The Aberystwith Observer

I THE TIME TABLES OHHW j Cambrian Railways. DOWN TRAINS. Sund p. in.'a.m. a. m.'a. m. a. ai. rrooi»p .m LONDON-Eust.i • i^j ,c. 5 15 » 0 U la 9 1# Birmghm.Neiv-st 10 sf>; 7 a3 il 0 t 10(10 30 Birmghm.Neiv-st 10 sf>; 7 a3 il 0 t 10(10 30 W'hamptn. Qn-st 11 9| 8 0 11 84 t 3Si 1 0 Stafford a.m.: 1 13| 9 5 13 40 3 oil J 13 5hrwsb'y.LNWar!_J 5| |10 i 1 4(> 5 (i g 5 London-Pad'nd?. • "S((| 7! ~i C a B rm'ghm—Sn-hlj 0 63 I 33 10 40 1 4M W'hmptn-LowLr 2t^ • 9 11 30 2 101 Shrewsb'y (»W ar 11 31) • 58 12 8 3 111 ^hrvwsbury..dep 8 SOl~ 7 5 1(J ^5 2 1"> Welshpool. arr t S.r> 7 57 11 13 3 fl C 4(3 Manch'r-VMc. ftrp 0 30 0 45j 1 0 4 i|~ L'pool.(Lai]d.8i# 8 511 i!0| 1 3>V 4 4 3 L'pool.(Lai]d.8i# j 8 511 i!0| 1 3>V 4 4 3 OswestryGW..arr' 10 15 1 33i 1 0' 7 14; Manch'r Vic. 8 31.1 9 45 3 LiverpoolL*b.S J | 7 40 11 20 1 3 4uj Lime St.| 7 3*11 S 3 4i)J Whitchurch..arr, S 30 1 4tt; li ,N «.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.in. p.m. tSumi Wnitciiorch..dep 7 35, » 85 2 0 t> 20 9 20 0«we»try J arr| 10.10 25 2 48 7 l'J 10 5 I d«"Pj 5 45 "u 20IIO 83 2 •">» 4 15 7 g-Jjj Welshpool ( »" « '3 •W'H 1'J 3 g»' _8 19 8 U 1 5»t ( dep 5 0 s ao 11 30 3 85 3 21 I J1 7 (? Newtown 43| <j 40U2 10! 1» t 59 8 5,1 7 4] Moat Un»^in.ar 5 671 9 r>r, la 20: 4 80, 9 0 7 54 Mo.nL»»eJ 11,1.dp] a 5 10 30 la 30 "4~S5 ~8~13 S> 1^1 t» y L.iM).U>nain | 10 35 IS S5 A • -ji, 6 SO » 5 V'Try lu i-j 43 s rt. 9 'M «13 Ma nidi out Br 0 35 10 50 12 5o| 4 5.") 8 ;i', A 3.1 y ail MonlLane.lun.dp 5 50 TiTa/) lT~25l "7~34 T~«|! Machynlleth ..ar 7 12 IV 15 1 Stt1 5 37 a dp 7 25| 8 40 1 a,,I 5 45 fl 90 a 2! Uluridovey June. 8 55 1 40 1 (Jlandovey 7 87 9 0 1 40 Y j'"51 <V 14 Vnyslns 9 17 A 7 8 9 31! l,()rlh 7 5ff 9 22 a 8 « 22 7 14 9 3(i' Manlihangel. 0 2!) A 7 -4 » 43 How Street 8 18 9 34 a 20 ti S6 7 3') •• y 471 brr vstwyth 8 24 9 45 a 33| 6 48 7 55 18 0 P Mondays only. bxcept. Mondays. VTclih Coait Hr a. m. a. in. p. m.'p. ns.lp. m. a m Machynlleth depi £ 35 1 4;i; r> r,<) 9 io ftlandovey Junct K 55 1 4.>! 5 5fj 9 2; Aberdovey » 2 15; fi ja I 9 37 Towyn. 9 23" ■> 23" (5 24 • 9 4s Llwyngwril 9 »7i 2 37: 5 39 It) 5 Barmouth Jun.ar 3 511 2 f,lj 7 0 ;o 1(; Yarmouth,)un.dj^ S 15 9 40 "3 0| i 43 TTo! lTT24 Dolgelley .arj 8 45 13 20 3 30 fi 15. 7 40; 10 55 Barmouth depj 9 59 ^"59 7 4 Harlech 10 23 3 23 # 7 33' 4 2 MinfforddfforFfej 10 42 3 4tf, 7 52 4 41; Portmadcc ar, f ]o 10 50 5 2rt| 7 59 54 Afon Wen 8 30 11 20 4 15! 8 SO1 6 17 Pwllheli « 40 11 30 4 2'>j j. 8 40! 5 27 Alon Wen dep. <fft4'i 11 2-> 4 4Zj ~R~40| (t~~ 0 CA»NA»VO5 ..ar| 7 41 12 25 5 4!> 9 35j G UP TRAINS. Sund. Welsh Coast lirnruh. a. m. a. m.'a. m.'p. m. p. m.f a.m CARNARVON dep 5 25' 0 45i 2 50 12; 7 55 Chwilojr 6 1019 41 3 4f 8 10! 8 40 Afon Wen^_ .arr 0 15 10 45: 3 50: 8 15! g 42 Pwllheli dep. i d 211)0 »:> 4 5 8 10! 0 Q Afon We* •• 6 3.) 10 50i 4'15^ 8 3»j a 10 Portmadoc C 53 11 13: 4 36 8 55 9 33 Harlech 7 18:11 38, 4 381 9 56 Barmouth 7 4<Tjl3 10 5 2* 10 44 Dolgelley dep. 7 lo'll 55| 5 9 "5~20 Barmouth June. sri- 7531,12 38; 5 40 II 52 Barmouth June. deji 53 12 20 5 3fl Llwyngwril 8 4 12 31 5 48 Towyn 8 18 12 45 6 3 \'m Aberdovey 8 26 13 53 6 13 Glandovey Junction 8 51 1 12 6 35 Machynlleth arr 9 1 1 25 rt 4.5 a. m. a. m.p. m. p. m.,r. m., n m ABERYSTWYTH dep lj 0 12 30 4 33 i 0 6 0 Bow Street 8 12 12 42 4 53 8 12 6 12 Llanfihangel 8 17 5 2 « 18: 6 1# Bofh 8 24 12 51 6 12 « 22' 6 22 Ynyslas 8 39^ R 3 29 6 27 S 27 Glandovey 8 45; 1 8 5 40 0 42 0 42 (Handovey Junction .| 8 50! 1 10 3 50 Machynlleth arr! 9 lj 1 25 0 5 6 45 fi 47 <lcp 9 t) I 30 ft 54 o 55 Moat Lane June., ar: [io 15 2 30 8 1 8 1 Llanidloes dep "TToj 9 50 2 0 3 35 7~35' T~20 1,01 wen A 0 551 2 5 3 40 7 40, 7 ■>(> Llandinam A ,10 2 2 12 3 47 7 4T 7 31 Moat Laae June., arr! 5 30 10 H)| 2 20 3 55 7 551 7 42 Moat Lane June., depj 5 40] 0 lyj 2 35 ^"20 ~8 4] a—4 Newtown 5 52 10 31! 2 4(1 4 45 8 15i si") Welshpool arr fl 3011 st 3 20 5 53 8 50 g 50 Jt'P 0 40 a 1 13; 3 30 6 45 9 0 q 10 #swpstry. arr, 7 28 11 55 4 24[ 7 30 9 45 9 45 <1<'P 7 35 12 0 4 30 7 35 Whitchurch arr 8 20.12 50 5 20. 8 22 Whitchurch dep 8 28' 1 1 K 12 g 47 Liverpool, Lime dtreetilO 30j 3 0 8 0 U 20 Manchester Lond. lid..10 0 3 15 7 55 10 30 Stafford ,10 45 2 15 7 15* London, Eu*t. *r. arr' 2 15 7 10 4 30 Welshpool (C.K arr! 6 30,11 8 ~3~2o: 85(i Tjn S. & W. dep fl 35 11 25 3 55! 