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Parliament, has been further prorogued until the 8th of February next. Lionel Tennyson, a son of the poet laureate, was among the students who passed first-class in an ex- amination in theology and mechanism at Cam- bridge last week. Prince Leopold left Oxford on Saturday for Windsor, having completed his university Career. The bodies of the four German nuns, who were drowned at the wreck of the Deutschland, were buried on Monday, at Leytonstone. The funeral service was read by Cardinal Manning. The Government have given their assent to a Bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister in the cflony of New South Wales. The royal assent had been already given to similar Bills from South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, and, a Bill for the same purpose which has just arrived from Queensland will probably shortly become law. A tragedy is reported to have taken place at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital on Monday. A male patient named Edwards rose at au early hour. and during the absence of the nurse entered a ward where four boys were sleeping, and smashed their heads with the tcngs he had seized the fire- place. Three of the boys have died from their injuries, and the fourth is not expected to recover. A meeting was held at Bristol on Saturday when a resolution was passed authorising the com- mittee of the proposed University College to incorporate the institution. The draft constitution of the coHege, which was presented on the occasion, provided that the government should be invested in a board of governors, a council, and an education board, and defined the duties of each and the qualifications of membership. It contains a clause declaring that no religious tests shall be required, and no theological subject which can be considered offensive to the conscience intro- duced. Of the 40.000l required for the purposes of the college, 22,0001 has been al-eady subscribed, and 19 OOOl of this amount in Bristol. THE PRINCESS OF WALES -A Bombay journal states The English papers chronicled how the Princess of Wales accompanied her husband to France but with all their vigilance they did not bear about a certain small box being placed on board the Serapis. Well, there; was such a box, and all that Sir Bartle Frere, in whose charge it was placed, knew about it was that he was to take particular care of it and not to Jet the Prince know anything of its existence. When the Serapis arrived the box was sent to Parell, and on the next morning, the Prince's birthday, and his first morn- ing on Indian soil, his eye rested on a large portrait, beautifully adorned with Indian flowers. The por- trait was that of the Princess. It had been secretly placed in the Prince's bedroom in order to surprise bim, and it is unnecessary to say that this was the contents of the.inysterious box which had been so jealously watched by Sir Bartle Fivre, and about which Miss Frere was the only possessor of the secret We may all be sure that the Prince was touched with the Princess's thoughtful ness. In a strange land, amid surroundings of which he has never beiore seen the like, the portrait must have suggested very power I'ully to his royal highness the tender anxiety with which the royal family, as well as the British nation, regard his tl'Df iulndia." The death of Mrs Leslie Stephen is announced. She was Thackeray's youngest daughter. Her hus- band, who was formerly a clergyman, but renounced his orders several years ago, has long been one of the chief writers on the staff of the Pall Mall Gazette and also editor of tho Cornhtll Magazine. Mrs Stephen WfS only 35 years old*
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TIE SABBATH.
TIE SABBATH. LT-TER II. To the Editor of the Aberystwyth Observer. SIR,-Having in a former letter remarked on the origin of Sabbath observance, perhaps you will grant me space to complete my reference to the question, with a few observations on the christian obligation tthereof. 1. Jesus was a circumcised Jew, and he observed the Sabbath. It is probable that all Jews who were converted to christanity, continued to observe the Sabbath as be- fore. Neither Jesus nor his apoitles forbade them to do so. And note that the Marys rested (after the death of Jeans) on the Sabbath, according to the com- mandment of Moses. St. Paul also walked orderly as did the Jews. 2. All the converts to christianity until Cornelius' conversion were Jews. 3. Hence we conclude that all christians up to that time observed the Jewish Sabbath, and only marked the Lord's day by a kind of meeting in the evening. They had already rested, according to commandment, the day before. And if they had begun, after the deitli of Jesus, to rest on the Lord's day likewise, a difficulty would have arisen by so much time being lost to their industrial occupations, for they were mostly people who depended on daily labour for daily bread. A difficulty of this nature could scarcely have escaped notice in the Acts or Epistles. 4. There would also have been inequality if the converted Jew rested on two consecutive days, and the converted Gentile only on the Lord's day. And, christians though they were, they were not slow to observe inequalities, as is proved by the fuss made about the distribution of alms to widows. 5. When the question of Gentile christians, obliga. tion to keep the Law came under Apostolic notice, and a short code was issued for their guidance, all reference to the observance of days was significantly omitted. The Apostles-Jews though they were— considered the Gentiles to be utterly quit of Moses 6. This is well shown in the writings ascribed to St. Paul. He says one observes a day and another does not; he forbids tho one to judge the other; and tells those who lean towards ordinances not to put stumbling blooks in their brother's way. He is afraid, too, of those Gentile christians who observe days and months and years, for this betokens a relapse into carnality. 7. When the tone of apostolic reference to Judaism is coupled with the fact that from Matthew to Reve- lation there is not a vestige of a command to Gentile christians to abstain from work on any day of the week, we may conclude that the christian religion gives every christian man full liberty to determine for himself whether he will rest on the Sabbath day or not, and whether he will observe the Lord's day or not. And the law of England, or any country, which deprives men of this christian right, must be ante- christian. 8. As to the moral aspect of the question, we may surmise that the prevailing idea, among religious people, to the effect that work is not fit for the Holy day, must have a tendency to make work appear as something more or less unholy in its nature. Thus a further tendency may arise to separate business from religion, rendering the former unscrupulous and the latter hypocritical. 9. There is also a physical aspect to the question, viz., we may often notice people making blunders in the general management of their homes and their health. Blunders which arise from their ignorance. One day in the week is all the time they can spare to the acquirement of knowledge apart from their busi- ness. And the prevailing notion about Sunday books shuts out all others on the Sunday. Many good people will read the Bible, sing hymns, and even smoke and drink toddy with their friends but they would feel afraid to open a book on natural or social science lest some undefinable curse might befall them. So strangely has mistaken superstition bound them in its fetters. Yours truly. EARNEST INQUIRER.
