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Rivets attb JJaivcics. Cannot be Dry Reading—A volunie of water. Brotherly Love in Our Churches—Strictly Plateonic. —Fumy Folk*. Girls. like opportunities, are all the more to you after being embraced. Governess: What is ttie future of the verb to love, Mary?" Pupil, after a pause: "To marry, Miss -Tones." Have you seen my blackfaeed antelope? inquired Mr Leascope, who had a collection of animals. No, I have not; whom did your blackfaced aunt elope v,'ith?" Mr Smith," said a lady at a bazaar, won't you buy a bouquet to present to the lady you love?" "That wouldn't be right," said Mr Smith; "I'm a married man." "I suppose in the end you'll be marrying some idiot of a fellow ?" said a suitor who had been rejected. Excuse me," she replied, "if I meant to do that, I should accept your otter." A Denver paper professes to think it marvellous that a man whose brains were knocked out is still living. If he were out this way he would not be only living, but he would be holding some important office. z! Have you," asked the judge of a recently con- victed man, "anything to oiler the court before sentence is passed?" No, your Honour," replied the prisoner' my lawyer took my last cent." CAPITAL HOLIDAY GAME.—Friend: Hullo, Joskiiis I What's this? You mounted the blue ribbonV Joskins: All right, old man. Best game out if your're hard up and want "drinks." The lads think it no end of a lark to make the blue" tight;" and so 'tis-for the blue !—Ft'any Folks. It is said that the Marquis of Lorne, at a railway station at Canada, mentioned the fact that some of his ancestors put their feet under Arthur s round table, whereupon a backwoodsman exclaimed: W-d, if my ainsters had been there, they'd a put their feet a top of it, you bet." WHY HE LOVES THE MONTH OF JUXE.—And so you lovr June better than any other month," she said, gazincr at the young farmer from the blue abysses of her soft dreamy eyes—" beautiful leafy June, with its roses, and its song-birds, and its fragrance-laden zephyrs ?" Yes," he replied nonchalantly, it's the best month to wean calves, you know." His OPPORTr-ITIEii -The shower came down so unexpectedly that nearly everybody was taken by surprise, and the people were in a panic. Young Masher, who never goes out without his umbrella, saw his opportunity, and sailing up to the prettiest girl with the prettiest hat, made a bow that is warranted to kill across the street, and said, May I offer you my umbrella?" co Oh, a thousand thanks," she said. Papa will bring it down to his office in the morning," and she sailed away dry shod, leaving him desolate and soaking in his loneliness, like a pelican in the wilder- less and as a weather-vane upon the honse-top. Not long after his removal from the House of Com- mons to the House of Lords, Disraeli met a brother peer in the street, who asked him how he liked the change. "Like it," exclaimed Disraeli, forgetting himself for the moment, and blundering out the truth— Like it! I feel as if I were dead, or buried alive Then seeing the expression discomfiture on the peer's face, he added hastily, with a courtly bow and an irre- sistible smile, "And in the land of the blessed

LONDON GOSSIP. The Cabinet has already practically decided to restore Cetewayo under very severe conditions. There was a discussion in the House of Commons early on Monday Qiornin^, raised without notice and continued without concert wherein Mr E. Ashley could only say that he hoped" to be able to make an anouncement before the end of the session. His reticence is caused by a Problem before which the whole Cabinet stands utterly bewildered—what in the name of justice and religion and humanity is to be done with John Dunn ? We made a king of him in 1880, he has enjoyed his throne for a little more than two years, and at the end of it all propose it to go to him calmly, and tell him that we have made a mistake, and that we wish he would retire from the business of savage chief. Lord Kimberley does not suggest anything, and his vacancy of mind is generally reflected. The only outside held offered is the hint that perhaps he might feel adequately rewarded if we got the Sultan to confer upon him the order of the Medjidie. The retirement of Sir David Wedderbum and Mr Hut chinson takes two good Liberals out of the House. The Scotch member had not found an opportunity of doing anything, but Mr Hutchinson's brief career was Marked by a useful reform in the barbarities of the l^ibel Act as it affected newspapers. If the average Member did so much good work in the course of a far longer legislative life, the world would be a much better place to live in. Mr Hutchinson recently gave **p his charming residence near Halifax and came to reside in London—1 am -sorry to say not with the desired effect on his health. The House of Commons will practically adjourn for the