The Aberystwith Observer

CHURCH NEWS. The lat,¡¡o Mrr. D*>yle, of Crielsljowel], left c £ o, (MMi i<») '23le■ Sit Dn v id's D loceaan trustees for angivengatioai of Hits fund for sab-dividing the diocese. To tke notable- which hare taken place in the ancicuk and bistoric Jerusalem Obae&er will b& ada" th& laying the fouiidation of a Natiom&i lord's Day Alliance, or Monday Oi>ser*»,'iee Union. This important at%"9 was decided wpos at a conference held on Wednesday under ib-e presidency of the Arch- bishop of Canterbtsry, and attended, through their by over forty great societies, religions-, educational, hygienic, pljiianthropic, i«d-atrial. The Primate, in the coarse of a brief but. earnest and sym- pathetic address ailsded to the remarkable awukeiiing of pvMio interest that has followed the Sunday Nt^ional Observaneo Movement daring the past two yeors, and commented with cordial ap^jgoval the wise and sound prine)ples upon, which the work of the move- meat was organkiod. His Grace nrged the inapoartanco of dealing with tl>e difficult subject f uf Sunday oij^eryamfo in the right aud true way and he had ih>-doubt that public opinion r was rapidly riije-ok^ on the entire question. ,ux.¡ that thus the way would fee prepared for a»y pjoposals that I'wliameat aight suggest ■for saS>guaraiiyg ? te highest and truest i interests of the naiional day of j. The Vicar of Rbayader, tha iter. H. L. gvaos, M.A.h has left for M.gypt, where he will speiid the winter>

¡ Notwithsianding 1hB abnf>im;.>l rise in the price of 'lea, Horni roan's have made no altera- tion in eithe r quality o? price. Uorulmau-s I have no old and i hasp stoc?i to work oil on I consumers their tea is perfectly fresh and f. absoltttely pure, and possesses these distinctive f Qualities so appreciated by ail lovers of a good I cup of tea. Ask for it aikttaise <x>c4ber. It is 44 Always good Alike," r Sold in >S to—ia North WbolemleAgssrt; Iv V. Wynne chemist, |At.sses Owen..9 North s»»4e Elfe, 53 Terrace road Jones, lea Stw^; T«a Merchant: Towyn -.H-^jea—Ws 2i. »Vx „>»>(■;<-1.4.. MORMH, I5x.r:TT:s^ ijViAt"!■;}.>.—Ttso ijcnricrij meetin" of ilie Sun.lay School d this. Ch^xsl, was held on Son-lay afternoon andeTming-. Mr Thomas Ellis, G;asc«ed, presktea afternoon meeting, and Mr Tis^aas Bn^phreys, Llain in the evening.. K^aii^s*. were given' by the following sc?>:>}ai^i>r trwj- SUlltlilyscllool —Li-zio ilumphnpeyss J()Iln Lewis Humphreys, do, til.^dys Ji»»es. dn. Jenkin Thomas- ?r»»> J«h» Lewis Jones, Ü¡>, li-zzje Joiies, iUi> iiagb liicfjaftls, Troedy- rbivilasgyug. Ana Jase Miefea^ls. do, Tegwen Ji»ncs> Troe £ rhiwfro»freeh, (Hgn Jones, do, Trevor Jones, do, 'l'\)rr,.my Thf>mns.Broda.'wcl. 'M5I>.ii\vy Thojaa.% ih>, Ghyum? 'LetkU Thomas, do., Jenaie M-amphre^ S. A. Ellis, Aberystwyth, and Gladys -Ev-Axis, WeruddJ Lot tag e, Capei SI2-!0n. We do not.waot^in-Sa^ eemornists on oar mtrnjcipal- bodies aey more tlmj spendthrift wastrels^ nut we tfc> men with broad tniada, whrnc-cemmoii »eseei»»M>re nronounoed tlioa their *kp<»rtT ticket."—" Sanitary ivccord/'

jFREE /| l;fhisbeao1?»faJWes-fc of ArVHSLBNA," y|M. lipHjm hy A. Asti (or the com^nira picture, ■sent Free to-anyons j wljoseads h^Aiv. '.|^n 0-C1SID.E "Wkappass iirom Blocks, or [ :>}\j .&»iKLLisbels from Tins. 2$ew Present a- I tioa. Pk-tsise eHtatfed v Hjsu Eyes," by | E&Bdst&y wil.1 ho saady in Janiiasy, I ^19a8.aad.c&pi £ s- will he :«-'serv«d if required. j JB-3 mve and statu- mhkh .Picture yoa | f wanf, and msrdi»» ihi<* paper. v srl.SIti^a 12„ 2$.-i £ i& So.'&are, London, W I ^fMYFVQ ■ i £ U ij> LEAD, I s ,Vt IMocks. iittllELElE «W,m I I l(j.. 'Xjil wad M. Tins. f r.U,S8ff. yomwarns* f<SCjHg nSBB

A committee has been formed at Carmar- then to earry ont the afforestation scheme at Cwmtawel. It appears that 4,000 trees are to be planted at a eost of some £60, and that benrtit would accrue to the ratepayers in the course of 15 years.