THE SABBATH ON THE ROCK, AND…
THE SABBATH ON THE ROCK, AND THE "AMBIGUOUS DAY" IN THE DITCH. To the Editor of the Aberystwyth Observer. SIR,-In your impression of the 6th ult., there appeared a. remarkably importunate letter, dealing chiefly with the observance of the Sabbath, signed "Jas. Freeman, M.D. and dated "Birmingham, 27th Oct." The writer seems to attempt at the over. throw of some points touched and defended in one of the former letters of the Rev. D. G. Edwards. I do not know what and who the author may be, more than I presume he is a medical man of some description or the other—allopathic, homoeopathic, hydropathic, botanic, or even a Yankee electic." If his ideas are not more clear and his notions more correct with the subjects belonging to his profession than with Sabbath observance and kindred questions, this writer would not like to be his patient when in need of a physician. A notable feature in the letter is the views of its author on the Christian Sabbath, which he pleases to style as "this ambiguous day." This is a good instance of zeal without knowledge," and hero Dr. Freeman is not' only too free, but betrays sheer igaorance on the nature of the day and its duties. Equally hazy, limited, and nn efined also must be his views on the nature of the constitution and require- ments of man, as a being in the scale ef creation. Let Dr. Freeman go again to school, and there com- mence or recommence the study of Combe's consti- tution of Man." In order to thoroughly and properly understand the Sabbath, it is absolutely necessary to have a clear insight into the nature and full require- ments of man as a rational creatnre. It has been proved over and over again—by experience, observations, and also the evidence of science, that it is indispensable for the well being, physical development and physical preservation, of all men who tflil, and also for beasts of burthen, to have periodical rests, of not longer than seven days apart at the most. Bodily rest therefore, not only in the language of scripture, but also by the indications of nature, is the very foundation or the first principles of the Sabbath. Yet Dr. Freeman totally overlooks this important point, which he should not do on any account, if he is anxious that his name should be a lustre to his profession. Again, it may be further remarked, that the principle of periodical action and rest is equally applicable to the mind as it is to the body. Both the student and the man of business require t like the beneficial periodical rest of the seventh day from their mental applications, as a relief and relaxation. Therefore, whether laborieus by body or by mind, by hammer, or by pen .or any other way, all together reap and enjoy the benefit and blessing of a variation —breaking up the monotony and uniformity of life. These weighty facts and considerations in favour of the Sabbath are also lost sight of by oar shallow M.D., although containing much of the beginning and the end of the philosophy of life in all its forms, so plain and well founded as to be almost axiom-like,— laws so general that we have every reason to believe to be pervading the whole universe. But great as the fore-going arguments and con- siderations are-conclusive in themselves to set the Sabbath-Jewish or Christian on a footing other thau "ambiguous," they may be still surpassed by a greater one. The Sabbath was made for man," not to be spent as a profane and licentious holiday, but a day once a week set apart for the purpose of cultivating and improving our moral nature and better feelings, and for the developement of our reli- gions tendencies-to make man altogether of a. more exalted character, and to instill in him deeper and deeper—one Sabbath after the other the principles of virtue and morality, without which civilization is a misnomer. This aspect of the Sabbath fairly entitles it to that of the holy and not ambiguous day, and it was on this account that God in the beginning "blessed the seventh day and sanctified it" (Gen. II.-3.); and from the very nature of the duties it should be regarded so still. Moses, the celebrated Hebrew legislator—" the gifted statesman, warrior, and poet," very properly made the strict observance of the Sabbath compulsory, and the fourth sommaad- ment is dictated to the Jews with a peculiar and more emphatic stress than any of the others. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, in it tlou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. Wherefore God blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." Now as then, so far as the circumstances, of climate, manufacture, &c., will admit, all work should cease on the holy day; and now as of old there is and there can be no better way of spending it for attaining the objects in view, than to have holy convocations," (Lev. xxiii.-3)-repairing to the Christian temple, to hear the moral lecture and listening to the religious maxims, to be concluded by the pealing anthem that swells the note of praise "-the characteristic conclu- sion of the superior and sublime Christian Divine Service. (To be concluded in the next.) M"A-
THE MORALITY OF NATIONS.
THE MORALITY OF NATIONS. To the Edifor of the Aberystwyth Observer. 81&1 have lately seen a number of your paper in which there is a letter from Mr. D. G. Edwards, repeating the ignorant assertions previously made by him as to tho connection between Sabbath observance and national greatness. In reference to this, I can only say again, from good personal knowledge, that the Sunday is kept by Germans, of whatever religious denomination, precisely as it is Vy Frenchmen. Anyone who says otherwise must be unacquainted with the two nations. Mr. Edwards now goes a step farther in his marvel- lous blnndering, by representing the English as more moral than the French. This only shows how supremely deficient he is in knowledge of facts. It may be confidently asserted that, notwithstanding the exceptional nature of our licensing and repressive laws, there is more vice and dissipation on the Satur- day and Sunday, in such towns as Liverpool and Manchester alone, than in the whole of the population of France. Where, except in Sabbatarian England, do we find the wife beating, the kicking to death, the drunkenness, the swearing, the propensity for cock- fighting, the family desertions, the gambling, and the propensity to pauperism that are familiar to us ? Where, except here, should we meet with a case like that of the Wainwrights, where the mixture of crime and vice constitutes such a charm to the people that all the heroes of the tragedy, except those taking the leading parts, are the objects of public sympathy and public subscriptions ? Mr Edwards would put the French people in the pillory for representing such a drama on the stage, but, in its hideous reality, it offers an attraction which no Englishman can resist. For us to boast of our morality is about the same as if the Turks or the Hondurasians made a boast of punctiliousness in meeting their engagements. What- ever may be our sacerdotal propensities, it is notorious to all the world that, in point of morality, we stand at tho very bottom of the scale of nations. Your obedient servant, JAS FREEMAN, M.D. Birmingham, December 13th, 1875.
MARKETS.
MARKETS. LONDON CORN MARKET, Monday.-English and foreign wheat dull market, and forced sales can only be effected at less money. Flour slow trade, and prices tend to buyer's favour. Grinding barley rather weaker. Malting sorts quiet. Oats dull; new 6d. lower on the week old, steady. Maize slow sale at barley late values. Beans Is. dearer on the weekJ Pea.s remain firm. British :—Wheat 5,945 barley, 2,317 oats, 1,202 flour, 22,643. Foreign :—Wheat, 18,972; barley, 2,414; oats, 78,518; maize, 2,112 tlour, 1,244 sacks 3,405 barrels. LONDON CATTLE MARKET, Monday. — Great Christmas market to-day is noticeable by its large supply of prime well-bred oxen. Number of beasts on offer 1090 in excess of last year, and top price 4d. lower. Trade opened very dull but now better, and prices steady. Polled Scots up to 6s. 8d. per stone. Sheep market poorly supplied,prime downs,in demand coars and middling large breeds lower in value. But little veal on offer, and prices unchanged. Pork quiet. Beef, 4s 6d to 6s 6d mutton, 4s 6d to 7s veal, 4s. 8d to 6s 8d; pork, 4s'6d, to 5s 8d; Beasts 7,660; sheep, 14,800; calves, 120; pigs, 60 including foreign beasts, 1,400; stieep, 4,600; calves, 20. LONDON MEAT MARKET, Monday.-Large supplies on offer, and trade continues slow at the following rates :—Beef, 3s 4d to 5s 6d mutton, 3s 6d to 6s; veal, 5s 4d to 5s 8d; large pork, 4s to 5s; small ditto, 5s 2d to 5s 8d. LONDON PROVISION MARKET, Monday.—Butter J Best foreign descriptions in short supply and pr'ces are quoted higher; Friesland, 138s to 142s; finest new Danish, 154s to 160s; best Canadian, 168a to 116s; Irish very quiet. Bacon: Fair "enquiry without change in prices. Hams Small Irish in good de- mand, Lard steady. Cheese: Finest American firmly held for 60s. to 64s. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, .Monday .-Sugar mar- ket extremely quiet, and prices nearly nominal. Coffee steady, but little doing. Tea: Indian at auction sold at about previous values. Rice rather firmer, but no quotable quotable advance is reported in prices Rum neglected. Cotton market remains steady.. Jute firm, but the high prices asked check business. Tallow New about 53s spot. NEWTOWN, Tuesday.—Wheat, 7s 6d to Ss barley, 5s 3d to 5s 9d oats, 20s to 23s per bag eggs, 0 to 8 for a shilling; butter, 17d to ISet per lb; fowls, 3s to 4s 6d per couple; ducks, 4s 6d to 5s per couple; geese, 5s 6d to 6s 6d each; turkeys, 7s Od to 9s Od each potatoes, 8 lbs for sixpence; beef, 8d to lOd per lb; mutton, 9d to lOd veal, Os to Od; pork, 7d to 8}d per lb. 2 ABERYSTWYTH, Monday.—Wheat, 6s 6d to 7s j barley, 4s 9d to 5s 3d oats, 3s 6d to 4s eggs, 10 for a shilling; butter, fresh, Is 6d salt, Is 2d to Is 3d fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; ducks, ditto 4s 6d to 6s; geese, 4s to 6s turkeys, 5s to 7s 6d pota* toes, per measure, 4s ditto new, 7s per cwt.
THE "SIN EATER" IN WALES.
