The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

FROM THE PAPERS. "w' President Grevy has signed the pardon of M. Blanqui. There has been a waterspout in Dakota, United States, by which eleven persons were drowned. A small box containing 700 sovereigns has been stolen from a safe on board the steamer Iris, during the passage fro-n Hamburg to the Thames. The Prince of Orange, eldest son of the King of the Netherlands, died in Paris on Wednesday, in his thirty- ninth year. The French Senate on Saturday, June 14, adopted the Bill authorizing the return of the Legislative Chambers from Versailles to Paris. The German Emperor's golden wedding was celebrated at Berlin on Wednesday amid great rejoicings. The number of congratulatory telegrams, letters, and addresses, received by the Emperor exceeded fifteen thousand. The Queen has conferred the decoration of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India on Lady Napier of Magdala, the Hon. Lady Cunynghame, and the Dowager Lady Pottineer. The Taif Vale Railway Company have finished dealing with claims made on account of injuries received in the great accident on their line last October. £23,000 has been awarded. A telegram from Algiers reports that the French troops sent against the Arab insurgents have commenced their forward movement, and the rebels are retreating to the centre of the'Ouled-Daoud district. At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Agriculture, held in London on Tuesday, June 10, resolutions were adopted in favour of appointing a Royal Commission to enquire into the causes of the present depression in agri- culture. In preaching before the University of Oxford on Sunday, June 15, Dr. Liddon remarked that there were hopes of the re-union of Christendom, through the giving up by Rome of some of her untenable positions. The Emperor and Empress of Germany have expressed their gratification, through the medium of the Official Gaulk, at the establishment, in corllJlnemoration of tha golden wedding, of a network of charitable institutions ex- tending over the whole of the empire. Major Cavagnari reports that the Ameer's officials have made excellent arrangements for the safe guarding of the banks of that portion of the Cabul River passed by the British troops on their return route. Major Cavagnari will be accompanied to Cabul by Mr. Jenkyns, Lieut. Hamilton of the Guides, and Buhkar Khan. Mr. Charles Bowen has been appointed to the judgeship vacant by the resignation of Mr. Justice Mellor, who took his leave of the Bench on Wednesday. An address of fare- well was delivered on behalf of the Bar by the Attorney- General. The Flying Dutchman," the fastest train in the world, has recently been accelerated, so that Exeter is now within four hours and a quarter of London, and Plymouth can be reached in six hours. Between Paddington and Swindon the speed is 60 miles an hour, the highest known on any regular service. The Select Committee upon electric lighting concluded the taking of evidence on Friday, June 13, and proceeded to consider their repert. It is understood that, while ex- pressing the opinion that the superior economy of the electric light has not yet been established, it will recom- mend that every reasonable facility be given for its use by corporations or public companies. in reply to an inquiry from Lord Salisbury, Sir Henry Layard has telegraphed that the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs had assured him that the Porte has come to no agreement with the Russian Government which would prevent Ottoman troops being sent to garrison the Balkans. Sir Henry Layard adds that the Sultan had previously given him a similar assurance. A great petroleum fire at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, has destroyed a building, tanks, and storehouse, covering thirty-five acres; but the larger portion of the works, with immense stores of petroleum, have been saved. Fifty thousand barrels of petroleum have been burnt. The fire throws 2,000 persons out of employment. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught arrived at Aldershot on Saturday, June 14, and were received with great en- thusiasm. The streets were lined with troops, and a number of triumphal arches had been erected. An address of welcome was read, and their Royal Highnesses pro- ceeded, where they will reside for some time, to the royal pavilion. Florence, which was declared bankrupt some time ago, is ta be relieved by the Italian Government. After a debate lasting for several days, the Chamber of Deputies has decided to grant 49,000,000 lire to that city. The principal portion of this sum will be devoted to paying off the bonds of Florence loans guaranteed by the State. The high-handed proceedings of the Spanish Govern- ment with regard to the mission of the Primitive Metho- dists at Fernando Po, and the inattention on the part of her Majesty's Government to the request of the denomin- ation for an inquiry into the circumstances, were disoussed during Saturday's sitting of the conference of that body. It was resolved that the matter be brought before the House of Commons, and that the mission should be energetically supported. As a rule, lime juice is (says the Lancet), particularly during the summer, a far more wholesome drink than any form of alcohol, and an ounce or two of the pure juice in a tumbler of really cold water, sweetened to taste, is about the pleasantest beverage that can be taken when the ther- mometer is over 65° or 70° F. We commend this drink to the attention of the coffee-tavern companies, but recom- mend them to procure the best West India lime juice, as more wholesome than any mixture containing other in- gredients. A rather grave danger seems to be menacing the new Bulgarian Principality. A large number of Redifs—the gentry who played the chief part in the outrages of 1876— have been flocking into the districts of Shumla and Osman Bazar, with the avowed intention of returning to their old homes and haunts. In Russian circles it is be- lieved that these men have been sent by some influential Turks, who have formed themselves into a. committee in Constantinople, and that a great quantity of arms has been hidden among the Ottoman inhabitants of the districts re- ferred to. One of the objects of interest at the present moment to the lounger in the Strand, says the Court Journal, is the copy of an English newspaper displayed in a window in the condition it reached a subscriber in Russia, after passing through the hands of the Russian authorities. An article on Russia is entirely obliterated. The manner in which the Russian authorities manage these things is wonderfully simple* and effectual. They take a printer's roller, covered with printer's ink, and run it up and down the objectionable columns till