The North Wales Express

THE EQUITABLE ] LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. HEAD OFFICE-120, BBOADWAY, NEW YORK- LONDON OFFICE—81,CHEAPSIDE, E.C. ASSETS EXCEED £ 13,800,000. luJplus upon VeN?w York State Standard of 4* per cent. New Assurances in 1885 The Income in 1885 exceeded -& £2,800,000 £ 3,600,000 £ 19,500,000 X3,448,000 TRUSTEES FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: -O.tjt rn? The ho™ IIS—M HO— Who hold Securities for £ 100/ 0d in the Bank of England as special Security for Policy holders m Great Britain and Ireland. LONDON BOARD. Sir SYDNEY H. WATER LOW, Ba.rt., Chair- man; Deputy Governor Union Bank of London H. W DEMAIN SAUNDERS, E-q Director Messrs Balgety & Co., Limited HORACE J- FAIRCHILD, Esq Messrs H. B. Claffiu & Co., Alaaciiester THOMAS BROOKE, Esq., Armitage Bridge, Huddersfieid E. H. BAVLKY, Eq., Messrs E. H. Bailey & Co. G. W. PARKER, Managing Director W. SEDGWICK SAUNDERS, Esq., M. D F.S.A., Medical Director A. MGNKITRICK, Jr., Secretary- BANKERS. The BANK OF ENGLAND. Messrs SMITH, PAYNU & SMITHS. BOARDIOF REFERENCE FOR NORTH WALEI. ELIAS JONES, Esq, J.P-, Gwredog, Anglesey. THOMAS OWEN. Rhyddgaer, Anglesey. Rev G ROBERTS. Carneddi, Bethesda THOMAS LEWIS, Esq., Market Place, Bangor RICHARD DAVIES, Esq., Architect, Bangor Rev D. JONES, The Rectory, New- burough Dr. WILLIAMS, Llangefni Dr. THOMAS, Rhyl T. FANNING EVANS, Esq., J.P., Mona Lodge, Amlwch T. T. ROBERTS, Esq., Retired Mexchant, Bangor T. HUBSON OWEN, Esq., Bryn Llwyd, Betbesda the delay „f two o, three Life and Eadowment policie., and available ou the payment of to* second and subsequent annual premiums. v-pars am] a half of its history is £ 21,800,000 more "the —time t0 "SSSSi«.laT tha,, t,t <.f any other Life .fa Intending Assurers are inv.ted to exam.ne the advanUge^ oti^ied OT n y. t' aN ANNUITy Semi-Tontine Prices, by which is secn^d mL aefe l ex^ of a Tontine or Semi- eOMBINED. Tho foil >wmcr are the T^tlr e pl-i .d of 20 velrt after 20 payments of £ 31 ffa lOd, Tontine Policy for £ 100') Taus one » (1) 'Su,.renc|er his policy for £ 945, its Cash Value, which is 151 per may choose any of the fo.lowing w.iv*, nam ly { )■ (• s ;n full W1th Compound Interest tnereon at over cent, of the premiums p,.d, ami equal to thejreturn „f ^J^Vpnricv fm- a Paid-up Policy for £ 1,600, payable £ 4 per cent, per annum or (2) he would be t k 0 h nus of £ 592 w_hich could be applie i to the purchase at death or (3) without surrendering his J ^d leave a Balance of an "Annuity and Annual of an Annuity sufficient to extinguish all f iti p insured had died at any time during Dividend of £ 37, incr* l8ins? yearly, and the £ .000 at death to ™ n?1™ popular to a degree hitherto {he 20 years, the' £ 1<XK> would have Li^lnsurance i ull ^rticul-^ of tlie t"lan, and letters showing unknown in the history of contiact-s orowding fc 1 Lite \FNJTa jyrr jg M. ROBERTS, Bank, Llangefni; Mr R. HMA Kolgelley -E. Bethesda; AP EXSSe^e"? AGE NTS WANT WD.—Apply to MR E- M. ROBERTS, Llangefni. !<———Mjggg—1 RL]KY • CLEANLINESS USED' INIXCY'S^»SU» T R°.TES IP P/IACKS^I BURNISHED S(?C>^ T r% O H -J- STEEL —JJI0 3Q CRYWHER JAITE. LONDON., JOSIAH JJUGHES AND GON, FURNISHING AND GENERAL IRONMONGERS, BANGOR, BEG to draw attention to the following special lines of very superior value, purchased much below cirrent prices and offered at very tempting figures, viz. marr 1 TT, MANTEL PIECES in white Sicilian and veined, a large lot bought in London—the stock of a b^kr^pt marble mason. Great variety from £ 1 10s Od to £ 7 7s Od, great Bargains. KITCHEN RANGES, ^ookin^r Stoves, Register Grates, Mantel Register, &c. TILE REGISTER GRATES, Tile Heaths, Flooring Tiles. t FIRE CLAY TILES, White's Portland Cement, Closed Basins & Traps. RAIN WATER and Sanitary Pipes, Gutters and Connections. GALVANIZED CORRUGATED SHEETS, 5 feet to 9 feet at Is 6d per sheet, and upwards. GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING. A large purchase over 5000 yards in stock. BLACK FENCING WIRE, several tons, Iron Hurdles, Gates, Tomb Railing. BEDSTEAD, from 9s each to t7, Paliasses, Spring and other Mattresses. PERAMBULATORS, BICYCLES, TRICYCLES in great variety. GAS FITTINGS and Plumbers Sundries at wholesale prices. FENDERS for Drawing and Dinning-rooms, Parlours, Kitchen, Bedroom, &c. FIRE IRONS and Brasses in great variety from 2s 4d per set to 40s. COAL VASES, Ash Pans, Toilet Ware, Baths. MANGLING, Washing, and Wringing Machines of every description. SEWING and KNTTTING MACHINES of the very best makers.. GARDEN IMPLEMENTS, Lawn Mowers, Rollers, Watering Engines, India Rubber Pipes and Reels, Grass and Hedge Shears, Hot House Fittings, &c. AGRICULTURAL Implements and Machinery, ELECTRO PLATED GOODS, Cutlery of the best guaranteed qualities. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! Owing to the continued Stagnation of Trade in the Manufacturing Districts, J. H. and SON have made ar- rangements that will enable them to sell all kinds of Furnishing and other Goods at unprecedently low PIPLEASE NOTE.—We guarantee our Washing and Wringing Machines and Sewing Machines to give complete satisfaction.. FREE TRIAL.—We allow a week's free trial at home. CARRIAGE.—We pay carriage to any Railway Station for Y,2 lots or over. J. HUGHES & SON have had special experience with Smoky Chimneys and imperfect Cooking Apparatus a certain cure in most cases guaranteed. Asents for all the be;t Heating and Cooking Stoves, Ranges, Chimney Tops &c. Manufacturing and vtechanical Department of tu*u .isiness has been greatly developed, and has fairly deserved the larae share of patronage bestowed upon it The Tinmen Braziers, Coppersmiths, Black- smiths Fitting aid the Plumbing Departments are all located in extensive remises, suitable tor nil kinds of Greenhouses, Uiurches, Chapei*. Schools, "fee References can be had of soSni the best families in the country for extensive Hot Water and Sanitary work completed by them most satisfactorily. Please note the address JOSIAH HUGHES & SON (NEARLY OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE), BANGOR. IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC. ESTABLISHED 1855. BERGER & CO., THE LIVERPOOL FURNITURE MART, PENDRE, HIGH STREET, BANGOR (Opposite Morris\t Coachbuilding Works). IMMENSE STOCK OF NEW AND SECOND HAND FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT THE LOWEST PRICES IN NORTH; WALES. FURNITURE. SUPPLIED ON THE EASY PAYMENT SYSTEM, AS INTRODUCED BY US IN LIVERPOOL SUP *1; THIRTY YEARS AGO. RE-UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRS PROMPTLYL EXECUTED. BERGER & CO., "UPHOLSTERERS CABINET-MAKERS, & GENERAL IIOUSE FURNISHERS, THE LIVERPOOL FURNITURE MART, LIVERPOOL AND BANGOR. ESTABLISHED 1854. JjWANS, PUICHARDS, & (JO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GENERAL DRAPERS, UPHOLSTERY, CARPET, & MANCHESTER WAREHOUSEMEN, 45 to 53, LONDON-ROAD, LIVERPOOL. IN consequence of their continually increasing Country Orders, both Wholesale and Retail, EVANS, RICHARDS, & Co., have made special arrangements in order to more fully develop that department of their trade, and are now in a position to execute all Country Orders with economy, promptitude, and despatch. Orders amountihg to JB1 and upwards are forwarded Cairiage Paid to all parts of North Wales. ESTIMATES GIVEN, PATTERNS SENT POST FREE ON APPLICATION. SPRING SEASON, 1886. EVANS, RICHARDS, & Co. have much pleasure in announcing that they have in view of tft coming season made very extensive CASH PURCHASES of all the leading Novelties from LONDON and PARIS, and the undermentioned Departments are replete with new and fashionable Uoods, offering decided add genuine bargains throughout:— MANTLES. I JACKETS. BONNETS. HATS. DRESSES. SILKS. PRINTS, SATEENS. LACES. HOSIERY. GLOVES. TRIMMINGS. CARPETS. CURTAINS. BEDDING. &c., &c. EVANS, RICHARDS, & 00., 45 to 53, LONDON ROAD, LIVERPOOL. LADIES' COLLEGE, BPcYNTFSILIO, CARNARVON. PRINCIPALS:—THE MISSES SHEAD. CERTIFICATED Cambridge University and Trinity College, Londor. Pupils successfully prepared for the Local Examina. tions The next term will commence (D V.) May 3rd. R. JONES, D.D.S. (Am.), &c., DENTIST, OPPOSITE THE MARKET, BANGOR. DR JONES will be at LLANGEFNI every THURS- DAY afternoon, at Lledwigan-road, on the road to the Bank and the County Court. At AMLWCH with Mr Hughes, stationer, 7, Market-row, TUESDAY, Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 9. April 6. BETHESDA and EBENEZER the first Tuesday after the pay day. GIVEN AWAY! GIVEN AWAY!! GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. DIAMOND RINGS. GOLD AND SILVER. BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES. GIVEN AWAY! GVEN AWAY!! To everyone who buys one of our QUEEN STATIONERY PACKAGES. A SPLENDID PRESENT IN EVERY PACKAGE. BEAUTIFUL LEATHERETTE STATION- ERY CASE, With Divisions for Envelopes, Note Paper, &c., &c., furnished with the following articles 12 Sheets Superfine Com mercial Notepaper L2 