The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

THE FINANCES OF CON" AY. In some resoects the abstract of accounts presented by the Borough Accountant of Con- way for the vear ended March last docs not boar a favourable oonibafisoa with that of the previous vear. But on the whole, the burge-aes have more caa-e to reioiee than to lament. The a°r £ Teera;<2 balance sheet, it is true, shows that during the year the Corporation's expendi- ture amounted to £ 17.730. and that JE785 was due to the treasurer at its close, but regr«|:d must be had to the fact that a further reduction of fivepenoo in the pound have been effected in the borough and cenerai district rates, thus reducing the caii on the rateoavere bv £ 500- One ex- ceedingly gratifying feature is the improvement on the borousrh fund a.ccou. Cc.nway is one of the wealthiest of the smalleir borough.? in the kingdom, and it is nut improbable that sufficient revenue could be derived from its various pro- perties alone to cover the cost of local admin- istrative work. Nevertheless, six years ago the deficiency on the borough account amounted to £ 4QS8. and the situation had become intolerable. HaDoilv. the Town Council were then reinforced bv Me&srs James Pel ter, R. S. Chamberlain. J. E. Conwav-Jones, and others, who, with the staunch support of the late Alderman Hugh Hughes, initiated a po-icv of retrenchment and reform which, under the guidance in later years of the Borough Accountant, has resulted in a reduction of the debt to a little over JE700. What is still more creditable is that this has been accomplished despite very heavy expeaidi- ture on public improvements, and while the rates have been steadily going down. During the dosc year, for instance, the Promenade in trout of Marine Crescent, Deganwy, has been completed, thus addme g-reativ to the amenities of that increasingly popular divinon of the bor- ough new footwavs have been laid in three of the busiest thoroughfares in the town as well as qiiona1 the whole of the main road between the old walls a.nd the gas works; Ua-njrhoa road has been widened, and improvements have been effected on the Morfa, costing nearly £ 1000. The Suspension Bridge department again sJjowe a considerable profit, a surplus of E1387 being left, as aetuinsfc E908 in 1907. This sum has been carried to the reserve fund, which now stand-s at £6068. ao that we are still some little distance away from the day- when the bridge will be accessible to pedestrians and vehicles free of toil. On the harbour account there is a deficiency of £ 84, which is supple- mented by the E637 incurred over the gravel bank and foreshore dispute, which, happily, has been now brought to a close. The general district fund account ahows a. deficit of £ 490 on the year's wcrkinff. as aeainst a surplus of JS1097 in the previous vear. the reduction of fouroence in the rate nati-irallv influencing the position adversely. There is another drop in the profits of the gas undertaking, from tIO38 to L828, which is accounted for by "the greur increase In t.he cost of ooal." and a slig i* fall- ing off in the consumption of gas during tiie year. The Borough Accountant remarks that "as the price of coal has Dot materially do creased for the current yea.r it may be advisable to consider the question of making a small tem- porary increase in the price of gas- Fortu- nately, he only suecests this as a. temporary I-S f r<)m exr,?edient, since "it anticipated the re- turns to date for the current year that the consumption is increasing at a fatisfacory ratf, a.nd also because within the next three yeers annuities amounting to dose on L300 in re- spect of original loans in connection with tihe undertaking will have expired."

