Towyn-on-Sea and Merioneth County Times

I WELSH EDUCATION. RURAL TEACHERS AND SALARIES. Mr H Lewis, who represents North Wales on the Executive Committee of the National Union of Teachers, stated in an address to the Vale of Clwyd Teachers' Association on Saturday that rural educa- tion was at present the weak link in the educational system, owing to the miserable salaries paid to rural teachers, their inadequate staff and apparatus, and inconvenient buildings. He feared it was the tendency of some of the University Colleges to make the lot of the rural achool still harder by refusing admission to their day training depart- ments to King's scholars from such schools, and giving preference to scholars from county schools. That practice he declared to be very un- fair.

THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY JL issue FIRST CLASS 1,000 and 500 MILE TICKETS, the Coupons of which enable the pur- chasers to travel between stations on the Cambrian Railways during the period for which the tickets are available, until the Coupons are exhausted. The price of each ticket is X5 5s 1,000 miles, and '3 1713 6d 500 miles, being about lid per mile. Application for the 1,000 or 500 mile tickets must be made in writing, giving the full name and address of the purchaser, and accompanied by a remittance, to Mr W. H. Gough, Traffic Superintendent, Cambrian w Railways, Oswestry (cheques to be made pay. able to the Cambrian Co. or order) from whom also books containing 100 certificates for authorising the use of the tickets by pur chaser's family, guests, or employes can be obtained price 6d each book, remittance to accompany order. C. S. DENNISS, General:Manager

MONTGOMERYSHIRE FOX-HOUNDS. THE RUNS 70 YEARS AGO. As announced last week, the publication begins in this issue of a diary of the runs of the Mont- gomeryshire fox-hounds during the years 1829-31. We have received the following letter from Mr G D Harrison Dear Sir,-Through the kindness of Mr P A Beck, of Trelydan Hall, I have lately had the perusal of a diary kept by his uncle the late Mr T Beck, giving an account of the runs of the Montgomeryshire fox-hounds during a period when I presume he was master, 1829.31. I found the perusal of this so full of interest that I have obtained Mr Beck's sanction to its publication, feeling assured that many beside myself who are followers of the United Pack and Sir Bryan Leigh- ton's hounds of the present day and who are well acquainted with the country will appreciate the record of the sport shown in the district in those days.—Yours faithfully, GEO. D. HARRISON." FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 1829.-Met at Little Hill-rode Viscount, Ned rode Sportsman, Dick rode the Jew—drew the covert blank. We next drew Berriew firth gorse, a blank also; and then the cover almost immediately under the gorse-allilo blank. There was much riot this day, being the first of hunting. I had forgotten to mention that we turned out a bayman, which was killed in two fields. TUESDAY, 20TH OCTOBER.—Met at Dolarddyn-a very wet day and scent bad. Drew the cover on the right-hand side (01 the Pool side of Delarddyn) blank. Drew Bebb's dingle blank, but found in the Silora three foxes on foot at the same time. Could make nothing of them; then made a long cast to Berriew firth gorse where we came up to one of the Silora foxes. Ran him about half a mile towards Trefnant and lost him. Drew Mr B Williams' coverts near Manafon blank, and from thence drew Mr Lyon's covert near the Silora blank also. We bad been through this covert in the murning and sup- posed one of the foxes found in the Silora to have come from it immediately as we put the hounds in. Myself on Worthenbury, Ned on Sportsman, Dick on the Jew; a long heavy day for the horses; the country very rich the hounds rather more steady. FRIDAY, 23RD OCTOBER.