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.4 DDlUuSSES. I N ? QIT AX O U x\ I 1 kJ X~'i017 \T? 1r? jL o ..il i f U J.l. > 1..J.. .Ii ^OED ^SURED IX 1894- £ 393,622.400. a Particulars apply to the following Agents— HAVID WALL. !Wt°Wn ^r" W' Tkomas" i'i.1 street. LIS J0^11 and Llanidloes—Mr. BENNETT ROWLAND?. ^fy!lin^ir. W. A. rue,HE. REES"JAMES"" ,J Á-1..1O/], 1..4, SADDIIR AND HARNESS MAKES. caet gears Made to Order—a Speciality. A LARGE SELECTIOX OF HARNESS, AI>DLES AND BEIDLES, A -N L) ElVERY STABLE REQUISITE I IX STOCK. I 513110 AD ST., WELSHPOOL. I ALFRED SLIM, .l.i, I Il-{E AND SPIRIT MERCHANT W ELSHPOOL. §ent for jjessrs_ g;L]t & Co.s', and Trueinan, Anbury & Co.'s BUVLTOX ALES. I LO]¡DOX AND DCBLIX STOUTS, &c., &,c. Supplied jn any sized CASKS, and I delivered free. ^eC'a^ Qualities for Harvesting Season, I from 8d. Gallon. I NOTICE. I AI. WILLIAMS & SON II TOBACCONISTS, laVe the FINEST STOCK in the County of PIPES, POJCHES, CIGARS, CIGARETTES, I -And every requisite for the Smoker. ALLJ THE LEADING BRANDS IN STOCK. I £ NOTE THE ADDRESS 4, CHURCH STREET, j (Opposite the Bull Hotel.) I WELSHPOOL. I 8O|EA& X for the Celebrated L N PIPE, and T I IRK & SONS' TOBACCO-S. IF,RCIAL and I 1" TEMPERANCE HOTEL, 0,^2R]JIEW STREET, WELSHPOOL. QOOl) ACCOMMODATION FOR COMMERCIAL L GENTLEMEN AND TOURISTS. I ^ot Joints Daily from 12 till 3. j CHARGES STRICTLY MODERATE. ———— I M. REED, PROPRIETRESS. NOTICE. reon61"8 meetings, concerts, &c., are respect- °Wie 0ftj to send early notice of their fixtures lIetative ceo of this paper, when, if possible, a repre- h nt sent to rePort same. We would ^°eive p events advertised in our columns ^rence to others. I C°^TE^TS QF INNER PAGES. I 4lje PAGE 2. pS ^ytb, Newtown, and Bishop's Castle I «1'lsh Councils Elections. B,SKM PAGFI 3" 'We County Council Annual Sleeting; I 0 ary Correspondence, POútb PAGE b. I a > Chess, and Welshpool news. ^Rrio, I PAGE 7. v^al Notes and Markets.
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Vi tlle ave °ften been in doubt as to what 0tlee £ Pleseiit principles which govern the 'finit R- liberal party. Are there any c*Ple-? Pr^nciples —is there one definite prin- thax ^"ich runs through all the adherents W]fi P^t'ty ? A list of Liberal principles, Co? a Working man, has appeared in rse of a correspondence in our con- I'Wrioifj1^' t^ie Oswestry Acltertizer. These l'le 5 6S Were"—A Republic Abolition of Lords Amendment of the •s&stal ,PomTn°ns; Home Rule for Ireland; .^hment of the Church of England pGS ari(l Nationalisation of Land, i^llwa;ys, and fsic.JaXl other Money- t(» kr)0^v j c^neiT• It wonld be interesting l0w far these are the principles of thafal Party, and whether the leaders party (Lord ROSEBERY, Sir V. JEY and others,) would *eHti 1 advocation of a Republic as an Jr Principle in all good Liberal or 0Vernnients. All opinions are not fqCt tp lesand it is necessary to bear that t'e t}.Il 1Xlind. Principles of Government Con S-^ essential lines on which alone it e*i$t aSl ere<^ that good government can *6cure(j the stability of a country be ari j 'le3r are foundations on which ^ey th every structure can be built; but ■*it"h, ^emseives must remain untampered ■t1?' an<^ lasting. Any opinions which liicL 111 epfere with these foundations, and "t be likely to enfeeble them, ;tlli4)11 Ive ,,vay. On the other hand, a vast ♦ike ? °pinicns may exist which can s^ape in buildings to be 111 fo of Parliament) 011 these '<l be "Ull(iations and Avliich can, if found fornSfi^ S^ac^017- be removed to make structures which are, in the Avelf° ^me- more like to conduce to e ch'a+-e °^e various classes concerned. 'Jfli-tv i„le principle of the Conservative Imposed +Ve^ known. It is diametrically °rif' ° ^ie Principle laid down by the ^an (to whom we have before Publ aS- a "Liberal" principle, i.e., ^inoiv)i°a.n^sln- This chief Conservative i :^stit +-1S t'lat our Preserit and ancient H 6 keJT0n essentially the best, and that t e Tv, rrn government is ours, i.e., °Use r°plle' House of Lords, and the COtlllUo Commons. This principle is n to all members of the Conserva- tive party, and it is not many years ago that it was e<juallv common to the members of the old Liberal party. But for some years past it has appeared to those who keenly scrutinise the attitude of politicians that this principle, as a common principle of Liberals, lias been wanting, and that the once great and l ilitcd Liberal party has, in 1 he persons of its members, become so unprincipled as to abandon their own traditions as regards the essentials of good government in our country, or else to sanc- tion, tacitly, such abandonment in others: to sink the insistence on essentials in those with whom they would ally themselves and t:i embrace as their f el low-workers all who would give them their votes and support foi the sake of some opportunist devices, and IHmc1- to-mon t h" policies and opinions. Principle has become a very w eak factor in Liberal warfare. Any and every service appears to be tolerated in order to obtain a desired result and the highest .siandard to be found is probably that of Doing evil that good may come." We have lately seen how political principles in Liberal quarters can be brought to a very low level in Montgomeryshire. Placing its action at the highest charitable estimation possible. Ave can only consider that the gross amount of evil perpetrated bv the Liberal party in the matter of the petition instituted against the return of Sir PuvK-JoXKS and from which he emerged so triumphantly, was perpetrated for an object considered good and desirable for the party. It is a well-known fact that costs which should have been borne by the petitioners have never been paid. Here to p I obtain the rejection from Parliament of Sir Pi;YCK-JONES may 'have appeared a good ob- ject to the leaders of the Liberal party in Montgomeryshire. They did not hesitate, they have not hesitated, to brand themselves 1* t cl with an amount of degradation as politicians which it would now perhaps be hard to remove by any action on their part, and which must certainly be lasting until the stigma of this debt is removed by its payment. It is quite unnecessary for the writer- to express the views of the Conservatives or Unionists on this subject. It is sufficient to refer to the columns of the Cambrian Neuv and to other Liberal sources. We heard, indeed, just previously to the last General Election that it was proposed to make some effort to pay off this disgraceful debt and a certain lady who has taken an active part in Liberal politics stated her views on this subject, and herself offered a donation for the purpose. It seemed for a moment as if the Liberal party had recovered some of its