THE "SIN EATER" IN WALES. To the Editor of the Aberystwyth Observer. SIR.—The old saying is very true if you want to hear news you must go from homo." Now we have received a strange piece of news, that we have a Sin Eater in connection with funerals in Wales. Some years ago, I was employed by an eminent antiquary to collect old Welsh legends, traditions and customs. I have made researches in almost every parish in South Wales but I never heard of the Sin Eater." We are told this custom prevailed at Llandebe, in Carmarthenshire.. 10CA T.. I went to reside in that village m 1850; and I lived there for six years. My avocation brought me in contact with all the parishioners I knew them well, and I am well acquainted with the history of the place, its customs and traditions. I attended many funerals, but this Sin Eater never cropped up; and I never saw cakes distributed at funerals. The Welsh people are, it is true, in some localities a little tainted with superstition, as to ghosts &c., but they are not so superstitious as the importations who cross the Severn Sea" to South Wales they are too well acquainted with their Bibles as to believe in such a thing as a Sin Eater." We are told that this was maintained a.t the Cam- brian Society's meeting held at Ludlow in 1852; if such trash as this be accepted by antiquarians as facts, their knowledge of the Principality must be very limited and I pity their ignorance of Welsh history and traditions. I thank the Rev. Daniel S. Evans, of Llany- Mawddwy, for calling attention to this rank libel on Welshmen. I am, sir, yours faithfully, RHEIDIOL.
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR THE POOR. To the Editor of the Aberyshcyth Observer. SIB,—Last year, some of your readers generously helped as to provide over £ 00 Christmas dinners (o roast beef and plum pudding on Boxing Day, at the St. Thomas' Hall, South Hackney) for the children belonging to the Hackney Juvenile Mission Schools, Well-streot, and about 100 orders for parcels of Christmas provisions to poor widows living in this district. The movement is still carried on being now in its fifth year and is purely a labour of love. This Christmas I am anxiou to assist in providing for at least as many if not more than before, and should be glad if your readers will kindly aid practically at once by forwarding either donations of money or provi- sions, whioh will be thankfully received and acknow- ledged 1ty yours truly, ATHRO ALFRED KNIGHT. Broadway, South Hackney, London, N.E. December 9th, 1875.
STANLEY AS A WELSHMAN.
STANLEY AS A WELSHMAN. In the Baner and Gwladgarwr, Stanley, the cele- brated niscoverer ot Livingstone, is I finri, still re- ferred to as John Rnwlands, of the Cross Foxes. Denbigh, who assumed the name of Stanley after he left home. He corresponded with his friends under that name from the United States for years, and his letters are now in the possession of his mother. Mrs Jones, living still at the above house. He visited home in December, 1866, alid on the 14th December in that year he gave a treat to the chil- dren of St. Asaph school, where he received hia early education, and on this occasion he dropped his assumed name and addressed the children. It is not known to English readers that Gohebydd and the daring adventurer's supposed brother visited him together in London, and that from that moment his identity with the noble son of Denbigh has not been doubted. It is stated that he s'lid to the brother If I am your brother you should leave me alone for A time." His object now in concealing himself under IIn ussumed name is explained all follows:- In 18H6 and 1806 ho was in the American navy, and greatly distinguished himself, when he was made an with a salary of 3501 ppr annum. Soon after this he became connected with the New York Herald. the proprietors of which sonn discovered the great ability of their reporter, and they sent him to Eng- and to see their chief correspondent from this coun- try. His expedition in search of Livingstone is too well known to require recapitulation. He entered upon that expedition'as a" American citizen, and astonished the world by his discovery. The Amer- ican took much pride in what one of themselves had accomplished. His employers derived much renown, and received the warm approval of their countrymen tor having sent Stanley on his important mission. Had Stanley proclaimed himself a Britisher" it would have been felt by the sovereign people of the United States as almost a national mi-fortune, and it would have dimmed the lustre he had succeeded in adding t) the New York Herald, heme and to his honour be it. spoken, he played the role of an American citizen before the public, but to his friends he spoke Welsh to the moment he lett on his present expedition in Central Africa. I learn that quite re cently communications have been received from him by his "mam" at Denbigh. If this be true, every lover of Wales, each of its sons and daughters throughout the world, hope that Mr Gee, the pub- lisher of the Baner, will succeed in giving it public- ity. The career of this splendidyoung fellow is too valuable an incident in the history of the Welsh ) people to be allowed tamely to be attributed to an other nation on earth. LB
ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY COURT.…
ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY COURT. -+- Saturday Dtcembcr 11 th. Before IIOMEROIIAH Cox ESQ., judge. 11 Morgan v. Griffiths.—The plaintiff in this case was Mr. Isaac J. Morgan, merchant, of Brynymor, who claimed 4i, 10s., from Mr. Thomas Griffiths, attorney's clerk, of Brirlge-sireet, for damage done to the Old Bank House in that thoroughfare. The defendant lived next door to the Old Bank House, and it was alleged that he obstructed the channel of the roof of the house, the connection with the con- duit pipe being stopped, causing the rain-wtter, which would otherwise flow in its natural course, to accumulate in such a manner as to force its way through the roof of the Old Bank House, thereby injaring the wall-paper and ceilings. Mr. Griffith Jones appeared for the defendant, and Mr. J. W. Thomas prosecuted. The case had been previously before the court and had been referred to two arbi- trators. His Honour announced that the case was, therefore, beyond his jurisdiction. JURY CASES. Thomas v. Powell.-This was an action brought by Mr. Hugh Thomas, coachman, of Little Dark- gate-street, to recover the sum of 251. 16s from Mr. Thomas Powell, grocer, of Market-street. The part of the claim amounting to 41. 10s., was the balance of a certain sum agreed by the defendant to be paid in consideration of the plaintiff allowing him to pull down the pinv-end wall of a dwelling- house in Little Darkgate-street bplonging to the pi lintiff. The defendant had previously paid 51. 10s. into court Thomas also claimed the further sum of 211. 6s.. being damages sustained by him in con- sequence of the defendant neglecting to build the wall within the time stipulated by the contract. Mr. A. J. Hughes appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Griffith Jones defended. The jurymen were CaDt. David Lloyd, of Marine Terrace Captain Edward Humphreys, Queen's-road; Mr. (Thomas Mathias, Bridge-street; Captain R. Watkins, Marine Terrace; and Mr. John Morgan, North Parade. Mr. Hughes, in opening the case, produced an agrepment made between the parties date./ February 4th, 1874, in which the plaintiff allowed the defendant to pull down the pine-end and gable-end of his wall for the sum of 9/. The time to rebuild the wall was not to excefd three weeks. If that period were exceeded, 6s. a dty was to be paid until the work was com- pleted. The defendant agreed to pay 6s a day for the inconvenience which might be sustained by the plaintiff. The second agreement was dated March 30th, 1875, in which it was stipulated that the defen- dant should be allowed to pull down the pine-end wall and erect a new one in its stead at his own t'xpense; also that the defendant should build a party wall at the back of the premises. It was agraed that the defendant should pall down the pine- end of the wall of the plaintiffs dweHing-houfe. and erect at his own expense "a gooj and substan- tial stone wall," and that the defendant should pay Thomas the sum of 91. for such right, by way of compensation for all losses and damages which might oe done to the premises.—Martha Elizabeth Thomas, the plaintiffs daughter, said the defendant com- menced to take down the wall according to the agreement entered into between him and her father,on April 12th last. Her father's house contained six rooms, and they lost the use of three of them—the kitchen and two bedrooms The house was occu- pied by five persons. It was a fortnight afterwards before they could use the rooms. Her father claimed 6s. a day from April 12th to July 10th. the sum amounting to 20l 8s. Cross-examined: After the work hid been commenced her father told the men not to proceed until Mr. Roderick Williams came. Mr. Williams visited the place on the same day or th J day after. She was present when David Jones came to the hoase to lay the flooring. Her father stopped him until Mr. Roderick Williams arrived. About two weeks before the pine-end wall was finished the plastering and the flooring inside the house were completed. The house was not fii for them to live in until a fortnight after July 10th, owing to the dampness. They first lit fires on July 12th. Re-examined by Mr. Hughes: My father stopped the workmen from building the wall up because they took three inches of our land. When the wall was built up to the lintels my father stopped them because they did not build the fire- place according to his wishes. The chimney was said the plaintiffs wife kept a bakehouse. When he went to her house with the bread, he noticed the pine-end of the wall. Ae saw the plaintiff pulling not'completed untilJuly 10th.