The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

FACTS AND FANCIES Query for St. Valentine's Day.—Can devoted affection be expressed in indifferent English 1—Judy. HISTORY CLASS.—Master: Who was the most famous clergyman-in English .history?" f3^r>rp boy of an tor): The Divine William Fun. V/hen the inmate of a lunatic asylum imagines himself a monarch, and gives way to waggery, the attendants always address him as "Your M adjesty. "-Fun. Skating rinks and spelling bees have evidently amalga- mated thtir interests. The other day we heard a gentleman announce that he was going to have a spell at the rink.— Fun. m The new governess (impressively): "Oh, Tommy, when I was a. little girl and made a blot on my copy-book, I used to cry.Tommy (earnestly): "What! Rctllv ? "-Ne,.v governess (still more impressively): Yes really cry. Tommy (still more earnestly) What an awful little duffer you must have been."—Punch. In a crowded horse-car the other evening, in Boston, a gentleman who was seated resigned his place in favour of a slender, pale woman, who carried a large child in her arms, and was being jostled this way and that with the motion of the car. To the gentleman's surprise a burly individual took the seat before the lady could reach it. I meant this lady to have my seat," said the gentleman angrily. "Well," replied the ether, settling comfortably back in the seat, That is my wife. "-Pli ilade 'pitia Ledger. A FEW MORE PATENT PIIOVERBS. -Speak the truth and-shock everybody you come near. A miss is as good as—another miss, and often very much better. The nearer the church the—more convenient in rainy weather. The better day the—Derby day. If wishes were horses—what a number of broken necks there w,,uld to Threatened folk—Lave their remedy in a police court. No rose with- out-a coin in Covent garden. One man mayst.-ata horse -I)iit if he does two men will probably bale him before a magistrate. Cut your coat according—to the fashion or, better still, trust the entire affair to your tailor.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANIIC. The following- appears in a contemporary:— Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri, U S. of A., December 14th, 1S75. Sir, However much we may busy ourselves in the affairs of life, the Scythe Bearer will occasionally give us a sharp reminder of his passage. I am conscious (and the feeling is not as pleasant as some that I wot of,, that an- other year is about to expire. Beforetbese lines pass before your gaze, Christmas will be with us all. Permit me to say that I most heartily wish you and the readers of the Advertizer a Merry Christinas, and, after, a I-Tappy New Year Christmas in Mi-rrie England What a train of rosy visions and sweet re- flections that brief sentence awakens in the mind of an Ameri- can of reading and taste. While it is true that in some few localities in America among the native citizens there are cus- toms connected with Christmas not English in their origin, yet it is undoubtedly the fact that the overwhelming mass of our people celebrate that festive se-ison in the same way and im- !,ressel with the ;>!line traditional notions and emotions that you cia. Tile old English Christmas litemture (if I maybe permitted the phrase), is quoted as often here as with you. And not only til ft, but the countless gift-books issued annually at this time of the year by your publishers are everywhere exposed for sale here. Only a few minutes ago, on stepping into the book-store in our little village of Liberty, I saw a dozen Christmas publica- tions just from London or Edinburgh. I hope that at this j.iyous season, old England is, all in all, as merry as ever. I know, of course, that, owing to the excess of jour population and consequent competition in all departments of I.,thoiir,physictlan(i mental, every man with you cannot, as with us (if he will half rry here) have, not a chicken, but a turkey in his put, yet I must think that Englishmen when one takes into con- sideration their freedom, and that the whole worM yields its treasures of art, as well as its grauaries to their national wealth, are fuily as merry as were their ancestors at any time within authentic history. Having Christmas and plum-pudding in mind, at the hazard of seeming to fall beneath the dignity of correspondence, yet wishing to gratify any possible curiosity which O.-westriau house-keepers at this auspicious season, ui:ty have as to the cost of living with us (or, rather, in your correspondent's locality), I subjoin the prices of sundry articles of food here in Liberty, viz.:—Wild geese, 30 cents. apiece tame ditto, 25 cents. turkeys, 5 cents per lb gross; chickens, 1 dollar 5'-) cents per dozen; tame ducks, 2 dollars 50 cents per dozen; wild ditto, 2 dollars 50 cents per d. zon butter, 15 cents per lb eggs, 18 ceuts per dozen beef, best roast or steak, 8 cents per I b; pork, the same lard, 15 cents per lb flour, best, 3 dollars 75 cents per 100 lbs; buckwheat flour, 3 dollars per: GO Ibs; In ian meal, GO cents per bushel; rabbits, 10 ceuts tpiece squirrels, the ssnie qu iils, 1 dollar 25 cents per dozen potatoes, UO to 40 ceuts per bushel; turuips, 5 cents per bushel unions, 1 dollar p r bushel leans, 1 dollar 25 cents per bushel; and apples, 60 cents per bashed. These are retail prices i our p;iper currency, and 100 cents (a dollar) in it is now worth only 871 cents in gold. In this connection, you will pardon me if I note a few of the prodigies of production in this couuty during the season just pa6ed. There is now here a pumpkin weighing 1G3 lbs. I have seen several others, each weighing considerably above 100 lbs. I hal e seen many turnips weighing twelve or fourteen pounds a pii-.ee. It is said that in one instance over 1,200 bushels of turnips were raised on an acre. Knowing the prodigious growth of vegetables this year, while I Clnllot verisy this rehti"D, I cennot say that I disbelieve it. Many fijids have produced fifteen to eighteen barrels uf Indiiin corn to the acre, and a few sis high even as twenty-tive barrels. The usual number of rows of grain on an ear of Indian corn is eighteen, but there is one lying on my table which has thirty-four rows. An ear was raised which, stripped of the shuck, was twenty-two inches in length. Three grains of the variety of Indian corn which we term. pop corn" were planted, and from them sprang three stalks i not straws, as termed by a writer in speaking of a stalk from Ran- sas exhibited at Shrewsbury, if I mistake not), and 0:1 etch stalk there were ten perfect ears. It is difEcult to say what is the highest possible productiveness of the soil of this country (Western Missouri), when speaking either of cereals or vegeta- bles, for the reason that it has not been fully tested. The popula- tion is not sufficiently dense to compel the utmost care and skill in the preparation of the soil or the culture of crops. You have no doubt noted the frequent mention made in the American press of ilie grand national Centennial Exhibition" [tt. the city of Philadelphia, in 187o, which will be the completion of a century since tHe declaration of our independence. The preparations all owr the Uniun for it are cominensura,.e with the grandeur of the conception. The number of persons who during the Exhibition will visit Philadelphia from all par s of this country will be enormous. It is also supposed that the visitors from Europe will be without llny precedent in the past as to number. It will be the most favourable of all occasions for a foreigner to visit America who wishes to amin an exact idea of our physical power, and to see the real, governing, bebt classes of our population. It Las been remarked by some one of your countrymen that Englishmen can not well unite heartily with us in our approach- ing exhibition, or. rather, that they could not be expected to congratulate us on the occasion. Under t'1e circumstances, and looking at the world-wide sympathy which should exist between all people speaking our common tongue, I can see no reason why there should not exist the utmost cordiality between Americans and Englishmen on thufc great review of our past and exposition of our present. We consider the Centennial" as an exponent of the possi- bilities for human gcod in a Government where civil and religi- own liberty exist in the highest perfection, and certainly as no reflection upon the country whenco, confessedly, our ancestors derived the general drift of tlieir ideas when the frame-work of our own system wasliri process of formation. American Government is the work of Englishmen a hundn d years ago, for the colonists of the Atlantic Coast, before the fatal passage of the Stamp Act, were as loyal to the Mother Country as the sentry of Somerset or Kent. We wish, then, that you should rejoice with us, not be- cause our ancestors achieved their independence, but because England tyid America are the champions of civil and religious freedom, and the refuge of the oppressed of all lands. The effect of the Centennial preparation litis been to stimulate inquiry into our history iind traditions, local and general. An immense fund of curious lore is being collected on all sides. Facts and incidents conn, cteriwith the days of our ltevo utioti- ary struggle are coming to light in all quarters. A great curiosity is manitestedin hunting up all of the