ABERYSTWYTH INFIRMARY. | APPOINTMENT OF MATRON. 1 A special meeting of the governors sitd sub- 1 scribers of the Alj&fjstvrytl} IfJiimxiry .ws held at tho 1 own llaSl on Friday mewmit)- Soy the purpose of appointiisg a mwawt&u. ia the place of the late Miss Chandler. The chair was oi'capkxl hy Captain Cost&ras, Bronpadarn, chairaaaa; €>f the committee- of management, and amongst other,* present were the Revs. N. T6om*s. l.Baaha^am, K. t Williams, Ð. Wxan:^ Talybont, j J. Bo wen, Pontpfeydfen^gaad, Job. Mates, J. F. Lloyd, Iilanita?,, T. A- iVnry^ William Jones, T. M. Jones, Q^risjsnt, f^rrj', Llan- badarn, T. Leva, IX Jenkins,. L&T5*jwyrvfo», T. E. Roberts, R. J; Meea, I>. 1>. Llan- badarn, Messys Tl»o»»as, J. Mathias, Captain IX Jan?es> Ewajs. Evans, Lliedrod, Dr Thomas, Dr Owen, Hn peri»fendeiiit R. J»iiInspector David Phillips, liichard .lames., S^nllwyit, B. E. j Morgan, H. Merwlith, lUchard Jarases, Bryn- j llys, Captain Doughto&, !>.»vjd Thomas, Nortligate iteuse, Charles Dalies, Jiichard Jones. Bow Street. J!ohu- liiebards. Market street. J. Gifesonr David Jjaaaes, Pswrhyncoch, E. J. Davies, Tliumas KMis> M. l>?cwellin, J.J. Jones, A. 1 hom;is. It. J. Jones^ ifidwiu Morris, j li. K. II. Morgan, 13*. JEvans, Cn-wcybarGtit, Kvan Evans, F. li.. lioiierfcs, T. C. Jcakios, Thomas James, Peuliwyn, J. J>„ Peprott, E. P. Wynne, J. T. Rees. D,- Lloyd, North parade, Joseph Owen, Jfe. 1>1 Jokn Jones, Capel Scion, D. Sansooi, C< »nnty ScJ>ooT, G. F. Roberts, IX Wells, W. K. Jones, Captain I Mortimer, AFoan Lewia, Thoman BV^es. Rowley Bughes, V¥. T. Lewis, Bbrth, W. H. Jones, J. Barson, K'uicjs WlU'iafas,. Gritlith Dr Ellis, H. Bickers tail,, J„ Jones, Lisburne terrace, JX Lloyd Lewis, Hobspt OonghtsMi, J. Purton, W. Miall JAAN-L I £ vaa.H, solicitor, J. JL Jam s, Peithyii, D. C. Roberts, O. M. Williams^ Watty Jamo3v William JOSHS, Evan Lewis, R. K. Osnnpbreys, Duvid Howell, (Jivm, Mrs Mdw&rjfe, L^urel^. Miss FMwards, do, Miss FYjrry, Mi»s CJH-eo, Mrs .1, T. Davies, Mrs GritBth, Mrs Phillips, Mrs Howell, Cwro, &c. Tho President said that tl*e late mat-roa — Miss Chandler—was an ideal one, and her chief object in life was to make the pa!«e«t»a:s t happy and as comfortable as Stie ¡ was with them for seventeen years, aD dur- ing that time no complaint was made against her, and they had a great diJlieolty in Riling her place. Out of tha advertisements which they issued in tho medical papers S->r the post f they received twenty-four applications, and I of this number they had seJeetel four to j appear before them. They would have two j ballots, and the two lowest would he strock I out in the first voting. The second ballot j would be the deciding one, hat in the event of one getting an aggregate over ihe other three ] together in the first voting she would be j elected without another ballot. He would read | their testimonials, after which the candidates j would be called in aud if any one had a I question to ask th y wobM h;j quite within j their rights to do A great responsibility j rested upon that meetingv ar„$U«-3-pji^j.lcd to J those present to listen to Use fcestimoniils and ] to vote for the best (hoar, hoar). Th.