The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales

LIBERAL UNIONIST ASSOCIATION. + A GRAVE MISUNDERSTANDING. The Duke of Devonshire has addressed the fol- lowing letter to Mr. Boraston, secretiry of the Liberal Unionist Association :—Devonshire House February 12, 1904. Dear Mr. Boraston,—I re- ceived on the 4th inst.. from Mr. Chamberlain. a copy of the resolutions passed at a meeting of members of the Liberal Unionist Council on the previous day. It is evident from communications that have passed bet'veen Mr. Chamberlain. Lord qclborne. and myself that a ?rave misunder- standing has arisen In respect of the terms of the suggestion made by me so'r'e time sir."e, as to the conditions on which the Liberal Unionist Associa- tion should be continued. I believe t'at this mis- undeTstaiichng can, to a groat extent, be removed. but. for reasons which I much regret, any further correspondence between Mr. Chamberlain and myself has had to b" postponed until his return to this country. I desire, therei'c.re. to ex- plain to you, as secretary of the Liberal Unionist Association, that there must be some delay in sending any reply to the resolutions forwarded to me.—I ccmaon. yours sincerely, (signed) DEVONSHIRE

COMING FLINTSHIRE ELECTIONS. — -— PREPARATIONS FOR THE FPAY. The interest manifested in the coming County Council elections Is steadily Increasing, and both political parties are preparing for tha fray. In the Mold ''East) Ward. the retiring member, Mr. H. J. Roberts (R), will seek re-election, being opposed by Mr. P. Tatton Davie: -Cooke (U). In the Mold (West) Ward, the present member, Major Edward Lloyd (U), will be opposed by Mr. Robert Morris (R). In the adjoining electoral divion of Broncoed (vacant owing to the death of Mr. E. P. Edwards), Mr. Samuel Beresford was nominated to do bd'.tle with M". Jessc Roberts (R), but we understand that Mr. Bercdord's final decision has not yet been made kno,¡ H. The retiring representative for the Gresford Electoral Division is Sir Robert CumiSe. who is the principal landowner in the district, and is well known to be one of the best members of the Council. Should Sir Robert again consent to stand, he is not likely to be opposed. The coming elections are likely to pass off in the Rossctt neighbourhood very quietly, there being no new aspirants for any of tho vacancies. Captain Grinith-Boscawen is a county alderman. and remains in ofEce for another three years. Mr. Cromar, who represents the Burton division. will, it is understood, again offer himself. The district and parochial councils elections will also probably fail to attract any new competitors, :everal oven tlirea 'cii 'iig to Mucli interest is taken in Flint over the forth- coming County Council the Unionists being determined to tight the three scats. Mr. T. Bate has been selected to oppose Dr. J. Humphry Williams and Mr. T. H. Dcnny to oppose Mr. J. L. Muspratt, while up to Monday Mr. T. W. Hughes (ex-Mayor) was without an opponent. At a meeting of the Radicals, how- ever, on Monday p.ening it was decided that Mr. Edward A. Hughes, of Bryn-v-Garreg, should oppose Mr. T. W. Hughes. Whether the Radicals are really serious in their opposition to Mr. T. W\ Hughes remains to be seen. but it is dimcult to see ho\v tli,,y can possibly expect such a prominent councillor to be un-eated. The amount of time Mr. T. W. Hushes has of late years given up to Countv Council work and the high esteem in which" ho is held, coupled with his immense popularity throughout the whole county, should hold h!< scat in safe keening. RECTOR OF FLINT A CANDIDATE. Acting on the advice of his medical attendant, Mr. T. H. Denny, Flint, has sigruned that he is una.bic toitliiid a.s the nominee of the Conservatives in opposition to M'. J. L Muapra.tt. A meeting was accordingly held in the Conservative Club on Monday evening. Mr. T. Bate presiding, to select another candidate, and the Rector (the Rev. W. Ll. Nicholas) having consented to represent the Conservatives in the Centra Ward he was unani- mously selected to oppose Mr. Muspratt.

WELSH SCHOOLS' DE\DLOCK. The Bishop of St. Asaph, addressing a meeting of Churchmen at St. Asaph on Tuesday even.ng, said that for the last two or three weeks para- graphs had appeared in the newspapers announc ing that the Government was going to relievo the deadlock in Wales by conceding to their opponents a.H they had asked. He was in a position to say positively that they were pure inventions. If un- denominational religion was the only rcl.gion per- mitted to be taugnt in the regular course ot in- struct.on, the State would be paying for the cstab- ?shment and [ho teaching of this new religion, ?o the exclusion of all others. Alest strange of all, this demand was made in the name of those who desired to liberate religion from Stata control. -Much was heard about the ratepayers. Wnat about the Church ratepayers, who for 34 ycar3 had impassively paid rates to schools in which the religious instruction, if any, was one of which they did not approve? Their opponents now asked them to make this grievance universal. Church- men asked for no privileges, they did not demand and would not aHow preferential treatment. Let them supplement tbo existing Act if they liked, but the supplement must place all upon an equal and equaâty all round was their platform. Lawbrcaking was a senseless and uncivilised method of improving laws you had mever yot put into operation. The coumy coun- cils imposed' upon the parishioners where only non- provided schools existed a rate for the education of their children, and then in the name of freedom they flagrantly and dishonestly robbed the children of those parishioners of the rate which the law of the land had assigned to them. Were they in St. Asaph going quiedy to endure this monstrous injustice to their children? In that diocese 20,000 children were being educated in Church schools. If this illegal policy was continued the schools must e closed. Their opponents could close the schools, out they could never get hold of the building's. No Government in the country dare confiscate these buildings, and their opponents knew that. He would have neither lot nor portion with the Lawbreakers. Let them depend upon it the Government of th;s country wd.a still strong enough to enforce the law. He had always despised the no rate threat, and he would neither bend nor mend in obedience to suoh intimidation. The Bishop read the following letter from the Rev. Canon Drew, vicar of Buckley:—"I only hope that Churchmen throughout this diocese and throughout Wales w'11 strenuously contest every seat and give the ratepayers a fair chance every- where of expressing their opinion upon the present demand of the Welsh Nonconformist leaders. For my part I am perfectly ready to concede, the two points, but upon one condition, the only just one, that we shall all be placed upon the same footing. (Applause.; I can scarcely believe the' Liberal will so stulitify themselves and dishonouT the party as to take any stop which will practically Imean the ousting of the Church from her old position as the teacher of the people, and for the performance of which duty she has made such saorinces in tho past, and the endowing of Non- conformity in its place. But the leaders are not very brave,* I fear, as the Archbishop said truly of some others. I confess I nm a little anxious about Church candidates coming forward in sum- cient numbers to give people a fair chance. We want candidates on the broadest basis I think- those who will impartially administer and at the same time be perfectly ready fcr the needful .amendments in a constitutional manner. No one, I think, can peruse the 'Manchester Giiardiai, and the Welsh Press generally without seeing that our opponents arc trying desperately to create a widespread feeling that they are going to have their own way and that it is useless to fight against the inevitable. I hope our friends -will not tamely want a definite policy given them around which they may rally. Is it too late for cur Welsh leaders to give us one?" (Applause.) 11'1.

