The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

LONDON GOSSIP. Our criminal population, like <Msr manufacturers, are; ?V*-ays eaper to bring out some novelty, and a newh of theft shows not so muck great 'ingenuity in;! j*6 discovery as great stupidity in its remaining so unthought of. From seven till nine a.m. city juices are practically unvisited. The correspondence j* topped into the letter boxes, suad there awaits the rN of business on his way from the inhabited parts BI ^'lie town. In residential quarters the letter box, with .invitations, cards, and personal corres- .j., Qdence, would be of little value. But in the east iftf1"6 are cheques and money orders, and, what is more w'°rtant still, postal notes. This -kind of'larceny is th" 'iiiite popular, and has been performed up to !5 frith absolute impunity. Egypt is to be given a scientific frontier. That first real .gift of England to the Khedive. He never yet known what a frontier -was. Ismail was u ays ennnnArir»a and never knew what. Just before rs -b 8nbsided and made room for Tesrfik he was going to as much of Abyssinia as he sould lay hold of to I W 11,'5 territory. Nobody knows to this day how far ^}0 ^1 kingdom-extended. It was .an undefined re- a "region round about," as the Gospels say, is no "limitations. Now, an unlimited empire tL6ry fine until the hour comes for the fight, and delimitation feecomes very necessary. England events is not'likely to play the part of defending nndeficed. So now the War OdSce is drawing • It is surrounding Egypt with the line which ■tf0oundertake to defend. No immediate movement of fyj Ps will i5e necessf.ry in consequence of our deter- it to guarantee the integrity of Egypt proper. be -acme time kefore Egypt proper is threatened. ill row, if -there be ceed, the occurrence of dagger Jt to the immediate despatch of troops. l,«e Liberals of Buckinghamshire are energetic V'i0al(i be able tc carry their.tw0 candidates at Section. The determination anuouneed on of Sir Robert Harvey, the senior Conservative pr, not again to contest the constituency, plaoes ji°Ca^ Tories in a sooiewhat awkward position. J^ti.ri ree^antle tad already stated his intention of § at the close of the present Parliament, and the • ■'Hi ^'Vatives had chosen ac their candidate to succeed If W^attlael Wifeon. who was so signally defeated Londonderry two years ago. and who, having !:e Itte Lord Beaeoia;field's estate at Hugh- attempt to secure tiis seat for Bucks.. But ^0nservatives have to find a second strange e Lih anc^ tbis wilf gravely imperil their chances. tk10 tied will be Mr Rupert Carington, Jje elect;Freeiaantle for the second place at w ^ior f and Captain Verney, who on the same hr e a gallant fight at Portsmouth and the a 0l"itv 15011 in iSSO furnishes good hope that the 5^riserv8e^t at the next dissolution will be filled by and not by a Liberal.

^TGS' COUGH LOZENGES cure COUGHS, ^thep'^RoKciims.—Medical testimony states that 0hU§et0ua e<iicine is so effectual in the cure of these W0malad»e8. One Lozenge alone gives ease ensures rest. For relieving ,reathing they are invaluable. Sold by 8 Tina Is. l £ d. and 2s, 9d. each.