lost principle when brought face to face with the electors. But the seat was lost again to the Liberal party Major PRYCE- JON-ES succeeded his father in the House of Commons and with the seat lost to the Liberal party, lost also by Liberals it appears, was all sense and realisation of political and principle morality. Leavillff this, in the opinion of many belonging to all parties, painful and degrading episode, let us consider what is the attitude which we should expect the leaders of the Liberal party to adopt in face of the fact that among their adherents are those who un- hesitatingly put forward Republicanism as a Liberal principle, and one which they are prepared to advocate as essential. It is impossible, of course, to be responsible for votes recorded for Liberalism. It is impossible to refuse the vote of such an one as Working Man and as we see by his list of opinions," there are subjects on which many Liberal leaders would fully sympathise with him. But should they not repudiate the statement that Re- publicanism is a Liberal principle ? "—that the abolition of the Throne is not one of the objects of Liberalism P We think that the leaders of their rart-y should speak out in no uncertain language on this point, as the leaders of the Conservative party have spoken out to those who advocate Home Rule and a separate Parliament for Ireland To encourage the support of such votaries of a Republic in any other way, on any other terms, is surely to aid and abet disloyalty and treason, and to nurse in the heart of the country those who, though dormant at present, will wake and strike when their numbers and power are sufficiently increased by the unprincipled, careless, reckless policy of responsible Liberal politicians
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The Cambrian Railways Company have invited representatives of several County Councils to meet them at Machynlleth, on the 17th of April next, to take into con- sideration the conveyance of live stock and agricultural produce. We have received a letter from Mr EOKKKSTER ADDIE, asking L, us to make it known to our readers that as one of the representatives appointed by the Montgomery County Council to confer with the Company on this important matter, he is wishful of obtaining the views of all those interested in the subject, and asking that suggestions in regard to the matter might be sent to him by \pril 10th. Amongst the many disadvantages under which agriculture is carried on in this dis- trict, none have been more patent than the difficulty encountei ed in the carriage of produce. This is a matter which lies almost entirely between the farmers and the Railway Companies, and by their action in convening this Conference it is evident that the Cambrian Railways Company are anxious to do what lies in their power to obviate it. On the other hand, it now remains for farmers and others interested in agriculture to do what they can to assist the Conference to attain the end in view, and wo hope that all who have any sugges- tions to make will avail themselves of the opportunity now afforded them by laying their opinions before the Conference throng h Mr ADDIE. It should also be pointed out to farmers that they have a duty to them- selves to perform, and that to neglect to take advantage of the efforts now being made, 'which, of course, are for theii own personal benent. will reflect to their own discredit, and will doubtless mitigate against their future AVell-being and success.
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The news of the advance of Egyptian troops, under the command of British officers, to Dongohi. is a very important piece of intelligence, and one which was well explained by I\!r. i'nir/ON in the House oi Commons. It is absolutely necessaij' to safeguard the Egyptian frontier at a crucial moment like the present, when, after the defeat or the Italians in Abys- sinia, aliolv war will, in all probability, be preached by the Khalifa to an excited dervish population. Now that Egypt has attained the rank of a self-suppoiting country, with a surplus of a million ster- lin", she may vcrv well take such measures of self-defence as'wiU for ever after make an invasion of barbarians impossible. The report just published by Lord CROMER of the state of Egypt at present is most satis- factory. There has been a steady improve- ment in the financial condition of the country ever since 1883, when the first budget after the British occupation was presented. In five years the deficits were Aviped out. and every year since then surpluses have been the rule. Trade and commerce have nat urally benefitted enormously, and the trade of Egypt amounted last year to over twenty million pounds. Lord Cromer closes a very interesting report as follows:—in con- clusion, all I need say is that the political tranquility which has prevailed in Egypt during the past year, and which stands in somewhat marked contrast to the general uneasiness of immediately antecedent periods, has enabled the goATerning authorities concerned, whether Egyptian or European, to devote their undivided attention to various measures having for their object the moral and material development of the country. The result is that, although no striking measures of reform haATe recently been initiated, I am able to submit to your Lordship a report which will. I trust, be considered satis- factory as a record of steady and unostentatious progress.
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-+- NOTES BY THE WAY. At the annual meeting of the Montgomery County Council, held at Newtown on Tuesday, Mr A. C. Humphreys-Owen, M.P., was elected chairman for the ensuing year, and Captain Mytton, vice- chairman. t* We are afraid that the Chairman of the County Council somewhat misunderstood the purport of Major Pryce-Jones's telegram on the subject of Light Railways at the Council meeting on Tuesday. We understood, from his telegram, that the hon. member wished to advise those interested in the Light Railway scheme, through the County Council and therefore through the Press, to consider their proposals at once, and by this means they would not be too late in seek:ng Government assistance. We observe that other parts of the country are taking steps, and Montgomeryshire should not be behind-haud in this most important matter. *"c* The Bishop of St. David's is the only one of the Welsh prelates whose clerical life has not been devoted almost exclusively to Wales. The Bishop of Bangor (Dr. Lloyd) was a schoolmaster succes- sively at Dolgelley, Bangor, and Brecon, and had rendered great services to the cause of education in Wales. The Bishop of Llandaff (Dr Lewis) had long been familiar as a