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THE GOLDEN GROVE PLATE
THE GOLDEN GROVE PLATE Of £ 75 ( £ 25 given by Viscount Emlyn, M.P., and £ 50 added from the Fund). Four years old to carry lOst 71bs, five years old list 81bs, six and aged 12st 31bs. Winners of 940, selling races excepted, once to carry 71bs extra, twice, 14lbs extra, three times, 211bs extra; five year old horses and upwards at time of starting, that have not won j630, allowed 71bs. Entrance 3 sovs. Second horse to receive 5 sovs out of the plate. Ten entries, and five the pro- perty of different owners to start, or the value of the Plate to be at the option of the Stewards. About 3 miles over the Banking Course. i Mr E. Vaughan's Fisherman, aged, list 101b 1 (Geo. Harris) Mr J. Skone's Credit, 6 yrs, list 101b 2 < (D. Williams) Mr Thos. Morris's Charlie, aged, list 101b 0 1 (T. Phillips) ( Mr W. G. Lewis's The Stag, 12st 31b(Mr Morris) 0 I Mr J. C. Allen's The Nightingale, aged, 12st 101b 0 1 (Mr Friend) 1 Mr H. D. Fussell's Foghorn, 6 yrs, list 101b, 0 (T. Gwyther) Fisherman ran splendidly, beating Credit by at least a dozen lengths. The others were so hopelessly beaten that they pulled up before they got to the post. r Betting—5 to 4 agst Fisherman, 2 to 1 Nightin- ] gale, 4 to 1 Charlie. No betting scarcely against r. the others. THE TOWN PLATE SELLING HUNTERS' HURDLE RACE t Of 40 sovs. Four year olds to carry list, five list 1 lOlbs, six and aged 12st. The winner to be sold for a 150 sovs. If for 100 sovs allowed 71 bs, if for 50 sovs ] 141bs. Entrance 2 sovs. Selling allowance to be I claimed at time of entry. 2 miles over 8 Flights of c .Hurdles. t Mr Geo. Smith's Lettie Brown. 6 yrs, list 71b. I t (G. Smith, jun.) ] Mr G. H. Shepherd's Albatross, 6 yrs, list 7 lb 2 c (A. Williams) Mr Alfred Beake's Sustainer, 6 yrs; list 3 i (J. Holman) t Capt. Gallenga's Colleen Bawn, 6 yrs, list lllb 0 ( (Owner) ] Mr Morris Owen's Bagpipe, 6 yrs. list 0 s (J. Holman) c Mr T. Johnson's Barebones, 4 yrs. lOst .(Cross) 0 ? Mr T. Hancock's Derry Down, 5 yrs, lOst 101b. 0 (W. Williams) ? This was a capital race. Lettie Brown won' by 1 about three lengths. Derry Down led at first for j half-a-mile, but was eventually left behind. u Betting-6 to 4 agst Lettie Brown, 5 to 1 Alba- tross and Bagpipe, and 4 to 1 Sustainer. s THE BOROUGH MEMBER'S HUNTERS' { HURDLE RACE PLATE } Of 50 sovs ( £ 25 given by Sir J. J. Jenkins, M.P., t and £ 25 added from the Fund), for hunters bona 1 jide the property of residents in South Wales. < Four year olds to carry lOst lOlbs, five list 71bs, six r and aged 12st. Any winner, selling races excepted, I of 40 sovs once to carry 7lbs extra, twice 14lbs extra, ( three times 21bs extra. Entrance 2 sovs. 2 miles i over 8 Flights of Hurdles. < Mr G. Smith's Lettie Brown, 6 yrs, 12st 1 ] (G. Smith, jun.) < Mr J. S. Olive's Outcry. lOst 101b (J. Holman) 2 < Mr F. Bishop's The Baby, aged, 12st 71bs 0 < (D. Williams) I Capt. S. M. Thomas's Lord Howe, 4 yrs, lOst 101b 0 (J. Rudd) I Mr W. R. H. Powell's Caradoc, 6 yrs, 12st 21b 0 (Pope) j Lettie Brown, despite the fact that she had run before in the afternoon, led splendidly, and at the j post was ten lengths in front of Outcry, the others being left a considerable way behind. Five ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Outcry, 5 to 2 Lettie Brown, and 5 to 1 Baby. THE DERLLYS HUNTERS' FLAT RACE PLATE Of 40 sovs. Four year olds to carry list 71bs, five 12st 31bs, six and aged 12st 71bs. Any winner, sell- ing races excepted, once to carry 7lb6i extra, twice 14lbs extra, three times 21lbs extra. Entrance 2 Bovs to the Fund. 2 miles on the Flat. Did not fill.
T H E B A L L
T H E B A L L Which had been announced to take place last (Thursday) evening at the close of the meeting did not come off in consequence of recent domestio bereavement in several of the county families.
CARMARTHEN BAY FISHERY BOARD
CARMARTHEN BAY FISHERY BOARD The first quarterly meeting for this year of the members of the Carmarthen Bay Fishe, y Board was held at the Guildhall, Carmarthen, on Jan. 28th. Present: Mr John Beynon (re-elactei chairman), Trewerr.; Capt. M. P. Lloyd, Glansevin Mr F. L. Lloyd-Philipps, Pentypark; Mr J. Hughes, surgeon, Carmarthen Mr T. B. Arthur, Mr T. Mostyn Davies, Capt. John Thomas, Moreb Alderman C. W. Jones, Mr D. T. Morris, Ferryside; Capt. John Morris, Mr David Lewis. and Mr D. Prosser, Tygwyn. Mr James John (from the office of Mr W. Morgan Griffiths), deputy clerk, was also present. MISCELLANEOUS. The certificate of the Clerk as returning officer relating to the recent election ot representatives of the fishermen was produced and ordered to be filed. —The gentlemen elected as representatives were Mr T. B. Arthur, Priory-street, Carmarthen Mr David Protlser, Tygwyn; MrD. Lewis, Brigstocke Gardens; Mr D. T. Morris, Ferryside; and Mr W. E Phillips, Ferryside—The Clerk read a letter from Mr H. A. Kinloch, the Secretary of the National Society for Securing Effective Legislation against River Pol- lution, as to the River Pollution Bill, to be shortly introduced into Parliament, and laid on the table a form of petition for presentation to the Legislature. It was resolved that the petition, with a special clause applicable to this district, as drawn by the Chairman, be adopted, be sealed witii the seal of the Board, and be sent to Mr Kinloch for presenta- tion.—A sum of L5 was voted toward3 the funds of the National Society to secure effectual legislation against river pollution, and it was resolved that the Chairman be requested to ask Lord D ynevor to join on behalf of the Board in a deputation to the presi- dent of the Local Government Board o i the subject of the Bill.-It was resolved that Mr W. J. Buckley, Llanelly, be appointed a member of the Board for the County of Carmarthen in place of his deceased brother, the late Mr J. W. Buckley, Castell-gorfod.
: THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REIORTS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REIORTS. Mr Mark Rutherford, the superintendent of water-bailiffs, presented his quarterly report for the | quarter ending Dec 31st last as follows :—I beg to report that during ths past quarter I have regularly L visited the different beats and found the men s,)ber and attentive to their duty. On December 1 it I [ transferred Bailiff Kear from Ferryside and Bailiff Thomas from Llangadook to Llandovery; also S Bailiffs Richards and Harries from Llanarthney to 1 Llansawel. I also appointed six ndlitional bailiffs for the winter, and with the exception of one, whom ? I dismissed on Dec. 20th, they are doing their 3duty very well. fhe rivers have been wen .stocked i with fish, and a great many have spawned during the past month, and, although a f-nv dead ones i have been seen, there is no report of any fungus disease. There have been 14 persons tried for offences under the Salmon Acts, and 13 convicted, and one acquitted. At Carmarthen, on October 4th, John Owen and John Lewis, for fishing with coracles and nets in the annual close time, were .find e5 each, including costs, and William Owen, for a like offence £6 and costs. On December 13th I Thomas Rees, John Evans, and David Evans, for using light and spear, were fined L2 10, each, in- cluding costs. On December 27th Joseph Bowen, tor being in possession of a gaff, was fined L5 and costs. At Llanelly, on Nov. 12th, John Thomas, for possession of a light and spear, was fined £2 and costs. At Llandilo, on Nov. 22nd, William Francis, for possession of a light and spear, was fined £ 1 and costs and on December 20th David Owen, for a like offence, was fined J63, including costs, and Rees Rees, for a like offence, L2 and costs. At Llandovery, on December 20th, John Bowen, for possession ot a light and spear, was fined 10s., including costs, and John Griffiths, for I a like offence, was fined 10s. and costs.—A similar charge against Rowland Williams was dismissed. —The report was ordered ti) be filed.—A report was also presented by a water-bailiff respecting certain offences and prosecutions were ordered.- Mr M. Rutherford presented a report regarding the new fish pass at Cwmgwili weir, as follows:- I beg to report that since October last, when the four wooden stops were put in the new fish pass at Cwmgwili weir, the bailiffs stationed at Carmarthen have watched it during floods when fish were running and have seen ten (the heaviest being 61h.), go up with ease but only two heavy fish were seen to try it, and they both fell back after getting half-way up the pass, and when the river got low after the floods, the bailiffs netted 25 salmon and 17 sewin from the pools below the weir and put them in the one abpved it. Some were 161b. and 181b. eaeh.—The Supeijuv[ tendent also reported that of the 13 tinwo- Loughor and its tributaries, seven are nmHH copperas, viz., Llangennech works, Llangeiylc^^ Hendy works, Farmers' works, Teilo works, Ffoserfel works, Glamorgan works, Pontargulais; and Brynamman works, Brynamman. Three have filtering ponds or eatchpits, viz., Dynevor works, Pantyffynon; and Glanamman works and Garnant works on the river Amman. Three neither make copperas nor have catchpits, viz., Morlais ) works, Llangennech; Yspitty works, Loughoif, and Penclawdd works, Penclawdd. The managers' at Penclawdd and Morlais works have told me that I they were going to mane copperas, but the manager at Yspitty works said they used muriatic acid in- stead of vitriol, and they could not make copperas out of it.—The Clerk was directed to send a copy of the report relating to the fish pass to Professor Huxley, the Inspector of Salmon Fisheries; and with reference to the pollution of the nwer Loughor the Clerk was directed to write the pro- prietors of the several works at which no steps had been taken to prevent pollution, calling their attention to the fact, and requesting them to take steps forthwith. ACCOUNTS. The accounts for the past year, duly audited and :printed, were laid on the table; and, from them, it seemed that the Board is a little to the bad as compared with last year's account. The amount received during the year for licence duties was E670 2s, as compared with £ 718 0s 6d in the previous year. To the licence duties must be added the receipts on account of fines imposed and subscriptions, &c The total receipts from all sources amounted to Z714 15s 4d, as compared with £ 771 4s lid in 1883, and £768 9s 3d in 1882. The tctal expenditure amounted to £ 772 8s 4d as against;9746 Is 5d in 1883, and £ 700 I Is 8d in 1882. At the end of 1883 there was a balance of £ 261 18s lid, but at the end of 1884 this had to be encroached upon to the amount of the difference of the expenditure over the receipts, and the present balance is reduced to a sum of JE204 6s lid.
LLANDILO LOCAL BOARD.
LLANDILO LOCAL BOARD. The monthly meeting of this board was held on Tuesday evening, at the offices, Rhosmaen-street, Mr D. Lewis, in the absence of the chairman (Capt. Thomas), presiding. There were also present-Messrs J. W. Jones, T. Jones, W. Jones, D. Bowen, T. Thomas, and J. O. James. -The proposed public urinal.- The question of erecting a urinal was under considera- tion, and an estimate of the cost of the same laid before the board by the surveyor (Mr Hinkin), but after a random discussion, on the motion of Mr Bowen and Mr Thomas Jones, the matter was once more shelved. Various nuisances were under dis- cussion, and with a view to put an end to one of a troublesome kind in Ebenezer-street, it was resolved to extend the mains some 30 or 40 feet. —Macadamising. It was decided to obtain 40 tons of stone and 20 tons of gravel from Messrs Michael & Co. to put on the > roads and foothpaths, which in some places are "cry- ing" urgently for them.—An anomalous bill: Several bills were ordered to be paid, one of which was of a a most absurd and anomalous character, being part of the cost of repairing a bridge two miles beyond J Llandovery, as the district in which the bridge is > situated is by some trick of the law in the sainv nun-" dred as the town of Llandilo.-Cleaning of the Reser- voir Mr Thomas Jones referred the board to the necessity there existed of cleaning the reservoir, and, in support of it, Dr. Lloyd, the medical officer of health, who had just entered the room, said he had a tank in his surgery, and if water was allowed to stand in it twenty-four hours, a sediment was deposited. A discussion ensued as to the best method of doing it, whether by contract or day-work.—Mr J. W. Jones said a resolution had been passed that all jobs above £ 2 should be by contract. He moved that it be dojj^; by contract.—Mr W. Jones begged to second it.—Mr Thomas Jones moved and Mr J. O. James seconded that it be done by day work.—Mr T. Thomas remem- bered that when it was last done it was done by con- tract, and there came in one or two bills for beer- The Clerk said the beer bills amounted to nine shillings. Mr Thomas and Mr Bowen voted for doing it by day work, and the motion of Mr T. Jones was declared carried. The work is to be commenced forthwith.