—Met at Guilsfield village; drew LlyBnant cover blank; then the Garva, where we found but, as the fox had been some time gone, got the hounds together and drew Moelygarth, where we found, I should suppose, two foxes. Got away with one to the Garva and, after hunting him through the extent of the cover for some time, ran him to earth in Trawscoed dingle. Bagged him and turned him off two fields from Guilsfield and, after running through the Garva again in his old style, the fox went off by Tyddin in the direction of Crowther's Coppice. Whipped off at five o'clock in the evening about three fields from Crowther's Coppice. The scent this day was very indifferent with the exception of an hour or so in the middle of the day. There was a great difference in the behaviour of the hounds this day, for the better. Roarer and Commodore (two puppies), were out to-day for the first time. The latter promises very well; the former did not leave the hunntsman's heels. Myself on Viscount Cassywel's cousin Ned on the Dandy, who went particularly well; Dick on the Jew (he went home after having drawn Traws- coed the first time). This was certainly a very hard day for the two horses, particularly for the Dandy. Ned improves. TUESDAY, 27TH OCTOBER.—Met at the Lock at Forden. Drew Nantcribba Wood blank; then Gunley Wood where, after bunting the drag for some time, got away to Russells's Wood. From thence to Trelystan Dingle and back to Gunley Wood, and thence through Trelystan Dingle for about two miles to a small covert on the same side of the hill, and which is opposite Corndon. Here we checked, and a fox was tally-hoed three or four fields below us in the direction of Corndon. Ned, myself and C Williams wAnt to the" bollo" with a few hounds, but at the same time another fox (supposed to be the hunted one) was tally- hoed" in the covert we had just left. Comely, Frolic and Stormer, with a few others, bad by this time got well upon the fox first "tally-hoed," and we found it impossible to get the three first-mentioned back. The pack took their fox back nearly the same line he had come, and he was finally lost in Gunley Wood, which be had entered almost in view of the hounds. Got home about 5 o'clock; two couples of hounds missing. The hounds appeared to do their work well, particularly Tuner. It was a hard day for horses. Ned rode Sportsman, Dick the Jew (who improves in Lip fencing), and I rode Wortbenbury, who never carried me better, Sportsman went very well but came home lame from a thorn in his corn. The scent was tolerably good this day, and 1 ought to have mentioned that we had at different times three or four foxes on foot; but, waiting at Gunley Wood to see the hounds out of cover, I did not see much of the working of the hounds this day. FRIDAY, 30TH OCT.-Met at Meifod. Drew the covert immediately above Meifod-a drag here but no find. From thence to Ailty Main, covert be. longing to Mr R Davies of Aberhafesp, where we had again a drag but without a find. We then drew Pentreby th, where we had likewise a drag but did not find. The hounds this day were rather less riotous. Ned cn the Dandy, Dick out a short time on the Jew, myself on Viscount. The day was rather warm and, although we did not find, took a good deal out of the horses. TUESDAY, 3RD NoT.-Met at Llanfair. Drew several coverts, the names of which I did not know, and found in a very pretty gorze on the side of a hill about two miles above Llanfair. The hounds went off at a good pace but, not knowing the country, I am not able to describe the run further than that we- ran the fox (an old Vixen) two hours and fifty minutes-and there could not have been more than 20 minutes of check altogether-and ran into him in the middle of a field. It was the beat run I ever saw in this country. Old Tyrant par- ticularly distinguished himself. The scent was this day pretty good. I and Mr B Maurice did not see the kill owing to our making a bad cast after ascending Moel Bentuck. Ned on the Dandy, who went beautifully and was up first; and myself on the Jew, a stupid devil, no life in him at all, but I do not think he was done. FRIDAY, 6TH.-Met at Guilsfield village. Drew Mr Tuckis's gorze at Trelydan blank; then drew the Railt. We got upon the heel of a fox and dragged him slowly towards the Gungrog Dingle. Came back to the Railt and got up to him in the covert, when he broke and went gallantly away through Trelydan at a good pace. From thence through Garth to Moelygarth, straight through the covert in the direction of Llanerchyddol, then headed back for Maesmawr and again away for the Viggin, through Tybrith within a short distance of the Graig, where Mr Bowen and I tallyhoed him within a few yards of us coming to meet us. The scent became now very bad and the hounds got on very slowly back to Moelygarth, where we totally lost him. Ned on Sportsman, who did not go well; myself on Wernbury, well carried.

