The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

LONDON GOSSIP. Mr Gladstone is in the highest health aucspirits, believing, as he does. that he is about to own his career by a, signal success. Lord Beaconsfiel gave a title to the Queen. Mr Gladstone intends to create a Parliament. He is full of enthusiasm at the rospect, 2nd he will appear at Westminster in his bit form, ready to assail Lord Salisbury. It is expecrd on his side that he will he in office before March. If, how- ever, Nli- Parnell pronounces against the sceme, lw will have to wait until the police question sines for- ward. A dissolution in February, unless le Queen intervenes, on the ground that no party has a absolute majority, is out of the question. I hear that the Conservative leaders utend to support with all their force Mr Woodall bill for Women's suffrage when it comes before Irhament. They have converted, not by a sense of tt essentia! ustice of the claims of women to politiea equality, but bv the hope of a great party advamge. The Primrose League has converted them. hey have come to believe that every woman is a Tcf at heart, and, acting upon that impression, thejintend to include all wotisen householders in the eleorate. As they will be supported by a large numbtt-f Liberals, it is almost certain that the Women's Sifrage Hi:) will be carried before the next general eleiou. The statement that a Royal Commissio is about to be issued to inquire into the working of te Education Act is quite correct, with the exceptionhat it is not especially directed to consider the mser of over- pressure, and it will have nothing toio with the Question of technical education. The triple truth is that the commission is a sop to CardiaaManning and Canon Gregory, who from different sndpoints aie desirous of picking holes in the orking of an education 8cileme that is strict!) unmomiuational. They naturally enough wanL to get pull upon the fates, ami are willing to accept; as providing an opening. The CL vern me; aro desirous (>' making the commission as resKttable and as businesslike as possible, and with fit object have invited three or four education autlrities from the Liberal side. Old members of Parliament well ;fsEd in Minis- terial ways says that assuming MGladstone has Written to the Queen a letter or itnovanduvn upon Home Rule, he has done it with set irpose, which is, first, to communicate with her Majty and with her Ministers. He will afterwards, it upon this assumption, when it becomes cleathat Ministers do Hot intend to act upon his counsels&k leave to make public the views he has thus liumV' tendered to the Crown, and it is impossible, if allns has happened, that either by direct pu blicatioll rby reference in speech upon the address he may pound and expand tne views he has laid before her M^sty. It is known that lie has secured the adhton of important members of the moderate sectiorf his party. He is Said to be in a position, by the rure of his plans, to command the support of the £ Jit body )f Radicals He may choose to proceed by absolution affirming the main principles of his plan, th a certainty that fine could be so framed as to oUn the support of a majority of the House of Comma, and it is regarded as not unlikely that after cona/ation with others of his late colleagues this is the cms he will adopt when Parliament has been informedy the Queen s speech that the Government do not imtl to make any such proposals. It is no exaggeration to say tt the appointment of Mr Grantham as clerk of the Hiaments is one of the grossest jobs perpetrated in rcat history, The clerk- ship of the Parliaments is one- the fattest sinecures it) connection with Westminst The salary is £6,000 a year, and the work is nomL It is exactly such a post as a hard-working, distjuished public servant like Sir Erskine May mightook forward to enjoy. I'he salary is considerably nu than that of the clerk- DL ship of the House of Comms, a monstrous thing when we compare the impotnee of the latter post with the uselessness of thcormer. Mr Grantham Was a Master in Lunacy, w;h does not at first sight appear to suggest ary conntion with the House of Lords. But he is somethi more than that. He is son-in-law to Lord Cranbro. the Lord-President of he Council, in whose gift post is. Almost in the first weeks of the new Miniy, the Lord Chancellor appointed a kinsman ot his a lucrative post; and now Lord Cranbrook. witbreatcr audacity, provides *or his own family out of J public funds, and at the Expense of a singularly me'rious candidate. There are some men w feel their defeat rather keenly, One of these wa-itting writiug the other day in a certain London ub, when there appeared the scene a friend v., face was full of sympa- thetic woe. My dear f'w said the friend, going 4P to the candidate, and mg his hand in paternal on on his shoulder, am so sorry for you-so V(-ry sorry." The oth< turned round upon the Sympathiser with an a'y glare. I think, sir, he. in his most unpromising manner, that \(,0 have met already s3 the event to which you to be alliidiiig, i that I have already of your corencies." There v/as some-; tbing in h's face whichd, more plainly than words c"Ould rave done, how f-H was the value which he (t upon the comfort ered to him by his friend. Ah replied the latt (Illite unabashed, I forgot had seen you before to your defeat but yon see .^re are so many oiyin this place that one get* a !,ttle confused among i all." The patience of Job jl'; jiave been ne;;dc) restrain the temper of the ^■at»a candidate aftofae last cruel observation. I 'ike bitter the etery mother beaten candidate—who k-W lo«t by a very row majority—whose exclain- *tKm, w-n„n he saw aend approaching with eympa- ti',oite face". Was. Ndon'i you be the five-hundredth ,Ij LIl LIIY victory,' I am !:k of 'moral victor!

