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jtlcciing « Y GWIR YN ERBYN Y BYD TAs AWDD DUW A'l DANGNEF." "A LADDO. A LEDDIR." EISTEDDFOD Q-ADEIRIOL ^[ALDWYN, CfLHR OF POWIS, GORSEDD OF BARDS OF THE ISLE OF BRITAIN AND MUSICAL FESTIVAL TO BE HELD AT MACHYNLLETH, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JUNE 7th and Sth, 1883. -A-WI)L-" Anfarwoldeb" Prize £5 and a Bardic Chair value <^ £ 0. ESSAY—Crefydd a GAvyddouiaeth • • ■ • ■ • Prize £ 0 5s. f "Ye nations offer to the Lord (Mendelssnon) ) p ^r() CHOKAL COMPETITION j „Jlo!alvd yl. H.lul,, (Ih, Parry) } ri.ze ~M- BRASS BANDS—" The Prince of Wales Grand Roval March (Dr. Parry) Prize £ 20. A complete list of subjects ready October 20th, and to be ha.(l from the Secretary (by Post, 2d). RICHARD REES (Maldwyn), Secretary. JOHN ROWLANDS, Solicitor, Treasurer. [bSG Sjatrls. .r- ABERYSTWYTH. BELLE VUE ROYAL HOTEL, (CENTRE OF THE MARINE TERRACE,) THIS Old-Established County House possesses comfort not to be surpassed at any Hotel on the Welsh Coast. It embraces spacious and elegant COFFEE and DINING ROOMS for Ladies and Gentlemen, Drawing and Private Sitting Rooms, also a large and well-appointed COMMERCIAL ROOM. all of which face the Sea. Elegant Billiard Room, (2 Tables). Smoking and Chess Rooms. The Wines and Spirits are of the best and oldest Vintages and Brands. OMNIBUS MEETS ALL TRAINS. CHARGES MODERATE—TARIFF ON APPLICATION. N.B.-NVine and Spirit Stores—Entrance from TERRACE ROAD. EDWARD HAMER, PROPRIETOR. GOGERDDAN ARMS~& LION ROYAL HOTEL, ABERYSTWYTH. THE "OLD COUNTY HOUSE." FIRST-CLASS FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL HOTEL. THIS HOTEL is close to the Castle and Clock Tower, and within three minutes' walk of the JL Railway Station. The Hotel is now replete, with every comfort. Spacious Ladies' Coffee Room. Well-furnished Sitting Rooms and Bedrooms. HANDSOME BILLIARD ROOM, CONTAINING TWO TABLES. WINE AND SPIRIT STORES ATTACHED. OMNIBUS MEETS ALL TRAINS. FIRST-CLASS POSTING, STABLING, AND LOOSE BOXES. Breaks leave the Hotel every Morning for the Devil's Bridge at 9.30; Fare, 4s. Tariff on application. JOHN ROBERTS, PROPRIETOR. W. H. PALMER, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT. ■.QUEEN'S HOTEL WINE STORES, MARINE TERRACE. 'J Per Bottle. Per Bottle. s. d. s. d. GIN from 2 3 SHERRY from 2 0 IRISH WHISKEY „ 3 0 PORT 2 6 SCOTCH WHISKY „ 3 0 CLARET 1 9 P-ALE BBANDY 4 0 CHAMPAGNE 3 6 RUM „ 2 9 WINES DRAWN FROM THE WOOD. BASS'S PALE ALE AND GUINNESS S STOUT IN BOTTLE-4s. 6D. IMPERIAL PINTS. THE CELEBRATED EDINBURGH ALE 3s. PER DOZEN IMPERIAL PINT BOTTLES. SOLE AGENT FOR GLENROSA SCOTCH WHISKY. AND AT WELSH HARP, TERRACE ROAD, Ø" ALL ORDERS OVER £ 2 SENT TO ANY STATION ON THE CAMBRIAN & MANCHESTER AND MILFORD RAILWAYS—CARRIAGE PAID. [aC90 THE MARINE HOTEL, ON THE ESPLANADE, BARMOUTH, PLEASANTLY SITUATED NEAR TO AND FACING THE SEA. THIS Hotel has been magnificently furnished throughout by Messrs. Frost, Liverpool, in the Early English Style. It contains two Coffee Rooms, two Dining Rooms, Private Drawing Rooms, and a large number of Bedrooms commanding a pleasant view. COMFORTABLE SMOKE ROOM AND BILLIARD ROOM. POSTING TO ALL PARTS. OMNIBUS MEETS ALL TRAINS. ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE WITH PARTIES WISHING TO BOARD. Tariff on application to the PROPRIETRESS, F. O. EVANS. a714] BARMOUTH HOTEL, BARMOUTH, NORTH WALES. THIS Hotel is still carried on by Mrs. EVANS, and Visitors to this charming Sea-side resort will find it replete with every comfort that a well ordered Hotel can afford. Omnibus meets all trains. Sea bathing, boating, and excellent fishing and shooting in the neighbourhood. Wines, &c., of the very choicest quality. [791 OCEAN VIEW HOUSE, 3, VICTORIA TERRACE, = MRS. W. H. KENSIT begs to inform her numerous visitors that she has REMOVED from Snowdon House, 4, Victoria Terrace, to more commodious and convenient premises, OCEAN VIEW HOUSE, 3, VICTORIA TERRACE, which contains large and small Entertainment Rooms, good airy Bedrooms, and is handsomely furnished throughout. Mrs Kensit keeps a good cook in the house. BOARD AND LODGINGS OR PRIVATE APARTMENTS. HIGHEST REFERENCES GIVEN. HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS IN THE HOUSE. [a692 "WINTER FASHIONS. C. M. vVILLIAMS, HAS the pleasure to announce that he is now showing a choice assortment of NEW GOODS in every Department, suitable for the WINTER, TRADE. Special attention is invited to the following leading lines :— Ladies' Ulsters in all the newest styles from 516 upwards. Children's Ulsters in