The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

LONDON GOSSiPT The Queen really means it. Her Majesty has so frequently given indications of an intention to resame [)er place at the head of society, and has so often Mied expectation, that the public has been rather Alined to fear that she did not intend anything Serious this year. But her Majesty does. She is stronger than she has been. She is more incliued for a little excitement than she has been, and she will be a great deal in London this season. She is to drive the first pile of the new Tower Bridge. I venture to Predict that if the Queen continues upon the lines Xvhich she has marked out for herself she will have evfcn the feasters at a dinner of labour representatives ?°thusiastkally on her side before the day of her jubilee. If Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule scheme resembles iu the slightest degree the indications which have been glvel) of it Mr. Trevelyan will he accompanied by Mr. Chamberlain out of the Cabinet. I cannot quite eearly discover what is Mr. Chamberlain's point of VlcW. His one clearly-expressed conviction is that Public opiuion in England is not ripe enough for the Creatiou of a Parliament in Dublin. But he is not the tna.n to desert a Minister on the mere ground that his Suggestions are premature. The truth may perhaps, ^"e day be told iu an interesting chapter of Mr. Cham- berlain's biography. That chapter would begin with his early expressions of belief in the necessity of grant- Ing to Irishmen something like self government Ho lie had at that time no clear idea of his own meaning. lIe was stating an abstract principle which he had not Worked out in detail. Somewhat later in his career, after he became a Minister of the Crown, he saw the necessity for reducing his principles to clearer proposi- tions. He and Captain O'Shea, the new member for Ualway, spent two years in thoughtful consideration of i the subject, and in the preparation of that measure for the creation of national councils whi h appears in "The Judical Programme," the scheme seemed to Mr. Cham- berlain at the time, and is still regarded by him, as the ^rst solution of the difficulty between England and *reland. He is prepared to go no further. He will ^'ftiost certainly leave the Government if a separate ifish Parliament, be established, Mr. Chamberlain's l'solvc, if it becomes actuai. will not deter Mr. Glad- stone from doi ev ything in his power to carry his Viev, s into effect. Bat it will have a great influence on Public opinion, and the co-operation of Mr. Chamber- 0\0. with Lord Hartington will make it impossible to earrya Home Rule measure through the present House "f Commons.

JIRS. FAWCETT ON THE ROOT OF NATIONAL WELL-BEING. Writing to the meeting in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, for the protection of girls. Mrs Fawcett sayti ;Vith r^g'trd to the subject which the meeting 1S called to consider I feel more and more that the *?''eat questions whether the relations between men i\d women shall be pure and virtuous or impure and vIle lips at the root, not only of the particular work Vvhieh I have, up to the present, specially cared for, nt at the root of all national well-being and progress, l'hp main requisite towards a better state of things th-an now exists cannot b, brought about by any out- &ide agency. There is no royal road to vii-tue and Purity. Laws can do something to punish wickedness; kut improvement in the law is mainly valuable as an Intlicatioii that the public standard of molality is raised. We have, moreover, been taught by experi- that even good laws are of very 1,4-itle use if the Urien who administer them are corrupt. Let us get good laws if we can, but there is only one way of really °htaiuing a higher and nobler national existence, and tll,lt is by each of us iudividually learning to hate and Potest the vile self-indulgence that covers the life of those who are the victims of it with misery and de- gradation. Self-control and respect for the rights of 3thers are the only cure for the terrible national danger hicb threatens Ud. If men and women would learn In every action of their lives never to take pleasure in Wiat brings pain, shame, misery, and moral detch to others, earth would be turned into a heaven. It would he incredible, if it were not true, that for a tneie sel- ^•h indulgence, thousands of men are wliliiig t,) drag NrOtlieD down to what even these men themselves re- Cognise as the lowest dregs of humanity. Where is their chivalry ? Where is their common iiiiiianit%, ? konne would answer that such men do not possess either. For my part I do not believe this. Let women thankfully a-; uiowledge that so far as oth^r matters "te concerned they are constantly indebted to the generosity and chivalrous self-sacrifice of men. Chivalry is not dead generous self-sacrifice is not r*ead but in far too many cases with regard to the ^-important questiou of personal purity they are keeping. Our