')). ROILAN KALYDOR FOR THE K I COOLtNG, SOOTWiNG, HEAL!NG Removea Freehias. TRn. Sunburn. Irritation.. 2s. 3d. & <s. 6d, ot Stores and Chemtsts. a

HAWARDEN. The annual Licensing Sessions for the petty sessional division of Hawarden were held on Thursday, the magistrates on the bench being Messrs. Charles Davison (chairmaa), J. Reaey, W. Fryer T. R. Probert, F. L. Hanoock, R Podmoro and W. H. Uoyd. POLICE REPORT. The Deputy Chief Constable (Supt. J. Ivor Davies) reported that there were in the division 36 fu!Iy-l;censed houses, nine beerhouses and two maklllg a total of 47 houses of every description. The population of the district was 12 195, gtving one licensed house to every 259 of the inhabitants. Of the 47 houses 45 possessed seven-days' licences and two had six days' licences. Thirty eght were tied to brewers, while nine were free. Two iicence-TioIdcra had been con- victed. Forty persons had been convicted of drunkenness, be fig an increase of 14 as compared with the previous year. NEW LICENCE' FOR QUEEN'S FERRY. AN UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICATION. Mr. Ralph V. Bankes. barrister, appeared on bahalf of William Davies, shopkeeper. Queen's Ferry, for a. new h ence.—Mr. Bankes said it was dimcult now to apply for new licences, but there were places where- new licences were wanted. There were no signs of Fiscal pavalysis at Queen's Ferry—(laughter)—or any of the evil we heard so much about. Whereas the population five ye-ars ago was barely 250. it was at the present time over 500. The applicant bad a. shop close to the stat on, and the brewery company Interested was the Chester Northgate Brewery Company. Ltd The brewery company, he might say at onoe, were prepared to surrender three licences if this appli- cation was granted He was not prepared to state publicly whi h they were but he would hand the names to the bench in writing. The population was now 500. but was expected before long to app'oach 2.000. The employes at the new works of Messrs WIllans and Robinson numbered 350, and the new coltiery it was anticipated, would em- ploy a large number of men. There were about 500 passengers a day at the Queen's Ferry Station, and there was no accommodation for a trap or horse, or other people who bad to wait, within a quarter of a mile. Mr. J. B Marston said he opposed the appli- cation on behalf of the licensee of the Hawarden Castle and Mr. John Grimth% (of Messrs. Her- bert Lewis, Davies and Grimths) intimated that he opposed on behalf of local residents. Mr. Smith, solcitor (Messrs. Boyd°]I, Taylor and Co.). was called to state that the Northgate Brewery Co. weie willing to surrender three licences subject to the granting of the application. By Mr Marston: Will you hand us the names? Witness: No, sir; we won't. Do you say you are prepared to relinquish these three Ii cnees ?-I do Perhaps you will tell us in what petty sessional division they .:re?—I can only say they are in the county of Flint. (Laughter) Are they in Rhyl or Mold?—I cannot aay that. Or perhaps In the borough of Flint?—They are in the county of Flint. Mr. Marston I cannot accept the bona-ndes of this statement unless you are prepared to tell ns where. In what petty sessional division a.re they? Witness I do not know. Mr. R. Cecil Davies, of Messrs. J. H. Davies and Sons, architects and surveyors, Chester, stated that the increase of population had been 100 per cent in three years, and the increase was 'st.iil gang (m There was lajid available for buiid'ng purposes all round, and streets were laid out. shewing a frontage of 5,055 feet. By Mr. G:imths: It was proposed to convert the present shop premises into a hotel, whi.'h would p ovidc accommodation for both man and beast. It v.'ould be a. middle-class hotel. The conversion would cost about JB500 or :S600. Mr. Alfred Wright, parish and district council- lor, supported the application.—Cross-examined by M Grimths. witnea'; said he personally did not suiier any inconvpnience at present. Wdl'am Daves, the applicant, produced a numerously signed petition in favour of the appli- cation and the application was further supported by Mr. Arthur V. Dliamson. representing Messrs, Willans and Robinson. Matthew Rogers, builder and contra tor at Flint, and Thomas Williams, p'operty owner at. Qu°cn'a Ferry. After hearing the evidence, tho magistrates re- t.trcd. and after a few minutes' consultation in .private announced through the chairman that the evidence was not sumcient to justify them in grant.mg the licence. OFF LICENCE AT 3IIOTTON REFUSED. Mr. Anderson, solicitor (York), applied on be- half of uoseph Williams for an on'-Iiccnce in respect to Caorgwric House. Shotton. Mr. Ander- son stated that the applicant was the owner and occup:Er of Caprgwr!e Hou?e, and was well known in the district The licence was asked for on the ground of th'è' increasing population of the net ghbou) hood Extensive building operations had bepn gong on at Shotton for some time, and the district, which continued to develop, had now a. population of nearly three thousand. There we! e two Stat; and another 'SmaJler house further away. were the only l;œnsrd houses actually in Shotton. and gave a proportion of :ibout 1,500 of the poou- lti{)n to each house. AnothEr re3.=on for the application .as the fact that there wa.s at present no on'-Iiceneo in the neighbourhood. the nearest on'-ticensed premises to applicant's house being some six or seven miles distant. Per- sonally. he did not know of any district the aize of Shotton whi h had no on'-Iicence. M' T. W. Hughcs opposed the application on b&half of the owners of the Station Hotel, Shot- ton. and M" John Grimtha on behalf of a num- ber of residents In the district. Applicant having been called, evidence in sup- port of the application was given by Jos. Coppack, Connah s Quay. The Bench refused to grant the licence. SALTNEY LICENCE OPPOSED. Mr. W. H Churton (Chester) appeared on be- half of James Wood for the transfer of the licence of the (Jueen s Hotel, Saitney, from. William Lindop to James Wood The proposed new tenant. ho stj.ted, had had considerable experience in the liquor t: ade, having at a fonuer time held this same licence for a period of 19 months. Mr. Grimth& opposed the renewal of the licence on behalf of several residents in the neighbour- hood. Applicant said he had been lately following the occupation of a farmer at Prestatyn.—Cross- examined When he was last at the Queen's Hotel he did not make it pay at Srst. but the business afterwa.ds improved, and the sales aver- aged about three barrels per week. William Lindop, the outgoing tenant, cross- examined by Mr. Gnniths, said the average tragic he had done in the house had been between two and three barrels a week. In addition to a quan- tity of spirits and ho was leaving simply en ac- count of his wife's IH-hea!t.h. Mr. Churton then formally applied for the re- newal of the licence Mr. Gnmths said he opposed the renewal of the licence on the ground that it was not required in the neighbourhood. Last year a deputation of local residents waited upon the magistrates, and shewed that there were eight licensed houses In that ward of Saltney parish, with a population of 1,120, or one house for every 114 of the inhabi- tants. The magistrates then told the deputation that they were not prepared to make any reduc- tion in the number then, but that during the year the matter would be taken into consideration. This year his clients had taken what they con- sidered to be the proper course by giving their attention to one house in the neighbourhood. For the 69 dwellings in the immediate locality there were at present four licensed houses to meet the requirements, which his clients believed to be an exce-sive number. A further objection was that the Queen's Hotel did not facilitate police supervision, being situated off the main road and not very accessibtp.. According to t)i& Chief Con- stable's return of licensed houses, this was a tied house belongmg to Messrs. Yates and Oo.'s Castle Brewery, and that refreshments other than drink were seldom supplied in it. The house was therefore practic>ally It house. Evidence in SUPPOlt of the opposition was given by the Rev. Evan Roberts and tho Rov. R. Dobson, Nonconformist ministers at Saltney. The magistrates, decided to renew the. licence and grant the transfer.

