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BETHESDA. On Wednesday evening, the 6th instant, the Church Choral Society met at I landegai School-room for the purpose of learning the Cantata composed by Mr. R. Roberts, tutor, Training College, Carnarvon. The sub- ject of the Cantata is Harlech Castle." We will re- serve our opinion as to the merits of the composition for a future occasion. Suffice it to say at present that our knowledge of Mr. Roberts' musical abilities is a suffi- cient guarantee that the Cantata will do credit both to himself and the musical talents of Wales. We have lately heard an able composition upon the same subject, by Eos Llechid, and we shall be most happy to hear that of Mr. Roberta's also. On Thursday evening following, the Glanogwen, St. Ann's, and Llanllechid Church Choirs met in Glanogwen School-room for the purpose of preparing for the grand rehearsal which is to come ofF in September next in Bangor Cathedral. Owen Alaw was present, as were also the Clergy of the several churches. Mr. E. W. Thomas presided at the harmonium, and a most suc- cessful singing meeting was the result. On Friday, the town was visited by Wombwell's Me- nagerie, and on the same evening one of the lionesses added to the collection by giving birth to two young cubs. On the following morning, another lioness gave birth to four cubs. The menagerie was patronised by hundreds during its stay here, and everyone appeared greatly pleased. The Band, especially, deserved great praise for the very tasteful manner in which it per- formed. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE PENRHTN SLATE QUARHY.— While a man, named Edward Williams, Llidiartygwen- yn, was at work on Friday morning, the 8th instant, he accidentally hit from a rock of great height, which, we regret to say, proved fatal. Saturday last was the pay.day at the Quarries, and the attraction caused by Wombwell's Menagerie drew a great number to town. Everything passed off very peaceably, although we saw numbers who had regaled themselves liberally with Sir John Barleycorn.

LLANLLECHID. This part of the parish hu generally been most peaceable; but we understand that on Monday last there was much quarrelling and fighting which asted for some time, and upon enquiry it seemed that there is no policeman stationed here, as heretofore. Had ther«i.* been a police officer stationed on the spot, doubtless, there would have been little, if any, of the disturbance which took plitce on Monday. We understand that only once a day, and that for a short time, a policeman-one of those stationed at Bethesda-Í3 seen in the place. It is greatly hoped that an officer will be stationed here as I formèrly.-Commullicate

RUTHIN,  RUTHIN. ■* j" EXCURSION TO RHYL.-Two enterprizing gentlemen. in this town arranged with the Railway Company to have a shilling train from Ruthin to Rhyl and back, on Thursday week, and we rejoice to say that the specula- tion proved a perfect success, Nine hundred tickets were sold The train, which was the largest that ever left Ruthin Station, started at 9 a.m., and returned by 10 p.m. The excursionists, consisting mostly of work- ing men, heartily enjoyed themselves under the rays ot a brilliant sun on the Promenade at Rhyl, and not a few indulged in a dip in the sea. Their conduct throughout the day was most commendable, and not a single case of drunkenness was observed. An excursion from the sea bordering towns of Bangor, Llandudno,, and Rhyl, to the inland sceneries of Ruthin, would not be a mistake on the part of persona who can boast of sO particle of the spirit of the renowned Marcos." "*•-

b1M, \t,n'rianc$, antI SEUTLTI ?ot.'M.«'ntrt?. ?rrffn)MM(!D«t?.t'n)M? be auth'nJ'mt d by the 'nt"M and ?)'<r<M of the senders, or tra-un'ttM to tkrowih our accredited Agents We beg to Intimate that in future notice* of Births and liar- rinrc* will he charged as Advertisements at the uniform rate of One Shilling each and except where the party seniUng has an &,count at the ottice, prepayment iiiu it be inwle, or the notice will not appear If more convenient to the sender, pay. ment may be made in Red Poqtage Stamps. Obituary notice. will be inserted free as heretofore. BIRTHS. On the 8th inst., at Piasynilre, Ruthin, the wife of Walter Wynne, Lsq., prematurely, of a daughter. DEATHS. On the 8th inst., at Garth, in this City aged 75, Mr George Fletcher The deceased for upwards of 68 years filled the odice of Lay Clerk at the iiangor Cathedral. On the 10th intt., highly esteemed Md deeply '^retted, aged IS years, of consumption, Richard, youngest son  Mr R,K; .?h. rd Jones. Flour MerchMt. of this City; and pupil of Dr. RtchM?. On the 9th inst at Ordovia HOl"e Ilandu?luo, Jane, «^ow of the late 'uscphChMtesworth. &lq., Loft-house, near Wake field. ami late of Pledwick. On the 12th inst,, at Hirael. Bangor, aged asyears, Robert Roberts, formerly Master Mariner. On the lith inst, aged 75, Mr. John Owens, Khydaddwy Goch farm, ttliyl. On the 11th inst, at Coed Madog. NantUe aged 28, Mr. Menard Jones, agunt at the I'enybryn Slate Quairles. On the 2nd inst., of dipthtria, aged 7 years, Sarah. only child of Mr. Edward morris, Dyserth, Khyl. On the 8tb inst., the infant son of Mr Elias Pierce, 20 Hope- Place, Liverpool On thelth inst., at 9. Ellge Niount. Liverpool, aged 11 months, David Anwyl Griffiths, the Infant son of Captain Griffiths, of the •hip Kiiza Caroline, "and grandson of D. Anwyl Lsq., Mer chant, Barmouth. On the 7th inst., at Janes Villa, Quadrant road, Canonbnry, after 39 hours suffering, aged 30, Agnes Whyte. the devoted wife of Mr. James Napier, and youngest daughter of the late James Williamson. Esq., Assistant-secretary of Excise, London. Friends will please accept this intimation.

