Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

REVIVAL SERVICES AT LLANGOLLEN. Special revival services are being held this week, by the Rev. Hugh Hughes (form-rly of Llangollen), recently appointed home missionary or revivalist by the North Wales Welsh Wesleyan Methodis's, at Zion (Welsh) Chapel, Llangollen. The meetings commenced on Saturday evening, with a special service confined to church members. On Sunday morning the Rev. Hugh Hughes delivered a sermon based on John i. 29—42 in the afternoon he addressed the children and at night he preached ugain from Zech. iv. G -7. On Monday night his sermon was based on Matt. xiii. 24—2 on Tuesday on Luke xviii. 10-14, and on Wednesday on Ezekiel xxxiii 32. At 2, on Thurs- day afternoon, a special meeting for womem, addressed by the revivalist and other ministers of the town, was held. and the other services will be continued until Sunday evening, on the aft-rnoon of which day Mr. Hughes will again address the children, which meeting is to be followed by a conference of teachers and church officers. The services, which are preceeded by well -attended prayer meetings, are becoming more and more popular each evening. It is worthy of note that some of the Welsh free churches have abandoned their week-night meetings in favour of thl" revival services. Should the ReT. Hugh HughtJ be induced to continue his services thmuynout next week. there is no doubt that they would be crowned with still more demonstrative results.

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RUABON PETTY SESSIONS. Friday.-Before E. Peet, A. E. Evans, J. LI. Thomas, Esqs., and Capt. Ormrod. DRUNK. P.C. D. Roberts charged John Reed, Plasbenion, with being drunk and disorderly on December 3rd. -Fined 2s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. costs.—Thomas Dodd, Smith-street, Rhos, charged by A.S. Worthington with a similar offence on December 17th, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs 7s. 6d.—Benjamin Goodwin, Cefn Mawr, who pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly on December 5th, preferred against him by P.C. J. O. Williams, was fined 2s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. costs and Thomas Wright, Canol-y- Ponkey, Rhos, was, on the information of A.S. Worthington, fined a similar amount for an offence committed on January 3rd. CHARGES OF ILLEGAL DRINKING. Frank Platt, Alfred Simmons, Wm. Hughes, and Robert Simons, all of whom gave their address as Puleston Mill, Wrexham, were charged by P.C. H. J. Rees with being on the premises of the New Inn, Johnstown, during prohibited hours, namely, on Sunday, December 19th.-Defendants all pleaded guilty.-P.C. Rees, in his evidence, said defendants had each a glass of beer before them. They were having lunch.—For the defence it was stated that the men were working at Hafod Colliery at the time, and they called at the New Inn, which was the nearest public house, for dinner. The magis- trates dismissed the charges on payment of costs. -Sydney Duckett, 5, Derby-terrace, Johnstown, Stephen Ford, 34, Stryt Issa, and George Duckett, Stryt Issa, were charged with being on the licensed premises of the New Inn, Stryt Issa, on Sunday, December 4th.-P.S. Morgan and P C. Rees gave corroborative evidence.—The three defendants said they were relatives of the licensee of the inn, and merely went, as they usually did, to pay a visit.- The case was dismissed. ILL-TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. Alice Jones. Gutter Hill, Johnstown, was charged by Inspector Blake Jones, R.S.P.C.A., with ill-treat- ing a mule by neglecting to supply it with sufficient food.-Defendant pleaded not guilty.—Prosecutor said on December 20th, in consequence of a com- plaint he received from P.C. H. J. Rees, he went to the Ruabon Gas Works, and on a bank close by he found the dead carcass of a mule attached to a chain about twelve feet long. The animal was simply skin and bone. There was no food for the animal to eat on the bank, but he noticed some food, hay and choppped corn, about the animal's mouth. Other witnesses having been called, James Bennett, for the defence, said the animal was forty years old. Cross-examined He had bought an old donkey for Is., but that was when he was drunk -The Bench, in fining defendant £ 1 and costs £ 1 4s. 6d., said they considered it a very bad case.—Edward Jarvis, Bank-street, Ponkey, was charged was charged by Inspector Blake Jones with working a horse in an unfit state on December 20th.-Defendant said if the animal was killed it would do away with his means of livelihood.—Mr. A. E. Evans said if defendant came to him afterwards he would help him to get another horse.—On promising to have the animal destroyed he was only fined Is. and costs.— Thos. Jones, Johnson-street, Ponkey, pleaded guilty to a charge of working a horse in an unfit state, and was fined os. and costs 7s. 6d. ASSAULT. James Colley, Brynfields, Ruabon, charged Robt. Williams, Tanylan, Ruabon, with assaulting him on December 13th, and defendant, who pleaded pro- vocation, was fined 2s. 6d. and costs 10s. Gd. Several school cases, also one for refusing to quit, another for not carrying a light, and one for keep- ing a dog without a license were then dealt with.

