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Jan. 6, 1904. BYE-GONES. 259 clerk for Festiniog, and he filled that office for 25 years. In 1878 he was appointed a justice of the peace for tho county of Merioneth, and in 1889 was elected a member of the County Coun¬ cil. He was joint proprietor with Mr G. H. Ellis of the Old Diphws Slate Quarry, Mr Fleltcher Moulton, K.C. M.P., M.A., F.R.S., was boirin ait Madeley in 1844, and is a son of the Rev. James Egan Moulton, brother of the late Dr. Moulton, one of the revisers of the New Testa¬ ment and Principal' of the Leys Collage, Cam¬ bridge. A brother _ of Mr F. Moulton's is the well-known Cambridge University Extension lecturer, and now Professor of English Literature in the University of Chicago. The death of the Rev. Prebendary William Elliott took place at his reside nee, Oairadoc Lodge, Church Strettoin, yesterday week. The Preben¬ dary received his early education at Shrewsbury School, under Dr. Kennedy, and afterwards pro¬ ceeded to Magdalene College, Cambridge, of which he was Fellow from 1854- to 1858. He was ordained in 1854, and was successively curate of Monitfoird and Cheitwynd. He was rector of Easthope, 1864-65, and vicar of Cardiington from 1865 to 1883. Subsequently, he was vicar of Brinsop, and vicar of Upper Bulliingbape. In 1888 he was appointed Prebendary. For many years he was editor of ■the Hereford Diocesan Calendar, and he took am active interest in the Caradoo Field Club. He was identified with the work of the Shropshire Provident Society, and while alt Cardington wais instrumental in establishing a branch there. The Rev. J. Idloes Edwards, who left England a few weeks ago for Labuan, British North Borneo, has succumbed to dysentery. A native of Llanidloos, Mr Edwards began preaching in connection with the China Street Calvinistic Methodist Church in that town, under the direction of the Rev, Cynh&fal Jones, at that time minister of the church. Hie was educated at the High School, Oswestry, and afterwards at Bala Theological College, under the late Rev. Dr. T. Charles Edwards On the completion of his course at Bala, he accepted the pastoral charge of the English Oalvinistic Methodist Church at Buckley, and was or¬ dained to the full work of the ministry in 1895. After a successful ministry of eight years, he removed to Mountain Ash, where he laboured until his appointment a few weeks ago to go out to Labuan. Mr Edwards was married at Llan-y-mynech in September, on the eve ot hi- depaiture for Labuan. A close link with the author of " Wild Wales" is broken by the death of Mrs McOubrey, Georgo Borrow's step-daughter, who passed away at her residence at Southtown, Yarmouth, on the 23rd of December, at the age of 86. Mrs McOubrey was the widow of Dr. William McOubrey, barrister-at-law, and only child of Mrs George Borrow. She was an accomplished naturalise and an artist of considerable ability. She seemed much attached to her step-father, of whom she always spoke in strong terms of affection, and in whose works she took a deep interest. Amongst the mourners at the f unaral was Mr Hubert Smith of Leamington {formerly of Bridgnorth), a very old friend of the deceased lady and the executor of her will. Readers of " Wild Wales" will remember how at Llan¬ gollen, in 1854, after a cheerful cup of tea, "Henrietta played on the guitar and sang a Spanish song, to the great delight of John Jones, who aD about ten o'clock departed con¬ tented and happy to his own dwelling." " Henrietta" afterwards became Mrs McOubrey. We regret to record the death of the Ven. Archdeacon Goldwyer-Lewis, rector of Davenham, which took place at Bryntirion, Oswestry, the residence of his sister-in-law, Miss Biaikie, on Monday. A som of Mr Thomas Lewis of Gwynfe, Carmairifchenshire, the Archdeacon, who held the degrees of B.A. and B.D. of St. David's Col¬ lege!, Lampeter, was ordained by the Bishop of St. Asaph in 1872, and licensed to the curacy of Erhi stock. In the fallowing year he was ordained priest, and in 1874 be was appointed curate of Oswestry. In 1875 he was appointed chaplain at Bombay, and with intervals of fur¬ lough he remained in India until 1886. He was appointed Archdeacon of Bombay in 1890, and in 1894- ho was commissioner in charge of the diocese. On his return to this country he was presented by the kite Duke of Westminster to the rectory of Aldford, and in June lasit he was presented to the rectory of Davenham, North- wioh. He married in 1875 Annie, eldest daugh¬ ter of the late Dr. Biaikie of Oswestry, by whom and by two daughters and a son'—who' holds a Government appointment in Ottawa—he is sur¬ vived. The Archdeacon was taken ill about three momithe ago. The death was announced on Saturday, of Mr William John Sisson of Plas Gwilym, Wrexham, for the past half century a well known figure in the lite of the district. A ton of Mr John Sisson of Plas Coch, St. Asaph, fur many years agent for the late Lord Moe- tyn, Mr Sisson was born in 1828. Before coming to live at Wrexham, he resided at Llay Hall, Gresford. In 1852 he removed to Wrex?- haffi, and purchased Mr J. Clarke's brewery, which he carried on until his death. He was one of the original directors of the Wrexham', Mold and Conn all's Quay Railway Company, and chairman of the Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company. He was a vice-president of the Wrexham Infirmary, and a, manager of the National Schools, and he took a keen interest in the recent reparation of the parish church. He was a stannch Umrchmam and Conservative, but of late he had led a re¬ tired life. Mr Sisson represented the South Ward in the Town Council from 1883 to 1886,