rhat Wicked Superintendent. A correspondent writes:—A cloud has been cast over police circles in Ma.ncheetelr. Super- intendent Watson, who baa an unblemished re- cord of over thirty years' service-has sinned; bee.n found out; and punished. The offence wis very, very grave- Tho superintendent was invited to dine with a well known lice nee-holder of tbo city, and actually accepted ti). invitation. At an hour when he was off duty, and foolish- ty imagined that he was free from the tram ni-els of official red-tape, he sat down at the hospitable table of a Jicrtel keeper, and ate and irank at his host's expense. Naturailly such tieinous conduct could not be hidden. The Watch Committee of Manchester heard of jt; investigated it, and brought it before the notice of the City Council The superintendent's action was denounced in various terms by the aapiem oounciLlors. One was ceirtain thai the wring, one had acted indiscroeliy, while another, gravely shaking that portion of hi? anatomy where btains might have been supposed to ex- ist, declared that "he regarded the oftencc as a very grave one." So after much deliberation, fce Manchester City Council decided, by 67 vc.t, to 16, to remove the bad, bad police superin- tendent from his post as Deputy CJiief Con- stable, and to deprivo him of the emoluments ettached to the duties thereof. Manchester must indeed be proud of her City Fathers. The aumo idea of a superintendent of police accept- vng an invitation to dine with a man who retails the "cussed drink" is absolutely shocking—had it been a magnate of the trade, such as Lipton or Gilbey, thcec oounciHors would have fought for the "honour" of the invitation. Yet it it evident, aa the Amerioan humorist put it, that •"they didn't know everything down in Judea." Nearly two thousand years ago the Master ate and drank with publicans and sinners, and the Pharisees oi tihe day roundly rated him folr 80 doirv, The race of the Pharisee is not ex- tinct— «urvivars are still to bo found in Man- chester. • • • • • Licensed Properties-Its Ramifications, Those who contend that because & licence— be it hotel-keeper's inn-keeper's or publican's— is granted for one year only, its renewal can be refused without any hardship, at the mrtre naprioe of the licensing justices, would do well to consider the following facts- In several re- ports by Parliamentary Committees, in 1817 and 1818, licences to retail aJcohoJio liquora are treated as the "property" of those whose busi- ness fehev regulate, "for the conservation of the publio peace and morals." Everything that has since then happened in tho way of licensing legislation "ias con firmed the acknowledged ex- pectation of annual renowal-oubjeot, of course; to the good conduct of the houses licensed for the purpose of "regulating" the sale of liquor. By the Act of 1869, one-third of all "on" li- cences in the country were given a statutory right to renewaii; and the expectation of the renewal of the other two-thirds was recognised by;- The State, in levying death duties on the market vajue thereof. By the Law Courts, where litigation arcse as f to ownership of lice,used property. By local authorities, all over the country, who assessed such property on a value calculated on the assumption of renewal of its licence. By Licensing Authorities, who "renewed'' a licence, as a matter of course, as long as 'he house had been well conducted, and had provided good accommodation for the pub! i. Presuming that Mr Asquith's Bill were to be- come law, many of the principal banks would be heavy losers, having advanced money on the security of licensed premises which have been universally recognised as "property." In the same way insurance companies would iosc large siums; and those who have invested io tit,rt- gages on large hotels, or licensed restaurants, would find their securities of no more value than waste paper. In tho face of all these facts —which are uncontrovertible—it seems little less than puelrilo to oon.tend-as do the sup- porters of the Bill, that "there is no property in a licence." Welsh Industries. The exhibition opened to-day by the Grand Duke Michael of Russia at Llandudno, under the auspices of the Weifh. Industries' Associa- tion, attracted widespread interest. The Asso- ciation wa.s promoted for t'he purpose of bring- ing to the notice of tho general publio the superior cwa-ftsimanship and artistic merit to be found among the lowly workers conncctcd with the industries which, though almost lest sight of in these days of factory production, still sur- V: ivc in !,iiaiiy cf tihe vill,age:s and c-clL4ntry d*LS- tricts of Wales. It is gratifying to ncte that 'hot object so far 't -hLs attained t. able success- In South Wales, in particular, the betnefice.nt influence of tho Association has been felt in an unmistakable manner. Not a few idustriee which had hit.holrto been languis'h- ing have 'lattery revived splendidly. Vv elsh flannel-making is a typical example. A few years ag'o Welsh manufactured flannel was practically unobtainable in some parts of South Wales, because the demand for it was so small that the man u fact were would not make it. To- day imanu soorea of looms in country districts, which had been long at a standstill, are turniiig out materia] which finds a ready market at ji ofitabe prices. This wholesome change is di- rectly attributable to the work c.f the Associa- tion. The exhibition will be opened to-mcrrow by the Lady Eva Wyr.dham Quin, and on Satar day by Lady Naylor Levland, and the proceed- ins's bid fair to be thoroughly successful. Rifle Ral'2;"e In Rhuddian Castle. Lord Roberts' auueal on behalf of the mmra- ture rifle shooting practice is bearing good fruit in Flintshire, fcr two exco lent ranges have been opened in the county during the past few months. That formally opened by the Lord-Lieutenant on Saturday is of more than ordinary interest on account of its site. The Rhuddlan com- mittee had experienced some difficulty in pro- curing' a suitable place for the rcnge, but in this as in other local undertakings the difficul- ties were overcome tit-,ougli the generosity of Mrs Rowley-Conwy, who placed at the committee s disposal the fine old courtyard in the historic Rhuddlan Castle One of the country's strong- est sources of defence in ages gone by, the ancient pile will henceforth revert in a mea.- sure to its old sphere of usefulness. The de- scendants of the sallant men who made history on Rhuddlan marsh many centuries ago will no do-ubt urmokl the traditions of their fotre- fathers bv doiner all thev can to foster a scheme which aims at the tra.in .ntr of voung men to be of service in the defence of their country- Neighbouring co-unties mic-ht profitably follow the lead given by l'hntshire in providi.ng these facilities for rifle practice. < Sanitation of St. Asaoh District. At their 'meeting on Friday the St. Asaph (Flint) Ru-rai District Council criticised with evident disfavour the report of the medical off!- cer sent down bv the Local Government Beard to inauire into the sanitary condition of the district. They do not agree with the doctor's conclusions, and the Council feel that they have not been credited with all the improvements effected in the district in the past. It if, of course, important that due regard should be paid to aani-tarv matters In the area over which the Council exercises jurisdiction, and the socnor a dispute of this nature is sett-Ieel the better it will be for all concerned. T-hcfre is at pre- I cc of ot)inio-n between sent a decided diffemn members of the Council and the medical officers, and possibly by deferring- for consideration the various recommendations si i limit ted to them the local authority may find a way out of the diffi- culty without riskintr a conflict. with the Local Government Board. A Private ChaDel at Plas Newydd. An interesting discovery has been made at Plas Newvdd. the famous residence of "The Ladies of Llantrolien The times in which "The Ladies" lived, it will be remembered, were troublous for Roman Catholics in Wales, and the residents of Plas Newydd were Pro- tectants with tlhe other inhabitants of the Vale. But ri-ow there has been found in the house a > private chapel, and "The Ladies reputation for orthodoxy is suffering accordingly. Plas Newydd is now the property of Mr George 11. Robertson, a member of the Liverpool Athen- aeum. who acctuired it on the death of General Yorke. He has added to the interesting col- lection gatherod by the general after he de- cided to abandon the house as a residence. General Yorke had originally intended to live at Plas Newvdd. but he became so oharimed with the idea of formincr it into a muaeum that he removed to a neighbouring hotel, wlbence he was wont to walk daily to Pla. Newydd to arrange the curios. « • Mr Lloyd George and the Children. The statement that on Siinday afternoon the I Chancellor of the Exchequer, attending a Welah chapel at Griecieth- "Questioned the children cn their verses," may not pemhaps be quite under- stood bv Enelwh readers. In Welsh chapels it is the almost universal custom &t the close of the service, but before the congregation breaks up, for all the chf,drc.n present to go forward and stand in a semi ci role before the preacher. Each child recites & verse or imo-re of Scripture, and areneraJlv the preacher or deacon who "hears" them addresses a few friendly words of encouraffement to them. This was the minis- terial office which Mr Lloyd George discharged on Sunday afternoon.

A distressing' £ run accident is reported from Abervfctwvth. whereby the little daughter of Mr Fear suffered the less of an eve. The ohild's brother, a school boy, wag handling a irun when it "weat off." and the discharge lodged in the girl's right eye, which had to be taken out. Work is being carried on to preserve the magnificent choir of Tynemouth Priory, which was erected in the twelfth and thirteenth cen- turies. Robert Chedgley, who has resided in the same house in the parish of Williton for up- wards of sixty yeard, has just attained his 100ih birthday. Chedgley, who only gave up work four years ago, never smolces less than two ounoe-s of tobacC3 a week. The experiment of the application of modern and scientific methods to household manage- ment oould not fail to work a revolution in cur present expensive, inefficient, and comfortless plan of providing for domestw life.—Mabel At- kinson in "Albany Review." The death occurred on Monday, at his resi- dence in Southsea, of the Rev. Dr. Frederick Henry Mawell Blaydes, M.A., the eminent Greek scholar, in his ninetieth year. He was a oopieus contributor to literature on the Greek classics. IL