— Mr.Rice Rice, mason, down part of the pine-end. Hugh Thomas would lose six inches of ground. Thj wall was completed three months before they put fire in the kitchen. Cross-ex-imined He only occasionally went to the plaintiffs house. He was not engaged in building the wall.-Mr. Roderick Williams, builder, said there were disputes about the building of the pine- end wall. The dispute first of all was because the wall encroached upon the plaintiff's land. He after- wards removed the wall back into the defendant's ground. The wall extended three inches into the plaintiff's land. It was the fault of Thomas Powell's builder. His attention was afterwaiJj called by the plaintiff to another difficulty. The joints of the house were too short. The timbers had to be taken out and new ones placed in their stead. Cross- examined He did not know the width of the wall, nor the centre. He could not say whether the pre sent wall did not stand nine inches on the defendant's side and nine inches on the plaintiffs. The evidence of the plaintiff and his wife was dispensed with- Mr. Griffith Jones called upon Mr. Thomas Davies, builder, who stated that he began to rebuild the wall in dispute on April 16th. Hugh Thomas stopped the work and pulled the men about." The wall was two feet originally." Thomas wanted it to be 18 in., and claimed the difference between 18 in. and 24 inches. He gave him three inches. It was decided that the defendant should take the three inches and build the wall entirely on 21 inches. The first interruption took place on April 23rd, and delayed them seven\days. They were afterwards interrupted about four days. When they were building the roof there was another delay. In reference to the purlines the plaintiff would not have them spliced but would get new ones. The joiner, David Jones, was afterwards delayed about & week. The roof was completed so as to be wind and water tight on May 12th. The plaintiff could use the flue of th- kitchen fire on May 28th. Nobody could buila the wall in three weeks. Cross- examined Three weeks would be an utterly unreasonable time to build the walt-Mr. David Jones, joiner, of Chalybeate-terrace, said he was called to do some work on Mr. Powell's premises The lintel he put up to please the plaintiff which was pulled down and another placed in its stead. He was delayed three days then. In putting up the joistl he was also delayed a week. He finished his work on May 22nd the grate had then been put in. Boxes were placed in the chimney during its erec tion. Cross-examined Some of the mortar that was behind the box might fall down the chimney. His Honour Supposing they were cooking mutton chops at the time (laughter). Would they not be spoilt (laughter) ?—Mr. David Williams, architect, said he was present when the dispute took place in reference to the pine-end wall, it was agreed that nine inches should be given on each side. The centre line was not altered.—Morgan Parry, mason, said the masons were delayed seven days at the com- mencement of the work. There was nothing to prevent Hugh Thomas from using the chimney whilst the box was in the flue -Mr Hughes and Mr. Jones then addressed the jury.—The jury returned judgment for 16s. against the defendant.
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A FRAGMENT.
A FRAGMENT. Not worship boauty ?" say you. Patience, friend I worship in the temple with the rest But ley my hearth I keep a sacred nook n„ For gnomes and dwarfs, duck-footed waddling etves Who stitched and hammered for the weary man In days of old. And in that piety I clothe ungainly forms inherited From toiling generations, daily bent At desk, or, plough, or loom, or in the mine, In pioneering labours for the world. Nay, I am apt when floundering confused ft90t toe rash flight, to grasp a,, .1. lox, Auu pity future men who will not know A keen experience with pity blent. The pathos exquisite of lovely minds Hid in harsh forms-not penetrating them Like fire divine within a common bush Which glows transfigured by the heavenly guest, So that men put their shoes off but engaged Like a sweet child within some thick-walled cell, Who leaps and fails to hold the window-bars, But having shown a little dimpled hand Is visited thenceforth by tender hearts Whose eyes keep watch about the prison walls. A foolish, nay, a wicked paradox For purest pity is tke eye of love Melting at sight of sorrow and to grieve Because it sees no sorrow shows A love Warped from its truer nature, turned to love Of merest habit, like the miser s greed. Btt I am Colin still my prejudice Is for the flavour of my daily food. Not that I doubt the world is growing still As once it grew from Chaas and from Night; Or have a soul too shrunken for the hope Which dawned in human breasts, a double morn, With earliest watchings of the rising light Chasing the darkness and through many an age Has raised the vision of a future time That stands an Angel with a face all mild Spearing the demon. I too rest in faith That man's perfection is the crowning flower, Toward which the urgent sap in life's great tree Is pressing,—seen in puny blossoms now, But in the world's great morrows to expand With broadest petal and wite deepest glow. -From A Minor Prophet." GEORGE ELLIOT.
MISCELLANEOUS READINGS. +
MISCELLANEOUS READINGS. + Occupation is the scythe of time.—Napoleon I. When is a horse not worth a »hilling ?—When It's worth less (worthless). Why is naming the day" like a naval battle ?— Because it's a marrytime engagement. Jones, in writing to a friend, says, that he is glad to say that his wife is recovering very slowly How does man differ from the brute creation? — He stands npright, bat he doesn't act so. "We put too much faith in systems, and look too little to men."—B. Disraeli. There is no place where weeds do not grow and there is no beart where errors are not to be found.—J. S. Knowles. CoN.—When may a lawyer's clerk be said to have seen much of the world? When he has witnessed many deeds. Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself what you wish t8 be.-A. Kemple. "1 remember," says Lord Biden, Mr. Justice Gould trying a case at York. and when he had pro. ceeded for about two hours, he observed, 'Here are only eleven jury men in the box, where is the twelfth?'. 'Plea#* you, my lord,' said one of the eleven, 'he has gone away about some other busi- ness-but he has left his verdict with me!' It is to be hoped that most collectors and par chasers of artistic treasures are better informpd than the lady who on one occasion, pointing to an Apollo, asked her husband, "Whom is that a statue off" "The Apollo Belvidere," was the reply. Law, how affeetionate you are, my love! And now, darling, who was Apollo Belvy?" Tax. PHYSICAL FORCE OF HABIT—A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system, and on this account regularity is of great consequence in exercising the moral aud intellectual power. All nervous diseases have a marked tendency to observe regular periods, and the natural inclination to sleep at the approach of night is another instance of the same fact. It is this prineiple of our nature which promotes the formation of what are called habits. If we repeat any kind of mental efforts every day at the same hour, we at last find ourselves enter- ing upon it, without premeditation, when the time approaches.-DR. COMBS. NOTHING FORGOTTEN.—Th< ie is nothing, no nothing innocent or good that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, lying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes, or drowned in the deep sea. Forgotten Oh, if the deeds of human creatures could be tt aced to their source, how beautiful would even death appear! for how much charity, mercy, and purified affection would be seen to have their growth in dusty greveiil -DICKENS. Douglas Jerrold started life as a midshipman in a man-ef-war, commanded by Captain Austen (brother of Miss Austen, the celebrated novelist). It is told of the young middy, that one day whilst biscapttiin was on shore, he was left in charge of the gig, when two of the men, tuking advantage of the young sailor's inexperience, goth is permission to go on shore tor a short time to make some triflipg purchases. '-And buy me some apples and pears, said young Jerrold, giving them some pence. "All right, sir," said the men, and departing, never re- turned again, they having deserted. Jerrold was is great disgrace with the Captain, tor having given the m. n permission, and it made a lasting iuspres- aioB upon him and he would frequently speak about it with great excitement. Tbil ty yeais afterwards, when Jerrold was at the zenith of his fame as a writer, he, by chance one day, happened to see a man dressed in the garb of a baker, looking in at a surgical instrument maker's window in one of the streets of London, and instantly recognised him as one of the deserters. Going up to him, he tapped him on the back, saying, "I say, my friend, don't you think you've been a loiiv, time about that fruit?" The man turned round and evidently re- membering all about the fruit and the middy, said, r'Lor, is that you, sir?" whilst Jerrold went on his way laughing.
