The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

POTATO GROWING. Sm.-Perhaps others besides myself would be much obliged if Mr. Thurston would kindly say at what distances he planted his Magum Bonum potatoes, between the rows and also between the sets. Suttons advise the allowance of considerable space. and if such .good results as those mentioned by Mr. Thurston can be obtained by the ordinary method of cultivation, the seeds are well worth the extra price charged in the M,irket.If however, they require a special kind of cultivation the bare statement of result might lead to disappointment in the case of anyone trying them for another season.—Your &c. A. Aluppily. SIR,—Mr Thurston told us a week or two ago of £ 56 returned by an acre of magnum bonum kidney potatoes, 224 bushels at £ 5. Will he kindly say clear profit—stating expenses for rent, taxes, ploughing, and preparing the ground, — loaas of dung at — bushels of seed potatoes at —, labour ditto, ^ceding, Moulding, &c., and harvesting. TUBER.

NON ATTENDANCE. SIR,—Will you kindly insert the following in the Cambrian News:—"Machynlleth Assessment Com- mittee, Wednesday, 27th October, 18S0; present: Mr Richard Jones, Mr John Hughes Jones, and Mr John Tudor. There being no quorum the meeting to be adjourned." There were several objections to be heard, and some parties had come from great distances, and of course had to go home again, with the consola- tion that they must go there at some future time. It is a great shame that the Guardians do not study a little the convenience of the people they serve rather than their own. If they cannot afford to give their "s time to attend the meetings of the Board of which they are members, why are they so anxious to be made members ? This is no new grievance, and it is to be hoped that the parishioners will in future take note Who are those that really do serve them. A SUFFERER.

ABERDOVEY BIBLE SOCIETY. SIR From your report of the meeting of the Aber- -dovey Branch of the Bible Society I saw that the vicar and other ministers were absent. The evening was stormy—very stormv, but the deputation attended, and there were others present. In former times the vicar of Aberdovey used to act as a deputation for the society, and it might have been thought that his zeal for the cause would have enabled him to brave the The1vicar was at Penegoes on the day of the meeting, and returned to Aberdovey the same time and in the 'company of the deputation. There was plenty of time for him to come to the meeting, but it was said that he Was engaged all day at Penegoes, and that lie had to hold a meeting at Aberdovey that evening. May I ask, was the vicar engaged all day at Pen- egoes, and did he hold a meeting at Aberdovey the ^Statements of different kinds have been made, and it would be well to know the truth, especially as blame has been imputed where blame ought not to be. READER.

BREAD BY WEIGHT. SIR,-As you are aware, there were several persons charged, at the Bala Petty Sessions on Saturday last, With unlawfully selling bread without weighing it. As the law requires that to be done, the law snail have it, and all's well so far as that goes but I want to be enlightened on the following point, viz.Were all the bread shops of Bala visited by the appointed official, whose object was to see if the law in this matter was carried out ? It has come to my knowledge that some were not, what was the reason I know not. If this person, who was appointed to see it the law were conformed with, and who also was paid by the county, if he visited some shops whilst omitting others. 1, aiiion,st many, should be glad to have the reasons for thus doing. As he was officially engaged to visit the town, he ought to have looked in eiei y shop, or in none at all. i i I think it is quite unfair towards those who were visited, and especially those that were prosecuted against, that some were passed, whilst they were visited; and, perhaps, if this paid official had called With them, it may be that they also would have com- mitted the offence. PRO Boxo PUBLICO. Bala, November 1st, 1880.

