The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

WELSHPOOL. LOCAL BOART), TUESDAY. APRIL IST.-Present: Mr D. P. Owen, (Mavor), Aldermen E. T. D. Harrison, M. Evan?,and W. AVithy, and Messrs W. T. Parker, W. F. Rider, E. Jehu, W. Rowlands, J. Morris, William Rogers, J. Hackman, J, Jones. E. Jones, (Town F Cle'rk), and R. Clayton, (Inspector of Nuisances.) Plans for the erection of premises by Mr Potter were submitted to the Council and approved of. THE TOWN CLERK'S SALARY. This subject which was adjourned from the previous meeting was taken up, and Mr E. Jones retired. The MAYOR read the amount of salary paid to the Town Clerks of the neighbouring towns of Bridgnorth, Oswestry and Wrexham, viz., Ae200, 2160 and Cl50 re- spectively. The information would be a guidance for them when considering whether or not they would accede to the Clerk's application. AIR PARKER said, that to reduce the amount of work entailed upon the Clerk, he would give notice that at the next meeting of the Board he would move that the meetings of the Board be held monthly instead of fort- nightly. The MAYOR said he would be gladif this could be ar- ranged as it would be a great advantage to him. The meeting. were formerly monthly but since so much busi- ness had been coming before them of late, they had been e under the necessiry of holding them every fortnight. In consequence of this notice of motion the subject of the clerk's salary was again deferred. Mr Jones was then called in, and informed by the Mayor of the adjourn- ment. THE MEMORIALS ANENT THE TOWN HALL. The MAYOR said, in connection with the memorials to the Lords of the Treasury and the Local Government Board anent the pi ns for the proposed erection of a new Town Hall, that he did not !,nnt'Uo.r!al* personally when in London. rlhe Towi f .l11" self had thought it would be better to sen officials before they went themselves. 3L PP 1 they Aet the Hon. Chas. Tracy, M.P., ami some of the ..chief clerks at the Treasury, 1 Cierk and himself conferred with them on the suj On receiving the memorial, the Local Government oa Ol sent it to Mr Taylor, who thoroughly understood the matter, to report upon it, and he expected they would get an answer shortly. He had reason to believe, from what took place at the Mansion House and at the meeting of (J. Town Clerks on the morning of the day on which the Lord Mayor's dinner was held, the Government officers would in future strive to expedite the business connected with corporate 1 odies, and to reply without delay to en- quiries which might be made to them. This moral per- •j suasion on the part of the gentlemen who attended these conferences had. he was glad to say, cut the Gordian knot of red tapeism which had long been a hindrance to corporate b .dies and, in all liKenhood, „.ho woik «u are J would be expedited by about two months. The Chief Clerk of the Local Government Board assured them that thev m;ght expect a satisfactory answer to the prayer of their memorial very shortly, and he had reason to Iwlieve that no local enquiry would be necessary. Some of the gentlemen he saw advised him to borrow the larer sum from the Treasury and the smaller from the Local Govern- ment Board, and on this recommendation he thoug > should apply for £ 4,000 to the Treasury and £ 00J to tlie Local Government Board.. A etter had Ibeen semt by that Board, requesting certain informatio t It would be answered by the Town Clerk aud^he hoped that by another fortnight they would h of the Local Government Board to proceed w« W In^eply to Mr W. to the rate of in eres be paid for the loan OL the the best possible The they would not get it arrangement, out ne at ong time expected to under per cent. t but he did not think have got the money-for oS they c»uld u°w get^1 a they could not borrow the to't it'from pome private gentleman, as the town of Oswestry had done. The discussion was then discontinued, but it will, ot course, be brought up again when the reply is received from the Local Government Board. THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF THE CHAPEL. T'he MAYOR considered it was time something de"mte was done regarding the proposed purchase of the chap" and site. He thought the Board had made the Chapel trustees a good offer, and he should be inclined to propose that ail communication* should be broken off t a i a) t, c,,m fortnight unless the Board's te> ma,were complied with. The difference between them was only £73, and that sum wciild be sufficient to pay for putting the compuLoiv W "opinion that the Board had mad^ too liberal offer for the chapel and gave notiee^h^tat next meeting he should take"into to accept their offer °L £ tf ferrin<, the building of consid-ration the expe uency of deterrin0 the Town Hall for twelr-1 IDonfhs, THE WATER.QUESTTO>. The MAYOR said he however, had ex- rSTdS pipes, and said that the defect complained of w, arose from REGISTRATION BILL The MAYOR sad that Mr Tracy had promised' to watch The following was 12. Hish-Btreet, We^^3|50^'notice of the Sir,-May 1. ask y the n"ecessity for providing the C«u,n« (fffieer Health and the Surveyor or Inspector of the Borough with accurate copies of the map w boundaries f the borCir-h, accompanied with written descriptions of the marks ?ndicating the boundaries, also, if possible, to furnish your Medical Officer of Health with a plan of the main sewerage and junctions.—I am, &c., T. B. BARRETT. —To D. P. Owen, E-q, Mayor." In compliance with this request Alderman EVANS ana Mr PARKER were appointed to arrange with Mr diehard to draw out the necessary plans. THE RAILWAY ARRIVAL PLATFORM FROM SHREWSBURY Alderman HARRISON said that sometime ago he called attention to the fact of there being no cover over the arrival platform from Shrewsbury at the Welshpool station. On wet (lays it was most disagreeable for passengers travelling by the train mentioned, and he would, therefore, move that the Town Clerk be instructed to write to the Railway Oompanv on the subject, and urge upon them the advisability of getting the cover erected during the bummer m Mr p\RKER.second. d the motion. He said he knew for a fact that the engineersofMthe° a„ndat Welsh pool Tm specting- the plarJorm referred to, and he had no doubt it would be covered during the ensuÍ1;¡g There would, however, be no harm in reminding the co-npanies °f llde'rm1inSviTHY had heard it said thit Oswestry was worse off than Welshpool because there was no covering over the platform there at all; but it had to be borne in mind that at Oswestry there were large waiting rooms, while at the arrival platform from Shrewsbury there were none. The motion was agreed to. PENALTIES. In reply to Mr John Jcnes, the MAYOR stated that after the 25th March the penalties in the hands of the township Suivjyors would be handed over to the borough of Welsh- pool to be applied to the borough fund. THE INSPECTOR 9 REPORT. The Inspector's re-iort was read by the Mayor, and was as follow^Gentlemen,-I was requested at last Board to ascertain the number of deadends on the mam pipes there are eighteen to twenty, to^ farn.Aeaeh dein7n"hthe each. I have further to inform the Board that the following owners of property have been served with the usual form of notice, to connect their property with the publ.c sewer :-Earl of Powiss a-ent, the Kev. Kevi Jacob, Mr E.Humphreys Mr G. Evans, Messrs Hill, agent for Major Pugh, Mr Vaughan, a"-ent for Mrs Morgan and Mrs Bowis. Further, there is a'^cottage occupied by Mr Braddock in Raven-souare, which is not within the prescribed distance, that is not in a satisfactory state. RICHARJ; CI^YTON, Inspector of Nuisances 1st ApriL 1873 There was no other business cf importance.

