The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

-I lEocitl anli gistvkt. Mr Pugh, M.P., has, as we understand, purchased from Sir Pryse Pryse, Bart., the sheepwalk of Blaen- paith, Nantddu, at, the foot of Plynlimon, and to the west of Kteddfa Gurig. THE BANG OK EPIDEMIC.—-The hospital tents in the Bishop's Park were struck on Thursday, there beinsr now ample accommodation at Fair-view for the few patients. ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE.—The authorities of St. David's College, Lampeter, have applied on behalf of the College for affiliation to the University of Cam- bridge, and the Council of the Senate recommend com- pliance with the request. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR WALES.—The committee elected at Denbigh have selected the Bishop of St. Asaph as chairman. Two committees have been formed—one to select a suitable site, and the other to obtain subscriptions. Much interest is taken in the matter, the committee working earnestly to secure the college for Denbigh. CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS. — Approximate return of traffic receipts, for the week ending 5th New, 1882:- Miles open, lSOi. Passengers, parcels, &c., £1,493; merchandise, minerals, and live stock, total for the week, £::¡,¡04. Actual traffic receipts for the corresponding week last year:—Miles open, lS0i. Passengers, parcels, &c., £1,425; merchandise, minerals, and live stock, total for the week, £3,462. Aggregate from commencement of half-year to this date, £75,S13; aggregate last Increase :—Passengers, parcels, &c., £()8; decrease, merchandise, minerals, &c.. £226; total decrease for the week, total increase from commencement of half-year to this date, £230. SUNDAY" TRAIS IN WALES.—On Sunday, for the first time, the trains which for several years have run twice each Sunday between Chester and Mold, and vice versa, were discontinued. Mold has thus no rail- way connection with Chester or Liverpool from 7.47 on Saturday evening until 7.47 a.m. on Monday. Sunday trains do not run on the other sections of the London and North Western system in that district, and it is notified that there will not be any Sunday trains on the section of the Great Western Railway opened last week between Bala and Festiniog. The Local Board of Mold, however, regard the railway facilities as inadequate, and a deputation has been appointed to wait on the directors of tke London and North Western Railway Company. THE PROPOSED WELSH UNIVERSITY*.—Deputations from Cardiff and Swansea waited upon the Lord President and Vice-President at the Education Depart- ment on Friday, for the purpose of laying before them the respective claims of those towns as the site for the southern college. The deputation from Cardiff, which was a large one, presented a very exhaustive memorial, and the Mayor announced that the inhabitants had already subscribed £3,OOO as a building and endow- ment fund, in the event of Cardiff being selected. Mr Mundella replied that it would be very deplorable if through any local rivalry the education of North and South Wales should suffer. The Government did not wish these colleges always to be dependent on Govern- ment grants, but that the people should respond liberally. He assured them that the subject would continue to receive the greatest consideration by the department. BREACH ON THE LLANDUDNO AND FESTINIOG RAIL- WAY".—The heavy rainfall and high wind caused two breaches in a portion of the Llandudno and Festiniog Railway on Sunday afternoon. For some distance the river Conway runs almost parallel with the section of the line between Talycafn and Llanrwst, and, the floods being very high, precautionary measures were observed on Sunday, men being stationed at frequent intervals along the line. On Sunday night a telegram was received at Bangor stating that the liood had made two breaches on the line, one on either side of Llan- rwst. Mr. Smith, the divisional engineer of the London and North-western Railway Company Mr. Maguire, and Inspector Port, at once left by special train, and the renewal of the line was immediately started by a large gang of men. On Monday, passen- gers were conveyed by traps between Bettws-y-coed and Talycllfl1. THE CARXARYOXSHIRE HUXT. — Unfavourable weather—the rain pouring down heavily and almost incessantly, with a stiff south-westerly breeze—marred Thursday's inaugural meet of the Carnarvonshire harriers. It had been intended that at Thursday's opening of the season a public compliment should be paid to Mr Sidney Platt, who has succeeded Captain Wytin Griffith in the mastership of the harriers, and it was hoped that a large field would have responded to the hospitable invitation of Mr and Mrs Dew to welcome the new master at the first meet at Brynbras Castle. Thursday's weather was enough to damp the ardour of the most enthusiastic sportsman, and conse- quently but few braved the elements and sat down to the good cheer provided at the Brynbras Castle, the guests including Mr Sidney Platt, Major Phttt, Miss Platt, Mr H,atclitre, Mr Stewart, Captain Lempricre, Mr W. A. Dew. Mr Darbishire, Mr Hay ward, Mr G. H. Owen, Mr Hamer, Mr Humphreys, Mr Lloyd, and other members of the hunt. THE TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY.—The following were among the 240 members (including tellers) who voted on Thursday night, November 2nd. in favour of Mr Gibson's amendment that the closure should only be applied by a two-thirds majority :—W. C. Brooks, Viscount Castlereagh. Colonel Hon. G. W. Clive, C. Donaldson Hudson, C. T. W. Forester, W. H. Foster, Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Stanley Leighton, Viscount Newport, J. H. Puleston, J. E. Severne, and Sir \Y. Williams Wynn. Among the 324 members (including tellers) who voted against the proposal were—A. H. Brown, C. C. Cotes, Sir 11. A. Cuuliffe, David Davies, Richard Davies, S. Holland, Love Jones-Parry, Morgan Lloytl, W. F. Maitlaiul, Right Hon. G. Osborne Morgan, XV. R. H. Powell, L. Pugh Pugh. W. Rath- bone. Stuart Rondel, Henry Richard, J. Roberts, H. Robertson, Hon. F. S. A. Hanbury Trncy, G. H. Whalley, S. C. E. Williams, and Lord R. Grosvenor. j Mr Pugh, M.P., has paired with Mr G. Beresford, the Conservative member for Armagh, J. '1' the remainder of the session. PROFESSOR PALMER.—A London cor espondent says —There is a strong and growing ieeling that the Government ought to act handsomely towards the relatives of Professor Palmer and the other members of the missing expedition. At the urgent request of the home authorities the professor started on an important and dangerous mission at a few hours' notice, leaving his wife and four little children, whom fate decided that he should never behold again, in London. It is unquestionable that he performed services of the greatest value in either winning over or securing the neutrality of Bedouin Sheiks, and it is useless any longer to keep it as a secret that the gold which he was carrying at the time he met his death was meant to pay for the adhesion or non-interference of those sheiks at a critical moment in Sir Garnet Wolseley'ss operations. The story about the expedition being for the purpose of buying camels is manifestly moonshine. STRANGE CHARGE OF CATTLE STEALING.