The Weekly News and Visitors' Chronicle for Colwyn Bay Colwyn Llandrillo Conway Deganwy and Neighbourhood

CHOICE DULCEMONA TEA I Young. CHOICE DULCEMOiNA TEA Fresh. CHOICE DULCEMONA TEA Invigorating. 1/6 to 3/- per lb., in Packets and Tins, Of all Grocers. Sold by T. OAKLAND, The Stores, Conway.

Sale of the Glyn Estate, Dwygyfylchi. Messrs. Dew and Son (Bangor) on Monday, June 29th, submitted for sale by auction, at the Hotel, Penmaenmawr, the Glyn estate, situate in the parish of Dwygyfylchi, having an acreage of 49a ir i6p. Messrs William Jones, Porter, and Amphlett (of Conway and Colwyn Bay) were the solicitors acting for the vendors. Glyn House, 11a 3r 27P was knocked down to Mr W. W. Jones at ^1,000; Hen Felin House and lands, 5a or ip., fell to Mr Stott at £ 500; Glyn Percin House, 2a ir 15P, to Mr William Roberts, tenant, -4-375; Glyn Percin, 2a 4r 13P, ^243, to Mr W Roberts, tenant; D'ilwr Dovey, 2a 3r 28p, Mr Henry Roberts, £ 235; Glyn Percin, 3a 3r 3ip, Mr S. H. Roberts, ^320; Erw Rhys and other parts of Glyn Percin, sa 2r 32P, Mr R. Williams, builder, £530; Bordir, ia ir 32p, Mr Elias Ro- berts, j £ i8o; Cross Keys Inn, £800, Messrs Marston and Sons, brewers, Wolverhampton; Tanybont and five cottages at Capelulo, ia 3r, Tai Isaf and five cottages, 28a, £ 120; Taicefn cottages, 13P, Mrs Elizabeth Roberts, £ I{o; Bedol Bach, 3P, (leasehold), £ [5, Mr Henry Roberts; Werglodd ddu, £ 180, Mr Thomas Jones; Cae Erthin, 4r 35P, ^150; garden near Dalar Cottage, 15P, £8; Ty nyffridd Farm, ioa or 32p, £ 415, Mr John Williams, tenant- total, £ 5,422. All the lots, thirty in number, were sold. Llandudno National Eisteddfod. It would be a vain task to attempt to give in the Weekly News even a fair summary (far less an adequate description) of the proceedings at the Royal National Eisteddfod now being held at Llandudno. But a few features deserve special treatment in these columns, those items singled out being for the most part such as have some especial local connexion with the districts with which we are principally concerned. To begin with the Gorsedd on Tuesday morning in the Happy Valley. The new banner (previously described) was formally handed-over to the Gorsedd, the donor (Sir Arthur Stepney) standing on the Logan stone, with the designer (the Arwyddfardd Arlunydd Penygarn," otherwise noted as the well-known Cardiff artist, Mr T. H. Thomas, R.C.A) holding aloft the banner near him, making the presentation in the midst of much enthusiasm. Among the Ovates present in their green robes, were Colonel Charles Hunter, Professor Herkomer (" Gomer "), and Lady Mostyn of Mostyn, and Surgeon-Lieutenant T. L. Kenrick-Davies was admitted an Ovate. Regard- ed with the greatest of interest was the Rev R. Parry (a former Pastor of the Henrhyd and Conway Welsh Congregational Churches), com- cerning whom the Western Mail correspondent writes Among the Druids was the venerable Gwalchmai," who is drawing fast towards the hundredth year of his age. He was robed in spotless white, but not too white for his noble character. He has been a bard since his youth, and now tottered within the circle of Maes Gwyn" of the ancient Druids.There was a remarkable scene when the venerable Gwalch- mai," who is nearly 94 years of age, came slowly forward leaning upon a staff, but with his breast blazing with gold and silver medals, the trophies of Eisteddfodau. When he was assisted on to the Logan stone, the great crowd gave a ringing cheer, which seemed to renew the fire in the palpitating bosom of the patriarch bard, who gracefully spoke in alternate cadences of prose and poetry of a most interesting character." At the subsequent morning meeting at the Eisteddfod Pavilion, Professor Herkomer, RA, HRCA, presided, and was supported on the plat- form by a number of notabilities, including his friend and brother in the higher realms of Art, Mr H Clarence Whaite, RWS, PRCA. After an able presidential address in which Professor Herkomer desired to see substituted for a national art training school a rational art training school, when Wales would have the masters, which was all that Celtic art wanted, for the material must be there, the Conductor (" Cadvan ") read the Art sections awards by Mr Paul Lange (of Liverpool). Miss Nela Evelyn Jones, of Llysfaen Rectory, sent in the best six sheets of model drawings, open to pupil-teachers, and took second prize for six sheets of freehand drawings, open to the same class of competitors. In the musical contests, Miss Mary W M'Cullagh, of Colwyn Bay, proved to be the best of the five competing in the rendition of the violoncello solo, Gustave Ernest's Barcarolle being the test-piece, the