efforts must be directed to the task of Wakening them. We must try to make men realize the callous cruelty of all actions which debase the ^manhood of even the poorest and most degraded ot ^'onien. Mr Fronde says in his" Oeeana," speak.ing England and the Australian colonies: "They and e talk of our greatness. Do we really know iu what nation's greatness consists ? Whether it be great or I'fctle depends entirely on the sort of men and women 't is producing. A sound nation is a nation that is c°"iposed of sound human beings healthy in body, i!trong of limb, true in word am. deed—brave, sober Operate, chaste to. whom morals are of more import- than wealth or knowledge. Unless England's at, ,less, in this sense has the principle of growth it were better that a millstone were hanged about necks, and that we were drowned in t"he midst of >e sea." Love of country may roust: some wh .uu love I fails to touch, and others may be moved by nve (if iIome and all that a pure home means. When tnree mon were executed at Carlisle a lew wte<s *S° for the Netherby murdtr. the last vvoriis of one of were, "Nelly, keep straight." With the t liadow 1 :i telon's death upoa bun, this was the poor, wild, N"IPES man's last prayer. Dees not thin teach us that le Crodlike impulse to love what is ciean and pure i.-< extinct, even in thow; who have cttaacd to care to i^P their o«vu hearts clean? "A thief said the last ^'nd words to Christand a murderer 10./ speaks 8(Ctl) the scaffold words which teach us where the Jl'Ud foundation is where we may ca&fc cf.:e anchor of ^°pe. J.j the name of love i f couniry. chivalry to Cf)0!u^u, and loyalty to tnen, implore the men who 'i'e to your meetuig to fix for themselves a high stau- of morality, and use tne best fctrwyth they can ltlmana never to fall from it.

iram the gapers. -J' A parliamentary return shows tiiat smee 1857 the national d,ht. had decreased from IS.,7,144,597 to £ 740 423 964. The pi eduction of coal in Great Britain for :1" year ended 1885 was 159,351,361 tons, being a d«uv;u<\ as compared with the previous year, of 1,401,.>61 tons. The Congregational Church at Stone, Staffordshire, which had cost some four thousand pounds, w;.s on Sunday destroyed by fire, nothing remaining but the bare walls A sensation was caused on the French bourse by a man in one of the galleries tiring several shots from a revolver and pouring the contents of a bottle of vitriol into the midst of those assembled below. On being arrested be described himself as an Anarchist. Through the agency of Mr R. J. David, clerk to the Carnarvon River Conservators, the experiment is being tiicd of stocking Welsh waters with Scotch fish, about 2,000 Loch Lf-eu trout, having been placed in Llan- her-is and QAK Hyn h-kes. The t'sti mates for the Civil Services for the year ending Marc!). 1887. "how that the total amount required will be £ 18.008 691. being a net increase of £ 19^.791 on rbe expenditure of the present year, the chief item of increase being for public education, in whic-h the increased expenditure is estimated at £ 180.000. Mr Latham, M.P., for Crews division, who left Brad wait Hail last week for Southport, has greatly oeuefitud by the change, and the honourable member hopes to tke ins seat in Parliament after the Easter recess. Mr Latham has had the whole of his I election expenses, about £1. (\00. paid by some anony- mous donor, who placed the money to his credit in the itank. Whilst the steam tug Rifleman was lying at Cardiff Pier-head on Monday her boiler exploded, shattering the vesStd. Five of her crew were killed. One portion uf the boiler was hurled three hundred yards, and, falling on board an Italian ship, killed the pilot ins tan in neon.dy. The Exchequer returns from the 1st of April, 1885, to the 6th of March, 1886, show—receipts, £ 8I_,208,4()9; expenditure, £ 81 969.464; balances, £ 7,847,659. Cor- responding period of last ye&t leceipts, £ 80,bS4,o6S, expenditure, £ /i,988,534 j balances, £ 6,5^ 4,120. Mr John Brooks, Conservative member of Parlia- ment for the Altrinchani division of Ciieshire, expire.1 at his London residence, Eaton-place, at a late hour on Monday night. The hou. member, who was thirty years of age, and was not married, caught a severe chill a few days since, but was iu his place in the House ot Commons alb recently as Wednesday week. » A bricKmaker, staying at a lodgiug-house iu Whitby with hi children, his wife being dead, was arrested at that town on a charge of causing the death of his son, • aged fourteen. He was chastising the boy, when a knife he had in his hand, it is said accidentally entered the lad's breast, and, penetrating to the heart, caused death in a tew moments. The father will be brought up before the magistrate in due course. Snow again fell heavily in North Wales on Saturday. Reports from the mountain ranges of Snowdon, C&der Idri3, the Ber ivyn range, and the hills enclosing the Vale'of Llangollen show that gre&t numbers of sheep have beeu buried by