The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

AMLWCH. SERMON.—Tbe Rev. W. Wynue Willian s, Bodewrvd, preached a sermon in the St. Elrth Church on Sunday aftarnoon. The att n la-ice watt 1 liver ttiatt usual. AMLWCH EISTEDDWD AND MUSICAL MHBTINQ.—The ytogramuie of this meeting with other particulars will be published shortly, aud judgiug by the interest evinced by the iuh. bitunta in the matter at present there is every reason tt» atiticip vta successful patheriug. WIIITK ADMTHAL BUITKHKLY.—It may be interesting to e&tomologi.sti to know that a white admiral butterfly was caught in 1I garden in Wesley-street t',i. week. Soma of the oldoat people in the town say they never maw, or heard of, "D" been caught here before. COASTGUARDS' INSPECTORS.—On Friday, August 1 Oth, a practice took place un Peuboucyfelin, in the prtsr-nce of Captain Hands, the jGovermneut Inspector of C-t guards. The ouutguards i the district werdnll present under the command of Captain Uar¡n: There was alto present a soull company of Volunteers, under the command of Captain Dyer. The lns|>ector complimented Captain HannaYs men on the manner to which themove- BMote were performed aud 8puk iu terms of praina of the Volunteers /remarking, also, that thiogs would have been atillruore eati-^frtctory to him if there had been a better master of them. Snvtrd new members were eurolled, including Mr Lemin, Canol LIon, aud Mr Pritcbard of 4t Tbe Druid." C*p?aiu Hiurts also inspected the books and offices of the statioQ aud expressed his satisfaction At the manner in which he found them.