-The Dr. condemns: At the commence- ment of the sitting Mrs Ellen Baycott. a resident of Cubit's Court, attended and complained of a nuisance that existed near her house.—Mr J. W. Jones asked the medical officer his opinion of it and the doctor said that the Court was a standing sore. It would be absurd to take cognizance of the complaint, with its tumble down dwellings, and the whole place in such a state as it was. The whole locality was bad, and he would suggest that they treated it in a radical manner from beginning to end, as he had before suggested in his annual reports.-Abbot Terrace: Mr T. Thomas drew the attention of the board to some "lumber in this terrace, and the surveyor was instructed to see to its removal.-The doctor further condeiitits: He had, he said, a little matter to bring before them. They were all probably aware of a nuisance, he had before brought under their notice, which occurred at the wicket gate, at the entrance of the footpath leading from the town to the station. The nuisance was a notorious fact. He had been asked by a deputation of ladies to bring the matter under the notice of the Sanitary Board. They complained that they could not pass through the gate without soiling their dresses and carrying away with them the odour of the nuis- ance. He could fully endorse their co..iplaint. He submitted it to them as a board.—The Chairman said it had been before the board two months ago.—Dr Lloyd: The nuisance still exists. Is it possible to mitigate it ?—Chairman: The Chairman (Captain Thomas) had undertaken to do it.—Dr Lloyd: It really is an intolerable nuisance. It would be better to do away with the gate entirely.—Mr James agreed. —The Clerk It was agreed upon to do away with it. -Mr J. \V. Jones expressed similar views.—Dr Lloyd: I am not here to suggest a remedy. I simply put it before you. The ladies were surprised no steps were taken. It is so bad that they hesitate to go through the gate.—The Chairman The Surveyor has been ordered to suggest some plan.—Dr Lloyd could not see what remedy could be applied.—Mr W. Jones suggested railing off the field and making the footpath an open one.—Dr Lloyd said that was the only remedy except one other which was impracticable.—Mr J. W. Jones and Mr T. Jones suggested a turnstile.— Dr Lloyd: The point was a focus of nuisances. There was a big drain going down there. It was merely a suggestion on his part that some steps should be taken on the part of the board to make it an open thoroughfare, because at present it was an intolerable nuisance, and a standing disgrace to the town. It was not so only to the townspeople, but strangers must think badly of them allowing at the entrance to the town such a nuisance to exist. He did not mean to say it was dangerous to health—only a nervous patient would believe that, but he repeated it was a disgrace to the town and an intolerable nuisance.— The Clerk said the board could do nothing. They could not put up rails as they had only a right of way, It was not a public path, and Captain Thomas could plough over it if he liked.—The Chairman said that Mr Gulston had reserved the right to the public, and he thought the board had a perfect right to remove the gate.—Dr Lloyd thought that the nuisance would appeal so much to the board that they would take immediate steps in the matter. If Capt. Thomas, as had been said, was prepared to mitigate the nuisance, he would suggest that between the Captain and the board, in some way or other, the gate should be thrown open and the path made a public thoroughfare. It would be an advantage to Captain Thomas as owner to have the field railed off and have no gate at all. As long as there was a gate the nuisance would remain.—Mr W. Jones remarked that at present the field was only a playground. -Dr Lloyd thought people must think they were pigs to allow the nuisance, and the question was a pertinent one— where was the sanitary board?—Mr W, Jones thought the railway company ought to do something.—Dr Lloyd May I suggest that some gentleman propose a resolution that Capt. Thomas be asked -Mr Thos. Jones believed Capt. Thomas would do it, but he had been busy electioneering lately.—Mr J. W. Jones proposed that the medical officer of health be instruc- ted to call upon Capt. Thomas to arrange with him the best means of remedying the nuisance.—Mr J. J ones He will do it directly. Dr Lloyd Suppose the question should crop up-are the board prepared to go half the way or all the way?—Chairman: It w^s nothing to do with the board.—After further discus- sion of a desultory character, in which most of the members took part, Mr Bowen suggested that the Clerk should see into the matter as to whom the foot- path belonged,—Mr T. Jones You had better leave that matter alone.—On this point a discussiou followed, but no understanding in the absence of data was arrived at.—Mr J. W. Jones suggested that their officers should take the gate away and then it would sojn be known whose property the footpath was.— Dr Lloyd That would be a radical remedy.—It was ultimately agreed that Dr Lloyd should see Captain Thomas on the matter.
r O'DONOVAN ROSSA SHOT.
r O'DONOVAN ROSSA SHOT. f —— f On Monday afternoon, at about a quarter-past 1 five, while O'Donovan Rossa was walking down 9 Chamber's-street, he was approached by a handsome ) young woman quietly dressed and wearing spectacles, i who presented the appearance of an intellectual r school teacher. On nearing him she drew from the pocket of her dress a five-chambered revolver of < small calibre, and presenting it fired one shot at I him. Rossa threw up his hands, and exclaiming I am shot," fell heavily on the pavement. The woman then fired the remaining four chambers at the prostrate man, and proceeded to walk calmly and unconcernedly away with the revolver in her hand. A large crowd assembled round the spot where Rossa lay, and several people followed the woman and arrested her. The man who actually apprehended her said that he found her in the street brandishing a weapon. She was conducted to the police s.ation, and behaved with remarkable coolness. A man who entered the station with her informed the police that she had just shot a man. The sergeant asked her Do you know the man ?" and she replied with a slight English accent, Yes, I shot O'Donovan Rossa." She looked demure, and as she stood at the bar betrayed no excitement She gave her name as Yeslet Dudley, and said she was a native of England, and a hospital nurse by occupation. She described herself as a widow, of 24, but did not appear more than 18. Subsequently she was locked up, and was not allowed to be interviewed by any representatives of the press. The prisoner is not thought to be insane, as she answered all the questions put to her deliberately and with some degree of caution.—It is believed -that Rossa's injuries will not prove fatal.
