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__n_ Another Murder IN Tipperary.—Tho Tip- perary journals bring an account of another mur der prepetrated in that county. The particulars are as followiI On Sunday evening last, about seven o'clock, as Michael (Janna, a tenant of Hugh William Brudshaw, Esq., J.P., Phillipstown House, I was returning from the village of EmIy, towards Duueummin, where he lived, he was waylaid by a man who struck him several blows on the head with a blunt instrument, and then escaped across the fields. His skull was fractured in various places, and when the unfortunate man was found he was bleeding profusely, and lying on the roadside. Me- dical assistance was promptly procure. but ho sank rapidly, and died on Monday evening, No ari-eiit bu yet taken place, but every exertion is I being made by the authorities to have tho guiity party made amenable." Education OP Colliery Children.—A num- her of the working coalmiucra in Yorkshire aud Land caslJirc have for some time past been endeavouring t- promote the education of their offspring by seeking for the extension of something like the Factory Act I to nil boys employed at collieries. At present many boys are employed at collieries, cither in assisting to gtt coal, or about the works oil the the hank," ano little or uo time is allowed for their education at school. Suigic of the clergy and influential parties have taken the question up, ami the draught ot a bill has been presented to Earl Filzwilliaru, a large coal- owner, w ho it is said cordially approves of it: and be- fore it ii brought bcfurc Parliament it will he sub- mirted for approval to Lord Whariicliffe, tLe Earl of Etfiugham, and other coalowners. The object of this bill is to render it compulsory for every boy, bef ore } beil\ employed at a coHicry, to produce a ct'rtifica.te I th 't he has attended school a certain thne, and also that when he is so employed he slull be sent to school his time, the same as the yotmgcr workers in factories. Ths Mormons anb THE" GENTII,ES.Bi-i-ham Younic has turned up once itiore in a troublesome way r in Utah. Brigham dislikes the presence oi the Gen- tiles in bis settlemeut. I am afraid, from all I see aud gear, that these wicked barbarians fi!id more fa- Your iu the harems of Utah than suits the sanctified I notions of the Mormon leaders. They have had a graad convocation in the temple to denounce the iu- tidels, aud have followed up their denunciations by watching the federal IlJail, to prevent egress or iu- gross of suspicious persons. I have not yet had tune to learn from Washington whether the interference is serious. There is trouble a-head with this communi- ty. Mr Marcy wisely sent a regiment there a year ago, and qnar eied them there a winter. The experi- ment wae not palatable te the elders, who denounced these children of ths Evil Oue in unmeasured terms, and ordered the people, should they ever be quartered there again, to let them starve lather than supply them with the tiecessarics of life. It seems now, if we can credit the correspondents of the press, that persons are not to be permitted freely to come in and go out of the holy precinct. New Gold Field is Australia. — The rrport8 brouirhi by the overland mail regarding the fresh gold Hold discovered in New South Wales will cause furt he arrivals from Australia to be looked for with great In- terest. The spot is tit Rocky River, near Bathurst, which lies in the interior, about 120 miles from Sid- ney, aud is close to a district marked as extensively j auriferous iu the official ftiap published iu the govern- j ineut b!ua book on the gold fields in January, 1853. j According to noiuo of the statements made In the Syd- liev papers, the amounts obtained were larger and the succeiS inore universal than had been expcrieuced i at any other mines, diggers from Victoria being of opinion that it would prove the richest field yet dis- covered in any part of the world. As these allega- tions are represented to have been made after several thousand petso:? had beea fur some daya on the s[Jot, II there ;5 a posstbdity they may pr?ve to be better founded than tiie majority of such accounts. On the other hand, the people of the adjoiumg colony of Vic- toria were affirming that the whole affair had been grossly exaggerated, and that great disappointment woult result. At the Doncister county court, on Tuesday last, a woman, named Ann Burley Utd Mr Wm. Hudson for £20, as the ewner of a dog which had seized I, her by the laft leg, inflicting a severe wound. The plaintiff was nonsuited on the ground that the pre- vious vicious character of the dog was not I proved. The Earl and Countess Granville have amved at Carlsbad from Berlin. The Lord President of the Council contemplates a residence of about I a month at Carlsbad, and will then return to Lon- don. I s. •
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1 WREXHAM MARKET, T*itmiut, Nor. C. I New Wheat 9 9 TO 0 Fiour Seconds (per saekj 4S W 51 A liarley (old) s « ? 0 Oa.ts. oJ I) 4 1pot.,Lt0(A 2 4, 8ft Butter 12 14 (per dozen) 0 H 0 0 Indian meal. (240 lbs) 10 0 12 0 [ MARK LANE.— Mo\r>v. I English wheat slow, hut can hardly be called cheaper than Monday last. Foreign of good quality in :f"iir 'request. Floating cargoes firm, and most of those off coast well bid fur. Flour goes off steadily. Buyers of Indian corn at 34-s 6d for Ibnil, and 36; to 3us 6d for Galatz, but seilera want more. Barley quite as dear. Malt and peas unaltered in value. Beans creep up. Oats are dull, at 6d decline. MARK LANK—Wroye^dw. Only a in drate supply of English wheat — chiedv the refuse of Mon,lay—was on sale in to- day's market nevertheless, we experienced a. very slow inquiry for all kinds, at that day's cur- rency. The general condition of the simples was inferior. The imports of foreign wheat, this week, are only 4,260 quarters. Even the finest samples were dull, yet importers refused to ac- cept lower terms. There was only a limited sale for barley, on former tern*. The malt trade ruled heavy, at barely late rates. We had a slow inquiry for oats, at the late decline in value. Beans, peas, and flour we-rc steady, but not dearer. LlVfiKPOOL CORN MARKET.—'Tuesday. The Corn Exchange to-day bad a good at- tendance of millers and dealers, and some were from a distance. Wheat commanded the ex- treme prices of Friday, with a fair business, and, in the exceptional case of American red wheat, an advance of 2d to 3d per bushel over the low sales of Tuesday la:it realized. Flour did not particip ate in the demand up to that for wheat, but sold at full prices for both sacks and barrels. Indian corn was in lively demand for both English and Irish account, but the business was not so large, being checked by an advance required by holders of Gel to 0d per qr. Oats, oatmeal, barley, beans, and peas, were unaltered in value. HOP-MARKET.—Borough, Momday. We have to report a continued brisk demand for hops, at advanced rates. Mid and East Kents 70s 90s to 10os ,Yeald and Kent. 6,) s 70s to (i P i Sussex pockets 60s Gos to 70s Farn hams 70s 90s to 102 Foreign.— No foreign Hops arrived in the port of London last week. LIVERPOOL CATTLE L\.RKET.-i\IoNDA y u We had a considerable decrease 111 tne suppiy of cattle at this day's market, with a better de- mand, at • a slight increise in price. Little change to notice in either price or quantity of sheep. Beef, Sid to (ad t Mutton, Gidto 7d per lb. TALLOW MARKET. Our market is less active to-day, yet prices con- tinue to rule high. Latesf. advices from St. Petersburg state that the frost has set in, and that 8,000 cask3 of Tallow were on the wharf. 1'. Y. C. on the spot is quoted at 57s per cwt. Rough Fat 33 Id per 81b. Xi'jWGATc! LB \D EXIT ALL.—Monday Per 81b. by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. Inferior beef. 2 6 5 10 Inferior mutton 3 2 3 .Middling do. 3 2 3 6 j Middling do. 3 6 40 Prime iar!?e do. 3 8 4 0; Prime ditto 4 2 4 3 Do. small ditto 4 2 4 4 Lar^e pork 3 8 4 ■% Veal 3 tj 4 8 j JSiiiHil pork. 4 8 tt I ) ?Z-"II N WIDE AX!) SKIN MARKETS.—SATURDAY. Market Hides, 55 0 0 0 Ditto 64 7:!itIJ. C) 4 O •* Ditto 7J t>H:u 0 4l 0 4.1 ;!Ditto SO Sl?i bs 0 4 0 j 'Ditto 8? ?Ib- 0 5 ? S? Jlorse Hides. (caeli) 0 A 7 0 Gait Skiu's, light 2 Ð 10 iiitto full 0 0 SO Polled 3 4 Kviits mid ilair Hreds 3 3 14 Downs 3 0 3 a .,w bs 9 6 S 11 f-, a i-i. 2 4 2 6 -:7<hMCIo&.r. J5!õ l!ïJII.6.
