The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

Mr. Samuel Phelps, the eminent tragediau, died on Wednesday. He was seventy-three years of age. At a public meeting, held at Liverpool on Wednesday, it was decided to establish in that town a college fir higher education, to be called "The University Collet. Liverpool." It is proposed to raise a permanent cajii:.il of £75.000 exclusive of the cost of the buildings. Alderman Owden, the Lord Mayor of London, is to receive the honour of knighthood. f Five years ago Mr. W. C. Jones gave the Church t>f England Missionary Society 220,000 for the support of native evangelists. The same gentleman has now given a further sum of P,35,000 for the Native Church in India. The Berlin Correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette states that in consequence of the doubta publicly cast upon Russian sincerity with regard to the execution of the Berlin Treaty, the Russian Government has taken occa- sion to repeat, in confidential communications with other Powers, its previous assurances that it is fully resolved t. carry out the provisions of that'treaty faithfully and conscientiously. The Republican Party in the United States are reported to have gained a large number of seats in the elections ta Congress on Tuesday. The Tammany Party in New York were signally defeated.

CARNARVON. A JUNENILE HORSF,-STEALER.-At Carnarvon on Tues- day, November 5, Evan William Davies, a youth eleven years of age, from Festiniog, was charged on remand with stealing a horse, value 50s., belonging to John Graham, hawker. The prisoner presented himself at the police- station on the previous Saturday week, and, represent- ing himself as a destitute orphan, obtained a ticket for the workhouse. On Sunday afternoon he disappeared from that establishment, and on the following morning Graham missed his animal, which had been turned out e. graze on the Morfa. The prisoner and the stolen horse were traced to Llanberis, where the former obtained bed and breakfast from a quarryman who was taken in by his tale of destitution, and on Monday he rode the horse on to Capel Curig. Information reached the Police early on Monday, and the prisoner was traced to Capel Curig, where Police-constable William Jones apprehended him, and found the horse tied to a hedge near a farmhouse, to which the prisoner had gone to beg some food. He told the officer that he was very anxious to join an old pal" who was at Bristol Reformatory, and that he had been in trouble at Festiniog on a charge of breaking into a print- ing office. When being taken from the lock-up at the remand, he attempted to escape, and got some distance before he was recaptured. It was stated in court that his parents had no control over him, that he committed several robberies upon them, and that on the day before he appeared at Carnarvon his father had been fined by the Penrhyndeudraeth magistrates for not sending him to school. The prisoner asked to be sent to a refor- matory; but the Bench, finding they had no power to do so under the Juvenile Offenders Act under the circum- stances of the robbery, committed him for trial at the Quarter Sessions,

OUANTITY -1 Ipavrich may be described as the birthplace of Chemical Manures." JOSEPH FISON & Co., IPSWICH, MANUFACTURERS OF 'SULPHURIC ACID AND CHEMICAL1 MANURES. (One of the Oldest Firms in the Trade.) I iSJtSmMlk ROMUPJI > Messrs. JOSEPH FISON & Co., having established a Depot at Swansea, are now prepaied to deliver their Manures free by Railway at any Station in South Wales, and the neighbouring counties. To Pkrmm.- These Manures have been found not only to produce a large yield, but also to improve the quality of the crops for wJ1Ïch they are applied, to strengthen the soil, and to benefit succeeding crol a. Full particulars may be obtained 1qJ 3n application to any of the Agents of the Firm, or to the Head Offices.. To Merchants, large Farmers, and others having a connection with Farmers.- Messrs. Joseph Fison & Co. are prepared to appoint Agents for their Manures in districts in which they are not already represented, and gentlemen of position and influence, who may wish for such agencies, are requested to apply by letter to the Head Offices. Early application is particularly requested, as many agencies have already been fixed in the Principality, and it s likely that the whole district will soon be fully occupied. WORKS: IPSWICH AND BRAMFORD. HEAD OFFICES EASTERN UNION MILLS, IPSWICH. N.B.