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TIPYN 0 BOB PETH. The Bishop of Chester is at Harrogate. The British Architect contains page of sketches of architec- tural details at Valle Cruris Abbey, by Mr. P^soJV • The sixth annual show of the Upton and New-town Horti- cultural Society was held on Thursday, August 23, at Upton ^The surplus of the Pwllheli Eisteddfod, amounting to. £ 46 2s Id., has been paid over to the fund of the Univeisity College of WA new masonic lodge, to be called the Corbet Lodge, will be consecrated ¡Lt Towyn on the 6th of September by Bro. Sir Watkin Wvnn, R.W.P.G.M. Bro. W. H. Spaull, P.G.S., of Oswestry, will be the consecrating officer.. On Wednesday, August 22, Colonel Cooper, inspecting officer of the reserve forces m North Wales, held his triennial inspec- tion of the Denbigh Rifle Volunteers, under the command of Captain R. L. Williams. The movements were very well gone thA Colorado beetle has been discovered at Brecon, by Mr. Wil- liims acornfactor. On opening a bag of maize in a consignment iust received the insect was found still alive. It has been sub- jected to microscopic examination, and there is said to be no doubt as to its identity. At the monthly meeting of the Swinton and Pendlebury Local Board the Chairman described a visit which he and others had mid some time ago to Col. Jones's sewage farm at Wrexham, and said it was kept in a most efficient manner. A resolution was passed authorizing the Surveyor to visit the farm, to see the principle on which it was worked. At the last Rhyl county court an action was brought by Mr. E Jones, Pwllcorsog Farm, Rhyl, against the London and North Western Railway Company to recover £20, the value of a bull which strayed on the railway uear Rhyl, and was killed by a train on the 21st of May last. It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that the railway fence was insecure and in a bad state. The case was adjourned. On Monday and Tuesday, August 20 and 21, the annual wakes of the Malpas District Friendly Societies and the soiree in con- nection with the local library and reading-room were held. On Tuesday and Wednesday a cricket match was played between the Imperial Clown Cricketers from London and fourteen mem- bers of the Malpas Cricket Club, and was won by the home team. On each evening the "clowns" gave entertainments in the Infant School-room. There were about 3,000 visitors to the WThe report which we referred to last week of the capsizing of a local yacht off the Isle of Alan, and the drowning of the captain turns out to have been a cruel hoax. It is said that the originator of the report is well known, and that he has narrowly escaped the personal chastisement he so well deserves. On Tuesday evening, August 21, Colonel Cox, C.E., held an enquiry concerning the application made by the Rhyl Com- missioners for £16,640 for drainage works. The details of the drainage scheme were explained by Messrs. Bell and Hughes, the engineers. Colonel Cox saId It mIght be necessary for the Commissioners to proceed under the Public Health Act, and govern the town generally under it, instead of under their own |>cal Act. On Wednesday, August 22, at Denbigh Magistrates' Court, J. Jones, gardener at Llewesog, was 'charged with assaulting Richar Walters, a gamekeeper on Parc Postyn estate, Denbigh. Complainant said that he met defendant on Saturday night trespassing, and, on remonstrating with him, he pulled out of his pocket a clasp-knife, and rushingmadly at complainant swore he would kill him. The magistrates considered that defendant was a most violent fellow, and they fined him £5, and ordered him also to be bound over to keep the peace for twelve months in the sum of £20, and two sureties in £10 each. At Chester, on Wednesday, August 22. a woman named Mary Barlow, living in a low neighbourhood known as Greenway- street, Handbridge, was charged with assaulting a woman named Mercy Gibson, living in the same street, who did not appear when called, and who, the chief constable said, declined to pro- secute on the ground that she was as bad a.s fee prisoner. The chief constable paid the woman Gibson was breaking the prisoner's windows, and Barlow took up a pail and threw it at Gibson, the blow knocking part of her nose off. The case was adjourned to compel the attendance of Gibson Archdeacon Morgan, vicar of Rhyl, having from the pulpit severely denounced the dancing on the pier and skating at the Winter'Gardens, and stated that he knew cases of ruin to two young women as the result, two clergymen, the Rev. Dr. Butterton and Rev. C. Whitaker, have publicly repudiated these assertions saying that as managers the imputations cast on them are most painful, for they have, with their colleagues, kept the rink and gardens free from everything evil, a.nd are assisting religion and morality by providing innocent amusements. Strange to say, Archdeacon Morgan is a. director of the pier company. At a meeting of the Corwen Assessment Committee on Friday, Angust 17, several important objections were heard ag:.tinst th ratable value of different property in the union. Amongst others Mr. Smith from London appeared to object the value put on the Great Western Railway, in the panshes of Llangollen, Corwen, Llangar, and Llandrillo, on the ground that their property is assessed at a higher amount than the net annual value thereof. After considerable discussion it was resolved to adjourn the matter until Friday, August the 31st, when the advisability of employing a professional valuer to re-value the Great Western property in the union will be considered. The systematic awl harbarous cruelty ",ith which so many "working men" continue to treat their wives in this "happy England" of ours furnishes a striking commentary upon the so- called Christian civilization of the nineteenth century. Last week, a woman named Catherine Jones, the mother of fourteen children, and respectably connected, was charged before the Denbigh Magistrates last week with attempting to hang herself. The police stated that her husband was a great drunkard and was guilty of a most shameful and constant brutahty towards her The wretched vonian was released on a neighbour's pro- mising to look after her, and the Magistrates instructed the police to apprehend the husband if he renewed his ill-usages. At the Broughton (Flint) petty sessions on Thursday, August 23, Henry Thompson, a member of the 1st Flintshire (Buckley) Volunteer Engineers, was charged by another member of the corps, named Thomas Kelly, with maliciously wounding him. It appeared that on the 2nd of July the annual review of the corps took place at Buckley, and after the usual movements had been gone through, there was a sham fight between two divisions of the corps. The parties in the case were one in each body. The prosecutor's division manoeuvred to take that in which was the prisoner. When the prosecutor came up to about ten yards of the enemy's rank the prisoner called out, This is the I will blow his face off." He raised his gun and fired the contents, a blank cartridge, into prosecutor's face, injuring his right eye so much that he will never recover the sight of it. The pain was so great that prosecutor became in- sensible, and was carried off the field.