the enormous snowdrifts, which in some parts have attained a depth of fifteen to twenty felt. It is estimated that some 8,000 or 10 000 sheep have perished on the Welsh hills during the present winter. A sudden and alarming subsisdence, such as is rare even at Northwich, happened there on Saturday morning. The scene was the three-stalled stable of Messrs Worfchington, salt manufacturers. Without the least warning the earth opened under the middle horse. The animal fell into a deep gulf and immediately dis- appeared, water rushing up within ten feet of the ground level, The stable boy escaped with great diffi- culty. The numerous inhabitants of the immediate vicinity were greatly alarmed, and some families deserted their homes in terror. The case of Anne Shaw v. Colonel Lloyd," for damages for illegal eviction, came before the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury, at Monaghan Assizes, on Saturday. The matter was the subject of a ques- tion in Parliament, in w^ich the conduct of Colonel Lloyd was denounced as harsh. The case was settled. Colonel Lloyd consenting to give forty pounds compen- sation, to grant a lease at a nominal rent, and pay all costs. The dead body of a farmer's wife was discovered on Saturday morning in the neighbourhood of Ruthin em- bedded in a snowdrift within 100 yards of her dwelling If, transpires that the poor woman had been on busi- ness in Ruthin on the previous night, and in returning took a shorter route home, and consequently fell into the snowdrift. The father and "OMJ searched the vicinity all night and eventually discovered the corpse. Sentences were pronounced at the Middlesex sessions on Friday ou the prisoners who were convicted on charges arising out of the recent riots. William Savoury was sentenced to penal servitude for five years. Samuel Beecroft to eighteen months' hard labour, John Gray to eighteen months' hard labour, Thomas Dent to twelve months' hard laoour, Daniel Golliker to eighteen months' hard labour, William Pavier to six months' haul labour, and James Goiliker and \Valter Parkinson to three months each. The Hon. Lyuiph Stanley, the commissioner ap- pointed to inquire into the affairs aud management of the Royal Liver Friendly Society, has made his report to the Chief Registrar, in which he condemns in strong terms the manner in which the business has been con- ducted, and approves of the compromise recently effected. The Chief It,gist,rir, in a letter to the com- missioner, writes:—" I shall have carefully to cousiaer whether any legal proceedings ought to be taken, or recommended to he taken, by this office, in respect of the fictf3 di.-o!<d by your reports." A return .d. iw*. with regard to each Parliamentary constituency in the dotted Kingdom, the number of electors on the rector now in force. In England and I Wales there -re 2 5S8.5S0 in the counties, 1,840.044 in tile boroughs, and 14 It- ill the universities. I u Scot- land there are 325,529 in the counties, 235,051 in the I burghi. at 13.778 in the universities. In Ireland there arc 631,649 in the counties, 106,109 in the boroughs, I and 4 155 in Dublin University; ehowiug a total of 5,707,531 voters. A sheriffs sale for rent took place acar Swords, county Dublin, on Saturday. The tenant allowed his goods to be seized, as the landlord refused a reduction iu rent. The sale was a speedy one, however, for on 1 an ancient looking donkey being led forward, and put up with great gravity by the auctioneer, 9160 was eventually bid, and the quadruped was knocked down at that price. This realised the amount of rent due, and the sa!e concluded. Owing to the prompt action of tHe Liverpool police, a serious riot: was averted on Saturday. In order to clear the ground of snow from Everton to Stanley for a football match, the committee of the Everton Club advertised for 100 men. Ten times the number appeared on the ground to do the work, and when the 100 were selected there was much discontent among the rejected. They commenced peltiug the officials, and sought to prevent the work being done. Word was telegraphed to the Central Police-station, and a superintendent with twenty constables were despatched in cabs, cleared the ground, and distributed a plenti- ful supply of bread tickets to those who were in apparent need. Early on Saturday morning John Aaron, of Porth- yrhyd Farm, Llanddarog, made a fierce attempt to strangle his wife, and then went outside the house and cut his throat, and died in a short time. The woman is not seriously injured. In the struggle she fell down between two chairs and so probably saved her life, her husband, no doubt, thinking that he had accomplished his purpose of killing her. Deceased was about thirty- one years of age, and had only been married about a year. He was in a low etate throughout last week because he had no food for his cattle, and dul-irg Friday night (a, few hours before the tragedy) he told his wife that he must get out of this dilemma in some way or other.

