The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES. THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. WHEN the first of the Council meetings should have been held at Aberystwyth, on Wednesday evening, neither the PRESIDENT, the SECRETARIES, nor the TREASURERS, were present. The meeting could not therefore be held. On Thursday morn- ing Mr. HUGH OWEN, one of the treasurers, was present, but neither the PRESIDENT nor the SECRE- TARIES put in an appearance. As soon as the business commenced it was discovered that no minutes of the previous meetings were forthcom- ing, nor was any explanation given why the Council was treated in this cavalier manner. The supporters of the proposed ruinous changes were not present in sufficient force to continue their disastrous policy, or to defend it, and consequently the policy was adopted of referring everything to the meeting to be held in London on the 30th June inst. The resolutions passed yesterday were in favour of preserving the College from the impending, but still averted, ruin. The need for vigilance is greater now than ever, but happily every day works in favour of finally preserving the College. Proposals such as the official section are anxious to carry out can only be successful in the absence of public interest. There is danger that the members of the Council who did such good service yesterday will become wearied of the struggle, but we trust they will not fail, however great the sacrifice, to be present in London on the 80th. Now is the time for the members of the Council who are in favour of higher education to declare themselves. The issues are simple, and it is to be hoped no sense of weariness will prevent them from attending in London on the 30th. Wales is fully alive to the importance of the whole subject, and the gentle- men who spoke yesterday in favour of fair and open dealing are sure of the support of the Principality. A college is what the people have set their minds upon. A college has been Istablished which is a credit to the Principality, and nothing shall be done without a severe struggle, to destroy it. How utterly unworthy of confidence the present manipulators of the institu- tion are may be gleaned from the following facts. A specially convened meeting of the Council was announced to be beld at the Westminster Palace Hotel on the 16th. This meeting was held in such a private manner that the porter of the hotel was not aware of it, and several members who went specially to London to be present were informed that no meeting of the kind was being held there. Amongst the members of the Council who were thus turned away was th3 Rev. MARK PATTISON, the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, one of the few men in the country whose opinions would have great weight in this important crisis. It is impossible to state in terms too severe the indignation that is felt by all who know of this characteristic kind of meeting. A meeting of the Council is held in a gentleman's private rooms, and the hotel authorities are ignorant of what is going on. It is almost incredible that such a thing should be possible, but there can be no doubt about the fact; and, unfortunately, it is not an isolated instance of mismanagement, but a mere link in the chain that will drag the College to destruction, if not broken. At the meet- ing of Governors in the afternoon there were again no minutes, and of course no business could be transacted. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was a merely formal one; but this is not, orought not to be, the case. The meet- ing of Governors should be of the most practical nature, and on former occasions has always been of great importance. It was at the last meeting of the Governors, for instance, that Lord ABER- DARE made the speech in which he attempted to defend that action of the Council which experience has proved to be opposed to the will of the people, and also in opposition to the opinions of Senate and the PRINCIPAL. There is no excuse for the official position, and all we can do is to state once more that we cannot believe Mr. LEWIS MORRIS or Lord ABERDARE can be in favour of a course of action which has to descend to devices such as those practised at Aberyst- wyth yesterday, in the absence of the Secretaries and the minutes. There is one other point which it is necessary should be made clear. When the special meeting of the Council was convened on the requisition of the noble PHESIDKNT, the notices for the Aberystwyth meetings had been issued for the 19th. Notwithstanding this fact the Council at the special meeting fixed another Coun- cil meeting for the 30th of June. Is this the reason no minutes were brought down, and is this the way a great national institution should be conducted ? Will the meeting in London on the BOth try to pass resolutions which it was feared could not be passed on the 19th at Aberystwyth ? If this attempt is to be made, it must be defeated. The PRINCIPAL and the Senate must appeal to Wales, and state their case to the country. The country cannot believe that Lord ABERDARK is in favour of the re- trograde policy, which would convert"the College into a school. Are there no means of getting the PRESIDENT, Lord ABERDARE, Professor HUGHES, Professor-SIUAR' the PRINCIPAL, and the Senate to decide what ought to be done to prevent the ruin of the College. The fight is not ov§rv The battle ground has only been changed."