THE LLAN-ABBR DEFENCE FUND.-It will be seen from an advertisement inserted in another column that this fund which has been raised to reimburse the Rector the large expenses incurred by him in defending the rights and privileges of Welsh Incumbents will be closed in a short time. It will be necessary, therefore, for those parties who intend to contribute to do so immediately. The advertisement directs by whom subscriptions are received. CHEDDAR CHEEsE.-Lovers of this dainty may be giad to learn that they can be supplied with a rich tine lfavoured quality at the price of Cheshire cheese, by THOMAS JONES, Cheese Factor, &c., 143, High-street, Bangor. MEDICAL.—We understand that Mr. W. R. Thomas (son of the late NI r. FwThouiv, Albert Hotel, Bangor), having passed his examinations successfully at the King and Queen's College, Ireland, has obtained that diploma which eutitles him to practice as a physician. OBSEQUIES.—The mortal remains of Mr. Fletcher, who, for the lengthened period of 58 years had been con- nected with the choral branch of our cathedral, were consigned to their resting place in the New Cernetry, Bangor, on Wednesday last. Great respect to the me- mory of the deceased was displayed on the occasion. The funeral cortege, which was headed by the Very Rev. the Dean, the Revds. the Senior and Junior Vicars, and the Rev. C. W. F. Jones, Minor Canon, included the Organist, the Sacrists and Vergers, as well as the whole Choir in their surplices. The latter chanted suitable Psalms on the route, and efficiently assisted during the performance of the Burial Service. At the grave, Call- cott's Anthem, "I heard a voice from Heaven, was most impressively rendered. The entire ceremony was at once pleasing and imposing, and reflects the highest ere- dit on those who took part in it. ARRIVAI-S AT THE GEORGE HOTEL, BANGOR FERRT, DURING THE WEEK.—Mr D McMee Miss Macfie, Miss Scott Elliott, Mr Charles Bushell, Mr Reg Bushell, Liver- poo); Thos Johnson and Son, Manchester; General and Mrs Gowan, and Mr and Misses Gowan Bath; Mr and Mn Wm Rae. Liverpool; Mr and \1n< Wood, Alderley; Kev J and Mrs Me Cheane, Lt edii Mr Rudolph Baum and Mrs Baum Mr Gustavus Schlieper, Mrs Schlieper, aud Mr Kngen Schlieper, Rhenish llupill; Mr and Mrs Gar- diner, Boston; Mr and Mrs John Enthoven, Cheshire; Mr Frederick B Mozeley, Liverpool j James Geo Nash Mrs Nash, and Miss Nasb, Mofd; Charles D and the Misses Brown, Cheshire; Major Bolton, Torquay !Ir II and Mrs John Annit?e and family, Surrey W W Greenwood, Huduersnetd Mr and Mrs U Evans and daughter. Liverpool; Mr and Miss Heath, Newcastle, Mr and Mrs Geo Fairbairn Mr and Miss riiipps, ire- land; Mr E C and Miss Hall, John Hall, and C H Hall, New York Misses Houtill, Harrowgate Mr and Mrs W Wilson Seaforth Mr J and R B Hamilton, S Y Hawk; Mr H Cox, Manchester; Edwin Clark, Westminster; Rev W H Parkinson, Rochdale; Col and Mrs Lloyd Aspinall, New York Mr Kingsland, New York; Miss E C Soby, Rhode Island; Mr and Mrs Samuel Percival, Egremont; Mr and Mrs Sykes, Brooklyn.

