Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

CARNARVON COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. »S ATURDAY-—'Before Capt. Wynn Grif- fith(SSSmO, *he THoTn- Wynn, D. P. Williams, Esq., J. Issard Davies, Esq., G. J. Roberts, Esq., R. Roberts, Esq., Tre- vor Hughes, Esq-, Jo^n Hughes, Esq., J. J. Evans, Esq., George Farren, Esq., and John IMfenzies, Esq- ,TT,T T r, ORUBLTY TO ANIMALS. — Inspector Dowty summoned William Williams, Llan- Ilyfni, for cruelty to a. horse, 1XY forking liim in aI1 un^ condition on the 25th of Febrtiary-r—Tlbe inspector having described the condition of the horse, P.O. Jones (38) swore that the horsie was in ia very poor con- -dition and very lame, its limbs were swollen, and was quite unfit to work.—Mr who appeared for the defence, said that the horse pas not unfit to work, but had a. peculiar gait in consequence of an injury he received many years ago. Further than that, the Jiorse had greatly improved since the* man had pjjrohased it, and it was really fit to work.— 3fr Davidson, veterinary surgeon, said he had seen the horse that morning, and tihat it had gre>a«tlv improved since he first 'knew it three months ago. At some period or other, the horse had had a fracture of the hip, and consequently it had a peculiar gait. But it did not Kuffer pain from being worked. — Cross-examined: He did not consider that carrying slates from the quarries to the sta- tion was light work.—-Defendant was fined 58 and costs.—1—William Roberts, Uwchlaw'r RhoH, Groeslon, was also summoned for cru- elty to a horse.—P.S. Harris said' that on the. 22nd of February, he saw a horse belonging to the defendant working in a cart. The horse was very lame, in fact was the lamest horse he bad seen in his life.—Mr Nee, who defended, cross-examined, And got from the witness that the horse was drawing a cart practically empty. The horse found much difficulty in walking, and could only put his hoofs on ttflie ground. — Inspector Dowty I swore that the horse was totally unfit for anything. There was no wound on the hoof, hut the front part of it was worn.—The de- fends was that the 'horse was not being forked, but was sent to the smithy for the purpose of being slhoed. The lad who was talking the. horse met the officer, Who told him that it was unfit to be driven, and the lad took it back homie. The horse had been ginoe destroyed.—John Roberts, the defend- ant's son, bore •jut the advocate's statement. ■—Mr Da-vidson wnsidened that the horse Was quite capable of doing slow work.—A fine of Kd nnrl "IIt.R was1 im nosed. -1>.7 DRUNKENNESS.—John Matthew Jones, XAanddeiniolen, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly, and was fined 2s 6d and costs.—For a similar offence, Griffith Lewis Evans was fined 2s 6d and costs for being drunk at Olwtybont. — Richard -1°^ .wards, Clwtybont, was also fined 2s od an costs for being drunk and disorderly. OBSTRUCTION.—William Hughes, Car- narvon, was charged with obstructing highway at Portdinorwic by erecting a stand on the street on Saturday night, March 5th. "ng He was also charged with using profane anV guage. — Defendant, When asked if he-was guilty, replied that if things did not go right, the magistrates would swear also. He was fined 2s 6d and costs for the first offence, and Is and costs for the second. DRUNK ON LICENSED PREMISER- John Williams, groeslon, was charged with fceing drunk on licensed premises.—Mr J. T. Roberts prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr Carter def,ended.-P.C. Jones (62) gave evidence to the effect that he went to the Llanfair Arms, Groeslon, on the 28th _of February, land found the deiendant m the house the worse for drink. landlord, in the hearing of the defendant, not to serve the man with any Elubsequently saw the defendant outside- the house, and he was staggering. ans, Red Lion Inn, Penygroes swore that he refused to serve the defendant about six or eeven o'clock that niglht, because ned- der the influence of [The defendant was not so drunk as fcut it was his usual custom of two jfco the house together, one drunk an other sober, he would refuse both. fence was a denial that the man was, and evidence to this effiect was given by nelia Williams, the barmaidJohn Williams, and several others, who were in the house.—The Bench imposed a fine or 10s fend costs. A WARNING TO YOUNG RUFFlANb. --Out of the last case, there arose a more jserious one, in which John Williams, Llew- <%n Williams, O. J. Jones, and! Robert Wil- liams, all of Groeslon, were eharged with in- terposing with a police-constable in the dis- charge of his duties, creating an affray, and! essalilting the police.-Mr J. T. Roberts pro- eecuted, and Mr H. Lloyd Carter defended. -Mr J. T. Roberts, in t.he course of his opening statement, said that the officer, act- Siig under instructions, entered the Llanfair lArms, Groeslon, where he found the defend- ant John Williams the worse for drink. He Cautioned the landlord not to supply Wil- liams with any more drink, and after that he fetood on the square opposite the railway sta- tion. Williams and the defendant Owen Uones came up to him while he stood there, f and both dealt him severe blows. Then the other two defendants came up, and together they threw the constable on the ground, and kicked him on the temple, head, and arms. Some woman shouted out that the policeman was being killed, and two men, Messrs Daniel Hughes and William Ellis, arrived on the scene, and applied themselves to separate the men and the constable. At this time, they found the officer on all fours on. the ground, and the defendants kept moving in the di- rection of the shop window, at which there was a light, and by this light Messrs Hughes and Ellis identified them. These gentlemen separated the men, but they wanted to re- new the attack, and succeeded in coming upon the officer the second time. Thereupon, the policeman took out his truncheon, and struck one of the defendants in the head, so that it bled freely. After another skirmish, the defendants got off.