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BANGOR PETTY SESSIONS TUESDAY. Before Thomas Lewis, Esq., W. Pughe, Esq., J. E. Roberts, Esq., Thomas Roberts, Esq., Harry Clegg, Esq., John Hushes, Etsq., and Edwaid's, Esq. ALLEGED CHILD NEGLECT. Mary Roberts, Penrhosgairniedd, was summoned by Inspector Rowlands, ion a charge of neglecting her children. The case had been adjourned a month ago, and Mr S. R. Dew, who prosecuted on behalf of the society, said that ha Was prepared) wf-th evidente to show that there had been no improvement in the conduct of the woman. The dfficuj.y was tfrait the magisitalates present at the original hearing, Dr Langford Jones and the Mao or of Bangor, were not now present. These adjournim emits entailed expense upon a so- "cieity which was doing 800d work in the d.^r'nici^ atrid. also upon the witnesses, who, in many oases? gave their services voiuntar- llv- -T -I MINOR OA'SlEiS.—Owen Williams, Tan- vecrrafa.1, Bet he-da, was fineil 5s? and costs,, for being dirunk.—Griffith Roberts, Bangor, ,was fined Is and costs for using profane language in the streets.—Win. Robinson, Bangor, who wias dharged with indecency, did mot appear, and a warrant was is ued for hits arrest.—William Thomas, farmer, Niw- bwLeh, was summoned for neglecting to re- port sheep scab, and he was lined 2s 6d alii co/sts. OF THE PEACE.—Thtia were qiuiite a, number of persons summoned for a breach of the peace, and the following were bound over, in sums of E5 to keep tlii peace, namely 0. R. Wiiliams, Joseph Har- ries, and David Edwards, all of Bangor. A PUBLIC-HOUSE CASEL William Williams, Glanogwen Cottages, Bethcsda, was charged with being drunk on licensed premises, and John Pritohard, the landlord of the Mona Inn, Bethesda, was charged "IiJh permitting drunkenness—Mr S. R. Dew ;de!f ended.—Sergeant Owe", in the course of his evidenoe, said that on Friday, the 141t;h of October, at three o'clock in the afternoon, he visiited the, Mona Inn, and saw William Williams siting in the bar with a pint of beer in firont of him. He v'eited the house again at six o'clock, and saw the man in the kitchen wiith a glass of beer in fironlb oif himi, and when he. called there at 9.20, he was still theire, and was drinking. BytJhi/S time the mn was drunk, and wit- ness told him he ought to be a«'hamed to be on the spree all the. afteirnioon. The licensee and has wife were present, and WillVun Wil- liams- got up, and promiieed to go home im mCdiaitely. The man sriiaggered, and witness told the licensee that he ought to have sent him out. Witness saw a drunken man en- terinr- the Mona, at ten o'clock, and he fol- lowed him, and cautioned the landlord! rot to serve him. He found William Williams still there in the sarnie place as1 before, but he had no drink heifore him. The landlord then asked him to (turra William WJliaons out, and he did so. As the man was going out he went against the glass door in the passage. Witness toild the landlord that it was too bad for him to have made the man druntk, and that he would be, reported, and John Pritchiaird replied that. he bad not been served since 9.20 p.m. Witness also told John Priiltichard1 tihalt there- were two other men heavily in' dtiink in the house at the time. John, Prifctoard told him that. Wil- liams had been out beltnveen seven and nine, P.,C. 37 gave coTToborative evidence.—The defendtant, John Pnitcbard, in hi.s evidence, sltated thaib he denied to the police officer that Williams, was drunk, as it was impos- sible for hm to have been drunk on the quantity of drink he had,, had in his house. Williams went out quietly, and without stag- gering. He maintained that Williams was sob^whilst in his house.— i&vidence to the effect that the man was nioit dirunk was given by the landlord's wife, Hugh Jones, Pen- dinas, Llanidegai; end AQfred Davies.—The Beriich imposed a fine of 5s and cost's upon Williams, and mulcted John Pritchafd in the, sum of 208 and coisits. A QUARRY (J-kgE.-Th,e Bangor Slate Qua try Coir^§ny, Limited, the owners of the Plamltdlreinioig Quarry, Bet/heedts, end W. Hughes, the manager, were charged) by Dr Le Nevo Fositer, Her Majesty's Inspector of Mines, with a braieh of the special rules of the Metalliferous Mines Regulation! Aot. This Aat gave power to establish certain special nufe for work'ng a quarrr safely, and these rules bad been at N,adraiiii,og. The complaint that machi- nery was in; usie in the quarry for the rais- ing and) lQwering of people dawn, the shaft, biuib no regulations df amy kind had been made for the use of that machinery, accord- ing to the 30fch section of tb,e,Aot.Dr Fos- ter, in giving evidence, said that. he visited the quarry ort Octolbeir 5th, and found that the shatfit was bang used foT raising and loweriinr- persons. He asked the manager if any rules had' been made, and he found) that there wtere nlo rulm. When the inspectors paid a previous visit to the qtuaitry they were not a4mre that this m'3chinei;y was. in use, andl the charge agiainslt the company, there- fore, resolved Itaetf intto, a failure oif oom- pOf.ance with the special rules by neglecting to frame a code 6f rules dealing with this particular Istefit.