—The prisoner, who said he had no intention of injurin the prosecutor, was committed to the quarter sessions for trial. The Toxteth Guardians have had another discussion with respect to the religion of the lad M'Court, who, though entered on the workhouse books as a Roman Catholic, had been appren- ticed to a Protestant baker at Wrexham, who could not con- scientiously compel the boy to attend a Roman Catholic place of worship, though he had arranged to do so under the indentures. Mr. Jones probably did not anticipate meeting with the diffi- culty of the boy's own antipathy to Roman Catholicism. When the subject was last discussed by the Guardians it was ad- journed to ascertain what religion the lad really was, and on Thursday, August 23, it was stated that the grandfather declared that the boy had always been brought up a Roman Catholic. Mr. Curry moved that the Clerk be instructed to take proceedings against fr. Jones for the enforcement of the covenant, hnt this was negatived. Mr. Ashby suggested that some Catholics who had interfered in the matter might find the lad a situation where the like difficulty would not crop up. On Fridav, the North Walea Dog and Poultry Show opened at Rhyl, under the patronage of Mr. T. Mainwaring, formerly M.P. for Denbighshire, and other gentlemen. The undertaking was got up chiefly through the energy of Mr. J. Rimmer, of St. Asaph, a gentleman taking great interest in poultry. The ex- hibition was open to all England, the prizes offered being about £100 in money and a number of valuable silver cups. There were twenty-three classes of poultry in which were about 110 entries. The poultry was all most choice and good, and far above the average quality usually shown at these district shows. There was not so large a show of dogs, there being only about sixty entries; but amongst them some very excellent animals were exhibited. The exhibitors came from all parts of Eng- land, se.eral lots of poultry and some dos having been shown successfully at the largest English shows. The Countess of Dartmouth, PatshuI1 Park, Wolverhampton, was successful in winning four first prizes and three silver cups for poultry, her estimated value of several couples of birds shown being £100 each The list of exhibits included some splendid hounds be- longing to the Vale of Clwyd harriers, sent by the master, Major Birch, but not for competition. On Thursday. August 23, a public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Ruthin upon a requisition received by him, was held to consider the resolution passed at a special meeting of the Town Council held in December, that the construction of the Ruthin and Cerrigydrudion Railway would have a most beneficial effect upon the trade of Ruthin," and adopting such steps as may be thought best for carrying into effect that resolution and for promoting the undertaking. Mr. Llewellyn Adams, the solicitor for the company, explained the present position of affairs in regard to the proposed Ruthin and Cerrigy- drudion Railway. The scheme had now been before the public for nearly two years, and it would either have to he carried out or abandoned, as they were losing the interest of the £:3,000 which had been deposited. It seemed to him that this railway was just about the only chance of resuscitating the trade of the town, and it was for the townspeople to take it up with spirit, if they thought it worth their while. What was wanted was that at least 400 shares at .£10 each should he taken up within the borough of Ruthin of that number 114 had already been tnken. After some discussion it was resolved to call another meeting, at which a committee should be formed to canvass the town. On Thursday, August 23, Miss Rose Cunliffe, youngest sister of Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, Bart., was married in Wrexham Parish Church to the Rev. Reginald Edwards, vicar of Speen, Berks. There had been no wedding from Acton since 1800, when Sir Richard Brooke married Lady Brooke, of Norton Prior)-, Cheshire. The wedding of Thursday was, therefore, a memora- ble one A beautiful floral arch, with suitable inscriptions and decorations, Gothic design, was erected within the lodge gates. which were decorated with flags, as were also the streets of the town leading to the church. The marriage service was per- formed by the Rev. H. Cunliffe, vicar of Shifnal, Salop, assisted by the Rev. David Howell, vicar of Wrexham. The bride, who .J1.S given away by her brother, Sir R. A. Cunliffe, was attired in a rich white corded silk, trimmed with Irish point, and com- pletely surrounded with real orange blossoms and miniature oranges, tulle veil and rich gold ornaments. The bridesmaids, who wore pale blue cashmere dresses, trimmed with pink, white chip hats and pink flowers, were the Misses Gwendoline and Maude Vidal, and the Rev. H. Marcon was best man." After the wedding breakfast the newly-married pair left Acton Park for Reading, en route for the Continent. Considerable anxiety has been caused at Connah's Quay by the wreck of [l. V'onfr> supposed to belong to that place, having been seen off Hoiynead. it appears that on Sunday, August 19, two schooners nainea tne Mabel Harries, Captain Edward Latham, and the Job, C.'iptam Mmund Godfrey, both of Connah's Q.iav, left Dundalk for lXiuaon, in Cumberland. They accompanied one another during Sunday and Monday till the afternoon, •when the weather becoming rough and foggy, they separated, the ]\fabel Harries P^echng-the^ Job In the evening the Job narrowly escaped bem-, run down by a large sailing vessel, which was proceeding at »swi:ft rate down the channel. Half- an-liour afterwards, the Job voices, bore out of her track fearing a collision, the tog MvinK become by this time so dense as to prevent any objeetata distance being seen. After they had passed, however, they saw in their rear the wreck of a schooner lying on 1^s SI(^e» three men clinging • to it The wind, which was very great, prevented the Job from bearing down to her assistance, or from sending a boat to succour them The Job arrived at Connah s Quay on Tuesday night the roughness of the weather preventing her .rom pro_ ceedin* to her destination. Nothing has since been heard of the Mabel Harries. It is hoped that the shipwrecked men may have been saved by an outward-bound vessel. The Pall Mall Gazette, in an article dealing with holiday boat- ing tours savs The Severn is a rapid and a lengthy stream it flows through most picturesque country and by large towns, and I™tS&ebS for their ancient.buildings or^ for asso- ciations with the past. Starting from Shrewsbury if the water is high enough, if not, from Coalport or some place lo^er to n you pass beneath the heights of Bridgnorth with the ™ns o castle, you descend rapidly by Bewdley and through the wood of what was once the Forest of Weir. The red cliffs by -Stou port gradually tell the descending oarsman that he is reaching the smoother and the wider reaches of the Severn, and soon the tower of Worcester Cathedral appears before him, and then Tewkesbury, raised among the meadows, and then, after a. pas- sage through wide pastures, Gloucester and its Cathedral are reached. The traveller at Gloucester places his boat on the canal which connects the Severn and the Wye; he passes through more thoroughly English scenery till he reaches Ledbury, and then, as the Black Mountains are seen in the distance, he is at Hereford and on the Wye. He is now descending that rapid and charming river, dropping past the woods of Ross, under the cliffs of Goodrich, by the Wynd Cliff (!), and is moored within the shadow of the ancient walls of Tintern. Or, again, transport him more to the northward, he is standing on the banks of the Avon at Stratford, with the swans Bailing about and the quiet air of Shakspeare's lrirtliplac; round him. He is passing along the same slow-flowing river, through the apple orchards and the j rich vegetation of the fertile Vale of Evesham."
IFROM THE PAPERS.