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES. THE COUNCIL AND THE STUDENTS. IN Octolrer, 1878, Lord ABERDARE, at a meeting of the Governors held at Aberystwyth, mentioned the fact that it was intended to hold an examination of the students in the following year. The Council of the Coljege seem to have treated this incidental reference ite an official intimation of the intentions of that body? Nothing much was further heard of the examination or the examiners until a short time ago, when Dr. LEONARD SCHMITZ was appointed to be one of the examiners, and Dr. MAYNE, of the University College, Bristol, the other. Dttring the past twelve months the action of the Council has been of such a nature that the Principal and the Professors who comprise the Senate, have had to express their strong disapproval of the measures adopted. Changes of the most serious kind have been proposed and "rged forward. It is believed that the object of the Council is to reduce the College to the level of a school, and the Council have been plainly asked whether this is their intention. It is only fair to the Professors and students that it should be stated that they have no objection to an independent examination properly arranged and carried out. The objections from the first have been as to the procedure. Dr.^ SCHMITZ, it was announced, would begin the examination of the students at nine^o'clock on Mon- day morning last. On the previous Saturday a telegram wassenttotheCouncil to say that the students refused to attend the examination, and had offered to the Senate reasons for their action. The Senate declined to accept the reasons on the ground that the ex- amination had been arranged by the Council and that neither the PRINCIPAL nor the Professors had power to exempt any student from being present. The students then agreed to send their reasons to the Council. This was done. In the meantime, tas we have already stated, a telegram was sent to the' Secretaries informing them of the position of affairs and asking whether, in the circumstances, it would be wise to send the examiners down to Aber- ystwyth. No notice whatever appears to have been taken either of the telegram or the students' reasons, and Dr. SCHMITZ was allowed to come to Aberystwyth, under the impression that everything was going on pleasantly and that there was no division between the Senate and the Council. In order that the Council might have no possible ground for justly coupling the Professors with the. refusal of the stu- dents to be examined, the Principal informed the students that they were expected to attend, and strongly urged their attendance. Notices to this effect were posted up, lectures were suspended, and everything was in readiness at nine o'clock on Mon- day morning last for the examination. Soon after that time five of the Students presented themselves and said they were a deputation from the rest of the men, sent out of courtesy to Dr. SCHMITZ, to state their reasons for not coming to be examined. After some conversation, in which it was stated that the students were perfectly unanimous, the deputation withdrew. Before doing so it was suggested to "the students that they should consult together with a view of seeing whether they would not reconsider their determination and attend the examination. Theyjsaid they had looked at the matter very carefully and de- clined to meet again. On Monday last a special meeting'of the College Council was held in London. One of the resolutions passed at that meeting couples the Senate, including, of course, the Principal, with the students and their unusual proceedings. This is not the case. The Senate have themselves j remonstrated against the examination. The Council, however, insisted upon it, and the fact that the students opposed the Council is quite independent of anything the Senate has done, although, of course, it is possible that if the examination had met with the hearty approval of the Principal and the Professors, the students, out of loyalty to the Senate, would have acquiesced in an arrange- ment which they disliked. The Council having deter- mined to take the management of the:College into their own hands all the Senate could do was to stand by and offer no opposition. The result is one that can- not fail to show the public that the University College of Wales is in danger and thatjunless the Principal and Professors are supported its ruin will be completed by officialism in the name of the Council. Any attempt to say that the students have risen against the authority of the professors is non- sense. The opposition of the students is against the Secretaries and those who are anxious, against the will of the country, to convert the College into a school. At the special Council meeting on Monday last it was decided to hold another meeting on June 30th notwithstanding the fact that there was a meet- ing of the Council fixed for the 19th at Aberystwyth. The object of these numerous London meetings is clearly to weary the members of the Council so that the affairs of the College may be left entirely in the hands of the officials. The representations mdde by the officials cannot be depended upon in any respect and unless the public are very watchful the College will have been destroyed before anything can be done to save it.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES. One of the permanent questions at the Aberystwyth Town Council, is how to induce Mr. J. J. ATWOOD, the Corporation Solicitor, to send in his bill. He has now promised it shall be sent in by the end of August. Whether anybody expects to see it then is a second ques- tion as difficult to answer as the first. The idea that it is cheaper to give Is. 6d. a week out- relief than to spend 4s. a week in in-maintenance still pre- vails at Tregaron, notwithstanding all that has been said on the subject. Of course, if the paupers in a district were a fixed number, it might be advisable to give out- relief on the ground of economy, but experience has proved that freeholders, farmers, annuitants, and other well-to-do people will take out relief if they can get it, and are not ashamed to apply to Boards of Guardians for a weekly dole. As soon as one applicant has succeeded in obtaining Is. 6d. a week, there are a dozen others ready to apply. Then the Guardians in other parishes follow the bad example set them, and the applicants for out-relief multiply. Aberystwyth Union during the past six months, ended March 25th, has spent more money on out-relief and col- lected less from relatives than during the preceding six months. The average rate of pauperism has increased from 2'9 to 3'0 per cent. The increase of pauperism is only slight, but when it is remembered that the progress has been lost, and a step backward has been taken, the half-yearly statement of acCounts is not as (jheering as on former occasions. The Union is divided into three dis- tricts, and in each of them there is an increase in the ave- rage weekly number of paupers. Aberystwyth shows one more, Geneu'rglyn 10, liar 3. In the amount expended on out-relief, Aberystwyth shows a decrease of £2 15s. on the six months, but Geneu'rglyn shows an increase of j340 15s. 6d., and liar B40 10s. 3d. The decrease in the amount collected from relatives was £34 8s. 8d. The net increase in the expenditure for the six months amounted to £110 17s. Od. It should be stated that there are 27 weeks in this half year, and there were only 26 in the cor responding week of last year. Barmouth Local Board meets in a room ten feet by twelve, conducts its business in Welsh, and claims to be progressive. «. The condition of some of the out-door paupers in the Dolgelley Union may be judged from a paragraph in another part of the paper, headed A Pauper's Resi- dence." Sooner or later the Dolgelley Board will realize its duty in these matters. The recent formation at Portmadoc of a number of societies for the entertainment of the elder portion of the community has been followed by the formation of a Juvenile Lodge of Oddfellows. Among the objects in view by the promoters are the affording suitable amusement to the younger members, and encouraging provident habits. It is purposed, when the members acquire a sufficient age, to use the proceeds of their savings for the payment of their entrance fee and forthcoming subscrip- tions to the Lodge, and to give them all the benefits of membership. Should any member die before attaining a. sufficient age to be admitted to full membership, the whole of the payments made by him will be returned to his parents. The movement seems in every way well worthy of the support it has already received. Aberystwyth has added a steam trawl to its industries. The steamer, we believe, may also be used as a pleasure boat during the summer season. ° A few items of arrears of poor rates will be found under the Aberystwyth news. Will the orders obtained on Wednesday be enforced, or shall we discover in about six months that somebody or other thought it would be wise not to enforce the orders ? Of course, as usual, several people said they had paid the late collector, but they had no receipts. This is very hard on the collector, and is a poor reward for the cruel leniency he has shown them. There is a good deal to be learnt from the abstract of the Aberystwyth borough accounts. In addition to sums varying from a few hundreds to a few thousands there is a large amount of floating debt for which heavy interest is paid. The ratepayers generally pay very little attention to the financial arrangements of the borough beyond grumbling at the amount of rates. There is a valuable leasehold property which ought to bring in at least £1,000 a year more than at present, but the inhabitants are perfectly willing the extension of leases question should be allowed to slumber.

