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Y BYWYD-FAD. (LIFE-BOAT). TROWCR allan y BAD ewch, hfcrlwch yr sig I 31?e Hong yn prysuro i ddannedd y graig Rhwvgwyd r hwyliau, dyrysodd y 11 o, hd' yd;I I¡; r Cychwynodd y BAD mae'n marchog y lli' I Tarawodd y Hong! A glywsoch Y crl Mae'n suddo! mae'n suddo pob gobaith a ffodd El suddodd! hi suddodd! y dytnder a'1 todd I Duw lwyddo v BAD mae'r dynion bob un Wrth raffau yr hwylbren crvnedig yn nglyn Mae .bith diangfa yn chwyddo bron, Ac ?geifn eu gwylio yn .h, ?.,l pob On 0 brysied y B?? I .? peiygl yn fawr! Pob tdn ?ydd yn fy,ny pob mynyd yn awx■: Mae'n neu, mm'n -eall,? drwy r ty6n;? ;7hI*. Mae angeu'n siomedig, oblih yn gryf. Cyrhaedllotld y BAD, wi frgwelaf bob gwr 0'1 fewn yn ddiogel uweh dinystr y dw'r: M e'n dyfod! mae'n dyfod I o'r enbyd fawr hynt, Gan chwerthin yn wYIleb y tdnau n'r gwynt. Dy?hw?lodd y BAD, cyrhaeddodd y l&n Prysured tos tudl w,ii i'r gwan afwn, dyTchafwn, ein mawlgerdd yn Hon I ,Id?.d ?in bywyd, -0 Arglwydd y dOn. EMRYS.

The CORNHILL for December, opens with an interesting letter from Paterfamilias, (well known from a previous contribution) on the abuses which exist at Eton. The same subject was recently treated by Sir John Coleridge, who has been described as "one of Eton's most ac- complished living sons," in a lecture at Tiverton, since reprinted by John Murray, and to the searching criticism d the ex-judge, the CORNHILL writer awards the suff- rage of his completest approbation. This month's in- stalment of Framley Parsonage, is gloomy throughout. L'ord Lufton, apprised that Lucy Roberts will not many him till she is asked by hi. mother to do so, makes a hurried call on her Ladyship in London, on his way to Norway, and disclosing the state of his affections, asks her opinion of Lucy Roberts, and the answer, unhappily, is firmly unfavourable, and the whole interview of the mother and son of a painful character. Finally, reiterating his unalterable love for Lucy, Lord Lufton hastily leaves, while his mother is in the act of replying, and starts for Norway, the determination he evinces recalling the lines in Moliere. Je ne vans rpondq 113. de. volontes d'ttn re Mais je ne serai point ft d'autre qu'it Yalre. Ll¥1y Lufton, making up her mind that at all hazards the match must be averted, goes down to Framley Court, and almost at once sends for Lucy Roberts, intending to shew her, in a set lecture, the impropriety of such a union. She meets with rather more than her match, however; for Lucy, who obeys the invitation to Framley Court with alacrity, does not wait for Lady Lufton to do more than introduce the subject, before she enters on a Bpirited narrative (in which she refuses to bo interrupted) of all that haa passed between her and Lord Lufton, Shewing how spotlessly honourable she has been. But this interview is also a painful one, and both are glad when it is over, though Lady Lufton is obliged to cqpfess to herself that her opinion of Lucy has been heightened. The Crawley family also appear on the scene this month, and, always gloomy, are in this number of Framley Parsonage more gloomy than usual. Mrs. Crawley is seriously ill of a fever; the Roberts's take charge of the children, and Lucy elects to go and nurse Mrs. Crawley, much to the dissatisfaction of the proud, morbid- tempered Mr. Crawley, who cannot bear that any one should share his burdens even in such a calamity as this, and who, in fact, is so outrageously disagreeable, altogether, that one feels a most unchristian desire to hear of his being kicked. Nothing daunted by his objections and opposition, Lucy takes up her position at the sick woman's bedside, and here, for the present, the story leaves her. Can it be that she is to fall a victim to her heroism ? That Mr. Trollope alone knows, but We fear the worst.-The History of a Fable is a scholarly and readable production. In How I was upset, Charles Lever gives us, in placard phraseology, a full and par- ticular account" of the late and miraculous escape his daughter and he had after an upset in the Mediterranean. The leading facts, in brief, were already familiar to the public from newspaper paragraphs, but in the contribu- tion to CoRN'HILL,Mr. Lever details all the circumstances most minutely, and with a coolness that would have astonished us, had we not already known the marvellous Belf-pease.io. shewn alike by him and by Miss Lever, when apparently nothing but death faced them.-A article on The Criminal Law and the Detection of Crime will well repay perusal. It abounds with sound re- flections and good sense, and the remarks the writer makes in reference to the Road case, are more to the point than any we have seen. "It is impossible," he well observes in one sentence, not to infer that what people really wish for is the key to a puzzle, and not to the punishment of a crime." For our part we entirely repudiate the cruel hints thrown out regarding Mr Kent. Grant that the fact were established of a pre- vious improper intimacy between him and Elizabeth Gough, it might undoubtedly give to persons sitting by their fireside, an apparent clue to a solution, by point- ing to the father as the guilty party, though such a flimsy piece of evidence would be of no weight whatever In a court of justice. Let it be remembered, however, that even this much evidence, flimsy as it would be, has not been produced against Mr. Kent, and people who wisely shake their heads, and throw out all sorts of vague hints against him, are arguing from a combination of supposed circumstances, not one of which can be Bhewn to exist.—Our Natural Enemies is the title of an article devoted to a consideration of the means that may most advantageously be adopted to preserve our Houses cf Parliament, Palaces, Cathedrals, and many other costly public edifices, from the effects of the moisture and gases in the air, which are on all sides penetrating and destroy- ing them. The article, while full of scientific information, la still most readable from its avoidance of all difficult technicalities.-Tlte Pope's City and the Pope's Protec- tors we have not rend, simply because we have long been sick of the subject.-Sueeess is the title of a capital article. Remarking that he has a great opinion of suc- cessful men, and is not ashamed to confess it, the writer, a little further on, well observes, "To prostrate one-self before what Success has won, be it power or riches, or what not, may rightly be called flunkeyism; but to honor what has won success is worthy of worship, not to be condemned or restrained. It is veneration for that type of manhood which most nearly approaches the divine, by reason of creative energy. It is a good sign of the times that we appreciate it at its true worth. Watching and Wishing is a short poem, by the late Charlotte Bronte. The versification is faultless, but the production has no originality about it, and in this respect contrasts most unfavourably, like all her poetic,,1 efforts, with Charlotte Bronte's immense powers in prose. Yet we love her memory so well as to read with rapture anything she has left behind.