The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

WMLSHm 'HONORARY DEGREES. An honorary degree has been conferred upon the Rev Chancellor Silvan Evans. I am glad. He is eighty-four. Many years ago he did Wales a real service by refusing to accept a Cymmrodorion medal. The Chancellor is granted a degree at eighty-four. This is so late that mere youths of sixty or so, like myself, have no right to complain that they are passed over. I should like to be entitled to wear a scarlet gown and a square hat. and perhaps if I live another twenty-four years and become more suave, I may win the prize. Just think of my having to wait until 1925 for a Welsh degree. It is too long. I shall be compelled to buy an American one, and if the fee of CI5 includes the hat and gown-a scarlet gown-I will do it as soon as I can raise j615. By the way, where is that paltry X500 required to finish the Welsh dictionary ? I daresay this money would have been more welcome than the honorary degree. ON THE HIRE SYSTEM. I have heard of town councillors who hire their robes and of "gentlemen" who go to parties in hired evening clothes. We all know that you can hire furniture and other things, but I never knew until this week that it is possible to hire a wedding ring. At Leeds a man was proceeded against for deserting his wife aged twenty. They had been married nine weeks and it was stated by the complainant that not only was all the furniture hired, but the wedding ring itself was hired for the ceremony. There is a start in life if you please. A separation order was granted. A REASONABLE SUGGESTION. I have a most reasonable suggestion to make in reference to the future of the North Wales University College. There is talk of removing it to Rhyl, Wrexham, Llandudno, Carnarvon, and other places. This is all foolishness. I suggest that the College should be removed to Aberystwyth. There was never any occasion for a college at Bangor, and the simple way out of the whole difficulty is to bring all there is to bring quickly to Aberystwyth. In order to complete the business, Cardiff may also send to Aberystwyth those tin sheds which it calls a college and let there be an end of the struggle for separate existence both at Bangor and Cardiff. Cardiff means well, but it is incapable and ought to know that tin sheds are not a dignified home for a university college. ABOUT SWEARING. It is in Scotland that the people swear at lairge. In England a man must not even swear in his own home if he can be heard outside. He must first shut the door! This is the solemn decision of three judges. A man had been fined at Bristol for swearing. He appealed, and this is the decision that a man is only safe when he swears in whispers. What is the relief of swearing in whispers ? THOMAS GEE'S MEMORIAL. I have not the least doubt that Wales will erect a statue in Denbigh to the memory of the late Thomas Gee. I am as sure of it as if I were taking part in the unveiling ceremony. The first meeting should be held in Denbigh. The first committee should be formed there, and the first subscription should be opened there. The sum required is about Y,2,000, or more. The Mayor of the town should call a public meeting, and afterwards public meetings should be held in other towns. The way to help the young people of Wales is to erect in their native places statues of men who have fought for freedom and who have upheld the national honour and fearlessly vindicated the people's rights. If Thomas Gee was here to speak for himself, it would not be necessary for me to plead for him. It is not necessary for me to plead for him now, but I want to see the work of recognition begun. We have no time to spare. It ought not to be difficult in Wales to find fifty persons who would give X50 each to this fund. I am not going to abandon this project. SOME COIN CI OENCES. The newspapers state that the wine in the cellars at Marlborough House is all marked with a label bearing the Prince of Wales's feathers, the initials "P.W. and the name "Marlborough House." It is also obvious that the initials of the Prince of Wales are P.W. Now the king has become Protector of the Welsh University his initials are P.W.U. This column used to be signed P.W. Anybody with half an eye can see why the initials at the end of this column were dropped. I never heard that anybody ever blamed the Prince of Wales for writing this column and he made no request that the initials should not be used, but there are the two facts that this column used to be signed P.W. and now it is not signed in that way. THE BAIT. The bait that the Public House Trust offers the people is philanthropy and five per cent. The Duke of Devonshire has been speaking of the enormous benefits which would accrue to the community if, by the universal establish- ment of public-house trusts, all future profits from the liquor trade were devoted to public purposes. I can see quite plainly that we are going to drink ourselves into all sorts of salvation. The present drink profits are reckoned at nineteeen millions and with more public houses under the Trust scheme this sum might easily be doubled. How easy it is to improve the people if you only once get into the right way of it! DEW DROPS. A million million dewdrops gathered in the night, And in the morn, at sunrise, sparkled in the light Earth's highest gems are we," the shining dewdrops cried, Then in the sun's hot breath the countless dewdrops died. USELESS SPEOULA TION. I am not going to speculate what could have been done with the hundred and fifty millions which have been wasted on the SOP.WI African war. Speculations of that kind are quite useless. It is far mere sensible to spend the shilling you possess wisely than to specu- late what good things you might have done with the sovereign you lost last week en back- ing a "sure" thing in some horse race. If the war in South Africa had not happened but it has happened. If we had that hundred and fifty millions but we haven't them. We have the hundred millions the war will yet cost, and they are the millions that we ought to bother about. But nobody bothers about them. Next week men will be killed and others will die of disease and millions will be wasted, but the speculating fools are worrying about the money that is spent and not about the money that is going to be spent. It is the wasted money we regret. Nobody seems to bother about the wasted lives. Lives are cheap. They can be picked up at any street corner, and when they are once spent they are soon forgotten, hut the spent money we gloat over and count and reckon what we could have done with it. The people are to blame-the men in the street. They do not care about their own welfare. They rejoice in war. Very well, let them rejoice. To me war is the most horrible thing in the world and the most hopeless. I know that' nothing can be done. The war must go on until the voice of reason is heard again in the land, and it will not be heard until the bulk of those who crave for war have become its victims in one sad way or another. PENRHl N. The two men who were sent to prison for offences connected with the Penrhyn Quarry dispute have been liberated at the expiration of their sentences. There was a great deal of sympathy manifested for them on the errone- ous assumption that, in some sort of way, they were the victims of the Penrhyn Quarry system. I am not going to find fault with the expres- sion of sympathy nor with the unwisdom of the ministers of religion-it seems to me to be unwisdom—who made speeches on the occasion. It i3 quite true that anybody can break the law by paying the penalty, but is the Rev T. Griffiths prepared to say that an assault upon a policeman in the execution of his duty is the sort of breach of law that a Christian minister should uphold ? I only ask the question, you know. 'I J '1- It seems to me that the trouDie at jrenrnyn has entered upon a new phase. The strife between the Management and the Trades Unions has ended. Everybody now knows that Lord Penrhyn will not allow the Independent Labour Party, or the Quarry men's Union, or even his own workmen to manage the quarries. That is settled beyond question. The quarries have been re-opened and have been working for some months. If anybody likes to go back to work and is acceptable, he can go. If he does not like to go back, he can stay away. The battle is now a personal and one-sided battle. It is now really a domestic battle—a battle between a man and his o.vn pride. The Trades Unions and local subscribers can keep as many people as they please, and as long as they please. I fail to see that the individual men have any quarrel with Lord Penrhyn. They may be fighting for some principle, but I do not know what it is, except it is the principle that they have a right to force Lord Penrhyn to give them work on their own conditions. The domestic battle is a pitiful battle to fight, and it will be there to fight next year and the year after. I would not ask any man to abandon a battle that he thinks is right, but I would ask him to carefully consider whether the battle is right, and I would asK the ministers of religion whether they know that the battle is right. I believe now, what I have believed from the first, that the men are the victims of a scheme for winning a great victory over em- ployers generally. The scheme has failed and Lord Penrhyn's late workmen are left in the lurch. Lord Penrhyn was stronger than was expected, or those who attacked him were weaker. It is now a case for individual decision and individual action. The men must see this. The minister of religion must see this. It is to be hoped that there will be no more disturbances and no more goings to prison. Nobody likes to think of the Penrhyn quarry- men, who were kept in order by a single policeman, being sent to prison for breaches of the peace. Have the ministers of religion at Penrhyn ever tried the principles of the New Testament in relation to this strife ? REPETITION. Two children building castles in the sand Two laughing lovers walking hand in hand A man and woman, old and bent and grey, Smiled each to each and said, "We've had our day." THE KING AND LLANDRINDOD. It was rather smart of Llandrindod to say that the King is going there. Nobody knows where the King is going, except the London correspondents of daily provincial papers, and they, of course, know everything. Llandrindod seems to have fallen off somewhat. It got to be identified too closely with sham patriotism and the Llandrindod politician was a bad character in itself. I see by one of the South Wales daily papers that exhaustive inquiries in official quarters in London show that there is no foundation for the statement that the King will visit Llan- drindod Wells next year to undergo a course of the waters. The best thing that Wales can do is not to meddle with the King's name. The King is quite as likely to tell me as anybody else when he intends to visit Llandrindod, and I will let Llandrindod know as soon as ever the royal intimation reaches me, so Llandrindod can go on drinking its waters in absolute peace. The Coast. J.G.

