The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

A TRAVELLER FROM BORTH TO ABERAYRON writes the following letter, and as the complaint made by my correspondent is one that affects a considerable number of people, it would be wise on the part of the trustees to re- move the grievance, or there may be such a dust raised be- tween Borth and Aberavron, that travelling will be very unpleasant Sir, -The turnpike road-, it will fall on the parishes in about two years, and for the last few years, or conline it to the last year, they have been perfectly neglected. Where does the fault lie- with the >urve>or or the trustees ? ,tiid wti-re does the money go? As you are often up and down the coast, and a public coast-guard, j\Bt mention it to the trustees. It is evident to every traveller that the road is getting very weak, and the turnpike fee is exactly the same as formerly- Y uurs, DAFYD JONES."

TilOITTDA TTONS BY ARRANGEMENT. PERRY WINKLE-S APOLOGY. Some weeks 31'0 1 felt called upon to make some strong remaiks against "the practice of "liquidating by arrange- ment" which has become alarmingly common in Aberyst- wyth and the country generally. In the course of those remarks I carefully abstained from personal references or individual cases, and tried as far as possible to show that I believed in the integrity of the tradesmen of the town generally. My object was to discourage as far as possible a system which is sapping the foundations of our Com- mercial credit. Mr Rogers, auctioneer, Aberystwyth, I am informed, feels himself aggrieved, and has intimated that he consideis the remarks applied to him. I am sorry Mr Rogers should think that he was pointed at for two reasons—First, Because I had no idea that Mr Rogers had in any way merited strictures of the kind and. secondly, Because, if I had known that gpntleman could have taken the remarks to himself, I should have avoided them. I apologise most fully for having, when at; ackiIJ a class, unconsciously said something wlncu I am c 1 1 ° J? says somebody says is meant for him and trust that he. w ill accept this apology in the spirit m which it is offered- Next week it is my purpose to say something about adulter a- tion, and I may now say th tt I have no particular trader- man in my eye, ftud I hopj that no one will take the ex- posure whieh 'will be made, to himself. Livintr as I do in the bos ui of ny family, ::t my bit of a place on tV Coast, and striking out right and left at hydra-headed wrong, it seems possible for gentlemen to think one is y>elting them when they are as far from one's thoughts as I wish that post was from North-parade. All that was said against Liquidations by Arrangement holds good, and my apology applies simply and solely to Mr Rogers wnose name in connection with these shameful transactions, never crossed my mind until his letters were forwarded to me by the proprietory of the Caoihvidit -Yczt's, wh- of course cannot be blamed for not detecting an attacK where none was intended.

ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCHYARD. It was about sunset, and I was walking 1n the neglected churchyard of St. Michael's. The chu ch itself is much in need of repair, but the resting-place of our dead is surely not indicative of the for gotten joys and tender associations which death so rudely severs. We 1h;ht day by day in the world, and often are strengthened for the conflict by human love and syuip ithy, which the jostling crowds little think we need. In many a moral victory won by us the real victor is some loving patient, gentle friend, whose faithful counsel and hearty commendation are dearer to us than the noisy congra- tulations of the throng. I lo,v often have those who lie here blessed us with the wealth of their devotion, and yet the cheaply-rendered tribute of a little care delegated to menial hands is denied to their resting place. These fallen me- morials, these grass-grown walks and neglected graves, are painful sights. Call it sentimentalism if you like surely daily life is prosaic enough to allow a little sentimentality now and then, and 1, for one, am pained when the dead are forgotten so soon. We have public spirit in Aberystwyth, and in many things we are taking the lead. Already much has been (lone to remove reproach, and this appeal to the friends of the. dead, I am sure, will not be thrown away. Another week I shall mention this subject again. Our Mayor, I know, is interested in this subject, and I shall be glad if this little hint is enough to obtain the n.qu'site alter- ations. The Coast. PERHY WINKLE.

AN ABERYSTWYTH SLANDER CASE. At Chester Spring Assizes, in the Nisi Prius Court, on Thursday, April 3rd, before Mr Justice Mellor, the case of JONES V. DAVIES AD AOTHER was heard. The plaintiff was a Miss Jones, dressmaker, residing in Aberystwyth, and the defendants the Rev. Griffith Davies, minister of the Calviuistic Methodist congregation, and Mary Davies, bis wife. The counsel for the plaintiff were Mr M'lntvre, Q.C., and Mr Horatio Lloyd, and for the defendants Mr Giffard, and Mr Bowen, Q C. The action was instituted by the plaintiff for the pur- pose of vindicating her character against the defendant- who were alleged to have made sundry slanderous state- ments imputing dishonesty on the part of the plaintiff in conducting her business as a dressmaker, at Aberystwyth. In January, 18G8, Mrs Davies, one of the defendants, brought fifteen yards of blue silk to the plaintiff, to make into a dress, and on the dress being made and the surplus silk returned, Mrs Davies alleged to different parties that the plaintiff had retained two or three yards of the silk. Mrs Davies had made this accusation quite publicly, and in doing so called plaintiff a thief." In consequence of this imputation, it was said, plaintiff's business had very much decreased, and she raised this action in order that she might clear herself. The defence was that some of the statements set down iu the declaration were false, and that, supposing they were true, they had not been repeated within the last two years. Eliz ibeth Jones, the plaintiff, deposed—I am a dress- maker and have been iu business in Aberystwyth twenty- T-, T lioi'# ma.inf-.iiinwrl rr.V<elf hve years. uunu5 and my aunt by my business. I have made dresses for the defendant's family since lSGl. The defendant is a minister of the gospel, connected with the Calviuistic Methodist body. I have made dresses for Mrs Davies. In 18G8 Mrs Davies brought a piece of blue silk te me. There was a black star in it. I admired it very much. I said that I liked the silk and would buy a piece like it if I could get it. She said she would sell half of the silk if there were enough for two skirts. I made a rough calcu- lation as to haw much there was, and found there would not be enough by about one and a half or two yards. The silk twas left in my house, and she went on to chapel. During her absence I showed it to my apprentices; and shortly afterwards Mrs Davies's son came for it. Nothing was done to it on that occasion. The silk was again sent to my house on March, 1863, to be made into a skirt for Mrs Davies. The skirt was made, and I myself cut off what was necessary to rcake it. I measured what was left. One of my apprentices saw me measuring it. There were five yards left, and in the skirt there were eight yards