-----ISUDDEN DEATH OF DR.…
I SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. HOPKINS We feel confident that very many will regret t hear of the death of Dr. Hopkins, who died some- what suddenly at Llanelly on Thursday, January 29th. When a public man dies, no matter what may have bees his career, a charitable sorrow aboundeth in ttakh' arts of all, and unfeigned grief is expressed. \W*en we say that all who knew the «enerable f\dmit that the town and ] county, and surrogating dU&Vcts, have lost a clever I physician we are not far wrong. Any faults that I deceased may have been guilty of during his re- markable life are surely counterbalanced by the immense amount of good—not generally known— he has done to those with whom he has, in his pro- fessional career and otherwise, come in contact It is well known that his medical abilities were sought when those of others failed to affect a cure, and that the ravages of what looked like a chronic disease have oftentimes been stayed througH his keen and penetrating glance. It is true that his treatments were those, generally, of the old school of medicine, and though in the vast majority of cases where there were chances of a permanent restoration to former states nature was assisted effectually, there were others which his skill and mode of dealing did not avail. Many a poor family—aye, and rich, too —round and about Llanelly and Swansea will know the want of such a man, for they received great aid by means of his prescriptions-—for latterly he used not to supply the medicine—and had a peculiar faith in him. It was his custom to visit Llanelly on Thursday amd Swansea on Friday, and return to Carmarthen either very late on the latter day or early on the following morning. Of late months, however—especially since the famous trial in which Mr Francis Bayntun, the dentist, conspicuously figured-the poor old doctor's travels were very un- certain, gout principally detaining him at his residence in Quay-street, Carmarthen He struggled on as well as he possibly could—under his own medical treatment—until the force (f nature could ( no further go, and he was at last obliged to succumb j to the inevitable. He died" in harness "—game to the end. For many years he was a member of the ( Carmarthen Town Council, where he (during the < two years, at any rate) rarely took part in the ( oft-times amusing discussions, but, when health < permitted, was invariably present, and would I drop an occasional pithy suggestion—sometimes a I icathing remark, never failing to make one, at least, { of his colleagues wince. No one who discoursed s for any length of time with him in his sanctum t could help at once perceiving that he was a man of i considerable literary capacities, and one who had ( evidently received a sound secular education. His t degree of doctor of medicine was obtained at c Edinburgh University, and in that historic city he c made himself famous amongst the athletic world, J3 by whom he was acknowledged as the hero of 8 pedestrian*. There may be a few left who still ( recollect his wonderful exploits; if not, we can only refer our readers back to the files of the c sporting contemporaries of fifty years ago, wherein, are recorded the champion walker's athletic feats. a He was, in fact, one of the most remarkable of men, ] and were the different periods of his existence g recorded minutely there would be enough material l -furnished for a very thick volume, and with a knowledge of it we should admit that he must have possessed an unusually strong constitution to have weathered the storms of this life so long. His cup, J alas is tilled to the brim, and he has gone. Those g who knew him intimately will agree that—though t he was not a regular churchgoer—he had great £ reverence for the Almighty, and was an alien to the t scoffer of religion. He abhorred hypocrisy, and r therefore we presume he lived according to the { principle he professed-to the dictates of his own rj conscience. We may be excused for repeating that r there is no questioning that he did an immense t amount of good in his day; and we know 4 that the Supieine Being —Whose mercies are I more boundless than the ocean that hath no limits —hath meted unto him according to his works in that world beyond the grave, and, we hope, given him a share of the future happy state devoutly, looked forward to by the masses. t The funeral took place on Tuesday at Goitrewen. Llangennech. The remains were interred at c Tynewydd, Llanedy, in the family vault. The Rev f Mr Price (Saron), Llannon, officiated at the house the Revs Mr Evans (Hope), Pontardulais, and Mr 1 Jones (Bethesda), Llangennech, in the chapel; and j Mr Evans at the grave. ( AN ENQUIRY i Was held into the circumstances attending his death on Thursday night (January 29th) by Mr James < Rowlands, surgeon, and district coroner, at the < Thomas Arms Hotel, Llanelly, when the following J evidence was addused:—Mary Jane Hopkins said ] I live at Quay-street, Carmarthen. The deceased. John Morgan Hopkins, was my father. He was 72 j years of age, and was a doctor of medicine in I practice at Carmarthen and elsewhere. The body ( the jury have just seen was the body of my father, f He left home for Llanelly to-day (Thursday, ) January 29th), as was his custom by the twelve ) a.m. train. He was not well when he left, nor has < he been well for some lime. He told me he had } gout in the stomach and bronchitis. He had been 1 for the last ten years a general sufferer from gout, J but for the last few weeks he was much weaker, ] though he did not complain of much pain. He went to Carmarthen station in as he always did. He had food last night at twelve o'clock, and t this morning about half-past ten o'clock. lie took] four biscuits and a little Hollands before he left. < He had also taken some food about six a.m. He 1 did not complain more than usual this morning before he left, except that he felt very weak. He had great shortness of breath at times, but did not complain of his heart. He had taken a little ] medicine, but none the morning he left. He prescribed for himself.—Benjamin Lewis said I am sergeant of police, stationed at the Docks, Llan- elly. I was on the railway station platform on the arrival of the 1.7 up-train when I saw Dr. Hopkins come out of one of the railway carriages. The little boy belonging to the bus and one of the rail- way porters assisted him to get out. After getting on a little way on the platform the deceased seemed to be getting weaker, and another railway porter took the place ot the little boy, when I noticed the doctor have something like a fit. I went in front of him to prevent him falling to the ground, and he was placed on a box for a short time. He seemed to be getting better. The porters then carried him on the chair to the and we lifted him into the bus and a porter and I placed him in the fore part of the 'bus, I then asked him if he felt better, but he made no answer he, however, shook his head-a little. The little boy sat by him when the 'bus left. He looked very ill when I saw him first, but rather better in appearance when the 'bus started.— Thomas Evans said I am a 'bus-helper. This morning I was at the railway station when the 1.7 up-train arrived. I saw Dr. Hopkins in the train. I always go to meet him on Thursdays. He told me to take his stick and bag, and the porters helped him on the platform. J saw him b-ing placed in the'bus and went home wi'h him. He said to a man in the 'bus that he was getting better. He told me to put my hand into his pocket to get the 'bus fare. I did that. When we got to Mount Pleasant, where the qoctQr vyas stopping at, I assisted him to remove, from where he sat to the door ot the and then my father carried him in his arms into the house, and he was placed in a í chau. The deceased then laid hi ill head on the table and went to sleep and then I left.—Thomas i Francis said I am a 'bus-driver, attending the arrival of the trains. I was at the station to-day I awaiting the arrival of the 1 7 up-train, and as my little boy always goes to meet Dr. Hopkins on Thursday I went on to the platform to look for him- I I saw him on the chair, guarded by two porters j and Sergt. Lewis. The doctor looked very bad. I i asked the porters if he was going as usual with me a to Mount Pleasant, and they said "Yes." They then carried him out and placed him in the bus. J e then took him to Mount Pleasant. 1 turned the e 'bus round with its back to the house. I asked him if J should assist him out. He got off the seat and 6 walked a few steps towards the door. I took hold II of him and carried him into the house, and placed a him in a chair near the fire, and I stood by him for ? a feW minutes. I called the attention of the people of the house to him, and told them he was very l8 I bad, and they said they saw he was very bad and a I warned them to take care of him lest he shoull fall into the fire-place. He seemed, as I left, as if he were going to sleep.—Mary Davies said I am a housekeeper, living in Victoria-road, Llanelly. Ahout mid-day to-day I saw the 'bus-man carrying Dr. Hopkins into the house ot John Jenkins, Mount Pleasant. I was in the house at the time. He was placed on a chair by the fire. He then laid his head on the table, and died almost directly. Seeing the colour of his face altering made me raise up his head, and I found that he was quite dead. He was frothing at the mouth a little, but he made no struggle or movement.—Verdict Death from natural causes."
CORRESPONDENCE.
CORRESPONDENCE. The Editor wishes it to be distinctly understood hat he in no way holds himself responsible for opinions expressed under this head.
