Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

EnnATfM.—In our report of the proceedings of the Town Council, in our last issue. the motion ultimately agreed to 1\3 to the removi.1 of the rost Office, was that the question be postponed for TWO months, and not six as we erroneously stated in our report.

LOliD DUN GANNON AS A LEGISLATOR. I TrlI. Morning papers in the early part of the present week brought the inhabitants of Wrex- I ham a piece of intelligence with reference to themselves, of which, with very few exceptions, tae seven or eignt thousand individuals compris- if."p our population were previously in the most blissful ignorance. There is a homely kind of proverb which avers that you must go from home to hear news, and had it not been for the exist- ence and marvellous powers of the press," or the wonderful facilities of the post," we must necessarily have travelled all the way to London to have become aware that a petition had been laid on the table of the Hone of Lords on the Church Rate question, with certain names appended thereto from the town of Wrexham. It may be necessary to inform some of our readers that the petition in question is not for the aboli- tion, but for the continuance of Church Rates. The spirit of its prayer is, that their lordships in their great wisdom will be pleased to uphold aa impost which enables the churchman to put his hand in the pocket of the Dissenters, and extract therefrom the means of carrying on the Church- man's religion. A very modest request for any one to make, and we have no doubt many with ourselves, feel curious to know who has so far forgotten his duty to his neighbour, as to append Ms name to such a prayer. The peer who has undertaken to present this select peti- tion is Lord Dungannon, a peer, who, by his unquestionable ability as well as his remarkable eccentricity is peculiarly fitted for the task. Jt is difficult to find, in these days, even amongst the peers of the realm, an individual who believes in the vitality of church-rates, the concocters of the petition therefore were singularly fortunate in finding so near home a real live lord of such antiquated notions and strong ecclesiastical syripatliies. His lordship's laborious legislative efforts have not, however, during the last few days been confined to the propping up of Church Rates,—he has given expression to the concern he feels for the dignity of the Church, and attempted to raise a cry ot alarm on account of the preaching of the gospel by clergyrSfen of the Church of England in the metropolitan theatres. His lordship is evi- dently more concerned for the dignity of the clergy than their usefulness or their activity. lie would rather that the people were not taught at all the things which pertain to their everlast- ing peace, than that they should be taught them without the walls of a consecrated building. One would think that his lordship could see little to find fault with in the internal arrangements of a theatre for the purpose of carrying on the public worship of God, when we call to mind the ample provision made for his personal comfort in his own parish church. Lord Dungannon goes through IÚ Sunday morning's devotions in the parish church of St. Mprtins, surrounded more I by the luxuriousness of a well furnished parlour than the usual bare appendages of a pew A com- fortably cushioned seat, and a well carpetted flo:»r, preserve his lordship from feeling too keenly the transition from the drawing room, while a carefully drawn curtain preserves his tacied person from the gaze of the val gar. Al- together the Brynkinalt pew in the parish church of St. Martins bears a strong resemblance to some of the more aristocratic boxes in a London theatre. We have been careful to collate the reports contained in the various daily papers of the efforts made by Lord Dungannon during the -nast week for the maintenance of Church Rates and the prevention of the preaching of the gospel to the poor. We were much disappointed to find that the reporters of the daily press had wholly ignored his lordship's speech, not a word could we find beyond the mere formal giving of notice in one instance, and the presenting of a petition in the other. It appears to have been leserved far a Wrexham "organ" to "do justice to Lord Dungannon's great parliamen- tarv effort. The space allotted to leporters in the House of Lords is of a very limited charac- ter, and we can hardly be expected to believe that a special coi respondent" from Wrexham found a corner appropriated to him just for the occasion in the reporters' gallery of their lord- ship's chamber. The question recurs, therefore, how did Lord Dungannon's speech on presenting the petition in favour of Church Rates find its way into an obscure print, which circulates some three hundred and fifty copies weekly?! Did his Lrdahip supply it, or did some lackey, who trembles at the name of a lord, manufacture it, and command its insertion by virtue of his con- nection with the print in question. Be this as it uiay, we should judge from the spee. that the petition is a most modest affair, as its framers see no difficulty at all in dealing with ti.e vexatious question of Church Rates. If we onlyhad the mind that conceived and the hand that drew uut this petition at the head of our national affairs, the question of Church Rates would be settled at once and for ever, without resorting to any such extreme measure as total abolition. The question will no doubt naturally arise in some minds, Why, if the principle of Church Hates is so just and equitable, it should require so much tinkering and amending as is recom- mended in this petition. ?" After all, with regard to Lord Dungannon's fears, on the subject of preaching in theatres, perhaps they are not altogether groundless. "When pious clergymen in considerable num- bers are week by wefk preaching in unconse- crated buildings, throwing aside gown and cossack, abolishing written sermons, setting at nought canons and formalites, and associating with schismatical Dissenters, in their zeal for the spread of divine truth, lords spiri- tual and temporal may begin to tremble for the safety, not of the church spiritual, but of the church as by law established."

SUMMARY. I THE treaty of commerce with France still con- tinues to occupy a considerable amount of public attention. As might be expected, the gigantic changes it contemplates give rise to considerable carping ;—still the most implaca- ble enemy of free trade is unable to bring forward one single substantial argument against it. There is no doubt the fiscal advantages to this country, as we have tried to shew before, will be many, but of far greater importance do we look upon it in its political aspect. By its provisions the Emperor is pledged to the abolition of the Freuch prohibitive system. The French manufacturers who fancy that they have an interest in the protective system, well know that protection is doomed, and they will set their house in order accordingly. The restoration ef confidence by the new pacific policy will in itself greatly increase trade on both sides of the channel, and in proportion as trade increases between the two countries will invasion panics diminish, a blessing of which it is impossible to estimate the extent. the thirst for vengeance against China ap- t:> pears to have received a check in high quarters, as well as in the country generally. In the House of Lords on Tuesday, Earl Grey not only fully explained the views of I, those that are opposed to hostile opera- tion, but moved an amendment expressing regret "that when the preparations for the intended expedition were commenced Her .Majesty's servants did not advise Her Majesty to communicate to Parliament, without delay, the measure's decided upon by them, in order that Parliament might have an opportunity of form- ing a judgment thereon, and that its previous saaction might be obtained to the expenses it might occasion." Though negatived without a division, it will not be without good results. The ] tide has turned in respect to this illQmened w .If I 1 As the Times"—once the most prominent ad- vocate for vengeance—says, on this subject there is but one feeling nmonsr the public:—" A speedy settlement consistent with our national honour, is desired by every one. Never hud we a war which created so little enthusiasm. It may almost be said to have been for^oitun be- fore it is begun. The truth is, we have had Asiatic wars enough, and that wars with China in particular neither inflams the imagination nor appeal to the self-interest of the nation." The question of the SilVOY annexation to France, was before the House of Commons on Wednes- day night. Lord John Russell, in answer to Mr Disraeli said, that Lord Cowley had, in July last, communicated with Count Walewski as to the rumour of the annexation, which ended in the French Minister disclaiming any proposal of the Emperor of the French on the subject. Accord- ingly, a despatch was forwarded from our For- eign-office to Paris expressing the gratification [ of her Majesty's Government at what had been stated. The matter continues tote gravely dis- cussed on the Continent. A great battle has been fought between the Spanish army, before Tetuan, and the Moorish forces which watch it. The Spaniards claim the victory, and believe that they have killed two thousand of the enemy, while their own loss consisted only of two hundred. There is, how- ever, no advance of the Spaniards mentioned as the result of the battle, so that we suppose it must be classified with all the previous con- tests, as a mere trial of arms, without strategical significance, and without even moral impression for had similar Spanish victories been what they were-, represented to be, we certainly should not hear constantly of new struggles on the same blood-stnined ground.