and eight inches. I handed the five yards and skirt back to Mrs Dayi, s that same evening. The silk again came to my house on the 20th August, 18G9, to make a body and pannier. Mr Justice Mellor- .What is that? Counsel—An ornamental bustle outside. (Laughter.) Witness—After making the body and the pannier, there was one vard over, and it was sent to Mrs Davies. On the following day it was returned to get the sleeves altered. I made the alteration wished. I cannot say exactly how i much was used. I think somewhere about half a yard and one eighth. The remainder was sent back. I heard no more of tt* silk until Mrs Davies called on the Monday after the Saturday on which the things were sent. It was something about the alterations. She again called about the end of September. She said she had sent fifteen yards, and that only twelve yards had been returned-there were three yards wanting. I asked her if she meant that I k.pt the Bilk, and was a thief, and she replied, Yes, you are a thief, and all your relations are theives. Mr GIFFARD-These are not the words in the declara tl0Mr Maclntyre—The words referred to were spoken at another time. „ ,r Witness (continuing) — Mrs Davies said, You are getting rich by it." She said more to the same effect. In November, 1869, she brought the same dress and the body and panniers to be measured. We did so together and found there were twelve yards and twenty inches. I was a mem- ber of Mr Davies's congregation. By his Lordship—After we had measured the dress, Mrs Davies asked if I thought there were fifteen yards in the dress. I said there were not. I do not remember seeing Mrs Davies on this subject after that. In March, Ik'-> I was put into the county court by Mrs Davies, for debt. That case did not come on to be heard, as Mrs Davits ) withdrew the case and paid the costs. On the morning of the day that the case was to be heard, 1 seat three 01 my apprentices to Mr Davies's house to get him to bring on the case so that the public might know it was not for the silk that the action was raised. On account of these things I have recently lost some customers. I knew a Mrs Biccarstaff, then a Miss Yeats. She was a customer of mine previous to 1869. My business has fallen off since 1870. By Mr Giffard I keep books, and they will shew to a certain extent how much my business has fallen off. Cash customers were not entered in the books. Between April and August I told my attorney the names of the per- sons who had left me. Besides Mrs Biccarstaff there were a Miss Minshall, a Mrs Stork, Carnarvonshire, and a Mrs Davies, wife of a neighbouring rector. Mrs Davies wrote to me on the subject. Cannot say there were fifteen yards of silk when it was sent me, but when I measured it with Mrs I Davies there were twelve yards and twenty inches. Mrs Davies called me a thief and I told my attorney so when this action was brought on. 1 do not ri member Mrs Davies saying at the time "1 do not accuse you of taking the silk, but it must have been some one in your employment." When she brought the dress to be measured I think she did say I). This action in the county court was for some thing I had sold for her and had to account for. 'I he action had nothing to do with the three y;.rds of silk. When I told mv apprentices to go to Mr Davies I told them to "tell him to come and have the case settled, that the public might know all about it. I knew at that time that our attornies had ananged the matter, but I wanted it to come on notwithstanding. I received a. letter frum Mrs Davies before the County Court day about her acc tunt, but I did not answer it. 1 did not send Mrs Davies my account, as I was afraid of her. It was 3s. 6.1. I continued to attend Mr Davies's chapel up to this time. It is the Welsn Calvinistic Methodist Church. Mr Davie-i is not the regular pastor. By Mr M'Intyre—The reason why I sent my three ap- prentices to Mr D..vies'-i was that the public might know the case was not about the three yards of silk, of which there had been a rumour. The case was settled without my knowledge. Elizabeth Jenkins, who gave her evidence in Welsh, with the aid of an int. rpreter, deposed—I wa* an appren- tice with Mi»s Jones in lSdci. I continued with her to April, 1:7:2. I knew that the silk dress was made by Miss Jones. I recollect the proceedings in the County Court in April. I was to be called ai a wit- ness in that case. I was asked to go to Mr Davies's house, along- with two other apprentices, and I went. One of the other girls spoke and asked him to come to the court to meet Iliss Jones. They did not say what it was, but Mrs Davies said she would have a fresh case. She spoke in Welsh. Mrs Davies said she sent the silk as fifteen yards. They then asked whether they meant that Miss Jones kept the silk, and she Miù "Yes." That was all that Mrs Davies said. There was no cross-examination.. -i r Margaret Davies also gave her evidence, with the aid o an interpreter, and deposed—I was with M^s Jon, up,10 a year ago, and I remember the body and P;nn|'r made. I went a'ong wi;h two other girte to Mrs Davies s, on the lz-'tii April, in connection with the case at the county court. Mrs Davies said first of all that she Sent fifteen yards of silli, and only got twelve yards and a half back. I asked if she meant that MISS jom- hepu it, and ( the reply was, "1 do," Miss Sarah Jane Ishmael said to Mrs Davies that Miss Jones would not settle the matter in this wav. Mrs Davies said she would have :i frc-h case. That was all that was said, and we went back to Miss Joil". By Mr ;Giffar.?—Mrs Davies spoke about the fifteen yards to us before we said anything about it. Sarah Jane Ishmael, who also g.ive her evidence in Welsh, deposed —I am a dressmaker in Cardiganshire. I was an apprentice with Miss Jonts up u> l!?7-. I was there when the silk dress came to be made. I did not see it measured. I remember the. County Court day. I was sent with the two previous vvitne.-ses to Mr Davies's house. I spoke to him and sai: h( would hr-ve to stand his case in the County Court. Mr Davies said nothing, but Mrs Davies said she would have a new case. Afterwards, Mrs Davies said, "I gave futeen yards of silk to Miss Jones to make a dress, and only got twelve yards back." Margaret Davies said, "Doyoauiean to say that Miss .Jones has kept it ? and in reply Mrs Davies said twice, "1 do, I do." Mrs Davies spoke about the hiik dress first: Grace Biccarstaff deposed that previous to ,Æ' xsnx- riage she lived in Mr Davies's house as governess* S: !i-id heard Mrs Davies talk about this divss. an< £ -sc*r M.-tsy Jones" had stolen two yards of the ffoj. <*&&[■ wifms-) repeated to her husband, and subsequently 3fr"' Griffith Jones, the plaintiff's attorney, the stat?j»nfe a2r Mrs Davies. To this witness said to Mrs Davie3_ lJ Wlsa? could Miss Jones do with two yaids of silk f said Mr3 Davies, "She could make a Garibaldi- riif» did not remember the date of the conversation wriaM.