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The EMPBBOR has opened the French Chambers with a speech which has given universal dissatisfaction-of course the official papers and the Daily Telegraph don't count. Instead of boldly announcing a policy of one kind or the other, he sketched a few meagre reforms which will not satisfy the Liberals and only displease the Imperialists. The Chamber has already had a taste of the strong food which it may have to digest, for FAVRE has given notice of some awkward questions and RASPAIL has demanded the impeachment of the Minister of the Interior for causing assassination," in connection with the strikes. The session will be an anxious one for Napoleon; an exciting one for Europe.—Rumours reach us of disagree- ment between various European powers. France, so the story goes, tried to promote an alliance between Russia, Austria, and herself but BISMABCK grew alarmed, and successfully marred the plot, so that now both Russia and France are displeased with Austria, in connection with the Dalmatian insurrection and the Austrian EMPEROR'S visit to Constantinople.—The King of ITALY lias appeared in public, where he was received with great enthusiasm. Signor LANZA, to whom the task has been entrusted, has not yet succeeded in forming a cabinet.— The SULTAN and the VICEROY are still engaged in trying to agree; but the VICEROY won't give up the power of borrowing-how can he ?-and the SULTAN says he must. War is not likely. -A considerable number of vessels have passed through the Suez Canal. We insert a communication in another column from Mr D. DAVIES, whose practical knowledge would enable him to give a valuable opinion on the subject. He has been to Suez, and his opinion is that five or six millions more must be spent before the canal will be of much use.—It is rumoured that the Education Question will not come on next session. No doubt Government will have enough to do with the Land Law and other matters which must be attended to at once, and Education can wait another year, though the subject is 'pressing enough. Meanwhile it is to be hoped the Universities will be thrown open by a Government Bill. A remarkable meeting in favour of even a larger Bill than Sir J. COLERIDGE'S has been held at Cambridge, and attended by many of the most influential personages connected with the University, including the Masters of Trinity, St. John's, and Christ's. The movement has made great progress of late, and next session will see its triumph, we confidently believe.—The Conservatives are greatly perplexed just now as to who shall be their leader in the House of Lords. Lord CAIRNS has resigned, and neither Lord DERBY nor Lord SALISBURY, the two obvious men for the post, is well fitted for it. As yet no ray of light has illumined the darkness.—The Fenians, exulting in the success of their first race for a parliamentary seat, are running other candidates—one of them being "Colonel" BURKE for Southwark.—The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, we are glad to say, continues to improve in health.—It is to be noted, as significant, that the Scotch members generally seem to be in favour of unsectarian education.—A some- what mysterious explosion took place on the Clyde on Wednesday. A schooner was seen suddenly to jump out of the water, with a tremendous explosion, and then ti sink, all on board being lost. She is supposed to have been a gunpowder lighter.—The game question is pro- gressing. We report to-day an influential national meet- ing, when a resolution was passed in favour of the repeal ef the Game Laws.— Mr VOYSEY, author of "The Sling 1004he Stone," has been condemned by the Chancellor of IRORK te exclusion from the Church. He will appeal.— the first of the ice accidents is announced. A number of operatives were sliding at Leigh on Thursday, when the ice gave way. Two young women, one of whom was ren- dering assistance, were drowned.

Our readers will find a letter from Mr INGLIS JONES in our columns to-day, on a subject which attracted a good leal of attention some time ago. Mr INGLIS JONES, it will be remembered, accused the people of Llandewi Brefi of burning a Bible at the time of the election, and mentioned the name of the Rev. A. OLIVER in connection with the matter. It was pointed out at the time that the charge was untrue; and Mr JONES now writes to say that he finds it was a prayer-book which was burnt. That, too, it is fair to state, has been most strongly denied. Mr JONES also says he never charged Mr OLIVER with de- siring the people to burn the Bible. Subsequently he inters to some extent into the question of landlord and tenant voting, and seems to intimate that it is better for them to go together. We think Mr JONES can hardly mean that. As an educated man he must surely believe it to be better that each man should vote according to his )wn convictions. We should add that he condemns what lie considers undue pressure; but probably his opinions md ours differ as to what amount of pressure is undue. We should say that the landlord ought absolutely to re- Erain, and make his agents refrain, from canvassing his ;enants. That, in our opinion, is the only safe course to rarsue. We are very glad to publish Mr JONES'S letter, md we hope he will write a few more lines, to explain iimself on the doubtful point to which we have alluded. F Mr ARNOLD TAYLOR has held an enquiry at Aberystwyth nto the question of the water supply. The various schemes were laid before him, and we shall shortly have his decision on the subject. We hope all the parties in- terested will carefully remember that the decision will be final, and that any re-opening of the question will be an ict involving the gravest responsibility. During Mr TAYLOR'S visit the committee recently appointed to x>nsid«r the best means of purifying the rivers took the jpport unity of consulting him, and we believe he gave diem some useful advice. To-day we reprint a letter on the subject of Political Evictions from a clergyman of the Church of England. )ur readers will read the communication with all the jreater interest since it proceeds from one of a body of nen who are not often found expressing such sentiments isMr WOODS'S. The writer, we should add, is not beneficed.

TIME TABLES.—We give our usual Time-table Supple- aent +'-¡i;¡ k, and our readers will find several altera- ions from last month. BA-\KSU'PTS. —The following announcements appear in he Gnzetle :-Rrent, William, Aberystwyth, innkeeper, )ec. 8, at 11; sols., Messrs Brittan, Bristol; off. assig., fir Acremtm. Williams, William, Penygroes, innkeeper, )ec. 15, at 11: sol., Mr Turner, Carnarvon; off. assig., itr Williams. Roberts, Thomas, Llangollen, painter and lazier, Dec. 10, at 12 sol., Mr Sherratt, Wrexham; off. ssig., "r Reid. Hugbes, Henry Ellis, Abergele, hotel eeper, Dec. 9, at 12: sols., Messrs Bretherton, Liver- ool; off. assig., Mr Turner. THE MAW-DDWY RA ILWAY.—An arbitration respecting tie construction of thr Diuas Mawddwy Railway is going n in London. The pUintiff in the action is Mr Taylor, ie contractor of the line, who claims from Sir Edmund ouckley, a lar.re amount for extra work in the construction f the line. Hie arbitrator is Mr Lord, barrister; the mnsel for the plaintiff is Mr Watkin Williams, M.P. ad the raihvav company are represented by Mr M'Intyre, istructed by Messrs Howell and Morgan, Machynlleth.

