The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

.r UP ANTL55^!IJJ1^995SIU~| A SMOKER'S OLD PIPES. I IS'o. 2.—THE MEERSCHAUM. 1 Natolia never produced a finer piece of stuff than that I you hold in your hand. Look how beautifully it ia coloured J not bu ns iike th.it mere sham you smoke. The wuncn.au- ship iu the carving, too, is uúequaled-done by au A 1 sculptor, who had the clay sent to him while it was as soft as soap. Just look at the subjects, and I will explain them to you. Theri; is a group of boys taking their first I I pipe. Two of them are on the ground, and have it enough a tL:, cl is puffing away, while the fourth ia anxiously waiting his turn, and deputing with three or four others as to rights of priority. The next set of ngures gives a number of students. There is the ioaely lad in a "•arret, studying by the light of a fire, and smoking nest the medical undent, and then the academic gown, and so on Th* third uroup show3 an old mail holding a long clay in his shrauken jaws. The empty cupboard and the dead mouse show that food is scarce, and the empty grate farther bears out .the idea of poverty. There are three barristers smoking, and hero is J. sailor enjoying a pipe. The fourth group shows a soiuier sitting over a watch fire smoking, an artisan with a bag of tools on his bacii and a pipe in itis nioutb, and an old woman with a shawl on her head and a short day in her bony fingers. You See the figures are intended to show the universality of smoking, for tile characters are not of the same nation, as may be seen by their costumes and surroundings." The speaker was Owen Traeth, and his visitor was Charlie Swellton, who bad been trying to buy the meerschaum pipe which Traeth described with great pleasure whenever anyone would listen to him. ":o, mv dear feLuw," said Traeiih, I cacu^t s«il you that idpe," and he rubbed it gently where there was no carviue. You have heard how I got possession of it, I suopose," and Tiaeth looked at Swellton in a way which showed that the maaner ot its possession was no secret. Can't say I do, you know at least-that is aometmng abcut a wiim»u, I 'splJ;;e?" and Swellton put the pipe down and fc'e'in to wattle "Have you seen my love," in an in- (Afferent sort of way, as if he caied neither for the pipe nor its story. » «. "t a rjiwr-brosfcr m in JLiVcrDO-u, said '1 gou W p t » T-a"th '• and »'• cj=C -l0 thirty-seven and nine- pence, hut is w worth more thau Bj." "ril -ive YQll tive gutuea*, said oweliton, a sum, you know, that for a pipe, av, that you don't smoke, is not to be sneered at." Ye* continued Traeth, who jltjg'Suar ignored clw offer, "1. was living ill Li ac that t.;mv. The D."u,;ö nX to the one woere I lodged was occupied by an old woman, who let out furnished apartments. One of her unan' foreign-looking mar., wnose littb danghte u"ed to start off to school every oiufaiag about the same time that I was making for the office, boe wi,s a shy girl, and I was along while in cultivating even a 'smiling' acquaintance with my tiny neighb.u. ::> h"; V, inwr eating, you kiiovr, and ai: ttiai suvt of tiling but I shvuid like you to come to the pipe you know. Your'shy li.llf girt didn't sinoku the m.jeracha.m. I 'spose.^ t, -y\j^ J)&e about my ?uv ii.,uie ;:irl"-s voli calx he" a'd I shall say nothing, bus when you know all the st-o 'v let me hear you make a joke about her." Oh now, Traeth, my dear fe!}" you kuo .v how the doose was I to find out that you w':re sweet on the little cvetcher. If you had said so ac tiist, you know, and ail tlut sort of thin";?. Bat go on there's a good xeliow. ami I won't say another word. 4. Diortiiiiy its 1 was walking down 5tret it struck that my metid from next door had nut made her ap- ce f.jr several d-iys. That evening 1 asked my laud- P;v"i £ °nh knew anything about the ohiid or her parents, She" coufi t-U me nothing except that they were foreigners, that the iisJe gir.a father was in delicate healtfl, una tliat tr ev Were very poor but she said snu would make en- nu;r'e° and the result was that I learnt my ustl-s acquaint- ance was 11, and not likely to recover. This was sad news for me acid for more than a month I watcbod and waned \< r'd- for some sign. At kst I saw the wasted face of the ehil'/ar, the window, and I went off down the street to my office hapn'er Uian I had bten for many a day. I called at a fruicer'.r's. and sent graphs, and oraages, and flowers to \1r Oloaa's little daughter." n I just wondering what the little girl'a name was, you know," said Swellton, wbo was evidently beginning to leel soiae i,vc:3,; in th d ;r of Mr Olona. "Her name was iigutz," aaid iracih, "&ncl she knew the flowers and fruit came from me, although I never seat a message of any kind with them. One aay a3 I was passing the door, the father oi Agnez was waiuna: for me. My little gitl is anxious to see you "said tie, "if you have a few moments to spare." As soon as I entered the room Agn<who was lying in n capacious arm chair, stretched her arms towards me, and I t0'k|t['iove him for the fruit rnd flowers he sends,' eaid the'atber almost playfully. -in it wa-e,.riier tliau taat,' ansv/ertd .he child, «- fl w,rs are very s*eet.» Tb« little girl talked on as it u wi; until at Jast I was compelled to go, but not ♦-il T hn<\ Mrom^std to call UIlt, T w 3 'rornin" towards the door I caught a glimpse of this pipe lying on a small table. Mr Oiona, i^rceivin^ th-r the inoe Lad attracted my attention, came torwaru and explained th? different groups of figures." i. r'j j, said wellton, yi.'U ve c^rm ^• tlie pip- at f vr,/kn,w, but you said at first that you bought it at a rTwrfshon 1 think the child—what d'you call her, you —I 'spose was in you.- head, and it was a good job,ryott k.ow, for you, that she was ouly ten y««8 ol1'« r (ii i v- lino at a pawn shop, but the first time I „„ it w;-»: I tell VOU, in the furnished apartments STupLToy Mr and Mrs' Olona and tneir pretty uttie ii.», SwflltoTi, day for evening, and w/iat an arm. >- l »t > and packages of sweets I took horn, f pipe: too-rea! me.rschau.n, and so exquisitely cas d, occuDied a pood deal of my thoughts. As soon as possible ICSa\di?nSked at the^oor, which was.quickly opeu.d by the old woman, who exclaimed as soon us she saw me, 'They've gone, bag and baggage.' Gone,' I echoed in amazein^at « Iv> c and Mr, O.ona left here.' 'Yes, indeed trnth they went about half-past eleve n, and never said nothing, cnlv that they waa'nt coming back no more.' And the little girl too—all gone ? 'Of course t.hey took the lit-tb girl,' said the Tvoroan, as if she would like to have coughs them leavii; her be- hind. And the pipe. Haven't they left a pipe ? Gone Bless me, they were here this morning, and never said a about going.' b' Oh, yes. they were here this morning, and yesterday morning too, for that matter, but they arn't her-> now, and goodness knows where they are to be found. Would you like ho look at their rooms, sir?' vu 'YI: I answered, and walked into tha parlour. Th"re wa3 the cap?ciaus arm chair, and the table on which Isaw the meerschaum pipe, bu £ the child, p.nd the pipe, and the sickly, f Teign looking man, with his anxious eyed wife, were absent. nXWU8 t;ye, wlft. Nothing was to be gained bv walking tip and dowr. the vacant r,.om, and therefore I n turned to ray ioc-'dc^ la anything but an amiable mood." J ° in. We'll, yoo know, Traetb, I should like you to tell m,. wh"t be<U«Qe of your sweetheart, because you know it i„ clear yon w-r, in lore with the pretty Agnez. The pipe is here, and ho -v yot; ct 13 f little Cor.sequer.ee after ail in comparison witn the^sweet litt'e cherub." What beClm; of the fami.y I never satisfactorily made out, and eighteen months p.^s-d away after their dis- appearance before anything happened to recal them t> mv mind. One Saturday afternoon, however, I was sauntering up and down the streets, and Happened to loon into a pawn- broker's -hop. My eyes wandered listlessly over the hete- rogeneous collection of articles, ana mv mind was busy trying to^re^lize the misery aiid s:n and misii.rtnne which had r.^po.'bt all these articles into this centre, when all at once I seemed to become conscious of the presence of this pipe. rri, „ ri'-w covered with duat an<i dirt. The bowl o.n- Therei'lw ,;r three d:.a<! flies and a ov two. The tainecl ► stc.m ^3d served as a candiestick. and there ooeningji tallow eticking out of it; but still there was a pie «- >nbfc abcut |t< Olona's pipe with the corni b-i wia before me." curioro carv. a ]rrow? aIU] a[i that, and asked S^e^uld take for Mr Olona's daughter Agnez," said Swellton. Traeth, "that if I manifested the said Swellton. Traeth, "that if I manifested the I knew, con i -ts -ce g0 up ;ike a slightest-interest m th P^r2y shop, and asktd the prie» rocket, so T wi ut lti^o aClJvfr«-ed the purpose of of a revolver waich wo ■ y_-n,T ijfB a-,l yet anxious any poor wretch >!cSirou3 oi v^eapon sd-med Bo dila- to'maintain a g»x>d character. .t W(jUJ(J COrtainly pidated that a shot discharB iufl:iiied any jury in have destroyed the revolver arn^ _h .{ {/tal Ci,nse. bringing in a verdict of jn tile shop soun quences had resulted. lhe ).d {n Rriaition to placed before me twenty or thirty l«)0k- the one he brought c.ut of the winaow.^ani. w-^i-'ile irrr through his stock I asked as av.ittereatij -i- 'broii, what he wanted for the pipe,' 'This pipe,' said the pawnbroker ."s he p-ac-o it in y hands, i two pound.. Should be two-pound-ten but it has been in the window yearfl and years, and I will >» for two pound to get rid of it." What did I care for the lie? I put the pip- down, an cl?i:In t(, loc,k at the revolvers again, at Jast; deciding -ot to have one." Bllv the pipe for tbb ty-s->v^n and six,' said. Jho old m,n, ailr] I at on.ee jjiai.ed two sovereigns in tad hand, and TT, in change. N-0 I said, 'can you tell me how you get posses- • tM* p'?«- That is," for the pawnbroker wax be' siou oi ,i-'8nv:<<te, "can y-ja rera«"i>bf-r who pawned or n^ho.v'(.u roc it. You snid jnst- now that it had ZM -n'?L Window years and year., but I sawui^stha:, been l «i j want t0 fin(\ t^e owser—who —— two yea^s ago, ^,g y«u see I ..m j j jf j -would call.a^'ain in a day or The pawnbiu.' ij,, to tell me something but he two he wou-d PT ^3^/t 1keiv he could remember the peop-e vt-ho.t.u^,j. nmed, and the old mm i-J toe In a day or t i f wViich were written a 4sbou gave mo w» Blip P-Pt j woman's name and the name of a street in one of the poor districts of the town. It seems to me, you know," said Swellton, that this, a.h, what does Tennyson call it. You know this guest of yours was a ^ort of, ah, you know, wild goose what d'y call it. Listen a moment, and you'll see," persisted Traeth. I went to the address which had been given me, and found I went to the address which had been given me, and found the woman who had pawned the pipe. I showed her the meerschaum, and at once she exclaimed Dear heart alive how did you get hold of the poar gentleman's pipe. Poor things!' things!' Will vou tell me all vou know about them, and begin with the little girl 'Oh, ay,' said the woman, 'I'll tell you, but there isn't j much to tell that will do you or anybody else much good. They was all foreign, and you could see that the little girl was like many's one afore. The mother knew wbat was coming, but the father thought she was t,-e;t;og better every day. When it came—I mean death—and the woman whispered, it was just awful to see thai man. You know, sir, when one dies th-re is a good de;il to be done but if you spoke to him he flew at you, aud oh how he did atom at his wift- poor woman. She was patient with him and tried to soothe biin, but nothing w,, no When the men came with the coffin he turned them into the street. He sat at the door of the room nearly all the while, so that we dare not go to the little child. He never touched 'bite nor gup' after she died for four days, and then he fainted away and no doctors could do nothing with him for about a fortnight. The first words he "aid when hd began to mend was to ask for his Agnez. It was when he was getting better that he sent me t) pawu that pipe, which he aid was all he had lefc to remind him of happitr days. last he got able to walk about, and one day they left'this house without saying a word, and I have never heard any- thing about them from then till now. They paid me, poor things, all I charged them, and that was not much I can assure you.' Next Sunday I went down to the Cemetery, and there bad pointed out to me a little grave, at the head of which now stands, a atone, with the words Agnz Oluna, aged eleven years. 6 "This is Low I became possessed of the carved in^r- schaurn, and it is not likely that five guineas will buy it." "Well, Traeth, I must say you know that its a doosed qu'er story, and I should like to hear what became uf the little Si-apn's father and mother." That," said Traeth, "will never be known by either you or inil, at- '.east, I should be surprised if it were." TH- Coast. PI UIIT WINKLE.