BANGOR BOARD OF HEALTH.. The bi-monthly meeting of this Board was held on Thursday last, and the following members attended Messrs. H. Kennedy (in the chair), M. Roberts, J. K. Douglas, and G. Simpson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Beach Road and Culve, t Qucstion.-Reeolved,-That the Board, in consequeuce of a letter received from the parties who had been served with notices, expressing their willingness to comply with the requirements of the Board, and to construct, unrter tlie surveyor ssupci- vision, the necessary culvert, &c., are willing to accept the diverted road, in lieu of the road as heretofore, pro- vided the parties do at once take the necessary steps for legalising such diversion. New Rate Assessment. The Clerk not being able to get the Poor Rate Assessment, it was ordered that the signing of the assessment be deferred. — big y? Rev RHP- ??Co<h.?.The following Report of the Surveyor, with respect to this property in Higb-lltreet, was read :— "BAGOR LOCAL BOARD OP HEALTH. Rev. R. R. P. Veaty's Cottages, High-street. Gentlemen,-In accordance with your request I have visited the property complained of in fligh-street, and hereby verify the statements set. forth in Capt. Jones's letter of the 19th ult. I found on viaiting the premises in question, Nos. 130, 132, and 134, High-street-first, that the footway in the main street requires flagging, it being in a very bad condition. The houses are not drained, and therefore all the domestic water has to be thrown by the tenants into the main street. There is no yard or back premises to No. 130, which is a bake- home, and oftentimes emits dense clouds of smoke. If alJQwMio continue M t bakehouse the chimney ought certainly to be raised some twenty feet or more. Not. 132 and 134 have very small vards, about 4 feet higher than the ground floor, at the back, and without any ap- purtenance whatever. Indeed to the 3 houses there is not even a privy or ashpit, although there is ample ground. The cottages are very dilapidated and require repairs. With regard to the pigstye, I find there is one in the garden at the back of these cottages, and within 20 feet of the Museum window; there are aho two pigstyes in an adjoining yard tenanted by one John Jones, carter. I am of opinion that Capt. Jones's complaint is not without foundation, and that the pigstyes ought not to be allowed to be used during the hot weather, and if allowed at any time they ought most certainly to be drained. I would recommend that the cottages be drained, the yards flagged, as well as the front footway and roofs repaired. No 130. ought to have a yard attached with convenient access to it, the bakehouse chimuey raised as before stated, and a separate closet and ashpit to each house. I remain, gentlemen, your obedient, W. Y. HARDIK." P. S.-I have to report that pursuant to your re- quest the notices to drain have been served upon the occupiers of Mr. John Williams' houses, in High-street, and that your men are now engaged upon the same. Notices were also served upon Messrs. Parry & Co., and Mr. D. Williams, a reply to which I herewith hand. Mr. Roberts' notice has also been served, with which he intends to comply. To carry out any contemplated drainage we require to order some 6 and 9 in. pipes, having run short of these sizes. "W. Y. HARDIE." The Surveyor was directed to serve the requisite no- tices immediately, and report to the next meeting. The following letter from Dr. 0. 0. Roberts was read at this Board Castle Hill, Bangor, July 14, 1864. "Sir, -I beg again to call your attention to the state of the Pinfold. In the state that it is in, it is an act of cruelty to impouud poor animals in it; in fact, it reflects indelible disgrace upon the local authorities to allow such a place to be used as a pinfold. There is no wa- ter provided in it, and when any grass is thrown in, for the animals impounded, it has to be thrown on the ground which is covered with their dung aud urine. There is no shelter provided for them, and they have to lay down on the ground, which, in addition to their dung and urine, has on its surface, oil over, an immense quantity of large stones. When I was passing, yesterday, T saw eight or ten boys throwing stones into it, and when I went up to in- spect, I found that they had been pelting two asses that were confined in it. There was no water for them, nor h id any grass been even thrown in for them. It appeared that they were suffering severely from the want of water, for I saw them pressing their noses on different parts of the ground between the stones. Some steps should certainly be taken to abate such a cruel nuisance. Your Obedient Servant, O. O. ROBERTS." PORT PKNRHYN RATING QUESTION. In accordance with the notice in the circular conven- ing the iue(iting, Mr. Gold Edwards attended the Board with the opinion of Counsel upon this question, which was read. The case, with the opinion of Mr. Lnsh, Q. C., is appended to this report. It was resolved to act upon the opinion, by rating that portion of Llandegai within the Borough and to adopt the recent valuation under the Union Assessment Act. Cheques for accounts current were signed, and the members separated. CASE. I AS TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE DISTRICT OF THE I BANGOR LOCAL BOARD of HEALTH. By the Public Health Act of 1848, see. 8, it is enact- ed that upon petition of the inhabitants rated to the relief of the poor of any city, &c the general Board of Health may direct an inspector to make public enquiry as to certain matters affecting the public health, &c., aim the existing municipal, parochial, or other local bounda- ries, and the boundaries which may be most advantage- ously adopted for the purposes of the Act, &c. By sec. 9 the inspector is to report to the general Board, and copies of the report are to be published and deposited M therein mentioned. And if such report re- late to parts not being within any corporate borough, the said Board shall cause other copies of the same to be deposited with the churchwardens or overseers of the poor of any parish in which such parts, or any of them. may be, and the copies so published or deposit- ed shall be accompanied by a notice that within a cer- tain time statements may be made to the Board with reference to the report or any amendmeut proposed to be made therein. By sec. 10, if, after such enquiry, it appear to the gen- end Board of Health to be expedient that the Act should be applied to .the city, &c., with respect to which en- quiry has been made, and within the same boundaries as those of such city, &c., they shall report to Her Majesty accordingly, and at any time after presentation of such report it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order