PERSONAL. J or J Boston tras arrived at his Anglesey seat. Lord Penxliyn is staying at Wicke,n Park, Stonev St-mtifortl. Mr C. G. Assheton-Smith. of Vaynol, has returned from his yadhting cruise. The Duchess of Westr.mnster left Grosvomir IIoucc- on Monday for the Continent, Mrs Blic, Jones Griffith lias been playing over the Conway links this week. Lord and Ladv Addlncrton, with the Hon. Ruth Hubbard, are staying at the Colwyn Bay Hotel this week. Sir W. Hughes-Hunter, Lart., and M'r Ellis J. Griffith, M.P., motored through Bangor on Tuesday. Sir 11. J. Ellis-Na.nai.-ey, Bart., presided over a meetinc in support of the Church Missionary Society at Penmoenmawr on Tuesday. Colonel W. Cornwallis West was among these who attended the funeral of Lord Sackville at Sevenoaks on Monday. Colont-l Piatt, C B., is still in Scotland. The weather on the whole has been good, but the shooting has beea somewhat indiffere.nt, very few young birds being* met with. Sir Walk n Wilharns-Wy.im has left Wynr.siay for Gla.nyl.lvn, his shooting lodge on Bala Lake, whelro he will entertain a number of friends for shcoUne over his Merionethshire estates. A marriage has been arranged, a.nd will take place in October, between Mr John Henry Hewitt. of M-aueorburv Manor. Glos., and Miss Mary Elizabeth (Liilio), youngest daughter of Captain Herbert Owen Joanes late 7th Hussars, of Garthmyl, Montgomery- Amorurst those included in the various house oo.rtic.o; for the Dcncaeter races were the follow- ing :—Ladv Berkeley Parrot, Lord Henry Gros- ve nor, tihe Marquis off Anglesey, Lady Juliet Duff, and Lord Arthur G/:osve.nor. The Rev. Lewis Ellis, of Rhyl, and Mr Edward Jones, ci Liar.di-iam, have just net- turned to Wales from Holland, where they have been attending the Svncd of the Presbyterian Church of Hdbnd as the representatives of the Welsh Calyi-nistic Methodist General Assembly. Viscount and Vi-countess Falmouth have ar- rived at Mcrewort,h Castle, near Maidstone, from Canada- The festivities at Tregothnan, the fainily seat in (;"Tnwall. on the coming cif age of their eldest son, the Ilcn. Evelyn Bos- cawen, will take place next spring. Mr Bos- cawen is a nenhew of Lord Pcnrhyn. The marriage of Mr Henry Denton Clark, younger son of the late Mr Edwin St-p.nley Clark, Oak Alyn, Wrexham, and of Mrs E. S. Clark, The Mans i oris, Earl's Co-urt-;road, London, S.W., a,nd Miss Marguerite Francis Macl-aren. only daughter of Mr G. Sandlord Maclaren. The I Id lies, Cuizon Park, Chester, took place at Sot. Mary's-without-khe-Walls, Chester. Princcss Pless has left, London few Germany. A handbag- belonging to the Princess was stolen from the Continental beat train at Victoria Station on the night- she left London. The bag did not contain jewellery, but a considerable amount of private correspondence, seve al photo- graphs, and a cheque-book on Hoare's bank- Thirty-six sufvivcrs of the choir of ECf.11e five hundred voices; with which Caradog won a gold cup at the London Crystal Palace in 1872, sang together at the reoent celebrations of "Welsh Day" at. Scianfcon, Pennsylvania. Mr T. Owen Charles, formerly of Brymbo, was secretary of the celebration. We record in our obituary notice the dcat'h of Miss Jane Ellen Frances, at Bryn y Mrnai, Baneror. Miss Francis was the elder daughter of the late Mr Henrv Rahvh Francis, judge of the Hifih Court. New South Wales, and of Beata. daiurhteir oif the late Rev. John Lloyd Jones. 8f Plas Mafcc. Llatrrwst, and niece of .vd Jones, D,.Yner of the t.h,, late Mr Jdhn Llo, Degamvy Estate. The Rev. Thomas Edwards (Gwynedd), rector of Aber, has been appointed to the oanonry of Ba.ngcr Cathedral vacant by the deatth cf Canon D. Jones, of Llandegai- The reverend gentle- man has spemt the whole otf his ministerial life in the diocese of Bangor, and has taken a pro- minent part in Churoh work. He is well known tlhrteaighout the Principality, especially in connection with the N-ational Eisteddfod. MR RUNCIMAN TO VISIT WALES- Mr Runciman. President of the Board of Edu- cation. will visit Merionethshire at the end of the month, and, aniong other engagements, will attend the opening of the intermediate school at Towy.n. He will also pay a visit to Aber- ystwyth. RUSSIAN DUKE AT BARON IIII:I.. His Imperial Highness the C»rand Duke Michael of Russia, who opens the Welsh in- dustries Exhibition at Llandudno to-day, is '*>»■ guetst of Sir Richard and Lady Magdalen W .i- iiams-B-ulkciley at Baron Hill, Beaumaris. The house party at Baron Hill includes the Countess tie Tor by, Oountees Zia de Torby, Lady Rod- ney, the BOtTI. Mary Hughes, the Hon- Frances Palk, the Hon. Claude Yorke, Mr Croz.ier Bailev, Captain Sloa.ne Stanley, Mr Fitzhcibo't, Mr Ralph Sneyd and Mir Walter Legge. Yes- terday his Imperial Highness amd several mem- bers of the house party played on the Baron Hill golf links. To-day the Grand Duke Michael and the Coumteas do Torby proceeded to Kandudno to the Welsh Industries* Exhibi tion. MR LLOYD GEORGE. Mr Lloyd-George, who has stayed at Criccieth throughout this week, went with his brother, Mr William George, trout-fishing in the Dwyfach on Saturday. On Sunday afternoon he attended service at the little Baptist Chapel at Criccieth, where he was brought up, and went in the evening to Capel Mawr, the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, where his friend, the Rev Evan Jones, Carnarvon, the veteran Welsh disestablishment advocate, was the preacher. The Chancellor, at the after meeting, questioned the children on their verses, and de- livered a short address. On Monday he went to Harlech to play golf with Mr Ellis Griffith, M.P. On Tuesday, Mr Lloyd George, Mr Herbert Lewis, Junior Lord of the Treasury, Mr Ellis Jones- Griffith, M.P., and MT Richard Lloyd George the eldest eon of the Cbanoevl-or, drove from Criccieth to Portmadcc for a foursome over t,he Portmadoc golf links. They were ac- co-mpanied by Mrs Lloyd George and Miss Olwe.ii, the Chancellor's eldest daughter. Un- fortunately, rain fell heavily and the gtume of golf had to be abandoned-

LONDON IMPROVEMENTS. Strand improvements include the demolition of Wyoh Street, so long occupied by Mr C. A. G. Browne's Advertising Agency, and terms having now been arranged with the London Count/y Council, Mr Browne has removed to new offices, "Wyoh Street House," No. 20, Wel- lington Street, Strand, W.C.

There is more real enjoyment to bo got out of motoring when going at twenty miles an hour than when going at double the speed.- Motor World. Unsuccessful attempts to awim the English Channel were made on Tuesday by T. U. Bu*- pa. Jarans Meariks, and JI. Keassley.