LLANFYIjLIN. LLANFYLLIN AND LLANOYNOG RAILWAY.-We are pleased to find that the Bill for this railway passed the third read ine in the House of Lords on Monday, March 26th. BOROUGH SESSIONS, On Tuesday, March 2oth, be ore Edward Evans, Esq., and C. R. Jones, Viq., accounts of the street surveyors were verified and passed, and nearly the whole of the time of the .sessions was taken „p with an affiliation case in which Mr A Welshpool, appeared for the complainant, and Mr O. V. 1 TH FA1'R —The( March fair was held here on Thursday, MarcS 27th." There was a larger number of cattle and people than we have seen here for a Mostly were rather iower in P"^ realized very Horses were very dear, andtmeep a™ i> s POT ICE COURT, FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH. — Before r>r )ved the case.—Fined 5s., and 6s. c<>sts^_ Under the Police Surveillance.—John Pierce J°ne was brought up in custody of P.C. Williams charged with not complying with the provisions of a recent Act of Parliament by reporting himself to a police officer once a month during the period he was sentenced to be under the supervision of the police. P.C. David Williams said he had received information from the Salop police that pri- s mer had been sentenced in that county last year to nine months' imprisonment and to be three years under police surveillance. He was liberated from gaol en the 19. h December last, and came to this town where witness be- lieved he had been ever since. It was his duty to report himself to the police once every month, but he had not done so. Prisoner said, Captain Fenwick told him that he had no occasion to report himself if be conducted himself pro- nerly and fived by honest means. In reply to the Bench, the police officer said he was not able to prove what prisoner apntenoe was, but wished to apply for a remand to enable him to -et proof of it from Salop The prisoner was then him to F following day, when he was again remanded un ication {rom the Salop superin- brought up- A twi gtatin" that they were un- tendentof police was t applied for a further remand but the Bene j^tsin t-he loclc-up a sufh- ^nt^unishment^and dismissed him with a caution.

LLANSILIN. mi:. village was the scene ot MARRIAGE III^TOTCIXG- 2St[ on acCount of the much rejoicing on Friday, to Miss Evans marriage of Mr John &,wnaed the street Forest Farm, Oswestry. c0uple, after 1 he marriage opposite the Hand Inn. Kev. W. Jones, were service had been perform J t numbor of R-F FEHRI'ESLSD ybryn, in 1 'Llam edWyn. The defendant admitted Wynn's keePeLa;ar?u,tioned by their worships not .to 2 to Other's field. inyf„ture.-Fi»ed a, m- eluding costs. was suran,oned for refusing Bef using to Quit. TY,,lL;e(l.Vyn, by Mr Boyle the land- to quit the Green inn, l' | ^t came to his house very lord. Mr Bovle said tha to draw him any drink, drunk from Oswestry, ana ne u^,t| v;()ient and obscene Kaye became very disorderly, including costs, laneuage.—The defendant was n nef\ for this offence, Drunk, < £ Y.-M. Roberts was surl!im',nLlam.iiaiadr. The on the information of P.C. Vaug^ Vwas fined 13s., in- d.fendant admitted the offence, and was tinea eluding costs. ar,nointed for all The overseers and waywardens were app the parishes in the division.

RUABON. Y^WCJTHV MEETINO.—A vestrv meeting, was e L1. H Friday, March 28th, at the Court House, Ruahon, appointment of Way Wardens, for the parish "_f KuaDO for the cunent year. Mr Benjamin Davies, of rant, ,l y the chair. The following ratepayers were unanimous y appointed, Mr H. C. Murless, liuabon, Mr Benjamin Davies, Pant, Mr Isaac Rogers, Rlios, Mr William Davies, Cefn and !\Ir Robert Davies, of Plas Drain. PIT Ac(!i])E-NT.-Jobn Moses, a collier, of Fron Cysyllte, working at PUskynaston, was severely hurt on Wednes- day, March 2(-[,, by the falling in of a pit roof. He was at once removed to the Cottage Hospital, Rnabon, where a medic :1 examination showed that some of his ribs were broken and the back injured. SCHOJL BOARD, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26TH.—Pre- sent, the Rev. A. H. Taylor (in the chair), Dr Roberts, and Mr Thomson. The A pplication for a Loan.-Some time ago the Public Loan Commissioners declined to grant a loan for the alterations at the Rhr s. The matter was ieferred to the Education Deparcnrnt, and their reply was as follows "The Public Works Laan Commissioners having taken the opinion of their counsel, will piobably act upon that o-.i ion an l my Lords have no powar to interfere. *he Vfer was a'lo.ved to stand over for further cor.s-.d Ta.jon. The Late Deputation — Touehuig the comp ain. made about a month since by Dr Burton and a deputation, as to the proposed excessive expenditure for school buildings, a f a letter written by the Education Department to that gentleman was now read by the Clerk. It stated that the accommodation which toe Board had proposed .o, sup- nlv was no more than had been recommended b\ the ln- snector of Returns emnloyed by the Department, and they 'J' no cau'e to alter their approval of the recommendation. Thev therefore declined to interfere in any way with the operations of the Board—Mr Thomson gave notice that af the next Board meeting he should move that in view of the feeling of ratepayers of the parish, and of what the committee of deputations have to-day put forward in re- t ¿. 4-i-ithe nresent accommo- dation, &c. — not only for the whole parish, but for the Cefn, Rhosymedre, and Acrefair portion of it—that one school he as early as possible built for five hundred children, at Cefn, and that any other proposed school be for t'le pres-mt deferred until further investigation be made of all the circumstances of the case.A deputation was in attendance upon the Board with reference to Mr Owen's proposal of the previous week. ISo steps a the deputation withdrew, on uhe understanding, should again meet the Board and urge its views.