BALA GRAMMAR SCHOOL. [This letter was crowded out last week] SIH Previous to the Enquiry, to be held on Tuesday next at Bala, by the "Committee on Intermediate and Higher Education in Wales," I crave your permission, to place before your readers, the present position of the above school, consequent on the changcs made in 1872, which I consider are not to the advantage of Higher Education in Merionethshire. The "Endowed Schools Commissioners," adopted as the basis of their action, in dealing with Endowed Schools, certain recommendations by the" Schools Inquiry Commissioners." based on what they con- sidered to be required by parents.— We need (they say) schools of the first grade winch Propose GO con- tinue Schoolwork to the age of 18 or In; Schools for the second grade which suppose it to stop about lb and schools of the third grade which suppose it to stop about 14.—The difference in the ages; at which the instruction in school, is to stop, makes a difference in the whole plan and character of that instruction. Bala Grammar School was made a second Grade School, the boys are admitted after attaining the age of 7 years they cannot remain after attaining the age of 16 years, except :with the express sanction of the Governors.- Any resident desiring the Elements of Greek is not to obtain it. The Headmaster is not allowed to instruct him in the necessary Chemical Education for admission to the Universities. No school of the first grade is provided in the county, and those desiring prepar- ation for the Universities may whistle for it. Our En- dowment is frittered away in providing school accom- modation for young boys, who are already provided for Under the Elementary Education Act, instead of being wholly assigned to the purpose of Higher Education not provided for h other ways. Those who are rated to support the Elementary Schools, have no really effi- cient school for the education of their sons, and the children who are selected by merit from the Element- ary schools, can receive no education after they are 16 years of age, and cannot therefore rise to high .distinc- tion as scholars, and bring honour to their school and to their town. The Commissioners appear to have acted on the principle, that small endowments in rural districts, where the population is not large and where there are few who seek for higher education, may be partly devoted to Elementary Education with- out any provision being made for higher education. In large populations they have established two or more schools of different grades. Under such a principle as classing education ac- cording to population, we in Wales were bound to suffer in the matter of higher education. The Committee on Intermediate and Higher Educa- tion in Wales must however be aware that the situation of the best public schools in England is in no manner determined by the population. Higher Education cannot be supported by the day boys only. The per centage of population requiring such an education is in every place small, and our largest schools are in most cases made up entirely of boarders, the more rural the district, the better chance the boys have of being vigorous and strong, and win- ning future distinction for themselves, and their Railroads have now made our Welsh valleys and mountains easily accessible from thickly populated districts, and it may be replied to me, that they have brought us nearer to the English schools, but as long as the language of the mass of our countrymen is Welsh we have to provide that our clergy, and the ministers of the different denominations, while they are endeav- ouring to make themselves scholars, shall not forget the Welsh language, and we ought to have provided in Welsh speaking districts, high-class schools where those who have to settle eventually in the country, as landowners, medical men, solicitors, and others de- siring a knowledge of Welsh can obtain a high-class education. I have no desire to perpetuate W elsh in elementary schools, so far as the interests of the poorer claims are concerned, the sooner the language is (lead the better but the future clergy, and the better in- formed classes, should not be compelled to obtain their education in England, and run the danger of being Anglicised out of all sympathy with the thoughts, and the hopes, of their countrymen. J Instead therefore, of the Committee being guided by such a principle as population, in deciding what celiti-c,,s are best suited for first grade schools in Wales; they have far more important considerations to take into account. We believe that. the position of the Bala Grammar School presents the conditions necessary to make it a suce ssfu1 first grade school. We are the most central place in Merionethshire and are very Accessible by railroads from all parts of the country. We start with good school buildings and a capital of £ 6,000, we have a large Held (the old green), adjoining 'the school for a play ground, a splendid water supply £ 6,000, we have a large Held (the old green), adjoining the school for a play ground, a splendid water supply i to provide which the town is spending a large sum of money, the finest lake in Wales for future University oavsmen, splendid scenery, a healthy bracing atmos- phere, and above all, we are not in a densely populated district where boys are likely to suffer in bodily vigour "W moral health, but we have at present no provision Lc part to ha. climate, strangers to obtain a object. As an insta flourish in a rur. bury, the property the school already obedient servant. Bryn Tegid, Bala