-K Davies. Mrs Davies told witness she wrote to iivsrw* 1 asking the measurement of the silk as she had it, but that the drapers could not teil her. Mary Ann Hughes, dressmaker at Aberystwyth formerly an apprentice with Miss Jones, deposed .38* Davies is calling upon her to purchase a bonnet her how much silk would be required to make a skc% »3 £ £ loly. When witness answered, Mrs Davies s-edd. '*■ yes Miss Jones did take it. Margaret Griffiths, widow, gave her evidence intelligently, in English, without the aid of the r-.Tereitws,. ■ who was out f»f court at the time. She depost ti i,r> IraTsug: had conversations with Mrs Davies, in which t} H tions against the plaintiff already spoken of were This was in May, 8/0. In 18/1, Mrs Davies said k' js £ 3 that Miss Jones was making a row about the missing iiSt H but that she (Mrs Davies) was the loser. ■ This concluded the evidence for the plaintiff's esse- ■ the counsel for the lplaintiff, in addressing the jiirjvyBS* ■ mitted that they had proved their case, so far s*s. LSft- H slander had gone but admitted that they had iw H prove that substantial damages had been done »o lia H plaintiff. Mary Davies, one of the defendant: dppo-led-I t;t: tia ■ wife of the Rev. Griffith Davies. and reside at t wyth. In January, 1868. my husband and I ac M L'verpool, and while there bought a piece- of JTSE. I at Compton House, for which we paid abemfe £ £ w I There were fifteen yards of it. It was measured 1: ccS" t presence. In March of the same year I trzvhvyvi. t plaintiff to make a skirt out of the silk, n.nd for th pust* t pose delivered to her the whole piece. When t siadf t was made, it and thelsilk that was over, were return?;! if) t Plaintiff greatly admired the silk, and was anxioas t-hf*■ t second skirt might be made out of the piece, but ffll t surinz the iilk it was found to be of insufficient — I there only being seven yards left. The silk handed to the plaintiff in August, 1869, in order ikis might make a body out of it, and on plaintiff s jwivIee- £ gave ord' ri to have a pannier made, as they were very fashionable. For these two articles three ar d yards of silk were required. Previous to sending Ûff; to plaintiff I checked it, aod found there were seven T&riF, All I got returned was a half yard, whereas I shouV •»*»•?••• got three and a half. This was on the Saturday. Un tie following Monday I called upon the plaintiff to ctiTDjisBiX of the body not being a good fit, and to ask her to new sleeves. For this purpose I took back the ialf ysaasL: of silk that was over from the body and panit-r.. this occasion I said to her, 1 cannot think- -iiz;t has become of all my silk, and she replied, I am sure I put it all in the dress. I w.P- SPTKI more careful." I wrote a letter to plaintiff in Janr.a.r7"? 1870. [The letter (If witness's to plaintiff wag tray, It was to the effect that defendant had given phl1"i tifte-11 yards of silk and that only twelve yards b*ea returned. Defendant said in the letter that she dki 1;j(' know who bad taken the silk, but as it had bees. trusted to plaintiff she would hold her responsible for ibfc quantity missing.] To Ibis letter I received a I- I have lost it. It was not written by plaintiff-, bsj; by one of her apprentices, a Miss Howard. In reply to a question by his Lordship, Plaintiff, who was called forward, said—I do not fcacw: what wa- in the letter Miss Howard wrote I did mot sea* it. I only told her to answer Mrs Davies's letter. By Mr M'Intyre-I never said the plaintiff aixl Jtl her relations were thieves, and that she was getting" jkate by being so. During the conversation we did not?«vv>?3s_ cross word, and we parted on good enough teriix^ at the same time I told plaintiff I would hold Ae? responsible for the missing silk. I never said to Miss y that plaintiff had stolen two yards of it, nor did i h'A such a conversation with her as she stated iR I remember the morning of the County Cuurt day at A'c«»— ystwyth. Three of plaintiff's a; prentices came to icy \)'& to ask Mr Davies to attend the Court. I asked tb-e girlfi- where all my silk had gone to, but I did not accuse pkisaixiF. > of stealing it. Sometime after all this took place I weti te Mary Ann Hughes. I do not remember what I said to iisz, Ijnever said Miss Jones kept my silk, but I said in asy letters that it must have been Sept by somebody in house. There are a good many people in her botiae- T have not said by word of mouth that Miss Jones keprs sny silk. —The question being pressed by' Mr Mclutyre, tai witness replied I dwelt more upon the lost siik "kept it," tor I have lost three yards of silk. I !t3T;r- spoken of this lost silk to very very few people. In reply to a question as to what she said whea iadlxxg: the few, she said-A Miss Edwards, at my tea table, admired my dress, and I said to her that I was very iai*► fortunate in it, for that I lost three yards when it fr&S made. She asked who the dressmaker was, and I yefus«d. to tell her. Miss Edwards might know I got drs-r^S made by Miss Jones, but she could not know to vriaois I referred, for I employ different dressmakers. I did aos have the draper's account for the silk, as I paid lor it ready money, and did not keep the bilL I did not accuse^ any one of stealing JE5, and I did not have to apologise iw accusing any one of doing so. I did not apologise in loTCf" to Mr Lewis Ellis, Aberystwyth, for saying that he "was a person who could practice imposition to any esieas. Y husband may have apologised. I will not swear thai he did not. Griffith Davies, minister of the Calvinistic Metbw<Hst denomination, and one of the defendants, deposed as to the purchasing of the silk at Liverpool, and as to what took place at witnesses'house between himself and wife ajii three apprentices of Miss Jones on the morning of the ceusiy court. By Mr M'Intyre—We did not have the draper's I withdrew the case at the county court, and paid the easSau I do not remember Mrs Davies having said that illi" Jones h id kept the silk. 1 think I said to Mr GriiSti. Jones, the attorney, that I believed Mrs Davies's ststesueot waR correct. My only reason for withdrawing the case at the county court was, that I did not want such a small affair to come before the public. This concluded the evidence on both sides, and the Jury having been addressed by Mr M'Intyre and Mr Bowes-. via • Lordship summed up. The Jury, after a short conference, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, fixing the damages at The deter-JAnts will have to pay the costs, but his Lordship would met certify a special jury, as, in his opinion, the case was n- worth it.

--1" irths, PATTTAFLRS, AMI 'J' No announcements of marriages are inserted "t ¡UUl ,uf5cR:r.: authentication, for want oi Wllkh, announcement* "I1 to vta, ate sometimes omitted. A charge of Is is made for UK* words "No cards," in marriages, And anv audition u, I-uv. simtlt record of deaths. B I RXH S. ATWOOD—March 21th, nt the Lodge, Tcnglais, Abervstw vth t*e- wife of Mr Harold At ^o.-d, of a son. M A R It I AGE S-. EVANS EVANS March 28th, at LlanfihaDgtl Geneu'rgl viL Church, by the Rev. Mr Jones, Vicar, assisted by the Rev!iSr. Keep, hlerch, the Rev. Mr Evans, of Clyunog, Carnarvon- shire, to Miss C. M. Evans, of Pronias, in the parish of llaDS.