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"JV/TKS LEWIS, wife of the Rev. E. Lewis, from 1VX India, late of 48, North Parade, is commencing a SCHOOL ior YOUNG LADIES, within eleven miles of London, and should any of her Friends in Aberystwyth feel confidence enough m her to commit their daughters to her care, either Mr or Mrs Lewis will be happy to meet them at the Euston Station, and conduct them to Buckhurst Hill, where they will find the comforts of home, in a most salubrious climate, with careful training, and a thorough Education under the superintendence of Mrs Lewis with the aid of the best Masters and Teachers. TEEMS:—Above Ten years of age, Forty Guineas; under Ten, Thirty-five Guineas. Accomplishments and Languages on the usual terms. AD JB-J88 :— MRS LEWIS, TRAVANCORE HOUSE, BUCKHURST HILL, ESSEX. LLEDROD AND YSTRADMEURIG GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. THE above Schools will be RE-OPENED on Tuesday, the 8th of February. JOHN JONES, B.A., Oxon, Assistant Master. Ystiadmeurig, Jan. 26th, 1870. 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CORN, &c. LIVERPOOL CORN.—TUESDAY. Large attendance. So far. not much done in Wheat, and LAST FRIDAY'S PRICES firmly maintained. Flour slow and unchanged. Indian Cora worse to sell. Round Yellow, 27s. 8d. Other articles nominally unaltered. LONDON, MONDAY.-Last week's supplies were large in foreign Oats, and generally good. Exports: 1,060 qrs. Wheat, 45 qrs Oats, 10 qrs. beans, 10 qrs. Maize. English Wheat !>,li69 qrs., foreign 18.183 qrs. With but a sm >ll show this morning on the Essex and Kentish stands, none but the finest in good condition found a ready sale, prices being much as previously. The demand for foreign was exceedingly limited white qualities, as well as flne Baltic red, kept their former value, but to have sold inferior descriptions freely would hive lowered prices. Country. Flour 23,276 sacks; foreign 2,809 sacks 10,649 barrels. The trade in Norfolks was excessively dull, and where sales were pressed rather less had to be accepted. The sime also may be said of foreign sorts both in sacks and barrels; but town qualities were without change. Maize 9,681 qrs. This grain ssld quietly, at former rates. British Barley 4,854 qrs., foreign 9;087 qr, The entire trade was very slow; but prices were nominaliy the Fame both for malting and the inferior qualities. In Malt, business remained very flack at about previous currency. English Oats 307 qrs 55,280 qrs. foreign. Notwithstanding the large foreign supply, fresh corn was more in favour at an advance of 6d. to Is. per qr. Native Beans 799 qrs., foreign 1,155 qrs. New beans were difficult to quit on rather easier terms, but old were steady. English Peas 749 qrs., foreign 1,692 qrs. All descriptions were dull, at about former prices. CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AKD FLOUR IN MARK LANE. „ Shillings qr. Wheat, Essex and Kent (white), old 47 to 52 Ditto, ditto new 40 49 Wheat, EKSHX and Kent, I red) old 46 49 Ditto, ditto new 88 45 Wheat, Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire (red) old 47 49 Ditto, ditto ditto new 38 45 Barley 26 42 Beans 83 48 Oats,English feed is 20 Flour, per sack of 2801b, Town, Households, 87s. to 43s. WORCESTER, SATURDAY.—At this day's market there was a short supply of wheat, which found buyers at an advance of 6d. to Is. per qr. Barley unaltered in value. Oats 6d. to Is. per qr. lower. Beans and peas difficult to quit in quantity. NOTTINGHAM, SATURDAY.-Our corn market was by no means well supplied with wheat, the trade for which ruled heavy, at an improvement of Is. per qr. on fine parcels other sorts un- altered. Oats and beans a quiet sale, and about the same in value. Barley made high rates. LEICESTER, SATURDAY.—We had a fair attendance of far- mers and factors at our market, and the show of wheat was middling. Fine faced were heid for a little more money, while secondary qualities made late rates. Small show of oats and barley, at former terms. Beans made high prices. CARLISLE, SATURDAY.—At this market there was an average supply of all kinds of grain, which met a fair demand at last week's prices. NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY.—There was a good delivery of wheat from the growers, with a fair show on the stands. English wheat supported last week's rates in the business done; foreign was unaltered. No change in barley, beans, or peas. Oats and oatmeal quiet. Flour unaltered. DONCASTER, SATURDAY. -There was a fair supply of wheat, which met a steady sale at the full prices of last week. Barley in fair demand at late rates. Oats, beans, and peas quiet at late rates. No change in other articles. BRIDGNORTH, SATURDAY.