The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times

UNFINISHED MUSIC. I sat alone at the organ, At the clone of a troubled day When the sunset's crimson embers On the western altar lay. I was weary with vain endeavour, My heart was ill at ease. And I sought to soothe my sadness With the voice of the swee;ip-tont d keys. My hands were weak and trembling, My fingers all unskilled To render the grand old anthem With which my soul was filled. Through the long day's cares and worries I had dreamed of that glorious strain, And I longed to hear the organ Repeat it to me again. It fell from my untaught fingers Discordant and incomplete, I knew not how to express it, Or to make the discord sweet; So I toiled with patient labour Till the last bright gleams were gone, And the evening's purple shadows Were gathering one ty one. Then a master stood beeide me, And touched the noisy keys, And lo the discord vanished And melted in perfect peace. I heard the great organ pealing My tune that I could not play, The strains of the glorious anthem lihat had filled my soul all day. Pown through the vast cathedral The tide of music swept, And through the shadowy arches The lingering echoes crept And I stood in the purple twilight And heard my tune again, Not my feeble, untaught rendering, Bat the master'* perfect strain. So I think, perchance, the Master, At the clone of life's weary day, Will take from our trembling fingers The tune that wo cannot play He will bear through tha jarring disoord The strain, although half expressed; He will blend it in perfect music, And add to it all the rest. M. E. KINSEY. ♦

Corpulency and the Cure (17th edition).—By K. C. Bussell, Woburn Houde, Store-street, Bedford- square, W.C. There are few persons in this life who, had they the power, would not change their condition it. many respect*. Those, for instance, who htp thi- 4eaire to be fat, and those that are f -it generally VW devoutly to be thin-or at lea, t thinner. If there are any of our readers who ba Y, ever uttered the petition of Hamlet- 0, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself nr o a dew, we cordially recommend to them the above pamphlet. The author, who has evident y given a great amount of attention to the ques- tion, supplies a quantity of in'eiesi ng infor- mation regarding obesity as a disease wing iow itiflbrought about, predispcsing CaUt: particulars as to the various remedies proposed by d;fferent persons; but what is more important be announces a sure and certain C"Ur»e by which 11 those afflicted by a too portly mti,y id themselves of their superfluity. Ihe peculiar advantages of Mr Russell's remedy are—(1) It is purely vegetable and perfectly harmless. (2)1' does not demand any semi-starvation dietarv restrictions. (3) It is efficacious in reducing fat without injury. (4) It aims at the cure of obesi y, SO that when patients have bee- reduced to their normal weight the disease seldom returns. In these days of so many useless quack m. dicing, t it necessary before investigating to be thoroughly assured of thtir genuineness. Ample assurance is given in this case. In the pampble before us the author gives us first an admirable little treatise on the subject; then we have some hundreds of Senuine and properly attested testimonials and Dally a h< st of press notices, extracted from journals published in all parts of the world, fnd all of which epeak in the highest terms of the preparation. After looking at the testimonials there can be no doubt that the treatment, if persisted in for a refsonabletime, almost invariably effects a substantial reduction, and, still more important the reduction is not a temporary illusion, but a permanent cure. The pamphlet, which gives all necessary information, can be had post free for 8d. from the above address. The Review of the Churches.-Tbe number for Angus', as might, be expected, is taken up chiefly with the official reports of the Grindelwald Con- ference. The conference thus far has turned out to be a great success, and unquestionably great good will be the result of these pleasant gatherings, though we imagine that not a few of the brethren who are unable to go to Grindelwald have felt it a dimcult task 'o keep the commandment Thou ahalt not covet." The frontispiece is a group of the speakers at the Rtunion Conference besides this there are excellent portraits of Drs liigg, 3Lackennal, and Luna, the General Edito. of the Jleviewof the Churches, also of Canon Freemantle, MId Revs H. Price Hughes, and W. Hay M. H. Aitken. A short, but able and sympathetic article on Thomas Cooper, Chartist and Christian, appears from the pen of Rev John C. Carlile. The pith of some of the most able, theological, and religious articles which appeared during the month is given to the readers of the review, which will be the zaesne of saving them much time and expense. It would do no harm to the clergy of the Church of Snglftnd in Wales to read Archdeacon Farrar's Ipgli/tan notes, from which we give the following extract" I have protested earnestly and to the beat of my power, before the most hostile audiences, that while we hold our own opinions with modest firmness, nothing becomes us less than an arrogant or exclusive attitude towards our bre'hren who, though not of this fold, are members equally with us of the true flock of Christ. Do they,' said Whitefield, 'profess repentance t wards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ ? If so they are my brothers.' I have always intensely realised this thought, shall I, or shall I not, meet tbese my brethren in Heaven, if by the Mercy of God I am ever admitted to any lowest and most distant place ÐD that happy shore ? Are they, or are they not, in every rerbpt et, as true Christians, 118 clear to the Sternal Lord of time and all the worlds, as any of 111 f If so, how can I dare to treat them here as I though I were in any sense whatever their spiritual or ecclesiastical superior ? Is it not on tjjy part a mere unwarrantable arrogance, at once un-Christion and anti-Christian, to attempt to 'un- church' them, to hand them over to mere un- covenanted mercies ? How can I dare co pretend to exclude them from the Church—in the only sense in which I apply to that word the great promises of Christ-the Church in the sense of the blessed company of all faithful people' ? 0