( JftllUt the ffopers. r- "v"r- On Wednesday a young man at S'.va-es in attempt- t! ing to make a stubborn cow move was tossed by the l animal oveo the canal bridge into the water beneath. He was not injured. In the Divorce Court on Thursday, Ro3a Osborne obtained a decree nisi for the dissolution of her marriage with her husband, Thomas Osborne, the jockey, by t reason of his adultery and cruelty. Earl Fitzwilliam has made a reduction of 50 percent. o-.i the rents due on his Irish estates in September ladt. This abatement will hold good on all rents paid on or before the 25th March next. ¿ At the Westminster Aquarium on Thursday evening 1{W.i A. B. Marshal was presented with a diamond > pendant of the value of one hundred guineas, by the I patrons and pnpils of her cookery classes. 5) At Sligo Assizes on Wednesday John Hanlay, an ex- ) t preaident of the Land League Association in the county of Roscommon, was sentenced to fourteen years' penal f servitude for tlie manslaughter of his brother, whom t he shot because of some dispute about land, An intimation was received at Liverpool on Satur- i- day from the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, that the Hon, R L. Stanley, barrister-at-Iaw. has > been appointed to investigate the affairs of the R-oyaJ Liver Friendly Society, and will commence his inquiry at Liverpool on January 2nd. j 1'lie Queen has been pleased to confer the die tine- fcmn oi K.C.B. (civil division) upon Dr G. E. Paget, regina professor of physics in the University of Cam- j br>dge. 'fhe Queen has also been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Dr William Roberts, of the » I Victoria University, Manchester. .Aa From Portree it is reported, that notwithstanding the erection of a fence six feet high and the constant tvatching of three men, deer, impelled by the bitter xeather. are daily nuking incursion, on the crofts of I the Sconeer tenantry. Last week a line stag was ob- ] served among the corn ricks. The animal was immed- t iateiy pursued, and jumped into the Loch of Eligachan j where it was captured by a boat's crew, and cut up and div ided among the captors. 1 At the instance of the Government her majesty is I about to issue a Royal Commission to inquire into the t wording and results of the Education Acts. The < Commission in the wide scope of its reference will, j amongst other matters, take into account the subject of over pressure, and probably also the relations of technical reaching, to the ordinary day schools of the country. [ At Wclverhamption on Friday the stipendiary com- mitted a young girl, named Clara Bird (thirteen), to six wceka' imprisonment for stealing £ 30 belonging to Wi'lir-m Ward, zinc worker. Prisoner had been em- ployed. as servant at the house, and the money having heeti missed, some coins Mere marked, and she was detected. It was then found she had a key to open I pro&ecutor's drawers, and had spent a portion of the I money in nnery. Tiie police oi Fork hill, near Newry. on Friday night arr-Mstad a married woman named Burns on the charge of murdering her child. Her husband had been in England for eighteen months, and returned on Friday. Tla" police, having heard that she had given birth to a child, searched the house and found the mangled body of the infant concealed under the bed. Mra Burns and a woman who attended her in her confinement were both arrested. A supposed lunatic, whose name is unknown, on Thursday leaped from a Midland express while travell- ing between Loughborough and Trent Junction. The man had booked to Nottingham, and when tin train was running at a high speed a Roman Catholic priest, who was in the same compartment, saw him sud(lenly spring from the carriage. Some platelayers ran towards him, when, to their great surprise, he got up and ran away. The Shrewsbury police have in custody six women charged with being concerned in a wholesale robbery of wearing apparel. Three of the women were engaged as assistants at a clothier's, and one of them was caught carrying away some property. On beig arrested, it transpired that, with five others, ahe had car ried away clothing to the value of £ 50, including upwards of 100 dresses, jackets, and trowsers, nearly an ot which have been recovered by the police It is asserted that negotiations between Italy and Austria for an alliance, practically offensive and defen- sive, have been brought to a successful issue. The, terms of the agreement are stated to be that Italy would consent to Austria occupying territory in the Bakan Peninsula as far south as Salonica, in return tor the cession of Tre.it and the territory to Italy. Furthermore, Italy would lend Austria tangible assis- tance in the event of difficulties with Russia. George Greenland, who has been seventeen years in the t rr.pley of the General Post Office as bagman, and lately as an overseer, was committed for trial on Wednesday at Bow Street on two charges. Ha had to piead guilty to the charge of stealing a letter contain- ing a cheque for thirty-five pounds, as he was caught in the act of cashing the stolen cheque. The second charge, to which he pleaded not guilty, was that he had stolen fifty blank cheques and bad uttered one of triem. A St. Petersburgh telegram states that strictly con- fidential instructions have been issued to the Russian Governors of Central Asia, apprising them of the ap- proaching visit of the Czar, who with a large suite, will visit his Central Asian dominions next spring, and ordering them to prepare to give his Imperial Majesty a splendid reception, making their arrangements, how- ever, as quietly as possible. Great importance is attached to this visit in Si" Petersburg, which is con- nected with the coronation of the Czar as the Emperor of Central Asia. At Windsor on Thursday a young man named Wi ii>»in Toolcy, aged twenty, a, private tutor, from Hull, was brought before the magistrate under singular ni F^m the evidence of Police Superin- tendent Hayes, fOld Inspector Savage, of the Royal Household Police, it •••spared that the prisoner