DENBIGH. Gov&RNMGNR ENQUIRT. —Public notice has been given that tbe adjourned enquiry on belnlf of the Local Government Board appointed for TuesJuy oext bas been indefinitely postponed. POOR RATkt DKFADLTRRS.—The only business before the Borough strata* on Friday last was three rate cases, which were, however, allowei to ba withdrawn on payment of the amount sued for and costs. SKKIOUS ACCIDKNT.—Ou Friday afternoon a serious accideut occurred to a man sawed Thomas Jones, employed on the ailway in cleaning and oiling the points at Denbigh station. It appears that he waa busy at his usual work ou Friday afteraoou, and was wa'kitg down the six foot way ueitr the eniiiue house, when thu five o'clock goods train was leaving Denbigh. The driver sounded his whistle, and po"r Jones seemed to have got confused, and, supposing it wAs a train fNm Rhyl, atoppe I on the up line. The goods train engiue immediately kuocked him down. The life preserver "n the, front of the engine crushed hia leC, and tbe wheels of the whole train passed over it, he being dragged a short distanc. He was removed as quickly M8 poesible to the infirmary, where it was found he had received so great a shock that his log could not be removed until Monday. Several of his ribs were alao found to be broken. MACBETH."—On Tuesday afternoon, a fashionable audience assembled at the Attsenibly Koonjs to hear Mr Samuel Brandraui recite Shakespeare's well-known tragedy of Macbeth." This he did with splendid effect, his enunciation and expression sh aving him to be a thorough master of the art of elocution. Among thoee present we noticed Mr O. 0. MorgA", Q C., St. 1' and Mrs Alorxao Maj'»r and Mrs West, Miss Fitz- patrick and party, Rnthin Ca.tle; Lady Florentia anil the Misses HujfhfS (4\ Kinruel Mr and Mrs P. H. Cbambres and party, LlpllleirchioD; Niri Chauibres aDd .a.rt,. Do'ben; Mr, Mrs, aud MUs MainWHring. Oalltfienan .\1rs Lloyd Williams and party, Bod- gwilym; Captain A Pric, C.C., and the Misses Pricu, Mr J. F. Jesse, Llaubedr; Mrs J. Parry-Jones aud party, Plas Clough Dr. Jenkins, Mayor of Ruthin, an i Mrs Jeukioa I Jr. J..nes and party, Ruthin Mra "Wynne and Mrs F. Wynne, Yatnd; Mra and Miss "VVjuue E i "rds, &0. A LUDKICOITS INCIDENT.—On Sunday afternoon the ■want of an atteurlaut at tbe door of St. Marcellus Church, Denbigh, was painfully evident. It seems that 1< small bit. dog male it.< way into the Church and •was a great nuisance to wan,. of the congregation during the prayers aud singing. The pews in the centre of the Church are opsn undtirneath from end to end, and when the dog was turned out of one pew he quietly marched down to an opeu door aud made his way under the iptwii again, tryiue to make frieuds with everyoue. This, however, wtti a thiug which wiglt be borne without inconveniencing others thau those sitting in one half 01 the centre pew«. However, tue animal was the eause of !I1'Jre annoyance than this. The ivading desk and pulpit are of very old dati (about l605; and are placed against the s >uth wall of the church, the stairs leading to the pulpit "ill\ 011 the north of that and the reading desk. In the uiidst of a most eHn.t I>a»sa?e of tne serm >D, who:) the clergyman was making a Rolemn appeal to the congregation, this ubiquitous dog arrived at the t rp of t.-e lJulpit ataire to take a survey of the sceue, and made iadicatious of au inclina- tion to jump first into oce uf the pews and the. into the raiding desk on to the shoulders of the worthy rector of the parish. The cm*reitation naturally were all inclined to titter, and certainly the appeal of the preacher lost a greit deil af the effect it might have had, for want of a doorkeeper in the House of the Lord." THE VOLLIPFTxum.The whole town was on the qui vice on Saturday night to welcome home again the silty-two ofhetrs and men who had been having a week's drill and camping out on the desolate plains of AMershot to learn a little of \vh»t soldiering really is. The members of the corps who had remained at home under command of Lieutenant Parry-j ooes met at heai-quarters, and proceeded to the railway station to form an esc rt to tho-e who had been to cimp. The train arrived ut 10.25, and 00 the men being formed in line Lieutenant Ilarry-Jones addressed a few words of welcome to them ou their safe ariival and on the good reports of their behaviour, which had preceded them. The whole of them«n. preceded by the band of the corps and a crowd of 20UO or 3000, inarelicd up Vale-street to the tune of "Johnny comes marching home," and amid the frequent cheers of the crowd. After the roll had been called at bead-quarters, Cap- tiio Lloyd Williams addressed a few words to the men thanking them for their good conduct in camp and for their hard work, which had drawn from General Thesinger, the inspector, and also from the general commanding the brigade to which they were attached, the remark that the Denbigh men were the best drilled and the steadiest in the brigade. Thsy had to turn out before five every morning, with drill at half-past, but that must have beon because the major sympathised with them in having such hurd ground for a bed. (Laughter.) The meu were then dismissed to their homes and told to attend on Monday to receive the Government allowance. MR P.RINLEY HK.IA.RDS' CO-ICERT.-The AssemMy Room was well filled on Friday evening when Mr Briutey Richards gave his concert in this town, the audience warmly welcoming MrGwilym Thomas on his first appearance. Mr Richards presided at t'le piano- forte, giving a commentary on each piece sung, aud illustrating his remarks on the history of music, the Welsh especially, by shorr> solos ou the pianoforte. Miss Marian Williams, Miss Lizzie Evaus, and Mr Gwilym Thomas were the vocalists, and fulfilled the part allotted to them in v< ry good style, and with good taste and expression. The ladies had their voices uuder Tery good control, but the timbre of them was some- what deficient, a defect which time and practice alone can remedy. Mr Gwilym Thomas' singing was very good, and he Was throughout well receivcl. The pro- ceedings commenced with the chorus All we like sheep" filessMhJ by the Denbigh Sacred Harmonic Society, the harmonium b ice pl.yed by MrSalusbury, aud the baton wielded by Mr B. Williams. This Society also sang We never will ¡v,w dowu" (Jlld. Macca- ICCM) in which they got flat rather more than a tone ,md the chams to lr Rich.ds' new air" Tlu, wen of "Wales "to which M'Si WilliaDls sang the eolo.the whole being given witl, wre that hccllred an encore. Miss Williams also sang "The Harper's grave" (B. Richards) Itobin Adair" (encored), "The Last Rose of Summer" Once a farmer" (,I"(Il ilait) encored The Old Church Chimes" (B. Itichunh) in du»t with Miss tazie Evans, and "Up Quit thy Bower" (B. lticbardi) ia trio with Miss Evans and Mr Gwilym Thomas. Miss Lizzie Evans 830" Nora Crema" (Irish); "Rob'. wife of Aldivalloch" (Scotch) encored My lodging is on the cold ground," and How beautiful is night" (11. Rukanle), in duet with Mr Thomas. The latter also tuag "YGadlys," aad "Owen Glyndwr." The con- cert as a whole was a very satisfactory one. PICNIC AT GAILTHAKN-AN'.— On Saturday afternoon about 50 members of the Denbigh Provident Society met at the gate of Galltfaenan Pack for the purple of accepting a kind invitation from Mr. Townshend Main- waring, one of the originators of the club, to visit his beautiful grounds and fine mansion, and to partake of I ill.. They arrived at the mansion about three, being there rec ivel by Mr, Mrs, and Miss Mainwaring. Among the friends present wero Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Gold Edwards, Mr, Mrs, and the Misses Copner W. Edward., the Rev. B. Smart and Mrs Smart, the R"v. 0. Lewis and Miss Lewis, Dr. J. R. Hughes, the Rev. and Mrs Humphreys, Mr John Robinson, and others. On entering the girdeos the visit)ra all drew up in a semicircle bef' re the carriage entrances of the mansion, and sang three verses with chorus specially composed for the occuioti b," Gwenynen Owyndud," to the tune of God Bless the Prince of Wales." The visitors then dispersed t > examine the spacious and in- comparable groundr. Under the guidance of Mr. Pritcbard, the gardener, the p-ach-hoti-e, with its load of lui..us fruit, was examined, ani then the vinery, in all its summer glory, with grapea which are expeetvd to U-t uotit March next. Rich abundance -of apples, pears, goos-bvrriet, red, white, and black eur- rants, tc., with flowers, melons, and shrubs of all des- criptions, callel forth praise froman, The exotic house and the conservatory gave the greatest pleasure, while tbe gas-house and the beautifully laid-out gardens around the house called forth much admiration. The interior of tbe house was one of tin sights of the day, the grand etairca.e being one of the beat designed in the country. The selection of old pictures was most interesting, and the superb dining-room, ilh its inlaid floor aud dado, its Carrara marble mantelpiece, and its carvsd and illuminatfd sideboard, Ump. Elizabeth, was eipecially noticeable. Same walked throagli the plan- tation by a charmingly shaded walk to the summer- house (fancifully termed "He,veu "), situtP on the top of the rocks facing the Cefn rocks and cave", from wbioh it is separated by the River Elwy, where can be obtained one of the most lovely views imaginable. The visitors were entertained with 8Ilnd..icb.s of bsef, ham, salmon, &c., and with bread and butter, cake, biscuits, urapes, gooseberries, currants, melons, Ac., on the lawn before the house, a'id, after tho- roughly tiring themselves, assembled to take their do- parture. Previous to their doing so, Mr. Parry Jones, one of the memben, returned thanks on behalf of the visitors to Mr and Mri Mainwaring for the kind entertaiument afforded them. He said they had always taken an interest in the Society, and he hoped they would all live long to continue that interest.—Mr Batten Jones seoonded the vote of gratitude to their kind •nteitainers, who were know. throughout the district- for their liberality to everything tending to the advance- ment aad support of the working classes, in the words they had sun that day '? To aid the «t< k, the tolI."om, Or hungry want to feed- To foster honest iffort, Or help deserving need Had been their W.df.,t purpose Long 3,e.. ."d hence wc stand To-day, with heart. united, Repeating hand in hand For the., aad all their loved one. To Heav'n ou.' prayer .cend<, While younK and old re-echo: God bless the poor man's friends." Three cheers having been given for him and Mrs Main- waring, Mr Mainwaring thanked them for their kind remarks. He was glad to see them there, and should be glad to do eo another year, when he hoped their principles would be better known and their members greatly increased. The Sec'ety had originated from his having noticed the evil principles and evil effects of the old friendly societies when living in anuther part of the county. With Mr Smart be had visited many places to see if he could find any society of a really sound principle, and he had at last founded the Denbigh Provident Society, in which every member, when sick, receives a certain proportion of his pay from his own fund and part of it from the general fund of the insti- tution, and from which he could withdraw nearly all his payments, should he change his residence.—The party then returned home, where they arrived about eight. ADDITIONAL CURATES' SOCIETY.—On Sunday sermons were preached morning and evening at St. Mary's Church, and at St. Maroclius' in the afternoon, by the Rev. R. Roberts, Af.A., Amlwch and in the evening at St. David's, by the Rev. E. Smart, rector, in aid of this Society, collections (amounting altogether to £12), bsiug made after each service. On Monday evening the annual meeting of the Society was held at the Town Hall, the chair being taken by the rector (the Rev. E. Smart) in tue unavoidable abaonce of Dr. Turcour, who had b.m suddenly called to Bodrhyddan, near Rhyl. Dr. TUrl1"'H, hnwevrr, wr te expressing his contiuued interest in the Society; while the ltev. D. Wil:iarns, L'aodyreog, wrote regretting bis inability to a'tend iu oollJKeqllenee of a severe nervous headiclie. The Chair- tria" said it was impossible to overest imate the good this "IHI the P""oral Aid Society had done during the past CO years. The population of the couut-y increased at the rate of ovtr a quarter of a milliou every year, while tbe..e were uany towns which spruug so rapidly that no ordinary means of providing church accommodation coul,1 cope with them. This Society also helped to bring uut the contributions o £ others in unequal amount to the £60,000 paid from its own funds, to support some 600 additional curates. It, therefore, had a claim upon all Christians, for all were interested in the work. He made a special appeal to the meeting, as the co'lectioos on the Sunday were less than they were in the previous year. At the time these societies were established there was a wide-spread spirit of discontent among the masses of the manufacturing districts, on accollnt of the amount of igcoraace and irrnligion then existing but a great deal of this had been done away with. The Rev. T. W. Vaughan then read the report for the past year. They bad sent up to the parent Society last year some £40 14s. 7,1., which was an in- crease of over £10 upon the previous year. He had not collected the boxes for the present year, but fuur boxes containing £26.. had b»en sent in. The Rev. Mr. Blackiston, orgauisiug secretary, then addressed the meetiog, saying that the title of the Society showed that there were heathens living in Great Britain as well as in foreiga lands. Speaking of the yearly increase in the population of the country, ho showed that the in- crease was only in cert.in manufacturing districts. He referred to Middlesbovo', Barrow-in-Furness, and Car- diff as instances of thi., a parish of the latter having increased in five years from 9,000 to over 20,000. It was in such instances as these that one clergyman was almost useless, and where this Society steps in and helps the clergy. H e gave a description of his personal experience in working a small parish of Railors and soldiers in a seaside town, and des- cribed some scenes in the East End of London amongst- thieves' colonies, and of a bridge near tbe London Docks, where was also a policeman stationed to prevent, persons destroying their wretched livt-s. He then expltilled the working of the Society, and said it had now some 500 mission churches in different parts of the country, and some 609 additional clergy. He referred to a place in Cumberland where the grant bad led the people to help themselves by supplying enough m >ney to take tbe place of that grant, which was set free to go .ls6wbe. Ho urged the people of Denbigh to put their shoulders to tho wheel, aud try 11 do the same. During the present year the num- ber of grants had beeu inc eased from G:J7 to 667, aDd the income bad incretse^ by about £4,000. Toe Kev. H. Roberta, of iAmlwch, then addressed the people in Welsh, there being apparently no one in the room that WaR not familhr with the English language. He was however requested to speak only five minutesyn (iymrMg. He urged upon the meeting the duty of supporting the society. After a few remarks from the rev. chairman, the meeting chsed by singing, and the pronouncing of the Benediction. A collection w a8 nude at the doors.

