Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not told ourselves responsible for the opinions of our c MTdspondents.—Ed. £ 200 GIFTS TO CHARITIES. To the.Editor of the" Llangollen Advertiser." Dear sir,—It will help some worthy charity in Wales to gain a donation of J650 if you will allow ma to tell your readers that they have the opportunity of recom- mending a Welsh hospital, orphanage, mission or other recognised philanthropic work in which they may be interested, for participation in the sum of £200 to be given by the proprietors of The Gentle- woman." They prefer to take the opinion of those who support the charities to making selections of their own, and I shall be pleased to send, free per post, particulars of how to proceed, to any of your readers. I hesitate to encroach on your space by including details in this letter, but I shall be under an obligation if you will print it in an early issue of your valuable paper, and, I am, sir, yours faithfully, J. S. WOOD, Editor of "The Gentlewoman." Arundel.street, London, W.C., 4th October, 1895.

Choice Dulcemona Tea-Invigorating. Choice Dulcemona Tea-In Packets and Tins only. At is. 6d. to 3s. per lb. of all First-class Grocers. Sold by D. Griffiths, The Stores, 5, Church St., Llangollen. Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, was captured by the French on the 27th ult. Mr. Henry Taylor, town-clerk of Flint, has been appointed registrar of the Mold and Flint County Courts, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Geo. Boydell. Gold mining is extending in Wales. Two new mines have been opened, one at Manod, and the other at Llechwedd Ddeilog, about five miles from Festiniog, and promising results are said to have followed the examination of the ground of three farms at Trawsfynydd. The Rev. Griffith John, writing from China to the Christian World, says he hopes to take a run home before long, perhaps next year. He rejoices that he is in China now in a time of trouble, and he says there can be no doubt the Schuan riots can be traced to official influence. The inaugural address of the session of the University College of North Wales was delivered on Tuesday by Mr. Lewis Jones, M.A., on George Borrow." Principal Reichel, M.A., presided, and the ceremony took place in the new hall designed by Mr. Richard Davies. The Barmouth District Council have taken an excell- ent step in opening communication with Llangelynin Parish Council so that all public paths of the district may be properly defined, the path from Arthog to Cader Idris being specially mentioned, and notice boards are to be erected for the convenience of visitors. A novel harvest thanksgiving has been held at Folkestone by the toilers of the deep," who placed lines and nets from wall to wall, hung freshly-drawn fish of every description-none were cooked or salted, but just as caught in the sea—cod, plaice, mackerel, soles, eels, conger, lobsters, crabs, herrings, whittings, gurnets, oysters, &c., &c. This beautiful expression of the poor fishermen's gratitude has an eloquent significance. Cadbuky's Cocoa is entirely free from alkalies, which give a false appearance of strength by producing a dark colour, The Editor of Braithwaite's Retrospect of Medicine writes in reference to Cadbury's Cocoa: "Of absolute purity and freen dom from alkali; may be prescribed without hesitation, with the certainty of obtaining uniform and gratifying results." Cadbury's Cocoa is absolutely pure, therefore 'best. The Medical Annual says: The name I Cadbury' on any packet of Cocoa is a guarantee of purity."