—The Brox- ton (Cheshire) magistrates were occupied until a late hour on Thursday evening investigating an extraordin- ary charge of cattle stealing preferred against William Roberts,cattle dealer, Shocklncb, Cheshire and Samuel Lewis, butcher, Marchwiel, Denbighshire. It was al- leged that the prisoners stole two heifers belonging to lr. Joseph Hough, farmer, Shoeklach, drove them to Messrs. Pickering and Nightingale's auction mart. at Chester, and sold them at auction for £;;7 12s. The cattle were entered in the name of Turner, Helsby. Two witnesses identified the prisoners as the men who left the beasts. Mr. Nightingale who paid the cheque for the amount at which the beasts were sold, in the name of Turner, could not not identify either of the prisoners. For the defence, four or five witnesses were called to prove an alihi, declaring that the prisoners were driving 15 miles from Chester at the time they were said to be in possession of the cattle at Chester. The prisoners were committed for trial. Mil WALKER'S WILL.—The will (dated February 17th.. 1874) and codicil (dated August 7th) of the late Mr Peter Walker, of Coed-y-Glyn, near Wrexham, and of Wrexham aod Liverpool, brewer, who died on April 13th last at Coed-y-Glyn, was proved in the district registry at St. Asaph on the 13th October, by Mr John Walker (brother of the deceased), Mr Alfred Gelderd Burton, and Mr Frederick Page, the executors. The personal estate was sworn to amount to After providing for his widow and giving legacies to some of his relatives and executors, the testator bequeaths a legacy of £10,000 to each of his three daughters. He provides for the carrying on of his business concern, and directs the allowances that are to be made toliis trustees and executors^-in connection therewith, and leaves the residue of his estate upon trust for his three children (daughters) equally, each daughter's share being settled to herself for life independently of her husband, and then for her children, and on failure of children for the others or other of the daughters and children. The testator leaves to the Wrexham Infirmary, £500; to the Wrexham Curates' Augmentation Fund, £500; and leaves legacies to servants and workmen. THE DROWNING OF A IrEl IN PLASKYNASTON COLLIERY.—On Tuesday, November 7th, the adjourned enquiry into the death of Edward Jones, a collier, who was killed in the Plaskynaston :Colliery, Cefn Mawr, near Ruabon, by an inrush of water on the 27th of October. wai held at the Grosvenor Arms. Cefn Mawr. before Mr B. H. Thelwhall, district coroner. From the evidence of Mr George Garside, certificated manager of the colliery, who had been in sole charge of the colliery for five years, it appeared that about fifteen years ago water broke into the colliery, and there was still a considerable quantity in the mine. In one part of the mine there was a large dam, formed to collect the water, but witness had never seen this dam, and it had not been recently repaired. He was quite aware of the existence of this dam, and that there was a great quantity of water in that part of the mine. Another witness named David Edwards was not aware that anyone had seen the dam since it was made. The Coroner said it was fifteen years since anyone saw the dam, and he really thought it ought to be looked to and its safety ascertained. After consulting for over an hour the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, the foreman explaining that they had intended adding something to it, but thought better of it.

TRAWSFYNYDD. THE OPENING OF THE BALA AND FESTINIOG RAILWAY. Trawsfynydd is a. very large parish, consisting of a tract of elevated and to a great extent nearly level land lying across the mountain land which occupies so much of Western Merioneth, and forming a wide gap "in it: hence its name, Trawsfynydd—the plain across the mountain. On the south and north it passes gently into the beautiful but narrow vales of Ganllwyd and Festiniog respectively, while it is protected on the west by a pretty high range of mountains cf the Cambrian formation, and on the east by the Migneint, Arenig, &c. The eastern part, consisting mostly of the Silurian formation, is divided into four hollows by offshoots from the above mountains. These "cymocdd" are watered and drained by the beautiful rivers which give them their names—the Islin, the Prysor, the Cain. and the Mawddach. These rivers abound in excellent trout. Eden also on the south-west, a feeder of the Mawddach, affords good fishing in trout and salmon. Three of these rivers have very beautiful waterfalls in their courses—the Llenyrch waterfall on the Prysor, and the Cain and the Mawddach falls on those rivers. These falls are more accessible from the Trawsfynydd villa., e than from any other place. Not only the rivers but also the lakes afford good fishing, and they are un- commonly numerous. On the north-east lies Dubach with its salmon-trout; Llynau Conglog and Llyn Cors y barcut, abounding in trout Treweryn, with its perch and trout: together with Llyn-y-Garn and Rheithlyn, with their plentiful supply of perch. On the east-oil the summit of the ridge separating the basins of the Prysor and the Cain —lies Liyn Gelligain, noted for its large pikes, and on the west are Llyn-y-pryfaid, Caerwych, Gioywlyn, Llyn LIenyrch, and several others within accessible distance, and containing trout or salmon-trout, or both in great abundance. From the summits of the surrounding hills and moors very extensive views may be obtained on land and sea, South A Vales and Ireland being visible on clear days. The moorlands afford excellent and varied sporting in grouse, partridges, pheasants, woodcocks, snipes, golden plovers, &c. In the advanced spring and during the summer months the district itself with its green cultivated fields, wild grey moors, its hills and dales, its ridges and slopes, presents a picturesque and varied sight. The viaduct over the Lladron Brook, the principal engineering work on the whole line, is only four miles from the village of Trawsfynydd. This viaduct con- tains nine large arches over a hundred feet high. On the Trawsfynydd side of the viaduct the railway runs at a considerable elevation along a bed cut for it in the side of a rocky mountain, with lofty menacing crags above. Most of the district has a southern aspect. The air is fresh, light, and bracing; and the mountains, which are not very high, stand at a good distance, and the rainfall is considerably less than in the surrounding districts. The salubrity of the climate is further shown by the comparatively great number of people that reach their eightieth, ninetieth, and a. few even their hundredth year; and more especially by the general longevity of the inhabitants and their strong hale appearance. The village stands on the top and slope of a hill in a central position, and within a seven minutes' walk of the railway station. The situation is a most healthy one, and the drainage is easily kept in a thoroughly good condition at little expense. Most of the village is of recent construction. There are four public houses, all well managed, and one of them—the Cross Foxes—a first-class family hotel, where visitors are certain to be highly pleased by the arrangement* to secure their comfort and satisfied with the reasonable- ness of the charges. By the opening of the Bala and Festiniog Railway on the 1st November, the missing link by which Trawsfynydd has been brought into connection with the world, so to speak, has been discovered. Its position s become very central and most easy of access fram all parts of the country. It is expected