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«i)lviu g ob d1t. Mr Thomas Cheetham, a farmer residing at Billingsley, kar Bridgnorth, disappeared on the 25th ult. It is sup- ped that he fell into the Severn and was drowned. ^William Henry Darby, Esq., William Low, Esq., ahd "dward Davies, Esq., M.D., have qualified as magistrates of the borough of Wrexham. i Mr A. H. Brown has had another interview with his Constituents, at Wenlock, to elicit their opinions on Yarious pftblic questions. v Lady Williams Wynti has, in conjunction with Mrs jj^nrick, of Wynn Hall, lately opened a soup kitchen for relief of the extreme poor, in the neigbourhood of the *%>s, where a great deal of poverty prevails. vMr W. H. Darby delivered a lecture on Fiee Trade at ffymbo last week. He successfully demolished all the Actions recently revived in favour of reciprocity," and ^owed what great things Free Trade had done for the Wintry. Judge Smith, of the Welshpool County Court, says that 11 any one desires to sow the (seeds of a good Chancery t4it he has only to -et a village schoolmaster to draw up a Mil, and lfulS object will be accomplished A. young married couple, named Tavernor, on their t ding tour, came to spend a few days last week at the "fee at Hartsheath Hall, near Pontblyddyn, with the life's sister. Early en Thursday week the bride taken ill, and died before medical aid could be pro- Vd. .The rector of Halsall, in the diocese of Chester, receives W500 per annwm the vicar of St. James, Latham, £ 29 jWe are twenty-six incumbents in the diocese receiving tf8 than £ 100 per annum, and fifteen receiving more than flOoo. The perpetual curate of St. Ann's, Liverpool, who a population of 5000 to minister to, is put down in the rj°cesaw Calendar as receiving £ 30 a year The vicar of Stanley has £ 44: the vicar of Wharton, £ 47 the vicar *&urtok, £ 75. Jhe enstom of speaking or reading m public by ladies Jfths to be greatly spreading in this country. At more one meeting recently in connection with parish- 3rch societies ladies have read papers; and at a veering of a local Church Union at St. George's last K^k a lady read a paper on the great desirability of wives' (J^ingthefr homes clean and comfortable, and cooking ^toeals well, for their husbands. adhere has been a battle of the surplices at W ellington. v%e of-the churchpeople- entered into a subscriptirti to {Nide snrplices for the choir, but others objeicted, and ^Uter tnemoriaLs were presented to the clergyman. The Jj?°* Vicar appears to have been placed in a sad pre- between the surplicites and the anti- JvWicites, but at last the latter prevailed, and on the We suppose, that «.n existing system shduld only a Ringed wfeen there is a decided majority in favour of ^change, the choir remains^ unfrocked. A corres- a^ent of the Church Times is in tears. the last the Bangor Local Board of Health j^pter was Tead from Captain Jones, of 28, Ohapel-street, k^fpool, announcing his willingness to present to his >.rve town a museum which he had formed, including a V^ble collection of curiosities, paintings, books, min- maps, portions of china ware, and ivory carvings, peases, cabinets, modem and antique tables and chairs, medallions, a-nd shells. The Local Board are to be L trustees. The museum is located in a building erected tL^&ptain Jones, at a cost of £800, upon a site next to vhouse in which the deiior was born. <0a isagistrates, when they remove from one property S* >ther in 'the same'oounty, have tc* qualify again? It that a<dlergyman has, for the question arose at a meeting of the Oonway guardians, when a motion Rev. ^enables Williams was objected to, on the OM thst When he gave notice of it he was not legally Sh^dian. ex officio. Mr Williams has been a magistrate 1868, but having removed from Llangedwyn pnjsent living, he was advised that he must qualify tlo^i and: he did so fit the last quarter sessions. A ques- to j ^as »3ked as to whether lay magistrates would have W* the-same thing for a similar reason, and the clerk that he thought they would. •k>u proposed education meeting at Chester, at which Options from the League, the L nion, and the Man- Gemmi-ttee, were to attend, has been postponed fUe. In the meantime a power may be wielded for ^Srtbe wolf into the lamb, and making the lamb lie V*pacifically with one or two other animals of the <l^pte'-kmd, similarly tamed and turned to good uses." %j,from- our .respectable centomporary, the Chester and is, -ne -doubt, wise and witty but we can- VMertake to give even a guess at what it means. "e e "gentryalid farmers" of C'lungunford ha"e dis- that -Pockled straw hate, neatly trimmed with Ka klue ribbon" are specially effective in an educa- K?jfcoint of view. At least, wc read in a contemporary piK^t'Se articles have been given away to the youth of V^fcford, .and 'that they were "raised by subscrip- in the gentry and farmers, and were given for the of encouraging the labouring classes to send their regularly -to week day«and Sunday schools." tllnchester Union are presented with the suggestion. ject to direct compulsion, but a clause might be WHkJ'ced into their Bill empowering local committees to -*88 •' speekWd straw hats, and present them to all A%orant children in the district. hf good work is on foot in Shrewsbury. Those of JWjj^ders who reside in or are acquainted with that old town ;know the pleasant effect which the row W^jJjin Abbey Teregate has upon that approach to JWTWy. The teees had recently fallen a good deal 't^cay, but the Improvement Committee voted a sum y to restore them, and a subscription has been Ja^ced towards mteriding the-number of trees. Part 11bee& accomplished, but more money is i The beauty of many of the continental towns 'ÓftY increaMd by the pleasant oontrast and relief of h trees in the streets, and "there is no reason why wRs sooubi not be made xaore picturesque and ta-jple by the same means. «Quavering a lecture on Ritualieman connection with ^ch AssoeiatioE. at Shrewsbury;the Rev. T.P.Wil- ^2^1ie would maJce a suggestion, -and it was this— ProtestaKt,laity of the Cliurtfti who are afflicted e tuafutic clergyman in their own parish should 11; for nnotfcer where the gaspdl was preached; and part ke would go further, and recommend tkere was-ac other church within reach they tend the services in- some -orthodox dissenting (Applause.) He earnestly TeeoMmended every so' ra^el' than sanction such ^practices by his family's attendance. Thiswoolld not necessitate Waving the CQorurCh yf England, for if Ahe laity would course, Mtudlism would be-drawn to very dimension if nt altogether abolished, and \^en could then.ret^jrn to their «hurcfii. «ays— The establishment of local |Vw\for promotirg. a knowledge of antiquities, natural 6 eology, and .other physical pfaenon&ena, is much tiiraged; zmd wehlive pleasure iri. making known Oaradoc Field Club, established in-Shropshire in just published their first volume of Transac- 184-" is a small neat bock, printed at -Shrewsbury, M^^pinmendable tteginning. It costains a paper on Abbey, with illustrations—on Ooaltrookdale— S^'Jgyof the gorge of tli€ Onny—ageological address ^°P Tit tecs tone Clee, and other papers and ilaeetm--s Shropshire is an interesticg county, ^W*} traditions, antiquities, and grand -landscapes, A to Sir Roderick Murchison's primeval domin- '.1ria. We trust, therefore, that the i-Caradoe 1i141" find such eneooragesaent that they will publish ft "Õ¡'lme every y-ear." i^C ^ht is thrown en the-, life of the late Rowland i f^sibly some of our most orthodox readers will that even an Essayist and Reviewer-could [jv^iaa. Dr Williamscaught. eold, we read, in«over- b&+e <^tribution of coal among his poor p £ «risb- neither he nor his friends felt any alarm. On however, the 13th erf Jap.n»ry, acute bronchitis t rapidly developed itself into pneumonia. di-skill, or the untiring affection of his wife arreft the inflammation was in vain. On (the ■^F cjMonfiay he expressed a wish to see the proof Owain Glyndwr," a-poem he had just written t^6 handed to him, but lie was already in the valley shadow of death," aud after & vain effort he «»e sheets, simply saying, I cannot see." • the -night he continued repeating passages of tII occasionally speaking in what-to the English 4round the bed seemed Hebrew, but which we iHa believe to have beea the fond language of Yr hen iaith Cymraeg.9' His strength could r «> pt UP by strong stimulants; he took them, t, lJolltulating, I have been a temperate man all jjt ^hy force.th«se things upon «ne." lie end was j*^d, and he repeated thrioe the Lord's Prayer at artiele -of the Apostles' Creed, "I believe a^ection of the body and the life ev^iasting." 