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The 11 Rose Queen's Party. It was a very happy company of children and adults that assembled in the Memorial Hall on Saturday afternoon, in response to the kind invitation of Mrs Andrews, LlwYII A'ed, who, on behalf or her little grand- niece, tne Rose Queen of Denbigh, gener- ously entertained the largo company to a most sumptuous tea, excellently served by Mrs Powell Jones, and consisting of a groat variety ot delicacies, which delighted the young people, and enabled them to enjoy the feast to the fullest extent. When the children had been thoroughly satisfied the numerous company of visitors also par- took of a delightful tea, which they much appreciated. In addition to all th3 charac- ter and May-Poie dancers, there were present the pages, maids of honour, and all who took cart in the Rose Dav ceremonies. including also the past Queens, Miss Ella Foulkes-Roberts and Miss Phyllis Bryan Miss Elsie Hughes, the other ex-Queen, being away from home also tho young ladies woo so admirably trained the dancers ss Charles, lilhs Katie Simp- son, Nlis, Niay Roberts, Miss Keysie Davies, also Miss Roberts, Spriu-field, and a large number of young people. The general company inc!uded the Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs James Hughes), Councillor and Mrs Cottom and Mrs Stansbie; Mr Edward Parry, deputy town clerk, and Mrs Parry Mr J H Williams several members of the May Day Committee, including Mrs Bellamy, Mra Morris Davies, Mrs S T Miller, Mrs Pierce Hughes, Mrs Morris Jones, Miss Rees, Miss M Jones, Miss E Williams, Mrs Jones, Mrs W Keepfer, Mrs D Williams, &c., & and a large aumbir of young friends of the hostess. After tea a very enjoyable programme was gone through, under the conductorsriip of Miss Roberts, Springfield, including the four National dances by the children; pretty pianoforte solo by tHe Rose Queen (Miss Dilys Andrews Roberts), ana also excellently rendered recitations, both music and recitation being loudly encored. Sweetly rendered song, Sing me to sleep," by ex-May Queen Phillys, encored; a very excellently rendered song in Welsh encored, and also for a pvthetic recitation capitaJJy delivered by Miss Lizzie Blod>ven Williams, A delightful violin solo by Miss Ellis, rapturously encored also a very well played violin duet by Masters H Jones and V Bruton, encored. An amusing duet by Miss Katie Simpson and Mr D B Davies was loudly encored, as it deserved, for it i was capitally rendered. Miss Roberts kindly presided at the piano. At the beginning of the programme the Mayor, in very appropriate terms, thanked Mrs Audrews, on behalf of the children and visitors, for her generous hospitality, which he was sure they had all onjoycil and greatly appreciated. He also fittingly eulogised her for the public spirited way in which sbe had acceded to tne wish of the committee and enabled her little niece to take the part of Queen with becoming dignity and with honour to herself and to the ancient town of Denbigh. Councillor Cottom seconded the vote or thanks, v,hich was carried with vociferous applause, and Mr Lloyd Jones (Densons), at Mrs Andrews' request, returned thanks for her in very appropriate terms. Before the proceedings closed a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for presiding over the concert, on the pro- position of Mr Taiiesin Jones, seconded by Mr D C Owen, who both appropriately referred to the excellence with which the Mayor discharged his duties. The happy gathering terminated about nine o'clock, all expressing their heartv thanks to Mrs Andrews and the "Rose Queen for the very joyous evening spent.

Church Sarvicesi SECOND SUNDAY AFTEK TRINITY. I ST. DAVID'S. WELSH—Matins, 10.30 a.m. Vfni'e, Savage in G. Te Deum, Handel in E flit. Bsnedictus, Whittington. Hymns 283, 260,227. ENGLISH—Evensong. 6 30 p.m ST. MARY'S ENGLISH—Matins, 10.30 a.m. WELSH-Evensong. 6.30 p.m. Opening Hymn, 381. Magnificat, Dr Morgan in E flat. Den'" Miaereatur, Dr Varley Roberts in F, Hymns: 281, 212, 158.