-The officer, in the course of his evidence, isaid that he was rushed at four times by some or all of the defendants. The man to whom he applied the staff was Llewelyn Williams. He took out his staff when he was getting up from the ground. He had been able to discharge his duties afterwards without losing any of his time, but although he had not been medi- cally attended, he had not felt well since that night.—Cross-examined by Mr Carter He did not use his staff before he fell. It was the four defendants who hurled him to the ground, but he could not say if ainyone else helped them. The large crowd had not yet collected, and there were only four others about at that moment. When he got up, a large crowd had collected, but he was in- sensible for some minutes. He believed he was kicked when on the ground. Mr Hughes, Llwynygwalch, and Mr Ellis, the schoolmas- ter, helped him afterwards. He took out his staff as he was rising from the ground. He was advised by Mr Ellis not to go to the crowd agam, but he did not say that he would go and half kill the men. However, he did go to the crowd. — William EUis, schoolmaster, Penfforddelen, next gave evi- dence, and staid that about nine o'clock on the 28th of February, he was in a house in Groeslon with Mr Dalndel Huughes. He heard a whistle, and Mrs Thomas called out they are killing (or assaulting) the police- man. He could see some figures in a dark corner, and he ran there. They staw several persons knocking and kicking a man who was on the ground. Witneiss called upon them to stop, and went with Mr Hughes amongst them. He could not say who they were, be- cause it was too dark. When they separated the men, witness noticed that a crowd was gathering, and he called upon the crowd to assist the policeman. However, the four again made a rush upon the policeman, and onp, rvf ,T", n- V,;— T4\, 'I.. wxcaii iiiixi. j-ic nao uuouvu UJ the crowd, and his leg got through the trap- door of a cellar, and he was fixed there.— Cross-examined: The row lasted for about half-an-hour. He did not ask the policeman to go away and not make a row, because the Policeman did not. make a row. By the time the crowd had collected, the defendants had become more aggressive, aind the crowd had a good deal of work to keep them back ^ut the def-mdants broke through the crowd TVife" fitness saw Llewelyn Williams and 'T ? ill'IAMS strike the officer. Before ewelyn Williams struck the officer the third blood was streaming down 'his face, and ^ne ofiicer had lost his cape and his helmet. ani^l Hughes, Llwynygwalch, assistant- overseer for the parish of Llandwrog, corro- ora ed, and said he heard the policeman fa T I* ^rew out his staff warning the de- keep back. This was before they • T i khird attack. Whilst he was try- t„"L ° back, he received a kick.— p ^^ffith, landlord of the Llanfair Arms, i 1K(1 on' fwore that the officer came to the W-n; ai J"1arwd him not to serve John hoiisp< if'+u four defendants were in the p„. Tr ^me-—Mrs Eh*- beth Thomas, +r> use> Groeslon, said she was going „f„nj- UP ^|}e 8hop, and saw the policeman s+rnWL- some men. One of the men of thfvm Cfman' an^ then the whole A™' ■> feH th» killing the pfcAjS fthe5, S6 Ztfx&F tSf Bp™;hthi;ds^i0Mn: vocstion had b™n0cj^50* t,h!" "h I,ro: the officer interfering TTe<S73 of who, he alleged, was 1, J?n could not be served. This^^f Wewe^Twma™ nrima facie case had K considered that no two first charges, hut witlTregS totxe^M be sent to pri9on' sentence was received with considerable sur- prise m court, and quite a scene ensued Some of the female relatives of the defend- ants screamed, ana one or two fainted so that they had to be conveyed out of court BASTARDY.—'Mary Jane William^ Penv- groes, summoned William H. Jones, Talv- sarn, to show cause why he should not con- tribute towards the support of her illegiti- mate child.—Am order was made for the. poT. rnent of 2s 6d weekly.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. NAUTICAL "CAPTAINS." Sir,—Will you allow me a small space in your columns to ask the seafaring fraternity for a definition of the title "Captain." I find it is extensively used in the Welsh sea- ports, and I fear equally abused. I have now for years been accustomed to visit Wales annually and find almost every sea- faring mar-, addressed or called "Captain." 11 Perhaps some of your numerous readers would enlighten me on the subject as to how and where these titles are conferred, also the necessary qualifications, if any, for obtaining them. While writing, I am in- formed that the Board of Trade is the only legal tribunal which grants certificates of competency as masters to those who have served the necessary period at sea in the foreign and coasting trades, and passed the examinations. It is a fact that there are many assuming the prefix captain who have not even served in any grade at sea, but simply been a skipper of a boat on the calm sea in a har- bour or river. If such be the case it is high time that it should be remedied and the public guarded against such a deception.- Yours truly, A FARMER. March 17th, 18S8.