PWLLHELI. MARKET.—At Wednesday's market the following prices nlled :-Bed, 5d to lOd mutton, 8d to 10d; an 1 fat pi, 3f d to 4d per lb; porkers, 15s to 22* each butter, Is 3d to Is 4d per Ib; eggs, lis to 12:i 6d per 120. PREACHING MEETINGS.—The annual meetings of the Tabernacl Baptist Chapel were held on Wednesday night and all day Thursday. The I special preachers were the R-v E. Mitchell, Ponkey, and the Rev J. W. Williams, Holyhead. LEGAL SUCCESS. — Mr Hugh Pritchaid, second son of Capt Hugh Pritchard, Sabrina House Salem-terrace, hs passed his final examination of the Incorporated LaN Society, and is now qualified to practice. Mr Pritchard served his articles with Messrs Pic on, Jones, and Roberts. THE VOLUNTEERS.—On Thursday evening a concert was held at the Drill H-All. Capt Freeman presided over a large attendance. Amongst those who took part were—Mrs Freeman, Miss B. Perkins, Lieut W. A. Hughes, Lieut A. Ivor Parry, Mr A. Ivor Evans, Mr Hugh Hughes, and Mr Cradoc Davies. Prizes for excellence in shoot- ing were distributed, the silver cup being handed over to Sergt G. Cornelius Roberts, tha crack shot of the Pwllheli Company. THE NURSING MOVEMENT. The Executive Committee of the Pwllheli Queen District Nursing Association was held on Monday night, Mr G. W. Corhett Yale presiding. Arrangements for secur- ing the servica of a nurse in the immediate future wer ■ made. It was resolved to confine the sphere of her labours to the Borough. Thanks were accorded the Working Committee for their valuable work. They collected 980. In addition, at least f20 is expected from the county fund. VACANT APPOINTMENT.—A special meeting of Lleyn Rural District Council wai held on Wednes- day, Mr Griffith Jones, Penybont, chairman, pre. siding. -Arrangements were made to advertise the v:v am;y created by the resignation of Mr J. T. Rees, surveyor for Sarn, who has received an ap- pointment under the Carnarvon County Council.— Mr Robert Jones, Sara, p-opofed that the work should be discharged by two men in future. He felt that jastice was not being done to certain parishes.—Mr G. M. Jones, Aberdaron, seconded. —The Chairman said although he sympathised with the proposal, he must rule it out of order.—It was agreed to offer a salary of jE57, being the stipend paid Mr Rees, and to ask the applicants to send two testimonials. -It was suggested that the applicants should give evidence of experience in a practical manner, but this was not taken up. PETTY SESSIONS.—On Wednesday week, b?fore R. Carreg and W. C. Jones-Parry, Esqrs—John Jones, Charles Williams, and Ellen Williams, Aberdaron, were summoned by Edward Robert, fchool attendance officer, for having neglected to send their children to school.—Orders to attend were made.—Richard Evans, St. Tud wall's- terrace, summoned by Hugh Hughes for a like off nee, was fiot-.d 23 6.1.—Catherine Jane Jones, C-wrtbach, Sand-street, also summoned for a like offence, was fined 5s —An order to attend was made against Jwc. Robert". Abererch-road.—Mr J. T. Howell, clerk to th± School Board, appeared for the prose- cution in the three latter cases.—John Jones, Penycei, Criccieth, charged by Licensing Inspector Jones with having been drunk and disorderly on November 11th at Penlan-street, admitted the offence and was fi;j('d 2s 6d aiid 8s 6J costs.—Oweu Jones, St. Tudwall's-terrace, charged by P.O. vwens ffim having been drunk and disorderly on the Maes on the same dale, admittrd the offence and was mulcted in a like fin,A similar fine was impossd in the case of Richard Owen, Penrhyd- lyniog, charged by the same officer with having been drunk and disorderly in High-street cn November 12th. —Henry Hughes, Ala-road, charged by the same officer with having been drunk and disorderly on the same date, denied the charge —A fine of 5d and 8.. 6d costs was inflicted. THE LITERARY SOCIFTIES.-AT Piii,an, Mr Rå' Roberts presiding, an addre-s on "Vegetarianism was read by Mrs J. J. Jonos.—At Zion, the Rev Le-vi,3 Jone* presiding, there was a debate on whether the soldi-r or missionary has done greater service to ci"ilizatiun. Miss L. G. Davies opened favourable to the soldier,1 and Miss Kite Williams to the missionary. 1 latter view found a majority.—At Y.M.A., Mr Houghton Pavies presiding, Mr Evans, B.Sc of the County School, gave an experimental lecture on "The Constitution of Matter."—At Penmount, Dr Wynne Griffith presiding, a puper on The Bee was read by Mr John Rowland, New Row.—At Salem a misce!. 'fI,necus programme was gone tnrough, Mr 0 Robyns Owen presidin.g Amongst those who took part were Mr W. J. Will arns and party, b D. Caradog Evans, Mr Charles Roberta, Mr J. P. Williams aul party, Miss K. A. Jones, MiaS'-s S. Jones and E. Tnomas, Mr J. Wiliiamg and party, Cenin, and Mr Thomas, Liverpool, the latter giving on address.—At Tabernacle, Mr Thos, Evans, presiding, a paper was Tead by Mr E. S. Jones, Post Office, on "Ancient Welsh Musical Instruments."—At Ala-road, the Rev E. Myrddin Reeslpresiding,there was a del ate on "Should Pwll heli Adopt the Great Ssheme." Mr Maurice Jones, supported by Mr Cradoc Davies, opened in the affirmative, and J. H. Jones, Plascrug, supported by Mr Houghton Davies, in the negative. Mr Alfred Ivor Parry and Mr Evan R. Dwies were amongst the speakers favourable to the scheme which was adopted by an overwhelm- ing majority. BOARD OF GUARDIANS, WEDNESDAY. Mr J. T. Jones, chairman, presiding, with Mr Evan it. Davies in the vice-chair. A Gentle Hint -Mr Watkins, the master, re- ported that an imbecile inmate, aged thirty-six, named Thomas Davies, had cut up his new cloth- ing.—Davies was brought before the Guardians and severely reprimanded by the Chairman.-Mr T. E. Griffiths (Beren) protested against the unseemly manner in which the Guardians laughed at the retorts of the imbecile. He would not have re- ferred to the matter had not such a display of frivolity taken place on former occasions, particu- larly at the last meeting, when the candidates for the appointments of master and matron ap- peared before the Board. Conduct of this nature was calculated to reflect on the dignity of the Board.—The Chairman agreed and hoped the members would t-ike the hint. Without Shoes.-An application was made for shoes for the two children of an impoverished widow. The little ones were unable to attend school through lack of shoes.