How NOT TO DINE.-Almost every decently-edu- cated Englishman on his return from a visit to France or Belgium has a struggle with his palate when he sits down to his own dinner table. The average English oook, as she is found in the houses of the middle class, is a barbarian, and her mistress is in her hands like what John Baptist called contemptuously a reed shaken with the wind." Cookery demands its Buskin and its Matthew Arnold. If the average gngliahman is totally ignorant of art, as Mr Buskin holds, and absolutely inaccessible to new ideas, as Iff Matthew Arnold so inoessantiy affirmed, what, then is the condition of the stupid, ignorant, and supremely self-satisfied cook of the middle-class household ? She is, as Victor Hugo might have said, a dolt, a blockhead, a mass of the crassest obstinancy, a hopeless idiot. Let no reader suppose the writer to te in a bad temper. On the contrary, he is entirely 4flm, and is endeavouring to state with the most Sientifio precision exact facts about the English cook id her mistress: only he finds that the English tongue is net sufficiently strong in epithets and rich in phraseology to set forth the true state of the case. If any intelligent person wishes to know exactly how not to dine, he has to look at the ordinary seven O'clock dinner of the middle-class Englishman. The soup, if there be any, may possibly be good, though it will pretty certainly be half cold. But the fish! The mass of it, the huge lump! The sauce for it-or, gather, the wall-paste After the fish, the meat; the intolerable sirloin, or the maddening leg of mutton .cold, too, half the week What philosophy can stand serene under such abominable monstrosities as these? Cooking is a lost art among us or. rather, it is an art we never possessed, and do not now care to acquire. The more cottager in France, the occa. sional chambermaid at a second-rate hotel, can beat eJIlf best middle-class cooks clean out of sight. It is pitiable'. Will not Mr James Payn or Mr Sala, or Oven the classical Mr Andrew Lang come to the galeae ? If the modern Englishman is threatened with early ruin in stomach, temper, and brains, it is ttnnSTU* his cook is a hopeless fool, and his wife a baby ia her hands.—The Hospital,

I THE WEEKS NEWS. — Excavations at Pompeii have brought to light a Roman palace in a good state of preservation. The Ashton-under-Lyne and District Weavers' Association have declared by a majority in favour of a forty-eight hours per week factory bill. While engaged in a bowling match at Bolton last week William Livesay, one of the players, fell down dead with the bowls in his hands. Heart disease was the cause. The cholera is still rampant in Russia. The official daily return issued in St. Petersburg last week shewed a total of 8601 cases and 4,283 deaths for the whole of Russia. L1.st week the wife of a publican, who had eloped with the pianist at the inn, was discovered at Stockport, where the guilty pair had taken apartments. Both were arrested. At Nottingham, on Wednesday, little Hettie Ward, aged twelve, a member of Miss Kate Vaughan's company was seized with illness during the play, and expired in a few hours. A man in a state of nudity rowed down the Thames on Monday night at dusk, and clambered on board a barge at Barnard Castle Wharf. As a police boat approached he plunged into the river and was drowned. At the International Cycle meeting, held in France last week, four riders came into collision in the fifty kilometre race by electr c iighf, and all came to the ground in a heap, none, however, being seriously hurt. At Herne Hill. on Saturday week, the Surrey Bicycle Club held a hundred miles scratch race. At the end of 46 miles all competitors fell out except Bates and Adams. The latter won the race, accomplishing the distance (100 miles) in 5h. 4m. 18 3 5 sees. This beats the record. Mr Philip Robert Forder, headmaster of the Boughton (Manchester) Board School, was fined £ 3 and costs on Monday for administering exces- sive punishment to a b,)y whom after caning he compelled to stand for four hours holding a slate above his head bearing the word liar." A despatch from Paris states that during Mon-I day night thieves entered the Church at Notre Dame Montpellier, and stole the diadem from the statue of the Virgin Mary and Child. Fortu- nately, however, they were only the silver-gilt ones, as the famous costly diadems are k6pt in safe custody. I fear my child will never get well," said a fond mother. Dont be disheartened," leplied a neighbour. "Try a course of Gwilym Evans* Bitters, it has cured many, when all other means hsrd failed. There is nothiog like it for strength- ening the weak, and bracing up the system." See advt. in another column. A demonstration took place outside Walton Gaol on Monday in connection with the release of Cap- 1ain" Gardner, of the Salvation Army, who had suffered fourteen days' imprisonment in default of paying a fine of 20s. and costs for causing an obstruction at Waterloo. In the evening a demon- stration on a large scile was held at Waterloo, many members from other parts of Lancashire being present. Dr. Patscheff, of ICoscow, has just discovered wh-it he says is a certain eure for cancer. Two lediee, one of whom belongs to the St. Petersburg Court, after trying all sorta of remedies, and being treated in Paris. Berlin, and elsewhere, have been cured by Dr. Patscheff. The system is based on sulphuric baths, and Dr. Patscheff is about to communicate a report on the same to the Academy of Medicine of Paris. CADB U RY'S COCOA. has, in a remarkable degree, those natural elements of sustenance which give the system endurance and hardihood, building up muscle and bodily vigour, with a steady action that renders it a most acceptable and reliable beverage.BeaUA. Riotous proceedings are going on in the Buffalo district of America in connection with the railway strike. Twenty cars filled with goods, two pas- senger coaches, and two watchmen's houses were burnt at the same time; the points in various places have been bent and the permanent way pulled up; while in another case 50 striken boarded a passenger train and drove the employes off. These are only a few typical cases. DB. POLLARD alys or SHKBMAN RUPTURB TRBAT- MBNT.