BARMl SIR,-Air. Oweii Gri mouth Harbour, has ini, which, by your kindness, charge. I i his letter insert, 22nd Oct., he, apparently, intends assertion that the main drainage at Barm. intended to be carried into the harbour, and he quote. a note of mine to the Trustees, whiuh they maintain is an authority from me that I had given my consent to it, which I maintain is nothing of the kind, the last passage being "that I was ready to afford every facility to the Local Board to drain the town of Barmouth (but observe) without absolute injury to the Harbour Pro- perty," and this I say felai- is a great injury to it. This letter was written on the 1st January, 1879, when I was very poorly and confined to my house- ysi I never heard from either Board afterwards what they had determined on doing, but on the 23rd January, 1880, a year afterwards, from Miss Ricketts, the owner of Aberamffra House and much property in the very locality, and I will, with your permission, give you a quotation of it :—"My dear Mr. Jones.—I was greatly distressed to-day to be told that the Local Board of Barmouth have a design to carry the drain of the town into the Harbour. I can hardly believe it, as such an act would be the ruin of the place. There is not a sufficiently strong current to bear the refuse away fairly to sea, and the pure sea-water of the harbour and estuary would be polluted by it to the great injury of the fishermen and boatmen. I write now to ask if you can suggest any mode of stopping these proceedings if they are really contemplated. Yours truly, Frances Ricketts." The above letter I despatched to the Local Government Board in London, with a short note from myself. On the next day I had a short answer acknowledging its receipt, and le wrote in reply as follows to the Secretary, Mr. Lambert :-Sir,-I am in receipt of your letter acknow- ledging the receipt of mine of no date (written in great hurry to catch the post), drawing attention to the report that had reached me that the Local Board at Barmouth contemplated making the out-flow of their common sewer into the harbour. Being far advanced into my 88,h year, I am sure you will excuse me for any error I may commit, and for not being able to take any active part by going to Barmouth on the subject, but I feel compelled to endeavour to draw the attention of the Local Government Board to a few points which, in my opinion, seriously affect Barmouth, which has greatly increased, no doubt, in extent and accommoda- tion for visitors since the establishment of railways, but, I regret to say. not in general wealth, being de~ pendent chiefly, as lodging-house keepers and boatmen, on the visitors in the summer season, all of whom are deeply interested in the cleanliness and healthful state of the harbour, which, if contaminated with the out-fall of drains, and necessarily the accumulation of filth, will, I sincerely believe, materially affect the town, and be the rain of the owners and occupiers of the best lodging-houses abutting on the harbour, as well as the lower part of the town, for I may mention that they are mostly erected with high rocks at the back, with fine sea view over the harbour, conse- quently most sought after. The visitors of Barmouth are also very fond of boating, not into the open sea, but up the Mawddach, notoriously admitted as afford- ing the finest scenery in nature, and my residence and property is situated on the banks of this estuary. For the accommodation of these visitors the boats, perhaps thirty of them, and their owners, who work them, are at the harbour ready to start up with the flowing tide, and return with the ebb, and land at the harbour, so that of necessity they are there at low water, which, I apprehend, must be the time when any sluice can be opened to empty the sewer, and I know something from long and expensive experience how treacherous they are in their operation, and I must here tell you that the harbour is the outlet of the Wnion and Mawddach fresh water rivers, and that there is not a flowing deep channel for this water from them to escape when the tide is out, and as the prevailing wind is south-west, it is kept back, and the harbour is at times in a very obnoxious and filthy state, without sewages to aggravate it, the very idea of which would keep visitors away altogether. To prove to you that the opening into the sea is of a very inefficient effect to drain the harbour, for when persons have been accid- entally drowned there the bodies have been found in this neighbourhood, the men composing the Local Board live away from the part they propose to bring the nuisance to, and have little sympathy with the general inhabitants, who are mostly dependent- on their industry and frugality, and are overwhelmed already with local taxation, and although I am not within the limits of the Board authority, my taxation is greatly enhanced by the poverty existing at Barmouth. I have thus put the Local Government Board in posses- sion of the facts of the case, and hope, through their authority, to arrest the nuisance and injury to Bar- mouth. I am, sir, your obedient servant, W. J OXES." This step of mine in the interest of Barmouth was well known to the Harbour Board, and yet Mr Griffith cunningly says that in a letter to him I only observed it would be injurious to my interest and property, thus insinuating that I was actuated for myself in the matter only. I don't deny that I may have referred to my own interest and property, and no wonder when I say that my residence is situated on the banks of the Mawddach, with land frontage of a mile on the river, all within reach of the sewage poisonous matter proposed to be brought into it not two miles of me but within a mile, but lr Griffith has too much sagacity to give the whole of my letter, and I may state here that the harbour is at the mouth of the estuary and not in the open sea, and now he informs us for the first time that by the scheme it is not intended that the outlet of the drain shall be in the harbour but in the main channel without saying where. Now let us see how the facts stand. In anwer to a letter I addressed to the Board of Trade February, 1880, enquiring whether the out-flow then proposed to be made on the North side of Barmouth station (against which I had no objection) was in addition to the one already announced wherein the out-flow was to be made into the harbour. The Secretary, Mr Trevor, wrote me as follows:-—"In reply to your letter I am to acquaint you that the sewer out-fall in question is in addition to the one emptying into Barmouth harbour, and for which permission has been given. In giving their assent to the out-fall discharging into the harbour the Board of Works were guided by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Barmouth Harbour Trustees on the 31st December last, to the effect that the consent of the trustees had been given to the application of the Local Board to carry the out-fall into the harbour." I have not heard of any subsequent application to the Board of Trade or further consent given by the Trustees to alter the scheme, consequently I submit I am right in dealing with the question as I have done. Might I not under these circumstances ask the Trustees under what authority, and when they determined to depart from the above-mentioned authority of the Board of Trade, and the spot to which the out-fall is to be made. With a feeling that I had this right, I called at Mr Griffiths' house and smithy for the purpose of inspect- ing the minute-book, but he was not in the way, in consequence of which I wrote to him asking if lie would kindly lend me the book or bring it himself, and I would send my plueton at any time lie might name to fetch him, to which I received for answer that he could not do so without the authority of the Trustees, but afterwards lie placed them in the hands of his son, and upon that son I called and had inspection of the resolution above referred to, but without the names of the trustees, and as the son could not give me the information his father might I II returned home none the wiser for the trouble I had taken, except that I observed a lot of boatmen dredging for mussels in the very spot intended for the out-flow of the sewer. The Board like the Local Board conducts its business wholly in Welsh in a small room in a public-house, but perfectly private. Apologizing for taking so much space of your valuable paper.