8 55 « 5.5 Shrewsbury an-j 7_30 12J5 4 48 9 45 y ^5 Oswestry (O.W.) dep; "8 4s ;q 5,5 5 4y 9~y7:n~47 Liverp'i. Land. St. arrlll 8 3 0 8 20 11 10 3w40 Manchester, Lon. Rd.| 3 25 9 45 Shrewsbury (G.\V.;depj 7 40 1 8 5 5 Rirm'hani, Sn. bill, arrj 9 43 3 10 7 5; \'m London, Padd. 3t. 1 50 7 20 10 45 Shr'sb'r) L.jcX. >V .dej, '7 4.VI2 30 5 2oi .llPS 10 5 Stafford arr 8 58 1 33 6 20! .114 114 Wn'v^rhampton Q.S.J 9 55I 2 25 7 52i 2 0i 2 0 r.u ,t.iniham, Nrw-st ..10 35! 3 10 8 30 2 30 2 3 > LONDON, Kust«n St. 12 50 5 15; 9 4.5, 5 30j 3 3) A and for first and second-class passengers only. D-The GAil a m. train Avon Wen to Carnarvon, and the 7.f a.m. Carnarvon Is Avon Wen runs on Saturdays only. W-Via Woodside. Manchester and Milford Railway. UPTRAIXS. ;a. m.i 'p. m. |p. m. ABERYSTWYTH de]i' 8 45j 2 10 4 50 Llanrhystid Ro;:d 8 50i | 2 19 5 3j Llanilar 9 2 27 5 15 Trawscocd 9 15| 2 31 5 35 Strata-Florida i 9 43! | 3 5 6 301 .3 Treifaron 9 55] i 3 18 6 501 Pont-Llanio 10 3 3 2. 7 0 Llan-vbi 10al2 3A3U 7 10 DeiTV Ormond (Bfttws,, 10 18 3 41 7 15 Lampeter 10 28 3 5'J 7 30 Llanybyther 10 42 4 1 7 50 Pencader Junction .i 11 8 4 23 8 18 r, „. ( al'r^ •• 11 10 4 25 8 20 |flef) 11 30 4 40 8 50 Carmarthen arr 12 13j 5 311 9 50 Curin.[C.4 c.j arr, 12 24 5 57; rCarm. Juic dop, 12 34 6 27i ;■ Kerrysia-. £ I.Uinelly *rrj 1 2f5 7 lj 3 Swansea 2 15; 7 45) rt Neath .[ 2 25' 7 51 3 Cardiff 4 19j 9 3 'Z < Newport .I 4 50 9 27 2 -"ortskewet Ju»i,.j 5 IS It Bristol 7 40 Jhepstow 5 32 9 58 2 Gloucester .j 7 35 10 47 0 Cheltenham 0 20 11 40 IlQND. Padd. 10 3~) 4 33 "j The trains will stop at Llan^ybi only on llarketand Fair D t., nowx TRAINS. p. in. a. in. a. m. a. m. rLOND. Pa id. dep| 8 10 19 15 Cheltenham ..Jl2* 5 1 10 =' Gloucester 12 50 6 0 1 39 1 Chepstow 1 40 2 20 I H'istol 12 3" r ~2 Portskewet June. [ 51 Z j Newport 2 13 7 35 3 (/ 1 Cardiff 2 38 8 5 3 25 > Neath 3 55 9 47 4 49 Is Swansea 4 5 9 55 4 45 a Llauelly 4 44 10 41 5 23 £ Kerryside 3 (.'arm. Juru\ arr 6 10 11 30 5 59 vCarin. [0. & C.I Carmarthen dep a. in 0 0 2 15 0 45 ( arr fl 45 .3 5 7 I Pencader |Jrp ;3 !0 7 45j Penender Junction 7 18' 3 12 7 47; Llai.ybythcr 8 15; 3 35 8 25 Lampeter j d' ••• g I „ J ')erij Ormo.d (Iletlw.-j !> 3;' ,4 2 8 55) 'ont-Llanio 9 30; 4 14 9 12! 1'regarou 9 53; 4 23 U 20 'trata-Klorida 10 15; 4 38' 9 37 "rawscoed 18 40j 5 0 10 0 jlanilar 10 52 5 1010 10 Janrhvstid Koad 11 3 5 20 10 22 { VBLRYSTWYTH an ]U Ii 5 So 10 30 £ — < A-Tht trains will stop at Llaugybi only on market and hi. lays. t

LITERARY AND ART GOSSIP; (From the Atheneeum.) Th. monument to be erected in Georga'i-sqaare, jjlasgow, to the memory of Burni, will, we hear, be inauenrated early in the new year. It is rumoured that Mr. Gladstone will unveil the statue. Mr. Albert Grant writes to us to explain that he d xs not propose to practise as a barrister. The examination," he says. I palled was simply to enable me to obtain legal experience to render me eligible for Justiceship of the Peace." Mr. Swinburne's article upon Congreve, in the forth- coming volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica," will consist of a short biography and critical study of his oomedies as compared with tha other Restora- tion dramatists, and the quality of his wit, from the dramatic point of view. wpon which, since Macaulay's famous essays,the<» las been much diversity of opinion. We have to record the death, on the 9th ultimo, of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, wife of Mr.W. Walker, an able historical and portrait painter. Mrs. Walker was the langkter of S. W. Reynolds, the famous mpzzotint ongrayer and painter. She was, about thirty years ago, well known as a miniature painter. Her works were frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy. She was aconstomed to assist her husband in portraiture. She leaves five children, two of whom are connected with the practice of art, another is a photographer. Mr. George Smith has presented to the Print room, British Museum,a collection ofengravingfi anddrawings, gathered by his late brother,Mr.William Smith, consist- ing of portraits of ivell-known print collectorsand sellers. The whole is extremely interesting and important, and comprises 602 prints and ten drawings. Mr. Saville Lumley, English Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels, has given to the Print-room some fine etchings by Goya, of which the plates are or were lately in the donor's possession. These works were recently de- scribed in the Gazette des Beaux-Artt, XXV., p. 172. 