NORTHWfCH. FOUR LICENCES HELD OVER. At Northwich Division Licensing Sessions, on Tuesday, the report shewed 128 convictions for drunkenness, as compared with 115. The licences number 117. which averages 271 of the population to each licence. The on)y renewal op- posed by t.he pohcp was the- Prince Albert Vaults. Apple Market-street, Northwioh. The report stated that the h'-enscc was convicted In July last, while convictions wero also recorded against the house in 1893 and 1901.—The Chairman intimated tliat the bench had decided to object to the follow- ing- three —Slip Inn. Whalley-road; Black Bear, Apple Market-street; and the Red Lion, Marston. The bench had visited every house in the division- —The Chairman, in reply to Mr. Caldecutt, said the Red Lion was so insanitary that it ought to be absolutely pulled down. They were not in- duced to make any alterations in view of imppnd- mg legislation—The other licences were renewed. The houses objected to are to be considerd at the Adjourned Licensing Sessions.

CREWE. THE BENCH AND TENANTS' AGREE- MENTS. The annual Brewster Sessions took place at Ctewe on Tuesday, Dr. Hodgson presiding. The pouce report stated that during the yea.r one fully-licensed house and two beerhouse licences and a wine licence had been refused renewal by the ma.gi&trate.s, and one beerhouse had been demolished for improvements by the Corporation, There was a somewhat anima.t.ed discussion be- twcen the Bench and several legal representatives of applicants for the renewal of licences with re- gard to the terms of tha agreements. Mr. Treycr Lloyd applied for a renewal and transfer of tl, licence of the Angel Hotel, belonging to GreenaU. Whitley and Co. The Bench adjourned the re newal and transfer until March. on the ground that the terms of the agreement of tenancy we such that the proposed transferee could no' properly carry on the business. In connett'o< with th'o Vernon Arms R'ffg-street., it was stated that the owners wanted to get r d of the licence' because he wished to close on Sundays. Tb case was adjourned, the police being instructed to give notice of objection to the house on tl ground that it was not required in the interests of the people. The licence of the Egerton Arm (Messrs Walker) was renewed to Mrs. La,tha,tn on the undpfst?ndinq- tha.t she would not sign an/ agreement without first producing It to the Bench.

COIJWY", BAY PTR LICENCE GRANTED. A number of petitions were presented to t1.. justices at Coiwyn Bay on Saturday against th: ;ran<-mp- nf ?T' excise licence to the manager the Victoria Pier. It was stated that in consequence of the r.' neatcd r0f,Ts !s of a licence bv the Bench, the Pie; Company h"d let their refreshment-room to artists' cl'tb." whose membership had quickh grown to between 300 and 400 Drinking too' n'"ce. tho-' mtil eleven n'id twelve o'clock r,' night- and even on Sundays. This club, M- Amphlett submitted, was a creature of circus B..id revealed i demand for intoxicants the pier. ?, ?<i ? As a witi.?ss for the apnHn.hon, Mr. day. wr". for sixteen years held 'he licence on the LIandnd? '? Pier; said the drinking facilities thus provide had resu!ted in no ha?-'n, either moral or matena to LIandudno. ? The P. decided by a majority to grant six days' licence.

TI-TF, T,"? SATISFACTORY REPORT. Mr. John Gardner, manager of the Chester- trams, hts submitted the following report to h;, Commtttee:—! have again to submit a satisfac- tory report for 'he mc-nj.h of January. The receipt' were .6626 2s. 91d., which Is an increase over the'" of November, a comparison with December being out of the question, in con cqueuce cf the Chrisi- ma& hoLd-ty tramc. It wi.I be interesting to you to knew how the undertak ng ha. prospered since its inauguration, in view of the re-cent discussion. From t'i.e opening, on April 6:r:, 1905, tc Januar. 51st, 1904 ti.e average taking-' per diay were £2E, 18s. 2d.. a:;d per mile 8.4d. The mileage covered was 221,212 -nd the total receipts were- ;C7,7c,,9 10s. 6d. T; e est.mat-e submitted to the Tramway- Committee prior to the opening gave an av:.mlE: of 200,000 car mile's to be run. while this distant haš a.lready been exceded by 21,212 miles. The estimated e.rn;ngs wero .S7.&00 for the twely months, and this has been exceeded by B298 10-. 6d.. while we have still over three months of the twelve to run. In accordance w.th your icstruc tions, I have made out a table shewing the num- ber of pa sengers carried on each car from. th<' Cross to S I'ney between 9 and 11 p.m. on Satur- days, and from Sa.tney to the Cross between 5.45 and 6 15 p.m. on Sunday. As w II be s&en. c' only three occasions an Saturday nights and three occasions on Sunday night-: during the mcnth have. the cars carried a few over ths prescribed number of passengers Ins de. and this was mainly due to the wet weather, few pas engers en t: occasions referred to caring to u'n'el oti"Fide,. I rray cay thd after the nrst Sunday evening I altered the time-tL,,ble to a n'e-minutc service w:th the result that the grie\anc& coemplain-ed cf was practically obviated.