A RELIGIOUS INEQUALITY.
A RELIGIOUS INEQUALITY. 7o the Editor of the Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. SIR,-Cannot any of the bosses of the Church of England, with its gigantic wealth, adjust its machinery so as to work with more equality and fairness than hitherto and at present. There is a parish in this county-not a hundred miles from the bishop's palace-with its endowed church at the southern extremity, five miles distant from its northern part. The said church, moreover, is en- circled by the great or big guns of the parish, who consequently get the ministry of the Word of God gratis; whilst the residents of its northern part, who are comparatively poor—with the exception of a sprinkling of medium calibre aristocrats—have to run a chapel of ease by the miserable shifts and of humiliating and beggarly concerts, literary L tings, &c. I guess and calculate such to be a IBgrant anomaly right slick. If not, I should like |HLknow what is ? It is, as Josh Billings says, as r^^millionaire went a begging."—I am, &c., Vox POPULI.
LAMPETER TOWN COUNCIL.
LAMPETER TOWN COUNCIL. To the Editor of the Carmarthen Weekly Reporter SIR,-It grieves me to think that things do not go on at our town council very smoothly, and, I may say, as many fondly thought and hoped they would. There is an element of dispord in its constitution which must, ot necessity, m eradicated and eliminated from the council before we can expect to witness anything like unanimity and a desire prevailing amongst its members to co-operate in the interests of the ratepayers of this borough. I know of many that would have been glad if no charter of incorporation had been granted to this town. They were saying even as much as that, and that openly, at the time some of us were labouring hard to get it. And now, seeing the constant wrangling that takes place at the meetings of the council, these people are having the best of us, and are publicly asserting that if it had not been for us, who were chiefly instrumental in obtaining the charter, they would have been saved from all this unpleasantness and confusion—which is a degradation to the whole town. I readily admit that there is a great deal of truth in what these people say but it is to be sincerely hoped that matters will mend as time wears on. By your permission, Mr Editor, I will try and lay before your readers a clear, concise, and impartial statement as to how this dis- agreement amongst the members of the council first commenced. Within the last ten days of October last the then provisional town clerk signed a public notice, which he put up on the Town Hall, as he was instructed to do in the charter. This notice called on the burgesses to nominate from amongst themselves those whom they wished to be elected councillors, who were to be twelve in number, and if there should have been more than that a contest would have been inevitable, unless those nominations should have been withdrawn by two o'clock p.m. on Friday, the 27th Nov. Amongst those that sent in to the town clerk's office a notice to withdraw their names for seats on the new town council was Mr John Fowden, Bank Hall, and amongst those that did not so was Mr Griffith Griffiths, of Dole. And after those that had been elected met together at four o'clock the same evening, in order to prove and examine the list of those that had been returned as members, it was found that Mi Fowden's name was not included in it. But in a day or two after it was put on, and that of Mr Griffiths left out, though he had not withdrawn his name as a candidate nor authorized anybody to do so for him and the ques- tion in dispute now ia which of these two gentlemen is to claim the seat—whether Mr Fowden or Mr Griffiths is legally entitled to it ? This painful ques- tion had been many times discussed at the meetings of the council, some of the members favouring the claims of Griffiths and others those of Fowden and as they were about equal in number for each party, and neither of them being willing to give in to the other, it was found to be a matter of impossibility to decide one way or the other. Seeing this, M r Griffiths, being determined to fight for his rights, has put the case in the hands of hissolicitor, Mr Lloyd Edwardes. who has commenced proceedings in the Queen'sBench against Mr Fowden, who thereupon instructed Mr David Lloyd to defend him, and the lawsuit is now going on, which will, undoubtedly, cost a "pretty penny to the one that will lose. It had been insinu- ated by one individual at the council that if Mr Fowden should be defeated the whole expense of the lawsuit would fall on the borough. This put the majority of the members in a fix, and they said that they would not be a party to anything that would saddle the ratepayers with unnecessary taxation, as the rates were already almost too heavy for them to bear. It was not only unnatural but also unjust to the ratepayers to make them pay heavy sums of money merely to suit the whims of certain litigous parties in gaining their own personal hobbies. Mr Thomas Owen, station master, who is one of the members of the town council, suggested that seeing that they could not settle that question amongst themselves, the matter should be referred to the rate- payers of the borough, and that a public meeting of the same be convened, so that they might be consulted as to what course they thought best for them to pro- ceed as regards this intricate question. This meeting was fixed for last Tuesday night, and the town crier was sent round to announce the meeting over which the vicar of the parish would preside. The meeting was to take place at eight o'clock, but as soon as the doors of the schoolroom were thrown open the people flocked in in groups, and the building was soon cram full; and it was visible to all from the determined and resolute demeanour of the major part of them that they were going to make short work of what has been for- such a length of time hanging fire at the council. And if they could not settle it there, they would undertake to settle it then and there at that i meeting. After being kept waiting for a long time for the meeting to commence, Mr Jayne, principal of the College, made his appearance and, as the vicar who had been announced to preside, refused to take the chair, he, Mr Jayne, was asked to do so but as soon as he did so it was proposed and seconded that the proceedings of the meeting should be conducted in the Welsh language, as the majority of those present were Welshmen, and not able to understand enough of English as to enable them to comprehend fully and clearly the different constructions and phrases that would be put on the question in dispute by the contending parties in the council. But the chairman, rather than tike the sense of the meeting upon what was proposed, deoided that the proceed- ings should be oarried on in English and Welsh, r which somewhat exasperated some Welsh people present. The vicar was called on to read a paper which, he said, contained a clear statement of how matters stood at present but, as that seemed to be rather unsatisfactory and one-sided, Mr David J. Jones, of the Priory, asked permission of the ohair- man to put a few q uestion to the town clerk, in order to try and get at the original eiuse of the whole of this unpleasant affair, and how it occurred. But as he was not satisfied with the statement made by the town clerk, Mr Jones got up to put further questions; but the chairman interfered, and said that he could not allow him to go on asking questions, as others wished to speak besides him. Consequently he resumed his seat, and took no further part in the meeting. If one mouth was closed by the chairman many others got up and spoke plain language, and amongst others—Messrs Jenkins, W. Evans, David James, and William Lloyd. These wuvild not be put down by the chairman o.r anybody else. They gave to the meeting a true version of the affair. They did not link matters at all, and after they had finished Mr Fowden got up and said he was very sorry for aU this trouble and turmoil which the town had been put into-that he did not wish to be the cuu&t; of putting the ratepayers into any expense as far as he was con- cerned in the matter, and, rather than that, he would retire from the council. This announcement on the part of Mr Fowden was the means of throwing oil on the troubled waters. The chairman said that they i all ought to feel very thankful to Mr Fowden for what lie did in giving up his seat on the council. If anybody deserved a statue for good deeds Mr Fowden was that one. He should like to see one made for him and put up opposite the Black Lion Hotel, laut there was another important question that, cropped up as to who was to pay the expense that had been already incurred in conneefictn with the lawsuit. Some argued that it was not fair to expect Mr Fowdeq t" pay. them others, again, on the other side, said that it was very unfair to compel the rate- payers to pay them. The two lawyers who had been engaged on each side were asked thci4-. opinion ps to who were morally responsible the costs. 