^ con j mittee of management wererofpo^AuS^ fo. the) institution, and the !e«s% tfint t I dQ \yas 'o give them a good stiff ^hear, J near'. J The cat2#idiat!es Called were Slfos M&rj Davies (S3), Swansea General and Kye Hospital, Miss Emily Evans (30), Miss S. Morris (34), Treorky, and Miss Bridget Thomas (30;, Manchester andSa'ford liospital. The testimonials of were c4 a very high order, and were listened to most attentively. The President asked: candidate if they had given any lessows to nurses, and they ail l answered in the with the exception of Miss D ivies. Mr B. E. proposed that Mr J. D. Per rot fc aud Mr jS'TRwi' Evans be tho scrutineers, Perrott aud Mr jS'TRwi' Evans be tho scrutineers, and this was agreedi to. I ('apt. Roterts proposed thai in order to facilitate im.isWrs< that they shea Id zIPPIÎnt. another bafeei'ii as scrutineers, and he proposed Mr D. Snftnel and Dr. Watkin. This was seconded and also carried. J The voting papers having been collected | they proceeded to- count the votes. Tliey I returned in a very lew minates with tbe | followiti" resui't— I Miss Mary 1 I Eh>-ily l^TVans 101) 1 &. E. Morris 29 I B. Thomas S f The PeesFdenfc proposed the election of Miss Emily EVans to the post. This was seconded by the Rev-T. A. Peary and carried. with acclamation- Miss Evans was into the room and congratulated by fehc President. j Mr William Thomas proposed a vote of 'I thanks to Captain Cosens for presiding. This was ca»rried>.and the meeting terminated. Miss EmHie Evans is the eldest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Evans, grand I daughter of the late Mr Lewis Evans, 15 Marine terrace, and sister of Mr J„ Lewis Evans, architect, Great Darkgate street. She received her training at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, where she remained from 1890 to 1894. Afterwards she was engaged in private nursing on the staff of the London Nurses' Co-Operation Society from 1804 to 19í)í). As a member of the Army Nursing Service Reserve she volunteered to go to South Afriea during the war where she was engaged from 1900 to HW2 and for which she holds two medals. On her return to Er gland she obtained an appointment at the General Hospital, Birming- ham, as a ward sister, where she ss at present. At that instntition she has at various times had charge of the womens* medical wards, childrens' medical and surgical wards and the operating theatre and now has the cbarge of a womens' surgical ward. She has also taken night superintendent holiday duty there, and each winter has given authorised classes to nurses. She received excellent testimonials from the following wtll known physicians:—I Robert Saundby, IVI. D., M.Sc., LLD., F.K.C.P., ) senior Physician to tbe General Hospital and Professor of Medicine in the University of Birmingham T. Sydnev Short. M.D., (London), Physician to the Oi>era! Hospital and consulting Physician t., ihn Dispens- t ary, Birmingham D. C. LioyrJ Owen, M.D., F.R.C.S.I., Hon. Opthat^ io Snr»eon to the General Hospital, eonstdt'o'jr Surgeon to the Eye Ho-piral and to f.f' Childrce^' Hospital, Birmingham Leonard Giimtw, F.R.C.S., assistant surgeon to tho General Hospital, Surgeon to the Chihliv-ns' Hmpital. Birming- ham M. E. Jonfs M: t'on and Superinten- dent of Nurses' (General Ho pitai, Birmingham S. Hickson, M.B., Lient. Colonel, B.A.M.C. and Amy Hnghes, 1 adv Snperintendent of the Queen's Victoria -Inl-peo Nurses' Institute and formerly Superintendent of the Nurses' ] Co-Operation. Miss Evans comes hom one of the oldest famine* in Ahpr-ysh'-yt;h and her Appointment 1 bas gin-t n entire sntisfnet. n. L

