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JJOCTNJ. F PROSPICE. EAP. death ?—to feel the fog in my throat, ihe mist in my face, hen the snows begin, and the blasts denote Th am liea"n8 the place, of the night, the press of the storm, Ihe post of the foe; •here he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, A et the strong man must go: journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, -Uiough a battle's to light ere the guerdon be gained, -Ine reward of it all. Was ever a lighter, so—one fight more, -The best and the last ^ou!(1 hate that death bandaged my eyes, and forbore, And bade me creep past. ° let nie taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, the brant, in a minute pay glad life's arrears p pain, darkness and cold. °r a^ddeu the worst turns the best to the brave, -Ihe black minute's at end, And the elements' rage, the fiend-voices that rave, o. ,dwindle, shall blend, ahall change, shall become first a piece out of pain, 0 ,hen a then thy breast, thou soul of my soul I shall clasp thee again, with God bo the rest! ROBERT BROWXIXG.
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JFOCTS MTB FANCIES. A "R-A-T-L" MIRACLE.—Since the apparitions at the j^&pel at Knock, county Mayo, the shares of the •'Mid- wild'" which has a station not far off, have improved nearly 20 per cent., and their receipts have risen to *tearly one thousand pounds a week !—Punch. The story is told at Williamsport, Pa., of a young Ulan who went to the Black Hills to seek his fortune. d wrote back to his father that he had done well, but *dded I will be home on Wednesday evening, me at dark, just out of town, and bring a blanket Or a whole pair of trousers with you. Ihaveahat." 0 matter how indulgent a man may be, no matter how &\1Veet a disposition he may have, he will feel considerably Pt ont, if not totally wild, when he discovers that his *^9 has been driving nails iiito the wall with his razor- '"trop. A belated husband, hunting in the dark for a match Jith which to light the gas, and audibly expressing his ^Appointment, was rendered insane in an instant by •Us Tvife suggesting, in a sleepy voice, that he had better ;lght one and look for them, find not go stumbling around 1tl the dark breaking things. The Montgomery Advert>Vnr, an Alabama paper in ^scribing an execution, Bays the hatchet of Sam Alexander, Esq., wafted the soul of the unfortunate man into eternity." A smart Yankee has established an iron safe on the p^ment, near the Stock Exchange, and does a lively business in taking charge of the watches and jewellery People who have business in that building, The New Orleans Picayune says it was customary with Persons at the South who had old negroes they wish to for a good price, if they happened to be mimrs a or two, to put kernels of Virginia corn, flat and in their jaws, set in red putty, which did well enough until they began to sprout. A female help in Chicago, with admirable candour, formed a lady that she was looking for a place where there was "an old couple with property, but without children, who would look upon me as a danghter." he is still looking. "Miss," said a gentleman, proffering his arm and brella to a lady in a shower, permit me to be your beau." "Thauk you for your politeness. was the and, as I have plenty of fair-weather beaus, I Gall you my rainbeau." MRS. PONSONBY DB TOMKYXS OX MARRIAGE. — 'Jorgius Midas, Esq., Junior (who thinks of entering the holy state). Now then, Mrs. T., give us the Strait Tip Which had I better Spot for better for ^orse ?—Mary Robinson, who's as good as gold, and a j^&uty ?—or Lady Jane Cadbury, who ain't ? They 're kpth- to be had for the asking Mrs. Ponsonby de Tomkyns. "Beauty fades, dear Mr Midas, and mere Goodness is apt to pall! Now, a Title lasts for ever, (l one doesn't tire of having a Duke for a Brother- s-law; "Gorgius Midas, Esq., Junior. "Right you a.re Mrs.T., at usual!"—Punch. Henry," said his wife, with a chilling severity, I saw you coming out of a saloon this afternoon." Well, my darling," Replied the heartless man, "you Wouldn't have your husband staying in a saloon all day, you?"
LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.
LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. Too little notice has been taken of a little proceeding which the House of Lords closed its business last night. Lord Cairns came quietly forward while the peers were separating for dinner, and presented anew "he Land Bills which the dissolution untimeously ter- minated. Thus he takes time by the forelock. His object is to prove that he is still the friend of the far- ?ler. Of all their shortcomings which the Conservative Naders now regret, that which causes them most Poignant sorrow is their delay in proving that they are the true agricultural party. The defection of the far- J^era has touched even the hard heart of Lord Beacons- and everything will this year be done to prove that, after all, the Tories would go as far on the path p reform as their Liberal opponents. Lord Cairns's ^nd Bills are to remain ai eoidwvce of the Conservative gooù intentions. Mr. Bradlaugh is, by the way, still enjoying it. Last 111gt he was as amused as ever. But it is getting rather cruel fun even for him. He has so played his that unless he is very careful he will lose the game altogether. The' business seems to be creating ttrore feeling in the constituencies than did the Eastern Question. Members are being over-whelmed with Otters from voters of tender consciences praying them to let the House of Commons enter into partner- ship with atheism," and those whom I least expected to be moved by these appeals talk of being out of the Way when the question is settled. Mr. Bradlaugh has vexed even those who would have supported him, by raising an objection removed by the vote of a single OOllllllittee against him. It is evident that his object H-as simply to obtain notoriety. Nonconformists, ^orkini' class members, and even men who profess no ^ligious opinions whatever, and wish the oath of Supremacy were done away with, state their disinclina- tion to do anything for the author of a comdemned Pamphlet. Altogether, things look rather blue for Mr. f^adlaugh and the report from Northampton is that he stood again he would be rejected. Two questions of law are raised by the Salisbury flection petition. A member of Mr. Passmore •Edwards's committee paid the fare of a voter to travel jfom beyond the limits of the borough to the polling VQOth. He did it in ignorance of the law and without the knowledge of the candidate. But it is said that he ht'oke the law in two places in medical phraseology, he made a compound fracture. He had 110 right to OOnvey a voter from without to within the borough. EVen if he had that right, the passage of actual money Was a bribe. The gift of a railway pass may or may lot be legal, but the gift of the price of a railway ticket is an act of the grossest coruption. So say the ^"yers and on this nice point Mr. Passmore Edwards, ho was not merely pure a purist during the election, la likely to forfeit his seat. Our 'little bill for setting Cyprus up with cheap repairs has come in." It contains a small item of £LjOO a governor's house, another trifle of £800 for a road to the" High Commissioner's residence, an exactly f230 for a pier. This is the only outlay that I can discover for o-ivjntr a harbour on the Island. Yet the total amount isomore than £20,000, of which only £13,000 is Spend in the making of the great roads.—Liverpool Ie1"/)"I. Mr. Goschen has telegraphed home that in every Aspect his interview at Vienna y, as satisfactory. So that if Mr. Gladstone "stooped to make an apology to Austria, he "stooped to conquer. He bowed his lteart that he might strengthen his hand. I believe that the new Foreign Secretary intends to ma-ie more of this friendliness of Austria than has yet appeared, aiyl less of the Russian alliance than some of his critics wish to believe. Mr. Gladstone the other night recalled the'ruind of the house the fact that he had spoken o. Kus- 1l history in terms of condemnation even stronge,r.thn u°sejwhich he applied to Austrian history and ne did not do so without a very good reason. The cievelop- lileht of our controversy with Russia will repay a little Ca*eful watching.—Liverpool Mercury. The Lords are trusted to pronounce a first opinion on JUe Burials Bill, because the Government could not trust them to pronounce a first opinion 011 any othe\' rea.sure. But for the Burials Bill they would have ad nothing to do. Lord Selborne promises to stand 11:n, and not to submit to the decimation of his prc- P^sals. Should the Lords remove any important clause, Commons will be called upon to re-insert it; and the measure cannot be passed with its full intention" 1:(lsturhell it will be withdrawn. The Liberationists, it noted, will lose nothing by passing it 011 to another 'Session. The invitation to Mr. Plimsoll to contest Oxford jaihe from the Oxford Reform Union, and was received the hon. gentleman with considerable feelings of ^sfaetion. After consultation with his friends Mr. jj'msoll telegraphed to Oxford that in the event of Mr. fA11 being unseated he would very willingly stand for XiOrd.