1868. (From the Academy.) We understand that Mr. S. Lane Poole is engaged in writing a short memoir of his great nnclo, Mr. Lane the Arabic scholar. It will be prefixed to the sixth volume of Lane's ''Arabic Lexicon," and also be pub- lished separately in a modified form. An illustrated journal of politics, literature, and locifty will be published early in the coming year uiid-r the title May/air. The staff of the new journal has been formed from among gome of the best known writers on the London daily Press. The writer of the Parliamentary articles in the World, entitled "Under the Clock," has transferred his services to Mayfdr. Mr. Hertslet has ready for publication the third of his series of volumes on our treaty relations with farions.countries. The two first were devoted to Aus- tria and Turkey he now gives us an analysis of Italian treaties. A list is given of those with the ancient dominions of Sardinia, the Two Sicilies, Tuscany, and the Roman States, which have now all lapsed. The Changes 01 which all Italian States were merged into the Kingdom of Sardinia, which became ultimately the Kingdom of Italy, are also detailed. We have a special and very complete copyright convention with Italy, which dates from November, I860 and the chief other treaty which exists between Great Britain and that country is the general one of commerce and navigation, which was signed in August, 181;3. In this treaty is inserted the "m08t favoured nation clause," under which we claim many additional advantages accruing from conditions inserted in treaties of a later date between Italy and France, Austria and Switzerland. I Mr. Quaritch info ms us that the new edition of Kemble's History of the Saxons in England," revised by Mr. W. de Gray Birch, is now nearly ready for publication. This valuable work has long been out of print and scarce. Anothei book of historical impor- anoe from the same publisher is also nearly completed -a new edition of the late Mr. Hawkin's Silver Coins of England," which iii virtually a new work. as the numerous finds of ancient coins made in England during the past twenty years have been carefully Utilised, to the great improvement of the original treatise, and the correct,ion of its chronological tables. An important antiquarian work on the Crosses of Somersetshire will appear probably in the spring. Mr. Charles Pooley, of Weston-super-Mare, the author of a timilarworkon the Crosses of Gloucestershire, pub- lished a few years ago by Messrs. Longmans, has been engaged on his present task now for a long while. The volume, tha prtpara tion of which has already been very costly, will contain both fine litho- graphs and exquisite woodcuts of the Crosses to the illustration and chronicling of which the work ia devoted. The county of Somerset, we need hardly add, is richer than almost any other of the English counties in these interesting monuments, which Mr. Pooley has made a special subject of study.

A POLICEMAN SHOT BY A BURGLAR. Police-ssrgeant HarkdJ, :1,\ Y, ot the Somers- town division, ha1 been shot b) a burglar when he was attempt ing to capture him in Sf, Giles's burial- ground, Old St,. Paneras-rovid. London. It appears that about three o'clock io the m )rIling the sergeant i heard a noise at the Imck of the St. Pancras Vestry I Hall, and en going to the cause he found three men attempting to break into the hall. He attempted to capture them, and in doing so attacked them with his s'afT. He knocked t wo of them down. and the third laid if he rid not leave off he would shoot him. A scuffle ensued, and the thirl man shot the ser- geant in the knee, and he fell to the ground. While he was on the ground the sergeant was beaten ahnut the head and body until he became insensible. In- formation was given to the Semers town police station of the affray,and on the church yard being searched the sergeant was found on the ground in an insensible state. He was conveyed to the University College Hos pital, whete he now lies in a very precarious state. The ruffians made their escape.