-No SUB-Agents are appointed, but all Agents being in direct communication with the Firm, order received tlvroHghthem will have the same attention as if handed to the principals. ROBERT ELLIS'S QUININE DENTIFRICE, FOR WHITENING AND PRESERVING THE TEETH AND STRENGTHENING THE GUMS. ROBERT ELLIS, PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST, TERRACE ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH (Four doors from Marine Terrace.) -=- iN El w El L -L I s MILLS, TOWYN, WELSH COAST. PURE AND WHOLESOME FLOUR, MADE FROM CH)ICF, ENGLISH AND COLONIAL WHEATS, SUPPLIED to Consumers direct and through Agents in sealed bags or sacks of various sizes, as below, at proportionate and uniform prices, which plan Evan Newell has adopted, and feels sure will be found to possess very many useful qualities. Such as 1—The seal is a protection and a guarantee of quality. 2.—The smaller bag are more portable. 3.—They are a great saving of time to Agents and Consumers by being easily and quickly handed from one to the other. 4.-Being ready weighed, they save the Agent the great loss of weighing out small quantities, and thus enable him to do away with the necessity of the usual extraordinary charge on the few shillings purchasers of Flour. 5.—The various sizes enable small and large families to suit their consumption, and have the Flour always fresh and good. 6.—It facilitates ready-money transactions. WEIGHTS OF BAGS. GROSS WEIGHT. NETT WEIGHT. < CLASSIFICATION. Half- Quarter. Quarter. Half. Sack. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Newell's Top Brand Four 35 70 140 280 Newell's Top Brand Four 35 70 140 280 Newell's Household Flour 35 70 140 280 Newell's Sheaf Flour — 140 280 SPECIALS: GROSS WEIGHTS. Lbs. Lb Lbi Lbs Newell's Pastry Flour 50 100 Newell's Special ranc 50 Newell's Prepared Entire Wheat Flour jq 25 50 — Newell's Choice Oatmeal 10 25 50 — FEEDING STUFFS: i GROSS WEIGHTS. Lbs. Lbs. Newell's Feeding Mixture jjo 220 Newell's Prepared Horse Feed 100 200 Newell's Prepared Sheep Feed 100 200 Newell's Prepared Poultry Feed 50 100 Newell's Condiment for Calves 100 200 Indian Meal 120 240 Sharps 100 200 Bran .-— 100 Indian Corn 240 ADDRESS—MR. EVAN NEWELL.|Bodtalog^Mills, Towyn, Welsh Coast. LAND ORDER I Are granted by the Agent- General for South Australia, to all persons approved as suitable, who are in sound health, and have not previously resided in Australia. They must pay their own pas- sages, and proceed DIRECT to ADELAI uE, South Australia, and reside in the Colony for two years. of the WARRANTSValue ofyi 2 0 Forms of Application and other information may be obtained from THE AGENT-GENERAL FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 8, Victoria Chambers, Westminster, London, S.\V. CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S MALT VINEGAR, PURE PICKLES, SAUCES, POTTED MEA1 AND FISH, PREPARED SOUPS, CALVES' FEET JELLY, JAMS AND ORANGE MARMALADE, ALWAYS BEAR THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESS ON THE LABELS, and may be obtained of Grocers and Italian Warehousemen throughout the World. CROSSE & BLACKWELL. HAVE BEEN AWARDED TWO GOLD MEDALS AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION, 1878. -=- IMPORTANT If you Want Good Boots, If you vVant Cheap Boots, If you Want Strong Boots, If you vVant Light Boots, If you Want Summer Boots, If you Want Fashionable Boots, If you Want White Boots, If yon Want Bronze Boots,! If you Want Men's Boots, If you Want Women's Boots, If you ^y ant Boys' Boots, If you W antGirls' Boots, I f you w ant Children's Boots, If you Want Guttapercha Bottomed Boots, If you Want Solid Leather Boots, If you Want Boots that will Wear, If you vVant Boots that will give satisfaction, If you Want Boots to keep the Feet dry, If you Want Boots you can recommend, If you vVant Boots repaired with Leather, If you yyant BootsrepairedwithGuttapercha, I fyou Want Boots Repaired Neatly and Cheap, If you Want VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY, GO TO DICK'S," 16, GHEAT DARKGATE-STREET, ABERYSTWYTH; DICK'S, MAENGWYN-STREET, MACHYNLLETH DICKS, HIGH-STREET, LAMBETER DICK'S, CHURCH-STREET, BARMOUTH DICK'S, VICTORIA BUILDINGS, DOLGELLEY. SHOPS IN NEARLY EVERY TOWN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, IRELAND, AND THE CHANNEL ISLES. 