prize being Z2 2s, given by Mr Trehearne, of Rhyl, and Messrs Cowen, Roberts, Bennett, and Jenkins being the adjudicators. The chief choral competition ended in the victory of Builth, whose leader (" Llew. Buallt") is the father of Miss Bessie Evans, a well-known singer who (if our memory fails us not) has delighted Colwyn Bay audiences more than once. Six Choirs competed, and Merthyr was accompanied by Madame Clara Novello Davies (of Cardiff), ConJuctress of the Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir. Mr John Jones, Chairman of the Eisteddfod Executive Committee, presided over Tuesday evening's concert, which consisted mainly of the first performance of Dr Roland Rogers's prize cantata The Garden," the composer conducting the Eisteddfod Choir of 400 voices, augmented by the famous Penrhyn Choral Union and the Penmaenmawr Philharmonic Society. The chief L artistes at the concert were Miss Maggie Davies, Mr Hirwain Jones, andMr Ffrangcon Davies, this being the first appearance in Wales of the last- named artiste after his recent American tour. A band of 50 performers formed the orchestra, and, under the conductorship of Dr Rogers, introduced the programme with a fine rendering of Waguer's Tannhauser." Dr Rogers may well be con- gratulated upon the reception accorded to the first public performance of his delightful little cantata. At five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, Lord Mostyn presided over a well-attended meeting in support of the movement for the erection of a memorial to Prince Llewelyn-ap-Gryffydd (Llew-

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Entertainments at Riviere's. The Llandudno Victoria Palace Company announce a series of first-class entertainments at Riviere's Concert Hall, beginning with four appearances of the Royal Welsh Ladies' Choir, on July 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th, the ever-popular Choir being succeeded on July 9th, toth, and I [th, by the Royal Swann Serenaders. On Saturday, July 18th, the Band of the Royal Engineers will perform, and on August 1st Mo:is Jules Riviere's Season commences.

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LOCAL TRAVELLING ARRANGEMENTS TWO CENTURIES AGO.—In its "Welsh Gleanings" column, the Cardiff Times says:—"In 1685 the great route through Wales to Holyhead was in so bad a condition that a Viceroy going to Ireland occupied five hours in travelling from St Asaph to Conway. Carriages were invariably taken to pieces at Conway, and borne on the shoulders of Welsh peasants to Menai. The travellers then had to ride the horses unharnessed from the vehicles." A GRAND OPEN-AIR ENTERTAINMENT AT GYF- FIN.-The Rev. T. Gwynedd Roberts, pastor of the Carmel C.M. Chapel, Conway, presided over a grand entertainment, given (by kind permission of Mrs Thomas) in the grounds of Bryn Tirion, on Thursday evening, June 25th, the vocalists being Miss Williams (Liverpool), Llinos Gele, Miss Hughes (Conway), and Messrs. C. Cynwal Jones, D. Ll. Hughes, John Williams, Robert Roberts, Lloyd Jones, and T. R. Jones the in- strumentalists, the Misses Lily and Ada Hughes, and Miss Myfanwy Williams (Llys Einion); and the accompanist, Miss Thomas (Bryn Tirion). A collection was taken up in aid of the Gyffin C.M. Sunday School Fund. LEICESTERSHIRE VISITORS TO THE CONWAY VALLEY.—About six hundred Liberals of the Bos- worth Division visited Bodnant Hall (near Con- I way), the residence of their member, Mr McLaren, on Saturday, June 20th. Mr Kiddle, President of the Hinckley Liberal Club, presented the hon. member with an illuminated address. Replying, Mr McLaren strongly condemned both the Educa- tion and the Benefices Bills. He pointed out that the principles of clerical and religious liberty were never more seriously attacked than they were to-day by both the ecclesiastical and aristo- cratic parties, but Liberals in the House of Com- mons would continue their most strenuous resist- ance. The day was beautifully fine throughout, and the excursion was much enjoyed. THE R.C.A. EXHIBITION AT PLAS MAWR.— The following appeared among the Liverpool ercury "Art Notes" on June 29th Since Whitsuntide there has been a decrease in the attendance of visitors to the Exhibition of the Royal Cambrian Academy at Plas Mawr, Conway, in comparison with the same period last year. The sales also are exceptionally few in number, the total amount being between ^300 and £400. Considering that a new annexe was not long ago added to the original building, where pictures may now be properly viewed, and that the display itself is a very good one, it is not easy to assign a cause for this falling off of public support. So far works by the following artists have been starred :—Joseph Knight, f. Clinton Jones, J. McDougall, P. Knight, S. Lawson Booth, and Prescott Davies. A STRANGE ACCIDENT TO A CONWAY GIRL.