THE LLANGOLLEN EIS- TEDDFOD. A SURVEY OF THE WEEK. HINTS FOR COLWYN BAY. (Bjf Our Special Correspondent). As the n'ind soe- back over the week's eventfi certei.ui feature's stand cut in bold relief and chtllenge notice ojid comment. Firbt and foremost is, perhaps, the gTcat and CTiKintiJkil fact tliat iLiangoljtn has given the quietus to more than one mistaken, idea in con- nection with the National Festival. ,For instance, there weie many of us who welie inclined to shake our heads gravely over the id .a of taking the Eisteddfod to a small country town served by only a single line of railway Toe Eisteddfod of recent yco^rs has grown to gucft enormous proportions that people had come to b->liev<3 tluat none but tne largest -towns in the Principality could accommodate it. Llan- gollen has effectively disposed of that bo-gey. To put the whole matter into a ;.ing;'e sen- tence, Llangollen may be sa.id to have brought tho Eisteddfod back to the country- In the jn- dustrial economy of the country the cry is "Back to the Land;" In t':e Eisteddiod-C eoc,iiortiy the cry may well be--Buck to the coun- try town. There have been "reformers" who would, re- strict. the number of towns whore the Eisteddfod s'nouid be he-d. They hold that Cari, von, Ban- cor, Rhyl, and Wrexham in NcJrth WalcK, and Cardiff, Swansea, Llanelly. Newport, and Mer- thvr Tvdvil in South Wales, with London and Liverjioo-l thrown in, whouid alone bo allowed to welcome the Eisteddfod. After Llangollen they will not say so. There is re.ally nothing' now to prevent Holy- hoad a.nd Llangefni in Anglesey, Pwllheli and Llanberis in Carnarvonshire, Denbigh and Llan- g,c,?lloin in Denbighc;?lirc,, FIiiit i I in Flintshire. Newtown and Wdishpool in Mont- gomeryshire, and Bala and Dclgelley in Mer- ionethshire, and places of similar character in South Wales, such as Llandrindcd, competing with the larger towns for the honour of welcom- ing filic gtoat nitoiial gathicii7ing. 1'1,7hiat Llin- g,c,li<?-n 1-a,,3 cl<)no t!ll-?y E,ui,?'. ,.Y may do. Honour to whom Honour is due. I really do not know how to accc-unt for it, but Liariii'olie.n. although no National Eistedd- fod iiai been ,iJ0J tnere for hair a century, a:xl no great provJicTali gathering of noe foir the s. I ill(I 'le -tzn,e 1),er oj, anki alt' wnwqueiitly t? loading members of the committee could have had no actual iv.-r onal experience elf conducting a festival on so large J. scale, they managed to make it Eisteddfod'.cally a greater success tha.n m my a place wrth la. more ambitious notions; while financially it wil compare favou/abiy with the majority o, Ei, k:lJf{;{j,¡¡u held within, say. the pa>s-t quarter of a century. All the proceeding* went without a hitch. Had the committee served half a dozen years' ap- cron-t-iccshio as members of iocal committees controlline- the National Eisteddfod elsewhere, the'v could not have done much better. There was none of the red-tai>eis\.n which irritates the Eisteddfodic constitution without doing good to anvone: none of that Jaek-in-Oflicc spirit which has made many a novice in the paist look ridicu- lous when trying to pose as a grem authority none of the fu&siness which has elsewhere re- tarded instead of expediting the WQ k. Speakinsr both as a.n Eisteddfodwr, and as, I believe, the journalist who can new claim to have had the loncest experience of these national gatherings of any livinsr pressman, I may say that .never has the nath of the Eisteddfodwr been made easier, and never has the prees re cowed more unwarying courtesy, than by and from the officials of the Llangollen Eisteddfod. I do .not attempt to name any of thom-for they all deserve rav'<■ The Post'Office authorities have, for many vears past, been in the habit of rendering spccial facilities on such occasions. W-h-en we remember that an aersrreeate of 150,000 words, a,n average of over 30,000 words a day, and on some days exceeding 40,000 words, were w red off, a.nd as a. rule in good time, one gets some dim idc-a of the magnitude of the task. In this con- nection pressmen will be sorry to learn that this is the last National Eisteddfod at which they are likely to meet Mr Pierce, who fo,r so many years has, with such efficiency and never failing courtesy, superintended the telegraph :c arrange- at all Lr-reat flinctioris in Ncr-th Waleg. -,lent% How many People Attended? Two years ago I helped to explode the popular idea 'hat a daily audience ranging from 10,000 to 15,000 is necessary to make a National Eis- teddfod a. financial eueoess. At no single meetinc at the Carnarvon Na- tional Eisteddfod two yeaire ago was there a.n at- tendance of TOM- Let us analyse the Llangollen figlires. WTe are now officiaLv informed that the receipts for I each dav were at, follows:- Taeidav £ 610 12,200 shillings Wednesday £ 328 6,560 11 Thursdav £ 850 17,000 'LV IJ. ;C409 8,180 F Saturday L 134 2,680 We thus irei the actual attendance on Satur- dav when there was an uniform chiarge otf one shilling. If we agavi assume that., roughlv, theire were a, t h one. third the number at- terndin-tr the Eisteddfod, the number c4 shillings for each Eisteddfod meeting will be three-fourths the above figure, 7 he prices charged for admission were Is, 2s, and 3s p?r sitting respectively. Let us ass-iime that for everv one person in the 3 seats there were I WOo in the 2s seats, and four in the shilling seats, add to these a daily average- of 500 %ate. and the actu,,Li attenftanco in the rc??ervm on Thursday, the most omwded da.y of all, bare- ly reaches 8,500- The pavilion was said to provide fitting &c- 'G, arid *?taiiding .ition fcor 10,000 cr 12,Oo room if or some thousands more. I am torry now th&t I did not verify this statement by actual measurement, as could easily have been done between the meetings. Now, on Thurs- day the place was simplv z)aoked-and yet the financial returns only show an aggregate at- tendance of 8500. It is not for me to explain these things. I trive the figures for the edification of future committees, having regard to the coming' no- cessities of GoJwvn Bay—nor London is wo'. 1 a.be to look aftex it,-elf- A pavilion to accommodate 15,000, or 12,000, or even 10,000 is absurd. At no meeting at the Caernarvon Eisteddfod were there more than 7000 persons preeent at any one time. At no single meeting at Llangollen did onore than 8500 pay for admission. Let Colwyn Bay take the lesson to heart in good time- An average paying attendance of onlv 6000 at each Eisteddfod meeting, a.nd of only 2000 at each concert, with J6125 a day (in eluding Eisteddfod and concert) added for sea- son ajid reserve tickets, will bring in a revenue from tickets onlv of £3000. The Eisteddfod and the Country. In these important facts there is comfort for the small oounU-y town, and hope for the Eis- teddfod. The National Institution has not been benefited by being taken year after year to the la.rp;'e centres of population with theitr non-Welsh if not anti-Welsh ideas. Much of the degeneration in the Eisteddfod, of which we hear such repeated complaints, may be traced to this cause. If the Eisteddfod can be brought back to the people from whom it sprang, and who continue to be to a great extent its life and energy, both the festival end the people" may be expected to benefit. The Eisteddfod goes from Llangollen revivified, with the consciousness ¡ that it yet has a mission uncompleted. Given a pavilion oaoable of oomfortably ac- commodating 7000, or even 6000, and under the control