ABERYSTWYTH. THE PORT OFFTOB.—Mr Cox having resigned the office postmaster, which he has filled for a long time with uch satisfaction to the public, Mr Henry Humphreys ,s be-,n appointed to the vacant office. THE PURIFICATION OF RIVEBS.—A deputation from the onmittee appointed at the recent meeting waited upon 1 Arnold Taylor, to ask for his advice as to the best %us to pravue in carrying out the object which they ve m view. The proceedings were private. OOABT) OF GUARDIAqg. -At the meeting of the Board of taroians on Monday last, there was a very large attend- j the chair being occupied by W. Jones, Esq., vice. chairman. The tisual relief, which was the only business before the Board was carefully attended to by the Guardians. chairman. The tisual relief, which was the only business before the Board was carefully attended to by the Guardians. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY STATION.—A man named John James, employed at Messrs Durie and Dayies's foundry, met with a serious accident at the Railway Station on Thursday evening last. A number of castings had been loaded at the station from the foundry on Thursday, and were in a truck near the goods ware- house. It is believed that some part of the castings intended to have been put in the truck had been left at the foundry. About five o'clock in the evening, just as it was getting dark, an engine employed in shunting in the yard had pushed some trucks up to the one that contained the castings, and immediately they came together, the shunter heard a man calling out; and in going round, found James with his foot fast between the buffers of the two trucks. Assistance was immediately rendered, and on examination it was found that James's foot was badly crushed, it being feared that amputation would be necessary. It appears from en- quiries that James had gone to the truck of his own accord, without the knowledge of any of the company's servants, with the intention of placing the castings, which had been forgotten, in the truck, and at the time the other waggons were pushed up he was kneeling on the buffer of the truck which contained the castings.

LAMPETER. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening last an accident occurred at Lampeter Railway Station to a man named David Davies, a labourer, living at Lampeter. It ap- pears that Davies was crossing the line by the station, just as the 6-lo p.m. train from Aberystwyth was going up to the platform. A person on the platform seeing the danger in which Davies was, tried to prevent his crossing, b. It he persisted in doing so, and be- fore reaching the opposite side, was knocked down by the approaching engine, which passed over him, together with part of the ?rain. The unfortunate man was got from underneath the train, but he had received such serious injuries that he died within an hour after the occur- rence of the accident. On Thursday an inquest was held at the Royal Oak Hotel, when the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death." We understand that the deceased was a married man, and leaves a wife and several children to moarn their loss.

BALA. AMATEUR CONCERT.-On Thursday evening, the 2nd inst., an amateur concert was given at the Grammar School, Bala, for the benefit of the Llanuwchllyn Brass Band. The programme was as follows:— Chorus-" Cheer Boys, Cheer" .The Band. Solo (harp)-" Jenny Jones," with variations Mr R. Jones (Alaw Tegid). Song—" What Will they Say in England" Mr Phillips. Fantasia—" Grand Duchess of Gerolstein"Miss Wigan, encored and repeated. Duet-" All's Well"Mr and Mrs Seaton, encored and repeated. Solo (cornet)-" Blue Bells of Scotland," with variations. Mr B. Maurice, encored, and gave Yellow Rose of Texas." Song—" Y Fenyw Bach a'r Bibl Mawr" Eos Penllyn. Duet (piano)—" Jack Frost" Misses Morgan. Song-" Charming May" Mrs Seaton. Chorus—" Auld Lang Syne" The Band. Chorus—"Annie Lisle" The Band. Song—"A Buttery Hatch"Mr Seaton. Solo (cornet)-" The Huntsman's Chorus" Mr B. Maurice, encored, and gave "March of the Men of Harlech." Song—"Clychau Aberdyfi," Eos Penllyn, encored, and gave YDeryn pur." Solo (piano) —" My heart is on'the Rhine"—Miss Wigan. Song—"Kate Kearney" Mrs Seaton. Piauo-Welsh airs. Mrs Royle, (Eos Penllyn singing "March of the men of Harlech," when that part was reached." Duet (piano)—" Como Quadrilles" .Misses Morgan. Solo (hirl)t-" Serchydol Alaw Tegid. Song-" Mrs Jones's Musical Party" Mr Phillips (encored, and gave The Schoolmaster's A B C D, &c." Finale-" God Save the Queen" The Band. The performers went through their parts admirably, and were warmly received. The Re\. J. S. Jones, M.A. (Wergloddwen), proposed a vote of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who had kindly assisted in the entertain- ment this was seconded by Mr Owen, National Provincial Bank, and carried.

The following appears amongst the ecclesiastical pre- ferments and appointments:—Rev. Henry Jones, M.A., chaplain of Tremadoc. Patron, MrD. Williams, M.P. Sir John Acton is gazetted a peer, under the title of Baron Acton, of Aldenham. The very extensive distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of Irish vi hisky, by Messrs DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be called The Royal Irish Distillery. A loss of a very serious character was reported on Wed- nesday from Holyhead. The American ship Joseph Holmes, from New York for the Clyde, with a full cargo of wheat and flour. was reported abandoned, leaky, about twelve miles S.S. W. of the Stack Light, and the crew had been landed at Holyhead by the steamtug Iron King. THE WELSH FASTING GIRL. —Mr Griffiths, known in the literary world as Gohebydd," has seen Dr Phillips, of Guy's Hospital, in order to ascertain whether it would be possible to have four experienced nurses sent down to the farm of Llethernoyadd to watch Sarah Jacob, who is said not to have taken food for two years and a half. Dr Phillips has approved of the idea, and has made some sug- gestions. These suggestions were submitted to a meeting held at Llanfihangel-ar-arth on Tuesday (at which the parents of the girl were present) and unanimously ap- proved. A committee was formed to make arrangements for the reception of the nurses, and to collect subscriptions to cover the expenses. A medical committee was also formed to visit the girl occasionally during the watching, wVch will probably commence in a few days. —Liverpool Mercury,