Sheets Superfine Tinted Not-paper 12 Superior Square Enve- lopes lopes 12 Superior Tinted En- velopes 1 Extra Telescopic Lead Pencil 1 Telescopic Pen Holder 1 Golden Pen And also one of the following articles:— Solid Gold Diamond Ring, £ 5 Note, Go.d Watch,Silver Watch, £ 1 Gold Piece, Ten Shilling Gold Piece, Two Shilling Silver Piece, One Shilling Silver Piece, Six- penny Piece, or Threepenny Piece. READ! READ! READ! A Diamond Ring guaranteed in every 500 packages. A Bank of England Note in every 500 packages. A Gold w atch in every 333 packages. A Silver Watch in every 200 packages. Besides One Pound and Ten Shilling Pieces. A Cash Present of from 3d to a X5 note in every package. No one gets a package of our Stationery without getting a Cash Present. NO LuTTERY. This is no lottery, EVo YONE GETS A PRESENT. This offer b lu .du tu rIa iers of this publication, and to induce thun to buy all their Stat onery from us. They can get it cht-p-r than from hnyone else, and at the smie u-mt Wii, Lave dropped into their hands at ii monieut a Diamond Ring, X5 note, or a Uold Watch.. HOW CAN WE DO THIS ? is a question often asked, and easily answered. We have a regular schedule of presents ttat we put in everyone thousaud packages. So many Diamond Rings, so many X,5 iNotes, Watches, Sovereigns, 10s pieces, &c. The-e are all put in the packages, then they are mixed up and sold impartially as the orders come in, the first order received every day in the mail and opened receives the first Stationery Package, the second « rder receives the next, and so on, until they are all ueed, when another lot is made up. TESTIMONIALS. The following are one or two of a large number of Testi- monials received: Nov. 27, 1885. Received the Queeu's Packige safe. Am pleased with it, and will sefitt lui, more stiortly. Ylrs Dtvidson, 18, Charlotte Quay, Cork. Nov. 29,1885. Received your p roel; am very well pleaded with it. Please sen I another. J. Bayley, M alionville,Black rc ek, Cork Hive received the packets and beg to acknowledge and thank you for hitndsome gold ring, with two little diamonds and three rubies." C. Elliot, Friar Glen, Judburgh. Have receive i packages aod am very well satisfied, in proof of which I herewith send postil order for 6s for two more." geaiit-Instructor Kallom, 4th D Ritie Vol., Ex- bourne. "Your Stationery Package to hand Imagine my surprise and joy when, on opening it, I found enclosed a X5 note.kV. Chambers. 26. Spring Gardens, Dudley. Many thanks for parcel which I leeem d this morning. Was much surprised on discover- ing tiering. Shltll he much obliged if you will send me another packet."—H. Dean, 25, Parkfield-street, Man- chester. Please accept my thanks for three pack- ages of Queen's Stationery, the contents of which are in every way satisfactory."—Henry Raynard, Market Raseo.— 411 beg to acknowledge receipt of packet, and was very pleased to find a nice silver wat'h enclosed Z O. Howorth, 107, Washway Road Sale. Received the packet, which gives great satis- faction. Will you kindly send me another, for which I have enclosed st,Lrnps.Mi,,s E.,LNI Jacob Carlton Col- vilie, Lowestoft. —' Parcel duly to hand. I am quite satisfied.P. Bullivant, Manor Snaare, Otley. "Parcel duly to hand. 'Deligthed with same, and shall show and indue j my friends to make a trial." -F. H. Naile, 16, High Street, Whitehaven. —" I received your wonderful package, which contained a beautiful gold watch."—Sarah Moore, Farm Fold, Styal, Cheshire.— "I was so pleased with the packet I received yesterday. I enclose 3s and trust you will send me another."—Rev H. G. Barnacle, the Vicarage, Holmes Chapel, Crewe.I beg to acknowledge the receipt of Queen's Stationery Package, and am deligthed to find myself the happy possessor of a silver watch and gold watch-key."— W. E. Garside, 122 and 124, Stretford Road, Manchester. NO DISCOUNT. Our profit is so small that we can give no discount whatever. If we were not selling an enormous number of Packages a day, it woula not pay us to bother with them at all. Uon't buy any Stationery untill you have sent for our Queen Packages, and we know you will always after buy of us. Remember when you want nice Stationery, order of us, and you will be sure to get value for your money, and probably a great deal more. A Complete Sample Package, with a CASH PRESENT of from 3d to i'5 in every Package, by Parcel Post to any address in the United Kingdom, for only 3s or 39 stamps. Address- J. GUEST & Co., STATIONERS, 153, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C. ROGER TICHBORNE'S TOURS IN WALES. MR ROGER TICHBORNE, the renowned Claimant, will visit the following places on the dates and the times mentioned below :— Monday, May 3,LLANFAIRFECHAN, School Room, at 7 o'clock. „ 3, PENMAENMAWR, Oxford Hall, at 8.30. Tuesday, 4, RHYL, Skating Rink, at 3.30 and 8 o'clock. Wednesday, 5, CONWAY, Market Hall, at 6 o'clock, „ 5, COLWYN BAY, New Public Hall, at 8.SO. Thursday, 6, LLANDUDNO, Pavillion, at 8 o'clock. Friday, 7, BANGOR, Penrhyn Hall, at 3 and 8 o'clock. Saturday, 8, CARNARVON, Town Hall, at 3.3J 8 o'clock. Tuesday, 11, HOLYHEAD, Town Hall, at 8 o'clock. Thursday, 13, LLANGEFNI, Town Hall, at 3.30 and 8 o'clock.

CARNARVONSHIRE MAGIS- TRATES AND WELSH GUARDIANS. Two or three years ago the proceedings at the fortnightly meetings of the guardians of the Conway and the Bangor and Beaumaris j Unions were of a very lively, and at times, offensive character; the chair, in the person of an ex-officio member of the board, was too frequently in conflict with an elated represen- tative, who flatly declined to obey what was regarded as an arbitrary dictum, and whose refusal was supported by a majority. And s-) it came that discussion; even upon details the most trivial, often degenerated into disputa- tious disturbance, the dignity and respect for the guardians were lowered in the public estimation, whilst the interests of the poor were apparently quite a secondary consideration, Happily, the last parochial year has witnessed a great and commendable change so far as these two Unions are concerned. At the Bangor Board, the ex-officio guardian was dethroned and his absence from the subsequent meetings has also been characterised, by an utter absence of those unpleasant bickerings which previously prevailed, not a solitary 11 scene" has spiced the reports of the proceedings, there has been har- monious accord since the succession of a guard- ian responsible to the ratepayers to the chair- manship. Mr Hugh Thomas vies with his pre- decessor in the virtues of punctuality and regular attendance, and his example has been faithfully followed by his colleagues. There have been no complaints against officials, of which there was such a crop under the magisterial regime, whilst the out-relief, es- pecially in the Anglesey parishes comprised within the Union, despite the severe winter, the closing of quarries, and the difficulty of finding employment, shows an excess barely worth terming such. At Conwa), too, matters have considerably toned down; there is less friction between the chairman and a guardian whom it is unnecessary to specify and the only discordant note which has been struck is upon the alleged delinquencies of a medical; officer, whose case, being still subjucb.ce, must j not be touched upon in detail. The board J room of the Carnarvon Union is now converted I into the arena of parochial strife and wordy warfar", and here again the chief offender is a ¡ representative of the ex-oflicio, irresponsible element, who sets at defiance the ruling of the chair, misses no opportunity of snubbing the elected guardians, of publicly avowing his con- tempt for the Welsh element which preponder- ates in this Union, and of questioning, nay even denying, the right of guardians, elected by and directly responsible to the ratepayers, of ex- y pressing their opinion as to how the monies they ar.; called upon to provide shall be ex- pended. The gentleman was well-nigh intoler- able and unbearable when it was his privilege to take part in the counsels of the board as an elected guardian but now, the usual. claims of extieme Toryism and Anti-Dissent having b en recognised by the late lord-lieutenaut, or his temporary representative, bis elevation to the magisterial bench of Carnarvonshire being assured, he, dressed in a little brief authority," has speedily asserted his marked superioiity and independent position. The affix of J.P." to his name, after years of weary waiting, and the proud consciousness of being privileged to take even a silent share in the important pro ceedings of the Court of Quarter Sessions, have added a full cubit to his intellectual stature when posing as one whose duty it is to guard over the welfare of the State as represented by the Carnarvon Union, and his approbrious, offensive opinions he now Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravish'd, So sweet and voluble in his discourse." The Rubinsonian ravings were surely