on Saturday went to the Cauda and wanted to see the I Queen, as ,th#> ox-mayor of Hull had pointed him out to the Duke of Edinburgh, and led him to believe he might get into her Majesty's service." Prisoner was remanded. The arrangements by the War Office for augmenting the British troops in India by 10,000 men, as required tro, b, the Indian Government, are now almost completed. The first draft will leave England on January 2nd, in the hired transport Hankow another contingent will leave on the 19th proximo, in the transport India the Decean will follow next day with a further draft, and ether ships, not yet chartered, will take additional reinforcements on February 2nd, and in the second week of March. Each ship will take about 1000 men. The Marquess of Salisbury has addressed the follow- inr' le tter to a gentleman who complained that the trade of the country was paralysed by the length of time over which the elections extended Foreign Office, December 14th.—Dear Sir,—Lord Salisbury desire's me to express to you his thanli3 for your letter of the llth December, suggesting that, in the interests of business, the number of polling days at general elections should be limited to two or three instead of their being allowed to extend over several weeks, as at present; and I am to say, in reply, that his lord- ship considers that the matter is well worthy of con- sideration.—I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, JAMES TTi17TI,-R Judge Hughes decided on Friday, at the Stockport County Court, in an extraordinary manner a claim which had been put in by a professional pedestrian, named Peter St. Leger, of Macclesfield, for the re- co. cry from Daniel Ward, of Handforth, of a gold watch. The plaintiff and defendant s son had com- peted in a walking match, of which the defendant was the judge. The defendant decided in favour of his sou, and the pkintiff alleged that his son had run one lap too little. The Judge decided to have the match walked over again in his own presence next month, and chose a gentleman in Court to assist him in judg- ing, A magistrate and alderman of Cheater having written to Sir John Bennet regarding the order of precedence between magistratates and aldermen in municipal pro- cessions at church attendance, has receivedthe follow- ing reply I Ciieppsi(le, December 14.—Dear sir, In re church processions. On most great occasions, I fear, we are all out of order when we go to church. There being no law, each meifther is a law unto himself. It is, first come first served. In a place of worship, one miserable sinner is as good as another. I don't know that heaven cares a fig which comes first. It seems right that the greater sinner should have the prefer- ence. I should add that there is a strong impression abroad among the ungodly that as the worthy aldermen come and go (he devil stand at the porch and counts them. With pious regards, &c.. JOHN BENNETT. At New York Mr. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, one of the leaders of the Secession Movement a quarter of a century ago, and who has remained an Irreconcil- able ever since, has just died as a consequence of an at- tack of paralysis which he suffered in September. Mr. Toombs was a fiery character, unique in American his- tory, and forced the admiration even of his opponents. He was known to the public as "the last unrepentant rebel." He consistently refused to accept the amnesty otfered by the Federal Government at Washington, saying of it Pardon me?—the temporary concern; I have not; forgiven it." On one occasion when a quasi repudiation of the debt of the State of^ Georgia was being argued in his presence, he exclaimed "May it please the court, Georgia will pay her debts if not, I will." He actually advanced thirty thousand dollars with that object, and without taking the slightest security. Mr. Toombs also paid large drafts which had been drawn by the Confederate Government and en- dorsed by him, even after the collapse of the rebellion had put an end to his liability.His estate is estiunted at half a million of dollars,

THE IRISH QUESTION. j (From the Daily Chronicle.) I The position into which party leaders have allowed the Irish question to drift has created a feeling of c-i-rel suspense. The average elector cares very little foi t tactics—he does not understand them but he has a I great respect for straightforward-speaking. He knows r that Mr Gladstone has been considering Mr Parnell's demands, and he has been allowed to peruse a version of a ptopo^ed Liberal programme which has been pro- nonncet1 by telegraph from Ha warden to be unauthor- ised. It is not worth while to enquire whether this > unauthorised V<èpi011 was intontior.aHy circulated hT 1 some indiscreet friend, or published in a spirit of mis- chief for the purpose of forcing Mr Gladstone's reserve. Mr Herbert Gladstone's statements we«*e sufheiently pointed to rouse curiosity, and to justify us in hoping for some explicit statement from Mr Gladstone himself. 1 Sir Charles Dilke and Mr Chamberlain very properly I I refrain from criticising proposals which are not yet before them in an authentic form. and we fear that an equal amount of patience must be exercised by other inhabitants of the kingdom. Mr Gladstone adheras to what he said at West Caldrr, where he excused him- self from discussing the question of Home Rule. on the ground that he was not a member of the Government, and that Mr Parnell had made no formal demand. Thus it appears that in the meantime we are not to have the authorised version of Mr Gladstone's views, and that the political situation is to degenerate into a series of manoeuvres about what lawyers call "the right to begin." Lord Salisbury is very anxious that Mr Gladstone should begin for the present Mr Gladstone declines. Mr Parnell does not care who begins so long as he gets what he wants and thus the. public interests suffer. One word would Ftiifice to res Lore confidence to Ireland and the supporters of the Liberal party, and the want of it is daily working an