1 I LITHOFRACTEUR. THE Safest and most Powerful Explosive in use. Patented and Manufactured by Messrs. Krebs Bros, and Co., of London and Cologne on Rhine, who have ap- nointed Messrs. VIVIAN & CO., Of Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire, To represent them in the Principality. LITHOFRACTEUR Will rend more rock than any other Explosive, Is equally powerful whether used in wet or dry ground, Will fill any size or shape of borehole, Has no noxious fumes, Has never caused an accident, Is stronger, safer, and healthier to use than any other Explosive. For Terms apply to VIVIAN & Co., Portmadoc, who are also prepared to supply Portable and Fixed Steam Engines for Winding, Pumping, and General Purposes Rock Drills and Com- pressors, by the best makers Haggie's Steel and Iron Wire Ropes Cast Steel Wheels Best Drill and Jumper Steel General Mining and Quarry Plant, &c., &c. Agents for Whittle's Orion Gas Oil Lamps, equal in light to gas no chimnev, wick, or trimming. ANNUAL SALE OF PIANOFORTES AND HARMONIUMS FOR ONE MONTH, Commencing October 1st. MUSIC WAREHOUSE, TERRACE ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH. W. K. WHEATLEY & SONS Have lately had a great number of Pianos and Harmon i ums returned from hire, and their Stock being larger than required for the winter months, are prepared to Sell be- tween thirty and forty instruments from their enormous Stock, at Greatly Reduced Prices. Pianofortes from 910; Square ditto, E5; Harmoniums from E5. INSTRUMENTS MAY ALSO BE HIRED AT CHEAP RATES. NOW ON VIEW MASON & HAMLIN'S PARIS EXHIBITION MODEL AMERICAN ORGAN, Eleven stops, Knee Swells, price 34 guineas. NEW MODEL PIANO, IN WALNUT AND GOLD, 35 Guineas. NEW MUSIC FROM 3D. A COPY. A Large Stock of Ocarinas from Is. 9d., and Musical Instrument Strings and Fittings of every description. PIANOFORTES & HARMONIUMS TUNED & REPAIRED HISTORY OF THE GWYDIR FAMILY. NOTICE TO INTENDING SUBSCRIBERS. WOODALL and VENABLES beg to intimate that they hope to have this work ready in the course of the month of November. It will therefore be necessary that all who wish to purchase the book at "Subscribers' price," should send their orders at once. The book will be illustrated with views of Upper and Lower Gwydir, as they existed in the time of Sir John Wynn; portraits of Sir John and Sir Richard Wynn photo-lithograph of Dolwyddelan Castle, from an old Print; &c. 42T A complete list of Subscribers will be publhhed in this paper once more, and the list will then close. The copies that remain, unsubscribed, will only be offered nt aii advanced pric?. Oswald Road, Oswestry. | ELECTION ADDRESSES. < SlBERYSTWYTH MUNICIPAL ELECTION, 1878. 1 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH. LADIEs AND GENTLEMEN,— T,beg to thank you most sincerely for the honour con- Eerred upon me by placing me once more at the head of the poll. The assurances given you in my address shall be fulfilled Rs far sa ULa in my power. Your interests are identical with my own, viz., th „ prosperity of the town and borough. I am, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Your faithful servant, JOHN JAMES. London and Provincial Stores, Terrace-road, Aberystwyth, November 6, 1878. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN AND BOROUGH OF ABERYSTWYTH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— T RETURN you my sincere thanks for the honour you have conferred upon me in electing ma as one of your representatives in the Town Council. It shall be my constant endeavour to keep down expen- diture, always allowing sufficient, however, for the necessary requirements of the town. I am also in favour of obtaining Tenders for Corporation Contracts, so that all the Tradesmen of the Town may have a fair chance of competing for them. I remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, J. J. GRIFFITHS. 22, Portland-street, November 7th, 1878. s PECTACLES, SPECTACLES. C. B. RADCLIFFE, Esq.,IM. D., 25, Cavendish Square, London, Consulting Physician to the Westminster Hospital, writes :—" No Spectacles could possibly suit better than HENRY LAURANCES." EDWARD KNOCKER, Esq., J.P., Dover, late Mayor of Dover, writes :—" My sight has improved since using HENRY LAURANCE'S SPECTACLES." JOHN DEATH, Esq., J.P., Cambridge, late Mayor of Cambridge, writes :—" Mrs. Death's sight has been much strengthened by the use of HENRY LAURANCE'S SPECTACLES." T. SMITH ROWE, Esq., M.D., Margate, Senior Surgeon to the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary, Margate, writes: I regret that I did not use HENRY LAU- RANCE'S SPECTACLES long since." HENRY LAURANCE'S SPECTACLES Are the CLEAREST, COOLEST, and BEST for the Sight. Thousands have been benefited by their use when all other Spectacles have failed. A list of the Testimonials can be had from the agent, from whom these Spectacles can only be obtained. All Spectacles stamped H.L. AGENT FOR ABERYSTWYTH— A. MAJOR, JEWELLER AND OPTICIAN, 38, PIER STREET. AGENT FOR MACHYNLLETH— E. REES, CHEMIST, MEDICAL HALL.