—In reply to Mr Twigge Ml'is, who deifendled, Dr Foster said1 that he became aware of the neglect when he visited the quarry after the reiCIenJt acc-denlt. When Mr Williams, the sub-iinspelctor, visited! the qtiarrv, he did not think the shaft was used for raisirlg and lowering persons, and, there- fone. he did not report upon :t. He be- lieved! that the, Shalt was incomplete, but maternal had been raiieed through it. The proceiedin"is. were taken in conisiequetnce of the accident which occurred im the shaft.— Mr G. J. WIUlams, sub-insipector, gave evi- d'enlce to the effect that -there were no. speo'al rules regulating the workiing of this shRIft on the day he, visited' the quariry. Mr Thomas ha,d! told him that the case was used' for men to go up and) dbwn.-Or:Ü'sHxamined:: The shaft Was not in (worikimg order, but rub- bish had been raised through it from the tunnel below. Mr Thomas further toldl him that he had tried to prevelllti the men from udirlg the s'hiafit to go up and down, and if thiey went, they did! so contrary to the or- ders of the management.—Robert Roberts, a smith, empiltoyed at the quarry, sworl-i that the Ddhtelaver and! his assisibant used the shaft regularity, and he (witness) believed that there was a. notice at the top and; the bottom to prevent peopliei using it. He, was not certain that thaft. was what, was on the notice,, because h/e couM not read English, and be could! not, swear as to whether it was there Ibetfbre the laccideinlt or not-—Mr Twigge Ellis, inJ the course of his. addfess #r ri'16 t^'e'^enlC0' sa'id that the verlv wording of the special rules /were an their favour, for they tsiaidi "that so far asi was reasoniably piiacib cabie in- this quarry" they were to be observed, and uinless fche prosecution could prove thait thisi machinery was: used (for the specific purpose- of raising and lowering* per- sona fiin and downs the pit, 'they could niot siucbee'd! I their Ciase.. They had an old shatfiij which was now in ic,ourse of re-con- srructt.on, and' was used Sfoir the purpose of coiweytiiilZ the d'efbriisi frcim the bottom. The shalfib had' not yet been completed; and the 1mfeill hadt not bemi quite cleared. It Was necessary, oif course, to construct that shaft, thait the men 'hiadlto descend to the bottom inl order itio do their wioirk, but with the ex- cqpjbiom of the men actually employed in the work all others were prohibited from using the sh'atfrt, andl the proh ibiition of the man- agement W|3S' Weill known to all the work- men. The 'management had gi-ve4 instruc- tions tlo the e,ncine ,diriver to that effect, but it was eistsenitilal°thlat the m-en employed! there should descend bjr means of the shaffc. In the sa.me way as the (bye-la/WiS of the Board of Trade refetive to a now railway were not in tore-e until (the railway property open ed, but the. men at. work used ,t con- tinually. and trains nan to and fro to convey I the workmen, so the regulation's with regard to the sbafju were inactive until ftha-t. shaft I Was complete. To all incenJbs, and purposes, the shaft was nK>n-<existe;nit; while incomplete, and it would be absur-l, to expect, any qu'arrjy company to make regulations. Fur- ther than that, there; was a dæiliy inspection oif the quarry, and he inform their worlshipsi that if a ballot of the men were taken with re'gardls to many of the riilets;, a large majority would vote: .against them. In fact, were he (Mr Ellis) given to prophesy., he would predict that the m'ext quarry men's agitation would be to do alway with iitepec- tiors altogether (laughter). Mr Henry George Fiarrel, Oaidiff, secretary of the. com- pany, gave evidbnee to th,e tlffect that the manager had a fnee hand to do evea-ything in accordance iWrb the rules. To his know- ledge., mo suggesition hadl ;been made by the inspect oris as to the regulation of the work- ing of the shlaflt. The workmen gained ac- cess to the quarry by Ladders1, '-&c., and there were no machinery (whatever there for the purpose of raising and lowering men to the quarriv. The workfei were examined daily by the hlackmith, andUhter. This man re- ported daily to the management, upon the state of the Workings, but the man could not read! JNT write, and therefore there was no written report made1..—Eur:her evidence was given by the. manager of the quarry and se- veraii workmen.—There was a further charge of neglecting to make a daily examination of the workings, andi the Bench imposed1 a fine upon the company of £ 2 for neglecting to put up rules, and JB1 for neglecting to exa- mine, and the agent) wa^ fined 10s and 5s, wiith oosltls in each ca.se respectively. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—John H. Ro- beafe, Caeiillwlyngrydd1, Bethesda, summoned John Thomas, a gamekeeper, Rachiub, for assaulting him. Mr S. R. Dew appeared for the complainant, and Mr H. 0. Vincent (Messrs 'LJoyd Carter, Vincent, and Douglas I Jones) defended.—There was also a cross' summons for assault.—(According to the c im- p-ainantis evidence, it appeared that he had. been air; Llianfairfe^han catching fiattish, and was returning in the. night., when, as he al- leged, the defendant, Thoimasi, attacked him in tha highroad, and inflicted1 injury upon his amm and hand with a stick. He a.so al- I leged that the dtifeindlant w:as at the time, un- der the influence of diriutk.^—The Bench, af- ter commenting upon the contradictory char- es ta acter of the 0..id:¿ll:e, witnesses stating that the plaintiff was the aggressor, dismissed the summons. (

