The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

THE 17PPKRTSEVERN AND VERMFAV, &C.-There is still the same complaint of lack of sport. It is not on any particular stream, but the refusal of the trout to come to hook seems uni- versal in this neighbourhood. On the Severn, \einiew, Banw and Tanat it is all the same-the fish won t be caught, yet both ■Weather and water have been generally favourable. The only Respectable dish I know of being made was taken last ^eek, after a rather heavy fresh, with worm. We had a heavy fresh down Verniew and Severn yesterday, the weather being very warm and close. There is evidently a gowldeal of elecMy about. Perhaps when it clears off sport ( (j or alder flv, and the hawthorn fly are very killers The Verniew is now clearing, but the Severn is very rauddy.-A. (May 3), in The Field.

RACING FIXTURES. 3lay 14 chester Newmarket Second Spring -"<^ Bath Y°Vk ;May30 Doncaster T £ Epsom Summer JU,le

FARMERS' GRIEVANCES. At a special meeting of the Vale of Clwyd of cultur-, on Wednesday, åpril.24, )ir. Townshend havincr a'president well known as a liberal landlord, and one Avho looked after the interests of his tenants.-Mr. Bancroft de- nfo hirfls from All- Roberts's attack. It mipht surprise fended the b t)is COuntry had ten or eleven thou- the Chamber to kno« that Mi c„,uld j th d the sand kinds of aIKi if they did fake up some grain the^ood they did "Overbalanced that They should seek to trie 13 J. lance of power in nature; for instance, the keep up -weasels, whereas thev were the greatest pos- S bS in keeping down the Vats and vermm.-Mr. T>*ivt(l Tones contended that the rabbits were the greatest enemy thi farmer had, and -repudiated an fidea advanced in favour of in! 'ii.hits bv Mr. Bancroft, that they should be kept because thAv were useful as food, and especially for invalids in large t J., Mr. C. S. Mainwaring thanked Mr. Roberts for the rVinrkv and yet courteous way in which he dealt with that sub- P t When it came out in print people in the Vale were talking if two very important documents, one being Lord Salisbury s despatch, and the other Mr. Roberts's paper-{great laughter}— and both received the attention they deserved. (Applause.) Mr. Roberts had kept in view the principles of the Chamber of not 'L. In.rl1.1 .l disturbing the friendly relations exisun& tenant, and of trying to make two blades grow where only one Sew before Fifty-five million ipounds more'than the country could produce was spent on produce for this country, and the object they had in view was to seek to save that money by CTOwinl the produce at home. Dealing with the subjects Smrately he said the rabbits were the farmers great enemy. separatei>, over-nreservation of rabbits could not fro Good farmi „ crmlause}—but he thought the landowners did together-Cmuch appl^ise>-D was»very sorry to hcar feat their best t»P <rentlemen to let their shooting to people it was the custom o any enu rabbits (App{;luw.) whe.did fortheir o* n gyno^ J peopl(j wh() tf;ik';ho„tin,. He humor chamber might for their benefit draw thus and thought the inatfon -as to what they knew Tip fJewy" ^anl^Xlr.) He knew little about the birds on the suhie *> ,fect but they must be careful how they Mr. Robert them The wood pigeons he condemned as yaged war against th«n. i the heart out of the turnip r'in^ /nr,i'aUSe)—but they often came long dis- and 0 the people in the immediate neighbour- ^nC,e3' nnf so much to blame. As regarded the Agri- hood were not of lg_5> he should> wfth Mr Roberts, RkpUtn know how many landlords had adopted it because S eJ, „kwf -ood number had. (Applause.) The President hid done so on the whole of his property-(applause)-and since then many of the tenants came to lnm wishing to make un- Sovements under the first two clauses-(applause)-and he I-e- Heved a great many tenants wefe deriving bene fit makin" improvements under the Act. In manv cah the Act had not been put in operation, the Pr'"clPlesi VVatkin been adopted by landlords in agreements, such as bir M atkin and Lord Penrhyn—(applause)—so that the tenai t g benefits of the Act under the existing a^™p'Sul("oi;fc;l upon He referred to the benefits «^ Act con oW s?.gtem it as a most valuable one. He very ijv;n2- (,n the same in Wales of families for several gene Scotch j.la of farm. (Applause.) It mon to give high rents nineteen years lease, w leaVe. if the question of leaving and then at the exP^ 9^ cne^ one of leases came up, he the old \\elsh custom for before they went in for the would advise them to Hfi trusted the discussion would lease system. (He-t ^-) fariners anti landlords by enabling have the effect of I making the land produce the utmost them to adopt mean* for Captain P. P. Pennant con- that could bes being the landlord of the tenant who emulated himself on Mr lloberts-(applause)-ana wrote that ab e p him for tbe ability displayed in deal- IShpthe subiect, and the cordiality with which he treated it He would hive liked him to have adopted the term hin- drances" instead of grievances," for by that term he made himself open to the chaft' that he must.have been recneed to a skeleton bv the grievances under w hich he suncrea. (,' re.u laughter the portly figure of Mr. Roberts rendering the joke verv ffootl). The starlings he (Mr. Pennant) thought only destroyed the worms, anti took a bit of grain in the form desert ("Laughter.) The rooks were also valuable to the ex- tent that they destroyed the grubs and worms, but they were a bit of a Paddy, and fond of fT iiicliter ) The wood pigeons were a most unmitigated eril i h S In Scotland, associations, were formed evil. (Appiause;. in '3 /n,lipr might do some- for their destruction, u destroved all he could, but to do thing in that direction. H. UJjite(1 effort throughout the any good at it there1 si bad adopted the Agricultural country. He remai^ke^ many more had done SOj for Holdings Act, and h cortrarv, as a matter of course K i?re ^ilf.^nan.f vent undei the provisions of the Act, for it wasan exten sionof thecu'toms of tho country in legal form He further spoke in favour of the paper generally, and was much fpp aud^l Mr Joseph Lloyd thought that "grievances" was the rieht word He had doubts, however, whether there were real grievances or not, amI he wanted the paper read again to see if there were any grievances existing, so that they could act Son it He thought the objects of the Chamber were not known to the gentry, and that was o.n0.^aso"h^h^f]e^cl^^ connect themselves with the Association. —The President saut that circulars had been sent to all members Society so that the obiects were known.—Mi. Roberts, b> 1 equest re-read his paper that the grievances complained of mijjit be classified. Mr. Roberts said that personally he had no complaint of rabbits on his farm; the only grievances he had weie the rooks and wood pigeons! Mr. Roberts created great aughter by saying he would withdraw his charge a^unst the starh^ JjSdV,eop»,<Kl notionto at the conclusion that the f ten y,e appointed to real grievance, to be sent to the whole draw up a resohiti'on ant trict of the Chamber.—This was 04 J W. Lloyd, and carried.-The Chairman agreed°vitliMr Bancroft that it was a great mistake for farmers to destroy the weasels, and gave facts to prove that.-On the motion of Air J. Roberts, a formal vote of thanks was given to the representatives of thfe Press for the att.?ntaion to the Chamber, and it was accompanied to luncheon, on the suggestion of Mr. Joseph Lloyd.-A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings.