UNTO \J SM I\' FLINTSHTRE. -1 COLONEf. HOWARD AND FISCAL REFORM. At the a't'tal dinner on Thursday at Prestatyn. undcr the. auspiccs of the LIJcal Constitutional Lor,¡ Mostyn the chief speaker was Colonel Howard. C.I3., the Unionist ca."dldat'j for Flintshire. Colonel lloward. in responding to the toast of "Success to the Unionist Cau.e in Flintshire," referred to t;ie education question. He said they children, and if they were to do any good in the world they must educate their charactera as well as their o"iJJs. (Applause.) If there were any rep.i grievances under the present Act he would ccrta.inly vote for amending tilen1. He wanted fair piay a'ld no privilege for any one class- :appia.ase;- mid he desired to g'ivo tJie children ot the working class the cheapest, the best possible. and the iiiost accessible education. (Applause;) With regard to Fiscal reform, me speaker said it was the most important question now before the con'ttry. If Mr. Chamberlain disappeared from public i.ifc to-morrow the movement for Fiscal reform would go on just the same. If they r.-a.d the Blue Book compiled for the purposes of the they wOtl1d see how the ques- tiOT1 WI1S. L\3 their he would support the fullest possible inquiry into the Fiscal system, and would be prepared to vote 101' such imposes and re-adjustments as were coli,- best after the fullest and most deliberate inquiry. Fiscal reform was a question upon which they must not make haste rashly. What were the grounds for a Fiscal Inquiry. Conunonsense would ieil them that the conditions of the country were not the same now as they were when Free Trado was introduced. The conditions of England in 1846 were not the conditions of 1904. Another point was, were we Britishers the only people on the face of the globe Wtt:h brains? Was the German without brains, without education, push or enterprise' Was the Yankee behind the Britisher in smartness and commercial enterprise? Was the Frenchman a stunid Gaul without intellect or invention? Was British trade In all Its departments as good as thcv cn'.ud make. It? Let them hear what Mr. John Morlcy said at Dundee: I do not deny for a moment the statements shewing that the em- ployers and merchants of Dundee and elsewhere are suSe'-mg from these abominable tarins." Thus their chief opponent admitted that there were abominable tarins, and they might as well try to stop tho flowing nf the river Dee as tt-y to prevent an inquiry into their present Fiscal policy. (Cheers.)

CHESTER AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. UNSANCTIONED APPROPRIATION OF CAPITAL MONIES. At a meeting of the' Finance Sub-Committee of Chester Town Council on the 12th ult., Mr. S. Smith, the ex-Town Clerk, attended by request, and explained that the appropriation of capital mcmcs to the following items standing at debit in the Corporation books have not yet been sanc- tioned by the Local Government Board, viz.:— 1. Cost of rebuilding the Cross property aftor making street and row improvements, ;S1,609 19s. lOd. (Note-This property brings, in a rectal of J6207 per annum); 2. Balance of purchase money of the. Dee mils, JB4,974 15a. 5d'. (Note—The in- come, less fee farm rent and fire insurance, is ;S144, but the main value to the Corporation lies in the water rignts and rights m the causeway or weir); 5. Counsels' fees, etc., opposmg the London and Nortn-Western Railway Widening Bid, JE472 9s 5d. (Note—The capital value obtained a.s the result of the .opposition far exceeds this amount); total, i!7,05/ 2s. 6d. That the capital momes available for discharging the above are:- Proce-eds of sale to the London and North- Westcru Railway Company now lying in the Bank of England, £,5QO balance unappro- priated cf proceeds of sale of property in George- street. JB456 15s. 7d.; proceeds of small turther sale to the London and North-Wcstem Railway Company, ;620; proceeds of sale of jam factory to the Chester United Gas Company, .65,000; less ,y, adjoining property taken in part payment, :S1,272 —.65,728; total, .07,704 12s. 7d.; which after d&- duotmg the above sum of £7,057 2s. 6d., leaves to be applied towards reduction of other Joans sa,r,ct"" iiecl, B647 lIs. 1d.. The oorre.3pondence with tlw Board was !ubmIttp,d. Rnd th tetters, including the- Board's letters of the 15'fh, 24th, and 31st December, 1902, were read and con- sidered, from which it also appear? that tho Board requires the JE5.000, the sale price of the ja.m factory (of which only J35.728 was actually re- ceived), to be invested, and as to th? adjoining property taken at JB1.272 in part payment, th Board proposed to sanction the Corporation bor- rowing- the amount repayable within a period of 50 years, or to sanction the appropriation of this amount 'conditional on its being recouped with interest in 50 years. Mr. Smith stated that on the 14th January.'1902, Mr. R. H. Bickneil. M.I.C.E., one of the inspectors of the Board, held. a public Inquiry which incidentally involved the appropri- ation of the above mentioned' capital rnon:e-s, and that he (Mr. Smith) took the opportunity of plac- ing before the Inspector the views of the Corpora- tion, and that the Inspector suggested that the observations then ma<je should be set out in writ- ing and forv.-ardcd to him with a view (a.s it was understood) of their being appended to his report to the Board, and this was done. It ivill be ob- served that with the exception of the £472 9s. 3d. it is simply proposed to appropriate monies re- ceived from the) sales of certain properties in pay- ing for the improvement and acquisition of other properties, which for many reasons it is important the Corporation should retain. The subsequent correspondence was also read, including the Board's letters of the 16th July, 15th August, and 16th November, 1905, and it appeared that there was no intention on the part of the- Board to de- part from the attitude they have taken up. Re- solved, therefore, that it b& recommended to the that the Council do request the dent of the Local Government Board to receive a deputation on the subject, and that the* Member for the City be asked to personally prefer the application and introduce a.nd support the dspu- tat-ion. C