that the beauties of Trawsfynydd will not continue "to blush unseen and waste their sweetness 011 the desert air any longer. Trawsfynydd, with its good fishing in lake and river, its excellent sporting, varied and romantic landscape, its lovely falls, and above all its solnbrious climate, has no common claims upon the patronage of those who have to follow their occupa- tions in the smoky, vitiated atmosphere of our large overcrowded towns. To all such what can be more calculated to restore lost energy and health, tone and colour, than a short stay, in the pleasant summer months, at this, the healthiest of spots. The new railway will benefit Trawsfynydd not only by attracting visitors here, but also by reducing immensely the carriage of goods and the cost of travelling. For instance, it will cause a reduction cf Pis. per ton in the price of coal, and a corresponding reduction in the prices of other things. The district is said by competent judges to contain a rich vein of Cambrian slates, and several slate quarries have been started, and the new line will be a ineaus of bringing capital to the parish to develop these and other resources. The joy felt for these reasons at the completion of railway developed itself into a resolution to celebrate its formal opening by a public dinner at the Cross Foxes Hotel, and when the day arrived about eighty sat down to a capital banquet prepared by Mr and Mrs Davies. Alllocg those present were Mr R. Pugh, Bryngwyn Rev. W. S. Williams, the rector Messrs D. Tegid Jones, Y Goppa Hugh Jones, Llwyncrwn 1 J. D. Jarrett, Werngron D. Jones, the Beehive R. Roberts, Brynysguboriau C. Williams, Ty'ndrain W. W. Owen, British School E. Hughes, Brongwyn- deg J. M. Jones, Ty'npistyll; W. Morris, Highgate I Inn D. Thomas, Caegwyn, &c. The dinner over the chair was taken by Mr J. M. Jones. The usual loyal toasts having been disposed of. the toast of the G. W. Railway Company was drunk with enthusiasm. Mr D. Tegid Jones responded to the toaet of the land- owners of the parish, and Messrs R. Roberts, J. D. Jarrett, and D. Thomas to that of the farmers. The next toasts were those of the sportsmen, tradesmen, and teachers, and for these thanks were returned by Mr C. Williams, Mr E. Hughes, and Mr Owen respectively. Having drunk the toast of the host and hostess, Mr and Mrs Davies, the meeting terminated by singing the National Anthem.

DOLGELLEY. THE CY:IREIGYDDION SOCIETY.—The weekly meet- ing of this society was held on Friday evening last. The attendance was rather small owing to the incle- mency of the weather, but a very lively discussion was carried on the important question which has engaged considerable attention of late, viz., "Does the iniiuence of the popular amusements of these days tend to improve society?" The same subject will come under consideration again at the next meeting of the society.

LL ANDY SSUL. HIGHWAY" BOARD.—On Thursday last the monthly meeting of this Board was held at the Porth Hotel. Members present were Mr Evan Jones, Penlon, vice- chairman, the Rev W. Powell, Bangor, Messrs Daniel Jones, Prian, Llanfairorllwyn, David Jones, Abercefel, Thomas Thomas, Ffaeshelig, Llandyssul, Edward Thomas, road surveyor, and David Thomas, clerk of the Board. The half-yearly accounts of the officials were examined and passed. Nothing else of public interest was transacted.

NEW QUAY. LOCAl, BOARD.—The ordinary meeting ,,1' this Than! was held oil Tuesday evening. List month a modiJl;; w,, not held, as a sufficient, number of members to form a quorum failed to attend on the two or three occasions they were summoned to do bOo The llJ0et¡lJ:; wss to be held at six o'clock, but ;t was half-pa-st seven before a quorum ;.ttell(lct1, when there were present:—Captain Davies (Zenobia). chairman, Captain Evans (White Hart), and Captain Thomas (Cambria), and in the course of the meeting Mr W. Timothy qualified by signing the usual Declaration of Members. The first business transacted was the appointment of sanitary officers, and Dr. Davies and 1[1'. Thomas Davies were re-appointed medical officer and inspector of nuisances respectively at the salaries formerly paid them.—Mr. Thomas Davies applied for an increase in his salary as collector on the ground that his duty aw such has recently become much heavier, and urged that last year the Board promised that the question should come in for con- sideration. In the present financial circumstances of the Board, however, no advance was promised. — Captain Philip Thomas having resigned the survivorship, it was unanimously agreed that Captain Thomas, Cambria, should be appointed to fill the vacancy. A notice to the Purveyor from Mr I). James, Compton House, was read calling his attention to the insufficient capacity of the culvert near Compton House in times of flood, and hÙldiJig- the surveyor responsible for any damage to property caused on account thereof. It was resolved that a proper fencing: should be placed in the dingle a short distance above to intercept any bushes and rubbish which might be swept down to block the mouth of the culvert"— Complaints hayiIJ been [revived of a nuisance arising from the existence cf a dunghill at the back of Wellington Inn, 011 the premises of Dolau Inn, the medical officer and the inspector of nuisances were instructed to examine the place and to take such sicps as thfcv might deem neccssary_-Chr:ques amounting to "4 IDs. 6d. were drawn, £15 being salaries due, antli:1D ISs. Cd. being expenses incurred chiefly in connection with the sinking of the pv.mns in the course of the past summer.

CARNARVON. COUNTY COURT.—At the C0\ll1ty court on V,-c<lnesdr.y, before Mr. lloratio Lloyd, the Carnarvon Corporation sued Griffith Griffiths for £9 Os. 10d., the value of water pipes supplied to the premises of the Carnarvon Priutill,: Company, Limited.—Mr. G. Thomas appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr Tomkinson for the company.— The defendant was the owner of the premises, and the question at issue was whether lie or the company was responsible.—TheJudge held that Mr. Griffiths wa-' responsible, and g'fL' e judgment for the full amount with costs. As the company were also made co-defen dants, he ordered Mr. to pay fheir costs also.—G. H. Jones, farmer and rabbit breeder, sued D. Kvans, White Liozi Inn, Newborough, for £0 1;,0. the value of lambs and rabbits destroyed by the defendant's dog.—Mr. Evans (Messrs. Turner and Alianson) appeared for the plaintiff, and Air. Hugh Robert s for the defendant. --A dog, said to be the dcfe:1<Ümt.s, had for several weeks played n havoc with the lambsaiid rabbitsin therabbitwarren. Otlierf-ariiier, suffering, a watch was kept, and, the defendant's dog being caught soon after worrying a lamb, the plaintiff shot it. At the last court the present defendant sued the plaintiff for the value of the dog, and recovered .r>r>s. damages. When the action was tried, the plaintiff pleaded no justilication for killing the dog, and mentioned nothing about its sheep-worrying propensities, whilst the present proceedings were not instituted until two days after tiie result of the previous trial, the original claim hcin:" £ 20. His Honour, ill summing up, said that the omission was a most remarkable one but probably the plaintiff's solicitor relied upon the absence of proof as to the identity of the animal, which was not shot red- handed whilst worrving the lamb.—The jury found for the plaintiff —50s.

