Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

I The Austrian Government has given fonllX) notice to the Vatican that in consequence of the definition of the dogma of infallibility the Concord-it between Austria j and Rome will hc no longei maintained. The excitement produced by the parliamentary elec- tions in Belgium has culminated in riots in Brussels and Ü Ghent. At the latter place the mob displayed their anti-Catholic proclivities h_v wrecking several con- vents. The troops had to be called out before 4-rder co-^Id be restored. The general in command of the Frpnch troop" In Roiae received orders on the 2,,t;i ultimo to concentrate his force at Civita Vecchia. ready for embarkation at a moment's notice. The Italian Government has. it i* stated, promised the Emperor that the September coil- venticE shall be scrupulously oliservcfl, and is preparing to ( carry out its engagement by concentrating troops on the Roman frontier. fialiiinani reports the substance of a conversation said to have been held between a diplomatist and the Pone relative to the withdrawal of the French troops Pope relative to the witlidr. from Rome. His Holiness is reported to have said that all idea of getting up another Mentana. and compelling a third intervention, must be set aside as impracticable "We must, tlwrefore," lie added, rely upon God, and see if we cannot come to an understanding with Italy. The latest news from China, which comes in a tele- "T-am through the Anglo-Indian cable, is that there has been no additional outrage upon Christians at Tientsin, and that the Chinese authorities were endeavouring to concilia.te the French. rhe? ncr:?- d..?.?.c?n amongst L the ta\- payers in !ndia with the mode in which the pnbhc ??n? ce-! re manipuMed, &nd not ?-ithout reason The :<tdément made by the Duke of Argyll III mtroducu g th. :nd!an b..d.?t to the H<m.? of Lords the "t""r ?ht has .umu)at.-d? rather than ?!aye< this discontent, and the Indian press, in adversely criticising the dukes speech, declares that if more certainty is not leached in estimating the public revenue and expenditure, it will in future be attributed to the incapacity of the financiers. Marshal SaManha, who some few weeks ago obtained the post of Premier in the Portuguese Cabinet by a coup d'cffif, is not so popular with the civilians as with the army. With the commercia! :;t?cs. in lad. he )s decidedly unpopular, and their dissatisfaction with his high-handed administration has fom.d expression iii public d. :nf)r?uauons made :?:nnst him by the mer- chant- ',J Lisbon and Oporto. It is stated that the Spanish crown has been again ofh-red Ct that the Fernando, th? ex-j-e?cnt of rortu?ai, :md thh time it has been accepted. t>

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. I 1S70. Great Western ) £JJ.unJ West AI!<U:md. ? l.I. South Wales. J ??3?? 1S70. London :md North Western ) ?1?!,<)57 Shrewsbury and Hereford V ISt!'). Shropshire Union J jEH2,407 CAMIIRIAN RAILWAYS.—(17t> miles opeii)-lrriflic for the week ending July 31, 1H70. Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, £ 2373 Os Od mer- chandise. minerals, and rattle, £ 1305) Os Od total for the week, £:J742 Os Od; aggregate from the 1st inst., £ 14,8ti7. Corresponding week last year (176 miles open): —Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, dogs, and mails, 42151 Os Od merchandise, minerals, and cattle, £ 1520 Os Od total for the week, £ 3077 Os 0(1; aggregate ditto, 14,008.

BATS BATS BATS at FRASER'S, 42, High-street, Wrexham. ii03j The case of young Wilson, charged with the attempted murder of his father at Wem, which excited so much interest in this neighbourhood, was disposed of at the Shropshire assizes on Saturday last, when the prisoner was acquitted. BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COM- FORTINC.—The very agreeable character of this prepara- tion has rendered it a general favourite. The Civil Service- Gazette remarks:—"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bins Made simply with boiling water or miik. Sold only in tin-lined packets, labeHed JAMKS EI'i and Co., Homeopathic Chemists, London. J. E. and Go's other Preparations are sold in Wrexham by W. Rowland, High-street.—See that each bottle is secured by a ii;;ml over the cork, bearing the signature, Epps and Co.. without- which none are genuine.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CRICKET. HAWARDEN V. PONTBLYDDYN. This match was played at Hawarden on Saturday last, and resulted in an easy victory for the Hawarden eleven. Score: HAWARDEN. G. Spencer, b Derbyshire. :0 T. Fennah, b Platt 14 II. Owens, b Larbysl-ire 12 W. Hancock, b idatt. 11 C. H. Cogan, b Platt 5 J. Ellis, b Darbphire. 0 F. Thompson, run out & Cr. Scott, run out 0 J. Arthur, not out 7 W. Johnson, b Darbyshire 5 J. Rees, c Howarth, b Darby- shire. 0 Extras. 16 05 c B. Howarth, b Derbyshire. 0 c Howl, b Darbyshire 0 b Platt. 0 c Howl, b Darbysliire 7 run OUt 3 c and b Darbyshire 3 c IIowl, b Darbyshire 0 not out 12 b Darhyshire. 8 c Hughes, b Darby- shire. 0 b natt. 10 Extras. 8 51 FONTnLYDDYN. I A. Howarth, c Scott, b Fennah 2 T. Darbyshire, not out 13 J. Rae, c Ellis, b Fennah 0 R. Platt, l.b.w., b Rees. 2 J. Williams, c Cogan, bRees", 0 T. Howl, b Fennah 4 T. Birch, b Rees. 2 E. Rutter, run out 0 J. Hughes, b John-on. 6 B. Howaith, b Ellis. 0 W. Johnson, b Rt-es 1 Extras 11 47 not out 10 c Cogan, b Rees. 3 c Cogan, b Fennah. 5 stCagan. 0 if Spencer, b Rees. 5 c Thompson, b Fen- nah. 2 absent 0 c and b Rees. 5 c Spencer, b Fennah 3 c Cogan, b Rees. 1 b Rees 0 Extras. 1 35 PLASKYNASTON V. HIGHTOWN (WREXHAM). This match was played at Plaskynaston on Saturday last. Score: HIGHTOWN. R. Strachan, I.b.w., b Jones. I not out 9 A- Biadley, b Brefse. 0 W. C Aspinall, b Breese. 0 b W. Cartwright. 15 T. W. Rowland, b Breese. 4 b Bogie. 1 B, Williams, b Dreese. 7 b Bogie. 7 W. Bevan, c Garside, b Jones 1 H. Kichards, b Jones 0 retired 4 T. Lewis, b Breese. 0 G. Sherratt, b Breese. 0 b Jones 0 E. Bury, not out. 0 J. Jones, b Breese 0 c Cartwright, b Bogie 0 Extras, 9 Extras. 1 22 37 PLASKYNASTON. H. Bogie, c Strachan, b Rowland. 3 S. Breese, c Bevan, b Aspiiiall 16 W. A. Cartwright, c Rowland, b Aspinall 19 G. Garside, not out. 13 T. Jones, c and b Aspinall. 3 B. Davies, b Bury. 0 T. Cartwright, c Aspinall, b Richards. 1 J. Stanford, c Rowland, b Richards. 0 J. Davies, b Aspinall. 0 W. Arran, b Aspinall 0 ilxtra.s. 21 76 RHOS NATIONAL SCHOOL v. BERSHAM. I This match was played on the Moreton ground on I Saturday last, and resulted in a victory for the school. Score: RHOS NATIONAL SCHOOL. A. Evans, c Squire, b Nicholes. 3 J. Lloyd, c Edwards, b Nicholes. 1 J. Hughes, b Nicboles. 0 W. H. Davies, b Fugh 6 R. Jones, b Nicholps. 0 J. Phillips, e Edwards, b Nichotes. 0 J. E. Jones, c Pugh, b Nicholes. 0 D. Jones, c Edwards, b Pugh 0 I). Turner, c and b Nicholes. 4 D, Jone, not out, 4 W. D. Jones, c Edwards, b :Nicholes. 1 Extras. 6 25 BERSHAM. J. Nicholes, b Jones 3 E. Williams, b Etans. 2 J. Pueh, b Davies 6 T. Wilson, bt J. Jones 4 C. Squire, run out. 0 J. Edward", TUn out. 2 F. Daws, c D. Jones, b Davies 0 J. Jones,ih Davies 2 II. Morris, c Turner, b Davies 0 T. Roberts, c and b Davies 2 J. Wiison, not out 0 21

The yacht ra- e for the Queen's Cup, won by America in 1851, is to take place off new York on the 8th inst. It will afford the Cambria and Dauntless another oppor- tunity of testing their comparative sailing powers, for both these yachts are amongst the competitors. The race for Doggett's coat and badge was rowed on the Thames, for the 156th time on Monday, by six watermen, who have taken up their freedom within the past twelve month. The wager has always been rowed on the 1st of August, Sundays excepted, since the day when the famous comedian testified his loyalty to the House of Hanover by the tirst presentation, in 1715. It originally consisted of the livery and badge, and that not of a very grand character, for the coat more resembled a piece of flannel than cloth, and the buttons, &c., were of a common character, but the waterman cared more for the honour of winning than for the prize. About the middle of last century Sir William Jollitfe left money the interest of which was to be divided between the second and third men. In 1820, the affair passed into the hands of the Fishmongers' Company, and they immediately made a prize for every man, and this year they added four guineas to the winning man's prize. The winner on Monday was a young man named Richard Harding, of Blackwall. ROYAL WELSH YACHT CLUB REGATTA.—This regatta, under the patronage of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, took place on Thursday at Carnarvon, and a large num- -t von, Lndt iirge niiiii- ber of tine yachts entered into the several classes. Although the weather was very brilliant for those on lanp, unfortunately there was scarcely a breath of wind, and it was impossible for the sailing matches to take place. There was, however, some excellent pulling in the four and pair-oared races. That which excited the greatest interest was a contest for a plate or purse of au guineas by four-oared rowing boats (gentlemen amateurs). The match lay between two-the John Poole, of Carnar- von, (coxswain, G. Owen), and the Countess of Liverpool (coxswain, H. Moorecroft). It was a capital race, and the Carnarvon beat won by several lengths.