0,f course these two legal gentlemen differed as to, their views, and it was not expected that they would agree on that pqint. Mr Lloyd Edwardes (^r Griffith^ solicitor) contended that Mr Fowden would have to pay the costs if he retired fwm the suit, and he quoted authorities on the case in support of his opinion, and said that hi* client had deposited twohundred pounds as security for costs if the court decided against him, But the meeting showed unmistakable signs that the ratepayers would not pay one single favthmtf towards the expenses, and, in the midst of gveat, confusion and disorder, the meeting broke \w., having even paid a vote of thanks to the. c}^airil\an for presiding. The feeling was intense against oertain parties for having been t^e cause of all this turmoil in the borough. On the following morning, Wednesday, a special meeting of the town council was called together, at which one of the members, Mr Tom Lloyd, said that Mr Fowden did not say in his speech on the previous night that he was going to resign his seat on the council, but that he was not going on with the lawsuit. I cannot vll Recount for his having mad6 this statement, as T hrmly believe that every one present at that meeting understood him to have said that he was going to give up his seat in the council, or why should tiie chairman speak in the way he did of Mr Fowden and of U, noble sacrifice he made in resigning a seat ly inou,r ?• Is it possible that Mr Jayne, too, lil;o. many otheis present, made the same mistake in fornÜng an opinion from what Mr Fowden said that he was not going to resign his seat Really I am hot able to understand these things. They are beyond my CHV*> prehension. Mr Fowden must be asked again tv explain his own r words. I think I was near enough, to, him to. hear all t he said, and the only conclusion I came to from what he did say was that he was going to resign his seat. Mr Tom Lloyd must allow me to say this much, that I am of opinion that there were many there as com- petent as himself to judge whether a man says "Yes" or "No." I suppose that Mr Fowden understood what he said himself, and that when he makes promises he will be able to carry them out. I am glad to find that my fellow-townsmen are coming out to assert their rights, and that they will not any longer tolerate to be down-trodden and made tools of in the hands of certain parties to carry on their cliques and factions. They have suffered it too long already. No one says that our worthy mayor is to be blamed for all this vexatious affair. He continues as popular and as much respected as ever by the people of Lampeter, and I know that all wish him well and hope that he will be long spared to them. I am, &c., MINIMUS. Lampeter. [Want of space prevented the appearance of the above letter in last "week's paper.-ED. C. W.E.]
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [" CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS.] LONDON, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. It is stated that Colonel Bruce, Inspector- General of the Irish Constabulary, has reti red. Mrs Power, mother of the late Mr Frank Power, the Times correspondent at Khar- toum, has received sympathetic letters from Sir Evelyn Baring, Lord Wolseley's sec- retary. The report is current in London to-day that the carriage by which the Prince of Wales was to have travelled to Cannes has been destroyed by explo- sives. No confirmation has yet been received. A later telegram says:—The rumour that the railway carriage by which the Prince of Wales was to have travelled to Cannes had been wrecked is untrue. The report probably originated from the previous train having been in slight collision. Bank rate unaltered; Consols sixteenth lower. BERLIN, Thursday.- The North. German Gazette says:-Prince Bismarck has no personal hostility to Mr Gladstone. His antagonism is produced by Mr Gladstone's hostile policy in Africa and Australia. This antagonism prevents Germany from support- ing England's hostile policy in Africa and Australia. This antagonism also prevents Germany from supporting England as heretofore on the Egyptian question.
THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN. FALL OF KHARTOUM. The" Central News" understands that the report of the fall of Khartoum was first brought to Korti by messengers running from Gabut across the desert. No official deqpatches from Sir Charles Wilson had, however, reached Lord Wolseley, and these are anxiously awaited. In some quarters an impression prevails that Sir Chas. Wilson was unable to penetrate to Khartoum, and that, being compelled to retire before the enemy's heavy fire from the Nile banks, gave rise to the report that Khartoum itself had fallen, but according to later informa- tion there is very little doubt but that Khartoum is in the Mahdi's hands. The third edition of the Daily Telegraph contains the following :—We deeply regret to announce that despatches have been received at the War Office from Lord Wolseley stating that upon the arrival of Sir Charles Wilson near Khartoum he found that, through an act of treachery, the city had been captured by the Mahdi. At the moment of going to press no details of this deplorable event had been communicated by the War Office. It is feared that Gordon is a prisoner in the hands of the Mahdi. The excitement in regard to Gordon's fate is intense. It is thought that, unless he died fighting, he is a prisoner in the Mahdi's hands. The Central News says the Govern- ment has received a long despatch from Lord Wolseley, which, it is believed, con- tains official confirmation of the fall of Khartoum from Sir Charles Wilson. There is no doubt that the Mahdi holds the town, but hopes are entertained that Gordon may still be holding out in the citadel. The Central News have received the following from the War Office: -Telegrams have been received at the War Office an- nouncing the fall of Khartoum on January 26th. Sir Charles Wilson arrived there on the 28th to find the place in the hands of the enemy. He returned under the heavy fire from the river bank. The steamer in which he returned was wrecked some miles below Skublaka cataract. The whole party were saved and landed on an island, where they are in safety. A steamer has gone to fetch them. The fate of Gellel al Gordon is uncertain. Lord Wolseley reports that Sir H. Stewart is doing well, and that nearly all the wounded were being brought to Sakdul. on I' .n. The fall of Khartoum has affected stocks, prices generally being lower. A s cond edition in the Times says the following has reached the War Office:- When Sir Charles Wilson reached Khartoum he found that the town was in the hands of the enemy. General Gordon's state is un- known. A telegram from Lord Wolseley, an- nouncing the fall of Khartoum, was commu- nicated to Ministers at an early hour this morning, and created the gravest apprehen- sion. Lord Granville returns to town from Waliner immediately. Mr Gladstone is expected in London to-night. A Cabinet Council will be summoned forthwith. A "Central News" telegram, dated Cairo, Thursday, says:-—Sii Evolyn Baring has advised the Khedive to grant Italy per- mission to oocupy Massowah, but the Khe- dive refused, stating he cannot do so with- out the Sultan's consent.
POOTBA L I.,
POOTBA L I., SWANSEA v. LL.YNEM»Y.—A match between these two fine teams, which excited considerable interest at Swansea and Llanelly, and was favoured by a large attendance of spectators, bti, not by good weather, was played at the Swansea Football Field on Saturday afternoon. The game, which was evenly contested throughout, requires but little description, there beirg, iu tact, no decisive points gained on i-ither side. LLANELLY {SECOND FIFTEEN V. SWANSEA SECOND FIFTEEN. A match was played between these teams QM Saturday at Stradey grounds, and resulted in a victory for the home team by five tries and several touches down to one goal and minor points. The weather was very unfavourable.
