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————————————————. MANURE ExpKRr&reNT. following account of an experiment, with Is given by a western contemporary. A MU>ughi a hundred pounds of ground bone, it in a half Iiogshead tub, and applied forty °f sulphuric acid, adding water as desired, 0(w e da%-8'time the whole mass was reduced to the ^t*iat»«ncv of thick jelly. Water was then add. d. c|j_ three hundred |^>unds of jilaMer used a3 a the whole being worked an I shovelled over it Could be readily handled. The phosphate applied to one acre of maiz >.nd one potatoes, both ( eing manute l sufficiently, to jSmall quantity was left, which was applied tt¡ liS wheat field an,1 a plat of grass ground, just, ill U what it would do. The result of this manure the l'Jtter two instances was most marked, while C^i-^ize was lieavy, the growth being (ink wnd stout, and the potatoes good. The ^Hi Cosl of the l,phate was abo"t thirtv and he thinks it tlie best expenditure in "v of purcliased manure he ever made. i u How TO PREVKNT stacks HKATISG. u How TO PREVKNT stacks HKATISG. in Farm and Home write-*It. will i y your readers to liear of a very simple, and j plaaado^t^d uj- a cl«veir worik- j man of mine this year with some hayricks which I were not fully dry when put up. We had a large quantity to carry—nearly forty acres—and just as We late fine weather began we had the cutting completed, having gone on with it through the broken weather in Julv, and fearing the fine weather would not continue, we hurried some, which had been only a few days in small cocks, into the hal yard. When the rick was made my man got some pieces of scantling which were on the place and cut them into lengths of from five to eight feet, and set them as props, or, as he called them, legs, under ihe stack. "Now," said he, when the stacks sink these props will keep them open, at five feet and again at eight feet, the latter beins; the height to within about two feet of the eaves, and if the props are left up for a few days all the heat will be gone, and they can then he re- m ved, and the stacks allowed to sink to their proper pOditiou." CALF WEANIVO. Mr. A. Hollis, of Woodford, Essex, writing to the Aytiaittuval Gazette, says:—Lactina is proving a ino.^L valuable help in the successful rearing of calves, as it enables the breeder to turn out four! with as little milk as would be required for one without it. Where this system is carefully and practically carried out, it is calculated to supply a want we have long felt the weight of, viz., the scarcity of yourij* stock. In whatever direction we move, we observe both meadows and upland paSI ure" bardy half stocked, consequently grass i* becoming coarse through being insufficiently "aten off; and in many cases fields have been shut up for hay without manure, which has barely produced half a crop, and of pour quality. In South Essex, where many cows are required to supply uiilk for London, calves iwij be bought at any season of the year at a moderate price, and uf good avenge quality and this young stock may be increased without so lai^e an outlay that, would necessarily be required in the purchase of two-year-olds for grazing pur- pones. It is to be hoped the attention of many will be directed to the gr.at advantages to be gained from lactina as a substitute ior milk in the rearing of calves. HucceS8 mainly depends on perseverance, cleanliness, and good Ventilation, more especially so during the summer months. Let our object lie to bring within the ring-fence of me farm as much iive stock as it is able to carry. OLBOMAKGAEINE, AND How IT IS MADE. A correspondent inanagricuitural contemporary writes:—There seems to be almost as much mystery ab.iut the origin 'of this extraordinary food—which is confessedly sold, both in America. and Kurope, under the name of cheese and butter —as there is about the origin of evil. At p. 201 of the Gazette there is an account of a serious out- break of Texas cattle-fever amongst a lotofanimals consigned from Kansas t) Chicago. It is there narrated how very fat;J.! this dread disease is. and now thehedth officers took the affected animals m charge, with the presumed object of pre- venting any portion of the diseased meat being sold for the use of man. "The active, ne ill hy a'limals will be taken to the slaughter- houses and killed, under the direction of de.iitli-ln ppctor Lamb. He will examine the organs of the slaughtered animals, and if they are i:'1 any way dil:1ea:>ed, he will condemn the meat, and I urn it over to the rendering establishments." Now, what "one wants to know, you know," is, what steps are taken to condemn the fat which is urned out at the rendering establishment. We out iiere 1fi Vngland maj" derive S0me little comfort from the fact that the health officer of Chicago has power to "condemn the meat; but we should have ft-ili more comfort if he went on to condemn the fataiso. Unhappily, we can't help thinking hat, under the present system at Chigago, the fat. of animals suffering fr"ID Texas fever or other disease is turned over to the rendering establish- ments only to be again turned over to the other •stahlishments for making oleomargarine cheese aud butler.

POULTiiY NOTES. STORBECK'9 ELECTRIC IVCTTBATOR. Thiginventtun is described fully in Poultry of August 15. We abridge the description as fol- .ws :—Tiie source of heat is electricity, which in 1 lie case of small lIIuchines-up to 100-egg at least —is generated by electric cell batteries, similar in Construction to those commonly used to produce tiie electricity required for the working of electric e'ls, eieciro-pl .tmg, &c. Should a very large in- ubator be rtq lirtd it is more economical to have i small steam 01' gas engine and a dynamo- machine, such as that used for electric lighting. The amount of power required is said to be one-horse power for 1,500 •gtfs. Of course, if water power be available no steam or gas engines would be necessary. It is doubtless known to our readers that electri- city, in passing through certain metals, renders tliem extremely hot. This is familiar to almost all nowadays in the case of the Swan incandescent leotric lights. In these the light is produced by the heating to a point of extreme white heat of a metal wire enclosed in n. glass globe. The fact that an electric current may be used to produce heat being granted, we have next to show its ap- plication to the case in hand. Under the cover is i spiral wire of Britannia metal running through the whole extent of the cover. Underneath 'his and between it and the eggs is a cover "f feathers, so fixed or woven together as to be ihnost like a thick cloth. When the cover is placed "n the egij basket or nest these feathers came in contact with the upper surface of the eggs. In the working of the machine the electric current oasses through thg Britannia metal wire above- mentioned, and heats it. From this the heat is comrminir-atnd to the feathers, and from them to he eggs. Tho regulation of the machine is effected in two ways. In the first place the strength of the current (which governs the heat of the wires) is set. at about the required point by a simple con- trivance whkh is we11 known to electricians. This setting is not, however, fine enough for absolute regulation of the temperature. It merely takes he placp of the adjusting of the size of the gas or lamp flame in an ordinary incubator. The ac- tual regulation is done by a thermometer. The bulb of the thermometer is bent down at right angles through the cover, and is, in fact, when the machine is iu work, close over the eggs, Into the mbe of this thermometer at the point at which 'he regulator is to take effect—104 degs. in this a,e—a platinum wire is inserted. Another wire is inserted into the bulb of the thermometer, and is there in constant, contact with the mercury. When the heat rises to 104 degs. the mercury isin" in the tube of the thermometer comes in contact with the platinum wire there fixed, and completes the electric current. The -urrent thus caused so operates as to divert he current from passing through the Britannia netal wire, and, of course, to at once shut off the source of heat from that wire, and consequently -rom the eggs. This state of affairs continues until the temperature of the nest falls again below L04 degs., when the regulator ceases to divert the ■urrent from the Britannia metal wire, and the source of heat is again applied to that wire. It •vould seem at first sight that this system would ciuse considerable fluctuations of temperature below the desired point; but Herr Storbeck assures U3 that once the strength of the current has been regulated at a trifle above the strength necessary to produce a heat of 104 degs., the regulator is so instantaneous in its actions that no fluctuations of any consequence occur. Moisture is supplied in a -omewhat similar manner to that used in the Chemical Incubator,

CARMARTHEN TOWN COUNCIL. ALLEGED IMPURITY OF THE WATER SUPPLY. A special meeting of the Carmarthen Town Council was held on Wednesday. Alderman Thomas Thomas was voted to the chair, in the absence of the mayor, who is still unable to attend on account of indisposition. The corporation having at the last meeting considered the esti- mates of expenditure for the ensuing year, it now became necessary to make rates, which were fixed at the following figures, viz.:— Borough rate, 9d. in the £ general dis- trict rate, 2s. 7d.; and water rate, 5d.—A letter Wus read from the Local Government Board in- closing a copy of a communication which had been received from the Rev. H. H. Morgan, of 14, Union-stre^ chaplain to the gaol, complaining of the water supply, and it was requested that the corporation would furnish the board with their observations on the subject. In his letter to the Local Government Board the Rev. Mr. Morgan ■<i^ted:—■' I beg leave to draw the serious attention of the Local Government Board to the state of this 10WII as regards water. In the first place it is very impure, leaving a great, deal of sediment at he bottom of any vessel holding it, and also full of insects. The supply is very short, for we find it continually cut off at eight, nine, and ten a.m. till three, four, and six p.m I myself, and also others, have often complained for some years now, but I 11111 sorry to say with hardly any result as regards quantity or quality. I hope, therefore, that the Local Government Board will at last interfere in the matter and see to it effectually."—The Town-Clerk said there had always been a difficulty in supplying the upper part of the town, wheie Union-street and Pictou-place were sit uate.—Mr. John Williams, who has charge of the water arrangements, in answer to one of the members, Said it was true that up to recen'ly on some days the tanks at Mr. | N >rton"i brewery absorbed for some hours the .«-hole of the water from Springfield Reservoir, which supplied the upper parts of the town but .Ids had now been altered.—The Medical Officer of Health, in answer to the chairman as to the state- uients contained in the letter about the water being impure, said all water in dry weather would be-j come turbid where there were no filter beds, as was the case at Carmarthen; but he thought it I was good. He had never seen insects in it.—The town-clerk was authorised to point out these I matters to the Local Government Board—The Medical Officer said a much more serious thing was that with reference to the wells at Penian he had recommended in a report that they should be covered, but the corporation had done nothing about it.—The Town-Clerk said great delay had been caused in consequence of the owners of the land not agreeing upon the compensation to be p .id to them.—Application was made by Mr. H. Prichard, the newly-appointed manager of the Car- marthen branch of the National Provincial Bank, fortheorScoof borough treasurer, vacant by the death of the late manager, Mr. J. W. Thomas.—The oiatter wis deferred to the next meeting.—The question of the supply of coal to the waterworks engine was again considered, and it was decided to try Giyncorrwg steam coal, and, if suitable, to order a supply in preference to the description now supplied. Plans for a mortuary were ap- proved. the works to be carried out under the supervision of the surveyor and coroner.

