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BUSINESS ADDRESSES. |: Aberystwyth. UhTnaT GLASS, TsDilliTini Nff A 11 E W ABE H oTjSE JAMES McILQUHAM, BRIDGE END HOUSE, BEGS to inform t'>e I-aYitant* of Ahervstwvtli and the surrounding country, that he has just OPENED a T. v'r VI I, P' IC- in connection with his VVHOLESALE Business, which is now replete with a Choice Selection «f TV* ^TVe-.Van Set*' D:nner and Dessert Services ir, various design?, ban,some Toilet Seta rich Cut Glass, a large nuiStv oc dutiful Inland Belgian Gl.us, Fancy and Foreign Goods, &c„ &c., and an endless variety of everything pertainiY<- t) the t-nde, GGWr. t., the commonfst Culinary Art;cio, at extraordinary low pner-s. Orders iak»n for Services, Sc., with Crest or Monogram. All kinds ot articles matcnea. Hotel, and large con. Timers liberally treated. rarties furuiihin* in this department will Unci a large assortment t.) select from, and prices marked very low. GOOuS LET OUT ON HIRE.-AX EXPERIENCED PACKER KEPT. 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MAGAZINES OF TrIE MONTH reviewed, and ex. I' esT,i anv having a local bearing. LEADING ARTICLES, General News, Facts and F mcies, Stray N.^tes, Sporting, Political, Ecclesiasti- cd, kc., &c. TERMS FOR ADVERTISING ¡ Prepaid Advertisements, up to Twenty words, One Shilling Thirtv, Eighteenpeiice Forty, Two Shillings Fifty, Half-a-Crowr. Sixty. Three Shillings. Credit Advertisements at Scale rates, the lowes; charge being Two Shillings and Sixpence. Standing Advertisements Twentv-six insertions, One Shilling p^r inch, column width Thirteen insertions, One-and-Thteeper.oe per inch; Nine insertions, Eighteen- pence »'r ine'i; Six insertions, One.-and-Ninepence per inch. Double column adveitisements double price. STUD HORSES. 3 I I THAT 3,H BOADSTER STALLION THE SWELL, The property of Thomas Statter. Stand Hall. Whitefield, Manchester, Will serve Marrs this S;H"1: (1 73) in the Districts of Corwtn and Bab. and Dcbdley and Harlech, at a fee .f One P,-iin(I each, including all expenses, at the time and places mentioned bbw. TliF SWELL is a beautiful black, free from white, r:i"" four veais old, stands fifteen hands one inch, nei ftctly1 sound, an 1 a sure stock-getter. He is one of the rnrs comnact animals of his class that can be found, ?U*4ng '-reat power, short back, fine lying shoulders, well grown down, full of bone and muscle, with superior **The" Swell is by "The Buck," sold to the Swiss Govern- ment for 275 guineas when four years old. He was got by r £ » »-Fivino nuci- that took the first prize at the Royal ^Vir!rginlftl, Sd was sold for 300 guineas tc, go abroad, .,ut of th, celebrated Yor^hire mare Fannv the proni rtv of Messrs Crowtn=r, or Mirtield, York-hire, whobse 1 The Swll. This celebrated ":are tr"ttf| se^ef, teen milts under the hour, on the Leeds and HiuldeTsfie d road and l:a; taken twenty prizes within the last three •year*. She is the mother of three entire horses, all first- class animals.—this is a breed particularly famed for• en- durance ai.d soundness. On the dam s side he inherits much < f the best racing blood in the coiintry, soing bark to I'lenipi tentiary, winner oi the Derby Whale- bone Whisker, Waxy, and Champion, all winnera of the The Swell passes the Vet as perfectly sound. ROUTE n Mo /? art v—LI a n t v ? i 1 i o, L'.aasantffraid, Corwen, Ctanro, to stay t i" night. Tur^v;-Tynant, Ceryg-y-druidion, Vrongocb, lhla, to stay the night. TF^d^-Llanuwch- u „ n i to vt rv the ni~ht Thurxday—Tv'nygroes, o tVvfte'n&t-: W-Ll^bedr, Hariecb, Talsarnau, to stay the night. Saturday-?* Tany- Wleh Festinio^, to stav the night. /Vonrfav-Rhvdyfen. Bala, to stay the night. Tuesday —Llandderfel. Llandrillo, Cynwyd, Gwyddelwern, to stay the ni"51 U'c/ftv"'1V—Brvneglwys, Llangollen, to stay the niglit." Tkur*d<, ,-Llantysilio Llamjantffraid, Corwen, Cvmro to stay t\e n'ght. Fridaji—Tynant, Ceryn-y- dmidion. Vrongoch, Bal i, to stay the night. Satui day L'muwehllvr, DoJgellev, to stay the night. Mor d x —Tv'nygroes, Barmouth, to stay the night. Tuezdvi— Tdaabedr, Harlech, Talsarnau, to stay the night. W(dnc*d tif -Fenrhvn, Taavbwlcb, Festiniog, to 3tay the rio-ht. Thursda>VAiydyitr,, Bala, to stay the night. Fri,i Llandrillo, Cynwyd, Gwyddelwern, to stay tli" ii Saturdoy—Bryneglwys, Llargullen, to «fn Y *i 1 'bfc X.B'-The horse will leave Llangollen every Monday and Thursday in alternate weeks. MONEY. -v- TlnC rLY PRIVATE LOANS to Farmers— | o Address Mr Prkkcz JONES, 7, St. John-street, Chester. ILLUMINATING. 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TTLT] MOVEMENT AT I FESTINIOG.