-Beltiiid the Cur- tain is one of the most flowing and graceful composi- tions we have seen for many a day. But that we are taught by the motto, A,, ,t celare artem, and that that which appears to have been the easiest of efforts has often been slowly and labouriously compiled, and re- isaproved by touch after touch, we should say un- hesitatingly that Behind the Curtain had been written without a pause during some period of happy abandon, and fiever re-touched. As a composition it is easy, flowing, perfect. Then the information it gives is most valuable, as it details all the difficulties a young dramatic author may expect to encounter, at the same time that it points out the only way in which they are to be over- come. Lastly, we come to the Sound-about paper for which, after the severer reading in preceding pages, we always feel thoroughly prepared. The subject of the paper this month, is a joke Mr. Thackeray once heard from the late Thomas Hood. There Is much beautiful and genial writing in it, but Mr. Thackeray, as it seems to us, is injudiciously repeating himself. For those of advanced years, these articles will, no doubt, have a great charm, as they are redolent of memories belonging to the distant past; but to the young-and we suppose Mr. Thackeray has thousands of youthful readers-there Is little in the late Round-abouts that can interest. It is the characteristic of middle life and of age to busy them- selves with memories, but youth is rather the season of hope, and its interest is inthe present and future, and we PR to A" Mr, Thackeray harping aD-II etriDs which: can only be great' ".L" of h' readA er™ s. ??f' F ? 6t,'i%st6t to one section of his readers. We ? '?y to dd, that the glimpses the article giv? ? of W.4 add, if that were po? sible, to o^. ?;Aeia for ? memory of that ?tMd ? W' ?n. ?haa en? the second volume of the Corn- ?' W? Mr, Thackeray again announces to 00 highly prosperous, adding, tn-reference to its new contemporary (Tempk Bar) these ge- nerous uwis:—" Our course has been so pros- perous that it was to be expected other adventurers would sail on it, and accordingly I heard with no sur- prise that one of our esteemed companions (referring here to Mr. Sala, the author of the Hogarth Papers) was about to hoist his flag, and take command of a ship of Ms own. The wide ocean has room enough for us all. At home, and over our immense dominions, there are markets enough for all our w reB. The old days of enmity and exclusiveness are long over, and it is to be hoped both buyers and vendors will alike profit by free trade, friendly courtesy, and fair play." TEMPLE BAR oomes before us with most presentable appearance; on a oover of mauve we have an engraving of Temple Bar, immediately above which stands the pithy and happily selected motto, Sir," said Dr. John- son, let us take a walk down Fleet Street." The look of the magazine is greatly in its favour, and irresistibly leads one to desire closer acquaintance. Opening its pages we have a very large quantity of matter-larger by a sheet than was ever given in a periodical before at the same price-and corresponding variety: that is to say, there is romance, poetry, travels, and readable dis- quisitions on various subjects. We will just glance at the contributions in the order of their occurrence. For better for worse is the title of a romance of which the first four chapters are given. It is of course too early in the story to pronounce a decided opinion on the me- rits of the production; we may mention, however, that there is a highly virtuous atmosphere about the tale which speaks volumes in its favour, while a pretty love story, in which there are the old features of poverty and humble position on the one hand and wealth and rank on the other, seems in store for the reader. From the manner, too, in which one of the ladies (Margaret Ather- ton) has been introduced, we are justified in expecting a noble example of endurance, self-denial and affection. Francis Bctcon is the title of an article founded on Mr. Hepworth Dixon's work The Personal History of Lord Bacon, from unpublished papersy and we are glad to see that the writer in every respect endorses the con- I elusions of Mr. Dixon as to Bacon's perfect innocence ot the serious charges which have so long lain at his door. Of those charges Mr. Dixon's work—one of unpausing eloquence throtighout-siipplied the completest refuta- tion, and Bacon, who so humbly and yet so nobly de- clared that as for his name and fame he was content to leave them to other men and to other times, now stands forth, in the thrilling words of the Temple Bar reviewer, with "virtues eternal in their dazzling beauty, even as his intellect is imperishable in power." The Northern Musc, a poem by Mr. Stignant, is full of chaste imagery, admirably versified. The Father of the French Press is an article at once delightful from its gossip and instruc- tive from its information. The Two Rocks, a sonnet, by Edmund Yates, contrasts St. Helena and Caprera, the former the exile of the ambitious Napoleon, the latter the chosen retirement of the self-denying Garibaldi: yet, continues the poem, The names of both shall live for endless time, With St, Helene is linked Napoleon; Crera& name shall ring in verse sublime, yVh, G,'rbldi mts, his deed of duty done." The KaUmUy by John Oxenford, should be perused by all who have read Longfellow's Hiawatha, which is shewn to have been imitative, not only in its metre but its tendency, of the legend Mr. Oxenford treats of. Like Hiawatha, Kaleivala is a legend descriptive of Fin- nish life. One of the great characteristics of Finnish poetry is its minute, almost tedious detail. Thus, where the author merely intends to convey the information that a girl brings to her brother his shoes and stockings, it is thus described- "Then she fetched his pliant stockings Which his mother once had knitted. That his shins might be well covered, That his calves might be enveloped; Then his shoes that neatly fttted,- Dainty boots, which he had purchased, Did she put upon the stockings Which his mother once had knitted-" I Well may Mr. Oxenford observe that a poem written upon this principle may be spun out to any given num- ber of lines. The article is most interesting. Gold and Dross is the name of a short tale, very well told, but barren of incident and plot; however, it ends well-or we are left to suppose it does-and that with readers is a great matter. The gist of the tale is this: Rosy Mau- rice, the daughter of a baronet, is engaged with the ful- lest sanction of her father to a gentleman of great worth, but who is several years her senior. An accident, however, throws in her way of a Mr. Wilbraham, who is about her own age, and extremely dashing, and to his vows of admiration, breathed the first time he meets her, she listens with too willing an ear, and accepts other attentions inconsistent with her engagement. The old lover—who is called Stephen, by the way, we presume on account of a former Stephen having been a martyr-observes this, becomes enraged and leaves the house, but returns next morning, and tells Rosy that he would rather die than give her up if he thought she loved him, but he would also rather die ten thousand deaths than marry her if he knew she (lid not. She then candidly confesses that she does love Mr. Wilbra- ham: is sorry she met him, and all that sort of thing, but can't help it." On this Stephen leaves; Mr. Wil- braham is promoted, vice