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OUR LADIES' COLUMN. LIEATLTSS JULY-—TUTE T'Aims. -.LTriE CiizLDREn OF THE FooiL-FASIIIONS IN TIIE PARKS.— ARTIFICIALITY CONTEMPTIBLE. LOBSTERS WITHOUT. SHELLS. — A POOR LITTLE SUP- FERER,—ARTISTS' STUDIOS. AN OPEN-AII* RECEPTION. DAVID MURRAY. 13RITON RIVIERE'S PAINTINGS.—THE ARTISTS AT HOME. —MR. LUKE FILDL-F; PORTRAITS.—A CUARM- ING AFTERNOON.—OLD HOUSES.—THE HUN. TERIAN MUSEUM. MILITARY MUSICAL IN- -BTUMENTS. KETTLE DRUMS. HISTORIC DRUMs.-Ilo,v A. DRUM SAVBll A SOLDIER'S LIFE.—A STORM GLAss-How TO PREDICT THE WEATHER AND OtoE's OWN STATE OF HEALTH. Last week summer seemed to have come upon tis suddenly out of winter with no preparation •or wanning, and it was very trying to everybody. Those of us, however, who had been house-bound In a great .measure by reason of the cold easterly winds, can but rejoice in the advent of a better -state of things, and a drive in the Park seems almost to repay one for all ithe miseries of the recent winter. In the Regents Pack just now the grass looks in places like a gailyTColoured carpet, for the bright yellow and purple crocuses grow in masses on the green sward, whilst the dainty little snowdrops lift their heads at a re- spectful distance from their gay companions and attract admiration by their modest demeanour and quiet beauty. I am quite surprised to see how wonderfully well every corner of this extensive Pdrk is kept, and how well every flower bed is attended to and tastefully filled. I often talk to the gardeners who are always busy there, and learn something more than I knew before about the planting and .management of hardy nowers of all kinds, which .are liberally supplied by the omeial custodians of the place. At certain hours and on half-holidays I find the central walks and paths near the flower beds too well filled with specimens of juvenile humanity from the surrounding district of Kentish and Camden Town to be very pleasant as a lounge and quite impossible as a place for peace and quiet, but then they are so happy and :80 thoroughly enjoy the freedom in the open air to run about as they like that I do not mind drifting further on myself to the less popular side of the Park, only I cannot resist ask- ing some of the little lads and lassies if ever they saw such, a beautiful flowery carpet betore; and then we have a little chat about some of the other beautiful things around us, and a final lesson is well received on the untidy and naughty habit of throwing paper and orange peel all over such a well-kept garden, and giving the gardeners who take care of the lovely flowers the useless trouble of sweeping it all over again. Such little cautions I have often seen to result in the gathering together of the rubbish so scattered by the same careless little hands which spread it, and many a baby will run up to the majestic looking custodian in green and gold, with a band round his hat, to say—"Please, sir, we are so sorry, we will not throw any more paper and mess on your pretty garden." I fancy there may be some desirable result from this early lesson in the protection of public property for the good of all. Regents Park is essentially the park of the people, whilst Hyde Park is more entirely the resort of the well-to-do and aristocratic section of society. It is equally well kept, but the early spring flowers this year are not so plentiful as in its bourgeoise rival. I drove there for a long time yesterday, enjoying the sunshine of leafless July, and though everything in the well-arranged beds seems ready for a burst of floral beauty, it is as yet backward, and the display is confined to the almond trees which are just now in perfection, the delicate and deeper shades of pink blossoms which cover the leafless branches being, I think, more perfect in form and gorgeous in colour than I ever remember seeing them. By the time we all return to town after Easter, I think with pleasant anticipation of the natural beauties in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens we may hope to enjoy, even in the midst of London's gay throng. Whilst enjoying these natural beauties of our fine parks, I am still observant of the appearance of the fashionable drivers in the Row, and of the pedestrians in the early morning. I saw what I thought to be a very still-looking and ugly black bonnet on a fashionable lady's head the other day, and on as close inspection as I could gain, I found it was made of kid-black kid—with a bow at the side of the same material. I was told that it was altogether chic, and likely to be much adopted this season, which I regretted, for I thought it dull. and ugly, and stiff. But the thing that annoys me most when looking at the denizens of the gorgeous carriages which drive backwards and forwards in the Park, is to see so few natural heads with locks upon them of the true colour as they grew. Nearly every woman, young and old, is at once self-accused of trying to assume tints which do not belong to her, and the favourite colour seems to be a sort of terra-cotta shade of red. There is no mis- taking the fact that nearly all the hair one sees now-a-days on the empty heads of stupidly vain women is dyed; and certain in the Park yester- day, out of about a hundred heads of hair I there beheld not more than ten were left of their own true proper colour, but every shade from flaxen to red was assumed and supposed to be very lovely and becoming. I felt very much ashamed when 1 at first realised this fearful evidence of increasing vanity and folly in my own sex, and I almost wished I had not seen it in all its unpleasing reality. Just at the beginning of a London season! To think ] that so many pretty loveabie girls should by the spirit of emulation and imitation be induced thus to abandon themselves to the abominable practices which are carried on in fashionable toilettes. Hair, eyes, complexion* nothing escapes the false idea of beauty. Where are we to look for our natural, bright, sweet girls, and comely matrons of times past ? Whilst thinking of some of the juvenile and unwashed acquaintances I have made at times in my Park rambles, very different to those I have been describing, I must mention one little fellow who was sitting on the ground evidently ill