Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

THE LICENSING BILL WELSH LOQAjL VETO: ELOQUENT SPEECHES. MR WLLiLIAM JONElS' PASSIONATE PLEADING. The claim of Wales to local option in the matter of the further reduction of licenses -which is embodied in clause 9 of the Licensing Bill was dealt- -with in Parliament yesterday afternoon in a most interesting de- bate. in. whidh. it is admitted that the Welsh members scored h'-vily. Not only did the Principality speak with one Voice but it spoke eloquently and -well in support of its united desert; Sir Her- hert Roberts, who is an leader of temp-o-rance reform in the House, and who has the saost intimate knowledge of the Weish question in all its aspects, made out a conclu- sive case for Welsh local option. Sir ne-rbert Roberts, pointed out that every constituency in Wales returned a representa- tive at the last election pledged to the princi- ple ot7 this clause. Indeed, ever since the Bal- llot Act came into force .the people of Wales, Iby overwhelming majorities. had expressed themselves in favour,of local option. There had already been special legislation for Wales in the sphere of licensing, and it was upon that foundation that they built their case for further legislation. The demand for local option permeated the whole .public life of the country, and was not merely something manu- factured by politicians at election times, and from first" to last. temperance reformers in Wales had had in view prohibition as well as reduction. What would be the result if the dause were carried out? At nresin: the num- her of licensee m Wales and Monmouthshire was 7100. The statutory reduction would bring them to 4669, and if the clause they were now discussing was passed and funds permit- ted. there would be a further decrease to 3104 The only difference in the working of the further reduction in Vv ales and in England -was that in England it would take place ac- cording to the discretion ot the justices, and that in Wales i't would be subject- to the voice of the people in each locality. He d id not re- gard this as a difference in principle. iSir Herbert was etrongjy supported by several of his colleagues. Mr Wm. Jones cap- tivated the House with a speech full-of emo- tion and passionate pleading ior the interests of his native land. speaking of the strong temperance sentiment in W ales, he said that dn his own native county of Anglesey there were 36 parishes without a public-house. In .some of those parishes houses had been closed not by a two-thirds majority, but practically at the unanimous request of the people. He knew of one parish in Wales where only one farmer was seen to enter the nubiic-<house in the course of three months. That man used to get drunk regularly two nights a week, and so far as drink was concerned he kept the house going himself daughter). In his native town—which was one of the meet important market towns in North Wales and was the centre for county government—there were 29 public-houses when he was a lad, and now, even with the growth o" population, the- public- houses had dwindled t^ eight. Why? The moral feeling of the people (cheers;. Al- though a total abstainer all his life, he had never taken a fanatical view of temperance reform. He held they ought never to have any temperance reform too much in advance of the moral feelings and the sentiment of the community. It was because he wv.s convinced through knowledge and experience that the moral sentunent of the people of Wales, with the exception of one or two little centres, de- sired what was now proposed that he sup- ported it. The moral feeling in Wales was PO strong that throughout the length and breadth of the land no candidate for Pariianient dare fit and up unless he was wholesome, and square and right on this question (chep-rs). Xo mem- ber could have been returned for any part of Wales without giving a pledge not- merely that he was in favour of the di^es-'taiblkhment of the Welsh Church, but that he was also in favour cif local option (cheers). We want to ifree our country and make it advance more and more. We are, said Mr Jones, doing it to the admiration of the civilised world in educa- tion. We only began this thirty years ago. Give us another chance..Send us as emis- saries of the Empire, the same as you have sent jthe Scotch. Give.us facilities, and those Iracilfties will cripple moral and social tempta- tion and help a. little nation to .ru ke more ad- vances in progress for the whole Empire ilor.d cheers). Mr Ellis Da vies, in a closely .< £ a:oned and •clearly delivered speech, contrasted the ad- vanced opinion of Wales in .regard to the tem- perance question with the mere sluggish feel- inic of the Engikh constituencies. The people of Whales, he 6aid, were prepared to take the risk that local or-tii-ix would lead to secret drinking. If this turned ort to be the case it would be a lesson co Eragland to take an- other course. If. on the other hand, it was a success, it would bs an encouragement for the people of England, to bring local cption in.to operation. The Chancellor of tho Exchen- ucr watched the progress of the debate most ca-reitJly and with evident satisfaction, but did not deem it neces- sary to intervene in the discussion. Mr Her- bert Lewis, another keen temperance reformer -to whom,Wales is deeply indebted, sat on tho front bench almost continuously throughout the evening, but. having regard to the favourable course of the debate, he too re rained from prolonging the discussion. Sir Alfred Thomas and several other \y"i,h representatives were equally watchful, but sacrificed their nersonal dee ire to speak in the interest of the cause. -By a very large majority when the di'ision "was taken the principle of clause 9 was -adopted.