- hangel. Mouuis JONES March 15th, at the Weslevun Chapel. HanJir, Staffordshire, by the Rev. T. Griffith,, Weslevan Minister. jhr Isaac Morris, farmer, Cjffyliog, Eglwys Bach, to Miss Jane Jones, second daughter of the late Edward Jones, Eso.ro £ Fiiriant, Llansainiffraid, Oswetry, ROBERTS —SHEWHRIDGE. —April 3rd, at Llanbadarn Church, by. the Kev. John Pn-;h, Yicar, John Junes Roberts, of L>lanbada2i>r. to 31. s Shewbridge, of tie Lisburne Aims, AberysLwyih. TURVOR—-MORRIS —March 28th. at St. Michael's Church. V5«r- ystwyth, by the Rev. 1). Williams, curate, Mr F. H Turner to*- Miss Elizabeth Morris. WILLIAMS—JONES—April 2nd, at the Registrar's Office, by licence, Mr Robert Williams, Ochr-y-graig. Llansryii,' Montgomeryshire, to Miss Jane Jones, <Jiuh HouseT*Ffe £ tin fog. DEATHS. BOXXOR-MAVRICE—March 1st, atCawnpore, lulled bya fal' frorr his horse, Richard Bonnor-Maarice, Lieutenant Royal Artil- lery, in his liTth year second surviving SØIl of the late Bo. M. Eonmir-Mauriee, Esq., of Bodypfoel, Montgomeryshire." I i nn—Marih :J¡jtb., aged 45, Emma, the wife of „Ur Thos, Bath. plumber, Ac., Portland-street, Aberystwyth. CLERK E—March 2Lth, aged 48, at the Heath, Salop. Francis Carr Clerke, late of the 71st Light Infautry, atni Beolld son of tt:c: late Sir Win. Henry Gierke, Bart. DAVIES—March -Jath, uged 85, at Llay, E!izabeth Davies. DAV IE. March -.eh, ajied 2, Mrs llarv Davies, wife of Mr Edward Davies, Nant, Lianrhaiadr. EDWARDS—March -^9;h, aged 21, Martha Elizabeth, wife of Mr Thumas Edwards, Store street, smd grand-daughter of vEr, Thomas Lewis, l'enycloddfa, Newtown. EYA;S -March 26th, aged 84. Mr Evan Evans. grocer, street, Llanfylfin. EVANS—March 25th, at the Dingle, Xewtown, Montgomery .-iiut, Bessie, third daughter ot Fraucis and Ennna Evans. EVANS—March 28th, aged 94, Mr William Evans, Wheat Skeaf. buildines, Newtown. GRIFFITHS—March 25th, aged 5S, at Farndon-street Wr.h',v Edward Griffiths. IIAMER—March Slst, a^ecl 4^, John Hamer, F.so of Gbn JiOKMAU.-Ap.-il 1st. aged S, at Lurkflel.l,Toxteth Park HTnr^Ho^^fan EllZabi;tl1 H°dgSOn' fourlh daughter of Gee* <*>• Jones, stonemason, Ty JO:\I: :\Iarch 25th. RRetl 19, AVilliam, son of Davitl "all tIt: Hala, J<Ba!a7M;ireh 2itll, aged 37' Mrs l Jones Plas}acr„, JO;E,)hreh EIh, aged 62, at Froníoel, y, Wm. Jones. Frm- foe I. JONES-March 25th. aged G5, at Newbridge, Mr Will, Jones, laic police officer at ynnstav, Ruabon. LEONARD -March 25tli, aged 71, Evan Leonard. F/ynnon Fere- .1,' 'T,1_;1_ It.' \(", l.ltll .,J.' tlrt'JJYll. P; I' ")I-areli 2i"tli, aged 85, Mr David Phillip, Trefeclm Aberystwyth. 1' 2Gth, aged 57, at Brvmbo, Jane Price. PUGII jlarcb 25th, aged tí5, at the Workhouse, Wrexham, ;il\1 l'ugli. ROBERTS—March 2Sch, aged 74, Mr Lewis Roberts, for years market and fair collector of manorial tolls. Llanrh, kdr. Afstreh 25th, ageJ 65, at the residence of her ee-usia. W enl Cottage, alter a most painful illness, Elizabeth Roberts^ Colfryn. ROBERTS—March 27th. aged 09, Mr David Roberts, hairdresser. Corporation-street, Aberystwyth. Ross—Match Sth, aged 03, Mr John Koss, mariner,Terrace-*oi'* Aberystwyth. n AVAG *E-Marel) 21st, ages-1 1, John Woosnam. onh- sor oi John. ;1 Mary Savage, Fwllfelas, Trefeglwys.jMoHtwmervsbi'-e THOMPSON—Mare-h 20tb, aged 7S, at St. Marv's-streer- *W3JK- cburch, .Mr With <m Thnnpson, formerly a farmer at llnoliov, Overton, Flintshire. WILLIAMS—March 2S:h, aged 84, Mr Wm. Widiam>, Red Hojjtou, Sarn, Kerry. WILLIAMS—March 2H;J, aged S5, at Glanv^-ors, Harlech. Z-Ir Humphrey Williams. WAINWRIGHT—March 29th, aged 90, Richard Wainwflght., of Sweeney, Oswestry.

wrong pel-Soli had been summoned, and therefore the case ^meUy^a Dog.—Charles pans, butcher* Cambriaii- place, was summoned by P.O. Thomas (2-^), for cr y a dog, by beatins.' and kicking it on the -8th J- arc • constable statou that at three o'clock in the ,af^rnrn°t fake question, near the town clock, he saw the de e Sold of a dog and began to kick it volenti? Witn^ shouted to the defendant, and then he seize. h.g both hands, and dashed it to the Sr01?" the g^op and might. It appeared that the dog went I abuge stole a piece of meat.—Defendant si £ ? os 6d., and the dog, he only gave it a kick.Unea costs, 3s. 6d. J Lewis Stephens, Larceny by Boys —Thomas Step,hrnhomas Morris, orphan, vVulcanVcoui t, Aberystwyth, ana: custody charged /&eat Darkgate-street, from Mr t^th having stolen a brooch Aprjl lst Prosecutor Mr -Neweli s snop, I V8 Thomas Stephens with a half- said he se^ed the Prisoner {ruesday) afternooni penny ,ead Fnc.l ont the shop witne,8 noticed a and directly after Qn thg counter partiy open, glass case contarn^ J iougl d !nd fZ discovered two had been taken away. There were ei^ht lockets in the case on Monday night. Wihies» went to the shop door and saw the three boys talki together on the street. Witness followed the boys, and i told them tbay had taken somethn^y»ff tbe «J«n Thomag first they denied the charge, but presenjr Stephens handed a locket back to wit then took I his younger brother had taken it. A. w'. gs identified I the twe Doys Stephens into custody. j^0 ai90 missed L the locket produced its value wasi • ]ocket produced another locket and a brooch Another^ fee also identified, but coul pQ Jcnkin Jones and P.S. i because the marks were gone. jatter proved having I Evans were then exa™™e|* ap„n the prisoner Thomas found a locket and volunteered the statement k- Stephens. Tho™f|h bil^ in the shop. He apprehended that Morris was accU'sation -was made in his (Morris's) Morns, anp,examined by Mr Arthur J. Hughes, who presence. Morris: I'.S. Ev-ans said that the prisoner t Mnrrisdid not admit having taken anything on the day in -question, but said that he had taken something previously. ,r. Ue. j —The Mayor said that these juvenile offences were in- -creasing in Aberystwyth, and the magistrates were determined to check them as far as possible. -Morris and det ? & the younger prisoner, Lewis Stephens (aged eight) were dis- charged with a caution. Thos. Stephens pleaded guu y, and was fined 103., including costs-There was a further charge of robbery against Morris and Thos. Stephens.- P.S. Evans said that on the previous day he called at Mrs White's, in Little Darkgate-street, and ^ived fiom Josephine Morris (who was lodging there, an sister to the prisoner Morris) the three hro^hes ear rings, and thimble case produced. Charged Mo^r with the rolW from Mr Ne will's shop. He ^1 did not steal them all; I only stole the brooches, and^ you (pointing to the other prisoner) stole these {the ear rings) and this (the thimble case) was taken from Worthwgton^s • in TWrafi-road-—Mr A. J. Hughes said he actvisea morns to plead guilty, and would ask the magastrat^ to deal leniently lith him. His friends would send reformatory or industrial sohoo £ Stephens Morris was adjourned for a ^^olJ^tbfg^d beha'vioor was bo^nd over in the sum of A-l0 tor g of his son for twelve months. Resent: i TOWN COUNCIL Councillors J. B. Bal- Tbo?aST ^>f'n Pel) Richard Morris, Peter Jones, and I)r Morris Jones, medical officer; Mr Theodore^Paul, inspector of nuisances Mr David Llovd, assistant clerk, &c. |l abB A PERSONAL COMPLAINT. Mr BALCOMBE said he understood there was some per- sonal complaint on the part of Mr Powell. Perhaps the t Council would hear it at once. The meeting agreed to hear the complaint. t Mr J. POWELL (Clifton-house) then rose. and quoted I part of our report of the proceedings of the Town Council meeting of March 25th, where Mr Balcombe said — When Mr Powell escorted a large number of ladies to the rnuocil he (Mr Powell) complained very bitterly of FrSSn the"neigUmrhood of the Queen's Hotel; but smel s in t J bfc h„urs of the complaint a plumber was t0% called into (he house of that gentleman, and S wII found that there was a leakage m his drain pipes which