Stephen resigned, and things move on pleasantly enough for "ome time, but in the end Rosy discovers that she has made a bad exchange that cruelty, meanness, and even falsehood itself are not too unworthy for her lover to stoop to, and at last she discarÙd him in disgust, at the same time writing to Stephen, confessing her former short sightedness, and offering herself to him if he will have her. And the end of the story is this, Readers, I give you each three guesses as to the purport of Stephen's answer." Travels in the County of Middlesex, with shc/rt notices of the ad- joining provinces, is Mr. Sala's own—his own, because he tells us so his own, because there is no otner man who could have written so delightful an article. We have not met with anything so charming as the intro- duction to it for many a day; and as to the power and vivi- dity of description that follow, why they are eminently Mr. Sala's own, and that is the highest praise we can award, for in these attributes he has no rival, nay there is no one who comes at all near him. We may expect very great things indeed of this accomplished writer, now that his position of sole editor and conductor of a magazine give him such choice and scope. Aotes on Circumstantial Evidence is an article by a barrister, w ho, as illustrative of the fallibility of human judgment, cites a great many cases of persons executed on circumstantial evidence apparently the clearest, but who, where it was for ever too late, were discovered to have been impro- perly condemned. We entirely agree with the writer that such occurrences ought to make journalists and the public generally, pause ere they express a strong opin- ion as to the guilt of a particular person or persons in a celebrated case now being inquired to, merely because facts point to that conclusion, and we as fully endorse the view that cases of circumstantial evidence are a great deal too nice and difficult to be safely trusted to the juries who commonly have charge of them. Twelve men of high mental endoivnien4 and the knowledge of the laws of evidence," says the writer, would make an infinitely better jury than twelve persons of ordinary weakness and prejudice." And again, It is such intel- lect, or want of intellect, in the case of Mr. Saunders, that lays undue stress upon isolated facts, and lacks the ingenuity and the logic, to see the subtle connection that lies between them." In one respect, however, we venture to think this writer entirely mistaken. Quoting Paley's remark, that "circumstances cannot lie," the writer observes that the great philosopher in this in- stance shewed less wisdom than his wont, and then, citing a number of cases in which persons were hanged on circumstantial evidence, apparently the clearest, but which afterwards turned out to be perfectly consistent with innocence, he asks, Cannot circumstances lie ?" We say they cannot: the circumstances themselves have not changed, because a person charged with the crime is discovered, after his death, to be innocent,—but the in- ference drawn from the circumstance was erroneous. Paley was right; circumstances cannot lie, but conclu- sions drawn from them, and apparently the only natural ones, may be mistaken ones. Temple Bar is the desig- nation of a poem, possessing a good deal that is vigorous, but rather marred by repetitions; the poem would have been greatly improved by shortening. faoldUrs and Vo- lunteers is a sound article, very. The true source of the unpopularity of our military service is shewn to lie in the pitiful inducements the Government hold out to all but scamps to join it; while the great success of the vo- lunteer movement attests, as the writer contends, what would be its corresponding popularity if the conditions as to pay, treatment, &c., were altered. Over the Le- banon to Baalbek, by the Rev. J. C. M. Bellew, we must pass over this week, not having had opportunity as yet of perusing it carefully. Always with us, is a poem by F. D. Lindlay, and puts in, as its name would suggest, a claim for increased consideration towards the poor and fallen. The verses are worthy of the sentiment. Cri- minal Lunatics, is a very interesting and able contribu- tion, in which the necessity is urged of separating two classes, who are now indiscriminately mixed in our go. vernment asylums; namely, those who have been ac- quitted on the ground of insanity, and those who have become insane, or pretended to be so, since their convic- tion. With refrenc to the latter class, it is shewn to be a oommon trick with the worst class of prisoners at Millbank and elsewhere, to feign madneBB in order that they may be removed to Bethlehem, where, of course, the regulations are much less rigorous, and the result in, that naon who have never responsibly committed any crime, are obliged to herd with the worst class of criminals; whilo the elements of diswda,,re abundantly introdueal iato the asylwm; to meet which the discipline of A q 'tuni-intemed to be one ôfun- mixed kindness—as tobe ru<M £ Vi&ated. The ariMJ abounds with important suggest!«%a. Conceding tt there are certain cases in which it would be impolitic to liberate persons who have otice been confined, since society would have no guarantee against outbreaks which had already sacrificed human life, the writer shows that there are other cases in which such a privilege might be granted very much oftener than it is. The magazme winds up with a short poem entitled Under the Cliffs, which is most musical and beautiful. It will be found elsewhere. We hare said enough we think to shew that TEMPLE BAR has begun admirably, and we wish it tri- umphant success.

NEW MUSIC. CHRISTMAS CAROL, by M. A. Ff. Roberts, Chester. We have here a composition appropriate to the coming season, written for four voices, which may be multiplied ad libitum, so as to convert it into a chorus, in which form no doubt it would be extremely effective. It is simple and easy, without any attempt at fine writing, too much the custom of modern times, and it would be a nice piece for any of the choral societies of the district to study for Christmas day. The title page is remarka- bly pretty, suggestive of bright fires and beaming faces, and rooms decorated with the dark holly and its brilliant red berries, a note at the foot of the page, in very modest type, intimating that the proceeds of the pub- lication will be applied to the building of a new church. We trust that the generous intentions of the writer may be amply realised by a very large sale of the work. It appears already to have reached a second edition. THE CHIMES OF ENGLAND.—Words by Cleveland Coxe, Music by M. A. Ff.-This is written as a duet, we presume for tenor and bass or contralto and bass, the melody being written too low for ordinary sopranos. It contains some pretty music, and the symphony and ac- companiments are spiritedly written. We must, how- ever, express a decided objection to the frequent changes of clef for the left hand, as tending to confuse without any adequate advantage. The words we fancy will find a responsive chord in many a Briton's heart. They have been translated into Welsh, and we can but anticipate for The Chimes of England" a sale ade- quate to the merits of the composition, both of the words and music.