working clergyman and a Welsh dignitary before he was consecrated Bishop. I The Bishop of St Asaph (Dr Edwards) had spent his whole career in educational and pastoral work in Wales before he was appointed to succeed Bishop Hughes. # # # The fact that over 10,000 people attend the Welsh 'service on St. David's Day in St. Paul's Cathedral in each year is an eloquent tribute to its success, and justifies the rfward of high praise to those responsible for it. But the Genedl news- paper is beside itself on the matter, and sacrifices its patriotism to its sectarianism in the following language :—" A small sect, of an Anglicised and unnational spirit, have established a yearly meeting in a national dress in St. Paul's, London. The chief men of the sect are called upon to preach on the occasion. The Genedl forgets to say that the numerical strength of the church in Wales can only be tested by a religious census, which Churchmen have often demanded and their opponents have as often opposed." A statement made in an interview by a well- known Baptist minister, Rev. J. H. Shakesoere, of Norwich, is significant. I cannot," he says, "help contrasting the power, vitality and liberality of the Church of England—what Mr. Gladstone calls its transformation '—and the way in which, under the aplendid leadership of its Bishops, it has grappled with Church Extension and the religions needs of large towns, with the narrow parochial aims and energies of the great body of Nonconformists, the apathy of some of its leaders, and their blindness to the real needs of the time^u I do not think very much of the phrase, the Nonconformist conscience.' I have yet to learn that conscience was given to us to make us alive first of all to the faults of others, Its first business surely is to make us aware of our own." Sir Watkin Wynn, of Wynnstay, has been elected chairman of the Denbighshire County Council by 32 votes, as against 22 given to his esteemed pre- decessor, Mr. Samuel Moss Goleuad newspaper, the Methodist rival to Mr. Gee's paper, repeats the rumour that this is due to the extreme speeches of some Liberals. III the light of some of the speeches delivered at the Rhyl Educational Conference the other day, we are inclined to believe that the Goleuad has hit the mark. The Aberystwyth Board of Guardians decided on the question of boarding out the children, and the proposal was carried by an overwhelming majority. The opposition, which numbered four, were headed by Mr John Jenkins. Their arguments against the proposal were mere suppositions. They warned the Board that they would have the children running back to the house, dissatisfied with their homes. The prospect of seeing such an extraordinary occurrence taking place was in itself a sufficient inducement for the rest of the Board to vote in favour of the proposal. The Guardians have taken a wise step, aud we feel convinced that the ratepayers are unanimous in their approval of this attempt to lessen in some degree the sufferings of those children. Alderman Palmer's motion to exclude the Press from the committees of Aberystwyth Town Council was defeated by the casting vote of the Mayor. The discussion upon it was rather heated, and led to some angry repartee. For our part we have no desire to sever our acquaintance with the members of the committee. Occasions may arise where a timely word in the local Press would be the means of facilitating the despatch of public business, or of conveying to those interested, information which would be a strain upon the usual channels. *„* We report in another column the tenth annual meeting of Aberystwyth Habitation of the Prim- rose League which was held on Tuesday. The attendance was an excellent one, and the utmost interest was taken in the proceedings by the ladies present. Mrs. Cosens resigned her post as ruling councillor, and the hon. sec., Mr. B. E. Morgan, also tendered his resignation. In the place of Mrs. Cosens, Mrs. Morgan (Nantceirio) was appointed, and Dr. Beddoes was unanimously chosen as hon. sec. We congratulate the League upon the selection of its officers, who are ardent supporters of the work undertaken by the Association. Mr. Hughes was appointed auditor. The executive and the wardens faithfully carried out their work at the last general election, and the re-election of the members was the least compliment that could be paid to their untiring efforts on behalf of the League. The Athenaeum says :—" The Treasury has taken a somewhat unexpected course in conveying to the authorities of the University of Wales an intima- tion of its opinion that the students of the Univer- sity ought no longer to be especially prepared for graduation at London University. Aberystwyth has recently had exceptional success with the students whom it sent up to London, and it will for the moment be considerably affected by an expression of opinion which it cannot afford to ignore." Major E. Pryce-Jones, M.P, and Mrs. Pryce- Jones attended Lady Hicks-Eeach'q At Home on Wednesday evening, at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing Street. A meeting of the North Wales section of the Incorporated Society of Musicians was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Royal Oak Hotel, when some important resolutions were submitted by Mr. Westlake-Morgan, the organist of Bangor Cathe- dral. Our report of the meetirg will be found on page 8. At the ordinary meeting of the Welshpool Inter- mediate Governing Body yesterday afternoon it was resolved to invite the Prince of Wales to break his journey to Aberystwyth at Welshpool for the purpose of laying the fouudation stone of the new intermediate schools. The matter was also under consideration at a meeting of the Town Council on Thursday. A correspondent of the Christian TForld has endeavuured to pose it, by sending the editor two quotations from his own columns. In the first of these, the Christian World, apropOS of the Benefices Bill, said that the church has to go, cap in hand, to an assembly largely composed of Nonconform- ists, Roman Catholics, Jews, Agnostics, and a Parsee, to get leave to carry out these reforms." In the second it recorded (amongst its Wesleyan news) a statement that the cost of going to Par- liament for relief from the 11th clause of the Deed Poll, so as to render possible the extension of a minister's stay in a circuit, would be £ 25,000." The references to the cap in hand" idea, and to the theological variety of the House of Commons, were, of course, omitted but even so, the corre- spondent could not reconcile the two views. If it was wrong for the Church to go to Parliament, was it not also wrong for Dissent ? If the Church Bills were opposed, might not Dissenting