The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

WHITCHURCH. DEATH or SKF.GHANT HF.YWAKB.—We regret to announce the death of P.. Hey ward of this town, on Wednesday morning last. Deceased had rot had the best of hea*. 1 for some time, suttering ii.9 he did from heart disease however, never shirked his duty. Mr Wayward was gtcn- •rally liked and respected, and he wouk never & mean advantage of any one. tie leaves wife and five young children, LOCAL BOARD, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19TH.—rresent: Messrs Joyce ( ^airman-), Ravenskaw, Heck, Bromheld, George, Hassall, Egerton, Jenkia, and G. E. houikes, Clerk. Medical Oiff-xr.—This subject was again considered, after vihich Mr Ravenshaw gave notice that he should at tile of th^ Board, move the appointment of Mr Bromfiel 1 as medical officer for the district in connec- tion with the Board of Guardians. No Encroachments Alfolecd.The Chairman read a, letter from Mr G. H. Thompson, which stated that he (Mr Thompson) was about building a house in Alkmgton, and be askerl the consent of th" Board to build in a line with Mr Harrison's ma:tbln. which would be some three teen nearer the street than were the old houses row being pulled down. The Ck lirman was strongly opposed to the least encroachment, and would not for a moment consent to Air Thompson's application. Instead of narrowing any of the streeis he would do his best to widen them-The Rector said all their roads were narrow enough already, and it would r.ot, be wise to make them narrower.Ihe Chairman: ?v-ot enlv this, we have no right to HO an>- thing of the sort.—Mr Jenkin was in favour of .mowing Mr Thompson to have the three feet asked for, as it was only waste land. The building- of the house w :uU be a. great improvement to the road, besides which Mr Thomp- son would lay out nearly £ 1,000 in the town, and the rates al-o would be lessened. His opinion was that they should give every encouragement to persons who wanted to build.—Mr Hassail said the Board would gladiv give Mr Thompson every asd-tance that lay in their power, but they certainly could not think of allowing him to encroach on the rond, uo net if he was going to builrl ten times more than he intended doing.—The other mem- bers of .thy Board—except Mr i-iikii,-were of the same opinion, and ),1 r Powell, the sub-contractor, ( who had been waiting ou"side), was told that the Board could not possi- bly accede to Mr Thompson's request. Mr Powell was also told that before any building could take place proper notice must be <j[ive.n and plans deposited. Rciuaeration for the Scrt-ke: of the lote Clerk to the Boar" I lie Cln.irman brought this subject forward, and said that for nearly three years of the late Mr Fouikes's life a great deal o' extra. work had to be done in connection with the new market hall. Th-crc were e-.tra meetings he'd, a great deal of correspondence done, and many other extras. They had had no lawyer to pay. and àn of them were well aware that he had given them the same advice as a lawyer would have done. Mr Foulkes had been told that his extra services would be reeegmsod -by the Board.—Mr Hasjall Whatever is given will f»°'to ^ouHces's estate.—After a little conversation 1_t vvas nimoualy agreed that £ 30 should he allowed.—During tha-'consideration of the above the Clerk was not present.. The&as.&c.. for the Vtit Mr Bromneid said that 011 the of their last Board meeting the audit com- minee, Mr Beck, lIlr Smith, and himself, bad pone over a number of bills. One of these was the one of £ 3. 4s. 10d. for scouring and polishing the Assembly RoLin for the hut ball. Is was then decided tha the ball committee sliolad pay thfc amount, also £ 2 10s. for gas. The £ 0 14s. 10' had been handed over to him by the ball committee, and he wanted to know whom he should pay it to.—The Cleri said he must pay it to Mr Parry. Bills.—The Ilerk read over the bills which had been audited and passed by the audi; aemmittee. -"hey amounted to £ 207 12s. 2d. A cheque for the amount wa signed. The li-tte Barry said th-re A as still about 2200 of rates to be collected, £ 70 of which in seven sums. He had applied to all but one or two. notice to all wh« had not piid that if they did not pay fortnight a summons would betaken out against them.