TTLT] MOVEMENT AT FESTINIOG. The Co-operate movement at Fcstiniog is one which cannot lati to attract the attention of those who arc interested in the social improvement of the people. At first there may be a feeling of I alarm on the part of the shopkeepers, who will be j troubled with visions of empty shops and of co- i operative stores thronged with eager purchasers, but experience will doubtless show at Festiniog as it has shown in numbers of other places that the new movement is essentially one of slow growth and gradual development and that the established tradesman has nothing to fear as long a3 lie conducts his business on sound com- mercial principles, refusing to give credit merely to secure doubtful customers. The promoters of the new co-operative society will discover that there are many difficulties to overcome before even a moderate degree of success crowns their eforts, and great demands will be made on the tact, skill and patience of the originators in order to secure a fair trial for this movement which has tftkQ :\i.1,:11 it deep :et in the northern counties of England, but which does not flourish in the south.°kas scarcely any hold of Scotland, and is •, almost a now thir.g ir: Wales. Two years ago thare were 74 r; societies with 262,000 members, possessing a capital of i*»2.5*21,000 and doing an < annual bnsino >> amounting to nearly £ 10,000,000. IJ Tije tat secret of success in co-operation is ready r-cney instead of credit, and the most, c serious obstacle in the way is the credit system, which prevents working men from taking their earnings to the best market and compels them to deal with the shopkeeper who has perhaps allowed them to get into debt when work was scarce, or during some time of temporary difficulty. Co- operation is a great teacher and although it may not have fullilled all the wild dreams of en- thusiasts, it has undoubtedly opened out to work- ing men possibilities which a few years ago seemed utterly Ifeyond their reach. At first a few men joined together to supply themselves with tea, sugar, and other articles of common consumption, and after a long and severe struggle in obscurity their success was acknow- ledged and the principle on which their opera- tions were based was applied gradually to whole- sale transactions and even to the production as well as the distribution of wealth. At Newcastle the Ouseburn Engine Works is an example of co- operative industry, and the men engaged are their own masters. At the Co-operative Congress, which has been sitting at Newcastle during the past few days, it was stated that some of the skilled artizans at these works are earning two shillings an hour. To show how wide is the range of undertakings possible to co-operators, we may mention that one of the papers discussed at this Conference was on Co-operative Banking," and a resolution in favour of banks of this description was passed by a large majority. Our Festiniog friends are not yet sufficiently ad- vanced to grapple with these larger undertakings, but with caution and mutual trust in each other there is no reason why they should not establish a society which from small beginnings shall grow until it exceeds in magnitude the sanguine expec- tations of its most ardent supporters. There is one branch of co-operation which, we think, might be carried out with excellent chances of commercial success at Festiniog, and one which would in no small degree increase the health and comfort of the men whose families now reside at Portmadoc, Penrhyndeudraeth, and other places during the week, while they themselves herd together in the vicinity of the quarries, unheedful of those terrible dangers which result from over- crowding, canng only to secure sleeping room at the lowest possible charge. We cannot conceive of a more legitimate field for co-operation than that which is afforded by the scarcity of good cottages for working men at Festiniog, and if two or three plots of ground were purchased and laid out for sale on the co-operative principle we have no doubt that the lots would be purchased and built upon. A co-operative land and building society would supply a want greatly felt, and would also increase the importance of this rapidly-improving district, which will probably be brought at no distant date into much closer con- nection with the great trading centres. The line to Bala will materially lessen the expense of carriage, and Festiniog, instead of being a dear place to live at will be even cheaper than Pen- rhyndeudraeth and Portmadoc. Apart even from all considerations of a commercial nature, our readers will probably agree with us in thinking that the time has arrived when it is desirable to provide house accommodation for the hundreds of men who now take a week's food to the quarries, and live in a state of discomfort which is pregnant with evils of a very serious nature, not only to the men themselves but also to their families. On a future occasion we shall probably have something more to say on this subject, and we trust that the new society will succeed, and that the holders of shares will also support the stores by making their purchases there.
0 . PAUPERISM AND OUT RELIEF.
0 PAUPERISM AND OUT RELIEF. The growing interest throughout the Princi- pality in the administration of the Poor Laws is one of the most cheering signs of the times, and although the subject is hedged about with diffi- culties of the most perplexing kind, we have no doubt improvements will gradually be made, and Wales will ere long make valuable contributions to the information on which wise changes alone can be based. At Swansea a conference of Guardians has already been held, at which Mr FOWLEK read an interesting paper on Out-Door Relief." Mr FOWLER is in favour of appointing a well-paid and competent Assistant Guardian, whose duty would consist in personally investi- gating each application for relief, so as to avoid imposition by those who think union funds are common property, and who apply for relief on the slightest possible pretext. Mr FOWLER is not in favour of any considerable extension of the workhouse test, at any rate, until workhouses have been placed on a better footing, and we agree with him that it is no part of the duty of Guardians to save the rates by insisting on the workhouse test in cases where the poverty is real, and where it is felt that starvation would be borne rather than submit to the degradation of entering the 11 house." This method of saving the rates and decreasing pauperism would aggra- vate the sufferings of those who are best entitled to out-door relief, and would probably not prevent the frauds which are now too easily practised. Without going to extremes in any new system we think there is ample room in many Welsh unions for improve- ment, and appeal confidently in support of this view to the speech of the CHAIBMAN of the Aber- ystwyth Board at their last meeting. In this union a decrease of expenditure has been effected without, we believe, in any way injuring the de- serving poor, and the CHAIRMAN pointed out ways by which he believes these reductions may be fur- ther increased. At the present juncture we trust that the Board will not lose the able services of I Mr LEWIS PUGH PUGH, who has filled an onerous position with great credit to himself and advan- tage to the ratepayers. The duties of the Guardians make great demands on their time and energies, but we hope the Chairman will re- consider his decision, and continue to preside until the reforms which have been commenced are better understood and appreciated by the bulk of the people. We are anxious that the Aberyst- wyth Board should so combine liberality to the deserving poor with efficient supervision, that other unions may be compelled to admit the su- periority of the Aberystwyth system, and we are of opinion that this end will be easier to reach if the CHAIRMAN can be induced to continue his services.