MARKET REPORTS. CORN AVERAGES, For the week ending May 4.. The following are the quantities sold and the prices this year and la,=t, vear :— "on QUANTITIES SOLD. PRICES. This year. L ist year. This year. Last year. Wheat 42 403 32,774 52s. Id. CDs. 6d. Bar lev 3 079 4 700 4Cs. 6d. 40s. 5d. Oats. 3',49t •• 2,026 2os. 8d. 2/s Gd. Corn, &c. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The market to-lay was very quiet. Wheat was in only moderate request, at a iiuther to 2d. cental since Friday. Flour 111 buyers ll^n corn slow, at a decline of Od. to 9d. 3P quarter on i riuay s • or 9tl. to Is. on the week. I I .PRICES (tilis (ILY). S. I.. American Wheat, qjJ cental of 100 lbs 10 2 to 11 10 F,n,lish Flour, P 280 lbs 40 6 45 6 Foreign Barley, f 60 lbs. 3 3 3 8 Fnsrlish Oats, '4 45 lbs i 0 4 4 Kthn Beans,$4S0 lbs 33 6 35 0 bSiLi corn. American new white 0 0 27 0 lncU^n corn, Ameri(;an 2G 0 27 3 roNTMYM WFDNESOAY.—The market was extremely quiet. uartlni; baViey 2 910 quarters; oats, 13,660 quarters; flour, 9,090 sacks and 9,ISO b,ine s. ,'nnRF.T PRICES OF GRAIN AT MARK E V qr. ^heat, new Essex and Kent to S Ditto ditto (red) 1" fc 49 m Wheat, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire (red) parley (Chevalier) Vi 28 English feed Sq 34 (M azagan) gj 42 Peas, white boilers (English) MaiZe 27 35 Flour," best'Town Households, & sack of 2S0 lbs., 44s to »0d. WAKEFIELD, FRIDAY. — Wheat was held for the full prices of last week, but the business passing was not large. malting season being so nearly over, there were very few buj of barley. Beans, oats, and maize steady. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY—A decidedly quieter tone pervaded the market than on the two previous market days. The attend- ance was not large, and only a moderate consumptive business was done in wheat, at a reduction on Tuesday's rates of ld. to 2d. %") cental. Flour in less request, without quotable change, lieans and peas quiet. Indian corn in limited demand, at a decline of 3d. ¥ quarter. LONDON, MONDAY.—The market was rather dull. Prices Were maintained for best samples of English wheat, but inferior Sorts were lower to sell. Foreign met a dragging sale, at barely Previous values. Flour very dull, and prices tended in buyers' favour. Barley quiet at late rates. Prime oats rather dearer on the week inferior corn weaker. Maize, beans, and peas with- out change. Seed market quiet.— Arrivals British wheat, 2,656 barters ° barley 72'- quarters; oats, 182 quarters; flour, 14,458 Sacks Foreign wheat, 40,104 quarters; barley 2,200 quaiters; oats, 38,543 quarters; fi'jur, 1,806 sacks and 13,416 barrels. SHREWSBURY SATUltDAY. Our market to-day was but thinly attended. Wheat, being in small supply, was firmly hfebl for last week's extreme prices. Other things were also steady in value. s. d. R iI White Wheat,$75 lbs. Red ditto, „ i. J. ° £ Barley (malting), 3S quarts ° Barley (grinding), „ » .^0 Oats, « 225 lbs Beans, f! 225 lbs Peas, 2-25 lbs Q 6 Walt, imperial bushel 9 BRIDGNORTH, SATURDAII .-The quotati.ons at the close of this market were: White wheat, Ss. 2d. to 8s. 6d. 3d 72 lbs red wheat, 7s. 7d. to 7s. 6d.; foreign wheat, 0s. Od. to 0s. Od. Malting barley, 6s. 6d. 7s. Od. « 38 quarts; grinding barley 00s Od. to 00s. Od. iS 10 scores. Bea.iss, 16s. 4d. to Os Od 10 scores. Peas, 17s. Od. to 17s. 6d. e' 10 scores Oats 13s 6d fco 19s Od. 8 scores. Indian com, 13s 0d. to Hs. Od. w scores'. Malt, 9s. Od. to 9s. 6d$bushel.—The attendance was very hmited. There was a short supply of all articles; trade on the whole was quiet. CHESTER, SATURDAY.—Wheat barely maintained last week s rates, prime red fetching 7s. c(l. V bushel. Beans made from 6s. to 6s. Sd. zO 80 lbs. Barley, malting, firm at 6s. Sd. ;¡;1 38 quarts. ABERYSTWYTH, MONDAY. Wheat, 7s. Od. to 7s. 9<1. tJ bushel; barley, 6s. Od. to 6s. 4d.; oats, 3s. Cd. to 4s. 6d. e^, 20 for a shiUing; salt butter, 0s. lOd. to 0s. Ofi. fresh butter, Is. 4d. te Is. 6d. lb.; fowls, 4s. Od. to 5s. 8d. «0UPle > > Os. Od. to Os. Od.; geese, Os. Od. to Os. Od. turkeys, Os. Od. to Os. Od. each; potatoes, 8s. Od. to Ss. 6d.$cwt. WELSHPOOI', MONDAY.—Wheat, Ss. «d. to F barley, 7s. 6d. to Ss. Od %") 40 quarts oats, -^s Od l. bag^ eggs, 0 to 16 for a shilling; butters is jl. tols. 4d.^ i" fowls, II. 0d. to 5s. Cd. V couple"; ducks, 0s. Od to 0s Od.^J? couple; geese, 0s.Od. toOs. Od. each., turkeys, 0b. 0 each; potatoes, 6s. Od. to 6s. 2cl.$measerre; new, 2d. & Ib- NEWTOWK, TUESDAY (Apr. Os. ocl. to Os. Od- iíJ bushel; barley, Os. Od. to Os. o(t.; oats, 00s to OOs 11 baf ^eggs, 0 to 10 for a shilling; butter, 0s. 6d. to Is. 6d. to 6s. Od. QJJ couple ducks, 0s. Od. to OB. 0d. couple, ^eese, 0s. Od. to 0s. Od. each; turkeys, 0s. Od. to °0s. 0d. each, p^ 6 lbs. for sixpence; beef, lid. to 12d. lb.; mutton, veal, 9d. toOd.; lamb, Od. to Is. id. OSWESDRY, WEDNESDAY (May quotations: Wheat, 7s. 4d. to 7s. 10d. ba:sh'? ig to Lug), 6s. Od. to 6s. 9d.; oats, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; butter dto Is 4d W tb • e £ r-s 15 to 16 for a shilling; fowls, 5s. Od. to 6d. couple; duels', 0s. Od. to 0s. \FleSg' t" 0s. Od. each; turkeys, 0s. Od. to 0s. 0c.. each, potatoes, U tbs. to 13 lbs for a shilling. WREXHAM THUI«DAJ.e^. t«(l8.s- ffA&tof 180Z.;W,.Wto f for ^^8 5 fowjMs. Od. s scc'e-'M- Cattle. f TVFPPnnT ATONDAY —There was ft £ ood supply of stock at being 1,411 beasts and 4,174 sheep and •Srnbs. Quality good.; The demand count of the high prices demanded. I here were Amenoan cattle on offer, which were in good demand. Ihere were also 27 Spanish beasts in the market. Ooun ry customers were net so numerous. Best beasts, 9d. to °.1 7id. to iv'd. sheep, in wool, lOd. to 1-d. %) lb., clipped ditto. Gd. to 10id. lb.; lambs. 32s. to 4Ss. each. METROPOLITAN, MoNDAY.-fhere was a good stipply.cf cattle.; choice quality realized full prices but inferior large and coaxse oxen were deci,ledly lower. Prime Scots sold up to «s. 4d.: Norfolks 6s. *3 stone, with a somewhat slow trade. Business was more active on the foreign side. Tlle Britsh supply comprised 70 Scotch, 1,200 Norfolk, Sutiolk, and issez:, 490 Midland and Home Connties beasts. The sheep market was slow and heavy; prime Downs dull at 6s. 2d.; large white- faced 5s. Gd. to 5s. 8d. Lambs. 8s. 9s. Calves continue dear-— Price-s Beef, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 4d. mutton, 5s. Od. to 6s. 2d. veal 5s" 6d to' 6s! Sd.; pork, 4s. Od. to 5s. Od. The stock on offer consisted of 2,930 beasts, 15,620 sheep, 30 calves, and 20 pigs; included in which were 1,170 foreign beasts and 40 foreign sheep. SHREWSBURY, TUESDAY. — There was a good supply of stock, both fat and stores, in beef and mutton. Fair prices were realized, and brisk sales made. Beef made Sd. to 9d. :p Th.; mutton, shorn, 9d.; ditto, in the wool, ioki. to lid.; lambs, 30s. to 48s. each; veal, 9d. J lb. Pigs same as last week. LONDON DEAD MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.—The follow- ing were the quotations 4,1 S lbs. by the carcase Middling and inferior beef, 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d.: prime ditto, 4s. lOd. to 5s. Sd.; inferior and middling mutton, 3s. 4d. to 5s. Od.; prime ditto, 5s.!4d. to 6s. 4d.; veal, 5s 2d. to 5G. Sd.; large pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 0d.; small ditto, 4s. 6d. to 5s. 0d.—The demand for meat was quiet, and prices were much the same. Tae supply was moderate. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY—We had 226 beasts on offer to- day, the general condition good, at about late rates. Sheep, 1 093, for which there was a steady ftemand. Pigs, 644 trade siow. Current quotations: Beef, Sd. to 9d.$ft.; mutton, Sd. to gift; bacon pigs, 10s. to 10s. 6d. i;1 score sows, Ss. to 8s. 6d.; porket pigs, 10s. 6d. to lis. SALFOEB, TUESDAY.—There was su'arge supply of beasts on offer to-day, and the quality was of a fair average character. The demand was slow for all classes, and prices ruled against the seller, but not to any great extent. About 600 foreign beasts were ofiered, and changed hands at prices ranging from 8d. to 8jd. Iq iti. The market appeared to be overstocked with sheep, consequently a reduction of quite kd. zO lb. had to be subniftted to. An active demand was experienced for lambs, and they realized from 40s. to 55s. each. A fair trade was done in calves, at the full rates of last market day. Prices Beef, 7d. to 9d. P lb.; mutton, 7Jd. to 9ad.; veal, 9d. to 9id. 4 Miscellaneous. LONDON PROVISION, MONDAY.—The arrivals last week from Ireland were 97 firkins butter and 3,863 bales bacon, and from foreign ports 26,851 packages butter and 3,246 bales bacon. The butter market has ruled very slow, influenced by the very favourable weather for vegetation, and the supplies of foreign increasing. Prices are in favour of buyers both Normandies and Jerseys are easier in price, and Dutch lias further declined to 90s. to 100s. The bacon market ruled slow, without alteration to quote in the value of Irish, but Hamburg has declined 2s. for sizeable meat. IRISH AND AMERICAN PROVISIONS, LIVERPOOL, SATUR- DAY.—Butter: There is little or no enquiry now foi States or Canadian; Irish is in steady request. Bacon has receded 6(1. to Is. :j;! cwt., and the demand slow. Lard,3d.$cwt. lower, with a steady business. Cheese without change. Beef 2s. 6d. :j;1 tierce in bHyers' favour. Pork unaltered, but quiet. LOXDON POTATO, SATTRDAY.—AS new potatoes become more in demand, the trade for old potatoes flags, and prices rule in buyers' favour. During the past week a fall of some 2s. sack has taken place. Kent Regents 15Cs. to 200s. v ton. Essex Regents 145s. to 180s. „ Rocks 135s. to 110s. Flukes 175s. to 225s. „ Victorias 175s. to 215s. WORCESTER HOP, SATURDAY.- Piercy, Long- bottom, and Faram, in their circular, say—Our market is quiet, but firm at late rttes. More business has been done the last few davs than for some time past, and in some instances holders have withdrawn hops rather than accept present low prices. LONDON HOP, MONDAY.—Our market has assumed a firmer tone, and for the time of year a. fair enquiry prevails for all descriptions. East and Mid Kent £ 3 10 £ 4 0 £ 5 10 Wealcl of Kent 215. 310. 4 10 Sussex. 2 10 3 10 4 4 Farnham and Country. 4 10 5 0 5 15 Worcester 4 4 4 15 5 10 LIVERPOOL WOOL, FRIDAY. Great dulness still con- tinues to prevail in this market, altough the little that is doing is at pretty steady prices. About 56Q bales alpaca have found buyers at 17^d and 19d. for average fleece, and 7id. to lod. for seconds and inferiors. On Thursday and Friday next public sales will be held here of about 9,000 bales Peruvian and Lima, 2,500 bales Morocco, 500 bales greasy Spanish, 350 River Plate, and 400 sheepskin wool.—Quotations are: East India, white, 5d. to 13Jd. zo !b.; yellow, 4d. to Hid.; gray, &c., 3.1(t. to lOd.; 4 washed Peruvian, lOd. to 15Jd.; washed River Plate, lOel. to 131d.; unwashed River Plate 6d. to lod.; washed Morocco, Sd. to lOkl.; unwashed Morocco, 5dto7d.; Egyptian white, 8d to 14id.; Oporto fleece, 12Jd. to 13d.; mohair, 2s. 6d. to 2s. Sd.; alpaca, Is. 6d. to Is. Sd. WOLVERHAMPTON HIDE, SKIN, AND FAT, SATUR- DAY.—Hides, 95 lb. and upwards, 5d. '1;1 lb.; 85 to 94, 4gd.; 75 to 84, 3id.; 65 to 74, 3Jd.; 56 to 64, 3d.; 55 and under, 3d.; Cows, 2fd. to 2jd.; bulls, 2:{d.; flawed and irregular, 2<d.; kips, Od. to 3d. Horse hides, 0s. Od. to 12s. 6d. each. Calf, 17 lb. an-t upwards, 4.1d.; 12 to 16, Gel.; 9 to 11, 5jd.; light, 41 tlawe1 and irregular, 3id. Wools, A-l, Os. Od.; A, Os. Oll.; B, Os. 0, each. Pelts, A", Is. fid.; B, Is. Id. each. Lambs, A, 2s. 7d\; B, Is. 7d. each. Fat, 2Jd. to 2Jd.$lb.—JNO. S. D'AUCY, Broker, Cleveland-street. LEATHER.—LEADENHALL. TUESDAY. v lb. s. d. s. d. Hides, crop, 23 lbs. to 40 lbs 1 0 @ 1 4 Ditto, 40 lbs. to 60 lbs 1 3 1 9 English butts, 14 lbs. to 24 lbs 1 2 2 5 25 tbs. to 36 lbs 1 5 2 10 Forei'n butts, 16 lbs. to 50 lbs 1 1 2 3 Crop bellies 0 7 0 11 Shoulders ° ™ 1 Dressing hides, common 0 11 l 6 Ditto, shaved i Calfskins z 0 rONDON PRODUCE. SATURDAY. — Sugar: The market was dull uid very little business done either m raw or refined scrtts! Coffee remains very steady, at ate.rate, Kice A farm market for floating cargoes but busmes« Cotton market remains inactive. •Jute,.1 Oils- Raue Tallow, new 38s.; old 37s. Od., IP cwt. on the spot UUs^Kape 33s., linseed 27s. Spirits of turpentine 23s. t cwt. 9jd. @ gallon. r LIVERPOOL PRODUCE, WEDNESDAY. coutniues quiet, and other Colonial produce in only moderate > prices generally are steady. Nitrate of soda 16s. to cwt. Linseed oil 27s. to 27s. 3d. in export casks. I refined Stettin, 42s. Cottonseed oil, Liverpool rennecl, to 32s. 6d.$cwt. Palm oil very firm. Olive oil quiet. i>ai 36s. 6d. to 36s. 9d. zp cwt. Tallow 38s. 6d. to 398. for orth American. Ashes, pots, quiet at 22s.» 3d. to 22s. 6d. ly > common, 5s. 10 cwt. Spirits of turpentine, 23s. to 23s. 3d. -I Petroleum, refined oil quiet at lOd. y gallon. HAY AND STRAW.—LONDON, TUESDAY. l í1 Prime meadow hay (1;1 ton) 85 0 @ 100 0 Inferior ditto 70 0 80 0 Prime clover 100 0 140 0 Inferior ditto S50,,950 Stmw 0 52 0 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, -LIVI-,RPOOL, WEDNESDAY. Hay, %■) 20 tbs. s. d. s d. V ton. Old 0 10 @1 2 s. n. s. d. New 0 0 0 0 Carrots 0 0@0 0 Straw- Turnips 0 0 0 C Wheat. 0 Si 0 9 Mangel Wurzel.. 0 0 25 0 Oat 0 7i 0 Manure 5 6 7 6 Barley 0 6 0 0 Grass,$20 tbs. 0 J 0 2