iaE-OPENING OF LLANFOii PABISH CHURCH, Instead of there boing, as formerly, one church for the whole of the parish of Llanfor, with a population of 1,700, scattered over an are.* of t-wei.ty miles by rune, three addi- tional churches have beeu built and endowed, to each of which separate distiicts have been assigned, namely, Trinity .7 Church, Xl'nosgwalia, St. James's Church, Llanrbettws. and St. Mark's, Frongoch. The parish now consists of threa townships only, and has a population of 597. There can be no doubt that the original church in the pwish of Llanfor, notwithstanding the difficulty of ascer- taining the date of the building, of which no indication was discovered on pulling down the old edifies with the greatest care, and though tne registers and records preserved do not carry us nrther than .A. D 1722, was of very ancient date. The population of the whole parish, taken ia 1871, was 1,485. The old building bad becom-j very nnt-iglifcly and dilapi- dated, even d-cgrrous, and uaut for divine service, the north And south walls being only heid together by the tie- beam- of the roof, with several settlements in the building, which in the opinion of competent judges rendered repairs and restoration impracticable. It was therefore resolved to build on the old foundations, as was stated in our last num- ber, where a full description of the building m:ty he seen. It has been the aim of the architect, in deigning the pre- sent church, to recal to some extent the old building, and improve the designs by such means as were p'.1ssihle. The marble monuments and mural tab ets have been placed in the porch under the steeple. This new church was built princinddy through the indefatigable efforts of the vicar of the parish, the Rev. Thomas Mor- gan, R.D., at a cost altogether of not far from 1:3000, and this is not the first church for which the parish- ionera are indebted to his efforts, as, we believe, that it was through Mr Morgan's instrumentality that the church of St. Mark's, Frongoch, erected at a cost of ab )ut £ 1,309. 'r'¡'a church has been endowed and a separate district al- lotted to it. While ia other parts of the parish modern buildipgs had been erected, th? original edifice for dmne worship was old and gloomy, anything but attractive; therefore Mr liorgan, with an efficient committee d the following gentlemen—Mr 11. J. LI. Price, Khiwlas, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Wynnstav, Mr W. Price Jones, Eodwenrd, (Treasurer), T>Ir F. G. Jon^s, Citalgarth, MrW. W.K. Wynne, Hon. Charles Wynr>, Rbug, Mr J. E. Parry, Glyo Hail. Mr F. Paruieter, Brynyraber, h-n, secretary with the Rev T. Morgan, Mr John Jones, Frondderiv, ,r O. a\ichards, MMX, I>ala, Mx R. O. Anwyl, 33rvnygroes, Mr Thomas Jones, London supported by the gentry and the public, proceeded to "pply for plans and subscriptions, Among the munificent contributions and gifts we may mention the following :~Ry Mr It. J. Ll. Price, of Rhiwlas, ioOO and the altar frontal; by Mr and Mrs Joces, of St. Alban's, the east window of stained glajs, beautifully and artistically executed, representing the following sketches in the life of Jesus Christ and bis Apostles The entry into Jerusalem,th" Last Supper, the agony in the garden,Christ bearing the Cross, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Ascension, Christ in majesty and glory, the Holy 6host, Ascension, Christ in majesty and glory, the Holy 6host, election of St. Matthias, St. Paul preaching, St. Peter de- liv-red from prison, &c. [a bras* plate inserted in the north wail of the chancel states "To the glory of God and in memory of Rooert aud b';zabeti; Jvoes, of Llaifh^wni, the east window of this church is erected by their daughter- in-law, Mary"]; by the late Mrs Morgan, 0f the Llanfor S>c ory. £ 200; by the Rev T. Morgan, the vicar of Llan- for, £100, the two stained glass windows in the south wall of the chancel, representing the twelve Apostles [a brass plate in the wall has the following inscription :—"To the glory of <rod and in memory ot Jane Catiienne. wife of the Rev Thomas Morgan, rector of this parish, who died August 10, 1873, these windows were placed bv her husband,] the vestry window of coloured glass, the Reredos. Mr Morgan was also the principal contributor among other things to the three chandeliers in the nave,each holding three duplex corona lamps, 2 bracket lamps for the reading desk3. and a standard lamp for the pslpit, and candlesticks for the altar, all of which are very handsome, and give excel I-at light, and an effective appearance to the church at night. Among the principal subscribers were the f dlowing Tvlrs Price, Colomendy, Corwen, £100; The Lord n;sh"p uf thù Diocese, £30; Sir W. W. Wvnn, Bart., M.P., £ 20- Sir Thomas TiUu,, London, £ 20; Mr H. Rob,,r,-ou, MP Pnlt; Hall, £ 20; Mr F. G. Jones, Ciltalgarth, £ 20; Mr F. Beyer, L'andysilio IIall, 921) Mrs Jones, Pell i,a'ri Iln* £ 20 by the Diocesan Church Building Society, £ 75 Mrs Owen, Ymwlch (card), £ 30 24. A board in the porch states "The Incorporated Society for Building Churches granted £ 50 A.D, 1374, towards building this church. All the .seats NO for the free use of the parishioners according to law." Mrs Vv. Price Jones, Bodwenni, collected towards the cushion in ftoas of the attar-tbe altar »tools, and fancy collecting nags. Mrs F. G. Jones, of Ciita'gartb, presented cushions for the reading desks. Mrs T. LI. Anwyl, Eryl Aran, collected towards the gable lectern, and Miss Smith of Bala, collected towards the aliar chairs the fla?on. On Friday, November 2oth, the parish Church was re- evened, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of St. A->aph, and severd clergymen from various parts were present. The morning service, commenced at 10.30 a. m" was in Welsh. The Church was crowded, as it was throughout the day. The morning prayers were read by the Rev. T. Morgan, B.D., the lessons by the Rev- J. S. Jones, M.A., of Idnn- uwchllyn, and E. jDaviea, of Givndyfrdwy, the epist'es bv the Revs. W. Richar«J80D, Ccrwen, and T. Rowlands, Ppny- γ- bontfawr. The Lord Bishop of St Asaph preached fr-ei: Psalm 93r-3, 5r]} verse, "II01illes becometh thine house 0 Lord for ever." Holy Communion. wa.s administered after the sermon. An English sermon was preacntd by the Rev. W. Richardson, Corwen. In the evening a Welsh sermon was preached by the Rev. D. Williams, Liaudyrnog.