allowed the escape of sewage gas. That statement Air Powell observed, was not true. Mr BALCOMBE: I believe Mr Bubb, the plumber, was called in to mend it. Mr POWELL said that when he found there was a nui- sance existing there, he thought it his duty not to screen it; and he did not see why Mr Balcombe should be ^Mr BALCOMBE—Don't you flatter yourself; I don t lower myself to be spiteful towards you, Mr Powell. I should not condescend to be spiteful, I can tell you. Mr POWELL further observed that his landlord had told i. him that if there was anything the matter with his house, he was to have it put right. He had a stink trap, and had been told that nothing tetter could be done there, Nuisance reports were going forth to the papers, and he I thought they were bringing these subjects forward so oiten 1. that really he did not think they were doing any good to the town He also thought a warning should be given to the Cambrian News for being too ready to publish these renorts and (he said) he gave his reasons. He then com- 1 plained that some remarks made by Mr Balcombe with I reference to stink traps and so on were commented on in a leader in the Cambrian News, whilst another statement, which he called Dr Morris Jones's "clean bill of health was not noticed therein. In winding up, Mr Powell had t the impertinence to say that he thought there was a vicious intent on the part of the reporter of the Cambrian News against Aberystwyth. (Laughter.) Having thanked the meeting for listening to him, lie withdrew. CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. } The following letter was read Brook-street, Huddersfield, March 25th, 1873. To his Worship the lIJayor and Corporation of Aberystwyth. « GENTLEMEN-Our claim for our Mr Fisher's expenses and time to Aberystwyth also to stone quarries at^Uand Edge, is eleven pounds ten shillings (Ul 10s.) vve snau Mr BALCOMBE said he happened to be a supporter of Messrs Fisher and Dyson's offer to pave portions of the town and he tow begged to move that the letter lie on the "okl" an/I t,hat the Town Council do not pay it. Mr HUGHES (Borough Treasurer).. — You did not send for them. j, Mr BALCOMBE—No. Mr PELL seconded the motion. Mr THOMAS, the Town Clerk distinctly «id th £ Mr Fisher volunteered to come objection and having done ?0'rt^t ^ppiication as to payment of to their entertaining any appu^" expenses. At OFFICER'S REPORT. j o<i his report as follows Dr. JONES read ms V Comciiiors of Aberystivyth. To the Mayor CUM of the town continues in a -V GENTLFME>,—iht- believe that we are now quite very satisfactory s.ate, lmL t rr;ouS character, and as far free from any disease of n^ter of deaths, have been »I 0» 25 il active •» for f-everal weeks past, ana n p0;nte:l out in the remody the defects whi.ch of the town, I see no to .njoj-the same fre«- "InTvl^t report to you a/ortn ghta^, wore > a cowhouse and yard ^eat noticeS had been in a very objectionst^ > have the nuisances SSa-Vm» «a "STSop X«i<- ™ •«- removed »n.l the pre«i«» put!ilh the ori™ gi«»n, pier has, to some extent, comi ken n0 stepS ,»> but I am sorry to s -y that the ^ner^h^ whatever m the niattei. in a sal)itary point of not only on account of tne^r cietec the view, but they are ,lso in ,uch a dilaP s, are dangerous to human life, and ought to be pui "On*Friday last 1 was requested to and 4 in Qucen-.treet, waere shouhl I spoke to one of the owners, a^d requested ui j lf be cleaned out; but so far nothing a allowed to ■would here suggest that no cesspools ?^ou, previously be emptied without the contents having P emp. deodorised thoroughly and also that they should be emp tied at onoe before the warm weather sets in.. o.,r,.Pant On Saturday, the 22nd March, Iwas called Evans to inspect a ca!f at the sLughter-house, for sale, and I felt it my duty to condemn it a* on for human food. The owner was taken before ti ?>■ tra'.ei-, a penalty was iufl.cted upon him, and the inea • u ordered to be destroyed. It has had, I am happy to mU you, a very beueficial effect already on the character oitne meat brought to the market.—I remain, your obedient; ser- vant, MORRIS JONES." Mr BALCOMB: asked who was the owner of the caw-house and yard in Great Darkgate-street? Dr. JONES replied that Miss Morgan, Church-street, was the owner. Mr BALCOMBR moved that the owner be summoned, and asked whether the summonses ought not to be served upon the three gentdernen whose names had been mentioned m connection with defective houses in High-street and Queen- v stre • gf^ied that some three days' notices were serve 1 flip i'st of March; and the Council ordered th it the ,Cnmi>Uir.ed of be summoned, unless they did a to their premise bv the 9th,April. 50tieuhinn^ nTjgt-rved tbat -ast week a cesspool was being uuauu n^jje^day Saturday, it was emptlvd from tn —L tint was why he recommended in a populated plaee, aat ( g deodonz,d- the contents of cessp '^ff some hand-tills printed, The MAVR v pmnloyed m the work ought to and Baid tha1 the 4 u be instructed LOW to deoJ-ru y. to be Riven ln Mr ELUS sail that emptying cesspools English and \Vels>, and t. ought to be named. i sfcrved notiee:' P.S. tvA^s said he hacl J be boR and houses in High-street, Vision till tae new Q'A,>g would n ta^-P k May. TheP^-nants themselves were to do the wo*-}- socially Pnliatea • Mr BALc^Mhs—Are th^ W out hy Mr Paul that have no: e3ii sjerVod v, P.S. EVANS—-Yc. ,rut to serve an Sir BALCOMBE —Don't you thini' you out fear or favour? fcar or P-&. F.VANS did not thiuk he he hfK1 shown a 5 favour. The worst cases had been pici "ed out. i, Air PELL then observed that some weeks aJ '} Parsed that notices should be pr'.nted in ntiy aud o e)'h: runuirinp- all roeisons to remove pigs fiont town before the 1st of May. He believed that resolution was passed at the suggestion of the Mayor. The MAYOR-Has that been printed ? 1UY PEI L—I don't think it has ever been printed. The ASSISTANT CLERK explained that Mr Thomas could not consider it his duty as an official of the Corporation to siern those notices. .r. Mr PELL— It was his duty, then, to have said The ASSISTANT CLERK said that Mr Thomas opinion if was a duty pertaining to another o ce thM?BALCOMBE-As the Inspector of u!s'^f ^"be in office till the 1st May, I beg to move that s'gned by him. Mr PELL-It does not matter, They do not reqUIre siaining at all, being issued by or^r' g to allow The MAYOR wished it could be arranged so as poor people to keep one pig- place, upon the P Another long °thoSt ,.°gs Cre very good pig question. Mr L"' ed oufe°that the carrying of wash scavengers. Mr PE^L p )i; it on THE paths was a through the greets and0spdh«gher & y.g nuisance. Mr ELLL S,00I. Mr PELL said IT would house than an °ffen» v j t^e toWtt |,ut his pay him handsftreXg his neighbours properly. M^LVTCOMBK thought that when an order was passed by the Council, it ought to be carried out irrespective of any Peit0was°then understood that the notices should be at once printed in English and Welsh, requiring persons in the town to get rid of their pigs by the 1st of May and that nowhere in the borough should more than one pig be kept, and that under certain conditions. THE SLAL'GHTETT-HORSE. The Slaughter-housekeeper (Mr Hughes) rep jrte< during the fortnight ended March 22;id, 181 anlina been killed, and the total receipts were S3 5s. 2d. A DRAIN. Mr Hugh Da vies attended the meeting and that there was some defect in the drain attend Chalybeate-terrace.