At the Herefordshire assizes, on Wednesday last, Richard Oreenhow, and Fisher James Bellamy, respectively the manager and cashier of the Hereford Branch of the West of England and South Wales Bank, pleaded guilty to embezzling two sums of X3,657 and XI)64. Sentence was deferred. Following the example of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference, the "nited Methodist Free Churches Assembly has, by a unanimous vote, adopted resolu- tions for repealing the Contagious Diseases Acts. Judging by the tone of recent debates on the subject in the House of Commons, there is more likelihood of an extension than of a repeal of the acts. SUMMER BEVERAGE.—A new drink called the Limetta Cordial, and which is pronounced by the medical faculty to be a most cooling and refreshing beverage for this sultry weather, is announced by Messrs. Evans, of Liverpool and London. This will lie a great boon for harvestmen, being superior to beer and much cheaper. Walter Millar, who murdered the Rev. Mr Heulin and his housekeeper, at Chelsea, was executed on Mon- day morning last. The prisoner seemed to have been utterly devoid of emotion. His wife was delivered of a child on Wednesday week, which, at his request, was taken to him on Friday, but he seemed thoroughly indifferent. While being pi-onioned he broke from the warders, and attempted to dash his head against the wall of his cell, but in this lie was frustrated. He then feigned insensibility, and was carried in a chair to the scaffold. The chair was placed upon the drop and fell with him. On Saturday last, the freedom of the City of London, in a gold casket of elaborate and beautiful design, was presented to M. de Lesseps, at the Guildhall. The pre- sentation was made by Mr Scott, the Chamberlain, who bore high tribute to the skill, energy, and persever ance which had triumphed over every obstacle in the construction of the Suez Canal. M. de Lesseps, in re- turning thanks, reminded his hearers of the interest which this country had in the successful navigation of the Canal, which, although in a difficult phase of its existence, would undoubtedly realise all the hopes founded upon it. DJSTUKSSINH ACCIDENT AT Mmni.Ewinr.—On Sun- day morning last, Mr Hickson. of the Traveller's Kest, Barnton, near Northwich, started with his wife ilil a trap with the intention of "oin" to Crewe. On arriviim at Middlewicli Mr Hickson alighted for the purpose of giving the horse some meal and water, and in proceed- ing to do this he removed the bridle from the horse's head. The animal thus released immediately started off at a bnsk pace, Mr Hickson holding on to the har- ness for a distance of about 100 yards, when he was thrown down. Mrs Hickson jumped from the convey- ance, and as she fell, the wheels passed over her head and inflicted such injuries that she died at half-past 5 o'clock the same evening. The unfortunate liuly was about 43 years of age. TESTIMONIAL TO THE NATIONAL STEAM SHtf COM- PANY.—S.?. Krin (at sea), 12th July, 1>-7C.—"We, tht' the undersigned, consider it our duty, together with the expression of our thanks to the Company, to state- to you that the chief steward of the steerage depart- ment, and the other servants of the company during our passage from Liverpool to Xew York, treated us with every civility that our food was provided with citretii(I abundantly supplied and, in a word, all matters con- nected with out passage, considering the price of it, was such as will induce us to recommend your steamers to our friends and relations, whom we shall advise to take passage in no other ships than those of the National Company. In conclusion, we beg to speak in the most favourable manner of the ventilation and general com- fort of tl:e sleeping cabins." —Signed by all the steera-. e passengers. AMKKICAN LIBERALITY TO THE PRESS AND THE CLOTII.The Rev. Dr. Price, one of a British delega- tion lately in America, paid, at a recent anniversary meeting in London, several compliments to the Ameri- can people. Their hospitality excited his surprise, as it was extended by railroads, steamboats, and even hotels. He told this incident Ministers and editors travel at half-price. Stopping (111 one occasion at a junction, he went to the hotel close by and had an excellent dinner. Afterwards, going into the clerk's office, he entered his name. Thomas Price, Baptist minister, Aberdare." "Oh, sir," said he, "1 guess your're a minister." I guess so. too," said I. Well," lie s;tys, you have only half to pay. The dhirer is eighty cents if you pay forty YOll get free of the other forty." "On what principle is thatsaid J and he said, We give 50 per cent, oif to ministers e'itors." "Idecd," I says, I happen to be an ? :??r. too." "Editor of what ()f '?"v" O' know the paDer; where is it published"l u Wale. I don't know it: hut 'on :n\! an editor, ;u ? you I" "1.p. I am." "Well. I guess we are nlidtl- k t1 t I ,'11 square exactly. 1 :till u 1 rosily think t-luit will come 0:1 those term- "Come like, ami we will treat you on those terms,

I THE IRON TRADE. MIDDLESBOROUGH, Tuesday.-To-day's market was but thinly attended. Business was very flat. Kellers manifested more disposition to take orders than they have lately shewn, but buyers evidenced much reluctance. Probably but for this hitter circumstance a reduction in the quotations would have taken place but as we did not hear of purchases being made, it is not unlikely that prices would be officially announced as unchanged since last week. The occasion of the depression is found in the scarcity of orders, which the character of the debate in the House of Commons last night does not tend to remove. In the meantime a great deal of pig iron is being turned out, chiefly for inland delivery, which is very brisk and exportation to France is only partially suspended. A lively trade in rails is reported, chiefly to Russia. In bars and general merchant iron, also, a good trade is doing and accounts speak favourably of the ship-building and engineering industries. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The war was the topic this afternoon upon every hand. Buyers and sellers alike anxiously discussed the probable or antici- pated effect upon each other's affairs of the great Franco-Prussian strife. Whilst orders have been countermanded in several quarters, it is by no means certain the issue upon the trade, as a whole, will be very serious. The orders that are lost in Germany will be almost compensated by the anxiety of other quarters to push on work already begun or contemplated. The hindrance will be the great advance in freightage, by sea, to almost every quarter, but especially to European ports. The market, however, closed with tolerable con- fidence, and as to prices of all kinds of finished iron, firmly, at last quotations. BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.—To-day's iron market re- mained steady. War prospects were regarded as I favourable than otherwise, the cessation of competition for Germany throwing more work on this district. Pig was somewhat easier, but quotations were as high as ever. Buyers held back, but vendors refused to give way, as works are at short time, owing to the extremely hot weather. Native all-mine pig reached from 75s. to 77s, 6d. hematite, 80s. to 82s. Od. oolite, H7s, t;d. cinder pig, 60s. to 65s. Bars continued firm at X-7 5s. per ton and upwards to list prices. Plates and sheets are quoted at ±.S 15s. to X9 10s. per ton. Small rounds and squares are still in request for home consumption and for export. Shipments to Russitt, America, and East India continue pretty regular, and the shipping trade has on the whole suffered but slightly. Some very large specifications for plates, heavy iron and sheets, have been offered. Orders are much sought after at late rates, and a large sale goes on with the prospect of an advance in price for natives. The coal trade is good, and will remain so if coal be not declared contraband of war. Such an eventuality would seriously affect South Staffordshire, and the coal districts generally. I From Ryland's Iron Tra(le Circular. The iron trade of this country need not be at all alarmed at the warlike attitude assumed by two of the most important nations of Europe. Instead of having them for customers of late years we have had them as rivals, and they have been sharp and active ones. They are now about to enter upon a struggle, of which no man can say when it may end, and which will require all the resources of the two nations, and all the youngest and best blood of their populations. The withdrawal of a large part of the populations from the iron trades of France and Prussia will naturally throw a good deal ot work into this country. We know very well what the effect would be upon the iron trade of Great Britain, if we had to withdraw our ironworkers from the mills and furnaces of the iron districts and turn them into soldiers or sailors We should then be forced to fall back upon the resources of these very continental nations who have for years past been our active rivals, and then our necessity would be their opportunity. All we have to do is to keep out of the quarrel ourselves, and let France and Prussia do the fighting whilst we do their trade. Therefore, instead of the iron trade being threatened with a serious check, as some newspaper writers assert, a renewed prosperity is in store for it.