I FROM THE PAPERS. Severe thunderstorms passed over the south of England on Saturday, August 25.. Prince Albert Victor has so far recovered from typhoid fever that he was removed from Marlborough House to the Isle of Wight on Saturday, August 25. The Oxford Local Examination list for this year was issued on Saturday, August 25, showing a total of 1,402 successful can- didates out of 2,304 who were up for examination in May last. An excursion, jointly promoted by the Chester and Wrexham Societies of Natural Science, is arranged for Friday, August 31, to Corwen and Cynwyd. In his award in the arbitration connected with the dispute in the Northumberland coal trade, Mr. Herschell, M.P., finds that the owners have not established their claim to a reduction of wages. The Governor of Bombay telegraphs that there has been a de- cided improvement in the situation in that presidency, but the monsoon is still irregular, the distress considerable, and the crops far from secure. The Hon Cecil Ashley, a son of Lord Shaftesbury, who went out lately to the Cape as one of the staff of Sir Bartle Frere, has gone on an exploring expedition in South Africa. His purpose is to visit the various mission stations and to report on the pro- gress of civilisation among the native tribes. It is announced from Paris that an important Ministerial Council was held on Saturday, at which it was decided to pro- secute M. Gambetta for the speech which he recently delivered at Lille. One of the papers which published the speech is also to be prosecuted. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has given another sum of £1,000 to the Turkish Compassionate Fund, making her subscription £2,000 in all. At the present time £4,000 has been placed to the credit of Mr. Layard. The Bishop of London has consented to allow his namQ to be associated with the fund. Menotti Garibaldi, who has just returned from a visit to Caprera, brings back reassuring accounts of his father's health. The gout pains, of which he had lately a return, have gone, and he is now able to move about and enjoy the companionship of his friends and his books. Mr. Sclater-Booth, M.P., has directed a memorandum to be prepared and circulated explaining fully the manner in which out-door relief should, in his opinion, be administered in order to diminish pauperism, and promote thrifty and saving habits among the working classes of the community. The Law officers of the Crown having given their opinion that the course taken by Admiral de Horsey in engaging the Peruvian ironclad was justifiable on grounds of international law, the Admiralty and Lord Derby, as Foreign Secretary, have signified to Admiral de Horsey their approval of his conduct in having put a stop to the lawless proceedings of the Huascar. Among the Bibles shown at the Caxton Exhibition there is ene which is attracting considerable attention. It is that known as the "Wicked Bible," from the accidental omission of the word" not" from the seventh commandment. Some visitors display an eager amount of interest in the curious page contain- in the misprint, Morgan, the convict who escaped from Dartmoor prison on Monday, was captured on Wednesday, August 22, near Plymton. He had concealed This convict's dress by an old long overcoat of which he had obtained possession, and by travelling at night and lying under hedges during daylight, he had reached within a mile of a railway station. A baker driving in his cart saw Morgan jump over a hedge, and in so doing display his blue and red striped stockings. The threatened great strike of miners in the South Stafford- shire district has been happily averted. Masters and men took counsel together at Dudley, on Friday, August 24, and it was agreed that the former should withdraw the question of hours and perquisites on the latter agreeing to a reduction of 6d. per day on thick and 3d. per day on thin coal, commencing on the 1st September. A joint committee is to meet for the purpose of arranging a sliding scale. At the next quarterly communication of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Grand Master the Prince of Wales will move a grant of 200 guineas from the fund of general purposes, towards the relief of the sufferers by the fire at St. John's, New Brunswick, and a grant of 100 guineas towards the alleviation of the distress caused by the recent earthquake in Peru. Mr. John M. Clabon will at the same time move a grant of 1,000 guineas to the Indian Famine Relief Fund. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the newly-formed Amalgamated Miners' Association, held at Aberdare on Thurs- day, August 23, under the presidency of Mr. Halliday, a code of rules was drafted. The rules, which will be submitted for the approval of a delegate meeting on Tuesday, September 4, are, with a few exceptions, similar to those which obtained under the late union. Largely attended meetings in support of union- ism are being held throughout the Principality. The Chinese Ambassador Kno Ta-jen concluded his visit to the Potteries on Saturday, August 25. Accompanied by his suite, his Excellency visited the celebrated china and procelain works of Messrs. Minton, at Stoke-on-Trent, and the tile works of the Campbell Brick and Tile Company. His Excellency left for London in the afternoon, being compelled to defer his journey to the North on account of indisposition. The Japanese are not (says The World) unmindful of the pass- ing phases of Western politics, especially those which concern the Eastern Question- In an influential native journal lately appeared a leading article formulating the fear that if Russia should overcome Turkey in the present struggle, her next step would be to turn her attention towards the extension of her ter- ritory and swallow up Japan. Sweden is uneasy too but happily the mind of New Caledonia is undisturbed. Le Phare, of Dieppe, says:—"All the world just now is at Dieppe. Never has the department of the Seine Inferieure wit- nessed such a varied population every shade of political opinion is represented, from M. Thiers, who walks about the Plage in a white hat, to Prince Napoleon, who visits him from time to time at the Bristol Hotel. The Comte de Paris is not far off, and M. Gambetta appears in the distance, arm in arm with his friend M. Turquet, the formerdeputy of l'Aisne." At the annual general meeting of the Football Association of Wales, held at Wrexham, a proposition was made to offer a challenge cup, (to be called the Welsh Challenge Cup") to the entire Principality. This was ultimately agreed to, and the date up to which applications for competition could be received was fixed for September 15, 1S77. Mr. T. W. A. Cooper, Wrexham Fechan, Wrexham, was elected honorary secretary, and Mr. J. Mills, honorary treasurer, for the ensuing season. The annual meeting of the Midland Counties Veterinary Medical Association was held at Wolverhampton on Friday, August 24, when an interesting paper on "Distemper in the Dog," was read by Mr. J. W. Hill, of Wolverhampton. He denied that distemper was a necessary disease in dogs, and mentioned some of the causes which contribute to its develop- ment. The meeting passed a resolution advocating vivisection only in the hands of experienced and humane operators, and condemning the course practised in Paris. The Nankin correspondent of the Celestial Empire draws a melancholy picture of the state of the city under the prospective doom of starvation from the long-continued drought. Prayers, he says, have been printed on yellow paper, and hung all over the towns, in such numbers that the streets look like steamers on a gala day. The same correspondent says that, to cure the burns of the unfortunate victims of the recent fire in the city, the native doctors make the wretched sufferers drink castor oil, and then annoint them with oil in which rats have been burned alive and pulverised oystershells. The new Act to amend the law with respect to the ap- pointment, payment, and fees of clerks of justices of the peace, and clerks of special and petty sessions, has been issued. All clerks are now to be paid by salary on recommendation by the local authority to the Secretary of State. Every salary may, if thought fit, be varied according to the number of cases or the amount of business. Payment is-to be made to the trea- surer of unclaimed penalties and other sums. The qualification to be a clerk under the Act is that the applicant has been a barrister or solicitor, or a clerk to a police court. A table of fees is to be framed, and an adjustment of fees is to take place in proportion to the salary of clerks. Mr. Allwood, of Macclesfield, a local medical man, at a re- cent inquest on the body of a child which had been neglected, and had died of starvation, said he could bear testimony to the amount of indirect child murder which took place in Macclesfield yearly. Scores of children were habitually and purposely neg- lected, but in such a manner that it was difficult to bring the parties within the law. He and other medical men could find any amount of moral proof of child murder, but legal proof was not forthcoming. The coroner concurred in these remarks. These statements have caused much sensation in the town. The Town Council have appointed a special committee to confer with the coroner and the medical men, some of whom have given evidence confirmatory of the high rate of infant mortality. An important Act has just been printed on water supply-.40 and 41 Vic., c. 31—to give further facilities to landowners of limited interests in England and Wales and Ireland to charge their estates with the expenses of constructing reservoirs for the storage of water. It recites that in many places it would greatly conduce to the affording a plentiful supply of pure water to the inhabitants of villages and towns, and to the industrial requirements of the locality, if facilities were given to land- owners of limited interests to charge their estates, subject to the approval of the Inclosure Commissioners, with sums ex- pended by them in constructing reservoirs and other works for the supply of water. In a number of sections, the way in which the Act is to be adopted is explained. The Marquise de Caux has taken proceedings for annulling her marriage, on the ground that the priest who officiated at Clapham was not provided with a special licence to solemnise marriages from the Archbishop, but was simply delegated bv the parish of St. Philippe du Roule to give the nuptial bene- diction. Her