The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

Friday, July 13, 1877. THE SUMMER SEASON. FROM watering-places in different parts of Wales there comes once more the familiar cry of a bad season. Lodging-house keepers, with feelings akin to despair, see the month of July slipping away, and visitors are still thin on the ground. Heavy rents and rates are falling due for houses that, if filled with lodgers during the short season, would enable their occupiers only, with great carefulness, to make both ends meet. Bad trade in England is telling with dire effects on pleasure resorts, but there are other reasons than bad trade why the West Coast of Wales watering. places are suffering from neglect. Every year the competition between towns like Aberystwyth, Llandudno, Cheltenham, Scarborough, and South. port, becomes keener, and those places that do not keep themselves well to the front, will be driven to the rear by their more enterprizing rivals. Between Aberaeron and Pwllheli there are many spots of great beauty, but there are only, perhaps, two or three sufficiently attractive to force themselves upon the attention of the public without the assistance of the inhabitants. Every collection of pictures contains studies from the neighbourhood of Barmouth, which by this means is fairly well advertised, at any rate among a certain class of people. The sea itself is un- doubtedly a great attraction, but the sea is not far distant from any part of the United Kingdom, and it has been found needful at Southport and else- where to supplement the attractions of the sea with gardens, aquariums, bsths, promenades, and amusements of various kinds. But summer re- sorts most of all depend for success upon publicity. Without publicity neither natural beauty nor artificial improvements can be of much avail; with it even second rate towns have been made success- ful. There can be no disguising the fact that Welsh Coast watering places are very. much be- hind the times, not only in advertising, but in other scarcely less important ways. The water question, for instance, at Aberystwyth, instead of being dealt with comprehensively and in a way that would tend to enhance the reputation of the town, is made the battle ground of parties. A plentiful supply of pure water by gravitation would be worth thousands of pounds a year to Aberystwyth. The town has hitherto been de- prived of this desiiable boon by a series of dis- creditable tactics on the part of men who act from sheer love-and ignorance. Uncovered drains, dirty back streets, dusty roads, it may be said, are small matters, but they are quite suffi- cient to turn the scale in a family discussion as to where a month's holiday shall be spent. The Marine-terrace from end to end is covered with loose pebbles which grind beneath the feet most unpleasantly, and are a notorious subject of com- plaint. The seats on the Castle grounds are covered with green paint on Saturday, the 7th of July, letters are delivered later at Aber- ystwyth than at any other watering places, there are no public baths, valuable dogs are in danger of being poisoned, and their owners are sure to be insulted if they go outside the town in certain directions. These are trivial annoyances, but visitors with scores of towns to chose among will not subject themselves even to small annoyances which can be avoided simply by going to places where the inhabitants are sufficiently alive to their own in- terests to cater for the amusement and comfort of visitors. Perhaps lodging-house keepers will be 0 more inclined to reconsider their position now in the leisure hours of a dull season than in winter when it seems certain that summer will bring I crowds of visitors. When it is remembered that no effort is made by the inhabitants of the town to make Aberystwyth popular, its degree of sac cess is remarkable. The apathy of the people is all the more inexplicable, seeing that the Cor- poration is one of the richest in the country, and that large sums of money would be available, almost immediately, for improvements by the renewals of Corporation leases if a private Act of Parliament, which cost a large sum of money, had not been added by the town officials. There can be no question on looking calmly at all the facts that the bad season is not altogether due to de pressed trade, but may be accounted for partis by the absence of publicity and partly by the presence of a spirit which ignores small improve- ments and trifling annoyances.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES. THE process of bringing together the several colleges of Wales to work unitedly in the cause of higher education is necessarily slow and diffi- cult. Every step of the way will be attended by discussion which at times may become too fierce to be either just or courteous. As far as possible, however, it will be well to avoid hard names and criminations, which as a rule have no other re- sult than to bring about recriminations, and still harder names, with lasting injury to the subject under discussion. On the occasion of the jubilee at Lampeter, the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S very appositely pointed out that it is due to every community of Christians that they should be allowed to call themselves by what name they please. Not only so, but they should always be addressed by the name they have chosen; and, we may add, the principle is not restricted to religious communities or to bodies of men, but is equally applicable to institutions and individuals In the speeches delivered at the jubilee of St. David's, no claims were made for the Lampeter College, which may not be granted without cavil, except perhaps, the peculiar fitness of St. David's as a nucleus for a Welsh University. And yet, granting the desirability of establishing a Welsh University at all, the claims of Lam- peter to form the nucleus could not possibly be ignored if it were willing to surrender its sectarian character. Under any circumstances, even the most favourable, the day is probably far distant when a Welsh University will be formed, and in the meantime it might not be out of place to dis- cuss, as far as may be without dogmatism, the 0 possibility and nature of united action among the Welsh Colleges, chieffy with a view to assign the C, College at Aberystwyth a permanent position, in accord with Its principles, in Higher Education in Wales. No scheme, it may be said at the outset, can be entertained, that tends to make the University College sectarian that causes St. David's to be less useful to the Church of Eng- land that interferes with the course of theo- logical training at Bala, Llangollen, or elsewhere 0 11 or that is in any degree calculated to lessen the liberty that now exists in the management of these several institutions. Further, it is clear, that any scheme that is entertained must provide for the present disconnected state of the colleges, and also for a state of things tha.t it is to be hoped ¡ would gradually arise as the University College took its position among them, and settled down to its work. The great object of the University College of Wales is to afford at a moderate ex- pense, the means of instruction in such branches of learning and science, excepting theology, as are, or may be for the time being, usually studied at the British Universities." This ob. ject is simple enough, and is expressed in language about which there can be no mistake. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S in his speech already referred to said the truth is that St. David's College, Lampeter, is a place of general education, al- though no doubt it is intended nrimarilv and is used u mainly for the preparation of candidates ) for the Church of England." The colleges at Bala, Llangollen, and elsewhere, it is necessary to point out, differ in constitution from Lampeter in that they are not places of general education j in the sense expressed by the BISHOP, but are f used exclusively for the preparation of ministers i of religion for the sects with which they are con- < nected. Notwithstanding the fact that St. David's < is a place of general education, it is worthy of note that the work of training candidates for the ( Church of England is more than it can do and, therefore, if without loss of dignity or prestige this general work could be surrendered and a a scheme provided by which the whole educational i force of the institution could be brought to bear j on the training of candidates for the Church of 1 England, it is reasonable to suppose that such a ( scheme would find acceptance with the friends of J St. David's. As regards the other colleges, al- though they are not "places of general education" in the sense that students not intended for the ministry can be educated in them, yet they are ( places of general education in the narrower sense that students intended for the ministry receive in ] them in addition to theological training a general education.. Of necessity that general education is partial and incomplete, and the result is one t that thoughtful men in all parts of the Principality deplore, and above all things desire to remedy. If again, without loss of dignity or prestige, these colleges could surrender the work of general education, there is nothing in the nature of the case to prevent their doing so or to hinder the University College of Wales from taking it up. It is clear that the Lampeter, Bala, Llangollen, and other colleges are doing work which they might with advantage give up if a scheme could be devised which would find acceptance with them. The essential features of such a. scheme are that it shall not interfere with the liberty of the colleges, that it shall ensure the work is better done than at present, and that under it each college shall be better able than now to grapple with the special labour in which it is engaged. The University College of Wales, it has been pointed out, affords instruction in such branches of learning and science, excepting theology, as are r, ZIY studied at the British Universities. If St. David's, Bala, and the other colleges would arrange, as might easily be done, to take students bearing proper credentials from the Aberystwyth College, and allow them to devote their time wholly to theology, they might pass into the ministry in two or three years instead of in four or fire as at present. The whole period given to education would be as long then as now, but part of it would be spent at Aberystwyth, and part at Lampeter or elsewhere. It will be observed that the colleges are left to take students on the old plan, and that no attempt is made by this first suggestion to do anything more than to obtain recognition for the education given at Aberystwyth in the case of students from that college who, after passing