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ccordin; to a return .1 fees paid [nd rem'tte: by soh o B.a s duri g 18;2, the objection!■ 1 p.o.ision of ;he 2 th clause 's almost dead It r in Wa es, Twenty V elsh School Boarrs are i c ded n t1 e Return, and mly 0: e of them, Llanbister an I Caroger, had aid fe in connection with schools not provided by the Board. | In this solitary ci.se the amount paid was £ 2 lis. 81. Of the feea remitted under Section 17 in rcsoect of children attending cchoola provided by the Board, Criccieth fgures for the largest amount— £ 33 3. 7d., and Carno comes iiext-CIG. Festiniog paid £8 13s. 9d., Dolgellty only 6s. 6d., Lampeter V. lfry, le2 Os. 3d., Llanfair Caereinion, £6188, 7d., Llanrug, £ 6 os. lld., Llanycil, £9 4s., Ruab n, only 9o. 2d., Trefeglwys, only 7s. 4d. A foreign sailor who stabbed a seaman at Portmadoc on March 13th, was tried at Carnarvonshire assizes on Wednesday, April 9th, and sentenced to two years' im- prisonment. At the last meeting of the Dalgelley Board of Guardians the clerk presented a list. showing the number of times each member of the Board had attended. Mr DAVID JONES, and Mr OWEX OWEN head the list with 10, and Mr Row. LAND LEWIS is at the bottom, having only attended six times. Several of the ex-officio guardians never attended once. We think the ratepayers would do well to !:tudy this list, and to give their votes accordingly, At a vestry meeting, held at St. Michael's Vestry-room, Aberystwyth, on Thursday, April 10th, the dilapidated con- dition of St. Michael's Church was referred to. The meet- in was adjourned until to-day, when, we suppose, the ques- tion of the restoration of the church will be discussed. At the last meeting of the Aberystwyth Burial Board there were present—Captain C. BASSETT LEWIS (chairman), Mr SZLUMPER, Mr PETER JOSES, Mr L. 0. PAVIES, and the Rev. E. OWEN PHILLIPS. A good deal of business was done, and a draft of the new rules for the government of the cemetery were submitted by the Clerk. There are now 445 lodges of Good Templars in Wales, with 40,000 members, and it is stated that only about two per cent. have hitherto been found to violate their pledges. Mr PETER ELIJS EYTON, we are informed, has an- nounced his intention to oppose Sir ROBERT CCNLIFFE at the next election. Mr EYTON calls himself a Liberal, and bases his claims on the fact that he is a Flintshire man. On the same ground, why should not every legally quali- fied Flintshire man" appear in the field ? It might be impertinent to call in question Mr EYTON'S estimate of himself; but other Flintshire men," we may suppose, will enquire somewhat narrowly into the Liberalism of a candidate who is ready to risk the transfer of the seat to the Conservatives because the present member lives in Denbighshire To turn to a question in which a very large number our readers will take a deeper interest: is it not hard that when we buy coal"—at present prices !-the dealers should give us stones ? It is becoming a general complaint that a considerable portion of the fuel which is purchased consists of the roofing" of coal pits, heavy to weigh, but useless to burn. Formerly, we believe, it was the custom to have the stones picked out of the coal, but we have altered all that since the panic set in, and now we arc coolly asked to give 25s., or, if we live in some places, 50s., for 11 coal and stone." We were able recently to announce on high authority that the PnrxCE OF WALKS would in all probability attend the Eisteddfod at Mold. At an eisteddfod at Llanberis on Easter Monday, this announcement was confirmed, on the authority of the Mold secretary and the Standard states that His Royal Highness is expected to be present. He will be Sir WATKIN'S guest at Wynnstay. At the last meeting of the Carnarvon Board of Guar- dians, a benevolent member proposed that the children should be allowed increased facilities for recreation, and supplied with bats and balls, and other means of amuse- ment, which, it was suggested, might be supplied by pri- vate subscription. To this some of the Guardians vehe. mently objected. One of them thought it nothing but waste t" purchase articles of amusement for the workhouse children, and strongly remarked that the proposition was "a ridiculous one. The children ought to be taught some- thing useful, not cricket-playing." This is too common a view of ":pauper-life" in this island, where, of course, we beat all the rest of the world in wisdom and philanthropy- especially, let us say, the Italians, who have a workhouse af this "ridiculous" description at Florence The praiseworthy exertions of the Florentine munici- pality have made it a real charity, and the order, cleanli- ness, and cheerful, wholesome life within its walls, render it worthy the attention of all interested in the subject of workhouses. No able-bodied man or woman is admitted work, according to the ability of each individual, is required from all; a pleasant garden within the cloisters of the old convent is used for their recreation, and a playground is set Iopart for the young. Boys and girls receive a good educa- tion, and workshops are attached to the institution, which supply the means of teaching each child some branch of trade, before he is sent out to earn his own livelihood. The director, who has his office in the building, is ready at stated times to see any of the inmates, and to listen to complaints, with a view to redress every well founded grievance. The person appointed is an educated gentleman, and he is as- sisted by a council. Suppose all our workhouse masters were educated gen- tlemen."
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The principle of boarding out pauper children has been adopted by forty-seven Boards of Guardians, and forty- five of these have recently expressed satisfaction with its working and results. In WaJe3 Swansea has :sixty.six children boarded out and Wrexham has forty. The West Lancashire Coal Owners' Association at a meeting on Wednesday, April 16th, said they could enter- tain no further applications for increased wages. The number of divorce cases down for hearing during the coming term is 209. On Wednesday, April 16th, a Cork magistrate named Henry Unkles was'sentenced to one week's imprisonment for declaring how an illiterate voter had voted. Mr Unkles was agent on the Conservative side, and admitted the offence, but pleaded inadvertence. The decision created great surprise, as two former prosecutions for the same of- fence were dis nissed. Mr Ronayne, M.P., prosecuted. The charge against Mr J. C. Cox, a magistrate, of Belper, in Derbyshire, Mr M'Kenzie, of London, barrister, Mr Joseph Arch, of Leamington, and others, for having unlawfully and wilfully obstructed a highway by holding an open-air meeting, came on for hearing on Tuesday, April 15th, before a bench of magistrates at Farringdon, of which Viscount Barrington, M.P., was chairman. The justices, after a deliberation of about thirty minutes, came to the unanimous conclusion that the case must be dis- missed. There were hearty cheers in court, and these were taken up by a crowd outside. The agitation among the farm labourers in the West of England is now assuming a very serious aspect. Dele- gates from the Labourers' Union have been nightly ad. dressing large meetings in all the villages around Crew- kerne and-Yeovil, and the labourers have demanded an in. crease of 5s. per week. Most of the farmers refuse to give the advance, and hundreds of labourers are migrating to the North of England, and it is feared that in a very short time the old and infirm will alone remain to become a burden upon the rates. A Landlords' Association for mutual protection has been formed at Birmingham. Rules have been adopted by which a register of bad tenants shall be kept, and stringent measures taken to avoid loss of rent and injury to house property. It was proposed to take steps at an early date to advance rents of small houses. Mr Malcolm M.P. for Boston, is at Malta suffring from congestion of the liver. His medical adviser has re- commended him not to proceed to England for the present. Mr Edwin Oakes, a retired tradesman, has been fined £ 5 by the Bridgnorth magistrates for shooting a stray swan I en the river Severn. The annual conference of the National Union of Con- servative and Constitutional Associations has been held this year at Leeds. Mr STANHOPE, M.P., who was one of the speakers, after "thanking God for the House of Lords," remarked that people said, was not one man as good as another? Now, he (Mr STANHOPE), for one, had some faith in blood. He believed every Yorkshireman believed in a bit of blood. There was not a man in Leeds who would think of winning the St Leger with the fineet draught horse that tramped the streets of Leeds. They did not know a farmer who did not like 10 boast of the breed cf his cattle or of his sheep. They did not see a collier who had not something to boast of with regard to the breed of his dog, or h's pigeon, or of his rabbits and let it not he j told him (Mr Stanhope) that there was no such thing as blood anions the higher classes of society. He believed that in these born and educated in a high position, who were placed in such a position that they could look with a wide view—those who had had the advantage of training and education, as well as of the traditions which they inherited from their forefathers—there was a special fitness for con- trolling and regulating the action of the state. Mr Stanhope is only wrong in thinking that "good blood" is the <o'e possession of the aristocracy. Training, and education, and f;ti)iily traditions may also be a result of good blood, bit 11 we should never have found it out if Mr Stanhope had n: t called our attention to the strange fact.