v THIS AND THAT. w 1 There is a considerable falling off in the number of Irishmen this term in Cambridge. The High Sheriff of Merionethshire (Mr. Taylor) on Tuesday night gave a county ball at Dolgelley. Mrs. Gladstone opened a sale of work in Chester yesterday week in aid of the distressed Armenians. Mr. T. E. Morris, an assistant Charity Commissioner, continued his inquiries into the Anglesey charities on Tuesday. Detective Osborne, who was so badly injured in the murderous affray at Wigan, has been twice stationed at Holyhead. The Swansea carpenters and joiners are still on strike. The stoppage of work has already cost the men over £3000. Mr. W. Edwards, Tirebuck, the novelist, belongs to an old Denbighshire family. His latest work is entitled "Miss Grace of All Souls." Mr. Wilfrid Jones, R.A.M., the Wrexham School of Music, attended the Ruabon Grammar School for the first time as musical instructor on Saturday. At the Liverpool Police Court, on Friday, three youths were committed to the assizes for trial on a charge of assaulting and robbing a'lady cyclist of £8. Mr. David Jones, grocer, of Golffyn, has now on view some fine samples of "magnums" grown in his private garden. A sample of six turned the scale at» }lbs. An exceedingly large wild strawberry was picked up on the side of the Glyn mountain, near Llangollen, on Tuesday-another proof of the abnormal weather we recently experienced. The first monthly part of a new work, Illustrated British Balads," has just been issued by Messrs. Cassells and Co. The ballad are old and new, and will be illustrated with 300 original drawings. On Saturday evening, Samuel Hawkins, a patient in the Ty'nycoed Convalescent Home, Llanduduo, whilst at Dr. Dalton's surgery for a prescription, fell down and expired whilst the doctor was getting it ready. Dr. Abraham Thomas, medical officer of health, informs us that Saturday, September 28th, was the hottest day of the year, with 84:4 in the shade, the next highest being the 9th with 84-3, and the 23rd with 81-6. It is good news that Mr. Owen M. Edwards has completed the first volume of his History of Wales," which will be ready next week for candidates who may desire to take the subject in the examinations of the- Welsh University. The Cyclists' Carnival at Wrexham on Friday, for the benefit of the Infirmary, was a great success, and realised over i860. A melancholy incident occurred in the evening. One of the bandsmen was taken ill and died on his arrival at home.. George Currie, a Liverpool clerk resident at Birk- dale, was yesterday week ordered to pay nearly £ 20, or go to jail for three months, for evading the payment of excess fares, totalling 10Jd., on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. An excellent second crop of strawberries has been gathered at Plasybryn, Bontnewydd, near Carnarvon. Several dishes were gathered every day from the 17th September up to the end of the month, and some of the berries were oj inches in circumference. Mr. Philip Thomas, the foreman of Messrs. Jones and Roberts, Oswestry, has secured first and second prizes in two of the several working competitions at the International Bakers' and Confectioners' Ex- hibition, held at the Agricultural Hall, London, last week. The personal estate of the late Mr. John Hughes, of the firm of Peel, Hughes, and Co., a former Mayor of Liverpool, amounts to i!96,930. Handsome bequests are made to a number of Liverpool charitable institutions and three paintings are given to the permanent collection. The dead body of Mr. Charles James Fay, ex-M.P. for the county Cavan, has been found in a river near the residence of his brother, Mr. J. Henry Fay, Tullyvin, Cavan. The deceased was a solicitor, and until a few years ago practised his profession in Dublin. How the deceased got into the river it is a mystery. The Guardians of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union at their meeting last week decided, on the motion of Mr. Hugh Thomas, seconded by Mr. W. Edwards, to adopt what is known as the "ticket system," in restricting the growth of vagrancy. This was one of the courses recommended by the Llandudno Poor-law Conference. v The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dean Farrar, commences a new and eloquent story, "Darkness and Dawn," in this week's Great Thoughts, and the Rev. Uriah R. Thomas, of Bristol, son of the late venerable Welsh author, and chairman of the Congregational Union, Dr. David Thomas, contributes a capital paper upon "Amusements." On Tuesday, what might have been a fatal accident was prevented by the plucky conduct of Mrs. Jane Jones, Nantglyn. A child, belonging to Mr. Price Jones, was playing in the village street when a trap descended the hill and the child ran right into the wheel. Mrs. Jones, who was standing near, rushed forward and rescued the little one from death, the child's hand only was caught by the wheel and badly crusnea. On Saturday an interesting shooting competition took place at the Wilderness, Gwersyllt, when the Wrexham District Collieries Challenge Cup, pre- sented by the colliery proprietors for competition