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AGRICULTURE. ,
AGRICULTURE. (No. 7.) GROUND GAIVIE. THE mere mention of ground game is unhappily more than sufficient to cause landlords and tenants to become alike unreasonable. A farmer, eaten out by rabbits, is not in a fit state of mind to listen patiently to fine distinctions and theories. It may be true, that if owners of land could not get shooting at home, they would go abroad for it, and that other remote evils might have to be faced if those arising from game were got rid of, as completely as most farmers would get rid of them. The farmer's answer to this is, that he will prepare to meat distant evils ifhe can be relieved from the curse of rabbits, which are an ever-present unmi- tigated curse, in his opinion only to be effectually removed by extermination. Apart from what they eat-and the amount is bv no means incon- siderable-the farmer dreads rabbits more than blight, or drought, or flood these he is at liberty to fight against, and is not seldom aided by rising Markets to look with complacency on what at first seemed like an unmixed evil. But rabbits have no redeeming feature. They bring leanness and barrenness to the tenant who is compelled to feed them, and, perfection of wrong, to pay a good round sum per acre for the ruinous privilege. He does not complain about this modern and very effective method of levying black mail upon him, because he does not wish to be put down as a dis- contented grumbling fellow, who is always airing his grievances. Experience has taught him that grumbling yearly tenants either find their ay to smaller and poorer farms, or get removed Off the estate altogether. Tenants who believe it 18 good policy Hot to grumble are not likely to Ille landlords for damages, except in very extreme a cases. This proves nothing as to the amount of injury done to crops every year, and affords no in- dication of the wide and deep feeling ef discon- tent in the minds of farmers against landlords who Preserve this destructive rodent. Rabbits have been denounced with a persistent vehemence that leaves their enemies nothing to desire; but still they multiply until farms change hands quickly, or stand empty because of them; they are carefully preserved by landowners who are little Zftore than wholesale game dealers, and often a good deal less, in that they feed game on land for which high rents are paid. Sport is one thing. and feeding rabbits for sale at the expense of tenants is another and very different thing. The chief of these rabbit merchants are landowners possessed of considerably less than a thousand pounds a year, who try to live as if they had five or six. Rabbits reared on tenants' land bring in these needy squires a good round In which seems to be all profit. That they are tn the long run as unprofitable to the landlord as the tenant is, however, not difficult of proof. Habbit-infested farms deteriorate sieadily in value, and if rents do not actually decline they fail to keep pace with land where this pest is not encouraged. Nor is the decline in rental by any raeaus the only ill effect of vermin-breeding as far as landlords are concerned. The tenants themselves deteriorate. D.oomed to work land Poisoned and burnt by rabbits, farmers lose heart and cease at last to carry on a struggle "hich always ends in vexation and defeat. When Pursued under the most favourable circumstances the profits of farming are but small and very Precarious. The charm of agricultural life is cer- tainly not the prospect of great pecuniary gain,but rather that sense of freedom and pleasure so inti- mately allied with the cultivation of the ground, The allurements to pastoral life are great, but if ftQything will enable a man of capital and common Sense to resist them it is the knowledge that all his labour will be rendered useless by rabbits, Which get rid of all uncertainty respecting profits by making them an impossibility. The best class of farmers will not work at a loss, and as luickly as possible they withdraw the remnant of their capital from the land, and send their sons Into professions and businesses already over- crowded, but where at any rate there is some- thing like a fair field. Grass land is burnt by rabbits to an extent scarcely credible by any one Vfho has not seen the bare brown places where they congregate. Corn crops are devoured and trodden down, but perhaps the greatest devasta- tion is caused among turnips. When rabbits have eaten through the rind of turnips they rot On exposure to frost that has no effect whatever On the untouched roots. These are the imme- diate penalties paid by the farmer, but the land- lord does not escape. Rabbits wherever they are found prevent pheasants from prospering but this can be remedied to some extent by rear- ing rabbits on tenants' land, and pheasants in the landlords' covers. This is a convenient if not "ery equitable arrangement. In winter especially rabbits destroy young trees by barking them. The loss in this respect is great now, and would be much greater if planting were as common as it OUght to be, and will be in a few years. Then there is the deterioration of the land, and the still more important and irremediable deteriora- tion of the tenants. These last-named are slow Processes which do not quickly attract attention by making a great noise, nor yet by the sudden- ness of the changes they accomplish. That the Old class of tenant farmer is dying out is not dis- puted, and with him is dying the old desire to cultivate the land as an honourable business. If Wales were canvassed it would probably be found that the low estimation in which agriculture is held is due mainly to ground game and absence of leases. It would also be discovered that in the Principality farming is despised as an occu- pation to an extent unknown in other parts of the United Kingdom. The holdings in Wales were Waller than elsewhere, and the creation of large farms that caused such an outcry in England has been to some extent necessitated in Wales by the Slackness of demand for farms. It must not be tlnderstood that when a farm is to let there are no applicants for it. There are applicants, but they are not experienced farmers possessed of ^ipital, nor the sons of farmers anxious to Produce new and improved methods of cultiva- tion. The applicants, as a rule, are poor men anxious if possible to get a little out of the land Without putting anything into it. They are not xious for leases, and not even averse to rabbits! This deterioration in tenant farmers is mainly due to rabbits and yearly tenure. Except under very Special circumstances men possessed of skill and Capital, if they cannot obtain leases and are not flowed to keep down rabbits, remove to districts ^here a little more light has penetrated. They are too wise to wait for the approach of sure and cer- tain ruin. Just below them there is a class of Iklen unable to move-poverty, or language, or Sentiment binds them to the place. o These struggle on as well at; they can and take care that !lone of their children follow their footsteps. Lower down than these again are the men who live from hand to mouth, a hopeless, thriftless life. They 8illk with their surroundings and at last are worse off than ordinary labourers on well-regulated es- tates. There are, it is scarcely necessary to. say, landlords in Wales who, fully ahve to the ruin brought upon the owners and cUltivators of land by rabbits, have handed them QVer without reserve to. tenants. The invariable tesult of this policy is a better supply of winged. §ajHe, a more plentiful supply of hares, and quite 11." many rabbits as are necessary for sport. When ground game is handed over to the tenants they are at once converted into gamekeepers, and, as a rule, a tenant likes to show his landlord a good day's sport when he comes over his farm with his gun. The gain in winged game would far more than make up for any sacrifice in rabbits, especially if the saving in gamekeepers was reckoned. Now every farmer is interested in repressing game as much he can: then he would be interested within reasonable limits in preserving it. If landlords gave tenants the ground-game, leases would be more freely granted, and land, instead of de- creasing in value, would become worth more every year. It is sometimes said that as soon as a Welsh farmer obtains a twenty-one years' lease, he sits down contentedly, under the im- pression that he need make no further effort of any kind. That this is scarcely a true representation of the Welsh farmer may be fairly presumed from his reluctanc3 to accept a long lease, which he very well knows means hard work, increased responsibility, and systematic invest- ment of labour and capital. Rabbits, as a rule, mean yearly tenures, poor tenants, impoverished landlords, and decaying properties. The land- owner who sets up in the business of rabbii merchant from choice may live to see his descendants following the same occupation from necessity. Agriculture- in the Principality suffers 0 enough from other drawbacks without being cursed by a plague of rabbits.