I DOLGELLLY. FOUND DEAD.—Richard Evaus, saddler, living near Arran- bridgn, io this t >wa, was found de id io hi. house, situate as above, on Wednesday, by Wm. Hughes, col- lector of water rates iu this town. It Beams deceased had been drunk for some days, and it is supposed from the position he waB found that he must have attempt-d to go up-stairs last night aud fallen down backwards on his head. EKTEHTAIMME.NTS.—The Public Rooms in this town have lately been well patr 'nised with audiences of visitors and townspeople on the appsarance of Messrs Green and Geroiou's Christys and liesErs H amiltoll and Overend's Panorama aud Diorama of the li-joicinga on the Thanksgiving Services of the Restorati in to Health of H.K.H. Prince of Wales, and the War in France, the latter staying a full week, and deserving a good house everywhere they pay a visit, being out of the ordiuary paltry panoramas that are travelling gene. rally. Da. WILLIAMS' ENDOWED GIRLS" SCHOOL.—A meet- ing of the Govemo-s of the abo -e school was held lit the BusrJrovlit, Public Itooinc, on SAturday. Present: Mr Samuel Hollmd, M.P. (chairman), Mrs Beale (Bryn. tirion), Mril Griffith (myn), Mr8 Jones (Penmaen), Miss Roberts (Fr m iirion), Mr David Davies (Ty'nycoed), the Rev. E. T. Wat's (Coedmor), Mr Bull (architect), and Mr Richard Davies (clerk).-The; proposed alteration to the washhonse was brought forward for discussion, and eventually it was resolved that the arrangements of the building be loft as origiually designed by the architect. --It was resolved to advertise for a schoolmistress, to commence duties on tbe 1st of January next, appli- cations to be forwarded to the clerk on or before 31st instant. Her salary w is fixed at not less than C120 per annum, exclusive of board and rosidence.——The lady Governors were requested to make out lists ef articles required for the furnishing of the mistress' house, and to present the sauie at the next meeting with a view of inviting tenders for the furnishing of the same.—It was resolved to open the school on the 1st of February next, thereby giving the mistress time to make her own aaraagemente previous to the opening. It was re- solved that X50 be paid to the clerk for his services, j being frem Jauuary, 1875, to 1st January next, and that after that date the clerk's salary be fixed at £10 a year. --The next meeting will be held on the 4th Septem- ber next for the appointment of a mistress, &c.We understand that the Governors are now open to receive applications for admission to the school, which appli- cations are to be made with the clerk.

j HOLYWELL. THB LOCAL BOARD.—The monthly meeting of this board was held ou Menday. Mr Joseph Garner prseidiug. The other memborl present were Messrs. Brilain, Cope, Hoi gate, Donton, and H.gha.-Th. inspector reported that the health of the district was good, there being an entire abøsooe of any zymotic disease. Since the last hoard he had made a general survey of the district and all nuisances then existing bad been abated. A letter was submitted from Mewrs. Kally and Knene, Mold, in refereuce to the lease of the market tolls from the Duke of Westminster, stating they expected to have the maktersottled soon. Several of the members present complained bitterly of the unnecessary delay and expanse the board were being put to, having to pay upwards of £ 12 a month for rant of the premises purchased. The clerk was raqueatad to write to urge the matter on. A, notice of motion given by the Chairu-an at the latt meeting, to dispose of the site purchased and to levy a rate for the expenres already incurred, was adjourned to the next meeting. A letter was read from the rural sanitary authority as to the erection of an hospital for infectious diseases and the board decided to uoite with them. The collector repoitnd that he bad paid £101 to the treasurer. The accounts for the put year were submitted, with the certifiate of the auditor as to their ?ccuracy and a summary of the same was ordered te be published. THK SCHOOL BOARD.—The monthly meeting of this Board was held ou Tuesday, Mr Richard Gratton pre- siding. The other members pr&aent were Mr John ?e? and tbe Ke'a. R. 0. WU)i?tM. Bec?mio J"U, Edward Evans, and J. J. Barou.-The report of the master and mistress of the board school showed an average attendance of 206, being a decrease of 19 as against the previous month, which was attributed to the very irregular attendance of a great number of children. The present number on the register is 359. The Attendaace Officer was directed to investigate the oues of non-attendance. The report of the Infant School Mistress showed a slight decrease during the month, attributed to the prevalance of whooping cough. The Attendance Officer submitted his repoi t, and is the owe of several irregular attendants he was directed to exercise his compulsory power at once. The name of the Rev. Father Baren was added to the School Com- mittee. The Architect reported that the work at the Bagillt Schools was progressing speedily. He bad given the contractors his certificate for £OO. The stringent resolution adopted by the L..do School Board respect iugMrporexl punishment Jin board schools was dis- cussed and adopted with slight modifications. The Clerk reported that in three recent cases of prosecution for non-attendance the magistrates had granted school attendance orders as applied for.

ILANFAIRFECHAN. THE NEW ORGAV.—Major Piatt has requested us to say that the new church organ has been presented not by himself only, but also by his brothers, Messrs S. R. and J. H. Piatt; and that Mr. Marsdeo, B. A., comes from St. Thomas' Church, Oldtiam-not Coppice Church as stated. CONCERT.—The annual amateur concert, in xii of the funds of the Society for Missions to Soamen, was held in the National Schoolroom, on Thursday evening, the 9th inat., when a large company of the inhabitants and visitors assembled to hear some very excellent music, both vocal and instrumental, with which all expressed themselves mueh pleated, the Welsh glees by Alaw Llechid and his party from Glanogwen being specially attractive. We understand that the proceeds of the concert will add about £12 to thei fund of the valuable society, which is doing so great a work amongst our floating population. Our readers will be pleased to know that the Carnarvonshire branch (which is under the presidency of the Bishop of the Diocese and of the Lord Lieutenant of the county) was able to contribute nearly £50 last year to the general funds, and we trust that there will be no falling off in the amount this year. We may add that Mrs. Luck, Plas Llanfair, Llanfair. fechan, is the honorary secretary |for this locality, and that that lady will thankfully receive donations or sub. scriptions, large or small, in aid of this veiy useful go. ciety.

LLANDUDNU. HFRR DOELER delighted large and astonished audi- ences oil Saturday and Monday evenings last with his feats of legerdemain, all "f wbieh were clearly and cleverly accomplished. The eewnd put of this wi. zard's entertainment consisted in a reproduction, Mn- fessedly by oatural, ageDy, of all the effects which spiritualists would have us believe are wrought by supernatural midit. Herr Dobler's seance, during which the rope-tyin^, the cott trick, the sounding and floating instruments, and all those s>-called phenomena were exhibited, was most successful. STREET WANDBRKRS.—A.t ne time ef the year is Llandudno more visited with a horde of et-eet mku- derers without visible Mean. of ebei,?te.e, tha at the present, In pas8¡øg through the streets yeu come upon one of these vagrant Ishmaels, thin whom you declare you never saw a more abject object in your life. Heis clothed, or rather he seetos to be pitched into a mis- cellaneous heap of dilapidated rags, and if you delight in the study of human character and habits, yeu may pass an instructive and pleasant half hour in minutely examining through aD opera glass, at a nspectflll dis- tance (for it is not advisable to approach thi. specimen too closely or to handle his garments), into the composi- tion of these curioul articles of attire, and by deter- mining as accurately as possible which bit is coat, which waistcoat, and at what particular points the nether integuments begin and end. Then, just as a taedical student will carry home to his Indgine a foot or a heart for more minute anatomical dissection, so will tho student of humanity pass lovingly on to the examination of tbe hat and the boots of the wanderer, nay, he will perhaps endeavour even to peep into the wallet made out of old carpet which one of them, at present on a holiday trip in Wales, carries like Time, at his back, and in which be pClt4, not" alms for oblivion," but "grtib" of all sorts for his evening meal. But proceeding on his way, the student will before long be confronted by an object even more abject than the first specimen of the wan- dering Jew, and as each succeeding case comes under his notice, he will see that far from his having seen the worst at first, No. 2 and No. 3 greatly exceed their other brethren in the perfect samples they present of mas«es of moving rags and tatters, as the itinerants seen by Fuzhoy surpassed each other in the hideouaness of their optics Just as I crossed the threshold, lo I met A man whose squint terrific struck my view; Another carne, and 10 he squinted too. And 'ere Id reached the corner of the street, Some ten short paces, 'twas my lot to meet A third, who squinted Dlore-a fourth, aud he Squinted more vilely than the other three." One is accompRuied by his wife-the partuer of his joys (if he has any) and of hi. miseries, of which he and she seem to have their ample share, if one may judge from the "dejected 'haviour of their visiges." The man is tall and lank, looking something like an animated rushlight almost snuffed out he stoopeth, evidently the result of hours of arduous labour at the desk or in the factory lie walketh with a feeble and tottering gait, whereby the better doth he gain the pity of the public; and from time to time doth he whine forth the spectre of a song, the which his faith- ful helpmate doth garnish with a piping treble. Thus do they proceed on their journey through life, a lovely spectacle of the mutusl dependence of man and woman, and the dependence of both on the coppers of the public. But of too time a one meets with a group of these Bedou- ins of the streets, where tbe mean. of subsistence take. an awkward and visible sign, and where the musical culture of a family has been developed by the prudent parents with it chat-minkmethod of filling their mouths. Such a gifted family bat for the last few we ks being enjoying the sea air of Llandudno, while at the same time they have filled the atmosphere with joyous melody and gay song, and keeping the charity of our visitors from getting rusty. To the philanthropist who loves his kind, nothing can be sweeter than to sit on the kerbstone opposite the oIRee of The Llandudno Directory." within which tbe industrious editor is in the agonies of compniiition, a id listen to the soothing s'rttins that proceed from this collection of small geniuses. He, tbe lofty aud the shabbily-dressed protector of the whole; she, matronly and tending to embonpoiut;" they, the minstrel boyB (not gone to the war, unhappily), scraping away at their Stradivariuses and Guarneriuses, double bos, violin, piccolo, triengle, regardless of the vile restraints that cramp all but artists of a high order now and then lifting their voice. to join in the general meieé, with a ataez* of that beautiful song in which 15 over-ther«s" are included in each verse. One may well have the reflection forced upon him that the cat gut of these instruments must have originally be- longed to those creatures who spend so much of their midnight time in dissipation and ctterwauling on the tiles. As we write four of the countrymen of Beethoven and Strauss are going at it like mad on high-pitched instruments that emit sounds like a mixture of bag- pikes, Jew's harps, and a pig in theigonia. of dissolution, and tbe chancellor of their exchequer has just called in for a contribution, which he did not get.