CAIvNAItVON BOKOUGH PETTY SESSION is. MONDAY.—iBetfore Dr Parry (mzivol), J. R. Pritchardl, Esq., E. Hughes, Esq, R. Thomas, Esq., and W. Hamer., Esrj. DP,U,-NK,-E.N.N,LISS. -The following were fined) for drunkenness :—R. Roberts. Tauy- coed, Upper LLandiwrog, 2s 6d and costs John Evans, Mountain-,street, 5s and coisits; Thomas Pidtchaid), Uxihridge-s.tree., 2s 6d and! costsj and! Rofbert. Davies1, Braich, Rhos'fciry'fan, 5s and cositis. CHIMNEY FIRING.—John O. Williams, 29, E'leanor-sicreietv, was charged with allow- ing hia chimney to go on fire, and was or- dered) ito pav coisits. StLEEPINiG OUT. —1 Humphrey Owen, late of Liledlwligan, Anglesey, was. charged, with sleeping ouu He was severe-iy cen- sured by the Mayor, and fined 215 6d and costs, which would not be put into effect if he lefti the fawnL PIRJOtFAiNITY.—Ellen. Gregory, Baptist- street,, was fined la and coslts for ussing pro- fane language, in Pool-istreet. THE LlOENtSING LAWS.—Owen Jones, Sitlar Vaults, who was defended by Mr M. E. Nee, was summoned for selling drink to a drunken -person.-P.C. William Jones (42) I SlWJore that on the 17th of October, lie went to the house, and! in the kitchen, he saw three men, with glasses oif beer before, t'hem. There aiS a man named Hugh Hughes there who was drunk, and! when he told Mr? Jonas that, her diaughter tried to take the glass from him.—'In crofi's-examinaition, the wit- ness said that Mrs Jones told him she had from him.—'In crofi's-examinaition, the wit- ness said that Mirs Jones told him she had not noticed (fchiatfc Hughes rwas drunk.Supt. I Harris swore thlaX the last (witness,1 point-ed out the man to hHm. when he came out to the street, and he Was staggering drunk. He had been fined at. the last court for drunken- ness.—Mr Nee contended! Ithat there was no evidence ithat a Aale of dWrik had! heEneffect ed, nor evesi1 thaib the (JelPendant had per- mitted dirunkenneste'. The fact of the mat- ter was that when, the constable w'ent into the house, thei man. abused; him for follow- ing him. There iwas nothing previous to that to shfriw that the mian (was under the in- fluence of and' as a (matter of fact he dlid not order dmink lumself. It wasl sup- plied! to him at the' request of another man. —Mjrisi Jones, t'he wife of the defendiant, gave evidtence, and) said, thiait when the policeman came in, her daugh,ter took the glass away from the tmtain.—(Mrs Partly, a (Daughter of the last wi'tne&g, gave oarro'bo'ratlve evidence, and the dase twas dHsmisised! on payment of costs.-Th,e Benlcih. urged upon. publicans the I necessity of lbeino,, very careful- in serving people who twelle ikrAown to be habitual cbrunkardis, as there iwas reason to believe J thisi man was. APPLYING THE BIROH.—*Erank Bee, who had been charged at the previous court 'I' with dlamoging slates on the Slate Quay, was brought forward], the Bench having giveln ordtens lat the last court that e ghouli, be WrJjhed by igs liialthe'I'The. &a,d S motheT I said! that the Bather had not ibirched the child, and he was- ordered to he taken toO the police station thlat morning, and birched by the police in the presence of his mother. PLAYING) FOOTtBALiL 'IN1 THE STREET.—'Arthur Andrews and Hugi Price Pritchard, of :Clarkef-siDree.t, were, summoned for playing fiootiba>]i in the, street.-P.C. 39 .j I proved) the case, andj they iwere each fined Is and bosts. ¡ LARCENY.—Ann Ofwen, Baptist-street, was 'brought up in custody, charged with s,t,ealiing a biasiket from the shop -of Mr J. E. Jones,, ironmonger, Pool-street.—Mrs Eliza- beth. Davies, 3, New-street, siwiore that the defendant came to .her house on the 24th of October, and offered! to sell a basket. Wit- neSB: purchased it for n'nepence. The., dea- fen da no had told her that Mrs Blackburn had sent her out to try and s'eil the' basket. ■—Arthur Williams, a young man engaged at the shop of Mr J. E. jion-es, d'eposeidi that the basket (prodb^ed!) belonged! to his master. The ctdfend!ant had! been, dn the shop that day, and the basket (Was hanging ^utside the shp.iMr3 Biacklbiurn s-Wure that, the de- sh. fendiant asked her for some clothes baskets to sell', and that she took one which wlas worth nine,pence. Witness had not seen her since, and she had not received; the basket produced from her. P.C. Robert Jones (61) proved1 the arrest, and paid1 that when he charged! the defendant, she denied any knowledge of the matter..—The1 Bench com- mitted her to prison far (fourteen da,ys.