all sizes and prizes, commencing from l/l 1. Ladies' Cloth Jackets, nicely trimmed, from 5/11 upwards. Cloths of every description for Jackets and Ulsters, very cheap. Coloured French Merinos in all the new shades, at low prices. Fancy Dresses in Serges, Cashmeres, Home Spuns, and Cheviots. Woollen Shawls in all makes, much under the usual prices. A Large Stock of Linseys in all makes, from -Sh per yard. Shirting Elaunels in all Wool and Union, from ./5 per yard. White and Scarlet Real Welsh Flannels, in fine and heavy makes. Woollen Cloths for Men's Suitings, from 2/- per yard. Men's hard and soft Felt Hats in newest shapes, from 2/- upwards. Splendid value in Cloth and Whitney Blanket?, from 816 per pair. Flannels for Quilts in all colours, from Ii per yard Fur Trimmings and Fur Sets in all widths and prices. Plushes, Satins, Brocaded and Striped Velvets, in all the new shades. Newest Shapes in Ladies' Straw, Plush Beaver, and Seal Hats. English and French Flowers, Feather, Wings and Ornaments. Gloves, Hosiery, Silk Scarfs. Umbrellas, &c., in great varietv. THE NOTED SHOP FOR HATS AND BONNETS IN ALL THE NEWEST SHAPES AND STYLES. BONNETS MADE TO ORDER. HATS TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE. ONE PRICE ONLY MADE. A VISIT OF INSPECTION INVITED. # NOTE THE ADDRESS— C. M. WILLIAMS, 36, PIER STEEET, ABERYSTWYTH. 94 }3iiriiamcitiaru Jioticc. 1 In Parliament, Session 1SS3. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS. (Provisions for Consolidation of Stocks, fusion of capital accounts, establishment of Provident Fund and transfer of Friendly Society, Construction use &c. of Hotels and Refreshment Pooiyi,-Sale. of certain Debenture and other Stocks belonging to the Company Extension of Pier and other Works at Aberdovey Powers in relation thereto Compulsory purchase of land Bye Laws Tolls &c. Amendment of Acts). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application is intended to be made to Parliament in the next Session For an Act to consolidate or authorise and provide for the consolidation into one or more class or classes of Stock or Shares all or some of the existing or authorised classes of Debenture Guaranteed Preference or Ordinary Stock or Shares of the Company and to make or authorise the making of such alterations in the amount of the said several existing or authorised classes of Stock or Shares and the dividends or interest (whether Debenture Preference Guaranteed or Ordinary) payable thereon respectively and in the preference priorities and rights of the several holders thereof respectively as may be necessary or convenient for giving effect to any such consolidation and to authorise the Directors of the Company and the holders of Stock or Shares in the said several classes respectively or a proportionate part of such holders to make agreements and arrangements with respect to any Scheme or Schemes for the consolidation of any such classes of Stock or Shares and to con- firm or provide for giving effect to any such Scheme or Schemes as may have been assented to by the holders of Stock or Shares in the several classes affected thereby or a proportionate part of such holders and to make such further provision as may be necessary for fully carrying into effect the consolidation of all or any of the said Stocks and Shares. Also to consolidate into one Capital Account the several accounts now kept separate and dis- tinguished as the Inland Capital Account, the Coast Capital Account and the Joint Capital Account or to provide for the substitution in future of one Capital Account for the said three separate Capital Accounts. Aho to make and maintain an extension or en- largement of the Pier or Landing Stage at Aberdovey commencing at a point at or near low water mark 300 feet or thereabouts south west- ward from the centre of the Turntable on the Pier Head extending thence to the said Pier at or near the head thereof and thence on the other side of the said Pier at near the head thereof to a point at or near low water mark 145 feet or thereabouts North eastward of the centre of the said Turntable and extending riverward for a distance of 30 feet or thereabouts. Also an Embankment or Sea Wall from at or near the northern end of the said Pier 011 the eastern side thereof and extending thence in a north easterly direction parallel or nearly so with the said river for a distance of 430 feet or there- abouts and thence in a northerly direction to and terminating at the public road or highway at a point opposite the house adjoining and on the eastern side of the