-He thanks God and every other influence that determined him to try it. All who want to get rid of Rupture and Trusses should aend to J. A. Sherman, Hernia specialist, 64, Chancery Lane, London, for his book with English endorsements, post free, 7d. MOSQUITOS IN FLEET STREET.—Fleet-street, the press-centre of London, has been visited of late by a plague in the form of mosquitos. In some of the offices they appear in swarms, and cause infinite annoyance to the unoffending occu. pants, who are savagely bitten in unprotected paits of the body. Large lumps are raised, and irrita- tion is set up which sometimes lasts for more than a week. They are a small kind of mosquito, but are quite as troublesome as the Australian breed. They move about with marvellous celerity, and have a curious knack of making themselves in- visible. The theory is that these little tormentors have been imported from Algeria with the esparto grass from which paper is made, and have come trom the paper mills to London. TWENTY LIVES LOST IN THE IRISH SEA.-The details of a distressing casualty off the Manx coast were made known on Monday forenoon by the arrival at Douglas of the Liverpool tug Sarah Jolliffe. It appears that the tug lefc the Clyde on Saturday evening with the fine new ship Thracia in tow for the Mersey. On Sunday afternoon the wind rose untill it eventually blew a full gale At half past eleven a terrible squall struck both craft, and the ship, which was light in ballast, suddenly went over her beam ends and sank. The tug cruised about for some time, but nothing could be seen of any of the crew, which included ten Liverpool men who had been engaged for the run. Twenty lives were lost altogether. HOLLOWAY'S PHLS.—There is nothing in the whole Materia Medica like these Medicaments for the oertainty of their action in lumbago, sciatica, tic doloreux. and all flying or settled pains in the nerves or muscles. Diseases of this nature originate in bad blood and depraved humours, and until these are corrected there can be no permanent cure. The ordinary remedies afford but temporary relief, and in the end always disappoint the sufferer. Holloway's Ointment penetrates the human system as salt penetrates meat, and the Pills greatly assist and accelerate its operation by clearing away all obstructions and giving tone to the system generally. The prophlactic virtues of Holloway's remedies etand unrivalled. AWKWARD SCENE AT A BRASS BANB CONTEST.— On Saturday week at Lincoln an awkward scene occured in connection with a brass band contest at Lincoln. The judge, Mr George Asch, made an unfortunate mistake in announcing his awards, stating at first that the first-prize band was th6 Handsworth Wood house, the second Kingston Mill3, and the third Batley Old. There were manifest signs of disapproval, and the judge on referring to his notes, found that he had misplaced the two first-named bands. The mischief was done, however, and the judge was mobbed, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he was pro- tected by the police and the committee men from violence. He was after a time got to the Arbore- tum Lodge, from where he explained his mis- take and apologised for having made it. The Handsworth Woodhouse band declared that they would not submit to an alteration of the first announcement, and they proceeded to the band- stand and played during the evening for dancing, this being one of the conditions for the winner of the first prize. Though warned by the com- mittee that they were not entitled to the prize, they declined to leave the band stand, and even- tually the Kingston Mills band ascended the stage where entertainments had been going on, and played in pursuance of their undertaking. Under the circumstances, the committee declined to give the prize money to either of these two bands until the written report of the judge is in their hands.

rEEI{" S NEWS CONTINUED. The movement for the institution of a gold in' stead of silver standard in India, owing to the continued fall in the value of'the rupee, is stated to be gaining strength. Fifty personE have sustained serious injury by the fall of a grand stand on the newly-opened racecourse at Lannernezan, in France. Sen of the victims are not expected to recover. The Duke of Manchester died at half-past one on Thursday afternoon, at his Irish residence, Tanderagee, c mnty Armagh, where he h?d bee., lying ill and in great suffering for some tirn- past. John George Wenzel, aged twenty.five, ard James Taylor, aged sixty, were on Tuesday morn- ing executed in Newgate Gaol. Wenzel's crime was the shooting of Detective-Sergeant Joyce, and Taylor's the murder of his wife. Robert Baynes, aged fifty-eight, of 16, Catherine-road, Twickenham, described as a clergyman, was remanded by the Brentford magistrates on Tuesday on a charge of assaulting two little girls named Louisa and Esther Cogs- well. The marriaga of Lady Mary Leveson-Gower, daughter of the late Earl Granville and sister to the present peer, to Mr Hugh Morrison was solemnised on Tuesday afternoon at St Mary Abbot's, Kensington, in the presence of a distin- guished company. It has been decided at a conference of colonial postmasters, held in Melbourne, to incre se the ordinary cable rate to London by ninepence par word from the first of October, the Presb rate, however, remaining unchanged. The tariff between New Zealand and London will be reduced to 6iJ 3d per word. The Duke of, Devonshire was on Tuesday morning married to the Dowager Duchess or Manchester. 