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.I CARNARVONSHIRE ELECTION.'
CARNARVONSHIRE ELECTION. The spectacle of Nonconformist renegades appear- ing on public "platforms was so ominous, that we heard without surprise of the great'victory which Mr PENNANT has achieved in Carnarvonshire. He has beaten Mr JONES-PARRY by hundreds. We do not know that there is much to be said about the matter The Carnarvonshire Dissenters have disgraced them- selves that is all. In ISGS, fired by a sudden access of enthusiasm, they determined to be really and faithfully represented in Parliament. In IS74 the wave has rolled back again; in the absence of
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OUR CABINET FURNITURE BEING ORIGINAL IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURED ON OUR OWN PREMISES ENABLES US TO OFFER IT AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Plans and measurements taken, special designs prepared, and estimates submitted free of charge. BUSINESS ADDRESSES. Aberystwyth, Machynlleth,and Dolgelley. B O ol S B O 0 T S! BOOTS! D I GUTTA Pereha Boots and Shoes have now stood the test of a quarter of a century's trial, and are generally admitted to be unrivalled for Durability and Cheapness. The number Bold in this District has increased more than fourfold during the past five years. In order to moot thegreat demand for repairs, Agents have been appointed to bring Boots to Aberystwyth 0 n for mending from the following places, which are unconnected with the town by rail, Free of Charge. GOGINAN and PONTERWYD. Mr REES and Mrs MASON, Carriers. TALIESIX and TALYBONT Mrs JENKINS, Carrier. CWMYSTWYTII Mr CHARLES BURRELL, Post-office. » Attention is requested to the following Prices:— GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS from Ss. per Pair. LADIES' BOOTS from 53. 6d. BOYS' and GIRLS' BOOTS from 23. (id. FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL [GUARANTEED. LEATHER BOOTS IN ENDLESS VARIETY, OF THE BEST MAKES, AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. NOTE THE ADDRESSES.— 16, Great Darkgate St., Aberystwyth MAENGWYN ST., MACHYNLLETH VICTORIA BUILDINGS, DOLGELLEY. NEW ELASTICS PUT IN OLD BOOTS: Ladies' la. per set; Gentlemen's Is. Gd. per set. TERMS— CASET. —^ -¡.- õI: WANTED, TO LET. &c. .r- ,r, /r-r, The charge for the insertion of prepaid advertisements referring to Situations Wanted, PERSONS Wanted, is sixpence for three lines (seven words each) three times, One Shilling. j Hursts Wanted, 1 Miscellaneous Wants, j Apaktments Wanted, Articles Lost and Found, ) three lines for One Shilling prepaid; three times, Two Shill ings. These charges apply only to prepaid advertisements. Pay- ment may be w,-de iu postage stamps. *1*1$o Credit Advertisement is charged less than Is. 6d TO JOURNEYMEN PRINTERS. WANTED immediately, in a Welsh Country Office, a SENIOR HAND used to Press and Case.—Permanent Situation .—Apply to "Baner y Groes" office, Tremad c, North Wales. PPRENTICE.—Mr W. G. Yaughan, Chemist, Aberystwyth, is in want of a respectable and well- educated Youth as an APPRENTICE.—Address W. G. Val-ghan, Chemist, 51, Xorth Parade, Aberystwyth. MINFFOKDD INN, NEAR TALYLLYN, MERIONETH. TO BE L £ T, and nvw be entered upon immediately. The above Inn is situated at the foot of Cader Idris, half a-mile from the T;ilyllynLike,celebiated for its trout fishing, aud one mile from the Merionethshire Slate Th!roust h old Furniture, Stock, &c., to be taken at a valuation.