THE EDUCATION QUESTION AND THE RUABON SCHOOL BOARD. A crowded meeting was held in the Market Hall, Rhos, on Wednesday evening, March 2G,h, to protest against the large expenditure contemplated by the Ruabon School Itual)on Mr Arms, Ru::tboii Air William'Williams, Maesyllan Mr ^■°Jl,1frfc t°S Mr Yard W Ruabon Mr Griffiths, The Mill, Ruabon; Nfr Lloyd, Dynynlle Farm Mr Jones, plumber, Ruabon Mr Thomas Owen, Rhos; Mr Owen, Aberderfyn Mr Frederic™ Owen, Aberderfyn Mr Lewis, Park Eyton Mr Beniamin Davies, Pant Mr VVil.on, Ru^hon Mr Robert Davies butcher, Rhos; Mr Wills, Khos, Mr Thomas Mr Green. Pentre barm Mr Pugh, Cross btreet i'arm Mr Williams, Pentre Mr William Thomas, Aberderfyn Mr Owen. Moreton Farm, fee. On the motion of Mr BENJAMIN DAVIES, seconded by .Nir WILLIAMS (Maeslyn), Mr G. H. Whalley was V°Mr WHALLEY, who was received with ebeers, said all they de ired was a fair and full discussion of the question, to erable them to arrive at a conclusion that would be to the credit and interest of the district. When they firit re- solved to have a School Board it was agreed that it should be under the control of the public, and that it should be unsectarian. Whether or not they agreed with the members they had appointed to the BaIrd in this particular matter he thought they had, according to their iudement, done the best they could. As regarded the present question, after full consideration he had come to the conclusion that it was not necessary to spend such a lar 'e amount as was proposed, and that it would be un- desirable to do so. It would be much better ca culated to carry out the object, of the Board to move step by step by which they would acquire the necessary education as school managers. The establishment of schools as places where children were got rid of, as it were, m the middle of the day and were there being educated, was not necessarily a part' of education. According to what was called the university system, the education plan was quite different, and he thought that in carrying out the School Board system in a large parish like that it would be ■ and most agreeable to the parents of the children, and most beneficial in every way if, instead of (.stablishing a great number of Schools where the children should be rol congregated together, and no through their edueatmn, some one or at the most two institutions should exist wli children should go merely to be examined, and to some extent be taught, if they were not taught elsewhere to be examined and put forward in their learning in the same way as they were at Universities. (Cheers.) Forinstance, they wanted children to learn reading, writing, and arithmetic. He hoped they would be taught to know something of the sciences-(hear, hear)-something as to the preservation of health, of what was good and what was bad for them to eat; something iabout geology, about what was underneath the ground; about botany, or what was upon the ground-the flowers and fruits and all those tbin-8 (Cheers.) But it was not absolutely necessary, nor was it required by education or common sense, that they should be obliged to sit in an unhealthy room, a crowded room called a school, for a certain number of hours during the day, for the purpose of acquiring those useful branches of knowledge, (Cheers.) 1 hey, as rate- navers and interested in the welfare of the district, required L certain amount of knowledge of the matter, of experience and education, which they could never hope to acquire if thev at once plunged head-foremost into that great ex- penditure for the erection of schools to hold the children of the district. (Cheers.) They tied their hands for the fUMrEWILLIAM3, who addressed the assemblage in Welsh stated that the Coedpoeth school cost only XI,300, ana asked why it was proposed to pay £1,000 each, for the erec- tion of new schools. (Hear, hear.) The Rhos school was not worth £ 100, yet they had a proof that it cost £ 1,400 whilst at the same time it was sought to build a palace tor the schoolmaster, and for "those seven metiabers"-(hear, hear, and loud cheers)-to rule the parish. The people had gone against the School Board, because there was no occa- sion for the building of four schools. One school in Cefn was quite enough. (Hear, hear.) He had been told the memorial had done a deal of good it would be a blessing if it stopped some of the tactics of the Board. (Hear, hear.) Mr THOMAS DAVIES, who also spoke in Welsh, said that from tha first he had held the opinion that the School Board was only throwing away their money. They did not want any more schools in that part of the parish. (Hear, hear ) The School Board Committee, he might state, did not pay taxes, and what he would suggest in order to the more effectual decrease of the rates, was that only men who paid heavy taxes should be elected to the Board. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The CHAIRMAN here asked if any person wished to speak for the proposed expenditure. They had heard arguments against it, and if any person wished to address the meeting on the other side, let him hold up his hand and make his way to the platform (" There is no one," and laughter.) The CHAIRMAN Well then, there seems to be no one, whatever they may think about it, who is disposed to sneak on the other side, therefore I think the best plan is to 'call upon our friend Mr Benjamin Davies. (Loud cheers.) I am very glad indeed to hear that recognition, because it saves me the trouble of saying that whenever the interests of the parish are at stake, there is no one who devotes more time, or puts forth more ability or energy for its good than Mr Benjamin Davies. Mr DAVIES. who was loudly cheered, alluded to what he termed the backbiting-slandering, and virulent manner in which he had been spoken of. He had come expecting the gentleman, who had used those expressions, to be present that evening, and was prepared to meet him on a public platform. (Cheers.) He was very happy to tell them that they had succeeded ta a certain extent already £18,000 would not be spent, nor £ 10,000, nor even £ 12,000 or £ 14,000, he fel; confi- dent owin' to the agitation that had taken place amon0 the ratepayers? (Loud cheers.) Some person there might ask what t- o School Board had done-(" 260 a year for doing nothing," ?(laughter.) Well, they must say th. t the School Board at Ruabon had repaired the British School at Rhos. He did not know that they had done anything else. He would have asked the question if their friends had come there that night. He had been told that they had incurred an expenditure already on the repairs of that school -ot upwards of £ 500.-("Without a cause;" "Shame," and hear, hear.) They had done this, but had not yet paid for these repairs. ("They can't get the money," and laughter.) It was only the other day that they made application to London for a loan of £ 410 to pay for the repairs of t .at school, but they were too sensible in Lon- repairs of school, but they were too sensible in Lon- don to lend this sum. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Yet, what bad the Board done ? They haè, as he ha.d stated, repaired the Rhos British School, and they had done something more. They had receivea since me of the School Board £615 out of the poor rates and he did not know what they had done with it. (" SharDe.") They had not paid it away for the repair of the British S(-hool; they wanted to borrow more money, wine l made the sum total received by them £ 1,031, and nothing done for it He gave an instance in which a poor wid > Sse income only amounted to Is. 6d per week, and who had been refused parochial aid, had been called up who had De 3 gd.-(" shame")-and urged that to pay a rate o shnilar hardship was In oo"ol«S, ?e would nv,™ "That IM.««*• build only one soho.l a. th^williun"e('Maesyllan) seconded the motion in.Welsh Mr Wills (Rhos), in supporting the motion sa d he di nofknow whether''the Oswestry paper was subsidised by •l iiortion of the board, but he thought a writer m it m'ght; •?i •! better show of propriety confine his attention Tu k ep hS fl"rid ft/<">• »n?hTbe n", f)l0T, intrude beneath the clearer stay of Rhos, be L„"e' S C would be sure to see hi, »ho,t«..»«« and ascertain his foregone conclusions. The resolution was then put from the chair, and carried amid loud clieers, aUI £ JOXES moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman. Mr THOMAS YARDLEY, Ruabon, seconded the tnotlon- Mr BBNJ VMIJT DAVIES here arose and related to his hearers »h.t h,d been .aid He had been called a goose (L^ter^ j he was a goose, but lie would tell the;m that «ei j Davies, of the Pant," wasnot such,a JS andlaugh- go to a University to get plucked. ( Benja- «.) And 1,0 P»' mm uavies was mil. MU,U —-J ° • over to himself to the trouble and expe fLoud cheers and Germany to be plucked ». over agam. £ ^h £ wever laughter.) Whatever Benjamin IX.v h;l(1 his silly a goose lie might be, ne, ai. feathers. (Loud laughter.) i The v, ie of thanks was carried u^m, ym, y, aud to d"cuss U"> lMn' aiemert of local affairs-