and in pain, and whilst trying to comfort him and wondering how procure for him auy better remedy than a peppermint lozenge which I happened to have in my pocket, I said Now tell me, Johnnie, what did you eat for supper last night?" Lobsters, ma'am," was the quick reply. Why," said I, surely you must have eaten the shells too." "Oh, ma'am, why lob- sters don't have shells—they've tins." This was really a funny climax, and pointed straight to the source of the little chap's ailment; and I daresay many others of his class grow up to believe that lobsters live and die in tins, not shells. The private views of pictures ready for exhibi- tion at the Academy or the New Gallery in Artists' Studios were as usual delightful this year, for not only are ,there beautiful pictures to look at but a crowd of friends to talk to, and if, as in my own case, the lovely afternoon tempted one to sit in the open carriage rather than in a close studio for any length of time familiar faces were seen continually coining and going, and, after looking at the pictures, it was quite easy to hold a little reception of one's own in the open air of Hampstead or South Kensington, where the studios are to he found all near together, before driving on. Before setting oft" on the accustomed round I visited the studio, in Lang- ham Chambers, of my good friend David Murray, the recently elected Associate of the Academy. His landscapes are to me always charming, and he has made use of his stay in Hampshire this summer to cover more canvases than usual with his beautiful work. He has four large land- scapes, all of scenes at Ringwood and as many small ones in the same district. I think no one can loolc at David Murray's lovely paintings without being reminded of Constable in his best days. Once seated in a comfortable open carriage, our line of route took us first to Mr. GoodaU's charming studio in St. John's Wood, whoso tints of Oriental bright colouring, in one ot his Eieoes especially, seemed exactly suited to the eautiful surroundings of his atelier. We found our good friend John Burgess had left London for his much-loved bpain, lor he was thoroughly tired and worn out by our terrible winter, but his wife and two charming daughters, with one of his fine sons, received his guests, and did all the necessary honours right well. As usual the subjects of his pictures are Spanish and consist of a procession and the simple celebration of a Priest's birthday" by his devoted flock. In the same road is the unpretentious studio of Mr. Briton Riviere, to me one of the most interesting and clever of modern painters. llis animals never fade from my memory. 1 see his lions and ticrers painted and exhibited years ago at will, and they seem to speak to the imagination more than those of any previous painter in his own line. "The Dead Hector" is a wonder- ful piece. There on the sandy beach: lies this perfect form of youthful man- hood, with the rllel and stealthy wolves drawing near, anxious to begin their horrible feast upon his body. Auother canvas presents to our view an ancient temple, within which we see a mysterious and lurid light. It is called the "Haunted Temple." One typical picture of Mr. Riviere's conception of a faithful dog was there —adelightful Dandy Dinmont-stedfastly watch- ing his master's hat and walking stick as if anxiously waiting for his daily run. In Mr. John Pettie's studio was Bonnie Prince Charlie," painted with all the enthusiasm of a Scotchman who had been careful to secure accuracy in every detail of face, form, and costume. Mr. Gow, on theotherside of the Park, showed us "Monmouth Welcomed by the People," a striking contrast to Mr. Pettie's picture of last year, when Monmouth is seen bound and grovelling at the feet of his uncle, James II. Driving across to Kensington we visited Mr. Boughton's studio, who has a snow piece and "Black-eyed Susan" to show us. Frank Dicksee did not invite his friends as usual, for he said he had so little to show them, for his diploma picture had occupied all his time and he had had only leisure to paint a grace- ful and charming Turkish girl in rose-coloured satin, with bare feet, reposing on luxurious cushions, a sort of ideal Blue Beard's Fatima, very diflerent from any of his former more imaginative and spirit ua) conceptions. Mr. t:kte Fildes has devoted himself this year en- tirely to portraits of which (here were many most attractive, and the ladie whom he pour- trays may congratulate themselves that not only are their portraits excellent, t.uL t heir toilettes are perfectly presented. Mr. Fildes's chef d' cciu i es this year arc said to he portraits of Mr. John Bibbey and of his wife, Mrs. Bibbey, a white- haired lady in a mauve dress. I shall never for- get "Mrs Agnew," of a year or two ago, and have been longing to have my own por. trait painted by this same artist ever since. "1\Ir. Marcus Stone, whose house is delightful in itself, and situated in the midst of a knot of congenial friends, bu but one picture in the Academy, the influenza having stayed his hand during the winters I Two's -company, three's none," is the title of the picture, and the scene is laid in one of the otd-worid green gardens the art.ist loves to paint, and as usuai there is the lover and his lass, who are the centre of attraction. Just acro the way is Ci-lin Hunter's studio. (Oh t how I blessed him for having no stairs to mount!) Scotch scenery and incidents in Scotch history fillcd bis CASlCS, and his chiel picture is the Durial of JVlacDonald alter the niassaere ol t.lcucoe. The daylight betcan to wane as we said goodbye to our arcistic Iricnds. and feeling that we were saturated with pictures and artistic talk we rolled ourselves in oar shawls and Jurs as a pro- tcction against the treacherous Last wind and drove rapidly horn". On many ot the old houses in London which in past times have been inhabited by distinguished persons, a lmlc tablet is allixcd noting the fact lor the benetit of passers by. The other day. in driving through Leicester-square with a doctor of my acquaintance, lie pointed out to me the olit mansion .that formerly contained the wonderful collection of bones and anatomical curiosities which was brought -together by the great anatomist,John Hunter; in lact, I believe he lived in this house lnniselt to Ins death. 