the Japtrje. Sir R. Bateson Harvey, M.P. for the county of Bucks, announces his intention to resign his seat at the next general election. Binns, the hangman, was fined 20s. at Dewsbury police-court on Thursday for riding in the train without a ticket. a ticket. The value of the personal estate of the late Lord Overstone, irrespective of landed property, has been sworn under £ 2,100,000. The Archbishop of Canterbury has presented the Rev Canon Mason, of Truro, with the rectory of All Hallows, Barking, worth £ 2,000 per annum. Twenty-one pupils and five of the sisters of the con- vent at Bellevile, Illinois, which was destroyed by fire on Sunday, are known to have perished. The Doncaster Town Council have decided to allow persons who reside outside the borough to borrow books from the Free Library on the payment of a small subscription. At the Brackley Board of Guardians on Thursday, relief was given to a widow who stated that she had married her deceased husband's father, as her second husband, at Banbury Old Church. The engineer's estimate in connection with the pro- posed Manchester Ship Canal has been lodged in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. The total estimate is £ 6,904,186. The funeral of the late Mr Thomas Holloway took place on Friday at Sunninghill Church in the presence of a numerous gathering of relatives, friends, and the inhabitants of the village. Amongst those who at- tended the interment were Mr Alderman Savory and the Mayor of Windsor. At Liverpool, on Friday, a coroner s jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against Catherine Flan- nagan and Margaret Higgins, who were charged with causing the death of Thomas Higgins, husband of Margaret Higgins, by administering arsenic to him. King Victor Emmanuel's remains were on Saturday removed from their temporary resting-place to the new tomb prepared for them in the Pantheon. The removal of the remains was characterised by great ceremony. A proclamation has been discovered in the University of St. Petersburg, declaring that Lieutenant-Colonel Sudeikin was assassinated in pursuance of orders from the Nihilist Executive Committee. Two of the as- sassins are said to have died from the effects of wounds received in the struggle. An influential meeting was held at Bristol on Mon- day in favour of the restoration of the Bristol bishopric. Subscriptions of over £ 14,000 out of the £ 40,000 re- quired were announced to have been promised in the room. The Egyptian Ministry has resigned, Cherii Pacha .tid his colleagues having refused to accept the con- ditions imposed upon them by the English Cabinet. Who their successors will be is as yet undecided. The recent action of France in prohibiting the im- portation of American tinned meats has given rise to a retaliatory movement in the States. A congressman from a M-estern State has introduced a bill excluding from importation into the United States wines ana other goods from those countries which have placed undue restrictions upon the importation and use of American tinned meats. Messrs W. Bertram and Son, provision dealers, in the Wrexham Market Hall, and Mr Thomas Clutton, milk seller, Marchwiel, were summoned by Mr David Higgins, at the instance of the Wrexham Urban Sanitary Authority, for infringing the provisions of the Food Adulteratien Acts. The charges against Bertram and Son was that they had sold butterine as butter and they were fined 5s. and costs. The charge against Clutton was that he had adulterated milk with water, and a fine of 40s. and costs was in- flicted. It is stated that the new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westminster is to be built immediately. It is to form the centre of the vast quadrangle comprising the site of Tothill-fields prison, which has been acquired at a cost of £ 105,000. The cathedral will be 570ft. long and 350ft. wide at the nave, and will cost £ 500,000. The plans are borrowed from the designs of the Votiv- kirche in Vienna, drawn by the late Baron von Ferstel. A St. Petersburg letter says: "Last summer a valuable clock was stolen from the Imperial rooms, and replaced by a worthless imitation. The original cost 8,000 roubles, the imitation is not worth 100 roubles. I am told that this interesting piece of art industry was sold for 3,000 roubles. To prevent thefts of this kind from recurring the Emperor is having all his valuable property in all his palaces photographed, and on each photograph is marked the size, the value, the weight, and the material of the article in question." Paul Curien. a mere lad, who had been influenced by Anarchist and Soclialistic teachings, and who travelled from Lille to Paris with the avowed purpose of assassinating M. Jules Ferry, was put on his trial on Thursday before the Paris Correctional Tribunal. He was not, however, charged with any political offence, or even with intent to commit murder, but merely with assaulting