DOLGELLEY. THE SEASON.—The late rains have altered the state qf the ground very much, and the crops, though rather late, are getting on nicely. LOCAL BOARD.-This Board has changed its day and hour of meeting from the last Tuesday in the month, at 6 p.m., to the second Monday in the month, at 10.30 a.m. LOCAL BOARD (ADJOURNED MEETING), MONDAY, JUNE 16.-Present: Mr. Edward Griffith (chairman), Messrs. H. Lloyd, J. C. Hughes, J. C. Roberts, Richard Williams, Lewis Williams, John Meyrick Jones, and Morris Jones Mr. W. R. Davies, clerk, Mr. Robert Roberts, surveyor, and Mr. William Jones, inspector. By-Laws.-The Clerk stated that by the direction of the Board he had sent a copy of the existing by-laws to each of the members. The street by-laws would take a long time to con- sider, and he suggested that they should follow the model by- laws of the Local Government Board, as far as possible.—The Chairman Have you any by-laws of other Boards as to slaughter houses?—The Clerk: No. The Clerk then read the regulations as to preparing slhughter house by-laws and a discussion fol- lowed, from which it appeared that if the Board adopted the model by-laws, a stop would be put to slaughtering beasts in the town, as the slaughter houses would have to be one hutadred feet from any dwelling houses, so the butchers would have to use the Board's slaughter house, or erect one forithemselves.—The Clerk was directed to write te Wrexham, Newtown, Aberystwyth, Oswestry, and Bangor for copies of their by-laws, and it was resolved that the matter should be referred to the Streets' Committee to prepare a report and recommendation of by-laws, and regulations for private and the Board's slaughter house. Mr. Richard Williams's'Plans.-The Clerk reported that the Streets Committee had visited the site of Mr. Williams's pro- posed new buildings, near Tanyfynwent, but the plans not being correct, they requested corrected plans, and they suggested that Mr. Williams be allowed to bring out his frontage, upon his giving the Board as much land as would be taken up from the roadway.—Mr. Williams produced another plan, which he said had been made in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee, but he could not see why the road should be made wider in one place than in another, and he thought the Beard showed more strictness towards him than it had dene towards others.-The Chairman said that they received more land from all other persons, where they exchanged, than they gave, and in some instances got twice more than they gave.—Mr. J. C. Hughes thought they ought to go according to the law. The Board had no power to give a yard, even if they got a whole field for it, and he was desirous of going strictly within the law.—The Clerk said they had ne power to sell 01" exchange; but they had made exchanges, and in so doing the streets had been improved. — Mr. Meyrick Jones did not agree with Mr. Hughes, but thought they ought to do all they could to improve the place.—The Clerk said it would be a great improvement if they could getthe land from Mr. Williams, and they could oblige Mr. Williams to sell it if required.—Mr. J. C. Roberts Mr. Williams, are you satisfied with the present plan, and are you willing to "give and take" the same quantities? —Mr. Williams: No.—Ultimately it was resolved that Mr. Williams be allowed to .bring out his building in accordance with the plan now produced, on his giving the same quantity of land to the Board. Encroachment on the Square.—The Inspector reported that the street opposite Mr. William Jones, Glandur's, property was being cut and stones were being laid down, which gave it the appearance of enclosing part of the, street. The work was being done under the supervision of Mr. Richard Jones, surveyor of the trustees.—Some of the members suggested that Mr. Richard Jones be sent for to get an explanation from him.—Richard Jones appeared and stated that what was being done was to mark out the boundaries ef Mr. Jones, Glandwr's, property, and that Mr. Jones was to pay him for getting the work done; and he stated that the Local Beard had nothing to do with the street, as they were under the control of the Trustees of Roads.-The Clerk Just so, but they have something to do with the footways. fter some discussion, the Board decided to view the place, and they did so, and on their return they passed the following resolution, and directed the Clerk to send a copy of it to Mr. Jones:— Resolved that the Board consider the work now done in front of Mr. Jones's property an encroachment on their rights, but that if the object be to prevent the water from the roadway running on to his property, the Board do not object to the com- pletion of the works provided that no obstruction be created to the passage along the public footway in front of the property, and without prejudice to the right of the Board to take up and remove the stones and materials whenever the Board think proper." Yearly Accounts.—The Clerk reported that the new auditor, Mr. Edward Morgan, of Machynlleth, had audited the accounts of the Board for the year ending 25th March, on the 13th June, and he wished to lay the same before the Board.—The Clerk was directed to get the balance sheet advertised. Hall Keeper.-The hall keeper appeared, and desired to have a rise It was resolved that she be paid 3s. a month in future. The Board then adjourned to Monday, the 23rd June, at the same hour. PETTY SESSIONS, TUESDAY, JUNE 17.-Before John Vaughan, Wm. Jno. Beale, and Edward Jones, Esqrs. Drrmk and Riotous.-P.C. Cadwelladr Jones v. John Hughes. —Defendant pleaded guilty. Fined 5s. and costs, or 7 days' im- prisonment.—Same v. William Ellis.—Defendant pleaded guilty. Fined £1 and costs, or 14 days' imprisonment.. Non-attendance at School. -Dol-elley School Board v. Thomas Price, Fined 5s., or 7 days' imprisonment. -Same v. Thomas Owen. Defendant's wife appeared. Case dismissed.—Same v. Humphrey Williams. Defendant's wife appeared. Case dis- missed.—Same v. Jane Williams. Fined 5s. and costs.—Same v. R. P. Roberts. Defendant was tined 5s.-Same v. David Owen. Fined 5s.—Same v. Hugh Williams. Defendant did not appear, and as it was held that the summons had not been served in time, the case was adjourned to the next petty sessions.—Same v. W. Hickman. Fined 5s.-Same Robert Hughes. Fined 5s., and in default 7 days. Charges of Assaitlt.-Abel Ellis v. Wm. Davies.—Defendant appeared.—Abel Ellis examined: On Saturday week defendant came to my house at half-past ten at night. I was in bed. He called to me that he wanted to speak to me. I went to him. He was sitting down. He asked, When were you last in my house ?" He struck me onthe head with his fist twice. I ran out after. Dafendant was drunk.—Ellen Ellis gave corrobora- tive evidence.-Fined 2is., and costs, or one month's imprison- ment.-Elleil Ellis v. Wm. Davies.—Wm. Griffith examined I saw Wm. Davies kicking Ellen Ellis three or four times. Wm. Davies was bleeding. very much. Saw no marks on Abel Ellis. Ellen Ellis's face was covered with blood. There was a cut on the front of the head.—Fined 21s., and costs, or one month.— Wm. Davies v. P.C. Richard Jones.—Complainant examined: I went into my house after the row with Abel. Morris Humphreys was with me. I was speaking to him. The door was open. Richard Jones shouted, What is the matter with you ?" and said, .< I am man enough for you te-night." Humphreys said, Why don't you leave the man alone." There was a struggle between us. Jones fell down. He got np. He got hold of the thin end of the stick and struck me on the shoulder. He did not ask me to go to the house quietly. I did not pull his hair.—Morris Humphreys gave corroborative evidehce.—Abel Ellis and Ellen Ellis gave evidence for the de- fence, to the effect that they saw complainant drag defendant by the hair of his head, -Case dismissed.-Anne Davies v.P.C. Rd. Jones. -Anne Davies examined: Defendant struck me on the right side of my heaa with his stick. I did not hit the police- man.—Anne Jones, Richard Jones, and Catherine Williams gave corroborative evidence, but the case was dismissed.—P.C. Rd. Jones v. William Davies.—Same v. Anne Davies.-In the first case defendant was fined 10s. 6d., and costs, and the last was dis- missed. Assault and Resisting Police.-Richard Jones v. Morris Humphry.—Mr. W. R. Davies appeared for defendant.—Rich. Jones, examined I was called up to the top of the town. Wm. Davies came out of his house drunk and bareheaded. I asked him to go into the house, and asked defendant to assist me. He said, I never will," and released him from my hands.— Cross-examined by Mr. Davies I did not say to William Davies, '"You are kicking up a row." Did not challenge de- fendant. William Davies came out first. Defendant helped William Davies to put me on the ground. Dis- missed.—Same v. Richard Jones, labourer, for the same offence. -Dismissed. Claiming Illegal Tolls.-Henry Morgan, coal merchant, v. Robert Richards, toll collector.—Mr. W. R. Davies appeared for complainant, and Mr. Hawkins Thrapstone, Nottingham, for the defendant.-John Williams, examined: I am a carter, em- ployed by Henry Morgan, the plaintiff. On the 20th May I passed the Pontfawr Gate with a horse and cart. The turnpike is between Dolgelley and Barmouth. Robert Richards, the defendant, was collector then at that turnpike. I paid him 4d. the first time. I went a second and a third time in the same direction, and paid him 4d. each time. I passed a fourth time with the same horse and cart the same day. I paid 4d. then. I paid because I could not go through. The defendant closed the gate. I paid him each of the three times, and told him it was not right to charge a fourth time. He said, You will have to pay before you can get through the gate." I passed eleven times altogether that day, and had to pay each time.— Cross-examined My master owns the horse and cart. I was the only one who drove the cart. I passed eleven times that day from Dolgelley to the Goods Station, oil the Barmouth road.-Fined 40s., and costs, or in default one calendar month's imprisonment —A case was granted for the opinion of the Court of Common Pleas, upon the defendant entering into re- cognizances for zC50 for costs. Pelony.-Rexy. John Rodden and Henry Jones.—P C. Richard Thomas said I am a police constable at Llanbrynmair, Mont- gomery. I apprehended the two prisoners on 7th June near Llanbrynmair. They were both together. I found a coat, which I now produce, on John Rodden. It was ten a.m. when I took them into custody. The coat was concealed under John Rodden's clothes.—David Evans, Peniarth Arms Hotel, Mal- lwyd, examined I laid the coat produced by last witness on the railings outside my house on the 6th June. On the follow- ing day Richard Thomas came to me. He had the coat with him; the one now produced by him. It is my property and the one I lost.—John Rodden pleaded guilty.—Sentenced to one month's hard labour. The other prisoner was discharged. Temporary Transfer.—The licence of the Cross Foxes Inn, of this town, was temporarily transferred to Mr. Hugh Jones.