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General. Gordon Bennett, the enterprising proprietor of the New York Herald, has tried to get Prince Bismarck to write a letter to the Herald-long or short, on any subject, and taking any view he likes of any subject. Two considerations were held out to the Prince. In the first place, the uncontrolled publication of an article which, starting from America with the greatest possible eclat, would convey the Prince's views to all quarters of the globe, would give rise every week after week to the most animated controversies, and would give the Chancellor a means of knowing the general opinion of his views; and in the second place, £500 an article. The Prince smiled, nay, laughed loudly, and declined the tempting offer. A youth who visited Matlock last Tuesday morning from Leicester by an excursion train went with some companions to visit a cavern on Masson Hill, and by some means got seperated from his companions and lost in the passage or the workings of the mine. He was left in this situation till Thursday morning about ten o'clock, when he was discovered by a searching party and extricated him from his perilous and in- voluntary confinement. He has sustained no injury, and was not conscious of tho time he was in the mine. He says lie did not sleep, nor did he suffer much from hunger or fear, as he anticipated some others would be visiting the cavern and release him. His companions left Matlock by the return of the excursion train on Tuesday, and expected to find Harry Brown at home. When it was discovered he had not returned to Leicester it was feared some accident had befallen him, and a vigorous search was instituted by several parties, when he was happily discovered and released by Mr. Arthur Clark and party. The stern of a vessel, supposed to be the Atalanta, has been picked up on the Irish coast and submitted to the Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, to be examined and reported upon. Mr. Andrew Chermside, a recent traveller in Central Africa, has placed in the hands of Dr. Cameron, M. P., a whip, with which he states that the missionaries at a mission station established near Lake Nyassa are in the habit of flogging their refractory converts. The whip consists of several very thick thongs, and is a more formidable weapon of punishment than the Navy cat which was exhibited at the House of Commons last year. The subject is, we hear, likely to undergo official investigation. The united expenses of the three Liberal candidates who stood together for Glasgow at the recent general election amount to 3,5001. The expenses of Sir James Bain (Conservative) reach nearly 6,0001. and those of Mr. Pearce (Conservative) fully 5,000/. Thus the cost of each party was equivalent to 2s. for each Liberal, and 20s. for each Conservative voter. A shocking discovery of mutilated remains in the Thames is now engaging the attention of the Criminal Investigation Department and the local detective police of waterside divisions. On the afternoon of Wednesday last a human head was found by boys playing on the fore-shore of the Battersea side of the river at low tide and at half-past seven on Saturday morning the trunk of the body was found, under circumstances which leave little reason to doubt that the murder of a child I about four or five years of age has been committed. Two barge labourers were walking along the embank- ment near Pimlico pier, and when opposite the engin- eering works of Messrs. Simpson and Co. their attention was attracted to a large parcel on the foreshore. The men obtained the parcel, which, on being undone, was found to contain a human body, from which the head and legs had been severed. The lower part was slightly discoloured, but from the neck a quantity of blood was oozing, and there were marks of blood. To the parcel a brick was attached by string. The body was tightly wrapped up in two pieces of new carpet, about a foot and a half square, the pattern of one being small red and yellow spots and the other a design in red and brown. Outside this covering were two pieces of canvas deeply stained with blood, as also was the carpet, partially sewn to form a bag with black thread. The parcel was tied up securely with thick twine. The police were at once apprised of the discovery. At present nothing further has been discovered, but thesearch for the missing portions of the corpse is being actively carried on. A suit of treasure trove was heard before the Paris Civil Tribunal afew days ago. A shopwoman, named Costa, at apork butcher's, about to wrap up some meat in a piece of waste paper, I found two bank notes of 1,000 francs each pasted between two leaves of an old book, which had evidently belonged to some religious community, as they bore printed on them the rules of a monastic order and the names of the lady patronesses of an association for the propagation of the faith. Mdlle. Costa gave up the notes to her master M. Andre, who first made inquiry of the dealer from whom he had purchased the waste paper, as to whether he knew from whom he obtained it, but he did not. M. Andre having in consequence manifestod an intention to keep the money, Mdlle. Costa first called him before the commissary of police, when lIe offered