an usher. The jury convicted the accused, and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The annual meeting of the Cardiff Branch of the Widows' and Orphans' Society in connection with the Ancient Order of Foresters was held at the British Volunteer Hotel, Cardiff, on Friday evening. It was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Bro. Driscoll, seconded by Bro. Emmett, that an open scholarship should be founded by the society at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, of the value of f25 per annum for five years. A committee was appointed to carry out the resolution. The Corporation of Trinity Honse is about to bring into operation the new system of buoyage which was agreed upon at a recent conference of shipping autho- rities. Formerly, colour was the chief distinction in wooden buoys, but increased facilities for construction in iron have made it both more economical and satis- factory to make differences of shape the guiding feature. The plan to be adopted in the future is that flat-headed or can buoys shall mark the left or port side of a chan- nel, whilst conical buoys will indicate the right or star- board side. A shocking accident occurred on Sunday morning on the London and North-western Railway, near Cop- pull Station, between Wigan and Preston, resulting in the death of seven men and eerious injuries to many others. They were preparing ifor the demolition of a bridge spanning the railway at this spot. when, in consequence, it is supposed, ef mining operations, the whole of the arch, without the slightest warning, fell upon those working beneath, carrying with it many of those who were at work above. Inspector Ham- monds, of Manchester, who had charge of the bridges in flip district, was amoncet tibe-killed. At the Carnarvonshire Cerarfcy Magistrates' Court, on Saturday, before Capt. J. G. Wynn Griffith and other magistrates, William Williams, master of the Clynnog National School, was charged with unlawfully assaulting and beating a ehild named Ann Williams.— The little girl stated that the defendant put her on a bench at the school and beat her with a cane.—The complainant's father said that there were marks of violence on his daughter's arms, shoulders, and fore- head.—Defendant, in reply to the bench, said he had been a schoolmaster for twenty-one years, and during that time he never had a. eannpllrint imade against him. The bench, taking this fact into consideration, only fined him 10s. and costs. As an instance of the mildness of the weather in Iforth Wales, a party of gentlemen on Sunday made an ascent of Snowdon from the PaBs of Llanberis, a feat almost without precedent at this period of the year. The summit of Snowdon was reached without difficulty, no snow being visible on the mountain or any of the adjacent lofty peaks. A most extended view was gained, the atmosphere being extremely mild an clear. Primroses were also gathered in the valleys. MHd winter weather is not rare in Wales. On Monday the quarterly conference of the Welsh Comgregationalists of Flintshire and Denbighshire, who have ninety-five churches with nearly twenty thousand adherents in these counties, was held in the Congre- gatiQilal Church at St. Asaph. The Rev David Oliver, of Holywell, presided. Among other matters discussed was that of "Higher education in Wales." It was unanimously agreed on the motion of the Rev Thomas Nicholson, of Denbigh, seconded by the &ev Thomas Roberts, of Mold, to memoralise the Government to continue their grant in aid of the University College at Aberyetwyth, and to ask the local members of Parlia- ment to sustain the memorial. The question of Local Option was also brought forward, and a resolution was passed urging the adoption by Parliament in the forth- coming session of such a measure as will enable the people tlietnsblves to deal with intemperance. Sub- sequently a suggestive paper was read by the Rev Samuel Evans on The introductory part of Divine worship," which elicited interesting discussions. Sermons were preached at ntght. and was continued throughout Tuesday by various ministerial members of the association.

THROAT IRRITATION AND COUGII. -Soreness and dryness, tickling and irritation, inducing cough and af- fecting the voice. For these symptoms use Epps's Gly- ceric Jujubes. In contact with the glands at the mo- I ment they are excited by the act of sucking, the Glycer- ine in these agreeable confections becomes actively healing. Sold only in boxes. Hd., tins Is. IJd., 2 labelled—"JAMES Epps& CoHomoeopathic Chemists, London." A letter received so Gentlemen,-lt may, perhaps, iaterest you to know that, after an extended trial, I have found your Glycerine Jujubes of consider- able benefit (with or without medical treatment) in almost all forma of throat disease. They soften and clear the voice.—Youra faithfully, GORDON, HOLMES, M.D., Senior Physician to the Municipal Throat and Ear Infirmary."