OSWESTRY. MR D. R, OBMSBY GCITE, M.P.—We are glad to rtee that Mr J. It f n s'ti Gor vrc- (, v e i,c d sufficiently from his recent serious indisposition, to take his seat in tiie House of Commons. The hon- gentleman voted a^?inst the Mar- ried Wi.men's Property Act Amendment Bill last week. UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH, CASTLE FIELUS.— On Monday evening, Feb. '24t:. a service of song was held in this place-cf worship. The service consisted of a per- foimance of "The Messiah," with connective readings. The performers were the choir and scholars of ihe_ school, ably led bv Mr Burton. Mr Edwards kindly officiated-as rea'ler. There was a largo and appreciative audience, wiu. we,.0 Jf-a;ilv eofertained for upwards of two hours. THF"IA-CF A/SKTANTOVEJ^KEROF OSWESTRY PAHISH. rnia,ii-,s ,f Mr Roberts, who for many ye.rs a.-(«;pt- Mr ablv served the office of assistant overseer for tiiL= parish, were intern,! ia Llansiiin .churchyard, on b^mlay, February 22ad. The Kev. K. h. U ilharns, of O.'tw -tr>, officiated at the res.Jence, and the vieir of lilanfliiin at the, grave. There was a large attendance to chow respect to the memory of one wll,), through a long life, had done his duty well, and won the esteem of his fellows. SALOP BiFM VOLUNTEERS.—The members or t'ns corps oiumtnced their shooting season on Saturday, Feb. 22nd with a handicap sweepstakes, five shots each._ at 2 10, 500, 'and GOO yards, when, some very good shooting was Tnade:— 22nd with a handicap sweepstakes, five shots each._ at 2 10, 500, and GOO yards, when, some very good shooting was made Points Grand 200 500 0 Given Total 1st Serg-e&nt O. Fox.15 15 15 3 43 2 id Serjeant Lyndom 14 11 15 2 4 ) 3rd Corporal Winds ir 15 11 IS 0 H} Dv<1 Private J. Davies 15 17 12 0 44 j Sergt. Aldirdfre 13 12 12 4 41 Corportl Cl.uk 10 13 8 8 oD Private Pcllett 11 11 S S :3 Private O Kara 11 9$10 T ie next, sweepstakes will be ehot for on Saturday, March ^MONTI'.OA[KRY MONTHLY MEETING OF CAr.vrxiSTic MF'rHom«T.s. The monthly meeting was held in this town an Thursday and Friday, Feb. 20th and 2ls< There was a large attendance, of delegates—both minis ers and d -aeom The lirst committee meeting was held at twelve o clock on Th\IRS('N.V, in Zion chapel; and a general rceenng of dele- gates took place at two o'clock in the afternoon of the lame day, for the transaction of the general busi- „pSs of the meeting. The Rev. J. Ogwen Jones, minister of the chapel, presided. Amongst the sub- • gDn-adercd was tfee offer male bv Mr David 0f Llandinam, to give £ 2,000 towards establishing ,1fcif >forth Wales, to be called The. Deceased A,t; .V-t-op-' Fand on condition that the connection devoted 00) more Jo the same purpose. The Rev. E Roherts, Rinnin'diam and Mr Bdward.1 homas, of the same place, wefe an^oi ted TnW^nd the share toward, the £ 8,000 7o Z' eiven bv this district. The same evening, at h df- dhurcVmecting whcVthe Worship." Several gentlemen 5 auf!;ence. Ti,ere heartfelt, fervent w rship t«.a u> t,ic ]?cv. R .r was a public service at 10 30, wn 0i. there wag Edwards, of Mold preached In the .d a 1ipr3 we.e the another service at «wo o clock, when t .el (.S;irge of Rev. Llewe.llvn Edwards^ wh has la^y U c burch, tne congregation worsaippmg at the VVooa-*i. „ j ? Birmingham, and itjQ Rev, Evan Kole"'S, Sof Hill Chapel, Birtningham. At half-past Sx toe f-'ioie evening, there was another s-rvice. The pre tcners •fteio the Her, Owen Hughes, of Tregyr.on, an the liev. Ko; r Edwards, of Mold. Collections were made at the close oi both evening services, and liberally responded to. CHRIST CauHcH SUSDAY SCHOOL.-Ihe annual meeting of Christ Church Sunday School was held on Monusv evening. Feb. 24th. Tea was served between fivs anev s x o'clock, and though the gathering of friends round the tables was not so numerous r.s could be desired on suA an occasion, those who were there enj a picas..nt, sociable meal. About seven o'clock the president of ,ne school, the Rev. T. ttasquoine, B.A., took tne chair, and the public meeting commenced with singing and piaje. after which the secretary. Mr W. Coulson, read 1<;1LT>')' f«r the pssfc year, in which he referred to the fact of the committee's being now in possession of the new cho L rooms, &c., as a matter fo.: much c«)ngratulatu n, t school having suffered in various transition period. There wa,, he sa^ni, i»1.0^ar^d improvement in the order ana con u r'iblv were now thi numbers which had fallen off con td.r, bly were rapidly inceasieg. He iruated that wi_ appliances, and more complete ma^mote:rthe welfare of plans which had been adop«e< bp!ng done more the scholars would result d,livered by Mr efficiently. The speeches t ifr Garbutt,, the Connacher, the Kev. Lhi-, v b y an,l Mr The mas Rev. J. P. driver, of ^fXSchool, were listened Miushall, the superin i(l a disti'ictlv charactei- to with evident mtere^ jmpross Un0n his" hearers the istic manner ctl, for Chris'.ian churches to be alive ^'rShn-rtlnle of the work of Sunday Schools, for u>Ion them must devolve the monl and spiritual eola- tion of the present and future generations of children. 1 he meeting Collelultcl about nine o'clock with si'sgmg and 1 PRESENTATION TO THE EEV. E D. WILKS —The a.nmvxi social meeting in connection with the Baptist Cli ipel w«s held on Thursday evening, Feb. 20; h. 1 here v, a. a ar, a ,t'n lance—indeed, the largest remembered on a em .a occasion, The meeting after tea commence a o'clock. The chair was occupied by the pastor, ttn. K E. D Wilks, who, after a few introductory remark^ c upon Mr Evans to make some observations on 1 unoln^ ahtv'' After the speaker sat down, Mi V. El1,- onjv Wrv encourasiui; tesl>«cting tlh" ough the 1872 the nnmlJers attending Ec!-¡nol had been fOl pr.;vlol1S1y, while t'w col)- (Ind of the children, oil the whole, had beell gO"ll. DUI"JIJg- the ad lilt clas been ls:JblisheJ. v.icl p')!l1ist'cl i If Tltere is also a cV,tiling clnl,, m v.-Uictia I „ ■ number of chilàren (iepositecl thlir pciice, tbe gua. 12. and used by the The tre;1snrer, 1\11' was next c-illed n1")11 t,1 give his tin:1llcial staten::cnt of the income and eXp"nJi- rose, Mr Henry Ellis asked Permission to say two. He commenced which thoroughly duty had been assigned linn, giva,t pleasure represented his own feelings, aac.i, pasc0r, the Rev. to perform. The ^st-cm in^w i. and cangroga- K. D. Wilks.1^^ general, ,nd all ,>re,-n. ti n was H'f.> 8 jov it gave him to be se- r°"d to1 present to Mr Willis on this his birth- dav a TObstantial proof of that which had often pr vio is[y been stated m words. The purse I am aoout^ to pr< sen; (continued Mr Eili<)byno means represents the full ex- pression of our respect to you and Mrs Wilks, and I now hand it to you in the name of the subscriber*, wisEmg ymi both every blessing and prosperity, and to u u £ many happy returns of this his birth ,ay._ r J1 V re pi v, said he was entirely taken by surprise. He had n. t the slightest idea that any presentation was g™J b. nvde to him Thev could very well understand ^hat hi. feelil^uiS be, at this kind and affectionate r^ for both himself and his wife.-J he purse conU.ned ^2 0 and with the excep.ion of £ 1 Tones E-o nerously and unasked, desired to contriu S"kaS'«. eivi l-y ,»« »! th, Ba,^« (",iai,e] — \fter this pleasing interruption Mi Jj^yl •> stated that the income of the chinch had been ai^^ger j,han in anv previous year, that the sum owing to t !e 1' that tim- twelve months had been reduced by £ lo, arm 15at there was a sum of £ 4-, a balance of former tea tliat inere „-l £ r the nuc!eus of a, fund u> pi ovule meetings, m hand be ng^ thegn cwhenever a, a suitable l^u hng fo t g poJe. Mr J. M. convenient bite was oueau e ,r furnwlipd bv Corney was called upon to explain the pla .» L > Messrs Morris an<l Chaplin of intended alleiatio.io in t-hv. chapel. Mr Corney stated very clearly what was in con t^mplation, which, after some discussion, was referred to a committee, who were instructed to carry ou, considered best to be done. A very pleasant ineeauD was then brought to a close. CATCHING A THIRF AT:PBNTREP.VNT At the County Police Court, on Monday, February 24Ji before E. Burke W.«)d. Esq., Charles Edwards and J Jones were charged with entering the premises of Ed ard Hilditch, bricklayer, Pentrepant, and stealing foui xowL, the property of Edward Hilditch. Prosecutor said that on Saturday morning he raree down stairs to s*e what time it was. It vvas halt-past two. He returned to bed, and had been there from twenty to thirty minute when he heard a fowl make a noise, which \va> ii ^l,uM-ed He listened, and the noise was repea.ed .tlitaJtou. stick. »nd w«. ;•« of ,«»- .»!>« «>W. Tkm w. door. There were three geese in the ht^ s>} in th second were two pigs belonging to his neighbour Jehn Phillips, and in the other were fenr f .w s belongin;, to witness, and a cockerel belon:ing to Phillips, ihinki it was a fox, witness went up to the door and rattled it two or three times with a stick. His wife then came out two or three times with a stick. His wife then Cgnl" out with a candle, and said she saw two men in th-e pi,:sty The two pigs then bolted out of the other sty, fodo .ved by Charles Edwards. Witness went 1:1 chase. Ihe man got over two pigsty walls, and as he was getting over a third, witness hit him behind the shoulders with a stick, as hard as he could. He fell on his hands and knees on f the oDoosite side of the wa.il, and witness went through .1 wicket close by and caught him. He shouted for help, and his wife, followed by Phillips then came np, and thy took Edwards into the house. Witness came to Osw.. trj, and fetched P.C. Langford. His wife and Phillips found three dead fowls in the pigsty, another a bye masaM „nd a fifth with its neck torn, also .dive Edwards. «aid he would make it up. The fowls produced were thore which were found.-Cross-exammed by prisoner E-rlward- Could not say whether you were drank or not. You ac drStoh Hilditch, wife of, said she saw ^hi/face. He had a dark coat on, fowls were. Di ino 0f the prisoner Jones, and no hat He .^f n hediWtion of The He made off across the foaiyard^ g They Lodge. A tag and a cap ^ere werea.lg.ven fctched o.itlie morning in ouestion by the prosecutor, and accompanied him to Pente- oant Charced the prisoner Edwards with the offence, and he taid he did not know what had brought hun there, he had gone with same others to get some rabbits. look prisoner into custody and looked him up. Afterwards, on the same morning, about ha f past seven, went with Sergt Bullock to Ed.vards's honse,d, the top of Willow-street, and he knew that; the cap which was found in the pigsty belonged to Jones. Tney opened the door, which was not, locked, and shouted two or three times. Jones shouted from up-stairs, and asked them what they wanted. They asked him for Charts Edwards. Jones then came down stairs. He was dressed, with the exception of his boots, his stockings, acd cap. lie said his boo„ and stockings were somewhere about. He took a pair stocking from before the fire, and said they were ivs They were muddv and wet. He went upstairs, and thi-ew down a pair of shoes, which he said were his, they were also wet and dirtF. He could not nnd tne cap but while he was upstairs witness took the cap, which had Oecn found at PeKtrepant, out of his pocket, 1tilrew it in a corner of the kitchen. Pi-is Yier carne ,n .1 renewed his search, and found the cap in the where the ><ficer had thrown it. Witness then comer where the-r toJ an(, ](lcke,, him np. charged him, t< o > jjul)0ck to Pentrepant. and compared ktonlv »i,l k. M mMV «»«•* ««ar that he would swear that Jones was not with him. He fFdw 1 rd-) was drunk at the time-On the Uimalcautioll ,Lde(i not Ll beW re id ovar to them, Jones pleaded not guiuy, and to E Iwards's house on Friday nmhi on his said *-e went ( t^ere drank several return from work at the t it Edwards half-gahonso Threw bis hat off in the drinkn.g the < 0 Ho threw himself upon the bed, corner of the dch n t policeman the next and slept, till he vvas Hten He was notTiear Pentrepant, and had not been for months.—Both Zi "SicA committed for trial at the quarter sessions, L