—There was a good attendance of farmers, dealers, and millers. Millers and buyers are very cautious in extending their purchases, farmers holding out for advanced prices. Business on the whole was fair, particularly in wheat and barley, and a fair trade was done. At the close the following were the quotations :-White wheat, 6s. 4d. to 6s. lOd. per bushel of 721b; red wheat, from 6s. Od. to 6s. 4d. per bushel of 72lb. Malting barley, 5s. 6d. to 5s. 8d. per 38qts.; grind- ing barley, 14s. 6d. to 15s. per lOsc. Beans, 16s. Od. to 16s. 6d. per bag of lOsc. Peas, none offered. Oats, 13s. Od. to 15s. Od per bag of 8sc. Indian corn, 12s. 6d. to 133. per sack of lOsc. SHREWSBURY, SATURDAY.—The following were the prices:- White wheat, 6s. 8d. to 7s. Od. per 751b red, 6s. 4d. to 6s. 8d. oats, per sack of Ilse. 101b, 17s. 6d. to 20s. Od.; beans, per 12sc 18s. 6d. to 19s. 6d.; barley, malting, per 38 quarts, 5s. 4d. to 5s 8d.; malt, per imp. bushel, 8s. to 8s. 6d. WELSHPOOL, MONDAY.—Quotations:—Wheat (per 801bs ) 6s. 6d. to 6s. 10d.; old ditto, Os. Od. to Os. Od. Barley (per 40 qts.), 48.9d. to 5B. 3d-; Oats, (per bag), 17s. to 208. Od.; Egirs, 14 for Is.; Butter, Is. 4d. to Is. 6d. per lb.; Fowls, 2i. 61, to 3s 6d. per couple Ducks, 43. 6d. to 5s. Cd. Potatoes, 3s. Od. to 83. 6d. per bushel.

CATTLE. NOTTINGHAM, SATURDAY.—The show of beef was only mode- rate, and the finest qualities made from 6id. to 7d. per lb. Mutton and veal at a little more money; while pork was held for 7d. to 7.d. DONCASTER, SATURDAY.—There were 94 beasts, 2 calve-, 26 pigs, and 401 sheep and lambs at market. For the few beasts on offer the trade generally was slow. Late prices were maintained Sheep were only a poor show. There was a fair attendance of buyers, and all cl6&red off at tbo closo. A very poor BUDDIV of pigs. 3 NORWICH, SATURDAY.—There was not quite so large a show of store cattle-Scots, shorthorns, and Irish-on offer here to-day; the sales effected were concluded at about previous rates. Fat beasts, 8s. to 8s. 6d. and 9s. per 141b. The show of sheep was moderate; prices experienced little variation; fat sheep, 9s. to 9s. 6d. per 141b. Little or no alteration in store pigs; fat pork, 8s. to 8s. 6d. per 141b. The foot and mouth disease now presents but little gravity in Norfolk; pleuro-pneumonia still prevails however, in some parts of the county. Upon the whole stock appears to be now somewhat healthier than hitherto. METROPOLITAN, MONDAY.—The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 6,009 head. Since we last wrote the cattle trade has continued dull, and the tendency of prices has been downwards. The animals, however, came to hand in good condition, and are generally of good weight and form. The dead meat markets have been well supplied, and this has had a depressing influence upon the demand for live stock. At to-day's market there wag a good show of Beasts, including some fine foreign animals. The Spanish and French beasts were in very excellent condition, while the arrhals from Scot. land were fully up to the average. Trade ruled far from active for all breeds, and the top price for best Scots and crosses was not above 5s. 4d. per 81b. Inferior animals sold on easier terms. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,600 Scots and crosses; from other parts of England including Lincolnshire, about 580 of various breeds; from Scot- land, 220 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, about 6iO oxen, cows, 4c. There was about an average number of Sheep in the T>ens, the condition of which was tolerably good. For all breeds the inquiry was dull, at the late reduction in the quotations. The best Downs and half-breds changed hands at 5s. 6d. to 58. Sd. per 8 b. The Calf trade was dull and inactive; but prices were unchanged. Pigs were unaltered in value. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—There were at market 2,870 beasts and 8,243 sheep. The stock on offer was less than last week, and, although the demand was dull, prices were much about the same for both beasts and sheep. Buyers were more plentiful, but, on account of the high prices asked, there was a difficult clearance at the close. Quotations .-—Best beasts, 7!d. to 8d.; second best, 6id. to 7d.; inferior, 4id. to 6d.; sheep, 7d. to 9d. per lb.