AGRICULTURAL. The Chamber of Agricvlture Journal estimates the wheat crop as moderate, barley the same, oats consider- ably below the average, peas an average, and beans much under an average. Tiib CORN TRADF.-From the Mark Lane Express: That the drought has much increased,, and the liarvest has now become general. The new corn has been of fair quality. It is the same in the north of France, Belgium, Holland, and Spain. We have now reached a crisis. Reaction on the late heavy advance has quickly set in, and the average decline has been about 3s per quarter. As no country begins the season with heavy stocks, as England is not expected to exceed an average yield, and as the yield in North America is C),OOO,OtW quarters below last summer's produce, it does not seem probable that our averages will take such a low range as during the past season, more especially as hay must be dear. Potatoes, the root crops, and all spring corn will be likely to rule comparatively high. Farmers, therefore, will have to look principally to their wheat stocks, while the continued dearness of animal food will be another item in the general calculation. If, however, with a successful gathering they should thrash beyond the market requirements, this may cause a temporary decline. Foreign markets have but little altered. Prussian ports have been influenced down- wards. Little change has been noted in Paris."

THE ASPECT OF AFFAIRS. I In our undergraduate days—" Conmle alas, long gone by never to ietxirn-we reineull)er lietrilig a story told about a celebrated don," a professor and tutor of his college, well known in the University. A sun-dial, that had been a great ornament in the centre of the great quadrangle or court of the college of which the learned professor was tutor, had fallen into dec:ty. It was deemed advisable that it should be restored and beautified. It was also thought befitting that a suitable inscription should be carved upon the stone-work, and the professor was pitched upon as the likeliest person to find a motto. He promised to do so, but at the time when it was required happened to be so much engrossed upon some particularly abstruse study or other that the stonemason had to call several times at'the professor's rooms before his clerk, a kind of superior "gyp," dared to interrupt his studies. At last the mason, having nothing else to detain him at the place, became so impatient that the" gyp" summoned courage to intrude upon his master. Man here, sir, come for the motto." The professor looked up with vacant eyes, not having heard a word. The clerk proceeds—" Motto for the sun-dial, sir; savs you promised to give it me to write out for him, that he may get it carved." "Oh," cried the professor, still engrossed, "oh, go about your business." Yes, sir," said the "gyp," glad to escape from the room and the motto, thus accidentally extracted from the learned but pre-occupied don," was carved upon the dial. .8j -'1I-I. A capital motto it is too. w nen an nnrope is waiting with feelings of the most intense interest and excite- ment for news from the seat of war-when all kinds of alarming rumours, many of them set about by interested men, from interested motives, are flying about—is not this advice good to us as a nation, to us as traders, to us as capitalists: Retn age," go about and mind your biisiness Do not get yourselves involved on one side or the other; do not, in your newspaper articles, make use of strong expressions against, or show partisanship for, either party: maintain the honour and dignity of your country, at the same time showing due (nay, perhaps a little more than due) consideration for the irritability of others, and endeavouring to hurt their susceptibility as little as possible." What, then, you will ask, are we to do ? Are we to allow our trade to go to the dogs, ourselves standing passively by ? Are we to see ports closed, orders counter- manded, funds fluctuating, cotton lowering in price so much in one single day that if the stock in Liverpool had to be realised at once the loss there alone would be £ 400.000 ? We would answer to one and to all: "Rem (fge," look out for some safe and profitable investment for your spare capital. If you do not see your own way clear, consult those who are older and have had more experience than yourselves. In the course of a thirty years' experience it has constantly been our good fortune to help our friends, by advice and otherwise, to profitable investments, and we never were in a better position for doing so than at the present moment. We have long made metalliferous mining our constant study, and at no former period or crisis of trade did we ever know Mining Stock show to such advantage in comparison with other investments as at present, for, whereas the English funds are down 2 or 3 per cent., foreign stocks of course still more, railways and in fact all kinds of stocks depreciated, in mining shares there has been no such depreciation, prices having only fluctuated to a small extent. Our English mines especially seem to us likely to prove a permanent and safe investment, as it is certain that our mineral resources have hitherto been very inadequately developed, and it is scarcely likely that our own country will be molested, whatever may be the combinations and eventualities of this war. To' our capitalists, then, who have money to invest, we would say "fortiter oeeupa portuin," quickly seize upon the opportunity, and if we can be of any service in guiding their operations (we do happen to know of some lead mines of great promise, that we feel convinced will eventually and, if properly developed, very shortly pay enormous interest), we shall be happy to give our best advice and assistance. That the war will be terrible and sanguinary no one seems to doubt; that it will not last so long as the seige of Troy, or be so soon over as the war which culminated at Sadowa, would also be a safe thing to prophesy. The effects upon Europe, even if the other Great Powers shall keep aloof, must be startling and important. Let us all, then, be prepared to do our duty, and, while looking keenly after our own interests, let us be careful always to extend kindly thoughts and sympathies towards the sufferings and misfortunes of others.—Lis- comúe's Liverpool Mining Circular, July, 1S70.

The public fully appreciate Horninian's perfectly Pure Tea, as it is :ilways rich 111 flavour, very strong and wholesome. Supplied only in packets by Agents ad- vertised in this paper. Mr J. S. Le Fann, author of "Uncle Silas," &c" is engaged upon a new serial story which will shoitlv appear ill in Ca,;¡en's Magazine." THE DOCKY \Uns.—Much activity is being shewn in the do'kards at Woolwich and Chatham, and extra hands are being taken on in many departments. There. are now 5,300 men employed at Woolwich Arsenal, and great activitv prevails in the gun and shell factories. Experiments will shortly be made at Jihoebuiyness with the mitrailleuse now in store at W oolwich, and other patterns are expected from the Continent. A s ul tale of deception and desertion was told at the Mansion House (London) on .Monday last. Auguste Brosse, a young German tailoress, was charged with !>e!on--ii>g to Enll] Moiling, also a. German. Hie part k,; hud worked together at the same establish- ment three o'.onH's :?o the prosecutor seduced the Nk'%Illl:Lll iin:lt,r promise of marriage, and :tfter- w?rds p)-c\:ul?d on her to live with him ?s his wife. He told her that he had been ordered to join the German army, but she discovered that he was wing to America, and intended to abandon her in her trouble. To pre- 1 ¡ 0 1-'1 (- vent that sh" -'ei7?d upon his purse, hut when the Poli" \('1'" l..tl' I" "lC ,)"" .t ,.l I were calMl in she .? "CC K.?/e .t up. and dech?d t' t J (. :r .11:\ i she never intended to steal it, but ..nlv wanted to pre- vent hUH abandoning her. To the magistrate the girl .to t 1 tl'" f II L stated that she was friendless and penniless, and the prosecutor luut writren to her relatives in Germane that 110 was about to marry her. ie mag ist rate di smissed tl t ..le U:UlS 1'a. è ( lnil:ed.. the charge, and induced the he:irrless lover to e h.. !Joo\' 1 f'" -)f)or ,-Iii e, tf ,hp TI'<('y which he had charged her with steaMng.