petition states that she discovered shortly after the marriage that her husband's only object was to pmflt by her earnings, and that he never occupied any other attitude towards her than that of an impresario, seeking to make the most money possihle out of her talent. She repeats complaints of violence, and urges that when the judicial separation was accorded to her husband she was not allowed an opportunity of substantiating he" charges agamst him. During the sitting of the Herring Fishery Commissioners at Eyemouth, some very remarkable evidence was given as to the exaction of tithes, for the parson of the parish, from the produce of the deep. Mr. John Dickson, the chairman of the Harbour Trustees, stated that, under an arrangement for the commu- tation of tithes, the fishermen of Eyemouth had paid £2,000 to the Established Church, and they would be clear this year. On all fish brought into the harbour, wherever caught, they had to pay tithes. When the boats came in a man used to come down from the parish minister with a basket, and get one fish in every score. A tithe was taken of herrings also, although these were caught on the high seas. On one of the commissioners (Mr. Walpole) expressing his astonishment at this statement, it was mentioned that at North Lcith dried codfish and ling from Ork- ney and Shetland were tithed. M. Thiers has been waited upon at St. Germain by a deputa- tion of the members of the Council of Arrondissement, the Municipal Council, and the Masonic Lodges. An address was presented to him, expressing satisfaction at his visit, and wel- coming him as the Republican leader upon whom the whole country relied to defend the Republic against all aggressions. M. Thiers, in reply, again repeated that he regarded the Republic as the only Government possible in France. The real anarchists were those who tried to impede its progress, and from these France would very soon require an account for the moral and material damage she had suffered this year. M. Thiers con- cluded by pointing out that the Republic must be Conservative, so as to be reassuring, as well as Liberal. At the close of his re- marks he was loudly cheered. An interesting experiment is being made by the Stafford Town Council, in order to obtain a good water supply for the town. By boring to a depth of about 600 feet by means of the diamond rock-boring process they hope to penetrate the water-bearing rocks of the new red sandstone formation, which exists widely in Staffordshire, and in many places lies at an elevated level. A depth of 300 feet has already been bored. It was asserted by many eminent geologists that extensive beds of rock salt existed in the variegated marls above the bunter rocks. This opinion has been found to be correct, for a bed of rock salt, 40ft. in thickness, has been perforated, as well as various smaller veins; buttIJe engineers find that the brine can be effectually tubbed out" by means of iron lining tubes. A considerable length of time must necessarily ebpse before the water-bearing rocks are entered. The maxim (remarks the Birmingham Post) about all work and no play being conducive to dulness is rather too broadly inter- preted by soine school principals, who think it necessarv.to give their pupils three months' holiday in the year-seven weeks at Midsummer, three weeks at Christmas, and two at Easter. The system is doubtless very convenient for the principals, on the double ground of personal relief and economy of management, out some parents entertain different ideas with regard to the compact they have made for their children's board and ednra- TV?11' Worried Parent," who writes to a London evening ,Vreatei!s an action at law for the keep of his children u' '°r.V.lc loss °f health consequent upon their being at home! i a certain sum for the children's board and edu- cation, and he considers he is imposed upon when theyare al- lowed more than a reasonable vacation, say, at the outside, two months in the year. The Paris Republican papers announce the opening of a sub- scription to pay the expenses of the Republican candidates in the pending general election. Addressing a deputation of Re- publicans^ M. Thiers on Friday, August 24, emphatically ex- pressed his opinion that the Republic is the only government possible in France. He also expressed his confidence in the triumph of the Republican cause. The deputy mayor of Evreux, who told Marshal MacMahon, on his recent visit to that town that the whole of Normandy was attached to the Republican cause, and desired to see the present crisis cease as soon as possible, has been removed from his post by a decree of the President. Marshal MacMahon will leave Paris on his tour through the south-western departments on the 6th of eptember.
CONCEITS, KNACKS, TRIFLES.
CONCEITS, KNACKS, TRIFLES. It is remarked by a bilious Eastern journal of a Chicago couple, Two souls with but a single thought-how to get rid of each other." The editor of an American paper recently insisted that poets must be brief. The next day he received a composition entitled, "The Ballad of the Merchant: ""Trust—Bust!" It takes all the enjoyment out of a game of croquet to hear it called an amusement within the reach of the feeblest intellect." The Boston lady is very delicate. Her only call for more is embraced in the remark, "I will have another bean if you please." The latest addition to the English language is the word "suici- ding." The San Francisco News Letter, writing the biography of a fellow citizen, says :—"Mr. Jones felodeseed this morning suc- cessfully. He hymeneated three years ago, and he will be sepul- chred to-morrow." A young Chicago poet, who could not pay his hotel bill, declared Life in the free, far and mighty West is corroded with the sublimate of darkling social gloom, glowering from a sky of midnight blackness, unrelieved by a ray of dancing sunshine." An old gentleman had three daughters, all of whom were marriageable. A young fellow went awooing the youngest, and finally got her consent to take him "for better or worse." Upon application to the old gentleman for his consent, he flew into a violent rage, declaring that no man should pick his daughters in that way," and if he wished to marry one of his family he might have the oldest, or leave the house forthwith. A certain Yankee judge, whose pompous and officious ways tempted some of the lawyers to acts which his honour con- structed to mean contempt, fined them ten dollars each. When they had paid their fines, a certain dry and steady going old attorney walked up to the bench and very gravely laid down a ten dollar bill. What is that for 2" said the judge. For con- tempt, your honour," was the reply. lvby, I have not fined you for contempt," answered the judge, "*I know that," said the lawyer; "but I want you to understand that I cherish a secret contempt for this court all the time, and I am willing to pay for it." ° CULTURE FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.—Philanthropic Em- ployer (who has paid his Workpeople's expenses to a neighbour- ing Fine-Art Exhibition); "Well, Johnson, what did you think of it ? Pick up an idea or two ?" Foreman Well, yer see, Sir, it were a' this way. When us got there, we was a consi- derin' what was best to be done, so we app'inted a depperta- tion o' three on us to see what it were like an when they come out an' said it were only picturs an' such, we thought it a pity to spend our shillings on 'em. So we went to the Tea-gar- dens, and wefy peasant it were, too. Thank yer kindly, Sir 1"- Punch. There is a patriotic moral attached to a French drama lately performed Vincennes, called Vengeance and the Wooden Leg." The Marquis de Solanges, who lost his leg at Solferino, finds aiftringer at the feet of his fiancee. The stranger draws his swdfti. No matter," exclaims the Marquis," mine was left in the uotly of an Austrian general-no matter And he unscrews his wooden leg, strikes his adversary dead, and cries, Vive la France!" The orchestre strikes up the Marsellaise," and the fiancee, touched by this act of patriotism, substitutes the support of her arms for those of the missing limb, and leads the Marquis back to the chateau. Some of the mottoes of the City Companies are very curious. The Blacksmiths for instance, have for their motto, "By hammer and hand all arts do stand;" the Butchers, "Omnia subjecisti sub pedibus oves et boves;" the Clockmakers, "Tempus rerum Imperator;" the Distillers, "Drop as rain, distil as dew the Founders, God the only Founder the Framework Knitters, Speed, strength, and truth united the Innholders, Come, ye blessed! when I was harbourless, ye lodged me;" the Joiners, "Join loyalty and liberty;" the saddlers, Hold fast, sit sure;" the Salters, Sal sapit omnia the Watermen, "By command of our superiors;" Weavers, "Weave truth with trust;" and the Needlemakers, "They sewed leaves together and made themselves aprons." SMALL BIRDS AND EARLY RISING.-A French ornithologist (says the Pall Mall Gazette) has taken the trouble to find out at what hour during the summer the commonest small birds wake up and begin to sing. The result of his inquiry shows that the earliest riser of all is the greenfinch, who probably imagines that he may make up for the thinness of his voice and the monotony of his strains by being first in the field. At any rate, he tunes up and gets to work at his feeble piping at about half- past one a.m., some hours before the more robust and melodious species of finches are ready for work. The second to put in an appearance is the blackcap, who is to be heard at half-past two or thereabouts; and half an hour later the quail makes his first attempt at a musical performance. It is nearly four o'clock, and the sun is well above the horizon, before the first real songster appears in the person of the blackbird. The vigorous notes of this performer are to be heard about half an hour before those of the thrush and the chirp of the robin is about the same length of time before that of the wren. Finally, the bouse-spar- row and the tomtit occupy the last place on the list. Hitherto early risers have always been exhorted to take the lark as their example but the lark Is shown to be comparatively a sluggard. He can never be heard, like the greenfinch, actually before the break of day and except on a very sunny morning, it does not appear that he rises," in any sense of the word, until long after chaffinches, linnets, and a number of the hedge-row birds have been up and about.