Trade Intelligence. WOLVERHAMPTON IRON TRADE.—WEDNESDAY. Only a few offers were made on 'Change to-day which sellers could accept. Buyers were wholly unreasonable, and sellers had to make a stand. Much business was refused, yet prices would have been taken that were rejected a fortnight ago for all but the highest qualities, which were firm. Orders were sought for by common sheet makers. Cleveland pigs could not sell in competition with Northampton and Derbyshire sorts. The mills and forges are slightly quieter than last week, still there is an improved demand on Australian account. Ironstone is firm in price, but coal is weak.

THE CROPS AND THE CORN TRADE. The Mark-Lane Express says :-Wheat has had quite enough rain for the present, and warm dry days are wanted to check a slight tendency to discoloration which has become apparent in the Eastern Counties. Complaints also as to the growth of weeds have been heard, but the condition of the growing crop remains very favourable. Spring corn has been making satisfac- tory progress. Barley, oats, beans, and peas all show well on the ground, both in bulk and colour. The rain has somewhat hindered potato planting in Kent, but in most of the potato- growing districts of England and south Scotland the operation has been got through satisfactorily. Stock continues healthy, sheep especially so, and the free growth of grass has afforded the ewes a nourishing bite. The hay crop bids fair to be a heavy one this year. Farmers continue to market their wheat very sparingly. English wheat has advanced is.$quarter in many important provincial maikets, but the trade has disao- pointed London factors, as sales have only been practicable at former rates. The imports of foreign wheat into London have been very fair. No quotable change in the value of barley or oats. The trade in feeding corn is animated, and prices have eased slightly.