extremely old persons in the country. I must confess surprise at the number of persons who have attained a hundred years of age, or nearly so. The common belief with us is that wo do not live to so great an age as the people of Europe. In the lists of deaths published, for instance, in tho Advertizer there are as compared with the like lists in an American paper, an un- usually large proportion of persons who have attained the age of 80 years and upwards. From a comparison of these lists, longevity would seem to be greater in Europe ("t least in Eng- land and Wales) than in America. Whether these lists are sufficient evidence I cannot say, as I have not at hand the positive proof which can only bj lound in census returns. Be the fact as to longevity as it may, we are finding quite a number of persons in America, "native and to the manner born," who have attained an extreme old age. It may not be amiss to name a few cases that have occurred under your correspondent's observation. I don't mean to perpetrate a bull by my use of the word "observation." I have not "been there" to observe all the time I simply mean that the proofs of the ages of these parties, as stated, are sufficient to tatisfy me that they are correct. There is an old lady 11\ mg 18 nulc from this nlbgo who was born in Kentuckv, March 12tb, 1775. An old man living in a county adjacent to this was born on July 4th, 1776. A French Canadian died a year or eo ago in Kansas City, Mo., at the age of about 120 years. I have known several negroes born in Virginia, who were at least 100 years old. The ::II'>:1t;e to Congress of President Grant still continues to engro conversation. It certainly is in many respects a very re- markahie document. These shite papers have for many years assumed a portentous size, This la-t one is nowise behind its predecessois iu length. The contrast between them and the messages of your Queen to Parliament in that regard is very striking. It is h"rd to say which is the most to be reprehended —tbe brevity of the one or the unconscionable magnitude of the other. In view of the shortness of life, I believe I would pre- fer error in the direction of abbreviation. The President's Message indicates anything else rather than a dispositi ti to retire into the sliadts of private life. lie don't wish any of the otium cum dignitafe of retirement ill his'n." Tl1e Message is a plain bid for a third term. As some of your readers may not understand American feeling in regard to a third term in the presidential office, I will explain. There is no- thing in tbe National Constitution which prevents a third election to that position. The ii stiumont is silent as to the number of terms the same citizen may serve. But General Washington served only twice, aud none of his successors has offered him- self for e ection a third time (af-er two terms of service), and hence it has become a sort of etiquette for a President not to offer himself as a candidate for the t.iird election. It has gone beyond etiquette, I may say, and become with Americans who venerate the fathers of the Republic, a custom, grown almost into law, for a citizen after serving two terms in that high position,to decline any farther candidacy therefor. President Grant doubtless wishes in this respect to break away from the traditions of the past, and to be himself the author of a new usage,-in a word, to be the beginning of a nevus ordo scecloruru. The message has been the subject of various criticisms. It certainly smacks more of the politician than the statesman. That portion having reference to Cuban affairs is an admirable specimen of rigmarole. It does, though, precisely what he wishes, viz., commits him to nothing, conceals his real purpose, and yet intimates that he intends to act. He has unnecessarily introduced the questions of tajfing Church property and the support of public schools into national politics. The States are managing these questions in the most practical and comprehensive manner. The peoples of the States are fully equal to the treatment of both questions- In reference to the taxation of Church property, for example, the Constitution of ;\li"s<mri. adopted ia 18(;iJ, coinpelU d the subjection of all of it to the public burthens. In the Constitution of this State just adopted (Oct. 30th, 1875,i it is provided, in obedience to the uni- versal popular will, that the Legislature may exempt from taxa- tion edifices used only for public worship. The action of Missouri in regard to both questions is that of nearly all of the States. One of the strong objections urged against the Presidents re- commendation of an amendment to the National Constitution, requiring the States to afford a good common school education to their children, is, that it is a mov. ment in the direction of a consolidation of our Government. Our wisest thinkers have agreed that our federative system is the true one for the preser- vation of freedom. The civil war in America gave the centrali- zation of governmental forces in this country a wonderful impetus, and it has been the anxious thought of our most conservative and far-seeing statesmen to device some way of checking the tendency. No man knows better than President Grant that free, popular education in the United States is fixell on au immutable basis, and does not need the strong arm of the Federal Government. His treatment "f schools, c'urch property, polygamy, and the immigration of Chinese women looks as if he wishes to con- centrate all of the elements of fanaticism in the country, re- ligious and political, in support of himself at the ensuing pre- sidential election. The beginning of that portion of the lJ10-S:li;e toucbing educa- tion has a seiio-condc air (with the comic preponderating) tv Americans. He siys "From the fill of Adam for his trans- gression," iftc. Now we can not exactly associate religious ;deas with the person of our President. There is a shrewd suspicion that he is rather sportive in his character-likes well to "hold the sirinys behind Dexter, &c., &0, !lnd they dos ay that (to use 'U expiessiv but rough provincial nhrase) he has a penchant for a long, yellow dram." Hence the solemn allusion to Adam savoured of the ludicrous. Pr rhaps the President laughed at it himself, for they say he loves a joke. MISSOURI.

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BYE-GONES NOTES, QUERIES, and REPLIES, on subjects interest- ing to Wales and the Borders, must be addressed to BYE- GONES, Croeswylan, Oswestry." Real names and ad- dresses must be given, in confidence, amd .U88 must be loritten legiblv, on one side the paper only, — —

DROWNED IN THE SEVERN. On Friday, February loth, an inquest was held at the Prince of Wales Inn, Welshpool, before Mr E. M. Jo""Il on the body of Margaret Oakley, whose body was found in the river Severn on Monday, February 14. The follow- ing evidence was given:- John Francis said-I am a labourer, and live in Mount Pleasant, Welshpool, the other side of the sfreet from the residence of the deceased. I married deceased's daughter. The deceased was about 57 years of age, and was the widow of John Oakley, labourer, who died in August, 1874. Th" last time I saw th" deceased alive was on Monday, the 7th instant, about seven or eight o'clock in the evening. She was missed the following day, and it was feared s-he had fallen into the river Severn. I assisted in the searches made for the body, which Arthur Grimshaw, George Griffiths, and myself found yesterday about mid-day in the river We had a boat to make the search yesterday, and when we were on the river opposite the upper pnrt of the Erwenydd, occupied by Mr James Powell, I saw the body in the water in an almost upright position. We took the body out, and it was quite evident it, had bpen several days in the waW. The deceased was subject to fits, Elizabeth Davies said—I live in Mount-street, No. 29. I know the deceased. I last saw her alive about the middle of the day on Tuesday last. She was then in my house, and said she was going for some sticks. Her object in calling was to ask me to pay threepence to her burial club. She did not tell me in what direction she was goine, She had not returned at six o'clock in the evening, and in con- sequence John Francis, David Davies, John Luke, Sarah Luke, and myself went in search of her. We went towards the river about Leighton Bridge and below Kilkewydd Bridge, when in a fielli near Glanhafren we found a burden of stick8 and a shawl, which I know belonged to the deceased. That was all we could find. There was no track whatever if the deceased. I have seen her many times in fits, and when recovered she would run or walk very fast, and generally in the direction of tire or water if either was near to her. Thomas Evans said-I am a labourer in the emrtloy of the Earl of Powis, and knew the deceased on Tuesday last about half-past one. I was cleaning a water course in a field occupied by Mr William Beattie, the other side of the railway, a short distance above the Welshpool Station. There is a footpath through the field leading to Kilkewydd, and it is a general way taken by persons going to the river Severn. I saw the deceased pass along the footpath, but did not speak to her. She was going towards Kilkewydd, and carried under her left arm something I could not see. The Jury returned a verdict of Found drowned.