- On Friday morning, June 26th, while a number of trees were being felled at a property near Conway, recently purchased by Mr Felix Hadley, of Gorphwysfa, one of them overhanging a path through an adjoining field fell on the eldest daughter of Mr Robert Roberts, farmer, Bron Lledraeth. The fall of the tree, which was a very heavy one, was fortunately broken by a wall, otherwise the girl would have been killed on the spot. As it was she sustained severe injuries and a compound fracture of the leg, from which several splinters of bone were removed by Councillor Dr R. Arthur-Prichard and Dr Foulkes. The tree was split from top to bottom by the force of the fall. The girl is doing better than was at first expected, thanks largely to assiduous medical attendance and good nursing. A CHAPTER OF CARRIAGE ACCIDENTS.—About five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, a young horse was being exercised (to complete its breaking-in) by being driven in a waggonette by a man whose name did not transpire, and in the Bangor-road suddenly shyed at the playing of a German Band. George Williams (coachman to Mr Stott) was also in attendance, and was at the moment just in the act of mounting the wag- gonette-step, when the horse's sudden movement caused him to lose his footing and to wound his head and face in falling to the ground and against the kerbstone close-by. First-aid was rendered by Superintendent T S Rowland and P.C. J Rowlands (56), under the direction of Councillor Dr R Arthur-Prichard, J.P, C.C, all of whom, as luck had it, happened to be on the spot at the time. The injured man was removed to the Police Station, where he was further treated and ordered a rest until the carriage could be taken home, horsed with a more trustworthy steed, and brought back suitably equipped for the conveyance of the patient. --About the same time, or slightly earlier, a more serious accident occurred just west of the Conway Suspension Bridge. It seems that Captain Nelson (a yachts- man) and a friend, both of whom have for some time been staying at the Deganwy Castle Hotel, had hired a dogcart from a Llandudno livery- stable, and were driving along the embankment west of Llandudno Junction when the horse took fright at the passing of the up boat-express, and ran away. The archway at the west-end of the Bridge, was grazed by the wheel of the dogcart, which a moment later turned completely upside down, pitching the two gentlemen violently on to the roadway. They were unconscious for about twenty minutes, and were attended by Councillor Dr M J Morgan, who ultimately accompanied them in a carriage to the Deganwy, Castle Hotel, where he gave further medical treatment. It is doubtful whether Captain Nelson, who had only very partially regained conscious- ness, may not have sustained internal injuries, and his friend was deeply cut over the right eyebrow and had severely sprained the left wrist. Both gentlemen are suffering from concussion of the brain, and had their faces literally covered with blood when nrst picked-up; great assistance was rendered by Mrs David Williams, of the Bridge Toll-house. The dogcart was found to be much damaged, but the horse escaped serious injury. To Do HONOUR TO THE WELSH UNIVERSITY'S ROYAL CHANCELLOR.—On Friday, June 26th, at Aberystwyth, at the installation of HRH the Prince of Wales as Chancellor of the Welsh University, there were present a very large number of invited guests. Within the limit of the gathering and at the banquet which followed, "were gathered together," says the Oswestry Advertiser, "almost all who were distinguised in the literary, poetical, religious, and social life of Wales, while in his own person Mr Gladstone represented all that was distinguished in the public life of England. And the scene, apart from