'J he ceremony, which was quite private, took place in Christ Church, Down-street, London. It is stated that the duke went down to Osborne to inform the Queen of his impending- marriage, and that she signified her approval of the union. Archbishop Vaughan, Cardinal Manning's successor at Westminster, was on Tuesday inves- ted with the pallium in the presence of a vast assembly, the ceremony taking place in Brompton Oratory. It is stated that this is the first instance in England since 1556 of an English Roman Catholic dignitary being publicly presented with the paliium. On Sunday afternoon, a farm labourer named Michael Holbrook, forty-eight years of age, belong- ing to Stockham, was choked while partaking of dinner. A friend of his named Michael M'Donald, of Mersey-street, Runcorn, invited the deceased to dinnllr at his house. They went about two o'clock, and while he was eating some beef, a piec of it lodged in Holbrook's throat. M'Donald and several others tried to remove it but were unsuc- cessful, and Holbrook expired before the arrival of a doc'or. AN EPISCOPAL WALKING TOUR.-Last year the Bishop of Salisbury tried the experiment of taking a dozen boys from the Schola Episcopi for a walking tour in the diocese. It was a great success, and a similar expedition this year has just been concluded. The tour included Stonehenge, Arebury, Wane Dyke, the Valley of Sarsen Stones, Silbury Hill, Marlborough College, and a dozen more interesting sights of Wiltshire. The whole party slept at Marlborough College one night. A WEDDING TOUR IN A BALLOON.—A Brussels correspondent telegraphed on Wednesday night:— IM. Thiel, a Brussels aeronaut, who was married to-day, carried out a wish he had formed to make his wedding trip in a balloon. Accordingly, ou leaving the Town Hall, the newly-married couple bade farewell to their relatives and took their seats in the balloon, which was in readiness, and which had been named "The Honeymoon," in honour of the occasion. There was a cloudless sky when they started, and the voyage promised to be delightful. AN EXTRAORDINARY MAGISTERIAL PROTEST.— On Saturday week, at the Kendal Petty Sessions, Major Braithwaite-Wilson, addressing the chair. man, read as follows frum a manuscript he had prepared: I wish to say a few words on the recent appointment of magistrates to the bench of the county of Westmoreland by the Lord. Lieutenant, Lord Hothfield. Ever since he was placed in the high position he occupies it has been a notorious fact that the persons selected by him to act as county magistrates have, with few excep- tions, been taken from his own political party. The time has come when the making of these ap- pointments bears great significance, and in view of what has taken place this week immediately after the elections for the county, I consider it a shame and disgraee that Lord Hothfield should so misuse his power, and I think you will agree with me that the high office of lord-lieutenant was given to Lord Hothfield to use, and not to abuse." —Lord Hothfield is brother to Mr A. Tufton, the recently-defeated candidate for North Westmore- land. A CHESTER PAUPER'S liovs IFF AIRS.—On Tuesday, Owen Jones (44), an inmate of the Chester workhouse, poisoned himself with opium pills. At the inquest Mr Turner, master of the workhouse, recognised the writing of the deceased upon a couple of sheets of paper, which ran as follows :— "Master Turner, goodbye. Give my love to poor old Betsy, my best friend."—" My dearest, I can- not lire without you. May God bless you, and send you every comfort, and try to forgive me, my own love." He also indentined the writing of the following verse upon an envelope:- Wherever I be, love, I ne'er forget thee, Though beauties may smile and try to ensnare me Bnt, believe me, I'll never my heart from thine sever. I'll ever prove constant, my sweet precious dear. -Detective Crewe deposed to seeing the deceased lying in the plantation, which he visited upon information being conveyed to the police office. The documents referred to were found in his possession, and an empty pill-box labelled "Opium" was found lying beside him. Another letter, signed Your ever loving Mary Ann," was also in one of his pockets. —The Coroner read the letter to the jury. It was couched in very affectionate terma and com- menced My dearest Owen." It contained the following sentenoes: I believe in my heart that you are my first love, and you are always in my thoughts." Dearest Owen, I never thought lIP much about anyone" aDd" I am never con- tent only when you are near."

DESTROYING THE BEAUTIES OF WALES. Mr Walter F. Hopper, Penisarwaen, Carnarvon, writes as follows to the Times ■.— After many years passed in India, I have recently returned to North Wales, and am grieved to find that, during my absence, the lower of the two beauti- ful lakes at Llanberia, at the foot of Snowdon (I refer to the lake named in the ordnance survey maps Uyn Padarn), has been deprived of much of its attractive. ness by a riparian proprietor, a certain company which wotkB a alate quarry, and deposits the debris thereof in the lake in suoh a manner that the debris rises above water level. Thus the area of the lake has been gradually diminished until it is evident that, should the same steady progress continue, a very few years will see the two shores of the lake practically united—of course, not quite united, as it will be necessary for some room to be left somewhere for water to now from the upper end of the lake (Pont-y- Bala) to the other erd (Pen-y-Llyn). One thing is certain—viz., there will be no lake. Standing at Pen.y-Llyn one could years ago command an exceed- ingly lovely view of the lake, and could see well defined beyond a long stretch of water the knoll on which is perched the ruin of Dolbadaru Tower. Now the knoll is shut out to a great extent, it cannot any longer be seen as a feature of the lake. The ruined tower can now only be just detected in the far dis- tance above and beyond the unsightly slate-refuse with which the lake at about the centre from Pont-y- Bala to Pen-y-Llyn is being filled up. I do not desire to discuss the legal aspects of the case, in regard to which, however, I hold decided views, since the ordi. nary law of riparian ownerships is not properly applicable to great sheets of water like that about which I am writing; but I wish to ask those who are interested in the preservation of the lakes at <Llan- beris-and such persons are legion and include all classes—whether ie a friendly way something cannot be accomplished towards arresting the mischief which in being done to one Of the most romantic spots in Great Britain, the resort of thousands of visitors who pour into Llanberia by exoursion and other trains ever raiaber and autams.