—I am your obedient servant. IV. jo-,F.S. Sli-Tlie Barmouth Local Board is not draining the town into the harbour, but on the contrary, expending a large sum to carry the sewage in another direction, with the exception of a very small quantity from a low level part of the town. The sewage from, this low level district is now discharged into the harbour within fifty yards of the church. To remedy this, cast iron pipes are being carried through the harbour into the main channel of the Mawddach to a point 400 yards further off, the outlet of which will be under low water mark spring tides. The end of the pipe will have a self-acting tidal valve, and no sewage will be discharged except when the tide is going out. The volume of sewage at this outlet will be so infinitesimal as compared with that of the river Mawddach that its presence will not be perceptible. .ge Scheme has received the ,lie Engineer Inspectors of the doarù, and the sanction of the Board, and it was absurd to say .auction anything which would be a rs faithfully, THOMAS ROBERTS.

rlE STATE OF IRELAND. teen has been graciously pleased to assign to mntmorres apartments in Hampton Court jspoiulent, writing to the Standard on the cut prosecutions, says :-Had the Land eaders and speakers merely tried to get public in favour of any particular Land Bill, they not have been disturbed in their efforts; but ..vowed object is the abolition of landlordism, and support that object by means which the Gonru- cannot in the public interest permit to be con- .ed. They aim at replacing the law of the land by unwritten law giving themselves the power to say w much of a legal debt shall be paid or recovered. then, the landlord uses his legal rights, and gets rid ..t the tenant who will not pay, they threaten in the strongest possible language every possible injury, in- cluding in some cases, but not in all, physical violence to any"fresh tenant or to any labourer who helps the landlord to make use of his own lanri. By this means they aim at what they call bringing the landlord to his knees"- that is. so reducing the value of his propei ty that it will become comparatively easy to buy liiir. out by -compulsory purchase. The Government fef that they cannot avoid prosecuting the leaders of a itation thus conducted. But beyond this there o be considered the violent physical outrages which immediately follow the Land League meetings, and which have resulted in a reign of terror. co The labouring men at County Wexford have formed a league, and joined the landlords in opposing the tenant farmers. Sir Hardinge Giffard, addressing his c' at Launceston, on Saturday, charged the neat with having in their Irish policy violated of propriety, and attempted to coerce the ho,. c Lords. Mr. Labouchere addressed his constituents at Northampton last week. He said 110 Session of recent years had accomplished such sound legislation as the last. He believed that next year the Government would introduce a Bill giving fixity of tenure to the Irish tenant-farmer. He intended to introduce a Bill for the Abolition of the House of Lords. Mr. Cowen, M. P.; addressed a large gathering of the Irish electors at Newcastle recently, and reviewed the present state of affairs in the sister country. The first thing, lie said, to be done for Ireland is to dry it. The greatest existing evil was the small number of owners of land and the proportionately large number of occupiers. In any plan that might be brought for- ward for putting the tenants in possession of their farms, means would have to be taken to prevent undue sub-division. There was some excitement in Dublin on Tuesday, owing to a telegram from a news agency stating that Mr. John Dillon, M.P., had been arrested. The report, however, turned out to be untrue. The Government do not intend arresting any of the persons whom it is intended to prosecute. The opening of the legal sitting following the Long Vacation attracted to considerable crowd of visitors to the Four Courts on Tuesday. Pending the customary meeting of the benchers, the hall was thronged with barristers, solicitors, ladies, and their friends, dis- cussing what course the Government prosecution against the land agitators would take. The cx officio informations by the Attorney-General were lodged at six o'clock this evening just before the close of the office. The following is an accurate list of the traverses (accused), viz.:—Messrs. Parnell, Biggar, Dillon, T. D. Sulivan, and Sexton, members of Parlia- ment A. Kettle, tenant farmer, Dublin; P. Egan, hon. treasurer, of the Land League, merchant, Dublin; Thomas Brennan, secretary, clerk, Dublin; M. Sullivan assistant secretary, Dublin; Joseph Gordon, shopkeeper Claremorris; Mat. Harris, tenant farmer, Ballinasloe; j J. Sheridan, Tubercurry; J. Nally, Balla; J. Walsh, Balla; and M, Boyton (tenant farmer), Kildare. The indictment contains nineteen counts, and charges the defendants with having conspired to prevent the pay- ment of rents, the enforcement of rents, the letting of farms, and to excite ill-will amongst different classes of of Her Majesty's subjects. Tuesday's Gazette proclaimed a portion of Cork county in a disturbed state requiring additional police. Already counsel have been named, both for the Crown and the traversers. The Crown will have the law officers, the serjeants-at-law, Mr. James Murphy, Q.C., Mr. William O'Brien, Q.C., Mr. Porter, Q. C.. wdiile the traverses, it is stated, will rctiim ill. M'Donogh, Q,C., Mr. William M'Laughlin, Q.C., Mr. Crean, and Mr. Nolan.