that this Act, or any part thereof, shall be applied to and be put in full force and operation within such city, &e. In the year 1848 a meeting of the ratepayers of Ban- gor, in the County of Carnarvon, was held to consider the propriety of petitioning the Board of Health to bring the propriety of p(, that place under the operation of the Health of Towns A ot. Bangor is not it seems a city, and it is certainly not a corporate borough but by Schedule E, to the Act of 2, William IV c. 45, it is associated with certain other places as a borough for the election of a member of par- liament, and the limits of the parliamentary borough of Bangor for the purposes of the last-mentioned Act are defined by the Act of 2 and 3 William IV., c. 64, Schedule O. Sec. 45. So much of that Section as is material to this case is as follows" Carnarvon District, Bangor. From the point on the north-east of the town at which the road from the Park wall of Penrhyn Castle to the Menai Straits joins the Menai Straits at the high water mark, along the said road to the point at which the same meets the said Park wall, thence westward along the said Park wall to the entrance gate to Lime Grove, thence in a straight line across the road to the nearest point in the boundary wall immediately opposite which bounds a field belonging to Lime Grove, thence along the said boundary wall to the point at which the River Cegm enters the grounds of Pennant, Esq., thence along the River Cegin to the bridge across the Shrews- bury road," &c. The point first mentioned in the above description lies in the parish of Llandegai, and a small portion of that parish is accordingly included in the parliamentary borough, which for the most part lies within, but is by no means co-extensive with the parish of Bangor. The Borough, in short, comprises part of the parish including the town of Bangor, and certain property in the adjoining parish of Llandegai, belonging to Colonel Pennant, and it may be convenient to state here that the point upon which Counsel will have to advise is whether the portion of the parish of Llandegai, which is situate within the borough, is or is not within the dis- trict formed under the above recited Act as hereinafter liet forth. In November, 1848, a petition was presented to one general Board of Health, of which the following is a copy:- ''°" To the General Board of Health,- We, the undersigned, being one tenth in number of the Inhabitant Ratepayers of THAT PART of the Parish of Bangor KNOWN AS THE PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH OP BANGOR, being a district well defined by metes and bounds, request and petition that a superintending in- spector of the general Board of Health may be sent down to inspect the said Borough, and to make public inquiry into the sanitary condition of the said Borough." Thin petition is signed by Colonel Pennant, who is owner of property in the Parkhes of Bangor and Llau- degai. '?n purMance of the petition the Board instructed their inspector, Mr. G. T. Clark, to hold the necessary enouirv which he did, and made his report to the Board dated 21st July, 1849 (a printed copy accompanies), the 53rd Sec. of which is as follows :I recommend the application of the Act to the WHOLE of the Parliamm. tarII Borough of Bangor, aud to the lands upon its south- 'I" ..1 '1")- ..1:<&. western border, known as faemaesiooig anli Dryiuu. «v< which, though outside the borough, are within the par- ish. This proposed boundary is laid down on a map an- nexed." nC The 56th Sec. of the report states:—" I recommend that the borough of Bangor and that part of the pansh shewn in the annexed map may be plaoed under the operation of the Public Health Act." The proposed boundary in the map follows so much of the description contained in the Parliamentary Bound- ary Act as is quoted above, thus including that part of the parish of Liandtgai already mentioned ivithin the proposed distnet of the Bangor Local Board of Health. In conformity with the 9th Sec. already stated of the Act, 1848, Mr. Clark's report (relating as it did to parts not within any corporate borough) was deposited with the churchwardens of the palish of Bangor, but not with the churchwardens of the parish of Llandegai, as ought to have been done, in order legally to include any part of that parish in the district of the Local Board. On the 3rd July, 1860, in consequence of a complaint from Bangor of delay, the general Board of Health ad- dressed a letter to the local authorities at Bangor, iu which they state "the delay has been in consequence of the proposed extension oi the boundary (meaning the extension on the south-western boundary in the parish of Bangor) which would have necessitated a further en- quiry and report, but that in order to bring the Borough within the powers of the A ct without delay the Act will be applied by order in council on the earliest op- portunity. The general Board of Health then reported to Her Majesty, under the 10th sec. of the General Act of 1848, before adverted to, their report being added 23rd July, 1850. The report is therein stated to be made in pjr- suance of the provisions of the Act and upon the peti- tion of the inhabitants, &c., and declares it to be expe- dient that the Public Health Act (except sec. 60) "should be applied to the borough of Bangor." By order in council, dated 14th August, 1850 (after stating the report of the General Board), her Majesty, with the advice of her council, and iu pursuance of the General Health Act, 1848, orders that such Act (except sec. 50) "shall be applied and be in force within and throughout the entire area, places, and parts of places, comprised within the boundaries of that part of the parish of Bangor, KNOWS as the parliamentary borough of Bangor, in the county of Carnarvon, as such bounda- ries are fixed for the purposes of the Parliamentary Boundary Act; and that such area, places, and parts of places shall be, and constitute a district for the purposes of the said Public Health Act accordingly." It is contended, on behalf of Colonel Pennant, that the Order in Council limits the district to so much of the parish of Bangor as lies within the borough, and that it excludes altogether so much of the borough as lies within the parish of Llandegai. It is contended, on the other hand, that the order in council takes in the borough of Bangor as fixed by the Parliamentary Bo- rough Act, and as was contemplated by Mr. Clark's report and map, that it was the intention to include the whole district, "kuown as the borough of Bangor," or the words would have been "that part of the parish of Bangor, which is situate within the borough of Bangor." In 1850, Mr. Clark held a second inquiry; and