BYE-GONES. .V" NOTES, QUERIES, and REPLIES, en subnets inter< gting to Wales and the Borders, nKist be addressed to ASKEW KOBF.RTS, Croeswylan, Oswestry." Real names and addresses must be given, in confidence, and JISS. timst be written legibly, on one side of the p&per only.

MAY 8, 187 ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF SHREWSBURY.—Under this head- ing M.H.P. on May 27, 1874, gave some curious customs formerly observed at Shrewsbuiy; which he copied from the -Gents-- Mag: for 1800; that publication having quoted "PouMsday Boob., Vol. 1. p. 252." In the quotation occurred the following When the King went from the city, the Sheriff lenteurde sent him 24 horses &c;" and a query was appended asking what this meant. "G. H." in Salopian Shreds and Patrhes, Apr. 24, 1S78, on the authority of the late Mr. Thomas Wright, interprets lenteurde" to be Leint- frardine."

NOTES. SION RHSTDDERCH'S DICTIONARY.-In pp. 354, 355 of Lkjruddiacth y Cymry, a transcript is given of the Welsh as well as of the English title-page of a book printed by iThomas Thursten at Shrewsbury in 1737, which was tte second edition of Sion Iihy<SJerch's English rund Welsh IMctionavy, the first having been published in 1725. On .the English title-page of a copy of .the second edition, now before me, the following paragraph occurs:- "Originally began by John Bcderia-, and now finished And complected with several hundred Additional W ords, by the Revel. Mr. John Williams, Rector of Willey, in Shropshire, and Mr. Lewis Evans, of Llandesiilio. A version in Welsh of this paragraph is given onrthe opposite Welsh titie-page, in which the name of Lewis Evans is included. The editor of Llyfryddi&cth y Oymr y, however, in a footnote on p. 355 of that flvork, --states The author adds here [that is, after Shropshire -m the above paragraph] 'and of Mr. Lewis Evet of Llandessilio but I can affirm from personal knowledge that nothing of the kind is tc seen on the original Aitle-page oi this book." From this statement it appears that the name of Lewis Evans was omitted in the title-page of somo copies, whilst it was inserted in others, as instanced in my own. in the preface, which is in Welsh by Thomas Dur.-ton, the printer, ,ao allusion is made te Lewis Brans, but the Rector of Willey, and the part he took ii-, the work, are mentioned in a paragraph to the following effect: ibis work hm been completed by the pains and labour of Mr. J. W., who has carefully corrected many inexcusable errors in/the first edition from whose collection I have addednear six hundred new words in English and Welsh. As this.is called the second edition, it is desirable to know wherein it differs from, or otherwise whether it be identical with, that which is stated to have been issued with a shorter title-page in 1731. It will also be of interest,to have a biographical sketch of the Rev. John Williams and Mr. Lewis Evans, of Llandiesilio, who are mentioned as having aided with additional, words in com- pleting the work. LLALLAWG. QUERIES. ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT GIF DYLIFAU. Can any one give the number of acres taken from each of the adjoining parishes to constitute this lately formed district ? IULOES. THE CONFESSIONAL IN CHURCHES. If any of the .readers of Bye-ffones have met .with traditions about the confessional cells in parish churches in Wales, or the Borders, will they please give them.? .Had all parish churches inR. C. times, a confessional cell ^(Oyifcs-gell) in them ? If so, in what part of the church ? OLYI-ER SYMON. GRIFFITHS'S GHOST.—Are there any traditions floating in the present day of the slaughter of a royalist- the son of Mr. Griffiths, of Plas Llanddyfnan, Anglesea— in the time of the civil wars? We are told in Arch. Camb., 183Q, p. 146, that "he was cruelly murdered" near his father's bouse, "and many strange tales were told of Griffiths's ghost about the narrow old road where he was massacred, kence the place is still Lon y Rwbach, or the Hobgoblin's Lane." W. S. REPLIES. OWEN GWYNEDD'S PEDIGREE (Mar. 13, 1878).-In reply to LLALLAWG, I forward to you a literal copy of the account of Owen Gwynedd's family, in Hengxcrt MS. 113, in the autograph of Gutyn Owen. There is no reference whatever to the tradition of Madoc s having emigrated to America. He was one of Prince Owen's illegitimate children. Only two autograph manuscripts ot Lrutyn Owen are known to be in existence, the LlpfJ" Du Basing and Hengm-t MS. 113. There was one formerly at Maesmor, said to be in his hand, Y llyfr vychan o Vaesmor o waith a Haw Gutyn Omen "ydd yn calyn, but it has disappeared. Gutvn wrote an unusually clear and beautiful hand, but there is one word, or rather abbreviated word, in the under written extract, which I am unable to make out. It is the last word in the first paragraph, is written in red ink, and looks like an abbreviation of some word beginning with art. I believe that Hewjwrt MS. 113 was written before the accession of Ed. IV., in the latter part of the reign oi Hen. VI. Plant ywain gwynedd ap gr. ap kynan, an Jer. a maelgwn a gwenUiati mam wenwynwyn ap ywair keveilioc. I mam oedd wladus verch lywarch ap trehauarn af ki-iadoc ap gwynn ap gollwyn ap ednowain ap bleddyn ap blettrus ac i ach bleddyn. David a rrodri achadwallon abad enlli ac angharad wraic gruff, maelor Plant ywain oeddynt o grlstin verch ronwy ap ywain ap edwin i gefnitherw oedd honno. Mam ronwy ap ywain gwynedd oedd vorvydd verch ednywein benndew. Mam gynan ap ywain gwynedd oedd ynkarad verch bredur ap mael ap bleddyn o veiriounydd Mamm lln. ap ywaiu oedd wenllian verch Ednywain ap gweydr ap dyfnaunt. Mam ho. ap ywain oedd wladus. Mam veredudd ddu ap ywain Morvydd verch verwyddhir oedd. Main Idwal ap ywain oedd avandrec verch wrgi o vynydd gradivael. bm gyn (rvn) ap ywain oedd veild chwaer avandrec verch wrgi i gelwid. Mam ff ylib ap ywain oedd vorwyll verch eluan ap sanddef o ros. Madoc ac egn. meibion ywain vn vara oeddynt. Dav. (dau) ynvric avvant veibion i ywain vn a wystlodd ywain i hennrri ynghoed keirioc ac o hynny y bit varw. v llal a elwid Kyn. apy veiriones. Ririd ap ywain bioedd klochran y dref a roed i hen Gr. ap Kynan sy rrwng dvlvn a swydd golom kylli yn ewerddon. From Henyicrt MS. 113, in the autograph of Gutyn Owen, folio 52. W. MR. EVANS OF LLWYNYGROES (April 17, 1878).-One would suppose that the Society for En- couraging Arts, &c., would scarcely give to the son a prize for a mere adaptation of the work of the father but the following advertisement that appeared in the Shrewsbury papers of August, 1802, would lead us to believe that the map referred to was merely the older production, with new roads put in :— The Public are respectfully informed that a new and improved impression of Evans' Reduced Map of North Wales, is now ready for Sale at the usual price and places. In the above are inserted several new, or intended Roads, particularly the pro- posed Cut from Capel Voilas, by Capel Cerrig, to Bangor, instead of the circuituous Route through Conway, and from Cerrig y Druidion to Ruthin, forming a Communication with Chester, and thereby avoiding Conway Ferry. Shrewsbury, Aug. 11, 1802. Some of these roads were just then a good deal occupying public attention. "The Capel Cerrig and Bangor Road Bill" had just been carried through parliament amidst strong opposition, and received the Royal Assent on Aug. 7, 1802 and it was stated in the papers that the pro- moters hoped to accomplish their work in three months, whereby the distance between Shrewsbury and Holy- head will be shortened at least nine miles, avoiding the dangerous Ferry at Conway, &c." N.W.S. John Evans, Esq., was the original publisher oi the maps of North Wales, and was also the author oi them. They were issued by him in nine sheets, but the plates were engraved by the ingenious Robert Baujh, and if the work was equal to the engraving of several of his plates which I have seen, it would well merit a reward. John Evans died in 17^5, and probably the map-publish- ing passed into the hands of his son John Evans, M.D., who was the father of the Rev. W. Evans. He appears to have been rewarded within a few years from his father's death, viz., in 1802. In 1809 the engraver, Robert Baugh, also gained a reward, the silver medal of the Society of Arts, and a sum of money. The medal is in the posses- sion of his grandson, Mr. L. J. Baugh, Llanymynech, and is inscribed on the obverse, Arts and Commerce pro- moted on the reverse, To Mr. Robert Baugh, 1809, for a map of Shropshire Society instituted London, 1783." On the purse is written, A purse of fifteen guineas from the Society of Arts." The maps produced by the joint labours of these men are noted for their ac- curacy, (many of those published earlier being very inac- curate in detail,) and are also noted for the clearness and sharpness of the engraved lines. A specimen of the Shropshire map can be seen on the wall of the Powysltiio Museum, Welshpool, and is well worthy of inspection, If some reader of Byc-goncs can give any information re specting the lives of these men, it would be interesting, especially of Robert Baugh, who, besides being an engraver, was an excellent land surveyor and draughts- man. He died in 1832, aged 84. Some of his plates adorr the north wall of Llanymynech Church. LLERTWEF. The name of Robert Baugli will always be associ- ated with Evans's Maps. When he died a short notice o: him appeared in one of the Shrewsbury papers from th; pen of Mr. J. F. M. Dovaston, as