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BUSINESS ADDRESSES. I Ipswich may be described as the birthplace of Chemical Ma nures." /f\ JOSEPH FISON & C0-. mMm jss. Mi |§ANl!T3SULpHURic ACID AND CHEMIC1 MANURES. (^ie of the Oldest Firms in the Trade.) 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 Farmer:; These Manures have been found not only to produce a large yield, but also to improve the quality of the crops for W lich they are applied, to strengthen the soil, and to benefit succeeding crops. Full particulars may be obtained up )n application to any of the Agents of the Firm, or to the Head Offices. To Merchants, large Farmers, and others halJinqa connection viith 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.-Vo SUB-Agents are appointed, but art Agents being in direct communication with the Firm, order received throughthem ivill hare the same attention as if handed to the principals. TO CONTRACTORS, QUARRY PROPRIETORS, BUILDERS, &c. ELLIS O. JONES, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN TIMBER MERCHANT WELSHPOOL, BEOS respectfully to announce that, to meet the requirements of a largely-increasing Trade, he has opened, in addition to the old-established Holly Bush Yard, a New Timber Yard and Saw Mill adjoining the Cambrian Railway Station, where the following will be supplied at the lowest possible prices :— ENGLISH TIMBER. Railway Sleepers and Fencing, Telegraph Poles, Waggon Scantling, Sycamore Rollers, Felloes, Spokes, Stocks, Shafts, Staves, Ladders, Gates, Poiti, Hurdles, Wheelbarrows, seasoned] Coffin Boards, Oak, Ash, Elm, and other Boards and Planlcs. FOREIGN TIMBER. Pitch Pine, sawn and hewn, Pine Planks, Red and White Deal Planks, Red and White Deal Battens, SwedeJTimber, Slating Laths, Plastering Laths, seasoned Red and White Floor Boards, American Sawn Boards, Pine, Red and White Deal Boards, Skirting Boards and Mouldings. BUILDING MATERIALS. Slates, Sanitary Pipes, Enamelled Chimney Pieces, Cement, Plaster Paris, Chimney Tops, Tiles, Ridges, Oven Squares, Firebricks, Pressed and Common Blue Bricks, and Paving Squares. Special Quotation for Truck Loads. Estimates given. TIMBER YARD AND SAW MILL, RAILWAY STATION, ) wt?T «WT>r»r>T AND HOLLY BUSH YARD, BERRIEW-STREET, II.iiOJiruui.. SAW MILLS AT ABERYSTWYTH AND DOLGELLEY. ELLIS WILLIAMS, GREENGROCER, FRUITERER, AND LICENSED DEALER IN GAME, NEW MARKET HALL, TERRACE-ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH. NEWELL'S MILLS, TOWYN, WELSH COAST. PURE AND WHOLESOME FLOUR, MADE FROM CHOICE 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 _ba^ 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 furchasers of Flour. 5.—The various sizes enable small and large families to suit their consumption, and have the 'lour always fresh and good. 6.—It facilitates ready-money transactions. WEIGHTS OF BAGS. GROSS WEIGHT. NETT WEIGHT. CLASSIFICATION. Half- I' 3 BU8!be1 Quarter. Quarter.' Half. Sack. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs, Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Newell's Top Brand Foar 35 70 140 280 Newell's Household Flour 35 70 140 280 Newell's Sheaf Flour — — [) 140 280 GROSS WEIGHTS. SPECIALS: — Lbs. Lb LbFg Lbs SPECIALS: I Lbs. Lb Lbfl Lb. Newell's Pastry Flour — 50 100 Newell's Special Fancy Flour I 50 Newell's Prepared Entire Wheat Flour 10 25 50 — Newell's Choice Oatmeal 10 25 50 — FEEDING STUFFS: GROSS WEIGHTS. Lbs. Lbs. NeweU'S reeding Mixture no 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.jjBodtalog^Mills, Towyn, Welsh Coast. WELSH XMAS CARDS. XMAS CARDS WITH WELSH MOTTOES. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ASKEW ROBERTS, WOODALL AND VENABLES, OSWESTRY. NOVELTIES FOR CHRISTMAS S. N. COOKE TS now showing a large variety of FANCY ARTICLES, suitable for CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. Also New Designs in Faney Needlework. BASKETS, WORK-CASES, ALBUMS, &c., &c. An allowance of n per cent. will be made on all Ready- 2 money Purchases for Bazaars or Fancy Sales. 