on the 2nd November, 1850, he made the following report:— After reciting that a public meeting had been held on the 30th October, then, last, it pioceeds—"Notices of this meeting were published in' the "Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and "North Wales Chronicle," on the 12th October, and were affixed in the usual public places in the borough. This further inquiry took place in consequence of the opinion given in my report of 21st July, 1819, that the boundaries which might be most advantageously adopted for the purposes of the Public Health Act were not the same with those of the parlia- mentary borough, and that for such purpose it would be proper to add to the borough such portion of the parish of Bangur as are within the dotted line shewn upon the map accompanying the above report. No objection whatever was made at the meeting to the proposed boundary; and I have, therefore, only to repeat the recommendation contained in the 56th paragraph of my former report. "(Signed) G. T. CLARK." From the date of this report until December, 1851, nothing appears to have been done upon it, as on the 2nd December, 1851, the clerk to the Local Board, Mr. Hugh Williams, wrote to the General Board "I am directed, by the Local Board of Health, known as the parliamentary borough of Bangor, to apply to your board, requesting that the proposed extension of the present district, as reported to your board by Mr. Clark, founded on a further inquiry by that gentleman, and dated 2nd November, 1850, be not at present pro- ceeded with for the following reasons. The board have it in contemplation to propose a still further extension of the district so as to include several scores of houses which are about being built." In March, 1852, the clerk, Mr. Hugh Williams, when reporting to the General Board the purchase of the water works, proceeds thus:— The assessable value of the parliamentary borough, as at present under the Public Health Act, is £ 10,4^5 exclusive of that portion which lies in the parish of Llan- degai, and of which I have no mean at present to ascer- tain the amount. On the 23rd March, 1852, he again wrote to the General Board If the principle of the Parochial Assessment Act were carried out, the assessable value would be fully 414,000, exclusive of the assessable value of the property situate in the parish of Llandegai, and within the par- liamentary borough of Baugor, which comprises the dis- trict of this Local Board of Health as at presetU under the Act." On the 29th May, 1852, the Local Board passed a resolution, with the view of extending the district in the parish of Bangor beyond the points suggested by Mr. Clark, and in consequence, a further inquiry was held on the 14th August, in that year, by direction of the General Board, which inquiry was conducted by Mr. T. W. Raminell. Me. Rammell, afterwards, made his report to the General Board, dated September, 1852 (a copy of which accompanies), wherein, after seating that he had caused the proper notices to be issued, and referring to the .econd inquiry held by Mr. Clark, he goes on to state that "the existing district comprises the parliamentary borouqh of Bangor, which is situate with the exception of a very small portion" (that part of Llandegai beforb re- ferred to) within the parish of the same name. The report then proceeds with the reasons for the proposed extension, and on account of what passed at Mr. Rammell's inquiry, and conelluies with the recom. mendation that "the future boundary of the district of the Local Board of Health of Bangor should be as under de8cribed," The description begins at the north west part of the district (remote from Llandegai), and is immaterial to the statement of this case until it reaches the river Cegin, when it proceeds a. follows Across the nver Cegin, thence northward along the right bank of the nver Cenn as far as the intersection by that nver of the present bou'ndary, and thence towards the sea shore along the present boundary to the first mentioned point*" This description would be a little obscure if the re- port had not been accompanied by a map, as the Cegin does not intersect either the parish or the borough boundary anywhere, but for a short distance forms both it, however, would, with the aid of the map, include in the district of the Lo»l Board the small piece of the parish of Llandegai already referred to. Attached to Mr. Rammell's report is a map showing bv dotted lines coloured yellow, the district as it then existed (which is the parliamentary boundary, and in. clades the part of Llandegai m dispute), anJ by other dotted lines, coloured pink, the proposed extension. For the purposes of this case only the part in the parish of Llandegai, is coloured pink on the map annexed to 'th report. ?ouite clear, from Mr. Rammell's report and the map that was appended to it, that he acted on supposi. tion that the whole of the parliamentary borough was included in the then existing district. Assuming that the original district included all that was "known as the parliamentary borough of Bangor, w',ether in the parishes of Bangor or Llandegai and not the part of the parish of Bangor within the borough, Mr. Rammell's report and map are perfectly con- sistent. "?' however, contended, on behalf of Col Pennant that the order in council limits the existing diatnct to^ the part of the parish of Bangor which is. within the parliamentary boundary. That the recital in the report that the existing district comprised the parliamentary borough of Bangor is a mistake, and that the map should have shewn the part of Bangor parish within the boo _1 -0 ..1- rough "nty, and not tne WUUl" ? ?" — —— S inaccuracies are not such as to givo Mr. Ram. mell's report any real repugnancy to the order in council. It is evident that Mr Rammell did not pro- pose to include for the first time, and by way of exten- sion of the district, a portion of Llandegai, within that district as the language of his report is evidence to the contrary, and his map shews, in a distinctive colour, the lauds which he intended to add to the district. It is contended that it would have been irregular, that without any requisition or formal notikeatiou, and without any enquiry in relation to Llandegai, Mr. Ram mell should seek to include in the district of the Local Board of Health, a portion of that parish. In April, 1853, the draft copy of the provisional order was submitted to the Local Board for approval; and on the 5th of that month, it was returned to the General Board of Health, accompanied by a letter from Mr. Beaver Roberts, the solicitor to the Local Board, and also to Colonel Pennant, of which the following is a copy ?f' have perused the accompanying draft copy of the