. MARKETS AND HAWKERS.
MARKETS AND HAWKERS. THE system of hawking goods from door to door in Abervstwyth is so generally adopted that the town may virtually be said to have no markets except for corn and meat. As regards meat there is a common and objectionable practice which ought to be repressed, but which, owing to the recognition of hawking, it is impossible to deal with. In the country districts animals are Slaughtered, and among them very young calves. The carcases, when of doubtful soundness, are hawked about the back streets of the town as human food. The difficulty of preventing the sale of diseased meat among the poor will always be exceedingly great as long as hawking is recog- nized, and something certainly ought to be done to prevent a system now virtually unchecked. The meat market may or may not be large enough for the requirements of the town, but every person who has not a recognized shop ought to be compelled to sell meat in the market, and if it should be discovered that the accommoda- tion is insufficient then more ought to be pro- vided. That a few people, who have the best of reasons for not taking meat to the public markets for sale, should be allowed to hawk it about the streets is grossly unfair to regular butchers and highly detrimental to the public health. The sys- 0 tem altogether of hawking goods from door to door is objectionable for many reasons, and can only be excused on the ground that there are no public markets where commodities can be exposed for sale. Mr. JOHN JAMES has converted the Terrace-road premises into a large private shop, and consequently Aberystwyth at the present time is without a general market of any kind. There are a few stalls at the corner of Pier-street for the sale of fowls, &c., and a section of Mr. JAMES'S stores are set apart for dealers in fancy goods and green groceries, but the accommodation is utterly inadequate 'to meet the public requirements. The meat market and the corn market are, as their names indicate, in- tended for special objects. True, the corn market is used for other purposes than the sale of corn, but the accommodation is not sufficient for that business, as may be seen any Monday. Nothing is more evident than that increased market accommodation is urgently required at Aberystwyth, especially as Terrace-road market has been converted into a place of private busi- ness. Respectable farmers' wives very properly object to bring to Aberystwyth produce which they will be expected to hawk from door to door. It is scarcely credible that a popular watering- place like Aberystwyth should be almost totally without any public market where the thousands of visitors who throng the town during the season can depend upon finding daily supplies of fowls, fruits, and vegetables. The town is now worse off than for some years past, and it is to be hoped the Coun- cil will lose no time in settling this question, which has been greatly simplified by the conver- sion of the Terrace-road market. As now cir- cumstanced it is impossible to pretend that the market accommodation at Aberystwyth is suffi- cient for the requirements of the regular inhabi- tants, without reckoning the extra population who live in the town during the summer season. Hawking, as we have intimated, is something more than a nuisance, and, as far as flesh meat is concerned, ought to be prohibited on the ground of public health alone. In this, as in other matters, the well-to-do are in no great dan- ger, but to the very poor veal at threepence or fourpence a pound, even if it is not sound, is a sore temptation. Happily the provision of markets need not necessarily be a burden upon the rate- payers. The tolls and rents ought at least to make up a sum more than sufficient for the-repay- ment of capital and interest. The obstacle in the way of markets, as in the way of water and other necessary improvements, will be encountered, if encountered at all, in the clashing of private in- terests. There was a time when the London and Provincial Stores might have been secured, in fact were secured, for markets. This desirable site has been altogether lost, but the necessity is greater than ever, nnd something ought to be done without delay to put Aberystwyth on an equality with other towns as regards markets. As long as Aberystwyth is not supplied with those conveniences and advantages commonly found at even second rate watering places it is idle to ex- pect more than average success.
. LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES.
LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES. The Aberystwyth Town Council pass resolutions that works shall be carried out which are never touched. The inhabitants of the town may blame the Town Sur- veyor, who is looked upon by them as the executive, but he is perfectly innocent. After a resolution is passed by the Council it is the duty of the Town Clerk to give the Sur- veyor a formal order, and the reason why a good deal of public work is never carried out is due to the fact that the Surveyor never receives an order. Perhaps seme member of the Town Council will enquire into this matter. Resolutions passed by the Council are useless unless the Surveyor is ordered to carry them out. A meeting of the North* Cardiganshire Agricultural Society will be held at the Town Hall, Aberystwyth, next Monday, June 3rd, for the purpose of fixing the prizes for the ensuing show. It is very desirable that there should be a large meeting, and that the prize list should be freely discussed. The difficulty of obtaining*better houses in the district may be judged from a case heard at Lampeter Petty Sessions last week. The defendants were the County Roads Board. The evidence revealed a good deal that is not creditable and scarcely credible. not creditable and scarcely credible. One of the evils of small towns is that public life is apt to stagnate. At Lampeter on Monday something like a joke was made of the fact that very little interest is taken in public business, and that the honour of occupying a joke was made of the fact that very little interest is taken in public business, and that the honour of occupying a seat on the Local Board is not highly valued by the rate- payers. No more hopeful sign of prosperity could be witnessed than a Local Board contest. It is anything but a laughing matter that the inhabitants of a town are not interested in its welfare. The Royal Cardigan Militia were reviewed on Tuesday last. The weather was favourable, and a large number of spectators assembled on the ground. In the afternoon the officers gave luncheon at the Queen's Hotel to about seventy guests, and afterwards there was a dance in the Assembly Room. A child named MARGARETTE DAVIES was burnt to death [ at Llanon on Friday, May the 24th, during the mother's absence from home. It is possible that an excellent society may be used for objects very different from those which it was established to promote. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is in some dangerof this in Cardiganshire. There was a case the other day in which the prosecutor could not for a moment be deemed to have any sympathy with the objects of that Society. At the last Tregaron Petty Sessions again it was not difficult to see how the charge against WILLIAM WILLIAMS originated. Convic- tions for cruelty are very desirable, but when prosecutors are anxious to punish trespassers or to promote other purposes of their own, the Society's officers would do well to be careful how they proceed. The drainage of Penparke, it is to be feared, will not be carried out, because the only scheme by which the whole of the houses can be connected requires the consent of an owner who has refused that consent. The committee ought to adopt the alternative scheme, and close the houses which are unfit for habitation. The tenderness for owners of mud hovels unfit for human habitation is one of the mysteries of the day. Urban and rural sanitary in- spectors ought at any rate to see that windows are made to open, and that the drainage is effective. Mr. LEWIS PUGH PUGH, Abermaide, will be the Liberal candidate for the representation of the county of Cardigan at the next election. Since the Liberal defeat at the last contest, the Liberals have carefully organized their forces. Mr. T. E. LLOYD, the present Conservative mem- ber, it is said, will not again contest the seat, but will give place to Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL GRIFFITH, chair- man of the Quarter Sessions, who at present is spoken of as a candidate for an English constituency. Those who keep doga in the Llanbadarn Petty Sessional Division will do well to make a note of the fact that the Bench have decided in future to inflict heavy penalties (upon those who keep dogs without licences. The law requires licences to be taken out in January. The Wrexham Guardian, a Tory paper published at Wrexham, chiefly at the expense of Sir WATKIN, is said in a circular just issued to have a large share of the ad- vertisements of the Principality and the Border Counties!" Conservatives can always be trusted to give papers that represent their views county and official advertisements. We know something of this in Cardiganshire. Circulation counts for nothing in Cardiganshire, or our columns would long ago have contained the county advertisements. It seems Conservatives cannot make papers pay with patronage as well as Liberal papers pay without it. The general public advertise sooner or later in the papers that have large circulations, and it is on the general public we rely. The Welsh have a saying that the people are stronger than a lord, and this saying is true in many ways. It is not probable that Llanbadarn Petty Sessions will be held at Tynllidiart, when the present place is taken down. The inhabitants of the district will have to make out a strong case in order to secure the removal of the sessions. There is no railway to Tynllidiart, and the clerk and the solicitors who appear for litigants reside at Aberyatwyth. Do the inhabitants care enough about this question to make out their case in the regulat way ? At least one case at Llanbadarn Petty Sessions, on Wednesday last, arose out of a disputed right to an un- fenced sheep walk. It is very difficult to understand why the boundaries of these sheep walks are not settled and the lands fenced. The feuds arising out of these disputes are not always settled without quarrels. it The rabbits that infest the district of Aberystwyth proved a temptation too strong for some of the militia men to resist. On Wednesday, at Llanbadarn, three of them were fined for trespassing in search of these pests on land belonging o Mr. A. RICHARDBS, Penglais. The cases were proved by Air. RODERICK RICHARDES, one of the sons of this gentleman. ° The inhabitants of Machynlleth are about to present Viscount CASTLKREAGH with an address congratulating him upon his return for County Down and the birth of a son and heir. On Wednesday the new bridge erected over the Ystwyth was opened. The ceremony was made the occasion of a dinner to the committee, given by the Earl of LISBURNE, and some speeches. The weather was very favourable, and the proceedings were very pleasant. The Crosswood Bridge Committee have set an example which might be followed lower down the river, and in several parts of the Rheidol. "Dishes" are unpleasant things on roads, and when they are two feet deep they are dangerous as well as un- pleasant. The road leading from the river to Trawscoed Station is in a worse condition, than, perhaps, any other road in the county that is used every day for extensive traffic. Who is responsible for its wretched condition we do not know, but we know it should be repaired without loss of time. Just under the railway bridge there is a drop" which necessitates the calling in of assistance before a heavily laden cart or waggon can be got through it. The annual Assembly of the Welsh Calvinistic Metho- dists met at Aberystwyth, on Monday, and continued its sittings until Friday. The address of the Rev. D. SAUNDERS, of Swansea, on leaving the chair, showed that the Calvinistic Connexion has made great progress during the past seven years. On Tuesday last Mr. MAELOR EVANS, publisher, Holy- well, who was attending the Calvinistic Methodist Asso- ciation meetings at Aberystwyth, was killed on the road between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge. It appears from the evidence that a party of three went to see the waterfalls, and on the return journey the horse most un- accountably began to kick. The deceased jumped out, and. in the opinion of a medical man, dislocated his neck. Death was almost instantaneous. Mr. ROWLANDS also either jumped or fell out of the trap, but he escaped with slight bruises. Mr. THOMAS LEWIS and the driver, who kept their places, suffered no injury. The sad incident has cast a feeling of gloom over the town, and will be heard of with sorrow throughout Wales. Two miners living at Pontrhydfendigaed, were charged on Monday, before the county magistrates with having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon an Irishman, of the name of CONNOR. The prosecutor, however, did not appear, and the magistrates directed Supt. LLOYD to con- duct the prosecution. CONNOR was accordingly stopped on his way to Birkenhead, and it appeared at the adjourned hearing on Wednesday, that he had received two or three sovereigns to leave the district. Both defendents were fined at the conclusion of the hearing of the evidence, CONNOR having received three or four severe kicks about the face and head when lying on the ground-and consequently the miners wanted their money returned which they had given the Irish- man to compromise the case. The Bench refused to make an order on CONNOR to return the money. De- fendants then tried to persuade the Irishman to return the money, and urged that "they might meet again," but CONNOR coolly replied that it was not likely, and left the Welshmen to pay their fines, costs, and advocate's fees, which, in the total, amounted to t, good round sum. The practice of three or four men kicking another when on the ground is, by the way, rather common in the Cardiganshire lead mining districts.