RELIGIOUS EQUALITY. A Nonconformist Conference was held at Westminster on Tuesday, Mr H. Richard, M.P.. presiding, to consider questions concerning religious equality. The CHAIRMAN, speaking on the Burials question, advised Nonconformists to accept no compromise. He urged the necessity for farther reforms in the University system, so as to admit Dissenters to a full participation in the advan- tages now withheld from them. I Mr OSBORNE MORGAN, M.P., explained his reasons for deciding to proceed in Parliament by resolution on the subject of Burials, instead of by Bill. Silent burials could I never be accepted by Nonconformist?, and compromise could not be entertained. The principle of his resolution would be to permit the burial of Dissenters in their own churchyards, and with their own rites. He believed it would be found that was an evil day for the Church when its champiois determined to fibt the battle of religion on the battle ground of the churchy;,rd. Arnnng other speakers were Mr A. McArthur, M. P., the Hon. Lynlph Stanley, the Rev. G. M. Murphv, and Mr A. W. Youngs, M.P. Resolutions were passed in support of Mr Osborne Mor- gan's motion regarding Burials, and demanding the removal of the restrictions against Dissenters in the matter of University qualification.

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RAILWAY TO LLANFAIR. WP are informed that the following are the re-sorts— "b rtly stated—which induced many of the principal intended shareholders, after the meeting of the 28th of J inuary, to withdraw their subscriptions and decline to continue to take part in the proceedings. At the preceding er meeting a course was unanimously agreed upon, aft mature deliberation, as the one best cal. u'ated to secure the making of the railway and protect the promoters from being subjected to indefinite and useless liabilities. At the last meeting, on the 2Sth, an unexpected opposition was shown to acting on the determination so come to and, believing as they continued to do that by acting on that determination alone either the one object or the oth-r co,,I'l be effected, they considered that the onlv alternative left to them was to take the step they did take after that meeting. ■-

SOUTH WALER COLLIERS.—The Sou'h Wales Conciliation Board, oa Saturd v. February 12 resolved t> leduc- the rate of wages in South Wales and Monmouthshire coalfields in proportions varying from 12 to 33 per CI: t. It is believed the reduction will be accepted in the Aberdare and Merthvr district", but opposition is expected in the Rhondda Valley and in Monmouthshire. OXFORD LOCAL FXAMINATIONS.—These examination3 wil commence at the different centres on Monday, May 29'h. The printed forms which candidates are t-) fill iip will be ready Ly the 1st March, and tray be obtained from the local secretaries, from whom may be obbjnd all necessary information. The secretary for the Wrexham centre is Mr I. G. Buckton, Wrexham. WEST GOGINAN LEAP MINING Co.—A general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the offices, Lothburv, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, Mr Brookes in the chsir. The report and balance sheet was taken as read. The C ariti,r said they bad a good report to give of steady T-r gress. had been over tworkings recently, &n<i be described their present condition, alluding to the proposed diverting of a watercourse, which would be a areat advan- ta=;e to the company, andyfor carrying oi.t arrange- ments were b^ing made. They had aoout, £ b,000 to help them on. and that he thought wouid be sufficient to set them on their feet, and be did not doubt bllt that as they got deeper in the mine they would get ou briskly. He proposed the adoption of the report and b daaice sheet. JUr: Bowman, who seconded th" motion, testified from personal experience th..t the money laid out had been well expended. Mr Kitto. tbe manager, said that by the end of March he would begin to make returns, aud from that time he hoped to return from 15 to 20 tons of lead. They bad ample to return from 15 to 20 tons of lead. They bad ample capital to do everything required. The motion was then carried, at.d the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors.

FROM THE PAPERS. An Imperial edict pabbshed in t he Pekin Gazette degi Genera! Lee-see tai, an-' orders him to be tried for cor city in the murder of Mr M^rgary. Mr George Darby, tuc steeplechase jockey, diet -Pt,gby, on Tnui-sday, Feb 10th. io cormeqnencp of tb juries he -u^tvluea in a fa:1 at the Birmingham Ste< chases on Tuesday. On Thursday, Feb lOtii, the Court of Common Cou resolved on the motion of Mr Bedford, seconded by John Bennett, to sub-cribe for ten free scholarships of value of C40 a year each, for five rears, in the Natic Tra ning School of Music. t I This year the summer -nanceavres wi'.l be conducted Woolmer, F.eusham, Cobham, and Cove Commons." H fod Bridge Flats, Frimiey Hills, &c., with Ajuersnot a ba-e of operations. The tronn.c wiil be divioed into t j army corps, each commanded by a general, and compo: j of the different arms of the service. The I-alh c,f tt,,e ii,j. r,.vr(iv .s from New riC. r Johnson w<is n*-arjy ^igoty yeais age. He was appointed minister to London in success to j^r Adams in 18tiS, and, on the rejection of what called the Clarendon Johnson treaty for the settlement • icin claims, by the American was recal in 1S69. I heVoce dellaVerita in r, publishing the recent disc'.ain signed by the Rev. Mr Miickoiv>chie, ana other Kitual i clergym.-n, repeats that "No mtriguo. secret or rot seer exists between Rome and London for the so-called fusi of Ritualisms or any otcer Protestants with the Church Rome, but, IGn the other hand, a sport meous, powerf1 and naturahy-increasinE movement; does exvsr. in part of t Protectant; Church in Englsnd fur a return to the truth tbe bosom of Catholic uniiy." The anriversary of the proclamation of the Rom, Republic was comment rated in Rome on Tuesday, Feb Garibaldi, aithougn suff- ring from acute pain, was ca¡ori. into bis carnage and attended the ceremonial of placing i scriptions on the walls of th villas outside the Porta, Pancraeio, where the great struggle took place between tl French troops and t-ii,, Italians. He addressed the spfCtato in eulogy of Republican principles, and said that tt Republicans bad made fv compromise with the Monarch for the sake of Italian unity, expecting a goo-i Goveri ment. He advised Italians to imitate Englishmen in the steadiness and wisdom in knowing when to act and when t temporise. The Monetary Gazette, in its last issue, states that tb advice generally tendered in the city of London jn-t nov is, Be careful what you do, for there is a vers- uneas' feeling about. The»e «uiaouitions the Gazette traces t high places," and adds We could tell where the store will burst; v. e could even indicate a remedy for the disaste when it shall overtake us. But the city will not bear i now and besides, we know no sec-et that is capable o averting tfce calamity. The stone is already rolled over th< precipice if it should lodge hi some crevice in inid-descem —well; if not, it rcll downwards to the bottom witi accelerating speed." Sir John Taylor Coleridge, who died at an early hour or Friday morning, February 11, fit his Devonhjre seat, neai Ottery St. Mary, was in his S5'h year, having been born it 1790. He was called tothe bar at the Middle Tempie ii. 1319, was made a seijeaijt-at-h.w ia 1832, and a puUne justice in the Court of King's Bench in 1835. Sir John filled that posi. tion under two chiefs, Lorr!^ Denman and Campbell, and, after a judicial service of 23 years, retired in 1858. when a farewell address on the .