HOLLO WAY'S PILLS.—Nervousness and want of Energy.—When first the nerves feel unstrung, and listless- ness supplants energy, the time h305 come to take some RUch alterative dS Holiowuy's PIlls to restrain a disorder from developiug Itself iuw di&ea.se. These e.cce11"lJt Pills correct, Roll irregularities i.n.1 weaknesses. They aot so kindly, yet so enei-gedoiilly un the functions of digestion and usairiiilation, 1,bat the whole body is rerired, the blood rend"red richer and purer, while the muscles Income firmer and stronger, and the nervous and absorbent systems are invigorated. These Pills are suitable fur all. classes and all ages. They have a JDost manellow effect on ¡¡erOOWl wbo are out ól condition; thl!7 soon rectify whatever is iu fault, xwtfwa •>>>«&to tht bedj and toth* alnd.

THROUGH MID AND NORTH WALES I FOR A HOLIDAY. On one of the most glorious of the glorious days we have had of late a friend and myself started from Merthyr Brecon-wards en route for North Wales, intending, in the course of our trip, to see and enjoy as much of the natural beautiesof the mother country as we could possibly manage in the time at our disposal. Truly the world is a beautiful one. The season was at its ripest. There were touches of brown on tree and leaf, indicating a mellowness which had gathered to the full. The ferns were at their brightest; apples and berries gleamed fitfully as our iron steed sped by, giving tone to the hedge- rows and an added sense of warmth to the already glittering landscape. Like wine when the bead glides gently upon its surface, or woman when the warm lush tint of maturity shows forth upon lip and cheek, Nature stood waiting to be enjoyed at the very instant between ripe- ness and decay. Past the pretty little lake at Dolygaer and away with a swirl through the tunnel at Torpantau, our train brings us right to the head of a prettily panoramic valley, through which the Taff winds lazily, a thread-like stream, whose sun-parched bed in the distance below looks like a coiled-up snake whose back had been blistered by the heat of summer. At the head of the valley of the Usk there are beauti- ful glimpses of tree and upland, where the bril- liant hue of the old red sandstone is varied with shades of coolest green. The scene here is of the finest; but I -in some- what disturbed in my contemplation of it by tho obtrusively loud talk of a couple of fellow- passengers, who, like ourselves, are bound for the North, only, we soon find out, they go further than we do, on that night at least. For the moment the topic of conversation is grouse. Gradually it runs Ion to woodcock, and does not stop even at quail and capercailzie. There is a rather good story told about the taking of a moor—I forget the number of acres now—by one of the friends whilst he was yet in his novitiate, and of how he won a bet, two bets, three bets, by bringing down, to the surprise of friends and relatives, an extra- ordinary number of birds within a specified number of hours. Presently the talk turns off to the Franchise question, of which one of the friends appears to know a. little on his own account. Well, you see," he remarked with confidence. "I admit that a great many of the country farmers don't want it, and, so far, no doubt, Lord Salisbury is right. But, then, he should consider his party. He shouldn't make the country angry." I am not very much the wiser for this, I must confess; but still, if you have any suspicion that a man into whose company you have fallen has something original to say, it is always wisest to give him a little of his head. I was in hopes—and you will presently see why—to hear the great man expand on the topic, but to my disappointment his friend suddenly pulled a side rein and off they dashed in the direction of Barry Dock. How does the thing stand just at present ? said the gentleman who had once brought down a capercailzie. "I've not followed the case very closely, and beyond knowing that you've got your Bill I don't know much else about it." I don't wonder in the least," replied the other. Thera is a pile of evidence .big enough to frighten any man. Think of 33 long days (I think he said 33), of five hours each, and evidence taken all the time. A stiff job, and no mistake." Some running comments, of a good-humoured kind enough on the whole, having been made as to the statements of certain witnesses—Mr. William Thomas Lewis in particular-the conversation merges into the general paths of coal mining, bad trade, cheap money, and the limited area which the world presents to the modern speculator and I turn to take stock of the more remarkable oi' tbe two men. He is of medium height, decently dressed, portly, and with a nose— ah! such a nose. You must let mestop here unless you would have me write a disquisition as long as that one in Tristram Shandy," of which the marvel and the matter have not yet come to an end. The mouth was hardly less noticeable. The lines were as well marked at each side as though they had been of best steel wire, and I instinctively looked down to the beard, combed out flat, like a carpet broom, to try and discover whether some- where underneath it those strong, hard lines had not been turned up a.t the ends and clinched. It was Mr. David Davies of Llandinam, member of Parliament for Cardigan, and head and front of the Barry Dock scheme. Passing Erwood, memorable as the spot where the river was forded six hundred years ago by the English troops in pursuit of Llewelyn ein Llyw Olaf," and Aberedw, where reapers and binders are busy at work in fields which an artist would love to picture, we come into Builth, where we had resolved to stay for the night. We put up at a snug, but unpretentious, little hostelry, called the "Crown," where we were fortunate enough to meet with an obliging landlord and a good table at a moderate charge. Builth is evidently on the way to prosperity. Prettily situated and easily accessible, it is a favourite resort with the people of Glamorganshire and the adjoining Eng- lish county. It is rich in historical associations is a famous place for angling, and has a number of saline and mineral springs equal to any in the country. The inhabitants have been lately show- ing their spirit by putting up swings and other means of recreation on the" Gro," a really excellent promenade beside the Wye. They have built a number of pleasure boats, and have brought up a band from Swansea, which discourses sweet music nightly to visitors and townsfolk alike, the entire expense being borne by the latter, who some time ago, courageously led, I under- stand, by Mr. Wm. Thomas, of the Medical Hall, became convinced of the fact that even pretty scenery and good "spring" water are capable of being supplemented to the advantage of the seeker after pleasure or health. The walk down the Wye in the early morning for a draught of saline is really a delightful one. It must be done long before the sun gathers force; while there is yet a strong dash of dew upon the grass, while the shadows swim idly upon the river, and the sweet-scented air is still balmy and cool. The medicine you are in search of is drawn by an npparatus like a beer engine, worked by a fresh- faced damsel, who, when your turn comes, charges you threepence for as much as you like to drink. The room in which we stand is a low, plain, almost furnitureless affair, thronged by persons of both sexes, whose prowess in the water drinking line is a standing theme of joke. Some, like the people Colonel Hay described, "call for two drinks, some for three." Some run it up to six or seven. One individual, indeed, I heard of who went away—how far I cannot toll—having plied his stomach with eleven. His love of salt water was possibly born with him. Yielding to the good-humoured banter of my friend, who had taken his measure at the place often and often before, I tried the mystic number three, with the result that everybody said I ought to have gone in for six," and that the proprietor of the Medical Hall I just now referred to had to put me out of my agony with a strong dose of an admirable "saline" of his own compounding. The drive from Builth to Llandrindod is a very pretty one, but Llandrindod itself did not strike me as anything very wonderfully inviting. Golden gorse and purple heather were in profuse bloom, or the scrubby landscape would have looked still more scrubby from the absence of colour. The air here is beautifully clear and thin, of which fact proof is instantly forthcoming in the distinctness with which the human voice can be heard at a distance. Through a denser medium the sounds made by the worshippers in a Salvation Army tent, on the banks of the pool near the Pump House, could not have reached us at the place where we sat trying to enjoy the prospect, or rather trying to find a prospect to enjoy. Llandrindod, we were told, was awfully full." Its church and its chapels gave evidence of the fact. Archdeacon Griffiths had a great congrega- tion at one place—great, that is to say, as Llan- drindod congregations go. The Rev. D. Davies, of Cardiff, of Weston-super-Mare, and of London successively, was almost equally numerously patronised at another. I visited the latter building first, thinking to hear the regular minister, Kilsbv." Stuck upon a bench in an insuf- ferable draught near the doorway of an architec- turally ugly edifice, it was somewhat pardonable, I think, if I did make a bolt before the sermon was anything like half through. Leaving Builth by an early train, we pay a flying visit to Rhayader, seven miles or so from which is the famous Abbey Cwm Hir, founded by Cadwa- lader for the Cistercians in 1143, and destroyed by Glyndwr some centuries later. A most in- teresting neighbourhood this to the antiquarian and geologist, who might spend a week or two in it with pleasure and profit. Associated with Rhayader, fortified, it is supposed, by Rhys ap Gruffydd, Prince of South Wales, may be found almost every prominent name in British history, from Vortigern and Hengist downwards. Between here and Llanidloes, the pretty little flannel town, whence we obtain a capital view of Plinlimmon, titie railway traverses aa exceeding picturesqu* district, skirting hill after hill of splendid hue and I proportion, and dashing through passes of which the gloom and the depth gave one a lively sense of awe. Machynlleth, which we took in upon our way, is a busy depot for slates and passengers. The town is one of quite respectable proportions, and with all the life that appeared to be in it we were some- what struck to find one of the largest of its hotels shut up, and the block in which it was situate falling into ruin. Our journey thence northwards took us past the entrance of that anglers' paradise, the Vale of Dovey, past Aberdovey, Towyn, Bar- mouth, and Penmaenpool, where may be found, I honestly believe, some of the finest bits of seascape in the whole world. The railway runs so close to the edge of the lovely Bay of Cardigan at times that you might lean from the carriage window and catch handfuls of the dashing spray. To right of us the charming mist-capped hills of green and purple and grey, like miniature volcanoes in eruption, and to left the blue waters of the bay, flecked in the distance by white sails of ships, and near to by white wings of sea birds, floating drowsily as though in dreamland, made up a scene of such entrancing loveliness that no pen, however able, could possibly do justice to it. On the marge of the sea arm running into Penmaenpool we drop across numbers of English artists with easels, camp stools, umbrellas, and other paraphernalia, trying to fix cool cloudlet, brown hill-side, and cleaving wing, both of ship and bird, upon canvas. If only one of them can succeed, what a picture there will be for the Academy next year! Unless I am to give you another instalment, I am afraid I must forego my account of otir stay at Dolgelley of our tramp to Berwen, and through the charming Vale of Llangollen; our stay at Llangollen town, where we drop across Sir Theo- dore andJLady Martin—Helen Faucit that was and is as fur as appearance and manner go; our run to Portmadoc and Afonwen, where we are taken up by the London and North Western, which here covers a district as romantic and charming as any to be found, and proceeds right through a country whence Llanberis, Bet.tws, and Snowdon—which you may be sure we visited —Bangor, Llandndno, Colwyn, and Rhyl are easily come-at-able. This line took us round vid Chester home from a trip of which the pleasure and the delight will long be remembered. With regard to these four railways—the Brecon and Merthyr, Mid-Wales, Cambrian, and London and North Western—I think it only fair to the management to say that they afford much the dircctest route to the places I have indicated, and that nowhere along it did we meet with any- thing but courtesy and kindness on the part of the officials, sorely tried though they must often have been by the enormous passenger traffic they were called upon to work at this par. ticular season of the year. The three first-named lines issue a cheap and excellent little handbook of their route, which you may obtain for a penny at any of the stations from Newport up The Cambrian Railway, moreover, has officially published, under the editorship of Mr. Godfrey Turner, a larger work of nearly 100 pages, crowded with illustrations and maps, plain and coloured, a copy of which I found in almost every tourist's hand. This only costs sixpence, and, judging from what I saw myself, I should say that the de-1 mand for it must be prodigious. I was induced to part with copies I had bought almost every time I left the immediate path of the railway.