,1 Welsh BibEiogmphical Activities. I PAPER BY THE RiKV D E JENKINS, OF DENBIGH. The following paper wassread on Wedne?-! lay evening 1-Y the Rev D E Jenkins,) >Hstar of the English Presbyterian Church,' Denbigh (the laborious compiler of xceiient Life and Tinjec, of Tnomas Charles, of jiala "), before tbo Wei-h Bibliographical Society vLhi-I. ideetq in -or.inectiOD with the Eisteddfod .3ach year. 'he president is Sir John Williams, IvC.V.O. — I' The objject of tikis Society has appealed me from the outset, and ray chief regret vith reference to it, :? that I base net been ble to render much aÜi in its development, "lad one the necessary opportunities, if vouid not take long to overtake its res- because, apartli-vtii the energetic jacvatssing for members, for which we are ? ladvbted to the Secretary, we have not very far. The first instalment of Mr J H Davies' '.Bibliography of Weisb Biiiads' is the only item which can be p aced in the category of special publiea- t .-ns of the S >ciety. Mr Siiankland's lisl o' the works of Thomas Charles is a vowed'y not perfect, though it is a little pamphlet which commands our gratitude, and it was not drawu up for publication in the man- ner recommended oy this Society. We hope to have another instalment of Mr Davies' v ork at an early date, and perhaps Mr Sha; kland will perecfc the list ot C:laries':oi woika before very Lng but for w iat can we hope from other source^ ? 1 aak this question not because I doubt the a diities of the numerous bibliophiles v. ho j hive thrown in their lot with us, but b cauae I myself (through ignorance, I perhaps) see many difficulties in the way of thit kind of success which so directly appeals to the fringe of the book-loving fraternity, viz., a steady, regular, if rot frequent, issue of some publication giving proof of real earnestness in the pursuit of our object. No cne will deny that a long period of barrenness would jeopardize the existence of such a Society as this, and to avoid a contingency of that kind we need to come to some definite understanding among ourselves. The Society, in my opinion, is one of considerable importance to Welsh literature and Welsh history, as Mr J H Davies has pointed out and if its object is to be atbained we muse do every- thing in our power to retain even the least enthusiastic of book-lovers, if it were only for tho simple reason that we need the element of ubiquity in pursuing our aim. The chief hindrance to a steady, regular publication of transactions is tbe bpasmodic and fitful way in which information comos to hand. A man may be engaged on a branch of the woik for many years, and may have the fairly rapid success of rbe earlier period of his labours compromised by years of research for the missing ittnjs which keep open a gap in bis^Ust. He may know exactly what ho wants to find, but likely collections and collectors avuil bioa nothing in the matter. Nevertheless, the particu'ar items exist, and, perhaps, exist not very many miles from his own dcor, and are sometimes owned by well disposed persons. Bat the owner is as ignorant ot the quest of the searcher, as the searcher is of the owner's good fortune. How can this waste cf time, energy, anxiety, and money be obviated is one of the questions hich I firmly believe ti.1is Society ou^ht to be able to solve in part, at least. One element which will baffle a complete solu- tion is not far from kin to the difficulty oi the distribution of wealth becauso we have book misers just as we have money miaera. rsome people nave a passion for concealing their treasures, and it will always be difficult to get a list of their possessions. If the Society could devise some kind of ieward which would coat, something not iu the terms of cash, this fraternity's sympathy might be purchased. But miserliness is not the only obstacle to our work. There is also a certain sloven- liness in the morals of book-borrowers which must be taken into account. Many ruen, absolutely free from book-miserliness, are afraid of revealing their treasures lest the inevitable borrower should patronize him. and purposely forget to justify the confidence placed in him and to return the borrowed item. Perhaps this Society can invent a conscience incubator to cope with this difficulty, or call into being a group of Wyeliffo preachers whoso one aim shall be the inculcating of book-borrowing honour. Unless my own experience is freakishly unique, members of this Society must know from their experience that this point is of considerable importance, and something must be done to mitigate the mischief which it threatens to our progre-s. Of course, a long and tedious search for a missing item in a bibliographical list is not without some compensation. No one can spend years in research without coming across a. host of items the existence ot which were never until then a matter of suspicion to him. A tract, pamphlet, pro spectus, or a book, or the imprint of an unknown firm will come to light by the way, and will cheer the halt despondent mind. He will be able to proudly swell his list with items unexpectedly discovered but many item-i of interest to the Society as a whole will have very little interest for him, because his interests or aims are limited, while the interests and aims of the Society are bibiiographioally unlimited, and embrace everything that pertains t^o the production of bcoks, &c.; and I believe the Society haa a great task before it if it the producton of bcoks, &c.; and I believe the Society haa a great task before it if it seeks, as it must, to make each member a willing slave of all its purposes. An attempt has been made to divide the work. Three of the members have undertaken to work on Welsh Ballads, for instance; how csn it be brought home to every member of the Society that these gentlemen, when promising to work on this branch, never meant to monopolise the subject, or to exclude other members from the labours thus particularly allotted? If Mr Mat- thews, in his search for Old Welsh Plays and Interludes, comes across a Ballad, and the Rev Eivet Lewis in his queat for Hymns, comes across an Educational Pamphlet, their very instincts will render them the willing helpers of Mr J H Davies or Principal Salmon but the few gentle- men who have adopted certain definite branches of the work, and who will not f,ii to render voluntary and mutual aid, are only a small, though invaluable, minority of the members. Something ought to bo done to kindle the imagination of the rank and file of us, so that the aims of the Society might possess us, and that the accumulation of facts about books and prints, pamphlets and printers, might became one of the pet hobbies of the great majority, if not of all the members. We nee,1 that impulse which will compel us to labour, so that what may be lacking in transactions to call forth our loyalty to the Society may be supplied by our own desire to make transactions possible and profitable. For, though the most important phase of the work must become the privilege of the expert in each branch, the success of the work in its details must be the fruit of the combined action of the many. Not only so, but we must flnd some means of interesting the people in general in our work because the source of information is the property of a scattered peasantry. Just as the peasant is the oracle from whom the Folk-lore collector gets his materials, from the peasantry also must we get the m-ijo,, part of our information for biblio- graphical purposes. It is our aim to draw all we can from the sources into our well, and wo must find some inpalis.,if no of getting thA peasaniry to assist in dig^int; the trenches, at le,-A,t of getting tkern eithe" to sell or give the right to tap the scurce-. How can we secure their co-operation ? How can we instruct tivem as to our rR- quirements and the manner in whL-b th y inav render us their servwse-: ? If we eould I t'iid sone means of impressing tb'iin with the immerse valuo of the aims we have Met bfre us, I have a notion thaf. tho peas-; ankry would very soon seek the necessary i information as to our requirements, an »; woe Id, without much dolay« themselves suppiy the answer as to the manner in, which they could render service. The, pca-ianfca of Wales, on the whole, are far greater book-lovors than the but tbe soul of a book is more to them than its bOdY, Li/ke some good Christians known j to most of us, they are in danger of being left possessed of a spirit which so views the oul >tha £ the body is of hardly any account. This Society, like the preacher who knows his business. hRS no desire to diminish this higlt conceptioa of the mean- ing and of the soul, but hay to con-, cern itself with deepening and broadening the conception of the docitnon people of the. meaning I I value of the bo !y because the soul is in immediate of being impaired by any hand which has not been taught to rigbtly e teem the body. Have we not known people who have thought so littlo of a tltlc pagJ as to CGVer it over life SwiMwlo, aud who have perftcCoC their irreverence by uUiuiately tea ;ng it off for the purpose of ? caudle oc a pipo ? This sort of tiiui/ to my ledge, continues ev, to thu da., and not' fng will pat an end to it except a Jetsrminol propaganda of bibliographical gospel. Tho press is ever reaiy to nerve a purpose so excel lent, and we have no time to lose in availing ourselves of the courtesy and high aims of the host of editors who control oar journals. —The book-binders are also in need of evangelising in th^ interest of this Personally, I third: they will have much to account for in the day of reckoning. Ai,t, tbe host of pHTI; blets and books which esi-t, but wl ich i,o j-elf-respectiug col- lector could be proud of possessing. I refer to those books which have been deprived ol nearly the whole of their margin and to those which have not only been deprived of all their margin, but have been cut to the quick. Had these crimes auaiast the body of books been committed by amateur binders, the act would have some p ir^onable elements in it, but the fact would be none the less deplor- able. Bat when professional book-bin ler.s are guilty of such atrocities we ought not only to 'cry aloud' but also to 'spare not.' If these crimes were more matters of history, no mention of them would help much; but they -re committed to-day. It one iooud such instances of disrespect in the case of the Amnjic "o!nme only, one could proffer the explanation that they were cluo to oversight, or to anxiety to please a customer by giving the volume a I neat outward appearance but it is done in the case of single bona sent for re- binding. An aged wom<n, in her poverty, lately wanted to sell an old Welsh Bible, and sent it to a snre purchaser for in- qoectiou when the volume was examined it was found to be a perfect copy as far as the title-pages and other details were con- cerned but it had been rebound, and the binder had so pared the edges that a host of the marginal references had been re- moved. Of course, the would-be purchaser was obliged to return it, because, as he siid, he would not have it as a gift. Members of this Society may know Welsh book-binders hotter than I do; but I believe that very few of them earn more thiu a meagte wage, and the temptation to please a customer by bestowing care on nothing beyond a neat outward effect may be great. Nevertheless, it is difficult to account for the quantity of publications which have been ruined by their male- factions, except by the fact that the great majority of them have never teen taught to cultivate a conscience in this particular. If I am not greatly mistaken, they are quite amenable to reason and He demands of common sense, if a way could be found to approach them. The piles of printed matter entrusted to them from time to time ought not to be left unprotected, nor should the book collector b- continually open to stabs by their paring knife. As for the amateur binder, what is to pieveut us from doing for him what men do for the amateur photographer—not only advise him to collect, as our colleague, all the local literature lie can by hold of, but to take so much pride in his amateur efforts that, if he cannot achievo good results, he will at least abstain from.blunoering and mischief ? If this Society could rouse the people who have books to take an interest in the wcrk it has set before it, if only to the extent of sending in a mere transcript of the title-pages of the books, pamphlets, &o.t possessed by thorn, things wouid move on with sufficient rapidity, not only to retain the long list of members novV in hand, but also to enlist a host of others. In the matter of publication, we are in no difficulty to find skilled workmen to pre- pare the copy; but if the information is left as now, with much of it in a worlie place than if under lock apd key, a good many things will get lost, and an immense amount of time, energy, and money will have to be wasted in research, when the things in quest might be produced for the asking. Let me anticipate one criticism which this suggestion provokes in the miuds of some of you already. Ha3 not a similar thing been douo ? Have we not sent out a tentative list of the Printers of Welsh Books, and have we not appealed to as wiJe a public as was at the time practicable, and we have had no response ? The list was hieut out, I know; its very issue justifies the iiaes upon which the few suggestions ot this paper run. The idea was well con- ceived, and there can be no cavilling about the printer's work upon it. But I read, in the Welsh of that circular list, a sentence to this etfect:—4 We know that the follow- ing list is defective in some places, but correspondents are requested not to correct it by copying the dates in G wily in Lleyn's Cumbrian Bibliography, because it is well- known that that industrious bookman con- tinually commits sad mistakes in this particular.' I can easily guess what the good friends who drew up this circular bad in mind when they sent it ouii consciously inaccurate. It was, I guess, in order to draw from each man as much information as he could supply perhaps also to test the experts. But was it unnatural for many to infer from such a sentence that if they com- plied with the request of the signatories they would, in making some corrections, be also giving some idea of their ignorance, in fail- ing to insert a correction which might be considered the easiest of all to make and the most inexcusable to omit? Take one case. John Ross is entered as having printed Welsh Books at Carmarthen from 1743—1799. It is now known to most bibliographers that 1743 is a miipriut the man who could correct that mistake would say to himself: There may be other mis- takes similar to this in other parts of the list; if [ correct this and return it with explanations, and omit the other easy ones, my ignoranoe on the other points will be out. No oue likes to placard his ignorance. There is another suggestion which might offer itself to some minds. It might occur to tnem that the reason why the list was sent out vowedly incorrect was that thosy who signed it wanted all the information which cocresponueuts possessed, but were not prepar.ed tu impart ttiac whieb they thauaselve-i had stored. The first fruir. wuicb this kt/id of appeal is wont to bear is mutual want of coniiJeuco—that kind of I !.si jtrust wiiieti iocks tile lips of people who woul i be wiUiag to speak uu.er normal conditions. f uu not rerel" to this instance tn raise ghosts whi(,ii may ue itarei to lay, but in order that I might base on it my humble appeal for open acuyity in the interests of the Soeicts-an activity as nusellish as ic mest bo patriotic; as disinterested as it must be profitable; as varied as it must be salutary to our own minds as book-lover*. We oiutft free ourieivoss from all thougnts of reward evou in the funn of au eulogistic review ( a publication. We must be pre- pared t) tit down aad read praises to the io,n]trv :.n:l tiu(ce"S of our ftillow3,even ,I o u,, !I we knosv that some points vihioli impart glory to their puolication were supplied by us at the expense of a unique discovery tiuue after a search of half a lue- fcitno; if a work 30 hard, so slow, so intri- cate as that which this fcSoc-i ty lias sot. itself to accomplish is to succeed, Th,re is a great deal of diiierenco bj tween possessing facs and having tfie opportunity aad setting fJr miking them public to advantage. Wo Lave an excel- ef ciii,, in Mr J 11 Dwjc/s Bib iogr&phy of Welsh B ii 1 a d 4 Its l ago i clearly indicate how raperfcel t'w fir6t instalment would have h?¡), bat for tne nn^'u»n a'l 01 13 it; 10 al: iadisatos ho,v pointless .v uid have been the publication of the items supplied him jf they appeared by His op- portunity aud setting tiavj given thjsu valuable ittals au enhanced value. Tao very essenco of auy success possible to this Society ia the recognition ot this pi incipL —disinterested devotion to its .-urns. Wo have already beea ill formal exist- ence for two years ia some kind of exist- ence tor three years but our progress has been slow. Can we now uiofe on a littio faster? The difficulties of progress have been expressed by our Secretary more than ouce ana he ziees no illlpe ot progress until we can begin to print the notes aud quetica ot the members. in that I agree witn him and, with refurtjueo to tuis matter, may 1 make a suggestion, tbu doubtful vaiuv~of which I -.xpress by put- ting it in the Lurin ot a query. Can we not avail ourselves tot tUo Bulletins ot some ot our Publb Libraries'? Or, can we not do i-omotning towards gettiug a joint public t- lion, made up of rare and curious informa- tion -,v.,iou our various Welsh librarians may come possessed of from time to tiuus in which may be included tha sifted notes aud queries of our members, or of anyone who may be interested in our work, but is unable to become a incint), r ? The practical side of ttiis suggestion ought to present no difficulties. Too authorities could easily come to an unlerstanding as to thj cost of puoiicatiou, aud the expense eouid be equitauly distributed, nu doubt. There could be an understanding also about tn« ) facts sent iu, so that no ono would take an unfair advantage of the good fortune or industry of his felloes. These are the few things I have chosen for your discussion, and 1 have tak-ii the hint of the Socretary in being brief, because I understand that other engage- ments make-the prolonging ot this meeting undesirable.