-Apply to Mr It. PUGH, Minffordd Inn, Talyllyn. Merioneth. ja23tfl3 "POPLAR COTTAGE, PENLLWYN. rrWT" -.hove HOUSE, situated in the Valley of T fo»; tuito fr,m AW-t-yth, TO BE LET. The House consists of two parlours, two kitchens, four kedrooms, with good front and kitchen Gardens &C. Apply to MRS Jones, Poplar Cottage, Penllyn, Aber- V. twyth. AB ER Y ST W YT H. A RARE CHANCE. TO BE LET, witli immediate possession, the full- Iir-en-s-'d ol'l-tstablished INN, known as the Prince with Extensive Yard'and Stabling, situate in the of »he town. The present proprietor can give satis- « f {'•><• leaving. St->ck andJFixturesto be taken EfSS Donald McDonald, Proprie- f6to r. — —— LICENSED COW PREMISES. WITT. hold from 40 to 50 Cf>WS. Good. House on Lease, another premises, will hoW fr°m .-0 Cows for Indoor Trade.—Apply to G. OAL\ ERT, » Gray's Inn-road, Lyndon. LLANGEITHO. TO BE LET, an excellent SHOP for Grocery aad Drapery Business. Counter and Fixtures. bfocK- in-Tratie ve: v low. Rent moderate.—Apply to Mr Timothy, XilangtHho, TI.S.O fl320 MB11IONETHSHIRE COAST. RESIDENCES, HOUSES, &c., to LET, at Aber- dovs-y, Tiwyn, and the hbourhmoql. -Apply to ]V?r DANIEL. Ag:,t and Auctioneer, Towyn. fl3bauT FINE OPPORTUNITY For MAKING A IOKTWNE. TO BE SOLD, Part or Entire (former preferred), of a COLLIERA ROYALTY of about 170 acres in TCr-i?i The pit is sunk forty yards deep ti the seam, fr'^lnin" the l>*st description of cr>r.nel. Time m« six •tfaer "nod LO'.l, ftbe first be in'; king cool only four yards tein t; bo btn nth/lv.sseam Its situation being <rori P.ail'vrtv Station, and also aduytud for land U.-y.-d-miit ,1U1* j-oiuls tho working expanses, royalty, sal?, cln,e to e- |j t-or a probable got ia a f«w weeks 40U ai« rest a')rt nil fit, rendertke pr«sc*t trader- tonsdarty at an almost tabu a;?)iuli3t3> cQal tekinR one vortbj ot .w r-jllierv proprietors.—Address, S Ftn^ick-strect. Liverpool. "*r 'T_T CA^IHltTAN RAILWAYS CGMPANY. L^ROTICE I« hereby eivea that the TWENTIETH JT( HAT.F YEARLY OKDINARY 3 £ £ *TKSG- of THI- Pro) RKT-NI OF tLe Caml RIAN RAILWAYS Company will be A; {he Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe, on Friday, the tn J-.V of JVBRA I*Y, ir.stsnt. R.T Two o'clock in the afternoon, 1-0- the JR.IB FACTION of tae ^TNARAL BUSINESS of the CSMPAV* The Transfer iJooks WILL be closed from the LGVH to the I 27VH ii IT both days >ncla»ive. I Hate- this 4th ■'f Fv-nra-»ry. 1S74. VASE-LONDONDERRY, Chairman. S. 1. FOLf-EN, Dsputy Chair»an. (iKO. LEWiy, Secretary. ) UompJitv'j! Offices, Oswestry. J BUSINESS ADDRESSES j TREMADOC. j ESTABLISHED 1839. ) THE CELEBRATED CAMBRIAN SIEDICINE. —— 1 JONES'S (TREMADOC) APERIENT II AND ANTIBILIOUS PILLS. A PRACTICAL trial for HALF A CENTURY' with the more general test of THIRTY-FIVE YEARS by the afflicted public, has now established the reputation of these PILLS. Containing no Mercury, but composed of the most rare and expensive Vegetable preparations of the British Pharmacopoeia, combined with a valuable SNOWDONIAN HERB, Forming a Mild, Laxative, Tonic Remedy, admitted by those who have tried them to he superior to all other similar preparations, as a Preventive and Cure for all Dis- orders resulting from a disordered state of the STOMACH xst) LIVER AND IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD, kc. Sold