THE FERRY, BRIDGE, A NO 3ATHS MR. CHARLES A. JOXES RiCPLls TO ALDERMAN LAKE. (To the Editor of the "Herald. R f—Itiiave neither the time nor the inc mation to indulge in newspaper correspondent. but Alderman Lake's letter in regard :o m-. marks on the finances of the Carnarvon Co-poi <i 11 de- mands a few words in reply. Aide? Lake states that I included in my ;t.atcmr • causes which were incurred some elevei; ago. They, bowever, appear in the C' ■?. ac- counts for the year 1901, from H:i ii, J ex- tract was taken. Alderman Lake states that "raj t' .u:-? ap- pear to have been arranged solely view to proving my statement, and n-cvi h, er to place the true position cf affairs the ratepayers." In reply to this, I v. .,aly sa-" again that the figures are take i he published accounts or the Council. true that I have ;i uded the repayment: 'f.'ect of mortgages; on the other'hand, ll a'ade no allowance for deoreeiatiop. Alderman Lake stated at the Ccu, not- ing that there had been no ill, rea t; he Corporation rates. I that he is in error. Taking ten years ago, the bore-•••>• -ite was 24d in the .S, whereas it is now Cm. The general district rate wa, 2s 2d: now i; j- o. 10d. Alderman Lake stated that ihev he 1 iAt exacted the maximu-m charge tor rater. r:, ;'°r the Act of Parliament th< rpaxipTm' cha:y'" is Is 6d in the £ and ■pertainlv. ?t> far as my ,.receipts prove, J have at anv raw. incs 19;)5. txtid the maximum chare»-s. "and. t-n far a, niv recollection uoes, I have done so nrior to that It is true that prior to 1S05 an nli^vance was made for punctual payment, but tin's cannot be called a rfdr.-etion in rx-e, H, would not be -After all is said r.nd done, ths rat v~ up to the present have bar1 to psv <v>v f;i,030 on account of the foil owing thr?e kl white rio nhants," the An^jew^v tfio Abe-r fridge, and the open-air n.,th. :¡,]:1 wilT V.nve to pav a further sum of £ 15-97)3 Z, "d before v^_lhey have done with them.—-Yonr** faithfully, CHA8, A. J-ON&s/ fiprnnrvon, 22 October, 1908,

CARNARVONSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS i LLEYX WOUNDING CASE. These sessions were held' at Carnarvon on Thursday. The Lord-Lieutenant ,(J. E. Greaves, -Eteq.-) presided, and there were also present; Judge ,Brvn Roberts (vice-chairman), R. Roberts, Esq., T. E. Roberts, Esq., E. A. Neele, Esq., R. N. Davies, Esq., Dr. IR. Parry, H. Clegg, Esq., D. P. Williams, Esq., J. E. Roberts, Esq., W. G. Thomas, Esq., Thomas Hughes, Esq., and J. Issard Davies, Esq.

TH'E CHARGE. In charging the Grand Jury, of whom Mr. A. Richards was the foreman, the Chairman said t.hat there was only one criminal case set down for trial, and. the state of the calendar might well have warranted mutual congratulations, but they had to remember that it was only last week that the Assizes were held in that town. Several cases were dealt with at that Assizes, but taking everything into considera- tion, he thought that they might rest assured that Carnarvonshire stood in no danger of forfeiting its character as one of the most law- abiding counties in the kingdom. On Wednes- day COl., Ruck (the Chief Constable) issued his quarterly report to the Police Committee, which, he thought, was a most satisfactory one. The report showed that crime, both in- dictable and non-indictalble, had shown a mark- ed decrease in the past quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. Drunkenness had decreased by 20 per cent, but perhaps the most satisfactory feature of the report was the fact that the conviction of juvenile offenders had decreased by no less than 90 per cent, or, in other words, there was only one young person convicted during the last quarter, as compared with 10 for the cor- responding quarter of last year. This might be attributable in a considerable measure to the operation of the Probationers' Act, and it was most satisfactory that that Act was work- ing exceedingly well, and he believed that the Act had gone a very long way to solve the problem of how to deal effectively with juvenile offenders.

LLEYX WOUNDING CASE. John Griffith, a. married man, living at Tyddyn Prickia, Llanengan, was charged with unlawfully wounding Thomas Evans, a neigh- bour. Mr. A. Ivor Parry prosecuted, and Mr. Crebbin (from the office of Messrs. Carter, Vin- cent and Co.) defended. Mr. Parry related that Thomas Evans, the man who was assaulted, and his wife had had differences. At an auction sale the wife bought a farm called Brynrodyn, and arrange- ments were made with a man named Griffith Jones to be a tenant of it. Griffith Jones and the accused went to Brynrodyn with the in- tent oi reaping corn, but Thomas Evans would not allow them to proceed. Without any pro- vocation, John Griffith, who had in his hands a sickle and a scythe, assaulted him in a severe manner. Evans was struck down thrWJ times. There were two wounds on the head, one right down to the bone. Thomas Evans and other witnesses gave evi- dence in support of the charge. Mr. Crebbin, for the defence, said that the prosecutor was a trespasser, and that all that was done by the prisoner was in self-defence. There had been no malice shown on the part of the prisoner. The prosecutor got no more than he deserved. The jury found the accused guilty of com- mon assault, and he was fined 40s and costs (£5 in all), or in default one month.

