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-r- 'BORAX ALIN E 1 F03 TEETH FOK MOUTH, FOE HANDS, FOB HAJF, FOB. >,KIN, '{TOE CLEANSING KVEBYWHEEK. • FEiST, PERFUMED, ANTISEPTIC RARE, WITH THEE NONE OTHER CAN COMPARE— "BO R A X A L I. NE" SOLII By CHEMISTS AND 3ROCKRS. Qv.xr.x L;, 4*1 Mining 6 Large Packets. Full Direction*, Pntf Ht BORAX: Its Manifold Uaea." Uescrip'ive Circular, Papers, <fcc., Post Free PATENT BOI'A X Co., Works, Birmingham B 155—462 A COL I) "Will) with iiffeient individuals, show itself in a variety of foric", the mont common being Coryza or Of)1rl in the Head, well-known by the lassitude, weariness. fullness about the head, dry, stuffed-up nostrils, frequent sneezing, 'ith a "bit of a ooagh," and tightrt. 3s p.cross the ch<??t, &c. At once let the patient take Griffith owen'S ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT, axixed with a wine-glassful of warm water, at I bed. tlie directi*-n.s given with each bottle, and much evil will be avoided. Mo<e than otie-thiid of the deaths in the Metropolis find t,hi» large in England arise irom Con- 8 ruption alo: e. It justifies, therefore, the obseryatioii made by Dr Robert Hunter, that the questicn cf prevention and cure it one in tchich ft My Six MILLION'S of the present people of England have the iiUnit of life itself" owing, no doubt, to neglected Coughs and Colds. Griffith owen'S ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT, Can always be depended upm in the early atag-33 t'ee that you get '.TIUFFITIR OWEN'S Semur are the effects of neglected coughs or colds. CI SrFFITH OWEN'S JT ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT, Cures uine caoes out of ten, and renders the constitution lees liable to take fresh cold. See that you get GRtrnTH OWEX'S and no ciher imitation. ■2b S: 27, High-street, Carnarvon, and all chemists. CI BIFFITH OWEN'S W ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT Is an elegant Ccugli Mixture, and agrees with the modern medical treatmeut of colds, as testified by c-vetal medical men To be had in bottle, Is lid and 2s 9d, of all ch"miots. The great value of GRIFFITH OWEN's remedy creates a large demand. 25 & 27; High-street, Carnarvon, and all chemists. (1 JilFFTTH OWEN'S 7 ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT. This j ndicioua combination is the most effec- tive remedy for, and preventive against, the cor^eqv.encerf arising from exposure to cold in any gree-complaints which may be the prelude to various inflammatory diseases. See that you get GRIFFITH OWBN'S. 25 & 27, High-street, Carnarvon, and all chemists. The surprising cures effected by GRIFFITH OWEN'S ESSENCE OF COLTSFOOT Have astonished many It gently frees the lungs from clotted phlegm, heals up the pus fcular wounds from thccc-re; relieves the chest by expectoration, without straining; removes #i'.l difficult breathing by ita healthy stimulus to the proper circulation of the fluids. ? & 27, High-street, Carnarvon, and all chemists. E225 EIOYA-L DEVONSHIRE g-KRGB I (SPEARMAN'S). Made of selected elastic staple wools, I In all the latest Fashionable Colours and Mixture, I To suit, all seasons and all oli mutes, OYAI. T^KVONRHIBE gBBOE (SPEARMAN'S) "For I/i-cnikw, on the authority of The QUEEN, Is UNIJ-TVALLEP for BEAUTY, HARD V/EAE, aud UTILITY. Sati-water cannot Rllrt it." JgOYiL JjBYONriHIRE SgRGB vSPEAEMAN'S). New Pattern Books, post free. Any length eiri Carnage [lhid to London, Dublin, and Olasa 3 PE ACM AN and SPEARMAN, SultJ Factors, lJnlj" Address}—PLYMOUTH, (No agenciies.) ISTF, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, LIMITED. Thm genome to amalgamate the two Italian erratic aottieo of London, and to concentrate this form ofenterttun. mcnt within the walls of Covent Garden is about to be fctonght forward under the most favorable auspioos, Prac- Mcal men of basmesa have taken