CURRENTE CALAMO. (From, the 08westry Advertizer. ) We recently related an incident in the life of the late Mr Woodward, the Queen's librarian. A correspondent sends us another-On the day of the first interview be- tween her Majesty and the Prince Consort and the Queen's librarian, the Queen turned round and asked Mr Woodward, "What he thought of the library?" Ready as he always was with an answer to any question from any one, Mr Woodward replied, Your Majesty has cer- tainly the most splendid book-stall in the kingdom This anecdote has been mentioned by Canon Gore, of St. George's, Windsor, as one of the happiest ever made by the librarian. The library was filled with the most ex- quisite collection of valuable books, prints, drawings, and papers, but in one mass of confusion—everything was out of place. Now everything is in order, and this most magnificent and costly collection is the theme of admira- tion by every man of letters, connoisseur, and artist. A correspondent of the Standard calls attention to the fact that Dr Temple is to be consecrated on the day of Thomas the Doubter, and asks whether it is not a sug- gestive fact. It is; for a modern commentator well ob- serves that it was Thomas the Doubter who said, "Let us also go that we may die with Him." But now rings the bell for the start, and as the Brisky One mounts the 'pig skin' and takes the Colt in hand, while friendly hands tighten the girths, Cornwy (like his competitor, an old veteran) has his feet in the stirrups, and has gathered up the reins in an artistic style that calls forth the admiration of the eager spectators." This is not the account of a wicked horse race, as our readers may suppose, but of an election of proctor for the diocese of Bangor, as described in a Conservative journal! The real candidates were Principal Williams, of Jesus College, Oxford, and the Rev. Philip Constable Ellis, rector of Llanfairfechan, and the former was elected by a majority of 41 to 32. It is a notable fact that Mr Ellis, who ran his rival so close a race, expressed himself in favour of something very like disestablishment. He should be the last man to go in for it," he said, "if the alliance with the State could be carried out as agreed upon by the Statute of Henry VIII., but when the machinery had, so to speak, been put out of gear [by the introduction of Dissenters, Roman Catholics, and persons of no religion at all, into Parlia- ment, Mr Ellis seems to have meant, viewing his words in the light of the context], he thoroughly believed the time had come when a fresh concordat should be entered into with the State." The rev. gentleman proceeded to point out that it was in the power of a hostile Prime Minister to fill the episcopal bench with men ten times worse than Dr Temple, or with bishops like Dr Colenso," when the Chancellor interrupted him, remarking that it was not right to speak of bishops personally. Thereupon Mr Ellis said it was in the power of the Prime Minister to fill the episcopal bench with objectionable men, and then the church would find itself in the position of an army without generals." One gound of opposition to Prin- cipal Williams was, that he had used language in Convo- cation with respect to Essays and Reviews which, as reported, was ten times worse than anything Dr Temple had ever written." We should add that as the Chan- cellor warned the electors of Principal Williams's probable disqualification, he not being held to be a beneficed clergy- man in the province of Canterbury, it is quite possible that Mr Ellis will be declared proctor in the room of the late Rev. J. C. Vincent. In noticing a meeting at Carnarvon, in favour of aproint- ing Welsh Bishops, we expressed a doubt as to the accuracy of the report, which made a Baptist minister, the Rev. Robert Ellis, attribute the spread of Dissent in Wales principally to the appointment of English-speaking prelates. A longer report, which now lies before us, gives the rev. gentleman's words as follows :Some said that the cause of Dissent flourishing in Wales was because of the English bishops he might have some doubts as to that, but this he would say, that if Heaven had intended to send bishops to Wales, they would, no doubt, have been furnished with tongues to speak to the people." At the same meeting we see it was reported that Principal Williams had been appointed to the vacant see," and one of the speakers moved a vote of thanks to Mr Gladstone for the choice he had made! Another speaker opposed the object of the meeting alto- gether. The Welsh, he said, as Dissenters, wanted no bishops, and it did not matter to them whether Mr Gladstone appointed a Frenchman A correspondent says, Sundry of the papers say that Sir Watkin is going to render an account of his steward- ship. And quite right, too. When a member is returned unopposed he has some ground for thinking that he has satisfied the wishes of his constituents, but when a contest shews him that two thirds of the voters dislike his politics, it is only right that he should give an account of himself at the end of the session. Mr Ormsby Gore and Lord Newport will, I trust, see this in the same light as I do." We are now informed, however, that the advertise- ment from which we took our information, was a hoax! Sir Watkin, at any rate, has not yet announced an address to the electors. The Cambrian League, we find, is still in existence, for circulars have recently been issued with the signature of the president, Mor Meirion. We obtain no fresh inform- ation, however. The whole nation is waiting anxiously to know what "the male and female badge" will be. Not a leek, we trust, because there is so much danger that it will have to be eaten. We wish to have that point elucidated before sending in our names to Mor Meirion. We all know that some counties can cheer" better than others. A Shropshire cheer is supposed to be sur- passingly loud, and Kentish Fire" is so effective that the most demonstrative of all partizans, political Protest- ants, appear to have adopted it as their own. But it now appears that the cheer of Mayors and Sheriffs is a different thing from the cheer of Volunteer Captains and Colonels. Last week a large number of both classes paid their respects to the King of the Belgians, and although there were several Shropshire Mayors and Ex-Mayors, including the Ex-Mayor of Oswestry, amongst the civic dignitaries, we read that the shouts of the Mayors and Sheriffs had astonished the ears and shocked the propriety of chamber- lains and ushers, who are unused to these hearty ex- pressions of sentiment, but they were nothing in comparison with the deep-volumed, ringing cheer which the Volunteer Captains and Colonels raised in honour of his Majesty and his Royal consort." The King must have an astonishing supply of topographical knowledge, for we find that he shook hands with all the Mayors, and in almost every instance made a remark appropriate to the place which the presentee represented?" To the Ex- Mayor of Wrexham, we are told, he said it was very kind to come so far to do him honour," at the same time referring to the beauty of Wales. It would have been a happy idea if his Majesty had primed himself with a number of Shakspearian quotations, with necessary varia- tions, for the occasion. Thus to the Ex-Mayor of Wrex- bam, who appeared in borrowed plumes, wearing mayoral robes, he might have said- Thou com'st in such a questionable dress That I will speak to thee. To the Mayor of Shrewsbury, I should like to talk with thee for an hour by Shrewsbury clock." To the teetotal Ex-Sheriff of Chester, Mr Farish, if he was present— Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale ?" And to the Ex-Mayor of the same city, after speaking of the Prince's visit and what followed- To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope—to-morrow blossoms And hears his blushing honours thick upon him; So this day comes a Frost,—a Knighted Frost. "What are we to do with our old metal?" A new law makes it punishable for anyone to purchase less than half a cwt. of brass or copper, or a cwt. of lead. A well-intentioned law, doubtless, for its object is to ren- der the stealing of metal-so common a crime-rather less lucrative, by causing the sale of the stolen goods to be more difficult of accomplishment. But then honest people want to sell old metal and honest dealers are pre- vented from buying it? Mrs A has a new kettle, and would like to sell the old one, which is past mending, but Policeman X steps in and says, "You must save your brass until you have the legal quantity." But Mrs A has no idea of handing down old kettles as heirlooms until- perhaps in a third generation-the accumulated quantity reaches a legal weight; so what is she to do ? We cannot say off hand, but there never was an Act of Parliament yet that a coach and six could not be driven through, and no doubt an ingenious public will, legally, evade this.

Dr Selwyn is one of six survivors of the Cambridge eight who forty years ago rowed the first race with Oxford. Dean Merivale is another.

MODERN CUSTOMS.—Presentations and testimonials are largely on the increase this modern custom appears to extend to almost every household, for no auspicious event is allowed to pass without its being marked by some pleasing souvenir; Birthdays, Christenings, Marriages, the seasons of the year, such as Christmas, New Years &c., invariably receive special commemoration. The at- tention of one of the great London Manufacturers, Mr J. W. BENSON, of 25, Old Bond-street, and of the City Steam Factory, Ludgate-hill, has been directed to this subject. With the view of giving more artistic effect to this custom of society, he has published a most interesting Illustrated Historical Pamphlet upon Watches and Clocks, also one upon artistic Gold Jewellery, Silver and Electro- plate all are profusely illustrated with choice designs, and are sent post-free for 2d. each, thus bringing within the reach of those who live even thousands of mile s away from London, one of the largest and most artistic collec- tions which can be seen in any part of the world; and, it necessary, designs are prepared to illustrate any special QMe.