Bills be opposed also ? Apparently the editor was in a like position, for in the front of his attempted reconcili- ation he sets the obvious but hardly pertinent fact that the Christian Worlel is in nowise responsible for the Deed Poll." The difficulty has, however, come home to many more than this correspondent. The remarkable absence of English Nonconformists from the list of the members who opposed the Benefices Bill is, perhaps, a witness to the fact. I Following the example of the Cambrian Railways Company, the London and North Western Railway has in order to meet the agriculturists in their dis- trict, made considerable reductions in the charges for transit of large and small quantities of home grown agricultural produce, including dead meat, as well as for oil cake, manure, &e. They also offer increased facilities in many other ways, and particularly in allowing their customers to make up weight with various products. As will be seen from our Welshpool news, there have been several cases before the magistrates this week, in which fines have been inflicted and the prisoners (some of whom come from such distant places as Baschurch, Plymouth, etc.) allowed a week-or fortnight-to pay." We are always pleased to see mercy exercised, but still we think it should be tempered with justice. We report, at some considerable length, a case which was tried before the Welshpool Magistrates on Tuesday, in which Mrs. Kinsey, Trewern House, Buttington, applied for a separation order against her husband, Thomas Kinsey. The evidence, (some of which was unfit for publication), disclosed a most lamentable state of domestic affairs. A separation order was granted, with an allowance of 5s a week, yet we think, that as the defendant's income was stated to be zElOO a. year from property alone, a larger sum might easily have beer granted. Red-tape has ever been the badge of official- dom, and never was it more in evidence than in a communication from the Charity Commissioners, read at yesterday's meeting of the Governors of the Welshpool County Schools. This precious document stated the scale of fees to be charged by the architect of the Commission for examining and reporting upon plans submitted to him by direction of the Commissioners. Now, seeing that the Com- missioners demand that the plans shall be reported upon by them before they can be put in force, it is, to say the least, unjust, that the Commissioners should have the power to demand an exorbitant fee, from which apparently there is no escape. Bleeding" is a process to be deprecated from whatever source it may come, but when it emanates from a Government authority like the Charity Commissioners, it is intolerable. Furthermore, seeing that these plans have already received the approval of two F.R.I.B.A.'s, it seems to us hardly necessary that another F.R.I.B.A. should give his decision upon them.. The wails of the defeated Nonconformists in Llanbadarn Fawr are about to be silenced. The recent School Board election gave the Church party an overwhelming majority on the Board and the Nonconformists were hopelessly in the minority. The very people who are the most noisy in their demands for appeals to the people, were now eager to escape the decision of the ratepayers, and kicked up a row because three of their members were not returned. At the meeting of the Board on Thursday morning reference Was made to the resignation of Captain Cosens through ill-health and Mr. J. P. Thomas was proposed in his place. The Vicar seconded the proposition, but before doing so drew from the Vice-Chairman, who was presiding, an assurance that he would not use his influence or oppose the filling of a fourth vacancy—should one occur-by the Church party. The assurance was readily given; but past ex- perience has shown that assurances of this sort are not altogether the best of their kind, and have led to embarrassing perplexities at important junctures. We trust such an event will not arise; but if it should it will be found that the party who are willing to concede a favour are equally capable of resenting an affront. Perhaps some of our readers have been favoured, as we have, by being made the recipients of a copy prospectus of The Holdfast Trap Syndicate." But we, no doubt in common with other local papers, have received an additional sheet of printing, which reads as follows To the Editor, Dear Sir,—We enclose you herewith some matter that will be in- teresting to your readers. We purpose advertis- ing in local newspapers, those that give us the best notices, based on the prospectus and the press notices at the back, will receive priority in selec- tion, which will be based on our judgment solely. Should you be disposed to notice our invention and prospectus, kindly send paper containing the notice duly marked and scale. "We know absolutely nothing of this company. But we have sufficient from the above-quoted document to say we are not in love with the ways of the pro- motors, that is, if they are responsible for seeding it out. If we receive a prepaid order to insert the advertisement, then we will give a press notice, which will be based on our judgment solely but we decline to give one based on the prospectus and the press notices at the back with the remote contingency of an advertisement. We may add that the Syndicate wants a nominal capital of £ 20,000" to purchase a patent (goodwill and business besides) of spring traps, the strength of which is so great that the trap will hold a full sized-dog." We have yet to learn what a sized- dog is. We have been asked to contradict the statement as to the resignation of the secretary of the St. Oswald's Habitation of the Primrose League, the duties of that office being ir. oz teiffciently carried out, and in fact have been ever since the establishment of the habitation, by Mr. A Wynne Corrie, of Park Hall, Oswestry. lilr, Geo. W. F. Robbins, of Oerley Hall, Oswestry, writes to say that he resigned the provincial secretaryship to the Grand Council some two years ago, and is now again in excellent health. In fact, he was able to take a very active part in the election contest last July for the Oswestry Division, in behalf of Mr. Stanley Leigh ton, M.P., and also in other elections which took place about that time. # The forthcoming tight in connection with the Machynlleth Urban District Council promises to be a hard one. After a membership of barely 15 months, five of the present members of the Council are called upon to resign. Four of them are determined to fight for their seats and the fifth has decided to retire. It would be correct to say that these five formed a portion of the most hard-work- ing section of the Council, and they have made themselves thoroughly acquainted with the work of that body-important work which needed the undivided attention of its members. In addition to the question of expense to the ratepayers it might have been expected that out of courtesy to the old members they would have been allowed to remain in office to see the completion of the large schemes which the Council have in hand. We do not suppose that the five mw candidates put up by the Radicals will have the effrontery to declare "at they are better able to carry out the work of iiie Council than the retiring members.