n1 MR. MACGAHAN IN BULGARIA. Mr. J. A. MacGahan, Special Commissioner of the Daily Newt, has written to that paper from Constan- tinople to say that he has been pained to learn that some people have objected to his letters as Remational, and that others have reproached him with relating facts that were too shocking for the contemplation of civilised people. I have (he continued) always thought it the duty of everybody, and especially of every journalist, to de- nounce erime and iniquity wherever found, and to de fend and protect as far as possible the weak and the suffering. I was extremely astonished to be told that the exposure of the crimes committed here was as bad as the crimes themselves. This is a view of th- matter which I confess I had never taken. As to the people whose nerves were shocked by the mere recital of what ocourred here, I would beg them to remember that these Bulgarian aromen and children have nerves also that atrocities were committed upon them; and that the people who were responsible for them. whose business it was to prevent them and to punish the perpetratnJrs-the Turkish authorities— refused to act, and denied, as they still deny, that any atrocities were committed. There was absolutely nothing we could do but appeal to the great-hearted English nation to give the facts to the world in all their naked horror, so that the people of England might know the aots perpetrated, and take measures to put a stop to them. The appeal has not been in vain, for both moral and material aid has been given the Bulgarians.

LORD ST. LEONARDS' WEDDING. The marriage of Lord St. Leonards to Miss Marian Dashwood, only daughter of Lady William Graham, and stepdaughter of Lord William Graham, of 27, Cheeham street, Belgravia, has taken place at St. Paul's, Knightshridge. The Bishop of Hereford, assisted by the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell (the vicar of St. Paul's) and Archdeacon Brown (Wells), officiated. The bride wore a dress of white silk, trimmed with satin, and flounces of Brussels lace, a veil with garlands of orange blossoms, and pearl and diamond ornaments, the gift of her mother. She was given away by her brother, Mr. C. Dashwood, and was attended, by eight bridesmaids, viz., ths Hon. Misses Emma, Maud, Charlotte, Geraldine, and Fanny Sugden (sisters of the bridegroom), Miss Florence Cookson, and Miss Greene Wilkinson, who wore dresses of oz-.lpe de Japon, trimmed with ruby silk and blonde lace, and Gllinsborough hat. of beaver trimmed with lace. Each bridesmaid also were a locket of orystal and gold, the gift of the bride. Mr. Msudsley accompanied the bridegroom as best man. There were present to witness the eeremony Lord And Laoy William Graham, Lord and Lady Spencer C.'mrchill, Lord and Lady Northwick, Sir H. and Ladf Dashwood, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Judd, Mr. and Mre. James Cookson, Major Cookson, Mr. A. Cookson Hon. Miss Cochrane, Mr. F. Cookson, Mrs. Greene Wilkinson, Mr-. Whyte Melville, &o. After the ceremony, the bridal party partook of dejeAner at the h ,me of Lady Bateman, 36, Cumber- land-street. L 'rd and Lady St. Leonards intend to pass their honeymoon on the Continent.

A TRADE CUSTOM. Many curious privileges, says the Globe, are claimed by various tradH. but the oddest of all is a right just asserted by the building fraternity to take away any property found in an unoccupied house. This point was raised at Solihull Petty Sessions on behalf of three men who were charged with stealing fifty p uids weigllt, of potatoes. The prose- cutor, having taken a lease of an empty house, had placed the potatoes in a cellar on the premises, pending OOCII r" tion. There they were discovered by some of the workpeople employed to place the dwelling in proper repair, and the three prisoners- paperhangers—quietly walked off with the treasure trove. On being expostulated with by the prose- cutor, they defended the appropriation on the plea that it was the custom of the building trade to take away all they found in an unoccupied house." At the trial, substantial evi- dence was adduced proving the existence of the right-or rather, of a wide spread belief in its existence and the magistrates, therefore, considered that the imprisonment already suffered by the viotims of custom would meet the merits of the case. They added, however, a warning to the building trade. It was a mistake for workmen to suppose that because goods were left in the houses in which they worked they could take them away." We trust this caution will be taken to heart by all parties concerned. The rther view of workmen's rights was calculated to create considerable inoonvenience. If they might appropriate potatoes why not pianos or any other ackiole of furniture placed on the premises boforehand by an incoming tenant? Indeed, if "the custom "had reoeived legal sanction, it would have been mere mad- ness for a tenant to attempt furnishing until he had gone into residence. Even his bed and bedding might have been captured unless he had previously mounted guard in the empty chambers of his new dwelling.

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MR. GLADSTONE AND THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP. The following statement has appeared in the Daily New. :-The general principle which hu been fol- lowed ;n regard to this absence of leading statesmen from the oonferenoe, as from theprehminary work of erganilaiion hal one apparent and very conspicuous exception. Mr. Gladstone will attend the deliberatious at St. James's Hall on Friday, and will lake what, from his eminence and authority, it is almost super- flu 011 II to describe as the most prominent and influential part in them. Mr. Gladstone doeB øo, however, not as a party leader, nor even as the mem- ber of a party. It has of late been the habit of un- scrupulous assailants, not without countenance frum some injudicious friends, to speak as if ^Ir. Gladstone's retirement from the leadership of the Liberal party was only temporary, and to picturc hIm a., after an interval of rest. desirous or willing, or at least not insmperably reluctant, to oome back. The grave words in which Mr. Gladstone resigned the funotions now ably discharged by Lord Granville and Lord Hartington were not as lightly uttered by him 1\8 they hue been received by some, both among his friends and foes. TheyexprelllQd "determination arrived Rot after long and serious deliberation, based upon deep-seated and permanent influential motives, and therefore not to be set aside by any change of personal inclinations, or by the acoidente of politics. Mr. Gladstone has, we have reason to believe, more than once and quite recently renewed the expression of kis original pur- pose. He has declined to take aetion, or even to appear publicly, on occasions which might lead to a misunderstanding of the course he has taken. The plan of life on which he determined when he took farewell of his followers nearly two years ago in his letter to Lord Granville remains unchanged. He has felt it his duty to take no Step which should bear the appearanoe of putting himself forward in a posi- tion which he has deliberately quitted, and so increasing the difficulties of those en whom, by his action and in part by his nuggestion, an arduous and difficult post has been conferred. This ii, we believe, the substance and meaning, if these are not the precise words, with which Mr. Gladstone has replied to and declined solicitations and marks of honour bearing a party charaoter. But, as we ven- tured to say when Mr. Gladstone's retirement was first announoed, the lots is not all loss. If his action is restrained in some directions by the position which he has assumed, and by the relations in which it plaoes him to hit successors and to their political followers, it is enlarged in others. The loss to party interests is a gain to interests far larger and deeper and more permanent than those of party. Mr. Glad- stone has been enabled to speak for and to the nation as a whole, to rouse its sympathies, and to guide its action, in a manner which woald have been impossible if he were still the recognised leader of the Opposi- tion, and the destined head of the next Liberal Government. It is as am Englishman, and the most illustrious of living Englishmen jwho can still actively serve the State, and not as a party man or as a party leader, that Mr. Gladstone has taken the liae he has adopted in the great controversy whieh now engages Europe and it is in this character that he will attend the National Conference, which could scarcely be consideied oomplete without him.