/"oJ' — All letters must be written on one side of the paper and accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good nnfalithtVer of a Towvn Ratepayer is somewhat too per- iiie ieue ..nonvmous communication ihe matter I'o'dd have been better discussed at the vestry meeting.

"^VSFUVATISM IN CAREIGANSHIRL. CUiNS-cjiv v xi-r i- :,i and m many persons SIK,—In these days o <P » mns^. ]je refreshing to opinions, of too rapid ianv jn Cardiganshire, to good Conservative heart., -h t" f county a re- know that the.e exists 111 imes. According markable specimen of good old (. ( onl bUc to my informant, the only vehicle, ancl „ t„ mean, of soi„s ft«m Abcra.rmi hi Abery- [om. ille't s of 53s 'wtt'r/f, z'^s i» .wgj arrangement of fares. It seems that there are s», > 3rd clas3 fares. The first class are allowed to re < ) seats durieg the journey the second class have to get out and walk up the hills while the third class have not only to get out at the hills, but to help to shove the vehicle up them. I tell the tale as it was told to me, and ■^5an.c^1„ say that if, as I believe, my story is correct, the Aoe. ayrcnites well deserve the reputation of being denoniiiiited the most Conservative body in Great Britain in this year ot Gri ace, 1873, C. 1.1. THE DISYNTWY DRAIN AGE. 1 IR, -With yrour permission I will bntfly reply to the ° lf1^ rou"'lt against me by a correspondent signing him- seu i'airplay," 0f forgetting that there are two fcides to a 0XV,'iihvetn°d tVthe'fir.-t of these charges, I answer that I m perfectly aware that there are two sides to every question, but if in recordmg the result of my personal side. Otie^sKiL k|)0W° how the satyr treated the tSerwho blew hot and cold out of the anie irouth. Svm'jus'v" ^r° doubt your correspondent Tints this a'strong point, but if so, why does he himself U ,11-Ws th pic and a<.tack me as 'Fairplay ? fall in so thesa.nep llei!hor the letters <f "A But I take leave to say■ Yal[eVjv or my,elf are « Ul nvmou^" We are both perfectly well-known to yon, • h Ve eompUed with the conditions upon which sir, WJ ha columns, and in the district kitC? fw 'tthln.'e A Landowner » is to be as easily affeCtf/dyas if he h°d signed his own name instead of most transparent nom de p'ume, and I assert that aur letters are not so anonymous as leading ai tide., or essays in Magazines and Reviews. 0> Are we then to have no criticism? Is everything to b m vie pleasant V Are we only to prophesy smooth thing, Whvii. what a fool's Paradise we should Live heresy in a sermon am 1 not to show it up? H m treats me for erysipc as when I know ,hat I h^J the ,r,,ut am I n'.t to hint that he is mistaken? If an arc.u o uc, am1 11 T^ ric exterior, a Moorish luse- t'. ct btulds a chui-cn ,t j ,M,t- j,ve-nmo ta say that £ Matuckft, V-.llev" was onlv induced to jom in tne tin ni nnain.um t fact that it is onlv hve inches, bin., whereas the acavd tact 1^ ,ed to the Drain- Your correspondent, ha-, h .wesc pnd those of age Commissioners to sta e t tjle f;om. \Yr Riilev Denton on the su^j-ct (.). j le' him ?o, the rather that one of them w if I m ner. J Eandowner in the Disynwy Valle>, and mistake not, A Jjanao-vnei u w.ite a history 01 than whom no one is mont a!a from the the whole transaction— ab ovour-que .umai beginning even until now. Civil EiTGIXEER. PATJPERBM AT BARMOUTH. Qjx,, in your la-'t week's issue there nppcars a letter froal persoi1 who sigll himself A of ;n whieh lie Rets forth an app\lling øf and smD of money pid in in Fi\t) mur)"rs in Barmouth, and tnat .he sum of £ lo0 1.- i!,h I-™? t •» » «**«T r'ie!1"» Knv to state that «k is. not the fact. I wii] .n.l.avour to put your correspondent in possession of a more accuse account-. • The Dol^elley union is divided into two districts for tHe .elief of the poor, Talyllyn and Barmouth. ine Blr- tnoiuh disrict is compos-d of seven parishes, gelley, Llanab^r, Llnnenddwvn, E.anddew. 'sCr.^ ddewe moch G-raig, jJanfachre. "parishes onlv t.tal number Elanaber ciaims 149. amounts to /ol out ot t..atnu^ ) fpg 600 instead and not, as A aveforme;r of Jn» p.id"to the poor of (;f the e:303 15s. lid. paid Barmouth fortnightly, tnere wa >»u ,y c. t„ the poor of the parish of Elanaber m 1 e cor dn- to his account he would m ike the puDnc Deii.v that over £ 1,500 was paid mthrit time. The pooulation of the pari^a is aoo 1-5 Barmouth (within the district of the Local Bo, leaving a population outside the dtS.rit.^ B08.i d of 525. Ho ,v lie gets at the number of paupers if'! :t mystery. Accoriiing t. I.i> account, ■»•"« .K," mat I Iall], &c., JOHN R- DAVIES, One of the Gi a.dians of the Parish of Llanaber. Barmouth, February 26th, 1873. THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' MOVE- MENT. Dear Sir-Will you oblige us with a small space of your valuable journal as a means of ventilating a subject of no little importance to of the farm Jjjn of England. A few months ago tlu^^om^ers onhe Vt wickshire Labourers' Union essayed f y^ ^J 'rdon have termed a National Agricultural Labourers L mon nut which is admitted to be only so in name, The C')fi- I duct of some of the leaders of this organization has been so objectionable, that we half felt constrained to remon- strate with them but as ren-.onstrat.on has ■pmedI to b. useless and their course of action is calculated to provoke "istiJn ra'her tha» »ni»n th., lata,™,i, have, in conjunction with the London irades Council and several influential gentlemen, determined to hold a cmference in London upon the Rnbjct. We should, therefore bo extremely obliged if you, Mr ivhtor, wm Sy allow us, through the medium of your journal t. ask those who feel interested in this question to cate with either of us. Especially would we w^L to a-k those to communicate with us who are theLeadeis of V-ricultural Iiabouiers' orgamzitions not, conne^cte(l' r who beinc- connected, are dissatisfied with the Leaming- ton section The principle object of the conference will cst thanlŒ,We are, yours respectfu:Jy. ROOTS, Chairiiian Kent Agricultural U ni0n. ALFRED SIMMONS, Hon. Sec. Kent Agricultural Labourers* Union, Maidstone. HENRY WICKS, President West Surrey Agricultural Labourers Union, Witley. Surrey. JAMES ELAXMAJT President Eastern Counties' Labourers' Unioa Fakenham, Norfolk. THOMAS STRANGE, General See,, West of Eng- Land labourers' Association, Alforton, Herefordshire. WILLIAM BAX«:S, General Secretary Lincolnshire and Neighbouring Counties' Labour League, Boston, Lincolnshire. BENJAMIN TAYLOR, fresident, Heterborough Di. 1. b. trlct Labourer's Union, Peterborough. WILLIAM ELKINS, General Secretary South Lincoln- shire Labourer's Protection Association Spalding. GEORGE BAILEY, Piesident, South Lincolnshire Labourers' Protection Association, Spalding. AN EPIGRAM. DEAR SIB,—Please insert the enclosed and oblige:- Epigram rudely scrawled on a piece of Roman pottery found in a wood in the hundred of Talybont, county of Merioneth, in the year of Grace, 1873, supposed to have been wntten by a depressed landowner of the period. To Bumptious the drainer, the Towynites go, They wished him to drain all their lands that lie low; The w« rk was completed, their lands they found worse, And that Bumptious had drained, not their lands, but their purse. P-S No doubt one Sp. Bumrtius Pentatus, a theoret- ical writer on coal and agriculture, slightingly mentioned Kv Vir il in his Georgica. He was employeu by Horace to re node! and rebuild his stahh s shipp >ns, piggies, &c„ 7t his Sabine farm, but the result was very unsatisfactory to the poet, and having misled Augustus as to the size of 1 conduit necessary for the water supply of the city, he was compelled to leave Rome. 'I ms fragment of pottery (clearly part of a vessel of universal domestic use anion- ,he Romans) bears unmistaketble evidence of having been broken circa A cJ.C. 300 (A.D. 50), and there seems little rea-oil to doubt but that Sp. Uumptius D.mtatns, when banished, came over to Britain with the XX VII. Legion, under I Pomnonius Ego and Q. Sicious Cotta, and that his advice had been sought by the distracted Towyniti (a tribe of the Ordoviees) when compelled by the invaders to complete the drain to which reference is ma<1e m the en'cram. W.Jd. '• • Of the work in question few traces now remain. A vallum or ditch is here and there to be traced, accompanied in places by the vestiges ot an ii L'Vm ■^■imn«r*iiM—