THE SABBATH OBSERVANCE.I
THE SABBATH OBSERVANCE. To the Editor of the Aberystwyth Observer. SIR,-If I mistake not the temper of your corres- pondents on this subject, there is a growing tendency among some of the English inhabitants of Aberyst- wyth to lower the standard of Christian duty. Christ's doctrine of self-denial is so explained as to tolerate practices which the Church formerly believed it condemned. Latitudinarianism, not to say Antino- mianism, is on the increase. The seeming arbitrariness of acts sometimes disap- pears when we know the reason for them.. So the orders issued by the Puritan Parliaments for the keeping of the Sabbath lose much of their seeming bigotry when the circumstances which induced them are impartially remembered. If our peaceful Sabbath were turned into a. Spanish festival of balls, bull- fights, and all manner of sports authorized by procla- mation of our ruler, as was done by King James im- mediately after the Reformation, how many petitions, after years of endurance, would pour in upon Parlia- ment for relief from the sacrilege ? And if Parlia- ment endeavoured to restore a just observance of the Sabbath, would it be regarded as a bigoted proceed- ing to enact laws against heathenish practices ? Yet this is precisely what was done by the Long Parlia- ment. In Queen Elizabeth's time, the Episcopalian Puritan was to be seen going to church twice a day with his Bible under his arm. And, after Church, his chil- dren were restrained at home whil" others were reveling. To depart as far as possible from Popish service, the singing of choirs, playing of organs, and excessive ringing of bells were prohibited in some churches, and a fine of £ 20 a month imposed on ricu- sants (papists) who absented themselves from church. Now, from this careful observance of the Sabbath, countenanced by Government, the change was very great at the accession of King James. To check the growth of Puritanism, arid because the church festi- vals were eclipsed by the Sabbath, the King published a doclaration to encourage recreations and sports on the Lord's day, dated May 24, 1678, and ordered it to be read every Sabbath. Those ministers who refused to read it were deposed or imprisoned, and the re- fnsal was one of the articles of impeachment which sent Puritan pastors from our shores. It read-, thus That for this good people's recreation,Hia Majesty s pleasure was that after the end of Divine service they should not be disturbed, letted, or discouraged from auy lawful recreations, such as dancing either of men or women, archery for men, vaulting, or any such harmless recreation. Nor having May-games, Whitsun-ales, or oMrriss-dances, or setting up of May-poles, or other sports therewith used, so as the same may be had in due time without impediment of Divine service." Bowling, boar«baiting and bull- baiting were alone forbidden. During the course of eighteen years this declar a- tion was so well obeyed that in many places the churches were closed altogether, and dancing in the churchyard, and drinking ale at the nearest inn often supplantedlthe sermon. Efforts having been m ide ia some counties to check excess, Charles I., insti- gated by Arch-bishop Laud, republished his father a declaration and some of the bishops wrote treaties denying all moral obligation to keep any part of the Sabbath day. The Court had balls, masquerades, and plays on Sabbath eveninga.and the masses tippled and fought, danced and bowled, to such anextent that the justices of the peace petitioned the King to suppress the abuse of the day. The Long Parlia- ment was composed of men who were "members of the Established Church, and almost to a man for the Episcopal Government," (Neal's Puritans, vol. I. p. 359). Petitions poured in upon them for a supply of ministers who were fit to perform service. Then slowly began the Puritan reformation. Late in the reign of Charles, it was resolved in the House of Commons that the Sabbath should be ob- served, and sports should cease, but proposals for other reformations being attached, the House of Lords refused to pass the resolution, and the Peti- tioners were advised to wait patiently. They waited just one year and a half. With your permission I will continue the subject next week. D. G. EDWARDS.
THE CHURCH AND HER YOUNG MEN.
THE CHURCH AND HER YOUNG MEN. To the Editor of the Aberystivyth Observer. SIB,—In these days of change and peril it behoves the lovers of all institutions, religious and secular, to strengthen their bulwarks, and ? to note well the movements of men of "advancing" and unstable ideas All branches of science, art, commerce, and religion, have to undergo a scrutiny with the view of being reformed," and perpetual are the changes taking place.. What I want to be the subject »f this letter is the strengthening of the bulwarks of the church. The requirements and modes are of necessity numerous. Without referring to questions raised by outsiders for the benefit of the church, but the sincerity of which may be doubted by those for whom they are said to be intended, there are beyond doubt many subjects within the pale of the church which can be treated of with advantage. Among others is that of properly training and teaching the younger ge- neration to assist in the good work. In many parishes and towns where are good grammar schools, there are always young men studying for the minis- try, but who during the years they may be in the place are never known to take part in any movement on behalf of the church into whose ministrations they are t. devote their lives. This is a fact which has been commented upon over and over again. How this presumable apathy is to be accounted for is not clear. In some instances possibly, the men them- level have neither the qualification nor the inclina- tion for the duties of a clergyman, but arc forced to undertake them by circumstances let us hope these instances are few in number. Others who have their hearts and souls devoted to the work, and long to participate in it, are prevented through the lifeless- ness of the parish clergyman in whose domain they are located, from taking any active part whatever in the work of the church, such as visiting the sick, teaching in Sunday schools, reading the Lessons during Divine service, and in a number of other ways furthering those aims and objects which are ever near and dear to them. These remarks will also apply to the cases of clergymen and other men who may reside in the town, and "'ho are equally willing to join with their fellow-men in the further- ance of religious work. Without going out of the district instances may be given. At Aberystwyth is now established the University College of Wales. The institution is based on a non-sectarian basis, that is, the possessor of any particular views on theology may receive secular teaching without having his religious belief interfered with. Consequently the number of students has greatly increased, and men of well-known Christian denominations receive secular education there. Naturally enough th" ministers of the various nonconformist bodies in the town are anxious that these students should regu- larly attend their respective places of worship. But with the Church of England it is otherwise. Since the opening of the College in 1872, there have been churchmen among the students, and at present they number about a dozen. Although these men are virtually parishioners, I have it on good authority that in no single instance have any of them been called upon and spoken to as such by the parish clergy. If true, this is a eeriov.s state of tilings if not, those concerned should give the statement im- mediate and unqualified contradiction. It has long been charitably allowed that a clergyman who cannot- preach excellent extempore sermons, may still be a good parish worker and win the affections of hh parishioners, visiting them at their own homes and caring for their spiritual and temporal wants. In- deed, the parochial system is tne strength of the church, when its duties are properly fulfilled. The clergy should also guide candidates for holy ord ers "in*the way they should go" previous to ordination. It is surprising occasionally how archdeaeons are per" mitted by their conscience to recommend to their diocesan for ordination men who, if ballotted for by the congregations, would surely be black-balled." These, and other questions are daily dis- cussed by churchmen, whose opinions must be well-known to tho clergy, so that I cannot be accused of rushing into print. The sub- ject has received the attention of most of the leading clergymen of the church, some of whom have boldly grappled with the difficulty, while others, with less energy, have simply taken no action whatever in the matter, but have contented themselves with holding the meagre allowance of two services a week, and leaving their churches to fate, in the great fight be- tween Christianity and paganism—like sheep without shepherds amongst wolves. Trusting these remarks will be accepted in the spirit they are written, I am, A-CHURCHMAN.
ABERDYFI.