MR. BRIGHT ON RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Mr. Bright and his colleagues, Messrs. Munti and Chamberlain, have spoken at a meeting held at the Birmingham Town Hall to consider the policy of the Government in reference to the Eastern Question." Mr. Bright inquired why war was now ;oonsidelld im- minent, although every Government in Europe was in favour of peace. The reason was, because England was determined to keep Russian ships of war out of the Mediterranean. But why should there be any danger to English interests in the presence of a Rus- sian navy in that sea ? Would the sky fall or would the British flag be lowered and dishonoured for ever if halfa-dozen, or ten, or two or three, as the case might be, Russian ships of war were permitted freely to navigate these Straits—not straits made by Turkey or made by England, but made by Nature, and in- tended, of course, to be a passage open to all the world between these two great seas—the Mediterranean and the Black Sea ?" Newspaper writers tell us that our route to India is greatly concerned in this matter. But our principal route to India was now through Egypt; and there was one way of securing our route to India —the way that M. Lesseps had offered to Europe many years ago—that the Canal should be in the pos- session of the leading Powers of Europe, and should by them by solemn treaty be kept in first-rate order and always open to the ships of all nations who should choose to pass through it. Instead of England buying the Canal with the idea of its being a route over which we had some speoial right, let all the nations of Europe have their interest in it. Mr. Bright con- tended that it was perfectly just that Russia should wish to obtain her natural right of passage through the Dardanelles. She was excluded by frost from pass- ing from the Baltic during half the year, and through- out the whole year from passing the Dardanelles, because Turkey held the keys for England. If Eng land were in snch a position the unanimous voice of the nation would claim the right for her vessels to enter the Mediterranean and though he, for one, should be much in favour of negotiation, he was afraid that not a small minority, perhaps a large majority, of his oountrvmen would be determined to enforce that claim by such means as first came to their hands. The Eastern Question, as it is called, was, Mr. Bright declared,not worth one single farthing to us,more than that we would be glad to see freedom everywhere and peace everywhere, It was of no consequence whatever to us as a great political question, except as it affects the admission of Russian ships of war through the Black Sea into the Mediterranean. It was not the possession of Constantinople. The possession of Constantinople would be a weakness to Russia. It is supposed that we have an interest in the exclusion of Russian ships of war from the Mediterranean, and that is the pith and kernel of the whole thing, and the soul of the dispute which is constantly disturbing the peace of this country. But Russia was constantly ad- vancing in the scale of civilisation, and, Mr. Bright said, the time will come when, it may be ten years hence, or it may be twenty years hence, you m&y have a war now and a war then, but it is written in the book of fate, and no man can reverse it, that these Straits will ultimately and remotely be open to all nations of the world." The right hon. gentleman urged that Great Britain should join Russia in urging reforms on Turkey, and if she could not do that, let her stand aside. Referring to the Conference, Mr. Bright said that Lord Salisbury's home policy had been marked by a hearty unwisdom that was unfortunate and mischievous,' but in his conduct as Minister for India he had shewn a great liberality and a great dispo- sition to do that which he believed to be just. I can only hope (Mr. Bright said) that he leaves his unwisdom for home consumption, and that when he arrives in Constantinople his liberality, his justice, and his strong intellect will have fair play. If he will rist upon his own strong sense, he may do great good; if he acts as the subservient representative of his chief, judging his chief by his own language, then I think he may do us a very serious ill." If this speech, says the Standard, is intended to be an argument to reconcile the British publio to the threatened Russian aggression, it must fail of that mark by its sheer extravagance and auda- city. Perhaps the most curious paosag* in it, as illustrative of tho ease with which Mr. Bright aban- dons his own principles when engaged in making war upon the Government which is opposed to him, is the reference to those heroic Kings who once spent English blood and money in attempting to rescue the Holy Cities from the Moslem. Are we, then, degene- rate in Mr.Br,ght II eyes because we do not emulate the deeds of the Crusaders, and is Richard, the Angevin Count, Mr. Bright's model of a true English King ? The reference to England's naval supremacy as a reason why she should not fear tc admit a free passage to the Russian war ships through the Dardanelles ind the Bosphorus is not less extraordinary in a man who has done his best to preach not only our army but our navy down, and in whose eyes all expenditure on military purposes is a nin. No one doubts that our English navy is sufficient to enable us to defy any possible danger from Russia or other maritime enemies But the fact, for which we are not in the least in- debted to Mr. Bright, has nothing whatever to do with the present questioa. The nation which is strongest at sea has of course the least reason to fear a free passage to ships of war from the Mediterranean to !he Black Sea. But what is the point of Mr. Bright's argument? Does he require us always to keep up an overwhelming navy in order that we may foil the de- signs of our enemies in distant seas ? Not even Prince Gortschakoff has said anything about the question of the free passage of the Dardanelles, and in referring to it Mr. Blight only proves how much more Russian he is than the professed advocates of Russia. The argument drawn from the supposed in- difference of other nations to tke designs of Russia must be proncunoed equally unhappy. The nations of Europe, Air. Bright declares, are actuated by the most friendly feelings towards England. No one of them wants to quarrel with her, nor do any of them care to support Turkey. T1 at other nations should care less about Turkey than we do might be sufficiently explained by the fact that no other nation has the same material intorest in the fate of Turkey that England has. No ú.A1er nation but England and Russia has Mahometan subjects. No other nation has an empire extending over the worn, to be kept together not only by bonds of race, but by opinion, and that which is at the basis of opinion, namely, that result of force which we call power.