4 tight of Tuesday morning, the 18th of January, \e¡.e hWry.in across the Wiltshire Downs, and the Q beginning to sing, he passed away to his rest. tf his death spread rapidly through the village, practical self-contained Wiltshire farmers and tears. He beionged to us," they said, he sickness and in sorrow, he preached Christ to reverenced him for his goodness." Mr Mountfield's proposal, to appoint Congre- > CUncils ™ connec<;ioa with the Established 1. ^een adopted in St. Julian's Parish, Shrews- a meeting last week a resolution was passed ^the system, and a committee of twelve persons '^le minister, who is to be chairman, and jVL^ardens, are members ex officio. The remarks the Rev. J. Colley, in opening the proceed- ,e some notice, as bearing upon the question of iSo^y* He said was re30iced to believe that wW6 £ eneral interest than formerly was felt by th Lj"W ^oncerns and welfare of the church. The old C* V elergy constituted the char eh, and that all ,4^ to be transacted by them, was being ex- Sn -^e laity began to feel that they were the |Mtj..Clety, of which the clergy were the servants in To the laity belonged the duty of caring 'o^^alities of the church, the maintenance of K^oyision f°r the services, and the support of ? The churchwardens were the church's offi- i)urPoses> and, until recently, they had Se the requisite means by levying a church- rW ^ever, tliey'had no longer compulsory power, iook to the voluntary aid of their fellow iv th seemed, therefore to be highly expedient |jA co-operation of those who proved their lii,' P snp_port of the church by contributing to UK or tMs purpose the present meeting had been ,to 11 r the expediency of appointing a commit- CJisj jJ11 the officers of the church may confer on V Catters for which they had to provide the }j.^n.s- Such committee would have no legal iVta lr m^°'bt render valuable aid by advice and Ivte might also be of great service to the I)aany points affecting the services of the left to his discretion, and o» which he lheir opinion, 'õ ,J 1 A handsome public clock, presented by Sir JAn Hanmer, has just been erected at Flint. The Rev. D. M. Evans, a well known Baptist minister of Llanelly, died at Lausanne last week. At the next Cheshire Quarter Sessions the Chairman is to move that magistrates' clerks be paid by salaries instead of fees. At Spurston, Cheshire, the other day, a man tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a billhook He almost succeeded, and inflicted a frightful wound. At Neath, Glamorganshire, a publican named Rees Rees has been committed for trial for perjury for bringing a fals3 charge of poaching against a policeman. The magistrates refused to take bail. The Chester Guardians are making another attempt to effect an amalgamation with Hawarden and Great Boughton Unions, and, in the interests of justice, it is to be hoped that they will succeed. Thieves broke into the house of Mr Griffiths, of Garn, one night last week, and stole S75 in money, as well as old coins worth about;C200. A dealer from Denbigh, named John Thomas, has been found offering old coins for sale at Chester, and taken into custody. A man named David Roberts has been charged at Mold with committing perjnry in a game case, by stating that he saw the accused on the land in question, when it was alleged he Was at the bottom of a mine at the time. Roberts is-remanded. It has been decided, at a meeting of the members, that hencefor^ ard free admission shall be granted to the Den- bigh Reading Room, which will be supported, we presume, by the subscriptions of honorary members and the profits of entertainments. This is not wise, we think. The way in which money brings misery has been exem- plified at Chester. Some time ago a miller in the employ of the Messrs Frost, named Aston, had a legacy left to him, with which he purchased some property and began business. He became involved in pecuniary difficulties, his mind was upset, and last week he hung himself. A man dressed as a Roman Catholic priest has been Soliciting and obtaining-charity from clergymen and others -in Denbighshire. He was arrested at last on a charge of vagrancy, but the magistrates dismissed him with an ad- monition, and one, Father M'Sweeney, paid his fare to Ireland. The Roman Cathelic hierarchy of England havemigrated to Rome. According to the Weekly Register, the Bishop of Shrewsbury left this week for the Council of the Vati- can. There is, therefore, but one prelate left in this country, namely, the Bishop of Mcnevia and Newport, whose health "and age has hindered him from going to Rome. Another serious accident from the incautious use of fire- arms by one of those silly persons who delight in frighten- ing people is recorded from near Crewe. There was a party at Chvrch Coppenhall, and a yoting man named William Yardlev pointed a spring gun at a newly-married woman, ntfraed Hawksworth, who is near her confinement. The gun went off, and the woman was so badly wounded that heryeeovery was despaired of. A writer in a contemporary recently argued that the Welsh, ^eing a nation of dissenters, had little or no in- terest in the appointment of bishops. A correspondent, however, replies to this 'by a clinching argument—the bishops, he says, are the representatives of Wales in the House ef Lords. It is, '&f course, plain enough that as long as the State allows the chief ministers of one of the national churches to sit in Parliament, the whole Welsh nation has a very decided interest in the appointments. An inquest was held at the Alyn Bridge Hotel, Rossett, on Thursday, before B. H. Thelwall, Esq., upon the body of John Edwards, a wheelwright, aged 69 years. The de- ceased had worked for Mr Hughes, of Apothecaries Hall, Racre, and on being discharged told Mr Hughes that he would do away with himself, as he could not do without food. On Tuesday toe was seen by Mrs Mercer, of the Broad Oak Crossing Gate, sitting on a stile on the side of the line about 150 yards from the gate, and a mile from Rossett station. On the approach of the train, which left the station for Chester et'1.58 p.m., he laid his hat on the ground and placed his stick against the stile. As the train neared him he deliberately placed his 'head on the rail opposite the stile, <andit'was struck first by what is called the "life-guard," and then dragged under the wheels. His head was of course smashed, both arms were taken off at the shoulder and broken up, the right leg was cut off at the hip, and the left foot was severed. On Friday, as the five o'clock p:m. express train from London was on its way to Liverpool, it was signalled to stop just after it had passed Crewe. Some apprehension was excited, Tsut few persons in the train were informed how nearly a terrible-accident had been averted. It ap- pears that a man employed by the railway company, walking along the line about the time when the train was due, stumbled and fell over something which lay across the rails. To his horror he found the obstruction to be a large piece of iron rail-too heavy for one man to lift. The man hastened to an adjacent signal station, and caused the danger signal to be exhibited. Arrangements were then made for ther era oval of the rail, which, it is feared, must have been purpasely placed there, though the guilt of such an 'act, especially when united in by accomplices, is almost toe horrible for conception. Amongst the pas- sengers who thus narrowly escaped-a terrific peril was Mr Barry Sullivan, on his way to fulfil his engagement in Liverpool.

AS SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS. If Sir Watkin was really pelted at Bala, everybody must regret it:; butl venture to give to you and your readers the true view of the transaction--& view which raises the event to the sublimest height of mythic symbolism, and which will console the wounded ieehngs of the excellent baronet. The missile which struck the Leid of Wynnstay was no vulgar emanatiotr. of an ordinary fcwl it was the sacred egg in -which the eonservative redaction in Merionethshire was—addled—and which the (goddess of Welsh Toryism presented to the faithfulest of her 4ons ere, last of the im- mortalb—rt. e., of those who never say dieshe winged her way to the limbo of lost causes, the paradise of fools. At any rate the taries know well that the liberal triumph in Cambria is AS SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS.

AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF MINERS — GRAND DEMONSTRATION AT WREXHAM. On Wednesday week, a mass meeting of miners belonging to the Amalgamated Association of Miners was held in a large marquee on the racecourse at Wrexham. The district which was represented :at this meeting in- cludes the various mining neighbourhoods of Cefn, Brymbo, Moss, Coed-poeth, Buckley, Rhos, and Mold. From about one o'clock until half-past, the various bodies of miners from these places arrived in separate processions on the racecourse, Iaeaded by bands of music. From 3,000 to 4,000 thus assembled, and, Pfenning one line, | marched through, the town of Wrexham and back to the course, when the meeting was held. Mr WILLIAM LESTER, one of the proprietors of the Minera Lime works,"took the chair. There were also pre- sent, besides the speakers, Messrs J. Savage, Rhos, C. Gibbons, Adwy, Thomas Rone, district secretary, N. Price, and W. Daviae, Coed-poeth, &c. Letters were read from Sir Watkin W. Wynn, M.P., Mr Watkin Williams, M.P., and Mr G. Osborne Morgan, M.P., ex- cusing their non-atteftdance on account of other business. Mr Whalley, M. P., had written to say he would be pre- sent, but was not at. the meeting. The Chairman ex- plained the object for which the meeting was called. The miners of Great Britain had grievances which had not been dealt with by the Mines Regulation Act of 1860, since which time the miners and their friends had been knocking at the doors of the houses of Parliament, en- deavouring by .constitutional means to have those griev- ances brought before the nation, but had not met with the consideration and courtesy which the vastness of the in- terests demanded. Their object was still to go oa knock- ing at the doors of Parliament, but it was not:tbeir wish to do so other than in &, just, right, and constitutional manner, and lie believed the result would be, not, only the good of the miners but of the Ration. Theybadewbodied their wishes in a petition to Parliament, and it would be for them to say if it met their wishes. He was asked to assist the miners of his own district, and, being satisfied that their w ants were constitutional, legal, just, and reasonable, and that the association was right in the ab- stract, he consented to do so. Some gentlemen 6f that neighbourhood admitted that the principles of the asso- ciation were right, but told him that he would raise up in the country an immense power, and he would be the first to muffer. Now, no man should-refrain from doing good for fear that evil should be the result. The speaker then read over the rules of the association, expressing his ap- probation of them, and afterwardsiread the petition, re- marking that an advance of wages would be to the tune of some hundreds a year out of his pocket, and therefore he could not be said to be promoting merely his own interests. The petition was from the miners of Denbigh, and was to the fallowing effect :-It stated that the present venti- lation of mines was inadequate; that the aumber of mine inspectors was insufficient, amd their reports were un- satisfactory. Incompetent persons were now appointed to take charge of mines, and the petitioners considered it was highly desirable that a board of inquiry should be appointed to test the qualifications of such persons. The use of gunpowder in mines known as "fiery," was a cause of explosions, and was a practice highly to be reprehended, as one under which the safety of miners could not be se- cured. The petitioners prayed that proper precautions for ventilating mines by the owners should be enforced and the neglect thereof should be made a crirpe punish- able by law; that the material raised by miners should be weighed by standard weight; that the worker should re- ceive the just reward-of his work; that the truck system should be absolutely abolished by a stringent law; that precautions and necessary means should be taken .to en- able miners, in case of$n accident underground, to get out of the mine without delay; that the present system of arbitration having failed in the objects contemplated, another and better system, whereby questions affecting the working of mines could be finally arranged and settled, should be adopted. The petition further prayed that sub- inspectors, in addition to the present staff, should be ap- pointed to carry out the law and give proper reports of each mine; that proper persons in charge of mines and machinery should be certificated; that the time of labour should be restricted to eight hours per day; that children under sixteen years of age employed in mines should pass ten hours per week at school; that wages should be paid in the current coin, and that Board of Trade Com- missions should make inquiries in districts touching ques- tions respecting miners and the trade; that gunpowder should be prohibited in fiery" mines; and that colliers and workers in ironstone, shale, and lime, should be brought under those regulations. Mr THOMAS HALLIDAY, of Bolton, president of the as- sociation, moved that the petition be agreed to, and de- livered to Mr G. Osborne Morgan, M.P., for presentation to Parliament. In speaking on the terms of the petition, he said that if their question had been one relating to the disease m cattle, the regulation of fisheries, or a question affecting the higher circles, it would have been dealt I with before now. He deferred to the discrepancy of only having twelve intn-tors to mines, and forty-two to mills, and stated that the present law gave permission to in- spectors to Viift mines, but did not make it compulsory for them te do so. On asking the question how many of the persons present had never seen an inspector, the ma- jority held up their hands. Mr PICKARD, of Wigan, treasurer to the association, seconded the motion. He said that the public press was with them in the question, and they must succeed. The motion was put and carried unanimously. Mr WM. GRIFFITHS, of Rhos, moved a vote of thanks j to the chairman in the Welsh language. He said the motto of the association should be- Wyth awr i weithio, Wyth awr yn rhydd, Wyth awr i gysgu, Ac wyth swilt y dydd Which may be translated- Eight hours for working, j,- Eight hours for play, Eight hours for sleeping, And eight "bob" a day. The Rev. JOHN JONES, Baptist minister, of Brymbo, seconded the motion, speaking in English and Welsh. The motion having been carried with acclamation and responded to, the proceedings terminated. The meeting Was most orderly and unanimous, and shortly after its conclusion the whole of the vast crowd dispersed to their respective neighbourhoods.

POOL QUAY. IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT THE PARISH CHURCH.—A robbery of a very impudent character was perpetrated at the parish church in this village on Sunday morning. The day was very wet, and a number of umbrellas and "pattens', were left out in the porch, while the service was prooeeding. Much to the surprise and annoyance of the owners at the termination of the service, it was found that some thief had cleared the porch, and the luckless owners had to trudge home through the rain umbrellaless and pattenless. Information was at once sent to the policc at Welshpool and Buttifcgton, and the country was scoured in search of the thief. Early on Monday morning a man called at the house of George Jones, blacksmith, the Wern, and offered an umbrella for sale, remarking that he had others which he would sell very cheaply as he had bought them very cheaply. The man had a bag across his shoulders, and Jones suggesting that he should be allowed to examine the other umbrellas, the man opened the bag for that purpose, when Jones caught sight of an Inverness cape, which he identified as being part of the Stolen pro- perty. He at once collated his man, charged him with having stolen the umbrellas, and with the assistance of a man named Probert, a platelayer on the Cambrian Rail- way, took him to the Wern, and gave him in charge of Mr John Rogers, who took him to Welshpool, and handed him over to P.C. Ellis. There he was identified as an American tramp, who had been convicted at the last quarter sessions of stealing a pair of boots at Caersws. Upon that occasion he gave the name John Witson now he adopted the high-sounding pseudonyme, Hyppolyte Joseph Molé. On Monday afternoon he was brought be- fore the magistrates on a charge of having stolen three umbrellas belonging to Mr John Maginnis, Pool Quay. The umbrellas were found in the prisoner's bag, and were identified by Mrs Maginnis. James Parry, a boy living at the Green Bank,'said that he saw the prisoner pass the house between ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday morning. He noticed him go-near the church, and, in about half an hour afterwards, 'he saw him carrying a bag over his shoulder, from which a portion of an umbrella was pro- truding. A second charge was preferred against the prisoner, of stealing an umbrella belonging to Mr John Rogers, the Wera. The prisoner was, committed for trial upon both charges. The prisoner was committed from Pool Upper Division, the sitting magistrates being John Robinson Jones; Esq., Major Heyward, E. S. R. Trevor, Esq., and Captain Mytton.