. THE HONOURABLE CYMMRODORION…
THE HONOURABLE CYMMRODORION SOCIEY. LECTURE OX DAVYDD AB GIVILYM. A meeting of the above Society was held in the Free- masons' Tavern, London, on Wednesday evening, May 29, when Professor Cowell, M.A., of the University of Cam- bridge, delivered a lecture upon Dafydd ab Gwilym." There was a large company present, and Mr. B. T. Williams, Q.C., M.P., Recorder of Carmarthen, occupied the chair. He said that it was originally intended that the Bishop of St. David's should preside at the meeting, and he heartily regretted that circumstances had rendered his lordship unable to be present on the occasion. Th:s was the more unfortunate, because the Bishop had been an ardeut student of Welsh literature. For himself, he could only say that he did not profess to have any great acquaintance with the ancient litera- tuFe °l the but for what he knew he believed that the poetry of Dafydd ab Gwilym was more likely to 1 be attractive to modern readers than any of the other old Welsh poets. They had often been challenged by the English people to point out in the Welsh literature anything that might be called real poetry, and in answer to that challenge they might advance the sweet lyrics c (Hear, hear.) He was glad to see a man of the culture and position of Professor Cowell come forward to do justice to the literature and history of the Welsh people, and he would simply now do his dutv by introducing to them his distinguished friend. (Cbeers.) Professor COWELL, who was received with applause, said he felt some hesitation in coming before them that evening as he was a foreigner to Wales and to the Welsh language, but there were two considerations which led him to venture on the subject of Dafydd ab Gwilym. The first was that he knew the Welsh were always gen- erous to foreigners who try to master the language. (Hear, hear.) He thought that perhaps a foreigner's re- marks might be interesting because he always looked at a subject from a different point of view to the native. The other reason which induced him to address them was that he had found from his experience that old Welsh poetry was not always known even by those who were masters of the modern Welsh language, and there- fore, after his seven years study, he might be able to say something about the harder parts of the poetry which some of his audience might not thoroughly have understood. The way in which he had turned his atten- tion to the poems of Ab Gwilym was that he was drawn to the Welsh from its connection wi h Sanscrit. He naturally turned to the Celtic language as being one of the oldest representative Indo-European languages after the_Sanscrit. The Celtic languages were now found on the rim of Europe, which meant that the Celtic tribes came first, and were gradually driven outwards, step by step, until they reached the furthest limits of Europe. This showed that they came in first, and were therefore the most ancient. After he (the lecturer) had learned Welsh for the purposes of comparative philology, he began to think of reading it for pleasure, and he had found one poet who was really great-one worthy of being known in all Europe. This one was Dafydd ab Gwilym. (Cheers.) He was born about 1340, and died somewhere about 1400, the events of which period were of a very stirring nature. Then commenced the great schism of ther wesr, which was not settled until 1418. Another great event was the commencement of the hundred years' struggle between- England and France, which began in 1337 under Edward the Third, and did not finish until the reign of Henry the Sixth. That was the war which began to unite the peoples of England and Wales, and he felt much interested when in Ap Gwilym's works he came across an echo of the struggles, of which there were only one or. two. He did not believe the legends which were circulated respecting the great Welsh bard. He was-not the only poet about whom legends had risen up. Virgil, Shakespeare, and others, about whose lives very little was known, had all become the subjects of hundreds of legends which served to fill up the blanks. If they looked at Ap Gwilym's life as it was told in the legends it was a painful one, because he appeared as a person to whom they could pay but little respect, in con- sequence of his self-indulgence and amours with different people. It had been said that Ab Gwilym was well ac- quainted with Homer, but this was impossible. The study of Greek died away between 1370 and 1380 for want of hearers, in Italy, and surely therefore it could not then have spread to the range of Britain. In fact it lay out of his world just in the same way as it had laid out of the world-Dante's world. He (Professor Cowell) was led to have a different view of the Welsh poet's life to that re- presented in the legends by his acquaintance with Pro- vencal literature. This was in its glory from about 1150 to 1290,and attthat time the poetry of the troubadours gave the laws of taste to all Europe. Its influence could be traced in the early literature of Spain, Italy,. France, Germany, and partly even in England. Well, the poems of Ab Gwilym bore a great resemblance to the Provencal chansons, with the exception that they were far more original. Examples of this resemblance were found in the description of battles between him and other bards. dialogues between two lovers, or two rivals, the most stirring being the "Maiden," the "Bard's Shadow," and the" Cuckoo," parallels to which were to be found amongst the productions of the Provencal poets. Dafydd ab Gwilym seemed to have borrowed the Provencal idea and then reproduced it in a new way by means of his own great genius. This influence also he believed must bear the blame of the immoral shadow which hung over so much of his poetry. He did not believe there was anything really guilty about his life, and amongst the few historical facts which he could produce to support this supposition was one given in Mr. Pughe's edition of the poet's compositions. It was a quotation from Watkin Powell, who lived in 1580, and was as fol- lows:—"From all accounts, which he could learn of Dafydd, his life was remarkable, because he was such a sober, quiet, and steady man and it was very difficult to get him to talk on any subject, because he was so very reserved and quiet." (Hear, hear.) His (the lecturer's) idea was that he had learned somehow or other the poetry of the Provencals, and introduced the style into Wales, where it became a new, and for a time, a popular poetry. Again, all his poems seemed to be so original and so striking by the absence of any references to clas- sical mythology. His heroic age was that of Arthur and the Round Table. Another interesting fact was that. he was an exact contemporary of their English Chaucer, and he had no doubt that a careful comparison of the two poets would bring out many illustrations of each. He was especially a poet of the fancy and a peculiar feature was the enthusiastic outpourings of his emotions when they were once roused by his subject,. At such a time there was something almost Shakespearian in his rapid flow of imagery. In conclusion, Professor Cowell said there was no good edition of Dafydd ab GwHym's works, several of his poems not being published at all, and surely Wales was bound to do for its great poet what other nations had done for theirs, They ought to publish a good edition from the best MSS. He thanked his audience sincerely for the kind way in which tkey had listened to his remarks, and he could assure them that all the pains which the Welsh language had cost him to acquire had been amply repaid by the interest he hod felt in the works of Dafydd ab Gwilym. (Cheers.) The Rev. ROBERT JOKES, vicar of Rotherhithe in. mov- ing a vote of thanks to the Lecturer, said he was sure that if Welsh literature were digged and delved into, a store of richness and beauty would be discovered which would astouish their English friends. GWRGANT seconded Ithe proposition, which was carried by acclammation. In responding to a vote of thanks awarded to him for presiding, The CHAIRMAN said that he was glad to see the Cymmrodorion Society again waking into activity. Its objects were to promote the interests of the Welsh lan- guage, literature, &c., and they hoped soon to be in a position to lend a helping hand to any of their country- men who might require it. This latter was a feature which they had long admired in the constitution of the Scottish Corporation, and he was-glad that the time was at hand when they would be able to show their Scotch friends that the Welsh people did not intend to be behind in a good cause, such as the one he had referred to. The proceedings then terminated. During the course of his lecture Professor Cowell read several specimens of Ab Gwillym's poetry, to the evident gratification of his hearers.