-art of the Bar was delivered by the present Lord Chief Baron, then Aftomrv-Genral. ■ Lorrl, Coleridge was with his father at the t;m:> of his death. Owing to a g„ng of plat-liyers having left work because refreshments were refund, a destructive collision betweer luggage trains occuired (11 Friday right. February 11th at P i.rkstde station, on the main line of the London anc Nrrth-western Railway,between anO Liverpool, Both lines were blocked for several hours. A collision occurred at tbe -Bridgend station of the Great Western Railway all Sumlay, February 13th, between a goods and a balla-t train, through a mistake as to the signals. The driver of the ballast train, who had made the mistake, was thrown from his engine, and had both Ii;" leg., cut oft by the carriages of the n01;:t tra.'n. No other person was in- jured, but some of tht- carriages w.re smashed. The Board of Trade enquiry, after a nine days'sitting, into the supposed collision between the White Star steamer Adriatic and the Harvest Queen, on or about the 31st December last, off the coast of Ireland, terminated on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 10, when Mr R ffi s delivered the judgment of the Court. It was found that the ship in col- lision with the Adriatic was the Harvest Queen, and Cap- tain Jennings, master of the steamer, WaS not to blame for the collision; and that. everything was done which was practical} e in the effort to save life nd render assistatsce to toe shiD ufttr the occurrence. In returning Captain Jennings his certificate, the Court expressed regret that the entry in the official log was not more candid and explicit as to the occurrence, and also that t'¡fre was a want of frank- ness, amounting to reticence, in the evidence, especially of the first and third officers of the Adriatic. The Court also thought that the master would have done well to have at once informed the British consul at New York on bis ar- rival of the collision, and t- have delayed the painting of the bows of the Adriatic till ample op-jortunity for inspec- tion had been afford, d. Lord Aberdare presided on Saturday evening, Feb 12th, at the annual dinner of the Royal Historicil Society, held at Willis's Rooms, London, and in proposing the toast of the evening, he said A,,l(,t-bcr way in which historical research might be most useful!y applied was in the investi- gation of those myths upon which peoule in s mae portions of the empire prided themselves. In this direction Mr Stephens, in his "Literature of the Cymri," had txpiored two favourite notions of the Welsh—first, that a Welshman named Prince Madoc had first discovered America and, secondly, that Edward the First had o-d the mas-acre of the Welsh bards. Mr Stevens accurate inve^aS H&jhcTS -nat n0t the Br.nce 3Iadocs story ex- istvCi untu oU y03rt- O^lunthus's famous voyage wh&a it was mentioned by Sir John Wvnn in family history while the massacre was traced to an edict of Edward pro- hibiting. on pain of death,the bards cr minstrels from tavel- ling about amongst their countrymen stirring up a spirit of resistance amongst the people, this edict being repeated at intervals down to the reism of Elizabeth. It is probabl, that no one, and certainly no bard, was ever put t) deat' under its provisions and it is certain that after the dat of the alleged massacre, one of the most famous of th- bards put on reeo-d his comprint that the fraternity hau been silenced not by death > u by the edict in question."

POLITICAL -J-f. "J- On Tuesday Mr Blake, Liberal, was returned for Leorcin»ter by a majority of 85. This is a Liberal gain Vi?count Cricbton was, on Tuesd T, elected, un, prosed, for Enmsfcillen. Viscount, Hwch-r.gbrook v^.s, on Tu-suav electeo, unopposed, for Huntingdon. The Retford Cons- rvatives have unanimously resolved resolved to support; I Wil!ia:n Beckett Deuison, senior partner in the banking firm of Beckett and Co. 'The L.'oerals have decider; to contest the seat. Mr C. Darby Griffith, who forme; ly sat for Devizes, has issued at, to the electors (f Perks, soliciting their suffrages as an independent Conservative candidate, who is anxious to aid them in demonstrating that the,- will not delegate to a coterie of landlords their rigt of selecting a parliamentary representative. The first two Bills of the session which have been printed are A Bill to amend the law relating to offences asaing the person," brought in by Mr Charley and Mr Whitwel and a Bill introduced bv Sir Ratbbone to ena- Ie municipal borough authorities in England and Wales to grant super- annuatioa allowances to their officers, clerks, and servants. Mr Rylands (Liberal) defeated Mr Lindsay (Conservative) at Kurn.ey, on baturday, February 12, by a majority of 44o, out of a poll of 6597. There aie7037 electors in the borough. At the previous contest the Lioerai majority was 75. The balance of parties is not disturbed by the result, the lafp member (Mr Sbaw) having been a Liberal. Mr John rallAt intends t) move, as an amendment to Mr Osborne Morgan's resolution on the subject of Noncon- formist funerals in churchyards, That, considering the crowded state aud insufficl lot area of many churchyards it is desirable to make more general provision for the supply of public graveyards; such provision to ba made by a cheaper and more simple method than that which ia afforded by the provisions of the Burials Acts Horsham election trial opened on Tuesdav. Mr Tbesiger for the petitioner produced evidence that letter had been written to out-vottr. promising payment of expenses if they would vote for Mr Hurst. Thi", on the authority of Copper a d Slide, he contended, voided the election. Strgt. Parry, f. »«por,d«'nt. contended that these pronrses* thontrh illegal, did not void the seat. Mr Ju tiee Qtuiu on Wednesday, and declar» d the election void, his asj-nt having paid the expenses of a voter. Asthe Conservatives, did not claim the seat tL re will be another election. The text of the official instructions to Mr Cave on his mission to the Kedive, w;!h a lis: yi the correspondence which has taken place in regfiia to vi-it, was ;ssued on Saturday night, February 1-. The instructions are con- veyed in a letter from Jj0ra n'rby, who ci>r,ciselv dtfices the situation, expl,%ining- thf- w, toe" M.jestv's Govern- ment. Detailed instructions are not considered'uecess&rv the Government prtftiKng t" I -ayL the conduct ofpSe misnon, as far is ;J,S-- -I t j .vir s Jkisrciuii, flyil)g on him any course of proceeding which might be taken to a d^ire to exercise interference with the internal affairs of fc~ ,vnt i, letter to, Maj.,T-VIea,iaI Stanton, Lord Derb" says Her Majesty s Uovernmtn; especially wish it to under tood that this -pedal mission must not b- taken to imply a desire to int>rf-rrv v,Ti.h the iaf^rna! aflanr. -->f r hrf thhon P"re!<V character, dicta-d by the'interest of E^t'r na? y* toKea ;;1 toe WiIfare and piosperiiy V"<

HLtMPRREY'R Tortran.doc) CAMOATTLF, fTT T.y — rrhr'e v 11 known Pit's (after a public trial of 35 y.allr,,) have I)eeD pr<rea 1lI tnorisands of cases to oe or,e of the boi auu saf<-• r.-i" Mf oicines knor.n. They are a careful admixture of the la^u^st vegetable aperients, and do not certain j, particle of mercury or any other nun-.ral substance whatever. The., speedily rmoVl Bi liousness, Indigestion, Habitual Co-fivenesR, Liver Com- plaints, Piles, Grave], Loss of Appetite, RbeuruaiiMii. Pains m the Head, rhest, and all Impurities of the Biood. Thev unite a mild operation with a succe-sful effect. The Ye-uuc and Deli- cate may take these Pills without difficulty or clatter. Tiie aged may fly to theui with tbe u most safety i beuetit S,'ld~bv trfost chemists in boxes, is ti l!, 2s 9.i, and <Ts C>d aeh or of thj Pro- prietor, Thomas B. Huiphrey (late Hemrv Humphrey) Port- ia:! -tc-c.Xortb Wale-: wholesale of Messrs ii "quire and Co London; \io ssi-* Evans, Sons, and Comuv Liveroool HUMPHREY^ TUSSIVE (i-tgister($f'a ri, aDU valuaWe discovery for Courts, Colds. A*f<ma, Conmmption, Iloovinq Cough, Brottchitm, Jioarxenens, Loss of Voice und all affections of the Throat and Lungg One doze r^ves 'instant, re- lief. -Sold ly most Chemists in Bottles Is i^d 2s Pd, and 4s6d each, or of the Proprietor. Thomas B. Huu.phrev, Operative Chemist, Portmadoc, .North W«les. Wholesale^of^ Messrs Banron, Squire, and Co., London; Nessra Evans, Sons, and Copmv. Liverpool.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT 1 HOUSE OF LORD3.—THURSDAY. The Duke of RICHMOND, replying to a question, stated that, as it had been reported that foot-and-mouth disease among cattle was greatly on the increase, the Privy Council had resolved to reintroduce the regulations with regard to the disease, leaving it optional to local authorities to apply, them. The President of the Council further stated that the regulations as to pleuro-pneumonia would be extended to Ireland. The Earl of Powili said it was a general opinion among agriculturists that there should be more pro- tection against diseased cattle from Ireland. The Agricul- tural Society ascertained some years ago that the steamers in which Irish cattle were imported propagated disease, and it had been shown that cattle so imported did not in some cases exhibit symptoms ot disease at tho landing-place, though after they had been conveyed to their destination inland they were ascertained to be affected.—Subsequently, replying to a qu.-stiou by the Duke of ST. ALBANS, the Duke of KICHMOND said that Lord Sandon would shortly introduce a Bill relative to the operation of the Agricultural Children Act. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. In reply to a question from Mr MACDONALD, the HOME SECRETARY said that in face of the conflating opinions as to the prohibition of the use of blasting powder in mines, he was not in a position to introduce a Bill on the subject. —Lord MANNERS said there would be no reissue of tele- graph cards, as the experience of a trial of three years showed that the public would not use them—Mr CHARLEY moved the second reading of the Offences Against the Person Bill. It is designed to check the crime of infanticide. The main provision is thnt if a woman wilfullv or maliciously inflicts grievous bodily harm upon her child, during or immediately after birth, the offence shall be puuishabie without proof of sepaiate existence, which is necessary at present.