THE « RED DRAGON. If there is a better sixpenny magazine in the market than the Red Dragon we should very much like to see it. The September number just pub- lished contains no less than fifteen articles, ad- mirable every one of them after its kind. The notable man of whom a portrait and biography are given by a writer styling himself Taf" is the Kev. David Williams, founder of the Royal Literary Fund, a native of the Glamorganshire parish of Eglwysilan and a truly remarkable personage living a remarkable life in remarkable times. Mr. John Saunders's serial What Cannot Love Do opens with Larry's first days in Wales. The local colouring is well maintained throughout. In the department of Original Poetry we find some very pretty lines on "Llandaff" by Morveth Mathew, a Swansea lady; a clever translation from the Rus- sian of Piischki n, en titled The Raven's Meal," by Dr. Henry Phillips, jun., M.A., Philadelphia; a Rondel after Swinburne's Mourning by a young Irish lady resident at Cardiff, who adopts the nom de flume Patricia and a parody on the passage Wanting is What? in Browning's Jocoseria, from the same hand. As a specimen of her powers as a parodyist take the lines:- Bleak looks the world. Yet a something is here. A picture but waiting the frame to appear. Bare are the branches, N 6'er a flower blooms, The roses lie dead. unbemoaned in their tombs, Yet come has completion that marvellous tinter, That maketh a Paradise even in winter! &C. In the disquisition on Health by Mr. R. D. Green Price, Shrewsbury, wo have a prettily-conceived paper of the holiday kind, followed by a dream, part history, part apocrypha, of "Aberyet- with Castle," from a "Welshwoman" of that pretty town. The Rev. J. Macrae Simcock, Hirwain, naxt presents us with a thoughtful essay on The grave-digging scene in Hamlet, and after him comes a Pontypool ladv, Elaine," who tells a funny story of How Tåtfy fought a Duel." The Rev. Robert Shindler, of Alderstone, Surrey, narrates graphically the chief incidents in the life of the uninspired madman Thom in a paper entitled The Knight of Malta," and a writer possessed of a strong sense of humour having con- tributed some well-written "Random Notes on Ireland," the editor, with all the old picturesqueness, describes "A Visit to Madame Patti." Where else to look for a neater or more instructive summary of the results of the London picture exhibitions of the summer season of 1884 than the one to be found in Mr. Frederick Cooper's "Sentiment of Modern Art" we really do not know. It is an admirable paper in every respect savo one—it is all too short. "Narberthand its Castle," which comes next, is the first instalment of a very interest- ing lecture delivered by Mr. Arthur Lewis, a barrister on the South Wales circuit. In the remaining portion of the magazine will be found a capital selection of "Literary and Art Notes," Notes and Queries," and Draconigense." What has st ruck us as much as the excellent matter they contain is the well-timed appearance of the articles themselves in the number for the present month, when holiday making, touring, picture gallerv exhibitions, and archaeological excursions are ail the fashion.

The Red Dragon, the National Magazine of W-iies. Price, Sixpence. Edited by Charles Wilkins, Ph.D Cardiff: Daniel Owen and Co. (Limited). London Kent and Co., Paternoster-row.

SINGULAR DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION. Mr. M. F. Carter, the divisional coroner, held an inquest at the Miners' Arms, Whitecrofr, Forest of Dean, on Tuesday evening, on the body of a collier named George Craddock. 28 years of age, who came by his death on Sunday under somewhat un- usual circumstances. It appears that, in order probably to protect themselves from the heat, some sheep had forced their way into a disused colliery level at Whitecroft, known as the Cham- pion Colliery. Craddock went to assist other men to get them out. After two sheep had been got cut, deceased brought another out dead. He then went to the level again with a lighted candle, which went out when he got a certain dis- tance. In spite of this, however, and against the advice not to go into the level further, he pro- ceeded from fifteen to twenty yards. His compa- nions called to him, and got no answer, and one of them could see him lying against the side of the level. The other men tried to get him out, and one of them in returning fell, and had to be dragged out with ropes. About an hour and a half after- wards deceased's dead body was brought out by a man named Tooze and others. Mr. P. W. Holmes, a colliery proprietor of Yorklay, said he managed the Champion Colliery for Messrs. Moore, of Stour- bridge. up to about three weeks ago, when it was closed. Deceased worked there up to about a month previous. The mine was properly fenced, and (he sheep must have got in through a broken rail. Carbonic acid gas would generate largely in the colliery, and he had no doubt that the deceased died from its effects. It appears that the man Tooze, who at some risk was mainly instrumental in rescuing the body of the deceased on Sunday, went in again on Mon- day to fetch a hat The Coroner, whilst recog- nising his bravery in endeavouring to rescue his comrade, censured his foolhardiness in risking his life for the sake of a hat. He stated that he should bring his conduct on Sunday before the Inspector oF Mines, with a view to its being rewarded. The jury returned a verdict that. The deceased died from suffocation by carbonic acid gas in a disused colliery, in which the deceased went to rescue sheep." _—————

SAD DEATH AT LLANTWIT VARDRE. A BLIND MAN RUN OVER IN A DARK ROAD. On Tuesday night, as Mr. Thomas Rosser. haulier, Treforest, was returning with his horse and I cart from St. Mary Hill Fair he felt, while near the Crown Inn, Llantwit Vardre, one of the wheels of the trap passing over something. It was past 11 o'clock and dark. He instantly stopped the trap and returned to see what it had gone over, when, to his horror, he found a man dead in the road. Mr. Rosser proceeded at once to Llantwit Police Station, and gave informaton to Police-Constable Sidney Danks. The constabie proceeded to tue spot and found the man, as stated, quite dead. His face had been much disfigured by a wheal. The body was removed to the Crown Inn. The deceased, it has been since ascertained, was a blind man. a native of the parish of Defynog. He had spoken to the above- named officer about half-past eight on the same evening, and he had told him he was going to Llantrisant. On the officer asking how he could find his way he replied that he had been there before. He was last seen alive bv Mr. William Davies, cashier, Ystradbarwig Colliery, of whom be asked the way to Dowlats. On Mr. Davies telling him he was on the way to Llan- trisant, he replied it was there he wanted to go. He seemed to be about 60 years of age, stout, and wearing white corduroy trousers, and a darkxoat and vest. v