WELSHPOOL
WELSHPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.—Our report of the monthly meeting of this authority will be found on page 6. THE BEST, the purest, and the most genuine Tea to Drink is D. Jones and Son's "Indian and Ceylon Tea," at 2s. per lb. Noted Home Cured Ham and Bacon Stores, High Street.-[Advt.] THE FAIR.—There was a good supply of cattle, sheep, and pigs at the fair on Monday, and the prices were much the same as at last fair, but calves Avere a little dearer. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Charles Cooke, Ply- mouth, for this offence was fined 5s including costs (allowed 14 days to pay), by Messrs W. Rogers and M. Jehu, at the Police Court, on Wednesday. SPECIAL MISSION SERVICES.—On Sunday last special missions were commenced at the Wesleyan Chapel, conducted by Miss Cook, Liverpool, district evangelist. LARCENY.—At the Police Court on Saturday, J. Jones, painter, who was arrested at Aberystwyth by P.S. Davies on the information of P.S. Poole, Llanfair, was charged with stealing a saw from Llangadfan, the property of Mary Williams.— Remanded to Llanfair Petty Sessions. THE schedule of prizes for the We lshpool Horti- cultural Show and Fete on August 6th have been forwarded to subscribers and exhibitors. Anyone requiring the same may obtain them from Mr. S. Morris, Corner Shop, or by writing to Mr. W. Forrester Addie, (Hon. See.,) Welshpool.—Advt. I.O.G.T.—A Gospel temperance meeting was held on Sunday evening in the Baptist Chapel, in connection with the Home of Welcome Lodge. Bro. Edward Jones, P.D.C.T., presided over a large audience. Stirring addresses were given by Rev. T. R. Maland and Bro. D. J. Jones. Solos were rendered by Miss Hughes and Bro. W. Humphreys, also two quartettes by a male voice party. Bro. A. Jones ably accompanied. BEGGING.-At the Police Court, on Wednesday, before Messrs W. Rogers and M. Jehu, James Richardson, Jarrow, was charged with this offence. Dismissed with a caution.—G. Colman, Waterford, who was brought up at the County Police Court, before Mr S. Powell, and charged with the same offence, was sentenced to seven days' hard labour. —Yesterday, before Messrs M. Jehu and J. Reese, William Davies, Baschurch, was, for the same offence, fined 2s 6d including costs allowed 14 days to pay. THE JOURNALISTS of Birmingham and West Mid- land District will visit Welshpool in a few weeks' time on the occasion of their next quarterly meet- ing. With this galaxy of talent away on the war- path it will be interesting to see what the daily papers will be like in the touowing issues, it is suggested that the Mayor should receive them at the station in state, and that a charge for admission should be made to witness the interesting ceremony. Poverty and genius, it is well-known, are always allied, and the admission fees would considerably tend to relieve the intolerable strain which a dav's outing such as is projected would entail upon the slender purses of the scribes. Anyone in Welshpool desirous of being inoculated with the scribe serum, a sure and certain corrective of the disease known as cacoethes scrihendi can be accom- modated at half-a-crown ahead. For further par- ticulars apply to Ye Garrett, Poet's Close." PERSONAL.—The result of the competition for the best set of plans for the proposed new inter- mediate school buildings at Llangollen has just been published. There were llC applicants for permission to enter the competition, and these were ultimately limited to twelve. Of the designs sent in, those of Mr J. H. Teather, of Cardiff, were placed first by the assessor-Mr Willink, of Liverpool; while those of Mr Frank H. Shayler, of Welshpool and Oswestry, were a very close second. Although there was a division of opinion among the managers as to which of the two sets of designs should be accepted, those of Mr Teather's were ultimately agreed to. It is rather singular that these two gentlemen should again be found so close together in this competition, for in the Welshpool competition Mr Shayler, as is well known, came first and Mr Teather second. This fact speaks well for the ability of both these Ke;«TaT°KT SA« OK TIMBER. On Thnrsday Messrs Morris, Marshall and Poole conducted a very successful sale of timber at the B^O«k Hotel timber, pri„c«; oak. pany present an F(furteen of the seven- competition aUthro^ &fc high]y satis. teen lots Mesgrs Roe, of Derby, were the factory P"? 'g. others included Mr Williams CaerwA^3 • Messrs Jenkins and Davies, Ruabon Mr 7Lnvmvnech Mr Thomas, Oswestry; Messrs V 6 Jones' A Sons, Welshpool; and Mr Garner Northwich. The total amount realized for the 14 Ss was about £ 3,500. From what we were able to gather, the sale was certainly one of the most satisfactory held in Welshpool for a considerable PEFR?ZE MEDAL COMPET-TION-OD Wednesday evening a recitation competition was held at the Tj /ist TVianel when members of the Welshpoo! Cleaner » Juvenile Temple competed for a sterling Gleaner rirnvide(i by the United Temperance S "comEe London, wh„„ generous adherents ha.e subscribed ^rr'anTgoM enable the c0™™1 f by members of temper- medals to be competed for by societies or nnpft. relieious, social, or eaut« m classes. The chair was tokenL oy *ev. A> and the judges ^e ^s Each competitor H. Jones and J.H. WAG AWAI4D TO TsswlnreXes, who recited » Do all that you can" Mr J. Hart acted as local secretary in arranging the contest. As soon as ten of these focal competitions have been held, arrangements will be made for a district com petition between the respective winners for a silver and gold medal. In addition to the recitations, capital solos were rendered by Miss Alice Jones, Miss Hannah Hum- Xevs and Mr W. Humphreys; and an effective dialogue was given by Messrs Edward Jones and BIWELDSHROSOF' AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS.—A meeting was held on Saturday, at Jhe GWs' National School. Mr J. Pugh, Pool Quay presided, and Mr W. Stourton, Forden, occupied the vice-chair. There were also present Mrs Farr, Mrs Breeze, Mr H. A. Tole, Mr Tipping, Mr Copnall, ^Tlf0Mr Phoebv Mr Blair, Mr J. G. James, Mr T6B Jehu, and Mr Wilf*d Grice. The chief • QtJ the votine for executive members and for'the' vice-president of union.