gportmg. NEUADDFAWR FOXHOUNDS. On January 4th their rendezvous was at Tyglyn, the new quarters of that noble sportsman Major Lewes, and there was what we call in this part a tidy gather- ing. A good number of youngsters home for the holidays put in an appearance. About thirty mounted and among them were Colonel Lewes and two sons, two sons of Sir Pryse, Gogerddan, two sons of the late Mr Inglis Jones, Derry Ormond, &c. After doing justice to the liberal spread laid out for the foxhunters and giving a little law to late comers, the hounds were thrown into the young plantation close by and soon found in the larch cover, and the hawkish eye of the whip caught the cunning one breaking," which set the whole scene in full sails towards our trysting place, but soon veered to the left and up the river-side to Tymawr thicket, and without dwelling any went out at the top, leaving Cilcenin to the left and made for the heathy peak of the wild Trichrug. The quality of both nags and riders was sorely tested at the beginning by the big banks of stone and turf. However all went well without an empty saddle or many missing, and our dance improved as we "passed over Trichrug and across 'Ralltgoch dingle to the Van, and here our leader turned to the right and beat retreat via Caericket, Trevilan, Gelly, and between Brynog and Gwrthwynt, where the pack divided, the body hunting into Brynog home covers and the other couples topping the next hill like aeronauts towards Cilcenin, but things were soon mended by the whip stopping the body and set it to the master's horn, but not without losing ground, as the pace was, and had been so far, a rasper. Instead of making his shelter at Craigyrarth reynard waved to the left via Tvglyn-issa, thence down along the stream through the big wood as far as Bandy Mill, where he changed his bath from warm to cold by crossing the river, leaving Llanayron on the right and crossed the turnpike road into Pontfaen wood, where the hounds got well together on to Allt rhaiarn, thence via Llaeth- liw towards Hengeraint wood, which ug avoided by wheeling to the left over Penrhiw Farm, through Crug covers, over Rnbren farms, but suddenly turned down the dingle and across it he went into Cil-llwch dingle as if making for Veinog dingle, but was headed by a teamster down to Veinog Mill, skirting the bottom of the dingle for Mydroilyn, but was again headed by a yokel short to the right via Cefnmaes, the chapel, Nantyrefel, and Derwengham, thence veered to the right, pointing for Neuaddlwyd, when a little check ensued and was most welcomed by the field, which was well up and together up to here, but there were bellows to mend, and the stiff country with its steep and ravineous dingles, which were only passable at certain points, was telling a tale. The fox was evidently headed and made a semicircle, but the gallant pack, by their cast, hit it off to the lower end of Alltyrhaiarn, where our sinking quarry made a short call to bid last adieu to one of his favourite haunts, then crossed the turnpike road by Llaethliw Bridge, where another little check intervened, but a beautiful hunting was soon restored, with thick and merry music over the large fields in front of Llanayron, near which he recrossed the river, and streaming through the old wood and out towards Craigyrarth, but instead of entering Mynachty new plantation leaned to the left, and over some farms, and called at the gorse above the Feather's Motel, thence towards Llanddewi Aberarth Church, turned to the left down the steep hill, crossed the Aberayron and Aberystwyth road, and over the meads to the seashore, and here the fox was viewed by the whip, paddling on the beach about 200 paces in front of his blood thirsty pursuers, and it was a rare bit co see the hounds pick- ing the scent so well among the salt pebbles. Finding no harbour and in fear of stranding, he turned, and tried the country again, but the hounds soon increased the pace on the grass, and poor reynard, too weak to breast the hill, wheeled round in full view of the whole pack and Major Lewes on his grey chaiger. Nothing would stop this bold rider but a "break neck" from being at the whoo-oopf" shouted, Ye beauties will have him now, and we are in for a glorious finish," and so the relentless pack ran into their game, and enjoyed their Christmas feast on the brink of the boisterous pea and in the presence of the roaring waves between Aberayron and Llanddewi Aberarth in Cardigan Bay. Time, three hours and twenty minutes, and is considered so far the cream of the season. Other foxes were seen on the run, and it is not known how many foxes the hounds ran, but they kept on a line from find to finish. Major Lewes, with his unbounded humanity, nursed men and beast at his hospital on their way home. I wish I could give fuller details of the run, and that an abler pen than mine would do justice to these master, men, and hounds. Wishing them happy new year and another good run and may I be there to share it. MACKEREL.