The body of the elder Kinck has been discovered. A child has died from eating the flowers of chrysanthenums. A manufactory of autographs has been discovered in Paris, and the proprietors have been lodged in prison. The Princess of Wales gave birth to a daughter at Marlborough Honse at an early hour on Friday week. The Southern portion of the Thames Embankment has been opened. The postage of letters between England and France is reduced from 4d. to 3d., for which sum ten grammes can be sent. The (Roman Catholic) Marquis of Bute, when ecclesiastical presentations fall to him in Scotland, leaves the choice of a pastor to the congregation. Last week the Liverpool magistrates decided that a bicycle is a carriage within the meaning of the Act, and fined a youth named Carrol for driving one upon a footpath. It is said that the Sultan is sending a splendid ring to th« Pope by some of the Armenian prelates who have started to attend the Council. The rumour of the intended resignation of Mr Denison, the present speaker of the House of Commons, is authoritatively contradicted by the Morning Post. Major Lobbia has pleaded his privilege as a member of the Legislature against the late jndgiuentupon him, and the plea, it is said, is not unlikely to succeed. At a meeting of the Cambridge Union, last week, a motion in favour of the abolition of all religious tests at the university was carried by seventy votes against sixty-two. Hitherto the union has always rejected all motions to this effect. The Bbrsen Z eitung states that Messrs Grattoni and Brassey and Dr Strousberg have jointly undertaken to tunnel the St. Gothard, and have engaged to complete the gigantic undertaking in less than seven years. A correspondent writes to the papers to say that on the day when the inquest was held on Martin in London, he was speaking to Kelly ia New York, where the captain" is employed in the yost office. Following the example of an elder brother, a son of the Duke of Argyll is about to enter commercial life. It is said that the young nobleman in question is joining a Liverpool firm of cotton brokers. A man named Watkins has been fined £50 in each of two charges of using the Clarendon Arms, a metropolitan public house, for the purpose of betting. The landlord was included in the charge, but the case against him was adjourned. Mr Mllor, the Conservative member for Ashton, in an address to his constituents, has declared himself in favour of the ballot; and mentioned that he had voted in favour of the University Tests Bill. and would do so again. A dreadful catastrophe is reported in the German papers. An iron bridge which a railway company was constructing across the Rhine has been knocked down by a vessel coming into col- lision with th" scaffolding. About twenty woakmen were killed, and many wounded. Th, papers say that a special invitation from the Pope was addressed to Dr. Newman a few months since, asking him to iccept the office of Theologian to the Council, but owing to his age and infirmity he felt compelled to decline the proffered honour. At the Central Criminal Court last week the man Hinqon was convicted or the double murder at Tottenh-im, his victims being a woman named Maria Death, with whom he l ad been living, and Douglas Boyd, intimacy with Death had aroused a feeling of jealousy. He was sentenced to death. The Timet states that, although the most strenuous exerf i ins will continue to be made to enable the Government to take over the working of the telegraphs on the 1st of J mu iry, there are doubts if it can be effected before the middle or end of that month. At Hammersmith the keeper of the refreshment bar at the railway station has been fined for keeping his house open after eleven o'clock at night, although the excise authorities had granted a protective certificate, enabling him to keep open until one in the morning. The Lancashire police have been quite baffled in their efforts to clear away the mystery surrounding the murder of Sacom I Gleave, farmer, who was shot while riding between Warrington and St. Helens, a fortnight ago. The jury have returned a ver- dict of" Wiiful murder against some person unkuown. The decision of Mr Newton Goren, the revising barrister for Middlesex, disqualifying perpetual curates from voting, who claimed on the freeholds of their benefices, has been upheld by the Court of Common Pleas, before whom the case came on an appeal. The Republican members of the Spanish Cortes have issued a manifesto, in which they charge the Government with having pro- yoked the late disturbances, and announce their determination to resume their seats as deputies to renew their effor s to estab- lish a republican form of Government. A fresh difficulty has arisen between Spain and the United States. The United States officials have seized the Spanish gun- boats building in New York harhour, upo > the allegation that they are intended for use against Peru. The Spanish Minister has denied the allegation, and demanded their rele.ise. The Lord Chancellor has just issued an order allowing the county-court offices to be closed on Monday, tie 27th of December. The closiugis made permissory, an(I not compulsory, doubtless with a view to the possibility of sittings of some of the court-" h iving been fixed for that day. Closing will, however, be the rule in London, and the exceptions will be very rare every- where. -Solicitors' Journal. A cont renne, attended by mnny colonists was held in London last week on the relations between this country andher colonies. A long discu-sion took p!ace upon the Coloni il policy of th i Government, and it was deprecated in a resolution whici was pa sed, wherein especial reference was made to the recent despatches of Lord Granville. The late F art of Derby has left to all the male and female servants of Knowsley Halllegndes in the proportion of two months' wages for each year of service. In the case of the old servants the legaciies will amount to very handsome sums. He has also left annuities to Mr Forshaw, stud room; Mr John Shaw, keeper of the der; and others who had been for lengthened periods in his s rvice.—Bell's Life. An extraordinary case of concealment of sex is reported from Bishop Auckland. Fiftv years ago a person who gave the name ef Josiah Stephenson, came into the neighbourhood from Scot- land, married two wives in succession, and died last week after a protracted illness. c. Josiah" now turns out to have been a womJn, and some singular revelations are promised with regard to her history. The c;,se "Martin v. Muckonochie is again to come before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at the instance of the Church Association. It is alleged that Mr Mackonochie has not complied with the monition of their lordships, as to the elevation of the elements in the Holy Communion, as to pro strati m before the consecrated elemants during the prayer of consecration, an.1 the use of the lighted candles when not required for the-purpose of giving light. O'Donovan Rossa, the Fenian convict, was ejected by a ma- jorltv of 168 at the Tipperary election; but only a smallnroportjon of the constituency voted-aboli, 2,000 out of 9,000. The High Sheriff has prudently declined to assume the respon-i ility of deciding whether R ssa is or is not entitled to sit in Parliament. He has consequently declared Rosa duly elected, thus enabling Mr Heron (th" defeated candidate) to petition for the seat, and casting the responsibility of a finsl decision upon the ju lges. The following telemram from the Governor of Bombay has been received by the Secretary of State for India B. mbav, Nov. 28. Letters received from Dr. Livingstone,.dated Ujiji, 13th May, 1869. Satisfactory." This important telegram shows that as late a< six months ago Livingstone was at the spd indicnted in his letter of July, 1868, as that for which he was making. It is satisfactory to learn that so far his journey had been prosecuted according to his wishes and intention. A novel incident has occurred at Heapey, near Chorley. The congregation of the parish. church, it seems, have become dis- satisfied with the incumbent for refusing to appoint to the curacy a clergyman who had officiated during the illness of the former- The result was that a large part of the congregation quitted the church, and have since erected a place of w; rahip for themselves. A further step has just been taken. for at a meeting on Wednesday week it was agreed by the seceders to aban don the Establishment altogether, and attach themselves to a Free Church of England." Dr Temple leaves Raqby at the end of the term. The assis- tant masters have commissionud Woolner to execute a bust of the doctor, to be placed in the Arnold Library. The boys intend presenting him with a testimonial. Old Rugbeians have also signifitd their desire to testify their personal regard for Dr Temple. He will also receive a congratulatory a.ldr«ss from the frien ily societies of the neighbourhood, at a public diunor on th' 1st proximo. Dr Temple's departure from Rugby is the sub- ject of universal regret,, both in the school and the town. At the Central Criminal Court last week Wiliiajn Thomas Cockburn, 88, tailor, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with big. my. Mr G. S. Griffiths prosecuted; the prisoner was defended by Mr Pater. This was a curious ease. The prisoner married first a woman named Mariner,, and lived with her until her death. He then eloped with the daughter of his wife's sister, Louisa Gully, and married her in Mim h, 1862. A few weeks ago it was found that he had been a third time married, to Hannah Frances Ross.—Mr Pater asked the court if there was reallv any cases against the prisoner. It was clearly stated in the table o{ affi ity in the Prayerbook that a man could not marrv his wife's sister's daughter, and the Act 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 54, specially made void sttoh a marriage. This, he argued, mfit th;) circumstances of the present case.—The Common-Sergeant allowed the objection and the prisoner was discharged. An important judgment. largely affecting the rights of policy- holders, was given by Vi 'e-ChanceIIof Sir W. M. James last week. General Pott was the holder of an annuity granted by the Family Endowment Society, which a t rwavd^ became amalgamated with the unfortunate "Alhert." The latter having failed, General Pott. instituted proceedings for the winding-up of the Family Endowment Society, the eØt;0t of which is to make the shareholders of that society responsible, to the extent of their means, for the liabilities of the company. The Vice- Chancellor has given his decision in favour of General Pott, and granted the winding-up order. A number ot policyholders in London are taking steps for the prftecti n of their interests, both against mismanagement on the one hand and mischievous attempts to injure the stability of insurance companies on the other. They have appointed a small committee, and propose to convene a eeneral meeting of the policyholders. The closing of the Twelve Days' Mission," in London, was marked bv one of the most extraordinary services ever cele- brated in the Church of St. Alban's, famed a, that church is for its Ritua!istic observance-o. The evening service was termed a Renewal of Baptismal Vows." The centre of the church was railed off for "petitents" m-iny of ■shorn knelt before the priest at a little coafessional-box in a corner of the church. Aft.-r the service a number of wax candles, each about a feot in length, were blessed at the altar, aad were distributed to the five hundred "penitents," who lig ted them, and hell them while they were catechised by the officiating priest. Th-rti was afer- wards a proce sion round the church of the penitents bearing the lighted candles, gorgeously robed priests, choristers, attendants with bancers, and other members of the congrega- tion. The penitents were allowed to retain the pieces of candle. The "mission," we may add, ha* been ve y successful in thy opinion of the promote s, hundreds of people being attracted to church who were not in the habit of attending. The work has been well bpoken of in almost every quarter of the religious world.