BRISTOL DOCK DUES. I A FEAR OF CARDIFF COMPETITION. SOUTH WALES AND THE SEVERN TUNNEL. A letter has been addressed to a Bristol contem- porary by Mr. C. Felce Hare to the following effect:—"The 'adjustment of dues' on shipping and goods by the Docks Committee is a matter that requires most careful handling. No rate- payers desire to see excessive a(i.antages given to shipowners or merchants at their expense yet it must be distinctly remembered that the Bristol import trade and shipping business suffered most severely 40 years ago from the high dock rates that were then exacted, on the principle of making the docks 'pay.' Since that time Cardiff, a port close to the district that Bristol supplies so largely, has grown enor- mously, and will, before long, be in keen competition with us for import as well as export trade. In view of this, and seeing that the ¡ prosperity of Bristol ratepayers depends so largely on the trade brought here through the cheapness of raw materials imported for manufacture, and of other goods imported and distributed by Bristol merchants—that every professional man, trader, and shopkeeper shares in that prosperity, directly or indirectly, by reason of money being spent in Bristol for labour, goods. &c.—is it wise to com- mence a system of raising the rates on shipping and goods for the sake of a few hundreds a year ? For example, tnke the tonnage rate of 9d. per ton now to be charged on steamers and other vessels entering this port from French, Belgian, and other Continental ports. The rate on the same class of vessels entering Cardiff is only 5 i. per ton. The shipowner also has to pay an export due of 5d. per ton on 'clearing out' his vessel with cargo from Cardiff—but how much will he object to that, knowing that he has the positive certainty of OL>- taining a bach. freight; whereas in Bristol, although there are no export dues, he has the almost posi- tive certainty that he will have to 1 clear out' his vessel in ballast, then to cross to some port on the other side of the Channel to get an export freight f We were told at the Town Council meeting on Friday that the Bristol import tonnage dues of 9d. per ton should be compared with the Cardiff import and export dues together of lOd. per ton. But I maintain we cannot make such comparison until other conditions are also equal, namely, that we can show the shipowner an assured export freight as well as an import freight, as at Cardiff. We might say with just as much forse that a one-legged man should wear two boots on one foot, because boots are usually sold in pairs. It is the misfortune of Bristol that we have so little export trade. But, instead of running the risk of also crippling the import trade by high dues, let the city ratepayers—and their representatives, the Docks Committee—do all in their power to increase general trade in imports. If this is done, an ex- port trade is sure to follow in course uftime, when the immense mineral resources of the district become better known and appreciated, and when a closer connection with S,)uth Wales is made by the Severn Tunnel. We should encourage the steam trade with the Continent as much as we possibly can, and, until we have an assured export trade, instead of raising the tonnage dues on Continental vessels to 9d. per ton, it would tend to increased trade if the rate were reduced to 5d. per ton, as at Cardiff. These matters require more consideration than the mere balancing of the docks revenue and expenditure account. Forty years ago the ratepayers, seeing the great importance of bringing trade to the port. agreed to be taxed to the extent of 4d. in the t for that object, and surely they cannot fairly com- plain if they get that trade at an expenditure of a penny or so in the £ at the present time— more especially so as there is great probability that this small lo s will be turned into a profit if the future policy of the Docks Committee is one of enterprise and energy," In an article dealing with the Severn Tunnel, the Times says:—" It is not every Englishman who fully knows how important South Wales has be- come. It is, perhaps, a minoritv who are ade- quately alive to the fact that it is the industrial hive of hundreds of thousands of persons. This is not altogether surprising, however, because it is only during recent times that, favourod by the attentions of enterprising capitalists, the resources of this remote part of the country have been de- monstrated. But it is none the less true that to Newport, Cardiff, and Swansea a large number of vessels go direct for cargoes, and that fleets which have discharged at Bristol cross over to the Welsh ports for coal, and that this coal, which is now of universal renown, is distributed in all quarters of the globe. It is noteworthy, too, that at a moment when these modern ports are struggling to ob- tain an import trade, and Bristol is desirous of encouraging exports, the Severn Tunnel, which will establish an easier, a shorter, and much more satisfactory railway route between Wales and Bristol than has hitherto been enjoyed, is being made. A Bristolian would doubtless say, 'The rivers Severn and A. won have stood in our way too long.' Then comes the question, how far will Bris- tol benefit by means of the latter-day exertions she is making to fully develop the shipping facili- ties of her several and erstwhile rival docks? The wise men of the ancient city have awakened from their one-eyed slumber; they perceive what the Great Western Railway Company is doing under the Severn they think their opportunity is at hand, and they are acting accordingly. At the same time it should be understood that at the Welsh ports there is no want of confidence in the future. On the contrary, in spite of the Severn Tunnel, ship- pers are most sanguine as to the extension of local trade. There is almost an inexhaustible wealth of steam coal behind Cardiff, the Cardiff dock system is being enlarged, and several new docks in the neighbourhood are being constructed or projected. It may be that an increased tonnage of coal will find its way by the improved rail through the Severn Tunnel to Bristol and London but that, after all, the amount so diverted from the shipping at Welsh ports will not be acutely felt by the latter, seeing that the coal trade is generally expanding in such a remarkable manner, although it will, perhaps, afford places eastward of the Severn a more advantageous participation in the mineral wealth of South Wales. In point, of distance, the tunnel, as compared with the existing route for passengers, only means a saving of fourteen miles but it must be recollected that the existing Great Western Railway route for minerals from South Wales is by way of Gloucester—a roundabout, and consequently expensive, method. To passen- gers the direct communication will be of very great value. The distance from South Wales to Bristol will be diminished, much time at present wasted i on either side of the Passage will be saved, and the perils of the tidal waters will be avoided."

THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT AND MR. DILLWYN, M.P. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Morning Post by the Duke of Beau- fort :—" On Monday. August 18, Mr. Dillwyn, M.P., at a Liberal meeting at Blackwood, Glamorgan- shire (sic.), seconded a resolution expressing confi- dence in the Government. He said the simple solution was that the House of Lords should be abolished. That was tho only way in which they could get rid of the idiots and imbeciles. It is curious how a home truth such as this may come home to a man, and Mr. Dillwyn's words make me ask myself the question whether, as one of the body reviled, I do not deserve both epithets. Mr. Dillwyn also stated that he was n. working man, and a hard-working man,and, no doubt, if asked, he will say an honest working man, the noblest work of God. But per- haps his principles as a working man prevent his being so honest with a peer as with other people. Whether or no the fact is so. For some years Mr. Dillwyn has been digging out my coal and selling it for his own profit and benefit, but be has not thought it his dnty, either as a working man, or a member of Parliament, or as my tenant, to pay me any rent for a very long timn, as I have not sued him. for, though 1 have the misfortune to be a peer and a landlord, and, therefore, a brute in his estimation, as I judge from his speech; I am not in the habit of pressing my tenants :f they are unable to pay. He has taught me that I am an idiot and an imbecile." Our Swansea reporter writes:—With respect to the letter of the Duke of Beaufort to the Morning Post, and to the subsequent statement of Mr Di!lwyn's side of the question, it is only right to state that from inquiries I have since pursued it seems that the ground for the duke's letter wa0 his inability to get money which has been owing for some time as royalties on a col!iery in which Mr Dillwyn is interested. Mr. Dillwyn himself admits that the money is owing, therefore it is not in any way impugning his credit to go as far as this. The duke's agents have been given a great deal of trouble over the royalties in question, the whole business arising out of a complication of partnerships among col- liery proprietors. It appears that Mr. John Glas- brook had with him in working the Forest Fach Colliery Mr. E. M. Richards, deceased, and Mr. Dillwyn, M.P. Some distance off is another colliery, also worked by Mr. John Glasbrook, in conjunction with Sir John Jones Jenkins, and amongst the same coal, only in a different vein, as at Forest Fach. Mr. J. T. D. Llewelyn, who owns a portion of the property, is in the same posi. tion as the duke, and has not been able to obtain the royalties for some timlt, past. It would be unfair to attribute the unwillingness to "pay up" to any individual partner, but I understand that if any offer of pay- ment has been made it has been, not by the whole concern, but by single individuals. The estate of the late Mr. Richards being also in chancery, it is easy to see the great difficulty experienced by the duke's agents in getting the money to which his grace is undoubtedly entit'ed. The piecemeal system of paying when put side by side with the fact that any particular partner is liable for the whole n. would, of course, be very unsatisfactory, and until the whole of the money is paid the duke may be considered an aggrieved party. There is a dispute between the parties, as they were both working the same coal, as to the respective amount each is entitled to pay, while Mr. Glasbrook alone twing the tenant of the duke. the agents naturally expect et the whole of the money through him. If, as Mr. Dillwyn avers, he has made an offer to pay the whole of the money owing it is impossible to believe that this has been refused; while the fact remains that the money is still owing to the duke. The partnership seem to understand that it would be an undesirable thing for the duke to distrain and thus prevent the continued working of the coal, and it is probable that the duke has folt so aggrieved beeause he fancies they are tracing upon their position in this reacect.