THE CHAPLAINCY ISP WY^NSTAT. — Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart, M.P., has aopolnt^d the Rev Stu Ihoime Wil son, lat- of Lincoln College, Oxford, curate of Aston, to the chaplaincy of Wynnstay. SAVE YOUR CHILDREN N? DT BARRY'S DELICIOUS RETALEXTA ARABICA FOOD.—All over the world the raosfc deplorable calamity to families is the con-taut sickness and frequent death of chil- i^n" Throu-h Ignoranco in f~edhur them more than 60,000 nro W iy.sacritittd in France, j.nd 4 ',0C0 in En-land. This fvnm, «S ,and misery is duo to improper or too m;ll L v,j Ilgi' °.^ t^15 choice of their food of c^v's tao'nn nt au — both vrry dfiigerons, causing irri- seauences f^?"JC0,ls meinhrare, and as inevitable coc- tlenth —T)'ii vomitinS' atrophy, spasms, cramps,and eutl ro -]1 h-'s mi el,oioUs Hevalcnta Arshica Fooci has put an tbl-mostrtteteJ,.r^Tea hy 2S>'ears' '^variable success, and thro^hm^ Va,rd"v c*!d, f"d «no„ this food everv the only foo which »greJs wiJbrh- ,*nd frtreD«i!l- U ia i ct< and protects iliem from the eff « *n f1 ?'i..eVen fr',m tbeir hirfb, rhcea, dysentery,measltg and ^11 ntn**11 iU)a' cunriRfevers. diar- extrae.ts of 80.000 wh!ch w I'te few No. 79,814. Dr F. W. ]ie- eko Prni ?'l,;i11 .<Hher treat-nent. to the University of Marhnreb ? Medirane in Ordinary Weekly," of Apn! 8th, 3872*—"I shaU <■" Berlir' Clinical the preservation of one of mv children t two ?et trat 1 owo T.uie child, not four months oU snffpruri f ^0vale:ita Arabi -a. tion, with constant ^2?^ Taci ♦* and even the greatest care of two wet nnrspV -mie^1Cfli skiiI' Revalenta with the most astonUhTng socees^^ "r cnasoi'. immediately, and after living on h.w r.e l.aby was restored to the most flourishing heal'h"0Caf'x..WPei{S.th, has attended al. my experimanta sinJo^^?? this foo find contains four times as much )o)uti.sf:!nent -i^ 48,27-2. Paris, 24th D. cember, 1861. fe-v d-iys a we .k ar.d ailing young girl, who was in a comp'ete emaciation, not to say coiusurootioo is now mu- recovering her health,thanKs to theu?e of j our Revalenta Arabia f I beg to tender > ou in the name of my v. holer family, tho.se thar.k^ to which you ere SO^ richly entitled. QUINRT.—\o. 72 8-JL "London, 2nd June, 18U5. Gentlemen,—Allow me to add mv tes' recovering her health,thanKs to theu?e of j our Revalenta Arabia f I beg to tender > ou in the name of my v. holer family, tho.se thar.k^ to which you ere SO^ richly entitled. QUINRT.—\o. 72 8-JL "London, 2nd June, 18U5. Gentlemen,—Allow me to add mv tes' tun.-ny t-> the numerous oertifie;tes you already poss-s>s. Thectse I -iiii pr- n.n ed to prove is th-.t of nn almost noracn'ous recovery of 'lo infant sofFering from diurrhfea. Great exhaustion reiolfrd; it incapaM of drawing even milk through a feeding bottle; awl the reodiCdlprr.Ctitioni-r left the house,stating that the child could not. survive thronah ;i;enight.The Bevalenta was fr-rCed,dRwn his throat, and in less- thau two hours viable improvement had re- sulted, and iu a few d> ys perr.-et health was restored. The cliih' now f.-fter r lapse of thr> e months), during which time it hasb«en entirely fee upon your matchless Food, :s one.of the fa'test, strongest a d healthiest between this and Land's End. —Yours trulv indebted, CH.IRXES C. MUBBAY."—In caniste-s, •Jib, 2h lib, 8s 6 I; 211»s, 6s; 12lb-, 28s 241l>s, 50-. The 2SS and 50s tins re sent fn-e of carriage in Effgland on receipt of Post, Office Ordpr. The 2s tins aro sent free by post for 2s 4d in stamps — he DARBY & Co., 77, R- gent-street, London also sold by ail respectaole Grocers and Chemi ts. No Lice;:ce required. Sold in Portmadoc by Mr ROBERTS, grocer.

BALA- ] TEMPERANCE MEETING.—A meeting to advocate temper- | ance was held at the Congregational Chapel on Thursday, Nov.25. The Rev Michael D. Jones presided. A devotional opening service was conducted by the Rev J. O. Jones, B.A., of Oswestry, and the singing by Mr Kowlands, of the Board School. The meeting was well attended.—The Chairman said the advocates of temperance had a gre,¡t and difficult work to do before they could bring public opinion, with regard to drink and its uses, in accord with the teachings of the Word of God. While a few passages spoke favourably of, and dwelt upon the benefit derived from wine (which in the scripture often represented other drinks), many portions, and even whole chapters, were devoted to warning us from its allurements and evil effects. The liquor traffic was a great power in the land, which should be suppressed and governed by law. He was glad to inform the meeting that a law prohibiting the sale and introduction of strong drinks had been passed by our countrymen in the Welsn Colony of Patagonia. (Cheers.) Mr H. J. Williams (Pleoydd), of Four Crosses, Carnarvonshire, ad- dressed the meeting at some length upon the liquor traffic, its magnitude and its evil ;cts, and said though the friends of temperance appeared but a small band to en- counter such a gigantic "ystem aud organiz ition, which tvea paralysed the hands of some members of Parliament, it was well said, "One with God on his side is a ma- jority the friends of temperance, though Weak, in the end would cor quer, and the speaker then ably discussed the beatings of tho traffic upon the Government, and its re- sources. While the traffic apparently aided it with duties on one hand, it pulled it down much more with the other band, in causing and encouraging immorality and crime, cruelty and poverty, workhouses and prisons, &c., and if by suppressing the traffic the rates for a short time were increased, the sacrifice would bo much lest than the gain. For all the manifest evil effects cf the drinking customs, the magistrates were very loathe to use the power which the law conferred upon them, at present the case mti.-t be very glaring before they f )r t intrfererJ. He then referred to the evil effects of intoxi- cating drinks upon society and the family circle, and ex- horted all parents to become zealous supporters of the tem- perance cause for their own sake and that of their children's; and to educate and encourage their offsoring to be frugal and abstemious. Good Ttmplarlsm was especially well adapted fov this purpose. Having given illustrations of the good effected by Good Templarism at Four Cresses, Nevin, and otli-v places, be concluded by exhorting the friends of temperance not to falter or diminish their efforts, but to be more faithful and devoted until the victory was theirs— they had truth find morality and God on t.b.ir side, and success sooner or later would be tbeir reward. (Cheers.) The Rev. Samuel Owen, of Tanygrisiau, Fesriniog, referred to our duties as christians and citizens with reference to the drinking cm-t /ms which bad become so fearful and ruinous to many of our countrymen. A heavy responsi- bility rested at our doors unless we did something to allay the disastrous evil and to obtain a law to limit, and suporess the traffic. It was true that by the law of the land drunkenness was punishable, yet was it not the excep- tion to punish the drunkard, and a greater rarity still to bring the offending publican to a sense of his ,uilt ? There was not much hope of the people until the temptations and facilities for drink ha4 become fewer. The speaker then dwelt upon the duties of the Christian church and heads of families; and the responsihility attached to the one and t,he other unless they devoted thems ;ives to support the cause of temperance in some shape, and to the suppression of this crying evil, and concluded by inviting the Good Templars and others to double their zea!, to hold public meetings to advocate the cause, and especially to conduct the lodge meetings in a, way that was piotitabio and instructive. (Cheers.) Upon the motion of Dr Edwards, seconded by the Ilev. R. Thomas, a un:1ni.rQOU vote of thanks was ac- corded to the speakers.