^ Resolutions were passed condemning scli00ls_°_Mrg written examinations in g for female Farr moved a resolution that be made teachers to qualify after 189™ou certifi. compulsory for them cate," which was came> a c]oS9) kind]y Chairman,in bringing their next meeting invited the association to hold their^ would at Pool ^e'totea, the date to be be pleased to entertain v„te Gf fixed bv the chairman and hon. s • thanks was cordially given to the chairman for the kind invitation and for presiding. MONTGOMERYSHIRE DISTRICT LODGE I.O.G.T.— The quarterly session of the above was held in the Congregational Schoolroom, Newtown, or March. 13th, at 4.30 p.m. There were a larae number of officers, representatives, and members present. The D.C.T., lr. E. W. Hanior, Newtown, gave a very encouraging report of the state of the order in the district. Air. Alfred Jones, D. See., Welshpool, reported that there had been an increase of 40 members in the county during the quarter. Mr. M. Jones, Montgomery, D.S.J.T., reported an increase of 140members in the juvenile department. Short addresses were given by the representatives from the various lodges in Llanidloes, Caersws, Newtown, Montgomery, and Welshpool. The prize banner was won by the Welshpool United Lodge, it having made an increase of 50 members during the quarter. The juvenile honours were won by tiie Welshpool United Juvenile Temple, who reported an increase of 59 members. The Newtown lodges provided an excellent tea for the officers and representatives. At the close, votes of thanks were accorded to the Newtown lodges for their cordial reception. GOOD TKMPLARY.—UNITED LODGE.— On Tues- day, (St Patrick's Day), in honour of Ireland's Patron Saint, an entertainment consisting through- out of Irish music, readings, &c, was given by the following artistes, presided over by Bro James Davies, C.T :—Song, St Patrick's Eve," Bro J Claffey; song, The Minstrel Boy," Bro R Quinn cornet solo, "Come back to Erin," Bro W Evans; song, "Kathleen," Sis Alice Jones; reading, "Father O'Higgin out-done," Bro Alfred Jones; song, The dear little Shamrock," Bro Tom Jones clarionette solo, Reminiscences of Ireland," Bro Sexton song, Pat's Supper Party," Bro J Evans; recitation, "Thamus O'Brien," Bro C H Jones; song, Paddy and the Whale," Bro Llew Thomas; song, Mc'Adham and Co," Bro H Watkiu. A hearty vote of thanks was given to Bros P A Quinn, J Claffey, and R Quiun, who got up the very enjoyable programme, and also to those who took part. Sprigs of shamrock were worn by a large number preseL, giving the room quite a Hibernian appearance. PRESENTATIONS. On Thursday,,a temperance meeting was held in the Templar Hall, presided over by Mr. J. Stanford, Grand Chief Templar of Wales, who, in the course of his remarks, referred to the advance of Tcmplary in Wales during the past twelve months, the Order being more flourishing at present than it had been for eighteen years. Songs were rendered by Mrs. Challoner and Mr. W. Humphreys, recitations by Miss May Humphreys, Mr. Stanford, and Messrs. E. A. Owen and R. Moody. Selections were excellently given by the Templar String Band. Mr. Richard Powell on behalf of the Grand Lodge Reception Committee made a presentation to Me.-srs. E. Jones, P.D.C.T., and Alfred Jones, D. Sec., in recognition of their services as secretaries of the Reception Committee. He referred to their work as secretaries and the admirable work they had done to advance the cause of Templary in the district the result of which to a large extent was the present flourishing condition of Templary in the neighbourhood. Mr. E. Jones was not a native of the town, but he bad brought with him a deal of enthusiasm, and had been a good worker since he had been amongst them. Mr. Alfred Jones was a native, and in- herited a love for temperance and similar work. He had always been an ardent worker in the tem- perance cause, and was generally found leading in forward movements. Mr. E. Jones was then pre- sented with a purse of money and Mr. Alfred Jones with 24 vols, of books. After a few remarks from Mr. Stanford, Messrs. E. Jones and Alf Jones responded. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. —The third lecture of the season in connection with this association was given in the Art Room on Thursday afternoon, by Mr Herbert Summers, the subject being "The French Revolution: Its Lessons." There was a good attendance of members and friends, and the present lecture was rendered somewhat interesting owing to its dealing with France, which was also the subject of the lectures delivered in November last by Mr Hilaire Belloc, B.A., of Balliol College, Oxford, in connection with the University Extension Movement. Mr Summers first dealt with the remote causes of the revolution, and then the immediate causes. The remote causes-as in the history of all nations falling from greatness into decay-could be very easily seen in the luxurious despotism of Kings, their vices, tyranny, and selfishness, coupled with the profligacy of the lives of the nobility, the looseness of their morals, their pride, their contempt, and over-bear- ing neglect of the poor, and altogether their bear- ing towards the lower classes, whom they treated as serfs and slaves rather than their own fellow- creatures. Also, it must be said, in the laxity, and carelessness-nay, in a great many instances, the connivance of the clergy, in the national sins t hey saw around them-nay, still more in their own lives-indulging in great moral wrongs equally with the laity, whom they were sent to teach. Lonis XIV was king of France from 1643 to 1715. He was, even to a proverb, a most luxurious and licentious monarch, spending millions of money on his court, his palaces, and his mis- tresses-called especially The Grand Monarque." His grandson, King Louis XV., even surpassed him in selfish expenditure of money and in every kind of vice and profligacy. They read, in point of fact, that in Paris such orgies as oc- curred in the history of ancient Babylon were alto- gether surpassed in the nightly wickedness of the Regent Orleans and the Cardinal Dubois. Other remote causes was the tendency of all classes seek- ing profit or pleasure towards the capital and the division which existed between the nobles, as a class, and the Tiers Etat, or Commons; but the immediate cause of the revolution was the state of the national finances. Having alluded at some length to the organised insurrection of the mob on the 20th June, 1792, and to the scenes which occurred during the Reign of Terror," the lec- turer extracted three from the many lessons to be learnt from the miserable