by teams of eight meu each from the local collieries, was shot for, Brynmally securing the trophy. The cup, a very handsomely chased one, mounted on an ebony plinth, was supplied by Mr. W. Martin, silversmith, of Hope-street, Wrexham. Dr. Williams, of Flint, attended the National Temperance Congress at Chester on Wednesday, and spoke on the question of temperance from a medical point of view. He remarked that the difficulty of country practitioners was that patients were eager to take stimulants, and if one doctor would not prescribe them they would call in another who would. He regretted to see that among women the habit of drinking was on the increase. It is stated that although nothing has been definitely settled as to Mr. Gladstone's movements in the winter, he will probably spend a portion of the cold season in the South of Europe, either in Italy or in the Riviera. While he is no longer able to travelthe long distances he used to do, he is full of physical and intellectual vigour. His labour in connection with the new edition of Bishop Butler is nearly completed, and the work will appear in the latter part of the autumn. The Cambridge University has lost during the year, among its professors, Sir John Seeley, Dr. Cayley, Professor Babington (the celebrated archaeologist, botanist, and naturalist, as well as a great philanthropist), also Sir Thomas Wade, the diplomatist and soldier, whose highest ambition was to devote his unique knowledge of China to the service of the University. Dr. Phear has resigned the mastership of Emmanuel College through failing health. One of the most remarkable accidents occurred at Sutton Bridge on Friday. Eliza Ireland, four years old, daughter of a labourer, while looking through the railway gates put her head between the hinges of one gate and the post. The gates were closed from the signal box, the child's head was jammed in a space of five inches and remaind so till discovered by an official. The child was apparently dead and terribly crushed. Dr. Wellington attended and restored consciousness, and the poor child is expected to srecover. The Drych-the organ of the Welsh in the United States-announces the death of the well-known Welsh bard Dewi Glan Dulas (Mr. D. W. Morris), which took place at West Pawlet, Vermont, on the 5th of September, in his 42nd.year. Mr. Morris, who was a native of Beddgelert, resided for many years at Corris, Merionethshire, previous to his departure for America, about 14 years since. He won several bardic prizes at local, provincial, and national eistedd- fodau in this country, and he also won three bardic chairs at Welsh American Eisteddfodau, He was on a visit to this country last year, and was present at the Carnarvon National Eisteddfod. A meeting of the employes of the North Wales Paper Co., Limited, Oakenholt, was held on Monday evening last, in the large salle, the occasion being to present Mr. William Alletson with a set of silver entree dishes, on the occasion of his marriage, which took place at Birmingham on Wednesday, the 2nd inst. Mr. Dalrymple, who superintended the sub- scription list, complimented Mr. Alletson on his forthcoming marriage, and in his remarks he said that he had known Mr. Alletson for the last six or seven years, and had found him to be an honest, upright man of business, and he was always willing to do anything in his power for any of his fellow- workmen at Oakenholt.

MR. YOXALL, M.P., AT LLANGOLLEN. A numerously-attended meeting of the Elemen- tary School Teachers, chiefly from the Wrexham and Llangollen districts, with representatives from the Bala, Mold, Oswestry, and Newtown districtp, was held at the Llangollen Board Schools on Monday, Sept. 28th. The chair was taken at 2 30 p.m. by Mr. R. Humphreys, National Schools, Carrog, president of the Llangollen and District Teachers' Association. The president, in his opening remarks, expressed his pleasure at seeing so many teachers present, and especially such a number from the Wrexham district. It was most important that teachers should meet together not only for protection, but also to exchange experiences and to keep in touch with the work of the schools. At the present time there were very important educational questions before the country, and it was the duty of teachers to give every assistance in their power to settle those questions in such a way as to further the cause of education, and benefit the children placed. under their charge. Finally, he welcomed their distinguished visitor, Mr. Yoxall, M.P., who was well known to the educational world. (Cheers.) As General Secretary to the National Union of Teachers, Mr. Yoxall had, through his organising powers, increased the membership of the union very greatly, so that it is now a power in the country, and is looked up to in high quarters for assistance and advice. It was a compliment to their union and to the general body of teachers in the country to find that Mr. Yoxall was lately appointed to represent the Education Department of this country at an important educational conference in France, which was presided over by the French Minister