PENRHOS ROAD, HOLYHEAD. AND THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Sir,—The fact is well known to all your readers that Lord Rtanlqy has recently made a perfectly legitimate and straightforward proposal respecting the above road, and that his suggestion has been summarily and with somewhat scant courtesy rejected by our district council. The. position taken by the council has in it—one must admit—something refreshingly natural. All the worldl over, somebody is wanting something which somebody else owns; and it is quite the common thing for the owner to become at once quite imprac- ticable, and set a fictitious value on what he has the control of. The cow wanted the hay badly, and it was very unkind of the dog, in fact the dog was more unreasonable than our council, for he could not eat the hay at all, while we do make some little use of that road. But then, the cow did not offer dog- gie anything. If only she had brought one little bone, how instantly doggie would have been open to business? What is our posi- tion ? A wiants oomething that B has an in- terest in, and at the same time B wants something very much that A has. A comes forward and says, "Can we bargain ?" offering at once twice the value of B's interest. Lucky B! So one would lhave thought, but B forthwith begins to bark. That is. not like hard-headed business-men, as most of our councillors are. That road is used by many aj'L ~v.:J. s^ £ _•» ♦ I Ui Uilt? llUi&LhiUlllUS. "I OOUTBc ID IS ] ur-we could claim nothing for it, as it is in no sense our freehold. But the proportion of Holyhead people that use it is extremely small. I am myself continually driving; but have not been over that road for five years. If a fair canvass were made of the permanent inhabitants of our town to find how often they made use of this much-vaunted drive, it would considerably surprise the council. But there is truth in the statement that it is ofreai used by people whose stay here is so temporary that they care nothing for the intermediate school, nor for any other local institutions. Quite fairly, our consideration for them should be just so much, and no more. Very probably, if only respectable people, whether inhabitants or visitors, frequented this road, Lord Stanley would be in no way anxious to close it, and we should not have had this most opportune offer. We have to thank the tramps, the poachers, the loafers, the petty thieves, to whom this road is an excuse. They want to shoot the thrushes, not to listen to thcm; to kill the rabbits, not to watch their gambols; to stone the pheasants, and break the trees, not admire them. Does not everyone of us small fann- ers know them ? They care nothing for land- scapes There has been much talk as to the harm- less innocence of children flower-gathering. Some of your readers will be surprised to hear that when I bought Gors, I found it to be in season rich in cowslips, the front field covered. There is not one now. At Christ- mas, there were banks of snowdrops, but they are all gone. The flower-gatherers found I did not drive them off like my pre- decessor, and they forthwith brought forks in their pockets, and stole every root. The sweet briar they took away in entire bushes, and now what might have gladdened1 everyone is lost in back gardens. There are the abuses, doubtless, which have brought about thisoffelr of Lord Stan- ley's and is the price a fair one ? If it is, are we so impecunious that we need consider it? Of the price, let us judge, las to the im- pecuniosity there is no doubt. Before con- sidering it, I should like to point out, for the benefit of anyone who would like to be disagreeable, that during several years past, I have found an increasing tendency among my family and acquaintance to ask for the free use without charge of "Ellin's Tower" for pic-nics1. I am not much of a "pic-nic" man; but if I were, I should be inclined to be quite pleasant with the owner of pretty well all the pretty pic-nic spots in our neigh- bourhood. Now, about the intermediate school. Lord I Stanley found the governors were in a diffi- culty, and he offered, on the terms we have named, to relievo them. The difficulty jrae a very drastic one. They had no land, and I very little money. Because they could not find a. certain sum, they had already forfeited JMOO, and were likely shortly to forfeit more. His lordship offered to find all the land, and enough money to enable them forthwith to commence operations, and relieve Holyhead t af being a disgrace to the Principality. If the road asked for were the freehold property of the district council (which it is aot). its utmost value would be £400. Lord Stanley offered JE200 in cash, and two acres of land, which I should be glad to purchase from him for B800 any day he thinks pro- per. A most handsome offer, I say without hesitation, and I S3(Y it as one who ought to know the value of Holyhead property as well as any person in our parish. Whether the £1000 should be devoted to the intermediate school entirely, or to some other institution of local interest, is a ques- tion which his lordship would no doubt meet our wishes in. I think it is a matter for regret that the school needs so much assistance. The cause for it is not far to seek. When our ancestors founded hospitals or colleges, they, in their simplicity, knowing land and money would be wanted, asked those who possessed these useful commodities to be patrons and govern- ors. We have only to glance over the lists of county and local governors of the inter- mediate schools in Anglesey to recognise that this policy has beeai studiously avoided, and the result has been disastrous. It may be very clever and all that, but it evidently does not work well. If we scan over the names of the governors of the old endowed colleges, we shall at once see what a great departure has been made. Now, the best should be made of an unfortunate position; and, first of all, it devolves on the governing body to explain everything thoroughly to the public. Am I right in the supposition that if they can induce the ratepayers to accept Lord Stanley's offer, and they enter that as £ }000 (which it is), they have at once met with all can induce the ratepayers to accept Lord Stanley's offer, and they enter that as 21000 (which it is), they have at once met with all the requirements of the Charity Commis- sioners ? J. MORETON PRICHARD. Gors, 15th March, 1898.