LATEST INTELLIGEliCE.
LATEST INTELLIGEliCE. By Press Association TelegramT THE CONGRESS. It is stated the German Emperor has appointed Prince Bismarck and Harr Von Bulow to represent his Govern- ment at the Congress. The Greek Government will probably be asked to send a representative. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, THURSDAY. There was a moderate supply of English wheat at to- day's market, and the sales effected were 6d. to Is. per qr. below the prices of this day week. There was onlyfa small business done in American at a reduction of from Is. to 2s. per qr. on the week.. BRISTOL CORN MARKET, THURSDAY. English and foreign wheat very dull, at a decline of fully 2s. per qr. Grinding barley and maize each Is. cheaper, with fair trade. Oats dull a ad unaltered. Beans lj3, to 2s. cheaper.—Weather fine. BRISTOL CATTLE MARKET.—THURSDAY. Fair supply of beef. Best descriptions brought from 80s. to 84s. Middlings 70s. to 75s. per cwt. Average supply of beef, and all cleared at last week's prices. Lamb scarce at lid. to Is.. Four thousand store cattle on offer. Heavy trade and reduction in price. Seven hun- dred pigs from Ireland. All sold at 10s. 9d. to lis. per score. THE LANCASHIRE STRIKE. The Burnley representative of the Press Association telegraphs that Messrs. Simpson and West resumed work this (Thursday) morning, at 5 per cent. reduction and full time, with a full complement of iiands. STATUE OF MR. JOHN BRIGHT. Sir Edward Watkin has present a statue. of Mr. John Bright to the Manchester Corporation. TIDE TABLE FOR ABERYSTWYTH ABERDOVEY, AND BARMOUTH. May and Aberystwyth. Aberdovey. Barmouth. June, ,[ a.m. p.m. a.m. pm. a.m. p.m. Fri.31 6.3a 6 55 7 4 7 24 6 44 7 4 Sat. 1 7 15 7 34 7 44 8 3 7 24 7 43 Sun. 2 7 52 8 12 8 21 8 41 8 1 8 21 Mon. 3.! 8 31 8 51 9 0 920i 8 4ft 9 0 Tues. 4 9 11 9 33 9 40 10 2 9 20 9 42 Wed. 5 9. 55 10 17 10 24 I 10 46 10 4 10 6 Thjsr. 6.1 10 40 11 5 11 9 11 34 10 49 [ 11 14 Fifty persons "were killed and many others injured by the reoent tornado in Wisconsin. In one of his addresses at the Church Conferenca at Oswestry, the Bishop of ST*. Asaph said it was a fact that Thomas Charles, of Bala, in his dying hours, expressed his regret that he had left the Church of England, and his determination, if God should spare his life, to return to the Church of his fathers. In the current number of the (roleuad, Dr. Edwah1.s; of Bala, and Dr. Charles. Mr. Charles's grandson, state that there is not a tittle of evidence to support the story quoted by the Bishop. The Bishop, undoubtedly, told it in good faith, and believed it to be true, buttthe statement excited considerable stlr. • prise amongst Mr= Charles's totintrymen.,
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The trial of the prisoners charged with fraud in con- nexion with the Albion Life Assurance Company, was begun on Wednesday, at the Central Criminal Court. On Wednesday, the Duke of Cambridge and the Crown Prince of Germany [reviewed the troops at Aldershot. The Home Secretary has decided not to interfere with the coufte of the law in the case of M. Chantrelle, now lying under sentence of death at Edinburgh for the murder of his wife by poison. The Guardians of the Birkenhead Union, having enquired into charges of cruelty preferred against Mr. Edward Thornton, master of the Birkenhead Workhouse Schools, have resolved to ask the Local Government Board to remove him immediately from his office. On Wednesday four men lost their lives by the foul air in a well which they were sinking near Guildford. The Foreign Relations Committee of the American Congress has agreed to report favourably of the Halifax Fishery Commission Award Bill, and to recommend that the President be authorized to pay the amount of the award if after communication with the English Govern- ment he should deem the payment demanded by national honour. Asiatic cholera has broken out among the Indian troops which were being conveyed by the Clydesdale to. Malta, and five deaths have occurred. The essel is detained in quarantine at Suez. The New South Wales Legislative Assembly has re- solved to open public libraries and museums on Sundays, The Peace Society of Liverpool, in petitioning the Queen in favour of peace, have drawn her Majesty's at- tention to the fact that with with a certain music-hall war song is published a letter from Sir Thomas Biddulph con- veying, in the name of her Majesty, her appreciation of the author's motives, and her thanks for his appropriate verses. The memorialists ask her Majesty to give a con- tradiction to the statement, or to forbid the continued publication of the letter. An official reply has been re- ceived that the petition has been laid before the Queen. The Democrats of the United States have carried a measure through Congress limiting the army to 20,000. Sir Hercules Robinson having resigned the Governorship of New South Wales, it has been offered to the Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of New Zealand. The German Government is said to have issued special directions enjoining public prosecutors and administrative authorities to enforce with "merciless rigour the laws af- fecting the Press and public associations against the Socialists throughout the empire.
I^LOCAL AND DISTRICT.