I PAUPERISM OF SHROPSHIRE AND WALES IN DECEMBER. Notwithstanding the increase which took place in the number of paupers relieved during the last week of December, the total was considerably be- low that of the corresponding period of the two pre- ceeding years. The last week of the year shows an increase of 43,308 paupers, as compared with the last week of the Michaelmas quarter; but this is usual in the winter quarter, and is attributable to the diminution of out-door employment, in conse- quence of the change in the season. This in- crease commenced in the middle of October, but fluctuated from week to week until the end of the following month, when it became progressive. But while the total number of paupers on the last day of 1857 was 936,815, and on the last day of 1858 857,903, they had diminished attlie endof lastyear to 820,773; showing a diminution 31,1^0, 6,63 per cent upon 1858, and of 110,042, or 11, 75 per cent. up- on 1857. Comparison of the three periods in res- pect of the various divisions of the country for poor law purposes, show that the ratio of decrease in the manufacturing districts has been more than double that which has taken place in the agricultur- al districts; but there is no division which has not shown a diminution in the number of paupers during the month of December. In the first week of the month the number of paupers in the six coun- ties comprising the West Midland division, was 85.948, showing a comparitive decrease of 3,607, or 4,03 per cent; the average of the kingdom being 4,74 per cent. The second week brought the num- ber up to 86,339, and diminished the per centage ef decrease upon the pauperism of the correspond- ing week of 1858 to 3,82 per cent., the average be- ing 4,62 per cent. At the end of the third week it was 86,799, showing a comparative decrease of 3,99 per cent, while the average per centage fell to 4,44 per cent and at the end of the fourth week it advanced to 87,649, and the ratio of decrease was reduced to 3,36 per cent, the average of the king- dom falling to 3,63 per cent. The total was made up of 11,496 indoor and 76,153 out-door paupers, being a diminution of 944 in the former class, and of9,107 in the latter. The Welsh paupers numbered 72,560 at the end of the first week of December, showing a decrease of 1,540, or 1,95 per cent, upon the corresponding period of 1858 which indicates less improvement in this respect than in any otlrjr part of the kingdom, except the northern and south midland divisions. In the second week they rose to 72,888, and the per centage of decrease upon the prceding year fell to 1,85 in the third week to 73,237, a comparative decrease of 1,46 per ccnt and in the fourth week to 73,590, when the decrease up- on the correspondin g period of the preceding year was 1,55 per cent. Of the total number 3,510 were in-door, and 70,080 out-door paupers, the former being less by 101, and the latter by 1,060, than at the (lose of 1858.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.

R.OUOUGH M'AG; OF RATES' COURT. ;ONI;AY, JAN. OOTII, loJO.— Tlios. Pain- ( tei, E q., Mayor. A COLD BF.D.—AVillum E,1wara., of Borsham, wns in the deck, charged with being drunk. Inspector Ltrnb stated that he found the prisoner between two and tlwee o'clock on Sunday morning, in Abbot-street, lying in the snow—stiif With cold, lie took him and locked him up, and he believed if he had not done so that he would have been starved to death. lie w-;is uruuk at the inn; Di?iT:irgt'd v> i a Cirui Fi-ALiXfi liiON.—John and Ann Pagan were ehirgcd with stealing a quantity of iron from foom the workshops on the Great \v catern a,.ar this town. The case was a iL one, and it appeared tll;,t the iron had been found a r AlciJermott's stores. The pcri-m wl-o took iii iiie itoil could not identify Fagan and his wife as the persons who brought it. They were therefore discharged.