f MARKETS. -J'OO WREXHAM.—THURSDAY. At our corn market to-day there was a good attendance of fanners, and a lair quantity of wheat on offer, but bu?n.? wM dull at last week's prices. There was a fmall quantity of both new and old oats, the new reaiiDg about 4s per bushel. Notwithstanding the drought th, ere was an average supply of butter. In the morniug sellers held out for Is 8d and Is lOd per lb., but in the afternoon they were glad to take from Is td to Is jd, The supplr of potatoes was quite equal to the demand, and prices had a downward tendeiiuv. Other arti.les about the same, Apples, per 100, Cd to Is Od; pears, per leO, 5d to IS, onions, per score, 2s 3d; ch.rri. s, 4d to 6d per lb. gooseberries, 3d to 3 d per qt.; peas, per peck, Is zu beans, per qt., 3d; cucumbers, 2d to -:1d CllCn. White wheat (per bushel of 7olbs) Os Od to Os Od Bed wheat (per bushel of "jibs) 8s Od to 8s 4d Oats (per bushel of fulbs) 4s Od to 4s 6d Potatoes (per hamper of li score).. os Od to 66 o Butter (per lb. of 18oz.) Is ?d to Is 10d S?on tper lb.) I}s s Od to Is Id Ducks (per eouptei. 3s Gd to 4s 6d Fowl (per couple) 2s 6d to 3s 6d Beef(perlb.) Os id to Os 9d ILution (per lb.) Os 7 cl to Os 9d Pork (per lb.) .I Os 6d to Os id Veal (per lb.) 05 6d to Os /Ad Kabbits (per couple) 2s Od to Os 0 Eggs 14 and 15 for a Shilling. MOLD. COR.-Wednc,day: Wheat, 13s 6d to 14s ISa; barley, 12s Od to 13s; oats, 8s Od butter, Us Od to Is 7d tuD, ditto, Is 2d. LLANGOLLEN. CORK.—Saturday Wheat, 8s Gd to 8s 9d; barley, Os nd to Os OLi oats, 4s Od to 4s Gd; butter, Is 5d to Is oat, eggs, 15 to 1G for Is potatoes, 4s 6d to 5s Od. RUTHIN. Coit-,i.-V,Qnday Wheat, 18 (id to ISs Oa barley, lls r d to 12, Od Oiits, Us Od to 10s 0d per hob butter, Is Sd to Is 9d per lb. OSWESTRY. CORN.-WedDcsday Wheat, new, Ss 6d to Os Od old, Os oc to is Id; barley, malting, 0s Od to Os (id; ditto, grinding, Os Od to Os Od; oats, new, 5s Od to bs Od per bushel of 501bs.; old, Os v.J to Os; butter, Is 2d to Is 4d per lb. Eggs, 16 for a shilling. ELLESMERE. CoR,Tut-sday Wheat, 8s fid to 10s Od barley, vs Od to Os Od oat, as Gd to Os Od; ducks, 38 6d to 4s 6d per couple iowls, 3s Od to 4s Od per couple; eggs, H & 1;) for is; butter, per dish of 24cz., 2s 2d to 26 3-.1. CHESTER. CoR-z.-Saturday.- Our market was fairly attended to- day, but the business done in wheat was small, at a reduction in value of od per bushel. Oat^, beans, and barley still continue in small supply, and fully maintain iate quotations. Several samples ol oats (IKW crop) were shewn to-day, quality good. ludian corn declined Is bd inor 4R()lh- Z: New. Old. Wheat, white, per751b 8s Od to 9s 0'0s OdtoOs Od Ditto, red 8s Od to 8s 3d.0s Od to Os Od Barley, malting, 3Sqts 5s (id to 5s 9J.0s Od to Os Od Ditto, grinding, GOlb.. 4s 6d tó 5s 0J.0s Od to 0s Od Outs, per 461b 4s Od to 4s Gi.0s Od to Os Od LIVERPOOL. CATTLE.—Monday: Prices: Best beasts, 7!d to gd second ditto, (iid to 'TAd inferior ditto, 5d to 6d sheep, 6Ad to Md lambs i Q to 8d. The stock on offer consisted of 1.84S cattle and 13,517 sheep And lambs. There was a little more stock on oiler than last week, prices very high, and a vlry good demand. There were a few Spanrh cattle on offer of a middling descripticn, and nearly all rold at the close. Per Cental 1001b. WHEAT: s. d. s. d. English, white 0 0 to 0 0 new 10 0 .10 (j red 0 0 0 0 American 0 U. 0 0 red 0 0. 0 0 new 6 .11 0 OATS Per 45 lb. English 4 6 4 9 Westport, new 3 9 3 11 BARLEY: Per Imp. Qr. English mltig. 5 0 0 0 Foreign (601b) 0 0 0 0 new. 0 0 (I 0 Per Imperial Qr. BEANS s d. s. d. English .49 0 530 PEAS Per 4801b. Canadian 39 6 40 0 INDIAN CORN Per 4801b. American 0 o 0 0 Indian corn Per 1981b. meal 17 0 .19 0 FLOUR: Per 2801b. English 38 0 .41 0 French 40 0. 480 OATJIKAL Per 2401b. Irish. 0 0. 0 0 new 2S 6. 29G fiue cut 30 0 .31 0 SHREWSBURY. CORN,-Saturday: White wheat, 8s 10d to 9s Id per bu-he: (751b."); rid ditto, 8s 5d to Ss I 'd; oatr, 21s Od to 23s Od per sack of 11 score lOlbs; peas, per sack of 11 score lBlbs, 20" Od to 21s < d beans, 22s 6d to 23s per 12 score malt, Os ud to 0, 0.: per imperial bushel; barley, malting, Os eù to Os Ud per 38 quarts; barley, grinding, per Use 101bs, Os Od to Os od. A moderate attendance, and trade firm. WOLVERHAMPTON. COR, Wetlnes,hty: There was a moderate attendance. Wheat was about 2d per bushel dearer than last week. Barley, oats, beans, and peas, no alteration. Trade very quiet. CATTLE.—Wednesday Beef, fijd to Sd wether mutton, 7d to 7gd; ewe ditto, 7d to id ¡ lamb, 81d to 9d veal, 6,J to 7Ad; porki-t pips, 10s (Id to Us 3d; bueon ditto, lUd Gd to lis. There was a sood supply of stock at market. Very little good beef; quite equal to the demand. The weather is so very hot fur meat, butchers will buy o..Iy what they want. BIRMINGHAM. HAY AND STRAW.—Monday Old hay, JEt- 7s 6d to £6 Os Ou per tun; new ditto, E5 15s 4d to £6 Os Od per ton; straw, 2s 7d to 2s lod per cwt. Swedes, Os to Os ier ton. CATTLE.—Tue-day Beef, 6d to ild per lb mutton, 7d to 8d lamb, 8d to !Ill veal, 6,1 to i d j bacon pigs, lis Od to lis 3d per score porket ditto, lis 8d to 12s d. There was a fair timc-o'-yt ar supply of beasts at to-day's market, which met a good demand at about late rates. The mutton trade ruled fair, and there was a good demand for lambs, the supply of which was short. Calves were below the average, and busine s ruled moderately brisk. Bacon and porket piars were in great demand, the supply of both being very short. MANCHESTER. HAY AND STRAW. -Uotiday Hay, fld to 8fd ditto (new), On to Od straw (wheat), 4d to 4 fd ditto (oat) 4d to 4Jd per stone. POTATOES.—Tuesdny—Potatoes New potatoes Dutch, 10, to 12s per load Cornwall, is to Is lid Ormskirk, is 9d to 2s 6d; Cheshire, 7s to lis per load. Old potatoes: Yorkshire, 12s Od to 14s Od; Scotch, 10s Od to 12s Cd Cheshire-, IUs Od to 12s per 2521b. Onions, 2ls to 26s per 2401b. Turnips, Os Od to is Od per 16 pecks. Carrots, Os to Os Od per 24111b. LONDON. cOR:l\Ionday; The market since opening show- a de- cidedly firmer tone. In spite of large supplies of brezidztuffs, English wheat commands fair tale, at is mere money foreign, Is to 2s deiirt r; town flour, no charge; country marks, Is higher. American barrels al-o more difficult to buy. Oats, after opening firm, closed heavier, at a decline on last wei k. Barley and maize dull. Beans and peas without change. Current Prices of British Grain in Mark Lane. WHEAT. Per Qr. Essex, Kent, red. 52 to ,;6,; Do. white. 51s to Gls Norfolk, Lincoln red 50S to 56s BAULKY. Malting to —s 34s to 40s Grinding 32s to 35s MALT. Essex, Norloik, & utfolk. G-is to 74s Kingston & Ware 04s to 75s Brown 50s to 568 EYE. Xcw -S to -5 OATS. English, feed 21;" to 29s potatoe 3os to 34s Scotch, feed -s to -;C"Ich Y)tit',Il Ou —s to —s OATS. Per Qr. Irish black 22s to 27s BKANS. Alazagun 40s to 44s Tick 42s to 46s' Harrow. 43s to 48s Pigeon 50s to 52s PEAS. Grey 38s to 403 Mnple 4'.s to 44s White 40s to 42s Boilers. 40s to 42s FLOVR. Town made, per 2Milbs 50s to 54s Household -s to -8 Country. 36s to 398 Norfolk & Suffolk ex-ship -8 to -5 Conx.—Wednesday: There were very short supplies of Kn-lish sraii., with moderate imports of foreign wheat and i.arley, and pretty poo i of otln r articles of the tiade for his (la\ 'S market" English wheat met a moderate sale, at :in enhancement in value Oil late rate. The demand for ;i.rei"n wheat, was pretty fair, and prices were fully as :igh. Town Hour wa.- unaltered. Country murks were steady •> i recent values. Foreign qualities quite its dear. arley was in moder ite request, at Monday's prices. Malt wis quiet, at T>revu.us values. Beans and reas met a moderate inquiry, at unaltered values. The demand for oats was tair," and prices were fully eqnal to those of Monday. Maize was unaltered in value. CORN AVKRAOKS.—Weekly average price and quantity of British corn sold during the week ending July 30: Quantities Sold. Average Price. 1870. 1869. Wheat 48,5 IS 52s 10d 51s 9<1 Ba.rley. 500 33s 5d. 31s 4d Oats.. 1,434 2o 9d 27s 9d CvrTLE —Monday: The supply of beasts is m excess of the requirements of the trade, and there is a corresponding redaction in prices. Great difficulty in closing sales, and in all but the choicest breeds there is a tall of trom 2d to 4d per stone Good English mutton is without alteration, and also the better descriptions of foreign; lit all others luwer prices are submitted to. L imb also easier to buy. Veal slow, and heavy sale, and the subjoined quotations are with .iifficultv maintained. Pork is also lower. Per Sll) to siiil, tli,, offalInferior and coarse beasts, 3s Od to 3, rd; second quality do., 3s 8d to -Is 2d; prime large oxen .,Is -1.1 to 4s Si prime Scots, &C., 4s iOd to 5s Od c.-ir-e and inferior she-p, 3s to 3s 8d second quality ditto. 3s lod to Js Cd; prime coarse-woolled sheep, 4s Sd to 5s; prime S aithdown ditto, 5s 4d to 5s tid; large coarsc calves, 3s led to 4s IOd; prime small ditto, 5s to 56 (id; large -is tid to 5s 4d; neat small porkers, 5s 41 to 5s Sd; iamb, 6s -3d to 7s suckling calves, 205 to 2Gs; and quarter-oid -tore pigs, 20s to 266 each. Hors.—Monday The hop market has been in a very (jui(t,,t itt,, and piic-s are nominal. The pl iatations con- tinue to look remarkably well, and there is every prospect os an abundant yield. Mid and Eat Kent. £ 7 0 tg 5 £ 12 12 Weald of Keuts 6 0 7 0 8 0 Sussex 5 12 6 6 6 13 B:v.arians 6 6 7 i !) 0 French 5 5 15 6 10 Amt-rican.; 4 5 5 5 6 0 Yearlings 1 10 2 10 3 15 I I(' 2 10 3 15 WOOL.—Monday: Since the close of the public sales the demand for colonial wool has been to a very moderate extent, at th" recent dec inc. English wool very dull. Current prices of English wool Fleeces, Southdown hoggets, Is U-d to Is Id half-bred ditto, Is Id to Is 3d; Kent Acres. Is 2d to Is 3d; Southdown ewes and wethers. b 0.1 to Is OAd Leicester ditto, Is Id to Is nd. Sorts: Clothing, Is Od to Is 4Ad; combing, Os lid to Is 3!d per lb. T.-LLLOW.-NN t"liiesi-,ty The market was steady to-day, at 45s 9a on the spot; and 48s Od October to December. METALS. From the Mining Journal." Bars, Welsh, in London S7 5 0 to f-0 0 0 Nail Rods 0 0 0 710 0 Bars 8 f) 0 9 0 0 if c-ops 8 1=. 0 9 0 0 Sheets, single 9 15 0 11 0 0 Pig, No 1, in Wales 3 15 0 4 5 0 Eetined tiitto 4 0 0 5 0 0 liars, eomn on. ditto G 15 0 0 0 0 Ditto, iioi'uMy,in Wales. 7 10 0 0 0 0 Ditto. Swedish in London 9 15 0 0 0 0 Pig, No 1, Clydt, 2 0 0 3 6 0