1 knew that, the so-called llulltcrlan Museum had long since been removed to the College of Surgeons in Lincolns Inn. and was there under sale and care- lul custody. Dili 1 was interested in thc original depot of Hunter's great collection, and so I entered the doorand asked leave to look round. To my amazement 1 10tlnd myseU in the midst of a. vast collection of musical instruments, for the premises now belong to Messrs. llawkcs and Sou, whose names are known everywhere as makers 01 such things, and especially are they celebrated, 1 believe, for their Jnal!ni. nccnt mHnary kettledrums. 1 touched 6cv< ra!, but wa ,rath(r alarmed at the resonance of the sounds 1 ^produced, and one of the firm interested me greatly by relating some of the vicissitudes through which many ol their finest drums have petted in huttles and sieges of I thrilling character I saw the .ctcbrated drum captured by us from Osman Digmn, at lokar, and given to him ?y the Mahdi. This was the drum that sounded the Dervish attack at El Tcb and Tamai, and was the death-kuell to so many I of our own brave fellows. I The Sultan of Johore, who was over nere in the .J uoilee Year, had, I found, visited the old museum, and was so charmed with what he heard of our military music in London, that lie, hoping to rouse the military ardour of his own troops bv the same means, has ordered a eoinplete set. of brass band instruments to be sent out to him by Messrs. llawkcs, and many of the larger instruments are shipped already. I heard Tllauy touching laics of the attachment displayed by each regiment to its own special drum, and the cfloits made by the men to protect ilicin from injury, and to rescue them from the enemy, it captured, with an enthusiasm almost equal to iliac created by a sight of the colours ot the regiment. One poor fellow whilst escaping from the foe after the bat tic of Isatidula saw the drum of his regiment, the 2ith. lying on the ground and certain to be destroyed. The parchment at both ends had all cad y been rorn itav;iy. ,o with a rapid move- ment lie hoisted the beloved object on to his shoulileis, put his head through the rent and galloped away with it. al. i lie same moment seeing a multitude of black woolly heads rise up from ambush ready sto hurl their fatal assegais after him. They did so, but the f.iithfut drum case acted as a shield and repelled i heir shaft s, so that he reached camp in safely and the drum did liiiii good service. My conductor naturally expressed the pride which he it-it in such a proof of the excellence of matenal which had thus saved the life of a brave soldier, and seemed to think it even more credit- aLJle to his firm than the line musical sounds which is. of course, their chief aim to produce. I also learnt that the 2-1 th Kegiment, now in India, had just, ordered from Leicester-square a new drum, the design for which I was shown. It was pathetic enough, for there in the centre. surrounded by cypress and laurel leaves, is in- bcribed the date of that fatal year for the rcgi- nieni, 1K7U—the year which witnessed its annihi- laiion in the treacherous South African valley. An intelligent physician who came, to see me when 1 was ill, said laughingly one day when I was suffering more than usual—"Why, I dcclarc you are really an excellent storm glass or chemical weather glass, and 1 advise you to pur- chase one ol these instruments and study your own condition upon it. feeling quite sure that the obnoxious material in your blood, which causes all your pain, rises and falls in your system, much as the substance docs in the glass, to indi. cate fine or stormy weather, If Lilt- weather is about to he fine the uhstance will be low and smooth on the bottom of the glass, for rain it will rise gradually in the shape of feathers. For hiiih wind or storm, it rises very high and some- times white spots appear in motion, and this denotes a cominp: storm. This interesting little instrument has been known for more than a hundred years, and though the name of the in- ventor is unknown, tradition attributes the honour to an Italian sailor. It is simply a glass bottle HI inches long containing a mixture of camphor, nitre, sjiammoniac, alcohol and water. It lias latterly lalien somewhat into dis- repuic from want of (lue care being exercised in the preparation ol I lie solution, but when pro- perly prepared it will be found "useful for anting with the barometer and thermometer in fi.recasting the weather." The late Admiral FII7.roy said, in speaking of the storm glass, "Temperature aflecls the mixture much,"and he attached some importance to this instrument which, it it be nothing else, is certainly a scien- tihetoy of a very ititt,i-estillfg kind, and Iain not sorry tha! 1 possessed ol one from Allen and llanbury's. the well-known chemists, so thai while J ean predict siorms, T also can fore- tell in some measure my own capabilities for the coming i wentv loui hours, without any appeal 1.0 a doctor or to anytlnnt; bui my own extreme scnsiltiliiy to atmospheric changes, which is shared with many utllel-s who sutler as 1 have been doing. London, Thursday. rrvEl.opE. I
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. I C. A. L. STAINKS.—" Pomliay Ducks." I have made very full enquiry about these fish from a gentleman who has lived in India and knows all about them. For the benefit of my cor- respondent 1 give his letter:—"A 113oiiiijay I)ticlz* i,; the fi-;Ii ezillect Iiiiiiinialoe,' cauglit in the harbour in Bombay. This lish is sometimes eaten fresh, but is not much esteemed. It is generally used in its dried and salted condition, just as voii Iiii(I it m the I ins sold in this country. The dried lish should be heated or baked for a short time until they become crisp, so crisp, indeed, that you crumble a well-cooked lish to If the lish be imperfectly heated it becomes tough and unpleasant. The flavour i f the lish is, as your correspondent slates, strong but not unpleasant. The dried (islt are used simply with curry as an adjunct. They are not eaten as a separate dish. In India we all use them daily, and sotue people break them up and mix thelll with tile curry itself. I trust the above inlormation will suflice."