» THE GALES. The severe gale which broke out, on Monday, continued in North Wales with unabated violence, c on Tuesday, and there were phenomenal tides in the Menai Straits. Huge waves broke against the Carnarvon sea wall and partly flooded the promen- ade, and at Portdinorwic as well the tide was so high that the water covered the landing stage of the ferry and flooded the fields in Anglesey adjoin- ing the Menai Straits. A storm of thunder and lightning also broke over the town of Carnarvon in the morning, accompanied by copious downpours of rain and hail. A great portion of the Vale of Clwyd was under water. The rivers Clwyd and Clywedog overflowed their banks, and the land between Denbigh and Llanrhaiadr station was a huge lake. On Tuesday morning the road leading to the railway station from the direction of Llanynys was completely covered with water, and railway passengers had the greatest difficulty in getting to the station. The question of deepening the bed of theGlywedog atthis particular spot has been before the Rural District Council on several occasions, and, with one excep- tion, all the landowners in the district have expressed their willingness to co-operate in the work. A great quantity of rain has fallen in Flintshire. On Tuesday the downpour in the Alyn Valley was almost incessant, and in the evening the weather was of a boisterous character. As a result the low- lying lands are under water, and unless there is a speedy cessation of rain these inundations may causa much damage. Llangollen, though having experienced the full force of the gales, has escaped damage to a remark- able degree, the effects, which have included the blowing down of a house chimney and- certain hoardings here and there, being altogether of a comparatively minor order. All the week the weather has been unsettled and inclined to be, in this district, somewhat tempestuous. The storm on last night week was the occasion of great damage and lose of life. On the Chester and Holyhead Railway, at the Penmaenmawr end of Penmaenbach tunnel, the tempestuous sea, first of all demolishing a retaining wall, swept a portion of the line away and a fast goods train, coming up almost immediately afterwards, was wrecked. The driver and the stoker were drowned, but the brakes- man and a companion happily escaped. The driver was Edward Evans, a man of -to. and his stoker was Owen Jones,-aged 25, both of Holyhead. The guard was also a Holyhead man, Hugh Charles, and he was accompanied in his brake by a pas- senger guard, named Thomas Roberts, who, having coine off duty, was likewise going home to Holy- head. Incoming vessels report having experienced stormy weather during the past week, and there appears to be no doubt that a considerable number of shipping disasters occurred during the recent gales. The wind and high seas at Blackpool have caused much damage on the front. Another violent gale sprang up on the Welsh coast on Wednesday, and raged with great fury for some hours. The high tides have swept away entirely the embankment erected by the Rhyddlan Marsh Embankment Trustees at Towyn to protect the land from the inroads of the sea. One of the towers of Rhyddlan Castle has been stripped of its ivy covering. The high mountain ranges in Carnarvonshire are covered with snow.