DEATH OF JUDGE HERBERT. Judge Herbert died at his residence, Rocklands, near Ross. on Saturday. The late Judge Herbert was the son of Mr John Lawrence Herbert, of New Hall, Montgomeryshire, by Joyce Susannah, daughter of Mr C. Jones, of Fronfraith, Montgomeryshire. He was born on the 15th July, ISOS, was educated at the Cath- edral School, Hereforil, and at St. John's College, Cambridge, of which he was a fellow—graduating B.A. in 1830, and M.A. in 183:1. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn on May 8th, 1835. and for some time he acted as assistant tithe and copyhold commissioner, and commissioner for enfranchising the assessable manors of the Duchy of Cornwall. In March, 1847, lie was appointed judge of Circuit No. 24. which appointment he has held up to his death. The circuit includes the towns of Cardiff, Newport, Abergavenny, Chepstow. Crickhowell, Monmouth, Pontypool, Ross, Tredegar, ami Usk. And from month to month the deceased judge had brought before him cases of every description—cases often involving intricate points in Admiralty law and agricultural customs. The varied industries in his district called for no ordinary powers in the county court judge. He was equal to every occasion—and whether hearing a motion in bankruptcy or as an equity lawyer, he always gave satisfaction to reasonable suitors. Fond cf enlivening the somewhat tedious proceedings of a county court by a jocular remark or two. the deceased judge, though, perhaps, inclined to be hasty in temper, never allowed his judg- ment to be warped. While tempering justice with mercy. lie fearlessly decided upon what he thought, after the most careful consideration, to be the right. He was universally esteemed amongst the solicitors practising at his courts. and will be greatly missed by the young beginners, to whom lie was ever ready to yield a helping hand, and by the experienced attor- neys, with whom he co-operated in the best of spirits. The deceased judge led a retired life, not taking any active part in politics. He was a J. P. for the counties of Hereford, Monmouth, Glamorgan, and Radnor, and a Fellow of the Geological Society and Cambridge Philosophical Society. He was a member of the Ilieiieiiiii Clubhand occasionally entertained a circle of friends at Rocklands, near Ross, his residence, in a genial and kindly fashion. He was twice married. His first wife was Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Johnes, of Garthinyl Isaf, Montgomeryshire and his second, who survives him, Mary Charlotte, daughter of the Rev T. Philpotts, of Porthgwidden, Cornwall.

At the Wrexham Art and Industrial Exhibition held last week Miss Caroline received an award for an oil painting "Still Life." A terrible colliery explosion took place on Tuesday morning in a colliery belonging to the Clayeross Com- pany, near Chesterfield, as a result of which many lives, possibly over twenty, have been lost. The shock of the explosion was felt for miles around. Mr Gladstone has excused himself on the ground of pressure of business from receiving a Deputation in favour of the appointment of a Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, observing that "this is a question strictly for the Cabinet, who have a plan ready/' Mr Walpole, who ia seventy-six years of age, and has represented the University of Cambridge more than a quarter century. has written to the Vice-Chancellor, announcing that both on public and on private grounds he intends to retire from Parlia- mentary life at the close of the present session. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Mr. William Lucius Selfe, Barnster-at-Law, to be County-court Judge of Circuit Xo. 24, in the room of Mr. J. M. Herbert, deceased and his Lordship has also ap- pointed Mr. Charles Merivale to a Clerkship in the Chancery Registrar's Office.

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THE FARMERS' STORY. Sii-Assiii,i:liil- tliat there is not another side to the Farmers' Story" it is undoubtedly a very sad one, and shows that Ireland is not the only country where agents and lawyers use their power with brutal force. I think Sir, you ought for the benefit of mankind have I given the names of the agents and lawyers who, as we say set the law" on this man and hunted him down so unmercifully. -If this poor man's story is a true story, I think we farmers ought to show our sympathy with him in a practical way. I for one at all events am willing to assist.—Yours, &c., A FARMER. [We have marked out a portion of our correspondent's letter. Messrs Hughes and Sons were not the lawyers who acted against the ;aii.-ED. <X.] EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS AT GARTHELY. SUt, TIe "extraordinary nature of the proceed- ings reported in your columns to have taken place in this church owes much of its character to the unfair conclusions arrived at by your correspondent. The young man, Ellis, was not in the custom of playing the harmonium. He had some time previous been dismissed by the church authorities, and to see a churchwarden acting under proper authority and with tiie consent of the vicar putting a step to such an unwarrantable intrusion was not so very extraordinary. The fainting and the sympathetic movements of about a lozen in an over-crowded audience are occurrences too often wit- nessed to merit the publicity of your paper, were it not that your correspondent relished the idea of making capital of the coincidence and pelting a handful of mud towards the object of his wrath. X.X. THE ART OF BEGGING. SIR,—What can be the reason for the Calvinistic Methodists at Machynlleth sending out dirty little boys and girls to collect pennies for the poor missionaries. Surely that august body is not becoming illiberal and unable to support its own missionaries, or are they envious of another sect notorious for its cadding propensities. During the last week I have been actually pestered by these begging children, and I must say it is a real nuisance. I have not observed children of the well-to- do at this most degrading work. Oh no. Care is taken that work of this kind be allotted to children of poor and ignorant parents, who are unabie to judge for themselves and perceive the harm and degradation to which ilie children are subjected by this dirty work of alms asking. Surely it the Calvinistic Methodists cannot support their own, they have no business to make the children of their poor adherents learn to be beggars, and not only that, but it is, on the face of it, questionable, whether the money raised by such means, however worthy the object may be, can be commended, and besides each denomination wants all the pennies that its members can spare towards its own support, and towards, forsooth, pensioning its ministers, who in their day ami vigour recei ve a l;irh- good salary, much bettor l!:i-.n the majority of t::><.