WREXHAM COUNTY COURT. I SATURDAY, JAN. 28— Before J. L. Winston, Esq., .11 -la^gL1. This was the fourth (lay for the Court to sit, and the whole of ths day was occupied with the case IIOSKELL V. HUGHES, I which was an action for damages laid at :1210, brought I by Mr Ruski/11, of Upper Glascoed, against Mr Hughes, of Lower Glascoed. Mr bwetenham appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Wyatt for the defence. From the opening address of the former it appeared that the de- fendant, ou the 21st of March, 1859, entered upon afield in the possession of the plaintiff with a plough andteum and ploughed up about half an acre of the land. Pre- vious to February, 1859, the defendant was tenant of this land, but this tenancy, it was contended on the part of the plaintiff, expired on the 2nd of February, as will be shown by the following evidence. Mr Benham was first called. He said I am the owner of a farm called Bryn Glascoed. It is near to Mr Roskill's farm, called Upper Glascoed. Previous to February, lSof, Mr Hughes was my tenant. I gave him notice to quit in 1853. I did so in 1857 first, but he objected, and I accepted his objection to prevent any quarrel. The first or second Monday of August I gave him notice-it was before the third. Mr Johnson is my agent. I gave him notice personally. (Notice read.) Cross-examined—I did not read it to him. I told him I was willing to take him on a fresh lease. I gave hIm the notice on a Monday-it was either the 1st or second of August. It was about two o'clock. I wrote to Mr Hughes on the 5th of June suggesting new terms. (Let- ter read.) Subsequent to this I had some correspond- ence with Mr Johnson relative to the re-letting. (Se- veral of the letters were here read.) I never heard of a written agreement before I bought the farm. By Mr Swetenham.—Mr Hughes has paid me rent for four or five years. 1 never authorised Mr Johnson to keep Mr Hughes on the old tenancy terms. Mr Johnson was next called. He said that in January, 1859. I was appointed agent tor Mr Benham for Lower G lascoed farm. I received a letter on the 5th, asking me to arrange for setting the farm that Mr Hughes was about to quit. Mr Benham recalled, and read a letter of the 24th of June, 1859, instructing Mr Johnson to get another tenant unless John Hughes would pay an increased rent. Mr Johnson's examination continued. 1 saw Mr Hughes atter leeeiving that letter, and ho asked me to draw out an agreement. I did so, and after looking it over he said he would not take the farm on that tigree- Dlent. Thii was on Thursday, 3rd of March. Mr Ros- lill after this came to see me when I was ill in bed. The letter was in the bedroom on the day, and I offered him the farm. He said he would take it, but he would not if John Hughes and I could agree. I pressed John Hughes to take it in the Market Hall. I said the farm is let unless you take it. He said I am much obliged to you, but I cannot take it on those terms. I then wrote to Mr R skell telling him he was tenant of the farm. (Letterread.) John Hughes came on Saturday, the 19th or Monday, the 21st of March. Mr Lovatt was present part of the time. I was talking to him. Hughes said he had seen Mr Roskell and he (Roskeli) said he was willing to give up the farm to him, and he was willing to take it on the terms proposed. I said I could not inter- fere any more as Mr Roskell was the tenant of the farm. He appealed to me and said sball I send my teams on the farm. I replied, if Mr Roskell is agreeable I have no obj ection. Mr Hughes returned me the agree- ment now produced, but I don't remember when-U. bigmd. I have bad considerabl e experience in flrming. Supposing this field laid down in grass it would be a great injury and annoyance to plough it. By Mr Wyatt-I was to get an agreement from John Hughes to frame the other by. I had not had the agree- ment from John Hughes when I wrote that letter. I I don't know when 1 showed the agreement to Mr Ros- kell. It was subsequent to the 21st of March. On the 22nd I weal to Mr Hughes saying Mr Roskell was ten- ant unless he liked to re-let to him. Hughes gave the agreement up at the Wynnstay Arms. Edward Lovatt was next called. He said he was 11. I ir T • clerk t(i m r jonnson, was WHO iur Johnson when the agreement was given to Mr Hughes. I had written it. There was a question as to rLp tirs. Johnson gave Mr Hughes to understand that the tenant found the ma- terials for all alterations. In the same room on the 21st of March I was present again when the agreement was given up by Mr Hughes. He said it was not sufficient. it was mentioned that Mr Roskell would take the farm. 'i I was also present when Mr Hughes told Mr Johnson Mr Roskell had given him permission to continue the tenancy. Mr Roskell called-I am the owner of Upper Glas- coed. It adjoins Hughes's farm. I received this letter dated 9th March, 1859, stating Hughes was shuffling and offering me the farm. I sent for Mr Hughes after and showed him the letter. I advised him to agree and wished him to retain it. I offered to lend him money if he was anxious to purchase. 1 said I thought I could manage the thing. In pursuance of these letters I took possess- ion of the farm on me totn ot March, 1859. I showed Mr Hughes the letter in confidence, and told him I thought he was very foolish. He told me Mr John. i son had let him the land. I said he had better not let me catch him nor Johnson there. This was before the 21st of March. I remember seeing the plough in the field I had taken from Mr Johnson, The horses wee coming out of the field; the plough was left there. They were Hughes's horses. They had plonghed haif an acre. On the following morning 1 went to Hnghes's house. I said I suppose you have seen your plough broken ?" He said" yes., I I said do you know who broke it ?" lie said "no,"and I said I did," and added "it was fortu- nate the man and horses were notthere." He said nothing, is one of those men who are very quiet. It was not a stubble field. There had been barley or oats the season before. I don't think the ploughing did much harm, except to one's feelings. The field is no value to me for agricultural purposes, only as a grazing land. The loss was very trifling. Rather have given 210 than have had it ploughed certainly. Mr Hughes took his half of wheat when he left in the autumn, 1859. It was after I took ¡ possession. Cross examined- -1 don't know the date I knocked Mr ¡ Hughes down. Before that quarrel I had not given Mr I Hughes any notice 01 this damage. After he brought the action for the a-sault I took these proceedings. I took possession on the 18th of March. I merely walked up and down. There were no gates to lock. I did not tell Mr Hughes on the Friday, Saturday, nor Monday, that I had not taken the land. Mr Johnson read the agreement to me before then in the Wy nustay. It was before the 21st of March he did so. By Mr Swetenham—Remembered Mr Hughes taking his stock and implements off the farm on the 2nd of Feb. His cattle had trespassed there since, but they were al. ways taken off by himself or his man. The assault was not connected with this trespass. Mr Wyatt then replied for the defendant to the plaintiff's case, and urged that the action was quite un- founded, and wanted no encouragement as the plaintiff admitted in his cross-examination, that he had sustained no damage whatever, and that he had never treated the grievance complained of as one, until three months after it had happened, and not then until after Mr Hughes, the defendant had been obliged to bring an action against him for unwarrantably knocking him down. Mr Wyatt in arguing observed-I say that the plaintiff can only bring this action if the tenancy between Benham and defendant Hughes had been legally determined between the 21st day of March last. In 1857 and 1858 the relation of landlord and tenant subsisted between Benham and Hughes, of Bryn Glascocd hrm-then did Benham get rid of this, before his supposed letting to Roskell ? I contend not. Hughes entered on the Bryn Glascoed lands on the 2nd day of February, and on the house and buildings, and a boosey pasture on the 1st day of May. Benham in Auguit, 1857, gave Hughes a notice to quit the said land' and also the house and buildings, on the 2nd day of February, 1858,-he de- livered it to him himself, saying he did not wish to re- move him, but only to put him under an agreement in writing, which Hughes was willing to give. Benham did not read the notice to the tenant, nor did he read it on delivery, therefore there was no acceptance then by the tenant of the time of quitting being correct. The question then arises, is this notice to quit on a specified day, not being the lait day of the year good? In Doe D. Williams v. Smith Adolphus and Ellis, 350 it is decided that where different parts of the demixed premis- es were entered upon at different times, that notice should be to quit at corresponding periods, or, at the ex- piration of half, a-year from the delivery of this notice. Therefore if this rule be not overruled, Benham's notice is insufficient, and Hughes's tenancy undetermined on the 21st day of March last. But as his friend Mr Swetenham had put in a letter of Hughe's the defen. dants to Benham, dated 17th day of March, 1857, say- ing.—farms are usually given up by the custom of the country on the 2nd day of Frebruary, he probably in- tends to contend that as the tenan' has given the land- lord a wrong time of entry, and quitting he is bound by it, and cannot object now to the error. Mr Wyatt went on to observe, that the tenant had not done so, he has merely in reference to the suggested terms for a new lease, informed his landlord what the usage is, he does not on a distinct application by him to know his time of entry, say it was February 2nd, and thereby mislead him. Whereupon a notice is given him, if that were so the tenant is estopped trom objecting that his tenancy commenced another time. Under the case of Eyre v. Lambley," 2 Espmape. All the tenant says by the custom, tenants give up farm's on February 2nd, not that the time his tenancy began was then, but I w. show by the tenant that after this 17tth March he saw Benham and told him his times of entry were February 2nd, and May 1st, Mr Wyatt, said if this train of reas- oning is correct, the defendant's tenancy was not deter- mined on the 21st March, and Roskell had no title to bring an action tor tiespasi. In another view of the case, the defendant Hughes had a good continuing title to the pos-j -lion of Bryn Glasoocd, on the 21st my of -11-irch. Ever, suppose t.e notice to quit to be good, which I deny, Hughes did not surrender possesion cf tLe lands on the 2nd day of February, he kept his cattle on to the 21st {1.,y of ManL. Johnson the agent never went down to ie_eive or demand possession on the 2nd day of Febmaiy, but as is dhuwa by the landlord and the agent's letters to Hughes between the 5ta day of January," and the ISiS, a negotiation wa* set on foot, for a fi e-h Lasc, and it was clear defendant Hughes v a s rtmain"d oa J) implied consent, under sce'l circumstan- cc. And if ever the notice t3 quit was good, he ilaghcs wan, at any rate, a tenant at will to Benham, from tl.e 2nd jiy of Februiry, and could not be cj cted without a _n JY °, .r ct.ru¡ry, and cou. ilùt be cJ:d:; \Vt ,¡lh a previous u.:ui:.n'i of j ossession, or something equivalent, and an entry for the [moose of resuming possession. or reports,—It is true, Mr Wyatt observed, that Mr J-;I;r.son sn. 3 he wrote to Roc- kell oil Friday the 18t dav of March, to take possession ot the 1;13,11 Glascot d land at once, and ti.at Roskell said he walked with his man into the fields on Saturday the 19lh, but he locked novate. Did no act to signify 1- 1 J on the lan(I L(-) t t l-' TenatiT7 nis entry oy ii,nba,ll,i oider. the land to lenatir, I eo as to determine the tenancy at will, and under a vin- dicative action of this sort I eoutend in the face of Johnson's letters up to the 22nd March last, t-at noth- ing ihort of an overt net by the landlord manifesting and giving the tenant notice cf his intention to resume possession could satisfactorily have de,-eriiiine I Hughe's interest up to March the :,Ils-. As Mr Swetenham seemed to think the acts of the tenant subsequent to the 21st day of March, sufficient, as a party to treat and set up the notice to quit as good. Mr Wyatt aid he re- lied on the  and YOIIn" 141 lied on the case in "1 M'OeIand and Younge. HI, which appears to decide that an iosumeient notice to quit, though appended to, would not determine a tenancy or operate as a surrender, on the expiration of such notice. Lastly Mr Wyatt said this case involved a ques- tion of title and deprived the court of jurisdiction—to which observation the judge said he felt that all through the case. Th first witness called, was John Hughes, who said I was tenant to Mr Benham at Lower Glascoed. Mr Swetenham objected to Mr Hughes's evidence. He would undertake to say that his honour would have to strike it all out of his notes, Mr Hughes continued I entered on my tenancy on the 2nd of February, I entered on the land and build- ings on the 1st of May following. I had some conversa- tion with my landlord before he bought the farm. I told him my time of entry on thj land was the 2nd of Feb- ruary, and the house on the 1st of May. The notice to quit was given me—I cannot tell the day, it was between two and three o'clock one afternoon. He did not read the notice-l put it in my pocket. He said he did not wish me to leave the farm-he wished me to take a new lease I saw Mr Johnson on the 17th of March in the Market Hall. I did not give the land up. There was a differ- ence about repairs. He told me that Roskell bad taken the farm on the Thursday, after that I saw Roskell on the Friday following—the 18th. I told him what had passed between me and Mr Johnson, and he said he had not taken the farm. I said I was for going on with it. He said he did not want anything to do with it, I then went to see Mr. Johnson, on Monday the 21st of March. Told him what had passed between myself and Mr Haskell-that Roskell would have nothing to do with the farm. I told him that I was anxiou3 to go on with it. He said if I did not like it Roskell would. I gave up the agreement to have it signed by Mr Ben- ham. He was making a little alteration in the terms, When I went back I ordered the team to go and plcugh half an acre of oat stubble. It was not laid down with clover the year before. It was not in permanent pasture. The grass was goou for nothing, that was on it. I went up to Mr Roskell. He asked me where I was that morning ? I said I had been with Mr Johnson. That I had arranged with Johnson to go on with the business. He said he would let me and Mr Johnson know different. There were 3 horses ploughing. The Dext morning Air Roskell came. He asked me did I know who had broken my plough, I said no, and he said he did. On the 2nd day of February, I neither saw Johnson nor Benham. Did not withdraw my things from the farm. I was in poseession till the 22nd March I gave up the land on the 22nd of March. I remained in the farm because I was in treaty altogether, (letters put in shewing this) after reading a letter on the 22nd from Mr" Johnson I gave it up, and left the house on the 1st of May. I never saw Roskell interfering on the land, had no cattle on the land. Cross-examined I have paid rent to Mr Benham, when Mrs Williams was in the farm many years after Mr Benham purchased. I paid the same rent when she was in as after she left. She paid me rent after Mr Benham purchased. I did go to Mr Benham to wish him to get Mrs Williams to go from there because she could not pay rent. I got rid of her myself not Mr Benham. She was my tenant I re- member viewing this all, CuMenL from Mr Johnson. I re- member taking it back. I did not give it up when 1 took it back, Mr Johnson told me in the Market Hall that Roskell had taken it. I never told Mr Johnson I would not take it. Some dispute here took place about a letter, dated March 17 1859, in which Mr Benham said he was nut willing that Hughes should have the farm again on the same terms." Thu answer to this letter was amongst the papers put in, and notice had been given to produce the letter itself, but Mr Wyatt said lie had never seen it. Mr Swetenham thsn replied, alter which His Honour said he should take time to consider his decision.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WREXHAM TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Wrexham Temperance Society took place on Monday last. In the afternoon a finance meeting took place at the Temperance Hotel, Regent-street, wh n the following statement was read In the evening a public meeting took place in the Music Hall. The chair was occupied by W. Law, Esq, of the Vron Cilliery, who openei the proceedings in a 1 .1 very eloquent address ot some length. Alter alluding to the smallness of the numbers present at the beginning of the meeting, which had been accounted for partly by the circumstance of there being a lecture of a scientific character that evening in the Town Hall, in connection With the Literary Institute, he advised the managers to endeavour in making their arrangements, to select an evening for their meeting when it would not interfere with other meetings of a useful character. With regard to the object on which they bad met, all parties were ready to unite with them in denouncing the evils of drunkenness, but they were sometimes charged by their opponents with exaggerating those evils. His opinion was that many of the evils connected with the drinking system were not known to the public. According to a recent article in the Quarterly Review," the sum an- nually expended in this country for intoxicating drinks, was sixty millions-out of this twenty millions was spent by the working classes. A sum sufficient to make a thousand miles of railway at two thousand pounds per mile-five times the distance from here to London-and that every year. It was a sum of money that would build fifty Great Easterns. It would educate, board and I clothe four hundred children. All classes were infected with these drinking customs from the highest to the lowest-there was not a family to be found who had not to mourn some one who had fallen a victim. They had had had warning enoughs- if they doubted this, let them look at their police courts, at their gaols, and their asylums, at their poor houses. Let them watch the drunkard, look at his cheerless home, his heart broken wife, and his ragged children. How was all this to be cured ? In two ways. First, by abstaining: secondly, by prohibiting the salo of intoxicating drink. Lead us not into tempt ition, but deliver us from evil, were two of the petitions of that prayer which every mother taught their infants to lisp. That prayer was repeated by every Church of England ininiister six times every Sunday morning. Some said it was a degrading thing to take the pledge—that teetotallers were something less than men on account of having done so. Did not every member of any society do the same thing ? When they joined their cricket or their rifle clubs did not fhey bind themselves to obey the rules of those societies ? They, as tecioallers, had but one rule-that rule was to abstain* The second part of their plan was to prohibit the sale of these drinks deliver us from evil." The Maine Law had done much good in America, and it would do the same here. But to attempt to carry out the Maine Law at once would be perfectly absutd-what they proposed was a permissive bill, which would enablo them to put down every public-house in a district, when two out of every three of the inhabitants were willing to do so. They had a precedent for this in the Public Libraries Bill, whereby, if two thirds of the inhabitants voted for its adoption, a rate could be imposed upon that township for the support of a public library. This bill would be brought forward next session-it may not pass—but then it would be brought forward again and again until it did pass (cheers.) The Rev. Joseph Jones next briefly addressed the meeting. He predicted that tho movement, though not popular or fashionable at present, must eventually buc- ceed, because it had the approval of heaven. Mr W. H. Darby was next called upon. He said it always gave him great pleasure to stand on a temperance platform. He had nothing new to bring before them, but would content himself with reading one or two ex- tracts with a iiew more particularly of showing the progress the question was making amongst the clergy of the Church of England, 200 of whom had lately signed a declaration, which had been headed by the Dean of Carlisle. Mr Darby then read the following extract from a speech made by the Dean of Carlisle:— He was now fully persuaded that Christian friends had no idea of the extent and ramifications of the misery that is oc- casioned in this country at this moment, not as he had stated in print, by drunkenness, but by the dririk-fop. plause)- by that which intoxicates: he did'nt care what it was called, or what heap of words were in the Bible about it—what he meant was the something which made a niiU drunk; only he was quite sure it was not water. People had no idea of the amount of secret drinking there was. They said that among the upper or richer classes th re was much less drinking than there used to be. But there was a grc.:t deal of secret drinking. No. body knew anything about it, but it came out now and then-it bubbled and leaked out in spite of them. He had often thought people appeared stupid, and when he came to ask the cause-it was drink." Mo one had any idea of the extent of the evil they had to contend against, and therefore it was that people thought it was to be dealt with as other moral evils are dealt with, and that there was no necessity for any special or peculiar efforts to be made against it. No one knew how seiiously the drink interfered with moral and social progress until I they examined for themselves, and there were abundant ns.tance of people who were at first opposed to Teeto- .alism finding, on making personal visits to certain dis- nets, that there was but one remedy for the evil, It wa? all very well for people sitiil- in their drawing- roc ns to pass sneakingly by a p.ib'.h-'jouse and say, ] 'o w nasty it isbu1. let the:n go and facs the demon in 'c str-et. and alleys, and they would s .0 thit this is thL jnly weapon that they could use agiinst the evil. I" h ::> He referred to the exertions of the e'er^vman's wife 6t Shrewsbury, and to the wender'ul results w hich had I crowned those efforts; -nl stated thaf he had receiv-d a communication from ill3 vicar of Whitby, since the publication of his pamphlet. Whitby was a seaport i abounding with drunken sailors. For thive years the rufaM laboured without aav app-irent result. He n-"as?.cd3ndtcc'u''J a?i?)n.!v. but !n never could get the ra:'n to attend. At length he bejan to "is:t thÚr ,,e. t t'le m:?n t?) atten(l. At ',cn g tl?i be be?,tn t,3 vis;t t h eir homes on an cvtnin? whn the men were in "nd then ho found the cau-e of their nbsencc was drink. He con- versed air I reasoni-i with thmi, became h:ms.:lf a Teeto- ,n !t i ,n, a;il i n,)w a zg :-Cit taler, and pers jaded others to join him, aad now a grcit reformation had taken plaee in the to«-r., and the people were more orderly and more comfortable in their !'< in -q. At first the vicar had not been a Teetotaler — ict many of the clergy were-indeed it was amu-insr to s. I a meeting of the clergy if some goo.i-irm.ci c-ira'« among them happened to say, I am a Tcet"t.vcr lot the course of two years, however, the vie r of Whi: bv had made 1,300 members of the Teetotal Society, a; J had gained over every clergyman unJ e .-ery dissent:ng minister, except one clergyman who was forbidden by the physicians. The dean concluded thus—They do a great deal cf mischief, these doctors; and I have eschewed them long ago. They are terrible for pre- scribing porter, brandy and water, and so on. Well, the vicar's church is filled, his schools are prosperous, and in going among the cottages of the fishermen, instead ol foul blasphemy, drunkenness, and miserable fighting, all is i peaceable and contented the people are getting them- sel ves good clothing, and are raising themselves in the social scale. If a man wishes to raise himself in the political so.de, the best thing is to become a Teetotaler, and spend no more money in drink. I trust that we shall go on now every one of us, unmoved by ridicule, un- shaken by argument, increased in strength and in noe conviction of our own consciences, knowing that, if we fear God and please him, we have nothing to fear in this world to come." Mr Darby next read the following ex- tract from a speech by Mr Smithies, Editor of the British. Workman, with reference to the efforts of Mrs Wightnictn, in Shrewsbury Within the last three months three books written by ladies had been published which seemed destined, by God's blessing, to produce a social revolution in the land—' Ragged Homes, and How to Mend Them,' by M rs Bailey; < Haste to the Rescue,' by Mrs Wightman; and The Missing Link,' by Mrs Raynard. Amongst the Christian ministers of the land these books were having a great, though silent influence, and they would, he believed, lead to a movement that woul.1 surprise the friends of Temperance. Having been greatly interested in the statements contained in Haste to the Rescue,' he was induced to pay a visit to Shrews. bury and the locality especially described, and he found that the extent of the reformation effected had not been at all overstated. The change was great and wonderful. After going to the homes of some of the reformed men, and having his heart made glad by what he saw and heard, he went to the Vicarage and conversed with Mrs Wightman herself, and learned from her husband that from seventy to a hundred individuals had by her means been induced to become regular attendants at church, who never used to go to a place of worship before. These results had mainly been brought about by the force of example. Till that lady signed the pledge herself, her efforts seemed to be all thrown away. The I signing of the pledge gave her a power with the people she sought to reform which she never had before. When Haste to the Rescue' had been out only three weeks, the authoress learnt that three clergymen had, through readina- it, been induced to sign the pledge." Mr Bott was next called upon. He said he could bear testimony to the good Mrs Wlffhtmau had done from his own personal knowledge. At Christmas he received an invitation from this good lady, when he saw 170 in- dividuals taking tea together, who were formerly in the habit of spending £4,00 per annum in intoxicating drinks, all of which was spent now in procuring domestic comforts. With regard to the twenty millions spent by the working classes there was by no means a small pro- portion of that spent in Wrexham. They had lately lost one of their most noble champions, but they had deter- mined not to let the good works he had commenced die out. Efforts were about to be made to open the Work- ing Mens* Reading Room again. On Monday there would be a social tea party connected therewith, and a public meeting afterwards in the Music Uall, when Mr. Thomas, of Etlesmere, would be preaeut, and would no doubt give them a thrilling address. They also intend- ed to start again the Saturday evening concerts (cheers.) Tho proceedings were much enlivened by Mr Seth Roberts singing a temperance melody between each of the addresses, and the meeting was brought to a close by singing the dox dogv, and the Rev Joseph Jones pro- nouncing the beadiction.