LLANIDLOES. COUNTY COURT, Feb. 3rd.-Before A. J. Johnes, Esq., Judge. JURY CASE. The only case of importance heard at the Court was one in which Mr Edward Lewis, grocer, Llanidloes, sought to recover from Mr Lefeaux the sum df 215 odd, alleged to be due for provisions supplied to defendant and to his waggoner, Worthington. The following were impaneled as a jury to try the case, although, as it turned out,, their services were not needed—Captain Williams, Brynllys, Mr J. E. Jones, draper, Mr Daniel Higgs, grocer, Mr Thomas Breese, Gellyllefreth, farmer, Mr Richard Brunt, farmer. lklr Jealdus, who appeared for plaintiff, said defendant had given a guarantee to Mr Lewis that he would be responsible for goods to the amount of 10s. a week, to be supplied to Worthington, and an account was rendered in October with these items in it, -which Mr Lefeaux, after entering some credits for wheat and straw he had sold the plaintiff, gave back again and promised payment, and it was on that account, balanced by the defendant, that the plaintiff sued. His Honour—Who appears for you, Mr Lefeaux. Ðefentlant- I expected a professional gentleman to be here, but it is Welshpool County Court to-day, so I am without one. His Honour—Do you wish "the case adjourned ? Mr Jenkins (interrupting)—There is no occasion for it, I am sure, your honour. The matter is very simple and one that, requires no legal advice. His Honour—How are you here then, Mr Jenkins. (Laughter.) I presume it, is only that the plaintiff may indulge in the luxury of a lawyer. (Laughter.) Mr Lefeaux—I will not ask for any adjournment, your honour. If you will bear with me, and set me right on legal points, I will do the beat I can. I admit the whole claim except the guarantee for Worthington. Once I did hold myself responsible for 10s. a week for Worthington, but timeswill not now admit of it, and I told him to tell Mr Lewis I could not be responsible for more than 5s. a week. His Honour Well, we had better hear the evidence. Edward Lewis, grocer, said-I have supplied Mr Lefeaux.with provisions for some years, also his waggoner, Worthington. Mr Lefeaux authorized me to supply his waggoner, to the amount of 10s. a week. Mr Lefeaux here interfered, and said the only dispute was in the goods supplied to Worthington. He always beld himself responsible for Worthington when Worthing ton did not pay, and Worthington had offered to pay all he owed, but.Mr Lewis refused to take it. His Haaour thought Mr Jenkins had better complete his case. Examination of Lewis continued—I sent an account to Mr Lefeaux in October. I had purchased wheat and straw from Mr Lefeaux, which was set against the bill. He agreed.\to the account, and on the 10th November he promised to settle, and raised no objection to the bill. I told my assistant to write to Mr Lefeaux in December to say I must .have monthlv settlements or I would not serve Worthingten's wife with goods. It was after this Mr Lefeaux objected to the account. By Mr Lefeaux—I remember Worthington being 311, bet I was not a ware, he had 5s. a week from the parish. Iwasnottald that you would only allow 5s. a week -on his account in future. I believe Mary Worthington did tell me her husband was some weeks in bed. and was having 5s. a. week from the parish. Charles Price, assistant to Mr Lewis, said Mr Lefeaux, somewhere about July, 1867, came to the shop with Worthington, and said they were to supply him with goods up to 10s. a week. He was not aware that the order had been countermanded either by Mr Lefeaux or Worthington. He delivered a bill to Mr Lefeaux in Oct. and called for-the money in December, when Mr Lefeaux asked for particulars of account delivered. Mr Lefeaux gave him back the bill, making certain credits for wheat, &c., and striking a balance. The items of the aeeount delivered were supplied the same day, and Mr Lefeaux made no objeotion to the account. On the 9th of January he applied to Mr Lefeaux for payment, when he said he would settle as -soon as he had his Christmas bills in. By Mr Lefeauu.-A week last Saturday night Worthing- ton did call to say he would settle, but the case was entered then. Aecounts were made out to Worthington; but Mr Lewis always held you responsible, and the accounts were made out to Worthington by your orders. A written responsibility for 10s. a week, on behalf of Worthington, signed by Mr Lefeaux, was put in, which closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr Lefeaux said this was a case of malice brought in consideration of some misunderstanding with Lewis and the waggoner's wife. He held himself morally and legally bound to pay for Worthington, but the accounts were made to Worthington, who offered to pay. His Honour (interpos.ing)Is this all your defence ? Defendant Yes. His Honour—Then it is no defence at all. The goods were charged to you. Judgment must be for plaintiff. Mr Jenkins applied for costs, which were granted.

NEWTOWN. LOCAL BOARD, Feb. 4th.-Present: Mr E. Chapman (in the chair), Mr R. Hughes, Mr R. Benbow, Mr Geo. Woosnam, Mr Pryce Jones, Mr T. E. Issard, Mr J. C. Davies, Mr R. Morgan; Mr W. Cooke, clerk, Mr Rees Griffiths, inspector. Financial.-The clerk reported that the balance in the hands of the treasurer on the previous Saturday was £107 19s. 6J>d., and that the payments made in the month of January amounted to £ 108 9s. 7d. The Inspector's -Report.-The Inspector reported that the lamps on the canal were complete, and that a lamp had to be erected in the Back Lane. The cutting for the laying down of the pipes had cost by day labour £4 7s. 6d., effecting a saving of nearly 23, according to the estimates which had been sent in by contractors. The work in Kerry-road was in progress, but had been delayed by the weather. The slaughter houses in use were clean, and the experience of a tri-weekly visit to the several lodging houses convinced the Inspector that they were in a clean state, and not overcrowded.—In answer to a question put by Mr J. C. Dalies, the Inspector said that by the instruc- tions of the Lighting Committee he kept a careful check upon the accounts of the Gas Company. The Sknday Closing of Public Houses.-The Clerk re- ported that since the last meeting, he had received a letter from Mr Thos. B. Jones, the secretary to the Sunday Closing of Public Houses Association, enclosing a list of those public bodies by whom the resolution in favour of Sunday closing had been adopted. The subject was dis- cussed at the previous meeting of the Board, the resolu- tion in favour of Sunday closing being proposed by Mr R. Lloyd, jun. An amendment, that the matter be deferred until this meeting, was proposed by Mr R. Benbow, and carried. Mr Issard, now moved, as an amendment upon the original resolution, that the question be left to the discretion of the Government, and that the Board take no action in the matter. This was seconded by Mr Ben- bow, and supported by Mr Woosnam, Mr Pryce Jones, and Mr Morgan. Mr Chapman declared himself strongly in favour of the adoption of the resolution. The amend- ment was carried, the only dissentient being Mr Chap- man, Mr Hughes being neutral. Applications. -Mr Wm. Parry applied for permission to convert one of his existing lights into a circular window, and upon the motion of Mr Woosnam, the application was unanimously agreed to.—Mr Wm. Richards, Peny- gloddfa, requested the Street Committee to devote their attention to the condition of the pavement in front of his shop, and the Clerk was instructed to reply to the letter, telling Mr Richards that the Street Committee had their eye upon the evil of which complaint was made.—Mr Poundley, jun., Kerry, laid before the Board the plans of a new shop to be erected by Mr John Green, in High- street, and asked for certain privileges in connection with the building. The matter was referred to the Street Committee. The Condition oj the Foo'waijs.—Mr Pryce Jones gave notice that at the next meeting he should bring for- ward a motion relating to the necessity of having the footpaths in High-street, Broad-street, and portions of Severn-street and the Horse Market, put into a proper state of repair. The Board and the County Bridges. -The Clerk said that he had received a letter from Mr Poundley enquiring whether the Board would undertake the charge of the County Bridges within their district upon the same terms as the Turnpike Trust. As the Board were not aware of the terms, the Clerk was instructed to communicate with Mr Poundley, and ascertain upon what terms the work had been done by the Turnpike Trust. COUNTY COURT, Feb. 4th.-Before A. J. Johnes, Esq., Judge. The cause list was made up of four plaints and six judg- ment summonses, and of these the following came under the notice of the judge James v. Nuttall.-The defendant, a woolsorter, was sued by the plaintiff, a tailor and draper carrying on busi- ness in Newtown, to recover 23 lls. lid., the value of a suit of clothes. The plaintiff said that the defendant called at his shop and selected cloth for a suit of clothes, which were made according to instructions then given by the defendant. Some slight alterations were suggested, and carried out by the plaintiff, who left the clothes at the defendant's house. Much to his surprise the defendant declined to accept the clothes, and wanted plaintiff to take them back.