*m. Fatal Accidant at Foal Gasyth. INQUEST AND VERDICT. An accident of a "atal character occuried at Voel Gasyth-Quarry on Wed- nesday, the 9th inst., to a man named Robert Evans, a foreman quarry man in the employ of the Ruthin iiural District Council. The inquest was held at the Iufiumry on Saturday, before Dr J R Hu^bes, coroner for West Denbighshire. The jury was composed ot Messrs T Godfrey Edwards (foreman), James Williams, John Hughes, W H. Hughes, R Thomas Williams, J Evans, Morris Jones, J P Joyce, Hugh William-, George Jones, Joseph Rowlands, A Davies, J D Lewis, W Buller, and Sylvester Lees. There wis also present, Mr R Humphreys Roberts (clerk to the Ruthin Rural District Cjuuciij, ana Mr Ebenez-jr Evans (surveyor). The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, siid that no doubt they all sympathised with the relatives of the deceased. iit. thuught they would tiud that the evidence showed that the deceased met with his death through his own carelessness, aud no one4tvas to blame in the nutter. Lewis Owen, labourer, Efail-y-Grove, gave evidence of identification. The deceased was quite well at his work on Wednesday, and witness Was a sou-in-law of the deceased. In reply to a juror witness said he did not know whether the deceased was insured or not. William Jones, Ty Cerrig, Prion, said he was working at Ty Gasyth Qjarry on Wednesday. The deceased was pulling a piece of rock down with a hammer and chisel, and he warned the deceased not to take it down for fear something should occur. He asked him if he could see a crack in the rock, and he struck the rock with the chisel, and the Boil gave way without any warning. A large pieca of rock struck the deceased on his back, and below him there was a heap of stones, and he was pinned to the earth. He tried to release him, and had to call for assistance, which soon came. Three loads of soil came down, and when they found the deceased there was about a foot of soil on him. After releasing the deceased he sent for a doctor, and lie was then brought to the Infirmary. William Story Davies, quarryman, Tyn- llan, Nantglyn, said that he was not on the sput when the accident happened. The deceased pulled a piece of rock, 4-ft by 1-ft down, and tried to get another piece out' half-a-foot thick, over which the earth was overhanging. He warned the deceased, and shortly afterwards he was called to the deceased, and he found him under- neath the soil up to the waist. He was working on a slight slope. There was another place where he could have worked, and the deceased was the foreman. Ebenezer Evans, surveyor to the Ruthin Rural District Council, said that be engaged the servants and had control of them. He visited the quarry often, and had been there about a week before the accident. The only reason that he could give for the deceased going to this dangerous place was that he wanted to f press on the work as fast as he eould. He was a good and careful workman, and had been in the employ of the Council for 35 years, but, only spent two or three month-3 a year in the qlHHry. Dr WiHinm Humphrey Williams, the house surgeon at the Infirmary, said the deceased w' received in the Infirmary about four o'clock on Wednesday after- noon. He wo* very collapsed, and suffered from shot-k, but, was quite conscious, and spoke of p .i::is in the legs and chest. He never rallied. Witn-ss then described the serious niture of his injuries, which in- cluded the fracture of the leg, a fracture of the ribs, perforation of the lungs, and cluded the fracture of the leg, a fracture of the ribs, perforation of the lungs, and other internal injuries, from the effect or which he died. Thi Coroner, in summing up, sai l that the Inspector of Qnrries had visited him, snd had informed him that thi3 quarry did not come within the Quarries Act, but midt3 soma strnnjr comments on thp D deceased haviog worked under the soil. It was quite clear that there was no blame attached t> the surveyor, Mr Evans, or anyone el;e, and he thought the only attached t) the surveyor, Mr Evans, or anyone elzp,, a-id he thought the only verdict was one of accidental death. The jiry eturiv:d n v.-r^iot of accidental —