FFESTINIOG The Cambrian Neics is no w sola here only by Mr Ellis Roberts, the Workman's Bookshop, Four Crosses, Festiniog. Y DDAMWAT^ YN CHWAREL CwiroitTHix—Y mae ym- chwiliad cyfreithiol nofl bwysig wedi ei ddechreu i achos y ddamwain uchod. Deallwn todteulu y trangcedig < )w,-n Jones yn hawlio iawn. Pa un ai Cwmni ilheilffordd "Ffestiniog ai Cwmorthin sydd i'w roLtdi sydd eto heb ei benderfynu. Bu ymchwiliad maitb n, mauwi i'r achos a gwylid achos y ddau gwmni gan gyfreithwyr profedig. Yr oedd Mr Thomas Fanning Evans, arolygwr cvfffedinol y L!yw( draeth ar fwnau Ghgledd Cymru,"yn bresenol. Ar gyfrif absenoideb rhyw hersouau gobirwyd yr achos. -\P:JW5FNTIAD CYFREITHIOL.—Deallwn fod Mr E..Roberts, cyfreithiwr, o'r lie hwn, wedi ei appwyntio yn gofrestrydd liys sirol Llanfvllin, ae y bydd o angenrheidrwydd yn ymadael oddi yma. Yr oedd gan Mr Roberts gylch Iluosog o gyfeillion, ac yn nodedig o barcbus, yn gystal ay yn ad.jurn i'f alwedigaeth a ddilynai. Y mae amryw ardal- wyr defnyddiol yn ein gadael ar hyn o bryd. Heblaw Mr Roberts a Mr Evans, Owtybuga.il, dealt wn fod Mr Daniel Williams, Scripture Header, yn debyg o adael y gymvdog- aeth, v/edi treuiio cyfnod pur faith o wasanaeth cyffredinoi hymunwn eu Uwyddiant oil. CYXGIIERDDAU, &c.—-Tarha y rhai hyn o hyd yn eu bri. Y mae (tau wedi eu cynal hLb i lli eu crybwyl,, a phob un o honyct er budd persotau mewn cyni ac a-fiechyd. Yr oedd y cyugherdd a gynhaliwyd noa Fawrtb diweddaf gan Mynyddog a llu o gantorion lleol yn off-rviiol a lieisiol, yn Iluosog iawn. Mr Owen Thomas, gweithiwr, a gafodd yr elvv.—Nirl mor Iluo,,o.- y myn),L;Iivvvd cynuL'liidall y Christy's y tro di'Veddaf, ac nid rhyfedd ychvvaith cstiyj y mae hi yn rbwym o ddyfod yn (irai yn fuau neu yn hwyr ar y dos- p-arth hwn. sydd fyth a hefyd yu ceinioca oddi ar law y cy- hoedd. SALEM, RHIWBRYFDIK.—Wedi bod am yspaid pur faith yn Nghapel y Methodistiaid (yr hr)1) b'-vriada y nnul)- eidfa AnibyrcH ucbod ddvc'avvei y Sabbath uesaf i'w°c-ux-d, wedi ei helaefnu trvvy roddi oriel haldJ arrio. De&iiwn fod y gweioiuog, y Parcll. J. A. Roberts, B.D., wedi cael galvyad i Pendref, Caernarfon, ac wediatebyn gadarnbaol. -Cofnod,ydd.

MACHYNLLETH CHURCH DKFJiSCK.—it is uodcrstnod that a Church Defence meeting, to reply to the speeches delivered at the recent Liberation Society meeting, will be held in Mach- ynlleth. Thf, date has not yet been fixed, but some time in January has been mentioned. BOARD OF GUARDIANS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. lST.- Present Mr R. Gillart, chairman; Mr Owen Daniel, vice-chairman; the Rev. D. Morgan, Messrs John Davies, Ricturd Williams, Morgan Edwards, Thomas Owen, Hugh Hughes, and Rowland Morgan Mr D. Evans, acting clerk. Statistics. -Oat-relief administered during the pa3t fort- night: Machynlleth district, per Mr Thomas Thomas, £ 37 16s, to 176 paupers; Pennal district, per Mr John Jones, £ 55 lis 6-1, to 257 paupers; Darowen district, per Mv aniel Howell, £ 60 2s, to 301 paupers. Number in the house on the last day of this week, 34; last year, 36. Twenty-seven vagrants relieved during the past fortnight. Balance in the bank, L610 17s. Vaccination—The Clerk read a letter from the Local Government Board, in respect to the appointment of Mr John Jones as vaccination officer for the Machynlleth Registration District for a period of one year, at a salary of £ 5 per annum. The Board pointed out that every vaccina- tion i fficer should hold office until he died, or resigned, or be removed by the guardians with the consent of the Local Government Board. The guardians were unable to liruit the appointment to one year. The Board decided to ap. point the officer permaneiitiy. PETTY SESSIONS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. IST.-Lefore C. F. Tin-uston, E.IQ, Drunkenness.—P. C. N. Edwards, Llanbrvnmair, changed Richard Jones, Frongoch, Cemmes, with being drunk on the highway at Llanbrynuiair, on the 11th November. A tine of Is, and costs, was inflicted.—John Jones, miner, Minfordd, Darowen, charged by P.O. H. Roberts with being drunk in Maengwyn-street, Machynlleth, on the 27th November, was lined Is, and costs. Several other cases were adjourned to the next sessions, there being only one magistrate present. SANITAI'Y AUTHORITY, WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1.—Pre- sent t,ue RevD. Morgan, in the chair, Mr R. Gillart, Mr Williams, and Mr D. Evans, acting clerk. The Water Supply of Machynlleth.—The "derk said r oat some time ago he received a letter from the Locfd Govern- ment Board stating that their attention had been called to the deficient water supply of the town of Machynlleth, and they requested that they might bo furnished with a report of the medical officer of the Machyn!th 3Vr. Svr.tary Authority on the subject. The Sanitary Authority had at the last meeting directed him (the clerk) to reply to that letter, asking the Board co send a copy of any communication Authority on the subject. The Sanitary Authority had at the last meeting directed him (the clerk) to reply to that letter, asking the Board co send a, copy of any communication which he Local tioverameut Board nli-,Iit have received on tne subject of water supply of the town. TIle. following answer had been received III reply I am directed to state that the B,)ar, i's attention was called t-o the matter by their Inspector, Mr Doyle, who reported that he had reason to suppose that the water supply was very deficient, and it was in consequence of Mr Doyle's representations that the Board requested to be furnished with a report by the medi- cal officer of health on the subject.—The Board directed their clerk to write to the medical officer, asking him to for- ward a report to tne Sanitary Authority upon ths water supply of Machynlleth.

ST- DOGMELLS: SUPPOSED LOSS I.-F A CKKW.— IBIS v;dage at present wears a gloomy aspect, caused by the rrnvs of the supposed loss of the "Saladin" of I.lanelly, portions of her wreck havin,' been picked up near Lundy Island, and no intelli- gence "having been heard of the crew. The whole of the crew, seveiAn number, with the. exception of the captain, belonged to St. Dosrmelis, and t.hsad tidings have occa- sioned a deep feeling of regret amongst the inhabitants an general.