her 500£., declaring that it was sufficient to reward the honesty of a shopwoman. This offer was refused, and both parties instituted proceedings. The advocate of Mdlle. Costa argued that, as she had found the notes, they belonged wholly to her; that of M. Andre maintained that they were his, as they had been found among papers belonging to him, or in any case he had a right to half. Article 716 of the code provides for such cases, decreeing that a treasure belongs wholly to the person who has found it on his own property; but if found on the property of another it belongs half to the finder and half to the landlord. Both parties claimed that this was not a case for the application of that rule, as the treasure was not found buried in the ground. The court ordered the sum to be divided between the parties and each to bear half the costs. The Daily New* says: Aout 800 years ago an ecclesiastic named Bruno, who filled the post of Canon of Rheims, suffered so much from the persecution of his Archbishop that he determined to leave the re- ligious world and retire into solitude. He found a lonely habitation on a mountain near Gronoble, and here he built an oratory with seven cells, and, being joined by some men like-minded, devoted himself to the cultivation of silence and agriculture. The bro- therhood throve; pious persons were liberal with their charity, and the culture of the neighbouring woods yielded an extraordinary and famous product. Bruno became the founder of the Carthusians—an Order who have left their mark in almost every country, as our own Charterhouse (a corruption of Chartreux) and the frequent certoxae, in Italy amply testify. Indeed, before his death he had founded a similar monastery in Calabria, though the institution at Grenoble then took and has always since retained the title of the Grande Chartreuse. In our own time it is known as one of the few hostelries still extant where the visitor need not pay for bed or board, and also for the famous liqueur sold all over the world and manufactured solely by these silent monks. The recipe is concealed under the altar of the chapel, and each successive prior is solemnly admitted to the sacred secret. It is said that the Institution, which has lasted since the Norman conquest of England, is at last about to be broken up, and that the brotherhood have threatened to remove their monastery and their manufactory to this country. France is, of course, anxious to be rid of the various fraternities, "but the Fabrique of the Grande Chartreuse" has peculiar commercial at- tractions which the Government is now seeking to retain. The country cannot aflord to lose a successful sectarian distillery.
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A ALARMING DISEASE AFFLICTIXG A NUMEROUS CLASS.—The disease commences with a slight derange- ment of the stomach, but, if neglected, it in time involves the whole frame, embracing the kidneys, liver, pancreas and, in fact, the entire glandular system, and the afflict- ed drags out a miserable existence until death gives re- lief from suffering. The disease is often mistaken for other complaints; but, if the reader will ask himself the following questions, he will be able to determine whether he himself is one of the afflicted Have I dis- tress, pain, or difficulty in breathing after eating? Is there a dull heavy feeling, attended by drowsiness? Have the eyes a yellow tinge? Does a thick sticky mucous gather about the gums and teeth in the morn- ings, accompanied by a disagreeable taste? Is the tongue coated? Is there pain in the sides and back? Is there a fulness about the right side as if the liver were enlarging? Is there costiveness? Is there vertigo or dizziness when rising suddenly from a horizontal position? Are the secretions from the kidneys scanty and highly coloured with a deposit after standing? Does food ferment soon after eating, accompanied by flatulence or a belching of gas from the stomach? Is there frequent palpitation of the heart? These various symptoms may not be present at one time, but they torment the sufferer in turn as the dreadful disease progresses. If the case be one of long standing, there will be a dry hacking cough, at- tended after a time by expectoration. In very advanced gtages the skin assumes a dirty brownish appearance, and the hands and feet are covered by a cold, sticky perspiration. As the liver and kidneys beome more and more diseased, rliuematic pains appear, and the usual treatment proves entirely unavailing against this latter agonizing disorder. It is most important that the disease should be promptly and properly treated in its first stages, when a little medicine will effect a cure, and even when it lias obtained a strong hold, the true remedy should be persevered in until every vestige of the disease is eradicated, until the appetite has returned, and the digestive organs are restored to a healthy condition. This disease is called liver complaint, and the surest and most effectual remedy for this distressing complaint, is "Scigels Curative Syrup," a vegetable preparation made in America, and sold by A. J. White, 21, Farringdon-road, London, JvG. This syrup strikes at the very foundation of the disease, and drives it, root and branch, out of the system.