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I I-JLANWENOG. SCHOOI, BOARD.—The ordinary meeting of this Board was held on Wednesday the Srd January,' at T; nypv-rth, LlamvencK, when there were present Messrs T. If. R. Hug-hes, chairman, Neuadd- fawr, Jones, viee-ch.-iir.iian, T. Jones, Lleehwedd, D. Thomas, Blaenhirhaiit, Rev J. Davit's, Taneoed, W. Jrnes, clerk, Bowen, and Williams, srhoolmasters. The of redwing salaries of the teachers. The atti-nfc on of the Board was called to this I subject. Soiiie members argued that the schoohnaster s salaries should be reduced, owing to the eencral depression of trade, and further contended that if schoolmasters are exempted from the influcviev.s of ueiierid depression of tra.de. as wlll as the well krio" ii ■ univer-ai law of "supply and demand" that they will be cun- Kidervd rhe most lucky" class of workmen in existence. Other* arjuieil that the schoolmasters as a ruie are a hard woikiny class, ;.nil on p.ccount of ih they should be well paid, but, after allowing for all these it was further contended that it could be as well I argued that the farmers as a rule were very hard working men, (II ith body and mini) as well as many other trades people worthy of boinjr well paid too, but all these iiiist be subjects to the eliucts of depression of trade. But as the Board was informed that public meetings were to be held this and the following week, for the purpose of discuc»ing these subjects, it was deemed best to adjourn them till the next meeting of the Board. The Clerk was directed to bring in the financial accounts of the Board for the year ended September 1885 to the next meeting. The representa- tion of L'anweno<r on Llanvb\ tber School Board bad been given notice of. The Clerk said that this subject was to come under the consideration of the next meeting of the Llanybythor school hoar(1.

LLANILAR.^ ■ PETTY SESSIONS. FRIDAY, March 6th. before:; Vaugban Davies, Esq., H. S. Richardes, Est)., a^d Cel."Wemyas. Chary*of Pursuing Gctm?.—John Thomas Evans, Abertrinanfc, farmer's son, was summoned by William Henry Pugh, supervisor, for having used a gun for the purpose of taking and killing and pursuing a pheasant without a license at Abertrinant 011 the 6th of Decernoer, 1885.—Mr F. R. Roberts. junr., appeared for the (,n.-Pi,-hat-d Dudlake. gamekeeper to the Earl of Lisburne, said that on the 6th November he was watching on Abertrinant ground. Lord Lisburne had a right of shooting over the ground. He saw the defendant with a gnu out shooting. He passed witness within twenty yards. He had a gun and a dog. He shot at something but witness could not say what it was. He repassed witness and went to a corner of a field where a cock pheasant had crowed. The defend- ant found the bird which rose from the hedge and he fired two shots at it. Witness was sure it was a pheasant; it flew past him. Witness shouted to the defendant who then ran to the house. Witness followed and saw the defendant who came out of the stable, and raising a shovel asked with an oath if wit- ness said he had shot at a pheasant, and he replied that defendant would hear of it strain.—-The defendant said that he was not the m',n. ..V, H Pugh. Supervisor of Inland Revenue, s.)itl he had searched th& register and found that the defendant had not taken out a license iu his (iiitriet.-Ali, F, R. Roberts cited two cases to show that the onus of proof of having a license lay with the defendant.—DaVid Morris, Cnwch-ccch. said that he bt'rl seen Dudlake and the distance from where he stood to where he said he had seen the defendant shooting was over 600 yards. Dudlake was standing at the top of Caeceinatit and he alleged that the shot was fired in CaerofTVh. There were three hedges between these two places. Dudlake asked him if he saw John Jones, uncle of the defendant, passing on the road and he replied in the negative. He again asked witness if he had seen a woman pass him on the road and on his saying he had not. Dudlake accused him of being a liar. Itwasab-ight day.