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COMMISSIONS.—Royal Cariiarvon Militia.—Lieut F. K. O. Paget resigns his commission. 1st Admin. Batt. Carnarvonshire V olunt"rs.- T. Casson, Esq Captain 4th Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteers to bj Major. 5th Denbighshire Volunteers.-H. 3. Aspinall, Gent, to be Lnsi'^n. Royal Merioneth Militia.—Lieut. A. J. S. Corbet resigns his commission. 3 THE CAMP AT COLCHESTER. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. W. H. Herbert has assumed the duties of assistant adjutant-general and quartermaster-general in the eastern district. Plas Geraint, near Llangollen, is shortly to be opened as the North Wales Baptist College. Major Cornwallis West, Lord Lieutenant of Denbigh- shire, has placed the name of Mr John Roberts, of Hope- street, Liverpool, and Biyngrwenallt, Abergele, on the Commission of the Peace for the county of Denbigh. A marriage is announced and will "shortly take place between Charles Calveley Cotton, Esq., eldest son of Charles Robert Cotton, Esq., of Knolton Hall, Flintshire and Kate, second daughter of the late William Frederick De La Rue, Esq. PETITIONS FOR LTQUIT)ATIO' q .-Henry Clarke. miller, Broseley, Salop. (Attorneys: Knowloa and Son, Welling- ton, Salop). Thomas Daven, Pantrvthin-caur Farm, near Bridgend, Glamorganshire. (Attorney G. Batch el or, Old Custom-house Chambers, Skinner-street, Newport.) COLLIERY EXPLOSION SEAR SWANSEA.—An explosion occurred on Wednesday morning at the Cwmbwrla Pit, near Swansea, the property of Mr Daniel. Seven persons were seriously injured, and two of them are not expected to survive the injuries. RUMOCREP SALE OF THE CYFARTHFA IRONWORKS.—A rumour wa-s prevalent in Merthyr on Wednesday. April 16th, that the great Cyfarthfa Ironworks and collieries were about to change hands. We have, however, been unable to trace the rumour to any authoritative source. CONFERENCE OF SCHOOLMASTERS.—The fourth annual conference of the National Union of Elementary Teacheis will this year 'is held at Bristol, in the rooms of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, or City School, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in the present week. Delegates from all the associations in England and Wales (and a few from Scot- land and Ireland) were to be present, representing about 6,500 teachers of elementary schools. Among some of the Welsh Associations may be mentioned Aberdare Valley, Carmarthenshire Teachers'Assoclation, Central Glamorgan, Newport, North Wales, Swansea United District, Llanelly, Oswestry and Welshpool, and Rhondda. VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM.—A violent and destructive thunderstorm accompanied by vivid lightninar, loud peals of thunder, and heavy rain, visited the neighbourhood of Bangor and Llanfairfechan on Wednesday afternoon, April 16th. A gamekeeper in the employ of Lord Penrhyn was struck by lightning, and was picked up unconscious about an hour afterwards. He was conveyed to a neighbouring hotel, and immediately attended by Dr Owen Williams, who succeeded, after some difficulty, in resuscitating him, and there are hopes of his recovery. At Llan. fairfechain the storm raged with great violence for nearly two hours, and the heavy rain caused a small river to over- flow. An immense amount of damage was done to house property and live stock of every description. Several small cottages were bodily carried away, and the inhabit- ants narrowly escaped with their lives. In one instance the half of a terrace was dislodged. One child is reported missing. Such a severe storm has never visittd the place within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. A number of coast-guards stationed at Bangor have been sent to Llanfairfechaiu to protect the wrecked property which strews the neighbourhood of the river banks in all directions. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A HOUSEKEEPER AT PORTMADOC. -At the Carnarvonshire Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday, April 9th, Hannah Clarke (47), servant, was charged with stealing a brooch, two sovereigns, jacket body, and a plir of stockings, the property of D. Griffiths, Australia Inn, Ilort- madoc. Mr David Pugh, of Dolgeflev and Holywell, prosecuted Mr Picton Jones defended. The prisoner was in prosecutor's employ as housekeeper for about seven weeks, and left on March 29th. She had charge of every- thing except the monetary affairs, which were managed by prosecutor's daughter, Catherine Ellen GriffithA num- ber of articles being missed, information was given to Superintendent Davies, and some of the articles found in her possession. The defence, set up was that the articles had found their way by mistake into the prisoner's posses- sion. No witnesses were called for the defence.—The Chairman summed up in favour of an acquittal, and a ver- dict of not guilty was returned. CASE OF STABBING AT PonnfADoc.-At the Carnarvon- shire Assizes on Wednesday, April 9th, Peter Alatheson (26), a foreign sailor, pleaded not guilty to unlawfully wounding Evan Jones, at Portmadoc, on March 18th. Mr David Pugh, of Dolgelley and Holywell, prosecuted Mr Picton Jones defended. The prosecutor is a mariner living at Llanengan, and on March 18th, he was a sailor on board the George Casson, at Portmadoc. Hearing some persons throwing stones on the deck he went on deck, and was then dared to go on shore. He did so, and was met by the prisoner and two others. The prisoner struck him several times, and he fell down. In consequence of the injuries he received, he was a fortnight under Dr Griffith's treat- ment. A verdict of guilty was returned, and prisoner wa. sentenced to two years' imprisonment.—Mr Pugh pointed out the anomalous position in which the witnesses had been placed, as they bad been compelled to have their articles cancelled. They had engaged to go to Stettin, but they had been obliged to break that engagement and remain at home to give evidence in this case.—The Chair- man ordered an extra allowance of ten guineas to the wit- nesses, to be divided in proportion to the amount of wages each would have received. REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF CONSTABULARY.