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Ife I hear you attend the Jiadyu and Handoi performance*. Wer.1 you present at the Crcatioa ?" fche (indignantly): "1 will next want td li:n, Noah's Ark 1 raid you \M u'd never accept Charlie," .-rod Miud. Si» 1 did; but lie put Irs arm ai-omul mo ••vhjii lie pr.»p:>icd, and — well, I yielded l<> pressure," returned Ethel. To lisid fault, someone May is ea;\y, and in ever}' man' power but 1. point out the proper course v, L: pursue. I in the present eircuiiisUiiices, that i I he pr>>f ol a \vi>o eouii-;cllur. Teacher: Oe',r^'e wh.it is tlc illf-aiiii,, of the word transparent?" Ceorgie "Something you eati ce through." lli^ht. Now give ine ail example." "A ladder is transparent." UeiK vi.ient old grnt Weil, Johnny, you nuist l,e quite tlever lu be the first in your class Now hi re's a penny, and tell me why water ] uns down hill Johnny Cause it can't walk." Mamie," .said papa, won't you have a little piece of chicken?" No, thank you," said ^lamie. What No chicken '{" Oh, yea. I'll liavo chicken, but I don't want any little piece." Clergyman (showing a lady visitor round the church}: "So madam, you have now seen the org-an and the nave, I should like next to conduct you to the altar." Lady: Oh, this is so sudden." Have you any lialf-hose for getitleliieu ?*' she asked. "No, madam; but we bave "-began the salesman. Don't want anything else," she answered. "My husband has only one leg." Papa: That young man of yours, Polly-is he worth anything?" Polly: "Oh, yes, pa! He is worth at least five pounds a week, he says himself; but they'll only give him twenty-one shillings." Teacher: "I shall have to punish you for being late to school." "It was Johnny Smith's fault, who lives next door. His pa was going to give him a lickin', and I had to stay and hear him howl." Why, there's little Mr. X. who got married recently Yes—I can't understand why he married a girl with eight sisters." That was deuced clever on his part they divide the mother-in-law among Well, old fellow, how goes it ? Do you expect to win your lawsuit ? Oh, certainly. I con- sider it a foregone conclusion, at least, judging by appearance:; my lawyer is building a new wing to his house." :)i,c has given up spiritualism since she married. Becituse her husband objected to it, I suppose Î" Yes for, whenever she went to a he began to get messages from his first wife!" l can't pay this bill, doctor. It is exorbitant. I'm no better than I was, either." That's because you didn't take my advice." Ah-well-of course, if I didn't take it I don't owe you for it. Thanks. Good morning." A gentleman who discovered that he was standing on a lady's train had the presence of mind to remark, Though I may not have the power to draw an angel from the skies, I have pinned one to the earth." The lady excused him. Good minister The fervour with which you joined in the hymn, I want to be an angel,1 de- lighted me." Little Dick Yessur the teaoher tole me there wasn't any preachin' an' praying' an' cate- chism lessons in heaven." ltev. Dr. Primrose: I hear your husband is dangerously ill. I hope lie's prepared if the worst should come?" Mrs. Surface I'm happy to say he is. Father insisted upon his taking out the policy before he married me." Well," said he, as he adjusted the theodolite, "I wish I were Robinson Crusoe." "Why?" asked the assistant. Because he was monarch of all he surveyed."