—The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the Bill, and it was read a second tim3.— In committee of the whole House, the CHAN- CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved for leave to bring in a Bill relating to marine insurance and other maritime contracts. The most important clause provides that in every contract for the carriage of goods or persons by sea tbtre shall be an implied warranty that the ship is sea- worthy and the effect of that will be to put passengers on the same footing as cargo with regard to the liability of the shipowner for their safety. There will also be a provision to prevent the shipowner from contracting himself out of liability to the shipper. For the prevention of over-insur- ance it is proposed that where the insurance appears to be unreasonably in excess of the real vajue proceedings may be stopped until the real value has been ascer- tained by referees. Mr WATKIN WILLIAMS congratulated the Government on having resolved to legislate on the im- portant subject bef re the House, and upon the extreme moderation and caution with which they seemed to have ap- proached it. The shipowners of this country were, he aci- mitted, as a rule, a noble-minded body of men, but then ic they were nc.t free from the evil to which every other great interest or profession was liable—that the profits which they realized attracted to their number persons who were reckless and unscrupulous. Years ago he had warned ship owners and shipping companies that this tendency to ex- onerate themselves from every kind of responsibility was a source of great danger as being calculated to produce recklessness on the pa't of shipowners and mariners, and that the result would be that the Government would be compelled to interpose. He was glad the Government had had the courage to deal with the subject of bills of lading, which had come to such a point that the insurers had to pay the freight whether the ship was lost or not. The course proposed to be taken in dealing with valued policies was too clear for argument. The objection of his hon. friend seemed, indeed, altogether contradictory, because if the evil did not exist, how could the insurance go to foreign countries? Anything more moderate than the proposals of the Government lie could not well imagine. He had been under the impression that t,he Government were about to undertake a much more violent change, but they had prudently abstained from going the L-ngth which some persons desired. By the Bili valued policies were not in- terfered with, but if in a trial in which the owner of a ship claimed an indemnity for the loss there were good grounus for believing that there had been an excessive and improper Valuation, and an abusive use of the convenience of valua- tion, then the tribunal were to have the power of causing an Independent inquiry to be made as to whether there had or had not been such an abuse. The effect woulu be, not that the assured was to receive no indemnity, but that the amount to be recovered was to be limited to a true and honest indemnity. Whflt, honest man could object to that 'i (Hear.) Sometimes these excessive valuations occurred through inadvertence. There was the case of the Sir \V. Eyre, on which an insurance on a valued policy or £ 15,(>00 was effected. It was n, ,t known at the time to the assured or the underwriters that the ship was practically a wreck. She went on shore at New Zealand, and the injury the ship had received was so great that it had reduced her value so that she was not worth £ 1,500. She wasdestroj'edby tire, and the assured sought to recover on the policy, not on fl,500, but on 215,000, and it was held that he was entitled to re- cover the larger sum. Any law that would prevent a con- sequence so monstrous he, as a lawyer, would hail with delight. He begged to offer his cordial congratulations to the Government for the courage they had shown in legis- lating on this subject. The Bill was, he thought, moderate and cautious in the extreme. After a brief discussion, leave was given to bring in the Bill, and it was read a first time. Sir CHARLES ADDERLEY then moved for leave to introduce the Government measure for amending the Merchant Shipping Acts. It is founded upon the tem- porary Act of last session, and simply purposes to render per- manent the main provisions of that Act, with the addition of one or two clauses. Mr PLIMSOLL, while reserving any distinct expression of opinion until he had carefully con ■ sidt r.-d the proposals, thought the Bill fell lamentably short of what was necessary to .secure a satisfactory settlemenc of the question. Mr E..J. REED expressed a similar opinion. Xieave was given and the bill was road a first tim r- After tbo. introduction of some private measures of minor importance, the House adjourned at 10S0. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The House read a fi st time a bill introdaced by the > Lord Chancellor for the establishment of a final court of appeal for the United Kingdom. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Mr SCLATER-BOOTH moved for leave to hring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the valuation of property for the purposes of rates and taxes. He said it was admitted on all hands that it was necessary to simplify the different systems of valuation. A uniform system fcr all purposes was pro- posed. The system which bad been applied to the metropolis had been found to work so successfully that he proposed to apply it iothe whole country. This would secure more uniform action and deductions would bn placed upon an intelligible basis. Valuations for income- tax purposes would onlv be made every seven years instead of five as at present. The proper was generally criticised with favour and leave was given. The. other business was unimportant, and the house adjourned at seven. HOUSE OF LORD MONDAY. On the motion of Earl FCRTSSCUE, the House ordered returns to be made of the proportional number of men and women who sign, d the marriage register with a mar": during the last three years.-The Duke of RICHMOND laid on the table the papeis relative to the cession of Gambia to the French. It was expected that the production of this correspondence would lead to a debate on the subject, but no statement or comment was made. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Anew writ was ordered for East Retford- Lord JOHN MANNERS, replying to questions, said the scheme of trans- mitting money through the post office by cheques was under consideration and that notice to terminate the Cunsrd and Inman Transatlantic postal contracts was given in August last aud be hoped shortly to state what new arrangements had'been adopted.—Mr CROSS said he had received a com- munication from Baron Bramwell, denying that he ever used the expressions attributed to him in his address to the jury on the loss of the Mistletoe.—Mr DISRAELI announced .3 on ti, the names of the Royal Commissioners on the international obligations of this country with respect to the slave trade. -in Committee of Supply, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE- QUER explained the circumstances under which the vote jf 1:4,080,000 was asked to pay the purchase money of the Suez Canal shares. Subsequently, the Marquis of Harting- ton, Mr Gladstone, Lord R. Montagu. Mr YV. E. Forster, and'other members, strongly urged the Prime Minister not to ask the House to enter immediately into the discussion, and the debate was adjournea till Monday next. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Their Lordships Fat but a few minutes, the only busi- ness being the reception of some petitions against any measures authorising the use in parochial churchyards of any service other than that of the Established Church. c, ) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr MEXDON gave notice, on behalf of Mr Butt. that. on an early day h ) would move for leave to bring in a Bill for better promoting university education in Ireland.—Mr SCLATER BOOTH ga,ve gave notice that on Thursday next he would move for leave to introdr.c" a Bill fer the better arrangement of divided parishes, and other local area", and for otherwise amending the law relatlng to the relief of the poor.—Mr DISRAELI gave notice that on Thursday he would ask leave to bring in a Bill to eraol« Her Majesty to make an additiou to the royal style and title.