• that contribute towards their salaries, chapel funds, etc., yet, when too old for harness, become pensioners on the charity of their flo.'k, who, in turn. have io take their chance or otiered tite" House." Sunly religion can now be summed up in five letters, money, money, money, put a fiver into our little bags once ;t month, and you become a fairly good religious and pious man. CYMKO. CHURCH DISESTABLISHMENT. m, Y ou seem to agree with the Rector of Merthyr in taking rather sanguine views of the probable effects of disestablishment. Has it never struck you that if the Church of England is disendowed as well, a large mass of property will be turned over to secular uses? Religion, as a whole in these islands, will become poorer, so much less money will be devoted to it, the stipends of ministers of all denominations will. on an average, shrink, and consequently more ignorant men will occupy pulpits. Theology will become, in its public expression, narrower and more at variance with common sense. Thoughtful men will be disgusted to a greater extent than now, leaving pews to females to advertize their new bonnets, and to fools who look at such trifles. That to my thinking will be the most marked result of disestablishment, and I don't wonder that some Noncomformists are sufficiently alarmed at the prospect, to advocate the maintenance of the status quo. Not that I, personally, care about the matter, for I am outside the pale of all denominations, but my patriotism is sufficient to induce me to express the opinion that when a nation makes an important move, it should do so with open eyes, and not take a leap in the dark like an impulsive idiot who thinks "onme ignofcum pro magnitico."—Yours, &c., A VISITOR. WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. SIR,—From a letter on the above subject in your last week's issue, it would appear this piece of legisla- tion does not meet with unanimous approval in Aber- ystwyth. I do not believe in compulsory measures as a likely means of reforming society, and quite agree with the remarks to the same effect made from time to time in the CamLrian Av j.s-; but still fail to see the harm likely to be done to Aberystwyth or other places by having the gratifications of unimportant members of society curtailed by having public houses as well a.s other more useful places of business closed on the day which both Christian and moralist agree is well adapted for the cultivating of the higher faculties in man's nature. I also fail to see what compulsion or "trespass on liberty Sunday Closing involves on society, except it be a want of attention to those who are in the habit of meeting in public houses for social purposes," but the inhabitants of Aberystwyth are not at all interested in the comfort of those whose height of ambition is to congregate in those places which are the chief nurseries of immorality and the greatest incitement to vice in our country. A meeting held in Aberystwyth for such a purpose we can scarcely imagine, held even by those who derive a peculJiary benefit from the folly of the drunkard. Scores of people say your correspondent are by the Sunday Closing Act deprived of their only meeting place for social purposes, and are compelled to wander about the streets. But are they compelled so to wander? and why should it be their only meeting place ? True there are in Aberystwyth no extensive museums or art galleries to be opened on Sundays for those whose ideas are either underneath or above the present modes of Sabbath devotion so ample in the town, but we can assure your correspondent that such higher recreation would be little appreciated by those w ho condescend to meet in a public house for sociality, and not having the highest attainable enlightening and moralising facilities is no reason why we should retain what the bulk of society have at last come to look upon as the very lowest. There always will be such useful though imperfect attempts to reform society as Sal ration Armies and Sunday Closing Acts and always such individuals as Teetatium to retard their pro- gress. REFORM. SIR,—Allow me to insert in your worthy paper a few lines in answer to the letter of "Teetatium" on the above subject which appeared in ycur last week's issue. He tells ns in his able speech that he believed he was expressing the feelings of a large portion of the inhabitants of Aberystwyth and other towns of Wales. Sir, from my knowledge of Aberystwyth and its people, and I know much, I fully believe that "Teetatium" is greatly mistaken in saying that he was expressing their feelings. His ideas of and feelings towards the above-mentioned Act is far inferior to those of the nolle and decent inhabitants of Aber- ystwyth, and, undoubtedly, of the inhabitants of the Principality at large. Also, Mr Teetatium desired us to believe that he has kept a close watch on the woi kings of the Act, and now sees it to be a great mistake and a trespass on the liberty of the subjects. Now, if Te,tatiiiii) writes consciously and with impartiality I think he must be blind on one eye and on the other cross-sighted, or he is blinded by prejudice and hostility. Sir, the inhabitants of Aberystwyth think the Sunday Closing Bill to be a. great boon, and its workings so fur are pleasing and gratifying. Again, I calculate from his cal that b. should very much like to see public meetings held to discuss and p:iss resolutions for the restriction of the Act. It is a fabulous saying that foxes and mice some- times hold public meetings and pass resolutions. Mr "Teetatium" may, perhaps, get up a meeting of those animalias." But I can hardly believe that he will be able to persuade human beings in the nineteenth century to hold public meetings to pass resolutions 1, tending to extend the liberty of which is one of the vilest vices of our beautiful Wales In my opinion his questions deserve not a moment's attention. But, the second of the three, though, is not to be passed by unheeded. Judging óó Teetatiun:" by his ideas of keeping lioly the Satjbath day I cannot help thinking him to be one of the bold sons of infidelity. What a mean idea of the Sabbath he has when he declares that men should be provided with places where they should meet and talk of business, politics, etc. What an infidelie idea of the Lord's day. I wonder are these the sort of men who complain of the Sunday Closing Bill ? 1 fear the majority are. But we are happy to understand that thousands nowadays see the injury of drink and do j i leave it and may the tide of abstinence not ebL ) until the germs of drunkenness is washed from cur j land. Ye Christir.i. men of Camhri:1, Have courage and be "■■rave, The man of nmny evils is pining by his grave. The cruel brute is dying, The almond blooms in white, His weary day is counted, He stands at brink of nkht. 'r f:£ a!I. :1 ¡; THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE MERIONETHSHIRE QUARTER .VE-'SIONS. -"To SIR,—I regret that my official duty i Lancashire prevented my attendance at the last Quarter Sessions for Merioneth, but I have read with great interest the letters both of the noble chairmain, Lord Londonderry and Mr Price, of Bhiwlas. It is not unnatural that personal convenience should to some extent influence one's opinion on such a matter, and I happen to leside iu that part of the county which would be most inconvenienced by the proposed change, but I should cheerfully acquiesce if any sub- stantial majority of the magistrates were of opinion that the public interest required it. But such a change cannot reasonably be expected to be submitted to if the majority be merely nominal, and especially if it involve so large an cxpenJiture as appears to be contemplated. I would venture to suggest that it would be wjll that an opportunity should be given for reconsidera- tion of the matter at the next sessions. It is true the resolution was duly printed upon the agenda, but I doubt whether its gravity wa.s fully recognised. As regards the amount to be expended I note, of course, that credit is claimed for a sum to be obtained by the sale of the militia barracks. I confess I should wish to see the estimated sum realized before assuming that it will be sufficient to balance the account. I trust Lord Londonderry or one of the senior magis- trates will take steps to bring the matter forwuid again.