A MOTORIST'S APPEAL. Frederick Ford, ch- uffeur to Mr Rodewell, Elaskisson-sitreet, Liveroooi. appealed against the decision of the justices otx the Bangor divi- sion convicting him for driving a motor car at a dangerous speed. Mr E. J. Griffith (instruc- ted by Messrs Lloyd-George and. George) ap- peared for the appelant-, and Mr S. R. Dew represented' the justices. Mr S. R Dew said that the actual terms of the conviction agains-t the defemdant were that on the- 6th September last, on a certain public highway, to wit, the Bangor and Bethesda road, in the parish of Bethesda, he unlawfully did drive a certain motor car at a speed dan- gerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances of the case. The section of the Motor Car Act, under which proceedings were taken against the defendant, covered most of the cases of improper driving on the public highway. The aefendant was found iguilty by the magistrates and was fined 40s and costs. The defendant appealed on the ground that the conviction was against the evidence, and was bad in lafW. O'n the 6th September, which was a Sunday, some little time before fix in the evening, W (p.C. Davies was on duty in plain dlothos in the neighbourhoods of Coetmor Bridge, which was a litt'e distance from Bet-h- esda in the direction of Bangor. His attention was attraoted by the noise of a motor car ap- proaching. him, and, looking in the direction of Bangor, he observed a motor car coming, as he said, at a tremendous speed. The constable heid up his stick and made a signal to the driver, and at the same time called out. No notice was taken of the signal, and the car pro- ceeded at a rate which, in the opinion of the officer and. other persons, was cetta,inly dan- fAerou/- r "more p:artSouliary! considering the locality. As the car passed, the officer en- deavoured to discover the speed at which it was travelling. He took out his watch and found that the car covered a distance, which he afterwiaxds paced, and which was 900 paces, in the space of half a minute. £ 'ince then the distance had been accurately measured by the county surveyor, and was found to be 796 yarde. Air E. Evans, county surveyor, gave evidence .as to the measurements of the road over which the motor car travelled. Miss Lottie Edwards, 45, Foxhill-street, Liverpool, who was on the road at the time, said that she was frightened by the car, which was travelling at a dangerous speed. Owen Evans, Dolgoch, Bethesda, gave similar evidence, adding that in his opinion the car was travelling sixty miles an hour. Ellen Evans, 7, Dolgoch. Bethesda, mother of the last witness, said that the motor car passed her house like a. shadow. and faster than any otiher she had ever seen. Her chil- dren had just left the church, and she thanked God for it. For the defence, Messrs Harold Hughes and. Llewelyn Lloyd' Jones gave evidence as to the measurements. 'Frederick Ford said that he did not see the stick being raised, and he drove carefully. The car could, not have travelled a mile a. minute as stated. It was not going at more than 18 miles an hour. B|e drove the cax over the ffime route on Wednesday, and he ascer- tained that the car could not approach the cross roads by Coetmor Bridge at more than 15 miiles an hour.—Ctpcss-exa-mined He did not give instructions to appeal. Mr H. C. Rodewell, the owner of the car, said that it was not potssible for the car to travel 60 miles an hour. Mr Wm. Halhed, who was in the car, ,gave corroborative evidence. Mr Halhed, J.P., senior said that the car, in which he travelled, never went at an im- moderate speed on the day in question Ùlr Dew You have taken strong measures in this case T The Witness: Wha-t do you mean ? With reference to the police consta.Me?—I only spoke to Colonel Ruck, the Chief Con- stable. 'You allege that he has from beginning to 'You allege t-hat he has from beginning to end told lies?—I prefer not to give any opinion. It is a question for the justices. The Chairman Quite right. Harry M'lver, a motor car engineer, &tated The Chairman Quite right. Harry M'lver, a motor car engineer, &tated that it was absolutely impossible for the car ,to go at 60 mUes an hour. He tried the oar at the cross-roads, and the best speed there was fifteen miles an hour. iMr S. R. Dtiw said that it was dangerous to the public to approach a cross-road at fc.speed of even 15 miles an hour The Justices, after a brief retirement, -said that they confirmed the conTi-atiion. !| ■

A SERIOUS CHARGE « LLANGEFNI MAN IN TRCCBLE. ¡ A: a special court at Llangefni yesterday, before Mv O. H. Foulkes and Major Lawrence \viliiaiMi3, John Ellis Jones, Cross .Str«e«t, was rh.->tg3d with breaking and entering aback ) u I building attached to 10, Bridge Street, and stealing therefrom seven dozen yards of wall i»aper. Witnesses deposed to seeing accused eater the premise*, #n<J iw«W TSBMUided OJ1 biJI tiU Monday.

r MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS I BANGOR. Up to Saturday the only municipal contest threatened in Bangor was" that in the North Ward. On Monday, however, it was an- nounced that Mr John Roberts, a young Con- servative, is comiing out in the West Ward as an Independent candidate. The two retiring candidates, Messrs J. Pentir Williams and Hugh Griffith, seek re-election, and conse- quently a second fight is certain. At a caucus meeting of the J?a,ngor City Council, on Wednesday night, it was decided to confer the Mayoralty of the city upon Mr. H. C. Vincent, of the firm of Messrs. Lloyd- Carter, Vincent, and Co.

CARNARVON. There have been rumours of contests in the two wards, but on inquiries this morning we were informed tlhait there is no foundation tor the rumours. The homin at ions will take place to-morrow. It is likely that the following will be returned unopposed — Western Ward: Messrs *Nath. Rloberts (L.), *R. G. Davies (L.). *A. Richards (C.), and *W. Lloyd Griffith !C.). Eastern Ward *Mr J. Prichard (C.) and J. Jones (L.). -^Retiring members. J

CONWAY, Contrary to anticipations there is to be a. 'municipal election at Conway unless, in the meantime, the political parties effect a compro- mise. On the first of November two Liberals 11 I-r and two Conservatives retire: namely, Dr M. J. Morgan and Mr A. J. (S'diran lu ), and Mr A. G. Rogero and Mr E. i do yd Jones (C.). The latter will not, in any event, seek re-elec- tion. At a Liberal meeting held on Tuesday evening, Alderman T. (J. (Le wis pxe>?idiii)g, i was decided to nominate the two retiring mem- bers as well as Dr Carter (De.ganwy) and Mr J E. Conway Jones. The latter may probablv stand an election, but not in a political cap a- titv So far, the Conservatives have not moved in the matter, but it is confidently 'felt that they also will find the men to do battle on their behalf. It is at present presumed that Mr J. E. Conway Jones may prove acceptable to them. If eo, a compromise is possible.

PWLLHELI. The retiring members at Pwllheli are Messrs J. Evans Hughes, Fenian Street; Cornelius Roberts, Maes Meat Stores; Dr R. Jones Evans, and O. N. Jones, Gwyddonfa. Xo interest at all is being taken in the elec- tion, and in all probability there will be no contest. =