THE GALE. -+ LLANDUDXO LIFEBOAT CALLED OUT. On Fridav afternoon a fur'nus south-west gale aroae on the. Welsh oor.st, accompanied by torrents of rain. A number of vpssels off the Ormes II P'lr! were obliged to rnn hef the storm. Mid one tock shelter In L'andudno Bay. At 4.15 infor- mation was received at Llandudno from the Great Orme's Head lighthouse that a Dublin schooner, two or three miies north of the hght- '.cuse, was shewing a signal of distress. The life- boa. was launched in twenty minuter. She was ;e.en to round the Head and to approach the dis- tressed vessel, which she reached at half-p-&t nve. The schooner drifted rapidly away from the &hore, but from the Marine Drive s",e was seen to have hor sails in ribbons. Just before night fell the lifeboat was seen to leave the wreck. The weather ii.ended oons.dorably about 5.30, the wind veering '.o the w&st, but about seven o o.ock it again began to blow very hard. A crowd congregated on the promenade, expecting the return cf the lifeboat, but hours woro on, and tbougn green rockets were ni-ed' from the station at interval, no reply was ei\ed. It was not until five o'clock on Saturday morn- Lng thai thL' Lhndudno liieooat crew returned to the bay after their adken-lure for the rellief of the di tressed crew of a schooner oif the Great Orme's Head, as reported on Saturday. A large number <-t nsnermen and others waited on the promenade throughout the nighi., and were ready to assist the Iifeboa;:men to haul tllelr splendid l.ttle cratt out of the wai.er. Coxswain John Hughes stated tnat they found the schooner derelict, ner four i-ands having been taken on board a small cargo ot,Hmer bound Mr Liysf&en qwuties. At thtt time it a.ppea.red lik&iy t:.at L.,e weather wouid ;.e tie down, as the sky had cleared and th1 wind had veered in a westerly direction. It was tnere- fcre decided to attempt :o navigate the schooner into LIandudno Bay. Her mainsail and a jib were still intact, though all her other canvas had bean torn into shreds. Two of the lifeboatmen were put on board her, and the lifeboat remained m close proximity to render alY assistance that n-ugnt be required. In th.s way, partly runninn- before the wmd, the Orme's Head was rounded, and green HgiHS were shewn to indicate t' at all wa, well. Thi connrmed the observations of the lighthouse omcials. It wns found irnpcssibis, however, to the édlcLorage off the pier, as the gale renewed i:s v.olcnoe, but about one o'clock t.he schooner wae beac! ed on the shore between Rhyl and Abrgl'le.. The E'fe1::Y"at then bea.t back o. LIandudno in the teeth of a furious storm, and displayed such excellent sailing qufdi ies and such stability as to w.n the enti e conndence of the en. It ma.y be explained that she is a. new ve<- sd of the seIf-rig-Lring type, and has a drop-keel end tanks fcr water balla'.t. This wa.s the second occasion on which she had seen active service in he open sea.. The sc-hcone!- thus rescued frcm the watery wastes, wi --r,- 51'0 been a n'ena' e to ether craft, is u e Progress, of DubHn, in, and she was proceeding frcm Garstcn to Water- ford with 250 tons of coa!. On S&turday after- noon, when sha. was visited by a member of the 1'foboat crew, who will of c';urse receive the sal- vage allowance if sho survive, her scjoum on such an exposed beach, her huH was found to be in fa.ir?y good condition. ? e was leaking a. little, xnd t!;e wave's and w.'nd tended to dtrive her fr dually on t'cv.a-ds t:e Fo-yd. During Satur- day night and Sunday t.h,,?, storm continued almost without abatement, bu. the vessel wi]l be fairly ''a.fe where s;e !:G< Ulllcs'. tre win-21 comes round to t!:e n01.th-wp,t. H-er crew were landed at LIysfacn at eight o'clock on Friday night by the ma-ster of the Eleancr. RAILWAY COACHES BLOWN OFF. An alarming accident betel a paasenger tr&in mi *he Fest'moK N :urr'w- :H,:u Iway en rn- day afternoon. V/hcn proeOO:ng along the Port- madoo embankment, which skirts the sea for about a mile. the train had to encounter the full force of a hurricane, and two coaches, which fortunately were empty, were blown clean off t' e ra.ils fa,iip. .ideway_ on the embankment parapet. Happily; the engine and ?e coad.es ccntain-ng passe?rs kep? the ra?. The en?me dnver, who was pro- ceeding cautiously owing to the gale, waa able to pull up almo.t immediately, and thetra;n ?uoMd its journey within thirty-Bye minutes.