not a word can be de- ciphered. An interesting marriage in Roman Catholic high life will (says the Liverpool Daily Post) be celebrated early next month by Cardinal Manning, at the Oratory, Bromp- ton. Lord Edmond Bernard Talbot, only brother of the Duke of Norfolk, has plighted his troth to the Hon. Mary Caroline Bertie, eldest daughter of Lord Norreys, grand- daughter of the Earl of Abingdon, and niece of Lord O'Hagan, ex-Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The fair fiancee is in her nineteenth year, and Lord Edmond, who' in infancy succeeded to the major portion of the Shrews- bury estates, is now serving as Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars. The Emperor William of Germany is the fifth male member of the Hohenzollern family who has lived to celebrate his Golden Wedding. The first case was that of Johann, surnamed the Alchemist, born about 1403, and who died in 1464. The three sons of Frederick William I, had also more than fifty years each of married life— namely, Frederick the Great, Prince Henry, and Prince August Ferdinand of Prussia. Of the four sons of Frederick William III., three celebrated their Silver Wedding, and Prince Charles, brother of the present Emperor, who married the sister of the Empress, was within a. day or two of the golden ceremony in 1877 when his consort died. A singular action in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice was brought to a close on Wednesday, June 11. Captain Augustus Dashwood sought to recover from the Bishop of Breckin and ane. Thomas Cox the sum of £10,000, which the plaintiff said a Mr. William Richards had promised to leave him, and the defendants were Mr. Richards's executors. Captain Dashwood had married in reliance on this promise and the bequest was to supersede an allowance of £500 a year made by Mr. Richards because he had taken a. liking to the captain. The latter, however, failed to prove that Mr: Richards knew the marriagfe took place upon "faith in his promise, and therefore the action .was dismissed. A deputation representing various temperance leagues, had an interview with Mr. Cross on Saturday, June 14, to urge upon the Government the expediency of taking over the water companies, in order to secure a purer supply of water to the metropolis. Cardinal Manning, who headed the deputation, said that the repulsive Character of the water supplied and the impossibility of using it as a common drink stood, greatly in the way of temperance effort, and caused men to destroy themselves by recourse to intoxicating liquors. They felt that the constitution of the people was being wrecked by in- temperance and the disgusting character of the water. Mr. Cross, in reply, said he hoped his eminence would believe him when he said that if he could be of any service in obtaining pure air and pure water in a town like London, it would be a satisfaction to him, and no endeavour should be wanting on his part to bring that about. On Saturday evening, June 14, an adjourned meeting of goods guards in the employment of the Great Western Railway Company was held at Paddington, for the pur- pose of considering the present position of the dispute be- tween the directors and the goods guards as to hours of labour and wages. An old goods guard was voted to the chair, and explained the position in which the dispute at present stood. After considerable discussion it was re- solved to adopt a resolution to the effect that the directors be respectfully but firmly requested to receive a deputation consisting of all the delegates (21 in number); that if the request be not complied with, the delegates do not in any lesser number wait upon the directors, but that the pre- sent agitation for the removal of the grievances complained of be continued. In a letter addressed to the Times by the pastor of a L OIlGon eWfshh congregation, the well-known Rabbi, A. ,7= synagogue in the Portland-road, he i .niodef?1 Puritanical notion of the Jewish Sabbata lnveiitufa of quite recent days, and is by n° means recognised by the ancient people^' themselves! Accordin to Jewish law and practice," writes Mr. witl? even amusements which carry nothing vicious or degrading, are not oi^y permissible but are enjoined for the due obser- vance of the Sabbath. He adds that there is nothing morose, nothing ascetic 111 Judaism or in Judaic obser- vances. Our reading-room* are open on the Sabbath and the most pious Jews take pleasure, as well they mav, in visiting art galleries and museums on the Sabbath day." At the Savage Club dinner, on Saturday night, June 14 Mr. Gladstone responded to the toast of "Literature." After humorously classing himselt as amongst those pre- sent who might perhaps have done tolerably in the opera- tions of literature had they not had their faculties demora- lised by politics, the right honourable gentleman referred to the progress which had been made during the past 200 years in the remuneration of the author. No one now ever thought of but one patron—the public; and on the whole it was a truer, juster, and more munificent patron than letters have ever had before. He trusted that the absolute integrity of mental labour and inquiry a treasure that never could be brought into comparison with any other treasure whatever-might never be compromised by the seductions of popular applause. Lord Derby presided at the annual meeting of the Lan- cashire Farmers' Club which was hAd in the Town Hall on Saturday, June 14. His lordship spoke at considerable length on the present unsatisfactory condition of the agri- cultural interest, and the means by which it may be im- proved. He advised farmers who had sons to bring up to look outside this island. For centuries to come there would be room in America and Australia. If a man was active and enterprising he would get on in a new country better than in an old one; and by making a vacancy here he would do good to those he left behind. It was a simple question of figures let them keep down their numbers and they would keep down their rents. Some general discussion followed, and a motion was adopted in support of the motion of Mr. Chaplin for the issue of a royal commission of inquiry as to the causes of the depression in agriculture.

THE DOMESTIC EARTHQUAKE. A flame is in her glassy eye, A broom is in her eager hand, Aloft she lifts a sudden ory That echoes like a new brass band; Her dress is reefed about her knees, As through the house she cuts a path, And in her every stranger sees A being of majestic wrath. Step-ladders scale the papered height, And tubs of water flood the floor; Her voice is heard from morn to night Rising above the awful roar, Fly from her presence dog and cat! Fly from her presence man and mouse! It is the vernal frenzy that possesses her- She's cleaning house! —New York Tribune.