scene he had endeavoured to lay before them. The first was the certainty of God's retributive justice in tha punishment of a nation for a nation's denial of His laws, and this retributive justice marked throughout by the same justice on the leaders of the people who had used their influence in the wrong direction. Proceeding, he said the cry of the populace was, and still is to a great degree among the French people—" Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." Of course, liberty was the right of man, and we in England knew it very well. If we lose liberty we lose everything. But did the French gain it under Robcspiere ? Fraternity was a great blessing. But did the French gain it when they slew each other under the guillotine ? But the third cry Equality." That was simply an impossibility. Men were not of the same height, nor of the same colour, nor in their intellectual talents of the same calibre. It seemed for the good of society that they should be unequal-not equal-and those very men of the French Revolution, crying out for quality," proved by their own acts that it was not in their power to create it, for each one, trying to surpass the other in ferocious ambition and thirst of political power, slew each other one after another, to gain not equality but superiority. The second lesson, therefore, rose naturally out of that, whilst the third lesson was to be derived from the remarkable coincidence between ourselves and the French Revolution, in regard to the constitution of our National assemblies. — A very interesting discussion followed. Mr S. J. Evans, M.A., having spoken, Colonel Twyford observed that the lecturer had omitted one important point, i.e., the enormous influence exercised bv women before, during, and after the Revolution.—Miss G. Naylor succeeded the last speaker, and remarked that one lesson of the Revolution was the re-action which followed.—Mr Joseph Davies also spoke, and stated that he agreed with what the lecturer said about retributive justice, but he thought that in order to learn the fruits of the Revolution they should look at the position of France during the present day. A vote of thanks to the lecturer, proposed by Mr Copnall, and seconded by Miss Steedman, termina- ted the proceedings.—The next lecture will be delivered by Rev T. C. Jones, on The Laymen in Theology, the Ecclesiastic in Science; and Woman in Philosophy." INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION.— A meeting of the Governors of the Welshpool County Schools was held yesterday afternoon at the office of Messrs Jones, Howell and Jones, solicitors, the Mayor (Mr W. Forrester Addie) presiding. There were also present Mrs A. C. Humphreys-Owen, Miss Howell, Rhiwport; and Miss G. Naylor, Leighton Hall; Messrs J. Morris, D. Richards, E. R. James, W. A. Rogers, and Richard Jones, with Mr E. L. R. Jones, clerk, Mr S. J. Evans, M.A., headmaster, Miss Steedman, headmistress, and Mr Frank H. Shayler, architect.—The Clerk reported that he had sent tracings of the plans of the proposed new county schools at Welshpool for the approval of the Charity Commissioners, and also enclosed estimates and specifications of the same. To this the Com- missioners replied that with a view to enable them to consider the plans, etc., which had been sub- mitted to them for approval, they desired to receive a report upon them from Mr W. D. Caroe, and with this object that gentleman should be at once instructed to examine the plans, etc., and to com- municate his report upon them directly to the Commissioners through their secretary. Mr Caroe's fee, which would be determined according to a scale, and in this instance would amount to six guineas, would be properly payable by the 1 school nJaLagL'rs.1he Mayor that they should ask both Mr Humpl:reys.Oiven, ALP., and )[(:1:111' i)l'('i.d)J, )j 1., 10 :I. ,111 <> Tl}(; CLi«r;:y Commissioner* tind H^eriaiu wlioih-'t- the latter -I1¡¡!i not ft )• £ <« ••<• it, a- 'nen- tioiicd i:: f-ivr. !a r. II .m plireys-Owen t:!ong\t the l1!JI!i: O\1!lj¡L t,) nay the fee. as it was i h-:r w.o k.- I'I: imate-v, the sug- gestion of the iluY< on th.- i!i->fsosi of Mr jio>r:s, seconded by Mr Rogers, was Hgn-e:i to. A lett?r was read from Mr G. D. Harr^on. cler* to the County Governing Body, imimnimg that the Charity Commissioners did nor think that the managers should incur any expense in auditii g the school accounts.—The Chairman next read some correspondence which had taken place between Mr S. J. Evans, Mr T. Simpson Jones, secretary or the School of Art, and Mr Ccrtissos, the art master, having reference to the advisability of allowing the Art School to be used by the scholars attending the County Schools. Mr. Evans, in his letter to Mr. Simpson Jones, pointed out that the county schools would then be able to earn the South Kensington grant.— Mr. Jones replied that, speaking unofficially, his com- mittee would be agreeable to the sagirestion, whilst Mr. Cortissos was willing to teach model drawing from September to May, in connection with the county schools on certain term?.- The Mayor thought the use of the art room, with its fine models and casts, would effect a great, saving, and would also be to the advantage of the schools.— Mr. James accordingly moved, and lr. Rogers seconded, the adoption of the suggestion, and that lr, Cortissos be appointed to teach model drawing from September to the end of April on the terms and conditions mentioned in his letters.—The report of the Finance Committee recommending payment of bills to the amount of JC58 10s 4u was adopted.—iMrs. Humphreys-Owen moved that for the future the school fees be payable as follows:—First 2s; and third term, £1 Is. Her reason for moving the resolution was because it was a waste of money to send children to school for only two terms, and by adopting the proposition they would be encouraging the children to stay on. The idea was iu fcrce at Machynlleth, and had been found to work advantageously.—Jliss Naylor seconded the resolution.—Mr Rogers could not see that any advantage would result from the adoption of the resolution, whilst Mr Morris, although re- gretting he felt compelled to oppose Mrs Hum- yhreys-Owen on this matter, said he did not think it wise to penalise the parents in the way suggested. The parents of the scholars objected to any alteration of the present arrange- ment. He seconded Mr Rogers's amend- ment, that there be no alteration of the school fees, and that they still be £5 5s for the year, pay- able in three equal instalments at the commence- ment of each term.—Mr James and Mi Howell also opposed the original proposition.—After hear- ing the opinion of the other members, Mrs Hum- phreys-Owen asked for permission to withdraw her motion and this was agreed to.