the matter in hand, plans have been fully diseased, and the details of the-prapeoja. WoH digested Some of the h.ghest P^onag^ofBoc.at hfe tore expressed their ^quiescence in the scheme which has already been supported by the ° g^0n paved my by intending shareholders Anot whQ Hu> way for the accomplishment of the v fceKeve amalgamation the best coa^t0p £ t that the Italian of both enterprise,, It is an open not a OjKua Season teat year at her Majesty^ Season Buccal nor did ilr. Mapleson careto risk a 4 the autumn. It has been thought »euc» Mapleson, reinforced by certs ir. members r>. t^0 irotipo of Oovent Garden, shall confine hifi nnc.tfy flnited States, where his experience of American a a- )K> at the service- of the Royal Italian Opera C<>n I • • 0Oyent Garden (Limited). Freed from the limit'- petition of Her Majesty's Theatre, the whole stat lOte Italian Opera sit-geia, and the entire hotly Of UeJian Opera goers will be drawn towards Coveat Warden, the Proepectu3 of which house for the forth- flaming Season includes the names of the most attraouvo "rvisto the Italian Operatic Stage can boast. Competition Ibis always beendiaastrous to Italian Opera, both coTuraer- oif\.l; aud from the point of view of art. A large amount ,1016 beenalready subscribed to the Opera Company, Limited, 0,11 the Directors have now decided to issue the Prospectus '.to the public. The Scheme promises to pay from 11 to 16 fate cent., and may be worth the consideration of every .fliMA of investor, small and large, B CUSTAlID POWDk,]? FOR RICHEST GUSTARD- WITHOUT EGGS. BUill'S £ jU«TAEr poWBES SAVES HALF THE COST. IS HALF THE TROUBLE ivipxri ^USTARD powcEB J COSTS LITTLE. IS DELICIOUS. QORTARD pOWDER SOLD BY ALL GROCERS B;ax> AJSD SONS, uIRaUNQHBM. BANGOR. "MPORTANF TO 8HI OWNERS AND OTHERS. MR JOHN PRITCH4RD will soil by Pub- lic Au:tion at the Sailors' Institute, Hirael, Baugor, ou Friday, Ap-il 14ta, 1882, P, two o'clock p.m., prompt, 64-64th share of and in the well known Schooner John Parry, of Beaumaris, of 57 tons register aid about 100 tons burthen, as she now lics on the baach at Hirael. This vessel, which is extra strongly built, was thoroughly overhauled about three years ago at an outlay of upwards of £ 800 arid re-classed for eight years. She sails well, 13 easily haudied, shifts with little ballast, ifc now in thorough good order ready for sea, well found ia materials of the best descrip tion, is well known in the coaetirg trade, and can hf1 highlr recommended to parties seeking a vessel of this tonnage. For further particulars apply to the Auctioneer, Bcdhyfryd, Bangor, G 999 c SONG AND CHORUS (Eagiiih and WtLj). MARY. CYMRU'S FAIREST" (MARI, BffOSYN CYHCRU). Music and Wel6h Version by E. B. WILLIAMS. PRICE SIXPENCE. On sale by D. W. Dtrisa, 19, Bridge-Street, Car- narvon. THE BLUE RIBBON ARMY. PLEDGE CARDS (Tn English and Welsh). TEIE above neat cards (which have been J- approved by the Committee of the Gospel Temperance Union) are to be had of D. W. DAVIE" AND Co., Booksellers, Bridge- street and High-street, Carnarvon, at two shillings per hundred free by post, 2s 4d. ^yiLLIAM JOHN pARRY, I GENERAL MERCHANT, I MAES-Y-GROES, BANGOR, 'I CAN supply the best of the following at the most reasonable figure. Contracts for the supply of Large qnantities entered into. Orders promptly attended to. An experienced man will attend any experiments required with Explosives. EXPLOSIVES. — annpowder, Blasting Gelatine, Tonite, Dynamite, Sporting Powder, Detonator? of all kinds Paws, Percussion Caos, Cartridges, &c. ENGINE PACKING of all kinds. INDIA RUBBER.—Sheets. Washers, Hosee, Buffers, &c. j CiUTTA PERCHA.—Tnbiner. Beltinsrs. &c. I BEST CAST STEEL,—In bars of all kinds. I CRUCIBLE STEEL.-Wheels for Slate Quarries, Lead Mines, andCollieries. ROPES—Hemp and Wire of any length. I OILS and GREASE of all kinds, for every description of Machinery and Lamps, as well as for Painters FOUNDERS' DUST.