WINNER OF THE CHAIR AT 1,J"Jtb. LONDON" EISTEDDFOD. ■ Yesterday (Tbcrsday)f at the National ^iaU'ddfod, held in rhe Albert HlI, Loi.don, tho chairing of the successful bird took plcce. Tho adjudicators were Pt)fe-sor Horris Jones and the Kev J J Williams. There were 21 competitors on h' od, oa T be Land of the Hills," and the prize was £ 20 and a beautiful cirved I oak chair. 41 Hiraethus was announced ai the winner, and he proved to be Mr T Gwynne Jjnes, of Carnarvon, formerly of D nbigh. Mr Jones married one of the daughters of the late Mr Thomas Davies, butcher, Denbigh. Mr T Gwynne Jones is a native of Denbighshire, a farmer's son, and still upon the sunny side of 40. A journalist by profession, he served his apprentice- ship at the Uaner office, Denbigh, and now the assistant editor of the Gencdl and associated papers, he is still better known as a poet, a linguist; and a Welsh scholar. As au authority 0:1 Welsh literature, he has few equals, especially on the fourteenth and fifteenth century peiiods. He has already won his spurs as a poet, bein, awarded the chair in the Bangor (1903) National Eisteddfod for the best poem on the Departure of Arthur." Competent critics c m.;ider that Mr Gwynue Jones's p)eiii inaugurated a new tc'noul in Welsh literature, and his" Y madawiad Arthur is certainly one of the finest poems in the linguage. Mr Jones has also published a volume of verse and a couple of Welsh 110VH18. He has been a frequent contributor of Welsh periodical literature.