WALES AND WELSHMEN. Mr Beirs H. Thelwell, coroner of Kast D->n- I j bighshiie, which office he had hdd for upwards' of forty years, died at his residence Rossett, on Thursday night. On Wednesday afternoon the famous North Wales watering place, Colwyn Bay, was en fite, the occasion being the formal opening of a new and magnificent road approach to the beach, con- I structed at a cost of nearly £ 3,000. Mr John Vaughan, solicitor, of Merthyr Tydvil, bas offered to contribute 2s a week, f nine others do thp same, towards the support of "Llew L.wyfo," the distinguished Welsh bard, who ha een prominently associated for many years pas' with the Welsh Eisteddfod, and who is now an inmate of the St. Asaph Workhouse. On Monday morning two girls named Robina Fraser and Florrie Bedell were drowned at PenmaeDmawr while bathing. Oneoftbevielim- w s the daughter of Mr Bedell, J.P., Wilmsbw, Cheshire, and the other of Mr Alexander Fraser, B.)wdon, Cheshire. It is surmised ihat they were c; rriej off their feet by the force of the waves. A shocking gun fatality was cn Thursday. reported from Llandilo, where the body of a well known young sportsman, Mr Robert Davies, the only son of Mr David Davies, Rhydarwen, was found dead in Cwmddu Wood. Mr Davies had gone out for a day's sport, and it is believed that he stumbled with the loaded gun, which exploded, and the contents entered his heart. Mrs. Foulkes, of Rhyl, widow of Archdeacon Foulkes, who at one time held the living of Llandyssil, in this counfy, was crossing the pro- menade of that town on Wednesday morning, when a bicycle, driven by its rider at great speed, knocked her down. Mrs. Fculkes was rendered insensible, and was carried to the Alexandra Hospital, where she remains, suffering from concussion of the brain. A shocking accident is rpported from Rhondda Valley, where a new church dedicated to St Illtyd is in course of erection at Penycra-g. The masons were working near the belfry during the high winds, when a portion of the chancel gave way, precipitating the workmen amid the debris A father and son named James and a mason named Bryant received serious injuries, and were con- veyed hoaie in an unconscious condition. A terrible railway fatality occurred between Bangor and Aber stations, on Monday. Mrs. Williams, a Liverpool lady, in passing over a rail- way crossing was caught by a train and her body was cut in two. It appears that Mrs. Williams (whose two little children were with her and must have witnessed the accident) strolled in the direc- tion of the crossing, and that she was reading a newspaper when the train bore down upon her. The general impressililn is that, owiug to the hijih wind, she failed to hear the sound of the train's approach, and that, in a bewildered state, she committed the mistake of jumping on to the down line. Addi- tional evidence given at the inquest, shows that the above account -was not the CDrrect one. It appears that the deceased had been very despondent of late and the account of her movements as detailed by her cousin induced the jury to bring in a verdict of Suicide while temporarily insane." THE LIBERAL FEDERATION AND WELH Drs K8TABLI8HM:ENT.—Mr Schnadhorst and Mr Hudson, secretary and assistant secretary of the National Liberal Federation, have written to the General Purposes Committes of the Welsh Dis- establishmeniCampaignCommittee,congratulating the committee on the remarkable results of the elections in Wales, reaffirming, as they do, with increased emphasis, the demand of the Welsh people for Welsh Disestablishment and Disendow- ment, and assuring the committee that the Federation will take every suitable opportunity to promote the carrying into effect of the declarations in favour of Welsh Disestablishment, which the National Federation has repeatedly made. MEETING OF WBJLSH MEMBERS.—A Welsh correspondent states that on Saturday week, an important meeting of what may be described as the cabinet of the Welsh Party was held in London, the members present being Messrs. T. E. Ellis, M.P., Sam. Evans, M.P., and Lloyd George, M.P. Mr Stuart Rendel, M.P., was also present as chairman of the party, and was accom- panied by the whips and secretary, viz.:—Messrs. D. A. Thomas, M.P., J. Herbert Roberts, M.P. and Herbert Lewis, M.P. The object of the meeting was to prepare a scheme of policy for the party in the coming session. The drafting of bills on various subjects affecting Wales was allocated to different members of the committee. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES, ABERYSTWYTH. —The University of London, has just issued the Honours lists of successful candidates at the Intermediate Examinations recently held. Seven students of this college obtained Honours, VIZ:- Mr A. J. Grieve obtained first class honours in English, and Miss Jessie W. Holland and Miss E. M. Moulton obtained second class honours in the same subject. Mr H. M. Atkinsoa obtained second class honours in Chemistry, and Mr W. H. Barker obtained third class honours in the same subject. Miss A. M. Hughes obtained third class honours in Botany. Miss M. L. Newbigin obtaiaed second class honours in Zoology. Twenty-six students of the college in all have been successful in the recent Intermediate and Preliminary Scientific Examinations. Mr A. J. Grieve was educated at the Collegiate School, Pembroke Dock. He entered college in September,1890, and passed the Matriculation Examination of the Univera ty of London in the first division, June, 1891. THREE BODIES UNEARTHED AT LLANDUDNO.— Considerable consternation was caused at Llan- dudno last week, by the unearthing of three bodies in a house which WHJB undergoing alterations. Medical evidence was at once obtained, and the opinion of chree or four dootors who examined the remains was that they had undoubtedly lain in the ground for many years, probably forty or fifty. It is said that the building, which is one of the oldest in Llandudno, has stood for nearly that length of time. No suspicion of foul play is enter- tained, and for this reason,that, according to some of the oldest native fishermen, it was a common custom until thirty or forty years ago, to bury all bodies washed ashore in unconsecrated ground, and instead of being taken inland for interment they were carried up the beach in a straight line from the spot where they had been found, and were inhumed under the first green sod. The site length of time. No suspicion of foul play is enter- tained, and for this reason,that, according to some of the oldest native fishermen, it was a common custom until thirty or forty years ago, to bury all bodies washed ashore in unconsecrated ground, and instead of being taken inland for interment they were carried up the beach in a straight line from the spot where they had been found, and were inhumed under the first green sod. The site of the house may at that time have been an open shore and thus a mystery which was invested by the popular fancy with startling proportions is amply explained. SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY IN ANGLESEY.