"TO THE ANGEL'S CHAIR" Sir,—My attention has been called to a re- view of my book—published under the above title—in your issue of the 9th inst. Your reviewer has written in a kindly tone, which I much appreciate, but he has, unfortunate- I much appreciate, but he has, unfortunate- ly, made one strangely misleading statement on a matter of fact which, though plainly unintentional, is not the less grave and im- portant. After much generous comment, he bases some vigorous adverse criticism on the assumption that I have identified the "Angel's Chair" with the winning of a bardic prize. He somewhat naively declares that he "expected something better as the ideal of an Angel's Chair than a bardic ceremony at an Eisteddfod." I should think so And I should have expected something better from a Welsh reviewer than such a complete misconception of the meaning of my book. It is to me unaccountable, for not only doos every page of the book implicitly contradict such a view, but I have also clearly defined in its closing sentences my conception of the lofty ideal which forms the title of the story, and the goal towards which my hero has been pressing from stage to stage. Any reader can see for himself that this concep- tion and goal is something far loftier than a bardic chair. Both the bardic chair and the bardic ideals appear to be rated somewhat low by your reviewer, but that is a matter which I am quite content to leavft for settle- ment between him and the bards. He will, however, surely admit that the preparation of a great poem for the Eisteddfod may form a link in the chain of mental and spiritual discipline by which a man is led upward to the shining height of the "Angel's Chair." That this is the use which I have made of the Eisteddfod episode any candid reader may easily see. For, in the first place, my whole account of the preparation of the poem by Gomer is so related to hia spiritual development that. the winning or not winning of the prize is treated as comparatively unimportant. The Eisteddfod is used simply as a conven- ient point around which to gather the picture of his artistic development. So emphatically is this the case that-it may interest your readers to know—in my first draft of the story I represented Gomer as losing the prize through violating the mechanical re- strictions of the bards; yet he was none the less the hero of the "Angel's Chair" in that earlier draft. In the next pJtce, my narrative of the Eis- teddfod makes it a process, and not a goal, even in the national life. I have awarded the prize to Gomer, not for his own sake, but for the sake of the liberation of Welsh poetry, for the sake of inaugurating a new era in the artistic development of the Welsh people. Even for the national life, the pic- ture I have given is only another step in the direction of the "Angel's Chair." That still shines far above us. Let me, in conclusion, repeat the closing words of my book, and then, sir, I think everyone will be amazed at your reviewer's comment. It is to be noticed that Gomer had already won the bardic chair before the audience rose to proclaim for him the comprehensive wish—"May he climb to the Angel's Chair so that this wish clearlv referred to some- thing still higher. With the description of this higher ideal, my book closes as follows "It is not surprising that that remarkable outburst of spontaneous prayer and nro- phecy came back to Lucy in later years with memories as grateful and gladdening as those of the wedding bells which rang out for her and Gomer a few weeks after. And if such a wish as the great assembly chanted can find fulfilment on the earth, it was fulfilled in Gomer whea he became in the years that followed the acknowledged prince of the Welsh pulpit, shook the astonished land with his matchless eloquence, and kindled in the heart of the people loftiest aspirations and ideals that shall never die." How your reviewer could read the fore- going words and afterwards assert that I have identified the "Angel's Chair" with a bardic prize, is a puzzle too hard for me to solve, and so I must leave it with your readers. But, sir, I am most of all disappointed in this, that your reviewer's unfortunate blun- der has led him to overlook the far-reaching issues in relation to our national poetrv which I have raised in my Eisteddfod narra- tive. He has failed to see that one of the main aims of that narrative is to revolution- ise the Eisteddfodic ideal of the art of poetry. For, be as cynical as we may, we cannot ignore the fact that the poetical ideals of the Eisteddfod have been accepted by the Welsh people, and have determined for good or evil the character of Welsh poetry. If the Eisteddfod, acting as the representative of the nation, adopted truer and loftier ideals of poetic art, the consequences to the life of Wales would be incalculable. It would be another upward movement of the Welsh peo- ple towards the "Angel's Chair." My Eis- teddfod picture, then, raises a no less mo- mentous question than the complete regenera- tion of the Welsh muse, and Gomer appears in it as the embodiment of a poetic ideal which will be regarded by many as audacious and revolutionary. Surely the artistic de- velopment of a poetical people