—Charcoal Blacking, Coal Dust. TAR-Stockbolm Tar, Pitch, Coal Tar, Coal Pitch. ENGINE WASTE.—White and Colourad. PAENTS, COLOURS, VARNISH, and GLUES, of all descriptions. CANDLES of all kinds. I PIPES ,-Iron, Zinc, and Clay. Warehouses and Magazines at Bethesda, Bangor, Carnarvon, Festiniog, and Dolgelley. OFYXOKS :—3 & 4, WILLIAMS' COOR r, BETHESDA., NEAR BANGOR. B 973-349 "THE BRASS BAND NEWS." A MONTHLY PAPER of Band News, de- voted entirely to the interests and progress of Amateur Bands. PUBLISHED ON THE 1ST OF EACH MONTH, Prico 3d, by Post 31d. May be had from Mr W. Jarrett Roberts, I Br dge-street, Carnarvon, or direct from the Pub- lishers, WRIGHT 6c ROUND, 34, ERSKINE STREET, LIVERPOOL. a 955 ,w I '7 1. lilt "\TORTH WALES ll LINE." The full-powered high-class SCSEW STEAMKRS of this line will sail, at regular intervals, taking Cargo for North Wales Porta. A stealer will leave for Menai Bridge, Portdmorwic, and Carnarvon, every Wednesday, commencing April 5th Cargo will be received up to neen on day of sailing. Loading berth, north east Bide, Qa<»en's Dock. All Goods taken by special arrangement only .—Apply to R. W. RICHARDSON AND SON, Agents, 12, Baltic Buildings, Liverpool; ELLIS ROBERTS, Ship Broker, Carnarvon and Portdinorwic. PWYLLGOR YMGYNGHOROL LIVERPOOL. 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Not having to asktheir friends to become bail for thorn (my charges are low); and all apphcatio strictly private, and wUl have mv immediate attention. Aptly personally (or if by letter state account re- I quired), to H. HYMAN, 42, Norton-street (off Isling. ton), Liverpool. P.8.-Atlvances also made on deposit or Scrip Shares, I Plate, Diamonds, Jewellery, and on every description of goods. All letters must be written in English, and write your addresses plainly. a 958-p
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TO CORESPONDENTS. J. H. (Holywell).—No. ATLAS -We are obliged to you. H. B umr-,i -,tg ys. -Your commuuication i.3 too per- sonal. E. D. (Wrexham).—It was inserted-yct), codd not have read the paper. J. JACKSON.—No doubt you are a great literary genius, and it is, as you suggest, a failing in us cot t.) see it. —ii—— ■■■ —
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SUMMARY OF NEWS. Popular eisteddfodau were held at Gaerwen and Llanerch-y-medd on Easter Monday. A very singular occurrence took place at Peniel some time ago. A hus- band, as is alleged, having insured his wife for £ 250, consulted a fortune teller, and being informed that the woman would live for some time, poisoned her in order to obtained the amount she was insured for. The summons for libel issued against Mr W. A. Darbishire, chairman of the Carnarvon Liberal Association, by Mr Sorton-Parry, the defeated candidate at the recent election, was on Wednes- I day last dismissed by the Carnarvon I Borough Magistrates. On Friday last an inquest was held at Portmadoc on the body of John Jones, the young sailor who was fatally stabbed by the Russian Finn, Mattson. A verdict of manslaughter was returned against the prisoner. At the Bettws-y-coed Petty Ses- sions on Saturday, Benjamin Dixon, a butcher, was fined £ 1 us for beating a toll-collector. Ruthin was on Friday the scene of great demonstrations, on the return of Major and Mrs Cornwallis West to the Castle. An important meeting of Liberals was held at Bangor on Tuesday night for the purpose of establishing a Liberal Association at the place. The Parish Church of Llanidloes was on Tuesday re-opened after under- going complete restoration. Successful sheep-dog trials were held at Ruthin on Easter Monday. Cheap excursion trains brought a large num- ber of visitors to witness the proceed- ings. The Earl of Powis presided over a I meeting of landowners at Welshpool on Wednesday, who strongly