—The Chairman said the Guardians could not legally grant the applica- tion.—Mr Evan R. Davies said he did not know the law on the question, but ths Guardians must recollect that irregular attendance meant losing a grant of 27s 6d per head. -In the result, it wa< unanimously agreed to provide the children with bo >ts and run the risk 01 a surcharge. Laid on the Table -Messrs R T. Pritchard, Humphrey Hughes, Owen Rowlands, and W. 0. Joaes, the four relieving officers, sent a joint application for an inerea-e in salary.—The Chair- man said if the question was to come on, notice of motion would have to be given.—Mr Griffith Jones, Penybont, proposed that the application should be laid on the table and Mr Robert Williams, Penrhos, seconded. The Rev E. Myrddia Rees thought the least the Board could do was to consider the question honourably and he proposed that the matter should be considered at the next meeting.—Mr Evan R. Davies alpo thought the application should be dealt on its merits and proposed that it should be referred to a committee.—Mr Rees withdrew his proposition and seconded Mr Davies's amendment.—Mr Guthrie Jones said he proposed leaving the appli- cation on the table because the officers had not hen in the service of the Board for very long. Had they been ten or twenty years, it would be another thing.—Mr Guthrie Jones's proposition was carried by twenty-four votes to eleven. Expensive.—Mr Evan R. Davies during the con- sideration of a letter from the Lunacy Commis- sioners with regard to a certain case, proposed that it should be pointed out to the Commissioners that it was extremely difficult for the Board to discharge their duties in this connection because of the heavy costs attendant upon the removal of patients from that Union to the Asylum and the unwillingness of families to allow their friends to be removed because of the distance to the Asylum.—Mr Griffith Jones seconded the proposition, which was carried. County Cill. -A call for f982 was received from the County Council. Proposed Testimonials.—Mr Griffith Jones in accordance with notice called attention to the approaching retirement of the Master (MrWatkins) and the Matron (Miss Griffiths), and proposed in view of the general satisfaction which they had given during their long and faithful services, that xrrangemen's fur testimonials should be made.- The Chairman thoroughly agreed with the propo- sition and seconded it.—The resolution having been passed unanimously, a committee consisting of the Chairman, Vice-chairman, Mrs Watkins, the Rev. E. Myrddin Rees, Mr T. E. Griffith, and the Clerk (Mr R. O. Jones) was appointed to carry out the arrangements.—The Chairman I am fure our Clerk will act as secretary.—The Clerk With pleasure.-T he Board then rose.

BALA. LECTURE -On Saturday last the Rev D. Adams (Hawen) delivered a lecture on Pastorate to the students. LITERARY SOCIETY.—T e weekly meeting of the Independent Chapel Literary Society was held last Thursday evening, under the presidency of Mrs D. W. Jones, when an interesting lecture was given by Mr D. W. Jones, Llye Meirion, on some reminiscences :of Bala. READING Room.-The reading room attached to the new Library premise?, presented to the town by Col Evans-Lloyd, of Moelygarnedd, was opened last Thursday. Theie is a good supply of news- papers and periodicals, and the room has been very neatly furnished by the Urban District Council. TEMPERANCE.—With respect to the temperance crusade to obtain one million new signatures great efforts are being made in this district. Several temperance meeting have bsen held. On Friday evening last, at the C.M. Chapel, a meeting was held under the presidency of Dr Hughes, when a lecture on temperance was delivered by the Rev D. Adams (Hawen), Liverpool. The weekly temperance meeting was held at Plasey Chapel on Saturday evening, when several addresses and songs were given. Last Sunday evening temper- ance sermons were delivered at all the chapels, and this week papers will be distributed to every house in the town and district for the purpose of signing. SPECIAL SESSIONS, NOVEMBER 21st, 1901.— "Before J. Parry and J. W. Roberts, Esqrs. Sleeping in an Outbuilding.- P.C. Thomas Williams charged Hugh Williams, bricklayer, Bala, for sleeping in an outbuilding on the 21st November. —Accused pleaded guilty. The Constable stated that he, accompanied by Inspector Morgans, was out between 12 to 12-15 a.m. on the 21st November and went through some out- buildings in search of defendant. They found him at the top of a hay shed belonging to the New Mill. H" teak him into custody and searched him, but did not find anything on him.—Accused, who promised to leave the town immediately, was bound over in the sum of f5 to appear to receive senteoce when called upon. SPECIAL SESSIONS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD.-Before Roger Hughes (in the chair), John Parry, and J. W. Roberts, Eaqre. Assaulting the Police. —Inspector Morgans charged John Davies, Plasey-alley, labourer, with having assaulted him on the 22nd November and also with being drunk and disorderly on the same date. —Accused pleaded guilty to both charges.—In his evidence, Inspector Morgans stated that about 8 30 p.m. on Friday evening, November 22nd, he saw accused drunk and making a noise in front of the Goat Hotel. He went up to him and asked him to go home quietly, but he would not go. He helped him as far as the Police Station and the defendant's wife then tried to take him home, but he turned back and began to assault him (the Inspector). He became very violent and was taken into custody.-In reply to the Bench, Inspector Morgans said accused, who was an old (ffcider, only worked occasionally, but obtained money by selling things such as wearing apparel, shoes, etc., which were given him by people in the town and vicinity.—The Chairman said ac- cused had pleaded guilty to a very serious charge, viz., that of assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. The Bench were determined to put a stop to such conduct and to protect their officers in carrying out their duties. The accused would be sentenced to fourteen days' imprison- ment on the charge of being drunk and disorderly and one month's imprisonment on the charge of assaulting the police, the sentences to run con- currently.