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CHURCH AND CHAPEL. Special services are being held this week at the Con- gregational Church Johnstown (the Rev. D. Tafwys Jones pastor), the officiating minister being the Revs. M. O. Evans (Wrexham), R. Williams, C.M. (Rhos), and E. W. Edmunds (Ruabon). The Rev. W. B. Jones, pastor of the Welsh Baptist Church, Penycae, has undertaken the pastoral charge also of the Groes English Baptist Church, and the recognition services were held on Wednesday of last week. The preacher at the evening meeting was the Rev. T. E. Williams (Newtown). The trustees of the Welsh Wesleyan Chapel, Llan- fyllin, after consulting experienced architects, find that the present building, which was built over 100 years ago, is dilapidated to such an extent that it is impossinle to renovate it, and they have decided to build a new edifice at a cost of about £ 1,500. The Rev. Lewis Williams, of Bontnewydd, near Carnarvon, has given notice of his intention to resign the secretaryship of the Arfon Congregationalists, a post which he has held for many years. The election of a new secretary will take place at the next Assembly of the Union. r Meetings in connection with the Wesleyan Methodist Twentieth Century Fund and the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism in Wales were held on Wednes- day at Bangor. It was announced at the close of the day's proceeding that the promises received from the circuits in the North Wales (Welsh) district amounted to 12,329 guineas. The Wesleyan churches at Coedpoeth and Brymbo held meetings in aid of the Wesleyan Twentieth Century Fund on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The aggregate-promise at Coedpoeth amounted to 269 guineas. The amount subscribed at Brymbo was 171 guineas. The speakers included the Revs. Hugh Jones (chairman of the North Wales district), E. Humphreys (financial secretary), P. Jones Roberts (district secretary), and others Preliminary services were held at Bangor on Tuesday in connection with a conference for the North Wales Wesleyan Methodist district held on Wednesday to inaugurate a scheme of extension to celebrate the first centenary of Wesleyan Methodism in Wales, simul- taneously with the Twentieth Century Fund." The preacher was the Rev. Hugh Jones, chairman of the North Wales district, who referred to the foundation and growth of Wesleyan Methodism in Wales. The Rev. J. M. Owen, Welsh Wesleyan minister, Mountain Ash, died on Monday morning, at the age of 51. The rev. gentleman has been a circuit minister for the past twenty-seven years, and has officiated at Brynmawr, Merthyr, Aberdare, and Treorky (twice in each district), and also at Swansea. His ministry has been successful, and that he was held in esteem by his flock will be seen by his return to former circuits. For many years he filled the position of secretary to the Home Mission Fund of the South Wales District, and discharged his duties with credit to himself and the Connexion.

+ THIS AND THAT. The first elections under the new Irish Local Government Act took place on Monday. Lord Llangattock has sent a cheque for £1,000 to the Hon. Stephen Coleridge, the hon treasurer of the National Anti-vivisection Society. The convict Wark left Liverpool on Friday for Stafford gaol. He was handcuffed to a youth who was sentenced to four years penal servitude for embezzle- ment at Blackpool. The marriage of the Bishop of Hereford and Miss Georgina Symonds, daughter of the late Mr. Frederick Symonds, of Oxford, was celebrated on Wednesday, in Westminster Abbey. The Nantlle Vale Waterworks, carried out by Messrs. Bagbird and Son, the contractors, at a cost of about £ 5.0OO, were formally handed over to the local authori- ties on Saturday. A report showing large profits was issued on Satur- day by the Llandudno Pier Company. The directors recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 12J per cent per annum. Sir William Harcourt is reported to have written an article on "Welsh Disestablishment and Jingoism in tho ranks of the Radical Party," which will appear in an early issue of "Young Wales." The largest steamer in the world, the Oceanic, was launched for the White Star line from Messrs. Harland and Wolff's yard at Belfast on Saturday. She is twenty-five feet longer than the Great Eastern. The Ruthin Board of Guardians appear to be some- what divided on the question of old-age pensions. As a result of a long discussion on Monday they decided to appoint a committee to go into the matter and report to a future meeting. A correspondent contributes an interview with Mr. Bembow-Philips, a member of the deputation that has come to this country to bring under the notice of the Colonial Office certain grievances of the Welsh settlers in Patagonia. The "Drafod," the organ of the Welsh people in Patagonia, states that the efforts made to induce the military authorities not to compel the Welsh settlers to attend the military drill on Sunday have been crowned with success. Mr. Cecil Rhodes has arrived in England. The object of his visit is stated to be to endeavour to obtain an imperial credit of j62,000,000 for the railway exten- sion from Bulawayo to Tanganyika, and to be also connected with the transcontinental telegraph scheme. The body of the man who died recently at Rhyl rail- way station under mysterious circumstances has been identified as that of Stephen Paul, a hairdresser. The identification was made by his wife, from whom he had been living apart. Mrs. Paul resides at Birkdale. A fire broken out on Saturday night at Chester, at the leadworks of Messrs. Walkers, Parker, and Co., and damage to the extent of £5,000 was done. The flames crept up the inside of the shot tower and des- troyed everything in it, though, the tower itself does not appear to have sustained much damage. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a tablet to the memory of Mr. Gladstone on the house in Rodney-street, Liverpool, in which he was born. The work is being undertaken by the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, to whom the neccessary permission has been granted by the possessor of the residence. A correspondent states that the retiring Bishop of Bangor (Dr. Lewis Lloyd) intends to dispose of a por- tion of his library on removing from the Palace at Bangor. The collection to be offered for sale includes copies of Bishop Morgan's Welsh Bible, 1588 Dr. Parry's Welsh Bible, 1920; "The Breeches Bible," Archseologia Cambrensis," Dr. Owen Pughe's Welsh- English Dictionary, and other well-known works. On the subject of the admission of reporters to the Wesleyan Conference, it was reported at a meeting of the Council of the Institute of Journalists on Saturday that a deputation had waited on the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes and received from him an assnrance that the press would be admitted to the delivery of the presidential address. Mr. Hughes added that reporters could not be admitted to the pastoral sittings, these being of a disciplinary and private character. Mr. Bryn Roberts, M.P., spoke at Penygroes on Friday, and replied at length to some criticisms of his recent address on the question of the Liberal leadership. He complained of attempts to introduce Jingoism into Liberal foreign policy; and, replying to a question as to what his conception of Liberal foreign policy was, said; "It is that we should respect and recognise the rights and reasonable necessities of other Powers as scrupulously as we maintain our own, and not make carping objections to a reasonable demand by a foreign Power which we ourselves would insist upon if we were in its place." At a meeting held in Liverpool on Friday, presided over by the President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Mr. F. B. Behr unfolded a scheme for a "lightning express electric railway" between Liverpool and Manchester, to accomplish the journey in 18 minutes. The system of conveyance is that of the monorail, by which he claims to be able to recover 150 miles in an hour with absolute safety. Colonel Pilkington (Conservative) was on Monday, returned unoppposed as member of Parliament for the Newtown division of Lancashire, to fill the vacancy caused by the succession of Mr. T. W. Legh, the former member, to the peerage on the death of his father, Lord Newtown. The writ for the Epsom division has been received and Monday next was fixed for receiving nominations. The polling, if any, will take place on Saturday week.

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CORRESPONDENCE. [WB do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents.—ED.] VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY BIBLES. To the JhditoT of the Llangollen Advertiser. Sir,-There is a very serious mistake in all the early Bibles since the time of King James, by whom it was first introduced, and continued far into the 19th century, both in English and Welsh, before it was discovered. The verse occurs in St. Luke xxiii. verse 32. I will first give the reading in all the early versions of the Bible, and you can judge which is the correct. In Coverdale Matthews's version, 1537, is read thus, and Cranmer is read thus:- "And there were two evil doers led with Him to be slayne." Erasmus uses the same as Coverdale and Cranmer. The Breeches of Geneva version gives it different:—"And there were two others which were evil doers ledde with Him to be slaine." The Bishop's Bible, printed 3 years after the Geneva in 1568, makes use of the following words :—" And there were other two evil doers led with Him to be put to death." And now comes the First Authorized version of King James in 1611, where the blunder comes in, and it reads as if JesusChrist was a malefactor-"And there were also two other malefactors led with Him to be put to death." I am giving the rendering of each version of the Bible, and if anyone is curious enough to read for himself, let him go to Valle Crucis Abbey, where he will see almost every Bible of note, from the first printed down to the time of William IV., which was presented to His Majesty, and contains the signatures of the Duke of Wellington, and His Majesty's Chief Ministers. This book, which jis handsomely bound is well worth seeing. —LIBRARIAN. THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. To the Editor of the Llangollen Advertiser." Dear sir,—Will you kindly allow me a small space in your valuable paper to call the attention of the inhabitants of Llangollen in general, and the young men in particular, to the above Association, which has been in existence in Llangollen since November 22nd, 1898. Hitherto their meetings have been held on Sunday evenings only in the schoolrooms attached to the different chapels, but on Monday next, the 23rd inst., at 7 o'clock, the Rev. R. D. Thomas, Travelling Secretary for Wales, and Mr. G. T. Allen, of the Liverpool Y.M.C.A., will be here at the opening of the permanent home of the Association in the Royal Oak Cocoa Rooms. We earnestly hope that all young men will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear these gentlemen, when all matters relating to the Association and its working will be explained. We also desire the co-operation of the various churches in this noble work, as the object of the Association is the improvement of the spiritual and mental con- dition of young men. As our funds are low at present, any contribution in the shape of literature will be highly appreciated.