SERIALS FOR NOVEMBER. THE STUDENT.—The November number is a good one, but we cannot find a suitable quotation-as a sample— within our limits, so must refer our readers to the book itself. Mr Wrigbt's 'Womankind' does not appear this month, but there are several exceedingly good papers; notably one on The Oldest Human Remains in Europe,' and on the Pearly Nautilus.' By the way, Mr Wright's work, to which we have referred, is announced for publica- tion in a separate volume. MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE.—The most readable paper in number is that on the Suez Canal, that being just now a leading topic in general conversation. The novels pro- gress excellently, and the graver papers of the number are thoughtful and quite up to the Ma^millan standard. From some specimens of Oxford Slang given in one of the serious papers we extract the following definition of "In the Swim A man i, said to be in the swim when any piece of good fortune has happened, or seems likely t" happen, to him. To have rowed one's College boat to the head of the river,—to have receive-I a legacy,—to h ive made a good bo >k on the Derby,— are many of tkiem sufficient to have put one" in the swim." The metaphor is piscatorial, swim" being the term applied by Thames fish rmen to those sections of the river whi<;h are espe- cially frequented by fish. The angler who casts his bait into these may depend upon sport, whereas his neighbour at a litt e distance may not have a nibble, being" out of the swim." No more cruel fate can happen to an undergraduate than to be "out of it." This is a I hrase of very general application. A man who is unwell, unhappy, io debt, or in any other respect uncomfort- able, considers himself, generally, as "out of it." It never occurs to him to say what he is out of." If this expression could be proved to have been derived from the one which we noticed first, then 9\ ef it" would only mean "out of the swim." But this is not likely. Probably the phrase be'ongs primarily to cricketers, who alternately have an innings and are "out." LONDON SociimTy.-We had a novelty in this capital publication last month, in an article approving of Tight- lacing! And in the same serial, in a paper entitled "Down at Westminster," we are told the following racy story:— A prisoner was brought before a judge on a charge of theft, and pleaded guilty.' The judge told him that he was not obliged to take this course, but might have the benefit of a trial, so the prisoner pleaded I not guilty.' The jury acquitted him. Upon which the judge, addressing the accused, said, in his most severe manner:—" Prisoner at the bar, you have confessed yourself a thief, and the jury have found you a liar—begone from my sight." ONCB A WEEK.—We are glad to see another change in the wrapper. No serial has undergone more changes in this way, and, at times, such retrograde ones. The new cover is neat and respectable. Two continuous stories occupy the leading position in the new series, and Table Talk' still occupies its couple of pages in each number. From one of the contributions this month we glean an exercise, which when turned off trippingly on the tongue, is warranted to cure stammering; and we should think so. We give it that our readers may try if they can repeat it without pause Hoobs meets Snobbs and Nobbs; Hobbs bobs to Snobbs and Nobbs Hobbs nobs with Snobbs and robs Nobbs's fobs. That's, says Nobbs, the worst for Hobbs's jobs and Snobbs's sobs. THE ARGOSY, with such contributors as Mrs Wond, and Johnny Ludlow deserves a high position in public favour. This month's instalment of Roland Yorke,' is very inter- esting, and The Game Finished/ is amongst Johnny's best. ALMANACKS.—Messrs Kent and Co. have published a capital' Shakespeare Almanack,' with a passage from the poet's works illustrating events, past and present, of every day in the year. Thus, opposite St. Valentine's Day, we have Love is blind, and lovers cannot see, the pretty follies they themselves commit." The price is one penny. Three other penny marvels in the ahape of sheet almanacks also lie before us. One, the Animals' Friend Almanack, containing half a dozen superb pictures of horses, dogs, &c. Another, the British Workman Al- manack, contains a really magnificent tinted picture, 12in. by 9in., worthy a frame. The third is the Band of Hope Almanack, with charming engravings. Mr Partridge is the publisher.

DOLGELLEY. PETTY SESSIONS, Nov. 30.-BeforeR M. Richards, and J. Vaughan, Esqrs. Keeping Open on Sundall. -Owen Jones v. David Hughes, Castle Tavern.-P.C. Ashton said on Nov. 21st., at 4.50 p.m., he went to the Castle public-house, and saw two men with ale before them. They belonged to this town. Mrs Hughes sail they were travelers, and that people had come out of church.—Cross-examined by Mr D. Pugh I am not aware that the town clock is irregular.— P. I. Jones was called to corroborate.—For the defence R. Hughes said I have a shop near the Casfcje Tavern. On Sundays my letters are left at the Castle. I went there on Sunday evening, the 21st inst. I saw two men having drink. The officer came in. I noticed the clock as soon as he went out, and it was 5.15 p.m.— John Edwards, booking-clerk at the I ion, was called to prove that the town clock was seven minutes behind the railway time.—Rowland Evans, a son of Mrs Hughes, said he was a member of the Dolgelley church choir. He was at home on the 21st instant and saw two men coming in. He did not look at the clock he gave them the ale. —Fined 5s., and 8s. 6d., costs; paid. i i as