Dovey Hotel together with all necessary or proper and convenient wharves sidings works and conveniences con- nected therewith respectively and to sanction or legalize all such of the said works as may already have been constructed. All which said works will be situated in the Parish of Towyn in the County of Merioneth on the bed or soil of the River Dovey adjoining thereto. Also to confer upon the Company all necessary usual and proper powers in reference to the said Pier or Landing Stage and with respect to the shipping using the same or any of the works of the Company in connection therewith or the River Dovey in the neighbourhood thereof and to incorporate all or certain of the provisions of the Harbour Docks and Piers Clause Act 1847 And to purchase by compulsion or agreement all lands and foreshore required for the purposes of the said works and the reversion or remainder in fee simple of all or any portion of such parts of the said lands and foreshore as are now vested by lease in or are occupied by the Company and all or any outstanding rights and interests therein and certain land adjoining the Railway of the Company in the parish of Abereirch in the County of Carnarvon. Also to construct an hotel or hotels at the follow- ing Stations of the Company that is to aay Welshpool Moat Lane and Llanidloes or some or one of them and to convert into or use for the purposes of an hotel such portion or portions of the said Stations respectively as they may think fit and to work or use the same respectively and also all or any refreshment rooms upon or in con- nection with their Railway or any Station there- of and to provide all things necessary for the proper use of such hotels and refreshment rooms respectively Also to raise more money by the creation and issue of mortgages or debentures charged on the Pier tolls rates and charges at Aberdovey and to sell all or any of their No 5 Coast Debenture Stock and of any ordinary stock belonging to them and to apply the proceeds in such manner as may be provided by the intended Act or to any of the purposes of the Company Also to establish a Provident Fund for the benefit of their servants and employees and their families and to take over and work as such Provident Fund or in connection therewith the existing Friendly Society formed by their servants at Oswestry in the County of Salop and every or any similar institution established for their benefit, and to make such alterations in the constitution and rules of such Friendly Society and every such institution and in the benefits to be derived therefrom as may be necessary to adapt it for the purposes of the Provident Fund. Also to make bye-laws rules and regulations with respect to the said Pier or Landing Stage, Embankment. Wharf and other existing or proposed works of the Company at Aberdovey and the shipping resorting thereto and with respect to all or any Hotels or Refreshment Rooms for the time being belonging or leased to or occupied and used or worked by the Company and with respect to any Provident Fundorother similar institution for the time being under the management or control of the Company and with respect to all or any other of the pur- poses of the intended Act and to provide by means of penalties or otherwise for enforcing the due observance of any such bye-laws rules or regulations. reg Also to levy tolls rates and charges with respect to the said Pier and other works at Aberdovey and with respect to the other works and pro- perty of the Company and to alter existing tolls rates and charges. Also to vary or extinguish all rights and privileges of any description which might in any way prevent or impede the accomplishment of any of the objects of the intended Act and to confer other rights and privileges. Also to repeal or amend all or some of the Pro- visions of the several Acts of Parliament follow- ing or some of them relating to the Company that is to say The Cambrian Railways Act 1864 The Cambrian and Coast Railways Act 1865 The Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Act 1865 and all or any of the Acts relating to the Company or their undertaking or any part thereof passed respectively in the years 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1875 and 1877. A plan and Section in duplicate of the proposed New Works and lands to be taken for the purposes thereof a plan in duplicate of the land proposed to be taken in the said parish of Abereirch and a Book of Reference to the said Plans respectively will be deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Merioneth