—At the Llangefni Police Court, on Monday, Daniel Morgan, a young labourer, residing in Mill-street, in that town, was charged with having stabbed Owen Hughes, of Penygarreg, Llanddyfnan, on the night of the 9th inst. The complainant and five companions were returning home after being to a menagerie, where they met the accused, who, aocoeting them, demanded to know their names. Words taking place between them, Morgan offered to fight the lot. He had a knife in his hand at the time, and made use of expressions about meeting "acountryful of people" as long as he had "something" at his side (meaning, it was alleged, the knife). Hughes advised him to go bome, whereupon Morgan struck him, and after- wards stabbed him in the wrist, cutting him to the bone, and severing the tendons. One of the arteries was severed, and Dr. Fraser, who dressed the injuries, described Hughes's condition as being at one time serious. A large number of witnesses were examined, their statements, at tivaes, being rather conflicting. The accused, who pleaded Not guilty," was committed for trial, bail being accepted.

MRS. F. SIMHONDS, Laundress, Eastborne, has used Messrs. RECKITT'S PARIS BLUE for the put six 3 tars, aDd considers it unequalled for beautv and economy. Certainly much superior te thumb or Liquid Blue. 028 ADVICE TO MOTHERS.—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child Buffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYJBUP. It will re lieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and tbe little cherub awakes aa bright as a button." It soothes the child, it softens the gms, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulate the bowels, and is the best knowtemed1 for and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs. Win-, ■low's Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers1 sverywhere ai ls. ftd. per bottle J 086,

r "IT Fi: iT-S NEITHER ARMY NOR NAVY." "Thoe -hings used to be called the wooden walL- of England." The scene was the Naval Exhibition at Chelsea, in the summer of 1891. The speaker was a young man, and his auditor one of those lithe, bright-haired girls one so often sees in this island. i_ ;f~ i And aren't they the wooden walls of England, now?" she said, as a child might ask when Noah might be expected in Liverpool with his ark. Not exactly," replied herecort tenderly they are rather out of style. Come I'll show you what sort of walls we have now," and he led her off in the di-tion of the beautiful models of the greac steel ships of war. The young fellow was right in assuming that this country had a big and powerful navy, but the chances of war decrease with the preparations made to meet Besides, the interests that would be put to hazard grow constantly larger and nations avoid fighting as long as possible. This is a hopeful consideration, and if England had nothing to be afraid of beyond the daDger of being attacked from abroad, we might sleep in peace. But there is don enemy against which neither army nor navy is of any avail. It defies the gunboats in the Channel and the redcoats on the shcre, and kills more people than are ever likely to fall in battle. If we could step the ravages of this foe we should soon be able to surprise our distant colonies with the arrival among them of a splendid class of our surplus population. We allude, of course, to disease. Not to epidemics of cholera or influenza, but to diseases which are at work year in and year out, in every season, carrying off rich and poor alike. Unquestionably the worst of these is the one that attacks the digestive system, the one from which springs the majority of ailments, which go under various names, as, for example, rhf-u- matism, gout, bronchitis, consumption, the several fevers, and others which were formerly, erroneously supposed to have distinct characters, and to require distinct treatment. Now, however, the best medical authorities recog- nise these ailments as symptoms and out-growths of indigestion and dyspepsia, and treat them accordingly. In illustration of what can be done, we cite a single ca3e, A man named Edward Kelly, who resides at 27, St. Vincent Street, London Road, Liverpool, having previously had perfect health, experienced a duU pain in the right side, a bad taste in the month furred tongue, lofs of appetite, discoloured skin, un- natural langour and fatigue, and what be describes as a sinking feeling," as though the supporting power were exhausted beneath him. This was in 1887, and he bore it without obtaining relief from the usual medical treatment until April, 1890, when one day, when he was working in a bonded warehouse, he says, a dreadful pain struck me in the back, and I had great trouble in getting through my work. Getting worse," he continues, I went to a doctor, who said it was inflammation of the kidneys. He gave me medicine and attended me off and on for months, but with no beneficial result. He said he could not understand how I keep on with my work. Still, I did struggle on, though the disease was wear- ing me out. From a strong, able man, I became thin and weak, and was afraid I should have to give up my work. Last July, 1890, a Custom House officer I recommended me to try an advertised preparation entitled Mother Seigel's Syrup. I did so, and before I had finished the first bottle the pain left my back, and I began to digest my food and gain strength. By continuing to use this remedy I was soon as well as ever in my life. My master, seeing what the Syrup had done for me, also took it for indigestion, with so much benefit that now he always keeps it by him. I have no interest whatever in testifying thus, and only speak of the medicinoe as I found it." Mr Kelly evidently had a narrow escape from Bright's disease, a malady very common among all classes in England, and one of the surest and most direct products of torpid livr. itself a symptom of indigestion and dyspepsia. We mention this case not to put money in anybody's pocket, but for the sake of the sufferers who need help-no matter what it comes from.