holidays on Thursday and will be in recess until Tuesday, October 24th. There may be a meeting on Friday, but it will not be for business, and the whole of the arrangements for the autumn session will be completed on the previous day. Only one measure is low exercising the mind of the Government. They do still hope to carry the Married Womens's Property Bill ^is-year, and they are ready to prolong the session for °ne day in order to do so. As, however, the House of Wds is not opposed to the measure, and even if it Were there is no House of Lords left in town to be OPPosed to it, they will probably succeed. The » Prospects of the Sunday Closing Bill are less brilliant. Mr Warton intends to obstruct it at every stage. Though Mr Biggar has left for his country seat' Mr barton still remains. Out of 327 divisions which have been held this session he boasts that he has voted in 2; and one of the two which he missed was a pure £ eoide*at. Having spent the season so assiduously, *|e was well enough to make twenty-seven speeches on Friday night and to come back on Saturday morning ^"ith another. He will not leave his place, he declares, f°r any money that could be offered to him, though ^evera'l members of the house would be ready to pay tot' his holiday if he would begin it at once. Let him Succeed in this movement of his, and the Cornish' 'Minday Closing Bill is lost. In both Houses the restoration of Cetewayo was ^Inounced, and was received—in the Commons at 'east—with prevailing satisfaction. Apart from the t'pect which the English people feel for a brave the state of things which has existed in Zulu- jaHd since Cetewayo was deposed, is not of the kind jj^at would compel Ministers to hold on to their choice, "he terms sketched by Lord Kimberley are of a some- what severe nature, and will leave Cetewayo to some in the position of a vassal king. But I hear •hat he has accepted them freely, and shows every j •spositioii to carry out the bargain, not only to the Jitter, but in the spirit. Enquiries have convinced the Colonial Office that he will be received with open 4418 by the great majority of the Zulus, who are 'dfeady tired of the rivalries of the kinglets, and the deities of one or two of them. There will probably trouble with John Dunn, and the colonists, after heir kind, are not likely to approve of any step taken the Imperial Government that is not clearly to *heir advantage. Cetewayo, at the close of his inter- >lew on Tuesday morning with Lord Kimberley, pro- ^°sed to go off home straightway. He enjoys all the Slghts of this country, but is in a desperate hurry to hack to his kingdom. I believe he will be gone efore September is a week old, though he will not for ollle time yet see Zululand. I The death by drowning of Professor Stanley Jevons .I48 thrown a gloom over what remains of political and 'terary society in London. The Professor was a great i^'ourite. His energy, keenness, and ability gave him gVs place. As a political economist, lie struck one £ 1 aya as more original than sound. His investigations bght upon the subjects upon which be dilated, hile l;is theories did not always prove satisfactory ex- ^nations. No candid mind will say that he succeeded, he thought he had done, in demolishing Mill's philo- gT^y. He had a faculty, too, for startling the public lute;'vals by some astonishing predictions—as, for w'en told us that our coalfields were all disappear through exhaustion, leaving ue to <uVei, t,,e vvjnter foc lade of artificial heat, and to arve jn t;le suminer frolu the failure of all (Air indus- ^les- Bat he did great good now and again by demand- real public improvements. Mr. Fawcett alone °v,'s what Professor Jevons's timely articles on the £ rfcels post did to keep that project alive when it: _*tted dead, and to prepare the way for its eventual ePtance by Parliament, The Professor was always pi faking experiments in social arrangements. He deal hard for greater powers to local authorities to ea» YITH Preva!ent evils and whatever he wrote was gerly rcad_ if he was not a very exact thinker, he 0 s a very practical one. He was a great power at Ceipi"3 College while he was there and though not so Oty °l'ated in the larger field of London, he held his Vi-_ here too. The loss in him is the loss of a man who 34^ CaPabie ci iiifusieg inspiration into those whom he

1'C vjiiy so maçy are unable to take Cocoa sUiY»| ^Ue varieties commonly sold are mixed with Vv^ji under the plea of rendering them soluble; ^Hise Veally making them thick, heart/, and indigestible, 'hr- Rlay be easily detected, for if Co foa thickens in ¡r ^Ocoa v}t l"'oveg addition of starch. Cadbury's the ^sence is genuine it is therefore three times like .fength of these Cocoas, and 3. refreshing beverage a or coffee. and cheapest place for Welsh Flannels and 'N, C»r 0U IN all colours, is at J. H. EDWABPS, eat Darkgate-street, Aberystwyth. L.