WHAT 8m HERyBESSEUER MAY GO TO SLEEP IN.— A Steel (K)night cap.—Punch. The quickest way to destroy weeds is to marry a widow. This is doubtless a pleasant kind of husbandry, but un- fortunately cannot be indulged in very frequently. It is remarked as a little singular by a student of Biblical paintings that all patriarchs are represented as being bald. It should be remembered, however, that most of them married young. A clergyman examining a. class of girls in a Sunday school asked one of them, "My dear child tell me—who made your vile body ?" Dropping a courtsey, the little maid replied, "Please sir, mother made the body, but I made the skirt." The dairymaid turned to milk the goat, And pouting she paused to mutter, I wish, you brute, you would turn to milk," And the animal turned to butt her. The latest quack medicine in the States publishes a splendid testimonial as follows :—" Dear Sir,—Two months ago my wife could scarcely speak; she has taken two bottles of your 'Life Renewer,' and now she can't speak at alL Please send me two more bottles; I wouldn't be with- out it." A bright little fellow of four, who attends an infant class in an American Sunday School, received a card on which were the words, Pray without ceasing." After his mother had explained the text, he said "I guess I won't show this to the minister; he prays long enough now." i SYMPATHY—LIMITED.—City Gent (bursting into the counting-house on Wednesday afternoon, May 28th.) j "Have you heard? Sir Bevys, Palmbear'r, and Vis- conti Second ditto (man o' business—the sporting j partner wasn't in). Beavis, Palmer, an' Visconty ? ] Beavis, Pal Sorry for 'em. But we don't do business 1 with 'em Never heard o' the firm "—Punch. j The London Correspondent of the Southampton Times j protests against the flunkeyism shown to the Prince of j Wales by the Railway Directors and Managers. His j Royal Highness is fond of going to Epsom Races, and he goes from the Victoria Station. Whenever he signifies his intention of using the station all access to it is closed. Trains are postponed without notice, and it is impossible i to travel, whatever your business may be.. Two candidates for the pulpit of a church in the north of Scotland, named respectively Low and Adam, preached their trial sermons on the same day. Low preached in the morning, and delivered an excellent and edifying discourse from the text, "Adam, where art thou ?" In the after- noon, however, to his discomfiture, his opponent selected for the subject of his sermon the words, Lo, heream I; and the excellence of his matter, together with the clever- ness of his retort, gained him the appointment. The following" Cure for a Cold" is said to have been on record as far back as 1430 :— Put your feet in hot water As high as your thighs Wrappe your head up in flahnelle As low as your eyes Take a. quart of rum'd gruelle When in bed as a dose; With a number four dippe Well tallow your nose. AN ANCIENT CHARTER.—Many privileges and im- munities have been granted to the citizens of London, from the time of William the Conqueror, whose first charter, granted in 1079, is still preserved in the archives of the city. This charter is written in very beautiful Saxon characters, on a slip of parchment, only six inches long, and one broad, and is in English, as follows :—"William the King greeteth William the Bishop, and Godfrey the Portreve, and all the Burgesses within London friendly. And I acquaint you, that I will that ye be all there law- worthy as ye were in King Edward's days. And I will that every child be his father's heir, after his father's days. And I will not suffer that any man do you any wrong. God preserve you." THE SUCCESSOR TO THE PRINTING PRESS.—Professor Huxley, in proposing the toast of The Press," at the recent anniversary of the Printers' Pension Corporation, said At the risk of being thought a Balaam, he would -1 venture to point to another little cloud which it seemed to him, though no bigger than a man's hand at present, might ]. be espied in the horizon. There were already signs that as writing had superseded speaking and printing had super- seded writing, so, perhaps, before many generations were over, speaking would resume something of its ancient sway. Such instruments as the microphone and the telephone were not now more imperfect than the printing press of 400 years ago was, compared with the machines of the present Ii day; and should those instruments undergo, as it was not unreasonable to suppose they would, as great a develop- ment, it was not impossible that the Englishman of the c future, instead of dividing his attention in the morning c between his Times and his bacon, might be able to give his c entire attention to his bacon by having the speeches made c on the previous night in the House of Commons, and the a general intelligence of the day, ground off by a small 0 barrel organ on the breakfast table; the very tones of ° Royal and illustrious personages might be heard by the multitude; poets, who, by the way, were notoriously bad J readers of their own poetry, might be heard reciting their J own verses and on such occasions as that which had brought this company together, they might uncork the 0 bottled speeches of the most distinguished orators of the 0 day, should those great men not have time to attend." A charmingly chatty, gossipy book, full of pleasant 1 memories and bright passages, is Sir Gilbert Scott's J Personal and Professional Recollections," published by ] Sampson Low and Co. It heightens one's affection for the greatest of the pioneers of the Gothic revival in architec- ture, to read his delightful reminiscences. But one is rather surprised t« find Sir Gilbert Scott a believer in ghosts. He took a house in the Isle of Wight on the very edge of the Chine, and in his book sets down simply that the house was haunted. His son, who edits his father's memoirs, corroborates the story. Footsteps of a man used to be heard on the verandah, and the boys of the family set themselves to catch him. They would lie in wait, and rush out when the foot fell on the stones, to find no one there. They placed a string across the path- way, so that any person passing must break it, but still the footsteps came, and the string was unbroken. They sprinkled sand upon the ground, but though they heard ( footsteps they could find no footmarks. Of course they j soon found out that others had had the house and had left e it in fright, and then a story came out about a wicked uncle a who murdered his innocent niece and ward in a cellar, and n who, for his sins, was let out of Hades to pace the flagging M where he was used to walk. The servants dreamed dreams, and this was put down to the same ghostly visitant. The next occupant of the house had the same J experience. All this is not very singular. What is b singular to my mind is that neither the earlier occupants nor the later occupants of the house, neither Sir Gilbert Scott nor his son, seem to have been aware that there is such a thing in nature as an echo. (