FATAL ACCIDENT ONME MWa On Friday evening, March zotn, ^Vpr ua3 ruu Tynvwern Bach, Cynwyd'cb-y ^%Vd Corwen Stations, over'bv the tram between Cynw}d ana v seventy- It appears that the unfor^unate man^^ home about one jears old, and cou i c^j.)S j'n a meadow close dusk for the purposf of rfenng clnps m h he had to Ir e, he was caught by the train that leaves Cyiiwyd a í 7-40 a.m. The body was cut in a most frightful manner. The skull, with other portions of the head, was completely cat off and carried away some distance from the body, and both le"S were shattered. Information of the sad accident at once sent to Mr Buckton, station-master, Corwen, .3 who sent a number of his men and P.C. Lewis on th" enoine to the place where the deceased lay. The broken limbs and the body having been gathered together on a waggnIl, covered and wrapped up, was thence conveyed to Cynwyd luggage station office, to await the coroner's ^On Monday, the 31st of March, an inquest was held at the Prince of Wales Inn, Cynwyd, before William Williams Esq., deputy-coroner, and the following jury Mr R. White (foreman), Messrs John Griffith, John N. Edwards, Thomas Roberts, John Lloyd, Hugh Lloyd, Roqert Morris, Thomas Staunton, William Williams, Rjbert Roberts, Owen Roberts, Thomas Davies, and Sacariah Jones. Thomas Howard, engine-driver, Corwen, said—On Fri- day March 23th, lie was driving the 6'35 p.m. train from Do'^ellv, which arrived at Cynwyd Station about ten minutes'to eight. After leaving Oyi.wyd S'at ion a Hon? three-quarters of a mile, he heard something strike against the engine, which was on the Cynwyd side of the Llangar crossing- He then pulled up, and as soon as the train was stopped, ordered the fireman to return with a lamp to see what was there, as lie had not seen anything on the line. The fireman returned, an i said it was a man. who was quite dead. He then weni down with the train towards Corwen. There was no level crossing or path where the '3°C1harles Jones, fireman, Corwen, said after leaving Cynwyd station, about half-way between there and Cor- wer Station, he heard something strike against the engine. He did not see anything on the road They then pulled up and he was sent back with a lamp to see what it wa*. He' found the body of a man, quite dead, about 200 yards from the Llangar crossing, nearest Cynwyd. Did not know him. Where he saw the body n" one L,d any right to cross, and he did not know of any right of crossing be- tween Corwen Station and Cynwyd Station besides the Llangar crossing. P.C. John Lewis said he had seen the body, and identified it as that of Robert Oweii, of Tynywern Cynwyd, shoemaker. Without any hesitation, the jury returned a verdict of Accidentally killed on the Bala and Corwen Railway while trespassing at night." The Coroner then said that the company ought to pro- secute all trespassers, as it would tead to benefit the public generally as well as the company.

LLANGEITHO. CONCERT.-On Tuesday evening, March 25th, a concert was held in the British School-room, under the presidency of the Kev. R. Roberts when the celebrated Welsh tenor, Eos Morlais. made his first appearance in this place. There was a very large attendance, and in both a musical and a pecuniary sense the concert was a decided success. The programme, which was a lengthy one, was carried out in a manner creditable alike to all the performers. Eo-i Morlais was in excellent voice, and performed the part allotted to him in such a way as to baffle our feeble cri- ticism suffice it to say that in Sound an alarm," Yes, let me like a soldier fall," Yr Ehedydd," &c., he fully- sustained his reputation as the foremost of Welsh tenors. He was very efficiently accompanied on the pianoforte by Miss Willets, of Cwrtmawr, who also, at the opening of the concert gave artistically an exquisite arrangement, bv Brinley Richards, of a beautiful sacred s"ng. Mr S. Prosser sang "Gwnewch pobpeth yn Gymraeg" and Goo-oniant i Gymru." Mrs Jones, of Llanybvther, favoured the hearers with Peidiwch a dwevd wrth fy Ngiariad "and "Clvchau Aberdyfi." The British School children sang The Skaters," "Bydd mewn pryd," "The old black cat," and The song of the cooper," with spirit, precision, and effect. The local choir sang I'he Mar- seillaise" and" Pan y byddo rhyw demtasiwn." The members of the Llwynfrwd Band of Hope kindly assisted by singing a couple of Welsh songs. Mr Davies, ofGlyn, sang a Welsh song, "Eweli mewn pryd." Miss Willets, Cwrtmawr, and Miss Evans, Dolayron, played a piano- forte duet which was well received. The audience were loud and constant in their plaudits, but judging from the frequent interruptions which a few persons persisted in the capacity for creating a disturbance was in those cases quite equal to the capacity for appreciating good music.

TREGARON. PETTY SESSIONS -On the 25th March, at the Talbot Hotel, before T. A. Richards, Esq., 11. J. Davies, Esq., and Captain Phelps, Sar,cl) Roberts, of Penrhiw Blaen- penal, servant, charged William Richards, of Llwyn- bwch, Blaenpenal, farmer, with refusing to pay her £1 2s. 6d., wages due. Case compromised.- Sergeant Lyons charged Morgan Mirris, of Tynant, Llanbadarn Odyn, farmer, with having been drunk and disorderly at the Kailway Tavern, Tregaron, on the 25th of February. Fined 15s., including costs. Paid.—The same complainant charged John Davies, of Castle Blaenpenal, carrier, with having been drunk and riotous at the Railway Tavern, on the same day. Fined 10$., and 133. 2d. costs; paid. Defendant was also charged with having been the driver of a horse and cart, which he negligently allowed to pass along the highway near Tivgaron, on the 20th March, without having any person in charge of the same, he himself being at the distance of two hundred yards away. Fined 11s. 8d., including costs. Paid.—William Williams, assistant overseer of the parish of Caronisclwadd, charged John Rowlands, of Tregaron, labourer, David Richards, of Blaenresger, Caroil, farmer, and David Benjamin, of Tre- garon, Caron, farmer, with refusing to pay various sums of poor and highway rates. Defendants John Rowlands and David Benj imin paid the amounts claimed with cost. A distress warrant was ordered to be issued against David Richacds for the amount claimed with costs, to b9 executed in twenty-eight days in default. — Overseers for the several parishes and townships within the petty sessional division of Penarth were appoiuted for the ensuing year.

LLANBADARN. ECCLESIASTICAL-At the recent ordination, held by the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr John Evans, of Llanbadarn, was received into holy orders, and since then he has been ap- pointed to a curacy under the Rev. John Griffith, rector of Merthyr.