follows :—"Died, 27tl: December, 1832, aged 84, near Llanymynech, the in genious, cheerful, and benevolent Mr. Robert Baugh well known and valued as the accurate and perspicuou: engraver of great and small maps of North Wales, pub lished by the late John Evans, Esq., and his own grea* maw of Shropshire, together with the vignettes that adon those elaborate works. The sensitive affections of heari and mind m this truly good man were at all times singu larly alive to the playful and pathetic; and with sucl rapid alternations that the writer of this short and trans cient tribute, has seen him both laugh and weep m th< same moment, at passages of Shakespeare, when read b their now venerable friend, the amiable and elegant poet. Dr. Evans. He loved music in the depth of his soul mos cordially: and to him the rich and varied tones of a] organ were prelibations of heaven. He rarely ever pre termitted his sincere and ready pious devotions of grati tude in the parish church, where he presided over th psalmody, which he enthusiastically accompanied on tin loud bassoon.' With happiness and length of days heavei never blessed a kinder creature. Travellers here fre quently expressed surprise at the excellence of the print and maps of the village inns of Llanymynech and stil greater when informed that they were all selected by th gentle taste, and many etched and engraved by the in genious talents of the parish clerk, the unassuming an' merry-hearted Robert Baugh." Dr. Evans has been a] ready mentioned in Bye-gones. He was author of The Bcci a poem of some merit. SCKOBBES LVEIG.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The House of Commons reassembled on Monday, May 6th. Among the stTing of notices, there were no Joss than five having reference to the employment of native Indian troops in Europe. Subsequently the Marquis of Hartington asked if the Chancellor of the Exchequer could give the House any information as to the state t>f the liegociations with Russia, and whether there was any hope of the assembling of a European Congress. He also enqud if Sir Stafford Noithcote c">uld give hitr. rrT ex- planation as to how it was that no communication was'IT,at',e by the Gov-ernment to the House, before it rose for th* faster recess, 0: the intention to dispatch a "body of native Indian troops tc-Malta, although the iiittter made put-ftir on the followint- day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that ne- gociations with Russia were still in progress, but it trould be most dfeExlvantageous to discuss thew. iject just at pressst. As to the decssion of the Govern nie-,t with xespect to the native troops, it was llot considered necessary, nor was it in accordance with the ordinary practice to commur.icate it to tbe House. Referring to a statement made by Mr. Bright, charging the Government with havieg deceived the House, FirStatîorù expressed a hope that the right hen. gentleman, -if he had a charge to make, would mate it in'Chat House in a manner in-j whicfc it could be at once replied to. In reply to crit alspeeches. i on tht removal of Indian troops,'the Chancellor >of the Kx- chequar contended that the step wt. s neither more cor less than a direction by ber Majestf for the removal of a pcrtion of her forces from one part of her dominions to another, and this wat strictly within the constitutional prerogative of the Crown Some further discussion followed, in the course ft: which M r, Xe^tlegate expressed an epinion tiiat Government skould have: produced the estimates -ibr the Hisvement before -removing the twxjj s.—Sir Robert Peel thought all who sat on the Minis- terial side of the House should give the Government a unanitr- 05K and decided support, and justified the course which had been ■td ted. HOUSE OF COMSfftXS. —TI ESDAT. The Speaker took the chair at feur o'clock.—Mr. Chamberlain give notice that on an-ealy day he would move the following resêlution-That the Hotse sharing the earnest desire expressed in the circular dispatch oi Lord -Balisbury, for good government, peace and freedom of the populations to which those blessings hafe been strange, condemns the policy of warlike demos-sfca- ti<H?3 which her'Majesty^ Government have punfued, and is of optftion that the object in question, and an honourable and peaceful settlement of the existing difficulties wlil be best pro- motsd by a European -concert and a frank definition of the changes in the Treaty of San .Stefano, which her Majesty's Government consider na: essary for the general geod of Eurcpe an&the interests of England. On Thursday he saul lie would asi if the Government would ffecilitatethe discussion of this resolution. Captain Bedford Pins gave notice that on going into Corrmit- tee<f Supply he will m-ove an eddress praying her Majesty to take the necessary steps to ensure tbe assembling™ London of a Congress of the representatives of all independent states of Euscpe with the view ef determining the best means of pre- serving the gelteral interests of Europe, and maintaining in- violate the sanctity of treaties.-TIn reply to questions put Zv Mr. Whitwell, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Laing, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the Indian Government had for the inoireiit provided what was necessary for the fitting out-of the expedi- tion. or rather for the movement of the troops, and as soon as possible they would submit the supplementary eftiniatc to the House. The native Indian troops served under the Iudlin Mutiny Act, and Articles of War, and were bound by their oath to serve wheresoever they were ordered, by land or sea, and to obev all command of the officers set over them. They might therefore be called on to serve in any part of the United King- dom ui time of peace, which lr.tt-er service would require the consent of Parliament. They might be called on to serve in the Channel Islands.—In reply to Mr. 2.. Jenkins, the Chancellor »:f the Exchequer said the Indian treeps were ordered to Malta.— Mr. Meldon called attention to the claim of the Irish National School teachers, and complained that the Act. of IS75 had totally failed to redress their grievances with respect to salaries, residences, and pensions. He moved r. resolution that their posi- tion demanded the immediate attention of the (tcvernnitint with a view to the satisfactory adjustment of their claims.—After some discussion, in which the motion was generally supported 1 by the Irish members, Mr. Trotter satd that the objects of the Act of &87.r> had not been realized on account of the local | authorities having failed to carry out ihe wishes of Parliament, -| but if that Act had failed the regulations of 1S76 had been a decided success, and although the Govern- ment felt that its policy ought to he W make the Government grants supplementary to local efforts he would give the subject his serious attention, and if the motion was qualified in its terms he would accept it.—Mr. Meldon assented, and the motion as amended was agreed to.—Mr. Pease called attention to the question of the issue of licences for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors off the premises, and moved a resolution in favour of suspending the issue of new licences until next session.Sir H. Selwin-lbbetson said that the magistrates were bound to comply with the Act. There had been considerable complaint, but the Horae Secretary was not prepared to recommend legis- lation until the committee of the House of Lords had reported. He moved the previous question, which was carried.—Mr. Monk moved the second reading of the Conge D'Elire Bill.—Mr. Hub- bard moved the rejection.—The House was counted out at S'35. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wednesday. Mr. Benctt-Stanford gave notice that on Monday he would ask whether the report as to Colonel Wellesley's appointment as Secretary of the Embassy at Vienna was true, and whether the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs can give any explanation of so extraordinary and apparently unfair an appointment.—Mr. Cowen moved the ooond reading of the County Courts Bill. He said the object aimed at was the distribution throughout the country of the administration of the law, and the centralization of courts of appeal. The Bill provided for the formation of seven circuits, in each of which there would be one principal judge, and one or more assistant-judges, with such registrars and other officers as might be required. The principle of the Bill was the localisation of the administration fcf justice: and it did not introduce anv novelty, but only sought to amplify the present county court system.—Mr. Osborne Morgan moved the rejection of the Bill, which was also opposed by several other members.—The Attorney-General could not approve of the principle of the mea- sure, but he was bound to admit that many of its clauses were worthv of consideration, and although he could Hot agree to the second reading, be hoped they would be brought before the > Select Committee. He urged the withdrawal of the Bill. -Mr. [ CoVen accepted the suggestion of 'the •Attorney-General, and the Bill was withdrawn.—Lord A. Hill-Trevor moved the second reading of the Tenant Right (Ireland) Bill, which was supported by Professor Smyth, the Marquis of Hamilton, Mr. O'Neil, and I Mr. Macartney, and accpted by Mr. Lowther-The Bill was read a second time.—The Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill was discharged, and the House rose at six o'clock.