THE CONDITION OF PWLLHELI. ON Saturday last the Mayor of PWLLHELI formally opened the new waterworks carried out by a pri- vate company. Whether the Corporation have fulfilled their duty in allowing the important work of supplying the inhabitants with water to de- volve upon a private company is a question for them and the ratepayers. One thing is certain, the water can never be as widely beneficial as it ought to be until the works are the property of the Corporation. The longer the purchase is delayed, the greater in all probability will be the price that must be paid. The Manchester com- pany have carried out these works as a commercial and profitable undertaking, and no greater proof of want of enterprize could possibly be given than the fact that the authorities of Pwllheli are de- lighted that gentlemen have come all the way from Manchester to do work for them as a business speculation, which they ought long ago to have done for themselves. If further proof were wanted of the utter failure of the Council to realize their responsibities it can be found in the fact that an old Corporate town, laying claim to rank as a favourite watering place, is to this day without a system of sewerage. If profit could be made of sewering towns a private company might come in and do this work also. The need for sewers is as great as was the need for water. The footpaths are in a deplorable state, and the road from the railway station to the town is enough to dishearten any visitor who has the slightest regard for himself, or is sensible to sights and smells. That road should be at least twelve feet wider, and the Corporation, whatever difficul- ties they may have met with in their attempts to carry out sanitary reforms, if they ever made any attempts of that kind, would not have experienced much opposition if they had set about the widen- ing of this road, which is used by every inhabi- tant of the town. There is practically nothing to do but to knock down a wall, and build it twelve or fifteen feet further back. This alteration would add so much to the appearance of the main entrance to the town that it would be worth at least twenty times the cost it would en- At present, every visitor who enters Pwllheli is strongly and erroneously impressed with the meanness of the town which is entered on its worst side by a road that is little better than a gutter filled with mud or choked with dust. The complaint against the Pwllheli Council is not so much that they have not provided water, or supplied drainage, or re-made the streets, or re- flagged the footpaths, or purified the harbour, as that they have done nothing. They have not even widened the road to the railway station, or adopted the county police arrangements, or en- forced the sanitary acts respecting manure heaps, or even scraped up the mud that lies thick on the streets that in short they have done nothing but allow the town to drift along in the old ruts, while newer places have been making headway. Take the police arrangements, if the management of one man can be said to call for arrangements. The borough of Pwllheli has only one officer, and whenever that vigilant and no doubt very wide awake official does close his eyes in slumber the town is utterly unprotected. That the HOME SECRETARY allows such an arrangement to con- tinue without insisting upon the appointment of at least two additional constables is astonishing. There are, it is true, great difficulties in the way of carrying out important structural works, but surely there was nothing to prevent Pwllheli from adopting the police arrangements which answered the requirements of the rest of Carnarvonshire, and have been found to work well in Merionethshire, Cardiganshire, Montgomery- shire, and in other parts of England and Wales that may at least claim to rank with Pwllheli in population, wealth, and importance. The only advantage that can be claimed by the Council for the retention of their solitary policeman is that the cost is less than would be entailed by falling injwith the county arrangement. It is said that the Corporation see some honour and credit in having authority over one policeman This can hardly be true. The idea of a police force con- sisting -of one member for a Corporate town of several thousand inhabitants is in itself so ludicrous that the Council must see they are fairly open to be laughed at. The inhabitants of the town are fully alive to the fact that their rulers are not keeping pace with the times, and the fact that one of the old membprs lost his seat last Friday will have. a good effect in stimulating the rest of the councillors to action. Nothing pays the ratepayers so well as a sharp contest, and if it is understood that next November the members who oppose reform will be sent back into privacy, public life will bA- come a less -stagnant thing and the fow i wi 1 begin to move. As was said at the dinner, there is a great future before Pwllheli, but w' at is the use of a great future if none of the greatness is made the possession of the present. A shipping trade might be developed the railway might be extended some trade or manufacture might be started, but what have the Council done during the past twenty or thirty years, to make Pwllheli a place less at the extreme edge of the world ? As a summer resort, Pwllheli has been kept back bv the fact that the lanel on the beach was locked up in one man's hands and, until he moved not'iin" could be done. The owner of this land seems to have thought that his property wonl 1 incr,as in value in spite of everything, but he forgot shat there are about two hundred miles of coast, md that if building sites cannot be got in one place they will be sought for in another. When thirty or forty houses have been built on the beach, sites may begin to be worth something, but the land will not increase in value rapidly until building has made some progress, and that class of people are attracted to the place who build and occupy large lodging houses.

THE ABERYSTWYTH ELECTION. THE results of the election at Aberystwyth last Friday are not without their significance for the new members of the Council who were returned on that day, as well as for the old members. That Mr. GREEN, who has persistently advocated the Llanbadarn Flats pumping scheme, was beaten by rather more than a score of votes for the fourth place by Dr. HARRIES, is not nearly of as much consequence as the fact that there was a difference of more than 170 votes between Mr. GREEN, who failed to obtain a seat, and Mr. JOHN JAMES, who was at the head of the poll, and who has identified himself with the scheme— to quote the words of Sir PRYSE-for supplying the town with water above suspicion. There is still a good deal of doubt in the minds of a consider- able number of the ratepayers whether after all the Flats is not a cheap and satisfactory source for supplying Aberystwyth with water. The cheapness may be dismissed at once by quoting the estimate made by Mr. DUNCAN many years ago. At that time the cost was put down at £14,000, and that sum at least would be required to carry out the necessary works and provide for pumping expenses. Nothing has transpired dur- ing the past fifteen years which tends to show that the eost of converting the Flats into an effective source for supplying water to the town would be less than was estimated by Mr. DUNCAN. If anything the evidence makes in the other direc- tion. Of course it is open for anybody to object I to Mr. DUNCAN'S figures and to say that he can get the work done for £10,000, or £5,000, or any other number of thousands, but in a matter of this kind, involving such great and important