at his office at Dolgelley and with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Carnarvon at his office at Carnarvon and a copy of so much of the said plan section and book of reference as relates to any parish or Extra parochial place will be deposited with the Parish Clerk of such Parish or a Parish adjoining thereto at his residence each such deposit will be made on or before the 30th day of November ISS2 and will be accompanied by a copy of this Notice. Printed copies of the Bill for effecting the objects aforesaid will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons on or before the 21st day o! December 1882. Dated this 9th day of November 1882. H. CHRISTIAN CORFIELD, Omoextry, Salop (SOLICITOR FOR THE BILL). SHERWOOD & Co., 7, Great George Street,, Westminster bl77] (PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS). |]ushtc05 iloticcs -J MRS. GWENFIL DAVIES, C.A.M., SOPRANO VOCALIST, IS open to Engagements for Concerts, Eistedd- S fodau, &c., and may be addressed at PENFFYNNON HALL, PONTRHYDYGROES, NEAR ABERYSTWYTH. SLNGINR AND PIANOFORTE LESSONS GLVEN. THOMAS MORRIS, EMPERANCE HOTEL. MARY STREET, (Near the Railway Station), ABERYSTWYTH. GOOD ACCOMMODATION FOR VISITORS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. HORSES AND CARRIAGES FOR HIRE. Reasonable Terms.
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REMOVAL OF MERIONETH- SHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. THE discussion that has arisen since Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS YV YS motion to remove the Merionethshire Sessions to Bala was carried has clearly proved that the magistrates in the Bala district were well prepared for the motion, while the magistrates at the Dolgelley side of the county were, through their own fault, taken altogether by surprise. Notice of the motion was given in the ordinary way, and if the magistrates who wished to retain the Sessions at Dolgelley under-estimated the power of their opponents, they have only themselves to blame. The inhabitants of Dolgelley did not awake until after the motion was carried. It is, of course, to be regretted that a matter as im- portant as the removal of the Sessions to another part of the county should be decided in the absence of the Chairman and a large number of the magistrates interested, but the mover of a resolution cannot be expected, even if he had the power, to compel those magis- trates to be present who differ from him. It is said, we do not know with what degree of truth, that the noble CHAIRMAN intends to raise the question again, so that all the magistrates may express an opinion on the proposed change. In the letter written by the Marquess of LONDONDERRY, and published in our columns a fortnight ago, no intention to disturb the resolution carried at the last Sessions was hinted at. Any magistrate, however, is at liberty to give notice of a motion to rescind the resolution to hold the Sessions at Bala and Dolgelley alternately, and there can be little doubt that notice of a motion of this kind will be given. The battle will be decided next time by the whole magisterial force of the county, and will be final. We are not sorry the question is again to come forward, as the arrangement now made is satis- factory neither for Bala nor for Dolgelley. If Bala is the more central and convenient place for transacting county business by all means let the Sessions be held there. It would be absurd to hold sessions alternately at Dolgelley, if Dolgelley, in the opinion of the majority of the magistrates, is less advantageously situated than Bala. Whether public convenience would be con- sulted by the sessions being held at Bala or Dolgelley we are not yet in a position to judge, but we are quite satisfied that one place or the other should be fixed upon, and that sessions should not be held in both towns. It will be seen that the correspondence on the subject is continued this week, and also that Dolgelley, lftte in the day, has entered its protest against change. To the bulk of the inhabitants of Dolgelley and Bala, who will take sides on this b subject, and who will speak and act as if great social and commercial issues were at stake, the question is absolutely of no interest whatever. The addition of two new looms to the weaving power of Dolgelley, or the establish- ment of one workman at a fresh trade in Bala, would do far more for the prosperity of those towns in three months than the holding of the sessions in them for twenty years. There is not an extension of business so small, a