Family Notices
BIRTHS. [ DAVIES,—February 3rd. at Friar's-park. in this town, the wife of Mr John Davies, weaver, of a daughter. L^om- January 29th, at 12. Lammas-street. Car- marthen, the wife of Mr Walter Lloyd, chemist and drugeist. of a son. MORRIS.—February 1st, at Xo. 2. Francis-terrace, in this town, the wife of Mr W. S. Morris, of a daughter. Wiii,rN. February 1st. at Guildhall-square, in this town. the wife of Mr J. D. White, chemist, of a daughter. WjLUAMis.— January 30th, at Forge Mill, New- church Parish, the wife of Mr Jonah Williams, of a son. MARRIAGES. DA VIES-LEWIS. February 3rd, at St. Peter's Church, Carmarthen, by the Rev. D. Pugh Evans, vicar, Mr David Davies, weaver, 2, Scott- i terraoe, Water-street, to Miss Hannah Lewis, daughter of Mi Titus Lewis, sorter at the Car- marthen Tinworks. WILLI AA[S -JosE PH. January 23rd, at Elim Inde- pendent Chapel, by the Rev. William Thomas, pastor, Mr David Williams, weaver, Trevaughan Hill, to Miss Ann Joseph, of Llandyssul. DEATHS. EVANS.—January Blst, at The Cottage. Mount Pleasant Walks. Selina, the beloved wife of Mr William Evans, coaohbuilder, aged 51 years. HOPKINS.—Jan. :Jh. Mr John Morgan Hopkins, M.D., Quay-street, Carmarthen, and Goitrewen, Llangeanech, aged 72 years. PAMNALL.— January 3tst, at his London residence, Addison-road, Kensington. Rob ;rt Parnall, Esq ? J.P., of The Cottage. Llansteph.-m, aged 70 years. > RICIJIAR-DS. -January 31st, the wife of Capt. Thos. 1 Richards, quay warden. Spring Gardens, aged 75 l years- THOMAS—February 5th. at. No. 1. P'cton-place. in i this town. Mrs Thomas, relict of l.e late William 1 Thomas, Pontcowin, in her 7oth voar, Ithis town. Mrs Thomas, relict of Le late William 1 Thomas, Pontcowin, in her 7oth voar,
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fortunate they were not there themselves, as the pleasure of that evening's gathering would have been so much more enhanced. He was convinced that Lord Cawdor gave his plate with the greatest, gratification, and for the sole object of trying to improve the breed of hunters in this county (hear hear, and applause). The speaker felt very pleased that one of hie lordship's tenants had been fortu- nate enough to carry away the plate which the Earl had given as a prize that day (more applause). The Chairman sent a good horse himself, and all that ooald possibly be done to make him win was done, they might be sure. but it was no good—the tenant's was too good for him (hear and applause). As for himself, Lord Emlyn. and Sir John, they were happy, as representatives in Parliament of that county, to contribute to such sports (hear, hear, and cheers). He (Mr Powell) though he oonld not take ae active a part in them as he would wish, still loved those races, and would, he hoped, continue to do what he could to keep them in ex- istence as years rolled their course (hear, hear, and applause). He also took the keenest delight in watching the hounds turn out so often, and if his ill-hftalth did not prevent him he would take a gleat pleasure in meeting his friends to help them in the chase as often as he could (cheers). It was true he had not been able to sit much in the saddle this year ae yet, bat that even would be a aore comfortable place at the present time than his seat is the House of Commons (loud laughter and applause). His hearty good wishes would always be given to the Carmarthen races, for which he hoped better days were in store (cheers). He was very proud indeed to see one of the stewards, a young beginner, on his right, who would, he hoped, do for that meeting what he had done himself in yeata gone by (hear, hear, and applause). He re- ferred to Mr Gwynne-Hughes, who will receive lids (the chairman's) support as long as that gentle- man sticks to Carmarthen (cheers).—At the conclu- sion of these remarks, the Chairman submitted The Winners and Losers," and coupled with the toast the names of Mr Allen (for the former) and Mr Skone (for the latter), and hoped that Mr Allen would continue his visits — this being his first — to this locality for such purposes (hear, hear, and applause).—Replying. Mr Allen said he could very appropriately speak on behalf of both meationed in the toast, as he was a lose* as well ae a winner. It was a fact that he had never been to these races before, but he would endeavour to come to them again—and again— (hear, hear and applause)—because the meeting which had just been held was an extremely success- ) fnl one—encouraging to all who took part (renewed < applause). And what a charming banquet they J were able, too. to sit down to at Mr Olive's comfort- able hotel, where every convenience was to be had tor the asking. He was gratified at such a sight as the one before him: it did great credit to the host ] and hostess who had prepared it for their benefit, ] •td those who had taken the trouble to come to the ordinary were amply repaid. The dinner was really excellent, everything being got up in a first-rate < style (hear, hear and applause). On the morrow he Would again try his luck on the course (cheers).— Mr Skone then said a few words of thanks on behalf of the losers.—Captain Lloyd, of Glangwili, in giving The Stewards," coupled with the toast Mr Gwynne-Hughes' name, and mentioned that that gentleman, who owned a large property in the county, did credit to himself in coming forward to further the interests of the meeting, as he might be the meane of inducing others in the county to follow in his wake. Unless such people of Carmar- I thenshire came forward, what would become of their laces ? That was a question which ought to be considered (hear, hear, and applause).—Mr Gwynne-Hughes admitted the truth of such a statement, and said he meant to stick to the old place, and try to make that meeting—good as it I had been—still better (cheers). He would stick to 3 Carmarthen if Carmarthen would stick to him- (laughter)—and he hoped that the stewards who conducted those races would oontinue to be good stewards indeed (loud laughter and applause).— Being asked by the Chairman to oblige with a song, 11 Major Howell gave, in a right jolly style, The t days that we got tipsy a in a long time ago," and was much applauded for his selection. The com- pany was now in a singing humour, and when Mr g Tom Jenkins was asked by the Major to give, as of t yore, The dear little shamrock of Ireland," the joviality that reigned was immense." Nor was it decreased whilst "The Carmarthen Races, doo-dah!" was being sung by Mr Munroe, of the Royal Munster. ( At its termination the Chairman proposed "Pr08- perity to the town and trade of Carmarthen," upon which he remarked that there had been, to the regre of many, a great depression in the trade, -• but better days would come ere long, he really hoped. With such a toast he begged to couple the name of the Mayor of Carmarthen (cheers).