The Best ■■■ an POWDER The Best ■■■ an SB. POWDER

j "A BOOK MAKER'S STORY." II., [COPYRIGHT.] By FELIX. Not long ago I found myself in a first class smoking compartment on the way to London from Birmingham. The train was express and the only other occupant of the carriage was a stout man, well dressedand heavily bejewelled, As the train left Birmingham I noticed the stranger was searching his pockets for some j article he evidently expected to find there and it was obvious to me that he was tneasv. I am not inclined to fraternize with stray travelers, and continued to read my pipor with an eye now and again over the sheets. We had travelled about 20 miles when my com- panion spoke as follows: "You will excuse me bat I have forgotten to bring my cigar ease, and to me tobacco is almost a necessity. Have you a cigarette or cigar which you can j spare?" I possessed a double cigar case from which I offered him what I knew to be a good cigar. By degrees the ice melted my friend dragged out a luncheon basket containing champagne and other luxuriesand insisted on my partaking thereof. ° In the course of conversation, the traveller, whom I will call A, referred to a recent horse I race when a horse bad been, according to his account, puited by an Israelitish owner. I am act now a racing man, but I soon came to the conclusion that my companion was a book- maker ilit illarge scab. He asked me if I was I iond of racing and I replied, 44 very fond, when the animal is my own property and I 'I know the man who is riding the same." I mentioned some strange yarns of horse racing in India and the tricks of some men who, in that country called themselves gentlemen." After a little more give and take in the way of "'experience A, said You are a stranger to me but I can tell you as queer a yarn about I. the ups and downs of life as you have ever beard yoa can believe it or not as you like, but 1,. who was 20 years ago, an ostler at Leicester, am now in comfortable circum- stances, and why? I will tell you. "It will not interest you to learn my history prior to being an ostler and billiard maker at t the B- Hotel Leicester. I was eighteen ¡ years of age and an orphan, with no friend to help me. One day a drunken scion ot liobility ctrne into the hotel and without rhvme r reason struck me in the face. He had lost a lot nf money at the races and wished to let off I steam somehow and I happened to be the | "somehow." Unfortunately for the noble lord 1 resented ilb action and I gave him the | soundest thrashing 1 ever had the misfortune to give a man. | Next day 1 receive! a month's wages and a j request to l~ave the premises. The sprig of I nobility declared that 1 had been the aggressor, j I went into the town and obtained a shake i down, but I found it impossible to obtain | another berth in Leicester. | A few weeks ifter, there was a great cat tie sale; dealers irom all parts of Euglnnd came to sell and buy. I was attracted to the silo- I for a time, but the s:ght of so much money j changing Uauds w?-Tried me, and I went for a I stroll into tho country. J 1 13i'*ctqd '_»n^ of th" 'dgh roadij I iron* jueicefe&rf to BiftiilOgtiauI for ft'.y irmIu SBil j it was getting dusk sat just off the road, under I | a hay-»fc;tck aud beg; n to smoke my clay cutty j §IJod with shag. I was thinking whether I I should go and try my luck iu Carsal;, and I tvhafc not, when I heard the sound of hurrying feet. A man passed me swiftly in the gloam- ing without looking either to the right or left. There was a small culvert across the Toad, forty yards- fn»» where! was sitting, and under that he tiirewsomething having done so, he contimml Ms headlong llight and I lost, sight of him in the darkness. I waited for ten minutes, then two policemen on bicycles passed rapidly by my coign of vantage; they too dis- appeared into the darkness. Another fifteen minutes elapse J and it began to rain heavily. I rose and walked stright to the culvert. Under it I fou d a leather wallet such as stock-dealers carry which I stowed in my "poachers pocket." The wallet was heavy and I knew that it contained gold. "I did not re urn by the high road to Leicester, I crossed many fields and at last fosiiid myself at eleven p.m., in my diggings I waited until the house was closed »nd all the other lodgers at homo and asleep, and then struck a match and examined my prize. Two hundred odd sovereigns, so-no silver, some cheques and notes worth more than two hundred poemds was the result of my examina- tion. I u. I never lost my head over the matter, j Next da3" I took the gold and silver and planted them in a direction the opposite of Birmingham. As for the notes and cheques I made them up in a daily paper and boldly (late at night), put them in the Police Office letter box. Situated as I was the gold was absolutely necessary to keep me from a workhouse. I ut the notes and cheques meant "danger" and were more useful to the owner than to me. "In those days I was really very steady. J rarely touched beer or spirits, and the £ 20i' in my hands were worth more to me than ti cy would have been to most men. I had receivt_*<i a fair education and was very smart at ti^un-.s U With my capital virtually untouched i moved to Leeds, and obtained a berth as a I hand in a racing stable. "I learnt many things in that stable,—and after a short time was in a position to lay a tenner or fiver against a horse with no risk whatever. 44 Two more years went by and my 200 odd pounds bad become over £ 1,000. 1 said to myself I will not marry but I will start as a bookmaker's f jackel.' That is to say, I fol- lowed one well-known bookmaker all over the country and copied his slate at every meeting. I All this jwellery and stuff you see about me are part of a bookie's advertisement and not by way of childish ostentation, and I can I honestly say that I am now worth over £50,000 but note one faet in this little story: I remem- bered the name on the restored cheques and offered to pay back the dealer £1,000 for the I "temporary loan." Having subsequently met him and told him the whole history of the I case, he refused to take more than Y,220 plus 5 per cent. "One word more; I had the immense satis- faction of buying up that Sprig of Nobility who struck me, and I hold the Mortgage of every stick and acre he is supposed to own and but for a fair haired and good little wife he possesses, I should long ago have planted him in Queen street. 44 The dealer told me how he had been robbed he said • I had sold a lot of kine and was on the point of going home with my money when a stranger asked me for a drink as I had had a good day I gave him a half-crown to get liquid for us both and he drugged the stuff I had ordered for myself. He followed me out of the place and actually robbed me in the yard of the Hostelry where my dog cart was standing. The police were very slow in the matter and so was the original thief; other- wise he would not have stuck to the high road and culvert.' The man I met in the train is now one of the wealthiest bookmakers in England. What great events from little causes spring I ] have received now and again a letter Ircm A., giving me valuable information. In cie he wrote as follows :— I Dear Sir,—I cannot tell yon tho crrtiin winner of any race, Lut I can, from time to 1 time, inform you that certain horses, bigh up in the betting, are 4 dead !UIlS' and u ill lcill." Such information is equal, as far as money making in skilled hands is concerned, to know- ing a winner. -h-