CARDIGAN MISSION FEKVICES.—psciai services were heki at St. Mary's church on Tuesday, November 30, which was the appointed day of intercession for missions. The sermons were preached morning and evening by the Rev. T. Jones, curare. BIBLE SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the Cardigan auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, was ht-xd at th" Guildhall, oil Monday evening, November 29, and presided over by Mr Levi James in the unavoidable f Jfi!;nvC^ l'i16 'B'iyor. The meeting was addressed at areat eiigthby the Rev. Henry Griffiths, Brecon, the deputation ioin the parent society, who gave a detailed account of •e worn, effected by the society during the past year. The usua. resolutions^ were proposed and seconded bv'sever.?! J. neon ounist ministers ot th« town, and others, andunani- no s y pa-sed. A vote of thanks to the chairman brougnt thè ™Lt* ang to a ciose. Thefe was a good attendance, and a collection was made at the door. I eat he door. ther,W,M c?unCIL.—The first meeting of the council since 4-h T1 Mayor was heid. on Thursday, Nov. expressed himself gratified with the go d attendance at the meeting, and said he hoped to receive the "'nlP support from every member of the Coun- cil, as wan accorded to him during the past year.—Alder- man D ivies subm'tted the report of the committee appointed to inspect the bridges after being rebuilt, expressing them. selves satisfied with the work done.—A comr-dttee was ap- j pointed to consider the Act relative to petroleum licences, so as to see its provisions carried out, as large quantities of explosive oils are received in the town, and dealers should be made to conform with the requirements of the Act.—On the motion of Alderman Davies, seconded hy Dr Thomas, it was resolved that the inhabitants of Mwldan should be allowed to re-build their pigsties which were destroyed by the flood.-iNIr James Williams produced a copy of the School Board accounts on the rating authority for the past half year, as passed by the auditor, and it was resolved that each member of the Council should be supplied with a written copy.-The proceedings then terminated.

LAMPETER ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE.—The following scholarships and exhibitions have been awarded to students this term in ad- dition those already recorded Scholarships, "The Eldon Welsh," value £ 2-5, Mr Benjamin H. Jones Martha More," value £::0, Mr Philip Maddocks. Exhibitions, three flobrew, value Y,10 each, The Eldon," Mr Thomas L. Will-am*, College, 1st; Mr Hugh Jones, College, 2nd; Mr J. L. Clougher and Mr T. R. Jones equ"J; Modern Lan- guages, value £10, Mr R. W. Christie Welsh, valua £;10, Mr Hugh Jones; English Essay prize, Mr John Jenkins.

LLANYBYTKER- MINSTRELS.—Considering that this new troupe has been but recently formed, and that their instruments consist only of a concertina, a life, a p,;nny tin whistle, and a coal- scuttle, their first rehearsal was excellent.

ABERYSTWYTH MASONIC. —The annual loctge for the installation of the Worshipful Master of the Aberystwyth Lodge, No. 1,072. was held at the Masonic Rooms, HeUcvue Hotel, on Thurs- day evening. The Worshipful Master, Bro. Edwd. Hamer, was installed by Bro. G. T. Sinit h, 1. P.M., according to ancient custom, and the W.il. then appointed the following officers for the ensuing year :-Seniur Warden, Bro. A. J. Hughes; Junior Warden, Bro. Griffith Jones Senior Deacon, Bro. B. E. Morgan Junior Deacoa, Bro. Vaughan Davies and Inner Guard, Bro. Walter Sylvester. The busicess of the Lodge being closed the brethren repaired to a banquet at which several loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed. SCHOOL BOARD.—A meeting of the Aberystwyth School Board was held on Friday morning, Alderman Thomas Jones hi the chair. There were also present Mr W. H. Thome.s, W. Peter Jones, and J. W. Thomas, clerk to the Board. It was resolved to cancel the indentures of Charles Garland, on the payment of the usual penalties to accept- the resignation of Miss Evan*, the assistant schoolmistress in the infant school, and advertise for another in her place and to accept the tender o' Mr James Evans, for certain additions to the interior of the school house. It was also agreed to instruct the clerk to write to the overseers in- forming them that unless the balance or the precept of £ 500, dated 15th August last, were paid within seven days, a mandamus would be applied for from the Queen's Bench to compel payment. BOATING CLUB DINNER. On Tuesday evening, November 30th, a dinner was given at the Queen's Hotel by the members of the Aberystwyth Boating Club and their friends. The chair was ably tilled by the Mayor of Aberystwyth, Mr John Watkin?, who was supported, by Mr John -James and Mr George Gh oen. The vice chair was occupied by Mr Arthur J. Hughes, and there were aiso present Messrs Edsrar Atwood, E. Ed wan is, draper, E. L. Wvnne, J. W. Thomas, E. T. D. Harries, It. D. Gilbt-rtson, B. E. Mor gan, Superintendent Lloyd, J. L1. Davids, J. H. Ravenhill, W. J. ITivenhili, Rowland Evans, Joseph Evar.s, Thomas, and Burdett, Londurj and Provincial Bank, W. ur. Vaugnan, W. B. Bamber, J. W. Lumley,<Wbeatley, H. P. Hawkins, Jones, Cvosswood, W. Morris, Roberts, Lion Hotel, Zopbar Humphreys, Woyniss, Thrustoa, Talgarth Hall, Richardes, jun., Penglaise, Row- lands, Lion Hotel, John Dalies, The Terrace, W. G. Green, Sam. Trevetban, Jt. iCennck, Jtaso Baker, John Luxton, ,c Master R. Jones, Graig Goch, &0. After the removal of the cloth, The CHAEMTAX gave the health of the Queen, tho Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Familv. The toasts were received with cheers, and drunk with musical honours. Song by Mr John Davies, Maid of Athens." Mr A. J. HUGHES said he was sure the company would receive most cordially the toast he was about to propose. It was the toast to the healths of the Mayor and Corpora- tion of Aberystwyth. (Cheers.) The Corporatioa waft a body which was heaped with all tba abuse of the town, and which got ueneof the credit which it deserved. (Hear, hear.) As far as the Corporation of Aberystwyth wera cOTicemfd he thought it might fairly be said that they had effected a great deal of good in the town, and one and all of the coun- cillors were anxious to promote the welfare of those bv whom they were elected. It was a verv easy thing to fuiu fault, and almost- as easy a matter to susgest improvements, but, it was a very difficult thing to immediately carry out the suggested improvements. (Hear, hear.) If the comp.snv would allow him, he should like to draw their attention for a short time to the subject of the public library and reading room, and to make a suggestion tikat institution. (Cheers.) it wiii not a costly institution, but nevertheless it was oue that very materially benefitted the-inhabitants of 1 the tow. (Applause.) Everyone appreciated the efforts of the Library Committee, anJ. the town would no doubt ac- cord them its thanks for what they had done. (Bear, hear.) He might mention that during the past month 700 or 80:1 persons touk books out of the library, and a large Dumber frequented the rea !ing-ro nti during i.ho da1.*timpanii • evenings. That being so, it was necessary that th" town ^houJci possess a good library and readiag-roo:i:. (Cheers.) tia need not tell them that au improvement \va=i n^cossarv tel be made in respect to tha reading-room, and he was re- minded that the Assembly Rooms was an admirable place for such a purpose. (Applause.) He had no doubt that with a little energy, aided by the Town Council the committee would be able to secure an excellent reading- room for the town. (Cheers.) He thought it was the wish of everyone present to do something to rais* Aberystwyth out of the dotage into which it had fallen, and to make it keep place with the progress of other watering places. ( Applause.) Now he looked upon the Boating Club, the Cricket Club, the Public Library and Beading Room as institutions iik-ly to achieve to results to a certain extent, and consequently be hoped the,(- institutions, the reading room especially, would meet with the success they deserved (Cheers.) He feared he had travelled a little out of the groove, so he would return by again proponing the health of the Mayor and Corporation,coupling with the toast of the Corporation the names of Mr John James and Mr George Green. The Toast was received with applause and drunk with u¡c:JI honours). Song by Captain Sam. Trevetban. (Encored.) The MAYOR rose to respond to the toast, lie sai L if wrs with great pleasure lie presided over them that evening aa Mayor of Aberystwyth.. (Appbwwe.) A very high hoi",oar LJ:Hi been conferred on bioi in appointing him Mayor, an honour he did not expect to nave received. As long as he wa« Mayor of Aberystwythr bow«ver, he should enbeavonr to do his duty to the best of his ability, and always to un- hold the dignity of the office entrusted to him. (Applause.) With regard to improvements? to the town a great deal had been dorse, and a great deal still remained undone. He should always be glad to rentier any assistance as MaVor in completing any work, and would willingly help in pro- viding a gooll library and reading room for the t wn, for that was one of the things the inhabitants required ai well as a skating rink. (Cheer:-). lie was much obliged to them for so cordially drinking his health, and lie assured them he should do all he could to promote the general pros- perity of his native town. (Applause). Mr JOHN JAMES, returning thanks on behalf of the Corporation, said he was quite convinced the Cor- uoration should do all they could to provide a puonc library for the people, and he, for one, should be.moat happv to assist in promoting teat institution it a suitable place were selected. (Hear, bear.) He reminded them that ho was one of thosc.v.dio at fc«ie beginning opp-; so ] the selection of t he pi (.sent sitt solely oil account of j;g ur.- uit ableness; and if a proper building were selected he should support the institution which he beheved to be giva-tlv beneficial to the townspeople. (Applause.) ltftdthe honour of representing the electors of ABERYSTWYTH in the Council Chamber he had done his utmost to ben- tit the ratepayers of the town generally. (Cheers.) If they would allow him be would refer for a few minutes to the financial position of the borough. When he first- entered the Council he found that there was no system of keeping accounts. The bills were presented at every meeting, simply initialled, and passed without any examination In fact, the system was r ot- at all what it should be, and iu order to obtain a systematic arrangement of accounts, and believing that it was necessary to obtain proper officials to have work properly executed, he had proposed the ap- pointment of a borough acCOtlatailt, th result of which was that now the whole of the accounts of the borough were in a satisfactory condition as far as arrangement wa< concerned. (Applause-) He again thanked them for so cordially receiving the toast to the Corporation, and said he should be always happy to further in every possible way the interests of the town and the Welfare of its inhabitants. (Cheers.) Mr GERGE GUERN also responded. Keferring to tne subject of the reading room he sa.id when it was proposed to take the room in Pier-street he ha,d suggested that its Suitableness should be ascertained before it was taken. On that occasion, as on recent occasions, he WAS in a very considerable minority. He was very glad to see that the place be then suggested as a suitable one was now begin- ning to take posession of the public mind aud he had no doubt that with the other matters with which he was now in a minority, the public would turn round and evr ntu dlv he should find himself in a majority. He could not point to anything be had done in the Council Chambers like the M,wor and Mr John James, but it was quite witbiu the reach of possibility that he should be able t,) do some thing for his fellow-townsn-fu. (Hear, beor)..At any fate, he could assure them thnt if it were so, it would he done fairly and honestly. He should not interfere with any subject with which he was not conversant. He believed Mrs James would prove of very considers ble service in the financial department, and in that department he (Mr Grefm) was quite content to leave bun. (Cheers). But be must mention another subject, and that had reference to the Aberystwyth Boating (Cheer.-), Ho wr,s almost afraid to mention it, because it might be considered an athletic sport. (Laughter, and cries of "No, no," and "Yes, yes.") The very extraordinary discussion that had tcoken place unon that subject had been nearly enoucrh to surfeit most people. (Laughter), Notwith- standing that, he would venture to say a word upon the subject. How any person, hiving the gift of common sense, could consider that athletic sports were injurious to human berogs was more than he could comprehend. Why, Mr Chairman, the very persons who had 8:1id most aglÎn8t the sports would be the very persons who would most benefit by them. (Laughter and cheers). What harm persons could see in the contesting of a race, either on font or in boats, he could not imagine. He hoped the Aberyst- wyth Boating CJub would continue to prosper and acecm- plish that which it was calculated to do-develope the I physical powers of its members. (Applause). He was not ashamed to see his sons join one or the other. He saw no reason why that could not be done, and not only every duty of life fulfilled, but their physical powers developed in every I sense. Instead of a puny, little race of people, they would then see a strong, healthy, and stalwart race of men capable of enduring any burden which they might be called upon through life to bear. (Cheers). He therefore wished I success to the Aberystwyth Boating Club. (Applause). bong by Mr R. D. Gilbertson, "Sit-non the Cellarer." ( The MAYOR, in proposing the toast of the evening "Success to the Abervstwyth Boating Clnb." said h was with regret that he referred to the loss the club had suffered by the death of Captain Dclahoyde. (Hear hear). He hoped that some of thfi retired master mariners in the town would take the place lately occupied by the deceased gen- tleman, and assist the boating club .vith their services. (Cheers). He believed the town, owed a debt of gratitude to those who formed the boating club. (Hear hear). He referred to the success of the club last year at Aberaeron and coupled with the toast the name of Mr Arthur J. Hughes. (Applause). Soug by Mr Baker, The of Allandale." Mr A. J. HUGHES,, said, he could not claim th", honour of forming the boating club, the credit of which more properly belonged to Mr Harries. (Cheers). He believed there were boating clubs at Portmadoc, Barmouth, New Quay, and Aberaeron, and if at any future time there should be a contest between the Aberystwyth and any of too,e clubs, he hoped the Aberystwyth ciub would stand in a similar position as it did lasoyear at Aberaeron, (Applause). He expressed his fondness for athletics, and said, he should always endeavour to do his utmost to promote the success of either boating clubs or athletic clubs. (Applause). Mr E. T. D. HARRIES also acknowledged the toast. He said he was an old athlete and that his object in promoting the Boating Club in Aberystwyth was not only to provide young men amusement—sinful amusement as it bad been called-(a laugh)—but to promote physical strength, and. consequently, mental strength. (Cheers.) He thought there should he no limit to the development of their physi- cal and mental powers. He looked unon the Boating a. a sister-club to the Cricket Club. Cricket developed 1 h) quickness of the limbs and the sharpness of the eyes, while boating developed the muscles of the body. (Heir, hear.) He hoped that the large number of gentl-anen present would show their interest in the Boating Club, aud make it prosper aitd become the pride of Wales. (Applause.) SonL- by Mr John Davies, Sv/eet Belle Mahone." Sever I speeches of a complimentary nature followed, after which the company separated.