ABERAERON. PETTY SESSIONS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18.—Before Captain Vaughan, Brynog (chairman), Alban Gwynne Esq., Monachty, T. H. It. Win wood, Esq., Tyglyn, and Captain Hughes, Alltlwyd. Assault. John Evans, Nantyglo, Monmouthshire, tramp, was summoned by Emily Weston, Hanley, tramp, for assaulting and beating her at New Quay, on Saturday afternoon, June 14. It appeared that the defendant was the father of her child. He had followed her for a long time. He had struck and kicked her on the ground.— Joseph Jones saw the assault committed, and stopped the attacks of defendant. Complainant was bleeding from the face.—He was sentenced to one month's hard labour. Tit?-eateiting. -John Griffiths, farmer, Penlan, Llan- ddewi Breti, charged Anne Davies, Gilfachyfran, Llan- fihangel Ystrad, single woman, with threatening to strike his brains out at Gilfachyfran, on the 13th June.—Mr. Evans, solicitor, Aberystwyth, for complainant, and Mr. Pugh, Aberaeron, for defendant.—Complainant said I saw defendant on the way to Lampeter, on Friday, near the boundary of a field. I had passed that way for fifty years. Defendant said if I went on she wouldjinock my brains out. I went on. She had a stick a yard l°n?» ff thick as her wrist, witfc which she struck the horse on lo the head. She then came to me, and said I should get the same myself, and played it about my head. I waited a bit. She said I should have it like Neddy Dafydd Edward some morning. (He had been killed on a mountain and no one knew how.) I am afraid of defen- dant, that she may carry out her threats.—Bound over4in the sum of 210 to keep the peace for six months. Malicious Wounding. Thomas Morgan Herbert, 'saddler, Talgarreg, Llandysilio-gogo, was summoned by Thomas Davies. Goitre, Llandyssul, farmer, for maliciously wounding him by stabbing him with a knife at Rhyd, Capelcynon, on the 22nd of May.—Mr. Joseph Edwards appeared for the defence.—Complainant said: I was at CapeJcynon fair on the day in question. I n .L- _u- -1-1 LL T h,+- oesween iour anu nve u UIOCK In ine aioeruuuu i ncm into a house licensed for the day. Went upstairs to sit there. There were a lot of people in the room, and the accused was among the number. I was asked to make room for Perthonwy servant, and instead of doing so I put my own son in a chair. This annoyed the servant, who caught hold of me, and I pushed him. The accused then struck me in the face. I was unable to strike back because others had hold of my arms. My brother then came in, and pushed accused from me. Herbert came back to me, and at the moment I was stabbed in my thigh twice. I then went out. I did not find out until i had left the house that I had been stabbed. The breeches, drawers, and flannel shirt now produced are those I wore on the day in question. They have been washed since. The reason I had them washed was that there was a lot of blood on them, and I thought the stain would not come off unless washed immediately. My wife washed them immediately on my return home. After finding that I had been stabbed I did not return to the house. I did not show the blood stains to anyone at Capel Cynon, but many saw them. My house is one and a-half mile from Capel Cynon, or perhaps more, and I walked all the way home. I was not drunk. I had taken two or three glasses of beer that day, nothing else. I did not see anyone stab me. I showed my wounds to Dr. Powell on the following Monday. The fair was on Thursday. The wound bad not healed when the doctor saw it. I was carried in a cart. — J oshua Powell, M.R.C.S., London, practising at Rhydlewis, sa.id I was called on by the prosecutor on the 26th May. He came in a cart. I found on his thigh two punctured wounds. The upper wound was a little over half an inch in length; it was partly closed, and I did not probe it. The second was about half an inch in length. The upper was slightly swollen. In my opinion they had been inflicted three or four days previously, and both at the same time. A pointed knife, not very wide, pointed at end, was likely to have caused them. The wounds required no dressing, and I do not think much harm would result from them. Prosecutor complained of his leg being sore and stiff. I advised him to rest for a few days. Cross-examined by Mr. Evans Not having probed the wounds, I cannot say anything as to the depth of them. They were through the skin. I think the splinter could not have caused the wounds, because they were sharply cut; they were in- cisions.—Mary Davies, wife of prosecutor, corroborated her husband's evidence as to the blood, &c. She said there was a large quantity of blood.—Stephen James, Blaenrhos, Llanarth, was present when the row took place.—Thomas Herbert said he was sure prosecutor had not left without a mark. There was nothing said as to where the mark was. Cross-examined by Mr. Evans: There were two or three men between accused and prose- cutor when accused was striking at prosecutor.—Enoch Davies was in the room during the row, and was struck in the face. A boy said Davies was wounded. He heard Herbert say that Davies did not leave without a wound —John Griffiths, Llethrbach, said he was looking through a window and saw Davies washing blood away. Herbert said there was sure to be a mark of a knife on him some- where.—Mr. Joseph Evans addressed the Bench on behalf of defendant.—The Bench considered it to be one of the numerous cases which unfortunately occurred at fairs. They agreed to treat it as a case of common assault, the evidence being insufficient to sustain a misdemeanour.— Defendant was fined 20s., and costs. Cruelty to a Horse.—Daniel James, carrier, Princess- street, Aberaeron, was summoned by Supt. John Lloyd, Aberystwyth, for cruelty to a horse by beating and over- driving it on the road from Aberystwyth to Aberaeron.— P.C. David Thomas and P.C. Jones (27) gave evidence, which was to the effect that they were that morning driving down in the mail car, and that Daniel James, from Llanrhystyd to Aberaeron, kept ahead all the way. He galloped up Morfa hill and beat the horse furiously. The horse was in a very bad condition coming to Aber- aeron. The defendant's conveyance was a light van.— The Bench said that from the evidence it appeared the mail car drove faster.—The defence was that defendant had Mr Roderick Williams in the van, who was suppoenaed as a witness at the County Court, Aberaeron, at 10 a.m. he was in a hurry to be in time.—The case was dismissed by the Bench, as no cruelty had been proved. Cruelty to Calves.—Wm. Harris, Llwynglas, Llan- fihangel-ar-arth, was summoned by P.C. Phillips, Capel Ffynon, for cruelly conveying nine calves in such a manner as to cause them pain and suffering, at Talgarreg, Llan- dysiliogogo, on the 29th May.—P.C. Phillips proved the offence.—Supt. R. Lloyd said that the defendant bore an excellent character, and did not take the calves farther than Talgarreg.—Defendant admitted the offence, he had failed to get another cart.—Fined 6d., and costs. Drunkenness.—Mary Smith, tramp, was summoned by P.C. Griffiths (31) for being drunk at Llanrhystyd on the 19th May. Fined ls. 6d., and costs, or fourteen days' hard labour.—John Davies, Cryngoed, Llanarth, farmer's son, was charged by P.C. Denis Williams (22) with being drunk when in charge of a cart and horse on the turnpike road at Cooper's Arms on the 9th June. Fined 20s., and costs.—David Davies, Bryncerni, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, was fined 15s., and costs, for being drunk and dis- orderly at an auction at Aberaeron on the 4th May, on the evidence of P.C. Denis Williams. Cart without a Name.—Enoch Jones, Troedrhiwffenid, Llandyssil, farmer, was fined Is., and costs, for using a cart without a name.—P.S. Phillips proved the offence.— P.C. Joseph. Price (6) proved a similar offence against David Jenkins, Crowgal, Llanllwchaiarn, farmer, who was fined Is., and costs. Straying Animals. — David Harries, Llvswen Mill, Henfynyw, was summoned by P.C. John Jones, Aberaeron, for allowing two asses to stray on the turnpike road on June 6.—Defendant apologized to the Bench, and said that this was the first summons he had had in his life. He had been in trouble of late; had buried a daughter, and the asses bad strayed during his daughter's funeral.—The Bench dismissed the case.Stephen Lewis, farmer, Cilfforch, was charged with allowing his horses to stray on the turnpike road, on June 4, near Henfynyw.— P.C. Denis Williams proved the chagre.—He was fined 2s 6d., and costs. Alleged Theft of an Umbrella.—Owen Rees, butcher, Rhosgochfach, Llanarth, was charged by Sarah Evans, Waner, Llanarth, "WmfSfetlirig an umbrella, value 4s., from the Llanina Arms, Llanarth, the property of Sarah Evans, on June 17.—This case was being heard up to post time.