ABERYSTWYTH. THE LIBRARY BOOKS.—Mr J. P. Jones, late secretary of our quondam literary institute, acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the sum of L5 from Edmund Vaughan, Esq., towards liquidating the debts of the Institute, and thus get the books out of pawn." THE MILTTIt.-Abovit twenty recruits of the Royal Cardiganshire Militia assembled at Aberystwyth on Fri- day, March 28th, to undergo preliminary training. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES.—The last meeting (in Lent Term, 1873) of the Debating Society, took piece on Friday evening, March 28th. The subject for discussion was The cultivation of music and poetry in Wales; is it excessive ?" Affirmative, Mr E. Charles; negative, Mr R. D. Lewis. BURIAL BOARD.—A special meeting of the Aberystwyth Burial Board was convened for Saturday, March 29th. The members present were-the Rev. E. Owen Phillips, Mr J. W. Szlumper, and Mr John Rees. There was some important business for transaction, but owing to the small attendance, it was adjourned to the ordinary meeting. Several grave conveyances were, however, signed. BOARD OF GUARDIANS, MONDAY, MARCH 31ST.— Present: H. C. Fryer, Esq., ex-officio (in the chair), Messrs Thomas Samuel, John Ellis, and Peter Jones (Aberystwyth), David Jacob Davies, William Jones (Parcel Canol), James Edwards, Lewis Lewis, Richard Morris, Abraham James, John Morgan, and William Davies. Mr Hugh Hughes, clerk Drs J. Roberts and M. Jones, medical officers. Financial.—The out-door relief for the past fortnight was as follows Mr T. G. Thomas, Aberystwyth district £8;:> 17s.; Mr John Junes, Glenen'rglyn district, £92 14s and Mr D. J. Evans, liar district, 1:63 6s. Gd. Balance at the bank, C576 9s. 3d. Appointment pro forma—The Chairman reminded the meeting that the Local Government Board objected to the appointment for a short period of the relieving officer for the Aberystwyth district. The present officer was a very useful man indeed he did his work very well, and kept his books in very good order. It was merely a matter of form to appoint him to the office now.—On the motion of Mr Peter Jones, seconded by Mr John Ellis, Mr T. G. Thomas was then unanimously appointed relieving officer for the Aberystwyth district.—Mr J. Ellis What about his wages, is there not talk about some advance?—The Clerk said there was not. The master now got the same salary as before, when he held both appointments of master and relieving officer. The Board could not give one more, without giving the others more.—Mr Peter Jones observed that the point^as to salary opened the whole question. -Mr John Ellis They are miserably paid, however.—The Chairman said it was a question which would have to be considered, especially as now-a-days people were so high'y paid for their work. —Mr Peter Jones Labourers get more wages than our relieving officers get.—The Chairman We cannot expect to get the proper sortof person for the wages we now give. However, a matter of this kind had better be con- sidered by the new Beard. The new Board might grumble if we incurred expense of that sort at the end of our time. And for the same reason I think it would be better to post- pone the appointment of a medical officer until the new Board come in. I find there are a great many complaints now in manv pa' ts of the union as to the way the work is done. Youjcan't expect that a man of education will spend much of his time for £ 50 a year. It is hardly thp pay of a working man employed at the present time. Of course, the medical officers are obliged to look to the rest of their business before they see after the paupers.—The Clerk Many complain of the long way they have to go.—The Chairman further observed that the Guardians could not expect a man to go more than one journey in a week but in certain urgent cases the officers went oftener. The Rural Sanitary Authority w uld also have to appoint a J 1_- _.1- "n-1 T' T .11 ..t. medical Officer as lliey umy dpijuim-eu ur joiits Ul me 25th of M:arch,-The Ci,rIc anl that the Rural Sanitary Authority would no doubt also have to appoint an inspec- tor. He would write for instructions upon tnat point.— The Chairman said that the Guardians might consider the two appointments "i,le by siae very well, hi oau-e the s..me person could act as sanitary medical officer and medical officer of the union, too. -The Clerk expected that a sani- tary medical officer would have to be permanently ap- p iiited.-The Chairman said he had seen that in many dis- tricts the pay of the sanitary medical officer was very high. Some were to receive, £ 200 a year. They ought to take the opinion of the Town Council as to a joint appointment, be- cause it would be much better if the same person could be appointed sanitary medical officer of the rural districts as well as of the urban disttÎct. The Guardians must also consider the salary paid to the medical officers of the union there were a great many complaints of paupers not being attended to.-Mr Abraham James sai l that in many m- stances the paupers preferred paying for a doctor instead of receiving medicine from the mtdic&l ofiicers.The Clerk u edicine from the u.-edical ofiioira, l.ut I; did ot ki:o,\ why. Mr James: And 1* roughly. No doubt that is the ca e in many instaLC.^s. Vaccination J¡'rc(1u!11'itic. The CÏ1airmau rcp!)fted that the Vaccination Committee had gone very carefully through the vaccination cenifieatcs and the doctors' buok. and found it almost impossible io check the accounts properly, owing to the great arrears in v nich the vaccina- tion bills had fallen. For a great number of veilrs no one vaccinated at all. The committee could lW'. compare the registrar's hooks with the vaccination certificates so rs to check the accounts at all It was done in this way. The registrar had to supply the vaccination officer with a list of births in his district from time to time. The vaccina tion officer then sent the papers to the parents of children, and when the children were taken to the public vacci- nator, he filled up the certificates and forwarded them to the vaccination officer, who recorded the same in his book That was very clear, and as long as it w;¡s done, any per- son could clvck the accounts properly. But many peis .ns brought their children at the ages of six or seven years, and the public vaccinator could not refuse to vaccinate tbem; and the committee had no means at the time of seeing whether these children had been vaccinated or not. He mentioned that as much for the benefit of the medic il officers as anyone, and observed that, in future, the com- mittee would have the books and returns for the quarter, D, and would not pass any single item unless all the certifi- cates were in their proper form. Lasi time they certainly were not, and the committee had a ,re.it deal of difficulty in the matter. As far as the committee could make out the vaccination had not been carefully performed' Unless they had the work done in legal form they would find certain irregularities. Through the legal knowledge of one of the rehiring officers and one of the vaccination officers it was found that five or six children had been vaccinated by Dr Morris Jones who were entered as having been properly vaccinated in the previous year by Dr James. Dr Jones said he had taken special notice of all these cases, and that in each case the vaccine took well—clearly proving that the vaccination bad not been performed in the previous year. There were no means of getting any return from the previous vaccinator, and therefore the Gu rdians_must make the best of it and pay the accounts. In these particular ca-cs the committee were told that the relieving officer who attended with Dr Jones also attended with Dr James. Perhaps those cises had been paid for twice, and very ikely the vaccination had been performed, and the doctor probably never visited the children again and entered them in the book as pro- perly vaccinated. The only w >y to keep things straight was to have the books and the returns brought in every quarter, and for the committee to insist upon having the certificates delivered up. It appeared also that a large number of people in good position in life had again availed themselves of the assistance of the public vaccinator. As far as he (the chairman) could make out th law upon the subject, there was no distinction drawn, and the vac- cinator could no refuse to vaccinate any child that might be brought to him. It was a matter between the vaccinator and the union, and so a great many persons got their children vaccinated, and tho) union had to pay for it. He durst say that that was because the medical gentlemen charged very much more when attending in a private capacity,—The Clerk They ought not.- The Chairman suggested that such per.-ons should foiwanl to the union contiibutions in the shape of "conscience money." (Laughter.)—Mr Samuel suggested that the persons spoken of might be paupers.—The Clerk They are not paupers.— The Chairman: Well th-ir children are treated as paupers. I think it is rati.er hard on the part of the pub- lic to have to pay for these people.

DINAS MAWDDWY. CRICKET CLUB.-On Saturday, March 29th, a general meeting of members of the Mawddwy Cricket Club was held at the Ked Lion. Dinas, Mr James Gillart p. esided. The Secretary read the accounts for the past year, and it wa. stated that some slight repairs were required to the general practising ground, which it was agreed ohoul i be done. Several new members entered their names as sub- scribers for the ensuing season, and it is expected that there will be as good a muster as;formerly. A vote of thanks was given LO the Chairman fer presiding and also to the Sec- retary for his kind services. BENEFIT CLUB.-A meeting was held on Saturday even- ing, March 29ih, to consider whether it was advisable to open a lodge of Foresters or Oddfellows, the majority were in favour of Foresters, it being intimated that the benefits were greater. Another meeting will shortly be held, when the probable number of members will be ascertained after which a definite conclusion will be come to as to the ad- visability of starting a club of the kind. Several who belonged to the order of Oddfellows and Foresters in dis- tant lodges attended the meeting. NARROW ESCAPE.—A few days ago a young boy, son of David Jones, was playing near the River Dovev, when he appears to have fallen in, unperceived by anyone except another lad about ten years of age. The latter very gallantly went to the child's rescue and succeeded in bring- inf him to dry land, and then ran home, but apparently was too much exhausted to relate the affair for some time; however, the mother, being anxious, went in search and found the child senseless and wet lying on the bmk of the river. He is in a fair way of recovery. Fox HOUNDS,-On Monday, March 31st. the Penmaen pack of fox h Minds were hunting at Maesglasau, which is a noted place for foxes, and when at the top oi Wainddu, a fine male fox was started. Reynard, however, found a way to keep clear of the hounds for a considerable time, but. was ultimately driven to Dinas Mawddwy, and was killed near Plas-yn-Dinas, the seat of Sir Edmund Buckley.