LOCAL AND DISTRICT. EXCHANGE OF PATRONAGE.—Her Majesty in Council has been pleased to ratify a scheme by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for effecting an exchange of the patronage of the vicarage of Eglwys Rhos, Carnarvonshire, for the patronage of the rectory of Llanfihangel-Ystern-Llewern, Monmouthshire. PETITIONS FOR LIQUIDATION.—William E. Griffith, Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, coal and general merchant; Evan David Evans, of Burry-port, Pembrey. Carmar- then, draper; Thomas Phillips, of Coswell-street, Llanelly, Carmarthen, builder and mason; Thomas Jones, of Llanddewibrefi, Cardiganshire; Evan Thomas, of Flinantgawdi, Llanwennog, Cardiganshire, farmer and general merchant. DEATH OF LADY WILLIAMS.-The death of Henrietta Charlotte, the relict of Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., of Bodelwyddan, at the age of sixty, is announced as hav- ing taken place at the Brow, Overton, on Tuesday, May 28th. The cause of death was apoplexy. The deceased lady was the daughter of the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., and was born in 1818. She was married in 1843 to Sir Hugh Williams, the third baronet, who died two years since. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES.—PRESENTATION TO THE LIBRARY.- Mr. Robert Evans, Willington, Ebenezer, near Carnarvon, has presented the library of this College, with a copy of the Rev. Peter Williams's Bible, First Edition, 1770, per Mr. Henry Owen, of the firm of Messrs. Ellis and Owen, Enamelled Slate Works, Aberystwytb. It is to be hoped that many more will follow the generous and noble example set before them by Mr. Evans, and send to our National institution, whatever they may have in their possession, such as old and rareJWelsh books, old Manu- scripts, or autograph letters of eminent men, old coins, fossils &c. DIOCESE OF BANGoR.-The vicarage of Llandegai, Bangor, vacant by the preferment of the Rev. W. Morgan to Aber, has been presented by the Bishop of Bangor to the Rev. Richard Williams Griffith, M.A., rector of Llangadwaladr, and chaplain the high sheriff of Anglesey. Mr. Griffith who is the honorary secre- tary to the Diocesan Tract Society, is a clergy- man of moderate views, and favourably known in the diocese as a good bi-lingual preacher and a hard-working parish priest. He was ordained to the priesthood by the Bishop of Bangor in 1866, was curate of Holyhead 1855-59, and vicar of Llanfair-isgaer 1860-69. Llandegai, according to the "Diocesan Calendar," is worth JB300, and Llangadwaladr, which is in the gift of the crown, 21220, with nineteen acres of glebe. The Rev. J. Jenkins, curate of Glanogwen, has been preferred by Lord Penrhyn to the rectory of Penmachno, vacant by the appointment of the Rev. W. Edwards to Llanberis, and worth 2250 and a house. The Rev. W. Jones, senior curate of Carnarvon, has been preferred to the rectory of Llanon. Carmarthenshire. PARLIAMENTARY PETITIONS.—The following petitions in favour of Sunday Closing have been presented:—By Mr. Samuel Holland, from Festiniog (2), Blaenau Fes- tiniog, Harlech, Corris, Cynwyd, Gwyddelwern, Llanfi- hangel-y-Pennant, Towyn, Llanfair-juxta, Harlech, Glyn- dwyfrdwy, Portmadoc, Barmouth (5), Aberdovey, Bala, Llanegryn, Talyllyn, Llidiardau, Llanfendigaid, Llan- drillo; by Mr. Osborne Morgan, from St. Asaph, Rhudd- lan, Llanwrst (2), Llandrillo, Bettws, and other places; by Mr. Morgan Lloyd, from Salem Chapel, Amlwch; by Mr. B. T. Williams, from Llanelly; by Mr. E. J. Reed, from Blaenconin, Clynderwen by Mr. D. Pennant, from Bethesda, Llanrug, Llanbedr, and Glanadda; by Mr. W. F. Maitland from Lyswen and Ystradgynlais; by Mr. Hanbury Tracy from Llanidloes; by Mr. Bulkeley Hughes from Nantlle Vale and Carnarvon by Mr. C. W. Wynn from Penybont- fawr; by Mr. R. Davies from Penmachno, Penygarnedd. Llanerchymedd, the clergy of the Rural Deanery of Llifon, the Quarterly Association of Calvinistic Methodists of South Wales, and other places by Mr. David Davies, from Aberystwyth (4), 16 from various parishes in Car- diganshire, 5 from Nevin, and other places in Carnarvon- shire, and 4 from Aberangell and district, and Llanddeusant; by Mr. Osborne Morgan, from Eglwysfach; by Mr. Jones, from Llanfynydd; by Viscount Emlyn, from Llandilo; by Mr. W. F. Maitland, from Llandefailog- fach; by Sir W. W. Wynn, from Rhosymedre; and by Mr. S. Holland, from Dolgelley. By Mr. S. Holland, from clergymen and others at Corwen and the neighbourhood, in favour of the Ecclesiastical Buildings (Fire Insurance) Bill. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY (61 miles open),- Traffic Statement for the week ending May 26, 1878. Passengers, parcels, &c., k227 15s. 4d. goods and live stock, £ 920 18s. 5d.; total, £ 1,148 13s. 9d. £18 16s. 7d. per mile per week. Corresponding week last year-(61 miles open): Passengers, parcels, &c., £ 359 3s. Id: goods and live stock, E907 ls. ld. total, 91,266 4s. 2d.; B20 15s. 2d. per mile per week.—Decrease for this week, zCl 17 10s. 5d. Aggregate for 21 weeks, 1878, £ 23352 Os. 10d.; aggregate for 21 weeks, 1877, k24,568 12s. Od. Decrease for 21 weeks, 91,216 11s. 2d.
SHIPPING.
SHIPPING. Week ending May 29, 1878. Arrived.—Ellen, Parry, Maryport; Jane Jones, Jones, Newry H. E. Taylor (ss), Richards, Liverpool; Dis- patch, Owens, Bideford Kingsfisher, Sherlock, Fishing Grounds. Saikd.—H. E. Taylor (ss), Richards, Aberystwyth Martha," Richards, Sundswall Kingfisher, Sherlock, Fishing Grounds; Glad Tidings, Williams, Swansea. BARMOUTH. Arrived.—Osprey, Young, Portmadoc; Carn Brea, Roberts, Swansea. Sailed.—Osprey, Young, Aberdovey. Loading.—Gwen Jones, Lewis, Aberdeen and Mar- garet and Jane, Griffiths, Ayr both with slates. MOCHRAS. Sailed Elizabeth Richards, Roberts, Portmadoc. ABERYSTWYTH. Arrived H. E. Taylor (ss), Richards, Liverpool. Sailed.-Gazellen, Kristensen, Fredickstad; H. E. Taylor (ss), Richards, Bristol; Pheasant, Watkins, Milford; Agenoria, Davies, Cardiff; Thomas, James, Chester; Jane, Morgans, Milford; Hope,Jenkins, Sunds- wall.
PORTMADOC.