ECCLESIASTICAL. The Glasgow Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church has found the Rev. Fergus Ferguson guilty of heresy. -Air. Ferguson, who is suspended, will appeal to the Synod, which meets in a fortnight's time. The charge has been under the consideration of the Presbytery for about fifteen months. The Pan-Anglican Synod, which is to meet at Lambeth in July, promises to be marked by some unexpected features of interest. It is stated that Bishop Colenso, to whom an invitation was addressed, will probably attend. Of the American bishops seventeen are expected to be pre- sent, but others will, it is reported, absent themselves from the assembly with the object of thus marking their sense of displeasure with the Public Worship Regulation Act. The judges of the Exchequer Division have ordered judgment to be entered for the plaintiff in the action of Girdlestone v. the Brighton Aquarium Company, in which plaintiff sued for a penalty for opening that institution on a Sunday in 1875. The Lord Chief Baron, in giving judgment, incidentally observed that he had every disposi- tion to sanction the keeping open of the Aquarium on Sundays but he directed judgment to be entered for the plaintiff. An address in connection with the League for the separ- ation of the Church from the State, was delivered last week at the Institute in South-place, Finsbury, by Mr. C. Cox, of Belper, Mr. Mackonochie presiding. The lecturer dealt fully with the question of Church patronage in its various forms, and contended that the Church would not suffer by being separated from the State. Lord Coleridge and Lords Justices Bramwell, Baggallay, and Brett have given judgment in the question which has been raised whether a Nonconformist was eligible for a fellowship in Hertford College, Oxford. An appeal had been made from the Queen's Bench Division, which had ordered the issue of a peremptory mandamus commanding the Principal and Fellows of the College to hold an examination for a fellowship, to admit to such examination Mr. Alfred Isaac Tillyard, and to proceed to the election of a Fellow. The Court of Appeal unanimously reversed the decison of the Queen's Bench, and gave judgment for the College. In the course of his triennial charge, delivered at Whitehaven, the Bishop of Carlisle bewailed exceedingly the lamentable folly and mischievous example of certain parties in the Church, whose Romanising tendencies he referred to. At the same time, he expressed a doubt as to whether there was a party which was working to- wards the obliteration of the distinctive marks of the Re- formed Church." The dangers to be apprehended for the efficiency of the Church did not arise from Romanising tendencies. What was really wanted was a fusion of all good men into one body, which leaving ample latitude for differences of feeling and taste and opinion, should ex- elude all those who, bearing Christ's name, were careless about Christ's work, and who, professing to be members and ministers of the English Church, did nothing corresponding to their profession. Archdeacon Emery, in his visitation charge, at Cam- bridge, on Saturday, May 4th, explained the Liberationists' scheme for disestablishment, and characterised it as wicked. He also urged all Churchmen to resist strenuously every effort on the part of Nonconformists to enter the church- yard and introduce, as of right, any service. Undoubted- 'd ly, he said, many churchyards should be closed to avoid desecration of the dead, and he recommended the provi- sion of parish burial grounds, either by private gift or l public purchase. On Wednesday night, May 1, there was a grand festival service at All Saints', Kensington Park; the choir being assisted by picked voices from St. Pauls, West- minster Abbey, the Chapel Royal, the Temple, and the l St. Andrew's, Wells-street, choirs, on the occasion of the uncovering of a reredos of tinted alabaster with marble 1 Columns, the back ground being of fine gold mosaic work. The figures of white alabaster are in the centre, our Lord vested in alb, crossed eucharistic stole and cope, E partly taken from a German design one side the Blessed J Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, St. John the Baptist, i with his camel hair robes, and St. Peter with the keys and on the other David playing a harp, Moses with the tables of the law, Job leaning on a staff, and Elijah. The s work has been executed by Mr. Earp. There was an immense congregation, and the prayers were intoned by t the Rev. John Light, the Yicar, and the Rev. R. Harraer i Crucefix, the lessons being read by the Rev. H. P. Gurney btrid Dr. Dunbar. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. W. Horsley, and, after Wesley's Te Deum, the bene- i diction was was given by Bishop Jenner. The Archi- mandrite of the Greek Church was in the procession. a

7 It is stated by the Times of India that the native t troops which have left India are destined for Suez and 1 Port Said. A New York paper announced on Monday, May* Î1, that a number of Fenians had assembled at Buffalo, and were e preparing to invade Canada. Later advices state that the American Government has received no official infor- a mation confirming this news. EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.—The ship Southesk s of 1,150 tons, Captain Grey, R.N.R., sailed from Graves- 1 end on the 25th April, bound for Brisbane, Queensland^ e and had on board 115 single men, G3 single women, 98 married people, 78 children between the ages of 12 and 1, d and 9 infants, making a total of 3G3 souls, equal to 31.) l- adults. The single women are under the care of Mrs. 1, Jaap, Dr. J. Raphael Joseph acting as Surgeon- Superintendent.