of M careful a committee an that of KoAtrollco bag proved to be, there is DO reason whv it should not be made financially a. success- Eisteddtfodically, it inav oven Drove to be a greater success than when 12.000 to 15,000 crowd together into one building. For the conducting of such a gathering I Jew Teg-id should bo armed with a mccaphone. With a compact audionoc1 of 6000 he oug-ht to be able to do fo without any artificial aid and without unduly straining his V{\;I\A A Welsh Eisteddfod. At Llangollen we had an essentially Welsh Eisteddfod. One of the weaknesses in the Eisteddfod in oast vears has been a tendency to ape the English in what should be a. character- istically Welsh festival. English people do not attend the Eisteddfod for the purpose of seeing and hearing what thev ca.Ti &ee and hear at home- The attraction of the Eisteddfod is that it is supposed to give the Erigi-ish people novel sensations and new experiences. A leading London journalist h-app&ned to sit next to me at the Eisteddfod on Thursday dur- ing the chairing cf the bard, and he became al- together too excited to do his work. "This," he said to me, "is worth coming1 a/11 the way from London to see. I don't u rider- st-irid it, but, by Jove, I do enjoy it 1" j We had the same evening a little social gather- ling of journalists, and among cur party were an English "gallery" (representative of a great London daily, and the "speciai" of another London daiiiy, a Scotsman.' The conversation turnod on the comparatively recent interest taken by the English day pre as in the Eistedd- fod. Both men expressed thci.nselves delighted With all they had seen and heard during t.he week, and the Scotsman said that if the Eng'sh da-iiy pro.-s knew what excellent "copy" couid be got at the WeJsh Eisteddfod they would pay- very much more attention to it than they have in the past done. Llangollen, as I have said, was a distinctively Welsh festival- There was no attempt to ape Eng'lieh manners and customs, and certainly no discourtesy towards English visitors. The latter did not resent the fact that so large a part of t'he proceedings were cairried on in what was to them a strange language—that really added to the zeet cf their enjoyment. The musical adjudicators were Welsh in the proportion of three to one, but this did not prevent their awarding the prize to in English ohoi-r when it happened to be the best. The idea. that air Englishman or a foreigner is a better judge cf Welsh music than a Wehh-ma.n can be has long since been exploded. Have an Englishman or a foreigYi musical critic by all moans if desired, but lot him be added to and not made to supplant the Welsh musical board. The Eisteddfod is Weish, t'he musica genius of the festival is Welsh, the conception of the musical rendering is Wc?Mv Why then place the decision in the boiidc, of critics to whom all this is alien? It is, of course, true that music, in a sense, knows no nationality, but is an uni- versal language ;n itfclf. But even so different people ppealc that universal language with dif- ferent accents and who is there to determine which accent is the more correct? And speaking of adjudicators, I can-not rer frain. from commenting upon the great advance in publio fa-vour which Mr H:¡c"ry Evans has made. His every appearance cn the platform was not mereiiy loudly, but enl'hus.asr c-ally ap- plauded. And he did not pander to Welsh son't.imont. He did not hesitate to criticise plainly, severely, even roughly, when that seemed necessary—but he lest none of his popu- larity by so doing'. The people recognised that here was a master of -his art, and an honest master at that- The adjudications were, for the greater part, delivered in Welsh, supple- mented when necessary by ain English award. And this brings Mr Coleridge Taylor to mind. This was, I believe, his first appearance on our National platform, and the impression he made upon his Wdsh audienoe with his English tongue and slightly American accent, was dis- tinctly favourable. Tho Eisteddfod, too, fostered Welsh talent in the concerts. Original works of three Welsh composers were produced for the first time. Unfortunately, the exigencies of my work pre- vented my attending any of the concerts, but on every hand I hear praise of the committee's prog} ram me- Oratory versus Music. Another feature of this Eisteddfod that forci- bly struck me was the greater readiness of the audience to listen to speech-making, and the marked appreciation shown of it. Of course, they soon gtot tired of twaddle, and unless a man has (something to saiy that is really worth saying he had better not attempt to say it from the National Eisteddfod platform. But if he has. a message, and a voice, and if the ae- ooustics of the building are fai'r'iy good, a really good sptaker will get as good a hearing and receive as hearty a. welcome as a. good solo:st. There were two striking examples at Llangollen, Mr Hemmeirde (member for East Denbighshire) and Banwr R. J. Berwvn, of Patagonia; the first an Englishman in the prime of life, the other a. Welshman who has long since passed his zenith. But each" Tiad something to say wrfth saying, and. they were listened to. This fact brought forcibly heme to the mind the strength of the Arehdru.tTs appeal that, whatever may be done to meet. the growing de- mand for choral singing, Eisteddfod Commit- tees ehould not forget that the Eisteddfod is more, immeasurably more, than a mere sing'ing festival. How to provide accommodation for a g) eat choral competition and at the same time to make adequate provision to meet the requtre- monts of literary adjudications and platform oratory is the problem to the solving of which Welsh energy needs to be devoted. And here I touch upon one of the most obvi- ous defects of Llangof en Eisteddfod. While praotica'IJy every musical adjudication was given at eotme length, and with more or leas detail, the only literary adjudications delivered we<e thoes on the ohair and the orown competitions- The competitors upon other subjects learnt nothing of the merits or t.he defects of their work. The name of the victor was announced, --end that was all. If this policy be continued the Eisteddfod must of necessity soon cease to be a.n educative institution. I have in a previous article dealt at some length with the Gorsedd Oratory this yer. A Well-behaved Crowd. One final word of commendation for the crowd. I do not remember having seen an Eisteddfod crowd deserving more praise or less blame. The conductors in the pavilion had compara- tively ittoo difficulty in conducting the proceed- ings. This, it is true, was in some measure due to the excellent arrangements made by the committee, to the ubiquity ni the stewards, and to the natural rise in the ground which enabled those at the rear of the pavilicn to command a good view of the platform. But recognising all this, the crowd was an exceptionally weK- beha.ved one. There was no attempt to rush bhe barriers, and except on a few occasions no signs of that contagious irritability, which soon drives a big crowd out of hand. And the orderliness inside the pavilion was reflected in the behaviour of the crowd outside. There was not a. single case of drunkenness during the week, and though I passed and re- ,od a (Iozon ti7,ior, o, -lay, through the crowd, pa,w I never met a rowdy character, or heard an oat?h- No Weitshm-an need be ashamed of his coun- try as represented at Llangollen Eisteddfod. BERIAH GWYNFE EVANS.