object to the Rivers Conservancy and Floods Prevention Bill, and resolutions hostile to the measure were unanimously passed. It was urged that the Govern- ment has, at present, no time to pass such a bill, and the country does not realize its purport. The fifth annual assembly of the North Wales English Congregational j Union took place at Wrexham on Wednesday last, and was largely attended. Amongst the visitors were the Right Hon. G. O. Morgan, M.P.; Sir Robert Cunliffe, M.P.; and Mr Henry Richard, M.P: The proceedings throughout were very interesting, and at a luncheon which followed several important addresses were delivered. William Jones, Ynys, a farmer, was on Monday fined 40S with £ i 6s 8d costs, by the Rhyl magistrates, for selling milk containing I I parts of water. A telegram dated yesterday, states that the steamship Manitoban ran ashore near Carlsdyke Bay, and re- mained fast notwithstanding efforts to get her off. Sir E. T. Reed, speaking at Cardiff, on Wednesday night in defence of the policy of the Government, combatted ths assertion of his political opponents that the prestige of England had been lowered abroad, and contrasted the condition of Russia and other Europe- an Powers with that of England. On Good Friday an explosion took place on board of the steamer Noah, at Amlwch, by which three men were killed. On Wednesday afternoon the Mar- quis of Salisbury inaugurated an important series of Conservative demonstrations in Liverpool by lying the foundation stone of the New Con- servative Club in Dale-street, in tint city. A banquet was held in the evening, the Marquis presiding. I ♦
THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. -
THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. The poet Cowper, about a century since, in that well-known ballad "The Diverting History of John Gilpin," tells us that "lJohn Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though married we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. f This was about as natural a thing as the wife of a citizen 4( of famous ¡ London town" could say to her husband in the days when George the Third was king." Tradesmen in London then lived in the houses where they carried on their business locomotion, as Johnny Gilpin and his spouse found to their cost, was difficult and uncertain; his ride to I the village of Edmonton, passing hedgerows and meadows thathave long since disappeared,, was a perilous adventure but now the journey from the site of Gilpin's shop to thickly- peopled Edmonton can be made for a few pence and in a few minutes. How marvellously have times changed since then The change has been as great in the matter of holidays as it has been in locomotion. Middle- aged men and women of the present day must have a vivid remembrance of what" business" used to be in their young days. The time spent in shops and factories was painfully long. It was not till 1834 that by the Factory Act all persons under 18 years of age and women of any age were prohibited from working more than 12 hours a day. The idea of diminishing the hours of labour when they were unreasonably long soon I spread, and at length the Early Closing Association was formed, and from that time it has energetically worked for the early closing of shops and factories, while some years since they added to their programme the Saturday half-holiday, which has now become a pretty general institution. To a great extent owing to the efforts of this association, the hours of business, especially in shops and factories, have been shortened, and an unreasonable length is now the exception. Further action in the same direction has been taken by various acts of Parliament dealing with the employment of women and children; but the greatest change with regard to holidays was effected by Sir John Lubbock's Act, com- monly called the Bank Holiday