of Education, while the vice-chair was entrusted to Mr. Yoxall. (Cheers.) He heartily congratulated him in the name of that meeting on all the honours poured upon him, and they felt proud to have him present amongst them that day. (Cheers.) The president then called upon Mr. Yoxall to address the meeting. Mr. Yoxall, on rising, was received with great enthusiasm, and in a most able and interesting speech, which lasted for an hour and a half, he said that the union that day was better able to make itself heard in the cause of education than ever before. He referred to the presence of Mr. Ernest Gray and himself as members of the House of Commons. Teachers were so scattered over the constituencies that they could not possibly return a representative to Parliament without the support of one of the great parties in the State, and thus Mr. Gray had been returned to Parliament by the help of his Conservative friends in West Ham, while his (Mr. Yoxall's) Liberal friends in West Nottingham had been good enough to return him to Parliament as their representative. It was true that they were honourably bound to their constituents, and were pledged to their different parties, but in the cause of education, which would have their chief attention, they were on a common platform, and would no doubt be able to bring their experience to bear on educational questions to the help of the House and to the advantage of education. (Cheers.) It was most fortunate that teachers had two representatives, and those sitting one on each side of the House, as now. When the statements of one were supported by the other on the opposite side, those statements would be considered by the House without any party bias. Coming to the teachers' work, one of the most important questions concerning them was that of intermittent inspection. Many teachers looked upon the question with grave doubts, and considered themselves more than ever in the hands of the inspector. There was much truth in that assertion, but they ought to bear in mind that a great change had taken place in the manner in which the inspection of our schools was now carried on. The speaker gave several amusing instances of the way some old inspectors used to carry on their work, but all that was past, and the inspectorate for the most part included men well worthy of the confidence reposed in them by the Department. There must be some means of testing the work done in the schools, for when the State spent such large sums of money, it would naturally require some guarantee that the money was properly spent; but whether the best guarantee was the inspector's report was a doubtful question. He favoured the examination of older schools by a corporate body of teachers, or others in touch of the work, such as the N.U.T. Executive, on the same lines as the Oxford and Cambridge examining bodies. In fact, the N.U.T. had already instituted such a body, and were ready to undertake the re-examinatron of a school in cases of doubt as to the fairness of the Government examination. The speaker next referred to the question of Teachers' Superannuation, and said that that was a settled question, as both sides of the House were in full sympathy with the object. Dealing with the burning question of the day, Mr. Yoxall declared himself in favour of farther aid to schools, but with reservation that this additional aid would mean a better guarantee that the money so voted was spent wholly in the cause of education, to improve school-buildings, to provide better appliances, and to give better pay to teachers —(cheers)—and this guarantee would mean better representation on school committees, and tne submitting of all school accounts to public audit. The speaker severely criticised the Archbishop's Scheme, and debated in favour of that drawn out by the N.U.T. Executive. Finally, Mr. Yoxall appealed to any teachers present who were not members of the union to join the ranks without delay, not that the union needed their assistance, as they were nearly 30,000 strong and well able to carry out the work, but they wished to be of use to all the teachers in the country. The terms of admission were becoming more stringent year by year, as the privileges they were able to extend to the members were more valuable. The honourable gentleman sat down amidst great cheering. Mr. Rees, Glyn, proposed, and Mr. Dodd, Wrex- ham, seconded, a most cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Yoxall for his speech, which was enthusiastically carried and responded to. Afterwards Miss Beynon, Llangollen, proposed, and Mr. Hunt, Glyn, seconded, a vote of thanks to the Wrexham teachers for the valuable help rendered by them to the Llangollen Association in making that meeting such a success, and a fitting welcome to Mr. Yoxall on his first official public visit to North Wales. This was carried, and then the company adjourned to another room, where refreshments were provided, under the superintendence of Mr. T. M. Rowlands. The success of the meeting was largely due to the endeavours of the secretary of the Llangollen Association, Mr. Lewis, Board School.