;r WWI IHH'IBH"* — ——- TKEMADOC. TE.\ PARTY.—The friends of the children of the Pen- morfa and Tremadoc British Scho d treatal them to tea, bun bread, &c„ at the Assembly Room, a few days ago. T IP tab1 es were very tastefully d corate<l with flower vases, and covered with exc-dlent provisions. About three •1-vrk nm the children, numbering about one hundred and sixty, met'at the schoolroom, and under the super- intendence of the schoolmaster, Mr Win. Gnihth, assisted by his teachers and others, they marched to the Assembly Room before entering into which, they formed themselves into a circle in the Market Square and sang some pn-ces v rv nicelv. The on-lookers confessed that the children hnd "reatly altered in their behaviour and appearance since "the opening of the school. The following ladies pve- • oared the tables and also presided at themMiss Wil- liams Ty Nanney; Mrs J110. Owen, draper; Miss rrittith Madoc's Arms Hotel; ]\frs D. Jones; Mrs Capt. Morgan Richards (" Hannah" Miss Griffith, Tynewydd Mrs O P. Williams; Mrs Owen, ,Ship Inn: Miss bllis, Fleece Inn- and the following either 1 .resented tables or presided at then.-Mrs Jones, The Mill; Mrs Owen, The Prince; Mrs W. S. Searell Mrs A. Williams; &c. A ouantitv ot buns were given by ladies and gentlemen who did not provide tables and in addition each child was presented with an orange, kin llv given by Miss Hughes Pwllgloewlas Mrs Jno. Ellis, High-,treet; and Mr Francis Lloyd. There being a surplus of oranges, on the following Monday they were distributed amongst those boys who had attended school best during the last twelve mFNTERTUVMENT.-The committee of the British School ^ave Another entertainment on Feb. 21st, at the Assembly Room in aid of the school funds. The room was full. Those'who kindly took part in the performance were- Vocalists • The Penmorfa Choir, Miss Mary Anne Griffith, Afic« Alice Lloyd, Mr Robert Tudur (Eos Tudur), Mils j' A Williams, Penmorfa, and Mr Joseph Evans, Portmadoc Instrumentalists Miss Jane Jones, Messrs n on Pimbrian Railway Station, and Joseph Evans, all srs — ™ creased the fund bv a donation of 10s. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, the Rev. David Williams, terminated the proceedings.

CARNARVON. BOROUGH POLICE COURT, MONDAY, FEB. 24TH.— Before the Mayor, James Rees, E-q. Cric't'f to Animn's. — Will nun l'ritchard, Nant-uuii, Iilmbcrris was char-,ed with ill-treiting a calf by sending it bv train on the 19oh Februaiy, packed up in a smad h-tmner. P.C. 40 said that he was at the railway station about half-past nine on Wednesday morning, when his attention was called to a calf packed up in a very small hamper. In about half an hour a man came to claim it, and said that it was sent by the defendant. After it had b-enYaken on boa-d the fen v steamer he asked the man to release the calf, and he took the hamper, which was now produced. Mr Roberts, Governor of the Gaol, corrobo- rated the'officer's evidence, and added tint he had no doubt whatever that the animal was tortured by being so con- fined. The defendant called several witnesses—respect- able farmers—to prove fh it it was the custom of the neigh- bourhood to convey small calves in this way.—The Mayor said that he aw the calf in q)ip.t.)on himself, and he knew something about allillali. The defendant acted wrongly K. packin<r the calf as he did, but as he did not torture the animaHritentionally, he would dismiss the case on payment of costs—The money was paij Drunl-cnness.ooevt Roberts wa^ charged with, being drunk and incapable on Saturday ni-ht, Feb. 22ni. A. Mr Roberts has been before the borough magistrates above ninety times ,dnce 1857, he was s ut to gaol for one month He was fiKtber charged with absconding from the work- house with the woikhouse clothes. The Master of the Workhouse said the defendant 1 ad been charged with this off"l(c five or six times before, and he was setting a example to odlers by getting drunk and failing in the dirt, and th-y had a great deal of trouole with hnu.— in,)ntil.il jinprisoyifnnt. There were two or three other drunken case3.