9 The Primrose League. DENBIGH HABITATION GROWING. Colonel Mesham. the rnline" pminnillnr- I presided at the annual meeting of the a n a r. Denbigh Habitation on Monday afternoon, at the Constitutional Club Assembly-room. He was supported by the dame president, Miss GriLlith, and the hon sec., Mrs Swayne. Others present included Miss E Lewis, Mrs Clough, Mrs Biackwall, Mrs Barker, Mrs Th unas, Miss J C Lloyd Williams, the Misses Jones (Bodlonfa), Miss Preston (Woodlands), Mr and Mrs Watkin Davies, Mr and Mrs R D Hughes, Mr Thew, Mr Cottom, Mr W Lloyd, Mr W H Hughes, Mr Halford, &e. Apologies for absence were annoanced from Mrs Tumour, Mrs Wynne and Miss Wynne, Miss Lewis, aud Mr J Davies. ANNUAL REPORT. DENBIGH HABITATION (1019) PRIMROSE LEAGUE. Tba Executive Council beg to present their report; for i'J08-9. One Executive and eight Committee meetings have bean held duriug the year. Eight successful meetings aud concerts have been held in conjunction with the Denbigh and Districo Constitutional Union, at which the following gentlemen gave addresses.—The Hon W Ormsby Gore, Co! Wynne Edwards, JticjvTRedfera, Nlessrs Cattom, Sam Thompson, Til by, and Bryan. Tha s.cc,) s of these concerts was largely due to the trouble taken by the General Purposes Committer io arranging the programmes, and the Executive Council wish to express their j gratitude to this Committee for their services. Fifty-eight new members have joined the 1 League during tho past year. Tiie balance in hand is Ell 12s 9d, as against j32 7s 4d last year. To the great regret of the Council, Miss M E Jo-jes has resigned the position as warden, which she has so ably held for many years. Leaflets, supplied by Grand Council, and also some written and presented by the Hon W Orsmby Gore, have been distributed during the year. Miss Lewis and Miss Amy Wynue attended the meeting in the Albert Hall on May 7th, as delegates from this Habitation. The Executive Council also beg to thank Mr Dew Thomas, N.P. Bank for kindly auditing the accounts. AHiHUR MESHAM (R.C.), C A aWAYNE (hon sec). June, 1909. The Ruling Councillor said that the report was satisfactory, and they had a good balance in hand, though that was not a matter of great importance. He thanked the ladies and gentlemen who had helped to make their interseason's meetings and concerts a success, and by so doing had also helped to keep the cause going. The more young people were interested in the Primrose League, the better, as it would not do for the elder paople to do all the work, and the younger members must be taught to bear their share. He thanked the general committee, the wardens, and all the officials for their excellent work during the past year. The report was adopted on the motion of Mr Watkin Davies, seconded by Miss Griffith. f OFFICERS. The Chairman said that Miss Townshend wished to resign her position on the executive committee, of which she had been a member since the Habitation was formed in 1889. They would all be sorry to lose her, and heartily thanked her for services. On the motion of Miss Eva Lewis and Miss Griffith, Col Mesham was re-elected ruling councillor. Miss Griffith was cordially re-elected dame president, on the motion of the Chair- man. Mrs Swayne was most heartily re-eleoted as hon secretary, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr R D Hughes, who said that as a member since the Habitation was formed, and having taken part in all its gatherings, he could testify that it had always had most excellent secretaries, and in Mrs Swayne they had a lady who filled the office in the most efficient way, and whose excellent work contributed in a great degree to the success of the Habitation. They could not possibly have a better secretary, and they were greatly indebted to her for her past services, and in asking her to accept office again they tendered her their most hearty thanks for her services (applause). On the motion of the Chairman, the executive committee, the wardens, and the general purposes committee were rp- I eleoted. UNITED DEMMONSTRATION AT I THE CASTLE. The Chairman said that it was proposed to hold a large united meeting of the Habitations in the division at the Castle, on August 19th, when Mr Gore and, he hoped, other speakers would take part. Mr Watkin Davies, who is acting as hon secretary, said ho had heard from all the secretaries that the Habitations were willing to take part. The meeting fally considered the question, and decided to recommend that sports should be held in the afternoon, to be followed by tea, speeches, and dancing ¡ in the evening.