Act. Although this measure merely dealt with banks, these institutions are so intimately connected with business generally that the mere fact of banks being closed on certain days I makes those days general holidays. By this enactment in England and I Ireland Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit-Monday, the first Monday in August, Christmas Day, and the following day have become public holidays; and in Scotland New Year's Day, Good Friday, the first Monday in May, the first Monday in August, and Christmas Day are general holidays. In England and Ireland these so-called bank holidays are very generally observed, but in a somewhat different fashion. Christmas has time out of mind been the season of festivity and of home gatherings, and the consequent travell- ingis a flyin one's pot of oinment. Good Friday is variously observed. The shops in most of our large towns are certainly as vigorously closed as on Sundays many people look on the day as a holyday, and not as a holiday; the legislature restricts railway travell- ing for the most part as on Sunday, ) but, in revenge for this, excursionising begins on the previous day. Easter- tide is a time of general outing, and, if the weather be fine, out-door eniov- ments are all the more delightful be- cause they occur at a period when nature is clothing herself in her new spring garb. Whit-Monday is thus still more enjoyable because the season is then usually delightful. And the first Monday in August is almost universally devoted by dwellers in towns to excursion i zing into the country, to seaside rambles,to boating, and other out door enjoyments. The double "Bank Holiday" of Good double "Bank Holiday" of Good Friday and Easter Monday has this year been perhaps enjoyed by a greater number of people throughout England than ever has the corresponding period before; and it is highly pro- bable that this time next year the same remark may be truthfully made, for the love of holiday-making is certainly on the increase, and railway and steamboat companies, as well as the proprietors of places of amusement, very naturally foment it. Since the pretty general establish- ment of the Saturday half-holiday there has been a natural tendency to make holiday-however differently Fri- day and Sunday may be in many cases observed as compared to the other two days — from Good Friday to Easter Monday inclusive. But the legislative restrictions on railway travelling on Good Friday and Sunday have induced the railway companies to offer tempting inducements to begin the holiday on the previous Thursday, and to make special arrangements for obtaining tickets at various booking- offices in the large towns. This has certainly been done this year to a greater extent than ever it was. done before, and owing to the promise of fine weather on the Thursday there has been more excursionizing and for a longer period than ever before. This is an unquestionable fact. How far it is desirable is quite another matter. Bank holidays, when rightly used, are undoubtedly a great boon to our work- ing classes but they are not an un- mixed good. Many poor working families have enforced holidays that they cannot afford to enjoy, especially when, asis frequently the case, their wages are stopped during holiday time. And there is still too much reason to regret that "Bank Holi- days are in many cases the occasion for boozing in public-houses, resulting in painful scenes during the day, and especially at night. lhe more dis- agreeable the weather the more drunkenness is a well-known fact, and we must take this into account when congratulating ourselves that there has been less intoxication this Eastertide than was formerly the case. The fact, however, remains-and it is the most pleasant consideration as to the whole matter—that drunkenness at holiday-time is unquestionably on the decrease.