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MEETING OF CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE DEANERIES OF ST. ASAPH, DENBIGH, AND DYFFRYN CLWYD. The committee of clergy and laity (in the proportion of three of the latter to one of the former) for the united deaneries of St. Asaph and Denbigh, appointed for the purpose of suggesting a plan of diocesan organization at the meeting at Denbigh, October 26th, met on Friday last, the 26th November, at Denbigh. A similar committee for the deanery of Dyffryn Clwyd had been invited to join them and attended. Archdeacon WICKHAM having been called to the chair, stated that the other deaneries of the archdeaconry were following in the steps of those now assembled, and that he hoped that before long the association which would be formed in the three deaneries now met would become diocesan. The following resolutions were then severally discussed and agreed to I.-Tha.t an association be now formed, consisting of the clergy of the three deaneries of St. Asaph, Denbigh, and Dyffryn Clwyd, an,l of the laity already elected to this committee, with such other laity of the church in the three deaneries as may hereafter wish to j in it. 2.—That an executive committee, consisting of two clergy- men and six laymen from each of the three deaneries bo now appointed, seven to form a quorum—the Dean of St. Asaph and the Archdetcon being also ex-offljio members of it. 3 -That the busines of tbe oxocutive committee be-1st: To prepare rules for the regul ition of business, mode of election to committees, &c., the same to be tifterward-i c infirmed by the association. 2nd: To consider the various questions affecting the position of the church, and to prepare suggestions thereon for discussion by, the association, an l to lay before the associ- ation all matters which may arise from time to time affecting the church. 3rd: To put themselees in communication, as o.'iportunitiesoceur, with other simihrcommittees in the several deaneries of the diocese, and to take all other steps necessary for forming a complete diocesan association. The executive committee was then elected by deaneries, the clergy and laity electing severally from their own bodies. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman and to C. Townshend, Esq., who had kindly acted as lay secretary, the meeting separated. The following were a few of the laity present :-Mr P. P. Pennant, Major Ffoulkes, Mr Heaton, Mr B. Wynn, Mr Hughes (Ystrad), Mr T. Mainwaring, Mr Rawlins, Mr Chambres, Mr Gold Edwards, Mr Parry Jones, Dr Tumour, Dr Roberts (St. Asaph), Colonel Johnson, Mr Wells, Mr Churton, Mr Martin Smith, Mr R. Roberts, Mr C. Townshend, Mr E. -Roberts (solicitor, St. Asaph), Mr R. Roberts (St. Asaph), Mr Powell Jones (Rhyl). aawaf-

THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH'S APPOINTMENTS. The following appears in the Oswestry Adiertizer.- SIR, —May I beg the favour of your inserting the enclosed letter, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph of the 24th ult., in your next issue of the Advertizer ? The ecclesias- tical appointments of the Bishop have been so often before the public-and in some cases commented on so very unfavourably—that you must allow me to state that in this immediate neighbourhood his lordship has evidently considered the "place and not the man." All who know what the state of the Oswestry Grammar School was before Mr Short was appointed. and its position now acknowledge that "a better appointment could not be made and, as to the appointment of Mr Short to Llan- drinio, it is allowed that a better parish priest could not well be found, nor yet one who has so won the love and esteem of his parishioners. Of this Bishop's other appoint- ments I know nothing—nor should I care to enquire into them-but the two I have named are allowedl to be most admirable. I am, yours truly, A CHURCHMAN OF THE DIOCESE OP ST. ASAPH. Monday, November 29th, 1869. SIR,—Permit me to make known one or two facts through the medium of your columns. "I consult the good of the place, not the good of the man." Such was the curt reply vouchsafed by Dr. Short to a faithful clergyman in his diocese,.who, sorely tried by poverty, and anxious for the future of bis family, ventured to apply to his lordship for preferment. The sublime moral tone which breathes ia these words-so far superior to the weakness of personal sympathy-ma-ie the poor clergyman shrink under a sense of his unworthiness. He bore the burden of his poverty a few more years in silence, and the strong man became old in his prime, and died a lrematuro death. Such stern episcopal morality, worthy of Cato-looking only to the good of the place,is beyond our praise. Sure:y no one less than an episcopal Aristides is here. Witness the just and impartial acts of his episcopate, determined ever by this sublimely simple rule, "the good of. the place, not the good of the man." A rich living, perhaps the richest in the .1ioce"e of St. Asaph, is vacant in the beautiful vale of Gresford. Several clergymen, who have laboured long and f ithfully in the diocese, are named as fit for the post, having every claim on th.-ir side of justice, tried service, and ministerial ability. But the good of the place" demands the preferment of the Bisbo/s brother-in- law, who is a schoolmaster in the south of England, and therefore admirably qualified for the work of a parish priest in Wales. Amid some growling on the part of. the WeUh clergy, the ex- schoolmaster is duly instituted, and no doubt finds the "-fat living" ol Gresford a comfortable-berth. Before long an Archdeaconry becomes vacant. Surely Dr. Short will appoint a Welsh archdeacon, for the simple reason that the "god of the place" seems to call for the appointment of one who can speak the language of the purely Welsh parishes committed to his charge. But the episcopal Aristides heeds not the good of the man," and, sternly impartial, perceives at once that" the good of the place dem«nds the further preferment of his brother-in-law. In due form the ex-schoolmaster becomes Archdeacon. A few months elapse, and a canonry, value 9800 or 9350 per annum, falls vacant. The Bishop will do a graceful act, and thereby appease his murmuring clergy. Some hard-worked clergyman, with straitened means and a large family,, will be appointed to this sinecure. By no means. Such considerations are beneath the episcopal Aristides Looking sternly to the good of the c-monry," the impartial patron finds one man, and one only, qualified for the comfortable sinecure, and. that man is his Lordship's brothi r-in-law, the happy ex-schoolmaster At an unrelenting sacrifice of all personal considerations, this martyr to "the good of the place" is it-stalled a Canon of St. Asaph, while a few local journalists protest against this Jugger- naut sacrifice of the- brother-in-law. In a year or two, another fat living "—the living of Chirk— becomes vacant, value- zg700 a ye ir. Th" episcopal Aristides— still just and impartial—thinks only of the good of the pl ice;" and overlooking many a t ied and faithful man in his own diocese, his anxious eye rests on a worthy clergyman who had form -rly been his Lordship's curate at St. Goorge's, B; ooms bury This appointment causes a good deal of murmuring among the senior clergymen of the diocese; and the cry, "Now, this is too. bad," waxes "loud and strong for a time. But the one simple rule is as unchanging as a law of the Med s and Persians. "The good of the place requires that an unknown clergym-in should be summoned from the Isle of Wight, and that clergyman happens to. be his lordship's curate. Still bent on the sacrifice of all minor considerations to, this one subiime role," the good of the place," the Bishop expects a new vacancy. The living of Llanfihangel falls vacant, value S500 a year. The population is purely Welsh. Snrely "the good of the place" demands the appointment of a Welshman ? The poor Welsh clergymen are sorely mistaken. For, he it knows the Bishop has a niece newly married to a prudent Welsh- man, who is a curate of the Archdeacon—the happy ex-KCh.iol- master. The g'»od of the place requires that this far-seeing curate should become Rector of Llanfihangel; and, therefore, as rep ,rte 1 t-omewhat happily in a provincial journal, Miss W is promoted ti the liv.ng of Llanfihangel." A feeble protest against nepotism is raised at last in the form ol an appeal to the Premier for the appointment of W -lsh Hi hops. Heeulebs of all protests, our inflexible Aristides still looks to I the good of places," and within six months has the living of Meifod, situated in the garden of North Wales, at his dis- posal, value between 0£5:){} and tf,00 a year. With impartial solicitude for "the good of the place," and despising such un- worthy considerations as c. the good of the man," among many able and faitiful Welsh clergymen, Dr Short fimis ortly 000 man fit f or Meitod; and, strangely enough, that one happens to be his lordship's nephew-in-law-the far-seeing onrate. The iii, co has found the climate ef Llanfihangel too severe; and the Cdn- siderate uncle, seeing that the beautiful vale of Mei od would suit her, begins to feel strongly convinced that, consulting the good of the place" before ail lower claims, he must prefer the nephew-in-law to 1I,,¡fod. Ere loug another vacancy takes plice. The living of Llanty- ilio [meaning Liandtirio], value X700 a year, is in the hands of Aristides. "The good of the place" must be thought of, and nothing else. Therefore his lordship's brother mu t needs be brought down from Loadon to spend the evening of his days in retirement aad ease. At this. very time an earnest and devoted clergyman, who had done good and faithful work in one ot the most important towns in tbe diocese, beloved and revered by all who knew him, a gifted preacher and an earnest parish p, lost, has been for many years an ill-paid curate in the neigh- bourhood of Lt ntvsilio. But he is an Irishman and an exttm- po, e preacher; and these facts alone disqualify him in the eyes of Aristides the Just, who Jooks only to "the good of the But the brother cannot promote the good" of Uantysilio [Llan- drinio] without another little family arrangement. In due time the living of Marchwiel falls vacant, value 700 a year. The brother would like to have his son near him in bis old age. Wuhin a fe.y miles of Llantysllio [Llandrinio], in the town of Oswestry, thete is a grammar school, which wou d suit the young man admirably. The present head-ma ter, who has spent his life on the dative case, would like a retired paiish- in his old age. len I Oor impartial Aristides suddenly discovers that among all his clergy this fcedagoguge is most likely b promote the good of the place." This worthy man, therefore, becomes at once Vicar of Marchwiel, and thanks his btars that bishops have nephews. Ere long a canonry, value £ 300 or so, falls vaoant, and Dr. Short, still bmt on consulting "the good of the place, not the good of tho man," heaps anpther preferment on the far-seeing curate-in other words, on his niece. Of course the good of the cathedral city is the only motive which has influenced Aristides. When will such glaring nepotism—I had almost said such glanng injustice—be branded as it ought to be ? Yours, 4c, November 22. AMA««aann» MQVX.