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11A.1LWAT 'rl.HE |TA.BLDi3 a FOR NOVEMBER, 1856. TIM IBS, H{OM CmSTEH TO FUEEWgBLKY. j Sl'KDAY jj DOWH TliAIKS, BJiOM 6IlU:Cm:8-' IJ)ÅYS' j ~j v~ a2 1 ^TT-i T! T5~riT"~T~2 pij" 12 3 1 2 TT 2 ^^TTY 2 3.1 f 3. I 2 I~ i 2 ij! 3 i.M.sTT.TT2 3■ ]L"v ?-. ?J '?)?  ??'7T?T?'" .? .h   ) 2 3_ :!3, 1 2 i?]?? ?  ? 3,1 ?'' 31 2 ) 2 3 1 2 3 ?.n?{).!ti''atha.ii!.?:i.T)ip.n).)jTiM j?''i..H')"??'t'fp.n.i?.i!<.? Lc?u :).n:.< u..n.N'.pCi )i 11. l- in i» 111 p niiT_i" 1» lii \îl:Jip m: C!'I,StJ:R 7 ?' 8 15 9 I(.?n 10 1 15 35a 55 5 20 8 0:11) ?? 5 i' U 1,Ly 7 0:8 -0 10 3t 0 2 201 2 35 4 40 4 4U 5 0 7 36 [12i 9 251 4 40 ??Ucy 8 21 I i 5 HO !l(j 51 5 1C T <•?, i. 7 ,u 110 2454 5(1 7 45 35 4 50? 1'l:lf( IÙ ¡. ??.)'),tT)t 72?8?5 t? 2M 5 0 4 60 5 17 7? 9 45' 5 I! 73?847 I 86 3 75125 05?9 6 9 57! 5 15 8 13 1 W 3 20' 5 38 8 23«11 (, 5 31 „ 5' 5 2 m 5524 I JA M 7 41 t-z i) iolll,*it), 1 4 33" 4 s! 5 5s ?s 4 1' 11 20 5 49 o Al t I 1 52, 9 i'l I P? 2 2 50' 3 25 5 435 5 iB8 "1 5 10 13' 5 30 A\ PJ.Jli.AM 7 4«. 8 3 9 Jan. 8 ::2: II ]2¡il IIi 2 2 3 0\ a ;;51 5 Ol á ?'" ó :;0 !oj HIHI t,1U 231' 540 Pins 7 9",?'6' 41 (1 4 52110 5 1414 2 40 3 IS. 5 ?iO ri 22? 1. :1(1 8 49 45 10 3? 5 20 Ical.OU 7 52 9 7 11 42 1 5^ 3 53; 6 12 b 54|n 35 6 4| CSM EMEYj ? Icnv.r 7 7 »2i 9 '11 f 1 52 2 S0< 3 25 5 43 5 )•; 5 38 8 1(; 9*55 10 13! 5 30 ar,. 8 :2| it I2lil 10 2 2 3 0. 8 u5| 5 £ .0 5 3a> 5 50 8 n'll) 10 23| I 5 40 J laiifiollcn Koad 7 5S <J If. 11 51 i 2 7 4 )! 0 £ 9 2;ll45 6 15 ( ] j,j- 8 0! y 10 11 !2 1 5! 3 33 5 5C 5 50 8 J54 10 20' 5 41 1 (,11 I ¡ 2 2 3 :;I 5 5 8 UI 1 0 (j .) 7 'U 9 13 1 1 3 56. 6 1^ |ll 41 6 10■ 1 ]\ 11 •» 1 •" •" < I ilk 8 3 9 11 5ti 2 11 j 4 71 4 35 6 28 9 7fll 49 0 19 IJ huicollon Road « 6i9K.ll 17 2 2 3 3 s. 5 55 g 5><j 10 UO 5 47 rxfe?yu | j ,j. S 3 43 6 2 8 24 10 301 5 51 Gul den 8 12 9 33| 9 50 12 6 2 2b 4 jif! 4 41: 6 bS 9 17;il 51: 6 28 IUiabon 8 20 9 24 11 25 a 11 — 3 02 6 10 8 08 10 37j 5 57 4* 9 23; 9 42 11 56 2 1 (1 4 (1 4 6 2S .9 7 11 49 151* r.rm.. S ..< 9 4C 1 ?O 0112 If, 4 4 '0' ii 4?, 9 27 12 (: 6 2 938 11* 22r 3 !0 4 5 &i4 ?,. 8 4? 10 i5 IC ?Si << '3 Ili t ti I ?.-tt 1', 8 i9 4c? 2 424 12 5 6'il (,I-( ,Ioi dr, ;1 10 55! 0 22 <.? 24 451 12 1 ii? 3 4 9 12 IC 6:,U'l ii('st t2 4 6 t I 1 0 ti 2 »•' I'.iffli » i) Li- i2 bO1 2 4S j 4 h> 7 3 9 39|1 «(. G 5'J 1 j UJ,.],! j .I ?:.t'i 8 4 i- iO 5 I a 5' 7 1.0' i:; bl 7 t, jI <••> 8 66 1 4 -8 Cod j 11 10!G*l' '•IV' -iPr j ?' ? i -,| m 7 v5 f v n. i ? 3 5 w :'):t ? ?.') ? f « 7 5'$25 3 25 -j ?.? ;o"t5 H l«! » £ 5.
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LOCAL 2TEWS. .0:1, Chbese FAiR.—WrMham, Nov. 4.—About 25 tons pitched; prices ranged from 60a to 65s per cwt. for fat cheese; 53i to 57a. good family ditto; skim, 38a. to 40s. Imtvpent Theft. Between 5 and 6 o'clock on the morning of the 30th ult., flS Benjamin, the Sin of Mr. Bcnjamm Youde, milkman, of Pen-y- bryn, was fetching his father's cows out of a field in the Ei ddi"?-road, he ospiprl something in a holly bush in the hedge of tho fiold, and upon a near ap- proach he discovered it to be a large pack con- taining hoisery and other goods of much value. The yonns unn with much difficulty carried it tr. his faticr's house, and enquiries at the railway I'.gunn and other places were set on foot to find the real owner. At length, Oil Friday, it was dis- r.r"-«(l that a pack ofa similar description of goods had been stolen from opposite the shop of Mr. T. f..Tones', draper. Church -street, on Wednesday evening:, hut wliich it appears had not bc-m missed." Hpon exsminincr tho goods with the inyoirp, r r. was safisned that the poods belonged to him and they wore forthwith ennvpyed in a cart to the .h..p ..f the latter by Mr. Youde. When tho young man was returning with tha cows to the ini*M. after being milked he met two susp" icioua uhai.actf-rs going in the direction of the place where the pack had heen found and would no doubt upnn their arrival be much disappointed of their ill-gottrn booty. This should act as a caul inn and yievent tradesmen from alUwin* their ir >ods to be #xnes.*d ji the nublso streets and which add as a temptati^on to dishonest persons. It is much to he regretted the pack was nut watched as the thieves ■would have one to fetch it and could easily have been captured. On Saturday last, tho 1st inst.. the fnneral of Serjeant J^hn !?• dierts, Hospital and Staff-Serjeant in the Denbighshire Rifles, tnok place. A number rf tho inhabitants had congregated to witness the j funeral, it having been rumoured that the body W;1 to be interred with military honours hut this was not the case. The coffin was prcceeded by the Serjeant-Major and the whole of the Staff Ser- j?-ants and was f.'Uowcd by the relatives and a number of the members of the Rechabite Society, with lint bands, of which the deceased in his life- !I time was a member.