—The Surveyor was ordered to attend «v "OFFENSIVE TRADE." •» r_ -nr-r t ,1" Vnblic Health and Local Govern- xur and remarKeu ment Act, c. 15, sec. UP°™ these sort of things at first. mUtnldebv the medical officer that a business S.W »Prhy ttueoli«« .1 the Act had bee» started m the town by a fellmonger. 9 Mr is it ? Dr JONEs-In Skinner-street. I don't know that there Dr JONES Id have been as is a-ny offence as yet blit I think it wou e here and asked per-issi(,n. well for the man t,) h%ve com stion had been T,fr MOtnls sai(i the trade in que carried on for about sixty year! but it had been disc<m- drawn to the sectio'iofthelubic g Uj him t() Pell had quoted, and that a suggestion u aPMlyT™{(J^ES1seConded the proposition.-Carried. MrP £ TET|EJSoAL OFFICER'S EKGAGEM^T.. n. Tnnps's engagement as medical officer having terminated on March 25tb, the agenda paper stated that the meeting to-day would determine whether he should continue in OffiCe. and for what further period, and on what terins.-It seemed to be the wish of the Council to continue the appointment jointly with the Rural Sanitary Authority, and for the purpose of carrying out that ar- rangement again, the matter was ordered to stand over pro tern. A SERIOUS RAILWAY GRIEVANCE. Air BAI COMBE said he had to bring under the notice of the Council a matter of great importance to the town, and he would endeavour to be as brief as he could with it. It affected the railway company. They would remember that on the 17th of August last, the Council, on his suggestion, adopted a memorial addressed to the directors of the Lon- don and North Western, the G-reat Western, and the Cambrian Railways Companies. lhat memorial was jhej™ CMhf had reph^ Pr aU'sorts of attention when the proper JimeWcami S. Since then Mr Homersham Cox, the County Court Judge of the district, had been in communi- cation with the Cambrian Railways Company, and the correspondence had been published in the Cambnan News; and in a letter of his own, which followed that cories- pondence, he stated that attention to the bad service of the Cambrian Railways was drawn at an opportune time, and that was particularly shown by the statement, We (the Railway Company) shall be considering our s™^ train service shortly, and what you (Mr Homer.ham Cox) sav shall certainly have some weight in our Councils Tint was onlv following up the promise made to the strongly expressed opinion on the part of the Town Counci that a wreat deal had been done to perfect the system of *1 a tn Abervstwvth 'y yet m the opinion of the £ .11 S"e/e,ou»d of complaint .a, that Passenger traffic was still very bad. To his surprise CSevening, March 29th, he heard that instead f- the accommodation to the town the Railway of increasing the^cciy cfjt off one train fr0m Company ha harj heard that that was to be thelaSe and on Saturday night he received one of the be the case, a Rowing that the twelve 0 dock traTnfrmnBuston and the 12 30p.m. train from Paddington would only bring passengers as far as Machynlleth- That was the state of things at the present time. So the fact was that passengers from Paddington now could only get to Aberystwvth by leaving Paddington at half-past six me o°clock in the morning. He would recommend and urge that every possible encouragement be given to passengers to travel by another route, and would advise all consignees to give Instructions to their consignors to send their goods another way, after such an abominable insult. He was speaking now « ° „ BoWen Cattle Water SU-ike^ because The Council had done something to affe ct theirfthe Company's) Water question. The Council, he understood, had been supplying ^e Cambnan ^ilway Company »Hh water at the -W of ajear.J thewrtS as the Council proposed to tfe»ch ;™ye oil «'t Machynlleth!—Those pa.ssenger3^vo^d have to could not tell, but p» y gorn0 interest in Mr sided someuiue:* ™ ^>alcomb,,) aid not suppose he had Strousberg, but he ( Mr Strousberg owned *nd „y interest in the house^ Mr^Strousbeg^ governed. He maincai e extremely liberal the Cambrian Railways Company Talfe for in. manner with regard Ho(_el wh-ch wag rated until very recently at £ 500 a yea.; and a shilling rate upon that pro- perty was therefore £ 25 ajear. There had been great liberality shown to the company, who were outside the town, because the public benefited by the furthering of the interest of traffic to the town. He saw no reason to feel aggrieved when the Council asked them to pay a fair sum for the supply of water. (Har.) If that was the result of the charge being increased, he would say it was a very very narrow minded policy indeed. He did hope they would jointly and in unity do all they could to prevent such pieces of paper as that he held in his hand (a Cambrian Railways invoice) arriving in Aberystwyth. He had one last week (92 lis.) and the same morning he received another (£7), for twenty hogsheads and two kilderkins of beer. He did not see why they should con- tlllU8 to order goods over the Cambi ian line when they bad the same facilities by Great Western via Carmarthen, and he had been told that a close van had been put on c <V.o mi-rels to \berystwytli. lhat being the case he port those who en^eavourtd Jtain the meeting, Mr PELL said he did not Balcombe that the act but he certainly agreed with unheard of procedure, of the Railway Company 9 „rour,d stated by the He took it for granted that the *rou^ the Cambrian officials was a correct ffi they were not score of expense and insuffitiencjy o AberV3twyth. justified in running the last tr J through If so, it was a ^;>nwful h"e' art ,;f tbe railway c »m- aud peculiarly ur.justihabl. T wiljcy1 W3S an impor- nanv to the interest of Aberystwyth, ij £ e tant terminus and had a constant .y m 'v. 0f „00c\s h„l seen »,ne of the very »STki? to SiSy'tUe SetedinTiw.a-week-hey ™,?d ato^S transfer that trade, v-taj^ iSfisht ;SpS do s.,Kt ever, he would S i IUR ;d-rcctor3 of tho Cambrian and move a 1 bec?use it was quite possible that the Railways Cf^eXeil considered, and if so no doubt matter had not be. ;de„ it. The resolution was- the director? w"u d.r^ ith regret the steps taken by That the Council hear, wxtn 1 B wilhJrawing the the Cambrian hadwajs twvth at eleven p.m., a.s serious incon.;enienrc will result therefrom to,the inbabi- serious inconvenience wii SUniniarily depriving tants and visitors of the tow u:cb tliev have for years them of the train acconim"dati< Manchester, ,;and en j .->yed between London, Jfv AS1" 'twyth and they otiier parts of Kngiand. and Ab j r;,nub[ian Rail- urgently i>rcss upon the directors u 0f the matter." ways Company to take re-consider. <Teutleman m He hoped it would be re-considered. (jom],any, parucui ;r, a Director 01 UK c~ V,Fwvth at he was quite sure had the interest of Aberystwy heart, but how he could h ve been a party to 11 t ment he could not understand. For the he should think Mr David Davies was a man of borne. 