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, Hafod y Bryn, Llanbcdr. Po: L\ SIS,—Will you kindly allow one who is not a magistrate, MTU is as heavily rated in comparison as any magistrate the countv. to place his view of their matter before your readers. i'crsoiiaH.v it mutters little to me whether the Quarter Swwons are held at ];all-. or at Delgc-Jley, except "on the hasis C, i-2"lie hut to others, the c;e*t:w of convenience, and expense, from county expenditure is, J think, likely to be of importance. Mr Price^of .Rhiwla-i, in his defence of "the change of venue" from Iiolgeliey to Ku!?., argues that the county will not be put to one penny of expense in the matter," as the cost of the proposed alterations in the Baht Er.I1 may be covered by the sale of the old militia barracks. Did Mr Price remember,' when making this assertion, that there is at the present moment a balance of £ 1,000 due from the^county to the Public V\ oiks Loan He ard. cu account of the building of these old militia barracks, arid that this sum, together with interest of five per cent, will have to be paid out 01 the county rates' The sale of this property, I believe, is expected to realise sufficient to cover the above balance without providing for the interest, although tiie highest offer at the recent sale was rather wide of the mark. Does Jlr Price expect the rate- payers to believe that by applying this monev to repair the Kala Hall, instead of liquidating the above debt, that the repair* "will not cost the county one penny." I am afraid that everv one, but himself will think differently, and will see in this transbVtion'orjy another burden upon the county rates. Mr Price asserts that it is the duty of every magistrate to keep economy firrt in his mind's eye when dealing with county expenditure. It is !t-ii time, I think, that this principle should' be put into practice. The county debt at this moment amounts to ,£5.350, of this amount j £ l,0«0 is due, as mentioned, on account of the Eala barracks. £ 3,440 is still due on account of the enlargements of the county gaol in 1S68 and bil. This gaol has been sold, avd the county was not benefited one farthing by its sale but the debt ftill remains, and must be out of the county rates. The militia, barracks is perfectly useless to the county, and is now 0:1 .sale; but instead of benefiting the county by tiie proceeds cf that sale,' Mr Price and a number of hU brother magistrates, propose to use money for another purpose, and to keep the debt intact, in order, forsooth, that the other building should "not cost the county cue peiiny." This is economy with vengeance. But why should the county be saddled with The repair of any part of Bala Hall, except what is absolutelv ntcessarv to n.ect police requirementsIf Col. Cobbe says that the present cells at Bala are net satisfactory, undoubtedly they should be so enlarjcei as to meet his approval. But why should such work cost iioOO and upwards, has not yet transpired. Ito know vho prepared the plans and estimates ? Was it the county surveyor, or soiiie (iiie else ? It is to be hoped that the ma«r;«trat>- kept economy first in their minds eye when this business was oil hand. But what becomes of the other £ 000 or upwards Why should the county rate be saddled with that expense ? When the Quarter Sessions and Assizes were removed from Mala some years ago, the question of selling the Bala Hall was mooted, as it was of no further use to the couii The matter was talked over at more than one Quarter Sessions. It was then stated that the countv could not dipoe of the building, as it had been erected partly toy general subscription partly by the countv. and that the K.J.I. people had as much right to its use, on that account, as a Town Hall, as the county had to its use for county business. And I believe the late Clerk of the Peace, after eiiouiring into the matter, had great doubt if the county could give any title to the purchaser if it was sold and so the matter dropped. Xow the building is to be "re-constructed," or renovated," cr something, at the cost of the county And this proposal is now brought forward by those who objected less than ten years ago to the sale of the building because ;t was not bona fide the property of the county: Another result, perhaps, of having kept economv iirst in their mind's eye Well, at all events. It will, I presume, be admitted that Festiniog is now the most populous district of the countv cf Merioneth, and the place from which by far the largest number cf magistrates, special, grand, and petty jurors, witnesses, suitors, police, and others having business at the Ouarter Session*. i.te certain to arrive." So says Mr Price, of Bhiwlas. Fortunately I know from experience that Mr Price's knowledge of couirty matters in general is not to be measured by this assertion, ,y- I might be tempted to u-c a rather strong epithet to (leFc-ril,( t. No doubt Mr Price has been misled like many others, to t) that because Fevtmiog is the most populous district of the county, it must also be the most important in every other respect. Did it ever-fnke llr Price to enquire how many magis- trates, and special, grand, and pettv jurviuen, resided 'n that populous district? If he will enquire", be Will find that the whole number ofjnagistrates and jurors in tiie pari-h of Festiniog last year were 72, Maentvvr jg 28. and Trawsfvm dd, 66—making a. total in the thi#e pari-'acs of 16 There are also in the parish of Llanfrothen H. and in that part of the parish of I situated within this county, Ö. If these are added to the others, the total will be 191. But it is well known that the-Bontncw; dd or Dolgeliey stations are much more convenient for at least a dozen jurors from Trawsfynydd than the Trawsfynydd new station, and that at least one half of the magistrates and jurors from Llan- frothen can reach Penrnyn easier than Festiniog. We may, thue- fore, saieiy say that the total number of magistrates and jiu^ rs who will be benefited by the Bala and Festiniog Ilailwav will net exceed 160. Put what about those parishes who be incon- venienced by the "change of venue." In the parish of To v. n alone the magistrates and jurors number 140; Pennai, 20; Tab. llyn, 25; Llanlihangel-y-Pennant, 11; Llanegrvn, 26; Llangeivnin. 44; Mallwyd, 39; Llanymawddwy, 32; makinga total of 330.' who will be most seriously inconvenienced by the change. Everyone of these persons must either stay the previous night at Dolg'ellcy or Bala, or they must walk, ride, or drive a distance averaging from ten to thirty miles to reach Dolgeliey before S-30 a.m., other- wise they cannot arrive at Bala before twelve at noon—one hour at least too late for business. But liow will the remova)of the sessions affect the magistrates and jurors throughout the county ? Last year their number in :he severl parishes of Rdeyrnion (Corwell) were 202; in the five parishes of Perillyn (Bala). 