[In this department as a full and free expression of opinion is accorded to correspondents, the Editor wishes it to be dis- tinctly understood, that he holds himself responsible for none. All letters should be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.]

THE CORWE AND BALA RAILWAY. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,—A week or two ago I read a very foolish and badly written letter in the Carnarvon Herald, penned, I should think, by one of Mr. Robertson's under clerks, in which his clerkship essayed to hold up Mr. Robertson s line to the admiration of a gratified world, and to make that same world believe the people of Bala were unani- mously in favour of it. Now, Sir, I write to assure you and the people of North Wales that no such unanimity nor approbation is to be found amongst the inhabitants of this town, notwithstanding the gratuitous assertions made in the foolish epistle alluded to. Personally, I, in common with most other persons who know him, entertain a sincere respect for Mr. Robert- son's character, and have all along admired his indomita- ble energy and his dashing thoroughness in business matters. But it strikes me forcibly, that from some cause, Mr. Robertson is not the man ho once was. There arrives a period in every man's life, and especially if his career has been a successful one, when the energetic impulses of the mind relaxes and he feels a strong incli- nation to take things a little easier. Future prosperity ?,,tr l y manhood, the and competency are in youth and early manhood, the impelling motives to energetic action; but when these have been attained, as in Mr.j Robertson's case, per- sons are naturally inclined to rest a little on their oars, and, like the father of Jacob Faithful, to take it coolly." This is all very natural and very well in its way; but apathy arising from any cause, is fatally objec- tionable in all matters pertaining to railways. The people ot tillS parti 01 H (U an: OU.lU1;1J nJ u..u to have railway accommodation and that as quickly as it is possible. It is said that Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;" and really, Sir, we have hoped and waited so long for a railway in these parts that we are becoming at last a little squeamish," I am afraid. When the Bill was obtained by Mr. Robertson to have a line of railway constructed from the Cefn to Llangollen, and especially, when subsequently another Bill, extending the above line from Llangollen to Corwen, we, the inhabitants of Bala, felt highly gratified, and hope told the flattering tale that in a short time the iron-horse would find its way from Corwen to Bala. Well, Sir, what have been the results ? Why these; that although the Ruabon and Llangollen Bill was obtained about three years since, and the line is not much above five miles in length, it is not yet completed! and as for the extended line projected by Mr. Robertson from Llangollen to Corwen, why it has not yet been commenced Mr. Robertson, can, no doubt, offer very plausible reasons for this extraordinary delay, and which might be considered very satisfactory by his friends but the facts look very ugly as they stand, and certainly require some valid explanation, now that Mr. Robertson is projecting another line from Corwen to Bala, and is expecting the district to support him. It is easy, Sir, to make large promises at a public meeting, and to state this thing and that as to the practicability and easiness of making lines from one point to another; but railways on paper and railways in reality are found to be very different things. The people of Bala are shrewd enough to know and to understand the difference I can assure you, and they are by no means so enthusi- astic in favour of the line being left in Mr. Robertson's hands as some of his personal friends would have the public to believe. They know the Rule of Three at least; and therefore, what the answer to the following sum must be:-If it take above three years to make a railway 5 miles in length, what period will it take to make c line 22 miles in length ? Now, are we prepared to wait 12 years for a railway from Corwen to Bala- that is the question. Whilst Mr. Robertson has been dozing cosily over his petit line to Llangollen from the Cefn, his opponent, Mr. Piercy, has completed not only the line from Rhyl to Denbigh, but also large and important sections of lines in Montgomeryshire, and it will not be long before the line from Denbigh to Ruthin will be opened for traffic. Here, then, we have practical and present energy opposed to effete and traditional energy, and the inhabitants of Bala and Corwen will have to decide which of them they prefer. Can the response, do you think, Sir, be for a moment doubtful ? According to the letter of his clerkship, the inhabi- tants of Bala have fallen hopelessly in love with Mr. Robertson's line, his route, and everything which is his. Indeed 1 then, I think the love must be of a very recent date-certainly it must have sprung up since the Bala railway meeting. The natural and best route of a line of railway from Corwen to Bala is through the Vale of Edeyrnion but from some crotchet, or whim, or from a more selfish motive, Mr. Robertson announced his inten- tion, at the above meeting, to prefer taking his line past Bethell to that of the above Vale. The result of this announcement was, that the inhabitants of Bala met on the second evening after the meeting to discuss the point, when it was unanimously resolved on the motion of Mr. Thomas, druggist, that any line from Corwen to Bala, which did not go through the Vale of Edeyrnion, would not receive the support of the people of the latter town. It is true then that the inhabitants of Bala are unan i mous, but it is against and not in favour of the route pro- posed by Mr. Robertson! Is his clerkship prepared to dispute this statement ? and if he be not, how in the name of truth and decency can he reconcile the assertion he made in his jumble of a letter, with the above fact ? I can understand, Sir, how men may differ in matters of mere opinion, and that they may draw opposite con- clusions from the same admitted facts; but what I do not understand is, how any man can sit down and deli- berately make assertions which are not only not true, but are the very reverse of truth. As I have before said, the character'of Mr. Robertson is held in the highest respect by the people of Bala; but nevertheless they would much prefer the Corwen and Bala Railway being constructed by Mr. Piercy and the Denbigh and Ruthin Company. I Yours, &c., B Yours, &c., LOCOMOTIVE. Bala, Dec. 4th, 1860. LOCOMOTIVE,

THE RHYL COMMISSIONERS. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,—It is sad up hill work to attempt to correct by satire or any other process, men who possess neither conscience nor brains. Where would be the use of lecturing one of the swell mob on the beauty of honesty and the propriety of their keeping their hands from picking and stealing;" or to pester a Newmarket jock an old file"—with an essay against low cunning and trickery ? You, Sir, and every other sensible and prac- tical person know full well that it would only be time and labour thrown away, for what would they oare one jot for what I or anyone else merely said, or wrote ? The real shame attending on a bad action should consist in the act itself and not in the exposure of it; and depend upon it, Sir, that when any person is capable of perform- ing a trickey and underhand action he has not any great amount of shame or delicacy left. The only way left us to reach such characters is to deal with them in a pmetical manner. Such being my sentiments on the subject, you will at understand Why I believe your exposure of the 1JJ" traordinary proceedings of a portion of the Rhyl Com- missioners, will, in itself, be of little avail unless indeed it should spur on the ratepayers to energetic action-the only, legitimate and effective corrective of the evil whioh is tefbr. It is very possible they (the coAunissioners) will quiet "their consciences, to each other say somewhat in this manner—" Oh! have you seen the CHRONICLE this morning ? Did you ever read such audacious rubbish ? To think of them vilifying us in this manner, as if we could not act as we may think proper without consulting the opinions of these miserable scribblers I What do writers to newspapers know about business, and what business is it of theirs to interfere with our affairs ? But it is all spite—pure spite, but they must mind and not go too far, I can tell you !"