DARING STATION THEFT AT LLANDUDNO PEERESS'S VALUABLE BROOCHES NOX RECOVERED. The story of another daring robbery .from a railway station was told at Reading Police Court, ton, Friday, when Mar^i Wilkinson, Leicester Road, Leamington, appeared on re- mark acousted of stealing a trunk and box containing jewellery and clothing, valued at £400, belonging to Lady Saye and Sele. A Another charge was preferred agalnstj accused, that of stealing two trunks and their contents, valued at £50, from Llandudno Station, the property of the L. and N. W. R. One trunk was consigned' by a Mrs Yates from Walsall to Llandudno, and the other by Mi=s Thompson, from Ramsey, Isle of Man, to Llandudno. It was alleged that, on Septem- ber 18 prisoner went to the station and gave instructions to the outside porter to convey the trunks to the Prince of Wales Hotel. The porter did as he was directed, and Wil- kinson, -witnesses said, stayed at the hotej the night. The next day she left for Liver- pool, tellin,g the landlady that she had been summoned there on important business. The trunks were afterwards discovered to have been forced open, and some of the articles were missing. Whfn the woman was arrested it was stated. she was wearing a hat and blouse both of which had been stolen from one of the trucks. Lady Saye an<f SeJe, who gave evidence, s'afed that .-ome of the articles wre still mis- sing. The?e included a diamond and sapphire crescent brooch and a cross-arrow diamond and pearl brooch, valued at/ about £ 50. Prisoner, who when arrested had over JB14 in money on her, was sent for trial on both charges.

PWLLHELI BOARD OF GUARDIANS THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PENSIONS SCHEME. The monthly meeting "of the Pwllheli Board of (juardians was held on Wednesday, Mr., J. T. Jones {chairman) presiding. A vote of sympathy was passed with Mr. T. E. Griffith (Beren) and his mother, on the death of his lather. The Chairman, referring to the question of old age pensions, stated that there were 90 paupers in the Pwllheli district over 70 years of age, and the weekly amount paid them In relief was £ 18 15s 6d, or 4s 2d per head on an average. In the Aberdaron district the num- -■ was 4.2. and these were paid L7 12s weekly, or 3s 4d per head on an average. The number over 70 years of age in the Criccieth district was 46, and they were paid £9 6s weekly, or an average of 4s Id per head. In the Nevin dis- trict the number was 52, and they were paid H 9s 6d per week, or 4s Idl per head on an average. Both the aged paupers and the Board would be better off if the paupers were allowed to participate in the pension scheme. If these paupers were paid pensions it would be a saving to the Board of JE2,451 per annum, and instead of paying a sum of £ 5,439 in out-relief, the amount payable would be only £ 2,988.

A RUNAWAY HORSE NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO CHILDREN. On Tuesday morning a horse attached to a J:ght cart with a load of hay bolted in Ivy- street, Colwyn Bay, and two children narrowly escaped from being killed. The horse it seamed took fright at the sound caused by a man in shovelling some coke on the road. The animal turned round and dashed into another light fart, which was standing by, knocking it on to the parapet, at the same time striking two children who happened to be standing near the a front door of their home. The boy, aged five, fd! on his head, causing a deep wound, fnd the little girl, aged three, escaped with a small r-cratch on the face. The wheel of the run- away cart went over the man with the coke cart, but he was not injured.

CURIOUS GAS EXPLOSION AT CONWAY A "MINIATURE" EARTHQUAKE. A gas explosion of a curious character oc- curred on Tuesday in Conway. A steam roller during its operations in Church-street broke a ga-s main. The gas in time percolated far and wide through the ground into the adjoining Pigh-street, where isuddenly,with a tremendous roar, an explosion upheaved the pavement for a considerable distance, and caused some damage in adjoining houses. Nobody was injured, though Mr Coop, an artist^ who was walking over the disitunbed pa, ement at the time of the eyplosion, 'was lifted into tlhe air. Where or how the gas became ignited has not been ascer- tained. but the explosion is described as a I miniature earthquake. ——————————

This yew, for the first time in Anglesey, the elementary schools have a week's holiday in the autumn. The innovation has met with criticism, and one public man declared I that it was set on foot so that the ch'ldren might be employed by farmers in the turnip fields. O'n the other hand, it is pointed out that it is for the benefit of the children and teachers that there should be a IJreak during the period between the close of the summer holidays and Christmas. The idea is on its trial this year, and upon results the Education Committee will dwi4c what epurw to adopt In future.

DEPTH OF SIR JOHN PULESTON FASCINATING LIFE-STORY: HIS WOHK FOR WALES, Sir John Henry Pules ton, Constaoie of Car- narvon Castle, died at his residence, Whitehall Court, London, on Monday. He endured a pro- longed illness, which took a turn for the worse last week, and ended fatally at five minutes past ten on Monday night. The funeral takes place at Ruthin to-day (Friday), and at the same time a memorial service will be held at St. Margaret's, Westminster. General regret was occasioned at Carnarvon by the news otf his death- As a mark of re- spect the flags of all the public buildings, in- cluding the Castle, the Guild Hall, the Royal Welsh Yacht Club. and the political clubs, were hoisted half-mast.

STORY OF HIS LIFE. Sir John was 78 years of age, having been born on June 2nd, 1830, at Llanfair, Dyffryn Clwyd, being the eldest son of Mr John Pules- ton, of Plasnewydd, Ruthin. He married in 1857 Margaret, the daughter of the Rev Edward Lloyd, of iLlanfyllin. B)J was one of his (Majesty's Lieutenants for the City of London and a J.P. for Denbighshire, and from 1874 to 1892 he represented Devonport in Parliament in the Conservative interest. There is little doubt he was a descendant of one of the branches of the Puleston if,amily which came ovor to Wales with Edward the First and set- tied in Emral, in Flintshire. The family de- rived* their name from Puleston, in the parish of Newport, Salop, where they settled in the early part of the thirteenth century. A branch of the family went to reside at Carnarvon, pro- bably on the appointment of the then Sir John Puleston as Constable of the Cattle, an office which the Knight ju&t deceased had filled since the year 1890.