the$kpcrs. The Ladies' Land League has been dissolved by resolution at a meeting held in Dublin. Mr Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, has completed his 72nd year, having been born at Somersby, in Lincolnshire, on August 6th, 1809. It is said that the Queen's wedding present to the I el Duke of Westminster was a very handsome thorough- bred horse. Thunderstorms of a violent character, and in some instances with fatal results, passed over various parts of England, Scotland, and Wales, on Saturday even- ing. A census bulletin just issued shows that the number of farms in America has increased from 2,660,000 in 1870 to 4,000,000 in 18S0, or at the rate of 51 per cent. in ten years. Cetewayo on Monday went to Osborne, and was received by the Queen in a manner which it is said greatly impressed him. Lord Kimberley accompanied the ex-King. Mr Stopford Brooke, jun., after graduating at Ox- ford and attending courses of lectures at Berlin, has finally decided to enter the Unitarian ministry. He is announced to preach to the Old Meeting congregation, Birmingham, on the 17th of September. Mr J. D. Hutchinson, M.P. for Halifax, dating from Brighton, has written to the Halifax Liberal Associa- tion, stating that his health has lately precluded adequate attention to his Parliamentary duties, and that he is forced to give up what he would gladly have kept. The Chinese Exclusion Bill having gone into oper- ation, the ships with coolies from Hong-kong have had their destination changed from California to British Columbia, causnig the fear of a large influx of Chinese there. i. ¡ A meeting of over 1,000 herds and labourers was held on Monday in Roscommon, and resolutions were passed damanding an increase of from 30 to 50 per cent. in their wages, with improved dwellings., and declaring their intention to strike if their demands were not complied with. Two large stacks of new hay belonging to Mr John Gregory, of Cotton, Salop, were on Monday set on fire with matches by his son, aged six years. The Rev. Sir William Honeyman, owner of the farm, and others, rendered every assistance prior to the arrival of the engines, but only a small quantity was saved. The value of the hay is £ 470. Three more lives have been lost in the Alps. Dr Gobat started on Friday afternoon with two guides from Zermatt to ascend the Dent Blanche, and the Englishman's plan was to return to his hotel on Sun- day. As nothing was seen of him, search parties were sent out, and after a difficult climb some guides, found the three dead bodies near the Val d'Herins. Professor Jevons was drowned on Monday at Bexhill, Sussex, while bathing. An inquest was held, when the jury returned a verdict of accidental desth. Professor William Stanley Jevons, M.A., F.R.S., was born in 1835. He was appointed Professor of Logic at Owen's College, Manchester, in 1866, and Professor of Political Economy in University College in 1S76. A man named Frederick Ricketts, aged thirty-three, in custody at the Stepney Police-station on a charge of embezzling a small sum of money belonging to his em- ployers, on Monday, drew from his pocket a loaded pistol, and, placing the muzzle under his right eye, pulled the trigger, and death was instantaneous. He leaves a wife and seven children. It is said the authorities of Paris have been obliged to appeal to the in habitants to economise water, the absence of snow and rain last winter having now told on the springs of the Vanne and the Dhuys. The watering of the streets has been limited to twice a week, and Seine water is being used to make up the deficiency in that of the Vanne. Mr Jesse Collings proposes to move next session a resolution declaring it desirable, in order to increase the productiveness of the land, to arrest the decline of the rural population, and to promote the interests of the commercial industries of the country, that provision should be made by Parliament to facilitate the acquire- ment by agricultural labourers, tenant farmers, and others of proprietary rights in agricultural land. The funeral took place at Plealy, near Shrewsbury, on Friday, of Richard Samuel France, the promoter of the Shrewsbury, Potteries, and North Wales Railway, which he was only able to partly complete through conflicting interests. His death took place at Oswestry on Tuesday, I at the comparatively early age of fifty- five. He was interested in many railway schemes, and well-known in the railway world. A young farmer, named Francis Hynes. was on, Friday placed on his trial at the Commission Court in Dublin, for the murder of a herd near Ennis county Clare, last month. The crime was agrarian in charac- ter, and, according to the opening statement of the Attorney General, was deliberately planned. The de- fence was an alibi. The case was finished on Saturday when a verdict of guilty was returned and Hynes was sentenced to be hanged. Mr Justice Stephen, at the Central Criminal Court last week, summed up the evidence in the case of Thomas Walsh, indicted for treason-felony. His Lord- ship, having referred to the provisions of the Treason- Felony Act, observed that the main question was whether the prisoner had done any act to depose the Queen, or anything expressive of such an intention. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and his Lordship, remarking that the verdict was founded on the opinion that Walsh had played only a subordinate part to others, sentenced him to penal servitude for seven years. Mr Gladstone stated on Monday that the Govern- ment would, when the House met in October, lay on the table a new Rule with the object of expediting Supply. It is understood that the plan in the mind of the Government is to refer the Estimates to one or two large Committees for the examination and discussion of details. It is believed that in this way the discussion of the estimates in Committee of the whole House might be greatly curtailed, if not dispensed with alto- gether. In the latter case members would have an opportunity of discussing any points in the Estimates on the report. A colossal statue of Mr Gladstone, presented by Mr Theodore Bryant to the Poplar Board of Works was unveiled by Lord Carlingford last week, in the pre- scence of several members of the Premier's family, and a large concourse of people who crowded Bow-road. The noble Lord briefly sketched the political life of Mr Gladstone. He was followed by Earl Granville, who said he had now known his friend and chief for fifty years. What he could best speak of, if that were the time, would be Mr Gladstone's merits as a colleague and his charm as a political chief. The verdict of history upon him would be that of all our great states- men none had been more pure or more noble. St. James's Gazette says.—To every deserving man his due reward, and a word of approval for him who does his duty well. But, for a great nation, are we not becoming a little too much excited about the valour and the skill of our forces at Alexandria ? The bombardment was very well done, but surely the re- duction of the Egyptian forts, manned as they were, was not a wonderful achievement—nothing for the greatest of naval Powers to brag about nor are we aware of anything that has since happened which justifies the use of large and boastful language. The truth seems to be that a rather unpleasant change has passed over the national temper in this respect. There were times when the soldier or the sailor who did his duty on ordinary occasions in an ordinary way neither sought nor received any particular recognition of his services. He was expected to do his duty he did it, and there was an end of the matter. It was only when exceptional dangers were met with exceptional skill, steadiness, and daring that recognition and reward came in and they were the sweeter because they were known to be shared only by the doers of really great deeds. All that is changed and at this rate we shall soon see every officer who does a good piece of outpost duty imitating the demeanour of the popular danseuse when she trips to the footlights at the end of a grace- ful fling. The Daily yews says.—The magistrates at Pwllheli, though they plume themselves upon their own modera- tion, appear to have original ideas on the subject of cheap and speedy justice. They had before them last November a man named Hughes, who was charged with stealing wreckage. Hughes pleaded not guilty in Welsh, but the interpreter, an official whose services seem indispensable to communications between resi- dent magistrates and their neighbours in the Princi- pality, pleaded guilty for him in English. This showed a noble indifference to trifles which did not concern him on the part of the interpreter, but the acquiescence of Hughes in the error is less easily explained. He p-,iid, however, the fine of five pounds inflicted upon him in consequence of the interpreter's admission, and then he probaoly thought that, even at petty sessions, the worst was over. It was not so, however. Instead of leaving the Court and putting on his hat, Hughes put on his hat and left the Court. This was too much for the magisterial dignity of Pwllheli, and Hughes was brought back by a policeman and consigned to the cells, being at the same time informed that Pwllheli was the only place where he would not have received three months' hard labour for his offence. It is no doubt a lanjentable deficiency n the English law that magistrates at petty sessions should have no power to commit for contempt. But such is the fact, and Hughes not unnaturally brought an action against the justices, who p&id ten pounds into Court. The jury found that this satisfied the claim. We hope it satis- fies the Lord Chan&ellor and the inhabitants of Pwll- heli. Why send printing to Bristol and Birmingham when you can get it done as well, as cheaply, and as quickly at the Cambrian News Office, Aberystwyth?