I The annual demonstration in connection with the North Wales district of the National Fire Brigades' Union was held at Rhyl on Thursday, and proved distinctly successful, notwithstanding the unfavourable weather. Miss Minnie Edwards, second daughter of the late Mr Richard Edwards, Dolgoch, Llanfair Caereinion, has been appointed assistant mistress ai Grove Park County School, Wrexham. An object of interest to Welsh visitors to Philadelphia, U.S.A., is a bouse built by Grif- fith Jones in 1698. Griffith Jones, who wont out from Wales, was a clover, and was a mem- ber of the firat -AaaemWy ia I68i.

MILITARY NEWS. Among the retirements from the Army this month will be that of Colonel Walter R. Kenyon- Slaney, C.B., who has a total service of nearly 40 years, all his regimental service being in the Rifle Brigade.

Amongst local officers commanding units in the Army manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, which are now being conducted on a scale unprecedented in the history of the world, Ere Brevet-Colenel Arthur Edmund Sandbach, R.E., D.S.O. (Bryn- gwyn, near Llanfyllin), and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Philip Walhouse Chctwode, Bart., D.S.O. (Oakley, Market Drayton). Colonel Sandbach is, without doubt, in the right place in charge of divisional engineers during these operations, and report says that he and his men have accomplished wonderful things. He was first appointed to the Royal Enginers in 1879, when 19 years of age, and three years later was on active service in the Egyptian War of 1882, receiving his "baptism of lire" at Tel-el- Kebir. In the Soudan Expedition of 1885 he served with the Suakiin Field Force, and took part in tha action at Thakool (medal and two clasps, Khedive's Star). In the following year (1886) the trouble in Burmah arose, and again he was selected for duty. The Sikkim and Hazara Expeditions came along in 1831, for which he re- ceived the India medal and three clasps. In the later campaign he served as A.D.C. to the general officer commanding, and was mentioned in des- patches, 20th October, 1891. In the Nile Expedi- tion of 1898 Colonel Sandbach was employed with 4 ,,he I",gyl)tlaii Armv, commandant at X?."ady Ilalfa, and A.A.G. Ileae?Iiiartei, Staff, took *In the bat-cle of Oin,uriiian, in (le.-Patc?hc-s, 30th September, 1898, brevet of lieutenant-colonel (Queen's and Khedive's medals ar.d clasp). On the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa in 1899 he was appointed on the staff as A.A.G. for Intelligence, and took part in the relief of Lady- smith, actions at Snion Ivop, Vaal Kranz, Tugela Heights, Pieters Hill, etc., operations in Natal, March to June, 1900, actions at Laings Nek, operations in the Transvaal (east of Pretoria), actions at Belfast, Lydenberg, etc. For his con- spicuous performances during that campaign he was three times mentioned in despatches, re- ceived the D.S.O., Queen's medal and six clasps. Colonel Sandbach is chairman of the Mont. gomeryshire Territorial Association.

The hon- members of the 4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers (formerly the headquarter companies of the 1st Volunteer Battalion R.W.F.) held their annual shooting competitions at the Erddig Range, near Wrexham, in fine weather on Friday. The cup presented by Captain D. Meredith Jones, for the highest individual score, was won by Mr E. Robinson (secretary of the WYexham Football Club); Mr Horatio Jones, an old volunteer ncn-commissioned officer, and last year's winner, being second.

Corporal W. Jenkins, of the Denbighshire Yeomanry, has been awarded the Long-Service Medal. ————————————————.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers.—Captain the Hon. Charles R. Clegg-ITIII, D.S.O., is seconded for service a-s an Adi. of Territorial Infantry. Supy.- CVptain Walter LJoyd to be Captain, vice the Hon. C. R. Clegg-Hill, D.S.O.

WELSH CHAMPION RIFLE SHOT. The annual meeting of the Welsh Rifle I Association was brought to a conclusion, at Tenby, under conditions more favourable than those that had prevailed on any of the three preceding days. The following are the results: Welsh Championship.—Lieut. A. G. Thomas, 6th Welsh (925, gold dragon, and gold badge), 105; Sergt. J. LI. Roberts, 6th Welsh ( £ 10, silHr badge), 193; J. C. Stockham, 2nd Mon. (£8), 191; Vet. F. Jones, 1st R.W.F. ( £ 6), 191; Sergt. E. Davies, 5th Welsh ( £ 5), 190: Lance-Corpl. B. R. Francis, 4th Welsh ( £ 4) 190; Lance Corpl. D. Ilopkin Cole, 2nd Welsh ( £ 3), 189; Corpl. W. A. James, 7th Welsh ( £ 2), 188; Corpl. D. J. Morris, 6th Welsh (£2), 188; Sergt. D. E. Lewis, 5th Welsh ( £ 2), 187; Corn], T. Lewis, 2nd Welsh (£2), 187; Pte. Tom. Jones, 6th Wekh (£2), 187; Sergt. D. Arthur, 4th Welsh ( £ 2), 187. Grand Aggregate Prize.-Cc;rlil D. J. Morris, 6th Welsh £ 10 and N.R.A. medal), 250; Sergt. A. G. Pullen, 6th Welsh ( £ 7), 247; Lieut. A. G. Thomas, 6th Welsh ( £ 5), 243; Sergt. J. L. Thomas ( £ 3.\ 241; Sergt. E. A. Collard, Mont. I.Y., 240; Ptq. Stockham, 3rd Mon., 239. Lieutenant Thomas, of Gorseinon, the winner of the Welsh championship, is a well-known member of the Welsh Twenty Club, and has often shot at Bisley.