TRADE INTELLIGENCE. THE WELSH IRON, TIN-PLATE, AND COAL TRADES. To some extent, at least, it may be said that, now that the quarterly meetings of the trade ara over, a better feeling prev-ails; and it is satisfactory to find from several sources that a good many engagements were entered into on home account at the meetings. Makers and buyers, however, do not seem yet to be of the same opinion in regard to prices. There is no doubt that a number of orders have been reserved, and most of which will very probably be kept back until buyers become thoroughly convinced that there is no chance of placing contracts at lower than the ruling rates. In some cases, perhaps, makers would prefer going back a step in regard to the £1 arlvance in quota- tions for bars, rather than be at variance with buyers, to the detriment of the trade; but on the whole, it may be said that manufacturers will adhere to the advance, and buyers, there- fore, begin to come to terms, though rather reluctantly. This being the case, then, it. is predicted that in the course of four or five weeks the trade will again be pretty buoyant. Already the quietude whieh seemed to fill upon business a few weeks ago has begun to disappear. Heme business will, no doubt, be character- ised by some animation, as railway companies and iron ship builders are expected to become considerable purchasers. In the foreign demand there is little change from last week, but advices from the United States and Russia still indicate the pro- bability of increased transactions as the year advances. The tin-plate trade remain* dull, and the resolution passed at the quarterly meeting seems to be strictly carried out, as the works are only kept in about two-thirds employment. There is little alteration to be reported in reference to the steam coal trade. The merchants are well placed for contracts, and except when unfavourable weather prevails, which interferes with shipments at the local ports, there is a tolerably brisk business doing. The consumption of house coal has increased of late, both locally and coastwise, and quotations are decidedly firmer.

MR WHALLEY AND THE MERIONETHSHIRE ELECTION. The following correspondence appears in the last number of the Oswestry Advertizer, relative to the position taken by the unaccountable member for Peterborough in the recent Merionethshire Election (From John Jones, Esq., Frondderw.) SIR,-Since the termination of the Merionethshire election, my attention has been directed by Colonel Tot- tenham to reports in your paper of two speeches made in the course of the contest—one by him and the other by me. He is under the impression that a reflection has been cast upon his veracity, and, of course, is most anxious that his character should be cleared from such an imputation. I have never for a moment entertained a shadow of a doubt of Colonel Tottenham's truthfulness and if such a doubt had existed in my mind, I am furnished with copies of letters which prove conclusively to me that he was fully authorised by Mr Whalley to say all he did with respect to that gentleman. I take this opportunity of correcting that portion of your report of my observations which makes me say that "he (Mr Whalley) would support Mr Holland." I gave no intimation of this kind; and in the more correct report of the Carnarvon Herald the above words do not occur, or anything like them. I am, sir, yoar obedient servant, JOHN JONES. Frondderw, Bala, 21st Jaraary. (From a Correspondent.) I write this to ask you to do justice to Mr Whalley. In the Oswestry Advertizer of Jan. 12 you publish two speeches, one at Corwen by Col. Tottenham, and the other at Bala bv Mr Jones, Oswestry Advertizer of Jan. 12 you publish two speeches, one at Corwen by Col. Tottenham, and the other at Bala bv Mr Jones, of Vrondderw. In the first the colonel says Mr Wh illey sent me a letter yesterday saying-' I am called to Peterborough on Friday, and therefore cannot attend at Corwen or Bala; bu have no hesitation in repeating what I stated in conversation with you at Llangollen, viz., that if a conservative is to be re- turned for Merionethshire, no one could, in my opinion, render greater service to the county at the present juncture than your- self.' He (Mr Whalley) also states that Mr Holland's address is not satisfactory to him, as evidencing his claim to represent a Welsh county as a liberal. Mr Whalley dislikes Mr Gladstone, and considers him a dangerous man." Col. Tottenham also stated that Mr Whalley regretted he had no vote for the county, but assured him that, as a magistrate of this county, he would be most happy to give him (Col. Tottenham) every as- sistance-that he would attend meetings, or do anything Col. Tottenham wished, to assist him." In the Advertiser report of the liberal meeting at Bala, Mr Jones is represented to have said—" A letter had