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At a meeting of the Liverpool District Farmers Club on Saturday, a general approval of the Small Holdings Bill was expressed, while a marked consensus was shown in favor of all the expenses being borne imperially. It was decided to petition the House of Lords against the Rating of Machinery Bill. OSWESTRY DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—It appears from the statement of accounts just published that the balance from 1891 was E249 5s 7d, and the receipts, including this sum, amounted to iE965 Os 4d. After making all payments, a balance remains in favor of the society of £ 218 13s 9d, this being nearly £.30 less than the balance from 1890, but it must be taken into account that the amount of outstanding subscriptions nearly equals this amount, and at the last show extra attractions were offered which entailed more expense. FARM LABOREKS IS CANADA.—There is an unpre- cedented demand for farm laborers in every part of Canada, particularly in Manitoba and the VOrth- West Territories. This is owing to the successful crop of last year, and to the increased area of land under cultivation. The emigration to the Canadian prairies so far this year is largely in excess of that of 1891, and it is expected to continue to increase. Farmers both in this country and in Canada, have been much impressed by the favorable reports of the tenant farmers delegates as to the advantages of Manitoba and the North-West for settlers of the agricultural class. CHESTER HORSE Snow.-The annual show of entire horses, under the auspices of the Chester Farmers' Club, was held on Saturday. The entries, which were numerous, included horses from the Chester and Wirral Farmers' Clubs, from the Duke of West- minster, Mr W. W. Whipp (Clitheroe); Mr T. Char- nock, Mr John Cheers (Barrow), and many others. The grand shire stallions of the Chester Fanners' Club, 11 Willington Boy" and "British Standard" were much admired, as were also two well-built animals from the Duke of Westminster's stud. The following subscriptions have been sent to the Chester Farmers' Club Entire Horse Fund :—Wirral Harriers, £ 25; Cheshire Hounds, £ 10; Rock Ferry Beagles, 45; Mr J. W. M'Fie, S2 2s; and Sir Watkin W. Wynn's Hunt, igl Is.
FARMING AND THE CORN TRADE.
FARMING AND THE CORN TRADE. The Mark Lane. Express of Monday says:— The surface soil is becoming rather arid, and as the March rainfall was half an inch below, the average April showers are now waited with some anxiety by farmers. The price of English wheat seems to have steadied itself since the fall to 32s per quarter. Foreign wheat has been helped a little by an improved inquiry for Germany, and also by a slight rise in prices at New York, Antwerp, and Amsterdam. Value, however, cannot be said to have recovered anything from a week ago. There have simply been larger sales at the low prices adopted. The spring corn trade shows maize the turn dearer at Liverpool and Manchester and firm in London, but at Bristol barley, maize, and beans are all 6d per quarter lower, and oilcake has declined 2s 6d per ton. At Birmingham flat maize, barley, and peas are 6d lower on the week, and round maize is Is cheaper. The latest London dealings show barley to be almost com- pletely neglected, while oats are dull. but not lower from the opening of the week; beans, peas, and lentils are cheaper by about 3d on the week, and linseed 6d.
PRODUCE STATISTICS FOR 1891.
PRODUCE STATISTICS FOR 1891. The Board of Agriculture has issued the produce statistics for 1891. The estimated results, when con- trasted with those of 1890. show that the aggregate contribution made by the British and Irish crops of 1891 to the food supply of the population and the live stock of the United Kingdom, has been on the whole less than in 1890. Less wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, and turnips, and very considerably less hay, is reported to be available this year than last. Against these reductions it is true an increased pro- duction of hops, mangold, and potatoes has to be set. The potato increase occurred almost wholly in Ire- land, where this crop has yielded four tons to the acre in place of two one-third tons in 1890. The reduced produce in most other items is largely due to the smaller acreage under certain crops. Thus, while the estimated yield per acre of the wheat crop is reported somewhat to exceed that of 18S0, there were over 90,000 fewer acres carrying wheat in the United Kingdom. In the case of hay, a series of lower yields, and, it may be added, a generally poor condition, are rendered still more important by the large reduction of well-nigh half a million acres in the surface mown in 1891. Comparing 1891 with 1890, as far as Wales is con- cerned, the estimated total produce of wheat is 14'64, and the acreage 10 31 below. In barley the produce is 5'06, and the acreage 2 24 below. In oats the pro- duce is 5-15, and the acreage 2'96 below. In all three the United Kingdom shows a decline in produce of 2-82, and a decrease in the acreage of 0'23.