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f INR J O CURED O g 3 IN A FEW HOURS E 1 BY GARGLING WITH G itaYMLlSi J| to- Insist on buying COWDY'S." m § ) IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS LAEGEST CIRCULATION IN WALES. CONTINUED SUCCESS OF "YR HERALD CYMRAEG." INCREASE 2(-30,000. A NEW CERTIFICATE. The Proprietor of Yr Herald Cvmtaeg," the Oldess, Largest, Uheapest, and Best ot the Welsh Newspapers, has much pleasure I in calling attention to the continuous and unparalleled success of this old-established } favourite. I For a uumber of years, no effort or expenac I has been spared to i nprove Yr Herald Cymraeg." It has been several times en- larged. The quality ei the paper has been I improved, and the very best printing appli- ances have been secured. Concurrently. the news and literary columns have been ren- dered more and more fresh, varied, and interesting to all classes of the public. As will be seen from the Certificate pub- lished below, the public has beeu neither I siow nor lickle in responding to the enter- prise of the conductors. Business n:WIl b.i vc long appreciated the merits of Yr Herald Cymraeg" as a medium for Advertisements. At the present I time, it stands higher in the estimation of I the Advertising World than ever. But i. I view of the continuously increasing circuit- tion of the paper, the Proprietor conhdent'v anticipates a large increase of patronage ir the coming months. Notwithstanding the advancing circulp tion, the Scale of Charges will not be raiyd during the present year. Those who desire contracts for spaces and special positions for lorik, periods should therefore apply at oiiev to the iUaoager. CEKTlFlUATB. 9 aud 11. Old Bank Buildings. .1 Bastgnte, Chester, I September SOUl, 11598. 1, To the Proprietor ot Yr Herald Cymraeg, Carnarvon, Dear Sir, "1 beg to certify that tba circulatiou ot 4 Yr Herald Cyinraeo,' as shewn by tlic, "publishing boohs for the last completed Year of my audit (viz., year euded iOtb "June, 1898), as compared with the YlJ! ended 30th Jnue, 11389. shows an "INCREASE OF 235,984 41 copies in the 52 weeks, or an average ilerea-e ot -).,538 copics per week. :41 bava regularly audited the books ot "Yr Herald Cyruraeg' since the year 1893 The circulation Has been A CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING ONE, and this improvement is very marked at the presedt time. 44 In fact, if the comparison were made for the last quarter (ending 30th September, "1898) -with the corresponding quarter of 1889 (ending 30ih September, 1889), it would shew an AVERAGE INCRE ii SF, at I the rate of "MORE THAN 0, 0001 copies per annum. I H Yonrs faithfully, •'E.NOSL HUMPHREYS, Chartered Accountant." J 1

ARVON CONGREGATION- ALISTS. ANNUAL MEETENXJS. On Monday and Tuesday, the Oongrega- tioiuali^ts of Xorith Carnarvonshire. (Arvon) held the annual meetejngs of their Associa- tion at B'onfaneiwydd. The business confeT- enpe on iMonday morning was presided oveir by the Rev T. J. Teynion (Cktmyglo).—The Secretary (the Rev L. W^llimis) read a com- munication from Mr D. Pryse Jones, the secreltary of the North Wales Tonic Sol-fa Association, asking thiait classes be held :n connection with the churches to teach the tonic sdl-fa systecn.—The Rev D. P. Davies (Penmaenmawr) was elected chairman of the Union for neXJt year.-The President, the S.ecretarv, the Rev W. Keinioai Thomas (Llamfa !r-fec!han), R. J. Huwis. (Bethel), and Mr W. J. Williams (Carnarvon), were eleclt- ed, to meet represe-ntativets. of the Lleyn and Eifionydd Uaiion to imke arrangements for the county preaching Cymanfa.—The Rev R. Rowlands (Bethesda,) presented the re- port of the committee appointed to consider the case of the Nantybenglog Chaipel.—The Rev W. Phillips (Pemr'hyn.s'xle) s'tated that a new cause had been started at Penrhyn.sa, with very eiacouraging prospedts.—The Re,v D. Stanley Jc.-i,es and Mr J. R. Pritohard (Ctirnarvon), and the Rev D. H. Williams (Ebenezer) undertooik to paky the interest of the amount ^pent upon the erectioJi of a new chapel here.—A number of applications for towards paying chapel debts were received from the churches.—A com- mittee, consisting of the Revis D. P. Davieis, L. Williams (Bonitneiwydd), Mar J. R. Prit- cliard (Carnarvon), W. K. Thomas (Liin- fairf.echan), R. P. (Llandudno), and T. D. Jones (Conway), was elected to con- sider the apfplidatioins' and to present a re- port at the next, Aisse-mfbly.—Mr E. Owen (Carnarvon) grave notice of a motion to make the Quarterly Meetings more representative. —On the motion of the Rev D. P. Davies (Penmatemmawr), seconded' by the Rev L. Williams (Bonltnewydd), a resolution was unanimously passed hiiiEnig wth joy and the Tsar's peace proposals1.