incredible amount of mischief. Loyal Irishin n declare that six months' notice to cltiil, would be better than thif doubt, 8,1 all of them who arc able to do so have made their preparations to go. In England, however, men have been left to form their ovvn opinion without guidance from those whose leading they are wont to follow, and it is by no means favourable to the un- authorised version which has found its way into print. Let nf endeavour to trace how this labyrinth of in- trigues has arisen. During the latter part of the late Parliament, and in the recent elections, Mr Parnell threw the weight of his support in favour o' the Tories. He did this because the Government of Mr Gladstone had, in Parnellite language, handed over Irishmen to "chains, imprisonment, and death;" because the Tories allowed the Crimes Act to lapse,* and because it was his policy to equalise the two great parties in the House of Commons. The general election placed the balance of parties in his hands, and the Tory Government in power at "nee realised that it could not in any measure meet his wishes. It then remained for him to see what he could extract from the Liberal party. He had asked for no pledges from it at the general election, and al- though Liberal leaders were willing to labour as impar- tially for Ireland as for the rest of the United Kingdom, although some of them were willing to offer him a gen- erous measure of local government, he did his best to overthrow them. Mr Gladstone implored the constitu- encies not to place him in the hands of Mr Parnell. He based his appeal on Imperial not Party interests." In his fourth speech, delivered on the twenty-fourth of November, lie charged Mr Parnell with using words that multitudes would interpret into an apology for as- sassination." He declared that a strong Liberal majority was required, because it was "essential for the public welfare that the party which might have to deal with Mr Parnell, or to check him and eventually govern the dealiugs with him, should be a party not dependent on his siiffrages. He contended that the victory of the Liberal party, if it was to come, would be a result wliich alone could bring about a satisfactory, dignified, and worthy handling of the questions, however juat they might be, and great they were likely to be, which might arise with respect to the government of Ireland. Mr Parnell had not concealed that he took this view of the matter." He then added that a Liberal majority would be aide to test the Nationalist demands by consider- ations of justice, "from a position of impartial security, and not from the slippery footing of slavish depen- dence." Upon these statements from the Leader of the Liberal party the country went to the polls, and re- turned a Liberal majority of eighty-six over the Tories, a majority which was confessedly that of Mr Gladstone and obtained on the faith of his declarations. It so happened, however, that the number of Parnellites re- turned was precisely eighty-six, and thus the very state of things deprecated by Mr Gladstone in his election speeches was produced. If any party endeavoured to deal with Mr Parnell's demands, it must be a party dependent of his suffrages." The result had not been realised which alone could bring about a satisfactory, dignified, and worthy handling of Irish questions"; they could only be dealt with "from the slippery foot- ing of slavish dependence." After these explicit declarations it cui readily be supposed that neither the constituencies nor the Liberal members returned supposed that tiny were committed to a measure of Home Rule, involving, as Mr Gladstone put it, questions likely to be great. Local Government was a point in ti'.e Liberal pro- gramme, and it was intended to give to Ireland pquU justice with England and Scotland. But Home Rule, including a proposal to hand over the police to a Nationalist politician who but a few weeks ago used words that multitudes would interpret into an apology for assassination," was never dreamed of. Yet we are told that Mr Gladstone has some such scheme in his mind, and his only commentary on the announcement is that it is neither accurate nor authorised. A period, therefore, of painful and most injurious doub must follow. In the meantime, newly elected Liberals will have time to think over the matter. Mr Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dilke are in the dark as to Mr Gladstone's intentions, but they have taken little trouble to conceal their conviction that a Liberal Government ruling by the grace of Mr P?.rnell is not to be desired. In other words, they do not in teen- hearts approve of treating on the slippery footing of slavish dependence. In spite of the generosity of their views with regard to the Ir;sh Nationalist party, they have never advocated measures which would involve the dismemberment of the Empire. We have no precise means of knowing how many members of the House of Commons share these views, but it is not unreasonable to suppose that many members of the party with whom they arc not always in unison arc disposed to agree with them. Liberal candidates did not gc to the country upon Home Rule. they were not elected upor it. and they are not prepared for it. We still cherish a hope that Mr Gladstone's views have been ex- aggerated, and that some reassnrring statement will be issued to the country. There are those who, after the experience Qf the last six years, say that some such measure of Home Rule would win over the Nationalist vote for Liberal legislation. But has Mr Parnell proved a faithful ally either to Mr Gladstone or to Lord Salisbury ? He offered, as one of the con- ditions of his release from Kilmainham, to support the Liberal party in Parliament, but in spite of the Land and Arrears Act he voted cousistently against Mr Gladstone, and eventually drove him from office. His gratitude to Lord Salisbury has been equally brief. He does not want the redress of grievances, no half- I measure will satisfy him. He will not rest until the last link" has been broken.