is important, if anything is. It has certainly greatly dis- appointed me to find a Welsh reviewer oc- cupying himself with a mistaken interpreta- tion! and saving never a^ word about the great national question which is forced upon him in th" narrative. It is a question the Welsh people will have to face sooner or later, and there can be no better time than the present. w^pn Wales is clearly awaking to a new consciousness of its national life tlnr1 THI>1". :1"1 is through, the progress of education gaining access to the world of literature in a way it has never done before. I I cannot join with these that are cynical at the expense of the Eisteddfod. I admit that it has many faults. I have insisted in my book that the bardic laws of "cynghanedd" are inimical to the noblest development ot poetic art. Yet, for all that, the Eisteddfod has done good service and it has so potent an influence in Wales that it would be wise, if possible, to make it the instrument of any reformation in poetry or music. What we need is, to ennoble and exalt it, to remove it from the narrowness of small horizons, to make its laws as free and comprehensive as the sweep of genius. Then it might become as valuable and important as the famous Grecian Eisteddfodau in which a Sophocles and an Aeschylus deemed it an honour to receive the victor's award. Not even then, however, would the bardio prize satisfy my ideal of the "Angel's Chair," but it would be a step nearer to it. Believing that both in courtesy a d in justice you will kindly insert this communica- tion in your next issue, I remain, yours. &c., JOHN THOMAS. [Commenting upon the above letter, our reviewer writes It is somewhat unfortunate for Mr Tho- mas that he takes less kindly to Welsh re- viewers than Welsh reviewers take to him. It so happens that the "Carnarvon and Den- bigh Herald's" friendly criticism of "To the Angel's Chair" is not the only friendly criti- cism by Welsh literarv men to which Mr Thomas has taken exception. With all due deference to Mr Thomas, and :!fter reading nis letter, and re-reading the closing chapters of his book, I must say I see no reason to modify the expression of disappointment and regret contained in my review, at -he f. cble and altogether artistically unworthy ending of what is in many respects a powerful work. I presume Mr Thomas aspires to have his book regarded as having some claim to be considered a work of art. As a work of art, it should have led up to the climax, and that climax would, presumably, have to bft regarded as a fitting crown to the hero's previous efforts and successes. "To the Angel's Chair" leads up to a climax, and that climax—very fully described in the two last chapters of the book, where the interest I aroused in preceding portions might not un- naturally be supposed to be centred-is, as described in the review, "the bardic ceremony of chairing at an Eisteddfod." It is true, as Mr Thomas points out, that following the great closing scene, the author has i, dicated, in exactly thirteen lines of print, that sub- sequent to this, his hero became a great preacher—which, I presume, is his para- phrase of the conventional ending of stories "and lived happily ever afterwards." But surely a bald statement of this kind in a backer's dozen line's after the curtain has been rung down on the last scene in the play, can hardly be regarded as justifying his somewhat optimistic opinion that the "candid reader" would see the author's con- ception in this bald statement rather than in the elaborately pictured closing scene which precedes it. I am not ambitions enough to discuss ques- tions of bardic and Eisteddfodic polity with Mr Thomas. If it were otherwise. I might say that, judging alike from his letter and his book, his knowledge of both is more theoretical than practical. I might, for in- stance, point out that the archdruid, at the Gorsedd, does not wear the ceremonial sword that adjudicators are not in the habit of submitting the ival claims of competitors to the popular Y"'Ite of an already excited assembly; and that under no conceivable cir- 'I cumstance would Eisteddfodic authorities be likely to countenance so unheard-of a de- parture from Eisteddfodic usage as is revealed in the scene where Gomer is depicted as "being carried to the platform on tjie shoulders of stalwart men" instead of being ceremoniously led to the coveted ebair by the appointed representatives of Gorseddic authority. I might also remind Mr Thomas that his "audacious" attempt to "revolution- II ise the Eisteddfodic ideal of the art of poetry" by substituting "free metres" for the trammels of "cynjhanedd" possessed the merit neither of audacity nor originality; nor is Wales in general, nor are the bardic fraternity in particular, likely to be so deeply impressed with the momentous char- acter of the q^es'ion now raised for the hundredth time during the present genera- tion of Eisteddfodwyr, as Mr Thomas fondly, though mistakenly, imagines. Rather than enter upon so futile a discussion, I will merely repeat the expression of hope which closed my critique, that Mr Thomas will yet give us riper nrd worthier fruits of an un- doubtedly able pen than the disappointing climax of "The Angel's Chair."]