social reform so trivial, or a public work so insignifi- cant, that its advantages would not out- weigh those which are conferred upon a town by the holding in it of the quarter sessions four times a year. We do not undervalue the advan- tages of prestige and position, but we wish, as distinctly as possible, to call the attention of the people of Bala and Dolgelley to the fact that they may wrangle about forms and shadows, while other places in the county enjoy the substance. Aberdovey and Towyn cannot even secure the convenience of a resi- dent magistrate, but Aberdovey has its Trading Company, and Towyn is busily extending itself. Festiniog has no chance of securing the Quarter Sessions, but Festiniog is busy and grows apace. Cardigan is the county town of Cardiganshire, and the Assizes are held there, but Cardigan is dirty and antiquated, and altogether behind the times. The Cardigan- shire Quarter Sessions have been removed to Lampeter, but Aberystwyth is still the leading town of the county, and at Lampeter the Markets Committee is of far greater importance than the Quarter Sessions. The only important facts in connection with the recent decision to remove the sessions to Bala is that Dolgelley had nothing whatever to say until after the motion was carried, and that Bala was quietly working for the end it reached. Apathy and activity are important; results may have little or no significance, and may be almost accidental. -0
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THE NEW FESTINIOG RAIL- WAY. THAT railways have ruined as many places as they have improved is a statement often ad- vanced but seldom maintained. There are scores of little towns which can date the begin- in of their decay to the advent of railways, which, although always a great public conven- ience, have not seldom been fated to bear away prosperity from small towns to great centres of population. Over and over again the raihvy has destroyed the prosperity of half a dozen small places to build up a large manufacturing town. On the other hand places on the sea coast, possessed of natural harbours, like Milford and BarroAV, have grown rapidly districts in which coal, slate, iron, and other minerals abounded have had their treasures made avail- able by raihvays. On barren plains and in mountain solitudes towns and cities have sprung up, sometimes with American rapidity. We have in our district two or three places which Avell illustrate the different effects of the introduction of raihvays. Festiniog, Avhich lias iust secured an additional outlet, may be said to have been almost created by railways. The mountains were full of slate, but Avithout the means of cheap conveyance, it was worthless. It does not require the gift of prophecy to predict that the new railway opened last week will result in the development of fresh quarries and in adding many thousands to the permanent population of the district, besides bringing hun- dreds of thousands of visitors every summer to enjoy the scenery which has been made accessible to them. The inhabitants of 1 the town of Cardigan are just at present rejoicing in 0 the prospect of securing a railway, which in all probability will destroy more prosperity than it will bring. Cardigan without a railway is the centre of an important district. When the railway is made it may lie discovered that the centre is some- where else. One of the first effects of the rail- way will be to kill the shipping at Cardigan as it was killed at Aberystwyth. Fortunately, Aberystwyth prospered as a summer resort, and while the railway took aAvay on cue side it gave on the other. A new industry, enamelled slate, was started and has prospered, so that on the whole Aberystwyth has passed through the great change, and is if anything stronger than before. Shipbuilding has declined, but we believe the demand for small wooden vessels will soon be so great that either at Aberystwyth or some other place on the coast the industry will be again revived. There will always be a demand for small vessals, and the only question is whether in this district the trade will have died out past revival before the i, in, demand is sufficient to make the building of small vessels profitable. Aberayron, again, is a place that has been commercially injured by railways without having the convenience of iliv. a raihvay. Aberystwyth on one side and Lam- peter on the other has taken away the carrying- trade from Aberayron, which is left sixteen miles from a railway, with a decaying trade. A railway would very likely increase the prosperity