c FROM LONDON LETTERS. fi a Lord Hartington, I hear, was very loth to stand for f North-east Lancashire. His return there is a moral cer- f: tainty, and his candidature is welcomed by his party in a terms which he is bound to acknowledge but he does not see why he should fight a certain battle in the division where he has no terretorial claims, and leave to Colonel Stanley the division where the Cavendishes are rivals of I the house of Knowsley. It was thought wiser, however, not to let the Liberal leader measure swords with the Secretary for War; and, surrendering to his electoral J advisers, Lord Hartington has virtually consented to fight where he is safe. The local Tories laugh at the notion, j but Mr. Gladstone is regarded in headquarters as certain j to win Midlothian unless the creation of faggot votes at a the coming registration should be so large as to be a de- plorable scandal.—Liverpool Mercury.. i 'Ware of the Free Templars! I was rather puzzled at their prospectus the other day, with its high falutin about freedom and charity and good cheer, its declaration in U favour of moderate drinking, and its significant promise to put a pall over the coffins of deceased members. It looked so much like an under-takers' co-operative society CE that one wondered at its grandiloquence, and was so r< bufSenedTwith grand phrases that one wondered at c] the appalling pall. There seemed no reason why a society f< should be formed to prevent the ravages of teetotalism in England, and, save that it provided a decent burial for V those whom drink had killed, it had no raison d'etre. Be C it remembered, however, that it is a secret society. What ir is its secret ? Promise never to tell anybody else and I tl will tell you, only let it go no further. It is an election- at eering organization, and its members before they are d: buried are expected to vote against Permissive Bill tl candidates. Its true name should be the Publicans' A Electoral Aid Organization, and even so it is an advance on the ordinary morality behind the bar. The publicans feel at length that they have a duty towards their sup- T porters, for they were wont to ruin them and let them go; fo now they offer to bury them.—Liverpool Mercury. b< Plenary absolution ought to be granted to the Standard, tc A few weeks ago it vilified the Greeks in language so in- a) suiting as to be libellous. They were represented as a at nation of disaffected and dishonest knaves, of whom no- lii thing good was known. They were not worthy of any of effort that England might make for them. But the Standard has evidently thought better, and it admits to- tl day (Saturday) an admirable letter from Janina, pleading ci passionately and ably for England's sympathy towards tl the people of that town. Already the ethnological objec- of tion to the cession of Janina to the Greeks is given up, si and strategic reasons are alone put forward. The Turks ge will surrender any part of Thessaly if they can only keep I that portion of Epirus. The Standard's letter shows cr which way the wind is blowing.—Liverpool Mercury. p-

-———————— it; ROSBACH WATER—Best Table Water known. In regard m to organic purity and wholesome properties, Rosbach is FAR |j/ SUPERIOR to any other mineral water I have examined i (Professor Wanklyn's Report). Cheaper than artificial waters. P In tie-down cases, Retail os. per dozen small; 6s. 6d. per dozen: lar¡.(e bottles. In tic..lown cases, 50 large, 23s. 6d. 100 mall 3.1 bottles, 34s. -The Ros'oach Company, Limited 35, Fi us bury- si circus, LONDON, E.C. b FOOD ADULTERATION.—Dr. Tripe, public analyst of the w Hackney district, reports, that all the samples of cocoa si he examined, except one, were sold as mixtures of cocoa, g' arrowroot, and sugar, the exception being Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, which was genuine. The quantity of a starch in the other samples varied between 67 and 80 P per cent., so that, allowing for sugar, there was not in a some of them more than 10 per cent of cocoa. An article like this was comparatively "alueless as food." 1 HOLLOWAY s PILLS.—In general debility, mental de- Y? pression, and nervous irritability there is no medicine which operates so like a charm as these famous Pills. tl They purify the blood, soothe an 1 strengthen the nerves 1 and system, give tone to the stomach, elevate the spirits I and in fact, make the patient sensible of a total and most n delightful revolution in his whole system. They may be r commended most unreservedly as the very best family p medicine in existence. Though so powerfully efficacious, b they are singularly mild in their operation, and might be v given with perfect confidence to delicate women and young P children. They contain not a grain of mercury, or any 1 other noxious substance, and cannot do harm. Delicate j females and all persons of sedentary habits will find these il Pills a blessing. p v

BYE-GONES. NOTES, QUERile6, and RKPLIKS, on subjects interesting to Wales and the, Borders, must be addressed to ASKEW ROBERTS, Croeswylan, Oswestry." Real names and aMrettses must be triven, in confidence, and MSS. mvxt be written legibly, on one side of the paper only.