been addressed to him by Mr Whalley, whose name, as they were aware, had been very freely used by the tories, and especially in the neigh- bourhood of Bala, in which Mr Whalley distinctly stated that the conservatives had no authority for the use of his name, and that it had been done entirely without his authority or cogniz- ance. Mr Whalley had sent special messages from Ruabon to explain that he was a liberal at heart, and that, as such, he would not support or lend his interest to the candidature of Col. Tottenham; ne would support Mr Holland." On reference to the Carnarvon Herald of Jan. 16. I And the same speech of Mr Jones's thus reported: '*I have to inform you that I have received a letter from G. H. Whalley, Esq., M.P. You will remember that a placard has been posted around the county, especially in this neighbourhood, stating that Mr Whalley was coming here for the purpose of promoting the election of Col. Tottenham. He has sent a man purposely down from Ruabon this evening with a letter to me, in which he contradicts that statement entirely. He says that he never authorised his name to be in any way con- nected with the election of CoL Tottenham for this county, adding that he is a liberal, and shall ever promote the liberal emuse." Now, the two reports, as you will perceive, are substantially the same: both state that Mr Whalley assured Mr Jones that the conservatives had no authority, in any way, to use his name as favouring the candidature of Col. Tottenham; only in one sentence the Advertizer report gives a stronger assertion than the Herald. The former says he" (Mr Whalley) "would support Mr Holland," the latter that "he" (Mr Whalley)" shall ever promote the Liberal cause." The differ- ence is like that between Tweedledum and Tweedledee; never- theless, as Mr Whalley, I understand, is aggrieved by the Advertizer report, I hasten to do him justice. I asked th*t Mr Whalley's letter should be given to the public that the interpretation might rest with the people, and I am now able to give one addressed to Mr Jones, which is as follows: "My dear Jones—I received this morning a letter from Mr Robert Roberts, with a placard, in which my name has been impropely inserted; and I think it right to furnish you at once, and by hand, with a copy of my reply. Not being on the register for Merioneth, I should not think of attending any meeting, except on the most distinct invitation but if, after rending my letter to Mr Roberts, you consider that I have done injus ice to Mr Holland, and that my views, one way or other, ought to be publicly expressed, I will at once attend anywhere you may suggest for that purpose. To all of you who are in the heat of a contest the only question will be that which is put by the Poll Clerk; but to those who, like myself, are per- mitted to look on, a further question occurs, namely, whether the liberal cause in Wales will be promoted by returning a member who will assuredly, if I am rightly informed, not repre- sent the views of nine out of ten of the liberals in Wales; and in the opinion that great responsibility attaches to those who so hastily accepted Mr Holland's views as satisfactory, I can inform you that I do not stand alone in this part of the country.—Yours truly, G. H. WHALLEY." So much for Mr Whalley's consistency as regards his letters. How about his position as the liberal member for Peterborough? According to Mr Whalley, Mr Holland will not represent the views of nine out of ten of the liberals of Wales"—so, I presume, a conservative who will not represent the tenth either is to be preferred I But who made Mr Whalley a judge over the electors of Merioneth, that he as a magistrate," should be ready to come and dictate to the 1,622 who, by a majority of 647, chose Mr Hol- land as their representative? It is a small matter, anyway, what Mr Whalley chooses to think he thinks, and with the words of Mr Breese, at the declaration of the poll, I leave him" Mr Whalley will, sooner or later, have to render his account to the electors of Peterborough," and I don't envy Mr Whalley the reckoning I" Dolgelley, Jan. 22. [Mr Jones, of Frendderw, says "in that portion ef the report" of the Bala meeting which alludes to Mr Whalley's alleged promise to support Mr Holland, he is incorrectly re- ported, and he calls our attention to the fact that the Herald did not have it so. In justice to our reporter we must uy We do not see a material difference in the reports. When a liberal M.P. sends a special messenger on a winter's day over the Welsh mountains to say "he will ever support the liberal cause," and this is stated at a meeting in support of Mr Holland, a liberal candidate, a reporter surely was not going far astray whon he understood it that Mr Whalley would support Mr Holland." Only he should have remembered it was Mr Whal- ley I-ED. 0. A.]