—Sir \y_ FKASER called attention to the anomaliea a:,Cl e, Nils of the present Local Government of the M tmpolis. and moved that it required the immedi- ate attention of the Government. After a brief discussion, Mr CRCSS said tfiat he wouid be quae ready to go into the question when the Bill of Lord Elcho, or any practical scheme was brought before trie The motion was ■Withdrawn, on the motion of Mr -cIUbbard, to which the ATTORNKY-GEMFRALoffered no objection. Lea,ve was given to bring in a bill to explain the law relating to crossed checks.— Mr RATHBONE moved the second reading of a Bill to en- able Municipal Coiporations to grant pensions and super- annuation allowances to persons in their service.—Mr I'telden moved the rejection of the Bill,.winch was sup- ported bv Mr HANKEY md Mr CROSS, and opposed by Mr ANDERSON and Mr BASS. On a division the second real- ING was carried by 1C1 to 94.-Dr CAMERON moved tho second reading of the Publicans' Certificates (Scotland) Bill, the object of which is to assimilate the licensing Practice of Scotland to that of England.—The Lolip AD- vocate accepted the principle of the Bill, which was read a. sEcord tinw.-On the motion of Mr HARDCASTLK, after aorne opposition from Mr PTATHBONE, the County Palatine ?. Lancaster, the Clerk of the Peace Bill was read a second tlQie, HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. on sitting vas almo3t exclusively taken up by the debate j. thft second reading of the Bill of Mr Beresford Hope for th: lncrease of the episcopate. Ths mover explained that Object. of the Bill was to give power to the Ecclesias- Hew P.orum^Sf,'oners to frame schemes for the creation of form er'08 by the division of existing dioceses, and ,n £ new ones out of portions of the present ti0nes?^~Sir W. BABTTELGT moved the previous ques- Gov'i»»nieving that the proper course to pursue was for °naent to take up the subject.—The debate which followed developed a strong feeling against the Bill.—Mr CROSS said the Government had given an earnest of their opinion by the action they had already taken in his opi- nion it was objectionable to delegate to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners functions which Parliament ought itself to exercise; and altogether. in the present unripe state of the question, he hoped tie Bill would not be forced to a divi- sion.—Mr DISRAELI supported a proposal to adjourn the debate, and this c< urse was finally adopted, the date fixed being the 23rd July.

MONTGOMERYSHIRE CHARITIES. PARISH OF KERRY-COXTINUED. SHEVTON'S CHARITY. Edwnrd Shenton, by will, dated 11th January, 1812 proved in the Diocese Court of St. Asaph, gave to John Williams, of Kerry, and John Pugh, of Pant, in the said parish, the sum of JECO, in trust, to be placed out at interest. And he declared that the said sum of 1.60 was bequeathed to the poor of the parish of Kerry by the will ot his late father, the interest whereof was to be divided amongt the poor on the 1st day of March, yearly. The said testator also gave to his said trustees the further sum of £ 30, to be placed out at interest, and the interest to be divided amongst the poor of the said parish of Kerry yearly, on the 1st day of March, for ever. IW AN LLOYD'S CHARITY. It is recorded on the benefaction table that Evan Lloyd, gentleman, af the Old Hall, in the year 1703, gave to the poor a tenement called Ty Edward y Tailiwr (Edward the tailor's house), to be held by certain legatees for 12 years, after hij decease paying 5s per annum, and at the end of the 12 years, the whole tenement to come under the manage- ment of the churchwardens, for the nse of the poor. Note -This house is situate in an adjoining hamlet, called Llwyncowrid, was rebuilt by the parish, for which pur- pose the sum of £100 was borrowed, thb parish paying 5 per cent interest. LLOYD'S CHARITY. Id a lit of benefactions kept among the parish records it is stated that about the year 1736, Lloyd, Eôq., left chargeable on his tenement, called Old Hail. a sufficient sum of money to procure six coats to the oldest labouring men. Note. —It is stated that it was usual for the owner of the above property to supply six good cloth coats yearly but that about the yfav 1820 this custom bad been changed, and in lieu of it the owner paid 5s to six poor and aged persons. JAMKS LLOYD'S CHARITY. James Lloyd, who also left a charity to the school, as above mentioned, gave £ 5, the interest of which was to be divided among the poor on Easter Eve. LEWIS'S CHARITY. Hugh Lewis, by will, bearing date 25th February, 1052, gave a rent-ch trge of 40s a year to the poor of the parish of Kerry, and 40s a year to the poor of the parish 01 Llandysil, payable out of his tenement and lands called Kettyellog (Caetyllog), and Pantgwym, in this parish, the said sum to be distributed at Christmas Eve, and the 24th of June yearly. PHILLY'S CHARITY. John Philly, by will, dated 19h June. 1650, gave a rent oharge of 30s. a year, payable from his tenement called New House, for the use of the poor, in two payments, on the 1st November and the 1st of May. SHARRET'S CHARITY. Allen Sharret, by his will, dated 1661, gave a tenement, with the lands and appurtenances thereto belonging, to Caeliber-ucha, the rents of which were t,) be divided among such poor householders of the parish of Kerry as should be adjudged meet to receive tha same, with the approba- tion of his heirs, together with the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor for the time being. Notcs -In an inscription on the benefaction table, it is stated that this gift, either through the error of the person who drew up the will, or through the mismanagement of those who sued for it, is lost, fourteen shillings per annum, arising from a. small parcel of land in the township of Maenllwyd being all tba1; remains of his good will. By reference to the award of the Commissioners under the Iu- ciosure Act of 1808. it appears that this land, being two detached parcels. Nos. 65 and 67, were i-xchanged for one piece, situate by the road side, No. 53 in the map, and con- taining about three acres. .T. EVANS'S CHARITY. J. Evans, by will, in 1687, gave a rent charge of 403. a year, payable, out of his tenement called Brynllywarcb, for the poor. This tenement now chargeable for payment of this charity is known by the name of Pen-Arm, in this parish. Li. ( To be contin tied J

THE VAN RAILWAY. -The report of the directors of the Van Railway Company stated that there bad been ex- pended on capital account X74, making the amount in. debted to revenue £ 1,142. The net revenue account showed a profit of £ 525, or JE14 more than in the corresponding period of 1874. This amount added to the balance of revenue account at Midsummer made £ 1,807. The directors proposed to pay a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, which would absorb S,109 and leave a balance "f £1407 applic/.ble to the redemption oft tlw sum of £ 1,142 disbursed in excess of paid-up capital. The expenditure on capital account amounted to £ 21,142. The length of line was six miles five furlongs. THE SUSPECTED WIFA MIIBDEB AT CHESTER.—The adjourned inquest on the body of Ellen Thompson, who met with her death under suspicious circumstances on the 25tb of January ltit, at Gr-rosvenor-equare, Chester, was resumed on Wednesday. Evidence was given by neighbours residing next door to the deceased to the effect that they heard "noises in Thompson's house on the night in question, but could not undersTaod what caused them. Sarah Ann Podmore stated that- she heard thehusbaud of the deceased say to her-" Get up off the floor. Up Up but she said in cross-examination that ths words did not appear to hQ spoken threateningly. The jury then proceeded to examine the house, which presented a most deplorable aspect. The rooms were almost destitute of furniture, and upwards of 400 bottles were found lying about the different rooms, The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from a fracture of the skull, and they found John Thompson euiltvof manslaughter. The prisoner (who was formerly a clerk at Carnarvon Custom House) was then committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes on the coroner's warraut.-North Wales Chronicle- HOLLOWAY'S PILLS are strongly recommended to all persons who are much reduced in power and condition, whose stomachs are weak, and whose nerves are shattered. The benéficHl effects of these Pills will be perceptible after a f," days trial, though a more extended course may be re- quired to re-establish perfect, health. Holloway's medicine acts on the organs of digestion, and induces",complete regu- larity in the stomach, liver, pancreas, and kidneys. This treatment is both safe and certain in result, and is thoroughly consistent with observation, experience, and cwmmon sense- The purification of the blood, the reniovat of all noxious matter from the secretions, and the excite- ment of gentle action in the bowels, are the sources of the curative powers of Holloway's Pills.