(JESUITS. TARPORLEY HORSE TRAINER'S PETITION RSPODEKT AND OJ-RESPONDENT In the Divorce Div:sjon ol the High Court of Jusuce, un tricby bt-iuie )usticE) Barnes. the OL-EA of Crano v. Crane and Winga-te Saul was ht;ard. It wa-s the p:ctiÙO;l of Mr. Gerard Crane, a. norse deaLer and tAiine" living at Tarporley, foriiaeriy of Ca.rniorih. for a, d-ssolution of rus marria-ge with the respondent, Mrs. Maude Cr&ne, 1 nee Barto.1, on the ground of ner misoonductwith ?e c?espouden. Mr. A.t.ur Wingate Saul, c?rib?ci ? M c.ugu?er, ?id so.? of ? I?ncaster doctor, and stated to be living a.t Gisburn, York- &hire. Mr. Pr:tehard appea-rcd for ti'e petitioner, and Mr. Bayiord tor the lespondent and the oo- respondent. Mi..bayford, at Hio outset, said the respondent had obtained a divorce irom her husband in America., and, U.e <ecree there to be a vaLd one the coie&poudent had married her. Tne- oo-i'ospondeut w<ts anxious to do what was right in t.ie matter, and it his marri&ge was bad in I&w ne intended, a.ftcr the deor.M in this case, to marry the lady again. He therefore did not oppose the doofL"C. Mr Prttchard, in opening the case, said the p['Ílt.tonr and tho rc:opoJ:fienL were married on tne 24th October, 1883, a), St. Luke's Church, Liver- pool, a.nci foi some time tne pa.rtes had lived at Ca.rnforth. Then they went to America, where petitioner had a. ranche. He, however, gave that up in 1886, and returned to this .country. Re- spondent then went to live with her father, who was a wealthy gentleman, and was desirous of having her with h.m Her husband desued her to return to him, but she. declined. The co- respondent was an engineer, and knew the pe- tittO-ner and his wife. In 1S02 petitioner was served with a. summons in a. suit for divorce which his wife had brought against him in one of the oourta in South Dakota.. America? H? did n?t defend that suit. It .appeared rhf ? ent after that divorce n?ed S? ? c?respon? the two had b?n l.vin? ???P??.?? Yorkshire Mgether at Gisburn, Mr. Gerard Cranp, the petitioner, ave evidence in support of counsels statement. Mr. Bayford asked his lordship whether his client ought to pay costs seeing that he had ma.r- riod the respondent in the bona-hde belief that the divorce she had obtained was a valid one. Mr. J u&tice Bames: At present we have no evidence about that. Mr. Bayford: He married her believing that &ho was unmarried at the time Mr. Pritchard: My friend Is not entitled to ma.kc these statements. Mr. J ustioe Bames At present there is no proof of the marriage of the respondent and co- respondent. Mr. Bayford: It is proved in the pleadings and an affidavit. Counsel went on to say that he did not wish to oppose a decree, although he might have to pay costs. Mr. Pritchard said his case was that the lady left her husband Intending to marry co-respondent. Mr. Justice Barnps said he could only decide the CMP on the evidence br{'or& him. He simply found the adultery p.oved and granted a decree nisi, with costs a.ga.msi the co-respondent. A NORTHWICH CASE. In the Divorce Division, on Friday, Mr. Jus- tic& Barnes heard the undefended petition of Mi& Eleanor Florence FIetcher for divoixe by reason of the cruelty a.nd adultery of her husband, Mr. Ernest Lyon FIctchcr, formerly in pa-rtnership with his father, & wine merchant, of Northwich. The parties were married on the 15th September, 1896, at Birkdalo. and they afterwards lived at Northwich, and there was one child They lived happily together down to April, 1900. when re- spondent spoke to his wife about a reparation, but she did not take this seriously. At No'rth- wieh she had a lady friend, whose naroe was not disc-Io&cd. and thp respondent became very at- tentive to her. and took her to theatres He told his wife he was going to lfa\-o his father's busi- ness and go to Australia. He wanted her to sign a deed of scpa.ration; which sh.a at first refused. but she ultimately did sign it on the advice of her solieitor. who said that he could get rid of It at a.ny time. He left Northwich. and about the same time the petitioner s !ady friend disappeared. After he had left, Mrs. Ftetobcr telegraphed to her husband to return to her, and he rephed that it was impossible. Depositions taken on commission io Australia wpre read In support of the charge of adiilt-ery. His lordship granted a decree nisi, vvith costs, and custody of the child.

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TAHIFF REFORM LEAGUE. + MEETING AT GROSVENOR HOUSE. By the kindness of the Duke of Westminster the first meeting of the newly-formed Women's Assoc'atkn of the Tariff Reform L&ague was held at Grosvenor House on Saturday afternoon, un- der the chairmanship of Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P Letters expressing sympathy wth the objects of the &ssocia.Lion were received from the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Westminster, the Duke 01 Sutherland, the Earl of Powis, anoi many others. Mr. Chap in, M.P., who was tne pr.uc-p. speaker, sa.d cae consequence of the ex.sLi-.g system of Free Trade was a great and steadUj growing feeling of uneasiness and alarm, w..ic had cuimina.ted in the truth of Mr. Chamberlain's assertion at Glasgow that "All is not well with British industry to-day." (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Chaplin) believed there was nothing better calculated to bnd our Colonies more closely by the ties of loyalry and affection than the ties of trade and oommerLe. (Hear, i.ar.) For thia purpose some trifling duties must be impend on food in order to take them off in the c&se o. food, and in that way to give them the preferenc?- and advantage over their foreign rivals. Tin had been met with some amount of opposition on their own side of the House. WIo the I.e-a.dtng' spirits were he did not exactly know, but he re- garded them as being great adepts in what he might term the lower arts of eleoc oneencg— ()Deer' (laughter and cheers)—for they appealed not to the intelligence, reason, or sense of the people. but to the r very natural prejudice a.g-.1imt any dutie; on food, and to the. ignorance of the great masses of people c'n the real issues. (Hear. he" õ ) Whenever Mr. Chamberlain's proposals of re adjustment were carried out they would result not m an increase, !j!'t in a po.hive decrease of t e cost of living of the poorest people of this coun- try. (C;ee.-s.) Mr. W. H. GrenfeII, M.P.. also addressed the meeting. He said he wa.s entirely satis-ned with the progress of rhe work of the Tarig Commission, which would include in its inquiries many impor- tant matters. a.S'ect.ng the que-t'ons r.t i--m. uc a.s education and 'meí:;n preferential rail a.d mail rates. (Hc'ar, hoar.) Sir Howard Yi' cent, M.P., moved a vote < thanks to the speakers, to the Duke and Duchess of fcr the use Oro-sve :-or B. P for the meeting, to Mrs. Herbert Chamberlain and ]\Ofis3 Violet the Lady Dnncannor, seconded the motion, which was oarrie and The Chairman, :n reply, said a cablegram wcu'd be. d&spp,tc'-ed to Mr. Chamberlain, so as to <atch mm at Cairo, assuring- him of the success of the meeting. (Cheers.)