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I OUR VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. I To tne Editor of the Wrexham Advertise r. Sm,—Now that everybody is talking of war an the possibility of England becoming mixed up in the row, I went to see the battalion drill on Monday night last. I have frequently seen by the returns you publish that No. 1-company always stands A 1 in mustering for these drills, but when I got on the ground I was surprised to see SF. few of the company present. Do you think it is owing to the war that they are beginning to shy ? If not, it looks very suspicious.—Yours truly, A WREXHAMITE. I YEOMAXRY FETE AT THE EATON IRON BRIDGE. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. SIR,-I saw a paragraph in the Wrexha. Advertiser r hich stated that the only drawback to the fete was the indifferent playing of the Eaton band, these remarks be- ing very uncalled for, for the band kept good time and gave every satisfaction. For upwards of ten years it has carried credit with it both for playing'and sobriety where- ever it has played at, and will endeavour still to main tain that character. I am, Mr Editor, your obedient ser- vant, August 1st, 1870. WILLIAM ROBERTS. PUBLIC BATHS. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. SIR,—I was at Ruabon last week and was pleased to understand that your paper had been the means of stir- ring Sir W. W. Wynn to start a hospital at Ruabon, and a refreshment room at the station. I think there is an- other public want in the coal districts near Wrexham, viz., Pubic Hatha. With the present Water Works in every locality a public bath could be easily made, which would be an additional comfort to the poor people. If one was opened at the Rhos or Trevor, I am certain it would add to the number of visitors to Llangollen, and a great many (as I have had the benefit myself of bathing in the very cold water of Trevor), would derive a benefit therefrom. The land is in possession of a very honourable gentleman. I am yours truly, Liverpool, August 1, 1870. A WELSHMAN. THE WELSH CHURCH. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. SlU,—Will you do me the favour of placing before your j readers the form of my notice upon the Church ill Wales I as it now stands in the order book of the House of Com- mons Notices of motion for next Session. 15. Alr. Wat-kin Williams, Established Church (Wales),-To call attention to the position of the Established Church in Wales from the social and religious point of view, apart from the mere his- torical and statistical arguments and to move the following Resolutions:— 1.—That it is expedient and just that the Church in the Dominion and Principality of Wales should be disestablished, and its union with the State put an end to and 2.-That that Church ought to be disendowed, and the funds, subject to making provision for existing interests, applied to the promotion of a really national system of Education for the said Principality. I am anxious that the public should clearly under- stand that my motion for next session is not intended to be a mere repetition of what I did this session, but a continuation of my original design of unfolding the sub- ject to the House gradually and by successive steps in the belief that public opiiiioji will in course of time be- come inziture(I and ready for the great change proposed. I am, sir, your obedient servant, WATKIN WILLIAMS. House of Commons, August 3, IS70. THE MARCHWIEL RUSH-BEARING. To the Editor of the Wrexham Adcertiser. Siu, — Allow me to call your attention to a custom which in this neighbourhooll is more hon- oured in the breach than in the observance. Any- thing more disgraceful than theorgie which I witnessed at King's Mills on Sunday last, could not well be imagined, and the present way of celebrating the above custom is such a disgrace that the police ought to step in and carry out the law in a strict manner. About live o'clock the drinking commences when the little public house opens after church time, and from then till a late hour, there is such a scence as passes my powers of description. Peace loving people, who wish to observe the sabbath in a proper manner, are grieved and shocked by the sight of the rabble, and so many men and women —for whom we have need to blush—in various stages of intoxication. There were hundreds of persons present, and though I don't mean to say that all were drunk, there were many in a disgraceful state, creating such a disturbance a-s to provoke the thought that the oc- cupants of pandemonium itself were let loose. The drinking was carried on principally outside and I feel grieved to say that women, many of them with children in their amis were almost worse than the men. Racing, jumping. &c., were conducted in a tield near, though, I hope, without the pel-mission of the owner, and I was sorry to see respectably dressed men, many from Wrex- ham, encouraging with money the running of boys in a state of semi-nudity. These persons ought to be heartily ashamed of themselves, and will be condemned bN- pillilic opinion. I noticed the fact that there were no police- men present while 1 looked upon the scene. Denbigh- shire and Flintshire officers have attended on previous occasions, and have caused this shameful gathering to lie conducted ina little better way than this year. In the name of morality 1 protest against such proceedings on the sabbath as I have faintly described, and I hope thaJ this is not the last we shall hear of the matter, unless, indeed, the custom is stopped in future. Yours, &c., AnK.Mil.HV. POLLUTION OF THE DYE. To tke Editor of the WrexJiam Advertiser. DEAR SIR,—I have before me a report of the proceed- ings of a meeting held at Chester, presided over by the bishop of that diocese, and assisted by other dignitaries of the church, for the purpose of forming a committee and obtaining suhscriptions to prosecute the so-called polluters of tile rivers—being its manufacturers, coal pro- prietors, Asc., ef its county. Can it be that these Galileans are getting tired of fishing for men, and are now returning to their nets, which our Saviour bill them cast away to follow him. Is the whole industry of the naticn to suffer and be destroyed to provide hunting ground for a few in- dividuals, who, like the Indians in another continent, endeavour to stem the tyrant of civilization, by the scalping knife or the tomahawk It is true that the weapons intended to be used are different, but they are quite as destructive to industry. We are compelled to turn hundreds of poor men away who come asking for work. How many of these poor men tind employment in the Dee fishery. I doubt if all the fish caught in the Alyn river would be sufficient to keep one man and his family off the part- h all the year round. One good colliery or manufactory causes more money to circulate, aud does more good t. the poor and community at large than all the tisli caught in the Dee. The poor iii:tii would prefer earning money by honest labour—if lie could get it to do—to buy his pound of bacon and measure oi potatoes. Salmon is a luxury for the rich who can afford to cook a whole tisli, and send the remainder to be euten hv their well fed menials. Before lish and game can become the food of the poor, the whole kingdom must be depopulated. Let us try to do the most good to the greatest num- ber. taking care that it is number one who has the best share. It would do far more good and be more patriotic if the money collected in order to prosecute the manufac- turer n ere instead, given tc them, to enable them to do what they could to abate the complaint. During the last three or four years they have had trouble and anxiety enough to contend against thorough bad trade, high rents, rates and taxes, without having still further expense thrown upon them. I am, yours faitfullv. A. -%I. U. D- IN IOLD PARISH CHURCH. To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. I SIR,—Allow me space in your valuable paper for a I few remarks, referring to the vicar's speech at the New Savings' Bauk, Mold, on Monday, the 25th ult., for tile purpose of considering the state of the singing in the ¡ parish churcll. ¡ I believe his remarks were to the effect that part of my engagement of organist was To teach singing to the boys of the National School twice a week." This statement I am a-Me most emphatically to contradict. I was engaged to play the organ, and practice the choir on Tuesday evenings' for the Sunday services, and to prepare the school children to sing at a concert to he given once a year for charitable purposes. I have not trained the boys of the National School for the church choir during my stay in Mold, and I never considered that as part of my eng:if.ement. Alter I had been in -Ilol(I about a year I was asked to give some musical instruction to the children of the Na- tional Schools, so that they would be better able to sing at the Sunday school, with which request I complied, ami attended twice a week for a short time, but it soon fel! through, and 1 (being much engaged at the time) was very glad of it. The following circumstances will fully account for the recent bad singing in 31oldclivrcli :— 1. -Several of the hest sing-ers have been di-qmiggett (not without cause), and their places have not been tilled up. 2. -Several boys were, sometime back admitted to the chuir, who had hut lktor voices, and no know- ledge of music, and in the selection of which I had no voice whatever. 