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NOTES. ABERYSTWYTH RECORDS. ( Continued.) Saturday May 1st 1S19, before Job Sheldon, Esq Mayor.—-At this court there is granted to John Davies, Tanycastell, Llanycliaiarn, farmer, all those pieces or parcels of land containing by admeasurement. one of them 62 yards in length and 9 yards in breadth at the broadest part, and the other of them forty-one yards in length and nine yards in breadth at the broadest part being part of Morfa Swnd for ninety-six years on payment of a fine of Twenty Pounds and an annual rent of Twenty Shillings. The Jury present as burgesses Thomas Laurence late of Llaw) well Hall, Radnor, but now of Brecon; and Evan Morgan of the Fountain Inn. 16th October, 1819, before Job Sheldon, Mayor.— The Jury present Thomas William Williams, of Aber- ystwyth, to be mayor William Jones, Aberystwyth, Gentleman to be Coroner Job Sheldon, Esquire, to be Chamberlain: Thomas Jones, Machynlleth, Gentle- man, to be Town Clerk; John Lloyd and John Thomas to be town sergeants John Thomas to be Bellman John Lewis. John Field, John Hopkins, mason, and James Lewis, all of Aberystwyth to be petty constables; Rowland Parry, John Davies, William Cox, Morris Davies, Cadwalader Jones, Thomas Jones the younger, Evan Morgan, David James, Roger Owen, and William Davies to be special constables and John Davies of the Gogerthan Arms to be scavenger. The Jury present as burgesses James Morice of Carrog, Gent., David Davies of Crigil, Esquire, William Leyburn, Esquire of Aberystwyth, and the Honourable Charles Agar. 11 The Jury present that on the 15th of October instant the Mayor and Burgesses by their deed Poll reciting therein that by a certain other deed Poll bearing date the 14th December, 1813 they granted unto Pryse Pryse of 'Gogerthan, Esquire the piece or parcel of land to hold from the date thereof for ninety-nine years, And reciting that the' said piece was found to be an eligible situation for the erection of a public school House and that application has been made to them for a grant of the same in perpetuity for that purpose, to effect which the said Pryse Pryse by a certain in- denture bearing date the 19th of October, 1819, for the consideration thereinmentioned did bargain, sell assign and surrender unto the Mayor and Burgesses the piece or parcel of land. To hold the same for and during the rest of the term then unexpired in order that the same term should as far as re- spected the land be merged and extinguished, did for divers considerations them thereunto specially moving under their common zeal, grant unto the said Pryse Pryse of Gogerthan, William Edward Powell of Nanteos, and George Bonsall of Glanrheidol, Esquires, Thomas Richards, clerk, Richard Evans, the Vicar of the Parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, and Richard Morgan the Minister of Saint Michaels. Aberystwith, Trustees of a Certain Charitable Institution for the Education of the children of poor and Indigent Parents their full license to convert to their own use a piece of land adjoining a certain close or field called Caegraig- issa in the occupation of John Davies, Innkeeper, con- taining sixty-three yards in length and sixteen yards in breadth at the broadest part bounded on the northern side by the said close or field and on the western side by the Ropewalk in the occupation of Thomas Jones, In trust to erect thereon one or more Building or Buildings to be appropriated for the pur- pose of teaching the children of Poor and Indigent Parents to hold the same for ever paying yearly to the Mayor and Burgesses one Penny on the ffeast day of Saint Michael the Archangel. A grant made in April, 1817. to Bridget James spin- ster is confirmed owing to an informality, and a grant made to John Jones, Esquire, of land adjoining a certain wall erected by John Davies, Innkeeper, which, however, Mr Jones would not accept. (To be continued.)