FROM LONDON LETTERS.
FROM LONDON LETTERS. I suppose that the Daily Telegraph would hardly admit that the country has made up its mind not to go to war. Day after day it publishes letters in order to show what public opinion" really is, Usually they don't helpus much, for" AB C," "IJK" and X Y Z" are symbols of quite unknown, and therefore no value. To-day (Thursday), however, the Telegraph gives us something tangible. The mighty voice of England has sounded forth at last in a letter which bears for signature The Oxford Managers." The term is a little vague, and one doubts at first if the senate or the convocation or the hebdomadal council is meant. Any- how it is a serious fact that the people who manage Oxford- who direct, that is, the training of our youths-should" receive the Russian cause with hisses and execrations," and "the Turkish with loud plaudits of sympathy and encouragement." But is it not strange that Dr. Pusey and Canon Liddonand the other Oxford notables should have put their hands to such a manifesto as that ? It is so strange that I am induced to ex- amine the letter more closely, and, lo, I find that "the Oxford managers" are the managers not of Oxford University, but of the Oxford Music Hall. That is "public opinion"in the esti- mation of the Duily Telegraph, and so the three tailors of Tooley-street are eclipsed.-Ltverpool Mercury. Amongst other trades which have been affected by the general depression the sermon trade, I hear, is one. Lithographed sermons on the Colorado beetle are only eighteenpence and, without the beetle, but still "appropriate for this season of the year," they are down to fivepence. In the present condition of things in the Church, no doubt this industry is a necessity and perhaps it is better that most curates should preach other people's productions rather than their own. But J do object to the at- tempt at evasion by make-believe writing instead of print. I do not mind eighteenpenny bathos about the "ravages of the de- vouring insect," or a comparison between the beetle and the locust; but why should my reverend friend seek to delude me, by lithography, into believing that the style of the ravages, &c., or the learning necessary for the discovery about the locusts, are Y's? allliis1-Birmingham Post. Literature has lost a once well-known follower in Henry Rogers, who has just died in Wales, in his 71st year. He was educated at the Highbury Dissenting College for the Independent ministry, but after ministering for a few years to a congregation was compelled by ill-health to resign his charge. He then be- came professor of the English language and literature in University College, London: then professor at Spring Hill College, Birmingham; and finally, on the resignation Dr. Vaughan, president of the Lancashire Independent College. Before this he had obtained celebrity by a number of very hrilliant articles in the Edinburgh Review. Many of these were directed against the Tractarian movement of 35 years ago, and were remarkable for their unsparing sarcasm which, when he wtts rebuked for it, Mr. Rogers defended by referring lo the Provincial Letters of Pascal. If he was severe on John Henry Newman and the Tractarians, he was equally unsparing to the brother, Francis William Newman, and the Rationalists. The Phases of Faith," published by the latter, elicited Professor Rogers's "Eclipse of Faith," which was more smart than con- vincing. Subsequently he wrote the "Greyson Letters," and contributed many articles to Good Words" and other periodi- cals of a theological character. Whatever may be thought of his religious opinions, there can be no doubt as to his style. He was a thorough master of the English language.-Live.rpool Mercury. Here in England, all idea of this country taking part iu the conflict seems at an end. The recent activity at Woolwich and the dockyards has quite subsided. The War Office is in full holiday, Mr. Hardy being in Scotland, Sir Charles Ellice having taken six weeks' leave of absence, and the Duke of Cambridge being at Homburg. There is a cessation of cabinet councils also and it is rumoured that the Premier has received such assurances from Russia as to her intentions in the event of a -ts,, temporary occupation of Constantinople, that even he has ceased to be bellicose.- Live)-pool Mercury. ..1
ECCLESIASTICAL.
ECCLESIASTICAL. At a meeting of the Middlesex magistrates on Thursday, Aug. 23, the Clerk of the Peace reported that he had received a letter from the Rev. J. W. Horsley, the chaplain of the House of De- tention, stating that he had resigned with much regret his con- nection with the Society of the Holy Cross. Mr. Sharpe, at whose instance a resolution was adopted by the magistrates that in the event of the chaplain not retiring from the Society of the Holy Cross or resigning his appointment, be should be dismissed, said he was glad the affair had terminated so satis- factorily.. The Churak Times has the following extraordinary statement in an article on the Peers' Memorial on Confession—" There are, in round numbers, about five hundred persons qualified to sit in the Upper House, and of these we cannot count up more than about twenty who would pass muster as being good and fairly good Churchmen." The members of the congregation of St Pancras Church have recently presented to Dr. Thorold, the newly-elected Bishop of Rochester, a pair of handsome silver candelabra, with a silver salver, in recognition of their affection for him and their appreciation of his earnest and faithful labours during the seven years and a half he was vicar of the parish. The London Daily Express, a journal which was started a few months ago to represent the interests of the Church of England, announced on Saturday, August 25, that its publication would; be suspended after that day but, "in consequence of the en- court ging progress of the paper," the issue will be resumed on, the 1st November. The promoters had probably discovered that it is no joke to establish a daily paper-or indeed, a weekly one! A new church, erected at a cost of nearly C20,000, at Armley. near Leeds, was consecrated on Friday, Aug. 24, by the Bishop of llipoo. I In furtherance of the announced intention of Bishop Selwyn to provide for the spiritual destitution of the floating population of his diocese, he has now appointed a clergyman to attend i solely to boatmen. The Rev. R. M. Graham (late of St. Chad's, Woodsetton, Sedgelev), the gentleman chosen, is about to begin his labours, and w ill hold services as far as practicable at conve- nient meeting points, and it is expected that a movable church will soon be ready. The Rev. Rowley Hill, late vicar of Sheffield, was consecrated on Friday, Aug. 24, in York Cathedral, to the bishopric of Sodor and Man. The Archbishop of York and the Bishops of Durham. Chester, and Rochester took part in the ceremony.