LLANASA. SUDAY SCHOOL FKSTIVAL.—A competitive meeting and to in connection with the Church Sunday School of this parish took place on Friday the 10th inst. Tea was prepared at the parochial schoolroom at three p.m., and the tables were presided over by Mrs Jackson, Miss Jackson, and Miss Rockett, Gyro Castle Miss Cart. wright, Red Lion; Miss Jones, Plasynllan; Miss Davies, Ffynon Groyw Miss Jones, Schoolhouse and Miss Addison, who entered heartily into their duties at the various tables. The weather was unfortunately most unfavourable, rain coming heavily down during the greater part of the day, which caused a smaller num- ber of people than was anticipated to attend the tea, but ai this was the first attempt of anything of the sort at Lianas a, everything, on the whole, passed off well and pleasantly. The competitive meeting in the nen. iBg, which commenced at seven o clock, wa9 very largely attended, and much interest was evinced in the pro- ceedings. After prayer, offered by the Vicar,lhymn 320 (Canon Evans' coliection in Welsh) was sung to the tune Boston. Tile Rev. J. P. Morgan then introduced the two conductors, the Rev. W. Mortou, M.A., succen- tor of St. Asaph Cathedral, the Rev. W. J. Morgan (Penfro), who most kindly rendered valuable aimistttce on the occasion. The vicar, in hie opening address, stated that for the last two years he had wished to hoid some such meeting as the one they were then eogaged in, and he bad hoped that some of the neighbouring parishes would have united for this pur- pise. He still trusted his hopes would be realised in future. He alluded to the praiseworthy exertions of Mr Morgan, St. Asaph; and Mr Meredith, of Towyn, in favour of a Sunday School Union for the deanery, and earnestly hoped his friends would not relinquish their efforts for so laudable au object He firmly be- lieved that in country parishes where it was almost im. possible to hold weekly classes for teachers, competitive meetings were highly important and necessary. The work of the evening was then commenced by the con- ductors examining the members of the Sunday School in religious subjects appointed by the Diocesan Board of Education for the past year. The competition was not so keen as could be wished for, but this being the first meeting held the results have been most encourag- ing, and it is hoped next year the meeting will be even more satisfactory in its results thsn the present one. Much of tha Buccess of the meeting was due to the painstaking efforts of tbe conductor, who went through the subjects with much care. The proceedings were made doubly interesting by the entertainment given by tbe members of the Llanasa Choral Union, under the able superintendence of Mr Edward Jones, Schoolhouse; and Mr John Roberts who were specially complimented by Mr Merton. Mr Jackson, jun., of Gyrn, also favoured tho audience with an overture on the pianoforte, ad. mirably executed. Messrs Williams aud Tomkinson, lay clerks at the Cathedral, added their valuable assis- tance, and delighted those present with their fine singing.

LLANGERNIEW, ABERGELE. CONCKRT.—On Monday evening, the 13th intt., a grand amateur concert 11M given at the school-room of the above place. The room was well filled with a select audience, amongst whom we noticed—Princess Drus- cjbovitch, Messrs S. M. and A. Sandbacb, the Misses Saadbach and Miss Thomson, of Hafodunos Mr and MtfI Griffiths, Cemmaes; Miss Jones, Vicarage Rev. H. Harris. The following was the programme Song and Chorus, God bless the Prince of Wales;" Song Sweet- hearts," by Mr D. J. Davies Pianoforte Solo, "North Walee," Mr Edwards: Suag, "She wore a wreath of Rsses," Miss E. Wynne; Duet, A B C," Miss Davies and Mr Davies; Song, Nancy Lee," Mr Davies Duet Far away," Mifses Barnwell aud Wynne Song, Y Fam a'i Baban," Miss Davies; Pianoforte Duet, The Misses Sandbacb Glee, Oh hush tbe my babie," Glee Class; Song, "Come Birdie Come," Miss Roberts; Song Bedd Llewelyn," Mr Davies Pianoforte Solo, Bal- moral," Mr Edwards Song, Mother kissed me," Miss Dsvies; Song" Winter and Spring," Mr Davies; Finale, God save tbe Queen," The "A B C duet was redemandsd. The accompanist, Mr Edwardd, was eD- cored iu his Solo" Balmoral." He accompanied through- out the programme in a Eaaisterly style. Altogetherthe coucert wos a success.

NAT GWYNANT. Tox BOARD SCHOOL.—On Tuesday, the 14th inst., the children attending the above school were bountifully regaled with tea and cake at their schooKreom, by the Roy. Mr and Mrs Vawdrey, Glangwynant, whoever since its opening about two yenra ago, have taken a particular interest in the welfare of this school. Having done ample justice to the good things supplied them, the most deserving children in attendance and proficiency were haudsomely presented with prizes, most of which were choice and valuable, by Miss Wyatt, Bryngwynant, whose presents to this school have always been most liberal. Havingeung a few songs and given three times three hearty cheers for their entertainment, the children dispersed, each with a piece of cake received at the doors, having thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Wa can only reiterate the reverend clergymen's loving words to the children that we hope we alt, both benefactor* au i recipients, may be epKrsd b partake of what by this time we may term their annual trtat.

PENKHOSLLIGWT. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS,—The followiug is the rø. port of 1f.I\I.I. on the abuve school, aft«r his visit, for the annual inspection, in June This is a decidedly good school. The children are cleau ,"ud neat, and de- serve high praise for their cheerful Rnd pleasant man- ners. The txamitation in tbe elementary subjects has been entirely successful, the work being done with great care and Accuracy. Satisfactory progress has been made with gralDmaund geography. The singing is sweet ani pleasiog. The needlework is fair. A few good picture c:.r,1a would be of service to the younger child- ren, and the black boards should bo renovated or re- plac&i." The print earned amounted to more than 15i un the average attendance.