elyn Ein Llew Olaf"). An enthusiasic discussion preceded the unanimous passage of a resolution suggesting to the General Committee the advis- ability of forming Local Committees throughout the Principality and all places where Welshmen reside, and also to appeal to the Press for their assistance in aid of the movement. Morien stated that it would be premature to indicate where the memorial should be placed, At the Cymmrodorion Section's meeting on Wednesday morning, the Rev John Fisher (Ruthin) in the chair, a paper on Welsh Thought and English Thinkers was read by Mr \V. Edwards Tirebuck (author of Miss Grace of All Souls "), who urged the desirability of Celtic litterateurs working at the production of Celtic literature in an English form adapted for the public at large. In the course of an interesting discussion that fol- lowed, Mr R. Schofield (Conway) said that it was a lamentable fact that publishers would not look at books dealing in any way with Wales. Even Welsh people did not seem to care a great deal for such books. Very little Welsh history was put into the English language. No publisher would take anything that was really Welsh, and English readers would not read it. To have a Welsh word in the title of a book would kill it straight. [Laughter.] That was the opinion of both English and American publishers. Welsh novels of too national a character were equally certain to be unsuccessful. The characters given in novels of Highlanders and Irishmen were very often unreal, and were also totally different to the characters found in those couutries. None but a genius could write a real Welsh novel, and any writer who took to Welsh subjects must be pre- pared to earn his living with pick or shovel, or by holding horses' heads, because he would not make his bread and butter out of it. [" Hear, hear and laughter.] The Earl of Denbigh presided over the Eistedd- fod meeting on Wednesday morning, and the fol- lowing were among the awards announced during the day:-Oil painting, for a prize of £, 15, Mr Paul Knight, Llandudno, a familiar exhibitor at the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art. Water- colour drawing for a prize of L25, Mr Carlto:1 Grant, R.B.A., of Oxford, a well-known Deganwy artist. Ideal picture, "SJlitude," landscape or seascape in any medium, for a prize of LIO, Councillor Arthur Netherwood, R.C.A., who re- sides at Deganwy and also has a studio at Hud- dersfield. Collection of lead traps, bends and joints, prize of two guineas (given by Mr G. A. Humphreys), winner, Mr D. Roberts, Colwyn. Specimen of plaster, cornice and frieze, for a prize of three guineas, Ceometrie," who proved to be Mr D. Roberts, Colwyn. Fifty-seven had sent in their names as those of rivals in the singing of a soprano solo, Cenwch, orfoledd i Jacob,' from Owain Alaw's oratorio, "Jeremiah." Selecting as the best executant Miss Edith Trueman, of Haverfordwest, the adjudicators—Messrs F. H. Cowen, J. H. Roberts, J. Bennett, and D. Jen- kins), conferred the award upon her. Mrs Parry Jones invested Miss Trueman with the badge, and here a pretty incident occurred, Madame Clara 11 Novello Davies, whose pupil she is, heartily kiss- ing her as she left the platform. Three parties entered for the string quartette competition, Mozart in D minor, in which the prize was given by Mr Griffith Jones, of Bootle. The winning party was that conducted by Miss Cheetham, of Colwyn Bay, and Mr Cowen, in making the award, ex- pressed his gratification that the encouragement of instrumental music was on the increase. Mr D. Parry, organist, Llanrwst, was the successful competitor named in the adjudications on the fol- lowing musical compositions :-(I) Composition for female voices, with pianoforte accompaniment, Welsh words (English optional), prize six guineas; (2) set of two duets, with pianoforte accompani- ment, prize four guineas. At Wednesday evening's concert Sir John H Puleston presided, and the proceedings were of great interest, embracing a Welsh national pre- sentation to Dr Joseph Parry and the production of Mr G H Pugh's choral ballad" Ivry" and Dr Joseph Parry's important new work, the cantata "Ca.nbria." The vocal principals were Miss Hannah Jones, Miss Gertrude Hughes, Mr Hir- wen Jones, and Mr Ffrangcon Davies. Mr Pugh's production is a setting of the words by Macaulay, well known as a description of the victory of the Huguenots at Ivry. The work is a short one, and consists of only five numbers. The first item is a chorus, commencing in unison, to the words- Now glory to the Lord of Hosts, from whom all glories arc. And glory to our sovereign liege, King Henry of Navarre. The time soon changes to three time on the words- Now let there be the merry sound of music and of dance. This soon gives way to the original tempo, and after some effective changes in key ends with a repetition of the opening phrase. Number 2 is a contralto solo, Oh. how our hearts are beating." The m isic becomes very dramatic when the singer describes the Catholic hosts—"There rode the brood of false Lorraine." The next item is a tenor solo and a chorus for men's voices. A short connecting interlude then occurs, leading up to the most dramatic part in the work, a chorus, "Hurrah! the foes are moving." The concluding number consists of a contralto solo, with chorus, in which the victorious hosts are supposed to re- joice. The whole work ends with a repetition of 0( the opening themes. On Wednesday afternoon, Professor John Rhys (Oxford) presided over the tenth annual meeting of the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales, and the Society's Hon Sec for North Wales (Mrs Dilys Glynne-Jones, Bangor) read the annual report, which was of a very encouraging nature. Several resolutions were passed in the course of the proceedings, which ended with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