323 add 150 for Festiniog district, and we shall have a total of liii. in the twelve parishes along tix- coast from Dolgeliey to LianShangel-j'-traethau there were 426 in the Towyn and Mawddwy districts, 337 add 17 from Llan- frothen, &(! and we have a tota! of 779—a majority in the Dolgeliey side of the county of over 104 If 1 am asked how the cnange will affect the magistrates them- selves, I find that the total number of magistrates who reside ia-t of the Garneddwen, including those in Festinior, Flintshire, Shropshire, and even further south, ure only 24, while those who reside west of the Garneddwen, and who must pasu through or from Dolgeliey to Bala, number 40, or nearly double. Again, Mr Price tries to show that there is a great difficulty cf attending the Quarter Sessions at Dolgeliey. and for that purpose consults Eradshaw's. It is often said that not one in a thousand understands that guide, and I am afraid Mr Price must he classed with the majority. However, I find from the Railway Record Jer November that a train leaves Corwen at gelley at 8.15 a.111. from Dinas Mawddwy at ri.45 a.\lJ.. a»d Macnynlleth at S.25 a.m., arriving here at 10-40 a.m. And in nmo cases out of ten they are able to return the same day. The greatest difficulty still will be with the three or four who some- times attend from Festiniog. ns the new Bala and Festiniog Kad- wav will not materially add to their convenience. They must leave Dolgeliey at 4.4ö p.m. 1;: oreler to catch the 5.40 1).11). train from Bala—another instance that the Cambrian is not the c»lv company which has attained to the highest pitch of the r.rt of how not to de it." Mr Price says that Corwen "is a growing place, and has a right to be considered." ^.So also, I believe, is Penrhynueudraeth, dov<_y, and Diuas Mawddwy—they are growing places, and h[i:c a ri;ht to be considered." Mr Price hopes to see the four Quarter Sessions and the Assizes held at Bala. But, if that hope is real- ized, what about the "rights of the growing places." Would it ziot I-, much more (;afc.¡}hl2, according to his rale of rights, that one Quarter Sessions should be held at Corwen, the second at Penrhyn. the third at Aberdovey, aud the fourth at I'mas Mawddwy, rather than concentrate the business either at Bala or DolgeiicT And if new hails should be required at each of tbene out-of-the-way corners, what of thatThe present convenient hall at Dolgeliey, and the inconvenient hall at Bala, miiht be sold (provided the Bala people will waive their rights), and the new- lE1Îldings erected without, .iting the county to one penny of expense "or a few thousand might be easily added to the county debt—that would be nothing, of course, to magistrates who keep economy in their mmd's eye, and scatter it to the wind in practice, however ;¡ard ent: consequence might press upon tbc ratepayers. I sh'-r.ld be sorry to attribute unworthy motives to any one of the magistrate.^who votvd for the removal" of the Quarter Sessions to Bala. I believe them to be honourable and conscientious gentlemen, and would he sorry knowingly to do anything wrong- But in Un" matter they liu\ e undoubtedly laid themselves open to suspicion. The fact that nearly every one who voted for the res.)]¡1tic.J) were owners! of property in or around the town cf Kali is of itself sufficient to arouse suspicion that they looked upon this matter through the medium or private interest ratber than thu 11 '.te welfare of the public at large. But I rather think that tiie;. were 1ll¡1cd, Iik" ATr Price, te, place undue importance from a Quarter CS,iO:18 point of view, vrpon the populous district of forgetting the claims other more insignificant places to consideration. It may surprise several of the magistrates to Kant that in the -mail parish of Dolgeliey there were last year "!f.!> persons on tiie list of jurors, mere than double the whole number in the parish ot l"estiui--g. in the parish ot ",ti ii-- Dolgeilty. F.F.KS.

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Mr G. E. J. POWELL.S bequest of books, pictures, and antiquities to the University College of VV ales is valued at not less than » The inhabitants of Newcastle Emlyn are face to face with a very practical side of the burials question. The parish ch urch yard is full, and a Government Inspector has given the people three months to provide extra accommodation. We trust the people of the district, led by the ministers and clergymen, will agree to purchase additional ground, and that the landowners in the neighbourhood will assist. 'k The weather continues to be most boisterous. Rain, hail, and wind have been exceptionally heavy. In many paits of England and Wales the country is flooded. The Dee, the Conway, the Severn, and other rivers are higher than they have been for months. The frequent storms are occasionally accompanied by vivid •lightning and heavy thunder. We are informed that there is still a good deal of corn out in some districts. ..¡. Mr FORSTER has informed some of his constituents that he is in favour of women candidates for School Board elections. At Aberystwyth the Board is mainly composed of ministers of religion and their sole duty seems to be to neglect elementary education which, as might have been expected, has fared badly in their hands. It is hoped that the new board which has to be elected this month will be better adapted to discharge its duties, but that will depend upon the action of the ratepayers. Could not a suitable lady candidate be found at Aberystwyth. ? The 22nd instant has been fixed for the election. The tenants of Mr G. W. PARRY, Llidiarde, near Aberystwyth, have received notices to quit, the inten- tion being to increase the rents. The effect of this action, which is being carried out by Mr ISAAC MORGAN, the agent of Mr PAHRY, may be judged from one case which has been brought before us. A tenant entered upon a farm two years ago. He carried a large amount of material for new buildings, and incurred a heavy debt for drainage pipes, and now he has to leave or pay rent on his own labour and expenditure. It is believed that many of the tenants will leave their hold- ings. They cannot pay higher rents, and these are not the times when they ought to be asked to pay them. Vr Two county-court cases of considerable interest were heard at Aberystwyth before Mr. HOMER- SHAM Cox last Tuesday. In reference to CORNELIUS ROBERTS, butcher, and his wit- nesses, his Honour said these people have been telling lies for nearly an hour. The Judge said that CORNELIUS ROBERTS, who had filed a petition, and whose debts were £34:1, with only f25 to meet them, "was a "credit to the town." In a case MINTOX V. ROBERTS it transpired that there had been some heavy drinking at the Bridge-end Inn. His Honour disallowed £2 claimed for drink, and instructed the Registrar to send a copy of the Judge's notes to the Aberystwyth magistrates. The Church of England Funeral and Mourning Reform Association held a meeting last week. The Hon. SECRETARY said the society owed its origin partly to the suggestions offered by the Bishop of LICHFIELD, that Christian people should combine to perform burials with as little cost and with as little ceremony as possible. The main objects, he said, of the society, were to simplify, cheapen, and Christianize funeral and mourning ceremonials. The difficulty in obtaining reform in funerals is greater than in any other department of life perhaps. Old custom is strong, and uufortunately a system cf extortion in connection with funerals has been sanctioned by long usage, and is very haul to break through. To