of Aberayron by rendering the place more acces- sible to visitors and to business men. Portmacloc is a town that has been greatly benefited by rail- Avays, and that it is now feared, we think ground- lessly, will be injured by them. The prosperity of Portmadoc will depend on the energy and enterprise of the inhabitants, and on their power to grapple with new conditions. The opening of the new Festiniog and Bala line and other railways may divert a portion of the trade, but the lines will open up other quarries and increase the trade, so that if the inhabitants of Port- madoc keep abreast of the times, they hold their own. At Trawsfynydd last week the inhabitants rejoiced over the opening of the new line, and are evidently looking forward hopefully to improved times. Whether Traws- fynydd and other places remain little villages or develop into towns depends partly on natural conditions, partly on capital, and very much on the people themselves.
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BORTH IN DANGER FROM THE SEA. THE sea is steadily encroaching upon Borth, and, unless something is speedily done, will get behind the village, make an island of it, and ultimately sweep the lower portion of it 'away. This is not by any means an imaginary danger. During the past fifteen or twenty years the sea has advanced upwards of thirty feet where the old limekilns used to stand. A further advance of less than fifteen feet will let the sea in between the railway and the village, and then Borth will be uninhabitabje. This danger has long been foreseen, and from time to time attempts have been made to obtain money to defray the cost of erecting a sea wall by the sale of the common land between the railway and the sea. The commoners, however, cannot agree about surrendering rights which are practically worth nothing to anybody, and it may be stated that the greatest landowners are the most difficult to deal with. It would be absurd to expect the landowners of the district to act unselfishly in this matter, and the sooner J the Rural Sanitary Authority take steps toj erect a sea wall the less the work will cost, and the sooner Borth will be protected from an enemy even more grasping than Cardiganshire landlords. The inhabitants of the village have from time to time bestirred themselves in public matters, and the present is an occasion when activity would be commendable. The flooded state of the land, again, is due to certain methods of drainage which require altering. Mr LEWIS and other owners of house property ought to move at once, and if the common ou I cannot be secured, then the whole parish of Cofoeth-y-brenin must bear the burden. One thing is certain, the work of building a sea wall I cannot longer be delayed with safety, and the Rural Sanitary Authority must take the steps necessary to protect the water mains. If the members of the Rural Sanitary Authority knew their duty it would not devolve upon us to urge forward a necessary work of this kind. In another column we publish a letter sent from the office of the Woods and Forests, dated last June. Nothing whatever has been done to this day, and nothing will be done unless the inhabitants of Borth take action and insist upon that protection being afforded them which they have a right to expect.
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LOCAL LEAD MINES AND PROPHETS. THE writers of mining reports for Cardiganshire and other lead and copper mines should cer- tainly have lived in an age when prophetic utterances were deemed more worthy of credit than in these degenerate and scoffing days. We do not of course place any dependence upon the forecasts of the captains, whose prophecy, like Tennyson's river, flows on "for ever and for ever." How completely shareholders in lead mines are fed on hope, promises, and expectations, may be judged from the following extracts from the reports of local mines which appeared in a mining paper last Saturday. We have only noticed local mines. In the 100-fathom level of the Bwlch United Mine we are told that the lode "has a favourable appearance for an early improvement." In the 12 east under adit the lode is "yielding small branches of lead ore of a most promising character for early improve- ment." This is modestly hopeful, and our readers will observe that throughout the reports there is a sort of suppressed cheerfulness, as if they were written by men who had seen great things, but were called upon to be guarded lest shares should be rushed up to high premiums before the present holders of stock could avail