February 16, 1876. NOTES. BORDER ROBBEItS.-Nuruerotis are the old stories, if we could only get at tLum, told of the Borders of Wales take as a. fpt-cimen one I heard the other day from a native of Llanarmon. At one time spinning and carding, as well as knitting, were the evening occupations of tbe ^ood folks, male as well as female, in the Llauarmon district. The fabrics thus manufactured bad to be taken to Shrews- bury for sale, ;1.!lJ not infrequautly a band of marauders would meet the traders on their return—as they crossed Gyrn-y-bwch—and there ease them of tne money they re- ceived in Shrewsbury. So dangerous did the road become that the farmers consulted old Mr Bennion, who W-g reckoned (as our older readers may remember hearing from their fathers) more than a wise man for was he not pos- sessed of supernatural gifts. Well, Mr Rennion gave as a preventive, or cure, nothing but a few bits of paper, with fewer instructions, and armed with these the difficulties of the way were again faced. The race-course reached the banditti hove in sight, demanding, as usual, money. All the cash that had been received in Shrewsbury was in the custody of one of the farmers so also were the doctor's bits of paper; and the man in possession said all the money should be given up, but he would like to divide it equally, a portion to each. Accordingly he got out his store of money and also his pieces of paper, and placed on the ground a coin on each piece. Then he told tne robbers to help themselves, when 10 and behold every man began to dance, and not one had power to stop and pick up the paper BOSWM. A CURIOUS WILL.—In the na.me of God Amen. I Jane Kobinson cf Brithdir in the county of Montgomery wife of George Robinson of the same Genta being of a sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be to Al- mighty God do make publish and dselnre this my last will and Testament in writing. First I recommend my soul to my creator hoping thro' the merits and Intersessiou of Jesus Christ my Redeemer to obtain full pardon and re mission of all my sins and Transgressions and my Body to be Buried in Christian Buzial at the Discretion of my said Husband and to be laid a near as may be to the coffin of my Father a.nd Mother in the Chappeil Abby CWiú hyre in Radnorshire. And as there is a power sealed by my Husband George Robinson upon the 8th July 1712 for my giving £100 to who I please with other things Now my will is and I beg of my Husband it ma- be performed tha the I £100 be given to my Niece Jane Lloyd Daughter of my dear sister Rachel she being my God Daughter and in c.MC she dies before the payment of this 2100 then my lirothtr Edwd Fowler and sister to have it to suich use as they think best and my Niece Jane Lloyd to have all my wearing apparell and cloatbs of all sorts and two Trunks that were my Fathers with Hay re on the Leather of them the one having a place to put a Hat in and a Box that was my Fathers where I keep my Hoods and in and a little comb Box that is varnished over with Yellow and Black and my Twiggin Basket that is in our chamber on the top of the serwtore and my Common Prayer Book and a feather Bed I Bought tha Tick we lay on it moas* times and Boulster that is Reevd at the ends and two Fustian Billows and two Blankets of these that John Baylj.tk did weave and a little Pillow Beers with I F in each and the old Red and White covering for the Bed and a peice of t le same that is on the Drawrs in our chamber and one pair of fine sheets—that has thread drawn out and working in the Hemming and a couple of Scotch CI <th Pillow Beei\->. I desire my Brother to have the five silver spoons to one that he has already during his Life and then the six to my JST:tce Jane Lloyd What I have writ here I hope my Husband George Robinson will iu.t scruple to do which I have put my Hand and Se;tl this 12th day of May, 1720. JANE ROBINSON. Witness •—Rd Rowland The X mark of Elizth Lewis. John E-Ans. Extsacted from MSS of the late of Mr Dovastoc, Attor- ney at Law, Llanymyntch, by NOKIIAN. QUERIES. | MANORS OF OSWESTRY, WHITTINGTON, CHIRK.—Can any of your correspondents give informa- tion as to the fines and other incidents of these manors ? Extracts from the court rolls would no doubt be very in- teresting, and would throw considerable light upon the history of the neighbourhood of Oswestry. Is there not a court annually held for the manor of Whittington? PAJO. THE NAME OF WELSHPOOL.—I am not t-oing to re-open the controversy between Welshpool and Welch- pool, for the c and s are of the same sound and in the names of places on the same footing as v ane as in Aberdcvey and Aberdyfi. The Welsh r-ame Trallucng I am informed is still in use in South Wales and means nothing more or less than a Pool. My informant was a fellow railway passenger, and I have omitted to ask him in what psrt of South Was the word tralhongh so used. Can you inform me ? POOL QUAY. REPLIES. BORDER WORDS (Jan. 12, 1876).-Boys in Oswestry, in playing buzz and bandy, make use of the ex- pression "skeel." What does it mean ? The similarity of its sound to the Welsh word "yscil" struck me. I was told that in playing buzz and bandy, the term gale is used when the "est" is struck beyond the line or goal." This again suggests the Welsh word "cael" to reach or to attain. BONWR. KEEPING DOGS (Nov. 11, 1874.)-A co-res- pondent referred to the annual bequest of Mr Edmunds, treasurer to the Welsh Charity of London granted to the parish of Forden for poor cottagers who did not receive parish relief nor keep dogs. No date is given but I find in the Minutes of the Oswestry Incorporation under date July 26, 1824, that the overseers are charged to prepare a list of "all those who receive relief who keep dogs." So I sup- pose the Directors of Charities and. Boards had just cause to fear that some of the money they gave went to the dogs NEMO.