JUNE 18, 1879. NOTES. OSWESTRY CORPORATION RECORDS. (June 4, 1879). In our instalment this week new documents appear in the Corporation lists; especially some relating to the Grammar School. Another week, the records on the sub- ject will relate to the destruction of trees aD that estate, in order to pay for a second master. ED. Anno D'ni. 1606. M'd. that the 21st daie of november we Thomis Iveson and John Willms gent, and Bayliffes for this year aforesaid have receaved unto our custody these Charters ffollowinge viz. Impr. One Charter graunted from 'ViU'm Earle of Arundel Lord ma'travers ij. 'lwo Charters graunted from Thomas Earle of Arundel Lord Malravers ij. One other Charter graunted from Thomas Earle of Arundel and Surrey dated at Oswestre ye 24th day of Januarij the raigne of Henrye the fourth and ye eight year of his Raigne ij. The booke of Constitucion ij. the burgesses Booke ij. the towne seale ij. Et Seale w th 2 lett rs beynge J R ij, an auncient Charter from kinge Richarde the second. ij. A confirmacion from the late Queene Eliz: of Ric. the second Charter. ij. A Confession of the Liberties ij. an Order in the Starre Chambre and the 14th of ffeb- ruarij Anno. R. R. Jacobo primo xvijo die Octobr. Anno dm'i 1609 M'd. that the daie and yere abovesaid we Edward Meredith and Edward Trevor gent and late Bailiffs of of the towne of Oswestre have deliv'red to the custodie "f Richard Jones and Will'm Myles gent nowe Bailiffs of the said towne as followeth. Imprimis one Ch're from king Rich the second Item, one othre graunted from Will'm Earle of Arundell Matravers [tern. ij othres graunted from Thomas Earle of Arundell lord M atravers [tem. one other graunted from Thomas Earle of Arundell and Surrey [tem. the booke of constitucion [tem: the burgesses booke [tem. the towne seale [tem. the seale with an I and 0 [tem. a confirmacion from the late Quene [tem. a confession of the liberties [tem. an order out of the Starre Chamber Anno Dni. 1611 M'd. That the daie and yeare above written Will'm Eleilyn and Will'm Merrice gent. the Bailiffes of the ;owne of Oswestree have R'd unto our custodye these Charters ffowlowynge 1. Charter graunted from king Richard 2 2. from Tho: Earle of Arundle 1. being a confe3sion of our liberties by his ma'tie Attorrney generall upon a quoranto brought against the town 2. Booke of Constitucion 2. old broken charter graunted by w'm Earle of Arundel 1. Charter mor from Tho Earle of Arundel and Surreye 2. Towne seale of ki Ric 2 2. Towne booke 2. iron yard 2. Seale w'tli I: and 0 used for bushells 2. Towne elle 2. blacke bagge w'th 2 coppies of othes 2. ffeoffment of the schole lands 2. ffeoffment of the vill lands 2. Bond of mr Kyffin scholem'r M'd. that mr. John Blodwell And Thomas Eyvson, rent. Bayliffs have Res. the 21. day of october 1612. the Charters books & other muniments folowing viz 1. A confirmacion of Richard the 2. charter by queene Eliz. 2. Richard the Seconds Charter 3. The book of Constitution 4. j Charter graunted by Thomas Earle of Arundel 5. A confession of our liberties upon a quoranto brought in the kings bench 6. j Charter graunted by William Earle of Arundel 7. a copy of 'asessmentvof the schole lands 8. a copy of afee farme graunted of a mil in Mesbury part of the schole lands 9. A bond upon mr kyffin Scholemaster for p'rformance of c'rten Artickells .0. The Burgessis booke .1. one other booke wherein the bayliffs And murringer Accompts is expressed .2. j yard of eyrne .3. j elle of eyrne .4. the towne seale .5. j eyrne Bushell Quinto. Novembris. 1613. M'd. that we Thomas Staney and Theudore Trevor rent. Bailiffs have received by the hands of John Blod- vell & Thomas Eyveson gent late Bailiffes the Charters )oockes & other muniments followinge viz. > A Ch're graunted by king Richard the Second. > A confirmacon thereof from Queene Elizabethe > The book of constitution » A ch're graunted by Tho's Earle of Arundel mother graunted by one of the same name, Another of Thomas Earle of Arundel & Surrey A ch're of Will'm Earle of Arundel th'n another ch're of the same in peeses. \n Inrolment of a ch're. SL gifte left by Richard Earle of Arundell of c lie to the Burgessess of Oswestry Alsoe the confession of the lib'tyes upon a Quowarranto. Mr Kiffin the scholemaster's bonds for the p'rformance of c'rten Articles Che Bailyffes booke Another book wherein the Bailiffes & Muringer Accomtes is expressed t'm. one yarde of Iron 't'm. one elle of Iron he towne seale he Iron bushell & pecke tm. we receive the counterp rtes of IX leases of some p rte of the schole lands to the Tenants w'thin specifyed leceived the daye above s'd the accounts of Hughe Cadwalader late muringer amounting to iiijl. Is. vijd. whereof he bestowed iijl. xviijs. vijd, & res'r'eth iijs.. w'ch is to be bestowed, upon the rep'racon of willowe gate I. QUERIES. DOUBTS AS TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF AN )LD WELSH HYMN.—In the editions, of the Welsh Hbl. in common use among Churchmen, we find at the nd a metrical version of the Psalms by Edmund Prys, nd as an appendix a number of Emynau in the same letre. Among these is the well-known hymn beginning rith the lines- Myfi yw'r adgyfodiad mawr, Myfi yw gwawr y bywyd. L portion of this hymn is given in most of our hymn- ooks, and ascribed to Edmund Prys. So far there is no ifficulty. But in the year 1755 there was a book called )rif Addysc y Cristion, brought out by the Rev. Edward Vynne, of Llanaber, son of Ellis Wynne, author of Bardd w8g. At the end of this book we have several poetical ompositions by Ellis Wynne; and among these again we nd the hymn in question, with the name of Ellis Wynne s the author. The internal evidence is certainly in ivour of the Archdeacon but how are we to explain the ict that Edward Wynne claimed it for his father, the uthor of Bardd Cwsg ? L.E. REPLIES. CARNARVONSHIRE COUNTY ELECTION N 1768. (June 4, 1879.)-Your correspondent "A.R.P." correct in supposing that there was a contest for that ounty in the year 1768. I have heard, in my younger ays, from a member of my family, perhaps some fifty ears since, that the candidates were Thomas Wynn, ,sq., afterwards Sir Thomas Wynn, Bart., (and then ,ord Newborough,) his brother, Colonel Glynn Wynn, nd Wm. Wynne, of Wern, Esq., my grandfather. It rill be seen from the return, in Mr. Breese's work, that lie first of the above was the successful candidate. I have ne of the originals of my grandfather's address, published l Bye-gones, June 4. W.