never so reckless, ridiculous, or irrational as w en, at the last board of guardians, barely a week after "The Squire of Talysarn" had resumed the onerous responsibilities of magisterial might and majesty, he entered his emphatic protests against the ratepayers of Carnarvonshire, 0 through their representatives, expressing tiieir opinion as to the proper qualifications of a county official, whose appointment, subject to the approval of the Home Secretary, rests with the Court of Qu.rte Sessions. Such an opinion, not by way of dictation, has already been conveyed to the Court through the media of vestries an other bodies at which the ratepayers are directly represented, and, it is not correct, as Mr Robinson well knows, that they are contemptously received or disregarded. Both at the Carnarvon and Bangor Unions, ex-officio guardians of greater experience and more liberal-minded—and Scotchmen by the way-have expressed their individual opinions,. which are coincident with and perhaps directed by those that are so widely prevalent in the county and expressed through elective bodies, that a chief constable-a Welsh- man and in sympathy with the Welsh people- should be appointed. Even Mr Robinson him- self admits that, if there are two candidates of equal abilities, the one who speaks Welsh will surely have the preference. But what is the value of such an admission in the face of the action of the Police Committee. There is no chance of a Welsh-speaking candidate having the prefer- ence, not because there was any lack of persons possessing that essential qualification for the office, or favourable opportunity afforded for recognising long and meritorious service by further promoting deserving men who have, risen from the ranks and are neccessarily con- versant with every detail of police duty. In the selection of candidates for submission to final choice by the Quarter Sessions, there appears to have been a studied interest on the part of the Committee of ignoring the Welsh, as there is only one of the half dozen chosen for the final ordeal who has even a smattering of his native tongue. He is a Carnarvonshire man, bears a name familiar in the Principality but by his testimonials, the Welsh of Mr Norris Williams is decidedly rusty," and will require a great amount of furbishing ere it can again be brought into full and adequate service. Will Mr Robinson allow that this is acting for the best ? Would he, as a large employer of Welsh quarrymen, select as foreman of his quarries an Englishman or a Scotchman who knew not a word of Wel h ? Surely he would give the preference to a Welshman. Mr Robin- son pays his own foreman, but the ratepayers of Carnarvonshire, at least ninety per cent of whom are Welsh, have to find the major por- tion of the funis for the maintenance of the police force, which, we believe we are correct in stating, does not number a solitary English- man in its ranks. It is an exclusively Welsh force. The significant exclusion of Welshmen from attaining the-chref position in that force, the slight which many people feel has been cast upon their nationality, may, perhaps, be removed by the court of Quarter Sessions when it meets on Thursday, it being open to an individual magistrate to propose any candidate he may think fit without reference to the decision arrived at by the committee. Mr Robinson again defends the competency of the magistrates to make a suitable appoint- ment without outside suggestion, interference, dictation, or whatever other term he may choose in his shortsightedness and illiberality, to apply to public and elected bodies. But unfortu- nately, the experience of the past amply testifies that justices like other mortals are not infallible, and that there is strong justification for their being called upon by the representatives of the ratepayers to exercise their patronage with the greatest caution, impartiality, discretion, and discrimination. The subject is a painful one to dwell upon, but if magistrates will trust to having their cause championed by such indis- creet and foolish supporters as Mr Robinson to have their competency so strongly upheld, and to expect that ih j ratepayers will patiently submit to be utterly ignored, and to be told that they have no voice whatever in the matter, that their opinions and resolutions deserve to be treated with contempt by the great unpaid of Car- narvonshire, then the time has gone by for smooth speaking and for glibly glossing over past failures. The