GA-NLLW YD. DEATH OF MRS. WILLIAMS. We regret to have to announce thacMrs Williams, the wife of Mr Charles Reynolds Williams of Dol- rnelynllyn, parsed away at Dolmelyullyn on Tuesday, the 26th November. She had on the previous week contracted a severe cold, which led to pneumonia and pleurisy. Happily,her three children, Mrs Eugene Wason, Mrs Harry Lee, and Mr Romer Williams arrived in time to be with her at the last, She was the only daughter of the late Mr John Romer, member of the Council, Bombay, and for a period acting Governor of that Presidency. She was in her seventy-eighth yea*. Great sympathy is felt for Mr Williams, one of the kindest hearted and most generous residents in the neighbourhood of Dol gelley. Mrs Williams herself was beloved and resn^cted bv all hw neighbours and the residents f Dolgelley. For forty years the family had resided at Dolmelynllyn and during that time Mrs Williams had contributed largely to the welfare and prosperity of Gaullwyd by her personal kind- ness to the poor and care for their home comfort. But not only "was she loved by the poor, she has left a large circle of friends in her own social station by whom she wiil be ever remembered and unceasingly missed. The hold which she had on society was the more remarkable on account of the infirmity with which she was afflicted, namely, a totl deafness which deprived her of the privilege of communicating with her friends in tne ordinary course of conversation. Notwith- standing this trial, her keen interest in all matters pertaining to the neighbourhood ,J,nd her wonder* ft;: patience in bearing the trial eudeared her to all with whom she came in contact and excited the sympathy of those who took the trouble to express themselves in writing on her tablets. She was laid to rest in the lovely Churchyard of Llan- eiltyd, in tight of the everlasting hills.

CARDIGAN TOWN COUNCIL. The result of the bye-electioa, which took plaee on TuesJay, was as follows John Evans, auc iooeer, &c Samuel Young, corn merchant, &c 302 Thomas Francis, maltster.„ £ 44 The first two are returned.

WELSH LANGUAGE SOCIETY. MEETING AT ABERYSTWYTH. THE "DIRECT" METHOD OF LANGUAGE TEACHING. A meeting of the Welsh Language Society was held at the University College of Wales, Aber- ystwyth, on Saturday morning. Dr Isambard Owen presided, and among those present were Principal Roberta, Principal Reichel, Professor J. E. Lloyd, Bangor (treasurer) Professor D. Morgan Lewis, Aberystwyth Mr T. Darlington, H.M.I.S.; Mr W. Edwards, H.M.I.S.; Mr Ivor James, registrar of the Welsh University Mr J. Austin Jenkins, registrar ot the Cardiff University College; Mr lom John, Llwynpia Mr T. Roberts, Bryn- hyfryd, Swansea; Mr Watcyn Wynn, Amman- ford Mr C. Morgan, Cardiff Pupil Teachers' Centre; Mr D. Samuel, Aberystwyth County School; Mr T. Dodd, Festiniog Mr Edgar Jones, Barry County School; Mr David Jenkins, Mus. Bac.; Mr R. H. Miles and Mr Griffith George, Aberdare; Mr D. E. Jones, B.Sc., H.M.I.; Bir- mingham Professors Anwyl and Edward Edwards, Aberystwyth and Mr J. Davies Brown, Cardiff, secretary. The PRESIDENT said that Society had been formed for the purpose of continuing, with con- siderable modifications, the work which was commenced by the Society for the Utilization of Welsh Language. The latter Society was formed with the primary object of bringing home to the minds of the Welsh people the extreme undesira- bility of treating the knowledge of the Welsh language as a matter of DC- use in education. The particular methods of utilizing the Welsh language in education which the old Society employed werr matters of detail. They were framed in accord- ance with generally-received views of language- teaching of ten years ago. But even ten years ago there had reached our country some knowledge of the new method of language teaching—the direct method as it was called—which had obtained a hold on the educa- tional minds of the Continent. Since the davs of the Utilization Society, the direct method of language teaching had commended itself to the educational minds of this country and the present Society at its formation determined that its advocacy of the use of the Welsh language in education must be made in full accordance with the principle of the direct method,which they were fully convinced was the right way of teaching languages. The whole detailed programme of that Society would therefore be found to differ markedly from that which was put forward some years ago. In some re pects the present programme might seem a much bolder programme than that of the old Association, The old Association, having to combat a long-established prejudice, was perhaps rather timid in its suggestion as to the introduction of the Welsh language into schoals. The present Society could afford to be much bolder and, under the guidance of the members of the Society whose claim to rank as experts in such matters he thought no one would venture to dispute-he meant in particular Mt Williim Edwards and Mr Darlington-they had decided upon a plan of edu' cation for elementary schools which boldly intro- duced the Welsh language into its proper p)eition and which was also in perfect accordance with that method of language teaching which was prac- tised on the Contment. (Hear, hear.) Their object now was to bring the advantages of this method prominently before the minds of the school authorities and of the general public of Wales, and he did hope that they would not be kept back or over timid in doing so owing to what remained of that misplaced modesty which used to characterise the Welsh people in reference to anything Welsh. (Hear, hear.) In his (the speaker's) boyhood, there was a feeling on the part of his countrymen that it was audacious for them to think that anything in Wales could really compare with the same thing in neighbouring countries. He was sure that the disappearance of that feeling in Wales had been to a large extent the fruit of the movement which that Society represented, a movement the main object of which was to place the Welsh language, the symbol of Welsh nationality, in the position to which it was lawfully entitled. He was exceedingly glad that in doing so they would not be running any risk of damaging the efficiency of our national education, nay, rather, he thought, they might claim that in placing the Welsh language in its proper position in education, so f*r from damaging, they would be materially increas- ing the efficiency of that system of education. (Hear, hear.) Now, one of the first points they had to look to in pressing that system of educa- tion upon the schools of Wales was that there should be an adequate supply of teachers trained for the purpose-trained in such s, manner that they could take the new system up. If they were to get their new method adopted in the schools of Wales, they must go to the fountain head and endeavour to provide teachers to carry it out. With that object, a resolution would be moved there that morning to the effect That we are of opioion that the curriculum of all our training colleges and other institutions charged with the training of pupil teachers, should make provision for instrustion in the most improved methods of language teaching, with special refer- ence to Welsh and English." (Hear, hear.) Mr T. ROBERTS, Brynhyfryd, Swansea, moved the resolution, remarking that they had two elements to fight against in promoting the useful- ness of the Welsh language, viz the arrogance of John Bull and the snobbishness of Dick Shon Dafydd. He thought they would be able to show John Bull what they could do and ignore Dick Shon Dafydd. (Hear, hear.) With the permission of the Chairman, he would extend the terms of the resolution in order so as to include the central classes for pupil teachers and the other institutions charged with the training of pupil teachers. It was rather late, he thought, to start at the colleges. Mr To JOHN seconded the proposition, and observed that this was an opportune time for pressing the matter on the Training College aa the last home circular gave the colleges the power to make their own syllabus. Mr WATCYN WYNN supported the proposition. He remarked that when he was in school children were punished for speaking their own language. Principal REICHEL, also supporting the motion, said that hitherto be had not been able to act with hat Society because it had seemed to him that it was adopting a policy with regard to the learning of English which was not in accordance with the most advanced educational experience. The Society had now brought itself up-to-date, and had adopted a recognised method of learning foreign languages which had been adopted by the best schools on the Continent and which bad been accepted as the right method by our leading educationalists at home, namely, what had been called the direct method. This action on the part of the Society had removed all the difficulty which he had felt in co-operating with it. (Hear, hear.) The teaching of Welsh had always seemed to him to be educationally throughly sound. The principle of educationists was that the matter should be used which lay ready at hand. The child learned a certain language as its native languge. T The educationist should recognise this and not throw aside an instrument which might be made, with very little trouble, of great educational value in the training of the child's mind. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, from both points of view-from the point of view of making use of an instrument ready to hand instead of tossing it aside and, in the case of Wales, of providing a real effective teaching of a second language in Welsh-speaking districts-it seemed to him that the policy of the Society deserved the support of educationists. (Hear, hear,) Mr JENKINS, Cardiff, and Professor LLOYD. Bangor, also supported the resolution. Principal ROBERTS also spoke in support of the resolution and remarked that if the method was tried there it might prove valuable not only to Wales, but to the educational authori- ties in the countries of Europe in the solution of the problem of linguistic teaching. He could assure them on behalf of that College that there was a most earnest and definite intention to promote the object of that Society but owing to the exigencies of the case the application of that resolution in practice would have to be tentative and gradual, and he hoped that the Society would not at first ba too exacting in its expectation of results. For instance, the Day Training Department was already heavily burdened with subjecs they were bound to teach. However, as their intentions were right and their efforts continuous, he trusted that good results would be obtained in due cuurae. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in putting the resolution to the meeting, congratulated the proposer and seconder on the cordial way in which it was received by the heads of the two constituent colleges of the University. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously, and the meeting then terminated.

gjimiittg Appointments. MR T. P. LEWES' FOXHOUNDS WILL MEET Wednesday, December 24th.New Cross. 10-30 a.m. THE PLAS MACHYNLLETH HOUNDS. WILL MEET. Monday, December 2nd Aberhosan 10-30 a.m. ,Is Thursday, December 5th. Kennels 10-30 a.m. THE PLAS MACHYNLLETH HARRIERS. WILL MEET. Tuesday, December 3rd Talywern 10-30 a.m. Friday, December 6th Pantperthog 10-30 a.m.

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VIVISECTION. SIR,—May I ask if the Mr Price who figures as the leading spirit of the anti-vivisectionists of North Wales, is identical with the renowned sportsman of that name ? If so, can he reconcile h's humanitarian principles with the delight which I have no doubt he takes in re-counting, after a day on the moors, the number of braces" which have fattened by his hand, or the excite- ment produced by a day with the hounds in running a poor fox to death? Though I do not wish to enter into the discussion going on in your paper, I may state that I have had exceptional experience in this matter (abroad) and would conclusively say that none but professional indi- viduals can understand anything of its practical utility.—Yours, etc., W. VIVISECTION-INOCULATION. SIR,—The assertion made by Dr Hugh Jones, a public vaccinator, that "Inoculation is a disgust- ing craze," must sound to members of the medical profession very much like "Satan reproving sin." If Dr H. Jones will strut about like the jack- daw of old in peacock's feathers, he must not complain that other jackdaws, who are quite content with their own plumes—turn and peck him. May I suggest to Dr Jones that he will read a paper before the British Medical Association, under the heading "The utter vvorthle&sness of Inoculation, from a public vaccinator's point of view." He may thus be able to convince some of us that inoculation is a disgusting craze and worthless.—Yours, etc., Y. M. J. H. VIVISECTION. SIR,—In order to convince your readers, and if possible" Medico," that I was not guilty of "misrepresentation" when I referred to the certificates permitting vivisectors to dispense with the use of anaistnetics, or of the necessity to kill the animal experimented upon before it recovers consciousness when anaesthetized—will you allow me to quote the words of the Vivi- section Act of 1876 (39 and 40 Vict., ch. 77) on these points. After stating that licences to vivisect are granted on certain conditions, these exceptions are made: "Experiments may be performed without anaesthetics on such certificate being given as in this Act mentioned that insensibility cannot be produced without necessarily frustrating the object of such experiments, and experiments may be performed without the person who performed such experiments being under an obligatio l to cause the animal on which any such experiment is performed to be killed before it recovers the influence of the anaesthetic,on such certificate being given as in this Act mentioned, that the so killing the animal would necessarily frustrate the object of the experiment, and provided that the animal be killed as soon as such object have been obtained." (Italics mine.) These certificates, therefore; cover any experi- ment, if the person performing it considers that his object would be frustrated by the use of anaesthetics and animals are kept alive for days and weeks for purposes of observation aiter the ghastliest mutilations. It is true that the Government report last issued states that of the 8,954 experiments returned as performed without anæstbectics- Few have been in serious degree panuul; a.nd that they were mostly inoculations. But the small amount of confidence due to the Inspector's reports may be judged by the following fact" While the Inspector has never once admitted in the Government returns to Parliament that any very severe experiments have been performed in any year, the records of the scientific journals, notably the Journal of Physiology and the Journal of Pathology, show most atrocious experiments have been performed year after year." For proof of this fact I refer your readers to the volume which I recom- mended in your last issue, Scientific Reseo.rch by Dr Stephen Suntro (published by Elliot Stock, London, 1901, price 2s), pages 67 to 80. A copy of this book will be lent (gratis and posj free) by any one applying to Miss Cobbe, Hengwrt, Dolgelley. Trusting that the above statements will exonerate me from the charge of either misrepresenting" or suppressing facts.—I am, sir, yours, etc. BLANCHE ATKINSON. Barmouth, Nov. 25th. THE SURVEYORSHIP OF DOLGELLEY. SIR,—I notice in reading the reports in the Cambrian News from time to time of the meetings of the Dolgelley Urban District Council that the Chairman (Mr John Edwards) is stated to be acting as inspector and surveyor." As a rate- payer, I should like to know whether Mr Edwards has been formally appointed temporary inspector, and, if so, whether he does the work for nothing or receives a salary. I have always been under the impression that it is illegal for the chairman or member of a council to receive any payments, either in a direct or indirect way from the council of which he is a member. What the arrangement is in this case I do not know. Whatever it is, it is but right that it should be made known to the ratepayers.