PORTMADOC. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, May 20, Mr. William Paul, carter, Portmadoc, was taking a load of furniture from Portmadoc to Llanllyfni. Being old, for he was sixt'j -five years of age, he rested himself on the shaft of the cart during the journey. The shaft horse became restive, and kicked him on the loins and other parts of the body. He received very serious injury, and having lingered a few days, he died. His body was brought to Portmadoc on Monday, May 27. IMPROVEMENTS.—A great improvement is taking place in the condition of the pavements at Portmadoc. A very great improvement has been made on the south side of High-street, which was almost impassable, and even dangerous before. There is now a fine walk along that side. There is also much building going on in all parts of the town. But there is a great complaint about the dulness of trade in general, and especially of the shipping trade. The harbour is full of shipping, and many vessels have been waiting for two and three months for freights. The stagnation in the slate trade is due partly to the un- certainty about war, and also partly to the foreign mer- chants withholding their orders, in the belief that the market price of slates will come down.
PONTRHYDYGROES.
PONTRHYDYGROES. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A short time ago after a heavy storm a child seven years of age belonging to Morgan Morgaus fell over a bridge into the river Cell, and was carried by the stream for about half a mile, and for a part of the distance was under water. Eventually the child was rescued by Mr. Michael Bray, and he is now in a fair way of recovery.
LAMPETER.
LAMPETER. FOUND DROWNED.—On Wednesday, the 29th May, an inquest was held before Dr. John Rowlands, and a jury on the body of John Jones, of Tanrallt, Llanfairclydogau, Farmer, who was found drowned on the 27th May in a stream near his dwellinghouse. j The stream was only about six inches deep, and when the body was found the deep" ':¡'" hnn;l _1 — -L rrh* c1"fHI."pn was
ICRICKET.
I CRICKET. YSTRAMIEUKIG v. ST. DAVIDS COLLEGE, LIMPET^*—Tins match was played on Monday. b 20, at Lair,pet;r, andllsulted in an easy victory for the College. Owing to the previous rains the ground had been rendered so heavy that the scoring was not quite -so high as might have been expected. At the close of the match the visitors, as usual, were entertained at the College Hall. Subjoined is the score :— YSTRADMEURIG. D. P. Jones, run out o b Dovey o Lewis Richards, b R. T. Jones 0 c. R. T. Jones, b J. .Tames 2 Rev. J. Jones, b. J. James e b R. T. Jones 6 H. T. Hughes, c Lewis, b James 2 b R. T. Jones 3 D. W. Davies, b. J. James o b R. T. Jones 3 W. Davies, b R. T. Jones o c Dovey, b J. James 0 LI. P. Davies, b James James. 2 b J. James. o D. LI. Davies, run out 0 b R. T. Jones 0 J. C. Jones, b James James o c and b J. James.. 2 M. Richards, not out 0 not out 6 T. P. Richards, b R. T. Jones 0 b R. T. Jones 3 Extras. 3 Extras 8 7 33 ST. DAVID 'S COLLEGF- James James, b Lewis Richards 3 not out 1 Morris Jones, b Lewis Richards 10 R. T. Jones, c T. P. Richard, b Rev. J. Jones 4 not out 0 R. H. Jones, b Lewis Richards 1 J. H. Lewis, I b w. b Rev. J. Jones.. 11 C. E. P. Tyler, b Rer. J. Jones 0 W. Dovey, not out 4 H. J. Parry, b Rev. J. Jones 3 D. Griffiths, run out 0 Thomas Jones, b Rev. J. Jones 1 T. C. Richards, c M. Richards, b Rev. J. Jones 2 Extras. j 40 1 MACHYNLLETH CRICKET CLUB V. ABERDOVEY CRICKET CLUB.—This match was played at the Plas Machynlleth Cricket Ground on Saturday, May 25. The weather being favourable' a large company of spectators attended. The following is the score:— MACHYNLLETH C. C. R. Gillart, c Pemberton, b J. F. Jones 5 b Stealey 14 E. Gillart, c Capt. Keene, b J. F. Jones 4 b Stealey 5 Lord Herbert Vane Tempest, b W. E. Jones 1 1 b w, b Stealey 0 Merryweather, 1 b w, b W. E. Jones 5 c Captain Keene, b Stealey 2 Dr. Davies, b J. F. Jones 6 b J. F. Joaes 1 C. R. Kenyon, c Pemberton, b J. F. Jones 1 b Stealey 2 Hutchinson, b J. F. Jones 4 b Stealey 3 D. Morgan, b J. F. Jones 0 b Stealey 2 E. Davies, not out 7 s b Capt. Keene 0 J. Evans, b J. F. Jones I c W. E. Jones, b J. F. Jones 0 D. Wood, b Young 4 not out 5 Extras 4 Extras. 4 42 38 ABERDOVEY C. C. W. Pemberton, b Dr. Davies 0 c R. Gillart, b Merry- weather. 0 Stealey, b Merryweather 1 c Merryweather, b Lord Herbert Vane Tempest 5 Capt. Keene, c R. Gillart, b Dr. Davies 0 b Lord Herbert Vane Tempest 0 G. P. Pemberton, b Dr. Davies 4 c Kenyon, b Merry- weather. 3 W. E. Jones, c D. Morgan, b Merry- weather 3 c and b Lord Herbert Vane Tempest 0 E. Pemberton, c R. Gillart, b Merryweather 0 c Lord Herbert Vane Tempest, b Merry- weather 3 H. Young, run out 0 c and b MerryweMher 0 J. F. Jones, c D. Wood, b Dr. Davies 6 c E. Davies, b Lord Herbert Vane Tempest. 5 W. H. Hughes, c Merryweather, b Dr. Davies 0 run out 0 Dr. Grosholz. not out 0 c Evans, b Merry- weather. 2 R. Roberts, c Dr. Davies, b Merry- weather 0 not out 0 Extras 4 Extras 3 IS 21
WESLEYAN METHODISM IN NORTH…