TURKEY AND THE EAST. A telegram from Constantinople, dated Friday, says that Dervish Pacha has been authorised by the Porte to arrest the Albanian chiefs opposed to the transfer of Dulcigno, and to send out of the district those refusing to become Montenegrin subjects.. Under the immediate dread of the occupation of Smyrna, the surrender of Dulcigno was promised unconditionally at the recent negotiations. The c e ay which has since occurred has been due to the bad faIth of the Porte in trying to impose conditions. The re- presentatives of the Powers did not fail to express their opinion of this course, and Mahmoud Nedim in an interview with the Sultan told his Majesty that resistance had been carried to the utmost limit com- patible with the existence of Turkey. The influence of Mahmoud Nedim prevailed, and Riza Pacha was instructed to transfer Dulcigno as speedily as possible. Riza Pacha has since been superseded by Dervish Pacha.

LOST IN THE SNOW AT LLANWNOG. On Friday last an inquest was held at Lluastuchaf, before R. Williams. Esq., deputy coroner, and a jury, on the- body of Jas. Harding, aged 44, who was lost in the storm in coming home from Newtown on the previous Tuesday ni^ht. John Lloyd, son of Mr. D. Lloyd, Lluast, said, I saw deceased on Tuesday evening at Pontdolgoch Station, and walked with him about two miles towards home. When I left him it was about eleven o'clock. We parted company about one mile from his home. No one else was with him then. He was quite sober. It was a very rough night, snow- iijc/ and blowing. There was a good deal of snow on the ground at the time, more than a foot deep, and it was very cold. He said, "Good night, and make haste home." I replied, "Good night." The next day I heard lie was missing, and went with others in search of him. He was found upon his own hill about a quarter past one on Wednesday afternoon, and about three hundred yards from his home. I assisted to carry deceased to his house.—By the foreman: He did not complain while I was with him of being ill.—John Griffiths said, I am son of Mr. Richard Griffiths, butcher, Bwlchygarreg. I travelled with the deceased from Newtown to Pontdolgoch, in the last train on Tuesday evening. It was Newtown fair day, and the train was very late, it being about 10 o'clock when we arrived at Pontdolgoch station. Deceased was quite sober. I walked in advance of him from the station to near Penyaraig, wheu he and the last witness overtook „ie We all three walked towards home together. I 1 „,i +0 leave them in turning to my home, a little more < a mile from deceased's home. That was the last t me I saw him alive. I wished him to go home with me and have a cup of tea, but he declined It was a ?erv rou-li, cold night. It w.as about 11 o clock when v e mrted. I heard next morning that lie had not retched home. I and my father, with six other men, w?nt in search of him about the hi 1, and in little more V" Lif an hour we found him lying upon his back, ovdte dead and cold. His eyes were open: and one Snd was upon liis breast. His umbrella was open close to him- There were no marks upon lum.-Mar- faret Harding, widow of the deceased gave further g • i The Jury aiter a brief consultation, returned ^verdict of "Found dead." The deceased leaves seven children.