late chief constable owed his election chiefly to the exertions of the pre- sent chairman of the Police Committee, who was in command of the Militia regiment of which Major Clayton was the adjutant. Throughout the inquiry by the Police Com- mittee and Colonel Cobbe, which, a few months afterwards, followed that appointment, those at whose instance the investigation took place were treated much as Mr Robinson would now have the magistrates serve the ratepayers. The Polico Committee, the present constitution of which has not greatly changed since that farce was enacted in the grand jury room at the County Hall, whitewashed the person chiefly incriminated, and offered ne protest against the subsequent supersession and dismissal of officers of long-standing and probity whowere, many 0 t5 of them against their will, examined in support of the charges. And what was revealed revealed at the last county court at Carnarvon 1 Why, that the late head of the police force in Carnarvonshire was virtu ally under the finger and thumb of a leading member of the local Licensed Victuallers' Association—at one time its president—and that there were the best possible reasons why, when certain license holders were prosecuted, others were allowed to break the law with the greatest impunity, and to boast of the suspicious immunity they en- joyed. If Mr Robinson is not snfficiently well posted up in matters now unhappily too no- torious, our columns are at his disposal should he desire to further uphold the competency" of the magistrates in making these appoint- ments in the past. Mr Robinson tells the guardians that magi- strates pay a great deal more rates than any persons. Being a junior justice, whose magis- terial experience is very raw, he may be par- doned for the assertion, but before he next ven- tures upon it let him ascertain where the chair- man of the police committee, who is also the deputy chairman of quarter sessions, resides, what is the rateable value t'o which he is as- sessed to the relief of the poor, and what in- terest he has at stake in the county. He will find that Colonel Williams is non-resident and has been so for three or four years since he purchased an estate in Northamptonshire that for some years during his residence in Bangor he possessed no qualification entitl ng him to be upon the register of voters, and that conse- quently he paid not a farthing of rates in Car- narvonshire although he had and exercised a voice in their disposition both at the board of guardians and the court of quarter sessions that he has only lately acquired a small quali- fication somewhere in the Conway Union, and that his rare appearances in the county are now limited to the two days' quarterly sittings of the court. We cannot with truth apply the saying ex uno d¡,see Omnell, but if Mr Robinson 0 gazes round the grand jury room when the n 0 appointment of chief constable or any other salaried official has to be made, his gaze will meet with and he will be astonished at seeing magistrates whose qualification to vote upon such matters is very ques tionable, and whose identity puzzles even the oldest frequenters of the sessions. This fledling justice of the peace asks the guardians what they would think if the magis- 0 trates were to address a resolution to the board recommending what manner of man their clerk should be, and rejoices that they would soon turn round and ask the justices what they had to do with the mtte". And it is very proper that the guardians should adopt such a course. When the guardians issue a precept and make a demand upon the magistrates for money, then the latter will be justified in taking the step deprecated so strongly by Mr Robinsou, who, however, conveniently loses eight of the fact, or is ignorant—and such ignorance is pardonable in justice still in swaddling clothes—that the magistrates being ex-officio guardians have a gl e:1 t deal to say respecting the election of a clerk. When an agent of an estate belonging to a Tory magnate is on the commission of the peace, and it is almost difficult to name one of any standing in Carnarvonshire who is not, his presence in the boardroom when a vacancy has to be filled up may be surely reckoned upon, and if the voting be open, and not by ballot, his influence is not without its due effect. That was felt to be one of the objec- tions to the retention in ohe chairmanship of the Beaumaris Union of the agent of the Pen- rhyn estate, and one necessity for appointing a