issues, only the estimates of practised water en- gineers can be listened to. The cost of bringing the water from Plynlimon would not be a great deal more than would be entailed on the Flats, and it should always be remembered the first cost of gravitation would be the last. One great ar- gument against the Flats is that every year the land is more and more hemmed in by the buildings. Then there is the difficulty of flushing the sewers. How much depends on the efficient flushing of the sewers in a first-class watering place is known to every intelligent inhabitant of the town. It is absurd to expect that when the contention between the rival schemes is one of cost—it is conceded on all sides that gravitation is better than pumping if it is not dearer—that water will be pumped during the summer season merely in order to flush the sewers. It is some- times said that water from the Cwmglais dingle could be utilised for flushing purposes. The difficulty is that in summer there is no water in Cwmglais dingle, and when there is water there instead of its being sent through the sewers it is allowed to pass into the sea. The fatal objection to the Flats is that the water will always rest under suspicion, and for an important and grow. ing summer resort like Aberystwyth one of the greatest attractions should be an unlimited sup- ply of pure water brought direct from the moun- tains—if possible from Plynlimon. If ever three or four hundred thousand gallons of water are pumped daily out of the Flats it is unreasonable to suppose that land be- yond the Cemetery and Llanbadarn Church- yard will not be drained. Whether this is so or not the suspicion will always exist, and suspicion respecting the water is the one thing to be avoided. The lodging-house keepers, tradesmen, and other inhabitants of Aberystwyth, for their own sakes, are interested in obtaining a satisfactory settle- ment of this long pending question. The diffi- culty is to rouse sufficient public interest in the matter to induce those most deeply affected to think for themselves and ask themselves what their impression would be if, when they visited Aberystwyth for the first time, they were told that the land between the railway and the two burial places on the rising ground was about to be utilized as a source for supplying the town with water. It would be unreasonable to expect perfect unanimity on a topic of this kind, but the Council is now sufficiently united to enable them to proceed step by step until the schemes which have for so many years been before the public have been investigated and either adopted or rejected. At the special Council meeting held last Wednesday it was resolved after a good deal of conversation to rescind the resolution passed at the meeting held the previous week. The Council are now once more in a position to give the necessary notices for obtaining a Provisional Order. The ground on which an order is ob- jected to is not easy to ascertain, especially as those who object most strongly anticipate oppo- sition to the scheme. If giving notices of appli- cation for a Provisional Order necessitated further action there would be some reason in the opposi- tion, but such is not the case. The actual position of the Council is this. Notices of Acts of Parliament and Provisional Orders intended to be applied for during the next session of Parlia- ment must be inserted in the newspapers, &c., three weeks in November. If these notices are not given no Act or Provisional Order can be applied for. If the November notices are given then the Act or Order can be either proceeded with or not as the parties giving the notice choose. For instance the London and North-Western Railway Company have issued these November notices respecting an application for an Act of Parliament which they have never yet proceeded with, although they have so frequently given notice of their intention to do so. If the railway company neglected in November to give the notices, and discovered afterwards It would be wise to proceed they would be debarred from taking action. This is just the position of the Aberyst- wyth Corporation. If the necessary notices of the Council's intention to apply for a Provisional Order are given and it is afterwards found that all the interested parties are willing to enter into satisfactory arrangements, the application can be dropped at any moment, but if on the other hand no notices are given, and afterwards it is found that only one person who owns a few yards of land refuses to come to terms, then the whole scheme is thrown overboard and twelve or eighteen mouths are lost. At the quarterly meeting, to be held on Saturday, it is to be hoped a resolution will be passed to give the necessary notices, and it is further to be hoped that the Council will nnt be satisfied with the ordinary meetings but will proceed vigorously from step to step, so that if possible the present scheme may he sanctioned or condemned before next spring. That the scheme will be objected to may be taken for granted, but a good deal of the opposition will be professional, and therefore not of much ac- count, except that it ought to be the means of stimulating the Council to get up their case care- fully, and should prevent erratic members from making statements which reveal ignorance of the facts. C\ If some members worked more and talked less, and if all more frequently observed common rules of courtesy in debate a good deal of child- ish display would be avoided, and business would not be hindered as it is at present. The Council will have only themselves to blame if another year is lost without some practical steps being taken to supply Aberystwyth with water,

BALA WATER SUPPLY—OPPOSI- TION BY THE CROWN. THE Bala Local Board are being driven from pillar to post by two of the Public Departments. Get water," says Her Majesty's Local Government Board, "or neglect it at your peril." "If you get it," Her Majesty's Office of Woods and Forests exclaims, "it must be at your peril, for we reserve power to remove the pipes at any time by giving two months' notice." The facts will be found in our report of the Bala Local Board this week. The Board, as our readers know, had decided to bring water from Llyn Arenig, and had gone to considerable expense in making the necessary surveys and preparing the plans. Private owners had met the wishes of the Board, and it was reserved for the Office of Woods ind Forests to throw the only obstacle in the way of this desirable public improvement. The pipes in their course from Llyn Arenig pass through a stretch of waste land belonging to the Crown, and the Office will only grant the re- quisite licence on the impracticable condition that the licensees shall undertake to remove the pipes at any time on receiving two months' notice. Of course it is impossible to expend a large sum of money on terms like these, and the alternative seems to be an appli- cation for compulsory powers. The ratepayers will be burdened by a vexatious addition to the sum re- quired for the work—a serious one for an exceptionally poor district—and the water supply will be delayed for a considerable time, although the Local Govern- ment Board have over and over again urged the Bala Board to proceed with it. The ratepayers have very good reason to complain of treatment like this, and it is difficult to believe that the conditions laid down in Mr. SOWRA Y'S letter from the Office of the Woods and Forests will be insisted upon, although formal notice of objection is given "on behalf of Her Majesty" to a scheme which is devised on the ad- vice of another office which may also be said to act on behalf of Her Majesty."