FROM The Aberystwyth Observer, 1858^ NOVEMBER 27TH. J INQUEST.—On the 20th inst. an inquest was* held in this town, before J. M. Davies, Esq>r_ coroner, and a respectable jury, on view of the body of William Evans, Esq., surgeon, who*' the body of William Evans, Esq., surgeon,. whO" I died suddenly on the previous day. The joryr- after having heard the whole of tho evidences- returned a verdict of "Died from the burstings of a blood vessel." His remains were carried to their last resting place on Thursday last- and were followed to the grave by the niew bers of the St David's Club and those of Independent Order of Oddfellows, of which the deceased was a member. STEAM TO LONDON.—Tho 44 Quarry-Maid steamer, which was lately launched at Aber~ dovey, and is intended to ply between this port and London, is now at Carnarvon ) having her engines fitted up. She is expected to commence trading early in January. ',r ¡ THE NEW TOIPEKANCE CL.UB.- A wectJO" was held on Tuesday evening, at the Hall, to explain the principles and aims of new Temperance Club and Savings' Soc'e^ lately formed in this town. The t»eetiD§> which was most numerously attended, presided ov< r by G. Thomas, Esq., merchant' addresses were delivered in English and Wc's by Messrs J. Bevan, G. Green, J. Wi¡¡jams,. and the Rev Mr Thomas, of Glandwr, Swan&e,1i THE LATE MR MARSHALL. The FUNEMI O Mr Marshall, whose death we notice in 00 obituary of this week, took place yesterday- Shortly after 12 o'clock the procession for Llan badarn, preceded by a mourning co»c» with relatives, followed by tho hearse, taining the corpse, alter which came sevC3 carriages, the St David's Club atteudii'S foot, as did several friends, and others in employ of the deceased. NEWTOWN AND MACHYNLLETH R.UR.W.I*-R^, The ceremony of turning the tiist sod of bf above railway will (his day be performed, the Right Hon. the Countess Vane, in :t near the National School, Machynlleth. the ceremony the company' will return t° Town Hall, whore a cold collation ^un- provided, and the Earl Vane will take chair. We wish the undertaking every Pr< perity, and hope the work will be proscc»«t' with vigour; and when completed it %vl'tr doubt be but a matter of time as to our g°tfc the "iron hjrse to Aberystwyth.

MARRIAGE. w On the 25th insiant, at Llanhadarr-& the Rev J. Pu-h, curate, Mr John Jones hanger, to Mrs Margaret Rowen, both of tBi town. DEATHS. Mf On' the 21,t instant, aged 01 years Charles Marsha! of the Belle Vne }*°^ Al.erystwyth. Of one so well known >0 town, and co the public generally, it vVi' needless to enlarge upon his Io; at the h of an establishment which he had carri^ successfully for many years, with credlC h'tayjU ancl advantage to tll" public

TEACHERS' SALARIES:- n ——. T- The annual gmer.il meeting of head tcaC(jt!0' of Cardiganshire elementary schools waS jj? at Lampeter on Saturday. At a confers# the morning, presided over by r Llanddevvi-brefi, the teachers discos^ new scale of salaries proposed by tlK?*JJV Education Authority. Tho new scale '&■ received with dissatisfaction, and regret also expressed that the scale does not the teachers of n on-provided schools. further hoped that the county anthority0( recognise in a tangible manner the service t the senior heal teachers. In the aiteri'O^^ public meeting was held under tho of Mr H. II. Herring, Liana fan. speaker was Principal Bebb, St.. AJR College. Was it not time, asked thepr' to impress upon children and parents t jjt- porta nee of hygiene? They would r,ot ^jgv' sanatoria if they could get people to rrVp/ij- the importance of this question 'n eo(- Principal Bebb emphasised the itnpor^ gent home influence. Parents, he remarked* their children to school at an age ^vllf"k| b* ought to be in tho nursery. It s'l0ljc] uo^ J brought home to parents that they c°a shirk their responsibilities in t'13 i| Addresses were also delivered by Roberts, Chairman of the Educat'051 vCn? mittee; Captain W. Davies, Llwynrby". jj0f- Mr David Samuel, M.A., Abervstwyth i' r^f Evan Evans, Lampeter; and Mr Jones.