—Yours very truly, W. E. EDWARD*, Secretary of Y.M.C.A. RAILWAY MISHAP. To the Editor of the" Llangollen Advertiser." Sir,—Under the heading of railway mishaps near Cefn and Acrefair in last week's Advertiser you give an account of the one relative to the 9 45 pmi. mail train from Llangollen to Ruabon. An account of the incident went the rounds," all of which were more or less incorrect. As other persons were present when the discovery was made, and the affair having caused a lot of litter and misunder- standing in Cefn and district as to who took the most prominent part in causing the discovery of the obstruction on the line to be made, I seek the favour of a little space in your next issue to briefly give truthful details. On the night of the 4th inst I was returning, in company with my brother, from Ruabon, and when near the railway cutting I heard a slight, sharp rumbling noise, which was not followed by a heavy crash as you state. We stood a moment, as also did two young men, named Evans and Bailey, who were walking in front of us. I remarked to my brother, That sounded like a land slip in the cutting He replied, I think it was only the signals." I then called to the young men and inquired if they had heard anything. They replied, "Yes." At my suggestion we all proceeded to the edge of the cutting, but owing to the darkness nothing could be observed from that point. Evans then crossed the fence and went down the embankment, and with the- aid of matches had a look round, and failing to notice anything suggestihg danger, he returned, and all four came into the road. Their demeanour, including my brother's was most certainly in the direction of proceeding homewards, and treating the matter lightly; but, knowing the other side of the cutting was the border of an old quarry, and remem, bering the recent heavy rains and ditto trains, I was was not content to return, and, to make sure, doubly sure, I proposed to ask the signalman hard by to take his lamp and examine the line well. This my brother seconded, the other two fallowing with a suspicious haste, the meaning of which did not dawn upou me until certain subsequent events were made known to me. The signalman proceeded at at once up the main line, crossed the two sets of rails, and quickly returned, and in an excited voice thanked us for calling, as he had found a huge stone had slipped on to the edge of the branch line, and that the mail train, then nearly due, could not clear it. With great promptness he sprang to his instruments and com- municated with Acrefair and Ruabon. I and my brother then returned to the top of the embankment, and watched developements, which you have correctly stated—the two young men remaining and joining the officials from Ruabon, and speaking to some of the passengers, and from what I hear posing as heroes, and also obtaining a reward from one gentleman. I do not grudge the young men their lnck. I furnish this correct account of the affair so that the passengers, public, and Railway Company may form an opinion as to whom most credit is due in being thus instrumental in averting possible loss of life and inevitable damage to proderty. Personally I seek no reward, but if the directors of the G.W.R. Co. don't think that making a reward under the circumstances would be putting a premium on crime, a cheque will do very little harm to-Yours truly,-D. GRIFFITHS. High Streetl, Cefn, Jan. 18tli, 1899.

JSfrtbst Carriages, an& Dcatbs. BIRTHS. Jan. 10th, the wife of Mr. William Williams, brick- layer, Cyllymaen, Llangollen, of a.daughter. Jan. 12th, the wife of Mr. E. T. Davies, brewer, Waterloo-row, Llangollen, of a daughter. Jan. 17th, the wife of Mr. William Evans, Bryn- hyfryd, Garth, Llangollen, of a sou. Jan. 16th, the wife of Mr. George Ellenson, Cromwell-terrace, Garth, Llangollen, of a son. Jan. 6th, the wife of Mr. Robert Hughes, Minawel, Bala, of twins. Jan. 4th, the wife of Mr. R. R. Jones, Exchange Stores, Corwen, of a son. MARRIAGES. Jan. 14th, at Salem Chapel, Dolgelley, by the Revs Moses Roberts and John Davies, Bontddu, Mr. Lewis Roberts, Bwlchcoch, to Miss Catherine Price, Hafod- uchaf-both of Bontddu. Jan. 8th, at Mold Parish Church, by the Rev. Evan Jones, curate, P.S. Price Lloyd Jones, Mold, to Kathleen Jane, second daughter of Mr. Wm, Jones, Towen, Rhodwy, Llandegla. DEATHS. Jan. 13th, aged 26, Mr. Moses Ellis, son of Mrs Mary Ellis, Minffordd, Garth, Llangollen. Jan. 6th, aged 29, Mrs. Hughes, wife of Mr. Robert Hughes, Brynawel, Bala. Jan. 12th, suddenly, Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. David Jones, carrier, Bala. Jan. 9th, suddenly, aged 66, Mr. David Roberts, Market-place (formerly of Pwllclai), Corwen.

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