DR. R. D. ROBERTS ON HIGHER EDUCATION. A lecture on Some results of recent deep sea ex. plorations" was delivered by Mr R. D. Roberts, M.A., D.Sc., of Clare College, Cambridge, to the members of the Menai Society of Natural Science and Literature on Wednesday evening, the 2nd January, at the Queen's Head Caf6, Bangor. The chair was taken by Colonel the Hon. W. E. Sackville West. A vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by Mr W. CADWALADR DAVIES, and seconded by Colonel WEST. Mr Davies said that Dr. Roberts was not only connected with science, but also took an-important part in the remarkable movement for higher education. known as the University Extension Scheme, instituted by the University of Cambridge and he would have been glad if it had been possible for the lecturer to say something about that important movenient. The vote of thanks having been carried by acclama- tion, Dr. ROBERTS, in acknowledging the compliment, said that Mr Davies had touched upon a subject which, interested as he (Mr Roberts) was in science, came still nearer his heart; and if they wovsld allow him five minutes, he would say one or two words thereon. He would ask them to consider what was usually meant when people spoke of higher education, and increasing the facilities for higher education. Had they not in mind only the cases of young men and young women between the ages of sixteen and twenty, who possessed the means and the time to spend three years in acquiring a university education ? But why was the mass of the people left out of consideration ? What about the thousands who possessed neither time nor means to spend three years at a college ? Why were not the facilities for higher education brought within their reach ? He believed there was a new idea of higher education growing in the country-, that it was begin- ning to be recognised that a really national system of higher education ought to provide facilities for those who were engaged in earning their daily bread. By a systematic curriculum of study arranged, say to extend over a series of eight or ten years, it would be possible by means of lectures and classes, similar in their plan to those of the University Extension Scheme of Cambridge, for youug men and women, who were willing to spend a couple of hours a night in study, from the age of fourteen, say to twenty-two or twenty- three years of age, to cover the ground now covered by the university student in three years:; but he did not see why in such a crvse a degree might not be obtainable as the result of such an extended study. By some such sys- tem young people would be able to obtain the highest in- tellectual culture, side by side with the learning of a business and the earning of their daily bread. He was not I suggesting to them something visionary. In its begin- ning such a system was actually now in operation in England. The University Extension Scheme was the first attempt of that kind, and it had met with re- markable success. That higher education was possible for the mass of the people was proved by the sucoess of the University lectures amongst the pitmen of North- umberland. At the present time there were no less than eight lecture centres in mining villages in North- umberland, and the courses were attended by pitmen, who often had to walk long distances after their day's work in order to attend. He was anxious that this idea of higher education as the right and the privilege of all, should be prominently brought before the country. The time had gone by when the amount of education that a man was to receive should be deter- mined by the length of his purse. The only measure of the amount of education should be brain power- the capacity to learn, and he believed that there was a great change gradually taking place in the country, in the direction of bringing the highest educational privileges within the reach of all.