RUTHIN BOARD OF Gt ARDIANS At a meeting on Monday, Mr H. Williams presiding, the result of the conference at Mold on the proposed confinement of the im- beciles of North Wales in one institution was reported.—Mr Humphreys-Roberts (the clerk), who convened the conference, stated that he did not vote, or there would have been a tie, as to the advisability of buying Mold Old Goal. He believed the chief ob- jection to getting that place was a fear that it would be too dear. Instead, however, of it being sold at £ 90^0, he believed they could have it for £ 4000, and it was so sub- stantially built that. It would stand any amount of adaptation. It had cost Flint- shire JE25,000, and that county ought to ac- quire it now, if nobody else did, in order to get some return for that money. Even if the place were not use.1 for a home for im- beciles and epileptics, it might be useful for habitual drunkards, and the bill now be- fore Parliament was almost sure to pass, sooner or later. Or it might be used as an industrial school for children who could not be induced to acquire the necessary education a.t the ordinary schools. As a school board clerk for many years, Le had always ab- stained from advising his board to send children to industrial schools, because there was none of these within a reasonable dis- tance that was not also used for criminals. Here was an opportunity of acquiring the very place for the purpose likely to slip through their fingers.—Mr Bircham said he was anxious to see whether, in the opinion of the five counties, the necessity had been made out for a separate institution for these I imbeciles. He believed the Local Govern- ment Board would give any powers in the matter to the County Councils rather than to the guardians. He was fully in sympathy with the proposal to separate the imbeciles from the other paupers, as it was extremely unpleasant to a respectable person to have to sleep, for instance, in a ward in which were these unfortunate people, talking half the night, and making disagreeable noises, bed- sides being dirty-—Mr Owen Williams, Mr E. R. Evans, and others, took part in the discussion.

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CARNARVON BOROUGH 1 PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY.—Before Dr R. Parry (mayor), I J. R. Pritchard, Esq., Edward Hughes, I Esq., R. Roberts, Esq., W. Hamer. Esq., J. R. Hughes, Esq., and J. P. Gregory, Esq. IMMORALITY.—Ellen Hughes, a widow, residing at Tanyrallt, was charged \Dth per- mitting her house to be used for immoral purposes on Sunday, February 27th. Robert Jones, mate of the "Pride of the Dee" Mar- garet Ellen Lovell, and others, gave evi- dence, and previous convictions having been proven, she was sent to prison for a month. DRUNKENNESS.—John Williams, Hen Shop, Waenfawr, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Bridge-street, on March 5th. He was fined 5s and costs.- Robert Roberts, Llanberis, was also fined 2s 6d and costs for a similar offence. LICENSING PROSECUTION.—J. M. Morgan, landlord of the Snowdon Vaults, was summoned for permitting drunkenness and keeping his house open on Sunday, March 6th.—Mr Carter defended. -—John Pritchard, Caeglas, Llanrug;. Richard Wil- liams, Ty'nyclwt, Waenfawr; and William Roberts, Pantycoed, Llanrug, were also sum- moned for being drunk on licensed premises and representing themselves to be bona-fide travellers.—Mr Richard Roberts appeared for Richard Williams, the others being unde- fended. With regard to the charge of repre- senting themselves to be travellers, Mr Ro- berts said that many people from the country who came to town on Sundays were under the impression that if passed the three-mile limit they were entitled to a drink at a public-house, but, of course, that was an erroneous impression.—P.C. Evans (34) swore that on Sunday afternoon, March the 6th, he visited the Trumpet Inn and found Richard Williams there. That was about half-past three. The same day he visited the Snowdon Vaults and saw the other two defendants there. They both said they came from Llanrug. William Roberts told the wit- ness that he had business in the town but he was not bound to tell anyone. The land- lord told him that the men had said they came from Llanrug. At 7.15, the same day, he went again to the Snowdon Vaults and saw the defendants and several others in the house, some of whom came from Car- narvon and others from Cwmyglo. They hadj 4-rniro/1 "1-1-. TitliioTrtT Vvofnvo iVi aty» Im. tuct XUlAVU »nu" t'Y.I..LJ.¡.u. '-1V..lV.l.'Ci Ui-LOAU* XUV men were drunk.—Cross-examined The landlord told him that the men had ordered tea, and that they had afterwards put whisky in it from a bottle they had brought with them.—P.C. Richards (52) gave corrobora- tive evidence.—Sergeant Jones said that when he visited the house at 7.15 the men were drunk. There were five men in the front room, and they had tea mixed with whisky in a mug. In another room were two other drunken men with beer before them. He called the landlord's attention to the condition of the men, and showed them to him. The landlord told him that the men had ordered tea and that they had whisky with them. A man from Carnarvon, who was I in the house was an asistant warder in the i prison. His name was John Owen Jones, of Dinorwic-street, and he had since left the ( town.—Cross-examined by Mr Carter There were signs as if the men had been eating some- thing.—Deputy-chief-constable Harris also corroborated.—P.C. 52 was again called and said that in Bridge-street he saw two other men who were in the house. They were drunk and had been convicted on the pre- vious Monday.—Sergeant Owen gave similar evidence with regard to Thomas Williams, Ty'nyclwt, Waenfawr, who had also been convicted. He saw this man leaving the house after 11 o'clock on the night in ques- j tion, and he heard him offer to pay for some- thing.