IPORTMADOC. SIITTS QNANNIKS.—Besides the large sett quarry reo cently opened 00 the eastern side of Moel-y-gest, there are two or thtee likely to be soon opened ne"1' Pen- morfa, Gesail, and further up towards Dolbeumaen. VOLUNTEER IXSHICTION.—Tbe volunteers of this town were inspected last Saturday, on the Traeth, by Colonel Cooper. The company were under the command of Captain Spooner, three non. commissioned officer., ad six sergeants, Adjutant Priestley was also present on the field. The company, including tbe recruits, num- be red about 60 men. They were sent thrjugh their manosuvres by Captain Spooner, and their rifles and accoutrements were examined by Cel. Cooper very caro- fully. After the inspection Col. Cooper addressed a few words to the company, and said that be had been exceedingly well pleased with the manner in which they had gone through their drills, and that they were the best in the battilion for drill. He also eulogised their efficient state in other respects. The company afterwards returned to town, and, beaded by their braes band, paraded the principal streets. They looked un. commonly well in their scarlet coats and their red- striped trousers. LAUNCHES.—Two splendid vessels have been launched from the ship-building yards of Messrs G. Williams and John Owen and Mr Simon Jones. The vessel I lUnched from the yard of the former was christened Hilda." She is to be ommanded by Captain Hughes, youngest son of Mr Lewis Hughes, tailor, High-street. The fol. lewiog are her dimensionu :—Length, 103 feet depth of hold, 13 feet; breadth, 23$feet tonnage, 350 ilea I weight claø9 A 1 for 13 years at Lloyd's. She is in. tended for the home and foreign trade. The vessel launched from Mr S. Jones' yard drew hundreds uf spectators, 8S the process was a novelty. She was launched sideways, having five feet between her and the edge of the quay, and two feet fall from the quay to the water, Alrhough a great many doubted the suc- cess of the launch, still the vessel elided smoothly and successfully over the bulks and to the water, amidst the plaudits of the lookers-on. The vessel was chris- tened, by Master Seymour Green, Marie K'88tner." She westitirah Length, 78 feet depth, 10 ftet 8.1 inches; breadth, 21 feet 4} inches tonnage, 220 tous; class A 1, for 11 years at Lloyd's; trale, h una and foreign commander, Captain Richard Prichard, Borth.

PENMAENMA WIt. LOCAL BOARD MEETINGS. — August 7. Present: Mr Henry Kneeshaw (chairman), Dr. Hughes, Mtssrs Thomas Patrick, J. W. Jones, Robert Davies, it Lloyd Jones, R. Roberts, J. H. J.The Vrainuye Sc/trmc, -The Board had issued advertisements for an engineer to survey the district with a view to carry out a scheme of drainage, and replies had been received from fifteen persons, out IIf whom a committee had selected four;— Mr Farrar, Bury, Lancashire; Mr Davids, Carnarvon; Mr C. Lloyd, Stoke-on-Trent; and Mr Lloyd Williams, Carnarvon. On the motion of Mr R. Davies, it was aureed tbat a special meeting should be hell to coij sider these applications on Monday next at half-past four.—Postal Inconveniences.—The Clerk showed a copy of a petition which it was proposed to send to the authorities, asking that a pillar box be put up near St. Seiriol's Church, and Dr. Hughes complained of another inconvenience iu tbe time letters from Ireland took to reach Penmaenmawr. It was decided to menflou this also in the mewl),ia1.-Thc Gas Lighting (md IVufcr.— It was decided to light tbe lamps on the 1st of Septem- ber, and also that bakers should be charged 10s a year for w,"er, and washhouses Is 3d a quarter for the same. On Monday last the Dwgyfylchi Local Board held au adjourned meeting at the Boardroom, in Penmaenmawr. The following members and officials were In attendance :-Capt, Kneeshaw (chair- man), Messrs Patrick, R. LI. Jones, J. Jones, Robert Roberts, Robert Davies, Roberts (surveyor), and Wm. Jones, of Conway (clerk t8 the Bo^rd).— The secretary was called, in the first place, to select from amongst the sixteen gentlemen who had ma-la appli- cation for appointment to the post, a surveyor and engi- neer, to draw up plans and specifications for and to superintend the proposed drainage of Penmaenmawr and, in the second, to examine certiin building plans, with a view either to sanction or reject them, as sani- tury and architectural considerations might require.— The sixteen candidates for the post just alluded to had been reduced, by the Improvement Committee to the four following gentlemen, whose applications and testi- monials were read :-Mr Farrar, A.I.C.E., of Bury, Lancasliire Mr Richard J. Davids, of Carnarvon Mr Chaa. Lloyd, C.E., of Stoke-upon-Trent; and Mr W. L. Williams, of London.-The Chairman, in addreasiog the meeting, said that, of connie, the choice of a person 80mpetent to carry out the work which they required to be done rested entirely with the Board, but his individual opinion was, after measuring the capa- bilities of the four applicants by the kind and length of experience which they bai bad, that Mr Farrar, who bad been engaged upon large and valuable works for the Boards of Hey wood, Ratcliffe, Conway, aud other places, was the most likely man for them. He thought that the question of X, a. d. in the matter was not so im- portant as that of efficiency in any sistem of drain- age which might be adopted.—-The difficulties to be met with by any scheme for drainage were then dis- cussed by the members, the conclusion evolved from which waa, that however the district is drained the sewerage must not be t'keu out to era, since such a proceeding would be fatally detrimental to the bathing at the place. There were equally embar- rassing obstacles in the way of the tank system.— Mr. Robert Roberts was inclined to think that the latter was the system likely to be effectual, and Mr. Patrick was somewhat tempted to coneur with him in his opin- ion. At this point the Chairman impressed the meet- ing with the necessity of appointing a good man, and Baid that Mr. Goodison, of the firm of Messts. Goodi- son, Atkinson & Ford, of Orange Court, Liverpool, had been mentioned tj him aa being exceedingly eligible for the forming and carrying out of the proposed s -heme. \l r. Davies thought the meeting should be further adjourned until that gentleman had been com- municated with. After some little opposition it was aereed to take that course.—-During the consideration of building plans, tbe point of difference in which was the position :of a certsin cesspool, personalities were somewhat freely indulged ia by two or three members. -The Chairman thereupon demanded an apelogy from the offending ones, and emphatically said that so long as he sat at the head of that Board he would not per- mit members to bring such accusations as had been I rought on tbia occasion against fellow-members whilst they were sitting as a public body, however well- founded those accusations might be. At the further request of Captain Kneeshaw the offending members somewhat cooled down, withdrew the obnoxious state- ments, and the final consideration of the plans under examination was postponed until the coming meeting. The business was then terminated, aud the meeting broke up.

RUTHIN. I FBMALP CHRISTYS.—The troupe of female Christys visited thia town on Tuesday, and were well patron- ised. MARKBT.—The market on Monday was very thinly attended, and very little business was done, the farmers being very busy just now. WaTER COMPANY.—The usual half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday afternoon at tbe offices, Well-street. The usual officials were re-elected, and the directors declared a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum on the shares. It was also decided that the capital necessary to be raised for carrying out the en- largements and improvements of the reservoir should be raised by means of additional shares. LITHRARY MEBTISO.—Ou Tuesday, at 10 and 2 o'clock, literary meetings, ehoral compactions, and concerts took place at Rhos Chape), under the pre.i. dency of Mr. Tbos. Gee, of Denbigh. There were seme SO subjects to be competed for, prizes ranging from 5s. to 308., and the proceedings throughout were very interesting. The artistes who took part in the pro- ceedings were Jenny Maklwyn, Owain Alaw, Clwyd- fardd, and the competing choirs. A concert was given in the evening. SCHOOL BOARD.-At the monthly meeting of the school board, held on Friday, there were present Mr J Simond in the chair, Mr D. E. Davies, and the Rev. the Warden of Ruthin. It was resolved that notice should be given to the managers of the Llanfwrog schools, and to Miss Davies, the proprietress of a school in Ruthin, that the private schools they managed were not under certified teachers; therefore, if they did not take steps to make them efficient before October let, the board would be obliged to take notice of them, and to prosecute the parents of tbe children attending their schools as though the children were not "nder instruc- tion. The only other business was the in thing of rules for the conduct of Rbo" board school, It was decided that n) corporeal punishment (except in r xtrtor linary cases) should be administ-red to any child during school hours, and that none but the headmaster should use the cane falso that a book should be kept ill which every punishment should be recorded. A WONDXRFCL RIN-G.—A medical gentleman, going his rounds a few dajs ago, lighted upon a curious RU. perstition respecting a riDI; in the neighbourhood of Clocsenog. Meeting a little lad at a gate he found he had been to a farmhouse for the purpose of fetching a ring to lay on his little sister's breast to cure the whooping cough. On making enquiriee we find that the ring, which is of green and yellow, about two inches ill diameter, was found by h present owner about forty years ago, he !upposingiU" be a snake's ring. By some wonderful mental process it became a belief that tying this ritin; by a piece of blue riband to the breast of a child suffering from the whooping-cough would cure it of tbat complaint. Be that as it may, however, we are told that now whenever a child haa the whooping- cough it is the role to send a messenger, not to the doctor, but to the owner of this wondrous ring, and the belief is prevalent that the use of it cures the child. Tows COUNCIL.—On Wednesdav se'nnight a special meeting of this body was held at the Council Chamber, there being present the Mayor (Dr. J. R. Jenkins), AI. derman John Jenkins, and Councillors Wm. Green, )[. Louie, D. E Davies, R. P. Davies, and John Hughes.— The Town Clerk produced an estimate for a borough rate for the year ending September 1st, 1878. It was found tbat the expenditure would be rather largerthan usual otitecotintof the cist of macadamising th. atreelAl, and of the precept from the school Lcard of £150. It was stated in the course of a long discussion that the expenditure of the next year would allow of a reduc- tion in the rate. For the present year the town clerk was ordered to give notice of a rate of 2. 2d in the X, which is somewhat larger than usua]. Mr R. P. Davies drew attention t) the dilapidated condition of the wall beside the river in Mwrog-street. He and the town clerk were instructed to have the necessary repairs doue, Mr Davies being requested to supervise the work.—Mr Louis brought forward the question of having proper byelaws for the borough he said the present byelaws were most defective, and it was decidedly advisable for them to have proper and workable byelaws. The town clerk was instructed to obtain copies of the byelaws of other borou!!I,s, and submit, them to an adjourned meet- ing.—Several sanitary matters were brought forward, but they were dj?,? el to a p??i.] e.ti.g.