—Defendant complained that the" cut" of the clothes was not in accordance with the instructions he had given the plaintiff, and made a long statement explanatory of certain defects in the quality of the cloth and in the workmanship of the garments. He grumbled also about the fit, and his Honour cut the knot by the suggestion that defendant should go home, and, attiring himself in the suit of clothes about which the present dispute had arisen, present practical proof as to the adaptability of the suit.—A long case intervening, judgment was deferred in this dispute until the next court. Bridgewater v. Ha,-rison.-This was a case which occu- pied the court for nearly five hours, the claim being for 29 13s. 9d., made by the plaintiff, Thomas Bridgewater, blacksmith, Montgomery, against John Harrison, builder, Newtown. 22 14s. was paid into court.—Mr Wilding appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant was repre- sented by Mr John Jones.—The defendant is the con- tractor for the works which are in course of completion at the county gaol, and the present claim was for iron work alleged to have been supplied by the orders of the defend- ant. The plaintiff, in support of his case, said that the first order was given by Mr Pryce, the clerk of the works. When the defendant was asked for payment, he said that David Edwards, the sub-contractor, would have to meet the account. Plaintiff declined a settlement of the ac- count in this way, reminding Mr Harrison that it was he, and not Edwards, who gave the orders, whereupon Mr Harrison said he would pay the account, and deduct it out of Edwards's wages. Mrs Bridgewater, Mr Pryce, and Mr David Edwards were called in support of the plaintiff's case. The defence set up was that the defendant was not the responsible party, and that he had given no orders for the supply -of this material. For th defence the de- fendant, John Evans, and Thomas Johnson were called as witnesses, and judgment was given for the defendant, with costs. Davies v. the Cambrian Railway Company. -In this case Mr John Jones appeared for the plaintiff, John Davies, a farmer living under Lord Sudeley, at the Red House, Penstrowed, who .claimed from the Cambrian Railway Company damages to the amount of 30s., in consequence of the overflow of water upon the land occupied by the plaintiff, owing to the defective construction of the de- fendant's works. Mr C. E. Howell appeared for the railway company.—Mr John Jones said that so far back as April 23rd he -had been in communication with Mr Elias upon this subject. He received a reply dated April 27th, from Mr George Owen, who stated that he had given instructions for the necessary work to be done as soon as the-present plaintiff should have altered a drain. [Mr Howell stated that this was an unauthorized communication.]—The plaintiff, a farmer living at the Red House, said he occu- pied the farm at the lime the railway was made. Before the. making of the railway he had easy access for cattle and Sheep on the south side of the line, there being no water to prevent his enjoyment of the land. For his convenience the company had erected a cattle arch, which at present was useless, being filled with water and mud, the road being perfectly impassable. On wet days the water was nine inches deep, and in floods it was nearly 4ft. deep. The company had made a water-course, 2ft. in depth, and this his sheep had to cross before they could get to his pasture. The drain had been made for the purpose of carrying off the water, and from this drain the earth had been got for the construction of the embankment. There was no other outlet for about two miles, and owing to this drain being in an imperfect state the water backed into the arch and rendered it impassable.—Mr Halford, Mr John Pryce, Tymawr, Mr Edward Thompson, and Mr Charles Stephens were called to speak as to the con- dition of the arch.—Mr Hewell contended that the water- course was on Lord Sudeley's property, and outside the fences df the railway company. He called Mr Tanner, the inspector of permanent ways, who said that some five or six years ago a complaint was made about this -water- course. He saw Mr Howell, and received instructions that he TWas not to clean itiout. Mr HoweU aaked,for an adjournment in order to calliother witnesses, and the ease stands over until the next court. Jones f. Trow. -fAr J. U. Jones, ale and porter mer- chant, sued R. Trow for 7£1 16s., for two barrels of ale- —The defendant appeared, and admitted that he had received three barrels of ale, for two of which he had paid. When asked for his receipt, he produced one in which credit was only given for the payment for one barrel, and judgment was therefore given for the plaintiff. Harding v. Williams.—Edward Williams, a farmer living at Llanbadarn, was sued by Emma Harding to recover 13s. 4d., balance of account for wages due. The plaintiff said that in May, 1868, she was engaged by the defendant's son, and after his death she continued the hiring with, the father, at the rate of £ 3 10s. per annum.— The defendant complained that the plaintiff had taken away three cockerels, a goose, and a pound of yarn, and that she had: broken a lock.-Plaintiff said she had given the defendant credit for the fowls and the goose, and denied all knowledge of the yarn. -Judgment was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. Be Elisabeth Hanter.-This bankrupt passed her last examination, and received her order of discharge. The application was supported by Mr John Jones.

RUABON. PETTY SESSIONS, Feb. 4th.-Before H. W. Meredith, Esq, J. H. Foulkes,.Esg., and G. H. Whalley, Esq., M.P. ASSAULT. Robert Jones, who was brought up on a warrant, was charged by Robert Roberts with assaulting him on the 18th December. The charge was Qf a trivial character.—Fined 2s. 6d., and 15s. 6d. costs. 4AXE TRESPASS. Enoch Williams, and John, son of Hugh Jenes, were charged with trespassing in purauit of conies on land in the occupation of Mrs Kenyon Fuller.—George Tomkins, gamekeeper to Capt. Foulkes, proved the charge.—Defendants pleaded that as they had not caught any, they were innocent.-A quantity of nets and other poaching tackle were taken from them, and they were fined 10s. 6d. each, and 9s. 6d. costs. A similar charge was preferred against John Jones, a servant at Tabernacle Farm, and a native of Eglwyseg.-G. Tomkins, the informer in the previous case, said that on the morning of Jan. 21, he found the defendant in one of his (the defendant's) master's fields, in which field a hare was lying snared. In an adjoining field he discovered a trap with a hare's leg in it. The defendant had no business in the field at that time, and when interrogated, he said he had come to see after the sheep.-Mr Hughes, of Cor- wen, elicited in cross-examination that some of the defendant's master's sheep were in the field, but that defendant had never be- fore been charged with a similar offence, although witness had suspected him.—Fined XI, to include costs.—The man had no money, but Mr Hughes guaranteed payment. MALICIOUS DAMAGE. Thomas Foulkes Evans was charged with maliciously dama- ging a shutter belonging to David Jones, at Cefnmawr.—Mr Hughes, of Corwen, appeared for the prosecution, and informed the Bench that for some time past the complainant had been subject to great annoyance and injury from the defendant, who had got the worst of an action in the county court, in which Mr Jones was the plaintiff. The complainant owned the house oc- cupied by defendant, and he had obtained an order of ejectment against him. No later than this morning the defendant had violently assaulted the complainant, while on his way to the Court-house.—Defendant, who made a universal denunciatory statement, in which he accused everybody of working against him, was handed over to the care of the governor of Ruthin Gaol for two months, the period to be diversified with hard labour. DRUNK. P.S. Jones charged John Davies, of Ruabon, with this offence for the sixth time.