by all the Wholesal2 Houses, and at the CAMBRIAN PILL DEPOT, qs ¡ TREMADOC, NORTH WALES. I Retailed by nil respectable Medicine Vendors in every Town m tbe United Kingdom, in Boxes at Is. lid. 2s 6d and 4s. Gd. eacb. 2 Great saving in procuring either of the large boxes. ifST Should any one fail to obtain the Pills in his own neighbourhoodlifl4 postage Stamps forthels. l £ d. box, 33for s. 51, or 60 for the Is. 6d., be posted to the Cambrian Pill Dep6t, Tremadoc, North Wales, the Pills will be sent by return of post, free. KAYE'S W ORSDELL'S PILLS. I' Why use KAYE'S WORSDELL'S PILLS? 1. Because they are the best Family Medicine. j 2. Because they are safe and certain in action for both sexes. 1 3, Because they are the cheapest and most effective medicine yet invented. 4. Because they are equally efficacious in curing and preventing disease. Sold by all Chemists and other Dealers in Patent Medi- cines at Is. lsd., 2". 9J., and 4s. 6d. per box. WHGLBBALE DEPOT 22, BREAD-STREET, LONDON, E.C. f 11 to INSURANCE. I PROTECTOR ENDOWMENT LOAN AND I ANNUITY COMPANY. THE Directors of the PROTECTOR ENDOW- MENT LOAN AND ANNUITY COMPANY have pleasure in announcing that they have opened a BRANCH OFFICE FOR ) OSWESTRY AND DISTRICT, Where LOANS on Personal Security Endowments and Annuities may be effected upon advantageous terms on application to MR EDWD. EYANS, District Manager. Branch Office ALBION CHAMBERS, OSWESTRY. Head Offices: 34, KING STREET, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. ALEX. McMORRAN, SEC. PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF CHIRK CASTLE. LARGE VIEWS.—Mounted Size 22 + 17,5s. each I Carte-de-Vifite Gd. each. By Post, 7d.. ASKEW ROBERTS, WOOJMIX, AND YENABLES VAILEY HEAD, OSWESTllY. PUBLIC NOTICES. ABERA YRON. — FOREST TPEER, &c., FOR SALE. CONSISTING of 50,000 Larch, 20,000 Scotch, o,000 Spruce, 5,000 Silver, 70,000 Thorns. These trees are from eighteen inches to thr< e feet in height, aDd were all grown within five hundred yards of the sea. Every other description of Nursery Stock kept on hand. Price Lists on application to B. GOLD, Aberayron Nursery, Aberayron. I CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS. TO BE SOLD BY TENDER, the several Stacks of weh-harvested HAY, stacked near to the under- mentioned Stations on the above Railways, and con. taining the respective quantities, more or less, following, viz, Quantity „ Growth more or of less 1 Stack'near to Whitchurch Station 1873 7 tons. 2 „ Fenn'sBank „ 5 3 Welshampton 4 „ Oswestry „ 1871 10 „ 1872 15 „ ö „ Llanfyllin „ 1873 5 I 7 „ Webhpool „ 1872 14 „ 8 „ ^rden, „ 1873 6 „ 9 Abermule « 10 Newtown 3 11 scafeii 1S72 2s 12 „ Caersws „ 1S73 10 „ 13 Glandovey 1S72 9 14" » ,,1873 10 t? » Inyslaa „ 1871 18 „ » » » 1872 27 „ 10 r> ?' 1^ •" I6 >> Borth (j 1^ J» Llantihangel q 20 „ Aberystwyth „ 1871 9 „ 1872 17 „ 9'i m >» I3"3 — 11 „ £ » Tovyn „ 1871 12 „ H » » „ 1872 25 „ ti •, 18/3 11 97 Llwyngwnl „ 1372 14 „ » Barmouth Jnc. 1871 12 or, l^"3 ••• I3 "> 30 I! Pens'am l* I » ^1 ). Harlech „ 1871 13 32" „ 1872 25 Conditions of Sale and Forms of Tender may be ob- tained from the undersigned on and after 31 st inst. By Order, GEO. LEWIS, Secretary. Company's Office, Oswestry, 28th January, 1874. f411 a *»lll III EDUCATION. THE ACADEMY, TOWYN, NORTH WALES. RESIDENT MASTERS: English, &c.—Mr EDWIN JOVES. Classics, &c.