SMALL INVESTMENTS IN GO VERMENT STOCKS. The Postmaster General has issued a statement that by the Savings Bank Act of last Session any person on and after the 22Dii October will be able to invest, at and arte United Kingdom, small sums in Government Stocks-Consols. wSlnced or New Three per Cents. The sums so in- vested must not be less than £ 10, and must not exceed riOO in any one year, and the aggregate amount held t anv ore investor must not exceed £ 300. The fol- lowing amounts will be charged for the purchase of Stock° and these sums will include all expenses con- with the subsequent collection of dividends :— On Stock not exceeding £ 25. • 9d. Fxceedinf £ 25, but not exceeding £ oU Is od. 0 £ 50, £ 75 Is 9d. £ 75, „ „ £ 100 2s 3d. >> .•» r m -1 :11 ~4. il.. The charges on the sale of Stock will be at the same rates up to £100, for X200 it will 2s. 9d„ and for £ 300. 3s. 3d. The investment will be at the current price of the day 011 which it was made, and a certificate thereof will be sent to the investors by post. Simular arrange- ments will be made for sales of Stock, and dividends will bs collected by the Post Office and placed to the credit of the investor. Any person having invested JE50 or more may, on ap- plication to the Post Office, obtain a Stock Certificate for £ 50, or any multiple of £ 50. These certificates will have coupons for dividends annexed payable to Facilities similar to those just described for invest- ment of small sums in Government fetocka will be granted by the trustee savings banks.

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GADD'S PATENT REVERSIBLE HANDLE PERAMBULATORS. BATHS AND PERAMBULATORS ON HIRE [26 A DECIDED BARGAIN. HOME-MADE JAM. JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM CASH PUICE- FOUR PENCE HALF PENNY per lb. JAM I JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM JAM EVANS BROS., PRESERVE DEALERS, 9, MARKET STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. [30 ELIJAH FINCH, TAILOR, No. 4, CAMBRIAN PLACE, ABERYSTWYTH. Gentlemen's own Materials made up.—Repairs, Scour ing, and Cleaning done on the shortest notice. LANCASHIRE FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ESTAnLIsHED 1832. Capital—THREE MILLIONS. Every description of Insurance effected at moderate rates. Agent F. HAW. Cambrian Lodge, near Aberystwyth. 270 DYEING AND FRENCH CLEANING. 1 LEATHERS are now el eaned, curled, or dyed L any colour by Miss S. J. HODGES, S, Cambrian- place, Aberystwyth. GLOVES and FURS renovated on the shortest notice. Country Orders transmitted by post will receive prompt attention. 4 business Jlbbrrssis. FISHMONGER, GAME DEALER, FRUITERER, &c., &c., Bridge End House, Dolgelley. Constant supplies of various kinds of fresh Fish, Game, &c., according to Season. ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO, And anything not on hand procured on the shortest notice. Ice alicays on hand, and supplied by the pound and Upwards. S3" Note the Address :— Bridge End House, Dolgelley. [86 OLD ROMAN COINS! OLD ROMAN eOINS THE old Roman Pot and the large quantity jL of old Roman Coins recently found by Mr. Morgan, Rhiwarthen Isaf, near Aberystwyth, in a field on his farm, are now to be seen at J. Morgan, Lapidary and Jeweller, 12, Pier-street, Aberystwyth. Some of the coins date from the second century. Most of them are for sale. Also, Aberystwyth and other Pebbles cut and mounted on the premises at most reasonable terms. [156] Ladies' Felt Morning Wrappers, 8/6 each to 60/0. Knitted Wool Skirts, 5/6 each to 12/6. French Wool Corsets, 2/11 per pair. Special Make Black Corsets, 7/6 per pair. Ladies' Night Dresses, 2/11, 3/6, 5/0. to 21/0 each. Chemises, 2/9; 3/6, 4/9, to 15/0 each. 2 Drawers, 1/0, 1/6, 2/0, to l0/(i per pair. Long-cloth Combinations, 5/6, 6/6, 7/0, to 15/6 each. „ Merino Vests, 1/3. 1/6, 2/6, to 6/6 each. Drawers, 6/6 per pair. Combinations, 12/0 each. Wedding Trousseaus and Infants' Layettes made to order. S. N. COOKE, 35, PIER-STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. [58 JOHN MATHIAS & CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, 7, BRIDGE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. AGENTS FOR CROSSE & BLACKWELLS PICKLES, SAUCES, JAMS, AND TABLE DELICACIES. GROCERIES This Department will be found most complete in every respect. PROVISIONS HAMS, Large and Small, of finest flavour and quality; WILTSHIRE & AMERICAN BACON, BUTTER & CHEESE in all varieties, English and Foreign, In and every description of Provision. ALL ORDERS SHALL HAVE PROMPT ATTENTION. [29 BOOKBINDING I OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT EDWARD EDWARDS, Great Darkgate-street, ABERYSTWYTH. ack numbers of Serial Works Obtained. [15 HAMER'S MERCANTILE COMPANY, LIMITED. (WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MERCHANTS) RAILWAY STATION