3.-Iliog4k! members of the choir, who were of no use, and tlvise who but very "eldoIU came to re- hearsal were allowed to join the choir on Sundays, and of course marred the singing to a great extent. 4.—The Vicar luis not attended the rehearsals for months, except to pay the choir, which he did with- out consulting me -as to the merits of the respective members, or as to their regularity. Surely sir, the above facts speak for themselves. The remarks made by the vicar at the above mentioned meeting were. I consider, most unkind and uncalled for perhaps they were made, owing to the fact that I have secured a nmr'i better appointment, without having •iskedforor needed a reference from the Rev. Jenkhi Davies. M.A. I will not trespass further upon yonr valuable spare and time Auol<?!< ?"r tl'ohlin .on, 1 am, sir, ?o.irsfaiU'? ?'?''?"??'?'? Organ^r of Mold Church. Mold. August 3rd, 1S70. I ENGLAND MUST BE NEUTRAL! I I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. I Sir-Ir Disraeli, in his war speech of Mondaynight,laid it down as a duty, incumbent upon England, "to secure so important a country as Belgium in the possession of a peaceful, prosperous, and industrious people, and not in that of any of the gr^at military powers." Or, in plain language, England': role is that of amateur Pro- vidence in foreign lands. Let St. George bestride his barb, and again ride to the fore. Mr Disraeli has un- earthed a dragon—the great Dragon Gravitation. Eng- land's mission under such teaching would he to see that the laws of level are properly and judiciously interfered with, in all lands; especially those that do not belong to us. And, Mr Disraeli, while about it, might as well take the Atlantic ocean also under his wing-an(I help Dame Nature to shake herself into a level-by confining some of the greater wave powers in panmugs. It will be a lively game, and a long will this playing at Pro- vidence in Belgium, and other lands of that ilke, under Mr Disraeli. There is one assuring thought however, for people who prefer embarking upon projects only which have a prospect of termination ami success, that no one in England out « £ a Lunatic Asylum will follow Mr Disraeli in his crusade upon the natural laws of the Universe, of which Great Britain is only an island. While rejoicing in the assurance that Belgium is "in the possession of a peaceful, prosperous and industrious people," we must add to our joy at their present and good wishes for their future welfare, the regret that all other lands are not similarly situated. If anything could he done by us to insure such a consummation, all lands, every country—even our own, should be in the possession of a peaceful, prosperous and iudustriout3 people." And this happy state of society will come only —if it ever does come, when nations like individuals concentrate their attention upon their own affairs. When the government of Great Britain has placed-if the government of Great Britain ever succeeds jn plac- ing—these islands of ours in the possession of a peace- ful, prosperous, and industrious people," it will have answered the duty for which it is accountable. What the British Government has to do (as its name implies) is to rule.at home, and not play Providence in foreign lands. Our policy in the present war is uncompromising neutrality. We dare not go to war. Our people would rise in indignation if an attempt was made to bring England back to the "brown bread" of our fire-eating ancestors. AN ENGLISHMAN. THE WAR. I To the Editor of the Wrexham Advertiser. I SIR,—>Iow that many of the London papers have been ¡ cajoled into the interests of the war party it is refreshing to hear your voice raised upon the side of peace—;and of the poor—because war is really the poor man's question, upon the principle that it is the weakest who goes to the wall" It is the poor man's ,I blood that has to manure the soil-on which wrong and tyranny afterwards grow so luxuriantly. It is the poor man who feels the dread hunger which ever sits attendant upon the fell fiend-w-ar. Woe! trebly told to the English statesman who forgets this; and allows the helpless poor to be dragged to their death by a parcel of interested capitalists, and designing tyrants, who have fortunes to make, and castles of their own to build. If England forgets her (iwn children, under a maudlin pretence of sympathy for Belgium, Luxemburg, or other foreign lands, upon this occasion I sincerely hope that our big wigs will get such a rap across the knuckles as will bring them to their senses. Let Mr Gladstone remember that if war is popular, the payment of the costs thereof is not popular. If our Premier is carried away by the applause of a drunken war frenzy, he will have to face the execration of the very same party again, in the morning of their sober reflection- when the excitement is over-the bill to be paid—and the death-roll to be wept over. Oh where is Cobden now ? and John Bright ? If nothing else will stay our hands from work that does not concern us, let it be the thought of the burning words with which those two eminent orators would denounce a policy of inter- meddling with the affairs of the continent. Cobden though dead still speaks. In humble prayer for Gladstone, let us hope that he will be strong enough to stand resohttely between the poor and death. Mean- while, do you, sir, and all endeavour to make the success of the war party impossible in Christian, intellectual England. There is one fact which no one has a right to conceal from British workmen, and that is that a war on behalf of Belguim would be a war to protect the property of capitalists who have embarked in manufactures there, in 'order to compete with, and xchich do compete with our own more heavily taxed manufacturers at home. This competition is all very well, but there is no necessity to prop it up with English suffering, and English blood. Anyhow, let England first find food, and justice, and clothing for her own children, before interfering in the affairs of other nations. I always find that the man who most benefits society is the man who best looks after his own home.— Yours obediently, A MAN OF THE MOUNT. I SUNDAY REST. I To the E(litor of the Wrexham Advertiser. "in,-it is a notorious and disgraceful fact that with but very few exceptions the people in the Wrexham Churches do not respond to the invitation in the Venite 0 come let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our maker," and if they think that a grudging pretence to kneel by bending the back instead of the knee, and by burying the head ostrich fashion is an equivalent, I beg to refute this notion. To those who think this an affair for the parsons to remark upon, and something beyond the province of a newspaper, I have this to say. Your journal, for instance only fulfils its its mission by laying before its readers facts which con- cern them, tutl whether people show themselves indif- ferent, or otherwise, in church affairs is a matter of pub- lic concern so long as the struggle impends which is to decide whether or not the church is an estate of the realm, or a divinely constituted corporation. The crafty dodge by which the reading desk was twisted and the screen disfigured in the parish church, and the over- bearing conduct of the Archdeacon the other day, and other mean tricks, with which church people have been served lately, all point to this impending struggle, and whether we individually would like to see the church sink or float, we but fulfil a duty when we reproach the de- monstrative indifference of those who <will be surprised enough by and bye to find themselves out in the cold. I will quote part of an article from The Church Times of last Friday, which applies nevertheless to Wrexham Churches because it was written after-substantial facts had been collected in London only:- Another feature in Non-Ritualistic Churches is the invariable custom which prevails of reading the prayers to the people. It is all very well to say that every body knows that prayers are addressed to God, and that the direction in which the