DREADFUL SHIPPINA CALAMITY.—Advices from Pa- nama of the 2nd inst. cttte that the Pacific Steam Navi- ration Coinp-inv's steamer Eton" was lost on July 15, 70 miles north of Va]rn.1",iso. It is estimat-id that 1GO persons were on botrd of her, 43 of whom bad reached the shore up to Jut", 18. Twenty others took refuge on a rock, and the British war ship "Amethyst" went to their assistance, but the bad weather prevented the rescue from being accomplished. The survivors on the rock, after exp?rioneing terrible suffering from expf)mre and want of food, threw them8e1vs into tbe ?ea to end their miserv. Oaly three of them were Mycd, and it is believed that altogether upwards of one hundred perished. THE HARVEST IN ESOHSD.— 1The wheat harvest has fairly cornwpoced in West Middlesex, and will in a few days be pretty general. In Buck., Berk., and Herts the grain is hardly so forward, btit in manv instanccs reaping has already commenced. 00 the whole, the crop is spoken of as below the average. Oats and bir- !ey, the crops of which "eem f.irly good, hive been al- most cleared from many farms, and tbe plough has passed over the land in preparation for other crops, Wheat cutting will be ••m-nenc-d in Eait Suffolk in about ten days, but it. will Scarcely be general for a fortuiglit. There is an average breadth of wheat, but the crop is inferior in mmy places, particularly on the poor heavy lands. This is due to the wet and btck- ward character of the spring. Barley has improved in Ea-t Suffolk, and an average yield as regards both quantity and quality is now anticipated. Iu Cam- bridgeshire the harvest crop promi-es v, be abundant. The wheat crops ou the high lands are a fine golden eot'?'r.hutHntbefen ?ndathe.?ppe.trMCf' is not good. Beans are a fine yie'.d, and the ..me may be said goo(L Bf.tDK .)re a Snc yie.d, xad the M;ne m?y be i.?t? rains have plumped the barleys, and the spring crops will be excellent. Harvest will be pretty general this week. IN CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CnEST THE EVUCACY OF DR. DE JONUH'S LIOHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL IS UNEQUALLED.—The Merlical Profession of all countries now consider Dr. do Jongh's Light-Brown Col Liver Oil as incomparably the most valuable remedy for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest. ;0\0 remedy so rapidly restores the exhausted strength, improves the nutritive functions, stops emaciation, checks ths perspiration, quiets the cough and expectoration, or produces a more marked and favourable inflnence on the local malady. Dr. Waudby, Physician to the Hereford Infirmary, writes :—" I can tnke Dr. de Jongh's Light- Brown Cod Liver Oil without any difficulty or dislike, and with as little inconvenience as water alone. Not only in my own case, but in many others I have seen, it has caused nn improvement of chet svmptoois aud au increase of weight, so soon ad.o lastingly, a8 to be quite remarkable. I believe Dr. de Jough's Oil to be the most valuable remedy we possess for chronic and constitutional disease." Dr. de Jonah's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in capsuled imperial half-pints, 2s. 6d. pints, 4s. 9d. quarts, 9.; with his stamp and signature and the signature of his sole consignees on the capsule and the label under wrapper, by all chemists. Sole con- signees, Ansar, Harford, and Co., 77, Strand, London.