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THE FUNERAL OF DR. HUGHES. The remains of this much respected gentle- man were interred in the family vault in the churchyard of Wrexham parish church on Tuesday last. As a mark of respect and es- teem towards the departed, most of the respect- able tradesmen closed their shops, and long be- fore the time appointed for the funeral to arrive from Acton Lodge, the streets were thronged with sympathising spectators. The cortege made ita melancholy appearance a little before L* o'clock in the following order; A carriage containing the Rev. G. Cunliffe, vicar of Wrexham; the Rev. Archdeacon Wiekham, of Gresford; and the Rev. J. V. TJoyd, vicar of ILipo. A carriage containing Joseph Lee, Esq., of Redbrook; Thomas Ellgworth, Esq, T. P. J. Parry. Esq, and R. T. Kemstor, Esq. I The llearso containing the Body with the Pall Bearers ,z T. ?ll. CTriffitb, Mourning Coach containing T. M. Griffith, Esq, and his two sons, W. T. Parkins, Esq, 5 and the Rev. W. M. Williams, chief mourners. Carriage containing the undertaker, plumber, and coffin maker. Deceased's Carriage, closed. The funeral servica was read by the Rev. G. j Cunliffe. The eofBa was cised with lead, covered with 5 black cloth. On the plata was the following f inscription :—"Francis .Tames Hughes, Esq, I Ni.1)., died 23th October, 1856, aged 68." The whole of the arrangements were under th-i personal silpérintcndcnco of Mr. E. Smith, High-street, Wrexham. I
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WREXHAM PETTY SESSIONS. Dun- tiinnon, C.iptain rai-toii, T. L. Fitzhugh, and R. Wi'sir(ifid. Esq. MrJ. II. Jackson, surgeon, was bound over to keep the peace for three months towards Mr J. K. LpwK surgeon, for nsing threatening language to. wards the latter in Queen Street, on the 2Sth ulti- mo. The assault consisted of words only, but com- phirinnt was apprehensive of receiving personal in- jury fr. m him. A femals SKRUfMAGE,' E..r!.LJII_- SKRD, I Hannah Roberts, Hannah Crauford, and Jane Tor-,]!, were in custody, chergcd with elappcr- (,1IWin2:"ach oter. and something more, on Satur- day n;I)t in Ilro,)Iz Street, Wrexham. "When h,"f'(-(.t, L'lm') nrrived at the Mitre, the storm was at its height, and raged furiously,-and blood \'t was from the nose) began to flow." lIbs Pow- ell brought a quantity of her hair into court, to demon pirate to the Bench the nature of the injury which she bad receiTed, her fair antagonists having evidently got into (h)airs with her on the interest- ing occasion. She was, in consequence of this bare- headed (nnt faced) appeal, let off, but the other two were fined £ 2 each, or in default two months' im- prisonment. cach, or in default two months' im- Mary Atkins was also sent to Ruthin for one month fur appearing in dishabille on the same even- in?, in the street near to the scene ot action, making a great noise, and otherwise disturbing tho neigh- bourhood. Sho must either have retreated when the battle was hottest, or arrived toe late to take part in the engagement. ASSAULTING TITE POLICE. llobrrt iiughes, George ilughes, nnd John Jones, we,-e placed in the dock charged with assaulting e whilst in the execution of their duty. 1 he alii ay took place on Saturday night in Mr Ba- the's w ine v aults, Hope Street. When P.C. Ro- berts went in, he found Robert Hughes very drunk and noisy, and on his attempting to remove hiin, John Jones interfered to prevent him. George llughas then got hold of Roberts (so he stated) the hair and throat, but the prisoner (Robert iiughes) was eventually taken to the Bridewell, though with much difficulty.-George Hughes de- nied most strongly assaulting the police, who had mistaken him for Robert Hughes. This fact be- ing pretty clearly established, the Bench made ¡ IKHle severe remarks on the policeman swearing to iLe wrong person, and were on the point of discharging the prisoner, when Mr King interfer- 1 d, and begged of them to hear further evidence. P C. Fletcher then told his tale. He found Ro- bert Hughes striking at everybody within his reach, like a madman, and in the scuffle be broke a pane in the window. George Hughes put out the light, and John Jonea attempted to rescue the prisoner when they were taking him to Bridewell. George Hughes was fined E6, or 2 months' impri- sonment; John Jones P2 10s, or 1 month's impri- sonment; Robert II ughes being bound over to keep the peace for 12 months. transfer OF licensb REFUSED. Mr Remner, of Liverpool, applied for the transfer of the license for ti e Black Lion, Rhostyllen, from Edward Evans to John Jones, of Rhostyllen. A few weeks ago the same application had been made, and refused on the ground that the public accom- nxdation did not require a public house in that place. Mr Rumner contended that the Bench had LO right to take away a license unless at the an- riual licensing sessions, and that by so doing they were doing the ownor of the property a great injus- tice. Tho applicant was a fit person to undertake the business, and could produce the most satisfac- tory testimonials. This view of the case did not square with those entertained by his lordship, who com batted them with Lis usual gusto and success, and 10 after a long C, wordy contest, in which the ISench was sure to win, the application was re- fused. night roAcinxG. John Evans was senteiiecd to six months impri- sonment for poaching in Wynnstay Park. J Obll Wilson, a watehor in the employ of Sir Watkin, heard the prisoner in a field, and hc, together with a ghel)iloi,ti, took him into custody, and found a hare in Lis possession. It wrs warm, and as the prison- er failed satisfactorily to expl ain how he came by il, be was convicted of poaching. He had been twice convicted of the same ofience.