through its course, should desire to enter the ministry of the Church of England or Dissent. A further step to meet existing circumstances might without danger bo taken. If Lampeter and the Dissenting colleges agreed to surrender the work of general education it would be necessary under the new system to provide for the general culture of the students now in the colleges, with a view to making it more efficient, by placing a larger staff of professors at the service of each college. No violent or sudden changes could be made in the arrangements of the colleges. Any alterations would have to be gradual, and obviously for the good of all. Now the University College of Wales has a large staff of professors already, and that staff might be further increased. There is no reason why additions should not be made, so that all the colleges should have a joint Professoriate for the teaching of science and general education at the different Colleges. The Cambridge extension scheme would supply details of organization and arrangement. Each College now has its Professors engaged in imparting arts education. Under the new system two or three Prpfessors would go round to the different Col- leges. Suppose, for instance, that one of the Professors from St. David's, instead of receiving his present salary, was paid two hundred a year more, and that he lectured at St. David's, Carmarthen, Aberystwyth, and Bala. Gradually, this plan would be superseded, as the College at Aberystwyth grew in favour as a feeder for all the other Colleges. In the course of time Lampeter would become the centre of Church Colleges. However close the connection might ultimately become between Lampeter and Aberystwyth, the distance that separates them would form no obstacle worth mentioning. As regards the Dis- senting Colleges, the difficulties of position are greater, but from time to time Divinity Halls would be built at Aberystwyth or elsewhere in the neighbourhood. If some joint action of the kind here rudely shadowed forth could be brought about as a beginning, a University body might ultimately be formed. But in the beginning there is danger that in seeking theoretical perfection nothing will be done. What is most needed just at present is for the promoters of higher education in Wales to remember that the University College of Wales seeks no monopoly, and desires no usurpation. Founded to promote the education of Welshmen, she is read", to assist all alike, and whether they are Churchmen, Dissenters, or Catholics is no concern of hers.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES. The second annual report of the Carmarthen Branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been published. Last year the amount re- ceived was S121 Is. 9d., this year Cl42 14s. Last year the amount forwarded to the parent society was k105 6s. 9d., this year 1:130. This year the Aberystwyth branch forwarded to Carmarthen £ 19 12s. 3d. There are only thirty subscribers in Aberystwyth and the neighbour- hood. This number will be gradually increased, we trust; but progress is necessarily slow in a work that requires thought. The cost of working the branch is about £ 300 a year, so that the parent society has to provide more than half the funds. In the House of Commons on Monday night, Mr. HUBBARD gave notice that on Mr. OSBORNE MORGAN'S Burials resolution, he would move that Englishmen who, in the exercise of their religious liberty, had separated themselves from the Established Church, and were free to provide places of worship and burial for themselves, had no right to require changes in the regulations with respect to the parish churchyards at variance with their ordinary and religious use. Will Mr. HUBBARD tell us what are the rights of Englishmen who are Dissenters by birth, who never separated themselves from the Established Chureh by the exercise of their religious liberty, and who are no more to be blamed for being Dissenters than Mr. HUBBARD is to be credited with being a Churchman? Both Houses of Convocation of the Province of Canter- bury met last Friday. The Lower House was engaged in its morning sitting with a (discussion on the Burials question. The prevailing tone of the speakers was against any concession being made to the Dissenters, and the Rev. CONSTABLE ELLIS remarked that the feeling among Chnrchmen in Wales was that it would be far better to have disestablishment at once No surer way of bringing about disestablishment could be devised than for Church- men to treat Dissenters with injustice and contempt. Borth and Machynlleth have obtained parochial com- mittees. At neither place has anything been done towards remedying the sanitary defects which have so long hin- dered .the progress of these places. The defective water supply of Borth has been discussed for some years, and is as far from settlement now as when first mooted. At the last meeting of the Aberystwyth RuralfSanitary Authority an opinion was expressed that years will pass before the town is supplied with water from Melindwr. One gentlemap thought ten years further talk would be required to settle the water question. The Ogden Reporter, an American paper, published in Iowa, says:—Father' WILLIAMS, who has been in England for the past year, returned yesterday (June 9), looking hearty and well. The warm handshaking that greeted him at the depot by his old friends and neighbours must have been evidence that he had not been forgotten during his absence." 'Father' WILLIAMS is a native of Cardiganshire, and a minister of the (rospel.j ':£. •• -'f It will be seen from a paragraph in another column that Oddfellowship is spreading in the town and district of Aberystwyth. During last half year 75 new members were admitted in the district, and an addition of E369 2s. 4d. was made to the funds. During the past eighteen months gentlemen in the town and neighbourhood have joined friendly societies, and thus shown their sympathy with working men. Much still remains to be done in the way of developing thrift and self reliance. Every member of a friendly society is an enemy of pauperism, and no doubt the steady decline in the number of members is partly due to the efforts made by friendly societies. Mr. VAUGHAN DAVIES, Tanybwlch, was re-elected chairman, and Mr. JOHN JAMES, Dolau, elected vice- chairman, at the first meeting of the Llanycbaiarn School Board after the triennial election. The Assize reports in the present issue of the Cambrian News show that the Principality continues to be compara- tively free from crimes of great magnitude. In Merioneth- shire the only case was virtually, though not technically, a civil action, which was tried at the previous Assizes,but a new trial having been granted by the Queen's Bench Division, it was remitted for trial at these Assizes. In Cardiganshire was no case either civil or criminal. In Carnarvonshire there was only one criminal case—a charge of perjury-and that was adjourned to the next Assizes. We may add that in Montgomeryshire there was only one case set down for trial at thel Assizes, al- though there were other cases, which would have been tried at the Quarter Sessions, had not the Assizes been held first. --The Chief'- tbaron, however, took care at Cardigan to warn Welshmen against being too proud of this fstatefof things. f" A wicked person could not find scope enough for his inge- nuity in a county like Cardiganshire, and like a good sportsman he would naturally go where most game was to be found." His lordship might have added that in regard to the prevalence of the less flagrant crimes and vices- and especially in regard to the vice oC drunkenness and its consequent evils—Wales cannot justly claim the credit of being one whit better than the other portions of the United Kingdom. The construction of a Pier is an event of the first im- portance to a seaside resort. Saturday next will therefore be a memorable day for Towyn, for on that day the foundation stone of the Pier will be laid amidst great re- joicings, in which, we doubt not, all the inhabitants will heartily share. Some particulars of the demonstrations which are to take place will be found in another column. We trust that the public spirit and enterprise of the promoters of the undertaking will be rewarded by its complete success. The two days allotted to the Merionethshire Midsum- mer Assizes were wholly occupied by the hearing, before Sir FITZKOY KELLY, of a new trial in which Mr. WILLIAM JONES, of Glandwr, was indicted for obstructing the Ffosycuttiau wharf on the river Mawddach. The two indictments, charging Mr. JONES with having obstructed a harbour of refuge and also a navigable river, styled "poetical nonsense" by Mr. Justice LUSH at the last assizes, were withdrawn on this occasion by the prosecu- tion. Whilst at the first trial the JUDGE summoned up strongly in favour of the defendant, his LORDSHIP at the second trial, Sir FITZROY KELLY was equally strong in favour of the prosecution, pointing out that witnesses in great number, of all ages and all classes, had proved free and uninterrupted use of the wharf for sixty years. But supposing, his LORDSHIP added, that by reason of the land being of such a nature that at some remote period it could not have been in such a position as to enable the public to exercise the right they claimed, the action of the Rev. Mr. ROBERTS and of his father, who at one time owned the Glyndwr property, had been a complete, perfect, and absolute dedication to the pub- lic. The jury, without a moment's hesitation, decided upon a verdict of guilty. 1 As long as her MAJESTY'S mails are brought to Aberyst- wyth by luggage train the inhabitants may consider them- selves fortunate in receiving their letters about eleven o'clock. A memorial, setting forth the unsatisfactory nature of the postal arrangements, is now in courseof signature, and will, in due time, be presented to Lord JOHN MANNERS. The Post-office authorities doubtless think anything will do for Wales, and a good deal of pressure will have to be brought to bear upon the depart- ment before a satisfactory change is made. -•» » The question of the negotiations between the Bala and Festiniog Railway Company and the Bala Local Board, in respect of the Green upon which the Railway Station is to be built, came before the Local Board on Mon- day. It appears that the Railway Company objected to some of the conditions sought to be imposed, and the Board therefore decided to raise the amount of com- pensation to be paid from £ 900 to £ 1.000. The amount of the valuation by the Board's surveyor was £ 1,325. There can be no question that the town of Bala will reap con- siderable advantage from the new railway, and it is to be hoped that an agreement between the Board and the Company will be arrived at without recourse to arbitra- tion.