— > Canon Trevor preached a special sermon on the Bishop of Bangor's Pastoral letter on Sunday morning at Machynlleth Church, taking as bis text the words Go thou and do likewise." The following is a copy of the Pastoral: After pro- longed and anxious consultation with clergy and laymen in all parts of the diocese, I feel constrained to make known two great and pressing needs for the efficient carrying on of the work of the Church. 1. For the last 32 years, many poor and populous districts have been dependent for their spiritual ministrations on clergy whose stipends have been mainly paid by the Bangor Diocesan Church Exten- sion Society. The income of this society is insuffici- ent. The committee have been obliged at recent meetings not only to refuse pressing applications for help where help is undoubtedly needed, but also to contemplate the possibility of having to give up existing work where it is full of promise. An idea of the present state of things may be gathered from the fact that 268 places of worship have to be served by about 192 clergy, reinforced by a few lay readers. In some of these places, owing to the bilingual difficulty, four services ought to be held each Sunday. This does not take into account a considerable number of hamlets which have come into existence during the last few years on the sea- side and in the neighbourhood of mines and quarries, and which at present contain no church building for public worship. To enable this society to carry on its work properly, a capital sum of £6,000 ought to be raised, and the present annual income from subscriptions and offertories ought to be very much increased. 2. The second pressing need of the diocese is an increase in the present very inadequate stipends of the beneficed clergy. This has been a reproach to the Diocese of Bangor for over 300 years. The labourer is worthy of his hire, and in all work an inadequate stipend must tend to inefficiency. Parents will not encourage their sons to enter Holy Orders unless they see some prospect of their having an adequate main- tenance. The laity desire, and rightly so, a high standard of learning, culture, and behaviour in their minister. Whenever a benefice becomes vacant, the patron is expected to send a man of some culture and ability to fill the place, the value.of many of these benefices being such that no curate of experience can accept them without a loss of income. To this must be added the discourage- ment in his work, and the loss of respect which is so often the lot of a clergyman whose energies are chilled and repressed by penury. The flock who are dependent on him for their spiritual instruction and tone are necessarily the chief sufferers from this state of thing. Some advance to remedy this has been made by the Bangor Clerical Augmenta- tion Fund, initiated in 1897 by my revered pre- decessor, Bishop Lloyd. From its commencement under his auspices till the present, the fund has assisted 22 poor benefices by grants amounting in all to about £4,000, which, by means of the scheme adopted, has resulted in a permanent annual in- crease in their income of about £18 on an average. There are however still about 70 benefices in the diocse under £2003 year net; of these there are 50 not exceeding £ 150; 26 not exceeding £130, and five not amounting to JE100 a year. It has been roughly estimated that a sum of £ 50,000 or £60,000 will be necessary to bring up the annual value of all benefices to X200 net. The work so well begun has now come almost to a standstill owing to the complete exhaustion of the funds. The period over which the larger contributions were promised expires this year, and if the work, hitherto so successful, is to be maintained, it becomes necessary to appeal for new annual subscriptions, donations, and church offertories. An alternative mode of assisting in this work is that adopted by the Queen Victoria Clergy Fund. Diocesan con- tributions to this Fund are augmented by pro- portionate block grants from the Central Fund, and the amount thus realised is distributed in annual grants to the most deserving incumbents. It had been intended to issue this appeal last year, but it was postponed owing to the pressing and urgent calls upon the country on account of the war. I trust, however, that after providing for urgent local needs, the liberality of churohpeople will secure adequate provision for the essential diocesan organisations to which I now invite your attention. -Your faithful servant in Christ, WATKIN BANGOR. At a meeting last week in the Cathedral Library, St. Asaph, the following clergy were elected as assessors under the Clergy Discipline Act :—The Revs R 0 Williams, vicar of Holywell; D W Evans, rector of St George's; C F Roberts, rector of Llan- ddulas; and J F Reese, rector of Llanfwrog. The Dean and Chapter also elected Canons Roberts, Wynne Jones, and David Jones to serve in a like capacity. The Rev J D Mullins, Assistant Editorial Secre- tary of the Church Missionary Society, has been appointed Secretary of the Colonial and Continental Church Society. It has transpired that the whole of the cost of placing an electric light installation in the interior of St Paul's Cathedral, London, in substitution for the present gas installation has been undertaken by Mr Pierpont Morgan, an American. The cost is expected to reach nearly £ 9,000. The death is announced, at the age of 92, of Canon Thomas Thellusson Carter, warden of the Clewer House of Mercy. Mr Carter was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where among his contemporaries were Gladstone, Newman, and Pusey, and he identified himself closely with the Tractarian Movement. The death took place on Tuesday, at Coventry, after an operation for an internal affection, of Mr J K Starley. The deceased, who was forty-six years of age, was the inventor of the safety" bicycle. He was well known for his liberality towards religious and philanthropic objects, and eighteen months ago he issued what he called The Christian Bible," in which the New Tegta- i menfc was placed before the Old.