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r ORDINATIONS. 1 LLANDAFF. I An ordination was held in the Cathedral, Llandaff, on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. The preacher was the Rev. Montague Earle Welby, rector of Gilestone, late Fellow of Magdalen Cailege, Oxford. T)EACOXS.—The following deacons were ordained and licensed to curacies:—Basil Hampden Hampden-Jones, T)EACOXS.- The following deacons were ordained and licensed to cu rac-les: -Basil Hampden Hampden-Jones, B.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to Caerw> nt, Monmouthshire; John Itowland Leigh, B.A., Oriel College, Oxford, to BJaeuavon, Moumoutlistiire; Hugh Smith Nicholson. B.A.. Trinity College, Oxford, to Roath, Cardiff; Henry Bachard Roberts, licentiate in divinity, St. David's Colletre. Lampeter, to Besufart. Monmoutlisiiire. PRIESTS.—William ChaiJes Cotes, B. A., Pembroke PRIESTS.—William ChaiJes Cotes, B. A., Pembroke College. Oxford, Roath: Herbert Davies, B.A., St. David's College, Lampeter, Merthyr Tydfii; John Lewis Davies, Glasgow University, Pontlottyn; Rich- ard Evans Cambridge University, Resolven; William Evans, St. David's College, Lampeter, Aberclare; John Francis Jones, B.A., Jesus College, Oxford, Llan- wonno. GOSPELLER.— Basil Hampden Hampden'Jones. BANGOR. The Bishop of Bangor held an ordination in his cathedral church on Sanday, v/heu the following were ordained — I)EACO-N,I. cis Parry Watkiu Davies, B.A., Magdalen, College, Oxon, licensed to the curacy of Llanrhyddead, Anglesey. John Harries, B.A., St. David's Co'legs, Lampeter, licensed to the curacy of St. David's, Festiniog, Merionethshire. Thomas Harries, B.A., St. David's College, Lampeter, licensed to the curacy of Anglesey. John Daniel Jones, B.A., Magdalen College, Oxford, licensed to the curacy of L!angefn. Anglesey. David Williams, B. A., St. Davi(l' College, Lampeter, licensed to the curacy of Festiniog-ewm-Maerivrog, Merionethshire. PRIESTS.—Richard Davies. Sc. Aidan's, Birkenhead, curate of Llanfihangel, Esceifiog, Anglesey. John Edwards Evans, B.A., Jesus College, Oxford, curate of Conway. David Herbert, St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, curate of Towyn, Merionethshire. Daniel Rowlands Lewis, B.A., Jesus College, Oxford, curate of Caerdeon, Dolgelley.

"THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY." Some twenty years ago a thin volume was published I anonymously by Bernard Quaritch, consisting of a translation of 101 of the Un [)áiy àt or verses of the Per- sian Omar Khayyam, the astronomer-poet, who Jived between the years 1050 and 1125. The book was pub- lished anonymously, but it was soon known that the translator was Mr Edward Fitzgerald. It underwent vicissitudes which make of the story of the book a ro- mance of bibliography. Originally produced at half-a- crown, the book did not sell at all ana Mr Quaritch gradually reduced the pi ice to a shilling, to threepence, ana even to a penny, at which latter price some pur- chasers were found. By chance the work fell into the hands of competent judges, and the volume began slowly and silently to make its way among those who could critically estimate and enjoy it. I had a certain success in a small section of American society, and one American bought two hundred copics to give away to friends. Both in England and America Omar v un him- self friends and admirers, and now, as was st-'tnd in a laudatory review in the Contemporary some ten years ago by Mr Schutz Wilson, it has taken its place as one j of the translations which the world will not willingly let die, Here are two or three extracts illustrative of what Tennyson calls this "golden eastern lay." XVII. Think, in this battered caravanserai Whose portals are alternate night and day, How sultan after sultan with his pomp Abode his destined hour and went his way. r-i XVIII. Thoy say the lion and the lizard keep The courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep And Brahftm, that great hunter—the wild ass Stamps o'er his head but cannot break his sleep, Take next a verse conveying pathetic reasons for drinking. XXI. Oh my beloved, fill the cup that clears Oh my beloved, fill the cup that clears TO-OAY of past regrets and future fears TO-MORROW !—why, to-morrow I may be My&elf with yesterday's seven thousand years. And again as to the future undiscovered country." LXIIL. I Oh threats of hell and hope of Paradise One thing at least is certain, this life flies One thing- is certain and the rest is lies, The flower that once has blown for ever dies. LXIV. Strange is it not ? that of the myriads who Before us passed the door of darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too. LXVIII. We are no other than a moving row Of magic shadow-shapes that come and go Round with this sun-illumined lantern, held In midnight by the master of the show. LXIX. Impotent pieces of the game he plays Upon this chequer-board of nights and days, Hither and thither moves and checks and slays, l And one by one back in the closet lays. LXXI. The moving linger writes, and having writ Moves on nor all your piety and wit Shall hire it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.