—;Cross examined: John Jones was the first man to ask him to give evidence in the case if there was any necessity for it. That was before the last meeting, but he did not. come down because he was not asked. He repeated to John Jones the conversation that he had with Dudlake. He measured the distance that morning.—Edward Powell. Abertrinant, said that he and the defendant were ploughing together in a field from eight o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock. They unhitched the horses and went straight to the stables. They had dinner and went to chaff until nearly two o'clock. He saw Dudlake who shouted to defendants brother, All right boy." Dudlake and John Jones came to the stable and questioned the defendant, who denied that he had been out shooting that morning.—Thomas Jenkins, Tanllan. said he had measured the distance between the two points mentioned by the other witnesses and he found that it was about 600 yards.— Dudlake. was recalled and said he had not sp-'ken to David Morris about his being on Caeceinant. He was down in the dingle,—The case was dismissed. A lle/jed- Thej?. -Griffith Jones. Aberllolwyn, solicitor, summoned Thomas Davies, Pontllolwyn, labourer, for having stolen a spade and mattock value 6s. from a fiold at Aberllolwyn on the 8th day of February, 1886.—The prosecutor desired to withdraw the ease with the consent of the Bench, and the costs having been paid. this was agreed to. Nonmarntpvanct.—David Lewis. Dumfries-street, Treorckv, was summoned by Joseph Morgan for having neglected to maintain his father who was chargeable to the Aberystwyth Union.—The Bench made an order for 1. r)ei per week. School Board Oa-nm.—Mary Jones, Cambrian House. Ffairhos. spinster. Anne Parry. Pensarn. Pontrhyd- fendigaid, and Eliza Hughes, Tycefn, Ffairhos were ordered to send their children to school.

TRE'RDDOL. PETTY SESSIONS, THURSDAY MARCH 4TTI.-Pefore H. C. Fryer, and .1. T. Morgan. Esqrs. Annoying -Abraham Davies, mariner, Morfa, Borth, and W. Jones, Wenallt Arms, Tregaron, were summoned for having aunoyed passenger on the Cambrian Railway Mr George Thomas, chief in- spector. prosecuted defendants did not appear.— I David Owen, Tynpwil, Scuborycocd. farmer, said be was going from Aberystwyth in a. third-class carriage on the 1st February. There were iu the carriage Abra- ham Davies, Borth. his (witness's) brother-in-law, a person from Tregaron, David Davies, butcher, Taly- bont. and-they were all comfortable until near Bow- street, when William Jones Tregarcn, and Abraham Davies began to bet with each other. At first witness thought they were playing with each other, but as they began to get fierce he told them to be quiet. William Jones sat down and told Davies to s't down also. Davies. was sitting opposite witness. He rubbed his hand on witness's face and told him he did not care for anybody in the world, and that he had been tighrii.g with Portugese. He created a disturbance, and asked William Jones if he wanted to box. After passing Bow- street Davies jumped at William Jones. He was sure that William Jones would have been quiet if Davies had let him alone, but thtv began fiohting. Davies was not sober He could not say as too William Jones Davies got out at L'arnhangel and Jones was then quiet enough. Witness was hurt in the leg.—David Davies, butcher, Talybont, gave corroborative evidence, and Abraham Davies was fined £ 1 and ordered to psy cost«. the case against William .Toues being dismissed. William 'villiams. mariner, Borth was also cliargc-0 with an offence against the by-law of the Company. Richard Gough, stationmaster at Llanfihaugcl, said that when at the north end of the platform collecting tickets on the 1st February he saw defendant with his coat, waistcoat and tie off and his sleeves turned up above his elbows. He wanted to tizht the man who had fought with Abraham Davies. Witness got defendant on ono side and in doing so several passengers were allowed to go away without having their tiekets col- lected. He obstructed witness in the execution of his duty. Subsequently defendant began to kick up a row and to use obscene and abusive language to everyone who went near him. He was taken away by some friends of his in about a quarter of an beur. --Evan An- drew Lewis, porter at Llanfihangel. said the defendant used disgusting language and wanted to fight.