A very remarkable instance of clerical bigotry has just been made public. It appears that Mr. Myers Jacobs, a Jew, has had the honour of being elected the first Mayor of Taunton. The fact of such a choice having been made appears to have preyed upon the mind of the Vicar of St. John's, Taunton, the Rev. Fred. Jeremiah'Smith, who ad- dressed a letter to the Mayor, in which, after referring to the general supposition that "you, who have become our Mayor, are an unbaptized person, and consequently not a Christian," begs the Mayor, if he can, to authorize him publicly to contradict the assertion, "and thus relieve very many persons in our tows from an exceedingly pain- ful and distressing impression. It would (he continues) also be an act of justice to the Aldermen and Town Coun- cillors who have: elected you, to free them from the impu- tation under which they now rest of having knowingly chosen for the chief officer, and in some sense representa- tive of our town, one who does not believe in Him whom they themselves profess not only to believe in, but to worship as their Lord and God." To this extraordinary ap- peal Mr. Myer Jacobs made a dignified and manly reply, in which the Jewish Mayor contrasts [very favourably with the Christian clergyman. "Iam proud," he says, "to avow myself a member of the Hebrew faith, and of a people who in free England have attained some of the highest official positions in the land. I am equally proud to know that my Christian neighbours and friends have not nermitted religious differences to influence them in the choice of their first Mayor." A debate ha" taken place at the London School Board on the question of opening the school [play-grounds on Sundays. A motion in favour of Sunday opening by Mr. Sydney Buxton was defeated by twenty votes to ten. It was agreed to open the play-grounds during certain hours after school every week day. Rumours have been prevalent that Lord Be is about to resign the Premiership. The Daily Tdmmph says that "although this report is probably premature, yet we believe that his lordship is anxious to retire from office as soon as the state of public business will enable him to take that step, his health having been for some time past in an unsaisfactoryTcondition.'