-Tlla Rev. 0. JONES, B.A. Mathematics, &c.-N,lr P. H. CORCORAN. Modern Languages, Music, Drawing.—Herr G. SCHACS. A few Vacancies for Boarders. PUPILS tire carefully prepared for Professional and Commercial Pursuits, for Matriculation and other Examinations.—For Prospectus, &c.. apply to Mr EVWIN JONES, The Academy, Towyn, North Wales. DUTIES RESUMED ON JANUARY 28TH. SCHOOL FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN. IRWELL HOUSE, NORTH PARADE ABERYSTWYTH. THE REV. LLEWELYN EDWARDS, B.A-, of Lincoln College, Oxford, and Graduate in Honour*, is prepared to RECEIVE a Limited Number of Young Gentlemen, to whose Education and Religious Training he will devote all his time and energies. Mr Edwards desires especially to prepare his Pupils for entering the Universi- r^iL™ f w1S.chola/slliP Examination at the University C liege of Wales, for the Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations, for the Metrical and Law Preliminary Ex- aminations, and for Commercial Pursuits, as well as to un- dertake the Charge of younger Pupils, with a view to giving them a thorough English Education <> Mr EDWARDS will also be happy to Read with Students preparing for the Honours Examination at the University College of Wales, or for their degree at any of the Univer- sities. Terms and References on application. THE GALOP SCHOOL, OSWESTRY HEAD MASTER—MR J. EVANS, M.A. (and Straton Gold Medalist). SECOND MASTER Mr T. GUNN (of the University of Edinburgh). January, 1872.—At the Civil Service Open Competitive Examination for Appointments at the India House in which, out of 132 candidates, 32 were successful, E. Owen came in eleventh. April 30th, 1872.-J. L. Richards obtained a First-class Certificate for Mathematics at the Government Exa mi nation in Science and Art." Oct. 12, 1872,-Owen Griffith passed the Medical Prelimi- nary Exaination of the Andersonian University, Glasgow. In all Thirty-five of Mr Evans' Pupils have gained similar honoars. School RE-OPENED January 27th, 1874. EMIGRATION TO ADELAIDE, SOUTH usi AUSTRALIA. ASSISTED PASSAGES. The Government of South Australia grant Passages to the following persons:— 1. Artisans, Agricultural and other Labourers, Miners and Gardeners, under 50 years of age. 2. Single Female Domestic Servants, or Widows (without Children under 12) not exceeding 40 years of age. Subject to the payments as under For Males or Females under 12 years of ago, £ 3 eaoh over 12 and under 40, £ 4 each over 40 and under 50, £ 8 each. Persons paying their own Passage receive a Lard Warrant of the value of 220. Handbook descriptive of the Colony, gratis on application. For further information apply to THE EMIGRATION AGENT FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 38, Great George-street, Westminster, London. [jlGtalO PUBLISHING OFFICE IT ABERYSTWYTH, Our renders o.ro requested to observe that the { !»)}»ia News (fIlii A^prysticyrh ic: now published at I The Office, 3, QUEEN'S-ROAD, Aberystwyth, By J. GIBSON. Mr MORGAN, of 30, Pier-street, continues to sell the paper; also Mr G. EDWARDS, Great Darkgate-street; Mr WILLIAMS, Printer; and Messrs. SMITH & SON, Railway Station. The paper is also published at BALA, by JACOB JONES, High-street, AND PORTMADOC, bv DAVID LLOYD. THE CAMBRIAN NEWS May now be had in Liverpool of Mr T. LLOYD, Tithe- barn-street. 'ifft..&:8'"
"-" LIBEHAL DEFEAT IN CARDIGANSHIRE.