LLANDUDNO IMPROVEM.ENT COMMIS- SIONERS. An adjourned meeting of this Board was held at the now offices on Monday last, when the following mem- bers were presentMessrs Bevan, Preston, Pritcbard, Abel Roberts, J. Ridge, E. M'ore, Careless, Raw, B. R. Daines, J. B. Evans, W. Wood lay, J. Parry, and J. Hughes. Mr. Bevan having been votid into the chair, the Clerk (Mr T. T. Marks) proceeded to read tbe minute orderiug the adjournment of the last monthly meeting, after which certain communications with re- ference to The. Water Worhi at Penmorfa were laid before the Commissioners. Among these was the following from Mr Griffith, of Vanrwst, solioitor to Mr Kvans, of Haydock August 6,1877-De,r gir,-1 submit" tbe proposal made hy the d'putstiun from your Board of Commissioners, who called upon me ca Thursday afternoon, to my client, and he has written me in re- ply I am t,) make a few enquiries, and to communi- cate with him thereon, when he will give me instruc- tions. Yours truly (signed), J. R. GRIFFITH. T. T. Marks, Esq. P. S.—Since writing the above I have seen Mr Rowlands, and am more than surprised to find from him tbat the water has been diverted and run into the new tanks in the face of my pr itest, and also in violation of tue promise given by the depu- tation. The Commissioners must now btlar the can- sequences."—It transpired that Messrs J. B. Evaus and Thomas Parry bad constituted themselves a depu- tation, and in tbe absence of Mr Mark s (engineer and surveyor for the works), and, without consulting other members of the deputation appointed by the Board, bad had an interview with Mr. Evans' agent, the result of which was that these two gentlemen took upon themselves to order the stoppage of works proceedlD at Penmorfa. At this juncture, Mr. Hinsoa (Mr Marks' assistant who was then in charge telegraphed to his superior, informing him of the interview, and asking for instructions as to how he should proceed under the circumstances. Mr Marks received instruc- tions that the works must proceed as if no interview had taken place at all, aud requested his assistant to acquaint Messrs Evans and Parry witb his (Mr Marks ) decision. Mr Hinson replied that, acting under the orders of his superior, he had mado every necessary arrangement for the completion of the work. The final result of the correspondence was that the work was proceeded with and complete f. A Censut of Llandudno.—The next business of the meeting was to give directions as to taking the census of this town, and to peruse communications ou the subject. In the discussion, aud from the tone of the letters read, it appeared that owing to the fact that Llandudno foims part of a district, the aggr<g*ti death-rate of which is giveu in the Registrar-Gener- al's return, a false idet and a wrong estimate of the rate of mortality in that town is cGnveyed to the public. This generalisation of statistics placed Llan. dudno at a great disadvantage, the death-rate being very low there, a fact of momentous importance to in- tending visitors. It was ultimately resolved that a census be taken on the Monday next ensuing, ao that a more correct approximation might be arrived at than that implied in the return of the Regiwtrar-Goencral. Mr- Marks the. said that as he had been requested by be Board to do so, he would lay before them a state- ment of Gas and Water Accounts.—In the course of the read- ing of accounts, which were ranged under five heads, considerable discussion arose as to which of them were legally chargeable to capitwl, aud which to revenue.— Mr Preston held that all outlay for maintenance ought clearly to be made a charge upon the revenue, Messrs Marks, Woodley, and Evans conteuded that' since the property was newlyaoquirad, and since they bad borrowed the capital to purchase it, they were entitled to expend a portion of that loan in placing everything connected with it in thorough workiog order, so that they might have a fair start, and present a first account of their stewardship, which would not be discouraging to them and to the ratepayers. Oa the Chairman putting it to the vote whether certain of the account* should be discharged from the capital or from the revenue, it was resolved by the majority to leave the matter to the discretion of tbe auditor, as the gentSeman best able to decide the point. Several of the items were severely commented upon by the members, and arguments pro anil con were advanced by Messrs. Bevan, Preston, Hughes, Woidley, M ure, and Parry. Rssolu ions were proposed, secondei, aad carried, that cheques for the following amounts in favour of the undermentioned persons be drawn forthwith :—Wyatt (balance of ac- count), iS33 4h. Hughes, £524 10s. 31. Simons, £ 14 Is.; Spice, £ 112 7,. Dr. Nicol, £ 22 0s. 9d.; Parry, £6 6.; Yonn@" £22, Ev"ua anI Co., 1:92 17, 6t; Roberts, XS 4s. 6d.; FÙIl\k., £5 16s Professor Austed, £93 15a. Gampbe.l and Brightinan, £136 6s. 6d.; Coment Co., £3, 4.. lOd. Collingwood, £!2 ra. Partington, £69 18.. Willet and Rayner, .t:00; Chairman's loan, A:8 00 and the late Company (balance), X696 9s. 2d. It was futther agreed that XI,000 be paid to Mr. B. Latham, 011 account of his bill. Mr. Preston pointed out the peculiarity of the circumstances under which Mr. Latham was called upon to do their business for them, there being at the time of his appointment no one by to lend them a helping hand, aud to prepare pltns "nd specification. of their work to ha presented to Parliament in a h lTry, in oreler tint "8eion might not be lost.-Mr, John Jones supported Mr. Preston in his argumeut, and believed that tue 110 ird owed Mr. Latham some consideration for the manner in which he had forwarded the task set him to d", and be, for one, felt it hi. duty to vote that £ 1,000 be paid on acconut, as be di,i not think tbat geutlewaa should be kept out of pecket.—Tbe last item set aw. ou the agenda paper for consideration was Mr Jaunt Motion, the text of which is as follows- To lJ1.,ve that the Commissioners apply to the Local Government Board for a provisional order to alter the Local Act., so as to substituti the provision of the Public Health Act, 1875, witn respect to the rules for the election of Local Hoards, or the regulations con- tained in such Local Act., with regard to the election of Commissioners." Mr James, owing to some mis- understanding, not being present to support his motion, an,1 not having appoint'd a substitute, the motion was adjourned until the next monthly meeting.—With Mr Jones' notice of a motion with respect to the state of our bick streets, to be brought forward on the same occasion, the buioess of the adjourned meeting was coucluded. The members adjourned at this poiat for luncheon, and reassemble 1 at ..¡nut 2.30 p.m, to hold It SPECIAL MEETING, convened principally to consider a requisition ad- dresit-d ti the Clerk to the Commissioners, and run- ning as follows The loan for water aad gas purposes having now been effccte<1, to) take int, consideration the whole of the circumstances connected with the pro- pised new water supply of the town, in compliance with the Ll.ndudno Impruvemor:t Act, 1876, and to move such resolutions in the foregoing as may be deemed necessary."—Tbe Chairman declared the Board to be iu committee. After long and animated de- bating, in the course of which Mr Prestou poi t-<l out the salient p dots, and during Wl."cll the subject was thoroughly ventilated, resolutions were arrived at, which, at the present junct tre, iu-I in the present aspect of affairs, it was not deemed expedient to publish.

THE WEiLRYA-4 CONFKRKNCK.—The suggestions and memorials from the sever tl circuits for the consideration of the conference have this year been rather important. Devonport regretted thegrowins practice of omitting to T?,?i the hy(noo iu p ,h}ic wwr??ii?, and th conference decided that it hIdes rableto con'iuue tbe Methodist prac- tice. Binniogharn and Halifax sueg-sted tbat the ques- tion against the use of tobacco and snuffshorild uot con- tinue to be put to candidates for the minisiry and for ordination. The question is based upon the decision of the conference pass .din 1795—"No pr.-achers shall use tobacco for smoking, for chewing, or in snuff, unless it be preterihfd by a physic an The committee to whom all these memorials are referred recommended that the usual question be rescinded. A long and animated dis- cussion fo'lowed. and oo a division it was resolved by only a stiia'l majority that the q,eti )u should be con- tinue,I, Caorlid.tt18 for the m'ni,try nd for ordieation will therefore etill be asked whether they smoke, or cltew, or take snuff, and be excreted to "DSWer in the negative. The alteration committee presented their report, shoeing the number of ministers and laymen eligible to altend the next conference. The first Lon- don district is to send 35 miniate-s to the ministerial conference an 1 12 laymen and 7 ministers to the mixed conference the second London district 29 to the minis- terial, ani 15 laymen and 9 ministers to the mixed con- fprenC8. These will be elected by billot at the several May district committees of the c iniection. Tne Rev. T. Woolmar rea l the report ot the bonk committee. The totd number of tr.cts issued during the year amounted to over tbree millions an i a quarter, and the sale of denominational perio iicals had reached nearly two millions. E'ght huudre I and thirty thousand copies of the new hymn bo >k h In been sold. It was decided that the next c,1t1fer,>nce .hOlll.1 beiin at Hr-idford on Jnlv 23rd, 137S.—The usual votes of thanks for hospitality, &c., having been given, the President pronounced a few words and tbe Conference of 1877 wis brought to a close, hiving lasted seven- teen days, or, with tha preliminary committees, twenty- five days. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Glad Ti(lingi; Some constitutions have a tendency to rheumatism, and are thr ugh out the year bn'n:' ,¡,)W1\ by its protrac- ted tortures. Let such sufferers ba'hc the affected parts with warm brine, and aftsrwards rn'j in this S lot-hing Ointmeut. They w,11 find it the b- s-. means of lessening their agony, and, a-si«t<d by Hollow'j's Pills, the surest way of overcoming their disease. More need not be said than to request a few days' trial of this safe and soothing treatment, by which the di-ease wdll ultimately by completely swept away. Pains tbat would make a giant shudder areassuai»edwithontdifficult v by Holloway's eisy ani inexpensive remedies, which comfort by moderating the throbbing vessels aud calm- ing the excited nervea.

