The Aberystwith Observer

SLR ARTHUR GUINNESS. Sir Arthur Gumncss, M.P., is lying in a critical state at Ems, suffering from inflam- nation of the lungs.

BUCKS ELECTION. The nomination took place to-day at the County Hall, Aylesbury. The Hon. Rupert Clement Carington, Abbey, High Wycombe, Liberal, was proposed by Acton Findal, Aylesbury, gent., seconded by Rowland Dickens, Aylesbury, chemist. The Hon. Thomas Francis Freemantle, Swanborne. Conservative, was proposed by Philip Denny- little Hornwood, Esq., seconded by Richard Rose, Esq., Aylesbury. Oniy the Con- servative candidate was present during thi proceedings.

DONCASTER RACES. KSTMORELAND STAKK?.—Trappist, Tan- gible, Shah, 7 ran. SCURRY STAKES.—Athelney 1. Victoria 2. British Beauty 3, 8 ran. DON STAKIHS.—-Twine Plaiden beat Har- brada. PL: IXCK OF WAL!:S' STAKES.—Lollypop 1, Briggboy 2, Omega 3, 12 ran PARKHILI, STAK-KS.—Twine Plaiden, Zee Footstep, 3 ran.

MAKKKTS. LOXPON conx FVCIIMOV:UT.~The grain tt Niark-laiie. without b ing- active, h 8 ruied lirui. English wheat was iti-i.ort sunp.y. 'I i.wre wa a quiet demand, and extreme rate^ were paid. ill SUPPIV. rriUi>»cti(ins Oil u e 'cal\' (Ill f.inner terms. As regards barley, the -upply wi- mi.urit. a id toe qlnlity f the new pi'Oiiuce ex, elieuii. 111c ciade was quiet at ¡j bout late rate" Malt sold slowly on firmer terms. Oitj «'i-re in q\>od supply. 'I'll, was a heaith.i tmcie at liar.ien- i; K piiceH. Foi m iize the inquiry was on a moderate scale, Kiul quotations vvtru steadier. Henna were firm and Is per <H at-ter ':CilHlr..1I ,he \vce\. Pjas sold slowly. The flour mur- Uit was qnijtand itnalt.ed. A'i .'i'la><>['! A,N (. ATi'i.K MARKKT, MofDAY.—rnthe t to-dny the:" has b^-en eonsideiab'.e firmness in t! a di-niund fin choice breeds. The show*of beasts from our own ..razing di-trio s wa« a r/neirka oy poor one as regards quality "1 Uw nuiiil/er wiw ;,olllJure than che average. Per 8lb to -ink ti, offal 2, "lid ;lIfen..1 beasts, 411 6d to 5" Oli second quality ditto, 5h 0.1 10 5s Od /irim» tinre oxsn. I M 10" io G3 il pI mie Scom, (is Od to os 4il coarse rum inteiior eheep, 6s ucl to G, 0.1 second ounlity ditto, BO.t), fis lid piiiiin coarse ivooM.-d, lOd to 7s 0d prime Southdowna, 7s Od to 7. 2d; lor^e coarse calves, 4s 0d to4s lOd pinne sninII dii to. 5i Od to 5s 8d large 4 1 t o 5. Od snial! pm lcei s, 5s Od to 5s lOd •nie.Jid- calves, each, — qr. old atom lambs, 08 Ud I ■ os t il. Ilead of ia"lo on snle1 Total supplies iicusl. s.'iouptind la ohs, 24,-220; calves, 350; pigs, 25}; C"W, f'i-1-in-n Beasts, aheep and iambs, 17,220 calvus, -7ii J>:u's, cov g, M I'. l;or.»: A N AI.AT MATTKJCT. MONDAY.— Beef waJ in short nu; p'y.and nadíly |>urchnsed at full prices, but foi 111>111 n and -r classes of no at, of which tliere a mode- lat IN- supply, aluuvy si I., was experienced —Sib. ly (lIe n.iviwm i: c ri.• i i ■. e 3% 4d to 4s Od middling .iit'.o, -is Oil to is >J(i; | r ni Uitye oil to, 5a 0d to 5s 6J inline small dittoes 4.1 io its Sil veal, 5s Od to OS Sd interior liiuttoii, ,"s 0.: to ;{s 8d • nii.ldlinjf ditto, 4s Od t< 4s Sd pi in:e ,^d small work, r>s to Us d BOKOI'GH AM) SIHTALKIKI.DS POTATO MARKETS »MN!>AY. ,With m,¡,kr.¡te arrivals, trade remained steady fo all descriptions :—Kent Kc.ents, 110s to 1<0< Essex Re 8 to ilos N-ictorias, 120s V 140s; kidneys 120s to L.OXi'OX WOOL MA;;K;:T, M .NO.VY. -The amount of busi ncs3 passing-in Colonial wool by priva Q contract is rathercof sidoriible, and prices-are very ri; m. -is regards English woo however, much quietness prevn; "<1 where sales al pressed rather lower prices jsr-i n ico'el BOROT'ijti HOP MAP. Cr. 1'I >v.- The accounts fro' the plantations are limvc a > v' n.durable progrff has b "en made wit"' ;>h-Vu. II :11 some local ties with sati factory re<nlts. At the :I"e however, much irre^ulari1 In the yield is apparent. 'ih' accounts from a: also more satisfactory. The S\>io!¡ocs received at ltuurimtup] ( the present time are tuobtly ofinforior quality. Choice qua f i e,s, being scarce, .tract attention and rdali-ne extvsmo ratfi1 b.it in'orior'proJucs is 'o -roll. } I