ABERDYFI. MR GOLYGYDD.—Goddefwch i mi trwy eichcolofnau ofyn i fwrdd iechyd Aberdyfi, pa hyd y bwriadant adael y Dyfiaid mewn tywyllwch P a pha beth ydyw eu rhesymau am eu cadw cyhyd. Ai am fod nwy at augwas.inaeth, nm yate am eu bod yn dewis in psntraf gael ei r«;stri with gynffon pentrefydd eteil. P Ai am fod gwir anghen goleuni, neu ynte am eu bod yn dewis i'r dall arwain y dall yn hytrach nac n ddau weled? Y mae yn llawn bryd feddyl iwm i, i gael goleuni ar y mater, a chael y golenni ei hun hefyd. Gwaith lied anghysurus ydyw cerdded o un cwr i'r pontref i'r cwr arall ar noson dywyll heb gymaint a goleuni canv./ll frwyn i dangos i chwi pa ffordd i fyned. Goleuir yr holl dai masnach alluaws o dai ereill a nwy ers blynyddau, ac nid yw yr arian a dalir am dano yn rhyw lawer mwy na'r hyn a dalir mewn lleoedd ereill, ac ni fuasail ychydig oleuni ar yr ystrydoed yn effeithio llawer yn rhagor ar bocedau y traethdalwyr—ychydig iawn mewn cydmariaeth i werth y goleuni. Gorfyddir y rhyw deg i foddloni ar eu haelwydydd eu hun pan dechreua nosi, am nad yw bossibl iddynt fyned allan, (a gwaith lied anhawdd i iddynt hwy bid siwr yw gwneuthur hyny), ond nid hwy yn unig a rwystrir, blinder yw i ddynion fyned allan, pan y deuaut bob yn ail gam mewn gwrthdar- awiad a rhyw un neu gilydd, fel y maent erbyn cyrhaedd pen eu siwrnai yn llawer mwy blinedig nac ar ol diwrnod caled o waith. Os na welwch yn ddn. fodmwrhaelionnsa rhoddi goleuni yn mhob 'stryd, by ddwch cystal a rhoddi ychyd g ar y stryd y gelwir "Llawr y Gang" ami. Rhua y Ddyfi ynof nadwyar brydiau dan eich gwadna y ffordd hono, ac os na byddweh ofalus cewch eich hun yu ei chwmni yn annisgwyliadwy. Pe byddech ond dilyn y ffasiwn, byddai goleuni yno ers amser, a phe byddech ond gwrando ar reswm buasai goleuni yno ers blynyddau Os ofn diogwyr y corneli i amelhau wedi y golenn ydych, rhoddwch orchymyn iddynt symud, fel y gwneir mewn trefydd ereill; 'does neb o honyntyn talu am y lie maent yn gadw, felly paham rhaid ei goddef. Hyn y tro yma, ddywedaf air bach fel hyn etto wrthych cyn hir; yr wyf wedi blino llefaru yn eich clustiau, gorfyddir fi i ddweud ar gyhoed. RHOBART HUWS.
CLAIM AGAINST THE CAMBRIAN…
CLAIM AGAINST THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAY. In the Chancery Division of the High Court ot JU>t;ce, on Wedn»sday, the 8th instant (BEFORE the M tster of the R >lls), the Case of Eagleti^d v MARQUIS of Londonderry was heird. The plaintiffs were Ge IR^E Ea glefield, of Shoe- ••hurch House, n-ear Bath WMiam Harris, of the city of Bristol, merchant; and Tefferrl Crook 01 Flax Bourton, near BRISTOL. The object of the suit was t<> N»ake the direotors of the Cambrian Uailway Company aud the company itself liable for LOOSES .SUSTAINED by the phintlffs in the purchase of OERT iiri Llanidloes D )entures. | Mr. DAVEJ, Q C. AND Mr. Thear appeared for the plaintiff* the Attoruay-General, Mr Martin Q C. and Mr. Cracknell were for the dilector Mr. Fry, Q C., Hnd Mr. Speed were for the Can) brian RAILWAY Company. The Master of the Holls On the conclusion of the ARGUMENT*, which had listed a day and a half, de- livered judgment. He sui.i the case presented by the PUIMJFFS WAS one of THE simplest postible kind. They wanted to buy SOM<- preference shares of the Carnbrian Hallway, call. d the Llanidloes No. 1 there beintr THE first PREFERENCE shares in the Cam brian RAI WITY, formerly called Llanidloes- Then "liS such a preference stock in existence. Mr. Thomas Savin INFORMED the plaintiflFs that and wnuld sell THEM sueh stock for 10.000Z, he handed them a transfer of 10,0001 Llanidloes stock, w hi Ch on its face bore the usual certificate of the ?ecre*»ry of the rnilwuy company, that the s-T>ck co p. ns had been duly DEPOSITED with him by the vendor and was in his office. The transaction was completed, and the usual certificate was se, to the plaintiffs, stating that they were Owners .,f No 1 Llanidloes PREFERENCE stock. The stock plaintiffs so received instead of being No. 1 prefer- ence stock, worth ab.ut 90 per cent., was No. 3, which was worth little or nothing. The person- whom the plaintiffs sought to make liable for their loss wHe-first, Mr Savin, the vendor, who repre- sented that it Was No. 1 preference, while it was not; secondly, the directors of the Cambrian Company, who issued to Mr. Savin certificates or coupons, IN which t ie stock in question was described at No. L PREFERENCE Stock. while it was not; and thirdly, he company, who by its authorised directors issued rba coupons, and were liable for the acts of lis agents. After, reviewing the arguments that had been adduced why the defendants should not be eld liable to make good the plaintiff's losses, HIS lordship decided against them with costs.
LOCAL LAW CASE. ^ 4—
LOCAL LAW CASE. 4— THE ABERAERON PROBATE SUIT. In the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, on Thursday, the 9th inst., the President. Sir James Hannen, and a special jury bad before them the contested will t-uit of Davies v. May and May, in which the plaintiff,John Davies. of Aberae- ron, in Cardiganshire, disputed the will of his late brother, Mr. Daniel Davies, of Waterloo*road, London, who died worth nearly 100,000l. The de- fendants as executors propounded the will and the plaintiff denied the execution and filed the usual pleas, but the real issue was whether or not the signature to the will was a forgery. The greater per tion of the amount he left to Mary Ann, Hail his illegitimate daughter, and the plaintiff, John Davips, Ot Aberaeron, was bequeathed lOOOi. He now dis- puted the will, and placed on the record various pleas, but the real question was whether or not the signature to the will was a forgery. Mr. F. A. Inderwick, Q.C., Mr. Searle, and Mr. Bowen May. were counsel for the defendants, WR. as executors, propounded the will and Mr B. T. Williams, Q.C., Mr George Browne, Mr E. Keogh. and Mr. Philips were counsel for the plaintiff, John Davies. Mr. F. A. Inderwick, QC., opened the C^SE at some length. He stated that the deceased gentle- man was a Welshman, and many years ago he came to London, and from a comparatively humble posi- tion, by industry and perseverance, he left about 100,0001- and had some property in Surrey and Sussex. He was never married, but had living with him Mary Ann Davies, his natural daughter, IIf whom he was very fond. By his will he left HER he great bulk of his property, and amongst the other bequests was 1,0002. to one and õOOl. to ..nother executor, and there was 1,0002. left to the plaintiff. After the death of the testator, nothing was done until 1874, when such steps were taken as ed to robate being revoked, and the conse- quence was the present suit. Mr. Bowen May, one of the executors under the will, and a solicitor of forty year's standing, was called into the witness box, and spoke to knowing the deed, and being sent for to make the will. Mary Ann Hall (formerly Davies, the natural daughter of the deceased).spoke to her father always being on friendly terms with her. She knew of the will, and saw it after it was executed, and the took a copy of it in pencil, which was now pro- duced. Mr. Seaman, the managing clerk to Mr. Bowen May. spoke to the execution of the will. At the time the testator was not nervous, but mill-health. Mr. Parsons, a printer in the Government offioe, Boston, U.S., said that he was formerly tiger" to Mr. Bowen May. He n'memhered going with his mister to the deceased's in Waterloo-road. Mr. May went into the bouse, and soon alter returned and told witness he wanted him to go in and sign a will. Witness went in and did so. Thomas Josh Pile, (a draper), Mr. Johnson (who knew the dec-eased), Mr. lioskelly (a partner of the deceased), and others all spoke to their full belief that the signature to the will before the Court pro- pounded by the defendant, was that of the deceased Daniel Davies and some of the witnesses gave their reasons for so thinking, pointing out the characteristics of the decease l's handwriting. After this testimony, the case for the defen- dants was closed, and Mr. B T. Williutns, Q C, addressed the jury for the plaintiff. He said that it was also painful fur a counsel to have to suggest forgerv, but that was what the question in the pre- sent case wns Wa* the will a forgery or not ? That was what had to be determined. John Davies, the plaintiff (who was examined through an interpreter), said he was a brother of the deceased, and left Wales to come and live with him seventeen years ago, and wa.. with him up to the time of his death. He "itS always on goo I terms un'il he died. He never