themselves of the certain and swiftly- eoming good fortune. In the report of the Carnarvon Copper we are told that in the 56 Garmon's we have driven 1 fathom 3 feet in the country rock, and following a small leader of copper", and we expect shortly to reach the run of ore chat we have in the 70." The report of the Carnarvonshire Great Consols Lead is some- Avhat depressing, but even here there is hope. It is reported that in the 14 end east there is just appearing a splice of spar on the hanging wall "which leads me to hope we shall have a better lode here shortly." Blessed, ever springing hope! Nothing can kill it. The CAPTAIN of Cam Camborne says in the 95 fathom level west the "appearances are highly encouraging, and seem to t5 .11 be leading to a rich formation of ore." The report of Coedyfedw aud Panty Buarth is pitched in quite a joyous key, and although, as usual, the good things mainly lie in the future, shareholders will be stimulated when they hear that in one part of the mine there is a parallel lode which the CAPTAIN is certain he "Avillsoon be able to prove." that he "looks forward with confidence to early good returns," and that" it is only a question of a very short time 'but what' he will be able to announce that which ivill afford the greatest satisfaction." we suppose to the Avhole human race, for he draws no limit. At East Darren the CAPTAIN says —" In the 68 end west of Vauglian's winze, the lode is improving in size and character, carrying a small branch of ore. We hope soon to enter a productive lode." So, no doubt, do the shareholders. Goginan report says:—" We expect very shortly to have the pleasure of reporting to you a discovery of great importance." We have no doubt the share- holders Avill make a discovery of great import- ance sooner or later, but not, perhaps, in the direction the CAPTAIN indicates. In the GrogAvinion report the agents say :—" We are continuing the driving in a westerly direction, where we expect to rind other courses of ore. In the trial shaft spoken of in our last report we have every reason to expect to discover new bodies of ore in this direction." The CAPTAIN of Mynydd Gorddu says I can only repeat what I stated in last report, a fine looking lode, and we may cut into a great deposit of mineral any day." In the report of Van Consols and Glyu the CAPTAIN says In the slope in roof of 70 fathom level we are driving west in head. I think we shall get a great number of tons of lead from this piece of ground." It is possible for a ton of lead to cost more than it sells for, but that is a matter of little importance to the captain. The report of West Lisburne is a piece of very gorgeous reading. The whole report is well worth reproduc- ing, but we must on this occasion confine ourselves to the prophetic and anticipatory portions. The CAPTAIN says:—"Judging from the immense size and favourable character of the lode, the rich specimens of silver-lead ore and large rocks of lode-stuff which we are daily meeting with (such seldom, if ever, fail in producing large quantities of ore when the rock is met, which I am anxiously and daily expecting to meet), and if the lode is found accordingly to my expectations, this would at once convert the mine into great repute and commercial value combined with our main productive lode, which has been developed and rich courses of silver-lead ore laid open, and no time will be lost in converting the same into marketable value after the mine is in fork." Our readers will observe the curious fact that mining captains seem to be un- able to rest content Avith stating what ihey are doing and what results they have obtained. They will anticipate the future. From week to week and year to year these prophetic reports are written. Last week and last year they were just the same. They will be the same next year, if we also may be allowed to enter the ranks of the prophets. Those for whom these mining reports are written must be a confiding, easily-satisfied people. If they would only save the reports for six months, and read them together, their eyes Avould be opened, but they take each report as it comes, rich in promise and poor in performance, and live as long as they have any money in a fools' paradise. It is useless to warn them, and would be worse than useless to ask mining captains to write reports that will bear reproducing twelve months or two years after they are Avritten. Lead mining in Cardiganshire would be prosper- ous if it were worked honestly like any other I business, but it is, in the main, in the hands of mine jobbers and speculators who often only make a pretence of working mines as long as there are calls to be made upon the shareholders.