—♦ Last week, Mrs. Evans, Voel Cilkin, drove to visit her parents, accompanied by three children. On returning home she missed her way near Nantglyn, and whilst turning, the horse overbacked, and the car with its four occupants fell down the embankment into the river. One child was injured, and the four persons were rescued with much difficulty, at the risk of his life, by P.C. Williams, Nantglyn. The con- veyance and horse were slightly injured. The fall was about thirteen feet. On Wednesday, at Shotwiok Parish Church, Cheshire, the marriage took place of Mr. J. Rowden Freme, of Wepre Hall, Connah's Quay, and Miss Eva Samuel, third daughter of Mr. Thomas Samuel, Bank- hall, Shotwick. The villages of Shotwick and Wood- bank were en fete for the occasion, and the church was crowded. The Rev. Griffith Jones, M.A., assisted by the Rev. the Hon. C. F. Cross, officiated. Mr. Wisden Broadwater was the best man, and the brides- maids were Miss Samuel, Miss Gwen Samuel, and Miss K. Gills. The bride's dress was of white duchesse satin, and she wore a diamond star. After the wedding a reception was held at Bankhall, the guests numbering about 80. The newly-married couple subsequently left for London, en route to the south of France, where the honeymoon will be spent

"HERE AND THERE.' Louis Pasteur, the great scientist, died on the 28th of September. He was born on December 27th, 1822, at Dole, in the department of Jura. He studied at the College at Arbois. and thence proceeded to Besaneon, and thence to the Ecole Normale and the Sorbonne in Paris. After com- pleting his preparatory studies he held various academic positions at Strasburg, Lille, and Paris, where in 1867 he became professor of chemistry at the Sorbonne. Since 1886 the centre of his work had been at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Pasteur's first original scientific work was an inquiry into the polarisation of light. In 1877 he began the study of virus, and in 1881 he turned his attention to hydrophobia. By his discoveries with regard to this disease, he must be regarded as a benefactor of the human race for the fact is daily becoming clearer that there IS a cure for hydrophobia, and that Pasteur has found it. In achieving this he has lifted a pall from the imagi- nations of mankind. Pasteur's career was one of self-sacrificing toil. and he left the great family of man better than if his life had never been lived. The most eloquent tribute ever paid to his genius was that uttered by Dr. Darennberg:—" This illustrious chemist, who is not a physician, has been more of a physician, more of a healer than all the physicians of his century." Mr. George Saintsbury, M.A., the newly elected professor of rhetoric and English literature in the University of Edinburgh, is to edit a new "series," to be called "Periods of European Literature." There will be twelve volumes, and it is already decided that the first half of the 19th century will be dealt with by Mr. H. D. Traill. editor of u Social England," and the second half by Professor Saintsbury. Mr. Oliver Elton will take the Augustan age, and the following, inter alios, will be contributors :-Prof. W. P. Ker, Prof. W. A. Raleigh, Messrs. W. H. Pollock, and David Hannay. Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton announce "The God-man by Principal Edwards The Days of Auld Lang Syne" by Ian Maclaren "St. Paul, the Traveller" by Prof. Ramsay; "The Books of the Twelve Prophets" by Dr. George Adam Smith: and "The Epistle of James" by the late Dr. R. W. Dale. We congratulate Mr. Owen Edwards upon the fourth number of Y Lienor." The contributions are excellent, and we would recommend our young people to pay particular attention to them, and to the following in particular:—" The Gems of English Literature," John Calvin," and "The Fall of Llywelyn." They are most suggestive, 119 and are written in racy and idiomatic Welsh. The magazine should have a wide circulation, and be a powerful instrument "i godi'r hen wlad yn ei hoi." The Cambridge University Press has just issued The Ancient Boeohans by Prof. Rhys Roberts of Bangor University College. It will prove a useful volume to university students, and to all who wish to keep their minds free from prejudice in judging the different types of Hellenic life and character.

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The room, recently occupied by the Baptists, as a mission room, has been placed by Messrs. Hughes and Lancaster, of the Acrefair Engineering Works, at the disposal of their workmen at a nominal rent. The men, who fully appreciate the kindness of their employers, at once took the matter up, and having held a preliminary meeting, they appointed the following officers and committee to carry out arrangements for the formation of a library and reading room in connection with the works:— Joint presidents, Messrs. Hughes and Lancaster treasurer, Mr. Morris cashier and secretary, Mr. T. Sturgeon, and the following committee :—Messrs. Halaton, F. Williams, Wilbraham, J. W. Williams, Simpson, Errington, Roiley, and Lloyd. The committee decided to purchase some of the fixtures at the Old Mission Room, and on Wednesday evening week a smoking concert was given to inaugurate the institution, when there was a large attendance. At Ruthin Petty Sessions on Monday, Arthur and Jane Roberts, man and wife, living at Crispin's yard, Ruthin, were charged with neglecting