—and so on. Men of this calibre never attempt to justify them- selves reasonably and in reasonable grounds; they do not possess the capacity; but they either re- sort to the offended dignity dodge, or they im- pute sordid or spiteful motives to those who take the trouble to expose them. As I have before stated, Sir, I cannot deal with this class of gentlemen so far as they themselves are concerned-that I leave to you; but with your permission I will address a few additional remarks to the ratepayers of Rhyl. Rhyl M a rapidly rising town, and if its local affairs be properly managed, and fair play be afforded its inhabitants its prosperity no doubt will be long continued until it becomes one of the chief towns in the Principality, Its present prosperity depends chiefly upon strangers who visit it annually from all parts of England, some from motives of pleasure, some to regain lost health, and some, perhaps, from a mixture of both motives. Now it must be evident that the sanitary condition of a town so circumstanced must be of primary importance, for persons in search of health will not reside in places which abound in miasmata, and which internally are not made as healthy as it is possible. This, I believe is a doctrine which even the Commissioners themselves will assert, nothwithstanding that it is broached in the CHRONICLE. Now the sanitary condition of Rhyl, as a town, is dependent on these Rhyl Commissioners, and they ought therefore, to be men of sound sense, judgment, and probity, who, whilst they will insist ou carrying out what measures are necessary, should also have a due re- gard to economy in the expenditure, and that out of consideration to the ratepayers. The plam thing then to be enquired into is, are the majority of the commis- sioners men of "sound sense," or do they give evidence of their having a "due regard to economy "I I think not; and I will tell you, the ratepayers of Rhyl, why. In the first place, they object to admit reporters to their meetings, and thus prevent the debates and their doings from being made public. But you might say, Well this is certainly wrong, as we should like to know how matters are carried on at their meetings; but after all it is not of so much consequence as to justify us in withdrawing our entire confidence from them. Indeed! but it is of far greater importance than it may appear at first sight. In not admitting reporters, they tell the world as plainly as acts can speak (and actions are very effective speakers) that they do not like publicity being given to their deliberations (if they ever do really deli- berate) and for this decision there must be some ade- quate reason. What that reason may be, the world is unable to form the slightest conjecture, assuming that they are acting as honestly as honest men would act. This refusal of theirs is now well known in every town in Wale3, and in all the principal towns in England, where your best customers come from. What then must your English visitors think of a town m which the local governing body refuse to accord that privilege to the public Press, which is an invariable rule in Eng- land, and nearly so there without exception 1 Must they not conclude that there is "something rotten" in the town of Rhyl, and will that fact do you imagine offer them any very strong inducement for them to patronise it ? I fancy not; and in self-defence, then, it is your duty to do all in your power to remove this withering stigma from your town, for if you do not, you will eventually be the sufferers., Again—as to economy. I know but very little of the duties which the clerk has to perform, and consequently I cannot say whether £ 80 or £ 100 be the faire*' sum to be paid him for his services. What I do know is this, and that knowledge is sufficient to condemn any body of public men whether they lfourish .hi Rhyl or elsewhere— it is a fact that the present clerk did perform the duties of his clerkship for £80 per annum; and it is also ano- ther fact, that there are gentlemen in Rhyl, equally qua- lified with the above gentleman, who are ready to under- take the office at his old salary of XSO a-year. There was no necessity, then, for the commissioners to have added X20 a-year to the salary, thus burdening the ratepayers with that amount extra, and of course, unne- cessarily; and the additional salary, therefore, could only have been added upon personal grounds, which would be precisely the grounds upon which any rise in the salary ought not to have been made. In addition to this, no explanations have been given; the increase was voted out of the usual time for tran- sacting such business, and the independent members can neither obtain redress nor any satisfactory explanation. As to the miserable trickery-the disgraceful hypocrisy which was adopted at the last meeting, I will leave that to you, sir, to expose, and I hope you will continue to do so, and most unmercifully. What I wish to prove is,-that in matters of economy the present commis- sioners are very questionable economists, and I think I have proved it, unless indeed we are to conclude that adding X20 a-year to the salary of a favourite official, without necessity and sans ceremonie, is a brilliant feat in local economy I I have now done; but in conclusion, I would earnestly entreat the ratepayers of Rhyl to look sharply after their own interests, and, if practicable, to summon a public meeting as soon as convenient, to take the sense of the town on the subject. Yours, &c., PUBLICOLA.

BARMOUTH CHURCH. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,—I can assure you I have read with much grief the letters of your several correspondents on the above subject, and really they breathe nothing but censure, and as much opposed to the true spirit of religion as an- tagonistic to the principles of Christian charity and for- bearance, as laid down by Christ to his diciples. In the first place, a paragraph appears in your paper, which is torn about by a Lover of Justice," which invokes a re- ply from Idris," and then follows two letters, certainly good as compositions, but manifesting that spirit of en- mity which is and ought ever to be condemned in a man professing himself to be a Christian; and pray, what is the end these Correspondents wish to attain ? Do they wish Mr. Jones to keepa Curate ? If so, let them speak calmly and sensibly to the Rector on the subject, and I have reason to believe Mr. Jones is not so hard-hearted (nay, on the very opposite, I consider him a man of the most genuine principles of rectitude-a man who would scorn to do what is unjust) but he would listen to their proposal, and not only comply, but assist them in secur- ing what they desire. It is most assuredly a great bene- fit to Barmouth to have English service, especially in the summer, when the toitn is visited by English stran- gers, who certainly benefit Barmouth more, in a few months, than the Welsh do all the year besides. But why force the Rector ? Why, as it were compel him to such a course ? I am sure he wishes the good and pros- perity of Barmouth as much as any one., and would sac- rifice not a little to attain that object; but I admire his firmiieas not to be imposed on, nor to be taken hand and foot, and allowed no rest tiJl he complies with the peremptory demands of your correspondents, who I ad- vise to let the matter drop, it' does a" little credit to them as it does injury to the Rector. CHARITY.