—It was resolved, on the motion of Mrs Humphreys-Owen, seconded by Miss Kador. that it be understood that the number of assistants and the salaries paid were only provisionally settled till the school was on a more permanent footing. That in assigning the value to each group of subjects the time table of the organised science schools be considered with the view of eventually earning the grants given to them.—It was unanimously decided, on the motion of Mr C. E. Howell, seconded by Mr Morris, that H.R.H. the Prince of Wales be asked to lay the foundation stone of the Welshpool County Schools on his journey through Welshpool, on or about June 24th next, and that Mr Humphreys-Owen, M.P., and Major E. Pryce-Jones, M.P., be asked to wait upon Sir Francis Knollys in order to respect- fully lay before His Royal Highness the wishes of the District Governors.—It was agreed that Messrs J. Morris, D. Richards, and R. Jones, should con- stitute a Building Committee.— This was all the business of interest. LECTURE AT THE CHURCH HOUSE.—Last night, at the Church House, the Vicar (Rev. D. Grimaldi Davis) delivered a very interesting lecture before a good and appreciative audience, descriptive of a recent visit to Rome, which was illustrated by some fifty or more pictures from an oxy-nitrogen lan- tern manipulated by Mr. Clement Jones.—Mr. E. Maurice Jones, who preoided, said he had been asked by the Vicar to take the chair that evening, and he, half-jestingly, consented. He was not sorry, however, he had done so, his only regret being that, owing to the inclemency of the weather, there was not a better attendance. The duty of the chair- man was simply to introduce the lecturer, and he had, therefore, great pleasure in introducing Rev. D. G. Davis, whom, he thought, was pretty well known. As some of them knew, he had been on a visit to Rome, and he proposed that night to give a lecture on what he had seen there. — The Vicar, having described the route taken, said that Italy was perhaps the most interesting country in the world. No land in Europe had been so highly favoured by nature. Standing on the top of some commanding mountain like Mount Generoso they viewed the whole range of the Alps from Mante Visto to the Ortlerspitz, the great mass of Monte Rosa forming a central point. Look- ing down they saw the three great lakes of Maggiore, Lugano, aud Como, while towards the south stretched the plaius of Lombardy, generally lost in baze. The marble spires of Milan cathedral were observed rising in the middle distance. The Italian slopes in the Alps contained peaks and glaciers as grand as those of Switzerland, while the valleys presented every kind of variety from the upland pastures browsed by cows, goats, and sheep, producing the richest milk and the beautiful cheeses which were becoming so well known in Eng- land. Through every variety of valley the streams, often as clear as crystal, tumbled through marble basins; the chestnuts were more picturesque than the Swiss pines, while the churches with their slender campanili and the white-walled cottagea harmonised with the landscape better than the Swiss chalets. The Val Mastalone, which runs between Yarallo and Pontegrande in the Val Anzasca at the foot cf Monte Rosa, presented the culminating point of all these varied beauties. The lecturer then described the best way to see Rome. He referred to the church of S. Maria, Maggiore, founded by Liberius, the Bishop of Rome, and John the Governor, in commemoration of a miraculous fall of snow on the 15th August, 352 it was called S. Maria ad Nives, or S. Mary of the Snow, but its title was changed to S. Mary the greater, because it was the largest church in Rome of thirty-six dedicated to the Virgin. At the top of the Via Urbana, on the right was the church of S. Pudentiana, which was formed by Pius I in 145, in the baths of Novatus, the son of Pudens and Ciaudia, the daughter of Caractacus, being above ..1 older church founded by Pudens in his house. After describing the Church of St. Pietro in Vincoli, founded in 442 by the Empress Eudoxia to contain th" chains of St. Peter, the Vicar alluded to the Forum of Domitian, also called the Forum of Nerva, because it was finished by that emperor. The emperors, finding the old Forum Romanum wanting in space, formed a series of enlargements, which were known ag the Imperial Fora. That commenced by Domitian was of considerable size, but all that remained was the beautiful shrine of Minerva, the most picturesque bit of street architecture in Rome, A D 90. Just beyond was the Forum of Augustus, with the three columns of the Temple of Mart Ultor in the Forum of Augustus, erected A.D. 1 to commemorate the avenging of the death of Caesar at the battle of Philippi. Three large fluted Corinthian columns of white marble and a piece of the sidewalk of the temple existed. Here the Senate held its meetings when discussing the ques- tion of Peace and War. The hemi-circular wall on the left was erected by Augustus against the old city wall, and in its niches stood the statues of Rome's distinguished generals there was a similar hemi-circle on the other side of the temple. The second wall of Rome was erected in B.C. 748, when Romulus of the Romans and Titus Tatius of the Sabines united the two people together and enclosed the Palatine and Capitoline hills with a Avail, which was used by the Emperors as the boundary of their Fora. It was the finest piece of wall in Rome. The Via Bonella was the Argiletum or Paternoster Row of Ancient Rome, and led to the Forum. The Baths of Diocletian were dedicated in 305 and were computed to have accommodated 3,000 bathers, and covered a space of a mile square, being the largest in Rome. The new National Museum was formed in the cloisters, erected by the Michael Angelo, and the Monastry. Trojan's Forum and Column, was the work of Apollodorus, 117 A.D. This was the last of the Tmperial Fora, stretching to the north from the Forum of Augustus. It was ex- cavated by Napoleon I, but only a small part was uncovered. Other places were fully described, including the column of Marcus Aurelius,the temple of Neptune, the Pantheon, the Church of St. Maria Sopra. Minerva, the Trevi Fountain, the Doria Gallery, the pyramid tomb of Caius Cestius, Monte Testaccio, the palace of Caligula, the temples of JupiLer Stator; Cyhele, 191 K.C. Victory, founded 1,000 years before Christ, to commemorate the victory of Hercules over Cacus, and the temple of Jupiter Victor, founded by Fabius to commemorate the conquest of Samnium. Pic- tures were also thrown on the sheet of other picturesque sights in the ancient city of Rome. Continued on page 8.