FAIR WH:TE HANDS—Bright Clear Complexion- Soft Healthful Skin.-PFAAltS' SOAP, for Tpilet and Nursery, specially prepared for the delieate skin of ladies and children and others sensitive to the weather, winter or summer. Prevents redness, roughness, and chapping. Sold everywhere, in tablets Is. each' larger sizes, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. The Mayor of Devouport was authoritatively in- formed on Friday that a petition had been presented against the return of Messrs Puleston and Price, the Conservative members tor the borough, chiefly on grounds of bribery, treating, and personation. The dead body of an old man named Price was found in the Birmingham Canal at Wolverhampton on Tuesday morning. On the 30th of October the deceased violently assaulted his son, a young married man living at Salford, with a pair of tongs, and inflicted injuries of so serious a character that a surgson gave but slight hopes of recovery. On hearing this the old man left his home on the 10th instant, and was not again heard of until his dead body was found in the canal. A petition was on Saturday lodged by the leaders of the Conservative party in Ipswich against the return of Mr H. W. AVest, Q.C., and Mr Jesse Ceilings as members for the borough on the ground of treating, bribery,.|ind other illegal practices. The petitioners are :—Captain H. E. Lacon, president of the Con- servative Association Mr E. Packard, jun., vice- president and Mr Hugh Turner. The requisite deposit of £1,000 was paid into coutt. Eighty men of the Edinburgh Police Force were sworn in on Saturday before Bailie Cranston for special duty at the General Post Office as letter sorters, in view of the excessive work caused by the Christmas card I traffic, on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th December. One-half of the men to be so employed are taken from the day staff, and the other half from the night staff, and they are to work at the Post Office during the time they are off their ordinary duties. This is the first occasion on which Edinburgh policemen have been so employed in the Post Office. A very serious accident on Friday befel Lord Guilford, master of the Cattistock Hounds, whilst hunting in the Vale of Buckland, near Dorchester. In taking a flying leap, his lordship's horse turned a com- plete somersault and rolled heavily over on his rider, one of whose legs was badly fractured, besides which several ribs were broken. His lordship was promptly conveyed to Castle Hill House, the residence of Mr T. Holford, where he lies in a precarious condition. Lord Guildford died on Saturday night. The internal injuries his lordship received precluded any hope of recovery from the first. Deceased, who was very popular, had been master of the Cattistock Hounds since 1882. Some further particulars respecting the singular old lady who lately died at this village (near Newark) have just transpired. After her burial it was found that she literally rolled in wealth," for the cords of her bedstead (one of the old sacking-bottom descrip- tion) had a number of bank-notes fastened round them. Further, notes and coins were found in the most singular places. One L5 note was discovered wrapped in a duster and pushed into a hole in the wall; jE35 in notes were raked out of the coals, while at the back of a door in the garden a roll of notes as thick as a man could grasp was discovered three of these, £5 notes, were actually of the date of George the First's reign. Spade ace guineas were found in all sorts of places, some under the floor of an outhouse. Of silver and copper coins an immense number were unearthed. The old lady had jESOO stowed away in crown-pieces in another place. Her real property, it turns out, amounts to several thousands of pounds, all of which is claimed by her nephew. Notwithstanding her wealth, the old lady lived in such a mean style that her neighbours thought she was in actual poverty, and occasionally sent her food, which was thankfully re- ceived. On one occasion she asked a local policeman if he would accept £ 500. He thanked her, but said it j would be advisable for her to ke?p it a little longer. She had prepared a will, and the policeman's legacy, with others, was mentioned, but it was found un- | signed.

(F- b u ti t I t'f U. MAENG VV Y N CJ-lrlAlvlivi.AR t>CilOO.L, M ACH Y NLLETH. Conducted by Mr J. OWEN, late Inspector of Schools for the British and Foreign School Society and Tu "or at the Society's Training College, Swansea. Qualified Foreign and English Assistants. School wiH re-open on Tucr.dfiv, September 1st. trm .'ii v may be had ouaopi.'ontion. KTNORT,AN"D POTTOOL, SHREWSBURY. iNTE RM EDI ATE AND COMMERCIAL. (Established 1848.) PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. "jVjril. J. OWEN, Master of Maengwyn. JLVJL Grammar School, Machynlleth, has made arrangements to succeed the late Mr Ferrington, in the mastership of the above old-established and sue- cessful school. The school will reopen after the Christmas vacation, with its present start'of qualified instructors, and every effort will be made to maintain its high reputation. For further information apply to Mr Owen, or to Mr J. W. Woodall, 7, Mardol Head, Shrewsbury. [d9S;; THE 