PEN PARKE. „^V OIJSTCARV. — It is uiih regret that or; PEN PARKE. „^V OIJSTCARV. — It is uiih regret that or; 'o record the death, wiiich took p'ac0,f'aj1;1r''3r Sunday morning, of Mrs Sarah ,u0 Tanylog, Rhyd.vfelin, and widow Mr Morgan itichards, (Jwarfel"1* d censed, who was eighty years of the daughter of the lite i\lr and Mi"3 F' f)1Vips, Liechwedd, and mother of pierce. i (-Iia rds, 13 A., C, w-,i i-fel i n, iNI i-s Ajo rri.,4, f,!eciiwe(-t(l, and mt)tlier .I!lcslie, field, and Mrs Rowlands, (Ju-inwyl0#* sgc' eontracted a severe cold some W' which developed into bronchitis. ° siP1''J only been eon lined to her bed for a up to that time she was very eheerfB^pCtf< f deceased v.as well-known and highly »'e&F by all that came in contact with l,er. remains will 110 interred on Thursday t I badarn churchyard, leaving the hOus o'clock.

LAMPETER. f CENTENARY SERVICES—The CEOT^ the We?leyan Conneximi at Lampfc1 Llandyssil is being celebrated this ^rJlp' special services were commenced on Sunday, the preachers be.n~ 0 1^ Hugh Hughes, of YstaU'era, and 1 j Evan Isaac, of MaehynlL-th. I

1r'J TARIFF REFORM NOTES. j PICHARD COBDEN'S P5WHETY.. ] Mr J. M. Robertson, M.P., recently stated that CobJen never predicted, as an iae-vitable result of our adoption of free trade, that other j nations would also adopt it. Mr Asquitb, too, at the Colonial Couftsrenee-, demed that free I trade was put forward by Mr Cobden with a f view of getting universal tree trade tfarongb- oat the wo rid. Two quotations from Mr ) Cobclea which oa:»'it to be perfectly well known to these gentlemen, will dispose of their .1 mis-statements. Speaking at Manchester on January 15th, 1813. Cob-den. saii :—" I believe that if you abolish theOor» Low hon»;stlv, and f adopt free trade in its simplicity, Jhere will not be a tariff in Europe that will not be I changed in less than live years to foUow yonr .e-x:tm¡Ji0." Again in a letter to his iriend, Mr Lindsay. then M.P. for Shields, dated May f 18th, 1857, ho said:—" There is »x> »ece<sitv for fighting for markets anywhere*. We have more trade than we know what to do withy and l if we will only give lime (which we nan well ) aSord to do) every other nation will follow our t example." These quotations sufficiently show ¡ Mr Cobdon's belief as to the results. of free trade, but wo have little hope* tUni JRobertsou will refrain fi*o»n repeating bis assertion at the first opportunity. RAW MATERIALS TO BS TAXED. j Mr Asquith insists that under any.systens of f Colonial preference raw materials would have | to be taxed bnt the repiy to this was given by | Mr Deakin at the Imperial Conference. lie jj said Tho question of preference comes- in i ')illy after you have considered yorar o»vn j uterests, your own social system, your own i iuaneial system, your own industrial system, I and whatever else yoa think iVt to lake into | account. On this matter we have BO dogmas j our own method is to study industry anil its i needs, or each kind of production, in a t business light, and to see how far it hlikdy to p.iy the country to foster si or to ignore it. Just in the degree that we deem it 10 00 a j good business proposition. we undertake with- I iOat fear the experiment of fiscally assisting it. i If it appears to us an unattractive business | proposition, we let it alone. Ws a re bound by no shibboleths we simply, to the Lest of onr j •ability, deai with onr duties as a merchant j deals with his own business ia his | interest." )