THE CRISIS. MR. HARDY, MR, BRIGHT, AND MR. CROSS. The Church Times says :—The political world has beea entertained by a smart passage of arms between Mr. Hardy and Mr. Bright. On Monday, the Secretary for India opened a Conservative Club at Bradford, and took occasion to make a characteristic—that is to s&y. a volu- ble -and fiery speech—upon the foreign policy of the Gov- ernment. There was in it absolutely nothing new—it was sin- ply Lord Beacoasheld over again, with all that noble Lerd's irrelevant appeals ts the least commendable pre- judices of John Bril. But a swift retribution overtoek the orator. Possibly he had forgotton that Mr. Bright had engaged to speak at Manchester on Twesday, acid vas, as it were, Iring tin wait for him but, in any case, Mr. Bright's address was fine of the very ableFt-I)erhr-ps the very ablest—that he e*rer delivered. It was full with telling hits. One point <ihat the right hoc. gentleman made ought to sink deep into the hearts of the peosple. It is not as though no one but Mr. Bright and Mr. (Glad- f stone objected to the pelicy of the Government—Jfor if Lord Derby and Lord Carnarvon have no confidence in Lord Beaconsfield. how can anybody else he expecttd to ¡ have any? Mr. Hardy may say that he is proad tc be in the Government; but then Lord Derby and Lord ( arnar- von are proud to be out of it. The most entbiastic I "Jingo" must admit rtbtt it is a very awkward state of t things that of twelve members of the Cabinet, twe, and those by comKon consent amongst the most eminent, should have refused to be parties to the designs of the pre- J mier. On Wednesday, the Home Secretary essayed a re- ply at Preston, but it was a very feeble affair. Mr. Cross forgets the familiar adage that circumstances alter cases," After the Conference at Constantinople, the I war, and the practical annihilation of European Turkey, it is idle to talk about eld treaties. Still less is it to the point, when the Government are harrying «n preparations for a fray, tovoy that, if they meant war, tbey would have fought while Turkey might have been an eifective.ally. THE MOVE yx NT AGAINST WAR. A numerously attenus J conference was openee,ot Bir- mingham on Thursday, May 2, to protest against any policy or measure by the Government that would involve England in war with llussia, and to pe-omote public- opinion in fanmr.of recon.mending States when disputes arose to have recourse to the good offices of friendly Powers. Mr. Pease presided. Lord Shaftesbury Tsrrote approving of the meeting heing called to pr-stest against the threatened .war. A juct war was a terrible thing, but an unjust war was a gill that defied desoiiption. The Marquis of Bath wrote thai it was the duty of every one e to exert himself to the utmost to prevent the country being dragged into an urjust and unnecessary rar. Resolutions weie passed condemning the poller of warlike demonstrations, Atid urging the Government te secure the assembling cf a Conference for the solution -of the questions affecting the future, of Europe. The conference earnestly protested against the adoption of any measures tending to involve this country in war with Russia. Mr. Richard. M.P., and Mr. Marling, M.P., were present. A public meeting, at which similar resolutions were passed, was held at the Town-hall; about 3000 persons were present, and a few scores held up their hands against the resolutions. Mr. H. Richard M.P., closed his speech with these words—" He should conclude by quoting a few lines which at the preseut moment were uppermost in his mind, and which he thought not altogether unsuitable to the occasion :— Whene'er contending parties fight, For private pique or public right, Armies are formed and navies manned, They combat both by sea and land AVhen, after many battles past, Both tired of war make peace at last, What is it after all the people get ? Why widows, taxes, wooden legs, and debt." The memorial of the Eastern Question Association, which has been signed by 17,000 persons, including fifty members of Parliament, has been delivered at the Home Office for presentation to the Queen. The memorial urges that no great emergency has arisen justifying the calling out of the reserves, and that no sufficient obstacle exists to the assembling of the Congress. A conference of working men was held at Liverpool, on Friday evening, May 3rd, to consider the crisis in the East, in relation to th.. interests of labour. Letters from both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright were read. Mr. Gladstone, in drawing attention to the grave position of public affairs, and in alluding to the policy of the Govern- ment, expressed his opinion that if peace- was preserved, we should owe them no thanks, for it would notbs bv their policy, but in spite of it. The course pursued by the Administration was compelling Russia to join hands with Austria, and actively reconstituting the alliance of the three Emperors. Mr. Bright, in his letter, charged the Ministry with constant deception practised on the House of Commons and the country, with constantly inter- posing obstacles to a settlement, and with attempting to suppress the expression of opinion of thoughtful and peaceable citizens through the agency of party oragaiiiza tion. In answer to a request to sign the declaration against war now in circulation, Lord Shaftesbury has written I shall have no difficulty in signing it. Matters of this kind sometimes appear very hopeless but I am inclined to go along with the Scotch, and never cease to testifie, testifie.' Thank God the war spirit has much abated. It was at no time deep, and in very few instances real. The Very Rev. R. W. Church, the Dean of St. Paul's, in a letter expressing his inability to attend the Anti-War Conference at Birmingham, writes as follows :—li I most heartily wish that your meeting may be successful, and may have its due influence at this most anxious crisis. It seems to me that without intelligible reasons we are hang- ing back from the Congress, and that we alone among the Powers are raising difficulties to its meeting. I cannot conceive how it can be impossible for Powers which sin- cerely desire to come to an understanding to do so and it is certain, if anything is certain, that Russia would gladly welcome such an understanding. That, under our confi- dence in a policy of menace, we are gradually coming to a position when war will be the natural result, is but too clear. I can only say that to me war under such circum- stances will seem a crime without palliation or excuse." In reply to an address from the Liverpool Liberal Association, expressing approval of his lordship's conduct in retiring from the Cabinet, Lord Derby writes:—"I earnestly trust that peace may still be preserved, and that on both sides, Liberals and Conservatives alike, we shall agree to treat, with as little admixture of party spirit as is possible in political affairs, a question of which the decision may involve issues more important than the success or failure of any political party." Miss Florence Nightingale has signed the Peace Memorial. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Town Councils, by large majorities, have adopted resolutions in favour of peace. At a quarterly meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on Monday, May Gth, the members, after An animated discussion, by a majority of two passed a reso- lution calling the prompt attention of the board of di- rectors to the passage of troops from India through the Suez Canal, the bearing of the action on the pacific character of the canal, and its possible influence on the commerce of this country. A conference in favour of peace was held in Cardiff on Wednesday, May 8. Mr. David Da vies, coal master, presided. Delegates from various parts of South Wales attended. Resolutions were passed declaring that there was not sufficient reasons for the non-assembly of a European Congress, and protesting ngainst the adoption of any measures calculated to involve the country in war with Russia. Gratitude was expressed to Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright for their consistent support of right and justice in the Eastern Question. Mr. Abrahams, a dele- gate from Rhondda Valley, representing 15,000 men, de- clared emphatically in favour of peace. THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE CRISIS. The Bishop of Manchester, preaching at Leigh on Sun- day, May 5th, said the present contingency in which the nation stands is so vast, so infinite in its issue, so far above the mere idle course of partisan politics, that every Englishman should realize the actual position of peril in which the nation stands. He contended that the inter- ests of the world were so bound up that we could not sacri- fice the interests of Russia without the interests of England suffering in some proportion. Surely, as the Ti mes had sp.id, they would not convulse Europe for a phrase. At the most there had not been more than three righteous wars in which England had engaged. This was not the time for people to sing war songs. To go into a great war against Russia British honour ought to be touched more than it had been, and British interests ought to be yet more involved, unless we were going to lose the char- acter of a wise and understanding people before we trusted ourselves to the terrible chances of war. SATURDAY'S MEETINGS. A conference of agricultural labourers was held on Sat- urday, in the Memorial Hall, Farringdnu-street, London, at which resolutions in favour of a peaceful solution of the Eastern difficulty, and condemnatory of the Govern- ment policy, were passed. Upwards of 580 delegates from all parts of the country were present. Mr. Joseph Arch presided. A Peace conference, attended by dele- gates from trades societies in forty-five different towns in the northern counties, was held in Leeds on Saturday.' Mr. Bright, who was unable to be present, wrote :—"If the trade societies throughout the country would speak out for peace there would be no war. There are men and classes of men to whom war is sometimes gain, to the working men it is only loss. In a question of this kind the voice of the working classes of the nation is powerful, if not omnipotent, and if the sufferings of war are again to be endured their silence at this supreme moment would throw no light responsibility upon them." Similar meet- ings were held at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Huddersficld, and other places. THE PROTEST OF ROVMANIA. In the protest of Roumania against certain points of the San Stefano Treaty, which was published on Wednesday, the Roumanian Government declares it takes its stand upon the public law of Europe, which it has ever con- sidered to be the safeguard of the country, and from which it has no intention of deviating. With this pro- test is printed a despatch of the Marquis of Salisbury, in which is given an assurance that the Government was most desirous that the integrity of the Roumanian territory should not be violated, and would do what was -itiol in their power to secure that due attention should be given at the Congress to the representations of Roumania. It is stated from Vienna that the Austrian Government is preparing a Circular to the Powers, explaining that the military measures in the south-east are dictated neither by ambition nor the desire of conquest. GENERAL TODLEBEN, Reuter's Constantinople correspondent telegraphs that General Todleben is about to retire to the lines of Tchat- aldja, leaving a small force at San Stefano, and that he has offered to fall back behind a straight line between Dedea- gatch and Adrianople if the British fleet at the same time will withdraw from the Sea of Marmora. It would ap- pear that the Russian commander-in-chief is already pre- paring to retire on Adrianople, for his commissariat on Wednesday signed fresh contracts, making that town the place of delivery instead of San Stefano. THE INDIAN COXTIXGEXT. Two transports, having on board detachments of the Indian contingent, passed Aden on Wednesday en route for Malta. THE SERVIAN MINISTRY. The Servian r minister has resigned, and it is ex- pected that a new ministry will lie formed under the pre- miership of M. Ristics, -who is opposed to joining russia. in any further hostilities. i THE MISSION OF couxr SCHOUVALOFF. A.11 Wednesday's St. Petersburg journals dwelt hopefully on the prv«spec>j of at improvement, of the situation re- sulting from the visit-jf Count?5chouvaioff to the capital. The coujtt left London for St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning. BeSore hie departure he had an interview, with. Lord BMconSield. The Moomiiv.g POft1 mentions that Hobart Pacha had interviews with Lara. Beacnn,leld and Lord Salisbury ou Friday, May 3. lie Pachg. arrived at Windsor Castle on Saturday, and had the horour of being included iL thfe Royal diianer- party. A correspondent in St. Petersburg announces that Count Schowvaloff is expected (there on Sunday next. According to information received by a Vienna paper, the Omnt,lhes ,not go as the substitute or successor of Prince Glorbschakeff, but to report personailv upon the pending negotiations between Russia and England. It is underste&d that he will net stay more than a in St. Petersburg. Mr. Cross addressed a public meeting in the evening in the Corn Exchange, Preston. In reply to a vote of con- fidence mered by Mr. Gorsfc, M.P., and seconded by L,ir. Assbetoa, M.P., Mr. Cross expressed his conviction that the Government still retained the confidence of the country, and sa:d that was proved by the result of the recent elections. Since the general election, although they had lost one er two seats, their majority had been substantially meeatained. Adverting to the Eastern Question, lie strongly condemned the speech of Mr. Bright as not only enpatriotie, but as a misrepresentation of the policy of the Government. The first object of her Majesty's Ministers was to preserve the peace of Europe, and to secure this it was absolutely essential to revise the Treaty of San Stefano, to secure that the treaty should be overhauled, not in part, but as a whole. As at present drawn, it scatteredta,the winds the deliberate opinion of Europe, and as England was part of Europe she declined to assume a passive attitude, and although anxious for peace she was neither unprepared for nor afraid of war.