SHOULD CLERGYMEN DANCE ? To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. Sir,—The subject of the accompanying letter having been brought before the public by a somewhat mys- terious communication in your paper, headed Sat. Sap., I should be glad if you would insert the following obser- vations on a point which may be interesting to some of your readers. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ANGLICU3. My Ileal' ——, What you told me the other day about your having been censured by some of your clerical bretl;v n for having been present when a few young peopl-j got up an extempore quadrille, has made me vi-h to clear my own notions on the subject; and as I can always do this most satisfactorily when I am writing to a person who will understand what I mean, I hope you will excuse the liberty I am taking in addressing myself to you. People are generally so fond of trying to make the best of themselves by making the worst of others, that I have no doubt but that you found it of no avail to urge that your presence where dancing was going on, was a pure accident: but this is beside the question I wish to consider, viz., whether supposing your presence had been the result of design, you would have been wrong; whether those who judge you are not them- selves more in the wrong, and that as a matter not mere)y of charity, but of sound Christian interpreta- tion. I gathered from what you said that those, whose views you mentioned to me, do not really regard dancing as wrong either in itself or in its necessary or usual re- sults I will therefore saynothingonthispoint beyondstat- ing the factthatthereisnothing in Scripture, or in reason, or in common sense, or in the moral sense or opinion of men against dancing, but rather the contrary. The point I mean to consider is, whether a clergyman (or layman) who seet no harm in dancing, is called upon to support a view which he does not in his heart consider to be a true .n,whether the objM he may have in 80 doing-the maintaining his ovm personal influence—the increasing or not decreasing^ congregation--jtifies hIm n act. incflo as to allow others to think th^at he este^ems that to be sin Which he believes Wbe innocent--in treating £ a matter of Chirstian duty that which he believes to be in itself no duty at all- I think not. for surely hitt own personal or ministerial influence, the increase or decrease of his congregation, are secondary to the great clenca1 duty of setting forth and maintaining Gods truth intact: of setting forth God's will and not ma's as the true rule of life; and it seems to me a perversion and a confusion of the great principles of right and wrong, good and evil, to condemn that which neither the Bible, nor reason, nor moral sense condemn; it is equally an offence against natural and revealed truth to turn sweet into bitter, as bitter into sweet; to call white black, a. to call black white; it is equally a misleading of God's people to let them suppose that God COIl- demns what He has not been pleased to con, demn, as to let -them suppose that He does not forbid that which is forbidden; it is as much against God's merciful will of love for men to bind where He has not bound, as it is against the will of His justice to loose where He has not loosed; it is as strong a sign of untempered mortar, as much a following of one's own spirit instead of God's, to slay the souls which should not die, as to save the souls which should not live. (Ezek. xiii. 19.) Further: it seems to me an undeniable proposi- tion, that what it is not wrong for a Christian to do in the sight of men, neither is it wrong for a clergyman to see done; and I think it flows from hence that those who do not think dancing wrong, are not right in think- ing it wrong for a clergyman to look on while others are dancing. This position, however, is of course met by, and the whole question made to turn on, a reference to the fami- liar passages in 1 Cor. viii. 9, Rom. xiv. 13, wherein we are told not to make our brother offend. These are two of the many passages in Scripture, the real force and bearing of which is misunderstood and perverted, from a lack of knowing the meaning of the terms used, and the circumstances under which they were written and consequently, the conditions under which they may be safely and truly applied as a rule for our conduct. Now, persons often refer to these passages as if the mein- ing was, that we are not to do anything at which others may take offence; anything which others may think us wrong for doing a rule good and true within certain wrong for doing limitations, but not the rule given in the passages in question. It need hardly be said that what we are there taught to avoid is not abstaining from what other people may chance to dislike, or dislike us for doing, or what they may fancy to be wrong, but to abstain from that which may lead them to commit a sin. Now, will any one assert it to be probable, th; t any one who believes dancing to be wrong, will be induced to dance, still thinking it to be sin, by seeing a clergyman present, when others arc dancing: at most he would be led to doubt the justness of his own view: and this by those who think that view to be erroneous must be held to be a good, inas- much as it is an approximation to truth. I think, on the other hand, I can see how the marked and professed absence of a clergyman may cause a weak conscience and even a strong one, to commit sin; it may probably at times occur to some that their condemnation of those who dance is soinewhat- a violation of the rule Judge not that ye be not judged; and" Let not him that eateth not judge him that eatetli." At all events, to any one who does not think dancing wrong, the wholesale con- demnation of those who think differently, must seem to be uncharitable; and the encouraging a person in such a judgment must be an encouragement to sin. Surely, if a clergyman is known of set purpose to decline to give even the countenance of his presence, the half convicted conscience will be encouraged to persevere in its uncharitable judgment of others, and no the less dan. gerous and sinful exaltation of self. I have not the least doubt but that the clergymen who take this line, do put stumbling blocks in the way of many among their flocks. I am convinced moreover that neither of the passages, when examined in detail bears upon the point before me enter into this detail, now would be too great a tax on your patience: I may perhaps trouble you at some future time; at present it is sufficient for my pur- pose to point out the main reason why the passage in St. Paul does not present us with any binding rule in this matter. The cases there supposed are of the weak conscience of single. individuals, who are unable to free themselves from certain notions, which are erro- neously associated in their mind with an idol, or from certain Jewish observances. This is very different indeed from the dogmatic exaltation of a matter of indifference into a point of duty, in respect either of pursuit or accordance. In such a case St. Paul's own conduct give us an unerring clu^fto his views, and a definite rule for ourselves.. It will be remembered that that there was in the early Church a strong Judaizing party, who insisted on the necessity of the observance of certain Jewish customs as a necessary part of gospel life, just as a certain party in the modern so-called religious world, make abstinence from dancing almost the only good work that cannot be dispensed with. St. Paul was twice brought into con- tact with this party and their system: once at Antioch, where he withstood them to the face, though they had an apostle on their side; and again when Titus was ad- mitted to the faith, there were those who endeavoured dogmatically to curtail the liberty which was the privilege of Christians in such matters. Saint Paul did not yield to them for a moment, as he emphatically says, That the trutkof the Gospel may remain with you;" he t he and surely the st, me Gospel truth is inlpelilled when the abstaining from dancing is reckoned as an indispensable point of duty and a cardinal test of faith. What is this but the teaching for commandments the doctrines of men ? ,'n But to go to higher authority stiii-tlie mgnest that we can go to. And first to take a point where our Saviour's compliance is refused to a positive dogma of practice: the Pharisees were