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BORAX-PREPARED CALIFORNIAN, "The Household Treasure-Pure Antiseptic," is now sold in bma'pl atid family packets by all intelligent dealers, pre- pared aad ready for immediate use, with full directions for all Personal and Domestic purposes, and suitable for Academies, Hotels, Hospitals, Asylums, Ships, Public Institutions, and all homes—from the mansion to the cottage—everywhere. ,Su.sint.os abbrtssts. c. I. WILLIAMS, Is now showing a well-assorted STOCK of New Goods for the Season, consisting of Dress Materials in Cashmeres, Serges, Heme Spuns, Meltons, &c. Black and Coloured Velveteens, Jackets, Ulsters in all Sizes, Felt, Beaver, Chip, and Straw Hats, Flowers, Feathers, Fancy Wings, Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Fur Capes, Gloves, Umbrellas, Corsets, Skirtings, Winceys, Flannels, Wollen Clothes, Men's Hats and Caps, in all Shapes, Blankets, Quilts, Sheeting, Calicoes, Hollands, Wool Scarfs and Squares. FAMILY MOURNING. ^NEWEST SHAPES IE HATS AND BONNETS, Trimmed and Untrimmtd. AN EARLY INSPECTION RESPECTFULLY INVITED. C. M. WILLIAMS, DRAPERY AND MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT, PIER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. EVAN MORGAN "DEGS to inform the Public at large that he has jnst returned from the London Market with a Large and Varied Stock of Drapery Goods suitable for the coming Season, which are now on view. E. M. respectfully invites inspection of the same. 2, NORTH PARADE AND BAKER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. [ TRY JQANIEL FOR rjlHOMAS I SHEETINGS, QUILTS, BLANKETS, FLANNELS, HOLLANDS, TICKS, WOOL SHIRTINGS, WINCEYS, HOMESPUNS, &c., &c. ALSO BOYS', YOUTHS', AND MEN'S READY-MADE OVERCOATS, SUITS, HATS, CAPS, COLLARS, CUFFS, TIES, BRACES, &o., &o. BOYS' AND MEN'S SUITS, SINGLE GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER. FIT AND STYLE GUARANTEED. TERMS-ONE PRICE d READY MONEY. Observe the Address— D A N I EL THomAs, 22 & 24, Little Dark gate Street, Opposite the Infirmary, ABERYSTWYTH. tjP AND DOWN THE COAST" from Cardigan to Holyhead. and in most of the Princi- pal Towns in England and Wales, is to be found DICK'S well-known and deservedly well-patronised Boot and Shoe Establishments. They are now well stocked with every description of Boots, Shoes, and Slippers for winter wear. Quality high-prices low. Boots not giving reasonable satisfaction repaired free of charge, or new pair given instead. Repairing in all its branches. Agents for the famous K Boot advertised in the Field. The addresses in this district are Aberystwyth, Barmouth, Cardigan, Dolgelley, Lampeter, Machynlleth, Newtown, Pwllheli. 'PERFECr' TRADE MARK. RECIST¡¡EtI. PERFECT SPECTACLES, ENABLING Persons to see Far and Near, with one pair without change.—Sole Agent for this jLj District, W. R. JONES, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Great Darkgate-street, Aberystwyth. 91 COLMANS MUSTARD LARGEST MANUFACTURERS I NTHE WORLD EISTEDDFOD GADEIRIOL FFESTINIOG, DYDD LLUN Y SULGWYN, 1884, A GY-INELIR YN YR ASSEMBLY ROOMS BLAENAU FFESTINIOG. RHESTR O'R TESTYNAU (AGOEED I'R BYD). RIIYDDIAETH. 1. "LlemGwerin Meirion." Gwobr, Z5, a Medal Arian. Beimiad-Parch. D. Morgans, Penrhyndcudraeth, R.S.O. BARDDONIAETH. 8. Awdl-u Gardd Eden," heb fod dros 500 llinell. Gwobr, £ 6 6s., a Chadair Dderw, gwerth JE5 5s. 9. Pryddest—" Cleddyf yr Arglwydd a Gedeon," heb fod droa 300 llinell. Gwobr, 92 a 2s. a Medal Arian. 10. Cywydd—" Mynydd Sinai," heb fod dros 100 llinell. Gwobr, JE1 Is., a Medal Arian. 12. Hir a Thoddaidd-" Y Gerbydres." Gwobr, 15s. 13. Englyn-" Y Wyntyll." Gwobr, 10s. Beirniad—Gwilym Eryri, Porthmadog. CERDDORIAETH. 