provisional order for extending the boundary of the Bangor district as requested. It doea not appear to me to require any altemtion." The General Board of Health, under the authority of the Act of 1848, sec. 10, made their provisional order, dated the 14th June, 1853 (a copy of which accompanies  That order (repeating the recital contained in Mr. Ram-  in council of the 14th August, 1850, the Public Health   of Bangor; that it appeared to the board that the botin- daries of the district should be altered that Mr Ram meU ha¡l heen appointed to visit the district, that Mr.: Hammell had given the requisite notices, and made his enquiry, and reported to the General Board that rap^ies of the Teport, &c., had been duly publú!wl and deposi- ted, and that the boundaries could not be altored with- out the authority of Parliament. The order then directs (among other things I that after the passing of an Act to confirm it- I 1. The boundary of the district for the Public Health Act shall be the boundary described in the schedule to the order, and marked by the dotted hnee referred to as < the "existing boundary of borough," and proposed ex. teuded boundary," in the plan appended to Mr. Rum- mell's report. 2. That the Public Health Act (except sec. 50) sball apply to the entire area within the boundary aforesaid, and the parts within the boundary, shall aonstitute a district for the purposes of the Public Health Act under the name of the Bangor district. The schedule to which the order refers, describes the boundary in the same terms exactly as were used by Mr. liammell, in the recommendation which is' contained in his report, and which is before set forth. The provisional order of the general board was ulti- mately confirmed by an Act of 1853 (the 16 and 17 Victoria, Cap. 126), which took effect from the 20th August of that year; and thus the provisional order and the map became incorporated in the Act of Parlia- ment, and they must now be dealt with in accordance with the rules for the interpretation of public statutes. It will be seen from the above case that, with the ex- ception of the original petition and order iu council in which the words used are, That part of the parish of Baugor, known as the parliamentary borough of Ban- gor," the original district is described in every docu- ment as The parliamentary borough of Bangor "—that in those documents were the boundary is defined, it follows that of the parliamentary borough, and that the maps appended to the reports of Mr. Clark and M r. Rammell (the latter of which became incorporated in the Act of Parliament), include the whole of the parlia- mentary borough. Th? General Act of 1848 (Sees 9 and 10) require that where any report or provisional order relates to parts not being within any corporate borough, the board shall cause copies of the report or provisional order to be de- posited with the churchwardens or overseers of the poor of any parish in which such parts or any of them may be. As a matter of fact it may be stated that no deposit was made in the parish of Llandeg;ii. The notices were given In the newspapers-and" the deposits made iu the usual places in the parliamentary borough of Bangor. The reports, order in council, and provisional order recite that the notices and reports had been duly published and deposited, and it is contended that the Act of Parlia- ment cures any defect that may have occurred in the preliminary proceedings. Colonel Pennant is the owner of the whole, and princi- i pal occupier of that part of the parish of Llandegai, and has, from the formation of the district, been chairman of the local board, and therefore had c instructive notices of all proceedings which affected that p:tristi. I Up to the present time the part of the parish of Llan- degai, in the borough of Bangor, has not been rated. Within a comparatively recent period, it has been suggested that the whole of the parliamentary borough is rateable, and it has lately been mentioned to Colonel Pennant for the first time, that his property in Llande- gai, colored pinlf, is part of the district of the Hangor Local Board, and legally liable to the imposition of rates. Colonel Pennant gave immediate directions that every inquiry should he made, and that (without reference to considerations of legal liability) whatever the justice of the case required should be done. Colonel Pennant is the more anxious to comply with what he may ascertain to be his proper obligations from tne fact of his being chairn.an of the Local Board. Colonel Pennant's advisers, however, on considering the matter have come to the conclusion that under the circumstances, the property in question really is not legally included in the district of the Board of Health, and that it is n jt, and never was, rateable by the board. They allege it to be clear that the provisional order and the Act of 1853 would not, but for what they term the evidently mistaken reference to the dotted lines on the map (as if they represented the then present district) have included the property in question in the district of the local board and that the reference to the dotted lines iLu t, under the circumstances, be regarded asmere misdescription, redundancy and surplusage, and so re- jected from the operation of the Act altogether. They also contend on behalf of Colonel Pennant, that in considering the Act we must either read it as doing violence to the order in council, and as being wholly inconsistent with all the facts and proceedings, or we must adopt its intention, and the language of the sche- dule to the order as excluding and over-riding what they (Colonel Pennant's advisers) declare to be the manifestly erroneous reference to the dotted lines, a course which they allege to be more in accordance with the true and natural construction of the Act than the other would be. They further observe that by the Sec. 2 of the Act of 1853, the provisional order is confirmed so far only as it is authorized by the Act 1848, and that the order is to be of the same effect as if its provisions had been ex- pressly enacted in the Act of 1853. That the provisonal order did not (as Colonel Pennant's advisers state) in- clude any part of Llandegai otherwise than by the mis- taken reference to the map, and they contend that the Act of 1848 could not have possibly authorised the pro- visional order as far as regards Llandegai, inasmuch as no enquiry was held, no notices were given, and no re- port made in relation to Llandegai, and inasmuch as the provisional oWer itself was not deposited there as re- quired with reference to places not in corporate boroughs by Sec. 10 of that Act-and they contend that on all the above grounds, and especially on that of the mis- recital in the Act