LIBEHAL DEFEAT IN CARDIGANSHIRE. We by no means intend to try to persuade our readers that the defeat of Mr E. M. RICHARDS, the excellent Liberal member who so ably repre- sented the county during the last Parliament, is of small consequence. The majority of 215 by which Mr LLOYD has been returned is signifi- cantly large, and we by no means desire to ex- plain it away. If Mr RICHARDS had been re- turned, as we think he ought to have been, by a majority like this, we should not have hesitated to have appealed to it as a proof of the growing popularity of Liberal principles in tho county, and therefore we must in common honesty accept the verdict of the electors and conclude that they are in favour of ground game which destroys their crops of insecure tenures which kill enter- prise of increased taxation which reduces their comforts; of aristocratic landlordism, from which their fathers fought so long and so bravely to 0 0 free themselves. A majority of the electors of Cardiganshire have declared by their votes that they are opposed to Liberalism and are in favour of Conservatism, and we are prepared to accept the declaration, but when they find their masters are drawing the bonds tighter, let there be no complaining, for this is a williag bond- age, this is a direct handing over of your privileges 10 0 to thosi who for ages kept the iron heel upon 0 your necks, and who will again make you feel the fetters you have so willingly placed upon yourselves. We say most distinctly that there can be no doubt as to the voice of the electors, on this occasion. Mr E. M. RICHARDS expressly declared himself in favour of religious Liberty, the amendment of the Education Act, the im- provement of the Land Laws, the amendment of the game laws, the relief of local taxation, the extension of the suffrage in counties, the repeal of the taxes on farmers' dogs, horses and traps, and of reduced national expenditure. MR LLOYD is opposed to these changes and the electors by a most decisive majority say that they are against them too, so that Mr LLOYD will be perfectly justified in opposing as far as possible every measure of reform that may be brought into the House of Commons as long as he retains a seat there. We deeply regret Mr LLOYD'S success, but we trust we shall not forget that he is a gentle- man, and we hope all our readers will take warning from a certain daily Conservative journal and avoid the low, vulgar language which disfigures its col- umns. We know but little of Mr LLOYD, but we are well acquainted with the political principles of the party with which he will be numbered, and we shall do our utmost by recommending organi- zation and by showing how Mr LLOYD votes in the House of Commons, to win the seat back on the earliest possible occasion, but we trust we shall never give him the opportunity of thinking that he has been other then fairly dealt with. At present he un- doubtedly represents feelings £ a majority of the electors, but we expect they will not be long in coming to the conclusion that they have made a great mistake, and at the next election will doubtless return to the support of him who never neglected to record his vote in favour of those Liberal principles which he professed when he first became a candidate, and which he was still prepared to support if the constituency had not for a time become Conservative.
THE CULTIVATION uF TURNIPS.
THE CULTIVATION uF TURNIPS. Turnips are so indispensable to breeders of stock that it is quite unnecessary to do more than point out the fact that the cultivation of this crop is almost altogether neglected in Cardiganshire, in order to enable our readers to form a pretty cor- rect idea of the great difficulties with which breeders in that county have to contend. As far as North Cardiganshire is concerned, the syste- matic turnip growers may be counted on the fingers on one hand, namely, the Earl of LISBURNE, Mr F. R. ROBERTS, Penywern, Mr L. PUGH PUGH: of Abermade, Mr J. PELL, of Cwmystwyth, and Mr TODD, of Aberbrunen. There may, perhaps, be as many more in the southern part of the county, but it is obvious, even after making much larger allowance, that in a county justly celebrated as containing some of the best turnip land in the United Kingdom, the cultivation of turnips and other green crops is grievously neglected, and consequently the whole community suffers. Ex- clusive of sheep farms and those extensive tracts of waste lands which in England or Scotland would be made remunerative, there are many thousands of acres admirably adapted for the cul- tivation of root crops, and there are also lands now lying waste, which by good farming would grow turnips as excellent as any that are grown in other parts of the kingdom. By a system of rotation in cropping an immense breadth of coun- try could be brought under turnips every four years, so that breeders of stock would then no longer be compelled to struggle under difficulties p 00 which now cripple their efforts, and place them at a great disadvantage in the market. Of course, improvements in the cultivation of land as well as in other respects are hindered by that want of security which tenant farmers feel under a yearly tenancy, bat notwithstanding every allowance which must be made in conse- quence of the absence of leases and the presence of poverty, there can be no doubt that indolence and a too strict adherence to antiquated ways of working are responsible for a large number of the slovenly farms which disfigure the landscape in Cardiganshire. It dees not require the eye of a scientific agriculturist to detect the difference be- tween the Home Farm at Crosswooi, or the farm at Penywern, and others ^possessing the same natural advantages in the imeaeelkte neighbour- hood. There is sufficient good farming in the district to show clearly what can be done when capital is not diverted into othar channels by in- security of