14. I'r Cor a gano oreu y ddau ddernyn canlynol- "The Lord be a Lamp," o St. Peter's, gan Benedict; ac hefyd Deisyfiad am y Wawr," gan Gwilym Gwent. Gwobr, £25, a Medal Aur i'r Arweinydd. Y Cor i fod yn ddim llai na 60 mewn nifer. 15. I'r Cor o leisiau gwrywaidd, heb fod dros 30, na than 25. a gano oreu "Nyni yw'r Meibion Cerddgar (Gwilym Gwent). Gwobr, £10. 16. I'r tri a gano yn oreu, "The Lark Trio" (Gwilym Gwent). Gwobr, £ 1 10s. 17. Cyfansoddi Deuawd ar y testyn "Diolchgarwch Aderyn," gan Mynyddog. Y geiriau yn yr "Ail Gyn. nyg, tudalen 30. Gwobr JEl, ynghyd a'r Gyfres Gerddorol," gan Mr R. J. Thomas. IS. Unawd Soprano, "Cenwch Orfoledd i Jacob" ("Jeremiah," Owain Alaw). Gwobr, 15s. 19. Unawd Tenor, Waft her, Angel (Handel's "Jephtha "). Gwobr, ;Cl. Is., gan Dr Jones. 20 Unawd Bass, The Niagara (Dr. Parry). Gwobr, 15s. 21. I'r Brass Band a chwareuo yn oreu, "The Re. I vival" (Linter). Gwobr, JE15, a Desideratum silver. i plated Cornet, gwerth £ 12 12s., o wneuthuriad y firm enwog, Besson & Co., Llundain. 22. Pedwarawd Offerynol, The Reapers (H. Round). Gwobr, jE2 2s. 23. Unawd Cornet, There's nae luck (H. Round). Gwobr, £1 Is., gan Mr Edwards, dentist. 24. Unawd ar y Berdoneg, "Bells of Aberdovey," allan o Recollections of Wales (Brinley Richards). Gwobr taf. 10s. 6c.; ail, 7s. 6c., gan y Meistri W. B. Lloyd a W. LI. Roberts. 25. Unawd ar yr Harmonium, Haleliwia Chorus," y trefniad gan Mr Best, Liverpool. Gwobr, 10s. 6c. I Beimiad-Mr David Jenkins, Mus. Bac., Cantab., Aberystwyth. CELFYDDYDOL. I 26. For the best Prince of Wales' Feather and Motto, carved in relief on a Gothic Panel of Slate," size of panel not to exceed 15 x 12 inside. Prize £ 2, if the Committee wish to keep it, or £1. to be the pro- perty of the competitor. Adjudicators-Dr. Roberts, Portmadoc, and Dr. Roberts, Isallt. 27. For the best Pencil Sketch of "Plas Weunydd and Surroundings." Prize JEI. Adjudicator-Mr J. A. Vaughan, Tanybwlch, R.S.O. 30. Am yr Ystol Haiam oreu. Gwobr laf, jEl ail, 10s. Beirniad—Mr Thomas Williams, 42, High- street, Blaenau Festiniog. 0 31. Am y Gadair Farddol Dderw oreu-heb ddim cerfysgrif ami. Gwobr 95. Beirniad—Mr Robert Lloyd, Porthmadog. 32. Am y cerfiad goreu o'r brawddegau canlynol mewn llythyrenau Coelhren y Beirdd, ar bren neu llechfaen, Yn nghwyneb haul a llygad goleuni," A gair Daw yn ucbaf," •' Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Festiniog, 1884," Calon wrth galon," "Tra Mor, tra Brython?" Gwobr 10s., gan Mr Griffith Jones, stone cutter. Beirniaid-Dr. Roberts, Porthmadog, a Dr. Roberts, Isallt. AMMODAU. 1. Yr oil o'r Testynau yn gyfyngedig i blwyf Ffestiniog, oddi perth y rhai sydd wedi eu nodi yn wahanol ar y daflen. 2. Ni wobrwyir oni bydd teilyngdod. 3. Rhaid i'r Ymgeiswyr llwyddiannus, neu eu cynnrychiolwyr, fod yn bresennol yn y cyfarfodydd, neu attelir y wobr. 4. Y Cyfansoddiadau Rhyddiaethol a Barddonol i fod yn eiddo y Pwyllgor, yn nghyd a rhif 17 yn y Gerddor- iaeth. Os na wneir trefniadau i'w cyhoeddi yn mhen chwe' mis, dychwelir hwynt i'w hawdwyr. 5. Fod pob achos o ddadl neu gamgyineriad i'w penderfynu gan swyddogion y Pwyllgor. 6. Yr holl gyfansoddiadau i fod yn llaw y gwahanol feirniaid yn ddidraul ar neu cyn Mai laf, 18S4. 7. Pawb fo'n bwriadu cystadlu ar y Gerddoriaeth i anfon eu henwau i'r Ysgrifenyddion ar neu oyn Mai laf, 18S4. Rhestr eyflawn o'r testynau i'w cael trwy anfon lie. i iinor ddau sgrifenydd. OWEN JONES", Oakeley Middle Quarry, I v WILLIAM OWEN, Welsh Slate Quarry, YSGKIFUNYMHON BLAEXAU FFESTINIOG. Shipping. Intermediate Passage, 8 Guineas; Steerage, at low rate LIVERPOOL TO nsr^-w- Yoieic & EOSTON EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. This Company has been established for Forty Years, and is noted for its Safety and Comfort for all classes of Passengers. Apply to the CUNARD STEAM SHIP COMPANY, Limited, Liverpool, THOMAS GRIFFITHS, Accountant, 37, Queen's-road, Aberystwyth. [al5 AMERICA. J. H. LAMB, (Late LAMB & EDWARDS). SHIP AND GENERAL BROKER, 35, Tower Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool. 