ROYAL NORMAL COLLEGE FOR THE…
ROYAL NORMAL COLLEGE FOR THE BLIND. The Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind was established to afford a thorough genenal and musical education to the youthful blind of both sexes who possess the requisite talent so as to qualify them for self-maintenance. The pupils who have completed their course of instruction at the College have, with few exceptions, obtained good situations in different parts of the country, and are giving entire satisfaction to their employers. Their average earnings are from 20s. to 30s. per week. The College building was officially opened by her Royal Highness Princess Louise (Marchioness of Lome) on the 12th of July. The College has three distinct departments—that of general education, of music, and pianoforte tuning. Each has been carefully planned, furnished with the most modern appli- ances, and provided with experienced teachers especially adapted to their part of the work. Every detail in the playground and gymnasium of the new building, as well as in each department of the building, has received careful attention. The pupils are enabled to play and exercise with almost as much freedom as sighted children. After the first of October about fifty addi- tional pupils can be admitted, and it is believed that the cause of the blind will be much advanced by having the candidates selected from all parts of the United Kingdom. During the next two months the principal, Air. F. J. Campbell, will visit various places in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to see and examine can- didates who may be desirous of entering the College. The parents and friends of young blind persons are requested to communicate with the principal without delav, who will furnish them with full information in regard to 'the formation of scholarships. Letters must be addressed to Mr. F. J. Camp- bell, Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind Upper Norwood, S.E.-Tiynes.
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AUGUST 29, 1877.
AUGUST 29, 1877. NOTES. OF THE CHESSHIRE MAN CALLED ENLYN.-Number xciii of Tales, and Quicke Answeres. very mertj, and pleasant to rede, (supposed to be the Hundred Merry Tales," that Benedict twits Beatrice with stealing her wit from) is as follows :— There dwelled a man in Chesshyre called Enlyn, whiche vsed to go to the towne many tymes, and there he wolde sytte drynkyng tyl xii. of the clocke at nyghte, and than go home. So on a tyme lie caryed a lyttel boye his sonne on his shoulder with him, and whan the chylde fell a slepe about ix. of the clocke, the ale wyfe broughfchim fco bed with her chyldren. At midnyghte Enlyn wente home, and thought no more on his chylde. Assone as he came home his wyfe asked for her chyld. W han she spake of the chylde he looked on his shoulder, and when he saw he was not ther, he said he wist nat where he was. Out vpon the horson (quod she) thou hast let mi child fal in to the water (for he passed.over the water of Dee at a brige). Thou list hore (quod he) for if he had fallen in to the water, I should have hard him plump." It is supposed this book first saw the light in the reign of Henry viii, and it will be noted that the spelling and punctuation are somewhat eccentric. NEIO. I QUERIES. ST. PATRICK.—The Rev. Bayley Williams, Rector of Llanrug and Llanberis, in 1821, when he pub- lished his excellent work, "The Tourist's Guide through the County of Carnarvon," states therein that a place called Gwarredog, not far from Carnarvon, is celebrated as being the birthplace of St. Patrick. This statement he makes, as he says, upon the authority of Welsh Pedigrees, and he mentions Bonedd y Saint" as published in the Myvyrian Archaiology, as one of the references upon which he relies. Mr. Williams undoubtedly was both a learned man and a careful writer, but I cannot bring my- self to believe that we have no better historical way of settling this question than that adopted by him. Since his time vast progress has been made in the examination, and compilation of our old authorities, and seeing that St. Patrick is the patron Saint of a neighbouring people and a personage of vast importance, therefore I should be glad to know if any of our modern historical students have directed their attention to this matter, and if so how the fact has been determined, one way or other. In the same work Mr. Williams refers to St. David, our own patron Saint, and he names him as the third of the Abbots or Saints buried at Bardsey Island. "St. David, who retired hither from the Synod of Brc'i." I suppose that he relies upon our so called Welsh History" for his authority in this matter, but here again our modern writers must know far more about it than Mr. Williams could be expected to know, and if this statement can be established as fact, I should feel more than grateful to any of your learned correspondents who will tell me how this is to be done. A CAMBRIAN. OSWESTRY WALL TABLETS.-Would it not be interesting to record in Bye-gones the inscription on the tablets fixed in the brickwork of houses erected in Oswes- try and other towns during the last and any earlier century ? Walking up Beatrice-street the other day I copied three, as follows:-On a block of houses below the Fighting Cocks there is a stone with M J G 1789 on it. On the house, on the other side, and next to the yard leading down to the Queen's Head stables, one as follows :— J. M. 1744 and on' the house (on the opposite side) opposite Leg- street :— P R E 1746 In Lower Brook-street, on the old house at the corner of the road leading up to the old Dispensary there is a stone bearing the following :—■ E. J: R 1741 And on some houses in Willow-street, adjoining Mr. Hughes's tanyard, the following letters and dates are cut in a stone :— E S. E 1784. Can any of your readers supply the names represented by these initials, and give us further inscriptions ? TYRO. REPLIES. PENBEDW, NEAR MOLD (July 25, 1877).