AMERICA'S TRADE WITH GERM ANY. It is frequently aJlegol by free traders that i the tendency of a high tariff is to diminish imports. This, however, is n -t borne ont by the experience of protected countries, feme figures aro just to hand, compiled by the Bureau of Statistics at Washington, showing the total commerce of the United States with ¡ Oermany ia JuJy, 11307, and comparing it with -that of previous years. They are as follows re- Imports fro aa Exports to Gararvjy. G-_>rinaay. July, IX>i £ ars. Dollars. 19CH 8,162,SSI 8,535,603 1905 1O,HB.7n 11,9-59,818 190-3 11.082.6SS -H)J7 ,TT W 14,873,857 LOUCDIOII J Ifew, thm-, &?e t.va Mzhly ptotectei j eountriea "dohig a larger and d witheaei1 other. Tina entirely tears <Ju;. the argument of tsiriiT rofoi'raars that a. scientiSe 1 tariS stimulates instead of retards trade. It enables a country to eaconragp. by of preferential treatment, tho ion of í goods which do not cater into eoinpetitivm with f her horae industries, and gives her a bargain- ing power by which slio can make- coniuiereial treaties with other protcicted uutioas, to the advantage of both. Any readers desiring information upon the quostioii of Tari3 Reform should write Henry JiOugstad Secretary, 8. Wales. J

THE: MAUTiETAKIA. Tim Cunard Conrpfiny's oill ?al cr, ¡ •re.?»»rJ}ng the voya^nf the M,ioret?jn/.i is as follows Passage, i> days, 5 hoars. I^-minotes. } D iy run, to noon on Sunday, 31; Monday,. "571; Tuesday. 4 »4 Wednesd >y, 5(?'> Thurs- day, 624 to :»J»'3 Friday, 523—total, 2,78% average speed, 22 21.

? ABERYSTWYTH BOARD OF L GUARDIANS. Too fortnightly meeting of this Board was i held on MoHrJay, when ti,w,re Nri-ire present Mr I -lid Jones, 1 Janyehasari), ebairsaan, the lie v. Nathaniel Thomas, vice-f^irnsan, lie v. T. A. Panry. Mrs JaiM> James, AIrs J. T. Da vies, Mrs 1<:Ir¡ws. Cap*. Fosselt liobcrts» Mess-rs B. ;F>. Morgan,, iklwia Wtyj. Thoums, W. T. Ijewis, David Joses, SJandadarn Lower, I ? John iiicbard% David Jasnes, Isaac Jones, T. i Jao»C3, hevii^ Bicbards, U. J. Lewis, Juhn Davies and. WSD. Jones with Messrs Hugh ;• Moghes, clerk, E, Lifw&lli», assistant clerk, Wm. Jones, master, Thomas Vaoghan, J. J. ITugaes a ad- Thomas Morgan, relieving officers. E MASTE!?:3 RJBPQJUT. The Master rej>ort-ed that there were 47 inoiates in t'?«? i loo so agaiusst 51 in the cor- responding p- siod of last year. The number of vagrants relieved was 11 against 52 cor- responding period,. Jobn Ward a casual pauper was sent to prig«*> lor fourteen days, lor refssing to perform his task of wick, Henry Berk also a casnnl paapcr, was brought before the magistrates with wilfelly damaging a wintfuw iai the Ilonse and was discharged oa pms?iwag to leave the town. Parcels of litesa-fcise for the- inmates aiM?, were received from the Kev. 11. J. Reeg" M.A^ and Mr T. B. Gr erso: and a wte- of thanks were accorded them for their kind^iss. The Master reminded he Roald of the aonuali Clsyistmas treat to the inmates'.—ffee Kev. T. A. Ffesjj-y proposed Ih/t they should grant an extra Is. each to the adolts and sixpence ta the children, and this ,v-is agreed to. SOT7SB: COMMITTEE, .TT The report, of tiki House Couunittee wi. presented by the Yice-chairetan which resets meiidcd Ifeat the time adinitling vagrants iilc the Caspar wards b& esiended.— Tne Vice- chiirman said that the present time was seven o'clock, and the-y considered that this was too It was deeided. to extend the time until half-past sovea o'ciotS' OUT-BELIEF. Tile oat-relief psid daring the past fortnight was as follows :—Mr Tiiicxmts Ynughan A:61 12s. 4d. to 212 panpera, nod a decrease on the corresponding period last- year hf 3s. 8d., and a decrease of 12 paupers, Mr J. J. Hughes, £ 13 os. to 128 panpers a deerea.v«of £ 4 7s? (Id., and a decrease of 8 paapeys, Mr Thomas Morgan! i^50 os. to 113 panpers, and an inci-ease of iS Is. ::fd'J us<i nm increase of 3.