(Evichtt. "r- DOLGELLEYkBORTHWKOG. This match was played at Dolgelley Green on Satur- day, the 5th August. The day was very fine. and the playing remarkably good, resulting in a victory for the Dolgelley team. The following was the score:— DOLGELLEY. First Innings. Howel Jones, b Bicknell 10 T. H. Roberts, b Mudife II Rev. J. Brotherton, b Bicknell .3 William Owen, st Mudife, b Bicknell 0 C. E. J. Owen, b Mud^e 8 Williaiii Jones, c Bicknell 18 John Humphreys, c Bickncll 18 Owen Edwarda, c and b Bicknell 14 T. Webster, c and b Bicknell 4 E. J. Erans, b J. C. Koberts 6 J. Richards, not out 1 Extras 18 Total .Ill BORTif wlfoo. First Innings. Second Innings. N. Thruston, c Roberts, b Win. Owen 0 J. Humphreys,cC. E. J. Owen, bW. Owen 0 b Wiii. Owen 8 T. W. Thruston, c Brotherton, b W. Owen 22 A. Mudg-e, c and b Wm. J»nes 0 b Webster 1 Bicknell, c Roberts, b W111. Owen 5 b Webstor „ 8 R. Wayne, sen., run out .2 b Wm. Owen 2 J. Martin, c Evans, b Wm. Owen 2 b Wm. Owen 0 J. C. Roberts, not out IS I b w.. I G. Humphreys, b Wm. Jones 1 run out 01 De la B. Ramsay, b C. E. J. Owen 1 run out 1 R. Wayne, jun., b Wm. Jones 0 run out 0 Extras .4 Extras 9 Total Total 3o ABERYSTWYTH TOWN C.C. V. JASPER HOUSE C.C. A match between the above teams for the first time was played on Saturday, August 5th, in which Jasper House suffered a very severe defeat by a single innings and 39 runs to spare. The fielding of the Town Club I was splendid, whilst the fielding of Jasper House was very loose. The following was the score :— TOWN C.C. First Inning's. A. Brittain, b H. Elkington 5 H. Peake, c G. Elkington, b Stone. 2 R. G. Smith, c Stone, b H. Elkington 0 D. P. Thomas, e J. Jones, b C. D. Marvin 13 S. Taylor, b H. Elkington 3 J. Cosens, b H. Elkington .3 D. G. Evans, run out. 2 M. L. Jones, c G. Elkington, b C. D. Marvin 0 L. Itichards, run out 14 C. West wood, c F. B. Roberts, b C. D. Marvin 12 W. H. Jones, b H. Stone 7 E. Thomas, not out 2 Byes, 12 Wides, 10 22 Total 5 JASPER HOUSE. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. H. Stone, b D. G. Evans 4 b A. Brittain 1 F. B. Roberts, b D. G. Evans 3 hit wicket, b Brittain 0 J. Jones, b D. G. Evans .0 b L. Richards 2 J. D. Jenkins, b W. H. Jonek; 1 b A. Brittaiii 7 C. D. brvin, b D. G. Erans 0 b C. Westwood 0 G. Elkiiitoii, c Ilrittain, b W. H. Jones 0 b C. Westwood 1 W. L. Evans, b W. H. Jones 1 not out. 5 H. Elkington, not out 1 b L. Richards 0 Lloyd, b \Y. H. Jones .0 b C. Westwood 0 W. Wooding, b W. J. Jones 4 bC. Westwood 0 A. H. Marvin, b W. H. Jones 1 b A. Brittain 0 T. O. Raw, b W. H. Jones 0 runout. 0 Byes 2 Byes 7 Total 17 Total 29 ARDWYN SCHOOL, ABERYSTWYTH. On the 2Sth of July the distribution of prizes at this school took place, according to the result of an exami- nation that had been held for some days previously. The lists were read and prizes awarded. The result of the examination was as follows :— DRA WIXG. Geometrical drawing and Perspective were pronounced excellent, and sketches and freehand very fair. Music.—R. A. Jones (Chester), R. A. Jones (Liver- pool), Estyn Jones, Norman Jones, and M. T. Lewis were very satisfactory. FRENCH.—Senior I, J. R. Jones, prize; 2, R. O. Bishop. Middle 1, A. E. Lewis, prize 2, R. E. Owen. Junior: 1, Thomas James (Tinross), prize; 2, B. Watkins. LATIN.—Senior: 1, J. R. Jones, prize; 2, D. Jones and R. Rees, equal. Middle 1, R. E. Owen, prize 2, R. A. Jones (Chester). Junior I, O. Williams, prize; 2, D. W. Davies. GEO'.NIFTItY.-Seiiior 1, J. R. Jones, prize; 2, M. Roderick. Middle 1, P. Jones and B. Watkins, equal, prizes 2, T. E. Jones. Junior 1, Thomas James (Talybont). prize; 2, R. H. Morgan. ALGEBRA AND ARITHMETIC. Senior I, T. W. Lewis, prize 2, J. R. Jones. Middle 1, B. Wat- kins, prize; 2. T. E. Jones. Junior: 1, D. W. Davies, prize; 2, Thomas James (Talybont). ENGLISH.—Senior 1, R. O. Bishop, prize 2, D. Jones. Middle 1, W. H. Morris, prize 2, J. W. F. Jones. Junior 1, O. Williams, prize 2, T. E. Jones. GREEK.—Senior 1, R. Bees and D. Jones, equal, prizes 2, R. O. Bishop. Junior 1, R. E. Owen, prize 2, A. E. Lewis. GEOGRAPHY.—Senior: 1, J. T. R. Miller, prize; 2, J. W. F. Jones. prize. Junior: 1, David Williams, prize; 1, B. B. Griffiths. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.—I, J. R. Jones, prize; 2, M. Roderick. ENGLISH HIQTORY. -Senior: 1, W. H. Morris, prize; 2, R. E. Owen. Junior T. E. Jones, prize 2, O. Williams. WRITIXG.-l, R. R, Pugh, prize 2, S. R. Coleman. SWIMMING.—1st Class 1, J. T. R. Miller, prize; 2. B. Watkins. 2nd Class: 1, R. A. Jones (Chester), prize; 2, R. G. Prichard.