YARD, ABERYSTWYTH. HAVE in Stock the best Newport, Wigan. zn jLl Staffordshire, Ruabon, Smokeless Steam Coal, Smith's Coal, Foundry Coke, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Lime. ALSO ALL KINDS OF Bricks, Tiles, Slates, Slabs, Sanitary and Drainage Pipes, Artificial Manures, Cements, &c. LOWEST PRICES CHARGED. TRUCK LOADS ON REDUCED TERMS. Branch Depots at TREGARON, STRATA FLORIDA, TRAWSCOED, LLANILAR, LLANRHYSTYD ROAD, BOW STREET, LLANFIHANGEL. BORTH. EDWARD HAMER, MANAGER. May, 1880. [93 ABERYSTAVYTH. EVANS, qL M PASTRY, COOK, 8 CONFECTIONER, I amil_- Ar Im MARKET-ST. MAKKET-ST. %moo Dinners, Teas, & Coffee Pastry & Confectionery at any hour. of every description. Wedding breakfasts. Public and Private Dinner Parties supplied in the best style. JOHN BAKKli Rhydypenau Farm, Bow Street R.S.O., Cardi- ganshire, PRACTICAL LICENSED VALUER of all kinds of Live and Dead Farming Stock, all sorts of Agricultural Produce and Implements, per- manent Farm Improvements, and Dilapidations, &c. J. B. would be pleased to attend to the commands of gentlemen who are taking or letting farms and require an experienced Valuer's services. THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND LON- DON MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED J St.j L CHIEF OFFICES 20, PRINCESS-SQUARE, PLYMOUTH, 21, NEW BRIDGE-ST., BLACKFRIARS. LONDON. SECRETARY: T. J. W. BUCKLEY. ALL Kinds of 'Life Assurances can lie effected with this Company, at very moderate Premiums. The Institution being purely MUTUAL, the whole of tha Profits belong to, and arc divided ainon-T those who are assured 011 the Participating Scale 9 Claims paid within two months after gttisfactol-y pioof of death has been received, and the Claim admitted by the Directors. For further information, apply to the District Agent tor Cardiganshire, 0 DAVID EVANS, BODAWEL, Ll.ANWN.NEX, 3i9] CARMARTHEN. RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE COMPANY, For insuring against Accidents of aU kinds. Estab- lished, 1S49. b Capital—ONE MILLION. Invested Funds. f 225,000. Bonus allowed to Policy Holders I of five years standing. Prompt settlement of claims v Agent—F. SIIAW, Cambrian Lodge, near Aberyst wyth. STRENGTH FOR THE WEAK. The attention of the feeble, and those in failing health, is particularly called one of the greatest discoveries of modern times, known as LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD, Or WINE OF PHOSPHA 7ES, A Nutritious and Invigorating Essence, highly recommended by the most eminent of the Medical Profession for the Cure of Nervous Head and Mind Complaints, Coughs, Asthma and Incipient Consump- tion, Nervousness. Weakness and Exhaustion Dimness of Sight, Shortness of breath, Headache, Depression, Palpitation of the Heart, Drowsisess Indigestion, Singing Noises in the Head and Ears, Trembling, Loss of Memory, Want of Appetite, Neuralgia, Pains and Aches, Wasting Diseases, Loss of Energy, Impaired Nutrition, Inactivity of the Brain, with dulncss of perception and delusions, and al lather low states of the system indicating the presence of disease, which if not attended to in time rTO may become serious. lestimonial from Sir CHARLES LOCOCK. Physician to the Queen. "I have for some years recommended LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD in cases of general ill-health with the most beneficial results. I find it to be a ^very pure preparation, containing amongst other things free and uncxydized Phosphorus highly diffused, iind when persevered with has always seemed to give fresh life to the languid and exhausted, and health, strength, and energy. By its use the dull, the sluggish, the lazy and languid arise in the morning well and refreshed with an appetite for food, and fit for study, society or business. "CHARLES LOCOCK M D LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD Is the true strength-giver and health-restorer nourishing both body and brain, supplying mental and physical power, and nerve and brain food. It r. is not at all like medicine, being entirely different to anything ever before introduced to the public, and tastes like some balmy, fragrant, and delici- ous nectar. LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD Purifies and Enriches the blood, thereby rendering the skin clear and transparent, sharpens the intellect, strengthens the constitution, re-estab- lishes the health, thoroughly re-vitalises the system and is the one unfailing remedy for debility from whatever cause arising. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Far superior to beef-tea, port wine, and all tonic medicines. "A medicine suited alike to young and old, that cannot harm the most delicate, and very strengthen- ing. —Practitioner. "Nervous Debility, caused by the constitution having been injured in early life, can be cured by this, remedy if taken judiciously. "The nearest approach to the cure of Consumption that has yet been discovered."