DENBIGHSHIRE QUARTERI SESSIONS.…
DENBIGHSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. The Easter Quarter Sessions for the county of Denbigh were held at the County Hall, Denbigh, on Friday. Captain Griftith-lioscawen presided, there being present Sir William Grenville Williams, Bart., Mr W. D. W. Griffith (vice-chairman), the Rev. B. O. Jones (Ruthin), Mr J. W. Da.vies, Captain F. H. 0. Cole, Mr Parry Jones-Parry, Colonel J. R. Barnes, Colonel Mesliain, Mr Briscoe, and the Clerk (Mr Ll. Adams), and Mr J. Roberts (deputy-clerk). THE GRAND JURY. I The following gentlemen, all of whom reside in Denbigh, composed the grand jury:—Messrs R. C. B. Clough (foreman), T. H. Bellis, L. Fraser, T. P. Hughes, George Davies, H. Joyce, D. Ll. Griffiths, William Jones (High-street), Thomas Roberts, Isa.ac Williams, P. H. Storey, J. T. Hughes, W. P. Williams, J. M. Roberts, W. P. Jones, H. Roberts, and R. A. Davies. THE CHARGE. I The learned Chairman, in charging the grand jury, said he was glad to see so many gentlemen anxious to give their services and do duty on the grand jury. Last Quarter Sessions there were only two prisoners, and at the Assizes three. They heard a great deal said about the diminution of crime, but they must be n.ware of statistics from which quota- tions were made, because there was a difference since forty years ago, for it was not then possible for magistrates to deal with an indictment case what- ever. If a man had stolen anything lie was obliged to be sent for trial to the Quarter Sessions, and an enormous number of these petty cases, which had formerly been sent for trial, were at present disposed of by the magistrates in petty sessions, which made the statistics somewhat misleading, for an enormous amount of business was at present disposed of sum- marily. There had been a large diminution in the number of prisqners sent for trial, and very properly so. Wherever they looked there was a fewer number of prisoners sent, and if they looked at their own I county the average number of prisoners sent up was five or six some years ago, and they had now only two or three—and that day they had two—and one of the cases might have been dealt with by the magistrates in petty sessions. I THE LI.AXIiWST WrXSEY STEALING. I Lewis Jones, thirty-three, a respectable-looking laborer, was charged by John Lloyd, Llanrwst, with having stolen, on the 2nd of February, a piece of winsev and a lady's ulster, valued at 15s. Mr Griffiths, who prosccuted, called witnesses to prove the loss and identity of the parcels. The defence of the prisoner was that he was employed at the New Inn and he fonnd the parcel, containing the goods, in the yard near a trap. He made inquiries, but could not find -in owner so he took it to a friend's house. He had no intention of stealing it, or he would not have taken it there. He certainly made a mistake in taking it away from the yard he ought to have left it in the New Inn. After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty," and the prisoner, with a smile, lett the dock. I SMART IDENTIFICATION OF FOWLS. I Ann Davies. wife of a Ruthin fowl dealer, sur- rendered to her bail on the charge of having received two fowls, the property of Robert Roberts, of Llan- ynys, knowing them to have been stolen. Mr Griffiths prosecuted, and Mr Scott Hankes defended. The details of the case have recently appeared in these columns. The complainant's wife was at Den- bigh market, and on going to the station she identified two fowl amongst others on the station platform as her husband's, although she was not aware at the time that her husband had lost fowl, but on going home they counted the fowl. They saw they had lost eight, and those produced were two of them". One was lame, and the other had lost some feathers from its tail.—The jury thought the identification had been made out, but the prosecution failed to show that the prisoner knew that the fowl were stolen, and therefore brought in a verdict of "not guilty." The prisoner had a little child in her arms. NEW JUSTICES. Mr Meredith Jones and Major Heaton qualified as magistrates. Mr R. E. B. Myddleton Biddulph was also to have qualified, but was not present. THE STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE. In consequence of the appointment of Mr J. Coster Edwards to be high sheriff of the county which incapacitated him from magisterial duties there was a vacancy on the Standing Joint Committee, and on the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr W. D. W. Griffith, Mr C. W. Townshend was appointed to fill the vacancy. THE DKNBIC.TI GRAMMAR SCHOOL. On the motion of Mr D. W. Griffith, seconded by Sir W. Greuville Williams, Mr Briscoe was appointed representative governor of the Denbigh Grammar School in the room of Colonel C. S. Main- waring.
Advertising
BRYN LLITHRIG STUD, SEASON 1892. The undermentioned stallions will be available this season, the number of mares to each stallion being limited. Gentlemen desirous of obtaining nom- inations will please communicate with C. Wright, agent, Bryn Llithrig Hall, St. Asaph, who will furnish all particulars as to fees, etc. :—" Eglamore," thorough-bred chestnut, 16 hands, foaled in 1884. Winner Queen's premium £200, 1891 and 18S2, by Thurio out of Blair Brae," by "Blair Athol," out of Molly Carew," by Wild Dayrell." Marengo," hackney stallion, 3,789, bay, foaled 1888, sire Firnber Fiieawav," 1,482, dam Wildfire" of "Fimber" 1.596, winner 4th prize 8tli annual horse show, London, 1892,15,1st and 2nd prizes, best blood in England. Pratt's Pride of the Vale," shire stallion, three years old, foaled in 1887, highly commended Shire Horse Show, London, 1891 "and 1892. Winner of many first prizes, 17 halld lii(ril about a ton weight, nine inches width across hof: sire Decoy," 4,392, dam "Bounce." bv "Champion 450 Lake Commoner," 11,744, Hhire" stallion, black, three years old, sire Whaplode Wonder," 8.584' Wonderful bone 124 inches below knee. Highly commended London Shire Horse Show, 1S92, oil, of a class of 102. Terms for mares sent for foaling and keep. Foaling mares 20s a week barren mares 12s week. Night watchman on duty to look to mares every half-hour. Over 80 loose-boxes. 639 RUPTURE CURED.—J. A. Sherman, Hernia Specialist, 64, Chancery Lane, London, senda his Book, post free,7d. 821
LITERARY NOTICES & REVIEWS.