—Fined zell and 3s. 6j. costs. STEALING COAL. Owing to the contradictory evidence given, Thomas and Lucy Griffiths, charged with stealing coal from the Waterloo pit of the Plaskynaston Colliery, were liberated, but cautioned. Mr Acton, of Wrexham, prosecuted. THE TONGUE CUTTING AT THE RHOS. It will be in the recollection of our readers that in the month of October last, a man named Solomon Williams, land- lord of the Travelers' Inn, at the Rhos, had a horse injured by the cutting of its tongue. In a very short time afterwards Williams's son-in-law, John Williams, had a horse mutilated in a similar manner; and on the 4th of November last, the son-in- law, John Williams, was attacked, it is alleged, by two men, and being knocked down, his tongue was barbarously cut by one of his assailants. The affair, as might be expected, has created great excitement in the neighbourhood, and the matter pro and con has been freely discussed, and the interest attached to the outrage was in no respect abated after the lapse of three months, as the crowded Court-house of Ruabon fully testified, when the first magisterial inquiry into the circumstances took place there on Friday last. The victim is a mm who occupies the position of public carrier between the Rhos and Wrexham; and the ac- cused is a master-clogger and shoemaker, who also runs a con- veyance between the Rhos and Wrexham. The other particu- lars connected with the affair will be gleaned from the evidence -though incomplete-adduced at the hearing of the case. Mr Acton, of Wrexham, defended Samuel Mellins; and Mr O. Davies Hughes, of Corwen, appeared for the complainant, John Williams. Mr Acton, before the case was gone into, wished to bring be- fore the notice of their Worships the fact that the summons bore the date of the 15th of January, but it had not been served until Tuesday last. He should need an explanation of that at a future time, perhaps. He would further ask that all the witnesses in the case leave the court. Mr Meredith thought it desirable that in every case the wit- nesses should leave the court. The witnesses-twenty-five in number-were then called and ordered out of court. Mr O. Davies Hughes, in opening the case, said he never ap- peared in a ceurt of justice with feelings more mixed than he felt that day. He was there to help in bringing to justice the man who his client was, in his own mind, convinced, had com- mitted the barbarous assault upon him. And so serious was the offence the defendant had to answer for, that it was only by the merciful interposition of a Divine Providence that the com- plainant was enabled to appear in that court to-day. It was a mercy that his client had not died on the spat where the assault was committed. The complainant was a man who posted cars between the Rhos and Wrexham, and he was informed that the defendant also posted between the same places. Mr Acton-Begging your pardon, I think you are wrong there. Mr Hughes-I am so instructed. Perhaps you have been in- structed rightly, and myself wrongly. The offence, as I am instructed, assumes a far more serious form than that of a violent assault, and I intend to take it under Sec. 11, c. 100, 21 and 25 Vic. Mr Acton-The charge that we are here to meet is one of assault. Mr Hughes-But, defendant and complainant both being present, I can, their Worships permitting, take it as an attempt at murder, and I intend to proceed, as the case is so serious, under the provisions of the section of the Act I have named. Mr Acton-I don't understand. Mr Lewis (clerk)—This is a court of the first instance, and should the magistrates think fit, they can take it as a common assault, or otherwise; it is discretionary with them. Mr Acton-I want to know why we are summoned for an assault, and then charged with another offence. Mr Hughes-The offence is so serious that I should be swerv- ing from my duty if I take it as an offence of a character less serious than attempt at murder. The Bench will decide whether I am right or wr ing. Mr Acton-Wel, proceed. Mr Hughes-The offence was committed en the 4th November last. On the evening of that day the complain int was proceed- ing from his own house to that of his father-in-law and to do so had to go along the highway called Gutterhill; and when passing the hORse of Mr George Roberts, the blacksmith, he saw the de- fendant standing on the road-side, and bade him" good night." A little further on my client met Ann Rogers, whom I shall call, and I will prove by her evidence and that of the complainant, that defendant was near the spot at the time the assault was committed. After leaving Ann Rogers, he went along the Cae Bank towards the Travelers' Inn, the residence of his father-in- law, but had not proceeded far, when, hearing footsteps behind him, he turned round and saw defendant approach him, as if to strike him with a stick. Complainant said, "Hold on, Sam;" and defendant struck him with the stick on the head, and felled him. This was only the beginning of the series of assaults, and before complainant got as far as the fiell next the Travelers' Inn, he had been knocked down three times. The last time defendant jumped upon his breast, and when in that position he cut the tongue of my client. I shall bring witnesses to prove that my client cried out for assistance. His voice soun I ing queer, owing to his injuries, his cries were taken for the inco- herent shouts of a drunken man. As soon as the door of Solomon Williams's house was opened, my client's assailants ran away, but not before one of them had been identified as the defendant. I am really afraid, and I say so with all earnestness, that the charge will be made out against the defendant, and I have no doubt that it will be set up for the defence that, because my client did not charge the defendant until some days had elapsed, there is no case. But I shall Drove that my client told a man. Mr Acton-That is not admissible—what he told some one. Mr Hughes —It was an expression made use of by my client when in pain, and as such, is substantial evidence. I shall also submit to your Worships medical evidence, which will prove how the complainant had been maltreated. Immediately after the assanlt my client was taken into the house of Solomon Williams, but in consequence of the mutilated state of his tongue and the filling of his mouth with blood he was unable to articu- late. After Dr Roberts had dressed the tongue he was better, but it was only on the Sunday following that he was enabled to make himself so far intelligible that he could inform those attend- ing him who had had committed the assault, which he did by hold- ing up his long finger (defendant is a tall man), and turning over the leaves of the Bible until he came to the name of Samuel." The motive for such an outrage I am at a loss to conceive, unless it is that two of a trade cannot agree. But surely there is room enough for all, and people must be taught that trade jealousy must be settled without committing such an offence as this. I will now proceed with the evidence. John Williams, the complainant, said-I recollect the 4th of November last. I reached my house at the Rhos, from Wrex- ham, at a quarter to five o'clock. After having my tea I went out to see my father-in-law, Solomon Williams, who keeps the Travelers' Inn, at the Rhos, about six o'clock. To get there, I had to proceed alont; the Gutterhill-road. When opposite George Roberts, the blacksmith's, I saw Sam Mellins [pointing to de- fendant] there he is. He was standing by Roberts's garden hedge, on the side of the road. There was another man with him, but I did not know him. I said, "Good night, Sim," but got no reply. When near Richard Jones's house I saw Ann Rogers, close to the stile. They call the field where the stile is the Bank Field. I had some conversation with Ann Rogers. She asked me the time. We both then went on in opposite directions. I went towards Cae Bink; and when at the far end of the field, near to the second stile, I heard the sound of foot- steps behind me. I got over the stile into the adjoining field. I know no name for that field. While proceeding across it, I noticed two men come over the stile I had just come over. I kept going along, but they overtook me. When they had ap- proached within a few yards of me, I looked round at them, and saw that Samuel Mellins was one of them. One of them had a white muffler on, tied round his neck and over his mouth. It was Samuel Meliins. I cried out, Hold on, Sam," because I saw him raise up a stick to me. He then knocked me on the side of my head with a stick, and I fell to the ground. The other man kicked.me when on the ground. Samuel Mellins was on my left side, and the other man behind me. I got up and went on my way, but Mellins seized me by my coat tail, and pulled me to the ground and kicked me. I had another scume with them. I got on my legs again, and after that they let me alone, while they appeared to be listening for something. When I attempted to get away, I found myself on the ground for the third time. I was sent on to my back, and while in that position Mellins jumped upon my breast with his feet; he then got his two knees on my breast and brought them up towards my throat. I tried to prevent him by pressing my chin down. He then attempted to throttle me with his hand, and to do so put his knees on the ground. I cried out, and he then ripped up my tongue with an awl or a hook. I put my face down to the ground, and they both commenced kicking me. Just then my father-in-law's door opened. I thought I was losing my life. Beth of them then ran away. Solomon Williams came up to me, and, with the help of Thomas Morgan, I was .carried into my father-in-law's house. When I was found on the ground, I was much nearer, the Travelers' Inn than when they first attacked me. I am quite sure that one of the persons who attacked me was Samuel Mellins. I swearit was he tihatjumped on me and cut my tongue. I would lay my life on it. At the time of the assault I en- deavoured as much as possible to