08WESTRY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. (FOR GIRLS). PRINCIPAL—MISS J. E. JONES, FBJSXOH ACQUIRED ABROAD, AND MUSIC AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY), ASSISTED BY MISS DOBLE, (Cambridge Higher Examination, High Honours Senior Oxford Local, High Honours and South Ken- sington Certificates in Science and Art.) The next Term will COMMENCE on Thursday, JANUARY 21ST, 1886, Prospectus may be had on Application. THE ABERYSTWYTH. COMMERCIAL AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL HEAD MASTER MR. THOMAS ONYENS, C.M. In Honours of the London University, and late Senio! Scholar of the University College of Wales). The School was examined at the close of the Mid- summer Term in 1884, by D. Samuel, EQq. M.A. (Cantab.), and in 1S85, by the Rev. J. M. Davies, B.A. (London), both of whom reported very favourably of the school. Copies of the Report supplied on appli- cation to the Hes^ M„ier. In the Civil Service Examination, held in Noven ber, 1883, a boy from this School was placed 15th Oll the out of 700 candidates. Another was 2nd Oil the list of Entrance Exhibitioners at the University College c. Wales u September of the same year, and has nce passed the London Matriculation Examination. Several have passe/1 the Preliminary Examination for Law, Medicine, and Pharmacy in the course of the last two years while at the Science Examination, held last May in connection with South Kensington, Eight boys from the School passed in Mathematics, Four being placed in the 1st Class. Several others have entered the various Training and Theological Colleges in the Principality. An EXHIBITION OF CIO, tenable at the Universitj College of Wales, will be open for competition by boy; from the School in September, 1886. There are a few vacancies for Boarders, to whom special attention is paid, as the Master's whole time is given to teaching and superintending the studies of the Pupils. Terms (which are moderate), Reports, and References on application. The School re-opens on Monday. September 21st, 1885. T. OWEN. LADIES' COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, ABERYS CWYTH. PRINCPPAI MRS. RUSH. HEAD MASTER MR. RUSH, B.A. HEAD MISTRESS MISS RUSH, I' Holder of 1st Class University Honours. npiIIS is a School of the highest grade and JL pupils can be prepared for the University Colleges of Wales, for University Local, and for other Examin- ations. Referees Rev T. C. Principal of the College, Aberystwyth Canon Robfon, Birken- head and many others. Terms very moderate. Mrs Rush offers a home at a very reasonable chargt to Lady-students of University College. Mr. Rush receives Evening Pupils. [d94 BRYNARVOB SCHOOL TOWYN, NORTH WALES. (ESTABLISHED 1868.) HIGH-CLASS BOARDING SCHOOL FOR liOYf- AND GIRLS. PRINCII-AL MR. EDWIN JONES, M.C.P. RESIDENT TEACHERS Classics, &c.: MR J. H. MARSHALL, B. A" of Corpc Christi College, Cambridge (iate Exhibitioner c Rushworth School). Mathematics and Sol-ence MR. J. D, TURNER, 0.1.\ certificated under the Science and Art Department TEACHERS OF GIRLS' Department MDLLK. BINGANT, Higher Cambridge eertilicata. Junior English, &c.: -Aliss L. JONES, certificate Sc and A. Depart., &c. THE extensive and well-fitted PrerUi¿J8 JL Playground attached, the staff of quaiided Resident Teachers, the constant supervision, and th particular attention paid to the special reqv' —mesas oi each pupil, enable the Principal to offer a thorough atie, complete educational training, while the well-know' salubrity of the locality, the substantial and pleutifu. dietary, and the numerous successes of pant students together with the moderate terms, give him every con fidence in soliciting the patronage of parents am guardians. There is a well-fitted Laboratory for practical in Chemistry and other sciences, and classes are htic in connection with the Government Department. Music (theory and practice), Phonography, Book-keeping, & are thoroughly taught. Students are rapidly prepared for University, College, and Public Schools Examina- tions, for the preliminaries of the Law, Medical, and Pharmaceutical Societies, and for the Civil Service Over 150 pupils from, this School have obtained certificate) from Public Examining Bodie8. The Principal, at the request of several parents, \1: been induced to form a YOUNG LADIES' DEPARTMENT under the direct superintendence of Mrs. JONES anC Resident Lady Teachers. Young ladies will receive the special advantage of being taught by Masten in some subjects, and will receive excellent opportunities of acquiring a practical knowledge of the sciences, &a, THE NEXT ERM COMMENCES ON FRIDAY, SEPTEM BER 12TH. r Prospectus and Terms, apply to tkr PRINCIPAL. RIIIANV A, TOWYN, NORTH WALES. SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. PRINCIPAL MRS. JOHN PETER, Assisted by qualified Governesses. Pupils successfully prepared for the Local Exam- inations. BARMOUTH. BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, CONDUCTED BY MISS LARTER, Certificated Governess (Higher Camb.), Mathe- matical and Classical Master. Preparation for Oxford and Cambridge Exams. Very mild winter climate. For terms, &c., apply 3, Hand- lith-terrace. [d953 THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL is now re- moved from Brynymor-terrace to larger and more convenient premises in Laura-place, which are more central as regards situation, and are in every way well adapted for scholastic purposes. Pupils are thoroughly trained in Engiish also Classes in French, Mechanics, Classics, and Mathematics are arranged to meet the requirements for Professional and Public Examinations. Drawing, &c., taught if requested. Private pupils received.