- THE EDEYRNION AGRICULTURAL…
THE EDEYRNION AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Mr. R. P. Roberts, the secretary of last year, called a meeting of subscribers on May 7th, and tendered his resignation, and Mr. W. E. Williams, Gwerclas, was appointed secretary pro. tem., and the meeting was adjourned to Friday, May 21st, to enable the Secretary to produce a statement of account for last year. On Friday, a meeting was held at the Owen Glyndwr Hotel, Corwen, and was very well attended by farmers from the different districts. In the absence of the Hon. C. H. Wynn, who was announced to take the chair, that post was filled up by his agent, Mr. T. R. Wynne, Tyisa'. The SECRETARY (Mr. Williams) stated the object of the meeting and the buisiness to be transacted that day. The SECRETARY next read a statement of account which lie had prepared with Mr. Roberts, the late secretary, and from which they found a balance of zC54 5s. in favour of the Society, besides stock estimated at E5. Amount in the bank 10s. 9d. Mr. J. JOXES, Caenog, asked why they were so little in the bank when the statement showed a balance of JE54 in favour of the Society. Mr. W. JOXES said that from zC40 to zfiio were subscriptions promised last year, and not collected. Mr. MOLTBY asked whether the Secretary could produce any papers to show how the balance was made up. The SECRETARY said that f29 out of ±00 were subscriptions uncollected, and a sum of £ 20 unacccoun- ted for. The CHAIRSIAX asked what was the next thing to be done in the matter. Mr. T. WHITE enquired whether they could take the £ 50 as good money. The CHATRMAX—-We will take it for granted. Mr. MoLTiiY said that at the last meeting there were representatives from Cerrigydrudion Show, and as there were no representatives at this meeting, he thought it ought to be further adjourned. He called upon the gentlemen present to consider their position and the position of their Cerrigydrudion friends, and if they joined them the £ 50 ought to be made right ^before they could move further. Before their friends joined them the balance must be squared up in a straightforward manner. The CHAIRMAN" said it was not a question of money. The SECRETARY said he had received a letter from the Hon. C. H. Wynn, in which lie promised his support, but wished to have a more satisfactory state- ment of accounts. v The SECRETARY said that f20 of the subscriptions were doubtful. Mr. ^MOLTBY said IIG believed something must arranged with Cerrigydrudion and Llangollen. He proposed that the Secretary should give notice that that day week a meeting would be held to decide one way or the other, After considerable dicussion, Mr. Brodie of Garthiaen proposed that a show be held at Corwen this year, with the £ 30 guaranteed by the Secretary. The SECRETARY seconded the proposition, and there being no amendment it was carried unani- mously. Mr. T. WHITE next proposed that a Select Committee be appointed to look after the accounts and affairs of the Society thoroughly. This was carried. „ The following were appointed the Committee, with power to add to their number Messrs. T. R. Wynne, Brodie; W. E. Williams, J. Moltby, J. Jones, Caenog; T. White, J. White, D. White, Rhydyglaves; Godfrey Parry, Jenkins, Maesgamedd; J. Roberts, Tyfos; W. F. Jones, J. Jones, Cilan, and Edward Jones. Subscriptions were promised by all present. The principal business of the meeting was next proceeded with, namely the appointment of Secretary. Mr. W. E. WILLIAMS proposed Mr. W. 'F. Jones as secretary, at a fixed salary. Mr. WHITE seconded the proposition. Mr. MOLTBY opposed the proposition as regards the words fixed salary. He thought it would be better not to have the Secretary's salary fixed. Mr. Jones ought to take the office in the same way as Mr. Roberts did. The respectability of the Society, he was sure, would be a guarantee to Mr. Jones of his salary. No doubt the Committee would pay him to the best of their ability. Mr. J OXES said he would accept the office upon the same condition as Mr. R. P. Roberts without a fixed salary until a future meeting. Mr. JOXES was then unanimously appointed secretary.. „„„. A vote of thanks was given to Mr. W. E. Williams for his services as secretary pro.tem., and alao to Mr. T. R. Wynne for taking the chair.