ABERAYRON. MAGIC LANTERN.—Views of the Franco-Prussian war have been exhibited at the various villages in the neigh- bourhood, including: Iiianarth and Afydroilyn, dui ing last week. SHIPPING NEWS.—The ship Laura, which we reported some time ago as having stranded close by the port of Aberayron,has been bought by Messrs Griffiths and Davies, of this town, and safely brought in to the harbour, where she is now undergoing the necessary repairs. Her name has been changed to that of Shon Q ) It.

THE CHARITIES OF MERIONETHSHIRE. (Continued.) Charity and pride do both feed the poor the one to the praise and glory of God, the other to get glory and praise amongst men.Augustii-te.

PARISH OF CORWEN (continued). THE ALMSHOUSES. These are six small houses in Corwen adjoining to the churchyard, and it is not known when, or in what manner, the parish became possessed of them, but it is supposed that they were erected and appropriated for the purpose of almshouses by an owner of Rfig, the agent of which estate has exercised the sole management, and placed therein occupants. There is also a house adjoining these houses which appears to have been bequeathed to the poor people by the will of Mr Roger Salusbury, hereafter men- tioned and the rent of which is still divided among the almspeople equally. ROGER SALISBURY'S CHARITY. Roger Salusburv esquire, of Rtîg, by his will, dated the 27th of June, 1719, gave and bequeathed £200, to be laid out at interest by the owner of Rftg, together with the con- sent of the minister and churchwardens of the parish of Corwen, the interest yearly for and towards the clothing of six of the oldest and poorest of the parish of Corwen, three men from the upper end of ( orwen parish, and three men from the lower end of the parish, to be settled with the ap- probation of the said owner of Rflg, and the minister and churchwardens of Corwen, that each of the six men misrht have coat, breeches, and waistcoats, shirt, shoes, and stock- ings against Christmas Day, and that none of the same should have this clothing two years together and his will was that the poor old men that had, or their anceFltors had, been belonging to the house of Rflg be preferred before any others: and the testator also gave the rent of the house where John Smith then lived at Corwen to the use of the poor of the almshouses of Corwen, to'be equally distributed between the'n by the minister, churchwardens, and owner of RÙ:r: but if any dispute should arise the same should be decided by the owner of Rflg. MRS LUMLET SAI.F.SBURY'S CHARITY. We learn from a minute of a vestry, held January 14th, 1777, that a suit in Chancery had been instituted, in which John Pugh Payne was plaintiff, and John Lloyd, clerk, and Maria Carlotta, his wife, were defendants. "It was de- creed, in conformity with the Master's report, dated 14th March, lïfiS. that Thomas Prvse was owing to Mr Maurice Jones, surviving trustee of the will of Mrs Lumley Sales- bury, on bond and judgment, the principal sum of £ 100, with interest from the 25th February, 1750, and costs, E2 lGs. 8d. and that the same principal sum of S400 was ordered to be paid to the said Maurice Jones, who was also directed to apply the interest of it to the purposes of Mrs Lumley Salesbury's will, to the clothing of twelve old women of the parishes of Corwen [and of Langar and Gwyddelwern] and the said Maria Carlotta Llovd, of R6.g, being willing to take the said sum of X40), gave her receipt for the same, and engaged to execute a bond for the same, with interest at 4} per cent, to the said Maurice Jones, or to such other person or persons as should be con- sidered proper persons to be trustees, for the trust purposes aforesaid." lt was directed that the interest that had accrued on the above principal sum having been unpaid for about twenty- fivp years, from February, 1752, to February 9th, 17 1-7, at £ 18 yearly, making a sum of £4491651. 8d., he paid over to Mr David Roberts, of Corwen, he having continued during those years to advance the said klg of interest, in provid- ing the clothing for the said twelve poor persons annually, according to the will of the testator. This minute is signed by Robert Llojd and Edward Jones, churchwardens John Beans and Thomas Jones, overseers and several of the parishioners. These two last charities have been under the management and direction of the owner of the R(L estate, with the assistance of an overseer of the parish. The expeuse attending the clothing of the o'tl men and the old women with complete suits of clothing, and instruction to twelve boys in school at Corwen, amounted upon an average to jE38 per annum. Preference is given under Mr Iloger Salusburv's w.JI to thoce who have either themselves or their ancestors been in the service of the family of RÚ;. HUGH JONES, Of Ddol, by his will, dated the 3rd of March, 1730, gave to Owen Owens, Thomas Hughes, and Robert Thomas, the sum of .£300, in trust to be by ihem or the survivors or survivor of them or their assigns, from time to time place 1 out at interest, such interest to be for evtr thereafter applied as follows :-viz., one-fourth thereof to the poor of the parish of Corwen [one-fourth to the poor of the parish of Llandrillo, one-foui th to the parish of Llanycil ante, the remaining fourth between the poor of the parish of Llanfawr, and Llangwm ante ] i sa.d sum o; w.vi ?aul <-ut on a ruo;tgage in lC.: bt arin,' in teres: at £ 5 per cent., by Robert Wynne i'1 other trustee-of the charity, on a tenement des- •••;• ":1, thi:ty acres of meadow, thirty acres 'f :>sture, o;d forty aeree. of fmz- and heath, with the appurtenan- ces, situate in the township of rcnyf-d, in the parish of Liang wm. The, ccupier of Glanyrafon farm, whereon this mortgage was made, reguLrly paid, and we suppose regularly pays, the interest due thereon. The interest of £ 5 per cent, jvas by au agreement in 1791 rt-luced to 4 ppr cent. This charity is usually due for distribution at Whitsun- tide, by the ministers and churchwardens. H. (To he continued.)