—The report of the Government Inspector has been printed. The force of Denbighshire is returned at 63, there being one man to 5,941 acres, with a population of 1,655. Va: grancy had decreased very much, and there was a decided improvement through the operations of the Licensing Act. In the county of Merioneth the force numbered 27, the number of acres allotted to each man being 14,206, and the population 1,729. The force was complete, but difficulty was experienced in obtaining suitable men. Three consta- bles, including one deceased, had left the force. There was a decrease in the number of minor and indictable offences, but vagrancy had slightly increased, and drunkenness was reported to be rather on the increase. The inspector urged the necessity of having a reserve constable. The return for the county of Montgomery was a force of 31, each officer having 15,591 acres, and a population of 2,184. There was great difficulty in getting men, as a knowledge of Welsh and English was necessary. The Licensing Act was re- ported to have caused a decided improvement in every town, there being very little drunkenness at the hour at which the public houses were closed. An accident, terminating fatally, has just occurred to Mr Frederic T. Payne, Barrister-at-Law. He and his friend, MrJohn F. Moulton, of Cambridge, were on a walking tour in North Wales, On Friday they reached Trefriw, and afterwards left for Aber, over the mountains. On reaching Aber by the "falls," on descending the precipice, Mr Moulton took the lead and cautioned his friend of the danger. Mr Payne said, "There is no danger here," and took hold of a bough, which gave way, and precipitated him to the bottom, causing almost instant death. Mr Payne was an occasional contributor to journalism, and his amiable and cheerful temper and sincerity and single- ness of mind won for him general affection and regard. He was the son of the Rev. Frederic Payne, of Mold, Flint- shire, and at the time of his death he was twenty-nine years of age. At the next election the unfortunate young man was to have been a candidate for the representation of Walsall on advanced Liberal principles. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. 1873. Great-Western ) £ 95,585 West Midland 1872. South Wales J £ 89,724 1873. London and North-Western ) £15:),080 Shrewsbury and Hereford s. 1872. Shropshire Union j lt42,,578 CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS.—Approximate return of traffic for the week ending April 13th, 1873. Miles open, 178. Passengers, parcels, &c., £ 1,402; merchandise, miner.d?, and cattle, 21,802; total for the week, 23,204; aggregate to this date, 242,890. Corresponding week last year: Miles open, 178. Passengers, kc., £ 1,270; merchandise, &c., 21,895 total for the week, £3,165; aggregate to this date, £ 41,887. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY (61 miles open).-re- turn of traffic for the week ending April 13,h, I873 -Pas- sengers, parcels, &c., zC230 7s. lOd.; goods and live stocli, £ 1,025 3s. 7d.; total, £ 1,255 lis. 5d.; JE20 lls.8d. per mile per week. Corresponding week last year (6t mi!ei opsn.) Passengers, parcels, &c., 2205 18s. Sd.; goods and live stock, £1,13653. 9d.; total, el,342 4, 5d. E22 0". Id. per mile per week. Decrease for this week, t86 13s. Od. Acrnreca.*n frnm 1st Jan. 1873,' £ 17,845 14*. lOd. ditto 1872, £19,647128. Id. Decrease for fifteen weeks, £ 1,80117s. 3d.
DOLGELLEY.
DOLGELLEY. "STATE OF THE POLL." The official state of the poll for the e'ection of guardians fcr the parish of Dolgelley, for the <nsuing year is as foiIows :-lr Isaac Humphreys Evans, Wood View cottage, managing clerk to Messrs William Griffith and Son, solicitors, Dols?elley. 438 votes, Mr David Jones, tanner, Dolgelley, 406; Mr Edward J, nes, hotel keeper, Dolgelley, 293, Mr John Gritlidi, faimer, Tynyllidiart, 163, Mr William Hughes, pi inter, D< lgelley, 210, Mr Thomas Roberts, farmer, New Cros3 Foxes Inn, 63, Mr EvanJJones, maltster and farmer, W uion View, 289, and Mr William Pugh, farmer, Dolserau, 97. The three highest will be elected. BOARD OF GUARDIANS, THURSDAY, APRIL lOru- Present Mr Edward Jones, Dolgelley, (in the chair), Mr Chas. Jones, and Colonel Bunbury, C.B ex-oilicio, Messrs Robert Pugh and Hugh Thomas, Llangeiynin, J. J. Griffith, and William Davies, Llanaber, 11 owland Lewis, Mallwvd, John Owen, Llanfihangel, and Lewis Jones, Llanelltyd; Mr Joseph Robert?, Clerk. Financial &c.-Out-door relief fur the past fornight Mr John Jones, Barmouth district, 597 paupers, ±122 6:1.; Talyllyn district, (Mr Morris Jones), 3;»7 paupers B80 12s. 10d.-Palan(-e due to the Union, E757 lis. 4d.- The master reported that during the past fortmg.it £ 11 lis. 7 £ d. had been expended for provisions, ciothing, and necessaries. Six vagrants had been relieved during the fortnight, £ 9 compared with fourteen in the corre^pr nding period of 187-. Thirteen in school, and thirty-fvj in the house. The Possibility of Havilíg to Appoint a Paid Visitor. -The Clerk informed the Boxrd that Mr Davy, sub-in- -pector, visiied the house on the 3rd April and complained very n.uch of the entries made in the vis t is' book and the result he (Mr Davy) had no doubt would be the ap- pointment of a paid visitor t,) the Workllfuie. (Laugh'er.) — Mr I) ivy rtquested him ju. t to menti( n it lotheBo. rd. -1 lie C'ha rji. n: Why ? I supposed he a,, e iio rea- n The Clerk: No, only because the house, as it appeared rnvfle™?°- 13 not vis'lte<l the Visiting Committee. —The Chairman It is visited.—The Clerk: It is visi ted, Pi rePorts are made in the book.—The Chairman said that the reports if made, would only be the eame over and ovtr again. The Year's Attendance List.-The Clerk said that the present being the last meeting of the old guardians, he had prepared the list of attendances during the past year. The ofhcio guardians attended as follows Mr Lewis William, 9; Mr W. W. E. Wynne, 0; Mr R M. Richards, 11; Mr H. J. Reveley, 0; Mr Charles Jones, 24 Sir Edmund Buckley, 0; the Rev. John Jone3, 2; Mr W. R. M. Wynne, 0; Colonel Bunbury, C.B., 16 Mr Charles Edwards, 5; Mr J. Vaughao, 4; Mr Ü. Davies, 0; Mr L. Davies, 0; MrF. Davies, 0; and Mr W. Jones, Gland wr.l The elected guardians sat Mr David Jones, 19; Mr Edward Jones, 17; Mr William Hughes, 17 Mr John Griffiths, IG; Mr John Jones Griffiths, 12; Mr John Robert Davies, 16; Mr Edward Humphreys, 7 Mr Richard Jones, 13 Mr Richard Morris Jones, 15 Mr Lewis Jones, 17 Mr Thomas Davies, 10 Mr Owen Owen, 19; Mr Robert Pugh, 8 Mr Hugh Thomas, 17 Mr William Jones, 10; Mr Edward Richards, 14; Mr Row- land Lewis, 6; Mr Hugh Jones, 16; and Mr William Davies, 13.
ABERYSTWYTH.