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QUERIES. TREGARON HEALING CUP.—There used to be at Tregaron the portion of a wooden bowl which people in illness used to touch in order to get themselves cured. I should he pleased if anyone would give me a a description of tho cup, and, if possible, its history ? CHURCH TOWER. CHARTER OF ABERYSTWYTH.—I see men- tioned in a report on the Corporation of Aberystwyth made in December, 1833, that there is no charter in the possession of the Corporation of Aberystwyth, but that one of the burgesses has an old copy of a translation of the charter granted by Henry VIII. to the town of Llanbadarn. I should be glad to be favoured through the medium of this column with the name of the burgess referred to, and also with a reprint of the translation of the charter. ABERYSTWYTHIAX. OUR LADY OF CARDIGAN.—Can anyone in. form me what this title refers to ? TEIFY. BLIND PARRY.—I saw an account the other day in manuscript how that Mr. Lewis Morris, Penybryn, the itntiquary and poet, the grandfather of the author of the Epic of Hades, "first put the harp into the hands of Blind Parry, and taught him the rudiments of music. Parry, it appeared, played the harp at a concert at Cambridge, and the poet Gray was among the audience. He (Gray) afterwards wrote to his friend and biographer Mason the following letter:— "Mr. Parry has been here, and scratched out such ravishing blind harmony, such tunes of a thousand years old, with names enough to choke you, as have set all this learned body advancing and inspired them with due reverence for my old bard, his countryman, whenever he shall appear. Mr. Parry, you must know, has put my ode in motion again, and has brought it at last to a conclusion. 'Tis to him, there- fore, that you owe the treat which I send you en- closed." It appears that Gray had conceived the idea of his Pindaric; ode before he heard Blind Parry. Mason adds in one of his notes:—" I remember the ode lay unfinished by him for a year or two, and I hardly believe it would ever have been finished but for the circumstance of his hearing Parry play on the Welsh harp at a concert at Cambridge, which he often de- clared inspired him with the conclusion." I should be pleased if anyone will tell me more about the history of Blind Parry ? MUSICIAN. MANNERS CWMRHEIDOL.—A short time ago. while in the neighbourhood of Aberystwyth, I heard this phrase used. Can anyone inform me tho origin of the term, and whether the manners for which Cwm. rheidol is famed be good or bad ? RIIEIDOL. TITHES OF LLANBADARNFAWR.—Meyrick in his History of Cardiganshire says in effect, for I am quoting from memory that the Village of Llanbadarn Fawr, is remarkable in having no tithes attached to it. Ca.n anyone inform me what has become of the tithes. for Llanbadarn church being an ancient institution, must surely at one time have been rich in the good things of this world ? CHURCHMAX. CARDIGANSHIRE WEDDING.—I find in the very graphic description given by "Sonex" of a wedding in Cardiganshire 111 your last week's issue of the Cambrian NelcR, thattthe young people about to be married, went with their friends to invite the neighbours to the wed- ding. I was always under the impression that at that time (50 years ago) a man was chosen for the purpose or else that the invitations were sent in the form of a printed circular or card. Perhaps your aged corres- pondent will be kind enough to enlighten me on this point. JUVHXIS. CRIGIN DIME.—Nearly opposite the second mile- stone from Aberystwyth, on the Llanrhystyd road is a mound with some trees on it; to which I am told there is a tradition attached my informant called it Crhjin Dime. Being only a visitor, I should be thank- ful if any of your numerous readers can give me any information about it. LUDLOW. IEUAN BRYDYDD.—Can any of your readers in- form me what was the ultimate result of a project; that was started some years ago, to raise a monument in honour of the celebrated poet and historian Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) who was buried at Lledrod about 100 years ago. Being a subscriber I should like to know whother the matter has been left to die. STRATA FLORIDA. ABERYSTWYTH NEWSPAPERS.—Can any of your readers give me any information respecting the first newspaper printed and published at Aberystwyth, whether Welsh or English, and what year was it started and any other particulars. EXQUIRER. CASTELL FLEMISH.—There is a large mound and encampment on the top of a hill about two miles from this place, which is called by the country people (CuoQ- hemUh). I ahall be glad if any of your readers will give me its history. LLEXOR.