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Tliere is one thing which the ladies wh° advocate the divided skirt are parti- cularly anxious to avoid. They do not wish to have the dress, whether divided into two parts or not, described as trousers," which is a pardonable reservation. They also ob- ject to be considered "Bloomers," and re- pudiate all sympathy with or imitation of the American lady who attempted to reform the feminine costume, and was rewarded with universal ridicule. Lady Harherton, who is the leader of the new movement, or at least its public champion, denies that there is any similarity between the divided skirt" recommended by the National Dress Society and the costume that some years ago was known as Bloomerism. Lady Haber- ton writes as follows to an incautious editor who confounded the two methods Mrs Bloomer's dress was trousers with a skirt over them. Ours is a skirt with trimmings as usual, only we have a skirt for each leg, and over this some drapery coming to below the knees, and arranged according to in. dividual taste. Many ladies having worn it now publicly for some months without j exciting attention, will, I hope, fnrther prove there is an error in asserting it to be a revival of the Bloomer' costume." The Bishop of Liverpool does not approve of bazaars as a means of raising money, but he willingly foregoes his scruples rather than see well deserving charities collapsing for want of funds. Speaking on Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Hospital for Consumption, his lordship said he was not disposed to throw cold water on bazaars if people liked to give their money in that way, and, indeed, he thought it was a case of the old proverb-to get money honestly if you can, but to get it. While yielding thus far to the bazaar-loving spirit of the age, the bishop still hopes that the time will come when no such intoxicating stimulus will be required to make people part with their money. His lordship does not exactly anathematize bazaars, or denounce them with bell, book, and candle, but he goes a long way towards it, and inferentially pro- claims them dishonest, to say nothing of,the charge of their Intoxicating influence.
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1 • 11: L'L- 1. jumoo is tne sensauou 01 iuti uuui m New York. Full details are given in the papers concerning the animal's history, his life in the London Zoo," and particularly of his purchase by Barnum and his Trans- atlantic trip. The Indian major generals and other authorities pretending to be so learned on the subject of elephants, who prophesied that Jumbo would never survive his ocean voyage, may hide their heads in confusion. Some slight symptoms of mal de rrwr Jumbo did display during the first day or two, but after that the leviathan traveller pulled himself together, and seems, on the whole, to have had a very pleasant time of I it Barnum is well satisfied with his bar. gain and will make a triumphal progress through the principal towns of the States. I After that it is expected that Jumbo, a •reater traveller than Ulysses, and having made the acquaintance of many men and many cities,will return with Barnum's show I to England. I The libel case arising out of the recent election contest in the Carnarvon Boroughs was again before the local magistrates yes- terday Among the witnesses called for the defence was Mr Justice Watkin Wil- liams, who said that so far as he was aware no promise was made to Mr Sorton-Parry in 1880 that he would be selected as the Liberal candidate for the boroughs at the next vacancy. It was suggested by the defendant's solicitor that the criminal pro- ceedings had been instituted in order that Mr Darbishire1 s mouth might be clesed pending the election. The bench decided on dismissing the case, leaving Mr Sorton- Parry to pursue his remedy in the civil courts. The fifth annual session of the North Wales Congregational Union was opened on Wednesday, at Wrexham, under the presidency of Alderman Minshull, of Oswestry. It was explained that theobjects of the meeting were to provide English ministrations for English permanent residents in Wales, and similar ministrations for summer visitors to Welsh seasi eresor 3. The chairman stated.in his opening remarks, that great inroads were being made io Wales by tho English, and the belief was expressed that eventually e 3 would be washed out altogether. Mr Osborne be washed out altogether. Mr Osborne Morgan, M.P., delivered an address on Welsh education, which, he urged, should be unsectarian, local, thorough, and pro- gressive.