ANGLESEY MILITIA. In accordance with the terms of the Order in Council, dated 9th April, 1908, the Anglesey Mil' I ri -d )-),Pr'od .lt*a having c<-),i.plekd the pres,? 'b, I of annual training, aro transferred as units of the Army Reserve, and the officers named, having assented to 1>.3 transferred, are appointed Officers of tlio Special Reserve of Officers fr.,n-i the dates stated, retaining the rank and tenicri y which they held while in the Militia: Royal Anglesey Rcyal Engineers (Militia) to bo Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers.—Da ed August 2nd, 1908 Lieutenant-Colonel and Honc- rary Colonel Charles G. Matthews-Donaldson. Majors and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonels Fran- cis Boynton, Henry B. L. Hughes, Majors Richard V. Jellicoe, Guy C. Harvey. Captain and- Honorary Major Donald O. Springfield. Captains Edward Thev, Richard K. MoL'ly- m-ont, Charles E. Wilson. Lieutenants Rupert Williams, Matthew Parrington, Bueth M. B. H. GyU-Murray, Edmund U. Grimshaw, the Hon. Montagu H. E. C. Towneley-Bertie. Seoond Lieutenants Hugh C. M. Jones, Charles L. G. Matthews-Donaldson.

ANNUAL RIFLE MEETING AT DENBIGH. The annual rifle meeting in connection with tho "D" Half Company of the 4th Battaikva R.W. Fusiliers took place on the Tremeirchion Range on Satui-day in ideal weather. A good percentage of the company took part in the vaj-oua compe tit ions, the shocting on the whole being excellent- Captain Clough woe in oom. mand of the range,, being ass.s'.ed in carrying out the arrangements by Sergt.Int;truclor Pags, Lano3fCoTpor;d David Davies and Private Robt. Roberts were placed with the butts, and Cor- perai Enitrianuel in c-hr<-ge of the refreshment tent. Among c.vilians in attendance during the day were Major Salueburr, B.ichvgraig., and Mr J. Pa.rry Jones, town clerk of Denbigh, the former a retired Militia office and the latteT an old Volunteer officer. The following are the results:— Salusbury Challenge Cup.-S.enn shots at 200 yards, snap shootine" 1—Sergt. J. 0. Thomas (winner) 7 2-Private R. Williams 7 Private G. Wainwrighf, Sergt. W. Williams, Colou,r-Sergea,nt T. Roberts, Co-pcra-1 T. E. Lloyd, Privates W. D. P.erco and T. P. Da- vies made 6 each; and Bugler G. C. Davies and D. Jones 5 each- Camp Attendance Prize.-S-even shots at 500 vrJrds CiorpcraJ T. E. Lloyd 18 Sergeant W. Wiiiianis 18 Private T. Batten 17 Sergeant J. O. Thomas 17 Bugler J. C. Davies 17 Private R. Willains 16 Private G. Wainw right 16 Sergt.-In»cfructor Pags 15 Private E. H. Jones 15 The other scores ranged from 14 down to 4. The number of points possible was 28. Recruits' Cup. — Only one recruit. Private Wm. Evans, turned up to compete for this trophy. The cup, in ocncrqucnce,, mas with- drawn, but Evaris was awarded a prize ot tJ3. Tradesmen's Prizes.—Five shots at 400 ynrdp. The points pcas-blo in this competition were 20, end the top soorcrs wee :-Sergt. W7- Williams, 20; Private Tom Shill, 20; Sergt- J. O. Thomas, 19; Bugler J. C. Davies., 18; gCTg'e.a.nt J. Wil- liams, 18; Cct-p-orat J. H. F'nmanuel. 18; Pri- vate T. Batten, 18; Private E. Hughes, 17; C ,orporal C. 17; (?olotti-Sergt. T. Ro- berts, 17; Private E. Wynne, 16; Sergt.-Instruc- tor Pags, 16; and Private R. WiLliams, 16. Tho prizes for the best totals were divided be- tween Scrgt. J. 0. Thomas. Sorgt. Wm. Wil- liams and Corporal T. E- Lloyd- The prizes were distributed by Major Salus- bury.

DEATH OF THE REV. CYNFFIG DAVIES. The Rev. Cynflig Davies, Monai Bridge, well- I known in the Congregational body in North Wales, died on Monday. Bo-ides being pastor of the local Congregational Church. Mr Davies was a good musician, and frequently actod as an adjudicator. He also conducted a grammar school, where a large number of men had been prepared for the ministry and the professions. Mr D-avi<i. who w&,i aboiit 65 vear:, )f age, I.eAv<r, i widow ?ind five thr<\l (,f ,vboin, incliidin-g a datwhfor, are qti-al* I fim dcotors. One son is a rr"lic--al niission.,iry in (,'hina.

The Feathers Hotel at Corwcn has been con- vertod i-nto totr ance hotel and cliib. It i;s io'& I Iry being carr d on a company, of which the Hon. C. IEL Wynn and Mr LIQvd, of Rhagatt, we auwag dkft-tora