TIPYN 0 BOB PETH The presidency of the Anglesey Agricu.turai ;SeC:ttv Das been accepted by Sir Richard Bulkelev. Mr Morris, surgeon, Rossett, has been blamed in the verdict of a juiry for not attending a child when requested to do so. Cheese factories are extending iu Cheshire, the scarcity of dairy maids inducing the adoption of this American system. The directors of the West. Mostyn Iron and Coal Com- pany have declared a dividend of twelve lkr cent In prefer- ence shares. Captain Swale, of the 7th Hussars, disappeared from Tenby on February 1st, and has not since bteii heard of. bnt it is supposed that he has drowned himself. A reward of £1(,0 is offered for him deal or alive. A pauper lunatic named Thomas Lea having struck another p ttient in the North Wales lunatic a'vlum for sav- ing he tnid told a lie, Williams siezed Lea by the neck and kicked him so severely that he died the next morning. One of tbe late .Sir Watkin's militiamen dieu ¡s week at Conway. A few month ago he superintended the makin? of bis coffin, and actually had a plate placed on it giving his name, his age 92, and that he was ali've at a certain Uat". The guardians painted this out and replaced it by the date of death. A son of Dr Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, and late Bishop of New Zealand, is to be the successor to the martyred Bishop Patteson. He has been in charge of the Melanesian mission for some time, and will have charge of the new colony of Fiji. The Chester beagles, a subscription pgck, were brought over to Conway by Mr Bagnall. the master, last week. The first day puss was lost on the Bangor-rnad, and the second day one hare was killed while making for Conway Marsh and another at Bryngan. Last week we gave the adverse criticism of the Academy on the portrait of Lady Castlereagh in the Dudley gaSlerv. This week's Spectator says it is a beautiful, downcast face, which the artist has done full justice to while the painting cfthe white satin dress, with its gold embroidery, is as line a piece of manipulation as could be wished. By way of pleasure and relaxation, a small strike was got up at the Old Castle Colliery, Llanelly, last week. While the coal cutters were conferring with the overman about a difficulty, the trimmers escaped frcm the pit by an air shaft and the cutters when they returned found themselves left in the lurch, and were unable to commence for a dav or two. The London and North Western Railway Company are purchasing the Anglesey Central Railway which extends from Ga-rwen to Amlwch, and is a feeder of the Chester and Holyhead section of the London and North Western. During the twelve years the line has been in operation no dividend has been paid, notwithstanding that the whole of the rolling stock is hired from the purchasing cotnpanv. There has been a row between the secretaries of the Con- servative aud Liberal Associations in Anglesey as to the results of the last revision of county voters. Mr J\IC>I'/an Lloyd has stated upon authority that tbe Liberals have gained some hundreds of votes, but it is argued that the new registration list which has just been issued, showing as it does a decrease of 2o2 voters does not bear out this view. At the annual meeting of the Carnarvon Conseivaflve Working Men's Association it was suggested that such in- stitutions should be formed all 0\ er Wales. The Secretary "felt that Conservatism, if planted in W.iles, would soon become a naturalized plant, as the ground was suitable for it wherever fairly tried St Winefrede's Catholic church Holywell, has been pre- sented with a statue "fits patron saint by Lady SouthweU, eldest daughter of Sir Piers Mostyn. The statue is 4ft llin high, of Carrara marble, and represent St Winefrede ao an abbess and martyr. It was executed by a Dublin artist. The church is being gorgeously d-corpted. The Judge of the Prohue Court List ,veek pronounced infav ur of the will of a small farmer named Owen, living at Brynueha, Anglesey, which had been opposed hy a son of the testa, or on the ground of incompetence and undue it-finance The testator bad assisted his son in his life time, and therefore left what he had £ '200—to his daughter. A few clays ago, Mr Gittins, of Wellington, and Mr Bullock, of Admaston, were attacked by footpads. Bul, lock WiiS returning home at night when he passed a man who immediatelv afterwards blew a wh istle. A second man sprang from a gate, tried to seize Bullock, and, on the latter striking him with a stick. fired a pistol, the shot going through Bullock's hat. A secocd shot grazed his left, arm, but Bullock managed to get away. Two young men from Wellington are in custody, but a third person is supposed to be also concerned. Shrewsburv is going to reform. There are young men who "yearn for something nobler and more inspiring than cards, dancing, smoking and drinking." and so spelling-bees are to he held, which will substitute the intellectual work of spelling ichthyosaurus" and "parallelogram" for the. inanity of whist and billiards, until, according to a Shrews- bury paper, false spelling is entirely eradicated from Shrewsbury," and the educational millenium arrives. A writer in a Wrexham paper hints that Wrexham races are arranged principally to draw the country people to town, excite them to betting, and induce them to square up in the public houses, and says that it is whispered that the competition of the horses is more apparent than real, and the stakes are very trifling. Anyone who has ever been at Wrexham races would share his suspicions. The late Rev. Henry Hughes, rector of Haddenham, was the fourth old Salopian who has been Annected with Had- denham within the present century, a'he Rev. R. Spear- man, rector of Preston, Salop, also held the living of Had- denham, the Rev. Folliott San-'fcrd, of the Isle, was curate at Haddenl am, and the Ven. Francis Francis, archdeacon of Ely. v.-as patron of tbe living of Haddenham. Or Friday, Fet> 12tb, Mr Horatio Lloyd gave judgment in a case of trover at the St Asaph County Court, in which Mr Hesketh.of Gwrych Castle, Abergele, sued the overseers of Abergele. Mr Hesketh is the owner of a farm in Aber- gele parish, which has been for many months unoccupied. When the overseers of Abergele made a rate in September last, the name of occupier wa;; vacant, and the ratebook was so, confirmed by the magistrates. After it had been sigr.ed, the overseers inserted the name of Mr Hesketh in the occupier's column, as well as in the owner's column. claiming they had right by law so to do. Mr Hesketh denied this right, and on a distress warrant being issoed a valuable cow was seized, which Mr Hesketh redeemed and he now sued the overseers tor damages, and the replevin of the cow. His Honour gave judgment for Mr Hesketh, but a special case was granted. About a quarter of a mile from Stafford Station, at a spot where the Shropshire Union and Uttoxeter lines unite with the London and North-Western, there is an apparatus fixed for delivering and receiving letter bags to and from the mail trains as they pass at full speed through Stafford Station. One morning last week, as the Irish mail was pass- ing, just before reaching the net placed to receive them the bags,which were suspended from ti e side of the mail carriage in leathern pouches of immense strength, struck a wheelbar- row at the side of the line, and were torn open. The con- tents were strewed about the line or entangled in the un- derwork of the mail carriage, and one was afterwards found by a railway labourer a mile and a half further on. Some of the letters in the bags which were caught under the carriages feli out, and other letters were torn to pieces. but the line was afterwards carefully searched for letters, parcels, and scraps, which, as far as possible, were for- warded to their destination. The abuse of the letter H is not so glaring in Shropshire as in some English counties, but tha; it does exist the fol- lowing lines from Notes and Queries show — Remonstrance from the Letter H to the Inhabitants of Shropshire. Whereas by you we have been driven From hearth and home, from hope and heaven, And placed by your mo"t learned society In exile, anguish, and anxiety, We hereby claim full restitution, And beg j'ou'Il mend your elocution. Answer from the Inhabitants of Shropshire. Whereas we've rescued you, ingrate. f From hell, from horror, .nd from hate, From hedgebill, horsep md, ar.d from halter, jind congecrated you in altar, We think your claim is an intrusion, .n And will not mend our elocution." =)