their four children. Inspector Rowlands, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said that the defendants had repeatedly been warned. The house was in a deplorable, filthy condition, without furniture, and the clothing and bodies of the children were also very dirty and vermin-covered. Sergeant Edward Roberts said the father was fairly sober and worked at his occupation-that of a hawker-regularly, he being a cripple. But the mother was often drunk, and she spent the money she received in getting drink. The bench sent the woman to prison for three months with hard labour, and discharged the male defendant with a caution. --+-- Professor Herkomer, notwithstanding the shock he received at the Art Exhibition held in connection with the National Eisteddfod at Llanelly, does not (says the Welsh correspondent of the Mercury) altogether despair of the future of Welsh art. Speaking a day or two ago at the opening of the eighth exhibition of the Cardiff Art Society, he pointed out that with right teachers and right methods of teaching Wales might yet bring an equally notable influence with Scotland to bear upon British art. The professor's cry for the establishment of art schools, municipally or privately supported, free from such vicious methods as payments by results, and free from the soul- deadening methods of teaching that drive English students aboard to study, is by no means anew cry. Years ago Colonel Cornwallis West and other enthusiastic amateurs raised it and preached it in connection with the so-called fine art exhibitions of successive Eisteddfodau. It is to be hoped that this new pronouncement by so distinguished an authority as Professor Herkomer will rouse Wales to a sense of its need. At Llanelly the Gorsedd ceremonies greatly impressed the great Bavarian painter. Dissatisfied with the inartistic get up of Hwfa Mon, who officiated as Archdruid, the professor undertook to provide a suitable dress with appropriate ornaments. The members of the Cardiff Society were gratified with a sight of the oak-leaved crown and the golden breastplate which form part of the druidic costume. Judging from a rough illustration of the latter, one would say that the style of the ornamentation is distinctly Irish. The Ark of Safety Lodge of 1. 0. G. T. held their session in the English Wesleyan Schoolroom, Acrefair, on Thursday evening, the 3rd inst. After the lodge business the programme of the evening was gone through, viz., Sisters' Surprise Night," Sisters James, G. V. T., and Foalstone being respon- sible. The grand surprise was followed by a selection on the bells by Brother Foalstone; recitations, G. V. T., Sister Williams, Newbridge, and Brother Jordan, Vron; song, "Rest in the Lord," Sister Foalstone. A vote of thanks brought a very enjoyable evening to a close. The above lodge meets every Thursday evening, at 730 p.m. All are heartily invited to join. 1 Sir Horatio Lloyd gave judgment at the Rhy County Court, on Monday, in an action by Miss Cormack, a governess, to recover £ 50 damages from Misses Trousdell, of Blencathra Ladies' School, Rhyl, for wrongful dismissal. He said it was a very disagreeable case to decide. On the one hand they had a lady who had earned her livelihood as a teacher, apparently with credit to herself, and on the other hand they had the defendants, proprie- toresses of a ladies' school of repute, and in which, so far as he could gather, no such contre-temps as this had ever occurred. It was very unfortunate that such a misunderstanding should have taken place, because actions of this kind unfortunately did some sort of injury to the parties concerned. He did think that, having regard to the friendless and unprotected position of the plaintiff, she had been deserving of a little more considerate treat- ment at the hands of the defendants but on the strict reading of the law he was bound to enter judgment for the defendants. As a comment on what he had already said he should not make any order as to costs, and, moreover, allowed the plaintiffs to take out of court the £ i that the defendants had paid into court. Under the nom de plume of "Holywell" a cor- respondent writes to last week's Catholic Times as follows:—"Every week, your paper reports new favours through St. Winefride's intercession. We are grateful to the dear saint, no doubt, but why should our gratitude be confined to interior acts ? The thank-offerings which are sometimes made generally go to enrich other parishes, whilst the virgin martyr's shrine is neglected. Why should not these gifts be devoted to the erection of a goodly temple on Holywell's hill? Faith in the dear saint's power is far from dead, as witness the increasing number of pilgrims, but as yet there is no chapel accommodation for them. The time has come for us to make reparation for our indiffer- ence to the martyr's claims on us. Then, let us build a church to her honour, but let it be of such magnitude that it will be, as the momastic churches of old, a sermon in stones. A building of 500 ft. long and proportionately wide would not be too ample for the growing needs of the visitors. We, in our generation, could tackle half of the building, say 250 ft. The ground should be pro- cured now for the whole undertaking, for our grandchildren might be unable to buy it at any cost. If you would kindly open your columns for subscriptions to this end, I will send P.O. for Is., to be