officiant fJCcs is a trifling matter of detail which is entirely uninsportant. Here we join issue, and, unless we mistake, we can prove our point. In the first place it is not true that people now understand prayers as addresses presented to God they are regarded rather in the light of comforting words to to be listened to by the person or persons who for the time being form the congregation. Ask any clergyman what is the mess:ige he receives when a sick parishioner desires a visit from him in his ministerial capacity. He is asked to come and "read some prayers to so-and-so." Whence has this idea come, if not from the churches as at present arranged, in which it has so long been taught far more pointedly and definitely than any words could teach it. Again, if it be said that when the officiant faces the people they do not understand him to be ad- ) dressing them, we would ] ui the question conversely, J .'nd ask whether the coii?? i ?.Ltion would suppose that ¡the preacher was .address ng them if he turned away from them during the senium! It will be evident from this that the position of the "reader" is not so unim- portant as a teaching agt ncy as some profess it to be. it is simply an unquestionable fact that, in churches where the prayers are read to the people, the people, as a iule, do not kneel, and in tlios where the officiant does not face them the people as a rale do kneel. We leave these whom it concerns to explain this as they please. "Further, the idea of "worship" in Non-Ritualistic is raost imperfect in tl at the element of brightness, beauty, and cheerfulness is, for the most part, conspicu- ous by its absence. That God is a Being to be drea/led and shunned, rather than to be loved and approached, is a tradition handed down io us from Puritan times, &OKI, so far as one can judge, this is the conception which Non-Ritualistic Churches tend to stereotype in the minds of the people. The Wesleyan revival of the Last century was directed ajiairat the heartless formalism of the day. and the protest put forth by its leaders against the Un-II having all the best tunes was, by anticipation, a protect against the dulne-M .and lifeless propriety which is to be seen in so many of our churches now. Nobody will iecvo;e us of a leaning towards Dissent, but truth compels us to say that any impartial outsider would de- clare that there was ten times more evidence of life and vigour, and love of worship, in what he saw and heard in Mr Spurgeon's Tabernacle thus jn any of the churches whose services we have lately described." I have no desire to offend anyone of your readers, but I do not w IVH silently to watch them straving over a pre- cipice while their shepherds are too fond of indolent leifure themselves to wish to see their people otherwise than lazy and «elf indulgent. It is no matter of wonder that those who have the church's real good at heart, as well as her direct enemies. should long for llisestablishmentaH the s reat sifting time when the indifferent will be no 1m"}" iillow-ed tii sidft with the friends and the enemies nf thu church at the same time, anil to the injury of both. I do not profess to address either friends or enemies, but only to point out that it is high time that the indifferent decided I which side they really intended to t:tke. Yours truly, DISESTABLISHMENT. I

you will come into thi3 room with me I'll fight yon now." He, however, refused, and they shortly after closed with one another. Witness dia u,.t see the prisoner bite prosecutor; if he did no he certainly should have setn Ilim.-His lordse--ip, in summi cr up, said there was no doubt as to the prisoner having bitten off the prosecutor's finjjfr, and the only question for the jury was whethtr they considered the intent to do grievous bodi y harm had been established. The jury found t) e prisoner guilty of unlawful wounding, and tlin judge sentenced him to twelve calendar monlbs' hard labour. IJIPOBTANT CIVIL CAUSE. The cout then took the cause of Roberts v. Lewis and Bryan, which involved a question of pedigree, and was an action by the plaintiff to establish co-heirship with the defendant (Lewis) to certain landed property known as Plas-yn-Pant, in the parish of Llanarmon, in the-county of Denbigh. Mr Macintyre and Mr Coxon (instructed by Mr Ellis Eyton, Flint) appeared for plaintiff; and Mr Morgan Lloyd and Mr L'oyd Roberts (instructed by Messrs Sims and North, Liverpool) were for the defendants. Mr Morgan Lloyd said that the real question in- volved in the case was one of pedigree, and be asked to be supplied with a copy of the plaintiff s petii-ree.-Aft-,r a demur this was granted.—Mr Coxon then read the declaration, and Mr Macintyre opened the case. He said this was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr John Thomson Roberts, who resides at Buckley, near Mold, aea^nst the defendants, Mr Edward Powell Lewis and Mr Simon Bryan, to recover possession -of a c. rtain messunge or farm eituated in the parish -of Llanarmon, in that county, and known by the name of P as-yn-Pant, consisting of dweUing- house, farm bnildings, and a quantity of land; and he sought to recover possession of that property as tbe heir-at-lair, or one of the heirs-at- law of a person named Evan Lewis Da vies, who was the last person in possession of "the estate, and who died intestate. Thr. learned council then stated that Bryan was merely the tenant of Plas- yn-Pant, and, therefore, the question which the jury had to decide was between the plaintiff and Lewis. Mr Thomas Furry Jones (solicitor), was then examined by Mr Coxon, and said I am the man- aging clerk for Mr Ellis Eyton, the attorney for plaintiff in this case. I produce certificates of, baptisms, marriages, and burials in connexion with it. I produce a certificate of the burial in 1759. His Lordship Of the Buried of whom ? Witness: Of Mr Evan Davies, of Eryrys, the common ancester, my lord. It is signed by John VenaHes, the then vicar, and certified by the pre- sent vicar. I also produce a certificate of the bap- tism of Evan Davies, son of Evan Davies and Catherine his wife, dated the 1st of January, 1736, signed by Simon Evans, vicar I also produce a certificate of the marriage of Elizabeth Powell to Evan Davits, of Tryddyn, dated Januaiy 6th. 1778; of the death of Evan Davies, on the 26th of February, 1818, aged 79 a certificate of baptism on the 18th of March, 1785, of Evan Davies, son of Evan and Elizabeth Davies, of Tryddyn of the marriage of Evan Davies, of Tryddyn, in the parish of Mold, to Margaret Lewis, on the 30th January. 1816; of the burial of Evan Davies, of Tryddyn, on the 27th October, 1826, aged 71; of the baptism of Evan Lewis Davies, son of Evan and Margaret Davies, in the year 1821. Mr Morgan Lloyd here interfered stating there was some inconsistency in the certificates as re- garded the age of Evan Davies at his death. It was given in the baptismal ceititicate that he was born in 1785, and though he died in 1826, the burial certificate made him 71 years of age, whereas ac- cording to the dates he could only have been 41. He wished to know how that was accounted for. The witness (nfter examining a number of docu- ments), said the burial certificate handed in was the duplicate He found by the original that the age returned was 41. He then proceeded I also produce the burial certificate of Evan Lewis Davies, described as the Rev. Evan Lewis Davies, rector of iNewmarket, who died intestate. I pro- duce the certificate of baptism in the year 1741 of Mary, daughter of Evan Davies and Catheriue Davies, his wife,—we have no certificate of her marriage—the certificate of burial of Mary Parry, of LIm, dated July 8. 1769; of the baptism at Llanarmon in 1766, of Sarah, daughter of John Parry, by Mary his wife and of Catherine, also daughter of John and M-ary Parry, of Llan, on the 1st April, 1762; of the marriage of Sarah with John Roberts, of Llanfair-Dyffryn-Clwyd, in 1789; and of the burial of John Roberts, in December, in lQlg. at the age of 83. He was buried in Bis- tree, near -VolA. I proJnop the certificate of the baptism of John Roberts and Sarah hIs wife, on December 26, 1789, in the parish of Llanfair- Dyffryn-Clwyd of the marriage of John Roberts, coach builder, and Sarah Thomson in the church of St. Arin, Liverpool in the year 1809; of the bnrial of John Roberts, of Friar-street, Ruthin, on the 19th of May, 1827, aged 26; of the baptism in 1816 of John Thomas Roberts (the plaintiff), who is described as the son of John and Sarah Roberts, of Midge-hall-street, Liverpool, saddler. I have been in the parish of Llanarmon-yn-Yale, in this county, and on the wall found a tablet with these words upon it, Underneath lieth the body of Evan Davies, of Eryrys, who died November 21st, 1759, aged 54; also grandaughter of Evan Davies -,Mary Davies, died April 21st, 1794, aged 14 Elizabeth Davies, died April 21st, 1794, aged 11; also the body of Catherine Davies, relict of Evan Davies, was buried September 20th, 1798, aged 83; .also Evan Davies, of Eryrys, died February 26th, 1815. al-ed 79; also Elizabeth, wife of Evan Davies, of Tryddyn, died March, 1818, aged 61." I That is all that was on the tablet.