LIKE A ROMANCE, j Sir John's life-story; reads more like a ro- mance than the history of a life. Hie youth- ful days were enlivened with tales of his pro- genitors' greatness, their power and their valour. He heard how Roger Puleston, the tax-colleictor of Edwiard I., was hanged at the gate of Carnarvon Castle—the castle of which his descendant was afterwards the constable. He heard too, of' the varying fortunes of his race in mediaeval days, how the Norman family became in time more Welsh than the Welsh themselves, and how many of them bore arms against thQ English under Owen Glyndwr. He heard how, in an age before the Restoration had raised the Williamses and the Wynnes to their position of "Princes in Wales," the Pules- tons had been the ruleis and the leaders of the I Welsh people; and he determined to win back for himself the position which his ancestors j had lost, and to prove to the world that the star of the house of Puleston had not set for ever. lit would be a long tale to tell the whole of Sir John's story, how for years he was en- gaged in trade in London, how he emigrated to New York and became the president of the St. David's Society in that great city, how by daring speculations in American railways he amassed much -wealth, how he returned and. was elected member for Devonport in the Tory interest in 1874, how he -was knighted in honour of the London National Eisteddfod in 1887, and how he elected to fight the Carnarvon Boroughs against Mr (Lloyd-George, and was defeated by his young antagonist. When in America he met Lincoln during the war. So impressed' was Lincoln with the young man that he appointed him as an extra aide-de-camp, and made him an honorary colonel.

BUS IWDRK FOR W ALES. Sir John Puieeton will, however, probably be ibest rememlbered for his ardent devotion to the land of his birth. (For more than .forty years he was one of the best known Welshmen, and for at least a generation he occupied a position which was altogether unique among his compatriots in London. Hie iwas a Welsh Nationalist long before Nationalism became fashionable. Whether at home or abroad be gloried in his nationality. He had his heart and soul in every Welsn movement of a na- tional character, whether promoted in the Metropolis or in the Principality, and there is not an institut-ion. which has for its object the furtherance of Welsh literature and art and education in general which will not be dis- tinctly the poorer by Sir John's removal. His home in London was the rallying point for all promising young Welshmen of all shades of opinion. He took a been interest in the 'United Improvement Siocietv, which drew its members from all the Welsh churches and chapels in London. He had a leading share in the founding of more than one church to minis- ter to the needs of his ifetllow countrymen who migrated to London, and "t was probably to him more than to any other one man that the establishment of the impressive service now annually held at St. Paul's Cathedral on St. | David's Eve was due. (Sir John was an ardent and '^n-eroue supporter of the National Eis- teddfod, on whose platjtorm he often figured as president. He was also a vice-president of the 'Cymmrodorion (Society, and -chairman of the City of London Conservative Association. He was likewise for many years a vice-president of the United Kingdom Pilots Association, and on the occasion of the annual conference of the Association at Carnarvon in 1898 was presented with pieces of silver in recognition of his ser- vices to the Association, and especially ,JÍ his persistent advocacy of a more liberal scale of superannuation to pilots.

CONNECTION WITH CARNARVON. In 1887 he received his knighthood, and the distinction was regarded no less an honour to the Welsh nation than it was to the recipient himself. Three years later he succeeded the late Lord Carnarvon as Constable of Carnar- von Castle. and it is due to Sir John to say that, in the matter of the maintenance and re- pair of the ancient fabric, he allowed the same ifree hand to the .Deputy-Constable (Sir Llew- elyn Turner) as his predecessor had done. In the same year his relations with the county of Carnarvon became even closer by his adoption as the Conservative candidate for the boroughs. At the time of his selection he was, and had been for many years, the member for Devon- port. During the 1886 Parliament it became clear that Devonport was no longer a safe Con- servative seat, and Sir John decided to con- test Carnarvon Boroughs, for which Mr Lloyd- George had recently been returned at a by- election. Great efforts were made by the Con- servative party to win the seat, and the dignifi- fied post of Constable of Carnarvon Castle was conferred on Sir John. He seemed a I strong candidate, and the general opinion even among Liberals was that 'he would win. In the end, however, the electors discovered that, though Sir John was a genial and kindly Welshman, his political views were not theirs. He had supported ,Mr (now Sir) H. J. Ellis- Nanney's candidature agaiittt Mr Lloyd- George in the lattar's first election in the Car- narvon Boroughs and at the general election two years later came his turn to contest the seat against the sitting member. It was a most strenuous fight on both sides. Sir John was defeated by a majority oif 196. His interest in. all that appertained to Wales continued un- abated, and one of the -most pleasing incidents of a long and busy life was the presentation to him a> year or two ago of a national testi- monial promoted by men of all creeds and parties, including his erstwhile opponr tit in the Carnarvon Boroughs.

WHO WILL BE HIS SUCCESSOR. It is believed, says the "Liverpool Post," that the office of Constable otf Carnarvon Castle, vacant bv the death of Sir John Pules- ton, will be conferred on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Though no salary is now attached to it, it is art office of pieat antiquity and. dignity, and it may, therefore, be conferred with great appropriateness on the most distin- guished ,of living Welshmen. It is an officc under the Crown, and if the appointment oe Mr Lloyd-George necessitated his going for re- election, that might put a different complexion on the matter.

ANGLESEY QUARTER SESSIONS HOUSE BREAKER SENT TO PRISON AN INTERESTING LETTER. The Quarter Sessions for the county of Anglesey were held on Wednesday, at Beau- maris, before Sir Richard Henry Williams- Bulkeley, Baronet (chairman), H. Buckley Price, Esq.. Colonel J. B. Price, Harry Clegg, Esq., Dr John Roberts, David Roberts, Esq., Hugh Thomas, Esq., J. iH. Burton, Esq., S. Taylor Chad wick, Esq., H. R. Davies, Esq., Eric J. W. Piatt, Esq., George R. Cox. Esq., W. Hughes Jones, Esq.. Cemaes; R. W. Ro- '■berts, Esq., Menai 'Bridge; J. N. Thomas, Esq., John Slater, Eeq., J. G. Hughes, Esq., Simdda Wen J. C. Jones, Esq., Clwchdernog, and David Rees, Esq.