WREXHAM BOARD OF GUARDIANS. THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1860. Prescnt-M.r Wriht, Ruabon, in the chair, Mr Jones, Ruabon, in the vice-chair; Messrs Burton, MinerR; J Duckworth, Abenbury Fechan; Parsonage, Marchwiel; iiott, St-insty; Richard, q Worthcubury, Atherton, Gresford; Lester, Bcrsham; lug hes, Eaclusham Below; Edgwortti, Wrexham Regis. HIE SCHOOLMASTER, A letter was lead from the Poor Law Board referring the guardians to a communi- cation of the 13th of July last in which they had requested to be informed at the expiration of six months as to the manner in which the schoolmaster was performing his duties. The chairman said there had been no complaints against the schoolmaster. Mr Edgworth: Not only that —but there has beeu considerable praise. The Clerk was greeted to write to the Pour Law Board to that effect. fEVER IN BROUGHTON.-Ilr Lester said he saw by the medical officer's book that there were five cases of fever ia one house in the Moss valley. Mr Bott said the cases had been on the books for several weeks, but the fever had altogether been confix tf\ v,™ "1' whereupon Mr Morris, relieving ofifcer, was called into the room. In reply to quei5tious put to him, Mr Morris, stated that the house was very clean. It was one of the twenty houses," in the Moss Valley. They were situate on the side of a hiil, and the ground at the back was nearly on a level with the eaves of the houses. There was als) some stagnant water at the bottom of the garden. There was a child dead at present in the next house to the one where the fever was. Mr Edgworth suggested that Mr Morris should call the attention of Mr Napier, the manager of the Westminster Company, to these circumstances, which was agreed to. Number in the house 191 -3 less than last week. Vagrants relieved—16.