KIDNAPPING IN THE PACIFIC. I FURTHER DETAILS OF THE "LABOUR" TRADE. GRAVE ACCUSATION AGAINST THE GOVERN. MENT. The Pall Mall Gazette has now published the final instalment of an "Old Trader's" experience in the labour" trade between Queensland and some of the Polynesian Islands. The writer describes the Government agents as a weak lot. Care is taken that it shall be to their advantage to have a blind eye to the abuses which go on around them, even if they do not themselves set a bad example, as I have known them to do, especially with regard to women. I have known the captain end the agent to be the first and worst offender; in this respect among all on board. No doubt the women themselves are often not very jealous of their chastity. But this is not always so. In any case I suppose they object to being infected with the most loathsome complaints, as they constantly are. As I have said, the treatment of the cargoes depends upon the crews. tiome are not so bad as others. The worst of them are among the greatest ruffians alive, and there is practically no check upon them. The agents either don't care to interfere, or they are afraid to. The agents are principally broken-down men —young fellows, many of them, who were ne'er-do- weels at home, and have been sent out to Australia. in the hope of righting themselves, but haven't succeeded. When they can't make a good job of anything else, they are popped into these places— that is to say, if they have interest with the Government or with friends of the Government. That is the only qualification which is of any use fvr obtaining such a post. J1 don't say the agents are al, ays ill-intentioned, but they are generally men of weak character, and don't care to spoil an easy berth by being too particular. In consequence of the bad treatment of the natives, it is necessary in going about the islands to be fully armed. Some vessels, however, deal fairly with the islanders. In bargaining money is not yet understood by most of them, though they are beginning to take particular notice of it. What they generally get is tobacco, pipes, calico, American axes, knives, and so forth. Some- times, too, the 'boys' are sold by others who have captured them, and are glad to get some- thing for them. In a few instances we pick up people who are running away from enemies. This is not common, but I remember one case. Two hoats were lying off an island in tho usual way, the first close by the beach, with the 'cov« boat a little way behind it, when a beautiful young woman plunged off a point of rock into the surf, and, after diving under the heavy breakers, reached the smooth water, and soon had hold of the gunwale of the first boat and sprang on board. In make and shape she was one of the finest specimens of the human race I have ever seen; her features small and ex- ceedingly regular, her eyes almost black, with long lashes, and she had beautiful hands and feet. Her hair was all shaved, with the exception of one tuft of long hair quite on the crown of the head, which was rolled up tight in a small tuft. She was in a perfect state of nudity, and as she sat there unabashed, with her hands raised to the crown of her head arranging her tuft, she was the most graceful creature 1 ever saw. While sitting in the stern sheets of the boat, which was fast distanc- ing the shore, she was casting anxious looks back to the spot from which she had leaped, and of a sudden her beautiful eyes brightened up, and there was a smile that had some sort of devilment in it playing over her face, caused by her having caught sight of her pursuers, three in number, with bow and arrow in hand. The foremost of them went down on his right knee, and the girl motioned the men to look out, and before he could take his aim the boat's sail was run halfway up the mast and was a protection for all in the boat. The sail had not been more than a few minutes up before several arrows pierced it, and stuck there. This was a signal for the boat's crew to seize their Snider rifles, and the first shot caused one man to roll over, and the others instantly took to the bush, and no more was seen of them. We landed our fugitive safely on the ship's deck, and she was supplied with clothing, and soon apparently at home with other female recruits that were on board." The details of Old Trader's last voyage were reproduced in toto The vessel was, I believe," says the narrator, "one of the worst ot a bad lot." "You said just now that you would tell me something which had sickened you of this kind of business altogether. Will you tell me what it was Yes. It was my last voyage on board one of these labour-trading schooners. I believe she was one of the worst of a bad lot. Her story is well kcown in Queensland, where the trials which arose out of this voyage and at which I was one of the witnesses caused a great scandal. But as people in England for the most part have heard nothing about them, I will tell you what happened. It is an instance of what is likely to happen on the worst of these vessels, though it is not often that such horrors are exposed. The first place she touched at was called the Mand of Villa la Villa, one of the Solomon group. At this island the transactions were all fair play. The natives, for some reason or other, flocked on board until about 60 had enrolled thplllselves as recruits, and they were paid for in the u-ual way, and the trade was left by them with their friends on the island. Almost every one of these men came off to the ship in their own canoes, and the latter were taken on board with them. Having these 60 on board the vessel went on a cruise to the north- ward in search of 50 more, which would have made up the number the schooner was licensed to carry and the next piace visited was the Island of Malatta, also one of the Solomon group. The good luck of the Island of Villa la Villa did not go with the vessel. Recruits were scarce at Malatta, and they were only to be had in dribbles of one, two, and three, and the time for the schooner re- maining out was drawing to a close. This fact made the black-boy getters a little more desperate. "At Malatta and the surrounding groups there is a king named Versulla. He was taken on board, and undertook to fill the schooner up for so much tobacco, so much calico, together with a number of pipes and various quantities of other trade goods. Versulla undertook to go round with the vessel and assist in getting the people together. The vessel started on the cruise round Malatta and the adjacent islands, but, notwithstanding the King's influence, the recruits were hard to get. At length kidnapping was resorted to in order to fill the ship up, and no matter whore men or women were found they had to come. In more than one caso women were dragged a way from their children and bundled into the boat, amid the most heart- rending cries for their liberty. There was one case especially, where 'a middle-aged woman had two children at the breast. The children were dragged away from her and cast aside, while she, poor creature, was dragged by main strength down to the boat, and bundled into it neck and crop. Not long after the above there were two bush- men brought on board, and they acted precisely as if they had never seen salt water or a vessel be- fore in their lives. They seemed quite scared, and wondered what was going to be done with them. They were not young men, but about middle age, and had all the appearance of having been starved nearly to death. Their skin was quite loose over their bones, and their stomachs were drawn in so as to appear quite hollow in fact, there was not more than three inches between the outside skin of their stomach and the outside part of their backbones. They were nothing more nor less than living skeletons. After they were handed on board they were passed down into the hold of the vessel, and one of the top bunks was allotted to them they managed to climb up into it, and then endea- voured to hide themselves in one of the darkest corners of the bunk. They had been supplied with blankets, some pipes and tobacco each, as well as some food; but they seemed too frightened to fat much. There was some report spread about the vessel that these two half-starved creatures were cranky, or out of their mind in that case they would be no use as recruits, and the question then arose as to what was to be done with them. As they were consi- dered dangerous the captain a.nd second mate con- sulted together with some of the crew, and they came to the conclusion that the best thing to be done with them was to shoot them, and the order was given by tho captain to shoot them, and he was one of the first to get his revolver ready—these poor helpless crea- tures were stiil in the bunk up in the darkest corner—and about six white men opened fire at them down the hatchways. The second mate, in order to get a better chance at them, went down oelow to the women's compartment with a Snider rifle gun, and fired several bullets at them. They, of course, soon fell down apparently dead. The boats' crews were ordered to bring the dead men up on deck, and they were brought up and laid on the deck amidships—one not quite dead. Two gunny bags were then taken into the hold and half filled with ballast. One of these was tied to each of the feet, one being still alive. They were then put out through the porthole, a revolver was placed against the iive one's head, and his brains blown out as he was passed overboard. After this the vessel finished her voyage as if nothing had happened. On the arrival of the vessel at Maryborough six white men—namely, the captain, the Government agent, the second mate, and three seamen—were arrested and tried for murder, and acquitted. The defence was that they were trying to set fire to the vessel. I do not know that there is any truth in that; but, even if there were, I should think a dozen of us, armed to the teeth, might have laid hold of these two poor, half- rtarved, unarmed devils, instead of shooting them down like wild animals. Had it been a case of blacks shooting white men they would have been hanged on one quarter the evidence. As it was one of the men was convicted of man- slaughter, but he was recommended to mercy, and the judge let him off. I cannot say that was un- just, though, as the others had been acquitted. He was no worse than his companions, and a.s they had got off with nothing, where would have been the fairness of sending him to prison for life? But it is A revolting story. I have seen a good many rough things in my life, for 1 have been at sea for more than 40 years, but nothiug like this, and it sickened me of the labour trade."

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SWANSEA SCHOOL BOARD. I FEES AT THE HIGHER GRADE SCHOOL. A DISPUTED ORDER. The monthly meeting of the Swansea School Board was held at the Town-hall, Swansea, on Wednesday, Mr. W. F. Richards in the chair. There were also present the Revs. Canon Richards. E. J. Wolff, Morris Morgan, and J. T. Bowen; Messrs. R. T. Reed, T. Martin, G. Sutherland, and E. Roberto; Dr. H. Davies and Dr. Morgan. THE HIGHEE GRADE SCHOOL AGAIN. The report of the Schools Management Com- mittee mentioned that with regard to the Higher Grade School the inspector's annual report was read, and it was resolved that the board be recom- ¡ mended to charge in future Is. per week for ordinary scholars. Mr. R. T. REED moved an amendment, which, in his own words, was as follows: That the Higher Grade School staff of teachers be referred back to the Management Committee, and that they be placed on the same scale as every other school, seeing that at the Higher Grade School we are over- staffed by 20 per cent., and the number of pupils getting beautifully less." Mr. SUTHERLAND seconded, and said that the Higher Grade School had proved to some extent a failure, and had gone down considerably. He thought all the public elementary schools should be placed on the Same footing. The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Reed's amendment could not be accepted, as there was no item in the report referring to the matter in question. Mr. Reed must put it in the form of a resolution. Mr. REED: Well, Mr. Chairman, you govern this way and you govern that way to suit your own ends, and I must ask for fair play. The CHAIKMAN I think I try to treat everyone fairly. Mr. REED I am told at the committee to bring it on here, and when I come here I am told to take it somewhere else. it on here, and when I come here I am told to take it somewhere else. The CHAIRMAN You can move a direct resolu- tion, but it can't be considered an amendment. Mr. REED: I think I have a right to bring it for- ward, and I hold that the amendment is not at all wrong. A motion by Mr. Sutherland, to refer the matter mentioned with regard to the school in the minutes back, was lost. BUILDING COMMITTEE S TEPOST.—MORE AKGHY WORDS. The report of the Schools Building Committee recommended the board to give directions for the additional work at Cadle Board School; to make arrangements for the enlargement of Llangvfelach Board School (temporary premises) at the cost wholly or partially of the board; to adopt finished designs for the enlargement of Brynhyfryd Board School, subject to the sanction of the Education Department; to resolve on borrowing a sufficient sum to cover the cost of such enlargement, '¡n- cluding the acquisition of land, and to give instruc- tions to apply for a loan and to authorise the clerk to advertise for tenders for the enlargement. A discussion took place on the question of paying to Messrs. Thomas Watkins and Jenkins the sum of JS150 odd for repairs to the St. Helen's School, for which there was no recoid of an order being given by the commutee. Mr. SUTHERLAND moved that the item be referred back. Dr. MORGAN was in favour of paying the bill, and thought it was because Mr. Sutherland did not attend to his duties that he had not seen the order given. Mr. SUTHERLAND said perhaps that was so. The building committees were regular farces, and it was no use attending. Dr. H. DAVIES It seems to me that some gentle- men who attend there are too officious a good deal, and give orders when they have no right to do so. Dr. MORGAN said it was too bad that & man should be continually venting his spleen upon people like that. Dr. H. DAVIES What! But, there!—I can treat with contempt a thing coming from a man of that stamp! Dr. MORGAN: You may treat it with contempt, but it is a fact. The amendment was carried, it being stated that there had been an irregularity. The architect bad no power to give an order over £5, but had given this larger one. PRECEPT FOR THE HALF-YEAS. It was resolved to issue a precept on the rating authorities for £6,000 for the half-year. The minutes of the other committees were dis- posedof, a.nd the meeting adjourned.