APPOINTMENT. Messrs J. G. Hughes (iSimdda Wen) and Hugh Edwards (Towyn Lodge4 Holyhead) were ap- pointed on the Compensation Authority Stand- ing Committee for the county in the place of Oanon Richards and Mr Samuel Hughes.

TH GRAND JURY. The following were sworn on the Grand Jury: Messrs R. E. Biiercliffe, Beaumaris; Cadwaladr Davies, Menai Bridge; M. E. Davidson, Llanoegfan: James Dickenson, Menai Bridge; D. J. Eiias, Pentraeth; J. B. Heyde Yonaer, Beaumaris; D. George Hughes, /Beaumaris; John Hughes, Llanbedrgoch; Thomas Hughes, Llangoed John Jones, Pen- traeth John Jones, Beaumaris; John Davies Jones, Menai Bridge; Wm. Jones, Pentraeth; Hugh Oliver, Llaniestyn; John Owen, Llan- sadwrn Owen Owen, Beaumaris Wm. Owen, Mena-i Bridge.; Evan Pnrry, Menai Bridge; Owen Jones Pritchard, Beaumaris; Rowland Thomas, Llanbedrgoch; Wim. Thorpe, and Eivan Thomas.

THE CHARGE, In charging the Grand Jury the Chairman stated that there was one case for their con- sideration, but it was a very simple one, and would not detain them for any length of time.

A HOUSE BREAKING CHARGE. The jury found a true bill against. Albert (Edwards (30), labourer, who was charged with having broken into the counting house of John Strachan, in the parish of Pentraeth, -and hav- ing stolen therefrom certain articles. On being floxmally charged the prisoner pleaded guilty to three indictments. Mr S- R. Dew, who appeared for the prose- cution, stated for the benefit of the prisoner that when the man Howard discovered him in the office he left him there and locked the door, leaving his bicycle there, while he went in search of assistance. On his return he found his bicycle there, but the prisoner had gone. The prisoner evidently calculated that he would have escaped, as he left the following letters behind him I "I am leaving this so that no suspicion I may fall upon your clerk. I congratulate you on the quality Off biscuits you lunch with. I am hungry and going to partake I of them, otherwise I would not touch them. 'You will find the bike left outside the Post Office, Bangor. Sorry if it inoon- vened any of you. I have tried your safe. 1 I have cracked many, but my gelatine was 'bad. May give you a further visit later on. i Yours truly, Liverpool Ned." A further letter was found, which was as kollorws "I am also taking privilege of washing and changing my shirt. If 1 am disturbed my shooter will be handy. I will give fair warning to any man that "may approach me; if they are wise will hesitate, and if they are reckless they wilT face their God." In reply to Sir Richard the prisoner said that he was from Montgomeiyshire, was in the army for 11 years. His discharges were stolen from him in a lodging-house. Six Richard stated that he had read the prisoner's statement over. It was exceedingly well written, and shows that he is a very well educated man. TL was a great pity that he made a. fool of hi nself in that way. He sentenced him to one month's imprisonment with hard' labour.

FISHING IN CARNARVON BAY —_ LEITTFiR FiROM THE HON. F. G. WTYNX The Evan. Frederick Wynn, Glynliifon, has addressed the 'following letter to the "Daily "\Iai,l "-In reference to your insertion in your. of October 19th, headed, "Wanted—to make a Stir," I am much obliged to you for putting in my letter which, two years -ago, I wrote to Captain. Robert Jones, an officer of the West- ern Sea Fisheries Committee. This letter I must confess had gone- quite out of my recollcc- tion, but I now well remember the eircum- stances under which it was written. This letter followed a personal discussion I then had with Captain Jones, who came to in- epect my fishing nets, in order to see whetner they complied with the bye-laws. I may say I have known Captain Jones for over 34 yeans, and always hold him in much esteem as an honest, conscientious man, he being a fishex- man, has put many new tails to my otter ir&wls, which are now illegal; and may not be -used. J discussed with. €a,ptain Jones the position where, according to the bye-laws, a small paddle yacht of 14 tons could go in Car- narvon Bay to have a trawl, and he said it must be outside the three mile limit, which means in this bay, I should have to go out ten or more mi'les, and this practically would be in the Irish Channel. II am reminded in my letter (which has now been made public, although it was only written for Captain Jones himself) that I expressed an intention of nshing in spite of the bye-law, and that I would let the inspector know when I would do so. This was to be with a large trawl net, and: not with the paltry little shrimp net which proved the subject- of the proceedings. Mr Casson sum- moned me for using a shrimp dredge four feet wide, from a ya'chts' steam launch, in the Menad. Straits, not a hundred yards from my house door, and his witnesses were two men, one of whom had been for several seasons on board my yaoht, who swore that from a dis- tance of thirty yards (it was over fifty yards) I they saw three fish caught, which were not thrown back into the rea-a somewhat difficult thing to do when the said' three fish were not caught. In conclusion, I may say that Mr Casson did not write to me for an explanation of the so-called offence, or of my two-year-old letter, which he made public, but at once took steps to summon* me. It may be his reason was, that as a 7egal fisherman, he found he had too good a fish in his net to let escape by reasonable explanation.—Yours faithfully, reasonable eXplanation. -Yours faithfully, FRED. G. WYNN. I

HOUNDS. I The Anglesey Harriers wi]! meet on Wednes- day, October 28th, at Trevor Village; Satur- day, October 31st, at Tregaian Cross Tuesday, November 3rd, at Pentraeth Thursday, No- vember 5th, at Fourcrosses Saturday, Novem- ber 7th, at Penmynyad. IPJach day at 11.45 a.m.

The F'olyhead reserve football t.2am were beaten on Saturday by (Bangor University Col- lege by 14 goals to 3. The cpectators thought they were getting to many goals for three- pence, and suggests that in future matches be- tween the teams the- Holyheaa goal Bh-quld be invrrjcflded with railway gleepere.