thoroughly independent, if not so influential a person as his successor. And now as to the composition of the bench. The president of the Bangor Reform Club did good service in exposing the partiality of the late lord-lieutenant in pointing out how, while "Tory sprigs of foreign importation hardly known in the county were raised to the bench, Liberal and Nonconformist Welshmen of property, education, and standing, wprp passed on one side." Mr Robinson, although a Tory and a Churchman, must have often wondered why the late Lord Penrhyn didnotearlier act towards him the part of a magisterial good Samaritan, and why his elevation to the bench was deferred until the closing hours of that nobleman's c-treer, aDd at a time when the lord l.eutenancy of Carnar- vonshire was in commission. This must have taught him, and the figures adduced by Mr Morgan Richards will emphasise the fact, that the magisterial bench is by no means a repre- sentative one, but that its composition depends entirely upon the caprice or whm of a single individual, who, in Carnarvonshire, was so capricious and partial in his nominations that his successor, as soon as his appointment is officially notified, will have to set to work speedily to adjust the unfairness and unequality of there being, as at present in a county so strongly Liberal and Nonconformist, one Con- servative magistrate for every :50 Conserv- atives, and but a single justice for about every 5,550 Liberals. The Government has been approached upon the important appointment of Lord Lieutenancy of Carnarvon, and an assurance has been re- ceived that the very proper requisition that Lord Penrhyn's successor shall be a Welshman and a Liberal is to be acceded to. Into such an appointment as that of chief constable ot a Welsh county, neither politics nor religion should bft permitted to enter, although in nine cases out of ten they unvari :bly do so. For a Liberal and a Nonconformist candidate, the religious test is &till in full force, and it is certain to be enforced at all events by a major- ity of the justices. Until County Boards come into operation, and the ratepayers eojov greateiL power in dealing with county finance and ap- pointments, this anomaly is ce tain to exist,and for the present, ratepayers must rest content with conveying their opinions to the magis- trates through the sources we have already in- dicated. Doubtless many magistrates will be only too glad to give effect to them, or, in any case to accord them that courteous and careful consideration which they claim. The time has come when they must assert their nationality and demand their reasonable rights as Welsh- n men, whether it be from an Imperial Parlia- ment or even a Court of Q arter Sessions sit- ting at Carnarvon,in which there may be many justices who are imbued with the R >binsonian ideas. The discourteous disapprobation and bombastic bluster of Mr John Robinson,and the very forcible language which he displays in endeavouring to clench arguments and reasonings at times utterly unintelligible, fallaci- ous, and, as we hope, we have shown on this present instance neither coherent, ingenious, nor intelligent, must not frighten or deter the elected guardians of the Carnarvon, or any other union from manfully doing their duty without fear or favour, or from a resolute and deter- mined endeavour to satisfy the wishes and aspirations of those whose representatives they are, and who, after all, have an interest in such appointments fully equall to that claimed by the magistrates. They must be aggressive, not passive, evince a greater determimtion than that which is displayed by their parliamentary representatives, and not, when smitten on the cheek by an English statesman, who has no sympathy with their requirements, turn the other to be also struck even by an English magistrate. If Mr Robinson continues to honour the meetings of the guardians, as we hope he will, so that he may profit thereby he must restrain his tongue, avoid reference to class interest," must be kept within bounds bythechair- man, learn to speak courteously of, and to his colleagues and their constituency, and not at that board, whatever he'may do at Quarter Sessions or elsewhere in his public capacity, play the undignified role which the magistrates, jealous of the honour and dignity of their order, will not care to see performed by the latest recruit to their forces-that of a Justice Shallow, whose "Nature often times breaks forth In strange erruptions."