LITERARY NOTICES & REVIEWS. The Pall Mall Gazette understands that the Rubjecfc of the lecture which Mr Gladstone has consented to deliver at Oxford under the Romanes Trust will bit on the condition of the Universities in the Middle Ages. Mr Gladstone will institute a comparison between Oxford and Cambridge at that period, with occasional glimpses at the University of Paris. It is probable that the delivery of the lecture will be post, poned until October. It will be given in the Shel donian Theatre. Mr Charles Booth's valuable work, "Labor and Life of the People of London, published sometime ago at a price which was practically prohibitive to, the general public, is about to be issued by Messrs. Macmillan in a cheap form. Mr Booth proposes to include in the new edition the valuable maps—one ot the most important features of the work. Mr J. H. M'Carthy has built up an interesting book, which Messrs Chatto and Windus are to publish. It is called The Thousand and One Days and consists of Persian tales founded on a French work issued nearly a century ago. The Thousand and One Days is not at all on the deep broad lines of "The Thousand and One Nights." Mr M'Carthy'a tales are dainty and pretty, but filled all the same with the weird romance of the East. The Daily News has the following interesting para- graph:—Mr Gladstone, as he sometimes reminded the late Mr John Murray, was the oldest living author on the list of the firm, and he used laughineJv to say to the gentleman whose funeral he attended yesterday, You really must not strike me off. His famous work on Church and State was published 55 years ago. Macaulay' essay in The Edinburgh I?view," in itself a classic, is the most familiar con- temporary criticism on this work. Ilut The Quarterly," Mr Murray's Review, also had an article on the book. Mr Gladstone," said the reviewer is evidently not an ordinary c haracter. The highest compliment we can pay liini is to show him that we believe him to be what a statesman and a philosopher should be, indifferent to his own reputation for talents* and only anxious for truth." THE STORY OF AFRICA.—The third part of the "Story of Africa and its Explorers" (Messrs Cassell and Co., London), is beautifully printed and illustrated. The letter-press deals with the slave trade and the corsairs of Africa. The chapter deal- ing with the corsairs is most interesting. TEA TIME.In a charmingly illustrated little art book called "Tea Time," Dr. Gordon Stables is at his breeziest and best. In a light and gossipy manner he tells everything that one wants to know concerning tea. The author's entertaining text is interspersed with a dozen beautifully drawn and exquisitely enpraved pictures of tea-drinking subjects from original pictures specially painted for Tea Time," by Mr Ambrose Dudley, a clever young artist, whose work is now attracting much attention in artistic circles. The illustrations have all the delicacy and richness of tine mezzotints, to which they bear a striking resemblance. Each picture is a beautiful work of art in miniature. Tea Time is published by the Leadenhall Press of London, for the Mazawattee Ceylon Tea Company, at 6d. By special arrangement, however, a limited number of copies can at present be obtained at Id each from any of the numerous town or country agents of the Mazawattee Ceylon Tea Company. THE "PENNSYLVANIA LiMITED.Ifow much nn. developed possibility there remains in connection with English railway service is a frequent topic of remark on the part of travellers who have had ex- perience of American lines. The "cars" of our transatlantic cousins of course are called upon to cover longer distances, during the traversing ol which the cribbed confinement of our own railway compart- ments would be excessively irksome. It is question- able, however, whether for short journeys Americans 1 "'1 would put up witn our conditions, ana certainly a perusal of a most elegantly designed and illustrated pamphlet recently issued by the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company—the undertaking which boasts of being the pattern of American railway lines—is likely to cause amongst British readers a. conviction that, in the matter of comfortable travel, they manage things much better in the States. The mouth waters at the description of drawing-room cars, sleeping cars, dining cars, and open air lounges, designed to promote the comfort 01 the passenger in every conceivable re- quirement, and at the same time to charm his senses with the beauty and magnificence of the appointments and decorations. The Pennsylvania Limited," which travels between New York and Chicago by a route sixty miles shorter than that of any other line, forms the subject for discourse in the Lrochvre before UB, We read of ladies'-maids, as well as men waiters, attached to the train of an "observation car," whence the passengers have uninterrupted views of the scenery passed through; of a stenographer and typewriter located on board," whose duties are to take down and afterwards write out letters which the passengers may desire to dictate and of special arrangements by which at various stopping places the latest news, financial and general, is received on the train and posted up in places convenient for reference. This is, indeed, travelling en luxe, and the assertion taat the Pennsylvania Limited is without a peer in the railway trains of the world," seems one which is not easily "to be confuted. It at all events offers a standard for railway directors in our own country to aim at, and it must be with much satisfaction that the British public notes, in the establishment of "corridor" trains and other improvements, a growing intention to ap- proximate towards the American style of railway travelling. IMPERIAL DEFENCE. By Sir C. W. Dilke and Spenser Wilkinson. (London Macmillan and Co.). —To those who take a thoughtful and intelligent interest in the welfare of their country, ample material for reflection is provided in this volume. The authors plainly indicate what they consider are the dangers for which provision