WESLEYAN METHODISM IN NORTH WALES. The Association of the North Wales Wesleyan Methodists commenced its annual session at Bangor on:Saturday after- noon, May 25, under the presidency of the Rev. S. Davies, (Bangor), the chairman of the district. The chapels com- mittee, of which the Rev. J. Evans (Liverpool) is the secretary, met and prepared its report. On Sunday ser- vices were held at Horeb, St. Paul's, and Hirael chapels, Bangor; and at Aber, Llanfairfechan, and Penmaenmawr, collections being made in behalf of the home mission fund, and to meet the expenses attendant upon the conferences. The preachers were the Revs. W. H. Evans, Llanrwst; Griffith Jones, Portmadoc W. O. Jones, Brymbo; R. Pritchard, J. Jones, Rhyl D. 0. Jones, Meifod R. Jones, Llanasa; Evan Jones, Widnes J. Evans, J. P. Roberts, Liverpool; R. Jones, Abergele (secretary of the conference); J. Williams, OsWestry and E. Jones, Llan- fyllin. The meeting was continued on Monday, under the presidency of the Rev. Samuel Davies, chairman of the North Wales district. The afternoon was occupied with the oral examination of the preachers on trial who had been previously examined in April last, the examiners being the Revs. J. Jones, Rhyl, 0. Williams, Barmouth, O. Lloyd Davies, Birkenhead, and W. Evans, Liverpool. The candidates were-Fourth year, D. P. Roberts, Rhiwlas, Bangor, J. Williams, Oswestry, R. Hopwood, Caerwvs, Holywell. Third year, D. 0. Jones, Meifod, Montgomeryshire, Evan Jones, Birkenhead, Peter Jones, Carnarvon. Second year, T. P. Edwards, Abergele, Hugh O. Hughes, Bodorgan, S. P. Jones, Penmachno (absent through illness). First year, William O. Jones, Brymbo, O. M. Jones, Amlwch, J. P. Roberts, Liver- pool, and Edward Jones, Llanfyllin. At six o'clock there was a ministers' committee meeting. During the day special services were held at Horeb and St. Paul's Chapels, the officiating ministers being the Revs. 0. M. Jones, Amlwch, R. Lewis, Llanasa, W. Evans, Liver- pool, T. P. Edwards, Abergele, H. Hughes, Holyhead, and E. Evans, Llanrhaiadr. The annual sermons on behalf of the English Wesleyan chapel at Carnarvon were preached on Tuesday, by the Rev. John Bedford, Man- chester. At Wednesday's meeting, Rhyl was selected as the town for holding the annual district meeting in 1879, and Meifod, in the Llanfyllin circuit, for the financial dis- trict. A vote of sympathy, on the motion of the Rev. J. W. GREEVES, seconded by the Rev. J. BEDFORD, was passed to the Chairman, whose wife is seriously ill; and on the motion of Mr. BRIDGE, Liverpool, seconded by Mr. T. LEWIS, who spoke of the active interest the Rev. Dr. Osborne had always evinced in the cause of Methodism in Wales, a like expression was accorded to that minister on the death of Mrs. Osborne. The returns from the several circuits showed that there were 13,019 full members in the district, and 1,263 on trial. Compared with last year there was a decrease of nine in the number of full members, the falling off being chiefly in the Mold circuit, where there was a decrease of sixty-eight, attributable, it was stated, to the slackness of trade. The Rev. Wm. Griffith, Portdinorwic, offered himself as a candidate for foreign missionary labour. It was reported that Holyhead and Llanfyllin were prepared to receive a second married minister; and the gratifying statement was made by the Rev. W. H. Evans (Llanrwst) that Mr. Gethin Jones and a gentleman associated with him in business were building a minister's house at Llanrwst, which would be presented to the con- nexion. Conway was allowed another twelve months to prepare a house for the second minister and the like concession- at the request of Mr. S. Jones, Brunswick-buildings, and Mr. Lloyd-was made in the case of Shaw-street Chapel. Liverpool. As regarded Bangor, Mr. T. Lewis said the sub- ject had been before the quarterly meeting, and as the members were anxious to pay off the debt on Horeb schoolroom, and to build a new chapel at Hirael, they would be at present unable to take another married minister. Referring to the representation of the lay members of North Wales at the Conference, Mr. Lewis added that it was felt that the number allotted (three) was very small, and he contended that Wales should have seven or eight representatives. (Hear. hear.) The balloting for the three representatives was then taken with the following result:—Messrs. T. Lewis, Bangor, 36; J. Harrison Jones, Denbigh, 33; T. Lloyd Roberts, Llandegla, 27 W. Williams, Rhyl, 19; J. Wynne Paynter, Amlwch, 14; J. Edwards, Abergele, 13. Messrs. W. J. Morris, Barmouth, R. Grattan, Liver- pool, and R. Davies, Chester, were also nominated, but declined to serve. The Rev. S. Davies (Bangor) was elected the repre- sentative of the district on the stationing committee. The afternoon meeting was devoted almost exclusively to the re-arrangement of circuits, and considerable feeling was manifested in the various proposals brought forward. By fifty-four votes to twenty for an amendment proposed by the Rev. J. Jones (Vulcan), the Denbigh and Rhyl circuits were united, a third minister to be stationed at St. Asaph; Amlwch and Beaumaris circuits were joined, an additional minister to live at Llangefni; Salem and Bethesda were taken from the Mold circuit and added to Ruthin, with an additional minister; Portmadoc, Tal- sarnau, and Penrhyndeudraeth were disintegrated from Barmouth and added to Festinio, with a third minister Barmouth, Bontddu, Dyffryn, Llanbedr, and Harlech were added to Dolgelley; Llwyngwril and Arthog to form a new circuit; and Towyn, Aberdovey, Bryncrug, Llanegryn, Abergynolwyn, Dinas Mawddwy, and Bryn- coch were also made a new circuit. The proposal for the re-arrangement of the Barmouth circuit gave rise to a long discussion, the change being ipposed by Mr. Morris and the Rev. Owen Williams, and upported by Mr. Lewis Williams (Dolgelley), the Rev. Griffith Jones, and others. Two only voted against the hange. A proposal by the Rev. D. A. Williams for a division of he Llangollen circuit was referred to a committee omposed of Messrs. T. Lewis (Bangor), Jones (Henfache), nd Edwards (Abergele), and the Revs. R. Prichard Rhyl), W. Jones (Bangor), and R Evans (Llanrhaiadr). From questions put to the Rev. J. Bedford, it seems irobable that an appeal against the re-arrangew-ent of :ircuits will, in several cases, be made to the Conference. The preachers during the day were the Revs. B. Hop- wood (Caerwys), D. Jones (Cbedpoeth), D. Jones (Rhos), ind Hugh Owen (Llandudno). At night the Conference lecture was delivered by the Rev. Hugh Jones,, of Carnar- von, on "The Sacraments."