A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL.-The following epistle was received by a person in this town a few days ago, from a local preacher.—" Dear Sir I Right to infoim you that I am still very unwell and am not able to do any thing I have been withe the Docter and he gave me Medsen and has made me very hill at present I will come back as crely as passable, May the lord bless every I Efford Paul may Plant and Appols water but God may give the in Ciase I am yirer amblev servent" "SuowiNo THE WITE FEATHER."—A short time ago, when a series of crowded meetings were held in the Welsh Calvinistic Chapel, in this town, a young lady, of considerable personal attraction took a positionin front of the gallery, and while she gazed at the throng by which she was surrounded, she was gazed upon in return, the more so. perhaps, because she sported a fashionable hat, ornamented with a gay white feather. While these re- ciprocal recognitions were going on, and the fair one was intently taking a survey of some fashionable bonnet below, the hat and feather took their departure from her head, and in obedience to the law of gravitation, made for the centre of the earth, but were retarded in their downward course by finding their way into one of the pews below. The young lady, covered with confusion, retired from the front, and would gladly have retired from the chapel, had she not been so hemmed in by the multitude. A Calvinistic congregation is proverbially a serious one, nevertheless, the gravest elders present could hardly avoid giving way to an incipient titter, which was rather increased than suppressed by a gallant young man picking up the hat, proceeding with it to the gal- lery, and presenting it to the blushing maid. LECTURE ON GEORGE STEPHE-NSOf.-We beg to call attention to an advertisement in another column of a Lecture to be delivered on Tuesdav evening next, by our esteemed neighbour, R. C. Rawlins, Esg., on » Geor-c Stephenson and the Railway system." The interest of the subject at this present time, and the well known ability of the Lecturer, wiii we doubt not, secure a large attendance. VISIT OF SIR WATKIN AND LADY WYNN TO THE WORK- HOUSE.-About one o'clock on Thursday, Sir Watkill W Wynn accompanied by Lady Williams Wynn arrived at the Wrexham Union Workhouse and were conduc,te2d through all the wards of the house by the mastw and matron. They were attended by the Rev J C. R?""?? the chaplain, Mi Edgworth and Mi Jonathan Jones on; of the guardians of i?bon. We believe the visit was the result of an interview between Lady Williams W?nn and the latter gen; emen. Her Ladyship exp? .X desire tQ see the whole of the workhouse arSnen ill order to judge what the restraints and also S com- forts of the poor reallv were. The party went through all the wards, the sick rooms and the schools. Her Ladyship paid particular attention 19 the latter and heard the children in each school sing. Sir Watkin and Lady Wynn more than once expressed their gratification at the very nice order in which the whole house was kept by Mr and Mr. Blagger, by whom the visit was entirely unexpected. Ihe inmates shewed their plea- sure by repeated cheering, and Sir Watkin left a han d- some donation to be expended In a treat to remember Lady Williams Wynn's visit. Before leaving her Lady- ship signified her intention to the matron of paying the house another visit shortly. FATAL Gu-N ACCIDENT AT MINERA.—A shocking acci- dent occurred last Tuesday week in the vicinity of Min- era. Jonathan Darlington, son of the manager of the lead works, went out fowling with a double barrel gun. In hunting up a bird he had occasion to put his hand into the bush to drive it out, at the same time he held the gun resting on the ground with the other hand, when instantly, its contents were discharged into his thigh. The wound at the time was considered to be a most dan- gerous one, and up to Tuesday last the poor fellow has been a great sufferer, and his pain is only, now ended by death. The deceased was only 18 years of age, and was a very promising young man he was aboat to emi- grate to New Zealand early in the present month. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE,—On Wednesday last the Rev. J. Dixon, and other gentlemen, superintended the distribution of about twelve tons of coal to the poor of j | this town, in lots of about cwt to each person. LITERACY INSTITPTK LECTURES.—'Tho second of the I series ot l'cure:! e'Jtl:¡edt:J 'ith the Wrexham Literary Institu'e too< place in the T.,wn H ill, on inlond.iy even- in, last, the chair l eing taken bv the R-. v. W. Davie*, senior cutra-e of Wrexham. Tne Lct ue was one of a scientific chiracter, by Mr Wheeler, aai fully bjre out the anticip itions of the audience. Thi; next lecture will take place on Monday week, and will be ouo, we are given to utideritand, if an exceedingly attractive thaniC- tr. The lecture will be delivered by G. A Cooper, Esq, entitled Memoranda on Music ztt Home anil Aùro¡¡,J," acconipinied with v ical tuusi:: hy Mrs Conner. lAitruniMKT MOXTES, NIESC.MJR Mus."—It was repolt, d i.i tho •'Viineo" a ■ diys liHi-.k that Lord Dungannon save noti-je in be Houie of Lords that he siioiil! o,i tile fell* wing ni:t present a petition from the rural Deanery o? Wa-iham against the abolition of church iatcj." Gr.at wis tho curiosity to catch a sight of the i'imes" following the night in question, as every one expected to see at least a column and a half of hi3 lordship's we. 1 known oratorical powers, but be- hold the dinppintrne,lt of reading, Lor^Dungannim presented a petition from the rural deanery of Wrexham against the abolition of church rates 6 ——