—I remain, yours, etc. ONE OF THEM. LEVEL DRAINS AT ABERYSTWYTH. SIR,—In last week's report of the Town Council proceedings, Mr C. M. Williams,lin criticising Mr Samuel's proposal to flush certain sewers, made the following remarks —" Mr Samuel had men- tioned Queen's-road, and had suggested a tank on the land above. As, however, the drains in Queen's-road were almost level, he (Mr Williams) believed that the tank would not answer the purpose anticipated, because the water would come down the hill at a bang (sic), and when it came to the level there it would stop. No doubt the drain was at a dead level." Is Mr Williams not aware that water with sufficient head and volume would not stop when it came to the level ? Any schoolboy could inform him of that elementary fact in hydro- statics. As the drains are admittedly at a dead level, Mr Samuel is completely justified in proposing that something should be done to remedy the defects arising therefrom, for in a level sewer there will be deposit of sewage, and consequently foul gases will be generated, but no such deposit or accumulation of sewer air obtains in a drain with a proper fall, and the necessity for ventila- tion does not so much arise. After admitting this defect, Mr C.M. Williams in his speech goes on to say, Notwithstanding what was said to the disparagement of the town, the drains were in an excellent state, and this, forsooth, when there is admittedly no system or method of cleansing level drains. It is to be hoped the Council will carry out some method of sewer flushing, either by means of flush tanks or by adopting some automatic system, such as Field's, Siphon, or Shone's ejector.—I am, &c., SANITAS. Nov. 24, 1906. [The presumption on the part of Mr C. M. Williams that it was his duty to put Mr Samuel right is not tenable. Mr Samuel is right. Mr C. M. Williams, in our opinion, is quite wrong. The insanitary state of the town is a reproach to all the old members of the Council. We have dealt with the subject quite plainly. Mr Samuel need not be afraid of criticisms.—ED. C. N.] ABERYSTWYTH AS A HEALTH RESORT. SIR,—I think the thanks of every resident in Aberystwyth, especially those having children, are due to you for the trouble you have taken in exposing the negligence of the Town Council and its officers with reference to the cases of fever, &c., which have existed in the town for many months. What I cannot understand is, that nothing seems to be done to try and trace the cause of all these infectious cases. Surely, it is not sufficient when a case is reported to simply disinfect the house and think nothing more of it. I see the matter was discussed at the last Council meeting. Mr C. M. Williams, in reply- ing to Mr Samuel (who is doing good service to the ratepayers br bringing this matter forward) is reported to have spoken as follows: "The drairs were in an excellent state. Mr Samuel had re- ferred to certain cases of disease in the town, buttherewasdisease in every other town. Several of them had been traced and found not to have originated in the town, but had been imported. That was almost always the case. If Mr Samuel had taken the trouble to compare the state of Aberystwyth this year with that of other tox/ns, he would find that Aberystwyth had every reason to be pleased with the position of affairs with regard to sanitary matters." When Mr Williams spoke these words he must have been ignorant of the true state of affairs, or he must have been trifling with the Council, and I hope the other fifteen members will not allow dust to be thrown in their eyes by Mr Williams or anyone else. The case is a very serious one, as the fol'owing facts will show. A few months ago the National Schools had to be closed through an out- break of diphtheria. I believe there have, during the last twelve month or so, been eight deaths from this awful disease, one in Queen's- road, one in North-parade, two in Cambrian- street, one in Penglaise-terrace, one in Llan- badarn-road, one in Rheidol-place, and one in St. John's-buildings. Your readers will note that nearly all these deaths have occurred in the flat portion of the town, between the bottom of Great Darkgate-street and Llanbadarn-road. There have also been cases of typhoid fever. These diseases are caused by either filth or bad drainage, so I should think the remedy for all this is not far to seeL. A gentlemen living in Llanbadarn-road is just now recovering from diphtheria; a few doors away a family of children have had scarlet fever; one of our largest ladies' school is at present closed through an outbreak of this disease, and to my knowledge there are several cases in other parts of the town. Can Mr Williams now state what he said in the Council, that Aberyst- wyth had every reason to be pleased with the position of affairs with regard to sanitary matters. I think it would be difficult to find any town advertising itself as a health resort with a worse record. How can Mr Williams, or any other ratepayer, compare the state of affairs at Aberystwyth with other health resorts when Mr Williams knows that the Medical Officer's reports are too bad to see the light of day ? If this policy of silence and inactivity and living in a fool's paradise is to exist. I am sure it will mean ruin to many a lodging house- keeper and tradesman and they will know whom to thank for it. The drains in the lower part of the town ought to be cleaned out and the deposit (such as we have often seen) should be j carted away twice a year, say, in March and October. The drains should then be flushed. I believe this to be the only true remedy. Let our Council take the matter seriously in hand at once and make Aberystwyth, like Cassar's wife, above suspicion.—Yours, etc., Nov. 26th, 1901. UP AND DOING. WELSH PONY AND COB STUD BOOK SOCIETY. SIR,-As the time for entries in the first volume of this book closes on December 31st, 1901, I rope you will spare me a little space in your paper to draw the attention of breeders and those interested in the breed to the importance of their coming forward and entering their best ponies and cobs in the first volume in order that a good start may be made. I also want to ask them to bring animals intended for registration with them to the monthly market at Tregaron on December 3rd. On that day the inspection judges, Messrs Lloyd Lewis, National and Provincial Bank, Aberystwyth, and Hugh Williams, Derrigaron Farm, near Tre- garon, will attend. A public meeting with refer- ence to the Stud Book will be held on the next monthly market day at Tregaron in the evening, and I hope that all those interested in the msve- ment will attend. The object of the Society is to retain the purity of the breed of the Welsh cob and pony and to improve their already hardy constitution, type, quality, action, and colour. Is the breed worth saving ? If it is, now is the time or never! No time should be lost by those interested in extend- ing a helping hand to those who are endeavour- ing to save the native varieties from being im- proved off the face of the earth. It is so easy to lose a strain and so difficult to regain it when lost. To lose the strain of these native breeds of the hills and mountains of Wales would, I truly believe, be a great national loss.—Yours, etc., Blaenplwyf, J JENKINS. Nov. 25th, 1901. SOUTH AFRICAN GRAVES. SIR.—The South African Graves Fund Com- mittee of the Victoria League, president, Lady Edward Cecil hon. treasurer, La iy Good- enough hon. secretary, Miss Tillard; the Dowager Marchioness of Headfort, Viscountess Knutsford, Lady Llangattock, Lady Hardman, Lady rrelawny, Lady Smyth, Mrs Hanbury Williams, Mrs A. F. Burridge, Miss Georgina Frere, Miss Graham Cloete, Miss Antonia Williams, hon. member, Miss Fairbridge, is very anxious to draw public attention to the work which is being done in South Africa by the Guild of Loyal Women," tending the graves of our ftlien soldiers and their inscriptions. Numbers of our men lie buried in lonely places many miles from any town or railway and often difficult to reach, Nevertheless the Guild is anxious to give all information in its power to those who wish to enquire. The able and energetic Secretary of the Guild at Cape Town, in a report just received, gives an account of how the work is done. All letters of enquiry regarding graves have been carefully read and filed and the files arranged in alphabetical order for easy reference. Copies of the letters of enquiry in the cases of the Orange River Colony, the Transvaal and Natal, are sent direct to the secretaries of those branches- from England to be attended to and answered without reference to Cape Town. With regard to the Rhodesian cases, these are few in number and, with the help of Colonel Verner, I have been able to locate all the graves and have communicated with the relations or enquiring friends. The general record book to contain a complete list of all those who have lost their lives during the war, which I had planned, has been com- menced. The names are to be arranged accord- ing to the regiments and indexed alphabetic- ally. All who have lost relations and friends, and who are anxious for the graves to be found and cared for, are invited to write to Miss Tillard, 8, Sunderland-terrace, Westbourne Gardens, W., who will forward enquiries to South Africa to the proper local officials of the Guild. As the work is very expensive, money to carry it on will be thankfully received by Lady Good- enough, 19, Albert Hall Mansions, S.W.