tenure, and if it were not for the instances we have mentioned, and a few others scattered sparsely up and down the country, we should be told that improvement was an impossi- bility. The climate of Cardiganshire is well siiited for the growth of green crops generally, and, as we have before stated, thesoais peculiarly idapted for turnips, so that it is more than asaally unfortunate that breeders sfetmW bp com- pelled to hawk their stock at certain periods of -he year all through England wherever they can ind a market to disposs of it, just because they ire not able to feed it at home. Every autumn toek: reared among the hiiio of Cardigdnsairo and -n-r parts of the Principality is sold in Kont, Surrey and Essex, and Barnet fair, in Hertfordshire, is a noted place far th'.se animals, which would have been fattened at home if the food had been as obtainable as it ii in England and Scotland. The farmers in the lowlands of Scotland grow turnips which are taken at so much per acre by the breeders on the hills, and the animals are sent to the markets ready for the butcher, and thus not only are high prices obtained, but the purchase of fat stock in spring is avoided. It is obvious that the system of selling lean cattle in autumn and purchasing fat cattle in spring must result in loss both to the farmer, the breeder, and the consumer, and we trust that ere long an effort will be made to bring about a better system, and one that will result in profit to the agriculturist, who, if unable to pro- vide stock to consume his green crops would have no difficulty in finding breeders willing to send down their lean cattle to be finished off' for the market. This is only one among that large class of questions which would probably be solved by XT °^aa^on an Agricultural Society for North Cardiganshire. We do not profess to have exhausted, this subject, but we trust we have said sufficient to show that the farmers of Car- diganshire are losing money by want of enter- prise, and also to show that what has been done by the few gentlemen whose names have been mentioned may be done equally well by many others who are greatly interested in making the most of their holdings. We know that there is an improved state of things now, compared with what prevailed some years ago, but there is no y 0 reason why in Cardiganshire progress in agri- culture should not be as rapid as elsewhere, and it is to be hoped that immediate steps will be taken for spreading information among farmers, and bringing together those whose interests in the production of food are identical.
. WOMEN AND THE UNIVERSITY…
WOMEN AND THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES. Whatever difference of opinion there may be as to the advisability of giving women votes for members of Parliament, there can be none as to the wisdom of placing a better education within their reach. It is, we think, almost universally admitted that to neglect the education of women is a grievous mistake which results in evils so great and numerous that it is almost impossible to measure them, and gradually in this and other countries the old and pernicious system of making y Z, women inferior to men by grossly neglecting their culture is passing away. The Universities are opening their doors to women, and as was stated at Aberystwyth last week by Miss BEEDY, women have fully proved their ability to fulfil the requirements of the institutions to which they have been admitted, and have come out of the examinations very creditably. More than once at public meetings held at Aberystwyth it has been intimated that the authorities of the Univer- sity College of Wales are not averse to throwing open the advantages of that great national insti- tution to the women of the Principality. The years of waiting are over as regards the Welsh University, and already more than sixty students are receiving an education which until recently was utterly beyond the reach of all Welshmen who were not able to go to places like Oxford or Cambridge., Dublin or Glasgow. Every day t) y proves that Wales is more fully realizing the importance of the great work which has struggled to success through many difficulties and much unbelief, and all that is now wanted is that women,to quote the words of Professor GRIMLEY, at one of the meetings to which we have referred, should knock at the doors of the College and demand admittance. We have good reasons for thinking that the appeal would be favourably responded to, and that all the privileges ef the institution would be placed at their disposal on the same terms as they are offered to men. Separate classes would be formed if necessary, and if the ladies of Wales were so disposed they could establish scholarships and exhibitions for women quite as easily as this has been done for men by the quarrymen of Festiniog and the Commercial Travellers of both North and South. Let women apply for admission, and we believe they will not only be received without hesitation, but will be gladly welcomed. It may be said by some that it is no use giving a university ducation C) y to women, because there are so few ways. in which they can profitably apply their knowledge. The answer to this objection is that the best means of opening up new sources of profitable employment to women is to fit them by education and train- ing for the employment they seek, and as it is quite evident that whatever facilities arc offered in the way of work they will be useless unless special training has been attended to: Indeed there can be no doubt that the first step towards improving the position of that large section of wo- men in the middle classes, who, in some respects, are worse off than the very poor, is to give them a higher class education-just such an education as can be obtained at the University College of Wales, and then they will be well prepared to enter upon the next stage of the battle for recog- nition in the offices and workshops of the coun- try. It is not possible at present for women to prove that they are equally competent with men to act as surgeons, barristers, &c., but it is pos- sible for them to show, that as regards the educa- tion deemed necessary for certain professions, women are by no means inferior to men. We firmly believe as soon as it becomes generally known in England that a university education is offered in Wales to women, applications for ad- mission will be received from every part of ths United Kingdom. One thing is clear, that until the authorities of the University College of Wales have been tested as to whether women may be admitted to the classes, nothing more can be said in Wales about the desirability of affording increased facilities to women for obtaining a higher sducation. °
