropped up at the meeting things would have turned verv diifercnt to what they did. His opinion was that the resolution would have been beaten. Another thing that struck him very forcibly was that Mr Edwards had no land at either end of this particular property, abive and below the stream, or on the other side. He would object, to it tooth and nail. Mr bpurring ranhed that the fishing rights up the stream belonged to Mr Edwards. Mr Price Evans, the engineer, stated tha.t the poputa.tiua of the district was increasing. Thq priucipal industries were at the colliery brick. t[Ie. terra-cot-a t-iicl pipe works, aud the chemical works. There was coal under the hind proposed to be purchased. Mr Chriatma.s Jones sa.id the coal had been worked, and there hud been shafts there. Mr Lioyd Jones remarked thn.t the coal had not been worked to exhaustion. There wa.s some withm n.houc tlurtv yards from the surfa.c", und more 100 ys.rds deep. The difficulty was the w:T.rer. Mr fricc Evans said that Cefn had been all more or tesa under worked, and he did not know that the sewers had ever moved at all. If New- brilge had to be drained to Dolvdd it would have to be pumped. Newbridge could be gravitated cisewhere if land W,'t-e availAbte. The present system of sewa.gc cli-)()sal a.t the Dolydd was by prpc.pita.tion tanks. The t'lnks were too smaU fl.lJ(l the sewage Lvpnt on to the adjoining land, and then got into the Dee. i d r BL Mr Bcn-y I believe the people of Chester have to drink the water from the Dee?—Yes. Mr Christmas Jones: The people of LIan- goDen allow their eewaga to run into the Dee. In repiy to tha inspector, Mr Bury said the land irjt required for sewage disposal could be med for allotments. It would be very easi)v let They, however, had no statutory powers in that direction. Mr B. Bowen sa.id he did not remember the reservation question being brought up at the District CouncU, and Mr Lloyd Jones said the letter was read Mr Arthur W. Price, a resident of Cefn Hvchan, objected to the scheme because it did not include the drains of the whole of Nowbridge and Cefa Bychan. He did not think they should be subscribers towards purchasing the farm when they .1(1 not know that they were going to get any beaeu:, from it. The Inspector s Lid the witness was rather pre- mature, as there was no scheme befon him. He advised the witness to make a noise when the, scheme came forward, if he found that they were left out. Mr W. Lowls Williams agreed with Mr Dickia and said they were buying the Dotydd Farm at H high price, a.ud it Was possible they misht Itave been able to let the nshing themselves. Mr D. W. Roberts s;tid his only grievance was this iu was the duty of the district councillors to IHve called their attention to the reservation of the piece of land along the Dee. In reply to questions Mr Bury said the minerals did not belong to the vendors, but to Colonel CurnwaMis West. The Council were protected against trespass. This closed the iaquiry, a.nd on the motion of Mr Ghnsf:ma.3 Jones, seconded by Mr Lloyd Jones, a hearty vote of thanks was' accorded the in,pector. Subsequently Col. Coke p-tid a visit to the Dolydd Farm.

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WELSH YEOMANRT IN ACTtON. LETTER FROM COLONEL HOWARD la the coarse of a letter to a. Ya.!p t Cl ? friend from Warm Baths, sixty mii? northWYd Pretoria, Colonel Henry Howard, S Wi SOf Asapb, who wrote on September 1st ?°? ?. St. arrived in Pretoria, on the 15th an? ?? past Lord Roberts, who expressed his ??sd the strong equadron (49th), and theo??? ceeded to the camp outside the city n ? ?"'? we went through Woaderbooa Nek ?? which the railway rans, and then turn.???S?h handed, and scoured the plain be?een H ? t ranges of Magaliesbarg hillg, which run east a 0 west, to the north of Pretoria Thp f ? cleared the top of the range-a nice ?r ? bad-and I went on with the advanced t ? we got to a big kopje, where I saw a nn? ?" Boers coming straight for it-about 300 tX °? I sent back at once for Bobby Wynn's ?en", ?air" on? pom-pom, and two Colts, and t a I I RACED THE BOERS FOR THE Kot.jp- getting there 6rst. We had a wa; ?Y minutes with them, beating them off ?r? °' r;rty were not to pursue, but to return to at were not to pursue, but to return to C;].I)J er Derdepoort Nek. On the 18th we were ? ? to aeiza Onderatepoort Nek with the caval/?ered got there at 9.50 infantry arrived at 1130}' I at 1.30 the Boers attacked n?. and shelled ? their 40 poander and a 15 pounds ti)? ??