ABERYSTWYTH. HOLIDAY. Tuesday, the 15th April, was observed as a general holiday in Aberystwyth, instead of Easter Monday which was market day. THUNDERSTORM.—A thunderstorm raged during Wed- nesday afternoon, April 16th, around Aberystwyth. It was of unusual severity considering the period of the year. The downfall of rain was immense. FORMATION OF A NEW CHORAL SociETY-We Team that I a new choral society, to be known as the Philharmonic has just been formed at Aberystwyth. About fifty mem- bers, comprising some of the best singers in the town have joined. The conductor is Mr Charles James, and the ac- companyist is Mr R. S. Hughes, R.A.M. Aberystwyth can now boast of the possession of two choral societies. ACCIDENT TO A Boy.-On Wednesday, April 16th, at noon, a lad named Owen Robert Williams, belonging to Penrhyndeudraeth, in the employ of the Cambrian Rail- way Company, was riding outside a cattle truck which with others, was being shunted, when he came in collision with a wall and was knocked down very much hurt. For- tunately Dr Rice Williams happened to be on the plat- form at the time, and he at once went to the boy's assistance, and found that he had fractured his arm above the elbow. The arm was speedily set, and the sufferer was conveyed to his home by the 1 p.m. train, in care of a porter. We are informed that the lad had no business on the truck. NEW GUARDIANS.—We published in the Cambrian News of April 4th the names of persons nominated as guardians for the Aberystwyth Union for 1873 4. Our representative was misinformed as to the nominations for the parish of Aberystwyth. Mr John Jones, Bridge-end House, Mr Peter Jones, Portland-street, Mr John Jones, Great Darkgate- street, and Mr Richard Jones, Marine-terrace, were nominated. Mr John Jones, Bridge-end, and Mr Peter Jones represented Aberystwyth last year with Mr Thomas Samuel and Mr John Ellis; and as the two last-named gentlemen were not again nominated, they retire, and the four persons nominated take seats without a contest. In Llanbadarn Upper there was a contest between Mr John Morgans and Mr William James; the former secured fortv- four votes and the latter only three. Mr David Jacob Davies withdrew from the representation of Llanrhystid Haminiog, and hisgseat will be taken by Mr Daniel Jones Glanperis, THE URBAN AUTHORITY HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION BoOK.-We have been favoured with a proof sheet of the form for the house-to-house inspection book for Aber- ystwyth, as arranged by a committee of the Town Coumil. It shows much care in compilation, and the respective columns are headed as follows '-Number, occupier, re- puted owner, number of rooms in house, average cube contents. Ventilation: Backdoors, windows. sashes; privy or water clo -e'. state of, dis- charged into sewer or cesspool, witti trap or syphon drainage of house, trapped or not, back-yard or garden^ animals kept there and number, distance from dwelling' manure heaps or like nuisances, drainage from back-y"d. Water supply: Town well or spring, number of cisterns, overflow, how provided for, distance from supply, if suffi- cient. Special remarks as to nuisances, and number of special reports, if any made. I MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr Evan Evans, of the Fountain Inn, whilst at work with his partner, Mr Davey Jones, quarrying stones at Craiglais Rock, for the School Board School, fell from a great height in the presence of several spectators, who were watching the dislocation of the stones and to the surprise of all who saw him fall, escaped with only a broken finger and a few bruises. It seemi that the earth on which he was standing slipped beneath him, and tons of stones and rubbish fell before him. A considerable quantity of stones and earth fell with him, and one large stone was seen to fall after him and, striking a projecting piece of rock in its career, bounded over Evans without touching him The distance Evans fell was over thirty yards. He turned several somersaults in his descent, and broke his finger by protecting his head with his hands from the rock. Mr Williams, assistant to Mr Cole, chemist, Pier- street, was one of the spectators, and as soon as possible went to Evans's assistance, and set the broken finger. One of Evans's boots was torn, but he was not. fortunately, otherwise much hurt. GOOD FRIDAY.—About fifteen hundred excursionists visited Aberystwyth on Good Friday, and were favoured with fine though not bright weather. There was Divine service in the morning at the parish church of.St. Michael's, and an appropriate sermon was delivered by the Vicar. During the day the boatmen were well patronized by per- sons eager for a short voyage on the mysterious main the handsomely-decorated promenade pier, which displayed a large arrayof new flags, was resorted to by a goodly num- ber of visitors; and the Castle grounds and camera obsaura, as usual, afforded delight, and amusement to mny. The Terrace was thronged in the afternoon. FIGHTING AT THE RAILWAY STATION.—At the Town- hall on Saturday, April 12th (before Thomas Jones, Esq Mayor, and L. P. Pugh, Esq.) Lewis Morgan, dyer, and Edward Hughes, mason, both of Rhayadr, were charged with having been drunk and fighting at the railway sta- tion on Good Friday evening. Robert Innes, inspector, t. said that there was a disturbance at the railway station on the previous evening; six or eight men were fighting there; the defendants were fighting, and he gave them into custody. The platform was ob- structed. A man named Morris Jones said that some "town chaps" commenced the row, and the defendants only acted in self-defence. A gentleman in court gave the defendants good characters, and the Bench dismissed the case. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MEDICAL PRACTITIOXER. -It is with regret we have to chronicle the demise of Mr Charles, sur- geon, who resided in Queen's-road, Aberystwyth, which took place very suddenly on he evening of Good Friday. The deceased left his home at about eight o'clock on Fri- day evening, with the intention of accompanying Messrs Gilbertson and Morris Jones, surgeons, to Llanbadarn, to visit a patient. Mr Charles complained of not feeliDg quite well, and when he had proceeded as far as the cemetery he told his companions that he would return home. It seems that the deceased returned a short dis- tance and sat down on the side of the road, where he was seen by a gentleman on horseback, who dismounted and offered to take Dr Charles home. The deceased, however, found the exertion too much for him, and got down and waited again. Then a trap approached, and Dr Charles was at once conveyed home in it. The deceased gentle- man expired almost as soon as he was taken into the house. We are informed that Dr Charles was troubled with asthma, and that the suddeness of his death is attributed to heart disease. Dr Charles was very greatly es- teemed. SACRED CONCERT,—In the evening of Good Friday a sacred concert was given at the Temperance Hall by Mr R.S. Hughes, R.A.M., assisted by the principal amateurs of the town. The attendance