IA N 0 1 S E-T I N G AT PORTMADOC
A N 0 1 S E-T I N G AT PORTMADOC It will be seen that the Conservative meeting at Portmadoc, which we report in another column, was uproarious. The addresses of the Hon. T, J. WYNN (the chairman) and the Hon. G. S. DOUGLAS PENNANT were frequently interrupted, and some of the intending speakers were not permitted to address the meeting at all- It is greatly to be regretted that the audience did not give a fair hearing to every speaker but in times of excitement it is difficult for people to act rationally, and something may be said in pallia- tion of the conduct of the people of Portmadoc. They were burning with a sense of indignation at the treatment which their favourite candidate, Mr JONES-PARRY, received whan he attempted to hold a public meeting at Bangor; and thep resence on the platform of Mr HUGH HUMPHREYS, a gentleman who seems always to take the precau- tion of dipping his tongue in the gall of bitter- ness, was another cause of irritation. The chairman's remarks were also calculated to raise a storm of indignation in a community which consists almost entirely of the supporters of Mr JONES-PARRY. The sum and substance of his speech was that pertain placards had been issued by Mr JONES-PARRY'S committee, stating that Lord. NEWBORO^GH, Mr WYNNE FINCH, and other landlords gave permission to their tenants to vote as they pleased that these were a dis- reputable dodge" to unduly influenca the tenants 0 y of those gentlemen to vote for Mr JONES-PARRY mid tteMW electors had i-, ter take the grata OU3 0! MrW„, to sci, f„r their re»pres -Ita. ti\e a candidate labeled gentleman" b" m • and the ouvious inference hatonlyone 1I the Candida-es was a gent" m, and that h, of course, was the Conserv ive. Now, wh!: > no condemnation is too strong for a refusal to L 3ten to argument, it is a very a fferent thing wl; in a speaker descends to personalities. Person^' de- traction is not inappropriately met by a refusal to is nTt diffl Tf\0ther m^\bUc 0r in Private> a ad it dlfficult to see which icted the more gf.atle- v- rnanly p„t thlg occagi-on__the audience or m 1 a the supposition that no external in- fTtwTn f0U§ht t0 bear °n the teDaU!S t0 Lad them to vote ou any oarticular side, .here ;>a:; n-UJ w foVhu issue ofsaeh a placard. Lut will Mr undertake to say there w,s no sach influence at work ? Will he andortaketo say that the agents of nme of these laud ords were going about the cou. cry informing soae of the tenants-at-will that they would please their landlords by voting for Mr PENNANT ? What would Mr WYNN say if on the eve of the election these partisans called on some of these tenants, and ad- vised them to stop at home on the electioi day, as they were suspected of Having a 1c miner towards Mr JONES-PARPY, lest they s ,oull incur the displeasure of their landlord ? Was Mr WYNN aware, that the very party vhose cause he was pleading, were trying to impress upon the public that Lor I NEWBOROUGH ould PLTr%plZSed if his tsuants Mr thit biVT nv^i vf-e ale not suPP°siQg for a moment that Lis Loidship had anjthiug to do with thesa proceedings, but was not tUa Chairman himself using his influence, we do not say improperly, as the future heir of the Glynllifon Estate, by the course he was taking at this meeting ? And re- 0 0 membering the past history of Wales when thp heirs to great estates appear on political platforms,—. rn^ei°n,0t dispute thoir riskt to tak 3 that JIT ltn°tnecessaO' to let the tenants know tbey may vote as they plea,e ? Mr Wvvv m his virtuous indignation fogot that all Welsh Landlords have not always imitated the impartality of which he is proud in his own father and that the terrorism of generations is not obliterated in a few years. If the issue of the placards by the Liberal committee inculpated Alr JONES-PARRY andjrendered him unfit to represent a respectable constituency in Parliament, the issue of a similar placard by the Conservative committee equally inculpated Mr PENNANT and rendered him unfit to represent Carnarvonshire. Hence it follows that both the Liberal and Conservative candidates are unfit to represent such an exemplary constituency as Carnarvonshire in Parliament! People who live in glass houses should be careful not to throw stones. No fault can be found with the electors of Portmadoc for telling the Chairman to put back into his pocket the gratuitous advice he offered to them. We congratulate the Hon. Mr WYNN upon the fact that he has made some advances towards Radicalism, for he seems to be enamoured of the Ballot Act, and he also very appropriately yearns to see the time when canvassing is prohibited by law. The hon. gentleman then is not far from the part of Liberalism. But before he joins it we hope, lor the sake of the party, he will learn to address a public meeting without giving any justi- fication for clamorous interruption. We deprecate with all our power the silly course of meeting arcu- ments with groans, but, as we have said before, it is a different thing when personalities are met by a determination not to listen to them.