TERRIBLE FIRE AT TREDEGAR. MODEL LODGING-HOUSE BURNED. ELEVEN INMATES KILLED. A destructive and calamitous fire broke out between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday morning at a new model lodging-house situated in Red Lion-square, New Tredegar, Monmouthshire—a scene memorable owing to its being the place where the riots in 1882 broke out. The house was considered the most per- fect in South Wales, and at the time of the outbreak contained at least seventy persons, though, aa the records were burnt, there is great difficulty in ascer- taining the exact number, and this difficaltv is accentuated by the fact that most of the inmates were of the tramp class. It is suggested that the fire originated through the indiscretion of one of the inmates smoking in bed. Whether this was so or not, the fire spread with such rapidity that before the alarm could be given to the whole of the occupants the place was enveloped in flames. Many of the inmates managed to make their escape just as they were aroused, but ere the whole could reach the street the lower part of the structure was so completely engirt with flames that escape was impossible. Two of the inmates, named Twigg and Thomas Davies, jumped from an upper storey. Twigg broke his neck in the attempt to escape, and Davies sus- tained such severe injuries that he died soon after his removal to the hospital. A man named Jackson, who essayed the same feat, is in the hospital, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. For over an hour the shortness of the water supply made it diffi- cult for the fire brigade to do anything more than prevent the flames from spreading, and at the end of this time the lodging-house itself had been entirely consumed. The inmates who managed to esoape quitted the scene of the disaster as quickly as pos- sible, many of them being received at the union workhouse, and others being taken in by pitying neighbours. It is impossible at present to estimate correctly the loss of life, bnt the firemen, when they were able to commence an examination of the debris, discovered nine corpses, which, with the two who were killed in their efforts to escape, made eleven and it is feared that others will be discovered buried beneath the ruin9. Owing to the panic which pre- vailed and the class of occupants, representatives of the Press have been unable to ascertain the names of the victims. There were several gallant rescues by members of the fire brigade, who carried out of the Duilding several inmates who were too stupefied by their danger and the smoke to make any effort to save themselves. An adjacent storeyard was tem- porarily used as a mortuary, and, owing to the lack of accommodation, the injured had to be treated in the same place.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES, ABERYSTWITH. —The University of London has just issued the pass lists of successful candidates for the Intermediate Examinations in Art and Science. Nineteen students of this college have been successful. Intermediate examination in arts: Mr R. G. Watkin in the first division. Miss B. Edgell, Miss A. M. Hewart, Mr J. R. Jones, Miss Grace E. Marshall, Miss Emily Reynolds, Mr Edmund Richards, in the second division. Mr Â. G. Jones and Mr T. E. Jones, honours candidates recommended for a pass.-Inter. mediate examination in science: Mr J. H. Howell, B.A., and Miss C. S. Spencer, in the first division. Mr C. G. Pugh and Miss S. A. Taylor, in the second division.—Preliminary scientific (M.B.) examination: Miss R. J. Russell and Miss E. S. White, in the first division. Mr J. T. Roberts, in the second division. —Chemistry and experimental physios Mr Evan Evans and Mr Theodore Marles-Thouiss.-Biology Mr J. Ll. Jones. The honouri list has not yet been issued. CAMBRIAN r ILWAYS.—Approximate return of Traffic receipt, the week ending August 14th, 1892 —Miles opev. Passengers, parcels, horses, carriages, d". il mails, £ 5,437; merchandise, minerals, an cook, £ 1,812; total for the week, w £ 7,249. Act ffic receipts for the corresponding week last j —Miles open, 237. Passengers, parcels, horsu- C.Aorriages, dogs, and mails, £ 5,944; merchandise, anuerals, and live stock, £ 1,688; total for the week, £ 6,632. Aggregate from commencement of half-year to this date, 436,741 aggregate for corresponding period last year, £ 36,216. Increase for the week, passengers, &c., .£493; merchandise, minerals, &o., £ 124; total increase for the week, £ 617. Decrease, Passengers, parcels, &c., .£000; merchandise, &o., XOO; total decrease for the week, .£00. Aggregate increase, passengers, &c., .£12; merchandise, &3., .£513; aggregate increase, XOOO. Aggregate decrease from commencement of half-year, £ 525.—ALFBBD £ ASUBTT, secretary and general manager.