ArKOCtTlES. 4.- L.\ND OF DESOLATION AND WOE. If OVé,y country were like the Congo. Free State. tr)is would, indeed, be a. world of "mass- acm. murde:, and wrong." Rumour ha& o-cca.- tiona.Uy brougut uom iha.t pia.gue ridden and terror-skic,kca rcg;on stones too terribia for be- lief. They n_vn a.-oused a. momentary ind.gna- tio.n, out m iiany quarters have passed as tLe morbid ima.gnings of emotional missionaries o. the del;bera.te labu aliens of those interested in interference with the proip-t-r.ty 01 tne African es- sta.te oi the Á ng of the .Belgians. Alas, import has spoken onJy too truly. An investigation car- ried out. last F",r by Mr. Casement, Uie BriMsh Consul a.t bOIllJ. now has its f.uits .n one 0.1 the ) mosr cia;iiijiti, .udtc.mcnts ever b-oLi,t a.gamst a eivi .-ed Govc nmenl. Travelling up the Congo Mr. Ca;:eme.m. WdS liiuch struck by tiie chalices wh'ch. hMl tCD. phce Since his former vis.t in the pi3.ce ci bu y ant.ve villa.ges, t;:ronging po.pL.- iations, ?.iid w?..ing crops he sa.w "a i<jw &ca.t- tercd Euiopca.a houses." dossrted neids, and wide stretches of d s-peopled desoialion Sleeping sick- ness iL tS true, <i.;id other disc.ises have done mu. n to v.'ork t.ilis t.?nafo nia.t.ou, but the natives a.t.- t:ibuto the decl ne- in ti'eir numbers to "otiier causes as weii, and it is pertinently suggested in the report tna.t a state of existcnoe which ho:d out no hope o' a.nyth.ng but negative benel,s is not cc.icuiat.ed io toitify t..e crca.ture& of it w.th the power of cife.ing effective resistance to the attacks of d,sease. The com!i,<Mp!aco of Mr. Casement's report is th:. ievy f-o.m the villages of so called "tajces' in food. wood-fuel .'o: the river steamers mdiarubbe;, gum cop:d, s.nd odicr merchantable articles. In re- turn fo:' these ,a.xes., Singular to relate, payment is 111Jde, the rate of w;üch may be gathered from a parti ula; insiance in which gum-copal to the value of SOille £14 was received in return for a pjoco of blue djill worth ll?f. It would seem that the fact th?t t; e popuiation has been d?cimated in recent years Is not taken into account in the exaction of coi,r'but Ions which of cour&e, wel,h v."th tpnfold heavinoss on the sm-ill number of inhabj.a.nt Fa'hng to comply wth the. demands of thp omcials is met bv nncs which a.re enforced b: iinprisoriment, and in order to pay which the nanvo a.'c sometimes reduced to selling tllcir w.ves and daughters into slavery. Armed .exped;t.¡on, &re aho used- to extort the sums due, and they are .apparently & companed by an absolute disregard of human life. Un- speakable atméties and nameJess. mutilations were reported to Mr. Ca&Mnent by natives. The fol- lowing extract Is a. sample of his own experi- ences:—On my leaving Bondanganga. on S<;pt. 5 I returned down the Lopori and Lolongo Riv?rs arriving at j—— The following day. about nine at night, some native's of the neighbourhood came to see me, bringing w th them a. lad of about six- teen years of age whose right hand was mis&ing. His name wis X. and his relatives said they came from K- a village on the opposite aide of the river Fo.:ne few 'miles away. As it Wl1.S late. at night <he ? was some dimculty 'n cb taining a translation of their statements, but. I gathered that X s hand had b-en cut off in K-by a sentry of the La. Lulanga Company, who was, or had leen, quartered there. They begged' that I won!d myself go back with them to their village and ascertain that they were speaking the truth I thought it my duty to I listen to this app<'aJ. and decided to return with them on the morrow to their town In the mom- ing when about to stalt for K——. many people from the surrounjin? count"y came to see- me They brought with them three individuala who had been shock ndy wounded by gun fire two men and a very smaJI boy, not more thin. six years of age, and a fourth—a boy child of six or seven—whose right hand was cut off at the wrist. One of the m?n who had been shot through the arm. declared that ho was Y of L——. a village situated some mile, away. He declared tha.t. he had been &hot as I saw under the following cir- eumsta-neps: The soldiers had pntered his town, he alleged, to enforce the due fulfilment of the rubber tax due by the community. These- men had tied him up and said that unless he paid 1.000 brass rods to them they would shoot h'm. Havine no rods. to give them they had ahot him through the arm and left Many other maimed natives, one a small boy whose hand had been cut off at the wTi&t, were brought to Mr. Casement at this place, and all had the same tale to tell, that they had been punished in thi& way for failing to supply a sumcienry of india.rubher. Horrible, stories were told to the Consul by refugees from a district In the "Domain? de la. Couronne," the private es- tate of his Majesty the King of the Belgians. These were connrmcd by a letter from a corre- spondent who is not particularised. He says:— "I was sorry not to see you as you passed down, a.nd so missed tlle oppo'-tunity of conveying to you personally a lot of evidence as to the temble maladministration practised in the past in the district. I saw thp ofncial at the post of E E-. He is the successor of the famous wretch D E, of whom you heard so much yourself from the I refugees at N——. Tb;s D E was In this dis- trict, and he it was that depoulated the country. His successor M N is vcrr vehement in hi& de- nunciations of him and declares that he wm teavo nothing urdonc that h" can do to bring him to justice. M N told me that when hp took over the station at E E- from D E he visited the pnson. and almost fainted, so horrible was the C'Ondition of the place and the poor wretches in it. He told me of manv things he had heard of from the soldiers. Of D E shooting with his own hand m-Ln aftrr man who had come with an insufEctency of rubber Of his putting several one behind the other, and shooting them all with one cartridge Those who accompanied me also heard from the soldiers many fr'chtful stories and abundant con- U!-mation of what ws told us at N- about the taking to D E of the organs of the men slain by the scntrie-. of the various posts. I saw a letter from the present officer at F F- to M N In which he upbraids him for not using more vtgor- ous means, telling him to talk less and shoot more, a.nd repT-ima.nding him for not killing more than on? in a, d shirt under his care where there was a little trouble." The subjoined extract, is taken from the depo- sition of a native woman, designated S S which was signed in the pr(-senc-o of Mr. Casement. A whit." officer is indicated by the letters C D:— "At this town she found that they had cau_s--ht three people. and among them was very old woman, and the carmibaJ soldiers asked C D to give them the old woman to eat. and C D told them to take her. Thooe soldiers took the woman and cut her throat, and then divided her and ate her. S S saw nil this done" To Mr. Casement's report, are appended notes covering it. despatched last week by Lord LanCdowIle to the Congo Government and the parties to the Berlin Act.