. CRITICISM AT DOLGELLEY.
CRITICISM AT DOLGELLEY. The Dolgelley School Board are mistaken if they suppose the columns of the Cambrian Xcu-s are open to correspondents who defend the action of the Board, and closed to those who condemn it. Because we so strongly advocate the establishment of School Boards, and deprecate the notion that th?y have failed be- cause they have not instantly reformed the educational system of the country, we are, all the more anxious that the other side of the question should be freely placed before our readers. The members of Dolgelley Board must know the part which this paper has taken in the education controversy. If any paper has de- voted itself to the advocacy of School Boards, and tried to impress upon the public that it is childish to look for perfection in these Boards, as many people seem inclined to do, it is the Camlricui A-cit-s. We have pointed out that a great deal of work has been done in a short time, and that there are many and serious difficulties to be overcome and during the last few weeks the opponents of the Dolgelley Board, among others, have received a considerable amount of hostile notice in our editorial and correspondence columns. As soon, however, as we allow one of the public to criticise them adversely, the members of the Board consider it necessary to sit in solemn council upon the delinquent, and to pass a vote of censure upon the proprietors of the paper. Whether this is courteous or dignified, we will not undertake to de- cide. Of gratitude we say nothing, for we express our opinions just because they are our opinions, and not because they may please or displease. We do not happen to know whether the writer of the Welsh letter was right or wrong in his remarks. He is one of the Dolgelley public, and has a right both to form and express his own opinions on the policy of the Board, as long as he keeps within the bounds of legitimate criticism. We do not suppose for a moment that he wrote with any intention to find fault with this teacher or that, although incidentally, in considering the action of the Board, the schools of course came in for a share of his criticism. Certainl knnwl 1 S "ftoith quite as much as m^re solid Knowledge, and we should like to see it receive greater attention in many schools. As we have said often and plainly enough, we do not pledge ourselves to the opinions of our correspondents, but are on the contrary, glad to publish letters which express beliefs diametrically opposed to our own. Free criticism is one of the greatest privileges of this country, and it is one of the rarest of privileges, which we certainlv any number of Boards notwithstanding, shall do Dolffplf °„ anScr- Possibly the members of the g ey Board are showing the annoyance which is paused by well-merited criticism. We express no opinion upon that. All we shall do here in thp. way of expressing opinion, is to state our belief that e people of Dolgelley have g«od reason to be dis- satisfied with a non-resident Board. The members iving in Dolgelloy have had great disadvantages to contend with, and it was only the other day we were pointing out those disadvantages, and asking whether it was reasonable to expect the members who lived in the town, and who must all be present to form a quorum, to conduct the business to their own satisfaction or the satisfaction of anyone else. They have not had fair play, and it would be unjust to judge them by the past or to assume from that their inefficiency. On the contrary they deserve to have a better opportunity given them of carrying on the work of the Board, and we shall be well content to see them re-elected, with suitable and zealous; colleagues, for anether term of office, •#