—Cross-ex- amined by Mr Lloyd: I have only made searches for certificates at Chester and St. Asaph. I have not the certificate of the birth of the first Evan 1 Davies, who died in 1759. I believe I have not the certificate of the baptism of Catherine Davies. Mr Macintyre in reply to an observation of his lordship, said We claim a mciety with the heirs of Catherine if there are any. The Lord Chief Justice If it is not proved that there are heirs of Catherine you are entitled to the whole. Mr MflciEtyre said there were àeirsof Catherine, but they could not say how many, and they only claimed for a moiety with her. Mr Morgan Lloyd explained that the defendant claimed to have a moie y with Mary, who was an- other member of the family, and co-heiress with Catherine Parry. The Lord Chief Justice: So that the plaintiff can only get a moiety of a moiety. Mr Parry Jones said he bad no further evidence to gi ve, except the will executed by the second Evan Davies, devising the property to the deceased in- testate. The Lord Chief Justice Let me see it. Mr Macintyre said they had given the adminis- trator,, Mr Jamea Williams, who was ia court, a supoena to produce it. Mr Lloyd rose to explain something in connec- tion with the will, when The Lord Chief Justice said You must preduce it amongst yon. I am not going to allow justice to be baffled by the passing of documents from one hand to the other. The counsel for the other cide have done all that is necessary for them to do, and you must find it. After a lengthened .argument the will was handed to Mr Macintyre, who was about to open it, when The Lord Chief J ustice Let me have a look at it. Mr Morgan Lloyd: My lord, the real facts of the case are these, that though this witness, Mr James Williams, had the will at one period in his hands, he has given it with ether documents to the defendant's solicitor. The Lord Chief Justice I say it is in his pos- session if he is the administrator, and it is where it ought to be. Mr Morgan Lloyd then asked that the witness should be sworn upon the point., and that they should proceed regularly. Mr Macintyre Very well, we'll have him sworn. (Laughter). The Lord Chief Justice: I won't have him sworn; and if Mr Macintyre asked me to take notice of the will I shall do fo. Again Mr Lloyd objected on the ground that the will had not been properly produced by the administrator, and at last his lordship, after tellinsj Mr Lloyd it was very idle work, handed the will to Mr Macintyre, who in tura gave it to the ad- minigtrator. The usual form having been gone through, his lordship demanded him to produce the will. Mr Williams I don't know that I shall be doin" right if I do so. t:- His lordship: If yon don't produce it, I'll send yon to gaol before you are half an hour older. The witness then immediately produced the will amid much laughter, and his lordship having looked at it said, it was an incomplete document, which had never taken effect. I Mr Morgan Lloyd; If it is movei that it (Toes not affect hw title, I will not sav another word f tb' il,r10.üer won further upon 1,. I Mr M icintyre o" Th9= you iiave L over- ruled, (Laughter.) J ve 'Ben over- His lordship It is never too late to repent, Mr Macintyre. Hugh Jones was then about being examined, when Mr Lloyd said he should not dispute the fact that the present claimant had descended from Evan Evans, the common ancestor, but there wer<- other matters connected with the title which would raise another issue. He must ask his friend to prove the seizing by the person test in possessior, the Rev. E. L. Davies. Simon Bryan was then called and said I am the tenant of Plasyn Pant, in Llanarmon pacish. I used tc pay rent to the Rev. Evan Lewis Davies, who lived at Newmarke. His lordship: Where did he live ? Mr Macintyre: Newmarket, my lord; there is a place of that name in Flintshire, as well as the more celel rated place. I Witness continued I -raid to him J6115 for rent. Cross-examined I have since paid the rent to Mr Powell Lewis. I commenced paying him in the year 1860, and continued doing so np to his death. My father did the same while he lived. Mr Macintyre That is my case. Mr Morgan Lloyd then rose, and said this was a case involving some complications, and he had endeavoured to simplify the matter as much as possible, and as soon as his friend had proved soml- portion of his case, he (Mr Lloyd) at once admitted it (loud laughter, in which his lordship heart 1 joiner). Thongh proof of heirship had bee). established, there were things in the back ground which they and his lordship should know before cotnit g to a decision upon the case. The plaintiff claimed one-fourth, and under any circumstances he could net claim beyond that; but he (Mr Lloyd) should be able to lay before them certain facts, which would, he thought, very considerably limit that amount, if it would not deter it altogether. In the first place he would tell them who the defendant is. He is the grandson of a person named Jehn Lewis, who married Mary Powell. It was enclugh, therefore, :for him to start It was enough, therefore, for him to start wiiu donn Liewis. tie married Mary Powell, in the year 1771, and they had a daughter nameu Margaret Lewis, who married Evan Davies, the father of Evan Lewis Davies. The intestate, John Lewis and Mary Powell, had a son named John Lewis, and also a daughter named Elizabeth, who was married to the Rev Robert Roberts. John Lewis, the grandfather of the defendant, Edward Powell Lewis, was seized in fee of the entirety of this property, and then he made a will, which was dated the 29th of October, 1810, by which he de- vised All that messuage, hereditament, and tene- ment, called Plas-yn-Pant, situated in the parish of Llanarmon, unto my son John (the father of the defendant), my daughter Margaret, and Elizabeth (the wiff of the Rev Robert Roberts, of Nannerch), and their heirs for ever as tenants in common." Now, be proposed to deal with the third undivided norticn devised unto Marsaret. the mother of the I intestate. She made a will, and o i the will a good deal would turn as regarded this case. The will was dated July 16, 1830, and without that instru- ment the intestate would have taken this property, not as purcha-er, but as an inheritance. By this will, which was made before the alteration in the law of succession, this property was devised upon certain trusts to trustees, those trusts being that the property should be given to her son, the Rev Evan Lewis Davies, on his attaining the age of 21, and that the money derived from the estates previous to that event should be invested for his use. In the event of his death before he arrived at that age, the property was to go to the next of kin who might be entitled to the estate. She gave an annuity to a person named Charles Morris of JE5 a year. Mr Macintyre Thatis on property at Cymman, in the parish of Hope. Mr Lloyd said that was no matter, inasmuch as it was devised by the codicil to the will, which said, and all other my real estates, whatever and whertoever situated, to the said Peter Parry and James Williams until my said son shall attain the age of twenty-one year- So that there was all absolute devise on his attaining the age twenty- one, and he contended therefore that he came into possession in the character of heir-at-law, and not as devisee to his mother Margaret Lewis. His Lordship and the jury would see that on the sup- position that he took the property as heir-at-law and not as devisee, the purchaser would be Margaret the mother, and not the son, therefore the descent was to be traced from her, the mother. and not from the son. If the mother was the purchaser aud not the son, then the mother's heir would be the defendant. The learned counsel then quoted in snpport of his case "Williams on the Law of Real P.operfy," eighth edition, page 310 the 3rd and 4tii William IV., chap. 106, sec. 3 and Cuming's Digest." After some discussion his Lordship said thil as the property was in the hands of the decease! E. Lewis Davies, they must assume that he was in possession of the seising; and after hearing Mr Macintyre on the subject, it was arranged that th.. plaintiff should take a verdict for one undivided fourth of two-thirds of Plas-yn-paut. I BAKER V. CHALONEB. I This was an action zto recover payment of money lent and the value of goods delivered. Mi Macintyre and Mr Ignatius Williams for plaintiff,. and Mr Morgan Lloyd and Mr Horatio Lloyd fur defendant. Before the case had been scarcely opened his Cordship suggested a reference, and Mr Wynne Ffoulkes was appointed arbitrator. The court adjourned to THURSDAY. I I His Lordship took hie seat on the bench at ten I I o'clock. I THE LLAXGWFEX BURGLARY. I Jones was sentenced to twelve months, and and M'Cdbe and Wiliiains to seven years penal servitude each. THE CHARGE OF IUPE AT THE RHOS. Moses Green was found not guilty" of assault- ing with intent to ravish Louisa Jones, of Erc.abon, on the 23rd of April last-Fiis L,,t-dsliip tol(i accused that he did not leave the court by any means without a stain upon his character., and cautioned him as to his future; conduct. If tin- jury had found him guilty, his lordship would have considured it his duty to pass a severe sentence. This concluded the business of the assizes. Connsel in court: Messrs. M icintyre, Cozon, L-innford Fonlkes, L1. Wynne Fonlkes, Horatio Lloyd, Morgan Lloyd, I;n:ttias Williams, Yale, HiltMn, Bittersby, Lloyd Roberts, au d Lleadowe.