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< oa! Mine peosecutiov.-Oii Monday, at Leeds, Brown, colliery owner at Ike 2 was HUfl- luoiied at the iusiauce of Mr. liorton, tile govcru- lJl inspector, for various breaches of the 18th and !?h Victoria, viz., ncg!ectingtu furnish thc ,u^ *ith a map ? tLc ?crkings, ?r uot securely it c ? ?u.<t. L- not providing copies of the .ute. to  ?cr.. and with uoth?i.? CD??d special .ule.? ?..na?-ment of the coUicry M squired bj he 1" t 13tuxvu, iii (lefence, said he worked t?be (',1:1' l' I 1 b I' d J c-?l.rv as Sai?L ) v Bi be b?cvcd ?s ??"s.te, and as ??d'?cu worked fur m?y Y?rs He w? igiior- ?"tof.hencwn.qm.-emcnts, but woul,d ?'?'?y? <-?- i' tic liew r(,qiii,ciLeiit ? 'i b-it %vk?-uld %villin',7 ?I.v ej)ifi- c,ui,t till*, et t?l a of' ill, )s. ?.?. u?t?r cciik-ry owucr, u?rcd .io?p) '-L? vva» suu.av-u«i under the ?ic ..ct ?d hucd ?? and costs. Adm'ral Virgin, ?ho commanded the A dill,r;Ll ?'irgiii, A-lio co-rimaiideu' the S?,veilislil frigate in her three Tears' scienu?c voyage round lier t l iree Y.-ars' -;cieULifiC voyacre round is -appoiiited S%ved ia l i envoy to the court
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I DISTitlCT NBW3. I THE BRYNMALLY ACCIDENT. I ADJOURNED INftUEsT ON THE BODIES. The examination of witnesses commenced on Mon- day morning last at the Grapes Inn, Aloigs. The government inspector was not present at the open- ing of the proceedings, but he arrived in the course of the morning. It was debated for soma time whether it would be prudent to take the examina- tions without him, but it was at last decided in the affirmative. After the jury had been swuin, the eoroner rose and said In sousequeiiee of articles which have appeared in the local press of last week, in which certain remarks have been made, I have only to c, ay that I feel quita sure, so far as I my- self, as Queen s coroner, am concerned, and looking at the respectability and intelligence of the gentle- men who compose the jury upon this occasion, that we shall carry out this inquiry according to the words of the oath you have taken, without fear, favour, or affection," and also without malice, 1111- tied, or ill-will, I shall make no further comments on the articles which have appeared in the Wrex- ham papers, because I think the remark s are very preliminary. I don't wish to say anything further upun the subject. The government inspector is not present., but it is in the hands of tho jury to say whether we shall commence now, or adjourn. It having been decided as above— Edward Ed wards was first called, and sworn. He said I am a collier by trade, and work in No. 3 pit at the Brynnially colliery, in the main coal. I know all the deceased they were all colliers, and worked in the same employ as myself. I have no- thing to state particularly about the accident, but I thought we were quite safo all along. I am a chatter-master, or contractiug collier. I believe the water broke in on a Tuesday, the 30th of Septem- ber last. Tho water broke in upon us about 20 minutes past 1 0 dork at noon, and the whole of the deceased were down the pit then, and a many others besides. I am not quite sure how many theie were in all, but I think 56. I have 24 men under me (including myself), and we were working in the south sido of the works. I went down the pit that morning between á and 6 o'clock. I can't say whether I was down first or not-I rather think Robert Price, another chalter-master, vras before me. It was our business to go first, he as a sub- underlooker. The Coroner: There is no such a functionary mentioned in the government regulations as sub- underlooker." A juror then explained that Price was a fireman, and it was his duty to look to the fire and to the air pit. Three of the deceased were with me, viz; Ed- war d Cunnah, Stephen Davies, and Samuel lari-y, having come down after me, We were all work- ing in the lower range of the south side of the main coal, about 600 yards from the eye of the'pit. The depth of the pit is, I believe, 160 yards. The three deceased were working above the fault, and I was walling the coal after the men. The others were working in wickets about 25 yards not so far down the wagon road. At 1 o'clock I was eating my dinner in one of the thrillings, near to the end of the works; the three deceased were working, having had their dinners, about 30 yards beyond the fault. The remainder were in wickets and in the waggon road. At about 20 minutes past 1, my boy, John Edwards, came shouting, and told me that the water had broken in, saying, Father, you must come from there—the pit is full of wa- ter." and then I called out to the others. There were several men between me and the deceased, who were some 40 or 50 yards off at the time. I shouted to them (in Welsh) to come from there. William Roberts was the next man to me, about 2o yards distance. He answered something, but I can- not tell exactly what it was, I then ran away for my life, first down a road about 80 yards, then along another between 5 and GOO, and then turned to tho air pit, along another road about 200 yards in length. When I gut to the eye of the pit, I had to wait until a rope was lowered down, as it is not a winding pit. It is about 170 yards deep. I could I not hear them from above, but I suppose they could hear us, for shortly afterwards a rope came down. There were 30 men at the eye of the shaft then they all came from thetsouth or lower side. There was a fire at the bottom, and before we could go up it was necessary to put it out, which I myself did. I then, with two others, went up on the chain first, and afterwards they were all drawn up, two and three at a time. One or two of the men assisted me to put the fire out. I was the first man to go up together with Samuel Roberts and Wm. Pridden. I did not stop at the top when I got there, but went to change my clothes, which were wet from the steam and water at the pit's eye. I did not subsequently go down in search of the men who had remained in the pit. Mr Clayton observed that. the conduct Ðf thii man was most praiseworthy, as he it was who put out the fire when the other men never thought of attempting it. Seth Roberts was the next witness examined. He said: I am chalter-master in the employ of the Brynmally Coal Company. I knew all the deceased, who were all colliers. I was on the top of the in- cline when I first heard the alarm of water, eat- ing my dinner-this was from 20 minutes to half- past one o'clock. I was talking to Thomas Fisher, another chalter-master, on the first range or break. I heard two boya coming up-shrieking. I then ran to meet them through a door in the north-side of the upper waggon road. James Strange, one of them, shouted out, saying, "Tshmael Griffiiths has broken into water." Robert Williams tumbled down, and after getting him up, I told them to aun for their lives. I myself, stood for a moment, and ran down the first break to the eye of the pit. I found 4 men standing at the top of the incline, and I took them all before together with several others. Two were at the eye when I arrived there, making in all 13. Eleven went up the No, 8 pit the jirst time, and two the second, all of them being thus saved. Tho third time a quantity of boards came up wet, and the cage also was wet and muddy, showing that there was a quantity of water at the bottom. Wo then did our best to get a rope iown the air-pit. To do this we had to make a hole in the side of a chimney, which formed a continuation of the shaft about 9 feet in height. A rope waa then fastened to a snatch block and also to the whimsey, to which chains were attached, and it was then let down the air pit. No one went down with it, but the chain would enable any one to come up. Three came up the first time, 4 the se- cond, 3 the third, and so on until the whole 30 were safely landed on the surface. We then found that 13 men still remained behind in the pit. By a Juror: The whole of the 30 did not arrive at the surface of the air pit,but 17 did. The re- maining 13 were landed at the two yard level which opened into the shaft some 35 yards from the other pit. Isbmael Griffiths came to work that morning between 5 and 6 o'clock. He worked at the north side. 1 examined the place that morning and saw no sign of danger at all. The examination of the witnesses had proceeded thus far when the Government Inspector arrived. After he had taken his seat, the Coroner read over the evidence of the first witness, Edward Edwards, after which he was I KXAMINB BY THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR. I Edwards said 1 hare been chalter master 4 years at the No. 3, pit in different parts of it. I have been working on the south side for 12 months, pre- I vious to which I was at the top of the break. I ¡ have been working at the north iaido at the com- mencement of the works-at the lower range of the north sido. I have driven it te the extent to which it is now. The north side was wet at the very be- ginning since I worked it. The water came from the slag above the coal-in the roof. It came pretty regular, like rain. The greatest quantity of water was