renewed annually till the shell is complete. I am sure there are thousands of St. Winefride's clients anxious to do as much." 1 On Wednesday last the first of a series of smoking concerts, under the auspices of the Collen Vale F.C.C., was held in the Constitutional Club Room. Mr. H. Ninnis presided over a large audience, who showed unmistakable appreciation of the musical provision which had been made for the evening's amusement. The special engagement of Brother Micks, whose. inimitable performance seemed to give such universal satisfaction, fully justified the promoters in their selection, and we are pleased to know that these world-renowned duetists have arranged to appear again during the series. The following among other local favourites took part in the programme Messrs. W. H. Jones W. Edwards, H. Davies, John Roberts, Ivor Rowlands, Wynne Morris, George Thomas, Dakin. The tobacco, &c., was supplied by the tradesmen of the town. The concert throughout was a thorough success, and a substantial sum was realised in aid of the club funds. We understand it ia the intention of the committee to continue these concerts at varied intervals during the winter months. <; v ( < The Good Templar (St. Bran) Lodge held a public meeting in the Penllyn Mission Room on Thursday, the 3rd inst., commencing at 7 45 p.m. The Rev. Henry Rees occupied the chair and opened the meeting with a short and interesting address. Members from various lodges in the district came to render all assistance, and contributed valuable items to the programme, which was as follows:— Recitations, Bro. John Evans, Bro. R. Edwards, Bro. A. Evans, Vron, Bro. Albert Evans, Llangollen, and Bro. Richard Roberts. Songs, Bro. H. Jones, Sister M. L. Jones, Bro. H. Jones, Bro. P. W. Jones. A vote of thanks was given to the visiting members and all those that had taken part in the programme. The new Roman Catholic Bishop of Wales, Monsignor Mostyn, has gone into residence at St. Mary's Rectory, Wrexham, which is to be enlarged to accommodate the additional priests who will be stationed in the town. The other evening his lordship was presented with an illuminated address by Miss Carrie Rush, on behalf of the children attending the Wrexham Catholic Schools. The presentation took place at an entertainment given at the Schools. It is also the intention of the Catholics of Wrexham generally to make a presentation to his lordship. The Vicar-Apostolic of Wales was present at and took a prominent part in services held at St. David's monastic church at Pant- asaph, in Flinshire, on Tuesday, to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis, the founder of the order of St. Francis Capuchin. Great preparations had been made to give his lordship a fitting reception, and the locality was en fete throughout the day. The Bishop, in acknowledging the gifts made to him, said lately he had noticed that there were some people in Wales who looked upon his appointment as an attack about to be made upon Wales by the Catholic Church. He was very sorry that anyone looked upon it in that light. An "attack" was usually made by one's enemy, whereas he was quite sure neither he nor the Catholic Church were enemies of the people of Wales they wanted to be on the most friendly terms with them. They did not wish to abuse anyone for the religious convictions which they held, for abuse was no argument, but they wished to come before the people of Wales and obtain a fair hearing. They wanted to tell the people of Wales what was their religious belief, and what were the doctrines which they held. They wanted to put them before the people of Wales and remind them that these were the same doctrines once held by their fore-fathers, the inhabitants of this country. He had an important part to take in the great work upon which he had entered-to try and spread Catholicity as far as possible in the Principality of Wales. --+- Corwen Parish Council met on Friday, and was presided over by Mr. Humphrey Rees. With reference to the College charity, the acting clerk, Mr. Lloyd John, informed the Council that the Charity Commissioners had written to say it was necessary to dispose of some of the property to provide an increased income, but as the charity was an ecclesiastical one, the Council had no voice in the matter.-The Great Western Railway Com- pany wrote, saying the application of the Council for an early train from Corwen to Chester, Man- chester, and Liverpool was receiving attention.—A communication was read from the Charity Com- missioners intimating that the report of the Assis- tant Commissioner who conducted the recent in- quiry into the charities of Merionethshire had been presented to Parliament, and would shortly be issued to the public. The clerk was directed to get a copy for each Councillor.—A letter was received from the Home Office conveying the ap- proval of the Home Secretary to the adoption of the Burials Act for the parish.—An order was re- ceived from the Local Government Board appro- ving of the adoption of the Public Improvement Act, 1860.—Mr. W. Jones reported that he and Mr. D. Edwards had had an interview with Mr. G. Parry, of Carrog, with reference to the provision of allotments, and there was every probability of an amicable arrangement being come to. The clerk was directed to write and ask Mr. Wynn's agent if he too would be good enough to arrange for allotments for those who required them. —