save myself. I was unable to speak directly after the assault. In order to describe the persons as a tall and stout man, who attaeked me, I held up one long finger and one short. In consequence of what I said on Sunday, the 7th November, several persons were brought into my bed- room, among whom was the Rev. John Jones, Rhos, the Rev. Mr Roberts, Rhos, Mr John Owen, Samuel Mellins, and others. I pointed out Mellins as the man who had ripped up my tongue. I have been laid up from my injuries about five weeks. I had never given Samuel Mellins any cause for the attack on me. Cross-examined by Mr Acton-It was light enough for me to see the men that assaulted me. I knew Mellins from his out- line, general appearance, his dress, muffler, and hat. He had a light-coloured suit on. It was not -dark enough to prevent my identifying the defendant, but I do not know the other man, who was shorter than Mellins. I was not home earlier than usual from Wrexham, on the 4th November. I never go more than two journeys to Wrexham on Thursdays. Mellins lives about half-a-mile from the blacksmith's shop, where I first saw him. I swear to him by the upper part of his face. I only recog- nized the defendant when he was within a blow's reach ofme. I recollect little of what occurred directly my tongue was cut. I lost my reckoning; I was so much abused. I may have said at the time that I did not know who had done it. I told Hugh Jones, 'on the night of the 11th November, that it was Sam Hellins who had done it. I was hurt on my stomach and abdo- men. There was also a swelling on mv head. I remember Jones, the policeman, coming to my bedside and inquiring into the matter. My wife was standing by, but she did not tell Jones that I did not know who had cut my tongue. I could show the defendant's name in the Bible, before I could speak it. I sent for Mellins to my bedside, and pointed him out as the man who Ikad ripped up my tongue. I was in bed poorlv, and do not know that the police had refused to take the matter np. The delay in serving the summons was due to the fact that I wanted further summonses for witnesses, and I had no money for the service of the first. Solomon Williams had his horse's tongue cut prepiously to the assault on me. I also had a horse's tongue cut. There was no great injury done it, and I was advised to look about a little before I gave information to the police.-P.C. Jones told me it was the public opinion that I had done this my- self, and that I had done Solomon Williams's horse as well. I had another interview with Jones, and there was some talk that I should be prosecuted. Jones himself advised me to keep quiet in the matter. Re-examined-I did not refuse to put the c&3e of my horse's being injured In the hands of the polico. P.C. Jones had no ground to say what he did about the horse-cutting. I told Hugh Jones directly I could speak that Mellins had cut my tongue. Mr R. Chambers Roberts, F.R.C.S., said—On the 4th November last I was called tothe man John Williams, about seven o'clock at night. I found him at Solomon Williams's house, the Travel- lers' Inn. I found him reclining on a bench, with a portion of his tongue hanging out of his mouth. He was sufferiug from a great deal of hemorrhage. I dressed the tongue, and found that the tip of the tongue was entire, and the under part was per- fectly entire. There was no laceration either at the tip or under the tongue. A portion of the tongue, 21 inches in length, reach- ing from the root of the tongue towards the tip, was torn and lacerated; was in fact scooped out, for an inch and a half in breadth, and coming to within half an inch of the tip. Upon asking him whether he suffered in any other part, he pointed to the hinges of the jaw-bone and the muscles of the neck. At that time it was impossible for the man to speak because of the hemorrhage. He could only mumble, because his tongue was hanging out of his mouth. He also complained of pain in the chest and abdomen. I ordered what I considered necessary for that night, and left him. I continued to attend him for more, I consider, than five weeks. For some time he complained of great pain in the end of the jaw; and he suffered much pain in the stomach and abdomen. A day or two after the 4th November Williams complained of great pain in the back. After the examination of this witness, the case was adjourned until next sessions.

MACHYNLLETH. PETTY SESSIONS, Feb. 2nd.-Before C. F. Thruston, Esq., and J. 0. W. Bonsall, Esq. NON-PAYMENT OF RATES. Thomas Jenkins was summoned by Wm. Hill, Esgeirgeiliog, the overseer for the parish of Llanwrin, for non-payment of a rate amounting to X6 19s. 6d.—An order was made, and the amount was paid before the Court rose. BEGINNING THE NEW YEAR WELL. John Stephens was summoned for assaulting Margaret Vaughan.—The Complainant said that she, her husband, and Stephens had been drinking at the Raven Bach. She left the house to buy some things in for Sunday, her husband and the defendant being very comfortable together. She was told that Stephens and her husband were going to fight; and returning to the Raven, she found a lot of persons taking her husband away. She asked Stephens why he was going to fight with her husband and he pitched into her, gave her a black eye, and did his best to choke her. He was about to continue his violence, but was deterred by the crowd, who cried shame upon him for striking a woman. Both parties are in the rag and bone trade, and com- plainant alleged that the row had its origin in the fact that several of the defendant's customers had transferred their patronage to the complainant. The complainant had no wit- nesses in court, but could call the whole town if necessarv.— The Defendant said that the woman was very drunk, and blackguardious," and came into the house challenging anyone to fight her.-Mr Edwards, the landlord of the house, and Lloyd Roberts, his son-in-law, were called as witnesses, and denied that the defendant had left the house.—This case was dismissed. Margaret Vaughan was next summoned for assaulting Jane Jones, the sister-in-law of the defendant in the last case. After the row in the Raven, complainant encountered the defendant, who was challenging complainant's mother and the whole family to have a 1* set-to." Complainant declined to have anything to do with tbe defendant, who was far gone in drink, and then de- fendant strdck her, and subsequently transferred her attention to an Irishwoman, who came up to see fair play.-Harriet Owen was called to substantiate complainant's story.—Defendant denied; he charge in toto, stating that the complainant had challenged her. She asked her how she, a young woman, could have the face to challenge a mother of thirteen children. Com- plainant then tried to strike her, but complainant's sweetheart, who was standing by, seized her arm and took her away.—A fine of 5s., and costs, was inflicted. The money was paid.

BREACH OF THE SALMON FISHERY ACT. John Parry, Cemmaes, and David Evans, Cwmlline, were sum- moned for taking two salmon in the Dovey during the close season, namely, on January 26th. William Pearce, the river- watcher, proved the case. Neither defendant appeared, and a penalty ofe5 each. and cost-, was imposed. of cOütlFion on the back, in the lumbar region. There were three superficial scratches on the face. There were no external marks, but excessive tenderness in the abdomen. The tender- ness may have been caused by a fall or kick. I considered the man in a precarious condition for a fortnight after the occur- rence. He was in a dangerous state from the injuiies received on the abdomen, owing to acute inflammation in that region. I always had hopes of his ultimate recovery, but still he was in a preenrious state. I never considered him in actual danger of losing his life. Th state of his tongue would preve nt his telling at once of the injuries he had received. He could not articulate distinctly for some veeks, and even then I could with difficulty understand him. I had to remove the fragment of tongue the day after the injury was inflicted. The injury to the tongue might have been inflicted by someone getting hold of it and violently scratching it \\ith their nails or with a sharp aid hard instrument. The piece could not have been scooped out by the complainant himself. Certainly not. After this witness had been cross-examined, the case wns ad- journed until next sessions. The examination of the witnesses, who nearly all give their evidence in Welsh, will occupy a very considerable time. The Rev. J. Jones, of the Rhos, acted as in- terpreter, and the following witnesses have yet to be examined -James Jones, Plaswern, Ann Rogers, Joseph Watson, E izabeth Williams, Thomas Morgan, Solomon Williams, Hugh Jones, Rhos, Mrs Emma Manuel, Mary Jones, John Andrew Pruet, Robert Jone-i (draper), Edward Edwards, Rhos wh-rf, James Mellin, Mrs M. C, Smith, Mrs Mary Gittins, Mrs Ann Matthews, Mr William Simpson, Owen Hughes, Mrs Mary Morris, Mr John Owens, Edward Williams (collier), P.C. Jones, P.C. Burgess, Sergt. Jones, Edward Swinnerton, Alfred Povah, Lloyd Phillips, and Samuel Hayes.