—When j due honours had been paid, Mr John Lewis rose and said he was glad that that toast had been j drunk with such enthusiasm, and was pleased to learn that one of their worthy stewards had deter- ( mined to stick to the town and county, and thus localise his influence. A few more possessing such j a spirit would have the desired effect, and bring that, success which they wished for (hear, hear, and j applause). With a little less centralisation and j more localisation all would be greatly benefited, and they would certainly work more harmoniously together (interruption). When that spirit of cen- a tralisation extends to such an extent as to be to the 1 degradation of their surrounding neighbours, what could those gentlemen expect? (More interruption). t If those gentlemen who extended their patronage m other quarters instead of to their nearer neigh- bours wished for success to the old town and county the only way to obtain it would be by sticking," ( •8 had been observed, to Carmarthen" (hear, hear, and applause). With such a sentiment he quite agreed, and hoped all were of the same mind. That was the first of their meetings he had atten- ded, and he was much gratified to have his health drunk by such a company of gentlemen, whom he thanked most cordially (applause). — Mr James Phillips also responded, and said he had attended the Carmarthen races for a very long time past. contributed his mite towards them for nineteen j years, and hoped to go on doing so as long as he was able (applause). He heartily endorsed what the ( Mayor had said with regard to the localisation of the county gentry, and thought if such hints were taken it would be well for the general community. —The Mayor (by the permission of Ae chairman) palled upon Mr Tom Jones for a song, but as that gentleman was evidently suffering from a cold 1 was eventually, though again pressed subsequently t, excused.—The Chairman rose to propose a toas, which he was sure would be received very cordially Viz., "The health of the farmers of this county As the eldest man in that room, and one who had ridden over the farmers' fences for forty-six years he could speak of the cordial manner nnd hearty welcome that were given by them to him and his hunting friends at all times, no matter whether they went into their cabbage gardens or not (ap- plause). He had never had a cross look or a single letter written to him for any damage that might have been done whilst out hunting during the whole time he had kept hounds (loud applause). It ■ Was a fact, as he had remarked, that they were always welcomed, and, as a proof, the farmers were always anxious to keep a fox for them. Mr Powell then alluded to the breeding of Welsh horses, which was one of the chief forts of the farmer, who really ought to be ncouraged in this respect (hear, hear, and applause). The Chairman wished to couple with this toast the name of Mr Thomas, of Derllys, Ttom whom, particularly, on hunt days. the heartiest welcome was received (loud applause).—This toast having been drank, Mr Thomas said that, although he was a tenant farmer, he had had a good deal of spore with Mr Powell's hounds. Unfortunately he (the speaker) had got rather too heavy row (loud laughter and No. no.") He had four boys who would succeed him in the hunting field in time, "two of whom he had now very little work zo induce them to "turn out" to enjoy themselves with the chairman and httf fine old huntsman, Mr Rees. How to repay Mr Powell for his past and continued kindness during the last forty-six years was a diffieultmatter for the farmers and others. Of coarse, in the natural course of events, that gentle- man would not see another forty-six years; but who was there to come after him ?—who was to take hie place The huntsman, if they were to speak to him on the subject, would now even say: Who is there to meet you if you do come out to try for a fox ?" it was a matter of regret that the kindness of Mr Powell was not appreciated so much as it ought to be, or that it was overlooked to such an extent. If the old hunting days were to be kept up those gentlemen of the rising generations —o* the county families—should take the places of those who are not able to do as they would like, £ °°n8etluence of ill-health or old age. They should also encourage the tenant farmers more by buying of them those Welsh horses which they take so much trouble in rearing (hear, hear, and applause). He was a tenant farmer, and had been as successful with those horses he had shown at their hunters' shows as anyone in the county; still he believed he had only sold one of his horses in this county. He did not know why it should be so. But unless they could get more encouragement from landed proprietors — who would rather go elsewhere than buy of their tenants—then very little good good could be done. He will show a good H stone horse when Mr Powell's hounds meet to-day (Friday), better than which could not be produced, he did not care where they went to. It was for sale, but he questioned whether there was any chance of a purchaser in the county, because those who want a good Welsh-bred horse preferred going somewhere else to buy it. The Welsh tanantB were, he believed, the most law-abiding people of the world. Why, then, should their land- lords go aud buy Irish horses when they oould purchase in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire as fine beasts as could be had for money ? Welsh tenants had, no doubt, nearly broken their backs— they had been paying their rents right up to the day. But the time must come when they could not pay them, especially if the competition that is going on in the American and other ports should oontinue much longer. And why should the land- lord break the backs of the tenants whon there was no need for it ? However, that was not a meeting for such grievances. He would therefore refer back to his former remarks, that as long as Mr Powell kept hounds he would get the same recep- tion as he had always received, and he (the speaker) hoped a few county gentlemen would come forward to support him (hear, hoar, and ap- plause). If he should always be in a position to afford to let his boys follow the hounds Mr Powell's would be those he would send them after (ap- plause).—Mr Allen denied that landlords acted as Mr Thomas had made out. He could assure that gentleman that great difficulty was often expe- rienced when a good Welsh horse was sought. He also believed that the landlords were harder hit than the farmers, as the latter could live in a quieter way, whilst the former had to worry a great deal about the getting in of their rents. Farmers iD the present day were, he considered, in a far better position than they were years ago.—" The Visitors" was then given by Dr. Lawrence, who I coupled with the toast the name of Mr J., Holman. —Other toasts of a complimentary nature followed. SECOND DAY.-THURSDAY. It was a very fair day yesterday, though extremely cold weather. The field was, of course, very heavy, and again detrimental to the light-weights. There was a larger number of county gentry present than on Wednesday, the betting gentlemen were not at all in the decrease, and more money changed hands than on the previous day. TALLY-HO HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE PLATE Of 80 so vs. Four year olds to cany 10st 31bs, five list 51bs, Bix and aged 12st. A winner of a steeple chase or hurdle race value 60 sovs once to carry 71bs extra, twice lOlbs extra, three times or once of r 100 sovs 141bs extra, four times or twice of 100 sovs 211bs extra. Second horse to receive 10 sovs out of Plate. Entrance 3 sovs. Ten entries or the value of the Plate to be at the option of the Stewards. About 3 miles over the Flvinir Course. Capt. Forster's Chancellor, 5 yrs, list 121b.(Sly) 1 Mr G. Smith's Merry Boy, aged, 12st 71b 2 (Billinge) Mr G. Abercromby's Fafse Prophet, 5 yrs, list 51b (Capt. Sandeman) 3 Mr T. Johnson's Athgarvan, 6 yre, 12st.(Cross) 0 Mr J. Skone's Hard Times, 5 yrs, list 51b 0 (D. Williams) This was a very good race, though the ground was pretty heavy. False Prophet was evidently the favourite, and to the surprise of many Chancellor won easily, though well pressed by Merry Boy and False Prophet, the other two being left quite fifty lengths behind; Athgarvan losing ground in consequence of a fall near the chapel. Betting-6 to 4 agst False Prophet, 3 to 1 Merry Boy, 4 to 1 Chancellor, and 10 to 1 Athgarvan and Hard Times.