THE WELSH CHARITY SCHOOL AT ASHFORD. Last week a general court of the subscribers to the Welsh Charity School at Ashford was held at the offices of the Society of Ancient Britons, Charles-street, St. James's, for the purpose of electing a number of found- ation and half-pay scholars to the benefits of the insti- tution, which, after a long existence as a charity school for children of the working class, has been recently "converted" into a school for the children of the middle class. In addition to scholars nominated by the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Powis, the follow- ing are to be received on the found, i.e., to receive their board and education free from any payment, viz.: —Alexander Hayden. Llanfairisgaer Vicarage, Bangor, father formally church organist, now deceased Emma G. M. Williams, Minera Vicarage, Wrexham, both parents living, father's nett income, 9259; M. Eliza- beth Owen, Trevor Vicarage. Llangollen, both parents living, father's nett income, jE90 Annie M. H. Thomas, Mallwyd Rectory, Dinas Mawddwy, both parents living, father's nett income. L253 Laura A. Owen, Dolgelley, father deceased, former occupation, bank manager; Susan E. Owen, Efenechtyd Rectory, Ruthin, both parents living, father's nett income, £267; Edith A. Lomax, Breinton Vicarage, Hereford, both parents living, father's nett income, £ 224; Agnes M. Evans, Ynys yr Wyddfa, Brecon, father's occupa- tion, farmer, income 9106 Elizabeth M. Jones, Llan- ycil Rectory, Bala, father deceased, former occupation, captain in the merchant service; Mary J. Jones, Blaenllan, New Quy, father a schoolmaster. The thirty half-pay scholars are the following :—Mary E. Jones, Corwen. father clerk of the board of guardians, Sarah C. Thomas, Trepennal, father a farmer; Grace E. Hughes, Llanberis, father a surgeon Elizabeth E. Davies and Sarah M. Davies, of Llangan Vicarage, Whitland; Phcebe M. Thomas. Llanwrtyd Wells, father a clergyman Edith R. Williams, Llanerch- aeron Vicarage Clara E. Mills, Llanstinan Rectory, Pembroke Millie B. Jones, St. John's Parsonage, Tonyrefail; Lydia Hall, Tynewydd, Brecon, father a farmer; Alice E. M. Williams, Trallwm, Brecon, father a clergyman Margaret Edwards, Llanddewi, Abergavenny, father a farmer Elinor G. Thomas, Abersychan Vicarage, Pontypool; Mary G. Jones, Newport Rectory, Pembroke Mary A. J. le Marchant Davies, Gorsed Vicarage, Holywell; Bertha M. Jones, Rhos Vicarage, Ruabon Mary Jones, Llanfair, Angle- sea, father a saddler Bertha K. Jones, Llantysilio Vicarage, Llangollen; Caroline L. Evans, Oswestry, father an ironmonger; Martha R. J. Gibbon, St. Luke's Parsonage, Bolton Mary E. Jones, Cerrigy- druidion, father a shopkeeper; Maria S. Edwards. Boreton, Shrewsbury, father a farmer Caroline M. Jones, Ystradgynlais, father a clergyman Elizabeth J. Davies, Morriston, Swansea, father an ironmonger Laura F. Wilcox, Treherbert, father a farmer Lydia F. Williams, Ystalyfera, father a turner in ironworks Annie G. Yorath, Canton, Llandaff, father a chemist Minnie G. Mitchell, Carmarthen, father deceased; Sarah J. Davies, Goginan, Abeiystwyth, father a butcher; Minnie Richards, Bangor, father high bailiff of the Bangor county court.

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