—It is stated by Pennant that the Manor of Penbedw was "granted, July 17, 1544, by Hen. VIII., and witnessed by Queen Catherine Parr, to Peter (Pyers) ap Howel, alias Peter Mostyn, of Wespre," but I believe the grantee to have been Pyers ap Richard ap Howel, ancestor to the Mostyns of Talacre. At the end of the seventeenth century, the Penbedw estate had got into possession of the Thelwalls of Blaen Yale, and was by them sold to the loyal Sir Roger Mostyn, of Mostyn, Bart., by whom it was settled upon Richard his third son by his second wife, Mary, eldest daughter of Thomas, Viscount Buikeley. Richard Mostyn was of Ch. Ch. Oxford, was a distinguished scholar, and collector of the valuable Library, formerly at Penbedw. He mar- ried Charlotta Theophila, daughter and co-heiress of John Digby, of Gothurst, son and heir of the celebrated Sir Kenelm Digby. Through this marriage, some of Sir Kenelm's books, including the valuable MS. journal of his voyage in the Mediterranean, got into Mr. Mostyn's pos- session. The issue of Richard Mostyn (who died 30 Aug. 1735, aged 76), and Charlotta Theophila Digby, were two daughters. The eldest was wife of Lytton Lytton, Esq., of Knebworth, in Herts, the second, Charlotta, heiress of Penbedw, was married to Richard Williams, Esq., who was M.P. for Flint, youngest son of Sir William Wil- liams, of Llanvorda, Bart., and brother of the first Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, of Wynnstay, Bart. Theonly issue of the marriage of Richard Williams and Charlotta Mostyn was a son, Richard, who died at Wynnstay in 1745-6, in his sixteenth year. But the Penbedw estate went, under a settlement, to Watkin, eldest son of Richard Williams, Esq., by his second wife Annabella, daughter and heiress of Charles Lloyd, Esq., of Dre- newydd, Co. of Salop. Watkin Williams was M.P. for Montgomeryshire, and afterwards, for many years, for the Flint Boroughs. He was also Lerd Lieut. for the counties of Denbigh and Merioneth, and Constable of Flint Castle. At his death, without issue, in Nov. 1808, Penbedw descended to his eldest sister, Annabella, relict of the Rev. Ph. Puleston, D.D. of Pickhill Hall, Co. of Denbigh, Rector of Worthenbury, Co. of Flint, of Shochlach, Co. of Chester, and Vicar of Rhiwabon. They left two daughters Annabella, the eldest, was wife, first, of Edward Lloyd Lloyd, Esq., of Penylan, Co. of Denbigh, eldest son of Roger Kenyon, Esq., of Cefn, in the same county, only brother of Lord Chief Justice Kenyon and secondly of Major General Molyneux, K.H. Both her husbands assumed the name of Williams. Such portions of the Penbedw estate as they had the power of disposing of, were sold by General and Mrs. Williams, to the present W. B. Buddicom, Esq.; the remainder, descended, at her death, in 18G2, to her nephew, the present W. W. E. Wynne, Esq., of Peniarth, and have been for the most part (excepting the old Castle of Diserth, in Flintshire, and an estate at Mallwyd, in Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) sold by him to purchase lands in the neighbourhood of his paternal seat. Nearly the whole of the valuable Peubedw Library is now at Peniarth. Prior to the restorations of Nannerch Church, some years since, within the altar rails, was a flag stone, upon which was the following inscription- Here lieth the body of Charlotta Theophila (the Wife of RICHARD MOSTYN of Penbedw) Daughter d: Coheir of JOHN DIGBY of Gothurst in Com. Bucks, (by Margaret his Wife, daughter of SR. EDWARD LOXGVKVILLK.'BAT.,)Son and Heir of SR. KE.NELM DIGBY KT. by Venetia hi* Wife Daughter d: Coheir of SR. EDWARD STANLEY KT. of the Bath (Son of TitOMAS, Son of EDWARD EARLE OF DERBY) by Lucy his Wife, daughter & Coheir of THOMAS Earle OF NORTHUMBERLAND! She departed this life Mar. 17. 1693-4. At the West end of the Church, is a stately Monument to the memory of the same Charlotta Theophila Mostyn, and on one of the walls, is a monument commemorative of Watkin Williams, of Penbedw, Esq., upon which is the following inscription— Watkin Williams, Eldest son of Richard Williams, Esqr. of Penbedw, in the County of Denbigh, and of Annabella Daughter and Heiress of Charles Lloyd, Esqr., of Drenewydd in the County of Salop, Died November the 30th, 1808, Aged 66. In the year 1767, He married Elizabeth, fifth daughter of James Russell Stnpleton, Esqr., by Penelope his wife, and Grandaughter of Sir John Conway. Bart., of Bodrhyd(lan, in the County of Flint. In the year 1777, He was elected to serve in Parliament For the Contributory Boroughs of Flint, Rhuddlan, Caerwys, Caergwrle, and Overton, and continued to represent them until the year 1806, When he withdrew from the duties of public life, I In consequence of many and increasing infirmities. As a Man, He had the praise of unblemished honour and integrity, As a Magistrate and Legislator, He won the esteem of all, By a happy union of firmness with conciliation, And of Independence with Loyalty. As a Son, a Husband, a Relative, a Master, a Friend, He so practised the endearing charities of life, That he was universally regarded With the sincerest love and most tender affection. As a Christian, The Religion which he professed through life, Inspired him with unwearied Patience and Cheerful Resignation, During a period of severe and protracted suffering, Till he committed his soul Into the hand of Him who gave it, With hnmhle confidence, in the availing intercession, Of his merciful Redeemer and Judge. w.
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Od. 2s. 3d. 3s. Od. Towyn 9 23 Is. 9d. 2s. 3d. 3s. Od. First Class Tickets issued at double the Third Class Fares. Returning the same day from Pwllheli at 4 5 p.m. I Barmouth 5 28 p.m. Portmadoc ,,4 36 To,%vvn G 3 Harlech 458 Aberdovey 6 15 „ Dolgelley at 5 9 „ CHEAP Saturday to Monday Excursion Bookings EVERY SATURDAY, until further notice, to ABERYST- WYTH. BORTH, ABERDOVEY, TOWYX, BARMOUTH, and DOLGELLEY, by any train at the following fares :— To To To To To To Ab'yst- Borth. Aber- Towyn. Bar- Dol- wyth. dovey. mouth. gelley FROM -1- 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. Class. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Whitchurch.. 76 70 70 7 0 7 0 7 0 Ellesmere 70 60 60 60 60|60 Oswestry 66 50 50150 5 0 5 0 Llanfyllin. 70 60 5 0 5 0 50l60 Llanvmvnech. 60 50 50 50 50!50 Welshpool 60 50 50 50 50,50 Montgomery.. 605050 50 5050 Newtown 5 0 40 4 0 1 4 3 50 50 Llanidloes 53 46 43'46 5956 Children under Twelve, Half-price. HEAP Day Excursion Bookings on MONDAY, September 3rd, to BORTH, ABERYSTWYTH, ABERDOVEY, TOWYN, and BARMOUTH, at the following times and fares FROM A.M. Third Class. Oswestry dep. 6 50^ Llvnclys „ 7 0 J Llanfyllin „ 6 25 Llanfechain G 39 3s. 6d. Llansaintffraid 6 45 f Lianvniynech „ 7 8 Four Crosses 7 13, Pool Quay 7 23^ Buttington „ 7 28} Welshpool 7 40 Forden „ 7 52 f 3s" 0d" Montgomery 7 57 j Abermule ,,8 5, Kerry 7 40 1 Newtown 8 20 f Llanidloes 8 0 J- 2s. 9d. Dolwen 8 51 Llandinam 8 10 j Moat Lane S 33 Caersws 8 3S") Pontdolgoch 8 43 > 2s €d Carno 8 55 J Llanbrynmair 9 10 ) „ Cemmes Road 9 25 > w Machynlleth—Dep. for Q Borth <ft Aberystwyth ) Is 6d Dep. for Aberdovey,&c.. 10 0 Borth arr 10 25 Aberystwyth 11 0 Aberdovey 10 30 Towyn 10 38 Barmouth 11 10 The Return Trains leave Barmouth at 5 28 p.m. Aberystwyth at 6 25 p.m. Towyn G 3 Borth 6 45 Aberdovey 0 13 SS" Passengers from Barmouth, Towyn, and Aberdovev, on the return, travel by the Ordinary Train to Machynlleth, where they must change into the Excursion Train. EVERY SATURDAY in SEPTEMBER, TO ABER- GELE, DENBIGH, ST. ASAPH, RHYL, and HOLYWELL, returning on the following Monday. Fares for the Double Journev. From Srd class. 