— The Rev L. Rolherts (Liverpool) attended the Coinfeilence on behalf of the fund of 220,000 which is being raised for sbarltllng new csiuses and assisting weak churches, and delivered a stirring address in which he reviewed the history jand exjpliainied the objeots, of the foijwaiid movemen,A resolution, thanking Mr Roberts for 'his addresisi and urging the ohinrchee to give it their support was passed, on the motion of the Rev D. Stanley Jones (Ctarrnirvon), seCondled by the Rev D. H. Williams (Ebenezer).—On the motion of the Rev R. P. Williams (Llandudno), seconded by the Rev W. C. Williams. (Llanrjwst), a vote of condol-coice WllS passed with the re- latives of the late- Rev D. S. Davies, of Car- marthen, formergiv; of Bangor, and the Rev W. K. Thomas (Llamfaifrechian) was elected to represent the. meeting at the funerah—A vote of sympathy wtas also passed with the relatives of the late Mr Ellis Jones (Perittre), an ex-chairman of the Union.—lit. was de- cided to hold the next Assembly at Pen- maenmawr.—Mr Thomas Williams, of Ban- gior, (was received as a preacher into the memrbership of the Union, having com- menced preachinff in connection with the Hirael ChuT,,A.Rpecial seil"monRi were de- livered at the public services by the Revis, Henrv Jones (Trefriiw), D. St/uiley Jones (Caernarvon), R. J. Huws (Bethel), O. 'L. Ro'ber'ts (Liverpool), T. Griffiths (Betihestla), T. Dennis Jones (Llanllechid), R. P. Wil- liams (Llandudno), and Dr Lewis Probert., Principal of the Bala-Bangor College.

DENBIGHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. QUARTERLY MEETING. The quarterly meeting of the Denbigh- shire County Council was held on Friday at the County Hall, Denbigh. THE LATE MR GEE. Alderman Glriffijth-Boscaweni presided at the outset, and referred! to the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mr Thomas Gee. Although differing very much indeed from Mr Gees views, he always admired his consistency and courage in advocating his opinion, and he thought they could ill- afford to lose a man who had taken such a prominent part in the affairs of this county (hear, hear). Mr Gee was always consistent in his views, and always had the welfare of the county at heart. He would say no more, but would ask the Council, before filling, Mr Gee's place, to agree in asking the clerk to send to Mrs Gee and family an expression of the Council's most I sincere condolence with them in the great loss that they and the county had sustained in the death of Mr Gee. Mr Hooson seconded the proposal, which was also supported by Mr William Griffith and' Mr 0. Isgoed Jones, and agreed to in silence, the clerk being directed to forward the same to Mrs Gee and family. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. Mr Walter Penn Dennis proposed the election of Mr Lumley, whom, he said, had been a faithful member of the Council since its formation, and for some time its vice- chairman. Mr Lumley took the greatest interest in everything that appertained to the welfare of the Council, and he was sure that he was one of the best men they could get as chairman in succession to Mr Gee. Mr David Jones (Llanrwst) said he had great pleasure in seconding the motion in favour of Mr Lumley. He did not think that he need dwell upon Mr Lumley's quali- fications for the chair, but he might men- tion two or three of them. First of all, he was not the chairman of any body in the county of Denbigh at present. Secondly, he had been vice-chairman of the Council, and really he wa-, the first vice-chairman that did not succeed to the chair. On this score alone Mr Lumley had a strong moral claim to the chair. But the great-est point that he (Mr Jones) had in Mr Lumley's favour was that there were many members in the Council representing rural constitu- encies, and who were not sufficiently con- versant with the English language to be able to represent the views of those constitu- encies properly in that language (hear, hear). With due respect to every member of the Council he considered that it was essentially necessary for whoever might be called to preside over the Council to be con- versant both languages, and it would be impossible for any gentleman not con- versant with both English and! Welsh to decide when a member of the Council would be in order or not. For this reason, he felt it incumbent upon him to support Mr Lumley's election. Sir Robert Egerton proposed, a9 an amendment, that Captain Griffith-Boscawen be elected! chairman for the remainder of the year. The lamented death of Mr Gee had put them in an unusuall position, and hitherto, when a vacancy of this kind oc- curred in the middle of the year, it was the universal custom, in such circumstances, to appoint the vice-chairman to continue the business of the public bodies for the re- mainder of the unexpired term. Sir RL A. iCunlifie said ihe had' jgreajt mainder of the unexpired term. Sir R A. iCunlifie said ihe had' jgreajt pleasure in seconding the amendment. Col. Ml^nwaiing agreed w|ith what S|r Robert Egerton and Sir R. A. Cunliffe had Robert Egerton and Sir R. A. Cunliffe had said as to the eminent qualifications of 1 Captain Boscawen, 1mt under the present circumstances of the the County he thought it would be a mistake to elect him as chair- man; and, therefore, he could not support the amendment. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn said that he begged to support the nomination of Captain Griffith-Boscawen as chairman on a some- what different basis to that taken by the last speakers. In councils of that kind, the vice-chairman as a rule succeeded to the chair, and unless an honour of this kind should be given to the vice-chairman when an opportunity arose, he failed to see how the vice-chairman could expect to be re- spected as he ought to be when called upon to preside in the absence of the chairman.. to preside in the absence of the chairman. Mr John Roberts, Plas Heaton, in re- plying to the argument used by Sir Watkin, pointed nut that three years ago, when Mr Lumley was in the vice-chair, Sir Watkin himself had allowed his name to be put forward as chairman in opposition to Mr Lumley. For that reason, he failed to see that there was anything in Sir Watkin's argument. n j Mr David Jones demanded a poll, and a sufficient number of members having sup- ported it, the application was acceded to. A vote was then taken, and Mr Lumley's name carried1 by a majority of 31, against 20 for Captain Gi-iffith-Boseaw- The vote having been taken, and Mr Lumley having obtained, a. majority, he asked the vice-chairman to put the name up as a substantive motion; but that gentle- man refused to do so, as he did not think it was necessary. The Ch-iirman then put the motion him- self, when his supporters stood up; and upon being counted, it was found that they numbered 32. Those agairst then stood up, and numberedl 13. The Chairman then said that he thanked the Council for its expression of confidence in him, and what they had laid upon his shoulders.

Professor Jlubert Herkomer has just made the largest sword on record, which is to be used as the "sword of ceremony" at the Welsh Eisteddfod by the Gorsedd. It is 6ft. 2in. long, and the handguards consist of bands of bright steel wrought with gold lines. On the handle is fixed' a six-sided crystal, into which has been drilled t-.e "nod cvfrin." A golden dragon holds the crystal. The wooden scabbard '•s bound with copper bands containing Welsh mottoes.

FESTINIOG BOARD .OF GUARDIANS. TIESDA1. Mr J. Jones (chairman) presiding, Mr O. Jones occupying the vice- tbair. 017 T-R-FLIEF.-It was reported that. the following amounts were pa.id in out-relief L fiuring the past fortnight: —Tremadoc dis- trict, £ 72, as compared with £ 69 the cor- responding period last vear: Festiniog dj triet, £ 90, as against £ 95 Llanfrothen dis- trict, £ 12, as against £ 14; Pcnrhyn dis- trict, £ 58, as against £ 58. Total amount required for the ensuing fortnight, £ 233. The total number of out-door paupers was 893, as compared with 914 the corresponding period last year; number of in-door pau- pers, 27, as against 67; vagrants relieved, 47. The amount of balance at the bank was reported to be £2056. THE BUILDING OPERATIONS. Mr W. Thomas, the architect, wrote stating that the house would have to be cleared of all inmates for three months, to enable the builders to carry out the necessary alter tions in the buildings. The board meetings would also have to be held elsewhere.—A. discussion took place as to where the meet- ings should be held during that period.-It was proposed and seconded that they be held at Festiniog, but the final decision was deferred to the next meeting. THE VACCINATION ACT.—The Clerk read a lengthy circular dealing with the pro- visions of the new "Vaccination Act.. It was resolved to secure a copy of the Act, so as to enable the members to understand it thoroughly. AGRICULTURAL RATTVn im1 TVi.» Clerk stated that the amount due under the above Act had come to hand. THE ARCHITECT._IT was agreed to pay £ 190 on account to the architect. THE RELIEF STATIONS.—Mrs Morris called attention to the fact that the room in which out-relief was dispensed at Blaenau was too small, and that a larger room should be secured. The women were now often obliged to stand outside in the cold to wait their turn. Complaint was also made with reference to the relief station at Beddgclert. —Consideration of the matter was deferred to the next meeting.

The trustees of the Brynmally estate have disposed of the New Broughton Colliery, near Wrexham, and it will be converted into a limited liability company.