35, Pier-street, ABERYSTWYTH- EDE'S PATENT AMERICAN EYE LIQUID has gained a world-wide reputation, and is acknow- ledged to be the most invaluable remedy ever introduced into England for dimness, aged, weak, watery, sore, blood- shot kills specks; colds, inflamed, near sight, overworked, and. every disease of the eye cured, no matter how long standing. Sold bv all chemists, Is. lid. and 2s. 9d j from EDE'S Eye Liquid Depot, Birmingham, 15 and 35 stamps. See Testimonials and opinions of Press, Post Free. JUST PUBLISHED, Crown 8vo., Price 6s,, cloth. THE ANCIENT BRITISH CHURCH. A HISTORICAL ESSAY. By Jam. PRYCE, M.A., F.R.H.S., Vicar of Bangor. Messrs. LONGMANS & Co., Paternoster Row, London. The above was the prize essay on the subject at the Wrexham National Eisteddfod of 187G. SHORTLY TO BE PUBLISHED. AGRICULTURE IN WALES, Reprinted from the Caratyrian News. PRICE 18. ADVERTISEMENTS, 30s. a page, should be sent at once to the Publishers, Messrs. ASKEW ROBERTS, WOODALL, AND VENABLES, CAXTON WORKS, OSWESTRY. TTYFR EWYDD I'R IEUENCTYD, CYMWYS I'W RODDI YX WOBR I BLANT YK YSGOLION SABBOTHOL, &c. YN AWR YN BAROD, PRIS 2d., (JLnfonir Copi gydar Post am 2-d./ LLYFR TESTYNAU PREGETHAU. YN vr hwn y gellir dodi i lawr y Dydd a'r Mis, Enw y Pregethwr, Man lie traddodir y Bregeth, ynghyd a'r Testyn am y Bore, Prydnawn, a'r Nos, ar y SSabbothau am flwyddyn a haner. Y mae y Llyfr yr un mor gymwys hefyd i gofrestru Testynau Oedfaon Achlysurol, Cyfarfodydd Pregethu, Cyfarfodydd Misol a Chwarterol, Cymanfaoedd, &c. Mawr gymeradwyir ef gan Weinidogion yr Efengyl, Athrawon yr Ysgol Sabbothol, &c., o bob enwad. Gwneir gostvngiad helaeth yn y pris i Ysgolion Sab- bothol, &e. I'W GAEL GAN UNRHYW LYFR WERTHWR, AC YN ABSRYSTWYTH, gan Mr. Edward Edward.?, Great Dark gate Street. TOWYN Mr. Hammond, K igh-street. BARMOUTH Mr. John Evans, Glanymor. DOLGELLEY Mr. R. Oliver Rees. BALA Miss Saunderson. CORWEN .Mr. Thomas Edmunds. FSXSTIIUOG Mr. Ellis Roberts, Four Crosses. ABKRDOVKY Mr. W. Williams, Caprera. House. TJoebarttvwy r yn eisiau yn mhob ir(lal ynNVhymru. _Anfoner pob arcnebion, neu yiai-fj uu, L 1\:OMAS C»stt«-strfet, Oswestry. RAILWAY NOTICES. -r-r-r-J'"V" GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 9tli, a cheap EX- CURSION TRAIN for LONDON will leave Dolgelleyat 8'30, Bala 9'14, Corwen 6*45, Llangollen 7'15, and Ruabon 9"49a.m., returning on following Friday. Tickets and handbills can be obtained at the stations. J. GRIERSON, General Manager. CAMBRIAN AND LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN RAILWAYS. LONDON SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. CHEAP Excursion Bookings to LONDON on MONDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 1878, at the following Times and Fares :— Fares for the Double Journey. FROM A.M. 3rd Class. 1st Class. "Aberystwyth dep. 8 0^ s. d. s. d. *Bow Street 8 12 "Llanfihangel 8 17 Borth „ 8 24 *Ynyslas 8 30 I 'landoyey 8 45 ( 18 6 37 0 'Pwllheli 6 20 'Avon Wen 6 30 'C'riccieth ,,6 40 ''Portmadoc ,,6 53J Barmouth 7 46, 'Dolgelley 7 20 Towyn 8 16 n oc A •Aberdovey 8 24 j" 8 0 Machynlleth 9 11 (Jemmes Road 9 23) 'Llanbrynmair 9 37) -Carno „ 9 57 16 0 32 0 Llanidloes 5 0 "Caersws 10 12^ Moat Lane. 5 30 Newtown 5 41 ( A A Abermule „ 5 47 U 0 "° 0 Montgomery 6 6 Montgomery 6 6 i Forden „ 6 11) Four Crosses ,,71) Llanfyllin „ 6 25 14 6 29 0 Llanymynech 7 8) Oswestry 7 35,\ Kllttsmere 7 53 Welshampton „ 8 0 14 0 25 0 Bettisfield S 4 I Fenn's Bank 8 12/ Children under Twelve, Half-price. Returning on Friday, December 13th, from Euston Station, London, at 9-25 a.m., except for Stations marked viz. Aberystwyth, Bow Street, Llanfihangel, Borth, Ynyslas, Glan- dovey, Pwllheli, Avon Wen, Criccieth, Portmadoc, Barmouth, Dolgelley, Towyn, Aberdovey, Machynlleth, Ceuimes Road, Llanbrynmair, Carne, and Caersws, which leaves Euston Station, London, at 6-0 a.m. Tickets not trmsferable. Luggage under 601bs. free at passenger's own risk. The Companies cannot in any way >je responsible for detention on the line; at the same time every exertion will l-e made to ensure punctuality. Tickets and Kills and every information to he hml at the above named stations. GEO. LEWIS, General Manager. Oswestry, November, 187S. GPEC T A C L^ES, G PECTACLE S7 C. B. RADCLIFFE, Esq., M.D., 25, Cavendish Square, London, Consulting Physician to the Westminster Hospital, writes:—"No Spectacles could possibly suit better than HENRY LAURANOES." 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 AIACHYNLLETH- E. REES, CHEMIST, MEDICAL HALT.. PUBLIC NOTICES. .V"V"V"o..ï" CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT, 1878. VETERINARY SURGEONS and others duly V qualified to act under the above Act, and the Orders in Council framed pursuant thereto, as veterinary in- spectors for the county of Merioneth, are invited to send in applications to me, on or before the 26th inst., stating the terms upon which the work would be undertaken. EDWARD BREESE, Clerk of the Peace. Portmadoc, 2nd December, 1878. CHRIST'S COLLEGE, BRECON. ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS. ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 28th, an examina- tion will be held in the Schoolroom, for the purpose of filling three (at least) Foundation Scholarships of £ 25 and £ 20 a year, tenable at the College. For forms of application, and all further particulars, apply to the HEAD MASTER, Friars School, Bangor. PUBLIC ROOMS, NEWTOWN. UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF THE RIGHT HON. LORD SUDELEY, Hon. F. Hanbury-Tracy, I Mrs. F. Hanbury-Tracy, M.P., „ A. C. Humphreys- A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Owen, Esq., O. J. Crewe-Read, Offley J. Crewe-Read, Esq., Edward Davies. Edward Davies, Esq., A GRAND BAZAAR Towards defraying the debt on the WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPEL, Will be held in the above rooms on DECEMBER 12th, 13th, and 14th, 1878. The Bazaar will be OPENED at ONE o'clock on THURSDAY, December 12th, by the HON. F. HANBURY-TRACY, M.P. The different stalls will be furnished with a great variety of most USEFUL, VALUABLE, AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES. A REFRESHMENT STALL Will be provided by Mr. Evan Bebb, Broad-street. There will also be INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC and other attractions. THE BAZAAR WILL BE OPEN EACH DAY FROM 1 TO 10 P.M. Admission.—First day From 1 to 6 o'clock, Two Shillings; after 6, One Shilling. Second Day From 1 to 6 o'clcck, One Shilling after 6, Sixpence. Third Day Sixpence all day. Payment at the door. RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.—The Cambrian Railways Company will issue Cheap Return Tickets to Newtown from Welshpool, Llauuiloes, Machynlleth, and inter- mediate Stations, by -.dinary stopping trains, available on day of issue only. THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF POPULAR EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS WILL BE GIVEN AT THE QUEEN'S HOTEL ASSEMBLY ROOM, ABERYSTWYTH (Kindly lent by Mr. Palmer,) ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 1878. CHAIRMAN—THE REV. CANON PHILLIPS, M.A. Accompanist—Mr. A. Evans. Admission-Reserved Seats, Is; Front ditto, 6d.; Back ditto, 3d. Doors open at 7 30, to commence at 8 o'clock. Proceeds for the Benefit of the National School. MONEY. WANTED, £1,100 on Mortgage at 4 per cent. W interest, upon a good freehold property.—For par- ticulars, address A. B., Cambrian News office, Aberyst. wyth. EVANS'S ME IRION HOUSE TEMPERANCE HOTEL, FINSBURY SQUARE, Near the Market Hall, Dolgelley. TEA, COFFEE, AND CHOPS AT ANY HOUR. WILLIAM THOMAS, ARCHITECT, MEDICAL HALL, CRICCIETH. (AND 11, THOMAS BUILDINGS, BANGOR). SASSIWN Y BALA. DYLAI Pawb a Ddymunant Gofnodi TESTYNAU SASSIWN Y BALA sicrhau Copi o'r LLYFR TESTYNAU PREGETHAU, Pris Dwy Geiniog. AM YR HWN Y DYWED CRONlCL YR YSGOL SABBOTHOL "Y mae Mr. Thomas Williams, 19, Castle-street, Croesoswallt, wedi syrthio ar gynllun hapus iawn i hyr- wyddo gwaith y plant yn ein cynulleidfaoedd i gadw testynau y pregethau. Dygodd allan yn ddiweddar 'Lyfr Testynau,' wedi ei drefnu at y pwrpas. Gellir rhoddi i lawr ynddo enw y pregethwr a'i breswylfod, y lls yn yr hwn y traddodir y bregeth, y llyfr, y benod, a'r adnod, a pha un aiy bqreu, canol dydd, ai yr hwyr y cyn- helid y gwasanaeth. Y mae y llyfr hwn yn ddigon syual ac yn ddigon gwreiddiol i fod yn llwyddiant mawr, ac yr ydym yn gobeithif) mai felly y bydd. Nid oes ond eisiau ei wneud yn hysbys ymhob ardal na ddaw i ffafr ar unwaith." AR WERTH YN Y BALA, GAN MISS SAUNDERSON, BOOKSELLER, Neu anfonir Copi i unrhyw gyfeiriad ar dderbyniad 2icl. mewn stamps, gan THOS. WILLIAMS, 19, CASTLE-STREET, Oswestry. ENLARGED SERIES, 48 or 56 COLUMNS. THE LEADING PAPER FOR CARDIGANSHIRE, MERIONETHSHIRE, SOUTH CARNARVONSHIRE, &c. DELIVERED by Post, or at any Station on the Cambrian, Great Western, or Manchester and Milford Railway, for Twelve Months, for 8s. 8d. in ad- vance. THE CAMBRIAN NEWS. Delivered by agents (through whom it may be ordered) on Friday morning, for twelve months, for 6s. 6d. in ad- vance, at all the places mentioned in our List of Agents. Published by J. GIBSON, Aberystwyth JACOB JONES, Bala; D. LLOYD, Portmadoc.
CAMBRIAN NEWS ALMANACK, 1879.
CAMBRIAN NEWS ALMANACK, 1879. The publishers intend to issue their Almanack in De- cember, and will be glad to receive information as to Fairs, &c.