FOOTBALL NOTES I (Continued from Page 7). A meeting of the Council of the North Wales Coast Football Association was held on Wed- nesday, at Conway, Mr. J. H. Vincent.in the chair. An application Iby Conway for the re- mission of the suspension of certain players for playing in unauthorised competitions so that they could play in a junior league contemplated was supported by Mr. (Lloyd, but was not se- conded, and was lost. It was decided that the Portmadoc Club be suspended for playing in the Coast cup-ties, until they have paid all debts due to the League and other clubs. The following is the result of the draw4 in the Senior cup.- Div. 1: Carnarvon v. Pwllheli, A. C. Slater. I' Div. 2: Beaumaris v. Holyhead, R>. Hersee„ Div. 3: Llanrwst v. Cbnway, J. Roberts* Div. 4 Ruthin v. Holy,well, Browne-Jones; Greenfield v. Colwyn Bay, J. T. Hughes. To be played on the ground of the first- named club on November 21st. Kick-off 2.30. The following was the draw for the Junior Cup — Div. 1: Pwllheli v. Carnarvon, H. R. Ed- wards; Barmouth v. Portmadoc, tEl LI. Wil- liams. Div. 2: Bangor 'Reserves v. Beauijiaris or Atenai Bridge, R. Hersee; Bangor Druids or .Bangor Reserves v. Llangefni or Holyhead, A. C. Slater. Div. 3 Talybont or (Penrhiwardwr v. Con- way, R. D. Richards; Llanrwst or Blaenau Festiniog v. Llandudno Amateurs, Browne- Jones.. Div. 4: Ruthin or Denbigh Church Guild v. Greenfield, T. Jones Bagillt or Colwyn Bay r. Rhyl Reserves or Denbigh Town, J. Roberts. To be played on the ground of the first- named club on November 7th. Kick-off, 2.30. < A meeting of the North Wales (Coast Foot- ball League was held at Bangor on Wednesday, to consider a motion by the Bangor Club that the words and that no player be eligible who has previously played three or more Com- bination fixtures during the current season," in Rule 7 be deleted. Mr. J. D. Owen, Colwyn Bay, was voted to the chair.—Mr. L. H. An- dierson, 'Bangor, proposed, and Mr. R. L. Jones. llanrwst,| seconded, the delation, and the motion was carried by one vote. There voted for: Bangor, Carnarvon, Conway, Llanrwst, Festiniog, hon. secretary, and hon. treasurer. Against: Colwyn Bay, Holyhead, Denbigh. Beaumaris, Pwllheli, and LIandudno.—On the motion of Mr. R. J. Jones, Llanrwst, seconded by Mr. Lewis Jones, Carnarvon, a sub-com- mittee was elected- to invite clubs to form a Central Junior League. The following were its members:—(Mr. Richards, Bangor; Mr. R. J. Jones, Llanrwst; Mr. Hughes, Denbigh; and Sergt. McElwee, Be-aumaris.-Bangor ac- cused Beaumaris of poaching two of their piayers, 0. R. Jones and Harry Evans, but !Beaumaris were exonerated from blame. • The following are the fixtures for November Nov. 7: Bangor Reserves v. Colwyn Bay, A. C. Slater; Conway v. Blaenau Festiniog, JR. Lloyd WilJiams ..Carnarvon v. Llandudno, H. R. Williams. Nov. 14: Bangor v. Carnarvon, postponed Festiniog v. Denbigh, J. H. Vincent* Colwyn Bay v. Beaumaris, R. Hersee; Holyhead v. Conway, 0. It. Edwards. Nov. 21: Bangor v. Denbigh, A. C. Slater Beaumaris v. Llanrwst, E. Lloyd Williams. Nov 28: (Beaumaris v. Carnarvon, A. C. Slater; Llanrwst v. Festiniog, R. Hersee. Div. 2.-Nov. 14 Denbigh Church Guild T. I Colwyn Bay, J. E. Jones. I Place of next meeting: Carnarvon.

I ====== WESLEYAN CENTENARY AT HOLYHEAD INTERESTING REMINISCENCES. In celebration of the centenary of the Welsh Wesleyan cause at liolyhead, a public meeting was held in Bethel Chapel, Land's End, on Tuesday evening, under the presidency of the 11-ev. H., Meirion Davies, superintendent of the circuit. The service was opened by Mr. Rich- ard Beard, after which the Chairman addressed ard Beard, after which the Chairman addressed the meeting,. He said that the past 100 years had been eventful ones for the Wesleyan cause, but throughout the whole period there were remarkable signs of the Divine leadership. He thought that their past history should provide inspiration for the future. He referred to the fact that in August-, 1747, John Wesley visited Eolyhead and preached there in 1748, coming afterwards in 1760, the last time on which he preached in Holyhead. In August, 1789, when a very old man, he visited Holyhead, on a journey across the sea, but did not preach there. It was in 1800 that the mission for the spread of W7elsh W'esleyanism, and in 1802 Bryan Bach preached in the open air in Holyhead, the first sermon. The society was established in a room in Stanley-street, pro- bably next door to the shop of Mr. W. S. Owen, the first meeting being held at the Sign of the Feathers, in Boston-street., Then they went to the house of Elizabeth Lewis, sister of Robert Lewis, the almanacker. The small, struggling cause was for some time unable to find a home, owing to annoyance and inter- ruptions. Alfter meeting at the house of a man named Powell, they had a meeting place at the back of the Market Tavern, where they had a pulpit and. se-at«, though most of the services were held in the open air. One of the notables in the cause in those days was Robert Hughes, who came to Holyhead in 1806 to hold a school, which Mr. William Lewis, Mr. E. D. Jones, and Mr. John Roberts, The Pines, at- tended, so that two of his scholars,were in the big pew that evening. In 1808 a chapel was opened on the site of iBetheI. The Rev. Owen Davies went to Ireland, with the inten- tion of collecting £500, and came back with R45 (laughter). He was more fortunate in Eng- land, where he got JB200. -One of the first trustees was a licensed victualler, and another was William Hughes, the parish clerk. One of the trustees, Owen Thomas, worked most energetically in the cause, and was an ancestor of Mr. David Rowlands, Boston-street. The sneaker proceeded to trace the history of the church, giving many interesting items of in- formation as to the persons who took a pro- minent part in the growth of the cause, and tracing their present descendants. Mr. E. D. Jones gave some interesting re- miniscences of the early days of Wesleyanism in Holyhead.. In those days the women used to take a leadincr nart in the services, a custom which he feared had now fallen intto disuse, the more the pity. It was in the small old chapel on the present site that, in 1843, he be- came first a member of a Sunday School. The speaker related that one absent-minded elder often entered the chapel wearing his hat. The preacher on one occasion went towards him, and saying. Why don't you take your hat off? saved the elder the trouble of doing so. Unfortunately, the elder wore a wig, which was removed at the seme time by the preacher, who was much surprised at the occurrence as the congregation was amused. Interesting reminiscences were also given tby -trr. William Morris, one of the two oldest trustees living in Holyhead, and Councillor W. S. Owen.