RECKITT'S PARTS BLUE.—The marked superiority of this Laundry Blue over all others, and the quick appre- ciation of its merits by the public has been attended with the usual result, viz. a flood of imitations the merit of the latter mainly consists in the ingenuity exerted, not simply in imitating the square shape, but making the general appearance of the wrappers resemble that of the genuine article. The manufacturers beg, therefore, to caution all buyers to see Reckitt's Paris Blue on each packet,

LOCAL AND DISTRICT. MERIONETHSHIRE RAIN FALL.—The rain gauge token every 24 hours in the gardens at Peniarth for the month ending June 30, 1877. Total amount, 2 inches, 79 parts. —J. G., Gardener. THE MERIONETHSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS.—The name of Mr. W. Jones, Glandwr, Dolgelley, was inadvertently omitted in our report last week from the list of magis- trates attending the last Quarter Sessions for Merioneth- shire. ST. DAVID S COLLEGE, LAMPETER.-—By an advertise- ment in another column it will be seen that the Michael- mas term will begin on Monday, October 1, and that the examination for scholarships and exhibitions will take place on Thursday, September 27. The Phillips Scholar- ships are restricted to natives of the Principality, but the rest are open. Applications for particulars must be made to the Vice-Principal on or before September 22nd. NAKNAU GARDENS RAINFALL FOR Ju-NF-, &c.-Gauge 690ft. above sea level.—Total inches for month, 5"51 in. days on which 0'01 in. or more fell, 14 most rainy day, 26th, 1*36 inches fell. Rainfall for six months end- ing June 30, 38*15 inches. Mean temperature of the month, 59 degrees.—Signed, G. C. KNOWLEDGE OF ANIMALS.—A correspondent writes— In my frequent visits to Dolgelley I have observed a singular fact in connection with the knowledge possessed by cows. At neap tides some strips of sand, both in the River Dovey and the River Mawddach, are not covered with water, but they are during springtides. Now, I have noticed two herds of cows, one put to graze on the banks of the Dovey, and the other on the banks of the Mawddach, lying comfortably down on the extreme point of the sandy promontory, notwithstanding the rising water, during neap tides, but never during spring tides, and it puzzles me to discover how they know when it is neap tide, and when it is spring tide."

BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. & DEATHS. r-V"w"rv" No announcements of marriages are inserted without sufficient authent"tion,for want of which, announcements sent to tu are sometimes omitted. A charge of Is. is made for the ivards No Cards." &-c., in iMarriages, and any addition to the simple record of deaths. BIRTHS. LEWIS—June 1st, the wife of Capt. Richard Rice Lewis, Grove- place, Aberdovey. of a daughter. WILLIAMS—July 4th, at the Hall, Llanfyllin, the wife of Eyton O. Williams, M.D., of a son. MARRIAGES. DIX-LEEK-July thl at Islington Wesleyan Chapel, St. Martin's-street, Birmingham, by the Rev. W. King, assisted by the Revs. VV. More ton and W. R. Woolley (cousins of the bride), William Henry Dix, Newcastle-on-l^ne, to Annie Mary, third daughter of James Leek, Esq., of Hagley-road, Edgbaston. DEATHS. BATES-July 1st, aged 6 weeks, at High-street, Cefn Mawr, I Israel, son of Joseph Bates, shoemaker. BOUNDFORD—June 29th, at 1, Thomas-street, Wolverhampton, Mr. Ttios. Boundford. late of Kerry, builder. EVANS-JUIY 6th, aged 11 mouths, Bertie, son of Josiah and Selina Evans, Llynclys Station. FOULKES—July 6th, aged 69, Ann, wife of the Rev. John Foulkes, Calvinistic Methodist minister, Ruthin. FUGLER—July 2nd, aged 50, at stroot Issa, Denbighshire, John Fugler. GRIFFITHS—July 4th, aged 43, at Coedpoeth, Jane, wife of Mr. Thos. Griffiths, manager of ttrosvenor Collieries. HODGE—June 30th, at 19, Erddig-road, Wrexham, John, infant son of Mr. T. H. Hodge. HownL-July 6th, aged 3, at Gellidywyll Mills, Llanbryn- mair, Annie Myfawny, youngest child of Daniel and Anne HowelL THOMAS—June 30th, aged 20, at her residence, Llangollen-road, Acrefair, Ruabon Sarah Thomas. WATKINS—July 2nd, aged 67, at 4, Claremont-street, Shrews- bury, Emma, widow of Mr. Matthew Watkins. WILLIAMS—July Sth, aged38, atBritannia Inn,CefnMawr, Mrs. Williams. WRI G RT-JUly 3rd, aged 73, at Garth, Trevor, Ruabon, Mr. Wm. Wright.

