The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-01-22 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

WELSH BURIAL SCANDAL  For the last three years the relations between the Noncontormists and the Rector of the Parish of Barmouth, the Rev. Edward Hughes, have been (writes a Daily Stu, correspondent) anything but Christian-like. Two years ago the rector attempted to impose a fee of 10s. for every person buried in the parish churchyard by Nonconformist ministers. The parishioners disputed his claim and the case was tried before a County Court judge, where it was decided that the rector had no claim whatever to a fee, as the custom in the parish had been from time immemorial to make a free-will offering. The rector was not satisfied with the verdict, awl he continued to claim a fee for every funeral that took place under the new Burial Act. A. few ,LIY6 ago an old lady parishioner died. A leading Barmouth tradesman and a county councillor, as executors, called upon the rector to give him the requisite 48 hours' notice and to arrange Inc the grave. The rector asked them if they were ready to promise a certain fee. They refused to make any contract whatever, as he had, they said, no right even to ask for any sum; but they would pay him after the funeral was over.. "Then," said the rector, "I will not allow her to be buried with her husband." Twenty-five years ago the deceased buried a son, and 23 years ago her husband; but Use husband was not buried with the son, as the old lady wished to have herself buried in that grave, and with that object the grave was properly bricked for the coffins. When the funeral procession arrived in the graveyard they found that the grave had not been opened, and that the rector had instructed the gravedigger to dig the old lady a grave in the very furthest corner of the graveyard, a; spot which is reserved for dead bodies thrown up by the sea and persons that have committed suicide. There was a strong feeling in favour of proceeding at once to open the grave which rightly belongs to the family, but it was then too late.  At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, a successor was appointed to Mr. Reed, who a few days ago resigned the position of senior clerk or arraigns, at the Old Bailey, on account of illhealth. Mr. Henry Kemp Avory, who has for some years held the position of deputy clerk, was now formally appointed, the necessary documents being signed by the Recorder ( Sir Thomas Chambers) and Mr. Alderman Eases, in his capacity or Commissioner. Mr. Avory's father filled tho post of clerk of arraigns for many years.  - The body of a man, apparently about 30 years of age, was found ou Monday morning at Totterten Bridge on the Grantham Canal, near Nottingham. He had evidently died from exposure to the intense frost, and it would appear that he bad been walking on the ice and fallen, bruising himself severely and being unable to rise. Judge Warder of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and his family on Sunday shared in a terrible quarrel. The judge's son-in-law, who was embroiled in the affair, shot his wife's father, indicting a wound which subsequently proved fatal. The judge, however, returned the young man's fire shooting him dead, and at the same time seriously wounding his daughter. Mrs. Warder has been prostrated by tit, shwaldng event and is in a precarious conditida  misname Sarah Bernhardt, according to a rens Bir Edwin Arnold bas written a preface for Mr. owrespondent, expects to cane backfrom her next Lester Arnold's story of "Phrs, the Pbeeniciall," *perinea tour what she never has yet been, despite which hu just been published in book form. the golden kismet which she has reaped--namely, "Personally," he says, "I admire and I like 'Phu' • Millionaire. Efer engagement Is for two years, enorn3ously, and, being asked to pen these few and is to embrace the two Americas. She is to get )rnes by way of introduction, I countel everybody rionleing for hotel and el2O for each repr that esen. to read it, forgetting who it is at respectfully as the of what may be tame at th. ,ffer, this advice until the end of the book, when I hors. fond of going to and fro, she ma, , . hall be no longer afraid if they remember." Wen partial:4 return to France 'di Australia and India. ; r'.., heart of the Ntoniest anti-log-loller might relent 1 at so graceful a tribute from father to son. 

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