DOUBLE ESCAPE OF A RUNAWAY…
DOUBLE ESCAPE OF A RUNAWAY FROM NEWTOWN At Newtown, on Friday, before J. H. Blythe and R. Lloyd, Esqs. Williams Williams, factory-hand, Lady- well-street, was charged with stealing £ 15, belonging to Lewis Pugh, his father-in-law. Mr. T. M. Taylor (Messrs. Williams, Gittins, and Taylor) defended the the prisoner.— The evidence disclosed the following facts. On Saturday week the prisoner's mother-in-law gave £15 to her daughter, prisoner's wife, to keep for her, and the next day prisoner said to a companion in in the course of conversation "My wife brought jE16 home and put it in my charge, as she was going to Machynlleth fair." On Monday morning the prisoner called at the Angel Vaults at NY wtowu with three or four friends, and called for drink for them, and paid for it in silver. Prisoner went away, but returned the house, and showed Mr. Morgan, the landlord a large sum of money, containing sovereigns, silver, and copper. The same or early the next day prisoner seems to have started for Cardiff, and there he was followed by Ser- geant Hudson, who carried a warrant for his apprehen- sion. The sergeant reached Cardiff about noon on Wednesday, and found the prisoner on board the Uran- us, with another man, a companion, bound for America. The prisoner, who had paid his passage, jE6 6s., was arrested and brought back to Newtown.— For the defence, Mr. Taylor contended that even if the facts as stated were correct, the prisoner must be discharged, as the man was acting as a bailee, and though, he might be sued he could not be convicted of larceny. Mr Taylor quoted the case of Jenkins, heard at the Quarter Sessions, when it was held that the prisoner obtained possession of a pawn ticket held by his wife, and got a watch out of pawn, and it was held that he must be discharged; for the ticket being lawfully in the wife's possession, was also lawfully in the possession of the husband. Assuming that Williams had the money for the sake of argument, Sarah Pugh gave her daughter the money, and that was a bailment for a certain purpose, to keep the money for her. Prisoner's wife took the money, and if she had legal possession of it, aud assum- ing that the husband got possession of it, he could only be sued at law. The case of Jenkins was on all fours with this case, and the authority was in Archibald's Crim. Law. The wife was in legal possession, and the possession of the wife was the possession of the husband, and it was for the Bench to say whether they would put the prisoner to the expense of defending himself at the Quarter Session. He should ask for the :case to be dismissed.—The Bench dismissed the case.
. CONGREGATIONALISM IN WALES.,
CONGREGATIONALISM IN WALES. The progress which Congregationalism has made of late years amongst the Welsh people is remarkable. Statistics quoted by Mr. C. R. Jones, of Llanfyllm, at the 1879 meeting of the Welsh Congregational Union, shewed that there were no less than 1005 connexional chapels in the Principality, 908 churches, 533 ministers, and 300 preachers—besides 69 English churches and four English preaching-stations. Still more striking is the testimony of Dr. Thomas Rees, of Swansea, wnen he says that the Glamorganshire Congregationalists raised between 1860 and 1865, 54 new chapels in various neighbourhoods, and rebuilt or repaired 27 old chapels. This was tantamount to an expenditure of nearly £1:30000. In Liverpool, again, three of the Welsh Congregational churches collected £:32,000 in 11 years. The°Welsh Congregational Union, of which by the way Mr Thomas Williams, of Gwaelody-garth, Jerthyr, was one of the founders, and is still treasurer, has been a most useful means of promoting the extension of Congreg- ationalism—of imparting to its forces cohesion 0 and strength. It is a miniature edition of the English Baptist Union, and it is proportionately well organized. This year (1880) the Welsh Union will hold its meetings in the Rhondda Valley, and arrangements have already been made to hospitably entertain the hundreds of minist- ers who are expected to attend.—The Rev. D. Roberts, onVrexham, is the president. The president for 1878-9 was Professor Morris, of Brecon, and he was preceded by the Rev. D. Thomas, Liverdool, in 1878; the Rev. W" Evans. Aberayron, in 1877; the Rev. R. Thomas, Bala (Ap Vychan), in 1876; the Rev. Dr. Thomas Rees, Swansea, in 1875; the Rev. W. Griffiths, Cwmtwrch. in 1874; the Rev. J. Davies, Landore. in 1873; and the Rev. Dr William Rees (Hiraethog) in 1872—the year of establishment of the Union.