DOLGELLEY CHHISTIA UNXTAKIASISJI Evans, of Carmar- then, delivered a lecture on this subject at the Pubiic- rooai on Tuesday and Frid,y, November Zird and 2Gth. ENDOWED GIRLS' SCHOOL.—The Governors have invited tenders for the erection of this school, and they are to be sent in to the clerk, Mr Richard Davies, by the 23rd of December. PETTY SESSIONS, Saturday, NOVEMBER 27.— Present: Lewis WHUams ana Jtlhu Vaughan, Esqs. Night Poaching.—Richard RidgH-f v. Evan Evans, Blaecypennant, Haufmowdilwy.— Richard liulgeiy said I am a gamekeeper to Sir Edmund Buckley, Bart., and live at Llauvmowddwy. I saw the defendant on Penv- seulari. a farm belonging to Sir Edmund Buckley, on 2sov. 12. He had a gun with him, and was watching for paeasants. It was about eiglit o'clock iu the evening. I asked him what he was doing there he said he was look- ing for magpies. Defendant was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and bound over himself ia £10. and two sureties In £ o each for his not so offending again for the space of one year. Defrauding the Jiailway Company.—J. W. Wallace v. William Wr nq Win. Wynne, joiner, Meifod, Dyffryn, was charged bv Mr Wallace, district superintendent of the Cumbriaa Haiiways, with travelling in 't first-class carriage from Barmouth to Barmouth Junction on the 27th Aug. last without, having paid his fare. Defendant did not ap- pear. The magistrates, taking into consideration that this was the third time the defendant was charged with de- frauding the company, fined him 40s, and 24s costs. Resisting the Police Constable.—P.C. R. Vaughan v. David Roberts.—P.C. R. Vaughan said: On November 23rd there was a rAW in Upper Smithtield-street. I went tie-re and tried to get the men aw-iy, but the defendant took bold of my arm and stopued me. Fined 2s 6d. and 7s 61 co-ts. 1 Highway Accounts.—Mr Robert Jores, surveyor for N.inuau-uwch-afon, Llan/achreth, and Joseph Griffiths, Nannau-is-afon, produced their accounts, which were ex- examined and allowed.—Mr William Williams, Gwemy- graig,was appointed Surveyor for the tuwnship oi Gartigyn- fawr.

LLANDYSSUL THE GBAM.VAB SCHOOL.— Mr EVIN Davies, managing clerk at the office OF Mr John JONES, solicitor of this town, AND a pupil of the Rev. William Thomas, M.A., was a suc- cessful candidate at the LA -t Preliminary Law Examination, having sat AT the Bristol centre.