Lites^afy Society's Picnic. The membsrs and their friends of the Denbigh Literary and Social Society held their annual picnic yesterday (Thursday), when the rendezvous chosen this year was I Graig Adlvy Wynt, near Rathin. It was an ideal spot for a picnic and a most en- joyable time was spent, the company numbering nearly 8J. The parvy we e were driven in brakes supplied by Mr y I Williams, of the Crown Livery Stables. An amusing incident occurred on the i journey out, when a couple of brakes lost their way and made a wide detour of the country, with the result that a weary band of pilgfims" had to make a route march right across the top of the mountain. Eventually they found the promised land flowing with tea and sandwiches, which they soon demolished. An excellent tea was provided by the ladie3' committee, and the picnic was splendidly organized by the secretarie?, Messrs Hugh Jones and Leonard Hughes. After tea games were indulged in. The cricket match was ex- tremely interesting. Mr Vaughan, of Ruthin, and Mr Bailer batted first. Mr Vaughan made some herculean slogs, whilst Mr Buller, after a few fancy hits, was ciaght out. Mr Thomas, the clothit r, who was great on hitting the ball after it had passed the wicket, WIiS in great form and made several fours," notwithstand- ing the streams of perspiration that ran from him. Dr Collins Lewis gave a classical exhibition of bowling and dis- tinguished himself by smashing a bgt. C) Mr Marsdau Davies made a duck," and Mr R Lloyd Jones (Densons), who was able to snatch a few moments respite from attendance on the ladies, also took in the game. Mr Lumley Pierce Hughes did ome magnificent fielding and Mr J R Owen batted like a professional. Mr Searell, in the course of a short speech, said that the coming session promised to be the most successful ever held, and they had the promise of Professor Henry Jonas of Glasgow, and Mr Harry Evans, Liverpool, to give tectures. He was pleased to see the president of the Society (Mr R E Hughes) present, and also thanked all the ladies who had come. The return journey was started about 8.30.