- Some of the 40 pounder ahelta f?l a.b3u!. loo ..30, from me, and a une me.s they made wben ji>rds exploded. The Boers were on the top ? ? kopie next to oura, and they and the iuf? ??? aome of our chaps were at it till d?rk some of oar men who were observation r)' ? '?? f M ro, to our front; one very nice Montgomeryshir '?' Morris, waa shot through the a.bdomen  walked in, but died uext da?y from neri? Bobby buried him at Ham?u's Kraa.ln.?'?- We also lost several men tnken prisoner- '? We also lost E;everal men tii k en pri,-zc)nte r ? ventured too far into the vitl.u?e, which ;a's tey of Boers. These prisoners have all return? ? hiagry.forthe Bjar? have uothing to ? ';ry tuea.Me bread. at On the 19th we ma.rched to Wat?. "? fighting. This is the pt?ce where the P ?? d 0 th 20 ntlh prisonera were interred. On the 20th we l11a.r h- to Haman's Kraa.L The country here is a))?k? veldt-horrible country for c.i.vn.trv to wo h being thick bush full of a.ea.ci.i thorus. In. THE BOERS DEGAN TO HOLD r-i early with snipers, but we drove them b though gradually their tire increased mi I h ? ?' bring the pom-pom and Colts into action to ? oar lighting Hne. It was here that P].?r n? Warwicks, was killed and Kirkby daun?rnT wounded-shot through the liver and spine r.J doctors told me when I went to see hiru and \ih him good-bye before marching ua. that he J? not possibly liva. and if he did wouid be pira!v? I ha.ve, however, had a wire from Pretoria tõ sav he is progressing f&voura,bly, n.ud th- doet .r? not think he wiU be pa.ra.iy'?ed. Tha.t i???? satisfactory. If y?u remember, C??eI L' R.A. was shot through the liver in Xuvem?' and I saw him at Captown aa well and a? rh?r as he could be. Ho told me he felt no ? ?'? from his wounds. I never a?Y? ab?tte" n[?'-? chap than Kirkoy. AH he remarked to m?. that it would L"'na to all of us sooner or late, and would I \i<e to WUHe Wyaae—which I h" ? and would I wz i if.' to ilue-;vhich I h e done. We camped tha-t night about thre3 miIES north-east of Hamau's Krati. The Briershad prepared an ambush for us on the diret r';ld where the bush is very thick. I rATYE-i-POWELL C.13111- Up with 1,200 mounted men under Firmer—ven'Sne looking chaps. Theypasssd us and gft into an ambush, losing 17 men kilied and wonaded including one ill,tjor Speckley, a great Hhodesia miner. We remained behind with Pa(ft as hi: cavalry. On the 21st. we torched to a bJuttM miles abort of Pienaars River, and marched oa with him to Warm Baths—32 miles, cam up with the Boers about 5 p.m. and shelted them. Bat we could do no good, as the daylight was ghort We had ma.rched 32 miles, a very tine perform- ance. as the last 17 of it <7H.s with'.Jut water. OD the 23rd we moved into the Nek thrjuqh which the rail runs and were engaged directh-, but at 5 o.m. we were ordered to retire. We* tamed rht. handed and marched till 10 p.m., camped. and started off agin at 4 a.m., mMrchiag till mid,day on the 24th, when we c:tmped ou the line at Krau3 K(Jp, about eight mitea north of X'/tstroom. This was a nnf flank march of 22 miles. We ¡ rested on the 25:h, and next dav took possession of Nylstroom, a vin&ge of about 400 i.iimbuMts. On the 27di we were ordered to return here (W 30rm Baths), much to our disi?ut, thoaeh per- haps we wero rather in the iiir,Ls the Bjers ¡ hotd a strong position in the hills between here and Xylstroom, on the raUwav. However, to outflanked them, a very Une L)erforriance u' B.-F.'s. THIS IS THE J;CXT3X OF TIE :r.,L\ïHL. There are 200 sulphur bath:?, temperature 160 degrees, str[l,igi1t frctn thf earth. Wha.t between the sun above, sand under foot. Mid hot wMer be'ow that, it is a pretty warm pl1.c. There is a hotel here, bat nothing to eat in i:. I fa.ncv the reason of our being here is to prevent the BJed from Lydenburg breaking'this way nud cutHEg LordRoberts's comin-,lnic-ti(in V.'e hive gut the railway lioe reopened to here. The Boers have only destroyed one bridge at Piena.a.rs Rtver, a.ad the engineers hn.ve already m.t.de a deviation. This helps us ma.teri.illy to get up our encplies and saves our transport am[na.)a. I like the iook of the farnig here better thrm cLLv I have seen. They are wet! suppHed with water, and are surronnded by ora.Jge treeg. and plantains, and pineapples. I be)ieve the latter never gro7 under a temperature of 80 degrees, but as a g,,rdener I have never attempted to grow them. In England they cost to crow about two guiufas Me' Tvhereas Covent Garden will supply them :n five or six shillings each. I see the big advance to Lyden- burg is going on well. I hope it wilt Jo =o. 