NEATH HFRAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. The usual monthly meeting of the Neath Rural Sanitary Authority was held at the Guildhall on Wednesday. Mr: Griffith Llewellyn presided, and there were also present Mr. Osborne Sheppard, Mr. John Henry Rowland. Mr. F. J. Gibbins, Rev. D. Griffiths, M.A., Mr. W. Whittington, Mr. Wm. Sims, Mr. Meredith Davies, Mr. David Williams, Mr. Henry David, Mr. Richard Evans, and Mr. W. Ley- soi Mr. Bircham, the Government inspector, w" also in attendance. — The Clerk re- pi.. that the appointment of the in- Sl'" of nuisances would terminate in September.—Mr. Gibbins said that, considering the altered state of the union, a large portion of the district having been taken away by the forma- t ion of Margam into a separate district, he did not think that they would be justified in paying the inspectors the same salary as heretofore.—The Rev. D. Griffiths said at the present time they had a great deal of new work to be carried out, and he thought the two inspectors could be kept fully employed.—Mr. Bircham said he would feel more freedom in addressing them if the officers were requested to withdraw.—After some discussion, the inspectors were requested to retire, as als.> were the members of the press present. We are, therefore, unable to give the result of Mr. Bircham's observations, or the discussion which ensued thereon, but we understand that he was to make a report to the Local Government Board, and that Mr. Sims gave notice that he would move the re-appointment of the inspectors at the next meet- ing.—A letter wa.s read from the Local Government Board as to the Resolven water scheme, and requesting to know whether the works were now being exe- cuted.—A desultory discussion took place thereon. Some alterations in the plans were suggested, and Mr. David Williams thought it was unnecessary to incur such a large expenditure as that suggested under the presant depressed state of trade at Resolven. The consideration of the matter was ultimately adjourned, and nothing definite was don6.-Tile Local Government Board requested the authority to supply them vith the names of the managers of the Cilfrew and Aberdy- lais Tin Works, in order that the board might communicate with them relative to the pollution of the river.—The Clerk informed the authority that this had been done.—A letter was read from the Rev. Lewis Jones, vicar of Cadoxton, respecting the sanitary condition of that village and its surroundings.—The Surveyor reported that he had attended a Vestry meeting at Cadoxton, and subsequently inspected the place. He described the sanitary condition as being very de- fective. Typhoid fever had broken outin the village. probably owing to the impure atmosphere, which was contaminated by sewerage matter. — The authority was about passing on to another matter, when Mr. Rowland said he thought it was high time something should be done to remedy matters. A lady in the place mentioned was supposed to be dying from typhoid fever.—Mr. Whittington moved the appointment of a committee to investigate the sanitary condition of Cadoxton, but the resolution was not put to the meeting.—The Surveyor re- ported that the sanitary condition of Melin- crythan was still very unsatisfactory. They were still waiting for the plans, and under the present circumstances he suggested the appoint- ment of a committee to deal with matters.—The Clerk informed tr.3 authority that they were now waiting for the Harbour Commissioners' consent to the plans.—Mr. Whittington said the proper course was for the clerk to send a copy of the plans to the commissioners, and not ask them to come to the office to inspect them.—The Clerk said that Mr. Price, the engineer, refused to allow them to have the plans, and charged JE10 10s. for a tracing.—A conversation ensued as to who was entitled to the custody of the original plans, Mr. Sims contending that the engineer was.—Mr. Whittington was quite sure that if they agreed with the engineer to do the work for a certain sum he was bound to supply them with the original plans or a copy.— Mr. Gibbins: We have only hearsay evidence that he refuses to hand the plans over, and I suggest that he be requested to do so a.t once.—This sug- gestion was agreed to.

THE EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF THE CHANNEL FLEET AT PEMBROKE. ABANDONMENT OF THE VISIT. On Wednesday evening it was announced to the public by a telegram posted up at Haverfordwest Station that the visit of the Channel Squadron to Pembroke Dock, which had been so long expected by the residents, would not take place. The ships which were expected were the Minatour, com- manded by Vice-Admiral his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T., the Agincourt, Achilles, Northumberland, Neptune, and Sultan and as between 4,000 and 5,000 men were expected to arrive the preparations, even in the shape of provisions, were on a large scale. The fleet, it appears, left Loch Foyl", on the 26th, and after touching at Loch Swillv, went to the Harbour of Dublin, where it now remains. Captain Chatfield, the superintendent of the dockyard, had some time ago arranged to give a banquet and ball to his Royal Highness and the officers of the fleet on Fridaf evening. The death of Captain Chatfield's sister made him, however, alter the arrangements. *n Wednesday Captain Chatfield telegraphed to his Royal Highness informing him of his bereave- ment, and asking him whether, under the circum- stances, he would still honour him at dinner, arrangements being made for entertaining party of about twenty-eight visitors at his resi- dence in the Dockyard. A reply was received stating that the Duke would not fulfil the engage- ment. At four o'clock on Tuesday night Captain Chatfield received a telegram from the Duke from Loch Swilly stating that the fleet would proceed to Dublin and would not visit Pembroke Dock. On Wednesday morning a gunboat arrived at Pem- broke Dock with mails for the fleet. Capt. Chat- field then telegraphed to the Admiralty asking for inunctions, and received a reply informing him tl:at the gunboat was to proceed at onoe to Dublin, and she departed at five o'clock for that port. The arrangements made by Capt. Chatfield. therefore, were abandoned. Our Dublin correspondent telegraphs: On Wed- nesday evening the Channel squadron, in command of Admiral his Royal Highness the Duke of Edin- burgh, arrived in Dublin Bay, to remain four days. The Seahorse, despatch vessel and double screw steel special service steamer, in command of Staff Commander Hoskin, arrived in advance at noon on Wednesday. The fleet left Foyie at four p.m on Tuesday. It was originally the intention of the Admiralty that the fleet should go from Foyle to Milford Haven. It was only on Tuesday night, immediately before leaving the Foyle. that it was decided to come to Kingstown. It is anticipated that a grand bail will be given in the Town-ball during the stay of the fleet.