was large. Mr Charles James conducted, and Mr Hughes accompanied the choruses on a splendid harmonium, kindly lent by Mr Thomas Samuel, and the solos, &c., on a "grand." The chorus numbered between thirty and forty voices they kept well together and sang with precision and good taste. Mrs Trevethan and Miss S. E. Hughes gave, in an admirable manner, the duet, 0 Lovely Peace," and at the unani- mous wish of the audience, sang it a second time. The solo, But thou didst not leave," was sung with accuracy by Miss Morrell. The tenor and bass parts were very creditably sustained. The flute solo was not given, as it was found impossible to slide the flute up to the same pitch as the piano. Tha programme was as followsChorus, We with redoubled rage return"; trio, "Disdainful of danger," Miss S. E. Hughes, Messrs D. Hughes and J. Morgan solo, •< Arm, arm, ye brave," Mr D. E. Davies; chorus, Thine 0 Lord is the greatness quartet, Cast thy burden," Miss S. E. Hughes, Mrs Trevethan, and Messrs D. Hughes and W. Samuel;'solo, But thou did'st not leave," Miss Morrell; duet, The Lord is a man of war," Messrs D. E, Davies and J. Morgan; solo flute, "To thee Great Lord," Mr G. J. Williams; anthem, Blessed is he that considereth the poor chorus, Credo aria, "Then shall the righteous shine," Mr W. Samuel; trio" Oa Thee each living soul awaits," :1rs Trevethan and Messrs D. Hughes and D. E. Davies; solo Now Heaven in fullest glory shone, Mr C. Jaiiies duet' O lovelv peace," Mrs Trevethan and Miss S. E. H^hes chorus, "Pa fodd y Slanh* 5 <orus, « Hea"r my prayer," Mrs Trevethan, Miss b. L. Hughes, and others'■ chorus, "Hallelujah. VESTRY MEETING. On Thursday morning, April 10th, a vestry was convened at St. Michael's vestry room to elect churchwardens for the ensuing year. The Rev. E. Owen fTr u ar"^ there were also present Messrs <= .i1 J^hn Watkins (churchwardens) M? n All ltev' D- Francis, Dr C. Rice Fdvvprds Mr C Af Mr K R W>Tnne' Mr E- \fr TA Momce, Dr Gilbertson, Mr J. W. Davies? Mr T P t S' Mr (Jharl<s Hackne.v> Mr J. ■p'n/ioriM- wn' Jones, Counsellor Morgan, and Mr was agreed to If?3' Hugh Hu"hes' vestry e'erk. It tbV A -i r the election of churchwardens until „ APru, and afterwards a conversation respecting the renovation °f St. Michael's, and the building of a new church took place.—The Chairman said he desired there should be some sach r(solution as this-" That it is agreed to commence proceedings towards the restoia'ion of St. Michael's Church," and to ernlody in the same resolution, if it met the wishes of the vestry—" That when this church is restored proceedings be taken forthwith to build another church, the ground for the same to be at once sfcured."—Mr Szlumper said he was willing to have plans drawn out for the restoration of the church, and if "they were not approved of, no erst would bs incurred. Mr Thomas Jones That is very Hnd.-Dr C. Rice William, Very fa:r, indeed. -The Charman said he should like a resolution passed that this (hurch be first restored, and tl at the 1 they eo build a new c1- urch -3lr George Moriice cbje:tcd to any such resolution be .Dg put on the vestry book. This vestry was not called to consider the renovation of this church, or the b-iildiii. of a new one and he could not agree that any such resolution »kr>uM b« entered m the vestry book.-The Chairman She Si nofc consider they were now meeting as a vestry, but as fripnHa .of the church-Mr G. Mornce: Well, I st"ll ob ect S any resolution Demg entered in the book.-The Chairman^ ery well, then I shall ask the vestry clerk to ci'l a meeting on Friday, the 18th April, for the purpose electing churchwardens, and transacting other business — eleven o'Sofk^ dj°Umed Until the 18th April/at eleven a.m. AN0,0" 0F °BTA,MNG °AT3 BY FALSE PRETENCES Ann Hamer, a single woman, re?idin°- at MaesnewvW rrevilan was brought up on Thursday, April 10th and taken before Thomas Jones, Esq. (Mayori and jl niw)e?vof Dah9-rfv W'th hafvin&obtainedasackof oats,the false VretenSs-M^A °f^Io5iacht^raig. by means of raise preiences. Mary Ann Evans, the wife of the prose. cutor, said that on Monday, March 31st, she took si/sacks of oats, each sack containing five bushels tr, ti, sacKS ket, in Market-street, for sfle Each sack Z'lT-' either red or blue paint with the letters D F i t-v,n word Monachtyo-r.iirr » Knew f),; D' E'' and ,the on that day. She° asked the price of th^f' toid 3s a bushel, said she could get oats cheaper than t ? itnes3 lefo the hall at four o'clock, and placed the six sacks under the care of John E the j^e-l the Did not authorize him to sell any 0f the corn. \ViK afterwards sold one of the sacks at 3* a bu-hel — T .hr, Evan,, the hall k„per, said he wa, Ve.ponS to th" company for all corn placed in his charge. The last witne4 placed six sacks of oats under his caie on Monday, March 31st. Was particular as to all corn he had charge of, be- cause it had been stated that corn had been taken away improperly. Between five and six o'clock in the afternoon of the 31st March the prisoner entered the hail and went straight to the sacks containing the corn from Momchty- graig. The prisoner laid hold of one of the sacks, and witness asked her what she was doing. Prisoner replied that she had come for a sack of oats. Asked her from whom she had purchased them ? She replied « FromX Hn'Voarf h Hwho th« ™ner was, and she replied iev o^^ h;,OWner; if the>- aVe my oats'they are she a^ainl? P"3°ner the marks or- the sacks, and !!l ;fi she Purchased a sack from the wife. Wit- neas asked whose wife? and she replied, "It does not mat S, war6 PoL\;™ S" '«* tile » £ rf oats away. On Monday, April 7th, witness again saw the prisoner n the ma,rket, and asked her why she told an un- truth on the previous Monday respecting the corn and she said she did not tell an untruth, and repeated purcha3ed k she took • told w.tne«, she purchased the sack from a woman from enrhyncoch, and did not know her nanie.-Williana Jones, in service with the prosecutor, said that on the S^i April' he was sent to the prisoner's house, and asked h«r if she meant to pay for the sack of oats. Prisoner said she had been speaking to his mistress about some oats, but she did not take them she purchased some of a woman fr„m Penrhyncoch. Prisoner also told witness she had taken thf» co.f11 l°w butchers' Arms, Abervstwyth, and that th« wife of Morgan Evans, of Chance,y", assisted her to empty sack.-P C. David Thomas said he apprehended the pri- soner. She said, You are come for me I shall come with you quietly, but I didn't steal the sack." Cautioner! the prisoner, and told her the charge. She then said that if the hall keeper had said a word about Monachtygraig, she would not have taken the sack away.-The Magistrates Sessions prisoner for trial at the ensuing Quarter BURIAL BOAIID.-The Aberystwyth Burial Board met on Thursday evening, April 11th Present Captain C Bassett Lewis (Chairman), Mr J. W. Szlumper, Mr Peter Jones, Mr L. O. Davies, and the Rev. E. Owen Phillips (Vicar). Mr A. J. Hughes, Clerk.