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LQ:ipn n o b tJctlt. Mr. Tilley, Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at the National Schoolrooms, Maiden Abbey, yesterday on the bodies of Ellen Maria Peacock, aged eighteen years, and Charles Robert Blackmore, nineteen, who had com- mitted suicide by drowning themselves in a pond.— The girl's aunt, Mrs. Julia Knox, said the deceased had been staying with her some time; but as witness found she stayed out late, and was often with Black- more, she communicated with the girl's parents, and it was arranged to take her home to Wales next Monday. Blackmore was a respectable youth, but she considered they were too young to form the engagement. The following letter, in the haudwriting of the girl, was found after the discovery of the bodies:—" May 20,1880. Dear friends, -No doubt you will be surprised to get this, but Charley and self have arranged mutually to drown ourselves, and you will find our bodies in Mr. Oliphant's pond in Abbey-lane. I did not wish to be parted from Charley, and I prefer to die with him. Please to give my clothing and locket to dear Poily (her sister), and I trust we shall all meet above.— (her sister), and I trust we shall all meet above.— Signed, ELLEN M. PEACOCK, C. R. BLACKSIORE." During last week a rumour was in circulation in the town of Wellington that a perfect skeleton of a man had becu found in taking down an old house in New- street, and it was pretty generally supposed that a murder had been commited at some time. On invest- igation of the matter, it was found that the rumour is based upon the fact that a number of bones were found, which prove to be the remains of a horse. A Testimonial is to be presented to Professor Morris, of Brecon Congregational College, next month. Sub- scriptions to the'amount of about £ 300 have been already received. Mr Morley, M.P., contributed ten guineas, and Mr,Maitland' M.P., 94. Even India has sent its quota. Gilbert Muir was charged before the Bristol magist- rates, on Monday, with being drunk and travelling on the Gret Western Railway without a ticket. Accused was a passenger by the Senegal and lost everything in the wreck. Fellow passengers by the Nyonza raised money to pay his railway fare irom Plymouth to Liver- pool. En route, lie was robbed of the money while stupefied with drink offered him by a fellow traveller out of a flask. Accnsed was discharged. On Monday, at the Neath Guildhall—before Messrs J. H. Rowland (Mayor), Griffith Llewellyn, and the Rov. Walter Griffiths' B.D.—Mr Edward William Pulliu, the editoi and publisher of the Neath TirnsA, was summoned, oharged with unlawfully and malicious- ly publishing a cerain defamatory libel of, and concern- ing, Dr. Thomas Hunt, of Morriston. Mr Plews, Merthyr, appeared for the prosecution and Mr Law- rence (Smith and Lawrence), Swansea, for the defend- ant, who was committed for trial. A boy named Porter fell over Clifton Rocks at Bristol, a fewdays agoand was killed. The Rev. W. Parry, pastor of the English Baptist Chapel, Plassery Street, Peniarth. South Wales, has resigned in consequence of continued ill-health. The Congregation has greatly improved during his brief pastorage. It is computed that no leas than 20,000 holiday makers passed through Chester on their way to N. Wales on Whit-Monday. This was a great increase on any previous Whit-Monday for the last ten years. At Carnarvon on Saturday, Miriam Lawrence, a domestic servant, late in the employ of Captain Wynn Griffith, Llanfair Hall, was charged with stealing a gold ring, value 50s., belonging to Ann March, house- keeper at the hall. The ring was found in prisoner's possession. She was remanded for a week. There is a good demand for Welsh flannels, keeping the hands of tho Montgomeryshire mills more than usually employed. Demonstrationa were held in various parts of Anglesey last week in honour of the first visit to the island of the Marquis of Anglesey. On Wednesday his lordship visit- ed Amlwch, where he was received with great enthus- iasm. The town was gaily decorated with flags, and floral arches spanned the streets at frequent intervals. An addres3 was presented to him by the tenandry on his estates and others. The Marquis was afterwards entertained at a public luncheon at the Dirorben Hotel. In speaking at an Eisteddfod at Pontypridd on Tues- day, May 18. Mr. Morgan Lloyd, M.P., dwelt upon what he asserted to be the superior culture of the Welsh working classes. They were, he said, the real preserv- ers of the ancient institutions of the country, and he was prouder M them than of their social superiors. He also eulogised the economical habits of the people, and said he considered it reflected a discredit on the Crystal Palace Company that they did not allow the Welsh five hundred to retain permanently the laurels which they had won at the time. when they vindicated the suprem- acy of Welsh vocal talent. Sir William Harcourt was nominated as member for Derby 011 Tuesday at noon, in the place of Mr. Plimsol. His proroser was Alderman Frederick Longdon, and his seconder Alderman Thomas Roe. There was no other candidate, and Sir William Harcourt was, after ithe usual formalities, declared duly elected.