THE MARRIAGE OF MISS j WILLIAMS-WYNN, SPECIAL TELEGRAM. [FROM OCR OWN REPORTER.] RUABON, TPESDAY. The northern counties of the Principality— Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, and Montgomeryshire—were to-day en fete on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Wiliiams-Wynn, Anly child of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart., M.P., to her cousin, Mr. Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn, heir to the estates of Wynnstay, the largest in Wales. No event of recent years has excited such deep interest and sympathy in the Principality as the celebration of the nuptials of the heir and heiress of the house of Wynnstay. From every part of the Principality, as well as from different parts of the kingdom, congratulations have throughout the past, month daily poured in upon the happy couple who were about to be joined in the bonds of wddloek. Among the numerous congratulations were letters from the godmothers of the bride-thp. Queen of Denmark and the Princess of W-iles-who expressed their joy in the happy and auspicious event, and wished the briae and bridegroom a long and happy life. From each of the principal towns and districts in the counties named addresses expressive of the loyalty and well wishes of the inhabitants were presented to Miss Williams-Wynn and her honoured parents. All classes and parties united together in testifying their joy aid interest in the nuptial celebration, and in many hearty good wishes for the future of the happy pair. The day was ushered in in various parts of North Wales by cannon firing and bel! ringing, and the usually quiet village of Ruabon, which is enclosed by the magnificent park of the Prince in W olles, was busily astir at an early hour, the entire parish. which contains 15,000 inhabitants, being the sceae of unwonted festivity and r< joicing. The village itself showed a marvellous display of decoratior and bunting. Scarcely a house, much less a street. but hung out a flag or motto, or was profusely decorated with evergreens, flowers, and memen- toes. In Park-street—the street leading from the gmnd avenue of trees to Wynnstay Mansion— there was a magnificent, massive triple arch across the broadest part of the street, midway between the grand entrance to Wynnstaj Park and the gate of the Parish Church. The arch, which formed a strong bridge of woodwork, was beautifully filled in with heather from the Welsh hills, and was prettily decked with evergreens and flowers. Above the centre of the large archway was an exquisite representation of an eagle-the arms of the House of Wynnstay— richly executed in flowers, while over the smaller archways were cross-foxes, also worked in choice flowers. Round the three archways facing the bride as she arrived from Wynnstay to the church were inscriptions in snow white letters, "Hir oes a phob gwynfyd i ferch Syr Watkin a'i phriod," "God bless the happy pair," "May happiness be their's." On the other side of the arches were various other inscriptions in English aua Welsh. Over the grand entrance to Wynns^y Park were the words God bless the bride and bridegroom." An avenue of fir trees was planted from the Park gates to the triole arch, the residence being heavily decked with foliage. Several pretty floral arches were also constructed along the way from the church gates to the entrance of the ancient edince. The interior of the church was most chastely decorated with evergreens, streamers being suspended from the ceiling down the huge pillars and walls. The altar was richly adorned with plants, evergreens, and floral devices. The marriage ceremony was fixed for eleven o'clock, but the church was crowded to its utmost capacity long before that hour. The churchyard was also densely crowded, the. being several thousand people present. THE GUESTS. The guests began to arrive shortly after ten o'clock, arid among them were M^jor Birch, Col. Mostyn, Mr Williams and party, Bala; Dr R. Williams and party, Wrexham; the Mayor of Wrexham (Mr J. B. Mailes) in his chain, and the ) Mavoress; Mr John Lewis and party, and Mrsj Sandbach and daughters Mr Richard Howard and party, Mr Jenkins, Plasvward the Mayor and Mavoress of Ruthin (Mr and Mrs Edwards), Mr E. Jenkins, Bodwigid; Major and Mi-s Leadbetter, Chief Constable of Denbighshire, the Mayor of Denbigh (Mr Clough), Dr R. C. and Mrs Roberts, and Mrs Lawton; Mrs E. Williams, Oswestry; Mr and Mrs Benson, Wrexham; Mrs and Miss j Simpson, Wynnstay Captain,Mrs, and Miss Lovett, Fern Hill, Oswestry; Mr W. H. and Mrs. hpaul, j Oswestry; Mr Stanley Leighton, Sweeney Halt;, Rev W. J. and Mrs Sparling, Eibistock; Rev T. i LI., Mrs, and Miss G. Griffiths, Penynant; Mr Lloyd Williams and party, Denbigh; Mr Payne, Mrs Owen Slaney Wynne, Mrs Hurt Sit well, Mr. R. Lloyd, Ruabon Mr. Gill, Trewern Mr. and Mrs. Thomson and the Misses Thomson, Penybryn Miss Brancker, Major and Mrs. Buikeley, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Peel, and party, Brynypys; Mr. C. j Williams, Dr. Eyt-on Jones. Wrexham Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Laycock, Rev. F. and Mrs. Howson, Overton Mrs. Edwards, daughters, and party, Ruabon Vicarage; Major and Mrs. Conron, Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Marsh, Plasmadoc; Major Hughes and party, Mrs. and Miss Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Bronwylfa; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Tighe, Mr.' Edmund and Miss Wright, Halston; Archdeacon and Mrs. Ffoulkes, Mr. Trevor Parkins, Colonel and Miss Lovett, Beimort; Mr. Stanley Leighton, M.P., and Mrs. Leighton, Mrs. and Mr. JjSin Kenrick, Wynn Hall; the Mayor of Oswestry (Mr. Thomas Whitfield) and the Mayoress, Sir Robert j Cunliffe. M.P., Mrs. Cunliffe, and party Mr. S. K. Mainwaring, Oatley, Eilesmere the Hon. George and Mrs. Keynon, the Hon. Mr. Stapleton Cotton, the Rev. Canon Howell Evans, vicar of Oswestry, and Mrs. Evans, Lord and Lady Trevor and party, Brynkmalt; Mrs. Geradot, Erbistock Rev. W. 0. Bridgeman, rector of Knockin; Mr. and Mrs.Hamar,Giasravon,&c.,&.c. The bridegroom entered the church at about a quarter to eleven, accompanied by his brother (Mr. Robert Williams-Wynn), the best man. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn was shortly afterwards conveyed into the sacred building in his bath chair, being still unable to walk. Then followed the guests staying at Wynnstay, who drove down in car- riages, including the Earl of Powis, Mr. T. Tyrwiiitt Drake, Mr. W. R. M. Wynn, Colonel Wynn Finch, Countess M. and Coun- tess Helen Bismarck. L~dy Mary Herbert, Count Moltko, Major and Mrs. Rowley, Conway Viscount Combermere; Mrs. Williams-Wynn, of Cefn (mother of the bridegroom); Mr. H. Wil- liams-Wynn, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Godsali and Mr. EL Godsall, the Rev. J. S. Raymond, Mr. Charles and Lady Annora Williams-Wynn, Miss Annora Williams-Wynn, Mr. and Mrs. Bertie Wil- liams-Wynn, General Brownrigg, Major Fife, and Admiral Somerset- Amongst the additional guests at the church were Sir Theodore Martin, Sir Edward and Lady Hamilton, Mr. Archibald and Lady Peel, Colonel Meredith, Captain Wynn Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Slaney Wynn, Canon Richardson, Colonel Wynn Finch, and Mr. Fitzhugh. The bride arrived shortly after eleven o'clock, accompanied by her mother, and walked down the aisle upon the arm of hor cousin, Sir W. Grenville Williams-Wynn, Bart. THE DHESSES. The bride wore an ivory white satin petticoat covered with old Venetian rose point lace. The bodice and train were made of terry velvet, trimmed with lace. She had a tulle veil fastened over a wreath of orange biossom, with pearl and diamond star, the gift of the bridegroom. Her pocket-handkerchief wa.s of point lace. Lady Williams-Wvnn's dress was of rich cntique silver grey velvet brocade, trimmed with old Mechlin lace. She wore a grey bonnet, with feathers to match, and carried a white lace parasol, The bridemaids were Miss Helen Williams-Wynn, the Lady Margaret Byng, Miss Edwards, Vicarage, Ruabon"; Miss Rowley Conwy, Miss Hampton Lewie, Miss Constance Williams-Wynn, Miss Her- bert, Miss C. Brownrigg. Miss Feel, and Miss Leighton. They wore white India. muslin dresses, trimmed with Valenciennes lace and loops of pate blue ribbon, blue crepe bonnets, and aigrettes of feathers to match. Each bridemaid carried a bouquet of pink roses, and wore a gold bangle fas- tened with cross foxes in gold, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridal dress was made by Mrs. Mason, New Buriington-street, London, and the bridemaids' dresses by Messrs. Russell and Allen, New Bond- street. Mrs. Brown, New Bond-street- supplied the bonnets, and the diamond and pearl star and bridemaids' bracelets came from Messrs. Frazer and H<iwes, Regent-street, London. The dresses and jackets were from Redfera, Mrs. Mason, Bur- lington-street, and Miss Aldon, Baker-street. The trousseau was supplied by Messrs. Hallett and Davies, Orchard-street, London. AT THE CHURCH. The organist, Mr. W. Hall, Plived thø "March of the Priest Athaht" as the bridal party walked down to the altar. The altar was richly spread with a cloth of damask velvet embroidered in gold, giwu for the occasion by Sir Watkir Williams- Wynn, Bart., M.P. The officiating clergy were 1 he Itev. Watkin Williams, cousin of the bride the R?v. S. W. Edwards, M.A., vicar of Ruabon the Hev. B. Trevor Owen, the Rev. Thomas Jones, Ru.tbon and the Rev. J. B. Armstrong. Perfect silence prevailed throughout the vast buiiding t during the solemnisation of the marriage, the scene being most impressive. At the close of the service Mendelssohn's Wedding March" was played as the congregation moved out. The bride and bridegroom on leaving the church passed be- tween two rows of local volunteers, who formed a be' guard of honour. The children belonging to Miss Williams-Wynn's School were also filed in line, and strewed the pathway with flowers. There were some 500 guests at the breakfast, which was served in the, great hall at Wynnstay mansion. THE BREAKFAST. Before rising from the breakfast, the Earl of Powis, in giving "The Health of the Bride and Bridegroom," said that a marriage in an ancieDt familv always appealed to their imaginations. In the present event sympathy and deep interest was felt in a special manner, not only by those inti- mately connected with the family circle by ties of relationship and friendship to the bride and bride- groom, but it extended itself to a large surround- ing district to whom the annals of the ancient great bouse were part of the local tradition. (Cheers.) The term district applied to the fear fcdjoifiin* counties of North Wales and over a. border of Shropshire, where flags were floating in the hreezps. and bells were ringing, and town and country joined together in the day's festivities, which would be remembered in the annals of Cam- bria, and would be an epoch in their lives. (Applause.) There vt= no country in which iocat tradition and ancient memories were so jealously revered aDd regarded as in the land of the Cymrm The young people upon whom these words of re- gard were lavished that day would see the universal feehng which had been inspired towards their parents, who thoughout their lives had faittfr fully discharged the various duties of their pos>> tion. (Cheers.) The parents would appreciate th« sincere good-will which was