TIVY SIDE HUNT STEEPLE CHASES -SD HURDLE RACES. These races took place '.ver the usual course, at Cilast Farm, on Friday, May 3rd, under the Steward- ship of Colonel Lewes," Llysnewyd, and Mr. W. R. H. Powell, Maesgwynne. THE CARDIGAN ITURDLK RACE. Sweepstakes of 1 sov. each, .30 added, for lnaiiiens. Four e, years—11 st., five-ii st. 10 His., six and aged—12 st. T\o miles over eight flights > if*hurdles. Eleven entries, of which seven sent their iockevs to the scales Sir M. O. M. Lloyd's Houblon, 12 st., aged..Mr. G. lilagrove 1 Mr. F. Bower's Paget, list, slhs., T. Craddock 2 Mr. Powell's The Druid, 12st. dibs J.Pope 3 Col. Pryse's The Rector, list. lOlbs J. Morgan 0 Mr. D. Thomas's Gwythrjn, list Davids 0 Mr. J. Thomas's Sally, 12st. Slhs. Thomas 0 Mr. Gillman's Half-and-Half, 12st Cwvih-r 0 me start in this race was from the lower end of the roped field, and on the falling of the flag the Druid jumped off with the start, Gwythryn fell at the first hurdles, but was soon recovered, although his chance in the run was put out of question. Under the Pentre wood, after pas- sing the wheat field, Houblon led by some lengths, but on emerging into the opening the black and orange of the Squire of Maesgwynne went to the front, and on the turn for the straight Pope led, followed closely by Houblon with Half-and-Half in close attendance in the next field Paget came to the front, Houblon and the Druid being close up. In the second round across the wheat field the race to the front was a pretty one, but here Sir Marteine Lloyd's gelding showed what she was made of. went to the front, and was neverggain headed, reaching the winning- post about six lengths in front of Paget. Mr. Powell's Druid coming in third. THE HARKFORWAED HURDLE RACE. Sweepstakes of one sov. each, with £:0 added. Weights and conditions the same as iu Tallv-ho chase. Two and a hillf mild rtVPr t.oii f1ifr'htQ nf l111íl1o¡;: Mr. Powell's Milton, 13st. lOlbs J. Pope 1 Sir M. Lloyd's Houblon, I2st. lOlbs. I Mr. G. Bias rove 2 Col. Pryse's Misletoe, list. lOlbs Mr. J. Morgan 0 Mr. D. Thomas's Gwythyrn, lCst. Slbs Mr. C.Davies 0 At starting Houblon jumped off with the lead, Misletoe running second, with Milton and Gwythryn in close proximity. Houblon and Misletoe ran well together for some time, reaching to the end of the wood, Misletoe gaining an advantage at the next fence. A pretty race hereupon ensued between the horses named, and the same order was observed to the starting field, Houblon still leading, Misletoe second, with Milton looking dangerous and rapidly overhauling his opponents. Under the wood on the secorf(I round Houblon and Misletoe were running neck and neck. From this point Milton drew ahead, but in the next field Houblon still led, Milton answering rapidly to the call of his j ockey. At the hurdles i-it. the straight Houblon, Milton, and Misletoe could almost have been covered with a blanket. Gwythryn being out of the race. In the next field Houblon still led, Milton being second under the wood on the second round Milton had greatly decreased the favourite's lead, and from this point on to the hurdles in the winning field it almost was a neck and neck contest.' In the straight a splendid race for the prize took place, and although Milton carried a stone more weight than his aristocratic competitor, freshness told in the long run, and after an exciting and brilliant contest on the flat Milton was declared the winner by about a length. THE TIVY-SIIIE STEEPLE CIIASE, Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, with £ 40 added, for maidens. Four years olÜ-llbt. Tibs., five—list. Slbs. About three miles over a banking course. I Mr. Powell's Peter, 12st. Slbs J. Pope Capt. Howell's Nimrod, 12st. Slbs Mr. Bra^v 2 Mr. Morris Owen's Woodman, 12st. Slbs Mr J. Julius 3 Mr. Fussell's Priestess, 12st. 3lbs Owner 0 The start in this race was from the back of the weighing cottage, the flag falling to a good commencement, Peter taking up the running, strongly followed by Woodman, with Nimrod third. Under the wood the black and orange colours still predominated, Woodman being second, Xim- rod third, and the Priestess bringing up the rear. This order was maintained to the lane jump, and in the fifth field from the cottage the black and orange of Alr. and the brown and yellow colours of Mr. Morris Owen were scarcely distinguishable, so close were the respective horses. In rounding for the straight run in all the horses could have been put under a cloth, Peter slightly drawing ahead, but Woodman's jockey putting on the spurt once more overhauled his opponent, concluding the first round in the following manner :—Woodman first, Peter second, Priestessltliird, Nimrod not far behind. In the second round into the starting field Peter came to the front, with Woodman in close attendance, both being well together in the parallel field to the winning held, the two first (Peter and Woodman) were again keeping well together, Nimrod being third, and Priestess fourth. Under the wood, on the second round, Peter still kept denying his adversaries the first place, but Woodman appeared determined to win. In the last round Peter was still the favourite and maintaining the lead, Nimrod having worked into second place, with the Woodman in close attendance. On the turn for the straight Nimrod gave up second place to the Woodman, Priestess being out of the race and pulled up. The same order was maintained to the last jump but one, Peter landing his jock first, but Woodman, running second, came to grief, *1 and Nimrod taking up the run- ning as quickly as possible soon found bellows to meud, Peter taking off the stakes with hands down amid much cheering. THE TALLY-HO STEEPLE-CHASE. A sweepstakes of 1 sov. each, with £ 30 added. About miles, banking course. Mr. T. Davies's Princess Beatrix, 13st. Slbs.Mr. T. Gwvther 1 Mr. Powell's Coinus, 13st. 3lbs Pope 2 In this race only the above two started, and after i-o i-v. ing success in the first round the mare took up the running and was never headed, winning an extremely prettv race with plenty of rootn to spare. This finished the day's proceedings. Mr. Olive, Carmarthen, efficiently acted as clerk of the scales and Mr. W. O. Brigstocke added to his onerous duties of honorary secretary that of starter. The whole proceediggs passed off without a hitch of any kind, and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent.

TIDE TABLE FOR ABERYSTWYTH. ABERDOVEY, AND BARMOUTH. May. Aberystwyth. Aberdovey. Barmouth. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. a.in- Fri.10 0 38 1131 1 7 1 42 0 47 1 22 Sat.11 1 50 2 28 2 19 2 57 1 59 2 37 Sun.12 3 8 3 43 I 3 37 4 12 3 17 3 5* Mon.13 4 13 4 44; 4 42 5 13 4 22 4 53 Tues.14 5 12 | 5 25 i 5 41 5 54 5 21 5 34 Wed.15 5 38 6 3 1 6 7 632 5 47 > 012 Thur.16 28 6 53 1 6 57 7 22 C, 37 7 2

RAINFALL AT PEXIARTH. For the month ending April 30, 1878. Day of Iiain. I Day of Run. month. Inches, month. Inches. 1 -• •• — 18 — 2 -05 19 -10 3 • • '0i 20 4 ■■ ■■ U 21 "02 5 00 — ^3 — 7 -24 8 — 25 9 -12 26 ■■ — 1° ■ — 27 — 11 -03 28 12 — I 29 13 -is 30 45 14 -03 15 — 16 -01 17 '22 Total. rbu G. MURRAY.

CAMBRIAN im, tit,- return of trarfie receipts for the week ending 5th May, 1878. Mile3 open, 17S;. Passengers, parcels, &c., £ 1,960; mer- chandise, minerals, and live stock, total for the week, £ 3,S33. Actual traffic receipts for the correspond. ing week last 3-ear. Miles open, 178|. Passengers, parcels, &c., £ 1,757 merchandise, minerals, and li; q stock, £ 1,922; total for the week, £ 3,679. Aggregate from commencement of half-year to this date, £ 5?,bSS; last year,