question funeral charges is taken as an evidence of want of respect for the memory of the dead. Local societies for the encouragement of funeral reform are much seeded and ministers of religion might with great propriety lead the way. The Salvation Army is doing something in this direction. ° On Wednesday last a pretty little church was opened at Machynlleth when a sermon was preached by the Bishop of BAXCOR. There was a large attendance of clergy and of the neighbouring laity. In the afternoon harvest thanksgiving services were held in the parish church when Principal JAYXE, of Lampeter College, preached. English services will be celebrated n the new church, which is intended to accommodate jetween two and three hundred worshippers. The Velsh church is situated not far from the railway tation at the western end of the town. The site of he new church was given by the Marquess of LOXDON- tERRY, who also provided luncheon in the Vane Hall n Wednesday. The organ was given as far back as 858 by Lady EDWARDS for services held at the parish hurch, where a new organ, said to be one of the nest-toned in Wales, was built a few years ago mainly irough the instrumentality of Mr EDWARD MORGAX. he rector of the parish, the Rev. Canon GRIFFITHS, as present during th. day and took part in the T vices. Last Wednesday at the Aberystwyth Petty Sessions, boy, who some time ago was brought before the igistrates charged with wandering about, was con- ned of a petty theft. It was obvioin when the boy is first brought forward that unless sent away would ultimately pass from vagrancy to more -ious offences against the law, and the magistrates 10 dismissed him on the first occasion might reason- [y be held morally responsible for this hay's ise into crime. It is a shameful thing that in a all town like Aberystwyth boys should be seen .dually drifting to the bad year after year and that of a mawkish sentimentality steps should not be en which would save them from a life- cr course of opposition to law and er. The boy referred to was ordered be whipped on Wednesday, so that shame been added to misfortune, and there is practically hing before the unfortunate lad than a life of crime. lis is the outcome of magisterial notions of tenderness sooner a more Spartan rule is adopted the better it be for the rising generation, wfeose home life lacks safeguards which are necessary to youth. t the last Towyn Petty Sessions a case was heard ought never to have been brought forward, and probably would not have been brought forward ie accused had not written a letter to the prosecutor sesting proceedings against him. The facts are very kle. Mr CURTIS, a teacher, went to the Towyn ] office and purchased some stamps. He paid for t with a coin which. he says was half a sorereign avhich the POSTMASTER accepted as half a sovereign. h time afterwards the POSTMASTER sent hie jentice to Mr CURTIS with a coin which had very 1 likeness to half a sovereign, and asked for a good <n its place, stating that the counterfeit was the <he had given to the POSTMASTER for the stamps. SURTIS then wrote a letter which a philosopher •ainlj' would not have written, and said at the end o" I very much doubt whether I had not better tfurther proceedings in the case. The POSTMASTER dke further proceedings and communicated with tolice, and on Friday last Mr CCUTIS was charged ^uttering a false coin. The POSTMASTER'S case Vinply nowhere, and at the close of his evidence tiarge was dismissed. Major STUART said there was liig to connect Mr CURTIS with the coin. Mr F-ITH JOXES,. who appeared for Mr CURTIS, said Instructions were to bring an action against the FATER for false imprisonment. This case is a vood instance of how a small matter may grow. Ast, probably, the POSTMASTER meant only to poat that a mistake had been made, and the m might have stopped there if Mr CrriTis had also Pied that the POSTMASTER was merely acting in ei An action for false imprisonment would at any Keep the legal ball rolling, and would probably •s^onie nice legal points without injuring anybody, c: pecuniarily, as nobody believes Mr CURITS :1ted to pass a false coin any more than they the POSTMASTER acted in bad faith. Both ■p\tor and accused were somewhat hasty, and, hi got into the toils of the law, may have some -dy in getting out again. According to custom at Aberystwyth Mr Alderman JOHN JOXES was re-elected Mayor of that town yester- day (Thursday). In another column we publish a Parliamentary Notice of the Cambrian Railways from which it will be seen that. the Company seeks, amongst other things, to make some alterations at Aberdovey, &c. .:{- Miss DAVIES, a young lady well beloved in Dolgeliey, and a sister of Mr W. R. DAVIES. solicitor, lost her life on Monday night last by taking carbolic acid by mistake. The deceased, owing to the illness of the servant, was alone in the house, and was discovered by her brother in great agony on his return home from business. Everybody knows that "boys will be boys," but everybody does not know that Machynlleth boys, if they are too late for a train, run after it and get astride the buffers. The trains that can be caught in this fashion, we need scarcely say, are not limited mails, or expresses on trunk lines, but trains on the Cambrian railway, in this particular instance drawn by two engines. At the last Towyn Petty Sessions WILLIAM and DAVID HCOHES were charged "with having ridden on a portion of a carriage not intended for the conveyance of passengers." One of the lads after going a mile or two fell uff the buffer and yet lived to appear in answer to the charge brought against him. The other got off his novel seat before the train reached Aberdovey but how he did it the magistrates are puzzled to know. The line runs through three long tunnels between Glandovey Junction" and Aber- dovey. The youths were fined Is. each and costs, we suppose to deter other adventurous youths from following their dangerous example. -;t At Llanilar Petty Sessions LEWIS WILLIAMS, farm servant, Monachty Graig, Pantrallad, was charged by Jonx JOXES, Llanychaiarn, near Aberystwyth with stealing the sum of one shilling and a penny from him. The magistrates were of opinion that the accused took the money, and inflicted a fine of £1 and costs. The Bench are reported to have said that they did not mean to impute that the accused took the money as a common thief, but it was a bad habit established in the neighbourhood for farm servants to visit each other, and if their friends happened to be out, for them to take anything from their pockets and boxes." We fail to see the difference between this bad habit" and thieving. A man who keeps a key that will open another man's box who ransacks his clothes, and takes his money is as complete a thief as we ever desire to see. The sooner the victims of this bad habit are sent to gaol for the longest terms the law allows the better it will be for the people who are still victims of the silly habit of working for money which men of the stamp of LEWIS WILLIAMS take, not as thieves, but as the highly virtuous upholders of an ancient custom of the most innocent description. If a few labourers were to contrast the habit of taking pheasants' eggs, not of course as common thieves, but as victims of habit. would they be be let off with a light fine ? We fear the honest men, however good their characters, would be dubbed scoundrels, and be punished as such.