VACANCIES FILLED. The Council then proceeded to fill vacan- cies on the following committees caused bv the dieath of Mr Gee:-Boiuidaries and Local Government Act Committee, Mr Ben- nett Jones; finance, salaries, and election expenses committee. Mr Christmas Jones standing joint committee, Mr John Ro- berts, Plas Heaton; steam roller commit- tee, Mr Boaz Jones; joint education com- mittee. Mr W. G. Dodd; County Govern- ing BJdy, Mr Thomas Gee, Liverpool. The next business was Ito appoint two 'members to represent the Council on the University Court of Wales, to hold office lmtfil March, 1901. The retiring member, (Col. Mainwa-ring and Mr J. E. Powell) were re-elected. The following gentlemen retired as the representatives for the Council on the Governing Body of Bangor University Col- Ijege :—Col. (Sandbac^, Messrs R. F. Graessar, W. C. Hughes, Simon Jones, A. Foulkes, and! Thomas Parry. They were all eligible for re-election, the term of office I to be for one year from 1st January next. Col. Mainwaring was elected instead of Col. Sandbach, and the other members re- elected. The Council's representatives on the Board of Conservators for the Fishery Dis- trict of the River Dee, and its tributaries were re-elected. The representatives of the Council on the Board of Conservators for the Fishery District of the Rivers Clwyd and Elwy and their tributaries, were also re-elected.

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CARNARVON GUARDIAN S AND THii RATES. ] fe > TURD AT. —Mr T. W. Wnliaaie presiding, when Sir Blroham also attended. MR BIROHiAM ANI> THE RATES.—In the coU'iBe tiif a speech which Mr Bircham de- livered, he congratulated the- £ uard:,it;s upon the fact that they Were not called uuon to spend the past summer in the way they had been obliged to do in connection with the South Wales strike, which had proved a great strain upon the rates. He had been asked, when in .South Wales, what would the people of North Wales do if they had sutured in the same way, and his reply had been that the people of North Wales cup- ported themselves, and would organise ft Ú draw upon their funds. He trusted, how- ever, that, nothing of that kind would 4Xur in North Wales. With regard to Camar- von, ht was glad to notice that there was a contdderaMe reiduatlon in the number of people who received relief, and he consider- ed that. tins was a step in the right direction. The condition of things in the union now was better than it had been for some time, and they were in a fair stoite of prosperity. They were not possessed of great wealth, but, at, the same time, there was no reason wh,v they should take a low place in the list of unions. It was the duty of the guardians to teach the people that they could not get relief unless that they showed they were of good character, -and than thekyi tried to do their very btsi tb gain a living. He then went on- to pay that four per cent, of the population were paupers, and the amount of money paid in relief was 5s 4d per head of the popula- tion. This wiavS almost as high as :n any union in Wales. The average throughout the kingdom was 3s 3d. The amount spent by the guardians on paupers alone amounted to Ell,000, and the incidiental expenditnra brought it up to £ 13,590. Of cours'e, this amount meant the manipulating of the whole -of the poor law machinery in m entirety. He afeo drew attention to a Blue Book which had recently been issued dealing with pauper- ism, and which showed that £ 26,586 had been collected in the Carnarvon Union in the course of last year. There was also a sum of J31984 collected, which brought the total tLo B2350 being at the rate of lis 2d on the jnatablle value. The total relief paid was S,13,590, which was equal to a rate o.f 2s, but there was stiill a sum of £ 15,278, which had been collected, which had been spent for ot,hoer authorities, and for which t,he Lruaj-dlans had no credit, together with about JB2000 items in connection with the r eg ^'ra- tions laws, etc. However, the money had, to be oollieatied, and paid by the board, but fit did not, go th,e, poor in the shape or form. The world "Poor-rate" was a misnomer, be- cause the money did not really all go to the poor. The rate ought to be called by some other name. Whierem the average amount •spent out of the rate ufpon the poor through- out the country was 44d, they, in Carnarvon, fjaid yd, and hie thought they could reduce it, and a.t the same time do justice to the ipoor. Mr Bircham then wejub on to deal with the leg elation recently passed, and iWrbh the resolution passed by the guardians t,o meet once a month, and said he doubted the wisdom of such a gtep. At any rate, the Local guardians shouDd not d-urino, the four weeks, interfere with the .-wc),rlc of the re- lieving officers, because, he maintained;, thai it-he relieving officer knew his duty better than the local guardians as a rule, when dol- ing out-relief. He considered the recent "Vaccination Act to be one of the most im- portant pieces of legislation passed, and he /iuggC'sted that a smaill committee should be appointed to consider its provisions. An- other objection he had to the monthly meet- ing was the fact thiait in the course of four weeks an piirba-rit, letter might be received from the Local Government. Board, the answer to which W10U}.d: be delayed. In con- clusion he said that he had been through the workhouse, and had found everything clean and t'idy, and he was very sorry to understand that Mr and Mrs Jones were leaving, but as they were going to better themselves1, Ire had to congratulate them.