RUABOTF PEITY SESSIONS. TESTERDAV.—Befjre Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.F., and II. W. keredith, Esq. Air ivenrick, of Wynn Hall, appeired in court for the purposa of complaining that the British Iron Com- pany lia,l laid down a line of rail aer,)ss the road some- where near Wynn Hall. No information had been laid —the magistrates decided that they could not act in the matter. TKUEE MONTHS DRIN-K. -Rich iri Thomas, butcher, was summoned by Margaret Williams for being drunk and disorderly, on the 2nd of January. Defendant de- nied being drunk on that particular day. Complainant said he was, and he had been drunk for three months. It was about twelve o'clock in the day when she saw him, and h« was very abusive with his tongue. A wo- man was called by the complainant, who said she had seen the defendant dtunk but was not sure tbptit was on the 2nd ult. A man named James Dauiel was cal- led by the defendant, and stated that he saw the de- fendant between seven and eight o'clock on the evening of the 2nd of January, when he was quite sober, and be did not appear as if he had been drunk at all. Sir Watkin siid there were two oaths to prove that the de. fendant was drunk, and only one to prove that he was sober, and that between eeven and eight o'clock at night. Fined 5s and 8s costi. Sir Watkin advised the com- plainant to call the police if such a ease should occur again as their evidence was very valuable. TRUSK AND NEGLECTING HIS WORK.—James Stock- dale was summoned by Mr Jukes, of the Ponkey Iron: Works, for being drunk and neglecting his work. Mr Jukes, junr, stated that the loss they had sustained by the defendant's drunkenness was about £ 25. Defendant said the rules had never been read to him, nor had he ever seen any at the Works. The manager was with him drinking too, so he thought it was all right. There was 19s Gd. wages due which was ordered to be stopped, and the case dismissed. There were seven cases of bastardy on the list, but some of them had been settled before the court met. OSWESTRY. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES COURT, FEB. 2.-Before the Mayor, T. Phillips, Esq, the cx.Mayor, r. JoneB, Esq, and R. Venables, Esq. The court was oceupied for the space of five hours in the investigation of a number of charges and cross charges arising out of an unseemly disturbance which took place on Saturday night last, upon the Bailey Head, in this town. In the first place Mr Fox, auctioneer, charged superintendent Sykes with an assault, and also with being drunk, and these charges were first gone into. The reply was a cross charge by superintendent Sykes of an assault upon him whilst in the execution of his duty, by Messrs. Fox, Lowther, Jones, and Williams. The evidence was voluminous and conflicting; after a long and patient hearing the magistrates gave the following decision:—The charge of asaault against Sykes was dis- missed. The charge of drunkenness against Sykes dis- missed' The charge of assault against Lowther and Jones dismissed. Fox and Williams convicted of an assault on Sykes and fined 5s and costs. Mr Jones, solicitor, of Wreiham, appeared for Sykes and Mr Bull for Mr Fox and the others. ELLESMERE. THE Fun.ln ccmsequence of Shrewsbury fair hap- pening on the same day, together with the unpropitious state of the weather, the fair here, on Tuesday, was but scantily supplied with stock and buyers, and but little business was transacted. Prices in every respect were about the same as they were a month ago. THE ROYAL- OAK INN, HA.MPTON BANK.—On Wednesday next the, annual coursing meeting will take place at the above inn, over the grounds of Earl Brown- low, by the kind permission of Ciptain Cust. Imme- diately after the coursing a dinner will ba provided. CORWEN. JANUARY FAIR.-Th.s fair, which was held on Thurs- day, the 26th ult., was well attended with cattle. Buy- ers lrom different parts of England were in attendance. Fat bullF, according to age and eize, realized from S12 to £18 a head. No less than fifty bulls, and nearly as many cattle were sold the previous night. Few good horgea woro in the marker. Pigs of all ages sold at high prices. MELINYWIG, NEAR CORWEN. ¡ INQUEST.—On the 28th ult., an inquest was held at the above place, before Mr W. Williams, deputy-coroner for the county of Merioneth, and 12 respectable jur3omen of whom Griffith Evans, Esq. Bodynlliw, was foreman, on the body of John Wynne, Llwynsandy, an old man, about 70 years of age, who died suddenly on the morning of the 25th ult. It apppears from the evidence of his (deceased) daughter, with whom he was living, that the deceased eat his supper as usual on the night of the 24th, and that he went to bed between ten and eleven o'clock. Nothing was heard of him afterwards until eight o'clock the following morning when a little boy about five years of age, who was sleeping with the deceased, called his mother up and told her that his grandfather was dead. Verdict Died from the visitation of God." RUTHIN. The subscription for the testimonial intended to be prosented to Mr John Edwards, of Ruthin, draper, ia progressing most favourably there being a considerabl e amount already in the bank.