from the face of the levels or crossings. It is two years since I was there, and thera was no more appearance of water when I left than when I bpgan, The water had not lessend any—it was about the same. Had worked in the mine altogether about 8 years, when Mr. Kyrke had it, for four years for him, and four for the present Compiny I knew nothing of the adjoining collieries, but I knew there was water in the Yord pits on the estate next to Brynmally. I was aware that in the north crossings, I was driving towards the old working, but not in the same coal. 1 was told there was a fault there. The fault is 14 yards wide. Don't kuuw it of myself, but was given to I understand that it was so, having never seen it. I did not think it was necessary to bore. Government Inspector: But as you say you knew you were in the neighbourhood of old work- ings, and as there was a great quantity of water continually coming into the works, did it not strike you, that it would be proper to bore ? Witness No, I never thought nothing at all about boring, I did not consider there was any dan- ger. There were no cracks in the coals, only what are called briggins. Have a copy of the Govern- j ment rule,-A. Can't say that I have read them all. parei.ay that I have read rule 38. but don't reeol- lect doing so particularly. Government Inspector: It is your duty as a cuaifer master to have these rules off by heart, set that you may be enabled to repeat therefrom end to end. N-Vitness I cannot speak English very well, much ICLIS rd it. The rules are not printed in Welsh. Government Inspector: Do you know that it i3 compulsory for you to make borings when you ap- proach any place whoro water 12 supposed to be ? l do you know this? I S Witness. I never gave a thought about it, as I we were safe from water in the old workings in consequence of the 14 yards of fault, which are marked on the old plan. (Plans of the Yord estate produced by Mr. Clayton.) I saw the water when I came out of thti workings, but can't say it filled tho pit. Before I left I warned them all- that Is, the men who were next to me, and thsy were close to the remainder. This witness was then examined at some length by Mr Clayton, in order to elicit from him that John Peters had formerly made plans of the coal mines under the Yord and Bryntiinlly estates, and that it was understood that therti was a fault be tween the north side of the Brynmally portion and the south side of the other. He also, it would ap- pear, had formerly worked the two yard coal which had been given up about seventeen years agi),on ac- count, he stated, of its being so wet that the men refused to work it, although they were paid 4s 9d per day too, instead of 2s 9d, the usual price. It was so ditty and wet and muddy, he stated, that he would nut have worked it for 10s per ton. It was altogether, he said, a very wet district. He was questioned at ilorne length in relation to these mat- ters to prove, we presume, that there was nothing novtd in the water oozing out, and that as it was a common occurrence, it did not create any alarm or apprehension, and therefore boring was not re- sorted to. Seth Roberts was then re-examined by tho go- vernment inspector. He said: Ishmael Griffiths was working under me at the extreme end of the level at the north side. There was a number of others working in the wickets within 50 yards of me. Next to him were James Strange and Isaac I Perry, in the wickets in the waggon road. Six men were also employed working soma 50 or 60 yards from the same road, and 3 were working some 150 yards higher up. All the deceased were working under me, but 3. I have been four years in my pre- sent employment as chalter master. Allthelevels have been driven by me, that is under my charge, from the top of the breaks to the farthest end It has always been very wet all the way. The place I left behind me was drained of water, but not un-I less wickets were formed. The workings of tho road did not do so until we mado a wicket. Some- times it was wetter than another, but always worse after rainy weather. It perforated through the roof like rain—the binding coal of the roof. I did not know the district before I became chal- ter master. I have heard that there were old workings in the north side,—I had heard it. I heard it from many, and also from Mr Holcioft, the underlooker, who stated that there was a fault on the yord side of the fault which would bo our boun- dary, and I understood that it was 14 yard s in breadth. I relied on this information as being cor- rect, as I had nothing else to depend upon. Whea driv'ng tl c level we crossed several small faults, the largest being 6 feet wide, inclining down to the north. No additional water to speak, of came out of these faults. The roof strata had to be propped all the way>jalong, but when coal was not worked the roof was good. The propriety of boring never suggested itself to my mind, because I did not believe that there was any body of water near. I knew there wa-s water on the other side of the fault—the D fault, as it is called. Mr Holcroft never called my attention particularly to the fault on the plans, but 1 saw it marked on them. He told me that it would be two hundred yards from (near) the 6 feet fault before we should come to it (the D fault). They had stopped driving three weeks before, because having plenty ot wick- ets we did not care for going any further. We did not think we had come to tho main fault. Mr Holcroft did not say anything to me about the small faults before I came to them, nor I to him. No one ever pointed out the course of the D fault on the surface, nor did I know anything of the old workings, nor did it ever strike mo that we might be draining them. 1 had the full charge of the north side of the workings. I have read the 38th rule; it states that borings are to be made in the vicinity of water. The Government Inspector here read the rule in question, which is as follows :—38.—111 approach- ing a place likely to contain a dangerous quan- tity of water, or where a dangerous accumulation of Gas is known to exist, the Underlooker or Fireman shall see that borings be kept in advance and on both sides, sufficiently far to discover its existence before the barrier of coal has been so weakened as to render a dangerous influx possi- ble and that Pits, and all oth.r entrances from the surface, shall be protected from the effect of sudden flooùs" It appeared to him, he added, that the meaning of the rule was that borings should be made in placcs likely to eontain a quan- tity of water. Examination of the witness was continued .— I had a copy as soon as they came out in Janu- ary last. It was my duty, if I had perceived any danger to have stated it to the underlooker, Mr Holcroft. I could not have bored without his knowledge, and I should have had to wait for his permission. lIe came into the workings, say, every two or three days, and oftener if he were wanted and we sent for him. The level was stopped three weeks ago (before tho accident) be- cause the man who was driving it wanted more money, and we would not give it him. Ithmael Griffiths was working at the farther end of the level when the water broko in. I heard him exclaim, "How wow" at the time, and that was all. I do not know for a fact, but I reason to believe that it was loosened at the far' ther end in the waggon road which bad been stop- ped three weeks before. The question of boring had never been discussed. Yes, on the Saturday before the accident, Ishmael Griffith was s juaring the top of the waggon road, and a quantity uf water came out of a brigging into where he was working, and he told me that he had met with a briggi g, from which there came a strange quantity of water, I then went to see ity and saw a stream ef water coming out of the lower side of the working. It was coming eut of the bind. On this I went to Mr Holcroft and informed him of the circumlltauc- that Ishmael Griffiths had come to a stream of wa- ter, and he on that told me to stop him. I replied that he had stopped of himself. In fact, I had told him not to go on, because I was afraid, thinking that there might be water thereabouts, of which we knew nothing. Mr Holcroft did not agree with me as to any probable danger, but after I argued with him for a time, he said we had better stop him .nt11 things were got ready for boring. I argued that it would be better to bore, as we did not know what water might be there, seeing it coming out of the brigging. He reasoned with me. and said, What can be there—we are not near the fault yet." This happened on the Saturday before the Tuesday on which the accident occurred. It waa not bored, however. On the Monday morning, Ishmael Grif- fiths went to work a thrilling close by. Government Inspector: That is, two yards from the place where the water ooaed out on the Satur- day previous ? Witness: Yes. He went to work in the thrilling within two yards of the end. He had no boring tools with him. No one ever cautioned me about the water. Had seen Mr Clayton iu the works, but I not lately. He was in that part of the works in April last, but not since that he knew