The action brought by Mr. Shepherd against the Athen- um for an alleged libel contained in a criticism upon a 'publication of Mrs. Browning's early poems was con- iuded on Monday, June 16. The Jury returned a verdict )r the plaintiff, with S150 damages. The committee to promote a national testimonial to Mr. 7. G. Grace announce that, by the kindness of the M.C. a match, Old v. Young, will be played on July 21, I compliment to Mr. W. G. Grace, and commemQrating Ie sixteenth year of his appearance at Lord's and that t his request the M.C.C. have, in consequence of the isappointment on Whit-Monday, consented to devote ie proceeds, after payment of expenses, to the benefit of Ifred Shaw. The dead body of a woman, about thirty-five years of ?e, was found lying on the beach at Llanfairfechan on hursday, June 12. Mr. J. H. Roberts, district coroner T Carnarvonshire, held an inquest on Saturday on the )dy of the woman. There was nothing upon the body lead to its identity, but it was stated that she had splied during the day at several houses at Penmaellmawr id Llanfairfechan for a situation as servant. One shil- ng and fivepence was found in her pockets. A verdict Found dead" was returned. RECKITT'S PARIS BLUE.—The marked superiority of lis Laundry Blue over all others, and the quick appre- ation of its merits by the public, has been attended with ie usual result, viz. a flood of imitations the merit the latter mainly consists in the ingenuity exerted, not mply in imitating the square shape, but making the jneral appearance of the wrappers resemble that of the muinc article. The. manufacturers beg, therefore, to lution all buyers to see Reckitt's Paris Blue" on ach icket. AN INTERESTING COMMERCIAL FACT. Notwithstand- ig the great depression of trade during the last twelve Lonths, at the Christmas half-yearly stock-taking, the [essrs. Dicks' found that that the previous six months ad been one of the most prosperous seasons they ever ad. To give an idea of the ramifications of their business, ad the enormous trade this firm must do, it may be ;ated that they have so many shops all over England, Ire- md, Scotland, Wales, andthe Channel Isles, that if they 'ere allput together they would make a town twice the ze of Lampeter, one as large as Machynlleth and Dol- elley, larger than Barmouth, And about half the size of Lberystwyth. Customers when buyiug hoots and shoes t any of Dicks' branch shops in the above mentioned laces are buying their boots at actually the largest boot nd shoe shop, or in fact shop of any sort, in the world, 'here is hardly a town in Britain where Dick's shops are lotto be found, and wherever the name is seen, if you rant a pair of boots you may have every confidence at you will cet. srenuine value for your money. ROYAL DEVONSHIRE SERGE.-Is the best, the cheapest, he most fashionable, and the most durable of any article woven. 'he Qtteen says it has no rival either in appearance or utility. t is made of selected and elastic staple wools produced in :ew colours and mixtures for the Spring of 1879 also in light feighted Yarns for Summer wear and warm climates. Prices for dies' wear, Is. Old., Is. lljd,, 2s. 3d., and 2s. 9d. per yard. ixtra milled and strengthened for gentlemen's suits and boys' iard wear (new patterns) from 2s. lid. per yard, 54 inches in ridth. The Factors cut any length, and pay carriage oa all iarcels into London, Dublin, Belfast, Cork, or Glasgow. In mting for patterns, which are sent post free, state whether for adies' or gentlemen's wear. Address, Spearman and Spearinan, toyal Devonshire Serge Factors, Plymouth. Special attention a called to the fact that this Firm is devoted excliisiTelytotlie production of pure wool materials for ladies wad <aen s rear. Serges sold asu^edby Her Mtyestys Government. I I A 4 SHIPPING. -r.V" LLAN LINE SHORTEST OCEAN PASSAGE TO M E R I C A I HALIFAX, CANADIAN, AND UNITED STATES MAIL. COMPOSED OF TWENTY FIRgT-CUSS STEAMERS. Leaving LIVERPOOL every THURSDAY, and LON- DONDERRY every FRIDAY, for HALIFAX, QUE. BEC, PORTLAND, and BALTIMORE. Through Tickets to BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADEL- PHIA, and to all points in CANADA and the STATES. Low Fares and excellent Accommodation. Passengers who secure their Tickets before leaving home are met at the Railway Station by an appointed Agent of the Company, who takes charge of them until tLey go on board the Steamer. The Canadian Government grants ASSISTED PASSAGES by the ALLAN" LINE. JSST Write for the Pamphlet "LORD DUFFERIN IN MANITOBA." Apply to ALLAN BROTHERS and Co., Liverpool er Londonderry, or to Or to the Agents- EVAN JONES, Builder, Bala. GRIFFITH EDWARDS, 2, Ael-y-Don, Barmouth. LEWIS WILLIAMG, Auctioneer, &c., Dolgelley. WHITE STAR LINE ROYAL AND UNITED "4 STATES MAIL STEAMERS. NOTICE.—The steamers of this line take the Lane Routes recommend- ed by Jjieutenant Maury, on both the Outward and Home- ward passages. LIVERPOOL to NEW YORK Forwarding Passengers to all parts of the United State and Canada. These well known magnificent Steamers are appointed to sail weekly as under, carrying her Majesty's and the United States Mails REPUBLIC Tuesday, June 24 BALTIC Thursday, July 3 BRITANNIC Thursday, July 10 ADRIATIC Tuesday, July 15 CELTIC Thursday, July 24 From NEW YORK. BALTIC .Thursday, June 12 BRITANNIC Saturday, June 21 These splendid Vessels reduce the passage to IJie shortest possible time, and afford to Passengers the highest degree of comfort hitherto attainable at sea. Average passage 01 days in Summer, 9ays in Winter. Each Vessel is constructed in seven water-tight compart. ments. The Saloon, Ladies' Boudoir, State Rooms, and Smok- ing Rooms are amidships, and are luxuriously furnished and 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, and