FORCE OF HABIT.—A tax-gatherer was observed the other evening all alone in a corner, moody, meditative, and frowning. His work was over for the day, but from force of habit (coming from being always at the receipt of cus- tom) he was collecting itimmelf.-Punelt. ADVICE TO MOTHERS.—Are you broken of your rest by a sick child, suffering with the pain of cutting teeth; go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs Window's Sooth- ing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately it is perfectly harmless; it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pam, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It has been long in use in America, and is highly recommended by medical men. It is very pleasant to take; it soothes the child; it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. No TDnt.liAr ahn,,1 n,

CURRENTE CALAMO. (From the Oswestry Advertizer.) The Welsh-Evicting Landlords stand a fair chance of becoming historical characters, and of having their names handed down as illustrations of vindictiveness, much in the same way as we see that of Sir John Falstaff used to typify bragadocio, or Pecksniff as a model humbug. Last week Mr John Hkrdy, M.P., was charged before the Burton magistrates with uttering a malicious libel on a t«nant who had not pleased him and whose rent he had raised as a punishment. In his examination the tenant naively remarked that'when he received his land- lord's letter he thought he was in Wales We hear a good deal about the stupidity of Welsh juries let the landlords take care lest they win, for Wales the discredit of a far worse name. Confession is good for the soul t So we hope the North Walts Chronicle feels all the, better- for the honest admis- sion it made on Saturday. "The chapel and slate quarry screw" said our contemporary, "has proved itself more than a match for the much decried'land-kizent screw." So it is admitted that the landlords do put the screw on, but urged that the other side do the same. Such is not the case. The "screw seiat' has never been admitted indeed it is a thing all but impracticable. A clergyman may screw, if he chooses, for he lives independent of his parishioners and in favour with the squire; but it has often been a reproach levelled, agaiost dissenting ministers that as they have to be supported by the voluntary con- tributions of their congregations, if they don't preach what the people like they stand a chance of being starved out! As, however, the hearers choose their own preachers, as a matter of course it Lenerallv- nq that. Tninlsw and people think and feel alike cm great questions. T1 3 Welsh farmers are Nonconformists, and it would seem reasonable to suppose that, being such, no very great amount of screwing' was necessary to get them up to Liberal pitch but for want of something better it suits the Tories to ring the changes on the assertion-we can't call it argument-that the preachers compel the people to vote quite forgetting to add that it is only to vote in accordance with the dictates of conscience that they are asked by their spirituaL guides. How far has the "chapel and slate quarry screw" proved itself "more than a match for the land-agent screw" in the Merionethshire election? As regards the 'slate quarry' part in the affair, we will dismiss it with this re- mark-had Festiniog, Harlech, and Corris not contri- buted a vote on the occasion, Mr Holland would have had a 'liberal' majority! This limits us entirely to the agri- cultural districts, and to the operation of the rival screws of the preacher and landlord. Take Bala as an illustra- tion of the working of these instruments of torture. The tenantry of Rhiwlas and Wynnstay worship at the same chapels, deal at the same markets, read the same news- papers, and hold the same beliefs. At former elections they all (or the bulk of them) voted the same way, and that in entire contradiction to the views they pro- fessed as nonconformists The rival screws were there at work the preachers insisting that Christians should obey God rather than man; and the agents hinting at the possible loss of farms to those who chose to act in so pre- posterous a manner Both screws were down tight, and the landlord sometimes had the benefit of clergy in his, for established parsons have been known to preach the creed-" It is well that Tenant and Landlord should go together !in so doing placing the claims of Man a trifle before those of his Maker! The screw seiat' was entirely inoperative, as the result shewed: the tenants had not the audacity' to do right, but marched to the poll with humiliation of hearts. During the recent election the screw was released in the ease of the Rhiwlr tenants -they were left to do just as they liked with the right the Old Constitution' affords tenant farmers, of giving a vote for the land they make valuable and pay for! What was the result? Why that almost in a body they voted entirely opposite to the way in which they have always voted before! Here, we take it, is proof positive of the operation of the one screw. What _of the other? Welshmen are nonconformists, and hold very strong views on the freedom of Religion from State Control, and on Liberal Progress. They choose ministers whose views are in accordance with their own. When an election comes, only a fool or a knave would care to say that they need coercion to make them vote for a liberal candidate. What is needed, and what, thank God, the preachers do not hesitate to say is needed, is that they should man- fully resist the encroachments of the agents who dare to destroy the Free and Equal Liberty of our Old Con- stitution" by making it appear that the vote belongs to the lord of the soil. The nonconformist voter needs this help. With an agent urging him to wound his conscience, it is needful that the screw seiat' should be held tight, and the preacher would not be doing his duty to his God did he not thunder before his hearers the truth that no man can serve two masters-he must obey God or Mammon. We called attention last week to a letter in the Standard signed Welshman,' in which the writer accused the preachers of Wales in general, and the editor of Y Dydd in particular, of teaching sedition. An extract from what professed to be an article in Y Dydd was given, and in reprinting this extract we doubted the correctness of the