CHURCH RATES AT TRYDDYN.—A vestry was held in Tryddyn church on Friday last, for the purpose of grant- ing a church-rate. The Rev Daniel Davies, incumbent, in the chair. It was proposed by Mr R L Williams, and seconded by Mr Edward Jones-" That a rate of a pen- ny in the pound be granted," which was carried unani- mously. Mr Price Parry, the minister's warden thanked the vestry for the very handsome manner in which they had granted the rate and remarked that hi sincerely hoped there were more parishes like Tryddyn, where for several years all matters connected with the church had been carried on with the greatest unanimity. VALE OF CLWYD RAILWAY.— It is reported, on good authority, that the directors have agreed to accept an offer made to them by the eminent contractors, Messrs Davies, Savin, and Co, to leaie this line for a term of years (particulars of which have not yet transpired,) to commence on the first of March next, guaranteeing the shareholders a fixed dividend of six per cent. per annum. As regard6 the interest of the letter, there oan be no question about the benefit of the arrangement and as far as the public are concerned, knowing the ex- perience and enterprising spirit of the lessees, there is no doubt but it will be judiciously managed. It caunot bo questioned but Rhyl possesses many advantages, as the depot and embarkation point for the entire Vale of Clwyd and the present opening, the first portion of a main trunk, which will ultimately penetrate tne heart of Wales and radiate all through the country, opening out the counties of Denbigh, Merioneth, Montgomeryshire, and all South Wales.

SALES OF LEAD ORE AND BLENDE BY THE! MINERA MINING COMPANY, FOR THE MUNTH OF JANUARY. j Lot. Tons £ B. d. I-110 at 15 6 6 Walker, Parker, & Co 2-100 at 15 6 6 Ditto 3— 59 at 15 6 6 Ditto 4- 38 at 16 Alfred Courage, Esq 6- 13 at 14 1 0 Locke, Blackett, & Co. BLENDE. 1—40 at 4 9 0 K. C. & W. Wright 2—30 at 4 9 0 Ditto.

BIliTHS. f On the 19th iilt, at Charies-stroot, Wrexham, the wife 0 Mr Edward Price Kerrison. gutitnaker, ot a daughter. On the 26th ult, at Vronstogh, Peutraeth, the wife of the B?v JamesHu?hasof a son. E t t On the 27th ult, the wife of Thomas Savin. Esq. contractor Oswestry, of a son h th r th R.e J On the 30th ult, at Gmlborough, tho wife of the Rev Jon. Jones of a son. W T C I f P On the soth ult, the wife of Mr W. T. Cole, of Prospect place, Ruthin, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At St. Paui's Church, Durban. South Africa, recently, by the Rev W. H. C. Liny.), H.ti., Colonial Chaplain, assisted by the Rev A. W. L. Rivett, Military Chaplain, the Rev W. Baugh, minister of St. Mary s, Wartzburt?, to Sarah, only sur vivins daughter of ths lite W. Simmons, Esq. Wrexham, North Wales- On the 31st ult, at St. Oswald's Church, Chester, by the Rev William Harrison, Mr William Clayton,-to Miss Jane Moses of Hrymbo On the 3rd illst, at the Calvinistic Chapel, Derwen Mr John Roberts Clogir Mawr, Merionethshire, to Miss Marv 'Aun Parry, Naut-y-morfydrl, Denvan, DEATHS. On the '7th ult, aged IQ, Mr Thomas DMtM late of none On the 30th ult, M;ud t ?cani and 6 months. Mary jf? dau);hterofMrJ?nJo.ies. ?-m8:i.m L?r?n?Y??, On UM 2Ht ult. at his retld?a H? iContvy D?)?i?'.h?h!a Edward Jems Hopkins. Esq., R.N. ?ed6" On the 26th ult, at Peckham. London "d 4' Letit!? tho beloved wife ot Mr. William TavW faXr and daughter of the late Paul Miller, Esq of F amdon A    ?" ? ilar d,  L?eM Anlt!sey, aged 73. Anglestehye 30th ult, William Arthur, '"? son ? '? '?" Minnett, of Bow, London. T?.?u.prpiiinUrf, at ??" ??' near Wrexhaw Archibald of Mr f Archi?ald ??" "? granu on of ir Roer Palmer, Bart. On the 26th nlt,at Bel!, Vue Wrexham, Elizabeth, wife of   ?-?' -??

CARRYING THE JOKE Too FAR.—The Courrier dc Lyon relates the following sad results of a practical joke —An apprentice of that city, who had been out catching frogs last week, brought several home alive, and to play his brother a trick put three of them in his bed. In the middle of the night the frogs, finding the bed too warm, tried to get out, and one of them happened to crawl on the lad's face and awoke him. Feeling something cold and clammy on his cheek, the lad was dreadfully frightened, and leaped out of bed, calling for help. When his parents came and found him in strong oonvulsions, which were, however, relieved by proper reatment, and the boy has since resumed bu ufittftl t cupation, a has lost the faulty of ipeochi

EXPEDIXIONT CULCUTTA, J AX. 10.-T"e following regiments have beea oi.lered t.. p-oc-vd to C'niu iInfantry The 3rd, 6th. Sth, 31st, 37M>, 44th, 5GLh, COtb, 67th, 73rd, and eight native ri'g;,nentB. Civati-y The Queen's 1st Dragorn Guards. TI, staff 01 the China 1'o:cc is c ,mJ08d as fallows Sir t Gt'iitit, Commander in Chief Geneials Napier aft: jli ,hcl, Generals of Divisions j Coloiii l fMephi.'lH, [. Deputy 1! (j?ii,,ant (;nton?[ Mackenzie, (iuarter- ? ills..l1 .,i; Culi?Ll Bruce and Colcnct Haythono' On.cis of (hfS'n<{' .I'I' I MOROCCO. ¡ M\r>R-r>, InfusDAV.—lesterday cuusiderable]Moorish f irccs at tacked tho light aiag of thj Spanisa encamp. I uH'i'.t but wen: repulsed. The Spanish then made an attack on the Moorish liies, tlirew the Moors into di.-order, and took their posi- tb". w!ii-:h tiioy ma'nt.iined until the end of tbe fi >-ht. The Sp muh artillery caused enormous losses to tho enemy, eMimited t» amount to 2,000. The Spanish lost 200. The victory wai coiiipIL-te. The bruther uf the Emperor commanded the Moors. IX bi A AXD IJHINA MAILS. SOUTHAVPT().V, F4 RIDAY.-ThL, Ceylon, from Alexan- dria, with the Indian and China mails, arrived in tho river ht eight a.m. The Ceylon encountered rough wea- ther througii.iut. Her dates are Alexandria, Jaa 18 I Malta, 22 Gibraltar, 28. The Ocvlon brings 83 pisssngers, a general cargo of merchfindise; precious ston.'s, valuj 23,959 mpeee, pearls, value 16.590 rupees; and 2,800 b:iles silk. The Ci vion passed the Delta on the 22ud, the China on the 28th, and the Sultan on the 3lat. Gibraltar Exchanges London, 90 days, 511 to 51. At Gibraltar frie;hts were uuohanged. Advices from the scat of war in Africa are to the 27th ultimo. General Rios continued in possession of the seaboard of Tetuan. The troop3 under O'Donnell »till commanded the heights in frcnt of that city. Several steamers had arrived at Malaga with wounded soldiers from camp. Mazagan was still quiet, and trade was being carried. on as usual. A sixth corps was in course of formation at Malagni to be commanded bv General Concha. The Sultan in order to humanise the war, has offered a reward of one hundred ducats for every Spanish pris- oner brought in. The Spiniai-ds suffered more severely than reported at the battle of Capo N egro. Mulas Abbas his refused permission for Moorish women to quit Tetuan. Large reinforcements from the interior were said to bo on the way for his camp. The battle of the 23rd January lasted from nine a.m. to five p.m. Great valour was displayed both sides. After the battle the two armies returned to their previous posi- tions. Cadiz was to be illuminated on the fall of Tetuan.