LLANEGRYN. THE '-N Ew Vic-R. -On Sunday b,t, Feb. 2:1,.1, the Rev. GrifHthRoberts, B.A., "read himself in," and in the even- in"- p-eached an eloquent sermon to a. larnc a Previous to his appointment to the Vicarage of LUnegryn, Mr Roberts was curate of Llanfairisgaer, Carnarvonshire, lie and Mis Roberts were highly esteemed by rich and poor alike. On leaving for Llanegrvn the rev. gentle- man was presented with a testimonial consisting or biojis to the value of £ do. The presentation was ma.de at the Vational School-room, Llanfairisgaer, by Mr J. G. Wynne pr fE,u and among those who addressed the crowded meet,in" were the Revs. H. Parry, Vicar of the parish, H. T 'Edwards, Vicar of Carnarvon, J. Danaon, North Wales Training College, &c. We are glad to tind that Mr Roberts intends carrying out tha good work commence nme years I,vo by the Rev. G. Arthur Jonrs, of St. Marv's Cardiff. The appointment, in every respect, is an excellent one, and has given great satisfaction to the in- habitants of Llanegryn.—From a Correspondent.

LAMPETER. HOUSEBREAKING KEAR LLANWNEN. On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 22nd. a cottage cdied P'nenerwer. near Llanwnen was entered during the absence of" the family for about fifteen minutes. The following Property was stolen, belonging to David Jones, carpenter, levmelv a large plaid flannel shawl, a coat and waistcoat, one pair of stockings, and some eatables. On the follow- in" dav a tailor on ti\imp was passing through Llandyssi', wh.-n'he was apprehended by P. Davies with ail the clothes on his person, and on Feb. 24th was bronht before theVery Rev. Dr. Idewellyn, by whom he was committed for trial at the next ass;zts. PBTTY SCIONS. SATURDAY, FEB. 22XD—Before the Very Re v. Dr. Lewellyn,i arid NV. Jones, E^q., Llwny- "r"e Druiikcnncss. — P.C. John Richards charged David L wis Davies with being drunk at Lampeter on th 5th defendant admitted the oflviice, and was fned £ 1 and costs, this being his second offence under the new Act Nuisance-—An order was made on Mr D. Lewis, of the White Hart, to construct a new gutter to carry off a certain I nuisance from his back yard, or. the complaint of Richard Roberts Inspector of Nuisances. Game Offtnccs.—Four summonses for trespass in pursuit i f game on land occupied by Mr Inglis Jones were with-

DIXAS MAWDDWV. LOCAN BOATll}, MONDAY, FEB 24TH, 1872 —Pressnt: Messrs Morris Evans, Hugh Lewis, William Rowlands. John Jones, clerk, David Lloyd, collector, and J. H. Rowlands, inspector.. It was proposed by Mr Hugh Lewis, and seconded by Mr Win. Rowlands, that Mr Morris Evans be appointed the Chairman. Women's Sifft,(tgc. -A letter from the secretaries of the Committee of the National Society for the Promotion of Women's Suffrage, with the form of a petition to Par- liament from this Board, prayin.; tha, the Dill to remove the eleototal disabilities of womi-n may receive the sanction of Parliament, was pro'need by the clerk, and Mr Hugh Le,vis moved, and Mr Wna. Rowlands seconded, that 'he petition be copied and sent to Parliament by the Clerk, who is to ask Sir Edmund Buckley, the chairman, to pre- keVEilral Sanitary Dislrict.-A letter from the Local Government Board, dated the 15th *eb., was produced requesting to be supplied with the nlaees proposed to he annexed to ti,is distric, It Public Wth Act, 1S72. «►} S a renlv was sent thereto on the 21.st leb. statin the area of Mallwyd (beyond that of this Local Board w- trict) to be 15,o9o acres, the population 8 >4, and the area of Llacymawddwy parish 3.073 acres, and its population by last census, 549. Plans —A plan and section of the new hotel now ein„ erected by fcir E. Buckley, were received and deported in the chest.—Mr Rowlands produced the pi. n. of two privies proposed to be erected by Kdward Jones and Ilios. Morris, Dinas, which, on the report of Mr Rowlands, were approv^d.^ that Mr Hugh Lewis be ap- pointed to conduct the election of members in the absence of the Chairman, and to sign and publish all requisite notices, and take all necessary proceedings connected with such elections.

MACHYNLLETH. TEACHERS' MEETino.-The monthly meeting of the Montgomeryshire Teachers' Association was held at the National School-room in this town, when a very respect- able number of teachers were present. The chair was occupied by Mr W. Cooke, Newtown, The questioner the advisability of joining the National Union of Ele- mentary Teachers was discussed, aud ? no ion in f:Qur th reof was carried unanimously. It was Is, tiniin, ",)Us]-, resolved to co-operate with the several T. achers' Associa- tions in the Principality to obtain, if possible, a redress of what is commonly called the Welsh Grievance," that i" requiring the oarne degree of proficiency in spelling to ensure a pass by children in Welsh Speaking districts as is required in English schools, and a cordial vote of thanks was accorded Mr Richards for his efforts to secure a modi- fication of this rule. A question arose as to the best means to be adopted to make the meetings of the associa- tion more accessible to teachers throughout the cunity. After due deliberation it was resolved to hold only hve meetings per year, the same to be held at different dis- tricts. Some valuable information on the format-ion of science classes was supplied by Mr Hughes, of Dinas, who has proved himself a very efficient teacher in several branches. At the close of the meeting the teachers took tea together at the Lion Hotel.

ABERAYROX. DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.—On the lllth Februxry, at the Petty Sessions, Daniel Rowlands (better known as Dan Roli), a butcher, was charged with being drunk and riotous It, appears" that about a month ago lie was drunk at Llannon, and caused a great deal of disturbance at a funeral. He was committed for fourteen days.—At the same sessions M. Sherrin, of Tymawr, summoned Air D. Pugh, shoemaker, Soar Cilcenin, far allowing his dog to run after some sheep, thereby causing them to miscarry.— Juflijment for complainant, £ 4 10s., with costs. KILUNG LAMBS. On the tight of the 19:h February or 118 the following morning some person or pers us maliciously killed live lambs at Tyma.wr. A reward of X 10 is offered to any one who will bring such information as will lead t, the conviction of the perpetrators. We hope they will not be suffered to go unpunished. COUNTY COURT, THURSDAY, FEB. 20TH.The most important actions were the following — 1 n. I)ug"l V. Sliei-riii.-Tle charge arose from the follow- ing circumstances .—Mr Sherrin having lately come to Tymawr, a sale took place there on a field of turnips which were sown in rowf. It appeared that there was a short distance from the end of the rows to the hedge which was sown broadcast with turnips, and it was understood thi-t each purchaser was to have as many of these as were opposite his row. D. Pugh, a purchaser, went to f(,teh his home and began picking the turnips out of this ridge, when Mr Sherrin came up and assaulted him for so d,)iii, and the present ae, ion was brought in conSr quence. dudgmeut Mr Sherrin came up and assaulted him for so doin^, and the present act i»n was brought in cons< quence. dudgmeut for plaintiff, £ 2 10s., and cos.s—Capt du' Vaughan sued W. Jones for damages laid at £ 13, for that he having betn a tenant of his at Letty'r Bowen, left the hedges, fences, &c., in a damaged condition. Judgment for plaintiff, 1:10, and costs.

cIltiJfJ)in!1. ro. Week ending Wednesday, 21jth February. 1873. ABERDOVEY. ARRIVED.—Seven Brothers, Morgan, Dundalk Lucid a, Atkinson, Bay Verte, New Brunswick; Lerry, Davies, Kelfast; .fane Jones, Jones, London; aff Vale, Jones, London; Sarah and Mary, Davies, Cardigan Alert, Jenkins, Yougha'; Fairy Queen, Davies, Kingston, SAILED.—Amity, Jones, Belfast; Edith, Rees, Torquay Jane Owens, Williams, Limerick Ceres, Lewis, London Elizabeth and Margaret, Williams Glasgow; Elizabeth Francis. Edwards, Newry; Midas, Lewis, Gloucester; Mela, Evans, Londonderry Neron Lass, Owens, Belfast.