translation. We have now received a copy of a letter on the subject addressed to the editor of the Standard news- paper, by the Rev. S. Roberts, editor of Y Dydd, and from it we find matters were worse than we supposed. Not only is the extract' wrongly translated; it is also fifteen months old, and has been given in the Standard- in various forms—at sundry times within the last twelve months. Mr Roberts shall speak for himself Some fifteen months ago a peaceable patriotic correspondent of Y Dydd, well acquainted with the trials and sufferings of several evicted families, reminded their oppressors of the agita- tion prevailing around them, that heart-burnings might lead to house-burnings; his faithful words of warning, under conserva- tive construction, have appeared again and again in the Standard and other unprincipled tory papers. It has been seasoned and re-seasoned, cooked and re-cooked in conservative cookshops; it has been boiled in tory kettles, and broiled in tory p»™a; it has been hashed and re-hashea in tory dishes; it has been roasted and stewed, and served piping hot three or four times on the big table of the Standard and as many times on the little table of the Western Mail, and various other tory tables of all forms and sizes. Tory gourmands must be very voracious when they can relish and swallow such old hash, and their larder must be very empty when they have nothing in it to give their friends as a holiday dinner, but a thin, mouldy "resurrection pie," deodorised and re-seasoned according to the most approved recipes of conservative cookery. Those tory papers have re- peatedly maligned the editor of T Dydd as a Welsh Fenian, a sower of sedition, a fomenter of rebellion, and a suggester of in- cendiarism. The Standard, knowing that the Welsh people are loyal, enlightened, conscientious liberals, and Nonconformists, is doing all it can to slander and vilify their character; but it is not so surprising that the Welshman' of the Standard should stigmatize the Dissenting preachers of Wales as instigators of Fenianism, when it insinuates that the measures of the present Government tend to disorder and Fenianism.' The Standard admits that the people of Wales are 'quiet and industrious and intelligent,' while their pulpit and press foment sedition and anarchy Its elaborate logic as to the Fenianism of the preach- ers is murdered by its sup-admission of the intelligence and industry and quiet peace of the people. Seditious preaching promoting loyalty is a doctrine not known anywhere but in tory Standards.' The wise men of the Standard gather grapes from thorns, and figs from thistles.' The preachers are all thorns, their congregations are crowned with grapes. They get figs in the pew from thistles in the pulpit. Now the question is, 'Will the Standard publish Mr Roberts's defence ?' We think not. True, an anonymous assailant has attacked his good name in all that is dear to a Christian gentleman; and Mr Roberts seeks but to defend himself. But what of that? The anonymous as- sailant hates nonconformity—so does the Standard. He is unscrupulous—so is the Standard. He has Tory squires please—so has the Standard. What hope, then, for an honest man, who has the misfortune to be a Welsh Liberal, even if all he requires is to defend himself by truth against error-even if he does sign his own name when he challenges that of his anonymous accuser. One of those canards which are hatched in mysterious comers of the newspaper world, and then go the round," relates how the "tables have been turned" on certain Welsh game-preservers. Here is the story, which, though quite untrue, is amusing and instructive- The tenant-farmers of Montgomeryshire have, it seems, suc- ceeded in turning the tables upon their game-preserving land- lords by indicting them for selling game without a licence. In several instances the charge was sustained, and fines to the full amount were exacted. There was probably in the minds of these Welsh offenders some recollection of the feudal rights with regard to game which have outlived most ancient privileges, and which, even so late as 1823, influenced Lord Cranborne's committee in its proposal to confine the selling of game to those persons who, in virtue of possessing real property, were qualified to kill it. Of course, such a piece of class legislation failed, but Mr Brandt's scheme, based on an opposite principle, was equally unsuccessful. He was in favour of permitting the farmer to breed and kill for the market any quantity of game, believing that by rendering partridges as common as domestic poultry the monopoly of the rich would be abridged, the temptation to poaching discouraged, and the meat supply of the country largely augmented. "These Welsh offenders" never existed, in Montgomery- shire at any rate, and the readers of the Adrertizer will laugh at the idea of the tenant farmers of the Principality indicting their landlords. Why, that would be worse than voting against them! Landlords in Wales are almost as sacred as pheasants. We can hardly wonder at political corruption when those who aspire to be the respectable leaders of opinion" write as a local conservative contemporary wrote last week- Politics is work for mundane men, work in which saintly souls should take no part. Politics is of the earth earthy, which priests and preachers should not soil their hands by touching- save where a question of religion is involved. It is this mixture of priestly and political functions in years gone by which has brought Ireland to her present deplorable condition. There the priesthood have raised a demon which they possess not the power to subdue. It is a terrible lesson, which. taken in time. interest — the fate of a nation of men none at all! If religion is to be eliminated from politics, no wonder that bribery, corruption, and coercion prevail. What about Church and State ? On what conceivable theory does the State support religion, if religion has nothing to do with politics? But what is religion in the opinion of writers like this, since it has nothing to do with "the daily round, the common task." Or is it politics which are too wicked for good men to meddle with ? What, then, about the sacred trio of "Church, Queen, and Con- stitution?" We evidently require a fresh version of the conservative creei-and a revised edition of the New Testament.