WREXHAM CHORAL UNION.—A moetina: of the Choral Committee of the Wrexham Deanery Chnrc-ll As-- ciati -ll v. us held ou Thuvdil.iv Nov. the. Vicar oi NVRI-xliLVIIL presiding. LTJTTERS WERE read from the different incumbents in the deanery, and a Jarg-e pro- portion of them having consented to become members it was unar.imou?ly decided to revive tt-e Choral Union. Thp, Rev: G. H. !J trill, rector of Banyor, and the Kev. Mi Streatfie:d, vicar of Isycoed, were appointed hou. secretaries, and a meet-in? of the committee was resolved upon on the llth Dec. to make ice final anangeinent'. HOARD CI- GPAJIDUXS.—T'ii> BO»rd met on Thnrrday, Nov: 25, when there were present Capt. Griffith-Boscavren (chairman), Mr A. Peel and .Mr S. T. B.ingli (vice chairmen), the Rev. 11. O. Burton, Messrs William Williams, J. Burton, A. W. Edward*, Evan Hughes, A. Sutton, John Jons*. J. Daniel, Maurice Hughes, D. liasboiham, i D. and E. B. Samuel: Mr E. Evtus and Colonel White, ex-officio. AND Mr J. OS-,veil Bury, cler'c.— It w 's agreed to pay Mr Charles Davies, who had acted tempo- rarily as relieving offieer for the Holt district, ,£16 fo.r his SIX weeks' "eryice.- The master reported that there were 244 imiiicte-- in thu nouse, against '_().) last year and 31 vafrants had beou relieved. ATTEMPTED BURGLAHY AT GROVE PA>K.— On Sunday nl«ht November 21, some burglars attempted to enter St John's, Grove Park, the residence of MR Jones, solicitor. It appears that about weive o clock on Sunday night, a servant was ciiiturl ed by hear- ing H. noise. Slia went to the window, auti saw one man lifiiiv aootheruf. to the oack-kitchen window. She shouted to them t.iat it they DNL not YO fiv. ay she would "olow their brains out ■ upon which warning, they precipitately beat It rotreat over the wid luto Chts.er-ro-ID, She describes one as a short middle-aged man, and the other as a short, slinily-built young fellow. She states that a few days before she had seen one of them sitting on a wail rAcar the house. On examination, it w found that A small piece of Sla~s had been cut from th ;>uc*- kitchen window, whi-h would enable the bursrlar to unf-,is,eT-i sash, and lift It up. ROBBING A FELLOW-LOOORA.-ON the night of the 8th Novem- ber a mat. named hdward Thomas went to lodge for .he night at the house ot Air Broohfield, Tynycoed, Adwy'r-Clawdd, and next morning, on getting, up, he he;p2tl himse.f to a suit of pilot clothes, shirt, cirawer,, scarf, &c., also 12sin cp,lJ, the property of another lodger named William Griffiths, with which he de- camped. The property was not missed until the following Satui- dny night, when information WAS given to P.C. CUalloner, Co. U- poeth. Oa Monday night, November 22, the officer oOtaineo A clue which LED him to conclude that tlie thief had gone -o pool. The officer went there and succeeded in him in Beu Jonsou-street. Scotland-road. THE stolen RROPE.TJ, the officer discovered, bad been pledged at 'I shops- H.> brought bis prisoner to Wrexham on Wednesua,, NR.d he was brought before Mr Low on Thursday, November Jo, and REBLS0GHT0N BOARD ^IIOOLS.-Thesa school. wlneh are situated about two '1,LIE3 "ERE FO-KalIy opened on Monday, November 29. They have been pronounced bv I'r Khvs, the Government Inspector, to be the FJN. RT schonla 4 Not tti W-'le The opening ceremony consisted chu-flv ot cert, hold in the ev lii/ig, at which Mr Griffiths .IW"Z RT C()I1; the Brouchton School Board, rested, AND CH™.N -F continental education were MADE bv 31 r TV rr t\ > ADRKS UPI !1 the state of education ia th* UNITED* STIT'A < Y'.AND UPON J. H. Rawlins. The school BUILDING ARPof « racier, the SITE h^ir.r f °J,?RE A VERY costly cna- retaml-,</U-AIIC H?S U I [ peculiar character that str-.NG MR W TURNER I •T.° AT » COIT of about £ 1,000. \v)m in o <■I TJi° •IRCJ1»E<5T, AND MR Samuels DIE contractor,F CRO" I? ^/ECEN' KUFER to the School Board says he is a lo«er of -WU by tne UNDERTAKING, .v.r Williams, late of the Runbon Boys' •National School, has hen appointed head master. The amount of fallow ground be will have to break up is extensive, and we' fuer much of it is likely to prove stubborn. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES' COURT, MONDAY.— Before the Mayor (T. Evton Jon-, Esq.), T. C. Jor.efi, nnd K. Williams, Esq. A Curious Case of Tresp >ss.—R>-hen Hughes, of Sprinr- nehl, was summoned by Mr John Jones, solicitor, for on a roaJ of which he was joint owner. The • as, was r the? a peculiar one. The road in question run- I araliel with some houses of recent erection. Between tho road and the houses there is a feLce which Mr Jones claims, and four feet on the other side. For some time the tenants I of these houses have been in the habit of usii g this road, and they have nearly destroyed the fence. On the l0;h -■November Robert Hughes moved some furniture on. to a railway lorry, driven by a rran named George Williams. railway lorry, driven by a Iran named George Williams. The furniture was handed over the fence into the lorry, or i over.where there ought to have been a fence. The man ¡ Williams was called to prove the case. The defendant said many others did it as well as himself.—Mr Jones said that was just one of th" thin3 he complained of. He laid his damage at one shilling. The defendant said the hedge was 3-11 gone before he went there to live. There ought to be a VAIL to keep the people off the roa-.T.—The Bench did not see that Mr Jones wao obliged to build a wall because other people had destroyed hi-: fence. Thoir worships re- tireci to consider the ap, nd. on returning t,o court, the Mayor said they thought there was a nice point of law to be -ettled, in connquence of which they wuuld adjourn tirj ca-<" for a fortnight. Drunkenness.—Thf»» wer* six parsons in custody char:} With diunkenness, who were lined in different sums, ac- cording to the character "f the Caf es. --T?'

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. 1875. C'WSK ^Vestero .-1 £ 96,209 Vv est- Midland <* 1*7- South Wales -j 10d,81 1S75. I London and JSorr-h-We-st-ero '"j Shrewsbury and Rf,.reforct .z. 1874, Shropshire Union ) £ 1G4,172 \-am«rjak .K..ULWAYS.—Approxiraate return of traffic re ..ip?..» tor the week ending x^ov; 28,1875. Miles open, 17o, Pa?i«ot,er«. parcels, &c,, »l,o09; ruerchandiso, minerrjg, live stock, 02.078) tota-j tor tho week. £ 3,387; aggregate from commencement- o; Ciirrent half-year' to f- £ cfato. £ 89,953. Lorresponding w.-efc last year- Mile." opT, 17S. I'asseugerr, ac.. ^1,282 merchandise, kc., £ 1,999. 'vxca! k89,953, Lorresponding last year- Mile." opT, 17S. I'asseugerr, ac.. ^1,282 merchandise, kc., £ 1,999. 'vxca! for the -vepi J->bl^- /a^regau. from conia-eneeroont ni the cr.rr i.t.b.vt-ar -0 :hip £ 88,008- the cr.rr i.t.b.vt-ar o -hi- <1" £ 88,008-

Ihe )'I'a'-oD w,y fs,, I11:U"" ;<fe unable f-> take ()C,),I, that the varieties commonly old are mixe,, ii Xtarcii, under j the plea of reoderieg them soluble; while really makintr them thick, heavy and indigestible. This may be easily detected, for if Cocoa thickens in the cup it provff "headdi tioD of starch. CADBURY'S Cocoa Essence is genuine it is therefore thr<-e tunes the strength of these Coera- rD,1 a refreshing Beverage like TV. or Coffee.