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FLINTSHIRE LOVE AFFAIR. + COUNTY COURT SEQUEL PECULIAR CASE. His Honour Judge Sir Horatio Hoyd gave judgment at Cireste-r County Court. on Thursday, on the motion brought on behalf of Mar; a Eliza- beth Davies, a single woman living m Chester- road, Penymynydd. An aotion broughl by plain- t.S against Wiluajn Oüarles Hall, sUi.tiOrlill8BW Qn&en's Ferry, for br&ach of prom:se oi marriage, iii.ng been conteeted by defendani. \\iM had n.ed his petition in bankruptcy, bi6 Honour had bc,en asked to decide whether pla!;itiu"6 demand in the pending action was capable 01 beiiig fairly aase&sed pursuant to section 37 01 the B"w.ruptcy Act. 1885. His Honour, in givlDg judgment, said It was realiy a case. He had never of one before, and he could not find ar.yt.h.ng like it It came before him as a motion by Maria Ehzaooth Davie,<;¡, who said that on 8th 1905, she commenced an action in uie High Court aga-nst bankrupt, William Chail&s Hail, wno was not bankrupt at the time, for biea.c.h of promise of marrjage. On November 7th a ie'jciv:ng order was made against him in the Bankruptcy Court, on his own petition. His assets at tr.e l.mc were aMi'e than sumcient to meet his liabilities, which were stated to be JB16 It was obvous W.at the pot tion was filed for. In the ineaunuie me action for breach of prom;se as he understood tt, had been gomg oil, and the 8t.a.t.e-ments oÍ the claJm and of the defence had been dmive.cd. in that defence, defendant said that piainuS had broken the promise, and that he was absolved. That meant, of course, that he denied liability alto- gether. That was the question the jury would have to try. In his defence, defe-di-it s ..d that on November 14th a statement of chum against him was delivered, and on November 19th he his defenc-e., and tIL' qu-st:on he (Sir Horatio Liuyc) be.iore him waa whether pIajntiS's claim was capable o' being proved in bankruptcy. It depended on 9 and 37 of the Bankruptcy Act. from which his Honour quoted. The claim wa? one of unliqu;- dabed damages, and did not fall within tue sub- so t?on dealing with debts not proven ;n bank- dabed damages, and did not fall within tue sub- so tJon dealing with debts not proven ;n bank- tuptcy Another sub-secton of t)ie Act said, "If in the opinion of the Court the vaJue of the debt or ability is incapable of being fw-r,v estimated. the Court will make an order to tb-M efFpct, ax-,d thereupon the debt or liability w;ll be termed a debt not provable in bankruptcy First of all. w&5 the claim by plaint.S a debt or liability? Debtor said. "It is not. I owe you nothing, and although 1 may have promised to marry you, you haw absolved me from your promise." It puzzled him to see how he ooutd be asked to say it was a debt provable in bankruptcy. He could 6nd very little authority indeed. How could be say there was no debt or liability at a.U? If tha man was right, and plaintiS had broken ths promise &nd judgment was given for dc-fendaj)t, it was not a debt. As far as he could judge, he ought to eay that it was not a debt or liability which was capable of being fairly estimated at the present time, ar-d th2refoe he declined to make the order The only order he couid make in its present condition was that it was not a debt whif h could be proved He could only suspend the bankruptcy proceedings until the ssue of the case. That wa.s not before him now on that motion. If another motion was brought before h?m again he could possibly dismiss the bank- ruptcy petition as an abuse of the Bankruptcy Act.

TEE STUDY OF FRENCH. SPEECH BY M. CAMBON. I There was an intcrcstng' g-athering in the Mansion House, London, on Saturday, on the occasion of the distribution of prizes to the suc- cessful students in the nineteenth annual competi- tion organised by the Societe Nationale dea Profeszicurs de Francais en Angieterre. The Lord Mayor presided. M. Cambon. the French Ambassador, in thank- ing the Lord Mayor for the hospitality he had always shewn to the society, said it was certain that one of the great causes of iüislUdertlldings between peoples was the impos-ibiiity of under- sending one another. If people could not speak the same language it was dinicuit to do bmmCfS together, but business was not everything in this world. There were not mereJy interc&t:s to discuss and defend, though interests led l.cOst of the world, but there were also ideas, and people who thought must be able to speak to one another, in fact the intellectual life of the two countries must march together, and that was what constituted the real entente cordiale. They had at that moment a very striking example oi the influence of pure ideas on the march of humanity. The whole world was celebrating that day the centenary of Kant. He was not a man of business, he was a very modest professor living in the small town of j\.onigsberg. He only went out of his house in the morning to give his lesson at the universttv, and spent the rest of his time meditating in his chamber on metaphysical problems and writing his books. That man had exercised on the develop- ment of philosophical thought an innuence almost absolute during the last century, and as philosophy taught everything his influence had been felt even in the political development of Europe. This example proved that it was not enough to take into account material interests, they must also consider, in the guidance of the world, the in- fluence of pure ideas. It was well, therefore, to put one's self in a position to understand the literature, philosophy, and science of one's neigh- bours, and to benefit from their ideas. The young people who worked in the study of French helped to spread in England a taste for French ideas and literature. There was a movement of a similar character in France, for there the study of English was making rapid progress, and France had in her universities diplomas granted for the study of English and other languages which gave their holders privileges and rights similar to. those con- ferred by other diplomas. The growing success of the examinations held in England shewed to what extent the taste for French ideas and Language was progressing. He congratulated them on learning French, not only because it was his own language, and he loved it, but also because it shewed that they desired to do some- thing dimcult. French was far more difEcuIt than English. It was easier perhaps to speak, but ) much more dimcult to write. The difficulty of speaking English lay in the pronunciation, and Frenchmen could never succeed in attaining a perfect English accent. If be could do so he would have spoken English to them, but he spoke in French for fear of oSending their ears. (Laughter.) If French was more easy to speak than English it was infinitely more dimcult to write. Almost any Englishman could write his own language, as was shewn by the letters to the newspapers. In France a man hesitated before giving to the public his written thoughts; he rarely wrote to a newspaper for fear of seeing his prose in cold print. To write well in French one must alwavs 6nd the right word. They cud not allow an inappropriate word to express a thought. In English one had not the same dimculty when a word was missing: one invented one, forged one for the occasion. That was very useful, but it was not allowed in French, where if one had not got an adequate word to express a thought one must employ a periphrase. There were French writers who did not conform to that rule. but even if successful they were bad writers, what in the Seventeenth Century was called "gratteurs de papier." The consequence was that the French language was the most precise in the world, and for that reason had been adopted by diplomacy. To give clear- ness and precision to an idea one must cmptoy the French language. Another result of this quality of the French language was that when one was in presence of an idea which was rather vague the best way to recognise whether it was just or not was to translate it into French. There could be no ambiguity about the French language, which might be called the touchstone of false ideas. (Cheers.)

SAD CHESHIRE TRAGEDY.-Amnquest was held on Friday at Sale touching the I dpath of Harriet Mav Petts. aered four months. the daughter of George William Petts, of Princess- drive, Sale. Mr. Petts stated on Tuesday evening on his return be fonnd his wife in the bathroom with her hands to her throat, while the child was dead Coating face downwards in the bath. which Wt« nearly full of water. A medical man who was called in said he examined Mra. Pelts, and. nnd?Bg her to be insane, an order wa? made for her removal to an asylum.—A verdict of wUfwl murder was returned against Mrs. Pettc.

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