Mr Edwin James has fail <1 in his appeal. On Satur- day, February 22nd, the judges decided that he could not be re-admitted to the bar, thereby upholding the benchers' decision. There is some prospect of a cheap edition of Mr Ruskin's works. (

J.1.i.L"L "-J j'JX _I. (Contiiiu id.) Charity and pride do both feed t-il- pof>r the one to the praise and glory of no], the other to get glory and praise amongst men."—Auyusiine.

PARISH OF LLANYCIL. BALA SCHOOL. The following is a short digest of some of the leading particulars of the new scheme for t he management of the -aul School, as approve:! by the Chanty Commiss oners and the Education Department, and published on the 4th Jnue. 1872. The whole scheme forms a c- niplete code, divided int., sixty-seven sections, and embracing matters relating- t,) the general object of the Trust-its constitution and government—the school and its management—the appli- ca'ion of its income, &c. The scheme states that the ob- ject shall be to supply a liberal and practical education; and ordains that the Governing Body shall consist of twelve pers >ns, called Governors, IIf whom six snail he representative Governors and six coo >ta ive. Of the repre- sentative Governors, three shali be nominated from time to time by the School Board of Llanvci1, and three by the of Guardians f ir the Union of Rh, These shall hold office for three years, but sha'l always be capable of re-appointment. The following gentlemen have been nominated under this section for the first tepres-ntative G ivernors For the School Board, the John Peter, Vice-Priucipal of the Bala Inlependeut C dlege, Dr Hughes su' g-on, and Mr David Morgan, curri-r for the Board of Guardians, J. Esq., Frondd-rw, .T. Williams, E q G wernhefin, and T. Jones, Bryiimelvn. The eedptative Governors namud in the. and appointed hr life, are the fol- lowing :—The Hon. Charles Henry Wvnn, of Ithug, I'orwen, the Rev. David Evan«, Llanvci', the Rev. Thom is M >r_ran, Id nfwr, R'chard John Lloyd Price, nf Rhiw- las. Esq., Willi.un Price Jones, of Bodwenni, E>q., Francis Griffith Jones, d Cil'al.ircb. Esq, William Jones, of Bryntogirl, Es h the Lewis Edwards, l). D., of Blla, th« Rev. Michael Daniel Jones, of Bala, Owen Richards, M.D., of Bala, and Henry Robertson, of Crogen Esq. When the number of onoptative Governors shali be-re- duced below s x, and tlure-ifier on each vacancy, some person able and willing to act in the Trusts shali be ap- pointed by the but the appointment slull not h valid without the approval of the Charity Commis- sioners, certified unde; their seal. Keiigious opinions or difference of religion shall not cause disqualification for the office of Governor. The meetings of the Governors have been fixed by them to be held on the Saturdays fol- lowing Lady Day and Michaelmas Day, and before the 1Iidsnmrner and Chris'me.s vacations. A in'nnte hook and proper books of account shall be provided, and c irrectlv and fully kept, and sufficient abstracts of the aC2nnnt, shail be published in tw,) local i.ewsoapera. The Governors are empowered to sell any part' of the r-al estates of the tru.t as aie not required to he used for the objects of the pebeme, and to let and rav age all the estate an i property remaining unsold, aceo ding to the general law applicable to the Trustees of charitable i'onn lotions. From and after the date of the selieme -11 jurisdiction o' the 'Ordi- nary' relating to the lice-sing of any mas'er,-shall be abolished. The Master shall not be required to bt in holy orders. The Governors, in order to obtain a Head Master, shall for a Kiiiirent time before making an appointment give public notice of and invite competition by advertisements in the new.- papers, or by other methods, as tney may judge best ca'- cuiat-ed to secure the obj-cb. The head master may be dismissed without asugni gcau^e, at,, r six months' writ- ten notice but not less than two thirds of the governors shall affirm such dismissal. For urgenr cans," the governor-1 may suspend the head master, but shall in^this give him full notice and opportunity of defence. The schola-tic ariangeusetits rela:ive to the subjects to be taught, the school terms and vacations, the payments ot dav scholars, the numbers and the payment of the b ixrders, the general supe-vision of the saniary condition of the school building-, and the regulation of the number of as isLant masters, shall be in the hands of the governors. But in the choice of books. the methods of teaching, and generally the whole interna organization, nunasrement, and di^ci -liue of the school. shall the head master have the sole control, as a'so the ap- pointing and dismia-ins the assistant masters. Ail scholars, excepting those oil the Foundation, sdiall pay such entrance and tui'ion fees as the governors shall 5x, provided hat no such entrance fee shall exceed 10" and tint-no such tui- tion fee shall be less tli-iii S3, or more than £ 6 a year. No bar shall be admitted under the ag of seven years, nor shll he remain ill the school afrer h has attmnea the age of sixteen years, except by the sanction of the governors. No scholar shall be allowed to reiniin iii the school beyond, the term, in which he attains the age of ye,r;, unless he his within the previous year passed a sati-fac'orv examination in certain given subjects. The school sAar be open to all boys who He of good character aud of suffi- cient bodily health; but every applicant for admis-ion shall pass an examination graduated according to the ag of the boy. The governors and heall master shall make regulations for religious instruction and worship in school, but parents or guardians are, however, protected by a con- science clause,and may claim that their boy may be exempt from attending prayer or religious worship, or from any lessons on a religion subject, by notice in writing to the headmaster. No scholar shall be ei of any advan- tage or emolument in consequence. It any teacher, in tliv course of any other lessons, persistently teach any particu- lar religious doctrine, from the teaching of winch any ex- emption has been claimed, the mit:.er may be remedied by complaint to the g-ovenors. The following subjects of in- struction are what are provhled for in the scneme Reading and spellinz, writing, arihne-ic, tli- of algebra and geometry, mensuration and land survc-ying, English grammar and' composition, English literature, his- tory. geography, drawing, vocal music, at least one branch of natural science, and Latin- Provision may be m de for French and German. The governors are empowered to give exhibitions at the school itself, by exempting the most meritorious scholar from pavment of fees &c. they may -rant exhibitions of £ 10 a year, tenable for three years, at other school-, or scientific institutions. rowers Hven to the governors in the application of the income, if the funds suffice, to apree with the head master tor the for- mation of a fund in the nature of a pension or superannua. tion to the head master. H. {To be continued.) — ——- ——