TbP t Jf11? J1>llAL 0F WAIN WRIGHT. 0 'l0;- ar;d Henry Wain aright was continued 97 l v P.d reSUmed 0i! ^-turday, November 27, /.hen Mi Bes.ey opened the caae for the defence which wila th £ u t.he Je.™ains were those of some woman who had committed suiciue on Wainwrig.ht's premises with the object of bringing trouble upon her sedua r. So far from ad- mitting that the mutilated body was that of Harriet Lane, tae learned gentleman called medical evidence tenjin" to the conclusion that the remains were those of a worn? who had not borne children. ln the trial of the, Waiuwrights at the Central C% .inal Court, on Monday. Mr Lesley concluded his address on be- halt of Henry Wamwright, contending that the chain ot circumstantial evidence was broken ia°several tssent-ial re- L spects, and that even if one link were missinc the jury would have to acquit him. Mr Moody then argued on be- half of Thomas vVainwright tb -,t there Was no evidrnce whatever to attach a guilty knowledge to him. At the re- quest of the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General reserved his reply upon the whole case until Tuesday. The Civilian states that Mrs \Vainwrighr the mother of the two prisoners now on their trial ftlr t.c,t" murder o Harriet Laue, has become a ravin, lunatic. It ;eems tbit ner friends, have sedulously endeavourad to r.reve- t b* from obtaining any knowledge of the crime, and the coli- neetion of. her two sons with it. Accidentally aho beca acquaintea with all the facts, her reason gave wav u £ id«f too terrible blow, and it is stated there is not the slighte5 tope of her recoverv. Oa Tuesday morning Sir John Holker addressed the Jury on behalf of the Crown. tion of the defence that the evidence adduced bv the prose' cution was weak and inconclusive, particularly- with reo ference tofhe 1dentificafiou of the rem ai Is a'stb,)ge Ol J.i.arnet;.ljaue. He thougnt it was an insult to t-'ie jur^ to think tor a moment that tho woman whose body found had committed suicide, because H was imposiblç f, a woman to cut her throat first, and shoot her-elf afc«r wis06 ;r-in T^r?v? September, 1874 a= "m a^as'ed ciroums.:aiict-9 his endeavours t'o sell Pu->V'- hy 'os bankrupt" wnglit's own admission i-Mmet L-m» <?s" c^pd.road, m the coat rime she had never been heard of W,],! f! aa,1 l^6 w >n fiIS W0Cr^ wI?,Vyas 80 fond of faer de«,r ihtiechbirf would leave them without giving notice ou her fri^vO^ and would she remain away when she knew that the 13*? whom she had once loved was standing in 'he dock with her murder, and with his life,at stake ? The rea^" that she had not come forward was that she had been to°/l dered, ana had been buried in Whitechapel-road by, K bflievt-d be had proved, Henry Wainwright The leai'O^ couos :-l then went through the evidence, admitting Humphreys was most j.robably mistaken in stadn" th^; saw a disturbance by Harriet Lane on Sept. 5th, ln<i £ £ the workmen who said they had h,ard the three shots on the 11th might have been mistaken as to the time, there was no douot that the shots had oeen firpd ia succession, and that a person had been murdered. had gone away with Frieafce, whst h- of her and Frieake all this time. it Ji* thas Mr Frieake, of Coleman-sirpet DO^a to an with Harriet Lane, and;he argued thV toe p^<* wnom sne wrote the letter on the Sunday mght'Ja* \V i'lri wright. Mis* Wiimore had though thats^jr se^n Harriet Lane in a can. but her mind was preas^V this by Henry s representations, and she was 'expecHfr see her at any hour. Referring to the question of cation, the AKorney-faeneral said it was impossible Z whetiier the body was that of a w urio Bpnf f't'l lfc waa impossible to find two women wli°. Rented the same characteristics, as Harriet Lane *n body found in Henry Wainwright's possessio- «L especially pb.erysole with reference to the "c"'r -nd cayed tootn. If it was not tho bo,-?-, „f rr r" body w-s.it ?. If living, where was she ? IfS cried for justice He contended that Henrv had a ""Jit* for getting n, of her, and that he formed a oonspir^> his brother Thomas to allay the anxiety 0f her "riends- f\be entering at ler-gth into the details of the discovery f J<" murder, the learned Counsel proceeded to renlv to tbe, yfi fence made m favour of Thomas, ar.d contended tb^ had proved tho conspiracy existing betweenthe two b^ J 1 he Attorney-(general concladej a; 2 55 when tbe Chief Justice announced that-ne v/cnid sn:n up °a nesday.. The Lord Chief Justin on Wednesday, gum ned up the evidenco in au ad-lress which "('cl', !»' neariy five hours. With respect to the co iten W tion of Henry V.'ainwright's counsel, th»* woman whose remains were found had com' suicide his lordship pointed .out that »ltbt„ by our law we could not interrogate a an charged 'Lul £ mb'favour, 'h-evidence winch planations through thera ° counsel had urged j ha Judge) had beard „o i °e rl' :r,H_JUiT t.o consider whaher the body of a-trriet Lane ;ii it was, Harriet Lane was kilted hand 01 au «ssacsiu ami they must sav if thev honest, reasonable doubt that she fell by the ban'1 Wamwright. The jury, after a deliberation >'t 53 nmiifl the older p.risouer guiity of wilful in under, r Thomas Wniawiighb was an accessory to the crime p0& fact. dc-nry Wain writhe then declared that he murderer, that he never in his life fired a pistol» he diu not bury the remains, nor did he exhmne "r late taem. Tiie Lord Chief Justice sentenced without iiope of mercy the punishment oi the J brother being seven years' penal servitude. H'S oruered a reward of £ 30 to be given to the witness P*

o "'5 rESTINIOQ- EOAltD OF GUARDIANS. t [Omitted from Pane 2.) Great Increase in the Eatable Value.—I* waS „ 0f the i .oard that iu consequence of the re-vahiatio i estnnog quarries, tha ratable value of the ba° increased f;i,S00 „ f& XfMion of the Ckrlc.-Kr Snmml «*♦ '«»»'■cl"li w Son >' i- c n resignation. A nn-XTic-O11- OT ^.u(J d-T cJIJ'.iijrit was voted to hfaa.

SHIPPING, Week c:>;7 130 Vtcerricr, 1875. A [.¡';RY STVY1'H. I Al'?'a'cr?-H, E. T;vbr (">') 'V,.tkin", B,.i"toI. I E. Ta):lor (>,s): H^- -L, SS,R n-iteer, Humphreys, Newry; Lome, Hughes, CarT,' -0pi'^ Parted—rt, Jenkiu. Cork Seven Brothers, j<A Dundalk; Napoleon. Kees, Belfast; Charlotte, ISewry; Dov^y Packet, Thomas, Cungazvan: Daviea, Bowling. POUTMADOC. t -4f-nred—Rebecca (-s), Williams, Liverpool; | Roberts, Cardiff. fif^ I Saited.-Mv.rtha Lloyd, Williams, Gestirunn^^ao1' I :rick,_ Evans, Cardiff; Hu-~h aud Arm A^bs^' f Ann .iones, Williams, Sirnreham Er.se Edw. Margaret Owen, Roberts, Bremer; Caf.K-rf^/Wr^ g3,ret, Roberts, Bristol; Ann and Marv, J&c Rebecca (ss), Williarhs, LH-erpool; £ <Wo BrothfrS» ards, Newport; ISuggot, Williams, Miudleabarg.

arrived at sever-1 xtoportaat concluaion.^ r^pced^ > He uehcvea that good average milk can be water^1 limited extent without detection tbafc the cowscffects their milk; and that milk can b* V'f$f of contagion, through water used for adn!U'i,afci(,B ° changing the vessels, or through exposure to | gasse°. or, in extreme cases, through an rdtered ?pcTtn'c'€ < affected animals, which .gives the milk the p«wpr municate disoaae. Lastly, he concludes that the now employed are not sufficient to detect the v j >> physiological changes that take pl-ce in mii'K, » *7 aug.sts that a (iover.ir,finr Cou inis-en sd ould pointed to investigate the subject. BOARD OP IRADB SUKVEFORSHIPS.—We that Cap a n? P rry aud Kiddle of the vVh»te Steamers 'Adriatic" and "Celtic" respective' nn/T-Q,?U bythe -Board of Tr»de to the chit-f sui v*^ una ^c.,e provisions of the new Me.rch ..nt ShipP^VS • iy ,ia remembered that their late commt^dore, v^l) f^soy Murray, was selected ia 1874 as the mari»«'LtA to toe board. hough naturally the promotion "f c ievry aad. Kiadle v,ill somewhat inconvenient hm&y, Imne, and Co.. the steamers under their c'\n(1ht being in full commission, it cannot but be the owners that their commanders arc thus > >• the Board of Trade. DELICATE CmLDRSN.-Woabenins JMsea^s xe<p*U€i Treaiun rjt,— The coiiuition of tho blood iu Children being in full commission, it cannot but be the owners that their commanders arc thus > >• the Board of Trade. DELICATE CmLDRSN.-Woabenins JMsea^s xe<p*U€i Treaiun rjt,— The coiiuition of tho blood iu Children from General Debility, Rickets, Spinal Disea^, l&U* Paraiysis. ana Consumption b om Soasmodic Croiin, Hi«] Worms. Woau Eyes andali Erupt ions, is one of poverty. ^omctoennchit-.ana clear the system from all The best Jlodicine lor all th.. abovo aiini,!Rf,s ig stfl!^ VU Toaic-Dioph,, wbif-ii will arid colour to the cTif>k.« c"' ,0{ the uttie putionts to robust- health, and parents"shoo1" 6^ to Hive ucm a proper cour.v>. Prices 18J.1,2s 3o, iui<i Ifo & i all Clierni-_t-s; or birr« bo"!e sent for 5s POO. W pnetor Of Stedman's Teeibin-r Ponder tie xt 1;' Jf I the^ kind for Infants Teething. li o.it -78,$l\ Lojulon, N. oaii v.j 1 EPPS'S COCOA.—GsATEFni, AND CoarponTivG.—1" Bj'a snowleiigi) of tne natural iuvvs wbi-'b ;fovor1' the fcli^.4^' > hu'ertion and nutrition, sn,: hy a careful app!ica*f<<^1r<t»f properties of well-selected Cocoa, MrBprvs h'l-Vovl led fast. with a delicately flavoured hevera 4 whici' I1,ar 0f fill' lie.r.v heavy doctors' bills. Jt U by the judiciou-: utif- s of diet that constitution may be gradttft" ?.,(^| K-t .i ,-g ic.orgb to resi.-fc ev.rv tend" -ev to di»^ t>0 ;,«"w of ",h-le mal/nlles are-floating around us re»a? f (v-hevever there is a weak point. We may e-e 'Pri 0'd r-haft by l £ <ie;nnsr ourselves fortified v-it-h p«re 8 j\ properly nourished frame."—Civil Service Gazette- l rroi'e-; by R. IT. VJKTAOLES; and Pal-lished for at tne dwelliiig-hc.usu> of JACOP..JONES, H the county o* Merienefch-: of Jons Gibsok, W Aberystwyth, in the conntv nf Cardigan and oi in the county ot iJarnarvon. Friday, P-xcmber 3rd, 1875,