•» Bowling Match. MOLD v DENBIGH. This fixture, played at Mold yesterday (Thursday), resulted in a victory for the home team after a pleasant match. The visitors were hospitably entertained by the club. Rr»nrp • — • 00 • 00 00 S £ s £ b £ -§ 60 ■§ •S 0 .s 0 in ft 02 ft MOLD. DENBIGH. W Williams 7 J G Lloyd 13 M T Jones 13-15 D E H Roberts 8—13 B Gosmore 10 B Charles 13 M B Thompson (capt) 13-12 D Knowles 6-15 I Roberts 13 W M Pierce. 8 F Green 13-15 B Bryan 1- 6 J Wotton 10 R J Williams 13 J Simon (vioe- capt) 13-15 J T D Halford 11- 9 J L,3wis 9 H Jones 13 Dr Lunt 3—* W J Nott 13—* J Valentine 13 T Batten 8 E Blundell .13—15 H Williams. 8—7 E Manley. 12 R W Lloyd 13 T Lewis 13-15 J Evans 8— 9 155 87 135 59 Game unfinished.

Theft from a Fellow Lodger. SMART CAPTURE. At a Special Police Court on Wednesday, before the Mayor (Alderman James Hughes), and Mr C Cottom, a young man named William Tracey, described as a sea- faring man, was charged in custody with having stolen £7 103 from his fellow lodger in Panton Hall between the 7th and 8th imt. Sergt Evans gave enough evidence to justify a remand, and said that he had received the prisoner in custody from the Liverpool City Police on the previous day. A description of the prisoner had been circulated by Supt Woollam promptly on the robbery being discovered, and Tracey was caught by the Liverpool police just as he was departing a a;sailor for Port Said. Prisoner waa remanded in custody until to-day (Friday). This morning (before the Mayor, Mr Cottom, and Mr Parry) the offence was proved by Albert Boucher, who had JE7 10;; in gold, in a leather jag purse, on the Tuesday night, and the next morning prisoner, who had slept in the same room, had decamped. He admitted to Sergt Evans, when brought from Liverpool, that he had stolen the money (he had spent part in drink, and thought he was robbed of the other in a Liverpool lodging house). He now pleaded guilty. He had a previous good character as a seaman, and also from Mr Wildman, his employer, and prosecutor also spcke in his favour. He was sent to gaol for two months' hard labour the maximum being six months.

L-CRRIED FISH SOILS. Take a pound of boiled cod, halibut, or turbot. Remove the skin and bones. Add two ounces of butter, a quar- ter of a pound of breadcrumbs, a dessertspoonful of curry powder, a little pepper and salt, and a teaspoonful of grated lemon-rind. Moisten with two well-beaten eggs, form into rolls, dip in egg, roll in savoury breadcrumbs, and fry a golden brown in deep fat. Serve with French beans tossed in butter. KIDNEYS WITH MUSHROOMS OR TOMATOES.— Skin and slice thinly four sheep's kidneys and season with salt and pepper. Melt in a frying- pan half an ounce of butter, and fry in it a 6mall, finely-minced onion; then put in the kid- neys. Stir them quickly, and sprinkle over a dessertspoonful of flo'^r. When slightly browned, add two sliced tomaJoes or half a dozen button mushrooms, a small glass of sherry, and a little stock. Cook for another five minutes, and serve with sippets of toast*.

Other Ruthin Newa will bsf jnrtE on another Page. A GENERAL HOLIDAY- A general holiday will be obserwi Is Regat the seconed Thursday in Julct sfam dIiII: Sunday bchool trips will take place, LLANFAIR EISTEDDFOD .SDCEHQk The Llanfair eisteddfod has prove& a. fCTaSfV financial success, and the sum of ga hum I been handed over for the purpose af new chapel at Graigfechan.

Presentation to a Tea. A very interesting presentation W 343 Ruthin Church of England School m TAom*, day afternoon. Miss Ellams, who has '-been charge of the Iafants' Divifiinn ci- rag& -1- terminated her engagement, Cat arise,mtm reasons, on May 31st, and ta&cfass —& scholars united to present her with & alseenw. of her work amongst them. This ?<&: sfrts form of a very handsomely chased, ak-ar emir basket, on which which was engra.<wf £ Miss Alice Ellams, from the treae&ws scholars of the Ruthin Church of &:ad£., School, with their best wishes for bar fatem happiness, 17tb June, 1909." Mr Hodgson, the headmaster, ypiot. ucx warm praise of the good work dons fef MFAU, Ellams, of the affection aud symjttt% tS.f- listing between scholars and teaciset. tak Gfl: the loss sustained by the school-in tha of one who had so thoroughly geiatS. esteem and confidence of her feKcw The actual presentation was made IL-f kiuK Katie Daniels, the little daughter of Mr SToiic; Daniels, Market-street, who also 1iU Miss Ellams with a charming boatMt <a £ sweet peas, as a token of personat 7,cgaoi, Miss Ellams, who was visibly mwaif âr- diam general feelings of regret ab her -!4 thanked all concerned for their kioda«sr torn her, and promised to value their gift ag Snae dearest possession. A very pleasant fartrttitn was then brought to a close.