C AMBEI AX E AILTV AYS. LLAXIDLOES FLORAL HORTICULTURAL SHOW, O THURSDAY, AUGUST 25th, 1892. N the above date, CHEAP RETURN TICKETS be issued to LLANIDLOES, as under. Third Class Faroe for the Double Jonrney Machynlleth g 33 a.m. 28 6d Gemmes Road g 43 2s 3d Llanbrynmair 8 53 i8 gd Carno 9 10 iB <7* Pontdolgoch 9 20 is 2d Caersws a.m. 9 32 Is Od Moat Lane 10 5 12 20 noon 0s 10cl Llandinam 10 10 12 25 p.m. Os 7d 10 17 12 32 „ 0s 6d Newtown 9 38 11 56 a.m. Is 3d Abermule 9 25 11 46 „ Is 8d Kerry 8 55 11 15 „ '"j" Montgomery 9 15 11 36 „ £ 2s Od Forden 9 0 ) Welshpool 9 0 11 25 „ 2s 2d Children under three years of age free; above three and under twelve, half-price. Firat Class Tjckets issued at double the th;rd class fares. Passengers return the bame cay as under: For Welshpool, Abermule, and intermediate Stations and for Machynlleth and Cemmes Road, by 7 43 p m. Ordinary Train from Lla.nidloes.- For Dolwen Llandinam, Moat Lane, and Newtown by Special train at f p.m. from Llanidloes.—Passengers for Caersws, Pontdolgoch, Carno, and Llanbryn return by 4 10 p.m. train from Llanidloes. DOG & POULTRY SHOW AT LLANGOLLEN. On THURSDAY, AUGUST 25th, 1892 pHEAP DAY RETURN TICKETS will be issned to LLANGOLLEN, as under. Third Clan Fares for the Double Journey. Leaving Welshpool at 7 50 a.m., 3a. Buttington, at 7 55 a.m., and Pool Quay 8 0 a.m., 2a. 9d. Font Crosses 8 9 a.m., 3s Llanfyllin 7 35 a.m., 2s. 9d. Children under three years of age, free; above three and under twelve, half-fare. First class tickets issued at double the third class Fares. Passengers return the same day from LlangoU. at 5 1 p.m. EXCURSIONS TO LAKE VYRNWY. pHEAP DAY RETURN TICKETS, including KJ RAIL and COACH, will be issued to T-ATTR VYRNWY, on every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, in JULY, AUGUST, & SEPTEMBER 1892. Time of Starting and Fares for the throughout journey, as under- On Saturdays, from Welsh pool 11 40 a.m., Mondays or Thursdays. 7 50 a.m. Fare, let class 6/6, 2nd 5/9, 3rd 5/- Forden 10 50 a.m., Montgomery 10 40 a.m. on Saturdays, and on Mondays or Thursdays Forden 7 38 a,m., and Montgomery 7 32 a.m. Fares, let class 7/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5,6. On Mondays from Abermule 10 30 a.m., Newtown 10 52 a.m., Moat Lane 10 5 a.m., Llandinam 9 49 a.m., Dolwen 9 42 a.m., Llanidloes 9 37 a.m., and on Mondays or Thursdays, Abermule 7 23 a.m., Newtown, 715 a.m., Moat Lane 76 a.m., Llandinam 7 0 a.m., Dolwen 6 55 a.m., Llanidloes 6 50 a m Fare, 1st class 8/6, 2nd 7/3, 3rd 6/- On Every Saturday & Monday duriDg July, August and September CHEAP DAY EXCURSION TICKETS will be issued to ABKRYSIWYTH BORTH, ABERDOVEY, TOWYN, BARMOUTH and DOLGELLEY, from Oswestry, Llanfyllin, Welshpool, Montgomery, Newtown, Llanidloes, and intermediate Stations. The train will leave Oswestry at 8 10 a.m., Llanfyllin 7 35 a.m., Welshpool 9 0 a.m.. Montgomery 9 15 a.m., Llanidloes 9 37 a.m., and Newtown 9 38 a.m. Passengers RETURN same day from Aberystwyth at 6 0 p.m., Borth 6 20 p.m., Aberdovey 6 20 p.m., Tewyn 6 8 p.m., Barmouth 5 35 p.m., and Dolgelley 5 20 p.m. TOURIST TICKETS. Available for two calendar months), are now issued from the principal stations in England, and from all the principal stations on the Cambrian Line, TO ABERYSTWYTH, BARMOUTH, TOWYN. Aberdovey, Borth, Dolgelley, Harlech, Portmadoc, CRICCIETH, Pwllheli, Builth Wells, Rhayader and Brecon also from the principal Cambrian Stations TO PENARTH, TENBY, PEMBROKE DOCK, Llandrindod Welle, Llanwrtyd and Llangammarch Wells, Rhyl, Abergele, Llandudno, Carnarvon, Holyhead, Bangor, Southport, Blackpool, Buxton, Matlock, Lancaster, Morecambe, Windermere, and Lake District, Searboro, Harrowgate, and te., Isle of Man, Scotland, Ireland, &c. CHEAP 14 DAYS' TICKETS are also issued from the principal Cambrian Stations to Llandrindod Wells, Llangammarch, Wells, Llanwrtyd Wells, BUILTH WELLS. Rhayader, and BRECON. from the Inland Stations to ABERYSTWYTH, BARMOUTH, and other Coast Watering Places on Cardigan Bay. A WEEK AT THE SEASIDE-Cheap Return Tickets are now issued every Friday and Saturday, until 30th September, 1892, from Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry, Llanfyllin, Welshpool, New. town, Llanidloes, Builth Wells, Brecon, Machyn. lleth, and principal intermediate stations from Glandovey & Portmadoc, to AT.T. WATERING PLACES on Cardigan Bay. ALFRED ASLETT, Secretary and General Manager. Oswestry, August, 1892. BASIC SLAG. SOLE AGENT- CORNELIUS MORGAN, THE CRESCENT, NEWTOWN. M18 ENGLISH WATCHES. D. LLOYD, Watchmaker & Jeweller, BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE HAS COME TO THE MOST FAVOURABLE TERMS WITH THE BEST AND THE Largest Steam Manufacturers of English Maue Watches. 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