KERRY. PETTY SESSIONS, FitiDAY.-Before the Rev. John Lloyd and the Rev. W. Morgan. Drunken Farm Servants.—James Trow and Thomas iWefl. fann servants, were summoned by P C. Hudson for being d*iu3 tocluling cl!sts °n October 6tti.—Fined l'2s. 6d. each, agauist the Highway Act.- William Davies, farmer. Jhr waggoner in his employ, were summoned u for breaches of the Turnpike Act. A cart and horse were fonnrf wandering about the roads without any person in charge and nnhfip 1? trouble and enquiry, Bnff was traced to » public-house, where he was found far gone in drink and snent the remainder of the night under the care ,i P.b. Hudson who, on examining the cart, found that there was no ownert name upon it. It appearing that the cart was a borrowed one! the magistrates inflicted a nominal penalty of Is., in the case of the master, and ordered the waggoner to pay 3s 6d and costs A Venerable Poacher Maurice Bebb, a character £ me note m Newtown and its neighbourhood, was summoned for trespassing in search of game on lands belonging to Mr Long About o'clock on the morning of Nolt 17th, John Benbow, one of the underkeepers on the Dolforgan estate, was told that there was a trap set in "the big wood." On ?!21ngtt5erev.,h0,^ ,tJ the bead keeper, who had just liber .ted a black bird from the trap, which was set close to the feedmg ground of the pheasants. In at,out a quarter of an hour thf- defendant strolled up, and kneeling down re-set the trap which bad been sprung. Benbow asked him what he intended ca-chmg, and to that query Bebb repUed, '■ Don't say anything t bee use of o^d times. The trap was kept aod Bebb summoned for trespass: the wood being enclosed and thnm. being no footpath through it. Bebb, wh^is an old yeS upon eighty and is m receipt of parish relief; fl.,tly denied all knowledge o- the matter. He professed to have, come upon the trap quite accident;tlly, and his curiosity beefug aroused he stooped down to examine it, was pounced upon bv the k- ener and to his great surprise charged with having set it. The magis. trates said that they entertained no doubt as to the guist of the defendant, but, taking into consideration his adv meed ace and infirmity, they thought that a severe reprimand" would meet the case, if Mr Long had no wish to press the charge. They should let the question ot punishment stand over until the next s, ssions, in order to ascertain what opinion Mr Long enter- tamed upon- the subject. A Batch of Assault Cases.- Cornelius Pryce was summoned fo: assaulting John Mins, at Dolfor, on the night of October f. ■ • Mr John Jones appeared for the defendant. Both par- ties hail from Llannadarn, Radnot shire, the complainant being a carrier between that place and Newtown, and tbe defendant a small termer. On the night in question the co oplainant was returning home from Newtown fair, and when near the Bwlch turnpike gate he, waw overtaken by the defendant, who- was driving a light cart. Complainant d-ew his cart on one side to allow Pryce to pass, but, when the carts met, Prvce angrily charged him with having stolen some links from him. Millsdeniedf having seen them, and thereupon the defendant pitched into him. pulled him down, struck him on the back of the head witlr his fist, and, getting him on the ground, tried to gouge hi" eye out Complainant "hooted" murder, but defendant continued his violence, trying to bite himi and completed his attack by some severe kicks administered by him to complainant's back;-In cros .-examination it appeared that the complainant's antecedents were none of the best. He admitted having suffered thrt-e terms of imprisonment for stealing oats and hay, having been 11 up upon suspicion of goose stealing, and a charge of housebreaking: was added to the catalogue of his misdeeds.—For the defence, it was submitted that there had been a twke-and-give fight between tho two, of which complainant had got the wor t; otherwise nothing would have been heard of the present proceedings. The mother of the defendant was called, and said she had had S> conversation with the complainant in the fair, and that the com- plainant threatened to give Cornelius a good thra-hing for having' "peached" upon him at a recent'excise prosecution at Penybont, when Mills was fined £ 5 for selling liquor without a licence, the defendant in the present case being then the chief witness against him. A fine of jBl. including costs, was injaicted.-Evan. Jones, George Davies, and William Evans w re summoned for assaulting William Bedward at the Abermnie Inn, on Oct. 26th. The complainant stated that he returned by the afternoon train from Newtown fair on the day in question, and remained at the Abermule Inn until after the arrival of the mail train, having in the meantime got through a few glaifes, but not so many as to' prevent him from knowing what he was doing. The defendants came into the house about nine o'clock, and. commenced annoy- ing and iusulting him, one of them drawing his hand across complainant's face. Complainant ventured to expostulate, the annoyance was repeated, and a scufflfe ensued, which ended in the three defendants seizing him and taking him out f orcibly; hwiiiggot him outside, they kicked him."from ton to bottom, all over his body." William Jones, porter ut.Abermule station, Margaret Bird, Miry Bumford, and Thomas Bird, gave corrobo- rative evidence, but did not in any way connect George Davies with the as-anlt. The defendants denied the assault, stating that they had actnd solely in self-defenne-—The Bench said they looked upon the occurrence as a puhlic-housa quarrel, and fined' Jones and Evans 5a. e.ch, and cosis, dismissing the case against the other defendant.—Wii;iim Andrews, bailiff to Mr Pryce, The- Farm, was summoned for assaulting Henry Bees, a labourer. Defendant did not appear. Fined 158., including CJsts.