TRAFFIC RETURNS. 1869. Great Western "J £ 74,693 West Midland 1868. South Wales J £ 72 339 1869. London and North Western *) £ 119,434 Shrewsbury and Hereford v 1868 Shropshire Union j £ 116,185 -for the week ending January 30th. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS (178 miles open). -Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, 21,115; mer- chandise, minerals, and cattle, 91,218. Total for the week,_ £ 2,333. Aggregate to this date, £ 9,895. Corre- sponding week in last year (176 miles open)- Passengers, &c., £1,057; merchandise, &c., £ 1.177; total, £ 2,234; aggregate to this date, 210,103. For the week ending February 6th. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS (178 miles open).—Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, £1,043; mer- chandise, minerals, and cattle, 21,112. Total for the week, 22,155. Aggregate, to this date, 212,050. Corre- sponding week in last year (176 miles open).—Passengers, &c., 2858; merchandise, &c., 21,013; total 21,871; aggregate, to this date, 211,974. For the week ending January 30th. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY (60f miles open).- Passengers, parcels, &c., R142 15s. lOd. goods and live stock, £94610s. 5d.; total, 21,089 6s. 3d.; 917 18s. 7d. per mile per week. Corresponding week last year (59 miles open).—Passengers, &c., 2132 Os. 2d.; goods, &c., £761 3s. 3d.; total, C899 3s. 5d.; 614 19s. 7d. mile week. Increase, R190 2s. lOd. Aggregate from 1st January (four weeks), 1870, £4,346 10s. 4d. ditto, last year, 93,56,3 3s. lid. Increase, JE783 6s. 5d.

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. (From the Mark Lane Express.) Although the frost has lingered in the North of Ger- many, it has hastened its departure here, leaving but few vestiges of its effects. Light rains and occasional sun- shine have succeeded, and if these continue we shall soon see the effects on vegetation. The neck of the winter being thus fairly broken, we can henceforth only expect fitful visits, aud the thing most to be feared is excessive wet. For be it remembered, we lately had a large ex- tent of country swamped, and there has yet been no opportunity to thoroughly drain it. But our own position thus far, if capable of being mended, is nothing to the damaging floods now complained of in Hungary, caused entirely by continuous heavy rains and ordinary travelers for some time have had to pass over large tracts of fine corn land in boats instead of by the ordinary roads. Many fears are caused by this state of things, and the promise of Hungary proportionately cut off. Yet no con- sideration of a remote kind has had the least effect on our heavy corn market, and prices through the country have further given way Is. to 2s. per qr., without much change of hands. Only one fact seems settled, the further we go down, the nearer we are to the bottom, and as soon as capitalists believe that is touched will they be disposed to make investments. We are, indeed, reaching a crisis of contrasts. Bread goes a begging, while many go begging for bread; and while some propose emigration as the great source of relief to the country, no holder of corn believes that a diminished consumption will increase the demand. The strange phenomenon is this, Providence has made the earth to teem with plenty, that plenty instrumentally caused by the hand of man, yet the labouring man is destitute in the midst of abundance. The influence of English advices has everywhere been felt abroad. In France they have rather cheapened for wheat, but not seriously and it is the same in Belgium, Holland, Hambro', Stettin, Cologne, and Odessa. The frost may yet hold on sonfe time in the Northern ports, in the Azof, as well as in the lake ports and Montreal; but then liberty to ship will find very little encouragement withiout an improved range of prices, of which there seems no im- mediate prospect. The sales of English wheat noted last week were 54,014 qrs. at 42s. 8d., against 64,605 qrs. at 51s. 5d. in 1869. The imports into the kingdom for the week ending 29th January were 855,622 cwts. wheat, and 172,826 cwts. flour.

Broadhead, of trades union notoriety, has returned from America to Sheffield. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORT- ING.—The very agreeable character of this preparation has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service Gazette remarks:—"The singular success which MrEpps attained by his homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. By a thorough know- ledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful tpplication of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold by the Trade only in lb., i lb,, and 1 lb. tin-lined packets, labelled—JAMES Epps & Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. THE GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.—A list of the telegraph stations can be seen at any post office, and the regulations which have been issued by the POSTMASTER GENERAL inform us that the charge for a message between places in the United Kingdbm is to be Is. for twenty words, and 3d for each additional five or smaller number. The payment (which is to be made- in stamps) for a mes- sage not exceeding twenty words covers the delivery of that message by special foot messenger within the limits of one mile from the terminal telegraph office, or within the limit of the postal delivery of that office, when it is a head office, although the town postal delivery may extend for more than a mile from ft, Beyond such distances 6d. per mile porterage will be changed, or Is. per mile if sent by cab; otherwise messages wiJ be sent by the next postal delivery, free of charge. Messages may not only be ten- dered for transmission at postal telegiT^pk offices, but may be enclosed in envelopes addressed "telegraph Omce," and deposited in wall or pillar boxes, or in letter boxes of ordinary receiving offices or sub-post offices. Telegrams so deposited will be sent on at the next collectioi."11 letters to the nearest postal telegraph office. The form "K ^sued by the authorities, which can be obtained at th' Pos1; office, should be used. ADVICE TO Mo.-HERs. -Are you broken of your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teeth; go at once to a chemist ana get a bottle of Mrs Winslow's Sooth- ing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediatel it is perfectly harmless; it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It has been long in use m r, America, and is highly recommended by medical men. It is very pleasant to take; it soothes the child; it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. No mother should be without it.—Sold by all Medicine Dealers at Is. lidl per bottle. London Depot, 206, High. Holborn. THE SEVERN SALMON FISHERIES.—The annual fence time for salmon having closei on the 1st, fishing was re- sumed on Wednesday, on which afternoon were exhibited on the stall of Mr James, fishmonger, at Worcester, one weighing 271b. and the other 121b. Both were in magni- ficent condition, and as bright as silver. There was also a 121b. fish at Long's, fishmonger. They were taken im- mediately below Worcester, and between Diglis weir and the mouth of the Teme, which falls into the Severn a mile below Diglis. Several new fish have been seen in the river above the navigation weirs. The past winter has been altogether a favourable spawning season. Early in the season there were constant freshes, which carried the migrating fish well up to the spawning beds and since then the condition of the water has been good for carrying the old fish back again towards the sea. Many old soldiers have been observed on their downward progress, but many also are still to be seen lying in a weak condition under the banks and in the slacks. Of course, as usual, there have been a good many dead fish picked up, but they have not as yet been so numerous as has been noticed in former seasons. It is curious to note the apparent desire of gravid salmon to push up the smallest tributaries, where the main river is unsuited for spawning. Thus the water bailiff in the upper portion of that part of the Severn which is under the control of the Navigation Commission- ers, reports that in two very small brooks falling into the river (which in the summer are mere rills) there has been quite a rush of salmon. These brooks fall into the Severn between Bewdley and Stourport, and the river here being dammed up by a navigation weir, is unsuited for spawning beds for salmon. A third brook still higher up (above Bewdley) is also unsuited, by reason of its rocky bottom. Here a good many fish collected during the last month, and it required the utmost vigilance of the water bailiffs (who had the personal sanction and valuable aid of the landowner on the banks of the stream) to protect the fish from the poacher. These fish have now nearly all returned to the main river.