1st class. Oswestry dep. 12 0 noon. 4s gs. Returning on the Monday following, from Abergele 3 0 p.m. Rhyl 3 15 „ Holywell 3 50 Passengers to and from Denbigh an4 St. Asaph travel bv ordinary Trains on the Branch Line. Tickets and small bills may be obtained from the Booking office. j RAILWAY NOTICES. CAMBRIAN RAIL WAYS. QN J^eE23rdESa^during the Is,meQ f!,om the undermentioned Stations to ELLS)fERE oy Six First Class or Ten Third (Ii^ p 'c p rt,es of not less than faresImr(i Uass Passengers, at the following Uanfylto I First Class. Third Class. I Llanymynech 2s. 6d. i Llynclys f Oswestry -i Is. 6d. ') Whitchurch i o„ i •*s- Is. x ™ Children under twelve half-price First Class Tickets issued at double the Third Clas« fares Tickets not transferable. Luggage under 601b« fr* 11 ger £ own risk.. No luggage alfwld by theTv* ontoeS^Tt'thf^meU1tiany reKponsille detention engure punctuality^ tUae every exertlon be made to Tickets and bills, and every inform^tion' to be bad at the above named statioRs. Excursion Bookings to LONDON nn DAY, SEPT. 3rd, at the following times and fares xarcs for th6 Double Journey, FROM „ m 3rd 1st class. Aberystwyth dep. g s- d- Bow street 8 i-i Lianfihangei. 817 t n Borth t g QJ » GSndovey: e 37 o -PwUheli dep. 6 20 Criccieth 6 40 ♦Portmadoc „ 6 53 J i ♦Barmouth „• 7 4G^ ♦Dolgelley ,,7 20' Towyn „ 8 16 ♦Aberdovey „ 8 24, 17 6 35 0 Machynlleth 9 11 I Cemmaes Road 9 23) i Llanbrynmair „ 9 37) „ 9 57 V 16 0 n Llanidloes „ 5 10) Caersws ,,10 12^ Moat Lane 5 32 I Newtown 5 43 Abermule "t 5 50 j" 15 0 30 0 Montgomery ",6 8 1 Forden t> 613j ) Four Crosses 7 11 «} » « » « Oswestry 7 35\ ) Ellesmere 7 53 Welshampton 8 0 > u 0 or, n Bettisfield 8 4| I Fenn's Bank S 12y s ■n i Children under twelve, half-price. 0n SePr- 7th> fr°m Euston Station, London, it.9 ?°I. excfPt for stations marked viz..—Pwllheli, u^v.ei Dolgelley, Towyn, Aberdovey which leaves Euston Station, London, at 6*0 a.m.* Aug., 1877. HENRY CATTLE, Traffic Manager. r GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. f f\N MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd excursion RWn™W 7U awUnd^To Wolverhampton. Bilston, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Birmingham, Droitwich, Malvern, Worcester, Evesham, Warwick, Leamington, Banbury Oxford. Reading, and London Leamington, Banbury Oxford. Reading, and London leaving Bala at 6 20, Corwen 6 55. Llangollen 7 25, and Kuabon 10 0 a.m., to return on Friday following. Tickets and bills can be obtained at the stations. T, J- GRIERSON, General Manager. Paddington Terminus. SHIPPING. "t""I" ALLAN line SHORTEST OCEAN PASSAGE TO M E R I C A COMPOSED OF TWENTY FIRST-CLASS IoYAL lIÚJL Steamers SAILING DAYS — from LIVERPOOL, every TUESDAY and THURSDAY to CANADA, and every ALTERNATE TUESDAY to HALIFAX and BALTI. MORE, forwarding Passengers on easv terms to all parts of CANADA and the UNITED STATES. Surgeon and Stewardesses provided free for all classes of Passengers. Passengers who secure their Tickets before leaving home are met at the Railway Station in Liverpool bv an appointed Agent of the Company, who takes charge of them until they go on board the Steamer. „ Canadian Government grants ASSISTED PASSAGES by the ALLAN" LINE. For Rates of Freight or Passage, apply to ALLAH BROTHERS and Co.. Alexandra Buildings, James Street, Liverpool; Or to the Agents— EVAN JONES, Builder, Bala. 1. T. PARRY, The Bazaar, Cross-street, Oswestry. WHITE STAR1' LINE. rfe'' NOTICE.—The steamers of this line take the Lane Routes recommend- ed by Lieutenant Maury, on both the Outward and Home- ward passages. UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS. 5,000 tons burthen. 3,000 horse-power Sailing from LIVERPOOL for NEW YORK on THURSDAYS. From QUEENSTOWN (CORK) on FRIDAYS. From NEW YORK for LIVERPOOL on SATURDAYS. The well-known Fast Mail Steamers of this Line sail as under:— FROM LIVERPOOL: ADRIATIC Sept. 6 BRITANNIC Sept IS GERMANIC Sept. 27 10 FROM NEW YORK ADRIATIC August 18 BRITANNIC .August 25 These new and splendid Vessels reduce the passage to the shortest possible time, and afford to Passengers the highest degree of comfort hitherto attainable at sea. Average passage 8 £ days in Summer, days in Winter Each Vessel is constructed in seven water-tight ompartl ments. 1 The Saloon, Ladies' Boudoir, State Rooms, and Smok- ln?i £ 01JS ^r,e ami(ishil>s> and are luxuriously furnished Mid fitted with all modern conveniences pianos, libraries electric bells, bath-rooms, barber's shop, &c. Saloon Passage, 15, 18, and 21 guineas Return Tickets at reduced rates. The Steerage accommodation is of the very highest charac- ter, the rooms are unusually spacious, well lighted ventilated and warmed, and passengers of this class will find their com- fort carefully studied. An unlimited supply of Cooked Provisions Medical comforts free of charge. CMldren"de9SeS Steeraffe to attend the Women and Steerage fare at Reduced Rates. Drafts issued on New York free of charge. For 1 reiglit or Passage apply to ° ISMA\, IMRIE AND Co., Water-street, Liverpool n A An/ABROAD WAY, XEW'YORK. Or to the Agent— J. D. HUGHES, 7, William-street, Aberystwyth. T RAN SAT L A X- TIC LINE. NEW YORK. Average Passage 91 days. The General Transatlantic Co.'s Steamers of 4 500 tons classed 100 A 1 at English Lloyds, LEAVE PLYMOUTH FOR NEW YORK DIRFPT EVERY SATURDAY. KhCT Fares from Merioneth to New York, Boston or Philadelphia. °r Saloon IS 17 01 Intermediate 21 ^nlleas- STEERAGE (Bedding and Mess Utensils free) ^15 0 Railway Fares allowed to Plvmouth Apply to LUSCOMBE, BELLAMY, & Co., Plvmouth Agents wanted in all unrepresented districts. ESTABLISHED 1839. THE CELEBRATED CAMBRIAN MEDICINE TONES' (TREMADOC) APERIENT and ANTI O BILIOUS PILLS. ll- A Preventative and Cure for all Disorders resulting from a disordered state of the Stomach and Liver 3 ''f the blood, &c. Patronised by the Faraltv Nobibty, Clergy, and Public at large. acuity, The practical trial of the above Professor for TTalf a Century, with the more general test of Thirty-seven' by the afflicted public, has now established the of these Pills. Containing no Mercurv but E" the most rare and expensive Vegetal,] '/r, Ijarar; + 8S £ ssras nsfc; trie"th- Those who suffer from habitual Costiveness will fiMtliem particularly useful as a safe milrl -uuiem should always keep them by?' and CAUTION.—See that the G-enuiu* p;-i. Wood Box, wrapped up in Green iwt 1 5 a.tVrafd Proprietor's Seal and^earin?X t » ieaIed/^th ln Procuring either of the'lar'-p l*' e— Should anyone fail to obtain the Pill neighbourhood, if 1-1 postage stamps for tl, i m own 33 for 2s. 6d. or 60 for the 4s. 6d., be i^H^' box, Pill Depot, Tremadoc, North Wales thft P°n /,atubrian by return of Post, free. be sent