CARMARTHEN ASYLUM. COMMITTEE'S DECISION. A special iBaeetlsag. of the Committee of Visitors to the Jo £ »t Coi4»ties Asylum at Car- martheu was lield on Thursday, the iiev. John Williams, Cardigan, presiding, to discuss the annual report ot the Commissioners of Lunacy, the main clauses of which have ajjpeared in the-e columns. It will be recalled that the Commissioners called attention to the fact that nothifig had bctn done to give effect to recommendations made by members of the Board above, in<-ludii»g "the treatment of sewage, tho provision of additional exits in case of Are. and the reconstruction and equip- ment of the laundry. The Commissioners declared that The alleged reason for continuing to ignore the necessity ior these obvious requirements was the deplorable disagree- ment between the several local authorities in union, resulting in danger and discomfort to the patients. The asylum is at present overcrowded there being no prospect. owing to the disagreement above referred to, of providing additional accommodation. In view of this fact it is not improbable that our Board will, at Ro. distant date, have to consider the question of reporting to the Secretary of State that the several local authorities concerned have failed to provide adequate asylum accommodation. The Commissioners regretted that there was now only one assistant medical ollicer, although £ the number of patients had increased. It was hoped no time would be lost in bringing the medical stall back to its original and neces- sary strength. On a division it was decided to exclude the Press. After the com nit tee had deliberated three hours with closed doors, the Press were in- formed that the results of the discussion were of a highly satisfactory character. Tho report of the Liirriey Commissioners having been considered, Professor Jones pro- posed, Dr Gritlith seconded, and it was carried unanimously—tl Thit the members ot this com- mittee present nt this meeting, having failed to agree to an arbitrator, recommend to (heir respective counties a reference to arbitration of all points in difference, and to ask for the appointment of an arbitrator by the Local Government Board it being also agreed that no counsel or solicitor shall be engaged, but that each Council shall be represented by their own clerk and any ot their members, and each county shall pay an equal share of the total costs of the three counties in the reference." Mr H, C. Fryer, the former clerk of the Cardi- ganshire County Council, is to be allowed to attend the inquiry, the County Councils to be asked to call a special meeting as soon as possible to give effect to the above resoiu- tion." The medical superintendent (Dr. John Richards) presented an exhaustive report upon the available means of Ore extinction at the asylum, with recommendations for improve- ments. The report was partly based upon a report by the previous medical superintendent (Dr. Goodall, the present medical superinten- dent of Carditl City Hospital for Mental Diseases). It appeared that the water supply 10 ;oi)sisfced of V. :1b and spring, leading to a reservoir av Ju'uV Well Qe 1.2 000 ga'Ioas capa- city, the pumping- app>;r.» £ ui eoajprfeiiijjf a j steam and gas engine delivering 4,000 gallons an hour at the ground lerel or the main build- ing. Pumping was carried on at a, site some 400 yards distant, from the main building. The church an mortuary had no water piping for lire extinction, neither h?d the lodge (the en- gineer's residence) nor the farm huildings. There was a regular fire brigade composed of employoes, with whom certain patients drilled The medical superintendent said the available water was used for domestic requirements ai., soon as it was pumped up. With theexception of the storage in the towers at night (12,000 gallons when all tanks were full at 6 p.m., bnt not at that figure throughout the night) there was no storage for Ure. The Medical Superintendent recommended, among other things (1), the provision of an underground leservoir for water-storage of brick and cement, about 70ft. by 29ft. by 14ft. to hold 1;)D,000 gallons; (2), the desirability of connecting the Asylum lire-main with the new water system of the town, with the object of augmenting the supply of water in the event of tire, to cover the contingency of exhaustion of the Asylum supply (2) the construction of:;11 additional reservoir (to hold 20.000 to 30,000 gallons), in connection with Job's We! as at present many thousand gallons of water are allowed to oversow, especially during the winter months the replacing of the water by a main 5in. diameter, and connected with four or live ground-hydrants for immediate service (4), pending the erection of the new laundry boiler-house, the securing of the loan of a portable steam (it-o-oligiiie cai of discharging 100 gallons per minute, and several recommendations for extra exits. As regarded the fire alarm system it was obvious that the present method was too slow, and apt to lead to confusion. As the electric lire alarm system was the only efficient one for an institution of this kind, that must be recommended. Tho approximate cost of I installing this system would be £:20{),. When the laundry boiler-house was ready the steam hooter could be moved from Job's Well to the main building, v.here at present the pressure of steam was insufficient to work it. It was very desirable that a fireproof room and safe should be provided as near as could be to the asylum clerk's office, for keeping valuable documents, at present not safeguarded from fire. The committee empowered Dr. Richards, with the engineer, to procure fire escapes. The Mayor of Aberystwyth, proposed, and Mr Robinson, Boneath, seconded, and it was agreed that the medical superintendent and engineer be authorised to prepare plans and specifications as to the drainage, laundry, and other matters, in order to comply with the recommendations and directions of the Lunacy Commissioners, and that the clerk be directed to prepare a return showing the Dumber of patients in the asylum from each county since tue last agreement, with a view to showing on that basis the quota payable by each county. These returns are to be presented to the committee at the January meeting. The consideration of the appointment of a second assistant medical officer was deferred until January.

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