offended at our Saviour and his disciples for not washing their hands at the set times according to the tradition of the elders. It doubtless would have made His ministrations more ac- ceptable to the Jews to have done so. But he did not comply, though probably some of those who stood by would be induced by His example to give up (though not without some scrapie of conscience) those ablutions which they long held to be duties. Our Savour's refusal is all the more marked in itself, and more instructive to us, when contrasted with his payment of the tribute money, lest He should cause others to offend-lest His authority might induce others to refuse the payment of the lawful tribute. Next, to take a point where our Saviour persevered in doing what was in the very teeth of Jewish scruples,—the healing on the Sabbath day, and the plucking of the ears of corn. Doubtless by this some persons might be emboldened to do that which they might have some suspicion was a breach of the fourth conlmandmeht. Our Saviour, however, through- out His ministry refused to remove this offence, though its removal would doubtless have made the Pharisees less disincJineJ to His teaching and mission; and why did he do so ? Simply because they were doing what the anti-dancing party is doing in our age, dogmatising without ground in a matter of ,e, '!(I laying down rules, not only for them- selves, but for others, in a matter where God hm left every one free for it will not be pretended that any Scrip- tural argument can be adduced against dancing half as direct as may be deduced by weak and prejudiced minds, and of course wrongly, against plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath day, from the words, "Tiwu shalt do no manner of work." But it is said St. Paul became all things to all men- first for the sake of argument, it is denied, for he did not so with the Judaiziers; or, if he had done so, our Saviour did not, and therefore it cannot be a rule with- out exceptions: and the case of dancing comes, as is above shown, within these exceptions. But, secondly, it is allowed, exccptis excipiendis why, then, are the clergy to set themselves against the feelings of any of their flock ?-why is the clergyman to become all things only to some men l—why is lio to sympathise, against his own convictions, with those who denounce dancing as a sin, and not to sympathise with those who allow themselves what he himself does not think to be wrong ? But it may be said it may do harm to give any coun- tenance to it; but it can do no harm to withhold it. Let us examine this: First, it does harm to pervert or alter the faith or practice of the Gospel as we find it in Holy Scriptnrc- to put bitter for sweet, or sweet for bitter, it matters not which—and it is a harm tYi? extent of which no one can see. For a man to discard the Bible is like a sailor cutting his anchor and letting his vessel drift before the winds and tides-no one can tell whither he may go. Secondly, it does harm to the anti-dancing party themselves; for it must do harm to encourage a people in superstition. I say superstition; for as superstition in matters of belief may be defined to be the believing in that which God has not in any way revealed, or the looking for or accepting supposed manifestations of the Divine power or will where neither Scripture nor reason leads us to expect them, so superstition in practice is the holding those things to be duties without any real ground either in Scripture, or natural religion, or reason, or the moral sense; and superstition, bad in itself, is bad in its results; for as every superstition in belief leads us more or less wrong in doctrines of greater importance-as for instance, the superstitious belief in the mediation of the Virgin, practically overlays the one mediation of Christ, -so superstition in practice always obscures some more important point of duty-as, for instance, it is in the very class that superstitiously make dancing a sin, that sins of a far deeper dye are generally reckoned as matters of little or no practical importance. Thirdly, it must do harm to encourage them to think .hi_ ghly of their own spiritual state on such grounds as objecting to dancing-it is encouraging a false standard of morality, a false test of their spiritual hopes. Fourthly, it must do harm to encourage them in their uncharitable judgments of others, especially in a point where those who do not think dancing wrong must think their judgment all the more uncharitable from believing it to be erroneous. Fifthly, to turn to the other side-it is no small harm, I bad almost said no small sin in the sight of God, to contrive, or to sanction others in contriving, burdens and snares for young consciences—it is no small evil to in- vent a siii-it is no small evil to teach young persons so to view things indifferent, as to be afraid to touch, taste, or handle them—it is no small evil to lead a young person to think that to be a sin in which his conscience does not condemn him. This is indeed a wounding of tender con- sciences. It is no small evil to bind where God has not bound and where we do not believe that God has bound- it is no small evil to treat anything as a sin, and to have no other warrant to point to than public opinion is not this a decided step towards setting up public opinion as the standard of right and wrong, and can there be a more dangerous idol than this ?— it is no small evil to occupy a young conscience with things which you do not think to bo sin, and thus turn their attention from things which arc sins-it is no small danger to teach, or seem to teach, as realities that which you yourselves believe to be unreal: if you insist on points which the instincts of conscience feel to be unreal duties, and against which an appeal can be made to Scripture, there is no small danger lest you give an opportunity to the deceitfulness of sin, to persuade men that the same unreality exists in points of real gospel moi-ality. ° It may be said that it will hinder your ministrations. I doubt it. A clergyman's ministrations are not to be judged by the number of his congregation; A clergyman's ministrations are best and most effectually fulfilled when in his life and doctrine he sets forth Christ as He is set forth in the Bible-when he sets forth Gospel truth in belief and practice as the Bible sets it forth, unmoved by the frowns or the smiles of man-neither tempted by the hope of preferment, nor by the desire of seeing some tangible acknowledged fruit of his labours—swayed neither to the right hand nor to the left by the increase or decreasa of his personal popularity. God's truth is the motto of the clergyman-Christ, the Christ of the Bible, is the polar star of his ministry. Whenever he tries to discern his course by the shifting winds and currents around him, he will soon be out of his reckon. ing; whenever he sets forth the vain imaginations and crotchet.s]of a party, or the counterfeit morality which bears the world's image or superscription, then is he niostbin. dering his ministrations, or rather neutralising them. We have already seen that such considerations weighed neither with St. Paul nor with our Saviour; tii(I what are those ministers of Christ who will fancy they can be wiser and minister more effectually than their Head and Master, and the Apostle of the Gentiles ? The question of a clergyman's dancing is quite dis. tiiiet-let every one be persuaded in his own mind. I can conceive that where the anti-dancing superstition is excessive, it may be a clergyman's duty to take the most effectual method of shewing his own view of the matter by dancing himself. As a general rule, I should say it was better for him not to do so, because (to give one reason among many) it would prevent his being suspected, of having allowed his personal tastes and habits to sway his judgment; but there is a very wide dif- ference between a clergyman not dancing himself and his countenancing the superstitious and supercilious denunciation of it. I have endeavoured, in what I have written, princi. pally to discuss the case of those who do not think dancing to be wrong, though this has involved a more extended cnnsideratiol1 of the general question than I at first intended. I have only to request your indul- gence for so long on epistle. Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti; sinon, his utere mecum. I am, yours truly.

FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. From Le Follet. The rigour of the commencement of winterly weather has prepared us for welcoming the new cloaks and mantles for out of doors, and there is no fear now of our complain- ing of their length or amplitude. The paletot form is de- cidedly the most in favour. Either the paletit sac with revers and small sleeves, or if one wishes it less neglige, it may be made to fit slightly in to the figure at the waist, and with wide sleeves. For young persons, the lasquine is still in vogue, and it does not appear likely that it will altogether give its place to the nalet4t. The basquine for morning|dress is generally of cloth; when made of velvet it is more dressy, and is frequently trimmed roun d with a bi,?is of quilted satin, which gives it an elegant appearance. The paletots of cloth and of velvet are braided in a pattern, trimmed with bands of coloured mat"J. «' .ith IIOITOUT fur. Pelisses sliid: Louis X V. mantles are becoming more rare, and are only made in silk, with ornaments ut guipure or rich passementerie. Velvet shawls have always wide flounces of guipure nothing looks more stylish than these for visiting dress. Some straight velvet scarfs, trimmed with fringe, have been seen on youog persons, but they appear very unsuitable for the weather. Many black velvet mantles are trimmed with white satin; it fua a very good effect. Dresses are made with round waists or with points, and either high or open in front, so as to show a chemisette. These bodies can be made in two ways: generally, they are opened in the shape of a heart, about half-way down the bust, and with a small collar turned back, and revers but occasionally the opening if carried down to the waist, with straps accross tho front; this is the most suitable for evening wear. Light and open sleeves are also both worn only the latter are principally for dtmi-toilette. For taffetas dresses, flounces are still preferred; but those of moire and satin it is better to trim with nmcarons of velvet and guipure. Brandebourgs of richpassetnenterie. Bands of velvet on the biais, some plain, others waved, lace, &0. Light colours for out-of-doors wear are no longer a mode—black, chesnut, or violet silks. Pompadour dresses --black ground with coloured flowers are fashionable. Black is, we think, more than ever in favour. Indeed, this year, nothing but sombre shades arc admissable, even lor ayi.ng visits of etiquette. tOHfots ifae;1,ej:;ingUéC dinner dress. It is of silver drab, with Pompadour designs, in w1lich sky blue is the predominating colour. The skirt is trimmed all Tound with a blue and rose cord, fonning a pattern of squares by being interlaced, and edged with a narrow white blonde. The body is low, and can be worn with a ficlm of tulle bOtlillann¿. The sash is of the same material as the dress, very wide, with a large bow, and trimmed at the ends with an ornament to match that on the bottom of the skirt. Gold is much used as an ornament on opera cloaks, and is certainly very al,p?. 1lte TI ll bumouv is made fm- "ullsf?a:NihY;ite ::elÍ,n:d :hemhd 1 tassels of silk mixed with gold. The burnous is trimmed round with a narrow light embroidery of gold, or with a pretty braid. This season Fashion does not allow many light colours to be worn, even for visiting bonnets. Sombre colours, black ribbons, black bonnets, or black and coloured, are preferred to pink, light blue, or white. They are still worn very high in front, and very fully trimmed inside, oftentimes too much so to be becoming. Amongst the greatest novelties, we may mention a bon- net of black silk, quilted with white. The strings, which were earned across the bonnet, were of violet velvet, as was also the bandeau. Full blonde cap. Another quilted black silk, with soft crown of muavc velvet. Oik the front, a scarf of white blowle and black lace. Blowle cap, with bows of mauve velvet and black lace across the foi head. Black silk strings, with narrower ones of maure velvet over them. A third black silk bonnet was quilted with black and green, with a quilting of green velvet and bow of black velvet on the top. Blonde cap, with quilting of green velvet across the top. Black ribbon strings, with narrower ones of green velvet over. Our readers will observe that the mixture of white and black for bonnets is still fashionable but the newest bonnets have only simple pipings of white satin on black velvet bonnets, or are quilted with white silk. The strings are worn very wide, and are generally partly covered with others of blonde or lace, when made of coloured ribbons, or with narrow velvet when of black ribbon. We must not, however, omit to mention some elegant bonnets in lighter materials to be worn either at tho theatre or for visits of ceremony and a charming one for such occasions was made of Eitgtnie-blue terry velvet, trimmed with a barbc of black lace, fastened at the top with an argrafe of jet. A plait of the same coloured vel- ?t across the forehead, with a large blush rose at the sid? Full blowle cap. Very wide strings of blue ribbon, with black lace one over. A second was of plain Solferino velvet, with a k::g black feather, falling accross the crown. Blonde cap, with diadem of velvet flowers, the same colour as the bonnet, mixed with a ruche of black blonde. A third was made of black velvet, the crown of white satin, covered with black lace, trimmed with two wliito feathers, laid flat accross the crown, the ends left to curl over the curtain, which was of black velvet, piped, and lined with white satin. Blonde cap, with bows of black velvet, fastened with gold be:tds. A green terry velvet bonnet, had a feather ruche round the front, with a feather and blonde round the crown. A diadem of small light coloured chrysanthemums, mixed with blonde. Nets are still worn, but will not be so much in favour as they were hst season. Head-dresses have generally the diadem form, and are made in velvet, trimmed with pearltf, cut steel, and gold. For ball-dress, nothing is prettier than the Greek wreath, formed of Michaelmas daisies and ivy leaves or corn-flowers, with an agrafe of gold wheat ears in front, and an agrafe to match behind; also, a diadem of half-blown roses, fastened at the back with two small wreaths of leaves, with branches of the same flowers and leaves falling over the shoulders; or, if white and gold is preferred, then the diadem may be formed with white daisies spotted with gold, with gold barley, or pompons of white mairabouta moucheUs with gold, mixed with gold com flowers. The wreaths for this winter have all the diadem shape, and are formed mostly with Ulau AD, mixed with gold corn or berries, or small gold gauze leave*, which have a charming effect; b.t roi I'tII of velvet will b- more in. fAvOur tW any other* t WMon,