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES. After along correspondence with the Local Government Board, the election of Mr. W. R. DAVIES aa Clerk to the Dolgelley Board of Guardians has been confirmed. There is now nothing to prevent the commencement of reforms in the management of the Union and the administration of out-relief. A great deal depends upon the Clerk, who is frequently able to give things a turn in a certain direc- tion by a well-timed word. Mr. W. R. DAVHB will soon, we trust, convince the Guardians that the poor rates are a fund for the relief of destitution, and not jto main tain decaying respectability or to supplement low wages. The Dolgelley Board is not the only one in the district that has not realized the fact that its duty is to administer law and not to make it. There may be too strong a desire at Dolgelley to give good things to one's friends and acquaintances, but it is to be hoped the new Clerk will set his face strongly against this course, even at the risk of a little unpopularity. When the amount raised in the Union for a year is about as much as is required for the next six months, the Dolgelley Union may hold up its head, and claim the respect it should long ago have been entitled to. *• At the last meeting of the Aberystwyth Board of Guardians the question of purchasing newspapers for the paupers was raised. The CLERK questioned whether papers could be purchased out of the rates. It is, we are sure, unnecessary to spend a penny in this way. There are at least a score of people in the town of Aberystwyth who would gladly give the paupers periodicals and paperg if the Master of the Workhouse would arrange for the boys to call for them. The difficulty isjiot in finding people willing to give papers so much as in making arrangements for their collection. If the Master of the Workhouse would arrange to send for papers and periodicals to [those people willing to give them, and would take care of the old papers, he might sell as much as would pay for the binding of the periodicals, and in a few years a very de- cent library might be formed. Aberystwyth is not the only place in the district where something of this kind could be done. ■if It is understood at Aberystwyth that tenders should be applied for in all cases where more tha.n £5 is expended. It is very remarkable that in spite of everything orders for large amounts are given without tenders. Of course reasons are given, but there are no good reasons for breaking rules of this kind. i> A new bridge is about to be erected over the Mawddach near Penmaenpool. How much depends upon bridges is scarcely realized. Who can say, for instance, how much greater would have been the prosperty of Aberdovey if a bridge had been made from Ynyslas to Aberdovey, as was at first intended. The beauty of the estuary of the Dovey cannot now be seen as it would have been seen if a bridge like that across the estuary of the Mawddach had been built. There is scarcely a district where bridges over rivers are not wanted. The new powers to assist in the erection of bridges possessed by county magistrates may perhaps be used for the benefit of the public. & An important case has been brought before the Llamlar Bench of Magistrates on two occasions, and is not yet decided. The complainant alleges that he is entitled 1, a. certain sum due to him as sick relief, but for the defence it is urged that the complainant has no just claim. It seems that there was a friendly club, which was broken up a nd the funds divided about the year 1876. The complainant was a member of the old club, and received his share of the divided funds. A new society was formed, and the complainant became a member. One of the rules of the new society was that no claim could be made on the funds on account of any disease from which the member was suffering at the time he was initiated. Another rule was that before a member is entitled to sick relief he must have been in the society twelve months. These rules are simple and ordinary ones enough, and if men are to join societies and to enforce claims contrary to the rules, there will soon be an end to friendly societies in districts where that can be done. At the close of a case at Machynlleth, in which a woman attempted to affiliate her fourth bastard child, the appli- cation was dismissed, and the Marquess of LONDONDERRY, who presided on the Bench, said that a boy, one of the applicant's witnesses, had been guilty of perjury. A more scandalous attempt to trump up a case he never heard. Mr. G. JONES appeared for the defendant. *■ At a large and influential meeting of the Nottingham Chamber of Agriculture the causes affecting the present depression of agriculture were recently discussed. The Duke of ST. ALBANS said it seemed to him that the farmer, in the cultivation of his crops, paid too little at- tention to the seed which he put into the ground. This is a great defect, and one that cannot be too frequently pointed out. Farmers are careless about details, and inattentive to small gains and losses. Look at the fences, how they are allowed to remain year after year uncut. Then there are the wet places, and the neglected pieces which are never cultivated at all. Farmers should pull together more, and attend