MONTGOMERYSHIRE ASSIZES. The following sentences were passed at these assizes, at Newtown, on Wednesday, July 4, by Lord Chief Baron Kelly. PLEADED GUILTY. William Jones (33), letter carrier, to having, at Berriew, on the 4th February, 1876, uttered a forged acquittance and receipt for 4s. Id., with intent thereby to defraud one Mary Morgan. Also at Bettws, on the 31st March, 1876, to uttering, well knowing the same to be forged, an ac- quittance or receipt for 6s., with intent to defraud one Clementina Hamer. Also to having, at Newtown, on the 20th February, 1877, stolen 16s. 2d. out of a letter, the property of the Postmaster-General.—Sentenced to five years' penal servitude. James H. Wilson (43), watchmaker, to having, at Llanidloes, on the 30th April, stolen a silver watch, a pair of spectacles, and watchmaker's eyeglass, the property of William Williams. Eighteen months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and five years' police surveillance. John Davies, to having, at Montgomery, on 4th May, stolen ten hair combs, five blacklead brushes, one pair of scales, three boxes of matches, one packet of blacking, six packets of pins, and five dozen boot laces, the property of William Jones.—Six months' hard labour. David Howell (57), labourer, to having, at Newtown, on the 5th June, stolen one brass candlestick, the property of Alfred Powell.-There was a previous conviction for felony.—Seven years' penal servitude. Thomas Williams (21), labourer, to having, at Welsh- pool, on the 9th June, stolen from the person of David Edwards, one watch and chain and one knife.—Twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. Ellen Hughes (65), hawker, to having, at Llanidloes, on the 31st March, 1874, stolen one shirt, the property of Edward Williams.—Six months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW AT LIVERPOOL. Splendid weather favoured the opening of the Royal Agricultural Show on Wednesday, July 11, and the attendance, though a little under the number at Birming- ham last year, was very large, and greatly in excess of nearly all former meetings. The show is a great success in all departments. A fatal accident has, unhappily, to be recorded, one of the visitors being killed by the flying asunder of a grinding wheel. Good progress was made on Wednesday with the judging. The Queen was one of the prize-takers. The Emperor of Brazil paid a visit to the show. In the evening the Mayor of Liverpool enter- tained Lord Skelmersdale, president of the Royal Agri- cultural Society, the members of the council of the society, and a distinguished company, at a banquet at the Town Hall. I The judges for the Welsh cattle and sheep were Mr. A. Laurie, Baron-hill, Beaumaris and Mr. John William: Gwernhefin, Bala. In the horse classes Blazeaway, the property of Major Platt, Gorddinog, Carnarvon, was the first animal in the tenth class, restricted to stallions suitable for getting hackneys, which attracted attention by j:8 striking colour, fine points, and pink of condition. The 3rd prize of £ 5 for pony stallion under 13 hands 2 inches First prize, £ 15 second, £ 10; third, £ 5, was taken by John Rees, Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire. For agricultural mare and foal, not qualified to compete as Clydesdale or Suffolk; Major Henry Platt, Gorddinog, Bangor, WAS highly commended. In the first-class of Hereford bulls above three years old, there were only two entries, the competition being between Mr. W. Taylor's (Ledbury, Hereford) Tredegar, which took first prize last year at the Royal Show, and Mr. Thomas's (Cowbridge, Glamorganshire) Horace Second, which also took the first prize last year at the same show in the two-year-old class. Tredegar succeeded in keeping his position as first amongst the old bulls, and in the next class of two-year-olds Mr. Taylor's Thoughtful, I took first honours. Nearly forty animals were shown of the Welsh breed. Amongst the exhibitors are Mr. Griffith Jones. Wrexham, the Earl of Cawdor. Mr. E. Humphreys, Royal Hotel, Carnarvon, Ir. R. Humphreys, Royal Goat Hotel, Beddgelert, Mr. Francis Griffith.Toi.es, Bala, and Mr. Thomas Jones, Hafod Elwy. They were generally excellent animals, and had a good deal of interest for breeders, it being seldom that so many have been brought together at any show. Mr. Humphreys, Bedd- gelert, was, as at previous shows in Wales and elsewhere, a successful exhibitor, and took several prizes. The Earl of Cawdor took first prize in the old hull class with Prince of Wales, and Thomas Jones, Hafod Elwy, first for a bull under two years old with Prince Albert. The best and second best cows were shown by Mr. R. Humphreys, the animals being Black Queen and Duchess. The prize list in these classes is as follows Bull, two years old and upwards: First prize, £ 15; second, £ 10 third, £ 5.—1, William Evans, Posty, Blether- stone 2, John Davies, Alleston, Pembroke 5 3, Edward Humphreys, Carnarvon commended, Lewis Jones, Llan- fairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey. Bull, under two years old First prize. £15; second. £10; third, £ 5.—1, Thomas Jones, Hafod Elwy, Denbigh- shire 2, Charles Salusbury Mainwaring. Corwen, Den- bighshire 3, Richard Humphreys, Beddgelert, Carnar- vonshire commended, John Griffiths, Tenby, Pembroke- shire. Cow in calf or in milk, three years old or upwards First prize, £ 15; second, 4:10; third, £5.-1 and 2, Richd. Humphreys, Beddgelert; 3, John Walters, Moelfre Isa; highly commended, William Evans, Bletherstone, Pem- brokeshire. Heifer in calf or in milk, under three years old First prize, £ 15; second, £ 10; third, £5.-1, Francis Griffith Jones, Bala; 2 and 3, John Davies, Alleston. Pembroke highly commended and commended. Richard Humphreys, Beddgolert commended, Griffith Jones. Mold, and Wm. Pritchard Evans, Rhyl. For Carnarvon sheep :— Shearling ram First prize. tIO: second, £ 5;—1, Griffith Jones, Mold; 2, Edward Thomas, Trefnant, Flintshire. Ram of any other age First prize, £10; second, S5 —1. Thomas Roberts, Castell, Bangor :t, Griffith Jones, Mold. Pen of Five Shearling Ewes, of the same flock: First prize, £10; second, £ 5—1 and 2, Richard James, Llanrwst, Denbigh. The Welsh dairywomen came well to the front, the com- petition for pots or crocks proceeding from farms in Flint- shire, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Anglesey, and various parts of North Wales. '1 he designs in which the butter was made up were cleverly executed, and, as a whole the butter was superior in quality. For pot or crock of Welsh butter, 141bs. or upwards First prize, £ 5; second, A;3, third, £ 2.—1, Miss Jane Lloyd, St. Asaph 2, Thomas Owen, Hendy, Carnarvon 3. Edward Humphreys, Carnarvon highly commended, Edward Jones, Northop, Flintshire; commended, John Lloyd, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, and Charles Salus- bury Mainwaring.