the provisioning unsurpassed. Stewardesses in Steerage to attend the Women and Children. Drafts issued on New York free of charge. For Freight or Passage apply to J. D. HUGHES, 1, Railway Terrace, Aberystwyth. SIMON BRYAN, Printer, &c., Llanfyllin. ISMAY, IMRIE AND Co., 10, Water-street, Liverpool, And 34, Leadenhall Street, LONDON, E.C. A TO KHIVA. BY CAPTAIN FRED BURNABY, Royal Horse Guards. Page 13 says :—" Two pairs of boots lined with fur were also taken; and for physic—with which it is as well to be supplied when travelling in out-of-the-way places-some quinine and Cockle's pills, the latter a most invaluable medicine, and one which I have used on the natives of Central Africa with the greatest possible success. In fact, the marvellous effects produced upon the mind and body of an Arab Sheik, who was impervious to all native medicines, when I administered to him five COCKLE'S PILLS will never fade from my memory and a friend of mine, who passed through the same district many months after- wards, informed me that my fame as a medicine man' had not died out, but that the marvellous cure was even then a theme of conversation in the bazaar." SEE BURNABY'S RIDE TO KHIVA. page 13. GOOD FAMILY MEDICINE CHEST, with a prudent use, has saved many a life and yet we think the idea may be improved upon, and reduced to a more simple form. Take some good compound, such as COCKLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS and we find that the desired end may be obtained with- out scales and weights, or little mysterious compartments or enchanted bottles, with crystal stoppers. Others might be used, but COCKLE'S PILLS, as tested by many thousands of persons, and found to answer their purpose so well, may be set down as the best. -Observer. Cockle's Antibilious Pills, In use the last seventy-eight years for, INDIGESTION. In boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Us. Cockle's Antibilious Pills, In use the last seventy-eight years for BILIOUS AFFECTIONS. In boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lis. Cockle's Antibilious Pills, In use the last seventy-eight years for j LIVER COMPLAINTS. In boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lis. Cockle's Antibilious Pills, In use amongst all classes of society SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS, May be had throughout the United Kingdom, In boxes at Is. ld., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lis. 18, NEW ORMOND STREET, LONDON. 06 ivz LITHOGRAPHY. A SKEW ROBERTS, WOODALL, & VENABLES, LETTERPRESS, LITHOGRAPHIC, & COPPER PLATE PRINTERS BY STEAM POWER, CAXTON WORKS, OSWALD ROAD, OSWESTRY Are prepared to submit Estimates for every description of PRINTIXG, ENGRAVING, AND LITHOGRAPHIC WRITING. Invoice and Account Headings; Trade Address Cards; Letter, Note, and Memorandum Headings, engraved on Copper, or written by experienced Artists, and Printed and Ruled at the shortest notice, and upon the most reasonable terms. PLANS AND DRAWINGS OF EVERY DESCRIP- TION, PLAIN AND COLOURED. SHOW CARD DESIGNERS AND COLOUR PRINTERS. Bottle and Barrel Labels designed and printed in gold, silver, or one or more colours, and cut to any shape. SAMPLES AND PRICES POST FREE ON APPLICATION ONE OF THE BEST MEDIUMS FOR BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS. THE RAILWAY RECORD FOR SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH AND MID. WALES. PRICE 1D. A COMPLETE record of the Railway Trains of the above-named district, and^ the G.W., and L. & N.W. service to most of the chief towns of the kingdom. It contains the TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS of the following Lines:- Anglesey Central Bishop's Castle Brecon and Merthyr Cambrian Carnarvon, Avonwen, & Llan- beris Carnarvon and Bangor Corris Central Wales Chester and Holyhead Chester and Liverpool CoaJport and WellingtoR Crewe and Chester Crewe, Stafford, Rugby, and London Denbigh, Mold, and Chester Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen Festiniog Festiniog and Blaenau 3reat Western • 31yn Valley Tramway Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Kerry and Abermule Llandudno and Bettws-y-coed Llandudno Llanynivnech and Llanfyllin Manchester and Milford Manchester and Chester Manchester, Knutsford, North- wich aRd Chester Mawddwy Mid-Wales Mold and Denbigh Neath and Brecon North Wales Narrow Gauge Pembroke and Tenby Ruabon and Bannouth Shrewsbury and Worcester Shrewsbury and Crewe I Shrewsbury and Hereford Shrewsbury and London (Via Siaford) Shrewsbury and Llanymynech Shrewsbury & Liverpool (Via Whitchtirch, Chester, and I Frodxham ) Shrewsbury and Welshpool Stafford and Uttoxeter J Shrewsbury and Wellington I Talyllyn Tenbury and Bewdley Van Railway Wellington and Manchester Wellington and Craven Arms Wrexham and Buckley Wellington and Craven Arm Wrexham and Buckley I Wrexham District Traxtway Whitchurch, Chester, & Liver pool ( Via Runcorn) LIST OF FAIRS for the Month. COUNTY COURTS for the Counties of Cheshire, Shropshire Herefordshire, Carnarvonshire, Flintshire, Radnorshire Merionethshire, Denbighshire, Cardiganshire, Montgomery shire, and Anglesey. With the Railway Record is given a RAILWAY MAP, which will make it the most complete Railway Guide for North and Mid-Wales and Shropshire. Sold at RAILWAY STATIONS and by BOOKSELLERS. Carried in the pocket for a month and often consulted Also kept at Hotels, &c. TBBMS MAY BE OBTAINED OF THE PUBLISHERS, ASKEW ROBERTS, WOODALL, & VENABLES BAILEY HEAD. OSWESTRY. I THE CAMBRIAN NEWS .Siaitiiarb & Jtttri!rttdh5hitt Staitbarb « AberpotWgth ilrimes Is the LEADING JOURNAL for an EXTENSIVE DISTRICT in NORTH and SOUTH WALES, INCLUDING Merionethshire, Cardiganshire, South Carnar- vonshire, and parts of other Counties. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Post, or by Cambrian or *Delivered in any town Manchester & Milford in Wales where there Railway. is an agent. Advance. Credit Advance. Credit. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 3 months.. 2 2 26 18 2 6 4 4 5 0 a 3 „ S 9 12 „ 8 8 10 0 6 6 7 6 In these cases it is better to order direct of the agent whose names will be found below. The CAMBRIAN NEWS is sold by AGENTS m the following vlaces CARDIGANSHIRE. ABERYSTWYTH (a Parliamen-I Mr. J. Gibson, 3, Qneen's-road, tary and Municipal Borough, I (Publishing Office of the a seaport, and one of the fa- Cambrian News.) vourite watering places of the Messrs. Smith and Son, Kail- Kingdom. In the neighbour- way Bookstall. hood are a number of impor-1 Mr. E. Edwards, Great Dark- tant mines. The ^University T gate-street. College of Wales is situated Mr. John Morgan, Pier street here. Aberystwyth is the ter- minus of the Cambrian Rail- way, and the Manchester and Milford Railway. ABERAERON(Watering place,) Mr. W. Griffiths, chymiat, seaport and quarter sessions V stamp distributor and sta- town. ) tioner. BORTH Mr. Evans, Mayfield Cottage BOW STREET Sold at the Station CAPEL BA-NGOR Mr. Blackwell, Post-Offloe. CARDIGAN (Assize Town, Par-) liamentary and Municipal /-Mrs. Williams, bookseller. Borough and seaport.) j CWMYSTWYTH Mr. C. Burrill, Post-Offioe GOGINAN (Situate near several lead mines) Mr. P. Nicholls, Druid Inn LAMPETER (Parliamentary),, T w T? IT J- m » borough. St. David's College Eva?s> Medical Hall is here.) j Alr- D- Kees, draper. LLANDDEWI BREFI Mr. Thomas Jones, greeer. LLANWENOG Mr. Evan Evans LLANGEITHO Mr. Stephen Jones, picture framer. LLANILAR Mr. Jenkin Morrix, draper LLANON Mr. Daniel Jones, grocer LLANRHYSTYD ROAD Stationmaster. PONTERWYD (Waterfalls and) Mr. William Claridge, Goger- lead mines in neighbourhood) j ddan Arms. PONTRHYDYGROES Mr. T. W. Davies, Post-Office STRATA FLORIDA Mr. John Jones, grocer. SWYDDFYNNON Mr. Evan Jones, shopkeeper TALIESIN (Lead mines) Mr. Thomas Jones, Post-Offloe TALYBONT (Lead mines) Mr. John Pritchard TREGARON (A market town where large fairs are held) Mr. E. C. Evans YSTRAD Ifr. W. Owen Hughes CARNARVONSHIRE. BEDDGELERT Mr. Evan Roberts, bookseller BANGOR Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son. Railway Bookstall BETTWS-Y-COED Mr Robert Parry, chemist CARNARVON Mr. D. W Davies, printer and stationer. CRICCIETH (a pleasant water- Mr. Bowen, bookseller and ing place with fine mountain stationer views) DOLYDDELEN Mr. Ellis Pierce PORTMADOC (Terminus of vr „ T. the Festiniog Railway. An I Ll°7d (Publishing-Office important shipping port; a (" Cambrian News) growing town) ) Messrs. W. Smith and SoD. Bookstall PWLLHELI Mr. J. T. Evans, bookseller, Church-street » Mr. W. Trevor Jones, 8, Ala Road TALYSARN Mr. David Thomas, bookseller MERIONETHSHIRE. ABERDOVEY (Seaport and Watering place) Mr. W. Williams, Capren House ABERGANOLWYN (great slate quarries in the neighbourhood) Mr. E. Jones, Post-Office ARTHOG Mrs. Jones, Post Oflice BALA (the Calvinistic and Inde-\ T T pendent Colleges are situated ( ,J°ne?> High-street here, and it is much visited by f (^bushing Office of the tourists) ) Cambrtan News) BARMOUTH (one of the favour- ite watering places of Wales).. Mr. John Evans, grocer,Glan- 1. r, ymon House CORRIS Mr. Robert W. Evans, groeer » Mr. D. Ifor Jones CORWEN (a market town) Mr. T, Edmunds, printer DINAS MAWDDWY (Terminus of the Mawddwy Railway) Messrs Evans and Sons DOLGELLEY (Assize and Quar-) Mr. David Davies, grecer ter Sessions held here. One of (Mr. R. O. Rees, chemist the head quarters of Tourists, f Manufacture—Welsh Tweeds) DYFFRYN Mr. J. Roberts, Shop Isaf FESTINIOG (the great slate dis-) Mr. Ellis Roberts, bookseller trict of Wales. Terminus of f Four Crosses the Festiniog Railway. A (Mr. Evan Lloyd, Sara very populous place) ) Mr. R. J. Thorns bookseller New Market-place, Four Crosses HARLECH Mr. W. Evans. Gorfwysfa Cot- tage LLANBEDR Messrs. J. Evans and Sons LLANEGRYN Mr. Pughe, chemist i LLANELLTYD Mr. T. Griffiths 'I LLANFROTHEN. Mr. J. Williams, BryngeBen u LLWYNGWRIL Mr. J. Lewis, The Mill MAENTWROG Mr. Evans PENNAL Mr. R. Humphreys PENRHYNDEUDRAETH (A populous place) Mr. Wm. Roberts, Brynllifan TALSARNAU Mr. G. Williams, postmaster TOWYN ( favourite watering Mr. J. Jones, Post-Office place) » M^C^h?LLJT,K(mlrke5town) Mrs- c- Hughes, confectioner In the neighbourhood are [ Penrallt-street several mines) j Messrs. Smith and Son, Rail- way Bookstall LLANBRYNMAIR Mr. Maurice Jones, Winllan NEWTOWN Messrs Phillips & Son, printen WELSHPOOL Messrs. Smith and Son, Rait- way Bookstall OSWESTRY Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son Askew Roberts, Woodall, and Venables LIVERPOOL. Messrs. Foulkes and Evans 16, Tithebam-street Mr. T. Lloyd, 52, Everton-rd. Mr. Isaac Foulkes, stationer &c., 18, Brunswick-street. Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, 66, Castle Street LONDON Messrs. Davies and Co., No. 1 Finch Lane, CornhiU Mr. M. Morgan, 31, Hawley, Road, Kentish Town Mr. E. Evans, 21, Fairbank- street, East Road CHESTER Mr. J. Rathburne, Roman Bath, Bridge-street CARMARTHEN Messrs. W. H. Smith and San Bookstall] LLANELLY Messrs. W. H. Smith and Soa Bookstall. MANCHESTER Mr. Jas Royle, 2, Old Mill-gate BIRIIINGHAM Messrs. W. H. Smith and Soia I Great Western Bookstall LLANIDLOES Mr. J. H. Mills >i Mrs. Pierce, China-street LLANDRINDOD WELLS Mr. D. C. Davies, Bookseller HOLYWELL Mr Evans, Printer & Stationer WHITCHURCH Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son. ADVERTISEMENTS and other communications, in Welsh and English, should be sent not later tblaul Thursday morning to the Publishers— JACOB JONES, High-street, Bala. J. GIBSON, 3, Queen's-road, Aberystwyth or D. LLOYD, Portmodoc. <