— The Ohaiman then gave a resume of the ad dress in Welsh, and said that he agreed with the isugtsrestions oif Mr Bircham with regard tio the Vaccination Act, and proposed that a committee be appointed to consider its pro- visions.—This was seconded and carried.— Mr Menzies asked iif a rate of 2s in the £ was not high for a poor mt,e,LVr Bircham said that it was very high.—Mr W. J. Wil- liams sa'd that Mr Birebafm had: censured them, but not so much as on previous oc- casions, but he could not see how they were going to reduce their rate from id to d though he hoped they would soon be in a fair way of doing so. They could not do much with the old cases, but thev might be able to reduce the new applications, by re- I fusling all, but the dieserving cases'. The poor-rate was not a. poor-rate at all, but. a rate for everything in the district. He thought thejy might tell Mr Bircham that the guardians were making a very great effort to reduce the sum paid in relief. With re- gard to the Vaccination Act, he thought that it was a great blunder, and some years hence, they might find an outbreak of small pox occurring. He believed that it was their duty to get people to see the reason why they should vaccinate their children as be- fore.-Rev Owen was of the same opinion, lauld considered the act. a blunder. He hopedaili1 parents .would see that their children were vaccinated. FILN7LAiNiCIAL.-4Mr W. J". Willl:ams, an submitting the report of the financial com- mittee, said that thiere was a balance of £2050 in band, and added that. the rate would be lower by 2d than it had been lor some years. It would be 8kd instead of 10^d.—The Clerk, in reply to Mr Menzics 4 1 said that the estimate was based upon the expenditure of last year.—Mr Menz' (':II thought that the county rate would he higher than it was last year.—Mr W. J. Wil- liams replied that they had made provision for L1200 mire than they required ae thegl us-LaT.ly did. VISITING COMMITTEE. —Th e visiting committee reported that they had visited the h.ouise and found everything quite siatis^- faclrory. They recommended certain altera- tionx which were adopted. The estimate was also adopted. A SERIOUS COMPLAINT.—The master I reported that he had received a 'letter from the postmaster of Carnarvon, s'tiaiting that one of the lads in the house had placed a lighted tmatch in one of the letter boxes. T'he lad, whose name was Evan Jones, was called before the ,guardians, and in reply to questions' by the Chairman, said that. he hadl placed the mrardl1 there at the instigation of a lad he had met in the town. He wa warned not to do anything of the kind again- UNTTY.—The Clerk read a letter, which he had received, asking the- board to join; "The Aisisiociat-on of Poor-law Unions," whicfa was to be establ ^shed by Act of Parliament. I —The Chairman, in reply to a question suid that he considered these associations to- be of great advantage to the guardians, and he | feit cei'ta n that he had derived a raislfc j amount, of goud by attending the Poor-lawi Con,f arc ne-ei, --Air Menaies proposed that they should join.—T'hisi wlas seconded by Mr W. J. Williams, who ^thought that it would have been a good thing if therl- had been an association l:ke, when vhe vaccination weei before Parliament.—The motion was put to the wec-n(r when 12 voted in favour, and 10 against. SlT[BSlCiRIPTr¡:O!XS.t, was resolvedi '10 subscribe £ 5 5s towards the Liverpool Royal [nfirmarv.—An application for a saiibscri|p- t-ion of £3 3s towards the Carnarvon Braandb Jubilee Institute for Nurses provoked some discussion. It was sltated that they had been asked to allow one of t'heir nurses to he under the direction of the medical officers and the relieving officers, on payment of a giibscr ption of E20, and they had replied ta the effect that their arrangements' were mt complete, land that in consequence tihey, could not make a promise.—Some members, therefore, werre not in favour of sitbscribing, bust, it was eventually resolved to pay the mbscriplt'on this year on condition that the matter should be considered, before neit year. THE REGISTRATION EAWS.—A letter had been received from the Birmingham Un- ion asking the guardians to petition Parlia- ment. to the effect that, a man should not. be disfranchised in consequence of his Bering compelled to work for a INo-,ird of guardianfi dniring times of disireHs ur tradie depression- — Mr W. J. Williams proposed that the reso'lu- tion be adoipted;, and said that he did not believe that the 6000 woifcmen who had loat the'r votes in South Wales were really disr- franch_t?ed, so far they onl,- had the opinion! of one barrister.—The Chairman, in second- ing. said that it would be a good tiling if they forwarded a copy of the, resolution to the members of Parliament for the districts in the union.—The motion was carried' un- in 10R,E FINANCES.—The Clerk reported, that there had been received a sum of 2787, from the Treasury on account of the Agricul- tural Raites Act.—The esfirn-ates- for the hatf- rear ending March 31st, 1899, was also sub- mitted by the clerk, and showed that the general expenditure would amount to £6851, While they would receive a sum of £ 2610. The salaries of the collectors of rates would reouire £128 more, and they would have t3 provide £ 1255 for the county rate.