the intrinsic merits of its individual elements, was of such a character as had never before been seen in Wales. The scarlet robes of Doctors of Music, Doctors ot Divinity, and Doctors of Common Law, formed bright patches here and there; at another point Mayors were seated in their scarlet robes, and near at hand were a number of Town Clerks in their robes. Spread all over the centre of the marquee were hoods of all colours, including those of several women students wearing the cap and somewhat dingy hood of the University College, and an infinite variety of colour was lent to the scene by the dresses of the host of ladies present." From the Borough of Conway, three invited guests swelled the throng, the Mayor (Councillor Humphrey Lewis, J.P.), the Town Clerk (Mr T. E. Parry), and the President of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Arts (Mr H Clarence Whaite, R. W.S.). The J Mayor fully maintained his position in his robes- of-orfice and wearing his Mayoral badge, which were considered by other privileged spectators equal (if not superior) to the other Mayoral robes and badges displayed on this auspicious occasion. The P.R.C.A. also wore his scarlet robe-of-office, shaped (after Mr Whaite's own design) by Messrs Edward Jones & Son (Conway), after the fashion of the stately garment of a Venetian Senator. It may be added that the Prince of Wales wore the brpad blue ribbon of the Order of the Garter, and the robes of his new office, a gown of black satin damask, decorated with heavy gold lace on the shoulders and sleeves that the Princess looked bewitching in the scarlet robes of the degree of Doctor of Music, with a hood of dark blue silk lined with pearl colour of three hues, secured in front by a large horseshoe brooch of emeralds and diamonds, a delicate acquiescence in the pre- vailing decorative colours and that the Princesses Victoria and Maud wore costumes of IL embroidered grass lawn over blue silk. SMART CAPTURES BY CONWAY POLICE.—About three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, July 1st, Supt. T. S. Rowland received a description of Elizabeth Holt, wanted at Formby on a charge of larceny of some money and a shawl, and suspected of being in Conway or neighbourhood. Within a few minutes he ascertained that that afternoon a woman answering to the description had taken lodgings at a common lodging-house in Conway, and shortly afterwards he arrested her in the street. Yesterday she was handed over into the custody of Sergeant Fyfe, of Formby.— The same ofternoon, P.C. Parry (20). stationed at Conway, arrested, at Beddgelert, on charges of embezzlement and felony at Liverpool, a man named Tnomas Newitt, late a canvasser for the Bradbury Se wing-Machine Company, and brought him to Conway. Yesterday, Newitt was given over into the charge of Detective-Subinspector Lamothe (of the Liverpool Criminal Investigation Department). "NOTABLE WORTHIES OF THE CONWAY VALLEY." In a timely article appearing on June 27th, the North Wales correspondent of the Liverpool Courier treats of Notable Worthies of the Con- way Valley (the sub-title of the article, by tne way), of the Llandudno Eisteddfod Committee s proceedings ab initio, and of the traditions of the Llandudno National Eisteddfod of 186+. From this article we quote the subjoined:—"The at- ractive and well-developed town of Llandudno, whose name is as familiar to the average English- man as it is to the inhabitants of the Vale of Con- way, will next week be the Mecca towardg which will be directed the faces of patriotic Welshmen from all parts of the Principality. As a rule the Welsh people require no reminders as to the locale of their great national gathering. In the case of Llandudno the necessity for this disappears alto- gether, for never has the Eisteddfod been prece- ded with so much trumpet-blowing as on the pre- sent occasion. Unlike other places in North Wales, Llandudno is essentially a modern town, depending for its popularity and prosperity upon the undoubted attractions which it possesses as a health resort. Tne inevitable result of this is that the domination of English ideas and