manifested. He would now give them full rein and scope to their feelingf of sympathy and sentiment which tbat occasion and assembly inspired in their breasts. He wished long life and happiness to the bride and brid& groom. (Loud cheers.) The toast having been most enthusiastically re- ceived. Mr. HERBERT WILLIA:TS- WYNN said he begged to thank them all most sincerely on behalf of Miss Williams-Wynn and himseif for the very kind way in which they had drunk their health. They both felt their kindnass very much, far more than they could express. Count MOLTKE then gave "The Health of Sir Watkin and Lady WiUMms-Wynn." Sir WATKIN, in responding, said that both Lady Williams-Wynn and himself begged to thank them ail most sincerely for the kindness shown to them and to their dear daughter. He hoped that aus- picious event would bring happiness to both of the young people. The toast of The Bridemaids was given by Coionel WTNN-FINCH and responded to by Mr ROBERT WILLIAMS-WTNN. Atter the breakfast the new,y united couple left WViinstay forLlangedwyn by brougham, the route being through the country a distance of twenty tinx's, which they drove. An immense crowd assembled in Wynnstay Park to witness the depar- ¡ur. and loudly cheered the happy pair, and deluged them with rice. Tne bride's travelling dress wi; m.ide of sapphire blue bengaline trimmed wi;h velvet, the bodice being of blue velver trimmed with old point d'Alencon lace. Her b nnet was of blue crepe and velvet, with feathers to match. THE WEDDING PRESENTS. Amongst the wedding presents are:- Sevres travelling dock, Lurci an Trevor; ait Vr-. sJen china basin, the H >n. Edith and Hon. Nina Hill Trevor; peari and diamond brooch, the Countess 01 -■trat ford penil and diamond lapis lazuli brooch, the Karl and Countess of Portsmouth two large Dresden eiiina vases, the Countess Falmouth (Baroness Le De spencer); diamond hound, Lady Williams-Wynn; diamond fox, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn; Algernon ubie. Lord Deiaiiiere large silver inkstand and taper, tile ho:;öei1o.d servants; a pai of silver-backed brushes, i wo lion I e;; a clothes brush, pin-cushion,t w siiverboxes, silver black glass, Lit-ut -0>i. and Mrs Buikeley, Muter liuikelev, ana Miss Muriel Bulkele. antique silver box. Major Stuart china bowl, Hon Mrs H. Cliolmondeley silver hand candlestick, Hon. Mr and Mrs Douglas Pen- "aat; silver gilt beil, the liev Wat-kin and Mrs vYi.iia.ms; silver teapot and coffee-pot. Sir William Williams large old silver ewer and two silver gobltitson an oak stand, Mr T. T, Drake (of Shardeloes) antique silver jug, Viscount Combermere; old miniature coffee- pot on stand, H.L. the Danish Minister: antiq. e silver box, La Marquise de Bassano inkstand, Ven. Archdeacon 1 tuuliijs nuie m*.rqu*terie table, the Lady fl.triecu pear: and diamond bracelet, the Earl of Powis"; silver looking-glass, Air and the Lady Fiorentia Hughes; pearl, ruby, and diamond brooch, the Marchioness of Westminster: two china menus, mounted m silver, Mr and Mrs Btaniey Leighton; travelling clock, Mrs Granville Somerset; antique silver box, the Earl of Macclesfield; Thorvalsden iMiiish bas relief, Sir Alexander and Lady Wood china vases, Hon. Eaitil Boscawen lapis lazuli brooch, Countess Marie, Countess Helen, and Count Bismarck; Dresden china, Sevres pattern, cup and saucer, Major and Mrs Cornwall's West; pearl and diamond bracelet* the Duke of Westminster ivory and silver paper knife, the Earl and Countess 01 Lovelace; antique silver gilt box, the Countess of Cbarleviile ivory and silver gilt etui, the Dowager Countess Galwav; two large Chinest vases, Viscount Falmouth; brown morocco dressing bag, with silver gilt tittiu^s, the officers and privates of ihe Denbighshire Volunteers; large chiming clock, "eeûmpanied by an address in a morocco album, the past and present out-oi-door employes of Wynn- sLay; old jewelled Sevres cup and saucer. Sir Richard and Lady Puleston; antique fan with painted sticks, CAPt. and Lady Eiiiiiv Howard, Bury; large three-leaved folding screen, with old etchings, from Sir Henry Watkin William Williams-Wynn's collection at Copenh gen, Mr Bertie Wiliiams-Wynn Wedgwood china tea set of twelve-nilver teapot, cream jug, sugar basin, sugar tongs, twelve spoons, silver mounted hot water ,iug, and old Chippendale table, Mr .Ila¡;;¡¡.e, Ivi.P. silver box, the Earl and Countess of it >ck savage; book, The Daily Round," the Rev. D. a n. Mrs. Edwards, Oelr two silver muffineers, the CouriLess of Bradford; Bible. with photographs, tilt tishop of St. Asapb; Christian Y PAr," with photo graphs, Mrs. Hughes, The Palace, St. Asaph; picture by L, Brewer, Boston, U.S.A.; diamond goat witb cats eye, tut Earl and Countess of Selkirk, golc necklace, Mr and the Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell. antique silver gilt toy tea set and tray, the Earl anc Coumess of Harrington gold and ruby diamond bracelet hud address, the Llangedwyn, Llaiiforda. and Llwy diart!: workmen; Church Service, the teachers anf scholars uf Llangedwyn School; gold stnds with initials Admiral and Mrs Somerset; clock with calendar, Col ihe Hon. G. Windsor Clive two large white Orenburg shawls in a casket, Count Moltke Venetian mirror, th* l £ ij;ht Hon. G. and Mns Osborne Morgan; a large Bible the" Dean of öt. Asaph and Mrs Bonnor. LADY LLANOVEE'S GIFT. An ornament with a silver leek in relief witf the following inscription engraved on it:- li ,t. fed the man that lovee not the land of his birth :1\ mother's language, and the country of my fathers Heart to heart. An affectionate remembrance of th, marriage of Louise Alexandra Willu.ms-Wvnn with Herbert Watcvn Williams-Wynn, August, 188,. Fron her old faithful friend, À. Lianover (" Gwenynen Gwent "). The Lady Lianover. liifc ornament was enclosed in a mnrocco case, in which was written the following in Welsh Dear child of my friends, and dear child of Wales. will you and your husband, as well as the ancient lineage of Wyhnbtay, receive this testimony of friendship in re- membrance of your country and 01 vour old friend, with earnest nra\ ers"for your happiness?* From Gwenynen Gwent,' Caer Baddon. COMPLIMENTARY DINNERS. To-night dinners are given at all the chief towns of Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, and Shropshire in honour of the event. A general holiday being observed through- out these counties all business was suspended for the day. A large number of excursion ti-ains ran from various parts, and it was estimated that fully 10.000 persons visited Wynnstay Park during the day. On Monday the parishioners of Ruabon pre- sented Nlis- Williams-Wynn with an illuminated address on the occasion of her marriage with her cousin, Mr. Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn. A beautiful album, containing the names of the subscribers, was also presented to Sir Watkin and Lady Williaæs- Wynn, The presentation, which took place at, Wynnstay, was made by the Rev. E. W. Edwards, vicar of Kuabon. The lev. gentleman, in presenting the addresses, said it must be specially gratifying to Sir Watkin, Lady Williams, and Miss Williams-Wynn on the I)ra,ent auspicious occasion to see so many ir,anci-, from different parts of the Principality. They all wanted to express their deep interes* and sympathy with them on the marriage of their daughter, whom they sincerely wished all futurr happiness. Sir WATEIN WILLIAMS-WYNN said he begged tc thank them on behalf oi Lady Williams, Miss Wil, liams-Wynn, and himself for their great kindness Among the numerous congratulations which Miss Williams-Wynn had received were two from lier her godmother, the Queen of Denmark; and the Princess of Wales. He begged sincerely to thank the Ruabon people for the kindness they had shown to himself and family during the past half century. Lady Williams-Wynn also addressed the companv, and said how deeply she felt the kindness of the inhabitants in her desperate sorrow and desperate anxiety, and now in hei great joy. They had shown her every kindness during the 32 years she had lived amongst them. The following is a copy of the address To Jiiss WILLIAMS-WYNN ON HER MARKLAGE TO SIS, HI £ RBEKT LLOYD WATKIN WILLIAMS-WYNIT. We. the undersigned, 011 behalf of your neighbour; and fellow-parishioners, cannot but regard with the deepest interest the ID>L."1'ia.¡;t; of one who has gone in i and out amoniist us from her earliest years. The joys and sorrows of the house of Wynnstay may well be said to be the joys and sorrows of the Principality. It is so on this occasion. -Nor is it any marvel that the whole Principality should rejoice with one whom they love and respect, not only iu his social position as their Pri ncc in Wales, but also personally as the best and most kind-uearted of landowners, on the marriage of his daughter. But amidst the general rejoicing the people of liua!>on cannot but regard the present happy event with special feelings of interest and sympathy. Born to the highest ( osn in the Principality,you have gained for vourself a position still higher in the hearts of UH: ¡.ple. Known, as you have been, to us from your earliest childhood, every year vou have crown in the affection of all around you. We have loved your Ion. ioi your Ruabon honit-the personal interest you nave shown in its institutions, your love "for its people. lour love to Kuabon is reflected in the love of the Ruabon people, ana it is a joy to all that you wiil stil) look upon Ruabon as your home. May the same spirit which moved you, when yet a little child, to give your ali for the relief of a poor person still be yours when you are old. And" the blesaing of Him that was ready to perish shall come upon you." We wish you both most sincerely every happiness both here and hereafter. Ant may His presence who turneth the water into wine be yours now and for ever.- E. W, EDWARDS, Yica.r of Kuabon, Chairmant n. c. MCKLIOS. Treasurer. ROBERT LLOYD, ) OOIITC PARK, j Secretaries, Tha following inscription was richly illaminatee i o: the front oa^es of the album, which was en- ca*ed in a morocco cover:- I To SIR WATKIN AND LADY WILLUMS-WYNH ON TInt MARRIAGE OF THEIR DACGHTKB. We, the undersigned, your neighbours and fellow parishioners, desire ro convey to you our sincere congratulations on the occasion of your daughter's rnarriige. It is a proud position you occupy as that of our Prince in Wales, but it is one of which you may we:) feel still prouder to be, not merely a prince territorially, but also a prince reigning in the hearts and affections of the people. It is now 3¿ yen is since you received the hearty welcome of nil Welshmen upon your iwn marriage. And itisa fact which speaks for itself that after i he lapse of these year. i the s rnputhetic affection 01 all classes towards you: nob> house bas certainly not decreased. The universal atij spontaneous outburst of rejoicing with which the announ ementof the intended man iage of your daughter was received is sufficient proof, whatever may bave been cbject.ed to it in Ihi" feudal system of old, that it has, at least, the effect in its modern form, as exhibited in the Principality, of making landlords and tenants the firmest of friends. We congratulate you both most sincerely on i he present happy event. And we would pray that many, many years of Malta and happiness may be yours. Then followed several hundred signatures.

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