1 fluence on the Boar(I of Directors of the Catill)ri,to,t"ty ways Company, and how he ould have been « P'. against the interest of Aberystwyth he could noj Cono. • Ue thought a resolution of that sort might go forth an induce the company to put on the tiain a;j;ain. Mr BALCOJIBU would not pass the re&olution. He would show the comuany that they (the Council) were indignant at the manner in which they had treated Aberystwyth. Mr VKXL had no doubt that this discussion would appear i m print and there was no reason why the matter should not be reconsideredi The Council ought not to take it as ] a matter of course that the Company could not and would not rtcousider it. I Mr ELLIS recommended that the action of the Cambrian Company be made at once public throughout the Ivan*<■>• ^at the tradespeople be asked to deviate their town, a-ve if to the Manchester and Mi'ford Rail- supp:)rt ijn1 ii the Cambrian Camp my fell in with Way Compel,— their ttTUis. \Xr t> aenreR asked whether it would meet thvs views of the Council' to have a public meeting convened hy the Mavor' A more gross insult had ne^r been committed Mayo by a railway Company, or by any c-< nfmnv small or lar^e, than had been committed to the n-iui-iicitial body of Aberystwyth by the company in The AlA voR—I the townspeople will take action at °nit'was then unanimously agreed to hold a public meeting -rr^t^sent, and answered a feiVesSnfwHh regkrd to' the Manchester and Mdford PUBLIC INDIGNATION MEETING ON THE ACTION OF THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY. A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, wa, held at the Town Hall, on Wednesday afternoonApril^ consider the most advisable commerciai steps to 'tak,e on account of the alleged unfair action on the part of the Cambrian Railway Company towards A The Mayor (Thomas Jones, Esq.), presided, and there was an influential attendance. a from a The Mavo« who « regre to severe cold, and could y fV«p kii1>- he convened this nieetins b«»n8e h, =on»d ject of sufficient importance to draw public attention to it. The plati that the Cambrian Company had adopted W.>s detrimental to h; That was obvious to all. dulgence shown to tne iowu, y nofc knQW maoy trains as the comp|ii.y -n(T'tbcir teeth as thev what was the cause of the council had asked had done, unless ,t ^f^^pSous one-par- them to run a qu'eker train B(jt ;nstea(i 0f ticularly during the sni train, so that pas- doing that, they a a■ London and get to Aber- sengers could not s Metropolis at vstwyth in one day f inc0uvenient. & sense of the 1 he object of this m of the railway peo- the town with respen w Plt> Pri t at the wish of (hi Mayor, read the notice IT1" the'meetin" It was most unsatisfactory, Mr ealhng the meeun- g to be called PeH proceeded, or 1Yubi; bodv or a public institu- upon to protest aga>ns ;nterest ou^ht to be, and was, tion like the ?cti identical with the interest of he beheved, in j. y twyth was a terminus of the SLSbW I*" Mm it was a place of constantly increasing traffic and if the railway company ignored, as it appeared to do, the true in- terest and wdhre of Aberystwyth, there was no necessity for the townspeople to sit down quietly and abi-le by it. but thev could act and exercise the power they had in their own hands. (Hear, hear.) He thought the general feeling on the part of the railway company was that they (the people of Aberystwyth) could not help themselves that they were entirely at their mercy and discretion, and therefore they £ £ ?- do. That TV as 110 cousideration had been way company Eve y V dL The Council granted shown them by the X o of ]and at £ l0 an acre, which at the present lLoment was honestly worth -2100 an acre With regard to the water supply to the company, ?u \»rl lippn navin"- £ 35 a year for water and, as a con- JS it had been shown that Mr Balcombe paid £ 2o a trast, it na company u^ed twenty times the quan Kyif wier Mr Balcembe used. (Applause ) He alluded to "that because there was an impression that the railway company had taken offence at a proposition from the Coun- | tn mv SL lanrer suni in. the sh^pe of W3»ter rentS It was believed that the company wasted the water and [he^ffreTwaTresolved to supply them henceforth by t. That was the onlv commercial transaction the Council had h with the company. After alluding to the memorial to the company, and the stoppage the Ia.t train Mr Pell said that the sooner they moved against the railway company the better. They would lose ten tiroes Lore than they would gain by the course they were pur- SSing (Applause.) The first thing that actually sng- trested itself to every person paying money to the Camhriau ?» -i ore Pfimninv must be and ought to be and he p^?t would be—from the present time and until the Cambrian »ave them increased facilities, to get their goods as ThJv could without injury to themselves, by way of r* 4.1 TVia Western and the ]VXaoChester and Milford Companies combined would enable them to do so although the route was fifty-seven miles further rour.d. The mere working of a train from Machynlleth to Aberyst- wyth was a trifling matter; and he could not understand how the manager could, for the sake of a paltry sum of five or a few more pounds a week, sanction such an ar vif Three or four large consignees were now ordS goods to come via Carmarthen, and the trades- neople of Aberystwyth when they knew they could have people 01 y without extra expense, would also 5d"rf £ S tha" -/and th. »oo„er the,did.<.the hette, He 'tlSd with diffidence-yet it was his firm belief-that Gentlemen travelling to Birmingham Liverpool, and Mm cheater, would re-book at Welshpool on the London and North-western, the Cambrian Company wou d lose a lar-e proportion of their rates. If the Cambrian Company wanted to save money, they could not do it by attempting ToTniure the town. He hoped the Cambnan Company would reconsider tlw arrangements. A great many persons S get their goods to Aberystwyth from Liverpool by steamer, instead of by rail. As soon as the railway com- pany^found the people of Aberystwyth were in earnest and determined to help themselves they would je "ady to Aberystwyth, more especially siooethe rati way ceased to be managed by Mr Geo. Findlay, the then district and now the traffic manager for the London and North-Western ^Ir^JAVFES DUKTE seconded the resolution. In his opinion the services of the Cambrian Railways Company, both as regarded passenger and goods trains, was alto- 2etff« very bad. It was said that the Company could not do better because it was a single line. He knew of a sino-lp line which a few years ago carried ten times the of the Cambrian, and there were about twelve trains daily, each way. In his opinion the line *L id be much better managed. He had found the Com- pany difficult to deal with, and consequently he now sent his goods by sea. The resolution was carried nem dis. L l ,11 ..L Mr L. O. DAVIES proposed, mat tne acuon 01 I-ne Town Council in memorializing the London and North- Western, the Great-Western, and the Cambrian Railways Companies in August last, for an accelerated service of trains, is deserving of the warmest approval of the inhab- itants of the borough." He would read the two first clauses of that memorial, which were as follows ;— 1. That although your memorialists are free to admit that much has been done to facilitate railway communi- cation with Aberystwyth, they cannot close their eyes to the universally-admitted fact that much remains to be done to perfect the system, more especially as respects Pa«eSatrsatfong, and in the opinion of yonr memorial- • i- .oil founded ground of complaint on the part of l S. to f]r-s town as