to their business with that strict regularity without which success can only be obtained when profits are very large, and com- petition is not great. Mr. STOKER, M.P., recommended farmers to make greater outlay on manures. This, again, is an important feature in agriculture. The land cannot produce heavy crops unless it is liberally supplied with genuine and suitable manures. In some parts of Wales the cost of manure is greatly enhanced by the amount paid for carriage. With local bone mills in the district the consumption would be greatly increased. r. Mr. HUGHES, Madryn Arms Hotel, was elected a member of the Pwllheli Town Council last Friday. Three old members were returned, namely, Mr. R. WIM.lAJis, Mr. MORRIS OWEN, and Mr. D. E. WILLIAMS. Dr. HUGHES, formerly a member, was unsuccessful.—Aj. Aberystwyth, Mr. JOHN JAMES and Mr. TOM GRIFFITH* old members, were re-elected. Mr. J. J. GRIFFITHS, anl Dr. T. D. HARRIES, were elected for the first time. M r T. DAVIES did not seek re-election, and Mr. (JEORGK GREEN was unsuccessful.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. [WEATHER PERMITTING.] The TANAT SIDE HARRIERS will meet on Saturday, November 9 Redwith Bridge At 11. The MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY'S HARRIERS will meet on Friday, November 8 Plas Machynlleth Monday, November 11 Aberffrvdlan At 10. Mr. VAUGHAN PRYSE'S HARRIERS will meet on Saturday, November 9 Foestrosol At 10-30. a The RADNORSHIRE HARRIERS will meet on Friday, November 8 Penybont The FLINTSHIRE HARRIERS will meet on Friday, November 8 pnnt Monday, November 11 .V.7..7' ^een'^Fe^ Saturday, November 16 Northop The CHESTER BEAGLES will meet on Saturday, November 9 The Sluice House At 12. x. £ IR w- WY'NN'S HOUNDS will meet on' Friday, November 8 Saturday November 9 .Cec'k Bank Gate Monday, November 11 Allan Tuesday, November 12 /UVV, Park H^n Thursday, November 14 — V.BroughtonH^ll Saturday, November 16 Calverhall At 10-C0. o i J xr UNITED PACK will meet oa Saturday, November 9 Hone™* W edllesday, November 13 Churchstoke, for l\Iarrington Dingle Saturday, November 16. Acton Gate At 10-30.

MARRIAGE OF SIR MARTEINE LLOYD REJOICINGS IN SCOTLAND AND WALES. The marrmgc of Sir Mwieine Owen Mowbray Lloyd Bart., of Bronwydd, Cardiganshire, and Newport Castle. Pembrokeshire to Miss ^cuerine Dennistoun third daughter of Mr. Alex. Dennistoun, of Golfhill, Lanark- shire, took place at St. Michael and All Angels' Church Hellensboro'. on Wednesday, at noon. For a considerable time every preparation had been made to render the joyovs event Jie most attractive and popular of its kind that has taken place in the district. At Mr. Dennistoun's residence, at Rosslea.row elaborate arrangements were made for the comfort and convenience of the guests invited, while for the con- veyance to and from the church a large number of car- riages, private and otherwise, was called into requisition some coming even from Glasgow and Dumbarton. At the time appointed for the wedding large numbers of people gathered along the route of the procession to catch a glimpse of the happy pair, and by the time the party reached the church, which was beautifnlly decorated,it was crowded by those who had received invitations, while outside there was a great throng. "V ery comfortable arrangements were made for the large company in the Church, admission being by ticket, and we fear many must have been dis- appointed as it was found impossible to comply with all applications that were made. The bride's dress was of satin damask with pearl trimmings, made by Worth, of Paris the ornaments were diamonds and turquoise, the gift of her father. The bridesmaids, five in number, were the four sisters of the bride, and her cousin, Miss' Con- stance Sellar. The bridesmaid's dresses were of moire silk, with bunches of carnations, and were furnished by Messrs. Russell and Allan, of Bond-street, London. The ladies also wore gold lockets with monograms, in pearls and turquoise, the gift of the bridegroom." The best man" was Mr. Herbert Lloyd. The ceremony, which was most pleasingly interesting throughout, was performed by the Rev. Rhys Lloyd, uncle to the bride- groom, assisted by the Rev. J. Stowartsyne, incumbent of the church. The invited guests included a great many of the nobility and gentry, and the presents were numerous, handsome, and valuable. The Denistoun family are much respected in this quarter, and every possible means was devised to add to the hilarity of the occasion. After the ceremony was over the party re- turned to Rosslea, where a magnificent table had been spread by a well -known London firm. A correspondent writes :-Sir Marteine Lloyd has large estates at Bronwydd and Kemes, and as the SOil of the late Sir Thomas Lloyd, not less than for his own personal worth, is exceedingly popular amongst the numerous tenants on the estate. Several oostly presents were made to the bride and bridegroom from Wales. The tenanta' testimonial is an epergne (value £ 120) bearing the coat of arms of the family of Bronwyd I—" a wild boar under a holly tree, encircled with the motto, I Dta v bo'r dialch." The Bronwydd servants gave a handsome clock, the servants of Kilrhue a small cask for the table, mounted with silver hoops, and tap