t Alaidstone Assizes on Tuesday the Grand Jury foui.d a. true bill against Louis Staunton, Patrick Staunton, Elizabeth Ann Staunton, and Alice Rhodes, for the wilful murder of Harriet Staunton, on April 13, at Penge.

f BALA. *+ Samuel Morris, late stationmaster ,en Pre8ente<i with a handsome gold watch chain «d pendajt by hi. numeral, friends a, a token ot theE" Woodcock I secretary and the presentation was made bv the chan-man of the committee, Mr. F. Pameter. B^nyraber? Mr. Morris returned his sincere thanks. The articles were supplied by Mr. Tavlor, watcher, Bala, at a cost of £26. A suitable inscription was engraved on the watch. IU-TV D' DULT 6-~ Present: Mr. W T Phillips, chairman, Messrs. D. Rowlands, D. Evans, R.' Roberts, R. Hughes, E. Jones, and R. O. Jones. Messrs A. A. 1 asmngham, secretary, and R. Woodcock sur- veyor and inspector. me Medical Officer,-The Medical Officer presented his report to the Board. The Monthly Accaunts.-The monthly accounts were submitted, and cheques ordered to be drawn on the Treasurer for the amounts. The meeting adjourned to July 9. ADJOURNED MEETING, JULY 9.-Present: Mr. W Tt' CTalrma?' Messrs- w. Owen, D. Evans, R. Roberts, E. Jones, J. Jones. T. Ellis. R 0 Jones R survey°r and inspector. -The v2f £ C.- £ ala a?d\F™Uni<>!{ Raihcav Corapa the offer made bv Xli" v* T meet*nS' was to consider sum ofeS°fn Pan?- ^Th? Board claim^e t^Uer'- ^^mpam'sS^ke cJf- yert of sufficient size rrom end to end of the said remain- ing portion of the Green to carry off the water so th^ none shall stand so as to become stagnant. The Company to give m the small portion of the plantation at the end 7i the Green, and which is not proposed to be made part of wlmv n 1 ,a 8llbstantial stone or bnck vvall five feet high, along the whole line of land they take to the boundary fence of Dolgwydde and to keep the same in order, and make a proper and sufficient entrance way including gate, <fcc., from the turnpike road to the remaining: portion of the Green. If the Company should desire to exchange for other land instead, the Board would like to Fknow what -e ('omPa»y would give in exchange. After some discussion it was proposed by Mr T Fllv and seconded by Mr. R. O.Jones, "That inasmuch'asthe Bala and Festiniog Railway Company decline filling up the hirtead^ £ ^0 the ^.IJartt' the culvert, that instead ot £ 900 the amount to be paid in money be raided to £ 1,100, and the Railway Company to carry out the re- mainder of the conditions specified in thTtorms of the c]a m; .rThf representative of the Railwav Coirma.™ siatea mat ine airectore considered the claim sent in by the Board very high, that by the offer now made thev o/ered very liberal Urms and that he believed they would go to ^bitratjon than pay the £ 1,100. He wSdimS ujxm the Board seriously to consider the question in the 1 the.*°wn, regarding the facilities and advan- ^ieiJacWay' 5111 »'reat importance that the Board should fix upon a sum which would induce the di- rectors to accept it, which would at the present time strengthen the Ud« of the promote of thi. ^lwr Some of the members argued that the Board in con- sideration of the advantages which would recur^o the town by having the railway and a station near the towr. and with a desire to support the 1, a • Jc' first instance sent in a claim whicE was ve^ modera^ and considerably less than the £ 1,325 0s. M.^Se by their valuer (Mr Jenkins), and that competent had urged that the chum made by the Board was K therefore it was the duty of the members to do what w £ right to the ratepayers while no one wished to obstruct the promoters of the radway, and the making of the culvert and levelling the Green would be very expensive work. Unon the motion of Mr. D Evans seconded by Mr W. T. Phillips, an amendment in The terms proposed by Mr Ellis, but reducing the amount to be paid in money to £ 1,000, was carried! Afr JcnKuis'g Valuatifin.—Valuation of a portion of Bala < dt0 be tal^en hy the Bala and FestinS Railway Company, containing 2a. lr. 27p. including aa it does, the dry land and nearly the whole of the fronUx? but so far deteriorating the portion left that the public fairs cannot for the future be held thereon, as the ground ™°to Zw traversed by a deep ditch, while the pa«s- t ./ro 0Ltr™" ^lU make impossible to keep l«h j £ E; fe 'Surveyor. The meeting was then adjourned sine die. PETTY SESSIONS, JeLY 9-Before °- Richards and E. Evans-Lloyd Esqs. P.c"wEv?n^ After some evidence had been taken, the Justices' Clerk applied for an adjournment to give him an opportunitv of communicating with the solicitor to the mintSlT?^ singham, who appeared for the defence, said he* did not on bail TIl j0Urnment I,r«vided the prisoner be let out Tnlv Wasi af'cor^np)y adjourned to the 14tk 8 adm,tted bli1' hereelf "0 and

'V'V'r_v' By Press Association Telegram. „ GENERAL. Bank rate reduced to two per cent At Manchester, on Thursday. Mary Bennett was sen- tenced to death for the murder of her infant. of tw Sv' ? marbIe m!Inorial t0 officers and men Cathedral Was Veiled in St. Paul's

Tho r THE FIRE AT ST. JOHN'S. ine c-ourt of Common Council, on Thursdav SeTre" t st jteT"for ,he relkfthe hy the fire at St. John's.