THE MARRIAGE OF MISS EDWARDS, OF THE • CALVINISTIC METHODIST COLLEGE, BALA. Sin,-In describing the above wedding, your corre- spondent says, In celebration of the happy event several friends and wellwishers resolved upon providing a treat for the children belonging to the British School," &c. May I ask, on public grounds, why was there no provision made for the National School on an occasion like this? Were the children excluded on account of their creed ? It looks very like it! In the Cambrian News of Jan. 15th, your correspondent says thus respecting Mrs Price of Rhiwlas's munificence- It appears that Mrs Price decided upon presenting aged persons residing in the district, without any distinction whatever of party or creed." Here's a noble example! In what this lady did, she says to the managers of the festivities on Thursday last, "Why did ye not go and do likewise to the poor children of the National Sahool?" It happens that at Bal.i we have had a great many similar festivities upon different occasions, within the last ten years. Within that period we have celebrated the marriage of a Rector of the parish, the majority and the marriage of Mr Price of Rhiwlas, on a very extensive .1- 6. -L.- -1 ..L1 -Cl i/iie majority ana in* mamage ot Mr T. JLIoyd Anwyl, Eryl Aran, and the majority of Mr R. O. AnwyL Now every caw of these belong to the Church, and tie largest portion of the celebration funds was naturally contributed by Churchmen; but the Nonconformists were the largest recipients, on account of their being the most numerous. Was the British School left in the cold shade on any of these occasions? Was there any distinction whatever made between one citizen and another on account of his party or creed? I am confident the whole of Bala will bear me out when I say, None whatever. With these undeniable facts staring me in the face, I leave it to the unbiassed reader to judge who are the Liberals in deeds at Bala. I am, Sir, yours, &c., "TOBY."

MERIONETHSHIRE ELECTION. DEAR SIR,—Tsow that your columns will be ringing with the last victorious "March of the Men of Harlech," it seems a fitting time to protest in the name of morality and decency against the fact of such a contest as that which has just taken place in Merionethshire. Everyone who knows anything of that county is perfectly well aware that it is throughout Nonconformist and Radical, and that if the simple, unbiassed opinion of the people were ex- pressed a liberal would be elected with practical unanimity. This just as patent and notorious a fact as Bala Lake or Sir Watkin. The really strange phenomenon, therefore, in Saturday's proceedings is, not that Mr Holland should be elected by a majority of 647, but that 960 electors should be found to vote for an opponent of everything which most of them think important. The explanation of the anomaly is, unfortunately, just as notorious and incontrovertible as the fact already mentioned, and is simply that they swal- low their eonvictions to please their landlords. Like St. Paul's wretched man"—"what they would that they do not, but what they hate that they do." The hope of a tory candidate is simply and solely in the amount of unfaithfulness to conviction that can be pro- duced by the fear of consequences, and I submit that a contest based upon such conditions is an insult to reason and a grave offence against morality. Where a genuine difference of opinion may exist, by all means test its strength in a fight; but where the opinion. is perfectly well known, and the only screwable element is the voting, a contest simply means coercion on the one side and cowardice on the other. Much as we may regret the treatment accorded to Sir Watkin at Bala, what is much more to be regretted is, that the leading conservatives should have initiated a contest under such conditions, and waged it with such oppressive zeal I trust that the vanquished Colonel and his friends returned home on Saturday ni^ht "wiser" even if "sadder" men, and that the "uses of adversity" maybe "sweet." By the way, Mr Whalley's vagaries seem to attract considerably more notice than they deserve. What dc you expect from such a quarter? 'It's only Whalley, and does not Whalley' rhyme to folly.' I am, dear Sir, Yours with much congratulation, Jan. 18th, 1870. OWEN GLYNDWK. SrR,-Merionetbhire has done itself immortal honour, having abandoned, apparently for ev-er, time-honoured toryism. More even than this-it has vindicated gallantly freedom of election, and set a noble example to the whole country. Rents are due to landlords, and they are very welcome to them but they have no more right to their tenants' votes than they have to their wives, or to the flitches of bacon that hang over their kitchens. This is the letter and the spirit of the law, and thus they who coerce and intimidate, belong to what party they may, are the real revolutionists. Mr Price, of Rhiwlas, it appears from your account, had the good sense to recognize the true position of himself and his tenants, for he told them without reserve before the election that they might vote as they pleased without any fear of ulterior consequences from him, nor did he so much as seek to influence them by the ving of his own vote, which was not recorded till very late in the day. The straightforward ness and good faith of conduct such as this are some- thing very different to the wretched sham so often witnessed at elections. A landlord gives out-perhaps proclaims in an address—that he has no wish to apply the screw to his tenants, yet it is only right they shoula know that his sympathies are strongly with Mr Tory, and utterly against that dangerous leveller, Mr Liberal. Quite enough-a lot of office scouts, and officious canvassers, paid or unpaid, scour the country, dropping nods and winks at every house as they go along; or they notice the rather dilapidated state of the buildings, the want of gates or draining tiles; or they ask carelessly how many years they and their ancestors have been in that farm, and whether they do not consider the rent extremely moderate, &c., &c. Now, in cases of this kind there is an anxious desire on the part of the landlord to parade himself in the eyes of the undiscriminating public as a man of wide views and breat liberality, while all the tie there is an underhand com- plicated cog-wheel machinery at work of the heaviest pres- sure and the direst tyranny. The management is supposed to be wonderfully clever -thebamboozlement perfect-and the happy landlord, chuckling at the idea, tells his friends and enemies that every one of his tenants voted on his side, though they all knew quite well that they were at liberty to do exactly as they pleased No wonder that the Ballot should have risen so rapidly into public favour. There's a good time coming, boys, wait a little longer." Yours, &c., Thursday night. SPECTATOB.