—Thomas Williams was then called and said that after visiting the Trumpet Inn, on the day in question, he went to the Snowdon Vaults. He did not have any whisky going to the Snowdon, but he bought a shilling's- worth from Mr Morgan, the Snowdon Vaults, and this was the whisky they used in the tea. He remained in the Snowdon Vaults from three o'clock until eleven that night.— Cross-examined by Mr Carter: He became drunk rather early and did not remember what occurred afterwards.—Richard Roberts was also called and said that he came to town on the day in question and went straight to the Snowdon Vaults, where he had tea, beer, and whisky. He remained in the house until eight o'clock, when he was locked up by the police.-Rowland W. Rowlands gave evi- dence to the same effect.-Mr Carter ad- dressed the Bench for the defence of the landlord, who, he stated, had borne an ex- emplary character before he took the house. He submitted that the licensee did not know that the men were drunk, and that he took 1 every precaution to keep within the law by keeping a visitors' book and entering upon it the names and addresses of all who came to the house on Sunday. It was not his busi- ness to find out if they were bona-fide travel- lers so long as he had a guarantee that thev I" had travelled over three miles. With regard to John Jones, the man from Carnarvon, i who had been found in the house, there was a complete answer to that. The man had come there for a stamp, being an old friend of the defendant, and had sat down to tea j with the others. He bad not been supplied with intoxicants, and the defendant was not aware that there was whisky in the tea.- Mr Morgan, the landlord of the Snowdon Vaults, was called, and said that he kept a record of all who came to his house on Sun- days. The men charged with being drunk 9 11 came to his house in the afternoon and said they had come a long distance. He gave them a glass of beer each. Some other men came in about half-past five, and after drink- ing a glass of beer each they asked for tea. He made tea for them and supplied them with bread and cheese. He saw Thomas Williams was drunk when the police came in, but he did not know where they got the whisky from. He did not supply the de- fendants with whisky. The man Jones came to the house about six o'clock in the evening and asked for a stamp. He was not sup- I plied with any intoxicants by the witness, but some of the men asked him to take some tea.-The Bench imposed a fine of jSl and eosts and endorsed the license for each offence, and the men who were found on the premises were each fined 30s and costs. ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—William Davies, of Neath, was brought up, in cus- tody, charged with being drunk and disor- derly and with assaulting the police. He was sent to prison for 14 days for each offence. 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PROPOSED BEDDGELERT LIGliT RAILWAY. MEETINGS AT PORTMADOC, &c. On Monday evening, at Tremadoc, a meet- ing was held on the question of the pro- posed railway, a majority of three voting in its favour. It was decided to fight the forth- coming urban district council election on the lailway question, three candidates for the scheme and three against being selected for the Tremadoc Ward. A meeting was held at the same time at Borth. The scheme was explained by Mr Jonathan Davies, J.P., and Mr J. R. Pri- chard, and it was found that nearly all those present were for the proposed railway. Two candidates were chosen for the urban council election. On Tuesday evening, a crowded meeting, convened by the Town Improvement So- ciety, was held at the Public Hall, Port- madoc. The attendance included representa- tives of all parties. The purpose of the meet- ing was to consider the railway question in its bearings on the forthcoming election.— Supporting the chairman (Dr Jones Morris) on the platform were Messrs R. Davies, C.C., J. R. Prichard, W. George, :i"'d C. E. Breese, promoters of the railway; Council- lors D. Morris. R. McLean, R. Isaac, and D. Williams, and Messrs A. B. Bromwich, R. Newell, R. P. Lewis, and W. H. Lewis. The Chairman, in his opening remarks, said the meeting had been convened in good time, so as to give the candidates for seats on the urban council every convenience dur- ing the coming fortnight for expressing their views on the question of granting E1750 to- wards the proposed scheme. Mr Richard Davies, C.C., gave a summary of the scheme, and said that the line would offer great advantages to every class of the inhabitants (loud applause). The Chairman then invited questions, which would be replied to by Mr Davies. Mr John Willaam^ Borth, understood that a certain sum was to be paid as inter- est, but what about the capital.—Mr Henry Llewelyn Jones, merchant, Borth, asked 1, Would the railway go beyond Beddgelert? 2, Was it to run parallel with the road and the river Glaslyn, or through Llanfrothen ? 3, Who was to purchase the rolling stock ?— Captain J. Hughes, Borth What grounds have the promoters for believing that they I will receive a grant of £ 16.000, while the total estimate was only £ 33,000?—Mr W. Owen, late rate collector Is the rolling stock included in the estimate ?