GKEAT lirEST VAN. This company seems to have every prospect of turning out a successful enterprise. Captain R >ach has inspected the property, and his report is cf a most favourable cha- ra-.ter Water power is abundant for all purposes, and thereby dispensing with steam machinery of every de- scription. The property no doubt will, with energetic <Bvelopment, become one of the greatest leadbeanng • *he Principality.—Abridged from the Mining mint's in World. EAST Ll. holders at The annual general meeting of sh r? ^»-»»rv the CL'rence Hotel, :Manchsier, on Wednesday, » 12th. There was a numerous attendance, and the proceed- ings which la-ted neirly three hours, were of a stormy character. The Chairman of the company, Mr Joshua Moss, of Sheffield, presided. On the Chairman moving the adoption of the reports of the managers and directors, which motion was seconded by Meginn, Mr Carr moved as all amendment that a committee cf investigation be ap. pointed to enquire into the affairs of the company and to obtain the services of two practical mining engineers, rh-Tf expenses sh u'.d be paid by the company, to inspect the mine, and that the me be adjourned until Mav next io receive the report He stated that they Were £ ;!37 8s. 7d. worse off than last year. Mr Chili seconded the amendment but aft, r some conversation the motion was adjourned to a later stage of the proceedings, and the Chairman's motion was carried. Mr Carr having reintro- duced his motion as an original one, Mr Taylor proposed as all amendment that the meeting b-3 not postponed, but that if it were thought d.irable by the shareholders to have the mine inspected, the directors should afford every facility for such an inspection's taking placj. Oil the opinion of the meeting heini' taken, the amendment v.-as carried by a large majority. It was agieed to call in Captain Williams, of the Van Mim-.s, and Captain J. Paul], of the Goginan, to inspect the mine. It was also agreed to hold half-yearly meetings for the future. Mr Meginn and Air Denton were elee'ed directors, and Mr Baxter was re-elected auditor.

NLWSPARKU STATISTICS. From the Newspaper PI'(S Director!! for 1873 we extract the following on the present position of th" newspaper press ;-There are now pab- ii hed in the United Kingdom 1,536 newspapers, dis- tributed as follows England—London, 2;5. Proyi ces, 889, total, 1,174; Wales, 59; Scotland, 144 Ireland, 140; Isles, 19. Of these there are-nailv papers, England, 81); \-Val,.>" 2; .Scotland, 12 Ireland, 24; Isles, 2. On reference to the edition of this useful directory for 1863 we find the following interesting facts-viz that in that year there were published in the United Kingdom 1.20G journals; of these 72 were issued dailv-viz., England, 4(i; Wales, 1 Scotland, 9: Ireland, 14 2: but in 1873 there are now established and circulated l,ooC papers, of which no less than 12(3 are issued daily, showing that the press of this country has very greatly extended during the la-t ten years, and especially so in dtilv papers; the daily i-sues standing 12(i against 72 iu 186'3. The magazines n«w in course of public iti -m, including the Quarterly Reviews, number G30, of which 253 are of a decidedly religious character, representing the Church of England, Wesleyuns, Methodists, Baptists, Independents, Reman Catholic-, and other Christian < ommunities." COHNS, BUNIONS, AID RILAICFD TOF. JoINTS.-Tlie pain is ii.sian'ly relieved and complete cure effected I y a few appli- cations of Cellar's Cora and Bunion Plasters.- Sold by all Chemist-, Is q,L, a'1<I 9,1. per box; by po-t 14 stamps, J. Pepper, 227, Totte- liam-court-r ad, London. INKXPKNSIV HAIB KESTOMKR. Lockyer's Sulphur Hair Restorer is guaranteed to restore gr, y or faded hair to its original colour in a few days. Preeiselv similar to mo'e costly preparations of its kind. LRrge bottles, Is. filL each, of all ebemi-ts, and J. Pepper, 237, Toitenliani-rourt-road. Lønllon. HIOI.IH, STREXOTH. AKD ENEI'.OV.— Pepper's Quinine and Iron Tenic strengthens tlie nerves, the qumtitv of Hood,yit'OHi'ites appetite, improves digestion, animates the and thoroughly recruits th" h, alt Most aaree ilde to t,,ke' Bottles 4s. 6d,. next size, lis., stone jars, 22s. Sold by all chemists. DEAFNESS. XOIPFS IN THIS EARS AND HEAD -DeBars Essence for <leafne*s is an extraordinary remedy, it aiwavs relieves and generally cures. It is qure Bottles 1- 14.1 ?noct fr0P IB stamps), anrt 2s, 9.1. cf all chra'.sU. (P m T,A'; p'^MEt1ii^F,lTuK 7FFT" By n4n? Cracroft's Areca Not Tooth P|St,'i ,h'- d' lieate ci>ating hceomes sound, white, and P' S 'VJ i "e [ !iV>'oV' 11 is -clit'htfnlly fragrant. Sold in branded p >tf-, 1 «nd "> „ 6 i, each. bva!l chemit-ts. AGrRE Bijs IIEDICINE. Pepper's White Conch Ik^Ute 'l most reliable and agreeat le care for roao]js co'd^ broiehitis, coBs„m,tioii, and *11 lung dissM* Fleasant to the tas?c> immediate in effect, Botilea Is i' and La. i)d, each, sold by all chemi.-ts,

j ilUuiltaHUu *• "County Couit. Ab<-rvst,wvth, Feb. 14th, Its" Sir,—In the discharge of n.v Uutits I irequciitly have occasion to travel to Ahery-twyth by the train which leaves Shrewsbury at two p nt. That train is detained thirty-one minut-s at Welshpool waiting for another train from Oswe.-try to join it. 1 venture to ask you whether it would not be practicable to avoid this most annoying delay. The trains to Aberystwyth are all slow, stopping every few miles, and frequently the stoppages are of long duration. But the half hour spent uselessly at Welshpool station by the Loudon passenger who is accustomed to consider time of some value, is the hardest of all the trials of his patlcnc;e.-I am, sir, your very obedient servant, H< i.vr.BsiiAM Cox. "I send a copy of this letter to the traffic manager of the London and North-Western lailway. Henry Cattle, Esq." "Cambrian Railways Traffic Manager's Office, Oswestry, 17th Feb. 1873. ,r,-In reply to your letter of the 14th February, which has duly reached ine this morning—the delay of which you complain has, I believe, been lool#d upon a« quite a boon by parties taking a long journey, as they can ;>t>tai'.i some refreshment at that convenient time of the day. We shall be considering our summer train service shortly and what you say shall certainly have some wfcight in our councils. You are aware, of course, that the matter does not rest entirely with the Camonau and I am glad to find that you have sent a copv of your letter to the Loudon and Xorth-Western Comijany.-I am, sir, your obedient servant, CATTLE. llowersaam Cox, Esq." "London and North-Yvestern Railway. General Passengers Superintendent s Otnce, Euston Station, London, Feb. 17th, EN 3.. "Sir.—T beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 14.1] February addressed to Mr Cawkwell, th" sulject of which shall have consideration.—I am, sir, your obed'eut servant, iiomershatn Cox, E,q. J. P. NEELE." "Portmadoc, Feb. 21, lfvo. Sir, I have received your very courteous and satis factory letter of February 17th. A, the subject is one of great and general interest in Wales I presume that you will not ohj-ct to the publication <d the correspondence. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, H. L'uttle,

anniversary OF THE wedding OF MAJOR CORBETT, OF YAENOR. LLAWXOG AND VAEXOR. This event was celebrated with great rejoicings in the village of Elarnvnog on February 20th. Mr Cf.rbett, with his accustomed liberality, gave upwards of HOOihs of beef an i a quantity of bread to the poor of the parishes of Llangwnog and Trefeelwys. In the evening of the same day the tenants and their friends dined at the Talbot Inn, under th presidency of Mr H. Benuett, ef Trefeglwys, Mr E. Davies, Rose C Htage, occupy!ug the vice-chair. After dinner the toa -t of the day was given, and received with great enthusiasm by the compiuy. Several other toasts were duly honoured. MANAFON. The rej hcings at this place were of a very hearty ohv racter. A quantity of beef was distributed by Maj ar C irbett to the c >ttag:-rs in Manafon and Llanwvddelaa parishes. After the business was over several of the tenants and friends partook of an excellent dinner, pro- vided by airs Humphreys, Beehive Iun. The chair waa taken by Mr Prvce Wilson, and tl,, vice-chair by Mr Richard Jones. The cloth being removed, the Chairman save the usual loyal toasts, after which the health of the galUnt Major and his excellent lady was givers. The toast was drunk with three times three. Several olher toasts were also given.