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A TOWN LIBRARY FOR PWLLHELI. THE people of Pwllheli are not alone in speaking of a penny rate as too heavy a burden to bear in order to maintain a free library in the town. There is un- fortunately a wide-spread reluctance to pay rates for intellectual opportunities whose value cannot be apprized in money. A new rate is objected to simply because it is anew rate but there is also a feeling that the ratepayer ought not to be asked even a penny merely for the broadening and beautifying of his life. Thousands of people of this kind still object to the education rates. Why, they ask, should they be rated so as to provide education for children who could live in some fashion without it ? They look upon education not as a necessary but as a luxury of life, and they feel that the law is hard that calls upon them to provide their neighbours with luxuries. For every individual who clashes education as a luxury, there are scores who would class public libraries as luxuries. As the many-sidedness of human life is realized, and the meanings of its issues are more fully comprehended, the number will be increased of those who will class public libraries as necessaries of intelligent life; and no other kind of life. is worth the having. Professor BLACKIE says, Man may live and live bravely, without much imagination, as a house may be well compacted to keep out wind and rain, and let in light, and yet be ugly. But no one would voluntarily prefer to live in an ugly house if he could get a beautiful one. So beauty, which is the natural food of a healthy imagination, should be sought after by every one who wishes to achieve the great end of existence-that is, to make the most of himself." Without books average imaginations must starve, and therefore to provide books is to do something towards enabling men to make the best of them- selves. The time will come when beauty in towns will be deemed a necessary of life, but long before then books—public libraries-will cease to be classed among luxuries. A community has indefinitely ex- tended its power for good when it has gone out of itself so far as to obtain common privileges, and to construct common conveniences such as roads, water and sewerage works, &c. But a community that makes sacrifices for something more than these has reached a higher life still, and is on the way to make the most of itself. The melancholy and lamentable aspect of municipal life in small towns is that in which nothing is seen but small and often sordid aims and ends. A burden of less than JE60 a year, for instance, is considered by the leading men of a town to be too heavy to be borne even when shared by all the inhabitants. Men who have reaped all the honours the town can confer upon them seldom avail themselves of the privilege that lies at their feet of providing public libraries, and in other ways purifying and elevating public life. A public museum, library, and reading room would be a power for good in Pwllheli, and in many another place where young men and women are deprived of those aids to mental growth and development which are now so liberally provided in large towns and cities but who will provide the funds ? It is scarcely possible to es- timate what might be done to make small towns powerful centres of beneficial influence in the land, if the men who ought to lead the people, and who fill public offices, only clearly conceived the nature of the obligations resting upon them, and could be in- duced to believe in the power they possess to achieve greater things than they have ever yet attempted. The future of Pwllheli and of other places, depends upon their public men. If public men are brave, honest, and enterprising if they boldly speak out unpleasant truths when unpleasant truths are needed if they do not seek their own good, except in the good of the community and if they have faith in principles of justice and equity; then progress will be made but if public men are self-seeking and weak if they pander to the low desires of the people, and have no high ideal before them if they care more for popularity than justice; then advance is impossible The probabilities are that Pwllheli will not adopt the Public Libraries Act, but the bare suggestion that such a course is desirable is not without its good effect, and it is to be hoped that the movement will not be allowed to die.
. TOO MUCH TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
TOO MUCH TAKEN FOR GRANTED. AT the Aberystwyth Town Council on Tuesday last Mr. T. D. HARRIES, one of the members, brought a charge of encroachment against Mr. JOHN JONES, Bridge-end, another of the members. The alleged encroachment is said to have been made by enclosing a portion of Corporation land not included in a lease granted to Mr. JONES, who surrendered a former lease. Mr. HARRIES introduced the subject in a speech of startling originality. He set out by assert- ing the guilt of Mr. JONES, and concluded by denying him the right to speak a single word in defence or explanation. Mr. HARRIES referred to "arguments that had been advanced," but he did not say where they had been advanced, except when dealing with the Tower of Babel. Mr. HARRIES'S speech treated the matter as a question that had been completely discussed—or rather as a case which had been tried, and in which the accused had been found guilty, and he spoke of Mr. JONES as an offender. Mr. HARRIES disclaimed all ill-feeling towards Mr. JONES, and very likely he was quite sincere, not only in these pro- fessions, but in his desire to act from a strong sense of duty. There was, if the expression may be allowed, an adjourned debate sort of tone about Mr. HARRIES'S remarks from beginning to end, which would have made it quite natural for him to have observed now and then as I said in another place," or "as was remarked at our former meeting but no former meeting had been held; at any rate no meeting of the Council at which minutes were taken and re- porters were present. The subject was broached in a regular way for the first time on Tuesday, and it would be interesting to know where and when Mr. JONES was previously tried, found guilty, and con- demned for an offence that remains yet to be proved. As was pointed out on Tuesday, a criminal, however heinous his offence, is allowed to plead his own cause, and is asked at the outset whether he is guilty or not guilty. A little law is as dangerous almost as a little knowledge. It appears that Mr. JONES was not the only guilty party. Mr. HARRIES was in a mood to indict, or rather to bring up for sentence, the Public Works Committee in a body, and seems to have more than suspected that this possible encroachment, which in the pleasantest way lie took for granted, had also been winked at by the Public Works Committee. The prospect was be- ginning to appear anything but bright for the Public Works Committee, and, of course, the few remaining members of the Council must have trembled lest their turn should come next. Who could say whether this new tribunal which sits somewhere up street" might not have pronounced their doom too ? How ever, just when things were looking very black in- deed, Mr. HARRIES uttered a sentence with which everybody could agree. He said the question of encroachment, if it is an encroachment, is a very serious offence." True. The whole matter turns on whether there has been encroachment. This is what has to be discovered, and this is just what Mr. HARRIES took for granted, or lie would never have spoken of Mr. JONES as an offender before even a charge had been made. It is possible no encroach- ment at all has been made. Mr. JONES produced his lease, on which there is a plan and measurements, and positively stated that, according to the lease he held in his hand, he had not encroached, but rather was entitled to more land than he had enclosed. It is surely by the lease that Mr. JONES must stand or fall, and he said most deliberately that he is prepared to abide by the measurements according to the plan. If Mr. JONES had been reduced to silence, he, of course, would not have introduced the disturbing element of a flat con- tradiction. It is plain now that the alleged encroach- ment is not quite so clear that no evidence at all is required. Mr. HARRIES, it seems, is in possession or has command of the old lease, which it appears Mr. JONES himself has never actually possessed, and it is more than possible that the new lease includes more land than the old one. Of course, it is also possible that an encroachment may be made in good faith. A man may think he is fairly entitled to the land he encloses. It further seems that a man may obtain a renewal of a Corporation lease at Aber- ystwyth, and have included in the new lease more or less land than in the old one without himself handing over the parchment or knowing anything whatever about it. The matter has been referred to a com- mittee of the whole Council to make measurements and to see whether there has been an encroachment at all or not. If there has been an encroachment then it may be a very serious question for Mr. JONES but if there has been nothing of the kind, then it will undoubtedly be a very serious question for Mr. HARRIES. Whether or not, Mr. HARRIES cannot be complimented on the way he introduced the subject. The gravity of the issues in charges of this kind call for mature thought and dignified treatment, and the most that ought even to be done at first should be to ask for investigation. There is a fable about roasted chestnuts that might be studied with advantage.
LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES.j
LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES. Several pieces of plate were presented to Major MATHEW, on Friday, November 29, on the occasion of his removal from Penmorfa to Surrey. Mr. BREESE, who presided at the presentation, expressed the object of it when he said that the meeting had assembled to do honour to a very old friend and a very old neighbour, a very good magistrate and a very good citizen, in every respect. On Friday, Lord HARLECH entertained his Carnarvon- shire and Merionethshire tenants at dinner, in the new billiard-room at Glyn. The interchange of good wishes between landlord and tenant made the gathering a pleasant one, and it was not without its practical, and we hope its useful, side for the few words that Lord HAlt- LECH uttered on cattle-breeding, if they have their proper weight with the Welsh farmer, may help to bring him greater prosperity. Lord HARLECH em- phatically condemned the injurious and ignorant practice, too common in Wales, of selling the best beasts, and keeping the inferior ones to breed from. The result is inevitable. The breed deteriorates, and the farmer suffers heavy loss. The best beasts should be kept for breeding, and a vast improvement would then be seen in the native cattle such an improvement, perhaps, as has already been seen in Shorthorns and Durhams. In those breeds, as much beef is now obtained in two years as it formerly required double that time to secure, and the breeder saves a large amount in the cost of keep. » .¡¡. Taliesin villagers are perfectly satisfied with their con- dition, as will be seen by a report in another part of the paper. The time is far distant when small villages will do what comparatively large and important towns yet, deem unnecessary. No finer piece of satire on the Sani- tary Acts and their administration can possibly be con- cei ved than Taliesin's report upon itself, and the MEDICAL OFFICER'S report upon it. If the Aberystwyth Rural Sanitary Authority does not quickly do something to re- deem its lost character, the ratepayers will be amply jus- tified in asking for the dismission of officers and the reduction of the costs of management to the lowest possible point. A fatal outbreak of typhoid fever at Arthog has induced the Dolgelley Rural Sanitary Authority to serve notices upon owners of property to attend to the drainage of the neighbourhood. It is sometimes said that the country has made no progress in sanitary matters. This is not so. A few years ago deaths from "filth diseases" were attri- buted to Providence, and the bereavements we then ac- cepted in becoming meekness. Now deaths from typhoid, &c., are put down to filth, and sanitary authorities are spurred into momentary and beneficial activity. The time may come when it will not be necessary even in rural districts for victims to die before the local authori- ties will makej sewers, provide clean water, or condemn loathsome hovels as unfit for human habitation. It is, everybody must admit, a clear gain on the past that deaths from fevers now stimulate sanitary boards to ac. tion. The time may come when deaths will not even be necessary to get sanitary laws observed. However fatal an attack of fever may be in a town or village, somebody is sure to left alive, and that somebody unfortunately is always pointed at as conclusive proof that the (disease was not the result of inefficient drains or bad water. » On Tuesday last at Aberystwyth the wages of all classes of workmen employed by the town were reduced, and the work3 at the harbour were wisely suspended during the winter months. When wages went up three or four years ago, the town was quickly called upon to pay the advance, and Mr. JOHN JAMES, who has advocated this unpopular movement, is therefore amply justified in the course he has taken. A town that cannot afford to drain the poor neighbourhoods, ought not to pay more than is necessary in wages. If the money saved at the harbour is used in purchasing a good steam crane ready for next summer, a great deal more work will then be done in three months than is now possible in a year without one. Trefechan, a portion of Aberystwyth, is in a condition that would scandalize a Hottentot village. There is no drain water closets are unknown—in fact that class of accommodation is almost entirely absent. The lime- kilns and other places are positively reeking in filth. A drain was proposed on Tuesday, but the work was post- poned until next February. It is to be regretted a large landowner is not in a position to come and ask for the drain to be extended. Nothing would have been heard of scarcity of money then. The total cost of the work in Trefechan is estimated at £36. The Tregaron Highway Board on Tuesday last called upon Mr. DAVID JOSEPH, the highway surveyor, to ex- plain a bill for breaking stones. The investigation was postponed for a fortnight in consequence of the state in which the SURVEYOR presented himself to the Board. Perhaps the SURVEYOR will be able to give a satisfactory explanation and until he has had another opportunity of doing so judgment ought to be suspended. Mr. D. P. DAVIES, the valuer appointed to re-value the Tregaron Union, in reply to a request for a few of the new lists sent the Board of Guardians a letter which will be found in another column, and which was commented on in severe and not altogether unmerited terms by Mr. R. J. DAVIES. The "hot and hasty" style of letter writing is perhaps always soothing to the writer's feelings, but does not expedite public business. The desire of the Tregaron Board for some of the lists is a reasonable