SUDDEN DEATH AT NANT MAWR. On Thursday afternoon, March 27th, an inquest was hld at the Carvers' Arms, Nantmawr, before Mr E. Blackburne, coroner, and a jury, of which Mr Arthur Davies was foreman, on the body of Maria Derrick, aged 45 (wife of Richaid Derrick, quarry worker, in Mr France's employ), and who was found dead in her own house on Tuesday evening, March 25th. Mrs Ann Hugnes, a neighbour of Mrs Derrick's, deposed that she last s.w the deceased alive between four and five o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 25th. at her (witness's) house, which was about ten minutes' walk from where deceased lived. Mrs Derrick was about half-an- hour in witness's houoe, but she had nothing to eat or drink. Deceased had for some time complained of rheumatism and pains in the head, and more especially after Christmas. When returning from a party at t'orthy- waen about that time she had a fit, and fur a month after- wards was speechless. Deceased lived on good terms with her husband and two children.—John Thomas, rock labourer, when coining home from work on the en nim; in question, at twenty minutes to six o'clock, was -triacl-td by Richard Derrick calling him to his house. He went towards him and on entering Dt rrick's house saw Mrs Derrick lying dead on the floor, her head beneath the table. Witness took hold of her hand. It was stone cold. From the position of the holy, deceased had evidently fallen from the seat at the fire. Derrick said to him-" I opened the door and found her in that condition." He had never heard of the man and wife quarreling.—Thomas Jones, foreman, Nant Mawr works, swore that Richard Derrick left off work at the quarry at half-past five o'ekek on Tuesday evening. March 25th. He noticed Mrs Derrick coming over the line about five o'clock, but at six o'clock he heard she was dead. Derrick was a sober man.—The two little children of the deceased, aged six and three years, were brought before the Coroner,-and, without being put on oeth, said that they were in the house along with their mother on the night of Tuesday, the 25lh Starch. She was sitting on a chair, when she fell from off it on to the floor. Nobody but themselves and their mother was in the house at the time.—Richard Derrick was called, and, after being duly cautioned, deposed that his wife was in her usual health when he left her at dinner time on the Tuesday referred to. He returned from work at a quarter or ten minutes to six o'clock in the evening. On his way home he met his children. The boy, three years of age, said. "Mother is killed." In reply, witness said to his child, What has killed her?" to which the boy answered, "She fell down." Witness had a slab stone on his bick at the time but he immediately placed it on the ground, and on going to his house, found his wife lying dead on the floor. John Thomas was passing at the time, and he c illtd upon him to see what had happened. He said his children could have opened the door without any assistance. Witness then spoke as to his wife's health.—Dr Ueresford deposed to deceased's having complained of pains in her head for the last three or four years. She bad a fit at a shop belonging to a person named Parker, and a second fit in her own house. He had been in attendance on her several times. He had examined the body externally, and found no marks whatever on it. Witness had heard all the evidence, and from h:s knowledge of the disease he was of opinion that, death had resulted from apoplexy. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evi- dence of Dr Bercsford.

glTCCESS the JNDEX of jy-ERITI LLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS.—The public are informed these celebrated plasters have been estab- lished 27 years. Patented U.S IS45. It is supposed and claiuie 1 they restore the electrical condition of the part where applied, by which pain and diseased actions cease. But we really know little on this subject, because the pro- perties of medic nal agents can only be known bv experience, and this has taught that whenever Allcock's Porous Plas- ters are applied they do good, often restoring the u itherea hand, removing the unsightly lump, lengthening the shorter leg, and restoring the lame to walk. But read our testimonials, and if you huve a neak spot in your body, try a plaster the cost is small, being twenty-seven halfpence only. No doubt they impart all the electricity of gnivanism 11 the system needed. We believe this, because they have made greater cures than were ever achieved by the most costly appticatiuns. Where one was sold a year ago ? thou- sand are sold now. They strength, n, warm, and invigorate the part upon which they are applied, and relieve nervous affections of the bowels, lumbago, pains of the side, and usn illy all local mins. In affections of the ki inevsthey ar geservice. ^liTcoc"k's Torous BLAST EBS, T) HEUMATISM, LUMBAGO, Bl:OJSTCH ITIS, &c. Salisbury, Nov. 17, 1872. "• Sir,—I hiive myself proved the efficacy of your plasters, but to-day a well-known clergyman, in the course of con- versation, asked me if I knew anything ot Allcock's Porous Plasters." I replied. 0 yes, we sell them largely; I have just ordered £ 50 worth of them." Well," he safd, "they are invaluable. I give them to nearly all my poor parishioners for all sorts of cornp'aiats—rheumatism, lum- bago, colds, bronchitis, &c. I also use them in my own family, and recommend them to my friends. My wife was suff ring from bronchial disturbance, but was quickly re- lieved by Allcock's Plaster. One C'lse of cure was 'almost amusing.' A person had been suffering a long time from dreadful pain at the pit of the stomach, and had spent I don't know how much in trying to get cured, but in vain. I gave him one of Allc >ck's Plasters, and it cured him in a quarter d an hour., He spoke so enthusiastically about the pla.ster5 that I asked him to allow his statement to b made public. As he consented, I give vou his name —viz., Rev. CT. CONIYNS, Vicar of Sidbuvy, Devonshire. I forward you this with pleasure, knowing it will have weight with the public, especially in the southern counties of England,—With compliments, EDWIN J. ORCHARD. ^LLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS. QUINSEY SORE THROAT (CURED.) TO HENRY D. BKANDRKTH. Esq., 57, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, Liverpool, TuIN, 2i, 1871. Respected Sir,—I think it proper that you and others shoubl know the benefit I have had from the use of your Pills and PI stei-s, and especlxlly imp .riant it is that working men ¡,hou!d know. From 185t) to 1870 14 yi-ars— have had attacks of quills-V and quin ry sore throat every winter, having lost Irwin six to eight weeks every year, until this last year, anl mv wages are 26s per week- serious loss to one who has only his labour for his support. Well, sir, last November I was again attacked with quinsey, my throat becoming much swollen, so that I could hardly speak. Instead of iroing to a doctor I cams to you. You ordered me an Allcock's Porous Plaster in strips to my throxt, six Brandretli Pills that night i Satur- day), six on Sunday morning, and six on Sunday night. On Monday morning I found the SIV, lling from ray throat all gone, and felt well enough to go to work. I have re- mained tree from .¡¡¡ilber or other illness all winter, imd up to the present time I have been employed by Mr Robert Mulliner, coach-builder, 55. Great Charlotte-street, who will certify to the above facts. —I am, sir, yours respect- fully, H. BUN TAN. I know the above wonderful curc to be true. ROBERT BOUVERJE MULLIXER. ^LLCOCK'S POROR.S i'LASTUKsi AMENESS. 2,Embden-strect,, Grec-nheys, Manchester, Sept.20,1871. Messrs Allcock & Co,-Gentlemf'n-l have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellent strengthening pro- perti s of your "Allcock's Porous Plasters." I was suffer- ing from a bad leg for some months. and could tret nothing to relieve me until T tried these plasters, aud am very happy to say th y have effected a perfect cure.—I am yours re- sprtfully.. WILLIAM TOM KIN SON. You lire at liberty to make use of this testimonial i: yela think it would be of wny use t ) suffering humanity. ^LLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS PARALYSIS, Pain in Chest and Side, Loss of Voice, Lumbago, &c. "II. D. Brandreth, Liverpool, March 22, 1872. "Dear Sir-I have been requested by many customers to writeand thank you for the great henefitthey have received from Allcock's Porous Plasters. I have been in a chemist's business over sixteen years, and have never sold so much of any patent medicine in that time as I have sold of Allcock's Plasters, in the last l ine months. I therefore shall have much plea-ure in srning any person whatever information they may require, as I eae, recommend them with the greatest confidence. I send a few cases of remarkable recovery that have come under mv ov n notice. A customer, partially paralysed clown the left side sent his sou to purchase some of Allcock's Porous Plasters about three months ago. The latter told me his father had not been out of the house for more than twelve months. After the application of ab)ut, five or six plasters he came to see me himself, and great was his jov at having been aHe to walk nearly two miles to obtain another plaster. A gentleman only yesterday called in to purchase another plaster for a lady who had been suffering from creat pain in her chest and fide. I askeu him how she was petting ou. and his reply was, The relief is miraculous. A lady suffering from loss of voice npp'ied one, and in two days, he called in and thanked me in her naturat voice for recommending it. A gent'.einan sufterinp tr m lumbaso was relieved in f-ix hours, and perfectly eim-u in two days. I could write y u dozens of such cases,hut i uliak I have given quite sufficient to show the t-'re;lt value of your plasters. You are at perfect liberty to make ivhat use Y'll please of this.- Yours truly. "WILLIAM CtiAixtor-, Chemist, 34, Villiers-street. Strat a. London. ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTEliS are suld by all Druggists, at Is. l £ d. each, with full direction for use, or in any size to suit. The yard plaster is specially recom- mended for families and physical,s. One yard equals 1 Plasters. Price 14s. per yard, 7s. Gd. per J,lf yard, or 4 per quarter PRINCIPAL AGENCY FOR Grf.AT BRITAIN, (Wholes le and Retail): 57, GKEAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL S.B.-À Plaster sent to nny part of the country for li stamps. The mortality la.-t we, k in twe:.ty-one Lading places of the kingdom, w, s at the annual rate of twenty-si* per 1,000.