In charging the grand jury at the Cheshire and North Wales Winter Assizes at Chester, Mr. Justice Mellor referred at length to the increasing vice of drunkenness and its share in causing crime and in- sanity. It is stated that in future a certain number of lieutenants on appointment to ships carrying torpedoes will be required to go through a course of training on board the torpedo school ship Vernon. Already ar- rangements have been made for officers wno will join the Thunderer and Alexandra to go through this pre- liminary course. The engineers of these ships will also be required to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the working of the hydraulic engine used in launching torpedoes, and one will be specially selected for torpedo duty. A Sail Antonio (Texas) liewspayer sayfc:—"A gentle- mall who came several thousand miles to view the country with the purpose of purchasing land, got a :¡\Jge-size,1 red ant on him a few days ago, and stran- ger as he was, lie .tore about and used as appropriate language as if he had lived here all hij) life and moved in the best sooiety." The great Fnrcrfx ttnt ),as attended the introduction o Reckitt's Paris Ri. in Sqcares Las induced feme dishorn st tradesmen, 101' the si'l;e of xtm profit, to substitute inferinf 1-ilue ill tlie fame tv.vn). As tlie Tarn Blue in Squaresisoi.lv seiiuine when pat lied in pink wrappers hearing 1. Reekie & ^on^' name and trade mark, refuse al1 Hive which is not so wrapped. THE VEUY PF.S I is Taylor's Patent SEWN p: Machine with the new Improvements, wliich render it superior to all dhers for Dressmaking and Pamit.y use. It is simple to learn, easy te ivork, quiet ill action, not. lial,1e '0 set out of order. Can be had ,n easy terms of j iirehase nt a rn derate price. Intending piircha-. i s. mi dile I" oli'ain Taylor' Patent Sewing Machines from local Dealer* are re>peotl'i;liy requested tosrrid fur a jirospectu-'o i7, Oil. upside. London, H C. Great Diiiliel.-i, Yorkshire; or the branch e-tahli.«hments 22, Silver Street, Hull, andlS-, Kirkpte, Wakefield.

ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure all discharges from the Urin- ary Organs, in cither sex, acqaired or constitutional, Gravel, ani( Pains in the Back. Sold in Boxes, 4s. 6d each, by all Chemists a.fld Patent Medicine Vendors or sens to anv fyMws «o»r (it) st.-ta»p.4 by the Maker, F. J. CLABKie, Consnltinj Chemist, High Street, Lincoln. Wholesale Agents. BARCLAY & SuNS, London. And all the Wholesale Houses. CARDIGAN BRICK, TILE,. AND POTTEftY WORKS. BRICKS. Largo quantities of common solid, perforated ornamental, pressed, and every description of Brick lj of every shape and size made for all classes of work. 2in»:h, 25s.; 2^ inch, 32s. 3 inch, 10s. ) 4 nch,60s. 5 inch, 70s.; G inch, 80s.; ) per 1000 Socket Pipes, 4 inch 6d.; 9 iuch Socket, Is. each. TILES! TILE3!! Plain roofing, 12 by 8 48. 6d. per 100. 9 to a yard. Treble, vcry superior 13s. per 100. „ Ridge Tiles, feather edge, 3d. each. Ridge Tiles, glazed, 4:1. t a.'h. N.B.—Chimney Pots. Flower Pots, Pans, and Ear. thenware goods of n.U kinds now on hand. Price list sent on application. THOUSANDS of people who have been nfflicie-1 wiili weak watery, dimness, sores, specks, kells, cataracts, inflamed, and many other di>eases of the eye, have heen cured by simply iroppingone spot of I'Me's Patent American Eye Liquid in tile Kye at bedtimi' it is children and adul's Sold retail by every chemist, l's. ljd. 2s. 9d, 4<. 6d, and lis. per sot.tle; considerable ►nvintj efieded by bavins tlie larce-. lottles. olesale Houses—Millard, Si;t on, arel iy, San^e Sewbury, See., L(;nil,;ii bwins 3c >on, nod Ttiouijison &i 'Jo* H r,iverpooJ or from the Proprietors, K-le & Co.. Ri-miii' ham ? Where thedis. ase ot he eye is constitutional and the rv"e )„), ire affected, t¡;ke one or iwo f Edc's celebrated htnod pf .rifyi„„ )ills occasionally. Ask our acent.n f r a copy of testimon oils anil dease send one when cured to me proprietor*. WINE LISTS. ABERYSTWYTH OBSERVER Office. jpRUCK LABELS AND CARDS^ J ? ———— ( ABMTSTWYTH OJSERYEE Orricn. II SPECIAL NOTICE. JOHiV 11ICHA ttl_)S & Ct)., TAILORS, DRAPERS, AND GENERAL OUT-FITTERS, 10, MARKET STREET, ABERYSTWYTH, DKG to inform the Public at large that tfeej have a LARGE ASSORTMENT of MEN'S AND BOYR' STTIT-, OF THEIR OWN MAKE, KEPT IN STOCK. ALSO, THE NEWEST PATTERNS IN REAL SCOTCH TWEEDS, DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURERS. N.B. ORDINARY SUITS FROM 42s., BOYS' SUITS FROM 7s. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES, FROM WHICH NO ABATEMENT WILL BE MADE. All Orders Promptly Executed in good Style and Workmanship on the shortest notice ANT ARTICLE NOT APPROVED OF MAY BE EXCHANGED. REFRESHMENT ROOMS, ABERYSTWYTH. WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIES, BAKER & CONFECTIONER, 26, PIER-STREET, ABERYSTWYTH, BEGS most reapeetfttlly to inform the nobility and clergy of Aberystwyth and vicinity, his friends and JL) the puljlie generally, that he has JiOW takem the business of the late Mr. Henry Poole, and hopes by strict attention tabtstaese, combined with moderate charges to merit a share of their kind patronage and support. INviv% Ck*sw, hialy ornamented; rich pound, Madeira. and other cakes at is. per lb., always on h,tnd, and goati cttesrtwmM.toSd.; wine and other Bisouits, home madø; Pe^k, FreaB an(I Co'n a, d Hantley and Falmrr's, Ac., ditto; Britisk and Foreign Wimes Home-made Sausages aJid Pork Pies made daily. W. 11. B., sole ptttewtet of tke oel«brn.t#d Self-raising Flour, for pies, puddings, picletts, &c., with or withomt egors, and Breast witkout yeast, at 2Ad. per 111.. stroikgly recommended to families, and only requires a. trial to be approved. Good household bread at 8d. the 41b loaf. W- Licensed Dealer in Game. MESSRS. yiVIAN & SONS, COPPER, SMELTERS, and MANUFACTURERS of COPPER and YELLOW METAL SHEAHTING, BOLTS, ZINC, SPELTER, &c., HAVE APPOINTED M R' T H 0 M A S IT U G H JONES, 5, GREAT DARKGATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH, ^•s their AGENT FOR THIS DISTRICT, in the place of the late Captain Richd. Delahoyde USE THE CRYSTAL PERISCOPIC SPECTACLES, WHICH NEVER TIRE THE EYE. t." V" Spectacles to suit all bights from Is. per pair, Efelci by ROBERT DOUGHTON, 4, BRIDGE STREET, (Six doors from the Town Clock,) GLASS, AND CHINA WAREHOUSE, AND FURNISHING IRONMONGER, JF" X-I-A. 1ST 1ST EJXjI i71 Hi 1ST INT E IE711_. IsT 1ST ELM JOHN EDWARDS AND Co., W I] L S 11 FLANNEL DEPOT, TEUKACE ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH, Manufacturers of Real Welsh Flannels, Woollen Dresses, Cloth Shawls, Yarn, and Stockings. N.B.—TABLE COVEHS AND HOME-MADE BLANKETS. MILLS AT LLANIDLOES. Agents for L. ELLIS & CO., DYERS, BLEACHERS, AND MUSLIN CURTAIN FINISHERS, BIRKENHEAD. 41 STARTLING NEWS! GREAT CONCESSION! "If' ^s* Sewing Machine for £ 2 15s. Od. Warranted good. To be had only at EYAN MORGAN, Draper, Agent for all the best iMakers in Machines. 21- GREAT DARKGATfi-STREET. ABERYSTWYTH. MACHINES ON 1IIHE. J. E. JONES, ml FASHIONABLE BOOT AND SHOE MAKER 54, K0RTH PARADE. ABERYSTWYTH, IV1 AKEK of thc Celebrated TOURIST and PORPOISE HIDE r// /X-.A 1>JL SHOOTING BOOT. Every description of goods made V A to order on the premises, of the best nuterial and guarantee^ workmanship. A varied stock of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's Boots and Shoes for summer wear on hand. Repairs 5.' ■; of every description executed on the shortest notiec. '• D. P. & W. RICHARDS, GROCERS AND FLOUR MERCHANTS, 3U, LlTTTE DAKIvGATE STREET, ABEliYS 1'VVYT1I, U EG to call attention to their large stock of good Black TEAS, from Us. OJ. to 3s. per pound U VVILTSIIIkE SMOKED BACON patent wild cured BACON and HAMS; Gloucester and other CHEESE. FUESH BUTTER AND EGGS DAILY. F C) i U li, E A, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, WHITE HORSE STORES. Terrace Read (corner of Portland Street), Aberystwyth. ( UlNNESS'S 6tout, in Butties, 4s. Od. per doz. Ailsopp's i'ale Ales- iti Butties, 4s. (jd. per doz; Ijf VVorthui^toa's Pal8 Ale, m 'J and IS gallon Casks; MarteH's Brandy, 4s. 6d. per botlle j lien lessy's Old Pule Brandy, 4s. 6d. per buttle. PORTS AN SHERRIES FROM TWO SHILLINGS P.E.R BOTTLE. MOET AND CHANDON'S CHAMPAGNE. VvINES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. GENT FOR THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' TEA ASSOCIATION. 3 L 1 S S A K R A T E I) W A T E li S. PURE II E it E F O U D S II I U E C I b E li S. ALLSUPP AND SONS, BURTON-ON-TRENT. DFFICK, Alfred House, Upper Portland Street, Aberystwyth., STORES, Railway Station. GEOiiGE CARES WELL, AGENT, RELIANCE. HOUSE. GREAT DARKGATE-STREET (OPPOSITE ;uE JMEAT MARKET) ANi> Ac. 1, PUO.ULNADE PlEJi. WILLI 1i. 1\1 P ROBIN, WORKING LAPIDARY, JEWELLER, AND SILVERSMITH, BEGS to inform the Gentry, Inhabitants, and Visitors of Aberystwyth that he has now on hand a weil- selected Stock oi Diamond Rings, Wedding Rn.gs, Signet Rings, and Gctn Rings. Bright aud coloured Gold Jewellery, in all its branches, made upon the prcmiges. Lvery articlo warranted. Also a. laro-e Slock of Whitby Jet and Bog Oak Ornaments. Old Gold and Silver Purchased. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Now and fcecond-hand Place. ABERYSTWYTH. THE QUEEN'S II OTE L, Facing and within 50 yards of the sea. BOAED, RESIDENCE AND ATTENDANCE, Three and a half guineas per week TARIFF ON APPLICATION. 1 H. i PALMER, PROPRIETOR. And Hoop Motel, Cambridge.) PRYSE PHILLIPS, GROCER AND PROVISION MERCHANT, 13, LITTLE DARKGATE STREET, ABERYSTWYTH, Bel's to vnform the Inhabitants and Visitors of Aberystwyth that he has a const ant :uppli of the Finest Home Cured Bacon and Hams. Also Single and Double Glouccst er, ^hedt'ar, anc 1 American Cheese of the Finest quality. Wiltshire Smoked Bacon an'4 lams. Finef-ouvoured Victoria Tea, 3s. 6d. per lb. Agent for Cope's Fancy Tobacco. I -+.