EXTRA PRIZES. Bo the late Right, Hon Lard Harlech 6G.-For the best black bull in the yard, £10. All black bulla compote for this prize. Beat, R. Humphreys, Royal Goat Hotel, Beddgelert By the Most Noble the Marquess of E-i-eter, Burleigh, Stawjord. 74.—For the best short-horn bull in the yard, £ 10 10s. All short-horn bulls in Class iv compete for this prize. 1st, R. Blozard, Pool Park, Ruthin,—Astor," aged 2 years, 7 months; h c R. Blczard, ditto,— "Caradoc," aged 10 months, 3 weeks. Hy Samuel Hoi and. E*q M.P., Car?tU on, DiAgelley. 78.—To the occupier of the neatest cottage between Talsarnan and Barmouth, paying less than £ 5 annual rent. £ 2; second best, YI, 1st, Mrs William Hughes, Harlech; 2nd, Grace Owen, Glanllyn Terrace, Talsarnau 1) c Robert Roberts. Henshop, Talsarnan, and Ann Williams, Try far, Harlech. 83.—For the best pair of knitted stockings. 1st, Ann Jones, Ogof. Talsaman, £ 1 by the Hon. j Mrs Oakley, Tanybwlch; 2nd, Mary Morris. Afon. f'chan, Llanuwchllyn, 15s. by Mrs Holland Srd, Jane Jones, Llanfor, 10s. by Mrs Holland 4th. Elinor Humphreys, Capeldwr, Harlech, 5* by Mrs Holl :»d. 84.—For the best specimen of Tweed, manufactured in the county of Merioneth. £ 1, by the Hon. Mrs Oakeley, Tanybwlch. Best, David Roberts, Mount Street, Bala. SS.-For the best Workman's shirt. 1st, Catherine Lloyd, Llanfaiv. <£1 Is.; 2nd. E-iy.n- I beth Owen, Waterloo-street, Dolgclley. 10-. 6.1: g;-d, Jane Williams, Bronygudair, LhTnfair, 7s. 6d; -lilu Catherine Jones, Bronygadair, 3s. luncheon was held in a tent on the field.