THE INFLEXIBLE. T a 18 stated that the commission on the stability of the Inflexible will consist of Dr. Wulley. Mr. Frood* and Mr. George Rendell.

THE WIMBLEDON COMPETITION. At Wimbledon six competitors have made the aggre- gate scores of eighty-one for the Queen's prize second range.

FATAL EXPLOSION. A 1 • V New ork, Thursday. An explosion has occurred in a coalmine in Wheatland .Pensyh annia. Seven men were killed. 5

WRECK OF A BRITISH STEAMER AND LOBS OF LIFE. The British India steamer. Cashmere, has run ashore r>t Guadtini, and become a total wreck. Seven passen-ers and a second officer were drowned. Mails lost.

SHIPPING CASUALTY Sf^gate The .teanicr rescued the seven lightship men. c

MR. TOOTH. On Thursday, before Lord Chief Justice Grove an tfe R^10\l7 To^C t0f>f ^i(le f Proc<gs against T^JiP ,1 &round> among others, that Lord Penzaute had held his court at Lambeth, which is not either in London, Westminster, or the Diocese f Rochester. The rule was granted.

CONFLICT BETWEEN A PERUVIAX AND fA BRITISH VESSEL. -D ■ -R, Plymouth, Thursday. 2sews per gives a Peruvian account of an en ^a ment between the Huascar and British ships, Shah and Amethyst. It states that the Huascar was summarfv summoned to haul down the Peruvian flag. This was re- fused, and an engagement commenced, which lasted three hours. A snell from the Amethyst entered one of the Huascar s ports, exploding inside, killing one man and wounding others. The Huascar afterwards retired. The steam launch from the Shah subsequently made an at- tempt to fix a torpedo, but failed.

BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—'THCRSDAV 1 here was an unusually thin attendauce at t ),o (v17-o Exchange to-day. The fanners being absent in„»,a„* quence of the hay season, the business tran<*art»<i almost nomina] "Early in the day wheat, especia^ English, was sold at an advance on last week's w later i» the .lay it kept firm at lMt Sr"*™"1 rWheat- T"ere — »o barley.

ARCHDEACON ALLEN ON CONFESSION At the Lower House of Con vocation, onVVef-ne^av fu'lv 4 the members were occupied almost the of the day in dis- the Oil the subject of confession (iom-n fll„ u,,nc.„ .AT -nouse. Archdeacon Randall moved hivinff b^n^on,lP1^CUfr! 'V ? 1rleda,;lt' a"d the motion h^?liS V -the Arehdeacon of London, Archdeacon n?ti!k the statements in this declaration f +!th the difficulty they had to deal with. He wanted ™ -X-hiVh ■+ c erS>" against putting questions on any matters ™v,h'clhit was a shame to speak. He thought thoseTf brethren who-were encouraging confession were under a niio-ilrL but some of the best men he had ever known had encour-iced the habit of confession. Having said that, he must thing on the other side. He was talking recently with elderly clergyman, a man of great experience, a ni-in who harf daily prayers m his church, and whom his friends and ILVK bours respected as a venerable and wise Hi"h chmv-hm- he told him that he had known three cfer^mln S practised the teaching of confession as a dutv and \W, fallen into habits of immorality with women wL t- i h° hrld him for guidance. It was said that a & r make a proper use of the book called "The Priest in^ii ? T £ But was it possible that discretion would be -n 'Lol"t!on" young clergyman who was a member o thfs £ c?etf Who said to have a property in this book? He «, .e declaring that, while ministers m°-ht amendment, those who were troubled in tbdr^onsdencJ °! otherwise obtain relief, the House repudiated' the niitti'mr1''0!' ?UeSS Sinners on wr^in0! to speak.-The Prolocutor said he could not take this as an Would Archdeacon Allen to rev^e S f8 f thl nrio^ sev,eraI amendments had been proposed and lost, the original resolution, altered so as to make it read that ami carrkHfby^r"'11''6'1 derlaration< ^ben put 11,11<1 carried hy ù2 to G.

to -b for a shilling salt butter, Is. Id. to Is butter, to 08 Od. Is. 4<l. V It, f„wls, Ss. 6d. to WV^counlt ducks, 4s M. to 5s 6d. «»uple geese, 0s. 0d. to 0s. Od each turkej 8, 0s. Od. to 00s. Od. each potatoes, 0s 0d to 4s (Li si measure; new potatoes, 0J. to 2d. fc. f