heard from him about his making his will. He first he^rd of a will being made at the death of the tt-stator, and he then ap- plied for a will hut sent two or three times before he got it. It was sent to Waterloo-road, but he did not know by whom. He first saw the original will in July last year. He then saw the signature, and wh'-n he saw it he did not think it was like his brother's signature, and he witheld proceedings. The signatures at the bottom of the pages of the will were not like his brother's. He had seen the deceased write a greut many years. Jross-exarained by Mr Inderwick, Q C. Was examined by a Commissioner could not write well. He was allowed then 2ul. per annum by his brother for looking after the horse. Joseph Parry said he fnnnerly lived in the Old Kent-road, and knew the deceased and had tran- sactions with him. He knew his handwriting, and that on the will seemed stronger and larger than the usual signature of the testator. In the opinion of witness the handwriting was not that ot Daniel Davies. Cross-examined It was from seeing the de- ceased sign the cheques that he formed his opinion that the signature to the will was stronger and larger than usual. William Weston, confidential clerk to Arthur and Co., Watling-street, also gave as his opinion that the signature on the 11 ill was not like that of the deceased. Had he received an order with that signature he should not h»ve recognised it. Wit- ness had transactions with the deceased from 1865 to 1869 inclusive. The signature, Daniel DavifS," in the took (produced) was like that in the cheques, but not like that in the will. Cross-examined Had a photograph of the w 11 given him a few weeks ago. He compared it with cheques. John Thomas Parry, a traveller, gave corrobora- tive evidence. Mr. Chabot, the wen-known expert, also gave testimony in favour of the case for the plaintiff. After further evidence, the Court adjourned. On Friday the trial was resumed. When the court adjourned on Thursday evidence was still being called for the case of John Davie*. This class of evidence was proceeded with, and Mr Netherclift, the well-known expert in calgraphy, was called, and gave the kind of evidence generally deposed to by gentleman of his profession. He pointed out with circumstantial particularity the Various differences that he observed between those signatures respecting which there was no dispute ind that attached to the will. In his opinion the signature to the will was not like that of the testator. Other evidence to the same effect was given by a clerk in the city with whom the deceased had done business, and others. The case against the will being closed, further evidence was called tor it. The witness Parsons, recalled, said he had never seen Daniel Davies before he went to sign the will. He was in tbe room five or ten mill utes. The deceased was sitting upright on a couch. and from his appearance witness would not take him to be a sick man. The photograph produced was like the testator. He was communicated with in America "bout tbis case. Cross examined: Was now 24 years of age, and this occurred when he was 15 years old. Stephen Evans, a merchant of Old Change, stated that he was interested in the suit because the plain- tiff was a native of the same parish in Wales. In cross-examination he admitted that he had promised to indemnify the plaintiff against the costs of the suit. Mr. B. T. Williams, Q.C., summed up the cas. for the plaintiff. Whether the verdict was for him or against him, he relied a great deal on the opinion of the jury themselves as to whether the signature was that of the deceased or not. Mr. Inderwick, Q.C., in replying on the whole case, pointed out that Mrs. Hall was with the de- ceased during bis life for her he had the greatest affection, and it was not therefore likely that .he would die without making a will. Had he done so. her position would have been most pitiable. As for her relationship to the deceased, she would take nothing. The learned counsel observed on the fact of the entries in Mr Bowen May's book showing that a will was made. Mr. Inderwick protested against the vagueness of the insinuation of forgery. and said that the persons against whom the sugges- tions were made ought to have been charged with them. and been able to meet them there and then The learned couusel pointod out that until lately there was no question as to the will, and the plaintiff took his legacy in the ordinary manner. Mrs. Hall had for years lived on a go )d income, and had children and it was at this time extraordinary that steps should be taken to upset the will. As to the signa- ture of the testator, persons for the will were not called who simply had the photograph of the will placed in one hand, and a cheque in the ether, and asked if they were alike. The witnesses for the de- fendants were those who had known the deceased for years knew his signature, and had seen him write. Without hearing the summing up of the learned judge, the jury found that the wilt was duly executed. Sir James Hannen, in condemning the plaintiff in costs, severely condemned those who had put forth this litigation, and the charge of forgery he considered the most reckless that he had ever heard male. It was on the mere opinion of Messrs. Chubot and Netherclift, as upposedto positive testi- mony, that the jury had been asked to come to an adverse conclusion. In referring to the will dispute the Pall Mall Gazette says :—The question in the case was to the genuineness of the testator's signature, which I be plaintiff alleged to be a forgery. In support of this contention Mr Netherclift was called, and Stated that, having compared the signature to the "ill with a larace number of the acknowlpdged sig- natures of the deceast-d, he h>id come to the conelu- sion that the signaiure was a forgery hut in cross- [examination he admitted that the writing of the de- Iceased at the period of his death, when he was |suff. ring from an abscesa of the leg, had somewhat |of that tremulous character, the presence of which in the signature to the will had principally induced the witness to declare against its genuineness. Similar evidence was given by two witnesses who were acquainted with the testator's handwriting On the other hand, one of the attesting witnesses identified the deceased by a photograph as the per son who signed the will in his presence and that of the other attesting witness. The jury, after hearing the address of counsel for the plaintiff, intimated to the judge that they would save him the trouble of summing up if they were allowed to compare ihe specimens of the shaky handwriting of the deceased which were produced on the morning with the sig- nature of the will. They then found in favour of the defendants. Sir James Hannen made some severe, but just remarks on the unfounded and reckless charge of forgery which had been pre ferred on such evidence. It was painful, he said, to reflect upon the enormous expense that had been incurred because experts thought their opinion that a man did not make a particular signature out- weighed any amount of positive testimony of eye- witnesses that he did do so.
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HOLIOW.W PILLR-No more nervousness. The moment im- purity enters the blood health is diinin/shed, and our nerves warn UII of the disagreeable fact. "Citst the impurities out says common sense, and long experience testiftes that Holloway's Pills accomplish this with the utmost certainty and complete- ness, To the dyspeptic and apathetic they give new life and fresh enerpy by the wholesome influence they exercise over the stomach. liver, and other internal organs. The most wretched indigestion fades before their corrective power, and therewith gloom of mind and indisposition for exertion disappear. Hol- loway's Pills purify and regulate the circulation by steadying the heart"lI.cti.n EPPS' COCCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORTING.—" By 0 thorough knowledge of the naturallawlõ which govern the opera- tions of digestion and nutrition, and by careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us mauy heavy doctors' bills It is by the judiciouy use uf such articles of diet that a constitution may be graduala built up until strong enongh to resist every tendeney to ctiseald Hundreds of subtle maladies Rre floating around us ready to si tack wherever there is It weak point. We may escape inaaos atal shaft by keeping ouvselTes well fortified with pureanyia. ml a properly nourished franje."—Civil Sericc Gazed.
ABERYSTWYTH BANKRUPTCY COURT.