LATEST MARKETS. LIVERPOOL CORN" MARKET—Yesterday At our market this-day there was rather more dispos- ition to purchase wheat, and the better aorta were the turn in favour of sellers. Oats were held more firmly. Barley was unaltered, and peas Is per qr. dearer. Egyptian beans 6d per qr higher. Indian corn was steady at Tuesday's quotations. Oatmeal was only ill slow request at last rates. There was a little more life in the flour trade, and prices closed firm at Tuesday,& miotatinn. I WAKEFIELD CORN MARRET.-Yesterday. Fair arrivals. Wheat steady at last Friday's prices. Very fine bar Icy inquired for. Beans fully as dear. In oats and shelling no change. LONDON CORN MARKET-Yesterday. The tone of the wheat trade was unaltered, All good dry qualities found ready buyers. Oats, barley, and other spring corn was very dull of sale, at about Monday's prices, L

A SCENE IN THE HuUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT WASHINGTON.—While Mr Haskin was making some per- sonal explanations in the House of Representatives at Washington, on the 13th inst there was a great uproar, and many members gathered around him, some menac- ingly and others protectingly. In the midst of the up- roar a pistol fell from Mr Haskin's breastpocket, and the scene which ensued is thus described by the Wash- ington correspondent of the 1Yew York EetaldBeel- zebub was let loose in the house to-day, in consequence of the sight of a pistol. The single crack of an instru- ment during the excitement would hay4 resulted in a bloody scene, affecting not only the life of men, but also of the nation. It is believed that most of the members of the House go to their daily duties with deadly wea- pons, as men go to the battle. For a few seconds the scene on the lfoor was unparalleled. The click of pit. tols was distinctly heard, the most hungry words were uttered, and the wildest passion displayed. The appear- ance of the Sergeant at Arms, with his uplifted mace, crying, Ordtr, gentletuen, order!' brought harmony out of chaos. So disgraceful was the scene that mem- bers have been heard to regret that a free press existed to publish the facts. The house owes much to the cool action and patriotic appeal of Mr Harris, of Maryland, who brought it back to a sense of its propriety and res- tored peace. The throng of people iu the spacious gal- icries, hissed the conduct of their representatives during the affray. The explanation of Mr Haskin, that the pistol displa) cd fell accidently upon the floor, satisfied the house." „

THE WO VDER OK THE WORLD. MOLLOWAY'S PILLS. If these Pills be used accoiding to the printed directions and the Ointment rubbed over the region of the kidneyi- at least once a day, as salt is forced into meat, the Ointment would penetrate into the kidueys and correct any derange- ment of these organs, should he suffer from stone or gravei. then the Ointment ought to be rubbed into the neck of th bladder also, a few days will convince the sufferer o the astonishing effect of these two remedies. DISORDERS OF THE LIVER AND STOMACH, most persons will, at some period of their live&, sufer from indigestion, derangement of their liver, stomach, or bowels, which, if not quickly removed, frequently settles into a dangerous illness. It is well known in India, and other tropical climates, that Holloways' Pills is the only remedy that can be relied upon in such cases. Almost every soldier abroad carries a box of these Pills in his kLapsack. In England most persons know that these Pills, will cure them whenever the liver, stomach, or bowels are out of order, and that they need no physician. WEAKNESS AND DEBILITY. Suoh as may suffer from weakness or debility, or where there is a waut of energy, should at once have recourse to these Pills, as they immediately purify the blood, and act upon the main spring of life, giving strength and vigouroua the system. Young persons entering into womanhood with a derangement of the functions, and to mothers at tb turn of life, these Pills will be most efficacious iu correcU ng the tide of life that may be ou the turn. Young and elderly men suffer in a similar manner at the same periods when there is always danger; they should therefore, un dergo a course of this purifying medicine, which euiura lasting health. COMPLAINTS OF FEMALES. The functional irregularities peculiar to the weaker sex are invariably corrected without pain or inconvenience by the use of Holloway's Pills. They are the safest and surest medicine for all the diseases incidental to females of all ages. DERANGEMENT OF THE KIDNEYS. Any derangement of these delicate organs affects disas- trously both the body aud mind To the nervous invalids Holloways Pills are an article of vital necessity. As they impart tone and vigour to the internal organs, and conse- quently to the nervous system, which pervades and con- nects them. Hence their marvellous cures of hysteria, low spirits, spasms, fits, headaches, nervous twitchings, and other kindred complaints are all radically removed by tha use of these invaluable Pills BILIOUS AFFECTIONS: The quantity and quality of the bile are of vital imports ance to health. Upou the liver, the gland which secrete this fluid, the Pills operate specifically, infallibly rectifying its iregularities, and effectually curing jaundice, bilious re- mittants, and all the varieties of disease generated by an unnatural condition of the organ, Holloway's Tills are the best remedy known in the Ulorld for the following diseases Ae Dro(llY Ina?mmatioa Sore ThmMt Af rtUroa ?y"'nMry Jaundice Stone and Or& ?"h f. ??, ?'?' Liver CorupWuU Secondary b SB??ochM.ont.he Female lrregul&rl- Lumbago toms Skin ?' P'?' Tie.Uoato?M Bm,'el Complaints Feven of tU ?tndt Rheumatism Tuiuuur» ?'t)<t Ftto Retention ol Ulcen I 'eMOa Cn?t.p.u.nofth.G.ut' Urine VM.rMtA?ectS DOHela ° luead-ache bicrufula, or Worms of all kind* Weakness 4c from neb! Itj whatever cause, ao d at the Establishments of PBOFESSOB HOLLOWAY, 244, Stiand, (near Temple Bar.) London, and 80. Maiden L, ue, New York, also by all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world, at the following prices :-ls ild, 2s 9d 4s 6d, I Is. 22s, and Us each pot. I *«*There is a considerable saving by taking the large sizes. N. B.-I)irections for the guidance of patients in every dil ordera realflfld toeaoli Put. lioo REWARD 1 IT having come to thu knowledge ot JOSEPH OMORL EY -L of No 77, Newgate street Loudon, that, u.an.r unprinci- lied persons are manufacturing aud palming oil on the pub- lic, spurious imitations of his justly celebrated "Food for Cattle," and adopting his trade marks, circulars, and adver- tisements, as. also vending receipts ior making sncli Food aiid further using to the disadvantage 01 Joseph Xhorley the Jieport or Ur Ilassall (Atial) tiual Vheuaibt), Of fi, Wilu- polo- street, London, made at the instance ot the "Lancet Commission: Now he it thereby known that the original receipt ot the Food, as compounded aud manufactured by Joseph Thorley, is known only to himself; iliat all other d .s are spurious and utterly worthless imitations-are devoid of the stimulating and fattening properties of Thor- ley 8 and the Id Joselih Thurley hereby otters the above IUiJWARI> ofOE HUADltED FOUMDS to be paid to any person or persons whomsover who may give such iu!orina« two to the !!aui Joseph lliorley, or to Air HE.i ity üuD- ■UAiiU (lat, e one ot the principal officers ol the pubuc oilioe. uw glrtjet), itt liii I)rkv,,L i,iq,l krv* /uija, .VJ 1, iiarriustou square, Hampstead-road (N. vV.), as will enable tbe said Jo sepli Thorley to instruct his Solicitors to prosecute to con- viction any persou ur persons who may maimtactnre, ve nd, or sell cattle lood, use the trade marks, adopt the language ot the circulars, sell or dispose ot receipts, or otherwis il- legally and dishonestly interlere or infringe upon the ae- knowledged aud legal rights 01 Joseph Tliorley in his own manufacture and the Nubility, (ientry, AgriculturibLa, and others, are hereby duly cautioned and recommended not to purchase or use uny other condensed Food for Cattle than hat procured direct troiu tho Manufactory, or iroui some or ol his acknowledged and appointed agents, Oiliccs, 7 Newgate-street, Manufactory, Caledonian-road, iiiiiirs-GrOft Lociuou, This Paper is Printed and Published by George Eaylay Hope-street, in the Parish of W fellwa Rtaia. wiuham hU day, February 4th, imO.