- THE IMPROVEMENT OF LANDED ESTATES BY DRAINAGE. INCLOSING, CLEARING, &c. THE LAND LOAN ANTQ N1 Vf) I[:-4R TST COMPANY (INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL AC' OF FAKLt VMHINT), ADVANC/S MONEY. I st-'Po the OWN MRS of SETTLED nd Or;i'i MS i'A for the oc .ioti of I'WR. i, i f, D I ill CO !'T A •; ,n.1 ■. ;■ "j j •' N* ■! i •. N I" an Vr N.iuAw LMPivJ -A ,i) :.cc J- .o J:iio I :C .t.^ 1 .-ni. ^t)d—• =» it.e )wno.< ,'f '■ r ■j J "'T.V !] i;s E N G; i:AN D, fj:: ..ho -c trior c.)tay;>ii).j ui "d.N- SIONS, S i'AiJLy 'ii-l O'J J LJ I ,;)[N ? • 3rd—L'o ii-rt g^uer.tdy, to -n ib j/.i -tn it, su'^scrdje fo' irc.i in Com sanies tor t':e CONSi'R UC- TIO>r of tV VY-i I ;JANALS w'¡i:IJ will b-sneficialiy affect their Estates. 4th—To INOUMBiON i'S for the iraprovota.-u! of their GLiilBii L¡\.ND3 by DRAINAGE, and the erecliou of FARM BUILDINGS and COTi'ACES. 5th-To COPYH• >LDIV.S, for the ENFRANCHISEMENT of COPYHOLD LANDS. The amount borrowed with the rxoonsos would be charged on the estate benefited, and repaid by a rent- chargo lorminatin-jr in TWENTY-Fl VE YEARS. NO INVESTIGATION OF THE LANDOWNEW., TITLE IS NECESSARY. yorms ol application an I all further particulars may bo obtained of Messrs. RAWr.RN'OE and SQUAIIEY, 22, Great George- Ureet, \V est.miuster, S.W., and Salisbury; of Messrs..Vsrtun ;r, MOIIBIS, & Co., G, Old Jewry, London, E.C. of Messrs. GrLLESPia and PATERSO^, W.S., 81-A, George-street, Edinburgh, Agents for the Company in Scotland and at the Oifi.tes of the C'omp iny, as below. Land Lorn and Entran dii^uent Coaimny, T. PUN, Managing Director. 22, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. EDWIN GARROD, Secretary. NOTICE. D. BISHOP, 38, PIER-STREET, ABERYSTWYTH (OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK), Begs to announce that in consequence of the Fire at his Premises on the 15th inst, he is compelled to suspend the retail business for a few days. All orders executed as usual. D. Bishop desires sincerely to thank all those friends who assisted in putting out the fire. ESTABLISHED 1826. THOMAS WHITE, (Son and successor to the late Elizabeth White,) MANUFACTURING LAPIDARY AND JEWELLER, EGYPTIAN HOUSE, TERRACE ROAD, AND YORK HOUSE, MARINE TERRACE, ABERYSTWYTH. A bplendid collection of Jewellery of the newest designs, comprising Necklets, Brooches, Ear Rings, &c., always in Stock. GEMS AND OTHER RINGS. OLD CHINA IN GREAT VARIETY. ANYTHING NOT IN STOCK MADE TO ORDER. DEALER IN SILVER AND ELECTRO PLATE. N.B.—No connection with any other firm in the town the same name. In conscqr.erice of shit nous t;;u/n/;o::s of LL/i AND PE RR INS' SAULE. -x; which arc calcula/ed to dcccive the Public, Lea and Pcrrih s Izave adapted .1 NEW LABEL, bearing their S/gnat;■, I thus, (( .J1 TV huh ts placed on. every bottle of \]'ORC ESTERS HI S/ SA UCE, and without ivh'ich none is gemt:;n\ j e H'oncr'tr £ >w;" .?.■</ •

GOSSIP FROM THE WHITEHALL REVIEW." After the Marquis of Salisbury's interview with Prince Bismarck last week,the German Chancellor was seen to smile significantly. Upon his being asked what he thought of the English Special Commissioners he remarked If Russia thinks she has got an advocate for the Greek Christians in his lordship she will find herself mistaken. I have known a good many diplomatists, but nev*r one who is so uncompiomising. It does not concern us Germans, but I am quite sure the Czar will get little out of that noble Englishman." I hear that there is considerable difference of opinion in what may be called high quarters as to where the Duchess of Edinburgh ought to reside in the event of a war with Russia, or even of an occupation by Eng- land of Constantinople Her Imperial Highness in- clines strongly to return to her family, at any rate until all the war troubles are over. But the Duke of Edinburgh and his Royal mother think that her proper place would be with her husband. The daughter of the Czar has a will of her own, and is not at all likely to give in, more particularly as she is strongly backed up in all she does by her own family. The probable re- sult of the affair will be that if there is a shot fired in earnest the Duke will be obliged for family reasons to resign his command. I am afraid we can hardly say of London—as Mi. Squeers said of Dotheboys Hall—that it is "the right shop foi morals."Paperil have been filed and writ, have been served during the past week in a divorce case which will create no small scandal. The peti- tioner is a well-known earl,the co-respondent a wealthy commoner, nearer sixty than fifty, a married man, with a son in the army, a married daughter, and two grandchildren. The matter to which I referred last week of a war- rant having been taken eut against the eldest som of a wellknown peer on a oriminal charge has been (for- give me the vulgar word) squared." The young man had no more been guilty of what was laid to his charge than I of burning haystacks. But now that imprisonment for debt is done away with the sixty per cent, fraternity net uncommonly put on what they call the criminal screw in order to frighten friends and rdfttimu tato paying pp. ]