DISSENT AND THE ARMY. COLONEL HOWARD'S REPLY. ————— NONCONFORMISTS DISLOYAL. Colonel Howard. C-B-. chairman of the FlinS" shire Territorial Associati<m, writing to tu3 "Western Mail," eays- Latt July I sent a. iettor to the "Tirnott" ap- pealing to Mr LlOvd LrC\.Ti/e to use his iiiiiuenoo wim the JNonoouiormisit ministers uhroi^glnouti \V ales to :t.,j,p tiiwl; oeaseie^s crusade against tb-i Arinv. 1 madt> tnar, charge iiom long peri-ot'trf experience as a soldier in WaJes. During last six weeks the leading newspapers m VV a.ej IiAl.Ve been tilled wnn oorre6p.ün<ioeu.e m refer- el, "ce to mv iz.l;a,tolll -urrc)ct ell', I i),elievc iliiL in saying that ail tne leading Nonconionnid;; iminisoers in Wales have taken part m this cor- respondenoe. is sau&acto>iy, bceam-e suows tiiat they xead-se t-he gravity oi mjf statement-. Tne tiir.-e has now arrived when, by your cour- tesy, Ito, esiablisiii the iiccuracy of idip statement bv the admissions 01 bne Nonconform- ists tiiemsc-'ives and bv certain facts bearing- C4 this subject. Tho hoy. Thomas Levi. orofca~x)r at Aberys. twyth Ow.vc) sitv Coilesre,. writes as follows in your columns in reference to my ieoter ;— I believe the true snirit df a member of tha Chri»t:an Church is to have nothing to do with w L r, or with militarism.or with military prepara- tions in a,nv form whatsoever- The sum total ?Irls; of C. tv 4-, an cri,,hus?.astic Ikve of and of qu ieJlowmen any appeal to mili-tansfcn, wiielher by vm.7 off once cr defence, is wholly opposed to this, and however great the risk we run, we are sirong enOUQÚ to abstain altogether from any anneal to force or compulsion 01 militarism. Upon these grounds the Christian Church in Waks has .never had anything to do with any Army, or w.th any militarism, or with any mi.it.arv organisation, and never will have. These words are clear and specific- Professes Levi. alf.r.oueh his .na.me might conceal fhe fact, is a Welshman, and it will be observed that by the Christian Church he means only Noncon- fCllrmi,t. and it is interesting to find that tha reverend gentleman dcos not consider th-i Church in Wales, which has always been patri- otic. we< thv cf the .name of Christian. The Rev. Ceitho Davies, a Calvinistic Metho- diet minis',er, franklv states that "the letter <d Colonel Howard is, I am afraid, in a l<arg« measure, true." The Rev. Evan Jones, of Carnarvon, ex. moderator of the Oalvinists, and this yeai Is president of the Free Chu;-oh Council, writes aft follows:—"I have no desire to say anything about Colonel lfent"v Howard's letter to thfl 'Times.' It wfs evidently .meant for England^ -n,ct for Wales." The Rev. Evan Jones is pre-eminently the ablest lepre&entativo in Wales of what may be called the secular a.nd political side of Noncon- formity, and his silence shows that he dare not combat the accuracy of my statement. I h-ive only to add to these admissions of Ncr.eo-nfcrmists the fvilowing facts. When tho first Volunteer batch loft for South Africa Ircre, Wales, cf the 116 who volunteered 82 were m('mb:I'\ cf the Church- of England and 2 wera Calvinistic Method sts- I take two popular I Territorial regiments in Wales. The to strength cf one is 406. Of this number 275 aro members (of the Church of England. The total strength of the other regiment is 458. Of this number 308 are members of the C'ihurch of England and 33 Reman Catholics- Fi cm the -e figures we must conclude either that No'tieo.ifcrmists represent only one-fourth of t,he population of Wales or that they are le.-s patrictc than the rest otf their countrymen. During the Boer War t,he sympathies of the Welsh Nonconformists were 3t-rongly manifested o-n of the Boors, and I am reli bly irr la formed that in one chapel the Nonconformist minister prayed that victory might be given to the Boers, and when the appeal during the Boer War was made to establi&h a company of Vol- unteers in the county of Merioneth the follow- ing address was I'.sued ("to the young men of Merionethshire"), and signed by the leadings Baptist, We.-ley.n Methodist, and Congregational ministers in the county:— We understand that an effort is being mad.) to establish a battalion of Volunteers in tb. county. At the present limo, when the drea.dfu war in South Africa is attracting so imuch at- tention, and the .need for more soldiers is being- felt by many, several people look upon such a request, as a very natural thing, if not a thing which is quite necessary. We cannot but feel the dfcrf. made to entice the young men of our, Churches to join such a society to be very dan- gerous, bec-auTO such roc eties have always been the source cf immorality. Be not deceived; evil communications oorrunt. good manners. The ministers who signed this precious dootJ^ iment were the Rev. Cernyw Williams, J. Ellif and Ivan Davies- I do not thi.nk I need add more.

CONSERVATIVE DEMON- STRATION AT ABERGELE. LORD RIDLEY TO SPEAK. I Much interest is being shown in the grand d monstration of Conservatives, Liberal UniemJ ists, and members of the Primrose League to be held in the grounds of Gwrych Castle, Abergele, by the kind permission cf the Coun- tess of Dundonald on Monday next, September 14th. The arrangements have been compktcd for the meeting, which will ba addressed by Lorci Ridley, and Mr Sam. Thompson, Unionist can- didate for West Denbighshire. Col. Mesham, President of the W7ost Denbighshire Constitu- tional Association, wil! occupy the chair, and everything p unts to a conspicuously successful gathering. Lord Ridley, it might be mentioned, has seen considerable political service, though he is only, 34 years of age. He was As.sistant Private Secretary to Mr J. Austen onamberlain when he was Cliin-cellor of the Exchequer, and for some time he acted as private secretary to his father, best known in the political world per- haps ae Sir Matthew White Ridley, when Sec- retary of State for the Home Department. Subsequently he acted in a similar capacity to Mr C. T. Richie when he filled the office of Secretary of State. He was also M.P. for Stalybridge. Mr Sam. Thompson, tiho other p inc-ipal" speaker, has already achieved a notable posi- tion in the political life of North Wales, and ho is a vigorous and convincing speaker. Tickets for the meeting, for which early ap- plication should be rrad-1, may be obtained from Mr J. P. Wninwright. Secretary of the Colwyn Bav Constitutional Club. Further particular* will be found in our ad-vertisemont oolumns.

BORDER COUNTIES OTTER HOUNDS. The Border Counties Otter Hounds met d Trefriw on Saturday, under the charge of Mr Thorneyca-oft (master), and Mr D. P. Jonca (huntsman). The hunt commenced at 9.30 a.m., an! the hounds immediately hit on a drag op- posite the Belle Vue Hotel, and carried it past Llanrvvst to the favourite naunt, the Wall Pool, and then up to Arthur's Deep, where thoy came to a stop bv a rabbit burrow. Owing to the flooded statÆ) of the stream the hounds failed to move the otter, which even- tually escaped. Qhe hounds met again twi Monday by the Waterloo Hotel, Bettwsyeood, and went up the Lledr, and dragged up to the falls and forward above Roman Bridge, without a trace, the hunt being then abandoned owing to she heavy cur- rent prevailing. 'Ille ,t i,,<),Lind. rii<,t it he Wat-.rl,o Hotel on Tuesday, and went up the Conway, and had a dra.g up past Penmaohno Bridge. *-file hounds then carried on the drag to Glan Con- way where it ran out. The three days tbuf proved blanks.

THE CHURCHES. The Rev. J. J. Davies, rector oi Llaiifiha.ig-jl- P nnant, hils beeii. api)4-,Intod toc) the roctory of .ln-"frotl)eri, -Ln(i tiie T. Augiistt; L late of Llanrug, has accepted the rector y of Lianfihangel-y-Pennant. A statement has just been issued showing that the cost of laying the evidence from t-bc- dio- oese of St. Aoph before the Royai Coaimissicn has amounted to jSlOOC. Of this sum about £ 700 is still owing, and ti e Bishop has issued a request to the clergy of the dioceec to bring; this fact to the notice of the people.

MOL D ~S HEEiPS A L K S 7 Ilie grft? n- ?.?41 avie Df bre-di.-ip, Pwes -ir,?] ',am'r& a "r v-d! be ttel,l at. *.kfoid (,n Frila-, Wh. This sale, whi(+ 11' Inc of the lalg_w( in hWs! has e -eedil b,,on astabli.,?lt (! for many yf?arn. oaripr.Rem all b. of sheep, and the entry this ymr w lorizer-thm ever. Catalogues may be obtained from Mr ) '• Vsroe Priija. Itarn atock wtowtin, Mold,