VVesieyan Cymanfa, A most successful gymam -wa. feigM the Wesleyan Chapel, Ruthin, (Thursday) in connection with the EriEaE Wesleyan Sunday Schools, oo Ruthin, Llanelidan, Graigfechan, HsffweoK, and Clocaenog. The president wu Ms 3E Hughes, and the other cfficers woes If£: Edward Rogers, Graigfechan Mr HkgjhHt, Station House; and Mr E Rogers Hirwaen. The onerous duties « £ fIlE; secretary were excellently carried *it. %p, Mr R H Roberts, Fron Dirion, L hafal. The afternoon meeting was conducted by Mr R Francis, Cloesmvg,- and the evening meeting by the Eler Æ Garrett Roberts; whilst the singLaC ww under the able condactorship of Mr SEt Jones, A.C., Llanfair. The acca&fssU&e were Miss Williams, Beehive, Rctbic, 8L Mr E A Edwards, Llanelidan. The sexgjeqc was exceptionally good and there mm mi very large attendance. The following were awarded prfe»^—> For spelling (Sillebu)-1 Miss Fmgr 10. Jones, Llanelidan; 2 Miss 0 J Robwtola Hirwaen; 3 Miss Ellen Jones, Llaneliiu. Recitation, psalm 121-1 R Glyn Graigfechan 2 Winnie Roberts, Hitm- Singing, Gravenburg "—1 Blonwoe liams 2 Eliza Hughes. Recitation, Beible fy Mam "—I iiB Lioyd, Llanelidan; 2 Blodwen Pries, itsng$~ fechanj Singing, "Penlan"—1 Lewis W Graigfechan 2 Mary Hughes, Graigfeeksai, Recitation, Cwymp Babilon "-I Jones 2 Ellen Jones. Winners of prizes for (Maes Llalur) pdCwmLl. knowledge: Section I-equal 1 Bessie GirvMi Roberts, Ruthin, and B Lizzie Prico, IJ fechan. Section II 1 Robert Williams, :Ru Section III Sinai Williams, RuthitL. Section IV—1 Ellen Jones 2 SSssaanr Roberts 3 Robert Roberts, of Clocaenog. Adjudicator of music and recitation Owen, Council School.

ft A DIFFERENT MATTER. In "The M.P. of Russia; Reminiseenciwxiff-. Correspondence of Madame Olga J" £ enc&dE" (Andrew Melville), the following good ,it' told of Baron Brunnow, the Russian. ÅJ imel- dor. At the death of the Duke of é: the whole Diplomatic Corps was invited1 tefc funeral at St. Paul's: The French Ambassador, on receiving vitation, was very much upset. He hurraed to his colleague of Russia, and confided fe> the difficulty in which he was placed. Quoen," he said, expects us to go to St. to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington can I go. considering the injuries whia-itiiw Duke inflicted on my country? WTiat thi-I IT do? Baron Brunnow listened grasselj* Se-Sat; colleague's exposition, and then replie<L. the Duke is dead," he said, "I think vow safely go to his funeral. If you were askaiE'tei attend his resurrection, I should say refuse iin* invitation!

TURKISH HOTEL RULES. An interesting study of the habits mil 111111 & of a nation might be made, basing Out in, searches wholly on hot-el regulations. I-x -15W. Balkan Trail" Frederick Moore giver, a some rules which hang in gilded fram 00 4w, vralls of each bedroom in the-^Krand EslaiL- d'Angleterre at Salonica.. TTi |i|ftfflil|filiili if tmm~ lation from the F^nch yersio»-|^jre a Turkish and a Greek set: -"Tvy 1. Messieurs the. voyagers whjf^resceiHi tpg the hotel are requested to hancToVSr to tbe smea agement any money or articles of valat ifiMpr may have. 2. Those who have no baggage must day, whereae those who have it may once a week. 3. Political discussion and playing instruments are forbidden, also all vaii.. versations. 4. It is permitted neither to play aioaSaaasC at any other game of hazard. 5. Children of families and their « £ K»E^ig should not walk about the rooms. 6. It is prohibited to present oneself one's room in a dressing-gown or othar gent costume. 9. Coffee, tea, and other culinary pre may not be prepared in the rooms- or pmr from outeide, as the hotel furnishes ev-y one wants. 10. Voyagers to take their repast descsiJ'iir. the dining-room, with the exception of ias^ijueg^ who may do so in their rooms. 11. A double-bedded room pays doubk solf, save in the case where the voyager -An-ias** that one bed may be let to another pewww-. JK& is, however, forbidden to sleep on the ikuzc.

GEORGE l.'s GENEROSITY. George I. has come in for a good deal aziffi; cism from one quarter and another. Mr. .Melville, in his work on The First Gev-C3[i* }* Hanover and England" (Sir Isaac P,*tlilaz- jaxi" Sons), tells the following story, which i&sacdimr. Monarch's credit: At the siego of Fort S4. Philip a youn%7 tenant of Marines lost both his legs by a. tafcuat, shot. He was brought to England, and fettai-sEy? plight represented in official quarters, but ing more was granted than half-pay, a ju&aaw upon which it was impossible to live. Tbf appeal was to the King, and Major Macaaft: MH- ranged that the Lieutenant should be takex/Sir Court on a public day, in his uniform; as&&saE the young man stood in the ante-room, -mft- ported by two of his brother officers. "Xtiftujdb sire," he cried, as the King was passing, man who refuses to bend his knee to you; krliw. lost both in your service." George lodbsii at the unhappy man, and spontaneously ariawtf- what had been done for him. Half-pay, your Majesty," replied the Lieutenant. fie on't," said the King, shaking his head, let me see you again at my next Levee. 1IIt Marine did not fail to appear, when George fwdi; his own hand gave him L500, and inforn»i\ii(n*, that he had settled upon him £200 a -vevriw- life.