SIR WATKIN W. WYNN AND THE MERION- ETHSHIRE ELECTION. The following address has been presented to Sir Watlciia W. Wynn from his tenantry at Bala, protesting against the insulting treatment which the baronet received, and stating that they voted for Colonel Tottenham entirely of their own free will To Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Barond.-HeriondAAim Election, 1870. We, your undersigned tenants, being deeply grieved by the disgraceful manner in which you were treated by the radical rabb'e at Bala, on the polling day, beg to express our strongest feelicgs of indignation and regret that you should have been insulted or annoyed in any way. We had not believed it possible that Welshmen would be found so lost to everything manly and decent as to have resorted to such disgusting behaviour. We at the same time are glad of an opportunity of stating that we suppoirted Colonel Tottenham heartily, and recorded our votes for him entirely of our own free will, without attempt at coercion or pressure of any kind. Being assured by your many kindnesses of your good wishes towards us, we have at all times great pleasure in co-operating with you, and we beg to remain very gratefully Your tenants, Edward Morris, Pantsaer, Thomas Williams, Rhydsarn, Thos. Davies, Weirglodd-ddu, Zecharia Jones, Pantymarch, William Jones, Tynant, Robert Jones, Tynant, Morris Peter, Rhydwen, Cadwaladr Humphreys, Maesmeillion, John Roberts, Vedw David Jones, Rhydbod, Cadwaladr Jones, Llechweddalchea Simon Jones, Nanthir, William Hughes, G-ist Inn, Robt. Jones, Bryniau, John Evans, Cwmffynon, David Pagh, Blaenllew-isaf, Robert Evans, Cwmtylo, William Jones, Coedtaloe, John Roberts, Plasmadog, Thomas Jones, Cefngwyn, William Thomas, Eagles Inn, David Jones, Blaenycwm, Owen Evans, Cwmonen, CacI- waladr Jones, Bryn, David Davies, Brynllech, Robert Parry, Brynilech, Thomas Jones, Tanrbvrlch, Cadwaladr Jones, Bryn- hynod, John Jones, Brauchycennant, Edward Jones, Gyin,Hugk Edward*, Tynyfedw, David Williams, Tyddyn'ronen, Lewis Jones, Pantgwyn, Griffith Evans, Brynbedwog, Robert Williams, Dolhendre, Edward Edwards, Penygeulan, Richard Jones, Ty- mawr, Henry Parry, Tyddynllowarch, Hngh Edwards, Tycerrig, John Jones, Hendremawr, Edward Rowland", Dwrnudon, John Jones, Mae.-gwyn, Hugh Jones, Bryncaled, John Jones, Wern, Evan Edwards, Drwsynant, William Price, Ronwydi, David Roberts, L'ettycrypyl, David Roberts, Pyrse, Morris Jones, Eithinfynydd, Toomas Edwards, Tydy, Edward Edwards, Tycer- rig, Henry Jones, Gwerngryg, Robert Jones, LlwynUwydyn, Ho .vell Jones, Llwyngwern, John Jones, Pantglyd, John Jones, L6n, John Jones, Drwscaergwenyn, Robert Jones, Llwyngwern, Thomas Jones, Deildre, Rowland Rowland, Madog, Owen Edwards, Coadypry, John Rowland, Dolfydar, John Jones, New Inn, Jol.n Humphreys, Tynllechwodd, Henry Jones, Cefnprys, William Jones, Tycerrig, Owen Owens, Cerrigllwydion. Llanuwchllyn, 22ad January, 1870.

The Evangelical Protestant Conference to be held at New York in September next is already exciting much interest in Europe. It is thought that from 400 to 500 gentlemen on this side of the Atlantic will accept the invitation of the Evangelical Alliance to be present at the council. Even at this early stage of the arrangements the citizens of New York have offered a sufficient amount of private hospitality to ensure accommodation for 1000 delegates. The movement has been taken up with great