£ <UCCESS the JNDEXoi JjEWfi ALLCUCK-S POROUS PLASTERS.—The public are informed these celebrated piasters have been established 27 years. Patented U>. 1S4>. It_is supposed and claimed they re-tore the eUctrical condition of the part where applied, by which pain and > iseused actions cease. Hut we really know little on tLi- subject, because the properties of medicinal agents can be known by experience, and this has taught that whenever Alkocks Porous Pla-ter3 are applied they do good, often restoring the withered h and, removing the unsightly lump, length- eniog the shorter 1.e;, and res'oring the lame to walk. B it read our testimonials, and if you have a weak sp )t in your bodv, try a plaster; the cost is small, beinsJ twenly-seven ha tpeiiee only. No doubt they import all the electricity of gdvanism to the system nec-Jea. We believe this, be- cause they have niadt gre:itei cures than were ever achieved by the most cosdy applications. Where one was sold a year ao a thousan 1 are sold now. They strengthen, warm, and re invigorate the part up .n which they are applied, and relieve nervou- affections of the bowels, lumbago, pains of the side. anti usually all local pains, In affections of the kidneys they are of tfreat service. L~UMBAGO. Manor-road, Folkestone, Jul) G, 1S7-. To Messrs A'lcocli & Co., Liverpool. Gentlemen—Some months ago I puftered severely fro Inmbajio, and c u d not walk without much p,, ii an difficuitv. Oue day I met a friend. General-, who ad- vised me to try one of Allcock's.Porous,Plasters, adding. I hsve one on me at this moment, which lias wnolly removed an affect-ion similar to th" one from which you are suner- iuir I had reallv never before heard of ilie plasters, out was so struck with what 1 heard that I imm-'di ,tely pro- cure! one and pat it on. I found almost instantaneous relief; the pain and stiffness were gon" in an hour, and have never -ince returned. I may ac.d that several friends, incl din an eminent physician, laughe i at my account of my cure; more than one of them, however, including that phvsician, have owned to me siec?:, that, in consequecc of wy sizttmeiit. t bey have resjvted to Allcock s Porous Piasters, when su'.r. Tmgtu various ways, and have in every in-tance found relief. A lady of my acquaintance, who heard from me of these plasters, has tried them with won- derful effect among the suffering poor, She finds the de- mand for them so great that she wrote to you to ask at wfc t rate von could suppl) her with plasters for the poor. At answeri If; her question you kmlly seat her a suppJ" gratuitous distribution. To lhauk you in my own for and in i>elia.lf of mv friends and of the poor, I f> t duty and a pleasure to send y >u these few hues, j{ which you may m ike any use you please. I \OD- ,VART> ^LLCOCK'S P'JilO i: S lM. A e r v CIATICA.: ——— _T v 1-71. rr „ Tie) ■> J.iverpjoi. >?• tb, 57, ,• nee 'w-ndc.ful ve- *V>" T'm '"iaste.see'i^-es j't s-m -one is tell- Xoere is scarcely a KheumU-i<ui in suits. ine car«s tlM Y. ,l" 7a-hynwgi: O.dy ing me o Hi" h io, U3 '.Heywood. Albert-terrace, various part-. u T co» > thnt he had been on Saturday last rHie ^-ars so bad was it the Starkey-st., Hey wood, iu. A'e\C,he'was unabie to fol- troubled with sciatic I for t, «^j^any dortJrs, been to last twelve months of that tin, advertised electric-chain low his employment. He bad "ft* tried Alicoc^'s Fla- A»atloc k, and spent £ 2 on a, large!• he AUtJC- belt, but all to no purpose at las „_i_ -trr -RKOKETT. ters. Two eutirelv cured him -nlv, W- K^11.^ Your? t BLASTERS. Á LLC 0 CK' ToTTors RHEUMATISM OF THE WRIST. arlvtte-t., Henry D. Brandret li, Esq, 55, G reat C nst, 1S71. Liverpool my riibt SG, Crown-st., Livernool, N" .v and over Dear ^ir,—Three months since I could not use relief, hand, owimr to [theum^iti-iji in it :ind in my wi is1 to tri" ten weeks T was in great pain—nuab'e to find an, 'ist; After tryin? many remedies, I was at last n.-rsuade'l TftS Alicock's Porous riasters. I bound one round mv v, 111 three days I had great relief, i.nd in a we k's time perfectly cured. e You's truly, TTIOU-kl DAVIES. ALL C 0 C K S POROUS ) LAS T E R S LETTER FROM THE REV. THOMAS BONs\LT \7~i As to t> e qualities and reputation of Brandre h's pnic and Alio, ck's Porous Plasters. AVissett A ictrage, near Halesworth. Suffolk, H. D. Brand ret h, Ksq., Liverpool. Jul)- ;29, and 'Pmvnis P;a7teresato alnount fiUs I have b -en well acquainted with Dr B B-mirth IW 'i ork, lor nearly 40 years, and can certi;e" w\ constant employment to upwards (,f ]<io 'ir«nn ?Yes tliese commodities alone. Brandreth^^aMir^l V.e all k,;o\V that many pel'S" t l¡;lloilt.S,uutbAmer¡e:. cine sh i,|J K' 10 th"efo/eof importance that the med- 0) 1. be'"capable of hnrfiu-. Xo«-, I jcnow J)r,n. rtieth s Pills •„ be perfectly harmless, from Ions, expev- 7° of their effects. Yet, when the bowels or the bl, o 1 ,i cleansing, they are a thoroughly energetic medicine ecl ine all the interior organs to heaithy aetU n *;iruUS" In eold-, colics, aid costiveness th a oi- i- diafelv, and those who use them will find i*i'ae- reliable remedy.—I am, yours truly a sa'e ai"' most Late Curate of Lin t:'a .,iagua .Illl AL hn!S u PETERS m sou bv .11 u»c „r7o ,„'j. »to li W tor ^8 P1's-Vr^'V^TceTifl!1 pel1;1 '}y-ici|js- c'1fals 4s. p. r quarter. P J"'a' '5- 6J" Per hiUf >*rd' 0T PRINCIPAL AGENCY FOE GKEAT BRITAIN ("ho esale and Retail ■ ("ho esale and Retail ■ N Pi ',„; CHARLOTTK-SfREET ilVFMPOOL. A I taster sent to any part of the country tor 15 stamps.

On Tuesday morning a fire broke out at Walker and Co s sugar refinery, Greenock. The maii> buildincr Wlls destroyed, the damage being estimated at £ 80,(n\* Another fire occurred in Western Hal1, Greenock, in thP block of buildings as the Theatre 1'oyaL The tl eaTre escaped, but the entrances are damaged. The mortality last week in tWatr. in the kingdom was at the anm. 4J,>ht oer 1.000. Ihe London death rai FiJ. ) six weeks from eighteen to twt