ABERYSTWYTH BANKRUPTCY COURT. Before JOHN JENKINS, ESQ., registrar. In re John Barton Balcombe, exparte the Blaen- caelan Mining Company,, Limited. — Mr. Griffith Jones appeared for the Company to support a proof for 7,2071. 15s. 8d. against the estate of the debtor which was rejected by the trustees. Mr. Atwood appeared to oppose the proof on behalf of Mr. Frederick Gardner, Mr. Thomas Jones and Mr. George Tempany Smith, the respective persons claiming to represent the estate as trustees, a."d on behalf of the debtor. Mr. Raven- hill appeared to oppose on behalf of several creditors of the estate. Tne following is a copy of the decision of the registrar:—The following are the facts; Mr George Tempany Smith, the official liquidator of the Blaen- caelan Company Limited, 1872, filed a proof against the estate in this liquidation for 7,1681. 15s. Od. in respect of certain shares held by the debtor therein, and for 391 alleged to have been received by th" debtor for the use of the said Company. The Company by an order of the Master of the Rolls made on the 6th day of June, A D., 1874, was directed to be wound up and the said George Tempany Smith was appointed the official liquidator thereof. I may remark it as a singular coincidence that Mr. Smith should appear, as liquidator of the Company to make the proof, and claiming to be trustee, now to oppose it. It would not only be more consistent but in reality would be much more to the interests of justice if Mr. Smith had confined himself to either characters instead of being the champion of both sides in the contest. Mr. Atwood opposes the proof on the ground that it should be confined to the debts of the Company and the costs and expenses of winding it up. The Com- panies Act, 251and 26 Viet, 89 prescribes the liability of a m. mber of a Joint Stock Company in the event of it being wound up to be to an extent sufficient for paying of its debts and liabilities, and the costs charges and expenses of the winding up. and for the payment of such sums as may be required for the adjustment of the rights of the contrfbutories among themselves. Mr. Smith in his affidavit in support of the proof, states the debts certified to be true from the Company, amount to 7901 8s. 10d. und he estimates the costs at 1,130Z, about one-half of which he says is already incurred, but I must remark that in my opinion this is an exaggeration and that a sum of 8001. or 9001. would be ample for all costs. Mr. Smith further states that a claim of ] 6,4401, was made upon him by Messrs. Bal- combe and Price the voluntary liquidators of the Blaencael^n Company Limited, 1870, kin respect tf thesaleoftheprepertyfromtheeldto the new Company. Mr. Smith says he should contest that claim. An affidavit was produced to me that at a meeting of the shareholders of the Blaencaelan Company Limited, 1870, the liquidators of the said Company were requested to withdraw the said claim of 16,440l made by them as aforesaid and to abandon all the claims upon the official liquidator of the Blaencaelan Company Limited, 1872, in respect of the consideration for the purchase of the said mines, and that the said claim for 16,440/, was accordingly withdrawn. This being so, I am of opinion the proof of the Blaenoaelan Company, Limited, 1872, must tor the present be confined to the certified debts and liabilities, amounting to 790/ 8s. lOd, and the estimated costs of winding up and adjustment, whieh cannot in my opinion reasonably exceed 9UO/. To this may be added the 391, alleged to have bepn received by the debtor for the use of the Company. This would make a total of 1.729/. 8s IOrI. to which I think the proof of the Blaencaeliin Company, Limited, 1872, should be reduced. The amount o' proof will have to be still further lessened by the value of the assets in the possession of the liquidator.—J. JENKINS, registrar acting judicially under delegated powers.
- ABERYSTWYTH RURAL SANITARY…
ABERYSTWYTH RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. The monthly meeting of this board was held as the Town Hall on Monday morning. T«e chair wa taken by Maj.>r J. A. Lloyd Philipps, and there wer* also present Messrs H. C. Fryer, J. J. Atwood' Thomas Davies (Padarn Villa), John Morgan (Gwarnllt), James Morgan, John Morgan, John Evann (Berthrees) Hugh Hughes (clerk), Jacob Roberts and Morris Jones (medical officers), and D. Jones (inspector of nuisances). The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. THE HOUSES AT YNYSLAS, The Inspector reported that the row of houses at Y"yslas and au inn there, known as the "Gogerddan Arns," were unfit for habi ation owing to dampness. Mr. Atwood said the Gogerddan Arms was a very decent looking house on the outside. Mr. Morris Jones said the houses were built on the Corsfochno bog, the water from which percola- ted through the fl,or of the houses. Nothing could be done unless the houses were pulled down, and concrete. put over the foundation. Some epidemic always ex'sted in the houses. The Chairman thought, the best plan to adopt would be to request Mr. Moor, the owner of the Ynyslas houses, and Mr. Jenkin Jones, of Glangors, Clarach, owner of the Gogerddan Arms, to attend the next meeting of the board. The suggestion was adopted. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. The Clerk said the time had arrived when the Medical Officers and Inspector of Nuisaaces were appointed. Mr. Fryer thought that on such an occasion special notices should be given to the members of the board intimating what would be brought for- ward at the meeting. He thought the present inspector had not given the board uuiversal satisfac- tion. Some of the members might be disposed to re-appoint the inspector, and others perhaps would preter appointing another. It the board were to re-appoint the prtsent inspector it would be a mere matter of form. The Chairman remarked that the appointment of inspector was not a matter of form but a matter of fact. The Clerk said the Local Government Board would undoubtedly want to know why a change was made. Mr Atwood thought a special meeting of the board should be held for the purpose of discussing the matter, and that notice should be given to every member of the board of the meeting. The election was therefore postponed for a week. The Inspector reported that the number of notices served since the last meeting was 4 nuisances removed by formal notices, 0 without formal notices, 3 number of nuisances on the book, 19. The Chairman wished the board a Merry Christmas," and the meeting was then adjourned.
WELSH ITEMS. »
WELSH ITEMS. » The majority of the men in the Wrexham, Brymbo, aud Broughton distticts have resumed work; hut at Ruabon and Cetn the men still persitc 1\1 their resistance ot the terms proposed to ttiem, and have issued an appeal. Mr. Whttlley, M.P., has intimated his willingness to do all in his power to assist the men in arranging the difficulty. GKEAT STOCK SALE IN ANGLESEY.—The grand nerd oi Welsh cattle bred by Mr. John Hughes, Llysiaw, a noted Anglesey breeder, have been sold oy auction by Messrs. Dew and Son Bangor, and attracted a large and representative attendance of breeders and agriculturists from all paros of the principality. Tue sale was one of the largest held in the district, and extreme prices were realised, the 90 head of stock, which were all sold without reserve and were in magnificent condition, reaching 2582/,or an average of 30/per head. The hig is; figure realised for a single beast was 45l 5s. At the close of the sale the auctioneer announced hat another herd from the same firm would be aold in March next. Lord Bute acted as godfather to the male portion of those who were recently confimed in the Roman Catholic Chapel at his Scottish residence. His lordship has shown the kindly interest ne takes in his godchildren by presenting them with hand- somely bound copies of the Bible. The verdict of "Murder in the second degree" has been returned by a Penusylvauian jury against William Jeukins, said to be a native of Aberdare, ior murdering David W. Thomas, another Welsh- man. The prisoner WaS sentenced to three years and four mouths' imprisonment in the peniten- tiary. At a meeting of the Cardiff Tovn Council, on Monday, an important report was received in respect to the salaries of the officers. The Committee made various recommendaiions, amongst them that the salaries of the Town Clerk and Surveyor be increased to 500/. per annum respectively. The newly-appointed Solicitor-General, Sir Hardint>e Stanley Giffard, Q C., was entertained at dinner, on Saturday evening, at the Pall Mall Restaurant, by the members of the United Welsh Circuit. Lord Justice James and Mr. Justice Grove were amongst the company, which com- prised the members of the Bar on the Welsh circuit. The chairman was Mr. Eneas M'lntyre, Q.C., who proposed "The Solicitor-General," which was acknowledged by Sir Hardinge Giffard.