a place of sea-side resort is, that Si1 ™«ont ?y.t.Tof paJ^er traffie with Abery.ttvyth loes not afford all the facilities that the public have a fair ?idit to expect from the railway companies, more espe- cially during the summer and autumn seasons of the year, when the passenger traffic is so much greater than during winter and tpring." The Company promised to give the prayer of the memorial due attention but instead of that they had stopped a train eighteen miles off. As ratepapers and men interested in the welfare of Aberystwyth, he did not think they would be averse to giving the Town Council a hearty vote of thanks for the interest they had taken in this matter. (Applause.) The Kev. E. ASHTON JONES seconded the proposition, and in doing so, said he felt some personal interest in the matter of this action of the railway company. It rather touched him on a somewhat tender point, because in conse- quence of it, he would have to walk some eight miles home from Borth that night, instead of riding, as he othergi,e should. There was a strong feeling on the part of th Abervstwvth people that they had not been properly treated by the railway company in this matter. (Applause.) The moti'.u wis carried unanimously. Mr BALCOMBE proposed—"That, notwithstanding the f ,f fl,c memorial of the Town Council, uig- ti™ er„.ni™ to ae- neferate the through traffic by running one fast train daily in 1 f limvincr season this meeting leains with surprise and the foLo\vin0 sea. ni0nth of spring time, inc:u- t'inl'any should have sive of f rovin„ the tr.iffic with Aberystwyth, a 1 v rpaoh Abervstwvth by the train leaving there at „™e°a m ,and from Paddington at six a.m., whilst those by he u«ual twelve o'clock train from Luston, and by tlu 15"from Paddington will henceforth on.v b3 conveyed to 1 R 1 M ti, HP observed that there was nothing M the Machyndeth He obser, c objection to" The four and a h ilf hours which it took to get from London to Shrewsbury, a distance of 16o miles, grew to nine and a quarter hours befoic getting to Abcrystwy tl ■v further distance of eignty miles. 1 he inconsistency t that in a place so dependent upon railway seme.! must be clear and manifest to all. He was satisfied that in he end (Vmhrian Company would find they had been biting !,ff £ .r ,™ei(l»ghter)-and that they would not benefit bv it. The memorial was very recentlv backed up bv one of the j« ricial officials, Mr Homersham Cox and oy °ile was in accordance frllmd^lrVell s"hl, that with temperate and fi^actionan their i^ls theCo.npany would very soonj would hnd that they would have to M piU indeed. (Langnter.) If tu? Pe.h;l/owed by the s dAy ihey wou,J obtaio success, "To thine ownself be true, And it must follow as the night the day. (AMrUril JONES seconded the resolution which was carried »™47o" £ 'sai<l he had had a resolution pi.eed in hisiiandswh^h was 90 short and trathful.jvndsosdf^evident that not much .'?Xhat such an abridgment move it. It was as follows lhat sucn an1 the of the train service is deemed m<!JJV d i the light necessities of Aberystwyth, whether regarded of a fashionable watering place, or relative to its trade and cemmerce." Aberystwyth, as a fashionable watering place, had become a household world all over England and from its position with regard to the great centres of popu- lation any defective train service simply meant the placing of the town in a very disadvantageous situation compared with other watering places. (Hear, hear.) They had not met to pursue a vindictive policy with regard to the railway company; the company's policy had been vindictive towards the town, but what the motive was he could not say, and he did not know whether anybody else could say. To give Aberystwyth only one train a day from the great centres of population was unfair treatment on the part of the rail- way company. The railway company had as much interest in the prosperity of Aberystwyth as those who lived in the town. He should like to ask the di, ectors of the rail- way company how they would like to be fed on one meal a day-(Iaugliter)-for the simile would almost apply to Aberystwyth with regard to train service. (Hear, hear.) Their united efforts would secure them that which was right. The saying, "Trech gwlad nae Arglwydd," might in this instance be altered to "Trech tr'e na Railway." (Laughter and cheers.") Mr HENRY IhvlES seconded, and Mr ROWLANDS (Lion Hotel), supported the resolution, which was also carried un- SMITH, who was received with cheers, said that each one could speak about that which came within his own experience, and he would call their attention to a very important point. His business very often called him to London, and by not having to leave Euston till twelve o'clock at noon, men of business could receive their letters from different parts of the kingdom, and transact, proba- blv some very important busmess before having for their homes. He moved, That the Great Western express from Paddington at 10 10 a m. daily, will enable passengers to reach Aberystwyth, via Carmarthen, at nine p.m., pro- vided that the Manchester and Milford Company will accelerate the service over its portion of the route and inasmuch as a close-covered goods truck is daily sent far- ward bv that route for this town, this meeting considers that the inhabitants of the town and its neighbourhood are bound in self-protection to order all their goods and parcels by the Great Western via Carmarthen."—Holding up a card, printed" J. B. Balcombe, Aberystwyth, per Great Wes- tern Railway, via Carmarthen," Mr Smith said that if that 'I L'- -1 -&. ..L- _1- LL n__L:- would Dot, taKe me wina OUL U1 uiesaus 01 LIIE va/HUllan Railway he did not know what would. He hoped all would join in supporting the resolution, and in taking such action that the Cambrian Railway Company might be brought to their senses. (Hear, hear ) Mr ROWLANDS seconded the motion.—Carried unani- m<On the motion of Mr ROWLAND EVANS, seconded by Mr J. p. TosEs, it was resolved-" That the Town Clerk be requested to send a copy of the last resolution to the Great Western and the Manchester and Milford Rail- way Companies as an index of the requirements of this town" t0 Mr PELL informed the meeting that the officials con- nected with the Manchester and Milford Railway were unable to attend the meeting, but he was in a position to say that that company had undertaken to convert the slow train at night into a fast train. (Cheers.) Mr PETER JOES proposed—" That pending the arrange- ments of the summer traffic by the associated railways, in accordance with the memorial of the Town Council of this borouch, the inhabitants trading with Liverpool are respectfully requested to order their goods to be forwarded by the Aberystwyth steamer." Mr H. CULLIFORD secouded the proposition, and recom- mended all hotel keepers and publicans in the town, who had beer from Burton to order it to be sent via Carmar- then. There was a great stock of goods coming in. (Hear, he-L resolution was also carried nem dis. Mr ROWLANDS, as an addendum to Mr Culliford's re- commendation, advised all the teetotalers to have their soda water and lemonade sent via Carmarthen. (Much lancrhter.) He proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor for nK. Carried by acclammation. The Mayor acknowledged the compliment and the meeting terminated.