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A marvel of cheapness.— Passage about Eight days.—Apply to GOMER ROBERTS, Agent. 29, Union street, Liver- pool. Every information for the Cape and Australia given. Passengers met on arrival at Liver- pool by Mr. er Mrs. Roberts. Supper, Bed, and Breakfast, including every attendance, 2s. 6d. Children half-price. Note the address-GOMER ROBERTS, 29. Union Street, Liverpool. [a50S RIPPINGILLE'S PATENT PRIZE MEDAL OIL WARMING STOVES. ODOURLESS, SMOKELESS, PORTABLE, SAFE, CLEANLY. A@ 4w 'S) Illustrated Catalogues free on application. a M. H. DAVIS & SONS, ABERYSTWYTH. 0 LES, EDICINE 60 1 219 ;VT 6 ol THE PHARMACOPCEIA. An extract from the second edition (page 1SS) of the translation of the Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, by Dr G. F. Collier, published by Longman and Co.:— It is no small defect in this compilation (speaking of the New Pharmacopoeia) that we have no purgative mass but what contains aloes; yet we know that haemorrhoidal persons cannot bear alees, except it be in the form of COCKLE'S PILLS, which chiefly consist of aloes, scammony, and colcynth, which I think are formed into a sort of compound extract, the avidity of which is obviated, I suspect, by an alkaline process, and by a fourth ingredient (unknown to me) of an aromatic tonic nature. I think no better and no worse of it for its being a patent medicine. I look at it as an article of commerce and domestic convenience, and do not hesitate to say it is the best made Pill in the Kingdom; a muscular purge, a mucous purge, and a hydrogogue purge combined. and their effects properly controlled by a dirigent and corrigent. That it does not commonly produce hoemorrlioids, like most aloetic pills, I attribute to its being thoroughly soluble, so that- no undissolved particles adhere to the mucous membrane." QOCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS OF PURE VEGETABLE INGREDIENTS AND FREE FROM MERCURY. In use among all classes of society EIGHTY-THREE YEARS. May be had throughout the United Kingdom, In boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. I! s.. and 22s IS, NEW ORMOND STREET, LONDON. WEAK SIGHT. HENRY LAURANCE'S IMPROVED SPECTAC LFS. 44, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, THESE well-known and celebrated SPEC- JL TACLES are manufactured on an improved principle, and are used and recommended by the lead- ing Oculists and Gentlemen of the medical profession throughout the United Kingdom. These SPECTACLES are clear and cool, never tire the eye, and, whilst subduing all inflammatory symp. toms, assist, strengthen, and preserve the sight. Hundreds of Testimonials has been received from persons whose sight has been benefited by their use when all others failed, a lengthened list of which can be had gratis on application to the Agent for Aber- ystwyth. J. EVANS & SON, STATIONERS AND OPTICIANS, 19, PIER STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. All Spectacles marked H.L. (b785 A NEW MOVE IN THE BOOT TRADE. OWEN STEPHENS, SHOEMAKER, 9, PROSPECT STREET, ABERYSTWYTH, BEGS to inform the Inhabitants of the town that he has begun the business of Shoemaking and Repairing on his own account. He wishes to assure all who will patronise him that every satisfaction will be given as to price and quality, his motto being Quality and Cheapness." Note the address:—OWEX STEPHENS^ 9. PROSPECT STREET, ABERYSTWYTH. [bC21