—Captain J. Jones: What is the actual risk, and what is the dif- ference between the respective claims of de- benture and shareholders ? — Captain W. Evans Will the Cambrian Railway Company b.? compelled to work the line whether it proves a success or a failur3 1 Mr Richard Davies, in replying, showed by figures the manner in which both capital and interest would be paid. The line was not to be proceeded with unless extended to Rhyd-ddu (applause). The route would not lie through Llanfrothen, for certain reasons it was not then deemed desirable to disclose. The rolling stock was included in the esti- mate of £ 33,000, and the Act itself contain- ed provisions for a grant of j516,000 (ap- plause). As in other cases, debenture-hold- ers would possess a preferential claim to that of ordinary shareholders. The arrangemfcnt inith the Cambrian Co. was to be in per- petuity (prolonged applause). pl, The Chairman: We are now ready to re- ceive propositions. Mr R. P. Lewis then proposed that the meeting supports those candidates for the district council who are in favour of the proposed railway, and who pledge themselves to vote the necessary sum for its ;\omotion. i Mr C. E. Breese seconded, and considered j this to be the most important public ques- tion which the electors of Ynyscynhaiarn had had before them for many years. A dis- tinct challenge had been thrown down by Mr Greaves, and it was the duty of the elec- torate to take up that challenge by electing members pledged to the scheme. The motion was further supported by Mr J. R. Prichard. The Chairman asked a there was any amendment. Dr Griffith criticised Mr Breese's remarks, and said that wi+-Ii greater experience be would probably attain greater wisdom. He had now served on the council for thirty years, and haJ frequently been returned uii- opposed. Generally speaking, he was in favour of the proposed scheme, but he had to consider also the interest of the ratepay- ers. He was, however, contended, in the interest of the ratepayers, that tney should insist upon the highest grant. Mr Breese, while not desiring to reply to the personal attack made by Dr Griffith, thought that gentleman was not doing right in making the receipt of the highest grant a preliminary condition to proceeding with the scheme. Mr Richard Davies took the same view, and thought that if, failing the grant of JB16,000, they could obtain a grant of Cl5,000, or even of £ 14,000, they should not let the r. 11 xl v _1- „_j. scneine ian unrougn inertuy un awuuui ui that difference. Mr Casson, before proposing an amend- ment, explained his position, as the respon- sible adviser of Mr Roche, through whose land the line would run for four miles. He was opposed to making this a test question to the candidates. The members should be elected and given a free hand in the matter. It should be remembered that they had to consider, not only their claims to the £ 1750 from the urban council, and B1500 from the Glaslyn Rural District Council, but also the J55000 from the County Council. The rat- able value of Portmadoe had increased from £ 8750 in 1892 to £13,400 in 1896. The great question for them to consider was, would the proposed line benefit Portmadoe. He did not think the present scheme would do this. He would favour the Croesor line, and a continuation of that to Llanfrothen, in order to connect the quarries there with PoJ-tmadoc, but -if the now proposed line | wt-re extended to Rhyd-ddu, it would be Carnarvon and not Portmadoe, which would benefit. The Cambrian Co. had given no reliable pledge in the matter, while hte pro- posed new station near the present Cam- brian Station was an absurdity, clearly de- monstrating that it was not the improvement of the port which was merely in view. He moved an amendment that the candidates be not pledged beforehand to any particular course. This was seconded by Mr Barnard. Mr H. E. Llewelyn Jones moved a further amendment, which Mr Casson claimed was identical with his own. On a division the Chairman declared the original motion carried by 69 to 28.

MYSTERIOUS DROWNING CASE.—An inquest was held on Monday night by the coroner for Carnarvonshire touching the death of a man unknown, whose body was found in the river near Dolwyddelen. The body was that of a middle-aged person, apparently belonging to the respectable artisan class, and the most singular circumstance in the case is that a sum of j360 was found upon the body. —A verdict of "Found drowned" was re- turned.

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HOLYHEAD AND FREE BREAKFASTS. Sir,—In your issue of to-day, the Rev John Hughes, of Aled House, takes up—in a manner—my letter of this day three weeks, concerning free breakfasts. I will occupy your space with a very few words. I was well aware that there was misery—terrible misery—in some Holyhead families; but I was statisfied that free breakfasts or any alms-giving would be the worst way of deal- ing with it. There are other things brought into this letter which have nothing to do with the question before us. The Rev Mr Hughes tells us respecting our conduct in excusing r ourselves from filling up forms for the at- tendance officer, and that matter has been brought before the Education Department. If we are blamed, I shall personally have no objection to his publishing it to Holyhead. The attendance officer was formally told that no slight was intended for him, but as to a "form being thrown in his face," if this is not a metaphor, it is a pity the Rev Mr Hughes allowed himself to believe it. My "incpntrollable fit of temper"—well, this I submit is exaggerated, and who is to work out the equation of my selfcontrol, when I am angered over a child-life ruined in spite of all my efforts? There is an example of one who counted this the worst evil of all. Your correspondent says again that some months ago a member of his board called my "attention to a complaint of unnecessary cruelty." I understand his reference. It will be found that this is exactly what was not done. In the charge of cruelty, I have never known of anything cruel, in any de- gree, being done by a teacher in St. Mary's School; and I never failed to inquire into any complaint that ever reached us. We. all If now how parents are sometimes unreason- able in the things they listen to from child- ren, and the resentment they allow them- selves to feel. There is nothing else in the letter to-day which requires my attention. I don't con- cern myself with politics and I trust I have no part in national antipathies. Now shall I be leaving temper uncontrolled if I say this letter is simply to the address of your readers ?—Yours faithfullv, RICHARD M. Ð'ALTON. St. Mary's, Holyhead, March 10th, 1898.