of. The men never expressed any fear of the water breaking in, and Ishmael Griffiths said that he did not believe there was anything there but water coming from the breakage. Mr Clayton had not been down since the dialling was made, nor sinQs we opened the 6 feet fault, to my knowledge. The Foreman: How came you to put Ishmael Griffiths to work at a place only two yards from a spot which you yourself considered to be danger- ous only two days before, and that too without bor- ing ? Did you do it of your own accord ? Witness: I did. Foreman Did it not appear to you to be danger- ous to do so, only two yards from that spot ? Mr Clayton and a juror here stated that he did not say that it was *4 dangerous," but that he and Mr Holcroft had agreed to bore from motives of prudence. The Inspector: Tell the jury exactly what took place between you and Mr. Holcroft on the Satur- day. Witness He asked me was the road far enough to open the wicket, and I aid it was. He then said I had better open it. On the Monday I went with Ishmael Griffiths to the spot, aud told him where to begin, pointing it out and measuring it with a yard. Ishmael Griffiths was not an old man —he was 32 years of age on the day when the wa- ter broke in. All the family are colliers, and he himself had always bren so. I did not go back to look after my comrades, but came up the No 3 pit. By Mr Clayton I knew there was a fault some- where, but I did not know where before Mr Hol- croft tcld me. After some other questions by Mr Clayton, the government inspector and the coroner both object- ed to his manner of doing so, as he, they affirmed, put the answers into his mouth, which the inspec- tor said was hardly right. A juror here begged to make a few remarks. He said ho knew it was considered by many persons in the neighbourhood that this was a packed party, and he thought it would be better if Mr Clayton did not put so many questions, as it would only cause suspicion He thought this course would be best both for Mr Clayton and for them, the jury. The coroner remarked that Mr Clayton could cer- tainly put any legal question which he thought pro- per 80 that he did not lead the witness. ). À.ftera few observations from several other par- tiea- [t103 & Peteia was tken twom and exammed. He was, he stated, underground bailiff at the Frood works. His father, who was dead, had made plans of the Brynmally and Yord estates, and he himself had assisted in dialling. About seven years ago he had worked in the two yard coal in ths Brynmally pit, which was then worked by the Messrs Kyrke. The level was very wet, so much so that they were obliged at last to give it up. The north side was always the wet, and tha eouth the dry. parts of the Brynmally works. His father had marked th* D fault as dividing the two estates, but he did not j k low how he got his information, as he could never have seen it himself. H. supposed he mutt have been told by some of the old men who had worked in the pit (tho Yord) many years ago, He had ne- ver worked there himself, nor had any man then living, he believed, as it had been closed between 50 and 60 years. In answer to questions put to him, he eaid,—I do not believe that my father hal j any means of tr?ciug the course of the D fault. The J workmen in the pit might have told him of it, and I he might haTe put it down from their information. J I do not know, iu faet, what my father knew on the I subject. He stated that he had been accustomed himself to bore when he expected to meet water, and h. thought it a good thing to bore. lie had t not stated elsewhere, or to any one, that they ought to have bored at Brynmally, because he thought the fault was whole. He would not have been afraid of sleeping where the water broke in, because his father said the fault was there. It being now 5 o'clock, the inque3t was adjourn- ed until Wednesday, the 12th iustant, to give time for Mr Hickson, the government inspector, to view the works. A question then arose as to where they should I adjourn to. Part of the jury said the room where they then were in, was not only small, but it was also damp, and that it was altogether either 'I to:) warm or too cold. Several others objected to the witnesses and the majority of the jury being I dragged down to Wrexham, and proposed that it be adjourned to the Cross Foxes, Pentre. Ultimatelv it was decided by a votg that the iuqltest be ati- journed to Mr Whittaker's, Turf Tavern, Wrexham —ten voting for the proposition. The inqnest was then adjourned accordingly. TJI] Metropolitan Pitmss.-REPoR,ri-,ic. AT THE "Long RA--iGP,The following rep,,rt of the inq uest appeared in the Manchester Examiner and Times of Wednesday, copied, it would seem, from a London journal. Errors will creep in occasionally in the best conducted prints, but the following re- port has literally no truth in it." For the edifi- cation of our readers we shall give it entire, as an interesting newspaper morecau. The inquest on the bodies of the thirteen un- fortunate persons who perished by the inundations which took place at the Bryn Mally Colliery, on the 30th of Sepfember, was proceeded with on Mon- day morning, before Mr Thelwall, the coroner for the Wrexham district of Denbighshire. The scene was indescribably painful and distressing; the rela- tivea and friends of the deceased persons being as- sembled in large numbers, and evincing intense 1 grief."—[Nothing of the kind. There were none present but thoso who were required to give evi- dence, and whatever may have been their feelinga they gave no outward e pressrm to them, j » H'l'l d', h The distressing catastrophe has made no less than 9 widows and 27 orphans, and it is satisfac- tory to know that the subscription whioh has been entered into in the principality, on behalf of the re- latives of the victims, is proceeding iJa. a very satis- factory manner. The owners of the mine were professionally represented, as well as several of thr I deceased persons"—[Neither one nor'the other were I professionally represented. Mr Clayton conducted his own "defence," and there was not a single I lawyer in the room, with the excoption of the co- roner ] Mr Dickinson and Mr Wynn, the government inspectors, were prcscnt.(Xeithcr of these gen- tlemen were present that we know of, but Mr Hick- son was, and examined the witnesses ] := I. Some preliminary evidenee having been gone through, as regards the identification of some of the bodies, witnesses were called to speak to the t working of the mine, and its condition at the time when the accident took place."—[Not one word was said as to the identification of the bodies, this having been done on the previous Wednesday. Mr Holcroft was present, but was not examined.] A mongst these was Thomas Holdcroft, theover- seer of the underground workings. The inquiry, which is expected to occupy several days, was pro- ceeding whon our parcel was despatched." —Even this statement conveys an erroneous idea. The in- ( quest is expected to last one other day, according to the opinion of the government inspector, and it was adjourned after that day's proeeediugs for a 1 week. Inquest.—Pefer Pirry, Esq., Coroner for Flintshire, held an inquest on the bodv of Richard Roberts, aged 15 years, who was accidentally killed near Coleshire Colliery, Bagillt, ou the 25th ult. Verdict accordingly. Caution TO OVERSEER. OF THE Poor.—a man of the name of Edwiu d Edwards, residing in the town of B-iii, Merionethshire, by his plausible and insinuating manner, got into the employ of several Overseers in the surrounding rural districts as Collector of Rates, and having progressed j through the first half of the parochial year, and collected much of the rates as he could, besides advance- fi > 11 his .employers "to meet the calls of the (hi irdians," he suddenly discovered that his houb; ha been broken inte, and he therefore rould not meet the payments of the overseers. No one believed the story and the eollector is now in cu-s'ody upon three charges of embezzlement of poor'rafes, one of Queen's taxes, and another of oht iining money under false pretences, in demand. ing rates and receiving them before they were signed and published, and therefore before they were legally due. NATGLT['{.-A\vFUL DrATIT.-Oll the 28th nit. an inquest was held, before Dr. Pierce, on the body of William Davies, aged fourteen, who died I the previous day under the following distressing circumstances. It appeared that the youth was in a cart, on the mountain, near the qmarries, with his uncle, in whose service he was, for the purpose of taking into the cart ruslte which being cut with a scythe, which was placed in the cart, at the en- treaty of the youth. As the cart was being drawn I along the mountain. in eousequenee of the jolting of the vehicle the unfortunate boy was thrown down from the load, together with the scythe, the poor fellow falling upon its edge. The poor sufferer died shortly afterwards of hemorrhage. The Coronef strongly denounced the conduct ot the parties allowing the scythe to be placed in the cart. The jury returned a verdict of accideatal death. II ltajcrwyr.