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shown as fully secured are (a) the debtor's bankers, who hold as security for an overdraft amounting to JE330 the deeds relating to the farm called Talwrnllyn, Llanrhystid, valued by the bankrupt at £ 450; (b) a Liverpool firm of provision merchants, who hold as security for their debt, amounting to zC30, the lease of bankrupt's ware- house situate at Corporation street, Aberystwyth, valued by bankrupt at £ 30. The household furni- ture at 8, Corporation street, Aberystwyth, of the estimated value of LSO, is stated to be the property of bankrupt's wife, having been pur- chased by her with her own monies. The landlord of the premises has distrained for half-year's rent, JE9, due 12th May last. An execution for JE40 and costs had been levied by the Sheriff at the date of the receiving order but has since been stayed. The bankrupt has been requested to furnish a cash and goods account. Bankrupt accounts for his deficiency as follows:- Bad debts, V87 13s 7d household expenses, wife and family (2 years), RBO; estimated loss in business during my illness in 1896, £10 j estimated loss in the sale of my damaged stock in 1896, £ 30; expenses of fitting up lock-up shops, £ 8; bank interest and charges for two years, £ 68; costs of writs and county court summonses, X25 15s; making a total of Z6300 8s 7d. There were present in Court Messrs Rd Morgan, grocer, J J James, solicitor, J Garner, confectioner, and Isaac Griffiths, secretary to the Steam Packet Coy.—The Official Receiver: Why did you describe your business as Thomas Evans and Co ? Because there were other businesses of the same name and letters got mixed.—You had no partner? No.— How much do you owe the bank ? About £ 380.— When did you hand them the deeds of the farm ? Two years ago.—What is the rent ? £ 20.—When did you receive the last rent? Octoblir.-How much ? £5.- Y 011 have valued it at £ 480 how do you arrive at that figure ? At 41 per cent on the rental;—Would you be surprised that I have this letter from a gentleman offering JE650 for it ? Yes.—Any minerals there? Not that I know of.-When did you hand over the lease of the warehouse to Messrs Williams of Liverpool ? In June last.—Why? In order to get goods.- When did you last take stock ? Five years ago.- You were not afraid then ? No.—But you were lately ? Yes, these last two years. -And you knew that you were insolvent two years ago ? Yes, prac- tically. Everyone is doing well in Aberystwyth. Why did you fail ? Come, tell us, where is the fault ? Heavy expenses.—So have most people you have not had more expense than other people.- I had to neglect the shop because my wife was ill. 7Why did you not employ a nurse? Can you honestly say that you carefully attended to your business ? I have always been there.-Have you not been going away to enjoy yourself? I have only been away on three occasions and never longer than a week.-After asking one or two other ques- tions the creditors were given an opportunity to question bankrupt. No questions were asked, and the examination closed subject to the production of an amended statement of account. A BARMOUTH BUILDER'S FAILURE.—The exami- nation of Owen Owen, builder, Barmouth, was continued. The bankrupt said he had lost JE600 or JE700 on the building of the Barmouth County School owing to the rise in the prices of materials. But the governors of the school promised to make it up for him, and there was talk of holding a bazaar to find him the money.—The Receiver But the bazaar, I am told, was held, and the money went to the County School (laughter).-The Bank- rupt They told me that they were going to hold another for me (laughter).-A creditor Then part of that school is built out of the pockets of your creditors (more laughter).—The examination was closed.