Board, the Middle District of WeUhpv.l was returned as bein- £ 93 in arrear, while £ 60 had actually been paid by the collector to the treasurer on the 3rd Mar°h/, ^llb' contended, ciisr.presented the true state of things, and consequently ought to he remedied. Every payment made should be acknowledged. Th J CLERK said the treasurer could not enter the re- ceipt of a part of an instalment duo under contribution order, and consequently until the whole m was paid it must be reported as in arrear, j nnf-- The CUAIRJIAN thought the method at present in prac- face worked well enouan, and he saw fee theaoffieiai; in a good de^l of unnecessary labour. Lf fnr whenever a payment was Thorp wsy nn npnd for t,hi3 tor, WJO i j made in full it was entered in the treasurer s booK, and a receipt was forwarded to the party from whom the money WMrrpC™ ;till maintained that h;s proposal would be a decided improvement on the present plan. As illustrative of how payments were managed at present, he supposed the case of a parish whose contribution order was E200. The first collection rnaiiz-ju, perhaps, £70 or eSO, and in- stead of retaining this money in his possession for a month or six weeks, till the whole collection was complete, the collector sent it at once t > the treasurer, who ought prop- erly to credit, him with the amount. But this was' done, and at the n?xt meeting of the .Ko^rfJ while in parish would be reported as being in r reality it was not. j in this matter The dm said Parfc» Bo»rdf«of » as other unions. An order v\ as u t;cuiar days, and if tain sura by certain instalments, o p^ were reported in the pay men: s were not so m < parishes in the union arrear. Recently one o t a(_ thf_ {ime meetln„ owed an instabnent, amwhnle amount had been paid up with 6_t^ea exce'ption of £ 10, that parish was reported as bTfr 'WIVLTA^ suggested, in the way of remedying matters, that the contribution orders should be for sr, iller amounts. If this were done the treasurer would have to acknowledge payments c.ftener than he did. However, nothing detinite was come to on the matter, and the subject dropped. THE COMPENSATION TO THE TENANT OF THE GAER .H1Lu. This matter was next taken up. In consequence of the mill having being standing thirty-seven days from the bad state of the weir, as he alleged, Mr Lewis, the tenant, had rendered an account to the Board for t20 as compensation. A committee had been appointed to report on the matter7 and on their making an examination they discovered that for the half of the time mentioned the mill had been Stopped because of the unusually high state of the water. On that ground they recommended that only B10 of COlD- pensation should b- p-tid. Mr HUMPHREYS, one of the committee who examined the weir, said that the repair of the weir had been e aye in consequence (f the rou. h material not being forwarded in time. Seeing that the Board had paid for the repau-», which amounted to £ 2 Us., he considered to quite enou-,Il for compensation. He moved as follows. • *<• a"miU weir & that M0 be « Mr L.v;s v.ere to be allowed compensa- ti'onTaP, he thought he was entitled to that amount. Mr MILLER seconded the amendment. On the vote being taken, the motion was declared carried by a majority of seven to five. A DISALLOWED SURCHARGE.—IMPORTANT TO UNIONS. The CLERK read the following letter "Local Government Board, Whitehall, 24th March, 1373 Gentlemen, I am directed by the Local Govern- ment Board to inform you that they have considered your appeal against the surcharge on the sum of Xi 103., which woo moHt'nnon vou bv Air Southern, district auditor, at V/ .rl f ir the half year ended at Michaelmas, 1872, of the Accounts of the Guardians of the Union together with his reasons for making such surcharge, and the correspondence which has taken place with reference £ the appeal. The Board find that the auditor h« stated his reasons for disallowing the sum which is in ques tion in the following teriiis :I do hereby disallow the sum of JE1 10s., paid to the Salop Infirmary, the funeral expenses of a patient who died therein, named John Mooney, because the Guardians had no authority in law to pay the same out of the funds of the Union, and the same was notany lawful debt or claim, or demandupon the Guardians.' The Board also find that the auditor surcharged you with the disallowed payment, on the ground that you authorised the making of t .at payment. It appears that the Guar- dians of the Forden Union recommended a poor person named John Mooney to the trustees of the Salop Infirmary for admission to the Infirmary, and that, in accordance therewith he was admitted to the Infirmary on the 15th Manh, 1872, and remained therein until the time of his death, which occurred on the 9th July last. He was buried at the cost of the Infirmary and, subsequently, the Guar- dians on the application of the Trustees, repaid to them the sum of 30s.- the expenses of such burial, and entered the same as a charge in their accounts. The Boird concur in the auditor's decision with respect to the disallowance and surcharge in question. John Mooney at the time of his death was not in receipt of relief from the Forden Union, and, therefore, the case did not come within the terms of the statute 12 and 13 Vic. c. 103, s. 17, which pro- vides that the Guardians may pay the costs of the burial of any poor person dying out of the limits of the Union, who who was in receipt of relief at the time of his death. Inde- pendently of this statute, the Board believe that the Guar- dians had no authority to pay these expenses. The Board are prepared, however, in the present instance, to remit the disallowance and surcharge, in the exercise of the equitable iurisdictiow conferred upon them hytne 11th and 12ch Vic., I 01 q 4 and they enclose a certificate to that effect, in pursuant of the 29th and 30th Vic., c. 113, s. 5 The documents forwarded to the Board in connection with your appeal is herewith returned.-I am. &c., JOHN C. HIBBERT, eecretary.-To Mr H. Whitaker, chairman of the Board of Guardians, Mr Samuel Powell, and Mr Wm. T. Parker, Guardians of the Poor of the Forden Union, Mont- The^CLERK (continuing) said that the result of this de- cision would be that unless special provision was made by Trustees of the Infirmary with reference to the burial of paupers, the expenses must necessarily either fall upon the Trustees or upon the Union in which the Infirmary was situate. The CHAIRMAN thought it very hard that the Union in which the Infirmary was situated should be com- pelled to pay the expense of the funeral of a pauper 'B to send copy of the tatter to tb. T„.t. Of the Salop Infirmary. taken up, and after ex-