—British MedkaL Journal. "Particularly adapted to the female system." .LYew Yod.; Journal oj ALedicine and Surgery. "eems to be a specific for every form of weaknes and cures most diseases. "-Dublin Medical Press. "A mild remedy of universal application, and good family medicine.Monthly Journal of Pharmacy. "Lays the foundation of health in the young, and soon builds up a strong constitution.—Druitfs S ur<j eons' Vade-.J.1Iccllm. Will save ten times its cost in doctors' bill." American Pharmaceutical Journal. It is one of the few preparations that can be depended upon, and must, in course of time, entirely supersede quinine, iron, cod liver oil, tonics, bitters, and the thousand and one fashionable, dear, and doubt- ful remedies. and Di-iifigist. Sold in bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lis., and also in 33s. and f5 Cases. Any Chemist not having it in Stock will procure it to order; and there is a great saving in buying the larger sizes. XTo prevent confusion when you ask for LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL FOOD see that you get it, as our Agents sell all our Nutritives and Preparations which are numerous. Remember that LIEBIG'S CHEMICAL. FOOD is a medicine sold in bottles and bearing the Government Stamp. London Agents: Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon- street; Edwards and Sons, 157, Queen Victoria-st. j Newbery and Sons, 37, Newgate-street; Millard and Sons, 40, Charterhouse-square; Sanger and Sons, 150 and 252, Oxford-street; Hovenden and Sons, 5, Great. Marlbourough-street, W., and 93 and 95, City-road; Sutton and Co., 10, Bow Churchyard; Butler and Crispe, 4, Cheapside; Maw, Son, and Thompson, 7 to 12, Aldersgate-street; Lynch and Co., 171A and 171B, e-s Aldersgate-street; William Mather, Firringdon-roacl; and J. C. Thompson, 121, New North-road. ORDER OF ANY CHEMIST. LIEBIG AND CO., WANDSWORTH ROAD, LONDON, S.W. Chemists are cautioned against making or offering for sale preparations and calling them "Chemical Food," as it was decided in the case of Liebigv. Scully. that we we." the originators of the name and had the sole right to use it, and all persons selling other articles by this name not only render themselves liable to an action for damages, but also to Chancery pro- ceedings. A RIDE TO KHIVA A BY CAPTAIN FRED BURNABY, Royal Horse Guards. Page 13 says :-I I Two pairs of boots lined with fur were also taken and for physic—with which it is as well to be supplied when travelling in out-of-the-way places—some quinine and Cockle's pills, the latter a most invaluable medicine, and one which I have used on the natives of Central Africa with the greatest pos- i ble success. In fact, the marvellous effects produced upon the mind and body of an Arab Sheik, who was imperviousto all native medicines, when I administered to him five COCKLE'S PILLS will never fade from my memory and a friend of mine, who passed through the same district many months afterwards, informed me that my fame as a medicine man' had not died out, but that the marvellous cure was even then a theme of conversation in the bazaar.' SEE BURNABY'S RIDE TO KHIVA, page 13. A GOOD FAMILY MEDICINE CHEST, with a prudent use, has saved many a life and yet we think the idea may be improved upon, and re- duced to a more simple form. Take some good com-, pound, such as COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS and we find that the desired end may be obtained with- out scales and weights, or little mysterious compart- ments or enchanted bottles, with crystal stoppers. Others might be used, but COCKLE'S PILLS, as tasted by many thousands of persons, and found to. answer their purpose so well, may be set down as the best. -OI)eerve)-. Cockle's Antibilious Pills In use the last eighty year INDIGESTION. In boxes at Is. 1 Jd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lis. Cockle's Antibilious Pills, In use the last eighty years for BILLIOUS AFFECTIONS. In boxes at Is. I,d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I I s. Cockle's Antibilious Pills, In use the last eighty years for LIVER COMPLAINTS. In boxes at Is. Hd., 2s. 9., 4s. 6d., and lis. Cockle's Antibilious Pills, In use amongst all classes of society EIGHTY YEARS, May be had throughout the United Kingdom, In boxes at Is. lfd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11. MR. EDWARDS, SURGEON-DENTIST, FFESTINIOG, Attends Dolgelley at Mr. Davies, Eldon House, the first and third Saturday in each month. Portmadoc, every Friday, at Mr. John Jones, Temper- ance House, 73, High Street (opposite the Market Hall). 151 JONES & LANGLEY, CARRIAGE BUILDERS, OSWALD ROAD, OSWESTRY, A LARGE STOCK OF MODERN CARRIAGES. l EEPAIRS PROMPTLY DONE.