customs T is more pronounced here than in most Welsh towns. Certainly there would in this fact be no reason for wonderment were it not for the other fact that the "queen of Welsh watering-places" stands almost at one end of the Vale of Conway, a stretch of country which is equally celebrated for the number of notable men it has produced as for its natural beauty. And here, in passing, the remarkable fact may be stated that no fewer than four of the translators of the Bible into Welsh were either born or at one period of their life as- sociated with this part of the country. Tne chief of these was Bishop William Morgan, to whom a monument has been raised at St. Asaph. Richard Davies, D.D. who was Curate of Gylfin in 1501, and was afterwards in succession Bishop of St. Asaph and of St. David's, became one of the most eminent scholars of his age. He gathered round him men of a like standing, at the head of whom was William Salisbury-—who lived at Plas- isaf, Llanrwst-and with them translated the New Testament into Welsh, and, joining in the expense, Davies and Salisbury translated a part of the Book of Common Prayer. Both men had also begun a translation of the Old Testament, but, strange and incredible as it may seem, there is authority for stating that as tiie result of a dispute over the meaning 01 a single word, a dissolu- tion of partnership was declared, and the great work upon which they had embarked was aban- doned. There are other proofs of the erudition of Bishop Davies, who, however, was not so suc- cessful as a poet. He was a competitor for a stanza on The Nightingale" at the famous Royal Eisteddfod proclaimed by Elizabeth at Caerwys, but although eminent as a scholar he was beaten as a poet. Others wno tilled Welsh bishoprics were Dr. Thomas Davies, a member of an eminent family at Caerhun Dr. Nicholas Robinson, at one time head master of Winchester School, born at Conway and Dr. Humphreys, Bishop of Bangor. Tne beautiful Vale of Conway was also the home of Thomas Williams, a learned physician and author, who in the sixteenth century wrote several important works which are still unprinted. Probably the most valuable of these was his Latino-Britannicum," or a Latin and Welsh Dic- tionary, the original of which, in three quarto volumes, is now preserved at the Hengwit Library. John Gibson, the sculptor, is said to have been the son of a gardener at Fforddlas, near Conway; and coming to Conway proper one has hardly need to mention such a prominent figure in the history of the Commonwealth as Arcnbishop Williams, a native of Conway. On the bank of Geirionydd Lake, the scene of an annual Eistedd- fod of which Gwilym Cowlyd is the leading spirit, there stands a monument to perpetuate the memory of Taliesin Ben Beirdd vvaile at Tany- celyn, Trefriw, resided leuan Glan Geirionydd, the author of that inspired hymn Ar lan Iordd- onen ddofn," beside which the same author's more pretentious work on "Yr Adgyfodiad (" The Resurrection ") pales into insignificance. A few miles outside Llandudno was born the Rev. John Wiliiams, a Baptist minister, who, though origin- ally a blacksmith, translated the New Testament from Greek into Welsh, and was rewarded for his literary efforts by a Government annuity. Wil- liams was on terms of warm friendship with the late John Bright, as the result of the latter's visits to Llandudno. There will doubtless be many among the literary fraternity at Llandudno next

week who were intimate friends of the Rev. W. Williams, better known as Creuddynfab, a leading literary critic at Eisteddfodau also 1. D. Ffraid, another minister, who published an admirable Welsh translation of Milton's Paradise Lost;" and the Rev. Owen Jones (Meudwy Mon), father of the Eisteddfod secretary, and one of the most prolific Welsh writers of the century." CONWAY AND LLANDUDNO COUNTY COURT. CONWAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH.-Before His Honour Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd. A CATTLE-DEALING CASE. Richard Williams, farmer, Blaen Nant, Trefriw, was sued by John Thomas, Newborough Arms, Talybont, for the value of cattle sold.—Mr Hum- phreys, Llanrwst, represented the plaintiff, and Mr David Jones the defendant, in whose favour judgment was entered. A QUESTION CONCERNING COALS. Owen Edwards, confectioner, Penmaenmawr, was sued by Richard Jones, coal-merchant, of the same place, for,,66 19S 8d, the value of coals de- livered.—Mr David Jones was for the plaintiff, and Mr James Porter for the defendant, who claimed that he had not been credited with the payment of £ 4.—Judgment was given for the plaintiff, the evidence being of a most contradictory character.