-Defeii- dant was fined 10s. and ordered to pay costs.—William Williams, master mariner, Borth, was also summoned for a similar offence.—Richard Gough said that on the 22nd February defendant arrived at Llanfihangel from Aberystwyth, and commenced cursing and swearing and wanting to fight. He was in a very excited state, and interferred with witness in the execution of his duty.- Defendant was fined 10s. and ordered to pay costs. Larceny.—John Jenkins, farmer, Ruel I charged Isaac Jones, farm servant, Moelcerny, with having stolen four sacks and thirty sheaves of oats valued at JC3 10s.—Complainant said that lie lived at Moelcerny up to September last and still held a part of the build- itisjy for the purpose of threshing corn up to the 25th of February, he had left in the barn about twenty one sacks of corn and a large quantity of oats-twenty-one sacks. On Monday morning he missed four sacks and the part of the fifth sack. He asked the cowman if he knew anything about it and he sairl he aid not. Wit- ness said he would give information to the police, whereupon the cowman said he would bring the corn back. The corn was returned on Monday night. He also missed some sheaves of corn and they were noc re- turned, and one of the sack's of corn was about 201bs short.—David Williams, cowman atmoeleerny, said he asked Isaac Jones the accused where the corn was, and he said it was in the chaff-housc loft. Ho told Mi- Jenkins about it, and he (witness) and the accused took it back. He did not know who took the corn away.— P.C. D. Phillips said he went to Moelcerny in company with P.C. Hughes, and from .the cowman's statement, charged the prisoner with the offence, when he replied, AH what the cowman said is true." He added that he had taken the sacks and corn on Sunday, and begged to be allowed to pay Mr Jenkins for them. One of the sacks weighed 201bs short.—Defendant was ordered to pay a fine of 10s. with costs. and to pay Mr Jenkins 5s for the loss of the corn. As,(tu, Be-ijainin Evans, labourer, Talybont,! charged his son, Thr.mae Evans, labourer, with an as- ftaulfc.—Complainant said that on Thursday week bis sou struck him in the mouth breaking two of his teeth, lie also struck him en the chest on the Sunday previous. and abused his own wi fe and children. Complainant was not quite eighty yeara of age. Tiie Bench ordered that defendant should be imprisoned for two months in Carmarthen goal aud to keep the peso? subsequently lor i:x 'month?.

I JJLANYBYTHER. COXCKRT.—A concert was held at the Town Hall last Friday evening, tho proceeds t,) be devoted towards a frknd residing in this place, who has hcen unable to resume work this last 2i years owin; to severe illness. (!olonel fli(,,hn-kea(l, ga%e lii- service as chairman. The hnll was crowded, and the larse attend- ance was quite justified by the excellence of the performances. The programme was lengthy and well selected. GLAXDUAR HACKS—These came oft last Monday week, and con- sidering the state of weather they proved very successful. The following were the chief events:—Open Race: 1, Davies, Gelli- gwenyn 2, Williams, Cwmllydan H, Griffiths, rfynonddafoas. Second Race, for horses under four years 1 and 2, divided he- tween Davies, Golligwenyri. and Williams, Cwmllydan 3, Davies, Guaigraig. Third Race", for horses under ihree years 1 and 2, Davie?, Gwargraig; 3, Davies, Cefnrhyddllan. Fourth Race, ponies 1, Thomas, Gilgellganol; 2, Jones, Cross Ilill. Foot Race 1, D. J. Davies, Clymmareh 2, T. Evans, Aberduar. Foot RaCe ponies 1, Thomas, Gilgellganol; 2, Jones, Cross Ilill. Foot Race 1, D. J. Davies, Clymmareh 2, T. Evans, Aberduar. Foot RaCe for boys under eighteen 1, Enoch Evuns, P.O., Llanyhyther !?, Lloyd, jloeiil'or, Llandyssul.