FOLIC! A N I > PUBLIC. Sergeant IJen.-y L V ■. !> B. charged a youth named KuJJivan, at. the Wc-tminster Police-court" with assaulting him in the discharge of his duty. Mr. Glyn, a Sl'licitor in Gray s-inn. said he saw the defendant walking quie'lv away, and the prosecutor came brliiud him and kicked him twice maliciously on the shin. The defendant then hecame abusive, wli<-reiip"Ti the sergeant threw him violently against some railings, fie did not remonstrate with the policeman, because on a former similar occasion a friend of his wa-. taken into c.istodv and charged with attempted rcucnc. The »eigcant admitted shoving the defendant, whom the magis'rafe discharged, while remarking tliar this practice of "shoving" on the part of the police caused half the rows in which the force after- wards became engaged, and he requested the inspector to convey hia opinion on this subject to the proper authorities.

SAD STOIJV OF THE SEA. The Transatlantic steamer Frisia, of Hamburg which arrived at New York on the 22:id of last month, landed there three men whom she had rescued from the Spanish schooner Joannina, belonging to Barcelona, which vessel, it appe-irs. left St. Domingo on the 22nd June last, bound for Havre with a cargo of wood. On the 28th of June the first mate wag suddenly taken ill, and died in about an hour a little later four others were attacked in a similar manner, and expired in less lhan 24 hour*, when their bodies were consigned to the deep. The captain, one able seaman, and a passenger named Gauthier. were now the only hands left on board the vessel, and they were in a moBt exhausted condition when on the 45th day out they were fallen in with by the Frisia. The poor fel- lows had then been without food fcurdtv. From the account of the survivors, the cause of the deaths of their comrades is not. really known their symptoms were, however, something of the description of cholera morbus. The schooner was abandoned.

VISITORS TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM. According to a return procured by Mr. Kay Shuttle- wrth, recently printed, the total number of visitors from October. 1K04, when the numbers were first ascertained. to the end ofla.shyearwas29.721.355, of which 2;). were to the general collections. Last year the number of visifois was against 601.84?! in lkiL In 1875 the number of visitors to the general collections was fí:).n 17; to the reading- room. 105,310; to the galleries of sculptures, 7,219 print-room, 3,713 to the coin and medal room, 1,713 ornament-room. 14.785 natural history departments, •5.870 to the department of manuscripts. 1,785 and to the department of maps. 180.

—— -> Friday, September 15th. Before the Mayor (John Watking, Beq,), Jolm piftvics, Philip Williams, Isaac Morgan, J. W. Szlumper, asd John ltees, Esqrs. ALLEGED FRAUD BY MR. BALCOMBB. John Barton Balcombe was charged on remand with having wilfully made certain false entries in the books of the Bronfloyd Company with intent to defrand. Mr. J. B. Porter prosecuted, and Prof. Palmer defended. Prof. Palmer resumed his address, and then' called the following evidence, after a, long discussion had taken place between connsel as to the truth of the abstract at accounts put in on the previous day. Henry Henley Ferguson said he was a School Board officer at Liverpool, and was formerly clerk to Mr. Balcombe, from Nov. 1868 to Midsummer. 1871. He kwpt Mr. Balcombe's books, and those of both the Bronfloyd companies. He remembered the vol- untary winding-up of the 1861 company. He made a fair copy for the printers of the articles of the asso- ciation of the new company. The book produced was the printed book referred to. The article No. 7 referred to the creation of new capital. That capital consisted of 20,000 shares of 50s. each, and a premium of 30s. upon 20*0, making an aggregate of JJ4. The capital raised amounted to .645.000, consisting of 18.000 shares at 50s. each free for the purchase of the estate of the old company. The 2000 additional shares were issued at Y,4 per share, ie., at 30s. premium. The^e shares were taken up by the original allottees, with few exceptions. He subsequently entered such allotment in the journal and ledger of the company. The entries in the ledger produced were in his handwriting- -on page 5. He prepared the balance-sheet for Dec. 31st, 1870. The < £ 8,000 was credited in full in that balance-sheet. By article 7 tl-osn to whom the shares were allotted had ihe right of paying for their shares of £4 each by eight equal instalments of 10s. each, with interest. When he left Mr. Balcombe's employment in 1871 four of those instalments were still due. arrears alsoexistin"- in respect of those that had already fallen due. The witness was not cross-examined, and at this stage the court adjourned for an hour. The hearing was resumed in the afternoon, and the case was then remanded until this (Saturday) morn- ing at 11 o'clock.