complete, Mr. William Griffith George, solicitor, Cardigan, a handsome silver jug, gilt inside, bsaring the following inscription •— Presented to Sir M. O. M. Lloyd, Bart., Lord Marcher of the Barony of Kemes, and Lord of the Corporation of Newport, in the county of Pembroke, on the occasion of his marriage, by William Griffith George, a steward of the Barony and Town Clerk of Newport, Nov., 1878." On the journey from Edinburgh to London, and thence to Cheltenham, and home to Bronwydd, about aweekornine days will be occupied, when the presentations will be made by a deputation of two tenants from each county where the estate is situated. Sir Marteine is 27 years of age, and is tne last Lord Marcher in the kingdom. Seven of the first Barons of Kernes sat in Parliament. He des- cends in a straight line from King Henry VIII., and is related in blood to Queen Victoria. After breakfast the bride and bridegroom took leave of their relatives and friends, and drove to the Railway Station, Helensburgh, where one of Pulman's cars was in waiting, and in it they left by the 3 "45 train for Edinburgh, where they were to remain for the night. OnThursdaymorn- ing they were to leave for London, and proceed thence to Hales. At Rosslea the demonstrations were very grand. Before the marriage party had left for Church, and after their return, the house seemed to have been completely deserted, and the cheering of the crowds W8 most entnusiastic. Flags were streaming from almost every house, and the yachts in the bay displayed their bunting, while the boys of the Cumberland band dis- coursed appropriate music throughout the day. In the afternoon a large company were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Dennistoun, in the marquee, where the breakfast was partaken of.-South Wales Daily News.

TREGARON. BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The fortnightly meeting of the Board of Guardians of this union was held Tuesday, November 5, under the presidency of the Rev. O. Davies, and there were also present—Messrs. R. J. Davies, vice-chairman, John Rowlands, David Jones, J. D. Williams, and David Jones, Caren Isclawdd, VV. Jones, John Jones, William Williams, William Rees, Ebenezer Williams, Hugh Jones, William Williams, Llanbadarn, David Davies, John Lloyd, A. Jenkins, Solomon Tresonnig, and T. W. Davies' The MASTER reported ten to be the number in the house. The amount expended in out-door relief during the past fort- night was as follows i-Per Stephen Thomas, £ 43 Paupers 244 per James Roberts, £ 22 17s. lid., paupers 70. Sixteen vagrants were paid their lodgings during the same period. On the motion of the Rev." O. DAVIKS, seconded by Mr T. V. DAVIES, it was resolved that a boundary wall be built to the Workhouse field.

BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY (ül Miles open).- Traffic Statement for the week ending November 3,1878. Passengers, parcels, &c., £ 1*1 17s. lid. goods and live stock, t940 5s. 5d.; total, £ 1,092 3s. 4d. 217 18s. Id. per mile per week. Corresponding week last year-(61 miles open): Passeng^rs^ parcels, &c., £ 173 13s. 4d.; goods and live stock, £ 817 G*. 9d. total, £ 991 0s. Id.; C16 4s. lid. per mile per week. Increase for this vreek, 9101 3s. 3d. Aggregate for 18 weeks, 1878, 4:20,918 16s. 10d.; Aggregate for 18 weeks, 1877, 222,469 7s. Od. Decrease for 18 weeks, 21,5.50 10s. 2d. MR. OSBORNE MORGAN, M.P., ON NONCONFORMITY IN WALES.—Mr. OsborneMorgan, M.P., assisted on Tuesday, October 29th, in laying the foundation stones of a new Welsh Calvinistic chapel, at Gwersyllt, Wrexham, and in doing so said he had, a few days ago, a proof that the Welsh language was not dying, for he had received a re- quest that he would act as patron of an eisteddfod in New Zealand. It was, therefore, the duty of the Welsh people to raise up chapels where Welsh services could be held, as he did not think the language would ever die at least it could not be killed by articles in the London papers. Wales owed an enormous debt of gratitude to Nonconfor- mity, for it was Nonconform ist ministers who woke the dry bones to life, and who called out the fire again from the dying embers of religion. In no part of the king- dom was there so much respect for religion, so much veneration of the Bible, and so much freedom from crime as in Wales. Then, Nonconformity was pre-eminently the religion of the poor, and the large contributions raised for its maintenance put to shame many such movements in England. Liverpool had raised t-i0,000 to found a bishopric, but how many could have been built in Wales for that sum ? The Nonconformists of Wales afforded a noble example in the cheerfulness and alacrity with which they helped to supply the spiritual needs of their countrymen. DR. HERBERT KYNASTOY -Dr. Herbert Kynaston, formerly High of St. r',ul s who died Oct- 21¡th, at the age of 01), was of the line of the KynaFtons, Ha^1C Master of St. Paul's School from 1838 until IS, •>, when he retired. In 1841 he pub- lisiied a volume of ^liscellaueous Poetry, and twenty years later, Occasional Hymns. Dr. Kynaston was one of tile best living writers of Latin verse, several volumes of which have appeared from his pen. It is said that his English ami Latin hymns will be collected for publication.