-The Clerk read a letter from Mr G. T. Smith stating that he valued a piece of land adjoining the cemetery, with a frontage of forty feet, and a depth of eighty feet, at JE140. It appeared, however, that in January last Mr Smith valued a piece of land of the same dimensions at 910), and he was then asked to value a piece of ground containing an additional forty feet. It was therefore suggested that the -01,10 was the valuation of the enlarged piece of land. The Clerk was instructed to communicate with Mr Smith on this point.-The Board then proceeded to consider the amount of money they should borrow for building the lodge, the cost of the land, architect's charges, and legal expenses — Ihe Chairman said the prrcnnd would cost £ 140 tho n™. tract for the lodge was £295, architect's commission would amount to £ 20 legal expenses, £ 30, and cost of buildin-a wall, £ 50, total, £ o35.—Mr Szlumper said he thought the Board ought to have £ 600, and he proposed that th» permissmu of the Secretary of State to borrow £ 600 from the Public Works Loan Commissioners should be sought Mr L. °- Davies seconded the proposition, and it was carried unanimously.—Mr Samuel (rate collector) attended the Board, and was questioned as to why the last preceDt from the Board had not been obeyed ? It appeared that een Elected and applied for other pur- poses, and Mr Samuel promised to collect sufficient to meet the order by tho end of May.-The Clerk submitted a draft of the new rules for the government of the cemetery, and Mr L. O. Davies proposed that they should be laid before a committee previous to being finally adopted by the Baard, the committee to consist of the Chairman, the loar Mr Szlumper, and Mr L. O. Davies.—Mr P Jones seconded the motion—Mr Szlumper suggested that The aratt rules should be sent to each member, who should be invited to make written comments on them, and when the rules had been the round of the Board, a special meeting- should be called to adopt them.—The Chairman thought the idea a good one, and on Mr Davies withdrawing "his motion Mr Szlumper's suggestion was agreed to.-The Chairman said that as soon as the rules had been approved by the Secretary of State they would have to be printed on a board and affixed in the cemetery.—The Clerk's accounts were passed, and the Board signed a cheque for £ 1L 4s. 9d., money advanced by the Clerk. A few b'Hs were examined and passed, and the Board separated. RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY, MONDAY," APRIL T I^~ii>re,senfc: Major Lloyd Phillips (chairman), Mr L. P. Pug-h, Mr H. C. Fryer, and Mr Atwood. Mr Hugh Hughes, clerk. THE INSPECTOR. Aldfirson, the insp«ctor, was in attendance, and handed in the house-to-house inspection books, together with the following documenta Qer "Aberystwyth Rural Sanitary Authority. To William Alderson, surveyor, 1873, April 3rd. To balance of contract foT making an inspection and presenting fortnightly reports on the sani- tary state of the rural district of the Union 37 16 0 Additional time employed centering the in- spection in a detailed form, from the 25th of March, when the books were delivered to me to this day, namely, twenty-one days "An additional journey and expense to and from Nottingham aad Aberystwyth N.B.-I shallbi glad to have the remuneration, &c., for IrJtn ,addltl0nal Td exPtn3e mutually arranged, or will make a reasonable charge if the committee prefer mv doing so. I observe the Urban Sanitary Authority for Aberystwyth have dealt pretty liberally with their officer for Bimilar services rendered necessary by precisely the same circumstances." J ° idenU F!RYEE doubted whether the circumstances were Mr PUGH-We are not called upon to express an opinion upon the point. tai™lYERvaLd that Mr Aldereon agreed to do cer- books WaS DOt C0*Pleted till he finished the Mr ATWOOD concurred with Mr Fryer. Mr ALDERSON was called into the room, and, in r^nW fa questions said that one of the books sent him was suffiXnt- for the entries. The book was filled up entirely from bin reports, and was a complete statement of the condifinn nf Alderson pointed out that when he was engaged nothing Z J £ t»rZj ?ViaS t0 UP the books, and he thought "° nme'hm? extra. If he had had the l^0,. i <?ould have filled them up each night after hp waa fur6 I18 y'8 WOrk' but 39 he Jiad not the books M A i "ed to sPend his evenings in the public-house Mr Alderson was then told to retire, and, after aereat deal of conversation, it was decided that a? the books wpro nr>t applied whilst'Mr Alderson was in th {fuir t0f nm Pin51 ° extra. It was proposed that the extra sum of £ 10 be paid him. An order for £ 10 was made, and a cheque was signed for £ 27 16s for MV xssjsft-s, btir is I hi, detailed report, which will be Mt to tffCK* TOWN COUNCIL Tr-^r, A Thomas Jones Esn APRIL ly™.—Present Councillors PM' Alderman John Davies; J 1? RJ {""P Williams, Peter Jones, David Robert" J"h» Davies (haK asttr;, John Watkins, and Edward Ellis Mr W H Tre™To,7 PlerTk;4M' Hurt £ ghe,, B»„„fh MrD « •' Atwo°d. Corporation Solicitor; -1 David Lloyd, Assistant Clerk. THE CORPORATION AND THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY Ihe minutes of the last meeting havinir been read and confirmed, the following letter received by the Mayor from the Lords of the Treasury was read • Treasury Chamber Jth April, 1873. -Sir,-The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have had before them » letter from the solicitor to the Corporation of Aber- y t^nt 'J f, °d \he 2iJth nltimo' containing further expll- narions with reference to the liabilities which the Town Pm"e' requested the consent of this Board to defray i/,uuu My Lords have also again taken into their con- Arril 18"9 memorial from the Town Council of 18th bv +L Pray,n? f«r their approval of the conveyance by the memorialists to Sir Pryse Pryse, Bart., and hia trustees of certain land in the Queen's-road, Aberystwyth, in exchange for portions of the bed of a mill leet, belong- ing to Sir Pryse Pryse. I am directed by my lords to signify to you their approval of the conveyance tfvSir Pryse Pryse, Bart., and his trustees, accordingly op"i e pieces of land numbered 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and coVlred green in the plan A annexed to the above-mentioned memo- rial, m exchange for the piece3 numbered 1 2 l l*. ,n,i 4, and coloured pink in plan B., but thpv ,w'rf • that the sam of fe. M. to bo paid p^se Pry °e by way of_ equality of exchange, should be defrayed out of moneys raised by the Town Council as Local Board. The formal sanction of this Board will be obtained by making two of my Lords parties to the conveyance, a draft of which should be sent to the solicito to the Department for perusal. My lords understand from Mr Atwood s letter that the Town Council is prepared at once to invest in Government securities in accordance with the provisions of the Act 23 Vie, c. 16, such a sum, inclusive of interest, as would have accrued on account of a linking fund for the redemption wi bin thirty years of the mortgage of £ 1,500 effected in March 1869 for defraying the cost of certain slaughter-houses harUroh a sinking fund been established at the date of the mort-