1st, W. E. Oakeley, Tanybwlch; 2nd, Lord Har. lech, Glyn, Talsarnau. 48.—For the best sow of a large breed, in milk or pig, £ 3; 2nd, £ 1 10s. lat, Anne Lloyd Davias, Lleohwedd-du mawr, Har- lech; 2nd, Robert Evans, Pantmawr, do. 49.—For the best sow of a small breed in milk or pig, .£3; 2nd, el In". 1st, Thoma Jones, Erynmelyn, Llandderfel; 2n,1, R. Humphreys, Royal Oak, Beddgelert; h c John Griffiths, Rhydgoch, TBlsarnan. CLASS 9.—POULTRY. JTJDGKS,—D. Homfray, Esq., Portmadoc, W. May. ward, Esq., Penybryn, Carnarvon. !'iO.-For the best pen of cock and one hen (of the Dorking breed), 15s 2nd, 7s 6d 1st.—Thomas Tanner Jones, Llannwohllyn 2nd, Owain Thomas, County Gaol, Dolgelley 51.—For the best pen of cock and one hen (Brahmas) 15s, 2nd, 7s 6d 1st.—A Harris, Penarth, Llanegryn; 2nd, J. H. Jones, Pen'rallt, Llanbedr 53.-For the best pen of cock and one hen (Spanish) 15s 2nd, 7s 6d. 1st.—John Ellis, Lawnt Cottage, Dolgelley 2nd, Tohn Ellis, do 4. Por the best pen of cock and hen (game of any colour), 15s 2nd, 7s 6d. lst.-Thomas Henry, Wnion House, Dolgelley; 2nd )bert Davies, Druid, Corwen .-For the best pen of drake and one duck (Ayles- )ury breed), 15s; 2nd, 7s 6d. st.—T. W. Phillips, Grammar School, Bala 2nd, )ert Roberts, Llanfor -For the best pen of drake and one duck (any her breed), 15s; 2nd, 7s 6d. t.-Robert Roberts, Llanfor; 2nd, Edward Jones, ley Arms, Llandrillo .For the best pen of gander and one goose, 15s, 2nd, 7s 6d. 1st.—William Phillips, Glanmachglas, Towyn 2nd, John Gwen, Rhiwgaeron, Llwyngwril. CLASS 10.—BUTTER & CHEESE. JUDGES.—Mr J. Thomas, The Lodge, Chirk Mi- Matthew Hall, Oswestry. 59.- For the best tub or pot of butter, not less thin 501bs weight, .£2; 2nd, .£1. 1st.—Edward Vaughan, Penisn'rllan, Bala 2nd, Ann Lloyd Davies, Llechwedd-du mawr. Harlech he John Owen, Rhiwgaeron, Llwyngwril 60.—For the best six separate pounds of fresh butter, jei; 2nd, 10s. 1st.—John Owen, Rhiwgaeron, Llwyngwril 2nd, William Meredyth, Tyddyndu, Maentwrog h c Griffith Griffiths, Gwynfryn Farm, Llanbedr 61.—For the best three cheeses of not less than 30ibs weight each, X2 2nd, .£1. lst.-Edward Ellis, Brynbwlan. Llandderfel 2nd, .Henry Jones, Cefnprys, Llannwohllyn CLASS H.-GRAIN. 62.—To the Exhibitor of the best bushel of red wheat £ 1. 1st.—Edward Jones, Dudley Arms, Llandrillo OS.—'To the exhibitor of the best bushel of barley. £ 1 1st.—Edward Jones, Dudley Arms, Llandnllo 2nd Gndf'vy Parry, Llansantffraid. OA.—To the exhibitor of the best bushel of oats. £ 1. lst.-Edward Jones, Dudley Arms, Llandrillo 2nd, John Owen, Rhiwgaeron, LIwyngwrit.