LIPTON'S DIVIDEND. The Directors of Lipton, Limited, have de- clared an Interim Dividend for the past half- year on the Ordinary Shares of the Company i at the rate of six per cent. per annum. The Directors 'are pleased to report that both the profit and trading show a satisfac- tory increase—the volume of business exceed- ing by half a million sterling that for the r. r responding six months of 1907. The Ordinary Share Transfers will be closed I from the 26th October to the 9th November, 1908 (both days inclusive),

SHIPPING CARNARVON". ARRIVED. Craignair, Capt. Williams, from Liverpool; Prosperity, Parry, Aberdaron- Christiana, Griffiths, Liverpool; Stanley, Ed- wards, Liverpool; Exchange, Williams, Liver- pool. SAILED.—Mabel, Capt. Jones, to Garston; Christiana, Griffiths, Liverpool; Craignair, Williams, Penmaenmawr; Stanley, Edwards, Panmaenmawr; Exchange, Williams, Pwllheli,

PORTMADOC, ARRIVED-—Mary Catherine,, Capt. Wil- liams, from Pwllheli; Rebecca &.s., Roberts, Liverpool • Glanogwen, Jones, Magnamore p Tyne, Green, Stranraer; Maija, Drey man, Stranraer; Falcon, Humphreys, Cork. SAILED.—Marian, Captain Duddridge, M Bridgewater; Faith, Hughes, Gloucester Re" beeca, s.s., Roberts, Liverpool.

BlfifTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS BIRTHS. JONES—October 15, the wife of Mr J. R. Jones, Dob, Tregarth, of a daughter. WILLIAMS—October 22, at 15, Chapel Street, Carnarvon, the wife of John WiL liams, mariner, of a son. MARRIAGES. PIERCE—JONES—At Hyfrydle C.M. Chapel, on October 21st, by tho Rev John Williams^ Howell Pierce, Cynlas, Holyhead, to Mvfan-! wy Jones, third daughter of Mr and-Afro David Jones, Dud Ifor, and Victoria Houpe5 Hoiyhead. BROOKES—JONES—October 20, at Aber- gele Parish Church, William Swann. s condi son of the late William Brookes, of RuncorN to cijssy, only daughter of Robert Jones, Abergele. JONTES—DAVIES—October 21, a,t Calwyfl Bay, by the Rev Robert Roberta, Richardi Barnfiald, Allerton Road, to Dinah* youngest* dau.ghifcer of Mr David D^viea* Bronyferiaith, Llansantfiraid, Glan Conway. ELLIS M ED Cot APT — At the Wesleyan Chapel,, Hythe, on Tuesday, Mr R. R. Ellis, son of Mr Richard Ellis, Carnarvon, to MisS Winifred E. Medcraft, of Hythe. LIDINGTON-LLOYD — October 14, at the Congregational Chapel, Dolgelley, by th<3 Rev W. Pari Huws, B.D. (pastor), in that presence of Mr Tom Parry, registrar, Mr J« J. Lidington, N-ewnham Hall, Northampton* to Miss Gwen Lloyd, Upperfield Street, Dol- gelley. DEATHS. GRIFFITH-October 17, aged five years and! two months, Owain Glyn Griffith, the beloved child of Mr and Mrs Llywe-lyn Trefan Griffith, Vaj-nol Street, Carnarvoa, NANNEY—October 16, at 2, Moriah Terrace,, ,Carnarvon, after a lony illness, Mary) Nairn#y, 'the wife of Mr John Nanney, aged 47 years. The interment !took place oBt Wednesday. MORGAN—October 17. in his 45th year, Norman David, son of the late David GtOrgq Morgan, Denbigh. IN MBMORIAM. HUGHES—In loving memory of EUeit Hughes, beloved wife of Thomas Hughes.. 14 Pool Hill, Carnarvon, who died Octobea 20th, 19D6.-JGàm.e, but not forgotten by, Her Husband and Children.—*

MONUMENTS. Largest Stock ii Walmm. Before Buving Call at T HUGH JONES, MARBLE WORKS, CARNARVON The Trade supplied with sawn Anglesey gton* f Curbmc, also Slate Lintels up to 12 feet lonf« MONUMENTS. Large Stock. RICHARD WILLIAM 0, LLANFATRFECHAN AND LLANGEFNI* EVANS & JONES, Monumental Masons Granite, Marble and Stone, HELEN'S ROAD (Quay) CARNARVO Estimates given for Stona Dressing on Buildings Stones renovated =- Printed and Published for the Proprietor b.1t Picton Davies, at the "Herald" Office, Oartfil Square, Carnarvon.