LLANRHYSTYD. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—James Evans, who has care of Mr. David Lewis's entire thorough-bred has been suf- fering for the past fifteen months from a very large tumor on the back of his hand, which was considered by some surgeons of the district to be an enlargement of the bone. A short time ago Mr. Evans succeeded in taking from his hand a portion of the stem of a clay tobacco pipe, which it is supposed got into his hand when, some time ago, he fell off a horse on his way home from Aberystwyth.

LLANBADARN FAWR. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon, June 18, a child belonging to Mary Lewis, Llanbadarn, attempted to climb upon the pole of a timber waggon which was passing along the road. The child slipped, fell down, and the hind wheel went over its body. Dr. Harries was called in, but in two hours afterwards the injuries proved fatal. An inquest will be held to-day (Friday), by Mr. J. M. Davies, coroner. LARCBNY.—On Wednesday, June 18, before J. T. Morgan and Edward Jones, Esqs., Sophia Jones, Mill-street, Aberystwyth, was brought up in custody, charged with having stolen a fancy ring from Roderick Richardes, Penglaise, valued at 25s. on or about the 12th of June.—Mrs. Roderick Richardes saidjshe hired the prisoner on the 10th June. She entered on her servicfe on the following day, but on the following Thursday she left without notice. A day or two after the girl had gone Mrs. Richardes missed a gold ring. Suspecting the prisoner, she gave information to the police, and, upon their advice, issued a search warrant. Sergeant Evans accordingly searched prisoner's mother's house, and in a box which belonged to prisoner found the ring.—Roderick Richardes identified the ring, and said it was one he gave to his wife before marriage. He paid 25s. for it.—Sergeant Evans proved finding the ring in prisoner's box, and said that when charged with the theft she denied all knowledge of it.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.