EASTER MONDAY AT IIAMJUMO,
EASTER MONDAY AT IIAMJUMO, [By A HOLIDAY CORRESPONDENT.] Travelling along the coast at an early hour in the morning was delightful. The broad expanse of deep blue sea. set off here and there vith the white sails of a schooner, seemed settled down into a slumber that it could never be awakened from. The tide was about half way out, and a& we passed the various watering-places, here and there a straggling individual might be observed tak: ,j his morning "constitutional" on the sands, an i occasionally pausing to pick up a shell or a stone, or watch the dipping gulls. Many of the stations that we stopped I at were crowded with pleasure-seekers, and most of them got into our train, so that when we reached the" Junk-shun," as the native potters call it, we were pretty fall. It was "All chacpe for Uanduduo" here, r so we got out, and pm chased our morning papers to read of "Jumbo's" arrival. The branch train did not start for twenty minutes, and we amused ourselves in the interim in the conventional manner-by walking about and taking stock of people. No less than five hundred passengers could have got out of the train at Llandudno, and by a strange coincidence there seemed to be a general inquiry for barbers' shops on the part of the male portion. We visited one of these establishments ourselves—it was necessary for the peace of mind of the gentleman who was with me -and after waiting some few minutes for an unhappy youngster to bo crop- pad," my friend was operated upen. The shop was filled within live minutes of our arrival—one disconsolate old gentle. man appearing to suffer no little mental anguish at what he pettishly called such a confounded state of affairs." The view from the promenade was charming. The bay wore the appearance of a lake, and everywhere on the slopes and ridges of the Great Orme the fresh green verdure was glittering in the sunlight. And as for wild flowers, when one clambered up the winding path that led to the little cir- cular building perched on the rocks where a camera, obscura was tit work, one could hardly help wondering what freak of nature had brought them all forth. We patronized the camera, and afterwards the very sociable old man who owned it showed us his collec- tion of curiosities. The collection included a "bomb," which had done fatal work at Strasburg a miniature model in lead of the great Napoleon a piece of the tree that grows on his grave in St Helena; a Nero coin (which our friend seemed to set a high value on); and several sharks' jaws, with- out which, of course, no exhibition of curiosities would be comp ete. His little daughter was good enough to give us bouquets of wild flowers on our leaving. The creiiccnt of houses on the promenade looked well from this elevation. Indeed, the whole scene before us was magnificent. What would Llandudno be were it within twenty miles of the Great Babylon ? We met a party of excursionists as we descended, consisting of four gentle- men, and an equal number 01 ladies. Why will Manchester people be so loud when they go "oJlting T' Perhaps if the gentle- man with the light wide-awake had paid more attention to his footing, and been leas exuberant in his laughter, he would not have slinned. and the flask of sh«rrr have slinned. and the flask of sherrY Jl A — in his coat pocket would not have been broken! The number of people on the promenade was small, and it was rather slow work walking about there. Most of the holiday-folk were either on the Orme's Head or on the pier, a few taking an idle row on the water. A generous hackney- man offered to drive us around the Orme, and he made an attewpt to win over our affections by reducing his price" cheaper nor any o' the rent," but his steed and his conveyance had seen too much of the beat side cf life for our conventional idea of things. On the pier the fashionable Bohemians of the day were making des- perate attempts to cut each other out. One of them was particularly noticeable for the suicidal collar which he wore, and I feel sure that had he turned his head suddenly around the consequences would have been disastrous. The variegated sunshade seemes to be in vogue again with ladies, but the divided skirt' was nowhere to be seen! The restaurants of the town did a roaring trade, but the manner in which lunch was served us bt what we tuok to be a first class establishment was the reverse of satiafactory, and does not speak muth for the catering powers of Llandudno. I omittei^to mention that while on the pier Mr Cheesman, the superintendent, very kindly showed us the plans of the extension works now in progress. When these are finished-which it is expected they will be in June-there will be a direct approach to the pier from the promenade, which will be much more convenient than the round about road past the Baths Hotel now in existence. In a conversation with Mr Cheesman he revealed as interesting lad in connection with the rise of Llandudno. At one time the townspeople objected to the performance of sac,red music on the pier on Sunday evenings. "Objected," said Mr Cheeemaij, "to the splendid music of Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Haydn, but after a while their prejudices gave way, and the band plays every Suuday evening now, and has an audience of thousands ef porscDa." I believt) Llandudno has to thank I Mr Cheesman for this innovation. The weather grew bitterly cold towards evening, and those who had to go by steamer to Liverpool could not have had a rerr pleasant time of it It TVas bad enough, travelling by railway, and I think ue least the authorities could do on cold nights would be to keep the waiting-room three blazing for the comfort of haJx-frozen passengers.