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL NOTES. In another part of the paper we publish a report of a poaching affray near Bala. The case has been adjourned. The remainder of the evidence will be given next week. The charge is one of attempted murder. .)(- With the exception of a few decent cottages, Penparke, an outlying portion of the borough of Aber- ystwyth, is composed of mud hovels in which it is scandalous that human beings should be compelled to live. The Avails are built of mud and the iioors are also made of mud. There is no privy accommodation in the whole place. The Aviudows of the houses will not open. The water for domestic use his to be carried about a quarter of a, mile from a well in the middle of a field. Drains have been put down, but there is no water supply and the people describe thestench from them as dreadful. Pigs are kept close to the houses, and almost every house has a large manure heap. Stagnant water and rotting filth can be found in every direction. This is a brief, sober, unexaggerated description of the state of Penparke. Aberystwyth has a Medical Officer, a Nuisance Inspector, four Aldermen, twelve Councillors, a Town Clerk and Corporation Solicitor in addition to numerous other ofiicials, and yet Penparke is a disgrace to any civilized community. About three years ago one of the miser- able hovels fell and killed an old man as he lay in bed. The ruins are lying to this day as they fell. On Sunday night last the occupants of another of these dens had barely time to get an old woman out of it before the walls gave way and the place became a heap of rubbish. There are other places equally unsafe, but they are not condemned as unlit for human habitation. There are also two unoccupied dangerous buildings where children play at the risk of their lives. The inhabitants plead that these places may either be pulled down or closed, but they are poor and nobody listens to them. It is possible, as our readers know, to create public feeling on matters of this kind. We do not wish to say severe things, but there has been quite as much delay in dealing with Penparke ap is good for the town of Aber- ystwyth. There will have to be an alteration, we hope, without excitement; but with it if necessary. The house next to the one that fell on Sunday may fall any day. -:1:- Sometimes a clergyman takes the public into his con- fidence and shows how completely he looks upon the Church as a business. Speaking at a friendly society's dinner at Ipswich, the Rev. DE said h0 could not help feeling that the clergy and ministers of religion generally hardly occupied that strong ground which they used to occupy, and lie sometimes thought they were unfairly treated. It should be remembered that the clergy were mea of like passions with them- selves. Same of them bad exceedingly good hearts but." very little brains they might make mistakes occasioi, ally, but they always meant well. It should be remem- bered, tco, that the clergy were a cheap article. Taking them generally they were the worst-paid profession in the land. He had the greatest possible respect for religion, and believed most thoroughly the doctrines of the Church to which he belonged, but lie confessed if he had- to begin lifo again with his present experience he would certainly not be a pargon. He was quite convinced if he were a baker or a butcher or an"thi»r>f else his bread would be much better buttered than it was now. When they paid the clergy so miserably) they could not expect a superior article." The ministry should not be entered by men who look for this world's goods, perhaps; but does not tie reason for the low position held by clersr^men aIi<l ministers lie in the fact that, although lAey ha/e trood hearts, they have very Sit tie braitsf- Bakers and butchers, without brains do not seeorc bread buttered on both sides, and ministers and clergy* men with brains seem to do pretty well. If these is anything that the people are crying out for just iicw ll* is pretchcrs who can preach, and ministers v; ;:0 (;:11: minister. Respect for the minister's office ihield^- fools for a long time; now contempt for the foa>ls L'I: discredit upon the office. Clergymen and rnil-li-te"' I must bo men, to begin with, and not old women, ant they will soon discover that they will be treated men. There are scores of ministers and who eat fat and lie soft," wh.Q would starve to 1 as butchers and bakers,