one, and one which it would have been wise, if possible, to gratify. If the request was unreasonable, then the best thing would have been simply to point out that fact, and to have abstained from a style that will not tend to make things smooth and pleasant in future. The Tregaron Board of Guardians is now composed of men who know their business, and who have given very good proofs that they also know what is due to them, and are alive to what is due to the ratepayers. Mr. DAVIES has a good deal of difficult work to get through with the Board, and the fewer sharp things are said the better it will be for every- body. The percentage of paupers in the Tregaron Union is now only3'9. The number of out-door paupers isiiow40.">. For the corresponding period of last year the number was 481, showing a decrease of 76. The average number of paupers in the house has only been 10. Out of every pound ex- pended in the Union 8s. 7d. is spent in out-relief,4s. Id. in county rate, Is. 5d. in salaries, &c.. These figures show that the rates are not, as is commonly supposed, speit in the salaries of officials. The amount spent in out-relief for the half-year just closed was 2834 15s. 3d., and for the corresponding period of last year, £ 1,071 6s. 5d., show- ing a decrease of C236 11s. 2(1. From this, however, must be deducted the cost of the indoor paupers, k37 14s. 5d., and the repayment of loan, interest, &c., t8,8 3s. 3d., leaving a nett saving of 2tll 13s. Gd., or more than five per cent. This result has been achieved with- out inflicting any hardship upon the deserving poor, who, under this new system, will stand a much better chance of receiving substantial relief than when every applicant received a dole of some kind. The new statement of ac- counts affords a good deal of useful information which is not given in any other Union in this district, except Aberystwyth. The Guardians and ratepayers cannot do better than study the statement carefully, until they un- derstand the figures and the facts they embody. {. The electric light has been successfuliy tried at Swansea. v- -fr It is stated that the Marquess of LONDONDERRY will be one of the contributors to the Wiuter Number of Vanity Fair. Amongst the others are the Duke of BEAUFORT and the Earl of DUNJIORE. The late* Dean of ST. DAVID'S was buried at Lampeter on Saturday last. The funeral was not as largely at- tended as might have been expected. The absence of the local gentry was very marked. The funeral was very plain. The appointment of the next Principal of St. David's College rests with the two Regius Professors of Greek and Theology, and the Margaret professor of Theology at Oxford. These nominate two candidates to the BISHOP.
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Mr. Thomas Carlyle completed his eighty-third year on Thursday. A stained-glass window is about to be placed in West- minster Abbey in memory of David Livingstone. A report declaring that in the altered conditions of modern society it is expedient, for works of necessity and of mercy, and for persons coming from the suburbs into the town for divine worship, that tramway cars, within assignable limits, be run on Sundays, has been adopted by the Glasgow Established Presbytery, by a majority of 28 to 19. Suleiman Pasha has appealed against the sentence of fifteen years imprisonment in a fortress for his conduct during the war. The Spanish Court of Cassation has granted a new trial in the case of Moncasi, condemned to death for attempt- ing to assassinate King Alfonso. The deaths are announced of two members of the House of Commons; Mr. John Dunbar, who has sat for New Ross since 1874, and Professor Smyth, one of the members for Londonderry County. A new Ottoman Ministry has been formed, with Kheredive Pasha as Grand Vizier and Ghazi Osman Pacha as Minister of War. The Imperial Hate recommends the new Cabinet to act unitedly and vigorously in carrying out the proposed reforms.
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EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The "LochFyne," 1,213 tons. Captain T. H. Martin, chartered by .Sir Arthur Blyth, K.C.M.G., Agent General for South Australia, left the Clyde on 29th Nov. for Port Adelaide, with 436 Scotch Emigrants under the charge of Dr. W. Baly, surgeon among whom were seventy-three single female domestic servants, uuder the care of Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin, matron. PORTMADOC MARKET, FRIDAY— Quotations; Wheat 0s to 0s. 0d. ¥ bushel; barley, 19s. to 20a. Ocl. qj» 210 lbs.; oats' 00s to 20s. Od. 53 315 n,s.; ggs, 8 for a sliilling: fresh b;ltter,' Is. 2(1. to Is. 6d.$lb.; fowls, Os. Od. to 3s. Od. 1) couple; ducks 4s Od to 5s. (icl. V couple; geese, 5s. 6d. to Ss. Od. each; turkeys' Os. to Os. Od. each; potatoes, Os. Od. to 4s. Od. V ewt.; carrots 4s to 5s. Od. cwt.; beef, 7d. to lid.$lb.; mutton, 9d. to lid'- veal 6d, to 0<1.; pork, 6d. to 9(1. :U'