D0LYDDELJ3N AND VICINITY. THE OPENING MEETINGS of our new school were held at Dolyddelen in the new Schoolroom, on Friday afternoon and evening of last week. The work was com- menced early in August of last year, from an excellent plan drawn by Mr. Mclntyre, Gwydir-ucha. It is a large and commodious building. The schoolrooms are 65 feet long, and the class-room 28 feet long. A large number of efficient workmen from Gwydir have been at it for a long time. The desks and benches are new patent ones from some part of England. The leaf in front, by moving a screw, will appear either as a desk for the children to write on, or as the back of a pew for them to lean their heads against, or as a very convenient table to make tea on, as they proved in the present instance. Mrs, Thomas, the Schools, and Mrs. Williams, Gwydir Arms, made the necessary preparations, and both succeeded in securing a good sum of money, and gifts in bread, butter, tea, sugar, jam,and other eatables forte feast. The folio wingladies, be- sides the two already mentioned, waited Mrs Thomas Dougall Owens. Post Office, Jones, Prince Llew- elyn-terrace, Owens, Snowdon View, Owens, Glanddol, R. M. Jones, Tanybenar, -Misses Jones, Cynnud View, Paice, Blaenau School, Williams, Benar View, Hughes, Pen y Cafnau, and others, gave a helping hand. No less than three hundred children did ample justice to what was prepared for them. As soon as the children had finished, a large number of ladies had tea. Close on the heels of the ladies_came the other sex. The feast was a capital one, and reflected great credit on the ladies who undertook to prepare it. After tea the Rev. J. LI. Jones was elected to the chair, and several gentlemen addressed the meeting, the Revs. Eli Evans, R. M. Jones, and others. In the evening a similar meeting was held. The chair was to be occupied by Mr. Mclntyre, but that gentleman de- clined the honour. The Rev. R. M. Jones filled the post. Messrs. Daniel Williams, Evan Thomas, Shop, William Hughes, Mclntyre, and E. B. Thomas, addressed the meeting. The latter dwelt for a long time on the deficiency of education in the parish. The Welsh were, he said, far behind the Scotch and Irish in education. A revival in education in Scotland, he maintained, began with the days of Knox. People of Scotch extraction and education were found at the top of the ladder in every land and clime, not that the Scotch people are a smarter race than the Welsh, hut that we are deficient in proper educational institutions. Mr. Thomas is very liberal- minded in his religious views. Both he and Mr. Pritchard, schoolmaster, of Penmachno, are staunch and strong sup- porters of the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth. Who knows but that we shall see them taking honours at that College. BLAENAU SCHOOL.—A tea party came off at Blaenau School on Saturday. The proceeds were to be devoted to the cause of education in the place. A kind of concert and public meeting fol- lowed. Mr. Thomas occupied the chair. Mr. William Hughes addressed the audience. Messrs. Hugh Hughes and John Jones sang several songs. The school- mistress is Miss Paice, who has been there some ti .y. brt <r» nla^ W th the outfit on their back they come plodding ace. every kind of weather. Strangers are bent on studying economy. Times are bad, and they make good of their feet. T, T CHEAP TRAINS ar» to run from Llandudno Junction to — Festiniog this month, to the General Association of the Calvinistic Methodists, to be held at Blnau next week. ELLIS O'R NAKT.

ABERDOVEY. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.—This Committee met on Tuesday, June 17, when Mr. J. H. Jones presided. Among other matters brought forward for discussion, patterns of pillars, with connecting chains, to be placed along the Quay, were submitted for inspection. Various arrangements with regard to the bazaar to be held here in August were discussed. It was decided that advertise- ments about the bazaar should appear only in the Cambrian News, as almost monopolising circulation in this md the neighbouring counties. The proposal to obtain ground whereon cricket, tennis, croquet, and other games may be carried on was brought on the tapis, and was dia. cussed in a manner that bodes well for this addition being soon made to the already increased attractions of the place. The meeting concluded with a Vuio of thanks to the chairman. A FISHING BOAT CRUISE.—A small open boat, that had with other fishing boats proceeded to sea on Monday morning, 16th June, not making its appearance that even- ing, considerable apprehensions were entertained as to its safety. The boat had as its crew Mr. Jenkin Jones, sail- maker, and Mr. Rees L. Lewis, eldest son of Dr. Lewis. The apprehensions were based on the sudden change in the weather in the afternoon, when the horizon became overcast, and presented a frowning aspect, shown in fitful and heavy gusts of wind, which brought the other fishing boats back, but Jones's boat was" nowhere." The feeling of uneasi- nes- was intensified on Tuesday morning by its continued disappearance, and no clue whatever having come either through the post or by telegraph, the latter having been put in requisition, places north and south, with any probability of the missing boat having put in there, were wired to, without bringing back any information of its fate or whereabouts. However, in the course of Tuesday after- noon, to the relief of all, the boat which had been the object of so much solicitude, entered the harbour. It appears that it was overtaken the previous day by a thick haze, and some heavy squalls which rendered futile every attempt to reach ALerdovey, and instead carried the boat further seaward, so that when the haze dispersed nothing was within the ken of the fishermen in any direction but the "wide, wide sea," a world of waters on every side, not the slightest glimpse of terra firina, nor the faintest inkling as to the direction in which it lay, in the absence of a compass on board. After being thus for several hours "at sea" in a double sense, the boat was provi- dentially steered as to face in with the nearest land, which was sighted sometime on Monday even- ing. It was, however, a terra incognita to the two men on board but they solaced themselves that the sailing qualities of their boat could not-flying Dutch- man like-within so short a space have taken them be- yond the pale of civilization; and so they ventured to land, and ascertained that they were in the vicinity of Abersoch, which is by St. Tudwall's Road, a dangerous distance for a boat of the description of this one to travel, and afterwards to return, which, however, was safely per- formed this time.

PWLLHELI. FATAL ACCIDENT AT FFRIDD QUARRY.-On Wednesday, June 18, while Mr. Evan Williams, miner, Criccieth, was engaged in loosening stones at the top of Ffridd quarry, he missed his footing and fell down to the bottom. Mr.. John Jones, a carter, who happened to be there at the time, immediately went for medical assistance. Dr. E. Shelton Jones was at oncejon the spot, when it wasffound that the unfortunate man was suffering from compound fracture of the skull, the brain being exposed. Notwith- standing the careful and skilful attendance of Dr. Jones, life could not be saved. The poor fellow lingered until about two o'clock on the following morning when he died. The deceased who was a widower leaves no children, but had a young girl as his housekeeper at Criccieth, whom he had taken care of since she was a child. When she arrived here on the night of the accident, her cries were most heartrending, and much sympathy is felt towards her.