TREGARON. FARMERS' CLUB. The second meeting of this c'ub was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Mr Isaac Davies, of Penlan (in the unavoidable absence of Mr Jones, of Cilpill) when a fair attendance, of farmers was got. From several letters-received it appeared that certain land- lords in the district were boycotting the Club, and it was felt that this was a bad example to set before the members. A letter was read from a Vale of Aeron tenant, stating that almost all the landlords in that vale had. wholly unasked, remitted ten per cent. of the yearly rents, and this was considered a credit to those landlords, though, it was more than doubted whether the remission was equal to the case. Another letter was received, asking for the object of the movement and whether it was intended to be inimical to the in- terests of the landlords aud tenants together rather than setting one against the other, and further that the Club was intended to be a safe-guard against Irish or other interference in the question. Dr Rowlands of Garth, wrote to say "That his views on the agricultural depression were so very different to every one bespoke to, that he did not consider it safe to express what he thought in public yet he admitted the times were bad." Mr Davies of Cwrtmawr, wrote, I feel that I ought not to commit myself one way or the other, though I feel as strongly is any of the farmers that a change is needed in land tenure, and that there should be A better understanding be- tween landlord and tenant. I have but little faith in the Agricultural Holdings Act, but am of opinion that the landlords should be compelled to undertake per- manent improvements (on certain terms). The tenant then would be expected to have sufficient capital to carry on his business profitably. Nothing would jjive me greater pleasure than to do what I can to aid farmers in their critical condition, yet I feel that it would be wiser for me not to identify myself with the movement at present." Mr Davies, of Llaufeilog, Nantcwnlle, wrote to say that his experience as Ii- land- lord was limited, that he had recently bought a few farms in his parish which returned him one and a half per cent, on the purchase money, that his rentals were the same as they were a century ago, that he had ex ponded heavily for buildings and had allowed for any improvements done. Mr Davies finished by saying, Your qjub can see that I am at least 100 years in advance of all the landed proprietors of the county and my example is worthy of imitation. Let them go and do likewise." A few comments, complimentary and otherwise, having been made on the correspondence, the meeting proceeded to receive the report of the committees appointed at last meeting. Tne canvass- ing committee reported the adhesion of score,1 of new members, but added that many would never dare turn up at their meetings, being under apprehensions and slavish influences deplorable to think of in a free com- munity. Tenants of a certain estate had been told to keep aloof, as if they were so many sheep confined to their fold—and there to starve in their captivity. The Rules Committee submitted a code of rules which even- tually was agreed to in the following form :— The constitutional rules of the Tregaron Farmers' Club, agreed to March, 1886. 1. The Central Cardiganshire Farmers' Club, located at Tregaron, shall have for its objects the watching over, and the devising of means to ameliorate and protect the interests of farmers in the district, and shall be conducted strictly on non-political basis. 2. Landlords, tenants, and farm labourers, may secure membership by paying an entrance fee of one shilling, and a further subscription of one shilling yearly, every succeeding January. 3. The Club shall name a president, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary, elected annually, at every January general meeting. 4. The Club shall work the district through branches, which shall be under the control of the Central Com- mittee, composed of ex-oflicio members and delegates, and which shall-meet quarterly at Tregaron. 5. Oil the diy of quarterly meetings of Central Com- mittee the members shall meet in a general meeting for the transaction of the general business of the Club. 6. Every chairman, treasurer, and secretary of a branch shall be ex-offlcio members of the Central Committee, and every branch shall elect one out of every ten mem- bers, or part of ten members, to be members of the said Committee. Every chairman of a branch shall be a vice- president of the Club, 7. E^ery member enrolled at a branch shall pay one shilling entry :md subscription, and the otfieers of ftie branch shall pay in to Club treasurer one-half of all receipts, with a full statement of accounts of all receipts and expenditure quarterly. 8. All representations and notices of motions from branches shall be sent to Club secretary seven days before quarterly meetings, and Club secretary shall advice branch secretaries of all such communications to be dis- cused. 9. The Club will consider it to be within its province at its general meetings to agree upon and send memorials or representations to any party or parties having any con- nection with the interests of the object of the Club. 10. No outside help, excepting the press, shall be allowed to interfere with the deliberations of the Club or address its meetings until after the landowners of the dis- trict shall have refused their sympathy and co-operation. 11. It is a mutual condition of membership of this Club that no member shall act in any land taking contract pre- judicial to the interests of any other member. The above rules having been agreed to. the members proceeded to arrange the formation of branches all through the district, and conveners were appointed to c'il! t'lose branches together. The Central Committee twaanxtdtomeetonthelCthMarch. The tisti-il votes of thanks were given, and the meeting separated, 1 resolved to do its duty.