should be made- Stress is laid upon the paramount importance of maintaining our supremacy on the sea. It may be interesting here to point out that in 1850 British tonnage (with cargoes) amounted to 8,039,308. in 18S0 it had risen to 46,406,250, while the combined tonnage of thirteen other countries enumerated was 3.981.366 and 16,429,825 respectively. Amongst foreign flags Norway has stood at the head during the last three decades, while Germany held the second place. France, which stood fifth in 1880, receded to the sixth place in 1890; and while in 1860 the American flag occupied the first place in foreign tonnage, in 18S0 it had fallen to the eleventh. It appears, more- over, that while the total tonnage of the nine prin- cipal maritime States in 1890 was under seven million tons, that of the British empire exceeded nine and a half millions; and whereas all the steam tonnage combined of these foreign States is a little over two million tons, that of the United Kingdom alone exceeded five millions, and that of the empire approximates to five and a half millions. As to the men, there were 84,008 employed on board saling vessels, and 129,366 on board steamers, or 213,374 in all, consisting of 186,147 British and 27,227 foreigners but these do not include Lascars and Asiatics, who bring up the total to 256.108 men employed under the British flag in 1850, The em- phasis, therefore, which is laid upon our retaining the command of the sea is at once seen. It is urged that to engage with France alone we arc twenty battleships below standard, and are deficient also in crusiers and torpedo boats, and largely deficient in reserves of men, while continental nations have their maritime conscription. The chapters dealing with a possible invasion of India, recount our obligations in Afghanistan, the nature of the country to lie de- fended, the impossibilty of abandonding its defence, and the difficulty of defending it. Herat, is for example, separated by 350 miles of roadless country from our advanced posts, and the authors argue that the further advance of Russia would render the maintenance of our present frontier un- bearably burdensome, and strongly suggest that we should really know our own mind, develop a policy and stand by it, particularly with regard to the hill tribes and their pacification by improved communication. As to the army, we are told that the present system is entirely unsuitable for our wants, providing neither a war nor peace army. The battalions at home, being used as a nursery for the rearing of men serving abroad, are untrained for war. The re-organisation suggested is mainly the division of the army into a long-service one of twelve or eighteen years for India and the colonies, and a short- service one for home, with comparatively huge re- serves. The purpose in writing this book has been to urge our countrymen to prepare, while there is time, for a defence that is required alike by interest, honor, and duty, and by the best traditions of the nation's history." The object the writers had in view, in stating the case so that it may be clearly and easily understood, has been successfully attained. The subject is one of the first importance, and we should like to see this admirable volume in our political clubs and free libraries, so that it may be readily available.
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HOLYWELL.. rviKAi. OANITAUY AUTHORITY. The tortniglitn meeting was held on Friday, when the inspector (Mr J. L. Williams), reported four cases of typhoid fever at Bagillt. He also reported that lie had received a complaint as to a nuisance caused at the Batterv-row Pool, Greenfield, by a discharge into it of offensive matter from the flannel mills. The medical officer had inspected the place, and reported that the nuisance was injurious to the inhabitants. lie (the inspector), was of opinion that the chief eontri- butories to the nuisance was the Holywell Local Board, because the drainage of Holvwell went into this Pool.-The clerk said this question would in- volve one as to the drainage of Holywell and Green- field, aud would open up a verv large question.— Ultimately it was decided to calf upo the Flannel Mills Company to stop the discharge into the Pool.— The clerk reported that a satisfactory amimrenient had been made as to the water supply of Leeswood. THE GUARDIANS.—RESIGNATION OF TIIE CHAIRMAN. —At the meeting of this board on Friday, the viec- chairman, Mr James Hency presiding, the clerk read the following letter, which he had received from Mr J. Scott Bankes (the chairman of the board):—" had fully intended to be present at the last meeting of the Board of Guardians to-morrow, but I feel obliged to attend the funeral of an old friend, which will prevent me. I, however, desire to thank the guardians and officials, one and all, for their uniform courtesy to me during my long tenure of office as chairman, and to inform them that I must decline that office for another year, even if asked by them to accept it. I have duly considered the question of my resignation, but" advancing vears suggest the advisability of diminishing rather than in- creasing the performance of public duties. It is at ?1 times painful to sever a connection of long standing, but there is a time to work and a time to cease, and I feel I can no longer undertake the responsibility and anxiety attendant on the chairmanship of a large Board of Guardians. I consider the working of ti;e board is at present satisfactory, and there are n:11 younger guardians who c.,i it carry on the work equally wel!, if not better, than myself. If I have given, satis- faction as chairman, the assistance so willingly rendered to me has made my work comparatively easy, and I shall always take the greatest interest in the welfare of an institution with which, for more than a quarter of a century, I have been officially con- nected." General regret was expressed at the receipt of the letter, which was entirely unexpected, and a hope was expressed that Mr Bankes would see his way to retain the chairmanship.