MONTGOMERY. COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS, Nov. 25TH.—Before the Rev. R. M. White and R. S. Humphreys, Esq, Episodes of Llandyssil Wakes.—William Evans, waggoner, the Up. er Ventre, Llandyssil, was summoned by Herbert Matthews for assaulting him on the 18th instant. The complainant is a shoemaker living at Cefnycoed, and on the altternoon in- question he went into Humphreys's public-house, to look after- his butty," Edward Owen, who was there drinking. Owen asked him how he felt, and he told him that he was as well as could be expected after the way in which Will the Pentre" and his mates had served him on the previous nitrht. It appeared that on the previous night, it being Llandyssil wakes, there was. a threepenny hop" in the ball room" of the public-house, and there it was illeged that the complainant h id in ei'f»-red with the fiddler, who constituted the orchestra. On the preeent occasion, defendant,hearing his name mentioned "y complainant, rose up from the screen,, and set upon him, striking him a violent b'ow in the fitee. Defendant denied having-struclfcthe- complainant, and called William Goodwin, who eaiditliat he m>w no blow struck. The evidence of the complainant- was corrobo- rated by bis •' butty," and. a fine of £ 1, including costs, wos in- flicted.-Thomas Gough, farm servant, was also summoned for assaulting Matthews. Ho appears to have taken the part of Will the Pentre," who is a fellow-servant. He expressed his contrition for what had occurred, and was fined .15s., including costs. William Goodwin, machineman, was summoned. tor being drunk.and refusing to quit the Upper House Inn, on the afternoon of November 17th. The defendant pleaded that he had a reason for declining to leave, as,he had been served with water instead of gin. Fined £1, including costs.-D4,vid. Ralph, farmer. White Hall, Llandyssil, was summoned for as.sanltiae Jane Chapman, the housekeeper at the Upper Hoase Inn, Llan- ddyssil, on November 17tla. The defendant called .ia. a friend t» have a glass, and declined to pay for it. He afterwards made use of some questionable remarks towards the servant girl, who complained to Mrs-Chapman, who interfered, and after some remarks had passed between them, Mrs Chapman attempted to eject the defendant, and in the struggle, the assault was alleged to have taken plase. He was fined, £ 1, and 9s. 61., costs.—Tbe magistrates intimated that they were determined to use every possible means in checking riotous and drunken conduct of this kind. In future the police would be instructed tn summon the innkeeper, as well as the person who. created the disturbance, as persons could not got the drink, which was-at.the bottom of all the mischief, without the drink's being given to them by the keepers of pubiic-houses. An Unlicensed Hawker.—John Evans was summoned by P.C. Rogers for hawking goods at Llandyssil, without licence.— Fined in the mitigated penalty of £ 2 lOa., and cests and, in default, committed for a month.

The Earl and Countess Vane and the Duke and Duchess ofi Sutherland paid a visit to Lord and Lady Hill at Ha.wkstone last week. The Rev. Charles Kingsley was installed as a Canon of Chester, by the Dean, last week. The Bishop waa present at the ceremony, and there was a rather numerous congregation. Archdeacon Allen, has written a letter to the Pidd [with a drawing] suggesting a, new method of trapping hawks; the adoption of which will ensmre speedy death without mutilating the bird. The Earl of Powis, and a party corunstmg of General Herbert, Captain Harrison, and. the Eev. M. Lloyd, had an excellent day's shooting at Lymore last week, and the bag," consisting of 240 head, wa& distributed amongst the inhabitants of the neighbourhoods The Hon. Richard S. Stapleton-Cotton, second son of Tisoount Combermere, ensign and lieutenant Scots Fusilier Guards, is engaged to I, be married to the Hon. Jane Charlotte Methuen, secoad daughter of Lord Methuen.. __T We read of an extraordinary scene m South Wales. Att Llanelly, last week, two peraons were baptized by im- mersion in the river, by the Rev David Wmiams, B.D.p, vicar w on becoming members of the parish church. Ihe day was wet and cold, and an immense concourse of spec- tators assembled to witness the- rite. Mr William Pugh, Sir Watkin's agent of the Llanbryr*- nsair property, shot two, woodcocks, right and left, while shooting over Rhiewseisoa, the early part of last week. A fine woodcock was shot in the neighbourhood of Oswestry on Thursday by Mr Tomley of Salop-road. The death is recorded of Mr Joseph Smith, of Pontesbury, son of th# late Rev. James Smith,, at one time of Shrewsbury. Mr Joseph Smith was for some years pastor of the Baptist Church at Pontesbury, but is best known as the fearless and indefatigable advocate of Liberal views. The loss which the Liberal cause has sus- tained in his removal is very great. During his last ill- ness, it is satisfactory to read, he received the sympathy of all his neighbours, of every church and party. The request to. the Bishop ef St. Asaph to retire does not come from one quarter only. We see that at a Con- servative dinner at Holt last week Mr Mainwaring- aaid, "Whilst he was young and well the Bishop had done his duty thoroughly, but now he was growing old, and it was to be hoped that he would retire. He had got past his work, and whenever he did retire it would be with the greatest respect." We trust the Bishop's friends will persuade him to accede, as he may very gracefully, to the wishes of his diocese, since they come from men of all parties, and men whose opinion in this matter Dr Short must respect. PROTECTION FROM FIRE.-Bryant and May give the- following as a type of what is constantly occurring through the incautious use of ordinary Lucifers, and would point, out the perfect security afforded by their Patent Special Safety Matches, which ignite only on the box-for if left carelessly about within the reach of children, they are perfectly harmless—as it is only possible to light them on the prepared surface of the box Frightful Death from Fire.—Last evening an enquiry was held at the London Hospital by Mr John. Humphreys, the Middlesex eoroner, respecting the death of William Poley, aged seven years, who lost his life under the following shocking circum- stances Thomas Poley, 11, White Row, said that on Tuesday morning he heard a noise in the room where de- ceased and his brother Alfred were. He went to see what was the matter, and he found their bed in flames and deceased's clothes on fire. He was burning fearfully, and he screamed out, Oh, it was Alfred made me do it, he, told me to light the matches.' It appeared that deceased had got some lucifers and set fire to the bed and himself. Witness had much difficulty in extinguishing the flames, and was himself severely burnt. Mr Appleyard, house surgeon, said that the skin and flesh were burnt off de- ceased's stomach-and limbs. He was dreadfully charred, and recovery was of course hopeless. A verdiot of 'Accidental Death' was returned."—Morning Star, 8th April, 1863. Printed at the Caxton Steam Printing Works, Oswald-read, Os- westry, by ASKIW ROBERTS, EDWAJW WOODALL, and RICKAXD HENRY VSVABLEFL, and Published at 12, Bridge-street, Aberysti wyth, BY flpLIP WILLIAMS. Saturday, Decenubcr 4th, 1869.