—For terms, &c., apply Mr, H. STONE, 1st B.A. (Lond.), Enfield House, Aberystwyth, [d741 — To STUDENTS.—To all those who burn the Mid night Oil, engaged in mental labour, we would re commendCadbury's Cocoa, its comforting exhilarating-! aad sustaining powers are extraordinary. ] Ouraiicm. B A L A G R A M M A R SCHOOII I Head Master— J. C. EVANS, B.A., j Formerly Powis Exhibitioner and Scholar of Jesus I, College, Oxford, and late Assistant Muster at Christ College, Brecon. Mathematical Master HERBERT KLUGH, B.A.. Ci-ire 'Jollege, Cauibringe, Graduate in Mathematical Honours. 17PJ.LS are prepared for the Universities, JL Civil Servici-. IV. }imi><aries tor the Law and Medicine, and the Oxlord ami Cambridge Local Exami- nations. A Jii-nited number cr Boys are taken at the Head Master's House, and arc charged £ 39 1.5s. per annum for Board and Tuition (inclusive of everything except books). Next term begins January 19th. ABERYST\VYTH l l-lAMIAR SCHOOL. [Founded in IS 1 '2. J Trustees—The Rev. Chancellor Phillips. Sir Pryse Pryse Vaughan Davies, Esq.. Colonel Williams, Rev, J. Pugh, and J. G. W. Rousall. Esq. Headmaster MR. EDNVABD JONES, (in ^ilailternutical Honour# iii,, Uni it!1 f Lon on.) In addition to the staff of teachers on the Classical ae I and Modern sides of this School the Headmaster at iVs urgent request of many of the gentry of the neighbour- hood, has opened a Junior Department for boys between the ages of seven and ten, under the superintendence of a trained Elementary Teacher. For Reports oi' Examiners, successes" &c., apply Mr EDWARD JONES, Jasper House-. School re-opens on Tuesday, the 19th of January. Boarders return on the day pre-ious. ATE X A KT> A C (; L ]-.i E G E, TAUNTON. PRINCIPAL MRS. MEYNIER. FIRST-CLASS EDUCATION FOR YOUNG LADIES ON MODERATE TERMS. LARGE PREMISES GYMNASIUM ANLS> AN INFIRMARY Detached from the Buildings. Pupils successfully prepared for COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. Special advantages for Goverue88 Students wishing to train for Kindergartens, Schools, or Private Fami- lies. Full particulars on application to the PRINCIPAL c875 OXFORD HOUSE, ABERYSTWYTH > (In union with Trinity College, London), MRS and the Misses MOUNTFORD,assisted by Masters and a resident foreign Governess, receive twelve (12) Young Ladies to Board and Edu- cate. Pupils prepared fm the Oxford and Can-bridgo local examinations, and can be received at any time during the terms. Prospectus, &c., on application. Reference to the Rev Dickens Lewis, Shrewsbury, the Rev J. Agar Beet, Wrexham, and many others. The next term commences Thursday, September 17th. 1S85. AHERYSTWYTh HIGH SCHOOL. CAERLEON HOUSE. P r i N c i P A l — MISS TEUBSHAW, Assisted by Masters, and Resident. Foreign, and English Governesses, Pupils prepared for the Oxford and Cambridge local examinations. The School Year consists of three terms-, beginning respectively January 14th, April 30th, and September 16tlj, but pupils can be received at any time during the terms. For Terms, &c., apply to the Principal. [51 LLEDROD AND YSTRAD MEURIG GRAMMAR SCHOOLS UNITED. 11 E A 1) BI A S T K R THE REV. JOHN JONES, M.A., (formerly Scholar of .1e,us Caiicge, Oxford.) V SECDXD MASTER W. H. HUNT, ESQ., B.A., Open Foundation Scholar cf St. Catharine's College, Cambridge; Ibth Senior Uptime m the Mathematical Tripos First Ciaspman in ihe Previous Examina- bon; Goldsmiths Exi!il Honoursmau and Prizeman of the London University, 4e There are about Ten Scholarships of the value of fl5 per annum tcnai is at the School. For particulars, &c., apply to the Head Master, Ystracl Meurig School, R..S.O. A Class is now preparing for the London University Matriculation Exatuination. ARDWYN SCHOOL, ABER- YfeTWYTH. HEAD MASTER— The Rev. LLEWELYN EDWARDS, M.A., of Lincoln College, Oxford, ard Graduate in Classical Honours. REV. LLEWELYN EDWAKDS. M A. My-t J.. M.A. MR. BUTTERS, Edinburgh University. MR. SITKRATON (Drawing). MR. WHKATLEY (Music). The situation of Ardwyn is recoar'zed as the most delightful and salubrious near the town of Aber. ystwyth it is within view of the sea, and is well sheltered from the northerly and easterly winds. The House (expressly planned by a London Architect) is surrounded by three acres of ground 1 out for Croquet, Playground, &o. For Cricket an Football the boys have a field not far from the Hou EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MATRICULATION 1884, January, F. Lewis, London (1st Division). 1884, June, E. Evans, Aberystwyth (Isti Division). 1885, Jan. R. E. Owen, (1st Division), SOUTH KENSINGTON SCIENCE EXAMIN- ATION FOR 1884. Mathematics, Thirteen Boys. Physiography, Sixteen Boys. Chemistry, Five Boys. Law Preliminary, Two Bov Medical, Two Boys. Pharmaceutical, Three Boys. 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