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-_n- (gimcatum. Tlih OSWE8TKY C< LEG!ATE SCHOOL. (FOR GIRLS). PRINCIPAL—MISS J. E. JONES, FKKJNCIT ACQUIRE!* ABROAD, AND ULTSIC AT THK ROTA 1 ACADKM Y), ASSISTED BY OOBLE, ^Cambridge Higher Examination, High Honours Senior Oxford Locnl. High Honours and South Ken- sington Certificates in Science and Art.) Prospectus may be had on Application. THE ABERYSTWYTH. COMMERCIAL AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL H: AD MASTrlt MR. THOMAS OWENS, C.M, (Iu Honours ot the Londou University,and late So LOOT Scholar of the Univeisity College of 'v"Vales t; Pupils are prepared for Commercial pursuits, the Civil Service; the Learned Profession?, the Universities, and for the various Training and Theological Colleges. TWO pupilst rom the School gained Exhibitions at the University College of Wales last September. An EXHIBITION OF 910. tenable at the University College of Wales, w ill be open for competition by boy from the School in September, 1886. lie, Terms, Reports, &c., on application. LADIES' COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. ABERYSTWYTH. PRINCIPAL. MRS. RUSH. HEAD MASTER MR. RUSH, B.A. HEAD MISTRESS MISS RUSH, Holder of 1st Class University Honours. millS is a School of tlie highest grade; and jL pupils can be prepared for the University Colleges of Waies, for University Local, and for other Examin- ations. Referees Rev T. C. hdwards Principal of the College, Aberystwyth Canon Robson, Birken- head and many others. Terms very moderate. Mi s Ruth offers a home at a very reasonable charfet to Women-students of University Qollege. Mr. Rush receives Evening Pupils. [d9- B RYN A R V O R S C H OO 1. TOWYN, NORTH WALES (ESTABLISHED 1868.) HIGH-CLASS BOARDING SCHOOL FOR COY1- AND GIRLS. PRINCIPAL MR. EDWIN JONES, M.U.P. RESIDENT TEACHKRS Classics, &c.: NIR J. H. MARSHALL, B.A., of Corp:. Christi College, Cambridge (la.te Exhibitioner Rushworth School). Mathematics and Science: MR. J. D. TURNER, C.M certificated under the Science and Art Departnieai TEACHERS OF GIRLS> DEPARTMENT MDLLE. BINGANT, Higher Cambridge certiticarr. Junior English, Ac.: Miss L. JONES, certificate S. and A. Depart., &c. rnHE extensive and well-fitted Premises ano I Playground attached, the staff of qualified Resident Teachers, the constant supervision, and the particular attention paid to the special requirements ci each pupil, enable the Principal to offer ajhorough complete educational training, while the well-know, salubrity of the locality, the substantial and plentifu dietary, and the numerous successes of past student, together with the moderate terms, give him every cot. fidence in solicitiag the patronage of parents air- guardians. There is a well-fitteel Laboratory for practical «ort in Chemistry and other sciences, and classes arc hek in connection with the Government Department. Musi-, (theory and practice). Phonography, Book-keeping, fee. are thoroughly taught. Students are rapidly preparer for University, College, and Public Schools Exatniua -tions, for tbe preliminaries of the Law, Medical, Pharmaceutical Societies, and for the Civil Service Over 150 pupils from thi* School have obtained certi/wv, from Public Examining Bodies. The Principal, at the request of several parents, been induced to form a YOUNG LADIES' DEPAHTM KNI under the direct superintendence of Mrs. JOSKS a Resident Lady Tea.chera. Young ladies will reoeivt the special advantage of being taught by Masters i some subjects, and will receive excellent opportunit;ir-= of acquiring a practical knowledge of the For Prospectus anA Terms, apply to PRINCIPAL, RHIANYA, TOWYN, NORTH WALES. I SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. 'I 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. 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Letters will receive prompt attention. __n_ WELSH LITERATURE. A CATALOGUE containing the most, i V. Important Works in the Welsh Language will he forwarded on Application. It contains the Enciicloiwdia Cambremi* in 10 vols. a new and enlarged edition of the Archoiology of > in one vol. several English- Welsh and Welsh- Enqlixh D¡('íi()narie, and a large number of other valuable Works. Office of the BANNER AND TIMHS OF the oldest Welsh Newspaper, established in 1S43. rv is the National Organ, and a first class Advorti-jin^; medium. T. GEE & SON, Publishers, DS^BICU. ttc at I (In. J, A G R ,v ,\i i\i A K S C il O O L, Head Master— J. C. EVANS, B.A., Formerly Powis Exhibitioner and Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, and late Assistant Master at Christ College, Brecon. Mathematical Master HERBERT KLUGH, B.A.. 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