'is:re must get out of this country before the n:N3 begin, on October 20th, or we sha.H be driven oat by fever. I fancy we shull eveutuJ.lly :iud oar way to Pietersburg, about eighty mites off. WAS IT XOI REAL HAD LUCX being at Winbarg for almost two months and never having a fight, yet the place w:is atcked about a iortnigtft after we came awav? Wiiata number of morniugg we stood to a.rms there fMSt 4 30 to 5.30 or 6, and all thrown aw.T.v. I have just heard tha.t my other three companies are at Wiaburg, so I hope they were in the iight. I came up to Pretoria with the 49th. :i.nd theygw me the command of a provisiona) battalion cf yeomanry, consisting of the 49ch. the 5!h, Warwicks, the 63rd Wilts, and the 65:h Yorkshires. So I am quite huppy nor I have someching to do, rather too maeh to do sometimes. GrobeJaar h..1,3 jn't seat is to sav that he dees tt<.)t \l'¡';ll'pact:D according to the rules of civilised warfare M burning farm- This is rather amusing conung from a man whose fellows break the Genev3 Convention with a great manv shot- they ore. They shoot at us with expensive bullets which make a peculiar sort of thud when thev touch the ground. Not only have'they hollow,nosed buJle!o, but they also cat the noses and ga.h the sid:s of the ordinary Mauser bnUets. Durinc the opeM- tions we lost three officers n,nd niufteea nJen killed and wounded and missing, but ten of the missing have come in. We are tired of bi=cuH.<n which we have been living for eighteen days, but otherwise we are all very fit. We are dirty. and our clothes and boota are wearing oat. I rather to doubt our seeing England bv Christ:nl; What will bring the whole thing to an end wi[!b3 the capture of Kruger. Our men hiive docs remarkably well, and I am very p!es.=ed wIth them, but I shall always regret not having my own Denbighsbires with me. From what I cM hear the Boers are very short of food. especially coffee and sugar.

I PROSECUTION OF HOYLAKE FtSHERMEN AT CARNARVON. I On Saturday a case of great interest to those con- nected wtth the aea.-tiahing industry was heard by th" Carnarvon conuty mugistratea. Mr R. Ca::oiJ, behalf of the Lancashire and Western Sea t'ishenes Board, charged Peter SherJock, George Evans, Joha Davia. and Thomas Beck, iiahermen, of Hoyjae with having committed a breach of the Fiabenei- Regulation Act, 1888.—Mr Casaon, in stating tbe case for the prosecution, said the charge against we defendants was that while ashing in Carnart'on Bay within the three-miie limit they used a traw' ? having n. bea.m of over 45ft. Sheriock was a's" charged with having nsed a net not having :hepropst mesh.—Robert Jones, fishery officer, said that on tile night of the 27th Angast he was out in a patTol boat in Carnarvon Hay. and came across the defendilnts fishbg boats, which were within the three !I11; !imit. He boa.tdsd the vessels, and found that tbe: trawi beams measured 51ft. The meah of Sheriock = boat was also too small, it beiDg5in.iuatMdof6.c- —Questioned by Mr R. A. Grimth. who apueMed 'o'' the defence, as to how he knew that thf deenda!1¡t' who were in a bay, were within the three miles li the witness said that be took a stra?ht line from the Anglesey headland to the Carnarvonahi): he?iiiaa? and calculated the limit according!y. the distan¡: across being ten miles.—Mr GriHith 1.) there ? rnl that yon should measure from headland to be?I?? and that the three-mi'e limit shou!d be oacside tne_ line ?-The witness No, tbdre n not a::ppo3ed to ce one.—Have you published to the world in any snap or form that these are the limits, and tha.t fishermen mast not nsh in snch and snch a wH.y ? You hftM re!y on the bye-laws.—The witness, re exfUB.BS? said that he h Ld previous)v warned the defend? about nsing beams that were too iou?.—Mr GrilD"' addressed the Heuch, a.n? compi?itied that thedbo laws of the Western Sea Fishery District had co'. been properly published. There w;). genera! 'g?' ance among nsberm&u as to what the baits w"' -The defendanta gave evi.?nee, and said that tM- did not know where the limit waa. They were °n ?- the impression that they were at liberty to flfb Fts long aa they were three miles from the shore.?" Bench Sued each defendant 2s 6d and cOsts.