_m_ BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. & DEATHS. No announcements of marriages are inserted without sufficient authentication, for want of which, announcements sent to ttf are sometimes omitted. A charge of Is. is made for the words No Cards." &c., in marriages, and any addition to the simple record of deaths. BIRTHS. GARDINER-June 13th, at Birchgrove, Crosswood, the wife of Mr. R. Gardiner, of a son. OWEN—June 14th, the wife of R. Owen, platelayer, Borth, of a daughter. PARRY-June 13th, the wife of Mr. J. S. Parry, Bridge-street, Dolgelley, of a son. PENRY-June 18th, at Llanbadarn Road, Aberystwyth, the wife of the Rev. T. A. Penry, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. DOUGHTON—WOOSNAM—June 18th, before the Registrar, Mr. D. H. Evans, Mr. David Doughton, joiner, Aberystwyth, to Miss Elizabeth Woosnam, of Talybont, Cardiganshire. EVANS-DAVIEs-At Wilton-square Chapel, London, by the Rev. Griffith Davies, Mr. Evan Evans, to Miss Anne Davies, both of Aberystwyth. EVANS—GRIFFITHS—June 18th, at the Ynyscynhaiam Parish Church, by the Rev. Erasmus Parry, assisted by the Rev. J. Morgan Jones, Dr. Henry Evans, of > Portmadoc, to Catherine Ellen, daughter of the late Daniel Griffiths, shipbuilder, of Portmadoc. DEATHS. ADAMs-June 2nd, the Rev. Thomas Adams, Congregational minister, Sheaf-street Chapel, Daventry, formerly of New- town. BEVAN—June 10th, aged 58, at Farndon-street, Wrexham, David Bevan, sawyer. BREEZE—June 7th, aged 66, at Red House, Beniew, Mr. Wm. Breeze. CLARKE-June 5th, aged 60, at Tuttle-street, Wrexham, Jane, wife of Thos. Clarke. CLuBBE-June 15th, aged 3, Edward Parry Clubbe, son of Mr. John Harries Clubbe, Wine Vaults, Bala. DAVIES—June 14th, aged 77. at High-street, Aberystwyth, Jemima Davies, widow of T. Davies, labourer. DAVIES—June 14th, aged 27, at Mary-street, Aberystwyth, David Thos. Davies, painter. GLEAvE-June 5th, aged 39, at Felinpuleston, Wrexham, Hannah, wife of Henry Alexander Gleave. HOLLAND—June 7th, aged 59, at High-street, Brymbo, near Wrexham, John Holland. JONEs-June 15th, aged 21, Thomas Morris Jones, son of Mr. Wm. Jones, inspector of nuisances, Portmadoc. JONES—June 14th, aged 14 months, the son of Mr. David Jones, Cambrian Inn, Llanfyllin. JONES -Junel4th, aged 94, Abraham Jones, sawyer, Ladywell- street, Newtown. JONES—May 30th, aged 54, at 7, Kenrick's-row, Farndon-street, Wrexham, Jane, wife of Edward Jones, bricklayer. JONES- June 13th, aged 38, Matilda Wail Jones, daughter of H. Jones, cooper, Llanrhaiadr. LAWTON—June 14th, aged 71, at The Poplars, Upper Bangor, North Wales, David Lawton, Esq., for several years collector of Inland Revenue for the district comprising greater part of North Wales, aud recently retired on full pay after 50 years' service. LEWIS—June 7th, aged 75, at Llwyn Knotia, near Wrexham, Sarah Lewis. MORRIS—June 9th, aged 22, at China-street, Llanidloes, Mr. Thomas Morris, clerk in the employ of Mr. E Powell, Broom- cliff, near Llanidloes. NEWELL—June 14th, aged 14, David Josiah, son of Mr. Evan Newell, Escuan Hall, Towyn. PowELL -June 3rd, aged 59, Mr. Stephen Powell, farmer, Bryn- hafod, parish of Llandinam. REES—June 1st, aged 35, Miss Mary Rees, Pentref-Caenycoed, near Llanidloes. ROBERTS—June 11th, aged 43, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thomas Roberts, wheelwright and carpenter, Bridge-street, Llan- gollen. THOMAS—June 7th, aged 85, Mr. Robert Thomas, sheep dealer, late of Pencerrig, near Harlech. TITLEY-June 15th, aged 76, at China-lane, Llanidloes, Mr. Wm. Titley, gardener. WHITE—June 14th, aged 1 month, at Poplar-row, Aberystwyth, John James, son of James White, ship carpenter. WILLIAMS—June 12th, aged 46, Mr. John Williams, Tynygroes, Llandrillo, gardener to the Rev. J. Wynne, J.P., Tyddynllan. WILLIAms-June 15th, the infant son of E. Williams, relieving officer, Llanrhaiadr.

By Press Association Telegrams. BRISTOL CATTLE -ITARKET. -THURSDAY. There was a moderate supply of beef, at 72s. to 74s. per cwt. for best, and 65s. to 68s. for middling. Mutton was in fair supply, and best quality sold at 93.d., secondary at 8d. to 8Jd. per lb. Lamb lOd. to lid. About 500 piga sold at 10s. to 10s. 6d. per score.

CABINET COUNCIL. A Cabinet Council was held on Thursday at noon, all the Ministers being present.

AGRICULTURAL HALL PEDESTRIAN COMPETITION. Distances at twelve noon on Thursday :-Weston, 359 miles Brown, 346 miles.

ROBERTSON V. LABOUCHERE. In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, Mr. Russell, Q.C., mentioned the case of Robertson and Labouchere. It appeared no one had been instructed for the plaintiff, and the rule nisi for a new trial was therefore discharged.

MR. JUSTICE BO WEN. Mr. Justice Bowen took the oaths in the Queen's Bench Division on Thursday morning. There was a large gathering of members of the bar. His lordship after- wards took a special jury case in the Bail Court.

THE WILBERFORCE MEMORIAL CHURCH. The Wilberforce Memorial Church was opened oa Thursday morning by the Archbishop of Canterbury t

THE ZULU WAR. The Union steamer Pertenton, with the homeward Cape mails, reached Plymouth on Thursday morning. The papers contain particulars of Cetewayo's alleged over- tures for peace.

BRISTOL CORN.—THUBSDAT. English wheat was in small supply, and trade both in English and foreign was very quiet. Prices remained unaltered. There was no inquiry for barley. Maize and oats were firm.

BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, THURSDAY. There was a limited supply of English wheat at this day's market, for which higher prices were asked, but were not generally paid. Foreign wheat a quiet trade, at last week's prices. Oats a turn in favour of the buyer. No change in bean9.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT. THE DENBIGH, RUTHIN, AND OORWEN (VESTING) BILL.—This Bill was read a second time in the House of Lords on Monday, June 16. BANKRUPTS.—William Ware Heather, otherwise Wm. Heather, South Villas, Elwy-street, Rhyl, Flintshire, auctioneer. ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENT.—The appointment of the Rev, John Jones to the Rectory of Cerrig-y-drudion is announced. CRICKET AT YSTRAD MEURIG.—It will be seen by advertisement that the annual match of Ystrad Meurig School is to be played on July 2, and old students de- sirous of playing are required to send in their names. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES.—SECOND EXAMINA- TION FOR STYLE OF ASSOCIATES.—First Division F. C. Roberts, Manchester. Second Division G. C. Williams, Mold. Third or Final Examination (First Division): E. WynLe Parry, Aberystwyth. UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS.—In the list of candidates who have just taken their B.A. degree at Cambridge, we find Mr. Morris, of Corpus Christi College. Mr. Morris left Aberystwyth Grammar School direct for Cambridge. Mr. James Davies of the same College, who passed his second examination in the first-class, was educated at the same school. NANNAU GARDENS RAINFALL, &c., for month ending May 31st, 1879. Altitude of gauge, 690 feet. Total rain- fall, 2*89 inches. Rain fell on 17 days. The heaviest rain fell on the 26th, 0'50in. Mean temperature of the month, 45 degrees. A cold late month, vegetation very backward. One inch of snow fell on the 7th.—{Signed), GEORGE COOKE. PARLIAMENTARY PETITIONS.—By Mr. C. W. W. Wynn from Llanllugan, praying that the Government will use their best endeavours to conclude peace with the Zulus. By Mr. T. E. Lloyd, from the North Cardigan Teachers' Association, for the appointment of a committee to enquire into the case of Mr. Goffin, and to consider the question of the relations of the Education Department to the elementary and science teachers of the country. THE SUMMER CIRCUITS.—The following dates have been fixed for the ensuing summer assizes:—North Wales (Lord Chief 'Baron Kelly)-Newtown, Saturday, July|5; Dolgelley, Tuesday, July 8 Carnarvon, Thursday, July 10; Beaumaris, Monday, July 14 Ruthin, Wednes- day, July 17 Mold, Monday. July 21 Chester, Wednesday, July 23. South Wales (Mr. Justice Manisty) —Haverfordwest, Thursday, July 3; Cardigan, Monday. July 7; Carmarthen, Thursday, July 10; Brecon, Tuesday, July 15; Presteign, Monday, July 21; Swansea, Thursday, July 31. | BALA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE. — We understand that what is called the Shrewsbury Committee have decided to take legal steps to enforce their views on the subject of Bala College. The dispute, as our readers know, lies be- tween the upholders of the present locality of the College, Bala, and the advocates of another, and, as they say, more central site, or amalgamation with present College at Brecon. It has been resolved, by the latter, to give legal notice to Mr. Robert Owen and Mr. Thomas Davies to transfer the property (Bodudan and a field) at Bala to the trustees appointed at Shrewsbury, and to place the matter in the hands of Messrs. Minshalls and Parry J ones. BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAY (61 miles open).— Traffic Statement for the week ending June 15th, 1879. Passengers, parcels, &c., £252 12a. 4d. goods and live 17s. lid.; total,I£I,2;56 10s. 3d.; £20 15s. 3d. per mile per week. Corresponding week last year—(61 miles open): Passengers, parcels, &c., JE361 lis. 6d.; goodsand'Hve stock, £1,154 15s. 8d.; total, £1,516 7s. 2d.; S24 17s. 2d. per mile per week.—Decrease for this week, £249 16s. lid. Aggregate for 24 weeks, 1879, £25,937 13, 5d. Aggregate for 24 weeks, 1878, £27,254 12s. 5d. Decrease for 24 weeks, £1,316 19s. Od. RE EVAN NEWELL, TOWYNV—A meeting of the creditors in this liquidation was held at the Crown Hotel, Shrews- bury, on Tuesday, June 10. Mr. Dear (Messrs. Dear Brothers), Liverpool, presided. The debtor was repre- sented by Mr. J. Parry Jones (Messrs. Minshalls and Parry Jones), Oswestry. From the accounts prepared by the receiver, Mr. R. B. Evans (of the firm of Tribe, Clarke, and Co., of Bristol and Newport), it appeared that the total debts amounted to 232,571 9s. lOd. Of this amount £ 21,567 12s. Sd. was fully secured, and £5,763 4s. partially secured, leaving a comparatively small amount unsecured. It was estimated that the es- tate would produce a considerable dividend if the real estates of the debtor were realized satisfactorily. Mr. Kvans was appointed trustee, and Messrs. Minshalls and Parry J,,Res were entrusted with the negotiation of the resolutions. THE AFFAIRS OF SIR EDMUND BUCKLEY.—Appli- cation has just been made to the registrar of Man- chester County Court for the registration of a special resolution passed at a general meeting of the creditors of Sir Edmund Buckley. The resolution authorised the trustee of the debtor to enter into a scheme of settlement, to the effect that the estate of the debtor be sold, and transferred to the trustees of the will of Edmund Buckley, deceased, acting under the direction of the Court of Chancery of Lancaster, at the price of £ 46,500, the said purchase-money to be applied in payment of a final dividend or composition, so far as the same will extend for the purpose, not exceeding 7s. in the pound to the credi- tors of the debtor other than the trustees of the will of Edmund Buckley, deceased, and the persons having claims in relation to the estate, and in payment of the costs of the trustee. The discharge of the debtor was granted, and it was resolved that the liquidation be closed on and from the expiration of one calendar month from the date of The confirmation of the agreement. The resolution was duly registered by the Court.

RAIN FALL AT PENIARTH GARDENS. For the month ending May 31, 1879. Day of Rain. Day of Rain, month. Inches, month. Inches. 1 — 18 '02 2 — 19 — 3 — 20 -23 4 — 21 -02 5 .10 22 '22 6 I 23 '16 7 24 29 8 '17 25 '02 9 26 -10 10 "16 27 11 2S .11 12 29 '01 13 -37 30 — 14 "05 31 "53 15 — I 16 .05 —— 17 '44 Total.. 3 04 G. MURRAY.

=c u TIDE TABLE FOR ABERYSTWYTH, ABERDOVEY, AND BARMOUTH. June. | Aberystwyth. Aberdovey. Barmouth. June. | Aberystwyth. Aberdovey. Barmouth. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Fri.20 7 32 7 50 8 1 8 19 7 41 7 99 Sat.21 8 9T 8 27 8 38 8 56 8 18 8 36 Sun.22 8 45 9 4 9 14 9 33 8 54 9 13 Mon.23 9 24 9 43 9 53 10 12 9 33 9 52 Tues.24 10 3 10 22 i 10 32 10 51 10 12 10 Wed.25 10 43 11 3 11 12 11 32 10 52 11 12 Thur.26 11 27 — — 0 20 11 36

LATE ADVERTISEMEN^T TO COAL MERCHANTS. TO BE DISPOSED OF, a First-class COAL and SALT BUSINESS, carried on by the late. J. Williams at the Canal and Railway Wharfs, Welshpool.. —Foi' particulars, apply to Mrs. WILMAMS Canal Wharf, Welshpool, or to RICHARDS AND PON, Saddlers. Oswestry. I The fortune of the lal e Mr. Grawshay, of Cyfarthfa, he fortune of will'be divide'd equally amongst his three so^st* J provision being made for his widow and daughteis. It is I ever be opened again. 'J|

culated to amuse cynics and others who are only too ready to think that religion is least vigorous where it is supposed to be pro- fessionally and specially cultivated. The chief evil of religious lotteries, as at present developed in Wales, is that young people will be taught by them that gambling is not much of an evil, or ministers of religion would not sanction it by their approval and countenance. When those young people go away into large towns the dangerous lesson taught at home by their pastors will be enforced by very different teachers and applied in most disastrous ways. These lotteries are a grievous mistake, and ought to be withdrawn. Ministers of religion ought, above all people, to have the moral courage to do right even if they have to admit an error of judgment. At Monte Carlo the local press is charged with venal silence." The temptation to be silent is great for religious people know how to punish their censors by liberal abuse of the most unchristian character. It is a sad thing for a district when the local press is venally silent or otherwise corrupt. It is always a sad thing when public teachers and guides are false teachers and untrustworthy guides.