—We re- main, etc., (Signed) VIOLET CECIL, ANNA GOODENOUGH, MARGARET TILLARD. ABERYSTWYTH, LLANBADARN AND DIS- TRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION. SIR, Newspaper correspondence about matters which have been dealt with at a public meet- ing is, as a rule, undesirable. I think, however, I ought, in the interests of the Association, to infringe the rule in respect of the recent meeting of the Aberystwyth, Llan- badarn and District Nursing Association, from which I was unavoidably absent. I trust you will find room for the following remarks. Professor Edwards suggested that the Execu- tive was niggardly in hoarding money which ought to be spent and that we were paying the nurses a niggardly minimum salary when we ought to apply our surplus to raising their salaries. The facts are well-known to the Committee and to all who have interested themselves in the movement. When the Society was first sta rted and the future was uncertain, I and others made very strong efforts, by getting donations and organizing entertainments, etc., to provide a surplus over the first year's expenditure, which would be available in case of a falling off of receipts the second year, and which might be of assistance in starting a third nurse-an object which has always been kept in view. With very great efforts, the sum of R177 was collected in the first year in excess of the ex- penditure. The result of the second year was that though there was a slight falling of in subscriptions, which came to X151, the donations enabled us to meet the expenditure of £ 218 and to add twenty-eight to the balance, bringing it to £205. The cost of an extra nurse would be eighty-eight pounds. This expenditure would not be safe to incur on this year's balance of twenty-eight but for the old balance of the first year. As stated by the Chairman, I have been desir- ous that the risk should be run, but have been unable to meet the Committee, who, alone, have power to incur it. But we must have a larger income before the third nurse can become a permanent institution. So much for the charge of hoarding money. As to the adequacy of the salaries, thirty pounds appears to be the average salary, and considering that thirty-five is the maximum per- mitted by the rules of the Jubilee Nurses even in manufacturing towns, where the conditions are very different, thirty pounds seems ample for a health resort and small place like Aberystwyth. No complaint has ever been brought before me, or the Committee, or the Secretary in respect of the salaries, nor has any application been made for a rise. Now that the nurses have it on the authority of a professor that they are under-paid, the Committee may find it necessary to give them the maximum salary of £ 35 to avoid discontent; but this is a matter for the Com- mittee, who alone have power to decide it. On Professor Edwards moving that the matter of salaries be referred to the Committee, you, Mr Editor, asserted that the Committee was non-existent," and the members were so "many dummies"; thpt it was useless to refer anything to them; that the Association was worked by a despotism and that the Secre- tary really ruled the Society." Prof Angus, on the other hand, correctly stated that the Secretary's action in putting herself for- ward for re-election, was due to the action of this non-existent committee of dummies, at a meeting more particularly described by Mrs Griffith. I was not aware of the intention of the Com- mittee before hand, and the Secretary was not present. According to Mrs Griffith, the Com- mittee were not aware that they were under any influence, but deliberated freely and came to a conclusion which was within their powers Up to June last, I was able to be present at committee meetings and to give considerable attention to the work of the Association. Whether I am to be considered one of the dummies under the autocratic Secretary. or whether I am a despot-wielding power through the autocratic Secretary is not very clear to me. The Committee is an extraordinarily large one. The usual number, I believe, for small towns and districts is six. It is also a very representative one, chosen by the various denominations in Aberystwyth, and they have almost all been re- elected by these bodies. One would say, with all respect to your judg- ment, Mr Editor, there were many woman of business capacity on it. They have now been re- inforced by the addition of Miss Carpenter, whose capacity no one will deny. It was also said by you that the truth was not told in the report about the nurses, that one of them had not gone away from Aberystwyth in the pleasantest of all circumstances," and in your editorial you suggest that the officials treat the nurses as if they were the officials' scullery maids." Now, I have, owing to illness in my family at various times, had an exceptional acquaintance with professional nurses from the hospitals, and none of them has ever left my house without a feeling of regret on both sides. Had there been anything wrong in the treatment of the nurses it is very strange that I never heard a hint of it. The Lady Inspector in June last reported (from the Jubilee Institute) that the nurses seemed Well. Happy." Nurse Hannon sent in her resignation on the ground of wishing to be near her people in Ireland. I have no reason to doubt the truth of her statement. Mrs Griffith informed the meet- ing that no other cause was mentioned to the Committee. In order to clear up the matter of the nurse's treatment more effectually, I am writing to the Secretary of the Jubilee Institute asking her to ascertain by enquiry from the Inspector, whether any defect in the treatment of the nurses was mentioned, or even hinted at to her, or whether any complaints as to salaries or any other matter was made and I shall publish the answer when I get it. After Nurse Hannon's resignation was sent in there was a suggestion, I think, to offer her a rise of salary to induce her to stay, and again, I believe, there was some talk of a testimonial. I have given my reasons against an increase of salary and, as regards the testimonial, it seemed to me undesirable to call on sub- scribers who have probably given as much as they can afford to the Association for a sub- stantial testimonial for only two years: services however meritorious. It appears prob- able, from what I have recently ^e*r4'.nC$ before Nurse Hannon's departure a soreness arose on her part towards the becre having expressed views similar to mine on subject. t to My object in writing is two-fold. show that the Executive has not meritea hard things that have been said of them, ond, that the work has been well carried out. »e that while acknowledging the aid that yo < g have always given to this and good works, and acknowleding a _;tic9r good intentions of yourself and other cr to point out that the charges ,un ef „w)pef the nurses, and treating them without P consideration must imperil the life ?-sc0rd Association, by sowing seeds of 01 between the nurses and the Executive, might, if credited by the Jubilee stop any further nurses being sent to ystwyth, and, undoubtedly, check sub^r$,0uS> I may add that the kindly, but inJu^e championship of the nurses against tn ecutive of the Association is particularly called for, because the nurses bdong Jre \v Jubilee Institute, and are sent to us.^arlf^ stitute, which sends an inspector half Ye j ct report on the conditions of the work a the nurses, and to enquire and report goCj«' complaint made by the nurses or the A tion. If I remember rightly, something Of same sort led to the discontinuance of the ing Association in Cardiganshire. „ 0fessff I take this opportunity of thanking P gjeet Angus and the rest of those present at the and 1 ing for their kind expression of sympathy, am, yours, etc., G. S. EVANS, President of the Aberystwyth, Llan and District Nursing AssociatIon. Bournemouth, Nov. 26th, 1901.