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LOCAL AND DISTRICT. CHRIST'S COLLEGE, BRECON.—This College will be re- opened on Friday, January 25th. The headmaster will be the Rev. D. Lewis Lloyd, Headmaster of Friars School, Bangor, whose success at Friars School is a guar- antee of the high character of the instruction that will be given at Christ's College. See advertisements in another part of the paper. We understand that Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., has found his previous sojourns abroad so beneficial to his health that he willleave this country shortly for the south of Europe, where he will spend the winter. Sir Watkin intends to start on or about the 12th of December, and his many friends will hope to see him re- turn home in confirmed health and strength. PETITIONS FOR LIQUIDATION. Thomas Jackson. of Perrymoor, Whittington, Salop, farmer, and cartage agent to the Great Western Railway Company at Oswestry. John Jones, of the Wharf, Ellesmere, Salop, general merchant. John Cain Hyde, Chester, beer seller. Joseph Senior, Hollingsworth, Chester, draper, formerly of Stalybridge, Lancashire. George Davall, Cheswardine, Salop, farmer. Charles Summers, Brade- ley, Salop, boot and shoe dealer and currier. THE MAGISTRATES AND THE GAME LAWS.—A SINGU- LAR LEGAL OBJECTION.—On Monday, December 2, at the Ludlow County Petty Sessions, before Sir C. R. Boughton, Bart., and a full bench of magistrates, a singular legal ob- jection was raised by Mr. Bowles, solicitor, who was de- fending five men charged with being in the unlawful possession of game. On the case being called on Mr. Bowles objected to all the magistrates present on the ground that he had been informed that a number of gentlemen had formed themselves into an association for the preservation of game, and if that were so he must ask those magistrates who belonged to that association to re- tire from the bench. Sir Charles said the objection was a very fair one, and after some further remarks adjourned the case for a week. Five other men were then charged with trespassing in pursuit of game at Bitterly, when the same objection was raised, and the magistrates adjourned the case for a fortnight. THE LATE FISHERY CASE AT CHESTER Asirzm.-In the Court of Appeal on Monday, December 2 (before the Lords Justices James, Baggallay, and Thesiger) an appeal was heard in the case of Lady Willoughby de Eresby v. Evans, which was brought, at Chester Assizes, before Mr. Justice Mellor and a special jury, to prevent the defend- ant from infringing upon a right of several fisheries claimed by the plaintiff in part of the river Conway. The fishery, it will be remembered, was granted originally by James I., by letters patent, to Edwin Ferrers andFrancis Phillips, and the plaintiff Avas their successor in title. At the trial the jury found that the plaintiff had an exclusive fishery, subject to the defendant's right to fish with a rod and line. The plaintiff's counsel (Mr. Coxon) now con- tended that the .right to take fish ought to have been limited to such a quantity of fish as was necessary for consumption in the defendant's house. Their lordships suggested that the parties should agree to have the defend- ant's right limited in this manner, and the case was ad- journed till Monday in order to give time to effect that arrangement. WELSH CONCERT IN LONDON.—A concert was held in South-place Chapel, Finsbury-square, London, on Thurs- day evening, Nov. 28, in aid of the funds of the Welsh Calvinistic Chapel in Wilton-square. As usual on. these occasions, Welsh artistes were chiefly engaged, though the Welsh pieces were very few. Those who remember Miss Mary Davies singing in Mr. Brinley Richards's con- certs in Aberystwyth will be glad to learn that she is now classed with the first artistes, and sings in the best con- certs in London. It is needless to say that Eos Morlais, who is well known throughout the Principality, sustained his part in his usual able manner. Mr. Lucas Williams very ably sang the duet, "Oh, Albion," with Eos Mor- lais. This is not the first time that they have sung together, for it is only lately that they appeared in the Welsh Festival in Covent Garden. Herr Polonaski, whose name is familiar to many of our readers, played a violin solo, and joined the composer and a party in performing Mr. R. S. Hughes's quintet, which gained the prize at the Wrexham Eisteddfod, 1876. Most of the pieces given by the singers we have already named, and by Miss Lizzie Evans and Mis Martha Harries were encored, and the younger students of the Royal Academy, Miss Robinson and Miss Maggie Jones, were recalled to receive the ap- plausa of the audience. Miss Marian Williams, to the disappointment of all, was unable to be present. The accompanist throughout thl9 evening was Mr. R. S. Hughes, who figures in most of the Welsh concerts in London, and whose compositions are becoming well known in Wales. The chapel, which is of a con- siderable size, was nearly full, and would pro- bably have been filled had the evening not been so cold and wet. The programme was as follows :— Quartet, God is a Spirit" (Woman of Samaria), Miss Mary Davies, Miss Martha Harries, Eos Morlais, and Mr. Lucas Williams solo, 0 Lord, have mercy," Mr. Lucas Williams; song, "Oh! that we two were May. ing," Miss Lizzie Evans; recit and air, "How vain is man" (Judas), Eos Morlais song, "I hear thee speak of a better land," Miss Mary Davies prize quintet (Wjex- ham National Eisteddfod, 1876), piano, two violins, viola, and violincello, Messrs. Hughes, Polonaski, Gatehouse Baker, and Trust; air, 0 rest in the Lord" (Elijah), Miss Martha Harries; air, "Come, ever smiling liberty" (Judas), Miss Maggie Jones; song, "The lost chord," Miss Robinson; solo violin, Fantasie de concert," Herr Polonaski; song, "The mainden's story," Miss Mary Davies: song, "Golden days," Miss Martha Harries; duet, Oh! Al bion," Eos Morlais and Mr. Lucas Williams song, "Y Gan a Gollwyd, Eos Morlais; song, "The old, old story," Miss Lizzie Evans; seng, "The Little match girl," Miss Mary Davies; song, "The vagabond," Mr. Lucas Williams; finale, "God save the Queen." PROVINCIAL MASONIC LODGE.