of 1853 (for they say that the same effect is given to the provisional order, as if its provisions had been there enacted) and on that of the mistaken re- ference to dotted lines, Llandegai is on a fair, reasonable, and-legal construction of the Act to be excluded from the operation of that Act altogether, as being entirely out of its real scopt, meaning, and intention, although (by mistake only) apparently within its letter. As before observed, the contention of the Local Board i, that the whole of the parliamentary borough was intended to be originally included, and that it was so included in the district, as shewn by the documents and plans, and that the error consisted in its description as being "that part of the parish of Bangor, known as the parliamentary borough," and that the parish of Llan. degai is now estopped from making the objection. The question thus raised having been laid before the Local Board, and it appearing to them to be one of some importance to their constituents, they have determined to obtain the opinion of Counsel before taking any steps in the matter. The Local Board do not commit themselves to all the arguments and observations which this case contains, many of such arguments and observations being obvious- ly suggested by the advisers of Colonel Pennant, but the Board believe that all the material facts and documents are correctly stated, and to these the attention of Counsel is more particularly invited. The board have suggested such remarks as they think necessary or desirable to be made on behalf of their con- stituents, and they are anxious that the matter should be fully and properly considered. The case of Barber v. Jessop, 1 H.and N. 578, appears to bear upon the question. You are therefore requested to advise on behalf of the Local Board-whether, on a view of all the Acts, pro- ceedings, and circumstances before mentioned, that part of the parish of Llandegai, which is situate within the parliamentary borough of Bangor, now forms part of the district of the Bangor Local Board of Health and is rateable as such, or whether that part of the parish is to be regarded, on a proper construction of the Act of 185^3, as within its letter only, but really out of its true mean- ing and intention, and so not liable to the rates of the Local Board. The Local Board, as well as Colonel Pennant, are desirous that the question should be disposed of as soon as possible. Counsel will therefore further advise on the most expeditious mode of having a legal adjudication on the point. In the event of Counsel being of opinion that part of Llaudegai parish is rateable, be will say whether it can ¡ be assessed for its proportion of expences already incur- I ed, or prospectively only. COUNSEL'S OPINION. I am of opinion that the portion of Llandegai in ques- tion, has become part of the district of the Bangor Local Board of Health, by the operation of the Act of 1853. The preceding order in council I think had no effect beyond the limits of the parish of Bangor; but the pro- visional order of 1853, though based on an erroneous assumption, clearly defines the limits of the new district, as including the part in question, and ordains that the whole area comprised withiu those limits shall constitute the district. It is clear to my mind that the Board had authority under the Act of 1848, to make such order, and as it has been ratified by the legislature, it has the force of law. I am of opinion that this part cannot be rated for bye-gone contributions. It cannot be separately assessed except for special benefits, authorizing a special district rate, and in a general rate it must be assessed in the same ratio as, and together, with the rest of the district. The most expeditious mode of trying the question will be by making a general rate, including the part in ques- tion, and a nominal distress for it, -then for the person supposed to have been distrained on, to bring an action, and immediately obtain a judge's order for a special case for the opinion of the Court of Common. P!eas. ROBT. LUSH. Temple, July 6th, 1864. T. LUSH.

THE DIVISION ON THE VOTE OF CENSURE. THE DIVISION ON THE VOTE OF CEVSURB.—- la the division in the House of Commons, on Friday night, the following members voted in favour of Mr. Kinglake s amendment, and with the Government:—Colonel Myd- delton Biddulpb, Sir R B. W. Bulkeley, Lord R. Gros- venor, Sir J. Hanmer, Mr. T. Mainwaring, Captain E. L. Pryse,and Hon. C. D. H. Tracy With the Opposition voted Colonel the Hon. E. G. Douglas Pennant, and Mr. C. W. Wynn. The Hon. W. O. Stanley paired for the Government. Sir W. W. Wynn and Mr. W. W, E, Wynne paired against Government. Mr. Charles Wynne-Finch and Colonel Powell did not vote. In the Lords, Lord Powis, in person, and the Bishop of Bangor, by proxy, voted with the majority against Go- vernment; the Marquis of Anglesea, the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Mostyn, in person, and the Bishop of St. Asaph, by proxy, supported the Government. The Daily ftews terms the victory in the House of Commons surprising. After a desperate conflict, Govern- ment had a majority larger by five votes than that with which it came into power. This victory ought to be consolidated and improved. The Liberal party must be reminded that it exists not for the convenience of a Ministry, but for liberal legislation. The Times analyses the division lists, and aays—"The practice of the House of Peers in counting proxies has given a colourable majority in that house, which would not have occurred if only those peers who were able to deliberate had been able to vote. If the two houses had been fused into one for the purpose of this decision, the majority of the aggregate would have been 22 in favour of Ministers; for of the peers actually present and who heard the defence made by Earls Russell and Clarendon, a majority of four were against the censure. In the Commons, if there had been no union with Ireland, and if Great Britain only had voted, there would have been no interest in the contest. The English and Scotch members voted 28 against 223, thus giving a majority of íÎ,) for Ministers. This majority of 60 was reduced to 18 entirely by the votes of the Irish members, who voted 73 against Ministers to 26 in their favour. That majority of 47 Irish members comprised the ultramon- tane members, who call themselves Liberal politicians, and who, as they explained through their mouthpiece, the O'Donjghue, voted, not upon the question of Den- mark and Germany, but upon the general ground of a want of confidence in the Government—that is to say, they were making a demonstration against the King of Italy and Garibaldi, and against Lord l'almerston for his Italian POliCy. Aily