LLANIL \R. past SOLFA CLASS.—AS H;IS been the custom years, a solfa cla'ss will be heid weekly at lhe ^jll School by Mr M. T. Jones, schoolm-'ft'T. w prepare children for the examinations of Solfa College.

A RUN WITH MR T. P. LEWE S'P FOXHOUNDS. PES- A meet ot this pack was held at Mab-vs Qpeb day at the kind invititi JQ o? Mrs Stuart >lp" IOIJ» who gave the huntsmen a hrgpitnble r0° Kst^' Among hose present were MrT, P. Lewes, tbe Mr Willie Stuart Menzies, Mr Hugh ^0jb Menzies, Ma.jor Hughes, Lieutenant J. t Hugheg, Mrs Law, Mr Evans, Peng^joJ Davies, Penrhos, Mr Jones, Tyhen, a.o,i 11 left CO others. The fir-t cover tried was the hoI11e e which was drawn 'olmk, as v/as also tie* Mabws Gors. The next move was for rfy Gors and here a fox 'vaa started. Tii10 bolted towards \Lbws Hsn hous^ and the" ^iij^ round aod weut over N?w Mabws and 'biJ Mabwe covers. Finding his pursu r.-i clos0 ^t £ wind, he madd for Cwiuy ire which ia the t" city of refuge, The hounds, however, s their quarry, even though other foxes w<?re jo^ and ultunat ly the original Reynard was r a rabbit hole aud caught. The run wag a good one.

ICccal a The Rectory of Llangwm, Pembroke"'1' been offered to and accepted by the ReVr^oti' Evans, curate of St Mary's Welsh Do-lais. The stipend is C150 and a house. 16 1' METALS.—Sp«lf»»r, £ 16 12s 6d to Spauish lead, £ 11 5s to £ 11 7s 6d spot E0!?' til 12s 6d to £ 11 15s. Mr Ernest Howard Griffiths, M.A>? e Fallow of Sydney-Suswx College, Cambri this week appointed Principd of the College of South Wales and succession to the late Principal Viriamu J° Al

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ffttihs, rfflarriag es, ant) N 0 announcements of marriages are inserted .tll# dent authenticationy for want of which Q7) to us are sometimes emitted. A charff? advance, is made for the words *'Afo CaT^ f# marriages and an addition to the simf^ deaths. BIRTHS. bft 01Ø!! () POWELL.—On the 21st November, at Tregaron, the wife of Mr C. Le Brnn son. r MARRIAGES. F» BENMSON—SCHOFIRLD.—On Friday, Novein^eO^el1 Rochdale, by spacial licence, Mr Fran-13 gcH Terrace-road, Aberystwyth, to Miss EI Yew Tree Hotel, late Central Hotel, R°c DATIES— DAVIES.—On the 26th November »1 v >Ltf gwynt C.M. Chapel, Tregaron, by the U" Evans, in the presence of ')Ir Peter Willis J3 Mr David Davies, Glangorsfach, to j daughter of Mr David Davies, Pencefn, h° caron. ,he DATIES—DATIES.— On November 15th, AT j." A Office, Aberayron, before Air J. M. How'e*' cb'j-h Mr William Davies, Ship on La DO tit Miss Elizabeth Davies, 12, Water-street, gil r, Aberayron.. e EVANS—DAVIES.—On November ?5th, at tf&J1 Office, Aberayron, before Mr J. M. Bo*e 'h J Mr Tom Evans, Penwern, and S*r. Tanralltissa, both in the parish of CilcenO fI!, JONES—DAVIES.—On November 14th, AT Office, before Mr J. M. Howell, registrar, r1 V 11 Jones, Dolwig, New Quay, and a vet Llawrcwrt, Llandisiliogogo JONES—WILLIAMS.—On November 27th, *jje { Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Dolgelley. ce Hf (- Morris, M.A., B.D., minister, in the Tom Parry, registrar, Mr Edward Jones. j, *< i Arthog, to Miss Annie Catherine \Vil'lft ffih; bryn-terrace, Dolgelley. f th5rftlte> Wl LLIA',IS -JONES. -On November 13th, at main Independent Chapel, by the Re* J V) fleL minister, in the presence of Mr Tom "M. Mr Richard Jones, Pantypanel, near Dolfc1 t Kate Williams, Cittiau, Rhydymain, DEATHS. W V,I DAVIES.—On November 23rd, at the eed wiljlit' Hospital (Tropical Ward), Liverpool, 2^0 Pji John Percival, second son of the late r'.pd A-na Davies of Crosby, and dearly-loved hus.^19 Davies (nee James) Broncastell, 43> 1 jj>fl Egremont, Cheshire. -eilis. rfi' ELLIS.—On November 19th. Mrs Anne Cottage, Barmouth, aged 87 years. ratta^Vf FELIX.—On the 20th November at Ivy idolv road, Tregaron, Mrs Eleanor Felix, David Felix, channier, etc., aged 82-$FA GEACH.—On the 22nd November, ^Tcb^S terrace, Kensington, London, Robert v jl tfflt youngest son of the late Charles Gea • 0t 62nd year. ^arS- Air JAMES.—On November 21st, Mrs Jane •> James James, Park-lane, Dolgelley, a?flTgarettfjlll James James, Park-lane, Dolgelley, a?flTgarettfjlll WILLIAMS.—On November 26th, Mrs jjs »/. Williams, wife of Mr Charles ve**3'*e ° (e i Dolymelynllyn, nerir Dolgelley, resid^ MINCHIN.—On 22nd November, at tn 'f v. If son, Woodc.ote, Bradfield, Read'f'^[.A the late Rev Henry Charles Minchi"* gt- ville, Monegall, co. Tipperary, vlC *4 Lode,Gloucester,the beloved mother Bonsall, Glanrheidol. — Bonsall, Glanrheidol. bi: or cattil ,1 Prmted by J. GIBSON, and 0f J3$¡1. Terrace-read, Aberystwyth, in the eet.. at LJ. EDW stationer, 1 t() goo ,oo J. Gibson's, at th<s Cambrian 0f 30 street, Barmouth, in the <*ouniy iJX and UT DAVID Li.ovn's. Portm^10'" ot C9.rr.arv(.n oath. On Friday, November