LATIN NAMES AND THEIR MEANING. I At the concluding meeting of the Cambriaiv Archaological Society at Carnarvon the following paptr On tbe importance of ascertaining the signifioatajoa in the Keltic language of the Latinised names of the Roman stations and towns situated in Great Britain was read by tho Rev. R. E. Hooppell, M.A., LL.D., F.R.A.S., ractor of Byers Green, in the county of Durham, aad member of the Society of Autiquarlee of Newcaatle-upon-Tyne It ia with much pleasure I avail myself of the opportunity presented to me of bringing before the members of the Cambrian Archaeological Association a subject of greet importance, in which I trust many of those now assembled at Carnarvon will be interested. Recent etrcumntAocea havtt drawn the of antiquaries in the North of England to the great desirability of further research into the Keltic origin of the names of the military stations aud towns ia Great Britain occupied by tbe Romans, and also into the origin of the names of the local deities to whom altars were erected by the victorious Southerners. ID prosecuting such researches it is most natural that the aid of members of the Cambrian Arcbn lingual Ago. ciation should be heartily desired, and their co-opera- tion, if afforded, cordially welcomed. "it appears unquestionable that the Romaes, when they conquered the greater pariion of Britannia, aiopted the already existiug names of localities, simply Latioisipg the termination of each word, so as to be able to use it as a Latin word in combination with other Latin words. I think the most cursory study of the names which occur demonstrates this, a conclusion which is confirmed in a remarkable way by the epigram of Martial, addressed to Lucius, (book 4, epigram 55), ib which he CGmpU6S the British nimes of places, with which, when he wrote, all Rome was doubtless ringing, through the victories of Agricola, with the Spanish names of places in ore euphonious to him than the British, seeing that he himself was a native of Iberia. I thiuk no elle can read that epigram without concluding that Loudiniuai, Segontium, Cainulodunum, et hoc gonu. omae, were at uncouth to R rman ears, in Martial's days, as Seringapatam, Hyderabad, Lucknow, and the Puuj.ub were to ours a generatiou or two back. Now, if these names and the many others which have, come down to us in the Notitia and the Jtinerariee were really Keltic, we ought to be able to interpret them now aud their interpretation might he expected to throw great light upon the character of the country and the inhabitants at that distant epoch, and aÙlO- which ia exceedingly important in an antiquarian point of view-upott the situation of the statious tli-tiise'.vee when that is doubtful. It is for these reasons, and particularly the latter, that I urg) tlJe bestowal cf special attention upon this subject at the present time. I have been much struck recently with the extreme appropriateness of many of the names of the Roman stations in the North of England. Taking the lift "per lineam valli," we have Cilnrnum, standing on a Barrow grassy strath on the bank of the urtb Tyne, abut in by rising ground beyond, a situation which, if I mistake not, the Cymry would call Cyl hyrn" even at the present day. We have also Amboglanna, a station standing on ground defended on tbreesidea by r-Avinee, &111 bo gl«nnau.' We have Absllaba, a pa ne which some writers knowing litt'e of Welsh have called Moorish, but which eeems plainly to be Y baia bach.' We have Coudercuin, con derch; uigll peak, and many more. "I am desirous of making this paper very short, and therefore pass over many interesting facts confirmatory of the views advanced in it, in order that I may point- out a case in which, if the exact meanings of the names could be discovered, the information so obtained would be of great service, I allude to the course of the tenth iter of Antonine. That iter forms a portion, as, far as can be judged, of the great road described by Leland (Collectanna, Vol. 2, page 396), as rurmiag from St. David's in Pembrokeshire to the-mouth of the Tyne between Durham and Northumberland, It begins. with Glanoventa in the north-east, and proceeds ia a south or southwesterly direction, by Galava, Alon, Galacum, Bremetonacum, and Coccium, to Mancunians,. Coadu, and Mediolanum. No course hitherti generally accepted for this iter appears to be correct. Horaley makes Glanoventa, Lancheeter in the county of Durh41D. Galava old town in Northumberland, Alon Whitley Castle io tbe same County, Galacuoi K'roy Thore, in Weitinorlaod, tc., Ac. I do not propose to describe what I think wat really its course on the present occa- sion, but Glanoventaappearsto me plainly to be vant,' the brink of the height identical wit4 Glancibinta, be looked for, thitefure, in tbe neigh- bourhood of precipitous ground and Galatum 3:)peam to be Gal ach,' clear water, and therefore to be looked f jr near clear aud pr.-l> ibly running wit,r.3d Alon eeem less obvious. The former may pethaps be Gal afan,' lofty plain, and the latter Eiii-in,' a hart. In the county of Durham there is an ancient parish Hart, which would be a Saxon analogue for Eilon.. Bremetonacum may mean bill of foxes;' we now have Todd Hills, which means the same; and Cocciuui seeing plahly to be synonymous with Red'and I do not mention Halt and Todd Hills as being lieu to, or in any way connected with Alon and Bremetonacum, but only as specimens of apparently similar names in later languages. I referred 11 the names of loeal British deitiet wor- shipped by the Romans, An extrem-ly intMreatiug dis- covery of one, hitherto uukuown to antiq"ariau., woe made a short while since by one ot our most emi- nent and successful antiquaries, Mr John CitytJn, of the Cheaters, Northumberland. This ge itlemao has no fewer than four complete Roman military statioce on his own demesne. In one f-f thew, l'tocolitia ot old, Carranhurgh now, some time ago a well enclosed in a temple, was discovered. in the well iver- about 20,000 Roman coius and 20 altars, the la'ter all dedi- cated to a goddess new to classical dictionaries, by name Coventina. Anti(ju,ries have been busy suggest- iug derivatious for this liarmntriously-souuiliug name. One has suggeUed 'Gofer,' the head of a stream aa- other Convene, a tribe of Gaul. But it seems more probable that Coveutiua, if a British goddess, was the Ke!tic Mnemosyne, and tint her name indica'es that she was the grddess of remembrance from 'Cof, memory, CofcD,' lllelUorial. In tracing derivations the natural action ot the hum m mind must be ttken into account; to call a goidess Springhead,' or by tOIi nam. of a tribe of men, seems unreasonable; to call her Mnemosyne, or by a name of similar signification, seems natural, and if her temple were erected on a spat famous in contemporary story, appropriate aud just. "But the names of all the supposed Britiib dsitiee to whom altara have been dedicated by tl,e Romans are not so easy to interpret. Cocidius may be'the red' une; red with slaujjht-r, corresponding tJ Mars when the slaughter is of enemies in battle to Silvanus when of victims of the chase. Belatucader may he the mighty radiat >r,' the Sun, the Baal of the 1.1- Mo. goo may be I the m'ghty one' Antenocitius 'the om- nipresent.' Vitres seems cortam'y to be only an "boo breviation of y,tœ and Setlocenia a mis- reading of s èt loc abbreviation of '.s et loci ge- nio,' s being the last letter of Dus or Deabus. "Aware of tbe necessity of being brief upon such a!) ocosion as the present, I now driw my paper t > a close. I will only add that I shall be elceeilJgly rejoiced if the introduction of tbe 8Ul ject to the notice of the Cambrian ArchKjloeical Associa ion, at its annual meeting, should lesult in drawing the att mtion of its members to a most interesting subject of research, io which I am persuided they could render mare valtiable aid than the members of any "il.. "oc,.ti.> in the world, and which is beconaiug yearly of greater import- auce for tSe further elnci iatiun of the topographical Wstory of Komau Britain."

FIVE CHILDBKN BURNT TO DKA-AI—A minor ()f Botallack Mine, St. Just, near Penzince, lost ii.-« children by fireou Friday Ilibt. tie wasata prayer m e-ing. Hie wife put the live Jouu¡¡:est children—all hoy", the eldest being nine years olil-W bed, and left home to seek the two eldest. Tbe house caught firv, w is burnt to the ground, and the poor children were bur-t to, cinders. ROYALTY AT A FORESTERS' FKTK --Prinn 'D 1 Prinf' Christian presided oil Saturday at the ant Itll Plf 30il. athletic sports held by the foresters employed upon the Royal demesne at Cumberland Lodge, Winds r Great Park. The weather was fine, euiblio^ a l-r'e om- pany to witne-Fi th- amusements, while the band of the" 1st Life Guards added greatly to the enjoyment of the day. The pr(\c8edin8 took place 111'011 the tir>euswarili op osite the lodge. Ea'lyintbe afternoon rriueeand Princess Christian, attended by ir- rived on the ground, and a large and niist ■■•• "tie com- pany witnessed the sports. The programme- included a number of events, most of which induced soiritsd con- tests. Among the competitors for the jockw-y race ot 50 yards, f r which there were 11 ent/ies, was niu™ Christian Victor, son of their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, who was carried Ly his tutor, and Master Gordon, who mounted Colonel Gordon. The race created a great deal of fun, Wye coming in first and taking the pr;7. amid the cbecls of the spec- titors. At the close of the sports Princ-sa Chrig-- tian presented the prizes to the successful com-- petitors. About five o'clock, d nncr W -S in a large tent to about 140 of the foresters, C .lonel the Hon. A. Liddell, the deputy r??e)-. pM?.d?. TLe fiat's, which included venisM from the K.y? 'K- mesne, were excellent, Wh?e the foresters w?re din- i<m Prince and Princess ChnttMnfntertaiocd their com- pany in one of the Royal marquees which had been erected upou the lawn ia the gardeu of Cum rerlanJ Lodge. Short y after six o'clock Prince and Princess Christian walked to the tent, and vi-ited the foresters after dinner. Their Royal Highnesses were received with cheers. Prince Cbristiaa thanked all present; for the way in whtch they had received the Princess -wdl himself, and said they had both folt much pleasure ;0' contributing to the enjoyments of the day. Their Royal Highnesses were greatly cheered as they left tb* tent.