—raifcwat PROI COWAT TO Bet- tws-T-Coed,—A very -crowdod, influential and highly respeetable meeting was held is the Town Hall, the 27th ult., at which H. R. Sandbach, of Hafodunos, Esq., presided, to take into consider- ation the necessity and expediency of memor. ialising the Right Honourable Lord Willoughby de Eiesby, on the subject of a projected line of railway from Conway to Bettws-y-Coed; which line would have to past, for several miles, through a portion of his Lordship's property. The following resolutions were put and earried by acclamation. The first resolution was put to the meeting by R. O. Moulsdale, of Bryndyffryn, Esq. and seconded by the Rev. M. Freeborn, of School Bctnk-" That a memorial be addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Willoughby de Eiesby, requested his consent end approbation of a line of railway up the Tale of Llanrwst, from the Chester and Holyhead line on the Carnarvonshire side of the River Conway." The secend resolut- ion was proposed by Mr. Prosser, and seconded by Mr. Watkin l,ewi That a form of memor- ial to his Lordship be agreed upon." The third resolution was proposed by the Rev. Jno. Boulger, and seconded by Mr. Richard Hughes,—" That a committee of Ave be appointed to carry these re- solutions into effect." The committee was imme- diatelv formed of the following named gentlemen j -H. R- Sandbach. Esq., R. O. Moulsdale, Esq., Mr. Robert Jones, Ùfr. Richard Hughes, and Mr. Watkin Lewis; after which the meeting separ- ated.. I HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. Sir W W. Writ's Hounds will meet on Saturday, 8th Shocklach Monday, 10th, Penley We,dnos(liv, 12th" Carden, Thursday, 13th Isaooyd Saturday, 15th Boreatton Each day at half-past ten o'clock. The CHESHIRE Hounds will meet on— Monday, 10th Shipbrook Bridge Wednesday. 12th Peover Hall Thursday, "13th Pool Hall Saturdav, 15th. Sutton Pinfold Each day at half-past ten o'clock. [ Sir R. W. Vaughan's FoxHounds will meet on— Mondav, 10th Garthydwfr Wednesday, 12th Nantclwyd Bridge Friday, 24th Ty ffus Each day at 10 o'clock. St. Vincent Cape de Yerds has suffered terribly from cholera. Out of a population of 1,200, 800 persons had died, principally males. The bodies of the dead had to be burnt in the public square in j the absence of means to inter them. I
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I C0HR2SP0ND8JS03. I We do niat hold ourselves responsible for the letters Iqf cny qf our C?y/'?'?O??'/t?. ?%M part of o? I P?? ig <T?o<?? for the /?'?< c?/'<?.M?? of pM??'a ?'?i'0? y?/m/'G?, and not for i'Ac&?e?St'wa vieUJS of Ianv jpa?MM?r?c?or?a??. I OSWESTRY INCORPOltkTION-Ic ECONO- MY" OF THE DIRECTORS. f To the Editor of the Dtnbightkirt Adeortiscr. Sir,-At a inseeing of the board of directors of the Oswestry incorporation, held the 3rd day of November inst., it was resolved, that in consider- ation of the report of Jelin^er Simons, llilq, Her 1 Majesty's Inspector of Schools, who intimates therein his intention of recommending to the com- mittee of couueil "'1 odiuation a considerable re- duction in the amount of salaries paid to fit schoolmaster and his wife from the parliamentary vote. The board accordingly gave notice to Mr. Cole- man that his servicei would be dispensed with after Christmas, at the same time assuring him that they had nothing objectionable against either his charae- ter or conduct, but their view of the case was en. tirely a utilitarian one of £ s. d., and they further I thought a uvmg would accrue to the union funds by his rations, as they intended to appoint a school- mistress who, iu their opinion, wjuid be perfectly competent, to tnko tho management of the ehiidron, as the school was greatly reduced in numbers. Mr. Coleman objecting to their utilitarian £ s. d. morality, demanded of them a special meeting to take his case into consideration, but was refused. Therefore an appeal lies with the Poor law Board as tho only alternative for both parties. The sal- ary paid to the Schoolmaster and his wife from the parochial funds has never exceeded £15 per annum. The plea of economy brought so prominently forward as the only motive for their decision will not stand the test of investigation by any one ac- quainted w-ththejantecedeuts of the directors. Now, after the appointment of the present master, at a very high salary, the board hired the servant he brought with him from Shrewsbury at £8 a-year and officers' rations, and afterwards allowed her ale, which amounts to a little over £2 a-year, the total ex pence of a hired rorvant to the parishes tnus eqwllling the expenses of the schoolmistiess. Besides being an almost unprecedented thing, it is what no master of the above union. was over allowed oe- fore. If the board will begin at the head in their system of retrenchment they will flwl no objectien riiise,41 by any of their officers in having'their sala- ries reduced by an equitably ratio, but, until they act in tho spirit of fairness they must espcct op- position. You will greatly oblige me by inserting the above in your next piper. t Your most obedient servant, t Richard Coleman, Schoolmaster, j [We have given insertion to tho foregoing in justice I to the writer, as he states facts, which it true, are discreditable to the Board of Directors iu its coiporate capacity. Of the facts themselves, I cr the motives of the writer, we at present know mothing. Mr. Coleman has, it fcppors ad- dressed a letter to a small penny loeal publica- ti(p;t weekly we believe) which does ¡ the "amiable "to the ofacials of the incorpora- tion, and is noted for giving "information f found in no t-tier paper," either metrr,poli- j tan or provineiul, and telegraphic despatches'' I which never arrive; but it has been rejected as a I matter of course," by the prluimt uditor.-ED. J f To the Editor of the Deibighs'rira Adoerther Sir,—Your correspondent, A Common Labour- er," has at length commenced replying to my let- ters. Had I k'lown that lie, iatenuea to do so, I should probably not have said anything about the phrase, "All common sense reasoning his as yet been entirely lo t upon him and his patty." With much that your correspondent^ letters con- tain, I quite agree, though I do not see tho bearing which these portions havo on the question in dis- pute. I quite agree with him that Statutory en- actments are virtually and necessarily compulsory." But I deny that education is properly a subject far Statutory enactment." I consider that as the power to compel ia always liable to be abused, it i should be confined "within the narrowest possible limits, consistent with public safety, I regard the government as the organised physi- eal force of tho nation, who-o sole business it is to protect. the people from those physical evils from which they can only be protected by physical force, And I consider any appropriation by the gu. vurnment, of the public moimy, for purp')e. not legitimately earning within itd province, is a public robbery, and that what the govern- ment has no right to give, the people have no right to receive.. I believe popular ignorance to be a very groat evil, but not bein^ in itself a physical evil, it is not the kind of evil with which the government has a right to deal. But your correapondent says, Po- pular ignorance" is a nuisance. Hut if so, nho will define the kind or dc?arva of ignorance that constitutes such a nuisance as to justify govern- j ment interference? A person may be so ignorant as to believe that Oliver Cromwell iived beforo Ju- lius Cesar; aad that Austral:? is one ef the West Indian Islands; and yet be a perfectly harmless, j and in some respects, a useful membor of society (Though he would doubtless, with the same dispo- sition, ht more useful if ue had more knowledge.) While A person :uay be well versed in the scien- ces, and yet be a fraudulent tradesman, a wilolosale swindler, a corrupt politican, a tyrauical ruler, an unjust war-maker, a slave holder, or a scientific poisoner. Ia these cases knowledge would ba power for evil. Your correspondent asks what creed I would spe- cially designate as a false one. I reply one that is at variance with facts. Thus if it is a fact that the earth revol ves, the creed of Galileo's persecutor'* must have been false. lIence a man who believed the religious creeds could not have taught the as- tronomical fact. Tiiis serves to show that a man's creed may have some influence ou hii teaching. In mv letter of Oct. 4th, I alluded to other instances in which a man's creed may atfect ilia teaching. No doubt while human orror exists, there will bd erroneous teaching under any system. But on the voluntary principle, no one c ia be compelled to pay for teaching what he believes to lie error. And it any party persist in teaching discovered errors, there schools may be superceded by more enlight- ened rivals. But if once a system of government instruction be established, tree inquiry would na- turally be discouraged, the system would be in a great measure stereotyped, aud, as we see iu the Church of England, future improvement wjuid be difficult if not impossible. But your eorrespoudcut says, On the eecular plan the teacher would be appointed solely on aG- count *f tw moral aad intellectual fitnc" This would be just as it ought to be. But can he be sure that it would be 10 Are all govern- ment appoinments male on this prino;iple t Is it certain that there would be no patronage ? It never occurred to me that knowledge would en- danuiT niv creed. If it is in i.ecuiddlice with lac s, no degree of knowledge can endanger it. if it is not, the sooner it is discredited the better. It is evident that the advocates of popular educa- tion are divided inte several sects. Which may be included in thrse naaiu divisions. As 1. The deno- niiuational, as the liemau Catholic, Episcopalian, &c. 2. The Scriptural, such aa :he iiritisa and Foreign School Society, the Voluutary Scheol Socicty, &8. 