one who desires to judge of the public opinion of this country upon the immediate ques- tion of the foreign policy of the present Government must eliminate this ultramontane element entirely from the di vision, for thos" 47 votes were not in favour of Denmark, but against Lord l'almerston they were not against Germany, but against Italy." The Tii/ies, iu another leader, says—" The lesson taught by hist week's debate and division is the absolute necessity of a complete reform of our system of foreign diplomacy. The wish of the country clearly is—tirst, that we should not hereafter involve England in war in order to adjust to our satisfaction the relations of foreign States; secondly, that we should abstain absolutely from all threats to which we are not resolved to give the fullest execution and thirdly, that as we are neither to fight nor threaten except where our own interests are immediately concerned, we should content ourselves with the expression of our opinion when legitimately called upon as a European Power to express it, and avoid busy, meddling diplomacy." The Morning Herald remarks on the late division in the Commons, that the majority of 18 i., perhaps, some- what larger than may have been expected in some quar- ters but, upon a careful analysis of the division, it is easily explained. The pressure exercised by Govern- ment was extraordinary, their threats and promises being equally lavish, and the prospective dissolution held like the sword of Damocles over the doubters on both .ide.. Great credit must also be conceded to their whip, w ho succeeded in bringing into the lobby two gentlemen who had not been seen in their places for several years, and whose condition was most distressing. The pairs were unusually few, only eight members on each side being thus accounted for. The casualties, however, on the side of the Opposition far outnumbered those of the Government. Goucestershire is vacant, and no fewer than nine Conservatives were absent on account, of illness, whereas, we understand, the loss to the Go- vernment from this cause was limited to one only-Mr. Divett. Five so-called Conservatives, we regret to say, were counted with the majority; and we hope that Messrs. Chapman, Dutton, Cornwell Legh, and Pugh will be able to explain their votes to the satisfaction of their constituents. We will also be curious to learn how Mr. Wynne Finch, Mr. Gaskell, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Mr. Lever, and Mr. Newdegate will account for their absence from a division of such national importance. Much has been said about the Irish vote, but we fiud that only 16 who do not confess Conservative principles voted with the Opposition, while 23 continued faithful to the loaves and fishes of Government; and it was stated by Nlr, Cogan and the O'Donoghue that the action of those 16 was dictated by no love for the Con- servatives, but by utter disapproval and disgust of the policy of the Government. The idle fable of a compact entiiely falls to the ground. The Herald regards the result as a decided triumph to the originators of the motion.

PWLLHELI. -,I BOARD OF GUARDIAHS.—Wednesday, July 13.Pre sent, B. T. Ellis, Eiiq., Chairman, and Mr. Hd. Jones-i- Vice-chairman; also '23 guardians. Mr. Hugh Roberts proposed, that Mr. Wm. Watkiu.s motion respecting the county and police rate, as reported in the CHRON ICLP, of last week, be adjourned for consid- eration to the next meeting. Festiniog Ullion.Jane Morrris, the widow of EVan Morris, Criccieth, a pauper of Ynyscynhaiarn, has since the death of her husband (12 months 1, been receiving 3s. weekly from this Union. It is now recommended that 3s. weekly be allowed her hereafter by Ynyscy.1- haiarn, has she is now liable to be removed to that pa. rish, according to law. The following letter, received from the Poor Lak. Board, was read: "Poor Law Board, July 8, 1864. "Sir,—I am directed by the Poor Law Board to ac- knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultim V in which you inform them that the Justices have not appointed Overseers of the poor for Bardsey Island. The Board direct me to enquire, within what Ma- gisterial Division the Island' is comprised, and what is the name and address of the Clerk to the Justices 01^ that Division. "» I am, Sir, Your obedt. servant, H. FLEMISH, See- O. Owen, Esq., Clerk to the Guardians of the Pwllheli Union."

It was reported, at Turin, yesterday, that Venetia, and mpecially the province of Verona, wu invested by sevo. ral corps of brigands. An arriva1 from New York, with dates to the 2nd inst., confirms the resignation of Mr. Chase, which is said to have been caused by a conflict with the Presi- dent, in reference to appointments in the Treasury De- partment. Senator Tessendan, of Maine, had been ap- pointed his successor. He hesitated to accept the ap- pointment, on account of his health; it was thought, nevertheless, that he would take it. His nomination was well received by the public.—The only new intelligence from the army is, that Wilson's cavalry, having destroy- ed 20 miles of the Danville railway, were attacked on their return, in the night of the 27th ult., at Beam's Station, on the Weldon and Petersburg Road; and though they fought all night, and the following morn- ing, the Federal account states, that Wilson was un- able to force his way through and Meade had sent a detachment to his assistance.—On the 28th, the Con- federates were moving in the direction of the rear of Grant's left. The West India mail brings dates to the end of June. There is little intelligence from our own islands. From the Pacific we learn that the seizure of the Chincha islands by Spain continued to excite attention. The Chilian Government had determined to fortify Valpa- raiso and some other of its principal sea-porta; and a commission was appointed to proceed to England to purchase war ateaniers.On the 3rd of June, a Spanish gunboat arrived in Callao bay, under a fiag of truce, the object being to treat with the Peruvian Government for a suspension of hostilities, so as to admit the Spaniards, in the event of a scarcity on board their vessels, to pur- chase provisions, and thus prevent tue necessity of taking them by force. The Peruvian Government re- plied that, as Spain was the aggressor, no suspension of hostilities would be granted, nor any further communi- cation receivetl.-At St. Domingo, the Spaniards were making no way in suppressing the revolt. The Indian, China, Australia, and New Zealand mails bring scarcely any new intelligence, only confirming former accounts received by telegram.— The details of the late defeat of the English in New Zealand are re- ceived. They shew that the Maories fought with great bravery, and no little skill.