-A Provincial Masonic Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall, Llandudno, on Fri- day, November 22, under the presidency of Sir Watkin Wynn. There was a large attendance. The sum of JB50 was voted to the Sir Watkin Presentation Fund and 250 to the widow of Dr. Goldsborough, of London, and 210 to Brother Chapman, late of Llandudno, who is in dis- tress, and £ 5 to the Avidow of Brother James Bishop, of Ludlow. A banquet afterwards took place at the Imperial Hotel. The following brethren signed the Tyler's Book: —SirWatkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., R.W.P.G.M., W. Bulkeley Hughes, M.P., R W.D.P.G.M., Charles Hunter, P.P.G.M., Aberdeenshire Edw. M. Wakeman, P.G.S.W., J. P. White, P.G. Treaa., W. H. Spaull, P.G. Sec., Edwyn Andrew, P.G.S.D., John Thomas P.G.J.D. William Low, P.G. Sup. of Wales J. Lloyd Griffith, P.G. Sword Bearer; J. B.' Hides, and W. B. Newnes, P.G. Tylers; A. M'Millan and J. Oswald Bury, P.G. Stewards. Also the following Past P.G. officers T. C. Roden, Charles Dutton, G. N. Woodley, James Salmon, John Peters, W. L. Banks, Thos. Hathaway. And the following Master Masons :—P. R. Daniels, R. S. Chamberlain, Evan Williams, E. W. Thomas, W. Jarvis, Watson Robinson, Robert Williams, William Price, D. Wynn Williams, Robert Owen, Daintry Hollins, John Williams, George Roberts, Thomas Davies, Roland Rogers, B. May on, T. Pike, Edw. Smith, J. W. A. Cooper, R. W. Evans, J. Myatt, T. Treweck, J. Sides Davies, W. Lloyd, E. Lloyd Williams, Edw. W. Keatinge, H. A. Steen, W. Evans, C. Deane Burdett, F. Pryse Lewis, Thos. Coxhead, W. H. Foulkes, Owen Hill, E. 11. Hughes, John James, W. Spraggon, J. Rhydwen Jones, J. Smith, M. H. Roberts, F. W. Mawer, Smith, J. E. Roberts, R. King, W. P. Elliot, T. H. Sliarpe, Owen Edwards, W. Tickelpenny, William Wil- liams, C. Davies, R. Roberts, J. W. Wheeler, Thos. Roberts G. P. Spooner, T. H. Warrington. THE LATE REV. EDWARD WARTER.—We have, with regret, to record the death of the Rev. Edward Warter, M.A., of Hanwood Rectory, near Shrewsbury. Mr. Warter took his degree at Cambridge in 1834, when his name appeared as fourth in the first classics and a senior optimef He was the contemporary of a band of brilliant students at the University, among whom he took a dis- tinguished place. Among these were Kennedy, Ellicc, Matu, Cotterill, Goulbourn, Blackburn, Donaldson' and Shilleto. In Mr. Warter's year, Connop lhirlwall, Christopher Wordsworth—both distinguished bishops -and J. F. Isaacson, the well-known Isle of Wight clergyman, were the examiners in classics. Mr. Warter's admirable scholarship secured him a fellowship at his college—Magdalene—where he worked as fellow and tutor eventually becoming president, for a number of years. The scholarship of his early life never left him, and in the latter year of his life he took as great a delight in Plato as ever. The "Republic" of the great Greek philosopher Avas one of the latest books he read. His mind was essentially an accurately trained one, and to this early a,nd long-sustained culture may be ascribed the considerable power which he gained over all with whom he came in contact. The position which he gained at Magdalene was such as to give him the right to claim the best preferment at the disposal of the College. His landed property, however, in Shropshire, induced him to accept the small living of Aldrington in Sussex, which, being almost a sinecure, did not require him to reside there. He was thus enabled to live at Hanwood where, by an arrangement with the Rector, he occupied for many years, as curate, the Rectory house. He was himself the patron of the living, but this fact did not alter his relation to the parish. Fond of out-door sport and occupations. Mr. Warter took up his residence in the double capacity of landowner and clergyman of the parish, without much regret for the university life which he left behind him. As an active magistrate he was greatly respected at Quarter Sessions. Mr. Warter was twice married, first to a sister of Colonel Harries, of Cruckton secondly to a daughter of Professor Holmes, who survives him. One brother, the late Rev. John Wood Warter, vicar of West Tarring, Sussex, a well-known author, died a short time ago another brother is Mr. H. De G. Warter, formerly a solicitor in London, and now resident at Longden Manor, in this county.
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RAIN FALL AT PENIARTH GARDENS. For the month ending November 30. 1878. Day of Rain. month. Inches. 1 • • '04 2 '02 4 — f. -05 f> I 7 -28 8 -14 9 •• 1'41 10 13 11 • • .23 12 n ■■ s; !• :r« it 17 Day of Rain. month. Inches. IS — 19 — 20 — 21 — 22 — 23 24 .0( 25 26 27 28 — 29 — 30 '21 Total m G. MURRAY.
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SHIPPING. Week ending Dec. 4, 1878. 'J'.J"r-I'r- BARMOUTH. Arrived.—Gwen Jones, Lewis, Dublin. Sailed.—Mary Owens, Owens, Aberdeen. PORTMADOC. Arrir^d. —J oh n Davies, Evans, Barrow; Glyndwr, Griffith, Ballanycwrw; JaneAnwel, Owen, Dublin; Hu^h and Ann, Williams. Waterford; Tolfaen (ss), Evans, Liverpool; Rebecca (ss), Williams, Liverpool; Deborah' Griffith, Dublin; Mercy, Evans, Abersoch. Sailed.—Catherine, Richards, London; J.W.A. Evans. Southampton; Ala Charles, Edwards, Piyuic,tith Co- pious, Gore, Bristol; Tolfaen (ss), Evans, Liverpool; wardsrVibiy. LlVerPooi; Ocean Child, Ed- wards, Ioboy.
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TT TA o LLANRHYSTYD. L D. SCHOOL BOARD.—Tile monthly meeting took place at Bryn Herbert School on Wednesday, Nov. 27, when there were present:—Messrs D. J- Davies, (Chairman) David Jones, Owen Jones, the Revs. J■ Evaiis, Llangwy- ryfon, and J. Lloyd. Mr. Jas. James, (Clerk), the master of Bryn Herbert School, and the Attendance Officer. Some negligent parents received a final notice to send their chil- dren to school. Other business was transacted.