3. The Seculir. ))1&11. exeeilent men and sincere christians of variotii religious deaominatious may be found Biiiotij the adherents ol both the scriptural and the secular systems. So that tlieso two caunot be called religious sects, they may be called educational sects. And, if we may judge by the number t schools they have established, the Secular siect is tue smallest of all the sects. Now oue principal objection 1 make to government education, is, that it ili impossible to adopt any one system of ed ucation that is fair to all parties. If any one sect, (says the secular,) be adop- ted, injustice must be done to all the other sects. Your correspondent says, "1 have aUo proved that Observer' is so convinced thai his own tucology eoa- tains the whole curriculum of religious truth, ttlat he would as a matter of course, did Jus possess the power, force its acceptance ou all and sumiry who dissented from liiiii." Where is the proof of \lJis? Where have I expressed any with tu force my theology ou any one? Where have 1 said that I have any taco- lo>»v? Or that theology ought to be taugllt iu the schools? What have 1 meant to indicate is that, aa some persons believe catechisms and theological creeds essential to a good education, :it. would ba unjust tocomp? them to support Mhooia in wh. .hc? arc not taught. And as some think tn. bt? ble ought to be taught, it would be uujust to compel them to & 'P- port schools from which the bible is excluded. And, I miht have added, that as some th.uk in=t,ucti«u may be better conducted without either bible or creed ?J catechism; it would be unJubt to compel them to pay for schools in which these are used. What 1 ai- yocate is the perfeC freedom of education. fhat all parties shall be at hherty to learn, to teach, aud to pay for teaching what, vcr they please, and that none shall be compelled to learn, or to pay for teaching anv way. Can we possibly have greater freedom than this ? Your correspondent desires for ^education, its complete emancipation from sectarian and clerical I control. llow did education como. under this con- trol ? i i I Why did not the ecanJar educations adopt tho cau-e of popular education when it was unpopular ? Then they Would have pre-oeeupied the ground now possessed by the" sects." Or why have they not since started schools at their own expense (as tho beci ts, have done,) which bv their superior efficiency might have superceded those of the sects t Your correspondent says absolutism and political serfdom spring out of that condition of national mind in which tke great mass of the people are iu- capabie of either understanding po'itical rights or of appreciating national freedom." But is he sure that } 1 the people would learn the principles under a SyS. tcm of government edacatiot, ? UavJ they learne them by govcrnaieut education in any country which hag an aristocracy and a state ckurch ? Or could the people lonjj remsia ignorant of these things if the voluntary priueiple were allowed In unobstructed course P Would the government ever have thought of etiii i eating the people, if the sects" had not given strong indications of accomplishing the work by their own voluntary euoris ? In a very early stage of the movement, in favour of popular education, it was mentioned with alsrm iu ) high quarters that" knowledge has increased, is in- j ci easing, and must be checked." And it was not un- j til after it li:ttl increased faster than the population, a:nd gave plain indications thaa it would speedily be. come general, that ihe government adopted the cause. It was the "sectarians" who first cared tor the i 44 uneared for and neglected children," aud it is tht-v j who have done and are doing more for them, than ever was done, or is ever likely to be7dono by govern- me/it. Government may repress voluntary efforts, but it can never supply its place. If the people are to be elevated they must e'evate themselve. And if tho people will not do tha work themselves the government can not- Other portions of your correspondent's letters call for remark, but this letter is already too long. Thanking you for indulging me with so much space, I am yours rcspccttuHy, An OBSIWV!R. I THE "WRIGHT" TESTIMONIAL. j I To the Editor of the I Sia,—What a very unhappy set of persons those r,iionyttious friends of our v.car must be who keep now and then writing to you about cur old parish dis- I pute 1 One would think that they had not had enough of it; or tint they tried to beiievo themselves a par- j ty in the parish, and that Mr Charles Wright aki(i his supporters were also a party, instead of being, as tha fact is. tiie whole parish, except the clergy, and their immediate dependents and connexions, but not including even the old women who receive the parish bread Oil Sunday. If there is auy one who approves of the vicar or disapproves of Mr Charles Wright and his I)ar'Ly, why iu the name of aillut is manly, do they not speak lip at tho Testry and at theáe meetings ?—for it al- ways turns out that some of them have been lurking in some corner as a spy, and then he coine9 out lull fledged as "Anti-iinmbug," or with some Latin name. Though it matters not a bit whrtt they say, yet it would he worth kuowiu1; who it was who wrote the rigmarole in your last, paper about Charles Wright's j Testimonial." I have read it twice, and can make nothing of it whatever? Who does he find fault with j —ChnWes Wright? Why, Mr Charles Wright, di- rectly he heard of the proposal, wrote to Mr Whalley declining it. Who does he mean by the chairman who would not attend so poor • mcctiag—M r WhaL lev i Why the writur might have seen by Mr C ¡ Wt'i?ht's letter, that there was no eceasion for auy fncetin?, aud th.J. Mr Whalley m?reiy had to commu- nicate the letter he had received to those who had call- ed the mcetiug. Now, if it is any satisfaction to him to !.a )w, I beg to inform him that it was 1, in con- junction with some others, who railed the meeting; and further than that, I can assure him that if Mr C. Wright would withdraw his objection to a testimonial, ¡' we would get him in a week a3 good a one as was ever presented to any one in tiiis pari Fii. What does the writer mean by ins aiiusious about some meeting at the Ithos, where it seems be was ftlso '¡ present. I have seen no report of any such meeting, though I heard that Mr Whalley had. been engaged in promoting there a British school for the working j classes, with penny banks, &e., as he has done at Cefn. I would advise this writer to follow Mr Wtiailey frtim one part of the parish to the other, in his constant II lauour to raise thy condition and prosperity of the people. If he does, he may p05<ib!y acquire somewhat of his honesty, earnestness, and public rp-LriL if he does not, he may reasonably be suspected of eutcrtam- ii, principles antagonistic to peace, charity, and good will towards his neighbours. i am, ri r yours &c., Rhoiymedre. l l iMPIWlPimilW William Pcleston. 1
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-.u_ DEATH FUot CHF.WCW LUCIFRR NIATCtig:S. iltunday au iiiquest \Ya held at the Buck i nil, 011.. ger, ILear (.(1 tht body of Niar-y 6.,iillwj i: agd One )ear aud ten mouths, by Mr J. ii. :)C:H,, (I e UAty corouer. Frotii the evidence ot the JilliL Siulijioii,, it reared that about 4 o'e,)ciL last Martha Bitrker, a ueihbour, brr)Ij¡;:H f. child hollic froln her hhe s-ud the chHJ II" bceu thw\vilJg up, aud a"kcd the uiottier what beea LatiuS. Theajtother replied that iHe tur diuuer. It comiuucd Voillitilig 8 until live o'dock, when the si-rijl)tt)inii Otc.lIJe wl.ric. It was subsequeutly u¡ccrl..lIJcJ itutn biotlier that the deceased had bcuu catLUg matcht-s, liud the wother, ou being told ttien \Ta,; PUiâOUO waut to Dr ScliotitId, 01 Codmurdeit, wi. liitppeued to be at l'ùL"l"Wutj¡ :;tatiùU. lo ú. der.. bLr to give 1l sofuc castor (iii aLd sume rullit t'ja, aLi i iu the lUeadilllc to Build to hiin lor a bittle of, uieii- CiLil:. Sue d,d Sù, but the o'clock uu Sunday m.oraing, wil\;¡¡ JCtllscd ileC;IR, worse, and stretched aUUI oiled aUûuL. JJC ti."J 2boll:" live ocfock the sallle D:urJil". it "a" &Ice..t.iuc:( that the deceased had ci,c-cd tL,; ciiis ot tvywl%.( tu?tche?, SUUJC compietciy, a.,i, Otli(1*3 .,Ii 'i'h? was done before  -A verdict w? returned th.t t;,eC.,t, Suupso?, departed this life ti.r.u, md?n?u r/ the Itolllh. caused ?  e.tin ° 1 cit a.atches, W